Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1482: Who’s Silly? Who’s Dumb? (2)

Before long, Su Yu attached his own willpower onto the 109th golden stripe. The Frost Divine King noticed nothing.

Prior to this, Su Yu had not dared to try something so risky. That had changed after he learned that the weapon was only partially bound to the divine king. As a weaponsmith himself, Su Yu knew very well the parts of a weapon one should attach one’s willpower to in order to control the weapon.

The Frost Divine King had only left a small amount of his willpower at a single spot in the weapon to maintain his control over it. Su Yu was uninterested in what was happening outside. He couldn’t care less about all the schemings going on out there.

It also wasn’t his place to worry about the humans. He shouldn’t be biting off more than he could chew. With four human Invincibles present, there was no need for him to worry that the humans would sink into too big of a disadvantage.

It was also likely that there were more hidden allies of humanity among the other races. Thus, Su Yu was completely unconcerned about them. He refused to believe that humanity would be doomed without him. After all, the human race was filled with cunning old foxes. They would be fine.

At the moment, Su Yu was busy sending his willpower bit by bit to the 109th golden stripe with his deceit character. It didn’t matter whose backdoor this was, but it was now his. Sure enough, all weaponsmiths were scumbags.

That was Su Yu’s conclusion from this. Yes, there were good weaponsmiths out there as well. Old Zhao was one of them. The first thing he taught Su Yu was the fact that a real weaponsmith would not deign to leave backdoors in the weapons they forged. That was an insult to their profession.

However, that would not apply to immoral weaponsmiths. Back when Old Zhao said those words, a majority of the weaponsmiths looked uncomfortable. For many of them, this was essentially an unwritten rule. All weaponsmiths should leave backdoors in the weapons they forge. For them, Old Zhao was the odd one out.

As Su Yu took over the backdoor, he couldn’t help but lament that the world was never kind to the kind. He told himself that he wanted to be a good weaponsmith as well. But even the weaponsmiths of the divines were immoral. What could he do about this?

It was likely that the Frost Divine King wouldn’t even dare to use a weapon forged by someone outside the divine race. After some time, the stone vein on the ground started pulsing weakly.

When Su Yu focused, he noted that he had transferred enough willpower to detonate that vein and destroy the weapon instantly.

“I need to inspect the heaven weapons I looted for these backdoors when I have the time.”

When Su Yu thought about it, he felt quite regretful.

Frost Divine King had only attached a tiny amount of willpower to this weapon. It was a good thing as this made it much easier for Su Yu to operate inside the weapon. But it was also a bad thing as the divine king would not be affected much by its destruction. However, most of the divines inside the weapon would probably die.

“If the divine king has attached enough willpower to the weapon, I could have take this chance to cripple and kill him.”

As Su Yu thought to himself, someone outside started roaring with laughter again.

He Tu had returned.

***

Outside, He Tu declared, “I’m back! This is my turf! I will never stop returning!”

“…”

Silence descended. Noticing the silence, He Tu’s confidence wavered slightly. What was going on?

Previously, he would be attacked right after stepping out of the entrance. It was exhilarating to give the Invincibles a beating each time he arrived. In those moments, he felt as though he was alive again. But what…was happening now?

He was prepared to fight an intense battle before retreating again. But…all the Invincibles were merely floating nearby silently. Nobody did anything.

“Hahaha!”

He Tu roared with laughter again, hoping to attract their attention. Perhaps they hadn’t noticed his arrival. That shouldn’t be the case, right? What was happening? Slowly, he grew wary.

Previously, he was fearless even when he was being beaten up by these people. Now that nobody was doing anything, he started feeling a little bit of fear.

“Hahaha! Are you trying to lure me away from the entrance? Such tricks won’t work against me!”

With that, He Tu stepped back into the entrance again.

Fuck!

He Tu felt like silence was the biggest danger of all. Were those Invincibles silent because they had finally found a way to kill him? Was that why they were trying to lure him away from the entrance? They must be trying to kill him before he could escape.

Dream on!

How would he fall for such a trick?

Sixth level.

He Tu grabbed Dummy and said, “Don’t go! It’s dangerous! Those treacherous bastards are setting up a trap for us! They’re trying to lure us away before killing us!”

Dummy stared at He Tu blankly without saying anything.

He Tu exhaled and continued, “It’s very dangerous. The living are truly treacherous. But I am He Tu! How can such a trick work on me?”

What a joke. He was no fool. They were all waiting nearby without doing anything. Wasn’t it obvious what they were planning?

Hmph! How would he fall for such a trick? He was certain that the seventh level had grown much more dangerous than before. Thus, he refused to enter the seventh level again.

***

Whoosh!

Only the sound of the wind could be heard on the seventh level. The various Invincibles were staring at the entrance blankly. What the fuck? What was that? When they were trying to stop He Tu, he attacked relentlessly. Now that they weren’t trying to stop him, he decided to stop. Were all death spirits so dumb?

The Invincibles felt incomparably speechless. Yes. They had been prepared to let He Tu through and throw some chaos into the mix. But He Tu surprised them all by retreating.

None of them had even attacked him!

None!

They had all stayed more than ten kilometers away from him. But even that was enough to scare him off. How tiring.

***

Inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror.

