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

Deep within the quicksand asteroid belt, in a quiet room filled with meteorites.

The virtual divine spark flickered at an unprecedented frequency, projecting causal lines filled with greed and murderous intent from distant star fields onto Lin Xuan's sea of ​​consciousness. Although the specific contents of the "Crimson Star Token" could not be known, the sudden surge of malicious locking, which almost formed an invisible giant net, had already explained everything.

"The Sky-Splitting Clan...it seems they're willing to pay any price." Lin Xuan slowly opened his eyes, his pupils showing no panic, but instead igniting two cold flames. Passive avoidance was not his style. Since trouble had come knocking, then...he would fight his way out!

Instead of fleeing immediately, he completely concealed his aura, merging into the chaotic star belt background like a real meteorite. His virtual divine core operated at full power, actively capturing and analyzing the information flow permeating the star field—intercepting some crude communication runes, analyzing fragments of divine thought communication on public starships, and even tracing back to the more obvious sources of malicious targeting.

Soon, information about the astonishing bounty of the "Crimson Star Order" was pieced together by the virtual godhead.

"Tens of millions of spirit stones... top-grade spiritual treasures... the origin of stars... the divine blood pool..." Lin Xuan murmured these words that would drive any cultivator mad, but a cruel smile curled at the corner of his mouth. "Such a grand gesture. It seems that my ability to take lives is quite valuable."

Valuable value often means... danger. But within danger lies immense opportunity!

These hunters, drawn by the bounty, are themselves, in themselves, moving "resources." Especially those old monsters nearing the end of their lives and those infamous demons, aren't they all incredibly wealthy?

"Since you see me as prey..." Lin Xuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, "then let's see who the real hunter is!"

Anti-hunting, begin!

He first locked onto a target that was closest to him and had the most flamboyant aura. It was a jet-black space pirate ship branded with skull totems, brazenly patrolling the outer edge of the quicksand star belt. Its powerful divine sense swept across every speck of stardust like a searchlight. On board were three late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators and dozens of Qi Refining stage space pirates.

"I'll use you all... as a sacrifice."

Lin Xuan moved like a ghost, using the ubiquitous dust and energy turbulence in the star belt as cover, silently approaching the pirate ship. When he was close enough, he did not attack directly, but instead formed hand seals, using the Lesser Completion of the True Meaning of Destruction to manipulate the surrounding space and energy, setting up a simple annihilation space trap.

Then, he deliberately revealed a very faint but uniquely his own spiritual energy fluctuation.

"Hmm? Found something!" On the pirate ship, the cultivator in charge of reconnaissance immediately detected the fluctuation and shouted excitedly. The dark ship immediately changed direction and, like a hyena smelling blood, accelerated towards the direction from which the fluctuation came.

Just as the pirate ship plunged into the space that Lin Xuan had tampered with—

"Buzz!"

Space suddenly solidified and collapsed! An invisible force of annihilation, like a swamp, entangled the ship, causing its speed to drop drastically, and the ship's protective array emitted a hum that could not bear the strain!

"Oh no! There's an ambush!" The pirate leader was terrified.

But it was too late.

Lin Xuan's figure appeared above the bow deck like the Grim Reaper. He didn't even use the Heaven-Burning Halberd, but simply pointed his fingers like a sword and a condensed sword aura of destruction swept across!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"

The heads of the three late-stage Foundation Establishment space pirates instantly shot into the sky, their faces frozen in terror and disbelief. Their souls, attempting to escape, were utterly annihilated by the ensuing aura of destruction!

The Qi Refining space pirates on the ship were terrified and scattered in all directions. Lin Xuan didn't even glance at them. His divine sense swept over the storage bags of the three leaders and the ship's warehouse, emptying all valuables. Then, with a single punch, he turned the space pirate ship and its low-level pirates into cosmic dust.

Clean and efficient, the whole process took no more than ten breaths.

Feeling the newly added spirit stones and materials in his storage bag, Lin Xuan's eyes turned cold. "The first one."

Without pausing, he disappeared once again into the depths of the star belt, like the most patient hunter searching for his next target.

In the following days, a series of bizarre "disappearances" began to occur in the region of the quicksand star belt near the edge of the black annihilation star belt.

A "treasure hunting team" consisting of three Foundation Establishment Grand Perfection cultivators rushed there after receiving news that Lin Xuan might be hiding in a dense asteroid belt, but never came out. Several days later, passersby only found some fragments of magical artifacts and dark red ice shards that had long since solidified (blood frozen by the power of destruction) at the original site.

A demonic old monster, nearing the end of his lifespan and having reached the pseudo-core realm, used a tracking treasure to find Lin Xuan's temporary hiding place first. He launched an attack with a maniacal laugh, but was forcibly suppressed by Lin Xuan with the Annihilation Domain. In the end, he was cleaved in two by the Heaven-Burning Halberd (which Lin Xuan had initially refined and could already unleash some of its power). He didn't even have time to self-destruct his golden core, and all his accumulated strength became Lin Xuan's resources.

There was even a five-person search team from a mid-sized sect, led by an elder in the early Golden Core stage. When they were trying to capture Lin Xuan, he used a natural "illusion maze" within the Flowing Sand Star Belt to divide them up, and then he defeated them one by one! The Golden Core elder finally fought Lin Xuan head-on. Although he had a slight advantage due to his cultivation level, he was shocked by Lin Xuan's fearless fighting style of exchanging injuries for injuries and his unpredictable destructive sword energy. In the end, he was able to escape calmly by taking advantage of the environment, while his four Foundation Establishment Great Perfection disciples were left forever in the maze.

The news spread like wildfire among the hunters, initially tinged with excitement and greed, gradually turning into suspicion and unease, and finally transforming into...fear!

"A devil! He's a devil!" "He's not even at the Foundation Establishment stage! He's definitely hiding his true strength!" "That black sword energy is terrifying! One touch and you're dead!" "That halberd in his hand...it looks like the Heaven-Burning Halberd of the Sky-Splitting Clan!" "He's hunting us down! Run! We might get the bounty, but we won't live to enjoy it!"

Panic began to spread. Some weaker hunter teams started to back down and quietly withdrew from the quicksand star belt. Meanwhile, some powerful veterans and factions became more cautious and even began to unite.

The roles of hunter and prey subtly shifted amidst the bloody carnage.

Lin Xuan weaved through the cold stardust and meteorites, his green robe stained with specks of dark red—the blood of his enemies. His eyes grew ever deeper and colder, and the murderous aura surrounding him almost solidified. The continuous battles and slaughter did not tire him; on the contrary, they made his newly broken-through Foundation Establishment Perfection realm even more stable, and his application of the True Meaning of Destruction even more skillful and ruthless.

We fight to sustain our war effort, and we march on blood!

He stood on a huge meteorite, gazing into the vast, yet more dangerous, starry sky beyond the star belt, where even more powerful individuals were drawn by the bounty.

"Come on, the more the better."

He muttered to himself, his figure disappearing once more into the boundless darkness and chaos.

This counter-hunting campaign sweeping across the star system has only just begun.

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