Chapter 104 - 104

Chapter 1455: Genius and The Lunatic (2)

Dao Cheng's expression changed drastically. Mo Duona? Why would Mo Duona kill Pan Hu and Fourth Heaven?

Taihe cursed furiously, "Audacious! How dare he kill Pan Hu?"

Su Yu said, "He's probably not dead. I didn't notice any falling moons. He has probably been captured. Are they trying to negotiate with us?"

He looked at Taihe nervously and said, "Martial Uncle, this...I didn't want to flee. But I thought it would be important for someone to inform the two of you about this as well. I did not flee to save myself!"

He was showing an extreme level of fear. Fleeing from battle was not acceptable regardless of race.

Taihe had an unsightly expression, but Dao Cheng consoled him, "It's fine. You wouldn't be able to help much against a Pseudo Invincible anyway. You did the right thing."

Su Yu said, "No, I'm not that smart. But I never intended to give up on Senior Brother Pan Hu. I only fled because that was the only choice. I was worried that you would fall into Mo Duona's trap if you didn't learn about this!"

Taihe didn't even know what to say anymore. Why was this guy making so many excuses? He fled because he was scared. That was obvious.

However, Taihe merely frowned and said nothing. There were fewer and fewer of their people in the mansion anymore. It was pointless to punish Ling Heng. In any case, Dao Cheng was right. Ling Heng wouldn't be of much help against a Pseudo Invincible. Ling Heng was right. At the very least, his escape had allowed them to receive a timely update on what had happened.

Otherwise, they would remain completely clueless.

After giving Su Yu a glare, Taihe scanned their surroundings with suns and moons spinning in his eyes. However, he couldn't find anyone in the vicinity. With a frown, he asked Dao Cheng, "Prince, what is Mo Duona planning?"

Dao Cheng did not answer. Instead, he stood there silently while playing with the character in his hand. Su Yu grew curious. What was this? He had noticed this habit of Dao Cheng as well.

After a while, Dao Cheng paled while his character burst apart. After coughing a mouthful of blood, he spoke solemnly, "A disastrous result. Martial Uncle, Senior Brother, let go of this. This is fate. We will have our revenge in the future, not now. Mo Duona might not be able to live a long life. There is no need for us to face him now..."

Su Yu nodded gladly. Taihe gave Su Yu a glare. Why was this guy so relieved at hearing that?

Su Yu lowered his head and said, "Martial Uncle, he...has the support of a Pseudo Invincible. Unless we...we can get a Pseudo Invincible to help us as well, we can't face him. But...can we find anyone willing to offend Mo Duona for us? He is a future body of the Devil Pseudo Emperor. Perhaps even the Pseudo Devil Emperor himself is paying close attention to him. If we fight them, not even Immortal King Xuan He will help us."

Su Yu suggested earnestly, "Martial Uncle, forget about this. I'm very close to Martial Brother Pan Hu as well, but we should prioritize the prince. Who will protect the prince if something happens to you? I don't matter. I can fight, but I'm too weak to make a difference..."

Taihe was tired of this. He snapped, "Enough with the excuses. Do you really have the courage to fight them? You wouldn't have fled otherwise."

Su Yu answered awkwardly, "Martial Uncle, I—"

"Shut up!" Taihe snorted and looked at Dao Cheng, "Prince...do we really let this slide?"

After a short silence, Dao Cheng answered, "We can't do anything about it. Senior Brother Pan Hu might still be alive, but we have no way of saving him."

Suddenly, Su Yu said, "Right, we can contact the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion! Fourth Heaven was captured as well!"

"Don't bother."

Dao Cheng shook his head, "The Heaven Department head has something more important to do. He won't challenge the devils for a mere elder."

Su Yu had a regretful expression, but he was also relieved to hear that. His attitude further infuriated Taihe. Why was this guy always so useless when it mattered?

Yes, he could understand Ling Heng's fear. That was a Pseudo Invincible. However, Ling Heng was still too indecisive. He was also too cowardly. If he could abandon Pan Hu out of fear this time, would he dare to fight the next time there was trouble?

How annoying. Taihe was feeling more regretful about the fact that the survivor was this guy instead of Pan Hu. Before long, the three rejoined the group of immortals.

Xuan Wuji noticed Dao Cheng's calm expression, Taihe's furious expression, and Ling Heng's gloomy expression. He smiled and asked, "What happened? If you need help, do let us know. We're on the same side here."

Dao Cheng smiled and said, "It's nothing important. My apologies for making you wait--"

Just then, Su Yu cut in and said, "Prince Xuan Wuji, Mo Duona is challenging the immortal race! He killed my Senior Brother Pan Hu!"

"..."

Dao Cheng looked at Su Yu with a frown.

However, Su Yu maintained a worried expression as he sent Dao Cheng a voice transmission, "Prince, we should let them face Mo Duona instead. I'm worried that Mo Duona will keep his eyes on us. We should let Xuan Wuji keep him busy instead."

"..."

Dao Cheng was left speechless. Was this guy taking Xuan Wuji for a fool? Would Xuan Wuji fall for this?

Unsurprisingly, Xuan Wuji's expression turned stiff upon hearing Mo Duona's name. He smiled and said, "Brother Ling Heng, Mo Duona has never involved himself with us. Are you sure—"

Su Yu hurriedly said, "Yes! I'm sure! It's Mo Duona and a Pseudo Invincible! He even arrogantly declared the immortal race garbage!"

Xuan Wuji's face turned unsightly. He was not displeased with Mo Duona. Rather, he was displeased with Ling Heng.

Bullshit!

Mo Duona was not the type to say something like that. Ling Heng was exagerating.

Su Yu raised his voice and continued, "I'm telling the truth! With that Pseudo Invincible beside him, he called us all garbage. He claimed that any random devil can kick us all out of the Heaven Index..."

Finally, one of the young geniuses lost patience and said, "Senior Ling Heng, you need to watch your mouth."

Su Yu grumbled inwardly that he had nothing to watch. What about it? This was his intention. They all knew he was spouting rubbish. But they couldn't prove it. Yet they couldn't ignore it either. With this, they would be forced to at least ask Mo Duona about this or the reputation of the immortal race would fall apart.

Everyone knew Ling Heng was instigating them against Mo Duona. This was all Xuan Wuji's fault. Why did he ask that question? Now, even Xuan Wuji was finding this hard to handle. He felt terrible. Damn this Ling Heng! Was this Dao Cheng's trick?

At this point, he had to handle the matter delicately. He couldn't completely ignore Ling Heng's words. That would destroy their reputation. But Mo Duona wasn't so easy to handle.

Damn it!

Xuan Wuji started cursing Ling Heng inwardly. He also cursed himself for asking that question.

With a frown, Dao Cheng said, "Senior Brother, do not talk drivel. Both you and Senior Brother Pan Hu provoked Mo Duona for no reason. As a result, you were taught a lesson. Don't try to escalate the matter."

He was not inclined to bother Mo Duona because of this. It was too dangerous. He could sense the approach of a disaster. This could get extremely dangerous. Even with Xuan Wuji's help, he still didn't want to face Mo Duona.

Su Yu gloomily said, "Yes, you're right. I...was blind. I'm sorry. Please forgive me, Princes. Mo Duona did not say all those words. Those were my own words..."

But Xuan Wuji couldn't drop this matter here. He was the leader of the younger generation among the immortals. He had no choice but to ask, "Did something happen to Senior Brother Pan Hu?"

Su Yu gloomily said, "Yeah. Mo Duona captured him. I'm not sure if he's still alive..."

"We're all minding our own business. Why did Mo Duona provoke us for no reason?"

Xuan Wuji frowned and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother Ling Heng. Since I'm already aware of this, I will talk to Mo Duona."

Su Yu hurriedly said, "I only want him to release my senior brother!"

Xuan Wuji was tired of this. He did not want to meet Mo Duona at all. All would be fine if Mo Duona agreed to release Pan Hu. However, he would lose face in the event of a refusal. It wasn't like he wanted to declare war against Mo Duona.

This was such a difficult position. Why did he ask that question? Why? He greatly regretted that. He cursed at himself. He also cursed at Ling Heng. This was an obvious attempt to instigate him into confronting Mo Duona.

How annoying. He couldn't even ignore this matter. As the leader of the younger generation, he could not afford to drop this matter. The young geniuses were watching. If he took a step back, he would not be able to win their respect anymore. That would jeopardize his position as the leader of his generation.

Xuan Wuji smiled again and said, "It is only natural that we do something about this. Come on. Let's go."

Dao Cheng frowned and said, "Brother Wuji, the building is still locked..."

"There is no rush." Xuan Wuji smiled, "It's not like the building will run away from us. After so many years of exploration, I doubt there are any obvious treasures left in there. We can take our time. For now, we need to remind Mo Duona that he's not undefeatable. He shouldn't get too confident just because he has a Pseudo Invincible by his side."

He sounded brave, but he was essentially telling everyone to go with him. There were eight geniuses among them. Additionally, there were six ninth-stage Sunmoons, one eighth-stage Sunmoon, and a Pseudo Invincible acting as their dao protectors.

Meanwhile, Mo Duona had the habit of moving alone. He only had a single Pseudo Invincible by his side.

