Chapter 28: You’re All Too Weak

The Blood-Bone Duo teamed up to kill Shi Han, then rushed at the other cultivators sent by the city lords. Among these cultivators, none could withstand the attacks of the Blood-Fierce duo with their true energy; Shi Han could even block the Blood-Clump attacks with his cold aura. But these cultivators, who practiced blood-related techniques, physical training, or wind-based skills, were none able to resist the Blood-Clump attacks. Undoubtedly, the Blood-Bone Duo easily cleared out all the cultivators outside Nanyun City.

Now, they waited for the cultivators from the Three Tripod Sect to leave Nanyun City before eliminating them all and gradually eradicating the sect. Inside the Wind-Listening Pavilion, Wei Yan briefed Qu Yi on the situation of the Blood-Bone Duo.

“Hehe, these Blood-Bone Duo really seem fated to meet me. Here they are again,” Qu Yi said cheerfully, though his eyes showed a hint of indifference.

Qu Yi was now at the middle stage of the Yuan Ying phase and was confident that he could kill those at the early stage of exiting the body using his Jade Sword. Naturally, he didn’t take the Blood-Bone Duo, who were at the later stage of Yuan Ying, seriously. Yet, given their ferocity, Qu Yi really wanted to deal with them personally.

Wei Yan, observing Qu Yi’s relaxed expression, realized he was confident in defeating the Blood-Bone Duo and thus stayed silent.

In an instant, Qu Yi left the Wind-Listening Pavilion. The next moment, he arrived at a peak a hundred miles away from Nanyun City and emitted waves of his true energy. The Blood-Bone Duo, who were in a valley thousands of miles away, immediately sensed a strong golden-colored true energy wave and figured out Qu Yi’s location.

“Hehe, Gu Han, I never expected there to still be a middle-stage Yuan Ying cultivator left behind,” Blood-Fierce said with a faint smile.

“Yes, after killing so many late-stage Yuan Ying cultivators, we overlooked one at the middle stage. But his life is also over,” Gu Han replied indifferently.

Suddenly, the Blood-Bone Duo teleported and appeared right in front of Qu Yi.

“Kid, it’s you!” As soon as they stopped, they recognized Qu Yi. Although Qu Yi’s true energy waves were different from those on Demon-Island, both of them remembered his face, so it was easy for them to identify him.

“Hehe, Blood-Bone Duo!” Qu Yi smiled faintly before suddenly staring intently and saying sharply, “Your lives are over today.”

Hearing this, the Blood-Bone Duo burst into laughter, but they immediately glared coldly at Qu Yi. With their reputation, it was unacceptable for someone like Qu Yi, a middle-stage Yuan Ying cultivator, to sentence them to death.

“Kid, you’ve escaped once already. This time, hand over your life to us,” Xue Lie shouted viciously. As soon as he spoke, he transformed into a mass of blood and rushed straight at Qu Yi. Qu Yi dodged quickly. With his current cultivation at the middle stage of Yuan Ying, he used the Golden Speed Secret Technique ‘Ten Thousand Miles in an Inch,’ allowing him to move faster than at the early stage of leaving his body—far beyond what the blood mass could keep up with. Suddenly! The blood mass changed, and Xue Lie reappeared, smiling faintly as he watched Qu Yi in the distance. “So, your arrogance comes from your speed, huh? Not bad—your speed is indeed fast; I can’t even keep up. But I’m curious how long your vital energy will sustain you,” Xue Lie said calmly. Qu Yi laughed from afar, “Xue Lie, what does it matter if you know? I despise you after scolding you. Can you catch me? I’m leaving now.” With that, Qu Yi took off again, fleeing into the distance. Xue Lie frowned tightly and immediately activated the Illusory Blood Bead, turning it into a blood sword. He accelerated at incredible speed, matching Qu Yi’s pace, and pursued him with fierce intent. Qu Yi and Xue Lie began a race of speed, flying swiftly above the Hundred Demons Mountain Range. Gu Han, on the other hand, was far behind. His physical cultivation did not grant him exceptional speed. After holding on for a while, he gave up chasing and let Xue Lie pursue Qu Yi alone. As Qu Yi fled, he learned through the Artifact Spirit that Gu Han hadn’t followed, and he was overjoyed. This was exactly Qu Yi’s plan. If he had to deal with both Xue Lie and Gu Han at the same time, using the Jade Sword might result in killing one while the other escaped, revealing the existence of the Jade Sword. Naturally, Qu Yi wanted to lure Xue Lie to chase him alone, then kill him with a single strike once he was out of Gu Han’s spiritual detection range. Two streaks of light flew through the air. After flying about four thousand li, Qu Yi suddenly stopped and smiled faintly at the blood sword behind him. The blood sword transformed back into Xue Lie’s form, brimming with murderous intent. “Kid, your vital energy must be running low. This time, I’ll turn you into a blood ball to amuse myself with forever,” Xue Lie said coldly. Qu Yi laughed heartily, looking down on Xue Lie with contempt. “Xue Lie, your strength is still too weak. Just because you have a powerful artifact, do you think you can kill me easily? Today, you’ll surely die at my hands.” Xue Lie raised his eyebrows and immediately turned into a mass of blood, flying swiftly toward Qu Yi. He then enlarged and enveloped Qu Yi. Yet Qu Yi showed no fear at all, allowing himself to be wrapped by the blood mass without even trying to escape.

