Chapter 10: The Ignorant Are Fearless

“A school of tiger sharks—actually, a whole school of them.”
Wuyuan stood at the bow of the cruiser. Looking out, he saw the dorsal fins of hundreds of tiger sharks on the sea surface—their silver scales gleaming brightly, drawing immediate attention. He immediately shouted loudly.
“Is this entire sea area filled with shark beasts?” Qingwugui remained calm, speaking softly.
Ever since Qu Yi killed the Youli Jiaoshark with an arrow, Wuyuan and Qingwugui had been frustrated. Despite working together, they hadn’t managed to kill a single sea beast, which seemed incomprehensible to them. So now, they stood at the bow of the cruiser, using their senses to detect the presence of sea beasts in the area.
The Thundereye Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab—these four beasts, who had originally been in front of the cruiser, also saw the arrival of the tiger shark school. They immediately swam to either side of the cruiser, ready for battle.
“Qingwu, this time, let’s see who can kill the most—how about that?” Wuyuan took out the Jiukong Staff and said with a smile.
The Jiukong Staff had already been upgraded by Qu Yi to the level of Divine Marshal.
Qingwugui’s eyes lit up as he nodded in agreement. He instantly dashed onto the sea surface, drawing a sword from his hand. Its cold aura made it seem as though a killing god had descended—invincible and unstoppable.
“Despicable!” Seeing Qingwugui leap forward, Wuyuan shouted in anger and hurriedly followed.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The hundreds of tiger sharks also sensed the killing intent from Wuyuan and Qingwugui. They all leaped onto the sea surface at the same time. Each one was over a hundred meters long, floating like silver tiger shark statues, exuding a fierce aura.
“You humans have come to trouble us in our outer seas again. This time, we won’t let you leave so easily. Die quickly!” The lead tiger shark, its two dorsal fins glowing with golden light and hardened like two divine swords, glared at Wuyuan and shouted angrily.
All the hundred tiger sharks possessed the strength of Divine Marshal level. Hearing their leader’s words, they immediately split into two columns and swiftly slid across the sea surface, aiming straight at Wuyuan and Qingwugui.
“Let’s begin!”
Wuyuan and Qingwugui shouted in unison. They immediately split apart to face the attacks from the two columns of tiger sharks.
Whoosh!
The tiger sharks opened their mouths and let out a fierce roar. Their divine energy stirred the surrounding seawater, which immediately took the shape of another tiger shark—like a clone of them.

In an instant, Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui each found themselves facing attacks from over fifty sea tiger sharks. These sea tiger sharks had wide tails that swung with immense force; a single strike could inflict serious physical damage even on warriors at the Divine Hero level.

“Watch my staff technique!” Wu Yuan exclaimed in joy at the sight.

He drew out the Nine Heavens Staff and swung it through the air. Twenty million elemental spirits of metal, wood, water, and fire rushed forth from the staff, coalescing into a weapon that struck one of the sea tiger sharks, turning it into a spray of water that spread across the air for miles.

Using the “Nine-Nine Unity” staff technique he had mastered, Wu Yuan could unleash ninety-nine attacks at once. Naturally, attacking the sea tiger sharks with the Nine Heavens Staff became effortless. He deliberately slowed down his pace but still delivered fifty strikes, turning all fifty approaching sea tiger sharks into mist.

On the other hand, Qing Wu Gui moved gracefully through the sea tiger sharks, eventually reaching the head of one of them.

“Die!” Qing Wu Gui shouted coldly, pointing his Water Condensing Sword at the tiger shark. The shark immediately sensed an invisible force in the world, preventing it from effectively using the elements of metal, wood, and water, and thus preventing it from summoning seawater for combat.

Indeed, Qing Wu Gui was using the art of killing to disrupt the shark’s spellcasting.

Panicked, the shark tried repeatedly to summon seawater to attack Qing Wu Gui, but to no avail. Then, Qing Wu Gui swung his sword, and the primal energies of metal, wood, water, and fire in the world condensed into countless arrows that shot down from the sky, all aimed at the shark.

In an instant, the shark’s entire body was covered in arrows, and blood gushed out in profusion.

Qing Wu Gui’s attacks terrified the other sharks, who had never seen anyone disrupt their spellcasting. With this combat strategy, Qing Wu Gui was now invincible, leaving the sharks as helpless prey.

“Qing Wu Gui, you’re truly a freak,” Wu Yuan shouted in frustration as he watched.

After speaking, Wu Yuan charged forward in a fit of rage, reaching one of the sharks. He swung his Nine Heavens Staff, hitting the shark’s head, which instantly split in two, with blood spraying out violently.

“Wu Yuan, not bad either,” Qing Wu Gui encouraged.

Only then did Wu Yuan show a look of pride on his face.

