Chapter 1237: Back In Time (3)
While the stone statue was feeling doubtful.
In the other realms.
Several incomparably ancient existences were slowly sending their willpower out of their realm entrances to observe the ongoing conflict.
Devil Realm.
After a short observation, the Devil Emperor frowned and sank into thought.
***
Divine Realm.
The Divine Emperor attempted to read the future, but all he saw in his vision was a blanket of dusky chaos. He frowned. Would this battle favor them or not?
***
Immortal Realm.
The Ancient Immortal King was contemplating in silence. He wasn't able to see anything as his tendril of willpower had vanished right after it left the realm entrance.
This wasn't the first time it had happened. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novelfire(.)net
Indeed, it had happened several times in recent years.
As long as he did not leave the realm personally, something like that would happen. It was becoming increasingly hard for him to maintain contact with those outside the realm. As the Ancient Immortal King, his willpower was incredibly powerful. He could easily observe the Myriad Realms by sending his willpower alone. But that had not been possible in recent years.
His willpower had been vanishing into thin air. Not a tiny bit would remain. He frowned as he tried to read the future as well. He kept feeling jittery for no apparent reason.
This had been ongoing for years. Just what was going on?
***
Outside the Immortal Realm.
A big, furry ball was floating in the boundless void. She was in a good mood after eating a large mouthful of willpower. Over the past three hundred years, she had eaten such a meal a few dozen times. And she was still not tired of the delicious flavor of this willpower.
As far as she was concerned, three hundred years would go by in the blink of an eye. Thus, she felt great having so many delicious meals in such a short period of time. As for entering the realm to eat more... no thanks. She preferred staying outside. It would be too dangerous to enter.
That Tiangu guy was still quite strong. It was even possible that Tiangu was now the strongest in the Myriad Realms. Thus, it was far better to continue eating outside the realm instead.
Suddenly, the silhouette of a...ball appeared beside her.
"Oh, you're here as well, Husband?"
The big furball looked at the newly arrived big furball and greeted him casually. She sounded like she had only been out doing groceries instead of out for many, many years.
The big furball nodded his entire body blankly and said, "Are you waiting to eat Tiangu?"
"Yeah. He's so yummy!"
The big furball thought about it and said, "Tiangu won't be so easy to eat. Why don't we eat something else instead?"
The big furball's tiny limb stretched out of his furry body and pointed at a certain River of Time. That was the River of Time used by the immortal king in the Human Realm to summon his bodies over.
As far as the big furball was concerned, every immortal was incredibly yummy. The older one was, the more flavorful one would be. And how convenient was it that a certain immortal was trying to move through the River of Time.
The female furball thought about it and asked, "But what about Tiangu?"
"Put him aside for now. We eat him when he leaves. If he doesn't leave, we wait here and eat the others. The immortals are yummy. Eat enough and Tiangu will come out."
The female furball nodded her body in agreement. Wow, her husband was indeed smarter than her.
Instantly, the two furballs vanished into the River of Time nearby.
Meanwhile, the immortal king's two tri-life bodies were still heading toward the Human Realm.
Suddenly, his heart started palpitating.
What? Was there a danger waiting for him in the Human Realm? Yes, it was dangerous previously. But his three bodies were about to become one. At that time, nothing in the Human Realm would have the ability to endanger him.
That thought had barely crossed his mind when he heard a voice, "Husband, one for us each. He has two bodies."
"Alright."
And then...nothingness.
The two furballs had no difficulty dealing with an immortal king with only two tri-life bodies.
They only needed to each take a bite and that was it.
No massive phenomenon was generated as the future body of the immortal king was still alive and well. The two furballs vanished again with a flicker. After the good meal, the female furball was full of joy. She was also full of praise for her amazing husband. Right after her husband arrived, she got herself a delicious meal.
***
Human Realm.
The immortal king was still busy summoning his two bodies. He could feel it. They were near.
He was overjoyed as he dreamed about the beautiful future where he would first kill Zhu Tiandao before snatching the Culture Tomb. After all, he would be the first to assemble his complete body in the Human Realm.
Fiery Sea was already dead.
Wan Tiansheng, someone capable of killing Invincibles, was as good as crippled.
First Profound had yet to complete his dao affirmation while the Yellow Department head's summoning was being intercepted.
He was the first. He would be the strongest person present before long. But abruptly, his expression changed as his future body shook intensely. Cracks appeared all over his body.
Not far away, Zhu Tiandao cursed, "Shameless bastard! Don't even dream of luring me over with this act! I haven't even affirmed my dao!"
How shameless.
The immortal king was actually pretending to be gravely injured to lure him over. Did the immortal king think that he wasn't aware of the two tri-life bodies who were on the verge of arriving?
Finally, the two bodies arrived.
To be precise, one corpse and one carrier treasure arrived.
The corpse was the present body while the carrier treasure came from the past body.
The two furballs did not care about carrier treasures. They only cared about their meal.
Zhu Tiandao was stunned. What was this?
What trick was this? Why did the immortal king summon a carrier treasure and a corpse over?
Zhu Tiandao was dumbfounded.
The immortal king was staring blankly while coughing blood. He had lived for thousands of years, but he had never felt like this before.
Where were his tri-life bodies?
Where were his present and past bodies?
Did he summon the wrong thing?
That shouldn't be possible.
Why?
That question would remain unanswered for eternity. Despite his stupefaction, Zhu Tiandao was still able to take the appropriate action.
What even was this?
An immortal king had suddenly lost two of his bodies. His sole remaining body was receiving a massive backlash from the sudden loss. He was on the verge of death.
***
As Zhu Tiandao prepared himself to kill the immortal king, Great Han King and the others were still fighting bitterly.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was speaking to his mayor's medallion with surprise, "Lord Stone Statue?"
What joke was this? Sending a voice transmission across realms?
Holy shit!
Was this medallion so impressive?
"Stop taking in death qi."
Finally, Su Yu was sure that he wasn't hearing things. Overjoyed, he hurriedly said, "Lord, I will be rushing to the Allheaven Battlefield soon. Dozens of Invincibles are trying to kill me. Lord, I beseech you to grace me with your presence and avenge your loyal subordinate!"
"Dozens of Invincibles? Where?"
In the sky.
The stone statue looked around and rolled his eyes. There weren't even that many Invincibles around.
"Lord, I'm serious! I'll be heading to the Allheaven Battlefield soon..."
"Oh, but I'm not there."
"I can go to the ancient city..."
"I'm not in the city."
Su Yu blanked out. An utterly ridiculous thought appeared in his mind as he said, "Are you in the Human Realm, Lord?"
Due to the distraction, he was sent flying by Zhan Wushuang with a punch. But he was too distracted to care.
The stone statue said, "Beat him up! He punched you! Why aren't you punching him back?"
"Lord...you're in the Human Realm?"
Su Yu was ecstatic.
"Lord, I beseech you to sever that River of Time. The one Great Han King is using. The moment he returns with his main body, we're all dead..."
The stone statue looked at the said River of Time.
He stared, and stared, and stared...
It was so...stable.
Terrifyingly stable.
Sever his ass.
It was protected by so many Invincibles.
Even a Pseudo Emperor might have a hard time severing it in this state.
In that case, wasn't his mayor as good as dead? No, wait. With him here, his mayor wouldn't die. As for the others...well, that did not concern him.
He replied, "Calm down. You won't die."
"But Lord, if he manages to return, the others will die. Lord, I beg you to do me this favor. Please. I will work harder for you in the future..."
Grandstar ignored Su Yu. He looked at the Allheaven Battlefield again as he muttered, "Yet another one has succeeded."
A second human had completed his dao affirmation. He was none other than Zhou Polong. To be precise, he was near full completion. An Invincible was trying to stop him, but the Invincible found himself trapped by a character of Zhou Polong.
Interesting.
Generally, multiple Invincibles would be required to kill a genius of this caliber. But most Invincibles were distracted elsewhere. For example, there were nearly twenty Invincibles around Xia Longwu.
As for the Yellow Department head, about four Invincibles were interfering with his tri-life bodies, stopping them from entering the Human Realm. There were also roughly twenty Invincibles in the boundless void near the Human Realm.
All in all, about eighty myriad race Invincibles were involved in this conflict against humanity.
