Chapter 932: If Su Yu Wants You To Die At Three (2)
Inside the city.
Death qi flooded the streets while death spirits were roaming all over the city.
As for the gates, they were slowly shutting. Su Yu wasn't too bothered about that. Dao Cheng and Silver Armor noted that as well. They had no clue what was happening. Their only choice was to enter the city before the gates were completely shut.
Meanwhile, Su Yu continued roaming the city.
He noticed Flame Armor's death, and he didn't think too much about it. He only felt slightly regretful that the heavens did not consider that his kill. So be it. That was merely a first-stage Mountainsea.
Soon, he noticed yet another occupied building with its door open. Two experts could be seen inside.
One was male while the other was female. The male was a second-stage Mountainsea while the female was a Cloudbreach. This was a standard composition of a young genius and a dao protector.
But a second-stage Mountainsea was a tad too weak to serve as a dao protector. They were probably at the Plain of Desires before. If one was too strong, one could easily get lost there. Thus, when a young genius was exploring that place, they would rarely take a dao protector who was overly strong with them.
Su Yu focused and noted that both of them were humanoid, but he could still see which race they were from.
"This is...the ancient wing race?"
He noticed the wings folded on their backs. This was a powerful race, also one of the top 100 races. It was somewhat related to the six-winged divine race, so it could be considered a subordinate race of the divine race.
"They are killable."
Finally, he found some suitable targets. He was overjoyed.
When he stopped outside the building, the female said, "Commander Jin, there are too many death spirits here. They are everywhere. Look, there's one standing right outside. Should we shut the door?"
"It's only a Skysoar death spirit..." The Mountainsea glanced at Su Yu and said, "We can shut the door, but I'm worried that we will be cut off and miss out on what's happening. Something is off about this place. I think the better option is to leave as soon as possible."
"An Mintian is refusing to leave. He said that he might need our help..."
Hearing that, the Mountainsea commander could only remain silent. The ancient wing was a subordinate race of the divine race. And An Mintian was a genius of the divine race. Since he required their assistance, it wouldn't be proper for them to leave.
However, the commander still couldn't forget how all the people who had followed An Mintian had died.
The death spirit was still outside. This further worsened the commander's mood. Unfortunately, they couldn't kill this death spirit.
Killing one would provoke powerful death spirits to appear. This was the most annoying part of these death spirits. While he was thinking, he suddenly noticed that the death spirit seemed to have moved nearer to their door.
"Is it trying to enter?"
The commander laughed in amusement. Only Mountainsea death spirits could try to force their way into occupied buildings. A mere Skysoar death spirit like this...
He couldn't even complete his thought when a ray of blade light flashed toward him. This blade light was not formed of source qi. Rather, it was formed of death qi.
Wait...were death spirits proficient in saber techniques as well? That was the commander's final thought before his head was sent flying to the sky.
The female genius exclaimed in shock. She turned into a bird and tried to escape, but Su Yu had stepped into the building and shut the door behind him. There was nowhere for her to run.
"Who are you?"
She could barely say anything before her head was severed as well. A clump of cloud appeared above Su Yu. He wasted no time and collected the two corpses. Inside him, a clump of heavenly source qi was being digested. Hissing sounds rang out as it clashed with the death qi in his body.
Shortly after, he opened the door and vanished into thin air. The door swung shut after he vanished. Behind the door, puddles of fresh blood were left on the ground. Thanks to that, more death spirits spawned outside the building.
***
Once again, the index copies shook.
An Mintian took a look and his expression changed instantly. The genius from the ancient wing race was dead. He rushed out of his building. Tianduo, Lan Ying, Long Zhan, the little golden dragon, and even Qin Fang were also walking out of their buildings.
Qin Fang shrugged, "Don't look at me. I have been here all along. This damn place is too unsettling. I'm already thinking of leaving. Are you guys leaving?"
Things were getting too strange. Yet another index genius had perished. Sure, that was only a Yellow Index genius. But that was still a genius who had prevailed over countless others to enter that index. That was someone capable of killing someone above her level. But she had died in such a mysterious manner.
Where was her corpse? Where did she die? Was it inside or outside the city? An Mintian knew that it must have happened in the city. He had notified them to not leave the city for now. It was unlikely for them to ignore his words. She also had a second-stage Mountainsea as her dao protector.
Were both of them dead? Who was the killer? An Mintian's expression turned incomparably solemn. Should he remain in the city?
Right at that moment, Dao Cheng and Silver Armor returned. Dao Cheng was sighing endlessly. He really didn't feel like returning. But Silver Armor looked like he was going to turn on them if he didn't agree. Thus, he had no choice but to return.
When he noticed a bunch of people out in the streets, he indifferently said, "We're now all in the same boat. The city gates have been shut."
"What?"
Everyone was alarmed.
Dao Cheng coldly said, "The city gates are shut, and only Mayor Tian He or Commander Tian Men can reopen the gates with their medallions. I don't know what's going on, but I can see that the death qi in the city has increased beyond what's normal. If this continues, we will need to leave in three days or we will all die from the death qi."
Silver Armor was not in the mood to care about all those people. He approached Final Armor and asked, "Lord, earlier..."
Final Armor solemnly asked, "Why did you return so early?"
"The city gates were being shut. I was worried that I wouldn't be able to come in after. Where's Flame Armor?"
"Dead."
"..."
Silver Armor was alarmed. "Who did it?"
"Death qi erosion."
Silver Armor couldn't believe it.
Suddenly, someone exclaimed in shock, "Shit! The city gates are shut. How are we supposed to leave? There are death spirits everywhere. What should we do here?"
This was too dangerous.
Dao Cheng said, "We'll have to act according to the circumstances. I doubt Mayor Tian He wants to see all of us dead here in his city. The gates can be shut...but they can be opened as well."
They were out of options. Just what was happening here? Suddenly, the death qi in the city surged abruptly. Dao Cheng's expression changed. The same happened to An Mintian and a few others.
"A Mountainsea death spirit has appeared."
This damn place was getting more and more dangerous. The number of death spirits kept increasing. They had no choice but to return to their buildings. But they all left their doors wide open, giving them a clear look at the numerous death spirits roaming the streets.
Ten, twenty, thirty...
There were too many of them. The city seemed to have turned into a kingdom of the dead.
Looking at Final Armor, Dao Cheng sighed, "Brother Final Armor, I think trouble is coming."
Final Armor said nothing. He stared at Su Yu's building in silence. After a long while, he spoke, "When will the immortal reinforcements arrive?"
"Within a day or two."
"Then, we wait."
Final Armor said, "My race has lost four Mountainseas so far."
At this point, giving up was no longer acceptable to him. Dao Cheng sighed as well. That was the same message he had received from the immortal race. He was told to hang on and not leave.
The experts of various races were heading over. They had to hang on and kill Su Yu inside the city.
For the sake of killing Su Yu, the various races had deployed their Sunmoons to the city. Some of them even had to go through the Plain of Desires to get here. That was a very dangerous thing for Sunmoons to do. But to kill Su Yu, that was a price they were willing to pay. Su Yu was an individual with an Invincible ruin and the inheritance of the multiple character faction on him.
He was also an abnormally gifted genius. The various races would not be able to sleep well before killing him.
"Then, we wait." Latest content publıshed on novel✶fire.net
Dao Cheng said, "From now on, let's stay indoors. After a day or two, the experts of the various races will be here. We will then try to get the gates opened. For now, Mayor Tian He seems to have shut down even the mayor's residence. He's trying to ignore all of us."
His status in the immortal race was not high enough. A mere young genius was not enough to deal with the ruler of an ancient city. Someone with a higher status from a major race was needed to actually negotiate with the mayor.
***
Kill!
With a rumble, yet another death spirit died in Su Yu's hands. A Mountainsea death spirit appeared almost instantly after that. Incredibly dense death qi accompanied the arrival of the Mountainsea death spirit.
