The aftershocks of the energy chains lashed at Xiao Han.
The exploding starlight was dazzling.
A wave of excruciating pain overwhelmed him instantly!
Xiao Han grunted, his teeth clenched, and with his powerful physique, he withstood the blow!
He wanted to take this opportunity to personally experience just how domineering the combination of stellar power and demonic energy could be!
By the way, let's also test the limits of my physical body's resistance!
"Really!"
A cold smile curled at the corner of Xiao Han's lips.
"This remnant soul's power is indeed formidable, but unfortunately, it's only driven by a sliver of instinct!"
[Void-Piercing Divine Eyes] is activated to its fullest potential.
Every movement of the giant's skeletal remains was clearly visible to his divine eyes, appearing distinctly in the lake of his heart.
He had already discerned that this remnant soul's attack pattern, though ferocious, was remarkably rigid.
It's just the same few fixed moves over and over again.
This guy, it seems, only has the obsession with protecting this place left in his life.
The source of its power...
Xiao Han's gaze was firmly fixed on the six-pointed star-shaped token that the remnant soul was tightly clutching.
And beneath it, there was a strange spring with ever-surging demonic energy!
These two are deeply connected to the power of the remnant soul!
Whenever the remnant soul launches an attack, the token will flash with a faint light!
The Demon Spring surged forth in response!
"The token is a medium of power, and it is very likely its Achilles' heel!"
Xiao Han's mind raced, and a bold plan took shape.
If we could seize or destroy that token, we might be able to completely dismantle this terrifying guardian!
Once this thought was made, Xiao Han no longer hesitated.
With a burst of power from his feet, he unleashed the "A Step to the Ends of the Earth" movement technique to its peak, transforming his figure into an elusive phantom, narrowly avoiding the deadly strangulation of several chains.
[Shadow Avatar] is activated silently, and a black shadow clone that is exactly the same as him bursts out from the shadows, pounces on the other side of the giant's skeletal remnant soul, and successfully diverts some of its attention.
"Now!"
Xiao Han seized this fleeting opportunity, forcefully suppressing the surging blood and qi within his body. His right fist clenched tightly, his knuckles cracking as if he could not bear the weight.
The spiritual energy in his dantian surged forth like a floodgate opening, rushing wildly towards his fist.
The terrifying fist intent of the Obliteration Annihilation Divine Fist surged forth from his body, capable of annihilating all things. To his even greater surprise, the pure starfire power he had previously absorbed and refined from the [Sulfurfire Star Marrow] was now forcibly drawn into his fist intent!
"Break!"
A deafening roar!
Xiao Han's right fist, imbued with an unwavering determination, trailed Blue Star -like tail, tearing through the air with a sharp, ear-piercing sonic boom!
Target: the hexagonal token clutched tightly by the giant's skeletal remains! Precision strike!
"Boom--!"
The fist and the token collided, producing a deafening roar.
The Annihilation Divine Fist, infused with the power of starfire, is terrifyingly powerful!
The once dim star-shaped token let out a shrill wail, its surface instantly covered with fine, spiderweb-like cracks, its light flashing wildly, on the verge of completely shattering.
"Roar--!"
Within the empty eye sockets of the giant's skeletal remains, two points of eerie blue soul fire flickered violently, causing the energy chains attacking Xiao Han to pause briefly, and a roar filled with pain and rage escaped its mouth.
The opportunity has arrived!
How could Xiao Han miss such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
With a slight thought, the Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul within his dantian trembled gently, and the rudimentary form of the [Life Grafting] divine power was activated.
A nearly imperceptible yet incredibly resilient cyan life thread silently coiled around the violently trembling star-shaped token, attempting to sever the power connection between the remnant soul and the token.
At the same time, the Eternal Night King Martial Soul, which had been lurking in the shadows, suddenly launched an attack.
