517: Chapter 517 is a contest of exploding stars, seven strands of the power of the laws?!

Before his eyes...

The original Holy Mountain had completely vanished, replaced by a miniature star field.

Within the star field, massive stars were scattered like chess pieces, a magnificent sight.

At the very center of this star field, there was a strange alignment of ten stars in a row.

It could be seen...

That atop each of these ten planets stood a phantom image.

The aura emanating from these phantom images grew increasingly terrifying from one to the next.

And these ten were precisely the ones who had left their names in the extreme realm of attack power!

Looking at this scene...

Li Fan had yet to react.

The general public outside, however, let out a collective gasp first.

"Hiss! Could this challenge be a series of one-on-one duels against these ten?"

"That phantom image at the very front looks like a young Venerable Dao Ling, doesn't it?!"

"It is indeed a young Venerable Dao Ling!"

"Venerable Dao Ling? The one who once charged into an Alien Universe alone, slew several Alien Universe Sovereigns, and returned unscathed? A terrifying existence like him is only ranked tenth in this extreme realm of attack power?"

"As expected of the most competitive comprehensive Extreme Realm category! Even someone like Venerable Dao Ling is only tenth!"

"The one ranked seventh seems to be Venerable Leng Yue! She's also the Record Holder for the Extreme Realm of Sword Dao!"

"The third one is the founder of the Spear Cloud Hall and Record Holder for the Extreme Realm of the Spear, Venerable Jin Lan!"

"Who is that in the first place? I don't seem to recognize them."

"I want to take back what I said about Li Fan being able to leave his name. Li Fan probably won't even be able to break past Venerable Dao Ling!"

...

The people now recognized some of the phantom images atop the ten stars.

Without exception, these phantom images were all ultra-powerful existences who had left a profound mark on the long river of history!

Aside from the first-ranked Record Holder whom no one had recognized yet, the other nine were all Universe Venerables, and Super Venerables at that!

Although they didn't know how this extreme realm of attack power was conducted yet, it looked like Li Fan would have to fight his way through them one by one.

If that were truly the case...

Then the scene would be far too thrilling!

In the eyes of many, Li Fan might struggle to even break past Venerable Dao Ling at rank ten, let alone those who followed.

"Their strength is indeed impressive. They truly deserve to be named in the extreme realm of attack power."

Li Fan's gaze also fell upon these phantom images, giving them a very high evaluation.

Immediately after, Li Fan began to guess the rules.

"So, am I supposed to fight my way through?"

Given the current situation, it seemed hard to imagine anything else.

But soon...

The guesses of Li Fan and the public were proven wrong.

In the next second...

All ten phantom images vanished simultaneously, only to reappear by Li Fan's side.

Following that, a series of images played out, showing the phantom images attacking those ten stars one by one.

The first to demonstrate was the tenth-ranked Venerable Dao Ling.

He held a purplish-red war blade, with Six Strands of Law Power rippling around him as he struck directly at the first star.

A terrifying blade momentum swung out, instantly splitting the star with a massive chasm deep enough to reveal molten lava.

Afterward, Venerable Dao Ling continuously swung his war blade, pushing his strength to its peak. In an instant, countless terrifying blade qi tore through the starry sky, sweeping toward that star.

Accompanied by bursts of terrifying explosions...

The star finally became overwhelmed and directly crumbled into fragments.

Immediately after, Venerable Dao Ling moved toward the second star.

He tried to repeat the same method, using his terrifying blade qi to shatter the star.

Unfortunately...

The durability of this star seemed to far exceed the first. No matter how he performed his blade techniques, he could only cause minor surface damage; he was completely unable to inflict fundamental harm to the star.

Ultimately, after attacking for over a hundred exchanges, his assault was terminated. The challenge ended, and his score was fixed at the first star.

Next, the ninth-ranked genius took the stage.

His performance was better than Venerable Dao Ling's, successfully crushing the second star, but he made no progress against the third and ended his run quickly.

Seeing this, Li Fan and the audience outside basically understood the rules.

It could be summed up in two words:

Star-busting!

However, it was clear that these ten stars were no ordinary stars; their durability was far beyond what a normal star could compare to.

Both Li Fan and the public were somewhat surprised by these rules.

Because this wasn't about making Li Fan compete directly against these people at all.

Thinking about it carefully, it made sense.

This category compared pure attack power, not comprehensive combat ability.

Using star-busting was indeed sufficient to distinguish who was stronger or weaker.

And the stars where these phantom images had been standing...

Should be the final star they were able to destroy!

"So it's star-busting. These rules are actually quite good."

Li Fan narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile playing at the corners of his mouth.

He wasn't much, but he had just busted a few stars not long ago.

He was very familiar with the process of star-busting!

That being said...

The difficulty of busting these ten stars was likely not as simple as it had been in the outer star fields.

Because Venerable Dao Ling, who was only ranked tenth, was already an existence who had comprehended Six Strands of Law Power and possessed extremely high attainment in the Great Dao of the Blade.

With his strength, he couldn't even destroy the second star, which was enough to illustrate the point.

And to be honest, the intensity of this extreme realm of attack power was indeed maxed out.

The demonstrations for six or seven phantom images had already passed, and every single one of them possessed Six Strands of Law Power and extremely high attainment in a certain Great Dao.

To step over these people and reach the top ten...

Without ultra-powerful strength, it was basically a pipe dream.

Soon...

One by one, the demonstrations for the ten phantom images were mostly finished.

Without exception, they all possessed Six Strands of Law Power.

Li Fan didn't feel too much pressure regarding this.

After all, who didn't have Six Strands of Law Power?!

Now, only the final phantom image—the Record Holder of the extreme realm of attack power—had yet to demonstrate.

When it was this person's turn, Li Fan couldn't help but turn serious.

This last phantom image stood atop the tenth star, which meant he had successfully smashed that tenth star to pieces.

He really wanted to see just how much terrifying destructive power this Record Holder could unleash!

And soon...

When the phantom image began its challenge...

The scene before him caused his expression to shift slightly.

The phantom image didn't even activate Law Power, nor did it seem to use any techniques; it simply threw a single punch.

The first star shattered and broke like an egg!

The second, the third, the fourth, and all the way to the fifth star—all were handled the same way.

Relying purely on sheer, overwhelming physical strength, he busted five stars.

But at the sixth star...

He revealed his Law Power for the first time.

Unlike the previous nine...

This person didn't have Six Strands of Law Power, but a terrifying seven!

This scene...

Caused Li Fan's pupils to shrink.

It caused the crowd outside to widen their eyes and gasp in cold air.