Chapter 921: Trapped (2)
Meanwhile, Su Yu was feeling greatly troubled by the large number of death spirits surrounding him. He discovered that these death spirits didn't really have any powerful ultimate attacks. They also fought in an extremely simplistic manner.
Basically, their sole method of attack was shooting death qi again and again. But there were too many of them, with a few particularly powerful ones among them. He had exhausted a large amount of heavenly source just to deal with them.
His entire body was shrouded in golden radiance, thanks to his recently received heavenly reward. This was the same golden light he had been asking for. It was very effective in body forging. And he had also received a considerable amount of the golden light this time.
However, he was still feeling very helpless with so many death spirits around him. He wanted to run, but there was no clear way out since death qi was flooding the area. He didn't have his index copy anymore so he couldn't even hire the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion anymore.
He continued running madly with a train of death spirits behind him. At the same time, his physical strength was constantly increasing. He had just completed his seventeenth body forging not long ago, but he could already feel the arrival of the eighteenth body forging. Sure enough, killing was the best way to cultivate.
It honestly wasn't that bad having so many death spirits around him. At the very least, this was enough to prevent his pursuers from approaching him. That thought had barely crossed his mind when someone appeared behind the death spirits. The dark robes around that individual were torn apart, revealing a golden and fancy outfit.
Dao Cheng looked ahead and spoke, "Su Yu, the immortals and humans are allied. I hereby invite you to be a guest at our Immortal Realm again. Are you willing to go?"
"Fuck that!" Su Yu sneered, "What's the point of this act? Your name is Dao Cheng, right? Why are you still playing this game even now? What a hypocrite. Why don't you be straightforward and express your intent to kill me? That way, I might actually find some respect for you."
Dao Cheng said nothing. He took a step into the area covered in death qi. His golden robes started shining, resisting all the death qi around him. A thin layer of heavenly source qi also appeared on the surface of his body to further withstand the death qi.
He casually strode past the death spirits. Thanks to the medallion he was carrying, the death spirits were ignoring him.
Soon, he saw Su Yu.
Su Yu saw him as well.
Dao Cheng. Ninth-stage Cloudbreach.
An existence who had killed a fifth-stage Mountainsea before. Looking at the young appearance of the immortal before him, Su Yu asked doubtfully, "How is your ranking so low? Why are you only ranked ninth in the Earth Index?"
Dao Cheng felt exceptionally dangerous to his senses.
Dao Cheng replied calmly, "I am not proficient in combat. My feat of killing a fifth-stage Mountainsea was merely a coincidence. Luck played a greater role in that. And I'm also quite old. It is only natural that my ranking is lower than people like you."
"Is that so?"
Su Yu smiled, "But you feel even stronger than An Mintian of the divine race. He was sixth in the Earth Index...no, he has fallen to the seventh place. Are you really incomparable to even him?"
An Mintian was a second-stage Mountainsea who had killed a fourth-stage Mountainsea before.
Dao Cheng smiled, "An Mintian? He is indeed younger than me. Furthermore, he is only from the snowfrost divine race instead of the first divine race. If he's a first divine instead, his strength and accomplishment won't be enough to place him in such a high rank."
Su Yu nodded pensively, "I see. So this is yet another criterion used by the index. The stronger someone is and the weaker their race is, the higher that person will rank?"
"Weak race?"
After thinking about it, Dao Cheng ultimately nodded with a smile. Was the snowfrost divine race weak? Not at all.
But the person calling them weak was Su Yu. A Heaven Index genius.
While they were conversing, Dao Cheng continued stepping forward. At the same time, Su Yu was continuously stepping backward
He wanted to test Dao Cheng's strength, but every fibre of his being was screaming at him that this was very dangerous. His tribulation character was also going crazy. That could only mean that Dao Cheng was much more dangerous than he looked.
The death qi around them grew thicker and thicker. To resist the death qi, both their bodies were shrouded in intense golden light.
"Looks like you have quite a lot of good stuff on you." Dao Cheng smiled as he continued walking forward, "Su Yu, I'm very curious. Why aren't you hiding in an unoccupied building? Do you believe that you can defeat me?"
"No." Su Yu replied calmly, "I love having the initiative in my hands. Hiding in an unoccupied building? That will only give you guys the chance to surrround me. In any case, you can't kill me. What is there to fear?"
"You're very confident."
Dao Cheng laughed. Right at that moment, Su Yu turned into a gust of wind and vanished into thin air. At almost the exact moment, a crack appeared right where Su Yu was standing previously.
A character hovering above Dao Cheng's palm cracked slightly. When he noticed that Su Yu had escaped, he raised his brow and said, "Su Yu, I can't kill you, right? You're not scared of me, right? Why run?"
"Words are cheap."
Right after those words were spoken, an illusion descended upon the area. But instantly, the illusion was broken with a loud rumble. The blood character shook and Su Yu coughed a mouthful of blood.
Cultural researcher!
He was already aware that this person was a cultural researcher, a profession known as the spell master among the immortals. But he had not imagined that Dao Cheng's characters and willpower would be so powerful. His illusion had been destroyed instantly.
Su Yu fled without any hesitation. Behind him, Dao Cheng's voice rang out, "I'm sincerely inviting you to be a guest at the Immortal Realm. Why are you running?"
More and more death qi was converging on the surface of his golden robes. All around him, the death spirits started staring at him with hesitation, seemingly wondering if they should attack him instead.
Noticing that, Dao Cheng felt greatly annoyed. These death spirits were very troublesome to deal with. His heavenly source qi expenditure was too high. He didn't have that much heavenly source qi on him.
How did Su Yu manage to survive so long amid the death qi? Did he perhaps steal an entire heavenly source fruit tree from the War Shrine or the Knowledge Seeking Realm?
Suddenly, yet another character appeared above his palm, followed by a loud rumble. Intense golden light erupted from his palm as he reached out and grabbed an incoming large hammer.
"Soul Expanding Art?"
Dao Cheng's willpower trembled as the golden light around his hand intensified. He tightened his grip on the hammer, pushing it to the brink of destruction. This had never happened to Su Yu's Soul Expanding Hammer before.
Abruptly, the hammer transformed into a saber, creating yet another loud rumble as it broke free from Dao Cheng's grip and swung down at him. Fiery flames danced around the descending saber.
With a frown, Dao Cheng produced a layer of frost around his hand and extinguished the flame. Next, a different character appeared as he sent the saber flying with a single palm strike. The collision forced him to take several steps back.
"This is not the strength a first-stage Cloudbreach should have. Your willpower has long surpassed that level. As for your multiple character technique...it doesn't seem quite mature. It is weaker than the character techniques of some other experts from the multiple character faction."
Su Yu said nothing. He continued fleeing toward the inner rings. Every now and then, he would launch some willpower attacks at Dao Cheng. But each time, Dao Cheng emerged victorious.
In terms of willpower, Su Yu was no match for Dao Cheng. Dao Cheng's willpower was simply too powerful. The Soul Expanding Hammer couldn't harm it. Even the character technique could only slightly pressure his willpower instead of overcoming his willpower.
And Dao Cheng was also someone with countless tricks up his sleeve. If it wasn't for the tribulation character, Dao Cheng's space cutting ability would have killed Su Yu several times over by now.
As the pursuit continued, Dao Cheng continued tossing a space cutting ability over every now and then. A relatively weak death spirit happened to be nearby and was instantly cut into two by one of Dao Cheng's space cutting ability. A large amount of death qi burst out of the dead death spirit and flooded the area. This update ıs available on novelfire(.)net
Both Su Yu and Dao Cheng were covered by a large amount of invading death qi. Even Dao Cheng's face was starting to take a darker tinge. He felt more and more helpless. This was a bad place to fight.
