Chapter 24: One Against Three

The Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, the Four-Armed Water Ape, and the Nine-Headed Imperial Snake were surprised—how could the Earth-Shaking Crab recover so quickly from its injuries?
Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing were also astonished that Qu Yi actually appeared here at the bottom of the sea.
Standing on top of the Earth-Shaking Crab, Qu Yi smiled at the six powerful warriors before saying, “All of you, this Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma belongs to me. You have no objections, right?”
What!
Hearing Qu Yi’s words, the six powerful warriors—Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing—immediately glared at him, their killing intent directed entirely at him.
“Who do you think you are, daring to steal our Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma?” the Thunder-Eyed Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, and Nine-Headed Imperial Snake shouted angrily. Their imposing aura stirred the ocean currents throughout the sea.
“Qu Yi, since you’ve shown yourself, hand over your life. You still want the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma?”
At this moment, Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing all looked furious. They immediately abandoned their interest in the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma and focused solely on Qu Yi.
As long as they completed the tasks assigned by their clans, these three members of the eight great imperial families could obtain treasures far more valuable than the Divine Blood Jade Ganoderma, so its appeal instantly diminished.
Qu Yi smiled slightly before shouting, “Earth-Shaking Crab, go hold off those three sea beasts while I deal with the other three.”
With that, Qu Yi flew away, drawing the Sky-Ripping Sword and charging at Yan Feng.
As the Sword of Heaven was drawn, a blade of light flashed, and twenty million Golden, Wood, and Water spiritual entities converged to form a bright long sword that slashed toward Yan Feng’s head. This sword exuded a chilling sharpness—capable of tearing through flesh and annihilating souls; it was by no means to be underestimated.
“What? Qu Yi has as many as twenty million spiritual entities in his body?”
Not only Yan Feng, who was directly facing Qu Yi’s attack, but also Gongye Ping and Gongye Jing, who were watching from the side, were filled with shock. They could hardly believe this fact.
Yan Feng, ranked 30th on the Earthly Ranking, also had twenty million Golden, Wood, and Fire spiritual entities in his body. Now, Qu Yi had summoned twenty million Golden, Wood, and Water spiritual entities as well, meaning his strength was on par with Yan Feng’s, if not greater.
After all, none of Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, or Gongye Jing dared be sure whether Qu Yi had held back his true strength.

Gongye Ping and Gongye Jing, sent by the Gongye family to kill Qu Yi, suddenly felt powerless and at a loss when they saw that Qu Yi was even stronger than them. Yet, they wouldn’t leave just because of this; they hoped to launch a surprise attack after Qu Yi and Yan Feng fought to the death.

Seeing Qu Yi charging straight at him, Yan Feng grew furious and immediately swung his Fengyan Sword, creating a sea of flames formed from 20 million spiritual entities that enveloped the long sword.

Crackling…

The violent collision of spiritual entities echoed through the dark and silent seabed, stirring countless undercurrents and scaring away the numerous sea beasts drawn by the scent of vital energy.

The long sword vanished, and the sea of flames disappeared.

Qu Yi and Yan Feng stood at the bottom of the sea, facing each other calmly, with a sense of mutual respect. Yet both their eyes carried a fierce intensity, as if one of them might die at the next blink.

“Yan Feng, shall we join forces to kill Qu Yi?” Gongye Ping transmitted his thoughts at that moment.

Clearly, after seeing Qu Yi’s strength, Gongye Ping and Gongye Jing realized that their combined power was not enough to deal with him. Thus, in this situation, they intended to ally with Yan Feng.

But Yan Feng had two options when investigating Qu Yi: if Qu Yi could be useful to the Yan clan, he wouldn’t oppose him. Otherwise, he would have to kill Qu Yi.

Upon hearing Gongye Ping’s message, Yan Feng merely frowned slightly before looking at Qu Yi and transmitting his thoughts, “Qu Yi, I believe you already know my identity. To be honest, I’m here investigating you on behalf of the two divine kings of our Yan clan. If you join us, we’ll protect you and help you strengthen your power. Of course, if you refuse to join, we’ll have no choice but to eliminate you.”

There was no need for Yan Feng to hide this—being one of the eight great royal clans, the Yan clan was extremely powerful. The fact that they could speak such words proved their ability to do so.

However, Yan Feng didn’t expect that Qu Yi had the Instrument God backing him, who was once a divine king of the Fire Departure Divine Realm. Back then, the divine kings of the Tianqian Divine Realm and the Zedui Divine Realm came to the Fire Departure Divine Realm and joined forces to kill the Instrument God, while the two divine kings of the Fire Departure Divine Realm, Yan Yi and Yan Que, didn’t even dare intervene. Qu Yi was aware of this—how could he still trust Yan Yi and Yan Que?

If it could be done once, it could be done again.

