Chapter 1065: Dark Devil Dragon's Fall (2)
The mayor stared at the masked individual silently. In truth, he had indeed been tempted to kill this person earlier. That way, he would no longer need to pay anything for what he wanted. But that was no longer an option.
After a long silence, he took out a black book and said, "This is the Dark Devil Compendium I promised as the payment. This is a heaven-grade cultivation method. All devils and dragons can cultivate it."
The look in his eyes turned frosty as he continued, "However, this cultivation method is worth more than a hundred portions of heavenly source qi. According to our agreement, you need to provide me with an additional three hundred portions of heavenly source qi after the city gates reopen."
Su Yu took his directory out and verified the details of the transaction. Shortly after, he received a reply. That was indeed the deal. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would provide the remaining heavenly source qi after the gates reopen. Su Yu could claim ownership of a quarter of this art. Was this mayor so poor?
Su Yu was completely unimpressed. With his recent growth in strength, he no longer needed to worry about being sensed by Sunmoons when he thought badly about them.
He said, "Lord, that is the correct deal. But I need to first verify the authenticity of something like a cultivation method before accepting it as payment."
The mayor did not hesitate and tossed it over. He indifferently said, "Don't try anything funny. Barely any building inside this city is beyond my ability to enter. If you dare to pull a trick on me, I'll kill you."
"I wouldn't dare."
Su Yu started inspecting the cultivation method. It was indeed a powerful cultivation method, but it failed to grab his attention. He had plenty of heaven-grade cultivation methods.
Furthermore, this cultivation method could only be practiced by devils and dragons. The two races were supposed to have different acupoints, but the dark devil dragons were a hybrid race between the two races. Thus, something as unique as this cultivation method was created. It utilized some unique acupoints of the two races, resulting in such a special cultivation method. Both races could cultivate it, but it was probably much more effective in the hands of an actual dark devil dragon.
Apart from that, there was nothing special about this cultivation method. It wasn't particularly attractive to Su Yu. Through his experience, he judged that this was a legitimate cultivation method.
He couldn't even be bothered to put too much focus into reading it. But that was mainly because he was worried about accidentally forming a character right in front of the mayor. He might not view this cultivation method highly, but the book itself was still a willpower text written by a ninth-stage Sunmoon.
Yes, it was written in the draconic language so his golden book would probably destroy the formed character instantly. But he still didn't want that happening in front of the mayor.
"Crushing a character formed from this book will probably be quite good for willpower cultivation."
Having reached that conclusion inwardly, he put the book away and said, "Lord, the heavenly source qi you want is hidden in an ancient building..."
He hesitated slightly and added, "I thought that you would still have some guards you could send to retrieve it. But this place is actually...empty."
The mayor was feeling very gloomy about that as well. The mere mention of his guards would fill him with anger. Why was this bastard adding salt to his wound? All the subordinates he had gathered over the years were gone just like that.
The mayor coldly said, "You'll retrieve it."
"Lord...this...why don't we do it this way? Leave the gate open. I'll store it in a storage ring and toss it inside..."
The mayor was furious, "When did the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion become a place filled with cowards?"
"Lord, the city hasn't been very safe lately. It's all Su Yu's fault."
"Su Yu!"
The mayor snorted coldly at the mention of that name. True. Because of that human, everyone had turned extremely cautious.
"Fine. You may toss the storage ring inside."
"Thanks for your understanding, Lord."
Su Yu thanked the mayor and left promptly. The mayor watched silently as Su Yu left. He wasn't too worried. He was still alive. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion wouldn't dare to try scamming him, not for a transaction of this size anyway.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu had successfully gained new information. From his observation, the mayor was indeed suffering badly from death qi erosion. The appearance of a few additional Sunmoon death spirits would probably exacerbate the mayor's condition.
Su Yu started thinking. How should he go about doing this?
"Heavenly source qi and storage ring...what if I set it to explode in his hands?"
But that wouldn't be enough to kill the mayor.
Su Yu was having a headache. The mayor was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Someone like that was very tricky to kill. Even a gravely injured ninth-stage Sunmoon would still be strong enough to kill him. Promoting the growth of death qi in the mayor's body was the best option he could take.
"In that case, I can fill the storage ring with death qi and set it to explode. That might be enough to further stimulate the death qi in his body. It will be even better if I can get him to kill a few Sunmoon death spirits...Wait, can I store death spirits in storage rings?"
If that was possible, he could totally stuff hundreds of death spirits inside. That would probably be enough to kill the mayor with a mere touch, right? Since death spirits were considered dead, they should be able to enter storage rings, right?
He should give it a try. With that thought, Su Yu started taking a long, complicated route in the city to avoid the mayor's gaze. Soon, he grabbed a random death spirit and tried to stuff it into his storage ring. Alas, he had indeed been too wishful.
It wasn't working. Right, blood essence could be extracted from death spirits. Should he store a large amount of death spirit blood essence in the ring instead? Would death spirit blood essence attract death spirits? He needed to give this a try as well.
He still had some death spirit blood essence on him. Since the blood essence of the living could attract death spirits, how about the blood essence of death spirits?
Also, there was also the issue of entering the mayor's residence. As far as he knew, regular death spirits weren't able to enter the mayor's residence. How could he get the mayor to leave the residence instead?
Numerous ideas rose in his mind.
Shortly after, he killed a random death spirit. The corpse of a death spirit would not remain for long. He had never been too interested in extracting the blood essence of death spirits previously. After all, their blood essence was useless in terms of heavenly source qi extraction.
Then again, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was still selling their blood essence at a rather high price. That was mostly because of the difficulty of gathering and storing the blood essence of death spirits.
Before long, he was done extracting a drop of blood essence. He tossed it at a random death spirit nearby. The death spirit turned visibly irritated upon sensing the blood essence, but it did not attack Su Yu. That was probably due to the much higher level of death qi on Su Yu's body.
"So there is a reaction..."
It was a pity that there were no outsiders left in the city. Otherwise, the blood of the living would work much better. For now, he could only settle with this. At the very least, the city was not lacking in death spirits. As long as the amount was large enough, it should work well.
And thus, Su Yu slayed a bunch of weak death spirits, causing more Mountainsea death spirits to appear. He did not try to kill any of the Mountainsea death spirits since he didn't want to attract the mayor's attention by spawning Sunmoon death spirits.
Eventually, over a thousand drops of death spirit blood essence were gathered. Then, he started gathering the ambient death qi in the city. The city might lack a lot of things, but death qi was not one of them.
Of course, Su Yu was not trying to kill a ninth-stage Sunmoon by merely detonating a storage ring with some blood essence and death qi. This entire plan was for the sake of stimulating the death qi in the mayor's body. He was hoping that the death qi in the mayor's body could either kill or further injure the mayor.
But before that, Su Yu decided to test the plan on himself first. He was a resident as well. If the plan couldn't do anything to him, then there wouldn't be a need for him to plan any further.
At that thought, he detonated a drop of death spirit blood essence and some death qi. The external death qi surrounded his entire body, and soon, even the death qi inside his body started stirring. However, the reaction was quite weak.
Su Yu frowned. In that case, a thousand drops wouldn't be enough. Fine. He decided to prepare even more. There were plenty of death spirits in the city. He only needed to kill more.
With that, Su Yu continued killing death spirits and gathering death qi. He was doing this at a rapid pace as the weaker death spirits were completely helpless before him.
After a while, he noted that the number of death spirits in the city had increased considerably. He had killed more than five hundred death spirits, gathering thousands of drops of blood essence in the process.
***
At the same time, inner hall of the mayor's residence.
Three powerful Sunmoon death spirits had appeared in the tunnel under the stone statue. Their eyes gleamed with intelligence and fury.
"It's him again!"
"The one chosen by the lord!"
"I really want to kill him!"
