Chapter 965: Great Chaos (3)
Ye Hongyan fought Mo He madly while yelling, "Hurry up! Kill Bing Hong and come help me!"
There were seven Sunmoons fighting Bing Hong alone. If they couldn't even kill him with such an advantage, they would be truly worthless. Four Sunmoons had stayed behind to watch the gates. Two stayed inside while the other two stayed outside. The two inside had died. And if the two outside were killed as well, all the other Sunmoons who were deep inside the city could forget about leaving.
Umbra couldn't even think straight as he was too shocked. But he couldn't afford to waste his time thinking. He roared, "Formation! Kill him!"
A formation instantly took form. Outside the formation, Zheng Ping was staring blankly. At this time, a certain someone was sent flying out of the city by Su Yu with a kick.
"Principal Zheng, take him with you. He's too much of a burden here."
"..."
Qin Fang was coughing blood from the sudden kick.
Holy shit!
What was happening?
Zheng Ping, who was still staring blankly, caught Qin Fang. With the same dumbfounded expression, he looked at the city gates that were swinging shut before asking Qin Fang, "Do we...leave?"
The two of them felt like extras. They felt like they were completely unneeded here. Was that person inside the city...Su Yu?
Su Yu had killed two Sunmoons and so many Great Ming Sunmoons had appeared outside the city. He didn't even know some of them. Before he even knew what was going on, they had surrounded the two enemy Sunmoons. What was happening?
Why did he feel like Great Ming was even more ferocious than Great Xia?
Abruptly, a blinding axe appeared deep in the city. It was so dazzling that the entire world seemed to fade in its presence.
"Die!"
Liu Wenyan was making his move.
Four Sunmoon death spirits were enough. He swung his axe, creating a loud explosion. The three early Sunmoon death spirits were killed with one strike. The entire city shook, and the gates moved even faster.
Instantly, six Sunmoon death spirits appeared in the sky above the mayor's residence. Including the previous Sunmoon death spirit, there were four middle-stage Sunmoons and three early-stage Sunmoons among them.
With a roar, Liu Wenyan detonated a character and swung his axe again, killing a few of the death spirits. Like a madman, he began his slaughter.
The shining axe illuminated the entire city.
Thick death qi swallowed the city.
Rumble!
One Sunmoon death spirit after another appeared. By killing one, two stronger death spirits would appear. In a short moment, around seventeen or eighteen Sunmoon death spirits appeared. Two of them were late-stage Sunmoons.
As for Liu Wenyan, he started fleeing madly. They were currently within the inner rings, a place filled with Sunmoons. While fleeing, he casually swung his axe and killed the mystic armor Sunmoon who had survived Ye Hongyan's attack.
A moon fell from the sky.
At that point, Ming He and the blood fire devil expert could sense the intense approaching crisis. Ming He roared, "Kill them! They are detonating Ye Batian's characters! They're not that strong!"
The two split up, one headed toward Liu Wenyan while the other headed toward the city gate.
Big trouble was coming.
The city was going to be sealed again.
More importantly, almost twenty Sunmoon death spirits had appeared, with late-stage Sunmoons among them. This was a massive disaster. They couldn't kill these death spirits, but left alone, these death spirits were capable of unlocking any building in the city. Thus, not even hiding was an option for them.
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The disaster would place them in great danger for the next few days until the city was unsealed again.
Liu Wenyan continued looking for suitable living targets to kill while fleeing. He was akin to an Invincible. He would kill anyone appearing in his way.
At this time, the high-stage Sunmoon from the blood fire devil caught up with him. Without saying anything, Liu Wenyan soared into the sky. A barrier appeared to stop him from leaving, but he merely activated a talisman and appeared outside the city.
Meanwhile, the blood fire devil was stopped by the barrier. Outside, Liu Wenyan was coughing blood nonstop. At the same time, a clump of cloud appeared above his head. That was his reward for killing a living Sunmoon, not the death spirits. He ignored the cloud.
At this point, the axe in his hand had almost fully dissipated. Without saying anything, he swung it again. Bing Hong, who was in the middle of a desperate battle with the Shadow Guard, was beheaded by the axe.
"I—"
The Shadow Guard felt like crying. This was supposed to be their kill! That bastard stole their kill!
The axe crushed Bing Hong into pieces. And thus, a second cloud appeared above Liu Wenyan. Since he was not the one who had dealt the majority of the damage, he was given a smaller reward for this kill. Thus, the reward for killing a seventh-stage Sunmoon like Bing Hong was actually worse than what he received from killing the third-stage Sunmoon previously.
Liu Wenyan wasted no time. He had fully exhausted the power of that character. He started fleeing at full speed. It was time for him to go back.
As for Su Yu, there was no need to worry about that kid. That damn kid was much better at surviving than him. In the blink of an eye, Liu Wenyan was gone.
With their previous opponent dead, the Shadow Guard moved toward Mo He even as a moon was falling from the sky, signifying that yet another Sunmoon had perished.
The Heavenly Hunt Index was shaking intensely.
Inside the city, the stone statue opened his eyes yet again.
He was feeling slightly helpless.
Ye Batian.
That damn fellow was still creating trouble for him even after dying! The successors of Ye Batian were crazy and decisive. They had crushed the inherited characters from Ye Batian without any hesitation.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu had just finished killing two Sunmoons and sending Qin Fang out of the city with a kick.
Then, he continued slaughtering the escaping experts.
Kill!
With an axe in hand, he unleashed death upon them.
Near the mayor's residence, the Sunmoon death spirits roared and started attacking indiscriminately.
The city had turned into a kingdom of the dead.
Kill!
"Ahhhhhhh!"
Accompanied by a miserable wail, a living Sunmoon was instantly killed by a late-stage Sunmoon death spirit.
Chaos.
Absolute chaos had descended.
At the moment, there were about twenty Sunmoon death spirits and about a dozen living Sunmoons in the city. However, the hands of the living Sunmoons were tied as they couldn't kill the Sunmoon death spirits. Killing would only cause more of them to appear.
Ming He, who was flying toward Su Yu, roared furiously, "Su Yu?"
Su Yu met her gaze and smiled, "It's me."
A talisman appeared in his hand.
"Goodbye, Fairy Ming He..."
"Damn you!"
Ming He knew what that talisman could do. It was the same thing Liu Wenyan had used to escape the city. In her rage, she accelerated toward Su Yu. She must kill him! She moved rapidly, determined to kill him before he could leave.
As for Su Yu, his eyes turned cold.
Two characters manifested around him.
Suppress and massacre.
He had previously planned to keep them around to help with his cultivation. But he changed his mind. This immortal could have them. Since Ming He was already right in front of him, there was no need to be stingy with his characters.
Ming He's attack arrived before her actual person arrived. Abruptly, blinding radiance erupted from the two characters. The fifth principal had brought endless suffering to the multiple character faction.
Since he was already dead, his characters should do more work to pay for his sins.
Rumble!
That was the first explosion. Then, a second rumble rang out. Countless death spirits appeared around him.
They had appeared due to the destruction unleashed upon the properties in the area. There were too many of them to count.
Su Yu had detonated two peak Sunmoon characters without the slightest bit of hesitation. All to summon even more death spirits.
As for Ming He, she hurriedly withdrew, but the suppress character caused her to stop momentarily. Next, the massacre character unleashed its might upon her.
With grievous injuries, Ming He continued her retreat while coughing blood nonstop.
"SU YU!"
Her furious roar reverberated in the city. Su Yu!
Damn him!
She had been grievously injured. This was fatal in an ancient city filled with death spirits. As for Su Yu, he clenched his teeth and consumed a drop of blood essence. His body swelled and his skin tore apart. Blood spurted out of his body while several clouds appeared above him.
Su Yu smiled.
"Good timing."
Heavenearth profound light. His favorite reward.
He could use it to repair his damaged body. He consumed even more blood essence before swinging his saber at Ming He with a roar. How sturdy. Since even two peak Sunmoon characters had failed to kill her, he would try again with his own characters.
Su Yu unleashed the strength of a sixth-stage Mountainsea.
Saber light illuminated the world.
