Tribulation of Myriad Races

With a flicker, both First Yellow and Yellow Nine appeared above Nanyuan’s city wall. There, First Yellow said, “It has been a while, Marquis. Finally, we’re back home. Thank you, Marquis.”

“…”

Marquis Xia was stunned. They…actually came to him?

Had they gone mad?

Su Yu was stunned as well.

What?

“First Profound Elder, what is this?”

Those two were merely victims of his lies. Why were they joining up with the humans? He was completely stunned. Were those two really the agents of Xia Family? Had he spoiled the Xia Family’s plan unknowingly?

First Profound was quite speechless as well. He replied through voice transmission, “I don’t know. You never know.”

“Are they humans as well?”

“I don’t know.”

Su Yu said, “They must be human or they won’t be brazen enough to join Marquis Xia. Just how many humans are hiding in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?”

“You never know. This might be another layer of their disguise. Don’t get careless.”

“I understand.”

A large number of hidden experts had been forced out of hiding by the sky devouring ants. Perhaps there were more who were too strong for the ants to handle. But there was no doubt that a majority of the hidden experts had been exposed. An unbelievably large number of experts had arrived.

Numerous auras flooded the area.

Just the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion alone had deployed thirty-five Sunmoons here. The Xia, Zhu, and Qin Families had also gathered more than forty Sunmoons here. The War Shrine and Knowledge Seeking Realm had over twenty Sunmoons here.

As for the myriad races, even after losing over twenty Sunmoons not long ago, they still had over a hundred here. There were also the Sunmoons of the other prefectures and some unknown Sunmoons. At a glance, there were more than 250 Sunmoons here.

And there were at least seven or eight Pseudo Invincibles among them. This proved shocking, especially for those who were less well-informed.

How terrifying.

This was enough to perhaps even encircle and kill an Invincible.

Just the Pseudo Invincibles alone were dangerous enough. Who knew if there were a few among them with future bodies instead of past bodies? And it was widely acknowledged that Pseudo Invincibles with future bodies were those with combat power rivaling that of Invincibles.

The air twisted and shook as the auras of so many experts clashed.

As for those young geniuses who had recently left their minor realms, their horizons had been truly broadened. Some were alarmed, some were excited, and some were feeling quite helpless.

The taste of reality was quite sobering for some of them. So such a large number of Sunmoons could really be gathered in one place.

Suddenly, a massive sword soared into the sky at the edge of the crowd. One of the hidden experts who had been forced out of hiding had suddenly attacked a masked man.

With a hum, a large cauldron appeared. The sword dispersed after a clash with the cauldron. But the dispersed sword merely transformed into more swords before shooting toward the cauldron again. The swords and the cauldron clashed loudly.

“Chen Yong!”

Someone exclaimed in alarm. The expert bearing the cauldron was none other than Chen Yong. The attacker was a Sunmoon. And that was no ordinary Sunmoon. With only a few strikes, Chen Yong’s cauldron was already on the verge of breaking apart.

Chen Yong was far from weak, and he was also a very resourceful combatant. Yet he was completely suppressed in the clash. In mere moments, death started to loom beyond him.

Those from Great Xia were still in the city. Between the city and Chen Yong, numerous myriad race experts lingered. Those from Great Ming and Great Qin were also too far away to provide timely assistance. Chen Yong would probably die before any help could arrive.

Everyone could see that Chen Yong was very strong for a peak Mountainsea. He was strong enough to contend against a first-stage Sunmoon. But the attacker had the absolute upper hand. In the blink of an eye, he was able to push the cauldron famed for its defensive prowess to the brink of collapse.

Chen Yong was a defense specialist. But he was unable to effectively defend himself against his opponent.

“A fifth-stage Sunmoon!”

Someone exclaimed in surprise. If Ji Hong had been here, he would have been able to recognize that the attacker was Zhao Tianfeng, the cultivator known as Whistling Wind Sword.

“Little Yong!”

Hong Tan roared and rushed outside the city. Alas, a group of myriad race Sunmoons appeared in his path to stop him. Some sneered coldly, and some even prepared to use this chance to kill Hong Tan.

They would be more than happy to see those from Great Xia leave the city. Those from Great Xia had been able to keep the ruin under their control, but they had also gotten themselves surrounded in the process. Even those from Great Ming and Great Qin were also blocked from rendering assistance.

Su Yu wasn’t that far away from Chen Yong.

When he saw what happened, the look in his eyes changed as he ordered through voice transmission, “Kill him! The sword wielder, I mean.”

The others blanked out.

Why?

Had Profound Nine gone mad? Why had he issued such an order?

“Stop wasting time!”

Not giving anyone the chance to argue, Su Yu shot over and roared, “Die!”

A punch was thrown.

Death qi roiled all around him.

His yang acupoint activated. His sixty-two body forgings had granted him a strength surpassing 660,000 acupoints. With his yang acupoint, he was able to muster a strength surpassing 800,000 acupoints. Such was the boost his yang acupoint had granted him after absorbing so much death qi.

This was a strength that rivaled a regular third-stage Sunmoon. Or to be precise, this was the level of strength a third-stage Sunmoon of the fiery eye race could muster. In truth, every Sunmoon was a genius of sorts. After all, an idiot would be hard-pressed to actually reach the Sunmoon Realm.

Unless one was a super genius, this was the level of strength a normal third-stage Sunmoon would reach.

Su Yu had attacked without using his characters or any other abilities. It was merely a punch.

