Chapter 1469: I Have Been Wronged (1)
Yun Hao, a ninth-stage Mountainsea of the divine race.
Essentially, he was a nobody. This was an identity Su Yu had chosen randomly.
On the seventh level, where Sunmoons and Invincibles reigned, a Mountainsea who wasn't a young genius would not attract any attention. Yun Hao was slightly popular among the divines, but he was a total nobody for Su Yu.
Naturally, there was an advantage to being a nobody. It was much easier for someone like that to stay low profile. Even Cloudbreach geniuses would receive more attention than these people. That was why these people would be here to look for spoils from Mo Duona's battle. True experts and geniuses would not deign to do something like this.
With this identity, Su Yu gained a new companion. The new companion was a relatively old divine who had entered through the special entrance. One could say that he had entered through sheer luck. Since he came from the same race with Yun Hao, they had decided to stick together once inside the mansion.
The old divine was feeling quite regretful at having failed to collect any spoils. While leaving with Su Yu, he sighed and said, "Back then, I looted the battlefield of the ancient immortals and humans. There, I earned a rather big profit. Among the myriad races, the humans are the most stingy. They will rarely leave any spoils behind. The immortals are the most generous. Most of the time, they will ignore the cheaper spoils."
The humans were the most stingy. That was understandable since the humans were poor. One should not dream of getting any spoils from any battlefield where humans had prevailed.
Su Yu said, "What can we do if we lack both talent and backers? The geniuses of our divine race are quite rich as well. But they never share anything with us."
The old divine looked around and said, "Enough complaining. You're doing decent enough. Don't forget the slot you received from the celestial eye divine race."
Su Yu complained, "That's because they're afraid of dying inside the mansion. Maybe they already knew of this crisis in advance. They only sent me here to throw my life away."
"Yun Hao, you shouldn't say that. I couldn't even get a slot for myself." For origınal chapters go to novelFirｅ.net
The old divine sighed. These youngsters were too snappy. Yun Hao wasn't exactly a youngster anymore, but Yun Hao was definitely much younger than the old divine.
Su Yu merely snorted. He did not bother to say more. Yes. This was how Yun Hao was. He was negative and snappy.
When he looked up, he noticed the presence of many Invincibles. At the sight of them, he curled his lips and said, "Old Hao, mark my words. These Invincibles are waiting here angrily, but they won't dare to kill Mo Duona. Even if they do try, the devils won't allow that. This is the benefit of having a backer. He will be fine even after slaughtering so many immortals."
"Learn to watch your mouth."
Old Hao was feeling very helpless. Yun Hao had this habit of talking about things he shouldn't. Was someone like him qualified to even gossip about Invincibles? Was he tired of living?
Su Yu muttered, "He Tu is coming. Those already on the level will also start fighting each other. Peace is gone. More and more people are dying. Just look at all the falling moons during the past two days. If even Sunmoons are dying so easily, how are Mountainseas like us supposed to survive?"
Su Yu continued grumbling, "Our lives are worthless to them. The great and mighty divine kings have never thought of sharing anything with us. This trip is a complete waste. We're so desperate we have to start looking for spoils from the battleground of others."
"Enough."
Once again, Old Hao interrupted Yun Hao. He started wondering if he should split up with Yun Hao. This was a dangerous person to be with.
Su Yu merely mumbled at himself before shutting his mouth.
After a while, he looked up again and asked, "When will the seal be removed?"
"Soon. This place is different from the ancient cities. The lock will only remain for a day."
"So we still have some time..." Su Yu lowered his voice and said, "Old Hao, let's check out the nine-leaf skylotus. Even if we can't touch it, we can still smell it. Perhaps that's enough for us to make an advancement."
"Stop dreaming." Old Hao laughed and said, "You won't even have the chance to approach it. Invincibles are keeping watch over that place."
"It will be fine for us to look at it from afar." Su Yu argued, "It's not like we'll be able to get the skylotus. Are they going to stop us from even looking at it? Just give me an answer. Are you going? I doubt we can find anything good in the residence anymore. The seventh level is too barren. What a pity. Then again, there's nothing we can do since He Tu is down there."
"It's not that there aren't treasures on the seventh level, but these treasures are too dangerous for the likes of us to collect. The nine-leaf skylotus isn't the most valuable treasure on the seventh level. This was merely a recreational pond of Devote King back then. There are better treasures elsewhere, but you won't be able to survive those places."
"Sigh."
Su Yu sighed again.
Old Hao said, "Alright, alright. Stop sighing. I'll go with you. Let's take a look at the nine-leaf skylotus. There's nothing special about this since we won't be able to approach it."
At that, the two started going deeper into the residence. They did encounter other people on their way, including some divines. However, most of the divines would frown and move away the moment they saw Yun Hao. That was mainly because Yun Hao had a terrible attitude and lacked the ability to control his mouth.
Old Hao was the only one willing to stick with him since they both came from the same subrace within the greater divine race. Or to be precise, there was a Pseudo Invincible within Yun Hao's family, making them a slightly influential family. That was why Old Hao was staying with him.
Since he couldn't find a way to approach the truly important people, he had to stick with someone like Yun Hao. It wasn't even hard for him to find an excuse to stay with Yun Hao since both of them came from the same subrace.
Su Yu did not care about all that. He only needed to play his role as Yun Hao well. Inwardly, his body was still slowly growing and digesting his gains from his recently finished second transformation. He still needed some time to complete the process. Upon completion, he would be able to surpass 3.8 million acupoints in strength. That would be incredible.
At the moment, Su Yu was busy reversing his death qi into source qi. He had even stopped absorbing Xing Yue's death qi. Instead, he was feeding his yang acupoint himself. While he was not in combat, he could barely produce enough source qi to feed his yang acupoint. This balance would be broken the moment he needed to fight.
This was also the main reason why he didn't want to open his yang acupoint without Xing Yue around. Now that Xing Yue was here, he no longer needed to restrict himself. But he still needed to be careful lest the death qi in his body grew thick enough to be sensed by Invincibles.
"Snatching the nine-leaf skylotus, cultivating the Mark of Civilization, opening more apertures, and obtaining the aperture cultivation method. Then, I can push both my willpower and body to the peak Mountainsea Realm."
That was his current plan. Killing more people was no longer his priority. However, the nine-leaf skylotus was very important. Without the skylotus, he would probably need about ten years to reach the Mountainsea Realm.
The skylotus was his sole chance to accelerate that process. Such a treasure was probably very rare nowadays. Before long, the two reached a massive building. Numerous experts were seated cross-legged outside the building.
They were all Pseudo Invincibles. Each of the races with Invincibles in the mansion would station at least one Pseudo Invincible here.
Su Yu glanced at the human and noted that it was Cheng Mo, a familiar face to him.
Since when did Cheng Mo become a Pseudo Invincible?
Su Yu was quite surprised. Wasn't Cheng Mo supposed to be a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon? Did he break through recently? Why was he on guard duty? This was such a dangerous job. The Pseudo Invincibles of the other races were all veteran Pseudo Invincibles.
Su Yu did not pay too much attention to Cheng Mo. It was also probable that Cheng Mo was still a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. After all, there weren't a lot of Pseudo Invincible humans left. Too many of them had broken through recently while some had died. A few had also suffered serious injuries after failing to break through.
Thus, Yun Chen and Lan Tian were the only well-known human Pseudo Invincibles who had entered the mansion this time. Unfortunately, Lan Tian was unreliable while Yun Chen was too mysterious. It was hard for one to even locate him.
Thus, Cheng Mo was probably the strongest expert humanity had to offer, excluding the Invincibles.
Just then, a divine Pseudo Invincible looked at them and frowned, "Yun Hao, what are you doing here?"
Su Yu cupped his fists and smiled, "Lord, we wish to take a look at the nine-leaf skylotus..."
"Ridiculous!" The Pseudo Invincible berated them, "Leave. Nobody is allowed to enter."
Clearly, these Pseudo Invincibles were here to keep others from entering and causing trouble inside.
Su Yu said awkwardly, "We only wish to take a look from the outside. Lord, it hasn't been easy for us to come this far. We only wish to take a look at the skylotus and perhaps gain some enlightenment from it."
The Pseudo Invincible sneered and said, "Sure. But let me remind you that this gate is the sole entrance into the building. It is very dangerous to try to climb over the wall. Think properly before doing anything stupid."
"Thank you, Lord!"
