Chapter 41 - 41

Chapter 1023: End Of Auction (2)

Suddenly, a handsome dragon called out nonchalantly, "Eight hundred strands."

With this, Zhu Guangshen and Qin Hao were fully out of the game. The two looked at each other in dismay as Qin Hao spoke through voice transmission, "Guangshen, how much can you take out for this?"

"Around five hundred strands."

"Same..."

The two exchanged sorrowful gazes. That was the maximum price they could afford even with the backing of Great Ming and Great Qin. How pitiful. From how the price was rising, not even a thousand strands would be enough.

Holy shit!

Qin Hao couldn't help but think of the amount of wealth he could earn if he could somehow kill everyone present. How crazy of a profit would that be? Naturally, if that happened, it would result in the appearance of dozens of furious Invincibles at the borders of the human territory and the eventual destruction of the human race.

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Su Yu's heart was thumping madly.

Holy shit!

Just how rich were these people?

He realized that he had gravely underestimated the myriad races, especially the major races. Then again, it was reasonable for them to be so rich. After so many years of accumulation, this was nothing for them.

He might think that this was a large amount of wealth as a mere Cloudbreach. What about a Sunmoon? Or an Invincible? And these races had numerous Invincibles who had reigned for far longer than the human race. They had also produced a large number of Sunmoons over the years.

In a way, they were making these bids on behalf of their races, not as any specific individuals. A single individual might not be wealthy enough for this, but things would be different when the perspective was shifted to that of an entire race.

Suddenly, the strongest expert present, Ancient Mountain of the primordial giant race, grumbled, "If I wait any longer, I won't even get the chance to place any bids anymore. Nine hundred."

In short, that was all he had. He wouldn't be able to afford even a single strand more than that. Having made his bid, he could at least say that he had participated in the auction even if someone else ended up winning the bid.

That was much better than being disqualified before even getting a word in. A few individuals who were just about to place their bids slumped back helplessly. Clearly, they had given up on the auction. They had all been reduced to mere spectators in this competition between major races.

Among those who had given up were the experts of the nine realms, the locals of Ninestar Island. They were here to participate on behalf of the Thousand Region Alliance. They had even been given the clearance to utilize a relatively large amount of wealth. But the bid had shot past their price range before they could even say anything.

The people from the five elemental race had also given up. They comforted themselves by thinking that they were only here for Topsoil Spirit, not this auction. There was no need for them to compete against these major races.

"One thousand."

Suddenly, Zhu Guangshen's voice rang out. He had no choice but to do this. But he was also looking very helpless. If he waited any longer, the humans would be disqualified before making a single bid as well. In truth, he really wanted the breathing technique.

He had thought that five hundred strands would be enough. But reality proved that Great Ming was indeed poor. There was no comparing him and them. The divines and devils were too rich. He had a sudden urge to raid the Divine and Devil Realms for some of that wealth.

Everyone else could only watch silently as the major races raised the bid madly. Meanwhile, Su Yu was bursting with joy. But soon, his joy turned into wariness.

Holy shit!

At this rate, the final victim of his scam would never forgive him. Even their Invincibles might personally set off to kill him. Such a big loss would sting even for a major race.

Suddenly, the masked individual from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion spoke, "1,500 strands."

The price made yet another massive jump.

Zhan Wushuang asked coldly, "Is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion participating in this as well? This is the remains of a senior from our divine race. Why is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion trying to buy the remains of our senior?"

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was just an information broker. Sure, everyone knew that they were rich. But the divines couldn't help but feel offended when these people decided to join in and raise the price to such a high level.

Yes. The raise was too high. The Heavenly Hunt Pavillion had directly raised it to 1,500 strands, the estimated maximum value of this corpse. If this was only a Sunmoon corpse with all its blood essence, its value wouldn't surpass 500 strands. There was no guarantee that they could still extract any blood essence out of a corpse this ancient.

The damage left by death qi on the corpse only served to further reduce the value of the corpse. But the corpse was packaged with the breathing technique. And it was also suspected to be an ancient Invincible corpse. Thus, its value could definitely reach 1,500 strands.

The immortals had remained silent since the start of the auction. Suddenly, Xuan Wuji called out, "1,800 strands."

"..."

Silence descended.

A single increase of 300 strands. Even the other top 10 races and the ancient races were instantly kicked out of the game.

As for the humans, they completely dispelled the idea of calling out bids to mess with the other races. After all, at this point, nobody would take their bids seriously anymore. They were simply too poor. What a crazy bid. There was no way for them to participate anymore.

Su Yu's heart thumped even harder. Holy shit! Such a high price! He was going to get real rich. Then again, the more he earned from this, the more trouble he would be in later. It was fine. Yes. Wealth was worth dying for. He would swallow this risk. The myriad races were already trying to kill him anyway.

With such a high bid, even the powerful races started hesitating.

At this point, only the divines, devils, immortals, dragons, and Heavenly Hunt Pavilion could afford to keep bidding. As for the others, it wasn't like none of them could afford to keep bidding. A race of respectable size could still afford this price. Even the humans would be afford it if all thirty-six prefectures worked together.

But this was not worth it for people at their level of wealth. As for the young geniuses, all of them were looking at Su Yu with envy. How much would he earn from this? How crazy. The bids might be made with heavenearth profound light, but the final payment would probably not be done with purely heavenearth profound light. Some other treasures of equal value would be used as well. Nevertheless, this was still a massive amount of wealth.

They even wondered if Tianduo could actually spend that much wealth. If they managed to kill Tianduo after this… What was fortune? This was true fortune. What was luck? This was true luck.

This fortune was so massive that none of them had ever imagined stumbling upon a fortuitous encounter so big. And what had Tianduo done to get this? He had merely broken into an ancient spatial pocket.

Had the fortune of the devil race grown to such a level? Meanwhile, those from the five elemental race were feeling even more envious than the others. According to the rumors, Tianduo had stumbled upon this corpse during a fight with Topsoil Spirit. This fortune might have belonged to Topsoil Spirit originally, but Tianduo had swallowed everything alone. Furthermore, Topsoil Spirit had even gone missing.

The more they thought about it, the more terrible their mood became. They were getting the urge to kill Tianduo then and there.

After the long silence, Su Yu nonchalantly said, "Since nobody is making a new bid, the immortals will—"

"1,850 strands."

Once again, the devils made a bid.

"2,000 strands." Zhan Wushuang coldly said, "This is our final bid. If any of you wish to place another bid, feel free to do it. But there is no guarantee that you will get something you can use. Don't forget that this is the corpse of a divine. It might be useless to a different race..."

Su Yu casually remarked, "But I've proven that even a devil can cultivate the breathing technique smoothly."

Zhan Wushuang said, "That breathing technique is only capable of tempering the physical body, not the sea of willpower. Tianduo, do you think you're the only one with a breathing technique? Why don't you ask Mo Duona if he knows one as well? Do you think I don't know a breathing technique as well? Of course, I'm not denying that this breathing technique is very valuable. But don't overestimate its value. This is not the only breathing technique in existence."

Su Yu looked at Mo Duona, who merely nodded without saying anything. But that nod was the answer. What was so surprising about that? The Pseudo Emperor of the devils had granted him an audience once.

Of course, the Pseudo Emperor had not appeared in person. Rather, the emperor had inspected him with willpower at the venue of the audience before granting him the breathing technique.

His answer also served as proof that the original devil race knew at least one breathing technique. In fact, this was the case for almost all the ancient races. Naturally, these breathing techniques were still rarely spread even among the members of these ancient races.

There were many reasons for that, but Mo Duona did not elaborate.

Zhan Wushuang said, "This is the remains of a senior from the divine skywing race. The character is a character of the divine language. And the weapon is already on the brink of destruction. What can you even do if you manage to get your hands on them, everyone? Are you bidding for the breathing technique alone? Yes, the breathing technique can strengthen the foundation of the person cultivating it. But you still need sufficient talent and resources to cultivate it. If you're someone who is already having difficulties completing your current thirty-six body forgings, what's even the point of a breathing technique that can increase your potential?"

The price had reached a terrifying level. The other major races started hesitating. The representative of the dragons hesitated before deciding to not say anything. He had given up. This was getting way too expensive. They still had to get the ancient dragonblood tree so they couldn't waste too much of their wealth here.

Xuan Wuji of the immortals was also frowning. Unlike the original devils and first divines, the ancient immortals had far less control over the greater immortal race. They were smaller in number and the Immortal Emperor had been in seclusion for many years. Most of the time, the immortal kings were the ones leading the immortals. Thus, they weren't as wealthy as these divine and devil representatives.

Not even the ancient races find this price affordable. Thus, this had been reduced to a competition between the divines and devils. Everyone realized that and sighed inwardly.

The devils were in the middle of a discussion.

After talking among themselves, Dawo sent Mo Duona a voice transmission, "Do we continue bidding? This is getting too expensive. We can't forget that this is the corpse of a divine..."