Boom!

A slim sword met the fist and stabbed right into it. But the sword was also instantly corroded by the death qi in the fist. With a groan, Zhao Tianfeng hurriedly withdrew his sword. Alas, the sword had turned completely black with death qi crawling all over it.

“Profound Nine?”

Zhao Tianfeng was both furious and alarmed. Why was Profound Nine interfering? Had the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion been hired for yet another mission? Nonsense! How could there be so many missions for them to receive?

Su Yu withdrew his fist and took a step back. His eyes turned solemn as he realized that this was not an opponent he could best. At his current state, to be specific. It did not matter as next, dozens of Sunmoons attacked together, ripping space apart as their attacks rained down.

Boom!

While coughing blood, Zhao Tianfeng fled unhesitatingly, a broken sword in hand.

Madness. Absolute madness.

Just what was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion doing?

Su Yu snorted and scanned the crowd. Finally, his gaze landed on the hastily retreating and injured Chen Yong. With a mocking tone, he said, “Chen Yong? You owe me your life. I encourage you to inform Su Yu that the multiple character faction now owes me multiple favors. Both you and Liu Wenyan have me to thank for your lives. I hope Su Yu can take this into consideration when the time comes for me to sever my connection with the ancient city. I can only hope that you are really that important to him.”

Understanding dawned on everyone. So that was how it was. Profound Nine was an ancient city resident from Grandstar City. Everyone understood why he was doing this.

Chen Yong glanced at Profound Nine warily and said, “I will remember this favor. As for that martial nephew of mine, I can only try. I can’t promise anything.”

Chen Yong was very strong. He had nearly died earlier. He might have been cautious, but he had also been exposed by the sky devouring ants. Just because he could hide from fifth-stage Sunmoons did not mean he could fight one. He had nearly died. Fortunately, Profound Nine had appeared in time.

As a third-stage Sunmoon, Profound Nine only needed to keep his opponent occupied for a short moment before the numerous Sunmoons of the pavilion arrived to blast that opponent to near death.

Chen Yong even felt quite envious as he saw Profound Nine in action.

Profound Nine of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion…was indeed an individual of great influence. With so many Sunmoons serving him, nobody could afford to take him lightly. Even late-stage Sunmoons had to be wary of him.

Inside the city, Hong Tan exhaled in relief.

What a close call.

Marquis Xia withdrew his blade, and Zhu Tiandao sat back down again. They were both reminded that Su Yu was still around.

Holy shit!

They had nearly forgotten about that fellow. That kid had gotten so immersed in his role as Profound Nine that they had almost forgotten about him. They knew the kid was strong, but the kid was too terrifyingly strong. The kid was already capable of contending against a fifth-stage Sunmoon.

More importantly, he also had so many Sunmoons at his beck and call. Who could afford to underestimate him?

In fact, the power under his control was already comparable to the power Great Ming and Great Qin had deployed here. With the late-stage Sunmoons in his group, he probably held even more power than Great Ming and Great Qin here.

At this point, Zhao Tianfeng’s physical body was finally blasted away by the barrage of attacks from the numerous Sunmoons. His sea of willpower shot out and attempted to flee. However, he didn’t make it far before his sea of willpower was set aflame.

Su Yu snorted coldly. This was a familiar sight. Clearly, the person who had attacked Chen Yong was a subordinate of the traitor.

Su Yu frowned as he sank into thought. Just how many Sunmoons were under the traitor’s control? He had already caused the deaths of three of them so far. They were respectively Goldwing, Zhao Tianfeng, and one of the three human Sunmoons involved in the attack against Liu Wenyan not long ago. And there might be even more of them.

Having Zhao Tianfeng dead was good enough for him. He didn’t even spare the falling moon a look. Instead, he took the chance to address the crowd, “This is my personal intention. It does not represent the pavilion’s intention. I only wish to seek survival. I hope nobody will misunderstand the pavilion due to my actions.”

In the sky, the third and eighth elders nodded. The third elder said, “This is Profound Nine’s personal affair. The pavilion has always been neutral.”

Naturally, a large number of people cursed at that.

Neutral his ass!

How were they neutral? So many Sunmoons had died recently, and the pavilion had played a part in many of those deaths. If the pavilion was really neutral, why were they sending so many Sunmoons here?

Just their late-stage Sunmoons alone already numbered more than ten. Not even the divines and devils had sent such a powerful group here.

After cupping his fists at Su Yu, Chen Yong flew toward the city. Su Yu escorted him with his entourage of Sunmoons, forcing the Sunmoons in the way to move aside. He only withdrew after Chen Yong entered the city.

He was very overbearing, but he was also displaying just how much power he had.

Inside the city, Yellow Nine sent a voice transmission enviously to First Yellow, “Elder, how is he doing better than you? Also…is he really…but…he’s a third-stage Sunmoon. This isn’t possible, right?”

Was this really Su Yu? This was a tad bit too hard to believe. Once again, Yellow Nine started doubting her own judgment. Perhaps this was a misunderstanding all along? After all, Su Yu was only a Cloudbreach. No matter how much of a freak he was, he shouldn’t have the combat strength of third-stage Sunmoons.

That was too terrifying. While Yellow Nine was busy doubting herself and the word, First Yellow was also feeling suspicious. Was this really Su Yu?

He wasn’t so sure anymore.

Speaking of, it sure felt hurtful to see the kid commanding so many Sunmoons. Even during his time as an elder of the pavilion, he had not been given so much power.