Su Yu was extremely polite. Yes, Yun Hao had a bad attitude. But his attitude would change depending on who he was facing. Before long, Su Yu reached one of the walls with Old Hao. They were not alone. Some other people were there as well. They were all trying to look inside the building.
There were divines, devils, immortals, and humans among them. In fact, Su Yu even saw a familiar face here: Qin Hao.
The number two of the Qin Family.
Su Yu reckoned this was the most pitiful number two of the various top human families. Just look at the other number twos. They were all terrifyingly strong. Meanwhile, the pitiful Qin Hao wasn't even a ninth-stage Sunmoon.
Chapter 1470: I Have Been Wronged (2)
When Qin Hao noted the arrival of some newcomers, he looked over indifferently before returning his focus to the building. Naturally, Su Yu kept away from them and approached the group of divines instead. There, both he and Old Hao floated slightly to look over the wall.
The first thing Su Yu noticed was a massive lotus blooming on a pond. Four petals had bloomed thus far. The glowing petals swayed about gently as they consumed the energy in the air.
Su Yu could see a great resemblance between this lotus and the smiling mouth lotus. The two almost looked the same. Not far from the skylotus was a pavilion. And floating above the pavilion was a saber. Under the saber, a faintly discernible gate could be seen.
"Death tunnel!"
Su Yu was quite alarmed to see that. The death tunnel was less than a kilometer away from the skylotus. For top experts, such a distance was nothing. No wonder. No wonder the experts on the seventh level were trying so hard to prevent the death spirits from leaving the death tunnel. Wouldn't their arrival ruin the blooming skylotus?
Naturally, the death spirits could exit through the heavenly laws when certain requirements were fulfilled. For example, when someone was killed, they could appear directly where the murder was performed. However, the experts on the seventh level would not allow them to exit through the death tunnel.
Would the suppression of the death tunnel vanish the moment the floating saber was removed?
"There sure are a lot of treasures here." Old Hao sighed and said, "The nine-leaf skylotus and the divine saber. Even the water in the pond is probably a treasure as well. After all, it is capable of growing an absolute treasure like the nine-leaf skylotus."
Su Yu nearly rolled his eyes upon hearing that. What water was this? This location...wasn't this the location of Old Zhou's Heaven Connecting Acupoint? If that was the case, the water here...well...was this the end of Old Zhou's intestines?
Su Yu started growing imaginative. This was quite a fertile ground. The nine-leaf skylotus was most likely something manually planted here. In the ancient past, the skylotus merely served as a decoration here. From this, it was obvious how powerful the experts of the ancient past could be.
Even something so valuable was treated as mere decoration. Apart from the pond, there was nothing else in the courtyard. There were more than one nine-leaf skylotuses in the courtyard, but only one was blooming. Su Yu could see that there was a skylotus every few hundred meters.
All in all, there were nine of them. No wonder those outside the mansion could know about the blooming skylotus in advance. Left undisturbed, the other skylotuses would also bloom in the future.
They continued looking over the wall from the outside like curious children. The Pseudo Invincibles in charge of guarding the entrance couldn't be bothered to do anything about them. In any case, one could only enter through the main gate.
Beside Su Yu, Old Hao said, "I wonder if we will be allowed to enter after the Invincibles are done harvesting the skylotus. Perhaps there are more benefits to be gained inside."
Hearing his words, a divine youth sneered and said, "Stop dreaming. Nobody will be allowed to enter even after the blooming skylotus is plucked. This place is essentially a farm. Even Invincibles will be careful not to damage the roots of the skylotus while harvesting it. According to the records, the skylotuses here had been harvested eight times before this. Look over there. Look at the smallest skylotus. It will probably bloom again after a few hundred tides. This place is too valuable to be ruined by the likes of us."
Su Yu looked over and noted that the eighth skylotus was the nearest skylotus to the blooming skylotus. It was indeed the smallest skylotus on the pond. Waiting a few hundred tides for it to bloom again was essentially waiting a few thousand years.
When was the last time a skylotus was harvested? There were nine of them in total. Thus, up to eight skylotuses had been harvested prior to this. Su Yu wondered if the people who had harvested these skylotuses in the past were still alive.
If they were still around, they should understand the proper method of harvesting these skylotuses. He removed his gaze from the skylotus and focused on the pavilion instead. There was only a floating saber in the pavilion.
It looked ordinary. He didn't have it in hand. But he knew that it was an incredible weapon. Something capable of suppressing a death tunnel was most definitely a divine weapon. And every divine weapon was incredibly valuable.
Su Yu was rich, but he didn't have a divine weapon in his possession. His Mark of Civilization was merely an embryonic divine weapon. He didn't even know if he could grow it into a divine weapon in his lifetime. An embryo was not the same as the real deal.
A real divine weapon was incomparably powerful. For example, the Heavenly Hunt Index could send messages and collect auras throughout the Allheaven Battlefield. Su Yu wouldn't be able to purchase a divine weapon even with all his wealth. Such was the value of a divine weapon.
At present, there were no weaponsmith capable of forging divine weapons in existence. At best, one could only forge a heaven weapon and try to upgrade it into a divine weapon. However, such a person would not be considered a proper divine weaponsmith. Even the famed Pseudo Emperors were only using peak heaven weapons. From this, one could see just how rare divine weapons were.
Su Yu asked, "Is that saber really a divine weapon? How many golden stripes does it have? Since the Devote King is dead, is that saber still usable?"
A divine Sunmoon chided him, "Stop talking about these ancient experts here. Even dead, their remnant will might remain. That is a divine weapon. And divine weapons are intelligent. Do you think divine weapons are the same as earth weapons?"
The Sunmoon was essentially warning him to shut his mouth lest the saber decide to teach him a lesson.
Su Yu shut his mouth. Fine. Divine weapons were intelligent...as a weaponsmith himself, he understood more. Whether a divine weapon was intelligent would depend on how it was forged.
For example, the Mark of Civilization would contain a powerful projection in each page upon becoming a divine weapon. With these projections, his Mark of Civilization would have a certain degree of intelligence as well. This was the so-called intelligence divine weapons were supposed to have. The rıghtful source is n0velfire.net
Old Zhao's hammer was another example. After becoming a divine weapon, it would maintain a certain level of intelligence thanks to the character Old Zhao planted in it. The intelligence would remain even after Old Zhao's death. It would only lose its intelligence upon losing its character. This concept was also applicable to the weapons forged from a living person.
For example, Hu Qi had forged a Sunmoon into a weapon not long ago. Such a weapon would also possess a certain degree of intelligence, thanks to the remnant will of the person used to forge the weapon.
Su Yu was curious about the method used to forge this saber. If it had been forged from a living person, it would be an extremely dangerous weapon. Such a forging method was essentially a demonic forging method. Most of the time, such a weapon would go crazy upon the death of its master.
"It's probably not a living forging method or the weapon wouldn't have stayed here obediently. It must have been forged through a proper method."
As Su Yu's eyes glowed faintly, he stared at the saber. He wanted to see if he could find a way to release the death spirits. As for the trouble that would arise from that, well, that was none of his business. Here, the weak were merely food for the strong.
There was no need to hold back. Su Yu suspected that the immortal kings would probably give up on even Mo Duona if they were to learn that he was here. Even if Mo Duona was really the person who had killed Xuan Wuji and the others, the immortal kings would still give up on Mo Duona and go after him instead.
Why? Because that was the order of multiple Pseudo Emperors.
"It won't be easy...but it's not impossible."
Su Yu judged that this weapon was not uncontrollable. He only needed to fulfil several requirements. Firstly, bloodline. Secondly, the cultivation method. Since this was Devote King's weapon, it would need either the bloodline or the cultivation method of Devote King to control.
"He Tu seems to be a descendant of Devote King."
Su Yu had learned that from the immortals, but he was unsure if it was true. But He Tu was dead. Death would sever everything, including his bloodline.
"In that case, I can only rely on the cultivation method. But a death spirit won't be able to make use of the cultivation methods of the living. In that case, not even He Tu can control his saber anymore."
That wasn't surprising to him. He Tu would have entered the mansion long ago if he had a way to control the saber. Next, Su Yu shifted his focus to the skylotus. Numerous ideas emerged in his mind, but he couldn't think of anything that could help with harvesting the skylotus. It was simply an impossible task.
Just then, he heard someone talking about something. That topic prompted him to look in a certain direction. Near the back door of Devote King's residence, a whirlpool could be seen in the air. It was located around ten kilometers from the pavilion above the pond, and it was also the entrance to the eighth level.