The death spirits conversed among themselves with fury and disgust. This person had killed death spirits repeatedly, spawning more and more death spirits in the city. Most of those death spirits were unable to even discover the culprit. As for the ones who could discover the culprit, they were completely helpless against the culprit. That was due to the suppression of different death qi levels.
Eventually, even the death spirit generals noticed what was happening. Thus, they had arrived at the tunnel. Su Yu was the only person who could kill death spirits at such a scale without any reprisals. That was someone who had been personally converted by their lord sovereign. Thɪs chapter is updated by NovєlFіre.net
The three Sunmoon death spirits were very strong. They wouldn't have been able to converse among themselves otherwise. To converse, a certain amount of intelligence was required.
"If he keeps this up, we'll take action. Even if we can't kill him, we need to induce the death qi in his body to go wild. He's seeking death!"
"That's right. This is in line with the laws as well. Since the other death spirits lack the courage to act, we will be the ones to induce the eruption of the death qi in his body."
As they conversed, they kept stealing glances at the stone statue. In truth, they were saying all that just to gauge the stone statue's reaction. But the stone statue remained completely still. Evidently, their plan would not break any laws.
The death spirit generals were relieved to see that. Good. If Su Yu kept this up, they would take action and get him killed through death qi eruption.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was still completely unaware of all that.
Done gathering blood essence and death qi, he stored everything in his storage ring. Then, he charged the Sunmoon death spirit roaming near the mayor's residence. Before long, the two were engaged with each other. He started moving away rapidly, but the Sunmoon death spirit kept pestering him.
Originally, the Sunmoon death spirit was ignoring him. With the little bit of intelligence the death spirit had, it wanted to ignore Su Yu after sensing the aura of the sovereign on him. But that annoying human had pestered him repeatedly. Finally, the death spirit lost its temper and started attacking him with non-fatal attacks.
At that moment, Su Yu shouted, "Lord Mayor, a death spirit is bothering me! Can I trouble you to come out and collect the ring instead?"
Those words were spoken loudly. The mayor walked out of the hall and floated above the wall. When he looked into the distance, he saw Su Yu and the furious death spirit. He was quite impressed to see that Su Yu was actually strong enough to survive the onslaught of a Sunmoon death spirit.
The mayor frowned. Damn it. Why was there a Sunmoon death spirit? How annoying.
"Send it over yourself."
The mayor demanded coldly. His death qi was growing too quickly. He did not wish to get anywhere near a Sunmoon death spirit as that might induce the death qi in his body to grow even faster.
He had paid for a delivery service. He wasn't supposed to collect the order himself. He did not want to do the collection himself, especially when things were so dangerous.
Chapter 1066: Dark Devil Dragon's Fall (3)
Su Yu cursed inwardly.
How cowardly. This damn mayor was so overbearing previously. Why did he turn into such a coward? Did this signify that his condition was really bad? Was that why he didn't even dare to approach a Sunmoon death spirit?
Left with no choice, Su Yu started moving nearer to the mayor's residence while keeping the death spirit engaged. In the inner hall, the stone statue abruptly opened his eyes. The three death spirit generals looked in Su Yu's direction as well. Their expressions were not supposed to be visible, but for some reason, one could feel that they were all showing odd expressions.
They could see that the approaching individual was Su Yu. Or rather, they guessed that it was Su Yu from the reaction of the Sunmoon death spirit. Why was he luring the death spirit toward the mayor's residence?
Meanwhile, the dumb mayor seemed to not know that this person was Su Yu. The two seemed to be in the middle of a transaction...
Suddenly, all three of them thought of something. As for the stone statue, he had reached the same conclusion even before them. The stone statue watched silently. He could see that the brat was trying to kill the mayor.
How brazen.
How incredibly brazen.
That was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Not even those Pseudo Invincibles who had fused with one of their tri-life bodies would dare to attempt something like this while inside an ancient city.
But Su Yu had the courage to do so.
The stone statue's gaze landed on the mayor. He could see that if the death qi in the mayor's body was induced by an external factor, it might really erupt and kill him. Once again, the stone statue looked at Su Yu with a bizarre expression.
Would it be a good thing for the mayor to die? The death of the mayor would create a new ninth-stage Sunmoon death spirit. But even if the mayor survived this, he wouldn't be able to survive for much longer. Meanwhile, the three death spirit generals started conversing among themselves again.
"Is he trying to kill that commander to spawn a stronger commander and induce the death qi in the mayor's body?"
"He dares? Can he even do it?"
"Let him do it. That will give us sufficient reason to act. We can hit two birds with one stone. Both him and the mayor will die from this."
The three death spirit generals reached a decision. Both Su Yu and the mayor would die. If Su Yu dared to kill that Sunmoon death spirit, they would take action against him. While they were out there, they could get the mayor killed as well. Very good. Their lord would be pleased with this.
After all, this act alone would produce a death spirit general and a chosen death spirit for their lord at one go. Very good.
After making their decision, they looked at the stone statue again. One of them spoke timidly, "Lord Guardian, we're doing everything in accordance with the laws. The moment Su Yu kills the commander, we will be able to act."
Normally, the death of an early Sunmoon death spirit wouldn't be enough for them to act. But Su Yu had also killed a large number of ordinary death spirits. That gave them the leeway to act with the death of an early Sunmoon.
The stone statue glanced at them indifferently. He could see what they were thinking. They wanted to hit two birds with one stone, killing both the mayor and Su Yu.
"The mayor has not done anything wrong. If he remains in the mayor's residence, you are not allowed to lay a hand on him."
The stone statue spoke with an icy tone. The death spirit generals hurriedly nodded. That wasn't an issue. It didn't matter. They couldn't lay a hand on the mayor, but they could release more death qi to their surroundings, right? That might be enough. The mayor was already dying.
***
At the same time.
Su Yu was still moving toward the mayor's residence with a Sunmoon death spirit in tow.
"Lord...can you get it off me for a short moment! I'll give you some additional heavenly source qi as payment..."
Su Yu was shouting with desperation, but the devil remained indifferent. He demanded again, "Come here and toss the ring inside."
Why should he care about the safety of this person? He was only here to buy something. He wasn't in charge of saving anyone.
"Lord..." Su Yu pleaded, "My death qi is growing too fast. At this rate...I...I'll be forced to use the heavenly source qi in the ring!"
"You dare?"
The mayor was furious. That was his! How dare this person use something that was his? When he focused, he noted that the death qi leaking out of Su Yu's body was indeed growing incredibly thick. He frowned. Would this person really grow desperate enough to actually use the heavenly source qi himself?
Yes, the mayor had purchased the heavenly source qi. But if the seller was about to die, why would the seller still care? At that realization, the mayor's mood worsened. Everything seemed to be going wrong for him.
Damn all these people. Those outsiders, Su Yu, and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion were all incredibly annoying. This damn Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member could have entered the mayor's residence with the heavenly source qi in the first place, but he had hidden it elsewhere instead, requiring a second trip to complete the transaction. But that damn Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member just had to be unlucky enough to encounter a Sunmoon death spirit during the second trip...
The mayor cursed repeatedly. He focused on his danger sense and confirmed that as long as he avoided killing the death spirit, things wouldn't get too dangerous. At times, the danger sense of a ninth-stage Sunmoon could be quite accurate.
Finally, Su Yu took out a tiny bit of heavenly source qi and started absorbing it. The furious mayor roared, "Stop! Damn it! How can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion be so dishonest? How can you use the product you've sold?"
"Lord...I'll return the Dark Devil Compendium to you later. According to the rules of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, if we can't complete the transaction, we have the right to cancel the transaction..."
Su Yu sounded exceptionally helpless as he said, "Lord, there is no chance I can reach the mayor's residence anymore. I'll probably die to death qi eruption before that."
