Chapter 1227: Surrounding and Killing the Three-Eyed King

In the vast and boundless starry sky, two Void Refinement cultivators unleashed their divine abilities, generating terrifying energy capable of shattering a planet.

Chen Mobai, with his high moral standards, had not concealed information about the Three-Eyed Race occupying this planet in the intelligence he provided for free. Therefore, the arriving Void Refinement cultivator, knowing he would face the Three-Eyed King, had prepared a top-grade Tier 6 spirit talisman capable of blocking the Law-Breaking Divine Light.

Even with the Law-Breaking Divine Light blocked, the Three-Eyed King's strength was not to be underestimated; he was a formidable expert who had achieved the 'Blood Rebirth' realm.

However, every Void Refinement cultivator capable of becoming a hunter was experienced in combat. Though the Three-Eyed King was powerful, the square-faced, big-eared cultivator was no less formidable.

The two sides exchanged no words. The moment they met, they immediately unleashed their respective Dao powers to their peak, aiming to suppress and kill their opponent in the shortest possible time.

Boom!

The demon-infested planet, already largely drained of its essence by the demonic tree and the Three-Eyed Race, finally could not withstand the clash of the two vast Dao powers and began to crack into pieces in the cosmos.

Seeing this, the square-faced, big-eared cultivator's expression slightly darkened.

The Tier 6 resource, the Heaven and Earth Placenta, needed to be collected while the planet was still intact.

Once the planet shattered, it would only yield defective goods, probably not even selling for half the merit points.

However, with the formidable Three-Eyed King before him, he could not afford to be distracted collecting and refining the Heaven and Earth Placenta.

"Break!"

At that moment, the Three-Eyed King suddenly uttered a mysterious syllable, and then an indescribable binding force surged from various parts of the void, trapping the square-faced, big-eared cultivator.

His spiritual consciousness surged forth, and he discovered that the one acting was the demonic tree that had nurtured the Fruit of Annihilation.

This demonic tree was surprisingly also Tier 6.

However, it appeared to have recently ascended, likely due to absorbing and devouring the planet's essence.

But this also indicated that the Fruit of Annihilation was nearing maturity.

The square-faced, big-eared cultivator's expression was solemn. He took out another Tier 6 spirit talisman, but suddenly, a grayish-white Law-Breaking Divine Light shot forth from the Three-Eyed King's forehead.

The spirit talisman, which was supposed to block the attack, instantly ignited upon contact with the Law-Breaking Divine Light.

"Power of Destruction!"

The square-faced, big-eared cultivator's expression drastically changed as he saw a wisp of white light mixed within the core of the Law-Breaking Divine Light. While brandishing the spirit talisman in his hand, he also self-destructed his Natal Artifact, breaking free from the demonic tree's restraint. He then turned and fled, harnessing the power of the void.

However, the Three-Eyed King had painstakingly set up this certain-kill trap; he would not let this suddenly appearing mysterious opponent escape.

Just then, at the very top of the demonic tree's canopy, the center of the grayish-white fruit, nearing maturity, suddenly split open with a vertical slit, like a vertical eye opening.

A grayish-white Law-Breaking Divine Light, identical to the previous one, shot horizontally from it, slicing the square-faced, big-eared cultivator, who had half his body already phased into the void, in two at the waist.

Amidst a cry of agony, the square-faced, big-eared cultivator's Dao power surged wildly within him. He forcibly suppressed the destructive white light and fled without looking back, disappearing into the cosmic starry sky.

Witnessing this, the Three-Eyed King snorted coldly.

He had never expected that even after using two Law-Breaking Divine Lights imbued with the power of destruction, his opponent would still manage to escape.

However, the power of destruction would continuously erode and damage the Dao of a Void Refinement cultivator. Without a Dao power that countered destruction to aid him, his foundation, spiritual consciousness, and physical body would be continuously destroyed, eventually vanishing completely from the cosmos.

In the Three-Eyed King's view, the square-faced, big-eared cultivator who dared to covet his Fruit of Annihilation was already a dead man.

"King!"

After the Three-Eyed King repelled his opponent, the remaining members of the Three-Eyed Race stepped onto the planet's fragments and gathered behind him to pay their respects.

"It's a pity," the Three-Eyed King said, "the Fruit of Annihilation still needs some time to ripen. But since the planet has shattered and its essence has dispersed, there's no point in staying here any longer. Gather the last valuable things. After I refine the fruit, we will leave this place."

The Three-Eyed King instructed his clansmen behind him. Just as the Three-Eyed Race was about to obey his command and begin searching the remnants of the planet, which was still mostly intact, his expression suddenly changed drastically.

In the starry sky, the power of the void fluctuated, and a young man with a tall crown, flowing robes, and an indifferent expression stepped out.

As the young man stepped into the starry sky, ripples of void power spread out. He reached out and condensed the shattered Heaven and Earth Placenta, broken during the previous battle, into his palm.

Another Void Refinement cultivator?!

Seeing this, the Three-Eyed King's face showed shock.

He wondered why two Void Refinement cultivators had arrived consecutively on this day.

"If you don't interfere," the young man said, "once I kill this Hundred-Armed Giant, the Fruit of Annihilation will be mine, and the planet's core will be yours to divide."