Seeing that they were agreeing to go, Su Yu hurriedly said, "Be careful, Princes. Mo Duona is unreasonable and barbaric. I will stay behind and watch this building while you're gone! I won't allow anyone to enter!"

Dao Cheng didn't even know what to say anymore. After forcing Xuan Wuji to go, Ling Heng had decided to stay behind. Did he lose all his courage after one encounter with Mo Duona? What an embarrassment.

Annoyed, Taihe sent a voice transmission, "Shut your mouth! You must go! Ling Heng, do not assume that I won't teach you a lesson when needed. Stop embarrassing our line."

With a helpless expression, Su Yu said, "Forget it, then. I'll go. We'll face Mo Duona together."

Xuan Wuji was glad to hear that. He snorted inwardly. How could this guy stay behind after forcing them to go? He must be dreaming.

Su Yu walked toward Dao Cheng and sent a voice transmission, "Prince, let them go. We'll find a chance to sneak off later. I suspect Mo Duona is here for you. Did you offend him before?"

Dao Cheng disagreed. With Xuan Wuji around, he felt safe enough to meet Mo Duona. He wanted to figure out what was happening. Things could prove troublesome if he were really Mo Duona's target.

Hearing Su Yu's words, he replied through voice transmission, "I don't recall offending him. We did offend Zhan Wushuang, but that has nothing to do with Mo Duona. He is arrogant enough to never pay us much attention. I can't think of anything..."

Dao Cheng frowned. Was Mo Duona targeting his character? Just what was Mo Duona planning? It was pointless to worry too much. He would know after meeting Mo Duona.

Xuan Wuji asked, "Ling Heng, where is he?" Googlᴇ search Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

Su Yu shook his head, "I'm not sure. I doubt he's still at the same place."

Xuan Wuji wanted to say that they should forget about this since they didn't know where Mo Duona was. But he couldn't bring himself to say those words. It would be too embarrassing.

Xuan Wuji continued pretending to be calm and said, "It's fine. Mo Duona isn't the type to hide himself. We can ask around. Someone must know his current whereabouts."

Su Yu said nothing. Inwardly, he was thinking that this wasn't his fault. Xuan Wuji was the one volunteering to go. So be it. He was more than happy to see this happening. They would be doing the job for him while he waited around to collect their corpses.

With one Pseudo Invincible and six ninth-stage Sunmoons here, they should be able to handle one Pseudo Invincible, right? It would be even better if they could kill Mo Duona as well. After all, Mo Duona had seen through his disguise.

Su Yu was worried that Mo Duona would expose his identity in public. That would be troublesome. But eventually, Su Yu decided to notify Mo Duona about this. He was worried that Mo Duona would really expose him before dying. Then again, it was unlikely that Xuan Wuji and the others would have the courage to kill Mo Duona.

The frequency Mo Duona gave him could be used to contact each other within a small radius. However, it wasn't too useful. A single shout of an Invincible would be far more effective at transmitting messages. Then again, it was good enough for his current purpose.

Su Yu tried using it. Even though his sea of willpower was covered by the Culture Tomb, he could still freely utilize his willpower.

Before long, he proceeded to send a message, "I found some helpers. One Pseudo Invincible, six ninth-stage Sunmoons, and one eighth-stage Sunmoon. Is this enough to kill your Pseudo Invincible? But these people might not have the courage to start the fight. Think of a way to provoke them into fighting. This is all. Remember, I'm not Su Yu."

Chapter 1456: Genius and The Lunatic (3)

Somewhere in the Devote King's residence. Mo Duona grinned. That final sentence was pointless. What was the point of adding that sentence?

He knew this would happen. Su Yu had always been very capable. After only half an hour, he had completed the mission. Not only had he found a Pseudo Invincible, but he had even found six ninth-stage Sunmoons to help with the job.

Sure enough, this was the correct choice. A regular person would not be able to find so many experts to fight Mo Duona in only half an hour. Meanwhile, Su Yu could. Sure enough, he couldn't change his troublemaking ways even after changing his appearance.

With a smile, Mo Duona said, "Lord Zhankui, watch out. With Ling Heng's escape, Dao Cheng might come looking for us with Taihe. Kill Taihe when you see him."

The indistinct shadow behind him said, "Dao King's line might not be too strong, but killing Taihe might still provoke a small conflict between the devils and immortals."

Mo Duona said, "You can decide for yourself. I am killing Dao Cheng. Nobody can stop me. Do what you wish when Taihe tries to kill me."

"Prince..." Taihe could only agree helplessly, "I'll follow your command."

Inwardly, he cursed. He started praying that Dao Cheng wouldn't come. He didn't mind killing Taihe, but Dao King would not spare him after he was out of the mansion. As a ninth-stage Sunmoon, Taihe was quite important to Dao King.

Furthermore, Mo Duona was aiming to kill Dao Cheng. That would be even more troublesome. That was Dao King's grandson, also a Heaven Index genius. Dao King would never let this slide.

Mo Duona did not bother to look for help. There was no need for that. What if that resulted in the survival of his shadow? Wouldn't that be unfortunate? In any case, he was not a coward. Calling for help would not fit his personality. His shadow might start growing suspicious.

***

Mo Duona continued roaming the Devote King's residence randomly. He did not make any effort to hide from anyone. Thus, Su Yu and the immortals were able to learn of his location quickly.

He was at the Martial Hall. That was a massive hall inside Devote King's residence. That used to be the training hall of Devote King's subordinates and descendants. After so many years, the hall had been mostly emptied by the various explorers. Thus, it was no longer a popular location for the various explorers.

Xuan Wuji wasn't even trying seriously to look for Mo Duona. Alas, he had still discovered Mo Duona's location easily. In fact, he was quite unhappy about it. Fine, fine. He decided to go and have a talk with Mo Duona. If Mo Duona refused to relent, he would simply throw some threats out before retreating.

Mo Duona was not the type of person to make someone his target just because someone had thrown some threats his way. He was too arrogant to care about that. This would be a good way for Xuan Wuji to save face without risking himself.

There was no way a battle would break out between them. Was this a joke? Nobody was free enough to start a fight for something so minor. He didn't even bother to ask Dao Cheng to divine their fate after meeting Mo Duona.

However, Dao Cheng still offered his services, "Let me do a quick divination on our coming encounter."

Xuan Wuji did not see a need in that, but he still nodded, "Sure. Thank you, Brother Dao."

"I'm only doing my part."

Then, his character appeared above his palm. At the same time, Su Yu activated his characters stealthily. What characters did he activate? The tribulation and calm characters.

Both characters were near the Sunmoon Realm. There was no way Dao Cheng's character was higher leveled than his. Thus, he was confident he could disrupt Dao Cheng's divination.

The tribulation character could both increase and weaken one's sense of crisis. As for the calm character, it was also incredibly effective. After all, it was the character of Great Zhou King, the most cunning human in existence.

Su Yu had never paid any attention to Dao Cheng's divination. This time, he was paying close attention. He refused to believe that Dao Cheng was better than him. So what if Dao Cheng had learned directly from Dao King?

That was merely a seventh-degree Eternal. Meanwhile, Great Zhou King was rumored to be an eighth-degree Eternal. Since he was a cunning fox, he was probably a secret ninth-degree Eternal instead. He would most definitely be stronger than Dao King.

Furthermore, the tribulation character was a natural character. It was naturally better than Dao Cheng's character as well.

Unsurprisingly, Dao Cheng frowned soon after he started his divination. He could feel some crisis, but the sensation was too vague. This was completely different from his previous divination. Had the danger level dropped because he was going with so many people?

He made another divination. Once again, Su Yu messed with the results.

After some time, Dao Cheng exhaled and said, "It will be safe."

Xuan Wuji smiled, "I knew it. Brother Dao, you are good at divination. I will place my trust in you."

The others also exhaled in relief. None of them could remain calm at the prospect of facing Mo Duona. Since Dao Cheng's divination said that they would be fine, they no longer needed to worry.

They only needed to put on a show to preserve their reputation. This was much more acceptable than actually fighting Mo Duona.

However, Dao Cheng was still frowning. Just as he was deep in thought, he received a voice transmission from Su Yu, "Prince, we shouldn't go. I think we should find an excuse to leave. I'm feeling uneasy about this. This is the danger sense of a Sunmoon. Perhaps everyone else will be fine, but a disaster is coming for me."

When Dao Cheng looked over, he saw that Ling Heng was already sweating all over. He was surprised to see that. Was that really the case? Was this really dangerous for Ling Heng? Once again, Dao Cheng performed a divination. This time, it was targeted toward Ling Heng.

Su Yu could clearly feel the attempt. Thus, he hurriedly activated the tribulation character to give off the impression that a calamity was upon him. After a short moment, Dao Cheng looked up with shock. There was really danger!

A calamity was indeed coming for his Senior Brother Ling Heng! In that case, was the slight danger he detected during his previous divination meant for his senior brother instead of him? He was surprised. Why would all of them be fine except his senior brother?

Perhaps...his senior brother was the actual target of Mo Duona. Was that the case? Just what was going on? After learning that he would be fine, Dao Cheng felt much less worried. His senior brother was the source of the tiny bit of danger that might befall him.

