Chapter 297

Shen Qing narrowed his eyes; this thing seemed to have life.

No matter whether it had life or not, Shen Qing was too lazy to care; he raised his hand, and a vast power surged out, directly plundering the destructive force on this object.

This black object also seemed to sense it; the person before him appeared not to be the one he was waiting for, and it began to twist and struggle wildly, trying to break free from Shen Qing's palm.

But Shen Qing's left hand's causal power would not agree; a few causal threads bound it, and then the destructive force began to plunder wildly.

Gradually, the black object's struggle grew weaker and weaker until it finally turned into black destructive annihilation in the void.

【Congratulations on slaying the special evil calamity, the Core of Destruction, successfully plundering the entry: Destruction Compass (Special)】

Destruction Compass: The Core of Destruction is a special lifeform generated together with the Destroyer under destructive force; its only function is to carry a weak destructive force, allowing one to probe the locations of other destructive forces.

"It really is alive."

Shen Qing muttered.

Two more threads of destructive force appeared in his right palm, increasing from the original five to seven.

Shen Qing activated the Destruction Compass entry; the destructive force twitched slightly, and a pull came from another direction. Shen Qing looked toward the northeast, which was the location of Kyoto in Wa Country.

In the following days, under Shen Qing's command, the sea beasts advanced rapidly.

The four islands of Wa Country had already fallen three: Tai Island, North Island, and Forest Island had all fallen, leaving only Fukushima, where Kyoto was located.

And Fukushima's fall was merely a matter of time; countless sea beasts began attacking Fukushima, while Shen Qing arrived at the foot of Shi Mountain in Fukushima, where he found the remaining Wa Country Core of Destruction. This core was slightly larger than the one in Fusang City, but still limited, providing Shen Qing with only three threads of destructive force.

This is the tyranny of the supreme power: the two Cores of Destruction from Fusang City and Shi Mountain combined amounted to only five threads of destructive force, and even diluted black liquid was enough to pollute the surrounding sea.

Shen Qing returned to the ground.

Here, the sea beast army was clashing with a group of Wa pirate troops, the battle intensely fierce; the Wa pirates had powerful cannons, while the sea beasts had shrimp soldiers and crab generals—sea beasts with strong shells—making it hard to tell who would yield.

Shen Qing casually swung a bolt of lightning downward, cleaving this group of resisting Wa pirates into ashes.

The sea beast army showed little reaction, swiftly taking control of this territory and advancing toward Kyoto—not because they were not surprised, but because they had already become numb.

Such a situation had already occurred before.

The sea beasts were still fighting the Wa pirate troops when Shen Qing saw an attack come out of nowhere and then vanish without a trace.

Shen Qing found Zhang Dao-yi and the others; they had now arrived at Wa Country's last city, Kyoto, and several Martial Saints from other sea beast empires had also rushed here.

They all nodded respectfully toward Shen Qing.

Shen Qing said: "Why have you stopped advancing?"

Yuan Hou looked at Shen Qing: "Shen Qing, things are different; we have already ordered a halt to the advance."

"I have discovered that although Wa Country resists fiercely, its Martial Saints have not been found, especially the Five-Layer Eight Branches Martial Saint, who has not shown his face to this day, and the other Martial Saints are the same."

Shen Qing raised his eyebrows: "No need to think; they must have already fled."

Only Kyoto remains; if the Martial Saints refuse to show themselves, they can only have fled, and the only place they could flee to is Fusang Island.

Yuan Hou and the other sea beast empire members immediately turned their gaze toward Shen Qing: "Fled... fled?!"

These Wa Country Martial Saints may not be able to beat Shen Qing, but that does not mean they cannot beat us.

Shen Qing waved his hand, tone calm: "Don't rush; I know where they fled to. Attack immediately, settle this place, and I will take you to find them!"

The several sea beast empire Martial Saints exchanged glances, then instantly raised their crab claws and shark arms: "Yes!"