Someone nearby said, "I heard there are a lot of treasures on the eighth level since the residences of numerous ancient experts are there. All those people were Emperors. Any random treasure from that place will be enough for us to profit massively. What a pity that we have no way of entering the eighth level."
"Entering the eighth level? Stop dreaming. According to the rumors, some of the ancient experts are still alive. Back then, an Invincible tried to enter the eighth level only to be killed with one punch."
"Are you sure about that?"
"Of course. My ancestor told me. If you want to know, feel free to ask your own ancestor."
"..."
The eighth level.
That was a place Mo Duona wanted to enter as well. He was targeting a treasure in the residence of the ancient Devil Pseudo Emperor. As far as Su Yu was concerned, that was madness.
But he had also heard from an immortal king that one could enter the eighth level if one held an official position in the ancient court. However, Su Yu's position was relatively low-ranked. Even if he could enter, his movement might be restricted.
He was an ancient city mayor. Strictly speaking, someone like him could be considered a general of the ancient court. People like Heavendoom were also mayors back then. They had only turned into stone statues to further resist the death qi after the collapse of the ancient past.
With the mayor's medallion of the Grand Dream City, Su Yu could be considered a titled general. His rank was lower than that of marquises, but much higher than most people.
"Is the entrance so near?"
Su Yu started considering the eighth level as a hiding place. Should he enter the eighth level after snatching the nine-leaf skylotus?
"But there is no guarantee that the others can't enter as well. For example, the Heaven Department head might be able to enter. As a subordinate of the Heavenly Overseer Marquis, he might have been appointed a titled general. Also, are there no other surviving titled generals among those living fossils?"
Su Yu's head ached as he thought about this issue. Even if he could snatch the skylotus, there was no guarantee that he would be able to escape. The eighth level...or the Death Realm.
Those were his only options. However, entering the eighth level would not guarantee that he would be able to leave the mansion later. Even if he could leave the mansion, could he survive long enough to reach his ancient city?
Numerous Invincibles were paying close attention to the mansion out there. The short distance between the mansion and his ancient city could prove extremely challenging.
"I can still keep a low profile if I stay away from the skylotus. But that won't be possible after snatching the skylotus. They will definitely find out who I am. Escape will be impossible. I might need to enter the death tunnel and cross the Death Realm to return to the ancient city. Since Xing Yue can come all the way here, there must be a way to return as well."
But that was too dangerous. Once he entered the Death Realm, Xing Yue could start trying to kill him. Out here, she still had to follow the heavenly laws. That would change in the Death Realm.
Su Yu understood the importance of an escape route. Thus, he had to plan his escape route before getting his hands on the skylotus.
"Maybe I can kill those people during the transfer out of the mansion. But doing so will reduce the number of people that can cover for me..."
This was so troublesome. Suddenly, a massive rumble rang out. That was followed by He Tu's voice, "Keep going! I won't give up until I succeed!"
Boom!
Chapter 1471: I Have Been Wronged (3)
Numerous explosions erupted in the air.
Just then, Su Yu focused on the saber in the courtyard with flickering eyes. He had noticed that the saber had actually trembled slightly. As it trembled, a tiny amount of death qi leaked out from the center of the pavilion.
He was not the only person who had noticed that. All the Pseudo Invincibles standing guard near the gate had noticed the same. An immortal Pseudo Invincible roared, "Watch out! Notify your respective Invincibles! He Tu is scheming something! The divine weapon here seems to be reacting!"
Before long, a Pseudo Invincible roared, "Lords, He Tu is shaking the suppressive divine weapon to open the death tunnel. Please watch out."
At that, He Tu's voice rang out, "Damn you! Why are your eyes so sharp? This is my home! How dare you take over my territory? How dare you stop me from going home? Just you wait! You will regret this!"
Then, the explosions stopped as silence returned.
Moments later, several Invincibles arrived. Instead of entering the residence, they gazed down at the pond from above. One of them frowned and said, "Pay close attention to this place. He Tu is trying to shake the divine weapon and displace the tunnel. Notify us the moment you see anything. Nobody above the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm are allowed to kill each other in the residence. Disobey this at your own risk."
The appearance of an Invincible death spirit would place the residence on lockdown. The Invincibles were greatly displeased with this. Thus, they had decided to prohibit all combat between Pseudo Invincibles in the residence.
Just as the Invincible was about to leave, an immortal king said, "One more thing. The moment the residence is unlocked, are the devils handing Mo Duona out or do you want us to pick him up ourselves?"
The Invincible who had spoken earlier was a devil king.
Hearing Immortal King Yueshi's words, the devil king said, "Must you create trouble at this time? A battle between the devils and immortals will involve more than ten Invincibles. Who will stop He Tu when we're all busy? As for the matter involving Mo Duona, we can talk about it outside the mansion. Are you trying to let the other races take advantage of the battle between us?"
Immortal King Yueshi said, "Is that a no?"
The devil king coldly replied, "Do you think that the immortals are ruling the myriad races? Do you think that the devils fear the immortals? I told you. We'll talk about this matter outside. Are you thinking of making a move forcefully in here?"
Immortal King Yueshi said, "If that's your answer, don't blame us for ignoring the unspoken rules. Xuan Wuji and the others are dead. There are five of us. We won't have any issue slaughtering the other young devils in the mansion."
"You are free to try."
The devil king shot back unrelentingly. Immortal King Yueshi merely sneered without saying anything else.
So be it.
Their young geniuses were all dead. Only a small number of non Invincible immortals were left. Since the devils were unwilling to compromise, they wouldn't mind going wild for once. The Invincibles wouldn't be easy to kill, but that was not the case for those below the Invincible Realm.
The devil king cursed inwardly. This was a thorny problem. Mo Duona was crazy. Why did he do that? It was fine to kill Yang Hu. But why did he kill all the other young geniuses? With all the young geniuses dead, the immortal kings were free to act with impunity. They had nothing to fear since they had nothing to lose.
Without the young geniuses around, they wouldn't care even if the rest of the immortals in the mansion died as a result of their battle. Why should they hold back from killing the other devils? So what if that would trigger a battle between Invincibles? Invincibles weren't so easy to kill. Since they had suffered, they naturally needed to make others suffer as well.
The devil king's expression changed repeatedly. Finally, he tossed a threat out, "You better keep yourself in check. Don't forget that the humans, divines, and dragons have a lot of young geniuses in the mansion as well. Don't take your anger out on everyone else just because you got unlucky and lost all your young geniuses."
That was the only solution the devil king could think of. He had to drag the other races into this mess as well. The immortals had nothing to lose. But that was not the case for the other races.
Those from the other races knew that this was the devil king's attempt to drag them into the mess, but they had to react. A different voice rang out from afar, "Even if the immortals and devils wish to fight each other, you have to maintain your bottom line. If we start killing the juniors, total chaos will descend. Eventually, all races will go extinct. The myriad races have been able to prosper for so long because we have all been maintaining our bottom line. Immortal King Yueshi, those below the Eternal Realm can attack Mo Duona or even kill him. Eternals should stay out of this. Stop making a joke out of yourself."
The one who had spoken was a divine king. Next, a dragon king spoke, "The immortals still have a lot of juniors in the mansion. What's the point of triggering a war now?"
The humans did not bother to get involved. This was none of their business. For some reason, this trip into the mansion felt incredible. Before the other races could even start targeting the humans, the immortals and devils had turned against each other. It was also clear that nobody wanted to see the immortals go crazy inside the mansion.
With a frosty expression, Immortal King Yueshi said, "We shall see. Nobody has ever escaped punishment after killing so many of us. Mo Duona? Even the Devil Pseudo Emperor himself would need to explain himself to us if he were to kill Xuan Wuji."
Immortal King Yueshi could see that everyone was against the idea of war while they were in the mansion. If he said more, the others might join hands to suppress them. However, they couldn't let this slide.
Suddenly, a different voice rang out, "Mo Duona is not the type to kill for no reason. There might be a misunderstanding. He might have been forced to do it. Or there might be some other reason. Or perhaps he's not Mo Duona anymore. I suggest you look for Lan Tian before doing anything. As for the power of the Devil Pseudo Emperor you sensed earlier, how accurate could your senses be with a seal around the residence? Lan Tian once worked with the devils for many years. It won't be surprising for him to have some devil clones as well. It won't be difficult for him to replace Mo Duona in the mansion."