Even Su Yu was finding it uncomfortable, so the rapidly moved away. As for the Mountainsea death spirit, it drifted about in the area, confused. Suddenly, it slapped a random door open. Behind the door, a large tiger was listening attentively to the sounds outside.
Suddenly, the tiger blanked out before turning pale with fright.
"Death—"
The death spirits were starting to break through the locked doors!
Whoosh!
A wave of death qi swept into the building, instantly transforming the tiger into a corpse riddled with death qi. The Mountainsea had killed someone right after appearing. Then, it left the building and started roaming the city.
It did not do anything to the resident. However, it started attacking the buildings with non-residents in them. The behavior of the death spirits seemed to have changed after failing to look for the killer of the death spirits for so long.
Slaughter.
They were now slaughtering every living being in their way.
Outside the eighteenth ring, a Mountainsea death spirit was capable of entering any locked building. Thus, the first Mountainsea death spirit to appear immediately unleashed slaughter everywhere it went.
Not far away, Su Yu was stupefied as he witnessed everything.
Holy shit! What was going on? The death spirit was cracking open these buildings to kill the people inside?
Holy shit! This was too terrifying.
He rushed back to the previous building and noticed the newly deceased tiger. The corpse was still intact, and even the storage ring was still present.
"What...is this?"
The death spirit would do the killing while he would be cleaning up? That...seemed nice!
"So these Mountainsea death spirits are capable of opening a locked door?"
The safe houses were no longer safe.
Su Yu looked ahead of him and saw the Mountainsea death spirit opening the door of a different building. Only the residents were left undisturbed.
Only one Mountainsea death spirit had appeared so far.
A new idea emerged in Su Yu's mind. Killing a high-stage Cloudbreach would result in the appearance of a Mountainsea death spirit. What if more Mountainsea death spirits were to appear?
Would he be able to get all those people killed without fighting them himself? At that thought, a cruel look appeared in his eyes. In that case, it was time for all of them to die.
Damn them all. How dare they surround him. Fine. All of them would die now. Dao Cheng and company had been constantly sticking together. But that no longer mattered. They would die even if they stuck together.
Of course, things might get troublesome for the little furball and Qin Fang. But he had no other options. At worst, he would try to help them when things got dangerous for them. After all, he was now a death spirit as well.
Chapter 933: If Su Yu Wants You To Die At Three (3)
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Su Yu continued killing death spirits in secret.
More and more death spirits appeared in the city.
Darkness covered the entire city.
And the darkness continued to intensify.
The number of Mountainsea death spirits was increasing as well. One, two, three...
The death spirits were growing increasingly violent. Too many death spirits had died. And since they couldn't pinpoint the culprit, they could only attack indiscriminately. All the non-residents in the city became their targets. As long as they could kill all non-residents, peace would naturally return. That was their logic.
Rumble!
Yet another locked door was blasted open. A Mountainsea expert in the building roared while fleeing in panic, "Help me! Someone, help me! The Mountainsea death spirits are forcefully opening our doors! Let's head to the mayor's residence together!"
Whoosh!
A sword ray shot over and pushed the Mountainsea death spirit back. An Mintian and the others were here to help. Things were getting very troublesome. For the sake of survival, they had to join hands.
Soon, one hidden expert after another revealed themselves. Some were Mountainseas and some were Cloudbreaches. More than thirty experts had appeared in the seemingly dead city. About eight of them were Mountainseas. This was quite a surprising number.
"Final Armor." An expert from a different race said, "Stop waiting. We need to get to the mayor's residence. What is the mayor doing right now? We need to make him open the gates so that we can leave."
They were going to die soon. What was the point of waiting here for Su Yu? A large number of Mountainsea death spirits had appeared. If this continued, even ancient death spirits at the Sunmoon Realm might start appearing. At that point...all of them would die.
The appearance of such an existence might even end all lives in the city.
Final Armor struggled to make that decision. As for Dao Cheng, he gave Su Yu's building one last glance and said, "Let's go to the mayor's residence first..."
"No!" Final Armor clenched his teeth, "Things are getting dangerous for us, but it's the same for Su Yu. Since even he is still hiding indoors, why should we be afraid? At worst, we can lure some Mountainsea death spirits over. Perhaps they can open his door."
Everyone was equally in trouble, including Su Yu. That was what Final Armor believed. Even if they had to leave, they had to kill Su Yu first. Otherwise, all their losses thus far would have been for nothing.
Dao Cheng performed a divination, but his character exploded. He sighed. That was a sign of absolute danger. The danger was so high not even his divination could read the level of danger awaiting them.
This city had revealed its real face.
A city of the dead.
"Mo Duona is still inside the city. Let's look for Mo Duona first." Dao Cheng said, "Perhaps Mo Duona will know what to do. He's very strong and he might have some treasures bestowed by Invincibles on him."
Who would go?
Final Armor looked at Dao Cheng and said, "Let Jiu Xuan go."
"No!"
Dao Cheng refused. That was too dangerous.
Final Armor coldly said, "The mystic armor race is not respectable enough to ask for his help. He will simply ignore us. Either you or Jiu Xuan needs to go."
After a slight hesitation, Dao Cheng said, "I'll go. Don't stray from Jiu Xuan's side."
He turned to face Jiu Xuan and said, "Don't leave this building. Stay close to Brother Final Armor at all times..."
Jiu Xuan said anxiously, "It's very dangerous out there. If you really need to go, why don't you go with Commander Silver Armor? With him around, it will be safer for you."
Dao Cheng considered that and nodded. He looked at Silver Armor and said, "I'll have to trouble you for this, Commander Silver Armor. Even better if we could gather up the others as well. If this continues, all of us will be in trouble."
Silver Armor looked at Final Armor. With a nod, Final Armor sent a voice transmission, "Keep an eye on him. Make sure he doesn't run off himself. Between him and Jiu Xuan, one of them must remain with us at all times. The immortals have not sacrificed anything in this operation while we have lost several Mountainseas. We can't allow them to run away just like this."
"I understand."
Silver Armor replied through voice transmission as well. He understood what his superior was saying. They couldn't allow the two immortals to leave their sight. Otherwise, the two could very well choose to abandon the operation.
Dao Cheng knew what Final Armor was thinking. He wouldn't have offered to go alone otherwise. The mystic armor race was most likely harboring an extremely conflicted view of them at the moment.
Soon, Dao Cheng left with Silver Armor. He had to gather up more people and look for Mo Duona. Not even the mayor could afford to slight Mo Duona. Thus, they needed Mo Duona if they wanted to get out of this predicament.
***
Not far away.
Su Yu was tempted to make a move.
Should he? Who should he target? Dao Cheng and Silver Armor or Final Armor and Jiu Xuan? Since he was going to kill through a sneak attack, picking the stronger person to kill was naturally the smarter choice. But could he even kill Final Armor? Even through a sneak attack, it wouldn't be easy.
Should he target Dao Cheng first? That immortal was too strange and unsettling. Something was telling Su Yu that killing Dao Cheng might be even harder than killing Final Armor.
"If I fail to kill Dao Cheng in one hit, Final Armor will arrive shortly. Meanwhile, I will no longer have anything to fear inside the city if I can kill Final Armor."
For him, the biggest threats in the city were Final Armor, Mo Duona, and the Sunmoon mayor. He did not notice any other Sunmoon in the city.
Su Yu was unable to make a decision. Soon, he clenched his teeth and decided to just do it. If he wanted to kill someone, he might as well set his sights higher. He would target Final Armor and Jiu Xuan.
Killing the two, especially a peak Mountainsea like Final Armor, might grant him more heavenly rewards. Perhaps that could even help him finish a few more body forgings. But a peak Mountainsea wouldn't die so easily, even to sneak attacks.
He could unleash the strength of a third-stage Mountainsea for a short moment. The sneak attack would only grant him one chance to kill his target. If he failed, his target would be on alert. And he would no longer be able to kill his target.
"Should I just wait for the Mountainsea death spirits to kill him instead? That's the best way for me to succeed."
