Tribulation of Myriad Races

Grandstar City.

During his stroll in the city, Su Yu took note of all the buildings occupied by non-residents. He couldn’t help but be impressed by his own kindness. He had actually sent Topsoil Spirit to a first ring building previously. Thanks to that, Topsoil Spirit had survived.

Clearly, that fellow was living well in that building. He was probably still unaware of what happened outside, living in his own beautiful world. After all, Su Yu had set up several voice-dampening barriers around that fellow. Those barriers were meant to prevent Topsoil Spirit from making any noise, but it had also given him peace of mind while an apocalyptic battle was ongoing outside.

When a Sunmoon death spirit passed by not far away, Su Yu waved at it. Alas, the death spirit ignored him. After thinking about it, Su Yu threw a punch at the death spirit.

“…”

The death spirit merely shot him a glance before moving the other way.

Holy shit!

Why leave?

Why wasn’t this fellow hitting back?

Su Yu was trying to lure that death spirit somewhere. Why was that fellow running away instead? He nearly coughed blood from his anger. He was planning to use these death spirits to open those occupied buildings and kill his enemies. But why were these death spirits not helping?

Would these death spirits only be happy if he started killing them again? He had been refraining from killing them because they were now his security guards. But…it would seem like these fellows were very masochistic, after all. They would only be happy if he treated them badly.

While gnashing his teeth, Su Yu threw another punch and blasted a Skysoar death spirit to death. Next, a Cloudbreach death spirit appeared. The death spirit stared at Su Yu blankly…before turning and leaving.

“…”

Su Yu’s veins were throbbing. He was not concealing himself. He was not even using death qi. He had just killed a death spirit. Why weren’t these death spirits attacking him? Why weren’t they raging? Why were they ignoring him?

“Fuck!”

Su Yu cursed. What did this signify? He could no longer cause death spirits to go after him by killing one of them. How was he supposed to unlock these occupied buildings, then? No, wait…Since death spirits would still appear after he killed them, he could still increase the number of death spirits in the city. They would simply ignore him.

Su Yu frowned. Was this the case for the other residents as well?

Not really!

He remembered that the residents from the mystic armor race who were also serving as guards in Heavendoom City had accidentally killed some death spirits before. As a result, the other death spirits started attacking them. They were not immune to the hostility of the death spirits.

“What’s going on? Is this because of that death sovereign?”

This was the only answer Su Yu could think of. Perhaps the weaker death spirits would no longer have the courage to lay a hand on him because of the person who had converted him. Perhaps…the aura of the death sovereign who had converted him was uniquely different.

Su Yu had some guesses. That was a sovereign. And that sovereign had probably left an imprint or its own aura on him. Because of that, the weaker death spirits would not dare to harm him.

Yes, this wasn’t a bad thing. The death spirits would no longer retaliate when he killed one of them. But…he was never afraid of their retaliation.

Holy shit! If they went after him, he could lure a bunch of death spirits toward his enemy. But since they weren’t going after him anymore, that plan was no longer feasible.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of something and took out the third ring medallion. He aimed it at the Cloudbreach death spirit and stirred the death qi in his body. Sure enough, it felt different when he was controlling a medallion as a resident.

He felt as though he had learned something from the medallion. But he didn’t have the time to think. The death spirit suddenly turned and walked toward him before stopping in front of him. The two exchanged gazes in silence.

“There is indeed no intelligence in your brain.”

Su Yu shook his head when he noticed the blank look on the death spirit’s face. A certain understanding dawned on him. He didn’t know what these medallions could do in the Luminous Domain Mansion, but they were very useful in ancient cities. Essentially, they represented one’s status in the city.

There were thirty-six rings in each city. The medallions of the first three rings was basically the symbol of one’s status as the noble of the city. With these medallions, one could control death spirits below the Sunmoon Realm.

Medallions from the fourth, fifth, and sixth rings could be used to control death spirits below the Mountainsea Realm.

Medallions from the seventh, eighth, and ninth rings could control death spirits below the Cloudbreach Realm.

As for the medallions of the other rings, they could only resist the death spirits instead of controlling them. Furthermore, one needed to become a resident to use these medallions.

Back then, Su Yu had been unable to do anything to the death spirits with his sixteenth ring medallion. But the result would be the same even if he used a third ring medallion. He could only use the medallion to keep the death spirits from attacking him.

“I see.”

Su Yu muttered in understanding. With these medallions, ancient city residents could actually control the death spirits. The relationship between these death spirits and the ancient cities seemed quite complicated.

Additionally, there were also some unique medallions, such as the mayor’s medallion, the commander’s medallion, the guard’s medallion, the granary administrator medallion, and so on.

Each medallion signified a different status within the city. Of course, one needed to have sufficient strength to refine these medallions before using them. For example, Su Yu could become a mayor by refining a mayor’s medallion. But he wasn’t sure what he could get being a mayor.

According to what he learned when using the third ring medallion earlier, if he refined it, his cultivation speed would increase, making it easier to resist the death qi’s growth. A third ring medallion could be considered a noble’s medallion. If he entered an unoccupied building with this medallion, he would even have higher chances of stumbling upon an opportunity.

“I see…”

No wonder these mayors and guards loved spending their time in these cities. They could simply look for cultivation opportunities within these cities. There was no need for them to leave.