In fact, including those in the Human Realm and those Su Yu was keeping occupied by fighting the Invincible-powered young geniuses, over a hundred myriad race Invincibles were involved.
This was the first time in centuries so many Invincibles were deployed for a single conflict. And they weren't even that successful. The humans were still able to affirm their dao with very little interference.
Great Han King alone had monopolized the attention of the majority of these Invincibles.
The stone statue was still feeling very doubtful. In fact, the Pseudo Emperors of the major races were feeling the same. Something felt off. The humans were being allowed to affirm their dao with far less interference than expected.
They wondered if they should send more Invincibles to deal with these human Pseudo Invincibles. Also, Great Han King had attracted way too many Invincibles. That was not supposed to happen. Including the human Invincibles, there were about seventy Invincibles around Great Han King. Great Han King alone was keeping so many Invincibles occupied.
At the same time, the stone statue was also wondering about Immortal King Tiangu. Where was that old immortal? Why wasn't he observing the battle like everyone else? Oh...right. Suddenly, the stone statue remembered that he had sent a certain furball over. Nothing bad would happen, right?
Hopefully.
As his mind wandered about, his gaze landed on the Yellow Department head, or to be precise, Zhu Tianfang. He blanked out. Zhu Tianfang was also trying to assemble his main body, but his River of Time had unfurled far away from Great Han King's.
It almost felt like he was afraid of interfering with Great Han King's River of Time.
The stone statue shook his head in confusion. Had his intelligence dropped after staying in the holy city for so many years? Why did he find himself so easily confused after finally leaving the city?
As his gaze landed on the spreading multicolored rays of light, he was only certain about one thing. Humanity was about to produce their second new Invincible for the day. This round of dao affirmation seemed far smoother than all the previous rounds of human dao affirmation.
More and more people were starting to feel suspicious. It hadn't even been that long yet humanity had produced two new Invincibles. Wasn't this a tad too fast?
This was abnormal.
Generally, one would take at least several days to complete a dao affirmation.
The stone statue continued shaking his head in confusion.
Maybe his big brother could see more?
These humans were scheming too much, to the point he was totally confused. If they were unhappy about something, they should just fight it out. In the past, the humans were very good at fighting. Why were the modern humans so obsessed with scheming instead?
Even while he was feeling utterly confused, the stone statue did not forget to send Su Yu a voice transmission, "It won't happen so soon. What's the rush? Great Han King is still busy fighting Great Zhou King and the others. Nearly seventy Invincibles are involved. Great Zhou King is so furious he's probably going to start coughing blood from sheer anger soon..."
Su Yu was stunned. Great Zhou King? Coughing blood from anger? Was that old turtle even capable of that?
Wasn't the old turtle supposed to be so calm he would remain in control of his emotions even if Great Qin King himself was the traitor?
Was he so saddened by Great Han King's betrayal?
Was he that close to Great Han King?
Su Yu blanked out. Nearly seventy Invincibles. Great Zhou King and Great Han King in a fight, dragging many other Invincibles into the fight. What?
"You humans have two new Invincibles. Wow, would you look at that? What's his name? Zhou Polong? He's so strong right after his dao affirmation. Look at how far he sent that myriad race Invincible flying. Yo...Zhou Potian is going to finish his dao affirmation soon as well. Impressive, Zhou Family!"
The stone statue narrated like he was watching a great show, feeding Su Yu with the latest updates.
As for Su Yu, he was stunned again and again.
Three new Invincibles in such a short time?
How was that possible?
Wasn't dao affirmation supposed to be slow and dangerous? One even needed to wait for the Invincibles to kill each other and drop some carrier treasures. In fact, that was how most people would collect sufficient carrier treasures to complete their dao affirmation.
Su Yu was unaware that Junior Zhou King was also the Profound Department head of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Carrier treasures were rare, but they could still be found in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Conveniently, Liu Wushen had also started his dao affirmation with two carrier treasures prepared. At the moment, everyone else was too occupied to think too deeply about that. Most suspected that he was merely lucky.
***
Boundless void.
The furious Great Han King was giving the two Zhou Kings a beating, forcing the two to pull back repeatedly while coughing blood.
He was determined to return to the Human Realm.
"Back in Time."
With a roar, Junior Zhou King returned to annoy him like an immortal cockroach. That further angered Great Han King.
"Father, don't...don't kill him...stop fighting..."
Liu Wushen was still roaring madly as he tried to approach his father, "No, Father, don't do this! If you do this, everything will be over for humanity! Don't do this!"
"I'm not going to harm humanity. I'm only going to kill those from the multiple character faction."
Liu Wushen said with desperation, "Father, turn back while you still can..."
His voice contained boundless sorrow.
It sounded like he was on the verge of killing himself just to change his father's mind.
As Great Han King made another attempt to return to the Human Realm, Junior Zhou King roared, "Back in Time!"
Great Han King was brought back yet again. Furious, he bellowed, "Myriad races, assist me and kill them all! They're forcing my hand! I need help!"
Chapter 1238: The Reliable Little Brother (1)
The battle raged on.
Great Han King had betrayed humanity and attempted to return. Great Zhou King and Junior Zhou King were doing everything they could to intercept him.
While they were fighting, yet another phenomenon spread across the Allheaven Battlefield. This was the third dead Invincible of the day.
A miserable and indignant howl resounded everywhere.
"NOO!"
Human Realm.
The immortal king had just been smashed apart by Zhu Tiandao with a pagoda. He was filled with indignance as he died.
Why?
Where were his tri-life bodies?
Why were they dead?
He was supposed to rejoin his three bodies and become the strongest person present in the Human Realm. Even without that, he could still contend against Zhu Tiandao as long as his future body was free of any backlash.
But instead, his two bodies had returned dead, inflicting a massive backlash on him, and allowing Zhu Tiandao to kill him without much effort.
He couldn't accept this.
As an Invincible, how could he accept a death like this?
This was not supposed to happen!
He had too many unrealized ambitions. He had too many things left to do. He had to stay alive! He couldn't accept this!
He felt incredibly sullen.
He could not accept dying to Zhu Tiandao.
Boom!
The Immortal Realm trembled while crimson clouds appeared in the sky across the Allheaven Battlefield. Everyone was shocked. Yet another Invincible had perished.
The third dead Invincible of the day.
First, it was Nether River King. Next, Fiery Sea King followed. And now, it was Immortal King Qimu's turn to die.
All three had perished in the Human Realm.
It occurred to some that the Human Realm was actually far more treacherous to these Invincibles than the Allheaven Battlefield. After all, over a hundred Invincibles were in battle elsewhere, but not one of them had perished thus far. Then again, almost none of them were fighting with their lives on the line.
Meanwhile, those in the Human Realm were fighting desperately with their lives on the line. And that desperation had produced three dead Invincibles.
***
Nanyuan.
Everyone was stunned.
Holy shit! Was Zhu Tiandao so strong?
He had killed an immortal king!
Meanwhile, Zhu Tiandao looked sullen as he grumbled inwardly. Stop looking at him. Why were they looking at him? The immortal king had been so weakened anyone could have done the same.
Why the fuck was everyone looking at him?
Whatever. He did not forget the most important task in a battle: looting the corpse.
This was an incredible win.
The dead immortal king only left one carrier treasure behind since the other had been destroyed. However, the corpse was still relatively intact. The corpse of an Invincible was exceedingly rare. It was very rare for an Invincible to die with an intact body.
Zhu Tiandao felt like an Invincible corpse had simply dropped into his lap.
He blanked out as this story felt so familiar.
Where had he heard about this before?
Right, his old man.
Many years ago, while fighting in the Allheaven Battlefield, an intact Invincible corpse of a divine had also dropped into his lap out of nowhere.
And the same had happened to him today. How odd.
The other humans were also looking at him with stupefaction.
Even Tan Dang and Mohe, who were both busy summoning their bodies over, were staring with stupefaction. They were reminded that after summoning their bodies over, their deaths would be final.
Their determination wavered if they wondered if they should really proceed. Their bodies were near, but they started to hesitate. It was still somewhat fine to lose only one of their bodies. But losing all their bodies like that immortal king would truly kill them.
The Yellow Department head was still being stopped from summoning his bodies over. The rest of the humans would be no match to them when they were done summoning their bodies and assembling their main bodies.