Perhaps this was his sole option. Of course, not even a Mountainsea death spirit could guarantee Final Armor's death, but that would force him out of the building. That would create more openings for Su Yu to do something.
He could forget about the others for now. As long as he could kill the biggest threat in the city, he did not need to fear anything else in the city.
Having made up his mind, Su Yu vanished into thin air and reappeared near Final Armor's building. There, he stopped the reversal of his acupoints and dispersed the death qi in his body, allowing his real aura to surface. Read full story at novel⁂fire.net
Instantly, three Mountainsea death spirits appeared near him. They were here because they finally found the aura of the killer who had killed so many death spirits. The three Mountainsea death spirits had appeared not far away from Final Armor.
But after a short moment, they grew irritated. Where was the killer? The aura of the killer had vanished yet again.
Rumble!
Once again, the death spirits started attacking indiscriminately. Rumbling sounds rang out unceasingly. More and more people started fleeing in the direction of the mayor's residence. They couldn't stay idle anymore.
And before long, Final Armor's expression changed. Perhaps the three death spirits were attracted by his powerful aura. All three of them had appeared in front of his building together. One of them rushed toward the building. Rumbling sounds rang out as the incorporeal barrier tried to stop its entry.
A few death spirits were also trying to break into the little furball's building. But fortunately, Su Yu was there. He started pretending like he was trying to break through the door. The death spirits sank into momentary confusion when they saw someone taking over their task. After a short pause, they went across the street instead.
Someone was already there. They were not needed there.
Su Yu exhaled in relief to see that. Good. But things were absolutely not good for the building across the street.
Final Armor retaliated. He pushed the Mountainsea death spirit back with one strike, but that only increased the number of death spirits in front of him.
His expression sank as he looked at Jiu Xuan, "We might need to abandon this place. Get ready to leave with me. Do not stop once we start moving."
"Leave?" Jiu Xuan hurriedly said, "What about Big Brother Dao Cheng and the others?"
"They will be fine. We can reconvene with them later." Final Armor solemnly said, "There are already three Mountainsea death spirits here. This is the eighteenth ring so it will take them some time to get through the door. But the door won't be able to hold them forever. More and more of them are gathering here. We need to leave while we still can."
"I understand."
Jiu Xuan was also an elite cultivator. Thus, she was able to act decisively when she sensed that danger was approaching. Final Armor gave the building across the street one more glance. A death spirit was trying to break inside Su Yu's building as well. But the death spirit did not seem too strong. A sense of helplessness rose within him when he saw that.
Whatever. Perhaps his departure would cause these death spirits to switch their target and move on to Su Yu's building instead. With the gates shut, Su Yu wouldn't be able to escape anyway.
Once again, he pushed a Mountainsea death spirit back. He did not even dare to use too much force in his strike. He was worried about accidentally killing one and spawning an even stronger death spirit. That would be very troublesome. If a Sunmoon death spirit appeared, not even he could survive.
Then, he said, "Now!"
He dragged Jiu Xuan and dashed out of the building. It was time for them to leave. The death spirits started giving chase. As for Su Yu, he joined the group of death spirits. It was still not the time for him to make a move yet. Final Armor was still on high alert.
Nevertheless, having Final Armor out in the streets was a good thing for him. There were a lot of death spirits in the city. He could find another chance to release his aura again. Perhaps that would lure even more death spirits over. Final Armor...and the little fairy...time for them to die.
Did they think they could escape the death spirits by leaving their building? That was such a beautiful dream. With him around, the death spirits in the city would be fully focused on the two of them.
He started slowing down, and before long, he ended the reversal of his acupoints. Instantly, numerous death spirits rushed over. Not far ahead, Final Armor cursed. He had assumed that the newly arrived death spirits were here for him. At that moment, two new Mountainsea death spirits had appeared in front of him.
He couldn't stop cursing under his breath. What was going on? When the death spirits pursued others, they would give up after a short while. But why were things different for him? Furthermore, there were even Mountainsea death spirits going after him. Was this because he was too strong?
Final Armor couldn't understand this. Jiu Xuan had an unsightly expression as well. She felt terrible. The death qi around her was too dense, causing her to feel extremely uncomfortable.
Chapter 934: Fighting To The Death (1)
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The large gathering of death spirits had severed all the paths Final Armor could take. His face fell. Why were these death spirits stubbornly chasing after him?
"Do you have anything that can attract death spirits on you?"
He looked at Jiu Xuan furiously.
The immortals! These two immortals had not contributed much to their operation. The only thing they had done all along was crying about danger. They only cared about their safety. Meanwhile, the mystic armors had lost several Mountainseas without any gains.
Jiu Xuan frowned and said, "No. How can it be me?"
She did not have any such thing on her. She had some valuable treasures on her, but none of them could attract death spirits. She was certain about that because the death spirits had not targeted her before this.
Jiu Xuan scanned their surroundings and solemnly said, "Commander Final Armor, we need to break free now."
"How are we supposed to do that?"
Kill their way out? Final Armor was greatly troubled. Killing even one of them would only attract more. This was why death spirits were so difficult to deal with. At any other time, they had the option of leaving the city and waiting until the matter settled down before returning to the city. But that was not an option today.
If he started killing them, it would turn into a neverending battle. Abruptly, he roared and unleashed a burst of source qi. His source qi eruption was extremely powerful, clearly demonstrating the prowess of a peak Mountainsea.
A large number of death spirits were pushed back by the eruption. Even the Mountainsea death spirits were pushed back by the shockwave. But that eruption only served to attract even more death spirits. More and more death spirits converged on them from all over the city, bringing a large amount of death qi with them. Jiu Xuan roared as she covered her entire body with heavenly source qi.
As a young genius of the immortal race, she was naturally well-equipped with all sorts of treasures. She said, "Commander, buy me a little bit of time!"
She did not wait for the reply and produced a character. Her long hair fluttered wildly as the massive character hovered above her.
"Set!"
Her roar reverberated in the sky as ray after ray of light erupted from the character. As her face paled, numerous death spirits were frozen in action. One by one, they dropped from the sky.
Su Yu, who was mixed among the death spirits, felt an unknown power restricting him, making it extremely hard for him to move. He was greatly shocked.
Holy shit!
He had underestimated this little fairy. Sure enough, not a single genius on the Earth Index was a pushover.
If he fought her alone, this move could very well make him suffer a loss. It was true that cultural researchers were the most tricky opponents to deal with. As for warriors, they had a limited number of tricks up their sleeves. No matter how strong they were, one could still somehow estimate what they would do.
Meanwhile, cultural researchers were always able to pull out something completely unexpected. Final Armor was overjoyed to see that. He was just about to fly away with Jiu Xuan when Su Yu, who was also dropping from the sky with the other death spirits, revealed his original aura for a split second. Yet again, a large number of death spirits appeared around them.
"Damn it!"
Final Armor was furious. Why was this happening? They had already pushed these death spirits back and fixed them in place. Why was this happening? The pale Jiu Xuan roared yet again, forcefully activating her character and freezing the newly arrived death spirits. Final Armor worked alongside her and released a massive burst of source qi.
Even more death spirits started falling from the sky. Su Yu dropped with the other death spirits while stealthily killing the nearby falling death spirits. Killing one would spawn two of them.
These death spirits were rendered completely helpless thanks to the efforts of Final Armor and Jiu Xuan, allowing Su Yu to kill them without even exerting much effort. And instantly, more death spirits spawned out of thin air.
The faces of both Final Armor and Jiu Xuan turned extremely unsightly. Why was this happening? Both of them had actually done admirably well against these death spirits. They were able to stop these death spirits several times without killing a single one of them. If no new death spirits arrived, they would be able to retreat safely.
But why...were even more death spirits arriving?
Final Armor looked around them and questioned furiously, "Jiu Xuan, did that character of yours kill some of them?"
He noticed that a large number of death spirits had actually died.
Damn it!
One should never kill a death spirit inside an ancient city. That was the same as throwing one's life away.
