Tribulation of Myriad Races

5th of August, human calendar.

On this day, the Multiple Character Faculty was reopened. On the same day, Su Yu started his scam.

The seeds had been sown. It was time to reap the harvest.

Also on the same day, several Sunmoons from the five elemental race arrived. Of course, they needed time to pinpoint Topsoil Spirit’s exact location.

Su Yu wasn’t too bothered when he sensed their presence. He would only start worrying when they found Topsoil Spirit. It was only a matter of time before the five elemental race came to him. After all, according to the public, he was the last person to face Topsoil Spirit in combat. And Tianduo was also in the same ancient city.

It was very likely that Tianduo was the reason for Topsoil Spirit to use all his talismans. Of course, the five elemental race was also guessing that Su Yu was in the same city as well. After all, Topsoil Spirit had used his first talisman against Su Yu.

Inside the third ring.

Today, the doors of two large buildings were left open, with a street separating the two buildings. One building was meant for Su Yu while the other was meant for the people participating in the auction.

Su Yu had arrived.

He looked high-spirited, with his long hair fluttering in the air.

One expert after another strode over on the street. Among them were several clearly furious individuals. These individuals were shrouded in thick devilish qi.

“Tianduo.” A middle-aged man with long, white hair and a flame symbol on his forehead said furiously, “Tianduo, the ancestor has ordered you to return with us. Why did you refuse to meet us yesterday? What are you trying to do?”

Su Yu didn’t even know who that person was. But it didn’t matter. He could guess who this person was just from those words.

This was someone from the Lade Family.

The middle-aged man wasn’t alone. He was surrounded by several experts. Standing in the middle was the middle-aged man, a Sunmoon, with a Mountainsea and two Cloudbreaches around him. Four members of the Lade Family had arrived.

A youth behind the middle-aged man frowned and said, “Tianduo, return with us. The ancestor has left seclusion…”

Su Yu glanced at them and indifferently asked, “Why should I return? After entering the Allheaven Battlefield, how can I return before making a name for myself?”

That further infuriated them.

The youth berated, “Tianduo, are you going to disobey the ancestor?”

Su Yu nonchalantly said, “The ancestor can talk to me himself. You guys…are not qualified to talk to me in this manner.”

They were furious. Had Tianduo gone mad? How dare he disobey the ancestor?

Beside the devils, Dawo looked rather helpless. It was obvious Tianduo was determined to not sell the corpse to the devils. Or to be precise, he was not going to offer the corpse to the devils and auction it off instead.

Someone else among the crowd laughed, “This is Tianduo’s fortuitous encounter. He has the right to decide what he does with it. Are the original devils going to rob him of his own fortuitous encounter? In that case, why should the other original devil geniuses remain loyal to them? Mo Duona has also obtained numerous fortuitous encounters. Should he offer them all to the original devils as well?”

What a joke. How were they supposed to fight over the corpse if Tianduo was allowed to offer the corpse to the devils? Wouldn’t that benefit the devils?

The devils had Dawo, a seventh-stage Sunmoon, and a newly arrived eighth-stage Sunmoon with them. As for the Sunmoon from the Lade Family, he was only a first-stage Sunmoon, so the other races weren’t too concerned about him.

If Tianduo offered the corpse to the devils, were the others supposed to kill the two late-stage Sunmoon devils for the corpse? Late-stage Sunmoons weren’t so easy to kill. The previous fight between Ye Hongyan’s group and Mo He of the original devils was the perfect example of this.

There were seven Sunmoons in Ye Hongyan’s group, with two of them being seventh-stage Sunmoons. That was how they had been able to kill Mo He. If the people here wanted to kill these original devil Sunmoons, they would need more than five late-stage Sunmoons.

But a battle of such a scale would only force the Invincibles to interfere. Such an escalation was not something they wanted to see. In comparison, competing with money was much more preferable.

Almost all of the more powerful races had sent multiple Sunmoons over. A lot of these Sunmoons were at the late stage. That was the only way to guarantee that they would be able to leave safely after purchasing the corpse. As for the Sunmoons who had arrived alone, they would either be in the eighth or ninth stage. Clearly, the various powerful races had attached a heavy importance to this matter.

Then again, there weren’t actually that many races here. Only the powerful races would participate in the auction. The weaker races knew had wisely decided to not bite off more than they could chew.

In fact, most of the races that had arrived to participate were either the powerful top 10 races, the mysterious ancient races, or the unique races that could join hands for more power like the five elemental race.

Very few of the other top 100 races were present. It was worth noting that the nine local races of Ninestar Island had sent nine Sunmoons over to attend the auction on behalf of the Thousand Region Alliance. Since this was their home ground, it wasn’t that much of an issue for them to participate.

The dragons, immortals, divines, devils, humans, five elementals, celestial chasms…

The experts of one famous race after another arrived. Things seemed even more tense than the previous Heavendoom City incident. Back then, only several late-stage Sunmoons had arrived at Heavendoom City. But this time, over twenty late-stage Sunmoons had arrived here.

With so many top experts around, it would be much harder for Su Yu to generate enough chaos in the city to kill all of them. Thus, he did not even consider the possibility of killing these Sunmoons.

That would be a waste of time. Even an expert on the Dao Affirmation Ranking had arrived. This was terrifying. That expert was someone Su Yu knew. Ancient Mountain, an expert of the primordial giant race, and likely the first expert on the Dao Affirmation Ranking to arrive in the city.

