Chapter 1256: Bloodline Transfer (1)
Grandstar City.
When Su Yu landed in front of the stone statue, he turned his head to look in Xia Longwu's direction again.
How foolish.
That was what Su Yu was mumbling under his breath. He and many others had fought so hard in Great Xia only to reduce the number of enemies Xia Longwu might face. Despite their efforts, Xia Longwu had chosen to delay his dao affirmation.
Like what so many were doing to buy time for him, he was doing the same, keeping as many Invincibles occupied to give the others a better chance at dao affirmation.
Xia Longwu was supposed to be cold and overbearing. However, Su Yu could see that the ruthless prefect was doing his best to buy time for others. If he had attempted to complete his dao affirmation in earnest when the battle in the Human Realm was still raging, he could have succeeded. But he waited and kept numerous Invincibles occupied. At this point, the other battles were coming to an end. He alone was left, with the promise of certain doom for himself.
The Xia Family had produced the fake ruin and started the entire plan for the sake of buying time for Xia Longwu. When Su Yu took the Culture Tomb out, Wan Tiansheng did not stop him either. Despite knowing how important the Culture Tomb was, Wan Tiansheng had allowed it. Clearly, he wanted to attract as many Invincibles as possible to reduce the pressure on Xia Longwu.
However, Xia Longwu had decided to not complete his dao affirmation when he had the opportunity. Su Yu was unaware of Xia Longwu's hidden card. If he knew, he would feel even more strongly that Xia Longwu was a fool.
If Xia Longwu had summoned the nine ancient cities right when the battle was raging in the Human Realm, he would have had a very high chance of succeeding. But he had not done so.
Some people would always be silent about their sacrifice.
Such as Wan Tiansheng. Such as Xia Longwu.
After slaughtering so many Mountainseas and Sunmoons, Wan Tiansheng had turned himself into a demon. He did not try to explain himself. The majority of people were unaware of the truth. These people would not take kindly to his actions.
Meanwhile, Xia Longwu was striving hard to buy time for the others. He did it without telling anyone about it. Some might believe that his dao affirmation was really taking so long. But that would be wrong. He was merely buying time.
People like Xia Longwu and Wan Tiansheng cared not for the opinions of others. They did not care for the gratitude of others.
"He's finished." When Grandstar noticed what Su Yu was looking at, he said, "Surrounded by over a hundred Eternals. This is probably the first in many years. Even if he has more arrangements, and even if he has some agreements with a few holy city mayors, he won't make it."
Su Yu bowed at the stone statue and held his hands out.
Grandstar stared at Su Yu silently.
"Lord!"
Su Yu still remembered Wan Tiansheng's words. The principal had advised him to not involve the stone statue with Xia Longwu's affair. This would not benefit him one bit, and the favor of the stone statue was too valuable to be used on others.
Su Yu understood that. But...he was still someone from Great Xia. He was born there. He had grown up there. Xia Longwu was his childhood hero. His father was a soldier under Xia Longwu's command.
Martial Dragon Guard, Xia Longwu, Martial Dragon War Academy...
In Great Xia, Xia Longwu was a legend. He was everything. Even when Su Yu fled Great Xia at eighteen, he never blamed the prefect for anything.
Xia Longwu, the person who had built his own legend through decades of slaughter in the Allheaven Battlefield. He was the faith of Great Xia.
He was the religion of millions upon millions of people in Great Xia. This was the first prefect to reach the same level of popularity as a founding king.
In many prefectures, the people only knew their founding king, not their prefect. In Great Xia, the people could remain confident even when the founding king was absent for a hundred years. All because of Xia Longwu.
Grandstar knew what Su Yu was pleading for. He calmly said, "The guardians of the holy cities do not involve ourselves in these conflicts. When I helped you against three Eternals previously, I was already skirting the laws. The guardians have an even more important mission. If I interfere more, I might attract the hostility of the myriad races. The holy cities are not unrivaled."
Su Yu nodded, "I know the difficult position you're in. I understand the risk you took for me. I am grateful. But I only have a question for you, Lord."
"What is it?"
"Can we lure some death sovereigns out?" Su Yu asked, "For example, Death Sovereign Xing Yue. The death sovereigns are Invincibles as well. If they can help, perhaps Prefect Xia will have a higher chance of succeeding. If these death sovereigns are killed, will Pseudo Emperor death spirits appear?"
Grandstar said nothing. What a...crazy kid. Right at that moment, the tunnel beneath the city shook. Even Grandstar could feel the heavy pressure coming from the tunnel.
A death sovereign spoke from within the tunnel, "Su Yu, why don't you give it a try?"
"..."
Well, that was awkward.
Su Yu looked at Grandstar questioningly. Why was the death sovereign here?
Grandstar remained silent. Xing Yue had never left.
In fact, Xing Yue had been waiting here for quite a while. She had been here since Su Yu started madly absorbing her death qi. And clearly, she had heard Su Yu's words.
Xing Yue asked furiously, "Su Yu, what are you doing? Why are you absorbing so much death qi?"
Su Yu couldn't see the death sovereign, but he could hear the voice.
Inwardly, he was cursing.
But he schooled his face into a smile as he said, "That's my secret life-preservation method. Your death qi was too powerful so I had no choice but to think of a way to deal with your death qi."
Nonsense!
Xing Yue was furious. Her death qi was too powerful?
He was doing this to preserve his life?
Absolute bullshit!
Su Yu wasn't in the mood to keep arguing with the death sovereign. Instead, he asked, "Lord Grandstar, can I move the city near Xia Longwu during his dao affirmation and offer him shelter in the city when he encounters danger?"
Grandstar said, "If you wish to move the city, you can do it within the Allheaven Battlefield if you can bear the additional burden. The city will not prevent anyone from entering the city. But when affirming one's dao, one will consume a large amount of energy from one's environment. If he enters the city, the death qi might kill him and even turn him into a death spirit."
Su Yu asked, "If the myriad race Invincibles attempt to attack the city after he enters the city..."
Grandstar said, "We can act as long as it's within the bounds of our laws. Attacking the city is the same as a provocation to us. But if you're the one to attack first, you won't have our protection."
A realization dawned on Su Yu. If he attacked first, he would not have any protection. But if he was attacked first, the stone statue would help. Once again, he recalled Wan Tiansheng's words. He shouldn't reveal all his trump cards. He shouldn't exhaust the stone statue's favor for the sake of others. Grandstar had voiced his unwillingness to participate in this conflict multiple times. He shouldn't push, not when it would mostly benefit someone else and not him.
Su Yu sighed. Let him...be stubborn one more time.
Xia Longwu...
His childhood hero. He could not stay idle when his childhood hero was risking death.
"Thank you, Lord!"
After thanking the stone statue, Su Yu turned and walked away.
Grandstar watched silently.
In the tunnel, Xing Yue said, "That guy...did you feel it? He has been consuming my death qi nonstop! Until now! What is he doing?"
Grandstar replied, "Perhaps it's the heaven acupoint." Updates are released by novel✦fire.net
"Impossible!"
Xing Yue denied in shock, "Heaven acupoint...how is that possible? Isn't that...a mere myth?"
Grandstar didn't deign to give a reply. Was it impossible just because someone said that it was impossible? So what if it was the heaven acupoint?
Ultimately, he still added an explanation, "It might be incomplete. He can only absorb without the ability to stop the absorption. It is said that the heaven acupoint is the strongest acupoint in existence. Some had opened it during the ancient past."
After a long silence, Xing Yue said, "There is a limit to the heaven acupoint's capacity. I refuse to believe a mere Cloudbreach like him can drain me completely."
What a joke.
The death qi she produced naturally was much higher in amount than what the kid could absorb from her. The kid's absorption speed was only comparable to that of a Sunmoon while she was an Invincible! As far as she was concerned, she had merely obtained a parasite at the level of a Sunmoon.
It was quite annoying that this parasite was absorbing her death qi so hard. Any other mayor would try their best to resist the death qi, not take in more death qi. Any other death sovereign would have to forcefully send death qi to their mayors. Meanwhile, it was the other way around for her.
"Even a heaven acupoint will have a limit!"
Xing Yue declared coldly.
There was a limit to everything. Since the damn kid was trying to play this game, she would gladly fill him with enough death qi to burst him apart!
Grandstar said nothing. That was an issue between Xing Yue and Su Yu. He was quite surprised to see that Su Yu had opened the heaven acupoint, even if it was still incomplete.
Then again, Su Yu was also someone who had opened the grand cycle acupoints. He also had the ability to reverse death qi into source qi. It really shouldn't be so surprising that he could do more.
Limit...Grandstar had never opened the heaven acupoint himself. He was unsure if there was a limit to that acupoint.
