Chapter 73 - 73

Chapter 1243: It's Up To Su Yu (3)

After stopping the furball, Su Yu looked around and noted that the surrounding young geniuses were already greatly exhausted from the battle. In fact, he was pretty tired himself.

Looking at them, he decided that he had to kill a few of them. That would anger the Invincibles and further provoke them. Then, he could snatch the Culture Tomb and carrier treasures before fleeing. That should be enough to make those Invincibles pursue him.

Right!

He also had to take Yellow Nine hostage and force First Yellow to teleport him away. He trusted the stone statue's words. Yellow Nine must be quite important to First Yellow.

His gaze landed at Yellow Nine who was busy absorbing the heavenly source qi in the ruin as he cursed inwardly. This was a very expensive endeavor for him. He had lost quite a lot of heavenly source qi and sunmoon profound yellow liquid to all these people.

The carrier treasures and Culture Tomb were the only items that were still untouched in the middle of the ruin. Anyone trying to approach the three items would be stopped by the others. That was understandable since the three items were why most of them were here.

"Old Zhu is facing a devil king and a divine king. First Profound is facing a divine king..."

In other words, he should kill a young genius from the divine race to maximize the displeasure he could generate among the Invincibles. Killing a young devil genius would probably work as well.

But the most important devil genius present was Mo Duona, and he had yet to join the battle even now. Meanwhile, Zhan Wushuang, the divine genius, had given him quite a lot of punches during the course of this battle.

Very well. This was Mo Duona's lucky day. He would be spared. Zhan Wushuang would be the one to die.

Prior to this, Su Yu had mostly been fighting to keep these young geniuses occupied. That was his way of keeping the Invincibles supplying them with power across realms busy. But at this point, he had to prioritize the crisis in the Human Realm. Those in the Allheaven Battlefield would have to rely on themselves for now.

Su Yu shook his head disapprovingly. In the end, it was still up to him to save humanity. Weren't those geezers supposed to be able to handle this themselves? Wasn't Wan Tiansheng very confident before this? How unreliable of them. Old Wan wasn't even that impressive. How could he lose steam after killing only two Invincibles? Su Yu was completely neglecting the fact that Wan Tiansheng was probably one of the handful of people in existence who had killed as many as two Invincibles.

Su Yu clenched his teeth as he prepared to make his move. In truth, his battle against the young geniuses had been ongoing even as he was thinking about all that.

He sent a voice transmission to the nearby Qin Hao, "General Qin, can you hear me?"

Qin Hao was in the middle of being beaten up by a ninth-stage Sunmoon from the celestial chasm race. Of the three number twos, he was the worst off.

If it wasn't for his resilience, he would have been beaten to death by now. He was actually not weak at all, but he had been fighting for an extended period of time. Earlier, he had received a beating by a Pseudo Invincible. Now, a ninth-stage Sunmoon was giving him a beating as well. He was in a rather bad state.

When he heard Su Yu's voice, he replied weakly, "Yes? Are you offering to help? Forget it. You seem to have your hands full as well..."

"No. In a moment, could you use more strength and push that Sunmoon away for a bit? With that opening, I need you to stop First Yellow for a split second. I only need a split second."

"..."

Screw that!

Was the little shit aware of what he was saying? Was that a simple task? Pushing a ninth-stage Sunmoon back before dealing with First Yellow? If he was so strong, he would have beaten his opponent to death long ago.

Su Yu sounded very relaxed. He had full confidence in Qin Number Two. Just look at how valiant Qin Number Two looked.

Of the three number twos, Qin Number Two looked the most impressive. Just look at his shiny black armor and ferocious spear. As an eighth-stage Sunmoon, he was able to contend against Pseudo Invincibles. He was more than capable of pushing a ninth-stage Sunmoon back before keeping First Yellow occupied for a split second.

Xia Number Two had killed a Pseudo Invincible. Zhu Number Two had killed an Invincible. Qin Number Two should be able to easily accomplish something like pushing a ninth-stage Sunmoon back, right?

"You can do it, General Qin! This is very important! It concerns the survival of humanity! If you fail, humanity might face destruction today!"

Bullshit!

Qin Number Two cursed inwardly. What nonsense.

Yes, they were probably quite disadvantaged in the Allheaven Battlefield, but in his opinion, they were doing quite well in the Human Realm. Yes, a decent number of myriad race Invincibles had arrived. But they had a decent number of experts on their side as well.

Furthermore, did Su Yu think that he would be the one to save humanity from destruction?

Was that a joke?

But hearing the urgency in Su Yu's voice, he still clenched his teeth and agreed, "Fine!"

Right after saying that, he wailed miserably. His opponent had just drilled through his arm with a character.

That wail caused Su Yu's confidence in him to waver.

Would this work?

But this was the strongest help he could recruit nearby. Just look at Administrator Hu and the others. They were being beaten up so badly that Su Yu wasn't sure if they could even remain alive for long. Qin Number Two was the only one he could rely on.

He clenched his teeth. This was his sole option.

No matter how good an actor Old Zhu was, it was only a matter of time before the two Invincibles started growing suspicious. The moment they attacked, they could blast Old Zhu apart. That would instantly shake the fragile balance of this battlefield.

It was now up to him to save humanity. As he was thinking, Zhan Wushuang landed yet another punch on him, causing him to cough blood.

Zhan Wushuang had a cold expression. He was the strongest among the young geniuses involved in this fight. A majority of the wounds on Su Yu's body were left by him. Naturally, he had received quite a lot of wounds from the fight as well.

Thus, he was not surprised that he was landing yet another punch on Su Yu.

Su Yu's speed of recovery was astonishingly fast. He wouldn't be an easy opponent to kill when both of them were similar in strength. This had essentially turned into a battle of endurance.

On their side, the young geniuses were powered by Invincibles or even Pseudo Emperors. What about Su Yu? Was he relying on death qi? Was he not worried that the death qi would kill him?

It was uncertain who would emerge victorious in this clash between them. As usual, Su Yu rushed toward him madly right after being sent away by a punch. This had happened repeatedly today. Su Yu was too petty to let an attack unanswered.

Zhan Wushuang was not surprised to see the same scene repeating itself. Su Yu pounced on Zhan Wushuang madly, ignoring the many attacks landing on his body by the other young geniuses.

Zhan Wushuang took on the attacks fearlessly. At their level, very few of them were fearful of death. How could they hope to gain more if they were too cowardly to risk themselves?

But this time, Su Yu spent a much longer time than before on Zhan Wushuang. As a result, he was able to deal a lot more damage to Zhan Wushuang at the price of more injuries on his own body.

His calm and tribulation characters were active, numbing Zhan Wushuang's sense of crisis. Every single one of these young geniuses was extremely sensitive toward danger. The moment they sensed any danger to their lives, they would be able to pull out some trump cards to flee.

Abruptly, Su Yu shifted the target of his tribulation character to Dao Cheng. Instantly, Dao Cheng's expression changed.

He roared, "Stop him!"

He could sense that Su Yu had designs on his life. His sharp senses were screaming at him. Almost at the same moment, a massive hammer appeared and shot toward him at full power.

"Die!"

Su Yu's killing intent surged.

Xuan Wuji, Ming Yue, and the others roared as they attempted to intercept the hammer. Some were also sending attacks straight at Su Yu's head in an attempt to disrupt him. Zhan Wushuang, who had barely recovered from the beating he had just received, charged forth to attack without taking the time to recover from some of his injuries.

Despite the chaotic nature of this battle, there was a consensus among these geniuses. They couldn't allow Su Yu to kill any one of them. That would make things a lot more dangerous for the rest of them.

Thus, none of them hesitated to help when Dao Cheng was being targeted. The hammer continued charging forth ferociously.

Su Yu roared, "If you allow me to kill him, I won't get in your way when you're fighting for the Culture Tomb!"

Everyone ignored him.

"Bastard!"

Su Yu roared with frustration, demonstrating his determination to kill Dao Cheng at all costs. That further triggered Dao Cheng's danger sense, which was further amplified by the tribulation character.

He could sense that he was in great danger.

He roared with desperation, "Kill him!"

He was certain of Su Yu's determination to kill him.

Meanwhile, Zhan Wushuang was swiftly approaching Su Yu's back. His danger sense was quite subdued, with only the occasional warnings of danger. But that was normal when he was in battle with so many young geniuses. Thus, he didn't think much about it.

Right at that moment, Su Yu squeezed everything he could from his yang acupoint, consumed a drop of blood essence, and activated the Divine Transformation and Devil's Descend abilities, before manifesting a five elemental cage around Zhan Wushuang.

Finally, he utilized a different ability to manifest four more arms on his back. Each of the arms made a fist before punching at Zhan Wushuang. Zhan Wushuang resisted with a roar. Just as the five elemental cage was about to break apart, a tiny furball appeared with a flicker before giving his sea of willpower a bite.

Wave after wave of death qi rippled out as the four arms threw countless punches toward Zhan Wushuang.

"Sky! Sunder!"