In that case...perhaps it wouldn't be a bad thing for his senior brother to die. Otherwise, his senior brother would end up dragging him down. Why was his senior brother being targeted? Was it because of the blood reishin? An idea came to him. The blood reishin was very useful for the blood fire devils.

At that, he sent a voice transmission, "Don't worry, Senior Brother. I understand what's happening. How about this? You can keep the blood reishin on you. If you have to, just give it to Mo Duona. I suspect he's targeting the blood reishin."

Su Yu replied hesitantly, "Give it to him?"

"Yes." Dao Cheng replied, "We can always look for more treasures. Keeping your life is better than keeping your treasure only to lose your life."

Dao Cheng wanted to solve this issue as well. Thus, he didn't mind giving the blood reishin away. Su Yu could only accept the blood reishin helplessly. Inwardly, he cursed that Dao Cheng was a scumbag for telling him to go even after knowing that this could get very dangerous for him.

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That was what Su Yu told himself to rationalize what he was going to do next. It wasn't that he wanted to kill Dao Cheng. If Dao Cheng had told him to leave, he would have done so. But Dao Cheng was telling him to go with them. In short, Dao Cheng was forcing him to take action.

What could he do if Dao Cheng wanted to die? He had given Dao Cheng the chance to avoid this disaster. He had generously used the tribulation character to show Dao Cheng that this could get dangerous for him. Even so, Dao Cheng still wanted him to go. What could he do about this?

Su Yu told himself that this really wasn't his choice. This was Dao Cheng's choice. Soon, they reached the Martial Hall. The massive bronze gate of the hall was wide open. Deep inside the hall, someone was standing with his back facing the gate. Many of the immortal geniuses blanked out momentarily at the sight of that person.

They couldn't help but be charmed by the presence of the number one genius of the Myriad Realms. Meanwhile, Su Yu was cursing inwardly that Mo Duona was being too dramatic. What was the big deal about that fluttering purple hair? Would that look better than fluttering black hair and white robes?

Mo Duona should count himself lucky since this wasn't the proper occasion for them to compete in looks. When the immortals stepped into the hall, the gate swung shut. Xuan Wuji and the others were alarmed, but they forced themselves to stay calm. For young geniuses like them, face was very important. Even if they were scared, they couldn't show it.

Xuan Wuji was informed by his dao protector that there were two people in the hall. Mo Duona and a Pseudo Invincible. The immortals had the numerical advantage. They had nothing to fear. Mo Duona should be the one in fear, not them. How brazen of him to shut the gate even when he was being outnumbered like this.

Mo Duona smiled lightly. Without even turning to face them, he said, "I have been waiting here for you."

Xuan Wuji smiled, thinking that Mo Duona was talking to him. He said, "Brother Mo Duona, I heard what happened. I'm only here to find out the truth. Also, where is my Senior Brother Pan Hu?"

Mo Duona turned around with two shining balls in his hand. He said, "Here. Pan Hu and Fourth Heaven. Do you want them?"

Xuan Wuji still believed that Mo Duona was speaking to him. However, Su Yu knew that this bastard was talking to him!

Bullshit!

Was this guy provoking him? Su Yu cursed and swore that he would hammer this bastard to death one day. It wasn't like Su Yu was afraid. Even with Mo Duona knowing his identity, he had still shown up. Pseudo Invincible? He was not a match for one. But he did not fear one.

With Xing Yue here, he could release the strength of a ninth-stage Sunmoon after opening his yang acupoint. With such strength and some other tricks, he could always escape if the opponent was too strong for him to defeat.

At worst, he would get Old Zhou's help and fuck them all up. What was there to fear? This was a gamble. If he won this bet, he would be able to collect all the young geniuses of the immortal race.

That would be a massive profit. Yes. He was planning to wipe them out. This had been his plan since he saw Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng. He wanted to destroy a generation of immortals.

Xuan Wuji, Dao Cheng, and the others would enter his book. Mo Duona was facing the immortals, but his gaze was on Su Yu. Xuan Wuji was unqualified to receive his attention. Even if Xuan Wuji was a ninth-stage Mountainsea. Even if Mo Duona was only a first-stage Mountainsea. Xuan Wuji was still unqualified. For Mo Duona, even Dao Cheng was more worthy of attention than Xuan Wuji.

Mo Duona was quite impressed. He could see that Su Yu was intending to wipe all these people out.

How ambitious. How brazen.

Suddenly, Mo Duona roared with laughter. Such courage. Such madness. Only such a person could help him. Nobody else would dare to provoke the Devil Pseudo Emperor.

This was something even regular Invincibles would not have the courage to do. But Su Yu had the courage to do this. This was why Mo Duona wanted his help. He couldn't rely on anyone else. Only a fearless freak like Su Yu could be of help to him in this aspect.

Because Su Yu was a lunatic.

Chapter 1457: Battle (1)

Generally, there was only a fine line between a genius and a lunatic. Su Yu was both a genius and a lunatic. This was what Mo Duona needed at the moment.

He smiled at the group of immortals and said, "The gate is shut."

Xuan Wuji and the others frowned. What?

With a casual smile on his face, Mo Duona walked to the end of the hall and sat down on the throne. With his arms resting on the armrests, he said, "The defenses of this hall only work toward those from the outside, not inside. The switch is here on the armrest. It can open and shut the gate. This is the Martial Hall of the Devote King. Without a switch, even Daofuses might have a hard time breaking through the gate."

Once again, the immortals frowned. Xuan Wuji forced himself to smile and said, "Brother Mo Duona, the immortals and devils are not major enemies. If Pan Hu has done something wrong, let us know. If he's really at fault, we can talk about this..."

Mo Duona laughed and said, "He did nothing wrong."

Xuan Wuji frowned. He looked at Mo Duona in confusion. Was Mo Duona thinking of killing them? What a joke. They had the numerical superiority here.

Atop the throne, Mo Duona said, "Lord Zhankui."

A dark shadow appeared. In front of Xuan Wuji, a white figure appeared as well. That was Xuan Wuji's dao protector.

The white figure said indifferently, "It has been a while, Brother Zhankui."

The dark shadow said, "Yang Hu, you're not my match."

The shadow was very strong. At the very least, he was stronger than Yang Hu.

However, Yang Hu was not worried. Numerous ninth-stage Sunmoons stepped forth and stood beside him. He said, "Youngsters are always too hot-headed. We were once young as well. As a dao protector, you should teach by words and example. You shouldn't obey Mo Duona blindly. We are not here to force you into doing anything. We only wish to clarify the truth."

Before the dark shadow could say anything, Mo Duona's indifferent voice rang out, "The truth is simple. I wish to kill. If you kill me, you can open the gate and leave. No other reason is needed. If you can't kill me, you die here. This place is sealed. Not even Invincibles can enter. Don't worry."

Xuan Wuji couldn't understand this. He was left quite speechless. How did this escalate into a fight to the death?

With a frown, Yang Hu's aura started rising. He coldly said, "Mo Duona, do you know that many geniuses have died due to their arrogance? You might be talented, but you're still a Mountainsea."

Mo Duona ignored Yang Hu and looked at Zhankui, "What are you waiting for, Lord?"

Zhankui frowned. Once again, Mo Duona spoke, "If you don't want to fight, kill me and open the gate."

"..."

Zhankui was feeling terrible as well. Damn t! What now? It wasn't like they were facing pushovers. Was this a joke? He was only slightly stronger than Yang Hu. It did not mean that he could defeat Yang Hu and all these people together.

Just as he was hesitating, Yang Hu sent a voice transmission, "Mo Duona is too domineering. Zhankui, just follow his wish and pretend to fight. We can get the others to control him and open the gate before leaving."

Yang Hu was left quite speechless as well. He had no choice but to put up a show for Mo Duona. He still didn't want to kill Mo Duona. Now that he was busy with Zhankui, any random ninth-stage Sunmoon would be able to keep Mo Duona under control. That would give them the opening to open the gate and leave.

Yang Hu no longer wanted to waste any time on this lunatic.

Zhankui found that perfectly reasonable. This was agreeable for him.

He said, "As you wish, Prince."

Then, the two Pseudo Invincibles ripped an opening in the air and entered the void. They did not leave the hall. Rather, they remained inside an alternate dimension in the hall to do battle.

At the same time, Yang Hu's voice rang out in the ears of the immortals, "Deal with Mo Duona. You are allowed to seriously injure him, but not kill him. Find a chance to open the gate and leave."

He had concluded that Mo Duona had gone mad. It was pointless to waste his time on a madman like this. If they were to kill him, Zhankui would most certainly go crazy. After leaving the mansion, the Devil Pseudo Emperor would also go after them. This was simply not worth it.

Xuan Wuji was left very speechless. He glanced at the ninth-stage Sunmoons before focusing on Taihe. Taihe's group was the source of this trouble. He should take some initiative here.

Taihe did not bother saying anything. He stepped forth and started walking toward Mo Duona. Why was a mere first-stage Mountainsea like this getting so confident? If it wasn't for the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Zhankui, he would have slapped Mo Duona to death for this. Orıginal content can be found at NoveI~Fire.net

Taihe snorted inwardly as he focused on the two shining balls in Mo Duona's hand. This wasn't a bad idea. He could take this chance to save Pan Hu as well. In a way, this was the perfect method to achieve their goal here.