Jiu Xuan was shocked as well. She coldly said, "Impossible. I only stopped their movement. Your source qi must have been too strong for the weaker death spirits to resist."
She was certain she wasn't the killer. How could she not know what her character was capable of? It could only fix someone in place. It couldn't kill anyone.
Meanwhile, Final Armor was a peak Mountainsea. He had excellent control over his strength, so he did not think that he would accidentally kill any of these death spirits. But he also believed that Jiu Xuan wasn't stupid enough to deliberately kill these death spirits.
He could only say, "Don't use your character anymore. Perhaps these death spirits will die right after their movement is stopped. No, they are not alive in the first place. Perhaps stopping the operation of their bodies will interfere with some functions within their bodies, resulting in the termination of their existence."
Hearing that, Jiu Xuan put her character away. Instead, she produced a different character. The moment the character appeared, it created a sphere of light around them.
"Let's go!"
Final Armor started flying away. Wherever they went, the sphere would push everything out of their way. Meanwhile, Jiu Xuan's complexion was turning increasingly pale. At this time, a few more Mountainsea death spirits appeared in the sky.
Strictly speaking, these death spirits weren't too strong. But the death qi they emitted could cause extreme suffering in any living being. As a young genius of the immortall race, Jiu Xuan had a large amount of heavenly source qi on her. But she was draining her supply at a rapid pace.
Dark spots could already be seen on Final Armor's body. Those were signs of death qi erosion. They felt as though they had been submerged in a sea of death spirits.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was leisurely watching as the two continued fleeing. Just where could they go? While the two were flying in the sky, he was nonchalantly killing death spirits on the ground.
He was focusing on all the injured or frozen death spirits. And he was doing so while following the two from the ground. The more he killed, the more death spirits there were.
And all the newly appeared death spirits would target the two in the sky. Why? Because their previous moves against the death spirits had left traces of their auras on those death spirits. Thus, they were the obvious targets. Su Yu only needed to spawn these death spirits. He didn't even need to bother with pointing them toward the two anymore.
More and more death spirits joined the pursuit. The number increased unceasingly.
Final Armor was very strong. He could slaughter these death spirits if he wanted, but he did not have the courage to do so. But he was surrounded on all sides, leaving him with no choice but to become a punching bag of these death spirits.
At this point, faint traces of dark spots were starting to appear on the white robes of Jiu Xuan as well. Her face turned frosty.
She looked around and solemnly said, "Commander Final Armor, at this rate, we will die to death qi erosion."
Final Armor said nothing and continued pushing the death spirits around them back. Why bother saying that? It wasn't like he didn't know that. They were completely surrounded by death spirits, and the death qi in their surroundings were extremely dense.
"The death spirits will only increase in number the more you kill. Leaving the city is our only option. Or perhaps there is another option. We can try entering a building deeper into the city. They might not be able to enter these buildings."
After looking at their surroundings, Jiu Xuan clenched her teeth and said, "We'll go deeper! Since the mayor's residence has been shut, it is likely that they won't be reopening it anytime soon. We have to last long enough for the reinforcements from the immortal race to arrive."
"We can't even leave."
Final Armor wanted to leave as well. But could they even escape this encirclement of death spirits? There were too many of them. They were surrounded by a sea of death spirits. This was too terrifying. He had stayed in Heavendoom City for many years, but he had never seen so many death spirits before. It was as though all the death spirits the city had to offer had gathered here.
After taking a deep breath, Jiu Xuan took out a jade talisman and said, "If we really have no choice, let's kill all these death spirits. Empty this place for a single instance so that we get the chance to leave and hide inside an ancient building of a deeper ring."
A blinding radiance erupted from her talisman. Final Armor was alarmed. Even Su Yu's heart thumped. Holy shit! What was that? A divine talisman? No, the immortals had their own naming scheme. For them, their talismans were officially known as immortal talismans. Was that a talisman she had gotten from a Sunmoon or an Invincible? Follow current novels on novelFɪre.net
That talisman was probably strong enough to kill him, right? That single talisman was probably enough to kill all the death spirits present. Every last one of these young geniuses was a terrifying existence.
If even Jiu Xuan was so dangerous, how about Dao Cheng? How about the others? Would Mo Duona have similar trump cards as well?
"How terrifying."
Su Yu rejoiced that he had not decided to fight her directly. If he had done so, he might end up as the one being killed instead.
Final Armor said nothing. He did not agree with killing these death spirits. There would be no end of them if they did that. Killing would only increase the number of death spirits. If killing worked, he would have done so long ago. He was strong enough to kill even Mountainsea death spirits. But he didn't have the courage to do so. What if excessive killing triggered the appearance of a Sunmoon death spirit? Who would take responsibility for that?
"Unless absolutely necessary, don't do it."
Final Armor warned. She better not do anything rash. Excessive slaughter of these death spirits would only push them to their deaths.
Jiu Xuan said nothing. At this point, escape seemed impossible without killing. There were too many death spirits around them. She was going to run out of heavenly source qi soon. And not even the massive drain on her heavenly source qi was enough to fully withstand the death qi in the air. The dark spots on her white robes were increasing in number. And her face was starting to look more dead than alive.
None of them mentioned the option of asking for help. Who could even help them in the city? Silver Armor? Or Dao Cheng? If they came, they would simply die as well. There were just too many death spirits for anyone to deal with.
In fact, the two had been intentionally controlling the noise they were making. They didn't care about attracting other onlookers, but they didn't want to attract Dao Cheng and Silver Armor over. That would only result in a complete elimination of their party.
Then again, thus far, nobody had the courage to enter the area. The area around them was covered in a thick layer of death qi. The death qi was thick enough to kill even a Cloudbreach instantly from afar.
And even more death spirits were arriving.
***
At the same time, inside the mayor's residence.
Tian He sighed. This was getting troublesome. Just which bastard was killing so many death spirits? A massive medallion stood beside him. It constantly shook.
He sighed, "The mayor's medallion is shaking, indicating that the ancient death spirits will awaken soon. The killing of death spirits must stop. Those bastards! Do they really want to die so much?"
Just which bastard was it that had caused this? With the city sealed, was that bastard trying to die together with everyone in the city? The moment a Sunmoon death spirit appeared, even if it was only a first-stage Sunmoon, everyone would be in trouble, including the mayor. Nobody should ever provoke those ancient death spirits.
Almost all ancient death spirits were Sunmoons. They were extremely terrifying. Even back then, a freakishly strong individual like Xia Longwu had nearly died after killing one Sunmoon death spirit. Ultimately, he was forced to leave with heavy injuries.
Mayor Tian He cursed. This was so strange. Something like this would not have happened normally. Anyone who had killed a death spirit would not have survived for so long. But for some reason, that was not happening. Instead, more and more death spirits were appearing, flooding the city with death qi.
"This is so odd."
Tian He shook his head. Whatever. This wasn't a matter he could get involved in easily.
Chapter 935: Fighting To The Death (2)
Meanwhile, Su Yu was still busy killing.
Kill, kill, and kill.
Intense killing intent permeated the place.
Eventually, a natural character took form in his sea of willpower. It was his twenty-fifth character: death.
He had caused too much death. To the point even a natural death character appeared in his sea of willpower. The appearance of that character further defined the death qi on him, making him almost identical to an actual death spirit. The look in his eyes also turned colder than before.
He did not care about anything else. He only knew that these people needed to pay the price for trying to kill him. A majority of the death spirits in the city had converged near him. People like Qin Fang and the little furball would probably be fine as long as they didn't do anything stupid like roaming the streets alone.
However, everyone could forget about getting near him. Up in the sky, a total of twelve Mountainsea death spirits had appeared. That was a terrifying number. Both Final Armor and Jiu Xuan were still submerged in the sea of death spirits.
Their bodies were invaded by a constant stream of death qi. Clenching her teeth, Jiu Xuan's talisman started shaking. She was losing her patience. She wanted to kill all these death spirits before entering an ancient building deeper into the city. There, she could hole up and wait for reinforcements. But Final Armor was still unwilling to do so.
