Chapter 958: Stand Tall, Great Ming! (2)
Looking at all the experts in the sky, Su Yu was very surprised.
Ye Hongyan had arrived.
This was someone from Great Ming, the wife of Principal Niu. Was she representing Great Ming or was she here in her personal capacity? She was very strong. During the short clash between her and the immortal, Su Yu could feel how terrifyingly strong they were.
That was obvious enough from the reaction of the mystic armor expert. Su Yu did not dare to pry too deeply, but from the intensity of the dot representing the mystic armor expert on his Perception Jade, that mystic armor was probably a third-stage Sunmoon. But a single attack of Ye Hongyan was enough to send the mystic armor flying while coughing blood, even when the strike had been partially blocked by Ming He.
Incredible.
Principal Niu was a seventh-stage Sunmoon. Ye Hongyan was probably at a similar level of strength. This was truly a power couple.
"How should I get in contact with her?"
Su Yu did not expect anyone from Great Ming to come. Ye Hongyan would probably be more reliable than Zheng Ping. He was sure of that even though he had only met her once.
She was the aunt of Ye Batian. Strictly speaking, she could also be considered a backer of the multiple character faction. Ye Batian was also the reason why so many myriad race experts were gathered here to hunt Su Yu down.
Su Yu sank into thought. After a while, he cursed inwardly.
Fuck!
Was he dumb? That was a seventh-stage Sunmoon. A super expert. Had he forgotten how he fainted during his first meeting with Marquis Xia?
As he grew in strength, the number of people capable of sensing his thoughts had been reducing. But that was only applicable when he was guarding his thoughts. If he opened his mind wide, a seventh-stage Sunmoon in his vicinity could very easily detect it if he started thinking about her. He had completely forgotten about that.
Then again, this trick would only work with Ye Hongyan's arrival. Old Zheng was only a freshly advanced Sunmoon. And he wasn't even a cultural researcher. He might not necessarily be able to sense anything even if Su Yu opened his mind wide.
Su Yu shook his head inwardly. Sure enough, Old Zheng was nothing but a clueless brute. With that new idea, Su Yu stopped trying to approach Old Zheng. Instead, he started retreating alongside the others.
After moving some distance away, he relaxed his willpower defense and started shouting in his mind, "Martial Mother Ye, Martial Mother Ye, I'm here. I'm here. I'm Su Yu. I'm Su Yu."
He kept shouting the same words in his mind. She was a high-stage Sunmoon. And the distance between them was so short. She should be able to sense something, right?
***
In the sky.
With a cold expression, Ye Hongyan moved away and ignored Ming He. Every now and then, she would glance at the mystic armor Sunmoon. Noticing the frosty gaze, the mystic armor Sunmoon felt incomparably helpless.
She was still targeting him. Ye Hongyan did not pay the divines and devils any attention. What was the point since she couldn't kill them? Was she supposed to stare them to death?
Zheng Ping wanted to offer her a greeting, but he gave up upon noticing the frosty aura around her. There was no need for them to talk. As long as she was here, it was enough. With her presence, he was no longer alone. With a high-stage Sunmoon around, his confidence had increased slightly.
Meanwhile, Ye Hongyan was busy thinking about what she could do here. It would be challenging. There were too many experts here. She wouldn't be able to save the target of all these experts so easily.
She might seem amazing, but there were no less than five experts present capable of fighting her to a tie. There were also at least two experts present capable of actually defeating her. One of them was an expert from the original devil race and the other was an expert from the celestial dragon race.
As for Ming He of the immortal race, she was merely equal in strength to Ye Hongyan. It was very rare to see so many experts gathered at one place.
Suddenly, Ye Hongyan sensed something.
Who was calling out to her?
As a super expert, her senses were extremely sharp. And according to her senses, someone was madly calling out to her.
"Su Yu?"
She thought of a certain possibility, but she quickly dismissed it. What nonsense. She was here to save Su Yu. He was still trapped inside the sealed city. Not even voice transmission talismans could get through the thick death qi shrouding the city, let alone her senses.
But that voice was becoming clearer and clearer to her senses. Thus, she started spreading her senses. She didn't even bother to hide it, forcing the Sunmoons in the area to resist her prying through their willpower or source qi.
Not far away, a devil expert coldly said, "Ye Hongyan, are you challenging all of us?"
She was too overbearing.
Ye Hongyan shot the devil a glance and indifferently said, "Are you challenging me?"
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Utter silence descended.
A short while later, the expert from the original devil race said, "If you don't want to start a major war right away, all of you should stop creating trouble."
Ye Hongyan said, "I only had one family member left. My nephew. He's dead. A major war? So be it. Why do I care? Are you threatening me? I am more than happy to see a major war happening."
Silence descended. Nobody had anything to say. This woman had gone crazy. In fact, she had stopped being normal since her nephew's death. Whatever. They decided to ignore the crazy woman. No matter what, she was a high-stage Sunmoon. If a fight really broke out, nobody would have a good time.
Finally, Ye Hongyan discovered the source of the call. It came from a Cloudbreach standing far away from all the experts. She had seen Su Yu's disguise as Cui Lang before, so she was aware that he was good at disguises. But she wasn't sure if he was good enough to transform into a non-human.
How odd. Was that really Su Yu? If that was Su Yu, who was the Su Yu in the city? Was this a joke? So many people had died in the city. Even with so many geniuses and experts there, they couldn't restore peace. The death spirits still roamed the streets. If Su Yu was really out here, what was going on inside the city?
Ye Hongyan was stunned.
She found this hard to believe.
The call for her continued. After thinking about it, she reached out in Su Yu's direction. Several minor race members near Su Yu paled as they found themselves being dragged in her direction alongside Su Yu.
With a cold and detached tone, Ye Hongyan asked, "The city gates are still sealed. I need you to try opening the gates."
"Lord!" A horned individual hurriedly said, "We are far from capable of breaking into a sealed ancient city. Even if we can, that will only cause a large number of death spirits to appear. Please spare us, Lord."
What rotten luck was this? Why were they the ones caught by this human Sunmoon? The experts of the other races said nothing. This had nothing to do with them so they were completely unrelated.
In fact, they would be glad to see them dying while doing her bidding. That would only generate more animosity toward the human race.
"You. You'll go first."
After saying that, Ye Hongyan grabbed Su Yu's head. He hurriedly wailed for mercy, "Please spare my life, Lord! This lowly one is too weak to even approach the gates. The city is filled with death qi. Even getting near the city will..."
As Su Yu wailed on, an odd look appeared in Ye Hongyan's eyes. She was the one who had previously reminded Su Yu to avoid the touch of high-stage Sunmoons when he was in disguise.
A touch was enough for a high-stage Sunmoon to detect that something was off with his appearance. And that was proven true yet again. This fellow was no iron-winged bird. He merely resembled one.
Su Yu! He was actually outside the city! And he was actually mixed among the crowd gathered around the city, leisurely watching the show.
Holy shit!
Ye Hongyan had the urge to curse loudly. Everyone thought that the damn brat was inside the city. She had spent several days traversing the Plain of Desires just to reach this city. She even clashed with Ming He the immortal bitch briefly for his sake. But this damn brat was outside the city all along? She had the urge to slap him to death.
Ye Hongyan glared at Su Yu frostily. She wasn't even pretending to be cold toward him. She was revealing her true feelings. With her hand wrapped around his head, she noiselessly sent something into his sea of willpower. He did not resist.
Then, she coldly said, "If I'm telling you to go, you go. Even if you don't go now, you won't be able to avoid entering after the gates reopen. As someone making a living in this area, you should be familiar with the city, right?"
Su Yu carefully said, "Lord, I know the city decently. If you wish to look for a guide, this little one will gladly serve you. But not now. We won't be able to open the gates. We will simply die the moment we approach one of the gates. Lord, I'm willing to serve as your guide when the gates reopen!"
"Piss off."
Seemingly losing interest, Ye Hongyan tossed Su Yu and the others away. Then, she stared at the city with a frown, seemingly thinking of a way to enter the city.
When Zheng Ping saw that she had not killed indiscriminately, he exhaled in relief. He said, "General Ye, the gates will probably reopen in around one day. There is no way for us to enter before then."
"I know." Ye Hongyan said, "Do I look so dumb that I need your reminder?"
Zheng Ping cursed inwardly. What an unreasonable person! She deserved a womanizing husband like Niu Baidao!
