Chapter 1263: Crisis, Ball (2)
Death sovereign...
Su Yu started searching his memories for everything he had learned as a mayor. Then, he gnashed his teeth and flew toward the mayor's residence. He needed to verify something. Soon, he reached the mayor's residence. The furious howls from the tunnel could be heard clearly.
Xing Yue was probably going crazy from sheer anger.
Su Yu even took a moment to thank Xing Yue inwardly. He decided to absorb less of her death qi after this. He felt sorry for absorbing too much of her death qi this time. Just listen to her screams. She must be receiving quite a beating in the tunnel.
When Grandstar sensed Su Yu's approach, he opened his eyes and said, "You...sigh."
This mayor was too good at stirring trouble.
He could deal with Xing Yue, but what could he do about the other death sovereign?
Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Lord, where did that death spirit come from? Which city did he come from?"
"Empyrean Cloud."
Su Yu nodded. He knew that city. He had even been there before. In fact, Empyrean Cloud City was one of the ancient cities that had arrived in the area. He remembered that the mayor was a woman...or a female fox from the green fox race, to be specific.
He took his mayor's medallion and sent a voice transmission, "Is the mayor of Emprean Cloud City here? There is an invading death spirit in my city. And that death spirit came from your city. Are there any late-stage Sunmoons in the city? Could I trouble you to kill one and force the death spirit to return to his own city?"
"..."
In the nearby Empyrean Cloud City, the green fox mayor had the urge to release a string of expletives.
Screw that!
Did Su Yu think that every mayor was a lunatic like him?
Was she supposed to kill a late-stage Sunmoon resident, wait for the death sovereign to return, and...die?
It wasn't like she could restrain her death sovereign like Su Yu.
That bastard Xia Longwu had also run off after affirming his dao instead of fulfilling his promise to them. And now, the little shit called Su Yu was trying to send her to an early grave?
Su Yu hurriedly continued, "You might yet survive. As long as you kill a late-stage Sunmoon, your death sovereign will be forced to return. That is what the laws dictate. And if the mayor leaves the city, he won't be able to do anything to the mayor either. That is also in accordance with the laws."
"Are you kidding, Mayor Su?" The green fox mayor said, "Leaving the city? There are more than ten Invincibles out there."
"You can return your city to its original spot in the Plain of Desires first. These Invincibles won't go after you."
"What if they do go after me?"
The green fox mayor was definitely not going to agree. Screw that little shit! He was definitely sending her on a suicide mission.
Su Yu cursed inwardly and started speaking to Grandstar instead, "Lord, can I trouble you to tell Lord Empyrean Cloud something? That green fox might be thinking of quitting her job. I am willing to take that job when she's gone. With me around, Lord Empyrean Cloud will enjoy more freedom. As for the mayor, I can help her if she really wants to break free. Without my help, I doubt it can happen so easily."
Grandstar looked at Su Yu with an odd gaze. The laws did not forbid that. Thus, he did not object.
Shortly after, he sent a voice transmission, "Empyrean Cloud, Su Yu is willing to take over the mayorship from the green fox. As the price, she needs to kill a late-stage Sunmoon resident and force that death sovereign to return."
Immediately, a different voice intruded into the conversation and complained, "Why isn't he offering to take over Tian He's mayorship?"
"Ask him yourself."
Grandstar couldn't even be bothered to entertain the jealous Heavendoom. It wasn't like Yanmo was a death sovereign from his city. Su Yu was trying to solve a trouble, not looking for trouble. Why would he offer to become the next mayor of Heavendoom for no reason?
After a short silence, Empyrean Cloud asked, "Can he really take on the burden of another city?"
Grandstar nonchalantly replied, "He nearly sucked Xing Yue dry."
What was the point of that question? She was here when that happened.
"In that case...I agree."
Empyrean Cloud said, "Yanmo will be forced to return due to the laws, but he can always return to your city after my mayor leaves the city..."
Just like how Xing Yue could give up after failing to kill Su Yu, Yanmo could always give up after the green fox left his reach. At that time, he would be free to return to Grandstar City again. Was the green fox supposed to return and kill another late-stage Sunmoon to lure the death sovereign away again?
There weren't even that many Sunmoons in the city. Even now, that wasn't too good an idea. Most of the Sunmoons in the city were also the friends of the green fox. Of course, she still had some rivals among them. Ordinarily, she wouldn't have the courage to do something like killing a Sunmoon in the city.
When Grandstar passed the message to Su Yu, he thought about it for a bit and asked, "Is the death sovereign allowed to freely leave his domain?"
"No." Grandstar explained, "He was summoned by the Devil Pseudo Emperor. He wouldn't have been able to reach the tunnel so fast otherwise. Ordinarily, he will only be able to travel here so quickly when there is a crisis here. In that situation, the laws will assist him. Otherwise, he will need to trudge through the Death Realm the old-fashioned way. But wih the Devil Pseudo Emperor summoning him right outside the city, he can cut the trip short."
Su Yu cursed inwardly.
Damn the devils! He wouldn't forget this!
This damn Pseudo Emperor, in particular, was exceptionally annoying. Previously, he was also the one who had saved Lade.
"Is Death Sovereign Xing Yue not his match?"
"Yeah." Grandstar said, "You sucked too much of her death qi. She was already slightly weaker than him originally. In her current state, she stands no chance against him."
Su Yu felt like crying. Just not long ago, he had been trying to absorb as much of her death qi as possible. But now, he wished nothing more than to return everything to her.
What was the moral of this story? One shouldn't be too Su Yu in life. Greed was not good. Because he was too Su Yu, Xing Yue became too weak to handle Yanmo.
Su Yu started racking his brain for an idea to handle Yanmo. As for the trouble waiting for him outside the city, that was no longer his concern. He was left with two options. Firstly, the green fox could keep killing, forcing the death sovereign to return repeatedly. Secondly, he could interrupt the Devil Pseudo Emperor's summoning.
Su Yu asked, "Does the Devil Pseudo Emperor not need to pay a price to summon the death sovereign?"
"He does. But it's a price he can afford. He also believes it's a price worth paying for your life."
How honest. Grandstar was directly telling him that his life was worth that much.
Su Yu asked again, "He isn't here in person. Rather, he's possessing Mo Duona's body. Is there a way for me to make use of that?"
Rumble!
The battle in the tunnel was growing in intensity.
Xing Yue's furious roars were growing weaker. It wouldn't be long before Yanmo was out of the tunnel.
Su Yu said, "Lord, are foreign death sovereigns allowed to freely kill your mayor? Is that in accordance with the laws?"
"..."
Grandstar was rendered speechless.
After a long while, he replied, "Yes. Since Xing Yue has failed to handle you, someone else is allowed to take over the task..."
"In that case, he won't be able to enter this city as long as Xing Yue is in the city, right?"
"Yeah."
"Why don't Death Sovereign Xing Yue come out, then?"
Grandstar wanted to tell Su Yu to stop dreaming.
Xing Yue wasn't fighting Yanmo to protect him. Rather, she was doing it to protest against the invasion. As per the laws of the Death Realm, Yanmo would be able to freely ascend the tunnel upon defeating Xing Yue.
Why should Xing Yue come out here just to offer him protection? Did he think himself the grandpa of Xing Yue? Was she supposed to obey his every word?
Su Yu was growing anxious. He said, "I'll force Xing Yue to come out or I'll keep sucking her dry! If she agrees to come out, we can coexist peacefully!"
"Every Invincible has their glory to uphold." Grandstar said, "She would rather die in Yanmo's hands than compromise to such an insulting term. Su Yu, stop thinking about such useless thoughts."
He must be dreaming. These death sovereigns were all people who had died once. For them, nothing was more important than their glory and face. If he dared to offer her such a term, she would opt to die in battle instead of agreeing.
Su Yu cursed inwardly. Face? Why did face matter so much? They would rather die than lose face? No wonder they were all dead now.
How annoying.
