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

The sword light, named "Universal Silence," was not particularly dazzling; instead, it possessed an extreme darkness that devoured all light. It swept through the void without a sound or any dissipation of energy, as if even spacetime itself had fallen into absolute stillness and annihilation under this sword strike.

The expected violent collision did not occur the instant the sword light made contact with the last three layers of chaotic light shield.

That ultimate defense, strong enough to withstand a full-force attack from a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator, was rendered helpless before this sword strike, which contained the essence of a minor-stage Destruction True Meaning. The chaotic runes flowing on the light shield instantly dimmed and solidified, then, like a sand wall weathered over millions of years, silently crumbled and disintegrated from the point of contact between the blades, transforming into the most primordial spiritual energy particles and vanishing into nothingness.

The sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth layers of the formation—break!

The Golden Feather Warship of the Rift God Clan, which was known for its indestructible eighteen layers of defense, was completely annihilated in just over ten breaths after Lin Xuan single-handedly stormed the Dragon Pool!

The warship's main body, its dark gold streamlined hull, was completely exposed to Lin Xuan's icy gaze.

On the deck of the warship, Elder Jin Yan, You Yue, and Tie Shan were all drained of color from their faces, their eyes filled with boundless fear and disbelief. Their greatest shield for survival had been so utterly vulnerable?!

"escape!!"

Elder Jin Yan, being a Golden Core cultivator, was the first to react amidst extreme fear, letting out a distorted roar. Golden flames surged around him, recklessly burning his Golden Core essence, transforming into a dazzling golden streak of light as he prepared to abandon the warship and tear through space to escape!

Youyue and Tieshan were also instantly awakened. They each used their life-saving techniques and transformed into two streaks of light, one blue and one black, fleeing for their lives in different directions!

"Want to leave now? Too late."

Lin Xuan's eyes were indifferent, like the ruler of the starry sky who held life and death in his hands. He did not chase after the three who had scattered and fled, but instead stretched out his left hand in the direction they had fled, his five fingers slightly open, and then—slowly clenched.

"Buzz—!"

An invisible yet vast and boundless domain of destruction suddenly expanded from his center, instantly covering an area of ​​a thousand miles! This was the Domain of Annihilation formed by combining Xiao Cheng's True Meaning of Destruction with his powerful divine sense!

Within this realm, the rules seemed to have been forcibly rewritten, and everything was heading towards its end!

The first to be hit was Elder Jin Yan, who was the fastest. He felt as if he had crashed into an incredibly viscous swamp of death, and the golden flames burning around him dimmed and went out as if they had encountered nothingness! The spatial passage that he had forcibly torn apart collapsed under the crushing force of his domain! He let out a roar of unwillingness, his escape light dissipated, and his figure was forcibly forced out of the void, standing frozen in place, his face filled with despair.

Youyue and Tieshan fared even worse. Their escape lights froze instantly within the domain, like insects trapped in amber, unable to move even a finger. The chilling aura of annihilation relentlessly eroded their bodies, meridians, and even their souls, bringing a terror more horrifying than death itself—a terror of utter annihilation!

"No...don't kill me! I'm willing to submit! I'm willing to offer my soul blood!" Youyue cried out in despair, her beautiful face filled with fear and pleading.

Tieshan attempted to detonate his golden core as a last-ditch effort, only to discover in despair that, under the suppression of the Annihilation Domain, he couldn't even unleash his own power!

Lin Xuan ignored their pleas and struggles. Mercy to the enemy is the greatest cruelty to oneself. Since they are enemies, they must be prepared to be wiped out!

With a slight thought, the Domain of Annihilation suddenly contracted and compressed!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!"

Two soft sounds, like bubbles bursting. Youyue and Tieshan's solidified escape light, along with their bodies, were as if crushed by an invisible force, instantly turning into two clouds of blood mist. Then, the blood mist rapidly decomposed and annihilated under the power of the domain, completely disappearing into this starry sky without leaving a trace.

Two elite members of the Divine Race who had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment were annihilated, both in body and soul!

Only Elder Jin Yan, who was at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, was left. Relying on the tenacity of the Golden Core, he was still struggling to hold on in the Nirvana Domain, but the spiritual light around his body had dimmed to the extreme, and golden blood was constantly seeping from his seven orifices. He was clearly on the verge of exhaustion.