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu withdrew his focus into his sea of willpower. What was that? A voice transmission talisman? This seemed to be a high-end model. He tried activating it. And sure enough, a row of words appeared on it.
"Why are you outside the city?"
"Because I left the city."
What nonsense answer was that?
Ye Hongyan replied, "Leave immediately. Since you're not inside the city, I'll also take my leave."
"No, wait! Martial Mother Ye, can you do me a favor? Notify the other human experts to leave after grabbing Qin Fang. I'm planning to perform a slaughter here. I don't want Qin Fang to get caught in the crossfire."
"Slaughter?"
"Yea. I'm going to slaughter all these Sunmoons. If you're interested, can you help me stop anyone from leaving the city when the gates start shutting for the second time? Also, if any of these experts try to remain outside the city, can you chase them all into the city for me? Or you can just kill them all instead."
"..."
Ye Hongyan felt like she was dreaming.
Slaughter. Slaughtering Sunmoons. Shutting the city gates for the second time.
She was no fool. She was aware of the situations that would lead to the sealing of ancient cities. Firstly, the mayor of an ancient city could choose to seal the city. Secondly, an ancient city would seal itself without anyone's control.
The second situation would only arise when Sunmoon death spirits appeared. Sealing the city for the second time...
A vague understanding dawned on her.
Chapter 959: Stand Tall, Great Ming! (3)
Su Yu did not request any help from Ye Hongyan to kill the death spirits in the city. In truth, she was much more suited for that task than Liu Wenyan. She was stronger. But that was also a much more dangerous task. No Sunmoon would agree to take such a risk for someone without sufficient trust between them.
Trust was very important when undertaking such an operation. The two of them weren't even that familiar with each other. Thus, he did not bother to rope her into such a dangerous task.
As for the task he proposed to her, that was much simpler in comparison. She only needed to stop the escaping experts. Even if she failed, it didn't matter. She could simply flee after that.
As a high-stage Sunmoon, she wouldn't die so easily. It would be an entirely different story if she remained inside the sealed city. Any carelessness might lead to death.
Having guessed Su Yu's plan, Ye Hongyan asked, "Are you trying to kill them with death spirits?"
She was aware that Su Yu was the one who had caused the chaos in the city previously. Was he going to try the same thing again?
She said, "Stop dreaming. Including me, there are seven high-stage Sunmoons around. Unless you manage to attract peak Sunmoon death spirits or dozens of Sunmoon death spirits..."
Su Yu was alarmed. So many of them? These were all important individuals. They were truly placing a lot of importance on him. Then again, spread across so many races, the burden really wasn't that big for each race involved. With that in mind, this wasn't as surprising anymore.
After a slight hesitation, Ye Hongyan added, "Also, I suggest you give up on this plan. You won't have a good end if you have too much blood in your hands. Zhu Tiandao also told me that more experts from Great Ming will arrive. They will contact me when they're here. I suggest you leave now. We can escort you back to the Human Realm."
More people were coming? Su Yu was quite surprised. Was Old Zhu actually trying this time? He wouldn't have sent Principal Niu over, right?
"Are they strong?"
"I'm not sure. I didn't ask too much. But I doubt they're weak. There will be at least one Sunmoon among them."
That was only a guess. They had yet to establish contact with her. Perhaps they weren't here yet.
Su Yu was quite touched. Old Zhu had been hard at work. He had actually contacted Ye Hongyan on top of sending some experts, including at least one Sunmoon to help him. With that, it was safe to assume that at least two Sunmoons had been deployed by Great Ming to help him.
But that would also bring trouble to Great Ming. Forget it.
"Martial Mother, can you tell them to go back? There is no need for them to come. One or two Sunmoons won't be of much help here anyway..."
Ye Hongyan ignored him. This damn kid was so troublesome. Clearly, the kid was unwilling to leave.
Suddenly, her other talisman shook. Here in the Allheaven Battlefield, very few people had her contact. And one couldn't be too far away to actually contact her through her voice transmission talisman.
At that thought, she checked the other talisman. Zhu Tiandao's people were here. She had thought that Niu Baidao would be with the group, but she was mistaken.
"The Shadow Guard greets you, General Ye."
Shadow Guard? Ye Hongyan had a vague impression of that group. That was the personal guard of the Zhu Family. She was unsure of their actual strength. So these were the people sent by the Zhu Family. This alone was enough to demonstrate how highly the Zhu Family regarded Su Yu.
"What's the passcode?"
Ye Hongyan asked for verification. Next, a reply came.
"The radiance of the celestial dao (Tiandao) will shine through all ages. The dao of all heavens (Zhu Tiandao) will remain glorious for all eternity."
"..."
Ye Hongyan did not even react to the passcode. She was already numb to it. The upper echelons of Great Ming had been forced to use such passcodes and slogans since Zhu Tiandao became the prefect.
"How many people from the Shadow Guard are here?"
"Thirteen."
That wasn't a low number. But this was the Allheaven Battlefield. They had to be strong if they wanted to be useful.
"What's the strength of the team?"
"Six Sunmoons and seven Mountainseas. I'm Umbra, a seventh-stage Sunmoon. As for the other Sunmoons, we have one sixth-stage Sunmoon, one fifth-stage Sunmoon, one fourth-stage Sunmoon. The remaining two are third-stage Sunmoons."
"..."
Ye Hongyan was momentarily stunned. What? Was the Shadow Guard actually that strong? There was even a high-stage Sunmoon in the group! Just like her! How was she unaware of that?
Furthermore, there were three middle-stage Sunmoons in the group. Even the two early-stage Sunmoons were at the peak of the early stage. As for the remaining seven, all of them were peak Mountainseas.
This was enough strength to shock even Ye Hongyan. When did Great Ming nurture so many experts? If they fought, they could possibly kill even her. No, it was very likely she would die fighting them.
So many experts had been deployed for Su Yu. Including herself, there were two high-stage Sunmoons from Great Ming here. With this level of strength, they might even succeed in forcefully taking Su Yu away. Sure, there were six hostile high-stage Sunmoons here, but they might not dare to keep the pursuit for long.
And if a desperate battle between so many Sunmoons erupted, it would lead to a battle between Invincibles. Had the Zhu Family finally decided to throw caution to the wind? Nobody knew that Great Ming had such a level of strength. Everyone would have started targeting them otherwise.
Ye Hongyan did not say anything else to the Shadow Guard. Instead, she gave Su Yu a reply.
"The Zhu Family's people are near. They will be here soon."
"They're here? Martial Mother, tell them to leave."
"Do you know how many people are coming?"
"How many?"
"Thirteen. Six Sunmoons and seven peak Mountainseas. There is a seventh-stage Sunmoon among them."
"..."
Su Yu was dumbfounded.
Holy shit!
Just what was going on?
Had Old Zhu gone mad?
Did he send every single Sunmoon in Great Ming on this mission? How many Sunmoons did Great Ming even have? He did not know the number. He only knew that previously, Great Ming had struggled to deal with only five Sunmoons. Even the prefect himself had to act. And the Hundred Dao Pagoda was also used during that incident.
Thus, Su Yu had always thought that Great Ming did not have too many Sunmoons to spare. But now, Ye Hongyan was telling him that six Sunmoons had been deployed. Including her, there were seven of them. On top of that, there were seven peak Mountainseas. Just to take him back home.
Was Great Ming putting their all in backing him? Suddenly, Su Yu's emotions turned complicated. He was...touched.
He had not expected anyone to help him. Great Ming had always maintained a low profile. They would not participate in such a troublesome matter. He had thought that Ye Hongyan was the only help he would get from Great Ming.
But Ye Hongyan was telling him that she was not the only one here. A lot more experts were coming to help.
Seven Sunmoons. Two high-stage Sunmoons.
Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind. He said, "Martial Mother, previously, I was worried that you wouldn't be able to watch the gates alone. Since they're here, we might as well use them. Tell them to help me out. Stop the experts from leaving the city later. For now, stay far away. Come over after everyone is in the city. Also, kill the ones left keeping watch outside the city. Please also tell Principal Zheng Ping to pick Qin Fang up and leave as soon as possible. At this point, I will be too embarrassed to leave without first getting all these people killed." Read full story at novel·fıre·net
There were so many Sunmoons here. He had thought that it was impossible to kill them all. Some would be able to escape. Ye Hongyan wouldn't be able to stop them all. But things had changed.
He had seven Sunmoons at his side. He only needed them to intercept the escaping Sunmoons.