At that, Xia Longwu's cold voice rang out, "Long Yue, stop trying to shift the blame to us humans. Mo Duona himself admitted to what he did. Are you trying to twist the truth?"
The devil replied, "I was merely suggesting a probability. Even if that was really Mo Duona, it is possible that his memories have been altered by Lan Tian. Who knows? Mo Duona is not strong enough to kill so many experts. Zhankui might be strong, but he would need to cripple himself to kill Yang Hu. During the battle, I was able to sense that the first death phenomenon to appear was generated by Zhankui, not Yang Hu. How do you explain that? Zhankui was the first to die. Even if he had seriously injured Yang Hu before dying, Yang Hu still wouldn't be an opponent Mo Duona could kill easily. Mo Duona looked relatively fine when he left the room. Even with the Devil Pseudo Emperor's blood essence, he wouldn't be strong enough to kill all those people without suffering much injuries."
The devil king continued, "If Lan Tian is inside the Devote King's residence right now, he is definitely one of the suspects. If he's currently outside the residence, I'll—"
"Are you looking for me?"
Suddenly, a white-haired old man appeared in the distance and grinned, "Are you talking about me?"
The devil king blanked out slightly, but he recovered immediately and said, "Lan Tian, there is no need for this. The more you try to explain yourself, the more you have to hide. You have countless clones. Who knows which is your real body? Looks like you're feeling anxious. That's why you're in a rush to explain yourself."
Inside the residence, Su Yu sighed with admiration.
Incredible.
That devil king was amazing at sophistry. If Lan Tian remained in hiding, he would be a suspect. If he revealed himself, he was trying to hide something. In any case, the devils were determined to throw the blame Lan Tian's way.
Either Lan Tian was the murderer or he had controlled Mo Duona to perform all those murders. Mo Duona was naturally innocent. Su Yu almost envied that ability to twist facts.
Amazing.
Look at how all those devil kings were trying to twist facts and throw the blame toward Lan Tian. Su Yu thought to himself that he would be feeling greatly thankful for the devils right this moment if he were Mo Duona.
The devils were trying very hard to protect Mo Duona. Lan Tian and the humans would be displeased, but why would the devils care about this? Would they care about Lan Tian's feelings?
Unsurprisingly, several powerful auras erupted. Qin Zhen roared, "Where is your sense of shame? Mo Duona admitted it himself. Why are you blaming us for what he did?"
The devil king said, "Not many humans have died in the mansion, but the other races have suffered gravely. Nobody is stupid. Is this a scheme of the humans? You know how important Mo Duona is for us. That was why you killed Xuan Wuji and framed Mo Duona for it. My brothers from the immortal race, don't fall for their trick. If we end up fighting each other, the humans will benefit."
At that time, Immortal King Xuan He spoke, "Yueshi, calm down. Brother Long Yue is right. We will investigate properly before doing anything. Nobody will be able to escape our wrath after wronging us."
Immortal King Yueshi snorted, but his expression started changing.
With a gloomy expression, Lan Tian said, "This...you're framing me! I'm innocent!"
With a helpless expression, he started screeching, "How can you do this to me? How can you sully my innocence? I am not someone so ruthless. Su Yu is the only person capable of doing something like this! Why aren't you blaming Su Yu? Just say that he's here. Just say that he's hiding amid the crowd. Just throw the blame at him! Why me? Why?"
"..."
Instantly, the little bit of pity Su Yu had generated toward Lan Tian evaporated.
Fuck that!
Lan Tian deserved this! Why was Lan Tian trying to drag him into this mess? He wasn't even in the mansion! He was still in the ancient city.
Lan Tian continued screeching, "You're framing me! Why are you treating me like this? I'm innocent! I'm innocent!"
For some reason, his behavior caused everyone to shiver.
With a flicker, someone appeared in his hand. With the same wronged expression, he said, "I was planning to release him, but not anymore! How can you frame me?"
Boom!
A nearly full moon dropped from the sky. That was a Pseudo Invincible. He had been crushed to death by Lan Tian before he could even say anything.
By the time a divine king reached, Lan Tian had vanished into nothingness. His voice continued resounding in the air, "I have been wronged! It wasn't me! I have been wronged! I'm so angry! I have been wronged! How can you do this to me? How can you frame me? How can you frame me like this?"
Countless voices resounded throughout the seventh level. At that point, the expressions of the Invincibles started changing. Countless screeching Lan Tians appeared everywhere. Some were men, some were women. Some were old, some were young. They all had a wronged expression.
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"I have been wronged!"
Madman!
The divine king cursed and said, "That has nothing to do with the divine race!"
Fuck!
Why did Lan Tian kill a divine for something the devils did?
Damn it!
This madman seemed to have grown even stronger than before. He had captured a Pseudo Invincible without anyone noticing.
"I don't care! I have been wronged! I have been wronged!"
The divine king killed several Lan Tians near him, but it changed nothing. Lan Tian continued screeching, "I have been wronged! I am furious! I am giving the devils a chance to apologize! Apologize or I'll be angry!"
At that, the expressions of the devil kings changed further. Was this madman so difficult to deal with? Why weren't they aware of this before? He was only a ninth-stage Sunmoon. He wasn't even a Pseudo Invincible as he had no tri-life bodies. He only had countless clones.
"Are the humans trying to challenge the myriad races?" A devil king questioned.
His answer came in the form of a saber. Xia Longwu's furious voice rang out, "Do you take us humans for pushovers? Lan Tian and Wan Tiansheng have betrayed humanity. What else do you want? Kill him yourself if you want to do something about it."
Once again, Lan Tian screamed, "No! I didn't betray humanity! Both Tiansheng and I will rebuild humanity! I have been wronged!"
"..."
How should one respond to the words of a lunatic? Even Xia Longwu was left speechless. He decided to stay silent. Lan Tian was simply too difficult to deal with. After avoiding Xia Longwu's saber, the devil king thought about it and decided to shut his mouth.
Whatever. He only needed to shift the blame toward Lan Tian. There was no need for him to further provoke the humans.
***
Around Su Yu, several experts were shivering as well.
Lan Tian was no Invincible, but everyone found him scary. He was capable of killing a Pseudo Invincible like he was killing a chick. Was he really still a ninth-stage Sunmoon? Meanwhile, the divines had ugly expressions. This was a conflict between the immortals, devils, and Lan Tian. Why did Lan Tian kill a divine? Sure enough, there was no reasoning with a lunatic.
A divine near Su Yu sent a voice transmission to them, "Be careful. Stay away from that lunatic. He has gone mad. It won't be surprising for him to pick another person to kill next. What a pity that he had picked a divine first..."
He sounded very helpless. Not even the divine king could do anything to Lan Tian. Even now, Lan Tian was still screeching.
Eventually, even Su Yu started shivering in fear. This...Lan Tian's resentment was on the verge of merging with Old Zhou's resentment. Why wasn't Lan Tian stopping? If this continued, Old Zhou might wake up!
Theoretically, Lan Tian wasn't supposed to be able to contact Old Zhou. But Su Yu could feel that Old Zhou was starting to respond to Lan Tian's screeches. Why was that happening? Could it be that Old Zhou was a lunatic like Lan Tian?
Holy shit!
Chapter 1472: You Know, I Know, Qin Zhen Doesn't Know (1)
Lan Tian was crazy.
Worried, Su Yu opened his 360 acupoints and focused. Before long, Old Zhou's voice started ringing out in his ears.
"I have been wronged!"
"..."
Su Yu was dumbstruck.
Holy shit!
What was that
Was he hearing things?
He hurriedly shut one of his acupoints. At that, Lan Tian's wails entered his ears, "I have been wronged!"
Su Yu opened his acupoint in stupefaction.
"I have been wronged!"
Two people were shouting the same thing.
Su Yu shivered.
Shit! Shit! Shit!
Was Old Zhou...resonating with Lan Tian?
Holy shit!
Yes. He had been wronged. Those were Old Zhou's words.
"I have been wronged!"
Old Zhou's voice assaulted Su Yu's mind, giving him a sensation that his head was about to blow apart. Noticing his pale face, Old Hao hurriedly asked, "Are you fine?"
Su Yu looked up and answered with a trembling voice, "I'm fine. Lan Tian...is a lunatic." Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on noveⅼfire.net
Old Hao frowned with contempt. Lan Tian was outside the residence. What was so scary about a threat that couldn't enter the residence?
Sigh.
