Chapter 226: One Hundred Layer Tower! Asteroid-sized Savage Beast Fragments

Chapter 226: A Tower of One Hundred Storeys! An Asteroid-Sized Fragment of the Primal Beast! Earth-Shattering Good Fortune!

As tens of millions of warriors from the five great star systems completely lost their bearings like headless flies and frantically plunged into the core of the star, the outer battlefield, which had originally been frozen in a tense standoff, instantly became desolate and empty.

All that remained were those unfortunate souls delayed for a fleeting moment because their strength was slightly lacking, their reactions somewhat slow, or because they had been stabbed in the back by their "allies."

What they faced was the tiger-and-wolf division from Star System 99, advancing as an undivided whole behind Caesar like an iron torrent.

There was no suspense whatsoever.

The slaughter was entirely one-sided.

After completely sweeping away these tens of thousands of "remnant soldiers" who had no time to flee, Caesar’s golden eyes gazed coldly ahead toward that massive, dark red star.

"Seize the Primal Beast Fragments!"

"Upon encountering any warrior not of Star System 99, slay them immediately!"

His icy voice transformed into an unquestionable command, resounding in the heart of every single warrior from Star System 99.

"Understood!"

Millions of uniform responses coalesced into a collective will powerful enough to shake the very stars.

In the next instant, this disciplined and murderous army turned into millions of streaks of flowing light, closely following the footsteps of the warriors from the five great star systems as they charged into the star.

A truly bloody hunt and struggle had officially raised its curtain.

...

Inside the star.

Qin Feng’s silhouette was like a phantom weaving through the rifts between the luminous flames and the force fields.

His mental energy was highly concentrated, sensing every trace of energy flow in his surroundings to avoid those lethal death traps, while simultaneously searching frantically for any sign of the Primal Beast Fragments.

After venturing roughly several million kilometers deep into the star's interior, his divine sense finally captured a wisp of extremely pure and boundless lifeforce.

Found it!

A sharp gleam flashed in Qin Feng’s eyes, and his figure instantly accelerated, rushing toward the source of the aura.

At the bottom of a relatively stable "lake" composed of viscous, luminous flames, a crystal-like object roughly the size of an adult's fist floated quietly, radiating a soft and dazzling treasure-light.

It was pale gold throughout, its interior appearing as though countless stars were being born and extinguished, while streams of ultimate life essence and spiritual imprints flowed slowly within it.

It was precisely a Primal Beast Fragment!

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Feng unleashed his mental energy, gently drawing the fragment out from the luminous flames and catching it steadily in his palm.

He did not even take the time to examine it closely.

On this battlefield where one could encounter an enemy at any given second, any waste of time was a profanation of life itself.

He opened his mouth and directly swallowed that Primal Beast Fragment, which was as hard as divine metal, into his stomach!

"Hum—!"

The moment the fragment entered his stomach, an unimaginable, wild torrent of life erupted violently within his body!

Immediately after, with a mere thought from Qin Feng, the imperial strategic-grade cultivation technique that had long since merged with his bloodline—the Ten Perfection Hands—began to operate on its own!

A warm yet domineering power surged from his limbs and bones, acting like a tamer’s reins to precisely snare that wild torrent of life, beginning to decompose, purify, and refine it with an unbelievable efficiency!

At the same time, Qin Feng divided his mind to multitask.

His consciousness instantly sank into his own spiritual world.

His mental energy pierced through layers of barriers, escaping into that bizarre, multicolored sub-space filled with endless mysteries.

At this moment, atop the tower foundation, there were only three lonely bricks.

As the Ten Perfection Hands continuously converted the energy of the Primal Beast Fragment, Qin Feng began to use this incomparably pure energy as "cement" and his own spiritual will as a "chisel" to meticulously carve and construct new bricks within this pure land of sub-space that belonged to him.

One piece...

Another piece...

Yet another piece...

In the outside world, a mere half-day had passed.

Qin Feng abruptly snapped his eyes open.

The boundless energy contained within the fist-sized Primal Beast Fragment in his stomach had been completely digested and absorbed by him, without a single drop remaining!

