Chapter Twelve: Killing

Yin Boqing actually swung his sword three times in a row. Two swings created spatial rifts that blocked the attacks from Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui, while the third swing aimed straight at Wu Yuan, sending a straight spatial rift straight toward his body.
“Bastard!”
Qu Yi, witnessing this, shouted in anger as he rushed to Wu Yuan’s side. He immediately took out the Xingluo Ding, sent out his Divine Essence, and unleashed endless Dark Ripple Divine Fire, forming a fire dragon that headed toward the approaching spatial rift.
The fire dragon created by the Dark Ripple Divine Fire also tore through space, forming a winding spatial rift resembling a giant snake.
The spatial rift met another spatial rift, and the collision of chaotic energies generated extreme cold. Soon, both spatial rifts closed and disappeared.
Yin Boqing tried to fly away.
“I said it before—since you’ve come, give up your life. Trying to escape is truly childish,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.
Just as Yin Boqing was about to vanish, Qu Yi suddenly appeared in front of him. The Xingluo Ding emitted another wave of terrifying Dark Ripple Divine Fire, which transformed into a dragon and rushed at Yin Boqing, as if to swallow him whole.
Yin Boqing’s face turned pale. It was then he realized Qu Yi’s speed was that of a Divine King—completely beyond his reach. As the Dark Ripple Divine Fire approached, he had no time to dodge. He immediately pulled out the Wentian Sword and swung it again, creating another spatial rift that severed the fire dragon in half.
After the swing, Yin Boqing appeared exhausted, his tall frame seeming shorter.
These repeated sword swings had nearly depleted his Divine Essence.
“Qu Yi, don’t push me. I know I can’t defeat you now, but don’t think you can kill me either. The Wentian Sword in my hand is a divine artifact at the level of a Divine King. If it’s activated, it will create spatial rifts across the entire world. Then you’ll be sucked into the spatial chaos and lose your lives,” Yin Boqing said defiantly, seeing Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui standing together.
Yin Boqing didn’t believe Qu Yi would dare to die with him, so he stared at him resolutely, remaining unyielding despite his nearly exhausted Divine Essence.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui all burst into laughter at these words. They had heard this countless times—someone always thought they could threaten them, but none had ever succeeded.
“I’m not scared out of it.”
“It’s really scary. I’m afraid he’ll activate the Wentian Sword.”
“Should I hide?”
At that moment, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui started teasing each other, laughing recklessly in front of Yin Boqing.

Yin Boqing’s expression turned grim. After laughing for a while, Qu Yi said, “Wuyuan, Wuqing, you two continue attacking. I’ll hold them off. With such a great practice partner, you can’t waste this chance. As long as he activates the divine artifact, I’ll take you away.” With that, Qu Yi vanished and appeared above the cruiser. He immediately took out the Xingluo Ding and trapped both the cruiser and the four sea beasts inside it. “Is the ding in your hand the Xingluo Ding once used by the Divine Tool God?” Yin Boqing asked loudly, her face filled with terror. The Divine Tool God had been driven down from the upper realms not long ago. As the ruler of Liyin City, Yin Boqing was familiar with the Divine Tool God, who once ruled the Fire Separation Divine Realm, and recognized the Xingluo Ding he used. The Xingluo Ding was a lower-grade innate spiritual treasure that could be used for crafting or storing items. Upon learning that Qu Yi possessed the Xingluo Ding, Yin Boqing immediately realized that even if the God-King-level Wentian Sword exploded, it couldn’t harm the Xingluo Ding. A God-King-level divine artifact was one rank lower than a lower-grade innate spiritual treasure; sheer force alone couldn’t destroy it. Now, Yin Boqing understood why Qu Yi, Wuyuan, and Qing Wugui were so confident. Without answering, Wuyuan and Qing Wugui flew over and joined Yin Boqing. One swung his club while the other drew his sword, launching another fierce attack at her. “I’m allowing you to attack,” Yin Boqing said seriously, putting away the Wentian Sword and instead activating her defensive armor to shield herself. Eighty million golden, wooden, water, and fire spiritual entities crashed into her defensive armor, along with the Divine Essence Sword formed from the infinite primordial energies of metal, wood, water, and fire—yet none of them managed to break the armor. Instead, they sent Yin Boqing flying into the distance. “I swear I won’t rest until I avenge this!” Yin Boqing’s body was sent flying, suffering internal injuries, but not fatally. She shouted and tried to dive into the sea to escape from the bottom. After all, having spent years navigating the open seas, she was quite familiar with the underwater world. With no way to escape from the air, the sea was her only hope. “You have no chance to avenge yourself anymore.” At that moment, Qu Yi reappeared beside Yin Boqing like a ghost. With a single palm strike, ten thousand golden, wooden, water, and fire spiritual entities rushed out and struck her, sending her flying into the air at lightning speed.