Then again, he did not deny that Lan Tian was incredibly terrifying. Meanwhile, Su Yu was still alarmed. Lan Tian had somehow triggered a reaction from Old Zhou. Were they resonating emotionally?
Or were they resonating through their daos?
Su Yu was certain that Lan Tian had yet to open 360 acupoints.
In that case, why was Old Zhou reacting?
Wasn't he the only person Old Zhou could hear?
While Su Yu was worried, Lan Tian continued wailing everywhere, "I have been wronged! It wasn't me! You're framing me!"
***
The Invincibles were rendered speechless.
Was he done?
An Invincible shouted, "Lan Tian, are you done with your madness?"
He was tired of this.
The devils were the ones accusing him. It wasn't like the devils and immortals had declared that they would go after him immediately. They only needed an excuse to prevent a war while they were inside the mansion. Why was Lan Tian wailing for something so minor?
At this point, even the Invincibles were starting to shiver. Something felt very wrong about this.
"I have been wronged! And now, you're calling me mad? I have been wronged!"
Abruptly, an Invincible roared, "Impudent!"
Just then, even more Lan Tians appeared beside the non Invincibles all over the seventh level. They all wailed, "They framed me! I have been wrong! I am angry!"
Whoosh!
Then, the various Lan Tians started tearing the non Invincibles apart while wailing, "They framed me! You! You guys! Become one with me and serve as my witness! Tell them that it wasn't me!"
In a split second, over a thousand Lan Tians appeared.
In that split second, he killed over thirty experts.
Some were Sunmoons and some were Mountainseas.
Boom!
The Invincibles started attacking the clones. As a result, the countless Lan Tians wailed again, "You are hitting me? How can you? After framing me, you're hitting me! I'm not scared of you! I'm not scared! I will turn you all into my clones! All of you will share my sorrow! You will understand how I feel!"
The auras of the various Lan Tians started surging.
A powerful sense of resentment flooded the seventh level.
"I have been wronged!"
The voices continued assaulting the minds of all the people on the seventh level. At this point, even the human Invincibles were starting to grow wary. Zhu Tianfang roared, "All humans, shut your six senses and return indoors."
"Do it now!"
The other Invincibles were also giving the same orders. Those who were outside the Devote King's residence could hear the mournful wails in their heads.
"I have been wronged!"
***
Somewhere on the seventh level.
Deep inside the mountains, a massive iron devourer was busy eating. When he heard the voices, he dug his ears and muttered, "Why is that lunatic messing with my appetite?"
The voice of that lunatic was making him feel like throwing up.
The iron devourer continued eating. After a while, he looked around and sighed, "A big change seems to have been triggered. Lan Tian...Lan Tian of the human race...shit. This isn't good."
***
Inside a certain building.
Hollow inhaled deeply and muttered, "Damn it! Did that lunatic cause a change of the Luminous Domain Mansion itself?"
The mournful wails continued reverberating in their heads.
At this point, the seas of willpower of the weaker individuals were starting to blow up. Noticing that, Hollow inhaled in shock. Damn it. This felt so wrong. Since when did Lan Tian become so scary?
***
Elsewhere.
Yun Chen's expression changed as he hurriedly said, "Don't move!"
He covered everyone with a layer of light barrier. Meanwhile, Bai Feng's eyes were shining brightly while Wu Lan looked incredibly excited. The two were completely ignoring the madman. Rather, they were studying the changes in the realm barrier.
A tiny crack seemed to have appeared on the impregnable realm barrier. Bai Feng felt like he was looking at a massive vein.
"Go in." Bai Feng shouted in excitement.
Yun Chen's expression changed slightly as he said, "We don't know what's inside. We might not be able to leave after entering. Don't do anything rash!"
"The pursuit of the great dao is a cause worthy of dying for."
Bai Feng said in excitement, "Thank you for your help, Martial Ancestor Yun Chen. You can leave now. Wu Lan, let's go! This is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen in my life!"
Wu Lan laughed and said, "I'm not seeing anything beautiful. I'm only looking at blood..."
The two dove into the crack without any hesitation. Inside, Bai Feng's voice rang out, "Martial Ancestor, please take the others away."
Wu Qi and Wu Jia were with them as well. Just as Yun Chen was about to say something, Wu Qi stepped into the crack expressionlessly.
Yun Chen raised his hand before lowering it helplessly. He gave Bai Feng and Wu Lan one look before looking at Wu Jia, who had also entered the crack in excitement. A complicated emotion welled in his heart.
The pursuit of the great dao was a cause worth dying for.
Such was the path of a cultural researcher.
The first principal had founded the Knowledge Seeking Realm with the various prefectures for the same purpose. To study the unknown. To explore the future. Many had spent their entire life pursuing the truth.
Such was the case for the first principal. Such was the case for Ye Batian. Such was the case for Wan Tiansheng. Studying the unknown. Exploring the future. In his search, Wan Tiansheng had followed the path of myriad daos as him. In his search, Lan Tian had followed the path of him as the myriad daos. In his search, Ye Batian had followed the path of hegemonic dao...
After a short reverie, Lan Tian's voice woke Yun Chen up. He laughed with amusement, "Madman."
But soon, a sense of loss enveloped him. He didn't know if he should feel happy or helpless about this. This line of the multiple character faction was still filled with such lunatics. Not a single normal person existed in this line. In comparison to them, Yun Chen was abnormally normal.
Yun Chen felt empty. He was the most normal person in their line. Perhaps...that was also the case for his teacher.
Was a multiple character faction member who was not freakish and mad still a multiple character faction member?
They were refined. They were proud. But they should also be mad.
How could one become a true multiple character cultivator without a little bit of madness?
Right before his eyes, these lunatics had stepped into the crack. He could only stare as the crack slowly closed in. He didn't know if they could return from this. But he still wanted to enter as well.
The realm barrier was extremely powerful. He had spent a long time attacking it to no avail earlier. Now that it had opened, the unknown awaited inside.
"Sigh."
With a complicated sigh, Yun Chen stepped through the crack right before it closed completely. Since they were mad, they might as well further embrace this madness.
***
Boom!
Rumbling sounds resounded throughout the seventh level.
The wails of Lan Tian continued reverberating in the heads of everyone. One head after another blew up.
This was happening to those from the minor races, ancient races, races with no Invincibles in the mansion, those separated from their dao protectors, those not seeking shelter in the ancient residences...
Eventually, the seventh level itself started shaking.
At this time, He Tu and Dummy attacked again. The overjoyed He Tu roared with laughter and said, "Even the heavens are helping me!"
The Invincibles guarding the entrance were furious. Some even glared at the devil king angrily. Damn him! Why did that bastard provoke a lunatic like Lan Tian? Without even showing his real body, Lan Tian had caused the entire seventh level to stir. And now, He Tu was taking the opportunity to attack as well. This was troublesome.
Nobody had the time to care about Lan Tian anymore. It wasn't like they could do anything about him. They couldn't even find him. Over a hundred Lan Tians had been killed so far. However, the more the Invincibles killed, the more Lan Tians would appear.
This was the very first time they had faced such a difficult opponent who wasn't even an Invincible.
No, that wasn't exactly accurate.
Wan Tiansheng was such a person. Su Yu was such a person as well.
Humanity had gone mad.
Was this their final madness before their final defeat?
***
At the same time.
With the arrival of He Tu, the floating saber above the pond was starting to shake again.
An indistinct gate started manifesting. Death spirits could be seen beyond the gate, but they did not dare to step out due to the pressure of the floating saber.
One of the death sovereigns grinned, "Soon! We will be free soon! We will be free of the Source Return Blade soon! Without this saber, the Luminous Domain Mansion will be ours!"
One death sovereign after another appeared behind the gate. Su Yu could see Xing Yue among them. The death qi in the Devote King's residence increased in intensity. Sensing that, the Pseudo Invincibles in the residence started feeling ill at ease.
Damn it!
Was chaos really arriving?
One of them roared, "Nobody is allowed to approach this place! All who approach will be killed!"
Chapter 1473: You Know, I Know, Qin Zhen Doesn't Know (2)
Outside the courtyard.
Su Yu was feeling nervous as well. Would Old Zhou really wake up? He greatly suspected that if he joined in and called Tai Shan's name as well, the entire seventh level would turn into hell.
Once again, he opened his 360 acupoints. Immediately, Old Zhou's voice entered his ears. Old Zhou was feeling very wronged as well.
But what was Old Zhou feeling wronged about?