144 of Su Yu's acupoints erupted with Xia Longwu's saber qi. This was his first time using the transformed saber qi at full power.

A radiant blade appeared in the sky.

Even Marquis Xia's saber qi nearly responded to that blade. When he looked down, he cursed. Why did that saber qi feel even stronger than his own saber qi? Or to be precise, Su Yu's saber qi was of a much higher quality and purity. It almost felt like Xia Longwu was the one attacking instead of Su Yu.

With two of the hands bringing the humming blade down, the other two hands punched at Zhan Wushuang. Zhan Wushuang's expression changed drastically. He instantly ignited his blood essence and Divine Transformation ability. Alas, he was too late.

First, the two fists landed, leaving two holes on his body. Then, the blade cleaved him into two. His sea of willpower appeared only to be swallowed by the little furball in one bite. Worried that the divines would not give chase if Zhan Wushuang was dead, he decided to keep Zhan Wushuang alive for now.

"Digest him later."

The little furball said nothing and returned to Su Yu's sea of willpower.

The others were stunned by the sudden change. However, their attacks did not stop. As their attacks struck Su Yu, blasting his flesh apart and breaking his bones, he turned into a gust of wind before vanishing with the Culture Tomb and two carrier treasures.

Anyone else wouldn't be able to catch the two carrier treasures so easily, but that wasn't an issue for him since he was the one who had placed the two into the ruin. Prior to this, he had left his willpower imprints on both carrier treasures.

As for the Culture Tomb, he had an odd sensation when he grabbed it as he found his willpower imprint missing. Why was it gone? But he did not have the time to think about it.

The moment he vanished with the three items, Qin Hao roared and threw a punch while coughing blood. He attacked madly, as though he was about to detonate himself. Alarmed, his opponent hurriedly pulled back. Right at that moment, Qin Hao spun his spear around and stabbed it at First Yellow.

Noticing the incoming spear, First Yellow cursed inwardly. Why was that madman attacking him out of nowhere? He hadn't even been involved in the battle!

Not interested in fighting Qin Hao, he took a step back. He already had the real Culture Tomb in hand. There was no point in fighting. In fact, he was already looking for an opportunity to slip off.

But right after he took that step back, his expression changed. Su Yu had appeared beside him with a flicker before grabbing Yellow Nine. A miserable wail rang out as Yellow Nine's arm was dislocated by Su Yu.

She wasn't weak, but she was no match for a monster like Su Yu. The gap between them was too big.

This attack came as a complete surprise to her. Instead of killing the other young geniuses, why was Su Yu attacking her? She felt like coughing blood from sheer frustration. Was Su Yu still holding a grudge toward her over what she said while they were both members of the pavilion? Was he taking his revenge on her for that?

Alarmed, First Yellow shouted, "She's—"

"Teleport me away! Now!" Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say more. He sent the coordinate over and said, "Do it or I'll kill Yellow Nine!"

First Yellow was rendered speechless. He knew what was happening. This guy was taking Yellow Nine hostage. Was he trying to run with the treasures?

Fine, fine. First Yellow was happy to oblige.

He ripped the space beside him apart and said, "Go. Do not harm her."

Su Yu wasted no time and stepped into the spatial tear. Outside the ruin, the expressions of the two divine kings changed. Zhan Wushuang's physical body had been destroyed. The Culture Tomb had also been snatched by Su Yu. And he was escaping.

Zhan Wushuang had yet to die. His sea of willpower had yet to be destroyed. Including the Culture Tomb and the two carrier treasures, Su Yu became an incredibly attractive target.

The divine king who was fighting Zhu Tiandao left without any hesitation.

Zhu Tiandao exhaled in relief. After taking a moment to think about it, he gnashed his teeth and rushed off while roaring, "Audacious! Don't even dream of harming Su Yu!"

Inwardly, he was cursing as well. Yes, Su Yu's actions had helped him. But running away with the best treasures of the ruin was the same as throwing his life away. What was that kid thinking?

Zhu Tiandao felt miserable. He felt like he was in deep trouble. Was he supposed to fight when Su Yu was inevitably caught by the divine king?

If he did nothing, Su Yu would die.

If he did something, both of them would die.

Shit! Shit! Shit!

Why was that little shit still thinking about those treasures at a time like this?

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Helpless, Zhu Tiandao decided to think on the bright side. At least this way, his real strength would only be exposed further away from this place. That delay might give the other humans the chance to flee. It was unlikely that they would be able to flee in time if his real strength was exposed here.

Meanwhile, Devil King Mohe was exhaling in relief. Inwardly, he cursed at the divine king. That bastard had rushed off so suddenly, giving him a scare as he thought that this would be Zhu Tiandao's chance to kill him. As for now, he was left with no choice but to give chase as well. If he allowed the divine king to face Zhu Tiandao alone, Zhu Tiandao could very well kill the divine king before returning to kill him.

Not far away, Devil King Lade roared and joined the pursuit as well. He desperately needed the carrier treasures and Culture Tomb. He needed those treasures to regain his tri-life bodies.

Wan Tiansheng and Lan Tian also joined the pursuit even as they were coughing blood endlessly.

Why was Su Yu making trouble at a time like this?

Wasn't it agreed that the ruin and the treasures would serve as bait? Why was the kid running off with his own treasures? They only needed to wait. The moment Zhu Tiandao or Great Han King won, they would be able to defeat the rest of their opponents.

Wan Tiansheng even wondered if Su Yu had decided to retrieve his own treasures after seeing that they were already on the verge of winning.

What a troublesome kid.

Chapter 1244: Zhu Tiandao's Madness (1)

"You're courting death, Su Yu!"

The divine king roared, "First Yellow, you're a human as well?"

First Yellow answered gloomily, "No."

"Spatial tear, traveling through space, good at space manipulation..."

The divine king muttered doubtfully. There weren't a lot of spatial experts around, but there were some races who were proficient in spatial manipulation. For example, the spatial beast race.

This was a very rare ability among humanity. It was unlikely that First Yellow was a human. If he was a human, he would have acted much earlier. Instead, he had not done much during the battle. Was he really doing this for Yellow Nine?

"Put Su Yu down!"

The divine king demanded and released his aura, tearing more space apart. First Yellow's body warped and vanished. He had moved through space yet again. When he reappeared further away, he gnashed his teeth and said, "Divine King, I'm only sending him somewhere near. Please don't make things hard for me."

"Hmph!"

When did Sunmoons gain the qualification to bargain with Eternals? This First Yellow was getting overconfident just because he was proficient at spatial manipulation. He should not underestimate Eternals.

The divine king started tearing through space with sheer brute force, moving tens of kilometers with each step he took.

Noticing that, First Yellow cursed inwardly. He kept reminding himself that he was Kong Qingzi. He was not Hollow. Kong Qingzi had only offended an immortal king by killing Immortal King Tian Xuan's son. Meanwhile, Hollow was someone who had stolen the Immortal Pseudo Emperor's coffin lid. That was the public enemy of the immortal race as a whole.

Kong Qingzi should only be a regular ninth-stage Sunmoon. His spatial manipulation abilities might be amazing, but he shouldn't be comparable to Hollow. His identity as Hollow couldn't be exposed, but his identity as Kong Qingzi could be exposed.

At that, First Yellow roared as his aura rose to the level of a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Behind him, the divine king was furious. Damn the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion! Just what manner of experts had this organization been accepting? The Profound Department had produced Zhou Tianyuan, Nan Wujiang, and Su Yu.

The Yellow Department had produced Zhu Tianfang, First Yellow, and Yellow Nine. Was the pavilion getting addicted to recruiting people of questionable identities?

Devil King Mohe appeared beside the divine king and smiled, "Is Zhan Wushuang fine?"

"..."

What a stupid question. His body had been destroyed and his sea of willpower was within Su Yu's hands. Would he be fine? He knew why Mohe was here. This devil king was afraid that separately, they wouldn't be Zhu Tiandao's match.

Meanwhile, Zhu Tiandao was nonchalantly giving chase further away behind them.

***

In truth, Zhu Tiandao was feeling very helpless.

He wasn't confident or nonchalant. He simply couldn't keep up with their speed. First Yellow was an expert at spatial manipulation while the other two were Invincibles. How was a Pseudo Invincible like him supposed to keep up?

This was too difficult. Left with no choice, he had to act indifferent to mask his inability to keep up. He had to stay calm.

"Mohe, Huoji, you won't be able to escape me." Zhu Tiandao's voice rang out, "The Culture Tomb has always belonged to humanity. Why are you pursuing Su Yu? Are you trying to turn this into a fight to the death?"

Further away behind him, Wan Tiansheng shouted, "Stop Lade!"

Devil King Lade, who was moving in the same direction, hurriedly took a detour around Zhu Tiandao. He was only here for the Culture Tomb and the carrier treasures. He did not want to fight a troublesome opponent like Zhu Tiandao.