But what was up with Zhu Tiandao?
He was the second individual to slay an Invincible today.
***
Everyone was shocked by Zhu Tiandao's apparent prowess. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel·fire·net
This included Su Yu.
Wow. Old Zhu was actually strong enough to slay an Invincible!
He had been hiding his strength way too well before this!
Had he pretended to be weak to lure the tri-life bodies of the immortal over before killing the immortal for real? What a great plan! The experts had been too busy to notice the condition of the immortal king's two bodies when they arrived while the weaklings had been unable to see anything.
Thus, everyone assumed that Zhu Tiandao had killed an Invincible at his full power with a single hit.
Nobody was prepared for that.
Everyone would be a lot less shocked if it was First Profound or the Yellow Department head who had performed such a feat.
But...Zhu Tiandao? Wasn't he a tad bit too strong?
He had killed an immortal king like he was squashing a bug.
While everyone was still shocked, Mohe and Tian Dang found their bodies arriving before they could stop the process.
It was too late for them to regret this.
With a roar, they fused their bodies as their auras surged. First Profound and the Yellow Department head were sent flying while coughing blood by the eruption of auras.
The two had completed the assembly of their main bodies.
Zhu Tianfang shouted, "Little Brother, stop one of them! I'll handle Tian Dang with First Profound!"
"..."
Zhu Tiandao's expression turned ashen. His elder brother was sending him on a suicidal mission! Yes! A suicidal mission! Nobody knew better than him how he had killed the immortal king earlier. And now, he was expected to handle an Invincible with all three bodies fused all by himself?
Nonsense!
His elder brother was totally trying to kill him!
Were they still family?
He clenched his teeth and cursed inwardly, as he moved forth with great determination before asking nonchalantly, "Mohe, let's have some fun together, shall we?"
It was time to put his acting skills to use.
Instead of using his fists, he preferred using his mouth.
That was his only choice.
Two Invincibles had finished assembling their main bodies. What else could he do?
Meanwhile, Mohe had a solemn expression on his face. Faced with someone capable of killing an Invincible, he was extremely wary. This was the third human who had showcased the ability to kill Invincibles without being an Invincible in recent history. First, it was Ye Batian. Then, came Wan Tiansheng. And Zhu Tiandao was the third.
Divine King Tian Dang was relieved to see that he wasn't dealing with Zhu Tiandao.
He would much rather face Zhu Tianfang and First Profound than Zhu Tiandao. He sent a voice transmission to Mohe, "Just keep him busy. We wait for Great Han King..."
Mohe cursed inwardly.
Why wasn't Tian Dang doing this himself?
Why must it fall on him to do this?
He replied through voice transmission, "Even with Great Han King's return, he will only deal with the multiple character faction. His betrayal is toward that faction, not humanity as a whole. We need more people to enter the Human Realm as well to keep everyone else busy. I'll do my best to keep Zhu Tiandao busy without resorting to a fight to the death..."
"Sure."
The two Invincibles reached a decision.
Both cursed inwardly.
The Human Realm was too abnormal.
Zhu Tiandao looked perfectly normal. No, he looked decently strong. But dealing with a regular tri-life body of an Invincible should be all he could do. But instead, he had exceeded all expectations and slain the Invincible.
Suppressing, defeating, and killing couldn't be more different than each other.
The ability to kill an Invincible signified a strength far beyond the level of regular Invincibles.
These humans were too terrifying.
As Devil King Mohe consoled himself that he would be fine, he entered an alternate dimension with Zhu Tiandao. He was in no rush to start the battle. Rather, he looked at Zhu Tiandao who was in the middle of forcefully capturing a past body and said, "You want to affirm your dao? It won't be so easy. Zhu Tiandao, we're only here for the multiple character faction and the Culture Tomb. This has nothing to do with Great Ming King and the Zhu Family. Why must you involve yourself in this mess?"
Huh?
Zhu Tiandao was slightly stunned. But soon, it dawned on him that his opponent was also wary of him.
Right, he was an existence capable of slaying Invincibles! He might be scared of this Invincible, but this Invincible was scared of him as well! After all, this Invincible was here in his complete form. If he died here, he would die for real. Who would be willing to die after reaching such a height in life?
In short, both were wary of the other.
This knowledge greatly consoled Zhu Tiandao's heart. He smiled and said, "It's not in our habit to meddle in other's business. But this is the Human Realm. Since we're already involved, we can't stop halfway. Mohe, you're not a blood fire devil. What's the point of fighting me to the death? I don't want to die, and I believe you're not very interested in dying as well.
"Of course, there is no guarantee that I'll be able to kill you. But who's to say that I can't? I'll affirm my dao and you'll watch. This is only the beginning. Why fight so hard at the very start only to end up as a free firework for the Myriad Realms like the other two."
Devil King Lade frowned. Was this guy really doing this?
Would he be in even more danger upon the completion of this guy's dao affirmation?
No, he couldn't allow this. But that would involve fighting. And fighting was very dangerous as well. What now?
Devil King Mohe was anxious. Meanwhile, Divine King Tian Dang was impatiently entering a different alternate dimension with First Profound and Zhu Tianfang. Yes, Nan Wujiang and Zhu Tianfang were very strong. But Divine King Tian Dang had also grown much stronger after assembling his main body.
Not far away, Lan Tian and Lade were still engaged in a bitter battle.
Only three myriad race Invincibles were left in the Human Realm. While two of them had resumed their fight against humanity, one was busy talking to Zhu Tiandao. Neither of the two seemed eager to fight each other.
Chapter 1239: The Reliable Little Brother (2)
In the sky.
Grandstar was left quite speechless by what he saw.
The others might have missed it, but he saw everything. The immortal king had lost two tri-life bodies out of nowhere. The stone statue had a rough guess at what had happened. It was probably the handiwork of either that soul devourer Pseudo Emperor or his wife.
Speaking of, that female furball had left home for over three hundred years. But that little furball with Su Yu did not seem that old...
The stone statue sank into contemplation.
After a while, he tossed the matter out of his head. He had a small guess, but he didn't want to think too much about it. That race was too terrifying.
Once again, his gaze settled on Su Yu. He could see that Su Yu was using these young geniuses to temper himself as his body was still growing even in the midst of battle.
The strength of eighth-stage Sunmoon...After a while, Grandstar was able to guess something. When he looked at the Culture Tomb, he recognized something.
Suddenly, his eyes flickered as he noticed that the Culture Tomb had vanished from his vision for a split second before reappearing. Nobody else had noticed it.
Suns and moons spun in Grandstar's eyes as he rewinded the previous scene and replayed it in slow motion. After slowing down the replay countless times, he finally noticed something.
Ancient spatial beast.
Even this race was here.
And the one here was definitely no weaker than that Nan Wujiang guy. In fact, this ancient spatial beast was probably among the strongest Pseudo Invincibles in existence. Was this Hollow, third on the Dao Affirmation Ranking?
Grandstar did not take any action. He knew that the tomb belonged to Su Yu. Thus, it would be up to Su Yu to retrieve the tomb, not him.
After a while, he recalled that he wasn't here for the scenery. Neither was he here for the show. Su Yu had absorbed too much death qi. Ignoring Xing Yue's endurance, it wasn't a good idea to have too much death qi.
If a death tunnel was opened in the Human Realm, it would be a disaster of immense proportions.
"Su Yu, time for you to leave the Human Realm."
He was here to take Su Yu away. He could watch a good show some other time. There was no pressing need for him to remain. A bunch of Invincibles would probably arrive soon. He would much rather not be around for that lest he was dragged into the mess as well.
He might be strong, but if multiple determined Invincibles decided to fight him to the death, he would have a hard time as well. The Invincibles who had fallen victim to him previously were simply too weak. They had also been taken by surprise. That was why it had looked so easy.
At the thought of that, Grandstar blanked out slightly. He seemed to have...killed a tad too many tri-life bodies as of late.
Look, one of them was here. That Lade guy down below.
Yes, yes, he should leave as soon as possible. It would be annoying if his victims decided to take revenge against him.
***
Boundless void.
River of Time.
Great Han King roared furiously, "Zhou Tianyuan! Don't you understand? As long as the multiple character faction remains, humanity will never see peace. They are the source of chaos. Why are you stopping me? Are you trying to destroy humanity?"