Even the mayor feared such an expert. Sure, the mayor might be a ninth-stage Sunmoon with the backing of the ancient city, but he was ultimately not a Dao Affirmation Ranking expert.

If he encountered Ancient Mountain outside the city, there was no chance of victory. He might be able to put up a fight against Ancient Mountain inside the city, but he still didn’t want to provoke someone like that. The primordial giant race was filled with experts.

The mayor had also arrived to attend the auction. A large number of guards were also present. They were here both to maintain order and to prevent Tianduo from running without paying the mayor his share of the profit.

Apart from those attending the auction, nobody was allowed to enter the building. Su Yu couldn’t even be bothered to say more to those from Lade Family. That would only increase the risk of exposure. Staying silent was the most optimal choice. Su Yu believed that a genius like Tianduo would not place much importance on even those from Lade Family, All geniuses were proud. There was no doubting that.

Standing behind his opened door, Su Yu said, “Everyone, please hand over your tickets. Those not planning to pay or here to cause trouble can leave. A lot of experts are present. If the auction is ruined by some blind fool, don’t blame me for not keeping my word.”

Right after those words were said, a divine tossed something over. The look in Su Yu’s eyes changed. That was actually a human expert.

At that moment, the projection of a massive spear appeared in the sky. The expression of the divine changed slightly as he looked behind him. Qin Hao, who was clad in a set of black armor, had arrived with Qin Fang.

Shooting the divine a cold look, Qin Hao sneered and tossed a head over. The head belonged to a divine. The wound on the neck of the head had been sealed, preserving the life of the divine

“This is a living seventh-stage Mountainsea. Is this acceptable?”

The divines were using a human expert as the ticket while the humans were using a divine expert as the ticket. Both these experts were decently strong.

The divine with only a head left was still alive and conscious. When he saw the divine experts, he hurriedly shouted, “Lord Wu Sheng, save me…”

The divine expert turned to look at Qin Hao and coldly asked, “Qin Hao, what are the humans trying to do?”

Qin Hao grinned, “What are you trying to do? Since you’re using a human as your ticket, why can’t I use a divine as my ticket? Wu Sheng, if you wish to fight, bring it on.”

Killing intent started filling the area.

A spear appeared in Qin Hao’s hand as he asked, “So? Are we fighting or not?”

Things were getting intense. Right at that moment, a devil laughed and tossed someone over. It was yet another human. The look in Qin Hao’s eyes changed. But next, Zhu Guangshen arrived and flashed the crowd a smile. Beside him, Umbra casually tossed a devil over. All the Mountainseas were piling up in front of Su Yu’s door.

“The Knowledge Seeking Realm is participating in this auction as well.”

The humans were participating as two parties. Qin Hao was the representative of the War Shrine. Or perhaps he was merely representing Great Qin. Su Yu was unsure, but he wasn’t interested to find out.

In any case, he wouldn’t sell the corpse to the humans. The humans were simply too poor to afford it. The atmosphere was tense, but a fight did not break out.

As for the dragons, they couldn’t be bothered to participate in this ego-measuring contest. They tossed a shivering demonic beast out. This was most likely a beast they had captured randomly while on their way here.

The other participants also started tossing their captive Mountainseas over. No other members of major races were used as the captive Mountainseas. Even the immortals were merely using a random captive Mountainsea. After all, the immortals and humans were still allied officially. It would be too unbecoming for them to use a human as their ticket as well.

In the blink of an eye, over twenty Mountainseas had piled up in front of Su Yu. Some were crippled, some were as good as dead, and some were heavily injured. In short, none of the participants had used their own people as the ticket.

Suddenly, a human with the color of the soil walked over. This was an earth elemental who had assumed the human form. The earth elemental asked, “Tianduo, Topsoil Spirit of our race has disappeared in this city the night before your arrival. Where is he?”

Su Yu frowned and said, “I don’t know. Don’t bother me with this.”

“Tianduo.”

The earth elemental released a powerful burst of aura and said, “If you tell us his location, we will thank you generously. We won’t create any trouble for you.”

As a response, Su Yu nonchalantly remarked, “Looks like the Lade Family is indeed unworthy of respect. So what if this is the family of a devil king from the original devil race? Even someone from the five elemental race dares to threaten someone from this family…”

He glanced at Dawo’s group.

There, the Sunmoon from the Lade Family frowned. He looked at the earth elemental and coldly said, “Earth elemental, is this a threat? A late-stage Sunmoon threatening an index genius of our race. Is this a declaration of war?”

The expression of the earth elemental changed instantly.

The original devils might be unhappy with Tianduo, but they had a reputation to uphold. If they allowed a Sunmoon to threaten Tianduo without reacting, they would start suffering the same fate as the humans. The other races would no longer refrain from killing their young geniuses. They might even start pushing the devils to hand over their young geniuses as compensation the moment a conflict broke out.

The five elemental race wasn’t even a top 10 race. There was no need for the original devil race to fear them.

The Sunmoon from Lade Family snorted coldly and continued, “Even though Tianduo has refused to offer the corpse to the devils, he is still a genius of the Lade Family, a genius second only to Mo Duona among the devils. What are the five elementals trying to do for the sake of a mere Topsoil Spirit? Tianduo has no idea where he’s at, but even if Tianduo has killed him, so what? What can the five elementals do?”

The devil with long, red hair beside Dawo was also the strongest devil in the group. The aura of an eighth-stage Sunmoon rippled out of this devil as he coldly said, “The five elementals are getting gutsy nowadays. Perhaps you should have some fun with the blood fire devils.”

“…”

Holy shit!