Chapter 1257: Bloodline Transfer (2)
Sea of Stars.
Xia Longwu was still waiting.
Finally, a myriad race Invincible said, "He's dragging this out! Xia Longwu, what's the point? Do you think more people will affirm their dao?"
Someone else said "Send more people over. Kill anyone attempting to affirm their dao. Xia Longwu, you might yet survive if you give up now. Otherwise, we will start attacking."
They were unwilling to give him more time.
Xia Longwu looked at them, inhaled, and said, "What's the rush? If you send more people away, will you have the numbers to kill me? Be careful lest you fail to stop my dao affirmation. When I complete my dao affirmation, I will kill all of you."
He appeared perfectly calm as he made that declaration. Yet his calmness caused everyone to shiver. He was definitely capable of doing something like that.
Finally, a devil Invincible lost patience and urged, "Attack!"
What was the point of waiting?
Were they supposed to attack after he completed his dao affirmation?
In truth, it wasn't that they didn't want to attack. Rather, some were fearful of the humanity. What if the human Invincibles decided to fight to the death? They were especially wary of people like Great Xia King.
At that moment, someone else arrived. His crimson hair fluttered in the air as his devilish aura spread out around him.
Numerous expressions changed upon his arrival.
"Blood Fire Devil King!"
The leader of the blood fire devil race. This was the most violent and combative race of the devils. And the person who had arrived was not a regular Invincible from this race. Rather, it was the leader of the race. In fact, he was strong enough to be the Pseudo Emperor of the blood fire devils if they were to become independent from the greater devil race.
He said, "Qin Guang or Xia Wushen. Are either of you interested in a fight?"
Great Xia King replied coldly, "Since you wish to die, I'll oblige."
Instantly, the two vanished into an alternate dimension.
Great Xia King had no choice but to do this.
The Blood Fire Devil King was too strong. Apart from Great Xia King, Great Qin King, and Great Zhou King, very few people could deal with him. But since they were all here to protect Great Xia King's grandson, he had no choice but to step forth when a truly dangerous enemy arrived.
Quite a lot of myriad race Invincibles were relieved to see Great Xia King gone. In fact, he was the one they feared most here. After all, they were here for his grandson. He was the most likely human Invincible to start going crazy.
Next, a divine king and an immortal king arrived.
"Lightning Divine King."
"Ninth Heaven Immortal King."
With their arrival, numerous people braced themselves. The battle was finally going to start.
Unsurprisingly, Great Qin King sighed and stepped forth. He said, "Since even the two of you are here, let's spend some time together."
The two newcomers did not bother to say anything. This was why they were here.
Great Qin King and Great Xia King.
Spear of Qin and blade of Xia. The two had gained their fame through slaughter. With them around, everyone would be wary. They knew that they could win with their superior numbers, but nobody wanted to be the unlucky individuals to die during the battle. And now, the two had finally been removed.
The myriad race Invincibles exhaled in relief. With the two out of the picture, they started stirring. Before they could attack, yet another Invincible arrived.
"Celestial Wing Divine King."
The divine king looked at Great Ming King and said, "Come on, Great Ming King. Let's have a spar."
"Do you think I'm scared of you?"
The two vanished with a flicker.
Shortly after, three more Invincibles arrived. These were slightly weaker than the few who had arrived before them. One of them said, "Great Zhou King, you should settle with your current gains. Your Zhou Family has gained two new Eternals. Why are you involving yourself in this? Come on. You'll be fighting us."
Great Zhou King said nothing. He looked around before stepping forth and vanishing alongside the three Invincibles. Seeing the powerful human Invincibles leaving one after another, the myriad race Invincibles started growing excited.
Those were the human Invincibles whose ability to kill other Invincibles was not in doubt. They were also the greatest deterrent to the myriad race Invincibles from doing anything.
With them gone, the myriad race Invincibles had nothing to fear anymore. One of them said, "Split the battlefield."
With that, the area was split into segments of alternate dimensions. One human Invincible after another was forced into the alternate dimensions to do battle. They had no choice as fighting directly out there would reduce the probability of Xia Longwu succeeding to zero.
Before long, only a few human Invincibles were left around Xia Longwu. Meanwhile, they were faced with over thirty myriad race Invincibles.
With a sigh, Xia Longwu said, "Seniors, just leave."
They would die if they remained. There were too many enemies for them to handle.
One of the remaining Invincibles was Heavenly Forge King. He looked around helplessly. This was hopeless. Nevertheless, he was unwilling to leave. He looked at the myriad race Invincibles coldly and said, "Bring it on. Let's take a tour of the void."
Then, about seven or eight myriad race Invincibles vanished alongside the remaining human Invincibles.
"Xia Longwu!"
The remaining myriad race Invincibles started laughing.
"Are you going to keep struggling?"
There were still over twenty Invincibles around him. Clearly, they were taking this very seriously. The same Invincible who had spoken laughed and threw a fist. As far as he was concerned, Xia Longwu was already dead.
All of a sudden, the clouds above them churned while space started twisting and warping, alarming numerous people. Next, one ancient city after another appeared.
There were nine of them.
An Invincible questioned in fury, "Are the ancient cities getting involved in this?"
Every one of the thirty-six guardians was an ancient Invincible. With their aid, Xia Longwu would almost be guaranteed to succeed.
At that question, a silhouette appeared above one of the cities and said, "The ancient cities are not involved. But we will be involving ourselves in our personal capacities as Xia Longwu's friends."
All nine mayors appeared above the cities.
Clad in his white robes, Mayor Tian He smiled as he looked around. But next, he sighed and said, "Brother Longwu...this is...very challenging."
There were over twenty Invincibles present.
Was this a joke?
When they agreed on the plan, they had never expected that they would need to face so many enemies. Almost all the human Invincibles had helped as well, keeping a considerable number of enemies occupied. However, there were still too many enemies left.
As ancient city mayors, they were either ninth-stage Sunmoons or Pseudo Invincibles. How were they supposed to handle so many Invincibles? Were they supposed to just throw their lives away? The nine mayors felt exceedingly helpless.
With nine ancient cities forming a circle around Xia Longwu, the myriad race Invincibles grew wary. At that moment, the sky warped as a loud voice rang out.
"Are the guardians...getting involved in this?" Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novelfire(.)net
That was the Devil Pseudo Emperor.
Heavendoom replied coldly, "This is a personal affair of the mayors. As long as the cities are left unmolested and no laws are broken, we will not interfere."After a short silence, the Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Ignore the cities. If the mayors try to get in our way, kill them."
Since the stone statues had made their neutrality clear, the Devil Pseudo Emperor had nothing else to say.
Meanwhile, Xia Longwu ignored the conversation as he finally started his dao affirmation in earnest.
In the blink of an eye, the progress of his fusion advanced significantly. Seeing that, the myriad race Invincibles finally lost their patience. They might be wary of the stone statues, but that wariness did not extend to the mayors. For them, these mayors were no different than mere bugs.
The stone statues had promised to stay neutral as long as the cities were unmolested. In that case, they had nothing to fear. The mayors posed no threat to them.
A devil king appeared before Tian He and threw a punch at him.
With a curse, Tian He hurriedly fused with a death spirit. Then, he drew his sword with a roar. The clash sent him flying as the death qi in his body churned violently. He gnashed his teeth and cursed yet again.
They were still too weak to fight Invincibles. Sure, they could keep an Invincible occupied for a short time. But in a prolonged battle, they would die to either the Invincible or their death qi.
With the mayors occupied, about four to five Invincibles charged through the circle formed by the ancient cities and headed straight toward Xia Longwu. Everyone was certain this was the end of Xia Longwu.
But right at that moment, a different ancient city appeared.
From the mayor's residence, Su Yu walked out. He glanced at Xia Longwu, but he did not join the battle. It wasn't like he could contend against Invincibles anyway. Instead, he offered, "Prefect Xia, you may seek temporary shelter in the city if you find your opponent too challenging."
The myriad race Invincibles had thought that Su Yu was here to fight as well. But when they heard his words, they started sneering.
Temporary shelter?
Xia Longwu was in the middle of dao affirmation. Entering an ancient city during the process was the same as crippling himself. At that time, there wouldn't even be a need for them to kill him anymore. The death qi in the city would be enough to kill him.
Xia Longwu glanced at Su Yu and said nothing.
Temporary shelter?
Would he still be Xia Longwu if he entered the city? Would he still be Xia Longwu if he was converted into a death spirit?
He gave no reply. As long as Su Yu remained in the city, he would be fine. In fact, he saw this as a good thing. He sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Take a good look at the real Sky Sundering Saber. Watch properly."
Long ago, he had passed Su Yu a message through Marquis Xia that Su Yu was allowed to observe during his dao affirmation. And now, it was time to fulfill that promise.