With a pop, Ming He's arm was severed. At the same time, a multicolored ribbon shot toward Su Yu. Even in her seriously injured state, she was not an opponent Su Yu could defeat. So what if Su Yu could unleash the strength of a sixth-stage Mountainsea? She vowed to kill this hateful human.
Su Yu felt very helpless. She was too hard to kill. Even with her serious injuries, and even when he was mustering the strength of a sixth-stage Mountainsea, he failed. He didn't have much time left. If he didn't leave now, he would die in the hands of Ming He.
With slight indignation, he decided to leave. He had plenty of time to kill her in the future. For now, he should preserve his life. Since he was the one who had injured Ming He badly, he would receive a tiny reward if she ended up dying in the sealed city after this, right? Perhaps he would get a tiny bit of the credit?
Whatever. His talisman activated. Time for him to make his exit. The stone statue opened his eyes. He had the urge to teach the shit-stirrer a lesson and disable the talisman. The little shit was addicted to stirring shit.
But he ultimately held back. Yes, yes, just piss off. He then shut his eyes again. Out of sight, out of mind.
Chapter 966: Eternal Grudge (1)
Su Yu was going to make his exit.
He was naturally unaware that the stone statue had contemplated disabling his talisman. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care too much. Yes, he might be annoyed. He might even cry. But he could still transform into a death spirit. With how seriously injured Ming He was, he could probably even break free from her.
He didn't even bother to collect Ming He's severed arm. He was worried that she might somehow survive the city and track him through the severed arm.
After crushing three peak Sunmoon characters, his sea of willpower had suffered massive damage as well. He couldn't stay any longer. Some of the young geniuses in the city managed to escape into other parts of the city, but he did not bother to give chase.
There were more than twenty Sunmoon death spirits in the city. If these people could survive even that, what could he say? Fortune was simply smiling upon them. With such heaven-defying luck, they might survive even if he personally targeted them. And if they weren't lucky enough, it was only a matter of time before death embraced them.
Strand after strand of heavenearth profound light permeated his body. There were also other sources of power shrouding his body. He had received multiple rewards from killing a bunch of Mountainseas, Cloudbreaches, and two Sunmoons. It was natural that he would receive a massive amount of rewards from such a performance.
When Ming He saw Su Yu's body flickering, she roared with a look of boundless fury. A mere Cloudbreach had actually severed an arm of hers.
"SU YU!"
Su Yu had the urge to answer the call. He didn't even want to do it. Rather, his body seemed to be doing it instinctively. At that moment, his tribulation character shook violently. For the very first time, it shook so intensely that it nearly shook itself apart.
An intense headache assaulted Su Yu, as though his head was about to burst apart. Thankfully, that intense pain also caused the urge to answer to disappear. Realizing what just happened, he was alarmed.
Holy shit!
His gaze landed on Ming He, noticing that she was constantly moving her lips, as though she was chanting a curse.
"SU YU!"
That call was akin to music from the most seductive devil. What would have happened if he had actually answered that call? He did not know. But he knew that it wouldn't end well for him. One should never underestimate these super experts. Su Yu came to a realization that he had still been too confident.
"Fuck!"
Roaring in fury, he swung his blade one last time before the talisman brought him out of the city.
"The fuck are you shouting at your daddy for?"
The attack crushed the incoming curse, causing Ming He to cough a mouthful of blood. She stared at him in shock and disbelief.
Her Heart Confusion Art had failed. Not only that, but she had also suffered a slight backlash.
"How is that possible?"
And finally, Su Yu vanished from the city. Ming He stared at the spot he had disappeared blankly before looking around her. Numerous Sunmoon death spirits were heading her way. Grief and indignation covered her face.
She was in trouble. The ancient city was showing its might. More than twenty Sunmoon death spirits were roaming the streets, and miserable wails could be heard everywhere. Visitors were dying en masse as the city turned into hell.
Not far away, a celestial dragon roared and sent several Sunmoon death spirits flying.
"Ming He, Na Dazhi, Lei Huo!" The celestial dragon howled, "Gather up! We will defend a single building together! Hurry up or we'll all die!"
He was proposing the gathering of four high-stage Sunmoons. With four of them together in a single building, it was possible for them to survive until the city was unsealed again. If they continued working independently, they might end up swarmed to death by the numerous Sunmoon death spirits. There were simply too many of these death spirits.
At the same moment, a figure slowly flickered into existence above the mayor's residence.
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Inner hall of the mayor's residence.
The stone statue opened his eyes yet again. Looking at the Sunmoon death spirit in the sky, he spoke, "Return."
The death spirit looked down at the statue.
"Return." The stone statue repeated himself, "What is the Death Realm trying to do?"
"My people are being slaughtered."
The death spirit spoke.
Yes. It spoke.
A death spirit was actually speaking!
Up in the sky, the death spirit continued, "By the ancient accord, I can leave the Death Realm to kill the enemies who are slaughtering the people of my race. Are you going to obstruct me?"
The stone statue stared at the death spirit and said, "It is still too early for you to appear. Only some early and middle Sunmoon death spirits have been killed. You shouldn't appear yet."
"The killer has yet to be found. I will personally track the killer."
Darkness shrouded the entirety of the death spirit. Its death qi was perfectly contained within its immediate surroundings.
In the outer hall, Tian He's expression turned solemn. His hand, which was holding his wine glass, was trembling slightly. Inwardly, he was greatly shaken. A top expert of the Death Realm! This was unlikely to be an Invincible, but it was definitely not weaker than him. This death spirit was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Or even a peak Sunmoon.
The eyes of the stone statue flickered as a beam of light shot toward the death spirit. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the nοvelfire.net
"I don't wish to repeat myself. Return...or die."
The death spirit was completely incapable of avoiding that beam. With a pop, the beam pierced its body, causing a large amount of death qi to leak out. The death spirit trembled slightly, shocked at how powerful the stone statue was.
Too strong.
It was a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. Even against Invincibles, it could put up a fight. With the Death Realm nearby, even Invincibles would need to be wary of it. But now, the stone statue had easily defeated it.
The death spirit coldly said, "In that case, I'll withdraw for now. But there are too many deaths here. I believe the myriad race Eternals will start appearing as well. The moment they cross the border, I won't be the death spirit to appear. If those living beings kill even one of the high-stage Sunmoon death spirit commanders, I will return. At that time...you will no longer have any excuse to obstruct me."
"Return."
The stone statue replied with a single word. Since it was still too early for this death spirit to appear, it should stop spouting rubbish. How annoying.
The death spirit returned to the inner hall. Beneath the stone statue, a tunnel filled with death qi opened. Silently, the death spirit vanished into the tunnel. Then, the tunnel closed.
The stone statue shut his eyes, returning to his eternal duty as the guardian of this tunnel.
How troublesome. Those damn humans were incredibly troublesome.
Once upon a time, Xia Longwu charged into the tunnel and nearly died.
Recently, Su Yu slaughtered a large number of death spirits in the city and incited the wrath of the Death Realm.
Annoying!
The stone statue decided to let it be. Those people could continue the slaughter. But they better not cry when the truly powerful death spirits started appearing.
At that moment, Tian He, who had never spoken to him before, sent him a voice transmission, "O great ancient expert, the city is currently in chaos. Do I need to do anything?"
Tian He had entered the city for 180 years. He had remained the puppet mayor for 180 years. He had never conversed with the stone statue before. Today, he took the initiative to do so.
The stone statue was about to ignore the mayor when he thought of something. He opened his eyes and said, "I can't leave this place. Nor do I feel like moving. I am merely a stone statue. The holy city will remain for eternity. Your troubles do not concern me. But remember one thing. If you wish to borrow my strength or the Death Realm's strength to kill Eternals, death is the price."
After saying that, the stone statue shut his eyes and returned to silence.
That was a small warning.
He did not care about the mayor's scheme with Xia Longwu. None of the other stone statues would care. But the moment they tried to make use of the stone statues to kill Eternals, they would need to pay with their lives. Thus, the mayor should think properly before taking action.
Tian He nodded and said nothing else.
This was his first conversation with the stone statue. He had known about the stone statue's existence for a long time, but the stone statue had never initiated contact with him. He had also been trying to not disturb the stone statue that seemed to have existed since time immemorial.
He only knew that the stone statue was extremely powerful.
***
The powerful death spirit had disappeared.