There were twelve Mountainsea death spirits around them. The moment they were killed, ancient death spirits would start appearing. More than one Sunmoon death spirit would appear. At that point, everyone who was still staying outdoors would die. None could survive.
He did not care about the lives of anyone else, but Silver Armor was still outdoors as well. The two of them were the only mystic armors left in the city. Everyone else had died. Jiu Xuan couldn't fully make up her mind either since Dao Cheng was still outdoors as well.
Perhaps killing these death spirits would give them an opening to run and seek shelter. But the others would remain clueless. How could those people prepare for the arrival of Sunmoon death spirits? The talisman in her hand grew brighter and brighter.
Finally, she sighed, "Let's kill them. Commander Final Armor, you're stronger. Voice transmission talismans have been disabled in the city. Use your cultivation and shout loudly at them to run..."
Suddenly, Final Armor said, "Why don't you try contacting the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? Perhaps they have a solution."
Jiu Xuan's heart skipped a beat. She hurriedly took out her index copy.
"Can you handle the death spirit crisis in Heavendoom City?"
"We have yet to find the source of the turmoil. We are unable to solve it for now."
The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was indeed trying to figure out the truth. But they had not been successful. Why were there more and more death spirits in the city? Was someone killing the death spirits? If that was the case, who was it?
***
Inside the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, the faceless elder said, "Contact Su Yu. Ask him if he's the one causing this turmoil."
The masked man hurriedly did as told.
A short while later, he received a reply. He was so shocked even the color of his mask changed color. He exclaimed, "Elder, he claimed to be the culprit. He also said that if we want to know more, we need to send him the most yummy character in the Myriad Realms or he won't tell us more."
"Yummy his ass!"
The faceless elder was furious, "Ask him if he wants the delicious character of the divine race? Or the delicious character of the various races? Those characters must be very yummy."
Was it really Su Yu? He was unsure. If it was really Su Yu, then it would truly be a terrifying truth. How did he do it? Soon, a reply came.
"Sure. Send them all over."
"..."
The masked man said, "Elder, he seems to have agreed."
The faceless elder was rendered speechless.
"Tell him we can prepare those characters for him, but he needs to stop. Our people are in the city as well. If this continues, ancient death spirits will appear and even our people will suffer for it."
The masked man sent the message. After a short moment, he replied with an odd expression, "Elder, he said that he will kill all his enemies. And anyone still in the city right now is considered his enemy. If we don't want all our people to die, we better prepare some yummy characters for him. Otherwise, he will kill all of us as well."
"..."
The faceless elder's face twitched. That damn brat was getting way too cocky.
"There is no need to entertain him further. He might not even be the actual culprit. Not a single believable word has come from him in a while. His replies are too unreliable."
The faceless elder felt like every single word coming from Su Yu was a lie. He was finding it harder and harder to trust Su Yu. Forget it. They should stop wasting time on that fellow.
***
Inside the building.
The little furball was feeling quite dispirited. He was really looking forward to the transaction with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, but he had no way of contacting Yummy. And Yummy would not end the chaos just for some characters.
The little furball was sure of that. What a pity. He felt like those yummy characters had flown away right before entering his mouth. The little furball started plotting to have Yummy rob the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion of some yummy characters. If that wasn't possible, perhaps he could have his dada do it instead.
Yes. The little furball had recently learned a new concept: robbery.
In the past, the little furball knew nothing, including the concept of robbery. But that had changed.
He had been staying with the big furball since birth, and the big furball spent all his time sleeping. Thus, the little furball had been incredibly ignorant prior to this. But after following Su Yu, he had learned a lot.
Su Yu was basically his biggest mentor. The smart little furball had learned almost everything Su Yu had learned as well. Apart from his unwillingness to rid himself of his gluttony, he was no longer as innocent as he seemed.
That was how he came to consider robbing the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. The urge to do so planted its roots in his mind. At the same time, he also formed a new view of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion: a treasure trove. Thɪs chapter is updated by n0velfire.net
***
While the little furball was thinking about robbing the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, Su Yu was thinking about robbing Jiu Xuan. Or to be precise, he was thinking of robbing the jade talisman in her hand.
That was most definitely something she had obtained from an Invincible. It was too powerful. With that talisman in hand, no death spirits dared to approach her. Even the death qi around her started dispersing into nothingness.
But due to the excessively high number of death spirits in the area, the talisman was unable to fully cleanse the death qi in the area. And it was also weakening with usage.
Su Yu had his eyes on that talisman. That was most definitely a precious treasure. He was only worried that it would also carry the will of the Invincible who had created it. That would be very tricky to deal with.
But at the moment, Su Yu could do nothing except kill more death spirits.
Kill!
He continued killing death spirits under the cover of chaos.
At that point, twenty Mountainsea death spirits had gathered in the sky. Final Armor was reaching his limit. Even the dark spots on his body had joined into a large dark patch.
He looked at Jiu Xuan and sighed, "I'll warn them to hide. Prepare to use your talisman and kill them all. If we keep holding back, both of us will die."
They had no other choice.
Jiu Xuan nodded. With a frosty expression, she said, "I'll kill right after your shout. Don't worry. We'll live. As long as we escape this, my grandpa will be here to save us."
"Immortal King Xuan He?"
Final Armor was overjoyed, "The immortal king is coming?"
Yes, Jiu Xuan was a descendant of an immortal king. But not all descendants would receive so much care from an immortal king. Was she speaking the truth?
Jiu Xuan said, "Yes. I have a marriage agreement with Big Brother Dao Cheng. Neither the Dao King nor my grandpa will give up on this marriage alliance. Thus, they will be here for me."
The immortal race did not lack geniuses.
The index geniuses were merely a bunch of youngsters. There was no guarantee that they would actually grow into a powerhouse. Thus, her death would not be important enough to make an immortal king move.
But she was the tool to form an alliance by marriage with the Dao King, one of the strongest kings among the immortals. He was even stronger than her grandfather.
Like many other races, the immortal race was also split into factions. With factions, competition naturally existed. And her grandfather was in need of support from a powerful king.
Thus, he could not afford her death. Her death would ruin his plan to establish an alliance with one of the strongest immortal kings in existence.
During this travel out of the Immortal Realm, she had been constantly staying beside Dao Cheng. Her presence beside him had been rather inconspicuous. But both she and Dao Cheng knew what their relationship signified. Dao Cheng had been trying his best to prevent her from running around as he knew how desperate the Dao King was for the support of Immortal King Xuan He.
Final Armor was overjoyed to hear that. If a powerful immortal king was going to come here personally, they would naturally be saved. An immortal king would not take long to reach this place. His hesitation vanished as he roared loudly.
"Dao Cheng, Silver Armor, start hiding!"
"Dao Cheng, Silver Armor, start hiding!"
His voice reverberated in the city.
***
Not far away.
Both Dao Cheng and Silver Armor were alarmed. They did notice the massive concentration of death qi in a certain part of the city, but they had not imagined that Final Armor would be there. Their faces fell.
They could hear that Final Armor's voice had come out of the place with the thickest death qi. Start hiding?
Dao Cheng's expression changed as he realized something. Silver Armor clenched his teeth and said, "I'll go help my lord..."
"Nonsense. Are you trying to kill yourself?" Dao Cheng said, "Move. We need to hide indoors. Jiu Xuan is probably going to use her immortal king talisman. Hurry up. They are going to kill those death spirits. We need to hide!"
A crisis was about to erupt. The moment Jiu Xuan killed those death spirits with her immortal king talisman, ancient death spirits would start appearing. The city would sink into utter chaos.
Dao Cheng wasted no time and started dragging Silver Armor off, looking for a suitable building to serve as their shelter. They needed to go deep into the city. They needed a building in the inner rings.
It would be even better if they could find one near the mayor's residence. Even if the death qi there would be extremely dense, they had to take the risk. With the activation of the immortal king talisman, Immortal King Xuan He might appear soon.