As he walked, he lectured, "Mo Duona, you're still too young. A youngster should learn some humility. Do not learn from Su Yu. He is now the public enemy of the myriad races. You are a genius, but you don't enjoy any advantages over Su Yu. Yet even Su Yu can only hide inside his ancient city."

Su Yu was very satisfied with that speech. Or to be precise, he was satisfied with the first half of the speech. The rest was bullshit. How was he hiding in his ancient city? Su Yu was very curious about how Mo Duona would handle this. Could Mo Duona deal with ninth-stage Sunmoons? If he couldn't...well, Su Yu wouldn't mind leaving just like this.

Just then, Mo Duona sighed and said, "If I fail here, I won't be able to rid myself of him after leaving the mansion anymore."

He was still speaking to Su Yu. Under everyone's confused gazes, he took out a drop of golden blood, smiled, and swallowed it. First, Taihe blanked out. But next, a look of overwhelming fear covered his face.

"Devil Pseudo Emperor's blood essence!"

Was this guy crazy? He was only a first-stage Mountainsea! How could he swallow the blood essence of the Devil Pseudo Emperor?

No matter how strong Mo Duona's body was, it was still weaker than Su Yu's. And not even Su Yu had the courage to consume the blood essence of a Pseudo Emperor. The alarmed Taihe hurriedly reached out to grab Mo Duona.

Mo Duona remained perfectly calm, as though nothing was affecting him. As his aura started surging, he sighed and said, "Yeah. The blood essence of the Devil Pseudo Emperor, the blood of the same line. It is only natural that I can withstand a higher level of pressure since my body is his future body."

The same concept applied to how Liu Wenyan had inherited Ye Batian's characters as a mere Mental Tempering Stage cultivator.

The Devil Pseudo Emperor had been altering Mo Duona's body all along to ensure compatibility in the future. Mo Duona had been resisting, forcing the Devil Pseudo Emperor to take it slow. However, consuming this drop of blood essence would destroy any chance Mo Duona have at resisting. With the blood essence, his compatibility with the Devil Pseudo Emperor would increase sharply, allowing the Devil Pseudo Emperor to take over his body at any time.

He was betting everything on this endeavor. If his partnership with Su Yu failed to bear fruit, he would need to consider cooperating with the Blood Fire Devil King and lure the Devil Pseudo Emperor somewhere to be killed. That was a risky endeavor, but so was his current endeavor with Su Yu.

He was not reconciled to allow someone else to control him. His life was his. He shall regain control over his destiny. A determined look covered Mo Duona's eyes. His aura surged to a terrifying level. With a roar, he threw a punch. A punch capable of punching through reality itself.

Boom!

Taihe was sent flying while coughing blood. His entire arm had been blasted apart by that punch.

Taihe was alarmed. He was no longer underestimating Mo Duona. In his desperation, he roared, "Kill him! Now! He has gone mad!"

Mo Duona had consumed the blood essence of the Devil Pseudo Emperor.

Even the two Pseudo Invincibles were caught by surprise. Sensing the surging power within his body, Mo Duona looked up and smiled, "Zhankui, kill him or I'll kill Xuan Wuji and the others. Yang Hu, if you don't mind the deaths of Xuan Wuji and the others, feel free to keep up the act."

"..."

Zhankui cursed. Since Mo Duona had consumed even the blood essence of the Devil Pseudo Emperor, it was clear he was going all out here.

While Zhankui was still deep in thought, Yang Hu lost patience and roared, "Kill! Kill Mo Duona! Now!"

Fuck! They were being serious here!

Boom!

Three ninth-stage Sunmoons charged Mo Duona. Seeing that the others were going to join in as well, Zhankui released his tri-life body. He faced Yang Hu with one body and charged the ninth-stage Sunmoons with his second body.

His present body was as strong as Yang Hu. Thus, that would be sufficient to keep Yang Hu busy. He was furious. Mo Duona had gone mad. Even so, he couldn't allow Mo Duona to die. Mo Duona merely roared with laughter.

With his hair fluttering about, he said, "That's more like it!"

Boom!

He threw another punch out. With a rumble, a hundred fists appeared in the air before merging into one. Once again, Taihe was struck. His injuries worsened as he retreated while coughing blood.

The other Sunmoons charged forth. Three ninth-stage Sunmoons and one eighth-stage Sunmoon faced Mo Duona together. Up above, the two Pseudo Invincibles fought. Not far away, Zhankui's past body faced three ninth-stage Sunmoons alone.

Chapter 1458: Battle (2)

Su Yu and the others hurriedly retreated as the top experts fought. One could say that Su Yu was the strongest idle combatant left in the hall.

He stood guard before Dao Cheng and dispersed the rippling source qi in the air. Alarmed, Xuan Wuji sent him a voice transmission, "Ling Heng, go open the gate. Do it while they are occupied!"

However, Su Yu ignored the order. He only focused on protecting Dao Cheng. Dao Cheng said nothing. All the top experts were fighting near the throne. If Ling Heng were to approach the throne, he would probably die from a random slap of these experts.

Thus, Dao Cheng understood Ling Heng's hesitation. Looking at the mad Mo Duona and the intense battles in the hall, Dao Cheng felt both anxious and helpless. What was going on? He had thought that his senior brother would be the one in danger. But that wasn't the case. Mo Duona was trying to kill them all for no reason. Why was this happening?

Suddenly, Mo Duona roared and grew multiple times larger. With his massive palm, he grabbed the eighth-stage Sunmoon and crushed the Sunmoon into mincemeat.

While doing so, he ignored the attacks of the other three Sunmoons, allowing them to land on his body. After crushing the eighth-stage Sunmoon, a shining ball appeared in his hand. That was the Sunmoon's sea of willpower. With a hearty laugh, he tossed the ball into his mouth.

"If you don't kill me, I'll kill you all!"

After witnessing Mo Duona's madness, the three ninth-stage Sunmoons grew even more anxious. They stopped holding back and started attacking with their full power. The battle increased in intensity.

Mo Duona was being serious here. He was really trying to kill them. They wouldn't be able to talk this out. The dead eighth-stage Sunmoon was the proof.

"Kill him! Even with the blood essence of the Devil Pseudo Emperor, he won't be able to last too long! Kill him!"

Yang Hu continued shouting his orders.

Damn it!

An eighth-stage Sunmoon had died so easily. Just then, Zhankui punched through reality and time seemed to flow in reverse. Yang Hu, who had moved slightly to the side, was suddenly pulled toward Zhankui's fist. With a spurt, Zhankui stabbed through Yang Hu's shoulder with his hand.

Yang Hu's expression changed.

"Zhankui, are you really trying to kill me?"

Yang Hu was furious. Zhankui did not bother to say anything. With Mo Duona going crazy, he had to act decisively. If he could kill Yang Hu, things would still remain under his control. If he allowed things to continue, Mo Duona might end up killing Xuan Wuji and the others. That would be extremely troublesome.

"You're courting death!"

Yang Hu roared furiously. Did Zhankui think that a mere present body was enough to defeat him?

Boom!

A river of time appeared as Yang Hu summoned his past body and fused both bodies. Then, he swung his sword at Zhankui from moments ago instead of from the present. Zhankui's expression turned cold as he discovered that Yang Hu had a decent mastery over the power of time.

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Meanwhile, Su Yu only focused on protecting Dao Cheng from the shockwaves rippling all over the hall. Suddenly, he roared, "Princes, hide at the corner! I will provide cover for you!"

Xuan Wuji and the others glared at him furiously, but they said nothing and did as told.

Looking at Mo Duona, who was facing three ninth-stage Sunmoons, Xuan Wuji gnashed his teeth and said, "He won't be able to last long. The Devil Pseudo Emperor won't be able to transmit more strength into the mansion. He's relying on only the blood essence. When the blood essence runs out of power, he won't be able to keep fighting with such strength."

As a first-stage Mountainsea, Mo Duona was suppressing the three ninth-stage Sunmoons facing him. It was unbelievable how powerful a single drop of blood essence from the Devil Pseudo Emperor was. One ought to know that Mo Duona wasn't using the blood essence like Su Yu.

The blood essence might have originated from a Daofuse, but it wouldn't provide Mo Duona with the strength of a Daofuse. Rather, it would only strengthen him to his limits. If he could withstand the pressure, he would be able to unleash a much higher level of strength.

Clearly, Mo Duona had succeeded in withstanding the pressure as he was fighting with the strength of a ninth-stage Sunmoon. This alone made it clear that he was far stronger than Xuan Wuji and the others.

Back during the battle in the Human Realm, they had also utilized the power of the elders. However, they had not been able to surpass the eighth-stage Sunmoon Realm. At the time, Su Yu had fought them personally.

One could hear a tiny bit of envy in Xuan Wuji's voice. He sneered and continued, "Even if he could survive this, he would turn into a part of the Devil Pseudo Emperor after leaving the mansion."

As far as he was concerned, this was the end of Mo Duona. The proud and undefeatable Mo Duona was no more. For Xuan Wuji, this was merely Mo Duona's final struggle before his end. Meanwhile, Dao Cheng was still trying to divine their fate. After coughing a mouthful of blood, he grew even more alarmed. Why? Why was his divination still telling him that he was perfectly safe?