Instantly, the sea beast empire's great army surged forth, three hundred thousand sea beasts charging toward Kyoto.

Shen Qing hovered above Kyoto City, his gaze cold as he watched their destruction.

Not long after, the Wa pirates of Kyoto were utterly slain; terrifying lava roared across the land, houses burned fiercely, and all of Kyoto became a sea of fire.

Thus, Wa Country's mainland four islands, forty-nine cities, were completely exterminated, with not a single survivor.

Shen Qing turned his gaze; next, it was time to exterminate this last brood of evil spawn on Fusang Island!

Taiyun Sea, Fusang Island.

Several other islands lay in all directions; Fusang Island hid among them, very inconspicuous.

This island is where Wa pirate Martial Saints hid their descendants after the Yuan Dan realm, plus some key figures' offspring; the Wa pirates on this island number as many as three hundred thousand.

After fleeing Wa Country, the Eight Branches Martial Saint and the other few Wa Country Martial Saints still circled several times at sea, fearing someone might be following.

Only after confirming no one was following did they flee to Fusang Island.

As soon as they landed, a black-clad man came forward: "Eight Branches Senior, why have you all come? I heard sea beasts are attacking our homeland—why is that?"

The Eight Branches Martial Saint shook his head, sighed, and said nothing.

The black-clad man was somewhat dazed: "Ah? How...?"

Eight Branches spoke: "The Dawu people have also joined in."

The black-clad man staggered backward two steps, his voice trembling: "This day was bound to come."

"Ah, wait—where are the Heavenly Dog Martial Saint, the Crimson Harmony Martial Saint, and the Green Wood Martial Saint?"

"They are dead; the Heavenly Dog Martial Saint and the Green Wood Martial Saint have confirmed their deaths, while the Crimson Harmony Martial Saint went to the Suke Dynasty, but there has been no news for a long time; he should also be dead."

The black-clad man swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "They won't expose Fusang Island's location, will they?"

Eight Branches waved his hand: "Rest assured; I have confidence in those three; they may reveal other things, but they will absolutely not reveal Fusang Island's location."

"What about you? I told you all not to leave the island—has no one left?"

The black-clad man's face showed a hint of hesitation: "Everyone else is here; only Kato Kakuru went to find the Heavenly Dog Martial Saint."

"What!" Eight Branches seized the black-clad man by the throat, choking him until his face turned purple: "What are you saying? Didn't I say no one may leave Fusang Island? Did you take my words as wind in the ears?"

The surrounding Martial Saints immediately grabbed Eight Branches' arm: "Eight Branches Senior, please calm down; only Kato Kakuru has left—there will be no trouble."

"The Heavenly Dog Martial Saint has good talent, but his granddaughter is merely average in cultivation and appearance, unlikely to draw the Dawu people's attention; this time, the Dawu people came with only three individuals—what luck would they need to run into Kato Kakuru?"

Everyone comforted themselves this way.

Until the sound of Chahun came from the sky, all the Wa pirates' hearts leapt to their throats.

"Young Master Shen, they say your luck is good."

"My luck has always been good." Shen Qing looked down at the Wa pirates and coldly snorted: "They hid deep, but I still found them."

A martial sage looked at Shen Qing, somewhat puzzled: "What exactly do you want to do? We only have three hundred thousand people left! We won't pose a threat to Great Wu anymore! Can't you give us a chance to live?"

Shen Qing raised his finger and shook it: "No, no, no. What I want is to exterminate them completely."

As he spoke, the sea around Fusang Island suddenly rippled violently, sea beasts surfacing one after another, the Wa martial sages quickly scanning their surroundings—Fusang Island had already been completely surrounded by sea beasts.

In an instant, the Slaughter Domain and Slaughter Kingdom unfolded, blood-red light instantly transforming heaven and earth, even the sea turning crimson, as if it were a sea of blood.

Shen Qing raised the Dragon-Slaying Finger toward the Wa pirates on Fusang Island.

"Attack, seal the island, leave none alive!"