The tiger shark leader, seeing the utterly disastrous state of Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui, immediately understood that he had no chance of fighting against them. If he stayed any longer, all the tiger sharks would die.
“Tiger sharks, follow orders—retreat!” the leader shouted right away.
Hearing the command, the already terrified hundred tiger sharks immediately tried to dive deep into the sea to escape.
“Still trying to run away!”
Wu Yuan was furious. His Nine Heavens Staff was now at its full power, with the Nine-Nine Unity Staff Technique unleashing ninety-nine strikes in an instant. Each strike contained eight million spiritual entities of metal, wood, water, and fire, which struck the abdomens of the fifty tiger sharks that tried to dive underwater like cannonballs.
Tiger sharks had strong defensive capabilities, and although the eighty million spiritual entities didn’t destroy their bodies, they shook their internal organs. This slowed down their movements slightly. Wu Yuan seized this opportunity to swiftly swing his staff again—its shadow flickering as spiritual entities struck the tiger sharks’ abdomens, right where the previous attacks had landed.
Boom!
Giant blood holes appeared in the abdomens of those fifty tiger sharks, and massive amounts of blood sprayed out, turning the sea surface red.
Qing Wu Gui wasn’t slow either. With agile movements, he disappeared and reappeared suddenly, as if teleporting wherever he wished. Every time he appeared, his Condensing Water Sword would strike the tiger sharks’ heads. The four primordial energies of metal, wood, water, and fire formed divine swords at his will, piercing into the tiger sharks’ brains.
Undoubtedly, the tiger sharks’ brains were instantly torn to pieces by these divine swords.
Qing Wu Gui killed twenty tiger sharks in one go. The remaining ones dived underwater during this time, and only then did Qing Wu Gui stop pursuing them and fly back to the cruiser, his expression cold.
The Thunder Eye Ice Crocodiles, Four-Armed Water Apes, Nine-Headed Imperial Snakes, and Earth-Shaking Crabs, who had been by the cruiser’s sides the whole time, were thrilled by the might of Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui. They immediately dived underwater to attack the tiger sharks that Wu Yuan had already wounded.
As for the tiger sharks that Qing Wu Gui had killed, these four sea beasts weren’t in a hurry to compete for them—after all, they couldn’t escape. It wouldn’t be too late to feast on those dead tiger sharks later.
The tiger sharks fleeing desperately underwater soon realized their speed was not what it used to be. Soon, the Thunder Eye Ice Crocodiles, Four-Armed Water Apes, Nine-Headed Imperial Snakes, and Earth-Shaking Crabs caught up to them. After a fierce battle, ten more tiger sharks were killed by the four beasts.
At the front of the cruiser, Wu Yuan smiled at Qing Wu Gui.
“Qing Wu Gui, this time I won, right? I wounded fifty tiger sharks.”

“Did you kill a tiger shark?”
“I…”
Wuyuan had intended to show off, but was struck hard by Qing Wu Gui’s words, immediately realizing he hadn’t killed any tiger sharks and thus hadn’t won the competition, filling him with frustration.
Just then, Qu Yi suddenly appeared before the two of them.
“Wuyuan, Qing Wu Gui, there’s someone coming our way. This person is a city lord from the Fire Departure Divine Realm. It seems our whereabouts are about to be exposed,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Qu Yi’s current spiritual perception had the same range as that of a Divine King, so he naturally had full control over everything happening in this sea area.
The 108 city lords of the Fire Departure Divine Realm were all at the Divine Marshal level, having won their positions after competing among many other Divine Marshal cultivators. Thus, each city lord was extremely powerful.
Upon hearing this, Wuyuan and Qing Wu Gui immediately calmed down, looking into the distance to welcome their guest.
The four sea beasts—Thundereye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab—had already devoured the corpses of over thirty tiger sharks on the seabed. Their strength had greatly increased, clearly as they had gained a lot of essence from those tiger sharks.
Just as the four beasts prepared to slide back to the sides of the cruiser, a man in red robes suddenly appeared in the sky. As he appeared, a huge red sword was slashed from the air. Fifty million golden, wooden, water, and fire spiritual entities converged to form a ten-thousand-meter-long sword that descended straight toward the Earth-Shaking Crab.
“Looking for death!”
“Damn it!”
“Die!”
Seeing this, Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qing Wu Gui all shouted in anger simultaneously, flying over to the Earth-Shaking Crab.
Qing Wu Gui immediately unleashed his killing technique, causing the red spiritual sword to collapse. Since the sword was formed from golden, wooden, water, and fire spiritual entities—representing the elements of metal, wood, water, and fire—Qing Wu Gui’s killing technique had completely severed these four elements, allowing him to influence them all.
The man in red robes cried out in shock from afar, clearly surprised that Qing Wu Gui had broken his spell so easily.
However, as a city lord, he couldn’t just run away. So, the man flew over confidently, staring at Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qing Wu Gui with disdain.
The man had thick eyebrows, small eyes, a tall build, and long hair flowing behind him, giving him a sinister and domineering appearance.
“Are you Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qing Wu Gui?” The man sized them up for a moment before demanding loudly.

Qu Yi smiled faintly and said, “State your name. Even if we intend to kill you, we need to know who you are. We’ll return your body to your hometown later.”
The man in red grew furious upon hearing this. His small eyes widened dramatically as he shouted, “Qu Yi, you’re indeed arrogant. But even arrogance needs to know its limits. I am Yin Boqing, the lord of Liyin City in the Fire Separation Divine Realm. Since you three have encountered me, prepare to give your lives.”
Qu Yi sighed, shook his head, and said gloomily, “The ignorant know no fear.”