"Back in Time."
After using the same move yet again, Junior Zhou King coughed a mouthful of blood as his aura dropped further. He coldly said, "Even if I have to die, I won't allow this, Murderous Liu Jin!"
"Bastard!"
Furious, Great Han King attacked again.
Rumbling sounds rang out unceasingly.
The chaotic battle resumed.
At the same time, numerous Pseudo Invincibles attempted their dao affirmations. Some succeeded, some died.
Nobody could deny that luck played a considerable role in dao affirmation as well.
The human Pseudo Invincibles were not the only ones being targeted. Some random Invincibles were also targeting those from the minor races. Not every Pseudo Invincible was capable of contending against Invincibles. Some had even started the attempt before getting the second carrier treasure, hoping to loot one from a dead Invincible during the attempt.
At the same time, Great Qin King and Great Xia King were joining hands to force multiple Invincibles to retreat repeatedly. It wasn't that these Invincibles were really so weak. Rather, they did not want to risk their lives in this fight.
To kill Great Xia King and Great Qin King, they had to pay the price of multiple Invincibles. And none of them wanted to be that price. Thus, they were only doing enough to keep the two human Invincibles busy.
Suddenly, an illusory figure appeared at the entrance of the Devil Realm. The figure gazed at the Allheaven Battlefield and the boundless void. When one looked at the figure, one would have a sensation that this figure had existed since time immemorial.
Finally, the illusory figure focused on Great Han King.
After some time, understanding slowly dawned on that figure. Suddenly, the sky above the Allheaven Battlefield was covered by yet another curtain of multicolored light.
This was the third time it had happened today.
The first time it happened, it was due to Liu Wushen.
The second time it happened, it was due to Zhou Polong.
And the third time it happened, it was due to Zhou Potian.
The myriad races were shocked. A single family had produced four Invincibles.
It was already shocking enough for Great Ming King to have two Invincibles in his family.
There were also two Invincibles in Great Han King's family. Unfortunately, Great Han King was making things complicated for his family.
As for Great Xia, Great Xia King was still the sole Invincible. Yes, they had people like Wan Tiansheng who were capable of fighting Invincibles without being an Invincible, but these people were ultimately not Invincibles.
And now, Great Zhou had produced two new Invincibles.
Including Junior Zhou King who had faked his death for so many years, they had four Invincibles in the family.
***
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Holy shit!
That was quick!
As he had been fleeing alongside the Zhou brothers, the two Invincibles pursuing them were now stopped by the brothers. Even as they fought, more myriad race Invincibles were approaching.
Zhou Polong shouted, "Affirm your dao!"
Why the fuck was Qin Zhen staring blankly? What a fool. He was too slow! Just look at how fast the two of them were!
Meanwhile, Qin Zhen looked at the brothers doubtfully. Something was off here. Something was very off. These two...had captured their third body long ago. They had even started fusing the three bodies prior to this without completing the process. That was how they had been able to complete their breakthroughs in such a short time.
The Zhou Family...had a lot of carrier treasures. How rich.
More importantly, even if they had started the process prior to this, their breakthroughs were still abnormally fast.
"Back in Time."
Once again, the same roar resounded throughout the Allheaven Battlefield.
And once again, Qin Zhen was stunned. Why was his advancement growing in speed out of nowhere? It almost felt like time was speeding up.
Wait. Speeding up.
Something seemed to be speeding up his flow of time, accelerating the speed of his advancement.
***
The Devil Pseudo Emperor finally realized what was happening.
He exclaimed in admiration.
He had mixed feelings about what he understood.
What a massive scheme.
And how capable of them.
Back in Time? No, that wasn't what that human was doing at all. He was accelerating time forward. He was using that ability on certain select individuals. Or to be precise, those attempting their dao affirmations. Everyone had been misled.
They all believed that time was flowing backward. But in truth, all these Invincibles were located in a small pocket where time was flowing normally. All around them, time was speeding up, giving them the illusion that time was slowing down.
People like Liu Wushen were the ones enjoying an accelerated flow of time. Junior Zhou King alone was unlikely to be capable of doing this on such a scale. He must be receiving some help.
At that thought, the Devil Pseudo Emperor's gaze settled on a certain someone.
A certain someone who wasn't really fighting that hard.
Great Zhou King.
At that exact moment, Great Zhou King turned his head and met the Devil Pseudo Emperor's gaze, as though the massive distance between them did not exist.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor sighed.
"Number one cultural researcher of humanity..."
This was the true form of the number one cultural researcher of humanity.
All those Invincibles had been covered in a unique domain by Great Zhou King. The domain did not pose them any threat. The domain wasn't even offensive in nature. It merely utilized Great Zhou King's unique characters to alter their judgment of reality.
Among those characters were most certainly one capable of dulling one's sense of crisis.
He alone had tricked so many Invincibles.
Not one of them had suspected anything when Junior Zhou King had seemingly reversed time so many times. How could time be reversed so easily?
"Withdraw."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor's voice spread throughout the Allheaven Battlefield.
Great Zhou King's eyes flickered as he sent a voice transmission at the exact same moment, "Start."
Their ruse had been seen through, but this wasn't surprising. It was simply impossible for so many experts to remain fooled forever. It would be foolish to underestimate the myriad races so much.
The myriad race Invincibles heard the Pseudo Emperor's voice. They blanked out for a split second before withdrawing en masse.
The Pseudo Emperor did not provide any explanation, but they weren't fools. Such an order would not be given without reason. The wisest choice of action was to first pull back.
At almost the same moment, a sigh rang out, followed by a deafening rumble.
The River of Time snapped and exploded.
At the same time, a large hole appeared on the realm barrier of the Human Realm.
Great Han King roared, "Follow me into the Human Realm! We shall slaughter these humans!"
With that roar, he dragged four myriad race Invincibles through that hole. The four wanted to resist, but they were too slow to move out before the realm barrier was repaired.
They were gone.
Great Han King had vanished alongside four myriad race Invincibles. The sudden explosion of the River of Time had caused a massive backlash on the myriad race Invincibles who had been trying to stabilize it, injuring them at varying degrees.
Over forty myriad race Invincibles were here. Even after losing four to Great Han King, there were still a lot of them. However, almost every single one of them had been injured as they had spared no effort in stabilizing the River of Time prior to the explosion. And it was widely known that the River of Time was extremely dangerous to meddle with.
In fact, the explosion had also dealt a considerable damage to Great Han King, to the point where his past and future bodies were starting to destabilize. Nevertheless, he had still successfully dragged four Invincibles into the Human Realm.
Great Zhou King and Junior Zhou King worked in perfect unison and attacked the same Invincible together.
The sudden attack was launched with their full strength.
Boom!
With a loud rumble, the divine Invincible they targeted lost a body. The Invincible was already injured. His sense of crisis had also been dulled. Thus, he wasn't even able to react.
His remaining bodies were just about to flee when a second body was blasted apart.
The River of Time appeared, but it snapped almost immediately and exploded alongside the final body.
Boom!
Crimson clouds unfurled across the entire Allheaven Battlefield.
Chapter 1240: The Reliable Little Brother (3)
The Divine Realm shook. Above it, an illusory silhouette dissipated into nothingness.
That was the fourth Invincible to die on the same day.
Nether, human, immortal, and divine. Each race had lost an Invincible that day.
However, humanity had also gained three new Invincibles.
No, that was not all. For some reason, Qin Zhen's speed of advancement had increased for no apparent reason. His aura started surging as he completed the process without much interference. He couldn't even understand what was happening. He had simply initiated the process...and it was completed before he knew it. Nobody even tried to stop him.
Boom!
Multicolored rays of light spread across the Allheaven Battlefield.
Only when he saw the two Zhou Kings attacking and Great Han King vanishing with four myriad race Invincibles did a certain understanding dawn on him. His jaw dropped as he stared at the Zhou brothers blankly.
Zhou Polong's expression changed as he said, "Pull back! We've been exposed!"
"..."
Qin Zhen sighed. First, they told him to run. Then, they rold him to affirm his dao. And now, they were telling him to run again.
He had been following them in confusion all day long.
Finally, he understood what was happening.