If this was the corpse of a devil, he wouldn't mind paying more. After all, they were entitled to a ten percent discount.

After a short silence, Mo Duona replied, "Make a bid of 2,200 strands. Tianduo will only take 2,000 strands from us. That will be the same as the current bid of the divines. If they are willing to raise the bid again, we'll let them have it."

After taking a deep breath, Dawo said, "2,200 strands. Tianduo, is our discount still applicable?"

Su Yu nonchalantly replied, "Yes."

Dawo said nothing else.

Zhan Wushuang and the high-stage Sunmoon divine frowned.

2,200 strands. That was a crazy price. As rich as the divines and devils were, a price like this would still sting. Was this even worth it?

As for Su Yu, his face was turning stiff. The price was too high. It was likely that either the divines or the devils would end up winning the auction. After such a massive scam, it was quite likely that they would send at least one Invincible after him, right?

It would seem like...he could no longer stay in the Allheaven Battlefield for much longer. His disguise would not work on the Invincibles.

"I'll have to return to the Human Realm or hide inside a random minor realm."

At the very least, he had to stay away from the Sea of Stars for a while. Things would get really dangerous. An Invincible would be able to see through his disguise with a single glance. There was no surviving an encounter with an Invincible.

After a long silence, Dawo said, "If you're not making a bid, we will win this. Tianduo, let's conclude the auction."

At the thought of the price, even Dawo was starting to find it hard to breathe.

2,200 strands...what a crazy price.

This would be a massive profit for Tianduo. But he had to be alive to actually enjoy his newfound wealth. His best option was still to return to the Devil Realm for protection. But once he returned, the Lade Family would not allow him to keep such a massive wealth for himself. Yes, it was generally frowned upon to snatch the fortuitous encounters of a young genius, but this was simply too massive of a wealth. Without offering at least half of what he earned to the Lade Family, it was likely that they would not offer him any protection.

In that scenario, he would need to be very careful in the Devil Realm. It wouldn't even be surprising for him to end up assassinated. It wasn't like all devils were fully united. There were still wars and conflicts within the Devil Realm as well.

Chapter 1024: End Of Auction (3)

Su Yu looked at the divines and asked, "Are the divines making a bid? This is the remains of a divine skywing. If you're not making a bid, it will go to the devils." Updates are released by ɴovelfire.net

After a short pause, he asked, "How about the immortals and dragons?"

In truth, he would much prefer selling the corpse to the immortals. Then again, it wasn't a bad idea to not sell to them. They were the official allies of humanity. Things could get troublesome if he scammed them.

Meanwhile, it would be perfectly fine for him to scam the divines or the devils instead. They were already enemies of humanity. It also wasn't a good idea to sell to the dragons. The dragons were still considered neutral. The scam might change this.

In the end, the perfect targets would still be the divines and devils. After thinking about it, Su Yu concluded that things were progressing in an acceptable manner. It was now up to the divines whether they wanted to raise their bid or not.

He would naturally be happy to see the divines raise the bid. That way, he could earn more without worrying about a discount.

The divines continued discussing among themselves. After a short moment, Zhan Wushuang said, "2,300 strands."

Dawo sighed and said nothing. This time, the silence persisted for a long time.

Finally, the smiling mayor said, "If there are no new bids, let's end the auction."

He was very pleased. After all, he would earn a lot from this as well. This was a massive amount of wealth even for him. To get seven hundred strands the normal way, he would need to spend around seven hundred years in the boundless space.

And that wasn't even possible for him as it was impossible for him to leave the city for such a long period of time. The auction was coming to an end. Nobody offered a higher bid.

With a smile, Su Yu announced, "In that case, the corpse will go to the divines. Please complete the payment on the spot. Naturally, the corpse will go to the devils if the divines fail to pay. And if the devils fail to pay as well, it will go to the immortals..."

His gaze landed on Zhan Wushuang. With a slight frown, Zhan Wushuang said, "We are naturally capable of paying."

He inhaled deeply and said, "Five hundred strands of heavenearth profound light, three hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid, one hundred hallow source qi fruits, ten elemental spirit fruits for each of the five elements..."

The eyes of the five elemental expert sparkled upon hearing that, but soon, the light in his eyes dimmed again. Nevertheless, he still gave it a try, "Are you willing to sell the elemental spirit fruits to the five elemental race? We're willing to pay ten strands of heavenearth profound light for each fruit..."

Similar to how the dragonblood fruits were useful to the dragons, the elemental spirit fruits were very beneficial for the qi transformation of the five elemental race. Unfortunately, such fruits were so rare not even the five elemental race had any.

These fruits were extremely valuable. Since Zhan Wushuang was offering ten elemental spirit fruits of each element, he would use a total of fifty fruits for the payment. The value of these fifty fruits was almost equivalent to five hundred strands of heavenearth profound light.

The three hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid were worth nine hundred strands. The hallow source qi fruit was a valuable treasure for qi transformation as well. It was worth three strands per fruit. The hundred fruits he offered were equal to three hundred strands in value.

Altogether, these treasures were worth 2,200 strands.

The divines also tried to offer five earth weapons worth a hundred strands, but Su Yu rejected that, "I don't accept weapons."

What nonsense. He was a weapon specialist. He knew very well how easily weapons could be used as trackers. There was no way he was going to accept weapons.

Zhan Wushuang did not argue and offered something else instead, "In that case, I'll add fifty heavenblood fruits instead."

Su Yu had no idea what those fruits were good for. Fortunately, someone provided an explanation before he asked anything. The person from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion said, "Heavenblood fruit, good for strengthening one's vitality. When one's body is growing, one's vitality might not be able to keep up with the growth. That will result in an imbalance, resulting in an inability to fully make use of one's strength. These fruits are very useful for geniuses. The fifty fruits offered are worth a hundred strands of heavenearth profound light."

Su Yu spoke in a straightforward manner, "That is agreeable. But you need to show me all those things first..."

Zhan Wushuang said, "No. You need to hand the things over first."

Su Yu rolled his eyes, "How strong am I? How strong are you guys?"

With a wave of his hand, he took everything back into his storage ring and said, "With so many Sunmoons here, I won't be able to run. Hand over the payment first and I'll hand over the storage ring."

Zhan Wushuang frowned. After some hesitation, he said, "I need to take a look at the complete breathing technique first."

Su Yu frowned as well. He said, "Fine. But you need to give me half the payment first. We can complete the transaction after confirming that nothing is wrong."

"Alright."

An agreement was reached. Zhan Wushuang tossed a storage ring out while Su Yu tossed a jade talisman over. The others had the urge to snatch the two items in the air, but they all held back. It wasn't smart to offend the divines like this.

Zhan Wushuang started studying the breathing technique while Su Yu proceeded to examine the items in the storage ring before moving them all into his own storage ring. He also took a deeper look at those items during the process as a precaution against any traps that might be present in them.

He even inspected them one by one with his tribulation character. After studying the breathing technique for a bit, Zhan Wushuang frowned slightly. It looked very mysterious and amazing. As someone who had cultivated a different breathing technique before, this breathing technique looked genuine at a glance.

But there was no way to fully verify it here. This was not something that could be cultivated in just one day. Even a super genius like him would need to spend several days to just cultivate the early parts of the technique. Zhan Wushuang could sense that even Tianduo had only learned the early parts of this technique.

But that wasn't surprising. It hadn't even been that long since Tianduo had obtained this breathing technique. Everything seemed right. Tianduo was not someone with the ability to create a fake breathing technique of such quality in only a few days. After all, he didn't even know any breathing techniques before this.

When Zhan Wushuang was done, he passed the technique to the high-stage Sunmoon beside him. When the Sunmoon checked the technique, he nodded as well. Parts of the text felt too vague, but as a whole, the text seemed legitimate.

After taking a deep breath, Zhan Wushuang said, "Let's complete the transaction..."

Suddenly, the mayor asked, "Tianduo, where's my share?"

Su Yu replied, "After the deal is completed, I'll be moving into an inner ring building. I'll need your help with that. You will receive your share before I enter the building, Lord Mayor. Do you think that none of these people will think of robbing me after the auction?"

The mayor smiled indifferently. That was acceptable for him. He did not think that Tianduo would be able to escape him while in the city. Next, they proceeded to complete the transaction.

Everyone watched silently. At this moment, the gloomy Zhu Guangshen spoke, "Please return my deposit and entrance ticket..."

He felt terrible. He had accomplished nothing here. The divines and devils were far wealthier than he had imagined.

With a cold snort, Su Yu casually kicked the human Mountainsea toward Zhu Guangshen. He also kicked the other human Mountainsea toward Qin Hao. Done with that, he coldly asked, "Is this acceptable?"

The humans had not attended the auction with two sealed human Mountainseas. But nobody cared that they were receiving two sealed human Mountainseas now that the auction was over.

None of them cared about the sealed Mountainseas they used as the ticket. Zhu Guangshen did not protest. He didn't really know the two human Mountainseas, but they still looked somewhat familiar. They were probably Mountainseas of a different prefecture.