But the city was still in chaos. Slaughter unfolded everywhere as countless death spirits appeared and killed one expert after another. Some of these experts counterattacked in indignation right before dying, causing their attackers to die as well.
For example, a Sunmoon was in the middle of being killed by three death spirits. At his final moment, he roared furiously and sent his spear out. All three of the death spirits were killed. But with that, six Sunmoon death spirits appeared. One of them was even a middle-stage Sunmoon.
Noticing that, the blood fire devil Sunmoon cursed in rage.
"Fuck!"
"Damn you, Guoerqi!"
He was not the only person bursting with rage. But what could they do? The target of their rage was already dead. The dying Sunmoon, with his broken spear in hand, looked at the cursing Sunmoons and smiled. What was the point of their anger? He was going to die. He was a Sunmoon. How could he accept such a death? Was he supposed to just die without resisting?
As for the affairs after his death...why should he care?
He only cared about killing his killers. Before taking his final breath, he had avenged himself.
Lei Huo, who was surrounded by a sea of lightning, roared furiously, "Damn it! Stop! Don't kill the Sunmoon death spirits! That will only cause more of them to appear!"
A different struggling expert yelled, "If you don't want that, start protecting us! Do you understand? Lei Huo, Ming He, Long Dou, you only care about yourself. How about the rest of us? If you refuse to protect us, we won't die silently. We will drag the death spirits down with us as well!"
Madness engulfed the city. Yes, the weaker experts would die. But would the top experts really remain unaffected? If the top experts continued refusing to protect them, they would unleash slaughter before dying.
Were they supposed to do nothing while the death spirits were trying to kill them? That was not possible.
Lei Huo was enraged to hear that.
Long Dou of the celestial dragon race said, "Everyone, gather up! Get over here! Stop killing!"
Now was not the time to care about the impertinence of these people. They had to protect these people.
Otherwise, in their madness and desperation, those people would unleash slaughter. Death spirits were generally no match for living beings of the same cultivation level. After all, they were restricted by their intelligence.
But killing would only produce more of them. There would be no end to them. At this rate, they would only provoke the appearance of stronger death spirits. All of them would die.
Ming He, who was seriously injured, coughed a mouthful of blood as she chanted. Shortly after, a mirror appeared in the sky.
With a pale expression, she spoke, "Teacher, the death spirits are going crazy. We're all trapped in the city, Dao Cheng included. Teacher..."
She was begging Dao King for help.
Dao King, a powerful immortal king with considerable status among the immortals.
Chapter 967: Eternal Grudge (2)
An eye appeared in the mirror. Traveling across time and space, it descended upon the city. The moment the eye appeared, the pressure it emanated caused a momentary silence in the city.
Immediately after, a beam of death qi shot up from the mayor's residence.
"Hmph!"
A snort rang out, and the mirror shattered into pieces.
Ming He was terrified.
She looked at the mayor's residence. There, a death spirit had appeared.
Tian He's voice rang out in the city, "Stop messing around. If you manifest the power of an Invincible in the city, an existence of corresponding strength will be produced by the city as well. Are you...trying to die?"
Ming He hurriedly said, "Tian He, send us out! You can do it! We will repay you handsomely for your help! The divines, devils, immortals, dragons, and the other races will reward you! We can even settle for the second best option, taking shelter inside the mayor's residence."
All the experts, including Ming He, started gathering around Long Dou. Her attempt to seek help from Dao King had failed. That eye belonged to Dao King. But he was far away in the Immortal Realm. He would need time to reach the city. Time they didn't have.
Even if Dao King was here, was there any guarantee that he would be able to unseal the city? Even if he succeeded, an Invincible death spirit would appear. What then? All of them would still die. Thus, Tian He was their best option.
Tian He replied with the same indifferent tone, "I'm the mayor of an ancient city. I am incapable of interfering with the affairs of the death spirits. As for the mayor's residence...it won't be able to give you the protection you seek. My apologies. You should start looking for a place to hide and wait this out."
Su Yu was truly too crazy.
Together with Liu Wenyan, they crushed Ye Batian's characters to kill multiple Sunmoons. They were lucky Ye Batian was dead or he would probably start scolding his juniors for being unfilial.
After all, those were the same characters he had attempted his dao affirmation with. But the same characters had been crushed by his student and grandstudent. Just to kill some Sunmoons.
These were the same Sunmoons Ye Batian could kill without much effort if he was still around. Meanwhile, Liu Wenyan and Su Yu had destroyed seven of his characters just to kill a few of these Sunmoons.
At this point, Liu Wenyan only had seven of Ye Batian's characters left. Such a big sacrifice just to kill these people. Tian He didn't even know if it was worth it. Teacher and student, the two did it before swaggering off, leaving these people to deal with the disaster of their making.
Sunmoons kept dying. Initially, nineteen Sunmoons had entered the city. Four of them were high-stage Sunmoons. Su Yu killed two. Liu Wenyan killed one. And the death spirits killed six. Nine of them had perished.
Moon after moon fell from the sky. It had been many years since the Allheaven Battlefield witnessed Sunmoons dying on such a scale within a single day. In fact, excluding the death of death spirits, the last time this happened was decades ago.
Of course, if the death spirits were counted as well, the most recent incident before this could be moved forward to the time when Xia Longwu invaded the city. Back then, he had killed a lot of Sunmoon death spirits.
There was also Bing Hong, who had been killed outside the city. Meanwhile, Mo He was still being surrounded and attacked by multiple Sunmoons.
This was the biggest loss the various races had suffered in the past five decades. After all, a large number of young geniuses had perished as well. Among them were An Mintian of the divines and Lan Ying of the devils. Tianduo of the original devils seemed to have survived. At the moment, he was busy running away from death spirits inside the city. It was unknown if he could survive until the end.
With so many geniuses dying, numerous names on the Heavenly Hunt Index dimmed.
One after another.
In the span of several days, more than thirty names had dimmed.
***
At the same time.
Shock spread all over the Myriad Realms.
The Heavenly Hunt Index was changing.
And the changes were massive.
1st on Heaven Index: Su Yu.
Past accomplishments: Killing a fourth-stage Sunmoon.
1st on Earth Index, Liu Wenyan. Human, 72 years old, first-stage Cloudbreach. Citizen of Great Xia.
Past accomplishments: Killing a fifth-stage Sunmoon and killing a dying seventh-stage Sunmoon.
Yes. He killed a fifth-stage Sunmoon death spirit. His actual cultivation level was the first-stage Cloudbreach Realm. He had forced a breakthrough by crushing a Sunmoon character right before launching his attack on the fifth-stage Sunmoon death spirit.
Due to the massive gap between him and the death spirit, he managed to climb the index despite his advanced age.
First on the Earth Index! If it wasn't for his age, he would have taken the top spot of the Heaven Index instead. This was possible because decades ago, his aura had been inserted into the Heavenly Hunt Index. Thus, he was a known entity to the index.
This was the first time a human of this age had ever entered the index. It shocked everyone. A Cloudbreach killing a Sunmoon? And the Sunmoon wasn't a freshly advanced first-stage Sunmoon?
Of course, everyone knew that the kill was definitely not as straightforward as it seemed. Perhaps trickeries were involved, but this was still an unprecedented feat. A Cloudbreach could actually kill a Sunmoon.
***
Countless people across various realms started contacting the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion through all sorts of communication channels. Before long, an answer was released.
Su Yu and Liu Wenyan had hidden themselves in an ancient city before crushing Ye Batian's characters to kill Sunmoons and trap a bunch of Sunmoons in the city.
Numerous moons were falling from the sky.
At the time of writing, ten Sunmoons had perished.
They included Bing Hong of the snowfrost divine race who had perished outside the city. The killers were a group of unknown individuals. Investigation into their identities was still ongoing.
Not even the people of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion dared to approach the area where multiple high-stage Sunmoons were fighting. It was much easier for them to determine what Su Yu and Liu Wenyan did. After all, that axe was too conspicuous.
Su Yu had killed with an axe. The same applied to Liu Wenyan. It was very easy to reach a conclusion based on that. The two had destroyed Ye Batian's characters. They wouldn't have been able to muster so much power otherwise. This was madness.
