Chapter 33: Blue-Eyed Knife Shark

Qu Yu had already destroyed three sects and gathered the Golden Dan pills of Metal, Water, and Earth. He still lacked a few more for Wood and Fire. After wiping out the Jade Constellation Sect, Qu Yu and his companions plundered the Star-Gazing Mountain Range, taking all its resources into the Inch Realm Sphere. Now, Qu Yu had arrived above the Lu Dong Ocean.

The Wood and Fire Golden Dan pills at the later stage could only be obtained by seizing them from ocean monsters. Through the spiritual perception of the Artifact God, Qu Yu learned that among those twenty Ocean Monsters at the Yuan Ying stage, one was of Wood attribute and two were of Fire attribute.

Qu Yu didn’t want to fight those Ocean Monsters at the later stage of Golden Dan—it was time-consuming. It was better to launch a surprise attack on those at the early Yuan Ying stage, seize their Yuan Ying essence immediately, and then advance to the later stage of Golden Dan.

Now, Qu Yu had deduced that with the Jade Sword, he could roughly harm those three ranks above his own cultivation level, while those just two ranks above could be dealt with in one strike. This was confirmed by Huai Qing—back then, Huai Qing had killed the Wan-Nian Fugui, a Ocean Monster at the later Yuan Ying stage, with a single strike of the Jade Sword, but it was ineffective against Ling Huo Shangren, who was only at the early Qiao stage.

Thus, Qu Yu, now at the middle stage of Golden Dan, was confident enough to kill Ocean Monsters at the early Yuan Ying stage with a single strike.

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The Sea King’s Palace of the Ocean King, the Thunder-Flash Ice Crocodile.
Ling Huo Shangren, along with his subordinates Qian Shun and Wan Chang, had already settled here. To cooperate with the Thunder-Flash Ice Crocodile, Ling Huo Shangren offered a mid-grade treasure weapon, the Star-Thunder Spear, which convinced the Thunder-Flash Ice Crocodile to gather all Ocean Monsters at the Golden Dan stage near the Sea King’s Palace. This way, if Qu Yu made a move, Ling Huo Shangren and the Thunder-Flash Ice Crocodile could detect it immediately.

However, a month passed, yet Qu Yu still didn’t show up. Two months, three months… Five months went by, and there was still no sign of him. Undoubtedly, Ling Huo Shangren began to hesitate. Could it be that Qu Yu had already obtained enough Golden Dan pills and no longer needed to attack the Ocean Monsters?

“Brother Ling Huo, why isn’t Qu Yu showing any signs? Could your information be wrong? Does Qu Yu no longer need the Monster Dan?” Suddenly, the Thunder-Flash Ice Crocodile’s spiritual voice transmitted.

If it weren’t for the Star-Thunder Spear, the Thunder-Flash Ice Crocodile would have already ordered them to leave—having someone at the early Qiao stage in its dwelling posed a risk.

“Brother Lei Bing, I’ve thought about it just now. The Golden Core-stage monsters are still active in the vicinity, so let those twenty Yuan Ying-stage marine monsters go to various oceans to search for Qu Yi’s whereabouts,” said Elder Ling Huo with a smile.
Elder Ling Huo understood what Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile meant—this was nothing but an order to drive them away. Yet, for the Jade Sword, he was willing to endure such humiliation.
Once he obtained the Jade Sword, the first person he would kill would be Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile.
Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile remained silent for a while before smiling and saying, “It seems Brother Ling Huo is determined to get the treasures on Qu Yi’s person. Very well, I agree. I also want to find Qu Yi and see what treasures he has that makes Brother Ling Huo so obsessed.”
Elder Ling Huo stayed silent.
Unbeknownst to both of them, outside the Sea King Palace, there was a small grain of sand quietly mixed among the sea sand. This small grain of sand was naturally formed from the Dimension Sphere.
As soon as Qu Yi entered the ocean, he noticed that all the Golden Core-stage monsters were distributed regularly around the Sea King Palace, and he immediately understood that this was a plan by Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile and Elder Ling Huo. Although Qu Yi could kill Yuan Ying-stage monsters with a single strike, Elder Ling Huo and Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile would arrive immediately. At that time, Qu Yi could only hide inside the Dimension Sphere, thus revealing its secret.
Therefore, to avoid exposing the Dimension Sphere, Qu Yi decided to outwait Elder Ling Huo.
For five months, Qu Yi stayed inside the Dimension Sphere, studying arrays. The array knowledge taught to him by the Artifact God was all engraved in his soul. As long as he scanned it with his spiritual awareness, he would learn it. But more than three years had passed, and he had only scanned one-thirtieth of it, showing just how vast and extensive the Artifact God’s array knowledge was.
These array knowledge were merely some basic arrays. If he had to learn more advanced arrays in the future, there would likely be even more.
The more Qu Yi studied these basic arrays, the more astonished he became. It turned out that throughout the universe, the Five Elements had given rise to countless forms of energy—light, raindrops, flames… These were just energy phenomena found on ordinary planets. In outer space, there were endless forms of energy such as energy streams, force fields, and elemental magnetic fields.
Naturally, by studying arrays, Qu Yi realized just how insignificant he was.
“Qu Yi, the opportunity has arrived. Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile has sent out all the Yuan Ying-stage monsters,” the Artifact God suddenly spoke, waking Qu Yi from his studies.
It turned out that Lei Dian Bing Ecrocodile had indeed agreed to Elder Ling Huo’s request and sent the Yuan Ying-stage marine monsters to search for Qu Yi in various oceans.