Su Yu returned his focus to his exchange with Zhan Wushuang. During the process, he said, "I'll be returning the deposit to everyone as well. Don't worry. Compared to what I'm making here, the deposit is nothing. Just give me some time to complete the transaction."

Finally, the second storage ring reached him. He started inspecting the items inside carefully before moving them all into his own storage ring.

Then, he tossed the storage ring with the corpse toward Zhan Wushuang. The deal was finally concluded.

Su Yu turned around and walked deeper into the building while saying, "You guys can take these tickets back as well..."

There were twenty-five Mountainseas in the building. All of them were sealed. But while facing everyone with his back, his eyes turned cold. He had chosen this building for one specific reason. Parts of the building were hidden from the view of the building across the street. Abruptly, a powerful wave of willpower swept over all the sealed Mountainseas.

Boom!

An explosion erupted. The Mountainseas were instantly blown apart. And immediately after, over twenty Mountainsea death spirits appeared around the two buildings. Also accompanying the Mountainsea death spirits were countless death spirits of lower cultivation levels.

Everyone was stunned. What?

"Damn it!"

Some of them were still confused. The auction had ended. Why was this? Why did Tianduo kill all those Mountainseas? Alas, they were not given the opportunity to think more as chaos was descending. Numerous Mountainsea death spirits had appeared. It also felt like Sunmoon death spirits were about to appear next.

A large amount of fresh blood was flung onto the street by Su Yu, causing even more death spirits to appear. Inside the building, Su Yu transformed into a gust of wind and left the building before joining the army of death spirits as a death spirit.

Meanwhile, the entrance of the opposite building was already blocked by death spirits. Ancient Mountain, the strongest individual present, looked outside with a frown. He seemed to have noticed something coming out of Tianduo's building, but due to the large number of death spirits and the dense death qi in the air, he wasn't able to get a good look.

Finally, all the Sunmoons roared in fury, releasing waves of powerful source qi out of the building. They demonstrated impeccable control over their strength by sending all the death spirits blocking their way flying without killing any death spirit.

Unbeknownst to them, Tianduo was long gone from the building across the street.

Chapter 1025: Spreading Tremors (1)

Boom!

The death spirits were sent flying.

Su Yu also took the chance and flew away with the rest of them. While this was happening, a small shining cloud dropped down on him. At the same time, a large number of experts rushed out of the building. Among them, Ancient Mountain looked in Su Yu's direction yet again. Googlᴇ search noveⅼfire.net

The shining cloud was small and wasn't too conspicuous amid the sea of death spirits, but Ancient Mountain was still able to notice something. His eyes shone. But when he tried to focus, a large number of death spirits filled his vision.

Suns and moons spun in his eyes as time was reversed within his vision. But all he saw was a slightly different death spirit. Confused, he sank into doubt. He started growing suspicious.

But when he looked at the bewildered and shocked divines and devils around him, he grinned. Why should he care? This was none of his business. He had not spent a single cent on this. No, he did spend ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence to attend the auction.

For some reason, that realization hit him like a hammer. Yes! He had also paid to attend the auction!

Then again, killing a Sunmoon for ten drops of blood essence was nothing for him. That was especially true for first-stage Sunmoons. He could probably kill one with only a finger. But Sunmoons weren't existences he could kill without inhibitions.

He cursed inwardly, but soon, he grinned again. Whatever. This would be quite a fun show to watch. Yes. He had a feeling a big show was about to unfold.

Tianduo...no, was that really Tianduo? If that was Tianduo, why would he do this after concluding the auction without any issues? Sure, there were a lot of possibilities. Perhaps he didn't want to pay the mayor. Perhaps he wanted to avoid sharing his gains with the devils.

Or perhaps...and this was the most terrifying possibility. Perhaps there was an issue with the corpse. If that was really the case, this would be a massive deal.

If the corpse was genuine, it wouldn't matter if Tianduo decided to flee. At worst, the mayor would go mad. But if the corpse was problematic, the divines would be the ones going mad. And their wrath was not to be underestimated.

They had paid 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light for this. That was not something Ancient Mountain could afford. He wondered if even his life was worth that much.

A lot of people shared the same thoughts. Some of them rushed into the building across the street while others started scanning the areas with shining eyes. As for the mayor, he roared furiously, "Seal the city! Do it now!"

He was bursting with rage. As far as he was concerned, the corpse was probably genuine. The divines were no fools. And nobody here was blind. Thus, he concluded that Tianduo was doing this to avoid paying him.

Damn that bastard! He had kindly helped maintain order and ensure the completion of the auction yet that damn bastard was fleeing without paying him. Damn it! At this moment, nobody was angrier than him.

In his fury, he kicked the death spirits around him away. As the mayor, he enjoyed a high authority in the city. As long as he refrained from killing, he could freely hit the death spirits without any repercussions.

As for the divines, Zhan Wushuang hurriedly checked the second storage ring. He didn't notice anything wrong. Yes. Nothing was wrong. Everything seemed fine. The corpse, the heaven weapon, and the character were all present. Was there a problem with the breathing technique?

Even if that was the case, nobody would notice it so soon. Furthermore, it looked fine at a glance. Or perhaps there were some weird requirements one needed to fulfill before cultivating it? Zhan Wushuang frowned. His instincts were telling him that he had been fooled. But he really couldn't see how he had been fooled here.

Thus, he ordered, "Search the city. He won't be able to disappear just like that."

No matter what, they should first locate Tianduo. Meanwhile, the devils were greatly surprised as well. What was going on? Tianduo fled? Why?

Mo Duona was frowning as well. Suddenly, his gaze landed on Zhaiyue of the Lade Family as he spoke through voice transmission, "Track Tianduo through your blood—"

He was interrupted by a pulse in his storage ring. The look in his eyes changed as he hurriedly took one item out.

The masked individual in white was doing the same. When he checked his index copy, he exclaimed in alarm, "Tianduo is dead!"

"..."

An abrupt silence descended. Nobody could believe that. Tianduo...was dead? Yes. He was dead. Since Su Yu was aware that someone from the Lade Family was here, how would he dare to keep Tianduo around? That would be the same as keeping a tracker on him. Not far away, a shining cloud dropped down from the sky.

Tianduo might not be too impressive compared to Su Yu, but he was still an Earth Index genius. The mayor arrived at the location where the shining cloud had appeared almost immediately, but the place was already completely empty. A look of shock covered the mayor's face. Just what was going on here?

But next, the look in his eyes changed as he shouted, "Tianduo is dead! Damn it! The killer must be hiding among the death spirits!"

But not even he could believe those words. Hiding among the death spirits? Impossible! But everything he could see was telling him that the killer was hiding among the death spirits. That was the only way for someone to vanish right in front of so many experts.

That was simply impossible. Meanwhile, Zhaiyue's expression changed drastically as well. Tianduo was dead? Just moments ago, they were still feeling quite relaxed. It didn't matter if Tianduo had fled. In fact, it would be even better if this was somehow a scam since the divines would be the ones to suffer.

But now, someone was telling him that Tianduo was dead? He was in complete disbelief.

At almost the same moment, Qin Hao stabbed a Mountainsea death spirit to death with his spear. That caused even more Mountainsea death spirits to appear. Instead of stopping, he stabbed yet another Mountainsea death spirit to death with complete nonchalance.

"Qin Hao!" Someone yelled in fury.

Qin Hao calmly answered, "Yes? I'm trying to get a Sunmoon death spirit to appear and seal the city. That way, the culprit won't be able to escape. What's wrong with that?"

"Yes, we need to get the city sealed!"

Zhaiyue roared, "Kill until a Sunmoon death spirit appears. We need to seal the city!"

He was not afraid of a single Sunmoon death spirit.

There were more than twenty late-stage Sunmoons here. Unless they killed enough to summon an Invincible death spirit, they would have no issue surviving for even thirty days in the city.

Qin Hao grinned, but he had an odd look in his eyes. That was not his idea at all. Rather, Qin Fang was the one who had gotten him to do this. And why was that? Because all this felt incredibly familiar to Qin Fang.

Holy shit!

Yes. This felt all too familiar to him. After all, he was someone who had witnessed Su Yu transforming from a death spirit into a human before killing two Sunmoons and kicking him out of the city back during the Heavendoom City incident.

Every other eyewitness had died. Qin Fang was the sole survivor.

Thus, the moment the mayor claimed that the killer was hiding among the death spirits, coupled with the sight of all the death spirits that had appeared after the deaths of Mountainseas yet again, the name Su Yu appeared in Qin Fang's mind.

Could it be...

Qin Fang couldn't believe this.

No way...right? Impossible! How? Su Yu?

After discovering an ancient corpse, he disguised himself as Tianduo...no. If that was Su Yu, then there was definitely something wrong with that corpse. How would Su Yu sell such a valuable corpse to the divines and devils? He would only do so if it was useless.

