Chapter 39: Siege

“Fellow cultivators of Qianxuan City, you are now surrounded.”
Qu Yi and nearly a million cultivators from Nanyin Island had been cultivating for over ten thousand years, refining their own life essence. After that, they led the group of cultivators at the Divine General stage from Nanyin Island out to fight again. Now, Qu Yi led the cultivators from Nanyin Island over and shouted happily.
The nearly a million cultivators from Nanyin Island all had transformed their auras; each of them had refined a large amount of life essence, increasing the number of spiritual entities in their bodies, all starting at millions. At this moment, every one of these million cultivators wore a mocking look in their eyes, viewing the approximately 850,000 cultivators at the Divine General stage in Qianxuan City as if they were already dead.
The cultivators of Qianxuan City looked even more panicked.
Jin Fanglai was anxious, his heart in utter turmoil. With the current situation, it was certain that Qianxuan City’s group would be annihilated by the cultivators from Nanyin Island.
“Qu Yi, I am from the Tianqian Divine Realm. Although your Nanyin Island is strong now, once the group battles at the Divine General stage are over, you will also have to come to our Tianqian Divine Realm. I hope we can become friends. Let’s not fight now. When we return to the divine realm, I will surely grant you some benefits,” Jin Fanglai said urgently, coming up with an idea on the spot.
This statement carried both a threat and the intention to buy time.
Jin Fanglai had already secretly sent messages, contacting the leaders of several groups who had arrived at this outer island, asking them to come for rescue. If Nanyin Island refused to listen and insisted on fighting, Jin Fanglai planned to sacrifice the cultivators of Qianxuan City to hold off the million cultivators from Nanyin Island, then let the arriving groups surround and kill them. If Nanyin Island listened to the advice and left, Qianxuan City would be saved.
Upon hearing Jin Fanglai’s words, Qu Yi merely smiled faintly, waved his hand, and shouted loudly, “Cultivators of Nanyin Island, what are you waiting for? Attack! Slaughter Qianxuan City!”
The cultivators from Nanyin Island, who had already enhanced their strength, would surely lose confidence if they chose to leave now, as Qu Yi understood. Moreover, Jin Fanglai’s threatening words left Qu Yi with no choice. How could he retreat just because of a threat?
“Yes, leader!”
The nearly a million cultivators from Nanyin Island immediately replied excitedly, their eyes gleaming with cold light as they drew out their divine weapons.
In the air, the cultivators from Nanyin Island formed a formation of three long spears, moving in the left, center, and right directions. Their divine energies converged, creating a mighty momentum as their killing intent took shape, charging straight at the cultivators of Qianxuan City.

“Overall defense!” Jin Fanglai’s eyes flashed with malice, his face filled with urgency as he shouted.
There was no other choice. Since Nan Yin Island insisted on slaughtering Qian Xuan City, they had to fight back. Thus, Jin Fanglai adopted the same defensive formation he had used earlier against Qing Wu Gui, aiming to use Qian Xuan City’s combined strength to defend against Nan Yin Island’s attacks.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three long spears, infused with divine energy, simultaneously pierced the defensive shields of Qian Xuan City’s cultivators. Three loud explosions shook the ground, creating three massive cracks. At the same time, brilliant flames formed at the points of collision and persisted for a while.
The two sides locked in a stalemate.
Qu Yi, Xin Wu Hen, Tian Bu Ao, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan watched from the side. Upon seeing this situation, they were somewhat surprised—it seemed Qian Xuan City was well-prepared, possessing such a perfect defensive formation.
Yet Qu Yi still had a way to break through it.
“Cultivators of Nan Yin Island, what are you waiting for? Activate the divine artifacts and blow up Qian Xuan City!” Qu Yi shouted coldly.
Hearing Qu Yi’s words, Xin Wu Hen, Tian Bu Ao, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan immediately grinned. They couldn’t help but sigh at Qian Xuan City’s fate—why were they assigned to this outer island? Being on the same island as Nan Yin Island meant certain destruction.
Qu Yi, who could craft divine artifacts as easily as drinking water, felt no hesitation at all. He could create as many as he needed, so destroying a ridiculously expensive divine artifact with just a command took no effort.
At Qu Yi’s command, nearly a million cultivators from Nan Yin Island dispersed from the formation of the three long spears and formed a circular shield formation, covering Qian Xuan City’s defensive formation. Each cultivator now held a divine artifact, their faces twisted in sinister smiles.
“Blast! Blast! Blast!”
The nearly million cultivators of Nan Yin Island threw their divine artifacts, which landed precisely on Qian Xuan City’s defensive formation, spreading evenly.
As soon as the artifacts hit the defensive formation, they were blocked by the shields of Qian Xuan City’s cultivators, but then exploded automatically. The explosions created massive rifts in space and completely destroyed Qian Xuan City’s defensive formation.
Vortexes of cold, violent energy emerged, sweeping away Qian Xuan City’s cultivators.

