Qin Feng stared, stunned, at the small hill several hundred zhang away that had been utterly obliterated.

In his hands, the Earth Roar Divine Skill was more than just a few times stronger.

"It’s the Heavenly Dao Level Star True Power!" Joy flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes.

RUMBLE!

Over a hundred Earth Giant Rhinoceroses stampeded across the barren plain, making the ground tremble.

Qin Feng spun around. His figure flashed like a gale, and within a dozen breaths, he appeared in the air above the panicked, fleeing herd.

He opened his palm, and boundless Star True Power gathered there. A silvery-white orb of light materialized, hovering above his palm.

"Earth Roar!"

A silver light fell into the middle of the stampeding herd.

KABOOM!

An earth-shattering explosion erupted.

Dozens of Earth Giant Rhinoceroses were instantly blown to pieces.

"Again! Kill!" Overjoyed, Qin Feng continuously channeled his Heavenly Dao Level Star True Power, unleashing a barrage of silvery-white orbs from his palm.

Four or five silvery-white orbs of light bombarded the herd in quick succession.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Each blast was world-shaking.

One Earth Giant Rhinoceros after another was sent flying by the explosions.

With devastating ease, the Earth Giant Rhinoceroses were torn to shreds one by one.

Dust from the blasts shot a hundred zhang into the air, like a reverse waterfall.

After a dozen breaths, the dust settled.

Five or six craters, each a dozen zhang deep, scarred the landscape.

The hundred-odd Earth Giant Rhinoceroses had been annihilated, leaving not a single intact corpse behind.

With a flash, a dark figure appeared above the massive craters. Over a hundred streams of Star Essence Qi flowed like a river, converging on the black-clad figure.

All of Qin Feng’s muscles, bones, Circulation Meridians, and acupoints began to change at an incredible speed, as if they were being melted by the exceptionally dense Star Essence Qi.

Qin Feng circulated the Mixed Element Star Technique with all his might. His Star True Power surged, shattering the Star Essence Qi and completely refining it.

One after another, three beams of starlight shot out from above his head, explosively transforming into three new Star Spiritual Veins.

By slaughtering over a hundred Earth Giant Rhinoceroses, he had managed to condense a full three Star Spiritual Veins.

Qin Feng’s body became a stellar black hole, fiercely devouring the rich Star Essence Qi from the Void. As he absorbed the tremendous power, an invisible force swept out from his body, twisting even the starlight that shone down from the Star River.

THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!

Eleven Star Spiritual Veins! They were abnormally powerful!

RUMBLE!

A streak of black light vanished.

As Qin Feng soared through the air, he created a series of sonic booms, effortlessly ascending a thousand zhang into the sky.

A blindingly bright, silvery-white orb appeared in Qin Feng’s palm. He took aim at a thousand-zhang-tall stone peak in the distance.

"Earth Roar!"

The next moment, the silvery-white orb shot out like a bolt of lightning, striking the middle of the stone peak.

KABOOM!

With a colossal crack, as if a Celestial Pillar were collapsing, the entire stone peak shattered and broke in half.

Now that he had condensed eleven Spirit Veins, the power of this Star Mystical Meaning, obtained from the corpse of the Earth Giant Rhinoceros King, had become even more terrifying.

Standing a thousand zhang high in the sky, Qin Feng gazed up at the vast Star River with his dark eyes. His fine eyebrows arched as he spread his arms wide, his black robes whipping in the wind.

"Soon. Very soon. This star will never be able to hold me back!"

SCREECH!

Just then, a sharp, piercing shriek that resounded through the clouds came from high in the heavens.

Qin Feng looked up, his expression changing dramatically. In the boundless Star River, a shocking transformation had suddenly occurred in the once-calm expanse.

It was an abnormally terrifying Ancient Beast. Its sheer size was indescribable. The moment it appeared, the very star beneath Qin Feng’s feet began to tremble violently.

This Ancient Beast resembled a Kunpeng of old.