With the high death qi density and low source qi density in ancient cities, cultivation was supposed to be quite hard. And without sufficient source qi to cultivate and slow the growth of the death qi in their bodies, they wouldn’t be able to survive for long.

“Mayor’s medallion…”

Su Yu looked at the mayor’s residence and snorted. He had not forgotten his grudge toward the dark devil dragon.

“But with a third ring medallion, I won’t be able to control death spirits beyond the peak Mountainsea Realm. These death spirits can only unlock the doors of some outer ring buildings. I can unlock those doors myself with my medallions. Most of them are hidden in the inner rings, and a lot of them are high-stage Sunmoons. It’s pointless to go after them with peak Mountainsea death spirits.”

Finally, Su Yu thought of a different idea. There was no way he would let these people go. He would simply trap them to death. On the third day, he could simply kill some Mountainsea death spirits to spawn some Sunmoon death spirits. In that manner, he could keep the city sealed indefinitely. Eventually, those people would die.

Sure, they could survive for a few days easily. What about a month? Or two months? They did not dare to leave their buildings, but that was not the case for him. With such a high death qi density in the city, it didn’t matter how strong they were. They would ultimately die.

As long as he could keep the city sealed for a month or two, they would all die. If they tried to convert into residents, he could simply transform into a death spirit and help them with it.

Suddenly, Su Yu grew excited. His luck seemed to have increased significantly after converting into a resident. He would be able to get all those people killed without much effort.

They would be completely helpless as the passage of time itself was enough to kill them all. Maybe they could try to summon their Invincibles again? Would the Invincibles even dare to come again?

“I’ll spend two days in cultivation. After that, I can start killing death spirits and keep the city sealed. I don’t even need to attack them myself to get all of them killed.”

In reality, he wouldn’t be a match to those late-stage Sunmoons even if he was able to somehow open their doors. But there was no need for such trouble. He simply needed to wait and they would die.

Of course, these people would definitely leave their buildings toward the end when they were reaching their limits. But so what? Could they kill Su Yu just by coming outdoors? They couldn’t even do so before this. How could they do so now?

What could they do when he hid among the death spirits? Their only option was to kill even more death spirits and create a chaos so massive even he would die along side them…Yeah, that was possible. Fine. He decided to hide indoors if they started coming outdoors. They wouldn’t be able to get through the doors of the inner ring buildings.

After making a decision, Su Yu acted immediately. For now, the ancient city was the safest place for him. Thus, he had to keep staying here.

First, he would cultivate and forge his body. Then, he could come out and kill some death spirits. These people were expecting the city to be unsealed. When they realized that that wasn’t happening, they would probably go crazy.

Su Yu called this a method of killing without laying a hand on the target. He wasn’t interested in fighting those late-stage Sunmoons to the death. It was pointless. From now on, this was his city.

Su Yu wasin a great mood. After finding an empty building, he went inside and started cultivating. Previously, he had completed forty-four body forgings. His body had grown so strong that even with heavenearth profound light, further growth was slow. Even for the forty-fourth forging, he had been forced to spend twelve hours.

This time, it was even slower. After eighteen hours, he completed his forty-fifth forging. With the growth of his body, the death qi inside his body receded considerably as well. But before long, the speed of the growth increased even further.

Su Yu was surprised. Could the death qi in his body freely adjust the speed of its growth?

At the same time.

Mayor’s residence. Inner hall.

The stone statue suddenly opened his eyes and coldly said, “Are you trying to die?”

In the tunnel beneath him, Xing Yue smiled, “Not at all. Look, I’m still in here. I was only curious when I sensed his rapid growth. I was resting earlier when suddenly, the drain on my death qi increased.”

“How dare you increase the rate of the growth!”

The stone statue looked at Su Yu again.

Xing Yue said, “That’s not me. He has simply grown stronger. According to the laws, this is how things should be. As a converter, I need to adjust the rate according to his strength.”

The stone statue said nothing. That was indeed the law. Otherwise, what was a Skysoar death spirit supposed to do when the person it converted got lucky and became a Cloudbreach? Naturally, the death spirit needed to adjust the death qi’s growth appropriately to keep the person in the Skysoar Realm.

Of course, something like this was very rare. Most of the time, even if a genius wouldn’t be able to outpace the death qi too much. Their converter would be someone of appropriate strength. For example, several death spirits had attempted to convert Su Yu until finally, a death sovereign descended.

Nobody had ever been able to escape the grasp of the death spirits after conversion. And that was even more so for Su Yu who had been converted by a death sovereign. But surprisingly, not only was Su Yu able to suppress the death qi in his body, but he could grow rapidly even with the death qi in his body.

“72-Forged Iron Devourer…this is quite a powerful art.”

Xing Yue laughed. With some hesitation, it said, “Apart from the 72-Forged Iron Devourer, he is also able to slow the growth of the death qi in his body. What cultivation method is this? Why does it feel so familiar?”

Of course it was familiar. It was the Source Acupoint Reversal of the death spirits.

In truth, the death spirits only knew how to use this art, but they didn’t understand it. This was something they knew right after awakening. It was similar to racial abilities, but it wasn’t one. And no living being had ever learned this cultivation method.

Thus, Xing Yue did not think of that possibility. It was able to see the changes inside Su Yu’s body when he was using that art, but the source acupoints of death spirits were different. Thus, things were different when they used this art.