Chapter 15: Mountain-Dwelling Rampage Rats

Inside the Tiny Realm Sphere, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui sat together, with the Human-Faced Beast-Heart Stone placed in the middle.
The three had been cultivating inside the Tiny Realm Sphere for ten years.
Within Qu Yi’s body, spirits of the five elements coexisted, each numbering in the hundreds of thousands. But because his body was of a chaotic nature, there seemed to be no limit to the number of spirits he could possess, allowing it to increase significantly.
The ten thousand beast cores ofKongfeng Bao Lang were all of the Wood element. Since Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui couldn’t use them, Qu Yi took them for his own use.
These ten thousand Wood-element beast cores were equivalent to one million Wood-element spirits.
Over ten years, Qu Yi managed to refine all ten thousand of them, increasing the number of Wood-element spirits in his body to one million. It was then that he realized that even with his divine being cultivation level and his unique physical attributes, there was still a limit—one million.
However, one million spirits was already equivalent to the maximum number of Wood-element spirits a cultivator at the Divine Weapon stage could have.
The fifty thousand beast cores ofGolden Horned Sheep translates to Golden Horned Sheep. were all of the Metal element. Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui each took a portion.
Qu Yi took ten thousand Metal-element beast cores and, after refining them all, increased the number of Metal-element spirits in his body to one million, reaching the limit his body could sustain.
Thus, inside Qu Yi’s body, there were now one million Metal-element spirits, one million Wood-element spirits, and one hundred thousand each of Water, Fire, and Earth element spirits.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui first absorbed and refined the Body-Cleansing Jade Osmium Liquid to greatly enhance their physical strength before starting to refine the Metal-element beast cores.
Wu Yuan refined six thousand of them, increasing the number of Metal-element spirits in his body to six hundred thousand before reaching the limit.
Qing Wu Gui refined five thousand of them, increasing the number to five hundred thousand before reaching the limit.
Wu Yuan, being the original form of a monstrous beast, already had a much stronger body than Qing Wu Gui. After benefiting from the Body-Cleansing Jade Osmium Liquid, his strength increased even further, giving him an extra one hundred thousand Metal-element spirits compared to Qing Wu Gui.
As a result, Qu Yi still had twenty-nine thousand Metal-element beast cores left.
At this moment, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui all regained consciousness, stood up simultaneously, and exchanged smiles.

“Now, our strength ranks among the top among cultivators at the Divine Being stage. Well, we’ve been inside the Miniature Realm Sphere for ten years; it’s time to go out and continue searching for the Divine Crystal Trees,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
The three of them still needed to find twelve thousand more Divine Crystal Trees to reach the total of thirty thousand, which would fulfill the task of planting enough of these trees.
“Ugh, that’s great! With our current strength, we should be able to thrash those beast monsters thoroughly,” Wu Yuan said excitedly, tossing his divine artifact, the Glowing Seal, in the air while his eyes shone.
“Let’s go out. I want to kill those beast monsters,” Qing Wu Gui said calmly.
Qu Yi nodded, and with a single thought, the three of them left the Miniature Realm Sphere.
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“What good luck! I’ve sensed another cluster of Divine Crystal Trees nearby,” Qu Yi said happily as he walked ahead, his divine sense detecting the presence of the trees.
This area used to belong to the Wild Storm Wolves and Golden-Horned Beast Sheep. Although both groups of beast monsters were now dead, no new ones had arrived yet. So after emerging from the Miniature Realm Sphere, Qu Yi, Wu Yuan, and Qing Wu Gui encountered no beast monsters and continued searching for Divine Crystal Trees.
“Ugh, how many are there?” Wu Yuan’s mood dipped slightly; without beast monsters, he couldn’t get excited.
Qu Yi turned around and punched Wu Yuan in the chest, shouting, “Wu Yuan, cheer up! In this Beast Monster Mountain Range, are you still worried about not finding any?”
Wu Yuan could only force a smile.
The three continued on their journey. After climbing several large mountains, they finally arrived at a canyon and discovered that it was filled with Divine Crystal Trees—no less than fifty thousand of them.
“Unbelievable! There are so many Divine Crystal Trees here,” Qu Yi exclaimed in disbelief.
“Ugh, I’ve sensed the presence of beast monsters in the canyon,” Wu Yuan said excitedly, having detected something else.
“Great, we can fight again,” Qing Wu Gui said with a smile.
Standing on the cliff edge of the canyon, the three looked down at the lush forest of Divine Crystal Trees and sensed the beast monsters moving around below. All of them showed happy expressions.
“Let’s first return to the Miniature Realm Sphere and explore the canyon before deciding on our next move,” Qu Yi suggested with a smile.
Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui both nodded.
Immediately, the three entered the Miniature Realm Sphere, and Qu Yi controlled it to fly into the canyon to quickly assess the situation there.
One day passed.

“I never expected that this canyon would be the territory of the Mountain-Dwelling Rat Claws. There are so many rat holes at the bottom of the canyon—I estimate there are no less than a hundred thousand of them.” Qu Yi finally spoke inside the Dimensional Sphere.

After flying at the bottom of the canyon for a day inside the Dimensional Sphere, Qu Yi’s consciousness also sensed the situation there. Aside from those Divine Crystal Trees, there were only the Mountain-Dwelling Rat Claws.

“Ugh, this is really bad. With so many rat claws here, how am I supposed to fight them?” Wu Yuan heard Qu Yi’s words and, imagining those countless rat claws swarming over, felt utterly unable to fight back and cried out in frustration.

“My head hurts a bit,” Qing Wu Gui also lost confidence at this point.