Grabbing tightly onto Qin Hao's arm, Qin Fang spoke through voice transmission, "Second Uncle, kill more. Create more chaos. Holy shit. Second Uncle, that Tianduo might be fake. I think that was Su Yu."

"..."

Qin Hao was also greatly shocked, but he did not doubt his nephew. That was why he had acted so decisively, killing several Mountainsea death spirits and some weak death spirits to spawn more death spirits in the city.

He wasn't too worried about being trapped inside the sealed city. Even now, he was still somewhat absent-minded. Su Yu?

As the general of the Vanguard Regiment, he was someone who had experienced much in life. He had even witnessed fights between Invincibles. But...holy shit! That Tianduo was actually Su Yu? If that was Su Yu, then there was definitely something wrong with the things he sold.

In fact, Qin Fang was not the only person suspecting something.

While Umbra was working with the other two late-stage Sunmoons to protect Zhu Guangshen, his eyes flickered as he sent Zhu Guangshen a voice transmission, "We need to kill these death spirits and create more chaos!"

He was also present during the Heavendoom City incident. He was outside the city, so he had not witnessed Su Yu transformation from a death spirit.

But he was aware of how Su Yu had sneaked into the city, and killed Sunmoons before fleeing. The incident back then was way too similar to what was happening today. And Tianduo had died at such a convenient time.

A heavenly reward seemed to have appeared nearby as well. That was proof that Tianduo had been killed right in their vicinity. And the killer was a living being, not a death spirit. Death spirits would not receive heavenly rewards for killing.

Thus, Umbra couldn't help but think of Su Yu. After sending the voice transmission, he killed a Mountainsea death spirit with a swing of his sword. His sword qi rippled out and killed even more of the weaker death spirits.

Zhu Guangshen asked with surprise, "Why?"

"Prince...that Tianduo...might be fake. That might be Su Yu in disguise."

Zhu Guangshen's jaw dropped.

N-no-i-impossible! What was up with that ancient corpse, then? That shouldn't be happening. If that was Su Yu...did he just scam over two thousand strands of heavenearth profound light from the divines?

Was this a joke? If that was the case, this would be the biggest scam in the history of Allheaven Battlefield. Nobody had ever scammed such a large amount before. Furthermore, the divines were actually the victims. No, numerous races were the victims. He couldn't forget the deposit.

Death spirits continued appearing all around them. Above the mayor's residence, the silhouette of a Sunmoon death spirit started appearing. The city gates started swinging shut.

As for the living Sunmoons, all of them had solemn expressions. Even now, they still weren't sure what was happening. Just what was going on? They were truly confused. Why was Tianduo dead?

Who did it? Why? Was it done for the massive wealth Tianduo was carrying? But who was capable of disappearing undetected with so many experts here? No, according to the mayor, the killer was hiding among the death spirits...

In short, they couldn't process what was happening. What the hell was happening?

Zhan Wushuang's expression was changing repeatedly. Tianduo was dead. The person who had sold all these things to them had died. What the fuck? That shouldn't be happening. He checked the index copy repeatedly, but nobody had suddenly climbed in rank. He also checked the contents of the two storage rings repeatedly and found nothing wrong with them.

"No, this isn't right. Something must be wrong somewhere..."

The biggest issue was the death of the seller so soon after the sale was concluded.

He looked beside him. The two late-stage divine Sunmoons had approached him. Both had solemn expressions. They also felt that something was suspicious with Tianduo's death.

"Take a look."

Originally, Zhan Wushuang did not intend to show them the things he bought. But he had changed his mind. He was unable to stay calm. He was starting to worry.

2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light had been spent for this purchase. Even a divine king would have quite a difficult time paying such a huge price alone. Basically, this could be considered the total wealth of some Invincibles. After all, Invincibles needed resources to cultivate as well. Thus, not all Invincibles were necessarily rich.

If something was wrong with this purchase, Zhan Wushuang would receive the blame. The two Sunmoons inspected the items carefully. But they didn't find anything wrong. As for the divine skywing Sunmoon, he examined the corpse carefully with a frown. Yes. This was the corpse of a divine skywing. What was the problem?

Chapter 1026: Spreading Tremors (2)

The divines were not the only ones who were confused. The masked individual from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was also in complete stupefaction. He hurriedly updated the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion about what he saw. Thıs text ıs hosted at novel⟡fire.net

What the hell was happening? Tianduo was killed. There were no changes in the ranking, thus it was possible that the killer was not a young genius. Additionally, the killer might have hidden among the death spirits.

Nobody understood what was going on. But since the divines were still relatively calm, it was clear the items they bought were fine. Or perhaps the possibility was even scarier: not even the divines could see through the possible issue that might exist with their purchase.

Amid the crowd, Mo Duona's purple hair flipped about as his eyes shone brightly. Tianduo was dead. Or to be precise, he was killed.

But nobody had climbed in rank. In truth, he had felt that something was off about Tianduo since the very beginning. He wouldn't have gotten Zhaiyue to track Tianduo's location otherwise. At that moment, a certain thought rose in his mind.

It was perfectly normal for there to be no movement in the rankings. After all, there were plenty of young geniuses with higher ranks than Tianduo. Any of them could kill Tianduo without a change in their ranks.

Disguise...someone disguised as Tianduo? But there were also plenty of people out there capable of using disguises. And who was the person who had been using disguises the most recently?

Su Yu! The moment that name appeared in Mo Duona's mind, a massive shock spread through his mind. Su Yu! No way...right?

Was the Tianduo earlier...Su Yu in disguise? In that case, where was the real Tianduo? His sea of willpower was likely on Su Yu. That was why they had failed to discover anything wrong when they tracked him through bloodline tracking. When it was time to escape, Su Yu had finally destroyed Tianduo's sea of willpower to prevent further tracking. Thus, Tianduo had perished.

And because Su Yu was the killer, no changes could be observed from the index. This entire scene felt too similar to the incident caused by Su Yu back at Heavendoom City. Spawning death spirits in the city...

Most of the people involved in the hunt for Su Yu previously had died. And Su Yu had remained mostly hidden from these people from the start until the end. What happened today might be the answer to how Su Yu had done that.

He finally understood what happened.

Abruptly, someone roared madly, "Su Yu! It's Su Yu! He killed Tianduo! He disguised himself as Tianduo! Su Yu is the culprit!"

It was Dao Cheng.

He seemed to be on the verge of losing his mind as he looked at Zhan Wushuang, madness in his eyes, and roared, "Something is definitely wrong with the things you bought! The person earlier was Su Yu! He's hiding among the death spirits! We need to start killing these death spirits!"

Boom!

With that roar, he released an attack and killed a large number of death spirits. But that only caused more death spirits to appear. That shout reminded the mayor of something as the mayor also roared, "Stop! Everyone, stop! The more you kill, the more death spirits will appear! That will only make it harder to find it! Stop, you fools!"

Why were they still killing?

Killing would only increase the number of death spirits. At this rate, they would fill the city with death spirits. And after killing all these death spirits, a large number of Sunmoon death spirits would appear as well. Were they trying to die? Killing to find Su Yu wouldn't work.

Zhan Wushuang's expression changed again. Just what was wrong, exactly? Even now, he had yet to discover anything wrong. He had zero idea what the issue was. He had the corpse, the weapon, and the breathing technique, so what could be the issue?

Su Yu? The first-ranked index genius? If the seller was Su Yu, then there was definitely something wrong with the transaction. That would also explain why he had opted to run out of nowhere.

The mayor shouted, "Grandstar Guard, seal the city. Surround and search every single occupied building in the city!"

Damn it!

It didn't matter who the seller was. He only cared about his share. Where was his promised thirty percent share? Damn it! How dare that bastard fool him? The Sunmoons started spreading all over the city to search.

As for the humans, Qin Hao was still busy killing death spirits, albeit at a slower pace. Umbra and the others were also doing the same. Thus, more and more death spirits appeared in the city.

Su Yu?

If that was really Su Yu...neither Zhu Guangshen nor Qin Hao could imagine how bold Su Yu must be to pull out something like this. He had basically fooled the entirety of the myriad races.

The divines would most definitely send at least one Invincible after him if this was proven to be a scam. And when Zhu Guangshen's gaze landed on the two injured human Mountainseas carried by the general beside him...he became even more sure that this was Su Yu's work.

Holy shit!

Yes, it was definitely that fellow. No wonder he had randomly kicked two human Mountainseas toward them instead of returning the original Mountainseas they had used as the ticket. He had not given it much thought earlier, but now, everything made sense.

At that realization, Zhu Guangshen hurriedly sent a voice transmission, "General Qin, this is getting troublesome. We need to notify the Invincibles immediately. You'll notify Great QIn King while I'll notify my gramps. That damn kid is going to cause an Invincible to personally go after him!"

A lot of people might have perished during the Heavendoom City incident, but everyone knew that it had mostly happened due to a confluence of circumstances. But things were different this time.