Qu Yi had already unleashed the power of the universe. With a mere thought, he appeared beside Yin Boqing and revealed his true strength. Yin Boqing’s body rose into the air as he lost consciousness; a hundred million spiritual entities struck his body, draining his already exhausted divine essence. The intense pain caused him to fall into a deep coma. Qu Yi then vanished again, caught Yin Boqing’s body once more, and injected chaotic energy into it, sealing off his internal world so that even if he regained consciousness, he could no longer use his divine essence. Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui had heard Qu Yi speak of the power of the universe before but had never seen it with their own eyes. Now, witnessing Qu Yi’s abilities, they stood frozen in mid-air, unable to believe what they saw, staring at him intently. “Qu Yi, this is the power of the universe. Teleportation is that simple.” “The power of the universe… It feels like the entire space has been sealed off.” When Qu Yi descended, Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui immediately flew over, exclaiming in awe, feeling even more admiration for him. Qu Yi merely smiled faintly, then took out the Star Luo Ding and released the Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab. He also threw Yin Boqing’s body at them. “Eat his body together,” Qu Yi said casually to the four beasts. The Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab immediately rushed to catch Yin Boqing’s body, opening their maws wide to devour his flesh and absorb his essence. While sea beasts improving by devouring other sea beasts still progressed slowly, devouring the bodies of human cultivators could greatly enhance their strength. Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui watched the frenzied struggle among the sea beasts and shook their heads in disgust—it was too cruel. Yet none of them intended to stop it. A cultivator’s fate was determined by their own strength. Since Yin Boqing was weak, his death was inevitable, and no one would pity him. “Ah… Qu Yi, spare me!” At that moment, Yin Boqing woke up in pain, seeing that only his skeleton and head remained, and he cried out desperately. The Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab immediately looked anxiously at Qu Yi, hoping he would change his mind. “I’ve said it before—since you came here, you must give up your life. Now is the time for that to happen,” Qu Yi said calmly, smiling at the four beasts to urge them to continue.

“Master, you’re so kind,” the four beasts said cheerfully before immediately biting at Yin Boqing’s head together.
Yin Boqing’s face showed madness as he tried to use his mind to control the Heaven-Asking Sword to explode, only to be shocked to find that his consciousness could not reach either the sword or the defensive armor. In just a moment of confusion, his head was completely devoured by the four beasts.
At this point, Qu Yi took out the Heaven-Asking Sword and the defensive armor.
“Chaos energy—once again, it’s been useful. These two divine king-level artifacts were obtained so easily,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile, happily admiring the two artifacts in his hands.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui watched them with envy.
Noticing their expressions, Qu Yi said, “Wu Yuan, this Fire-Resisting Armor is yours. The Heaven-Asking Sword, give it to Qing Wugui.”
With that, Qu Yi threw the newly acquired artifacts to Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui without the slightest hint of regret.
Wu Yuan’s relentless combat skills focused solely on continuous attacks, so having a defensive armor was perfect for him. As for Qing Wugui, although he had spells to weaken his opponents’ power, his offensive strength was not very high—after all, his attacks relied on harnessing the primordial energy of space to generate divine energy, making them much weaker. Now, with the Heaven-Asking Sword in hand, his offensive power would be greatly enhanced.
“Great!” Wu Yuan laughed as he took the Fire-Resisting Armor.
“Good, I want this sword,” Qing Wugui also grew excited. After examining it for a long time, he finally marked it as his own by shedding blood.
Qu Yi smiled and immediately released the cruiser, causing it to float back on the water.
“Crab, it’s your turn to tow the ship this time,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
The Earth-Shaking Crab waved its golden, gleaming pincers in response, then dived underwater, clamped the chains around its body, and used its pincers to propel the cruiser across the sea.
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wugui stood at the bow, watching the waves surge.
“Yin Boqing is dead, but his death has exposed our location. I think the strong members of the eight royal families will arrive soon. We’re about to face a tough battle,” Qu Yi said calmly.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui remained calm, seemingly unworried about the impending fight and even eager for a battle with cultivators at the Divine General stage.
“Qu Yi, will any Divine Kings come?” Qing Wugui asked hesitantly, his mood slightly more anxious.
Wu Yuan immediately turned to look at Qu Yi.

“No, even the Divine Kings need to maintain their face and prestige. If I were to get involved in conflicts with the disciples of the eight great royal families, it would greatly undermine my status. The Divine Kings also have to consider their own identities. If they intervened, it could lead to people saying that this royal family has no one left, and that even their descendants need the Divine Kings to step in—this would have a severe negative impact on their own families,” said Qu Yi with a smile.
“What if a Divine King were to do such a thing?” Qing Wu Gui continued to ask.
Qu Yi laughed heartily. After a while, he replied calmly, “If a Divine King came, how could I possibly be afraid of him?”