Chapter 43: The Fall of Tianyu Fort

The six leaders of Tianyu Fort, seeing the divine artifacts explode around them, had no choice but to summon their spiritual bodies to protect themselves.
Yet just as Sheng Tailong, Fu Yuan, Ning Bozhong, Wen Dongjie, Hai Mingquan, and Wei Yang managed to withstand the first wave of explosions, they were shocked to see another wave of divine artifacts heading their way. This time, there were four artifacts surrounding each of them.
“Damn it! Where did Tianfeng Fort get so many divine artifacts?”
“Bastards! Tianfeng Fort is shameless and despicable.”
“I must escape! One day, I’ll gather plenty of artifacts to destroy Tianfeng Fort completely.”
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In an instant, Sheng Tailong, Fu Yuan, Ning Bozhong, Wen Dongjie, Hai Mingquan, and Wei Yang realized it was too late to fly away. They could only summon their spiritual bodies again to defend themselves. But fearing more artifacts might be thrown at them, they cried out in anger.
Their anger was useless—the artifacts had already reached them and exploded. Another wave of violent energy struck, turning the entire space into a void that relentlessly eroded their spiritual bodies. As their spiritual bodies were drained, so too were the divine essences of Sheng Tailong, Fu Yuan, Ning Bozhong, Wen Dongjie, Hai Mingquan, and Wei Yang.
The divine essences fueled their spiritual bodies, and draining the spiritual bodies meant draining the divine essences.
The nine people surrounding them—Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, Zhuo Rui, Qing Yiyi, Yu Deming, Yu Chongxiu, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia—all showed excited expressions. Since ascending to the divine realm, only this battle allowed them to indulge freely—using divine artifacts without wasting much of their divine essences while tormenting their former opponents.
“Having so many divine artifacts is truly great.”
“From today onward, Tianyu Fort will be destroyed.”
“Yes, the once-mighty Tianyu Fort never imagined they’d die from divine artifacts.”
“It’s true! They didn’t even show any strength before we shattered them with our artifacts.”
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The nine gloated, pulling out two more divine artifacts, ready to throw them and trigger more explosions.
Tong Wei, the leader of Tianyu Fort, had been held back by Zhu Chen, the leader of Tianfeng Fort. Now, seeing the danger his six brothers were in, he knew they would all die if things continued like this.
“Zhu Chen, I promise you—I’ll submit to your Tianfeng Fort!” suddenly shouted Tong Wei from the air.

In the current Tianyu Fortress, 2,500 of its 3,000 members have been killed by the divine weapons, and the remaining 500 are severely injured, no longer having the strength to resist the 4,000 members of Tianfeng Fortress. With the six fortress leaders on the verge of being killed by the divine weapons, Tong Wei had no solution left and was forced to lower his stance and plead for help.

Zhu Chen, however, wasn’t so naive. He immediately said with a smile, “Tong Wei, I know exactly what you’re thinking. You want us to stop detonating the divine weapons so that those six fortress leaders can take the chance to escape. Surrender? Sure, but first we need to defeat those six so thoroughly that they can no longer resist. Only then will we let them submit to Tianfeng Fortress.”

Indeed, Tong Wei’s goal was to get Tianfeng Fortress to temporarily stop detonating the divine weapons, allowing Sheng Tailong, Fu Yuan, Ning Bozhong, Wen Dongjie, Hai Mingquan, and Wei Yang to escape immediately, break free from the encirclement of the nine, and continue to fight against Tianfeng Fortress.

When Tong Wei saw his plan exposed by Zhu Chen, his expression turned cold, his eyes blazing with fury as he snapped, “Very well. Since Tianfeng Fortress has the upper hand now and I can’t do anything to you, just wait for my revenge in the days to come.”

Suddenly, Tong Wei tried to abandon the other six fortress leaders and escape on his own. As the strongest in the Baizhai Mountains, if he really started to harass Tianfeng Fortress in the future, the fortress would never know peace again.

At that moment, Qu Yi arrived on his Wild Green Goose, blocking Tong Wei’s path right away.

“Thinking of leaving? It’s not that easy,” Qu Yi said, already holding ten divine weapons in his hands.

The ten divine weapons flew out at once and exploded in front of Tong Wei.

“Damn it! Who are you? How do you have so many divine weapons?” Tong Wei was shocked by Qu Yi’s sudden appearance and even more by the large number of divine weapons he detonated at once.

As soon as he finished speaking, the ten divine weapons exploded around him, forcing Tong Wei to create a spiritual barrier just like the other six fortress leaders of Tianyu Fortress.

The spiritual barriers were made of gold and earth spiritual bodies—fused spiritual bodies possessed by those at the Divine Weapon stage, formed by the combination of gold and earth spiritual bodies.

Tong Wei’s cultivation level was indeed profound; he could directly fuse two types of spiritual bodies within his body.

The explosive energy from the ten divine weapons was fierce and relentless, constantly attacking Tong Wei’s spiritual barrier without managing to create even the slightest crack.

Zhu Chen flew over and, seeing Tong Wei’s immense strength, showed a hint of admiration on his face.

