Chapter 28: The King of the Inner Sea

“You!”
The 500 leaders of the Swallowing Sea Pirates’ Gang became furious upon hearing Qing Wu Gui’s words. They immediately drew out their divine artifacts, ready to engage in battle with the Tianfeng Fort Pirates’ Gang.

Hearing Qing Wu Gui’s words, Zhu Chen wasted no time and promptly ordered, “Everyone, get ready! Begin the attack!”

Nearly ten thousand flying sea ships descended swiftly, aiming at the 100,000 members of the Swallowing Sea Pirates’ Gang on Swallowing Sun Island. With overwhelming momentum and murderous intent, they exerted intense pressure on the pirates.

In the air, over 9,000 divine general-level warriors from Tianfeng Fort soared above, quickly surrounding the 500 divine general-level leaders of the Swallowing Sea Pirates’ Gang.

A disparity of 9,000 against 500 immediately created a stark difference in momentum. Each of the 9,000 divine general-level warriors wielded a divine artifact of that rank, their faces showing faint smiles yet their eyes cold and heartless. This combined aura filled the entire space with a chilling sense of killing intent.

Seeing the situation, the 500 leaders of the Swallowing Sea Pirates’ Gang had no other thoughts but to flee.

“Don’t go too far! Though our 500 of us can’t defeat you, if you try to operate in the Inner Sea again, we’ll surely retaliate. In the end, you’ll gain nothing,” Hai Butong pleaded desperately, scanning the surroundings and shouting firmly.

Qing Wu Gui responded by teleporting straight at Hai Butong.

“I’ll fight you,” he said, appearing in front of Hai Butong and drawing a long sword, smiling faintly.

Hai Butong was surprised. Qing Wu Gui’s movement seemed to have utilized the primordial energies of the five elements in space to create a spatial passage, allowing him to teleport over in an instant. Though amazed by Qing Wu Gui’s speed, Hai Butong’s anger flared at his indifferent attitude. He immediately drew out his own divine artifact—a trident.

“If you want to fight, then let’s fight,” Hai Butong declared, furious. As a top expert on the Earth Ranking List, he couldn’t tolerate further humiliation.

Qing Wu Gui rushed forward, waving his long sword. Instantly, the primordial energies of metal, wood, and water in the space converged to form three “Primordial Swords,” which were sent flying at Hai Butong.

The art of cutting through laws meant not only breaking free from such laws but also gaining control over them.

Hai Bùtóng sensed Qing Wúguī’s attack trajectory and immediately recognized its strangeness. It was vastly different from the spells cast by other cultivators in the divine realm, who summoned spiritual entities to create magic. Instead, Qing Wúguī directly controlled the primordial energy in space to form spells.

“Circular Shield!”

Unfamiliar with Qing Wúguī, Hai Bùtóng didn’t dare delay. He promptly summoned the spiritual entities of water, fire, and earth within himself, forming circular shields in the six directions around him for defense.

Just as he cast the “Circular Shield,” he was horrified to find that the spiritual entities of water, fire, and earth on his shield had changed. The laws governing water energy were dissipating, leaving only the fire and earth entities on the shield.

Three “Primordial Swords” pierced through the altered “Circular Shield” and struck Hai Bùtóng directly.

“Hmph! I have the Sea Spirit Armor. You can’t kill me,” Hai Bùtóng said coldly, though his expression showed surprise rather than panic.

When the three “Primordial Swords” touched his body, a blue suit of soft armor appeared—defensive armor at the Divine Marshal level, the Sea Spirit Armor.

“Is that so?”

Qing Wúguī smiled faintly. Meanwhile, the long sword in his hand vanished, replaced by a transparent dagger—the Mid-Level Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Void Sky Dagger.

The Void Sky Dagger broke through spatial constraints and instantly flew toward Hai Bùtóng’s body. It penetrated the Sea Spirit Armor without any resistance and entered his body, completely shredding his flesh.

Hai Bùtóng’s soul tried to escape by abandoning his body, but Qing Wúguī had anticipated this. He rushed over, his intense killing intent acting like a tangible force that suppressed Hai Bùtóng’s soul and instantly destroyed it.

Hai Bùtóng died quickly. The other leaders of the Sea Devouring Pirates also perished after being attacked by collective spells just three times by the 9,000 Divine General-level cultivators of Tianfeng Fort.

Of course, the battle on Sun Devouring Island was also one-sided. There were nearly a million Divine Human-level cultivators in Tianfeng Fort—far too many for the 100,000 pirates of the Sea Devouring Pirates to resist.

In just one wave of attacks, all the Divine Human-level members of the Sea Devouring Pirates died.

Thus, the Sea Devouring Pirates, who had long dominated the inland seas, were completely wiped out.

At that moment, Qu Yi appeared.

“Fort King!” Everyone shouted when they saw him.

Qu Yi nodded and then said, “All Divine General-level cultivators, follow me to Beihaihuangdao.”

Immediately afterward, Qu Yi enclosed Qing Wúguī, Zhu Chen, and the other 9,000+ Divine General-level cultivators inside a Dimensional Sphere and vanished swiftly.

