Chapter 871: Shit Stirrer (1)
Plain of Desires.
To the west was the Skyrend Valley. To the east was the Eastrift Mountain Range. And the Heavendoom City mentioned by Red Armor before was also in the west, near the Skyrend Valley.
Thus, regardless of whether it was Red Armor and his companions or Su Yu, all of them were heading west.
One would reach the Heavendoom City after crossing the Skyrend Valley. If one continued onward, one would reach the central sector of the Allheaven Battlefield. That was the territory under the control of the demonic beasts. The strongest among these demonic beasts were the dragons. The dragons also happened to occupy the Sea of Stars.
The most popular landmark of the Sea of Stars was the Luminous Domain Mansion. One would need to cross the Sea of Stars to reach the other sector. Strictly speaking, the Sea of Stars was located at the very center of the Allheaven Battlefield.
Su Yu recalled all that while he was moving west.
"Skyrend Valley."
He was quite speechless when he thought about it. Huang Teng and Wu Qi sure were good at running. The Eastrift Valley was located in the east, but the two had actually fled in the opposite direction. From there, it would take them a lot more effort to return to the human territory.
Wasn't that the same as courting death? Or perhaps they had simply been left with no option but to head west?
"The Plain of Desires is very big. There is a distance of over three thousand kilometers between the Eastrift Valley and Skyrend Valley."
Even a Cloudbreach like Su Yu would take nearly an entire day to cover that distance if he traveled at a speed that wouldn't affect his combat strength. A Cloudbreach was already quite fast. But even a Cloudbreach could only cross around one or two hundred kilometers per hour when traveling at full speed.
Sure, they could move faster, but that would drain their source qi and willpower. Very few people would be willing to risk their lives just to travel faster.
Su Yu wasn't traveling at a particularly fast speed. There were also some small towns in the Plain of Desires. There was also a large number of lawless individuals operating out of these towns. All these people were basically fearless lunatics.
Suddenly, Su Yu's heart thumped. A certain mound in front of him had suddenly transformed into a humanoid being.
"A brother from the water elemental race?"
The soil in human form spoke with the five elemental languages. Su Yu ignored the newcomer and continued moving ahead.
The earth elemental hurriedly followed him and said, "Brother from the water elemental race, the five elementals are all family. Don't tell me you can't even trust me. Brother Water Elemental, are you going to the Skyrend Valley?"
The earth elemental was able to move rapidly through the ground. Even when Su Yu was moving as water, he was unable to shake the earth elemental off. After all, they were moving on the ground. It was understandable that the earth elemental had the advantage here.
"Why are you following me?"
Su Yu was feeling very gloomy. He didn't feel like talking to anyone. After all, he wasn't a real water elemental. He could expose himself very easily. His water transformation was only maintained through an ability. He was not the same as a true water elemental.
"All of the five elementals are family." The earth elemental said, "Are you heading to the Skyrend Valley, Brother Water Elemental? That place is very dangerous. You seem to be rather new to the Cloudbreach Realm. I've never seen you before. Is this your first time here?"
Su Yu replied gloomily, "Yes. I don't know you. Stop following me. Five elementals as one is a matter of the past. The Earth Ancestor has a good relationship with the Fire Ancestor, but our Water Ancestor is hostile toward the Fire Ancestor. Water and fire can never get along well. Why are you still following me?"
"Brother Water Elemental, that is the matter only those above us should be concerned about. It has nothing to do with us." The earth elemental said, "There are very few five elementals in the Plain of Desires. Since we're lucky enough to encounter each other, we should work together."
"No!"
"Brother Water Elemental, don't be afraid of me. I'm not a bad earth elemental. Everyone in the earth elemental race is a good person."
Su Yu felt like cursing. This guy was acting like an annoying salesman. Why was this fellow bothering him? Was this fellow trying to die?
"Are you heading over to kill the two human geniuses as well?" Su Yu asked.
The earth elemental laughed and said, "Huang Teng is much stronger than me. I can't kill him. I'll act according to the circumstances. How about you, Brother Water?"
"I'm going there to slay some divines and devils."
"..."
The earth elemental was momentarily stunned. He even forgot to keep moving. But soon, he recovered and hurriedly followed the clump of mist in front of him. He asked curiously, "Brother Water, you're trying to kill divines and devils? Why?"
"I can only prove my strength by killing divines and devils."
"..."
The earth elemental was left completely speechless.
Su Yu added, "Only by killing first divines and original devils would I grow stronger and enter the Heavenly Hunt Index. Since I'm here to fight, I'll naturally challenge the strongest of all."
Somehow, that made a lot of sense. The earth elemental was cursing inwardly. This newbie was aiming to kill first divines and original devils right after arriving? Did this fellow somehow transform his brain into water from cultivating too much? Was that why he was so brainless?
Su Yu continued behaving like a clueless, hot-blooded youth and asked, "How about you?"
"I—" The earth elemental didn't know what to say. After a long while, he answered, "I'll act according to the situation. Killing is not necessarily the only thing I can do here." ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel_fіre.net
"That makes you garbage." Su Yu said with contempt, "Why are you here if you're not killing? Are you here to watch a play? Of the five elementals, the earth elementals have always been the most cowardly ones."
The earth elemental wondered if the water elemental was not embarrassed saying that.
He said, "Brother Water, are you really going to target the divines and devils?"
"Yes. If you're scared, stop following me. I heard that an original devil had arrived. I am going to kill him and make my name with a single dazzling feat."
"..."
Madness. Absolute madness.
This fellow really had nothing but water for brain. Had the water elementals somehow cultivated their brain into nothing but water in recent years?
The earth elemental couldn't help saying, "That Tianduo is a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. A seventh-stage Cloudbreach of the original devil race is extremely deadly in combat. Even Mountainseass might find it hard to face an opponent like him."
Huang Teng was ranked first in the Yellow Index. As a fifth-stage Cloudbreach, he onced killed a second-stage Mountainsea. But the Mountainsea he killed was a relatively weak Mountainsea. As for Tianduo, he was a sweventh-stage Cloudbreach.
Human geniuses would not have any advantage over divines and devils. As for the first divines and original devils, who were a class above the other divines and devils, they were actually stronger than even humans of the same cultivation level. And Tianduo's cultivation level was also higher than Huang Teng.
Even Qin Fang, the highest-ranked human genius in the index, might not be Tianduo's match.
Su Yu asked doubtfully, "He's quite weak, right? Why isn't he in the Heavenly Hunt Index if he's so strong?"
"Brother Water, are you in the Heavenly Hunt Index?"
"No."
The earth elemental resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He said, "In that case, you should know the answer, right? Tianduo has just left the Devil Realm not long ago. He does not have any military accomplishments under his name yet. But he will enter the index before long. The Four Index Department of the Heavenly Hunt Department must have noticed him long ago. After killing Huang Teng, he will either take the first place in the Earth Index or enter the Heaven Index."
In short, the earth elemental was trying to tell the water elemental that he was too weak. He should stop dreaming about killing Tianduo. Brain. Please use it. The earth elemental was starting to feel worried. Should he leave this fellow? This fellow had water for brain. A total lunatic.
"Is that so?" After a short hesitation, Su Yu said, "In that case, I'll stop targeting Tianduo. I'll target a different divine or devil instead."
"..."
So in the end, this fellow would only consider divines and devils?
The earth elemental persuaded, "Brother Water, if you want to enter the Heavenly Hunt Index, you should kill a few weaker opponents and slowly accumulate your fame. There is no need to target these major races right after arriving."
"It's boring to kill weaklings."
Su Yu was trying very hard to scare the earth elemental off.
In truth, his first thought was to kill the earth elemental. But that fellow had remained in his earth transformation state, so he didn't have the chance to do anything. Furthermore, that fellow also didn't seem weak. He felt like a fifth or sixth-stage Cloudbreach. He wasn't confident he could stop such an individual from escaping through earth transformation.
Also, there were a lot of geniuses heading in the same direction. It wouldn't be a good idea to fight now lest some passing genius took advantage of their fight to deal with both of them.
"Soil Guy, you must be in the Heavenly Hunt Index, right? You seem quite strong."
"Yeah. I'm ranked 12th in the Earth Index."
"Oh." Su Yu said, "I'll surpass you soon."