Zhu Tiandao couldn't help but curse. Stop? And how was he supposed to do that? Lade was only slightly faster than him. He could intercept Lade, but if he did that, wouldn't he be revealing his real strength?

He still needed to keep his cover and deter the two Invincibles ahead of him from doing anything too stupid. But with Wan Tiansheng's shout, it would be too suspicious for him to do nothing.

His eyeballs spun around as he thought of something and shouted, "Keep him busy for a moment. I'll kill him!"

Right after saying that, his aura surged madly. He stirred his source qi and willpower, looking like he was preparing a powerful attack. Lade's expression changed when he noticed that.

He instantly ignited his blood and summoned the River of Time before vanishing and reappearing ahead of Zhu Tiandao. He looked pale, but he did not care. Nothing was more important than staying far away from Zhu Tiandao.

Seeing that, Zhu Tiandao scolded the two behind him in fury, "You worthless fools!"

He appeared flustered at exasperated at the incompetence of the two. Lan Tian couldn't even be bothered to give a response. Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng frowned as he looked at Zhu Tiandao doubtfully. Would someone as sneaky as Zhu Tiandao be so open before releasing a major attack?

Was the immortal king supposed to stand there and wait for him when he was so obviously preparing a major attack? Something seemed off.

Wan Tiansheng said nothing. He looked ahead of them and noted that First Yellow was taking Su Yu elsewhere instead of the Allheaven Prefecture. If they kept running around randomly in the Human Realm, it was only a matter of time before the myriad race Invincibles caught up to them. ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ novel★fire.net

Taking Su Yu to the Allheaven Battlefield was the only correct course of action. Why was First Yellow running in a completely opposite direction? If they kept moving in the same direction, they would reach Great Song soon. Also, why was Zhu Tiandao so slow? What was up with his speed?

There were three Invincibles ahead of them. If the three worked together, Wan Tiansheng did not think he could stop anyone apart from Lade even with Lan Tian's help. It was up to Zhu Tiandao to handle the other two.

Old Zhu had never guessed that a day would come when he became such an important person. He naturally knew what everyone was thinking. He felt like crying. When Wan Tiansheng was near, he faced them with a helpless and sorrowful expression as he mouthed a message to them soundlessly.

Return!

Kill those people left behind and run!

Stop chasing!

Keep chasing and they would die together!

They should return, kill the Pseudo Invincibles, and flee with the others.

Lan Tian ignored Zhu Tiandao as he continued giving chase cheerily. Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng's heart skipped a beat.

What? That expression of his. And that mouth of his. Was this...a prelude to disaster?

His expression did not change as he roared, "Lade, if you refuse to come back, we'll return and kill all those people! Including Mo Duona!"

Lade continued ignoring him. If anyone needed to return, it should be Mohe. He would not return no matter what. If he couldn't gain anything here, he wouldn't be able to regain his former strength. And that would make his life hard.

For a powerful devil king like him, it was an insult to be weakened so much that even Lan Tian could put up a fight against him. Lade continued his pursuit stubbornly. He needed both carrier treasures in Su Yu's hand. Without his present body, he needed a carrier treasure to form a new present body. Yes, after so many deaths, there were probably some carrier treasures lying around elsewhere. But all those carrier treasures were in the hands of powerful Pseudo Invincibles.

For example, Wan Tiansheng, Niu Baidao, First Divine, and First Profound. These people were going to affirm their dao with these carrier treasures. Was he supposed to risk his life and fight them for their carrier treasures?

He did try getting Lan Tian's carrier treasure, but he had given up after failing to kill Lan Tian. It wasn't like he hadn't tried hard enough. He had fought a long and hard battle with Lan Tian, but that lunatic was too resilient.

Su Yu was the easiest target around. Even with First Yellow, the expert spatial manipulator around, even with First Yellow's apparent reveal as a ninth-stage Sunmoon, this was still the easiest target nearby.

As long as Lade could kill Su Yu, he would get everything he wanted. At that realization, he became even more determined to give chase.

Mo Duona?

The Pseudo Invincibles of the devils?

Why should Lade care when he himself was at risk of dying?

Furious, Wan Tiansheng roared, "Fine. We'll turn back."

He dragged Lan Tian with him.

Just as Lan Tian was about to resist, Devil King Mohe said, "Make sure to keep following us or we might turn around and kill Zhu Tiandao."

He could not allow them to return. But he also didn't want to give up on the treasures. With those two around, they had to hold themselves back. But if they left, the three of them could join hands against Zhu Tiandao.

Wan Tiansheng grimaced.

Sigh.

Fine, leaving was not an option. Without them, Zhu Tiandao's lie would be exposed instantly. He finally knew what was happening. He was quite speechless. Just how did Old Zhu kill the immortal king earlier?

Did the immortal king kill himself?

Did the immortal king offer his life to Zhu Tiandao out of kindness?

He couldn't understand, so he decided to stop thinking about it.

He was unaware of plenty of things. There was no need to waste his energy thinking too much about things he couldn't figure out. This was new to him. He had thought that everything was under his control, but today, he had learned that all those geezers were incredibly sneaky as well. He merely had an illusion of control, not real control.

***

Not far ahead.

First Yellow asked through voice transmission, "Where are you going? I know the coordinates you gave me. I was there before. There's nothing there. Why do you want to go there?"

"This is not something for you to worry about."

Su Yu maintained a tight grip on Yellow Nine as he said, "Elder, you better not try anything stupid. I still have the combat strength of an eighth-stage Sunmoon. I can easily kill Yellow Nine."

He had to toss that threat out as he was worried that First Yellow would abandon him here. That would be disastrous.

First Yellow said nothing as he continued teleporting forward while reversing space to delay their pursuers. He gloomily said, "They will catch up in about three minutes. That will be enough for me to reach that place. At that time, you need to release Yellow Nine. Su Yu, you can't kill her."

"Sure, sure."

Su Yu smiled. But First Yellow was still worried due to Su Yu's reputation as a madman.

Even before the battle today, this madman had caused the deaths of numerous Sunmoons. Excluding the Sunmoons who had been killed by Zhu Tianfang earlier, the number of Sunmoons who had died because of Su Yu in the past was probably higher than even the number of Sunmoons who had died during the battle today.

After thinking about it, First Yellow sent a voice transmission, "I'm serious. She's a human. Not only is she a human, she's someone from the Liu Family. If you kill her, your teacher won't forgive you."

"..."

Su Yu rolled his eyes. Was he so stupid to fall for a stupid lie like this? Someone from the Liu Family? Only two members of the Liu Family still lived. They were Uncle Liu and Liu Wenyan. Of course, there were still some survivors among the branch families, but only two from the main family had survived.

And those from the branch families were actually considerably distant from the main family. Was this real?

Su Yu was just about to remove Yellow Nine's mask to verify the fact before an explosion erupted not far behind him. One of the Invincibles had thrown a punch their way. The shockwaves staggered him, nearly throwing him to the ground. First Yellow hurriedly grabbed them before vanishing again.

First Yellow might not look like much, but he was actually quite strong. In fact, if he used all his strength as befitting someone ranked third on the Dao Affirmation Ranking, he would have no need to fear the likes of Lade or even Invincibles with their complete bodies.

But he couldn't do so. He had offended someone far scarier than all these Invincibles. Revealing his identity as Kong Qingzi was his limit.

Finally, the divine king recognized who he was. The divine king roared, "Kong Qingzi?"

Divine King Huoji said, "It's you! Let Su Yu go and I'll plea for leniency from Immortal King Tian Xuan on your behalf. Don't do something you will regret."

Plea his ass!

Did this divine king think that Tian Xuan was the one he feared?

What a joke. He was Hollow. Would that geezer dare to make an enemy out of him for the sake of some junior from his family? He might not have the ability to kill Tian Xuan, but he was an ancient spatial beast. If he wanted, he could make life hell for Tian Xuan. Furthermore, the ancient spatial beast race was also an ancient race with powerful experts.

Only the likes of Tiangu could cause someone like him to feel fear. That was the leader of the immortal race. Not even the ancient spatial beast race could protect him from the wrath of someone like that.

Chapter 1245: Zhu Tiandao's Madness (2)

The experts in the Allheaven Battlefield were too occupied to care about the battle in the Human Realm.

Near the realm entrance, several human Invincibles were fighting several myriad race Invincibles.

In the boundless void, Great Ming King and seven other human Invincibles were also in a battle.

An even larger number of Invincibles were fighting in the Sea of Stars.

Surrounded by the battling Invincibles, Xia Longwu looked around helplessly. There were too many of them. But he had no choice. He had to start his dao affirmation and attract more Invincibles over. A decent number of human Pseudo Invincibles were still in the middle of dao affirmation.

If he did not attract all these myriad race Invincibles to him, they would be able to interfere with the dao affirmation of others.

Not far away.

Junior Zhou King was being attacked by several furious Invincibles. They were determined to kill the person who had fooled them all.

As the battle dragged on, Junior Zhou King lost his temper as well. He said, "You're courting death!"