Its phantom suddenly opened its massive maw, unleashing the power of [Shadow Devour], which frantically sucked at the soul energy dissipating from the giant's skeletal remains due to its injuries, accelerating the depletion of its essence.
The clever severing of [Life Grafting] and the domineering plundering of [Shadow Devour] work together to produce immediate results!
The power of the giant's skeletal remains and remnant soul is rapidly dissipating.
The soul fire in its eye sockets flickered and swayed, and its offensive power visibly weakened.
In the end, the once rampant energy chains completely dissipated and returned to nothingness.
"Well..."
A long, drawn-out sigh, seemingly coming from the depths of time, contained both relief and deep resentment, lingering in the empty cave.
"Boom!"
The giant skeleton, which was ten feet tall, lost the support of soul power and could no longer maintain its enormous shape, collapsing and disintegrating in an instant.
It turned into a pile of pale bone dust, which fell in a flurry and piled up into mounds.
Inside the cave, all was silent once more.
Only the six-pointed star-shaped token, after the soul power connection was severed, fell from mid-air with a crisp clang.
It slammed onto the hard rocky ground, bounced a few times, and finally came to a stop.
"Call..."
Xiao Han exhaled a breath of stale air, his chest heaving.
The nerves, which had been stretched to the limit, finally got a moment of relaxation.
What followed was intense soreness in every muscle and bone of his body, almost making him unable to stand.
This battle, though brief, was truly fraught with danger at every turn, a narrow escape from death!
If any link in the chain had gone wrong even slightly, he would probably be a cold corpse by now.
Despite his exhaustion, he stepped forward, bent down, and picked up the six-pointed star-shaped token.
The token felt cool to the touch and was quite heavy; I wondered what kind of strange metal it was made of.
On the front of the token, two large characters are engraved in an ancient and vigorous script: "Tongtian" (通天).
Turning it over reveals a mysterious and intricate star map, though it is clearly incomplete.
The moment Xiao Han's fingertips touched the token, a sudden change occurred!
Within his sea of consciousness, the [Star Map Fragment], which had been dormant for so long, began to tremble violently without warning!
Buzz--!
An unprecedented and powerful resonance erupted between the [Star Map Fragment] and the star-shaped token in his hand!
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained a key item: Heaven-Connecting Ancient Token)!]
[The Heaven-Connecting Ancient Token): Contains partial coordinates of the outer star path connecting the Heaven-Piercing Tower. This token can be used to activate specific ancient teleportation arrays and can also resist some spatial storms in the outer area of Heaven-Piercing Tower.]
Collect more ancient token fragments or related artifacts to complete your Star Path and even gain access to higher levels of the Heaven-Piercing Tower!
The system notification sounded perfectly in Xiao Han's mind, its tone revealing an almost imperceptible excitement.
Almost the instant the system notification sound ended, the resonance between the [Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token] and the [Star Map Fragment] reached its peak!
The two items simultaneously emitted incredibly dazzling starlight, one blue and one gold, reflecting each other and illuminating the entire dark cave as bright as day.
Xiao Han felt a slight stinging pain in his sea of consciousness, and then the information on the [Star Map Fragment] was rapidly being filled in at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The previously blurry star trails are now much clearer, and the broken lines have been connected one by one.
[Star Map Fragment Information Completion Rate: 15% -> 30%!]
A clearer and more stable star path slowly unfolded in his mind, pointing directly to the depths of this Starfall Wasteland, to a hidden location marked as the "Ancient Star Gate"!
"That's great!" Xiao Han was overjoyed.
With this Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token and a clearer star map to guide them, their confidence in reaching the Heaven-Piercing Tower undoubtedly increased.
However, before the joy on his face could fully unfold, a sudden change occurred!
"Boom--!"
Just as the giant skeleton completely dissipated and the [Heaven-Piercing Ancient Token] was taken into Xiao Han's possession, the strange Demon Spring that had been suppressed beneath the skeleton lost its final restraint and began to tremble violently!