Sure enough, eight new death spirits appeared out of nowhere. This time, all of them were focused on him. After all, he was the one who had killed a death spirit. This was extremely troublesome. Nobody enjoyed provoking these death spirits.
At that point, the number of death spirits around them had surpassed thirty. None of these death spirits were particularly powerful, but the death qi had reached a density exceeding what the two of them could handle. Anyone else, even if it was a Mountainsea, would have died by now.
Once again, Su Yu consumed a drop of third-stage Mountainsea blood essence before swinging his saber at Dao Cheng. With a roar, Dao Cheng produced a sword from the character imprinted on his palm. The sword cut through the saber qi and shot straight toward Su Yu.
"Ability blood essence?"
Dao Cheng's eyes shone brightly. Su Yu was truly someone with endless trump cards. More importantly, his body was somehow able to withstand the power of a third-stage Mountainsea. This signified that his accomplishment in physical cultivation was quite high as well.
"Grand cycle acupoints?"
Terrifying indeed. Su Yu did not answer and kept fighting. He might not be Dao Cheng's match, but he wasn't so weak that he would risk dying to Dao Cheng. But abruptly, his expression changed.
He fled without any hesitation, knocking several death spirits in his way. Immediately after, Final Armor appeared out of thin air. With a frown, he said, "He definitely has a powerful detection character or a detection tool..."
He looked at Dao Cheng and asked, "You can't take him down?"
He was quite disappointed to see this result. It had been quite a while since the fight between Dao Cheng and Su Yu started. Without waiting for Dao Cheng to reply, Final Armor vanished again. More death spirits were coming, and he did not intend to kill any of these death spirits. The consequences of that would be way too troublesome.
Looking at the death spirits around him, Dao Cheng sighed, "There are too many death spirits. They kept getting in my way. I need to find an unoccupied building to deal with the death qi in my body. Su Yu has a lot of heavenly source qi on him. Brother Final Armor, keep following him. Force him to waste all his heavenly source qi."
Final Armor said, "I know what to do. Keep in mind that even if my medallion is useless here, you can look for the mayor and borrow his medallion. With his medallion, these Skysoar and Cloudbreach death spirits won't bother us anymore."
As the mayor, Tian He naturally had an ancient city medallion as well. Furthermore, the level of his medallion was very high. With his medallion, these weaker death spirits would even obey his commands unconditionally. That was absolutely terrifying.
Final Armor was starting to lose his patience. That was why he made such a suggestion. Sure, he wouldn't be able to get the medallion from the mayor, but the immortals should be able to get it, right?
Chapter 922: Trapped (3)
Meanwhile, Su Yu was too preoccupied to care about them. He was starting to reach his limit as well.
It was time to run. He gave up. He had to find an unoccupied building and take a break inside. As for the possibility of getting surrounded, there was nothing he could do about it. He couldn't last any longer out here.
The drain on his heavenly source qi was too great. He had to convert some of his blood essence into more heavenly source qi. But prior to that, he had one last thing to do. No. He wasn't going to kill more people. Instead, he was going to pick up the index copy he abandoned earlier.
He had no choice but to admit that the index copy was way too useful. Without it, he couldn't even purchase the services of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. No wonder the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was so confident he would definitely pick up the index copy again.
He had only performed several transactions with them, but he could no longer live without an index copy. Even at the risk of being tracked, he was still willing to carry one on him.
With his entourage of death spirits, Su Yu traveled across the city and picked up his index copy. Nobody would bother to steal something like this. Apart from looking at the rankings and doing some transactions with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, one could do nothing else with it.
With the index copy in hand, Su Yu noted that someone was still tailing him. It was either Dao Cheng or Final Armor, but he couldn't be bothered to do anything about it. He continued moving rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he entered an unoccupied building designed in the style of human architecture in the eighteenth ring.
In truth, he could actually leave the city any time he wanted. But he did not choose to do so. After all, leaving the city would be more dangerous for him. Outside the city, the death spirits would stop pursuing him. And without the death spirits, Final Armor would be able to act openly against him. In the event that he was slower than Final Armor, he would be dead. After all, he still wasn't strong enough to put up a fight against a peak Mountainsea.
He was better off dragging it out in the city. Final Armor was not a resident. Even with a medallion, he wouldn't be able to last longer in the city than Su Yu, especially after the night he spent outdoors in pursuit of Su Yu. It wouldn't be too late for Su Yu to plan his escape after Final Armor left the city.
In any case, he still had plenty of heavenly source qi. This would simply turn into an endurance match.
Su Yu wasn't worried about the possibility that his enemies would ask for reinforcements. At this point, if they asked for reinforcements, he could do so as well. At the very least, he could probably get a Sunmoon from Great Ming, right? If he really had to, he could even pay the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to help him.
In short, Su Yu knew what he was doing. By staying in the city, he would not die yet. If he left the city, death might come even faster. He was not interested in losing his physical body just to get a mere Final Armor killed. That was totally not worth it.
Outside, the death spirits gathered and started knocking on the door. Shortly after, Final Armor arrived with the others as well. Seeing the scene of Su Yu trapped in a building, he exhaled in relief.
After an entire night, this fellow had finally entered a building. And since he had entered a building, he wouldn't be able to leave so easily anymore. Above them, the sky was starting to turn bright.
With the lives of three Mountainseas, they had merely forced Su Yu into a building. Final Armor didn't even know if this was worth it. But if they could ultimately kill Su Yu...that might really be a worthy price to pay.
With that, Su Yu found himself trapped and surrounded in the eighteenth ring.
And finally, a new day arrived.
Some of the people in the city started carefully leaving their buildings to learn more about the current situation in the city. As for the experts residing in the inner rings, they were far less wary. Some even observed openly from afar. Before long, news of Su Yu being surrounded by the mystic armor race started spreading.
***
The news about Su Yu traveled rapidly.
Plain of Desires.
The blood-soaked Zheng Ping had just killed several experts when his voice transmission talisman shook. And when he saw the message, he was rendered speechless.
After giving Huang Teng a look, he sighed, "Su Yu is in trouble. He was trapped by a mystic armor peak Mountainsea in a building. Currently, the experts of numerous races are heading toward Heavendoom City. Why is that kid so good at stirring trouble?"
Huang Teng was surprised, "Trapped?"
He had assumed that Su Yu would be able to escape. He saw the changes in the index. Su Yu was simply terrifying. Just last night, he had killed a third-stage Mountainsea. If he had the time to kill a third-stage Mountainsea, he should be able to find the time to flee, right?
But after thinking about it, Huang Teng concluded that leaving the ancient city might lead to an earlier demise. What would he do in that position?
He laughed and said, "Teacher, should we go take a look?"
"What is there to see?" Zheng Ping rolled his eyes, "I'll first send you back to the Eastrift Valley before coming back. The road back won't be peaceful either..."
He added, "You need to be careful. For some reason, the Plain of Desires has been stoking my killing intent. Be careful lest I kill you accidentally."
The Plain of Desires was not a good place to be. Huang Teng thought about it and nodded. Fine. They should return first. At the very least, they had to send Wu Qi back first. She was on the verge of dying.
In truth, he had the itch to go and take part in the fun. After all, he was not a weakling. He too, was someone who had killed a Mountainsea before. Even if he went, he wouldn't die so easily. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ nοvelfire.net
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At the same time.
Human Realm.
Thirteen dark figures were flying rapidly in the sky.
Umbra, the leader of the group, took out his voice transmission talisman and checked his latest message. Then, he sent a voice transmission to the rest in the group, "We need to pick up the pace. That fellow is trapped inside an ancient building. We are ordered to reach within three days."
Reaching the Heavendoom City from Great Ming within three days was an extremely difficult task. But they had no choice but to obey the order. They flew with all their strength. Six Sunmoons and seven peak Mountainseas were rushing over to rescue Su Yu.
