Chapter 30: Destroying Three Sects in a Row (Part 1)

As Qu Yi leaped out, Bai Man, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan also launched their attacks from within the restricted area.
Yong Shan turned around and laughed loudly, “Qu Yi, to leap out at this moment—what arrogance! I’ll capture you now and hand you over to Master Ling Huo. I’m sure I’ll receive a generous reward, and the reconstruction of the Fire Moon Sect will progress even faster.”
Qu Yi and the other three only displayed the strength of the Golden Core stage, which made Yong Shan smile triumphantly.
“You’re really pitiful!” Qu Yi suddenly said.
Immediately afterward, Qu Yi brought out fourteen puppet warriors, while Bai Man brought out a puppet leopard.
As soon as the puppet leopard appeared, it unleashed “Thousand Blades of Wind and Decay,” flying toward Yong Shan.
At the same time, Bai Man released all her Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes, along with the two turtle dragons.
Out of the more than 300 Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes, over 50 already possessed the strength of the Golden Core stage. They all rushed at the 21 Golden Core cultivators of the Fire Moon Sect. With their abilities, they could easily deal with these opponents, allowing Qu Yi and the others to focus on their own attacks.
While the puppet leopard unleashed “Thousand Blades of Wind and Decay,” Qu Yi commanded the fourteen puppet warriors. Qing Wu Gui held his black sword, Wu Yuan flapped his roc wings, and Bai Man directed the two turtle dragons—all ready to attack Yong Shan together.
When Yong Shan saw the puppet leopard, he realized that Qu Yi had taken control of the Fire Moon Sect’s spirit stone mines. He tried to attack Qu Yi right away but found that the puppet leopard had already launched its attack first, forcing him to respond calmly.
“Thousand Blades of Wind and Decay” had the power equivalent to the early Yuan Ying stage, making it difficult for Yong Shan to handle easily.
He then drew out his Spirit Benevolence Sword and swung it repeatedly, shouting, “True Essence, Turn into a Thousand!”
In front of Yong Shan, the strands of true essence emitted from the sword transformed into a massive golden net that rushed toward “Thousand Blades of Wind and Decay.”
Boom! Boom!
The net and the thousand blades exploded violently, shaking the entire space with gusts of wind.
Seeing the chaos in the space, Qu Yi smiled. This was exactly what he wanted. As long as the space was disrupted, Yong Shan wouldn’t be able to teleport away. Then, they could all join forces to attack him.
“Attack!” Qu Yi shouted immediately. Holding his Fire Scaled Blade, he released all the fire energy in his heart, maximizing its power, and swung a 50-meter-long flaming blade at Yong Shan.
Meanwhile, the fourteen puppet warriors also unleashed their spells at full strength—“Continuous Golden Sword Strikes,” “Jungle Wind,” “Giant Wave Blast,” “Flame Giant,” and “Earth and Stone Descend.”

Qing Wu Gui coldly sent out his black sword, and soon a stream of black qi rushed straight toward Yong Shan.
Wu Yuan shook its dragon head and spat out a golden great sword, which was not only extremely fast but also had a razor-sharp blade.
The two turtle-dragon beasts also desperately unleashed their ultimate moves: icy coldness from the frozen pond, as two huge icy layers flew out, emitting intense cold air toward Yong Shan.
All these attacks were launched at the exact moment when Yong Shan dared not use teleportation, as it would be suicidal. Thus, he had no choice but to withstand them with his own strength.
In particular, Qu Yi’s “Flame Great Sword” possessed power comparable to that of an early Yuan Ying stage, while Qing Wu Gui’s black sword qi was even more eerie, making Yong Shan even more cautious.
“Golden light shines!”
Yong Shan roared angrily. His body seemed to transform into a golden figure, emitting countless streams of golden qi that blocked all the spells coming from all directions. However, the golden light dimmed slightly when he tried to withstand the “Flame Great Sword” and the black sword qi.
To defend against these nineteen attacks, Yong Shan poured in all his strength. Under normal circumstances, ten late-stage Golden Dan cultivators using their full power would only equal the strength of an early Yuan Ying stage. Now, with nineteen such spells plus two more of similar power, Yong Shan had to vigorously mobilize the qi within his Yuan Ying stage to barely fend off this wave of attacks.
The golden light protecting Yong Shan created even more intense spatial vibrations. The resulting whirlwinds, like fierce winds, shot out shards of steel-like blades, attempting to tear apart space.
Yong Shan thought he could use this opportunity to fly after Qu Yi after blocking the attack, but instead, he saw Bai Man’s gentle smile.
The Puppet Leopard, having refilled its spirit stones, unleashed “Wind-Induced Thousand Blades” once again.
“I…”
Yong Shan hadn’t even taken a breath. His Yuan Ying stage had just released a surge of energy, making his entire body hot. Before he could recover, the Puppet Leopard attacked again. Filled with rage, he wanted to explode his Yuan Ying stage and kill Qu Yi and the others outright.
It was all part of Qu Yi and the others’ plan: first create spatial vibrations to prevent Yong Shan from teleporting away, then engage in endless battles to drain his qi completely.
A Yuan Ying stage cultivator without qi was no different from an infant.