Very few people had died this time. Tianduo was the only famous individual who had perished. However, that kid had scammed 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light from the divines. And this entire thing had been orchestrated by him, unlike the Heavendoom City incident where he was merely reacting to the people trying to kill him.

The wealth he had on him was big enough to enrich even Invincibles. That only served to make him an even more attractive target. Zhu Guangshen swallowed nervously. This scam was simply too big. Not even Zhu Guangshen would have the courage to do something similar. And Su Yu had succeeded.

Qin Hao's eyes flickered. He said nothing and burned a drop of his blood essence to notify Great Qin King. He was unable to send a detailed message through this method. He could only send a simple message stating that something big had happened in the city and Great Qin King's presence was needed urgently.

Great Qin King was his father. He was essentially doing something similar to what Mo Duona and the others did when they were trapped in the Heavendoom City previously. But even now, he still felt like this entire thing was surreal.

Yes. It felt completely surreal. Su Yu? A scam? Even now, he was still asking himself if this was the greatest scam in the history of the myriad races. More importantly, the main victims were still completely clueless as to what the problem was. The divines still couldn't find the issue, and this was driving Zhan Wushuang mad.

Suddenly, the look in Zhu Guangshen's eyes changed as he transmitted his voice to Qin Hao, "Great Xia once gave a divine skywing corpse to Su Yu. That was the corpse of an eighth-stage Sunmoon."

Qin Hao's eyes widened. Not many people knew about that since that was too valuable a gift. Only a few people from Great Xia knew about it. As for Great Ming, only a few people from the Zhu Family and people like Niu Baidao were aware of that.

With this, everything became clear. Holy shit! The corpse was an actual eighth-stage Sunmoon of the divine skywing race. Traces of death qi could be found on it...and Su Yu had the ability to hide among death spirits...

Suddenly, the truth was unveiled before them. Qin Hao finally understood everything. Zhu Guangshen came to the same realization as well. He even started pitying the divines. He understood why the divines weren't able to discover the issue. The corpse was a real Sunmoon corpse. The ancient character was probably real as well.

But one thing was definitely fake. The corpse was not an ancient corpse. The breathing technique was probably fake as well. Su Yu was known as a gifted researcher. He had released numerous cultivation methods in the Human Realm. He was basically an expert in this aspect. There was no doubt that the breathing technique was fake.

Furthermore, Su Yu was also an earth weaponsmith. Thus...holy shit! Even that heaven weapon might be fake. The ancient character might be the only thing that was real. A peculiar look covered Zhu Guangshen's eyes when he understood everything. Good heavens. Who wouldn't fall for such a scam? Only Invincibles might be able to see through it.

Having understood everything, he hurriedly burned a drop of blood essence as well. He was contacting Great Ming King. This was the only way one could send any information out of an ancient city. They could only notify the Invincibles that they had encountered trouble in Grandstar City. That was all.

Zhan Wushuang was still confused, but he acted decisively, "Search! Search for the culprit!"

He couldn't find the issue, but there was definitely an issue. He had to pursue the matter. He had to find the culprit...who might or might not be Su Yu. As for the other Sunmoons, some were still blanking out while some were stealthily intensifying their search. If that was Su Yu...holy shit! That fellow was simply a walking treasure trove! Killing Su Yu would be the same as hitting the jackpot!

The Sunmoons continued spreading all over the city. Nobody cared about the fact that the city was being sealed. In fact, they welcomed it. That would guarantee that the culprit wouldn't be able to escape.

The mayor roared furiously, "Inspect all the death spirits! Stop killing them!"

At this point, over a thousand death spirits had appeared.

If they continued killing, more would appear.

Even when he was speaking, the death spirits were still increasing in number. He looked at the humans who were busy killing death spirits and said, "Qin Hao! What are you doing?"

Qin Hao laughed, "This is fun. Don't mind me. Relax, Mayor. It's not like you lost anything, right? By the way, I've notified my old man. He'll be here soon. Mayor, neutrality is a very beautiful stance to take."

The mayor's expression changed upon hearing that.

Great Qin King, the strongest human alive. He was not a Pseudo Emperor, but his combat strength was incredible. He was someone who had killed Invincibles before. Even if he wasn't a Pseudo Emperor, there was no guarantee that he was weaker than the existing Pseudo Emperors.

Someone like that was coming? He cursed inwardly. The city was a safe haven for him. Inside the city, he would likely be safe from even Invincibles. Even so, was he supposed to actually fight someone like Great Qin King? That would be unwise.

He was furious. Su Yu...was that really Su Yu? But from Qin Hao's words, that was most likely Su Yu. Damn that bastard! How dare that bastard scam him? Not only that, but that fellow had even caused his city to be sealed. Before long, Invincibles would start appearing as well. If a chaotic battle between Invincibles broke out within the city, even a mayor like him might die.

Of course, those Invincibles would suffer heavily as well. But why would that matter if he was dead?

After spending some time muttering a string a curses, the mayor roared, "All guards are to return to the mayor's residence. The mayor's residence will be sealed."

He had opted for neutrality. In fact, all ancient cities were supposed to be neutral. He had only interfered to earn a little profit because he had always been an overbearing presence. But since even Invincibles were starting to get involved, he decided to learn from Tian He of Heavendoom City and stay out of everything.

Chapter 1027: Spreading Tremors (3)

At the same time.

Near Eastrift Valley.

Great Qin King abruptly opened his eyes and looked toward Sea of Stars.

Qin Hao was asking for help. What was going on? According to the rumors, an ancient corpse was being auctioned there. But Great Qin King did not think that they would be able to win the auction. He knew very well how poor they were. But...what manner of trouble was Qin Hao in?

Did his kid decide to rob the corpse and end up trapped in the ancient city? Yes. That was the first thing he thought his son would do. But...his son wasn't supposed to be strong enough to do something like that. Supposedly, a lot of high-stage Sunmoons were there as well. But those people wouldn't dare to kill Qin Hao without reason.

Great Qin King frowned slightly. Should he go? But he needed to guard the borders.

At that moment, a certain aura rose not far away. Great Ming King spoke, "Old Qin, I need to pay Sea of Stars a visit."

"You're going as well?"

Great Ming King blanked out. As well?

He asked in astonishment, "You're going as well?"

"Qin Hao asked for help."

"Guangshen asked for help as well."

Silence descended as the two Invincibles looked at each other in dismay. Was it possible that their juniors had joined hands to rob that Tianduo? At that moment, Great Qin King received a new update. After checking the newly arrived information, he said, "Tianduo is dead...did those two kill Tianduo and snatch the corpse?"

As far as they were concerned, that was the most likely possibility. Great Ming King nodded in agreement. How brazen.

Suddenly, a different Invincible exclaimed not far away. With an index copy in hand, he asked, "There's an update from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Did the two of you receive a call for help?"

"Yeah. What did you learn from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, Old Tang?"

Great Tang King sent a voice transmission to all Invincibles in the area, "Something big might have happened. Tianduo...no, Su Yu...no, disguised as Tianduo, Su Yu auctioned an ancient Invincible corpse to the divines and scammed 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light from them before killing the real Tianduo and vanishing right before dozens of Sunmoons. Grandstar City has fallen into chaos with numerous death spirits appearing. The city has also been sealed..."

Yes. Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was able to transmit information out of the ancient city even when the city was sealed. All the human Invincibles were shocked.

A burly figure appeared with a somewhat helpless expression. He said, "I'll go with Old Zhu. Old Qin, you'll continue standing guard here."

Great Xia King had appeared.

Great Ming King nodded in agreement. He was still in a state of stupefaction. Su Yu...scammed dozens of Sunmoons and vanished right before them...how many strands of heavenearth profound light did he scam?

Wow...that was such a huge number. Great Ming King was sure that at that very moment, Su Yu was already wealthier than him. Harvesting heavenearth profound light was an extremely time-consuming task. He had not been able to spare much time doing that.

In short, that fellow had elevated himself into the richest human alive with a single scam. The two Invincibles couldn't afford to delay any longer. They started rushing toward Sea of Stars. If the information they received was true, then Su Yu would definitely become a target of Invincibles.

At the very least, he would become the target of the Invincibles from the divine race. And that was perfectly understandable. Anyone would be driven crazy after being scammed like this.

After the two left, Great Qin King remained stupefied for some time to process what he just heard. Finally, he started cursing. He was wrong. He should have visited Heavendoom City personally to kick that kid back to the Human Realm during the previous incident. Back then, he had thought that it wasn't a bad idea for the kid to run and hide around for a bit. That would make for a good tempering.

But he was wrong. Hide? Nope. That kid wasn't on the way to hide. Instead, he was on his way to create an even bigger mess. Not even Great Qin King himself had earned that much heavenearth profound light before.

"Summon even more of our Invincibles back. We need to strengthen our defenses."

Once again, Great Qin King cursed. That was necessary. He was worried that their current strength was not enough to protect their borders.

