Tribulation of Myriad Races

Even Su Yu was stunned. He had not paid much attention to them, but that was indeed a blood fire devil. Why was a lunatic from that race here? It hadn’t even been long since they lost Na Dazhi, a seventh-stage Sunmoon. And now, yet another late-stage Sunmoon from the blood fire race had appeared before Su Yu.

Even the original devils had only deployed a single late-stage Sunmoon here. What were the blood fire devils doing? Why were they even here? Did they think that the original devils would share the corpse with them after obtaining it?

Everyone present looked annoyed when they saw the blood fire devil. It was another one of those lunatics.

The blood fire devil race was the biggest culprit for the bad reputation of the devil race as a whole. It wouldn’t be an exagerration to describe them as a race of lunatics. Nobody would be surprised if they decided to challenge the major races in succession. Something like that was perfectly normal for them.

Naturally, they were also extremely strong. They were often times the vanguard of the devils during battles. There wasn’t even a need to force them into that position. They loved being in the thick of the action. In fact, they would be offended if they weren’t offered the position of the vanguard.

The original devils both hated and loved the blood fire devils. They hated the blood fire devils for their ability to cause trouble. But they also loved the usefullness of the blood fire devils in wars.

The moment the blood fire devil spoke, the earth elemental shut his mouth with annoyance. This was the benefit of being a member of a major race. Regardless of their internal conflicts, they would stand together against all external powers.

This was applicable to both the devils and the divines. In fact, this was also somewhat applicable to the humans and the immortals.

However, the separation of factions within the human and immortal races was quite extreme. For example, if someone from Great Ming encountered a member of Great Xia in danger, they might not help even though they were fellow humans. That was also the case for the immortals, with their factions split between different immortal kings.

Su Yu smiled. This was why Tianduo’s identity was so useful. With this identity, everyone would behave during the auction. The devils were the only ones who might not play by the rules. For example, they could win the auction with a high bid only to refuse to pay him after the auction was over.

Thus, Su Yu was not too inclined to sell the corpse to the devils either. After winning the auction, they could very well tell him to go back home to receive the payment. In that situation, it was very likely that he would receive nothing. But the other races wouldn’t be able to make such a request.

Su Yu moved his attention away from the Sunmoons and focused on the young geniuses instead. A decent number of them had arrived. Qin Fang, Dao Cheng, Long Wuyou, Long Zhan, and some other high-spirited youths could be seen. Some of them were faces he had never seen before, but it wasn’t too hard to guess the identities of these unfamiliar faces.

Mo Duona was present as well. He looked especially conspicuous beside the blood fire devil with his purple hair. Despite not being a Sunmoon, he was standing side by side the the other Sunmoons. With his hands clasped behind him and a calm smile on his face, he glanced at Su Yu doubtfully. But he ultimately didn’t think too much about it.

Meanwhile, Dao Cheng was standing behind a young immortal. That young immortal was most likely the famed Xuan Wuji. As for the divines, their group was actually led by a white-haired youth instead of a Sunmoon. This youth was probably the famous Zhan Wushuang.

Su Yu’s gaze was especially attracted to two black-robed individuals. One of them was a Sunmoon and the other was Soulcurse, the number one Earth Index genius, a third-stage Mountainsea.

Both Zhan Wushuang and Xuan Wuji were eighth-stage Mountainseas as well.

Fourth on the Heaven Index was Ming Yue of the nether race. She was present as well. This was a young lady with a dark aura around her. The dark aura felt similar to death qi, but when Su Yu focused, he noted that unlike death qi, her dark aura did not reject everything.

A decent number of Heaven Index geniuses had arrived. Even Dao Cheng was also a Heaven Index genius, but he was maintaining a low profile. With the top ranked Heaven Index geniuses present, Dao Cheng’s presence did not attract too much attention.

Unknown to everyone, the top six geniuses of the Heaven Index were all present, since Su Yu himself was ranked first on the Heaven Index.

While Su Yu was observing the young geniuses, they were observing him as well. Some viewed him with disregard, but some frowned when they looked at him.

Out of nowhere, Soulcurse said with a frown, “You’re Tianduo? I dislike you.”

