Chapter 44: Cutting Off the Root Cause

In a very short time, Qu Yi and his group eliminated one colony of highly poisonous colored toads.
Everyone stood together, excited.
Qu Yi looked at these fierce beasts and smiled, saying, “There are still three colonies of highly poisonous colored toads. Let’s head there right now.”
After saying that, he brought everyone inside the Dimensional Sphere.
Soon, using the Boundless Stars, Qu Yi arrived at another mountain, where he had already placed a Soul Compass.
Not far away was a large colony of highly poisonous colored toads.
With ease, Qu Yi released everyone from the Dimensional Sphere and went ahead to exterminate this colony.
Then, two more large colonies were also wiped out by Qu Yi’s group.
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All four colonies of highly poisonous colored toads were eliminated.
Fifteen highly poisonous colored toads of the Heavenly Soul Monster level, along with nearly eight hundred million toads of the Yuan Monster and Earth Monster levels, died in a short period of time.
It could be said that half of the strength of the highly poisonous colored toad race vanished in an instant.
The disappearance of the four colonies immediately caused fear throughout the race. In a very short time, under the orders of the King of Colored Toads and his heir, all members of the race migrated en masse to an area near the Primordial Heavenly Veins.
The entire race gathered in one place, with the remaining fifteen highly poisonous colored toads of the Heavenly Soul Monster level now assembled together.
On a towering platform made of moisture-retaining stone, a kilometer high and nearly two kilometers wide, all fifteen highly poisonous colored toads sat.
Among these fifteen toads, two were exceptionally large—about a circle larger than the others, standing fifty meters tall. These two toads were none other than the King of Colored Toads and his heir.
Both the King and his heir possessed the cultivation level of Six-Star Heavenly Soul Monsters.
“Right now, our race of highly poisonous colored toads, and even our entire Poison Frog race, is facing the most brutal trials. A wave of powerful exotic beasts, each with the cultivation level of Heavenly Soul Monsters, has already wreaked havoc in our territory. Now these beasts have come here, and they will arrive soon,” said the King of Colored Toads, filled with rage.

“And I also learned that the number of those powerful alien beasts was just over a hundred. I discussed this with the King of Colorful Toads. Although our highly poisonous toads’ venom can damage those powerful beasts, we will also suffer fatal attacks from them the moment we spit out our venom. It’s a one-for-one trade, and now there are only fifteen highly poisonous toads with the rank of Heavenly Soul Beasts left here. No matter what, we can’t withstand the attacks of those alien beasts,” said the Queen of Colorful Toads with a sad expression.

The other thirteen highly poisonous toads on the platform, upon hearing the words of the King and Queen of Colorful Toads, felt anger mixed with even more sorrow, along with a strong sense of fear. These toads didn’t respond and continued to wait for the King and Queen to speak.

“After discussing this with the Queen of Colorful Toads, we decided to take refuge from those powerful alien beasts for now. The fifteen of us will hide inside the Primordial Heavenly Veins, while the highly poisonous toads at the level of Primordial Beasts and Earth Beasts will scatter and flee to various parts of the Tianfu Continent. Whether they can survive depends on their own luck,” said the King of Colorful Toads indignantly.

“The fifteen of us will hide inside the Primordial Heavenly Veins, using the spiritual essence there and our familiar advantages to control that essence and fight back against those powerful alien beasts,” said the Queen of Colorful Toads fiercely.

The thirteen highly poisonous toads, who had previously shown signs of fear, became greatly encouraged after hearing this, seeing a glimmer of hope for survival.

They were well aware of the power of the Primordial Heavenly Veins. If all the spiritual essences within it controlled the primordial energy and cast spells, their power would be equivalent to that of lower-ranked Heavenly Soul Beast warriors, enough to deal with those alien beasts who dared to invade the Primordial Heavenly Veins.

“King of Colorful Toads, Queen of Colorful Toads, we agree with this plan,” said the thirteen highly poisonous toads immediately.

Soon after, the King and Queen of Colorful Toads issued orders. Nearly eight hundred million highly poisonous toads at the level of Primordial Beasts and Earth Beasts rushed in various directions, hoping not to encounter those merciless alien beasts.

Meanwhile, the King and Queen of Colorful Toads, along with the other thirteen highly poisonous toads of the Heavenly Soul Beast rank, had already entered the Primordial Heavenly Veins.

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Qu Yi led nearly a hundred powerful Heavenly Soul Beast warriors to the headquarters of the highly poisonous toads, flying up to the towering moisture-retaining platform. Naturally, no highly poisonous toads could be seen anywhere in sight, and their demonic senses only detected a few traces of their presence, all of whom were desperately fleeing.

“Ha…” On the platform, everyone burst into laughter.