"Martial Mother, you only need to stop them for a bit. The moment the gates fully shut, all of you leave immediately. Don't worry about me. I can escape."
"Are you sure about this?"
"Yes."
"What if the disturbance causes Invincibles to appear?"
"Don't worry. Those Sunmoons will die in the hands of the ancient city. The Invincibles will only trouble me for that, not the human race. If they really want to start a war over this, there is nothing I can do about it. Since they can hunt me, I can naturally return the favor."
Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say more. They tried to kill him, so he returned the favor. He, as a mere Cloudbreach, was facing Sunmoons. If the myriad races declared war against humanity because of this, humanity should find the courage to answer the challenge. If humanity were so cowardly that they didn't even have the courage to accept the challenge in such a situation, should he even continue to care about them?
It wasn't like he was expecting the human Invincibles to help him. He would do all the hard work himself. He wasn't even in a rush to return to the Human Realm. At worst, he could simply live as a vagabond away from the Human Realm.
Ye Hongyan sank into silence. She couldn't help but think about that nephew of hers.
After a short silence, she agreed, "Alright. It won't be hard to intercept them. I won't get involved in anything else. If you've decided, just do it."
She decided to stop worrying.
So be it.
These super geniuses wouldn't be super geniuses if their minds could be changed so easily. Even her nephew used to be like this.
***
Ye Hongyan sent a voice transmission to Umbra, "Don't approach the city. Stay where you are and be on standby. Head over once the city gates reopen."
"General Ye, this..."
"Just listen. I'm higher ranked than you. Since you're here, listen to me."
"Alright."
Umbra frowned. Be on standby? Shouldn't they rush into the city and escape with Su Yu instead?
With the young geniuses of the various races present, their experts couldn't fight freely. If those experts were given enough time to make proper arrangements for those young geniuses, saving Su Yu would become even harder. Wouldn't that be troublesome?
But Ye Hongyan's rank was far higher. Zhu Tiandao had also reminded them to obey Ye Hongyan while they were there. Thus, they could only listen. At worst, they would throw caution to the wind and fight with their lives on the line.
"This time, the Shadow Guard will finally make a name in the Myriad Realms."
Umbra looked forward to the slaughter they were going to unfold. This was their debut in the Allheaven Battlefield. Or to be precise, this was the first time they were using their name here in the Allheaven Battlefield.
Their fame would spread throughout the Allheaven Battlefield.
The thirteen of them would be known across the various realms.
At that thought, Umbra grew slightly excited and impatient. This might be dangerous, and some of them might perish, but he still couldn't help growing excited.
"Everyone, today is the day the Myriad Realms learn of the Shadow Guard. We will leave our marks in the annals of history."
"The commander is great!"
The others were also growing excited. They were going to unleash slaughter. They were going to be famous. All thirteen of them were treating death as a return to home. They did not fear death.
Today, Great Ming would finally stand tall!
Chapter 960: Return To The City (1)
Outside Heavendoom City.
More and more people were gathered. Meanwhile, the death qi covering the city was slowly dissipating away. Perhaps the Sunmoon death spirits were no longer in the city.
The Sunmoon death spirits had been unable to find the culprit who had killed so many death spirits. And now, even the aura of the killer had vanished completely. Thus, the Sunmoon death spirits might have judged that it was pointless to stick around. Sure, death spirits weren't very smart. But it wasn't like they were brainless.
Thus, it was very likely that the Sunmoon death spirits had departed. Up in the sky, the experts were conversing with each other.
"Nobody has died during the past two days. Is Su Yu hiding in a building like everyone else as well? Or perhaps he was forced to stop since everyone is hiding."
"Perhaps. The death qi in the city is too thick. Even if he has a lot of heavenly source qi, he won't be able to last long."
"He has been in the city for a few days."
"..."
Su Yu's name was mentioned again and again.
Number three on the Heaven Index, successor of the multiple character faction.
His rank on the Heaven Index wasn't that big of a deal. His identity as a member of the multiple character faction was the real issue here. Furthermore, the possibility of him possessing an Invincible ruin made him an even more attractive target for these people.
His value was further boosted by the cultivation methods he had released to strengthen the human race as a whole. Oh, there was also the stele that might be in his possession... All those added together made him the priority target of all these experts.
They would completely sever all hope humanity might harbor. They should stop dreaming about restoring the suppressive force of the Human Realm.
Even if the human race used to dominate the Myriad Realms, times had changed. Humanity was already threatening enough due to their immunity toward the suppressive force of all realms. If they were given a stable home on top of that, they would be unstoppable.
Su Yu must die. Hong Tan must die. Liu Wenyan must die. Great Xia's multiple character faction must die. As for the multiple character faction of the other prefectures, the myriad races weren't that wary of them. They would be ignored as long as they didn't step foot in the Allheaven Battlefield.
The fifth principal's line was different. One should remember that the multiple character faction originated from Great Xia. That was a line feared by countless people.
"How much longer do we need to wait?"
"An hour or two, I suppose."
"So it's going to happen soon."
"Locate the geniuses of the various races and send them out of the city first. Then, we can move on to deal with Su Yu."
"We need to leave some Sunmoons outside the city. We also need to keep an eye on the humans. Pay close attention on Ye Hongyan."
"..."
The divines, devils, and even the immortals were involved in the discussion. Or to be precise, apart from the humans, everyone else was involved in the discussion. Fighting inside the city could easily attract the death spirits. But if they only killed Su Yu and nobody else, it wouldn't be too troublesome.
They were only worried of a fight with Ye Hongyan and the other human Sunmoons in the city. If a Sunmoon died and caused Sunmoon death spirits to appear, the city would be sealed again. That would be very troublesome.
Ming He was speaking to someone through voice transmission, "Mo He, we can't allow the human experts to enter the city. If a fight breaks out in the city and a Sunmoon or two die, things will get troublesome. Ancient death spirits might appear and the city will end up sealed again."
Mo He was the expert from the original devil race.
He pondered on the issue and replied, "We can offer safe passage to Qin Fang as the price and force the humans to give up on Su Yu. I'll keep an eye on Ye Hongyan. As for Zheng Ping, don't worry about him too much. I don't think anyone from Great Qin is here, but we need to watch out for any hidden experts."
"Alright."
The experts finalized their plan through voice transmissions.
Ultimately, they concluded that they should prevent any human expert from entering. That way, they would minimize the risk of a fight inside the city and the appearance of ancient death spirits. Of course, they weren't necessarily worried about one or two ancient death spirits.
They were more wary of the city being sealed. As long as they kept watch on the human experts, everything would progress smoothly. They had enough experts here to crush the human experts.
***
While the others were making their plans.
Ye Hongyan was also making her own plan. How should she remain outside the city without incurring any suspicion? She was here to save Su Yu. Thus, it would look suspicious for her to remain outside when the gates reopened.
She also had to take Zheng Ping the dumb brute into consideration. It would be better if something would happen and force her to remain outside. And she also had to look extremely aggressive.
That way, the others would worry that she would start killing right after entering the city and ruin things for everyone. With that worry, they would try their best to prevent her from entering.
At that thought, she sent Zheng Ping a voice transmission, "Zheng Ping."
Zheng Ping was stunned. Finally! She was finally talking to him!
"General Ye!"
"Later, find a chance to kill that mystic armor. There are too many Sunmoons here. We need to kill some to scare the minor races enough that they back off from this matter. We need to make an example of someone. Keep Ming He busy for a bit. I'll kill that fellow."
"..."
Holy shit!
That woman was crazy. Yes, he had been grumbling about her inwardly, but that was no reason to send him to his death! Ming He was a high-stage Sunmoon. He was only a first-stage Sunmoon. The gap between them was massive. How was he supposed to keep her busy? Wasn't that the same as telling him to die?
"Don't worry. Ming He won't be able to guess that we're really going for the kill. She will hold back slightly against you. After all, we're still allies on the surface. I will use all my strength and kill the mystic armor promptly before helping you..."
Zheng Ping was speechless. He did not fear death. But it still wasn't a good feeling to have someone else tell him to throw his life away. Also, what even was the point of killing that mystic armor out here? They should do it inside the city!
He had a simple plan. At worst, he would enter the city and go wild. After taking a few lives, the death spirits would start appearing and everyone would suffer alongside him. But if they started killing now, the others wouldn't even give them the chance to enter the city anymore.
