Chapter 75: Close Combat

The three demon cultivators—Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon—were greatly surprised to see Qu Yi appear suddenly.
“Qu Yi, how did you get here? Weren’t you in the Ten Directions Sea Realm?” Green Dragon exclaimed.
These three demon cultivators had thought Qu Yi was trapped in the Ten Directions Sea Realm. If they had known that Qu Yi had not only left that realm but also gone to the Flame Mountain Realm and the Underground Labyrinth Realm before arriving in the Starship Realm, they would likely have fled on the spot.
“The three of you seem to have quite a few secret techniques of your dragon clan. The secret method you used just now was probably to search for that mid-tier immortal artifact, the Starship, right?” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.
Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon grew tense, realizing that with Qu Yi here, they would have little chance of finding that Starship again.
“Qu Yi, although you possess a mid-tier immortal artifact, don’t think you can get anything from us three brothers. Even if we unite, we can still harm you,” Earth Dragon declared fiercely.
These three demon cultivators also understood that their previous relationship with Qu Yi had been based on temporary mutual interests, but now it was a genuine hostile relationship—life or death. That’s why Earth Dragon spoke so bluntly.
Seeing Earth Dragon’s furious expression, Qu Yi laughed and said, “Though you three dragon brothers are strong, sadly, you still pose no threat to me at all. How about this—let’s avoid fighting and instead, submit to me.”
What!
Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon widened their eyes in shock at Qu Yi’s words. Their clenched fists were so tight they could shatter a planet.
How could the glory of the dragon clan be insulted?
“Qu Yi, how dare you demand that we submit to you? Don’t you know that our dragon clan never submits to humans? You’re insulting our clan and challenging the dignity of our entire race!” Water Dragon spat violently, his saliva turning into white mist.
“Qu Yi, even if we die, we’ll take you with us!” Earth Dragon shouted, straightening his body.
“Qu Yi, now endure the wrath of those who have had their clan insulted!” Green Dragon said coldly.
In an instant, the three dragon brothers reverted to their giant dragon forms, lining up side by side as they glared fiercely at Qu Yi, radiating murderous intent.
Qu Yi glanced at the three giant dragons hovering in the starry sky and laughed, “You look pretty impressive, but I wonder if you can withstand my sword.”
Immediately, he grasped the Shangjin Sword in his right hand.
Roar!

Three giant dragons suddenly entwined their bodies, merging into one even larger form. Their roar shook the stars, causing the surrounding starships to sway, demonstrating the immense power of these dragons.
“A loud noise doesn’t mean strength. Prepare for my sword!” Qu Yi snapped coldly.
At that moment, the massive dragon body combined the essence of wood, earth, and water into one gray essence that surrounded the entire dragon. It then transformed into a gray dragon essence that charged at Qu Yi.
Qu Yi couldn’t use his Shangjin Sword to directly strike the dragon’s body; instead, he used it to resist this dragon essence. The sword emitted a bright light, creating spatial rifts wherever it passed, forming countless separate spaces that blocked the dragon essence’s path. The suction of these rifts even consumed the dragon essence entirely.
Such was the power of a mid-tier immortal artifact. After all, such artifacts were crafted by immortals above the Earth Immortal level, containing profound spatial mysteries. Such a vast gap in power couldn’t be overcome by sheer strength of essence.
The dragon realized the power of the Shangjin Sword and finally understood that Qu Yi had reserved some strength when he killed Shan Zhen with that single strike. Now, Qu Yi was truly unleashing the sword’s full power.
Escape!
The honor of the dragon race was important, but it could be sacrificed temporarily compared to life.
The Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon already knew the outcome of the battle. They wouldn’t foolishly continue fighting Qu Yi—after all, they didn’t want to be captured and forced to wear soul shackles.
So, the merged dragon used a teleportation spell and vanished from the starry sky.
Qu Yi was stunned. He didn’t even have time to swing his Shangjin Sword. Even when he spread his spiritual senses, he couldn’t trace the dragon’s presence.
“Hehe, Qu Yi, there’s no need to search. This is also a dragon secret technique—Dragon Breath Vanishing—where one can merge their essence fluctuations with the spatial energy fluctuations. Their essence becomes part of the energy, making it impossible for you to detect them,” the Artifact God said with a faint smile.
Hearing this, Qu Yi was surprised but suddenly laughed. “Artifact God, if that’s the case, do you have a way to find those three dragons?”
Once again, Qu Yi sought the Artifact God’s help.
“Stop trying to find those three dragons. As soon as they realize you’ve left, they’ll appear and leave this starship realm. Do you really need to catch them personally?” the Artifact God replied indifferently.

Upon hearing this, Qu Yi suddenly understood, a hint of a smile appearing in his eyes as he imagined an interesting scene. He then sat back on the Subterranean Shuttle and went to each starship, bringing them all inside the Dimensional Sphere. The shining starships disappeared one by one, leaving behind a pitch-black world. …

Qu Yi had plundered the starships and cleared vast areas of the starfields, having reached extremely distant places. At that moment, near the starfield where the battle had taken place, a massive surge of true energy appeared suddenly, followed by the emergence of a giant dragon. This dragon then split into three—Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon—who trembled before transforming back into human form.

“This Qu Yi is truly lucky to have obtained a mid-grade immortal artifact. We can no longer hold him in check,” said the Green Dragon, his face showing slight anger, his voice trembling with frustration.

“Yes, the top ten sects’ cultivators at the Tribulation stage simply can’t withstand his sword strike. Even those at the Great Vehicle stage can be matched by Qu Yi. Now, in the entire cultivation world, no one can hold him in check,” said the Earth Dragon, his expression grave and filled with sorrow.

