Tribulation of Myriad Races

Topsoil Spirit was too sharp. He had turned into a slab of concrete. He had never said that all five of his talismans were offensive in nature. The water and earth talismans were actually defensive in nature.

He would have taken all four of them out otherwise. After activating both the water and earth talismans, he had produced a concrete-like slab with him hiding inside. This was something he would only do when he was left with absolutely no choice. He had solidified himself alongside the two talismans.

With that, even if Su Yu was able to survive the two offensive talismans, Su Yu would still be unable to harm him. Only high-stage Sunmoons could damage this slab. The ancestors would be able to sense the activation of all those talismans as well. Perhaps they might even head over to help him. But since he was inside an ancient city, there was a chance his ancestors wouldn’t come.

With a helpless feeling, Topsoil Spirit looked toward Su Yu. He wanted to see if Su Yu was dead. Were two of those talismans really not enough to kill that fellow? He refused to believe that. But next, he was forced to believe that.

Yes. Su Yu had survived. The fire was constantly burning Su Yu’s flesh away, but he was also constantly regrowing his flesh. Next, he stepped out and shut the door, isolating part of the flame from his body.

Outside, Su Yu started absorbing the two powers ravaging him with the Five Elemental Art active. The 180 apertures of the Five Elemental Art started working madly. The little furball had also returned to Su Yu’s sea of willpower. He looked rather sad. That punch from Topsoil Spirit had been quite painful.

When he saw the flame around Su Yu, he stealthily took a bite. But next, he started rolling around. The flame was incredibly yummy, but it was also incredibly painful. After a moment, Su Yu entered the building again. He couldn’t stay outside as he didn’t want to attract any attention by causing a commotion with the power concentrated around him.

The sword qi and fire constantly attacked his body and sea of willpower. Meanwhile, his 180 apertures started growing brighter and brighter. The process continued. He processed the two attacks, generating a large amount of willpower for himself. At one point, even some of the new apertures he discovered from the immortal race were starting to open.

With the flame burning his flesh, his body was also constantly growing in strength due to the tempering. But he needed a large amount of heavenly source qi to accomplish that. Since he had been using a lot of heavenly source qi recently, he was going to run out of it soon.

Meanwhile, the slab of concrete lay on the floor silently. Topsoil Spirit had sealed himself in the concrete to protect himself. This time, no ancestor spoke to him.

That was because he was located in an ancient city. Not even Invincibles could establish a connection across realms into an ancient city. To contact him, they had to be present physically.

***

After about two hours.

Su Yu opened his eyes and smiled. Looking at the slab of concrete on the ground, he spoke with a hoarse voice, “You have failed to kill me.”

A face appeared on the slab as Topsoil Spirit sighed, “You’re not relying on five elemental characters. Rather, you know a unique cultivation method that might be related to the five elemental race. Am I right, Su Yu?”

He lost. From the start, Su Yu had never relied on five elemental characters. Rather, he had relied on an incredibly unique cultivation method. As Su Yu circulated the cultivation method repeatedly, Topsoil Spirit was able to see something. This cultivation method might be related to the five elemental race.

He didn’t have much to say. Su Yu was quite heavily injured, but those injuries weren’t fatal. And now, he was the one in trouble.

Nevertheless, he was unwilling to give up so easily. He said, “You can’t kill me. If you kill me, the Invincibles of the five elemental race will kill you. Killing me won’t benefit you. It will only incur the wrath of the five elemental race. I am the hope of my race. I believe you can see that…”

He couldn’t resist asking, “Just why do you have such an obsession with killing me?”

Was there such a big grudge between them? This fellow had taken such a big risk to deal with him. Was this guy really so petty?

Su Yu thought about it and spoke with the same hoarse voice, “I don’t care about killing you, but there is a risk that you might expose my disguise.”

“…”

Holy shit!

Screw this fellow! Topsoil Spirit was going mad. Was this guy serious? All this…because of that? He felt incredibly wronged. Was this a joke?

“Are you not targetting my five elemental core?”

“What’s that?”

Topsoil Spirit was going crazy. This fellow didn’t even know about the five elemental core.

“Are you jealous of my talent?”

“Heh.”

“Perhaps you envy my good looks?”

Su Yu decided to not entertain those questions. This guy must have lost his mind.

Envious of this guy? Him? No, he was only doing this to protect his disguise.

Inside his sea of willpower, the two elemental powers were still going wild, but they had been greatly weakened by him. The eighth-stage Sunmoon corpse had also been damaged significantly, but it would recover automatically since it was the corpse of an eighth-stage Sunmoon.

Su Yu wasn’t too bothered. In fact, these damages to the corpse were good for him. They could further hide the real fatal wound on the corpse left by Xia Longwu. With this, he only needed to process it further and it would look even more believable.

