Chapter 44 - 44

Chapter 1044: Past And Future Bodies (2)

The death spirit known as Xing Yue blanked out. A certain scene had emerged out of nowhere in its mind. In that scene, a massive furball had appeared before Xing Yue. Beside Xing Yue was the stone statue.

That was a scene from the past. A scene from the moment when Su Yu was in the middle of being coverted into a resident.

With a doubtful expression, the massive furball looked at Su Yu and muttered, "Am I dreaming again?"

How odd. The big furball looked at Su Yu, wondering about all his recent dreams.

He then stared at the stone statue and the death spirit. After a while, a tiny limb stretched out of his furry body as he rubbed the stone statue's head before rubbing the death spirit's head while muttering, "Am I dreaming again? Am I traveling to the past in my dream again?"

"..."

Both the stone statue and the death spirit were utterly dumbstruck.

After thinking for a bit, the big furball said, "I need you to take care of the young lad from my family. The Soul Devourer Realm is too far so I won't be coming. Uhm...I'm not too late, right?"

Both Grandstar and Xing Yue were still completely stunned.

After a long while, Grandstar said, "Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor."

The stone statue inhaled deeply. Why did this fellow use such a method to meet them? Time rewind?

The big furball said, "All you stone statues look the same...whatever. Uhm...yeah, look after the young lad from my family..."

Why were these words so familiar? The big furball kept wondering if this was a dream yet again.

He looked at Su Yu again and asked, "That human lad seems to be a friend of the young lad from my family. Is he becoming a death spirit?"

After a while, he said, "Just take care of them. Bye."

The scene ended there.

An additional memory had appeared out of nowhere in Xing Yue's mind. Or to be precise, that memory had always been there. But all of a sudden, it had reemerged with some real-time alterations.

What did that signify? Basically, the big furball was rewinding time right at this moment. After waking up, the big furball had decided to rewind time and tell them to take care of his kid.

Xing Yue sighed inwardly. This was a demonstration of true time rewind. That was perhaps the only way to cause someone to suddenly gain additional memories.

A regular time rewind would not be able to affect the people in the past. For example, back when Silk Destroying King brought Feng Ji back to the past to search for Chen Yong, Chen Yong was completely unaware.

But if it had been a true time rewind, Chen Yong would have gained additional memories of his meeting with Silk Destroying King.

Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor.

Xing Yue only paused slightly. That Pseudo Emperor could very well be the same furball from the ancient past. If that was the case, that would be an extremely terrifying existence.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely clueless about what had happened. Xing Yue picked up the plank and vanished into thin air.

Su Yu was left completely confused. What? Why did that fellow leave so suddenly? Was that fellow not going to give him some benefits? Whatever. A benefit given by a death spirit might not be something he could actually digest.

Furthermore, that death spirit was still waiting for him to die. He better not wish for anything from that fellow. But it was quite a pity as that fellow had taken the plank as well. He had actually been thinking of using that plank to forge a weapon.

***

Mayor's residence. Inner hall.

Xing Yue returned with the plank in hand. There, it stopped and gazed at the stone statue. The stone statue returned the gaze. Both of them had experienced the addition to their memories.

"Is that Pseudo Emperor the same person from the ancient past?"

The stone statue said nothing. In that case, the stone statue was either prohibited from revealing that information or unsure of the answer as well.

After a long while, the stone statue said, "It's time for you to leave."

Xing Yue laughed and said, "I'll be back soon. There are still a lot of living beings in the city. Su Yu will not leave them alone. When the next massacre starts, I'll be here again."

"Return. Now."

The stone statue warned sternly. That was a matter for the future. As for now, it was time for this death spirit to leave. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel⸺fire.net

Xing Yue smiled and vanished into the tunnel beneath the stone statue. With the death spirit gone, the stone statue returned his focus to Su Yu.

How brazen.

That human had actually conversed with the death sovereign.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely unbothered.

It wasn't like he had never met Invincibles before. What was the big deal with having a short conversation with one? If an Invincible wanted to kill him, he would die no matter what, right? Sensing the growth of the death qi in his body, he hurriedly reversed some of it to slow it down.

Su Yu didn't know what to say. It would seem like life would not be as easy moving forward. Each day, he would need to spend some time reversing the death qi in his body. He finally realized how hard life was for an ordinary resident. Without a method to reverse the death qi, one would need to spend even more time and effort to deal with the death qi. No wonder everyone said that a resident would remain at the same cultivation level until death.

But the truth was that a resident simply wouldn't have the time to grow. All of one's time would be spent on contending against the death qi to stay alive. Sure, heavenly source qi could help with that. But if one had to use it every single day, not even a divine or a devil could support such an expenditure.

When one's body was completely filled with death qi, one would fully transform into a death spirit.

"Why is the death qi in my body growing so fast? Is it the same for everyone? If that's the case, won't anyone else die in only a few days?"

Su Yu was feeling quite doubtful. If he didn't know the reversal art, he would have died not longer after his conversion. But some residents were clearly able to stay alive for decades or even a hundred years. How was that happening? How weird.

Su Yu was confused. Were those people simply using heavenly source qi every single day? But even if one only used a drop per day, in one year, one would use 360 drops. In 100 years, one would use 36,000 drops.

Was this a joke? This would simply be unaffordable no matter how rich one was. In that case, how were the other residents staying alive?

Suddenly, Su Yu recalled something. Previously, a few death spirits had exploded while trying to complete his conversion. First, it was a Cloudbreach. Then, it was a Mountainsea. Next, it was a Sunmoon...

All those fellows had exploded. Only at the very end did the death sovereign appear.

"Is the growth of death qi dependent on the death spirit completing the conversion?"

That was Su Yu's guess.

In reality, he was right. Generally, a Cloudbreach would be converted by a Cloudbreach death spirit. The growth of death qi would be similar to the cultivation speed of a Cloudbreach. As long as one cultivated hard, one would be able to slow the growth. Of course, unexpected incidents might still happen to slow one's cultivation rate and increase the growth of death qi.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was converted by a death sovereign. This was basically a special treatment reserved only for geniuses. That way, the converted resident would die earlier.

The death sovereign would even personally welcome the resident upon death. This was a treatment a normal resident would not receive. That was why Su Yu's death qi was growing at an incredibly fast pace. If it was anyone else, that person would have transformed into a death spirit by now.

But Su Yu was able to remain alive. Instead, he had even reversed some of the death qi. Even Xing Yue was surprised to see that Su Yu was still alive. But it didn't matter. It was only natural for a genius to have some tricks up his sleeve. Without such trump cards, Su Yu might not have dared to even convert into a resident.

***

As Su Yu roamed the streets, he noted that the city was still filled with death spirits. They would remain for at least three days. He was basically the sole living being on the streets. When he reached the gate, he looked outside...and was stunned.

The sea?

Yes. At the moment, the city was floating on the sea. There was no longer any land around the city. How terrifying. Was the entire Ninestar Island gone?

Su Yu shook his head speechlessly.

He sat atop the city wall and enjoyed the view. When the death spirits saw him, the weaker ones would even move away from him. He did not mind their actions, but he was starting to feel lonely sitting there alone.

Not a single living being could be seen outside. How regretful. All the living beings were probably trembling in fear inside these buildings. Nobody had the courage to leave. That was understandable. There were so many Sunmoon death spirits in the city. As far as they knew, there might even be Invincible death spirits in the city. Who would dare to come outside?

They could only pray that their buildings would be sturdy enough. To make things worse, the death qi density in the city had increased to a terrifying level. A lot of people were reaching their limits.

After a while, Su Yu continued roaming the streets. After a while, he resisted the urge to laugh. He had actually found two bloodstained talismans during his stroll. Evidently, some people were trying to convert into residents after reaching their limits. As a civic-minded person, Su Yu picked up the two talismans while grumbling that they shouldn't litter.

He didn't care who they were. He didn't care if they were dead or alive. The truly cowardly ones would have fled long ago. The ones who had remained long enough to be trapped in the city were the brazen ones. In any case, he was sure these weren't humans. He would be able to notice it from the blood alone if they were humans.

Chapter 1045: Past And Future Bodies (3)

While Su Yu was casually roaming the city.

The various realms were still feeling the shock from that incident. The impact of Su Yu's so-called death was too massive.

Border of human territory.

