Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu had also realized what they were planning.

They were going to slaughter the death spirits before fleeing. The look in his eyes changed slightly as he started scanning his surroundings. At the moment, Jiu Xuan and Final Armor were still running without attacking. Clearly, they were looking for a suitable safe house before making their move.

Noticing that, a new thought emerged in Su Yu’s mind. Perhaps…he could get the two of them killed much easier than he thought. It wouldn’t be so easy to snatch that talisman for himself.

The two would first look for a safe house. That way, they could flee into their new shelter right after making their move. One special characteristic of these ancient buildings was that no new occupant could enter without permission if a building was already occupied.

“What if…I take the building they picked in advance?”

His eyes flickered. Which building would they choose? They would definitely pick the sturdiest building they could find. He started looking around for a suitable target. If he occupied the building right as they were about to rush inside and shut the door, what would happen to the two? Would they go mad?

Life and death, determined by a single door.

At that moment, Jiu Xuan said, “That one. Do you see that building, Commander Final? That large building over there. It’s a building in the sixth ring. It should be sufficient, right?”

They didn’t even bother to use voice transmissions. Su Yu was stunned when he noticed that, but soon, he understood what they were thinking. They were assuming that all death spirits were dumb. Well…to be fair, he believed so as well. What was the point of hiding anything with only death spirits around them?

It was completely unnecessary.

Su Yu followed their gaze and saw a manor not far away. Due to the thick death qi around it, the entire manor looked dusky. But it also looked quite sturdy. Could he even enter a building of such a level? After all, not all unoccupied buildings in these ancient cities could be entered easily. He was unsure. But it wouldn’t hurt to try.

He decided to stay near the entrance first. The instant the two made their move against the death spirits, they would rush toward the building. At the same time, Sunmoon death spirits would appear behind them. At that time, he could step through the door and slam it shut.

Even Su Yu himself was alarmed at how cruel that plan was. He couldn’t begin to imagine the level of despair those two would feel at that moment. Should he wait until they were on the verge of dying before opening the door and letting them in? Then…he could deal the final blow to them, right?

Su Yu started moving toward the manor stealthily with a few of the weaker death spirits. Shortly after, he arrived at the entrance of the manor. Up in the sky, the two were colliding against the death spirits surrounding them. The talisman in Jiu Xuan’s hand was starting to flicker. Clearly, they were going to make their move soon.

After taking another glance at the two, Su Yu lightly pushed the door of the manor. And it opened.

Su Yu hurriedly shut the door again. He could not enter yet. If he entered, it would turn into an occupied building. He had to enter right as those two were about to enter. That way, they wouldn’t even get the chance to pick a different building.

These inner ring buildings were quite easy to enter, after all. Why were there so many rumors claiming that these inner ring buildings were very complicated?

With that Su Yu started hiding beside the door. Or to be precise, he was standing there blankly like any other death spirit. As a weak death spirit, he wasn’t supposed to be able to enter. Thus, his two targets wouldn’t mind his presence, right?

At worst, they would throw a casual slap his way to kill him right before going through the door. But that was not a worry for him. By the time they reached the door, he would be inside the building already.

Su Yu was starting to get excited. He couldn’t help but praise the convenience of being a death spirit. Meanwhile, his two targets were moving nearer and nearer. Abruptly, Jiu Xuan dropped down from the sky. Final Armor stopped holding back and killed a few weak death spirits to open a path toward their destination.

With a solemn expression, Jiu Xuan said, “The moment I make my move, take me into the building. This is a building you can enter, right?”

“Yes.” Final Armor said, “I remember this building. I was here before. It was occupied at one point, but the death qi inside is very dense.”

“It’s fine. We only need to last until my grandpa is here.”

“Alright.”

The two made their decision. A ruthless gleam flickered in Jiu Xuan’s eyes as she looked at the sea of death spirits around them. Finally, she could kill all these annoying death spirits. How dare they pester her endlessly.

She bit the tip of her tongue and spat a mouthful of blood on the talisman. Then, a dazzling crimson light erupted from the talisman.

“Kill!”

With her command, countless beams shot out, flooding the world in a power that was incomparably holy and majestic.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One death spirit after another was instantly reduced into nothingness. At the exact moment, the stone statue in the mayor’s residence opened his eyes. Beneath him, three death spirits appeared. The death qi they emitted was incomparably powerful. Every one of them was a Sunmoon.