After tucking the damaged Heaven and Earth Placenta from his palm into his sleeve, the young man coldly glanced around and uttered words that made the Three-Eyed King's heart sink.

More Void Refinement cultivators?

Just as the Three-Eyed King prayed the young man was bluffing, two more distinct void fluctuations appeared. An elder and a female cultivator stepped out from two different directions.

"I never expected that free intelligence to be entirely true," the elder remarked.

As soon as the elder appeared, he gazed greedily at the Law-Breaking Eye on the Three-Eyed King's forehead. He wasn't actually a hunter, but he was refining an artifact related to the Dao of Destruction. A hunter friend, after seeing Chen Mobai's post, had informed him of this news.

The elder was also the first to arrive, having directly used merit points to activate the Great Void Gate for a spatial teleportation across the starry sky.

However, he was a cautious individual and well aware that a king of the Hundred-Armed Giants who had awakened true spirit bloodline might possess the power of destruction. Thus, he had been waiting for an opportune moment to strike.

"How shall we divide it?"

The female cultivator, however, was concise and to the point. She directly ignored the Three-Eyed King, who was surrounded by the three of them, and asked the elder and the young man.

"I want him and the Fruit of Annihilation," the elder stated, "the rest you can divide among yourselves."

The elder gazed at the Three-Eyed King with fiery eyes, then conjured a dark, black banner. At that moment, the entire starry sky seemed to plunge into darkness, as all light that touched him was swallowed and vanished.

"You are Dark Vortex."

Seeing the elder's dark banner, the female cultivator's expression subtly changed; she seemed to know his renowned name.

"You can only have one," the young man stated.

The young man's expression, however, remained unchanged, as if the name 'Dark Vortex' meant little to him.

The elder narrowed his eyes, and profound, abyssal Dao power surged forth. Yet, no matter how he probed, the space around the young man merely showed slight distortions, unable to make his figure waver.

"Very well, then I'll take the Hundred-Armed Giant," the elder said after probing, pointing at the Three-Eyed King.

"You few," the Three-Eyed King roared, "it seems you disregard me completely!"

Seeing this, the Three-Eyed King was utterly enraged. With fury rising in his heart, he tore through the void to reach the demonic tree, plucked the Fruit of Annihilation, and swallowed it whole.

"You beast, how dare you! How dare you eat my possession!" This action by the Three-Eyed King, however, instantly provoked the previously expressionless young man into a furious rage. He drew out a silvery-white wheel-shaped artifact, which seemed to conjure a giant scimitar capable of cleaving the starry sky, and brought it down upon the Three-Eyed King and the demonic tree.

"Don't destroy his eye, or I'll never be done with you!" the elder snapped at the young man, then waved the dark banner in his hand, unleashing his overwhelming Dao power to cover the area.

Seeing this, the female cultivator could no longer hold back. She flicked her finger, and a golden iron needle, arriving first despite being launched later, pierced the Three-Eyed King's neck, directly pinning the recently swallowed Fruit of Annihilation in his esophagus.

This golden iron needle seemed to possess a strange sealing power, freezing the Fruit of Annihilation's surface and preventing the Three-Eyed King from refining it for a short time.

Witnessing this, both the elder and the young man were relieved of their concerns.

The two top-tier Void Refinement cultivators each activated their Natal Artifacts and attacked. The Three-Eyed King, who had just expended most of his essence to repel one Void Refinement cultivator, struggled forcefully for a few moves with his powerful physique before his head was severed by the silver light wheel.

However, as a true spirit bloodline expert in the Blood Rebirth realm, the Three-Eyed King could still fight even after his head was severed.

Just as his eyes widened, preparing to forcibly burn his vital energy and activate both his head and body to simultaneously fight the two enemies, a boundless darkness enveloped and completely submerged his severed head.

"Hehehe, excellent, excellent!"

After retrieving the Three-Eyed King's head, the elder, Dark Vortex, stood in the starry sky, laughing aloud as he withdrew his Dao power.

Meanwhile, the young man approached the Three-Eyed King's struggling body, reached out, and pressed a spirit talisman onto its chest, instantly freezing it.

The young man then looked at the female cultivator nearby. She crooked her index finger, and the golden iron needle stuck in the Three-Eyed King's neck was immediately recalled by her.

The previously sealed Fruit of Annihilation seemed to possess sentience, attempting to seize this opportunity to drill into the Three-Eyed King's body and be refined by him.

But the young man had been waiting for this moment. He reached out, seized the Fruit of Annihilation directly, and forcibly pulled it out of the Three-Eyed King's esophagus.

"Thank you for your trouble, madam," the elder, Dark Vortex, said courteously to the female cultivator, who had only used one needle. "This planet is now yours."

"Thank you, senior," the female cultivator replied. Upon hearing this, her expression brightened slightly. Although the planet was shattered, the remaining Three-Eyed Race members, possessing some Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, could be sold in the slave market. While they might not be worth half a merit point, they could be exchanged for a good amount of resources for her sect.

As for the young man, after obtaining the Fruit of Annihilation, he said nothing and simply stepped into the void, vanishing from the spot.

Seeing this, the elder, Dark Vortex, narrowed his pupils and then also vanished.

Witnessing this, the female cultivator's heart tightened.