It was the Ancient Star Kun, a Level Six Ancient Beast of the starry sky, as recorded in the appendix of the Mixed Element Star Technique!

A trace of horror appeared in Qin Feng’s eyes.

Such a terrifying Ancient Beast was powerful enough to rival a Quasi-Venerable who had survived the four great calamities of the Tribulation Crossing.

’Creatures like this are supposed to be in the depths of the Star River! Why would one appear near Yihuo Palace?’ Qin Feng roared inwardly.

The Ancient Star Kun was incredibly fast. It emerged from a distant corner of the Star River and, in the blink of an eye, had arrived near the Twenty-Eight Celestial Star God Palace, in the vicinity of this very star.

The next moment, like a great fish, it dove into the Twelve-Star Ring.

WHOOSH!

He wasn’t sure if it was an illusion, but Qin Feng sensed a dozen or so streaks of light chasing the colossal Kun from behind.

The next moment, a terrifying vortex of starlight suddenly erupted from the Star River, sweeping over and engulfing the hundreds of stars in the area.

"Not good! The Ancient Star Kun is churning the Star River, creating a starlight vortex by spewing out its Star Power! This is dangerous!"

Qin Feng screamed inwardly as his body turned into a streak of light, diving downward. But it was too late.

KABOOM!

A terrifying storm of starlight swept down from the Star River, appearing above his head in an instant.

From the Void, Qin Feng felt an irresistible torrent smash into him.

CRACK. CRACK.

In that single instant, Qin Feng lost count of how many bones in his Star Battle Body had broken.

CRASH!

Immense pressure slammed into him, and his body was blasted deep into the ground like a cannonball.

...

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

In the Star River, a dozen streaks of light suddenly appeared outside the boundless nebula that housed the Yihuo Divine Palace.

"Cunning beast! To think it ran all the way to the outskirts of Yihuo Divine Palace!"

"Keep chasing! We can’t let it get away! It swallowed the Star Embryo that star had been nurturing for millions of years! We absolutely cannot let it refine that treasure!"

"We must not let this beast escape! This Star Embryo holds a heaven-defying Creation! If we merge it with our own Lifebound Stars, we can surely nurture a Divine Weapon of Creation that embodies stellar authority!"

"After it! Even if it runs to the ends of the universe, we must kill this beast!"

...

With furious roars, the dozen or so streaks of light, their auras abnormally terrifying, plunged into the twelve Star Rings of the Yihuo Divine Palace.

Before long, earth-shattering sounds erupted from the three innermost rings of the Yihuo Divine Palace.

...

THUD! THUD!

Terrifying rumbles echoed from above, giving Qin Feng the distinct impression that the entire star was being shattered.

This star was like a dilapidated house, swaying ceaselessly in a storm.

After an unknown amount of time, the rumbling from above gradually subsided.

Qin Feng tried to move, but a wave of excruciating pain shot through his Battle Body.

Qin Feng looked inward. His body was like a broken doll covered in cracks, ready to shatter at any moment.

Qin Feng sucked in a sharp breath. He hurriedly circulated the Eight Desolates Undying Profound Technique, drawing wisps of Star Essence Qi from the ground and absorbing them into his body to begin repairing the damage to his Battle Body.

This star was unusually ancient. Qin Feng discovered that even the ground itself contained an abnormally dense concentration of Star Essence Qi.

At this moment, here in the Star River, the advantage of Qin Feng’s Eight Desolates Undying Body became apparent.

If it had been an ordinary Martial Artist, they could only have watched their Battle Body shatter, their consciousness forced to return to their original body to endure a lengthy recovery.

With all his might, Qin Feng struggled out of the ground. HUFF... HUFF... His chest heaved violently, and it took nearly all his strength just to climb to his feet. Pale-faced, he sat cross-legged on the ground and circulated the Eight Desolates Undying Profound Technique with full force. Countless streams of Star Essence Qi merged into his body. His broken bones, meridians, and flesh began to be reborn from destruction...