Projection of the Heavens: I prove my immortality through slaughter.

The public starship sailed smoothly along its pre-designed star path, with colorful streaks of light flashing past the window and cold stars dotting the landscape. Inside the quiet room, Lin Xuan sat cross-legged, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but his mind was actually immersed in his sea of ​​consciousness. His virtual divine core was radiating a warm, seven-colored light as he analyzed the gains from the battle that had just taken place.

It wasn't a material gain—the assassins' storage bags held little appeal for him. The real gain came in the final moments before the sinister old man's soul was annihilated by his destructive sword intent. In that instant, his virtual divine spark, combined with his powerful divine sense, forcibly seized a fragment of his memory!

These fragments, chaotic and incomplete, were filled with the old man's fear and resentment before his death, but through the sorting and deduction of the virtual deity, key information was still pieced together:

The Shadow Tower's secret base coordinates are located in the "Black Annihilation Star Belt"!

And some information about the Rift God Clan's "hunting squad"—led by an elder in the early Golden Core stage named "Jin Yan," along with four elite God Clan members at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, they have arrived in the star field near Chenxi Ancient City and are making contact with Youying Tower to set up an even larger net.

"The Black Annihilation Star Belt..." A cold glint flashed in Lin Xuan's eyes. It was a chaotic star field marked on the Star Compass, located between Chenxi Ancient City and the Flowing Sand Star Belt. The environment was harsh, filled with broken stars, dangerous radiation storms, and distorted spatial rifts. It was an ideal nesting place for many shady forces.

Passively waiting for the hunting party to come to them? That's not the way of Lin Xuan.

He preferred to maintain control. Now that he knew the location of the enemy's stronghold, why not... take the initiative and eliminate this thorn in their side? This would not only clip their wings and weaken their power, but also establish his authority and deter any troublemakers!

"If you want my life, be prepared to suffer the consequences."

Once the urge to kill arose, there was no more hesitation. Lin Xuan immediately changed his plans. He didn't disembark in the direction of the Flowing Sand Star Belt, but instead, when the starship passed a relatively remote star path node, he quietly left the ship, riding an inconspicuous streak of light, and headed straight for the Black Annihilation Star Belt according to the coordinates obtained from the Soul Search!

Several days later, a desolate and chaotic star field appeared before them.

This place seemed to have witnessed an ancient war between gods and demons. Countless remnants of stars floated in the void, some as large as mountains, others as small as grains of sand, forming a vast and boundless "sea of ​​star debris." Twisted gravitational fields tore everything apart, and colorful yet deadly radiation storms, like the breath of a behemoth, swept across the star debris. Occasionally, unstable spatial rifts would flash by like black lightning.

The environment is extremely harsh, and even spiritual senses are greatly disturbed here. Ordinary cultivators here would find it difficult to even guarantee their own safety, let alone find a hidden stronghold.

But Lin Xuan was different. The powerful computational and deductive abilities of the Virtual Godhead, combined with the keen perception of energy and spatial fluctuations from the Lesser Completion of the True Meaning of Destruction, allowed him to accurately identify directions and avoid risks in this chaos.

He moved silently among the massive stellar remains, like a shark lurking among reefs. His Star Convergence Technique was activated to its fullest extent, his aura almost merging with the surrounding environment.

Guided by the coordinates, he finally located an inconspicuous, dark red stellar remnant about a hundred miles in diameter. The surface of this remnant was covered with impact craters and rifts, appearing no different from other dead stars. However, Lin Xuan sensed faint fluctuations of array formations emanating from within, as well as… several chilling auras unique to the assassins of the Shadow Tower.

"This is it."

Lin Xuan hovered in the shadow of a large meteorite in the distance, his divine sense, like the finest tendrils, cautiously reaching out towards the dark red star remnant.

Sure enough, inside the star remnant, in a space cleverly concealed by an array, stood a small fortress. Within the fortress were about twenty cultivators, their cultivation levels ranging from Qi Refining to Foundation Establishment. Among them, three possessed the most formidable auras, all at the late Foundation Establishment stage, presumably the leaders of this place. At the core of the fortress was a communication array that constantly flickered with light, clearly the central point of contact with the outside world, especially with the Rift God Clan's hunting squad.

"Leave no one alive."

Lin Xuan's eyes were icy cold, devoid of any pity. To be merciful to the enemy is to be cruel to oneself. Since they are enemies, then they must be annihilated!

He did not launch a direct assault. The concealment and protective formations around the fortress were quite ingenious. While a direct assault could break through them, it would inevitably alert the enemy. If the enemy were to activate a self-destruct formation or send a message for reinforcements, it would be disastrous.

The virtual divine essence shimmered with light, rapidly analyzing the structure and energy nodes of the concealed formation. In a short while, it deduced several methods for silently infiltrating or dismantling the formation from within.