His saber qi raged and surged into the sky.
"Sky! Sunder!"
The blade descended, rending the sky apart as it fell upon an Invincible.
Boom!
The resulting clash was deafening.
The target of the blade was forced to take several steps back. Slowly, a line of blood appeared on his forehead. A look of overwhelming shock appeared in his eyes.
"There are nine stances to the Sky Sundering Saber."
In a perfectly calm manner, Xia Longwu explained, "Today, I will show you the real Sky Sundering Saber. Witness the prowess of the saber of nine stances with your own eyes."
As he raised his saber again, his saber qi turned gold. One saber split into countless sabers before combining into one descending saber, dropping down upon a different Invincible. The Invincible in question was a sword user, so he responded with his sword.
It resulted in yet another clash, that was just as deafening as the previous clash. At that moment, a few other Invincibles charged toward Xia Longwu together. They all looked shocked and horrified even as they charged.
Xia Longwu was far stronger than they had imagined. He was ranked fifth on the Dao Affirmation Ranking, yet he was as strong as a real Invincible.
"Third stance."
With another roar, his saber swirled around him before sweeping out.
"Fourth stance."
A wave of incomparably dense killing intent surged, to the point even Su Yu felt suffocated from inside his city.
Chapter 1258: Bloodline Transfer (3)
One explosion after another erupted as the world shook and multicolored rays of light started spreading in the sky. He was still in the middle of his advancement. The multicolored rays of light would spread further upon the completion of his advancement. The myriad race Invincibles attacked relentlessly with all sorts of weapons.
In the blink of an eye, Xia Longwu had swung his saber seven times, each stronger than the prior.
Alas, there were too many opponents.
Finally, a palm stabbed through his chest.
An Invincible exclaimed, "What a surprise, Xia Longwu. You're very strong. Does Great Xia produce nothing but monsters?
Was Great Xia a place specializing in producing Pseudo Invincibles capable of fighting Invincibles? Any of them would have died facing Xia Longwu alone.
Meanwhile, Su Yu could only watch helplessly. He felt incomparably useless. Without the stone statue's assistance, there was nothing he could do.
He felt as though he had returned to the day when his teacher alone faced numerous enemies in Great Xia City.
At the time, he was powerless. He could only beg for help.
Today, he did not beg for help.
He already knew that nobody would help no matter how hard he begged.
Further away from Xia Longwu, the nine mayors were in desperate straits. Again and again, they were blasted back into their cities. Again and again, they charged out while coughing blood.
It wasn't like they had no way of preserving their lives. As long as they withdrew to their cities, the Invincibles would stop attacking. However, those Invincibles would then be free to join the attack against Xia Longwu. Thus, the mayors had no choice but to keep fighting.
At this point, they were already severely wounded even as the death qi in their bodies churned madly.
Suddenly, Su Yu took his mayor's medallion and spoke to it, "Su Yu, the mayor of Grandstar City, seeks the assistance of all mayors. I only need you to keep the enemies busy for a short while. I have two carrier treasures. You will be allowed to split them among you after the battle."
Apart from him and the nine mayors present, there were still twenty-five mayors elsewhere.
Shortly after his call for help, six cities appeared in the sky.
A burly man appeared atop one of them and asked, "Young friend, you better not be the type to go back on your words. We will do our best, but we will withdraw when our lives are in danger."
Su Yu replied, "Of course. Two carrier treasures for your assistance. I only need you to keep them occupied temporarily. You may withdraw if there is a danger of dying."
"Hahaha, you have a deal."
Suddenly, Xia Longwu chided, "Fool!"
He was furious. How could carrier treasures be wasted in this manner? He had already accepted the fact that he would fail. A few additional mayors wouldn't change anything. After all, these mayors weren't Invincibles.
They could only keep the Invincibles busy for a short time. Even if all thirty-five mayors were here, they would only be able to keep the Invincibles busy for a slightly longer time. The moment they received several injuries and their death qi started churning, they would withdraw. This was not a cause they would risk their lives for.
Su Yu said nothing. He wanted to be stubborn one more time.
The two carrier treasures would be the price for his peace of heart. He felt bad that he couldn't help. He had no way of forcing the stone statue to help.
He did consider teaching Xia Longwu the death qi reversal art, but there was no guarantee that Xia Longwu would be able to master it. Even if it was possible, would he be willing to become an ancient city mayor?
With the addition of six mayors, the situation improved slightly for Xia Longwu. However, he was still faced with five Invincibles. Despite his prowess, he was only a Pseudo Invincible.
If these Invincibles hadn't been wary of the desperate attack he might launch before dying, they would have killed him by now. Instead, they were slowly tiring him out. His Sky Sundering Saber was impossibly strong, but not strong enough to prevail over five Invincibles.
That was understandable. Not even Pseudo Emperors could handle five Invincibles easily. They were only wary of Xia Longwu because he was clearly fighting with his life on the line. Each strike of his was an attack with all his strength. They only needed to drag the battle long enough to completely exhaust him. The result of the battle had already been decided.
***
"The result of the battle has already been decided."
Near the portal.
Marquis Xia was also mumbling the same words to himself.
He continued speaking to himself, as though he was losing his mind.
"Nephew, why are you doing it so far away?" He continued grumbling, "Why do I have to be unlucky enough to have a nephew like you? So be it."
At that moment, his blood essence ignited. A River of Time spilled out of thin air beside him. For more chapters visıt novelfire(.)net
This was a critical moment.
After this, it would be all up to fate. This was the most he could do for his nephew. Hopefully...luck would be on their side.
As the River of Time grew, Marquis Xia started growing thin. Drop after drop, his blood essence burned away. He wanted to turn around to take one last look at the Human Realm, but all he saw was a portal.
He continued grumbling.
More. More...
He needed to wait until his nephew was further in the advancement. Finally, he felt the aura of his nephew dropping. If he waited any longer, his nephew would die.
Marquis Xia started moving toward Xia Longwu. He was only a Pseudo Invincible. There wasn't much he could do. He couldn't participate in the battle. He couldn't help Xia Longwu. He didn't even have an ancient city to rely upon.
He didn't know how much time he could buy his nephew. He only knew he wanted to try. Was this not why the Xia Family had sacrificed so much? They only wanted Xia Longwu to succeed in his dao affirmation.
Marquis Xia would not allow Xia Longwu to die, not after he had served as the faithful scapegoat for Xia Longwu for so many years. He continued flying toward Xia Longwu. Finally, the last drop of his blood essence was burned away. The River of Time around him had grown extremely wide.
Not far away, an Invincible who was in the middle of pursuing Niu Baidao looked at him. Was he trying to affirm his dao as well? The Invincible was doubtful. It didn't seem to be the case. Instead, it looked more like Marquis Xia was trying to kill himself. But that was quite an impressive River of Time.
Niu Baidao, who was busy running from the Invincible, was cursing nonstop when he noticed Marquis Xia. He was greatly surprised, but he soon recalled something as his surprise turned into hesitation.
Marquis Xia looked at them and grinned, "I'm not affirming my dao. Don't misunderstand me. I'll move away. You can keep going after Niu Baidao. Look, he's still affirming his dao..."
"Me?"
Niu Baidao was left quite speechless. What an asshole.
But...so be it. This guy...and the Xia Family...
Niu Baidao didn't know what to feel about this. Fine, fine. The brat was going to die soon so he might as well be generous and allow the brat to talk some shit one last time.
***
At the same time, Xia Longwu was shining brightly as the fusion of his three bodies was coming to an end. However, his aura was dropping in power instead of increasing. Like a madman, he swung his saber repeatedly. His injuries grew heavier and heavier while the Invincibles continued toying with him.
He roared madly, but he couldn't change anything. Even the mayors were preparing to withdraw. They were feeling quite powerless. This was hopeless.
It was time to give up.
There was no hope of success.
Su Yu watched silently as his saber qi transformed, but he was in no mood to pay attention to that.
He only knew that Xia Longwu was going to die.
Suddenly, Xia Longwu's expression changed as he roared furiously, "Piss off!"
He wasn't shouting at the Invincibles. Rather, he was shouting at one specific individual.
He roared with fury and sorrow.
"Go away! Xia Xiao'er, get away from me!"
"I'm dying..."
Right at that moment, the space around Xia Longwu rippled as a tiny opening appeared. Marquis Xia's voice rang out from the opening, "This hurts so much. I'm going to die, Nephew...We're related by blood...can...can you be decisive...and faster?"
Xia Longwu continued roaring madly. A look of utter despair covered his face. With a rumble, he ripped the opening in space bigger and stepped through it. Almost at the same time, Marquis Xia, who was still far away, grimaced and turned translucent before fading away. In his place, Xia Longwu appeared.
