Chapter 30 - 30

Chapter 951: All Characters Need A Beating (1)

Su Yu was happy.

Liu Wenyan said, "Don't be happy yet. As I said, compatibility is very important. Not all characters can be absorbed. If it's that simple, we wouldn't have lost so many lives back then when we tried transplanting characters."

He sighed inwardly. Back then, a lot of people were chosen to receive the inherited characters, but very few of them survived.

Xia Yunji, Hu Ping, Zhao Mingyue...

Those were the ones who were still around. Thus, compatibility was very important. Most of the deaths back then were caused by incompatibility.

Su Yu's face stiffened slightly. He thought about it and carefully said, "If even Teacher succeeded...I should be able to do it, right?"

What? Liu Wenyan stared at his student silently. What interesting words. What was the meaning behind those words? He, Liu Wenyan, used to kill Skysoars as a Mental Tempering student. Then, he also became a Skysoar who had killed Sunmoons. Sure, he relied on his Sunmoon character for that, but he was still the killer. How dare the brat compare the two of them?

"I killed Sunmoons before."

Liu Wenyan gave a simple reply. Why was the brat getting so cocky? The brat was merely enjoying what he had enjoyed before. Had the brat killed any Sunmoons before? If not, the brat should shut his mouth.

Su Yu shut his mouth. He couldn't even argue that Liu Wenyan had relied on external power to accomplish that feat since he himself had relied on external power frequently as well.

He was a Cloudbreach yet he had only killed a peak Mountainsea. Meanwhile, Liu Wenyan was very impressive. He had even killed the character clone of an Invincible.

Su Yu asked curiously, "Teacher, have you been on the Heavenly Hunt Index before?"

"..."

Liu Wenyan ignored the question. That was not important. He would naturally be on it if he wanted to, and if he didn't feel like it, he would naturally not be on it. Screw that!

Then again, he had really been on the index in the past. Alas, it was only the Yellow Index. He had been in the Allheaven Battlefield before. Or to be precise, the Allheaven Battlefield was his home. He was a genius as well. He wouldn't have caught Ye Batian's eyes otherwise.

Since he resided in the Allheaven Battlefield, he had naturally been on the index. But it didn't last long. Eventually, he entered the Human Realm and encountered the biggest tragedy of his life. His teacher died.

He inherited his teacher's character and started living a silent life. Just like that, five decades passed. He had turned into an old man. Even though he was still strong enough to punch above his level, he held no advantage over the young geniuses. Thus, he would not be able to get on the index anymore.

But there was no doubting that his name was once on the Yellow Index. He once ranked in the 300s. But it was pointless to say that to someone ranked third on the Heaven Index. He decided to forget the fact that he was once on the index.

Liu Wenyan said, "I made my name in the Human Realm. I was only at the Mental Tempering Stage then. I've never fought the myriad races before, so the index was nonexistent for me. Also, the Heavenly Hunt Index is basically the same as the Prey Index. Historically, very few names on the index have met a good end."

For example, people like Ye Batian, and even Xia Longwu. So what if one dominated the index? One would still be forced to bow to reality. What was there to be proud about?

Liu Wenyan snorted disdainfully and said, "Stop wasting time. Find a quiet place and test your compatibility with the character. Or perhaps I can split the fused character into its original characters and transfer those original characters one at a time. I'm afraid that if you receive too many of them, your sea of willpower will burst apart."

Su Yu nodded, "The Skyrend Valley is very safe."

"..."

Liu Wenyan was left completely speechless. Holy shit. Everyone viewed the Skyrend Valley as a forbidden zone, but this kid was treating that place as a safe zone.

Sure, that place was no longer as dangerous after Su Yu greatly exhausted the saber qi and holy power in it, but it still wasn't a place any random person could hope to enter and survive.

"Fine."

Liu Wenyan couldn't be bothered to argue. So be it.

Thus, the two started moving toward the Skyrend Valley. While flying, Su Yu said, "Teacher, just how many Sunmoon characters do you have?"

He was very curious. He knew that Ye Batian had a character technique with twenty-two characters. But back then, Liu Wenyan seemed to have detonated some of the non-human characters. How many characters did he have left now?

Liu Wenyan said, "I still have fourteen of them. I was supposed to have fifteen, but I gave Wu Jia one."

Su Yu was aware of that. Prior to leaving, Liu Wenyan had given Wu Jia a necklace. At the time, Bai Feng had told him through voice transmission that there was a Sunmoon character in the necklace.

Su Yu thought about it and asked, "Teacher, why did you refuse to give the characters away when those people asked for them?"

Back then, people like Jin Yuhui and the Zhou Family had demanded the characters from Liu Wenyan, but he had refused all of them. He claimed that he was unable to manifest those characters. Was that a lie?

Liu Wenyan rolled his eyes and said, "At that time, I still couldn't split the fused characters. But eventually, the disassembly method was discovered. Coupled with the detonation of some non-human characters, I was finally able to take the character technique apart. But at that point, the fall out had happened."

Since there was a fallout, what was the point of giving them the characters? And eventually, Zhou Polong himself had agreed to erase the past grudge in an exchange with Su Yu. With that, Liu Wenyan no longer owed the Zhou Family anything.

That seemed like such a big coincidence. Su Yu looked at Liu Wenyan suspiciously. So he found a way to manifest his characters right after the fall out with them?

Tsk tsk.

Whatever. It didn't matter. Furthermore, these were the fifth principal's characters. Teacher Liu had inherited them from his own teacher. So what if he wanted to hog them all for himself? As for the Zhou Family, the debt had been erased with Shan Xiong's life.

They no longer owe each other anything. Liu Wenyan was rendered speechless by Su Yu's expression. He was telling the truth. Whatever. The kid would never stop doubting him. In fact, he would be doubtful of such a coincidence as well.

He couldn't manifest the characters when they demanded it. After the fight was over, he finally found a way to manifest the character. Nobody would believe that. Not even Liu Wenyan himself could believe that.

As the two chatted, the Skyrend Valley finally appeared on the horizon. The place was still filled with saber qi, but the saber qi was slightly weaker than in the past.

After looking at the valley, Liu Wenyan sighed, "Skyrend Valley...Great Xia King...he's very strong. Even among all Invincibles in existence, he is one of the best. What a pity."

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Su Yu was doubtful. What?

Liu Wenyan explained, "What a pity that he was burdened by the Xia Family. Strictly speaking, even the multiple character faction can be considered a legacy of the Xia Family. The first principal, Xia Chen, was a member of the Xia Family. He was a brother of Great Xia King. With the establishment of the Xia Family, Great Xia King's blade is no longer as fast."

The Xia Family was actually quite impressive. The multiple character faction originated from them. Their cultivation in the warrior path was incredible as well. They were worthy of their pride. Great Xia King deserved to be proud.

Alas, his first son had perished while attempting a dao affirmation. His second son was still too young. His first grandson, Xia Longwu, was on the verge of dao affirmation while being the common enemy of the myriad races. All those incidents had caused Great Xia King's blade to stop being as murderous and sharp.

Great Xia was the source of all troubles. Both Xia Longwu and multiple character faction came from Great Xia.

Liu Wenyan said, "Great Xia King once stayed in Nanyuan for a period of time. You might even know him."

"Do I?"

Su Yu was reminded of that. He wondered if he actually knew Great Xia King. He had no idea.

"Who was it?"

"Do you remember the old man watching over the gate of Nanyuan Secondary School back then?"

"..."

Su Yu gave it some thought and nodded, "Yeah, I think I remember him. He left not long after I entered the school. Was that Great Xia King?"

He entered the school when he was thirteen. He remembered a healthy-looking old man who was slightly chubby. But the old man had left about half a year after he entered school. He heard that the old man had retired and he hadn't thought too much about it.

He said, "I'm not too familiar with him so I can't remember him well. But Hao is quite familiar with him. Back then, he stole his father's liquor only to find he didn't like it. Thus, he gave the entire bottle to the old man. Great Xia King sure was stingy. He didn't give Hao anything good for the liquor."

"..."

Liu Wenyan said, "You should not repeat these words anywhere else...no, don't even say it here. This place is related to him so he might be able to sense your words when you talk about him here."

It would be fine if they were anywhere else, but this place was related to Great Xia King. It was very likely that Great Xia King would sense it if someone badmouthed him here. This kid should learn to shut his mouth.

Why was he even complaining about Great Xia King? Was the kid not embarrassed when talking about that bottle of liquor? Liu Wenyan remembered that incident as well. Back then, Chen Hao got drunk from the liquor he stole. In his drunk state, he forced Great Xia King to join him. He should rejoice that Great Xia King had not slapped him to death from annoyance.