And within his spiritual domain, atop the foundation of that Immortal Tower, three brand-new bricks shimmering with immortal brilliance had actually been added!

The total number had reached six pieces!

"This is simply too exaggerated!"

"Such speed..."

For the first time, a look of irrepressible shock appeared on Qin Feng’s face.

He knew better than anyone how difficult the construction of an "Immortal Projection" truly was.

Prior to this, he had consumed a vast mountain of resources and time just to barely build the foundation of three bricks.

Yet now, a single fist-sized fragment had directly doubled his progress in a mere half-day!

"No wonder... no wonder they say this stroke of fortune is enough to allow a warrior a direct path to the Stellar level!"

"If I can collect and absorb all the Primal Beast Fragments inside this star, it will absolutely forge a complete 'Immortal Projection' and elevate me to the Stellar level!"

After a brief moment of exclamation, Qin Feng’s thoughts instantly returned to calm, and he began to analyze.

"People like Yan Wu, Cang, and those fellows from Star System 118 have all just emerged from the 'Tzeentch Library,' and their mental energy cultivation has only recently reached the realm of the 'Boundless Sea.'"

"According to the normal cultivation process, if they want to familiarize themselves with the power of the 'Boundless Sea' and find the method to open sub-space with mental energy to begin constructing an 'Immortal Projection,' this process of groping in the dark would take at least a year or so."

"In other words, there is a high probability that they will temporarily store any Primal Beast Fragments they seize instead of absorbing them directly like me.

Because they cannot make use of them yet, and absorbing them directly would only waste the most precious spiritual imprints meant for constructing the projection."

"They will wait until they truly begin to construct their 'Immortal Projection' before bringing them out for use."

"If that's the case... if I run into them, I absolutely cannot let them off."

"I must slay them!"

"To me right now, they are moving treasuries filled to the brim with top-tier resources!"

"However, I still need to be careful to avoid those powerful warriors from Star System 99, especially Caesar and those few monsters under his command whose 'Immortal Projections' have already taken initial shape."

"As for the River-level warriors of the other five great star systems, they can actually be left alive to counter Star System 99."

...

Over the next few days, Qin Feng continued to explore cautiously within this perilous interior of the star.

He was like the most patient hunter, concealing all of his aura and avoiding all combat areas with violent energy fluctuations, searching for his prey only in those remote, neglected corners.

Finally, on the fifth day, a life aura dozens of times larger than the previous fragment was captured by his divine sense.

Qin Feng instantly transformed into a streak of flowing light, escaping toward the source of the aura.

A massive Primal Beast Fragment over a dozen meters high, resembling a small mountain peak, was currently radiating a faint, intoxicatingly beautiful treasure-light.

Yet, before this "mountain of treasure," two figures were locked in a savage, desperate struggle of life and death.

One of them possessed a burly frame, adorned with two iconic, pointed horn accessories upon his head; the broadblade in his hands swung with wide, sweeping arcs, exuding an aura of pure wildness.

It was none other than Temur!

His opponent was a martial artist clad in power armor, whose strength closely matched Temur's, both standing at the peak of the "River Realm," though he clearly hailed from the 99th Galaxy.

At this moment, it was evident the two had been locked in mortal combat for a long time.

Temur was drenched in blood, his power armor marred by ferocious gashes, and his aura had grown chaotic and ragged—he was visibly at a disadvantage, teetering on the brink of being slain at any moment.

Qin Feng’s arrival drew no one’s attention.

Like a bolt of lightning cutting through the dark night, carrying an unrivaled torrent of speed and power, he lunged toward the martial artist of the 99th Galaxy.

At that exact instant, the tip of the Star-Devouring Spear ignited with a deep, profound darkness capable of swallowing all light.

"Boom—"

The martial artist from the 99th Galaxy did not even have the time to react.

Beneath that devastating thrust, his body, along with the power armor he wore, shattered instantly into a mist of blood that filled the air.

Immediately following, the bloody mist dissolved into countless minuscule specks of light, vanishing completely.