Faint traces of light flickered in their eyes. Then, they vanished into thin air with a flicker. The immortal king talisman was still sweeping past the city, destroying one building after another. But almost immediately, those buildings reverted to their previous state. Meanwhile, more and more death spirits were reduced to nothingness.

There were too many of them. Too many to count. This was the power of an Invincible talisman.

But…Su Yu was completely fine. Jiu Xuan was no fool. Why would they spawn more death spirits in their way? They weren’t too worried about the few weak spirits lingering in front of the building they were planning to hide in.

Numerous death spirits were killed. And abruptly, three Sunmoon death spirits flickered into existence in the sky. Waves of incomparably powerful death qi rippled out of them.

Jiu Xuan instantly paled. Without bothering to say anything, Final Armor dragged her and moved at his top speed toward the manor ahead of them. This was the sixth ring. Not even Sunmoon death spirits could break into the buildings here so easily.

The time the building bought them would be enough for the immortal king to arrive. Shrouded in a thick layer of death qi, the three Sunmoon death spirits shot toward them at an incomparably fast speed.

Final Armor and Jiu Xuan had all their attention on the manor that was right ahead of them. But right at that moment, one of the weak death spirits in the area pushed the door of the manor.

Under their gazes of shock and disbelief, the door swung open. Then, the death spirit went through it and slammed the door shut.

Boom!

A loud rumble rang out as Final Armor rammed into the door. He attacked with all his strength, but this was a door capable of stopping Sunmoons. It was naturally capable of stopping him as well.

Disbelief still filled his eyes.

A death spirit? Entering the building?

A death spirit? Shutting the door after entering?

What about him?

What about them?

They…were going to die!

“NO!”

A furious bellow resounded throughout the city. Apart from the stone statue, nobody was there to witness what was happening. Then again, even if someone else wanted to take a look, it wouldn’t be possible. All life within a one-kilometer radius around the three Sunmoon death spirits had instantly perished right after their appearance.

“NO!”

Final Armor’s roar was filled with fury and indignation. He did not have the chance to flee. The three Sunmoon death spirits arrived behind him, with death qi that was far more potent than anything he had ever felt before.

The moment they arrived, Final Armor’s body started rotting away. Despair covered Jiu Xuan’s face as a large amount of death qi covered her body. The little heavenly source qi she had left was completely insufficient to deal with death qi of this level.

A realization dawned on her. Death had arrived for her. There was no surviving this. In her final moments, she recalled something. That death spirit…the death spirit who had entered the manor…that was no death spirit! That was a living being!

Who was that?

Su Yu? Su Yu!

Definitely!

It could only be him!

“SU YU!”

A shrill howl laced with boundless despair resounded throughout the city. Abruptly, the door swung open and a dazzling saber shot out.

Boom!

Final Armor, who was facing the door with his back, was instantly cut into two. His rotting body was no longer as sturdy as before. With great difficulty, he turned his head and took an unstable step toward the door. Su Yu and a blade entered his vision. Disbelief and regret filled his eyes.

He was dead.

In fact, he was already dead the moment the three Sunmoon death spirits appeared.

A single door stood in his path toward salvation.

But he did not want to die yet. He wanted to tell everyone that Su Yu was the culprit for all the chaos unfolding in the city.

“SU—”

Before he could say more, the blood spurting out of his mouth turned black. Then, a blinding radiance erupted from the saber yet again.

Whoosh!

Final Armor was cut into pieces. With a wave of his hand, Su Yu gathered all the pieces into his storage ring before swinging his saber at Jiu Xuan. Jiu Xuan was already near death as well. She had only lasted this long thanks to her heavenly source qi.

Her skin was no longer fair and tender. Rather, she was akin to a dried corpse with her withered skin.

She glared at Su Yu. Drop after drop of blood dripped onto the ground.

Su Yu!

With her withered finger, she wrote two immortal characters with her blood. Then, the two characters came to life and flew away.

Su Yu!

She was making a declaration that the person who had killed her was Su Yu. As long as that was known, some people would be able to figure out some of his secrets. For example, the fact that he was related to the death spirits in the city. She only had enough time to write the two characters.

“Idiot.” Su Yu said, “You must be dumb. After killing Final Armor, even if I only dealt the final blow, my rank must have changed. Everyone will know I’m the killer. What’s the point of writing my name? What an idiot.”

Jiu Xuan’s eyes widened.

At her final moment, she was filled with regret, despair, indignation…and unwillingness.

Her? An idiot? That…seemed to be true. Su Yu was right. What was the point of writing his name down? Everyone would know he was the killer even without her reminder.