"You—"
The mayor was furious. But he also noted that the death qi around Su Yu was growing incredibly thick. This person was really going to die soon. He could only curse his luck for being too terrible.
The mayor had no choice but to go over himself. If it wasn't for his unwillingness to provoke the death spirits, he would definitely rush over and slap this Profound Nine to death. Then again, he still needed this Profound Nine alive. After all, he was supposed to receive even more heavenly source qi from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
With his mind made, the mayor flew out of the mayor's residence.
***
In the inner hall, the stone statue shut his eyes.
Inwardly, he sighed.
It was over for the dark devil dragon. As long as he stayed in the mayor's residence, it wouldn't be easy for Su Yu to kill him regardless of how cunning Su Yu was. But the mayor had stepped out of the residence.
This was what the three death spirit generals had been waiting for. Even now, there was still a tiny bit of hope for the mayor to survive. If the Sunmoon death spirit was left alive by Su Yu, or if he failed to kill it, the three Sunmoon death spirits would not be able to leave.
The stone statue would not allow them to leave. But the stone statue would no longer have any reason to stop them if Su Yu killed the Sunmoon death spirit. The mayor would die. Perhaps even Su Yu would die.
The stone statue could see that Su Yu was in an even worse condition than the mayor. Was this kid not worried about getting himself killed instead?
Or did the kid grow overconfident after killing so many death spirits without any repercussions? So be it. Perhaps it was good for this kid to die as well. It had only been a few days, but the kid had nearly turned the holy city into a city of death.
The three death spirit generals waited in excitement. They did not even consider the fact that Su Yu might not be able to kill that death spirit commander.
After all, the commander was only an early Sunmoon. And it had limited intelligence. Furthermore, it was kept in check by the aura of their lord on Su Yu's body. If Su Yu tried hard enough, he should be able to kill the commander, right?
The generals were looking forward to it.
***
Su Yu's eyes lit up.
Finally!
This was good for him. Previously, he had been planning to simply detonate the ring if the mayor refused to leave. There also wouldn't be a need to kill this death spirit as that would be pointless.
But since the mayor had left, he naturally had to kill the death spirit. Could he do it? Of course! After completing 48 body forgings, his physical strength had surpassed 170,000 acupoints. Including his yang acupoint and characters, his strength could almost reach 200,000 acupoints.
Just moments ago, he had also consumed a drop of Sunmoon blood essence to upgrade one of the pages in his book to the Sunmoon Realm. He only needed to consume another drop of Sunmoon blood essence to gain enough strength to kill the simple-minded death spirit beside him.
At that point, the two of them would basically be fellow Sunmoons. It wouldn't be too difficult for him to kill an opponent who was essentially only capable of simple actions.
By the way, the random Sunmoon blood essence he consumed was mountainbreak bull blood essence. He couldn't help but be impressed at how loved their blood essence was. A large portion of the blood essence he had made during the recent scam and ransom consisted of mountainbreak bull blood essence.
How was that race still around? But soon, Su Yu tossed that thought out of his mind.
When the mayor stopped not far away, Su Yu shouted, "Lord, please push this thing back from afar. I'll toss the ring over right after that. Lord, there is no need for you to take the risk of coming over here..."
The mayor said nothing. Of course he wasn't going to take any risks. There was no need to remind him of this. He threw a punch from afar.
With a rumble, the Sunmoon death spirit was sent flying. Su Yu took the chance to distance himself before tossing the storage ring to the mayor. His calm character was running at full power to prevent the mayor from sensing the coming crisis.
Inwardly, Su Yu prayed that this character of Great Zhou King better work well. That old turtle's character better not be unreliable. The mayor frowned slightly. He had a weak sense of crisis, but he wasn't too suspicious since there was a Sunmoon death spirit nearby.
Suddenly, the storage ring exploded. Countless death spirit blood essence splashed out of it. Alongside countless death qi, the blood essence covered the entire body of the mayor. The mayor's expression changed as he hurriedly retreated. But as he moved, he staggered slightly as the death qi inside his body started going wild.
"You're courting death!"
The mayor was furious. How dare a mere Mountainsea of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion trick him? He was just about to attack when a blinding saber appeared in the sky.
Boom!
The aura of a Sunmoon surged into the sky. With a hum, the saber descended and killed the Sunmoon death spirit. Instantly, the mayor's expression changed.
Holy shit!
This fellow...knew the Sky Sundering Saber?
No, this wasn't Profound Nine!
Was this...Su Yu? Impossible! Su Yu wasn't this strong! He wasn't a Sunmoon! Wait...no...
Countless thoughts appeared in the mayor's mind. He realized that he had been tricked. Without any hesitation, he roared and flew back to the mayor's residence, ignoring the intense pain generated by the death qi in his body. New ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄhapters are published on Nov3lFɪre.ɴet
He couldn't even be bothered to kill that person anymore. It was pointless. Killing that person would only cause more Sunmoon death spirits to appear. That might really cause him to die. But soon, despair covered his face.
As for Su Yu, he was also in the middle of grinning with joy. His plan had succeeded. The mayor wouldn't be able to recover from this. But next, his expression changed as well. What the hell was happening? Wasn't he supposed to be free of repercussions?
Three incomparably powerful auras had appeared. Instantly, the entire city was flooded with death qi. The density of the newly appeared death qi was terrifyingly high. The entire city became enveloped in darkness.
Su Yu could feel a powerful wave of death qi sweeping in his direction. The death qi inside his body started surging violently.
Holy shit!
Were they targeting him as well?
Su Yu was very surprised. Wasn't the death qi of a sovereign supposed to overcome everything? What a liar!
Su Yu started fleeing toward a nearby ancient building without any hesitation. He had to deal with the death qi immediately or it was really going to swallow his entire heart.
The mayor was also roaring with desperation.
"You idiot! Are you trying to die together with me?"
He was going mad. Was that idiot Su Yu? Even now, he was still unsure. How idiotic. The mayor could clearly feel that this unknown person wasn't any better off than him. He would die to death qi erosion, but that person would die as well. Where did an idiot like this come from? What was the point of dying together?
When he looked in Su Yu's direction, he saw that a Pseudo Invincible death spirit was already moving in the same direction as well. The death qi around that death spirit...was unbelievably powerful.
There was no way that person would survive this. But...the mayor realized that he would die as well. He was furious. Who was that fool? Was that Su Yu? Why must Su Yu die together with him?
Just because he tried to get thirty percent of the auction proceeds? Just because he informed Su Yu's enemies that the moat was a possible escape route when the gates were shut?
Indignance, despair, and a tiny bit of relief. These were his current emotions. From the day he became the mayor, he should have understood that a day like this would arrive. With a sigh, the mayor laughed. He finally accepted his fate. He stopped struggling. Instead, he spent his final moments looking at Su Yu. He wouldn't die alone. This...might not be that bad of a death, after all.
But suddenly, an unimaginably massive clump of heavenly source qi appeared around Su Yu. The mayor's eyes widened with anger. But soon, his anger faded. Yes, that was a lot of heavenly source qi. But it was pointless with a Pseudo Invincible death spirit nearby.
However, Su Yu's body started shining. Instantly, a portion of the death qi in his body melted away.
Reverse!
Su Yu howled as he started madly reversing the death qi in his body. Trying to kill him through death qi alone? Dream on! That was of no concern to him. He was only concerned of being directly killed by a Pseudo Invincible death spirit.
Once again, the mayor's eyes widened. What was that? But next, his expression returned to normal again. That was pointless. With a Pseudo Invincible death spirit around, not even hiding indoors would help.
When he saw Su Yu rushing inside a building, he even sneered. That was pointless. The death spirit could simply enter the building. Fool! However, the sneer froze on his face.
The death spirit had actually stopped outside the building. With a frown, the death spirit turned to look at its colleagues who were waiting near the mayor and asked through voice transmission, "Is it improper for me to break into the building to kill him?"