They voiced no complaints. The peak Mountainseas grabbed onto the arms of the Sunmoons, allowing the Sunmoon to fly even faster while dragging them forward. They had to reach Heavendoom City within three days.
***
At the same time.
Ye Hongyan stepped out of her residence in silence. That old bastard had not contacted her for so many years. When he finally contacted her again, he was only doing so to ask for a favor: save Su Yu. When Ye Hongyan thought of that, she snorted. But inwardly, she was feeling slightly smug about it.
In the end, he still had to come begging for her help.
Su Yu? That brat was too good at creating trouble. Just how long had it been? The brat had stirred such a huge trouble in such a short period of time.
Now, the experts of the various races were starting to head toward the Heavendoom City. As a member of the multiple character faction, the kid should have learned to maintain a low profile.
But her feelings were also quite complicated. Strictly speaking, her deceased nephew was the source of all the troubles the multiple character faction had been facing. Before her nephew made his name, things were a lot more peaceful for the multiple character faction.
Ultimately, they were suffering from the actions of Ye Batian. Ye Batian was the reason the myriad races were so fearful of the multiple character faction. Ye Batian was the reason why people like Hong Tan had to act like a thief whenever they went to the Allheaven Battlefield.
And with Su Yu, a member of the multiple character faction, entering the Heaven Index, it was only natural that he would be in trouble. If he was a warrior instead, things would have been much less troublesome.
Against genius human warriors, the myriad races adopted of an attitude of killing if they could. If they couldn't, so be it. At most, the warrior would grow into an Invincible. What was the big deal about that?
People like Xia Longwu were also incredibly powerful and freakishly talented during their youth. But they had never generated such an intense reaction from the myriad races. In fact, the myriad races had only started targeting Xia Longwu much later after his rise, but that was only due to his excessive bloodlust.
***
Ye Hongyan and the Shadow Guard started making their way over to rescue Su Yu.
At the same time.
Human headquarters.
Great Qin King checked his latest report and said, "Ignore this. Do not interfere in affairs below the Eternal Realm. Besides, things are too complicated when an ancient city is involved. The participation of an Eternal might further complicate things."
Standing before him was his second son, also the chief commander of the Vanguard Regiment, Qin Hao.
When he heard his father's words, he solemnly asked, "Father, are those ancient cities really so dangerous?"
After a short silence, Great Qin King answered, "They're not dangerous. Rather...the ancient cities are very complicated. These ancient cities are there to suppress...some things. You don't understand. Also, the masters of the ancient cities are still there. If we interfere rashly, we might provoke the ire of the ancient cities. Only those below the Eternal Realm can get involved in this."
Qin Hao said, "Maybe I can lead a team from the Vanguard Regiment over."
Great Qin King sternly said, "The Vanguard Regiment can't be moved. They need to guard the Eastrift Valley. We will lose even more if our defensive line at the Eastrift Valley is broken through."
"Then...are we supposed to abandon Su Yu?"
That was the top genius of the multiple character faction. Qin Hao couldn't bring himself to ignore Su Yu.
Great Qin King said, "It's fine. I think that fellow is there...Well, Su Yu will have to rely on himself. If he stirred so much trouble without the ability to preserve his life, he would be nothing but a fool. And a fool is not worth our time."
If he wasn't capable of dealing with the consequences, why did he stir so much trouble in the first place? Great Qin King would not interfere unless some other Invincibles decided to get involved.
At that thought, he said, "I'll be going out on a patrol during the next few days and stop the experts rushing over from the various races. As for the rest of the trouble he's in...he will need to learn to shoulder the consequences of his own actions."
Most of the time, Invincibles would not involve themselves in such matters. A war between Invincibles would have broken out long ago otherwise. As for Su Yu's fate, that would depend on himself and the actions of Great Ming and Great Xia. There was nothing much Great Qin King could do.
In any case, Great Qin King was confident that Su Yu would be fine. A few days ago, he sensed the presence of a certain individual. That individual seemed to be heading in Su Yu's direction as well. With that person around, Su Yu should be fine. Qin Hao had no choice but to nod. Since his father had decided, there was nothing he could do.
Chapter 923: Su Yu's Trump Card (1)
Heavendoom City.
Su Yu had retreated into a building. A short while later, Dao Cheng arrived outside. Several death spirits were still following him. He was feeling very helpless about them.
Final Armor looked at him and said, "He's trapped now. Brother Dao Cheng, I hope you can talk to the mayor now. If we can get the mayor's medallion, we will be able to unlock the doors here as well."
With the door unlocked, Su Yu would be dead. He had nowhere else to run.
After a short silence, Dao Cheng nodded, "I'll give it a try. Brother Final Armor, please keep a close watch. Don't allow Su Yu to escape."
"Don't worry."
Final Armor did not say anything else. He was a peak Mountainsea. If he allowed Su Yu to run when he was personally watching the door, then he might as well kill himself out of embarrassment.
Dao Cheng turned around and left. The death spirits also left with him. This was the cost of killing a death spirit. But it wasn't like there was no solution. He only had to remove the death qi in his body and stay away from the city for a period of time. If he waited long enough for the mark within him to disperse, the issue would resolve itself.
For now, he had no choice but to keep countering the death qi with his heavenly source qi. Before long, he reached the mayor's residence. Technically speaking, the mayor's residence was similar to any other building in the city. It was merely bigger than the rest. The entrance was wide open.
The death spirits stopped abruptly right outside the entrance. Seeing that, Dao Cheng exhaled in relief. It felt much more comfortable without them following him everywhere. It would seem like the mayor's residence was still capable of suppressing these death spirits.
Eight armored guards were standing near the entrance. They were completely still, but the moment he stepped through the entrance, they stopped him and expressionlessly said, "As per the mayor, Heavendoom City does not involve itself in the conflict between major races."
Dao Cheng frowned slightly, but he unfurled his brows immediately and said, "I do not intend to involve the mayor in the conflict. I merely wish to borrow the mayor's medallion for a short time. I will return it right after I'm done with it. I can also settle with a medallion for the eighteenth ring."
At that moment, an old man walked out in an unhurried manner. He might seem like he was walking slowly, but he was absolutely not small.
After a short moment, the old man reached the entrance. He looked at Dao Cheng and smiled, revealing his crooked teeth as he said, "As per the mayor, we do not involve ourselves in the conflicts between major races. If the immortals were to succeed in killing Su Yu with our medallion and the humans decided to avenge him, our mayor would not be able to withstand the consequences."
Dao Cheng frowned again as he said, "The immortals—"
The old man did not give him the chance to finish, "If the immortals can kill Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Great Ming King, and Great Zhou King immediately, the Heavendoom City will naturally obey all your orders unconditionally."
If the immortals couldn't kill those people, they should stop bluffing. Immortals? What even was the worth of their words? The city would remain here. Even the mystic armor race was in a better position as they had their own realm they could fall back to. That was not the case for the city and the mayor.
Dao Cheng said, "We're only asking to borrow the medallion..."
"May I suggest you kill a Mountainsea death spirit? Generally speaking, a Mountainsea death spirit will have the medallion for the eighteenth ring. You can get one yourself if you really need it."
"..."
Dao Cheng was speechless. Things were absolutely not that simple. Killing a Mountainsea death spirit might result in the appearance of a Sunmoon death spirit. And if Sunmoon death spirits could be dealt with so easily, these ancient cities would not have remained independent until now. The death qi of a Sunmoon could probably rot someone like Dao Cheng into nothingness in a split second.
"Is there no other way around this?"