Were they supposed to stay outside and watch while everyone else entered? This was a terrible plan! He was certain that they would be blocked from entering the city if they went with this plan.
Zheng Ping couldn't understand what Ye Hongyan was thinking. He even wondered if Ye Hongyan had gone mad.
Ye Hongyan sent another voice transmission, "This is a military order. I am a general stationed at the Allheaven Prefecture while you're only a principal. I outrank you."
"I'm not from the Allheaven Prefecture!" Zheng Ping complained. She did not have authority over him.
"Are you doing this or not? I understand now. Since Su Yu is no longer part of Great Xia, you're trying to get him killed, right? Zheng Ping, I never expected you to be so vicious!"
Ye Hongyan did not see the need to tell him the truth. Letting more people know about the plan would only complicate things. Who knew if a dumb brute like Zheng Ping would end up leaking their plan or not? After all, Great Xia was known for having a lot of dumb brutes, especially their warriors.
Zheng Ping felt very helpless. Here, he had no choice but to rely on Ye Hongyan.
Thus, he agreed, "Fine. I'll work with you. But let me be frank. If Su Yu ends up dead because of this, it will be your fault." ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novel⚑fire.net
"Cut the crap!"
Ye Hongyan replied coldly. She only needed him to stop Ming He momentarily. After killing the mystic armor, who would dare to let her enter? Even if she failed to kill that mystic armor, it didn't matter. Her craziness would induce everyone to stop her from entering.
In fact, she had a feeling they would stop her even without this plan. But doing something was better than doing nothing. Meanwhile, the death qi enveloping the city continued thinning.
***
Somewhere inside the mayor's residence.
Tian He was still leisurely sipping his liquor, or to be precise, the death spirit wine known as the Death Fluid. Thanks to this wine, he was able to somehow keep the death qi plaguing his body in check.
At the same time, he was gazing at a city gate in the distance.
With a sigh, he said, "Is that human kid gone?"
The city had been silent for quite a while. The gates were about to reopen soon, but nothing was happening. If that kid was still around, things wouldn't be so silent.
The old man with crooked teeth replied, "Maybe he's gone. With how murderous he is, he won't stay silent for so long."
Just by how peaceful the city was, they could guess that Su Yu was gone.
"I guess that's not a bad thing."
Tian He nodded. In fact, that was a good thing. With Su Yu gone, the myriad races would no longer need to fight here and disturb his peace. It would seem like the various experts would need to return empty-handed this time.
Of course, Qin Fang was still in the city. But those Sunmoons would not make a move against him. They could kill Qin Fang today, but tomorrow, Great Qin King could also personally move out to kill Mo Duona, Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, and the other young geniuses as well. That would merely result in war.
As for Su Yu, he was considered an abandoned chess piece. Thus, the mayor was happy to see Su Yu gone. Good. Finally, he could enjoy his peace again. Clearly, not even the existence in the inner hall could stand that pesky brat, finally sending the brat out of the city.
"We can kick back and relax."
Tian He said, "After all those experts leave with their respective young geniuses, they will search the city for Su Yu. Peace will return in a few days since they won't be able to find anything. This is great. This damn disturbance has shut the city down for a few days."
The old man laughed, "The city will start bustling again after their departure."
"That better be true."
Both of them were in a good mood as this incident would end soon. Since the source of chaos, Su Yu, was no longer in the city, the chaos would naturally end. It was pointless to fight further.
The human race and the other major races were still not ready to fight an all-out war yet. The human race was keeping quiet because they had too many enemies. The divine and devil races were waiting for their Pseudo Emperors to finish their breakthroughs. Thus, peace was still what everyone wanted.
With so many misgivings, they naturally wouldn't fight without Su Yu around. In the inner hall, the stone statue was resting with his eyes shut. He was in a good mood as well. The little shit was gone while everyone else was behaving themselves. He could finally enjoy his peace again.
As for the mess outside the city, that was none of his business. Even if Invincibles started fighting right outside the city, so what? That had nothing to do with him.
He was but a statue. They could fight all they wanted. As long as his city was left alone, he wouldn't get involved. After staying here for so long, he was already numb to the affairs of the world. It wasn't like he had never seen the death of Invincibles before. Even if an Invincible were to perish right in front of his city, it still wouldn't have anything to do with him.
He was but a statue.
Unchanging and eternal.
Chapter 961: Return To The City (2)
Time continued passing.
And the atmosphere started tensing up.
Suddenly, Zheng Ping received his order: "Move!"
Then, a blinding sword appeared in the sky.
Crack!
Even space itself was cut open by that sword. The sword was powerrful, but its target was not completely unprepared. The mystic armor had been on alert against the humans.
Seeing the attack, he was both alarmed and furious. Instead of facing it forcefully, he flew toward the nearby Ming He. Damn it! That crazy human was actually attacking him in front of so many experts! He was only a third-stage Sunmoon. He stood no chance against a seventh-stage Sunmoon.
Ming He acted immediately and sent a multicolored ribbon toward the sword. But abruptly, a saber appeared in the sky as well.
Boom!
Space started rupturing as Zheng Ping attacked Ming He with all his strength. Everything had happened suddenly. Before anyone could react, a fight had broken out between four Sunmoons.
Ye Hongyan completely ignored Ming He as her sword continued heading toward the mystic armor. As for Ming He, she was infuriated by Zheng Ping's audacity to attack her. Thus, her ribbon switched direction and shot toward Zheng Ping instead.
Whoosh!
Ye Hongyan's sword landed and a metallic arm was sent flying.
"Save me!"
The mystic armor wailed in fear. At the same time, the ribbon struck Zheng Ping, leaving his arm bloodied. The two early Sunmoons were still too weak compared to the two veteran Sunmoons.
Ye Hongyan continued ignoring Zheng Ping and launched another attack at the mystic armor. This time, her sword was aimed straight at his head.
"Die!"
A frosty power unfurled, freezing the world around her over. The frost power was so cold that the mystic armor's body started cracking. Even so, he continued fleeing desperately toward Ming He.
Noticing what was happening, Ming He attempted to pull her ribbon back to provide assistance to the mystic armor. But with a roar, Zheng Ping sent another saber attack at her.
Boom!
The attack seemed capable of cleaving the world itself apart.
"You're courting death!"
Ming He was furious. She had been holding back to avoid killing Zheng Ping. She hadn't even injured him too heavily. But he had completely ignored her kind gesture. She was infuriated.
In her fury, she launched another attack at Zheng Ping. Ye Hongyan ignored Zheng Ping's plight as her sword continued heading toward the mystic armor's head.
"Enough."
Right at that moment, the original devil expert stepped forth and threw out a punch. Space cracked as his punch shot toward Ye Hongyan's sword.
Ye Hongyan snorted coldly and turned around before striking Ming He's ribbon with her sword, sending the ribbon flying. The terrified mystic armor took this chance to hide behind Ming He. Inwardly, he cursed nonstop.
This lunatic!
Provoking the human race had been the worst decision ever. If it wasn't for Mo He of the original devil race, he would have perished.
Putting her ribbon away, Ming He shot Ye Hongyan a cold gaze and said, "Ye Hongyan, just give up."
She should stop dreaming about scaring the minor races present by killing the mystic armor. Nobody would allow that.
Ye Hongyan retreated and stopped beside Zheng Ping. Nevertheless, she did not even spare him a glance. Instead, she glared at Ming He and said, "He won't be able to escape death. I can't kill you guys, but I can kill him. It's only a matter of time before he dies by my hands. I promise you that."
"..."
The mystic armor felt so aggrieved he almost cried. How many of their experts had Su Yu killed? How did Red Armor and the others provoke that damn kid? Their deaths had initiated this whole thing. But ultimately, even Final Armor perished. Was that not enough punishment for them? What more did these humans want?
This was the sorrow of the minor races. The major races did not need to reason with them.
At that moment, the nine city gates shook slightly. The gates were reopening!
Ming He hurriedly sent a voice transmission to the others, "We can't allow this woman to enter. She will definitely start killing inside the city. Mo He, I can't stop her. You need to stay outside and block her."
Mo He said nothing, agreeing with his silence.
But shortly after, he sent a voice transmission, "I can stop both her and Zheng Ping. But it's better to leave another Sunmoon with me, preferably a high-stage Sunmoon. We need to watch out for further human reinforcements. There is no need for so many of us to enter."
He looked at the expert from the snowfrost divine race and said, "Bing Hong, remain outside with me. With the two of us together, we can stop the humans even if they send another high-stage Sunmoon over."