"Yes. We will be fellow colleagues in the future. And he is the chosen of our lord. This might not be within the scope of the laws. It's better to not do that."
"Sure."
The death spirit did not attempt to break in. Instead, it stayed there and emitted a large amount of death qi. It continued speaking through voice transmission, "Maybe I can kill him with death qi. This will be fine. It's not proper for me to kill him directly..."
"Exactly."
Meanwhile, the mayor's eyes were opened wide with despair and indignance. Go inside!
Why wasn't the death spirit breaking in?
Why? Go in and kill him!
Why?
He did not think that Su Yu would survive, but he wanted to see Su Yu die before him. But why wasn't that happening? The mayor could not accept this. Why? As despair and indignance seeped in, a massive burst of death qi erupted from his body.
Boom!
His sea of willpower collapsed. In his final moments, he roared, "Tell me! Are you Su Yu?"
Even now, he still had no idea who that person was. He would never know.
An incomparably massive moon fell from the sky.
Everything outside the city, even those hundreds of kilometers away, saw the falling moon. Everyone was stunned. Was that...the death of a ninth-stage Sunmoon? Who could it be? There was no need to ask. It could only be the mayor.
The mayor...was dead?
Everyone was stunned. What happened?
A ninth-stage Sunmoon had died.
Chapter 1067: Battle For The City (1)
The dark devil dragon had perished.
Su Yu did not feel too strongly about it. He was too busy hiding in an empty building while reversing his death qi. The death qi was growing too quickly.
Furthermore, with the waves of death qi seeping into the building, he could feel that the death spirit was still outside. It was staying out there while releasing death qi into the building.
The death qi was spreading all over his body, turning his complexion dark. In fact, darkness was engulfing his entire body. The death qi was moving rapidly toward his heart.
He resisted without caring about the cost. With his heavenly source qi, he withstood the erosion. He even used a large amount of heavenearth profound light to keep growing stronger even as he was dealing with the death qi.
An intense struggle commenced between Su Yu and the death qi in his body.
Any other resident, the dark devil dragon included, would have died by now. But Su Yu persisted. He had only provoked these Sunmoon death spirits because of his perceived immunity toward death qi. But the death spirits he had spawned this time seemed to be far stronger than expectation.
Suddenly, his mask shook.
"Profound Nine, what happened? How did the dark devil dragon die? It was the dark devil dragon, right?"
"..."
First Profound sent a series of questions over.
***
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
First Profound, with his faceless mask, was greatly shocked. He spoke to the other elders, "Profound Nine is in the city. I'm trying to find out the truth. I'm not getting any replies, but he's still alive. He might have been affected by the event and can't reply for now."
"According to those outside the city, some powerful death spirits seemed to have appeared. The dark devil dragon fought the death spirits before dying due to death qi erosion."
"..."
A different elder said, "First Profound, get Profound Nine to investigate the situation and give us a report."
"Alright."
Silence descended as the elders sank into thought. The dark devil dragon had perished. In short, Grandstar City was now without a mayor. That was an extremely important ancient city due to its proximity to the Luminous Domain Mansion. With the position of the mayor empty...
They hurriedly stopped thinking too much about that. This was still not the time to explore that possibility. At the moment, Grandstar City was still way too dangerous. Almost every living being in the city had died.
No, to be precise, the sole living being remaining in the city was a certain earth elemental. A month had yet to past, so Topsoil Spirit was still stuck in a sealed condition. Since his name was still on the index, they knew that he was still alive. They wondered if he would suspect that he had somehow transmigrated to an alternate reality after he was released.
The world was still a very different place before he was sealed. Only a month had passed yet everything seemed to have changed. As a matter of fact, it would be more normal for everything to remain the same in the Allheaven Battlefield after only one month.
***
While dealing with the death qi in his body, Su Yu was reading the incoming messages. The elder wasn't the only person asking him questions. Even those from the Yellow Department were doing the same.
Through the mask, he replied, "Elder. This information is exclusive to me. Who will be credited for the profits made from selling this information?"
"You can make your choice according to our rules. You can agree to get a ten percent share depending on the total sales of the pavilion. Or you can choose to make a one-time deal with the pavilion for one hundred heavenly hunt points."
A hundred heavenly hunt points were equal to a hundred thousand merit points. Su Yu was left speechless. A hundred heavenly hunt points? A hundred thousand merit points? That was actually a lot of points.
But the damn Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was still too greedy. According to his previous transaction with them, a drop of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence was worth fifty thousand merit points. With his member discount, he could only buy slightly more than three drops with a hundred thousand merit points.
Thus, he could earn about three drops of Sunmoon blood essence with the one-time deal. That was actually quite a good price. But would he receive more if he picked the first option?
With the vast network of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, even if they only sell the information to a few hundred races at a price of one drop per race, they would still receive hundreds of drops of Sunmoon blood essence. Through the ten percent share, he would receive a much larger amount than what he could get through a one-time deal.
At that thought, he said, "I'm picking the first option."
He was not interested in the tiny bit of money he could get from the one-time deal.
First Profound wasted no time and asked, "Sure. Tell me. What happened?"
Su Yu asked, "Elder, can I tell you directly? Don't I need to report this to the Yellow Department instead?"
"Either is fine."
The elder was feeling quite suspicious. But since this fellow was happily chatting away with him, was it possible that the mayor's death had nothing to do with Su Yu?
Su Yu said, "With my choice, I'm entitled to 10 percent of the total profit. As for the 90 percent that will go to the pavilion, am I still entitled to 0.1 percent of that as my commission?
"Yes."
Good. This was acceptable. The share was still small, but it was better than nothing. He was able to leisurely communicate with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion even as he was reversing his death qi and forging his body. He wanted to see if the death qi could really outlast him.
Inside his body, death qi and source qi were engaged in a bitter battle near his heart. This would be a battle of endurance.
"This was what happened. I was on the way to deliver heavenly source qi to the mayor. But the evil Su Yu suddenly showed up...no, wait, that's wrong. This was what happened..."
Su Yu adjusted his story.
First Profound was left speechless. So this bastard was selling fake news as well? Su Yu and Profound Nine were the same person!
"Profound Nine, think properly before you say anything. There are other residents in the city. They might know the truth as well. You need to understand that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion prides itself on its reliability. This is the source of our confidence. If you're found selling fake news, you'll be in a lot of trouble."
Fine, fine.
Su Yu gave it some thought and retold the story. He kept everything close to the truth. According to him, Profound Nine was tangled with a Sunmoon death spirit. The mayor was forced to provide assistance when...Su Yu appeared and tossed an item to the mayor. An explosion erupted, triggering the death qi in the mayor's body.
Next, Su Yu took the chance to detonate a character and killed a Sunmoon death spirit. Three death spirits that were possibly late-stage Sunmoons appeared. No, those death spirits felt even stronger than late Sunmoons. They were probably at the very peak of the Sunmoon Realm.
One of the death spirits pursued Su Yu while the mayor was corroded to death by two other death spirits. As for Su Yu, his fate was unknown.
Perfect! He had barely changed anything. Only one additional character had been added to the story.
According to his story, the incident affected him as well. Fortunately, he wasn't the main character in that story so he was ignored, giving him the chance to hide in a building while shivering in fear.
"Su Yu's fate is unknown?"
First Profound was rendered completely speechless. He gave it some thought. As a whole, it was acceptable. The addition of Su Yu in the story indicated that Profound Nine was the culprit. But this was still an acceptable story.
But he still questioned, "There is no reason for the mayor to provide assistance to you, a member of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."
Su Yu answered, "He wasn't trying to help me. He only did it for the sake of the heavenly source qi in my hand."
"Su Yu detonated a character to kill the death spirit. Does he still have any of Ye Batian's characters in his possession?"
