Chapter 1562: Don't Come! I'll Bite! (3)
He Tu and Dummy said nothing and turned to face the other pavilion Invincibles instead. As for the minor race Invincibles, they scattered without any hesitation.
They never wanted to fight in the first place. They had only attacked in earnest after Wisdom King's arrival. Now that Wisdom King had left, they naturally wouldn't have the courage to stay and fight. This was especially true since Su Yu had gained the assistance of three powerful death sovereigns.
Wisdom King frowned as he saw that. Sure enough, the minor races were unreliable. He was not fleeing. He was merely trying to lure the death sovereigns away. He knew the weakness of death spirits. Due to their lack of intelligence, they could easily be provoked. Annoyingly, He Tu seemed smarter than the other death spirits. He also seemed quite close to Su Yu.
Nevertheless, the minor race Invincibles shouldn't have fled so readily. Wisdom King felt very helpless. Sure enough, worthless comrades were more terrifying than powerful opponents. If these Invincibles were obedient enough, they could probably deal with even ten death sovereigns without much trouble.
He sighed and decided to put the matter behind him for now.
Whatever.
He should only rely on himself, not the minor race Invincibles. It wasn't a bad thing that these death sovereigns were out. With this, Su Yu's trump card had been exposed. He returned and threw a punch at He Tu, pushing He Tu multiple steps back. Dummy reacted with a punch, while He Tu shot forward again right after stopping.
As for Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng, they started attacking the three pavilion Invincibles alongside Xing Yue.
While charging, Su Yu sent a voice transmission, "Lord, can you keep the death sovereigns down there under control? Things might grow troublesome if they come here as well."
That would truly expose his trump card and ruin his plan.
"It's fine. They can stay patient for now, but living beings are too attractive for death spirits. Their patience won't last long."
Hearing that, Su Yu knew what to do.
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"Lord, feign an injury and leave first. Shout that you're getting help before leaving. These people won't give us the opportunity to recruit help. I'll jump into the tunnel soon after. They will definitely give chase."
"Sure."
Xing Yue agreed readily. She was happy not using her brain. That way, she only needed to focus on fighting instead of worrying about anything else.
Having made up his mind, Su Yu started gathering strength. But as he did that, Xing Yue was weakened slightly. Meanwhile, Wisdom King was able to speak even when dealing with two death sovereigns. He said, "Kill that death spirit! When he gathers strength, she will weaken!"
Immediately after, the North Chamber head swung his sword at Xing Yue. He could sense Xing Yue's weakness as well. Su Yu seemed to be drawing his strength from her!
With a snort, Su Yu worked with Wan Tiansheng and continued attacking the other two heads. Instead of helping Xing Yue, he gnashed his teeth and said, "Lord, please resist for a bit. After killing these two, we'll help you!"
Xing Yue said nothing. She was forced to retreat repeatedly under the attacks of the North Chamber head.
Wisdom King continued facing Dummy and He Tu while focusing on the death tunnel. He noted that no new death spirit was approaching, so he became certain that there were no additional death sovereigns hiding down there.
He was relieved at that discovery.
Boom!
Immediately upon making that confirmation, he sent a massive palm attack out. He was finally using his real strength. With one strike, he sent both Dummy and He Tu flying.
He Tu sighed, "The dead...are ultimately incomparable to the living."
He was much stronger than Wisdom King back when he was alive. Now that he was dead, he had grown much weaker.
Wisdom King said, "Only the losers will die while the survivors are the winners. It is only natural that the winners are stronger."
He followed with another palm attack, further pushing his two opponents back. On the other hand, Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were pushing their two opponents back as well.
Wisdom King ordered coldly, "Everyone else, time for you to act. You might be able to escape today, but can you escape forever?"
There were so many Invincibles in the area. What were they doing? Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng continued attacking madly, as though they couldn't hear Wisdom King's words. They even ignored their injuries as they focused on only attacking the two heads.
Meanwhile, things weren't looking very good for Xing Yue. Suddenly, her opponent stabbed through her throat with a sword. A large amount of death qi leaked out.
She roared furiously, but before she could go wild, she recalled Su Yu's words. Thus, she shouted, "Bastard! Just you wait! I'll call my friends over to kill you together!"
Then, she turned into a clump of death qi before shooting into the death tunnel.
Su Yu's face fell as he yelled in panic, "Don't go!"
He Tu yelled as well, "Su Yu, we can't fight for long! Go back down! We will invite our friends over! You didn't tell us earlier that there are so many experts waiting here!"
Su Yu yelled in desperation, "Wait! Just wait a little bit longer, Lord He Tu..."
Then, he hurriedly retreated toward the tunnel with Wan Tiansheng in tow. At the same time, the minor race Invincibles had finally gained the courage to rejoin the fight.
Noticing their approach, Su Yu roared, "You dare? There are hundreds of death sovereigns down there! If you—"
Just then, he looked at He Tu and Dummy, who were losing against Wisdom King. He gnashed his teeth in indignation and roared, "I'll retreat first! Lords, please last a little bit longer! We have hundreds of death sovereigns waiting down there!"
He had barely finished his words when He Tu was sent flying over by a massive explosion. Su Yu hurriedly dragged Wan Tiansheng into the tunnel in panic.
It was time to run. He Tu and Dummy had failed to stop Wisdom King. With He Tu gone, Wisdom King focused his attack on Dummy. He might be stronger, but it also wasn't so easy for him to kill his two opponents. Noticing that Su Yu had fled, both He Tu and Dummy transformed into death qi before vanishing into the tunnel as well.
After entering the tunnel, Su Yu started shutting the tunnel in panic. For origınal chapters go to NoveI★Fire.net
His roars could be heard from the outside, "If you dare to come, you'll die! You'll definitely die!"
The tunnel started shrinking. Beside him, Wan Tiansheng was sweating madly. Earlier, he had thought that Su Yu was bluffing to scare Wisdom King and the others. But after entering the tunnel with Su Yu...
He had been sweating without stopping.
Wan Tiansheng felt like he was already dead. Why? Because he was surrounded by death sovereigns. All of them were staring at him with their red, glowing eyes. It felt as though they were all thinking of the best way to eat him. He was so nervous it was as though his heart was going to jump out of his throat.
So Su Yu was serious when he said that there were many death sovereigns down here. This manner of baiting was enough to shock even Wan Tiansheng.
At the same time, Xing Yue sent a voice transmission to all the death sovereigns, "Wait. A bigger fish is coming. It's Wisdom King of the immortal race, a ninth-degree Eternal from the firs epoch. He will be the best main course."
The death sovereigns were starting to lose patience.
They wanted to rush out.
However, Xing Yue was persuading them to stop. She continued, "Just wait a bit longer. He will come. That will make it easier for us. He won't be able to leave after coming. There are Daofuses up there. It's better for us to deal with him here."
At that, the death sovereigns forced themselves to stay patient. One of them looked at Wan Tiansheng and asked, "Do we eat this?"
"This guy...is too weak. We'll decide after killing Wisdom King."
"Fine. We wait. Only a bit longer. I can't wait much longer."
"Same."
The death sovereigns waited longingly for Wisdom King to arrive. As for Su Yu, he was sweating as well. If the Wisdom King decided to stay up there, both him and Old Wan would be in trouble. Could Xing Yue and He Tu keep the death sovereigns under control?
This was so scary. There were so many of them. Sure, he was already aware of this. But he still couldn't help feeling nervous when so many death sovereigns were staring at him.
***
Above.
The tunnel continued shrinking.
Wisdom King frowned. Should he go down? It would be quite dangerous to go.
But soon, his eyes turned sharp as he said, "We go together. Don't worry. There are only a few death sovereigns down there. We can easily return through the tunnel of an ancient city when we're done. We will leave right after killing Su Yu. It won't be dangerous."
"This..."
The Invincibles seemed unwilling. It was simply too risky to enter the Death Realm.
Wisdom King's voice turned cold as he said, "Stop wasting time. Do you want your race to go extinct? I am going with you. What are you worried about?"
The Invincibles continued hesitating.
This was truly too dangerous. What if they couldn't return after entering? What if there were really many death sovereigns waiting down there?
"Su Yu said that there are hundreds of death sovereigns down there..."
In truth, not even these Invincibles believed that.
Wisdom King snorted, "What nonsense is this? If there are really so many death sovereigns down there, he could have released them to kill us all instead. Why did he flee instead? Remember your previous participation. Do you think someone like Su Yu will let that slide in the future?"
Some of them started sighing helplessly. Seeing that the tunnel was about to shut fully, Wisdom King raised his aura and shouted, "Enter! Refuse and meet your retribution after this battle."
After saying that, he took the lead and rushed into the tunnel. After a slight hesitation, the other Invincibles followed him into the tunnel as well. They felt terrible. But they had no choice but to do this.