The earth elemental was once again rendered speechless. He was now very sure that this fellow was a total rookie. This fellow must be somewhat talented, but he was also too brave. And most of his courage came from his ignorance.
Did this fellow think that he was a big deal right after entering the Cloudbreach Realm? That was such a beautiful dream. The five elemental race was not weak, but strictly speaking, each elemental race was not very strong individually. Only when all five elements came together would they be considered strong. With five Invincibles, they were able to elevate their standing among the myriad races.
But a race like that did not have that much of an advantage in the Allheaven Battlefield. Their sole advantage was their elemental transformations which were excellent escape abilities. They were quite hard to kill.
Up above, the clump of mist continued moving forward while down below, the clump of soil was also moving forward.
Every now and then, they would encounter some other individuals. Just by sensing the aura of the two, most of the other individuals were able to determine who they were. For the most part, the two were left alone. The five elemental race was not a fun opponent to have. These elementals were very troublesome opponents. And avoiding contact was the most effective method to avoid any sort of confrontation.
Su Yu was in a terrible mood. This annoying fellow had been following him. It was so troublesome. And things would become even more troublesome if this fellow was able to see through his disguise.
Su Yu was doing more than putting on a disguise. He was also capable of using the racial abilities of other races. Some of the major races were aware of the existence of ability blood essence. But Su Yu was able to keep the racial ability of a different race for such a long period of time. That did not seem like something ability blood essence was capable of.
And the fact that he was able to use the racial ability of a different race without ability blood essence might make him a target of some experts. Thus, he much preferred traveling alone. In fact, he had transformed into a water elemental because he wanted to travel alone. There weren't too many five elementals around. There were simply too few of them. It was unlikely for him to meet one of them. But fate seemed to plan differently as he encountered one not long after he started moving westward.
Meanwhile, the earth elemental did not have too many thoughts in his mind. He only felt that traveling alone was boring. Thus, he was incredibly talkative. He said, "Brother Water, you have yet to tell me your name. By the way, is Ice Moon here as well? That's someone from your water elemental race."
"No idea. I don't know that person."
"You don't know that person?"
The earth elemental was stunned. What? That was a top genius of the water elemental race!
Su Yu said, "Is that so surprising? Why must I know Ice Moon? I am a water elemental born out of nature. I have only met a few water elementals before. I have been roaming the world alone. I have yet to even visit the ancestral lands of water elementals."
Almost every single member of the five elemental race was born out of nature. But most of them were born within the Five Elemental Realm. There were certain locations within their realm that were very conducive to the formation of new elementals.
Some would still form outside their realm, but the number was very small.
Su Yu had learned about this from the water elemental, so he wasn't worried that his lie wouldn't work.
"I see."
Realization hit the earth elemental. So this was a wild elemental. No wonder he was so arrogant and dumb. As a wild elemental, he was probably not aware of just how powerful real geniuses were.
Chapter 872: Shit Stirrer (2)
"Do you know the secret arts of the water elemental race?"
"Nope." Su Yu declared confidently, "The racial ability alone is enough for me. The moment I turn into water, I can kill everyone while nobody can hit me."
"..."
Holy shit. This was an idiot! The earth elemental released a string of curses inwardly. Why did he encounter such an elemental? He had been very happy to encounter a Cloudbreach. No matter what, the assistance of a Cloudbreach would be very useful. But he was wrong. This was a trap. A massive trap.
He wouldn't be surprised if this fellow ended up doing something even more stupid later. This was someone who had never experienced the cruelty of society. He had to be careful lest the dumb choices of this fellow ended up implicating him as well.
The earth elemental started seriously considering running from this fellow. But he felt quite embarrassed to do it. After all, he was the one who had insisted on staying together earlier. Wouldn't it be rude to suddenly change his mind?
This was exactly what Su Yu wanted to see. This fellow should just get out of his sight. He had decided to switch his disguise right after separating from this guy. What a bad disguise to pick.
As they traveled, they encountered more and more geniuses. Su Yu even sensed some Mountainseas passing by, but he didn't sense any Sunmoons. At this point, a massive valley could already be vaguely seen far ahead of him.
Berserk saber qi could be seen in the air.
Even from afar, he could sense the prowess of that saber qi.
The earth elemental was no longer hesitating. If needed, he would definitely distance himself from this lunatic. He said, "The human race still has a lot of experts. Truly worthy of being a top-10 race. A single slash by Great Xia King back then formed the famous Skyrend Valley. Even now, the prowess of his slash can still be felt."
"Great Xia King?"
Only then did Su Yu know that this valley was created by Great Xia King. He was quite surprised. When he heard the story about the two Invincibles who had fought here before, it was not mentioned that one of them was Great Xia King.
He asked curiously, "Is Great Xia King very strong?"
"Very." The earth elemental exclaimed with admiration, "The strongest Invincibles of humanity are Great Qin King, Great Xia King, and Great Zhou King.
"Great Xia King's Sky Sundering Saber has cut down countless experts before. And in recent centuries, two Invincibles had perished under his blade. This valley was the result of his previous fight with a divine Invincible. Unfortunately, he didn't manage to kill that Invincible back then. The Skyrend Valley would look entirely different otherwise."
This was Su Yu's first time hearing that Great Xia King had actually killed two Invincibles. He had only heard about one of them. During the fifth principal's death, two myriad race Invincibles had perished. One of them was killed by Great Xia King while the other was killed by the fifth principal.
That old geezer was so strong. Unfortunately, his grandson was still not able to attempt dao affirmation in peace. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel•fire.net
Skyrend Valley. A valley created by a cut of the Sky Sundering Saber.
A new thought emerged in Su Yu's mind. This was a good place. He finally understood why Huang Teng decided to run this way. He had seen for himself how strong the Sky Sundering Saber of an expert could be.
Back when he was looking for the corpse of the Divine Skywing Sect master, he had personally experienced the Sky Sundering Saber expert of an expert. If it wasn't for the fact that he knew Sky Sundering Saber as well, he would have been killed by Xia Longwu's saber qi remnant.
And Xia Longwu wasn't even an Invincible. His grandfather, Great Xia King, must be much stronger than that. If someone could trigger some of the remnant saber qi in the valley, they could probably get a lot of people killed. And Su Yu was sure that the people here were also aware of this.
Suddenly, he muttered, "Huang Teng is from Great Xia, right? Is he scheming something? Why did he choose to run here?"
The earth elemental answered, "Definitely. Thus, none of the devils dare to chase them into the valley. They are all worried that Huang Teng will trigger the saber qi in the valley. That would be very troublesome. That Tianduo won't enter the valley without a proper plan."
"Is Tianduo capable of suppressing the saber qi of an Invincible?"
"I'm not sure." The earth elemental said, "The original devils definitely have some trump cards of their own. And there is no guarantee that Huang Teng is capable of triggering the saber qi there. Furthermore, the saber qi there has remained for centuries. It's actually not as strong as you imagine. It might fully scatter away after some time."
Suddenly, an incomparably seductive woman approached them. From afar, her laughter rang out, "Am I looking at the experts from the five elemental race?"
Su Yu looked over and sensed a thick devil aura approaching him. Someone from the devil race! As for which sub-race this person was from, he was unsure.
The earth elemental hurriedly replied, "Yes. May I know who I'm speaking to?"
"Firesplash devil race, Lan Ying." The beautiful woman smiled, "Friends, Tianduo of the original devil race wishes to seek your assistance..."
"Piss off." Su Yu scolded, "Assist my ass. How dare you stand in our way. Do you want to die?"
"..."
The earth elemental was stunned. He cursed inwardly. Holy shit! He knew it! He shouldn't have stayed with this fellow! Was he dumb? Why did he travel with this fellow?
Lan Ying was also stunned. Her smile vanished as she asked, "Brother from the water elemental race, are we enemies?"
Weren't water elementals supposed to be mild in temper? Was this fellow sure he was a water elemental and not a fire elemental?
Su Yu held nothing back, "Fuck off. The moment you spoke, I knew you were harboring evil designs toward us. You will first get us to help with killing Huang Teng before turning around to kill us. This is such an obvious scheme. You should read more. I am not interested in associating myself with devils. The reputation of devils is worse than humans. Don't think that I'm not aware of your plan. You're trying to kill with a borrowed knife. Go look for someone else. If you keep standing in our way, we will join hands and kill you! You're a third-stage Cloudbreach. You have enough strength for me to test my skills!"