Great Qin King looked at Great Zhou King for a long while and asked, "Your divination is quite accurate. But he did not seem to have killed anyone this time. Is he really dead?"

"As I said, that was only one among numerous possibilities."

Great Zhou King shook his head. He did not know if Su Yu was still alive.

According to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, Su Yu had likely converted into a resident. Of course, he might really be dead. During the battle between Invincibles, numerous buildings were destroyed alongside the people inside. Even if Su Yu had converted into a resident, he might have died inside one of those buildings.

Without his name on the index, it was too hard to determine if he was still alive.

Great Zhou King suggested, "Maybe we should take a drop of blood from Su Long. The blood might help us determine if he's still alive."

Great Qin King gave Great Zhou King a deep look and said, "There's no need for that. Dead or alive, that's his fate. It has nothing to do with us."

With Su Long's blood, it would be far too easy for some people to do something bad with it. For example, they might use the blood to track Su Yu. There was no need for them to determine Su Yu's status immediately.

Great Qin King looked into the far distance. Several figures appeared in his vision. All of them were Invincibles. He observed silently.

The Invincibles of the various races had suffered some losses from this incident. Excluding the two human Invincibles, ten Invincibles had appeared during the incident. In the end, almost all of them were injured. Some had even lost their past and future bodies.

Losing one's future body was not as terrible as losing one's past body. In that situation, if one didn't fuse with another past body in due time, one might end up dying.

Very good. This would slightly reduce the pressure on the human race. The weakening of their enemies in terms of Invincibles would only benefit humanity.

As for Great Ming King and Great Xia King, he wasn't too worried about them. Those two were very strong. If they joined hands and fought seriously, even a Pseudo Emperor might not be able to defeat them easily.

A lot of Invincibles might have participated in the incident, but they hadn't been fighting to the death. Thus, those two were probably in decent condition. Both of them were strong enough to fight two Invincibles alone. Even if there were only two of them, they might still be able to survive the onslaught of four or five Invincibles.

After a long while, Great Qin King said, "If we had deployed a few more Eternals over, we might have been able to kill a few Eternals."

Great Zhou King said, "This dilemma we're in can't be solved with the loss of a few Invincibles."

At that, Great Qin King stared at Great Zhou King coldly and said, "That's better than doing nothing. Today, they can kill Su Yu. Tomorrow, they can kill Zhou Potian. The day after, they can kill Xia Longwu."

"Su Yu...is different." Great Zhou King said, "I don't want him dead either. None of us wants him dead. He was the one who had carried out the scam. If he had remained in the Human Realm, we wouldn't have given up on him totally even if there were no willingness to fight for him. Knowing that the multiple character faction is feared by the myriad races, he insisted on provoking them. What could we have done?"

Great Qin King sank into silence.

At times, right or wrong wasn't so easy to determine. If Su Yu had remained in the Human Realm, the myriad races wouldn't have been able to send Invincibles after him. But Su Yu had decided to enter the Allheaven Battlefield. The moment he stepped into the Allheaven Battlefield, he could either kill or be killed. He had nobody but himself to blame if he ended up dying out here.

***

At the same time.

Great Xia City.

Wan Tiansheng wasn't too emotional about it. He merely sighed, "So he has converted into a resident..."

He did not think that Su Yu was dead. He would be able to sense it if that was the case. In that situation, the only way for Su Yu's name to be removed from the Heavenly Hunt Index was by converting into a resident. How crazy. Not even Wan Tiansheng had seen that coming.

Could he still leave the ancient city after becoming a resident? The growth of death qi would increase massively the moment a resident stepped out of an ancient city. Each resident would be forced to return quickly to avoid death.

Every resident was basically a puppet of the ancient city they were bound to. How big of a blow was this to Su Yu?

Wan Tiansheng sighed. Was the future he saw inaccurate? He was sure of what he saw. But...what now? Was everything he saw after sacrificing a hundred years of lifespan completely inaccurate?

Could Su Yu still return to the Human Realm? Was the future he saw merely an unrealistic dream?

Wan Tiansheng leaned back weakly on his chair. But there were still pros and cons to this incident. At the very least, with the injuries of those Invincibles, they would remain in seclusion for a period of time.

But Great Xia King had also been forced to draw his blade, incurring the wrath of some people in the process. That included the races that had been neutral prior to this.

For example, the nether race had stayed silent about issues concerning humanity. But the actions of Great Xia King and Great Ming King had nearly caused the death of a nether Invincible. What would the nether race do after that?

Wan Tiansheng shook his head and decided to stop thinking about it. That wasn't necessarily a bad thing. With this incident, everyone's attention would return to Great Xia once again. Su Yu would no longer steal everyone's attention.

***

At the same time, Zhu Tiandao was gasping in shock in Great Ming.

"How crazy. How did he provoke so many Invincibles into action?"

He looked at Niu Baidao and said, "Do you think Xia Longwu will be attacked by so many Invincibles as well during his dao affirmation?"

Niu Baidao thought about it and nodded, "Yes. But he will also be protected by human Invincibles. At most, only one enemy Invincible will be able to actually reach Xia Longwu..."

As for Su Yu, he did not seek the help of any human Invincible. He alone had provoked about a dozen Invincible into action. Amazing.

The two did not appear to be too sad. Zhu Tiandao said confidently, "That kid is not dead yet. He has probably converted into a resident."

Niu Baidao nodded in agreement, "Yeah. A walking disaster like him tends to live for a very long time. Also, there are no reports of heavenly rewards appearing. Killing someone like him would definitely generate a massive heavenly reward for the killer. Since something like that did not appear, it's unlikely for him to be dead."

They were very confident in their judgment. It was very unlikely for Su Yu to be dead. Nevertheless, that kid would still be in great trouble. After becoming a resident, he might not be able to return to the Human Realm anymore.

It wasn't like no human had ever become a resident before. A resident would not be able to leave the city for long. In a day or two, one would start having trouble. The more resistant ones might be able to last as long as one month, but not longer than that. From then on, Su Yu would be bound to the city.

Zhu Tiandao sighed, "I invested massively in that kid. But...he actually went and became a resident. Can he create yet another miracle?"

Niu Baidao had no answer to that. He couldn't see how things would end with this development.

The two looked at each other in dismay. After a while, Niu Baidao finally lost his temper and cursed, "Damn it! That damn brat promised that he was only going out to gather some heavenly source qi from his secret ruin. That damn unreliable shit-stirrer. How did he stir so much shit that more than ten Invincibles were stirred into battle? Nobody has ever done something like this in the past fifty years."

He felt extremely helpless. Wasn't the kid supposed to go out, grab some stuff, and return? What had the kid done instead? The kid had been running wild. The kid had embodied the true meaning of being a free spirit.

The kid was only supposed to disguise himself as Cui Lang, not fully embracing the art of being a free spirit. After stirring himself to the top of the Heaven Index, the kid was not satisfied. He continued stirring, and finally, it backfired on him.

Sigh.

Niu Baidao said, "If we're out of options, I can take a trip there. Maybe I can find him in Grandstar City..."

"It's too hard."

Zhu Tiandao shook his head, "Even if he's still alive, he's already a resident. He can hide from almost anyone except Invincibles as a resident in the city. But after the recent incident, no Invincibles will try to enter any ancient city anymore for quite some time."

Basically, nobody would be able to see through Su Yu's disguise anymore. Why? Because the only people capable of doing so would no longer have the courage to even enter the city. How could anyone else find him?

Niu Baidao sighed, "I can still give it a try. Maybe the kid will show up after noticing me. I need to take a look myself to be sure. Sigh. How troublesome. Why can't things proceed smoothly?"

Zhu Tiandao shook his head, "A true freak will not emerge from a completely smooth life."

Niu Baidao looked at the prefect and asked, "Haven't your life been pretty smooth?" For origınal chapters go to novel~fire~net

"Me?" Zhu Tiandao laughed, "What are you talking about? How is my life smooth?"

Niu Baidao couldn't even be bothered to argue. Back in his youth, the prefect had traveled the Allheaven Battlefield with his father as the bodyguard. Was that not smooth enough?

Ultimately, Niu Baidao decided to leave for Su Yu. Before leaving, he said, "Have you caught your past or future body?"

"What?" Zhu Tiandao asked in astonishment, "I'm only an early ninth-stage Sunmoon. How am I supposed to do that?"