The old man smiled, "Lord Immortal, we can't. You can easily leave after killing Su Yu. The mystic armors can retreat to their realm. But what about us? We are already making things easy for you by not reigning in the chaos unfolding in the city. You can't keep pushing us around, Lord Immortal. The ancient cities might be weaker than the immortal race, but there are a lot of ancient cities spread all over the Allheaven Battlefield. Why must you push the mayor? Things will only get ugly if you insist."
He was being both tactful and unyielding at the same time. He was essentially telling Dao Cheng that the immortals and the mystic armors were only able to create so much chaos in the city because they had allowed it. They shouldn't try to ask for a mile after they were given an inch.
They might be weaker than the immortal race, but the immortal race also needed to consider things properly before deciding to offend them. After all, there was more than one ancient city in the Allheaven Battlefield. There were dozens of them. If they were pushed too much, it was even possible for them to join hands.
Things would only get ugly if the immortals asked for too much. Had they considered the consequences of that? Dao Cheng sighed. His status as a member of the immortal race had always been extremely useful, but even that was losing its effectiveness here.
If their target was a genius from a minor race instead, the mayor would have probably helped the immortals without any hesitation. Unfortunately, their target was a human genius.
The old man said, "The mayor also has a reminder for you. He might not like to involve himself in these affairs, but this is an ancient city. It has its own rules. The disturbance among the death spirits has awakened some of the older death spirits from their slumber. These newly awakened death spirits are not the original death spirits. If the chaos continues and ends up awakening the truly ancient death spirits...I believe you understand the consequences of that."
Dao Cheng frowned, "The ancient death spirits are awakening? How is that possible? Up until now, we have yet to actually target the death spirits. I had merely killed a Skysoar death spirit by accident. That shouldn't be enough to awaken the ancient death spirits, right?"
The old man said, "I don't know. Maybe the chaos is getting too out of hand. The moment those ancient death spirits start appearing, we will seal the mayor's residence. At that time, the city gates might enter automatic lockdown as well. Lord Immortal, you can decide what you want to do from here. We won't interfere."
Dao Cheng nodded and left with a sigh. He had failed to borrow the medallion.
After Dao Cheng left, the old man smiled and returned to the main hall. There, Tian He was still enjoying his liquor. The old man bowed and said, "Lord, he left."
Tian He asked nonchalantly, "Is he giving up?"
"I'm not sure."
Tian He said, "They should leave as soon as possible. The conflicts between these geniuses are creating a lot of disturbance in the city. If some powerful death spirits really appear, to the point even some Invincibles are alarmed, the city will sink into chaos. This is not what I want to see."
"I understand." The old man said, "Su Yu is currently trapped inside an ancient building. He won't be able to last long. The death qi in the eighteenth ring is very thick. Even as someone who has entered through the main gate, he won't be able to last more than three or five days. Even if he has some heavenly source qi on him, that won't change. This is already his second day in the city."
The old man was unsure if Su Yu's death would really trigger a chaotic battle in the city between the super experts of the various races.
He asked, "Lord, why don't we just kick all of them out of the city?"
"Kick them all out?" Tian He laughed, "There is no need for that. It will only give those major races an excuse to make more noise about the city. Su Yu might not be happy with that. Even the immortals might be displeased. In the end, we will end up offending everyone. Since they want to fight in the city, so be it."
"Ignore them. Several Mountainseas and even more Cloudbreaches and Skysoars have perished in such a short period of time. I'm looking forward to the awakening of the first ancient death spirit. Let's see how many more of them will die when that happens." "Get ready to seal the mayor's residence. Notify the residents to try staying indoors for now. As for the visitors, well, they can only count on fate. If fate wishes for them to die, what else can they do but die?"
"Yes!"
Having received his orders, the old man withdrew from the hall. Mayor Tian He gazed in Su Yu's direction before smiling and removing his gaze. Since they wanted to fight in the city, so be it.
Ultimately, they were the ones who would suffer. If these ancient cities were really so simple, those Invincibles wouldn't have been so wary of them.
***
Inside an ancient building.
To be precise, it was a large villa with a two-story tall main building. The residence was made entirely of wood. There was even a garden in the residence, but there were no plants in the garden apart from the two dead trees that looked ancient.
To the two sides of the main building, two smaller buildings could be seen. One of them was most likely the kitchen while the other was probably the stable.
Su Yu was in the middle of exploring the residence. It was still daytime, so the density of death qi was much lower. Even so, the place was not completely devoid of death qi. In fact, the death qi inside this residence during the day was even denser than what one could find in the outer ring buildings during the night.
The density of the death qi here would probably rise to a terrifying level when night arrived. Sure enough, the deeper one went into the city, the thicker the death qi would be. According to Mo Duona, he had entered the eighteenth ring during his previous visit to a different ancient city.
Su Yu did not know how long Mo Duona had stayed there. At the moment, his body was still strengthening itself rapidly. He had no idea what the golden light was, but it was a lot more useful than even the heavenly source qi for body forging.
He was in no rush to cultivate or deal with the death qi in his body. Rather, he took out the index copy and started writing on it.
"Do you know about the golden light given out as heavenly rewards? I'm talking about the golden light that can help with body forging. What is that exactly?"
"You need to pay for information."
"Why are you so greedy? I'm a repeat customer. Can't I get a special treatment or something?"
After a momentary pause, a reply came, "Heavenearth profound light. It is as valuable as the sunmoon profound yellow liquid. It is very helpful for warriors."
Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Heavenearth profound light. Just from its name alone, it sounded very useful. And it had indeed been helpful for his body forging.
At that thought, he asked, "Do you sell this thing?"
"Yes."
"What's the price?"
"Heavenearth profound light can only be profounded by super experts during the precise moment when the sun, the moon, and the stars shift their position. A Sunmoon might need to wait in place for years before they can harvest even a single strand of heavenearth profound light. A drop of Sunmoon blood essence can get you a strand of heavenearth profound light from us."
"What's the price for sunmoon profound yellow liquid?" Orıginal content can be found at novęlfire.net
"Three drops of Sunmoon blood essence for a drop of sunmoon profound yellow liquid."
"..."
Damn those greedy bastards!
In short, the life of one Sunmoon was worth three drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid or ten strands of heavenearth profound light for them. He didn't even know how much heavenearth profound light there was in a single so-called strand they kept mentioning.
The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was basically a model unscrupulous merchant. Everyone claimed that Marquis Xia was unscrupulous, but Su Yu now understood that everyone had been too mean toward Marquis Xia. Not even Marquis Xia was this greedy. He was not going to proceed with the transaction. On the bright side, he now knew the price.
He said, "I'm surrounded. What's the price to kill Final Armor? And what's the price to kill Dao Cheng?"
"Final Armor, peak Mountainsea, member of a top 100 race. This requires someone no weaker than the third-stage Sunmoon Realm to guarantee the kill. Additionally, we will offend the mystic armor race for this. We require a million merit points of the human race or other items of equivalent value to proceed with this."
"Dao Cheng, genius immortal, Earth Index genius, a descendant of an Invincible. His price is five times Final Armor's price."
"..."
Fuck!
Chapter 924: Su Yu's Trump Card (2)
Su Yu decided to forget about that. To kill Final Armor, he would need a million merit points. To kill Dao Cheng, he would need five million merit points. Not even someone as rich as him could afford that.
Furthermore, he also noted the little disclaimer given by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion: No refunds in the event of failure. Even with such atrocious prices, they couldn't guarantee anything. They would not offer any refunds upon failure. That was bullshit.
"What's the price for my life?"
Su Yu asked curiously.
"Double Dao Cheng's price."
Su Yu's mood instantly improved. Sure enough, he was more valuable than Dao Cheng. Just look at how expensive his life was. Not even the Myriad Race Cult of the Human Realm had offered such a price for his head. In fact, they hadn't even offered such a price for Xia Longwu.