He manifested a character, ignited it, and roared, "I, head of the Profound Department, hereby ignite the ancient character. Heads of Heaven and Earth Departments, two spires, and two chambers, your assistance is required!"

The expressions of the Invincibles around him changed drastically upon hearing that. They had nearly forgotten that this was also a department head of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. There was also Zhu Tianfang, who was similarly a department head. Was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion really a neutral organization? They were supposed to have six more Invincibles in their ranks.

Forty-one of the human Invincibles were known to the myriad races. With Fiery Sea's death, they were left with forty. But they had also gained four new Invincibles, pushing that number to forty-four.

But a lot of people knew that the number of human Invincibles was actually higher than that. For example, Qin Hao once told Zhu Guangshen that there were forty-six Invincibles in the human race. The identities of the five extra Invincibles were known to the Qin Family.

However, these were mostly the Invincibles who had not been seen for many years or those who had entered seclusion after losing their tri-life bodies.

Including the four new Invincibles and the two Invincibles who had returned from death, only forty-six human Invincibles had appeared thus far. If the six mysterious human Invincibles were to appear right now, a lot would change.

The myriad race Invincibles grew wary upon hearing Junior Zhou King's words. The Invincibles of an organization like the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would most certainly not be weak.

The Invincibles fighting Junior Zhou King hurriedly pulled away from him. They could never be too careful when dealing with someone from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Raising the burning character, Junior Zhou King roared again, "I, head of Profound Department, seek the assistance of the six saints!" Thɪs chapter is updated by Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

A storm stirred around him. It felt as though someone was about to descend upon them from the boundless void. The surrounding Invincibles fled without hesitation. The moment they left, Junior Zhou King fled in the opposite direction.

An ancient voice resounded from the boundless void, "The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion does not involve itself in the conflicts between races. Our heads and leaders come from different races, but we do not concern ourselves with the affairs of the myriad races. Zhou Tianyuan, the head of Profound Department, is still considered the head. If you wish to return, our door will remain open for you. As for Zhu Tianfang, the head of Yellow Department, you are now an enemy of the pavilion."

They could overlook Zhou Tianyuan's deception. Race did not matter to the pavilion. However, they couldn't overlook what Zhu Tianfang did. He had killed dozens of their Sunmoon elites, including two Pseudo Invincibles. As far as the pavilion was concerned, he was a traitor.

The same voice continued, "Zhou Tianyuan, do not seek to involve the pavilion in this matter any further. We have never agreed to fight for humanity. The pavilion hereby withdraws from this conflict."

Zhou Tianyuan did not even react to that voice. He knew the pavilion wouldn't involve itself in this conflict. He was only doing this to scare those Invincibles for a bit, nothing else. If he continued fighting that group of Invincibles, he would probably end up dead. He was forced to rely on deception. Unfortunately, the pavilion was unwilling to let him use its name further. With that announcement, everyone would know the pavilion's stand in this conflict.

Junior Zhou King laughed and said, "East Chamber Head, why are you so cold? We've known each other for so long. Fine, fine. I'll try to create an opportunity for you guys to kill three or maybe five Eternals later."

"..."

The East Chamber head did not even deign to give a reply. That was an obvious attempt to sow distrust between the pavilion and the myriad races. When Xia Longwu noted that Junior Zhou King was out of danger, he withdrew his gaze.

He inhaled deeply. A storm started stirring around him. The clouds churned above him. Two more Xia Longwus walked out of thin air. Then, the three started becoming one.

This process would take some time.

Junior Zhou King was blocked by the myriad race Invincibles from moving anywhere near Xia Longwu. At this point, everyone was already aware of his ability to accelerate the flow of time. They would not allow him to use his ability on Xia Longwu.

The myriad race Invincibles were working together to split the battlefield into sections.

At the same time, multicolored rays of light started spreading all over the Allheaven Battlefield. A considerable number of people had been waiting for Xia Longwu to start before starting their own dao affirmations, including some minor race experts.

Suddenly, Great Zhou King roared, "Those who have yet to affirm their dao, do it in the minor realms!"

That would make them weaker, but they would need to live with that. On the bright side, the suppressive force of the minor realms would offer them a layer of protection during their attempts.

As for the Human Realm, it was too dangerous at the moment. Furthermore, the Human Realm was too lacking in source qi. Just look at First Profound and the others. They were attempting their dao affirmations in the Human Realm, but their progress was excruciatingly slow. If more humans were to attempt their dao affirmations in the Human Realm, that might even attract more myriad race Invincibles to the Human Realm, which could prove disastrous.

With Great Zhou King's order, some humans started rushing toward the nearest minor realms available to them.

But some were also wailing with desperation, "But I don't have a carrier treasure!"

Some of them had been waiting to loot some carrier treasures from the Invincibles and Pseudo Invincibles who would inevitably die during the battle today. Unfortunately, some were still empty-handed.

Great Zhou King felt quite helpless about that as well. Even the Zhou Family had to rely on Zhou Tianyuan's position in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to gather enough carrier treasures. They did not have any spare to offer.

As for those minor race experts who were attempting their dao affirmations, some of them had been preparing for many years. And some were simply trying to capture their tri-life bodies without carrier treasures. Most of them would probably end up failing.

Xia Longwu did not concern himself with that. More and more people were gathered around him. And the battle around him was getting more and more intense.

A myriad race expert shouted, "We beseech upon the Emperors to suppress Great Qin King!"

At the moment, Great Qin King was dominating the battlefield with his spear while Great Xia King was giving his opponents hell with his saber. The two of them were too strong. As a result, the myriad race Invincibles were very wary of them.

Unless these two were dealt with, many Invincibles would not have the courage to make a move. That was especially true for the minor race Invincibles who had arrived. Instead of only the divines, devils, immortals, and dragons, the Invincibles of many other races had also been gathered for this operation.

It was only natural for the major races to spread the cost for the operation among many other races. Otherwise, a defeat would be more disastrous than they could handle. In fact, the major races had only contributed about fifty Invincibles for this operation. The other half of the number was made up by the other races.

With Great Qin King and Great Xia King displaying their combat prowess, some of these myriad race Invincibles were starting to grow impatient. Thus, they were hoping that one of the Emperors would appear and help them with this.

Great Qin King merely sneered, "Do they have the courage to come? Fools. If they have the courage to come, I will destroy their tri-life bodies even at the cost of my life. Every one of them is trying bitterly to advance. None of them will dare to risk their advancement."

The various Pseudo Emperors were in a competition to advance.

If any of them fell behind, the others would benefit. For example, if the Immortal Pseudo Emperor were to suffer an injury, the divines and devils would benefit. Thus, these Pseudo Emperors would not make a move lightly. Unless it was a matter of life and death, it was unlikely they would act. In fact, their very advancement concerned the life and death of their people.

Meanwhile, this was not an issue for humanity. Great Qin King had never planned to become an Emperor. Thus, he could fight freely. Hearing Great Qin King's words, the resolve of some of the minor race Invincibles wavered. Without the help of an Emperor, how were they supposed to handle Great Qin King and Great Xia King?

Fighting the two when they were in such a crazed state could very well cost them the lives of Invincibles.

Suddenly, the Devil Pseudo Emperor's voice rang out, "Send a group of people to the Eastrift Valley. Attack the entrance to the Human Realm. Great Qin King will need to prioritize the Human Realm."

Great Qin King's face turned unsightly.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor continued, "Great Qin King, this isn't an extinction battle. Are you really going to sacrifice humanity for Xia Longwu?"

Great Qin King raised his spear and said, "If you slaughter humanity, I will slaughter the devil race in return. Heed my command. If they dare to attack the Human Realm today, abandon everything else and invade the Devil Realm. We will bath the Devil Realm in blood."

"Yes!"

The human Invincibles replied loudly.

Great Qin King said, "Do you really think we don't have the courage to throw everything away? If a war is what you want, bring it on. Don't even dream of threatening us with humanity. If you cross the line, we will ensure the devil race suffers the same fate. Any race to enter the Human Realm and slaughter our civilians will become the sole target of our Eternals. We will not stop killing your civilians until all of us are dead."

With his spear pointed at the sky, Great Qin King said, "I dare you. Do it. Do you take us for a minor race? We can tolerate disruptions to the dao affirmations of our people. We can always fight again in the future. But if you ruin our future, we shall die together."

Even killing the human Pseudo Invincibles was tolerable as humanity could live to fight another day. But invading the Human Realm and slaughtering their civilians would ruin any hope they held for the future.

That would be treated as an extinction war. With over forty Invincibles, humanity could ruin the Devil Realm if they were to focus on doing just that. The devil race would accompany humanity in extinction.

After all, the other major races would most certainly take this chance to step on the devils while they were down and ensure their extinction.

Meanwhile, interfering with the dao affirmations of their Pseudo Invincibles could be viewed as a form of challenge. If one was capable enough, one would prevail. This wouldn't cause an all-out war between races.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor paused slightly before smiling as his projection in the sky dissipated away. Seeing that, Great Qin King snorted. Not one of the other myriad race Invincibles dared to mention an invasion of the Human Realm anymore. If they did that, humanity might really throw caution to the wind and go crazy to ensure mutual annihilation with the culprit.