What an odd question. Was Old Niu going senile again?

"..."

Niu Baidao was tired of this act. He cursed inwardly and said, "After returning from this trip, I'll try to capture my past or future body. But I need some treasures capable of bearing my past and future bodies. Do you have something like that? If not, I'll use the Hundred Dao Pagoda as my carrier treasure..."

Zhu Tiandao hurriedly protested, "No, no, no! That thing is too important for the foundation of Great Ming..."

Niu Baidao said, "Oh, as long as it's not your carrier treasure, it's fine. I thought you have been waiting to use it as your own carrier treasure..."

"..."

Zhu Tiandao couldn't even be bothered to respond. Niu Baidao continued, "By the way, what is your carrier treasure carrying? Your past? Or your future? The past body might be important, but it won't increase your strength by much. The future body is much more helpful in terms of strength. When required, it might even enable you to put up a fight against Invincibles."

Zhu Tiandao stared at Niu Baidao silently. Why was this fellow insisting on asking those stupid questions? How was he supposed to know?

He threatened inwardly that if this fellow continued asking these stupid questions, he would need to give this geezer a beating.

This damn geezer was getting more and more annoying.

Chapter 1046: Shining Even As A Living Dead! (1)

Grandstar City.

During his stroll in the city, Su Yu took note of all the buildings occupied by non-residents. He couldn't help but be impressed by his own kindness. He had actually sent Topsoil Spirit to a first ring building previously. Thanks to that, Topsoil Spirit had survived.

Clearly, that fellow was living well in that building. He was probably still unaware of what happened outside, living in his own beautiful world. After all, Su Yu had set up several voice-dampening barriers around that fellow. Those barriers were meant to prevent Topsoil Spirit from making any noise, but it had also given him peace of mind while an apocalyptic battle was ongoing outside.

When a Sunmoon death spirit passed by not far away, Su Yu waved at it. Alas, the death spirit ignored him. After thinking about it, Su Yu threw a punch at the death spirit.

"..."

The death spirit merely shot him a glance before moving the other way.

Holy shit!

Why leave?

Why wasn't this fellow hitting back?

Su Yu was trying to lure that death spirit somewhere. Why was that fellow running away instead? He nearly coughed blood from his anger. He was planning to use these death spirits to open those occupied buildings and kill his enemies. But why were these death spirits not helping?

Would these death spirits only be happy if he started killing them again? He had been refraining from killing them because they were now his security guards. But...it would seem like these fellows were very masochistic, after all. They would only be happy if he treated them badly.

While gnashing his teeth, Su Yu threw another punch and blasted a Skysoar death spirit to death. Next, a Cloudbreach death spirit appeared. The death spirit stared at Su Yu blankly...before turning and leaving.

"..."

Su Yu's veins were throbbing. He was not concealing himself. He was not even using death qi. He had just killed a death spirit. Why weren't these death spirits attacking him? Why weren't they raging? Why were they ignoring him?

"Fuck!"

Su Yu cursed. What did this signify? He could no longer cause death spirits to go after him by killing one of them. How was he supposed to unlock these occupied buildings, then? No, wait...Since death spirits would still appear after he killed them, he could still increase the number of death spirits in the city. They would simply ignore him.

Su Yu frowned. Was this the case for the other residents as well?

Not really!

He remembered that the residents from the mystic armor race who were also serving as guards in Heavendoom City had accidentally killed some death spirits before. As a result, the other death spirits started attacking them. They were not immune to the hostility of the death spirits. Dıscover more novels at novelfire(.)net

"What's going on? Is this because of that death sovereign?"

This was the only answer Su Yu could think of. Perhaps the weaker death spirits would no longer have the courage to lay a hand on him because of the person who had converted him. Perhaps...the aura of the death sovereign who had converted him was uniquely different.

Su Yu had some guesses. That was a sovereign. And that sovereign had probably left an imprint or its own aura on him. Because of that, the weaker death spirits would not dare to harm him.

Yes, this wasn't a bad thing. The death spirits would no longer retaliate when he killed one of them. But...he was never afraid of their retaliation.

Holy shit! If they went after him, he could lure a bunch of death spirits toward his enemy. But since they weren't going after him anymore, that plan was no longer feasible.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and took out the third ring medallion. He aimed it at the Cloudbreach death spirit and stirred the death qi in his body. Sure enough, it felt different when he was controlling a medallion as a resident.

He felt as though he had learned something from the medallion. But he didn't have the time to think. The death spirit suddenly turned and walked toward him before stopping in front of him. The two exchanged gazes in silence.

"There is indeed no intelligence in your brain."

Su Yu shook his head when he noticed the blank look on the death spirit's face. A certain understanding dawned on him. He didn't know what these medallions could do in the Luminous Domain Mansion, but they were very useful in ancient cities. Essentially, they represented one's status in the city.

There were thirty-six rings in each city. The medallions of the first three rings was basically the symbol of one's status as the noble of the city. With these medallions, one could control death spirits below the Sunmoon Realm.

Medallions from the fourth, fifth, and sixth rings could be used to control death spirits below the Mountainsea Realm.

Medallions from the seventh, eighth, and ninth rings could control death spirits below the Cloudbreach Realm.

As for the medallions of the other rings, they could only resist the death spirits instead of controlling them. Furthermore, one needed to become a resident to use these medallions.

Back then, Su Yu had been unable to do anything to the death spirits with his sixteenth ring medallion. But the result would be the same even if he used a third ring medallion. He could only use the medallion to keep the death spirits from attacking him.

"I see."

Su Yu muttered in understanding. With these medallions, ancient city residents could actually control the death spirits. The relationship between these death spirits and the ancient cities seemed quite complicated.

Additionally, there were also some unique medallions, such as the mayor's medallion, the commander's medallion, the guard's medallion, the granary administrator medallion, and so on.

Each medallion signified a different status within the city. Of course, one needed to have sufficient strength to refine these medallions before using them. For example, Su Yu could become a mayor by refining a mayor's medallion. But he wasn't sure what he could get being a mayor.

According to what he learned when using the third ring medallion earlier, if he refined it, his cultivation speed would increase, making it easier to resist the death qi's growth. A third ring medallion could be considered a noble's medallion. If he entered an unoccupied building with this medallion, he would even have higher chances of stumbling upon an opportunity.

"I see..."

No wonder these mayors and guards loved spending their time in these cities. They could simply look for cultivation opportunities within these cities. There was no need for them to leave.

With the high death qi density and low source qi density in ancient cities, cultivation was supposed to be quite hard. And without sufficient source qi to cultivate and slow the growth of the death qi in their bodies, they wouldn't be able to survive for long.

"Mayor's medallion..."

Su Yu looked at the mayor's residence and snorted. He had not forgotten his grudge toward the dark devil dragon.

"But with a third ring medallion, I won't be able to control death spirits beyond the peak Mountainsea Realm. These death spirits can only unlock the doors of some outer ring buildings. I can unlock those doors myself with my medallions. Most of them are hidden in the inner rings, and a lot of them are high-stage Sunmoons. It's pointless to go after them with peak Mountainsea death spirits."

Finally, Su Yu thought of a different idea. There was no way he would let these people go. He would simply trap them to death. On the third day, he could simply kill some Mountainsea death spirits to spawn some Sunmoon death spirits. In that manner, he could keep the city sealed indefinitely. Eventually, those people would die.

Sure, they could survive for a few days easily. What about a month? Or two months? They did not dare to leave their buildings, but that was not the case for him. With such a high death qi density in the city, it didn't matter how strong they were. They would ultimately die.

As long as he could keep the city sealed for a month or two, they would all die. If they tried to convert into residents, he could simply transform into a death spirit and help them with it.

Suddenly, Su Yu grew excited. His luck seemed to have increased significantly after converting into a resident. He would be able to get all those people killed without much effort.

They would be completely helpless as the passage of time itself was enough to kill them all. Maybe they could try to summon their Invincibles again? Would the Invincibles even dare to come again?

"I'll spend two days in cultivation. After that, I can start killing death spirits and keep the city sealed. I don't even need to attack them myself to get all of them killed."

In reality, he wouldn't be a match to those late-stage Sunmoons even if he was able to somehow open their doors. But there was no need for such trouble. He simply needed to wait and they would die.

