Grinding EXP From a Demon Hunting Ship

Chapter 491: Chapter 448: Another Win, Arrival from the Sword Sect

"Countered?"

Qiu Mu sneered in utter disbelief.

If Su Ye had claimed to have seen through his Divine Technique, that might have been believable.

But... to *counter* it?

’He countered my Divine Technique in such a short amount of time?’

"Such shameless boasting!"

The fat on Qiu Mu’s face jiggled as he laughed menacingly.

At this very moment, the passive stacks of his Divine Technique had already reached their absolute limit, thanks to his Golden Armor Divine Talisman.

Under the rules of this aerial deathmatch—no external items, a strict one-on-one duel—Qiu Mu himself couldn’t imagine how he could possibly lose.

’With a tenfold enhancement, how can I lose?’

’Tell me, how am I supposed to lose?!’

"Heh..."

"Just as I expected. Long-term inmates always have some mental problems after they get out—extreme insecurity, arrogance, irritability, mental instability..."

"When the Star Casting Hall dredged up trash like you, didn’t they provide any psychological treatment?"

Su Ye glanced at him, his nonchalant smile and feigned concern dripping with sarcasm.

"You bastard, what did you say?"

Qiu Mu flew into a rage, infuriated by Su Ye’s tone.

He curled up his body, and the fleshy sphere began to spin, accelerating faster and faster, hurtling toward Su Ye like a bowling ball intent on crushing him!

—Flesh Bullet!

Given his mass and acceleration, amplified by his Divine Technique, the power of this impact was bound to be immense!

SWISH!

Su Ye swung his great halberd in a flurry of slashes.

He unleashed several Moon Arc Slashes, but the fleshy cannonball easily dodged them all.

The slashes struck the ground, tearing through the fragile crust of Volcano State and sending pillars of dust into the air.

"Your aim is terrible, kid!"

Qiu Mu jeered.

"Is that so?"

Su Ye was unconcerned.

With a flick of his sleeve, a string of turquoise beads on his wrist flashed into view!

—The Four Seas Pearl Chain.

The Four Seas Pearl Chain flew out, its twenty-four Four Seas Pearls erupting in brilliant light.

Instantly, a seemingly endless torrent of seawater roared out from the Four Seas Pearls!

A look of astonishment appeared on the face of every cultivator present. The scene was utterly spectacular—it was as if someone had lifted the entire West Lake into the sky and hurled it downward!

SPLASH!

The endless torrent of seawater came crashing down!

Qiu Mu bore the brunt of it. Under Su Ye’s control, the full impact of at least fourteen million cubic meters of seawater was unified into a single point!

WHAM!

Against this pure force of nature, Qiu Mu’s spherical body was slammed powerlessly toward the ground.

’Even though I don’t know the exact details of his Divine Technique... it’s obvious his various enhancements only work against me personally.’

’I was right!’

Su Ye thought to himself, his expression serene.

He had his reasons for this conclusion. Just moments ago, when he had struck Qiu Mu to the ground with the Moonfall Halberd, his Divine Sense had picked up on a small detail.

’Qiu Mu, who had been utterly fearless before the edge of the Moonfall Halberd, had circulated a layer of Magical Power to protect himself from the scorching hot ground upon landing?’

’He was afraid of getting burned?’

This action made Su Ye suddenly realize that Qiu Mu’s offensive and defensive attributes might not have been fully enhanced.

At the very least... given the Defense Power he had shown against the Moonfall Halberd, the surface temperature of Volcano State should have been something he could completely ignore!

And so, he had launched this attack.

An attack using the massive amount of seawater stored in the Four Seas Pearl Chain—a strike using the pure force of nature!

’Of course, the deluge of seawater can only suppress him. It would be very difficult to actually kill him with it... unless I were to infuse the water with my own Magical Power.’

’But that action would be registered by his Divine Technique, granting Qiu Mu his buffs.’

Therefore, the killing blow Su Ye had prepared for Qiu Mu was...

THUMP!

The surging currents slammed Qiu Mu’s body toward the ground.

As he plummeted through the air toward the ground, astonishment flooded Qiu Mu’s heart.

’He wasn’t lying... He actually saw through my Divine Technique?!’

’And those are Four Seas Pearls, aren’t they? To carry so many... Those bastards from the True Treasure Pavilion are just too damn rich!’ Qiu Mu seethed, grinding his teeth.

’Who would be a pirate if they were rich?’

Being a heretical cultivator pirate in the Yaoguang Islands wasn’t exactly a booming business.

Even great pirate crews like Candle Python Cave hadn’t hesitated much when the Star Casting Hall extended an olive branch, quickly choosing to pledge their allegiance.

His resentment gave way to a forced calm. Qiu Mu activated his Balder Form to resist the impact of the water, his mind racing for a counter-strategy.

’This water has no Magical Power in it,’ Qiu Mu thought. ’Is he controlling it with a Divine Technique? Or is it a natural Water Control Skill?’ He didn’t dwell on the question for long.

’After all... the amount of seawater is finite, and the environment of Volcano State isn’t suitable for a water attack.’

’He can’t kill me with water alone. I just need to hold on for a little while, and I’ll find my chance to turn this around!’

With this in mind, Qiu Mu simply stopped resisting, allowing the current to carry him downward.

’Once I hit the ground, the earth will absorb some of the pressure, making the impact easier to handle.’

’...Right?’

So Qiu Mu thought.

But things did not go as he’d hoped.

When he landed, his body did not make contact with the ground.

In fact, he didn’t touch any ground at all!

"Huh?!"

Qiu Mu froze.

Sweeping the area with his Divine Sense, he finally noticed: Su Ye’s seemingly ’off-target’ Moon Arc Slashes from before had struck this very patch of ground, carving out a deep chasm!

Now, as the water surged, the immense pressure forced Qiu Mu’s body directly into the chasm.

Qiu Mu was submerged into the planet’s crust. He was plummeting downward, and in just a few breaths, he had already fallen nearly a thousand feet!

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