In the blink of an eye, Wisdom King, the three pavilion heads, and the fourteen minor race Invincibles went through the tunnel. What else could they do but follow Su Yu into the Death Realm?
Wisdom King wasn't too worried. He was confident in his own strength. Hundreds of death sovereigns? What a joke. Only a fool would believe that.
Chapter 1563: Help Is Useless (1)
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Su Yu could feel it. Thus, he increased the speed of the tunnel's closure.
The moment Wisdom King went through the tunnel, he felt something wrong. But he did not react or run. At the time, he still had the chance to stop others from coming. But he did nothing. With more people, he might still survive. But alone, he would definitely die.
Was it better to flee with a bunch of helpers? Or should he flee alone and die after failing? The answer was simple. He did not want to die. Thus, he did not stop the others from entering.
Moments later, seventeen Invincibles appeared behind him.
Meanwhile, Su Yu continued fleeing in Xing Yue's direction with Wan Tiansheng instead of staying near the tunnel.
Rumble!
Finally, the tunnel shut fully.
"Here?"
"Only these people?"
"There are quite a lot of them."
"Yeah. Do we start now?"
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"Of course."
"Let's do it."
Boom!
Instantly, a massive amount of death qi surged into the sky. The death sovereigns were making full use of the advantage they had in their home ground.
He Tu, Dummy, and Xing Yue attacked as well.
Just because there were only thirty-six ancient cities did not mean that there were only thirty-six death sovereigns under these cities. For example, He Tu had two death sovereigns under his rule. There were also random death sovereigns in the area who did not belong to any territories, such as Dummy.
Including Dummy and a few others, there were forty-four death sovereigns present. Their strength varied. There was no ninth-degree Eternal among them as He Tu did not bother to invite them. In any case, there were very few such top experts in this area. Nobody needed to say anything.
A battle had erupted just like that. All the newly arrived Invincibles were cursing. And who were they cursing? No idea. But it was likely Wisdom King instead of Su Yu. That idiot had dragged them all into a trap.
Wisdom King was not bothered to fight the death spirits to the death. He started breaking out of the encirclement without saying anything. He had to leave. He was the strongest person present.
Even when He Tu, Dummy, and two seventh-degree Eternals were attacking him together, he was able to push them back. He had to kill his way out.
***
Further away.
Wan Tiansheng was still sweating beside Su Yu.
How terrifying.
He couldn't help but not be impressed. How did Su Yu gather so many death sovereigns together? There were so many of them.
More importantly, the death spirits were ignoring them. He sent a voice transmission, "Do we leave now?"
Su Yu replied, "No. Let's go to the tunnel. Xing Yue's tunnel. That's the nearest tunnel. Only one expert at the level of a sovereign can go through it at once. Someone will definitely try escaping that way. The second nearest tunnel is over ten thousand kilometers away. Even Invincibles will need some time to go that far. No living being can travel so far in the Death Realm without attracting more death spirits unless they can transform into death spirits as well."
In short, there was no escape for living beings in the Death Realm. They had to flee as soon as possible or they would die. But where should they flee toward? Even if they were somehow familiar with this region, the second nearest tunnel was still too far away for them to reach.
Su Yu said, "Principal, go and watch the tunnel. Your aura as a living being is too obvious. You might attract unwanted attention. I'll wait here and find a chance to kill a few of them."
"I'm going alone?"
Wan Tiansheng was feeling quite timid. Death spirits and death qi were everywhere. He could already feel the corrosion of his body. A living being would only grow weaker the longer they stayed here.
"Don't worry." Su Yu said, "Go first or these death sovereigns might get crazy when the fight grows intense. At the tunnel, just shout when some death spirits are trying to attack you. Or you can simply go out and drag Liu Hong down with you. He can handle the death spirits for you."
Su Yu urged, "Come on, Principal. We don't have much time."
At that, Wan Tiansheng stopped hesitating and left. He could feel that the death sovereigns were starting to grow berserk. When that happened, they would no longer care who they were attacking.
As for Su Yu, he transformed fully into a death spirit after sealing his heart away. Next, he summoned a few death spirits over. The Pseudo Invincible death spirits arrived with a large number of weaker death spirits to pay greetings to their chief commander.
"Chief Commander..."
The Pseudo Invincibles looked at the battle nearby. It was a massive battle involving a large number of sovereigns. Thus, the Pseudo Invincible death spirits appeared rather alarmed. They were unsure of what was happening.
Looking at the Sunmoon death spirits behind them, Su Yu narrowed his eyes and asked, "Can these loyal warriors of ours detonate themselves?"
"Yes."
The death spirit generals nodded. These weak death spirits lacked intelligence, including even the Sunmoons. Thus, they were able to fully control the weaker death spirits.
"Have them detonate themselves in groups to kill those living beings." Su Yu added, "You guys move over as well. Find a chance to kill the living beings."
"Yes!"
They agreed readily and left with their subordinates. They showed zero fear, but this was in line with how death spirits worked. Fear was something many of them could barely feel. Since their chief commander had given them an order, they only needed to worry about carrying it out, nothing else.
Just then, a rumble rang out as a living Invincible was torn apart by several death sovereigns while wailing in pain. The death spirits started consuming the flesh and blood in excitement. The blood of the living was a delicacy for death spirits.
If even the death spirits in ancient cities could easily detect the living beings there, it was only natural that this was also applicable for these death sovereigns. For them, spilling blood and killing were the most exciting things to do.
After swallowing a chunk of flesh, a death sovereign laughed and said, "Xing Yue, He Tu, is this the feast you talked about? Hahaha! This is great! This is my kind of feast!"
He felt great. There was more than one living being here. It was rare for these death sovereigns to find the chance to kill so many living Invincibles. In fact, it was so rare that many of them had never encountered such a situation before.
And now, it was happening. The living Invincibles were greatly outnumbered. Each of them was forced to meet multiple opponents alone. To make things worse, this was the home ground of the death spirits.
There was no source qi here. Only death qi was available here. Su Yu could act freely here, but that wasn't the case for them. They were forced to rely on only the source qi stored in their bodies. The moment they ran out of their supply, they would have no choice but to fight with only their physical bodies.
The death sovereigns continued attacking, corroding the bodies of the living Invincibles with a large amount of death qi. With the home ground superiority, numerical superiority, and fearlessness of the death sovereigns, the living Invincibles started dying one after another.
It was as though a chain reaction had started right after the first death. After all, with each living Invincible dead, more death sovereigns would be free to help the other death sovereigns.
"Su Yu!" One of them begged in desperation, "Spare me! Spare us! We regret this, but we were forced to do this! The immortals forced us! We had no choice!"
"We are only minor and weak races. Before the human race had even established contact with the Allheaven Battlefield, the immortals, devils, divines, and dragons were already ruling the Allheaven Battlefield. We have no choice. They even have spies in our realms..."
"Su Yu, spare us! Have mercy! If I die, my race will fall alongside me..."
The Invincibles begged one after another. They didn't want to die. They were the grand ancestors of their realms. They were the ultimate pillars of their races. Their deaths would result in the extermination of their races.
Su Yu merely watched on with a cold and detached expression.
Sparing them?
How laughable.
He could no longer control these death spirits. But even if he could, he wouldn't spare these people. He was a petty person. Since they had dared to fight him, they would need to pay the price regardless of their consequences. It was too late for them to beg for mercy now.
The dark robes on Su Yu's body faded away as he transformed into a regular death spirit and mixed among the group of regular death spirits. His offensive strength was good enough that he could probably kill any of these Invincibles with a sneak attack, Wisdom King excluded.
Disguised as a regular death spirit, he approached an Invincible who was facing two death sovereigns alone and threw a punch.
Boom!
The Invincible was blasted apart.
When the two death sovereigns looked at him in confusion, he smiled and said, "Eat. I don't like eating. I'll only gather a tiny bit of blood."
Then, the Mark of Civilization appeared and gathered some blood and flesh. In such a manner, Su Yu started roaming the area, throwing a punch now and then. While doing that, Su Yu was also paying close attention to the Wisdom King.
Chapter 1564: Help Is Useless (2)
Wisdom King was truly strong.
He was facing six death sovereigns alone. Four were seventh-degree Eternals and two were sixth-degree Eternals. Even so, he was the one pushing his opponents back.
The two weaker death sovereigns looked rather miserable as even their death qi was starting to leak due to his attacks. He was too strong.
Su Yu had a feeling Wisdom King was probably comparable to Great Qin King in strength.
Back in the mansion, Great Qin King had also faced numerous Invincibles alone. Then again, that fight had happened in the Luminous Domain Mansion, not the Death Realm. And at the time, there were only two late-degree Eternals among Great Qin King's opponents.
"What a powerful guy."
Even if this guy might be weaker than Great Qin King, he would most certainly be slightly stronger than Blood Fire. Truly worthy of being an expert from the first epoch.