At that thought, he smiled, "Did you instigate him to steal that bottle of liquor?"

"..."

Su Yu had an innocent expression as he said, "Nope. Why would I tell him to do something like that?"

He added, "So Great Xia King was really at the Nanyuan Secondary School for a period of time? That makes us his students as well, right?"

"..."

What manner of logic was that? How did that make him Great Xia King's student? How did the kid somehow twist Great Xia King's role as a security guard into a teacher? Liu Wenyan couldn't be bothered to say more and entered the Skyrend Valley with Su Yu. After the previous incident here, the valley was currently quite empty. Then again, it had always been rather empty most of the time. Nobody would come here for no reason.

For the most part, only saber cultivators would visit this place to comprehend Great Xia King's saber. After all, Great Xia King's saber was known throughout the Myriad Realms. Sky Sundering Countless Saber. Yes. That was its official name. Apart from Great Xia King himself, nobody knew how many sabers he had reached.

Chapter 952: All Characters Need A Beating (2)

The two found a hidden location in the Skyrend Valley and sat down cross-legged.

Then, Liu Wenyan said, "I am not lending you these characters so that you can go throw your life away. I'm offering this because you are getting too murderous, to the point you can hardly control your murderous intent anymore. In that case, you might as well vent yourself and kill to your heart's content."

Liu Wenyan had always been unorthodox in the way he taught.

Just like how it was in the past, he spoke in a calm and unhurried manner, his voice strong and clear, "Murderous intent is normally a result of repression. The more repressed you feel, the more murderous you will be. Just kill. Kill until you're tired of it. Vent your anger. Vent your feelings. At one point, you will naturally regain your calm."

Su Yu nodded pensively.

Liu Wenyan continued, "You have been murderous since you were young. You must have felt repressed since you were a kid. Now that you have grown your wings, you're no longer willing to suffer any losses. That's also a result of excessive repression."

Su Yu nodded. Anyone would feel repressed after dying so many times. Since he was a child, he had been dying daily in his nightmares. Every single day, he would experience the pain of his head bursting apart. Who wouldn't feel repressed in such a situation?

Who wouldn't be angry? Who wouldn't hate that? But in the past, he could only accept his fate due to his helplessness. After spending some time in the academy, he gained enough strength to stop accepting his fate all the time.

Liu Wenyan knew Su Yu very well. This kid had learned under him for five years. When they first met, the kid was only thirteen. That was an age where a child would develop a major part of their personality.

Liu Wenyan knew what Su Yu had been doing all those years. At the time, the kid had reached an age where he was starting to grow rebellious. But instead of causing trouble himself, the kid had been pretending to be an obedient kid. Now that the kid had finally gained a considerable level of strength, he started venting all his repressed feelings. In fact, he had been doing so for quite a while.

The more one was repressed, the more harmful it would be mentally. Thus, Liu Wenyan did not try to persuade Su Yu to return. He did not try to stop Su Yu from causing more trouble or doing anything that would attract more attention.

If he did so and succeeded, Su Yu would merely turn into a ticking bomb back at the Human Realm. He might end up causing even more trouble back home. It was better for the kid to be causing trouble out here instead. When the kid was finally done venting, he could then return. The myriad race Invincibles would end up hating him, but so what?

No matter how cowardly the human Invincibles were, they wouldn't allow the myriad race Invincibles to freely invade the Human Realm. That was a bottom line nobody would cross. As for the possibility of humanity deciding to hand Su Yu to the myriad races, as he gained more fame and recognition, which human would dare to be the first to propose something about that?

And if nobody spoke of it, it would naturally not happen. This understanding was why Liu Wenyan had allowed Su Yu to continue stirring trouble in the Allheaven Battlefield. The kid could kill to his heart's content out here. Out here, the kid would even be rewarded for killing. That would be beneficial for the kid's cultivation.

Su Yu had yet to see through all that. He only knew that he had his teacher's support. His teacher did not think that he was wrong. That alone was enough for him.

Liu Wenyan said, "I have fourteen Sunmoon characters. What type of character are you interested in?"

Su Yu said, "I want to try them all and see if any of them is compatible with me. I also need to test and see if my sea of willpower is strong enough to hold them. Teacher, will this harm you?"

Liu Wenyan smiled, "No. My sea of willpower is starting to reach its limit. A lot of them have been sealed away. A few of them are peak Sunmoon characters. Some are even showing signs of advancing beyond that. Of course, that's not going to happen anytime soon. Nevertheless, these characters are enough to put massive pressure on my sea of willpower. Lending a few of them to you will only reduce the pressure on me."

Su Yu said in surprise, "Teacher, in that case, just abandon these characters. You have your own characters, right? Just crush these characters and feed your own characters. If you did that earlier, you might have reached the Mountainsea or even the Sunmoon Realm by now."

"How can I do that?"

Liu Wenyan glared at his student, "Don't do anything stupid. Your grandteacher...forget it. If you're considered my student, he's your grandteacher. If you're considered Bai Feng's student, he's your great grandteacher. It doesn't matter. These are the only things he left behind. If I crush them all, he won't be able to attain peace in the afterlife."

Su Yu curled his lips and said nothing. He really wanted to say that the fifth principal was the source of all disaster. The fifth principal had lived a carefree life, but his actions had caused a life of suffering for people like Liu Wenyan, Hong Tan, Xia Yunji, Chen Yong, and others.

While the fifth principal was alive, he was arrogant and domineering. Everyone knew him. Meanwhile, his inheritors were the ones who had inherited all his enemies.

Liu Wenyan was the person who had won Su Yu's respect. Bai Feng was the person who had won Su Yu's favor. Chen Yong was the one who had given Su Yu the Character Technique Stele. Hong Tan was the person who had given him the little furball...

In any case, he had not benefited from the fifth principal. The only thing he had gained from the fifth principal was a bunch of troubles. He felt bad for Liu Wenyan and the others. If it wasn't for the fifth principal, Liu Wenyan would have reached the Sunmoon Realm by now. His family wouldn't have been destroyed. He wouldn't have been forced to live a miserable life in the Allheaven Battlefield.

Liu Wenyan could guess what Su Yu was thinking. He said, "I forbid you from thinking that way. That's my teacher. I was there to enjoy the glory of being his student while he was at his peak. Now that he has fallen, I naturally have to be here and suffer the consequences. Do you agree?"

Su Yu nodded with a look of understanding, "You're right, Teacher. When you fall, I will be there to bear the consequences as well!"

Liu Wenyan was getting tired of speaking to this brat. But the brat's way of thinking was understandable. The fifth principal was his teacher, not the brat's teacher. What was the point of telling the brat all that?

The brat was an extremely loyal person. But the loyalty was only directed toward him, not his teacher. He, Liu Wenyan, was the teacher of the brat. Not Ye Batian.

"Stop wasting time. Let's give it a try."

Liu Wenyan moved on to the main topic and said, "Sunmoon characters are very powerful. This is even more for peak Sunmoon characters. My compatibility with my teacher's characters is quite high. No, to be precise, the compatibility is excessively high. I suspected that this was the reason my teacher had accepted me as his student back then. Perhaps...he had been expecting all this to happen since the very beginning. It doesn't matter. This is all the past. I'm only telling you this to let you know more about our history. You don't have to worry too much about it."

Su Yu nodded. In short, the fifth principal knew that he would die. Thus, he had been making preparations for that.

Su Yu wasn't even surprised. He heard that the fifth principal was very arrogant during his time in the Allheaven Battlefield. He also heard that the fifth principal was a shit-stirrer like him as well. It wouldn't surprise anyone if the fifth principal ended up beaten to death. Yes. This was a good reminder. He had to take note of that as well.

Perhaps he should learn from the fifth principal and make some preparations to drag his juniors to hell after his death...

Su Yu only dared to ridicule the fifth principal in his mind. He did not have the courage to say those words to Liu Wenyan's face. Sure, he wasn't close to the fifth principal. But that was still the teacher of Teacher Liu.

After taking a deep breath, Liu Wenyan said, "Let's test the compatibility. Follow my instructions. First, send a strand of your willpower into my sea of willpower. Try to get in touch with one of the characters. If the compatibility is too low, your willpower will be kicked out. If that doesn't happen, you can move on to the next character."

"Teacher, is this appropriate?"

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"It's fine." Liu Wenyan said, "Bai Feng entered my sea of willpower before as well. If there are really any secrets in there, that fellow would have learned of them. And he's nowhere as reliable as you."

Su Yu nodded. That was true. His Teacher Bai had a big mouth. That fellow was extremely bad at keeping secrets. That was what he had learned during his time with Bai Feng. Since Liu Wenyan was saying that, Su Yu stopped hesitating. He manifested his willpower and formed a miniature version of himself.