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Once again, First Profound was rendered speechless. Who else apart from him could know the answer? The elder was suspicious. So did Su Yu still have more of Ye Batian's characters? How many of them had been detonated so far? How did Ye Batian end up with these students and grandstudents? He left such a massive wealth behind for them, but look at what they did with his wealth.
Yes. The elder suspected that Ye Batian's character was the answer. After all, Su Yu was still a Cloudbreach. First Profound would not believe that Su Yu was already strong enough to kill a Sunmoon, even if the Sunmoon was a dumb death spirit.
After going over the story one more time and confirming that it was fine, he said, "So is Su Yu dead? What's his status?"
Wasn't the answer obvious? Su Yu rolled his eyes.
"No idea. He escaped, but the death qi around him was exceptionally dense. He will probably die soon."
The elder asked something else instead, "How about you? What's your current status? Are you confident you can snatch the mayor's medallion?"
"Hmm?"
Noticing Su Yu's surprise, First Profound said, "With the dark devil dragon's death, Grandstar City is now without a mayor. If you can become the mayor, you will receive massive support from the pavilion. Your status in the pavilion will rise greatly, and perhaps you might even be promoted to an elder before long."
"But with my cultivation, even after becoming the mayor, I'll be facing constant challenges, right?"
"Of course." First Profound said, "There is no doubt about that. Any ancient city mayor can be considered a tyrant of a region. People might say that mayors are puppets, but these mayors have a lot of power within their cities. It is natural for this position to be highly coveted.
"But as a solution, you can simply hide in the mayor's residence. That way, they won't be able to do anything to you. But I need to remind you about one thing. If you wish to become the mayor, you need to refine the mayor's medallion. And that is not easy. That is why all the mayors are ninth-stage Sunmoons. You have to be careful lest someone kills you during the process."
Su Yu said, "But nobody can enter the city..."
First Profound said, "Don't be careless. Have you forgotten about the residents? There might be Sunmoons among them. The death of the mayor has caused such a big commotion. Do you think nobody noticed? Just because they have been hiding indoors does not mean that they're all dead."
That made a lot of sense. Su Yu had completely forgotten about those people. Yes. They were residents as well. It was only natural that some would wish to become the new mayor. If it wasn't for the powerful death spirits who were still lingering outside, the residents would have started fighting over the medallion already.
Su Yu thought about it and asked, "Will the pavilion support me after I become the mayor?"
"Yes. Provided you're Profound Nine."
What he left unspoken was the mayor couldn't be Su Yu. After a slight hesitation, Su Yu shook his head. It was far better for Su Yu to become the mayor. Everyone knew he was in the city. And everyone knew that he wouldn't die so easily.
It would be way too eye-catching for the previously unknown Profound Nine to suddenly become the mayor. A mayor was someone everyone would focus on. If Profound Nine became the mayor, that identity would become useless before long. He was sure of that.
He still wanted to keep that identity around.
"I understand. Thanks for the advice."
This was such a nice elder. Thanks to the elder, he was reminded of the fact that there might be some powerful experts among the residents. These people would remain mostly unaffected even if Su Yu kept the city sealed.
Previously, they were merely hiding because it was safer that way. But with the mayor's death, they would definitely appear to fight for the mayorship. At this moment, the heavenly reward for the mayor's death finally appeared. But since the mayor was already dying before his meddling, he was only given a small reward for his contribution: one strand of heavenearth profound light.
Holy shit!
That was a ninth-stage Sunmoon! Why was the reward so small? Clearly, even the heavens felt that his contribution was too small in the death. He wasn't even able to get the last hit.
"I should have tried to get the last hit."
Su Yu cursed inwardly. That was a massive loss. He did not even bother with the mayor's corpse. The corpse would become a death spirit. There wouldn't even be any source qi leaking out of the dead mayor. He knew this because he had personally witnessed the previous Profound Nine's transformation into a death spirit.
Thus, he had not expected to profit from the mayor's corpse. Why would there be no leak of source qi? Because every bit of source qi would be converted into death qi. That way, the strength of the newly formed death spirit would be guaranteed.
Chapter 1068: Battle For The City (2)
While Su Yu was working against the death qi in his body, a cloaked death spirit appeared near the dark devil dragon's corpse. Xing Yue had arrived.
The death sovereign looked rather pleased. Not bad at all. This dark devil dragon had died ahead of schedule. This was a good thing. With this, it had obtained yet another powerful general under its command.
The massive corpse was completely covered in death qi. It had yet to fully complete its transformation. After staring at the corpse for a bit, Xing Yue reached out with one hand. The gigantic corpse instantly reduced in size before flying into Xing Yue's palm. It curled above the palm like a tiny worm.
"Let's return to the Death Realm."
Then, Xing Yue shot a glance at the death spirit who was still waiting outside Su Yu's building. It said, "Return."
"Lord Sovereign!" The death spirit protested, "Why don't we continue and transform him completely as well?"
Xing Yue replied indifferently, "His time has yet to arrive."
Xing Yue could sense that the human inside the building was constantly reversing the death qi in his body. The speed was actually quite fast. Furthermore, that human seemed to have grown considerably in strength as well.
Xing Yue considered a possibility. Su Yu would grow rapidly while alive. But after his death, it was very unlikely that he would be able to preserve his memories due to his low cultivation. At that point, further growth would be extremely slow. Thus, it wouldn't be a bad idea to let him grow into a Sunmoon while he was still alive.
After dying, he would lose his memories, his numerous tricks, and his numerous cultivation methods. He would only be able to cultivate according to his instincts. It might take him hundreds or even thousands of years to become a Sunmoon death spirit despite his astonishing talent.
The Pseudo Invincible death spirit seemed indignant, but it said nothing else.
Beside Xing Yue, one of the two Pseudo Invincible death spirits spoke, "Lord Sovereign, he has been killing a lot of death spirits..."
"It doesn't matter. Those are all weak death spirits. Since the three of you have appeared after he killed a Sunmoon, he won't dare to kill more Sunmoon death spirits."
Xing Yue did not care about the weaker death spirits. And it was unlikely that Su Yu would dare to kill more Sunmoon death spirits in the future after this incident. At that moment, the three death spirits noticed the storage ring and medallion on the ground. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel·fire.net
"Lord Sovereign, why don't we destroy the storage ring. That way, the kid won't be able to get anything. As for the medallion...who do you think will be the best mayor for us?"
They didn't need to leave these things here for Su Yu. Would it really benefit them for him to become the mayor? Nobody knew.
Xing Yue glanced at the two items and gave a simple reply, "They can handle this among themselves."
After saying that, Xing Yue vanished into thin air. The three death spirits looked at each other before vanishing as well. Their lord did not wish to kill Su Yu. What a pity. In that case, they really couldn't kill that annoying brat for now.
Clearly, their lord wished to let the human grow as strong as possible before dying. That would allow him to transform into a much stronger death spirit. Not willing to disobey their lord, the three could only leave.
Inside his building, Su Yu was relieved when he noticed the receding death qi. Were they gone? But he didn't dare to risk anything. He continued his cultivation.
Before doing anything, he had to further weaken the death qi in his body. At the very least, he had to reduce the growth by about thirty percent. With a ratio of seven to three between death qi and source qi, things would be a lot safer. At that ratio, there wouldn't be a risk of the death qi entering his heart out of nowhere.
Due to the clash between the death qi and heavenly source qi, his body was growing rapidly as well. Before long, he completed yet another body forging.
With the new breakthrough, both his body and source qi grew much stronger. The sudden growth instantly reduced the ratio of death qi in his body, but before long, the death qi readjusted and became stronger as well.
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Xing Yue, who had just returned to the portal, looked up.
A bizarre look appeared in its eyes. Just how many body forgings had that human completed? Yes. Not even Xing Yue had the answer to that question. It could only sense that Su Yu had grown even stronger, to the point where it was forced to use even more death qi on him.