An instant kill!

Temur, who had been preparing to unleash his final, desperate strike with everything he had, froze entirely.

He shook his head slightly, the two pointed horn accessories still buzzing, and stared forward with a dazed expression.

Not until he clearly recognized that familiar, terrifyingly auraed black spear, and that cold, unforgettable face.

Qin Feng!

"Qin Feng! It's you?"

Temur’s pupils contracted to their absolute limit in an instant!

A dread originating from the depths of his soul caused his muscles to tense violently, and almost without thinking, he nearly unleashed the ultimate strike of his lifetime...

Yet, Qin Feng merely retracted his spear calmly, his gaze falling upon the massive Wild Beast Fragment.

"I am taking this fragment."

His voice was as placid as ancient, undisturbed water.

"As for you, leave."

Temur’s movements froze in place.

He could hardly believe his ears, his rugged face masking a deep sense of confusion and wariness.

"...You are not going to kill me?"

Temur spoke heavily, his voice raspy.

In his memory, ever since he first hunted Qin Feng, their relationship had been reduced to a single law—either you die, or I perish.

Later on, whenever Qin Feng encountered him, he would hunt him down without the slightest hesitation.

Not long ago, outside the Tzeentch Library, he had even been instantly killed in public by a single thrust from the explosively empowered Qin Feng, suffering a shameful rebirth.

It could be said that an unyielding, mortal feud had long been forged between the two.

Yet this time, Qin Feng actually... chose not to kill him?

"I will not kill you."

Qin Feng’s gaze did not even shift from the colossal fragment.

"Go find other fragments on your own."

"Perhaps you might even kill a few River Realm martial artists from the 99th Galaxy."

"I certainly do not want... to shoulder that damn debt myself."

Hearing this reasoning, Temur fell silent.

He was no fool, and he instantly grasped Qin Feng's meaning.

This was neither mercy nor reconciliation.

It was merely a purely rational choice when faced with a far more formidable, common enemy.

To preserve every bit of combat power on their own side to wear down the enemy, grasping for that one-in-a-ten-thousand, bleak hope of victory.

"Thank you."

Temur took a long, deep look at Qin Feng's back, finally cupping his hands together to squeeze out those two difficult words.

In the next second, he turned around without hesitation, transforming into a streak of light, and swiftly vanished into the depths of the complex asteroid belt without looking back.

Qin Feng watched quietly as Temur’s figure dissolved into the distant labyrinth of flares and meteorites, waiting until his aura completely vanished from the perception of his divine sense.

He had spared Temur out of neither kindness nor pity.

It was merely a pure, cold, optimal solution based entirely on the current state of the war.

Temur's strength no longer posed any threat to him.

By keeping him alive and letting him roam this stellar graveyard, he might clash with the martial artists of the 99th Galaxy, consuming the enemy’s vital forces and buying a glimmer of hope for their own faction.

He was a qualified piece of cannon fodder.

But had the one standing here been Yan Wu, Cang, Leng Yu... or any of the top prodigies who had just broken through the Tzeentch Library, whose mental cultivation had attained the boundless sea realm, Qin Feng would have driven the Star-Devouring Spear into their chests without a moment's hesitation.

Because at this specific juncture in time, those people were walking, human-shaped treasuries packed with top-tier resources to him.

They had not yet knocked upon the gates of the warp, rendering them unable to absorb the core mental imprint within the Wild Beast Fragments.

Everything they plundered would only be stored temporarily on their persons, awaiting the future path of constructing the immortal projection.

By killing them, all the fragments they carried would become nourishment for Qin Feng.

Of course, this ruthless hunting would be limited only to this initial year.

Qin Feng had calmly calculated that with the talent and foundation of people like Cang, it would take them a year at most to successfully enter the mental realm.

When that time came, should Qin Feng encounter them again, he would no longer deal a fatal blow as long as they did not actively provoke him.

After all, an extra person meant an extra portion of strength against the 99th Galaxy.

Naturally, all of this was built upon absolute strength and mutual, unspoken understanding.