"..."
The earth elemental said nothing, but he was cursing inwardly yet again. Then again, those words made a lot of sense as well. Killing with a borrowed knife. These damn devils must be dreaming. It was also true that the devils did not have a good reputation.
Su Yu continued, "I once met a blood fire devil. That damn bastard first offered to work together with me. But right after, he turned around to attack me. That damn lunatic. None of you devils can be trusted!"
"..."
Lan Ying was feeling very gloomy, "Blood fire devil..."
Fine, fine. It was those damn fellows again. They were the reason the devils had such a terrible reputation. And that was indeed a race of lunatics.
What else could Lan Ying say? She indifferently said, "Since you're not willing to work together, you better not interfere as well. I can't be bothered to the two of you a lesson for hurling abuses at the devil race, but don't get too cocky, elementals."
After saying that, she flew off to look for other helpers. The earth elemental felt like crying. He was not the one who had hurled abuses at the devils! He was not the cocky one! It was this damn fellow here! How was that his business? Holy shit. He must leave. This damn fellow would only create more enemies for him.
Because of this crazy water elemental, he had incurred the displeasure of the devils before even reaching the Skyrend Valley. He felt miserable.
As for Su Yu, he was still busy cursing, "None of those damn devils can be trusted. Brother Earth, we should have worked together to kill that devil. It's only a third-stage Cloudbreach!"
The earth elemental finally ended his earth transformation state and turned humanoid again. He stared at the water elemental with the urge to start cussing. What was the cultivation of this damn water elemental? Only a third-stage Cloudbreach? What stage was this damn fellow at?
The earth elemental decided to take his leave. He said, "Brother Water, I need to go. An old friend is asking for my help. I'll see you later. You can go to the Skyrend Valley first."
"Sure. I'll look for you later. I can go with you as well if you need help. Those damn devils are definitely harboring evil designs toward us. Brother Earth, I think it will be safer for you if we stick together."
Screw that! This lunatic himself was the source of danger.
"No, it's fine. I'll be done shortly. Brother Water, see you later..."
After leaving those words behind, the earth elemental instantly dove into the ground and vanished. Fuck. He wasn't going to travel with this fellow anymore.
What rotten luck!
If it wasn't for this fellow, he could have interacted more with the devils. Even if he didn't end up helping, he could still find a way to stay there as a spectator. He was here to watch a show, but the mad water elemental had turned himself into the main show.
With the earth elemental's departure, Su Yu heaved a sigh of relief.
Finally, that fellow was gone. It was too annoying to have another person following him around. He resumed his journey. Since there were more and more people in the vicinity, he couldn't find a chance to change his disguise. He could only continue traveling as a water elemental.
Chapter 873: Shit Stirrer (3)
After a while, a massive valley appeared before Su Yu. Instead of gathering in one group, the people by the valley had gathered in separate groups, keeping a healthy distance between each other. The most conspicuous of them all was the group of devils.
There were about a dozen of them there. A youth with a flame symbol on his forehead was speaking. With a powerful aura rippling out of his body, his voice rang out, "Huang Teng and Wu Qi are already heavily injured. They are both hiding in the Skyrend Valley. You can definitely get a heavenly reward by killing them. You might even get natural characters or natural powerful weapons from the reward.
"It is very hard for human experts to cross the Plain of Desires and reach this place. There is no hope of survival for Huang Teng and Wu Qi. I know that none of you trust the others enough to work together. But that is not needed. Most of the Skyrend Valley is flooded with violent saber qi and some other powers. There are only a few select paths with weaker saber qi they can use to leave. We only need to keep watch over those paths. Before long, a new name will sit atop the Earth Index."
Su Yu, who had just arrived, loudly said, "All devils are not to be trusted! The saber qi here was left behind by Great Xia King. Huang Teng might be capable of controlling the saber qi here and kill us! The devils definitely have a trump card capable of evading the saber qi. They are hiding it from us and using us as meatshield! Maybe they're even trying to use us to exhaust the saber qi in the valley! Isn't this a common trick? Devils, hand over the way to evade the saber qi or all of us will join hands to kill you! We'll also get heavenly rewards from killing you guys!"
"..."
A suffocating silence descended.
Numerous geniuses started sending their willpower over to scan the newcomer.
Fuck!
Where did this dumb guy come from? Then again, his words were very persuasive. That made a lot of sense! There was a possibility that he was right. It was possible that the devils were merely using them to exhaust the saber qi.
Tianduo was also stunned. He had expected that even if someone suspected that they were harboring such a plan, nobody would say it openly. Beside him, Lan Ying sent him a voice transmission, "That fellow was stabbed in the back by a blood fire devil before. He's very hostile toward devils."
Understanding dawned on Tianduo. He felt somewhat speechless. It was those damn blood fire devils again! That damn race was crazy. They had been making enemies everywhere for the devils. Each time someone scolded the devils, the blood fire devils were most likely the reason.
In fact, the blood fire devils were such troublemakers that the original devils were starting to consider denying that the blood fire devils were devils.
Alas, the blood fire devils were also very powerful. There were three Invincibles among them. Even if they were kicked out of the greater devil race, they would still be considered a powerful race. Thus, the original devils were unwilling to lose such a powerful fighting force. If they did that, they would only create a powerful enemy for themselves.
Therefore, Tianduo was not surprised to hear that this was yet another enemy the blood fire devils had made.
He said, "Brother from the water elemental race, here, only strength matters. We don't have a way to evade the saber qi. But even if we do, we won't hand it to anyone. If any of you are scared, you can simply leave this place."
Would they be willing to leave? Nope. Everyone wanted to try their luck. If they were lucky enough to land the killing blow on Huang Teng, the heavens would reward them generously. Huang Teng was too delicious a target.
The higher someone's rank was in the Heavenly Hunt Index, the more others would gain after killing that person. Even if the killer was someone with higher cultivation, that person would still be rewarded.
The reward could be heavenly source qi, natural character, natural divine weapons, ancient arts, ancient inheritances, and so on. Yes. These were the things one could obtain from heavenly rewards.
Huang Teng was first-ranked in the Yellow Index. One could at least get a natural character from killing him, right?
Far away, the concealed earth elemental was very relieved after hearing Su Yu's words. He had made the right choice to leave this troublemaker. He reminded himself to stay far away from that fellow in the future.
Su Yu continued testing Tianduo's patience, "Why must we leave? Does this place belong to the devils? Is this the Devil Realm? I'm not leaving. If you don't release the method to evade the saber qi, I will keep disrupting your plan!"
Suddenly, Su Yu fled. He turned into a drop of water before vanishing. Tianduo, who was still standing far away a moment ago, had suddenly appeared at Su Yu's previous spot. In his hand was a spear emanating a fiery devilish aura.
He spread his willpower out to scan for the water elemental. While doing so, he snorted coldly. That water elemental was getting too carried away. How dare that water elemental run his mouth against the devils?
The others were not surprised to see this. One of them laughed and said, "That fellow from the water elemental race is quite gutsy. He's only a fresh Cloudbreach yet he has the courage to provoke these devils."
"Tianduo is not an easy opponent. Even Huang Teng was forced to hide in the Skyrend Valley. Did that water elemental believe that Tianduo wouldn't dare to kill him?"
"It doesn't matter. It's clear that's a clueless brat."
"..."
The people there started conversing through voice transmissions. None of them knew who that water elemental was. Sure, at times, the members of other races would look the same regardless of who one was, but that fellow's voice was also very unfamiliar to them. And due to how weak that fellow was, he did not seem to be one of the famous water elemental geniuses they all knew about.
Where did that clueless brat come from?
Suddenly, Su Yu reappeared further away and cursed, "I knew it! This is how all devils are! They will easily turn against you for no reason! This had happened before as well!"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, he vanished again. A slim sword stabbed through his previous position. A frowning Lan Ying also appeared out of thin air. This repeated several times, forcing the devils to attack him repeatedly to stop him from talking.
Tianduo was quite speechless. So that fellow was really trying to court death. They were trying to formulate a plan to kill Huang Teng. Why was that water elemental making trouble for them? It was as though they were trying to kill a family member of that water elemental. But the five elemental race did not have a relationship with the human race. Why was this happening
Far away, Su Yu reappeared once again. He smugly declared, "So the devils aren't anything special, after all. The movement skills of the five elemental race are unequaled under the sky!"