But he had to run the moment he knew the plan. Also, he was now an Invincible as well. Was dao affirmation so easy?
Wasn't that supposed to be very hard? After all, humanity had a success rate of only thirty percent in dao affirmation. Some attempts would even cause the deaths of some human Invincibles. Then again, humanity did lose Fiery Sea King this time, but that was...different.
The myriad races had lost three Invincibles while humanity had gained four Invincibles.
Why did everything feel so easy?
"Run."
Zhou Polong roared furiously. Why was Qin Zhen blanking out again? Did the dumb fool think himself strong enough to face everyone after becoming an Invincible? There were still so many myriad race Invincibles around. Was this fool thinking of fighting them to the end?
Meanwhile, the myriad race Invincibles were all blanking out as well. They were all stunned by the series of events.
Above the Devil Realm, the Devil Pseudo Emperor looked around and sighed. Humanity had gained four new Invincibles while the myriad races had lost several Invincibles with even more losing their tri-life bodies. The ones without their tri-life bodies would no longer be as fearless as before.
Even the human Invincibles were blanking out. They all looked at Great Zhou King.
Great Zhou King said, "Go. Protect Xia Longwu."
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"It's up to fate. His injuries aren't light. He can only count on himself. Sigh..."
Great Zhou King could only sigh. There was nothing they could do.
The Invincibles on humanity's side were simply too few in number. That was why Great Han King had risked injury to remove as many myriad race Invincibles he could from the battlefield.
As for whether Great Han King would be the one killing the four Invincibles or the other way around...nobody knew.
"So he's not the traitor?"
Someone exclaimed in stupefaction. Great Zhou King said nothing. Great Han King was naturally not a traitor. This whole thing was merely one big scheme.
When Great Han King jumped out to proclaim himself the traitor, the real traitor had probably been quite stunned as well. In this manner, deceit and truth were weaved together. This was a plan fifty years in the making.
Fiery Sea King's betrayal was real. Ye Batian's death was real. It was also true that Fiery Sea King had been instigated into betrayal. The betrayal of some high-ranked military officials was real. It was true that there was a second traitor who had hidden himself very well.
This was risky, but the Invincibles of humanity were left with no choice but to take such a risky path of action.
It didn't matter. Even if they still didn't know who the traitor was, humanity had gained a lot from this.
They had killed and harmed numerous myriad race Invincibles. They had even removed four additional myriad race Invincibles from the battlefield. This was already the best they could ask for.
At the thought of the unknown traitor, Great Zhou King snorted inwardly. It was within his expectation that the real traitor would have the courage to show up. In fact, he had known about Fiery Sea King long ago. He had merely been keeping Fiery Sea King around as bait. Unfortunately, the unknown traitor was unwilling to take this bait.
Even when Great Han King stole his identity, he remained silent. The divines and devils were probably aware that there was a second traitor among humanity.
But from how cautious that traitor was, it was unlikely for the divines and devils to know his identity. Great Zhou King was feeling quite regretful. Wouldn't it be great if the unknown traitor was rash enough to expose the scheme when Great Han King pretended to be the traitor?
Exposing the identity of the unknown traitor would naturally be the best result for this scheme. But the current result was still acceptable.
After this episode with Great Han King, the next time the real traitor tried to cooperate with the divines and devils, would they still dare to trust him? They would forever be wary of a second trap. They might even start doubting the existence of a traitor altogether. This doubt would continue festering in their hearts.
Naturally, Great Zhou King wouldn't say all that out loud. Instead, he announced, "Great Han King is not a traitor. Fiery Sea King is the sole traitor of humanity. We have merely been using this opportunity to sow more confusion. Today, humanity will reforge its unity. My old friends, let us stand together again."
There was still an unknown traitor. But Great Zhou King was denying the existence of that traitor. That was the only truth they could afford to embrace right now. That would remain the truth until the traitor did something to expose himself.
Back then, Fiery Sea King had been too obvious when he backstabbed Ye Batian. Because of that, everyone knew that there was a traitor Invincible among humanity. As a result, the human Invincibles had been wary of each other for decades.
It was time to bring everyone together again.
For now, Fiery Sea King would remain the sole Invincible traitor of humanity.
If the real traitor was patient enough, he would not do anything for a prolonged period of time. He would have to fall in line and act like a normal human Invincible.
The other human Invincibles were overjoyed to hear that.
So Great Han King wasn't a traitor!
Liu Wushen had nonchalantly joined the group of human Invincibles. Well, this wasn't surprising since he was now an Invincible as well. He could naturally join them.
As for the tears he shed and the desperation he showed earlier...
That was all in the past.
Everyone should forget about that.
Instead, they should remember how fast he had completed his dao affirmation.
How easy his dao affirmation had been.
And how ferocious he was during his dao affirmation.
Everyone else would need to endure the beating of enemy Invincibles while affirming their dao while he had pursued three enemy Invincibles while affirming his dao. They didn't even dare to hit back when he gave them a beating. How domineering was that?
At this point, the myriad race Invincibles finally realized that they had been tricked. Some of them roared with fury. This was intolerable.
This whole thing was a scheme!
A lie!
Damn it!
Since Great Han King had hidden a tri-life body near Fiery Sea King, they had readily believed the lie. Why would he keep a tri-life body there if he wasn't already aware of Fiery Sea King's betrayal beforehand? But the truth was that the human Invincibles were already aware of Fiery Sea King's betrayal long ago.
Damn it!
They had all been fooled!
They were furious. But at the same time, they were also rejoicing that they weren't the unfortunate soul both Zhou Kings had targeted. They were also thankful that they weren't among the four unfortunate Invincibles who had vanished with Great Han King. Sure, Great Han King might not be able to prevail over them. But they had still been brought into the Human Realm. And that was a very dangerous place to be if they weren't humans.
With yet another sigh, the Devil Pseudo Emperor ordered, "Kill the others who are still attempting to affirm their dao. Kill Xia Longwu."
Humanity had gained four new Invincibles.
This was already a big win for them.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor sank into thought. Was there...even a second traitor among humanity? He was starting to feel doubtful.
Fiery Sea? Was he the only traitor?
After this episode, would they still have the courage to work with the next human Invincible to seek cooperation with them while claiming to be the human traitor? They would all be wary that it would be yet another trap.
***
At the same time.
Silk Destroying King and the other Invincibles in the group looked at Great Qin King and Great Xia King in astonishment. "What..."
The two, who were in the middle of fighting their way out, fought their way back to protect Xia Longwu. Without any change in expression, Great Qin King said, "What do you mean what? Fiery Sea's identity has been exposed long ago. But Old Zhou insisted on making use of it. Since Wan Tiansheng has been hiding for so many years, this will be a good way for him to vent as well. On top of that, we can help some of our people affirm their dao. Why are you so surprised?"
"..."
Holy shit!
So they knew?
Great Qin King said nothing else. In truth, only a few select individuals was aware. Apart from Great Zhou King, Great Qin King, Great Xia King, Great Ming King, and Great Han King, nobody else knew.
As for their juniors, some had opted to inform their juniors while some hadn't. It was up to them if they found their juniors reliable enough to hold that knowledge. It wasn't that some didn't trust their juniors. But some of their juniors were bad at acting. Thus, these juniors were kept from the truth.
For example, the two barbaric brutes from the Qin Family. Was there a point in telling them?
Could they even act? At the same time, Great Qin King was praising Great Han King's son for his superb acting earlier. Just look at the sheer helplessness and despair he emanated earlier.
Nevertheless, he was still feeling quite regretful. Their main goal wasn't killing those myriad race Invincibles or helping more of their people reach the Invincible. Rather, they were hoping that when Great Han King proclaimed himself the traitor, the real traitor would step forth and expose him.
Alas, that did not happen.
The traitor was too patient.
But as a whole, the result was acceptable. The traitor would not dare to do anything for a period of time. Additionally, this little scheme would make it much harder for the traitor to work with the myriad races against humanity in the future.
"Old Zhou sure is good at playing dirty. I have to admit that when it comes to deceit, the cultural researchers are far better."
Great Qin King sighed with regret. Scheming wasn't something he was good at. Just look at what they gained from this little scheme. Four new human Invincibles, some dead myriad race Invincibles, and numerous dead tri-life bodies. He was quite surprised to find that those in the Human Realm had been able to kill multiple Invincibles.