Qu Yi grew serious and immediately quieted the crowd. His gaze fixed on one direction—precisely the entrance of the Origin Tianmai on Tianfu Star.
“Everyone, I’ve learned about the Poisonous Toad Race’s plan. All those Poisonous Toads at the Yuan Yao and Di Yao levels have been sent away. However, the last fifteen Poisonous Toads at the Tianpo Yao level are now all inside the Origin Tianmai. They intend to use its power to resist us,” Qu Yi said with a faint smile.
The crowd was stunned and admired the Poisonous Toad Race’s plan—it was indeed the best strategy to preserve their species at the moment.
“Master, then how shall we deal with the Poisonous Toads now?” some of the highest-ranking beast leaders asked.
Undoubtedly, if they couldn’t completely eliminate the Poisonous Toads at the Tianpo Yao level, they wouldn’t be able to fully control Tianfu Star, nor the entire Tianfu Star region of the Shuiyang Star Domain, and thus wouldn’t be able to seize those vast riches.
Qu Yi had promised that once Tiangang Star was under control, rule would be handed over to one of the highest-ranking beast leaders. Naturally, these leaders were highly motivated.
After thinking for a moment, Qu Yi smiled and said, “Follow me. I have a way to completely kill those fifteen Poisonous Toads at the Tianpo Yao level.”
With that, Qu Yi took off first, heading toward the entrance of the Origin Tianmai. Everyone followed immediately.
The entrance to the Origin Tianmai was a huge stone cave, over a hundred meters high, with a storm of tangible Origin Energy constantly blowing out from its opening.
Qu Yi landed at the entrance, standing firm in the storm like a rock, calmly watching the cave. The others landed behind him.
“Jin Zun, Mu Zun, Shui Zun, Tu Zun—you four lead everyone to guard the entrance. If any Poisonous Toads emerge from the cave, simply cast spells at the level of a Six-Star Tianpo Yao and destroy them,” Qu Yi said calmly.
Since the four Zuns each possessed artifacts at the upper-tier Tianhen Immortal level, the strongest spells they could cast were equivalent to the power of a Six-Star Tianpo Immortal, more than enough to kill those Poisonous Toads at the Tianpo Yao level.
As for the other beasts, Liufeng himself was already at the Six-Star Tianpo Yao level, while the others, with the artifacts given by Qu Yi, could cast spells equivalent to the power of over a dozen Six-Star Tianpo Yaos.
With nearly twenty times the strength of a Six-Star Tianpo Yao, guarding the entrance of this Origin Tianmai cave was nothing at all difficult.
“Understood.”
“As ordered.”
The crowd replied firmly.

Immediately, a smile appeared on Qu Yi’s lips as he vanished, arriving at the Origin Vital Pulse Cave on Tian Shou Star in the Wood Forest Star Region.
“Ling Kong, I’m here,” Qu Yi said happily as he appeared on the Ling Kong Tree.
“Wow, Qu Yi, you came so fast,” the tree core replied joyfully, with its leaves swaying wildly.
After destroying the insect race’s hive, Qu Yi moved the Ling Kong Tree to this Origin Vital Pulse Cave on Tian Shou Star and took the opportunity to control this vital pulse. Now, by coming here, he naturally intended to move the Ling Kong Tree to Tian Fu Star in the Water Ocean Star Region.
“Ling Kong, let’s go. I’ve found another Origin Vital Pulse. Let’s conquer it,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
At his words, the tree core caused the Ling Kong Tree to shrink to ten meters in size, and it immediately floated upward.
Qu Yi put the Ling Kong Tree inside the Dimension Ball and then rushed back to the entrance of the Origin Vital Pulse Cave on Tian Shou Star.
“Everyone, keep watch carefully. I’m entering this Origin Vital Pulse Cave now,” Qu Yi called out happily as he emerged.
Immediately afterward, Qu Yi entered the Dimension Ball and controlled it to fly into the Origin Vital Pulse Cave.
The Dimension Ball flew through the gale-force winds inside the cave, passing by the fifteen poisonous colored toads without stopping, until it reached the deepest part of the cave.
Qu Yi came out of the Dimension Ball and promptly released the Ling Kong Tree.
The Ling Kong Tree quickly took root in the cave, growing rapidly back to its original size of a kilometer, its red glow illuminating the entire cave.
Undoubtedly, the spiritual beings inside the Origin Vital Pulse Cave sensed the warm aura of the Ling Kong Tree and began gathering around it.
Before those spiritual beings could approach, Qu Yi immediately entered the Dimension Ball and flew back out of the cave.
By then, the Dimension Ball had reached the King of Colored Toads.
“Poisonous colored toads, hiding won’t help you,” Qu Yi suddenly appeared, holding the Vast Heaven Sword and shouting like a god of war.
What?
While the poisonous colored toads around him were still in shock, the Vast Heaven Sword, carrying flames of destruction, struck the King of Colored Toads head-on.
The King of Colored Toads was quick-witted; he rapidly activated the demonic energy within his body, forming a yellow defensive earth armor on his surface. That armor was imbued with the power of six earth-based worlds.
Fire against earth.
Boom!
The violent sound quickly faded away under the gale winds inside the Origin Vital Pulse Cave.
After launching the surprise attack, Qu Yi immediately returned inside the Dimension Ball.

The King of Colorful Toads managed to save his life, but he was extremely panicked. Just as he tried to counterattack Qu Yi, he couldn’t find Qu Yi anywhere and sensed no trace of his presence at all, which terrified him even more. Being forced to flee only made the King of Colorful Toads feel frustrated and powerless. At the same time, all the poisonous colorful toads also noticed that the spirit beings they could usually communicate with were now somewhat unresponsive, as if drawn away by something else. Under these dual pressures, the fifteen poisonous colorful toads immediately felt an unprecedented danger. Meanwhile, inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi was lying on a soft chair, saying happily, “This strategy of cutting off their support should drive the poisonous colorful toads to despair.”