Slaughter to Prove Your Dao: Unlock the Great Sage Equal to Heaven at the Start!

The stun effect on the pursuing ships was lifted after the spears were retracted, but the three pursuing ships did not move again.

They retreated slowly in silence, as if blocked by an invisible boundary.

The pursuer, whose face was being pointed at by the spear, remained silent, his face ashen.

He simply turned and returned to the interior of the pursuit ship. The three pursuit ships changed course in the void and disappeared into the depths of space.

The woman in the dark green dress watched the pursuing ships disappear from sight.

Then he turned to look at Chen Xing, his voice carrying a hint of serious curiosity:

"You're also being hunted by the Star Hunters? What's your name?"

Chen Xing glanced at her: "Chen Xing."

Her eyes brightened slightly, as if she had seen a familiar name on a list:

"That Chen Xing from the Qitian Palace?" She reached out her hand to him.

"I am Avril Starry Sky, the eldest princess of the Starry Sky Empire. We are both on the same kill list."

Her voice was still sweet, but her emerald green eyes held a new seriousness.

"The probability of encountering someone of the same 'killable' level on the territory of the Star Hunter Clan is very low."

She withdrew her hand. "I want to talk to you. About that star core."

Chen Xing looked into those emerald green eyes and remained silent for a moment: "You know about that star core?"

Avril raised her hand, and a phantom of a star core, similar to the one Feng Nian had described, appeared in her palm:

"I fled for twenty-seven days just to bring it out of the Azure Starfield. But the Star Hunters were too close."

She looked at Chen Xing, "If you're willing to help me take it out—I can tell you its true use."

Chen Xing stared at the illusory image of the star core for a moment, then said, "Get on the ship."

……

As the Liming, carrying Avril Xinglan, ventured deeper into the Qingming Starfield,

News from the outer star regions is spreading faster than the fluctuations of the laws.

Among the several independent starports on the outskirts of the Starhunters,

Rumors about "the Lord of the Qitian Palace breaking into the Qingming Star Region" have begun to circulate.

At an open-air tea stall in a starport, several independent cultivators sat together, their voices hushed.

"I heard that the Lord of the Qitian Palace pinned three pursuing ships to the spot with a single silver spear—"

The Star Hunters didn't dare to move an inch.

A person next to him lowered his voice and said, "That's a matter concerning the third outpost."

I heard that even earlier, he sealed off a Star Hunter Clan member's path of law circulation at the Star River Ferry, in front of everyone.

Someone shook their head: "The bluish-white mark he left at the ferry crossing hasn't faded to this day."

Another person chimed in:

"The Star Hunter Clan's kill list hasn't had a new name for a long time. The last one on the list, 'Sword Master,' was surrounded and killed in just three days."

This Lord Qitian Palace…”

He didn't continue speaking—because he saw a grayish-white figure passing by in the distance from the tea stall.

The figure didn't look at them.

But everyone fell silent at that moment, as if a mute button had been pressed.

After that figure had walked away, the person who had spoken first lowered their voice again:

"The Star Hunter Clan has too many spies... Let's disperse."

Inside the bridge of the Liming, Avril stood before the star map.

My fingertips traced a complex path across the map of the Azure Star Region:

"The core area of ​​the Star Hunter Clan is located in the center of the Azure Star Region, surrounded by three layers of cursed laws—"

Each level suppresses the cultivation level of outsiders.

The first layer suppresses 10%, the second layer 30%, and the third layer 50%.

Her voice was still sweet, but that sweetness began to reveal a calmness born of experience.

"I ran between the first and second floors for twenty-seven days and barely made it through."

She looked at Chen Xing and said, "You are the first cultivator to break through directly from the outer perimeter to the third level."

Chen Xing looked at the area marked "Curse Law" on the star map and did not answer.

The Liming stopped at the edge of the second layer of the Qingming Starfield, preparing for rest.

As Chen Xing stood on the deck, Avril walked up to him.

Those emerald green eyes held a complex emotion:

"I saw the mark you left at the ferry crossing."

The Star Hunters care about it a lot.

They chased me for twenty-seven days, but they've never chased me this closely before because of my 'Star Core'.

Chen Xing turned to look at her: "You're questioning the authenticity of that star core."

Avril paused for a moment, then nodded:

"When I got it, it really did exude the aura of an ancient god."

But the Star Hunters are chasing me so relentlessly—it doesn't feel like they're chasing a treasure, it feels more like they're chasing something 'marked.'

She looked at Chen Xing, her voice carrying a rare hint of hesitation.

"If it really is a trap, then you already stepped into it when you saved me."

Chen Xing withdrew his gaze:

"If it's a trap, you're the bait that gets put in."

But the fact that we're all here means the Star Hunters haven't closed the net yet.

His voice remained calm. "We still have time before they close the net."

Avril stood on the deck, watching Chen Xing's profile.

For the first time, an emotion different from probing appeared in those emerald green eyes:

"You knew from the beginning that it might be a trap?"

Chen Xing did not answer. But his silence itself was the answer.

That night, Chen Xing stood alone on the bridge, unfolding a silver-white jade slip—

That was the message Feng Nian left for him before he set off, a description of the Azure Star Region.

It contained notes about how the ancient gods sealed the star core. The text in the jade slip gleamed faintly with a silvery light in the darkness:

"The core seal of the Azure Star Domain has three layers, with the star core hidden in the deepest part."

The Starhunter race is able to maintain control in the core area.

This is because they applied a misleading magic circle around the seal. Outsiders see the wrong entrance.

Chen Xing put away the jade slip and stood in front of the star map.

His gaze fell on the area marked "Third Layer of the Curse Law".

"The true entrance is not in the location marked by the Starhunters."

In the opposite direction of their marked location.

He muttered to himself, "So that star core was never in Avril's hands from beginning to end."

He turned to look out the window.

The third layer of the area in the distance, enveloped by the laws of curse, shone with a dark purple halo under the starlight.

Like a living, breathing creature.

At that moment, Avril stood at the corner of the corridor, and the figure and the voice reached her ears.

Her fingertips tightened slightly—she had heard part of it, but she didn't ask any further questions.

She simply stood there, her emerald green eyes flashing briefly in the darkness.

Then she turned and left, her footsteps as light as a feather that hadn't yet touched the ground.

As the Liming entered the edge of the third layer, the void in front of it suddenly began to distort violently.

Seven dark purple chains of law shot out simultaneously from the void.

Weaving together a vast web of laws that stretches across the starry sky,

The Liming and the surrounding airspace were sealed off—the Star Hunter Clan's ambush formation was complete.

A voice came from the void, carrying an air of calm and control:

"Palace Master Qitian, you have indeed come."

We've finally found the right person to bring in that fake star core.

"How far do you really think you can go?"

P.S.: Wishing everyone happiness every day!