The miniature Su Yu was sent toward Liu Wenyan's sea of willpower. While entering, he said, "Teacher, some races out there perform a unique kind of mental dual cultivation. Is this what we're doing?"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Liu Wenyan choked and kicked the miniature Su Yu away before scolding, "Cut the bullshit!"

Fuck!

Dual cultivation his ass! This was merely a movement of willpower. How did it become mental dual cultivation?

Su Yu shrugged and sent his willpower over again, "Relax, Teacher. Don't be nervous. I tried this before with Teacher Zhao Li. This is not my first time. Just don't push me out."

Liu Wenyan had an unsightly expression.

Su Yu continued, "Relax, Teacher. I won't tell Martial Mother about this. Oh, my bad. I won't tell Martial Mothers about this."

"..."

What the fuck was that? Liu Wenyan was getting increasingly irritated. Why was this brat so talkative? And why was the brat only talking about useless things? A short moment later, the miniature Su Yu found itself in the middle of a massive ocean.

Yes. Ocean.

Su Yu had seen Zhao Li's sea of willpower before. It was massive. Zhao Li's willpower was extremely strong after years of tempering through the Soul Expanding Art. But Su Yu found that Liu Wenyan's sea of willpower was actually bigger than Zhao Li's. This was too surprising.

Naturally, his sea of willpower was smaller than either of them. After all, he was still a Cloudbreach. But Liu Wenyan was only a Skysoar.

A massive sun hovered in the sky. That sun was formed of countless characters. Su Yu stared at the sun blankly. At this time, Liu Wenyan appeared beside him.

He turned his head and asked, "Teacher, how is your sea of willpower so big?"

"If you let some Sunmoon characters stay in your sea of willpower for fifty years, your sea of willpower will be big as well."

Liu Wenyan gave a nonchalant reply. What a stupid question. Since he had survived, his sea of willpower would naturally grow strong.

"Teacher, why are you still a Skysoar?"

This wasn't right. Such a powerful sea of willpower shouldn't belong to only a Skysoar.

"My sea of willpower is not full yet."

Liu Wenyan gave a simple answer, "It's pointless if only the sea of willpower is strong. Without enough willpower to fill it, it's the same as an empty ocean. What's the point?"

"Also, these characters have never been mine. Sure, they are residing in my sea of willpower, but that does not change. Meanwhile, my own characters are not powerful enough."

Su Yu nodded. He could see that. Countless small stars were orbiting the massive sun. Those were probably his teacher's own characters. How terrifying. Just how many characters had his teacher formed?

There were definitely more than eighteen there. But Teacher Liu's character technique only needed eighteen characters.

"Teacher, how many characters did you form?"

"Sixty-six before this. But recently, I crushed the non-human characters, leaving me with only twenty-four."

"..."

Chapter 953: All Characters Need A Beating (3)

Su Yu was stunned. After a long while, he said, "In short, you used to have eighty-eight characters, with twenty-two of them being Sunmoon characters?"

"Yes."

"Teacher, haven't you been broke since forever? How did you afford so many so many willpower texts?"

Liu Wenyan was rendered momentarily speechless. Then, he answered, "Great Xia King used to stay near the school gate. Why do I even need money? I'll borrow some reading materials from him every now and then. It was a pity that he eventually left or I could have gotten even more willpower texts from him. Isn't this obvious?"

When did Su Yu become so stupid? Why was he asking such a stupid question?

Yes, Great Xia King was a warrior. But as an Invincible, his willpower wouldn't be lower than the Mountainsea Realm even if he didn't put any effort into it. And if he worked on it, he could easily push his willpower to the Sunmoon Realm.

In fact, most of the human Invincibles were in the same situation. Their bodies would be at the Invincible Realm while their willpower would be at the Sunmoon Realm.

Pure warriors and pure cultural researchers could be found among the myriad races, but humanity was unique in this aspect. All their Invincibles would reach the Invincible Realm through physical cultivation before pushing their willpower to the Sunmoon Realm.

Su Yu was stunned. True. With an Invincible right at the gate, there was no need for money. Teacher Liu only needed to get the Invincible to scribble down some random words on a piece of paper and it would turn into a willpower text.

Holy shit!

What a big loss. Great Xia King had left too early. He could have gotten some benefits from that big whale otherwise.

***

Near the border of the divine territory.

Great Xia King was cursing again.

Who the fuck was thinking about him again? And that bastard was not thinking nice things about him. This wasn't the first time this had happened. And both times, it had happened somewhere related to him. Was that his second kid? Was that kid being annoying again? Great Xia King swore to give that kid a beating during his next trip back if it was really his second son.

***

Su Yu and Liu Wenyan were naturally unaware of what Great Xia King was thinking.

While flying toward the big sun in Liu Wenyan's sea of willpower, Su Yu said, "Teacher, your sea of willpower is probably as wide as a Sunmoon's. If you can fill it with willpower, it won't take you long to enter the Sunmoon Realm."

"I don't have that much willpower."

Liu Wenyan appeared rather nonchalant about it.

"Just crush your Sunmoon characters. Those characters are filled with willpower."

"..."

This kid should learn to shut his damn mouth. Crush his ass. Liu Wenyan discovered that along with the growth in his strength, the damn kid had been getting more and more boastful. It almost felt like the default solution for every problem the kid encountered was crushing some Sunmoon characters. Did the kid think that Sunmoon characters could be found everywhere?

Then again, he did have a lot of them in his sea of willpower. But these characters were the belongings of his deceased teacher. If he had to crush them to save his life, sure. But crushing them to cultivate? Was the damn kid crazy?

Su Yu completely disagreed. He insisted, "Teacher, if you crush one Sunmoon character per month, I promise you that in one year, no, in a few months, you will reach the Sunmoon Realm. They have never been yours. You are greatly talented as well, Teacher. Why walk the fifth principal's path? You can walk your own path." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

Su Yu felt like his teacher was not truly living. Yes, the fifth principal's characters were powerful. But that was ultimately not his teacher's characters.

Su Yu felt bad for his teacher. If it was him, he would have crushed those characters long ago. He was not interested in the characters of others. It didn't matter how strong they were. He would only accept the characters of others if he could crush them to support his own cultivation.

Liu Wenyan asked, "What will you do with these characters if they are given to you?"

"I will keep one or two of them around for emergencies and crush the rest of them. When I grow strong enough, I'll crush the remaining two for my cultivation as well."

Liu Wenyan was assaulted by a feeling of heartache. He had considered passing these characters to Su Yu, but he had changed his mind.

Nope. That damn kid was actually thinking of crushing all those characters.

Not willing to give up, Liu Wenyan said, "My teacher's characters are near the Eternal Realm. And there are fourteen of them left. They originated from the same 22-character technique. Anyone inheriting them only needs to add eight more characters to the character technique to possibly find a shortcut to the Eternal Realm."

Su Yu gave an indifferent reply, "Wow. That's amazing. A character technique with twenty-two characters...but they are not yours. Teacher, are you thinking of relying on the work of others to enter the Invincible Realm?"

For Su Yu, he could only accept advancing with characters he had cultivated himself. In any case, Teacher Liu's offer wasn't even that attractive to him. He had a 99-character technique. Why would he even care about a mere 22-character technique? Was that supposed to be a big deal?

Liu Wenyan continued persuading, "Do you know how many experts are dying to get their hands on the characters of my teacher? All of them are trying to figure out the secrets that might lead them toward the path of an Invincible cultural researcher through my teacher's characters."

Su Yu said, "I already have the answer. Firstly, you need a lot of characters. Secondly, you need only human characters. Thirdly, you might need to fuse them all into one. Fourthly, you might need to open the source soul acupoint, fusing the yang acupoint and the yin aperture. That might be the only way to become a true Invincible cultural researcher. Teacher, the people speculating out there don't even know more than me. Also, the fifth principal failed. If he had actually succeeded, sure, his characters are worth learning from. But he failed."

Yes. Su Yu himself might already know more than the people out there. The four points he raised were mostly thought by himself, with certain parts that were inspired by Bai Feng. He believed that one needed to meet all four criteria to become an Invincible cultural researcher.

Su Yu added, "If my guess is right, a human Invincible cultural researcher might need to open 360 apertures and 360 acupoints. That is probably required to activate the suppression force in the Human Realm. If you ask me, the fifth principal was nowhere near success. In fact, he had zero hope in succeeding."

"..."

Beside him, Liu Wenyan was greatly shaken.

Four criteria.

One could only become an Invincible cultural researcher after meeting all of them? The conditions listed by Su Yu were a lot harder than expected. He said, "The source soul acupoint is a theory of yours. Are you sure it exists?"