"Trying to run?"
Su Yu noted that Wisdom King was slowly heading toward the tunnel connected with the ancient city. That tunnel was quite conspicuous, visible even this far away. Thus, Su Yu decided to forget about the other Invincibles. With over thirty death sovereigns here, none of them would survive.
Wisdom King was the sole person with a chance to escape.
Just as Su Yu was about to move away, someone shouted, "Su Yu! Save me! I'm a human! A human!"
An expert with a golden mask was yelling miserably. He was the Earth Department head.
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A human?
The head removed his mask and hurriedly said, "I'm a human! A human from the ninth epoch! A human—"
"No, you're not." Su Yu said coldly, "How are you a human? If you were human, you would have acted when the West Spire head acted. Why are you suddenly a human now?"
A human?
Forget it.
This wasn't even someone he knew. Even if this was someone he knew, he wouldn't show mercy to someone who had stood against him all along.
The Earth Department head begged in desperation, "Su Yu, you don't understand! I had no choice! Heavenly Overseer Marquis is too strong! I was planning to keep waiting for a better opportunity to act. I'm telling the truth, Su Yu! Spare me!"
Su Yu hesitated slightly before flying over. As he flew, he said, "Don't move. I can't control the sovereigns. Approach me. I'll take you away..."
The Earth Department head roared and used all his strength to flee toward Su Yu. As he fled, he pushed he death sovereigns around him aside with his saber. He hesitated slightly as he neared Su Yu, but he had no choice but to keep moving forward.
Eventually, he was only a hundred meters away from Su Yu. Abruptly, Su Yu flickered and closed the gap between them before throwing a punch.
Boom!
A head burst apart.
Then, the Mark of Civilization appeared. With an indifferent expression, Su Yu collected the corpse. Looking at the approaching death sovereigns, he smiled and said, "No rush. He can die two more times. This is a nice guy. He has three corpses to offer since he can die three times in total. I'll take one. You can have the rest."
Understanding dawned on the two death sovereigns. So that was the split.
Right after returning in his second body, the Earth Department head wailed, "Su Yu! You tricked me!"
Su Yu shrugged and said without looking back, "Nope. I'll take that body of yours back to the world of the living. Don't worry. I'll keep my word."
A human?
Heh.
Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to say more. He would have left the department head alone not knowing that. But knowing that, he naturally needed to give the department head a punch as well.
The desperate howls of the department head rang out repeatedly. He couldn't accept this. Alas, the death spirits did not care about his indignation. Su Yu didn't care either. He could only die.
Su Yu couldn't understand the logic behind the department head's plea for mercy. It wasn't like Su Yu had never killed a human before.
Su Yu returned his focus to Wisdom King, thinking of consuming Wisdom King with his Mark of Civilization. Ignoring the fact that his book would probably grow a lot stronger, Wisdom King's age alone made him worth consuming. As someone who had lived from the first epoch, he definitely knew a lot of secrets.
People like He Tu were unreliable as they were already dead. As death sovereigns, they didn't even have their complete memories anymore. Thus, Wisdom King could probably provide a lot of new information. This could be a very profitable kill.
Furthermore, killing Wisdom King might even produce more heavenly rewards. This would be the best opportunity for Su Yu to further strengthen his characters. He wanted to push all his characters to the Sunmoon Realm.
Su Yu started approaching Wisdom King.
At this point, Wisdom King was already bloodied, with numerous wounds on his body. However, he continued fighting silently.
Boom!
Abruptly, Su Yu threw a punch. Living up to his reputation, Wisdom King was able to react against that and send Su Yu flying with a palm attack. However, the punch did manage to leave a hole on Wisdom King's palm while his entire body trembled from the impact.
His eyes remained cold, but he was greatly shocked inwardly. What a powerful offensive strength. In the damnable Death Realm, even his control over the power of time was slightly weakened. That, combined with the death sovereigns he was facing, had forced him to take Su Yu's attack head-on instead of dodging. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on novel·fire.net
Su Yu rushed forth once again and threw another attack.
Leaving?
Dream on!
Not a single one of these people could hope to escape today.
It hadn't been easy for him to catch a big fish like Wisdom King. He wouldn't allow this fish to escape. If he wanted a bigger fish, he would need to start targeting the Daofuses. And that was too much for him to handle.
A Daofuse in the same situation would most likely be able to escape the Death Realm alive.
***
At the same time.
Up in the world of the living.
With the disappearance of Su Yu and the Invincibles, many people looked over curiously. What now? All those people had entered the Death Realm.
Suddenly, a certain minor realm shook. However, there were no crimson clouds or rain in the sky. After all, the death had happened in the Death Realm. Thus, only a minor phenomenon had appeared.
Nevertheless, someone who had affirmed their dao in their own realm was intimately linked to their realm. The death of someone like that would cause a reaction from the realm. Inside the realm, volcanoes were erupting, the ground was shaking, and the sky itself was splitting apart.
Anyone could see that the ruler of that realm had died. Numerous people were shocked by that implication. Dead?
Right at that moment, another minor realm shook as natural disasters erupted inside the realm and killed countless people.
Yet another death.
The same thing happened repeatedly.
The numerous experts watched on in shock. The Death Realm was indeed dangerous. Just what did they encounter down there? Death sovereigns? But with Wisdom King and more than ten Invincibles among them, they could survive even facing ten death sovereigns. What could do this to them?
Abruptly, a loud rumble rang out.
A gigantic staff dropped down from the sky.
A golden body was smashed apart, and an illusory figure could be seen shooting far away in panic.
The wielder of the staff, a gigantic ancient ape, gave chase while dragging the staff behind him. As he chased, he ordered, "Bountiful Treasure, kneel down and call me grandpa or I'll not stop before killing you."
Heavendoom had emerged victorious. After so many years, he had finally won another fight. He had smashed Bountiful Treasure General's body apart.
Bountiful Treasure's pitiful voice rang out, "That's too much! How about this? I can buy my life with money! You can have the record character! I'll buy my life with it!"
Bountiful Treasure did not stop fleeing even as he haggled. Heavendoom ignored the offer. He only wanted to beat Bountiful Treasure to death. Treasures? Characters? Why would he care?
He much preferred killing Bountiful Treasure. Bountiful Treasure had been feeling very confident after becoming a titled general. What was the big deal about that? Heavendoom himself wasn't a titled general, but that was mostly due to his laziness or he would have been one long ago.
Just then, the old turtle's voice rang out, "Bountiful Treasure, hand over the record character and Heavendoom will spare you."
"Boss!"
"Just listen."
Heavendoom was unhappy, but he did not argue further. He shouted, "Hand it over immediately or I'll kill you!"
Far away, Bountiful Treasure hurriedly tossed an item over. Elsewhere, the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor's eyes flickered as he moved to snatch it, but he was stopped by a gigantic bamboo.
The Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor had finally finished eating the dragon. He grinned and asked, "What are you doing?"
Boom!
The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor evaded the attack as his expression changed slightly.
With the same silly smile on his face, the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor said, "Just stay here or I'll have to hit you."
Somewhere else, Heavenly Overseer Marquis' was looking over with blood seeping out of his mouth as well. When his gaze landed on the record character, he coughed another mouthful of blood and asked, "Are you accepting that thing to deal with me?"
The old turtle answered indifferently, "Not at all. It might be useful for Su Yu so I might as well accept it."
The Heavenly Overseer Marquis smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Grand Dream, you are truly generous."
The old turtle ignored that remark.
Far away, Heavendoom grabbed the character and suppressed its resistance instantly. It was only a character, a part of a weapon instead of an entire weapon. Thus, it could be easily dealt with.
When the character calmed down, Heavendoom put it away. Then, he lifted his staff and shot elsewhere. Damn that Bountiful Treasure for wasting his time.
At the Immortal Realm, Tiangu's expression changed. Something had gone wrong. With Bountiful Treasure's defeat, the balance would start to shift. Heavendoom was very strong. When he joined the other battles, he could create a chain reaction, ultimately resulting in even more victories on his side.
Tiangu looked at the Divine and Devil Realms.
Two clumps of flame ignited in his eyes.
The immortals had put a lot of effort into this. Six old fossils had been deployed on top of eight seventh-degree Eternals. A total of fourteen late-degree Eternals were involved. This was an unimaginable amount of effort.
Meanwhile, the divines and devils were still holding back. The number of late-degree Eternals they had deployed was far lower. They could have dealt with the thirty-five guardians much more easily otherwise. Even Bountiful Treasure had only joined the battle because of the immortals.
With Heavendoom free, they needed at least one or two ninth-degree Eternals to restore the balance. Were the immortals really supposed to take out more trump cards for this? Furthermore, something must have happened in the Death Realm. Wisdom King might be in trouble.