Was there no risk for him? Or perhaps he was trying to divine people far beyond his level, hence the inaccurate results? Was that the case?

Xuan Wuji asked, "What's the result?"

"Things are looking very good for us."

Dao Cheng was being honest. That was the result of his divination. How was this looking good to them? Why?

Xuan Wuji was quite surprised as well. After blanking out momentarily, he said, "Perhaps that's the case. It is likely that Mo Duona has a lot of treasures on him. After defeating him, those treasures will be ours."

Through Dao Cheng's divination, he became a lot more certain. There was no danger for them. Things were looking very good for them. However, Dao Cheng was finding it hard to believe his own divination results. Once again, he tried divining Ling Heng's fate. Once again, he was told that things were dangerous for Ling Heng.

Would his senior brother be the only person to die here? Would his senior brother die while protecting them? And after that moment of danger, great things would happen to the rest of them?

Su Yu, who was facing them with his back, grinned. How was Dao Cheng liking his divination results? Dao Cheng should really stop embarrassing himself with his poor divination skills.

Even someone as strong as Wan Tiansheng had only been able to see a glimpse of the future through a heaven weapon and a sacrifice of his lifespan. Wan Tiansheng had sacrificed about a hundred years of his lifespan for that. Meanwhile, Dao Cheng was relying only on his own characters. He must be dreaming.

There were millions upon millions of possibilities in the future. Someone like Dao Cheng could probably see only one of those possibilities. How could his divination be accurate? As a cultural researcher, Su Yu did not fear the art of divination. That was merely an extension of what a cultural researcher could do. Thus, he held zero fear toward Dao Cheng.

Su Yu ignored the people behind him and focused on the three battles in front of him. He frowned slightly. This wouldn't be an easy task to accomplish.

It would be pointless for him to do anything before the two Pseudo Invincibles were dead or gravely injured. He might be strong, but he wasn't strong enough to defeat two Pseudo Invincibles.

Even with his yang acupoint open and a drop of peak ninth-stage Sunmoon blood essence, he would only be as strong as a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. He did not have the blood essence of Pseudo Invincibles or he wouldn't mind trying using some.

Thus, he had to wait until the two Pseudo Invincibles were sufficiently injured before making his move. The ninth-stage Sunmoons were of no concern to him. There were quite a lot of them, but he could still handle them.

Boom!

Suddenly, a spear appeared in Mo Duona's hands. He pushed it out and stabbed through one of the ninth-stage Sunmoons.

"Heaven weapon!"

Taihe roared in alarm. He wasn't surprised to see a heaven weapon in Mo Duona's hand. Rather, he was more surprised that Mo Duona was proficient with a spear. Wasn't Mo Duona supposed to be proficient at fist techniques instead?

But the existence of the spear proved that Mo Duona was good at it. He wouldn't have forged a heaven-grade spear otherwise. As the ninth-stage Sunmoon stabbed by Mo Duona attempted to flee, a clump of flame appeared on Mo Duona's forehead. Instantly, the ninth-stage Sunmoon was set aflame. He started wailing in pain.

"Cultural researcher!"

Both Zhankui and Yang Hu exclaimed in alarm. Cultural researcher! Not only was Mo Duona a cultural researcher, but he was a ninth-stage Mountainsea in willpower cultivation. That shouldn't be possible.

Mo Duona was supposed to be a first-stage Mountainsea. That was the record on the Heavenly Hunt Index. But soon, Zhankui and the others thought of something. Su Yu thought of the same thing as well.

Chen Yong.

Yes. Chen Yong.

Like Chen Yong, Mo Duona was a cultural researcher who had been stuck at the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm for a long time. He had fused almost all his apertures long ago, leaving only one aperture unfused. After entering the Luminous Domain Mansion, he could fuse the final aperture and reach the ninth-stage Mountainsea Realm directly.

The ninth-stage Sunmoon would not fear this flame normally, but he had been injured by Mo Duona's spear. Thus, he was unable to resist.

Mo Duona followed with a kick, blasting the ninth-stage Sunmoon apart. That left only Taihe and a fairy immortal. The two retreated in alarm. It hadn't even been long yet two of them had perished.

Meanwhile, Mo Duona looked completely unaffected. He was actually a ninth-stage Mountainsea cultural researcher. He had proven his strength. Alone, he fought four Sunmoons. In less than a minute, he defeated two of them. With two fewer opponents, the balance shifted completely.

Chapter 1459: Battle (3)

Yang Hu was growing more and more alarmed. He attacked with all his strength and struck Zhankui's arm with his sword. The arm was shattered, but it regrew instantly. However, that was enough to cause him to go pale. Before he could do anything else, a punch arrived and struck his chest.

Yang Hu shouted with great urgency, "Princes, kill Zhankui's tri-life body! Do it! Now!"

Xuan Wuji and the others were only Mountainseas, but they could prove very helpful when it mattered.

At that, Xuan Wuji and the others gnashed their teeth and utilized their trump cards. Some used the blood essence of ninth-stage Sunmoons, some used heaven weapons, and some used talismans. Their auras rose sharply.

For a moment, Su Yu became the weakest person in the hall. The eight geniuses knew that it was time for them to get serious. They all charged toward Zhankui's past body unhesitatingly.

Zhankui hurriedly shouted, "Prince, deal with your remaining opponents and help me!"

He was already facing three ninth-stage Sunmoons with his past body. The inclusion of eight combatants as strong as high-stage Sunmoons would put his past body in danger. Generally, the past body would be weaker than the present body. The past body of a Pseudo Invincible would not be stronger than a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon.

After all, that was the highest height a Pseudo Invincible could reach in the past. This was enough to handle three ninth-stage Sunmoons, but facing eight more was not something his past body could handle. Perhaps only the past body of an Invincible could do something like this.

At the same time, Su Yu received a voice transmission from Mo Duona, "After losing his past body, Zhankui will grow weaker. I will keep Yang Hu occupied for a split second. Take that opportunity to kill everyone here."

He was not discussing a plan. He was laying out the plan. Or to be precise, his plan. Su Yu's jaw dropped. Holy shit! He had the urge to curse. Even without his past body, Zhankui would still be a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. Furthermore, there were other ninth-stage Sunmoons to deal with it. Su Yu couldn't understand why Mo Duona was expecting him to take on all of them.

Just how much did Mo Duona overestimate him? Why shouldn't he wait around for them to kill each other?

Mo Duona sent another voice transmission, "Delaying this might cause further complications. How much time do you think we have? I have yet to truly kill anyone. The moment someone dies, powerful death spirits will appear. You will need a lot of ancient city medallions to send these death spirits away. More than you can afford. The Invincibles might also return soon. We are running out of time."

Su Yu was feeling quite gloomy. Mo Duona was running out of time. Not him. After thinking about it for a bit, he exhaled. If Mo Duona could keep the Pseudo Invincible busy, he could handle the ninth-stage Sunmoons. It would be extremely difficult. But it would also be...very exciting.

Su Yu couldn't remember the last time he had to fight for his life. Could Mo Duona really handle a Pseudo Invincible? Yang Hu wouldn't be an easy opponent. At the moment, Su Yu was standing at the corner all by himself. Everyone had neglected him since he was too weak.

With the inclusion of eight young geniuses, Zhankui was growing desperate. He roared, "Prince, help me!"

Mo Duona roared and sent his spear sweeping out, sending the two ninth-stage Sunmoons flying away. Then, he shot toward Zhankui's past body.

Yang Hu roared, "Stop him! Kill Zhankui's past body!"

Boom!

Taihe and the other Sunmoon charged forward again and fought bitterly to keep Mo Duona busy. However, Mo Duona was able to send the two flying again before heading toward Zhankui.

Seeing that Mo Duona was slowly approaching him, Zhankui exhaled in relief. That was scary. How fortunate. Fortunately, the prince was powerful enough to charge through these people.

Before long, Mo Duona arrived. Xuan Wuji and the others felt very helpless as there was nothing they could do about it.

While gasping for breath, Zhankui said, "Fortunately, you're here..."

This was too dangerous. His past body was filled with wounds. He wouldn't be able to last long without Mo Duona's assistance. How fortunate. Once again, he rejoiced at Mo Duona's incredible prowess.

First, Mo Duona looked at Zhankui and the others coldly. Then, he grinned, "You...are too weak."

Everyone frowned.

Zhankui did not mind those words. He was taking the chance to recover. Suddenly, Mo Duona looked at him and said, "Lord Zhankui, watch out."

"I will—"

Splurt!

He widened his eyes and stared at Mo Duona blankly. He was not the only person with this reaction. Everyone was stunned. Su Yu was the sole exception.

With the spear in Zhankui's heart, Mo Duona said indifferently, "I told you to watch out."

Then, he released a burst of source qi and blew Zhankui apart. Pieces of flesh flew everywhere. Amid the rain of blood, a piece of plank dropped to the ground. Zhankui had never imagined something like this happening.

They were supposed to be on the same side. How would killing him benefit Mo Duona? Was Mo Duona trying to die with him? Instantly, his present body weakened. Yang Hu did not take the chance to finish him off. After all, Yang Hu was staring at Mo Duona with disbelief as well.