His life was actually worth ten million merit points. It would seem like his value had been skyrocketing after entering the Allheaven Battlefield. In fact, the price was so tempting Su Yu even felt like killing himself for the money.
"What's the price to exterminate the immortal race?"
"..."
No reply came.
"What's the price to exterminate the divines and devils?"
No reply came.
Evidently, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion wasn't feeling like entertaining him anymore.
Su Yu laughed in amusement. From this, could he conclude that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion wasn't strong enough to exterminate those races yet? He sat down cross-legged and started cultivating. He did not bother to further explore the residence as there honestly wasn't anything interesting in it.
What he could discover could be seen with one glance. What he couldn't discover yet might need more time spent in the residence before appearing anyway. Thus, there was no point in searching.
He was better off working on his body forging and dealing with the death qi in his body. If he could reach the eighteenth body forging, he would finally surpass the strength of ten thousand acupoints.
He had no choice but to admit that this had been quite a fulfilling trip. At the very least, he had completed several body forgings here. He would be even happier if he could stumble upon a few fortuitous encounters as well.
"Even with a physical breakthrough, I still won't be strong enough to deal with them. My willpower has fallen behind. My Soul Expanding Hammer and character technique are not strong enough to threaten Dao Cheng. I also need to find a way to handle Final Armor. He is the most troublesome of them all."
Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind as he processed his heavenearth profound light in silence. After about seven or eight hours, Su Yu's body shook. A powerful burst of life force and source qi erupted from his body, flooding the room in a blinding golden light.
He had completed yet another body forging. He had also fully exhausted the heavenearth profound light he had received from the heavenly reward previously. He had only killed a single third-stage Mountainsea, but he had gained a lot from it.
Eighteenth body forging!
Su Yu threw a casual punch to test his newfound strength. The air was instantly ripped apart and a loud rumble reverberated in the room.
Outside, the death spirits were starting to knock on his door again. In fact, the knockings were much more intense than before. It would seem like night had arrived yet again. During the day, even if there were death spirits around, they wouldn't be so active.
Su Yu noted that this was his second day in the city. At the same time tomorrow, he would welcome his third day.
"How many days has Final Armor been in the city?" muttered Su Yu while rubbing his chin.
He took out his index copy and wrote on it, "I need to know Final Armor's time of departure from the city. What's the price for that?"
"Fifty thousand merit points."
Fuck!
Su Yu was starting to regret not getting the contact details of the big bird he met yesterday. Otherwise, he could have bought such simple information from the big bird instead. Then again, the big bird did not have the credibility of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Thus, Su Yu wouldn't even dare to fully trust the information he purchased from the big bird anyway.
While he was deep in thought, a reply came, "A lot of experts are heading toward Heavendoom. Are you interested in their information?"
"No."
Su Yu was not interested in letting the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion slay him like a whale. He could conclude himself that some experts were heading over. What even was the point of buying the information about them?
Rather, he should try to escape before their arrival. What should he do? He wouldn't be able to do much with Final Armor around. Should he try to outlast Final Armor? Were there other options?
Perhaps...he could destroy the building and spawn even more death spirits. With enough death spirits around, even Final Armor would be greatly troubled, right? Perhaps the death spirits might even end up killing Final Armor. That would be nice.
This was very tempting. But he was also worried about failing to escape after luring so many death spirits over.
"Why do I constantly feel so helpless after entering the Allheaven Battlefield?"
Su Yu sighed. If he was being honest, he believed that his strength was already pretty decent. He was already strong enough to kill Mountainseas. Alas, that was still not strong enough. When would he stop feeling so helpless? Was he supposed to keep feeling helpless until he became an Invincible himself?
"There goes my plan to conceal myself and cultivate in silence. Sure enough, I am simply too bright to not shine."
Hissing sounds started ringing out around him. Death qi was starting to seep into the building again. The death qi outside had probably reached a terrifying level of density. He wondered if Final Armor and the others would keep waiting outside or take shelter in a nearby building. This was the eighteenth ring. Even if they waited indoors, they probably wouldn't have an easy time here.
Su Yu refused to believe that everyone would have as much heavenly source qi as him. He started reorganizing all his spoils of war. He hadn't gained much from the mystic armors he killed. The corpses had been used to purchase the service of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. As for the third-stage Mountainsea he killed previously, he didn't even have the time to loot anything.
But he did manage to gather a lot of loot during his time at the Skyrend Valley. After killing Lei Jue, Green Armor, Red Armor, and the other young geniuses, he had accumulated a large pile of loot.
In fact, one of his storage rings was basically stuffed full of nothing but Cloudbreach corpses. Finally, he had the time to sit back and organize his loot. It wasn't like those people could get through his door. Thus, he was in no rush. If they really managed to open his door, he could simply go crazy with his heavenly source qi and screw them all up real nicely.
At worst, he would simply sacrifice his physical body. They better not push him too much or he would really throw caution to the wind and give them hell! He started going through the corpses and storage rings he had gathered.
One item after another was piled on the ground. There were pills, weapons, armor, and even cultivation methods among his loot. But with all he had experienced, these things were not enough to excite him. ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by NoveI[F]ire.net
After some time, he was finally done extracting the blood essence from these corpses. He had gained about 180 drops of Cloudbreach blood essence from over a dozen races. As for Skysoar blood essence, he had extracted even more. There were nearly 200 drops of them.
All in all, he had gathered about twenty weapons with the majority of them being profound weapons. A few of his victims were so broke that they were actually using profound weapons. Not a single one of these weapons was at the earth grade. To be precise, there was one, but it was broken. Lei Jue's spear was an early earth weapon with seventy-three golden stripes.
But since it was broken, it wasn't worth much. After giving it some thought, Su Yu decided to ignore the pile of items and focused on the blood essence of the races he had never consumed before.
For example, the lightning divine race Lei Jue was from, the six-winged divine race one of An Mintian's subordinates was from, and the peng. These were all new races for him. Through their blood essence, perhaps he could discover some new powerful cultivation methods or unique abilities.
He remembered that there was at least one cultural researcher among those he killed. He had not gotten the chance to kill too many cultural researchers.
After all, they were too rare in the Allheaven Battlefield. The few that would appear were the incredibly strong ones. Dao Cheng was the perfect example of that. Su Yu really wanted to kill Dao Cheng and see if he could get some powerful cultivation methods from Dao Cheng's blood essence.
His Five Elemental Art was probably not enough as a willpower cultivation method. After all, the yin aperture still remained undiscovered. Without the yin aperture, how was he supposed to gain a massive boost in strength?
As he was, he didn't even have the courage to fully open the yang acupoint. He was sure fully opening the yang acupoint would grant him a large increase in strength.
Since the building was still safe to hide in, Su Yu took the chance to consume his newly extracted blood essence and categorize the weapons he had gathered. He was even thinking of melting all of them down before forging an even more powerful weapon.
***
Outside.
Instead of staying outdoors, Final Armor and the others had entered the building right opposite Su Yu's building. At the moment, they were waiting inside the building with the door wide open. Thick death qi surrounded them.
Even with the door wide open, the death spirits did not try to enter. They were constantly focused on the building opposite them. Jiu Xuan and Dao Cheng were constantly using up their supply of heavenly source qi to withstand the death qi around them.
As for Final Armor, Flame Armor, and Silver Armor, they were forced to withstand the death qi with only their body.
After a while, Dao Cheng said, "The Mystic Armor Realm is also a realm with holy lands. After being stationed here for so many years, you should have received some heavenly source qi, right?"
Why were they being so stingy? At this rate, they would probably have to leave the city by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow. What could they do if they didn't have enough heavenly source qi? If they persisted stubbornly, they would probably die before Su Yu was dead.
Final Armor answered, "The mystic armor race is incomparable to the immortal race. We only have one holy land. And the little heavenly source qi produced there can barely support the production of our heavenly source fruits and the cultivation of our great patriarch."