That was a feeling that had emerged out of nowhere the moment she laid her eyes on Su Yu. She didn’t even know why she was feeling that way. The Sunmoons did not seem to have noticed anything, but these young geniuses were different.

All of them felt faint traces of dislike toward the fake Tianduo before them. For some reason, this fake Tianduo was giving them a sense that he was the same type of existence as them. This was a feeling each Heaven Index genius would feel when encountering a different Heaven Index genius.

But Tianduo was not a Heaven Index genius. Soulcurse might have fallen from the Heaven Index, but she was still a top genius.

Before Su Yu could say anything, someone looked at Soulcurse and nonchalantly said, “I dislike you as well, Soulcurse. You better learn to stay low profile in my presence.”

Soulcurse sank into silence. In fact, all the other Heaven Index geniuses sank into silence as well. Why? Because Mo Duona had spoken.

Mo Duona, a ninth-stage Cloudbreach.

Even Zhan Wushuang, someone who had killed a Sunmoon before, said nothing. He might be an eighth-stage Mountainsea, but could he really defeat Mo Duona? Mo Duona was too monstrous of a genius.

He had killed a seventh-stage Mountainsea as a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. Now that he was already a ninth-stage Cloudbreach with two additional source qi transformations, each of his transformations might grant him as much boost as what a Mountainsea could gain from an advancement. It was likely that he was already strong enough to kill peak Mountainseas.

In fact, Mo Duona was probably strong enough to kill a fellow geniuses several stages above him. That was an extremely terrifying feat, much more terrifying than killing a regular cultivator who was a realm above him.

Su Yu smiled and looked at Mo Duona. Mo Duona was also looking at him. No words were exchanged.

But Mo Duona grew even more doubtful. In the past, Tianduo’s eyes would be filled with despair and grief each time they met. At times, some hatred could be seen in his eyes as well. But all those feelings were no longer present. Tianduo seemed to have changed considerably after encountering the ancient spatial pocket.

After a short silence, he sent a voice transmission to the Lade Family Sunmoon, “Lord Zhaiyue Lade, try to track Tianduo through your bloodline.”

The Sunmoon was slightly stunned. Tracking Tianduo? What was the point? Tianduo was right before them. But the person who had spoken was Mo Duona, someone respected by even their ancestor. Thus, he produced a drop of blood at the tip of his finger. Immediately, several death spirits appeared in the area. But those death spirits were instantly chased off by the guards. Nobody said anything.

The drop of blood shook slightly. Noticing what was happening, Su Yu’s eyes flickered. Inside his sea of willpower, the little furball rolled once. Inside the little furball, Tianduo’s sea of willpower shook slightly.

That seemed to be the response Zhaiyue was looking for. He absorbed the blood back into his body and sent a voice transmission to Mo Duona, “This is Tianduo. To be precise, this is a member of the Lade Family.”

He had no way of confirming whether this was Tianduo, but this was definitely a member of the Lade Family. Furthermore, there were so many high-stage Sunmoons here. It was impossible for them to not notice anything if this was a fake Tianduo. Zhaiyue believed that Mo Duona was being too overly cautious.

Mo Duona nodded and said nothing else. A check had been done. So be it. He was only curious about the changes with Tianduo. He didn’t care about anything else, including the so-called ancient breathing technique.

The others weren’t bothered, but Su Yu knew what happened. With a sneer, he looked at the Lade Family Sunmoon and coldly said, “Did Mo Duona tell you to perform a check on me? So you would rather trust Mo Duona than me. I’m not aware that the Lade Family has turned into Mo Duona’s vassal.”

Zhaiyue said, “Tianduo, you always think too much. Mo Duona is the number one genius of our original devil race. He has always been generous with the other geniuses of our race. That is the behavior befitting of someone destined to rule. As for you…”

Su Yu’s eyes turned red with bitterness as he spat, “Destined to rule? It’s only a matter of time before I surpass him!”

He stared at Mo Duona and channeled his bitterness at facing so many enemies all by himself out here mixed with the satisfaction he felt from the prospect of scamming all these people, pushing all those emotions into his face and voice. While gritting his teeth, he said, “Mo Duona, I will surpass you! I will!”