As the blood mass tried to shrink, Qu Yi suddenly emitted a dry-blue true fire from his entire body, scaring the blood mass back to its original size. Even in the early stages of his Yuan Ying phase, the intensity of his dry-blue true fire was already comparable to that of a cultivator in the later stages of Yuan Ying. Now, in the middle stages of Yuan Ying, its intensity was nearly on par with that of a cultivator in the middle stages of exiting the body. Naturally, with Blood Fiend’s cultivation at the later stages of Yuan Ying, he still dared not let even a trace of this dry-blue true fire touch him.

“Heh, kid, you’re only in the middle stages of Yuan Ying, yet you already possess such powerful dry-blue true fire. Not bad. But as long as I can deplete your vital energy, I’ll use it to refine this fire further.” Blood Fiend said coldly.

Qu Yi chuckled but didn’t reply. Inside his body, the Yuan Ying in his heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, and dantian continuously transformed vital energy into gold-elemental vital energy to sustain the dry-blue true fire.

An hour passed.

The blood mass maintained by Blood Fiend had thinned, but the dry-blue true fire within it showed no sign of weakening, which left Blood Fiend in disbelief—how could Qu Yi have such abundant vital energy?

“Kid, you do have quite a lot of vital energy, enough to keep this up. Fine, I’ll consume Blood Yuan Essence to restore my own vital energy, then fight you to the end!” Blood Fiend shouted angrily.

Clearly, Blood Fiend didn’t expect that to eliminate Qu Yi, he would have to use his precious Blood Yuan Essence, which filled him with resentment.

Just then, Qu Yi suddenly grabbed five Yuan Ying entities from the middle stages and swallowed them all, instantly converting them into gold-elemental vital energy. Then, a jade sword appeared in his hand.

“You…” Blood Fiend was shocked as he sensed Qu Yi’s vital energy having suddenly recovered.

The next moment, Qu Yi swung the jade sword, creating a half-moon-shaped beam of light as wide as a palm, which struck the blood mass head-on.

“No…” Blood Fiend screamed in agony as the entire blood mass turned into a mist of blood. Blood Fiend regained his human form, but there was a deep sword wound on his forehead, and his aura was extremely weak.

After maintaining the blood mass for a while and now being injured by the beam of light, Blood Fiend no longer had any vital energy left.

Qu Yi swung the jade sword again, shattering Blood Fiend to pieces before retracting the sword into his body.

A blood-colored bead and a bracelet fell from the air. With a wave of his hand, Qu Yi caught them in his palm.

“Not bad. Illusion Blood Pearl, storage bracelet—Blood Fiend’s treasures are now mine.” Qu Yi smiled before vanishing in a flash.

……

Gu Han sat on a peak, still waiting for Blood Fiend’s return.

In the distance, a figure in the early Yuan Ying stage flew over, radiating fluctuations of Fire True Energy.
“Who is this? A mid-Yuan Ying stage guy. Since you’ve encountered me, you’ll have to stay.” Gu Han said with a cold laugh.
The one emitting the fluctuations of Fire True Energy in the air was actually Qu Yi in disguise. To prevent Gu Han from realizing that Xue Lie was dead and thus allowing him to escape, Qu Yi had to change his appearance and replace his Gold True Energy with Fire True Energy, then return to kill Gu Han.
Suddenly, a one-kilometer-long black staff shot into the sky and struck Qu Yi fiercely.
Qu Yi vanished in an instant and reappeared right in front of Gu Han, wielding a Fire Scaled Blade to strike at him.
The hundred-meter-long flame sword slashed at Gu Han, but only left a black mark without causing severe damage, showing just how strong Gu Han’s physique was.
“You… who are you?” Gu Han felt uneasy. He never expected this mid-Yuan Ying stage guy to be so fast and capable of harming him.
Qu Yi didn’t reply. He immediately used his inferior treasure, the Fire Scaled Blade, to keep slashing at Gu Han like lightning.
Gu Han shortened his staff to a hundred meters long and quickly tried to block the flame sword.
Qu Yi was too fast. All that could be seen in the air was a flickering fire cloud, from which a flame sword would suddenly appear to strike at Gu Han. Gu Han struggled hard to block them, gradually sensing danger.
“Who are you? How can a mid-Yuan Ying stage guy have such abundant True Energy?” Gu Han shouted angrily after blocking for a while.
At that moment, Qu Yi finally reverted to his original appearance and stopped in the air with a smile.
“Oh, it’s you. How do you still have Fire True Energy? Where’s Xue Lie?” Gu Han cried out in panic, feeling deep fear.
Qu Yi put away the Fire Scaled Blade and took out his Jade Sword, smiling. “Gu Han, you two, the Blood and Bone Heroes, thought you could act recklessly in the Hundred Demons Mountain Range, right? But in reality, you’re far too weak.”
With that, Qu Yi swung his Jade Sword, and a palm-width beam of light rushed toward Gu Han.
Gu Han’s incredibly tough physique couldn’t withstand the sharpness of the beam, which pierced straight into his body. Soon, his body began to shrink completely.
Qu Yi smiled, flew over to Gu Han, picked up the black staff, and said, “The Blood and Bone Heroes no longer exist.”