Su Yu didn't know what to say. Then again, it was understandable. Nobody would feel good after having their body forged into a mansion and their ass turned into a lotus garden. This was perfectly understandable.
The Invincibles above the residence had left. Some went to the entrance to deal with He Tu while some started searching the seventh level for Lan Tian. Since they still couldn't enter the residence, it was pointless to wait up there.
For now, they should deal with Lan Tian. That lunatic was the one who had triggered this sudden change.
Su Yu took the chance to check the index copy. A sentence appeared on it: "What's happening? Is He Tu attacking?"
Su Yu replied: "He Tu is here." ᴛhis chapter is ᴜpdated by novelFɪre.net
He used a different index copy and sent a second message: "Mo Duona has gone mad. He killed a lot of immortal geniuses."
He sent a third message with a third index copy: "A war has broken out between the immortals and devils."
"Chaos."
"Lan Tian has gone mad."
"Help! I'm dying!"
"Heavens! I want to leave!"
"..."
He sent over a hundred messages in an instant. At the same time, the people around them were taking their index copies out as well. Someone exclaimed in surprise, "Those outside are trying to help us!"
"What did they say?"
"Send them a message!"
Only geniuses and experts would have index copies in their possession.
A majority of the geniuses had been killed by Su Yu while the experts were busy fighting for their lives. Thus, only a small number of people around him could contact those outside through index copies. Meanwhile, he could send hundreds of messages at a time. This made it easy for him to further confuse those outside.
After receiving so many messages, they wouldn't even know which to trust. It would be great if a war between the devils and immortals could really be triggered. Unfortunately, the old foggies outside were all akin to old turtles. It was unlikely that they would start fighting for real.
Su Yu looked around and focused on the surviving index geniuses. Before long, he noted about seven or eight of them. Very good. They were marked for death. Why? Because they were unqualified to own their index copies. Su Yu wanted to be the owner of their index copies as well.
"Are things still not chaotic enough? Fine."
Su Yu snorted inwardly as he decided to throw even more chaos into the mix.
"Tai Shan!"
A voice nobody else could hear rang out. Instantly, the entire Devote King's residence started shaking violently.
After sending an Invincible flying with a punch, He Tu roared with laughter again.
The heavens were truly helping him!
The seventh level was shaking even more violently than before.
"Tai Shan! Where are you? I have been wronged!"
Su Yu paled as the voice reverberated intensely in his mind. Those around him weren't doing much better. All of them paled as they tried to escape.
This time, tremors were coming from the pavilion on the pond. The saber started humming as well.
Su Yu was naturally not doing this blindly. At that instant, he consumed a drop of Pseudo Invincible blood essence. Suns and moons spun in his eyes as he saw an indistinct River of Time again.
While the Pseudo Invincibles were paying close attention to the changes in the courtyard, Su Yu vanished with a flicker. Not even Old Hao noticed his disappearance.
The index holders were his target. Some of the lone travelers started vanishing, but nobody noticed it. Su Yu was too fast and too strong for them. About five of them vanished in such a manner.
Then, Su Yu returned to his original spot with a flicker. With a swing of his arm, about seven or eight divines vanished as well. With his speed, strength, and his characters, nobody noticed anything.
During the instance of chaos, he had moved around the residence and removed almost all the lone travelers from the residence. Those below the Sunmoon Realm were instantly consumed by his book while Sunmoons were suppressed in his book to prevent any phenomenon from appearing.
The sudden deaths spawned a large number of death spirits. He said nothing and tossed a pile of ancient city medallions out. The death spirits vanished almost immediately after receiving their payment.
Everything had happened silently. Nobody even noticed the appearance of the death spirits. Nobody suspected that the people who had vanished were dead. They merely assumed that those people were elsewhere. After all, death spirits would appear when someone died.
The Devote King's residence was massive. It was normal for them to lose someone in the residence. Before long, Su Yu returned to Old Hao's side. Old Hao had been running while believing that Su Yu was behind him. Thus, he had not noticed Su Yu's short departure.
After a while, the two hid inside an ancient building. Only then did Old Hao look behind him. He wasn't bothered by the fact that there were only the two of them there. He merely said with fear, "That was scary."
Su Yu nodded and said, "Yeah. The seventh level is awful. It's too dangerous."
He let loose a string of curses before continuing, "Those behind us were running even faster than us. Where did they go? Are they in a rush to throw their lives away?"
Old Hao laughed and said, "Don't blame them. It's not a bad thing for us to run separately. That will prevent further complications."
Su Yu nodded, but he stopped cursing. He reckoned that almost all the index holders had been removed by him. Sure, the Pseudo Invincibles and Invincibles were still around, but it didn't matter. He greatly outnumbered them in terms of index copies. He could simply flood their messages away through sheer volume.
There was also no guarantee that every message sent would reach those outside. With hundreds of index copies, there was no way the remaining index copies could out-spam him.
Apart from this exception, where the seventh level was shaking because of Lan Tian's madness, Su Yu was the one controlling the window where messages could be sent in and out of the mansion.
As for the drop of blood essence he had to use for this, he didn't mind it. Six drops and five drops were essentially the same. Losing a drop was no big deal.
***
At the same time. Outside.
The expressions of the various experts changed. Numerous messages were coming out of the mansion. Many of Su Yu's messages were among them. A small number of people had also managed to respond to the enquiries of those outside.
"He Tu is here!"
"The death tunnel is shaking!"
"Mo Duona is the killer..."
"Lan Tian has gone mad."
"..."
Su Yu was not mentioned in even one of these messages. Instead, Mo Duona, He Tu, and Lan Tian became the main characters.
Dao King stared at the devils coldly. With a frown, Moge said, "The messages are too chaotic. Don't take anything seriously."
Nobody said anything. Only now did everyone know that Mo Duona was the culprit. Previously, the immortals grew suspicious when Zhankui died. But they had no proof.
But now, they had received numerous messages confirming that Mo Duona was the killer.
Lan Tian had gone crazy...they had not received any reason for that. They only knew that Lan Tian was killing people randomly in his madness.
One tunnel after another collapsed.
Su Yu was killing. Lan Tian was killing as well.
In a short time, over a hundred tunnels collapsed.
Fewer than 1,500 people remained in the mansion.
It was only the end of the sixth day.
Over two thousand people had died in the span of six days.
Three of them were Pseudo Invincibles.
The experts outside reacted differently to this. Some were calm. Some were sad. And some were furious. How long would this continue? Only six days had passed. For many experts, six days could end in the blink of an eye. But more than half of the people inside had died in this blink of eye.
Someone said with a tired voice, "Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, is there a way to retrieve these people from the mansion in advance? At this rate, all of them will die."
On average, about three to four hundred people were dying daily.
These were no mere nobodies.
These were the elites of the various races.
The scholar replied, "No. They can only return when the time is up. Of course, there are exceptions to that. In the former openings, entrances will appear in the bottom three levels after about half a month. Those inside could leave earlier through those entrances. But do you think that's an option this time?"
Of course not.
Everyone was rendered speechless. Yes. There was a way for one to leave the mansion earlier. Su Yu was aware of that as well. But it was unlikely that anyone would be able to leave earlier this time.
"Are we supposed to keep watching like this?"
"According to those inside, the death tunnel is shaking. He Tu is not alone either. The second death sovereign is also incomparably strong. If this continues, the death tunnel will open. Even Eternals will start dying."
"Is Fate Pseudo Emperor's prediction really coming true? Will there only be less than one-tenth of them surviving?"
"Less than one tenth. That's about three to four hundred survivors. But don't forget what the soul devourer said..."
Everyone shivered. They couldn't take Soy Bun's words seriously. But with so many deaths, could they continue neglecting his words? Those they thought would survive had died. Would there really be only ten survivors?
Just then, Tiangu's voice rang out, "Heavenly Overseer Marquis, can you allow the people inside to enter the eighth level to take shelter when necessary?"
The expressions of many people changed upon hearing that.
The scholar replied indifferently, "Why are you asking me? In such a desperate situation, I believe the major races have their own trump cards to deal with the matter. I doubt I'm the only one capable of letting people into the eighth level."
One only needed an official ancient past title to do so.
Sure, there were no old fossils among those who had entered the mansion. But some of the old fossils had the authority to appoint someone else the positions that would enable them to enter the eighth level.
Tiangu was a nobody during the ancient past. However, he was a genius back then. That was why many people knew him. It wouldn't be surprising for some of the people inside to have the ability to enter the eighth level.