Chapter 1565: Help Is Useless (3)
The look in Tiangu's eyes changed repeatedly. Just then, he gazed in Human Realm's direction. Great Zhou King just happened to be looking his way as well. Their gaze met across the vast distance as Great Zhou King's mouth curled into a smile.
It was as though Great Zhou King was asking if Tiangu would fight himself. If that happened, an invasion would happen. Noticing the meaning behind Great Zhou King's smile, Tiangu grew hesitant. In truth, the divines had also put a considerable effort into the hunt of Su Yu. However, the devils had been truly holding back.
"Devils..."
Tiangu's eyes turned cold. Were the devils still holding back even now?
He inhaled deeply and said, "Wind, Fire, and Lightning. Please awaken for now."
At that, three ancient fossils woke up from the Immortal Transformation Pond.
The three experts flew toward Tiangu even as a stench of rot leaked out of their bodies.
With an unsightly expression, Tiangu gave them an update of what was happening before saying, "Go stop Heavendoom."
One of them said weakly, "Emperor, we are in terrible condition. If we fight for a prolonged period of time, we might die. We don't fear death...but is this the final battle yet?"
They knew Heavendoom. That wasn't an easy opponent. All three of them were ninth-degree Eternals. However, they were each carrying heavy injuries, with their seas of willpower rotting away.
A powerful body alone was not everything. They were too old. Unless their seas of willpower were just as strong, they could not avoid the fate of rotting away and dying. Heavendoom was very strong. If they spent too long in combat, all of them might die.
Tiangu said furiously, "The divines and devils are unwilling to deploy too many of their experts for this. These fools are still plotting even now."
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Or to be precise, the divines and devils were using this chance to exhaust the strength of the immortals. After all, the immortals had been recuperating for too many years.
Meanwhile, the divines, devils, and humans had spent many years in battle, losing a large number of Invincibles in the process. All along, the immortals had been inactive. Thus, a lot of their Invincibles were still around. Thus, the divines and devils were certain that the immortals would be able to deploy enough people for this.
And after such a large investment, the immortals had no choice but to keep investing. The various races were a lot more curious about the trump cards of the immortals than the humans.
Due to the sunk cost, Tiangu had no choice but to play along. The immortals had invested too much in killing Su Yu. They had also lost too many experts. They had also thoroughly offended the humans and ancient cities. They had to obtain victory here or they would be in a worse situation than the divines and devils.
"Go."
The three ancient fossils said nothing and left the Immortal Realm. They had been in slumber for too long. Thus, their auras were still unstable. Far away, Heavendoom sensed the approach of the three auras.
The look in his eyes changed. More? Immortals again? Sure enough, there were a lot of hidden experts among the immortals. Heavendoom grinned. Good. He had to give them a good beating lest they continue underestimating him.
"Taste my staff!"
With a roar, he swung his staff into the distance. Space shattered as three experts emerged. In the blink of an eye, an intense battle erupted between the four.
At the same moment, a howl rang out.
Boom!
Yet another Invincible was cut down by Great Qin King as more crimson clouds appeared in the sky. Looking in the Immortal Realm's direction, he asked, "How many immortals have died so far?"
He had killed yet another immortal king. He looked at Tiangu, asking Tiangu just how many Invincibles the immortals were ready to lose this time. It seemed as though everyone had reached a tacit understanding to get more immortals killed today.
Up until now, about four or five immortal kings had died. Including those in the mansion, more than ten of them had died recently.
The expressions of the Invincibles near Great Qin King changed repeatedly. The Dao King and white-haired divine king only wanted to retreat. The Six-winged Divine King might be strong, but he was only similar in strength with Great Xia King, his current opponent.
Meanwhile, Great Qin King was free to kill them unopposed. They looked at the other realms helplessly. There were definitely more Invincibles out there, but nobody was willing to help. Were the immortals supposed to keep sacrificing? Not even the immortals could afford such a cost.
Suddenly, Tiangu's voice rang out, "Daofuses of primordial giant, phoenix, and spirit races. Are you unwilling to join the battle?"
No reply came.
"Are you going to watch as the humans rise again? After several conflicts, the humans have suffered nothing while the various races have suffered heavy losses. The Eternals of the various races are dying while the humans are gaining more Eternals the more they fight. Must you wait for the humans to grow strong enough and slaughter the myriad races again? Have you forgotten about the previous nine epochs? How many experts had died in the hands of the humans?"
Tiangu was feeling very helpless. Was nobody willing to help?
A voice rang out, "It's not that we're unwilling to act, but Tiangu...kill Great Zhou King and we will act. This is a promise."
That was the price of their participation. Killing Great Zhou King. With Great Zhou King around, an invasion on their realms could begin the moment they joined the battle. Would the immortals take responsibility for that?
Thus, killing Great Zhou King was the price of their participation. That was the only way to dispel their misgivings. Tiangu hesitated. A short while later, he snorted and stepped out of the Immortal Realm.
"Consider what you're going to do next carefully."
Then, he started moving toward the Eastrift Valley. He couldn't afford to wait longer. He had to act personally and kill Great Zhou King. Only then would the Daofuses join the battle. And only then would they be able to gain a decisive victory instead of a pyrrhic victory in this conflict.
***
Somewhere near Eastrift Valley.
Great Zhou King sighed. This was his biggest worry.
How troublesome.
Tiangu was really coming.
Beside him, someone suggested, "Let's take a detour around Tiangu and slaughter the Immortal Realm instead."
He made it sound so easy.
Great Zhou King couldn't even be bothered to react. The Immortal Realm was different from the Dragon Realm. Trying to do the same thing with the Immortal Realm might end up trapping them inside instead.
Just then, a voice rang out, "I promised that kid not to let you do anything, Tiangu."
The old turtle, who was still busy fighting Heavenly Overseer Marquis, said helplessly, "Looks like I really need to try hard this time."
A turtle shell separated from his body and flew away. The shell soared into the sky before transforming into a gigantic turtle. The gigantic turtle had a slightly murky look in his eyes.
Looking at Tiangu, an ancient voice rang out from the gigantic turtle's mouth, "Return, Tiangu."
Tiangu's changed slightly as he coldly said, "Grand Dream, you're using even your Dao Body? Are you not afraid of losing your Dao Body and dying?"
The old turtle sighed, "What can I do? I was too confident and promised Su Yu to stop both you and Heavenly Overseer Marquis. Tiangu, do you want to die here?"
Tiangu had an ashen expression.
He looked at the distant Heavenly Overseer Marquis. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis looked at the old turtle and asked, "Must you do this? If we do fight seriously, the probability of your death is higher than ours."
The old turtle laughed, "I have lived a long life. If I die here, so be it. You don't know this, but I've lived for over two hundred thousand years. Am I old? I was around even before the Human Emperor's conquest. I received Devote King's care back then. Unfortunately, I failed to protect his bloodline. This time, I have decided to do more. If the two of you wish to fight to the death, so be it. I don't care anymore."
At that, Heavenly Overseer Marquis' expression changed. Was the old turtle really fighting them to the death? Was this even worth it? They were ancient experts who were important individuals even in the ancient past. Must they fight to the death here? He started hesitating.
Tiangu was hesitating as well. Sure, they had a higher chance of prevailing in a fight to the death against the turtle. But they would definitely suffer grave injuries or even die from the battle. Suffering grave injuries at a time like this would make things far harder for them in the future.
"Grand Dream, you..."
"Don't bother persuading. I have lived for too long. I don't care anymore." The old turtle smiled, "If you want to fight, be sure to use all your strength. We fight to the death. Otherwise, just stay and wait."
Tiangu said, "Su Yu won't win. The humans won't win. You know this better than me. The humans have fully exhausted their accumulation by the ninth epoch. The previous epoch had exhausted everything. All their hope was placed on Hundred Battle King. It was already a miracle for humanity to survive the epoch after his death. This time, nobody will be willing to help the humans anymore."
Hundred Battle King, the human king of the previous epoch.
Some said that he had the potential to reach the level of the ancient human kings. Some said that he had reached that level. Alas, he died. The human race was very strong during the ninth epoch. But they had still suffered defeat.
The Heavenly Overseer Marquis knew this. Tiangu knew this. The old turtle knew this as well. It was unlikely that humanity could do much anymore. They had fully exhausted their accumulation. That was obvious from how people like Great Qin King had failed to achieve Daofuse. Seeing that, humanity would not be able to win the support of the other races during this epoch. Follow current novᴇls on novel★fire.net
A human race without even one Daofuse had never existed in the previous nine epochs.
The old turtle said, "They can go extinct if they want, but that doesn't change the fact that I'll do what I believe I should."
The Heavenly Overseer Marquis said, "Fine. Since you insist, we will await your destruction alongside humanity. Brother Grand Dream, why are you so blind even after living for so many years?"