Splurt!
A dark shadow shot forth and stabbed through Su Yu's previous position.
Shadow devil race.
Su Yu was already running somewhere else. While fleeing, he roared repeatedly, "This is how the devils are! They will try to kill you the moment they disagree with what you say! That's especially true for the blood fire devils! They have no sense of shame! Devils, do you think the myriad races are scared of you? Kill me if you can! If you can't, I'll get some backup and take my revenge on you guys! Just you wait!"
After saying that, he vanished completely.
Silence finally returned.
Tianduo frowned. Beside him, a devil with a third eye on his forehead opened the third eye and scanned the area. He eventually frowned, "He's gone."
This was a bad start. They had yet to even convince the people here to join their operation when the water elemental appeared and kicked a fuss over the fact that they were devils. The three-eyed devil scanned their surroundings and helplessly said, "The movement skills of the five elemental race are indeed powerful. That fellow is gone."
"But there is an earth elemental hiding nearby. That's probably Topsoil Spirit of the earth elemental race."
Tianduo nodded. Intense radiance erupted from his eyes as he looked in the direction of the earth elemental. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⚑fire.net
Several kilometers away, the earth elemental was cursing as he revealed himself and said, "You must be misunderstanding me. I don't intend to make the devils my enemy. That fellow from earlier...must have been screwed badly by the blood fire devils in the past. Do not misunderstand me, Fellow Daoist Tianduo."
Tianduo nodded and said, "Topsoil Spirit, I hope you don't create any trouble for us. We're here to avenge Mo Erba and his younger brother. We are not here to make any race our enemy. It is in the interest of everyone here to kill Huang Teng and Wu Qi."
"Of course."
The earth elemental smiled before scattering into nothingness. That was only a puppet. The real earth elemental had fled far away. He was still cursing inwardly. Holy shit! He must be blind. Why had he offered to travel with that fellow? The show he wanted to watch had yet to start but the devils were already paying close attention to him.
Somewhere else, a white-haired expert of the divine race was searching an area with several experts from the mystic armor race. After scanning the place, he said, "Five elemental race...that water elemental must have turned his brain into water after cultivating so much. If it wasn't for the fact that he wasn't too big of a threat, Tianduo would have given up on Huang Teng to deal with the water elemental instead."
Tianduo and the other devils were unwilling to stray too far from the Skyrend Valley lest Huang Teng take the chance to escape. Otherwise, the water elemental might not necessarily be able to escape.
Red Armor nodded. He said nothing, but he was feeling very doubtful. This movement technique...was it the movement technique of the five elemental race?
The movement technique used by the human previously was quite similar to this. That human was as difficult to track as an elemental.
Red Armor had not interacted much with the five elemental race before. He only knew that they had incredible movement techniques. But after witnessing the movement technique of the water elemental, he couldn't help but think about Cui Lang. Yes. He already knew the name of that human. He saw it from the index.
Cui Lang was capable of a similar movement technique as well. He had never seen Cui Lang use the water movement technique before, but he had seen Cui Lang use the wind and earth movement techniques with his own eyes.
But there was no wind elemental among the five elemental race. Red Armor was only slightly doubtful, but he did not think too much about it. The cultural researchers of the human race were capable of forming a terrifyingly large number of characters. It wasn't surprising for them to have access to some weird abilities.
One was a human and the other was an elemental. The difference between the two was still very big.
"Lord An, are we entering the Skyrend Valley to kill Huang Teng?"
"There is no rush."
The white-haired man smiled and said, "That water elemental might be foolish, but he was right. Huang Teng would not flee here for no reason. Be careful lest you perish under Great Xia King's saber qi. Even the tiny trace of the saber qi left by an Invincible is capable of giving us a hard time. We will let Tianduo solve this issue."
"Yes, Lord."
Red Armor said nothing. Killing Huang Teng wasn't his goal. And it was also almost impossible for him to make the kill before anyone else did it. And even if he did manage to make the kill, he might not be able to keep his heavenly reward.
He only wanted to see Cui Lang here. That would be great. He needed that Cui Lang to die.
***
At this time, Su Yu was dozens of kilometers away from the group. He stopped, exhaled, and grinned.
He was having a great time. He knew those people wouldn't try to pursue him. If a few of them tried it, he could even find a chance to kill the pursuers instead. However, nobody was giving chase.
Su Yu started lamenting that he was such a kind person. He had managed to buy a little bit of time for Huang Teng. That was a rival of his teacher yet he had done so much to help that fellow.
If Huang Teng managed to survive this, Su Yu wouldn't ask for anything as repayment. He only needed Huang Teng to take a beating from him several times. It would be even better if he could record the process and send it to his teacher.
But...it seemed very likely that Huang Teng would die here. That Tianduo and the other devils looked very strong.
Chapter 874: Kill Red Armor, Shock Everyone (1)
Further away.
Su Yu spread his senses around and confirmed that there was nobody nearby. He decided to stop being a water elemental. That identity was too eye-catching right now. Soon, he transformed back into Cui Lang's appearance.
Sure, this might be a sensitive time to walk around as a human, but it was better than staying as the water elemental. It was also much easier for him to pull of a disguise as another human instead of an entirely different race altogether.
At the very least, he could use characters as the reason for any unique abilities he might use when using the identity of a human. But if he was caught pretending to be of a different race, he would end up exposing a lot more things.
"I'm Cui Lang again!"
Su Yu smiled. This wasn't a bad thing. After all, the identity he had used to get on the Heavenly Hunt Index was Cui Lang. That way, people would be a lot less suspicious when he did something outrageous.
There were way too many experts in the area. He was able to sense even several Mountainseas around. He had yet to see any Sunmoon. He wondered if they were simply not here or if they were hiding far away.
Or perhaps the Sunmoons were being restricted by something. There was also the possibility that the Skyrend Valley would target Sunmoons or something like that. He was unsure. He only knew that very few Sunmoons would fight in the Plain of Desires. Most of the fights he had witnessed were limited to those below the Sunmoon Realm. Then again, the divines and devils were no easy opponents.
The experts of these major races could easily muster the strength of ten thousand acupoints at the peak Skysoar Realm. As for their strength at the Cloudbreach Realm, it depended on their cultivation method and the nine transformation treasures they used. Each person would progress at a different rate at the Cloudbreach Realm.
The stronger ones could increase their strength by about fifty percent each transformation. The weaker ones could grow by as little as five percent per transformation. Factors such as race, cultivation method, resources, and talent would ensure that individuals at the same level could be very different in strength. But the people here were all geniuses. They were no weaklings.
If they were truly weaklings, a seventh-stage Cloudbreach like Red Armor would not have survived a hammer strike from Su Yu. And he had yet to even see the geniuses in the Heaven Index. Those fellows could be even stronger.
"Tianduo..."
If Su Yu assumed that Tianduo was among the best of his generation in the original devil race, he could very well muster the strength of more than a hundred thousand acupoints as a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. In short, that was a terrifying opponent.
Of course, it was also possible that Tianduo was simply not that strong. Even if he had a body forging art with thirty-six forgings, he might not have completed all thirty-six forgings. Just because one could get a cultivation method with that many forgings did not mean that one could actually complete all of them.
Nevertheless, he was still far stronger than Su Yu in terms of physical strength. Tianduo looked like a warrior. And a warrior was probably weak in terms of willpower. Thus, Su Yu believed that he could still put up a fight against Tianduo.
"Divine and devil geniuses..."
As Cui Lang, Su Yu stepped toward the valley yet again. Inwardly, he was lamenting that one would never know just how terrifying some of these geniuses could be without stepping into the Allheaven Battlefield. One would remain a frog in a well.
Only upon entering this place would one realize just how difficult it was to actually punch above one's level.
Huang Teng must have gotten lucky to kill the Mountainsea of a weak race. Su Yu believed he could do so as well. If Huang Teng was really so impressive, he should have tried to kill the Mountainsea of the divine or devil race instead. Then again, who was the Mountainsea Bai Tianhao had killed back then? Was it a super Mountainsea from the divine or devil race? Or was it merely a weak Mountainsea?
Not all Mountainseas were equal. If the seventh-stage Mountainsea Bai Tianhao killed was a divine or a devil, then he must have been terrifyingly strong back then.