The process of receiving a position sufficient to enter the eighth level was not as simple as giving one a token of identity. The conferment process was a complicated one. A proper process would be one recorded by the heavenly laws.
In a way, Su Yu had undergone such a process. He was the mayor of multiple ancient cities. The Grand Dream City, in particular, held a lot of weight. The mayor of the Grand Dream City was a position officially conferred by the Devote King himself. And that position had been given to Su Yu by the old turtle.
Tiangu said, "I'm only reminding you, Heavenly Overseer Marquis. It will be a good idea to help them enter the eighth level when necessary."
"The eighth level is not a safe shelter."
The Heavenly Overseer Marquis said, "Nobody knows the situation there. And we won't be able to allow too many people entry. Are you planning to abandon the rest? Anyone below the marquis level can only enter with one or two followers. That is the limit."
If this was all they could do, it was likely that there would really be fewer than ten survivors at the end. A deathly silence descended. They could only watch silently. There was nothing they could do. The Invincibles felt terrible. They were completely helpless as their people died one after another.
***
Calm returned.
Many of Lan Tians clones had been killed. Not many were left.
He had vanished completely.
He Tu and Dummy had returned to the sixth level as well.
The sense of helplessness was driving some of the Invincibles mad. One of them said, "Are we going to continue doing this? When will this end? We are better off charging down there and killing He Tu. Must we wait passively?"
Nobody said anything.
Going down?
Who? Who would be the first?
What if the others stayed behind?
What if the ones left behind decided to block the entrance instead of going down to help?
None of them could trust each other.
They had the numerical superiority, but they weren't united. In such a situation, who would dare to be the first to go down?
A different Invincible said, "The Heaven Department head is strong. As far as I know, the Blood Fire Devil King is here as well. Both of them are only a step away from Daofuse. If they are willing to go, they will be sufficient to kill He Tu and his companion."
Up in the sky, the Heaven Department head said, "Are you suggesting that the two of us go down while the rest of you wait here?"
Nobody answered. But the answer was yes. The two of them would be enough to kill He Tu and his companion. On the other hand, they would become the strongest competitors when the nine-leaf skylotus bloomed if they remained.
Chapter 1474: You Know, I Know, Qin Zhen Doesn't Know (3)
"There is zero unity among them."
That was Su Yu's thought. Each race was relatively united internally, but unity between races couldn't be achieved. Was killing He Tu really so hard for them?
No.
If the Blood Fire Devil King and Heaven Department head were to go down there, He Tu and Dummy would most likely flee. They wouldn't be a match for the two. But the two would never agree to this.
Meanwhile, He Tu and Dummy would only fight near the entrance. They would flee when resistance became stiff instead of fighting to the death. Thus, the Invincibles were helpless against the two death sovereigns even when they were enjoying the absolute numerical superiority.
"At this rate, it is only a matter of time before the death tunnel is opened by He Tu."
Su Yu had zero confidence in those Invincibles. They were all targeting the nine-leaf skylotus. None of them wanted to use all their strength to fight He Tu. In such a situation, it was impossible for He Tu to fail.
"The nine-leaf skylotus will probably bloom in about ten days. Maybe I should keep a low profile in the meantime."
With that thought in mind, he shut the door and said to Old Hao, "Let's wait here. It's too dangerous out there. We should wait until the residence unlocks and return to the safe house. We will wait there until it's time to leave the mansion. I don't want any treasures anymore. I only want to leave alive."
Old Hao nodded in agreement. The dangers here were far beyond what they could handle. They were mere Mountainseas. It would be wise for them to hide in the safe house. This was too dangerous.
***
A few hours later.
The Devote King's residence was finally unlocked. Instantly, several Invincibles shot inside to look for Mo Duona. As for Su Yu and Old Hao, they ignored everything and left the residence. At the entrance, they were inspected by an Invincible before they were allowed to leave. The Invincible did not bother to say anything to them. Upon receiving the permission to leave, Su Yu and Old Hao started heading toward the safe house of the divines.
After some time, the two entered the safe house after going through the security checks. There were about two hundred surviving divines inside. Their number had dropped somewhat. Not long after Su Yu arrived, a familiar face returned. It was Zhan Wushuang.
With a tired expression and a bloodied body, Zhan Wushuang entered the safe house with a Pseudo Invincible. Sensing all the gazes on him, he said with a tired voice, "It's getting more and more dangerous outside. Refrain from leaving if possible. Treasures are important, but your lives are more important. Those who are still outside are probably dead."
With a sigh, Zhan Wushuang continued, "Wait here. Wait until it's time to leave. I don't know how many people can survive this time."
He had complicated emotions.
Xuan Wuji was dead.
Mo Duona had turned into the public enemy of the immortals. He was still missing, but the immortals would not spare him easily.
Chaos had fallen upon the immortals and devils. Meanwhile, things were relatively fine for the humans and divines.
But how long could this be maintained?
Geniuses?
Freaks?
Zhan Wushuang laughed in a self-mocking manner. So what?
Here, their fancy titles meant nothing. One expert after another had died. He was starting to feel discouraged. Many names had vanished from the Heaven Index. Dao Cheng was gone. Xuan Wuji was gone. Soulcurse was gone. The names on the Heaven Index had changed massively.
Even Liu Wenyan had fallen off the Heaven Index as his previous accomplishments were no longer enough to keep him there after his advancement into the Sunmoon Realm.
Instead, Qin Fang and Topsoil Spirit had entered the Heaven Index. The third new name on the index was not Huang Teng. Rather, it was Shi Zun of the stone golem race. As for Huang Teng, he was stuck at the top of the Earth Index.
In the past, the names on the Heaven Index could remain static for decades. Most of the time, changes would only occur when someone advanced.
That was not the case this time. Instead, deaths had triggered the changes. Topsoil Spirit had clearly been killing a lot of people in the dark since he had entered the Heaven Index without attracting much attention.
While thinking about all that, Zhan Wushuang looked at the divines in the safe house again. He sighed inwardly. Apart from him, the divine race had not been able to produce a respectable talent from his generation. This was not a good sign.
The immortals were worst off. They had lost an entire generation of future pillars. Meanwhile, several incredible individuals had risen to prominence among the human race out of nowhere.
Su Yu glanced at the sighing Zhan Wushuang and wondered if Zhan Wushuang had collected enough blood essence for him. He decided to look for Zhan Wushuang when his identity was exposed. If Zhan Wushuang couldn't produce enough blood essence to satisfy him, he wouldn't mind taking Zhan Wushuang's blood essence as payment.
***
As Su Yu waited and rested, time passed.
During his rest, He Tu attacked once. In the sky, the sixth petal of the nine-leaf skylotus had bloomed. It was three petals away from maturity. Meanwhile, Lan Tian was still killing people everywhere like a madman. As a result, most of the people below the Invincible Realm started hiding indoors.
The massive seventh level felt emptier and emptier.
***
On the tenth day.
Su Yu's body shook slightly as he finally completed his second transformation. He had taken the past few days to slowly forge his body. At the same time, he was also feeding the yang acupoint with his own source qi to reduce the amount of death qi in it.
He was quite worried that he would kill himself from absorbing too much death qi. Furthermore, he had to temper his absorption rate lest Xing Yue decide to abandon him, right? This wasn't the time to squeeze her dry yet.
"I'm now near four million acupoints in strength."
Su Yu focused on his own body silently and was impressed by what he felt. His body was already comparable to that of an early eighth-stage Sunmoon. Coupled with his yang acupoint, he would probably be as strong as peak ninth-stage Sunmoons.
"Perhaps...ten million acupoints will be enough to face Pseudo Invincibles."
Su Yu was very impressed with himself.
Without the yang acupoint, he was as strong as an eighth-stage Sunmoons. With the yang acupoint, he would be as strong as a peak ninth-stage Sunmoons. With a drop of Pseudo Invincible blood essence, he would be as strong as Pseudo Invincibles.
Even he himself was shocked by how freakish he was. But his cultivation expenses were also freakishly high. Just what the fuck was this? Treasures fit for Daofuses were being used by him just to power his cultivation in the Cloudbreach Realm. That was madness.
He glanced at the divines in the safe house. There were quite a lot of experts among them, including one Pseudo Invincible and dozens of Sunmoons. Would killing them all further strengthen his Mark of Civilization? This was probably the majority of the divine survivors left in the mansion.
"Maybe I should pretend to be Lan Tian and kill them all?"
