After pouring himself a cup of wine, Jiang Hei was about to down all of it when he suddenly felt a burst of life energy come from behind him.

As a Platinum Realm Expert, Jiang Hei naturally had good reactions and he immediately ducked forward, but he was still too late.

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The dagger that had suddenly appeared went right past his cheek and created a long gash along it before flying forward to embed itself in the wall in front of him.

Jiang Hei immediately turned around, but he didn't see anything there. Still that didn't mean that he let his guard down.

Jiang Hei immediately released all of his life energy around him as he roared out, "Who is it? Do you not have the courage to face me head to head?"

There was a cold laugh that rang out, but there was nothing else that followed it.

Jiang Hei was still fully on guard, but there was nothing that he could guard against.

It was only then that Jiang Hei remembered the dagger that had embedded itself in the wall, but the moment he turned to the dagger, he found that it was already gone.

Without any hesitation at all Jiang Hei gathered his life energy in his palm and sent out an attack in the direction of the hole where the dagger had been, but still there was nothing for him to hit.

It was during this time that the white dagger had appeared once more, coming from behind him, aimed right at his head. However, Jiang Hei didn't panic at all since this was all part of his plan.

In one smooth motion, he continued forward with the palm thrust and suddenly fell down along with it. His palm landed right on the ground and with a flip, the heel of his right foot came up, kicking at where the dagger had come from.

Jiang Hei knew that staying in the same place waiting would only be bad for him, so instead of waiting, he decided to use an attack to bait in his attacker. It had worked perfectly, or so he had thought until his foot was caught in the hand of his attacker.

The only good thing for Jiang Hei in this situation was that his attacker didn't have a weapon since it had just been thrown out and had gone into the wall in front of him, but when he turned to look, he saw that there was the same white dagger in the hand of his now visible attacker.

Jiang Hei didn't hesitate at all to pull out his own weapon to meet the dagger that would certainly be coming his way.

The dagger did come out, but it was much stronger than Jiang Hei had even expected.

He had gathered all his life energy inside the peak Platinum Realm Aegis Sword that he had pulled out, but even then, he still couldn't guard against it.

The Aegis Sword wasn't completely destroyed by the white dagger that was covered in two different glows, but there were cracks that spread all over the Aegis Sword like a web. It was clear that this peak Platinum Realm Artifact had been crippled and it was very unlikely that it would ever be repaired.

But for that to even happen Jiang Hei would have to escape with his life first.

Jiang Hei was sent flying, slamming right into the wall before spitting out a mouthful of blood.

That attack just now had been too strong, even with his trump card artifact, he had sustained serious injuries from that one single blow.

But the most important thing about this was that the dagger just now was covered in two single glows. As one of the top experts of the Jiang Family, a family that had access to information from the upper realm, Jiang Hei naturally knew what that meant.

Someone who had comprehended two different laws was in a completely different realm compared to him. They were considered a genius even in the upper realm.

Jiang Hei didn't dare hesitate as he immediately summoned out his pet.

It was a mouse that was just like the Rock Nibbler, but it was clear from its aura that it wasn't a simple Rock Nibbler. This pet was actually in the high Platinum Realm just like Jiang Hei, but there was a strange law that was around it.

This was the evolved version of the Rock Nibbler, this was a rare Rock Eater which could absorb rocks and various other elements to become stronger, similar to how the Iron Eater ate rare metals. But compared to the Iron Eater that ate rare metal ores, this Rock Eater could eat pretty much everything. Still, by being able to eat everything, it meant that its conversion rate was much lower than that of the Iron Eater.

Everything had its upsides and downsides.

Jiang Hei fused with the Rock Eater and immediately pulled out various different types of rocks from his Spatial Ring, swallowing them all.

Once he fused with the Rock Eater, he had access to the swallow laws of the Rock Eater, allowing him to swallow various things to heal himself. That was why Jiang Hei had stored large amounts of resources in his Spatial Ring, just in case he was ever injured, he could just swallow them to recover himself.

This was also why Jiang Hei had been made an elder even though he was in the high Platinum Realm. With his ability to recover his stamina, he was even able to wear down peak Platinum Realm Experts, allowing him to easily defeat them.

Jiang Hei was preparing for the next attack while swallowing the resources, but it never came.

When Jiang Hei was pretty much healed, he finally stopped swallowing all the different things he pulled out of his ring and finally saw the true appearance of his attacker. The moment his eyes fell onto his attacker, he couldn't help saying in a shocked voice, "It's actually you!"

Lin Fan had been standing there the whole time watching Jiang Hei, thinking that the pet that he owned was quite interesting.

It wasn't just Lin Fan that was interested in the Rock Eater, even his Iron Eater Bone Artifact was interested in it.

As soon as the Rock Eater had appeared, there was a tremble that came from the Iron Eater Bone Artifact. Lin Fan was spiritually linked to the Iron Eater Bone Artifact, so naturally he could understand what it was thinking.

The Iron Eater Bone Artifact wanted to absorb the bloodline of the Rock Eater, it was certain that it would strengthen its own absorption power since they came from similar sources.

Lin Fan didn't mind since he had already sentenced Jiang Hei to death and doing so would actually make his own artifact stronger.

When Jiang Hei finally saw him, Lin Fan said with a smile, "Did you ever expect this?"

And when Jiang Hei saw the smile on Lin Fan's face, he couldn't help trembling. This was the same smile Lin Fan revealed when he met his customers, it was his "best" smile.

Jiang Hei forced himself to calm down as he said, "Do you know what you're doing? This is declaring war on the Jiang Family!"

Lin Fan replied with the same smile, "Yes, but who will know what happened if you're not alive to tell them?"

Jiang Hei felt a chill run down his spine when he heard this. He already knew from the clash previously that he wasn't a match for Lin Fan, he even knew that Lin Fan hadn't been using his full strength yet. The only thing he could do now was find a way to escape, but he needed to stall for time to find a way to escape.

Jiang Hei asked, "Let me ask you this then, why are you doing this?"

Lin Fan shook his head and said with the same smile, "You're not the one who gets to ask questions, you and I both know that. Now, tell me what the Jiang Family is planning with the wedding?"

The only reason Jiang Hei was still alive was because Lin Fan needed information. While he knew that it was unlikely that he would get any useful information from Jiang Hei seeing as he was an elder of the Jiang Family, it was better to try than to do nothing.

Jiang Hei was confused when he heard these words as he said, "Wedding? What do you mean?"

Lin Fan said with a snort, "What other wedding do you think I mean?"

Jiang Hei was even more confused since he thought that Lin Fan would ask about this slave trade base or other parts of the Jiang Family, he never thought that Lin Fan would be asking about Qi Tai's wedding in a month.

Jiang Hei calmed himself down and said, "It's that brat Qi Tai who wanted to have this wedding, what would I know about it?"

The reason he was so calm now was actually because he had already found his exit.

Lin Fan said, "You don't need to know why, you just need to…"

But before he could finish, the floor underneath him had already collapsed and Jiang Hei had jumped out the door of this room.

Lin Fan had actually been caught off guard since he never expected Jiang Hei to be skilled enough in controlling his life energy to destroy the floor under Lin Fan without him noticing.

He was also caught off guard since he never expected Jiang Hei to run like this, dashing away like a coward instead of acting like the fourth elder of the Jiang Family that he was.