325: High-end hunter, simple death

That cold, void-like “point,” as if it belonged to no concept in this Universe, had already touched Lin Fan's Soul Origin.

Death, at this moment, seemed like a luxury.

He was about to be “deleted.”

From this Universe’s timeline, from everyone’s memory, from the long river of Karma, he was to be completely and cleanly erased.

He had never felt so close to the true “end.”

The System’s unprecedented, blood-red frantic alarms were like heavy hammers, smashing onto his Divine Soul.

“Warning! Existence Exemption Talent activated... Expected to exempt 10% of the erasure effect... The remaining 90% of the erasure effect will arrive in 0.1 seconds!”

0.1 seconds.

Not even enough time to form a thought.

Exempting 10%, the remaining 90% was still a fatal blow!

“No—!”

Li Hanyue’s shrill, distorted scream pierced the dead silence of the bridge, and like a flash of lightning, it cut through the blankness in Lin Fan’s mind.

In her voice was a fear and despair that bordered on collapse.

Lin Fan’s pupils contracted to their extreme in that instant.

He “saw” the color drain from Li Hanyue’s face, a look he had never seen before, a horror as if the sky itself was falling.

He was going to die.

This time, it seemed he was truly going to be played to death.

This thought, like a cold current, coursed through his limbs and bones.

However, in that 0.01 second where even thinking became a luxury, an incredibly absurd yet incredibly clear thought instinctively burst forth from the deepest part of his Soul!

The “Extinction-level” attack recognized by the System... if he died from this, what level of reward would he get?

SSS-level?

Or... the legendary EX-level?!

Damn it, he was going to die anyway!

Dying at someone else's hands, how could that be as cost-effective as dying at his own!

This wave of high-end Karma assassination absolutely could not interfere with his KPI for farming rewards!

This lightning-fast thought couldn't even be called thinking; it was an instinctive pursuit of “maximizing profit” ingrained in his bones!

He didn't know what this so-called Heavens Mandate God-Slaying Thorn was.

He only knew that his original plan was to create a “big event,” experience a “Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Sect” package, and get an S-level or even S+ rating!

He couldn't let this sudden “fatal blow” disrupt his rhythm!

“Come!!!”

Lin Fan suddenly roared, his voice not coming from his throat, but a roar from his Divine Soul!

He completely ignored the “deletion” attack that was about to strike him, instead squeezing his remaining “existence time,” less than 0.1 seconds, to the extreme!

His Divine Thought, like a reckless hand, fiercely stabbed towards the three most terrifying Sword Intent sources he had already marked within the Ten Thousand Swords Burial!

One was the golden greatsword he had already died to once, with its unparalleled Imperial Sword Intent!

Another was the Nine Nether Assassin Sword Intent from the shadow rift, which he had also died to.

And there was one he had discovered during his advance but never dared to provoke: a completely black broken sword, as if it could swallow even light, emitting the Sword Intent of Annihilation, representing the end and the Void Realm!

You want to rule the world? Come and slay me!

You want to kill in one strike? Come and stab me!

You want all things to return to nothingness? Come and destroy me!

With his last will, he issued the most arrogant challenge!

At this moment, the high-end hunter was about to face the most primitive method of hunting.

Buzz—!

Within the Ten Thousand Swords Burial, three terrifying Sword Intents that had been dormant for ages, like three primordial fierce Dragons spat upon by ants, instantly erupted in fury!

Above the golden greatsword, golden light shot into the sky, and an Imperial Sword Intent, as if to bring the entire Star Domain under imperial rule, ruthlessly struck down!

From the crack in the shadow, a point of extreme cold light appeared silently, instantly crossing space and piercing towards Lin Fan’s glabella!

And the black broken sword vibrated violently, a pure “annihilation” force turning into a gray ripple, and wherever it passed, even the Law of space began to collapse and dissolve!

Three top-tier Sword Intents, capable of instantly killing an Immortal Venerable, simultaneously locked onto Lin Fan from three different directions!

And in the... split second before all this happened.

The Heavens Mandate God-Slaying Thorn, which ignored space and defense, had silently arrived upon Lin Fan’s Karma line.

It was about to touch, about to annihilate.

However, within that Planck time, just as it was about to complete its mission.

Boom!!!

The Imperial Sword Intent, Assassin Sword Intent, and Annihilation Sword Intent—three extremely violent attacks—struck Lin Fan’s body simultaneously and with pinpoint accuracy, a split second earlier.

Pfft.

A barely perceptible soft sound.

Lin Fan’s body didn’t even have time to turn into dust before it was directly “returned to the Void Realm” by the Annihilation Sword Intent.

His Divine Soul, under the crushing force of the Imperial Sword Intent, completely disintegrated before he could even let out a scream.

That flicker of spiritual light, just as it was about to escape, was precisely pierced and annihilated by the Assassin Sword Intent.

Incredibly decisive.

Incredibly swift.

Incredibly... thorough.

Inside the starship, Li Hanyue’s recently uttered shrill scream seemed to still echo in the air.

The world in her eyes was first enveloped by that “deletion” fear originating from her Soul, but the next moment, she personally “saw”... Lin Fan instantly obliterated by three Sword Intents erupting from the Ten Thousand Swords Burial.

The light from the concentric talisman in her hand extinguished in response.

Then... then that extreme fear that almost made her Dao Heart collapse, as if even her own existence was about to be erased, abruptly... vanished.

Like a gust of wind, it came without warning and left inexplicably.

Li Hanyue froze there, her mind a blank... At the same time.

Deep in the Universe, above the Heavens Evolution Sect’s altar.

The three Grand Elders, who had sacrificed their Lifespan, wore expressions of cold ruthlessness and determination, as if a great vengeance had been exacted.

The cold will of the Sect Master, seated deep within the Forbidden Ground, also firmly locked onto the Godslaying Thorn that traversed space and time, about to complete its mission.

It was done.

The tumor of this Universe would be completely... Suddenly.

The expressions on the faces of the three Grand Elders froze simultaneously.

Deep within the Forbidden Ground, that ancient and majestic will also fluctuated sharply, revealing a hint of bewilderment.

In their perception.

The Heavens Mandate God-Slaying Thorn, at the instant it was about to hit the target’s Karma line... the target was gone!

It hadn't dodged, it hadn't defended.

Instead, the Karma coordinate serving as the “target” had vanished into thin air!

It was as if a person, a millisecond before a bullet was about to hit his glabella, had first smashed his head against a wall and died.

The bullet... lost its target!

“What’s going on?!”

A Grand Elder exclaimed in a hoarse, sharp voice.

And in the distant Void Realm outside the Ten Thousand Swords Burial.

The Heavens Mandate God-Slaying Thorn, formed by the three Grand Elders’ three hundred years of Lifespan and Life Origin, carrying the Heavens Evolution Sect’s ultimate killing power, hung there, solitary and still, at the exact spot where Lin Fan had just “died.”

It was transparent throughout, emitting a chilling Karma fluctuation.

Having lost its locked target, it was like an ultimate bomb with its safety pin pulled, yet its launch procedure forcibly aborted.

The massive and chaotic “fatal” power it carried, capable of erasing everything, began to become... extremely unstable.

Buzz... buzz... The transparent spike began to tremble slightly, and fatally.