He took out a medallion and said, "This thing can be used to withstand the death qi as well, but it isn't too effective. This is a medallion of the twenty-fourth ring."
Its level wasn't high enough to remain effective in the eighteenth ring.
He tossed the medallion to the injured Flame Armor and said, "Flame Armor, if you're at your limit already, just leave. It's not like you can do much here."
As a Mountainsea, he could absolutely be considered a powerhouse. Unfortunately, these young geniuses could kill those above their cultivation level as easily as drinking water. Thus, a mere first-stage Mountainsea would drag them down.
Su Yu's previous attack had not only killed Broken Armor. It had also seriously injured Flame Armor. Coupled with the constant invasion of the death qi, Flame Armor wouldn't be able to last much longer.
Chapter 925: Su Yu's Trump Card (3)
After a short silence, Flame Armor said, "Maybe...I should just convert into a resident. Black Armor is dead. We don't have any Mountainsea residents in the city anymore. With my cultivation level, I might even be able to take control of several death spirits after my conversion. That way, I can try to break into that building with the death spirits under my control."
"..."
Final Armor sank into silence.
Conversion? Conversion would bound him to this city for life. But there was also a need for the conversion. The mystic armor race had lost a lot of their experts here. They still had some residents left, but the strongest among them was only a Cloudbreach. All their Mountainseas had died off.
They had suffered disastrous losses just to take down Su Yu. Final Armor sighed and said nothing.
Flame Armor knew that Final Armor had agreed. He said nothing and took a jade talisman out. After dripping a drop of fiery red blood on it, he tossed the talisman out. Instantly, one additional death spirit appeared.
After collecting the talisman, the death spirit started drawing on the signboard outside the building, completely ignoring the people inside. A short while later, the death spirit left. The conversion began.
After three days, Flame Armor would officially become a resident. At the time, the death qi in the city would no longer affect him too much. Even the death spirits would leave him alone so long as he didn't provoke them.
Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan watched on in silence. Generally, one would only convert into a resident if they were out of options. This mystic armor was quite a decisive one.
Jiu Xuan asked, "Are we going to wait like this? We don't even know how long Su Yu will remain inside. Before long, we'll need to leave to remove the death qi on us. We have to wait at least one day before we can return. If he decides to leave during that time, we will lose track of him again."
Final Armor coldly said, "Very few people have eighteenth ring medallions. Apart from the mayor, a few Sunmoons are probably in possession of these medallions as well. If you don't wish to wait, you need to go looking for these people to borrow their medallions. But it is unlikely that they will be willing to lend their medallions since it involves killing a human genius."
After a short pause, he continued, "But apart from these people, a certain individual might have one such medallion as well. Mo Duona."
Jiu Xuan said, "The humans are enemies with the divines and devils. Since Mo Duona is here, why has he not attacked Su Yu?"
She had been in doubt about that. What was Mo Duona thinking? With his strength, talent, and background, he definitely had a lot of tricks up his sleeve. With his participation, Su Yu might already be dead.
Dao Cheng sighed, "Mo Duona is raising a worthy opponent. Su Yu is not strong enough. Mo Duona is too proud. Unless Su Yu is strong enough to kill a seventh-stage Mountainsea, it is highly unlikely for Mo Duona to interfere."
That was the confidence of Mo Duona. He was not worried about the growth of potential rivals. When Su Yu reached the point where he could kill seventh-stage Mountainseas, Mo Duona would act even without any invitation.
"Fool."
Jiu Xuan cursed. What an idiotic choice. Why wait until a potential grew strong before killing them? What if the rival grew too strong to be killed? What if he himself ended up defeated? Would he be happy then?
She was still quite young. And she hadn't been in the Allheaven Battlefield for long. She had participated in some battles before, but this was her first time participating in something so intense. Even Mountainseas had perished.
This was also her first time facing the geniuses of other major races. In the past, she had only encountered the geniuses of the minor races. Suddenly, several individuals appeared on the street. These were not death spirits. They were the experts of a different race.
Not far away, Long Zhan of the celestial dragon race had also appeared. When he noticed the immortals in the building with the door wide open, he smiled. Under the dark night, he looked exceptionally conspicuous in his white robes. He said nothing and entered a random unoccupied building. Like the immortals, he left his door wide open as well. He was here to enjoy the show.
An Mintian, Tianduo, and some other people had arrived as well. Instead of entering the eighteenth ring, they stayed in the twentieth ring. Each party entered a random unoccupied building. They left their doors open as well. Basically, each party had found a building offering them a clear view of Su Yu's building.
These geniuses had been heading in this direction after departing the Skyrend Valley. But instead of this city, they had gone to the city Qin Fang was in. But things had been silent there, so they all decided to come here.
At that moment, an individual clad in black armor and mounted atop a fierce tiger entered the city. He hovered in the dark sky and flew straight toward the eighteenth ring.
The moment he laid eyes on Final Armor, he roared from afar, "Audacious. Is the mystic armor race trying to get exterminated? Final Armor, I heard you have been capturing the humans here. How brazen."
Instead of attacking, Final Armor spoke solemnly, "Su Yu killed two of our geniuses. It is only natural for us to avenge our geniuses. The human race might be powerful, but we did not deploy any Sunmoons for this. Is this not fair enough for the human race? Is the human race really going to interfere? If you're going to babysit all your geniuses like this, you might as well withdraw all your geniuses from the Allheaven Battlefield."
Qin Fang thought about those words and nodded, "You make a lot of sense."
He landed on the roof of a random building and laughed. Looking at Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan, he said, "What a familiar smell. Are there some immortals here? Is that Dao Cheng? Oh, and Jiu Xuan? Last year, I killed a little fairy. She was a third-stage Cloudbreach. I think she was related to the two of you. Am I right?"
Dao Cheng looked at him and coldly said, "That is a younger sister from my clan. Qin Fang, since the deed has been done, so be it. Why are you speaking about it openly? Are you not afraid of courting unnecessary trouble for yourself?"
"Trouble?" Qin Fang said, "Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan. The humans and immortals are allies yet the two of you are openly trying to kill Su Yu. Why worry about the so-called trouble anymore? Do you want to kill me as well? I'm right here."
Dao Cheng said, "No one is trying to kill Su Yu. I'm merely trying to invite him to the Immortal Realm. He will be accorded the treatment of a guest. Every genius of the multiple character faction needs to visit the realm of a different race as a guest. That has always been the rule..."
"Rule my ass. Who made that a rule? You?"
Dao Cheng replied, "Not me. It was decided by some Invincibles from multiple races. Since Su Yu has left the Human Realm, it is only natural that we have to invite him over as a guest. Qin Fang, are you going to stand in our way?"
"Me?" Qin Fang smiled, "I'm not capable enough. I'm a mere sixth-stage Cloudbreach. I'm not even comparable to you. What can I even do here? I only wish to remind you that the alliance still stands. Do not make a fool of ourselves in front of the divines and devils"
Dao Cheng proceeded to ignore Qin Fang. There was nothing he could say. He was still unsure about Qin Fang's actual strength. Perhaps Qin Fang was already a seventh-stage Cloudbreach.
At that level, not even Dao Cheng was confident he could defeat Qin Fang. After all, this was someone who had killed a third-stage Mountainsea before. A long time had passed since then.
Final Armor sent Dao Cheng a voice transmission, "What should we do now that Qin Fang is here?"
A human expert had arrived. Qin Fang might not seem too impressive, but he used to be in the Heaven Index. At the moment, he reigned at the very top of the Earth Index. Final Armor wasn't exactly worried about being defeated by Qin Fang, but there was a big difference between Qin Fang and Su Yu.
Qin Fang was a descendant of Great Qin King. He was the son of Qin Zheng and the grandson of Qin Guang.
