Aboard the Qi Family’s spirit ship.

Colorful lights from magical artifacts flashed as spells flew wildly through the air!

And in the midst of this chaotic battlefield,

Su Ye, dressed in a flowing black robe, walked at a steady, unhurried pace.

A calm, almost leisurely smile even graced his handsome face.

It was as if he weren’t on the treacherous deck of an enemy vessel, but strolling through the gardens of Luoyue Mountain.

Such a brazen display naturally drew the gazes of the Qi Family cultivators.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Several magical artifacts, trailing plumes of spiritual light, tore through the air toward him!

Su Ye didn’t dodge or evade. He summoned his Frost Thorn Spear.

HUMMM!

The Frost Thorn Spear whined, its dazzling silver light flashing and leaving a blur of afterimages in the air.

CLANG!

The ear-piercing shriek of metal on metal rang out.

In a flash, Su Ye’s Frost Thorn Spear had struck down every single magical artifact launched by the Qi Family cultivators!

Unsatisfied, the Frost Thorn Spear transformed into a silver blur and shot through the bodies of those same cultivators.

Just then, while the Frost Thorn Spear was still away, a younger Qi Family cultivator not far from Su Ye suddenly lunged!

His face twisted with savagery as he sent a flying dagger artifact slashing at Su Ye!

"Die, Luo Family scum!"

Su Ye’s expression turned frigid. Silver Gang Qi materialized on his fingertip, and he flicked it.

TWANG!

The flying dagger artifact shot back even faster, piercing the young cultivator’s brow and bursting out the back of his skull!

The young cultivator’s face was a mask of pure shock.

His expression froze and his body went rigid. A mixture of red and white dripped from the hole between his eyes.

Su Ye’s face remained placid as he walked past him without a sideways glance.

A few breaths later, the young cultivator’s corpse slowly tilted and fell backward to the deck with a THUD!

Even after killing several people, Su Ye remained unhurried, his expression relaxed.

Any Qi Family cultivator who came within thirty feet of him was instantly attacked by the Frost Thorn Spear and killed in a heartbeat!

Their deaths were all identical: clutching a gruesome, bloody hole in their chest, they would collapse with a look of horror on their faces.

"This guy’s Body Refining is at least at the second level!" 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

"Watch out for that silver spear! Not even mid-grade magical artifacts can stop it!"

"Run!!!"

As Su Ye advanced, the terrified shouts of the Qi Family cultivators echoed across the deck.

Su Ye continued his leisurely stroll.

Behind him, more than a dozen mangled corpses were piling up.

Pools of murky blood spread and mingled, forming a winding river of gore.

Treading this river of blood, the black-robed Su Ye advanced, looking like an Abyss Demon intent on drowning the world in a sea of slaughter.

The handsome, spirited youth in the black robe now exuded an aura of monstrous power.

The Qi Family cultivators panicked, trembled, and then... scrambled to get away from him.

A conspicuous empty space formed around Su Ye on the once-crowded deck.

"Long live the Captain!"

The crew of the Golden Sword Orchid watched their captain with awe, their morale soaring.

...

Just then, a powerful, booming roar echoed out.

"You junior! Such bloodlust!"

A sturdy, square-faced man with a naturally imposing air charged forward, wielding a Black Gold Hammer.

Judging by his Magical Power fluctuations, he had clearly reached the seventh level of Qi Refining!

The man had the appearance of someone in his middle years, but his qi and blood revealed a hint of decline.

He was clearly over sixty, with no hope of ever reaching Foundation Establishment.

"Captain!" a nearby Qi Family cultivator exclaimed with joy upon seeing the man.

’The captain of this spirit ship?’ Su Ye’s gaze shifted to the man.

"Die, junior!"

Radiating Evil Qi, the captain urged his Black Gold Hammer to smash down on Su Ye’s head!

Su Ye’s expression remained unchanged as his Frost Thorn Spear transformed into a silver streak, thrusting upward to meet it.

BANG!

The impact was immense!

A burst of silver light erupted from the Frost Thorn Spear, knocking the Black Gold Hammer back.

