Worthless Profession: Dragon Tamer

Chapter 1161, Slaying Jiang Baihe

Translator: Silavin

It was at precisely this moment that two figures flew out from behind him in swift succession, one to the left and one to the right, moving to intercept, clashing directly with Lu Fan’s projections.

These two figures were both Jiang Baishen.

And not merely two, for Jiang Baishen had at this juncture divided himself into three. Every one of those Forms possessed combat strength that matched his original self.

This was another of Jiang Baishen’s Skills, One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones, which upon activation summoned three Clones of identical power to the caster.

Though this Skill was far less versatile than Lu Fan’s Abyssal Node Projections, it offered one thing of value, which was numerical advantage, however modest.

And at this particular moment, it was indeed well-suited in dealing with Lu Fan’s Projections.

For without it, how could Jiang Baishen, by himself, spare any attention from the swarm of Lu Fan’s Projections to lend Jiang Baihe a hand?

Jiang Baishen’s True Body continued exchanging blows with Lu Fan’s Projections. The combat was intense and thunderous on all sides.

Even so, he called out loudly to Jiang Baihe at that very moment, urging, “Quickly! Seize this opportunity while he has not yet summoned more Projections and destroy that Abyssal Node! Once more appear, we will have no chance of victory!”

“Got it!” Jiang Baihe called back in response and charged madly toward the position of the Abyssal Node.

The two Golden Dragon Kings moved to intercept him, but they were themselves entangled by Jiang Baishen’s two Clones, momentarily unable to break free and block his path.

The Abyssal Node flickered, seemingly on the verge of deploying yet more of Lu Fan’s Projections.

Jiang Baihe naturally had no intention of giving it that opportunity. He extended his palm at once, Talismans condensing swiftly before coalescing together.

This was his own Skill, the Eight Heaven Earth Talismans, a convergence of his eight most powerful Talismans layered one upon another, their combined might terrifying beyond measure.

Jiang Baihe had no wish to squander the opening his Older Brother had won for him. Nor did he know precisely how resilient Lu Fan’s Abyssal Node truly was, and so unleashing a Skill of overwhelming force was his only choice.

Jiang Baihe gave everything he had, charging toward the Abyssal Node, driving the Eight Heaven Earth Talismans forward with one great thrust, fully intent on shattering the Abyssal Node in a single blow.

Moreover, he had judged clearly that he could reach the Abyssal Node and destroy it well before it released the next wave of Projections.

His power might not match Jiang Baishen’s, but at full speed, his movement was still impressively swift.

Yet, just as he moved like a bolt of lightning, trailing a blurring afterimage, closing the distance to the Abyssal Node and preparing to unleash his Eight Heaven Earth Talismans, a series of red lights suddenly ignited around him.

Seven red lights in total, sealing off every avenue of escape, and they fell upon him besides, slashing across his chest, his throat, and other vital points.

*Crack!*

In an instant, blood erupted across Jiang Baihe’s entire body, and his frame was nearly split into pieces as he crashed to the ground.

“Ugh…” Jiang Baihe attempted to say something, but torrents of golden blood came gushing from his mouth, and he could not produce a single word.

Ancient God Power moved through him, endeavouring to heal his body. Yet more streaks of red light arrived, compounding Jiang Baihe’s injuries further.

The seven Ye Shas made no further effort to conceal themselves and appeared one by one, attacking Jiang Baihe with Shadow Assassination in relays, their combined Damage Output exceeding whatever Healing could be applied to him.

Jiang Baihe had at this point lost all capacity to fight and possessed not the slightest ability to resist Ye Sha’s assault.

Under the sustained attacks of seven Ye Shas, not even the Slaughter Ancient God’s Ancient God Power could save him.

Without someone to shield him and buy him the time to recover, he would die with absolute certainty beneath the relay of Ye Sha’s blows.

*Boom!*

Jiang Baihe found himself in desperate straits. Jiang Baishen erupted in towering fury, and with a roar he unleashed astonishing Combat Power.

Yet no matter how powerful he was, breaking free from Lu Fan’s grip, was that truly such a simple matter?

Jiang Baishen could only watch helplessly as Jiang Baihe was struck again and again, drifting inexorably toward death.

Among all the Lu Fans present, one of them shook his head with a faint smile and said, “You were too impatient. The moment impatience took hold, an opening appeared. If you wish to save him, then go now by all means. Though, I can assure you that before you manage to bring him back, you yourself will also be dead.”

Lu Fan’s words gave Jiang Baishen some pause. He dared not act rashly.

He understood perfectly well that had Jiang Baihe not been so hasty in pressing his attack on the Abyssal Node just now, he might have noticed the Ye Shas lurking in the shadows and escaped that catastrophe.

If he now abandoned his composure in a bid to rescue Jiang Baihe, how was that any different from what Jiang Baihe had done moments ago charging headlong at the Abyssal Node?

And who could say with certainty that there were only seven invisible Dragons Concealed here?

If he left Jiang Baihe to his fate, Jiang Baihe would die.

If he went to Jiang Baihe’s aid, they would both die.

The choice was not a difficult one to make.

Even given the closeness between Jiang Baishen and Jiang Baihe, after utterly cold-blooded analysis, Jiang Baishen could only draw a long, slow breath in the end, and he did not charge recklessly forward to save his Brother.

And so, under the sustained assault of the Ye Shas, Jiang Baihe’s body was broken apart piece by piece, and even Ancient God Power could no longer bring him back.

The Ancient God Power ceased its efforts to heal his shattered frame and instead scattered and poured out from within him.

This was to be expected. After all, if a vessel was broken, whatever liquid it holds would naturally spill and drain away.

It indicated that Jiang Baihe, at last, had reached the end of what he could bear, and his death was imminent.

Jiang Baihe’s vitality drained away together with his Ancient God Power, every last trace of life departing with it.

The Ye Shas returned once more to the void, entering Concealment, poised and ready to strike at Jiang Baishen at any moment.

Jiang Baishen witnessed all of this and could do nothing whatsoever.

Indeed, pinned down as he was beneath the combined assault of Lu Fan’s many Projections, he was by now reduced entirely to holding on, with no capacity to strike back.

Following in Jiang Baihe’s footsteps and being slain by Lu Fan was only a matter of time.

Jiang Baishen knew this, yet he showed no sign of abandoning resistance.

Even after Jiang Baihe’s death, he said not a single word, and as the battle continued he became, if anything, more composed than before.

This struck even Lu Fan as somewhat peculiar, for the Sacred Jiang Family’s defeat was by now, it had to be said, a foregone conclusion.

Not only Jiang Baihe, but the core members of the Sacred Jiang Family present had also been slain one by one by Ouyang Bai Ge, Jian Ying, and the others, with few remaining.

By rights, all hope of victory should have been extinguished. Jiang Baishen ought either to have collapsed in despair, or flown into furious disarray that exposed a fatal opening.

Instead, Jiang Baishen looked for all the world as though he had seen nothing at all, showing not the faintest flicker of emotion, as if he had anticipated every last development from the very beginning.

Though Lu Fan would surely kill him, how he took it, how Jiang Baishen’s mind and spirit held firm was genuinely unexpected.