"Yes. I already found the yang acupoint. I categorize the source soul acupoint as a combination of two different points..."

Su Yu proceeded to give Liu Wenyan a simple explanation of his discoveries. Liu Wenyan felt like his faith was collapsing. He muttered, "Impossible...my teacher...was still very far from the Invincible Realm?"

That was impossible! His teacher was someone capable of killing Invincibles! Meanwhile, Su Yu felt like his teacher was making a fuss over nothing. If it was so easy to advance into an Invincible cultural researcher, humanity would have produced one long ago.

It was very possible that the fifth principal wasn't anywhere near that realm. With a sufficiently powerful body, willpower, characters, and character technique, it wasn't exactly impossible for one to kill an Invincible.

But that did not signify that one would enter the Invincible Realm soon. At this point, Su Yu was already near the massive sun. Only when he approached it did he notice that the character greatly resembled an axe. This was probably the fifth principal's character technique. However, the axe seemed incomplete.

That was because seven characters had been crushed and one had been taken out and given to Wu Jia. Only fourteen characters remained. All of them were human characters.

Since the character technique had been disassembled before, Su Yu could vaguely see the independent characters. In the past, the character technique would appear as a single character.

Su Yu continued approaching the sun. But suddenly, he was sent flying with a bang. Liu Wenyan blanked out for a bit before sighing. But he was also slightly relieved to see that. This might not be a bad thing, after all.

It was clear the compatibility wasn't high. There was no longer any need for him to consider whether he should pass these characters on to Su Yu. The compatibility was too low. Forceful integration was not a good thing.

But Su Yu appeared completely nonchalant. What was so surprising about low compatibility? He was only here to test it out. If the compatibility was low, well, he only needed to beat them until they learned to obey.

Even if he wasn't their match, it was fine. He had the golden book. The golden book was very good at teaching characters a lesson. In fact, even natural characters couldn't withstand the golden book's beating.

Since these characters were human characters, the book wouldn't crush them, right? Yeap. He only needed to give them a beating.

At that, Su Yu withdrew from the sea of willpower. Beside Su Yu, Liu Wenyan opened his eyes and said, "I thought the compatibility would be high, but I was wrong. This won't work. Your compatibility with my teacher is very low..."

"Teacher, take one of them out. I'll try taking it into my sea of willpower."

"Nonsense." Liu Wenyan said, "That's a peak Sunmoon character. Taking it in without a high compatibility can very easily burst your sea of willpower."

What nonsense.

Su Yu solemnly said, "Teacher, I'm confident. My sea of willpower isn't that weak. Before this, you weren't even a Skysoar. If even you could withstand these characters, it would be fine for me as well! Don't worry. I won't insist if I really can't. At worst, I'll suffer some injuries. I can recover quickly."

He wanted to try. It didn't matter that the fifth principal's characters were incompatible with him. Most of the characters he formed himself would start rebellious anyway. Ultimately, he had to rely on his fists.

"You—"

Liu Wenyan thought about it and clenched his teeth, "Fine. I'll take the suppress character out. This character isn't strong offensively, but its suppression effect is good. You can give it a try. If it doesn't work, I'll take it back."

"Alright."

Liu Wenyan said nothing else. Since Su Yu wasn't willing to give up, they would give it a try. As he started taking the character out, his face paled and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. Shortly after, a character manifested.

Su Yu did not wait and pulled the character into his sea of willpower. It was not an easy process. Inside the sea of willpower, the little furball started sniffing madly. Something very yummy was coming in! He really wanted to eat it. Thus, he started helping as well. Together with Su Yu, he dragged the yummy character into the sea of willpower.

He had to help!

Liu Wenyan was stunned. He couldn't see the little furball, but he did sense that at first, Su Yu was having a very hard time. But soon, he actually succeeded in pulling that character inside.

Holy shit!

What was going on?

As for the suppress character, it started shaking after entering an unfamiliar sea of willpower. Su Yu's sea of willpower started trembling. His character technique, his hammer, himself, and even the little furball were incapable of suppressing the newly arrived character.

Su Yu was greatly shocked.

Too strong!

Previously, the character was suppressed inside Liu Wenyan's sea of willpower. Thus, it did not feel too impressive. But now, he could finally feel how powerful that character was. He hurriedly looked at the golden book deep in his sea of willpower.

If this didn't work, he had to remove the character as soon as possible. His sea of willpower wouldn't be able to withstand the power of a Sunmoon character. A storm raged in the sea of willpower.

The little furball braved the storm and stubbornly leaped atop the character. Then, he started licking the character madly.

Yummy!

He would lick to his heart's content first before thinking about anything else. This was worth dying for. What was there to fear? Even Yummy was not dead yet.

Rumble!

As the sea of willpower shook madly, Su Yu cursed. Was the book not working? Fine. He had to toss this character out. It would be a big loss if his sea of willpower ended up bursting apart from this.

Just as that thought crossed his mind, the golden book deep in his sea of willpower started accumulating power. Then, a golden beam bright enough to illuminate the entire sea of willpower shot out.

Boom!

The suppress character turned into a massive axe and attacked the golden beam. This was the first character to ever fight back against the book. But it was pointless. One golden beam after another was unleashed upon it. The axe started shaking.

The storm in the sea of willpower raged further. The resistance seemed to have angered the golden book as it released countless golden beams and delivered a beating so bad to the suppress character that it even cracked.

The beams were also growing stronger and stronger. Eventually, the suppress character learned its lesson and sprawled obediently on the surface of the sea. It seemed to have surrendered.

Then, the book that had dimmed slightly vanished into the depths of the sea of willpower. As for Su Yu, he gazed at the character and laughed. He knew this would happen. Hah! Even this big-shot character was nothing but a little brother.

The fifth principal's character was not that strong after all. At the very least, it wasn't as strong as the book.

***

Meanwhile, Liu Wenyan was completely stunned.

He stared at Su Yu in stupefaction. He...lost his connection with the character.

Holy shit!

How did the kid do that?

The kid had actually suppressed the character! That was...unbelievable! The compatibility was incredibly low. How did the kid accomplish that? Was the kid's sea of willpower still fine?

Liu Wenyan was completely dumbstruck.

Chapter 954: Project Counter Hunt (1)

Su Yu opened his eyes.

Inside his sea of willpower, the suppress character had been beaten into submission. Even so, his sea of willpower still felt incredibly full thanks to the presence of the new character. His sea of willpower was not weak at all. Its size was comparable to what a peak Cloudbreach would have.

But he also had a lot of characters himself. A lot of them were fourth-tier characters. With the inclusion of a peak Sunmoon character, his sea of willpower was starting to feel the pressure.

Meanwhile, Liu Wenyan was busy forcing a calm and indifferent appearance onto his face. He had to remain calm. He had to be completely unperturbed. He had to—

"How did you do that?"

He wanted to remain indifferent, but he couldn't hold his question in. That was a peak Sunmoon character. How did the brat do it?

Su Yu thought about it and answered, "All characters can be beaten into submission. Teacher, Divine Characters are actually quite smart. And they are all scoundrels. Just beat them and they will listen."

"..."

Liu Wenyan wanted to curse loudly. He was going mad. Beaten into submission? Could the brat even defeat a peak Sunmoon character? Furthermore, was the brat not scared of accidentally blowing up his own sea of willpower during the fight?

Was the damn brat lying to him? Whatever, whatever.

Liu Wenyan asked, "Can your sea of willpower take it in?"

Su Yu nodded, "Yes, but it feels very full. It's only one character. Sure enough, my sea of willpower is still too weak. I need to expand it more."

His sea of willpower was only comparable to what a regular peak Cloudbreach would have. He had visited the seas of willpower of his two teachers. Zhao Li's sea of willpower was comparable to what a fifth-stage Mountainsea cultural researcher would have. And Liu Wenyan's was even scarier. Su Yu believed that Liu Wenyan's sea of willpower was already reaching the level of a Sunmoon.

He was still too lacking compared to them. Zhao Li would probably be able to store three to five Sunmoon characters in his sea of willpower. If comfort was discarded, he could probably store six or seven of them.

As for Liu Wenyan, he was still young when he first inherited these characters. But he had received these characters in a sealed form. But now, the seal had been removed as a sealed character was useless for them. He could store one unsealed peak Sunmoon character in his sea of willpower.

Liu Wenyan was greatly shocked. The brat's sea of willpower was much stronger than he had expected. After all, the brat himself had a lot of characters as well.

"Can you only store it in there or actually use it in combat?"

Su Yu immersed himself in his sea of willpower for a bit before nodding, "Yes. But the exhaustion will be high. This character needs a large amount of willpower. With the strength of my willpower, I can only activate it once before taking a long rest."