“Join the Yan Clan? No interest. I’m used to being free,” Qu Yi replied calmly.
Yan Feng’s expression immediately turned cold, and he immediately sent a mental message to Gongye Ping and Gongye Jing: “Good, let’s work together.”
How could the pride of the Yan Clan tolerate being humbled and begged again? Yan Feng naturally wouldn’t try to persuade Qu Yi any further. He made up his mind right away to kill Qu Yi without the slightest hesitation.
“True Flame, obey my command!”
“Sky-Shattering Water Ball!”
Yan Feng, along with Gongye Ping and Gongye Jing, shouted loudly and immediately swung their divine swords, encircling Qu Yi.
On one side was a sea of fire, and on the other two icy water balls—Qu Yi had nowhere to escape.
“You guys are really too naive, thinking that three of you working together can defeat me. Let me show you the wonders within me,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Suddenly, Qu Yi retracted his Sky-Ripping Sword, moved his hands swiftly, and drew back all his divine essence. At the same time, chaotic energy formed a massive vortex in the surrounding space. This was Qu Yi’s method of strengthening his physical body in the past, and now he used it to confront these three experts.
The sea of fire formed by the metal, wood, and fire spiritual bodies, along with the water balls created by the wood, water, and metal-water spiritual bodies, reached Qu Yi’s front and came into contact with the chaotic energy vortex.
There was no collision of spiritual bodies as expected, nor any chaotic energy turbulence. Instead, there was only one phenomenon: rivers flowing into the sea.
The three combined spiritual bodies, upon touching the chaotic energy, were instantly enveloped and transferred by it. Yan Feng’s metal, wood, and fire spiritual bodies, along with Gongye Jing’s metal, wood, and water spiritual bodies, were directly sucked into Qu Yi’s body, where they were absorbed by the fire planet ball and water planet ball inside him, helping him expand his combined spiritual bodies. As for Gongye Ping’s wood, water, and soil spiritual body, it was enveloped by the chaotic energy and thrown away.
In Qu Yi’s internal world, chaotic energy served to help him cultivate the art of fusion. When merging spiritual bodies within his body, it also used the chaotic energy from the intermediate chaotic planets to envelop each spiritual body and transfer it to other planets, completing the process of spiritual body fusion.
At this moment, Qu Yi unleashed the chaotic energy outside his body, using the same method to envelop each spiritual body, absorbing the useful ones and transferring the useless ones directly.
It could be said that the attacks from Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing not only failed to harm Qu Yi but also helped him in his cultivation.
“What!”
Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing were completely stunned. They never expected Qu Yi to possess such a bizarre ability—to directly absorb and transfer the spiritual bodies from their spells.

Of course, these three surely had no idea about Chaos Energy. Even if the divine kings of their two families came, they wouldn’t understand the terror of Chaos Energy.
Qu Yi retracted Chaos Energy and smiled at the three of them.
In fact, when Qu Yi used Chaos Energy to counter their magical attacks earlier, there was also a limit to it. If not for the fact that the number of their spiritual entities was less than his own, Qu Yi wouldn’t have dared to use this method. Qu Yi currently had only 30 million metal, wood, and water spiritual entities in his body. If the number of metal, wood, and water spiritual entities in their spells had exceeded 30 million, he wouldn’t have dared to absorb them directly, because otherwise, his own metal, wood, and water spiritual entities wouldn’t be able to suppress them, and the water planet inside him would explode, killing him.
“I said it before—you three are too naive,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing stared at Qu Yi as if they had seen a ghost. Although they came from the eight great royal families and had broad knowledge, they had never heard of such a capability as Qu Yi’s.
Not only Yan Feng, Gongye Ping, and Gongye Jing fell silent, but on the other side, Thundereye Ice Crocodile, Four-Armed Water Ape, and Nine-Headed Imperial Snake, who were fighting around the Earth-Shaking Crab, also stopped after witnessing Qu Yi’s miraculous abilities and stared at him in shock.
The Earth-Shaking Crab was being beaten badly, yet it didn’t seem angry at all. Instead, it proudly waved its pair of golden claws and approached Qu Yi.
If it had felt a bit reluctant to become Qu Yi’s pet not long ago, now that it had seen his supreme strength, it fully recognized Qu Yi’s greatness and considered becoming his pet a source of pride.
“Yan Feng, Qu Yi’s strength is already so immense. His potential could very well surpass that of Ba Tuo, who ranks first on the Earth List. If we don’t control him now, we’ll never be able to deal with him again,” Gongye Ping transmitted through his spiritual sense, his tone filled with fear.
It had only been over a million years since the great battle among cultivators at the Divine Weapon stage, yet Qu Yi’s strength had already grown to this extent. How could these three from the eight great royal families fail to see his potential?
Anyone who threatened the rule of the eight great royal families would not be tolerated by them—they would surely find ways to eliminate such a threat.
“Qu Yi’s strength is too strange. The three of us can’t beat him,” Yan Feng replied quickly, annoyed.

A cold smirk appeared on Gongye Ping’s lips, and a fierce glint flashed in his eyes as he sent another message: “Yan Feng, the three of us each possess divine artifacts at the Divine Marshal level. If we detonate these artifacts, no matter how powerful Qu Yi is, he will be severely injured. Won’t that give us the chance to eliminate him then?”
Yan Feng’s eyes lit up as he tightened his grip on the Fengyan Sword in his hand.
At that moment, Qu Yi said with a smile, “The three of you have already made up your minds, haven’t you? Well, then I’ll announce now that your lives will end right now.”