Qu Yi stood silently, closed his eyes in thought for a moment, then suddenly opened them, emitting bright light, with a radiant smile on his face.

“I’ve figured it out. Each of those Mountain-Dwelling Rat Claws is about half a meter in size. Although they can drill through mountains and rocks, they still can’t break certain divine artifact materials. You two wait here; I’ll go help you create something.” Qu Yi said happily.

Without giving Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui a chance to ask questions, Qu Yi disappeared and arrived right beside the Artifact God lying on the soft chair.

“Artifact God, the items made from those Golden-Horned Rampant Sheep’s horns should be impervious to the attacks of those Mountain-Dwelling Rat Claws, right?” Qu Yi asked with a smile.

Although always asleep, the Artifact God was fully aware of everything outside. Hearing Qu Yi’s words, it opened its eyes.

“I know what you’re thinking. Go ahead. The teeth of those Mountain-Dwelling Rat Claws aren’t as hard as these golden horns,” the Artifact God said lazily.

Having received a positive answer, Qu Yi didn’t hesitate. He immediately took out the divine artifact, the Star Luo Ding, and placed it on the ground. With a single thought, a thousand golden horns appeared beside him.

With a surge of chaotic energy, the entire Star Luo Ding was filled with black flames. These black flames were the Black Tidal Divine Fire possessed by cultivators at the Divine Human stage, and they were more than sufficient to refine these golden horns.

All a thousand golden horns flew into the Star Luo Ding.

Before long, an object suddenly flew out of the Star Luo Ding, resembling two arms joined together. When fully extended horizontally, it was thirty meters long. The middle section was a golden strip three meters wide, with five strips of the same width extending from both ends, like five fingers. At the same time, there were semi-circular arches one meter high at both ends of the middle strip.

“With this Five-Clawed Bridge, we can ensure that those Mountain-Burrowing Rats can only come one by one. With Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui, we can take on those rats one by one,” Qu Yi said happily, looking at the object on the ground and smiling.

Qu Yi named this object the Five-Clawed Bridge.

Immediately afterward, Qu Yi returned to Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui.

“Alright, now I’ll take you to a place where you’ll definitely have a good fight this time,” Qu Yi exclaimed joyfully.

Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui didn’t know the reason, but after hearing Qu Yi’s promise, they naturally believed him and immediately smiled happily.

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In the canyon, there was a place with a naturally formed large pit in the ground. The pit was ten miles deep and twenty meters wide—enough to hold all the Mountain-Burrowing Rats in the entire canyon if they fell in.

Under Qu Yi’s control, the Dimension Ball arrived above this large pit.

Suddenly, Qu Yi’s figure appeared. After flying briefly in the air, he immediately took out the Five-Clawed Bridge he had just created and set it up above the pit.

Qu Yi landed in the middle of the bridge and quickly took out the Human-Face Beast-Heart Stone, placing it above the bridge.

Soon after, Wu Yuan and Qing Wu Gui also came out of the Dimension Ball.

“Ugh… This is… really interesting,” Wu Yuan said, marveling at the surroundings.

“Qu Yi, I understand your plan now,” Qing Wu Gui said in admiration as soon as he saw the Five-Clawed Bridge above the pit.

At that moment, the aura emitted by the Human-Face Beast-Heart Stone began to spread, drifting across the entire canyon with the wind.

The Mountain-Burrowing Rats naturally detected this pleasant scent and quickly rushed toward the pit, following the scent. They then saw the “bridge” above the pit and sensed its source.

“Squeak…”

The first thousand or so Mountain-Burrowing Rats to reach the area around the pit opened their mouths, revealing their two sharp teeth like white diamonds, and let out fierce cries.

Immediately afterward, they swarmed onto the Five-Clawed Bridge, heading toward the middle to seize the Human-Face Beast-Heart Stone that excited them so much.

At both ends of the bridge were five long planks leading up to it. But when these rats reached the junction of the planks, due to the semi-circular arch, only one rat at a time could make it onto the middle bridge surface.

“Five Yuan, Qing Wu — this one’s up to you two. Let’s have a good fight this time,” Qu Yi shouted happily as he saw the Mountain-Climbing Rat approaching.
“Ugh, okay. I’ll guard the left side,” Five Yuan said, excitedly pulling out his divine weapon, the Glowing Seal.
“I’ll take the right side,” Qing Wu replied calmly, raising his divine weapon, the Golden Patterned Sword.
The half-meter-tall Mountain-Climbing Rat came up to Five Yuan, leaped nimbly, opened its mouth wide, and aimed to bite through Five Yuan’s throat as it descended.
“Ugh, seeking death?” Five Yuan yelled in anger.
The Glowing Seal in Five Yuan’s hand quickly grew larger, turning into a huge rock that smashed straight into the flying Mountain-Climbing Rat. Hit by the seal, the rat’s entire body turned into a mess of flesh and fell into the pit below.
At the same time, Qing Wu on the other side also encountered his first Mountain-Climbing Rat. The rat attacked in the same way — leaping high, opening its mouth in the air to reveal its sharp teeth, aiming to kill Qing Wu.
“Slash! Kill!” Qing Wu commanded calmly.
At the same time, he activated the Five Elements Heart, directly influencing the elemental energy in the surrounding space. This caused the elemental energy to behave like a viscous liquid, slowing down the rat’s movements.
With Qing Wu’s command, the Golden Patterned Sword rushed toward the rat’s head at seemingly slow but actually swift speed. With a single thrust, the rat lost its life force and plummeted into the pit below.
Seeing the performance of Five Yuan and Qing Wu, Qu Yi sat down beside the Human-Faced Beast-Heart Stone, watching the two brothers fight.