Strictly speaking, he had a very high status. Killing the grandson of Great Qin King might even provoke the retaliation of Great Qin King. That was a terrifying thought. As for Su Yu, he might be a human as well, but life had always been difficult for the multiple character faction in the Allheaven Battlefield.
And no Invincible had openly expressed their support for Su Yu. Thus, killing Su Yu was very different from killing Qin Fang. Unless one had a background similar to Mo Duona's, killing Qin Fang was the same as suicide.
"Ignore him."
Dao Cheng was not afraid of Qin Fang. Even if Qin Fang was already a seventh-stage Cloudbreach, he could still put up a fight against Qin Fang even if he wouldn't be able to kill Qin Fang. He only hoped that the myriad race experts would be able to stop more human experts from arriving. Otherwise, they would no longer be able to kill Su Yu.
After standing alone under the dark sky and enjoying the baptism of death qi for a bit, the ignored Qin Fang shrugged and entered a random unoccupied building as well. Like all the others, he left his door open to allow for a clear view of the area.
Inwardly, he felt extremely helpless. There really wasn't anything much he could do here. He was alone. And he wasn't strong enough. Even Dao Cheng would be a tough opponent for him, not to mention someone like Final Armor. It wasn't surprising at all that a genius from the multiple character faction would be targeted by everyone.
He wondered what the people back at the headquarters would do about this. Would they send some reinforcements? If no help arrived, Su Yu would probably die in this city. Furthermore, Mo Duona was also in this city. He could only hope that Mo Duona did not notice him.
If Mo Duona saw him and somehow concluded that he was strong enough, that lunatic might decide to attack out of nowhere. The complications of that might even somehow drag Mo Duona into the siege against Su Yu, bringing Su Yu even more trouble.
How troublesome.
He shot another glance at the distant Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan before rolling his eyes. Damn it. Those damn immortals sure were rich. Just look at how openly they were burning their heavenly source qi just to withstand the death qi in the air.
He had just arrived, but he was already feeling greatly uncomfortable due to the death qi in the area. The Qin Family was most certainly not as wealthy as the damn immortals. Next, his gaze landed on the building surrounded by death spirits. That was probably Su Yu's building.
That fellow sure was gutsy. He had actually killed so many people inside an ancient city. And now, he was surrounded by both his enemies and the death spirits. How much longer could he last? Hopefully, help would arrive soon.
Then again, that brat was truly getting more and more terrifying. Sure, he seemed to have used some ability blood essence to kill the third-stage Mountainsea, but his physical body must definitely be strong enough to accomplish such a feat. Also, had the research on ability blood essence progressed so far?
"He's only a first-stage Cloudbreach, but he has already killed a third-stage Mountainsea. I only did the same after reaching the sixth stage. That damn brat has actually surpassed my accomplishment."
Qin Fang started playing with the voice transmission talisman in his hand. His second uncle wasn't too far away from this place. Would his second uncle come? He was unsure. If his second uncle wasn't coming, would Great Ming send anyone over?
Great Ming had always enjoyed keeping a low profile. They did not like to bask in the limelight. If not even Great Ming sent help, Hong Tan would probably be Su Yu's only hope since his relationship with Great Xia wasn't exactly good at the moment.
But even if Hong Tan did decide to come, as an early Sunmoon, could he even do much here? Also, his appearance might even cause the appearance of Invincibles. Thus, Great Xia would most likely prohibit him from coming.
After all, a lot of people were paying close attention to his disassembly method. If he came, he would only further complicate things.
"Su Yu...sigh."
That single sigh was accompanied by endlessly complicated emotions. Su Yu was very talented and strong. Alas, no Invincible was able to openly back him. He also didn't have a reliable prefecture as a backer. His identity as a member of the multiple character faction only served to further complicate things. He was completely unlike Qin Fang and Huang Teng, who were able to move around with relative freedom even in the Allheaven Battlefield.
The mystic armor race had the courage to kill Su Yu, but they didn't have the courage to kill Qin Fang. That was the difference between the two. At times, backing was very important. Just look at how arrogant and overbearing Mo Duona was. Yet no experts had ever tried to kill him.
***
At the moment, Su Yu was too busy to think about anything else.
Covered in a thick layer of heavenly source qi, he was busy making use of both the heavenly source qi and death qi to temper his body. He didn't even bother to think about who would come and who wouldn't.
Rather than relying on others, he was better off relying on himself. Even if no help arrived, it didn't matter. Before the super experts of the various races arrived, he would sacrifice his body and unleash slaughter upon all these people. Perhaps he could even try killing every single one of the bastards outside.
What was the worst that could happen? He only needed to recultivate his physical body. From the moment he decided to stay, he had also decided to shoulder all the consequences himself. Otherwise, he would have fled right after his conversation with the big bird.
He was unwilling to flee. Back in the Human Realm, he had been acting like a turtle. He was tired of being a turtle. Out here, he was not going to act like that anymore.
He would kill to his heart's content, consequences be damned.
At worst, he would use his ultimate trump card: his yang acupoint.
"Furball, if I die and manage to crush you to death before that, will your dada come and slaughter everyone here?"
"..."
That random question caused the little furball to shiver with fear.
"No...don't crush me to death. I can run with your sea of willpower! You said that yourself!"
The little furball felt like crying. Yummy was planning to crush him to death. Would his dada come and kill everyone here if that happened? Definitely. But he would still die. He didn't want to die!
Su Yu had a pensive look as he contemplated all his options. That could perhaps serve as his final option. The arrival of a Pseudo Emperor might cause the death of every single person in this city. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on n0velfire.net
***
At the same time.
The ancient statue in the mayor's residence suddenly opened its eyes.
It, no, he seemed to have sensed someone scheming against him. And the culprit felt quite near. Instantly, his gaze landed on Su Yu. Then, he blanked out. What was going on? What was that odd sensation he was feeling?
Chapter 926: Self Rescue, Confusion (1)
"Will fully opening the yang acupoint kill me?"
While cultivating, Su Yu continued thinking of ways to get out of this predicament and gain more strength. He was unsure of what would happen if he opened his yang acupoint fully. But he knew that fully opening it would grant him a massive boost in strength.
Apart from Bai Tianhao, someone else in the Bai Family seemed to have done so as well. It was very likely that the second person was Bai Feng's grandfather. He might still be alive, but his physical body had probably reached near full destruction.
As a warrior, his body was very important to him. With the destruction of his body, he would either die or turn into a cripple. It was likely that he had been trying to make a last-ditch effort to resolve this issue once and for all.
It would be inaccurate to say that Bai Tianhao was a super genius unrivaled in talent. But even someone of a relatively regular level of talent like him could kill a seventh-stage Mountainssea as a Cloudbreach after opening his yang acupoint. One could only imagine how much strength a fully opened yang acupoint would grant.
Back when the incident happened, Bai Tianhao was already a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. But his actual combat strength was probably still lower than Su Yu's current combat strength. His original strength wouldn't be too excessive. Su Yu had opened a lot more acupoints than Bai Tianhao.
"Yang acupoint..."
Su Yu inhaled deeply. What a pity that he still lacked the yin aperture. With the yin aperture, he might be able to freely open and shut the yang acupoint. This was such a troublesome issue.
"Maybe the yang acupoint will straight up double my combat strength."
What would happen if he opened the yang acupoint after consuming a drop of third-stage Mountainsea blood essence?
"The yang acupoint needs to be sustained with an excessively large amount of source qi. Will the Mountainsea blood essence allow me to keep it under control for a short period of time? Can heavenly source qi satisfy the yang acupoint's hunger?"
Su Yu was tempted to open the yang acupoint. If heavenly source qi was enough to sustain it, he really wanted to give it a try. At worst, he would lose his body and recultivate his body from scratch.