Soon, Su Yu tossed that matter to the back of his mind. He had once again returned to the vicinity of the Skyrend Valley. There were people everywhere, but none tried to scan him with their senses. Su Yu avoided doing the same. Everyone here was very cautious.
Earlier, Su Yu was not able to get a good look at the Skyrend Valley. This time, he finally discovered that the entire valley was wrapped in a thick layer of mist. The valley was massive. It was hard to believe that this was created by the swing of a saber. And he couldn't even see how deep this valley was.
The valley was enveloped by mist and saber qi. Groups of people could be seen keeping watch over specific spots around the valley with weaker saber qi. Those were also the passages one could use to enter the valley.
Su Yu did not dare to try entering himself. He tossed a rock toward a random spot with a normal level of saber qi. With a bang, the rock was instantly reduced into fine powder.
Far away, Tianduo had stopped talking to the crowd. They were all busy making some preparations. It was unknown how they were planning to deal with the saber qi. Everyone here was worried that Huang Teng could strengthen the saber qi in the valley and kill them. In its dormant state, the saber qi was only capable of killing those at the Skysoar Realm and below.
"This is an excellent place to rob and kill!"
That was Su Yu's thought when he looked at the thick mist covering the valley. He was sure a lot of the people here were harboring the same thought. If it wasn't for their fear of the sudden strengthening of the saber qi, they would have entered the valley long ago.
The myriad races were not united. That was even more so for the divines and devils. They would only come together when they were suppressing the human race.
Even further away.
Red Armor suddenly looked in Su Yu's direction with a frown. Su Yu had returned to Cui Lang's appearance, but instead of walking in openly, he was covering himself in black robes and a hood. He looked somewhat different than before.
Red Armor looked at him as a gold glimmer flickered in his eyes.
Boom!
Su Yu shattered the ray of light and looked over. With a frosty tone, he said, "How may I help you, Fellow Daoist from the mystic armor race?"
"Are you a human?" Red Armor was unable to perform his scan. He asked with a hoarse voice, "Fellow Daoist, you're a human, right?"
Right after those words were said, more people extended their senses toward Su Yu.
As a response, Su Yu released a burst of willpower and crushed all the attempts. With a cold tone, he said, "How is that your business? Do you think you can act as you wish just because you managed to earn the favor of the divine race? Are you challenging me?"
Red Armor frowned. Suddenly, he bellowed, "Cui Lang, stop hiding! I know it's you!"
"Cui Lang?"
More and more gazes were concentrated on Su Yu. The human expert who had just climbed to the third place of the Yellow Index? Cui Lang of Great Ming? A weaponsmith? The same fellow who had killed Green Armor from the mystic armor race?
When Tianduo heard that, his eyes shone brightly as he looked over and demanded, "Take off your mask."
A human genius! He wouldn't go out of his way to seek one out, but since one was standing before him, he naturally wouldn't let go of the chance to kill one.
Su Yu cursed and swore that he would kill Red Armor. How meddlesome.
The white-haired An Mintian also looked at Su Yu and coldly said, "Fellow Daoist, why don't you take off your mask? You must be aware of the conflict between humans, divines, and devils. If you're not a human, we will naturally apologize to you after this."
Su Yu coldly said, "So many people here are hiding their identities. But all of you are only targeting me. Is that because you think I'm weak? The divine and devil races might be strong, but you're not the ruler of the Myriad Realms. Are you thinking of killing me?"
Light continued flickering in An Mintian's eyes. At this time, the three-eyed devil opened his third eye and stared straight at Su Yu. Once again, Su Yu released his willpower and shattered the senses creeping his way.
Tianduo proceeded to soar into the sky and gazed down at Su Yu coldly.
Su Yu sneered and pointed at Red Armor, "I suspect that a human is hiding under that armor. Take your armor off. Do you agree? Tianduo, you're here to kill Huang Teng, not create trouble. You already provoked the five elemental race earlier. Now, you're trying to provoke me as well? I know you're new here, but are you that dumb? Are you really itching for a beating? Do you think you won't turn into a public enemy by biting everyone you see like a mad dog?"
With a cold glint in his eyes, Tiando indifferently said, "You're right. I don't intend to make everyone my enemy. Regardless of whether you're Cui Lang, I only have one reminder to you. Do not interfere in our affairs or you will die."
"Heh." Su Yu sneered with contempt and said, "It's pointless to throw around warnings like that. It's obvious you're new here. What a joke. Here, anyone capable of killing someone will kill without hesitation if they want. It is that simple. And if you're incapable, words are meaningless."
After giving Su Yu one final look, Tianduo looked around him. As Su Yu said, there were a lot of people with hidden identities. What was he supposed to do about the others after forcing Su Yu to reveal his identity? He was only here for Huang Teng. He wasn't here to make everyone his enemy.
Taking that into consideration, he stopped pushing the hooded individual. It didn't matter if the hooded individual might be a human. Here in the Allheaven Battlefield, it was also important for one to act dumb when the situation called for it. Nothing was more important than the big picture.
Next, Su Yu looked at Red Armor who was still staring at him. He coldly said, "You, mystic armor guy, you sure are gutsy. Just wait. Don't think that you're untouchable just because you're with the divines. An Mintian from the divine race, don't get too cocky. The divines and devils do not rule the Myriad Realms. You might end up provoking an ancient race expert and get yourself killed."
How confident. An Mintian frowned. Was this someone from an ancient race? What was happening today?
One lunatic after another had appeared, and each of them was so confident. This black-robed individual did not feel too strong, but such a person was actually courageous enough to threaten him.
Beside him, Red Armor spoke through voice transmission, "Lord An, do you want me to test him out? If he's really that human, please lend me a hand and take him down."
He couldn't be bothered to say anything else. He had given up on making An Mintian take the initiative to help him. He had to personally test the black-robed individual. If that was really Cui Lang, this would be a great chance to kill him. If that black-robed individual was proven to be Cui Lang, An Mintian would act. Even those devils would act.
An Mintian's eyes flickered as he promised, "Sure. Be careful. If this is someone from an ancient race instead, leave immediately."
"Alright."
Red Armor answered. He started feeling doubtful. Was this really not Cui Lang? But that person felt too similar to Cui Lang. He had to test it out.
At this point, Su Yu was already thinking of leaving. He felt very gloomy. He found that he was simply too outstanding. There was no hiding himself. Others would notice him no matter how he tried to hide.
Once again, his tribulation character pulsed.
Su Yu cursed inwardly. So they weren't going to give up on him? He looked over with the corner of his eye and saw that Red Armor was getting ready to fight. Then, he looked at the valley in front of him and cursed.
"Little Furball, I'll jump down later. Penetrate his sea of willpower immediately. I'll kill that bastard."
That fellow was too excessive. He had been thinking of switching his target to the divines and devils, but that damn mystic armor was actually taking the initiative to create trouble for him. That damn fellow should have learned to treasure his good luck for surviving their previous encounter.
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Su Yu judged that the saber qi would not harm him. He might even be able to borrow some of its strength. But he couldn't do it now as that might cast more suspicion on himself. After all, Cui Lang wasn't supposed to know the Sky Sundering Saber.
"Bring it on!"
Su Yu clenched his teeth furiously. As long as An Mintian didn't take part as well, he could finish that mystic armor off with a single hammer strike. In his sea of willpower, his characters all entered the Soul Expanding Hammer.
His character technique took form. He also hid the character technique with his deceit character. Even his yang acupoint was left half-opened. He couldn't kill the others here, but he would have no problem killing this damn mystic armor.
Bring it on!
As for the danger of fighting here...if even Huang Teng was still alive, Su Yu naturally wasn't too worried. As a cultural researcher, he was confident he had more trump cards than Huang Teng. Just by jumping into the valley and hiding himself, these people would have a difficult time finding him.
"I might even get a heavenly reward from killing him. The reward would be decent. If it's heavenly source qi again, I'll reject it. If it's something that won't waste my time, I can accept it before running."
Su Yu started finalizing his plan as his tribulation character pulsed faster and faster. That character was very sensitive to danger. At times, it worked as well as the danger sense of a Sunmoon. It would pulse when someone was thinking of making a move on him.
It seemed like a useless character, but it was actually very helpful. In fact, his previous successful escapes had all been due to this tribulation character. It was even more helpful than the Perception Jade.