“Tong Wei, your strength is indeed formidable, but your luck isn’t so good—after all, you ended up facing someone like Qu Yi.” Zhu Chen smiled faintly as he also took out ten divine artifacts from his hands. Qu Yi had given Zhu Chen three thousand divine artifacts, two thousand of which had already been given to the two thousand members who surrendered from Tianchen Fort. The remaining one thousand were divided among the nine fort leaders to use against the leaders of Tianyu Fort. After saying that, Zhu Chen immediately threw the ten divine artifacts in his hands and set them off quickly. Before the explosion energy from the artifacts around him had dissipated, another ten explosion centers appeared, causing even more intense energy turmoil in the space. This energy chaos was so severe that it could even create cracks in Tong Wei’s soul barrier. “Zhu Chen, you despicable wretch! How dare you use such underhanded tactics against me? If you’ve got the guts, let’s have a decisive battle to determine a winner!” Tong Wei was furious but unable to escape. While holding up his soul barrier, he shouted in anger. Yet Zhu Chen remained unmoved, looking excited. “Tong Wei, are you delusional? If I can kill you this way, why would I take the risk of fighting you?” Zhu Chen laughed loudly, not feeling anything wrong with his actions at all. Inside his soul barrier, Tong Wei’s eyes turned red from hatred, and his lips were bitten through. Qu Yi also cooperated by taking out another ten divine artifacts and flying out again, detonating them in the space around Tong Wei, sending another massive wave of energy outwards. Tong Wei had no choice but to keep holding up his soul barrier, with only one thought in mind: those two had not many divine artifacts left. But then Tong Wei suddenly remembered that the four thousand members of Tianfeng Fort each possessed a divine artifact, meaning they could kill him dozens of times with those explosions. “Zhu Chen, I’m willing to surrender! Even if I have to swear, I’ll do it!” Realizing the terrible consequences, Tong Wei finally felt fear and began to shout, disregarding his dignity. Compared to his pride, his life was more important. He didn’t want to spend nearly a hundred million years cultivating only to end up dead. Hearing this, Zhu Chen hesitated for a moment before looking at Qu Yi. Qu Yi smiled faintly and said indifferently, “Those with weak hearts will achieve little in the future. It’s better not to have them.” With those words, Tong Wei’s death was sealed. Understanding this, Zhu Chen quickly threw the ten divine artifacts in his hands again, detonating them around Tong Wei once more, creating another wave of violent energy that fiercely attacked Tong Wei’s soul barrier.

Tong Wei faced even greater pressure. But his mind was already in chaos—holding on like this would drain his spiritual energy and lead to death, while charging out would result in his body being torn apart by the violent energy, killing him even faster. Under such circumstances, how could Tong Wei remain calm? The fear of death was terrifying. At that moment, the other six chiefs of Tianyu Fort finally could no longer withstand the assault of the divine weapon. “I hate you, Tianfeng Fort!” suddenly shouted Wei Yang, the seventh chief of Tianyu Fort, in anger. At the same time, Wei Yang chose to self-destruct. His entire body turned to nothingness, but an even more powerful energy surge erupted, quickly countering the energy wave caused by the divine weapon’s explosion. Wei Yang sacrificed his own life to save the lives of Sheng Tailong, Fu Yuan, Ning Bozhong, Wen Dongjie, and Hai Mingquan. Sheng Tailong, Fu Yuan, Ning Bozhong, Wen Dongjie, and Hai Mingquan also saw that the energy from the divine weapon’s explosion had lessened and could no longer harm them. They immediately used their last remaining spiritual energy to fly away in all directions, trying to escape. “You still want to run? How naive.” Zhao Jing, Zhen Lan, Zhuo Rui, Qing Yiyi, Yu Deming, Yu Chongxiu, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, and Fei Changxia were taken aback by Wei Yang’s determination. After realizing the five chiefs of Tianyu Fort were trying to escape, they sneered. Soon, a golden-crowned storm eagle and eight violent green geese appeared in the sky. The nine of them immediately mounted their mounts and pursued the fleeing chiefs. Now, only Qu Yi, Zhu Chen, and Tong Wei remained in the sky, with Qu Yi and Zhu Chen surrounding Tong Wei. “Tong Wei, stop resisting and just accept your death,” Zhu Chen said, his smile growing wider as he watched the situation unfold. Hearing this, Tong Wei’s heart was filled with rage, and two golden beams shot from his eyes, aiming straight at Zhu Chen. Tong Wei, who had natural golden eyes, was willing to destroy his own eyes in order to destroy Zhu Chen’s as well. “Haha, Tong Wei, you’re too naive. I knew you had natural golden eyes. How could I not expect you to use such a retaliatory move?” Zhu Chen laughed while already throwing a divine weapon. The divine weapon exploded instantly, scattering the two golden beams. Tong Wei’s fatal strike failed, causing him to appear even more insane. However, his eyes had now dimmed, as if he had gone blind.

Although the cultivator could sense the outside situation through his divine sense, losing his eyes also affected his initial judgment. At this moment, Tong Wei could no longer see the expressions on Qu Yi and Zhu Chen’s faces, nor could he detect their eye contact. Qu Yi and Zhu Chen, meanwhile, wore smiles on their faces but were rapidly exchanging messages through their eyes, before nodding at each other. Suddenly, Qu Yi took out ten divine artifacts, and Zhu Chen did the same. “Tong Wei, your life ends now,” Zhu Chen suddenly shouted. At the same time, Qu Yi and Zhu Chen threw their divine artifacts swiftly; the twenty artifacts exploded around Tong Wei at once, with massive amounts of energy colliding against his spiritual barrier. “Ah… I hate you both.” Tong Wei’s spiritual barrier finally gave way under the onslaught of energy, tearing apart and then being struck by the energy, shattering him completely as his body turned into primordial energy of the five elements. Qu Yi and Zhu Chen rode their fierce green geese to a gathering place, laughing joyfully. “Tianyu Fort is done for,” Qu Yi said with a smile.