If any powerhouse from the five major galaxies blindly sought to steal the Wild Beast Fragment already in Qin Feng's possession...

Then, Qin Feng's spear would never waver in the slightest.

Pulling his thoughts back, Qin Feng's gaze rested once more upon the mountain-sized Wild Beast Fragment before him, standing over a dozen meters tall.

Delaying no further, he shifted his frame and arrived right before the fragment.

With surging energy driving the Ten Perfection Hands, his palms seemed to transform into two black holes, pressing directly against the fragment to begin frantically devouring and refining it in a near-brutal fashion!

Simultaneously, his mind escaped into the warp once again.

Upon the foundation of that Immortal Tower, along with the influx of majestic energy from the outside world, block after block of brand-new, immortally gleaming bricks began to be rapidly constructed at a speed visible to the naked eye!

Ten pieces...

One hundred pieces...

One thousand pieces...

Ten thousand pieces!

Time, during this prolonged process of refinement, flew by at an astonishing speed.

Half a month later.

Qin Feng abruptly opened his eyes, a dazzling divine light flickering and vanishing in the depths of his pupils.

The mountain-like heap of enormous [Beast Fragments] before him had completely disappeared, transformed into the foundation stones of his [Undying Tower].

This time, he had constructed a total of ten thousand eight hundred brand-new bricks!

His strength had surged once again!

"Every time I obtain fragments, I must absorb them on the spot."

"If I keep them, and someone kills me later, it will all be for nothing."

"Absorbing them immediately means that even if I die, I’ve still gained—no loss."

Feeling the far more formidable power within him than before, a satisfied smile spread across Qin Feng’s face.

After a brief moment to regulate his breathing, he once again concealed all his aura, like a phantom, continuing to drift and hide in the depths of this star, searching for his next target.

However, this time, before he could find new fragments, trouble found him first.

As he entered a new region of chaotic force fields, seven powerful auras locked onto him from different directions without any warning!

Qin Feng’s steps halted instantly, his gaze turning icy.

Seven warriors clad in powered armor emerged from the blazing light, forming a perfect encirclement that sealed off all his escape routes.

The moment they spotted Qin Feng, they wasted no words.

"Kill—"

The cold command echoed simultaneously through their mental network.

Without a doubt, these seven were all warriors from the 99th Galaxy.

The next second, seven attacks, each carrying devastating power, converged on Qin Feng from seven different angles!

All seven were peak-level experts of the "River and Ocean Realm"!

Faced with this encirclement that would drive any warrior of the same level to utter despair, Qin Feng’s face showed not a trace of emotion.

He merely, slowly, raised the [Star-Swallowing Spear] in his hand.

He thrust the spear once.

The essence of the [Heaven-Devouring Fist Art] was infused into his spear technique.

The killing move—[Devour Heaven]!

In an instant, heaven and earth lost their light.

With Qin Feng at the center, the surrounding cosmos seemed to be pulled into an endless, bottomless dark abyss.

Blazing light, force fields, energy... everything was utterly devoured under this single spear strike!

The smiles on the faces of the seven warriors from Galaxy 99 froze instantly.

In the moment before their pupils were swallowed by darkness, they reflected that earth-shattering spear, filled with boundless shock and despair.

"It’s the number one of Galaxy 117... the madman Qin Feng!"

"This move... is the Heaven-Devouring Fist Art! It’s him, no doubt!"

"Intelligence is wrong! His strength far exceeds the estimates!"

"...Report the coordinates!"

These final thoughts, like lightning and flint, reached a consensus in the mental network of the seven in an instant.

They abandoned all resistance, all defense.

In the billionth of a second before being completely engulfed by darkness, the seven condensed all their mental power into a data stream containing spatial coordinates and sent it to the private channel of Galaxy 99!

Boom—!!!!

Endless darkness swept through.

The seven peak-level experts of the "River and Ocean Realm," along with their powered armor, didn’t even have time to scream before they were torn apart by the surging devouring force, exploding into clouds of blood mist.

"Go!"

Having struck successfully, Qin Feng didn’t linger for a single moment.

