Chapter 41: A Decisive Victory

Nearly a million cultivators at the Divine General stage from Kunwei City quickly formed a sword-shaped formation. Their divine essences converged, and a massive bright yellow sword stretching thousands of miles appeared in the air, flying straight toward the group of cultivators on Nanyin Island.

Nearly a million cultivators at the Divine General stage from Zhenshou City formed a formation in a stack-like structure. All their divine essences merged, and in front of this formation, a green divine dragon stretching thousands of miles appeared. Roaring and writhing, it shook the void, its ferocity chilling to the core.

Nearly a million cultivators at the Divine General stage from Xunqiao City flew through the air like bees leaving the hive. Though seemingly scattered, they followed an underlying pattern. As all these cultivators released their divine essences, countless wind blade waves appeared in the air. As they moved, these wind blade waves swept forward.

The groups of Divine General stage cultivators from the three cities all charged toward Nanyin Island.

Their ferocious momentum made the nearly a million cultivators on Nanyin Island feel utterly unable to resist, and concern appeared on their faces.

“Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Wuqing, Wuyuan—us five will go to the back of Zhenshou City and kill all its cultivators,” Qu Yi said calmly, sending his thoughts to them.

Before the four could respond, Qu Yi shouted into the sky, “Cultivators of Nanyin Island, bring out all the divine artifacts you have and use them to kill those coming over!”

Hearing this, the morale of the nearly a million cultivators on Nanyin Island soared, and they replied loudly, “Yes, team leader!”

By then, Qu Yi, Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wugui, and Wuyuan had already flown into the air and arrived behind the million cultivators of Zhenshou City, their faces expressionless.

The “Divine Essence Dragon” summoned by the cultivators of Zhenshou City seemed fierce at first, but it had a fatal weakness: all their divine essences were concentrated in the dragon, leaving their physical bodies exposed behind it.

Qu Yi saw this weakness in Zhenshou City’s formation and immediately brought Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wugui, and Wuyuan to eliminate those cultivators with his overwhelming strength, thereby reducing the pressure on Nanyin Island’s cultivators so they could focus entirely on dealing with Kunwei City and Xunqiao City.

“Bad! Qu Yi has arrived behind us!” Bai Chong, the leader of Zhenshou City, grew anxious upon seeing Qu Yi’s movements, and a dangerous thought crossed his mind.

Bai Chong was also very quick to react. He immediately ordered, “Ten thousand cultivators from Zhenshou City, step forward to defend against Qu Yi’s ambush!”

Immediately, ten thousand cultivators separated from the formation of Zhenshou City and, along with Bai Chong, set out to confront Qu Yi, Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wugui, Wu Yuan, and others, while the remaining cultivators of Zhenshou City continued to form the “Dragon of Divine Essence” to attack Nan Yin Island alongside Kunwei City and Xunqiao City.
“A mere ant dares to block my path,” Qu Yi said indifferently, a cold glint in his eyes. He already drew the Spring Rain Sword and swung it forth.
As the Spring Rain Sword appeared, thirty million metal, wood, water, and spirit entities were instantly summoned, forming a frosty water sword that slashed toward Bai Chong.
Bai Chong panicked for a moment but quickly regained composure, a confident smile appearing on his face. His own defensive armor at the Divine Marshal level appeared around him to withstand Qu Yi’s attack. Bai Chong was well aware that his 19.7 million metal, wood, fire, and spirit entities were no match for Qu Yi, so he could only rely on his defensive armor.
As expected, when the water sword struck him, it only sent Bai Chong flying into the ground without causing fatal damage.
However, as soon as he hit the ground, he felt an unknown force beneath the earth throw him upward. By then, Qu Yi had already rushed over and struck him with a palm.
“Haha, Qu Yi, are you stupid? You clearly know I have defensive armor, yet you still attack—wasting your Divine Essence!” Bai Chong remained pinned to the ground, using his chest to block Qu Yi’s palm strike.
“Is that so? You think having defensive armor means I can’t kill you? You’re too foolish,” Qu Yi said with a bright smile, a mocking light in his eyes.
Bai Chong felt uneasy. Just as he tried to fly away, he was shocked to see a strange energy appearing in Qu Yi’s palm. His defensive armor shattered instantly, and that strange energy entered his body, sealing off his entire spiritual realm and preventing his spirit entities from being released.
Chaos energy had done its job once again.
“What… what kind of energy is this?” Bai Chong cried out in terror, looking at Qu Yi in panic.
Qu Yi didn’t respond. Instead, he struck again, severing Bai Chong’s head from his body. The chaos energy followed the head, instantly destroying Bai Chong’s soul.
While Qu Yi was dealing with Bai Chong, Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wugui, and Wu Yuan were also fiercely attacking the ten thousand cultivators of Zhenshou City. It didn’t take long before all ten thousand were reduced to ashes.
“Kill!”

Qu Yi killed Bo Chong, then let out another loud shout as he rushed straight into the cultivator formation of Zhen Shou City. Swinging his arms vigorously, his spirit hands descended from the sky like a torrent, striking down the cultivators in Zhen Shou City’s formation with unstoppable force.

