Tribulation of Myriad Races

Further away.

The Pseudo Invincibles capable of fighting Invincibles were gathered, such as people like September. These ferocious beasts could smell a feast of immortals ahead of them, but they resisted the temptation to do anything.

Why? Because they couldn’t.

They had thought that they could act freely here. They had thought that they had nothing to fear. They had thought that killing an immortal king here and there was no big deal. But that was not applicable here.

This was a battle that would decide the fate of numerous Invincibles. If they involved themselves, they might implicate their own races as well. The major races were still an insurmountable mountain for their races.

Even now, the divines, devils, and immortals were still keeping plenty of theit trump cards hidden. The humans were unaware of this, but the ancient races knew this well. In any case, nobody wanted to see humanity rise again.

Thus, they couldn’t act. They had to endure their hunger. They had to suppress their desires. They didn’t want to fight the humans, but they couldn’t fight the other races. No secret could remain secret forever. They could not afford to truly offend the major races.

The major races still couldn’t eliminate the human race, but that was not the case for the ancient races. Normally, they were unbothered to actually get serious about the ancient races. It wasn’t that they couldn’t do anything against the ancient races. Ultimately, they were still the rulers of this epoch.

September was no longer eating anything. Skyeater was sprawled lazily in the void. Not far away, Hollow was staring at the distant battle with flickering eyes. None of them dared to join the battle.

Great Qin King had arrived personally. Nobody had seen this happening. He was strong. He was ferocious. He had killed two Invincibles before anyone could react. But he wouldn’t last until the very end.

Sixteen Invincibles.

Including the immortals, he had to face twenty Invincibles. Two were dead, leaving him with eighteen opponents.

***

Frost Divine King was also fighting.

Inside the Illusory Heaven Mirror, Su Yu was greatly shocked.

Great Qin King!

Why was he here?

How could he be here?

Su Yu didn’t know how to feel about this. He only knew that Great Qin King shouldn’t be here.

Great Qin King was unlike the others. Su Yu had nothing holding him back. Xia Longwu and the others were not important enough for their deaths to be a massive loss for humanity. Not even Great Zhou King was that important. He was important enough to cause humanity great grief at his passing, but humanity would not despair at his passing.

However, Great Qin King was the guardian of humanity. He alone had protected humanity for four hundred years. His death would trigger the return of the peace and surrender factions of humanity. Nobody was strong enough to suppress those voices.

Without Great Qin King, unless humanity could produce a Daofuse, nobody would have the ability to suppress all the dissenters in the human race.

“You shouldn’t have come.”

Perhaps…Great Qin King wanted to be here to consume the nine-leaf skylotus on the spot. That would help him achieve Daofuse and he would have nothing to fear after leaving the mansion.

Nobody, not even Great Zhou King, would be able to keep the skylotus after leaving the mansion. They would all be forced to use it in the mansion. Those outside would not allow anyone not from the divine, devil, or immortal races to leave with the skylotus. Thus, Great Qin King had come personally.

Su Yu sighed inwardly. He didn’t know if this was the right thing to do. In truth, Great Qin King could have kept hiding. He could have waited until the last minute before snatching the skylotus. Alas, he had chosen to reveal himself in advance.

There was still an hour before the blooming of the skylotus. This was enough time for the Invincibles to finish the battle.

Too early.

How could the leader of humanity be so impatient?

How could the leader of humanity be so short-sighted?

How unwise of him.

“Dumbass. Just be patient. With your strength, you can sweep all competition aside with one swing of your spear. You will win.”

Su Yu started complaining. How could he be so impatient? Great Qin King was too impatient to be a leader. But this…made him seem more…human. More alive. When humanity was at a disadvantage, when the death spirits were here, when the various races were making a move against the humans…he had chosen to step forth.

He did not remain in hiding while waiting for the skylotus to bloom. He had picked Xia Longwu and the others over the nine-leaf skylotus. He had given up on the skylotus. Since he couldn’t achieve Daofuse, he had picked to kill to his heart’s content and die alongside his fellow humans.

He was too rash.

Boom!

A loud explosion woke Su Yu from his reverie. When he looked out, he saw the divine kings coughing blood and the devil kings roaring with fury.

A lone individual floated before them.

Great Qin King!

He was blood-soaked. But he looked incomparably heroic.

An individual was hanging from the tip of his spear. Suddenly, the tip of his spear shone brightly before detonating the individual apart.

An explosion.

And the final tri-life body of an Invincible.

Death arrived.

Boom!

