Chapter 19: Sometimes Too Naive

Qu Yi watched from afar and saw that Qing Wu Gui’s divine essence was weakening. He immediately dashed over to Qing Wu Gui’s side, releasing a wave of coldness that startled the more than 330 divine general-level clan leaders, who all stared at Qu Yi in fear.
Undoubtedly, Qu Yi’s sudden appearance was even more mysterious than Qing Wu Gui’s, almost indistinguishable from spatial teleportation, which greatly intimidated these pirate clan leaders.
“Who are you?” Qin Tian Yin asked, his face filled with doubt.
Qu Yi merely smiled, then took Qing Wu Gui away from the circle of clan leaders and flew into the distance.
“Qing Wu, absorb the divine crystals here to restore your divine essence. I’ll deal with these people,” Qu Yi said with a smile, already holding the Tear-the-Sky Sword and the Spring-Rain Sword in his hands.
Qing Wu Gui smiled faintly, looking at the more than 300 people in the distance with pity, and said softly, “Just kill them. I’ve already sensed all their spells—they’re useless now.”
In this battle, Qing Wu Gui was further practicing the art of killing, having also dealt with some aspects of the Fire Elemental Law.
Qu Yi nodded, vanished once again, and reappeared in front of Qin Tian Yin.
“You must be the strongest among the Wan Dao Alliance in this sea area. Then let’s start with you—may everyone die!” Qu Yi declared as soon as he appeared.
Qin Tian Yin’s body had been split in two by Qing Wu Gui, and though he had regained some of his physical strength, it wasn’t yet full. Seeing Qu Yi appear mysteriously, he immediately panicked.
“No…”
Before Qin Tian Yin could shout, he found his head flying off—Qu Yi had slain him with a single swift swing of the Tear-the-Sky Sword. Undoubtedly, Qin Tian Yin’s life force and space ring were taken by Qu Yi right away.
It all happened in the blink of an eye. Qu Yi had killed the strongest cultivator of the Wan Dao Alliance in this sea area, further intimidating the more than 330 divine general-level clan leaders.
“This man is unbeatable! Let’s flee!”
Kong Mo Fei, Long Feng Yue, Shi Kai Shan, and Li Nan Feng—having already encountered Qu Yi before—knew his strength was even more unfathomable than Qing Wu Gui’s’s. They almost simultaneously shouted this.
But how could Qu Yi give these people a chance?
“World-Shocking Splendor!”
“Spring Rain Manifestation!”
Qu Yi shouted repeatedly, swinging the Tear-the-Sky Sword with his right hand and the Spring-Rain Sword with his left. Two mighty sword auras spread out, enveloping half of the divine general-level clan leaders.

The Spirit Entities summoned by the Tear-Heaven Sword and the Spring-Rain Sword are both of the Metal, Wood, and Water types. However, one focuses on condensing the Spirit Entity into a sword beam, while the other expands its power to cover a wide area. On the right, the sword beam from the Tear-Heaven Sword is actually formed by six million Metal, Wood, and Water Spirit Entities, shooting out as a flat arc of light. The leaders in that area simply cannot resist; their bodies are instantly split in two. On the left, the Spring-Rain Sword summons six million Metal, Wood, and Water Spirit Entities, creating raindrops, rain streaks, and water currents. The simultaneous attack from these three forces leaves the leaders in that area unable to defend against all of them, their bodies immediately torn apart in a bloody mess. It can be said that with this attack, Qu Yi seriously injured nearly half of the leaders, preventing them from flying away immediately. Crying in pain, they were forced to stop and recover their bodies. Without pause, Qu Yi once again swung the Tear-Heaven Sword and the Spring-Rain Sword, using the same moves—“World-Shocking Splendor” and “Spring-Rain Derivation”—to seriously injure the other half of the leaders who tried to flee. In just one breath, Qu Yi alone seriously injured all 330 leaders. This is Qu Yi’s strategy: first severely injure each leader before killing them. Otherwise, if he killed them one by one, some leaders might still try to escape, and Qu Yi wouldn’t be able to chase and eliminate them all. “Who are you? How do you possess six million aggregated Spirit Entities?” “Crazy! This world is truly insane. How can there be someone so terrifying?” “The League of Ten Thousand Islands… I feel like we’re doomed at the hands of this man.” “I’ve felt it for a long time—being a pirate isn’t a good fate. Death is inevitable sooner or later.” … The severely injured leaders, looking at Qu Yi with fear, also shouted out their thoughts freely. Qu Yi had no interest in listening to them. He intended to wipe out all the existing pirate groups in the inner sea, leaving none behind. It was time to begin the purge. “You’re already injured—don’t even think about escaping. I’ll kill you all one by one,” Qu Yi said calmly, putting away the Spring-Rain Sword and holding only the Tear-Heaven Sword. “Hmph, don’t get too proud. We’re all at the Divine General level. Although we can’t defeat you, we can still escape, and you can’t stop us,” several severely injured leaders retorted fiercely.

This statement isn’t false either. If cultivators at the Divine General stage truly wanted to escape, they could resolutely use the “Spiritual Flight Method,” abandoning their physical bodies and using their vital spirit bodies to envelop their souls as they tore through space to flee. Once the Spiritual Flight Method was activated, it could tear through space, and the spirit body within would envelop the soul, allowing them to vanish into space—essentially performing a spatial jump that made it impossible for others to track their whereabouts, thus enabling them to escape.