Finally, Su Yu was ready to make a move. He was getting quite furious with that Red Armor. He had been wanting to kill this bastard since the first time he saw that fellow. As for the fact that he would be forced to expose his strength doing so...what was there to fear? Cui Lang was the one fighting here, not Su Yu. Wasn't this exciting?
Not far away, Red Armor had already taken out his spear.
He stared at the black-robed man for a bit and noticed that the suspicious individual was studying the valley. How audacious. He had just offended the divines and devils, but he was showing no fear whatsoever.
"Is this really someone from an ancient race? Should I use all my strength? Perhaps I should test him out first?"
Red Armor hesitated. If he used all his strength and ended up killing that individual with one hit, he would be in great trouble if that was really someone from an ancient race.
"I should just test him out first."
He reached a decision. Slowly, he approached Su Yu.
The black-robed individual was still busy throwing rocks into the valley to test the strength of the valley, seemingly completely unafraid of any sneak attacks. Right at that moment, the air warped. Red Armor had abruptly charged forward. Wrapped in an incomparably powerful energy, the spear stabbed toward Su Yu's back.
"Red Armor attacked!"
"I knew he would do this."
"That fellow sure is dumb. He doesn't look strong at all. How dare he provoke these experts..."
Sounds of discussion rang out. After the argument earlier, all of them knew that Red Armor might make a move. All of them were geniuses. Each of them was an arrogant individual. After being provoked by this mysterious individual, they had to test his strength regardless of whether he was Cui Lang or not.
For some reason, the mysterious individual believed that nobody had the courage to attack him. Why was he so confident? Even if it was a divine or a devil, one would still kill them if an opportunity presented itself.
Suddenly, Su Yu turned around with fury and roared, "You dare?"
Red Armor naturally wasn't bothered about his shout. The moment of truth was arriving. He would know whether this was Cui Lang or not soon.
Chapter 875: Kill Red Armor, Shock Everyone (2)
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"Damn you!"
Once again, Su Yu cursed, looking as though he was very surprised that someone was attacking him. He suddenly jumped into the valley and roared, "Just you wait!"
Whoosh!
Red Armor was stunned. Entering the Skyrend Valley? Was this because the mysterious individual wasn't his match? Or was the mysterious individual simply trying to avoid exposing himself??
It didn't matter. Since a fight had started, there was no point in hesitating. Red Armor charged forward as the color of his armor grew deeper. The energy around his spear increased in intensity as he stabbed his spear at Su Yu who was falling into the valley. The surrounding experts watched on.
Right at that moment, Su Yu roared, "Witness my Soul Eradicating Hammer!"
Rumble!
A massive hammer appeared.
"It's really you!"
Red Armor's aura rose. So it was really that fellow. He was already very familiar with that hammer. He had personally tasted the might of that hammer. All his hesitation vanished as he pushed his source qi to its limit and met the hammer with his spear. At that exact moment, an inconspicuous little furball detached himself from the hammer and vanished.
After blocking the hammer strike, Red Armor snorted inwardly. It wasn't like he had never fought this Cui Lang before. He was already quite familiar with that hammer. As long as his source qi was strong enough, the hammer wouldn't be able to harm him easily. The source of thɪs content is Nove1Fire.net
While resisting the hammer with his source qi, he stabbed his spear at Su Yu. Far away, An Mintian and Tianduo focused on the fight. Since this was really a human, then he could forget about leaving alive.
As long as Red Armor could buy some time and prevent the human from entering the valley, they would ensure that he couldn't leave with his life. Right as the two started moving, Red Armor's sea of willpower trembled. He was surprised. What was going on?
That thought had barely crossed his mind when an intense pain spread out of his sea of willpower. Inside the sea of willpower, the little furball had failed to find any character. This fellow was not a cultural researcher.
The disappointed furball thus landed a bite on the edge of the sea of willpower. Red Armor's willpower was not too strong while the little furball was actually a Cloudbreach of an ancient race. Thus, half the sea of willpower was destroyed with one bite.
Red Armor's mind went blank due to the damage to his sea of willpower. At the same time, the hammer erupted in strength.
Rumble!
With one hammer strike, the entire sea of willpower was smashed into nothingness. The little furball took the opportunity to attach himself to the hammer again. As for Su Yu, he turned around, grabbed the spear with one hand, and stabbed his other hand through Red Armor's chest.
A black lump of metal shaped like a heart could be seen on the hand protruding out of Red Armor's back. With a loud bang, the heart was crushed.
He had experienced fighting Green Armor of the mystic armor race before. From his experience, he learned that even with the collapse of their sea of willpower, they might still survive. But with the destruction of both the heart and the sea of willpower, death was guaranteed.
A clump of cloud dropped from the sky and entered Su Yu's sea of willpower. A character appeared. But right after it appeared, it was smashed into pieces by the golden book.
Su Yu cursed inwardly.
Holy shit!
That character was destroyed! Evidently, that was not a human character. And with the destruction of that character, a powerful burst of character intent spread all over his sea of willpower. What a waste. That was a natural character!
Su Yu cursed at the book with rage. He wasn't even able to get a good look at the character before it was destroyed. He did not have the time to think too much. After grabbing Red Armor's corpse and stowing it in his storage ring, he descended into the Skyrend Valley below. Before anyone knew it, he had vanished into the thick mist.
Less than a second after his disappearance, both Tianduo and An Mintian arrived. With a hum, a powerful sword strike was unleashed by An Mintian. The sword qi collided against the saber qi in the valley.
The collision forced An Mintian to take several steps backward with a cold look in his eyes. Beside him, Tianduo had a look of surprise as the flame symbol on his forehead turned even redder than before.
One divine and one devil, both were inhumanly good-looking. Then again, it was true that they were not humans. At the moment, the pair of handsome faces looked rather gloomy. Meanwhile, the crowd around them suddenly stopped talking. Silence descended.
Holy shit!
Dead?
Just like that?
Wasn't that a genius of the mystic armor race?
That was an expert in the Profound Index. He was killed just like that? With the appearance of the heavenly reward, there was no doubting the fact that he was dead. Even the distant mystic armors were stunned.
Dead?
Killed by Cui Lang?
The only thing they saw was Red Armor's abrupt attack. And then...nothing. Red Armor seemed to have turned dumb after a single hammer strike. He remained still and allowed Cui Lang to crush his heart. That was how he met his end.
He was instantly killed. Up in the sky, the golden dragon widened his eyes in shock. Holy shit!
Dead?
Red Armor was dead just like that?
He first swallowed in shock. Next, he dove down from the sky and started slaughtering the surviving mystic armors with a roar.
An Mintian was just about to make a move when the golden dragon roared, "Is the divine race going to challenge the dragon race for pieces of trash like them? An Mintian, I'll spare you once. If you interfere again, I swear to switch my target to you from now on."
Red Armor wass already dead.
An Mintian was already in a bad mood. When he heard those words, his eyes turned even colder as he said, "You? Making me your target? In that case, I'll kill you first."
Since when were the divines afraid of anyone?
But before he could make a move, a massive white dragon appeared in the sky. He looked at An Mintian with a detached expression and said, "An Mintian, don't get too full of yourself. I dare you. Try making a move."
"Long Zhan of the celestial dragon race!"
Someone exclaimed in shock. A super genius of the celestial dragon race had arrived.
Long Zhan was only a first-stage Mountainsea. His cultivation was slightly higher than the golden dragon and lower than An Mintian by a stage. Even so, he was still incredibly domineering, facing An Mintian without any fear. The celestial dragon race was akin to the first divine race in terms of talent.
Meanwhile, An Mintian was merely someone from the snowfrost divine race. He might not necessarily be Long Zhan's match even with a higher cultivation level.
An Mintian's expression changed as his surroundings became covered with ice and snow. He stared at Long Zhan for a long while before coldly saying, "Long Zhan. Good. I won't forget this."
"Of course I'm good. I'm better than you."
Long Zhan transformed into a youth in white. Like An Mintian, his hair was white as well. Meanwhile, the little golden dragon was busy killing the people from the mystic armor race. In the blink of an eye, about five of them were killed. The rest of them started fleeing.
But the vengeful golden dragon was unwilling to spare them. He started giving chase while the mystic armors fled without even bothering to shout for help. They didn't even dare to hope that all of them could survive. They only wanted some of them to survive. Some were so desperate that they jumped into the valley only to be cut apart by the violent saber qi.
