Tribulation of Myriad Races

An Invincible threatened, “Hollow, you dare?”

“No, I don’t…”

Hollow laughed. Suddenly, space rippled as a distant Pseudo Invincible who was fighting Cheng Mo vanished into nothingness. Elsewhere, the air rippled as a coffin lid shot out of thin air.

Boom!

After slamming the coffin lid onto the Pseudo Invincible dozens of times, the Pseudo Invincibles died. Since the kill had been performed outside the residence, it did not spawn the appearance of a death spirit.

Nevertheless, a death sovereign still charged over to capture Hollow. However, Hollow was able to retreat before the death sovereign arrived.

As someone specializing in space, he wasn’t someone who could be captured so easily.

Hollow’s voice rang out again, “Su Yu, I trust you. Please keep your words. LA Pseudo Invincible has been killed.”

He was very strong. He was able to transfer a Pseudo Invincible outside the residence before killing the said Pseudo Invincible. Everything had happened in the blink of an eye. Not even a death sovereign could stop him from leaving after that.

Su Yu glanced at Great Qin King and gnashed his teeth before sending Xing Yue a voice transmission, “I’ll provide support to the humans later. Get the celestial chasm Invincible to kill me.”

Xing Yue did not reply.

After taking a moment to brace himself, Su Yu charged in Great Qin King’s direction. A group of Invincibles awaited him there. Any carelessness would result in his death. However, he was the only person capable of helping Great Qin King now. Great Qin King could not be allowed to die.

Su Yu was placing all his hope on the celestial chasm Invincible. Thanks to the oath, the celestial chasm Invincible would have no choice but to do so. If he refused to cooperate, he would die to the heavenly laws. But if he were to attack Su Yu, he would still die to the heavenly laws.

Naturally, it would also take a little bit of time for the heavenly laws to act. Su Yu looked at the distant Source Return Blade. That blade was the manifestation of the heavenly laws. He wondered if the blade could expedite the punishment of the heavenly laws.

Previously, the heavenly laws had taken a long time gathering power to kill Empyrean Cloud. That gave the various Pseudo Emperors the chance to stop the punishment. Would the heavenly laws continue manifesting in the form of lightning tribulation here? Or would the laws utilize the Source Return Blade instead?

Su Yu was unsure. He sent He Tu a voice transmission, “Lord He Tu, would one face the lightning tribulation or the Source Return Blade here when breaking the heavenly laws?”

“How am I supposed to know?” He Tu replied, “I don’t remember.”

Fuck!

What an unreliable guy.

Fine, fine. Whatever.

At worst, Su Yu would shout Tai Shan’s name and wake Old Zhou up again. That would be his final trump card.

He decided to shout Tai Shan’s name nonstop if the heavenly laws decided to go slow and manifest another lightning tribulation instead of utilizing the Source Return Blade here.

At the same time, a voice rang out in Spiritvenge’s mind, “Kill Su Yu and snatch his Time Sage inheritance. Remember, take that book of his. We need it. It’s very important.”

Time Sage’s inheritance?

Spiritvenge was greatly shocked. The Heaven Department head had spoken of the same thing earlier as well.

But…what was the relationship between these death spirits and Su Yu?

He asked, “What is your relationship with Su Yu?”

“He is related to He Tu. That is none of our business. He Tu is not part of our oath.”

“…”

Spiritvenge hesitated. He was still feeling wary. Weren’t death spirits supposed to be simple and stupid? They did not feel so simple anymore. Too many variables had appeared.

Suddenly, Spiritvenge’s heart thumped.

A spear shot through his ear, and his blood sprayed out.

He was furious. How…how could he allow himself to be distracted while facing Great Qin King? That spear had nearly stabbed through his head.

Furious, he reached a decision. Since the oath had been established, he had to help the death spirits. Otherwise, he would be considered an oathbreaker by the heavenly laws. Following their request would also give him the chance to avoid Great Qin King for now. He was still slightly fearful of Great Qin King.

The divines and devils were determined to kill Great Qin King. He wanted to do so as well, but he wasn’t strong enough. He would rather move away now. Great Qin King was at his most dangerous in his current state. He could very well drag a few more Invincibles down before dying.

Thus, he looked at the incoming Su Yu and shouted, “I’ll kill him!”