"Someone needs to catch that damn kid and bring him back."

At that thought, a strand of willpower shot out toward Great Ming King and Great Xia King. Through voice transmission, he said, "If you see him, make sure to catch him back! Make sure of that! We can't let him stay outside any longer. This is too terrifying. He will provoke countless Eternals..."

That little shit was scarier than Xia Longwu. No, that little shit was even scarier than Ye Batian. He was ten times scarier than Ye Batian.

Fuck!

Great Ming King and Great Xia King did not even bother to give a reply. What nonsense. Of course they would catch that damn troublemaker back if they could. If they allowed that kid to stay outside, the kid would probably set a new record of being the very first Cloudbreach to be personally hunted by Invincibles in history.

In the past, he was merely a wanted individual of the myriad races. But after this incident, Invincibles would personally move out and go after him. This was most definitely a history in the making. Not even Ye Batian and Xia Longwu had enjoyed such a treatment.

***

News of what happened continued spreading through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Before long, the Invincibles of the various races started hearing about it. From the western sector, a divine Invincible started rushing toward the ancient city, leaving a trail of shattered space in his wake.

In the Immortal Realm, Dao King nearly coughed blood from sheer anger. Once again, his grandson was trapped in an ancient city. Annoyed, he decided to personally make a trip there.

In the Devil Realm, several devil kings wasted no time and started heading to the ancient city as well. Among them was a devil king from the blood fire devil race. He could see that a massive fight was on the verge of unfolding. After all, the scale of the scam was so massive that it was only fair for a fight between Invincibles to break out over it.

A dragon king was also moving out of the Dragon Realm, the nearest realm to the ancient city in question. He was going there to enjoy the good show that was about to unfold. Perhaps there might even be a chance for him to fish in troubled water when the fight broke out.

It was as though the Myriad Realms had been hit by a massive earthquake. Numerous Invincibles were on the move. They had no choice but to go there personally. Over the years, it was very rare for any ancient city to be sealed. In fact, this had happened less than ten times over the past hundred years. But in recent times, it had happened twice. It hadn't even been a month since the last incident.

***

Heavendoom City.

When the stone statue overheard what the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members in the city were talking about, he opened his eyes. The look in his eyes was practically saying this: Would you look at that! I knew this was going to happen!

And he was proven right! Even a statue like him could see this happening. It was indeed that little troublemaker! Just look at Grandstar City! The city had been sealed. He was right!

"Will the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor be there as well?"

Just as he was thinking about that, he felt two powerful auras flying by. These were familiar auras. They belonged to the two human Eternals: Great Xia King and Great Ming King.

Sure enough, even the humans were making a move. Well, well. It would seem like a battle between Eternals might break out in Grandstar City. That seemed like it would be quite an interesting show to watch.

In fact, the stone statue had the urge to latch onto the two human Eternals with some of his willpower to enjoy the show. But ultimately, he refrained from doing so. That wouldn't be an easy feat to accomplish. Furthermore, Grandstar might turn furious from sheer embarrassment after learning that he was there to enjoy the show. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on noⅴelfire.net

Thus, the stone statue shut his eyes again. He had decided to calmly wait for further updates. Would things grow even more chaotic? He also noticed that when the chaos was erupting somewhere else instead of his own place, he would actually feel quite good.

He even started praying that the little troublemaker would visit all the ancient cities and let them have a taste of what he experienced not long ago. What an impressive little troublemaker.

***

Not long after.

Human Realm.

Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.

Wan Tiansheng noted that several of his voice transmission talismans were shaking. When he checked them...

He staggered from the sheer shock he was feeling.

"I—"

"This..."

"Fuck!"

A shrill shout rang out in his room. Was this real? Was the future he saw really something that would unfold in the Human Realm? Could that brat even return alive? He was starting to wonder if he had been shown a fake future. There was no way that brat could survive this.

That lunatic. That madman. Su Yu was a lot crazier than both Ye Batian and Xia Longwu combined. Which Cloudbreach would have the courage to scam an Invincible? And the brat had done more than that. He had scammed multiple Invincibles and a bunch of Sunmoons.

"2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light..."

Wan Tiansheng gasped in shock. How rich. If the brat could survive this, would he still need to ever worry about cultivation resources ever again?

"Can he really return alive?"

He greatly doubted that.

Chapter 1028: Stay Calm! (1)

Inside Grandstar City, the Sunmoons of the powerful races were all busy with their own tasks. Some were inspecting the death spirits while some were rebuking the humans.

"Qin Hao, what are you trying to do?"

Dawo was furious. These humans were still killing death spirits nonstop. This would only create more trouble for them. Sure, they had a lot of late-stage Sunmoons, but everyone still remembered the Heavendoom City incident.

Even they would be troubled if the number of Sunmoon death spirits grew too big. If things further escalated, even Invincible death spirits might appear. No matter how many Sunmoons they had, they wouldn't be able to stop an Invincible.

Before Qin Hao could say anything, Xuan Wuji of the immortals spoke, "General Qin, we're not even sure that's Su Yu yet. Even if we're sure, it's not wise to risk the lives of so many people like this."

Boom!

He had just finished speaking when a spear strike was unleashed upon him. A late-stage Sunmoon immortal met the spear with a sword. With a rumble, the two weapons clashed, sending shockwaves all around them. But after the exchange, the expression of the immortal turned solemn. Even Xuan Wuji's expression changed.

With a cold expression, Qin Hao's killing intent erupted as he said, "When adults are speaking, children should learn to shut up. Xuan Wuji, back then, your father was beaten by me so badly that he had to kneel down and beg for forgiveness. I only spared him after your grandfather came out and begged for peace from my father. Who are you to tell me what to do?"

Xuan Wuji's expression changed further.

With a sneer, Qin Hao continued, "Don't forget your place just because you're on the Heaven Index. Who am I?"

He raised his voice, "I'm the first son of Great Qin King, the general of the Vanguard Regiment. What are you, brat? Who are you to tell me what to do? The alliance was formed between the human race and the immortal race as a whole, not only the Profound King's forces. If he wishes to cancel the alliance, tell him to say it himself. Who are you to run your mouth before me?"

His eyes turned frosty as he looked at the late-stage Sunmoon who had blocked his previous attack and said, "Keep a leash over this brat. Does your ancient immortal king know that this brat is trying to order me around out here?"

The expression of the late-stage Sunmoon changed as he said, "You misunderstand us, General Qin. Wuji did not intend to order you around. But your wanton killing can really create more trouble for us. It hasn't even been that long since the Heavendoom City incident. If an Invincible death spirit appears, none of us will survive. We're not the only ones in this city. Please consider this before doing anything."

"That's more like it." Qin Hao laughed, as though he wasn't the same person who had gone all angry earlier. He said, "You're right. I was having too much fun killing them. You know that the Vanguard Army specializes in killing. I killed out of habit and forgot to stop. Don't mind me." Dıscover more novels at novel✦fire.net

Those from the other races watched silently. Even the divines and devils remained silent. They merely sneered at the thought of this alliance. What a joke. This so-called alliance had only remained in name for quite a while.

As of late, the immortals had been stirring into action. At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the alliance was broken officially. Perhaps the first to attack the human race would be the immortal race instead of any other race.

Qin Hao ignored all those people, but he did stop killing the death spirits. The immortals had already shown their displeasure. If he continued, the other races would be angered as well. That would only turn them into the public enemies of the people here.

He thought to himself that he had done everything he could. Then again, if that kid was really disguised as a death spirit, was one of the death spirits he killed earlier actually that kid in disguise?

Worried, he looked at Qin Fang and sent a voice transmission, "Check the index. See if he's still there."

Qin Fang was left speechless. If someone died, the index would shake. But he did as told and confirmed that Su Yu was still on it. Qin Hao was relieved to hear that. Good. Wow, his accuracy was really impressive, then. Just look at how he had been able to avoid killing that kid even when he was randomly killing death spirits.

In fact, Umbra was also thinking the same. He had stopped after a while, worried that he would accidentally kill Su Yu instead. There was no doubt that Su Yu could disguise himself as a death spirit.

That kid was probably unable to defend himself against a seventh-stage Sunmoon. It would be awkward if the kid ended up dead in such a manner. They were doing this to create more cover for the kid, but in the process, they killed the kid. That would be the most sullen death ever.

The humans had stopped killing death spirits, but the remaining death spirits were already furious. They started attacking every living being indiscriminately. The death qi in the city grew thicker and thicker.

Above the mayor's residence, the Sunmoon death spirit finally finished manifesting. As for the city gates, they had all swung shut. The Sunmoon death spirit wasted no time and rushed toward Qin Hao's group right after appearing. Out of everyone in the city, these people had killed the most death spirits.

Instantly, a massive battle broke out. Qin Hao wasn't afraid, but he didn't bother fighting the death spirit head-on either. He kept luring the death spirit everywhere, spreading the death spirit's attacks everywhere. This was annoying the others to no end as they couldn't kill this death spirit. Even if they sent the death spirit flying, it would return with vengeance soon after.

