10: Using starlight as bait, he smashed away the evil forces with his fists.

Deep within Shattered Star Canyon, the light grew increasingly dim. Only the cold glow emitted by the broken star fragments on the rock walls flickered like ghost fires, outlining the hideous contours of the jagged rocks. The howling of the astral winds turned low and heavy here, yet became even more lethal, with spatial rifts interspersed within them like invisible blades, cutting through everything.

Lin Fan's group of four walked along the narrow canyon path, the clear glow cast down by the star pagoda being the only stable light source in this land of death. Lin Xuan and the other two were on high alert, scanning their surroundings. After the tracking mark had been activated, it felt as if an invisible net was tightening around them, the oppression making it hard to breathe.

Lin Fan, however, walked with a composed pace. His Delusion-Breaking Divine Pupils flickered with an imperceptible golden light in the darkness, taking in every flow of energy within a radius of several hundred feet. He could 'see' cold killing intent lurking like venomous snakes waiting for prey in the rock wall caves ahead to the side, behind a meteorite belt to the right, and even in the shadow of a massive suspended rock overhead.

The opponents were very cautious, seemingly observing and waiting for the optimal moment to strike.

"Since you don't dare to make the first move, I'll give you an opportunity." Lin Fan sneered inwardly and suddenly stopped his pace. His gaze fell upon a relatively open depression ahead, the ground covered in silver stardust, where the Power of the Stars was exceptionally dense.

With a thought, the star pagoda above his head rotated slightly. The star patterns on the pagoda's body lit up, and it actually began to actively absorb the surrounding dense Power of the Stars! For a moment, a small energy vortex formed with the star pagoda as its center. Pure starlight gathered, illuminating the depression as if it were day, making Lin Fan's figure appear increasingly transcendent within the starlight.

This sudden change was like lighting a bonfire in the dark, instantly breaking the stalemate!

"Do it!" A raspy shout rang out from behind the meteorite belt on the right!

In an instant, the sound of breaking air attacked from three directions simultaneously!

From the cave in the left rock wall, three spears shot out. They were deep blue and entwined with the power of cold star balefulness; wherever they passed, even the air froze into trails of frost.

From behind the meteorite belt on the right, five figures leaped out, holding various exotic weapons. All the weapons flickered with malicious runes for spirit-breaking and corrosion. They formed a battle array, their blade lights and sword shadows covering Lin Fan like pouring water.

From atop the suspended rock overhead, a massive net woven from starlight descended. Starlight flowed upon the net, emitting a powerful sealing force. It was clearly a high-grade binding-type Spiritual Artifact!

The three-sided pincer attack was well-coordinated and timed perfectly, instantly sealing off all of Lin Fan's retreats. Even the star pagoda above his head seemed to be a target of that starlight net!

"Protect the Divine Son!" Lin Xuan's eyes nearly split from intensity as he and the other two prepared to charge forward desperately to block the attack.

"Get back!" Lin Fan barked, stopping them. He stood his ground, and facing this overwhelming siege, his eyes showed no fear; instead, they burned with a blazing Battle Intent!

The techniques of the complete version of the Indestructible Divine King Fist surged within his body, his blood and Qi erupting like a volcano! He would no longer hold back; he would use this group of cowards as the first whetstone for his mastery of the complete fist technique!

His left foot slammed into the ground, and his entire being soared into the sky like a cannonball, actively meeting the descending starlight net!

"Indestructible Divine King Fist, Sky-Tearer!" He struck out with both fists. On his knuckles, pale golden blood and Qi condensed into a physical Fist Intent, and an invincible intent that could tear the heavens and break all shackles erupted violently! His fists were like two furious Dragons, slamming hard against the starlight net!

Screech! That high-grade Spiritual Artifact net was like a fragile spiderweb before these fists imbued with Indestructible Fist Intent, a massive gap being forcibly torn through its center! One of the ambushers controlling the net suffered a backlash and immediately spat blood, falling from the rock wall.

Breaking through the net, Lin Fan's momentum did not decrease. His figure twisted strangely in mid-air, like a Golden Roc spreading its wings, as he pounced toward the five death soldiers attacking in formation from the right.

"Indestructible Divine King Fist, Sea-Overturner!" The fist technique changed, shifting from the sharpness of Sky-Tearer to the majesty of Sea-Overturner! As he swung his fists, it was as if he summoned a boundless wave of blood and Qi. Layers of fist shadows crushed toward the five people like a tsunami!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Five explosive sounds rang out almost simultaneously! The battle array set up by the five death soldiers was like a paper dam before this absolute power, instantly swept away! Their weapons were shattered by the Fist Intent, and their protective spiritual light popped like bubbles. Like small boats hit by a giant wave, the five spat blood and flew backward with broken bones, slamming into the rock wall and turning into five piles of mangled flesh!