Of course, these people would definitely leave their buildings toward the end when they were reaching their limits. But so what? Could they kill Su Yu just by coming outdoors? They couldn't even do so before this. How could they do so now?

What could they do when he hid among the death spirits? Their only option was to kill even more death spirits and create a chaos so massive even he would die along side them...Yeah, that was possible. Fine. He decided to hide indoors if they started coming outdoors. They wouldn't be able to get through the doors of the inner ring buildings.

After making a decision, Su Yu acted immediately. For now, the ancient city was the safest place for him. Thus, he had to keep staying here.

First, he would cultivate and forge his body. Then, he could come out and kill some death spirits. These people were expecting the city to be unsealed. When they realized that that wasn't happening, they would probably go crazy.

Su Yu called this a method of killing without laying a hand on the target. He wasn't interested in fighting those late-stage Sunmoons to the death. It was pointless. From now on, this was his city.

Su Yu wasin a great mood. After finding an empty building, he went inside and started cultivating. Previously, he had completed forty-four body forgings. His body had grown so strong that even with heavenearth profound light, further growth was slow. Even for the forty-fourth forging, he had been forced to spend twelve hours.

This time, it was even slower. After eighteen hours, he completed his forty-fifth forging. With the growth of his body, the death qi inside his body receded considerably as well. But before long, the speed of the growth increased even further.

Su Yu was surprised. Could the death qi in his body freely adjust the speed of its growth?

At the same time.

Mayor's residence. Inner hall.

The stone statue suddenly opened his eyes and coldly said, "Are you trying to die?"

In the tunnel beneath him, Xing Yue smiled, "Not at all. Look, I'm still in here. I was only curious when I sensed his rapid growth. I was resting earlier when suddenly, the drain on my death qi increased."

"How dare you increase the rate of the growth!"

The stone statue looked at Su Yu again.

Xing Yue said, "That's not me. He has simply grown stronger. According to the laws, this is how things should be. As a converter, I need to adjust the rate according to his strength."

The stone statue said nothing. That was indeed the law. Otherwise, what was a Skysoar death spirit supposed to do when the person it converted got lucky and became a Cloudbreach? Naturally, the death spirit needed to adjust the death qi's growth appropriately to keep the person in the Skysoar Realm.

Of course, something like this was very rare. Most of the time, even if a genius wouldn't be able to outpace the death qi too much. Their converter would be someone of appropriate strength. For example, several death spirits had attempted to convert Su Yu until finally, a death sovereign descended.

Nobody had ever been able to escape the grasp of the death spirits after conversion. And that was even more so for Su Yu who had been converted by a death sovereign. But surprisingly, not only was Su Yu able to suppress the death qi in his body, but he could grow rapidly even with the death qi in his body.

"72-Forged Iron Devourer...this is quite a powerful art."

Xing Yue laughed. With some hesitation, it said, "Apart from the 72-Forged Iron Devourer, he is also able to slow the growth of the death qi in his body. What cultivation method is this? Why does it feel so familiar?"

Of course it was familiar. It was the Source Acupoint Reversal of the death spirits.

In truth, the death spirits only knew how to use this art, but they didn't understand it. This was something they knew right after awakening. It was similar to racial abilities, but it wasn't one. And no living being had ever learned this cultivation method.

Thus, Xing Yue did not think of that possibility. It was able to see the changes inside Su Yu's body when he was using that art, but the source acupoints of death spirits were different. Thus, things were different when they used this art.

Chapter 1047: Shining Even As A Living Dead! (2)

"This cultivation method...is greatly slowing the death qi's growth..."

Xing Yue was left quite speechless. Clearly, this fellow wouldn't be joining the Death Realm anytime soon.

The stone statue noticed the same thing as well. After thinking about it, he said, "You can only adjust the growth rate according to his strength. Do not try to sneakily increase it further or I'll sever your death qi connection. This is also in accordance with the laws. During the ancient past, a way out was left for the death spirits, but a way out was also given to the guardians. If he has the strength, talent, and luck to suppress your death qi, he won't be required to transform into a death spirit. Pursue death to seek life. He might be reborn through this."

Reborn.

At present, Su Yu was already a living dead. He was no longer part of the living. It was almost impossible for any resident to break free of this fate. But almost impossible was different from impossible.

During the ancient past, a way out was given to the death spirits. But the residents were also left with a way out.

Hope was always present.

But it was incredibly difficult to grasp.

The stone statue suddenly felt like he was about to witness such an occurrence for the first time ever.

Xing Yue's voice turned cold, "Is it possible? He is growing fast now because he's still weak. Can he maintain this speed at the Sunmoon Realm? I'm a death sovereign. As long as he remains stuck in the Sunmoon Realm, I'll be able to fully transform him eventually."

It laughed, "This isn't a bad thing, I guess. The more talented he is before death, the stronger he will be after his transformation. If he manages to become a Sunmoon before the completion of his transformation, I might be able to get yet another powerful general under me."

Since this fellow wanted to grow, so be it. Did this fellow think that he could break free just by growing? A death sovereign was an Eternal. Could this fellow maintain this rate of growth?

According to the laws, the death qi should always grow slightly faster than the rate of his cultivation. Of course, this fellow's cultivation speed was terrifyingly fast at the moment. Coupled with his unique cultivation method, he was able to outpace the death qi in his body.

The stone statue said nothing. He only needed to follow the laws. He was uninterested in anything else.

If the death spirit who had converted Su Yu was a Sunmoon instead of a death sovereign, the stone statue believed that Su Yu would definitely be able to break free. This was a freakishly talented human.

How regrettable that it was a death sovereign who had converted him. With this, the possibility of reborn would be incredibly small.

This was both a disaster and an opportunity for him. If he really ended up dying, an Invincible would personally welcome him. He would instantly become an important character in the Death Realm.

Su Yu was unaware of the conversation between the stone statue and Xing Yue.

Even if he knew, he wouldn't care. He wasn't even worried. Yes, the growth of death qi in his body had increased in speed, but he had also increased in strength. That allowed him to reverse even more death qi with each attempt. Thus, the overall rate of his transformation into a death spirit had remained the same.

After completing his forty-fifth forging, he left the building. With his third ring medallion, he controlled a peak Mountainsea death spirit. The death spirit blankly followed him into an alley...and when Su Yu walked out of the alley again, a Sunmoon death spirit was behind him.

The dissipating death qi in the city started growing in density yet again. The gates that were starting to loosen became tightly shut yet again. Unsealing the city in three days? No. Su Yu intended to keep the city sealed for three years.

He returned to his building and started cultivating again. In order to resist the death qi in his body, his heavenearth profound light consumption had increased, but he didn't care. He had plenty of heavenearth profound light. Even now, he still had about 250 strands left.

***

At the same time.

The expressions of the experts who had been thinking of going outdoors changed repeatedly. One of them opened the door to look outside before cursing, "What's going on? The death qi is growing thicker again!"

Inside the building occupied by the immortals, people like Dao Cheng and Xuan Wuji were present. Dao King and Xuan King had failed to leave with them. In fact, only Great Ming King was successful in leaving with the people he had arrived for. But that was understandable as he was stronger than the two immortal kings.

In fact, it hadn't been easy for him. He had forcefully resisted the attacks of two death sovereigns and multiple stone statues to complete his task.

With a frown, Xuan Wuji opened the door slightly and looked outside. Noticing the churning death qi outside, his body shone slightly to resist the death qi as he said, "Is this Su Yu's work? Who else would do something like this? Someone must have been killing death spirits again." Read full story at NoveI-Fire.ɴet

It wasn't even hard to guess. Some death spirits must have been killed, causing the appearance of Sunmoon death spirits and the city to be sealed again. These geniuses weren't stupid. They could guess that Su Yu was most likely the culprit. He had probably converted into a resident. They still had their index copies so they still had their sources of information.

Dao Cheng nodded, "We need to stop him. He's probably trying to trap us to death. This isn't new for him. After becoming a resident, the death qi in the city is no longer a concern for him. We can convert into residents as well, but that's the same as dying."

Xuan Wuji nodded. He looked at the two late-stage Sunmoons in the room and said, "Seniors, can I trouble you to contact the late-stage Sunmoons of the other races and arrange for a late-stage Sunmoon to patrol the city each day? We can't give Su Yu the chance to act. He is going to get all of us trapped to death. If you wish to patrol in groups of two or three, that's fine as well. We only need to stop Su Yu from killing more death spirits."