All these battles in the Allheaven Battlefield seemed bitter and desperate, but there was still a line nobody would cross. That was especially true for battles involving Invincibles.

Xia Longwu did not react to the conversation. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to the others, "Seniors, please come closer to me in a moment. We need to attract more myriad race Invincibles over."

He was ready to summon the ancient city mayors. The assistance of those mayors would increase his odds of success. Naturally, he was incapable of allying with thirty-six mayors. Nevertheless, he had still won the alliance of nine mayors. The nine ancient cities would serve as the wall around him. With the ancient cities, the mayors would be able to fight as Invincibles for a short period of time. They could keep at least seven or eight enemy Invincibles busy.

Great Qin King and the others said nothing. They could only stay hopeful that Xia Longwu's plan would work. Otherwise, he would have nearly zero chance of succeeding after attracting so many enemy Invincibles here.

Chapter 1246: Zhu Tiandao's Madness (3)

At the same time.

While gasping for breath, First Yellow said, "Kid, we'll be there soon. Think carefully. Are you really staying here? You'll die. If you want, I can take you further away before we go our different ways..."

Su Yu said nothing. Grandstar's voice could be heard in his ears, "The entrance is in the area. Go straight up with that little furball raised above you. That entrance is very hard to open through regular means, but you can open it easily with that furball."

Su Yu was starting to feel doubtful.

Raising the furball?

What?

Fine. He did not need to understand. It was unlikely that Grandstar would mess with him, right?

If Grandstar wanted him dead, there were plenty of easier ways to do so. Su Yu raised the little furball and started flying straight up with Yellow Nine in tow.

First Yellow complained, "We're already here! Why are you not releasing her?"

Su Yu coldly said, "I'll release her shortly. You will be free to leave. Elder, don't try to play any tricks on me."

At that moment, he felt himself running into a sort of barrier. But with the barrier above him, he was able to force his way through. And then, a faintly discernible portal appeared. First Yellow blanked out. What? There was a realm entrance here? Was this a joke? As a former member of the Yellow Department, he was certain the pavilion was unaware of this entrance. Furthermore, this was a surprisingly stable entrance.

As an expert spatial manipulator, he should have been able to sense this portal right after arriving. But he hadn't been able to sense anything.

Nevertheless, he finally understood why Su Yu wanted to come here. There was a portal here he could use to flee. Further behind them, Lade and the others were greatly surprised as well.

A portal?

Here?

How was that possible?

When they saw Su Yu moving toward the portal, the grew anxious. The portal might end up delivering each of them to a different location. In that situation, it would be much harder for them to locate Su Yu again. Someone else might benefit from the treasures in Su Yu's hands instead.

Just as First Yellow was about to say something, Su Yu tossed Yellow Nine to him and said, "Don't follow me. You can try if you feel brave enough, but I wouldn't recommend that."

After catching Yellow Nine, First Yellow considered running through the portal anyway. But soon, he gave up. Su Yu was too dangerous an individual. He should flee elsewhere instead. All these Invincibles were here for Su Yu. It was much safer for him to not be anywhere near Su Yu.

Having made his decision, First Yellow started fleeing in a different direction with Yellow Nine. The furious Yellow Nine did not forget to make her displeasure known, "Su Yu, I won't let this slide! I will remember what you did to my arm!"

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Su Yu snorted. As far as he was concerned, Yellow Nine should count herself lucky. If it wasn't for First Yellow's previous claim, he would have killed her by now. Even getting First Yellow killed was not out of the question.

But eventually, he gave up on that idea. On the slightest chance that Yellow Nine was really from the Liu Family, he wouldn't be able to explain himself to Teacher Liu after killing her. As for her identity as a human, that was not a concern for him. So what if she was a human? It wasn't like he had never killed any human before.

Su Yu dove into the portal heading to the Allheaven Battlefield. Let's see if these Invincibles would have the courage to come after him. He wondered if the stone statue would be reliable. As Invincibles, their senses were still very sensitive toward danger. If they decided to not follow him through the portal, humanity would be in trouble.

He also wondered if the stone statue was in the Human Realm or the Allheaven Battlefield. Also, could the stone statue handle this? There were three Invincibles to handle. Sure, he had seen the stone statue destroying some tri-life bodies before. But he had never seen the stone statue truly killing any Invincibles. He couldn't help but worry. Ultimately, he stopped worrying. It wasn't like he had a different alternative.

***

At the other side of the portal.

The stone statue had arrived in advance. He looked around and noted that nobody was in the area.

The many Invincibles were busy fighting elsewhere. The stone statue nodded with satisfaction. He still had to keep a low profile. Thus, he aimed to finish these Invincibles without leaving any witnesses.

Survival in the Allheaven Battlefield was a concern even for these ancient cities. If the myriad races were to learn of his involvement here, some trouble might befall the ancient cities. He would like to avoid that if possible.

"Zhu Tiandao..."

As the stone statue muttered that name, he reached a decision.

Zhu Tiandao was still following behind them, right? Zhu Tiandao shall serve as the fall guy for the deaths of the three Invincibles. Grandstar reminded himself to finish each Invincible with one punch. As long as he could do that, nobody would be aware of his involvement.

With that, Grandstar started waiting with anticipation. As he waited, a layer of stone slowly faded from his skin.

A cold, modest, ancient, and handsome appearance was revealed.

His eyes were akin to radiant stars while his eyebrows were as sharp as swords. No longer was he the silly-looking stone statue. He now had the appearance befitting his status as a super expert. Even Su Yu would agree to this if he were to see Grandstar's current appearance.

Before long, Su Yu appeared with the furball. He looked around and saw nothing.

He was just about to panic when a voice rang out in his ears, "Move aside. You're in the way."

Su Yu was overjoyed. He hurriedly moved out of the way.

***

In the Human Realm, the three Invincibles noted that the portal was still open.

Devil King Mohe asked, "Do we go?"

"Yes!" Divine King Huoji said, "This is a new portal. The humans might not be aware of this portal as well. We'll kill Su Yu before killing Kong Qingzi and his charge. With them dead, we will be the only ones aware of this portal..."

Sure, Zhu Tiandao and the others were behind them, but Divine King Huoji was also confident they could kill Zhu Tiandao's group as well. Since this was an unknown portal, the three were quite curious about where it was connected to.

Thus, two of them rushed into the portal without much hesitation. Behind them, Devil King Lade clenched his teeth and rushed forth as well. Su Yu was his! He wouldn't allow anyone to take those treasures from him!

"The carrier treasures are mine. You can have the Culture Tomb!"

Devil King Lade was clearly losing his calm. The other two Invincibles completely ignored him. They could talk about that after killing Su Yu. What was the point of splitting the loot before getting the loot?

***

The first to appear on the other side was Devil King Mohe.

He was slightly faster than the other two.

He was greeted by a stone statue...no, at the moment, Grandstar was no longer a stone statue.

A punch was thrown.

Devil King Mohe's expression changed drastically. But before he could react, his head burst apart, followed by his body. A River of Time appeared as yet another Devil King Mohe walked out of the river only to be greeted by another punch.

The second punch was even faster and stronger than the previous punch. The shockwaves of the attack struck Divine King Huoji right as he stepped out of the portal. As he coughed blood, his face paled with panic. He wanted to pull back, but Devil King Lade was behind him, blocking his way.

Boom!

A rain of punches descended upon them.

Boom!

Devil King Mohe lost his second body.

Behind the two Invincibles, Devil King Lade panicked.

What was going on?

Wait, those punches...looked familiar. As a certain memory struck him, his expression turned into one of extreme horror.

Grandstar!

It was him!

He wanted to shout, but he couldn't even do so. After the collision between him and the panicking Divine King Huoji, he fell to the ground while coughing blood.

***

Finally, Zhu Tiandao and company arrived.

They were quite surprised to see a portal there.

Right after their arrival, a voice rang out in their ears, "Start throwing attacks above you. Now. Hold nothing back. Ignite your blood essence."

Zhu Tiandao was stunned. What? Wan Tiansheng's eyes flickered as he noted who it was. Grandstar! He had heard Grandstar's voice once.

He did not hesitate and ignited his blood essence as he roared to his companions, "Do it! Now!"

Zhu Tiandao and Lan Tian were still confused, but they did not hesitate and followed Wan Tiansheng's lead. Just like Wan Tiansheng, Zhu Tiandao ignited his blood essence and threw a punch.

As for Lan Tian, he turned into countless Lan Tians before throwing countless punches out.

Boom!

A powerful undulation rippled across the sky, gathered their attacks, and turned into a beam of light. Lade and Huoji, who were retreating toward the portal, panicked as they saw the incoming attack. With a roar, both of them attacked.

Rumble!

The clash pushed them further away from the portal. Both paled when they realized that.

"No..."