Whatever. For now, he had to first get the green fox to lure that fellow back. Thus, he sent another message to the green fox, "Mayor Green Fox, you may move your city back and start the operation. Lord Empyrean Cloud has agreed. I will help you quit your mayorship temporarily and reduce the death qi burden on you."
The green fox was feeling quite helpless. She had received the same message from the stone statue.
What manner of a mayor was she? Just look at how Su Yu could contact her biggest backer directly. Compared to him, all of them were simply failures. In fact, some mayors would spend their entire lives without hearing a single word from their stone statues.
Helpless, she could only agree.
First, she must move the city. It was dangerous to stay here further anyway. After that, she could kill one of her rivals and lure Yanmo back, before fleeing the city. She only needed to stay outside for three days. With Su Yu being Yanmo's target, he would be gone the moment he could. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
Before long, Empyrean Cloud City vanished. Shortly after, a moon dropped from the sky. And moments later, the sounds of battle stopped appearing from the tunnel under Grandstar City, replaced by a furious roar of Yanmo.
***
"Hmm?"
Outside the city, the Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "How surprising. You're very enterprising."
This was truly impressive.
Su Yu had actually contacted the mayor of Empyrean Cloud City and forced Yanmo to return. The Devil Pseudo Emperor wasn't too bothered as he could summon Yanmo yet again.
But when he was about to do so, Mo Duona's voice rang out in his mind, "Your Majesty, if you do this one more time, I'm afraid my body won't be able to handle the burden."
"It's fine. You can simply break through into the Mountainsea Realm."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor was completely nonchalant about it.
Mo Duona sank into silence.
Entering the Mountainsea Realm?
To make this body even more suitable for possession?
The Devil Pseudo Emperor continued, "Only by entering the Mountainsea Realm will you be the true number one genius. At present, you are not comparable to Su Yu. You're also on the verge of being surpassed by others."
Mo Duona remained silent. Breaking through was something he wanted to do, but not now. Not when the Devil Pseudo Emperor was possessing his body. If he proceeded with his breakthrough now, his body would only grow in a way that would make it more suitable for possession. He did not want that.
Sure, there was no guarantee that the Devil Pseudo Emperor would take his body. After all, the Psedo Emperor had been producing many body seeds like him. Over the years, he had never taken the bodies of others. As long as all his tri-life bodies remained, he would not require their bodies.
However...there was still a risk of that happening. If something were to happen to the Pseudo Emperor in the future, Mo Duona would be reduced to a puppet.
Chapter 1264: Crisis, Ball (3)
"Mo Duona, are you unwilling?"
Mo Duona replied, "I have yet to finish tempering my body at this stage. It isn't a good idea to pursue advancement now."
"Mo Duona, there is no end to the pursuit of perfection. If you refuse to break through now, I won't be able to summon Yanmo here. Do you want Su Yu and the other humans to survive this?"
"Lord Emperor, you can deploy one of your tri-life bodies here."
"Sigh. I wish. But the moment anything befalls my tri-life body, it will be disastrous to the devil race as a whole. The divines, immortals, and humans will not let go of that opportunity. That is why the Emperors will not leave our realms unless absolutely necessary. Do you understand now?"
"I understand."
After a short silence, Mo Duona said, "I'll break through..."
"I'll help you. It's faster that way."
"No, I wish to try myself."
Mo Duona insisted on trying himself.
After a short silence, the Pseudo Emperor said, "Fine. You have until the night. I'll step in after that."
The night was not far away, so Mo Duona wasn't even given that much time. He wasted no time and started preparing for his breakthrough. He was unwilling to do this. But he was left with no choice.
He could only try to drag it out. He wanted nothing more than to see Su Yu solving this problem before night arrived. What an irony that out of all people, he had to place his hope in Su Yu.
***
Su Yu had temporarily removed the crisis from the city. But he couldn't relax yet. The death sovereign would be summoned over again.
When he left the mayor's residence, Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan were already waiting there.
After glancing outside the city, Wan Tiansheng said, "The death sovereign was summoned here. But to do so, an intermediary is required. A second summon will require a sacrifice. Mo Duona will probably be forced to enter the Mountainsea Realm. The Devil Pseudo Emperor isn't involved in the breakthrough. Perhaps Mo Duona insisted on doing it himself. This will buy us some time."
Wan Tiansheng was very observant. With his rich experience and keen eyes, he could easily see what was happening.
Su Yu nodded. He told them what he knew. Upon hearing his story, Wan Tiansheng frowned and said, "In that case, we won't have much time. The battle won't end so soon. As for the ancient city, I understand that the death sovereign will be delayed for three days."
Su Yu was quite impressed. Was the principal aware of everything? Was he so learned that he knew everything even without leaving the academy all these years? No, it was very possible that Old Wan had been traveling everywhere through his River of Time all these years. He had probably learned about a lot of things from his travels. Tʜe sourcᴇ of thɪs content ɪs novelꞁire.net
In the past, Su Yu had to think of everything himself. That was no longer the case this time.
After looking around, Wan Tiansheng said, "Mo Duona won't be able to buy us more than two or three hours. That is not enough time for me to recover. It is also not enough for us to seek assistance elsewhere. The dao affirmations have yet to end. The battle will persist for a while."
"You are left with only two options. Firstly, you can have Xing Yue come out. That will block the other death sovereign from coming. Secondly, we need the Devil Pseudo Emperor to leave."
Su Yu doubted Xing Yue would come out. In fact, he suspected that after the beating, she had decided to sulk in her room. She had been so silent after Yanmo's departure. As for making the Devil Pseudo Emperor leave...that was even harder.
Liu Wenyan suggested, "Or we can send an Invincible to attack Empyrean Cloud City. But we have to be wary of the stone statue's counterattack."
That was a feasible idea. But all the human Invincibles were occupied. Who could do that for them? The stone statue wouldn't be an issue as he could negotiate with her. As long as the city was undamaged, it would be fine.
But who could do this for them? All three alternatives felt impossible.
After a short hesitation, Wan Tiansheng said, "If we have no choice...we can send Lan Tian there. He's strong enough to lure the death sovereign there again."
Su Yu frowned, "But he will die doing that. As the mayor, the green fox can forcefully leave the sealed city. But that's not the case for Lan Tian. He will die once the gates are shut."
"At least we can force the Devil Pseudo Emperor to perform the summoning one more time if we do this..."
Wan Tiansheng's voice was soft when he said that. He wouldn't send Lan Tian on such a suicide mission for him alone. But Su Yu was at risk as well. He still hoped to see Su Yu survive. The damn kid had insisted on interfering. As a result, he got himself in trouble as well.
Lan Tian would be the final alternative. If Wan Tiansheng was the one sending him, he would go. Life had been too lonely for Lan Tian. Perhaps Wan Tiansheng was the only person he had ever viewed as a kindred spirit. Thus, he would go if it was a request from Wan Tiansheng. With his sacrifice, they would force the Devil Pseudo Emperor to perform another summoning.
But Su Yu wasn't too willing to accept the sacrifice.
They could see multicolored rays of light appearing from afar yet again. Someone else seemed to have finished their dao affirmation. Su Yu had no idea who that was. The Invincibles outside the city did not seem to care.
They only wanted to see the humans in the city die. As far as they were concerned, getting the humans here killed would have a much bigger impact than even getting a human Invincible killed. Since Marquis Xia was also in the city, their deaths could probably drive Xia Longwu crazy and make him throw his life away for revenge.
This could very well be their chance to end the multiple character faction once and for all. Killing these people was just as important as stopping Xia Longwu's dao affirmation. The appearance of the Devil Pseudo Emperor had thrown a crisis toward these humans.
Grandstar continued observing, taking note of what they were doing or talking about.
After a long while, he suddenly said, "There is a way for you to break out of this crisis."
Su Yu was overjoyed. Was the stone statue finally going to help?