The expressions of the two Sunmoons changed upon hearing those words. If this continued, they would die in the city even if they were late-stage Sunmoons.

One of them walked out the building and spoke loudly, "Su Yu must be the one killing death spirits to spawn a Sunmoon death spirit, extending the duration the city is sealed. Everyone, we need to do something. Starting with the immortals, I suggest we take turns patrolling the city daily. At least two late-stage Sunmoons from the divine, devil, immortal, and dragon races will participate each day. We can't give Su Yu the chance to cause more trouble. Three days later, we will be able to leave."

Su Yu, who was cultivating inside one of these buildings, cursed inwardly. Damn it! That was such a good idea! The immortals were really quite smart, after all.

A different voice rang out in the city, "The devils will take the shift tomorrow."

"The divines will take the shift the day after."

"The dragons agree."

"..."

One late-stage Sunmoon after another gave their reply. They were doing this for their own survival. Killing Su Yu...was no longer possible. He was most likely hiding inside a first ring or a second ring building. They wouldn't be able to get into those buildings.

It would be a waste of time. Since he was already a resident, they wouldn't even be able to locate him. They might as well save the effort and patrol the city instead. They only needed to prevent Su Yu from killing more death spirits. Three days later, they could leave. Su Yu could enjoy his time alone in the city.

Before long, two late-stage Sunmoons of the immortal race started patroling the city. The number of Sunmoon death spirits in the city had dropped considerably compared to before. Working together, the two immortals were able to proceed with their patrol without much danger as long as they refrained from killing any death spirit.

They only needed to keep this up for three days. At worst, Su Yu would further delay their departure by three more days. But that would give them the chance to pinpoint his location. With how deserted the city was after the recent disaster, it wouldn't be too hard for them to sense it when Su Yu tried to do something big.

***

Inside an ancient building.

After cursing inwardly, Su Yu snorted. Those fools. Did they think that this was enough? He was the owner of ancient city medallions. He could simply get those peak Mountainseas to deliver themselves right to his front door. And they wouldn't even retaliate when he attacked. He could kill them without causing any disturbances.

Did they think that he had to fight a peak Mountainsea death spirit in an intense battle before killing one? What were they thinking? He could basically order for a delivery of death spirits. Those Sunmoons wouldn't even know where the death spirits died.

Su Yu decided to let them stay happy for now before smashing their hope right before the city was about to be unsealed. These people had actually stayed in the city for quite some time.

Through a simple calculation, Su Yu estimated that most of them had been in the city for about five or six days. He refused to believe those people could last that long in an ancient city.

"I better stop wasting my time on those idiots and focus on my cultivation for now."

He had completed forty-five body forgings so far. He aimed to complete even more forgings.

***

It didn't take long before news of what happened inside the city spread outside the city.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

A group of faceless elders were looking at each other in dismay. One of them said, "White One will probably die soon. He's saying that he's near his limits. The holy city will remain sealed for at least three more days. With his previous injuries and the recent death qi erosion on his body, he might not be able to last even three more days."

"Was it Su Yu?"

"Most likely."

"..."

The elders couldn't think of a solution.

White One was the strongest Heavenly Hunt Pavilion expert in Grandstar City. He was a peak sixth-stage Sunmoon. Those at the seventh stage would all be promoted into elders. White One was only a step away from becoming an elder.

At this rate, they would lose this future elder. Sure, they had earned a lot from this incident. But losing a sixth-stage Sunmoon still felt terrible. Not long ago, they had lost one Sunmoon. No, they had lost two recently. One was killed by Umbra while the other was killed during the battle between Invincibles. In fact, they nearly lost even an elder during that incident.

And now, a sixth-stage Sunmoon of theirs was trapped in the city. If White One were to perish as well, they would lose their third Sunmoon. Even the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would not enjoy losing three Sunmoons in succession.

Sunmoons were extremely rare. Even an organization as ancient as the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion couldn't mass produce Sunmoons.

"Can we contact Su Yu?"

"We need to tell him to stop killing..."

"Are you kidding?"

"We can make a trade with him. He's already a living dead. Why must he drag others down with him?"

"What a stupid question. If you were in the same position, would you still care about anything else apart from dragging more people down with you? All those people are his enemies. He might hold back if there are some humans or his friends inside the city, but that's not the case. He has nothing to lose anymore. How are we supposed to even persuade him?"

"Calm down, everyone. The experts in the city are taking matters into their own hands. There are more than ten late-stage Sunmoons in the city. They might be able to find a solution. Perhaps the city will be unsealed after three days."

"..."

Even the seemingly omnipotent Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was completely helpless this time. White One could only rely on himself. As for the option of getting help outside...well, more than ten Invincibles were there previously. And what happened? A few of them even lost their past and future bodies. No Invincible would be stupid enough to go near that city for a very long time.

"Get White One to contact Su Yu first. Try to persuade Su Yu to carry an index copy..."

"Su Yu has always been very wary of us. Ever since we sold his location to Dao Cheng, he has stopped keeping index copies on him. Do you think he will change his mind?"

The elders felt very helpless. That fellow was willing to shut himself from the outside world to sever all connection with them. He was exceptionally brazen, but at times, he was also exceptionally cowardly.

"Just give it a try. We're not the only ones worried. White One is only one Sunmoon. The various races have seventh-stage Sunmoons trapped in the city as well. At this rate, all those young geniuses and Sunmoons will die. People like Mo Duona, Zhan Wushuang, Ming Yue, Xuan Wuji, Topsoil Spirit are in there. Those races can't afford to lose these super geniuses."

"The divines and devils already lost some of their late-stage Sunmoons previously. Losing more of them will be a massive blow even to these major races."

How many Sunmoons had perished in the span of one month because of Su Yu? During the previous incident, over twenty of them died. This time, nine died. Over thirty of them had died in such a short time.

Even the Invincibles had lost some of their tri-life bodies due to this incident. One ought to admit that the blood in Su Yu's hands was already as thick as the blood in Xia Longwu's hands.

And he was only a Cloudbreach. It was understandable why the myriad races were putting so much effort into killing him. He was simply too terrifying.

Chapter 1048: Shining Even As A Living Dead! (3)

Once again, the gazes of the various realms were attracted toward Grandstar City. And once again, some experts started gathering outside the city. But this time, nobody had the courage to attack the city.

Through this incident, the ancient cities had once again established their might before the myriad races. Only those tired of living would think of attacking the city. They were merely gathered here to stay updated with the latest happenings inside the city.

Everyone knew that the city was supposed to be unsealed today. But before long, they learned from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion that Sunmoon death spirits had appeared yet again. Thus, the city would remain sealed for three more days.

The various experts started growing nervous. The experts of the major races also started gathering around the city. Not long ago, even their Invincibles had been forced to return with their tails between their legs. Their experts and geniuses were still trapped inside. What were they supposed to do now?

***

Amid the nervous atmosphere, two and a half days passed.

At the moment, the experts trapped in the city were gathered inside a large first ring building. Those from the ancient races, top 100 races, and major races could all be seen here. A total of sixteen late-stage Sunmoons were present. Some of the Sunmoons had been able to escape the city, but most of them were still trapped here. For example, Ancient Mountain had escaped right after the Invincibles started entering the city.

Also gathered in the building were some early and middle-stage Sunmoons. But there weren't that many of them. A lot of them had perished in the previous chaos. Only six of them were still around.

In total, there were twenty-two Sunmoons in the building. About a dozen geniuses were there as well. These were the top geniuses of the various races. They were only here to expand their horizons and witness the corpse of an ancient Invincible. But instead, they were all plunged into such a crisis.

Someone sighed, "I wonder if there are any additional surprises waiting for us. We have probably found Topsoil Spirit. In the entire city, only one non-resident occupied building remains. He's probably in there."

The Sunmoon from the five elemental race said helplessly, "That building isn't too far from here, but Topsoil Spirit is probably still sealed. The door of that building can only be opened from the inside. I don't know how long he will stay sealed. With how dense the death qi is, I'm worried that he won't even survive that long..."

Thankfully, Topsoil Spirit had sealed himself with the powers of two Invincibles. Thus, the seal was able to withstand the death qi in the building to some extent. If Topsoil Spirit had relied only on his own strength, he would have died to the death qi in the building by now.