He was a peak seventh-stage Sunmoon. Bing Hong was also a seventh-stage Sunmoon. Excluding the humans, six high-stage Sunmoons had arrived. They were respectively Ming He of the immortals, Bing Hong of the snowfrost divines, Mo He of the original devils, Na Dazhi of the blood fire devils, Long Dou of the celestial dragons, and Lei Huo of the lightning divines.
Two divines, two devils, one dragon, and one immortal. Apart from them, there were also many Sunmoons below the high stage present. They only needed to keep two high-stage Sunmoons outside. Mo He was strong. He would not have an issue stopping Ye Hongyan from entering. Everyone else could enter.
Bing Hong did not refuse. He said, "Lei Huo, I'll have to trouble you with my race's An Mintian."
"Alright." Lei Huo said, "Don't worry. If I encounter Su Yu in there, I won't spare him."
One of Su Yu's victims, Lei Jue, was his descendant. Thus, he was here to take revenge on Su Yu.
As for the immortals, Ming He needed to enter for Dao Cheng while the dragon needed to enter for Long Zhan and Long Wuyou. The original devil was here for Mo Duona and Tianduo.
Oh, there was also the blood fire devil, who was here only to kill. That wasn't surprising at all. The blood fire devils could be seen anywhere a battle was happening They were a bunch of unpredictable lunatics. And they were extremely strong even among the devils. After losing several sect masters in the Human Realm due to Su Yu, they were naturally here to take care of him. They easily reached an agreement.
Two experts would remain alongside two early-stage Sunmoons. The rest of them would enter the city and search for Su Yu. They were certain that Su Yu was hiding inside one of the ancient buildings. This search might last days. Thus, they had to brace themselves for a prolonged stay.
Mo He said, "If any of you see Qin Fang, let him be. It's not worth provoking Great Qin here."
"We understand."
None of them were interested in killing Qin Fang. They would be celebrated by the myriad races for killing Su Yu. Meanwhile, killing Qin Fang would bring them endless trouble. Even a fool knew what to do here.
With their plan finalized, they started waiting for the gates to open. With a rumble, the nine gates swung open. The seal had been removed! The death qi in the city had thinned considerably and the three Sunmoon death spirits were gone. Only some weak death spirits remained. The city was no longer dangerous for them.
"Enter."
Rumble!
Numerous figures shot into the city. Ye Hongyan attempted to do the same as well. However, she was met with Mo He's fist.
"Stop here." Mo He said, "Qin Fang will naturally be allowed to leave. As for Su Yu...stop dreaming. Does the human race wish to war the myriad races for Su Yu alone? Is this worth it? Think carefully."
"Bullshit!"
With a roar, Ye Hongyan charged over again. A battle erupted outside the city. The two fought intensely, and Ye Hongyan was completely prevented from entering the city.
Zheng Ping tried to enter, but Bing Hong merely froze the air around him and said, "Don't force me to kill you."
Zheng Ping roared in fury and indignation, "Are there no other experts from the human race here?"
Anger.
Helplessness.
How were they supposed to enter with two high-stage Sunmoons blocking their way? Su Yu was as good as dead. There was nothing he could do.
"Where are the people from Great Qin?"
He was furious. Why was no one from Great Qin here? Because they were confident Qin Fang wouldn't die? The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the novel·fire.net
He didn't even feel like saying anything about Great Xia anymore. The prefect was not around. With Marquis Xia running things, he was already celebrating the fact that he was able to be here. And Great Xia didn't really have that many high-stage Sunmoons. Was Marquis Xia supposed to arrive personally?
As for Great Ming, it was already very surprising that they sent Ye Hongyan here. He didn't expect more from them. Zheng Ping continued roaring furiously.
Meanwhile, Ye Hongyan remained expressionless. Why was that dumb brute roaring so miserably? One would think that Su Yu was already dead from how sorrowful those roars were. That damn brat was right below them, enjoying the show unfolding in the sky.
At this time, Su Yu was mixed with the group of weaker cultivators who were anxiously looking around. Some wanted to enter the city as well, but they were too afraid to do so.
One of them whispered, "So many death spirits were killed. Is the city filled with ancient city medallions? It's normal occurrence for one to pick up ancient city medallions from the ground after every incident involving death spirits."
At that, someone shot into the city. Nobody stopped that person. Mo He and Bing Hong were completely uninterested in stopping them. Why should they? For these weaklings, entering the city was the same as throwing their lives away. For super experts like Mo He and Bing Hong, the lives of these insignificant weaklings were nothing.
While fighting Ye Hongyan, Mo He coldly said to the weaker cultivators, "All of you can enter, but nobody is allowed to leave before Su Yu is dead. If Su Yu can disguise himself as Cui Lang, he can naturally disguise himself as someone else. Think it through before entering."
Entering was easy, but leaving wouldn't be so easy. It was that simple. Nobody would stop them if they wanted to take the risk and enter. But leaving...would only be allowed when Su Yu's death was confirmed.
Su Yu, in his iron-winged bird form, hurriedly shouted, "Lord, we won't leave before Su Yu is dead! We're only here to get some ancient city medallions! We won't create any trouble for the lords in the city!"
After saying that, he dashed into the city as well. He did not say those words to attract attention. Rather, he did that to instigate more people to enter. That would make it easier for Liu Wenyan to enter later.
Human experts were not allowed to enter. But what about human weaklings? A mere Skysoar human should not attract any attention, right? As far as Su Yu was concerned, he wanted to see as many people entering as possible. That would only present him with more fuel to summon death spirits.
Sure enough, the mention of ancient city medallions was extremely effective. True. Every time chaos involving death spirits erupted, a lot of ancient city medallions would be left behind.
They should enter and try their luck. This was also a form of fortuitous encounter. Even if one found only a single medallion, one could sell it to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion for a large amount of resources. And thus, people started streaming into the city.
Mo He couldn't be bothered to even spare them a glance. As long as they weren't Sunmoons, he had no issue with them entering. Since these people were reckless enough to enter, why should he stop them?
More and more people entered the city. At this time, Liu Wenyan arrived. He did not put on much disguise. He only dyed his white hair black, making him look much younger than before. For some reason, the change in his hair color also destroyed his usual refined image, making him look somewhat shifty instead. Carefully, he sneaked toward the city.
Nobody cared about him.
He was too weak. Yes, he was a human. But not all humans must be killed. There was no point in killing a weakling. Mo He continued ignoring the crowd since he didn't notice any experts among them.
Humans? None of his business. Why should he stop those fools from throwing their lives away? There were so many Sunmoons in the city. And a majority of them were hostile toward the humans. He had no obligation to stop these foolish humans from doing something they might regret.
His sole task was stopping the human Sunmoons from entering. As far as he was concerned, not even human Mountainseas were worth his time.
Chapter 962: Return To The City (3)
Liu Wenyan was able to enter the city without any issues.
Su Yu had entered the city even earlier. The three-day limit of his teleportation talismans had yet to end. But after some calculation, he noted that he only had about seven or eight hours left. Thus, he had to leave before his time was up. To be safe, he should even leave within five hours.
***
The moment Su Yu stepped into the city.
The stone statue opened his eyes.
Holy shit!
He cursed inwardly. That little shit was back!
Damn it!
If the little shit was going to return, why leave in the first place? The stone statue's good mood was completely ruined. He was furious. He only wanted to enjoy his peace as a stone statue. Why was the little shit back?
So many Sunmoons had arrived this time. Was the kid planning to kill those Sunmoons as well?
The stone statue shut his eyes speechlessly. Whatever. Out of sight, out of mind.
***
Ignoring the remaining death qi in the city, the Sunmoons who had entered started acting according to their agreement. They split up and surrounded the inner rings starting from the eighteenth ring.
One of the Sunmoon coldly announced, "Nobody is allowed to go beyond the eighteenth ring."
As for the outer rings, the Sunmoons had already completed a rough scan. They did not notice any occupied buildings apart from those occupied by residents. Unless Su Yu was already a resident, they were sure that he wasn't in the outer rings.
But the inner rings were much harder to check. The buildings of the inner rings were a lot more mysterious. All of them, the mayor's residence included, were shrouded in a layer of death qi. It was very hard for them to see through the walls of these buildings.
Furthermore, the city wasn't completely devoid of death qi. Some death spirits were still in the city.