He didn’t even check the results; his form transformed into a streak of light, fleeing madly in the direction opposite to where he had come!

The desperate mental energy fluctuations of those seven before their deaths—he had sensed them clearly.

They had obviously given up resistance, using their lives to buy time to send the coordinates.

This area was absolutely no longer safe to stay in!

Qin Feng was certain that within half an hour at most, the monsters from Galaxy 99—those whose [Undying Projection] had already been constructed to over 10%—would arrive upon hearing the news!

Those were beings he simply couldn’t contend with at his current level!

If he wanted to build his [Undying Projection] to ten percent, he would need to complete the entire [Undying Tower]—all ninety-nine floors! And each floor required bricks in the millions!

He still had a long way to go.

Qin Feng harbored no illusions. He pushed his speed to the absolute limit.

He didn’t stop exploring; instead, like a desperate fugitive, he plunged deeper into the star.

Within this star, where mental and psychic force fields were extremely high-pressure, complex, and chaotic, the function of subspace teleportation had been completely blocked.

He could only rely on his physical body and mental power to flee swiftly.

But this was also an advantage—otherwise, the experts from Galaxy 99 would arrive too quickly, leaving him no chance to escape.

One month.

For an entire month, Qin Feng barely paused for a moment.

He had completely left behind that coordinate region, which might already be covered by the enemy’s net.

"This place... should be very deep inside the star by now."

Qin Feng halted, catching his breath in a relatively stable force field zone, muttering to himself.

"Probably, I’ve reached about 30% of the distance from the surface to the core."

This was just a rough estimate.

Although, with his "Boundless Sea" level of power, if he released his mental energy without restraint, he could envelop the entire star and draw a complete internal map on his HUD interface.

But the risk of doing so was too great.

That vast wave of mental energy would be like a lighthouse in the dark night, instantly detected by beings of Kaisar’s level.

The outcome was certain death.

So now, Qin Feng could only cautiously shrink the range of his spiritual detection to about a thousand miles around.

Another three days passed.

Just as Qin Feng had adjusted his state and was about to change direction to continue his exploration, his mind, spread out like a spiderweb, suddenly detected a life aura unprecedented in its magnitude—so vast it made his very soul tremble!

His gaze instantly pierced through layers of blazing light.

At the edge of that detection range, a shadow of unimaginable enormity hung silently.

It was a piece of [Beast Fragment].

A piece…

“Holy shit—”

Even with Qin Feng’s current temperament, upon seeing the true size of that fragment, he couldn’t help but curse.

“This… it’s as big as a small planet!”

Qin Feng’s heart surged with wild joy!

What incredible luck!

After a month of relentless travel, deep inside the star, he had actually encountered a fragment the size of a small planet!

That ecstasy was like a star detonating in the calm lake of Qin Feng’s heart, stirring up monstrous waves.

But he forcibly suppressed his excitement.

The more such a heaven-defying opportunity that could change his fate descended, the more he had to maintain absolute calm.

Because deadly danger often lurked behind immense temptation.

Qin Feng did not rush toward that colossal fragment floating like a death satellite in the flames.

Like the most cautious lone wolf, he began a long and meticulous investigation centered on this planet-sized [Beast Fragment].

Qin Feng still strictly controlled his spiritual detection range within a thousand miles, like the most precise radar, scanning every force field, every meteorite, every shadowy corner that might hide an enemy, inch by inch.

One day.

Two days.

For an entire month, he circled this enormous fragment no fewer than hundreds of times, thoroughly imprinting the complex environment of millions of miles around into his mind.

Finally, he reached a conclusion.

Safe.

There was no trace of any other warrior here.

Not even a hint that any other warrior had ever been here.

Clearly, his month-long desperate flight had temporarily removed him from the main battlefield.

After confirming absolute safety, Qin Feng hesitated no longer.

He turned into a streak of light and instantly arrived before the planet-sized [Beast Fragment].

Only when he was this close could he truly appreciate its grandeur and majesty.

Its crystal-like surface was covered with intricate patterns, and inside, an entire dead galaxy seemed to flow slowly.

