Supreme Emptiness

Chapter 1261: Chapter 1266: Jiang Fan the Good Guy

"Bluffing! I don’t believe anyone can outdrink me!"

She immediately started chugging with a gurgling sound.

Halfway through the bottle, she staggered and nearly fell.

Fortunately, Zhang Chuyun rushed over to support her and said worriedly, "Great Wine Sacrifice, stop drinking."

Feeling woozy, she looked over at Jiang Fan, eyes wide in disbelief to see that Jiang Fan had already finished a bottle!

He shook the empty bottle and said nonchalantly, "It’s not that strong."

"It’s much like drinking rice wine."

"Great Wine Sacrifice, why haven’t you finished yet?"

The Great Wine Sacrifice looked at Jiang Fan’s wine gourd, then at her own, suspecting Jiang Fan might be drinking water!

But the wine was picked by her, how could it be wrong?

Zhang Chuyun looked at Jiang Fan with gleaming eyes, amazed by his extraordinary talent, even drinking better than the Great Wine Sacrifice.

Then she glanced at her own Great Wine Sacrifice and disdainfully said, "Great Wine Sacrifice, just admit defeat."

"You don’t look like you can drink anymore."

The Great Wine Sacrifice flared up, "You traitor!"

"Who said I can’t drink?"

She finished off the half bottle in one go.

With that, she had consumed two whole pots of strong liquor.

Woozy already, she couldn’t hold it any longer, staggered and fell to the ground.

Drunkenly mumbling, "I’m not drunk... Help me up... I can still fight for 800 more rounds!"

"Ugh uh uh~"

Jiang Fan stepped forward and patted her back, chuckling softly,

"Great Wine Sacrifice, I’ve won."

The Great Wine Sacrifice wiped the wine dribble from her lips, feeling unwell in her stomach and heart.

She whimpered pitifully, "Someone can drink more than me."

"What use is living, might as well be dead."

Jiang Fan reached out his hand, "Before you die, a bet’s a bet, hand over the item first."

Reluctantly, the Great Wine Sacrifice took out the ice block and angrily shoved it into Jiang Fan’s hand,

"Kid! You’re ruthless!"

"But don’t get smug! This ice block won’t melt so easily!"

Hmm?

Jiang Fan felt a twinge in his heart.

A bad premonition surged inside him, as he quickly took the ice block and burned it with the Netherworld Ghost Fire.

This fire was difficult to withstand below the Seven Orifice Nascent Soul level.

However, the ice block remained unmoved, with no sign of melting.

His expression darkened.

The ice before him seemed peculiar indeed!

The Great Wine Sacrifice laughed triumphantly,

"Didn’t you think, if the Dark Night Black Snake was easy to retrieve, wouldn’t I have done so long ago?"

"Why leave it frozen inside?"

"This snake was found by our scouts in a mysterious icy pool in the Heavenly Realm, where the cold was so intense it nearly froze a Venerate to death."

"Though you’re adept in the way of fire, unfortunately, you’re far from melting it."

The investigation team from the Great Wilderness State, though it didn’t delve as deeply into the tribes as Jiang Fan did,

still wasn’t completely unproductive.

Yet, with the Dark Night Black Snake they obtained, they were at a loss.

For this reason, the Great Wine Sacrifice was generous to bring it out for a bet.

A win was good, but a loss wasn’t a deficit.

Jiang Fan glared at her, "You sly woman!"

The Great Wine Sacrifice, still exuding alcohol, giggled, "All’s fair in trickery."

Keeping his face steady, Jiang Fan evoked the Fire Origin in his heart.

The Great Wine Sacrifice’s smile faded as she rubbed her eyes, "You monster... Aren’t you in the Nascent Soul Realm?"

"How have you grasped the Origin?"

Jiang Fan ignored her, pressing the Fire Origin against the ice block.

With a sizzling sound, the ice block melted into a sesame-sized pit, still difficult to dissolve.

Seeing this, the Great Wine Sacrifice’s heart relaxed again, revealing a contented smile,

"Luckily your origin isn’t enough, or else I’d be spitting blood from anger."

Unable to extract the Dark Night Black Snake herself, if an Outer State junior managed it, she’d surely be furious.

Jiang Fan frowned deeply.

The ice block before him indeed wasn’t something his power could handle.

But looking at the Dark Night Black Snake inside, he was unwilling to give up.

What method could melt the ice block?

He closed his eyes, pondering, his mind racing through the spiritual artifacts he possessed.

Suddenly!

His eyes shot open, quickly drawing out the Heaven Slaying Furnace and the Tingxue Sword inside!

An expectation gleamed in his eyes!

This top-grade spiritual artifact, the Heaven Slaying Furnace, he had never used its ability.

Because, Bi Luo mentioned, her master only showcased one purpose for the Heaven Slaying Furnace!

And that was...

Boiling water!

Indeed!

At that time, both Jiang Fan and the Six-Path Masters were stunned; a top-grade spiritual artifact could only boil water. It was beyond imagination.

So much so that Jiang Fan once thought, aside from spewing lava, the Heaven Slaying Furnace was merely a small fog machine.

Now, he began to suspect what water Bi Luo’s master was really boiling.

Perhaps it wasn’t ordinary water?

"Top-grade spiritual artifacts? Two of them?" The Great Wine Sacrifice’s eyes bulged as her drunkenness immediately cleared by a third.

She looked covetous, "That furnace could fetch a lot of wine, couldn’t it?"

"Damn my fate as a Great Wine Sacrifice, can’t handle matters like a Demon Cultivator stealing treasures."

"Ah! Heaven damn the Qintian Bureau, you’ve ruined me!"

Jiang Fan’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat.

Didn’t see that coming; this one’s greedy for treasures too.

He held the Tingxue Sword, yanking it out forcefully!

Taking advantage of the Heaven Slaying Furnace’s momentary lack of response, he quickly pressed the ice block to the furnace mouth.

Thus, the lava sprayed forth, all targeting the base of the ice block.

Though the lava’s temperature wasn’t higher than the Fire Origin’s,

it far surpassed its quantity by a thousand times.

Under the continuous onslaught of blue lava, the ice block, harder than top minerals, finally began to shudder aggressively.

A thick mist of water vapor billowed out, forming dense white fog.

Jiang Fan watched the ice block intently.

As it melted away, almost revealing the Dark Night Black Snake, he decisively withdrew, letting the leftover warmth melt the final thin ice layer.

Otherwise, the Dark Night Black Snake wouldn’t withstand the blue lava?

It would instantly char into ash.

The long-dormant Heaven Slaying Furnace continued to erupt streams of concentrated lava essence.

Jiang Fan swiftly plunged the Tingxue Sword back inside.

The Heaven Slaying Furnace shuddered slightly, then gradually settled down.

Once he’d neatly packed away the two treasures, he looked at the ice block, successfully extracting the Dark Night Black Snake through the thawed cavities.

At this point, it had been frozen for who knows how long, on the brink of death.

Completely powerless to resist.

Therefore, Jiang Fan effortlessly squeezed out its poison.

"Haha, the killing device against the Giant King is in the bag!"

"Thank you, Great Wine Sacrifice!"

"You’re truly a good person, not using it yourself, leaving it to us in Taicang State."

"I thank you on behalf of all living beings in Taicang State!"

Jiang Fan couldn’t help but let out a satisfied laugh.

The Great Wine Sacrifice felt dizzy, her chest heaving violently.

He really managed to get it out, this little rascal!

However!

It wasn’t over!

Just as Jiang Fan extracted the snake venom, thinking the Dark Night Black Snake was no longer useful,

the snake’s belly suddenly twitched!