Lin Xuan chose the most direct approach, which also best suited his current state of mind—to use absolute power to instantly tear apart the core of the formation and, before the opponent could react, to annihilate everything with the force of thunder!

He took a deep breath, and the true essence of the eighth level of Foundation Establishment within his body surged like a river, while the Lesser Completion Destruction True Intent condensed at his fingertips. With a swift movement, he transformed into a phantom that almost merged into the darkness, appearing as if by teleportation on the surface of the dark red star remnant, in front of a seemingly ordinary rock wall—this was precisely a relatively weak point in the formation!

"break!"

With fingers pointing like a sword, a wisp of condensed, jet-black sword light, seemingly capable of swallowing light, silently pierced the rock wall!

"Sizzle—!"

A sound like tearing cloth rang out! The solid rock wall, along with the complex array runes inside, was torn open like a hot knife through butter by the destructive sword light, leaving a gap just wide enough for one person to pass through! The array suffered fatal damage, emitting a chaotic fluctuation of spiritual light, but it did not immediately collapse completely.

The moment the gap appeared, Lin Xuan's figure had already darted into it like a ghost!

"Enemy attack!!"

The Shadow Tower assassins within the fortress reacted swiftly, alarms sounding instantly. Three of the strongest late-stage Foundation Establishment auras shot into the sky like smoke signals, rushing towards the breach from different directions! Countless offensive array lights also illuminated, locking onto Lin Xuan!

However, it was too late.

Since Lin Xuan had come in, he had no intention of giving them any chance.

His gaze was icy as he swept over the three late-stage Foundation Establishment leaders who rushed towards him. He didn't use his flying sword; he simply took a step forward and then—threw out a punch!

Annihilation Fist!

This punch contained the essence of Xiao Cheng's true meaning of destruction. It did not pursue the ultimate physical destruction, but rather triggered the annihilation of the rules!

Wherever the fist's force passed, space distorted slightly, and light dimmed. The incoming array light, the spiritual light of the magic weapons unleashed by the assassins, and even their own protective qi, all disintegrated and dissipated silently the moment they came into contact with the fist's force, as if erased by an invisible eraser!

"No!!!"

The three late-stage Foundation Establishment leaders were the first to be affected, their eyes filled with extreme fear and disbelief. Under the force of the fist, their bodies, like weathered sand sculptures, rapidly disintegrated and annihilated from the outside in, leaving not even a speck of dust behind!

The power of one punch is so terrifying!

The other low-ranking assassins inside the fortress, witnessing this god-like scene, were terrified, their fighting spirit vanished, and they screamed as they scattered and fled.

Lin Xuan's eyes remained unwavering, his divine sense spreading out like invisible ripples of death.

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"...

Those fleeing Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment stage assassins fell like felled wheat, each with a tiny red dot between their brows, their souls shattered in an instant!

In just three breaths, the entire Shadow Tower stronghold was completely wiped out, except for the still-flickering communication array!

The stench of blood permeated the enclosed space, mingling with the burnt smell of the array, making it nauseating.

Lin Xuan stepped in front of the communication array. His virtual divine core flashed as he began to analyze the array's structure and attempt to trace its most recent communication records.

Soon, an encrypted message was deciphered by the virtual deity:

"...The target has left Chenxi Ancient City, and the direction is suspected to be the Flowing Sand Star Belt. The Shadow Tower's third outpost has been equipped with spies; report back immediately upon discovering any trace of them. Elder Jin Yan has ordered that they be captured alive, interrogated about the whereabouts of their inheritance, and then executed..."

"Capture alive? Force them to reveal your inheritance?" Lin Xuan's lips curled into a cold smile. "It seems you're quite interested in my 'True Meaning of Destruction'."

With a thought, he didn't destroy the magic array. Instead, he used his virtual divine essence to simulate the sinister old man's soul fluctuations and communication key, sending a message to the other end of the array (most likely the hunting team):

"Urgent report! Target detected, located near coordinates in the Black Annihilation Belt (a false coordinate), seemingly searching for ancient ruins, status slightly depleted. Requesting immediate assistance!"

After sending the message, Lin Xuan did not hesitate and pointed his fingers like a sword, unleashing the destructive sword intent.

"boom!"

The communication array, along with the entire core of the fortress, was cleaved into ruins by his single sword strike!

Having done all this, he regarded it as a trivial matter, and with a flash, he withdrew from the stronghold by the original route and returned to the chaotic Black Annihilation Star Belt.

He did not immediately leave, but instead found a huge rift in the star debris and hid there, like the most patient hunter, concealing all his presence and waiting quietly.

He is waiting.

Wait for that big fish that received the "fake news" to walk right into the trap.

Since you want to hunt me down, then let's see who the real hunter is!

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