And thus, a scene of a single second-stage Sunmoon death spirit chasing a bunch of high-stage Sunmoons around unfolded. This was their only option as killing this death spirit would only worsen the situation.

Fortunately, they were strong enough to handle the attacks of this death spirit. They would be safe from even the death qi of this Sunmoon death spirit for some time. This was unlike the previous incident where several middle-stage Sunmoon death spirits had appeared. A single early-stage Sunmoon death spirit was still not too hard for them to handle.

Furthermore, there were only four late-stage Sunmoons to deal with multiple Sunmoon death spirits. This time, there were over twenty late-stage Sunmoons to deal with one Sunmoon death spirit.

Thus, they were still not in any danger. But there was no doubt that the number of death spirits had increased significantly. In fact, over two thousand death spirits had appeared in the city thus far.

And that number was still rising. Someone must still be killing death spirits somewhere.

Zhan Wushuang could no longer be bothered to waste any time on the humans. He shouted, "Spread your willpower around and inspect all the death spirits."

At that, a late-stage Sunmoon of the divine race released his willpower and resisted the pain of death qi erosion to inspect all the death spirits around him. Meanwhile, Zhan Wushuang took out an umbrella. When he unfurled the umbrella, all the death qi around him was pushed away.

With the umbrella in hand, he overlooked the death spirits from the sky alongside the late-stage Sunmoon. Miraculously, the death spirits started ignoring him the moment he took the umbrella out.

With a cold expression, Zhan Wushuang's eyes lit up as he scanned every death spirit he could see. Where was Su Yu hiding? The start of the incident had been too chaotic. The humans had also been causing trouble by killing death spirits. Because of that, they had not been able to properly examine the city until now.

And now, the immortals, devils, and dragons had reached a tacit understanding to keep an eye on the humans together. They had to find Su Yu. Yes, the other races were happy to see the divines losing. But they also wanted to see Su Yu dead. That human was becoming more and more of a threat.

Also, how was he disguising himself as a death spirit? Was Su Yu's disguise really so amazing? Even the five elementals were busy searching the city. At this point, a lot of things had become clear. Su Yu might have captured Tianduo to assume Tianduo's identity. Topsoil Spirit must have discovered something and caught Su Yu's attention. Since Topsoil Spirit was still alive, he was probably imprisoned somewhere.

Su Yu was too dangerous. No such Cloudbreach had ever appeared in history. As a mere Cloudbreach, Su Yu seemed capable of creating massive trouble everywhere he went.

The Sunmoons of the ancient races were also busy searching the city. But their goal was much simpler. They did not care whether Su Yu was dead or alive. In fact, they would much prefer sparing Su Yu if possible. But they would not refrain from robbing Su Yu if they could find him.

Who wouldn't be tempted by 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light? As for the possibility of the divines demanding for the heavenearth profound light from them after the robbery, what nonsense.

That was the money the divines had spent. They did not have the right to demand the money back from someone who had robbed Su Yu. Ancient Mountain was among the ancient race Sunmoons who were busy searching the city in the hope of robbing Su Yu.

It really wasn't that hard for so many Sunmoons to go through only two thousand or so death spirits. Even if Su Yu decided to spawn more death spirits by killing, that would only make it easier for them to find him.

At one point, the death spirits were no longer increasing in number. Clearly, Su Yu had stopped killing.

Up in the sky, Zhan Wushuang was casually striding around with a late-stage Sunmoon beside him. While inspecting the death spirits down below, he spoke, "Su Yu, I know you're here. Hand over the things you received from me earlier and I'll let this go."

The Invincibles were on their way to the city. But that would take some time. He had to retrieve what he had given Su Yu before that. Otherwise, he would displease the divine Invincible.

That was unavoidable even if he wasn't the sole person who had been scammed today. Everyone had been scammed. But he was the biggest victim. The two late-stage Sunmoons were actually only sent here to assist him. He was the actual person in charge during the auction.

He was on the verge of becoming a ninth-stage Mountainsea. And the moment he became a Sunmoon, he would be among the higher-ups of the divines. But if he suffered such a disastrous loss here, his future prospects would be significantly affected.

Thus, he had to handle this before the Invincibles arrived. It would be even better if he could capture or kill Su Yu. That would be the best way of washing the humiliation he had suffered.

Meanwhile, Dawo was speaking to Mo Duona through voice transmission, "Mo Duona, do we look for Su Yu as well?"

"Let the divines try first." Mo Duona looked around and said, "Stay on alert. If that fellow has more Ye Batian's characters, he will be able to threaten even Sunmoons."

But Dawo did not seem to agree. He doubted that Su Yu would be able to kill a seventh-stage Sunmoon even with Ye Batian's character. That did not seem possible at all. In fact, Dawo was starting to think that Mo Duona was no longer behaving in a way befitting the number one genius on the index. But then again, he was indeed not the number one genius anymore. He had been dethroned by Su Yu.

Mo Duona did not give any further explanation. Since the divines wanted to charge at the forefront, there was no need for them to try too hard for now. In any case, the devils had not suffered that big of a loss...wait, no. They did suffer the loss of a genius. Tianduo was dead. But that was a genius who had died in the hands of a different genius. As far as Mo Duona was concerned, that was fair game. He wasn't too bothered about that.

A true genius would not be killed. That had always been his mantra. In fact, he was even willing to accept the fact that he also wasn't a true genius if someone from the same generation could kill him one day. That would only prove that he wasn't genius enough to sweep through the various realms and countless experts.

After looking around, his gaze settled on the surrounding buildings as he said, "We need to check these buildings as well. He's still a living being. Unlike the death spirits, he can actually enter and hide in these buildings."

With his reminder, the experts started paying close attention to the buildings as well.

Mo Duona himself didn't bother to do anything. After a short contemplation, he said, "Previously, he was able to directly leave the sealed ancient city. I suggest everyone to get some experts outside to surround the city and prevent the same thing from happening."

The moment those words were said, the experts in the city started sending messages out of the city through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Naturally, this was not a free service. They were charged for each message sent.

The masked individual from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was also stealthily reminding his superiors to charge a higher price for this service. Trapped in the city, these people would have no choice but to pay regardless of how expensive it was. Su Yu sure had brought them a lot of profit.

As an observer from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, he was busy sending updates to the headquarters, providing the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion with plenty of information to peddle. As for the others, they were only allowed to send some unimportant information out of the city. The core information about the incident was monopolized by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. This was their way of protecting their monopoly and market dominance.

In fact, they had sold over a thousand packages of information about this incident to the various races thus far. They were charging a modest fee of one drop of Sunmoon blood essence for an hour's worth of updates. That seemed reasonable, but it was actually terrifyingly expensive.

Most of the buyers were the representatives of the more powerful races. As for those buying the information individually, these were mostly Sunmoons or the young geniuses capable of affording this price.

It hadn't even been that long but the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had earned over a thousand drops of Sunmoon blood essence through this incident. Fortunately, Su Yu was unaware of this. Otherwise, he would probably go mad with fury.

He had painstakingly planned and worked for so long to earn 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light. That was worth as much as 2,300 drops of Sunmoon blood essence. Including the deposit he had received, he had earned around 2,500 drops from this whole plan. And he had taken such a large risk for it.

Meanwhile, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had easily reaped such a large profit from his hard work by relying on their Heavenly Hunt Index. At this rate, they would earn even more than Su Yu without even offending anyone.

After all, they were earning this profit from a large number of people, unlike Su Yu, who had overwhelmingly earned from a single group of people. One drop of Sunmoon blood essence was simply nothing for the more powerful races.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was earning so much that they even decided to stop their investigation on Su Yu. The masked individual even received an order to secretly help Su Yu escape if he was somehow discovered. They intended to squeeze as much profit as they could with their live reporting services.

Yes. They were essentially reporting live from inside the city with hourly updates. This was a massive business. Even the nearest Invincible would need at least half a day to reach. And those departing from inside their realms would probably take a day or two.

Thus, everyone had to rely on the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion for now if they wanted to stay updated. And nobody could even challenge their monopoly. It was naturally to their benefit to have Su Yu last longer. The end of Su Yu would also signal the end of their money-raking plan.

They only needed him to survive for at least half a day to earn even more than what he had earned from his scam.

Chapter 1029: Stay Calm! (2)

Su Yu was unaware of what the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was planning, nor was he interested. The safe houses he had prepared beforehand had been decently helpful. He was currently hiding in one such safe house.

Outside, the signboard indicated that a resident was occupying the building. He wasn't officially a resident yet, but he had prepared dozens of similar safe houses before the auction.

"Those fellows will discover something sooner or later. After they realize that I can control death qi, they will start guessing that I can disguise myself as death spirits as well. And as someone capable of controlling death qi, it won't be too surprising for me to have the ability to draw on those signboards myself..."