Su Yu was quite disappointed when he realized that. His willpower was really too weak.

"That's already very impressive."

Liu Wenyan was very impressed. He said, "I'll be honest. For me, even activating it once is hard. I was only able to fight Sunmoons previously by detonating some of the characters to supply myself with the willpower I needed. If I want to fight as a Sunmoon again, I'll need to crush even more characters."

Fighting with the strength of a Sunmoon was no easy feat for him. The biggest issue was the energy source. All these characters could be considered his, so he naturally needed to be the one to supply the energy they needed. A character could be considered a weapon. A weapon could not fight by itself. The user needed to supply it with the energy required to fight using it.

And Liu Wenyan did not have enough willpower to use these characters without external help.

Su Yu was quite speechless. So his teacher was prepared to crush more characters to save him if needed?

At that thought, he said, "Teacher, the fifth principal's characters might not really be the best for you. I saw your sea of willpower. It's very strong. It only lacks willpower. Yes, it's hard for you to accept crushing these characters. But you shouldn't delay your growth just because of that."

Su Yu persuaded, "Teacher, even if you want to keep some of them, it's fine. Just crush enough for you to reach the Sunmoon Realm. You can keep two or three of the strongest ones. At that time, you will have enough willpower to perhaps gain the combat strength of a peak Sunmoon through the remaining characters. Even if you can't compare to the fifth principal, you will definitely grow as strong as a peak Sunmoon of the single character faction."

Liu Wenyan already had everything he needed. As long as he was willing to take that step, he would be able to reach the Sunmoon Realm without external help. The few remaining peak Sunmoon characters could then be used to push his combat strength to a level comparable to a peak Sunmoon of the single character faction.

Su Yu couldn't understand his teacher's persistence. Yes, those characters were the keepsakes of his dead teacher. As a living person, Liu Wenyan was trapped by the dead. That should not be his priority at this moment. He should prioritize his own strength, not the past.

Su Yu continued his persuasion, "Teacher, you might think my words are improper. You might think I'm being disrespectful toward the fifth principal. But I can't see a reason for your persistence. I believe you know how things are currently."

He paused shortly and solemnly said, "Grandteacher Hong Tan is currently disseminating the disassembly method in Great Xia. That should make it clear to you what's happening. Martial Uncle Chen Yong was forced into such desperation that he left home and started running around killing people. Before long, he will be known as a traitor of humanity. They will start hunting him. Teacher, danger lurks on every side for the multiple character faction. That applies to the two of us as well."

With a calm tone, Su Yu said, "I'm not afraid of the consequences. I am confident I can continue my path despite all the challenges I might face. And I haven't even been in the multiple character faction for long, so I don't have that much of an attachment to the multiple character faction. But how about Grandteacher Hong Tan? Martial Uncle Chen Yong? And Teacher Bai Feng? None of them will be able to escape this. They have suffered in silence for a lifetime. Even Senior Xia Yunji and the others are the same. All that just to protect the fifth principal's legacy?"

Liu Wenyan inhaled deeply and said, "I understand all that. I'm aware of all that. But I'm not keeping my teacher's characters as mere keepsakes..."

"Why, then?"

After a short silence, Liu Wenyan said, "Ancient cities."

"What?"

"Ancient cities." Liu Wenyan said, "There are rumors that upon death, everyone will turn into death spirits. It doesn't matter if one is an ancient city resident or not. Anyone might change into a death spirit upon death. I have been wondering if my teacher...is still around as a death spirit?"

He softly said, "If my teacher is now a death spirit, it is only natural that he no longer has any of his characters with him. But he's strong. He might have preserved some of his memories. A character technique is the most important legacy of a multiple character cultivator. Perhaps...a day will come when I can use my teacher's character technique to bring him back..."

"..."

Su Yu was completely stunned.

He stared at his teacher in stupefaction and asked, "Teacher, are you sure? If that's true, even Invincibles will turn into death spirits upon death as well? Even if the death happens nowhere near an ancient city? And you're actually planning to resurrect a death spirit? Is that even possible?"

"Resurrection is not the right word."

Liu Wenyan explained, "I'm aiming to restore his memories. A character technique is the most important thing for a multiple character cultivator. With his character technique, he might be able to recover his past memories. He might still remain a death spirit, but at least he won't be a puppet-like death spirit anymore."

"Has the fifth principal turned into a death spirit?"

"I don't know." Liu Wenyan shook his head, "I've never seen a death spirit so powerful before. I've never even heard of one before. But I grew up in the Allheaven Battlefield. I understand how magical this place can be. I've heard a lot of rumors about those ancient cities. According to the legends, the ancient cities are actually seals to suppress the Death Realm. With thirty-six ancient cities, the entire Death Realm is suppressed. Each ancient city is located atop an entrance to the Death Realm. All living beings will turn into death spirits upon death.

"Of course, that's only a legend. But I still wish to try. If I crush all the characters and leave only one or two behind, I will no longer be able to restore my teacher's memories even if I can find him."

Su Yu was left speechless. After listening to Liu Wenyan, he realized that there might be more secrets behind these ancient cities. But he wasn't too bothered about that. He was more bothered about Liu Wenyan's faith that the fifth principal could return.

He had nothing to say. If Teacher Liu did manage to find the fifth principal, he would probably be the first to die since the fifth principal was already a death spirit.

"Teacher!" Su Yu gloomily said, "Won't you think for those of us who are still living? Won't you think for Grandteacher Hong Tan? Won't you think for my martial mothers? Won't you think for Grandpa Liu, the sole survivor of the Liu Family? How can you be so selfish? For the sake of bringing your teacher back, you're letting down all those people who have placed their hopes on you. Teacher, that's too selfish and cruel."

Su Yu spoke frankly, "You're too selfish. For you and the fifth principal, they have offered everything. But even now, you're still going to put them aside. You have the ability to rapidly become a Sunmoon with the combat strength of a peak Sunmoon. But you're not doing so because you want to bring the fifth principal back."

Su Yu sighed, "You did right by me. But you have definitely not done right by them, all the people who have placed their trust in you. They believe in you, but that does not mean that they believe in the fifth principal. The principal is dead. Do you think they have persisted this long just for a dead fifth principal? No. You're the person they trust, not the fifth principal. You're the person carrying their hope. But...you're going to abandon all of them."

Liu Wenyan said, "I'm not abandoning them..." Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novelꜰire.net

"That's exactly what you're doing." Su Yu declared firmly. "That is the fact. You are abandoning them. Answer me. What is your strength going to be in half a year? I believe that in half a year, Great Xia will turn into a battleground. A massive turmoil will befall Great Xia. Many will die. The Xia Family is already preparing for the worst. Xia Huyou is preparing for the day Great Xia stops existing. Can Grandteacher, Teacher, and the others survive that turmoil? How about my martial mothers? How about the elders who have been helping you? How about the experts who have traveled to Great Xia from all over the Human Realm to help you back then?"

Su Yu spoke in agitation, "This might be selfishness. This might not be. But I will never set the living aside for the dead. I will never set aside the ones who have supported and helped me. Teacher, if that is your choice...you can stay as the sole multiple character faction member in existence. I will return. I will fight alongside them. Because they helped me before."

Liu Wenyan stared at his student helplessly and said, "I'm here trying to pass on some characters to you. How did the topic stray this far? How am I selfish and cold?"

"You are."

"..."

Chapter 955: Project Counter Hunt (2)

Liu Wenyan had a troubled expression. He said, "How about...no, I really can't do it. I'll just pass them all to you, then. You can do whatever you want to them."

He couldn't bring himself to do it. The fifth principal was his teacher. In truth, his belief had swayed after hearing Su Yu's words. He had known about all that, but he had been running from the truth all along.

Wu Yuehua, Hong Tan, and the others had remained silent about it.

They believed in him unconditionally. Nobody said the truth. They all gave him the space he needed. Not even his Uncle Liu. But now, someone was finally telling him all that without beating around the bush. He could no longer keep running from the truth.

Su Yu did not even bother to refuse. He said, "Teacher, I'll borrow a few of the characters from you. If you really don't want them, I'll crush them all for my cultivation after using them. If you still want to keep them around, I'll return them all to you. Also, I won't be able to absorb that much willpower. I can't reach the Sunmoon Realm in one go. You're the only person capable of that. It's up to you if you want to do it or not."

Liu Wenyan sighed, "Kid, you really don't know how to hold back."

What a savage kid.

Su Yu said, "Teacher, why don't you give me one or two more characters? I don't think I can support the activation of the character with my own willpower. I need to crush another Sunmoon character to supply the willpower for the activation. Yeah, you should give me two more characters. One of them should be offensive in nature and the other shall be the trash character serving as battery."

