Chapter 47: Killing by Strike

Gongye Bo tried several times to fly away, but Qu Yi stopped him each time. In terms of speed, Gongye Bo had no chance against Qu Yi. Qu Yi’s Chaos Body could create a path in mid-air, similar to space jumping, with a speed comparable to teleportation. Especially on this special golden star, where the surrounding space was influenced by spatial rules and constantly exerted pressure on cultivators, Gongye Bo, having killed few cultivators, couldn’t fly higher and could only jump and run on the ground—far slower than Qu Yi.

Gongye Bo glared at Qu Yi angrily, his eyes turning red, his Heart-Piercing Spear trembling in his hand. “Qu Yi, don’t forget—I’m from the Gongye family. If anything happens to me, our family will surely send someone to deal with you,” he shouted angrily. Unable to defeat Qu Yi or escape, Gongye Bo had no choice but to threaten him.

Qu Yi merely smiled faintly, pointing his Black Staff at Gongye Bo and saying calmly, “Gongye Bo, it wasn’t me who killed you. You died at the hands of other cultivators.”

All the cultivators from the Zedui Divine Realm had left, and this star continued to suppress the spiritual senses of the cultivators there. With no witnesses, Qu Yi had nothing to worry about—he could just kill him. Even if the Gongye family came to demand an explanation later, Qu Yi could simply deny it.

Hearing the decisive tone in Qu Yi’s voice, Gongye Bo felt a chill in his heart, his eyes turning even redder. “If you want to kill me, then show your strength! Let’s see what you can do to me!” he suddenly shouted loudly, moving swiftly as he thrust his Heart-Piercing Spear at Qu Yi.

The number of Golden-Water Spirit Beasts within Gongye Bo’s body had increased to 2.3 million. At that moment, along with the shadow of his spear, these Golden-Water Spirit Beasts formed a spinning golden wheel that suddenly appeared in front of Qu Yi, ready to split him in two.

“Only 2 million Spirit Beasts? Too weak,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.

Suddenly, just as the golden wheel was about to strike, Qu Yi raised his Black Staff vertically. A burst of golden light appeared, and 5 million Golden-Earth Spirit Beasts formed a golden sphere that collided head-on with the golden wheel.

Five million Spirit Beasts against 2.3 million—a decisive numerical advantage. The golden wheel instantly shattered.

“What! You were hiding your strength! You have 5 million Spirit Beasts in your body!”

Gongye Bo was instantly stunned. He never expected that Qu Yi’s Golden Earth Spirit Body numbered five million—far surpassing even Guo Huo, who ranked first among humans. Undoubtedly, at this moment, Gongye Bo realized just how terrifying Qu Yi was, and yet he had repeatedly provoked him. A sense of powerlessness filled his entire being.

Qu Yi hadn’t fully unleashed his greatest strength either—ten million Spirit Bodies at once would have instantly terrified Gongye Bo to death.

At that moment, Qing Wu Gui returned.

“Qing Wu, I leave this Gongye Bo to you,” Qu Yi said with a sudden laugh upon seeing Qing Wu Gui arrive.

With his strength, Qu Yi could easily crush Gongye Bo with a single palm strike, but he wasn’t in a hurry. He wanted to see Qing Wu Gui’s abilities and understand just how extreme his combat style really was.

Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan immediately grew dissatisfied and shouted, “Ugh, why not me? How is this Qing Wu Gui better than me?”

Qu Yi glared at him, forcing Wu Yuan to puff out his cheeks but dare not shout again.

Qing Wu Gui chuckled and nodded, “Then I’ll have a few exchanges with this Gongye Bo.”

Hearing this, Gongye Bo, filled with anger, suddenly felt a glimmer of hope for survival. He shouted, “Qu Yi, if you want to kill me, do it yourself! Why bring in this guy who only knows how to dodge? Do you want to humiliate me?”

Qu Yi replied, “Gongye Bo, if you can defeat my brother, I’ll let you go.”

Gongye Bo’s face lit up with joy. His earlier words were meant to provoke Qu Yi, and he had been waiting for this response. He had clearly seen that under the attacks of the cultivators in the Ze Dui Divine Realm, Qing Wu Gui had only been dodging, without any ability to fight back. Thus, he was convinced that dealing with Qing Wu Gui would be no problem at all.

“Fine, I’ll teach your brother a lesson,” Gongye Bo said, his body vibrating as his courage surged. He stared coldly at Qing Wu Gui.

Qing Wu Gui still held his long sword, calmly looking at Gongye Bo.

“Go ahead,” Qing Wu Gui said with a faint smile.

Hearing this, Gongye Bo’s face turned red with rage. This Qing Wu Gui, who only knew how to dodge, also looked down on him—this was too much.

“Penetrating Heart Without Trace!”

In his anger, Gongye Bo suddenly shouted, thrusting his divine weapon, the Penetrating Heart Spear, forward. An invisible energy beam shot from its tip, aiming straight at Qing Wu Gui.

This invisible energy force was also formed by the aggregation of metal and water spiritual entities. However, the composition of the metal and wood spiritual entities differed, with the metal spiritual entities being the dominant force, granting it great speed and sharpness.