The biggest sign of someone being a resident was the signboard with their portrait in front of their residence. Those experts were still busy searching for him among the death spirits, but that wouldn't last for long. At that point, they would start searching the buildings. Fortunately, there were a lot of buildings in the city as well. It also wasn't realistic for them to break into every single building during their search. That should delay them for a bit.

Inside the building.

Su Yu was still quite calm. It was very important to stay calm during moments like this. It wasn't like he didn't have any other backup plans. What was there to worry about? He was already a veteran at creating trouble in ancient cities. Right at that moment, a rumble rang out from a building nearby. Next, numerous death spirits appeared. What followed was the sound of someone cursing.

"You! You from Great Ming! Zhu Guangshen, that must be you!"

Meanwhile, Zhu Guangshen had a helpless expression as he looked at the tide of ants crawling all over. He said, "This has nothing to do with me! I reckon this is Su Yu! He must have nurtured some sky devouring ants during his time in Great Ming!"

That explosion earlier had killed countless ants. And each ant was considered a living being as well. Thus, thousands of new death spirits had appeared instantly. Sure, they weren't strong. But the sheer number of them made them incredibly annoying. It was understandable why Zhan Wushuang and the others would be furious.

Holy shit!

What were they supposed to do now? Earlier, they could still search the death spirits one by one. But thousands of new death spirits had appeared. And they didn't even know if Su Yu had more of such tricks hidden in the city.

One could only say that they were newbies at this game involving ancient cities while Su Yu was an expert gamer. Just look at how he was effortlessly playing around with them.

Yes. In ancient cities, the person dying didn't matter. As long as it was a living being, death spirits would appear with each kill. And ants...naturally counted as living beings as well.

Su Yu had only thought of this idea when he saw Zhu Guangshen in the city. He had brought some sky devouring ant eggs with him when he left Great Ming. This action of his had broadened numerous horizons.

Even Zhu Guangshen was inspired. Thus, he started stealthily tossing even more sky devouring ants toward the surrounding empty buildings. What a genius idea. Why hadn't he thought of this? Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel⦿fire.net

What was the point of carrying so many ants on him if he couldn't even think of such an idea? If he had known this earlier, he would have brought hundreds of thousands of ants with him. Wouldn't that be enough to spawn hundreds of thousands of death spirits in the city?

That was such a terrifying thought. At this point, the city was slowly turning into a city of the dead. Most of the death spirits were weak, but if they kept failing to kill the culprits who had been taking lives in the city, stronger death spirits would start appearing.

Furthermore, with the continuous increase in death qi density, it was only a matter of time before these people were forced to take shelter indoors. And that would provide Su Yu with an opening to escape.

Zhu Guangshen could roughly guess what Su Yu was planning. The other Sunmoons reached the same conclusion as well. They frowned in annoyance.

Holy shit!

None of them had ever thought of killing ants in ancient cities. Who would waste their time thinking about something like that? Some of them even wondered if they should start carrying more tiny living beings with them in the future.

Naturally, only those holding a grudge toward the world and society would consider doing something like this. A normal person would not be interested in doing this.

Rumble!

Yet another explosion erupted, and thousands of new death spirits appeared. Zhu Guangshen looked astonished. Inwardly, he was grumbling. Yes, he was the one who had tossed the ants out, but he wasn't the one who had killed them. The ants had exploded by themselves. This had nothing to do with him.

"Damn it!"

One of the Sunmoons cursed. A few more thousand of death spirits had appeared. If this continued, the number of death spirits would go over ten thousand. At that point, the density of death qi would be high enough that stronger death spirits would start appearing.

***

Inside an ancient building.

Su Yu was attentively listening to the sounds outside. A second explosion could be heard, adding numerous death spirits to the city. The death qi also rose to a terrifying level of density. Su Yu was quite surprised. What was going on?

That wasn't him!

"Could it be...Zhu Guangshen?"

Yeah. That was the only possibility. Su Yu laughed in amusement. This prince of the Zhu Family was quite a devious one. This wasn't a bad thing for him. He didn't have that many ants on him, and ants were the perfect targets to kill when one wanted to sow chaos in ancient cities.

If he had known earlier that he could do this as well, he would have brought millions of ants with him here. What a pity that he only had that single hive with him.

Fortunately, Zhu Guangshen was here to lend him a hand and add a few thousand death spirits on top of what he spawned during the first explosion. Let's see how these people were going to search all these death spirits when there were so many of them.

"This incident might have alerted some Invincibles as well. They didn't enter the city during the previous incident, but that might change."

Su Yu decided that he had to leave before any Invincible arrived. It was either that or hide somewhere capable of hiding him from the direct gaze of any Invincible. A glance was all an Invincible needed to see through his disguise.

Once again, his focus went to the little furball who was sneakily eating the newly received willpower he had received as heavenly reward after killing Tianduo. Would this fellow's dada really descend if this fellow ended up dead?

Would that dada go crazy upon seeing the divine and devil Invincibles and kill them all? That would make things a lot more interesting.

Of course, that would probably only be possible if the enemy Invincibles were cultural researchers. Yes, warriors had seas of willpower as well, but they relied more on their bodies. Would the big furball be capable of killing warrior Invincibles?

Inside Su Yu's sea of willpower, the little furball was happily feasting on the clump of willpower when his entire body shivered. He seemed to have sensed someone thinking maliciously about him. Was Yummy thinking of squeezing him to death again?

Was he going to be a dead ball? Whatever. He would finish his meal before worrying about anything else. This time, he was no longer trying to be sneaky about it. After all, Yummy was the one thinking maliciously about him first.

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Why is your appetite still so good? Both of us could very well die here."

Then again, this was a crisis he had seen coming. How could he earn so much heavenearth profound light so easily? Little did he know, some people had indeed profited from this in an incredibly easy manner.

After thinking for a bit, he opened the door slightly. He turned into a death spirit and started moving toward one of the openings connected to the moat.

Right at that moment, a black dragon abruptly soared into the sky above the mayor's residence and announced, "I forgot to tell everyone that when the city is sealed, only the gates will be shut. The connecting points between the city and the moat will remain. But the death qi there is so thick not even Sunmoons can go through those openings."

But that did not mean that nobody would be able to go through them. The moment that announcement was made, several Sunmoons started rushing toward the city walls. It was very obvious what was happening. They were preventing any escape through the moat.

Su Yu stopped and looked at the black dragon who was descending from the sky. Very well. He had not imagined that the mayor would actually think of this and remind everyone about it. In that case, he could no longer use the moat.

"Fine."

Su Yu clenched his teeth. Fine, fine. Since the mayor wanted to play it this way, he would become a resident and turn into a long-term thorn in the mayor's side. Life would actually be easier for the mayor with his departure. But since he was staying as a resident, the mayor would no longer know peace.

***

Outside.

Zhu Guangshen and Qin Hao were having a small meeting.

Qin Hao asked through voice transmission, "Does he still have any of those teleportation talismans?"

"It won't work. The experts outside have probably surrounded the city."

Zhu Guangshen sighed, "There are quite a lot of divine and devil experts on Ninestar Island. There is no doubt that the city is already surrounded."

Thus, it was very unlikely that Su Yu would be able to flee this time. Due to the large number of death spirits, it would be hard for the people in the city to find him. But the city wasn't endless. With so many Sunmoons, it was only a matter of time before Su Yu was found. Was his disguise so good that he was completely the same as a regular death spirit?

That was not necessarily true. Thus, they only needed to surround the city to prevent his escape. A large number of Sunmoons would continue watching the city until Su Yu's death. The only alternative they would accept was his conversion into a resident. But that would signify an even bigger problem for Su Yu.

Then again, how did he manage to accomplish this? A lot of people were still feeling doubtful about his ability to hide among death spirits.

Qin Fang couldn't help muttering, "That fellow is too crazy. And greedy. How did he come up with a plan to carry out such a massive scam?"

The scam was so big that not even Qin Fang himself would dare to consider doing so. As far as he was concerned, not even his entire family was worth that much, excluding his grandfather. His family would only be worth that much once his grandfather, an Invincible, was included.

Zhu Guangshen had nothing to say. How was he supposed to know? He didn't even know Su Yu that well. But that fellow was definitely in big trouble this time.

Zhu Guangshen said, "Maybe we can try killing the Sunmoon death spirits and cause some late-stage Sunmoon death spirits to appear. That will keep everyone busy and create more opportunities for him..."

But doing that would also place them in a much higher level of danger. The Sunmoons who had initially not bothered to make things difficult for them might get infuriated and decide to join hands to kill them instead.

Since the two were quite strong as well, the other Sunmoons had refrained from doing something so troublesome for now. But that would change if they angered everyone in the city. As long as there were enough of them, they didn't even need to worry about Great Qin King too much. Would Great Qin King go against all these top races just for a single death?

The divines and devils would be more than happy to see that happen. That would invite destruction to the human race. Qin Hao said nothing. That was something they would do only if they had absolutely no other option. For now, they should avoid provoking the neutral races.