Xuan Wuji and Dao Cheng were stunned as well. What was wrong with Mo Duona? He killed Zhankui's past body. Was he trying to die?

Zhankui's furious voice rang out from above, "Mo Duona!"

He was furious.

He was losing his mind. How could Mo Duona kill his past body?

Xuan Wuji and the others laughed. How interesting. They were fighting among themselves. At this point, Zhankui would most certainly turn around to kill Mo Duona. Killing his past body was the same as severing his path of cultivation.

Mo Duona did not bother to spare Zhankui a look. Instead, he gazed at Yang Hu and said, "Let's spend some time together."

Yang Hu laughed. He was certain that Mo Duona had gone mad. Instead of focusing on him, Mo Duona should pay more attention to Zhankui. Just what was wrong with the devils? Had they all gone mad? He had killed the past body of his dao protector during a major battle with his enemies. Was this a joke?

Yang Hu said, "You should spend some time with Brother Zhankui instead. I'll stay out of it."

"Don't worry. Someone else will handle him."

One step at a time, Mo Duona stepped into the air. Above, Zhankui rushed down furiously.

Mo Duona completely ignored him. Right at that moment, someone appeared in the air with a flicker. With an indifferent and lazy voice, he manifested a book above his hand and blocked Zhankui's punch. The punch pushed him several steps back, but he merely laughed and said, "Brother, calm down."

"..."

Silence descended. Was there another expert in the hall? Wait...was that Ling Heng?

With the spear in hand, Mo Duona continued rising into the air. Without even looking back, he said, "He's yours. Will you be fine? I can only keep this guy busy. I won't be able to kill him alone."

Su Yu sighed and said, "I must have gone crazy to work with you. I'm not a brute. I much prefer scheming everyone to death while watching from the sidelines. I don't like fighting face-to-face. You...are too barbaric."

"No, you will enjoy this."

Mo Duona laughed and sent his spear stabbing toward Yang Hu. The attack was so powerful itthat instantly alarmed Yang Hu.

"You will discover that no scheme can provide the same sense of excitement a good battle can give you."

"No, no, no. I don't like it. You're so unreliable." Su Yu looked at the others and sighed, "A weakened Zhankui, six ninth-stage Sunmoons, and eight people with the combat strength of eighth-stage Sunmoons. Holy shit. This is good enough to kill even a Pseudo Invincible. Are you kidding me?"

"You're here, right?"

"I guess so..."

Su Yu laughed. Yes. He was here.

This was...quite exciting. And nerve-racking.

Suddenly, Dao Cheng exclaimed with alarm, "Su Yu!"

"Yes, it's me, Darling Dao Cheng."

Su Yu returned to his original appearance while his clothes turned into white robes. With a book in hand, he flashed them a gentle smile and said, "Honored Princes, please allow Su Yu to send you to the afterlife."

Silence descended. Su Yu!

Su Yu!

A realization dawned upon Dao Cheng. He roared in fury, "You...you were here all along! The two of you reached an agreement!"

"Exactly, my dear Dao Cheng."

The book in his hand soared into the air and flipped open. One Sunmoon beast after another started emerging. While the beasts were emerging, he sighed and said, "I have a feeling my book will suffer some damage from this. My dear babies, please keep them busy for a bit. I'll be back after dealing with Zhankui. Friends, have fun in my book."

Boom!

Instantly, thirteen experts were dragged into the book. The exertion caused Su Yu to pale slightly. He opened his yang acupoint. Death qi started spilling out of his body.

Finally, he consumed a drop of blood essence. His aura rose to the level of a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. Facing the furious Zhankui, he smiled, "I...have never killed a Pseudo Invincible before. I guess you can't be considered a proper Pseudo Invincible anymore. Oh well. I don't mind it."

Boom!

Zhankui attacked without any hesitation. He was now certain that Mo Duona wanted to kill him. Mo Duona had reached an agreement with Su Yu. Inside the book, the immortal experts roared as they battled desperately against the many beasts in the book. They seemed capable of defeating each beast easily, but there were three hundred beasts in the book. It would take them some time to defeat all these beasts.

Su Yu did not waste any time and started his battle with Zhankui.

Divine Transformation.

Immortal Possession.

Devil's Descend.

Strength character.

He utilized everything he could, instantly pushing his strength to an even higher level. All 360 of his characters shone brightly.

He threw a punch.

Two fists collided. Su Yu was sent three steps backward while Zhankui was sent two steps backward. He said, "You're not enough. Die!" Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novèlfire.net

As the two battled each other, the battle in the book continued.

Dao Cheng roared, "Kill these things and leave! We need to kill Su Yu!"

At the moment, he felt nothing but fear. Su Yu was here. That was not all. Su Yu was cooperating with Mo Duona.

Meanwhile, Mo Duona was still fighting Yang Hu. His strength had not stopped climbing, but he was still injured all over due to Yang Hu's attacks. Nevertheless, he had a wide smile on his face. He was feeling joyous.

Even when it looked like Su Yu wasn't Zhankui's match, he laughed and said, "Su Yu, let's compete, shall we?"

"Fuck that! You have the blood essence of the Devil Pseudo Emperor!"

"You have a lot of trump cards as well."

"Hahaha! I guess you're right!"

While roaring with laughter, Su Yu continued fighting Zhankui. He used his Time technique, Sky Sundering Saber, Heaven Suppressing Fist, and all sorts of techniques. Explosions were erupting all over the hall.

Due to the intense battle, more blood seeped out of Zhankui's body. Meanwhile, Su Yu was also coughing blood from the attacks Zhankui landed on him. Nevertheless, his body was too strong for Zhankui to destroy so easily.

The intense battle continued.

Su Yu had way too many tricks up his sleeve. Everyone was alarmed by the sheer number of techniques and abilities he knew. Numerous blood essence abilities, numerous concealment techniques, and numerous elements were utilized smoothly by him.

The battle between Mo Duona and Yang Hu was akin to a collision between two beasts. Meanwhile, Su Yu's battle with Zhankui was akin to an elegant dance. When Su Yu fought, it felt as though one could see the bright radiance of the various cultures on his body.

Countless techniques. Countless abilities. Countless cultivation methods. Countless characters.

Even Zhankui, who was slightly stronger than the current Su Yu, felt endlessly annoyed fighting him. This was an incredibly annoying opponent. However, he consoled himself that he only needed to last long enough. Xuan Wuji and the others were killing the beasts in the book rapidly. When they were done, Su Yu would die.

And after Su Yu's defeat, Mo Duona would die as well. At worst, he would leave the devil race. This was not something he could tolerate. How could Mo Duona kill his past body?

Zhankui was too occupied by his battle with Su Yu to notice the sheer amount of blood that had seeped out of his body.

Chapter 1460: Horrified Mo Duona (1)

Sky Sundering Saber!

With the various tricks available to him, Su Yu started accumulating wounds on Zhankui's body.

Was Zhankui strong?

Yes. Stronger than Su Yu.

But Su Yu did not aim to kill Zhankui instantly. Rather, he circled Zhankui while accumulating wounds on Zhankui. Slowly but surely, his blood character gathered Zhankui's blood. One ought to remember that blood essence was something extracted from blood.

Zhankui was a Pseudo Invincible. Due to the backlash of losing his past body, his combat strength had dropped to the level of a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. However, that did not change the fact that he was still a Pseudo Invincible. Thus, his blood essence would be the blood essence of a Pseudo Invincible.

Su Yu was slower, but he had too many tricks. Without using the river of time, Zhankui would be faster, but not fast enough to completely evade his attacks.

Su Yu had also been using the slow character to slow Zhankui down, the suppress character to suppress the space around Zhankui, and the vibrate character to generate tremors all around Zhankui.

All his characters were doing their job. This wasn't enough to kill Zhankui. These Mountainsea characters couldn't even leave a wound on his body. But that did not matter. For Su Yu, his characters had always been the supporting cast, not the main cast.

While fighting Zhankui, Su Yu was paying attention to his book as well. The beasts killed by the people inside his book would respawn, but they would be weaker than before. Some of the beasts had been killed so many times that they had dropped below the Sunmoon Realm in strength.

Su Yu's heart ached. When these beasts were killed enough times, his book itself might also drop in strength. It might even lose some of its golden stripes.

"Open!"

With a roar, Su Yu pulled even more death qi into his body. Xing Yue should work harder. He needed more death qi.

***

At the same time.

Inside the death tunnel.

Xing Yue had an unsightly expression as the death qi inside her rippled violently. How strong was Su Yu at the moment?

He was essentially absorbing her death qi at the speed of a ninth-stage Sunmoon. It was still slower than the speed of an Invincible, but it was still annoying. How long would that bastard continue doing this?

"Bastard!"

Xing Yue roared in fury. She had just arrived yet that fellow was already targeting her.

The surrounding death sovereigns looked at her curiously. One of them asked, "Xing Yue, are you fine?"

"Don't worry about it." Xing Yue said, "I'm converting a Pseudo Invincible. If I succeed, he will be able to help us. He's currently in the mansion. With his help, we can open the tunnel and join hands with He Tu to kill everyone!"

The death sovereigns blanked out upon hearing that. One of them asked, "You have a Pseudo Invincible under your control?"