The strongest of them, a Pseudo Invincible, would most likely not expect danger to come from within their safe house. A sneak attack might be able to kill the Pseudo Invincible without much trouble.
"Forget it. I need to focus on the nine-leaf skylotus first. For now, I need to keep a low profile."
Su Yu forced himself to be patient. Yes, he could gain a lot of benefits from killing these people. But the benefits were incomparable to what he could gain from the nine-leaf skylotus.
He walked out to the courtyard and looked up. The seventh petal was blooming. The skylotus would probably reach full maturity in no more than five days.
Boom!
Once again, rumbling sounds erupted outside. He Tu and Dummy were attacking again. They had been attacking at a much higher frequency during the past few days. Perhaps they were on the verge of fully opening the death tunnel.
***
At the same time.
Inside the human safe house.
Zhu Tianfang returned from the outside and looked at all the survivors. This time, a decent number of humans had survived. Even now, there were nearly three hundred of them. This was probably the highest number among the various races.
However, the seventh level was also feeling more and more dangerous. At this rate, the death tunnel would open in less than one month. That would trigger a battle between Invincibles. At the time, they wouldn't be able to spare any attention to protect these people anymore.
He looked around and cursed. Not one of the multiple character faction members was around. Were they all dead? If that was the case, how was he supposed to explain this after leaving the mansion? It would also be extremely hard for him to explain this to Su Yu.
Zhu Tianfang felt his head aching. Why were they so worrisome? Just then, Shadow appeared beside him. After taking a look at the humans in the safe house, he said, "It won't be easy to protect them. This place is safe, but the battle between Eternals might destroy even this place. Since we have the highest number of survivors, the various races are already wary of us. We need to think of a way to move these people elsewhere."
Zhu Tianfang said, "That won't be easy. Where can we move them? A secret realm? But the secret realm is unstable. They will also be scattered when leaving, making it harder for them to leave the mansion safely."
Shadow said, "It's fine. You can stay with them in the secret realm. Just be careful lest anyone breaks through the secret realm."
"Me?" Zhu Tianfang hesitated slightly and said, "Maybe you should stay with them instead. You're a much better protector..."
"No, I have a feeling that some old bastards are focusing on me lately. Just take them with you." Shadow added, "As for those multiple character faction fellows, I saw Liu Wenyan and Hong Tan outside. They are in the Devote King's residence. They seem to have stumbled upon some fortuitous encounters. As for the rest, they vanished with Yun Chen. That's troublesome. Yun Chen is probably still alive, but I can't say the same about the others."
Zhu Tianfang laughed helplessly and said, "I thought things would be calm this time, but I was wrong. The nine-leaf skylotus has yet to even mature yet almost everyone is dead."
He had thought that the true disaster would begin upon the maturity of the nine-leaf skylotus. Alas, more than half of the people in the mansion had died before that.
Shadow sighed and said, "Nobody expected this. Also, Su Yu might have entered the mansion as well. He might be the reason for all the chaos. I saw the death spirit army He Tu brought. There aren't even that many of them. Where are all the other corpses? So many have died. Where are the corpses?"
"..."
Zhu Tianfang asked with surprise, "Could you not locate him?"
"No. However...he was most likely the person who had killed Xuan Wuji. Whatever. Just let him be for now. That kid is extremely crafty. He might outlive all of us. I'm only telling you this so that you can be ready. When the kid's identity is exposed, everyone will understand why so few humans have died. Even now, some people are starting to suspect his presence."
Shadow shook his head and said, "That kid is too ruthless. He does not hold back when killing. Mo Duona has never been murderous. Lan Tian has never been one to slaughter weaklings for no reason. Meanwhile, killing is nothing for Su Yu. The devils and immortals are probably suspecting the same thing. Be careful. When things get dangerous, give up on the skylotus and focus on preserving yourself. When Su Yu does show up, try to stay away from him. That kid might not need our help. Rather, we need to be careful lest we get caught up in his chaos and die."
Zhu Tianfang nodded, "You mean the immortals and devils might have guessed about his presence. In that case, will they set up a trap for him?"
"Nobody knows. In any case, I have no idea which identity he's using right now. The immortals and devils are uncertain as well. That's why they have been calm until now. He is most likely here. Perhaps they will even give up on the skylotus just to kill him."
Shadow turned solemn as he continued, "Su Yu does not represent himself. He has three Pseudo Emperors and thirty-five ancient Invincibles behind him. This is a faction comparable to humanity in strength. The divines, devils, immortals, and dragons will gladly give up on the skylotus to kill him while he's alone in here. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"
Zhu Tianfang nodded. Su Yu was more important than the nine-leaf skylotus. He could see that.
A treasure that might produce a new Pseudo Emperor or someone backed with three existing Pseudo Emperors and thirty-five ancient Invincibles. Which was more important? Anyone with a brain would know the correct answer.
Even letting humanity gain a Pseudo Emperor was a price worth paying.
"Are we really leaving him alone?"
"It's not that we're leaving him alone. We don't even know where he is. Furthermore, an old bastard is focusing on me. Blood Fire might have discovered my real identity. That fellow is different from the other blood fire devils. Someone as long-lived as him won't be a pushover."
"I see. You need to be careful as well, then."
"Don't worry. I won't be an easy opponent for him either. There is no guarantee that he will target me. He seems to be more interested in fighting the Devil Pseudo Emperor."
Shadow laughed and continued, "That fellow from the Heaven Department is the most dangerous individual here. He is the one who is most desperate to get the nine-leaf skylotus. Do you think he's really helpless against He Tu? Not at all. All of them are waiting. They are merely keeping him away for now. The moment the nine-leaf skylotus blooms, He Tu will succeed. They are all waiting for that to happen. Without chaos, how can they hope to snatch the nine-leaf skylotus?"
Zhu Tianfang nodded. Everyone could see that. Everyone was merely waiting for the skylotus to bloom before letting He Tu in and throwing everything into chaos. He Tu had believed that they were helpless against him. Alas, they were merely treating him as a convenient tool.
How could a death spirit be better at scheming than a bunch of living beings? Almost all the Invincibles were aware that He Tu was stealthily influencing the Source Return Blade. For them, He Tu was merely a clown.
Zhu Tianfang said, "The moment the nine-leaf skylotus blooms, He Tu and the other death sovereign will be allowed to enter. A large number of death sovereigns will pour out of the death tunnel as well. Nobody knows who will suffer from that. Perhaps some of the Invincibles waiting for that to happen will be the ones to suffer. I can only hope that we're spared of that." Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by novèlfire.net
He shook his head and continued, "I'm not too worried about the others, but Qin Zhen is quite dumb. He is really trying to defeat He Tu. We need to warn him later. Tell him to hold back a little. Xia Longwu and Zhou Polong are all crafty foxes. They have been very loud, but both have been holding back. Only Qin Zhen has been fighting seriously."
Shadow laughed and said, "It's fine. He's too weak. No matter how hard he tries, he won't be able to do much to He Tu. Let's see who will be the unlucky ones to suffer from the death sovereigns. Those who are here alone understand that the skylotus won't be easy to snatch. They are all looking forward to throwing more chaos into the mix. Those are the ones who should be careful. If they somehow end up attracting the attention of the death sovereigns, they won't be receiving any help."
"True."
The two laughed and nodded at each other.
***
Near the entrance, Qin Zhen was gasping for breath as he celebrated the fact that He Tu had been beaten back once again. After retreating from the entrance, he exhaled deeply and said, "The Heaven Department head sure feels weaker than the rumors suggested. That's the case for the others as well..."
Zhou Polong and Xia Longwu stayed silent as Qin Zhen continued muttering to himself. After a while, Xia Longwu said, "When the nine-leaf skylotus blooms, stick with us. Don't run off alone."
"Hmm?"
"Just listen to me." Xia Longwu wiped his saber and spoke without looking up, "You have just affirmed your dao. We don't want you to die here. Great Qin King will be saddened to hear that. Just stick with us and stay far away from the death spirits."
"..."
Qin Zhen stared at Xia Longwu and Zhou Polong for a long while. Finally, he asked, "What are you scheming this time?" He felt like he had been schemed against. He had felt the same during the previous incident as well. He had affirmed his dao during the battle in the Human Realm without even knowing what was happening.
What was it this time?
Xia Longwu couldn't even be bothered to give any explanation. Zhou Polong maintained his nonchalant expression. Qin Zhen only needed to get used to this. It was both pointless and risky to tell him too much.