Qing Wu Gui did not dodge by flashing away. Instead, he simply waved his long sword, and no spiritual entity could be seen emanating from it. Yet, an invisible aura covered the invisible energy force emitted by Gongye Bo. Immediately afterward, that invisible energy force collapsed, and all the metal spiritual entities separated as if peeled away, leaving only the water spiritual entities, which turned into a stream of water and flew toward Qing Wu Gui.

The strength of that stream of water was too weak and was immediately blocked by a light shield created by a wood spiritual entity wielded by Qing Wu Gui.

“You… what ability is this? How could you dismantle my spell?” Gongye Bo shouted in surprise, but he was not in a hurry to attack.

Although Gongye Bo was a disciple of one of the eight royal families and had seen much in his life, he never imagined that someone could even sever the laws of magic. At this moment, the killing principle exerted by Qing Wu Gui had stripped away the metal laws in the spell, thereby annihilating the metal spiritual entities and rendering Gongye Bo’s spell ineffective.

A spell from the Divine Weapon stage had become a spell from the Divine Being stage—what power could it still possess?

If Gongye Bo had mastered the metal and wood laws, none of his spells could have attacked Qing Wu Gui, because Qing Wu Gui had already severed those laws, rendering any spells containing them ineffective against him.

Qing Wu Gui naturally wouldn’t explain the reason to Gongye Bo. He simply smiled and said, “Attack.”

Hearing this, Gongye Bo’s expression turned cold, and he shouted loudly, “You three are all mysterious guys. I refuse to believe that with my strength as Gongye Bo, I can’t escape today.”

Suddenly, Gongye Bo held his Heart-Piercing Spear, with a gust of cold wind blowing through the space. His spear was now aimed at Qing Wu Gui.

“Turn metal into ice—let’s see how you block this,” Gongye Bo sneered.

It turned out that Gongye Bo had realized earlier that the metal spiritual entities in his spell had disappeared, understanding that Qing Wu Gui had the ability to control metal spiritual entities. So, he unleashed his family’s secret spell.

“Turn Metal into Ice” essentially transformed metal spiritual entities into water spiritual entities.

At this moment, the 2.3 million metal and water spiritual entities summoned by Gongye Bo all turned into water spiritual entities, forming a blue spiritual water sword that pierced straight at Qing Wu Gui’s chest.

Qing Wugui’s eyes lit up, and he immediately swung the long sword in his hand, drawing forth all the primordial energy of metal and wood in the surrounding space. In an instant, a high wall formed from this energy blocked the spiritual water sword.

“You…” Gongye Bo was speechless with shock, his heart filled with sorrow.

By now, Gongye Bo had realized that Qing Wugui not only possessed the power to control metal energy but also water energy. Such power seemed to grant him the ability to manipulate space—a capability reserved only for divine kings.

Of course, Gongye Bo still did not understand Qing Wugui’s true strength. By severing the laws of metal and wood, he had gained dominion over them.

Qing Wugui merely smiled faintly and called out softly, “Keep going. If I intervene, you’ll die.”

At this moment, he still didn’t want to take action himself.

Hearing the contempt in Qing Wugui’s voice, Gongye Bo’s expression turned even colder. Clutching his Heart-Piercing Spear, he trembled with rage.

“I refuse to believe that I, Gongye Bo, will die here today!” he roared angrily once again.

Immediately, he threw the Heart-Piercing Spear at Qing Wugui. As it neared him, his eyes were filled with madness, and a cruel smile appeared on his lips.

“Explode,” he said coldly with a smile.

Qu Yi saw this and quickly understood, shouting, “Qing Wugui, be careful! Gongye Bo is trying to detonate the Heart-Piercing Spear!”

Undoubtedly, Gongye Bo had realized he couldn’t kill Qing Wugui, so he resorted to this method of blowing up his own divine weapon to gain an advantage.

At that moment, Qing Wugui lowered his head. His long sword vanished, replaced by a small knife two fingers long—the Timeless Ruthless Blade, a divine weapon crafted by Qu Yi for him.

“Die,” Qing Wugui said calmly.

The Timeless Ruthless Blade flew straight toward Gongye Bo’s throat, using spatial jumps to pierce right into it, instantly silencing his laughter.

Meanwhile, Qing Wugui remained calm, rapidly forming hand seals. The primordial energy of metal and wood in the space then formed two swirling vortexes that surrounded the Heart-Piercing Spear from both sides.

The spear exploded, but most of its violent energy was blocked by the two vortexes. The remaining energy couldn’t harm Qing Wugui at all. He simply created a shield to block the residual energy waves.

At that moment, Qu Yi acted in anger. With a single slap, he summoned ten million Golden Earth Spirit Entities, forming a palm as large as a mountain, which struck Gongye Bo, turning him to ashes instantly. Gongye Bo nearly harmed Qingwugui, so Qu Yi, unable to stand by, immediately intervened in anger. With Gongye Bo’s death, a space ring and a set of defensive armor fell to the ground.