The old turtle said, "So what if you can see through everything? Look at you. You're still living in fear, constantly worried that Culture King might return one day. Is such a life enjoyable? You're better off dead."
The Heavenly Overseer Marquis said nothing. Hearing that, Tiangu's expression changed repeatedly before he finally returned to the Immortal Realm with an unsightly expression. He was not prepared to fight the old turtle to the death. Fighting a fight of such level was a sort of taboo for people like them. Such a battle might result in something far more serious.
Thus, he had retreated. Great Zhou King exhaled in relief. How fortunate. Then again, the old turtle was truly impressive. He had somehow forced two powerful existences into stepping back. Was the old turtle the current strongest expert in existence?
***
Su Yu was naturally unaware of what was happening outside the Death Realm. He was busy fighting Wisdom King with the other sovereigns. Both parties had suffered heavy losses.
Even so, Wisdom King was still steadily approaching the tunnel. However, he was finding it harder and harder to move forward. He knew full well that if this continued, more and more death sovereigns would arrive to deal with him. They had successfully slowed him down.
Just as that thought crossed his mind, about eight death sovereigns arrived around him. His expression changed.
He had a token to serve as his trump card, but it might result in a faster death for him. He had been holding back from using it for fear of triggering something unexpected with the token.
He started hesitating. Without using the token, there was no guarantee that he would be able to leave. In that case...taking it out was his sole option.
At that thought, he tossed the token out. The moment the token appeared, it released a large amount of immortal qi as it trembled in the air.
Immediately after, Wisdom King tossed a drop of blood essence onto the token. With a respectful tone, he said, "Your unfilial descendant, Yun Zhi of the ancient immortal race, begs for the great ancestor's presence."
The immortal qi of the token continued clashing against the death in the environment.
Chapter 1566: Help Is Useless (4)
At the same time.
Death Realm.
Inside an ancient and large castle, a powerful being suddenly opened his eyes. He looked in a certain direction for a short moment before calling out, "Guards."
Shortly after, a death sovereign entered the room and bowed, "Lord."
"Did something happen near the thirtieth eastern region?"
"Allow this subordinate to investigate..."
"No. It's fine."
The powerful being stood up. With a look of indifference, he said, "Some living beings might have entered and encountered trouble. A descendant of my living self must be among them."
"Lord, this..."
"I'll be back shortly."
He did not bother to explain much.
The death sovereign advised, "Lord, this is not advisable. That is Spirit Suppression General's territory. Something happened there not too long ago. Going there now might lead to conflict."
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"Grand Dream?" The powerful being frowned and said, "That old turtle sure is long-lived. But if he dares to stop me this time, I won't hold back."
After saying that, he vanished with a flicker.
***
Meanwhile, almost all the Invincibles who had entered the Death Realm had died.
But when Su Yu saw Wisdom King's token, his heart started palpitating.
What was that?
Wisdom King himself was still busy fighting a group of death sovereigns. It didn't look like he would last much longer. But Su Yu couldn't help but feel uncomfortable upon seeing that token. Something was telling him that a massive crisis was approaching.
Even his tribulation character was starting to pulse. Just what was going on? He had no idea. Those around him had no idea either.
At the same time, an additional person could be seen beside Wan Tiansheng. Knowing that a battle had erupted in the Death Realm, Liu Hong had arrived to watch the show.
But when he saw the token, he started frowning. After thinking about it for a bit, his expression changed drastically as he shouted, "Run! That's a death spirit summoning token! It is capable of summoning an ancient death spirit from the immortal race no weaker than a marquis. Anyone weaker than a marquis won't have the ability to produce something like this!"
Su Yu's expression changed as well. Damn it! Was this really possible?
Wisdom King also looked shocked, but he was more shocked because he had not expected anyone to know this. After all, this was unknown to even many immortals.
Liu Hong shouted again, "Run! A death spirit capable of doing this must have gained full control over his emotions, with none of his past memories missing. This won't be an ordinary death spirit!"
Ordinary death spirits, even at He Tu's level, would only remember their past without their past emotions. He would feel nothing even when humans were being killed in front of him.
That was what it meant to be a death spirit.
Even if He Tu had a living child, he would not care about the living child after becoming a death spirit. As for his willingness to work with Su Yu, that was strictly due to his desire for rebirth.
However, a death spirit who had produced a summoning token for his descendants would have preserved even his past emotions as well. Naturally, these past emotions would slowly fade over time.
Thus, this was a form of gamble by Wisdom King. He was betting that the ancient death spirit had yet to lose all his emotions toward the immortals. Otherwise, such a death spirit could very well start attacking indiscriminately upon arriving. At the time, Wisdom King himself would suffer as well.
He Tu and the others were alarmed upon hearing Liu Hong's words.
A marquis.
Someone from the ancient past.
Not one of such beings would be weak. None of them would be weaker than a Daofuse. And such beings would remain Daofuses even after dying.
Su Yu was just about to say that they had enough numbers to not fear a marquis when He Tu's voice transmission arrived, "Run! Death spirits have no feelings, but a level of suppression exists. Do not place your hope on these sovereigns. They won't fight a marquis for you. They have an instinctual dread of death spirit marquises. They will never fight such an opponent for you."
Finally, Su Yu started worrying as well. He still knew too little about death spirits. Meanwhile, Wisdom King was smiling despite his heavy injuries. He knew that he had won the gamble. Noticing Wisdom King's smile, Su Yu was furious.
What was the point of killing all the other Invincibles? This was his main target!
A marquis? The old turtle had promised that he wouldn't be bothered by such existences. Would that promise still hold here? The old turtle was already busy dealing with the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. Could he deal with a death spirit marquis on top of that?
"Let's kill him before the marquis arrives!"
Su Yu gnashed his teeth and decided to finish the job before running. He couldn't accept giving up just like this.
He rushed forth and attacked madly, but Wisdom King merely focused on evading while sneering, "Why are you still here? Are you waiting to die? Su Yu, you're not good enough to kill me. An ancient immortal marquis is coming. It won't even take him that long."
Su Yu ignored those words. Arriving soon was very different from having arrived.
His tribulation character was still pulsing at a relatively low intensity. It wouldn't be too late for him to run when the intensity increased.
Even if he couldn't kill Wisdom King here, he had to seriously injure Wisdom King first. Then, he could wait at the other side of the death tunnel and block Wisdom King's exit. He was determined to not let Wisdom King escape.
***
Beside the tunnel.
Seeing that Su Yu was not fleeing, Liu Hong gasped in shock. That madman!
He hurriedly said, "Principal Wan, let's go. We need to exit the tunnel. The ancient marquis will be here soon. Su Yu is too crazy. He's seeking death!"
Wan Tiansheng frowned and said, "Since you know about this token, is there a way to nullify it?"
"Nullify my ass—"
Suddenly, he recalled something and stopped. With a frown, he said, "It's hard to say..."
He inhaled deeply, looked at the distant Su Yu, and said, "Principal, this bastard has been bullying me a lot lately. I can help here, but tell him to kowtow and apologize to me the next time he sees me. Can you do that?"
Wan Tiansheng said, "I think you're better off praying that he dies here."
"..."
Liu Hong was left speechless momentarily. Shortly after, he sent a voice transmission, "I can't guarantee anything. If the kid was lying to me about this previously, you can't blame me for failing. If the kid had been honest..."
He took Culture King's token out and said, "Principal, hand this to him. Tell him to stuff it into the Gravekeeper's mouth. If the Gravekeeper isn't around, he should just focus on fleeing instead. But if the Gravekeeper is really here, this might help."
"Gravekeeper?"
Wan Tiansheng didn't have the time to think too much about it and started flying toward Su Yu. When Su Yu saw that, he shouted, "Go back!"
Wan Tiansheng ignored the shout and sent a voice transmission, "Liu Hong told you to stuff this thing into the Gravekeeper's mouth. He claimed that this would help. I'll return now. If you find things getting difficult, just come back."
After saying that, he tossed the token over. Su Yu withdrew from the battle to catch the token. Wisdom King did not try to stop him. Rather, Wisdom King was happy to see him withdraw. After all, his offensive prowess was still very annoying to deal with.
The moment Su Yu caught the token, he realized that it was Culture King's token. He was greatly surprised. Feeding this thing to Dummy?
Would it work?
Whatever.
He flew toward Dummy, who was blankly attacking not far away. At this point, Dummy had been driven into a state of aggression by the prolonged combat. Thus, he showed signs of attacking Su Yu when he noticed Su Yu's approach.
"Senior Xia Chen!"
Fortunately, Su Yu's shout stopped him momentarily. Then, Su Yu took the chance to stuff the token right into his mouth. Google seaʀᴄh noᴠelfire.net
Dummy swallowed the token with a blank expression. Moments later, his body started shining while a look of clarity slowly returned to his eyes. At the same time, his aura started rising.