Alas, Grandstar did not intend to do anything. Instead, he said through voice transmission, "You can think of a way to contact the parents of that little furball. They are somewhere in the Allheaven Battlefield as well, but they are probably unaware of what's happening here. Get them here. The Devil Pseudo Emperor was too careless. He is keeping the River of Time connected to his main body. Those two can take advantage of that and eat his main body."
At the moment, they were busy waiting to eat the Immortal Pseudo Emperor. But the Immortal Pseudo Emperor had remained in hiding. Perhaps he could sense the danger. Or perhaps he simply thought this conflict unworthy of his time.
Meanwhile, the Devil Pseudo Emperor had failed to resist his desire to act. Yes, he wasn't doing anything with his own body, but he had maintained a connection between his body and Mo Duona's body.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor's willpower would probably be a delicacy to those furballs as well. If they were lucky, they might be able to even reach the Devil Pseudo Emperor's main body and feast on it.
The moment Su Yu heard those words, his eyes lit up! Yes! He could pinch the furball to death!
The little furball rolled his eyes. Not this again. He started licking a nearby character.
Seemingly having guessed Su Yu's thought, Grandstar said, "Just get the little furball to think about his parents to summon their help. Stop thinking of killing him all the time. You should only do that if you want to die alongside your enemies."
Summoning the big furball that way would guarantee his own death as well. What was this habit of thinking about solutions that would guarantee mutual destruction?
Su Yu was surprised to hear that. Would that work? He was unaware that the big furball had made several appearances before. He had thought that the big furball was still unaware of the adventure the little furball was in. He had believed that killing the little furball was the only way to summon the big furball. But according to Grandstar, there was actually an alternative to that.
"Just do it. Tell the little fellow to call for help in his mind. The target is a Pseudo Emperor. An ancient Pseudo Emperor. He can sense it when someone of his bloodline calls for help."
Su Yu's eyes lit up in excitement.
But immediately after, his excitement faded away. He had thought of pinching the little furball to death so many times. Would the big furball eat him upon arriving? Also, if even the little furball can detect the golden book in his head, what about the big furball? Would the golden book turn him into furball fodder?
He looked at Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan as he contemplated. Before long, he said, "Teacher, Principal, you should hide inside one of these buildings. I have a way to resolve this."
When the two looked at him, he grinned, "Don't worry. I'm telling the truth. Don't forget that this is my turf! There is no need to send Lan Tian on that suicide mission, Principal. I'll be resolving this shortly."
Then, he knocked the little furball's head and said, "Come on. Call for help. Do it with your mind. Call after your dada. Hurry up!"
"..."
The little furball rolled his eyes. His dada wouldn't come. Dada must still be sleeping. But he still did as told.
***
At the same time.
Immortal Realm's entrance.
The big furball started yawning. Tiangu sure was patient. Why was Tiangu still inside? He was starting to feel sleepy again. He was not as patient as the female furball. The thought of returning to his sleep became more and more tempting. Maybe he should give up. This was so boring.
Suddenly, a thought bubble appeared beside him.
"Dada! Devil Emperor is trying to eat me!"
"Dada! Devil Emperor outside Grandstar City!"
"Wuwuwuwuwu! I'm being eaten!"
"Help, Dada, help!"
"..."
The female furball looked at the bubble. She had been gone for over three hundred years, but she didn't even seem bothered to see the little furball who had clearly been born after she left. She asked doubtfully, "Devil Emperor? He's out?"
The big furball looked in a certain direction. Distance became irrelevant to his gaze as he saw everything in that direction, including a certain shiny River of Time.
"Tiangu is not coming out..." The big furball looked at the female furball and asked, "Should we...eat this devil, then? He's not yummy enough since he's too young, but the taste should be decent."
More importantly, the devil would be more convenient to eat. Look, the River of Time was opened wide for them to enter, unlike Tiangu who was stubbornly hiding inside the Immortal Realm.
As the female furball thought of the devil, she started salivating as she said, "Sure. Let's grab a quick meal before coming back for Tiangu."
She still couldn't let go of her desire to eat Tiangu.
Instantly, the two furballs vanished.
Immortal Realm.
An old man was performing a quick divination. He frowned, but soon, he exhaled in relief. His crisis seemed to have ended. Damn it. Just what was that crisis?
How could he be in a crisis? Was this a joke?
What could threaten him in the Myriad Realms apart from the cooperation of the Divine and Devil Emperors?
Chapter 1265: Eat You (1)
Ancient city.
Su Yu did not place all his hope on the little furball. In any case, the big furball's arrival might save the others, but not him. After all, he was quite yummy, according to the little furball. After sending Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan away, he returned to the inner hall of the mayor's residence.
No noise was coming from the tunnel anymore. Xing Yue wasn't out of the tunnel. She could have taken this chance to kill him if she was out.
Su Yu had a sneaking suspicion that Xing Yue was sulking somewhere down there. She was not willing to show her face anymore.
"Lord!"
At that, Grandstar opened his eyes and regarded the super troublemaker before him.
Su Yu solemnly asked, "If I were to die, would I turn into a death spirit?"
Grandstar gave it some thought and answered, "Most likely."
"What do you mean most likely? Isn't it guaranteed?"
"Not at all." Grandstar explained, "There are some special requirements to be met before becoming a death spirit. You will know when you become one yourself."
What a worthless answer.
Su Yu resisted the urge to roll his eyes and asked, "Can I preserve my memories after becoming a death spirit?"
"No. You will regain some of your memories after becoming an Eternal. But you won't regain all your memories. At that point, it is likely that you will only recall some unimportant parts of your past life. And that's not even guaranteed. Some will not regain any of their memories. To be precise, some will no longer see themselves as the same person after becoming a death spirit."
"What is the purpose of the Death Realm?" Su Yu asked, "Lord, are the dead and the living enemies? If I were to become a death spirit, would you stop me if I were to try leaving the Death Realm as a death spirit?"
Grandstar regarded Su Yu silently.
Su Yu seemed to be harboring some pessimistic thoughts. He was already preparing to become a death spirit.
"Yes." Grandstar answered, "That is the purpose of our existence. That will only change when we're dead."
"Will the Death Realm ever invade the realm of the living?"
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Seeing that, Su Yu stopped asking. He inhaled deeply. He was prepared to become a death spirit, but nothing was certain.
He took a storage ring out and said, "Lord, can I store this with you for safekeeping? If...the worst were to happen, please hand it to my teacher, Liu Wenyan."
Grandstar said, "If Yanmo manages to enter this city, both you and your teacher will die."
Su Yu laughed, "If the furball's father were to come, he probably wouldn't be interested in my teacher and the others. Anyway, this is just a precaution."
What could he do if he was so yummy? In fact, each time he thought of pinching the little furball to death, he was prepared to die with his enemies.
It was a good thing that he no longer needed to kill the little furball. His father might be able to deal with the Devil Pseudo Emperor. After all, the Devil Pseudo Emperor wasn't even here with his own body.
In Su Yu's estimations, the Divine, Devil, and Immortal Pseudo Emperors were the three strongest experts in existence. Even if the little furball's dada was a Pseudo Emperor, he might not be a match for them. He might not even be a match for the Nether and Dragon Pseudo Emperors.
The so-called Pseudo Emperor was merely an ancient title for the leaders of races. They were only allowed to style themselves Pseudo Emperors because there was already an Emperor among humanity.
With this system, the other races would be constantly reminded of their place. Just because one was a Pseudo Emperor did not mean that one was all-powerful. Of course, one still needed to be an Invincible to receive that title.
The stone statue said, "With the city sealed, he might not necessarily enter the city. There is no need for you to be so pessimistic."
Since the Devil Pseudo Emperor couldn't enter the city, the big furball might not be able to enter as well. Su Yu nodded. He was only afraid of catching the attention of the big furball. Just look at how stubbornly the little furball had stuck to him.
If it wasn't for the fact that the little furball was too weak to eat the golden book, he would have swallowed the golden book long ago. The race of furballs might look adorable and harmless, but Su Yu had never viewed the little furball as an adorable pet. He had always been wary of this race. He knew how dangerous they were.