Su Yu's eyes sparkled as he said, "I'll first crush the trash character before using the suppress character to suppress the opponent. Then, I'll use the offensive character and kill them. I can even get a heavenly reward for this, all for the price of only one peak Sunmoon character."

Was that really a worthy trade? Not necessarily. But as far as Su Yu was concerned, that was totally worth it. With three characters, he could probably kill one or two Sunmoons, right?

And the heavenly rewards for killing Sunmoons would be massive. His own strength would receive a massive boost. As for Liu Wenyan, whatever. If he really couldn't bring himself to crush those characters, so be it.

Liu Wenyan was left speechless. This kid was being serious. He did not care about Sunmoon characters. Even an Invincible would probably choose to research instead of crush these characters as they would find more value in that. Meanwhile, this kid only wanted to crush them.

Liu Wenyan inhaled deeply, clenched his teeth, and said, "Fine. Kid, I don't know where you learned how to speak like that. Perhaps you're right. Perhaps I've been too stubborn. I'll give you two more characters and keep eleven of them. I will crush some of them to make a push into the Sunmoon Realm and keep one or two as my trump card."

Su Yu was overjoyed. Teacher Liu agreed! Wasn't this old man very stubborn? He actually agreed!

Liu Wenyan said nothing else. It wasn't that he didn't know all that. But...he had simply been pushed into inaction due to his constant hesitation. Today, his hesitation was slightly reduced. That alone was enough to push him into action.

Sorry, Teacher.

He might really need to give up on the most important thing his teacher left him. He would never give up if he only lived for himself. But as Su Yu said, a lot of people were counting on him. He had thought that there was still more time. But that clearly wasn't the case.

His junior brother was going to take action in Great Xia. This damn kid was kicking up a storm in the Allheaven Battlefield. If the kid really managed to kill a Sunmoon through this plan, the storm would only intensify. The multiple character faction couldn't produce even one expert to take on the pressure that would land on them.

His junior brother was still too weak. He had to take on that burden. It had been five decades. He could only say sorry to his teacher.

As for the people who were still waiting for a miracle from those characters, he could only say sorry to them as well. Perhaps he had never been the suitable inheritor for these characters. After all, he was Liu Wenyan. Not Ye Batian.

Finally, Liu Wenyan reached a decision. This was a matter he had considered for a very long time. But Su Yu's brutal honesty made it impossible for him to even deceive himself anymore.

In fact, he had been contemplating this matter ever since Bai Feng had suggested that he crush some of the non-human characters. He wouldn't have crushed even one of his inherited characters otherwise.

Since he had reached a decision, he stopped wasting time saying anything pointless.

He said, "So you need two more characters, one as the energy supply and that is powerful enough offensively. Can your sea of willpower even withstand the pressure of a destroyed peak Sunmoon character?"

Su Yu thought about it and shook his head, "It will probably give me a lot of trouble, but it's fine. I won't be absorbing the willpower alone. That little fellow can share the burden with me."

Liu Wenyan blanked out and asked, "The same thing that helped you drag the character in earlier?"

"Yes."

"..."

This kid was getting more and more mysterious.

Su Yu said, "Teacher, since you've agreed to crush those characters, why don't you maximize the gains? Let's join hands and do something big. You and me! The heavenly rewards do not discriminate based on age. After one big job, we can run back to the Human Realm. If not, we can find a minor realm and hide inside to digest our gains. With our strength, any Sunmoons our enemies send will be reduced to Mountainseas. They stand no chance against us. Are they going to send Invincibles against us? Even if they do, those Invincibles will be suppressed into Sunmoons after entering the minor realm. Perhaps we can even kill them!"

Su Yu gnashed his teeth and said, "As long as we're crazy enough, life won't be that hard for us anymore. As humans, we don't have to worry about the suppression force of the minor realms. The two of us can hide in a minor realm and cultivate until we're Sunmoons. At that time, we can kill even the Invincibles they send after us!"

"..."

This damn kid was getting way too crazy. Holy shit! This was Liu Wenyan's very first time hearing a mere Cloudbreach saying that they could just kill the Invincibles going after them. There was nothing to fear.

This kid...was truly brazen. He had zero misgivings. Nothing could restrict the kid. After leaving the Human Realm, Su Yu had turned into a mad dog out of a cage. Should he join the kid in the madness?

Thinking about it, Liu Wenyan shook his head, "I'm not as good at concealing my strength. I will get exposed before we even make our move." Updates are released by novel⚑fire.net

Su Yu nodded, "I see. I have an idea, Teacher. But I need your cooperation for it to work."

"What is it?"

"I want to trap all these Sunmoons to death."

Su Yu said, "I'll wait until the gates reopen and enter with them. Then, I'll find a chance to kill death spirits, kill the Mountainseas, provoke the Sunmoon death spirits, and get the gates sealed again. All of them will be trapped inside the city. It's better for you to enter as well. It's too hard for me to kill Sunmoon death spirits. You might be able to do so with your strength. We will kill a bunch of Sunmoon death spirits before fleeing with the talismans. With high-stage Sunmoon death spirits, not even the inner ring buildings are safe. Not one of those Sunmoons will survive."

Liu Wenyan blinked. What? Trapping all the Sunmoons to death? What a ruthless and cold kid.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course." Su Yu clenched his teeth, "If we don't kill as much as we can, it will be a waste of our sacrifice. Are we supposed to crush those peak Sunmoon characters just to kill a Sunmoon or two? No. That's not enough. I want to bury all those Sunmoons. Kill them all and run."

Liu Wenyan inhaled deeply. What a crazy plan. What a lovely plan.

"Are you sure we can run after that?"

"Yeah." Su Yu took a talisman out and said, "Teacher, this is the teleportation talisman. It will keep working for three days, but a day has passed so there are two days left. The gates will probably open halfway through tomorrow. We need to kill a bunch of Sunmoon death spirits and a few Sunmoons in half a day."

There must be a difference between the time the gates would reopen and the time the talismans would stop working. Su Yu wasn't too worried about it. He could determine if the talismans were still effective through the unique energy around them. The talismans would only stop working when the energy was gone. That was what he observed from the talisman he used.

If the talismans stopped working when the gates reopened, they could simply give up on the plan.

Su Yu added, "Additionally, I'm also doing this to make it easier to hide my whereabouts in the future. The damn Heavenly Hunt Index is very annoying. If I can somehow kill a Sunmoon or even a peak Sunmoon this time, my rank on the index will no longer change. That way, I can put on the disguise of an old man as I travel the Allheaven Battlefield. It's normal for an old man to not enter the index after killing someone."

Somehow, that made a lot of sense.

After a short silence, Liu Wenyan asked, "So I need to enter the city after everyone else enters and kill some Sunmoon death spirits?"

"Yeah." Su Yu said, "Try to kill as many Sunmoon death spirits as you can. That will result in the appearance of a large number of high-stage Sunmoon death spirits. I refuse to believe those visiting Sunmoons can survive so many Sunmoon death spirits. I don't think any Invincible will be there. They probably believe those Sunmoons are enough to handle me."

"What a stupid thing to say."

Those Sunmoons had more than enough strength to handle this kid. But the damn kid actually wasn't satisfied with just surviving. He actually wanted to kill them instead. How crazy. If this plan succeeded, the kid would be forever on the run.

"But you need to kill the ordinary death spirits to make the Sunmoon death spirits appear and get the city sealed. Can you do it?"

"Of course." Su Yu nodded, "Don't worry. I won't kill too many at the start. First, I'll find a random Sunmoon visitor to kill. I found that killing Sunmoons will also attract Sunmoon death spirits. Previously when I killed a Mountainsea, Mountainsea death spirits appeared. With the appearance of even one Sunmoon death spirit, the city will enter lockdown."

Liu Wenyan inhaled deeply. He had never done something so crazy before. Would it work?

"What if some humans have arrived as well?"

"Humans?"

Su Yu blanked out. He had never considered that. He had never expected any help from the human race. Yeah. What should he do if there were humans among the newcomers? They wanted to save them, but they would end up burdening him.

But nobody would come to help him, right? If they were really here, he wouldn't have enough talismans for them. He only had two.

Chapter 956: Project Counter Hunt (3)

Su Yu scratched his head in frustration. Liu Wenyan felt quite helpless to see that. The kid had truly never expected anyone to help him. This was really sorrowful. A genius like this might really not receive any help. In fact, that was why Liu Wenyan himself had traveled all the way out here.

He was proud of Su Yu's ability to escape without any help. The kid was even planning to get all the people targeting him killed. But he also grieved for Su Yu. If the kid wasn't a part of the multiple character faction, the human Invincibles would most definitely protect him due to the sheer amount of talent he was showing.