Eventually, he regained his full clarity. In fact, he had so much clarity it almost felt like he had returned to life if it wasn't for the death qi still swirling around his body.
He recalled something and said to Su Yu, "You...Culture King's token..."
"Yes."
Su Yu nodded and pointed at the token in the sky.
When Dummy looked up, his expression changed as he said, "Marquis...a marquis' token..."
Clearly, he knew what that was.
He then looked in the Celestial River of Death's direction as his aura continued rising. He said, "You...kill him...I...intercept! This is a death spirit marquis...one who has regained his previous individuality...after killing...leave!"
With a hum, he tore an opening in the air.
Immediately after, a furious roar rang out from the distant Celestial River of Death, "Audacious! Who dares to stop me?"
"Heaven Suppressing Fist!"
A roar reverberated everywhere as a fist descended. The entire Celestial River of Death started shaking.
He Yu and the others were completely stunned. He Tu, in particular, was even more shocked as he exclaimed, "Holy shit! Is that thing capable of bringing one back to life?"
Dummy had resurrected!
He Tu asked with regret, "Do you have more of it?"
He roared with desperation. He wanted one as well!
That punch of Dummy felt just as strong as He Tu during his peak.
"Focus on killing him first."
Su Yu cut He Tu off. Why did he talk that much? They should be focusing on their task at hand first.
Meanwhile, Wisdom King was greatly horrified. How could this happen? Who was that death spirit? And what did he eat? How did he grow so strong out of nowhere? He had actually grown strong enough to intercept an ancient marquis! Alas, he did not have the time to ask more questions.
The other death sovereigns were slightly shocked, but they soon threw the matter out of their minds and resumed their attacks. What could be more important than killing this living being? As for that marquis...well, the marquis wasn't here yet, right? Why should they worry about the marquis so early?
There was nothing to fear.
Boom!
A punch from Su Yu cracked Wisdom King's body. At the same time, the attacks of the death sovereigns rained down. In no time, Wisdom King lost his first body. His second body appeared, but it didn't last long either.
Far away, two incomparably powerful existences were in an intense battle.
The entire Celestial River of Death was shaking violently.
"Damn it! Who are you?"
The death spirit marquis' furious roars resounded in the air. Meanwhile, Dummy attacked silently without saying anything. He had clearly grown much stronger than before as he was only slightly disadvantaged even when facing an ancient marquis.
After an indeterminate amount of time, a desperate wail rang out.
"NO! Save me, Ancestor!"
Wisdom King was on the verge of death. He was feeling boundless fear. He did not want to die. He wasn't supposed to die here! His ancestor was here! Why? Why did a super expert appear out of nowhere?
Su Yu continued punching indifferently. Eventually, Wisdom King's final body fell apart. A cloud dropped from the sky. Su Yu took the cloud into his Mark of Civilization before fleeing without wasting even a moment.
He moved in the direction of the death tunnel. The death sovereigns considered attacking him, but they noticed his thick death qi. For a moment, he felt even more like a death spirit than all of them. Thus, they hesitated.
During their hesitation, Su Yu said, "Don't worry, Sovereigns. I will bring you more fresh meat soon."
With that promise, Su Yu started moving through the tunnel.
Far away, a furious roar rang out, "Damn it! You are provoking me!"
That was the voice of the death spirit marquis. His descendant had died.
Seeing that Dummy was showing signs of losing, the furious marquis was about to continue attacking when a voice came behind him, "Marquis Qishan, it's time for you to leave. Don't forget that this is Spirit Suppression General's territory. Do you really want to start a war with him?"
"Damn it!"
Marquis Qishan was furious, but he knew that he couldn't stay longer. If the Spirit Suppression General was really provoked, even he would suffer from it.
"Damn you all! Just you wait!"
With boundless fury, he left.
Dummy did not give chase. There was no point since he wasn't a match. Also, an odd look was covering his eyes as he seemed to have recalled something. He floated above the river unmovingly.
***
Outside, the entire world was shaking.
The shakings of the Immortal Realm were even more intense.
Volcanoes were erupting, the ground was cracking, storms raged everywhere, and countless buildings collapsed.
Tiangu had a solemn expression. Dead?
How was this possible?
Even in the event of an ambush, Wisdom King should be able to survive with the summoning token. Unless...Marquis Qishan had lost his past individuality. But his individuality had always been stable. How would this happen?
He had placed a high hope on Marquis Qishan. That was why he had handed the token to Wisdom King. Just what happened down there? Tiangu's mood became incomparably heavy.
Chapter 1567: Suppressing Myriad Races (1)
Chaos was unfolding in the Immortal Realm.
A ninth-degree Eternal was intricately linked to the fortune of his home realm. With Wisdom King's death, natural disasters started erupting all over the Immortal Realm. This wasn't even the first time this had happened today.
The death of each immortal king represented the exhaustion of the accumulation of the immortals. Each exhaustion would weaken the power of the realm. When enough died, the realm barrier might weaken, allowing their enemies to invade through the barrier instead of the entrance.
The three experts facing Heavendoom were distracted momentarily, allowing Heavendoom to land a hit on the Wind King. Blood splashed everywhere as the Wind King transformed into wind to flee.
Immediately after, the Fire and Lightning Kings blocked Heavendoom's pursuit as a storm of lightning and fire raged around them.
Right at that moment, another mournful wail rang out.
Far away, Empyrean Cloud pulled her city from the ground before turning it into a sword and stabbing it through Han Xiang's eye. With a snort, she said, "This is your punishment for seducing my mayor, slut!"
"..."
The faces of the nearby guardians twitched. So she was still keeping a grudge about that? They had been wondering about her anger, but they finally realized why. Three mayors ago, a mayor of Empyrean Cloud colluded with Han Xiang. And she had been keeping the grudge until now.
Han Xiang hurriedly retreated as her stabbed eye regrew. When she was done regrowing her eye, she glared at Empyrean Cloud murderously.
Empyrean Cloud raised her head haughtily, "What are you looking at? Do you think you can do anything to me? Don't push me. If you push me, I'll remove my seal and teach you a lesson you can never forget!"
At that, Han Xiang's expression changed slightly. Some other Invincibles were alarmed to hear that as well.
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Empyrean Cloud sneered and said, "You are nothing but bugs. Who do you think you are? Would you even dare to face me without my petrification seal?"
Far away, Heavendoom blanked out slightly as he muttered, "Right...the seal...I can unseal myself...How could I forget that?"
"..."
Immediately after, he transformed back into a stone statue. The surface of the statue started cracking as an incomparably powerful aura started leaking from the cracks. Even further away, the old turtle's face twitched with annoyance.
"Stop!" He roared, "Heavendoom! Stop! Right this moment!"
Damn it!
He knew nothing good would come out of granting Heavendoom freedom. Empyrean Cloud was only saying that as a threat, but Heavendoom was actually planning on doing that. The old turtle had thought that Heavendoom had been smart enough to not do that, but Heavendoom had merely forgotten about that option.
After all, it had been too long.
Heavendoom had probably forgotten that all of them had sealed themselves for this role. The petrification could both strengthen their defenses against death qi and lengthen their lifespan.
Removing the seal would allow him to enjoy himself well during this fight, but he would suffer after returning to his post. No matter how strong an Invincible was, a hundred thousand years of exposure to death qi would be enough to turn that Invincible into a death spirit. These guardians had only survived for so long due to the seal.
Heavendoom appeared unworried as he said, "It's fine. Isn't Su Yu still around?"
"And if he were to die?" The old turtle roared furiously, "We would still need to rely on ourselves after his death!"
"..."
True.
Heavendoom thought about it and decided to not unseal himself. But this did remind him of something else. He snorted and said, "I have almost forgotten that I was sealed a hundred thousand years ago. No wonder fighting Bountiful Treasure felt challenging."
That wasn't supposed to happen. He had assumed that Bountiful Treasure had grown stronger, but it was the other way around. Heavendoom himself had grown weaker instead. The seal had restricted his strength.
These guardians would only be at their strongest after they ceased being stone statues. But the moment they ceased being stone statues would probably be a moment of calamity for the Myriad Realms as that would be the moment they ceased watching the death tunnels.
Everyone was relieved to see Heavendoom abandoning the idea of unsealing himself. Even those who were unaware of the seal were relieved to see Heavendoom stopping.
Earlier, their instincts were violently shouting at them that something truly disastrous would happen if Heavendoom was allowed to finish what he was doing. Countless Invincibles might perish. Some unspeakable existences might even emerge.
Just then, Su Yu emerged from the tunnel of Grandstar City. His arrival caused the death qi in the city to thicken considerably. There was no helping it as he was taking on a large amount of death qi alone. With so much death qi, he had more than enough to support his combat. He no longer needed to absorb Xing Yue's death qi when opening his Heaven Gate.