Xin Wu Hen and Tian Bu Ao also possessed thirty million spirit entities each. Just like Qu Yi, they retracted their divine weapons and waved their hands, causing spirit hands to appear out of thin air before slashing fiercely at the cultivators in Zhen Shou City’s formation.

Qing Wu Gui utilized the art of slaughter, gathering the primordial energies of metal, wood, and water from space to create metal, wood, and water spirit entities. These entities acted like countless arrows of spirit energy, densely shooting toward the cultivators in Zhen Shou City’s formation.

Wu Yuan had already mastered the “99 in One” staff technique he had devised. With each swing of his staff, ninety-nine strikes were delivered, creating a violent gust of wind that cut down a large number of enemies.

The cultivators of Zhen Shou City were suddenly attacked by these five masters at the same time, resulting in five huge gaps in their formation. Soon, the entire formation collapsed, and all the cultivators fell to the ground. Without waiting for the cultivators of Zhen Shou City to react, Qu Yi, Xin Wu Hen, Tian Bu Ao, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan rushed into the crowd, unleashing their killing techniques and mercilessly slaughtering the cultivators of Zhen Shou City.

All of this happened in a short time.

On the other side, the cultivator formations of Kun Wei City and Xun Qiao City, now lacking the support of Zhen Shou City’s formation, still had to continue charging at the cultivators of Nan Yin Island.

“Brothers, detonate the divine weapons and blow them up!”
“Let’s do this together—feed them with our divine weapons!”
“This time, let’s go wild with our slaughter. We’re so excited!”

The nearly million cultivators on Nan Yin Island, facing the advancing formations of Kun Wei City and Xun Qiao City, felt no fear but instead brimmed with fighting spirit. Their divine weapons were ready to be thrown.

Just as the giant sword formed by the cultivators of Kun Wei City was about to swing and the “Wild Wind Dance” unleashed by those of Xun Qiao City was about to strike, the cultivators of Nan Yin Island seized the moment and threw their divine weapons.

The mighty force of the giant sword tore through space, unleashing countless waves of violent energy. Yet, the millions of divine weapons on Nan Yin Island appeared simultaneously, creating a catastrophic explosion and chaos. The energy from the detonated divine weapons collided with the violent energy from the torn space, quickly annihilating each other.

However, the sword-shaped formation composed of cultivators from Kunwei City was struck by these two energy storms, and soon one after another, the cultivators were flung out of the formation, causing it to disintegrate immediately. The ‘Wild Wind Dance’ unleashed by the cultivators from Xunqiao City, carrying waves of wind blades, was about to sweep over the cultivators on Nanyin Island, killing them all in the process. But the cultivators on Nanyin Island also launched millions of divine artifacts, which detonated in waves in front of the wind blade waves. The explosions of these divine artifacts at the Divine General level were equivalent to a Divine General cultivator self-destructing, releasing fierce energy that spread in all directions. A large portion of this energy hit the ‘Wild Wind Dance,’ dispersing the waves of wind blades. The cultivators from Xunqiao City, caught in the chaotic energy currents, fearfully left their formation and fell to the ground. It can be said that after launching two million divine artifacts, the cultivators on Nanyin Island disrupted the formations of both Kunwei City and Xunqiao City, scattering their cultivators everywhere. Immediately afterward, nearly a million cultivators from Nanyin Island formed two giant sword formations, gathered their divine energies, and soared high above the ground, swinging their swords with unstoppable force to kill the cultivators from the other two cities who had landed. “Brothers, run!” “The people from Nanyin Island are insane—how can they have so many divine artifacts?” “Hurry up and run! If we don’t, we’ll die here.” The Divine General-level cultivators from Kunwei City and Xunqiao City, seeing the situation, immediately realized that staying any longer would cost them their lives, so they hesitated not for a moment. In an instant, they flew into the air like birds startled by a bowstring, trying to escape. The cultivators from Zhenshou City, already terrified by the slaughter carried out by Qu Yi, Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wugui, Wu Yuan, and others, also fled without hesitation when they saw the cultivators from the other two cities escaping. “Cultivators from Nanyin Island, chase after them! Kill as many as you can,” Qu Yi shouted at the opportune moment. Immediately, the two giant sword formations composed of the Divine General-level cultivators from Nanyin Island rushed after them, mercilessly wiping out the fleeing cultivators from the three cities. It can be said that in this battle, not many cultivators from Nanyin Island died, while a large number of cultivators from Kunwei City, Zhenshou City, Xunqiao City, and Lizhou City were killed. The groups of Divine General-level cultivators from these four cities could no longer pose a threat to those from Nanyin Island on this outer island.

Qu Yi glanced at the battlefield and saw countless corpses of cultivators, but he merely smiled indifferently. Throughout the journey of cultivation, whether to live or die depended solely on oneself; one had to strengthen their own power to control their own fate.
“This time, the cultivators from the four cities attacked us, but we killed countless of them. I think this news will spread quickly. The other groups of Divine General-level cultivators on these outer islands will never again target the cultivators of Nan Yin Island. Next, we’ll continue to refine the essence and blood obtained from this great battle to further enhance the strength of Nan Yin Island,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Xin Wuhen, Tian Buao, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan all smiled indifferently upon hearing this.