Would anyone come? Liu Wenyan was unsure.

He said, "Investigate the place properly before starting your plan. If there are really humans here to help you, it won't be good to get them killed."

"True."

Su Yu nodded. Since even Qin Fang was here, others might come as well. Those people might not even be here for him. Rather, they would come for Qin Fang. He couldn't think of anyone who would come for him apart from Hong Tan. Whatever. He would wait and see.

He might not need the help anymore, but it still wouldn't do to get them killed. Nobody would come, right? Su Yu felt like any helper would only become a burden. He preferred moving with only his Teacher Liu. It was much easier for just the two of them to flee.

But if some humans had really arrived...he could actually have them keep watch outside the city. Some of the more sensitive Sunmoons might notice the moment the gates start shutting and try to escape. At that time, the human experts waiting outside the city could stop the Sunmoons from escaping.

That would help greatly. He could even get Liu Wenyan to stay outside and get an expert capable of killing Sunmoon death spirits to enter instead. That way, Liu Wenyan wouldn't have to risk his own life for this plan.

But if he went with that, Liu Wenyan would be missing out on the heavenly rewards for killing Sunmoons. Whatever. Su Yu decided to find out more before finalizing his plan.

***

At the same time.

The Shadow Guard had taken a detour around the Plain of Desires and were arriving near the Heavendoom City, completely unaware that their assistance was no longer needed.

Su Yu did not need any saving from them. Instead, he would find them burdensome. He had to worry about getting them killed alongside the other Sunmoons. At this time, Su Yu was busy taking in the second and third characters from Liu Wenyan.

The second character was the massacre character, an extremely powerful offensive character.

Massacre. The act of slaughter.

Su Yu himself had a fourth-tier kill character. Combined, he would have two characters embodying the act of slaughter.

The third character was a rather useless character. It was the rain character. Capable of summoning rain, it was actually quite powerful. But it was not a peak Sunmoon character. Thus, it had been chosen to serve as the energy supply.

With that, Su Yu came into possession of three Sunmoon characters. Liu Wenyan was left with eleven of them. The old man had decided to go crazy with Su Yu. At this point, there was no need for him to hesitate further. He only needed to keep one or two of the more important ones and crush the rest. Some would be crushed to kill during this operation and the rest would be crushed to fill his sea of willpower.

Since these characters had never truly belonged to him, he wouldn't suffer much backlash from crushing them. He only needed to ensure that his sea of willpower could withstand the pressure of the destruction of these characters.

He himself had twenty-four human characters while his character technique only required eighteen. There was no need for him to even form more characters. He could use all the willpower from crushing the Sunmoon characters to fill his sea of willpower.

A majority of his own characters had reached the third tier, but none of them was at the fourth tier. But the character intent of the crushed characters could easily push some of them to the fourth tier.

Character intent was not something anyone could absorb. Thankfully, he had mostly assimilated the fourth principal's characters so he wouldn't have any issue absorbing their character intent.

The two continued discussing and perfecting their plan. Here in the Skyrend Valley, even someone capable in divination would not be able to divine what they were doing thanks to the Invincible saber qi permeating the air.

Furthermore, nobody would have expected Su Yu to actually be here instead of inside the city. Nobody could guess that a mere Cloudbreach like Su Yu would actually be scheming to get all those Sunmoons killed. That was not a possibility anyone would entertain. Thus, nobody would even attempt to make a divination on what he was up to.

No Cloudbreach would be brazen enough to attempt such a thing. But soon, everyone would learn that such a Cloudbreach had appeared. After a while, they ended the discussion. Su Yu left first to scout the area around the city. The two would stay connected through voice transmission talismans. The moment the gates started opening, he would inform Liu Wenyan to start heading toward the city.

He also told Liu Wenyan to toss the index copy away. It was very dangerous to carry an index copy when one was running for one's life.

With that, a counter-hunt plan was finalized and put into action.

***

Outside Heavendoom City.

More and more experts were arriving. In less than two days, the gates would reopen. A lot of the newcomers were here to watch the show, but a lot of them were also here to kill Su Yu.

Suddenly, a group of people arrived in the distance. The team did not seem particularly strong. There were about eight of them in the group. The group was led by a Mountainsea, with the rest of them being Cloudbreaches and Skysoars.

Su Yu was mixed in the group. This was a temporarily formed group here to watch the show. They were also here to test their luck. Perhaps they might get lucky and stumble upon a fortuitous encounter. After all, it was widely known in the Allheaven Battlefield that danger and opportunity went hand in hand.

These people were worried about being backstabbed if they traveled with one or two strangers. But with more people in the group, that worry could be slightly alleviated. In fact, there were numerous such groups waiting around the city.

The area around the city was a lot more lively compared to the time when Su Yu first arrived here. The immediate vicinity of the gates was completely empty, but everyone knew that all the Sunmoons were concealed nearby.

Nobody dared to approach the gates. The moment the gates started opening, fights might break out. Nobody wanted to be caught in the middle of a fight between super experts. Thus, the smarter ones were all waiting far away from the city gates.

As for Su Yu, the Mountainsea leading his group was a demonic beast from the Sea of Stars. Since the Mountainsea was walking around in a humanoid form, Su Yu couldn't tell the race of this expert. He could find out if he actually scanned the Mountainsea, but that was an offensive action that might bring him problems. Thus, he refrained from doing so.

The Mountainsea spoke to the group through voice transmission, "Stick together, everyone. Don't move around carelessly lest you offend an expert accidentally. This place is filled with experts, including Sunmoons. The humans do not get along well with the divines and devils. A fight might break out between them anytime. These major races might even start killing indiscriminately. Anything can happen. When something bad happens, don't forget to run. At that time, you can only rely on yourself."

"Some of us are here to look for opportunities. Some are here to catch the eyes of an expert. But try to manage your expectations. The possibility of either of that happening is extremely low."

Yes. That was one of the reasons for many of these people to be here. If they performed well, they might catch the eyes of the major races and be taken in as disciples. This had happened before. Even a small benefit given by an expert of the major races would be massive for these minor races. The source of this content ɪs novelFɪre.net

Su Yu started scanning the area with his Perception Jade. The Sunmoons were his priorities. He was also trying to figure out if any human experts had arrived. Perhaps he would need to notify them in advance so they wouldn't seek death and enter the city after the gates reopened.

But without even the Perception Jade, he could see that there was at least one human expert here.

A certain fellow was standing ominously near one of the gates without bothering to hide himself.

Zheng Ping.

Su Yu was both surprised and unsurprised. Zheng Ping wasn't even that far away before, so it wasn't surprising for him to be back here again.

As an expert from Great Xia, courage was something he didn't lack. Great Xia wouldn't have been able to build such a massive reputation through slaughter without courage.

"Zheng Ping is here."

This might not be a bad thing, after all. At the very least, Zheng Ping was still somewhat reliable compared to someone completely unknown. Su Yu had to find a chance to establish communication with Zheng Ping.

There was no need for a mere early Sunmoon like that to enter the city and throw his life away. He should just leave after picking Qin Fang up. It was unlikely that anyone would try to prevent Qin Fang from leaving. After all, nobody wanted to attract Great Qin King's attention. That might spoil their plan to deal with Su Yu.

Nobody knew what Su Yu was thinking. One would think that he was already an Invincible from how he was thinking about an early Sunmoon. Yes. Su Yu wasn't strong. But the ancient city was basically a coffin.

As far as Su Yu was concerned, this was a great place. A great place to die, to be precise. Those death spirits were the blade he was going to wield against these experts. Not only was this blade convenient to use, he didn't even need to worry about damaging it.

This was such a great place. It would be rude for him to let these Sunmoons enter without getting them all killed, right? He was only a puny Cloudbreach. He had to properly thank these Sunmoons for showering him with so much attention.

After scanning the area one kilometer around him, he discovered twelve Sunmoons. Including Zheng Ping, there were thirteen of them. What a grand reception for puny Cloudbreach like him.

Su Yu sneered. Good. Time for all of them to embrace death.

Chapter 957: Stand Tall, Great Ming! (1)

Outside the city.

Su Yu looked around eagerly and softly said, "Lord Yue, which race has the most easygoing experts who won't be quick to kill and enjoy accepting new disciples?"

The Mountainsea gave Su Yu a glance. At the moment, Su Yu had taken on the appearance of a Cloudbreach from a minor race. The minor race he picked was a race he knew very well. The iron-winged bird race.

Of course, he didn't have any wings. But that did not matter. He was pretending to be a bird who had taken a humanoid form, showing minimal racial characteristics. The humanoid form was still quite popular in the Allheaven Battlefield.

After all, that was the original form of the humans, divines, devils, and immortals. Because so many of the most powerful races had the humanoid form, taking a humanoid form became the common practice in the Allheaven Battlefield.