His appearance attracted numerous gazes. Numerous Invincibles focused on Grandstar City. Grandstar had not bothered to remove the city while fighting. Thus, the city still stood.
With the large amount of death qi Su Yu was carrying in his body, his presence was simply too conspicuous. He did not greet Wan Tiansheng and Liu Hong. It was not the time for that. Instead, he flew straight out of the city. Wan Tiansheng hurriedly followed behind him.
They completely ignored the death tunnel as all the living Invincibles were dead. The tunnel no longer required their attention.
After leaving the city, he sneered and said, "Wisdom King? Those pieces of trash are all dead. Why do people call him Wisdom King? Stupid King is more suited for him. But I'm more and more impressed with the immortals. They even have a trump card in the Death Realm. Even someone called Marquis Qishan appeared earlier. Alas, that dumb marquis has been blasted apart. Were you planning to kill me with a dead marquis? Was that a joke?"
Those words shocked numerous people. The ancient existences, in particular, were greatly taken aback.
"Marquis Qishan?"
The sky split apart as the projection of an old fossil appeared. "Su Yu, what was that again? Marquis Qishan?"
Su Yu looked at the projection and asked, "Who are you? Are you a friend or an enemy? If you're an enemy, who the fuck are you to demand an answer from me? But if you're a friend, I'll be happy to have a chat."
He was acting very arrogantly. But so what? He had showcased more than enough ability to act so arrogantly. He had caused the deaths of eighteen Invincibles. Even prior to this, he had killed some in cooperation with Wan Tiansheng. Even earlier than that, he had also killed some alongside the stone statues.
One could say that Su Yu alone had caused more Invincible deaths than any other Invincible today.
He had also caused some Invincible deaths in the mansion. If one were to go back further, he had also caused some Invincible deaths during Xia Longwu's dao affirmation.
Su Yu was not an Invincible, but the number of Invincibles who had died because of him had nearly reached the total number of human Invincibles. Thus, when Su Yu returned this time, a certain realization hit everyone, including Tiangu. Their instincts were telling them that Su Yu...could no longer be killed so easily.
He had grown enough that killing him was no longer a casual feat. He was blessed by luck. He was willing to keep fighting in spite of all setbacks. He was capable of growing stronger the more he fought. He was also capable of growing more ruthless the more he fought.
At this point, the only way to kill him was to use an overwhelming amount of strength that could finish him before his absurd luck or tenacity could take effect. Otherwise, an existence like that would be extremely hard to kill. After all, he was not the sole super freak to have ever existed. Such was the case for every single super freak in history. Each super freak was capable of growing rapidly after each danger.
Eventually, the super freak would grow strong enough to kill all his enemies. Such a trend would only end upon encountering someone even more blessed by luck.
The projection answered, "I am the leader of the fate race." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novᴇlfire.net
"Oh."
Fate Pseudo Emperor? Was this a friend or an enemy? It was hard to say. But there were rumors that the fate race was somewhat related to the celestial chasm race. In that case, this was probably an enemy, right? Sure, he had cooperated with Null Seer previously, but that was a cooperation between individuals. It did not affect the race as a whole.
"Su Yu, the fate race has always been neutral."
Su Yu nodded, "The neutral races are either the ones to die first or the ones too strong to die. Such a race might even have three or five Daofuses and a hundred Invincibles hidden away, securing their neutrality. Since you're claiming to be neutral, so be it. It's not like I would have the courage to argue against you."
Everyone knew he was talking nonsense, but for some reason, his nonsensical words were very persuasive. A neutral race that had survived from the ancient past was not to be underestimated. A weak race would have faced extinction long ago playing the game of neutrality.
The Fate Pseudo Emperor was rendered speechless. After a short pause, he asked again, "Did you meet Marquis Qishan?"
"Of course." Su Yu laughed and said, "The immortals produced a summoning token to summon that marquis. Wisdom King thought that the token would be enough to handle me, but unfortunately for him, a human marquis also appeared in the Death Realm. It was truly impressive. The human marquis blasted that immortal marquis apart without even breaking a sweat. I don't even know if the so-called Marquis Qishan survived that."
"A human marquis...are you talking about Marquis Lanshan?"
The Fate Pseudo Emperor asked in astonishment, "It's Marquis Lanshan, right?"
Su Yu rolled his eyes inwardly. The fuck was he supposed to know that? He was simply talking nonsense. How was he supposed to answer that? Was he supposed to tell them it was Dummy?
However, Su Yu still didn't want to thoroughly offend the so-called neutral Fate Pseudo Emperor. He reasoned that he should keep a low profile when he was weak. When he grew strong enough, he would give anyone daring to play this game of neutrality in front of him a good punch.
He smiled and said, "I don't know. I've never met that marquis before. I only know that the so-called Marquis Qishan appeared on the Celestial River of Death. As a result...hehehe. He was blasted apart. As for who did it, I can't say for sure."
"Since it happened in the east, it must have been Marquis Lanshan."
The Fate Pseudo Emperor started muttering to himself. Su Yu did not know how this person knew so much about the Death Realm, but he did not feel like continuing the topic. But before he could move on, he received a voice transmission from the Fate Pseudo Emperor, "The humans do not hold any advantage in the east. Be careful since you have dragged Marquis Lanshan into this. Marquis Qishan might be slightly weaker than Marquis Lanshan, but there are probably more than one immortal marquis in the east. Sigh. The battle up here has somehow spread to the Death Realm as well. Massive changes are indeed...coming."
Then, the projection faded away.
Meanwhile, the numerous Daofuses and ancient existences started digesting what they had just heard.
A battle in the Death Realm.
Even the ancient marquises were dragged into the battle. Despite being dead, they were still taking part in the war between races. The immortals had summoned an ancient immortal marquis, but they had still lost. They even lost Wisdom King.
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Immortal Realm's entrance.
Tiangu was feeling greatly discouraged.
Was not even an ancient marquis sufficient?
Marquis Qishan had shown up. Tiangu had thought that Wisdom King had failed in the summoning, but that wasn't the case. Marquis Qishan had instead been defeated, resulting in Wisdom King's death.
While Tiangu was deep in thought, Su Yu roared with laughter and said, "Little bastards, keep coming at me! Don't stop! Please show me how great and capable you are! Tiangu, why don't you try it yourself? Kill me before I can do anything, and I'll gladly accept my death. But upon failure, you will need to take a trip to the Death Realm with me!"
Su Yu was incomparably arrogant.
"Come on! Bring it on! Can anyone kill me? Do you think I'm He Tu? Do you think I'll get myself killed by my own schemes? I won't even bother with summoning death spirits out. I only need to take you all into the Death Realm with me. Who dares to face me? Tiangu? Anyone else? Pieces of trash. I'll kill every last one of you! Are you furious? Are you angry? Come kill me!"
Nobody could say anything.
Su Yu...seemed to be really unstoppable in the Death Realm. He had blasted a marquis apart, killed Wisdom King, and killed seventeen Invincibles at one go.
***
"It's already too late to kill him."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor shook his head. Beside him, a devil king asked in confusion, "Too late?"
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"Yes." The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "We don't know the Death Realm well. But it is probably true that Marquis Qishan had appeared. It is also probably true that he had been defeated. Wisdom King is probably dead. And now...tell me. Would any Daofuse still have the courage to follow Su Yu into the Death Realm?"
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "None of them. I wouldn't dare. Tiangu wouldn't. Jiwu wouldn't. Nobody! In that case, how could he be killed? If even Daofuses are afraid, who would have the courage to try? Unless someone could figure out his trump card, any further attempt today would be pointless."
At this point, would anyone still dare to try? The only option left was an ambush by Daofuses. But with so many eyes on them, including the old turtle, was an ambush even possible? And Su Yu only needed a split second to open a death tunnel. That would be enough to guarantee his safety.
Thus, his trump card in the Death Realm must be dealt with before further attempts. But nobody knew much about his trump card in the Death Realm. Did he suffer heavy losses as well? Or perhaps an ancient human marquis was waiting down there?
They required time to dig out more information from the Death Realm. They also needed enough luck and opportunity to do so. Digging out information from the dead would be no easy task.
***
The Devil Pseudo Emperor's prediction came true.
Tiangu, Heavenly Overseer Marquis, Divine Pseudo Emperor, Nether pseudo Emperor, Dragon Pseudo Emperor...
The various Daofuses were feeling very helpless.
Did they fully trust Su Yu's claims?
Not necessarily.
But would any Daofuse still dare to pursue him all the way to the Death Realm after this? Prior to this, they would. But that had changed. What if there was really a dead human marquis down there? Not even escape would be an option when they were in the Death Realm.
However, the various races had suffered heavy losses in this operation. Su Yu had caused the deaths of eighteen Invincibles. Great Qin King had killed two. Great Zhou King had killed two. Previously, Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng had killed four. Su Yu had also killed four with Grandstar and the others.