At that moment, the people in the city finally learned that the people trapped amid the sea of death spirits were Jiu Xuan and Final Armor. The smarter ones started looking for suitable shelter as well. A disaster was coming.
Those lunatics were going to start slaughtering death spirits in large numbers. They wouldn't have given that warning otherwise. The geniuses and experts in the city reached the same conclusion.
As for the more foolish ones, they were still completely clueless. They were only shocked at how even a peak Mountainsea was in trouble, not realizing the implication behind that warning. Nobody bothered to warn these fools.
As far as they were concerned, the continued survival of such fools was basically a waste of space. And thus, a large number of people started rushing all over the city. Some even decided to crawl through a dog hole on one of the walls surrounding the mayor's residence. That might be even safer than hiding in any of these ancient buildings.
Naturally, people like Qin Fang also started rushing into the inner rings.
Chapter 936: Fighting To The Death (3)
Su Yu had also realized what they were planning.
They were going to slaughter the death spirits before fleeing. The look in his eyes changed slightly as he started scanning his surroundings. At the moment, Jiu Xuan and Final Armor were still running without attacking. Clearly, they were looking for a suitable safe house before making their move.
Noticing that, a new thought emerged in Su Yu's mind. Perhaps...he could get the two of them killed much easier than he thought. It wouldn't be so easy to snatch that talisman for himself.
The two would first look for a safe house. That way, they could flee into their new shelter right after making their move. One special characteristic of these ancient buildings was that no new occupant could enter without permission if a building was already occupied.
"What if...I take the building they picked in advance?"
His eyes flickered. Which building would they choose? They would definitely pick the sturdiest building they could find. He started looking around for a suitable target. If he occupied the building right as they were about to rush inside and shut the door, what would happen to the two? Would they go mad?
Life and death, determined by a single door.
At that moment, Jiu Xuan said, "That one. Do you see that building, Commander Final? That large building over there. It's a building in the sixth ring. It should be sufficient, right?"
They didn't even bother to use voice transmissions. Su Yu was stunned when he noticed that, but soon, he understood what they were thinking. They were assuming that all death spirits were dumb. Well...to be fair, he believed so as well. What was the point of hiding anything with only death spirits around them?
It was completely unnecessary.
Su Yu followed their gaze and saw a manor not far away. Due to the thick death qi around it, the entire manor looked dusky. But it also looked quite sturdy. Could he even enter a building of such a level? After all, not all unoccupied buildings in these ancient cities could be entered easily. He was unsure. But it wouldn't hurt to try.
He decided to stay near the entrance first. The instant the two made their move against the death spirits, they would rush toward the building. At the same time, Sunmoon death spirits would appear behind them. At that time, he could step through the door and slam it shut.
Even Su Yu himself was alarmed at how cruel that plan was. He couldn't begin to imagine the level of despair those two would feel at that moment. Should he wait until they were on the verge of dying before opening the door and letting them in? Then...he could deal the final blow to them, right?
Su Yu started moving toward the manor stealthily with a few of the weaker death spirits. Shortly after, he arrived at the entrance of the manor. Up in the sky, the two were colliding against the death spirits surrounding them. The talisman in Jiu Xuan's hand was starting to flicker. Clearly, they were going to make their move soon.
After taking another glance at the two, Su Yu lightly pushed the door of the manor. And it opened.
Su Yu hurriedly shut the door again. He could not enter yet. If he entered, it would turn into an occupied building. He had to enter right as those two were about to enter. That way, they wouldn't even get the chance to pick a different building.
These inner ring buildings were quite easy to enter, after all. Why were there so many rumors claiming that these inner ring buildings were very complicated?
With that Su Yu started hiding beside the door. Or to be precise, he was standing there blankly like any other death spirit. As a weak death spirit, he wasn't supposed to be able to enter. Thus, his two targets wouldn't mind his presence, right?
At worst, they would throw a casual slap his way to kill him right before going through the door. But that was not a worry for him. By the time they reached the door, he would be inside the building already.
Su Yu was starting to get excited. He couldn't help but praise the convenience of being a death spirit. Meanwhile, his two targets were moving nearer and nearer. Abruptly, Jiu Xuan dropped down from the sky. Final Armor stopped holding back and killed a few weak death spirits to open a path toward their destination.
With a solemn expression, Jiu Xuan said, "The moment I make my move, take me into the building. This is a building you can enter, right?"
"Yes." Final Armor said, "I remember this building. I was here before. It was occupied at one point, but the death qi inside is very dense."
"It's fine. We only need to last until my grandpa is here."
"Alright."
The two made their decision. A ruthless gleam flickered in Jiu Xuan's eyes as she looked at the sea of death spirits around them. Finally, she could kill all these annoying death spirits. How dare they pester her endlessly.
She bit the tip of her tongue and spat a mouthful of blood on the talisman. Then, a dazzling crimson light erupted from the talisman.
"Kill!"
With her command, countless beams shot out, flooding the world in a power that was incomparably holy and majestic.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
One death spirit after another was instantly reduced into nothingness. At the exact moment, the stone statue in the mayor's residence opened his eyes. Beneath him, three death spirits appeared. The death qi they emitted was incomparably powerful. Every one of them was a Sunmoon.
Faint traces of light flickered in their eyes. Then, they vanished into thin air with a flicker. The immortal king talisman was still sweeping past the city, destroying one building after another. But almost immediately, those buildings reverted to their previous state. Meanwhile, more and more death spirits were reduced to nothingness.
There were too many of them. Too many to count. This was the power of an Invincible talisman.
But...Su Yu was completely fine. Jiu Xuan was no fool. Why would they spawn more death spirits in their way? They weren't too worried about the few weak spirits lingering in front of the building they were planning to hide in.
Numerous death spirits were killed. And abruptly, three Sunmoon death spirits flickered into existence in the sky. Waves of incomparably powerful death qi rippled out of them.
Jiu Xuan instantly paled. Without bothering to say anything, Final Armor dragged her and moved at his top speed toward the manor ahead of them. This was the sixth ring. Not even Sunmoon death spirits could break into the buildings here so easily.
The time the building bought them would be enough for the immortal king to arrive. Shrouded in a thick layer of death qi, the three Sunmoon death spirits shot toward them at an incomparably fast speed.
Final Armor and Jiu Xuan had all their attention on the manor that was right ahead of them. But right at that moment, one of the weak death spirits in the area pushed the door of the manor.
Under their gazes of shock and disbelief, the door swung open. Then, the death spirit went through it and slammed the door shut.
Boom!
A loud rumble rang out as Final Armor rammed into the door. He attacked with all his strength, but this was a door capable of stopping Sunmoons. It was naturally capable of stopping him as well.
Disbelief still filled his eyes.
A death spirit? Entering the building?
A death spirit? Shutting the door after entering?
What about him?
What about them?
They...were going to die!
"NO!"
A furious bellow resounded throughout the city. Apart from the stone statue, nobody was there to witness what was happening. Then again, even if someone else wanted to take a look, it wouldn't be possible. All life within a one-kilometer radius around the three Sunmoon death spirits had instantly perished right after their appearance.
"NO!"
Final Armor's roar was filled with fury and indignation. He did not have the chance to flee. The three Sunmoon death spirits arrived behind him, with death qi that was far more potent than anything he had ever felt before.
The moment they arrived, Final Armor's body started rotting away. Despair covered Jiu Xuan's face as a large amount of death qi covered her body. The little heavenly source qi she had left was completely insufficient to deal with death qi of this level.
A realization dawned on her. Death had arrived for her. There was no surviving this. In her final moments, she recalled something. That death spirit...the death spirit who had entered the manor...that was no death spirit! That was a living being!
Who was that?
Su Yu? Su Yu!
Definitely!
It could only be him!
"SU YU!"
A shrill howl laced with boundless despair resounded throughout the city. Abruptly, the door swung open and a dazzling saber shot out.