He said nothing else and left after placing a storage ring on the ground. Right after leaving, he transformed into a death spirit again.
When he was gone, Xing Yue's furious voice rang out in the tunnel, "He's doing it again!"
Grandstar said, "He has to do it or he'll be drained to death himself."
With the yang acupoint open, Su Yu had to keep absorbing Xing Yue's death qi.
Otherwise, he would have to spend all his time in cultivation like the Bai Family's ancestor.
"Is the heaven acupoint really so hard to open?"
If it was so difficult, could anyone even open it fully?
Grandstar said nothing. Xing Yue had not regained much of her original memories. She naturally wouldn't understand how hard it was to open the heaven acupoint. Even during the ancient past, it was also an extremely rare acupoint to open. In fact, Grandstar himself had only heard of those super geniuses. He had never met one himself.
It was likely that the ancient Emperor was someone who had opened the heaven acupoint. But Grandstar lacked the qualification to ask about the Emperor.
Soon, he tossed the thought out of his mind. As a guardian, he shouldn't be thinking too much about these matters. Su Yu's appearance might have lightened the burden on him, but he still couldn't break the laws for Su Yu.
He could kill a few Invincibles in secret, but that was the limit of what he could do. With everyone paying attention to what was happening here, he couldn't afford to risk breaking the laws.
***
At the same time.
Somewhere in the eastern sector, Niu Baidao felt like crying as he looked at the multicolored rays of light coming out of his body.
Holy shit!
After over four hundred years, it was finally his turn to complete his dao affirmation.
This was...too touching.
He had been relatively lucky this time. First, Xia Longwu killed the Invincible trying to prevent him from affirming his dao. Then, he was able to absorb the heavenly rewards Xia Longwu had abandoned after affirming his dao. And then, Xia Longwu and the ancient city proceeded to occupy everyone's attention.
Unfortunately, the phenomenon of his advancement wasn't too impressive. Then again, he should be thankful just being for able to complete his dao affirmation in the Allheaven Battlefield. That alone was enough to place him ahead of many Invincibles who had completed their advancements in the minor realms.
While Niu Baidao was thinking about all that, his expression changed abruptly. Not far away, the air rippled as two ball-like objects appeared for a split second before vanishing with a flicker.
"Husband, that one smells quite nice as well. Why are we not eating him?"
"If we eat this one, Devil Emperor will know we're here. Also, our young lad's smell is on him. He's probably our young lad's friend."
"Oh. Forget it, then."
"..."
Their voices were almost imperceptible, but having affirmed his dao, Niu Baidao could hear them. Instantly, beads of sweat filled his forehead.
What was that? His eyes flickered as he recalled the record of a peculiar event over three hundred years ago...
Holy shit!
It couldn't be, right?
Husband?
So...it was a couple, this time?
Niu Baidao shivered.
From what he heard, he had been apparently close to being reduced to their food without knowing it.
As a cultural researcher, he was probably a tempting target for them. How terrifying. What were they doing here? Devil Emperor? He recalled something else he overheard. Were the two...on the way to eat the Devil Pseudo Emperor?
Holy shit!
Something big was about to happen!
But...that wasn't a bad thing.
In fact, that would be great for humanity. At that thought, Niu Baidao decided to look for a devil Invincible and kill some time. If something were to happen to the Devil Pseudo Emperor, he might be able to take advantage of the resulting chaos to gain some benefits.
***
Outside the ancient city.
The night would arrive soon.
The aura on Mo Duona's body grew stronger and stronger. In fact, a phenomenon was starting to take form around him. Anyone capable of producing a phenomenon during a breakthrough below the Invincible Realm was someone of extraordinary talent.
This was especially true since Mo Duona was merely a Cloudbreach breaking through into the Mountainsea Realm. In fact, Su Yu couldn't recall this happening with any human apart from Xia Longwu. Then again, the phenomenon for a breakthrough of this level wouldn't be too big so it was possible that there were more that he was unaware of.
Floating above the mayor's residence, Su Yu gazed at Mo Duona. After the breakthrough, he would be able to bear even more of the Devil Pseudo Emperor's strength. And that would allow the Devil Pseudo Emperor to summon Yanmo again. Meanwhile, the big furball was nowhere to be seen.
Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan appeared beside him.
He looked at the two and said, "Teacher, Principal, you should hide somewhere."
Wan Tiansheng said, "It's fine. If Yanmo comes, I can still put up a fight. I don't want to die while hiding like a rat. Are you sure you don't need Lan Tian to do it?"
"It's fine."
Su Yu shook his head. He was the one who had killed the resident. With his death, Yanmo would have no good reason to return. The city would remain sealed for three days. Old Wan and his teacher would have to rely on themselves during that time.
Wan Tiansheng gave Su Yu a deep gaze before leaving with Liu Wenyan. He was smart enough to realize what Su Yu was planning, and he respected Su Yu enough to say nothing about it.
Chapter 1266: Eat You (2)
Su Yu spent some time staring silently at Mo Duona before opening his mouth, "Mo Duona, we have been encountering each other quite regularly as of late, but I don't remember a proper fight between us. You are now ranked first on the Heaven Index, and that used to be my rank as well. I can't help but notice that we have yet to determine who among us is the stronger cultivator."
Mo Duona opened his eyes and regarded Su Yu. But the look in the eyes suggested that it was the Devil Pseudo Emperor who was in charge at the moment. Orıginal content can be found at nοvelfire.net
However, that changed in mere moments as a more lively look replaced the deep and emotionless look in the eyes.
With a smile, Mo Duona said, "If you're interested in that, survive this and the opportunity will come in the future. If this event is enough to kill you, know that a dead genius will cease being a genius."
Su Yu laughed, "True. But you're not living up to your reputation as a genius. How are you so helpless against mere willpower? Why are you allowing someone else to freely alter your body? No matter how much strength you get from this, it won't be your own strength. Instead, it's a strength gifted by someone else."
Mo Duona laughed, "Perhaps. But you need to understand that at times, resistance is hopeless. Even now, you're resisting your fate. But so what? This is the way of the world. The weak are prey to the strong. At the moment, you're relying on the ancient city. But can you be free from the city?"
Mo Duona was subjected to the whims of the Devil Pseudo Emperor, but was Su Yu really free from the ancient city? It might seem like he was doing well. After all, he seemed perfectly capable of dealing with death qi. However, there was no denying that he was still living under the thumb of others. Without his ability to share the stone statue's burden, would the stone statue help him? Without the ability to deal with death qi, he would have died long ago.
Su Yu nodded, "You're right. Thus, nobody is more reliable than ourselves. Mo Duona, if I were you, I would slaughter the entire devil race when I grow strong enough. This isn't an insult I will take lying down."
Mo Duona merely smiled.
Su Yu did not try to say more. Mo Duona was not the type to take this lying down. According to Wan Tiansheng, the Devil Pseudo Emperor had the ability to rapidly alter Mo Duona's body and force him into the Mountainsea Realm.
Since it was taking so long, it was clear he was resisting the efforts. In truth, the Devil Pseudo Emperor was not the only Pseudo Emperor doing something like this. For many, this was actually a great shortcut to strength. After all, the Pseudo Emperors would not deign to do this on those without sufficient talent.
One might even be able to enjoy the benefits of their body transformation without paying the ultimate price of losing the body to the Pseudo Emperor. After all, each tri-life body of a Pseudo Emperor was a body of exceptional strength. It made no sense to abandon such a body unless one was left with no choice.
Thus, very few geniuses had actually lost their bodies to the Pseudo Emperors in history. Instead, the number of geniuses who had enjoyed the benefits of transformation before eventually advancing into the Invincible Realm was much higher.
That was why young geniuses like Xuan Wuji, Zhan Wushuang, and others had willingly accepted their body transformations even when they were aware of the risk. For them, this was also a form of fortune.