Including the building they were in, there were only two occupied buildings in the entire city. Sure, there were some surviving residents as well, but all of them were still hiding indoors. In any case, they didn't need to worry about the death qi of the city. Official source ıs NoveI~Fire.net

They could only hide indoors and focus on cultivation. It was still too dangerous outside. Food was not an issue either. At the Skysoar Realm and beyond, one could survive without food for months.

"You should start worrying about yourself instead." Someone coldly said, "Topsoil Spirit is probably in a much better position than us. We don't have a powerful seal around us to protect us from death qi. If the city remains sealed this time, we won't be able to last long."

"We have one last option. We can just get the mayor to forcefully open the gates..."

Everyone ignored that voice. Would the mayor do so? Dream on. The mayor himself was already dying. If he broke the rules and opened the gates forcefully, the backlash might result in an earlier death. Would the mayor do something like that?

Just look at how silent the mayor had been. He had probably been busy suppressing the death qi in his body. What a stupid suggestion.

"The third day is going to end soon..."

Someone said, "Everyone, be on alert. Send more people out to patrol the city. Don't give Su Yu the chance to do anything. If we have to stay in the city for three more days, some of us will probably be forced to convert into a resident as well."

Yes. Conversion was an option as Su Yu wouldn't dare to show himself in front of them. But nobody dared to attempt a conversion. The day before, someone died while attempting to convert. When Mo Duona and the others recalled the death of Final Armor, an answer emerged in their minds.

This was Su Yu's handiwork! That fellow had most definitely disguised himself as a death spirit before picking up the bloodstained talisman of that person. Ultimately, that person, who was a peak Mountainsea, had died in such a helpless manner.

***

At the same time, several late-stage Sunmoons were patrolling the city.

As for Su Yu, he had just been roused from his meditation. The forty-sixth body forging had finally been completed. Very good. He also noted that the gates would be unsealed soon. He couldn't allow those people to leave.

After opening the door slightly, he swung his medallion around. Shortly after, a Mountainsea death spirit arrived in front of his door. When Su Yu glanced at the death spirit, he told it off.

This was only an early Mountainsea death spirit. Killing this fellow would only result in the appearance of middle-stage Mountainsea death spirits. He would be forced to make several kills and risk exposing himself. He swung his medallion again. A short while later, a peak Mountainsea death spirit arrived.

"Lower your head a little..."

With Su Yu's order, the death spirit lowered its head. Su Yu started looking around while scanning the area with his Perception Jade. He had to make sure that there were no Sunmoons within a range of one kilometer. That way, they wouldn't be able to sense it when he killed this death spirit.

Shortly after, he was done with his checks. With one punch, Su Yu killed the death spirit. He had grown a lot stronger than before. And since the death spirit was staying completely defenseless before him, it wasn't surprising that he could kill it with one punch.

Instantly, an early Sunmoon appeared before him. He hurriedly slammed his door shut.

Moments later, furious roars rang out in the city.

"Damn it!"

"Damn it!"

"Su Yu! You're too cruel!"

"Su Yu, release us or your father and your teachers will all die!"

"..."

This was driving some of them mad. Clearly, Su Yu was trying to get them killed. Even with late-stage Sunmoons on patrol duty, Su Yu was still able to kill death spirits to spawn Sunmoon death spirits. With this, the city would remain sealed for three more days. Some of them were really reaching their limits.

They sank into despair. Some of them started asking for help from the outside world through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. They were really going to die.

As for the option of converting into a resident, most of the more desperate ones were also the ones who had sustained some injuries previously. In such a scenario, they wouldn't be able to survive for long even after conversion as they still had to contend against the death qi in their bodies after conversion.

They would simply die and transform into death spirits. And that was certainly not the result they wanted. Voices of despair rang out all over the city.

Meanwhile, Su Yu remained completely indifferent. Whatever. As far as he was concerned, these were basically the last words of these people.

Suddenly, someone roared in desperation, "Su Yu, stop killing! Let us go! My race has never been an enemy of the human race. But if you kill me, my race will definitely blame the human race for this!"

"Su Yu, must you provoke more enemies for humanity?"

"..."

Su Yu remained indifferent. They were finally saying these words when they were losing. What nonsense. Who did they think they were? He could also claim that if he died, dozens of human Invincibles would take revenge for him. Would they believe those words?

Would they stop just because of some threatening words? How hilarious. A bunch of fools. If the humans couldn't even withstand the wrath of these races with only one or two Invincibles, they might as well embrace extinction.

Why should they even continue existing if they were so weak just anyone could push them around?

The human race was a race with dozens of Invincibles, yet even these minor races had the courage to threaten the human race. As far as Su Yu was concerned, even races with a few Invincibles were considered minor races. These races could probably be destroyed with only one Invincible. Their threats were worth nothing to him.

***

Outside, numerous people were cursing as well.

Even after becoming a living dead, Su Yu still dominated the attention of the Myriad Realms. He was trying to drag more than ten young geniuses and more than twenty Sunmoons down with him.

How ruthless. As a mere Cloudbreach, he was on the way of causing the deaths of over fifty Sunmoons in total. Even if he were to die now, he would probably not have any regrets. For most people, converting into a resident was the same as dying. One would be bound to the city forever without a chance to grow in cultivation. What difference was that from death?

A resident only appeared alive, but not really alive. Thus, even if the people trapped in the city were able to survive through conversion, they would still be considered dead by those outside. Everyone was amazed at how crazy and ruthless Su Yu was.

Chapter 1049: Principal Niu Arrives (1)

Inside the city.

The people in the city were still shouting with desperation.

They couldn't accept this. They did not want to convert into residents. They were in no condition to resist the growth of death qi. It was more likely that the death qi would spread into their hearts right after their conversion, killing them. As Sunmoons, they knew more about ancient city residents than a regular person.

With the extension of the city lockdown, a few of the weaker and injured Sunmoons started conversing through voice transmissions.

Shortly after, a sixth-stage Sunmoon from the group whose face was turning dark, said, "Fellow Daoists, can anyone lend us some heavenly source qi to deal with the death qi in our bodies?"

He sincerely said, "The holy lands in our realms aren't large, so we don't normally travel with too much heavenly source qi on us. We are willing to purchase your heavenly source qi with other treasures..."

The other Sunmoons frowned. Other treasures...what could they do with those treasures when they were trapped in an ancient city? No matter how valuable the treasures were, could those treasures preserve their lives in the city?

Just as they were about to refuse, Mo Duona said, "Sure. Seniors, don't think about dragging everyone down with you before dying. Things are not that drastic yet."

At that remark, the expressions of the weaker Sunmoons changed.

Mo Duona looked at Zhan Wushuang and the other geniuses, "Let's all do our part. We're here for a common purpose. There is no need to force these seniors to go against us, right?"

Zhan Wushuang coldly said, "You sure are good at putting yourself in a good light."

He did not look surprised. He was aware of what those Sunmoons were thinking as well, but he had been indifferent as he doubted they could actually pose a threat to him. The weaker Sunmoons hurriedly looked at the Sunmoons of the major races and noted that nobody looked surprised. Evidently, their plan had been seen through.

At this point, most of the Sunmoons below the late stage were reaching their limits. None of them was a naive youngster. With their rich experience of surviving in the Allheaven Battlefield, it wasn't too hard for them to guess what these people were thinking. They were probably planning to kill or capture these young geniuses if their request was denied.

At worst, they would imitate Su Yu and kill some Sunmoon death spirits and drag everyone down with them. It was perfectly normal for people with their strength not to go down silently. If they had to die, they would drag a few people with them as well. If Su Yu was around, they would naturally target him. Since he wasn't around, they would target those from the major races instead.

After all, these major races were also responsible for this disaster. They had thought that they had been able to keep their thoughts hidden, but surprisingly, everyone was aware of their plan.

After a while, the Sunmoon who had spoken earlier lowered his head and said, "Thank you. Devil Lord Mo Duona, you must have misunderstood us..."

Mo Duona indifferently said, "It's fine. I simply don't wish to deal with more trouble for now. Things are not that bad yet. We might still have a way to leave the city..."

Everyone's eyes lit up upon hearing that.

However, Mo Duona shook his head and said, "But neither of those options will be easy. Firstly, we can leave through the moat. Most of us will die trying to leave.