Boom!
Final Armor, who was facing the door with his back, was instantly cut into two. His rotting body was no longer as sturdy as before. With great difficulty, he turned his head and took an unstable step toward the door. Su Yu and a blade entered his vision. Disbelief and regret filled his eyes.
He was dead.
In fact, he was already dead the moment the three Sunmoon death spirits appeared.
A single door stood in his path toward salvation.
But he did not want to die yet. He wanted to tell everyone that Su Yu was the culprit for all the chaos unfolding in the city.
"SU—"
Before he could say more, the blood spurting out of his mouth turned black. Then, a blinding radiance erupted from the saber yet again.
Whoosh!
Final Armor was cut into pieces. With a wave of his hand, Su Yu gathered all the pieces into his storage ring before swinging his saber at Jiu Xuan. Jiu Xuan was already near death as well. She had only lasted this long thanks to her heavenly source qi.
Her skin was no longer fair and tender. Rather, she was akin to a dried corpse with her withered skin.
She glared at Su Yu. Drop after drop of blood dripped onto the ground.
Su Yu!
With her withered finger, she wrote two immortal characters with her blood. Then, the two characters came to life and flew away.
Su Yu!
She was making a declaration that the person who had killed her was Su Yu. As long as that was known, some people would be able to figure out some of his secrets. For example, the fact that he was related to the death spirits in the city. She only had enough time to write the two characters.
"Idiot." Su Yu said, "You must be dumb. After killing Final Armor, even if I only dealt the final blow, my rank must have changed. Everyone will know I'm the killer. What's the point of writing my name? What an idiot."
Jiu Xuan's eyes widened.
At her final moment, she was filled with regret, despair, indignation...and unwillingness.
Her? An idiot? That...seemed to be true. Su Yu was right. What was the point of writing his name down? Everyone would know he was the killer even without her reminder.
Boom!
Her final bit of consciousness faded away as her sea of willpower collapsed completely. Su Yu reached out his arm which was completely identical to the arm of a death spirit and grabbed the withered corpse. It looked nothing like the corpse of an immortal fairy.
He pulled the corpse through the entrance and kept it in his storage ring. All along, he had been standing inside the building. The three Sunmoon death spirits gazed at him outside the building. Their eyes flickered with tiny traces of wisdom. What was this?
One of them?
The little bit of intelligence they had was being insulted. The three Sunmoon death spirits were completely stunned. Just what was this? Meanwhile, Su Yu merely shot the three death spirits a fearful look before slamming his door shut.
Boom!
The three Sunmoon death spirits were left outside. Lingering fear filled his heart. Suddenly, a massive cloud appeared above him. This was the combined reward for killing Final Armor and Jiu Xuan.
It was a massive golden clump. And the reward seemed to be...heavenearth profound light! Follow current novᴇls on novel※fire.net
***
At the same time.
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Somewhere inside was an incomparably large stele. Numerous flickering names could be seen on the surface of the stele. A certain name started flickering abruptly before moving to the very top. But then, it seemed to start hesitating. It thus dropped one rank, and another rank...
Could Su Yu even be granted the full credit for Final Armor's death?
The ancient stele was trying very hard to decide on that.
As a first-stage Cloudbreach, killing a peak Mountainsea was a feat that should absolutely place him in the first place.
But...could he be given the full credit for the kill?
The stele continued analyzing all the information it had.
As the stele analyzed, the name started moving up and down the ranking repeatedly. And a short while later, a conclusion was reached. The name stopped in third place.
The full credit could definitely not be given to Su Yu. As far as the stele was concerned, too many external factors had contributed to the kill.
But the ability to fully make use of the chance presented to him also made Su Yu a genius. Thus, he was promoted in the ranking, but not to the top. His new position was finally decided.
Su Yu, 3rd on Heaven Index.
Past accomplishments: Killing a gravely injured peak Mountainsea.
Yes. It was specified that the dead peak Mountainsea was seriously injured when he was killed. In truth, even that was not sufficient to describe the terrible situation Final Armor was in during his final moments.
The stele had decided to rank Su Yu third on the Heaven Index, right after Mo Duona and Zhan Wushuang.
The two had killed their respective opponents in proper combat to end up where they were. As for Su Yu, the circumstances surrounding his past accomplishment were so complicated even the stele struggled to reach a decision. Ultimately, it placed Su Yu behind the two who were undisputed freaks who were far stronger than Su Yu.
***
At the same time.
Human-immortal border.
A shining spear shot through the sky, penetrated the boundless void, shattered suns and moons, and split time itself apart.
Boom!
An ethereal old man dropped out of the void back into reality with blood dripping out of his mouth.
"Piss off. Xuan He, how dare you invade the Human Realm! Is this a declaration of war?"
"..."
The old man formed a gesture with his fingers and performed a quick divination. Then, he gloomily said, "Jiu Xuan is dead. Qin Guang...humans...I won't forget this."
Whoosh!
Yet another shining spear appeared.
Pa!
The old man broke through space itself to avoid the spear, but eventually, he was still stabbed in the shoulder by the spear. After spitting a mouthful of blood out of his mouth, he looked at the indistinct figure floating not far away from him.
He sighed.
Great Qin King. The strongest human. Truly worthy of his reputation.
Jiu Xuan was already dead.
He sighed again. The old man decided to withdraw. Since she was already dead, it would be pointless for him to fight Great Qin King here. It wasn't like he could win the fight anyway.
"Hmph!"
A cold snort reverberated throughout the area.
With the departure of the immortal king, Great Qin King reappeared in reality. With an odd look in his eyes, he unleashed a string of curses inwardly. Damn it! Damn that kid! Damn that troublemaking, shit-stirring, piece of shit kid! This was his first trip to the Allheaven Battlefield, but he was already provoking the appearance of an immortal king.
Screw you, Su Yu!
Screw you! Screw you!
Great Qin King swore that if Great Ming and Great Xia didn't take the damn kid back to the Human Realm, he would personally kick the damn kid back.
Holy shit!
Even during Ye Batian's first venture to the Allheaven Battlefield, only a Sunmoon had appeared. And that incident alone had nearly caused countless deaths. But a certain troublemaking, shit-stirring, piece of shit had actually provoked the appearance of an Invincible!
Chapter 937: An Exchange Across Time And Space (1)
Restore scroll position
Something massive had happened.
Heavendoom City.
With the appearance of three Sunmoon death spirits, almost every single living being who was still staying outdoors had died.
Inside a large building. Mo Duona took out his shaking index copy. After taking a look, he laughed.
Su Yu!
Killing the heavily injured Final Armor? Interesting. As someone who was unrivaled in the Cloudbreach Realm and below, it had been a very long time since he last met a match. Would Su Yu be his match?
***
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Silver Armor was roaring madly.
Beside him, Dao Cheng was staring at the index copy blankly. Two golden characters swirled at the tip of his finger. They were the Su and Yu characters, the final words written by Jiu Xuan with her own blood.
Fury, indignance, despair...
Dao Cheng could feel all the emotions Jiu Xuan felt during her last moments. He could clearly feel those emotions, as though he was there himself.
He had been trying his best to protect Jiu Xuan. When his divination indicated that a great danger was coming, he had opted to move out without her. He even kept her beside a peak Mountainsea to ensure her safety.
But she had still died.
That garbage Final Armor had failed to protect Jiu Xuan.
A peak Mountainsea.
Piece of trash!
Beside him, Silver Armor was still roaring. This piece of trash was probably still mourning Final Armor's death. After looking at Su Yu and Su Yu's new rank, he laughed. It was a helpless laugh.
He stood up, stepped forth, and softly said, "Brother Silver Armor, my condolences."
"Bastard! I'll kill him!"
Silver Armor roared furiously.
Standing behind him, Dao Cheng softly said, "Yes. That will happen. I'll kill him. But our current strength is not enough. I need more strength. Jiu Xuan is dead. You're the only person capable of helping me, Brother Silver Armor..."
