Tribulation of Myriad Races

At the same time.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s Grandstar branch.

Su Yu, who had entered the branch before the divine and devil experts had even arrived, was in the middle of reading when he raised his head and look in a certain direction. His mouth curled into a smile.

Topsoil Spirit was out.

What a lucky guy.

When the Invincibles were fighting and numerous ancient buildings were destroyed, his building survived.

When a slaughter was carried out in the city, he survived.

When the other geniuses were suffering from death qi erosion, thanks to his sealed state, he survived.

Was this guy really going to grow into the master of five elements in the future? But with how weak this guy was, that would probably take a very long time. Su Yu felt like Topsoil Spirit’s luck was better than even the likes of Mo Duona.

“You’re lucky I’m trying to hide my identity. Otherwise, I would have allowed you to learn about how evil one could be.”

How was he going to do that? Naturally, he could break into the building and wait beside that slab of concrete. Topsoil Spirit would naturally learn how evil one could be when the first person he saw after coming out was Su Yu.

Behind the white mask, Su Yu smiled in amusement. So be it. He wasn’t too bothered. He had just completed his fiftieth body forging not long ago. He started wondering if anyone on the index could still be his match.

Could Mo Duona still be his match? What about Zhan Wushuang and Xuan Wuji?

Those two were eighth-stage Mountainseas. Perhaps they would reach the ninth stage soon. But they probably wouldn’t be stronger in combat than first or second-stage Sunmoons.

As for Su Yu? His physical strength had surpassed 210,000 acupoints. It was very likely that he could defeat them after consuming a drop of blood essence. These people were still existences who had defeated Sunmoons before. Thus, he still needed to consume blood essence to defeat them.

When fighting against these top geniuses, one should always try to finish them off in one fell swoop. Dragging the fight out was not a good idea as each top genius was someone with countless trump cards.

Any one of them could very well be someone with Invincible talismans in possession. Or they might have some other powerful trump cards.

“For now, I need to complete my seventy-two body forgings. I’ll need to stay low until then.”

Thus, he withdrew his attention. His body forging was his current priority. Since he wasn’t actually hiding in the mayor’s residence, he was naturally still free to move around. He could take this chance to observe the situation. If he discovered someone worth killing, he wouldn’t mind sealing the city again.

This ancient city had basically turned into his personal fishing pond. And he wouldn’t act unless it was a big fish.

***

Meanwhile, Topsoil Spirit was completely oblivious to what Su Yu was thinking. He walked toward the door joyfully. But when he reached it, he hesitated. Were there any dangers outside? It should be safe, right?

In truth, someone was waiting outside for him. The five elemental race would not give up on him. Upon hearing the sounds of movement inside the building, the expert outside spoke, “Topsoil Spirit, is that you?”

This Sunmoon had arrived right after the city gates reopened. He knew it was dangerous, but he still took the risk of coming. Fortunately, things had been quiet for the past few days.

Inside, Topsoil Spirit blanked out slightly before answering, “Elder Red Soil?”

“It’s me.”

Red Soil was overjoyed. It was really Topsoil Spirit!

But Topsoil Spirit was still feeling suspicious. Previously, Su Yu had tricked him by pretending to be Tianduo. Thus, he asked, “Elder Red Soil, how’s your grandson, Clod Soil?”

“…”

Red Soil was left somewhat speechless. He answered, “I have no grandson. Topsoil Spirit, it’s me. Red Soil. I’m not the bad guy.”

After thinking about it, Topsoil Spirit said, “Elder Red Soil, when did we first meet?”

Red Soil was rendered speechless yet again. But for some reason, this scene felt so familiar. Wait…wasn’t this the same thing Su Yu did to verify Niu Baidao’s identity not long ago?

He did that by asking question after question. Why were all these geniuses so suspicious?

Su Yu was like that, and even Topsoil Spirit was like that as well. It was as though they were paranoid of disguises.

“When you were born.”

“When was our second meeting?”

“The day after you were born.”

“When was our third meeting?”

“Shut your fucking mouth. I took care of you until you reached the Skysoar Realm. Before that, we met every single day.”

“…”

Finally, Topsoil Spirit was slightly convinced that this was really his elder. Probably.

While he was thinking, Red Soil furiously said, “When you were little, a girl from the water elemental race peed on you and almost washed your entire body apart. Is this enough?”

“…”

It was Topsoil Spirit’s to be rendered speechless. He already decided to trust this elder. Why did the elder mention that? He hurriedly opened the door.

Seeing that it was really Elder Red Soil, the overjoyed Topsoil Spirit turned into his elemental form and said, “Elder! You’re finally here!”

He looked around and lamented, “I have to admit the fresh air out here feels much better. Wow, these ancient cities sure are safe. It has already been a month, but nothing seems to have changed…”

Sure enough, these ancient cities were reliable safe-havens. Look at how everything was still the same.