Xing Yue said indifferently, "Of course. But he's too strong. It's not easy to convert him with the death tunnel between us. Can anyone lend me a hand? Without help, I might need to give up."

After knowing the treacherous Su Yu, Xing Yue had learned to scheme as well. She naturally couldn't tell them that someone was restricting her strength. That would only lead to her death.

These death sovereigns would not hesitate to consume her the moment she showed any weakness. Thus, she created a favorable situation for herself. She told them that she was converting a Pseudo Invincible. If she were to succeed, all of them would benefit. If she were to fail, well, there wasn't much she could do about it.

These were all death spirits with incomplete memories. Those who had recovered more of their memories wouldn't be fooled by He Tu so easily.

Sure enough, a death sovereign responded, "Is he really that strong? To the point you're finding it difficult to convert him?"

"The heavenly laws are restricting me. I can only keep working at it blindly."

"Let us assist you."

Instantly, a large amount of death qi was transferred into Xing Yue's body. A death sovereign said in excitement, "If you can convert a Pseudo Invincible, open the death tunnel, and draw He Tu over, the Luminous Domain Mansion will be ours!"

"Hahaha! Exactly!"

"Xing Yue! Keep at it! We'll help you!"

Xing Yue sat down cross-legged with an indifferent expression as a large amount of death qi vanished inside her body. Inwardly, she had an odd feeling. Death spirits were indeed dumb. No wonder Su Yu was always so proud in front of her. He had always treated her like a child.

Hmph!

She, too, was capable of scamming others now. There was no need for her to fear Su Yu! Xing Yue did not bother rejecting the death qi pouring into her from the death sovereigns. While providing Su Yu with energy, she cursed him inwardly. That bastard was growing stronger and stronger. She was finding it hard to satisfy him alone. Fortunately, there were so many dumb death sovereigns here to help her with it.

"Look at these fools. Thank you, fools."

The other death sovereigns could sense the intense death qi fluctuations in her body. They grew even more excited upon sensing that. One of them said, "The person Xing Yue is converting isn't weak at all. Is he near dao affirmation?"

"Forceful conversion takes a lot more energy. Work harder, everyone. Pseudo Invincibles aren't easy to convert..."

"Of course. We will all benefit from this."

The death sovereigns were feeling incredibly excited. Good things were happening to them repeatedly. He Tu was here to open the tunnel. Xing Yue was on the verge of converting a Pseudo Invincible. There was no way this tunnel would stay shut. The death sovereigns held nothing back.

Meanwhile, Xing Yue maintained an indifferent expression. Very good. How would that bastard like this? She had obtained an unlimited supply of death qi.

***

Xing Yue had learned to use her brain.

That was something Su Yu had never expected. He had been worrying that his absorption would weaken Xing Yue so much that she would die in the hands of other death sovereigns. Thus, he had been quite nervous while absorbing Xing Yue's death qi. If he somehow caused her death, it could prove troublesome.

Without Xing Yue, he would remain strong thanks to his yang acupoint. However, he wouldn't be able to sustain himself for long. As his blood character worked unrelentingly, a drop of blood essence started taking form.

As for Zhankui, he was slowly dropping in strength. Of course, Su Yu had also sustained numerous wounds from the battle. Unfortunately for Zhankui, Su Yu was constantly eating the lotus root to heal himself.

"Damn it!" Zhankui roared in fury, "Faster! Damn it! Finish your fight and kill this bastard!"

Recovery wasn't easy for someone at his cultivation level. Not everyone had access to unlimited treasures like Su Yu. In order to get himself a carrier treasure, he had basically exhausted his wealth. Thus, he did not have any healing treasures he could use during combat.

Meanwhile, Su Yu's lotus root was exceptional for healing physical injuries. After all, it was good enough to heal his body even when he was experimenting on himself. Without all these treasures, even Su Yu would have a hard time fighting the current Zhankui.

The longer the battle went on, the more annoyed Zhankui was. How could someone shove treasures down their throat nonstop during a battle? This did not make any sense. Where did Su Yu get so many treasures?

Zhankui was losing his mind. He had a feeling that if he could keep this balance, Su Yu wouldn't be able to kill him. But he could also feel himself weakening. Meanwhile, Su Yu was still dragging the fight out. He needed at least two drops of blood essence.

One to activate the page and one to give him the strength of a Pseudo Invincible. He had sustained a lot of injuries, but he was rich enough to keep recovering. He was waiting for the second drop of blood essence. He needed more time to bleed his opponent more. He needed at least one-tenth of Zhankui's blood to extract another drop of blood essence.

Naturally, blood essence could theoretically be created unendingly from the same person so long as that person was left alive. However, this would damage the foundations of that person.

For example, Hong Tan had been extracting the blood essence of the beasts in his research center for many years. Due to that, their foundations had been damaged, preventing them from returning to their peak. They had only recovered somewhat due to the influence of Su Yu's fire of inheritance. This update ıs available on NoveI★Fire.net

"Crushing Mountainsea!"

"Suppressing Sunmoon!"

"Battling Invincible!"

After throwing a series of punches at Zhankui, Su Yu switched to his legs and started kicking while shoving more lotus roots down his throat.

His style of combat was incredibly infuriating. Even Mo Duona was triggered by how he fought. Eventually, Mo Duona asked, "Can you share some with me?"

He had sustained heavy injuries as well. He had been dragged into the River of Time by Yang Hu. There, Yang Hu kept trying to reverse him to the moment before he consumed blood essence to kill him. That was essentially his weakest moment. It wasn't even that long in the past, so the difficulty of reverting to that moment wasn't too high.

However, a Pseudo Invincible still couldn't control the River of Time so easily. As a result, Yang Hu kept failing his attempts while sustaining even more injuries from Mo Duona's spear.

Eventually, Yang Hu lost his temper and started attacking without bothering to reverse time anymore. An Invincible could probably try doing that, but the difficulty was simply too high for him. That was especially true when he was trying to use it against a top genius like Mo Duona. Inside the book, Xuan Wuji and the others were still fighting the beasts.

While fighting, Xuan Wuji shouted, "Su Yu, you're dead! You will regret exposing yourself! Buy us a little bit of time! We'll kill him soon!"

Boom!

Yet another beast was punched apart by him. Thus far, about half the beasts in the book had died. It wouldn't take them much longer to leave the book. At the same time, he was also very alarmed. This book was simply too powerful.

While fighting, Taihe sent a voice transmission, "Prince, we need to snatch this weapon! This book is a carrier treasure! With such a stable space inside, some carrier treasures must have been used to forge it!"

He was not the only person with this realization. Many of them had realized the same thing. They all coveted this book. It could be sold for no less than three carrier treasures. They were sure that at least two carrier treasures had been used during the forging of this book.

Su Yu was simply too rich. What manner of a madman would do something like that? No wonder the book could suppress even Sunmoons like them. This was something even Invincibles would covet.

Dao Cheng was greatly alarmed. He noticed the same as well. However, he did not feel any greed over the book. Rather, he sent a voice transmission to the others, "Kill our way out as soon as possible. We can get anything we want after killing Su Yu."

Taihe was much less worried. He said, "He's not Zhankui's match. Give us some time. It won't be long before we can break free."

"I'm feeling very uneasy."

Just then, several Sunmoon beasts charged them, keeping them busy again. These beasts were very annoying. Some of the beasts had been killed so many times they had dropped to the Mountainsea Realm, yet they were still fighting unrelentingly. There seemed to be no end to them.

Chapter 1461: Horrified Mo Duona (2)

As for Su Yu, he was still taking his battle slowly. Or to be precise, he needed more time. He needed to extract a second drop of blood essence. Why was Zhankui bleeding so slowly?

At that point, Zhankui seemed to have noticed something wrong as well. He could feel himself weakening during the course of the battle, but it wasn't a big deal. However, there was no blood around them despite how much he had bled.

He had neglected that earlier due to the intensity of the battle. Now that he had realized it, he started feeling uneasy.

"Su Yu, are you absorbing my blood?"

He demanded an answer. Su Yu did not bother to say anything. Instead, he increased the intensity of his blood character and started absorbing blood from Zhankui's wounds directly. Noticing that, Zhankui roared and threw a fist at Su Yu's head.

Boom!

Finally, they were facing each other head-on. Instantly, they exchanged over a thousand moves. Su Yu fought with only one goal: to absorb as much blood as possible.

Rumble!

After being sent flying by Zhankui with a punch, Su Yu stuffed another lotus root down his throat while coughing blood. Once again, Mo Duona shouted, "Borrow me some!"

"Are you dumb? What if your opponent snatched it from you?"

That left Mo Duona speechless. That was true.

Even so, Su Yu still tossed about a hundred sparkling lotus seeds over and shouted, "Try to grab some and recover."

Mo Duona was overjoyed. He hurriedly started snatching the seeds in the air. Yang Hu merely snorted. Were they looking down on him? Even Zhankui reacted as well. His eyes lit up at the sight of the sparkling seeds.

These things were clearly treasures. They must have originated from the same source as the lotus roots Su Yu had been eating. As Pseudo Invincibles, they could sense that much. They had also witnessed with their own eyes how good the lotus roots were at healing physical wounds.

