Chapter 14: Sea Eye Stone Flesh
Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui had not left the three cabins on the cruiser for ten years.
Perhaps after the tiger sharks were defeated, other sea beast groups in the surrounding waters were alerted. With the cruiser moving swiftly across the sea, no sea beasts came to harass them, leaving Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui extremely frustrated and forcing them to train in their own cabins.
The Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab—these four sea beasts had seen their strength greatly increase after devouring Yin Boqing and the tiger sharks. Over these ten years, they had fully digested that energy, and now their strength equaled that of a Divine Marshal-level cultivator with fifty million spiritual entities.
In particular, the Earth-Shaking Crab, being a divine beast, could transform into a human form, with a physique so formidable that it could likely withstand a strike from a Divine King-level divine artifact—its strength was truly abnormal.
At that moment, the Four-Armed Water Ape dragged the cruiser, while the Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab accompanied it, all speeding across the sea together.
Over the ten years, the cruiser had only operated in the outer regions of the sea, barely straying from the coastline. The outer sea was vast; even a Divine Marshal-level cultivator, flying nonstop, could not reach its core area in a hundred thousand years.
Naturally, although the four beasts dragged the cruiser forward at high speed across the sea, they had only just left the coastline.
The four beasts were extremely bored. Over these ten years, no sea beasts had come to challenge them, so there were no Divine Marshal-level beasts to devour, preventing their strength from advancing. They spent their days merely dragging the cruiser forward—utterly bored.
There was nothing they could do. Since devouring the tiger sharks and Yin Boqing, their strength had increased so rapidly—it was too exhilarating. Now, they had no interest in training to improve their own strength. All they wanted was for Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui to go out and hunt more sea beasts, so the four beasts could share the spoils.
“Boring!”
At that moment, the Four-Armed Water Ape dragging the cruiser shouted loudly. The sound wave created a straight channel across the sea.
Hearing this, the Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab also shook their bodies violently, causing hundred-meter-high waves to rise across the sea, with a deafening roar.
Suddenly, Qu Yi flew out of his cabin and arrived at the bow of the ship.
“Alright, in the one hundred thousand square miles ahead, there should be some precious treasure, on par with the level of Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he stepped out.
As soon as the four beasts saw Qu Yi coming out, they immediately became quiet, fearing he might scold them. But after hearing his words, they started roaring excitedly, and the waves surged to form a large circular shape. Immediately afterward, the four-armed water ape, as if fueled by dragon blood, dragged chains with its hands while its feet rolled like wheels, moving swiftly across the sea at lightning speed—twice as fast as any previous journey in these ten years. Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui also arrived at the bow of the ship. “Qu Yi, have you discovered something new?” Wu Yuan asked happily. With no battles in these ten years, Wu Yuan had almost grown bored to the point of wanting to drown himself. Now that he heard of a rare treasure emerging, he knew there must be sea beasts around it, meaning battles would follow, so he was naturally very pleased. Qing Wugui also watched Qu Yi with great interest. “Yes, there’s something strange on the seabed—it suddenly emitted powerful mixed primordial energy of the five elements. This is a sign that a celestial treasure is maturing,” Qu Yi explained with a smile. Mixed primordial energy of the five elements refers to equal amounts of the five primordial energies—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—combined together. Upon hearing this, Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui were convinced. ※※※ A hundred thousand miles away, a day passed in no time. In the sea where the cruiser was located, concentric circular waves appeared, with the center constantly spewing mixed primordial energy of the five elements like a fountain, causing the waves to surge. In the sky, dark blue clouds formed and rotated slowly, seemingly facing that fountain-like sea surface. “Qu Yi, it seems a true celestial treasure is about to emerge,” Wu Yuan exclaimed immediately upon seeing this scene from the bow of the ship. Qu Yi nodded and smiled, saying, “That celestial treasure is on the seabed. Moreover, besides sea beasts, there’s also a cultivator at the Divine General stage hidden deep there. Coincidentally, that person is Yang Fang, the lord of Liyang City.” Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui were surprised but then smiled in understanding. “Well, since we have such a good opportunity, let’s go seize this rare treasure first,” Qu Yi said happily, immediately taking out the Star Luo Ding. Then, he retracted the cruiser and jumped into the sea first, heading toward where the celestial treasure was growing. Wu Yuan and Qing Wugui followed right after, while the four beasts—Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab—followed excitedly, cutting through the water, and soon reached the seabed. Roar, whoa, whoosh…
Beneath the sea, hundreds of sea beasts at the Divine Heroic stage had already gathered together. When they saw Qu Yi and the others approaching, they immediately let out furious cries, trying to intimidate them.
Seeing this, Qu Yi smiled and said, “It’s been a long time since we’ve fought. Since you underestimate us so much, let’s fight together then.” Without waiting for Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui, he drew the Feng Yan Sword and, moving like a fish, rushed at a Golden-Eyed Sea Lion before slashing with his sword.