"Open the yang acupoint..."
The same thought emerged in his mind repeatedly. If Bai Tianhao could kill a seventh-stage Mountainsea as a ninth-stage Cloudbreach after opening the yang acupoint, what level of enemy could he kill after consuming Mountainsea blood essence and opening the yang acupoint? Would he be strong enough to kill Final Armor?
"Just where is the damn yin aperture? Will killing Dao Cheng reveal more apertures to me and allow me to locate the yin aperture?"
Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind. Ultimately, everything could be simplified to a single word: kill.
Su Yu had never thought of fleeing. Even if he had to flee, this was still not the time for it. He had entered the Allheaven Battlefield to strengthen himself, to avoid all the silent suppression on him, and to follow his heart.
His martial uncle and grandteacher had spent a lifetime enduring. He was not capable of that. He had witnessed with his own eyes how miserable they were even after enduring so much.
Thus, he had decided to walk a different path. He would not endure. He would kill. Strike fear into everyone's heart through slaughter.
His killing intent surged and rippled outward from him. It was extremely intense.
It wouldn't be a mistake to say that Su Yu was the most murderous member of the multiple character faction to date. Not even Hong Tan was as murderous as him. Apart from those close to him, he did not care about anyone else. Even when Dao Cheng tried to threaten him with the other humans in the city, he had remained completely indifferent.
Whatever. Dao Cheng must be dreaming. If a few hostages could force a genius to surrender, the human Invincibles would have been all dead long ago.
Once again, Su Yu spoke to the furball, "I was merely scaring you when I said that. When my body falls apart, remember to run with my sea of willpower. I will rise again in the future. Don't even dream of trying to eat my sea of willpower. You know very well that you're still not strong enough for that."
"Yeah, yeah." The little furball asked, "Can't we defeat those baddies?"
"No. Not yet." Su Yu smiled, "It's fine. Before long, I'll be strong enough. It would be great if I could kill Final Armor as well. That way, the heavenly reward might reward me with some good stuff to stabilize my body."
That was the ideal situation. When his body was on the verge of total collapse, the heavenly reward would be very helpful. In that situation, the best heavenly reward to get was the heavenearth profound light.
This...was perhaps a risk worth taking. He would gamble on the heavenly reward by killing enough people to generate something helpful.
If the heavenly reward from one kill wasn't suitable, he simply needed to kill two. If even that wasn't enough, he could kill three, or four, or even more. There weren't a lot of varieties in the heavenly rewards. It was only a matter of time before he rolled the dice correctly and received what he wanted.
"But...are death spirits actual living beings?"
Su Yu muttered doubtfully. Could he get blood essence from death spirits? If he could...holy shit. Would their blood essence grant him the ability to release death qi? The death spirits he had seen thus far weren't really that strong, but even a mere Skysoar death spirit could pose endless troubles to a Mountainsea.
"Death spirits..."
Su Yu's eyes flickered as he took out the index copy and wrote on it, "I want to buy some death spirit blood essence."
"..."
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Inside the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
The masked man looked at the faceless elder again and grudgingly said, "Elder, Su Yu is suddenly asking to purchase some death spirit blood essence. When I checked the database, I couldn't find anything. Do we have something like that in stock?"
"..."
Once again, the faceless elder walked over and checked the chat history. With a frown, he said, "Death spirit blood essence can't be consumed. Is that brat trying to produce some ability blood essence out of it? Or is he going to use it as death qi?"
After a short silence, he said, "Even death spirits can produce blood essence. But upon consumption, a large amount of death qi will be produced inside one's body. The body will rot away and one's life force will wither into nothingness. Generally, people only use this thing to produce death qi bombs. If this brat ended up killing himself from consuming death spirit blood essence, that would be the greatest joke in the world."
"Do we sell him the product, then?"
"Explain things clearly to him and agree to sell. But this won't be cheap. Death spirits aren't easy to kill. They are also very good at holding a grudge. Just killing one of them will attract the attention of all the other death spirits. For a drop of Skysoar death spirit blood essence, he needs to pay five thousand merit points of the Human Realm."
How greedy. That was the masked man's thought. Yes. Even an employee of the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion couldn't resist thinking that the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion was too greedy. Even the blood essence of divines and devils were only worth about a thousand or two per drop.
But they were actually charging five thousand merit points for only one drop of death spirit blood essence. Was the elder trying to squeeze Su Yu dry? Perhaps the elder was trying to earn as much as he could from Su Yu before Su Yu was dead?
"Elder, Skysoar blood essence might not be good enough for him. Do we have anything stronger than that?"
"Yes. We can provide even Cloudbreach and Mountainsea death spirit blood essence. But we don't have that much supply of Mountainsea blood essence. For each increase in level, the price will increase by ten times." Follow current novels on NoveIꜰire.net
The masked man was stunned. In short, they were charging fifty thousand for a drop of Cloudbreach blood essence and five hundred thousand for a drop of Mountainsea blood essence. That was even more expensive than the blood essence of first divines and original devils.
"Five hundred thousand per drop of Mountainsea blood essence?"
The masked man clarified. He looked at his elder in amazement. How thick must one's face be to quote such an outrageous price? Killing a single Mountainsea would produce ten drops of blood essence. In short, they could earn five million per Mountainsea death spirit?
The faceless elder nonchalantly said, "Don't look at me like that. A Mountainsea death spirit is exceptionally hard to kill. Also, killing even one of them might spawn a Sunmoon death spirit. When something like that appears, even a ninth-stage Sunmoon will be in great trouble. Over the years, very few Sunmoon death spirits have actually died. The most recent case was the one Xia Longwu killed back then. After that battle, he was forced to withdraw from the ancient city carrying heavy injuries."
"But isn't that price a tad bit too high?"
"The human merit points are simply too weak as a currency." The elder said, "He can also trade for the blood essence with other things. The price will depend on what he can offer us. As merchants, we naturally need to earn as much as we can from our customers. Su Yu is wealthy enough to afford our prices. He's different from the other young geniuses who can only derive support from their backers and families. He himself is incredibly wealthy thanks to all the cultivation methods he sold in the Human Realm."
"I understand."
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At the same time.
Su Yu received a reply. He grew excited despite the quoted price. In fact, he was completely ignoring the price.
"So can the death spirits be considered a race as well?"
Su Yu muttered doubtfully. Would he activate a new page in his book with their blood essence? Had they even appeared in his nightmares before? Would he die from consuming their blood essence?
"Furball, will you die after consuming some death spirit blood essence?"
The furball was getting more and more annoyed. With his baby voice, he said, "Yummy, please! Don't wanna eat! They smell bad. Their blood will smell even worse!"
Su Yu rolled his eyes. Why was the furball speaking like he didn't have a nose as well? Just picturing the look of those death spirits made him wonder if he could bring himself to consume their blood essence.
If he consumed a drop of death spirit blood essence only to find that his book couldn't process it, he would be in great trouble. He would probably be forced to use a large amount of heavenly source qi to counter the effects of that. Perhaps he could start with a drop of Skysoar blood essence. That way, he could recover much easier if things went south.
It definitely wouldn't be a good idea to start with Mountainsea blood essence. That could wait until he was sure that his book could process death spirit blood essence as well. But the price was too high.
"What a bullshit price."
Five hundred thousand per drop? Screw that. That was enough money to even hire assassins capable of killing Sunmoons.
"I have one, no, two divine corpses. One of them is Lei Jue and the other is a six-winged divine. I also have the corpses of numerous geniuses from various races. I also have a pile of random treasures and three ancient city medallions. I am offering all that for five drops of Skysoar blood essence, five drops of Cloudbreach blood essence, and a hundred drops of early Mountainsea blood essence. Take note that I'm talking about death spirit blood essence."