Chapter 1178 The Sword Star Appears
After performing in front of Shang Shaojun, Li Fan, the Holy Fetus, turned his full attention to observing the changes outside the Dusty Boat.
At this moment, the Dusty Boat had flown to the edge of the world.
The entire Xuanhuang Realm was beneath their feet, completely visible.
Li Fan had once observed the Xuanhuang Realm from this perspective. However, at that time, the Xuanhuang Realm was shrouded in a hazy yellow light, just like the one he had seen in the long-distance transmission array, looking like a large sphere of light. The details of the world's interior and the scenery on the earth's surface were completely obscured.
But now, under the influence of the immense suction force from the depths of the stars, part of that faint yellow light was unraveled.
The true appearance of the world underneath was revealed.
The Holy Fetus Li Fan saw the distorted white mist barrier, and...
"A monster made up of fragments and flesh sewn together."
This phrase suddenly surfaced in Li Fan's mind.
Even from the Nine Heavens, one could still see the subtle differences between different areas. The beings living within the regions may find it difficult to distinguish, but from the perspective outside the Xuanhuang Realm, these inconsistencies were immediately apparent.
The Holy Fetus Li Fan quickly snapped out of his momentary daze.
The Dusty Boat made creaking sounds, a sign of the strong external pressure it was facing.
The Holy Fetus Li Fan, undeterred, even accelerated the speed of the Dusty Boat.
After completely leaving the Xuanhuang Realm, he felt the surroundings suddenly darken.
It was like dusk, with the sun setting instantly below the horizon.
Dark, cold, and silent...
Various feelings rushed into the mind of the Holy Fetus Li Fan.
The Xuanhuang Immortal Heart Mantra spontaneously operated to shield Li Fan from these negative emotions.
"Despite the information and puppet synchronization, as well as the influence of the Medicine King's Cauldron, they are not as real as this moment."
The Holy Fetus Li Fan was thinking this when suddenly he turned his head.
In that instant, he felt an inexplicable sense of insecurity. It was as if something might suddenly appear behind him and deliver a fatal blow. Even though his divine sense clearly told him that there was no danger behind him, the feeling in his heart urged him to turn around and see for himself.
When he finally confirmed that there was no imagined crisis, the strange feeling in his heart slowly subsided.
At this moment, the Dusty Boat's faint creaking had turned into a deafening noise.
It was as if countless ancient fierce beasts were continuously attacking the hull, and cracks began to appear on the boat.
The engraved formations also began to show signs of fragmentation.
The Holy Fetus Li Fan was already prepared to abandon the boat.
Ninety-nine sword shadows suddenly appeared around him, swirling continuously, cutting out a buffer zone of absolute space.
The Holy Fetus Li Fan's body also slowly withered, losing its flesh color and showing a strange metallic luster.
Although the immense power from the depths of the stars did indeed have some impact on the attraction of the Xianxu.
But after all, it was the Xianxu's home ground, and a considerable amount of time had passed since the anomaly occurred, so the unknown power from the depths of the stars had greatly weakened.
Therefore, the Dusty Boat did not float towards the depths of the stars like the previously arranged stone puppets did.
Instead, it inevitably began to descend towards the Xianxu.
However...
Whether it was the change in trajectory or the magnitude of the change in speed, it was far from the proactive entry into the Xianxu when Li Fan was driving the Medicine King's Cauldron.
"My guess was correct! It is indeed a rare opportunity to escape from the Xuanhuang Realm!"
Watching the Dusty Boat about to completely shatter, the Holy Fetus Li Fan no longer hesitated.
"Thousands of swords, just like me!"
Faint figures of thousands of rusty swords inside the tomb of swords appeared behind him, and after a moment, these sword shadows all melted into his body.
The pitch-black void around the Dusty Boat was illuminated, and a dazzling white light emerged from Li Fan's body.
Completely engulfing his body.
The fusion of man and sword.
Then, as if a brilliant sword light had opened up the heavens and the earth, it suddenly slashed out.
The Dusty Boat was engulfed by the sword light and disappeared without a trace.
The white sword light, on the other hand, turned away from the Xianxu and decisively headed towards the depths of the stars!
This sword light was indeed too bright and dazzling.
Even in the sky of the Xuanhuang Realm below, a white star that could compete with the sun suddenly appeared.
At this moment, countless cultivators cast their gazes towards the position where the Holy Fetus Li Fan was.
Shang Shaojun was particularly lost in thought, feeling a sense of loss in his heart.
The unmatched sword light continued to advance rapidly.
The Holy Fetus Li Fan felt the Xianxu's restraint gradually diminishing.
The reason why everything went so smoothly was not just because of the miraculous transformation into the Black Sword Tian, or the ultimate sword strike, but more importantly, it was due to the influence of the mysterious force from the depths of the stars.
Outside the Xuanhuang Realm, without the interference of various world laws.
Therefore, he was more acutely aware of the remaining power in the void.
"Unlike the eternal attraction of the Xianxu, the power of the stars is like the ebb and flow of tides, intermittent and continuous."
The Holy Fetus Li Fan felt waves of immense power surging over him, even giving him the illusion of riding a small boat on the stormy sea and being tossed about.
"Hmm? Is that the stone puppet I placed before?"
Not long after flying in the void, the Holy Fetus Li Fan once again sensed the connection that had been severed earlier.
But what made Li Fan jump in his heart was the fact that not all the puppets were intact.
At least a third of the puppets had mysteriously disappeared for unknown reasons!
"It's possible that they were unfortunate and did not successfully break free from the Xianxu's restraints."
"But it's also possible..."
The Holy Fetus Li Fan was accelerating towards the location of the puppets.
But suddenly, he subconsciously slowed down his speed.
Because just now, one of the surviving seventy-four puppets had inexplicably disappeared!
It disappeared within his sensing and monitoring! Without any explanation!
And Li Fan had no idea how that puppet had disappeared!
"In the darkest depths of the stars, danger is indeed everywhere."
A chill rose inexplicably in the heart of the Holy Fetus Li Fan.
Controlling the speed of his flight, he let the remaining seventy-three puppets take the lead, while he followed from a distance.
And soon, the sporadic disappearances of the puppets indicated to Li Fan the dangers in the dark void of the stars.
As more puppets disappeared, Li Fan slowly regained his senses.
"These puppets seem to have been attacked not by some unknown presence, but because they passed through the wrong places."
"There...There's no space there. Only pure emptiness remains."
"Just like a flat road with one dark, bottomless cave after another. If you accidentally step into one, you'll meet a fate where you disappear without a trace."
As Li Fan pondered this, another puppet disappeared.
Only sixty-one puppets remained.
The end of Chapter 1178.