Meanwhile, Marquis Xia reappeared at Xia Longwu's previous position.
Bloodline Transfer.
With the power of bloodline, the two had switched positions. Far away from the Sea of Stars, Xia Longwu roared before charging at the nearby Invincible with madness.
"Xia Xiao'er! Screw you and your ancestors!"
Xia Longwu wailed with sorrow. That was his uncle. His uncle had swapped their positions. All for the sake of buying a little bit of time for him. The distance between them was big enough to take even Invincibles some time to cross.
"Heh...my ancestors...are your ancestors as well."
At this point, Marquis Xia had turned so thin that he might as well be a bag of bones. He was only a Pseudo Invincible. Swapping their locations across such a vast distance had taken him a lot. Even as a Pseudo Invincible, he had been forced to ignite all his blood essence to do this. If Xia Longwu was already an Invincible, he wouldn't have been able to do so.
He grinned. Despite his dire straits, he actually looked rather handsome. The previous number one pretty boy of Great Xia seemed to have returned.
Handsome and carefree.
Meanwhile, the faces of the Invincibles around him fell.
"Damn it!"
Boom!
With a punch, Marquis Xia was blasted apart. He did not care one bit as he laughed, "Are you angry? Are you furious? Come, come and hit me! My nephew...will succeed! But damn it! This...hurts so much! Ahhh...this hurts!"
He wailed in pain. This was really painful. From now on, his nephew would no longer have a professional scapegoat. That nephew better succeed. His nephew was very far away. But it wouldn't take these Invincibles too long to reach his nephew again. He felt quite useless. Even after sacrificing his life, he could only buy a tiny bit of time for his nephew.
As his consciousness dimmed, his deceased elder brother appeared in his vision. He thought to himself that he had been taking great care of his elder brother's son, even if that son was quite a disobedient young man.
He heard someone calling him. He even saw that annoying Old Madam Wu beating him up just for a marriage proposal.
She should be grateful he had even deigned to ask for Wu Yuehua's hand in marriage. How could she beat him up instead of thanking him?
He also saw General Zhao's ugly expression. Why was that ugly bastard glaring at him? The ugly bastard should be grateful for the interest he had shown Zhao Mingyue. After all, she wasn't that young anymore.
He also saw Administrator Hu with that signature fake smile, telling him that Hu Pingxin's heart was already occupied and he should look elsewhere for a match...
What the fuck was that?
How dare that bastard reject him?
Was he not handsome?
Was he not strong?
How was Liu Wenyan better than him?
What did he even do apart from sending three marriage proposals at the same time?
Why? Why did all of them reject him? He was the son of Great Xia King! He was Marquis Xia! How could they reject him?
"Liu Wenyan...Fuck you!"
With his last bit of strength, Marquis Xia roared his final words.
Why must that bastard occupy their hearts if he was uninterested in them?
Marquis Xia was very interested in them.
He swore that he wasn't this chubby in the past. He was very handsome.
Far away, Xia Longwu was attacking madly as he shed tears of blood.
His uncle...was dead.
He had taken everything into consideration. Everything...except the fact that his cowardly uncle would suddenly grow courageous.
"Die!"
The Invincible facing him was horrified. How did Xia Xiao'er turn into a crazy Xia Longwu? Yes, Xia Longwu was already heavily injured. But his blade was still terrifying. He was too strong.
"Fuse!"
With a furious bellow, Xia Longwu completed the fusion of his three bodies before swinging his saber. The Invincible in front of him couldn't help but curse inwardly. Why him? This had nothing to do with him! The Invincibles who had attacked Xia Longwu were elsewhere! He was only here for Niu Baidao, not Xia Longwu!
Chapter 1259: Absorb, Absorb, Absorb (1)
Xia Longwu had been replaced by Xia Xiao'er in the middle of his dao affirmation. Nobody had seen that coming. Nobody even knew Marquis Xia was capable of that before it happened. Clearly, this wasn't a last-minute plan. Rather, he had been thinking about it for a very long time.
Wan Tiansheng had said that those from Ye Batian's direct line, starting from Ye Batian himself, cared too much.
But he had forgotten to include himself among them.
He, Xia Longwu, Marquis Xia, Liu Wenyan, Hong Tan...
Two generations of the multiple character faction.
Xia Longwu was Wan Tiansheng's student while Marquis Xia was half a student of Ye Batian.
As his body crumbled apart and his sea of willpower collapsed, Marquis Xia faced death unwillingly, only hoping that his nephew would succeed.
He had used his final breath to scold Liu Wenyan.
And then, he saw Liu Wenyan in his dim vision. Why was that bastard the final thing he saw in life?
Was that bastard not going to let him die in peace?
"Junior Brother..."
A sigh rang out in Marquis Xia's consciousness.
"Teacher did not leave anything for you. Let me change that and grant you his final character."
Right at that moment, a massive River of Time appeared. Wan Tiansheng walked out of it while coughing blood. He looked in Xia Longwu's direction and smiled. He wished to be stubborn one last time as well. After all, Xia Longwu was his student.
After today, Wan Tiansheng, Ye Batian, and multiple character faction would be no more.
The final character of Ye Batian exploded.
This was the final Ye Batian's character in Liu Wenyan's possession. This was the character that had allowed him to fight Pseudo Invincibles. This was also the main character of Ye Batian.
Also appearing from the same River of Time was Liu Wenyan. The two had arrived to help Xia Longwu. But surprisingly, Xia Longwu had been replaced by Marquis Xia during the critical moment.
Under Wan Tiansheng's guidance, Marquis Xia's sea of willpower moved toward the River of Time. The River of Time started shaking violently. The Devil Pseudo Emperor had once rescued Lade with his River of Time.
But he was a Pseudo Emperor.
Wan Tiansheng was not.
He continued coughing blood as he guided Marquis Xia's sea of willpower away. As for Liu Wenyan, he detonated the final character of Ye Batian, forcing the surrounding Invincibles to stop their advance.
Liu Wenyan was also coughing blood as he laughed, "Xia Longwu is going to complete his advancement soon. Why are you attacking us? Go attack him."
All these multiple character faction members had appeared at the last minute. Wan Tiansheng, the supposed demon, could not let go of his student.
Liu Wenyan, who was left with only one of Ye Batian's character, couldn't give up on the reticent Xia Longwu either. He owed the Xia Family too much. If it wasn't for him, Xia Longwu wouldn't have needed to establish the persona of a bloodthirsty killer.
Thus, the two of them were here.
Wan Tiansheng had once cautioned Su Yu against trying to help Xia Longwu. But he had arrived himself.
Because that was his student.
Even if he knew that he might not survive this trip, he had still decided to come. Thanks to a twist of fate, he ended up rescuing Marquis Xia instead of Xia Longwu. The Invincibles did not need his reminder. They were already heading in Xia Longwu's direction. But they were also infuriated with Wan Tiansheng, Xia Xiao'er, and Liu Wenyan.
Multiple character faction!
That damn line again!
Marquis Xia, Xia Longwu, Liu Wenyan, Wan Tiansheng, and Su Yu. That line specialized in producing the most annoying of people.
It wasn't a huge line. It only had a small number of members.
It didn't even have an Invincible.
Yet that was the line that had ruined their plans repeatedly.
They could not tolerate the existence of this line.
They snapped Wan Tiansheng's River of Time, causing his body to start tearing apart. As he did not cultivate his past and future, the death of this body would be the end of him.
However, he appeared completely calm. He had advised Su Yu to not be stupid and to keep his trump cards hidden. However, Wan Tiansheng himself had revealed his River of Time, an abnormally powerful wide River of Time.
Liu Wenyan was here as well, bringing the valuable last character of his teacher.
From now on, no legacy of Ye Batian would remain in the world.
It had been fifty years. It was time for all these grudges to end.
Everything had started because of Ye Batian. Everything should also end with him.
The two multiple character faction members had offered the last of what they could offer: A River of Time and a character.
These were meant for Xia Longwu.
With Marquis Xia's sea of willpower in hand, Liu Wenyan sighed, "Why is it you? What a waste..."
He sighed. How surprising. So the damn fatty had been hiding this trump card all along? With the River of Time snapped, their way back was severed. Wan Tiansheng appeared calm and indifferent, but someone else was wailing madly.
"You lied! You lied to me! You promised to travel the world with me! You lied!"
Wan Tiansheng looked in a certain direction and smiled.
It was Lan Tian. He seemed to have grown even more insane than before.
This trip here by him and Liu Wenyan was essentially a suicide trip. Yes, they did manage to prevent Marquis Xia's death. But it would be more accurate to say that they had merely delayed his death before dying together.