Boom!

Her final bit of consciousness faded away as her sea of willpower collapsed completely. Su Yu reached out his arm which was completely identical to the arm of a death spirit and grabbed the withered corpse. It looked nothing like the corpse of an immortal fairy.

He pulled the corpse through the entrance and kept it in his storage ring. All along, he had been standing inside the building. The three Sunmoon death spirits gazed at him outside the building. Their eyes flickered with tiny traces of wisdom. What was this?

One of them?

The little bit of intelligence they had was being insulted. The three Sunmoon death spirits were completely stunned. Just what was this? Meanwhile, Su Yu merely shot the three death spirits a fearful look before slamming his door shut.

Boom!

The three Sunmoon death spirits were left outside. Lingering fear filled his heart. Suddenly, a massive cloud appeared above him. This was the combined reward for killing Final Armor and Jiu Xuan.

It was a massive golden clump. And the reward seemed to be…heavenearth profound light!

***

At the same time.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Somewhere inside was an incomparably large stele. Numerous flickering names could be seen on the surface of the stele. A certain name started flickering abruptly before moving to the very top. But then, it seemed to start hesitating. It thus dropped one rank, and another rank…

Could Su Yu even be granted the full credit for Final Armor’s death?

The ancient stele was trying very hard to decide on that.

As a first-stage Cloudbreach, killing a peak Mountainsea was a feat that should absolutely place him in the first place.

But…could he be given the full credit for the kill?

The stele continued analyzing all the information it had.

As the stele analyzed, the name started moving up and down the ranking repeatedly. And a short while later, a conclusion was reached. The name stopped in third place.

The full credit could definitely not be given to Su Yu. As far as the stele was concerned, too many external factors had contributed to the kill.

But the ability to fully make use of the chance presented to him also made Su Yu a genius. Thus, he was promoted in the ranking, but not to the top. His new position was finally decided.

Su Yu, 3rd on Heaven Index.

Past accomplishments: Killing a gravely injured peak Mountainsea.

Yes. It was specified that the dead peak Mountainsea was seriously injured when he was killed. In truth, even that was not sufficient to describe the terrible situation Final Armor was in during his final moments.

The stele had decided to rank Su Yu third on the Heaven Index, right after Mo Duona and Zhan Wushuang.

The two had killed their respective opponents in proper combat to end up where they were. As for Su Yu, the circumstances surrounding his past accomplishment were so complicated even the stele struggled to reach a decision. Ultimately, it placed Su Yu behind the two who were undisputed freaks who were far stronger than Su Yu.

***

At the same time.

Human-immortal border.

A shining spear shot through the sky, penetrated the boundless void, shattered suns and moons, and split time itself apart.

Boom!

An ethereal old man dropped out of the void back into reality with blood dripping out of his mouth.

“Piss off. Xuan He, how dare you invade the Human Realm! Is this a declaration of war?”

“…”

The old man formed a gesture with his fingers and performed a quick divination. Then, he gloomily said, “Jiu Xuan is dead. Qin Guang…humans…I won’t forget this.”

Whoosh!

Yet another shining spear appeared.

Pa!

The old man broke through space itself to avoid the spear, but eventually, he was still stabbed in the shoulder by the spear. After spitting a mouthful of blood out of his mouth, he looked at the indistinct figure floating not far away from him.

He sighed.

Great Qin King. The strongest human. Truly worthy of his reputation.

Jiu Xuan was already dead.

He sighed again. The old man decided to withdraw. Since she was already dead, it would be pointless for him to fight Great Qin King here. It wasn’t like he could win the fight anyway.

“Hmph!”

A cold snort reverberated throughout the area.

With the departure of the immortal king, Great Qin King reappeared in reality. With an odd look in his eyes, he unleashed a string of curses inwardly. Damn it! Damn that kid! Damn that troublemaking, shit-stirring, piece of shit kid! This was his first trip to the Allheaven Battlefield, but he was already provoking the appearance of an immortal king.

Screw you, Su Yu!

Screw you! Screw you!

Great Qin King swore that if Great Ming and Great Xia didn’t take the damn kid back to the Human Realm, he would personally kick the damn kid back.

Holy shit!

Even during Ye Batian’s first venture to the Allheaven Battlefield, only a Sunmoon had appeared. And that incident alone had nearly caused countless deaths. But a certain troublemaking, shit-stirring, piece of shit had actually provoked the appearance of an Invincible!