More crimson clouds gathered in the sky. The third Invincible had fallen. A divine. And the third death sovereign arrived. At this point, the divines, devils, and immortals had each lost an Invincible.

A blade wound could be seen on Great Qin King’s forehead. Blood was pouring out of the wound, and the wound refused to close. Su Yu did not know how Great Qin King had sustained this cut, but he could see that it had nearly shaved Great Qin King’s scalp off.

“Three!”

Great Qin King declared with a grin. Three. How many more? He didn’t know. He was surrounded by fourteen Invincibles and three death sovereigns. Even after killing multiple enemies, he was still surrounded by the same number of enemies.

However, he did not care about the death spirits. It was pointless to focus on them.

A death sovereign spoke, “Great Qin King, pay an appropriate price useful for death spirits and we will leave.”

Great Qin King ignored the offer. He couldn’t afford the price.

That was understandable. This was a price not even Su Yu could afford…no, that wasn’t true. Su Yu had a life death fruit. It could buy the departure of one death sovereign, but that would be completely pointless.

Blood Fire Devil King, who was carrying numerous wounds as well, said, “Death sovereigns are capable of thought as well. You understand how strong Great Qin King is. You should join hands with us and kill him. By completing your mission, you will be rewarded by the heavenly laws. We will also achieve our goal of defeating the human race. This is a cooperation that can benefit all of us.”

A cooperation.

Without the help of the death sovereigns, they would lose even more before killing Great Qin King. He might be heavily injured, but he was still at his peak strength. They would probably lose seven or eight more Invincibles before they could do anything of impact to him.

The divines and devils stuck together. Separating would only allow Great Qin King to eliminate them separately. That would be too risky.

As Invincibles, none of them was stupid. They could only fight it out. They could only seek survival amid death.

***

“He’s injured.”

Su Yu could see that the heaviest injury on Great Qin King was not the wound on his forehead. Rather, it was the flaming palm on his chest left by the Blood Fire Devil King. That wound was constantly burning his life force, source qi, and flesh.

Great Qin King was strong, but he was facing too many opponents.

Further away, Lan Tian was wailing while attacking, forcing Heavencurse to retreat again and again. However, Lan Tian was unable to do enough to break free.

Xing Yue and the death sovereigns were blocked by the Heaven Department head.

Slowly, Su Yu’s eyes turned cold.

Qin Zhen and the other human Invincibles were on the verge of losing their minds. However, that was also the case for the three immortal kings. They were fighting madly while igniting their blood essence.

Su Yu looked around. Before long, he noticed a Sunmoon death spirit roaming near the battlefield. He could feel Xing Yue’s aura on that death spirit. Clearly, the Invincible blood essence was being stored on that death spirit. But…was he strong enough to withstand the power of Invincibles?

“Perhaps…I can find a chance to kill an Invincible and use the reward to complete my third transformation before consuming the blood essence.”

After his third transformation, he would have the strength of 5.8 million acupoints. With his yang acupoint, he could surpass 10 million acupoints. Would that be enough to withstand the power of Invincible blood essence? Even if it wasn’t, it would be enough to push him to the level of a Pseudo Invincible.

“Kill an Invincible and complete my third transformation. This would only work if I could get the entire credit for the kill. Right, the celestial chasm Invincible. I can get a complete reward by killing him.”

A complete reward would be more reliable.

Right, there was also Old Zhou.

“Old Zhou! Frost Divine King is too busy fighting to care about me. I can first snatch control over this weapon and fool his perception. Then, I can capture Yu Sheng and the others without killing them. After that, I can start planning my departure…”

It did not take Su Yu long to make up his mind. Was this worth it? He didn’t know. But he didn’t care.

He did not care about the human race. He only wanted a safe home for his father. He only wanted peace for his teachers. He only wanted that spear to continue standing tall at the Eastrift Valley.

Perhaps he was wrong. But he believed this was the right thing to do. What was the purpose of life? To be at peace with himself.

And thus, Su Yu made a decision.

He consumed a drop of Pseudo Invincible blood essence. His willpower covered all 109 golden stripes of the heaven weapon. The strand of Frost Divine King’s willpower in the weapon was instantly covered. This wouldn’t work at any other time, but Frost Divine King was too busy to notice right now.

This was the window Su Yu had been waiting for. Perhaps his appearance wouldn’t change anything. But he would do what he should do. Yu Sheng remained clueless even as Su Yu was doing all that. He was not a weaponsmith. It had never crossed his mind that Frost Divine King would lose control over his weapon before he was dead.

Zhan Wushuang, who was focusing on the battle outside, started looking around as something was starting to feel off. However, he couldn’t find anything.