That purest life essence and spiritual imprint—just being near it made every cell in Qin Feng’s body cheer and leap!

“Begin!”

Qin Feng took a deep breath, extended both palms, and pressed them firmly against the fragment’s cold, hard surface!

[Perfect Hands]!

Spirit and flesh, at this moment, were unleashed at full power!

His body seemed to transform into a bottomless black hole, a greedy energy vortex!

How vast and overwhelming was the energy contained within a planet-sized [Beast Fragment]?

The moment that energy torrent was triggered by [Perfect Hands], it surged like a breached cosmic river, flooding into his body through his arms!

Multitasking!

Qin Feng’s flesh frantically devoured and refined this immense material energy.

Meanwhile, his mind once again retreated into his spiritual sanctuary, deep in subspace.

On the foundation of the [Indestructible Tower], with the injection of that unparalleled pure energy, the construction speed reached an unprecedented, terrifying level!

Brick after brick, shimmering with immortal radiance, was rapidly carved, condensed, and stacked by his will!

His [Indestructible Tower] began to grow wildly upward at a visible rate!

Time flowed swiftly during this “secluded” frenzied absorption.

Inside the star, there was no cycle of day and night, no concept of time.

Only eternal light and heat, and Qin Feng’s motionless figure.

One year…

Three years…

Five years…

In the blink of an eye, a full ten years had silently passed.

…

Ten years later.

When the last wisp of pure energy was drawn from the core of that fragment—now dim and cracked—and merged into his body—

He slowly opened his eyes.

That [Beast Fragment], once as huge as a small planet, had now completely turned into cosmic dust, silently dissipating in the viscous flames.

“Ten years…”

“This planet-sized [Beast Fragment] has finally been fully absorbed and refined by me.”

Feeling the terrifying power within him—a hundred times stronger than ten years ago—Qin Feng finally revealed a genuine smile.

His mind sank into the spiritual domain.

There, in that subspace sanctuary, a towering tower, ninety-nine stories high, radiating immortal divine radiance as if it could suppress all ages, had risen from the ground!

“My ‘Indestructible Projection’ has successfully reached ninety-nine layers!”

“Ten percent!”

“Finally, I’ve crossed this threshold!”

A ten-percent Indestructible Projection was roughly the strength level of the top-tier warriors before Caesar.

“And… [Perfect Hands].”

The joy on Qin Feng’s face deepened.

Throughout this decade of high-intensity refinement, he had not merely been passively running this nurturing technique.

With every circulation of energy, every nurturing of spiritual power, and every purification of life essence, he diverted a portion of his mind to meticulously perceive, silently analyze, and repeatedly deduce the vast, universe-like data stream of the Ten Perfection Hands.

Perhaps it was because his current spiritual power had already reached the realm of the Boundless Sea, rendering his computational capacity and comprehension far superior to what they once were.

Perhaps it was because of these ten long years of uninterrupted practice and contemplation.

His Ten Perfection Hands ushered in a breakthrough of monumental progress.

Ten Perfection Hands (Uninitiated)

Proficiency: 9/10

"Just one final step, and I will successfully cross the threshold!"

Qin Feng's eyes shone with deep anticipation.

That massive stream of data held no more secrets within his mind at this very moment.

A vast array of exquisite control methods regarding the mutual transformation between spiritual power and vitality had been thoroughly decoded and etched into his heart.

What followed would be continuous experimentation, utilization, and mastery...

Until a quantitative change triggered a qualitative leap, completely stepping over that threshold of initiation!

Once successful, his ability to refine resources, absorb energy, recover from injuries, and nurture spiritual power would skyrocket again on his existing foundation, ascending to an entirely new level!

"Not bad. This time, fortune was indeed on my side."

Qin Feng slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, offering a measured appraisal of this ten-year-long secluded cultivation.

He was certain that luck had played an immense role in this tremendous harvest.

First of all, to precisely discover an untouched Wild Beast Fragment the size of an asteroid within the interior of this vast, boundless star was an act of heaven-sent luck.

