Starforce Warriors-Chapter 971: Void White Fish (1)

This wind was the wind of annihilation, while the rain was the rain of slaughter. Thunder rolled endlessly, and murderous intent stretched for thousands of miles. The entire Land of Sacred Fall resembled a colossal killing formation.

There was no sign of any living creature. The earth's crust continuously shattered, reformed, then shattered again. The void fractured like shards of glass, only to piece itself back together over and over again.

Everything broke apart amid destruction and was restructured in the midst of fragmentation. The powers of annihilation and rebirth intertwined, forcing any living being in the region to endure endless death and torment.

The undead bone dragon endured the battering wind and rain, and cracks gradually formed along its bones. It let out a low roar. A wave of spiritual energy surged out.

Li Xiaofei understood its intent. He activated the Heart of Guardianship once again, transforming it into a massive umbrella that sheltered both himself and the undead bone dragon beneath it.

He stood guard. He bore the chaotic laws of the Land of Sacred Fall alone for six days. If not for the Blood-Drinking Sword continuously replenishing his Immortal Force, even Li Xiaofei would have found it hard to endure.

The countless components of the Heart of Guardianship had also grown weathered, covered in mottled rust as if they had withstood the passage of time. Fortunately, there were no Void Beasts in this region.

Li Xiaofei gazed at the increasingly violent storm ahead, pondering whether it was time to find a place to rest. If he went on like this, he would be drained dry. Suddenly, the undead bone dragon Ao Ying let out a low roar, transmitting a message. It told Li Xiaofei there was a cliff ahead.

"Alright, let's head over there."

Li Xiaofei made his decision. An ordinary cliff would not have warranted much attention. But the issue lay in the fact that this cliff existed perfectly intact within such a violently chaotic realm. It was certainly no ordinary place.

Could this be the location where Lin Beichen had been trapped?

The undead bone dragon dove downward and landed atop a cliff that stood over five thousand meters high. Black rocks covered the surface, etched with marks left by years of wind and rain. It resembled a reef in the ocean, battered and scarred, yet as immovable as a mountain.

There was a sloped overhang between the cliff and the ground. The undead bone dragon shrank its form slightly and carried Li Xiaofei beneath the overhang. It was the perfect place to take shelter from the wind and rain.

"Let's rest for a while." Li Xiaofei immediately placed the crown prince of the Pure Sea Dragon Clan into the Secret Time Pavilion and entered the pavilion as well.

The Secret Time Pavilion remained as spacious and pristine as ever. White light flickered softly, holy and radiant. Once inside, the undead bone dragon coiled into a ball and quickly fell into slumber. Waves of burial aura coiled around its body, guarding it. It had entered a state of cultivation.

"Meow."

A low growl rang out. A small cat with flaming paws darted out from behind a palace pillar, pouncing on Li Xiaofei.

It was the Flame-Pawed Void Cat, a Void Beast he had captured from the Fire Domain.

Li Xiaofei had not been able to resist his curiosity and had quietly caught one of these Fire Domain beasts. The little creature was indeed irritable, either fighting or getting ready to fight. With a flick of his wrist, Li Xiaofei grabbed the fiery-spotted kitten by the scruff of its neck and snapped his fingers.

Snap.

A pale golden flame appeared at his fingertip. The Flame-Pawed Void Cat immediately began meowing in delight. It rushed over, hugged the flame with both paws, and began voraciously gnawing on it.

As a representative Void Beast of the Fire Domain, it fed on flame energy. The Flame Saber power within Li Xiaofei’s body was the purest form of flame energy it could consume, so it was nothing short of a gourmet feast to the little creature. Li Xiaofei tossed the gluttonous cat aside, then beckoned with his hand toward another corner.

Two snow-white Void Foxes approached him obediently. Li Xiaofei snapped his fingers once more. Crystals of ice condensed by the power of the Ice Sword appeared in his palm. The two white foxes padded over, rubbing gently against Li Xiaofei's leg before they began licking a piece of ice crystal with loud slurps.

As dominator-class Void Beasts from the Frost Plains, the Void Foxes fed on ice soul energy. Encountering a human like Li Xiaofei, who wielded the dual holy powers of the Flame Saber and the Ice Sword, was like beggars stumbling upon an imperial chef.

Thanks to Li Xiaofei's top-tier 'artificial nurturing,' these two species that were normally bound to survive only in the Frost Plains and Fire Domain were actually able to live healthily within the Secret Time Pavilion.

However, Li Xiaofei didn’t raise them solely because of their cuteness. He wanted to closely examine the Void Beasts. As native creatures born within the world of the Holy Ruins, they were clearly not Reapers. Their intelligence was low, yet they possessed enough strength that even the Reapers dreaded them.

Moreover, Reapers could not evolve by devouring Void Beasts. They had to hunt and kill them like humans did, extract the rare materials from their bodies, and then analyze and refine them before the results could be applied to a Reaper’s evolution. There was undoubtedly a hidden secret behind this. Li Xiaofei wanted to study and uncover it.

After satisfying both the Void Foxes and the Flame-Pawed Void Cat, Li Xiaofei sat cross-legged on the ground and began to cultivate. He needed time to consolidate and organize the progress he had made in his recent cultivation.

Enduring the harsh tempests for days in the Land of Sacred Fall had tempered him in ways that equaled years or even decades of dedicated practice under normal circumstances.

He went over to the bookshelf inside the Secret Time Pavilion and searched for a while. Eventually, he picked up a book. On the cover, it read White Lotus World-Cleansing Killing Scripture. This was Liu Shaji's fundamental cultivation technique.

Not long after they had first entered the Ancestor Court star system, Liu Shaji had eventually been persuaded to hand this manual over to Li Xiaofei. Liu Shaji, whose life had been nothing short of legendary, was not someone who hoarded his treasures.

Moreover, with the Five Immortal Emperors having now published numerous techniques to promote a widespread cultivation movement among humanity, many of the top-tier human techniques were no longer considered secret knowledge.

For quite a long time, there had been a trend among the human race to bring out their trump card cultivation techniques and share them for mutual practice. Liu Shaji had once relied on this very technique to cultivate to the quasi-Emperor realm in his previous life, wreaking havoc in all directions.

Li Xiaofei pondered for a moment and decided to cultivate this technique. If he wanted to walk his own path, he needed to be well-versed. The Heart of Guardianship was composed of countless weapon fragments.

So the techniques Li Xiaofei aimed to cultivate couldn’t be limited to those of the Five Immortal Emperors. He needed to explore beyond them as well. He had to wear the robes of a hundred schools, eat meals from a hundred tables, and walk countless paths before he could eventually integrate it all into a school of his own.

With the Dual Sacred Body of Blade and Sword, he cultivated sword techniques at a tremendous speed. In just a few dozen days, Li Xiaofei had completely mastered the White Lotus World-Cleansing Killing Scripture.

At a single thought, Buzz.

His Immortal Force surged, and countless golden and silver lotus petals appeared and floated in the air. His hands moved as if gripping the void. Two swords, one golden, one silver, materialized before him.