"Lin Xuan!! I am an elder of the Rift God Clan! If you kill me, you will be my mortal enemy! The clan leader will never let you go! There will be no place for you in the heavens or on the earth!!" Elder Jin Yan roared hysterically, trying to make a last-ditch effort with the prestige of the God Clan.

Lin Xuan smiled, a smile that was cold and cruel.

"The Sky-Splitting God Clan? Soon, they will descend to join you."

As soon as he finished speaking, he pointed his fingers like a sword and gently pointed at Elder Jin Yan from a distance.

A wisp of grayish-black energy, like the sigh of death, ignored the barrier of space and instantly entered Elder Jin Yan's brow.

Elder Jin Yan's roar abruptly ceased. His eyes widened, reflecting Lin Xuan's cold face, filled with endless resentment and unwillingness. The next moment, his body, like a piece of paper on fire, rapidly turned to ashes from the inside out, along with the golden core that had just been formed and contained immense power, which vanished without a trace.

Jin Yan, an elder of the Rift God Clan and a Golden Core cultivator, has fallen!

Thus, all three Sky-Splitting Clan cultivators on the warship were killed!

Lin Xuan's expression remained unchanged, as if he had merely crushed a few ants. His gaze shifted to the dark gold warship that had lost its master and whose spiritual light had dimmed.

This is a flying magic weapon of extremely high quality, and its value is immeasurable.

He flashed and landed on the warship's deck. His divine sense swept across the surface, taking in the entire internal structure of the warship. The virtual divine spark shimmered, rapidly analyzing its control core and internal restrictions.

He quickly located the warship's control center and... the storage warehouse connected to the warship's core!

The warehouse door was forged from some kind of stellar mithril and covered with powerful restrictions. But to Lin Xuan, who possessed a virtual godhood and the true meaning of destruction, it was useless.

He pointed his fingers like a sword, gathering the destructive sword intent at his fingertips, and gently slashed at the warehouse door.

"Sizzle—"

The mithril gate, along with the restrictions on it, was easily cut open like tofu.

The moment the gate opened, a dazzling array of jewels, the fragrance of medicinal herbs, and various pure energy fluctuations rushed towards us!

The warehouse has a huge interior space, where massive amounts of resources are stored in a categorized manner:

Piles of low-grade and mid-grade spirit stones, roughly estimated to be no less than several million! Dozens of jade boxes contained various rare spiritual herbs, all at least five hundred years old! Rows of shelves displayed all sorts of magical artifacts and magical treasure prototypes, shimmering with spiritual light, the lowest grade being high-grade spiritual artifacts! There was also a special area storing cultivation technique jade slips, elixir bottles and jars, and some unknown materials that shimmered with strange light!

This was clearly the majority of the loot of the Sky-Splitting Clan's hunting team, as well as their supplies and spoils from long-term missions abroad!

"A good harvest." Lin Xuan nodded slightly, and without any politeness, his divine sense swept through like a storm, taking all the valuable items in the warehouse into his storage artifact. In particular, the spirit stones and rare materials were crucial to his future cultivation.

After looting everything, he didn't linger. He carefully scanned every corner of the warship with his divine sense again, confirming that there were no survivors and no treasures left behind.

Having done all this, he disembarked from the warship and hovered in the void. Looking at the expensive, dark gold warship before him, he showed no lingering attachment.

This item is too conspicuous and must bear the tracking marks left by the Sky-Splitting God Clan. Carrying it around will only bring trouble.

He raised his hand, and the true meaning of destruction condensed in his palm, transforming into a constantly rotating ball of gray-black energy.

"Annihilate."

The energy ball flew out of his hand and landed lightly on the hull of the warship.

There was no explosion, no fire. The dark golden hull, as if thrown into strong acid, rapidly dissolved and decomposed from the point of contact, transforming into a stream of basic particles that silently dissipated into the starry sky. In just a few breaths, the entire Golden Feather Warship had completely vanished, as if it had never existed.

To destroy the body and eliminate all traces, cleanly and efficiently.

However, the matter is not over yet.

Lin Xuan shifted his gaze to the southeast of the Black Annihilation Star Belt. There, three more had slipped through the net—Silverwing and his two subordinates who had gone to investigate.

"Since we said we'd leave no one alive, then... not a single one can be missing."

His figure transformed into a streak of azure light, tearing through the chaotic energy storm, and sped towards the direction where the three Silverwings were.

When cutting weeds, be sure to remove them at the root.

Today, this Black Annihilation Star Belt is the burial ground for the Sky-Splitting God Clan's hunting squad!

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