“There’s no need to be sad. Once Qu Yi leaves the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion, he’ll be targeted by those ten powerful beings from the upper realms. Does he still think he can escape?” said the Water Dragon with a sudden laugh.

The Three Beasts Peak, Moon-Biting Cliff, and Nine Palaces Island—these three demon cultivation sects all possessed special arrays that allowed communication with the demon realm, and three primordial demons had already descended to the mortal world. The three sect leaders—Green Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Water Dragon—knew of this plan even before entering the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion.

Sure enough, as soon as the Water Dragon spoke, the expressions of the Green Dragon and Earth Dragon eased considerably, their eyes gleaming with fierce cold light.

“Alright, we may not be able to hold Qu Yi in check, but he’s alone. How can he possibly fight against the cultivators from the Immortal Realm, Demon Realm, and Demon Realm? Since these powerful beings from the upper realms have supported our ten sects, they certainly won’t let us be destroyed by Qu Yi and lose control of this cultivation world. Now, let’s leave this Starship Realm and return to the Six Harmonies Hall. We’ll wait until the Vast Heaven Immortal Mansion closes, then watch as those powerful beings from the upper realms hunt down Qu Yi,” said the Green Dragon with a faint smile.

Immediately, the three demon cultivators took to the air. Entering the Starship Realm through the light wall was actually a process of spatial transmission, and there was also a spatial transmission array at the landing site in that realm. The three demon cultivators soon arrived at this array.

Then, they entered spatial transmission and were sent back to the Six Harmonies Hall.

Inside the Six Harmonies Hall at that moment, four people were sitting quietly: Tai Ming, Ying Hua, Jin Xiong, and Cang Huang.

Qinglong, Tulong, and Shuilong, the three sect leaders, had just entered the Liuhé Hall when Tai Ming, Ying Hua, Jin Xiong, and Cang Huang, the other four sect leaders, stood up and smiled at the three demon cultivators.
“Qinglong, Tulong, Shuilong, were you also forced to leave that world by Qu Yi?” Tai Ming said with a hint of indignation on his face.
“Sigh, our fates are truly miserable,” Jin Xiong said, pounding his chest.
Ying Hua and Cang Huang merely sighed repeatedly.
Seeing the expressions on the four men’s faces and hearing their words, and recalling their own recent hardships, Qinglong, Tulong, and Shuilong understood that these four must also have been driven out of their worlds by Qu Yi. Unprepared, the three demon cultivators stepped closer to them.
Meanwhile, Tai Ming and the others continued walking casually, seemingly unintentionally ending up very close to them. As Qinglong approached them, ready to discuss how to deal with Qu Yi, something strange happened—the four men suddenly wore eerie smiles, and Qinglong wanted to retreat immediately. But it was too late; Tai Ming and the others had already been informed by the Spirit of the Artifact that their earlier expressions were feigned, and they intended to capture the three demon cultivators with their bare hands.
Fighting using true energy was not allowed inside the Liuhé Hall, as it would be an insult to the authority of the Emperor of Vastness, and they would be struck by the hall’s magic arrays. Tai Ming and Jin Xiong grabbed one of Qinglong’s arms each, Ying Hua wrapped his legs, while Cang Huang already held an inferior-grade immortal weapon—a iron rod.
With a loud thud, Cang Huang swung the rod downward, hitting Qinglong’s head as he struggled, knocking him unconscious instantly. Tai Ming, Jin Xiong, and Ying Hua, as if they had practiced countless times, took out a rope of inferior-grade immortal quality and tied Qinglong up tightly.
“What are you doing?” Tulong and Shuilong, without even blinking, saw their elder brother tied up and cried out in anger.
But Tai Ming, Ying Hua, Jin Xiong, and Cang Huang didn’t bother to respond to them. Instead, they paired up and engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the two demon cultivators. Tai Ming and Ying Hua rushed at Tulong, exchanging punches and kicks. Jin Xiong and Cang Huang went after Shuilong—one throwing punches while the other swept with his legs, attacking him simultaneously.
Since true energy combat was forbidden in the Liuhé Hall, magic attacks were also not allowed. These four renowned sect leaders from the cultivation world were now locked in fierce hand-to-hand fights inside the hall.

All six were powerful warriors in the later stages of tribulation, with bodies that were incredibly tough, seemingly possessing infinite strength. However, the Earth Dragon and Water Dragon, fighting against two opponents at once, were basically being bullied by the four members of Tai Ming. There wasn’t a single normal part of their bodies left—they must have taken no fewer than ten thousand blows, leaving them severely injured.
“You four are crazy! Why are you attacking us now? Do you want Qu Yi to reap the benefits?” the Earth Dragon shouted angrily.
“You’re right; we do want Qu Yi to benefit,” Tai Ming said cheerfully.
Since the four had already been controlled by Qu Yi, if these three demon cultivators remained uncontrolled, all four would feel uncomfortable. Therefore, they attacked these two demon cultivators—firstly out of Qu Yi’s orders and secondly for pride; they absolutely couldn’t let these three escape from the Haotian Immortal Mansion unscathed.
After another fierce close combat, the Earth Dragon and Water Dragon still couldn’t avoid capture and were both tied up with ropes from inferior immortal weapons.
Qu Yi, who was in the starry sky, received a message from the Weapon God and already knew what was going on inside the Six Harmonies Hall.
“Hehe, those three dragons still tried to escape, but now they’re in my hands. Once I find the mid-tier immortal weapon, the Starship, I’ll implant soul shackles on them,” Qu Yi said triumphantly.
At that moment, Qu Yi’s spiritual sense noticed a rectangular, mirror-like black jade plate on the Starship ahead.