The Sunmoons had to start performing a detailed scan of each ring starting from the eighteenth ring. The thick death qi of the inner rings would further complicate their search. Thus, one of these rings would be the optimal place for Su Yu to hide himself.
It didn't matter. They were confident that with so many Sunmoons here, escaping would merely be a dream for Su Yu. The strongest ones among them, such as Ming He, were even ignoring the death qi and flew straight to the depths of the city.
One Sunmoon after another released their incomparably powerful aura. The entire city was shrouded in an intense pressure generated from the auras of all these Sunmoons. They were determined to kill Su Yu.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was too busy to care about what they were doing.
Not long after entering the city, he found a deserted place and transformed into a death spirit. With his Perception Jade, he did not need to worry about the prying of anyone apart from Invincibles. If Invincibles were around, it wouldn't matter since escaping would be impossible anyway.
After his transformation, Su Yu directly sent a beam of death qi toward a passing demonic beast. How brazen of this fellow to enter the city as a mere Skysoar. Did these people think that death spirits were kind and harmless beings?
In fact, the same scene was happening all over the city. Those familiar with ancient cities did not hesitate to run from the death beams. Those unfamiliar were struck. Instantly, miserable wails filled the city.
Death spirits would not produce more death spirits when killing. But Su Yu could produce more death spirits when killing. Thus, a death spirit appeared nearby soon after the demonic beast was dead.
Then, he killed the death spirit to spawn two stronger death spirits. And thus, his slaughter began yet again.
His task was to get Sunmoon death spirits to appear and cause the city to be sealed yet again. As for Liu Wenyan, he was tasked with killing the Sunmoon death spirits to spawn stronger Sunmoon death spirits. He could also kill the living Sunmoons if possible. Both of them had clearly defined tasks.
The easiest way to spawn Sunmoon death spirits was killing a few Mountainsea death spirits or killing one living Sunmoon. Before that, they needed to throw the city into chaos. The number of death spirits needed to increase. Chaos must engulf the city. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on novel·fire.net
How were they supposed to fish in troubled waters without trouble?
Also, they needed the dumb Qin Fang to leave as soon as possible. It would be awkward if they somehow got him killed here as well.
Kill, kill, and kill.
The number of death spirits in the city started increasing again. The number of living beings in the city was also increasing. And even more people were entering the city.
Su Yu had even tossed some outer ring medallions on the ground to stimulate the greed of the masses. As chaos spread, fights started breaking out in the city. Very few of them dared to actually kill, but for some reason, people were still dying for unknown reasons.
With death and blood abound, more and more death spirits appeared. As for the Sunmoons in the inner rings, they turned a blind eye to the deaths of the weaker cultivators in the outer rings.
At most, these weaklings would only cause some Mountainsea death spirits to appear. The Sunmoons couldn't be bothered to care about the lives of these weaklings. The Sunmoons were too busy searching the city.
Building by building, they conducted their search. The entire city seemed to have turned into an inescapable net for Su Yu.
At the same time, Su Yu started moving toward the inner rings as well. He was looking for a suitable Sunmoon to kill. But that would create quite a stir. He would even receive a heavenly reward for it. He had to think of a way to escape after the kill. He still didn't want to leave the city yet.
"Perhaps I can gather several Sunmoons together before killing them?"
Su Yu wondered if that would work. He had no idea if Ye Batian's characters were strong enough for that. They should be strong enough to kill some third or fourth-stage Sunmoons, right?
Without killing stronger Sunmoons, the newly appeared Sunmoon death spirits would be too weak to deal with those powerful late-stage Sunmoons.
"At worst, I can seriously injure them and have Teacher kill them instead. After the kill, Teacher can run while I can remain in my disguise?"
His disguise might hold since he wouldn't be the one to receive the heavenly rewards for the kill. He was determined to kill someone powerful before running. He wouldn't stop before spawning at least one late-stage Sunmoon death spirit.
Numerous ideas emerged in his mind.
He continued roaming the streets as a death spirit.
***
Meanwhile, the numerous miserable-looking young geniuses started leaving their buildings.
They would die if they remained in the city any longer. Qin Fang was one of them. He was stealthily moving away when he met the gaze of a Sunmoon.
With an odd look in his eyes, the Sunmoon said, "Wait near one of the gates. After verifying that you're not Su Yu in disguise, you will be allowed to leave."
All the other geniuses were accorded the same treatment. As Su Yu had a history of disguising himself as Cui Lang, everyone had to be inspected before leaving. Qin Fang nodded obediently. He had no choice but to be obedient with so many Sunmoons around.
Mounted atop his flying sky tiger that was on the verge of turning into a dead tiger, he rode toward the outer rings. That was his current priority. He didn't know what Su Yu was up to. He only knew that the city had been silent during the past two days.
Apart from Qin Fang, numerous young geniuses and experts were also heading toward the city gates.
In the outer rings, a Sunmoon yelled, "Those who were already in the city before this, wait near the gates. After verifying your identities, you will be allowed to leave. Do not leave without permission."
No exception was given to anyone. They were very determined to kill Su Yu.
"Verification at the gates?"
Su Yu's heart thumped. Yeah, there would be Sunmoons near the gates. Why must he head toward the inner rings? He could simply kill the ones near the gates. Just by killing one, Mo He and the others would probably enter the city themselves without any effort from Ye Hongyan and the other humans.
There were simply too many Sunmoons in the inner rings for him to deal with. Should he...wait near the city gates?
With that realization, Su Yu started moving toward the gates.
Qin Fang was in the middle of rushing toward the gates when he noticed a death spirit rushing behind him. He cursed inwardly, furious that a mere Skysoar death spirit was actually chasing after him.
He swore if this death spirit was still there when he was at the gates, he would stab that damn death spirit to death with his spear before leaving. No, wait, he should go through the verification process before doing that.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely unbothered by what Qin Fang was thinking. Yes, he noticed Qin Fang as well.
What a pitiful fellow.
He only had one thing to ask of Qin Fang: don't cause him any trouble. This fellow had entered the city a few days ago. Instead of killing anyone or accomplishing a single thing, he had nearly gotten himself eroded to death. In fact, he looked so miserable that even Su Yu was starting to pity him.
Before long, Su Yu was back near the city gates. Sure enough, two Sunmoons were there, watching over the nine gates and preventing anyone from leaving. The nine gates weren't actually that far from each other. Thus, the two Sunmoons could easily watch over all of them from the same spot.
Su Yu's chance had arrived.
Chapter 963: Great Chaos (1)
Two Sunmoons were seated on the two sides of the main gate.
There were nine city gates, and they were not too far from each other. Apart from the two Sunmoons, there were also some Mountainseas assisting them. In fact, with the absence of the city guards, these experts were practically taking over the role of guards.
Numerous gravely injured young geniuses and experts were moving toward the gates. They were no longer in any mood to fight. At this point, their sole priority was removing the death qi in their bodies.
The city had been sealed for three days. And they had entered the city even earlier. Some of them had been in the city for about five to six days. Thus, these individuals were in a terrible state. The increased death qi density during the past few days didn't help either.
Due to the thick death qi around these individuals, there were even some death spirits following them as they moved toward the gates. Death qi basically served as the tracker for these death spirits.
When Su Yu first arrived, Tian Men had warned him not to get in contact with any death qi as that would only attract the attention of the death spirits. The reason for that was now clear. But since these death spirits were merely the weaker ones, they had been ignored. It wasn't like they could be killed. Killing one of them would only spawn two of them. There was no point.
However, a lot of them thought the same as Qin Fang. They would kill these bothersome death spirits right before leaving the city. As for the additional death spirits that would appear after, well, it had nothing to do with them. It wasn't like these weak death spirits could do anything to the Sunmoons.
And thus, Su Yu reached the city while pretending to be a death spirit following Qin Fang.
Main city gate.
A demonic beast who had been dyed completely black by the death qi was begging earnestly, "Lords, please allow me to leave first. I'm at my limit. I'm really not Su Yu..." ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel※fire.net
The two Sunmoons were preventing them from leaving. And as long as they were still in the city, they would need to continue suffering the erosion of death qi. It was too painful.
Both Sunmoons came from major races. One of them was an immortal while the other was a divine. They wouldn't be able to control the crowd if they weren't from the major races.
The divine Sunmoon coldly said, "Stay here. Stop being noisy. You won't die so easily."
If anyone ended up dying, so be it. They could forget about leaving so easily.