Great Qin King was quite pleased with this result. With all their gains so far, even if Xia Longwu were to die at the end of it all, the loss would still be acceptable for humanity. Seemingly having sensed that thought, Great Xia King's eyes turned cold.
Was this bastard thinking of leaving when it was his son's turn to attempt dao affirmation?
Great Xia King said, "There are too many Invincibles in the Human Realm."
In his opinion, Great Han King had dragged too many enemy Invincibles away.
If he ended up killed, it would be a big blow for humanity. There wasn't a need for him to drag so many of them with him. But evidently, he was still worried about the other humans who were still in the middle of dao affirmation. Thus, he had dragged as many of them as he could with him.
Perhaps his confidence had been boosted by Zhu Tiandao's spectacular performance of killing an Invincible. Well well. It would seem like those they had left in the Human Realm were far stronger than expected, after all.
***
Meanwhile, Great Ming King was grimacing in the boundless void.
His second kid killed an Invincible?
And Great Han King had dragged four Invincibles into the Human Realm. Was that fellow thinking of having his second kid share the burden? How did his second kid even kill that Invincible? Wow. That kid sure was good at hiding his strength. Not even his old man was aware of his true strength.
Was his second kid so suspicious of everyone, to the point of hiding it from even his old man?
Nevertheless, Great Ming King was still worried. Was Great Han King really thinking of having his second kid share the burden? Was his second kid going to deal with yet another Invincible? But his second kid was still in the middle of a battle with an Invincible.
For many, it was reasonable to assume that since he could kill one, he would be more than capable of keeping two occupied.
With the powerful Zhu Tiandao around, they didn't need to worry about having one or two enemy Invincibles around.
***
Zhu Tiandao, who was looking at the collapsing River of Time and the five newcomers in the Human Realm, suddenly felt his heart palpitating.
What?
Why was his heart palpitating?
Chapter 1241: It's Up To Su Yu (1)
Human Realm.
The aura of Invincibles descended upon everyone as five Invincibles had appeared out of nowhere.
One of the newly arrived myriad race Invincibles shouted, "Mohe, Tian Dang, finish your fight immediately. Assist us with Liu Jin!"
Damn it!
What a liar!
They had been trying so hard to help him earlier, but this whole thing was a lie!
Great Han King might be strong, but he wasn't so strong that he couldn't be defeated. The destruction of the River of Time had injured him significantly as well. The four of them had been injured as well, but their injuries were far lighter than Great Han King's.
Had Great Han King lost his mind? Why did he drag the four of them here when he was already so heavily injured? Then again, they understood that he wouldn't have dragged them here if he did not have a plan to deal with them.
Sure enough, Great Han King's voice rang out, "Tiandao, kill Mohe and assist me with these bastards."
"..."
Silence descended.
When Zhu Tiandao's gaze landed on Devil King Lade, the devil king hurriedly withdrew. With complete indifference, he said, "Is a devil king so easy to kill? How annoying."
"..."
Inwardly, he was going mad.
Holy shit!
Was Great Han King crazy?
He had merely killed the immortal king by sheer luck, not through his own strength. Was the damn Great Han King trying to kill him?
Then again, he had indeed killed that immortal king without much effort. It was reasonable for others to expect more from him. Everyone believed that instead of Zhu Tianfang, Zhu Diyuan was the one from the Zhu Family who had hidden his strength the most.
Some were even starting to conclude that he was much stronger than even the likes of Ye Batian. The number two son of the Zhu Family was too good at hiding his strength. What a terrifying man.
Great Han King had not done this as a gamble. Rather, things in the Allheaven Battlefield were still very dangerous for humanity. Since the second child of Old Zhu was so capable, it was only natural for him to make full use of Zhu Number Two's strength.
In any case, all the human combatants were fighting opponents of superior numbers or superior cultivation levels. Zhu Tiandao would be fine.
Meanwhile, Devil King Lade was staring at Zhu Tiandao solemnly. Things were getting dangerous.
***
The battle in the ruin was slowing down.
As more and more people died, only the strong were left. With so many Invincibles fighting in the area, these people were now focused on preserving their lives from stray attacks rather than fighting. The number of opponents Su Yu faced had also dropped drastically. Most of them were getting ready to start plundering the ruin.
As for Su Yu, he ignored the stone statue's urge to leave. He was not done here. Why would he leave?
He even chimed in and shouted at Zhu Tiandao, "Prefect, kill that guy! He shall serve as the offering for your coming advancement!"
Old Zhu was too strong.
In that case, Old Zhu should kill that devil king before assisting Great Han King. By now, everyone was already aware that Great Han King had not betrayed humanity. This whole thing was merely a scheme.
But he had dragged a tad bit too many Invincibles with him into the Human Realm. That was more than he could handle.
And everyone else was already in a bitter battle. Zhu Tiandao was the only one who still seemed rather leisurely. He should stop wasting time and kill the devil king before dealing with the new arrivals.
In fact, one of the new arrivals, a divine king, was flying toward Zhu Tiandao unprompted. While flying, he shouted, "Mohe, we'll kill him together!"
Zhu Tiandao was too terrifying for Mohe to handle alone. Thus, the divine king had decided to join hands against Zhu Tiandao.
Zhu Tiandao grimaced. Stop messing around!
Mohe alone was already enough to kill him! Why was a second Invincible coming his way? Were they going to make a meal out of him after killing him? And that damn Su Yu! Why the fuck was the damn kid urging him to fight as well?
Su Yu was not the only one doing so. Marquis Xia also shouted, "Zhu Number Two, kill them!"
"Prefect, you sure are good at hiding your strength. The time for you to showcase your real might has arrived. Deal with them, Prefect."
Niu Baidao was very impressed at how much fate loved the Zhu Family. This was too enviable. As the Yellow Department head, Zhu Tianfang had affirmed his dao long ago. Meanwhile, Zhu Tiandao had hidden his strength deeply, easily killing an immortal king the moment he showed his real strength. He was even strong enough to face two Invincibles without being an Invincible himself. Just look at how solemn the two Invincibles facing him were.
Niu Baidao finally understood why Zhu Dizhu was the one to get the ruin back then instead of him. He was simply unloved by fate. Fortune had never smiled upon him.
Just look at the Zhu Family. That was a family of freaks. Zhu Tiandao could already be seen as an Invincible. In a way, one could say that the Zhu Family was also a family with three Invincibles. The Zhou Family was probably the only human family capable of contending against them.
Sure, the Xia Family was also filled with experts capable of contending against Invincibles. But very few of them had the ability to actually kill Invincibles. That was no easy feat. Even the likes of Nan Wujiang and First Divine couldn't do something like that.
Yes, Wan Tiansheng was strong. But he might as well be a cripple after losing so many of his characters. Out of the twenty-four characters he had, only six were left.
Wan Tiansheng was too busy to spare any attention to Zhu Tiandao. It wasn't like there was any need for him to worry about Zhu Tiandao. As someone capable of killing Invincibles as well, he knew full well how difficult that was. He was confident in Zhu Tiandao's ability to keep two Invincibles occupied.
As he thought about all that had happened, he couldn't help sighing. Even after so many years of scheming, he had still been fooled. He was not the only one doing the scheming. Everyone else was scheming as well.
While he was hiding his strength and biding his time, Great Zhou King and the others were doing the same.
Ye Batian's death was probably the start of all these schemes.
They had started investigating, scheming, and waiting since Ye Batian's death fifty-one years ago.
Fiery Sea would probably still die even without him here.
If he hadn't killed Fiery Sea, Zhang Qi, who was actually Great Han King's tri-life body, would have made a move as well. But if that had happened, things would have developed differently. It was clear these Invincibles had prepared multiple contingency plans to deal with any surprises.
While he was suspecting these Invincibles, they were suspecting him as well. Thus, everyone was holding something back. How many people were aware of Great Han King's deception before it happened? In any case, Wan Tiansheng was not one of them.
That made it obvious that he was also one of the suspects. His real strength was not completely unknown, and his loss of a tri-life body in the past was also known to a small number of people. It wasn't surprising for some to suspect him.