As Mo Duona sank into silence, his aura grew even stronger than before. The process of entering the Mountainsea Realm through physical cultivation was the same for all races.
Acupoint fusion.
Generally, a warrior would be left with nine acupoints after reaching the Skysoar or Cloudbreach Realm. All the basic acupoints would be fused until only nine were left. At the Mountainsea Realm, one would start fusing the nine remaining acupoints.
When nine became one, one would become a Sunmoon. As a Sunmoon, one would start strengthening the sole remaining acupoint.
For a warrior, every stage of cultivation involved the strengthening of their body. Body forging, acupoint fusion, source qi transformation, and acupoint strengthening. All these were merely preparations for the eventual dao affirmation.
The stronger the acupoints were, the stronger the body would be. And only with a strong body would one be able to rip reality apart and enter the River of Time in search of the past and future bodies. Only then would one be able to fuse the past, present, and future. Without a strong enough body, the fusion with the past and future would merely result in the destruction of the present.
This was the path of warriors. As for the path of cultural researchers, there weren't much records among humanity. Or to be precise, the records only showed a path to the Sunmoon Realm. Beyond that, no record could be found.
For modern humanity, warriors and cultural researchers alike would follow the path of warriors upon reaching the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm.
Su Yu continued observing Mo Duona's breakthrough in silence. His physical cultivation might seem far from the Mountainsea Realm but it really wasn't that far away. Thus, it wouldn't be a bad idea to observe the breakthrough of others and learn from it. This was especially true when the person breaking through was a super genius like Mo Duona.
From how powerful Mo Duona's body felt, Su Yu guessed that he had completed at least forty-five body forgings. His source qi was also absurdly high in quality, a result of his nine transformations during the Cloudbreach Realm.
Only at such a moment did Su Yu get a glimpse at just how powerful Mo Duona's acupoints were. In fact, Su Yu couldn't recall seeing Mo Duona fighting seriously even once. Now, he could see that Mo Duona had the strength of at least 300,000 acupoints.
With a successful breakthrough, he could probably surpass the strength of 500,000 acupoints. That was already the level of a regular first-stage Sunmoon from the devil race. With that strength, he could probably kill a group of minor race Sunmoons alone.
That was quite terrifying. But far less terrifying than a monstrous freak like Su Yu.
Like Su Yu, the other Invincibles were also observing the breakthrough. Some of them had unnatural expressions on their faces. They had to admit that this young devil genius was indeed strong.
They could feel that he was already strong enough to fight Sunmoons. Upon his breakthrough, he would most likely surpass the likes of Zhan Wushuang and Xuan Wuji. And those people were already late-stage Mountainseas.
Of course, Zhan Wushuang was currently still in the little furball's stomach. Everyone was too occupied to care about his fate. Even Invincibles had died today, so nobody would spare much thought for a young genius like him.
Boom!
As the world shook, nine blinding acupoints became visible. Two of them started coming together.
Slowly, they became one. A storm raged around Mo Duona as devil qi flooded the area. Numerous clouds appeared in the sky, some carrying heavenly source qi and some carrying heavenearth profound light.
As of this moment, Mo Duona seemed even more talented than Xia Longwu.
When Xia Longwu had broken through into the Mountainsea Realm all those years ago, he had only generated a rain of source qi. Then again, Xia Longwu was rumored to have broken through in the Human Realm. Thus, the comparison was unfair since Mo Duona was doing it in the Allheaven Battlefield, a place known to be biased toward young geniuses.
As Mo Duona's body transformed, the flame symbol on his forehead burned. At the same time, tiny flashes of lightning appeared in the sky for a short moment before vanishing.
Suddenly, Grandstar appeared beside Su Yu. Or to be precise, Su Yu was suddenly brought back to Grandstar's side. While looking at the sky, Grandstar said, "This is truly an outstanding genius. Did you notice the lightning in the sky?"
"Yeah." Grandstar continued, "If he's producing something like this when he's only breaking through into the Mountainsea Realm, he will definitely produce something bigger during his breakthrough into the Sunmoon Realm. And when he attempts his dao affirmation, he might even encounter the tribulation of the laws. Surviving the tribulation will take him far beyond the level of a regular breakthrough. Nobody has been able to reach this level since the ancient past."
Su Yu remarked in astonishment, "Tribulation? Lightning? There was some lightning during my advancement into the Skysoar Realm as well. In fact, mine was stronger. I was even struck by a bolt of lightning during my breakthrough. Are you saying that I'll encounter more when my body reaches the Cloudbreach Realm?"
Grandstar abruptly shut his mouth.
It seemed unwise of him to talk about this with a super freak like this.
He would rather talk to Xing Yue.
How boring.
Su Yu was such a boring person. He had this annoying habit of talking about himself whenever they talked about these topics. He was making it very hard for someone to brag in front of him. This felt similar to praising someone who had earned five figures in a day in front of a billionaire.
Grandstar only wanted to praise Mo Duona for producing a tiny bit of lightning during a breakthrough into the Mountainsea Realm, but Su Yu just had to point out that he had produced a stronger lightning phenomenon during his breakthrough into the Skysoar Realm. He was even struck by a bolt of lightning during that time.
Su Yu's curiosity was piqued so he asked, "Lord, is the ancient past a lot more glorious than the present time?"
He was quite curious about the ancient past, and he was also curious about the supposed collapse of the ancient civilization. What happened to all those ancient experts? Were they all dead? In that case, how did these stone statues survive?
Grandstar said, "Glorious...I guess it depends on your perspective. I can only say that the environment was different. Back then, cultivation was much easier. The present Human Realm is severely lacking in source qi. Back then, the Human Realm had so much source qi that source qi rain would frequently fall due to overabundance. Such an environment makes cultivation a lot easier than now."
Su Yu was speechless. That...sounded like an exaggeration.
"Why did the ancient civilization collapse, then?" Su Yu asked.
At that question, Grandstar sank into silence. After a long while, he said, "Don't ask me about that. I don't know much. During the collapse, we were already guarding these tunnels."
Su Yu exhaled and asked, "So the death spirits weren't the reason for the collapse? I had thought that the ancient past was destroyed by the death spirits. So that's not the case..."
That was indeed one of his speculations. As far as he was concerned, the Death Realm was a terrifying faction. Nobody knew just how many death sovereigns there were down there. It was possible for anyone to become a death spirit after dying. But according to Grandstar, they were already guardians before the ancient collapse.
"Lord, under whose order were the guardians deployed to the tunnels back then? Was it the ancient Human Emperor?"
Who could command these super experts? They were too strong to be commanded by even a Pseudo Emperor. After all, this was no easy task.
Grandstar replied with a question, "What do you think?"
"I think...you might be a great general serving under the ancient Human Emperor. In that case, we're family..."
"..."
Grandstar laughed in amusement. That was quite a big stretch. How would that make them family?
"No. We're not the subordinates of the ancient Human Emperor."
Grandstar said, "Forget it. The past is the past. There is no need to talk about it. The ancient Human Emperor you mentioned...did exist in the past. But that doesn't mean that he is the one and only in the Myriad Realms."
Su Yu asked in surprise, "Are there other ancient Emperors in the other races? I thought there was only one ancient Emperor in existence?"
"You don't understand..."
Not wanting to continue the topic, Grandstar vanished.
Su Yu was returned to his previous spot.
At that point, the blood in Mo Duona's body was surging violently as the phenomenon around him grew bigger and bigger. He was going to complete his advancement. It wasn't supposed to be so fast, but the possession of the Devil Pseudo Emperor had helped with the breakthrough.
In truth, the transformation of his body would be a boon if the Devil Pseudo Emperor wasn't doing it to take over his body in the future.
Rumble!
As his life force surged, Mo Duona absorbed the heavenly rewards around him. Then, his aura rose massively, bringing him into the Mountainsea Realm. With his advancement, the connection between his body and the Devil Pseudo Emperor's body grew wider, allowing the Devil Pseudo Emperor to send more strength to his body.