A blood hole appeared instantly! Qu Yi was far faster than the Golden-Eyed Sea Lion—he arrived in an instant, struck with a single sword, executing a flawless move. A blood hole appeared on the sea lion’s head, and its massive 50-meter body slowly sank to the seabed, dead.
“Qu Yi, you actually struck first!”
“How sneaky.”
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui were furious to see Qu Yi kill the sea beast without warning. They immediately complained and rushed over as well.
“Sea beasts, fight me properly, and I’ll leave you a whole body.”
Wu Yuan approached a Two-Headed Iron Ox, drew his Jiu Kong Staff, and swung it at it, shouting excitedly—fearing the sea beasts might flee, he deliberately yelled to provoke them.
The hundreds of sea beasts had already been scared by Qu Yi’s swift attack. Seeing his eerie speed, they realized that trying to escape would be futile; they would only end up being defeated one by one by Qu Yi. Wu Yuan’s contemptuous words further fueled their fighting spirit.
“Kill!”
“Kill them all together!”
“If we want to survive, attack together!”
The Divine Heroic stage sea beasts could now speak. Full of passion and fury, they split into four groups, attacking Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, Wu Yuan, and the other four beasts.
“Perfect timing.”
Excited, Wu Yuan swung his Jiu Kong Staff, creating a void in the seabed, then struck one of the Two-Headed Iron Ox’s heads. The Jiu Jiu He Yi Staff technique combined ninety-nine strikes into one, each strike containing eight million spiritual entities of metal, wood, water, fire, and spirit. Nearly eighty million spiritual entities were unleashed in a single blow, hitting the ox’s head.
Boom!
The heads of the two-headed iron ox were ready to explode at the slightest touch, with only a tendon left hanging from each head. Inside these two-headed iron oxes were also 50 million spiritual entities of metal, wood, water, and earth. It was thought they could contend with Wu Yuan for a while, but Wu Yuan had mastered such an extreme staff technique—his single strike released nearly 80 million spiritual entities. Resistance was futile, and one head was lost instantly.
Undoubtedly, suffering such a heavy loss, the two-headed iron ox dared not stay and immediately turned to flee.
Wu Yuan smirked coldly. His Nine Heavens Staff swung back and forth mercilessly, striking the back of the two-headed iron ox and splitting its body in two. Soon after, his staff shattered the escaping ox’s soul as well.
In the blink of an eye, the powerful two-headed iron ox was killed by Wu Yuan, scaring the other sea beasts behind it. These sea beasts were highly perceptive; realizing Wu Yuan’s strength, they immediately tried to escape.
However, although Qu Yi was fighting other sea beasts at the time, he kept an eye on the entire seabed. Seeing some sea beasts trying to flee, he swiftly moved in and struck them with his sword, forcing them to turn back and continue fighting Wu Yuan.
Wu Yuan shouted excitedly, his Nine Heavens Staff striking repeatedly like rain.
Qing Wu Gui, on the other hand, had no intention of killing the sea beasts right away. Using his agile movements, he dodged the attacks of over thirty sea beasts while sensing the Earth element laws in their spells.
To kill, one must first sense.
Undoubtedly, Qing Wu Gui rarely encountered such a training opportunity and naturally made the most of it. Meanwhile, the sea beasts surrounding Wu Yuan, upon seeing Qing Wu Gui’s situation, identified him as a new target. They thought it would be easiest to deal with someone who only knew how to dodge, so they decided to first surround and kill Qing Wu Gui, then combine forces to attack Wu Yuan—this seemed safer.
As a result, more and more sea beasts surrounded Qing Wu Gui. On Wu Yuan’s side, the sea beasts had already fled in terror; some went to attack Qing Wu Gui, while others attacked the Four Beasts.
At the same time, the sea beasts surrounding Qu Yi also fled, splitting into two groups to attack Qing Wu Gui and the Four Beasts.
“Wu Yuan, we’ll watch from the side and strike down any sea beast that tries to escape,” Qu Yi called out as he saw Wu Yuan wanting to continue fighting.
Qing Wu Gui, Thunder Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab all needed opportunities to train, and Qu Yi wanted to put them through intense trials right away.
Wu Yuan pouted and glared at Qu Yi in dissatisfaction, but he still obeyed and immediately flew to the side to watch the battlefield. As soon as he saw any sea beasts trying to escape, he would strike to kill them.
At that moment, the seabed trembled violently, and a long crack appeared. With cracking sounds, the crack widened, and soon a ten-meter-sized blue, glowing rock flew out of it.
No, it wasn’t just a rock. Though it looked like a large square stone on the surface, it possessed vitality and a spirit.
This was the legendary spiritual artifact—Sea Eye Stone Flesh.