After all, Su Yu had been able to instantly regrow his badly damaged body by eating only a single piece of the lotus root. In fact, they found his usage of such treasures a big waste. Zhankui did not hesitate to reach out for the seeds.

Mo Duona managed to catch a few of the seeds as well. But he still shouted in alarm, "Why didn't you aim properly when throwing?"

Su Yu cursed, "Fuck! Didn't you ask for them? If you couldn't even catch them, why the fuck did you ask for them?"

Su Yu looked flustered and exasperated. Over a hundred lotus seeds were thrown out, yet Mo Duona had only caught about four or five of them. With his River of Time, Yang Hu caught over half of them before keeping Mo Duona busy again. Su Yu was forced to grab the remaining lotus seeds himself.

He only managed to grab about ten of them. The rest were grabbed by Zhankui. At that point, Su Yu looked so furious that it felt like he was smoking from his head.

"Mo Duona! You trash! Damn you!"

Su Yu shouted furiously.

Meanwhile, Zhankui was overjoyed. He had lost a lot of blood. This was just what he needed. With a hearty laugh, he swallowed all the seeds and said, "Thank you, Su Yu. You sure are dumb."

At the same time, Yang Hu swallowed most of his seeds with joy. These seeds were clearly treasures. From the aura of these seeds, it was clear they came from the same source as the lotus roots Su Yu had been eating. Thus, Yang Hu didn't even feel the need to check the seeds before consuming them.

As for Su Yu, he continued snorting furiously.

Inwardly, he was wondering if they had forgotten that he, Su Yu, was the number one scammer of the Myriad Realms.

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How annoying.

Had he not scammed them enough in the past?

Even Mo Duona had swallowed the little seeds he managed to grab. Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to say anything anymore. Four or five seeds would probably not be enough to kill Mo Duona, right?

It was good that Mo Duona had eaten those seeds as well. That would further reinforce the idea that these seeds were valuable treasures.

As for whether Mo Duona was aware that these seeds were poisonous...that was none of Su Yu's business. If Mo Duona ended up poisoning himself to death, he could only blame his luck. In that scenario, Su Yu wouldn't mind collecting Mo Duona's corpse alongside the corpses of Yang Hu and Zhankui.

None of the three considered the possibility that Su Yu was trying to poison them. After all, Mo Duona was an ally of Su Yu for now. Since even Mo Duona had eaten the seeds, it would naturally be fine for them to eat the seeds as well.

After eating the seeds, Zhankui roared with laughter as he sensed the surging power inside his body. He waited for the healing effect to come. But suddenly, his expression changed.

Boom!

A fountain of blood sprayed out of his mouth. Next, dark qi started leaking out of his body.

"Po-poison..."

Zhankui couldn't believe it. Why did Su Yu give Mo Duona something poisonous? Dark qi was leaking out of Mo Duona's body as well. While coughing blood, he stared at Su Yu blankly. Why did Su Yu poison him?

As for Yang Hu, his aura grew unstable as he coughed blood. Eventually, even his River of Time snapped.

Su Yu merely shouted at Mo Duona, "What are you staring at? You're not dead, right? Come on. Kill that guy. He is in a worse state than you."

Mo Duona was left with no choice but to engage Yang Hu in combat again. Inwardly, he was cursing himself. He had chosen an extremely dangerous person to cooperate with. Someone like Su Yu wouldn't care one bit if he accidentally killed someone other than his target. He was truly ruthless.

Zhankui was greatly tortured by the poison. However, the seeds did not seem too impressive. Even after swallowing so many of them, he was merely suffering from the bleeding of his seven orifices, the collapse of his aura, and the rotting of his flesh.

Su Yu wasn't too satisfied with the effects of the seeds. He concluded that each seed would only be good enough to poison a first-stage Sunmoon to death. Even after consuming so many of them, Zhankui was only weakened by about thirty percent.

Zhankui, who was greatly weakened, found himself struggling more and more against Su Yu. He also bled more and more. At this moment, Su Yu started having a feeling that he didn't even need the strength of a Pseudo Invincible to deal with an idiot like this.

Even in his current state, he could kill Zhankui.

As Zhankui bled more and more, the blood character gathered more and more blood. Eventually, the second drop of blood essence started taking form.

Zhankui continued roaring furiously as he fought.

Inside the book, the ninth-stage Sunmoons were starting to feel anxious as well. They blamed Zhankui for being a fool. But they also couldn't deny that none of them had suspected anything earlier.

Who would have guessed that something emanating such a pure aura was actually poisonous? Just like Su Yu, the seeds looked reliable yet poisonous. Just look at Su Yu. He looked like a reliable partner, but he didn't even care about Mo Duona's life during their cooperation.

Just moments ago, they had all believed that Su Yu was a loyal friend of Mo Duona. Just look at how generously he had tossed so many seeds at Mo Duona. But that was merely a trap. Wouldn't Mo Duona have killed himself if he had somehow caught all the seeds? Then again, they couldn't help but agree that it was unlikely for that to happen.

How was he still scheming against everyone even when he was in such an intense battle? Were all cultural researchers so treacherous?

Meanwhile, Mo Duona was too busy to think about Su Yu's actions. While coughing blood, he continued attacking Yang Hu. He had eaten some of the seeds, but Yang Hu had eaten a lot more than him.

Yang Hu's aura was no longer stable. As his condition deteriorated, he lost the ability to reopen his River of Time. As he coughed blood nonstop, he roared furiously, "Faster!"

He was on the verge of losing one of his bodies. When that happened, he might no longer be a match for Mo Duona. Why were Xuan Wuji and the others so slow? There were so many of them. How could a single book trap them for so long?

He also blamed himself for being stupid enough to eat something offered by Su Yu. Because of his greed, he couldn't even stabilize his aura anymore. Even as he faced Mo Duona's attacks, the poison kept attacking him from inside his body. He was bursting with rage.

***

Boom!

A blinding saber struck Zhankui, sending him flying onto the wall while coughing blood. The resulting rumble reverberated throughout the hall.

Su Yu took the opportunity to consume a drop of Zhankui's blood essence.

First, he had to activate the page.

As he gasped for breath, he focused on his body. He was surprised to find that his body could now withstand the blood essence of a Pseudo Invincible without much pressure. Then again, he was already strong enough to fight such a person. That shouldn't come as a surprise.

The golden book in his sea of willpower shook.

Race: Original devil (Half-step Eternal)

Sure enough, the page had been refreshed.

Su Yu looked up at the others and grinned.

It was time to end this.

He had another drop of blood essence. After killing Zhankui, he could extract even more drops.

He suddenly withdrew his book.

Xuan Wuji and the others blanked out in surprise. Su Yu had withdrawn the book just as they were about to finish killing all the beasts in it.

Su Yu was rubbing his book with a look of heartache.

"109 stripes..."

With the book in his left hand, he pointed at them with his trembling right hand. With an unsightly expression, he scolded, "You nearly caused my dao weapon to drop in level!"

He was furious. He had only pushed his book to 110 golden stripes after killing so many people. And now, one of the stripes had faded. Meanwhile, Zhankui and the others were overjoyed.

Zhankui, five ninth-stage Sunmoons, and the eight young geniuses instantly surrounded Su Yu.

Up in the air, Mo Duona's expression changed.

Was Su Yu losing?

Meanwhile, Su Yu was still immersed in his heartache as he sighed and said, "Looks like I can only recoup my losses by storing all of you into my book."

After another sigh, Su Yu said, "Have a great journey, friends."

At that, he swallowed another drop of blood essence.

Su Yu felt something completely different. He saw things he had never seen before. He saw time flowing. He had known that time would flow, but he only knew that conceptually in the past.

But now, he was seeing it with his own eyes. He saw a massive river. It wasn't his. It was eternal. It was simply there, a part of the natural world.

Pseudo Invincible.

This was a realm where one could start touching upon the power of time.

Borrowing the power of the blood essence, Su Yu had entered this realm temporarily. His yang acupoint started taking in death qi at a much faster speed. He ignored it. Or to be precise, he couldn't do anything about it.

He could only pray that Xing Yue would be fine.

***

At the same time, Xing Yue's expression changed massively.

She roared loudly, "More! Faster! He's resisting! He's resisting violently! I need more death qi to suppress him!"

The death sovereigns were alarmed to hear that. What a powerful absorption force. Just who in the world was Xing Yue converting? What an incredible person. As a temporary Pseudo Invincible, Su Yu was absorbing death qi at a far faster pace than even a regular Pseudo Invincible.

Alone, Xing Yue might really go limp from trying to satisfy his increased demand. Fortunately, she had the support of eight death sovereigns. Thus, she was feeling quite smug about this.

Come on! Keep doing it! Do it! Kill yourself doing it!

That bastard was so strong that she was starting to fear him. She was even starting to regret coming here. In such a state, she wouldn't be able to kill him even if she could leave the tunnel.

How terrifying.

Xing Yue started wondering if she should just leave. She didn't want to stay here anymore. Su Yu's absorption was so fast that he was starting to feel anxious. The moment the other death sovereigns saw through her weakness, they might end up consuming her. A weakened death sovereign was nothing but a piece of delicious flesh.

"Just what are you doing?"

Xing Yue started praying that Su Yu would stop soon. She couldn't endure this anymore. If he continued, everyone would start suspecting her condition.