In mere moments, Mo Duona's aura rose from the Mountainsea Realm to the Invincible Realm. The Pseudo Emperor had taken over the body yet again after the advancement. The look in Mo Duona's eyes changed as well, making it clear that a different person was in control of the body now.
The Pseudo Emperor smiled as he looked at the city and Su Yu. Then, a drop of blood essence appeared in his hand again. He set it aflame, causing Mo Duona's body to shake, as he started summoning Yanmo over again.
Chapter 1267: Eat You (3)
At the same time.
In the sky.
Instead of sticking together, the two furballs had separated as they approached the River of Time from two different directions. This river was connected to the Devil Realm. The Devil Pseudo Emperor could be found at the end of the river.
Unlike the Human Realm, the Devil Realm's suppressive force was still intact. The Devil Pseudo Emperor would be very powerful in his own realm. Coupled with the suppressive force, the two furballs might not be his match after entering the realm. However, they were quite experienced in hunting.
At the moment, the big furball was speaking to the female furball through voice transmission as they approached the river, "I will reverse time later and reverse his past and future bodies out. Then, we'll start eating..."
The female furball asked, "Can you reverse his present body out as well? We can eat everything together."
"That will be harder. We'll eat his past and future first before eating his present. If we can't, so be it..."
"Alright."
The female furball asked in excitement, "So which do we eat first? Past or future?"
"The future is stronger, but the past smells better. It's mellow and rich in taste. The future smells rough..."
The big furball gave his opinion. The past body would always be richer in taste.
As for the future body, it would feel empty and rough as the future was not set. Eating the future felt like he was imagining it instead of actually eating the meal. The present had the best taste, but also the hardest to hunt.
"I understand. Let's eat the past first..."
The two furballs reached an agreement. As they were hiding in the void, nobody noticed their approach. Not even the Devil Pseudo Emperor could sense their approach as they weren't targeting his present body.
The moment he started summoning, another River of Time appeared and connected itself with the Devil Pseudo Emperor's River of Time. With a look of excitement, the big furball started reversing time.
"Who is this?"
Mo Duona demanded. At the same time, devil qi started churning in the Devil Realm. The Devil Pseudo Emperor opened his eyes with a cold expression. A River of Time had entered the Devil Realm by attaching itself to his River of Time.
He threw a punch.
The River of Time trembled, but it persisted.
"Come!"
"Yummy, come to me..."
Reverse!
A powerful absorption force erupted near the Devil Pseudo Emperor, causing him to stagger as a weaker Devil Pseudo Emperor walked out of the body and flew toward the River of Time.
That was his past body. Someone was reversing his past.
Furious, the Devil Pseudo Emperor roared and blasted his own palace apart as he gave pursuit while roaring, "Impudent!"
Who could it be?
He looked at the other end of the river before roaring in fury, "Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor? You're courting death!"
He did not fear the furball. Yes, the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor was strong, but the Devil Pseudo Emperor was probably stronger. Thus, he showed no fear. He had not imagined that the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor would be brazen enough to go after his tri-life body. How audacious.
As he chased his body, he started throwing punch after punch. He was a cultural researcher as well, but against the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor, he opted to fight as a warrior instead of a cultural researcher.
By the time the third punch was thrown, it felt as though the world was ending. A massive crack appeared in the sky of the Devil Realm. One devil Invincible after another appeared and looked at the sky. Some were alarmed, but some were indifferent. However, all were curious about the person brazen enough to attack the Devil Pseudo Emperor.
***
The moment the big furball made his move, countless people saw a River of Time spreading across the sky before latching onto the Pseudo Devil Emperor's River of Time to enter the Devil Realm.
As the big furball worked, it felt as though the entire world was going to return to the past.
"Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor!"
An Invincible beside Mo Duona exclaimed in alarm. Should they take action? That would offend a Pseudo Emperor.
But if they stayed their hands...
Before long, three devil Invincibles acted. The three were the only remaining devil Invincibles outside the ancient city. They had to act. As for the other Invincibles, none acted. This was a Pseudo Emperor of an ancient race. It would be unwise to provoke such an existence.
In any case, the Devil Pseudo Emperor would be fine. He was strong enough to handle this himself. The Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor was getting too brazen. Was he trying to eat the Devil Pseudo Emperor? What a crazy thought to have.
At this point, the big furball had emerged from the void. Wave after wave of time undulations rippled out of his white fur as he used all his strength to pull the Devil Pseudo Emperor's past body out.
He was strong, but he wasn't strong enough that he could guarantee a victory against the Devil Pseudo Emperor. However, he was very good and experienced at time reversal. When he saw the Devil Pseudo Emperor wide open, he naturally wouldn't let go of the chance.
"Come here! I'm hungry!" The big furball roared loudly.
When the three devil Invincibles reached him, all three attacked together. However, they all missed due to the time disorder in the area.
***
Inside the ancient city.
Su Yu saw the massive furball in the sky as well. When he laid eyes on the big furball, he shivered.
Holy shit!
What a big furball.
The little furball was only as big as his fist. Was that really his father? That big furball was at least a hundred times bigger than the little furball. But ignoring the size, the two were actually quite alike in appearance.
Su Yu could now be sure that the little furball was really the biological son of the big furball.
But shortly after, he looked at the little furball who had just left his sea of willpower suspiciously. The big furball had a pair of considerably long limbs. But why...was the little furball only a ball?
Yes, the big furball had reached out with his shaggy limbs to pull harder at the River of Time. He looked incredibly determined to drag his meal out of the river. At this point, the Devil Pseudo Emperor's past body had already left the Devil Realm.
Furious, the Devil Pseudo Emperor threw a punch with the power of his present and future bodies combined. That punch of his could be seen across the entire Allheaven Battlefield.
It was a titanic punch.
At the same time, a projection appeared outside each of the realms with a Pseudo Emperor, such as the Nether, Divine, Immortal, and Dragon Realms.
Outside the Immortal Realm, Tiangu frowned. Soul devourer race. Wait...was this furball the one who had eaten his willpower earlier? No wonder he kept feeling a sense of danger. But a single Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor shouldn't be enough to pose a threat to him even if he was a cultural researcher. How odd.
He was just contemplating that question when his expression changed. He looked at the Devil Pseudo Emperor and opened his mouth before stopping himself with an odd look in his eyes. Why should he care? This was a good thing! The Devil Pseudo Emperor was going to suffer a loss.
When the Devil Pseudo Emperor threw his punch, the big furball was still busy dragging the past body toward him. It was clear this effort was taking a lot out of him. Alone, it was unlikely that he would be able to do much to the Devil Pseudo Emperor.
Just as everyone was focused on the Devil Pseudo Emperor and the big furball, a second furball appeared near the other end of the river. The second furball opened her mouth wide and took a bite.
A loud creak rang out. It could be heard throughout the Allheaven Battlefield.
The female furball had appeared.
With one bite, she severed the river, disconnecting the portion inside the Devil Realm from the portion outside the realm. Then, she yelled in joy, "Husband, you eat there and I'll eat here!"
"Sure."
Chomp! Chomp! Chomp!
The two started eating from two different directions. For the very first time since the start of this incident, the Devil Pseudo Emperor's expression changed.
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"Damn it! You're courting death!"
The Devil Pseudo Emperor rushed out of the severed end of the River of Time before throwing a punch at the furball in front of him.
The big furball was about to be sent flying when he chomped down to stop himself from flying. The Devil Pseudo Emperor grimaced as he ignored the pain he was feeling and threw a few more punches. But at that moment, a massive mouth appeared from his back.
Crack!
The big furball also charged forth before taking another bite. "His main body is out as well! Let's eat!"
All three bodies of the Devil Pseudo Emperor were out of the Devil Realm. Not even the big furball had expected this to happen. What a great opportunity for a feast.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor roared and turned around to throw another punch. Alas, he was attacked from both sides. In fact, the female furball was relentlessly targeting his sea of willpower, annoying him to no end.