If Su Yu were to do this, Wan Tiansheng would call him a fool. But such was how humanity was. One could easily tell others what to do, but one would often find it difficult to obey what they preached.
Wan Tiansheng had taught many people before. According to his lectures, being too sentimental was the worst thing in the Allheaven Battlefield. Even when one's family and friends had died, one should still withdraw if that was the tactical thing to do.
As long as one was alive, one could always seek vengeance in the future. One should not act like a fool and charge forward to die. He had chided a lot of people for doing such foolish things.
If they knew they would die, why charge forward? What was the point of throwing their lives away?
Dead friends?
Dead family?
Stay alive and take revenge, not throw away one's life pointlessly! That was what the wise would do. That was what he had taught numerous students in the academy. Alas, he had failed to do what he preached.
Why was he here?
To throw his life away?
It was just one student.
And his student wasn't even here anymore. Only Xia Xiao'er was left. Should he still help?
He should ignore Xiao Xiao'er instead. That would be the wise thing to do.
Alas, he had still acted. Those of the multiple character faction were too sentimental. That was their biggest weakness.
He was well aware of that. But he couldn't change himself. That was why he had advised Su Yu, the hope of the multiple character faction, against such foolishness. For generations, they had erred. This should not persist in future generations as this was a weakness everyone could exploit.
Wan Tiansheng smiled and glanced at Liu Wenyan, who was looking perfectly calm as well. Without Ye Batian's character, he had been reduced to a third-stage Sunmoon. Facing the crushing pressure of Invincibles, his body started falling apart. However, he maintained his grip on Marquis Xia's sea of willpower.
Fifty years of patience. They did not seem to have gained anything of value. This felt like a worthless death. But he was past caring.
He looked down at Su Yu.
Su Yu was looking at them as well. He saw everything. He saw the destruction of Marquis Xia's body. He saw the collapse of Marquis Xia's sea of willpower.
He also saw Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan. He was surprised.
Su Yu laughed. But as he laughed, he started crying. He wasn't crying for Marquis Xia. Rather, he cried for the two fools. They seemed incapable of doing what they preached.
They told him to not throw his life away. They told him that nothing was more important than the preservation of his own life. Even if his father was killed, he must flee instead of throwing himself at a hopeless battle. In that case, was Xia Xiao'er their father? Why were they helping him?
Suddenly, an ancient city descended from the sky and landed in front of them. Su Yu was not placing his hope on the stone statue. He knew that the stone statue cared a lot about the laws. But he was very adept at the manipulation of laws as well. With a roar, he hammered a late-stage Sunmoon resident to death.
His victim was the Sunmoon from the nether race who had converted not long ago, also the son of Nether River King. Since the father was dead, what was the point of keeping him around? To give him a chance to take revenge?
With the death of a late-stage Sunmoon resident, a death spirit appeared. Or to be precise, Death Sovereign Xing Yue appeared. She looked at Su Yu coldly.
According to the laws, she had to show up since Su Yu had killed a late-stage Sunmoon resident. Killing a regular Sunmoon resident would trigger the appearance of Pseudo Invincible death spirits, but killing a late-stage Sunmoon resident would guarantee her appearance.
Was Su Yu dreaming of gaining her help against those Invincibles? He was the one who had killed a resident. Why should she act against someone other than him?
"Get into the city!"
Su Yu shouted. He knew that if this was any other time, the two would not be willing to enter the city. That would only bring him more danger. The stone statue only cared about the laws. And according to the laws, even Invincibles could enter the city as long as they refrain from killing anyone in the city.
If they were to start killing, death spirits of corresponding levels would appear. Due to Su Yu's unique status, it wouldn't be easy to kill him. But he wasn't impossible to kill. And now, with the death sovereign appearing due to someone Su Yu killed, she was allowed to kill Su Yu as per the laws.
Wan Tiansheng sighed. If they did not enter, would Su Yu be able to defend himself against the death sovereign himself? But if they were to enter, the Invincibles would enter as well. The stone statue would not go against the laws.
Wan Tiansheng felt terrible. Why was the multiple character faction filled with such fools? It was no wonder the multiple character faction was in such a terrible spot. Then again, it was inevitable that there would be such fools in the world. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn nοvelfire.net
That was why he cared so much about the world.
Multiple character faction...a faction deserving of annihilation.
No faction deserved annihilation more than them. Their enemies only needed to try killing one of them and a bunch of them would gladly throw their lives away.
Wan Tiansheng smiled bitterly. Liu Wenyan had a helpless expression as well. After swinging his sword once, Wan Tiansheng dragged Liu Wenyan into the city. Xing Yue stared at all of them coldly. Did Su Yu think that she wouldn't kill him?
He was the one who had broken the laws. He had survived killing people and death spirits in the past not because he couldn't be killed. Rather, Xing Yue had been more interested in turning Su Yu into a death spirit.
But since Su Yu was willingly throwing his life away, she wouldn't mind taking it in advance. In any case, he was already strong enough to fight Sunmoons. She might as well take this chance to kill him.
That way, he wouldn't be able to keep annoying her anymore.
As of late, she had been feeling greatly uncomfortable with Su Yu constantly absorbing her death qi like a parasite. Because of him, she couldn't even tend to her other matters anymore.
And thus, she decided to act.
Chapter 1260: Absorb, Absorb, Absorb (2)
Outside the city, the myriad race Invincibles smiled.
Xia Longwu might be gone, but this wasn't a bad thing. They could get four of their eyesores removed at once.
Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng, Liu Wenyan...and Xia Xiao'er. What a ridiculous line.
Strictly speaking, killing Wan Tiansheng was the same as killing Xia Longwu for them. No matter how powerful Xia Longwu was, he had never killed Invincibles before. Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng had killed two. Su Yu was the mayor of an ancient city. And Liu Wenyan was the direct successor of Ye Batian.
The combined value of these people was worth more than Xia Longwu's value. And they could get all these people killed without much effort. The Invincibles did not bother to enter the city. They merely watched as Xing Yue sent a palm strike toward the group of heavily injured humans.
At the same time, the other mayors started withdrawing to their cities while shaking their heads. This line...was indeed filled with fools. At such a juncture, they should ensure the survival of as many of them as possible. That would be the smart thing to do. Instead, they were lining up to get killed.
Facing the incoming palm, Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan looked at Su Yu helplessly. So why did the kid get them to come here? Was the kid trying to make sure they could go to the afterlife side by side?
That was naturally not the case.
Xing Yue was a death sovereign. There was no defeating her.
But Su Yu had a considerable mastery in the manipulation of laws.
In fact, he was very good at that.
"Get inside a building!"
Xing Yue was capable of breaking through these ancient buildings. But Su Yu knew that as well. Instantly, he reversed his yang acupoint and transformed into a death spirit before consuming a large amount of death qi.
Or to be precise, he consumed a large amount of Xing Yue's death qi.
As the person who had converted Su Yu, Xing Yue was responsible for maintaining the flow of death qi to him. Thus, just like she could affect Su Yu, the same could happen in reverse. With the sudden absorption of her death qi, even her palm strike faltered slightly. Meanwhile, Su Yu continued reversing the death qi in his body madly.
Reverse! Reverse! And reverse!
By the time the palm reached them, Wan Tiansheng could swat it apart without much trouble.
Silence enveloped the world.
Su Yu stared at Xing Yue, who was also staring at him.
When someone as strong as an eighth-stage Sunmoon reversed and absorbed her death qi multiple times, coupled with the sheer amount of death qi Su Yu had absorbed from her recently, she could no longer kill an expert at Wan Tiansheng's level so easily.
Even if he was already seriously injured, it simply wasn't possible.
Xing Yue was so furious she felt like she was going to die all over again from sheer anger.
She had discovered something very important. Something extremely important.
Su Yu's ability to reverse death qi...was much faster than expected.
Too fast.
As long as he lived, he could very well do the same while she was busy fighting someone else in the Death Realm. At that time, she would most certainly die before he was dead.
Xing Yue seethed with anger.
Su Yu must die!
He must die!
He was now a threat to her.
A the same time, the gates of the city slammed shut. The Invincibles outside the city were stunned. They looked at Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng, and Xing Yue in stupefaction. Was an Invincible death spirit so weak?
They couldn't believe this.
What?
Invincible death spirits were most certainly not so weak. That attack should have either crippled or killed Wan Tiansheng outright. But he had been able to deal with it easily.
Even Wan Tiansheng himself was stunned. What?
The death qi connection was incorporeal. It was not something they could see. They only saw Su Yu roaring loudly while transforming between the dead and the living several times. After about seven or eight times, the palm arrived. And did nothing.
Su Yu was overjoyed. It was a success! Yes. Such were the laws of this place. Xing Yue was the one who had converted him. But he could affect her in reverse as well.
