Chapter 17: The Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands Attacks Again

Scouts from the Tianfeng Pirate Gang discovered a group of pirate factions under the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands—nearly ninety pirate gangs were gathering and flying over.
Ninety pirate gangs meant over three hundred and sixty leaders at the Divine General level.
The Tianfeng Pirate Gang, however, had only six such leaders!
But the Tianfeng Pirate Gang had one advantage: Qu Yi could provide support at any time.
After receiving the scouts’ report, Qing Wugui felt no fear at all; instead, he was overjoyed. Finally, he would have a large number of Divine General-level fighters by his side in battle—a rare opportunity for cultivation.
On the island, Qing Wugui looked at Zhu Chen.
“Elder Leader, you take the brothers and defend this island. I’ll go alone to ambush the pirate gangs of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands. Oh, and use the ‘Sea-Calling Dragon Formation’ that Qu Yi gave us. You and the brothers should set up the formation on the island to prevent the Divine Hero-level members of the Alliance from charging in recklessly,” Qing Wugui said calmly.
Qu Yi had also developed a defensive formation capable of withstanding attacks from Divine General-level cultivators. The materials needed to set up the formation were quite ordinary—this was Qu Yi’s method to protect the various pirate gangs of Tianfeng Fort.
Zhu Chen nodded and smiled. “Second Fort Leader, go ahead. I’ll take the brothers and set up the formation right away.”
Qing Wugui smiled, then soared into the clouds, heading toward the direction of the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands’ pirate gangs.
After watching Qing Wugui leave, Zhu Chen immediately led the five hundred members of the Tianfeng Pirate Gang to set up the ‘Sea-Calling Dragon Formation’ on the island. It was completed in no time.
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Qing Wugui flew for nearly ten days before reaching an area over the sea. In his line of sight, he saw a large group of pirates flying toward him.
As expected, the ninety-plus pirate gangs from the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands in this sea area had gathered together, ready to patrol the region and deal a fatal blow to any incoming pirate gangs. Their momentum was overwhelming, seemingly unstoppable.
Seeing these pirate gangs, Qing Wugui merely smiled faintly before soaring into the air and blocking their path alone.
His eyes were cold, filled with murderous intent.
“The Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands, I am the leader of the Tianfeng Pirate Gang. If you want to deal with us, you must first pass through me.” In his hand, he already held a black long sword. His calm voice carried an icy determination.
Inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi had already crafted many Divine General-level divine artifacts, which he naturally gave to Qing Wugui and Wu Yuan first.
The ninety-plus pirate gangs, totaling nearly ninety thousand people on their flying ships, had stopped in their tracks.

All eyes were fixed on Qing Wu Gui. Among them, seventeen Divine General-level figures recognized him. Among these four—Kong Mo Fei, Long Feng Yue, Shi Kai Shan, and Li Nan Feng—they were even the leaders of a pirate gang. They had previously attacked the Tianfeng Pirate Gang together with Chang Xin and Yue Dong Lin. However, due to Qing Wu Gui’s strength, all seventeen of them fled.

Kong Mo Fei, Long Feng Yue, Shi Kai Shan, and Li Nan Feng reported the situation of the Tianfeng Pirate Gang to the Alliance of Ten Thousand Islands. Then, they led about ninety pirate gangs from the vicinity to attack the Tianfeng Pirate Gang, aiming to avenge their previous defeat.

“Gentlemen, this man is extremely strange. Last time, he single-handedly held off over twenty of us leaders. Now he’s here again. Let’s all attack together and make sure to kill him in one strike,” Kong Mo Fei said, feeling worried as he stared at Qing Wu Gui. He then used his mental communication to convey his message to the other Divine General-level leaders.

Indeed, upon hearing Kong Mo Fei’s message, the faces of the leaders changed. They never expected that a Divine General-level cultivator could fight against over twenty such figures alone and still gain the upper hand—it was truly terrifying.

Such a person would usually be ranked on the Earthly Ranking List. But Qing Wu Gui clearly didn’t have a name on it, indicating that he had only recently reached the Divine General level.

The more they thought about it, the more anxious these leaders became. They felt that facing Qing Wu Gui would be the greatest regret of their lives.

Though slightly alert, they weren’t intimidated by the sight of Qing Wu Gui standing alone in the air. They immediately gathered together and flew in front of him.

“You must be the leader of the Tianfeng Pirate Gang. Since you’ve come to seek death, you’re saving us leaders time. Today, you’ll die,” said an old man with silver hair among the more than 360 Divine General-level leaders.

This old man was named Qin Tian Yin. He was the strongest leader among all the pirate gangs in this sea area, with as many as six million Golden, Wood, and Fire spiritual bodies within his body.

Qing Wu Gui smiled faintly, suddenly moving so fast that not even a trace of his afterimage remained. He appeared right in front of Qin Tian Yin.

“You must be the strongest one. I’ll kill you first,” Qing Wu Gui declared as he appeared.

In his hand, a divine sword pierced forward, its murderous aura pressing down heavily on Qin Tian Yin.

