One day later, Qin Feng’s injuries had fully recovered.

Not only that, but after surviving the ordeal, his Eight Desolates Undying Body had grown even more formidable.

This was the most profound aspect of the Eight Desolates Undying Profound Technique. As long as he wasn’t completely destroyed, his body would undergo another transformation upon recovery, growing stronger and stronger.

Qin Feng opened his eyes.

The scene before him left him stunned.

A mighty power had completely flattened the entire Star Peak.

As far as the eye could see, this entire star had been turned into a plain!

"HISS!!"

A chill rose in Qin Feng’s heart.

Suddenly, Qin Feng’s eyes lit up. His powerful Spiritual Consciousness faintly sensed several invisible points of starlight pulsing hundreds of miles away.

The nearest one was just half a mile away.

Qin Feng pondered for a moment, then his figure transformed into a streak of black light, speeding toward the spot half a mile away.

A few dozen breaths later, a black shadow flashed into the air. Qin Feng’s figure was like a gentle breeze. Looking down from above, he saw a basin appear before his eyes.

In the basin, a massive silver-white elephant was whimpering in pain.

Qin Feng’s eyes brightened. It was a High-tier First Level Nebula Beast, a Silver Light Elephant. Its entire body was silver-white and enormous, but it seemed to have been caught in the earlier vortex of starlight and was heavily injured.

It was absorbing Star Essence Qi from the Void to heal its wounds.

’A perfect opportunity! Kill!’

Qin Feng’s eyes shone brightly. An Earth Roar Bomb materialized in his palm.

A silver light descended from the sky, blasting into the basin.

BOOM!

The Silver Light Elephant, which had been lying on the ground absorbing Star Essence Qi to heal, was instantly blasted to death.

An exceptionally dense stream of Star Essence Qi burst from the tattered remains of the Silver Light Elephant. It shook its head and wagged its tail before soaring into the air and merging into Qin Feng’s body.

Qin Feng felt a pleasant warmth spread through him as a warm current surged inside his body. His Star True Power was rising.

Just then, a great chill seized Qin Feng’s heart.

RUMBLE!

The ground below suddenly exploded. A brilliant white, crescent-shaped blade of light tore through the Void and appeared at Qin Feng’s feet in the next instant.

"Trying to ambush me? Get lost!"

A fierce glint flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes.

The longsword slashed out!

Sixth Sword of Primordial Tide!

Qin Feng had long since cultivated his Primordial Tide Extinction Swordsmanship to the 6th Layer. He had already comprehended the wonders of Tidal Fusion. With a single slash, he unleashed six-layered Mixed Element Star True Power stacked into one strike, its power as unstoppable as a landslide or a tsunami!

The ambushing black shadow never expected Qin Feng to instantly detect his sneak attack, much less counter-attack so quickly. In his haste, all he could do was draw his long saber and hold it in front of him.

CLANG!

The sound of sword meeting saber rang out!

"Impossible!"

With a miserable cry, the black shadow was smashed into the ground like a cannonball.

With a loud CRASH, dust flew everywhere!

BOOM!

The next moment, a black shadow flew out of the dust cloud and appeared in mid-air. It was a youth in cyan martial attire, looking to be about fifteen or sixteen years old. Silver blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. He stared deathly at Qin Feng, his eyes filled with incredulous fury.

It was he who had just used the heavily injured Silver Light Elephant as bait, scheming to kill whoever came to hunt it.

’He’s not dead yet!’ Qin Feng’s expression was one of surprise. Ordinarily, even a Martial Arts Strongman at the Profound Extreme Realm would be crippled after being struck by his Battle Sword.

After taking a closer look at the cyan-clothed youth, Qin Feng understood.

This cyan-clothed youth had actually condensed at least sixteen Star Spiritual Veins! Moreover, he seemed to be practicing an exceptionally formidable Cultivation Technique. As he breathed, torrents of Star Essence Qi merged into his body, healing his injuries.

It was very much like the ultimate skill of the Sun and Moon Sword Sect that Elder Qingmu had mentioned, the Sun and Moon True Body.

Qin Feng said, "So you’ve condensed so many Spirit Veins and turned yourself into a turtle shell. No wonder you’re still jumping around after taking a hit from me!"

The cyan-clothed youth trembled with rage.

"I don’t care who you are! You dared to hurt me, so you’re dead!" the cyan-clothed youth shrieked. In the next moment, an unusually powerful aura erupted from his body.

The power unleashed by sixteen Spirit Veins erupting at once was simply heaven-shaking.

"White Annihilation Palm!"

A palm struck out, covering the entire sky.