There were two of them! Damn it! Why were there two of them?
"Divine Emperor, Immortal Emperor..."
He bellowed for help. He could feel that he was in trouble.
Meanwhile, the auras of the other two Pseudo Emperors started undulating. Tiangu's voice rang out as he chided, "Soul devourers! What is this audacity? Retreat immediately!"
He only moved his mouth. Nothing else. The Divine Emperor did the same. After berating the furballs with his mouth, he did nothing.
Go, go ahead and eat.
They would be more than happy to see the Devil Pseudo Emperor turning into furball food. After all, the devil race was quite powerful.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor understood what they were thinking. He roared as his surroundings were set aflame. Then, he drew a spear out of nowhere and swept it at the big furball.
The big furball was sent flying, which infuriated the female furball. In her fury, she transformed into an even bigger ball before chomping down at the Devil Pseudo Emperor's sea of willpower.
A creak rang out as a splitting headache assaulted the Devil Pseudo Emperor. When he turned to stab the female furball with his spear, the big furball returned.
He wanted to split his body to face both opponents at the same time, but he was wary of the risk. Splitting his body would weaken him, allowing the two furballs to really turn him into food.
But it was also extremely hard to deal with two Pseudo Emperors who were attacking from two different directions. He wouldn't fear them in the Devil Realm. Alas, he was no longer in the Devil Realm.
"Damn it!"
He unleashed a flame attack, burning space itself apart. But the flame attack only lasted for a split second before it was eaten by the big furball with one bite. As though to taunt him, the furball even belched with satisfaction after eating the flame.
Left with no choice, the Devil Pseudo Emperor split himself. Since no help was coming, he could only rely on himself.
Damn those bastards!
The moment he split himself, his present body rushed toward the Devil Realm, leaving the past and future bodies to deal with the two furballs. He knew that he was in trouble, but he couldn't risk leaving all three of his bodies in the Allheaven Battlefield or that might result in an even bigger trouble.
Even if the other Pseudo Emperors were to come, they wouldn't necessarily be here to help. Rather, they might be looking for an opportunity to stab him in the back. His two bodies fought bitterly against the two furballs, but they were clearly disadvantaged in the fight.
The two furballs did not bother giving chase to the present body. They started chomping down at the two bodies repeatedly, cracking space itself apart as they bit down again and again.
And finally, the present body of the Devil Pseudo Emperor reached the Devil Realm with a pale and unsightly expression. Suddenly, he roared as his future body detonated itself.
The future was the strongest.
The explosion was devastating. Even space itself was rendered into nothingness. The big furball was swallowed by the explosion and vanished alongside everything in the radius of the explosion.
"Husband!"
The female furball roared anxiously. In her fury, she gave the past body another bite, tearing the body apart. The largest chunk of the body ignited its blood essence before fleeing from the female furball.
The female furball was just about to start searching for the big furball when he reappeared. But the sleepy look in his eyes was gone, replaced by fury and viciousness. He roared, "How dare you bomb me? Eat him!"
At that, the two furballs shot toward the fleeing past body.
Once again, the expression of the Devil Pseudo Emperor changed as he cursed in frustration.
Not even an explosion like that could kill the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor.
The past body was fast, but it was not as fast as the two furballs. In the blink of an eye, the female furball caught up and started biting the past body again. A ruthless glint shone in the Devil Pseudo Emperor's eyes as he decided to detonate his past body as well.
But before he could do so, the big furball enlarged, growing countless times bigger than before. In fact, he grew so large that it felt as though the sky had been replaced by his body.
And he continued growing until the entire sky was nothing but a large mouth. Then, the mouth bit down on the past body including the entire chunk of space around the past body. Next, deafening rumbles rang out from inside the furball's body.
The explosion sent the big furball flying everywhere. Meanwhile, the sky turned crimson as a rain of blood started falling.
A Pseudo Emperor had lost both his tri-life bodies.
The resulting phenomenon was much larger than any phenomenon a dead Invincible could produce.
Throughout the Myriad Realms, countless people were stunned.
What was going on?
That was...too fast!
As far as they knew, the two furballs had appeared ou of nowhere before ravaging he Devil Pseudo Emperor so badly the devil abandoned his tri-life bodies to flee. Eventually, he was forced to detonate his tri-life bodies to deal with the two furballs.
Where did the two furballs come from?
The world sank into silence. Countless Invincibles appeared to stare at the two furballs. All the ongoing battles had stopped. In light of what just happened, nobody was interested in fighting anymore.
Soul devourer race?
This race was unknown to even some Invincibles.
Chapter 1268: End Of Battle (1)
A rain of blood was falling.
Of the three bodies the Devil Pseudo Emperor had, two had been eaten. Or to be precise, he had detonated two of them.
Silence engulfed the world.
The Nether, Immortal, Divine, Dragon, Primordial Giant, Fate, Spirit, and other Pseudo Emperors appeared.
The Immortal Pseudo Emperor's cold voice rang out, "Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor, how dare you attack the Devil Pseudo Emperor? You must be punished for this audacity."
"You must be punished!"
The other Pseudo Emperors agreed. Two Pseudo Emperors had ambushed a Pseudo Emperor, resulting in the loss of two tri-life bodies. This was not a small matter. They had to do something lest they became the next to suffer a similar fate.
Meanwhile, the big furball was still flying all over the place due to the explosion in his body. Like a leaking balloon, he was slowly reducing in size. After some time, he returned to the female furball's side.
He looked around at all the Pseudo Emperors before looking at the little furball who was trying to leave the ancient city. He blinked at the little furball before turning to face the female furball. They looked at each other for a moment before vanishing together.
Right before leaving, the big furball shot Su Yu a doubtful look. But his gaze did not linger.
A River of Time appeared as the two departed. Through the river, everyone saw a massive heavenly source fruit tree. The two furballs were sprawled atop the tree.
The big furball said nothing.
As for the female furball, she put her hands on her hips and shouted, "We're done eating! We're back home now! That Pseudo Emperor was the one trying to eat our young lad first! If he stops trying to eat our young lad, we won't eat him!"
She paused to burp with satisfaction. She had eaten enough to satisfy her hunger. She continued, "I'm not lying! We're going to sleep now! Bye bye!"
As the female furball waved to everyone, a creak rang out, as though a door had been shut.
Goodbye!
It was time to stop. As far as she was concerned, they had a valid reason to eat the Devil Pseudo Emperor.
The two furballs were not stupid. They knew that they had attracted too much attention. Thus, they had decided it was time for them to go back home. As long as they were back home, they would not need to fear the other Pseudo Emperors anymore.
With no other dependents apart from that little fellow, they had nothing to fear, especially when they were back home and both of them were together.
It wasn't like the other Pseudo Emperors would do anything apart from sending some threats their way. What even was the point of fighting two Pseudo Emperors to the death unless absolutely necessary?
Suddenly, the same creak rang out again as the portal of the Soul Devourer Realm reopened.
"Burp..."
It was the big furball.
After burping, he shouted despite his weakened state, "Hey! Uhm...we're not eating anymore! Our young lad is still very young! Don't bully him! You are so old already. Why are you bullying him? If you keep bullying him, we will eat your young as well!"
With that, the same creak rang out as he shut the portal like he was shutting a door. As far as they were concerned, this was the end of the matter. If those people were unhappy, they were free to invade.
Or they could form a blockade outside. It didn't matter. The two furballs wouldn't mind even if the blockade lasted centuries. As for the risk of having their entire realm destroyed, well, that was doable if the many Pseudo Emperors joined hands. But...would they?
Were they not afraid of driving the two furballs crazy? That would be too extreme. With the two furballs gone, the other Pseudo Emperors arrived outside the Devil Realm in mere moments.
All the Pseudo Emperors overlooked the Devil Realm thoughtfully.