Ye Batian's characters were widely coveted regardless of race. But the two damn wastrels had actually destroyed them. Nobody could avoid cursing them for being so wasteful after reading the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion's message.
They only needed perhaps two or three of Ye Batian's characters to hire an Invincible or a ninth-stage Sunmoon to kill for them. In fact, they could probably buy the service of a ninth-stage Sunmoon with only one of Ye Batian's characters.
They could do that instead.
But what did the two damn wastrels do?
Lunatics.
Were they happy now? After their shenanigans, they must have seriously injured themselves as well. Or perhaps they were already dead...no, that wasn't the case. Their names were still on the index.
In short, very few people lamented the deaths of the Sunmoons. Rather, most people were lamenting the waste of Ye Batian's characters.
Ye Batian's characters were quite possibly the strongest characters humanity had produced in recent history.
Even Great Qin King, who was diligently guarding the border, was cursing.
"Madman."
"Fool!"
"If you want someone dead, just hand the characters out. You can definitely find someone willing to fight for you. Why must you destroy those characters?"
But at the same time, he was also sighing helplessly. The multiple character faction was still as brutal as ever. Behind their brutal action, one could clearly see their distrust toward their fellow humans.
Since they were alone, so be it. They would kill their enemies themselves. As for the value of Ye Batian's characters, whatever. They would kill first and think later.
At the same time, Great Qin King sent numerous voice transmissions out, "Those in seclusion, come out. Time to work."
"Xia Wushen, return."
"Zhu Dizhu, return."
"Guards, notify Wang Hu and Liu Han to enter the Allheaven Battlefield immediately."
"..."
He had no choice but to do this. With so many experts dead and trapped in an ancient city, they had to increase their defenses to deter the potential attacks that might be launched toward the human race. Furthermore, the whereabouts of Su Yu and Liu Wenyan were still unknown.
The auras of one Invincible after another appeared. In the eastern sector, some of the human Invincibles were roused from their deep meditation. The call puzzled them. Had a war broken out?
The Invincibles started gathering from all directions. The various armies also started moving toward their respective posts in preparation for a war.
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Su Yu was outside the city.
The battle outside was still ongoing.
In the air, a powerful expert was battling multiple experts alone. With one punch, a Sunmoon was sent flying. With another punch, a Sunmoon was blasted apart.
He was incomparably valiant.
Mo He of the original devil race.
An existence near the eighth-stage Sunmoon Realm. Even though he was facing multiple Sunmoons alone, he was making them pay dearly for their action. One of them had lost his body. If it wasn't for Umbra's last-minute protection, he would have perished then and there.
Suddenly, a sword stabbed through Mo He's head before exploding with a burst of source qi, leaving a hole in his head.
"The original devils are unrivaled!"
Mo He roared madly. He was someone who would affirm his dao one day! How could he die here? He couldn't! Alas, he was facing too many enemies.
There were too many Sunmoons. Umbra and Ye Hongyan were top experts. Both of them were pillars of Great Ming. The other Sunmoons were also fighting him in a combat formation. This fight was so challenging a peak seventh-stage Sunmoon from the original devil race like him was actually very close to dying.
"A devil king will come! Mo Duona is still inside the city!"
He roared desperately.
A devil king of the original devils would come. Their number one genius was still alive in the city. Just like how the humans would not give up on Qin Fang. But Ye Hongyan and Umbra ignored him.
They only cared about killing him, nothing else.
When Ye Hongyan sensed Su Yu's appearance, she yelled, "Leave immediately! Invincibles will start appearing soon! Hurry up, return to the Human Realm!"
How crazy.
She finally understood why Su Yu was so confident he could get all those Sunmoons killed. The city would be sealed. Death qi would flood the city. That was why. She had seen at least nine moons falling from the sky since the start of this whole incident.
That thought had just crossed her mind when with a rumble, yet another moon fell from the sky.
Ten dead Sunmoons.
Ten Sunmoons had perished inside the city. One high-stage Sunmoon had perished outside the city.
This was crazy.
Excluding the incident involving Ye Batian, an incident like this had not happened for centuries. This was especially true if they considered the fact that even high-stage Sunmoons were dying.
While watching the ongoing fight from afar, Su Yu asked, "Can you kill him? Can I get the last hit? Maybe I can get a good heavenly reward if I get the last hit..."
Ye Hongyan roared, "Leave! Do you want to taste his desperate final attack?"
This was crazy.
Liu Wenyan had stolen the previous kill. And now, this kid was thinking of doing the same thing. Did the kid think that a peak seventh-stage Sunmoon of the original devil race was a pushover? Someone like that could launch a terrifying desperate final attack.
Chapter 968: Eternal Grudge (3)
Su Yu's gaze landed on a dot of light hovering in the sky. He said, "Senior, please come here..."
That was the Sunmoon who had lost his body. He was greatly weakened, and he was barely maintaining a humanoid form through his willpower.
"Me?"
"Yes."
The member of the Shadow Guard said nothing and flew over. As for Su Yu, he took out a drop of blood and dripped it on the dot of light before proceeding to construct a new body. In the blink of an eye, a body appeared. It was very weak.
It only had the strength of the Great Strength Realm. In a place like this, that was terrifyingly weak.
Su Yu asked, "Senior, do you know the Source Soul Acupoint Opening Art?"
"Yeah." The expert replied instinctively.
Su Yu said, "Activate the art and start opening acupoints."
The expert was quite surprised, but he said nothing and did as told. As for Su Yu, he took out a large clump of heavenly source qi and wrapped it around the expert.
"Senior, I'll teach you the 36-Forged Heavenly Dipper Art. You can use it to reforge your body. As for your acupoints, heavenly source qi is the best supplement for opening more acupoints."
The expert didn't know what to say. He hurriedly started the body forging process. The heavenly source qi given by Su Yu felt different from the regular ambient heavenly source qi. It was mild and gentle, greatly similar to the heavenly source qi one would get from consuming heavenly source fruits.
One portion of heavenly source qi was consumed, followed by two portions, three portions, four portions...
In the blink of an eye, more than ten portions were used.
The drain was so massive even the expert was alarmed. He said, "This is enough. I can slowly cultivate when I'm back at the Human Realm."
Not even Great Ming could take out so many heavenly source fruits at once after many years of accumulation. Meanwhile, he had exhausted more than ten portions in the blink of an eye to open only sixty acupoints.
If he wanted to complete his acupoint opening process, he needed at least ten more portions. But Su Yu ignored the expert and took out even more heavenly source qi. Since he had already decided to help, would he care about a tiny bit of heavenly source qi?
How long would this person take to reach his previous height without his help? He did not like to owe anyone anything. Thus, he continued supplying the expert with heavenly source qi.
The expert didn't know what to do. He could only continue with it. After consuming about thirty portions of heavenly source qi, his entire body shook. He had finally opened all the acupoints outlined by the Source Soul Acupoint Opening Art.
This was so fast it was unbelievable. And the price for that? Around thirty heavenly source fruits. Just for a ninth-stage Great Strength cultivation.
"Continue. Open the acupoints of the Double Wu Acupoint Fusion Art."
"No, no, this is enough. Really..."
"Listen to me." Su Yu roared, "Stop wasting time. That guy will die soon. Your physical body is still too weak. How are you supposed to run later? A Sunmoon can carry you and run, but your body is too weak to even withstand the kind of speed a Sunmoon is capable of."
Helpless, the expert could only continue opening acupoints.
Double Wu Acupoint Fusion Art.
Su Yu continued supplying the expert with a large amount of heavenly source qi. And in the blink of an eye, about seven or eight portions were consumed to open all the acupoints of the Double Wu Acupoint Fusion Art.
The expert's heart ached at the thought of wasting heavenly source qi for something like this. Su Yu should have handed him the heavenly source qi instead. He could return and slowly cultivate instead of wasting so much heavenly source qi here. How wasteful!
But Su Yu didn't even give the expert a chance to speak. He continued forcing the expert to cultivate.
Acupoint opening.
Acupoint fusion.
With both arts fully cultivated, it wouldn't take this expert long to enter the Infinite Strength Realm. With his experience as an ex-Sunmoon and the strength of his sea of willpower, he would be able to return to his previous height in no time.
After helping the expert open a few more acupoints, Su Yu took out a storage ring and handed it over.
