Chapter 16: Kill Together

“Very good. Yang Fang has already found Qu Yi.”
Over a certain sea area, Yan Tiankuo, along with nine disciples of the Yan clan, was tracking Qu Yi when he suddenly received a message from Yang Fang, revealing Qu Yi’s exact spatial coordinates.
As expected, upon hearing Yan Tiankuo’s words, the nine disciples all grew excited. They had endured hardships at sea for some time, and now they were finally about to find Qu Yi.
“Leader, where is Qu Yi?” asked one of the usually calm members.
Yan Tiankuo took out his spider web disc and, by pointing at the red dot representing Yang Fang’s location, quickly determined the direction and distance.
“It won’t take long. With just one year, we’ll be able to catch up to Qu Yi,” Yan Tiankuo said coldly.
At that moment, one of the Yan clan disciples asked, “Leader, the members of the other seven clans are not far behind us. They’ll join us in at most three months. Shouldn’t we wait until we gather with them before surrounding and killing Qu Yi?”
Yan Tiankuo’s eyes flashed with intensity, as if these words had challenged his confidence and authority. He stared at the disciple for a while, his gaze filled with coldness.
“Yan Yanmo, are you still doubting that I can subdue Qu Yi? Stop talking. This time, I’ll kill Qu Yi myself to show you my strength and demonstrate the might of our Yan clan to the other seven clans,” Yan Tiankuo declared firmly, leaving no room for argument.
The other disciples of the Yan clan had no objections left.
Immediately, Yan Tiankuo led the way using his spider web disc, and the ten disciples at the Divine General stage rushed toward Qu Yi’s location.
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After controlling Yang Fang’s soul, Qu Yi returned to the place where the Sea Eye Stone was located to continue overseeing the battle between the sea beasts.
At that time, Qing Wu Gui, Thunder-Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab were still fighting fiercely against hundreds of sea beasts. Wu Yuan had been overseeing the battle, but from his expression, it was clear he was eager to join the fight himself.
“Wu Yuan, go fight too. Thunder-Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, Earth-Shaking Crab—your only task is to defend yourselves. As long as you don’t die, it’s fine,” Qu Yi said with a smile as he landed.
Qu Yi knew Wu Yuan’s nature well; he couldn’t stand by and watch others fight without doing anything. So, he couldn’t suppress Wu Yuan’s desire to fight any longer and had to let him unleash his fighting instincts fully.
“Qu Yi, you’re really kind,” Wu Yuan said excitedly. He immediately took out his Nine Heavens Staff and rushed into the sea of sea beasts.

With a swing of the Five Elements Rod, a massive rod formed from 80 million spiritual entities appeared instantly in the sea. The seawater parted to both sides as it surged toward the sea beasts that were attacking Qing Wu Gong and the four beasts. The current generated by this rod even created upward and downward flows, pulling those nearby sea beasts apart. Ten sea beasts let out agonized screams as their bodies were split in two; though they didn’t die, they were in grave danger.

“Amazing!” The Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and the Earth-Shaking Crab immediately cheered, taking the opportunity to escape the sea beasts’ encirclement. They then pounced on the severely injured ten sea beasts and devoured them cruelly and eagerly.

“You outsiders dare to eat our sea beasts from the outer seas! Aren’t you afraid that the sea beast leaders of our core region will come to fight you?” Nearly a hundred sea beasts, who had managed to steady themselves after being hit by the currents, shouted angrily upon seeing the situation of the four beasts. The sea beasts in the core region could withstand a strike from a Divine King without dying—their strength was extremely abnormally high. In the outer seas, they were like Divine Kings, and all sea beasts there naturally revered and were willing to submit to them.

Wu Yuan, like a god of slaughter, continued to charge forward, shouting, “You sea beasts had better unite and fight us properly. You’re already on the verge of death—where’s your so-called justice and dignity?” With another fierce swing of the Nine Heavens Rod, the Nine-Nine Unity Rod Technique reached a new level. The 80 million spiritual entities summoned once again parted the sea currents, sweeping away nearly a hundred sea beasts.

At the same time, Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gong moved like sea dragons, riding the powerful currents as they flew at the terrified sea beasts, swinging their rods and drawing swords to kill them mercilessly.

“You outsiders really go too far,” the nearly a hundred sea beasts cried angrily as they frantically tried to evade Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gong’s pursuit. But since their strength was inferior, they could only take hits. No matter how angry they were, they couldn’t make Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gong back off.

Wu Yuan’s relentless combat skills began to show their power—one swing after another, with deadly strikes that left the sea beasts covered in wounds and bleeding profusely, in a pitiful state. Qing Wu Gong’s movement skills were absolutely unparalleled. During his pursuit of the sea beasts, he didn’t really intend to kill them; each sword strike only inflicted injuries, aiming to drive them mad so that all those sea beasts would surround him and give him the chance to practice his killing techniques again.