But its own light dimmed as it returned to Su Ye’s hand.

’The Frost Thorn Spear used too much power, depleting the talisman’s might in a single blow...’

’A Late-stage Qi Refining cultivator at full strength, plus a top-grade magical artifact, huh?’

Su Ye’s eyes narrowed slightly.

He took out a Top-Grade Frost Talisman and inserted it into the Frost Thorn Spear, recharging it.

"A talisman artifact..." The captain’s expression changed, a hint of surprise in his voice.

"Junior, even with a talisman artifact, you will die here today and pay for the lives of my clansmen!"

Before the captain could finish, Su Ye looked up, his expression icy.

"Calling me ’junior’ over and over... You old bastard, have you lived long enough?!"

"Such a sharp tongue..."

Anger colored the captain’s face. As a senior elder of his clan, not even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would dare insult him so.

He was about to command his Black Gold Hammer to pulp this insolent whelp.

But then, the captain’s pupils contracted violently.

Because now, Su Ye had raised his Frost Thorn Spear.

It was a simple, ordinary posture for raising a spear.

And yet...

The captain’s face stiffened. He felt the world around him suddenly fall silent.

The ever-present clamor on the spirit ship’s deck faded away in an instant.

His vision narrowed until only the silver spear remained.

Its overwhelming presence washed over him.

Like a towering mountain or a vast ocean, it was so majestic and boundless that it nearly brought his thoughts to a standstill.

WHOOSH.

A strong sea breeze swept over his skin, making the hairs on his arms stand on end.

He could still feel, could still think, but...

"Move! Why can’t I move?!"

The captain’s eyes darted around, but he couldn’t move so much as a finger!

[Soul Suppressing]!

He could only watch, paralyzed, as Su Ye raised his spear, took aim, and...

...threw it!

"Time to drop your loot, old bastard!"

"Whale-Hunting Spear!"

...

SHIIINK!

The silver spear became a blurred silver line, piercing through the air.

In an instant, it effortlessly pierced the captain’s body.

His face contorted in horror as he clutched his chest.

Immediately after, Su Ye unleashed several spells, laced with a surge of Gang Qi, and blew his head apart.

SPLAT!

A spray of red and white matter, mixed with bone fragments, was blocked by a shield of water.

A clean, decisive kill.

Su Ye, however, looked a little surprised.

’The Whale-Hunting Spear is fast, but how did he not even have time to summon a Magical Energy Shield?’

’He had no reaction at all to the Whale-Hunting Spear?’

’Just stood there waiting to die like a wooden dummy?’

’Wait, could it be... this is [Soul Suppressing]?!’

Su Ye suddenly realized something. His heart leaped as he muttered to himself in delight.

’I always thought Soul Suppressing stunned the target on impact...’

’I never expected the stun to activate during the wind-up!’

’If that’s the case, the effect of [Soul Suppressing] is even better than I imagined!’

...

Su Ye had killed the captain, a cultivator in the Late-stage of Qi Refining.

This sealed their victory.

The deck of the spirit ship was quickly cleared of all enemies.

At this point, the other Qi Family spirit ship—a mid-grade vessel with its fighting force still intact—seemed to realize the situation was dire and turned to flee.

’They’re fast runners...’

Su Ye raised an eyebrow, glancing into the distance.

"No need to chase them... Let’s just focus on clearing out the rest of the enemies on this ship!"

For the Golden Sword Orchid to take on three ships and defeat two was already an astounding achievement.

Since the mid-grade spirit ship was determined to escape, even Su Ye didn’t have the means to catch it.

However, something unexpected happened...

BOOM!

A conspicuous firework shot up from the mid-grade spirit ship, trailing flames before exploding violently in the sky.

The insignia left by the firework lingered in the sky, refusing to dissipate.

Visibility in this part of the sea was excellent.

It could likely be seen clearly even from dozens of nautical miles away.

"Are you kidding me? They’re calling for backup?"

"Is there really any point to this?" Su Ye’s expression shifted.

...

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