Three Hundred Years

Rumble!!!

Vulture Beak Immortal and his bat-shaped spacecraft were sent flying by that terrifying dark-red blade light, smashing through another enormous stellar fragment behind him like a cannonball before barely coming to a stop.

"Pfft—"

Vulture Beak Immortal violently spat out a mouthful of dark-golden divine blood. His aura instantly weakened considerably. A savage wound across his blue-scaled chest had nearly cleaved him diagonally in half. Scorching flames and chaotic spatial ripples lingered around the wound, frantically eroding and annihilating his immortal divine body.

"What?!"

Feeling the rapid loss of his divine body, Vulture Beak Immortal's eyes filled with incredulous horror.

"One strike! A single strike annihilated seventeen percent of my divine body?!"

He abruptly raised his head, his scarlet eagle eyes fixed on the direction from which the blade light had come as he roared, "Who is it?!"

In the depths of the starry sky, Lu Ming stood with his blade in hand.

Hearing Vulture Beak Immortal's roar, a cold curve formed at the corner of his lips. His voice clearly reached the other party's ears.

"Your daddy!"

Before his words had even faded, Lu Ming's figure blurred again. Space seemed to fold beneath his feet, and in the next instant, he appeared directly before Vulture Beak Immortal like a ghost!

"Damn human!! I'll fight you to the death!"

Vulture Beak Immortal was shocked and furious. He knew he could not escape; the other party had approached him without the slightest warning.

His detector was absolutely far superior to his own!

He could not escape!

In his despair, he let out a crazed howl and began burning his immortal divine body without hesitation!

Boom!

Azure divine power flames instantly engulfed him, and his aura surged explosively!

His sharp claws viciously tore toward Lu Ming's head.

"A dying struggle!"

Lu Ming's gaze was indifferent. Facing an attack empowered by a burning divine body, he neither dodged nor retreated. The Yan Kong Blade in his hand shone with dark-red light once more.

Burning Universe Space-Splitting Slash, First Layer!!

A horizontal slash!

Boom!!!

Blade and claw collided once again!

This time, Vulture Beak Immortal's power after burning his divine body was indeed much stronger than before, but Lu Ming's Burning Universe Space-Splitting Slash was even more powerful than it had been in the past!

The flaming blade radiance, containing the power of spatial severance, tyrannically tore apart the divine power defense around Vulture Beak Immortal's claws and left another bone-deep wound on his body!

"Argh—!"

Vulture Beak Immortal let out a miserable scream and was blasted backward once more, another ten percent of his divine body instantly annihilated!

After suffering heavy damage in succession, more than a quarter of his divine body had been lost. His strength had plummeted, and his aura became extremely unstable.

"Damn human!"

Vulture Beak Immortal's heart was filled with fury.

"His detector is too advanced! If he hadn't ambushed me, I wouldn't even have had time to react before being severely injured! What do I do? I can't run, and I can't beat him!"

Lu Ming gave him no chance to catch his breath. His figure followed like a shadow, instantly catching up to the retreating Vulture Beak Immortal. A fierce whip kick struck his waist and abdomen like a battle-axe!

Bang!

"Ughah!"

Like a torn sack, Vulture Beak Immortal was kicked in another direction and slammed viciously into a heap of metal wreckage.

"It's over."

Lu Ming's cold voice sounded like a final judgment. He raised the Yan Kong Blade high, and dark-red blade light condensed once more.

"Damn human!!"

Vulture Beak Immortal struggled to raise his head from the metal wreckage. Dark-golden divine blood continuously spilled from the corner of his mouth, while his eagle eyes were filled with frenzied venom.

Looking at the dark-red blade light gathering once more in Lu Ming's hand, radiating the aura of death, he knew he would not escape this calamity today.

More than a quarter of his divine body had been lost. Less than one-tenth of his strength remained. Escape was hopeless, and resistance was even more futile.

An extreme madness and hatred surged into his heart.

"Damn human, you forced me to this!!"

Vulture Beak Immortal let out a heart-rending roar!

"Let's die together!!"

Boom!!!!!!!!!

At this moment, the remnants of his immortal divine body began burning and compressing at an unprecedented speed!

This was no longer the burning of his divine body to increase his combat strength. He was completely, recklessly triggering the self-destruction of his divine body!

A destructive, wildly unstable wave of terrifying energy suddenly erupted from him. The surrounding space began to twist and collapse, and blinding light instantly swallowed everything!

This time, his resolve had surpassed the speed of Lu Ming's strike. The self-destruction could no longer be interrupted!

Yet, in the face of this terrifying self-destruction, which was enough to severely injure or even annihilate an ordinary Immortal Military Lord, not the slightest panic could be seen on Lu Ming's face. Instead, he wore a faintly mocking expression.

"Little Thunder."

With a thought, the Thunderlight Vine, already prepared, instantly responded!

Rustle—

Countless vines gleaming with violet-gold light, entwined with lightning and secret life-patterns, erupted wildly from around Lu Ming!

In an instant, they interwove and coiled together, forming an airtight violet-gold cocoon that tightly enveloped Lu Ming within!

Almost at the instant the giant cocoon formed—

Rumble!!!!!!

The energy from Vulture Beak Immortal's self-destruction fully erupted!

Like the extinction of a star, the terrifying energy shockwave spread madly outward in every direction, vaporizing and annihilating every stellar fragment and piece of metal wreckage around it!

The dazzling light illuminated this dead starfield, as though a new sun had been born!

Yet at the very center of this destructive storm, that violet-gold cocoon stood firm like a reef amid raging currents!

No matter how violently the external energy battered it, only ripples spread across the cocoon's surface. Amid flashing lightning, it blocked, absorbed, and dispelled all the terrifying energy capable of destroying stars!

The aftershocks of the explosion gradually subsided, and the blinding light slowly faded.

The violet-gold cocoon floating in the void unfolded outward layer by layer like a blooming flower, revealing Lu Ming inside, completely unharmed—not even the hem of his clothes was disordered.

He calmly glanced at the few ashes left behind by Vulture Beak Immortal's self-destruction and the World Ring floating where he had been. With a casual gesture, he collected the spoils.

"A plant lifeform at Pinnacle King-Level, even at the limit of that level, was truly overkill for blocking the self-destruction of an ordinary immortal."

Lu Ming's tone was calm.

Turning his gaze toward the other red dots on the star map displayed on the virtual screen, battle intent flared in Lu Ming's eyes again.

"Next."

With a flicker, Lu Ming returned to the hidden Meteor Shuttle.

"Azure Kite, lock onto the next target. Move out."

"Yes, Master."

The Meteor Shuttle once more became a phantom drifting through the starry sky, silently heading toward another red dot marked on the star map.

Time passed swiftly, and the years flowed by like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, three hundred years quietly passed amid repeated hunts and countless battles.

During those three hundred years, Lu Ming was like a tireless hunter, roaming across the vast battlefield of the Yungu Star Belt.

Relying on the absolute detection advantage of the Sky Patrol Eye, he specifically sought out lone alien immortals, or those traveling in small groups, to hunt.

At first, he could only choose ordinary Immortal Military Lords. Later, he gradually dared to challenge high-level Immortal Military Lords. Eventually, he even fought several times against immortals nearing Marquis-Level, and even genuine Marquis-Level immortals!