The immortal Sunmoon didn't even pay the demonic beast any attention. He was busy working on a large mirror and filling it with energy. After a while, he said, "To leave the city, you must go through the Disguise Breaker Mirror."
Someone asked worriedly, "Lord, will this pry on our sea of willpower?"
The immortal Sunmoon replied, "No. It will only do a rough count of your characters and their levels by measuring the feedback of your sea of willpower. Nothing else will be exposed."
That much was enough. As a member of the multiple character faction, Su Yu would have no less than ten characters. He could change his appearance, but his characters would remain.
So what if he could fool even Sunmoons with his disguise? He wouldn't be able to hide his characters. Some of the experts in the crowd had unsightly expressions, but they remained silent. It was clear this was their sole option if they wanted to leave.
"Lord, I'm willing to go through the mirror. Can I leave after that?"
The immortal Sunmoon said, "Wait at the side when you're done. All of you will leave at the same time. Don't rush. We are doing this to capture Su Yu, the source of calamity and chaos. He is the reason for your current state. I believe all of you want to see the criminal punished. In that case, you don't want to make things easier for Su Yu, right?"
"Yes."
Some of the people in the crowd found those words agreeable. At this point, they should just suffer a little bit more if that could help prevent Su Yu's escape.
Also standing among the crowd, Qin Fang said, "Is the immortal race openly killing a human genius? Lord Immortal, has the immortal race allied itself with the divine and devil races?"
The immortal Sunmoon replied indifferently, "No. But Su Yu did not abide by the agreement of our alliance and killed Jiu Xuan, a descendant of Immortal King Xuan He. Su Yu started this. We are only doing this to preserve the human-immortal alliance."
Qin Fang coldly said, "He did that because Jiu Xuan and Dao Cheng tried to kill him first."
"Is there any proof for that?" The immortal Sunmoon said, "According to what I know, Dao Cheng had only invited Su Yu to visit the Immortal Realm as a guest. He had never claimed that he wanted to kill Su Yu. We can prove all that."
Qin Fang did not bother to say anything else. It was pointless. He looked outside and saw nothing. Even the Sunmoons outside were only standing there glaring at each other. He sighed inwardly, realizing that the human race had indeed not sent any reinforcements over.
Otherwise, these fellows wouldn't have been able to take control of the gates so easily.
***
As for Su Yu, he started roaming randomly near the gates.
Two Sunmoons.
According to the intensity of the dots of light representing them on his Perception Jade, one of them was a second-stage Sunmoon while the other was probably a fourth-stage Sunmoon. They were absolutely not weak.
As Sunmoons from the immortal and divine races, they were even stronger than the Sunmoons of the other races. The two were sticking together, so if he wanted to kill one of them, he had to kill the other as well. He also had to prevent them from running through the gate and leaving the city.
Killing them would produce at least two Sunmoon death spirits. If the two Sunmoon death spirits were killed, at least four Sunmoon death spirits would appear. Some of them might even be middle or late-stage Sunmoons.
The gates would be shut by then. And if he could kill even the four Sunmoon death spirits, eight late-stage Sunmoon death spirits would appear. In short, the number of death spirits would keep doubling.
"Are the fifth principal's characters strong enough for this?"
Su Yu wasn't too confident. Back when Liu Wenyan used them, he was only able to kill one Sunmoon. Or to be precise, he was only able to kill one character clone. Was that character clone strong?
Su Yu wasn't sure. Probably, right?
After all, he saw how Administrator Hu and General Zhao had to join hands just to defeat one of them. Even Marquis Xia could only defeat one of them as well. Xia Longwu was the truly impressive one. He was able to easily kill several of them. It was too hard to make his estimation with those people as references.
But the Sunmoon character clone Liu Wenyan killed felt like a fifth or sixth-stage Sunmoon to Su Yu's senses. He was quite confident in his assessment. Administrator Hu and General Zhao wouldn't have been forced to join hands against only one of the character clones otherwise.
Then again, Liu Wenyan had a stronger sea of willpower and more Sunmoon characters. It was unlikely that Su Yu could reach the same level of strength.
While thinking, Su Yu activated both his calm and tribulation characters, slowly controlling his targets' sense of crisis. It was normal for one to feel a slight sense of crisis at all times in an ancient city.
That wouldn't alert the two Sunmoons. But if the sense of crisis grew intense, they would notice something.
"There are more Sunmoons outside the city. I wonder if they can be forced inside the city. They need to enter before the gates are shut...or we can surround and kill them outside after the gates are shut."
A decent number of human Sunmoons were waiting outside. There were at least eight of them, excluding the Great Qin Sunmoons who might or might not be around as well. That should be enough to kill Mo He and the others, right?
Well, Su Yu wasn't too bothered about that.
The three Sunmoon characters inside his sea of willpower started stirring. One of them would be crushed. That would release a massive burst of power inside his sea of willpower. Coupled with the activation of two other Sunmoon characters, the intensity might surpass his limit. His sea of willpower might even suffer some damage because of that.
Su Yu could only pray that his sea of willpower was sturdy enough. Then again, his confidence wasn't baseless. The golden book gave him the confidence that he would survive it.
"It doesn't matter. If my sea of willpower ends up damaged, I'll just crush more Sunmoon characters to repair it."
He did not intend to return any of the three characters to Liu Wenyan. In fact, Liu Wenyan did not intend to take any of them back either. He would be willing to even pass them all over to Su Yu.
Calm.
Su Yu forced himself to stay calm. It was still not the time to make a move against the two Sunmoons. He had to time himself well. And it would be even better if he could take action when the two moved nearer to each other.
"I'll first use the suppress character against the fourth-stage Sunmoon before using the massacre character to kill the second-stage Sunmoon. Then, I can turn around and deal with the fourth-stage Sunmoon..."
The immortal was the fourth-stage Sunmoon while the divine was the other Sunmoon. Su Yu continued going over his plan. He also avoided looking at the two Sunmoons. His calm character might be active, but they were still Sunmoons. Even a gaze might attract their attention.
He could only place all his hope on Ye Batian's strength. The fifth principal had such a large reputation. He might be dead, but his characters should be pretty reliable, right? Su Yu kept praying that the fifth principal's characters were sufficiently powerful.
Time continued passing.
Eventually, the immortal spoke again, "Those wishing to leave, line up for inspection."
The divine spoke as well, "Maintain order. All of you are the pride of your respective race. I don't think you want to see anything bad happening, right?"
In fact, they were only being so polite because these were the elites of the various races. Otherwise, they would have taken the easy way out and killed all these people instead. The two Sunmoons started observing the geniuses and the massive mirror.
Regardless of their feelings, the various geniuses started moving toward the mirror. At this time, some of the death spirits started moving in the same direction as well.
"Why are you here as well? Damn these death spirits!"
One of them grumbled in frustration. He vowed to kill these death spirits before leaving the city. This was too annoying. Why was the death spirit approaching them? The death qi around these death spirits were too uncomfortable.
Su Yu looked around and noted that some of the geniuses were still not there. He wondered if they were staying in the inner rings. Only a few of the faces he recognized could be seen among the crowd. Tianduo of the devils was there, but Mo Duona was nowhere to be seen.
An Mintian of the divines was also there, but the other divine geniuses were missing.
Dao Cheng of the immortals was missing as well. He was probably still attempting his breakthrough inside an ancient building. Or perhaps he was busy digesting a fortuitous encounter he found in the city?
Both Long Zhan and Long Wuyou of the dragons were also missing. Whatever.
Slowly, Su Yu moved near the divine Sunmoon. Inside his sea of willpower, the three Sunmoon characters spun rapidly.
Bit by bit, the rain character crumbled apart.
Chapter 964: Great Chaos (2)
The divine Sunmoon vaguely sensed something and started looking around. When he noticed the geniuses pushing against each other, he shouted, "What are you pushing for? Spread out. By sticking together, the death qi around you will grow thicker. Are you trying to attract stronger death spirits?"
The death qi around them was growing thicker and thicker.
These young geniuses behaved like chastised children and started lining up obediently. As for Su Yu, he continued approaching the divine Sunmoon. The divine Sunmoon glanced at Su Yu and frowned. The death spirits were indeed brainless. He was releasing his Sunmoon aura, but a mere Skysoar death spirit was actually approaching him.
He proceeded to ignore the death spirit. Even if he allowed the death spirit to hug him, a mere Skysoar death spirit would not be able to erode him to death with death qi. Killing the death spirit would only make things troublesome for himself.