Then, Topsoil Spirit asked, “Elder, is Su Yu gone or dead? Or is he in the middle of running from his enemies?”

Red Soil answered with an odd expression, “Nope. He’s right inside this city.”

“Hmm?” Topsoil Spirit was surprised, “He’s not dead?”

“Yes.”

“In that case, why isn’t anyone hunting him down? Why is the city so calm?”

“He’s trapped.”

“Oh. Good to hear.” Topsoil Spirit exhaled in relief and asked, “Where? Maybe I should go and watch the show. That fellow kept me sealed for a month! I won’t let this be!”

Since that fellow was trapped, there was nothing to fear.

“Mayor’s residence.”

“Mayor’s residence?”

Topsoil Spirit blanked out.

“Yes. He’s the new mayor. The dark devil dragon died. He took over the position.”

“…”

Complete stupefaction.

What the hell was happening?

The ninth-stage Sunmoon dark devil dragon died, replaced by the Cloudbreach Su Yu? So he was standing on that fellow’s turf all this while?

“How is that possible? He’s only a Cloudbreach. How can he become the mayor?”

The elder said, “Of course that’s possible. He got the previous mayor killed, sealed the city, and killed the Sunmoon trying to snatch the mayorship. After doing all that, he naturally became the mayor.”

How simple.

Anyone could become a mayor by doing the same thing.

One only needed to kill the existing mayor, seal the city, and kill the competitor. After that, one only had to survive refining the medallion. Then, one could become the mayor.

“This…wait…he became a resident?”

Suddenly, Topsoil Spirit thought of something. His expression changed yet again.

Red Soil nodded, “Yeap. A lot happened during the time you were sealed away. For your sake, the grand elder came once and lost his future body. He is now far weaker than before…”

Shock covered Topsoil Spirit’s face.

The grand elder was here before?

“Yes. The Invincibles of many races were here. A battle between dozens of Invincibles broke out not long ago. All to kill Su Yu. But instead, multiple Invincibles lost their tri-life bodies.

“Even after that, Mo Duona and the others remained trapped. Zhan Wushuang, Xuan Wuji, and all these geniuses were locked in the city with a bunch of late-stage Sunmoons. All of them nearly died because of Su Yu. Two of our late-stage Sunmoons were here as well. Ultimately, we were forced to pay five thousand strands of heavenearth profound light as the ransom for their freedom.

“Oh, there’s more. Before that, Su Yu disguised himself as Tianduo and scammed 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light from the divines. That was the start of this whole incident…”

Red Soil asked, “Did you find out about his disguise? Was that why he trapped you?”

Topsoil Spirit’s mouth was wide agape for a very long while before he could speak, “Yeah. When he came after me, he was already disguised as Tianduo. What was that again? He scammed the divines? Are they dumb?”

“Shhh! Watch your mouth!” Noticing Topsoil Spirit’s shock, the elder said, “He fooled all of us. He organized an auction. He even faked a battle with you. There was no fight between you and him under the Sea of Stars, right? During that fake battle, a fake ancient spatial pocket appeared.”

“No.” Topsoil Spirit said, “How was I supposed to fight him if I was sealed? Our people should know that I was already sealed, right?”

Wow. They sure were dumb if they fell for Su Yu’s lies so easily.

Red Soil shook his head, “No. The fake battle happened before you were sealed.”

The fake battle had happened when Topsoil Spirit was hiding inside an ancient city.

Topsoil Spirit was quite speechless. He said, “That guy sure is brazen.”

If he had left at the time, wouldn’t Su Yu’s lies be exposed immediately? No wonder Su Yu was so determined to kill him. So that was why. The more Topsoil Spirit learned from the elder, the more shocked he became. What a scary guy.

Soon, he sent his elder a voice transmission, “Elder, that’s not important for now. I found that he’s capable of absorbing the power of the five ancestors. He was even able to imitate the Five Element Purgatory I used. His version did not feel like the creation of a character. Rather, it felt very similar to our legendary cultivation method, the Five Elemental Art.”

Red Soil was so alarmed that he turned from normal soil into gray soil. Topsoil Spirit hurriedly said, “Elder, keep calm!”

Red Soil hurriedly recovered and asked, “Are you sure?”

“Of course. I’m quite confident. There is no way a character can do that. He’s capable of absorbing even the power of the five ancestors.” The elder solemnly said, “We need to notify the ancestors immediately. Let’s go to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s branch. I don’t have an index copy, but you can get one as an index genius. Use it to contact the ancestor.”

“Alright.”

Topsoil Spirit nodded in agreement. An index copy would be useful. He felt as though everything had changed in only one month. He also had to notify the ancestors about Su Yu and try to get more talismans from them. He felt very insecure without those talismans on him.