"Secondly, we can get more Invincibles to come and negotiate an agreement with the death sovereigns. That was what they did in the past. But for that agreement, all the living Sunmoons were sacrificed. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel⁂fire.net

"Thirdly, we can lure the mayor out, kill him, and snatch his mayor's medallion. With the medallion, we can forcefully open the gates and leave.

"Fourthly, the mayor is merely a puppet. The true ruler of the city is the stone statue in the inner hall. Perhaps we can reach an agreement with that statue.

"Fifthly, look for Su Yu and kill or trap him. Three days later, we will naturally be able to leave.

"Sixthly, reach an agreement with Su Yu. He might have converted into a resident, but he's not dead. As long as one is alive, one will have things they desire for. I believe he won't be willing to accept his fate as a living dead. He will try to defy the heavens and return to his previous position as a genius among the living. He won't be willing to end up as a death spirit in the Death Realm."

Mo Duona focused mainly on the other young geniuses as he spoke nonchalantly, "At worst, we can all convert into residents as well. That will naturally guarantee our survival in the city. Since Su Yu has the courage to try something like this, why are we so afraid? This is not the end of the road for us."

Zhan Wushuang said, "Reaching an agreement with the mayor is the best option. Killing a mayor will most likely cause an Invincible death spirit to appear. Furthermore, he's also a ninth-stage Sunmoon. He won't be so easy to kill."

It wasn't like there was no hope of victory. There were sixteen late-stage Sunmoons and six early-stage Sunmoons present. If they wanted, they could still kill the injured mayor. But what were they supposed to do if an Invincible death spirit appeared after that?

Mo Duona nodded in agreement. Not far away, Xuan Wuji frowned, "Did anyone notice where the Sunmoon death spirit first appeared? We might be able to use that to determine Su Yu's location and keep him trapped indoors."

But Mo Duona and the others did not place much hope on this plan. Sure enough, a late-stage Sunmoon who was out patrolling earlier sighed and said, "The Sunmoons had appeared out of nowhere. When we arrived, it had probably moved from its original location. We can only determine that the initial location is within the three innermost rings."

That was all they knew. But they might still find him if they actually searched the three rings in detail.

At that thought, Xuan Wuji said, "There aren't that many residents in the three innermost rings. There are around three thousand buildings in those rings, and less than three hundred of them are occupied. If we want to, we can still keep watch over these buildings."

Sure, they would need to split up for that, but there were over twenty Sunmoons in their group. Furthermore, these young geniuses were no pushovers either. Xuan Wuji himself was capable of fighting Sunmoons as an eighth-stage Mountainsea. Zhan Wushuang was the same. The two of them could practically be treated as Sunmoons.

They had enough people to carry out this task. And if it succeeded, things would proceed much smoother for them.

Ming Yue, who had been staying silent all along, spoke up, "It won't be that easy. If we split up, we'll need to start watching out for Su Yu's sneak attacks. Don't forget the thick death qi outside either. There are also a large number of death spirits, including Sunmoon death spirits. If we have to stay outdoors for three days, a lot of us will be dead by the end of it..."

This wouldn't be an easy decision. But everyone knew that at this point, they had to do something. The alternative was death.

Mo Duona stood up and said, "Let's stay near the gates first. At worst, we can get some Invincibles to break those gates open. We will rush out immediately and flee with the Invincibles. Even Invincible death spirits need some time to arrive. We might be able to survive that attempt."

"..."

The others merely stared at him in silence. After the previous incident, would any Invincible still have the courage to take such a risk? What were they supposed to do if the stone statues and Invincible death spirits appeared immediately? Were they supposed to sacrifice an Invincible for these Sunmoons and young geniuses?

"More like we need an Emperor." Someone muttered.

The divine and devil races had a Pseudo Emperor each. Perhaps just a single Pseudo Emperor would be enough for this task. Even the dragon race had a Dragon Emperor. The Ancient Immortal Emperor and the Nether Emperor of the immortal and nether races were valid choices as well...

Alas, these people weren't important enough for that. Not even Mo Duona was important enough. A genius on the top of the Heaven Index could appear every now and then. Meanwhile, there was only one Pseudo Emperor in each of the aforementioned major races. And all of them had remained in seclusion for many years. In fact, they had been in seclusion for hundreds of years. The last time they appeared, the Allheaven Battlefield had just reconnected with the Human Realm.

Thus, they could forget about getting the help of a Pseudo Emperor. They felt extremely gloomy. Some were also starting to go mad from despair. The eyes of these people were already starting to turn red. If this continued, they would probably let go of all inhibitions and go wild.

Those death spirits had been annoying them to no end. They couldn't even kill the death spirits as that would cause even more trouble. This experience was so stressful that some of them were already traumatized.

Mo Duona ignored the others and started moving toward the gates. He decided to wait there. At the very least, that would allow him to rush out if an opportunity appeared. At worst, he would try his luck with the moat.

Sure, it was safer to hide in the inner rings. The buildings there were sturdy enough to shelter them from even Sunmoon death spirits. But the inner rings were also near the mayor's residence. The place where the stone statue and the death sovereigns would emerge from was too near while the gates were too far. In their current situation, staying somewhere they could instantly escape would be much better.

Su Yu...

Once again, that name emerged in Mo Duona's mind. That was a truly ruthless person. But that was understandable. How would someone like that grow without being ruthless? Mo Duona knew that if their roles were reversed, he would do also do the same.

Seeing that Mo Duona was leaving, the two devil Sunmoons followed him. Next, some of the geniuses followed him as well. Mo Duona was known as a child of destiny. Everyone knew that the higher one ranked on the index, the greater one's luck would be. Su Yu was one such person as well. Otherwise, how could a mere Cloudbreach survive the siege of more than ten Invincibles? Anyone else would have died in such a situation.

These geniuses were also children of destiny. They wouldn't die so easily. Even if they tried escaping through the moat, they might survive longer than the Sunmoons.

At that moment, the badly injured sixth-stage Sunmoon from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion walked out of his building and shouted, "Su Yu, I know you're nearby. I am a member of the Heaven Department of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Four Index Departments. You won't get any benefits from killing us. You won't even get a heavenly reward."

Technically, ancient city residents were still alive. Thus, they were still eligible for heavenly rewards. Only death spirits were not eligible. But Su Yu wasn't killing them with his own hands. He was using schemes to get them killed. That wouldn't earn him any heavenly rewards.

White One continued, "If you have any requests, we can talk it out. Since you're afraid of exposing your whereabouts, it's fine. You probably have some ancient city medallions. Just control some death spirits and have them retrieve an index copy from me. We can negotiate through the index copy. I guarantee that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion will not track your whereabouts. You can trust our word. We won't ruin the prestige we have built over countless years."

"Su Yu, you're not dead yet. As long as you're not dead, there is hope. Am I right? As long as you're still alive, you need to cultivate. You will need resources for your cultivation. You need a method of breaking free. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion can provide you with all that. The myriad races can provide you with all that as well."

Chapter 1050: Principal Niu Arrives (2)

After a while, a death spirit started approaching White One. When he noticed that, he blanked out slightly. The others also noticed that. The late-stage Sunmoons hurriedly flew into the sky and inspected the direction the death spirit had come from. Follow current novels on novel※fire.net

But shortly after, they returned while shaking their heads. The Mountainsea death spirit blanky tossed a jade talisman out. When White One checked the talisman, he noted that it was a recording talisman.

Su Yu's voice rang out from the talisman, "Hand over all your storage rings and anything of value on you. If all of you do that, I'll trust your sincerity."

"..."

"Hmph!"

Someone snorted. Only a fool would believe that. Su Yu was showing zero sincerity. It was clear he did not intend to set them free. As for White One, he took an index copy out and tossed it toward the death spirit. But the death spirit merely sent a beam of death qi at the copy, destroying it.

Clearly, it had not been ordered by Su Yu to receive anything. In truth, this death spirit was no longer under Su Yu's control. It was only ordered to deliver the talisman. That was all. It was obvious Su Yu did not intend to receive anything from these people.

He had probably expected them to refuse his demand.

"Su Yu!" Mo Duona spoke, "Can you accept an index copy and negotiate with us? I guarantee that the devils will not track your location."

Zhan Wushuang spoke as well, "The divines will not track your location either."

"The immortals won't as well."

"..."