Secondly, during the entirety of these ten years of absorption and refinement, no martial artists—whether from the five major galaxies or Galaxy 99—had passed through this place to disturb him.

That, too, was luck.

"The Undying Projection is already ten percent complete... This means I no longer fear most of the top-tier martial artists in Galaxy 99, with the sole exception of Caesar."

This was an unshakeable habit Qin Feng had cultivated over many years.

Every time he arrived in a completely new region, or whenever his strength achieved a breakthrough, he would immediately, with absolute composure, reassess his own capabilities.

And he would find a clear, accurate positioning for his strength within the environment he currently occupied.

"More than ten years have passed since the great war began. Given the resource-gathering capabilities of those fellows from Galaxy 99 whose Undying Projections were already around ten percent, they must have made significant progress during these ten years as well."

"I estimate that their current progress should have risen from ten percent to somewhere between twelve and fifteen percent."

"Though this gap in cultivation exists, it is no longer fatal."

"It can be completely leveled out, or even overtaken, by my Seventh-Grade Killing Technique, the Heaven-Devouring Fist, which has reached the realm of Perfection!"

Confidence flickered in Qin Feng's eyes.

"The conclusion is..."

"As long as I do not encounter that unfathomable monster Caesar, no one within this Wild Beast Graveyard can kill me anymore."

Lacking self-awareness and failing to define one's position were the ultimate taboos for a martial artist.

One would either perish by overestimating oneself and advancing too aggressively,

Or miss golden opportunities by underestimating oneself and shrinking back in fear.

Qin Feng's habit was exceptionally sound.

After setting a clear tone for his future actions, Qin Feng did not linger in place.

He collected his thoughts, concealing that towering hundred-story pagoda deep within the subspace of his spiritual domain, and transformed once more into an inconspicuous streak of light, continuing his forward journey.

This time, his mindset was entirely different from before.

It was no longer a matter of pure hiding and searching.

Instead, it carried a hint of a hunter's scrutiny amidst his cautious exploration.

A dozen days later, just as he had anticipated, this region was no longer his solitary paradise.

In the distance, sporadic, fleeting fluctuations of energy began to appear.

Even further away, there were chaotic auras left behind after the collision of laws, which had not yet fully dissipated.

Occasionally, his divine sense could catch fragments of power armor drifting in the blazing light, destroyed by the aftershocks of battle.

Martial artists had gradually explored their way to this place.

"Talk about good luck."

Qin Feng halted his steps in the shadow of a meteor belt, gazing from afar at the traces left by a battle that had just concluded, and could not help but mutter to himself.

"Talk about good luck. If I had finished absorbing it just a few months later, I would have been discovered by other martial artists."

After expressing his thoughts, he did not tarry for a single moment and continued onward.

A few days later, Qin Feng sensed a fierce battle from a distance.

On one side, three martial artists from Galaxy 118 had formed a battle array, struggling bitterly to hold their ground.

Their opponent, meanwhile, was a peak River Realm powerhouse from Galaxy 99, whose aura was wildly raging.

That martial artist from Galaxy 99 possessed immense strength; even in a one-against-three scenario, he maintained a firm upper hand. Clearly, it would not be long before he could slaughter all three of them.

Qin Feng's figure, like a phantom in the dark night, appeared silently on the flank of the battlefield.

He did not alert anyone.

It was not until the moment the martial artist from Galaxy 99 slashed through one person's defense, poised to deliver the fatal blow—

That Qin Feng moved.

A strike of the spear, Heaven-Devouring!

Without the slightest reservation, that terrifying spear intent capable of swallowing both light and darkness instantly enveloped the martial artist from Galaxy 99.

"Who?!"

That martial artist turned his head in horror, only to see a deep darkness that reached the absolute extreme.

In the next instant, his body, along with the terror on his face, was completely torn apart and annihilated by that irresistible force of devouring.

A single strike, an instant kill!

The three surviving martial artists from Galaxy 118 had not even clearly seen who had made the move; they only felt that fatal pressure abruptly vanish.