Seeing the determined expressions on those group leaders’ faces, Qu Yi smiled briefly before shaking his head. “You guys are sometimes too naive and childish,” he said indifferently.

Suddenly, a green sphere appeared in front of Qu Yi, rapidly growing larger until it reached the group leaders at the Divine General stage. Since the Dimensional Ball had been upgraded to a mid-tier Innate Spiritual Space, its capabilities had increased further, acquiring some properties of spatial rules. As it expanded, forces of spatial attraction descended upon that area.

“I flee!”

Some group leaders realized the danger as soon as the Dimensional Ball appeared and had to make a difficult decision, immediately using the “Spiritual Flight Method” to try to break through space and escape. However, they were horrified to find that the entire space acted like a giant black hole. Before their physical bodies could explode, all their divine essence was sucked away. Without the energy from the exploding physical bodies to tear through space, their spirit bodies enveloping their souls couldn’t escape either.

The Dimensional Ball kept growing larger, sucking in the group leaders one by one until they were all drawn inside. Such was the power of a mid-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure. With just his own strength, Qu Yi captured all over 330 of these group leaders. Naturally, for Qu Yi, these group leaders were merely sources of vital essence, so he certainly wouldn’t let them live.

After a while, Qu Yi reappeared, and the Dimensional Ball returned into his body. Qing Wu Gui had regained some of his divine essence and flew to Qu Yi’s side, smiling as he said, “Qu Yi, it seems this Dimensional Ball has become even stronger.”

Qu Yi nodded without hiding anything and smiled. “The previous Dimensional Ball developed a layer of spiritual energy. After the Galaxy Battlefield, I obtained another one. After merging them, the Dimensional Ball is now developing a layer of primal essence.”

Upon hearing this, Qing Wu Gui showed some surprise on his face. He had also learned from Qu Yi that the universe was divided into three layers: the Spirit Energy Layer, the Origin Layer, and the Divine Realm. He never expected that the Tiny Realm Ball within Qu Yi’s body had already evolved to the Origin Layer. If Qu Yi could further evolve it into the Divine Realm, wouldn’t that mean he had an entire universe within him? It was truly mysterious!

“Qu Yi, all the pirate groups in this sea area under the Wan Dao Alliance have been eliminated. I can’t wait here for any other cultivators at the Divine General level. So, take me to other sea areas so I can help the other pirate groups of Tian Feng Zhai deal with the Wan Dao Alliance.” Qing Wu Gui was only briefly surprised before speaking further.

Due to the path of cultivation, Qing Wu Gui needed many battles. With all the pirate groups of the Wan Dao Alliance dead in this sea area, it was naturally difficult for him to encounter other cultivators at the Divine General level.

“Okay, I’ll take you to other pirate groups. First, enter the Tiny Realm Ball. I’ll go see Zhu Chen first to settle things there, then I’ll take you to other places,” Qu Yi said with a smile.

Qing Wu Gui nodded.

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Zhu Chen, Cang Yan, Luo Kui, Chu Chen, and Ling Yu Bo activated the “Draw Sea to Transform into Dragon Formation,” continuously holding back the twenty-four leaders of the Wan Dao Alliance at the Divine General level.

Now, Bao Zi, Bai Yun, Yang Wu, Se Guang, and the other twenty-four leaders of the Divine General level had been resisting inside the formation for a long time, their divine essence almost depleted. Meanwhile, the power of the “Draw Sea to Transform into Dragon Formation” remained unchanged, leaving these twenty-four leaders anxious yet unable to find a solution.

“Stop bullying people, you Tian Feng Pirates! If we decide to fight to the death, none of you five will come out unscathed,” Bao Zi shouted, his voice showing both bravado and weakness.

Fighting to the death meant they intended to self-destruct.

Once they self-destructed, the “Draw Sea to Transform into Dragon Formation” would be broken, allowing the other twenty-plus leaders to surround and kill Zhu Chen and the others.

At that moment, Zhu Chen, Cang Yan, Luo Kui, Chu Chen, and Ling Yu Bo smiled.

“Great! We’re all pirates. We don’t want to die together with you. We’ll stop the formation now,” Zhu Chen said with a smile.

Bao Zi, Bai Yun, Yang Wu, Se Guang, and the others showed shocked expressions upon hearing this. They couldn’t understand why Zhu Chen had suddenly changed his mind. Though puzzled, they still showed joy on their faces.

Sure enough, the “Draw Sea to Transform into Dragon Formation” stopped.

Just as Bao Zi, Bai Yun, Yang Wu, Se Guang, and the other twenty-four leaders were about to fly away, Qu Yi’s figure appeared in the air.

“You guys are sometimes too naive and childish,” Qu Yi said with a hint of mockery in his voice. As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Yi disappeared and reappeared in front of the twenty-four regiment commanders. Waving his hands swiftly, he killed all of them whose divine energies were nearly exhausted. Another twenty-four people’s life forces and space rings were obtained. It could be said that this time, Qu Yi gained a great deal of life forces and space rings, amassing a vast wealth.