After all, he was strong enough, not an Invincible, and close enough to Ye Batian. Stealing Ye Batian's research data, killing Ye Batian, challenging Fiery Sea King disguised as Ye Batian before humiliating Fiery Sea King...
He was probably the person best-positioned to do all that. Both he and Ye Batian were non-Invincibles as strong as Invincibles. Both also came from the same faction. Taking all that into consideration, he was actually the biggest suspect.
At that realization, Wan Tiansheng laughed in a self-mocking manner.
True. Even he would suspect himself.
Even though he had killed Fiery Sea, it was reasonable for some to suspect that he had done so to silence a potential witness. He sighed and said nothing. As for the Invincibles around him, he was too weakened to handle any additional Invincibles. It was up to the others to deal with these enemy Invincibles.
Nevertheless, he had still been able to recover a small portion of his strength. As he scanned the battlefield, he shot toward Lan Tian. There, Lan Tian was losing against Lade. Nobody had bothered to help him even when it was obvious he was at his limits.
In a way, he did it to himself by opting to affirm his dao in such a bizarre manner in the middle of a battle. Was there even a hope of success when he was affirming his dao in such a manner?
***
Everyone was looking forward to witnessing Zhu Tiandao demonstrate his prowess.
They were waiting to see him take on two Invincibles all by himself.
Meanwhile, Zhu Tiandao was losing his mind. He had zero chance of succeeding. This was not something he could handle.
Could anyone save him? Anyone!
This was not a joke. After killing him, the two Invincibles would be able to completely alter the shaky balance here. With their help, the other Invincibles would be free of their opponents one after another.
After killing all the top human combatants, the entire Human Realm would be at risk. Great Han King would die. All of them would die. The entire human race would be at risk. Zhu Tiandao had never expected something like this to happen. How could Great Han King entrust this task to him? What the fuck was this? Now, the fate of humanity rested on him.
"Is he stupid? What an idiot! This is a big mistake!"
He kept shouting inwardly, hoping that Great Han King would sense his thoughts, "Great Han King! Stop messing around! This is not a joke! That kill earlier was an accident! That guy lost both his tri-life bodies outside the Human Realm! It had nothing to do with me!" Latest content publıshed on N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
The risk was too big. At his defeat, the entire Human Realm would be at risk. How did he turn himself into the one to determine the fate of humanity by simply killing a dying immortal king?
Meanwhile, Great Han King was busy fighting the three Invincibles. Due to his injuries, he was having a hard time against them. He was placing his hope on Zhu Tiandao or anyone else to complete their dao affirmation and lend him a hand.
At the very least, they had to last until these Invincibles decided it was time for them to withdraw. That would happen after Xia Longwu's dao affirmation. Regardless of the result, the human Invincibles would return. The myriad race Invincibles would be forced to withdraw unless they were prepared to fight to their death. And Xia Longwu's dao affirmation might be a long process.
Accelerating Xia Longwu's dao affirmation was not an option. He was too strong, and there were too many eyes on him. The same trick that had worked for the Zhou brothers wouldn't work for him.
In truth, those fighting in the Human Realm had performed incredibly well. They had removed a considerable number of enemy Invincibles from the battlefield, such as those killed, those tied up in battles, and those supporting the young geniuses across realms.
Despite his injuries, Great Han King still fought valiantly. After all, his strength character was still very powerful. He was not as tricky an opponent as a regular cultural researcher, but he was very powerful in terms of combat.
Against three Invincibles, he did not have the upper hand. Nevertheless, he was still putting up a fight, however difficult it was. In fact, he had not dragged four Invincibles over for no reason. He did it because he had the confidence to deal with three of them.
Soon, his senses detected something. Zhu Tiandao was an expert as well. They weren't even that far away from each other. Thus, he was able to sense Zhu Tiandao's thoughts, especially when those thoughts concerned him and Zhu Tiandao was thinking so hard.
He wasn't able to pick up much. He could only feel Zhu Tiandao's irritation, helplessness, and despair.
Great Han King's heart skipped a beat. Did Zhu Tiandao injure himself heavily from his previous fight? Or was there some other reason for this? Whatever it was, he had to hang in there or things would get really bad.
Chapter 1242: It's Up To Su Yu (2)
At that point, the divine king was already near Zhu Tiandao.
He was circling Zhu Tiandao alongside Mohe.
As for Zhu Tiandao, he maintained an indifferent smile on his face as he said, "You're overestimating me. I'm not Ye Batian. You really don't need two Invincibles to deal with me."
He grinned and continued, "May I propose an alternative? You will leave me alone while I'm affirming my dao and I'll not make things difficult for you. What do you think?"
Inwardly, he was greatly rejoicing that he wasn't facing a blood fire devil here. Otherwise, the battle would have started immediately and everything would be over.
The divine king said, "How much of your strength do you still have? I refuse to believe that you are perfectly fine even after killing Immortal King Qimu."
He was sure Zhu Tiandao had paid a considerable price to kill the immortal king. Then again, he did not completely discard the possibility of someone capable of killing one to be able to kill another one.
Wan Tiansheng was one such example. When he killed Nether River King, everyone doubted his ability to kill a second Invincible. Yet reality proved that if it wasn't for Fiery Sea King's timely appearance, Lade would have died.
Only after killing Fiery Sea King did Wan Tiansheng lose the ability to kill more Invincibles. As far as the divine king was concerned, he could never be too wary when dealing with these cunning humans.
Zhu Tiandao smiled and said, "Yes, that was quite a tiring fight. Don't worry. Unless I really want to lose my combat strength for the rest of the day, I won't be able to kill another Invincible."
In other words, he could still kill one if he tried hard enough. So who among the two wanted to be the lucky one?
***
In the sky.
Grandstar had the urge to roar with laughter. He reckoned Zhu Tiandao was probably pissing himself inwardly.
The humans were dangerously close to total disaster. A single mistake would probably lead to the death of every single human expert present.
"Su Yu, time for you to leave. What are you waiting for? If you wait any longer, you might not be able to leave anymore."
"Lord Stone Statue, please give me more time. I'll keep these people busy and leave when Great Han King or Prefect Zhu defeats their opponents."
"Defeating their opponents?"
And how was that going to happen? Grandstar rolled his eyes. That was not happening. Was Zhu Tiandao supposed to defeat the two Invincibles? Was this a joke? No matter what, Zhu Tiandao was merely putting up an act. Sooner or later, the two Invincibles would test him. And the moment that happened...everything would be over.
"You can't wait. Zhu Tiandao got lucky earlier. He didn't kill that immortal king through his own strength. That was a free kill. All he did was blast a greatly weakened future body apart. He won't be able to handle his current opponents."
Su Yu blanked.
With a rumble, he was sent flying and coughing blood yet again by Zhan Wushuang's punch. Furious, he spun around and threw hundreds of punches at Zhan Wushuang, forcing Zhan Wushuang to cough blood as well. Naturally, that gave the other young geniuses the opportunity to land more attacks on him as well.
While gasping for breath, Zhan Wushuang said, "Su Yu, further fight won't benefit any of us. Why don't we split the ruin among us?"
"No thanks. I love fighting."
While fighting the young geniuses madly, Su Yu cursed inwardly. What? So Old Zhu was merely acting? He was a fake super expert?
Holy shit!
Was he tired of living? For the sake of his face, Old Zhu insisted on lying to everyone. And what did he get from that? An express ticket to death.
If Zhu Tiandao knew what Su Yu was thinking, he would probably protest indignantly. How was it his fault? He had never intended to lie! What nonsense! Was he supposed to tell everyone that the immortal king had died by suicide?
This was troublesome. Prior to this, they were left with three Invincibles to deal with. But Great Han King had brought four more Invincibles into the Human Realm. Meanwhile, Zhu Tianfang was still being obstructed from summoning his tri-life bodies over.
Strictly speaking, Great Han King was the sole human Invincible in the Human Realm at the moment. Was he supposed to deal with seven enemy Invincibles alone? If he was really so strong, he would have ascended to the position of number one human Invincible long ago.
Anxious, Su Yu hurriedly said, "Lord, can you lend humanity your assistance? I am your most capable and faithful subordinate. If humanity ends up destroyed, I—"
"No. A guardian can't interfere in these affairs. The laws of the Myriad Realms forbid our participation. Laws. Do you understand? You can't go against them. If we start breaking the laws left and right, things will get a lot more troublesome. For example, the death sovereigns will be able to move in and out of the death tunnels freely..."