This was the main reason why these top experts rarely visited ancient cities. These death spirits were too annoying.
But at that moment, the divine Sunmoon felt a sudden sense of crisis again. His eyes lit up as he looked around. What was that? Was a powerful death spirit or something else appearing?
He continued scanning the area doubtfully, completely ignoring the approaching death spirit.
The sense of crisis was not triggered by Su Yu. Rather, it was triggered by the crumbling rain character inside his sea of willpower. The crumbling character had released a powerful burst of willpower inside his sea of willpower.
That, in turn, triggered a sense of crisis in the divine Sunmoon.
And finally, Su Yu moved into action. The powerful willpower and character intent surged in his sea of willpower, causing his entire sea of willpower to tremble.
He remained silent.
The massacre character absorbed a large amount of willpower as he unleashed his attack. At the same time, he activated the suppress character against the immortal Sunmoon. Only at that moment did an incomparably powerful aura appear in the city.
Su Yu's sea of willpower shook violently, and it even started cracking apart. His 180 apertures activated and linked into a massive net, preventing a complete collapse.
Two characters activated at the same time.
The expression of the divine Sunmoon changed drastically.
What?
A sea of red filled his vision. Amid the sea of red, an axe appeared. Wielded by an unknown individual, slowly walking toward him.
"You...Ye—"
Ye Batian.
He knew that axe! He saw it before! That was Ye Batian's axe! Fear gripped his heart. Impossible! Ye Batian was dead! A single character was enough to plant fear deep in his heart.
He could see Ye Batian walking toward him, axe in hand.
He saw the same axe once. Back then, a single strike killed a ninth-stage divine Sunmoon. That was his senior. Killed in one strike.
"No..."
He was terrified.
As for Su Yu, he was madly activating his tribulation character. He was generating mass fear among everyone around him.
A disaster was coming!
Everything had happened too suddenly. Nobody had expected it. Nobody even saw an enemy arriving. A fight had broken out abruptly. The immortal Sunmoon's sense of crisis was only triggered when the suppress character was descending upon him.
"Help!"
At that exact moment, an axe appeared in the sky. While everyone was still confused, the axe descended.
The divine Sunmoon was terrified, but he couldn't even move. He paled in fear and roared desperately. To muster enough power for that roar, he even detonated his acupoints.
"NO!"
His roar was filled with desperation. This was not Ye Batian! Ye Batian was dead! He was killed!
Boom!
The rumble reverberated throughout the city.
The divine Sunmoon was cleaved into pieces. With a second rumble, a half-moon fell from the sky.
He was killed in one strike.
Fast, decisive, and strong.
Not even Su Yu had expected this.
The entire city was alarmed.
The city gates shook, showing signs of being shut yet again. The three Sunmoon death spirits who had just departed not long ago reappeared in the mayor's residence.
Yes. All three of them had returned. It hadn't even been long since their departure. Everything was too sudden. Before anyone could even react, a half-moon had fallen. That signified the fall of a Sunmoon.
***
The immortal Sunmoon paled with fright.
"Die!"
A powerful burst of willpower swept out of him and countless characters manifested. They formed four half-moons that merged into a sword before shooting toward the suppress character. Next, he started rushing toward the nearest gate.
Even now, he still didn't know what was happening.
He only knew one thing. Danger. Extreme danger.
The crisis of death enveloped his entire body. Fınd the newest release on NoveI★Fire.net
At that moment, Su Yu soared into the sky with his own appearance. In his hand was the massacre character that also resembled an axe. His body started swelling as his blood boiled and his yang acupoint opened halfway. Then, he swung the axe.
That was an incomparably powerful axe.
With the suppress character keeping the immortal Sunmoon busy, he decided to first deal with the eyesores around him.
An Mintian, the genius of the divine race, roared in despair before the axe even reached him. Alas, he, alongside a few nearby experts, was instantly reduced into fine powder by the axe.
Rumble!
The ground cracked, and the damage to the city instantly spawned numerous death spirits. Once again, death qi engulfed the entire city.
All the experts in the inner rings were alarmed. In the blink of an eye, several individuals shot into the sky and flew toward the direction of the chaos. One of them roared, "Audacious!"
Damn it!
A Sunmoon had perished!
Su Yu did not care. He swung his axe yet again.
At the same time, he pushed the suppress character further. The immortal Sunmoon was only one step away from the gate, but he was instantly frozen. Panic gripped his heart.
"Ye Batian!"
Was that Ye Batian? Ye Batian had returned to life!
That roar of his spread all over the city. The instant that name was spoken, the experts flying toward the gate stopped. It was almost impressive how fast they could stop when they were moving so fast just a moment ago.
Ming He, the blood fire devil...
All of them stopped.
Ye Batian.
Impossible!
Fear. Terror. Hesitation...
Was the killer Ye Batian?
Impossible!
Ye Batian was dead!
How could it be Ye Batian?
Their pause gave Su Yu the opening to continue bringing his axe down.
Rumble!
The geniuses and experts in the area stood no chance. They attempted to flee. They attempted to resist. But nobody could survive the axe.
Finally, Su Yu removed his gaze from the rabble and swung his axe at the immortal Sunmoon.
"NO!"
With the suppress character bearing down upon him, the immortal Sunmoon felt like he was bearing the weight of a mountain. He roared, detonating his acupoints and apertures in desperation. The elegance of the immortals was no more. In the face of death, elegance was nothing.
He did not want to die.
He must escape.
However, he couldn't.
Boom!
The axe struck him, cleaving him into two and reducing his sea of willpower into pieces. Even now, the heavenly reward had yet to appear. Everything had happened too fast. Perhaps even the heavens were still calculating the reward Su Yu deserved.
After killing the immortal Sunmoon, Su Yu gathered the blood and the corpses around him. At that exact moment, an even stronger Sunmoon death spirit appeared. It had an incomparably powerful aura, indicating that it was a middle-stage Sunmoon death spirit.
Four Sunmoon death spirits had appeared.
Liu Wenyan, who was waiting outside the mayor's residence, was left speechless. Holy shit! Four of them had appeared at once! And one of them was a middle-stage Sunmoon! Could he even handle this?
***
At the same time.
Outside the city.
Mo He and the others saw the fallen moons as well. They were instantly alarmed.
They also saw an axe.
"Ye Batian?"
"N-No!"
First, Mo He was terrified. But he noticed something different almost immediately. The gate was not very far from him. He started rushing over. That was not Ye Batian. Rather, it was someone with Ye Batian's character.
"Bing Hong, that's not Ye Batian! Go in and kill him!"
Mo He roared.
It was now Ye Hongyan's turn to keep him busy, making it hard for him to leave. Sure, he was strong enough to slightly suppress Ye Hongyan, but it was also hard for him to break free from her.
But immediately after, his expression changed drastically.
"Impossible."
The humans had gone mad! Thirteen powerful auras appeared as the Shadow Guard revealed themselves. Traveling at his top speak, Umbra rushed over and unleashed a sword strike toward Bing Hong.
As for Zheng Ping, he was too stunned to react.
What? What was happening?
Ye Hongyan roared, "Mountainseas, kill everyone around the city. Leave no witness. Sunmoons, help with the Sunmoons. Move! Now!"
The seven Mountainseas instantly acted on the order. They had to eliminate all witnesses! As for Umbra and the others, they started attacking the shocked Bing Hong, who was still having a hard time believing that so many Sunmoons had arrived.
One of them was even a high-stage Sunmoon like him. Including Zheng Ping, there were seven human Sunmoons out here.
"Is the human race trying to start a war?"
The Shadow Guard did not even bother to answer. War? So be it.
One moon after another rose into the sky as Umbra roared, "Zheng Ping, why are you still standing there? Kill him!"
Kill!
Yes. There were so many of them. Just kill first and think later. There was no need to worry about witnesses. Just silence all of them.
Inwardly, Umbra was incomparably shocked as well. What was going on? The gates were about to be shut again. Weren't they supposed to enter the city? Why were they fighting outside?
Below the Sunmoons, the seven peak Mountainseas started slaughtering everyone in the area at great efficiency. All the experts had entered the city. The ones left outside were mostly the weaker ones. They didn't even have that many Mountainseas among them. They were completely helpless against these peak Mountainseas.
Whoosh!
Sounds of weapons tearing into flesh rang out repeatedly.
Slaughter and death commenced.