So was this how an expert who had opened the grand cycle acupoints and cultivated the 72-Forged Iron Devourer looked like?
Even in the ancient past, such a genius was extremely rare. More importantly, such a cultivator was too expensive to raise.
During the ancient past, the number of young geniuses might have been higher, the cultivation methods in circulation might have been stronger, and the amount of resources available might have been higher...but such a cultivator was still extremely expensive to raise.
Acupoint opening, body forging, source qi transformation...every one of these stages would be extremely expensive. Which power could afford to raise such a genius?
The stone statue was also focusing on Su Yu. The dark devil dragon had perished. The stone statue had mixed feelings about that. For the most part, these mayors would be picked by the stone statues. And the dark devil dragon could also be considered a picked mayor. Due to this unexpected incident, the dark devil dragon had died much earlier than expected.
Soon, the stone statue shut his eyes again, deciding to stop worrying about it. There were things that not even he could control.
He could have sent a voice transmission to warn the dark devil dragon against leaving. But he had decided to do nothing. He would only act in accordance with the laws. Each stone statue was different. Compared to Heavendoom, he was much stricter and colder. Placed in the same position, Heavendoom might have chosen to warn his mayor.
***
At the same time.
The world outside was also in shock.
Before long, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion started reporting the latest update. They confirmed the mayor's death. Three Pseudo Invincible death spirits had appeared in the city yet again. That triggered a death qi eruption in the mayor's body, killing him. And all that was related to Su Yu.
By detonating Ye Batian's character, Su Yu killed a Sunmoon death spirit and spawned more powerful death spirits. That ultimately caused the mayor to die. The involvement of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's Profound Nine was mentioned slightly, but not much focus was placed on him.
Su Yu!
Once again, that name resounded throughout the Myriad Realms. He had caused the death of a ninth-stage Sunmoon.
Not even three days had passed since the departure of Mo Duona and the other geniuses. Some of them had yet to even leave the Sea of Stars. When they received the latest news, their emotions turned complicated. That troublemaker was truly good at troublemaking.
However, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion also stated that Su Yu was also covered in incomparably dense death qi. It was unknown if he could live for much longer. What a pity. Perhaps the Allheaven Battlefield would become a lot more dull without him.
Many of these geniuses didn't even have the chance to exchange pointers with him yet. It would be quite a pity if he were to die just like that. Nevertheless, he had accomplished enough to embed his name in the annals of history.
A Cloudbreach human had caused the deaths of numerous Sunmoons in two ancient cities, including a ninth-stage Sunmoon. He had also caused multiple Invincibles to lose one of their tri-life bodies. He was the sole Cloudbreach to have ever accomplished such a feat.
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Everyone was having mixed feelings about Su Yu.
Nevertheless, that did not stop them from coveting the position of the mayor. If Su Yu was really dead, the city gates might reopen after three days. It wouldn't be a bad idea to try fighting for the mayorship at that time.
People could say that an ancient city mayor was a puppet all they wanted, but that was still an existence comparable to an Invincible inside the city.
If one was already an ancient city resident, wouldn't it be better for one to become a mayor instead? And there was no lack of ancient city residents among the myriad races. If even the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had their members converted into residents, the myriad races had naturally done the same as well.
However, a majority of these residents weren't too strong.
A large number of unaffiliated Sunmoons and Sunmoons with numerous enemies started heading toward Grandstar City. They wanted to become the new mayor, even if they had to become a resident to do so.
This was an acceptable path for those who had reached the end of the road. As for the fact that they would become death spirits upon death, it did not matter. Why worry about something that would only happen after they were dead?
Chapter 1069: Battle For The City (3)
Eastern sector.
Near Eastrift Valley.
Several Invincibles were gathered in a meeting.
Great Xia King coldly said, "The dark devil dragon is dead. This is good. If that fellow hadn't been hiding in the city, I would have cut him apart long ago. That brat sure is crazy. He actually did it."
Then, his tone turned emotionless as he continued, "Su Yu...he is too talented and too brazen. He might have converted into a resident, but I still hope that humanity can think of a way to set him free."
A different Invincible asked, "And how are we supposed to do that? Great Xia King, almost nobody has succeeded in that."
Great Xia King said, "Almost, but not impossible. We can send him into the Luminous Domain Mansion with a few thousand heavenly source fruits to resist the death qi while he's in there and gather several Eternals to sever his death qi connection after he's out. Or we can simply invade the ancient city and kill the death sovereign. That will naturally be enough to set him free."
"..."
Absolute silence descended. Invading the ancient city and killing the death sovereign. That was Great Xia King's solution. Yes, that would indeed suffice to set Su Yu free. But...was that a joke?
One of them coldly questioned, "Great Xia King, invading the city and killing Xing Yue? Are you serious? How many Invincibles are you prepared to lose for Su Yu alone?"
Not long ago, twelve Invincibles had fled the ancient city with their tails between their legs. Some of them had even lost their tri-life bodies without accomplishing a single thing. Was Great Xia King being serious?
How many Invincibles did they need to send for this? Were they supposed to deploy fifty Invincibles to save Su Yu? Was that a joke? Were they supposed to abandon the Human Realm?
Were they supposed to abandon the eastern sector? Great Xia King sank into silence. The person speaking against him might not necessarily be an enemy or a rival. Everyone had too many misgivings. The price to kill Xing Yue was too high. That was not a price they would pay even if the person they needed to save was an Invincible instead of Su Yu. To accomplish that, they might lose multiple Invincibles.
Someone else spoke up, "Also, Su Yu might already be dead. Didn't you see the information from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? He was surrounded by a thick layer of death qi."
Great Xia King gave a simple reply, "He will still be alive even after you're dead. People like you should really die earlier."
"You said something similar about Ye Batian back then. But what was the result?" Someone spoke with agitation, "Ye Batian died. That is the main reason for Su Yu's troubles. Xia Wushen, do not forget this. Su Yu's fate is not the result of our actions. Ye Batian and Great Xia are the culprits for his current suffering. Do you understand? Don't think of pushing the responsibility away. Don't even think of placing the blame on us."
"Su Yu had basically done the same thing as Ye Batian. Because of his actions, the multiple character faction will become an even bigger eyesore for many people. Ye Batian or Su Yu, both had turned the multiple character faction into the common enemy of the myriad races."
Great Xia King remained silent. Those words were not entirely true, but they weren't wrong either. Ye Batian needed to take the bulk of the responsibility for the troubles of the multiple character faction.
Great Xia King coldly said, "I admit that both Great Xia and Ye Batian were at fault. But are we supposed to hold back and stay patient even in the Allheaven Battlefield? Should we refrain from using our strength and talent just because we fear trouble? How will someone like that grow into an expert?"
Nobody said anything. Humanity as a whole was at fault as well. If they were stronger, they wouldn't be in such a predicament.
Great Qin King suddenly spoke up imposingly, "Enough. Shut up, all of you. We will think further about Su Yu's situation in the future. That's not the reason we're here today. Grandstar City is going to get a new mayor soon. Due to the location of the city, that is quite an important position. Is there a way for humanity to snatch that position for ourselves?"
An Invincible grinned and said, "I have an idea. I nominate Niu Baidao for this position. He's already near the city, right? And he's already quite an old man. He has been stuck as a seventh-stage Sunmoon for so many years. He might as well try his luck there. He has lived a long life so this might not necessarily be a loss for him. He's also our best option. The others like him are either running up of lifespan or still suffering from various injuries. Those people will probably die right after converting into a resident. Meanwhile, Niu Baidao is still quite healthy..."
At this point, Great Ming King spoke, "So you still can't forget the slap Niu Baidao gave you back then? How many years have it been? Over four hundred years. You weren't even an Eternal at the time. Are you not embarassed of keeping a grudge for a mere slap for so many years?"