The Mountainsea indifferently said, "Look around yourself. If I knew such a person, why would I still be here?"

Su Yu revealed a disappointed expression upon hearing that. He continued looking around before his gaze settled on the sole Sunmoon who was revealing himself openly: Zheng Ping.

When the Mountainsea noticed that, he sneered inwardly. That was a human. The human race...was not necessarily the most ferocious race around. But everyone knew who Zheng Ping was. That was a murderous butcher from Great Xia. This fellow from the iron-winged bird should be careful lest he became a snack for the mad butcher.

Someone else in the group noticed the same as well. They softly reminded, "That's a human from Great Xia."

Su Yu's eyes sparkled as he said, "Great Xia? The Great Xia Cultural Research Academy has been accepting myriad race students. Are you all aware of that? Perhaps...they will be more open to accepting some myriad race geniuses as disciples as well, right? I might not be young anymore, but—"

"That's a human. It's not a good idea to get involved with them."

Someone gave him another reminder. Yes. The human race was strong. And Great Xia was indeed in the process of accepting myriad race students. But...it still wasn't a good idea to get involved with them. It was too dangerous.

Furthermore, the human race had killed quite a lot of iron-winged birds. After all, the iron-winged bird race was not a vassal of the human race. Things would be different if this fellow was from the sky horse race instead. It was much better for this fellow to look for a divine instead. The iron-winged bird race had fought a lot under the divine race's banner.

Su Yu nodded and said nothing. He didn't really intend to become Zheng Ping's student. That was merely a random excuse he made up to approach Zheng Ping. He had no choice since he didn't know the voice transmission talisman frequency of Zheng Ping.

Carefully, he started moving toward Zheng Ping. A lot of individuals were actually doing something similar. A Sunmoon was a big shot everywhere. It was very rare to see so many Sunmoons at the same time. Thus, a lot of the people here wanted to try their luck and get accepted as disciples of these Sunmoons.

As for whether one would become a disciple of someone from a hostile race, that was no longer a concern. Most lone travelers in the Allheaven Battlefield were either young geniuses or independent cultivators out to search for opportunities. For these people, the racial conflicts weren't that important.

Zheng Ping completely ignored the approaching weaklings. They were not worth his time. There was no need to kill for no reason, but if they dared to approach him further, he would kill them all with a burst of source qi. He was in a bad mood.

A lot of experts had arrived, but he was the only human present. Not even Great Qin had sent anyone here. Wasn't Qin Fang here? Were they ignoring him? What was Great Qin thinking? Also, where were the people from Great Ming? Were they going to ignore this incident as well?

Humanity had been reduced to a joke! So many experts had arrived, but he, a mere early Sunmoon, was the only human expert who had arrived. The human race was supposed to be strong. But no human expert was in sight. What even could a mere early Sunmoon like him do here? The divines, devils, immortals and dragons had sent their late-stage Sunmoons over.

At the Sunmoon Realm, the gap between the early and late stages was massive. They could kill him easily if they wanted to. The city gates had yet to open. But the moment they opened, he had to look for Su Yu. And a bitter battle would ensue.

How annoying. He was in a terrible mood. In such a situation, a few bugs were actually trying to approach him. If they dared to get even closer, he would kill all of them. Su Yu was only able to scan the area one kilometer around him. But Zheng Ping was able to spread his senses further. Thus, he saw more than Su Yu. More than twelve Sunmoons had arrived.

The major races did not send only one Sunmoon each. The divine race had sent two Sunmoons over. As for the devil race, they had sent three Sunmoons over. Clearly, they were worried about Mo Duona. Even the experts from the silkwyrm race, mystic armor race, and mountainbreak bull race were here. Even the immortal race had sent two Sunmoons over. All in all, about twenty Sunmoons had arrived. And he was the sole human among all these Sunmoons.

While Zheng Ping was seething, a loud hiss rang out. Then, a dark figure descended from the sky. A frosty aura enveloped the area.

Zheng Ping was overjoyed when he saw the newcomer.

A minor disturbance erupted as a cold voice rang out, "Ye Hongyan, are you going to interfere?"

Ye Hongyan had arrived. The first high-stage Sunmoon of the human race to arrive. She was quite well-known even among the myriad races. Of course, a big contributing factor to her fame was her famous nephew.

Ye Hongyan ignored Zheng Ping. Nor did she respond to the question. She walked straight toward a mystic armor Sunmoon. In the sky, the look in the eyes of an expert clad in golden armor changed.

Ye Hongyan said nothing. She merely walked.

Suddenly, she drew her blade. "Die!"

Her roar reverberated in the area.

Boom!

The mystic armor expert was sent flying hundreds of meters away while coughing dark blood. But between the mystic armor expert and Ye Hongyan, a woman had appeared. Ming He of the immortals.

With an indifferent tone, Ming He asked, "Ye Hongyan, what are you doing?"

Ye Hongyan coldly said, "Ming He, how dare you interfere in my affair?"

Ming He remained indifferent, "Are you trying to start a war? Is Great Ming aware of this?"

"A war? Are you referring to a war with those garbage from the mystic armor race? Or are you talking about the immortal race?"

Ye Hongyan reached out and a translucent sword appeared in her hand. Shooting Ming He a cold gaze, she said, "Ming He, I'm going to kill him. Are you going to stand in my way?"

Ming He said, "The mystic armor race is in the middle of talks with the immortal race to establish an alliance between us. The human race better not interfere in this. You won't be able to shoulder the consequences, Ye Hongyan. Ye Batian is dead. The era of Ye Batian is over."

Her nephew was already dead. This was no longer the era when Ye Batian was rampaging across the Myriad Realms. This was no longer the era when that arrogant bastard suppressed the myriad races. This was a new era.

The human race was facing countless hardships. Did Ye Hongyan believe that she could rely on Great Ming instead?

"Audacious!"

Ye Hongyan raised her sword, and berserk source qi swirled around her as she roared, "You are not worthy to speak the name Ye Batian."

Ye Hongyan was very overbearing. This Ming He was unworthy. She was unworthy of even breathing the same air Ye Batian breathed. How dare she address him by his name?

Rumble!

All around them, one expert after another appeared. They silently stared at the flickering swords in the air. Meanwhile, the mystic armor Sunmoon who was sent flying earlier could only stand aside in silence.

Inwardly, he was feeling extremely helpless. Somehow, the mystic armor race had turned into the vanguard of this conflict. That was not a smart choice. This would be very troublesome for them. Thɪs chapter is updated by N0veI.Fiɾe.net

The human race had killed numerous mystic armor experts, including one Sunmoon, two index geniuses, and multiple Mountainseas. If the mystic armor did nothing about that, their reputation would collapse.

But...the alternative would also be extremely troublesome. The immortal race...was not a benevolent race. Ming He might be claiming that they were in talks about an alliance, but they were still far from finalizing the talks. Furthermore, Dao Cheng could very well be Silver Armor's killer.

And at this point, they had also antagonized the human race for causing this entire incident to happen. Even if the humans did not care about Su Yu, that did not mean they could tolerate the actions of the mystic armors.

Ye Hongyan's behavior was the perfect representation of that. She had attacked him right after arriving. And she was also terrifyingly strong. As a high-stage Sunmoon, she was comparable to Ming He in strength. An expert like this might act domineeringly, but she was not one to start a war rashly.

Thus, her attack right after arriving indicated that the human race as a whole viewed the mystic armor race with disregard. If a war had to break out between them, so be it.

The human race would not be so overbearing toward the immortal, divine, and devil races. This was the sorrow of the minor races. It didn't matter even if the Mystic Armor King was strong. No matter how strong he was, he was only one Invincible.

For the major races, the other top 100 races were nothing special. They would only start being wary if all the other top 100 races went into an alliance. Rumbling sounds erupted as the auras of Ye Hongyan and Ming He clashed in the sky. Nobody interfered.

A short while later, the rumbles ceased. Both Ye Hongyan and Ming He took a step back and snorted coldly at each other without saying anything. The alliance between the immortal and human races remained.

Both of them were high-stage Sunmoons. If the two of them really fought each other to death here, that might impact the policies of their respective races. As a military official stationed in the Allheaven Prefecture, Ye Hongyan understood that very well. She could kill someone from the mystic armor race, but that did not apply to Ming He. It wasn't that she couldn't. But if she wanted to do so, she had to do it secretly instead of openly.

The two Sunmoons had only clashed briefly, but they created quite a ruckus. The shockwaves from their clashes forced numerous individuals to pull further away from the city. A human expert had arrived. It would be wise of them to stay further away from the city since the likelihood of a battle breaking out had increased even further.