The geniuses started promising to not track his location on behalf of their races. But Su Yu completely ignored them. They must think he was five. Trust? That was worthless. At the moment, he only cared about benefits.

As long as they could kill Su Yu, these people would never hesitate to go back on their words.

***

Inside an ancient building.

Su Yu was lightly rapping on the wall while deep in thought. Could he really trap all these people to death? Or was it better to release them in exchange for some benefits? He shook his head. Nope. He did not need any benefits from them.

He had yet to even fully digest the things he had scammed recently. But...these people were probably carrying quite a lot of resources on them. After all, they were all initially here for the auction.

Su Yu licked his lips. He recalled that the auction had been quite expensive to prepare.

"Yes, they're rich. But I'm a bit scared of accepting their stuff..."

Su Yu laughed. He wouldn't accept anything from them unless he was confident he could avoid any trick they might be trying to pull. Unfortunately, he wasn't confident enough yet.

"If that death sovereign can appear once more, maybe I can follow the death sovereign and rob them all. That will probably feel amazing..."

Su Yu started feeling quite helpless. That death sovereign was technically the head guard of his new home. Unfortunately, the head guard was quite unruly. Otherwise, he could have killed all those people with the death sovereign.

He clenched his teeth and decided that he wouldn't accept anything from them. Those things would still be his after they were all dead. He still wanted to kill them all. He would kill as many of them as they could. In a way, he was contributing to humanity doing this, right?

Humanity would probably be pleased to see so many experts and geniuses of the myriad races dying here. They should be thankful to him for eliminating so many potential enemies for them.

Once again, White One shouted, "Su Yu, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has established communication with an expert from your human race. A human expert, Niu Baidao, wishes to have a chat with you. He is offering to accept all the offered benefits on your behalf since you don't trust us. As long as you stop killing for three days, the people outside will pay sufficient prices for our freedom."

Principal Niu? Principal Niu had entered the Allheaven Battlefield as well? From White One's words, the principal was probably on his way here. Otherwise, there wouldn't be an offer for the principal to accept those benefits on his behalf.

"Principal Niu is here..."

Su Yu frowned. It was very dangerous for the principal to be here. He had offended so many races. Would they go mad and take their anger out on Old Niu?

***

While Su Yu was deep in thought.

Outside.

Niu Baidao had just arrived at the border of the Sea of Stars. It had been many years since he was last here. Beside him was Ye Hongyan, who was clad in black.

Looking at him coldly, she said, "Why are you moving so slowly? Also, why did you make this decision on behalf of Su Yu? Did you seek his opinion before making this decision?"

Niu Baidao smiled, "I made no decision. I did consult his opinion. Hongyan, he's trapped in the city. It's pointless no matter how many people he kills. For now, it's much better for him to take as many benefits as he can. Furthermore, he won't be able to kill all those people anyway."

Niu Baidao sighed, "Do you think those Invincibles are really scared? Yes, they might have been alarmed previously. But these ancient cities have to operate according to their laws. When the Invincibles regain their calm, even more Invincibles will go. They only need to wait outside the city and get ready to provide support to those inside. It's clear enough that those stone statues and death sovereigns can't leave the ancient cities. If I can see that, those Invincibles will be able to see that as well."

They had definitely noticed that. They had merely been waiting because the Invincibles that were there previously had suffered massive losses. Furthermore, they were also watching out for the humans. What if the human Invincibles decided to stir chaos yet again?

Because of that, the Invincibles were still hesitating. Otherwise, not even sealing the city would be useful in harming all those people. When those geniuses and experts reached their limits, more Invincibles would arrive. That was certain. They wouldn't be willing to give up on so many geniuses and experts.

Mo Duona, Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji...

All these names represented the prestige of their respective races. They were the strongest among the younger generation. The Luminous Domain Mansion was going to be opened soon as well. Their strength would be needed there. Thus, the various races would not allow them to die so soon.

All those youngsters would be very important during the opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion. In truth, the human race still knew very little about the Luminous Domain Mansion. In the past openings, the humans had never been able to go too deeply into the mansion.

For example, Great Xia could only send the likes of Huang Teng, Bai Feng, and Wu Lan to explore the mansion. Great Ming was in an even worse position. They could only rely on some Cloudbreaches and Skysoars for the mansion exploration.

It wasn't surprising that the human race had never been able to obtain many benefits from the mansion.

Meanwhile, the divines, devils, and other major races would always have plenty of top geniuses to spare. These geniuses would reap massive harvests during each opening. Thus, the Invincibles of the various races would definitely move out again if these geniuses were still trapped in the city when the mansion was about to open.

Naturally, there wouldn't be a need for these Invincibles to take the risk of approaching the ancient city if these geniuses and experts could leave before that.

Ye Hongyan remained silent. Niu Baidao turned to look at her and said, "You can go back now. The Sea of Stars is very dangerous. I can move alone from here on out."

"I go where I want. Why do you care?"

Niu Baidao smiled, "You're hundreds of years old. Why are you so stubborn? We're already an old couple..."

Ye Hongyan stared at him coldly.

After a while, she said, "Back then, you couldn't save Ye Batian. Now, you won't be able to save Su Yu either. Niu Baidao, you will forever be useless..."

Niu Baidao smiled, "What are you saying? These fellows love provoking Invincibles. What am I supposed to do? I feel very helpless as well. Sigh."

After the sigh, he smiled again, "But Su Yu is still alive, right? As long as he remains alive, there is still hope. A living dead is not dead. The ancient city might be a better place for him. At the very least, he'll be able to protect himself there."

"Bullshit!" Ye Hongyan furiously said, "He won't be able to live for long in the ancient city. No ancient city resident has ever broken through into the Invincible Realm. All those ancient city mayors are peak Sunmoons, but they can't even get onto the Dao Affirmation Ranking. With zero progress in cultivation, it is only a matter of time before he dies..."

"Isn't that true for all of us? We will all die one day." Niu Baidao laughed, "Trust me. Just staying alive is already the best he can ask for. These Great Xia fellows are too good at courting death. It's perfectly normal for them to die young. Also, dying young is not that big of a loss for them anyway. They have always lived life to the fullest..."

"Niu Baidao!" Ye Hongyan became even more furious.

Niu Baidao shut his mouth and started moving forward. Ye Hongyan continued following him, but he did not mind. After looking around, he smiled, "Wow, there's not a single female cultivator in the vicinity..."

Ye Hongyan glared at him coldly.

Niu Baidao hurriedly explained himself, "I'm planning to kill all of them. Don't misunderstand me. Nobody can question my loyalty to you. If anyone tries to seduce me, I'll kill them!"

"Hmph!"

Niu Baidao grinned and shut his mouth again. The two moved rapidly.

Suddenly, Ye Hongyan asked in surprise, "You seem to have gotten a lot faster than before. Have you reached the eighth-stage Sunmoon Realm?"

"..."

Niu Baidao sighed. Not even his wife knew his strength. She must have been underestimating him. Whatever. He decided to not entertain that question. After a while, a shining island appeared before them. It was the Red Clouds Island.

Niu Baidao did not step on the island. He merely waited nearby. Shortly after, Qin Hao and Zhu Guangshen came out to meet him. They did not return with Great Ming King. Instead, they had remained on Red Clouds Island.

Naturally, Great Xia King had given Bright City a casual slash while passing by. Thus, the city was now split into two. But it actually looked quite unique and spectacular with its new design.

The bounty posted at the city gate had been promptly removed after the renovation by Great Xia King. As for the Sunmoon from the clearbright bird race who was in charge of watching over the city, well, that Sunmoon had been transformed into a roasted bird by Great Xia King and the others.

The words spoken by a human when Su Yu was here were proven true. That person had claimed that the human experts would not let the bounty slide. When Great Xia King was passing by, he noticed the bounty. Thus, he swung his saber once, splitting the city into two and cutting a Sunmoon bird down. Meanwhile, the clearbright bird race did not even dare to protest.

They were the ones who had decided to hang Su Yu's bounty in front of their city to fawn on the divines and devils. The humans couldn't do much to the divines and devils, but they could certainly do something to the clearbright birds.

Unfortunately for the clearbright bird race, the human expert to notice the bounty happened to be the murderous Great Xia King. If it wasn't for the fact that he still had other things to worry about, he might even charge straight into the Clearbright Realm. That was a realm without an Invincible. If Great Xia King entered, he could probably eliminate their entire race.