"You can find the 36-Forged Heavenly Dipper Art in it. You can also choose to open more acupoints and cultivate some top-tier heaven-grade arts. There are a few such arts in it. There are also a hundred heavenly source fruits in it. I wish you luck in rebuilding your body to the Sunmoon Realm yet again."
The expert stared blankly, not knowing what he could even say.
What?
A hundred?
Did this kid rob the heavenly source fruit trees of the immortals, divines, and devils?
At that moment, yet another moon fell with a rumble.
Ye Hongyan hurriedly put the corpse away and yelled, "What are you waiting for? Run! Hurry up!"
Umbra flew over. First, he shot Su Yu a glance. Then, he looked at the injured Sunmoon. Instantly, he was stunned. "Sixth, you...reached the Infinite Strength Realm?"
He was too busy fighting previously to pay attention to what was happening here. Didn't this person lose his body earlier? How was he at the Infinite Strength Realm already? Was his body fine, after all? But if his body was fine, he wouldn't be at the mere Infinite Strength Realm. What was going on?
Mo He was dead. They had to run as Invincibles might start appearing soon.
Su Yu wasted no time and said, "Seniors, please leave. I'm leaving as well."
"Hmm?" Umbra hurriedly asked, "Are you not coming with us?"
"No." Su Yu gnashed his teeth, "If I return now, the myriad races will force humanity to hand me over. I'm not scared of that. I believe Prefect Zhu won't do so either. But that will attract hostility toward Great Ming, and some of the hostility will even come from human Invincibles. I don't want to burden anyone. I'll continue roaming the Allheaven Battlefield.
"By returning, my fate will fall into the grasp of those Invincibles. If I don't return, even if I have to die, my fate will remain firmly within my grasp. I would rather die grasping my fate than die without control of my fate."
Su Yu cupped his hands, "Thank you, Seniors. Thank you, Great Ming. Thank you, Prefect Zhu. The mountains are high and the journey is long. I wish you a pleasant journey. I will return. But not now."
"Farewell."
Leaving that final word behind, Su Yu turned into wind and vanished.
Time for him to leave.
He would return, but not now. If he returned now, the myriad races would start pushing the human race to hand him over. Should they agree? The Invincibles would be placed in a difficult spot.
Great Ming would also be placed in a difficult spot. What was the point? Why hand his fate to the hands of others? He was better off drifting about the Allheaven Battlefield. He would return. Just not now.
Su Yu was gone.
Ye Hongyan and the others stared at his departing figure silently. With a sigh, Ye Hongyan clenched his teeth and said, "Let's go. Kill all the spectators while we're at it. He's right. If he returns now, things might be even more difficult. If the Invincibles agree to hand him over, not even Great Ming can protect him. Let's go."
A genius of such a level yet there wasn't even an assurance that humanity would protect him.
He was too good at stirring trouble. This incident would shock the various realms and the myriad races. He was only a Cloudbreach, yet he had caused dozens of Sunmoons to die on top of dozens of young geniuses from various races. The myriad races would not be able to sleep well before killing him.
Umbra had a look of struggle on his face. After a moment, he roared furiously and flickered in all directions, instantly killing the hidden spectators in the area.
The human Sunmoons started searching the area.
The Mountainseas of the Shadow Guard had killed a lot of people earlier, but some remained. In fact, Umbra even managed to capture a masked expert in white. He crushed the masked expert to death before the masked individual could even speak.
That was a member of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. He did not care. After killing the masked individual, he released his source qi, eliminating all traces of combat in the area, and leaving no clues behind.
Ye Hongyan and the others were doing the same. A large number of hidden individuals were killed.
After a short moment, they reconvened.
Taking out a jade talisman, Ye Hongyan said, "Leave first. I'll shake up the time and space in the area, making it difficult for even Invincibles to rewind time here."
The Shadow Guard said nothing. Carrying the injured Sunmoon with them, they left rapidly.
While they were on their way here, they were prepared to die. But instead, they had killed two high-stage Sunmoons before leaving. Apart from a Sunmoon who had lost his body, they had suffered no other losses. The Sunmoon in question didn't even look sorrowful at losing his body.
While Umbra was carrying him, he whispered, "Commander, Su Yu gave me a hundred heavenly source fruits and multiple heaven-grade cultivation methods. He told me to start mending my body with these things after returning. He also fed me dozens of heavenly source fruits earlier. I never knew that cultivation can actually be so easy..."
Umbra was left speechless.
What the fuck was that?
Was this bastard actually showing off?
"Garbage. There were seven of you against one enemy yet you still managed to lose your body. Remember to share some of those things with me later..."
That was too luxurious. He was feeling quite jealous. Also, he was feeling quite sad. The Shadow Guard...had not made their name in the Allheaven Battlefield. His grand aspirations had not been achieved.
Also, why was this damn bastard still so happy after losing his body? Couldn't he at least pretend to be sad? Why was he so proud after losing his body?
Over a hundred heavenly source fruits had been wasted just like that. This was madness. He swore to not let the remaining hundred heavenly source fruits be used in such a wasteful manner.
In the blink of an eye, they vanished into the horizon.
After they left, Ye Hongyan roared and tossed a jade talisman up. Space started shaking and time was thrown into disarray. With this, even Invincibles would find it hard to find any clues of Su Yu's whereabouts from this place. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs ⓝovelFire.net
Su Yu had still been too careless. The brat did not know that Invincibles could actually trace his escape route through time rewind.
Ye Hongyan was completely unaware that, Su Yu, who was initially moving west, had switched to north not long after leaving the area. Additionally, he was constantly eliminating all traces of his presence with every step he took.
He had never underestimated the Invincibles. Even the items he had obtained from his dead opponents would all be discarded without hesitation if they looked valuable. He would not give any expert a chance to track his location through these items.
In fact, he had either thrown or destroyed most of his spoils of war, keeping only some corpses and his own items on him. Not even the corpses would stay with him for long. As he fled, he started extracting the blood essence of these corpses before burning the corpses to nothingness as well.
He did not need all those things. Even with the blood essence extracted, the corpses were still valuable. But he discarded them without any hesitation. Even the blood essence was instantly used to remove the death qi in his body.
As for the Sunmoon corpses, he still couldn't deal with them. Thus, he decided to find a good location to hide them all instead. He would come back for these corpses in the future. Before long, he took out a storage ring.
After looking around, he noted that he was near the Skyrend Valley again. He switched direction and moved to the Skyrend Valley. Inside the valley, he dug a hole and buried the storage ring in it. All the things he couldn't handle yet were stored inside that ring.
The corpses of the two Sunmoons he killed and the corpses of some peak Mountainseas were stuffed into the storage ring alongside the treasures he had obtained from Jiu Xuan, An Mintian, and the other geniuses.
He would come for them in the future. If someone else discovered this stash, so be it. He was too cautious to carry these things on him.
Then, he started moving in the central sector's direction. The Sea of Stars was there, and the sector was split among the various demonic races. Hiding himself would be much easier there due to the relatively higher level of chaos in that territory.
He did not attempt to contact Liu Wenyan. They had previously agreed that after they were done killing, they would flee separately. Liu Wenyan himself said that he would take care of himself. There was no need for Su Yu to worry about him.
A large amount of heavenearth profound light had gathered in Su Yu's body. Thus, he also needed to look for a suitable place to cultivate in peace.
As for the fates of the people trapped in the ancient city, it was no longer his business.
***
After the departure of Su Yu and others, a few more Sunmoons perished in the ancient city.
All in all, twenty-one Sunmoons had arrived, with six of them being high-stage Sunmoons.
Fourteen of them had perished. Only seven Sunmoons were left alive in the city.
The four high-stage Sunmoons were still alive. But three of them were in imminent danger. Ming He, in particular, was in very bad shape. Even her mind was starting to grow hazy. Su Yu had dealt her a heavy blow with two Sunmoon characters as the price.
A single incident had taken the lives of fourteen Sunmoons.
At the moment, the Sunmoons were gathered within a single building. Outside the building, over thirty Sunmoon death spirits were madly attacking. The area was flooded in so much death qi not even the high-stage Sunmoons could avoid their bodies from rotting away.
Desperation.
Despair.