Everyone else ignored them. It was only death. People died all the time in the Allheaven Battlefield. They cared more about the fact that Cui Lang was able to instantly kill Red Armor. Some of them took their Heavenly Hunt Index out and saw the changes.
"18th on Profound Index, Cui Lang, genius of Great Ming, human..."
His past accomplishments remained. It was still the slaughter of a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. But he had instantly entered the Profound Index from the Yellow Index. And he had even climbed to the 18th rank.
There were 360 people in the Yellow Index, 180 people in the Profound Index, 72 people in the Earth Index, and 18 people in the Heaven Index. All in all, there were 530 people in the Heavenly Hunt Index.
Cui Lang's rank had skyrocketed.
Silence descended.
They were now certain that Cui Lang was the one who had killed Red Armor.
"What was...that hammer?"
"Soul Eradicating Hammer?"
"When did the human race create such a powerful technique?"
"..."
All of them were shocked. That single hammer strike had completely stunned Red Armor. It was likely that his sea of willpower had been destroyed. Sure, he was a warrior, but his sea of willpower shouldn't be too fragile.
Furthermore, his source qi was very powerful. And source qi was supposed to be able to resist willpower attacks. But he had failed. That one hammer strike had sealed his fate.
"That's the Soul Expanding Hammer. It was created by the son of the fourth principal of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy..."
Those who knew more about the human race started providing an explanation.
All of them were still in a state of shock. A first-stage Cloudbreach. Someone like that had killed a genius like Red Armor with a single strike. The mystic armor race was a top-100 race.
How could a genius from that race die so easily? They found that hard to believe. How could a genius die like that?
"Is it possible that Red Armor is simply weak?"
"Nonsense!"
Someone cursed. Weak? That was someone with his name in the Heavenly Hunt Index. Nobody in the index was weak.
Every single name in the index belonged to someone who had entered the Allheaven Battlefield to kill and grow. Someone without the courage to kill wouldn't even have their aura collected by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. No matter how much of a genius one was, one would not be able to get into the index without killing.
Only by killing would one be able to catch the eye of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. That was how Su Yu had gotten into the index as well. He had only attracted the gaze of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion after killing the shadow he encountered.
That was when they gathered his aura and inserted it into the Heavenly Hunt Index. As someone who had a respectable rank in the Profound Index and someone who had killed a ninth-stage Cloudbreach before, was it possible that Red Armor was weak?
That was why so many people were having a hard time believing that he had been killed with one hit. As for Tianduo and An Mintian, they sank into silence.
They completely ignored Long Zhan, the golden dragon, and the mystic armors. Both were deep in thought. A human genius. Right before their eyes, the human genius had killed someone above his level with a single hit.
Not far away, the golden dragon had finished killing all the mystic armors apart from the two who had jumped into the Skyrend Valley. Instead of taking a human form, he remained in his draconic form.
With an odd look in his eyes, he glanced at An Mintian. His eyes turned murderous. Yes. He was extremely petty and vengeful. That bastard had nearly cut his tail off. Even now, he had yet to fully recover from that wound. He would not forget that.
But since he was still not An Mintian's match, he decided to stay silent for now. He was only curious about one thing. How did that human do something so outrageous? Was Red Armor strong?
Definitely. If he wasn't strong, how would he have the courage to provoke a golden dragon? But the powerful Red Armor and Green Armor had both perished. Both were geniuses in the Heavenly Hunt Index.
There were only 530 geniuses in the Heavenly Hunt Index. Two had died in Cui Lang's hands. Those two were the only mystic armor geniuses in the Heavenly Hunt Index. But that accomplishment alone was enough to prove that the mystic armor race was a powerful race.
One ought to remember that there were countless races in existence while there were only 530 spots in the Heavenly Hunt Index. It was an incredible achievement for a single race to take two of those spots.
But now, they had been fully removed from the index. The mystic armor race would probably go mad after learning about this. Would more experts of their race head this way? They seemed to have several experts stationed in the Heavendoom City.
The silence persisted. They were still in a state of disbelief. It wasn't that no geniuses had been killed before. The issue was that they had seen with their own eyes how easily Red Armor had been killed. That was too surprising.
"That heavenly reward earlier...it seems to be a character?"
"I think so."
"Good heavens. That's a natural character."
"Is Red Armor actually worth that much?"
"That's because of Cui Lang's low cultivation. He only got that reward by killing Red Armor as a first-stage Cloudbreach."
"When did Great Ming of Human Realm produce such an expert?"
"Isn't Great Ming supposed to be very weak?"
"..."
If Cui Lang was from Great Xia, Great Qin, or even Great Zhou, or Great Shang...fine, fine. It would be more believable as long as he wasn't from Great Ming. The hardest part for them to believe was the fact that he was from Great Ming. More importantly, Cui Lang wasn't even a character master. He was a weaponsmith.
"I heard Cui Lang is on the cusp of becoming an earth weaponsmith?"
"Earth weaponsmith? At his age? If that's the case, his rank in the Heavenly Hunt Index should have been much higher."
"He has probably never forged an earth weapon before. His rank will only be updated once he forges an earth weapon in the Allheaven Battlefield. He has only been in the index for a few days."
"True."
Numerous people were talking about Cui Lang.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was rapidly moving even after jumping into the Skyrend Valley. He was worried that some people would give chase.
As for Red Armor's death, well, that was no big deal. He was here to kill. So what was so surprising about that?
"Little Furball, well done. But if you dare to keep absorbing, I'll beat you up!"
Damn it. He was too busy to absorb the heavenly reward. That damn furball had taken the opportunity to absorb the character intent left behind after the character was destroyed.
Apart from character intent, a thick clump of willpower had also been left behind. This was still not comparable to the Sunmoon characters he had crushed before, but three or five of these would be enough to reach the same level.
This signified that he could get a free Sunmoon character by killing only three or five people. And this was much easier than killing actual Sunmoons. No wonder everyone loved to kill in the Allheaven Battlefield. How could one not like it?
Su Yu started absorbing the character intent and willpower while running. If he waited any longer, the furball would absorb everything.
He had been putting a lot of emphasis on growing the change character as of late. It would be even better if he could push it to the fourth tier. That would grant him a much better concealment ability. He had recently concluded that he was terrible at disguise and concealment. Everyone could see through his disguise.
Even someone as weak as Red Armor was able to see through his disguise with his black robes. He had completely forgotten about the fact that he actually regarded Red Armor as a strong opponent during their first encounter.
Or to be precise, he had since changed his mind. How could someone he could kill be considered strong?
"Hehe...the reward is decent."
Su Yu was still in a decent mood. He even managed to leave with Red Armor's corpse. He had a feeling that this corpse would be excellent material for weaponsmithing.
"Mystic armor race...I reckon I can make a peak heaven armor if I can kill their Invincible. The weaponsmiths of the myriad races sure are useless. Even Heavenly Forge King is useless. He should have targeted the mystic armor Invincible. With that corpse, he might even be able to produce a divine weapon."
Su Yu concluded that the mystic armor race should be the target of all weaponsmiths. And since they had offended him, he would definitely set his eyes on them if he needed more materials in the future. If he could kill some Mountainseas as well, he might even be able to forge some earth weapons easily.
Sure enough, he was not lying when he told everyone that he was there to gather weaponsmithing materials. The mystic armor race was the best material one could ask for. See, Su Yu would never lie. Even if someone was lying here, it would be Cui Lang, not Su Yu.
Chapter 876: Let's Forge The Body First (1)
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Su Yu had entered the Skyrend Valley.
At the same time, inside the Devil Subduing Army's base in the human territory.
Marquis Xia had arrived.
He had personally traveled to the Allheaven Battlefield. He did not arrive alone. He was there with several Sunmoons, including the matriarch of the Wu Family, Wu Lan's great grandmother.
Marquis Xia had a cold expression. He was someone who would smile all the time. But this time, he could no longer smile. Huang Teng and Wu Qi were surrounded in the Plain of Desires. There was a possibility that they might both perish there.
Great Xia had invested a lot in Huang Teng. Resources and money weren't the most important. More importantly, they had been training him as the future leader of the Devil Subduing Army. The Xia Family was even considering making him the future leader of the Martial Dragon Guard.