The look in his eyes was the same look Mo Duona was familiar with.

Yes. This was the same look Tianduo would always have in his presence. Indignation, fury, desire to kill, and a tiny bit of satisfaction that was probably coming from the thought of his recent harvest.

WIth a smile, Mo Duona said, “I will be more than happy to see you surpass me. The devil race will not stay strong relying on any single individual.”

Su Yu was left speechless. What the fuck?

Whatever. He couldn’t be bothered to waste more time on this person. Before long, this fellow would realize whether he would really be doing any surpassing. Naturally, the person doing the surpassing would be him, a human by the name of Su Yu, not Tianduo.

With a cold snort, Su Yu looked at the others and said, “I don’t care where you come from. In an auction, the product will only go to the highest bidder. The payment must be completed on the spot. Don’t even think of playing any tricks. Also, the mayor will be acting as the host. Lord Mayor, I hope you can maintain order and prevent anyone from messing with the auction. After all, you’re entitled to a third of the proceeds.”

The mayor nonchalantly answered, “Don’t worry. We’re in an ancient city.”

He wouldn’t dare to be so confident outside the city. But inside the city, who would dare to mess with him? Sure, he might not be a match for Invincibles even inside the city, but he was capable of making things very difficult for Invincibles if they pushed him too hard.

He was most certainly not going to miss out on such a massive profit that had fallen into his lap out of nowhere.

At that time, a masked individual from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion spoke, “Devil Lord Tianduo, we’re here with our entrance tickets. Isn’t it time for you to let us inspect the product we’re here to buy?”

Everyone looked at Su Yu upon hearing that. With a frown, Su Yu pulled the piled of sealed Mountainseas into his building. He also examined their actual condition, checking their injuries and confirming that they were really sealed.

When he was done, he coldly said, “Enter the opposite building. I’ll stay here. You can inspect the corpse with your willpower, but no contact is allowed before you purchase it.”

The masked individual said, “Without physical contact, our inspection might not be accurate…”

Su Yu said, “Nobody is forcing you to buy. Shoulder the risk if you wish to buy. What am I supposed to do if someone snatched it during inspection? You’re all Sunmoons. If you feel doubtful, just refrain from buying. It’s fine.”

The masked individual said helplessly, “It’s not that I doubt you. But if we’re not allowed to get in contact with the corpse, we might not be able to offer as high of a price.”

Su Yu sneered, “If the price is too low, I’ll simply cancel the auction. But I’m confident in my discovery. You won’t be able to hold back from buying.”

The masked individual said nothing else. They all entered the opposite building. It was a large building. Numerous chairs had been prepared in the courtyard. One after another, the experts sat down. Some entered with their juniors while some entered alone. All in all, around thirty different groups were participating in the auction.

With everyone seated, the mayor said, “Tianduo, time to show your product.”

Su Yu smiled, “One step at a time. Let’s take a look at the weapon first.”

A longbow appeared. The moment it appeared, a powerful yet ancient aura swept out.

Numerous strands of willpower shot over, but Su Yu hurriedly shouted, “Don’t try anything stupid. My senses are quite sharp. If I sense anything offensive in nature, the auction is canceled. You are only allowed to keep the strength of your willpower at the level of a Mountainsea. Don’t think that I’m a fool.”

“…”

Fuck! He sure had a lot of requirements.

The experts were left quite speechless. When they tried inspecting the weapon, they received a slight backlash from the weapon. One of them frowned and said, “This isn’t a backlash from the weapon itself. It’s an ancient formation…this is not enough to prove that it’s a heaven weapon…”

Meanwhile, the masked individual took a piece of paper out and drew the appearance of the bow on it. Shortly after, the appearance was sent back to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

Su Yu said, “There is a way of proving it.”

He threw a punch at the weapon. With a rumble, the weapon shook. One stripe after another lit up as the weapon started absorbing the ambient source qi in the air to release a backlash toward Su Yu.

One stripe, two stripes…

In the blink of an eye, 116 golden stripes appeared.

Su Yu sneered, “Can you see this? 116 stripes, a peak early heaven weapon. Of course, it’s up to you whether you believe this or not.”

“…”