Tiangu asked, "Devil Emperor, are you fine? Without your tri-life bodies, the Devil Realm will be in danger. The humans are treacherous. Be careful lest they launch a sneak attack on you. If you trust us, we are willing to protect the southern sector on behalf of the devils."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor's voice rang out throughout the Allheaven Battlefield, "All devil Eternals are to return immediately."
With that command, the devils, who were already feeling greatly anxious, started withdrawing.
Even the blood fire devil fighting Great Xia King took the risk of receiving a saber strike just so he could break free from the fight and flee. Great Xia King did not give chase. That devil was too strong. If the devil decided to fight with everything on the line, there was no guarantee that Great Xia King would be the one to emerge victorious in the end.
Among the withdrawing devil kings, some were carrying heavy injuries. One of them looked miserable after losing a tri-life body. Not far behind, a joyful Niu Baidao could be seen flying away with a carrier treasure in hand.
As he flew, he kept praising his wisdom inwardly. He had guessed that something would happen to the devils. Thus, he had been waiting patiently. When all the other Invincibles were distracted by the Devil Pseudo Emperor, he pounced on a devil Invincible and risked seriously injuring himself to kill a tri-life body. And he had profited from his foresight.
As the devil Invincibles started their return trip, the projections of numerous devil Invincibles appeared above the Devil Realm.
With a calm voice, the Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "There is no need to trouble yourself for us, friends. With nearly a hundred Eternals in our ranks, we are more than capable of maintaining peace in the southern sector. What's the big deal about losing some tri-life bodies? This is but a minor injury."
Right after saying that, an incomparably powerful aura rose from the Devil Realm. At the same time, the expression of a devil Invincible changed rapidly. He started wailing, but it was cut short moments later, followed by a loud rumble.
His past and future bodies exploded while the aura of his present body changed into the Devil Pseudo Emperor's aura. In the blink of an eye, his appearance transformed into that of the Devil Pseudo Emperor. With the transformation complete, he vanished with a flicker.
Rumble!
The Devil Realm shook as crimson clouds appeared in the sky.
As for the other devil Invincibles, some frowned while some exhaled in relief.
How fortunate that it wasn't them.
A devil Invincible was dead, but the Devil Pseudo Emperor had regained some of his strength. Ordinarily, the other devils would feel a sort of sympathy toward the dead Invincible. But everyone was quite understanding this time.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor needed to regain some strength and deter the myriad races from doing anything stupid. When the fate of the entire race was at risk, the death of one Invincible to alleviate the risk was acceptable. In any case, that dead Invincible was only a relatively new Invincible.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor had demonstrated his ability to regain a tri-life body instantly. His new tri-life body seemed slightly weaker than his previous tri-life bodies, but the difference was negligible.
The devils were different from the humans.
There was no Emperor among humanity, but humanity was still doing considerably well. That was mainly due to humanity's immunity toward the suppressive force of the various realms. That was enough to deter the myriad races from being too excessive. But this wasn't the case for the devils. Without their Pseudo Emperor, they might even splinter into various smaller factions and sink into chaos.
There might be a suppressive force in the Devil Realm, but it wouldn't help if the myriad races were to attack and destroy the realm from the outside. In comparison, the Human Realm was much harder to destroy from the outside. After all, that was a realm with an Emperor during the ancient past.
After regaining one tri-life body, the Devil Pseudo Emperor stopped even if he had more bodies prepared as spares. Suddenly, the Divine Pseudo Emperor laughed.
He exchanged gazes with the Immortal Pseudo Emperor. Then, they each threw a palm attack toward Mo Duona. They knew what the Devil Pseudo Emperor was doing. He was trying to nurture Mo Duona into a powerful tri-life body of his.
In that case, Mo Duona should die. Without Mo Duona, who would the Devil Pseudo Emperor use to regain his future body?
The Devil Pseudo Emperor's new past body had been formed hastily with only a fresh Invincible. If he did not find a better option for his future body, he would be much weaker than before even after restoring all his tri-life bodies.
The projection of the Devil Pseudo Emperor appeared above the Devil Realm. He looked at the two, but he said nothing. Instead, he looked at the Divine and Immortal Realms before looking at the young divines and immortals in the Allheaven Battlefield. He did not even bother to verbalize his threat.
After killing Mo Duona, they had to make sure they could suppress the Devil Realm for eternity. Otherwise, he would make a move the moment he found an opportunity to kill every single divine and immortal from the younger generation. He would do it recklessly.
Instantly, the two Pseudo Emperors stopped. Tiangu smiled and grabbed Mo Duona like he was grabbing a chick instead. After pulling Mo Duona away, he said, "I was worried that something bad would happen to Mo Dona. It's not safe to stay near so many ancient cities."
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said nothing.
The Immortal Pseudo Emperor studied Mo Duona and said thoughtfully, "Cultivate hard. The future of the Devil Realm lies on your shoulders. The Devil Emperor has sustained heavy injuries. Without enough strength, how can you protect the Devil Realm?"
He was basically telling Mo Duona to cultivate hard since he was a spare body without saying it. Only if he was strong enough would the Devil Pseudo Emperor be able to recover quickly.
Mo Duona lowered his head and said nothing. His ancestor and teacher were both devil kings, but both merely frowned with inscrutable expressions. None of them wanted to see anything happen to the Devil Pseudo Emperor.
As one of the overlords of the Myriad Realms, the devils were very powerful. But without the Devil Pseudo Emperor, the devils would lose their advantage over the humans. Furthermore, the devils could very well splinter into various factions and lose their unity.
The Blood Fire Devil King had rushed back, risking injury just to stop his battle against Great Xia King. Was he back to protect the Devil Pseudo Emperor, or was he back for some other motives? Nobody knew.
The original devils might be the rulers of the greater devil race, but the blood fire devils weren't weak either. For some reason, one ruled while the other had to serve as the vanguard in any war involving the devils. Was the Blood Fire Devil King really happy about that? He was strong enough to suppress even Great Xia King. He was definitely comparable in strength to regular Pseudo Emperors.
The Devil Pseudo Emperor said nothing about what the two Pseudo Emperors did. After restoring his past body, he had calmed down significantly. He said, "With the existence of those two among the soul devourers, the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor is most certainly an extremely ancient existence. Immortal Emperor Tiangu, do you know him?"
After a short silence, Tiangu said, "I might have seen him before."
He finally understood why he had been feeling that sense of crisis. The two furballs had most likely been waiting for him outside the Immortal Realm not long ago. He was stronger than the Devil Pseudo Emperor.
The two soul devourers might not be able to do too much to him. But someone else could take advantage of that and act against him while he was occupied by the two furballs. And that could be disastrous. The myriad races would not cooperate in all matters.
They were fairly united in their policies against humanity. As for the soul devourers...what was the point? Just like them, the two furballs would be subjected to the suppressive force when invading a foreign realm. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ N0v3l.Fiɾe.net
Why would anyone want to risk provoking them when the threat they posed was controllable? They would be safe from the furballs by retreating to their respective realms. That was not the case for the humans. They could keep the pursuit anywhere with their immunity to the suppressive force of realms. That was why the myriad realms had been so united against humanity.
With the return of the devil Invincibles, the various battles stopped one after another. With so many Invincibles removed from the battlefield at once, the Invincibles of the other races turned wary as well. Some had also stopped fighting because of their fear of the two soul devourers.
Xia Longwu had completed his dao affirmation. Su Yu and the others were hiding under the protection of so many stone statues. Most of the humans capable of affirming their dao had completed their advancements by now. There was no point in continuing the fight.
Sure, they could still find a way to kill Su Yu, such as what the Devil Pseudo Emperor had attempted to do. But would the Devil Pseudo Emperor still dare to leave his realm after this? He would most definitely be wary of the other Pseudo Emperors now that he was weakened. It wasn't like the Devil Realm would collapse if Su Yu was left alive.
Meanwhile, the Devil Realm could very well collapse if he were to leave and get himself killed. The threats presented by Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng, and the others would manifest in the future, not the present. There was no need to be in such a rush to deal with them.