Thus, the Xia Family couldn't stay idle when he was in danger. Even with so many troubles in Great Xia with the opening of the Multiple Character Faculty, Marquis Xia was forced to head to the Allheaven Battlefield personally.
Great Xia had been left in the hands of Administrator Hu, General Zhao, Xia Xinyi, who was Marquis Xia's son, and Xia Huyou. During moments like this, the disadvantage of not having a large family became clear.
The Xia Family only had several dependable experts in the main family. As for Xia Changqing, who was serving as a vice principal in the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy, and Xia Yuwen, who descended from Xia Changqing's branch, were both powerful experts as well. But Marquis Xia could not fully trust them.
With a gloomy expression, Marquis Xia said, "What's the current status? Do we have any news about Huang Teng?"
The general of Devil Subduing Army sighed and said, "Yes. He's trapped in the Skyrend Valley."
"Skyrend Valley?"
Marquis Xia was slightly relieved to hear that. That was a decent hiding place.
"His cultivation of the Sky Sundering Saber is pretty good. He will be much stronger in the Skyrend Valley. And if he manages to comprehend the saber qi there, he might even be able to borrow the might of my old man's saber qi. That will be good for his growth."
But he still couldn't resist scolding, "That damn fool. Why did he run westward instead of eastward? Beyond the Skyrend Valley, there are numerous demonic beasts, including some powerful divines and devils. There are also several ancient cities there. Nobody knows just how many experts are hidden in those cities. And nobody knows just how many realms those cities are connected to. What was that fool thinking?"
Wu Yuehua's mother coldly said, "Marquis, why don't you be straightforward and say what you really think. You think that our Wu Qi was the one bringing all these troubles upon Huang Teng, right?"
"Old Madam, you misunderstand me." Marquis Xia smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't mean that at all. That fellow has always been too stubborn and reckless. This situation is very troublesome. You know how things are at the Plain of Desires. As long as you have a desire, you can be easily affected by the Plain of Desires. And the stronger you are, the easier it is for you to encounter danger there. We can send help, but if we send Sunmoons, it is very likely that those Sunmoons will lose their way during the journey..."
Yes. They might lose their way. A Sunmoon could be traveling in a straight line before suddenly returning to the Eastrift Valley again without even knowing how it happened. Or they might find themselves arriving near one of those ancient cities or encountering some hostile experts.
In short, the stronger one was, the more likely it would be for one to encounter accidents there. That was why so many young geniuses loved that place. There, they did not have to worry about being bullied by some enemy experts of the senior generation.
In fact, this effect existed in the entirety of the Allheaven Battlefield. It was merely more pronounced at the Plain of Desires. Of course, an Invincible could reduce such bad luck by a large amount.
Suddenly, a soldier rushed inside the room and reported, "Marquis, Lords, the latest update from the Plain of Desires has arrived."
"Say it." Marquis Xia ordered hastily.
"General Huang Teng and Researcher Wu Qi are both trapped in the Skyrend Valley. Tianduo, the genius original devil is planning to hunt them down with a large number of devil experts. Not long ago, something unforeseen happened.
"Cui Lang of Great Ming suddenly appeared and killed Red Armor of the mystic armor race in front of the myriad race geniuses. Prior to that, he had also killed Green Armor. The only two geniuses of the mystic armor race in the Heavenly Hunt Index have been killed by him. Cui Lang is now ranked 18th in the Profound Index. He has also been forced to enter the Skyrend Valley. Marquis, do we contact Great Ming and mount a rescue operation together?"
"..."
Marquis Xia was stunned. Cui Lang? No, that was Su Yu.
Holy shit!
That damn brat sure was an expert in stirring trouble. How many days had it been since he entered that place? Why did he kill the two geniuses of the mystic armor race right after arriving? As the acting leader of the Xia Family, he knew a lot about the myriad races. The two geniuses of the mystic armor race were strong enough to kill those above their level. Those were definitely not weaklings.
Just the fact that they could enter the Heavenly Hunt Index was enough to prove their strength. Even Green Armor, the weaker of the two, was strong enough to easily deal with regular ninth-stage Cloudbreaches. As for Red Armor, he could probably face even the Mountainseas of the weaker races.
How did Su Yu accomplish that? That kid...holy shit. What a terrifying kid. How old was that kid? He was only nineteen!
Marquis Xia asked, "Cui Lang has entered the Skyrend Valley as well?"
"Yes."
Cui Lang had entered!
Su Yu had entered!
Marquis Xia's emotions turned complicated. Was he there to save Huang Teng and Wu Qi? To speak the truth, even if they sent help, it was the Plain of Desires. Unless Great Xia King or Xia Longwu went there, others would not be able to escape the effects of that place.
If one was unlucky enough, one could casually step on something and end up teleported to the Heavendoom City or some other place. But this would not happen to those young geniuses.
"Su Yu is there."
Marquis Xia didn't know what to say. That kid sure was good at stirring trouble. He was still so weak… Fine, fine. He wasn't weak at all.
Marquis Xia himself wasn't even a Skysoar at nineteen. Meanwhile, the kid had already reached the 18th place in the Profound Index. If it wasn't for the fact that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion got his identity and age wrong, Su Yu could even enter the Earth Index. Updates are released by novelfire(.)net
And if he managed to kill a Mountainsea, he was guaranteed to end up in the Heaven Index because he was still very young. He was a lot younger than Huang Teng and the others.
The Old Madam of Wu Family muttered doubtfully, "Cui Lang of Great Ming? Why is he there? Is he there to help them or throw his life away?"
Since when were the people of Great Ming so courageous?
The soldier making the report shook his head and said, "I'm unsure about that. We're still trying to find out more. Deputy General Chen Long is already heading there with a group of soldiers. He is quite strong and not too old. He should be able to reach the Skyrend Valley smoothly."
That was true. Chen Long was still quite young. The journey there would be much smoother for the team with him leading the way. If the person leading the team was too old, they could potentially lead the entire team to their doom.
"Chen Long?"
Marquis Xia thought about it and said, "He's still quite weak. Don't overestimate him just because he's a Mountainsea. The Plain of Desires is currently filled with geniuses. Some of the stronger Cloudbreaches might even be stronger than Chen Long. He's only a fresh Mountainsea."
He suddenly recalled something else and said, "That Chen Long...seems to be a friend of Su Yu's father, right?"
The general from the Devil Subduing Army who had been keeping silent said, "He used to be Su Long's subordinate. Back then, Su Long retired and was replaced by Chen Long. Subsequently, he slowly climbed up the ranks until his current position as the deputy general of the second legion. The second legion is about to undergo reorganization. I'm planning to promote him to the general of the second legion."
He hesitated for a bit and said, "Marquis Xia, Su Yu might have left Great Xia, but Su Long is still serving in the army. Chen Long has fought for humanity for many years. I hope you won't stop his promotion just because of what Su Yu did."
"..."
Marquis Xia was speechless. When did he say that he was going to stop the promotion? Those damn bastards had been getting used to making him the villain! When did he mention that he would block the promotion just because that fellow used to be the subordinate of Su Long?
"Cut the crap!" Marquis Xia snorted and said, "Mountainseas are not strong enough to handle those geniuses while Sunmoons might encounter accidents there..."
He turned to look at one of the people in the room and said, "Old Zheng. You'll go as well."
Zheng Ping. He was the principal of Great Xia War Academy and Wan Tiansheng's old rival. He had only entered the Sunmoon not long ago. He looked old, but comparatively, he was actually quite young. In fact, that was the case for all the experts in Great Xia. Zheng Ping was only slightly above seventy in age, and for Sunmoons, that could be considered young.
Hearing that, Zheng Ping smiled and said, "Sure. I'll go. Marquis, looks like you still have to rely on us warriors when it matters. Those cultural researchers are useless. Remember to allocate more funds to the war academy in the future, Marquis."
Marquis Xia rolled his eyes and said, "I'm telling you to go save them, not go and throw your life away."
The general from the Devil Subduing Army said, "Marquis, do we really need a Sunmoon to go?"
"Yes." Marquis Xia's expression turned gloomy as he said, "That might not be the case before, but things have changed. Even a Sunmoon might not be enough. What a pity that those who are too strong can easily encounter accidents there. Just be careful. Huang Teng was supposed to have a thirty percent chance of surviving, but now...that has reduced to less than ten percent."