To the north of the Inner Sea lies a vast island covering two million square kilometers, called Beihuangdao. Beihuangdao is the headquarters of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang. The Sea Emperor Pirate Gang has always been the most powerful pirate gang in the Inner Sea, amassing vast wealth and possessing terrifying strength. However, since the pirate gangs split off from Tianfeng Fort arrived, the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang suffered heavy losses and was unable to track down the various pirate gangs from Tianfeng Fort for a time. As a result, they had to gather members from all their bases and bring them together in Beihuangdao. At this moment, there were 500,000 pirates at the Divine Man stage on Beihuangdao, along with 1,000 gang leaders at the Divine General stage. Above Beihuangdao, nearly 10,000 flying sea ships were already in the air—these were the pirate gangs from Tianfeng Fort led by Wu Yuan, Qing Yiyi, Yu Zhuting, Meng Yan, Fei Changxia, and others. The first leader of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang, Huang Tiangci, ranked 70th on the Earth List, with an astonishing 10 million golden, wooden, and earth spirit bodies within his body. At this moment, Huang Tiangci led the 1,000 Divine General-level gang leaders of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang to the skies to confront the nearly 9,000 Divine General-level fighters from Tianfeng Fort. “So you’re the force that’s been sweeping through various pirate gangs lately, huh? What, do you still want to take on our Sea Emperor Pirate Gang today?” Huang Tiangci spoke calmly, yet his voice echoed like thunder throughout the sky. Wu Yuan stepped forward boldly, carrying his Nine Heavens Staff on his right shoulder. Tilting his head and glancing at Huang Tiangci, he said with a smile, “You must be that Huang Tiangci. I’ve fought many experts in the Inner Sea, and they all said you’d avenge them. So I came here today to spar with you.” Over the years, among the hundreds of thousands of pirate gangs around Beiyang Island, Wu Yuan had wiped out at least 10,000 of them, killing many Divine General-level gang leaders, all of whom chanted Huang Tiangci’s slogan. Just as Huang Tiangci was about to reply, Yu Zhuting shouted, “Everyone, attack now!” Wu Yuan became a blur of motion and rushed straight at Huang Tiangci. At the same time, the nearly 9,000 Divine General-level fighters from Tianfeng Fort followed suit, attacking the 1,000 Divine General-level gang leaders of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang. Meanwhile, the nearly 900,000 Divine Man-level members of Tianfeng Fort controlled their flying sea ships and descended onto Beihuangdao, targeting the Divine Man-level pirates of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang. Instantly, the sound of battle resounded like thunder across the sky.

Wuyuan stepped forward toward Huang Tiangci. The Jiukong Staff transformed into a fan-like shadow, as if 99 strikes were delivered in an instant. The power of these 99 strikes converged into one, aimed at Huang Tiangci.
This was a new fighting technique that Wuyuan had developed over the years from his Ever-Endless Combat Skill—“Nine-Nine Unity.” In other words, the power of 99 instantaneous strikes was condensed into a single strike for attack. Thus, the strength of this one strike equaled the combined power of 99 strikes.
Huang Tiangci’s eyes turned cold upon seeing Wuyuan’s technique. He immediately drew out his divine weapon, the Tianci Sword. With a single swift swing, the Tianci Sword blocked the Jiukong Staff’s attack.
“Your technique is impressive, but the number of spiritual entities in your body is only five million, right? There’s still a huge gap between you and me,” Huang Tiangci said with a faint smile.
Wuyuan blinked and laughed, “You’re already proud after blocking one of my strikes? Then let’s continue.”
Ever-Endless Combat Skill!
Wuyuan resumed his fierce offensive rhythm, fully unleashing the “Nine-Nine Unity” technique and continuously attacking Huang Tiangci. At this point, Huang Tiangci hesitated. With his current strength, he could attack Wuyuan with full force, but seeing Wuyuan’s wild demeanor, he realized that if he attacked first, he might severely injure Wuyuan, who might also cause some damage to him.
In front of the 9,000 Divine General-level warriors of Tianfeng Fort, Huang Tiangci didn’t dare to get injured casually. He was also afraid that if he were wounded and surrounded, he would need to use the “Spiritual Escape Technique” to flee, making it difficult for him to advance further in his cultivation.
Therefore, Huang Tiangci had no choice but to block Wuyuan’s attacks and adopt a wait-and-see attitude, observing the battle between the 1,000 leaders of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang. If all of them died, Huang Tiangci would choose to flee immediately.
Just then, Qu Yi’s figure suddenly appeared in the air. Qing Wu Gui, Zhu Chen, and the other 9,000 Divine General-level warriors emerged from the Cunjie Ball and suddenly joined the camp of the Divine General-level leaders surrounding the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang.
“Ah…”
The already precarious leaders of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang could no longer withstand the sudden attack from 9,000 Divine General-level warriors. After cries of pain, all 1,000 leaders of the gang died.
Qu Yi suddenly appeared behind Huang Tiangci and threw a punch. Ten million golden, wooden, water, and spiritual entities formed a fist that pierced through space and struck Huang Tiangci’s head.
No matter how fast Huang Tiangci reacted, he never expected Qu Yi to appear behind him so suddenly. He couldn’t react in time, and his head was instantly reduced to powder.

All the characters at the Divine General stage of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang had died. On North Emperor Island, nearly nine hundred thousand people from Tianfeng Fort were still engaged in fierce battles with the five hundred thousand members of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang. The eighteen thousand Divine General stage characters from Tianfeng Fort had joined the battle on the island and, with the force of autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, quickly eliminated all the Divine Hero stage members of the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang. Thus, the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang was destroyed. With the disappearance of both the Swallowing Sea Pirate Gang and the Sea Emperor Pirate Gang, no force remained in the Inner Sea that could rival Tianfeng Fort, and from then on, Tianfeng Fort became the king of the Inner Sea.