Ming He, Long Dou, and the others felt nothing but despair.
This was supposed to be an easy mission, but the two wastrels of the multiple character faction had actually destroyed Ye Batian's characters to kill Sunmoons and flood the city with Sunmoon death spirits.
At this point, not even Invincibles could guarantee their survival anymore.
"SU YU!"
Every single one of them would yell out that name with boundless hatred before dying.
Su Yu, the hateful bastard! That bastard was even more murderous than Ye Batian and Xia Longwu. To kill them, he had actually destroyed Ye Batian's characters. Those were the characters that could push their owner to the Invincible Realm!
Nobody else would be willing to do something like that. Killing them wasn't even the only option Su Yu could take. He could have escaped silently. In fact, they suspected that he had already left earlier before returning to generate this mess for them.
Liu Wenyan's appearance was the proof of that.
In truth, Su Yu had left the city earlier. During his absence, he visited Liu Wenyan to get his hands on Ye Batian's characters. Just how much did he need to hate them to do something like that?
Long Dou and the others couldn't understand that decision. He had successfully escaped. Why return? Was such a big price to kill them really worth it?
Ming He was still coughing blood continuously. At this point, her blood had turned completely black.
With a mournful tone, she said, "Su Yu must die! He is more ruthless than Xia Longwu. He is also much more talented. If he survives, his ascension to the Eternal Realm will be the beginning of the calamity of the myriad races."
This was the tribulation of the myriad races.
That human was too murderous, to the point even Ming He was fearful of him. He could escape, but instead, he had opted to destroy two of Ye Batian's characters just to deal her a serious injury. He even took the risk of delaying his escape for a slight moment just to swing his blade at her one last time. If someone so ruthless was allowed to survive, disaster would fall upon them.
When she met Su Yu's gaze, she only saw coldness and hatred. Nothing else. Those were the sole emotions he harbored toward them. That human must die!
After coughing yet another mouthful of black blood, Ming He started regretting her actions. She...would not be able to survive this. Su Yu was too crazy. Two Sunmoon characters just to injure her. Was that worth it?
She turned to face Dao Cheng, who was also seriously injured. Clenching her teeth, she sent a voice transmission, "I can't last much longer. When the time comes, kill me. Avenge me. Kill that human!"
Intense emotions undulated from Dao Cheng's eyes.
"Kill me!" Ming He continued speaking through voice transmission, "Dao Cheng, you must kill him. If he doesn't die, you will die in his hands. I can only see oceans of blood and mountains of corpses in his future...Kill me! Strengthen yourself! For me, for Jiu Xuan...avenge us!"
After saying that, she started coughing blood again, filling the ground with black blood.
Grief welled in Dao Cheng's eyes. This was Ming He. A seventh-stage Sunmoon. She could be considered half his teacher. His grandfather would often be too busy to teach him, so instead, this disciple of his grandfather, Ming He, would take on the task of teaching him instead. But now, she was telling him to kill her with his own hands.
"Teacher..."
He did not feel anything when killing Silver Armor. But Ming He was different. He didn't want to do this. Despair seeped in.
Ming He shouted through voice transmission, "Hurry up! The stronger I am when you kill me, the bigger the reward will be. Without this reward, how can you compete against the others? You are incomparable to Mo Duona. You are incomparable to Zhan Wushuang. You are incomparable to Xuan Wuji. You are incomparable to Su Yu. Without killing me, you will never be able to avenge us."
Clenching his teeth, Dao Cheng threw a punch at Ming He's head, cracking the head apart.
Punch after punch was thrown. The people around them were completely stunned. As for Dao Cheng, he continued punching, staining his fist and body with blood as madness crept into his eyes.
Ming He did not resist. She took all the punches, allowing Dao Cheng to end her life.
Rumble!
Finally, a massive moon fell from the sky.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
A boundlessly mournful roar filled the city.
With Ming He's corpse in his arms, he roared. He had killed his teacher with his own hands.
"SU YU!"
Su Yu! The killer of his beloved! The culprit who had forced him to kill his teacher with his own hands! This grudge would stay for eternity!
Ming He of the immortals had perished.
Chapter 969: No Peace Among Humanity (1)
Ming He had died.
She was the third high-stage Sunmoon to die, perishing in the hands of her own student. Yet another seventh-stage Sunmoon death spirit appeared in the city.
But at this point, nobody cared anymore. One more or one less, what did it matter?
Long Dou had an unsightly expression as he stared at Ming He's corpse. The corpse was badly ravaged, completely opposite to the boundlessly elegant and ethereal immortal she was when she first arrived here.
She was dead. Even though she was the student of an Invincible. Even though she was a seventh-stage Sunmoon. She could not escape a miserable death.
"Damn it!" Na Dazhi cursed, "If she wanted to die, so be it. But she should have died to a death spirit instead! Damn it! Because of this, one more Sunmoon death spirit has appeared!"
The others either didn't care about the additional death spirit or lacked the courage to say something. That was not the case for him. He did not fear the immortal race.
Dao Cheng merely lowered his head and mourned in silence.
Na Dazhi was still furious, but he said nothing more. She was already dead. What was the point?
At that moment, a cloud appeared above Dao Cheng.
It was not as large as expected. If he had killed a seventh-stage Sunmoon through actual combat, the reward would have been much bigger. But Ming He was already severely weakened during her death, and she had volunteered her life to him. Thus, the reward for killing her wouldn't be too big.
Once again, Dao Cheng's strength grew. After killing Silver Armor, he was already near the Mountainsea Realm. And with this reward, he received the final push needed to step into the Mountainsea Realm.
Even after the advancement, his aura continued growing. He had received a large amount of willpower and some unknown energies from the clump of cloud. His apertures started fusing, and his sea of willpower enlarged.
Rumble!
A short while later, his sea of willpower shook, pushing him into the second stage. And after some time, he entered the third stage. He had digested the entirety of his heavenly reward to become a third-stage Mountainsea.
Long Dou merely shot them a glance and said nothing.
But after a moment, Na Dazhi lost his temper again, "Fool. Exchanging a seventh-stage Sunmoon to a third-stage Mountainsea with an unstable foundation. Every young genius out there is suppressing their advancement. What's the point of advancement?"
For him, a Mountainsea like this was not worthy of respect. Yes, heavenly rewards were great. But rapid advancement was not necessarily a good thing for these young geniuses.
With such rapid advancement, Dao Cheng would be forced to spend much more effort strengthening his foundation in the future. Furthermore, what even was the point of losing a seventh-stage Sunmoon for a third-stage Mountainsea? Would it improve their current situation?
A seventh-stage Sunmoon was an existence that could potentially achieve dao affirmation in the future. But a third-stage Mountainsea...could not provide any guarantees.
Dao Cheng remained silent.
Na Dazhi continued scolding, "That dumb woman has even picked the wrong timing to die. It hasn't even been that long since Su Yu injured her. The heavenly laws might even take Su Yu's contribution into consideration when assigning credits for her death. Her death might also produce a heavenly reward to Su Yu."
Hearing those words, Dao Cheng's expression finally changed. He raised his head, revealing his bloodshot eyes.
When Na Dazhi noticed his stare, he shouted, "What are you looking at? Am I wrong? That was a stupid timing. She should have waited longer. That is the only way to prevent the heavenly laws from crediting Su Yu with her death. Truly idiotic. With the timing of her death, Su Yu has probably benefited even more than you."
If Ming He had lasted longer, the injuries she received from Su Yu might not have been judged as the main contributor to her death.
But by dying so early, she might have indirectly helped Su Yu. Thus, Na Dazhi's anger was understandable. At that point, Dao Cheng coughed a mouthful of blood from sheer anger and indignation.
Impossible! Was that possible? Yes. That was possible.
At this time, Long Dou berated, "Shut up. Na Dazhi, are you going to stop yapping? Start resisting the death spirits already. Do you want to die here?"
Of the twenty-one Sunmoons, fifteen had died. As for the high-stage Sunmoons, only Long Dou, Lei Huo, and Na Dazhi remained.
Among the death spirits, there were four high-stage Sunmoons. No, including the newly appeared Sunmoon, there were five of them now. On top of that, there were over twenty Sunmoon death spirits of varying stages.