Sure enough, Wu Yuan’s ferocity scared the sea beasts. Trapped outside by Qu Yi who blocked their escape and faced Wu Yuan’s deadly blows inside, they became extremely interested in Qing Wu Gui, who fought without aiming to kill and only dodged attacks. They all agreed that Qing Wu Gui was far too merciful compared to Wu Yuan and Qu Yi. The remaining ninety or so sea beasts all turned to attack Qing Wu Gui alone. “Haha, Wu Yuan, you’re too fierce! These sea beasts don’t even want to fight you. You should help Wu Qing hold back the enemy like I do,” Qu Yi exclaimed loudly as he watched the situation. Wu Yuan had no choice. Since the sea beasts were all attacking Qing Wu Gui, he felt embarrassed to compete for the same target and could only sulkily use his Nine Heavens Staff to encourage the fight. The Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab were thrilled. Having already devoured ten sea beasts and now seeing Wu Yuan kill ten more, they became even more excited and resumed their frenzied struggle over the carcasses. At this moment, Qing Wu Gui was alone among the sea beasts, moving swiftly and dodging their magical attacks and physical collisions. The sea beasts enjoyed the fight, but their fighting spirit grew weaker with each attack, as they realized no matter how they struck, they couldn’t harm Qing Wu Gui, leaving them disheartened. “Die!” Seeing that the sea beasts were clearly conserving their strength and planning to escape, with their attacks growing weaker, Qing Wu Gui grew angry and decided to kill one of them first. As he spoke, he rushed at a Golden-Headed Black Turtle and drew his Condensing Water Sword, severing its head in an instant. A terrifying scene unfolded—the turtle’s head fell, and as its soul tried to escape, a realm of murderous intent surged across the seabed, shattering its soul and causing its eternal death. “No!” “This person is terrifying.” “What is this? Such intense killing intent.” “So, he’s been mocking us the whole time. He’s the strongest among these three.” In an instant, all ninety sea beasts shuddered, filled with fear, their expressions showing a desire to flee. “Try to run, and you’ll die. You have only one path: kill me. I assure you, if you kill me, my two brothers won’t harm you anymore,” Qing Wu Gui said coldly. Too confident!

Qu Yi and Wu Yuan immediately nodded upon seeing the gaze of the sea beasts and agreed. There were too few cultivators at the Divine Marshal stage in the divine realm, and both Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui needed extensive combat practice—one needed to awaken the last soul pearl, while the other sought to master the art of killing. That’s why they came to the outer seas. Now that they had a group of sea beasts as practice opponents, Qing Wu Gui didn’t want them to just deal with him superficially; he needed their full cooperation.

Seeing this, the sea beasts indeed became solemn and battle-ready, all staring fiercely at Qing Wu Gui. “Let’s all work together and surround this man and kill him!”

The sea beasts had no choice; they were all eager for battle. Even if Qu Yi and Wu Yuan changed their minds, they still had to kill Qing Wu Gui first.

Roar, whoosh, hiss…

The sea beasts immediately let out furious cries. As the sounds rose, their bodies moved swiftly—sea snakes bit each other’s tails, seals cast spells, and sea fish attacked with their teeth—working together in perfect coordination to assault Qing Wu Gui.

Qing Wu Gui sneered, concentrating his mind and using his agile movements to dodge through the dangerous gaps. At the same time, he extended his spiritual sense to sense the Earth element principles in the sea beasts’ spells. For the art of killing, Qing Wu Gui still hadn’t mastered the Earth element principle. He would take every opportunity in battle to practice this art and conquer it.

The great battle continued for a month! The entire seabed was destroyed, and the situation for both sides took drastically different turns. Thanks to the art of killing, Qing Wu Gui could directly harness the primordial energy of the five elements in space, allowing his divine essence to recover continuously. Meanwhile, despite having the ocean as a backing, the sea beasts couldn’t withstand such intense attacks. After a month, their divine essences were finally exhausted.

Qu Yi and Wu Yuan, along with the Thunder-Eye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, and Earth-Shaking Crab, had been watching the battle from the sidelines. Qu Yi also took the time to collect the meat from the sea eye stones and gave it to the Thunder-Eye Ice Crocodile, turning it into a divine beast.

At this moment, Qing Wu Gui, who had been fighting nonstop, regained his focus, his killing intent shining brightly. “Since you haven’t killed me, I’ll have no choice but to kill you now,” he said coldly, having already figured out the sea beasts’ spells and slain some of the Earth element principles.

Seeing this opportunity, Wu Yuan immediately shouted, “Qing Wu Gui, since these sea beasts are no longer useful, let me kill a few too.” With that, he flew forward.