"Hmm?"
Silver Armor turned his head and asked, "How can I help? Do we attack Su Yu together?"
Dao Cheng patted Silver Armor's shoulder. Silver Armor felt quite uncomfortable due to the touch. At this time, he heard Dao Cheng's voice, "It is too difficult for an expert to kill an existence like him. He will be able to somehow escape. Only someone with a similar level of strength might succeed..."
Silver Armor was getting impatient. Just what was this person getting at?
"Thus...I am the only person that can kill him. You can't..."
"What—"
Before Silver Armor could finish his words, his expression changed rapidly. His armor started cracking apart. He wanted to put up a fight, but his entire sea of willpower had been sliced into pieces. He lost the ability to even move anymore.
With a sigh, Dao Cheng said, "I don't want to do this...but I must kill him. Brother Silver Armor, as a sixth-stage Mountainsea, you might be able to generate a sufficient heavenly reward for me. My apologies. I really want to kill him. Please forgive me."
Dark blood started spurting out of Silver Armor's mouth as he said, "W-why k-kill...me? T-the m-mystic armor race w-will find out..."
"Will they?"
Dao Cheng said, "The index will only reveal that I killed a sixth-stage Mountainsea. Nobody is here to witness this. Nobody can be sure that I am your killer. Perhaps it's the death spirits, right?"
With a laugh, Dao Cheng fiddled with the two characters sent his way by Jiu Xuan and said, "Jiu Xuan is dead. The mystic armors are completely useless. As a peak Mountainsea, he actually failed to protect Jiu Xuan. Is the mystic armor race filled with such garbage?"
A furious glint flickered in Silver Armor's eyes as he said, "Y-you're...g-garbage as well!"
Those were his final words.
Dao Cheng indifferently said, "Yes. I'm garbage as well. Thus, I require more strength. Jiu Xuan is dead. Neither Immortal King Xuan He nor my grandpa will turn on the human race for the sake of Jiu Xuan. Without Invincibles, Sunmoons might not be enough to kill a child of destiny like Su Yu. The human Invincibles will not allow the myriad race Invincibles to kill Su Yu. Thus...I have no choice but to take this revenge myself."
Dao Cheng sighed, "In all honesty, I was against this marriage. I have known Jiu Xuan for many years. She was very intelligent. She knew everything. But she pretended to be clueless in front of me. That was too foolish. She was unaware that I prefer to see her living innocently and happily, free of all schemes and the need to make any cruel decisions."
Dao Cheng sighed again, "This trip out of the Immortal Realm was for the sake of entering the Mountainsea Realm. I was prepared to take her as my wife after my advancement. I wanted to leave, but you guys refused. What did the mystic armor lose? Only a few Mountainseas. How could some Mountainseas from a mere mystic armor race compare with her?"
He showed no sadness. He shed no tears. He merely narrated expressionlessly. As though he was telling a story unrelated to him.
Jiu Xuan.
Did he love Jiu Xuan? Perhaps. He did not know.
But Jiu Xuan was already dead. He wanted to avenge her.
As a Cloudbreach, he wouldn't be able to do so. He had to reach the Mountainsea Realm.
Here, Silver Armor became his sole listener. He was in no rush to end Silver Armor's life. Slowly, he spoke, "Brother Silver Armor, how did Su Yu accomplish that? What is the relationship between him and the chaos among the death spirits? When did he leave his building?"
"Jiu Xuan was a very cautious person. She also had a lot of trump cards. She must have fallen to Su Yu's sneak attack during a crucial moment after she used her immortal king talisman. The talisman must have killed all the death spirits. She must have prepared a path to safety prior to the appearance of the ancient death spirits. But she still died. How did that happen?"
Dao Cheng muttered, "Even Final Armor was killed. According to the index, Final Armor was gravely injured when Su Yu killed him. Final Armor must have been injured by the ancient death spirits. And Su Yu...was definitely nearby to deal the final blow despite the presence of the ancient death spirits. Is he not scared of the death spirits?"
Dao Cheng's eyes flickered, "Yes. Perhaps he doesn't fear the death spirits. Perhaps...he was the one who had killed all those death spirits to spawn more death spirits in the city."
Dao Cheng continued muttering, "He might have been doing so in secret all along. He was why Final Armor and Jiu Xuan ended up in an encirclement of death spirits. They had been his target all along."
"When the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion snatched Flame Armor's corpse, they claimed that Su Yu was the killer. They claimed that Su Yu had performed the kill through a curse. Is it possible that he is a curse master? Did he kill all those death spirits with his curses?"
Dao Cheng still couldn't understand.
At that point, the light in Silver Armor's eyes was starting to fade away. Looking at Dao Cheng, he said, "Dao Cheng...y-you won't succeed...you w-will die."
"Is that so?" Dao Cheng laughed, "People like you are here in the Allheaven Battlefield for survival. How about geniuses like us? Why did we leave the safety of our powerful families behind? Why did we abandon our lives of luxury? We're only here to chase after the minuscule chance of eventually affirming our dao. Death? Is that really so scary for people like us?"
"You and me. We're not the same. People like me, Su Yu, or Mo Duona are not here for the same reason as the likes of you. You won't understand us."
Were they afraid of death?
No.
If they were, they wouldn't have entered the Allheaven Battlefield. He could have stayed in the Immortal Realm and enjoyed life as a descendant of an immortal king. That would be a comfortable life.
In fact, there were numerous immortal king descendants in the Immortal Realm. If he didn't wish to leave, nobody would force him to leave. Once again, Dao Cheng sighed. Accompanied by his sigh, Silver Armor broke into pieces while his sea of willpower dispersed completely.
A clump of cloud appeared.
With his eyes shut, Dao Cheng absorbed the reward while muttering, "Su Yu..."
He would take his revenge.
Immortal King Xuan He would probably not come anymore. Jiu Xuan was already dead. Alive, she was worth some effort from him. Dead, she was worthless to him. This was how the myriad races behaved. Even a freakish genius like Ye Batian had also turned worthless to humanity after his death.
Dao Cheng's rank on the index increased. As a ninth-stage Cloudbreach, he had killed a sixth-stage Mountainsea. He rose to the second rank of the Earth Index.
He surpassed Huang Teng, but still below Qin Fang. Huang Teng past accomplishment remained the same: killing a second-stage Mountainsea as a fifth-stage Cloudbreach. As for Qin Fang, he had killed a third-stage Mountainsea as a sixth-stage Cloudbreach. His accomplishments didn't seem as impressive, but he still reigned above Dao Cheng.
But Dao Cheng wasn't too bothered about his rank. The index had merely assigned him a lower rank because it believed Qin Fang had a higher chance to reach dao affirmation compared to him.
In fact, one could view the Heavenly Hunt Index as a list of dao affirmation hopefuls. Entering the index merely indicated that one had the talent to succeed, but nine out of ten would probably die before even reaching that point.
Dao Cheng was in the process of breaking through into the Mountainsea Realm. He might not be able to kill Su Yu without being a Mountainsea. Right after entering the Mountainsea Realm, he would be as strong as a regular seventh-stage Mountainsea. Perhaps that would also push him above Qin Fang.
***
The mystic armor race had lost all their forces in Heavendoom City.
Some people were staring at their index copies with complicated expressions. Sixth-stage Mountainsea. A lot of people could guess who that Mountainsea was. Perhaps those outside the city might still be confused, but those inside the city wouldn't.
In this situation, who could Dao Cheng kill in the city? Silver Armor was the sole answer.
How decisive.
And cold.
But those with index copies in hand were no ordinary individuals either. They weren't too surprised to see that. These index geniuses were all decisive and ruthless individuals. If they were in the same position, they might also do the same.
Su Yu had definitely obtained a massive heavenly reward after killing Final Armor. Would he spare Dao Cheng?
Nope.
Nor would Dao Cheng spare Su Yu.
At this point, the grudge between the two could only end with death. Thus, none of them would give up on any chance to gain more strength and kill the other party.