"Get into a building!"
Su Yu roared as he continued reversing the death qi in his body. If he was alone, Xing Yue could easily kill him even if he was reversing her death qi.
But he wasn't alone. He had Wan Tiansheng by his side. At his peak, Wan Tiansheng would be strong enough to contend against Xing Yue. But since he was already semi-crippled, he could only deal with a weakened Xing Yue.
Su Yu laughed heartily. It was really working! He continued reversing and absorbing death qi.
Meanwhile, Xing Yue's eyes turned colder and colder.
She could feel her strength dropping with every passing second.
Damn it!
This bastard!
She was very angry!
***
Mayor's residence. Inner hall.
The stone statue was stunned as well. Was something like this actually possible?
Was Su Yu going to mess Xing Yue up instead of the other way around? In fact, he had been hesitating when he saw Xing Yue attacking his mayor. She was acting in accordance with the laws. He should not be the one to go against the laws. But he really didn't want to lose this mayor.
Surprisingly, Su Yu was very creative with his death qi connection. With the help of Wan Tiansheng, it almost seemed like Xing Yue was helpless against them. Grandstar was stunned. Would Su Yu get Xing Yue killed? Would there be any repercussions if she were to die?
It wouldn't cause a disaster, right? But this too, was in accordance to the laws. He had to follow the laws. He was the guardian. But...what was he supposed to do in this situation? Should he ignore it?
The city had been sealed again, but it wasn't Su Yu's doing. Rather, the city had sealed itself automatically after Xing Yue appeared. That was part of the laws as well.
Outside the city, the Invincibles started frowning.
The laws.
They couldn't attack the ancient city or they would be going against the laws. If Su Yu were to leave the city, they could kill him without going against the laws. But what now?
Grandstar stared at Su Yu in stupefaction. After a long while, he finally understood what Su Yu was doing. No laws had been broken. But if the Invincibles were to attack the city, numerous Invincible death spirits would appear to deal with them even if Grandstar continued staying out of it.
But in such a situation, he was also free to act. The stone statue did not want to attack unprovoked as that would break the laws. However, he could freely act to defend the city. If the Invincibles were to attack the city, he didn't even need to help Su Yu anymore. A large number of Invincible death spirits would appear to deal with the attackers.
Meanwhile, the other mayors were staring at Su Yu in stupefaction. A death sovereign had been reduced to such a sorry state by Su Yu. They couldn't quite understand how it happened.
They only knew that the death sovereign was glaring at Su Yu angrily without the ability to go through Wan Tiansheng. Even Wan Tiansheng was staring at Su Yu in stupefaction.
Holy shit!
What was going on?
Were death sovereigns so weak?
No, not at all. Understanding dawned on him.
Su Yu had drained the death sovereign's strength. Even now, Su Yu was sill madly absorbing the death sovereign's death qi.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was too busy to spare the others any attention. He was reversing and absorbing death qi as hard as he could.
Reverse, absorb, reverse, absorb!
He had to keep Xing Yue weakened.
As long as he could survive three days, Xing Yue would be forced to leave. No, perhaps he didn't even need to wait that long. He could even try to get Xing Yue killed today. But would that spawn an even stronger death spirit?
At that thought, he decided to be generous and spare Xing Yue's life. He would be in trouble if a stronger death spirit were to replace Xing Yue. After all, he only had a connection to Xing Yue, not a different death sovereign.
He hurriedly shouted, "Principal, don't kill her!"
Xing Yue: "..."
Wan Tiansheng: "..."
Was the kid serious?
A death sovereign had appeared to kill a few greatly injured individuals. And now, Su Yu was persuading them to spare the death sovereign?
A bizarre atmosphere descended.
The Invincibles outside the city were at a loss.
What now?
Should they attack the city?
If this was in the past, they would most certainly do so. They could attack outside the city. The death spirits would not be able to leave while those in the city would die.
However, things had changed. Grandstar had a history of leaving the city before blasting the tri-life bodies of Invincibles apart. Thus, these Invincibles were quite wary of atacking the ancient city. What were they supposed to do if their attack led to the appearance of all the other stone statues yet again?
They would be squashed by those stone statues like bugs. They didn't even have their full number as some had left to go after Xia Longwu. While they hesitated, a furious bellow rang out from afar.
"Second Uncle, the myriad races will accompany you to the afterlife! I'll make sure of it!"
Multicolored rays of light spread across the Allheaven Battlefield.
The same had happened when Zhou Polong, Zhou Potian, Qin Zhen, and the others completed their dao affirmations. Multicolored rays of light would spread thousands of kilometers, serving witness to their advancement into the Invincible Realm.
However, something was different about Xia Longwu's dao affirmation.
The multicolored rays of light spread over ten thousand kilometers. Additionally, numerous glowing clouds appeared in the sky before descending upon him. A large amount of heavenly source qi forged his body even as his apertures were being strengthened by a seemingly endless supply of sunmoon profound yellow liquid from the heavens.
At the same time, crimson clouds spread across the sky as the Devil Realm shook yet again.
A devil king had died.
Xia Longwu had gone mad. With a saber in hand, he severed the devil king's River of Time before killing all three bodies of the devil king in the River of Time. Niu Baidao, who had witnessed the entire fight, was completely dumbfounded.
Madness. Absolute madness.
When a Xia went mad, they would not hold anything back. They would go completely crazy. It was as though he didn't want to live anymore.
It was very dangerous to fight inside the River of Time. When the River of Time collapsed, one could very easily lose one's way in the river. This would affect the past and future, ultimately killing the person lost in the river.
Xia Longwu did not care one bit about the danger. He was furious. He was filled with regret. He had not anticipated his second uncle's actions. He had accepted his own death, and he only wanted to buy as much time as possible. The extra time could be used by others to affirm their dao or his teacher to do what he had been dreaming to do for many years.
If Xia Longwu had known about what his second uncle would do, he would not have agreed to it. He wouldn't have bought enough time for his second uncle to enter the Allheaven Battlefield as well.
He continued roaring madly as his River of Time spread further and further. With the completion of his dao affirmation, he started flying toward the other Invincibles while roaring madly.
He felt no joy in the completion of his advancement.
He only wanted to kill. He knew he couldn't kill all of them, but he wanted to kill as many as he could to honor his second uncle's soul. He charged fearlessly toward the myriad race Invincibles even when they greatly outnumbered him. The rıghtful source is novel[f]ire.net
Meanwhile, the Invincibles who were flying in his direction were alarmed. The butcher had completed his dao affirmation. From how crazed he seemed, was he thinking of fighting them to the death?
Chapter 1261: Absorb, Absorb, Absorb (3)
Behind Xia Longwu, Niu Baidao was dumbstruck. Of course, he did not let his stupefaction get in the way of his...dao affirmation. He was very surprised. So a day would come when luck smiled at him as well.
He was actually able to affirm his dao without interruptions. No, an Invincible tried, but that Invincible had been killed by the crazy Xia Longwu.
Looking at Xia Longwu who was throwing himself at the Invincibles like a moth throwing itself to the flame, he yelled, "Don't go! Don't go! Are you going to waste Xia Xiao'er's sacrifice like his?"
Right after saying that, he blanked out before yelling in alarm "Come back! Xia Xiao'er is not dead! There is no phenomenon!"
Xia Longwu, who was charging ahead with red eyes, looked in the distance when he heard that. The death of a Pseudo Invincible would produce a phenomenon. A bright moon would fall from the sky. Did that not happen?
After blanking out slightly, Xia Longwu's expression changed as he turned around unhesitatingly. Behind him, more than ten Invincibles had stopped in their path due to the madness he was displaying. When they saw him turning around, they realized what was happening and hurriedly resumed the pursuit.
They must kill him!
He had killed an Invincible right after his dao affirmation. If he was allowed to survive and stabilize his cultivation, it wouldn't be long before he became the next Great Xia King or even the next Great Qin King.
Niu Baidao was just about to heave a breath of relief when his expression changed.
Holy shit!
More than ten Invincibles were flying in his direction. Was his luck really that bad? He cursed and started fleeing as well. Damn it! Xia Longwu better be flying in a different direction! Fortunately, Xia Longwu noticed Niu Baidao's dao affirmation and changed his direction. The Invincibles behind him followed, but one split from the group to go after Niu Baodao.
Noticing that, Niu Baidao cursed endlessly. He knew it! He knew luck would never favor him!
Fortunately, he had been nearby when during Xia Longwu's dao affirmation. The numerous heavenly rewards dropping from the sky had flooded the area with energy. He had been able to absorb quite a lot of the energy while Xia Longwu was busy killing the Invincible after his dao affirmation. Most of the energy had been absorbed by Niu Baidao instead of Xia Longwu.