"Great Ming King, why are you hurting my feelings with those words? My grudge with Niu Baidao has long been resolved. How could he has survived until now otherwise? I'm serious. He's the most suitable candidate we have. He's healthy, not too strong but not too weak either. And he's so old that he has limited potential left. Can you find a better candidate than him?"
Great Ming King thought very hard and...indeed, there was no better candidate. Niu Baidao was indeed the best option. But the issue was, that fellow wasn't actually a seventh-stage Sunmoon. If that was the case, he would indeed be the best choice. The others thought about it and agreed that he was the best option as well.
"Why don't we get Niu Baidao to give it a try?"
"Yeah. That fellow has enjoyed all there is to enjoy in life. Nobody has lived as well as him. He should have no regrets left in life. Just get him to try. Through this, he might even get to enjoy the feeling of being a mayor during the final stage of his life. As an ancient city mayor, he can experience how it feels being an Invincible in some way..."
"He has been living a much better life than all of us!"
"That's right!"
"We have to painstakingly guard the borders while that guy has so much free time that he even started raising turtles back in the Human Realm!"
The Invincibles started talking among themselves while laughing with amusement. Yes. Niu Baidao was indeed the most suitable candidate. It had never crossed their mind that Su Yu could be a candidate as well. His cultivation was too low. He wouldn't be of much help even if he could become a mayor. He could only hide inside the mayor's residence forever. What was the point of having a mayor like that?
Great Ming King was left speechless. Had the decision been made? He couldn't even find a counter-argument for this. Old Niu was indeed the best man for the job. He was old, he had enjoyed all there was to enjoy, he was decently strong, and he was even near the city. Who else could go but him?
Suddenly, he sensed something. He looked into the distance.
The other Invincibles did the same.
They were just speaking of Old Niu when Old Niu appeared.
Far away from them, a silhouette appeared and flew over rapidly. When he noticed the powerful figures in the sky, he laughed heartily and said, "Hahaha, greetings, Invincibles."
Great Qin King nonchalantly asked, "You're back? Do you have the two hundred strands of heavenly profound light on you?" Follow current novels on novelfire(.)net
"Yeah." Niu Baidao grinned, "Su Yu said that those are mine."
Silence descended. Did Su Yu really say that? Then again, there was nothing they could say since the heavenly profound light was with him. Were they supposed to rob him?
Niu Baidao said, "On my way back, I heard that Su Yu killed the dark devil dragon? How amazing.
"By the way, with the dark devil dragon dead, the mayorship is empty. You guys must be thinking of grabbing the mayorship, right?
"I'm the most suitable candidate, right? I'm not strong enough, I'm old, I spent all my time having fun, and I also have an old grudge with Great Yuan King because I slapped him once all those years ago..."
"Niu Baidao!" One of the Invincibles shouted, "Are you trying to pick a fight?"
Niu Baidao smiled, "Not at all. Please forgive me, Great Yuan King. I simply...can't help but recall our glorious past. All of you are already Invincibles while I'm still as useless as I was...sigh.
"But...forget about me. I nominate Zhou Potian of Great Zhou instead. He's quite old as well. He might be a prefect, but I recall that he has yet to even fuse with a tri-life body. With his age, he's better off becoming an ancient city mayor."
Right after saying that, Niu Baidao flashed everyone a bright smile. The sky split open as a second Niu Baidao walked out of the boundless void before fusing with him. His aura instantly surged, reaching a terrifying level.
The Invincibles stared at him silently. Some looked surprised. Some remained expressionless. And some looked like they knew this was coming.
Niu Baidao laughed and said, "Everyone, I might be a tad bit slow, but I'm still working hard to catch up. I'm still young and vigorous. I don't think this mayorship is suitable for me."
Great Qin King asked, "Future body?"
"No. Past body." Niu Baidao sighed and continued, "I would have given Great Yuan King a beating right now if that's a future body. It's not like he will dare to kill me. What a pity that it's a past body. It won't be as strong as a future body."
Of the three bodies, the present body represented one's current strength. As for the past body, it could be strong or weak, but most of the time, it wouldn't surpass the present body in strength.
Only the future body had the potential of being incredibly strong. But there was also the risk of capturing an old and weak future body. Anything was possible. But if one could capture the strongest moment in the future, or the moment when one became an Invincible, a Pseudo Invincible could very well obtain the combat strength of an Invincible.
The stage known as the Pseudo Invincible Realm was an incredibly unique stage. Some of them could be terrifyingly strong while some would only be slightly stronger than a regular ninth-stage Sunmoon.
Great Qin King nodded, "It's a very good choice. To first fuse with the past body has always been the orthodox path of dao affirmation. The future body can be very strong, but it can also be very weak. It also leaves you open to the possibility of having your past severed. So why did you decide to stop hiding today?"
Niu Baidao laughed, "Great Yuan King wanted me to become a death spirit. Of course I'm not going to agree."
Great Yuan King remarked, "Hiding your strength instead of contributing to humanity is not something a good man should do."
Niu Baidao grinned, "What nonsense is that? Revealing my strength before the final war is pointless. I'm not even an Invincible yet."
Great Yuan King couldn't be bothered to bicker with him further.
After a short silence, Great Qin King said, "We'll talk about this again at a later date. Grandstar City is still in lockdown. Perhaps a new mayor will appear before any of us can do anything."
The Invincibles did not argue. Great Qin King was right. It was quite unlikely that they would be able to snatch the mayorship.
Chapter 1070: Killing A Sunmoon (1)
Grandstar City.
Su Yu walked out of his building. When he noticed that the death qi was receding, he knew that the powerful death spirits had departed. After removing about thirty percent of the death qi in his body, he looked quite healthy.
He no longer had the mask on him. For what he was doing next, he had to remain as Su Yu. He started walking toward the location where the dark devil dragon had perished. He was still cautious, but he wasn't too worried anymore.
There were still a decent number of residents in the city. Some of them would definitely be interested in the mayorship. But how many of them would be Sunmoons?
Su Yu had already completed forty-nine body forgings. His physical strength had surpassed 190,000 acupoints, and his defensive strength had also grown considerably. Thanks to the defensive barrier that had formed above his skin upon completing his 36th body forging, his body was now capable of withstanding a force surpassing 200,000 acupoints.
A weakling wouldn't be able to even get through his skin. Combined with his yang acupoint, his ability to consume Sunmoon blood essence, and his characters, his overall strength was far beyond what others imagined.
Furthermore, 144 of his acupoints were on the verge of completing the first transformation. Upon completion, those acupoints would grow even stronger.
But Su Yu was still unsure just how much stronger they would grow. He only knew that the growth wouldn't be small.
With the dark devil dragon dead, Su Yu was no longer too worried about his safety in the city. Even if there were Sunmoons among the residents, these people would have suffered significantly from death qi erosion through the recent chaos. He doubted they could even muster that much of their strength anymore.
Walking on the streets, he started observing his surroundings. There were still death spirits in the city. Apart from the three Pseudo Invincible death spirits, the others had yet to depart. And one of them was a Sunmoon death spirit. That was the main reason the gates were shut.
Su Yu wasn't that far away in the first place, so it didn't take him long to reach the place where the dark devil dragon had died. Someone else had arrived before him.
Su Yu was not the only person whose courage had grown after the former mayor perished.
The person standing there was someone in a humanoid form, his Sunmoon aura rippling around him. When that person noticed Su Yu, the look in his eyes changed slightly as he asked, "You're Su Yu?"
"Yes."
Su Yu's gaze landed on the two items on the ground: a storage ring and a black medallion.
With a look of alert in his eyes, the Sunmoon said, "Su Yu, your cultivation is not enough for this. Even if you get the medallion, you won't be able to refine it. Instead, the medallion might trigger the death qi in your body and make your situation worse. Let me have the medallion and you can have the storage ring. What do you think about this proposal?"