Yongshan couldn’t just wait to die either. He immediately swung the Lingren Sword again, forming a golden net that blocked off “Wind-Scoured Thousand Blades.” After blocking it, Yongshan appeared visibly exhausted—clearly, he had to exert all his strength to fend off those successive spells of early Yuan Ying level. Two attacks of “Wind-Scoured Thousand Blades,” one flaming greatsword, and one black sword energy—these four spells all equaled the power of early Yuan Ying level. Meanwhile, the spells from the fourteen puppet warriors, Wuyuan, and Guijiao were equivalent to two attacks of early Yuan Ying level. It could be said that in just this short time, Yongshan had spent half of his true essence. As soon as he dispelled “Wind-Scoured Thousand Blades,” he saw that the last Golden Core cultivator of the Huoyue Sect had also been completely devoured by the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. It turned out that those over three hundred Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes, following Bai Man’s orders, flew out and transformed into twenty-one groups. Led by more than fifty Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes of Golden Core level, they launched a full-scale attack, leaving the Golden Core cultivators with no chance to escape—they could only resist desperately, but they couldn’t withstand the fierce attacks of the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. One after another, they were pierced by them and completely devoured. The remaining hope of the Huoyue Sect was utterly extinguished. “Damn you!” Yongshan’s eyes turned red with fury. He wanted to unleash his true essence to eliminate all the Blood-Sucking Mosquitoes. But Qu Yi and the others wouldn’t give him such a chance. While Yongshan was blocking “Wind-Scoured Thousand Blades,” Qu Yi, Qingwugui, Wuyuan, Guijiao, and the puppet warriors launched another coordinated attack. This time, Qu Yi took out the Hongnan Sword and activated the sealed “Ten Thousand Whiskers Splitting the Earth” spell array. Ten thousand threads of true energy emerged from the sword and wrapped around Yongshan. Qingwugui sent another black sword energy. Wuyuan released a golden sword energy, Guijiao emitted icy cold air from his pond, while the puppet warriors used their simple spells—“Continuous Golden Sword Strikes,” “Jungle Breeze,” “Giant Wave Blast,” “Flame Giant,” and “Raining Rocks and Soil.” “How dare you mock a master at the Yuan Ying level like this? Do you still want to live?” Yongshan had lost all composure. Under the continuous attacks from Qu Yi and the others, with all the Golden Core cultivators of the Huoyue Sect dead, his last hope was completely shattered. “Light of Yuan Ying!” Instead of using “Shining Golden Light” to defend himself, Yongshan knew it would put him in the most dangerous situation, as even if he managed to block it, his true essence would be nearly exhausted. Naturally, Yongshan had to resort to a desperate measure.

Yongshan leaped into the air, his entire body enclosed within an egg-shaped light shield that not only blocked all the spells attacking him but also allowed him to rush toward Qu Yi swiftly. Clearly, Yongshan wanted to capture Qu Yi, as that would completely turn the situation in his favor. Qu Yi’s lips twitched as he sneered. Seeing this, Yongshan’s heart skipped a beat, filled with unease. At that moment, Qu Yi put away the Red Nan Sword and drew out the Jade Sword. “Yongshan, this is the magical artifact Linghuo Shangren wanted!” Qu Yi said amiably, as if satisfying Yongshan’s last question before swinging the Jade Sword. The golden qi from his lungs, the water qi from his kidneys, the earth qi from his spleen, and the mixed qi from his dantian were all unleashed to power the Jade Sword. A thumb-sized beam of light appeared and pierced straight into Yongshan’s body as he flew at high speed. That egg-shaped light shield could withstand “Ten Thousand Whiskers Shattering the Earth” and black sword energy, as well as attacks from over a dozen late-stage Golden Dan spells, but against that beam of light, it was as fragile as paper—easily pierced. “Ah!” Yongshan suddenly cried in despair. Then, the entire egg-shaped light shield disappeared, and Yongshan was dead. Qu Yi leaped up, caught Yongshan’s body, and used his fingers like claws to dig into Yongshan’s dantian, extracting his Yuan Ying. “Qu Yi, don’t kill me! I’m willing to become your slave!” Yongshan’s spirit resided in his Yuan Ying, and he pleaded aloud. But how could Qu Yi agree? He immediately unleashed the Five Elements True Fire, burning Yongshan’s spirit to ashes, and stored the Yuan Ying in his storage bracelet. One Golden Element Yuan Ying was equivalent to ten late-stage Golden Dan of the same element, so Qu Yi now had all the Golden Dan of the Golden Element. Now, with the Water and Golden Element Golden Dan in hand, he only needed the Wood, Fire, and Earth Element Golden Dan to advance to the late stage of Golden Dan. After the battle, Bai Man immediately collected the Golden Dan of the twenty-one people at the Fire Moon Sect and handed them to Qu Yi. “Not bad. Here’s one late-stage Wood Element Golden Dan, two late-stage Fire Element Golden Dan, and two late-stage Earth Element Golden Dan,” Qu Yi announced joyfully. Qing Wu Gui smiled faintly. But Wu Yuan was extremely unhappy—when the beam from the Jade Sword pierced into Yongshan’s body, it destroyed all his vital essence. Now, Wu Yuan had no essence to absorb and thus still couldn’t advance to the early stage of Yuan Ying, which naturally made him unhappy.

“Five yuan, don’t worry. We’ll head to Xuanyang Temple right away; there are two people at the Yuan Ying stage there,” Qu Yi immediately reassured him.