Laws?
Su Yu cursed inwardly before saying, "Lord, I'm your mayor. When these people are beating me up, it's like they're beating you up. If you can act in the city, you must be able to act here as well, right?"
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Grandstar glanced at the young geniuses. He could do that...but it would create a small trouble for him. However, it was no big deal.
"No. When those Invincibles attack me, can you beat them to death for me?"
"..."
Grandstar had a very strong feeling that Su Yu was asking for a mile after receiving an inch from him.
No way!
He was no hired thug!
"Nope."
He refused.
"Lord, please help me with this. Or I'll die. With me dead, you will be stuck in the city again. You won't be able to find anyone better to share your burden. Do you want to remain a still statue your whole life?"
Yes. Su Yu had seen through the stone statue long ago. The stone statue loved having fun outside the city. But that wouldn't be possible without him.
Su Yu hurriedly continued, "Lord, things are very dangerous. Please help me!"
He could only rely on the stone statue.
"I can't. The thirty-six guardians can't interfere in these matters. Also, do you think that the guardians are untouchable? We only seem so since there are no conflicts of interest between us and the myriad races. But if the moment their interests conflict against ours, things will change. They will start targeting us. And we can't afford to die."
After some hesitation, Grandstar refused the request yet again. He couldn't. This was especially true in a situation like this where his interference might completely reverse the tide of battle. Even the thirty-six guardians would have a hard time dealing with the myriad races as a whole.
The thirty-six statues had their own important mission. They couldn't afford to get involved in these struggles. The combined strength of the divines, devils, and immortals was stronger than theirs. Like humanity, they could probably deal with one of these major races at a time, but not all of them together.
Su Yu was disappointed to hear the answer. Slowly, despair seeped in.
Just moments ago, he was still in a great mood. Great Han King wasn't a traitor. Zhu Tiandao was a super expert capable of killing Invincibles. But this illusion had been shattered.
People were still unaware that Old Zhu was putting up an act, but the lie couldn't be maintained for long.
Su Yu could almost imagine the desperation and helplessness Old Zhu must be feeling right now. The moment Old Zhu's act was exposed, he would be the first to die. Great Han King would be next. With the top experts dead, the others would be no match for these myriad race Invincibles.
The stone statue was very strong. This was the sole variable that could change things. But the stone statue was refusing to act. He couldn't act without reason and provoke the enmity of the myriad races.
Su Yu knew that he shouldn't bother the stone statue about this, but the stone statue was the only hope he could see...
Suddenly, a different thought came to him. He gnashed his teeth as he hesitated. Inside his sea of willpower, the little furball licked a character helplessly. Yummy was thinking of pinching him to death again. He could feel it.
Yes.
That was Su Yu's new idea.
With a helpless and dejected tone, he sent the little furball a voice transmission, "My apologies. This is the only thing I can do. I need to lure your dada here. Perhaps his arrival will change things enough that humanity can find a small chance to navigate away from this disaster..."
He then sent the stone statue a voice transmission, "Thank you for everything, Lord Stone Statue. I know I am in no position to ask for any help from you. I understand. You should leave now. Things might get very dangerous here in moments."
Danger?
The stone statue looked at Su Yu. Soon, his gaze settled on the little furball in Su Yu's sea of willpower. That furball had the expression of someone about to heroically sacrifice himself... The stone statue blanked out.
What?
He was confused. But soon, understanding dawned on him.
He saw it. No, he could feel it. Su Yu was about to...holy shit!
No way.
Holy shit!
No, no, no, no! Not long ago, the big furball had asked him to watch over the little furball. Holy shit! Was Su Yu thinking of killing the little furball?
What madness was this?
The Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor was not the only one he had to worry about. They might even have an old empress no weaker than a Pseudo Emperor. And the little furball could very well be their sole descendant. Grandstar could imagine just how hard it had been for them to produce this single little fellow.
If the little furball were to die right before him...in the hands of his mayor...when the Pseudo Emperor had told him to take care of the little furball before hand...things could be really bad. The soul devourers were no kind souls. If they were, they wouldn't be running around consuming others.
They merely looked adorable. Beneath that adorable exterior were casual bloodthirst and callous disregard for the life of others.
If their sole descendant were to die under his watch, all thirty-six guardians would suffer for it.
"Wait." The stone statue hurriedly said, "Be patient. Fear not. You're my mayor. As the guardian, I am obligated to protect the honor of my mayor!"
Su Yu, who was on the verge of pinching the little furball before going out with a bang, blanked out. Did the stone statue change his mind?
Up in the sky, Grandstar felt like he would be sweating profusely if it wasn't for the fact that he was a stone statue. The old Pseudo Emperor lived right outside the Human Realm. He even had an unknown entrance he could use to enter the Human Realm.
Sure, it wasn't likely that the two soul devourers would be able to eliminate all thirty-six stone statues. His big brother alone would be able to put up a very good fight against the soul devourers.
With assistance, his big brother could even prevail. But...why go through that trouble? At the very least, they could be considered allies of sorts instead of foes.
Su Yu could very well change the nature of their relationship. Grandstar felt very helpless. He was only here to enjoy the show before taking his mayor away. Why must his mayor get involved in this? He could feel a headache coming.
"Su Yu, it still isn't a good idea for me to act in the Human Realm..."
Su Yu's tiny bit of hope was extinguished yet again.
"But you can lure them out of the Human Realm. If they attack you in the Allheaven Battlefield, I'll act."
Su Yu's helplessness did not disminish. That wouldn't work. Firstly, the Invincibles might not care enough to give chase. Secondly, the distance he needed to travel was too big. The Allheaven Prefecture was so far away.
The stone statue was also considering this problem. He said, "That First Yellow is an expert in teleportation. I'll give you the coordinate of a place. Get him to teleport or take you there while the Eternals are going after you. When you reach that place, I'll be able to help." "I absolutely can't do anything here. That might create an even bigger problem that will affect more than the two of us."
What problem was Grandstar talking about?
A death tunnel.
That would be disastrous.
While Su Yu was deep in thought, the stone statue added, "Zhu Tiandao is facing a divine king and a devil king. Just kill a few young geniuses before fleeing with the Culture Tomb. It is very likely that they will give chase."
Instantly, understanding dawned on Su Yu.
Right!
No. Something wasn't right.
First Yellow?
Expert in teleportation?
Was that guy really so impressive?
At that thought, he looked toward First Yellow. At the moment, First Yellow and Yellow Nine were roaming the area while keeping some distance between them and Su Yu. They were nowhere near the center of the ruin. They were keeping a very low profile. They hadn't even gotten into a fight with anyone.
Since even the stone statue was calling this guy an expert, Su Yu would not question his capability.
"Lord, will he agree to help me?"
"Think of a way to convince him. If you must, you can catch Yellow Nine and force him to do it. He seems to place a lot of importance on Yellow Nine. I can't act here as that can catch unwanted attention too easily. The coordinate I gave you is nowhere near the Allheaven Prefecture or any of the known realm entrances. The myriad race Eternals won't suspect anything."
Understanding dawned on Su Yu. He was surprised. So there was another unknown realm entrance somewhere out there? Then again, that was probably the realm entrance the stone statue had used to enter.
Fine. He decided to spare the furball.
Inside the sea of willpower, the little furball had a look of grim determination on his face as he prepared to swallow several characters as his last meal. Since he was going to die soon, it should be fine for him to eat some of these characters, right?
In fact, the little furball had licked the tribulation character so much the entire character looked glossy. He had planned an entire course meal for himself. First, he would eat the tribulation character. Then, he would eat the fire character, the fire of inheritance instead of the other fire. Next, he would eat the newly formed culture character, followed by the calm character. And finally, he would go to the depths of the sea of willpower and give the yummiest book of all a good lick.
Even if he couldn't eat that yummy book, he must give that thing a lick before dying. He refused to die a hungry ball!
Just as he opened his mouth wide to take his first bite, Su Yu's voice rang out, "What are you doing? Stop! You're going to lick that character clean at this rate!"
Su Yu shook his head disapprovingly.
Why did this ball spend all his time licking characters instead of doing something productive?