Today, his hard work of over four hundred years and the tempering he had received from the intense battle in the Human Realm earlier were finally going to pay off.
Multicolored rays of light started coming out of Niu Baidao's body, indicating the start of his dao affirmation. Even as he affirmed his dao, he was feeling quite curious. Was Xia Xiao'er not dead? Did he end up captured as a hostage by the myriad races?
The distance was too far. Not even an Invincible could see what was happening there clearly. In any case, everyone was too busy to look.
***
While Niu Baidao and Xia Longwu were fleeing in two different directions.
Everyone in the ancient city and nearby saw the multicolored lights and crimson clouds in the sky. They understood that a new Invincible had been created while an Invincible had died.
Xia Longwu had killed an Invincible.
That Invincible had been unlucky enough to be nearby just as Xia Longwu was losing his mind.
Su Yu saw the same thing, but he was too busy to spare much thought to it. He continued absorbing death qi as best as he could, driving Xing Yue mad in the process.
No!
This was unacceptable! As a mighty death sovereign, how could she be restricted against mere crippled opponents? Just how much of her death qi was that crazy Su Yu going to absorb?
"Damn it!"
Xing Yue cursed in frustration. She sent another palm attack only to have it smashed by a casual punch of Wan Tiansheng. At this point, a bizarre expression was starting to cover Wan Tiansheng's face. He hadn't even used much force in that punch. Why was it that easy? Did Su Yu suck so much out of the death sovereign that the death sovereign was going limp?
Outside the city, the Invincibles were starting to grow anxious.
Holy shit!
That must be a fake death sovereign!
In fact, this death sovereign was probably no stronger than a Pseudo Invincible or even weaker than that. How was the death sovereign so helpless against the crippled Wan Tiansheng? What the hell was this?
The Invincible converged and started a discussion. One of them asked through voice transmission, "Do we attack the city? Xia Longwu has succeeded in his dao affirmation. Are we going to let these people survive as well?"
They were unwilling to accept this result. They had been so confident that Su Yu would die.
As for Su Yu, it had been his intention since the beginning to lure Xing Yue out and deter the Invincibles from entering the city. If he had killed a regular Sunmoon and spawned a Sunmoon death spirit instead, those Invincibles might have entered the city before it was sealed.
They had only halted their advance after seeing Xing Yue, confident that Xing Yue would finish the job for them. If they wanted to enter now, they would have to break in instead of simply walking through the gate.
"Do we attack?"
The Invincibles hesitated. They still remembered what happened the last time Grandstar left the city. If Lade and Nether River King hadn't lost their tri-life bodies to Grandstar, they wouldn't have died so easily during their trip to the Human Realm. Nobody would enjoy losing a tri-life body.
But what were they supposed to do now? Their targets were right in front of them. Were they supposed to spare those humans? They were furious. There were still roughly twenty of them. Were they supposed to watch as humans toyed with that fake death sovereign?
One of them lost his temper and scolded, "Trash! Are all death sovereigns so useless?"
This was infuriating.
Why were the palm attacks of the death sovereign as weak as water balloons? It almost felt like those palm attacks would pop apart with the slightest of force. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novelFirｅ.net
Hearing those words, Xing Yue's eyes burned with fury.
Trash?
Even when a bastard was constantly absorbing her death qi, she was still able to keep these people pressured. How was she trash? She was very angry!
Her fury surpassed that of the Invincibles outside. She was furious at Su Yu. She was also furious at the trash Invincibles. There were so many of them. How did they allow these humans to escape into the city? They dared to call her trash after failing to stop their targets from escaping.
She was a death sovereign! She could totally give up on this attempt to kill Su Yu if she wanted to. Damn those Invincibles! Did they think that she wouldn't dare to spare Su Yu?
Xing Yue seethed.
The Invincibles were seething as well. They still couldn't decide if they wanted to attack the city.
Someone suggested through voice transmission, "Let's attack. We'll stay outside the city. There are so many of them. Each of us can throw one attack and leave immediately. It will be fine if we stay on guard against the stone statue. Previously, they only suffered because they did not expect the stone statue to act..."
With this plan, they could spawn more death sovereigns in the city before leaving. Let's see if Su Yu could survive so many death sovereigns. They refused to believe that all death sovereigns would be so weak.
But some of them still hesitated. If the stone statue decided to come out and target only one of them, how was the unlucky soul supposed to survive with everyone else fleeing? Nobody knew who that unlucky soul would be.
They did not even entertain the thought of ganging up on the stone statue. After all, there were thirty-five more stone statues out there. In fact, sixteen of the stone statues were already in the area.
The Invincibles were going crazy. Were they supposed to watch and do nothing? Since when did crippled non-Invincibles become so annoying to deal with?
One of them bellowed, "Emperors, we beseech you to show your might and kill these humans!"
Where were the Pseudo Emperors?
Why were they not doing anything?
They were very scared of the stone statues.
The Pseudo Emperors shouldn't be so fearful of the stone statues, right?
***
Meanwhile, Grandstar was in the middle of a chat.
"Grandstar, will you act if they attack your city?"
"Yeah. Grandstar, if you act, we won't be able to act even if we're here. We can't leave since our mayors won't be able to handle the burden. Speaking of, your little mayor is very capable. Not even the death sovereign can do anything to him. Why don't you lend him to us for a bit?"
"From what I can see, he's capable of taking the burden of three or even five cities without any issue."
"Yeah. Just lend him to us. We'll make sure to return him when we're done."
"..."
"Shut up!" Heavendoom spoke, "Su Yu has agreed to serve a term as my mayor. He is half a disciple of mine. I taught him some cultivation methods..."
Heavendoom couldn't hide his envy.
Damn it! He finally understood why Grandstar could freely travel around. Su Yu was crazy. Crazily useful.
Just look at how he was absorbing death qi. He was absorbing more than a hundred times a ninth-stage Sunmoon could absorb.
Tian He was a piece of trash!
After fighting so hard, he couldn't even achieve anything. Meanwhile, Su Yu was able to easily drive a death sovereign crazy. It almost felt like the death sovereign would die a second time for a moment there.
Su Yu was naturally unaware of the conversation between the stone statues. He was still busy absorbing death qi. He was determined to suck Xing Yue dry.
After attacking Wan Tiansheng several times to no avail, Xing Yue glared at Su Yu, snorted with frustration, and vanished into thin air. She had decided that she was tired of this. She had been reduced to a clown. A great death sovereign like her was being toyed with by a living dead she had converted herself. This would destroy her reputation in the Death Realm.
An awkward silence descended.
Su Yu was still working hard at absorbing her death qi. He wasn't even aware that Xing Yue had left. He had his attention fully occupied.
Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan looked at each other speechlessly before looking at Su Yu and the Invincibles outside, wondering if those Invincibles would attack.
Their trip to the afterlife had been ruined by Su Yu.
And he didn't even need to solicit the stone statue's help to do it. He only needed to spawn a death sovereign and absorb enough death qi to send the death sovereign away. They even started wondering if ancient cities were really so dangerous.
Where was the promised fatal danger?
Where was the promised fearsome death sovereign?
Chapter 1262: Crisis, Ball (1)
With the success of Xia Longwu's advancement, one could say that this conflict had ended with a total defeat for the myriad races. But in truth, apart from the slightly large loss the devils had suffered, individually, each race hadn't really lost much. At the very least, some of the humans hiding in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had been exposed.
People like Niu Baidao and Zhu Tiandao, who had been hiding their strength, had also been exposed. Even the devils, who were considered to have suffered the most, had only lost three Invincibles.
A total of eight Invincibles had died during the conflict, and three of them were devils. Mohe and Lade had died during their foray into the Human Realm. Xia Longwu had also killed a devil Invincible after his advancement. The divines had lost two while the immortals, humans, and nethers had lost one each.
As an Invincible, even if Xia Longwu couldn't defeat the numerically superior enemies arrayed against him, escaping was not an issue. He could even hide inside a minor realm if he had to.
As a human, he would be able to keep fighting at full strength in the minor realm while the other Invincibles would be suppressed. Only one avenue was left for the myriad races to regain some of their lost dignity.
They could kill the multiple character faction members. The ones who had yet to affirm their dao. Wan Tiansheng who had killed two Invincibles, Liu Wenyan who had advanced into the Sunmoon Realm, and Su Yu the mayor of an ancient city.
In fact, just killing the three of them would make their losses worth it, if the losses were counted independently for each race. Even the devil race, who had suffered the most during the conflict, would consider it worthwhile to lose three Invincibles for the lives of the three humans.
With the Invincibles calling for help from the Pseudo Emperors, a sigh rang out as a River of Time appeared across the Allheaven Battlefield. A silhouette walked out of the Devil Realm. It was only a projection instead of an actual body.