Over these five months, Qu Yi had hidden inside the Dimensional Sphere, waiting for this opportunity. As long as the wood-type and fire-type marine monsters appeared, he would swiftly assassinate them, obtain their Yuan Ying, and then strive to reach the later stage of the Golden Dan realm.
“Hehe, it’s time to act,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Soon, the Dimensional Sphere turned into sand grains that fell on a deep-sea blue fish. The fish was then controlled and immediately followed the wood-type marine monster, the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish.
The Blue-Eyed Knife Fish was ten meters long, slightly flattened in shape, tapering to a sickle-like point at the back. Its eyes, located in the water, emitted a faint blue glow.
Once it reached the surface, the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish transformed into a man with blue eyes and immediately flew toward the Lunan Ocean.
The Dimensional Sphere also emerged from the sea and landed on an Iron-Winged Gull, controlling it as well so it could follow the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish. Thanks to the perception of the Artifact God, although the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish flew faster than the Iron-Winged Gull, it still couldn’t escape Qu Yi’s pursuit.
When they reached the skies above the Lunan Ocean, the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish dived back into the sea and reverted to its original form. With a gentle flick of its giant sickle-like tail, it could create a vacuum channel in the water, allowing it to swim swiftly across the ocean.
The Iron-Winged Gull flew in the air, with the Artifact God constantly tracking the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish’s path. Soon, it arrived directly above where the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish was.
Qu Yi immediately stepped out of the Dimensional Sphere, releasing the fluctuations of his mid-Gold Dan energy casually.
Sure enough, as soon as the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish sensed Qu Yi’s presence, it rushed out of the sea, transformed into a man’s form, and flew toward Qu Yi.
“Are you Qu Yi?” the man asked, smiling at him.
Clearly, the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish thought that with its strength at the early stage of Yuan Ying, it could easily defeat Qu Yi. It was even more delighted at the thought of capturing Qu Yi and handing him over to the Thunder-Ice Crocodile for a generous reward.
“Yes, I am Qu Yi,” Qu Yi replied with a smile.
Seeing Qu Yi’s calm expression, the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish hesitated for a moment, its blue eyes spinning rapidly before it finally settled on a focus.
“Qu Yi, you probably don’t know this, but we marine monsters have been searching for you. Now that I’ve found you, I’ll take you back,” the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish declared cheerfully, its expression firm.
It seemed the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish thought Qu Yi was pretending to be calm to scare it away, which is why it hesitated. Now, it loudly declared its intentions.
“Is that so? Then why don’t you come and capture me?” Qu Yi continued to smile.

The Green-Eyed Swordfish was furious to see that Qu Yi still had the same expression. How dare Qu Yi try to scare it off with his face? It was an insult to its intelligence—it must teach him a lesson.
“Fine, I’ll catch you then!” the Green-Eyed Swordfish shouted angrily.
Immediately, the man transformed from the Green-Eyed Swordfish shot forward at lightning speed, arriving beside Qu Yi in an instant. It then released its vital energy, which took the form of a hundred giant deep-sea seaweeds, clearly aiming to wrap around Qu Yi and drag him back to the Sea King’s Palace.
But Qu Yi suddenly disappeared.
Of course, he had instantly entered the Dimensional Sphere, avoiding being entangled by those hundred green seaweeds.
“How is this possible? Where did Qu Yi go? I didn’t see him teleport away either!” The Green-Eyed Swordfish panicked and cried out in distress.
Suddenly, Qu Yi reappeared in front of it, holding a Red Nan Sword and thrusting it at it.
“How about my magic of disappearing out of thin air? Do you still want to catch me?” Qu Yi laughed.
The Green-Eyed Swordfish quickly stepped back to avoid the surprise attack with the Red Nan Sword, then shouted in anger and surprise, “You know how to disappear out of thin air? What does that mean? You’re only at the middle stage of the Golden Core phase—could your speed really reach that of teleportation? Impossible! You must be consuming a huge amount of vital energy. I wonder how many times you can use this magic.”
With the strength of the middle stage of the Golden Core phase, yet achieving the speed of the early stage of the Yuan Ying phase, it indeed required immense consumption of vital energy—The Green-Eyed Swordfish’s assessment was correct. But it never imagined that Qu Yi was just deceiving it. It wasn’t some magic at all; it was simply using the power of the Dimensional Sphere.
Immediately, the enraged Green-Eyed Swordfish sent out another hundred giant seaweeds to entangle Qu Yi once more.
Qu Yi disappeared again.
“I wonder how many more times you can disappear,” the Green-Eyed Swordfish sneered.
As the seaweeds made of vital energy vanished, Qu Yi reappeared, this time holding a Jade Sword.
“Green-Eyed Swordfish, your act is over. Let me show you mine,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
How infuriating! The Green-Eyed Swordfish wanted to explode upon hearing this. Its green eyes glowed faintly, clearly determined to use its ultimate move to erase Qu Yi completely.
But as soon as Qu Yi finished speaking, he swung his Jade Sword.
The mixed vital energy from his dantian, the metal-type vital energy from his lungs, the wood-type vital energy from his liver, the water-type vital energy from his kidneys, the fire-type vital energy from his heart, and the earth-type vital energy from his spleen—all were poured into the Jade Sword at once.

A thumb-sized beam of light pierced straight into the body of the man transformed from the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish.
“Ah!”
The man let out a scream of terror, then stopped breathing, and his body reverted to the form of the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish in midair.
Qu Yi retrieved the corpse of the Blue-Eyed Knife Fish and immediately returned to the Inch Realm Sphere.
The Wood Element Nascent Soul was in his hands.