At this time, the three deep blue star balefulness spears had already reached Lin Fan's back!

Lin Fan didn't even turn around. It was as if he had eyes in the back of his head; his internal blood and Qi erupted naturally, forming a pale golden barrier behind him!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Three crisp sounds rang out. The star balefulness spears, capable of freezing and corroding a Spiritual Sea Realm Peak Cultivator, struck the barrier and only caused a slight ripple before falling powerlessly to the ground, the deep blue light on the spearheads quickly dimming.

From the sudden eruption of violence to tearing the net, killing five death soldiers with his fists, and tanking the star balefulness spears, everything happened in the blink of an eye!

Lin Fan's figure landed lightly back in his original spot, his blood and Qi calming down as if he had just performed a trivial task. He swept his cold gaze toward the cave in the left rock wall and the meteorite belt on the right.

The three hiding in the cave and the commander behind the meteorite belt were now terrified to their cores! Looking at Lin Fan, who was like a god of war descended to earth, and their companions who had been slaughtered in an instant, a boundless fear submerged them.

"Flee!" Someone shouted, and the remaining four lost all Battle Intent. They turned into four streaks of light, desperately fleeing in different directions of the canyon!

"You want to flee now? Too late!" Lin Fan's eyes sharpened. How could he let these hidden vipers escape?

He held his fingers like a sword and tapped out four times in succession through the air!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Four highly condensed pale golden finger winds, containing the Indestructible Fist Intent, seemed to traverse space. Arriving second but striking first, they accurately caught up to the four desperately fleeing figures!

Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Four tragic, beautiful blood flowers bloomed in the dark canyon. The four fleeing figures were like birds shot down, tumbling from mid-air as their auras were instantly extinguished.

With this, the ambushers the Grand Elder had placed from the entrance to the middle section of Shattered Star Canyon—including Lin Sha and the six death soldiers he led, as well as these subsequent twelve or more Spiritual Sea Realm Late Stage and Peak experts—had been completely uprooted by Lin Fan alone with overwhelming force!

The entire depression returned to a dead silence, leaving only a thick scent of blood and the starlight that was still slowly gathering.

Lin Xuan and the other two stood frozen, their minds blank. Looking at the figure standing in the center of the starlight and blood, their throats felt dry. Aside from a desire to prostrate in worship, no other thoughts could emerge. The Divine Son's power had completely exceeded the boundaries of their imagination.

Lin Fan slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. Continuously activating the complete version of the Indestructible Divine King Fist was no small burden on him, but the effect was also extremely significant. He felt his understanding of this fist technique deepen by another level; his blood and Qi flowed more smoothly and naturally, and the spiritual power in his spiritual sea became more condensed and surging through this high-intensity battle.

He even felt that the barrier to the Spiritual Sea Realm Late Stage had begun to loosen!

"Clean up the battlefield and hurry to recover," Lin Fan instructed. He then sat down cross-legged, no longer suppressing the surging power in his body. He fully operated his Cultivation Technique, absorbing the pure Power of the Stars gathered by the star pagoda, as well as... some of the not yet fully dissipated Origin energy from the fallen.

The Eternal Indestructible Body acted like an efficient furnace, refining and absorbing all the energy.

A short while later. "Buzz!" An aura even more majestic and powerful than before erupted from Lin Fan's body. The pale golden halo around him became more solid, and when his eyes opened, a divine light like lightning flashed within!

Spiritual Sea Realm Late Stage—it came as naturally as water flowing in a channel! Feeling the surging power and the tougher Physical Body, Lin Fan clenched his fist, his confidence redoubled. With his current strength, combined with the Eternal Indestructible Body and the complete Indestructible Divine King Fist, he would have the power to fight even against an expert who had just entered the Divine Power Realm!

"Divine Son, you've had a Breakthrough?!" Lin Xuan and the others felt the even more powerful pressure from Lin Fan and were overjoyed.

Lin Fan nodded and stood up, his gaze casting toward the seemingly endless depths of the canyon. The starlight there was even more brilliant, but also more dangerous, with a faint, heart-palpitating sense of oppression coming from within.

"The real big fellow is coming." A cold arc curled at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth. Having cleared the small fry, it was time to meet the true master of this Shattered Star Canyon. He could feel an aura far stronger, more violent, and filled with primitive astral wildness than all previous enemies. It was being disturbed by the battle fluctuations and the energy gathered by the star pagoda, awakening from the deepest part of the canyon and rushing toward them at high speed!

The eye of the storm had arrived.