Even when Wan Tiansheng, Zhu Tiandao, and Lan Tian worked together, they wouldn't be able to kill the two Invincibles. But they were able to push the two Invincibles up into the sky.

And waiting up in the sky was an extremely terrifying existence. The two Invincibles despaired as they realized they were being sent right toward that existence. Right at that moment, a rain of punches dropped from the sky.

Boom!

The final surviving body of Mohe looked at the incoming punches with despair. He manifested his River of Time yet again, but the river instantly snapped. He had been in battle for quite a long time.

He was far from his peak condition. After arriving here, he had even lost two of his bodies to a sneak attack. And now, he was attacked from two directions. Apart from despair, he felt nothing else.

It was in such despair that his body was blasted apart.

***

Crimson clouds spread across the Allheaven Battlefield.

The entire Devil Realm shook.

This was the first devil king to die today. Prior to this, the nether, immortal, divine, and human races had each lost an Invincible. And now, the devil race had joined the club.

All around the Myriad Realms, numerous experts looked in the direction of the human-immortal border.

The devil king seemed to have perished there.

A devil king...

Was it Devil King Mohe? Instead of Devil King Lade, Devil King Mohe was the one to die? How surprising.

Meanwhile, Devil King Lade was shouting with desperation, "You shouldn't have left your city! You can't act against us! We're nowhere near any of your cities!"

Boom!

Finally, Devil King Lade's final body was killed as well. He died with boundless indignance.

He was unwilling to accept this.

Even more crimson clouds appeared while the Devil Realm shook yet again. Outside the Devil Realm, the Devil Pseudo Emperor's projection reappeared.

Fury and confusion could be seen in his eyes.

How?

He looked at the location where two of his devil kings had perished. The Immortal Realm was not very far away from that place. What was Tiangu doing? Why was he ignoring something this big?

***

Outside the Immortal Realm.

The two furballs burped as they looked in the direction of their home. The female furball said, "Husband, they're fighting in front of our home."

The big furball said nothing. He looked at the entrance of the Immortal Realm and said, "Tiangu will probably come out soon. He's losing his calm. We'll eat him when he's out."

"Yay!"

The female furball agreed cheerily.

Eat! Eat Tiangu!

Since something so big had happened near the Immortal Realm, Tiangu would probably come out soon. After losing several strands of willpower in a row to them, Tiangu was probably going mad in there.

***

Meanwhile, Grandstar was still unaware of what was happening near the Immortal Realm.

After killing two Invincibles in a row, heavenly rewards were dropping from the sky.

There were so many rewards Su Yu didn't even know which among them he should look at anymore. Heavenearth profound light, willpower, characters, weapons, cultivation methods...it was as though anything a cultivator could ask for was dropping from the sky.

Were killing Invincibles so rewarding?

Grandstar appeared indifferent. These rewards weren't too useful for him. He was more concerned about finishing the battle and leaving as soon as possible.

One punch, two punches, three punches...

He continued raining punches from the sky.

Near the portal, Divine King Huoji faced the attacks while roaring repeatedly.

First, his combined body burst apart. Then, his future body burst apart. Not far away, Su Yu stole a glance at the stone statue before throwing his punches as well. He couldn't see the Invincible too well, but he knew that he only needed to throw his punches in the general direction of the portal.

With the stone statue above him and the three human experts below him, the divine king was trapped without a way to escape. By the time the stone statue had thrown tens of thousands of punches, Su Yu had thrown hundreds of punches. He was trying to get some hits in hope of getting some heavenly rewards as well.

Wan Tiansheng and the others were incredibly shocked at what was happening, but they couldn't afford to stop as they continued attacking as well.

Meanwhile, Divine King Huoji was still roaring in despair as he defended himself. Finally, his River of Time snapped while his final surviving body burst apart. The Divine Realm shook and more crimson clouds spread across the Myriad Realms.

At almost the same moment, Grandstar roared loudly, "I, Zhu Tiandao, am unstoppable!"

That shout could be heard throughout the Myriad Realms.

Then, he kicked Su Yu back into the portal while sending a voice transmission, "I'll seal the portal. Go to the Allheaven Prefecture and leave through the portal there. Don't tell anyone I was here."

It was time for him to run. More people would arrive before long.

Grandstar was feeling both nervous and excited. Even someone like him had not killed that many Invincibles before. And today, three Invincibles had actually lined up to die in his hands.

He had to ensure nobody knew about this or he would be in trouble. After sealing the portal, he vanished.

As for the dead Invincibles, Zhu Tiandao was naturally the killer.

***

"I, Zhu Tiandao, am unstoppable!"

That declaration spread everywhere.

Due to the sheer shock everyone was feeling, even the intense battles were paused.

Three.

Three Invincibles had died instantly.

That was alarming.

Mohe, Huoji, and Lade had died in succession.

Zhu Tiandao...

"Zhu Tiandao!"

Someone recalled who that name belonged to. Zhu Tiandao, second son of Great Ming King. Was this real? Did he really kill four Invincibles in the span of one day? Was this a joke? Even a Pseudo Emperor would need to get lucky to achieve such a feat.

"Zhu Tiandao...is this even possible?"

Everyone was stunned.

That was too terrifying.

***

Human Realm.

When Zhu Tiandao heard that declaration, he looked at his two companions and said blankly, "This was how that immortal king died earlier as well..."

Wasn't he amazing? He had killed four Invincibles in a day.

Holy shit!

He could forget about leaving his home from now on. Zhu Tiandao was losing his mind. He had become a super expert out of nowhere. This was terrifying. Someone so impressive was probably worthy of being the assassination target of even Pseudo Emperors, right?

Chapter 1247: Saintless Skies (1)

Thanks to Grandstar, Zhu Tiandao became famous. More famous than before, to be specific. Now, his name was known across the Myriad Realms. The one who had slain four Invincibles in one day. Not an Invincible, yet slaughtering Invincibles like they were bugs.

As for whether people would actually believe this...things had changed. If even Wan Tiansheng, a so-called peak Mountainsea, could slay two Invincibles in one day, why couldn't Zhu Tiandao do better than that?

Everyone was more surprised at the speed with which the three Invincibles had died. They had died in succession, making it clear that they had been killed together. It was possible that Zhu Tiandao had received the assistance of Wan Tiansheng and Lan Tian. Some guessed that Lan Tian was actually strong enough to kill Invincibles as well. Some also speculated that Wan Tiansheng was actually not that badly injured, so he must have helped significantly during the battle.

With three of them joining hands, it would be much less surprising for three Invincibles to die in succession against them. In fact, that was the conclusion of the three Invincibles who were still fighting Great Han King in the Human Realm. They had seen the three leaving Nanyuan with their own eyes.

Of course, First Yellow was also present when the three Invincibles died. When his identity was exposed, he would probably get to share some of the glory as well. After all, that glory was a tad bit too big for Zhu Tiandao, Wan Tiansheng, and Lan Tian to monopolize.

At the other side of the sealed portal.

Zhu Tiandao felt like crying as he muttered, "I better affirm my dao in the Human Realm today. Otherwise...I will never get a chance to affirm my dao anymore."

After his amazing feats today, he could forget about affirming his dao in the future. The myriad races would not allow it to happen.

Wan Tiansheng glanced at Old Zhu and asked, "Maybe you can...do us one more favor? Show your face in the Allheaven Prefecture and announce your dao affirmation. Perhaps that will pull more enemies away from Xia Longwu..."

This was Wan Tiansheng's suggestion. Things were getting very dangerous at Xia Longwu's side. If Old Zhu were to feign a dao affirmation, maybe he could attract dozens of myriad race Invincibles away from Xia Longwu. The moment Zhu Tiandao imagined himself doing that, he shivered all over. Screw that! Wasn't that the same as throwing his life away?

As the three were conversing, someone descended from the sky with two items in his hand. That person seemed incredibly happy.

Su Yu was in a great mood. This was so profitable! He had gained two more carrier treasures. He already had two prior to this. And now, he had four.

So carrier treasures weren't that rare, after all. That was Su Yu's conclusion.

Previously, he had three carrier treasures. One was destroyed, leaving him with two. And now, he had four carrier treasures in total. The number of carrier treasures in his possession was increasing steadily.

Between the three dead Invincibles, five carrier treasures should have appeared since Lade was left with only one body. But the stone statue was too strong and three of the carrier treasures had been destroyed during the short battle.

In fact, Su Yu could already count himself lucky that two of the carrier treasures had survived. Of the two carrier treasures, one was a small tree left behind by Divine King Huoji. And a decent amount of his blood was still left on the tree. It might even be possible to produce a drop of blood essence out of the blood on the tree.

And this was not all Su Yu had gained. As Divine King Huoji had been killed in the Allheaven Battlefield and Su Yu had been able to throw some punches toward the divine king, he was considered one of the killers. He was rewarded with a large amount of heavenearth profound light, willpower, and a few characters.

He had received all that just from throwing some random punches at the dying divine king. He had probably contributed less than 0.001 percent of the total damage required to kill the divine king. Even so, he had been rewarded so richly.