“Cough, cough, cough…”

The various divines coughed to hide their feelings. What…was that?

He Tu would charge forth when everyone was stopping him and stop when nobody was stopping him. How was he supposed to succeed if that was how he was going to act?

Even Su Yu was left speechless. He Tu was a total clown. Sure enough, one’s intelligence would drop after death.

He Tu was a domineering overlord when he was alive. But after his death, he was reduced to a clown. What would He Tu feel if he knew this? It was true that without one’s complete memories, one would cease to be a complete person. Essentially, all death spirits were incomplete beings.

Silence descended.

Suddenly, someone said, “After dying, one will never be the same person even after regaining one’s past memories. He Tu, a main character during the late period of the first epoch…has been reduced to a mere clown.”

The divines had mixed feelings about this. One would no longer be the same even after rising from the death.

The sight of He Tu’s fate wrapped them all in a dreary mood.

They became even more determined to not die. They were aware that they might be worse off than He Tu after dying. No matter what, He Tu was still a seventh-degree Eternal. Meanwhile, people like them might not even regain their memories after dying.

Just then, an Invincible said, “Stop wasting time. Humans, guard the entrance.”

Immortal King Xuan He said, “You are free to decide whether you’ll let He Tu through or block his advance. In any case, you are not allowed to enter the Devote King’s residence.”

“Why?” Qin Zhen snorted and said, “Who are you to decide that?”

“Qin Zhen, are you testing my patience?”

“So what if I’m testing your patience?” Qin Zhen was weaker than Immortal King Xuan He, but he showed no fear. With his spear in hand, he roared, “Why are you acting all cocky here? During my time serving at the human-immortal border, I specialized in killing immortals. There are a bunch of single guys in the immortal race right now, right? You have me to thank for that. I killed over three thousand immortal fairies. What can you do about that?”

At that, the expressions of some divines and devils turned odd. A mystery had finally been solved. Yes. This was a mystery. Years ago, many immortal fairies went missing for no reason. So they had simply been killed by this guy.

An immortal king roared in fury, “How dare you?”

Yes. They were truly surprised. None of them had suspected him before. Yes, Qin Zhen was stationed at the border some time ago. But he was supposed to be guarding against the divines and devils. When did he run off and assassinate all those immortals?

More importantly, during that period, a vast majority of immortal deaths involved females, not males. The immortals even suspected that a pervert or a demonic cultivator was the culprit for that. But Qin Zhen was the culprit all along.

Qin Zhen sneered and said smugly, “Yes, it was me. So what? Killing three thousand immortal fairies is the same as removing tens of thousands of young immortals from the equation. Just wait. One day, I will kill all immortal fairies in existence. Just wait for your eventual extinction.”

Even Xia Longwu and the other humans were dumbfounded. Was…that why? No wonder he had only targeted the immortal fairies. So he was trying to cause an extinction? They were quite speechless. Was such a method feasible?

Well, in a way, it was.

If he could really kill all immortal fairies in existence, the immortals wouldn’t be far from extinction. Sure, some male experts had the ability to alter their gender and take on the role of birthing, but it took a lot of courage for a male to commit to something like this. It wouldn’t be easy.

Thus, this could very well work. Of course, the premise for that was the total elimination of all immortal fairies, which was rather impossible in the first place.

Xia Longwu couldn’t help but laugh in amusement. He said, “You…if you did it, so be it. Why are you talking about it now?”

Qin Zhen sneered and said, “We’re already enemies. Why should I keep hiding this from them? I only have one thing to say. The moment the battle starts, don’t even dream of provoking me. I will only target the immortals. Everyone else should stay away from me. Don’t die for the immortals. It’s not worth it. Xuan He, you’re a fifth-degree Eternal, right? Come on. Come kill me. I dare you.”

He was completely fearless.

With a sneer, he continued, “From my experience of killing thousands of immortal fairies, I have to admit that dead fairies are truly beautiful. Xuan He, I believe some of them came from your family as well. Why don’t you avenge them? Come on. I’m waiting.”

Qin Zhen snorted one more time and showed them a smug expression. Xia Longwu and Zhu Tianfang stared at him with amazement. Incredible.

Qin Zhen might not be good at too many things, but he was good at psychological manipulation. No matter what, he used to be a general of armies. He loved using brute force to solve his issues. Over the years, he had killed as many people as Xia Longwu during his time in the army.

He was simply less well-known than Xia Longwu. Just look at the immortals. None of them had suspected Qin Zhen of being the culprit for the deaths of their immortal fairies. The immortal kings had to try very hard to remain calm.

Qin Zhen.

They realized that they had underestimated that fellow. With his words, the other races started hesitating. Since the humans were targeting only the immortals, should they still move against the immortals?

Would it be in their interest? It was very likely that the humans would focus only on the immortals. Suddenly, the entrance rippled again. He Tu stepped out and looked around without laughing. Instead, he released a large amount of death qi into the air. As a result, the floating saber in the Devote King’s residence started shaking again.

All the Invincibles watched speechlessly.

After a while, He Tu retreated again.

The Invincibles did nothing but enjoy his solo performance.

Unsurprisingly, he returned in less than half an hour. After releasing some death qi, he fled again. Everyone on the seventh level was watching as he performed.