By the time they recovered their senses, nothing remained on the battlefield except the residual energy ripples from their enemy's explosion.

As for Qin Feng, he had long since brushed off his clothes and departed, vanishing into the deeper recesses of the star.

Similar scenes continued to play out repeatedly in the time that followed.

If he encountered a battle breaking out between martial artists of the five major galaxies and those of Galaxy 99, Qin Feng would transform into an assassin in the shadows, striking without the slightest hesitation to precisely and efficiently execute the martial artists of Galaxy 99.

If he happened upon a lone martial artist from Galaxy 99, Qin Feng was even less inclined to show any courtesy, directly utilizing thunderous momentum to slay them on the spot.

With his current terrifying strength, bolstered by a ten-percent-complete Undying Projection, the power of his Seventh-Grade Killing Technique, the Heaven-Devouring Fist, was urged to an almost inconceivable realm under his full exertion.

Even a master who had just entered the realm of the Boundless Sea could not, under his sudden assault, struggle free for even an instant to send a message.

As for the warriors of the five galaxies, as long as they did not directly contend for the Beast Fragments, Qin Feng simply could not be bothered.

Qin Feng was like a solitary, silent scavenger, quietly reaping the lives of his enemies across this vast battlefield.

In the blink of an eye, another full year had passed.

During this year, through hunting and searching, Qin Feng had gathered no small number of Beast Fragments.

Though he never again encountered the overwhelming fortune of an asteroid-level haul, the accumulation of small gains allowed him to construct another layer atop his Indestructible Tower!

The total number of layers reached a full one hundred!

…

Amidst hunting and cultivation, Qin Feng continued his unhurried exploration toward the core region of the star.

One day, as he passed through an extremely violent belt of solar flare eruptions, his spiritual power suddenly detected a battle fluctuation of the utmost ferocity!

That fluctuation originated from hundreds of thousands of miles away.

But its intensity was so high, its violence so terrifying, that Qin Feng instantly halted, his gaze turning profoundly grave.

His spiritual power, like an invisible, slender thread, cautiously extended toward the source of the fluctuation.

The next moment, a scene of a most brutal battlefield unfolded in his mind!

Nearly twenty figures were locked in a desperate fight with no retreat!

On one side were faces Qin Feng knew all too well.

Yanwu, Cang, Lengyu, Mobi!

These four, once the top prodigies of Galaxy 117, were clearly among them!

Beside them were over a dozen other Boundless Sea-level masters of equally formidable aura, hailing from various war bands of the five galaxies, now forced to unite against a single… enemy!

Their enemy was but one man!

He was a warrior from Galaxy 99, clad in dark gold power armor, wielding a hideous battle-axe!

His aura was like an abyss, like a prison; each swing of his axe seemed to tear space itself!

"About 12%!"

Moreover, its density far surpassed that of anyone present!

Qin Feng's spiritual power made a precise judgment in an instant.

—This warrior from Galaxy 99 had reached the terrifying level of having constructed 12% of his Indestructible Projection!

In contrast, Cang, Yanwu, and the others, over the total of eleven years past, had clearly also reaped no small gains, successfully opening the door to subspace and beginning the construction of their Indestructible Projections.

Among them, Cang, the fastest in progress, had reached about 4% completion of his Indestructible Projection.

Meanwhile, Yanwu, Lengyu, Mobi, and the others were all between 2% and 3%.

Nearly twenty of them, Boundless Sea masters united, were nonetheless suppressed by that single opponent within this space, unable to escape!

Just as Qin Feng's spiritual power, like an invisible observer, descended upon this battlefield and analyzed the disparity in strength—a sudden change occurred!

On the battlefield, the warrior from Galaxy 99, who had been reveling in slaughter, abruptly halted his movements. His cruel eyes snapped toward the direction where Qin Feng was!

At the same time, Cang, trapped in despair and bitter struggle, seemed to sense something as well. His gaze pierced through hundreds of thousands of miles of blazing light and collided precisely with Qin Feng's "sight"!

Qin Feng's spiritual power had found them!

And they had found Qin Feng!

(The End)