As a Sunmoon, he was actually bargaining with Su Yu. Why? Because he was wary. He was scared.
Su Yu might only be a Cloudbreach, but one would need to be extremely stupid to view him as a regular Cloudbreach.
Su Yu gave the Sunmoon a long stare before replying, "They're both mine. The dark devil dragon died because of me. Are you here to steal the result of my hard work?"
The Sunmoon said, "Su Yu, you're a genius, but you're also a resident. The city is currently sealed. Don't tell me that you think you can kill all the Sunmoons in the city as you wish."
Su Yu asked, "How is that related to your attempt to steal the result of my hard work?"
"The mayor's medallion isn't yours."
The Sunmoon spoke even as death qi swirled around his body, "It belongs to the city. Su Yu, think carefully. Even if you get it now, can you withstand the coming siege?"
"Can you?" Su Yu grinned, "Are you at the first or the second stage? Can you withstand the coming siege?"
The Sunmoon fixed his gaze on Su Yu and said, "I'm a member of the Thousand Region Alliance. With this medallion, the other races will have to show some restraint since the nine realms are nearby. But that does not apply to you. The moment you become the mayor, the myriad races will start targeting you. Su Yu, you will only expedite your death by doing this."
"That makes sense." Su Yu nodded, "But this is my kill."
The Sunmoon gave Su Yu a deep gaze and said, "That's why you can have the ring. I won't take that from you."
If this was any other Cloudbreach or Mountainsea, he would have slapped them to death long ago. But this was Su Yu. Thus, he had to use his mouth instead of his fists. He even compromised, offering the storage ring to Su Yu. The ring was not as important as the medallion.
At this point, more people had arrived in the area as well. These residents were trying to see if they could get something out of this. Even if they knew that there might be trouble after becoming the mayor, it was still very tempting. Being a mayor was much better than being a normal resident.
But when they noticed the two individuals standing out in the open, many of them hurriedly retreated. One was a Sunmoon while the other was Su Yu.
Su Yu, the bringer of calamity. Even the dark devil dragon had died because of him.
Su Yu asked curiously, "Senior, I have a question. Which race are you from? Is a Sunmoon really that strong? How many acupoints can your strength reach? I'm actually a very tactful person. If you're really too strong, I'll definitely take a step back. But if that's not the case..."
His voice turned cold, "It's not like I've never killed a Sunmoon before. In fact, I've killed a few of them. What do you think, Senior?"
The Sunmoon's expression changed.
Ye Batian's characters? Were there more? How many characters did Ye Batian have? So many of them had been detonated recently! In fact, that was his biggest source of fear. He wouldn't have bargained with Su Yu otherwise.
"I come from the red toad race..."
Su Yu found that name familiar.
Right, when he was trying to come up with his acupoint fusion art, he once studied the Acupoint Assembly Art of this race. It was a pretty decent art, requiring twenty-two acupoints to work.
This might be a relatively weak race, but their racial ability was quite good. The name of this unique ability was Void Breaker.
Su Yu had tried using it once. With this ability, one could hide somewhere far away and kill one's enemy by sending one's tongue through space itself and stabbing through the target.
At that thought, Su Yu's eyes flickered slightly. Was this guy going to try that ability on him? Was the tip of this guy's tongue lying in ambush somewhere he couldn't see right this moment?
He knew that ability as well, but it felt too disgusting to use. What if both of them attacked at the same time and their tongues happened to clash? Just the thought of that caused him to shiver. He had never considered using this ability. But it was still quite useful as a study material.
He activated both his Perception Jade and tribulation character. He even got the little furball to keep an eye on their surroundings. If this fellow really dared to stick his tongue out, he would instantly lose that tongue.
While thinking about all that, Su Yu said, "Senior, the red toad race is not too strong. Even as a Sunmoon, you'll only be a normal Sunmoon unless you get really lucky. You're probably a first-stage Sunmoon. And because of the death qi in your body, you're probably even weaker than a regular first-stage Sunmoon. Must you fight me over this?"
Su Yu flashed a wide smile and said, "I don't enjoy killing. And you're not worth the loss of a character. If you're willing to work with me, I can make you the commander of the guards after becoming the mayor."
The Sunmoon gave Su Yu a deep gaze and asked, "Su Yu, do you really have more of Ye Batian's characters?"
"What do you think?"
The Sunmoon said nothing. He was doubtful, but he also didn't dare to risk it. He hesitated. This was a hard choice to make. He didn't want to let go of an opportunity that was right before his eyes. This was his chance to become a regional overlord.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was starting to lose patience. He cursed inwardly. All these people were nowhere to be seen when he was killing the dark devil dragon. But now, all of them were here.
He could sense that there were more experts hiding nearby. According to his Perception Jade, there were no other Sunmoons around. But a few of them were Mountainseas. How dare mere Mountainseas get involved as well? Newest update provıded by novel[f]ire.net
Then again, the Mountainseas of the major races wouldn't be too weak. But unless one was a genius, not even a Mountainsea from a major race could overcome a Sunmoon.
The saber qi in Su Yu's 144 acupoints started gathering strength.
At the same time, the yang acupoint started opening bit by bit.
Inside his mouth, the drop of mountainbreak bull blood essence was ready to be swallowed. His strength character came on standby while his character technique took the form of a saber. The vibrate character started shaking, and his apertures readied themselves for action.
Instantly, Su Yu's entire being started emitting a slight sense of danger.
With a cold tone, he said, "Senior, please withdraw from this. As a resident, both of us should be on the same side. I doubt there are that many Sunmoons among the residents. I can make you a commander of the guards. Do not seek death, Senior."
The Sunmoon hesitated and said, "Su Yu, you won't be able to protect this position unless you hide in the mayor's residence forever. But that's the same as waiting for death. Su Yu, if you do me this favor, I can—"
Whoosh!
A radiant saber rose into the sky.
Favor his mother! Since this Sunmoon wanted a favor, he would grant the Sunmoon the favor of early demise.
He was the one who had caused the dark devil dragon's death. He had nearly gotten himself killed by a Pseudo Invincible death spirit in the process. As a mere first-stage Sunmoon, did this fellow think that he was a big deal?
An overbearingly powerful burst of saber qi surged. At the same time, a tongue appeared out of thin air behind Su Yu and shot toward the back of his head. As a Sunmoon, the red toad was no naive youth. He was also a cunning old man.
Thus, he had prepared for the eventuality of a fight as well. However, that saber carried the strength of a Sunmoon. In fact, it felt far stronger than the level of a first-stage Sunmoon. That was the result of a combination between the first-stage Sunmoon blood essence, yang acupoint, and Su Yu's own strength.
As the saber descended, the red toad retreated in panic. Meanwhile, his tongue continued shooting forward noiselessly. He was still trying to piece through Su Yu's head. Could Su Yu survive without his head?
Holding the saber with his right hand, a large hammer appeared in Su Yu's left hand. He swung it backward unhesitatingly. Lightning, fire, and blood swirled on the surface of the hammer.
Before the saber even finished its descent, the hammer struck, creating a massive rumble and generating powerful shockwaves. The tongue was turned into mincemeat.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
The red toad wailed in pain as a clump of flame followed his tongue through space itself to arrive inside his mouth. The smell of burnt flesh started spreading in the area. With a desperate roar, the red toad bit his own tongue off.
Finally, he was able to stop the spread of the flame in his mouth. With a thud, the cooked tongue landed on the ground. The red toad returned to his original appearance. The massive toad hurriedly leaped into the distance.
He was greatly terrified. He wasn't sure if Su Yu had detonated Ye Batian's character during that short exchange, but he could feel that Su Yu was definitely fighting with the strength of a Sunmoon.