With the rewards, his body shook as he finally completed his sixty-third body forging. Even before this, he was already near completion. After the intense battle against the young geniuses, he only needed a tiny push to complete this round of body forging.

Even as he completed his body forging, his willpower grew rapidly. His sea of willpower swelled as the willpower threatened to overflow out of it. The characters he received from the heavenly reward were instantly destroyed as they weren't human characters, releasing a burst of willpower and character intent in his sea of willpower. Delighted, the little furball started a feast in the sea of willpower.

As his willpower grew, Su Yu started tempering his sea of willpower with his Soul Expanding Hammer. After his previous breakthrough to the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm, he had spent a long time hammering himself to push him back to early ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm. And now, his willpower was going through yet another exponential growth.

Boom!

As the sea of willpower started growing in size, Su Yu continued hammering it. It wasn't like he had any other option. He had yet to fuse his apertures. Thus, even if he allowed his willpower to grow, he wouldn't be able to enter the Mountainsea Realm. Instead, he might risk his sea of willpower bursting apart.

While all that was happening, his characters were also growing. Most of his characters that were still stuck below the fourth tier started advancing, his newly formed culture character included.

Of his twenty-seven characters, more than half had reached the fourth tier. Fortunately, his sea of willpower was durable enough to contain so many powerful characters.

After he killed Jiu Xuan of the immortal race previously, he had discovered thirty-six new apertures. He had yet to open all those apertures, so he was also taking this chance to open more of those apertures.

He had been rewarded richly even though he had only contributed a tiny bit to the death of the Invincible. That was mainly due to the massive gap between his strength and the Invincible's.

Before long, his number of opened apertures reached 216. At this point, his sea of willpower was already comparable to that of a middle-stage Mountainsea in size. And it was still growing, nearing the level of a late-stage Mountainsea. The strength of his willpower had also reached the level of a Mountainsea.

In fact, one could already consider him a Pseudo Mountainsea. He was only being held back my the lack of aperture fusion. For most cultivators, the purpose of aperture fusion was the strengthening of their willpower. Meanwhile, Su Yu had done the same through sheer tempering with his hammer.

Then, his body shook as he completed yet another body forging. Even with this, he still had plenty of heavenly rewards left. In fact, he had enough rewards to complete at least two or three more forgings. He was quite surprised at how much he had benefited from merely throwing some useless punches at the Invincible.

He was also starting to feel regret. Out of the three Invincibles, he had only contributed to the death of one of them. If he had known this, he would have done the same to all three of them. The more he thought about it, the more regretful he felt.

He started wondering about his missed rewards. Would he be able to jump straight to the seventy-second body forging if he hadn't missed those rewards? Would his willpower grow even stronger?

He felt terrible.

While Su Yu was grieving over his missed rewards, Wan Tiansheng, Lan Tian, and Zhu Tiandao were watching as the kid went through multiple breakthroughs right in front of their eyes. From the waves of willpower churning around him, it was clear his willpower had reached the level of a Mountainsea.

As for his physical strength...it was hard for them to judge since he had consumed some blood essence earlier. In truth, after the completion of two additional body forgings, his body had reached the strength of no less than 800,000 acupoints.

And with his yang acupoint open, his strength had doubled. With just his body and yang acupoint, he could muster the strength of no less than 1.6 million acupoints. He was already insanely strong even without consuming blood essence. Unfortunately, he could no longer close his yang acupoint. That might prove troublesome in some ways.

Then again, Su Yu wasn't too bothered. There was a benefit to opening the yang acupoint. He no longer needed to waste his time dealing with Xing Yue's death qi. No matter how much death qi he received, the yang acupoint would be there to absorb everything.

He didn't even need to waste his time reversing the death qi in his body anymore. In fact, he was looking forward to receiving more death qi from Xing Yue. He also started praying that Xing Yue wouldn't die or he would be forced to feed the yang acupoint himself. If anyone dared to suggest that he sever his death qi connection, he would give that person a beating.

Xing Yue was now his sole lifeline. Severing the death qi connection would be the same as killing him. Without Xing Yue, how was he supposed to keep the yang acupoint fed? Just look at the old man from the Bai Family. He had spent countless years in seclusion just to feed his yang acupoint. Even when he was spending all his time cultivating, he was still unable to fully satisfy the yang acupoint. What a miserable life.

At the same time, Su Yu couldn't help wondering about something else. If he were to kill an Invincible alone one day, would the heavenly rewards surpass what he could handle? At that time, he would probably burst apart from the sheer amount of energy crammed into his body.

Just look at how much he had gained from throwing some inconsequential attacks at the Invincible. If he had killed the Invincible himself…

He shook his head and decided to not worry about something like this for now.

"Kid!"

Suddenly, Lan Tian's voice rang out, "Little Su Yu, you have four carrier treasures. Would you consider a loan to me? I need to fuse 10,000 bodies, and I still lack 9,999 carrrier treasures."

"..."

Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng, and Zhu Tiandao stared at Lan Tian at the same time.

He was definitely crazy.

Was he aware of what he was saying?

Ten thousand?

He should drop down and die instead.

Lan Tian said, "Little Su Yu, after fusing ten thousand daos, I will become the number one expert under the heavens. If you're willing to provide me with 9,999 carrier treasures, I will stay by your side forever and ever..."

Su Yu looked at Wan Tiansheng and Zhu Tiandao, asking silently if they could give this madman a beating for him.

Lan Tian...was making him uncomfortable.

Wan Tiansheng ignored their antics and said, "We need to leave. People will be here soon. The portal might have been sealed, but it might also reopen. We need to go back to Great Xia..."

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Right at that moment, Great Han King's voice rang out from afar, "Zhu Tiandao, get over here! They're trying to flee!"

The three surviving Invincibles were not the only ones trying to flee. All the myriad race experts were fleeing.

The carrier treasures were gone. The Culture Tomb was gone as well. Were they supposed to stay and wait for Zhu Tiandao, the slayer of Invincibles to return and slay them all? This was a hopeless endeavor. Apart from the three Invincibles facing Great Han King, there was one more Invincible facing First Profound and the others.

Meanwhile, Zhu Tiandao had killed four Invincibles while Wan Tiansheng had killed two. Six Invincibles had died in the Human Realm in the span of one day. A dragon king had also been crippled, but that dragon king was probably feeling lucky he had survived. He might have lost two bodies, but at least he wasn't dead.

The four remaining Invincibles in the Human Realm hurriedly regrouped before fleeing together. Great Han King and the others were hot in pursuit. In truth, four Invincibles were too much for them to handle.

Great Han King was already gravely injured. First Profound had yet to complete his dao affirmation. As for the Yellow Department head, he was still unable to assemble his main body.

If the four Invincibles fought seriously, they might still win. However, they were still fleeing unhesitatingly. If they remained, all of them would die when Zhu Tiandao, the slayer of Invincibles, was back.

When Zhu Tiandao heard Great Han King's words, he curled his lips and rolled his eyes. If he were to face the four Invincibles, he might end up exposing himself. That would only put all of them in danger. Four Invincibles were not so easy to deal with.

Wan Tiansheng inhaled deeply and said, "The battle here is almost over. Those four Invincibles will probably escape through the other stable portal. The secret portal of the myriad races will be exposed. This isn't a bad thing for us. Let them go."

He looked at Su Yu and the others before saying, "You should lend some support to our people in the Allheaven Battlefield. Su Yu and Zhu Tiandao, even if you can't handle Invincibles, you can at least attract some of their firepower from the others..."

"Are you trying to get me killed?"

Zhu Tiandao asked, "What about you?"

"I'm already a cripple." Wan Tiansheng looked into the distance and said, "I'm already crippled, but I can still fight. Go. Go with Xia Xiao'er and the others. Help them."

"And you're going to stay at home while we fight?"

Wan Tiansheng smiled and looked around as he softly say, "I will take a good look at this Human Realm..."

Suddenly, Su Yu said, "Principal, all the human Invincibles are occupied. Why don't..."

Wan Tiansheng said, "You don't understand. This is only a start. Things will be even harder for humanity from now on. So many of us have affirmed their dao this time. Most of the time, the majority of our Invincibles will remain stationed in the Allheaven Prefecture. Someone needs to cleanse this filth from humanity."

Lan Tian chimed in, "You have me by your side! Wherever you go, I'll remain beside you! Let's do something big! We can...simply leave after that. We can find someplace nobody knows us and live out the rest of our lives together."

"..."

Chapter 1248: Saintless Skies (2)

Wan Tiansheng glanced at Lan Tian and laughed.

Su Yu gnashed his teeth and asked, "Principal, maybe I can...I have nothing to fear anyway."

"Nonsense." Wan Tiansheng reached out to pat Su Yu's head. But he stopped halfway and withdrew his hand. He said, "You should leave. Even without the protection of humanity, you can live well in the Allheaven Battlefield. You have no idea how happy I am to see that. Nan Wujiang can be considered my teacher. Yun Chen is my senior brother. Nevertheless, you should keep in mind to never fully trust anyone.