In truth, the losses weren't too heavy in the other battles. Only the battles involving Su Yu had incurred such losses. Thirty Invincibles had died trying to kill Su Yu.
Prior to this, thirty Invincibles had entered the Luminous Domain Mansion. The five humans had survived. The five elemental and fate had also survived. Everyone else, including the Heaven Department head, had either died or vanished. One could say that twenty-three Invincibles had been lost there.
All this had happened in the span of only one month.
Fifty-three Invincibles in one month.
After such heavy losses, Su Yu was still alive. That was not all. He had even grown massively. And now, one also needed to risk entering the Death Realm to kill him. Who? Who would be willing to go?
If nobody else dared to step forth, this conflict would end here.
It would be pointless to continue.
Tiangu inhaled deeply as his sea of willpower rumbled. A voice rang out, heard only by the ancient existences, "We stop."
It was pointless to keep fighting.
They had to find out what was happening in the Death Realm before doing more.
***
Eastrift Valley.
Great Zhou King exhaled in relief.
Finally, the battle was over.
Tiangu, the person most determined to kill Su Yu, had decided to stop.
If even the immortals had decided to stop, the other races would naturally stop as well. They would only make another attempt when they were fully confident in killing Su Yu. After such heavy losses, they wouldn't dare to make any rash attempts anymore.
Great Zhou King laughed in a self-mocking manner. Humanity had fought for hundreds of years, yet Su Yu only needed several battles to scare the myriad races off.
The myriad races had suffered massive losses in Su Yu's hands.
One ought to admit that Su Yu was indeed blessed by luck. He had somehow obtained the backing of several Daofuses and numerous Invincibles. The power backing him was already comparable to a major race.
Naturally, his greatest backing did not come from the human race. Rather, it came from the ancient cities. Nobody had expected all these ancient guardians to leave their cities and fight for Su Yu. They were simply too strong.
***
"Stop?"
Su Yu had just received a voice transmission from the old turtle. It was time to stop. The eighteen deaths had sufficiently deterred the various parties from continuing the battle. Nothing would change for now unless several Daofuses were willing to step forward and follow him down to the Death Realm.
However, Su Yu merely sneered and said loudly, "Stopping now? You are very good at dreaming, Tiangu. Don't even dream of stopping before losing ten immortal kings. Do you think I'm unaware of the situation in the Immortal Realm? Today, I will drag all those old fossils out. Let's see just how strong these fogeys are. Are they strong enough to kill me?"
At those words, the expressions of several ancient fossils changed slightly.
Su Yu knew it! He knew everything! It occurred to them that they had greatly underestimated him. He knew everything clearly!
With a sneer, Su Yu continued, "Just send them out. I refuse to believe that I can't make those old bastards pay as well. Show me. Show me what it takes to kill me. Let's break the balance. Let's see if that's all it takes to end this epoch. Everyone is trying to take advantage of my youth and ignorance. Do you think I know nothing?"
At that, several gazes focused on the old turtle. But the old turtle remained indifferent. Why were they looking at him? He had told Su Yu nothing. There were things he could and couldn't say. He had no idea how Su Yu had learned about all that.
In truth, Su Yu did not know as much as they thought. He had merely made use of the little bit of information he received from Heavendoom and pretended he knew more. Yes. He was merely pretending to know more. He wanted to give the myriad races the impression that he knew everything. And he was confident he could deal with whatever they had to offer. That was all.
Not even Tiangu dared to keep viewing him as an ignorant junior anymore. Tiangu's voice rang out, "Su Yu, are you sure you want to start the final battle now? Do you think you're better than the Hundred Battle King? If you're confident, I'll oblige."
Su Yu's heart thumped. No, wait! He was simply talking shit! Why was the old bastard taking him seriously? If an old fossil capable of killing human kings were to appear, he would die. But he had to keep acting. He couldn't stop halfway.
Thus, he coldly said, "Sure. Bring it on, Tiangu. Why don't you kill a few immortal kings personally and drag those geezers out to have some fun with me? Let's see if they're good enough to kill me. Do you think I'm really so helpless against them?"
Su Yu gnashed his teeth and roared furiously at the floating White Jade Gate, "Tai Shan!"
He did not know if anything would come out of this. He was merely trying his luck. If something were to happen, that would be enough to scare these people further. If nothing happened, so be it.
Immediately after...
Boom!
A deafening rumble rang out. Space itself started shaking. An incomparably powerful aura surged out of the gate, but something seemed to be stopping it from spreading.
Su Yu was greatly shaken as well, but he kept a look of wild joy on his face. He flew over and stopped near the White Jade Gate. There, he sneered and said, "Tiangu, stop being a coward. Tell those geezers to come out. Lord Heavendoom, respected guardians, kill more immortal kings. Don't stop before killing ten of them. Today, we shatter the sky above us!"
Behind him, the White Jade Gate shook even more violently, as though it was responding to his words.
The expressions of some Daofuses started changing.
Was Su Yu capable of controlling that terrifying existence in the mansion even from the outside?
Many recalled what they had heard from the survivors previously.
The Daofuses started sending voice transmissions to the survivors. "Auspicious Golden, tell me the truth. Just how strong was that ancient existence?"
"Null Seer, did you encounter that ancient existence inside?"
"..."
The various experts were doing the same. This was too scary. They had to be very careful here.
Null Seer and Auspicious Golden spoke the truth. "I don't know about the actual strength of that existence. I only know that a clump of willpower appeared out of nowhere. After that, all the active Eternals were either killed or crippled. Not even Blood Fire Devil King could escape unscathed. He was weakened so much that even Su Yu could kill him."
"His exact strength is hard to judge for me, but after his appearance, Great Qin King was able to take the Source Return Blade away. That existence must have crushed even the laws there, freeing the blade from the laws."
The hearts of the various experts thumped nervously.
Source Return Blade.
They had nearly forgotten that Great Qin King was fighting with a saber earlier. In that case, someone must have shattered the laws, freeing Devote King's weapon. And someone capable of a feat like that would be no weaker than a human king. An ancient human king.
In short, there was another backer behind Su Yu, one as strong as an ancient human king.
Meanwhile, Su Yu's heart was thumping violently. He was still maintaining his act. This act was necessary to deter the myriad races from trying anything against him anytime soon. He had to make them think twice before trying anything in the future, even with full preparations. Otherwise, more troubles would follow after this conflict.
Stopping the conflict here? That was what Su Yu wanted as well. He didn't want to risk attracting those old fossils. After all, the attention of the old fossils was something that had killed even the human king of the previous epoch. He most certainly didn't want to face something like that at his current stage. Thus, he couldn't show any fear.
Agreeing to the ceasefire would only reveal weakness and bring him more trouble.
Su Yu looked around with a sneer and coldly said, "Come. Let's have some fun. Let's see if the dead or the living are better."
"Su Yu, you might be able to summon that existence, but you would definitely need to pay a large price for it. Am I right?"
Tiangu questioned coldly.
"Price?" Su Yu laughed and said, "Do you want to see it for yourself? I don't mind being honest. This Lord of mine...is without some of his memories. He loves killing indiscriminately. I might be the first to die after summoning him, but you're forcing me to do this. If I'm dying either way, I might as well drag everyone with me. Human king? Do you think he's a mere human king? No, not at all. He's stronger than that. Do you think I'm bluffing? Tiangu, are you ready to...embrace madness together?"
Tiangu did not answer.
Su Yu extended his willpower toward the White Jade Gate while trembling inwardly and roared again, "Tai Shan!"
Boom!
This time, the massive rumble seemed to reverberate throughout the Myriad Realms.
It was likely that Old Zhou was already boundlessly furious.
Su Yu couldn't hear Old Zhou's voice anymore, but he knew that Old Zhou was definitely furious.
Boom!
The entire Sea of Stars started shaking. Up in the sky, lightning bolts started flickering as a tribulation started forming.
The expressions of Tiangu and the others changed drastically.
Boom!
The intense shaking continued as a bolt of lightning shot toward the White Jade Gate. Su Yu hurriedly moved away in panic when he saw the incoming lightning. The bolt of lightning continued heading toward the gate. It was so powerful that it left a path of nothingness behind it as it descended.
"Fuck off!"
Just then, a boundlessly furious voice resounded in everyone's ears.
Splurt!
Su Yu started coughing blood. He was not alone.
The old turtle, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis...
The stronger one was, the more intense their reaction.
All the Daofuses coughed blood.
The Invincibles were coughing blood as well. Meanwhile, almost everyone under the Invincible Realm was unaffected. They heard nothing.
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The sky itself was torn apart.
The power of laws started gathering again, forming yet another blood lightning to strike the gate.
Su Yu was completely stunned. What was this? He had only provoked Old Zhou. Nothing else. What was this reaction?