The torn void appeared suddenly and vanished just as quickly. Around 400,000 cultivators from Qianxuan City disappeared outright, while the remaining over 400,000 cultivators were all severely injured by the explosions of divine artifacts and the violent energy of the void. They all had to fight desperately to survive.

Yet, these over 400,000 cultivators from Qianxuan City suddenly appeared before the nearly one million cultivators on Nanyin Island.

“Qianxuan City, it’s ironic that you still dare to confront us on Nanyin Island.”

“Nobody can oppose us on Nanyin Island. Your leader ranks only 80th—how dare you challenge us?”

“A few groups have already disappeared in front of us on Nanyin Island. Now it’s your turn, Qianxuan City.”

The cultivators on Nanyin Island laughed loudly, mocking the cultivators from Qianxuan City before attacking them, showing off their arrogance.

Jin Fanglai also suffered minor injuries. Seeing the state of the cultivators from Qianxuan City and the arrogant attitude of those from Nanyin Island, he realized he could no longer resist them. Staying any longer would only put him in danger, so he made up his mind.

“Qu Yi, don’t be so arrogant. Our Jin clan won’t let you off easy,” Jin Fanglai suddenly stood up and shouted loudly before trying to fly away.

At that moment, Qu Yi vanished in a flash.

Right in front of Jin Fanglai as he flew away, Qu Yi reappeared. With a push from his right hand, 30 million gold, wood, and fire spirit bodies formed into a palm that struck Jin Fanglai.

Although over the past ten thousand years, Qu Yi’s three types of combined spirit bodies had grown to 40 million, he didn’t want to reveal his true strength at this time, so he only used 30 million gold, wood, and water spirit bodies.

Jin Fanglai wore a defensive battle suit, which he used at that moment. Though severely injured by Qu Yi’s palm strike, he wasn’t killed and was sent flying into the ground.

Soon, Jin Fanglai flew back up from the ground, glaring at Qu Yi.

“Qu Yi, do you really want to confront our Jin clan?” With little divine energy left in his body, Jin Fanglai landed on the ground, filled with terror. He had no choice but to rely once again on the power of his Jin clan.

The Eight Royal Clans were the eight original races of the divine realm—extremely powerful and influential. Which cultivator in the divine realm would dare to ignore them?

Qu Yi merely smiled faintly and said softly, “I intend to destroy your Qianxuan City. If I’m going to do it, then everyone must perish. As their leader, you can’t be an exception. Hehe, the Jin clan is really laughable. I’ve already offended the Gongye and Yan clans in the divine realm—what’s more to fear from just another Jin clan?” Without waiting for Jin Fanglai’s reaction, Qu Yi appeared in front of him and delivered another palm strike, hitting Jin Fanglai’s chest hard. “You…” Jin Fanglai only let out a muffled groan before sinking back underground once more. After a long time, Jin Fanglai was brought back up by some force underground, still in a coma. In group battles among cultivators at the Divine General stage, there seemed to be a rule on the outer islands preventing cultivators from staying underground for too long. Thus, although Jin Fanglai fell into a coma after entering the ground, he was still brought back up. Qu Yi approached Jin Fanglai, took out his Chunyu Sword, smiled faintly, and immediately swung it. A single sword strike sent blood flying! Jin Fanglai died, and an armor set appeared on his body, along with his own divine artifacts, life essence, and space ring. Qu Yi took them all and then turned to look at the battlefield. The cultivators of Qianxuan City, scattered by the explosion of their divine artifacts, were in chaos and unable to form a united force. Naturally, the cultivators of Nanyin Island didn’t need to form a formation either; they flew separately to each of the Qianxuan City cultivators, fighting fiercely and seizing their life essence and divine artifacts. With over four hundred thousand cultivators dead, there were also over four hundred thousand divine artifacts. The amount of life essence allowed the cultivators of Nanyin Island to advance their cultivation significantly once again. Just as the cultivators of Nanyin Island were cleaning up the battlefield and boasting or mocking each other, Qu Yi’s consciousness detected groups approaching from all four directions. Qu Yi immediately understood—that Jin Fanglai must have contacted four groups of Divine General-level cultivators before dying, revealing the location of the Qianxuan City cultivator group, so that these four groups would come together to attack and eliminate Nanyin Island. Nanyin Island’s strength was the greatest among all the groups on these outer islands, posing a huge threat to any other group of Divine General-level cultivators. Therefore, to survive, these groups had to unite first to destroy Nanyin Island before fighting among themselves. “Everyone, enemies are coming! Get ready—let’s fight!” Qu Yi declared loudly, showing no fear but rather excitement.

The nearly million cultivators on Nan Yin Island also sensed the arrival of the four groups of cultivators at the Divine General stage. They immediately calmed down, formed battle formations, and prepared to engage in a fierce battle against these four groups. After this battle, it would become clear which groups on Nan Yin Island could break through the encirclement and gain the right to leave the island. From four directions, the four groups of Divine General stage cultivators flew in simultaneously, surrounding the cultivators on Nan Yin Island. Qu Yi smiled and called out, “We warmly welcome you four groups to come and die here.”