"Over the years, the multiple character faction has lost too many people. The people you know are still alive. You don't understand this feeling. I can't fully let go. Do not trust anyone. Never reveal all your secrets. You knew Zhu Tiandao well, right? So what? Were you aware that he was already a Pseudo Invincible? Were you aware that his elder brother was already an Invincible? How well do you know Great Ming?"

Wan Tiansheng paused, looked at Zhu Tiandao and Lan Tian, and said. "Can the two of you go ahead without us? I still have something to tell Su Yu."

Zhu Tiandao released a string of curses while Lan Tian glared at Wan Tiansheng with the expression of a bitter wife. However, they did as told.

With the two gone, Wan Tiansheng switched to voice transmission, "You have revealed too much. The stone statue was supposed to be your final trump card. But after the events today, the others will learn that the stone statues are restricted from making a move inside the Human Realm. You wouldn't have needed to enter the Allheaven Battlefield to receive the stone statue's help otherwise. Your ability to fight eighth-stage Sunmoons has also been revealed. Do you have any other trump cards?"

Wan Tiansheng warned, "Remember this well. Over the years, humanity has produced countless geniuses and experts. But very few of them have been forthright about what they could do. How do you know that Great Xia King and Great Qin King are already doing their best? Do you even know the reason for Ye Batian's failure? He was too arrogant. He revealed his ability to battle Invincibles before becoming an Invincible himself. If he had maintained a low profile, he would have encountered far fewer obstacles during his dao affirmation. We're too young. In terms of cunning, we are nothing compared to those old foxes."

Wan Tiansheng sighed, "No Invincible is to be underestimated. Fiery Sea was merely a cannon fodder. You already know what you need to know. There is no need to concern yourself with what you don't know. You might have a lot of death qi in your body, but I can see that your life is not in danger for now. You will have to deal with your death qi yourself.

"The stone statues are your backer. But never treat them as tools or they will abandon you. Since Xia Longwu is attempting his dao affirmation, you are probably thinking of helping him with the stone statues. Cease that thought."

Su Yu blanked out.

Wan Tiansheng repeated himself, "Cease that thought. There is a limit to the amount of favor you can borrow. From how the stone statue made Zhu Tiandao the scapegoat after killing the Invincibles, it is obvious they are unwilling to involve themselves in these conflicts. If you force it, they might really help. And Xia Longwu will benefit from their assistance. But how does this benefit you?

"Of course, all of us will be happy to see Xia Longwu succeed. But he is not your responsibility. Remember this well. You are merely a youngster from the younger generation. Do you think that humanity will go extinct without you? If you do, you're wrong. Some people look honest and simple, but they are crafty schemers inwardly. You never know."

Once again, Wan Tiansheng warned, "Don't reveal your secret so easily. Humanity is not the overlord of the Myriad Realms. Nobody will be able to protect you except yourself. Look at our current conflict. It might seem like humanity has prevailed. We have killed so many powerful enemies. But is that really the case?

"Each of the major races has only lost an Invincible or two. Do you think they haven't been producing new Invincibles all these years? Their Pseudo Emperors have not even bothered to act personally. Do you understand the implication behind that? For them, this is merely a minor conflict. Their losses thus far are nothing.

"The Culture Tomb is the only thing they care about. The number of hidden Invincibles among humanity has never been a concern to them. This was only supposed to be an amusement to them."

Wan Tiansheng smiled, "When you took the Culture Tomb out, I knew it might attract more trouble than expected. But I also knew that humanity wasn't completely unprepared to handle a bigger trouble.

"I believe that even now, there are more hidden Invincibles in the Human Realm. If Zhu Tiandao and the others proved insufficient to deal with these enemy Invincibles, more human Invincibles would have appeared."

Su Yu blanked out. There were more? How was that possible? Why were they still hiding?

"Silly kid." Wan Tiansheng said, "How can our dear leaders put all their eggs in the same basket? They still want to have a home to return to. I don't blame them. Some of them have no choice but to hide. A few human Invincibles have vanished after losing their tri-life bodies many years ago. I suspect that they are still hiding somewhere in the Human Realm. They will act when required. This isn't really a bad thing for humanity."

Su Yu nodded, "I understand. I won't trust anyone lightly, Principal."

"Good." Wan Tiansheng added, "That includes me. In fact, I am the most likely traitor. Do you understand?"

Su Yu sank into silence.

"What I showed you could very well be what I wanted you to know. How are you certain that what I showed you is the truth? Who can guarantee that Fiery Sea was the one who had killed Ye Batian? Why couldn't it be me? Perhaps I only killed Fiery Sea to silence a potential witness. Maybe I only fought so hard because I wanted to remove the suspicion on me. After all, I am one of the suspects."

Wan Tiansheng said, "Keep your secrets to yourself. Don't use the trump card meant to preserve your life to help humanity. Humanity will still be around even without you or the stone statue."

"After all, humanity has persisted for so long before you were born." He shook his head and said, "Things are not that dire yet. Great Qin King and the others would have gone mad and attacked the other races if that was the case. That was what humanity did over four hundred years ago when we faced extinction."

He looked at the carrier treasures in Su Yu's hands and said, "You might seem callous, but inwardly, you're very soft. There are still some humans out there in need of carrier treasures for their dao affirmations. Will you be offering them your carrier treasures?"

Su Yu sank into silence.

Wan Tiansheng shook his head, "Don't hand them out easily. You have obtained these carrier treasures too easily. You don't know how rare they are. If you think about it, has it actually been that easy? Without the stone statue, would you be able to get even one carrier treasure? Do you not need to affirm your dao in the future? How about your teacher, your grandteacher, and the others? If you start giving them away now, you won't have any to spare when your people need them."

"If you really want to give them away, you are better off giving them to some of your fellow mayors." Wan Tiansheng said, "Grandstar places a heavy importance on you. Since those mayors are unable to break free from their cities, there is no guarantee that you will be able to do so. But with these carrier treasures, you might be able to obtain a backing you can truly rely on.

"I believe dao affirmation will be very difficult for you. It is also very unlikely that those mayors will be willing to fight for you. These carrier treasures present a great opportunity for you to change things. Some of these mayors might have the ability to break free from their cities temporarily. With your assistance, they might even be able to go through a rapid dao affirmation.

"Thirty-five of the thirty-six ancient cities are with mayors. Excluding yourself, there are thirty-four mayors you can reach out to. If you can push them into the Invincible Realm, these mayors will become your true backers. Your very own Invincible backers."

Su Yu frowned and said, "Principal...this..."

"Are you trying to say that this is too selfish?" Wan Tiansheng smiled. Latest content publıshed on n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net

Su Yu shook his head and said, "I mean, are Invincibles so easy to control? Can these stone statues keep them under control? Is dao affirmation even possible for ancient city mayors? And if that's possible, won't that free them from their ancient cities?"

"That won't happen. Not even the powerful stone statues can break free so there's no way these mayors will be able to break free just by advancing."

Wan Tiansheng said, "Just keep this in mind. You can never have too many carrier treasures. You won't get too many opportunities to collect more. Do you think you can find new Invincibles to kill every single day? Just think about the number of Invincibles you had actually encountered prior to this conflict. Are they really that common?

"Everyone believes that you have two carrier treasures. As for the other two, keep them hidden. As for the two everyone knows about, you may hand them out if you really have to."

After saying that, Wan Tiansheng took out a carrier treasure and said, "You can have this as well."

That was the carrier treasure he had gotten from Fiery Sea King. He had not been able to get any carrier treasures from Nether River King.

"It's useless to me anyway."

After tossing the carrier treasure to Su Yu, he said, "It will be too difficult for Zhu Tiandao to actually complete his dao affirmation. I doubt he can succeed even if he does it in the Human Realm. The Human Realm...can barely support more dao affirmations. If he wishes to affirm his dao, he will need to do it in the Allheaven Battlefield, a ruin, or a minor realm. Perhaps you can take advantage of this. When he starts his dao affirmation in the future, you can start your dao affirmation as well. He will take some attention away from you."

Su Yu nodded.

Wan Tiansheng continued, "Remember this. You're only Su Yu. You're not Great Qin King's son. You're not Great Xia King's son. You're not Great Zhou King's son. You're not Great Ming King's son. Perhaps you believe that this is a great victory for humanity. But in truth, the ones who have truly profited are all the top-tier Invincibles.

"The Zhou Family is now a family with four Invincibles. Great Ming and Great Qin have two Invincibles each as well. I'm not saying that they are enemies. I'm only telling you that no matter how noble someone is, they will be biased toward one of their own."

Wan Tiansheng smiled, "This isn't a bad thing. If they are cold and unfeeling, they would have abandoned humanity long ago. Their love for their fellow humans is the main motivation for them to stand and fight. However, their love for their sons or grandsons will definitely be stronger than their love for others."

Su Yu blanked out again.