Qin Tianyin rapidly activated his divine essence, causing six million gold, wood, and fire spirit entities to surge out from his body and form a small tricolored circular shield to block Qing Wugui’s divine sword. From Qin Tianyin’s expression, it seemed he disdained Qing Wugui’s ambush tactic, believing that such a killing move would be ineffective given his overwhelming advantage in the number of spirit entities. However, when the divine sword struck the small shield, Qin Tianyin’s expression changed drastically, turning pale. Among the gold, wood, and fire spirit entities, those of the gold and wood elements collapsed instantly, as if faced by a natural enemy, becoming completely useless. In other words, the small shield now only contained fire spirit entities. A defense spell at the Divine General level had suddenly become one at the Divine Being level. The divine sword continued unimpeded, piercing into Qin Tianyin’s body and splitting it in two. “Bastard, how dare you!” Seeing this, the more than 360 leaders at the Divine General level hesitated no longer. They immediately shouted in anger, casting their spells at Qing Wugui. Qing Wugui retreated swiftly. Qin Tianyin’s upper body was slowly recovering, with his divine essence re-forming his body. Yet, his strength was temporarily lost, leaving him without any offensive power. The more than 300 leaders noticed that their combined spells failed to harm Qing Wugui, and their expressions changed. Meanwhile, Qin Tianyin, while using his divine essence to restore his body, stared at Qing Wugui, who had retreated far away. His face was ashen, but his eyes sparkled with fear. A spell at the Divine General level had turned into one at the Divine Being level—what a bizarre phenomenon! “Kong Mofei, Long Fengyue, Shi Kaishan, Li Nanfeng, the four of you—do you still have something hidden from us?” After a brief thought, Qin Tianyin glared coldly at them and demanded an answer. Undoubtedly, these four had not told him everything about Qing Wugui’s ability to affect the spells of Divine General-level cultivators. This hidden truth had caused the strongest among them, Qin Tianyin, to make a fatal mistake, having his body severed and requiring a long time to recover. His hatred toward the four was even greater than that toward Qing Wugui. The other leaders also understood the implication in Qin Tianyin’s words. They no longer rushed to deal with Qing Wugui but instead turned their skeptical gazes toward the four, ready to attack at his command. Seeing the expressions of the leaders around them, Kong Mofei, Long Fengyue, Shi Kaishan, and Li Nanfeng felt chilled to the core.

“Leaders, we definitely haven’t hidden anything. Last time, this man fought against over twenty of us leaders, relying solely on his agility to dodge attacks and never showing such strange abilities.” Without hesitation, Kong Mofei, Long Fengyue, Shi Kaishan, and Li Nanfeng immediately spoke up in protest, not wanting the anger of the other leaders to turn on them.

At that moment, Qing Wugui took action, immediately putting Kong Mofei, Long Fengyue, Shi Kaishan, and Li Nanfeng in an awkward situation. Qing Wugui flashed over again, appearing in front of one of the leaders, swung his sword, and severed his head in one strike. His murderous intent condensed into a tangible force, shattering the leader’s soul space. A single strike to kill!

Qing Wugui’s fierce attack once again enraged all the more than 360 leaders. They couldn’t afford to question Kong Mofei, Long Fengyue, Shi Kaishan, and Li Nanfeng anymore and had to focus on Qing Wugui, launching a collective attack to drive him back.

This time, Qing Wugui rushed into the midst of the pirate fleets located inside the flying divine pills. “Break through!” Qing Wugui said expressionlessly, swinging his sword like rain. With each strike, the hulls of those flying divine ships cracked, and the pirates at the affected areas died instantly.

“Ah, ah, ah!” “Leader, save me!” In an instant, the pirates on those dozen flying divine ships fell out and plummeted into the ocean below. Those at the Divine Being level didn’t possess the ability to fly.

“Damn it, stop him quickly!” Qin Tianyin shouted anxiously.

All the leaders realized that Qing Wugui’s goal was to kill all the pirates from those ninety-plus pirate fleets first before dealing with them, the leaders at the Divine General level. Swish! Swish! Swish! In an instant, those over 360 leaders split into ten groups and surrounded Qing Wugui simultaneously.

With nowhere to escape, Qing Wugui chose to break free from their encirclement and landed at a distance, smiling as he watched the leaders and the terrified pirates on the flying divine ships in the air.

“Bao Zi, Bai Yun, Yang Wu, Se Guang—you four take the leaders of your four pirate fleets, along with all the pirate brothers here, and immediately go attack the Tianfeng Pirate Fleet. All of us leaders will stay here to hold back this man,” Qin Tianyin shouted anxiously from the air.

From Qing Wu Gui’s actions just now, Qin Tian Yin had already deduced that he intended to hold back over ninety pirate groups single-handedly. Therefore, he immediately dispatched some of his forces to attack the Tianfeng Pirate Group, aiming to disrupt Qing Wu Gui’s plans.
Soon after, nearly twenty-four leaders from four pirate groups took off, leading all of their nearly ninety thousand pirates and flying into the distance.
The 330 remaining leaders immediately flew around to encircle Qing Wu Gui.