A cold sneer appeared on Qin Feng’s face. ’A very powerful Divine Ability, but unfortunately, the one using it has scattered his power. It’s all flash and no substance!’

’Most importantly, you’ve absorbed too much miscellaneous Star Essence Qi without properly refining and fusing it. The quality of your Star True Power is too low!’

Qin Feng let out a long cry that seemed to shatter the Firmament. He spun the Battle Sword in his hand and, instead of retreating, charged forward.

Seventh Sword of Primordial Tide Extinction!

Having broken through to the Condensing Vein Realm, Qin Feng’s Daluo God Sealing Sword Skill had reached a new level. Seven-layered Mixed Element Star True Power fused violently, clinging to the Battle Sword in his hand as he slashed out.

The piercing sword light tore through the sky-blotting Palm Seal with the ease of splitting dry wood. Like a bolt of thunder, it struck the cyan-clothed youth’s figure, cleaving his Star Battle Body in two.

PSCCHT!

The cyan-clothed youth’s body was instantly split in two! One half fell from the sky with a crash!

"No!"

In mid-air, the cyan-clothed youth stared blankly at his own falling lower body, his eyes filled with disbelief. His eyes turned crimson as he stared at Qin Feng and roared.

"No! Impossible! I am the peerless prodigy from the Sun and Moon Academy with the greatest hope of entering the Sun and Moon Sword Sect’s Inner Sect! I was destined to soar to the heavens! How could I be defeated by a no-name nobody right after entering the Twenty-Eight Celestial Star God Palace!"

"So you really are a disciple of the Sun and Moon Academy. You dared to ambush me, so today I will kill you completely!"

Qin Feng sneered and activated his Star True Power. A silver-white ball of light appeared in his palm, then shot out as a streak of light, hitting the cyan-clothed youth’s remains.

RUMBLE!

A world-shaking explosion.

The genius from the Sun and Moon Academy was blown to pieces, not even a complete corpse remaining.

To Qin Feng’s surprise, a light cyan stream of Star Essence Qi flew out from the spot where the Sun and Moon Academy genius had been obliterated.

’Killing other people also drops Star Essence Qi!’

A shiver ran down Qin Feng’s spine.

Within this light cyan Star Essence Qi was a peculiar, light cyan shard of starlight. Qin Feng stared at the approaching shard, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

This scene was very familiar, just like when he had killed the Earth Giant Rhinoceros King!

’It even dropped a Star Mystical Meaning!’

Qin Feng suddenly recalled a warning from the "Mixed Element Star Technique": it seemed that if you were killed within the Star River, it was possible to permanently drop one of your Divine Abilities.

Qin Feng gloated at the other’s misfortune.

The light cyan Star Essence Qi contained a wind-like power. Refining this strand of Star Essence Qi was comparable to Qin Feng killing two or three Late-Level One Silver Light Elephants.

After absorbing this Star Essence Qi, Qin Feng felt as if his whole body was floating. Two streaks of starlight shot out from his Hundred Acupoints, and mysterious Runes smelted together, instantly forming two new Star Spiritual Veins.

Killing this cyan-clothed youth had actually allowed him to condense two Star Spiritual Veins in one go.

Qin Feng was overjoyed.

’This was basically a fat sheep delivering itself to my door.’

At the same time, a new, unfamiliar Divine Ability appeared in Qin Feng’s mind.

A thin, cyan, crescent-shaped blade hovered over Qin Feng’s palm. He landed on the ground, stomped his foot, and with a RUMBLE, a huge boulder flew through the air.

Qin Feng thrust out his palm, and a hundred cyan, crescent-shaped blades shot out, instantly blasting the boulder into a hundred pieces.

’Gentle Wind Half Moon Slash, a pretty powerful Divine Ability!’

Qin Feng was delighted. He figured that the cyan-clothed youth would probably cough up blood from rage after returning to his real body.

...

Qin Feng did not know that at the very moment the cyan-clothed youth was killed, dozens of disciples from the Sun and Moon Academy around the Twelve Rings suddenly took out silver-white Crystal Balls from their robes.

"This is bad! Junior Brother Yue has been killed!"

"The location is Lone Night Star, just outside the Twelve Rings!"

"Damn it! Junior Brother Yue was someone the Academy Elders specifically told us to protect! And he was killed!"

"Didn’t Junior Brother Yue just enter the outskirts of the Yihuo Divine Palace? His strength is formidable, he was known as a Seed Level genius in the Sun and Moon Academy. How could he have been killed so quickly!"

"After him! Tear the murderer to shreds!"

Around Lone Night Star, several powerful figures burst forth from various stars, crossing the Star River and hurtling towards Lone Night Star.