His body did not obtain as much of a growth from this. After all, these two powers were different from the wooden stake which was filled with life force. Rather, his main gain was the growth of his sea of willpower.

Of the thirty-two new apertures he found from the immortal race, he managed to open sixteen of them. And even his previously opened acupoints had grown considerably stronger.

Also in his sea of willpower were two powers: sharpness and fire.

Naturally, he had to fully process the two powers to prevent the ancestors of the five elemental race from tracking him through them. In short, he had gained a lot in terms of willpower cultivation. But his sea of willpower had also suffered some damage, and he would need to take some time to fully recover. As for his body, apart from completing the thirtieth forging, he had not gained anything else.

Su Yu came to a realization that he had been too optimistic. Unless Topsoil Spirit could take out more wooden stakes filled with life force, his body wouldn’t benefit as much anymore. Of the five elements, the wood element was probably the most beneficial for body forging.

Thirty forgings…

With this, he had finally surpassed thirty thousand acupoints in strength. Unfortunately, this was lower than his expectations. Of the four remaining talismans, Topsoil Spirit had only used two on him. The other two had been used for defense.

Of course, his willpower would become much more powerful than before after it fully recovered. Previously, his sea of willpower was only comparable to a peak Cloudbreach’s. But after this growth, it had actually reached the level of a Mountainsea.

His willpower had probably reached the same level as Zhao Li’s pre-advancement willpower. That was a level Zhao Li had only reached after many years of hard work.

Su Yu spent a short time absorbing the remaining powers in his sea of willpower. Then, he stood up and threw a punch at the slab of concrete. But it did nothing.

Su Yu wasn’t too surprised. Instead, he looked more curious as he said, “Topsoil Spirit, you’ve trapped yourself here while the Invincibles will never come because this is an ancient city. Isn’t this a dead end for you?”

Topsoil Spirit remained silent. What about it? Damn it! If it wasn’t for this damn guy, would this even happen?

He said, “What did you use to consume my willpower? A character? Or a beast?”

That was extremely bizarre. He had activated all his talismans right after sensing the arrival of crisis. If he had been even a tiny bit slower, he could have lost the ability to activate his talismans.

Being stuck was better than being dead. At the very least, Su Yu wouldn’t be able to damage the slab he was hiding in. Su Yu ignored the question and kept trying. He started using his five elemental characters on the slab of concrete, but he still wasn’t able to damage it. Then, he tried to absorb the two powers forming the slab with his 180 apertures. But he failed again.

Topsoil Spirit calmly said, “I know you might have the ability to absorb my powers. Thus, I used both water and earth to seal myself, mutating both powers from their original nature. You won’t be able to do anything to me.”

Su Yu laughed, “You sure have a lot to say. Why are you still so cocky even when you’re in such a situation? From my observation, this seal is not something you can remove yourself. And it won’t last for long. It will fade away by itself in about a month or so.”

Topsoil Spirit remained silent. But Su Yu was right. The seal would remove itself after one month. And that was enough time for the experts of the five elemental race to arrive. Even if Invincibles couldn’t enter the city, Sunmoons could.

Su Yu sneered, “What a beautiful dream. I can simply deliver you to a dangerous place before the experts of your race are here.”

“Dangerous place?” Topsoil Spirit appeared unbothered, “You won’t be able to take me out of the city as the five elemental Invincibles will be able to reach us quickly if you do so. And how are you supposed to send me to a dangerous place without leaving the city?”

“Thank you for asking.” Su Yu grinned, “I’ll send you to the mayor’s residence. The dark devil dragon there is quite an overbearing one. If I throw you at him like a brick, what do you think he’ll do to you?”

Topsoil Spirit remained calm, “You don’t have the courage to do that. And this isn’t something you will do. Su Yu, you have been relentlessly hunting me because you’re afraid that I might expose your identity. But don’t forget that this seal does not work on my voice. If you take me out, everyone will know you’re Su Yu. Not even the dark devil dragon can kill me before I let everyone in the city know about you.”

Su Yu nodded. That was right. This fellow was still as difficult to deal with as always. This was troublesome. He could neither damage nor take this fellow away. But trapping this fellow inside this building was acceptable for him as well.

With the door shut, not even the experts from the five elemental race could enter. He only needed to watch out for the possibility of someone using an ancient city medallion. Perhaps…he could send this fellow to a building in a much deeper ring.

At that thought, he asked, “Topsoil Spirit, do you want to die or live?”

“You can’t kill me.” Topsoil Spirit turned wary upon hearing that question.

With a smile, Su Yu asked, “Are you sure? I still have a fifth principal’s character with me. Are you sure about that?”

“…”

Fine. Topsoil Spirit was no longer sure. Topsoil Spirit felt very helpless. He believed that Su Yu was out of those characters, but he couldn’t be sure about that.

After a short silence, he asked, “Just what do you want?”