Na Dazhi was completely losing his temper. With a sneer, he said, "Die? What do you mean? If I'm really going to die, I'll slaughter all the death spirits before that. All of us will die together." Chapters fırst released on NoveI-Fire.ɴet
He was a blood fire devil. He was crazy. He feared nothing.
"Su Yu...what an impressive young man. Truly ruthless." Na Dazhi clenched his teeth, "How resolute. What happened to Mo He and Bing Hong? Who killed them? Ye Hongyan alone is definitely not capable of that. The humans are truly savage. Su Yu should have learned from Lan Tian and betrayed humanity. The blood fire race is a much better place for him. He can kill to his heart's content if he's with us."
Similar to the blood fire devil who had appeared during the Starfall Mountain incident, Na Dazhi believed that Su Yu would be a good fit for the blood fire devil race.
Kill!
Kill to his heart's content!
Also in the building were three other Sunmoons. One from the silkwyrm race, one from the mountainbreak bull race, and one from the golden lion race.
All of them were covered in thick death qi. Their expressions turned unsightly upon hearing Na Dazhi's words.
At this time, Dao Cheng stood up. He looked at Long Zhan, the golden dragon, Tianduo, and the young genius from the golden lion race before saying, "It is unlikely that we can survive this. At this rate, all of us will die. Not even Invincibles have the courage to attack an ancient city alone. Only when multiple Invincibles join hands to break into the city will we be able to survive.
"We are all Invincible descendants. We can ignite our blood essence to catch the attention of our Invincibles. Persuade them to negotiate a joint mission with the other Invincibles. That is our sole option if we don't want to die here. None of us can survive after all the Sunmoons die. No, we will probably die before them. How much longer can you withstand the death qi erosion?"
The Invincible descendants had an additional option. They could try to call upon their Invincibles. Alone, none of them would be able to make any Invincible move. The immortal race would not deploy multiple Invincibles just for Dao Cheng alone. Thus, they had to take the initiative instead of relying on the Sunmoons. All of them had to call upon their Invincibles to make it work.
Long Zhan, whose eyebrows were already dyed black by the death qi, said, "That won't be easy. Of course, we can get Mo Duona to join us as well. His teacher and elder are both Invincibles. With him, the possibility will be higher. After all, the devil king of the original devil race is extremely powerful. With two original devil Invincibles taking charge, the probability of our survival will increase massively."
The young geniuses started taking the matter into their own hand. Compared to those Sunmoons, it was far easier for them to contact the Invincibles and even persuade the Invincibles to move. It was far more unlikely for the Invincibles to actually make a move for these Sunmoons.
"Where's Mo Duona."
They looked around. Mo Duona was not there. Even Na Dazhi was feeling quite gloomy when he thought of Mo Duona. Yes, he was here to join the fun. But he was also here to save Mo Duona. But that fellow had not shown up even now.
At that moment, an individual appeared outside. With his purple hair fluttering in the air, he strolled amid the thick death qi nonchalantly and said, "I'm here."
"..."
Everyone stared at him in disbelief. Mo Duona seemed to have grown even stronger than before. He was able to casually walk amid the death spirits, making it look like he was having an even easier time here than the Sunmoons.
While the Sunmoon death spirits were attacking the living Sunmoons, Mo Duona took the opportunity to shoot through the opening and enter the building.
Na Dazhi asked in stupefaction, "Are you a ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm already?"
"Yes." Mo Duona nodded, "Greetings, Devil Lord Na Dazhi."
Na Dazhi said, "You're a ninth-stage Cloudbreach now...no, wait...are you now strong enough to fight Sunmoons?"
"No." Mo Duona said, "I can only guarantee an escape from an early Sunmoon. Sunmoons are still too strong."
But those words were enough to shock everyone. Guarantee an escape from early Sunmoons. He was only a Cloudbreach. This young genius was excessively talented. While everyone else was struggling to survive, he had probably been digesting his fortuitous encounter in an unknown building.
"Is Su Yu gone?" Mo Duona asked, "Is he fine?"
"..."
What?
Na Dazhi grumbled, "Yeah. He fled. He used a teleportation talisman."
Mo Duona nodded, "That is not surprising at all. Someone like him is very difficult to kill. This is how the world works. The more talented one is, the harder it will be for one to die. Gathering the fortune of heaven and earth, surviving a hundred battles, and achieving Invincibility. Such is the way of a genius."
After sending a Sunmoon death spirit flying with a punch, Na Dazhi questioned furiously, "I heard you went after him previously. Why didn't you kill him?"
With an indifferent smile, Mo Duona said, "Why should I? Previously, he was weaker than me. It was pointless for me to kill him. That wouldn't be an achievement. That wouldn't challenge me. That wouldn't provide me with heavenly rewards. The act of killing itself is never a goal to chase after. The principles of the blood fire devils never have been compatible with mine. I don't kill to kill. I only have one goal. Dao affirmation. Become an expert even among Invincibles."
He would only kill Su Yu for the sake of strengthening himself. Nothing else. The act of killing was never his goal.
"Su Yu is a lot more ruthless than you."
Na Dazhi did not mind the retort. In fact, even as a seventh-stage Sunmoon, he did not view Mo Duona as a junior. Mo Duona only needed a little bit more growth and he would be as strong as a regular Sunmoon.
"Right now, you are probably incapable of defeating him anyway..." Na Dazhi stopped mid-sentence and laughed it off, "No, that might not be the case. He is out of Ye Batian's characters. He won't be a match for you without those characters."
Mo Duona cared little about that. He looked at the others and said, "It is true that we need the help of Invincibles if we want to leave. But all of you know this. Many years ago, some Invincibles attempted to attack an ancient city. During that incident, at least one Invincible perished..."
After a short pause, he continued, "We need at least five Invincibles working together. They need to break into the city in a single instant, grab us, and leave. Not a single delay is allowed. Otherwise, the ancient city might unleash an unparalleled expert upon us. At that time, all of us will die."
At least five Invincibles. That was his conclusion.
Chapter 970: No Peace Among Humanity (2)
Dao Cheng said, "My grandfather, Dao King, will make a move."
Long Zhan thought about it and said, "A dragon king from the celestial dragon race will make a move."
The little dragon spoke weakly, "My grandpa will help."
His grandfather was the grand elder of the golden dragon race.
With that, they had at least three Invincibles helping.
After a slight hesitation, Tianduo said, "I can't promise that my ancestor will make a move for me..."
Mo Duona was unbothered. He said, "It's fine. A devil king from the original devil race will make a move. With Invincibles from the immortal, devil, and dragon races making a move..."
Mo Duona paused and gazed at Lei Huo, the sole divine in the building. He asked, "True Lord Lei Huo, what about the divine race?"
Lei Huo frowned and scanned the crowd. All the divine geniuses had died. Even An Mintian had died. The top genius of the divine race, Zhan Wushuang, wasn't here. It was unlikely for any Invincible to make a move just for Lei Huo himself. Of course, the great patriarch of the lightning divine race might be willing to make a move.
But he couldn't guarantee that. As for those from the other races who were still trapped in the city, they could only rely on their luck. It was possible that the Invincibles might save them in passing. It was also possible that the Invincibles would completely ignore them and only save those from the races of the Invincibles.
Right at that moment, several Mountainseas in the building wailed miserably before dying. Death qi erosion had killed them.
Meanwhile, the young geniuses were still alive thanks to the heavenly source qi they had been using to withstand the death qi. This was the power of background and family. Without a good background, death could come at any moment and one would not be able to do anything about it despite one's strength.
Mo Duona thought about it and said, "In that case, I'll try to seek help from two devil kings. The Invincibles will crack the gate open and take us out."
He looked at the others and said, "As for the rest of you, I suppose you can start praying for good luck now. If you're lucky, you might survive this. If not, there's nothing you can do."
After saying that, he produced a drop of blood from within his body, driving the death spirits outside even crazier.
Ignoring the commotion he caused among the death spirits, Mo Duona nonchalantly said, "Everyone, start calling upon your Invincibles. If you fail to get help...accept your fate."
Then, he ignited that drop of blood. An incorporeal power from a different world started descending upon them. That further incited the death spirits in the city. But that incorporeal power did not actually enter the city. Thus, it did not attract the attention of the death spirit who had destroyed Dao King's eye previously.