Allheaven Battlefield.
The projection continued striding across the sky. His eyes concealed a tiny trace of unwillingness and helplessness, but he pushed forth.
A short while later, he appeared before the ancient city.
"Greetings, Devil Emperor."
A distortion hid the face of the newcomer, but if one focused, one could see some similarities with Mo Duona's appearance. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ novel✦fire.net
In truth, this was none other than Mo Duona.
Instead of coming in person, the Devil Pseudo Emperor had possessed Mo Duona's body to come. Since he was doing it in the Allheaven Battlefield, he was even able to push Mo Duona's strength to the Invincible Realm while he was in the body.
The expressionless face of Mo Duona faced the ancient city as his gaze landed on Su Yu and Grandstar.
He spoke, "Ancient Saint Grandstar, the chaos of myriad races originated from the multiple character faction. As watchers of the dead, the ancient saints are the benefactors of all living beings. The likes of Su Yu are the source of chaos. For that, they should be executed."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor had made an appearance. This was what he had to do, even if he wasn't doing it in his own body.
Grandstar replied nonchalantly, "This is unrelated to me. The ancient cities only recognize the laws.
The laws.
Mo Duona frowned as he said, "Laws? The ancient laws? Do the ancient laws allow the mayors to freely seal the cities? Can the ancient saints freely leave the cities? Are there provisions allowing these behaviors in the ancient laws?"
Grandstar did not deign to give a reply.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "The myriad races have a lot of Eternals. The holy cities have only been built to suppress the death spirits. Ancient Saint Grandstar, do you intend to get the holy cities involved just for the sake of these troublemakers?"
Grandstar remained silent.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "If you insist...I'm afraid a hundred Eternals will descend to seek some pointers from the ancient saints."
Grandstar was still silent.
Instead, Heavendoom spoke, "Devil Pseudo Emperor, are you challenging the holy cities? Are you challenging the guardians?"
"Challenge?" The Devil Pseudo Emperor smiled, "Not at all. The devils do not intend to do that. However, Ancient Saint Grandstar has crossed a line. So be it. We will stay outside the city..."
"Devil Emperor!"
An Invincible protested. If they were not entering, why was the Pseudo Emperor even here? To enjoy the scenery?
A drop of blood appeared in Mo Duona's hand. The blood burned as the River of Time started rippling.
Death qi started churning in Grandstar City. After a short while, a furious roar rang out in it.
"Impudent! Su Yu! Stop, damn it!"
It was Xing Yue.
Su Yu could feel the flow of death qi toward him receding rapidly. At the same time, Grandstar said, "Audacious. How dare you lure a death sovereign into someone else's territory?"
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said nonchalantly, "Did I break any laws? Since the death sovereign of your city is incapable of punishing Su Yu for killing a resident, it is only natural for a different death sovereign to step in."
That made everything clear for the ones who were still confused about what was happening. The devils had been trying to return a death sovereign to their race.
Evidently, the same death sovereign had arrived at Xing Yue's territory. The laws allowed this. The newcomer could emerge from the tunnel to kill Su Yu and finish the job for Xing Yue.
Su Yu's expression changed. He immediately stopped his absorption of death qi. In truth, he was also worried that Xing Yue would join hands with the other death sovereign to kill him. But from Xing Yue's furious howls, it was clear she was unhappy with this intrusion.
According to the laws, only one death sovereign was required to punish Su Yu. With a second death sovereign in place, that was basically an invasion of her territory.
Xing Yue was very angry!
She was already feeling very embarrassed about what Su Yu did to her. And now, the devils had actually encouraged a death sovereign to trespass into her territory. This further stoked her anger.
A loud voice rang out, "Xing Yue, since you're incapable, allow me to finish your job for you. The honor of death spirits must be preserved. If you're smart, you will step aside. Of course, I won't mind killing you as well."
A powerful death sovereign had appeared in the tunnel under the city. And the newcomer was stronger than Xing Yue. That was an ancient devil who had recovered a tiny bit of his memories from when he was alive. This was the devil the Devil Pseudo Emperor had been trying to resurrect.
Thanks to the Pseudo Emperor, he was already aware of his task here. He was here to kill Su Yu and the other multiple character faction experts.
***
Inside the city.
The expressions of Wan Tiansheng and the others changed as well. A powerful death sovereign had left his own territory to go after them. Su Yu could handle Xing Yue, but he couldn't do anything to any other death sovereigns. The arrival of the new death sovereign would spell their death.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor did not opt for a direct conflict against the stone statues. Rather, he had created a disaster for Su Yu and the others by working within the bounds of the laws. All he needed was a different death sovereign.
Was this a challenge Su Yu could solve?
"Yanmo, you dare intrude upon my domain?"
Xing Yue considered this a humiliation, and she was enraged.
What Su Yu did was not enough to summon the other death sovereigns. This was nothing but an invasion.
"Piss off, trash."
Xing Yue had been suffering Su Yu's continuous absorption for quite a while. Even though he had slowed the absorption, her strength had still dropped considerably. Her short exchange with Wan Tiansheng earlier didn't help either. She was no match for Yanmo in her current state.
Before long, Xing Yue's roars of indignation rang out from the tunnel.
Su Yu's expression changed repeatedly as he cursed inwardly. He had absorbed too much of Xing Yue's power. This was bad. Xing Yue, who was an enemy not long ago, had suddenly turned into his most valuable protector. If the other death sovereign was allowed to enter the city, all of them would die.
Not even hiding inside the ancient buildings would protect them from the death sovereign. After all, the laws allowed the death sovereigns to open the doors of these ancient buildings. As a mayor, Su Yu was well aware of that.
Liu Wenyan and Wan Tiansheng, who had thought that they were finally safe mere moments ago, looked at Su Yu again. Could he do the same thing toward the other death sovereign?
Su Yu had the urge to roll his eyes when he noted their gazes.
His expression continued changing as he started panicking. They were in trouble. Liu Wenyan, Wan Tiansheng, and even Marquis Xia, who was now a ball of light, were all in the city. They would all die the moment the new death sovereign came out of the tunnel.
That damn Pseudo Emperor didn't even need to come in person to create such a big problem for him.
Outside the city.
The Invincibles were overjoyed. An Emperor was impressive indeed. Just look at how easily he had pushed those humans to the brink of disaster.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor's eyes, or Mo Duona's eyes, to be precise, were showing slight signs of struggle. The longer the Pseudo Emperor stayed in his body, the more his body would be altered. Yes, the alteration would strengthen his body.
At this rate, he could step into the Mountainsea Realm soon. But this was not what he wanted.
The more his body was altered, the more trouble he would be in. When the Pseudo Emperor decided to take over his body in the future, even his consciousness might end up sealed. This was definitely not a good thing for him. That was the main reason why he had stayed out of the battle in the Human Realm earlier.
He had thought that he could avoid this fate, but in the end, the Pseudo Emperor had still found a reason to use his body. Looking at Su Yu, Mo Duona sighed inwardly. He truly hoped that Su Yu would be able to overcome this challenge.
But he hid that thought in the depths of his consciousness, careful to not leak it to the Pseudo Emperor. Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to make those ancient stone statues act against the Pseudo Emperor and snap the River of Time?
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was too busy to care about what Mo Duona was thinking. He was too busy panicking, to be precise.
What now?
A death sovereign was about to descend upon them. He looked at Wan Tiansheng expectantly, but all he received was a shake of the head.
Wan Tiansheng was too heavily injured to do anything about this. He had fought nonstop for the entire day. He could probably still put up some fight against a Pseudo Invincible, but against a death spirit who was also an Invincible...he was hopeless.
Liu Wenyan started laughing, "So be it. I guess this is as good as a way we can go. We should be happy with what we have achieved so far. I'm only unhappy that I need to die together with this damn fatty..."
He started complaining as he tossed the ball of light in the air before catching it again, "Why was the damn fatty scolding me even during his final moments? I heard everything. He was already a pain in the ass back then. I guess not even time can change him..."
Fortunately, Xia Longwu had succeeded in his dao affirmation. Liu Wenyan smiled, satisfied that he had finally cleared part of what he owed Xia Longwu over the years. Sure, the damn fatty was the one who had saved Xia Longwu if one wanted to be specific, but since he had saved the damn fatty, Xia Longwu should be thankful to him.
As for the fact that they would all die in moments...well, there was no helping that.
Su Yu complained, "Teacher, you're too pessimistic."
How could his teacher be so pessimistic? A true genius was someone who would seek life amid death. His teacher was not genius enough.
He was totally not living up to his reputation as the number one genius of the multiple character faction. It was time for him to give up on that fancy title.