Mo Duona's lips started moving noiselessly, as though he was speaking to someone. But that was precisely what he was doing. The others did the same, igniting their blood essence to call upon their Invincibles.
While that was going on, more and more people died.
This applied to even some of the young geniuses. Not everyone would walk around with extra heavenly source qi on them. Thus, even the young geniuses were starting to die from death qi erosion.
Only the top young geniuses from the major races were able to continue surviving with their heavenly source qi. Before long, only eleven survivors remained in the building. Six of them were Sunmoons. The other five were respectively Mo Duona, Tianduo, the two dagons, and Dao Cheng.
Suddenly, Na Dazhi stomped on the ground.
Boom!
A figure was blasted out of the corner of the room and crashed into the wall.
Slowly, he slid down the wall.
He turned into a humanoid form and hurriedly said, "Stop, stop! I'll call for help as well! I'll call for the Earth Ancestor to help!"
Na Dazhi looked over with surprise and said, "Topsoil Spirit of the five elemental race?"
Long Dou was surprised as well, "You're not dead?"
How weird.
How was this fellow still alive? He wasn't even protected by a five elemental expert. And it didn't seem like this fellow was protecting himself with heavenly source qi either. How did he survive? Also, his concealment ability was quite impressive.
The high-stage Sunmoons did notice him earlier, but they had ignored him since he had not created any trouble for them.
They couldn't help but be surprised at how healthy this fellow looked. How did he even survive unscathed?
Even Mo Duona was intrigued. He smiled and said, "Topsoil Spirit, your earth movement skill is quite unique. The ground of ancient cities can't be phased into. How did you manage to phase into the wall?"
Topsoil Spirit laughed awkwardly and said, "Luck. I totally got lucky. I am nothing compared to you, Mo Duona. Oh, right, I also can't compare with people like Tianduo and the others..."
Mo Duona's face turned pensive as he asked, "Did you kill some five elementals for their five elemental hearts? Are you trying to fuse the five elements? Looks like you have accomplished part of that goal. Did you fuse the origins of some of the elements?"
"..."
That attracted everyone's gaze.
Topsoil Spirit adamantly denied, "Nope! Not at all! I have never killed anyone from my race! I swear on my identity as an earth elemental! Yes, I did fuse with some of the five elemental origins, but those were the gifts I received from the other elementals. Trust me!"
Mo Duona said nothing. The others said nothing as well. It certainly wouldn't concern them if those origins had been obtained through killing. But if those were gifts...what was the five elemental race trying to do?
Were they trying to reunite the five elements?
The five elemental race was a top 100 race, but due to the separation of elements, they weren't ranked that highly. However, that would change the moment they produce a master of five elements and reunite the elements. That would most definitely push them into the top 10, making them a top 10 race.
And the five elemental race had a decent number of Invincibles. Their rank was only low because each element would operate independently from the other elements. If the elements were reunited, they would become a singular race with no less than ten Invincibles.
Including Topsoil Spirit, there were twelve survivors in the building. It was very likely that they were the only living beings remaining in the entire city excluding the residents. In fact, the death qi was so dense that even some residents had perished. After all, high death qi density would accelerate the speed of their death qi accumulation and fully exhaust their life force in advance.
Topsoil Spirit said nothing else. He formed a five elemental formation and started muttering into it, asking for help. Inwardly, he felt extremely miserable. This was terrible.
Not only had he failed to obtain any benefits from this trip, he was even forced to seek help from his ancestor.
Everyone started looking for a way to save themselves.
As the young geniuses continued their attempt to summon their Invincibles, the door was blasted open yet again by the Sunmoon death spirits. The Sunmoons hurriedly fought back and pushed the death spirits out. The death qi on their bodies was growing thicker and thicker.
It was becoming increasingly clear that even these Sunmoons were starting to reach their limits. At this rate, none of them would survive.
***
Away from Heavendoom City.
Su Yu was traveling through the Skyrend Valley when a massive cloud appeared above him. He was completely stupefied.
Just what was going on?
Why were the heavens rewarding him out of nowhere?
Weird.
After thinking about it, he exclaimed in surprise, "Is Ming He dead?"
It wasn't surprising that she would die. After all, that was precisely why Su Yu had dealt her such a heavy injury before fleeing. What was surprising was the heavenly reward even when he wasn't the one to deal the final blow. He still didn't understand how the heavenly laws worked.
Sure, he did dream of getting benefits by just injuring these Sunmoons. But he did not expect it to actually happen.
This time, he did not receive any heavenearth profound light or heavenly source qi. Rather, he received a clump of golden liquid. The liquid entered his body and hesitated slightly before stopping somewhere inside his sea of willpower.
"What's this?" Su Yu looked at the golden clump and muttered, "Sunmoon profound yellow liquid?"
Holy shit! For real?
But...he couldn't make use of it yet. This was something Sunmoons used to strengthen their apertures. It wouldn't benefit those below the Sunmoon Realm. Sure, one could use it. But that would result in the creation of excessively strong apertures that couldn't be fused.
This was a resource only suitable for Sunmoons. Why the fuck were the heavens giving him something like this?
From Su Yu's estimation, the portion was quite big. He was given about ten drops of them. This was most definitely a large amount. According to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, each drop of sunmoon profound yellow liquid could be purchased with three drops of Sunmoon blood essence.
As for heavenearth profound light, one strand could be purchased with one drop of Sunmoon blood essence. He had received about twenty strands of heavenearth profound light for killing the fourth-stage Sunmoon previously.
But for his assistance in Ming He's death, he had actually received a reward equivalent to thirty drops of Sunmoon blood essence. This was even more profitable than killing a fourth-stage Sunmoon.
"It was totally worth destroying the two Sunmoon characters."
Su Yu was very pleased. The sunmoon profound yellow liquid and heavenearth profound light he had received were worth about fifty drops of Sunmoon blood essence. One needed to kill five early Sunmoons for that much blood essence. And Sunmoon blood essence was a resource one might not be able to buy even if one could afford it.
The saying that crime pays was indeed true.
After calming down from his excitement, Su Yu hurriedly moved from the area. This was no longer a suitable place to stay. The heavenly reward might have caught someone's attention. It would be troublesome if anyone noticed him.
Fortunately, he was still within the Plain of Desires. Here, it would be very hard for those experts far above his level to actually encounter him. In a way, this was an excellent place of refuge.
"Ming He is dead. Good. I wonder if she was killed by a death spirit. Or perhaps she was simply killed by her anger toward me."
Suddenly, his sea of willpower shook. He scolded, "Stop! Furball, if you keep stealing food, I'll pinch you to death to make your dada descend and kill all my enemies!"
"..."
Inside the sea of willpower, the little furball was licking his lips with satisfaction when he heard those words. He hurriedly hid behind the Soul Expanding Hammer. He was caught! But he really wanted to eat more! That smelled so nice!
Yummy's sea of willpower was filled with good stuff. Sunmoon profound yellow liquid, heavenearth profound light, willpower from the crushed Sunmoon characters, character intent from the crushed natural character rewarded previously...Basically, it was an open buffet for the little furball.
After the meal, the little furball was starting to feel sleepy again. This was so comfortable.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was still grumbling.
That damn furball spent all his time slacking and eating. How lazy. Also, even after eating so much good stuff, why was the furball still stuck at the Cloudbreach Realm? How long had it been since his last breakthrough? How useless!
"..."
The little furball heard those grumbles and sank into thought.
Yeah. It had been quite a while.
He remembered that he had advanced during his first visit to the Hundred Dao Pagoda with Yummy. At the time, Yummy wasn't even a Skysoar yet. It was...the 14th of February. And it was already the 15th of July. Updates are released by novęlfire.net
About five months had passed. In those five months, Yummy had reached the Cloudbreach Realm. Meanwhile, he was still a Cloudbreach. Yes, this was too slow. Dismayed by his slow cultivation speed, the little furball started sulking behind the Soul Expanding Hammer.
But that only lasted a moment. He decided to sleep and forget about his sadness. Advancement could wait until he was done sleeping and eating. He told himself that he was still young. He was still a baby. What was there to rush?
After comforting himself that way, the little furball fell asleep.