The dragon and nether Invincibles nearby cursed inwardly. They wanted to do so as well, but the crafty celestial chasm had stolen the chance from them.

While charging toward Su Yu, Spiritvenge yelled, “Feng Ming, stop He Tu for me!”

Feng Ming was the phoenix Invincible. Hearing the request, she frowned. Then, she focused on the frowning He Tu. He Tu was looking at Su Yu with annoyance. What a troublemaker. Why was this guy so good at causing trouble? He Tu wasn’t even sure he could keep protecting Su Yu in such a situation. Things were simply too dangerous.

“Celestial chasm race?” Su Yu roared in fury, raised his aura, and charged toward Spiritvenge while yelling, “Die! I will never stop before every last celestial chasm is dead!”

Just as Spiritvenge was about to attack, his heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly retreated. Noticing that, Su Yu knew that things might get troublesome here. Not even Great Zhou King’s calm character could keep Spiritvenge’s danger sense calm anymore.

That was understandable since the calm character was still a fourth-tier character. It would work against Sunmoons, but not Invincibles. After all, it hadn’t been able to completely calm Frost Divine King’s senses earlier as well.

The moment Spiritvenge sensed the danger, he pulled back and vanished into the River of Time. After moving far away, he reappeared and stared at Su Yu with astonishment. What was going on?

He looked at Su Yu, at the death spirits, at He Tu, before looking back at Su Yu again. The look in his eyes turned odd as he sent a voice transmission to Heavencurse, “Is Su Yu related to any of the nine death sovereigns?”

Heavencurse, who was busy fighting Lan Tian, replied with surprise, “I doubt so…”

“You doubt? Give me a clear answer. Are they related?”

Spiritvenge was furious, “In the oath, there is a clause preventing us from attacking the subordinates of these death sovereigns. Su Yu is not a death spirit, but he is a subject of one death sovereign. However, our oath was signed with nine local death sovereigns. He is not a subject of any of them. But for some reason, I sensed death just as I was about to attack him.”

How could Su Yu be related to the local death sovereigns? What nonsense was that? But his danger sense would not lie. The only possibility was that Su Yu’s master was one of the nine death sovereigns who had signed the oath. But that…shouldn’t be possible.

Su Yu had a history of transforming into a death spirit in Grandstar City. Was it possible that the death sovereign there had traveled all the way here? No. How was that possible? But…He Tu was from Grand Dream City. And he was here because of Su Yu as well. Would it be possible for Su Yu to bring another death sovereign here?

Spiritvenge did not dare to entertain this possibility. However, he couldn’t deny that possibility anymore.

Su Yu was in collusion with more than He Tu. There was one more death sovereign. The death sovereign from Grandstar City. And that death sovereign was among the nine. Spiritvenge was furious. This…he had never imagined this. How could anyone see this coming? How terrifying. How inconceivable.

He was more and more certain that he was right.

Just then, an Invincible roared furiously, “Spiritvenge, do you think the humans will spare you just because you spared him? Someone from your race killed Ye Batian. Even if Great Qin King is willing to spare you, Su Yu will never spare you.”

They all thought that Spiritvenge was doing this deliberately. Spiritvenge couldn’t even explain himself.

He did not dare to admit that he had reached an agreement with the death spirits. Thus, he could only shout, “You guys can kill him! I’ll kill Great Qin King…”

That was his sole option. Alas, due to their suspicions toward him, the other Invincibles would naturally not agree.

One of them demanded, “Kill Su Yu first!”

Nobody would trust him anymore. He could only prove his innocence by killing Su Yu. If he joined them before killing Su Yu, they might even turn against him. After all, he was too suspicious. Spiritvenge was furious. That was the best option. He had no way of killing Su Yu. Unfortunately, he couldn’t reveal his agreement with the death spirits. The moment he revealed the agreement, everyone would try to kill him, including the death spirits.

“Damn it!”

While Spiritvenge was raging, Su Yu continued flying toward him with a grin, “Lord, stop messing around. Come on. Let’s kill them all.”

The furious Spiritvenge could only flee from the approaching Su Yu.

Fuck!

He clenched his teeth and charged toward Xia Longwu instead.

Fine, fine. So be it. This felt terrible.

The divines and devils were starting to suspect him. He couldn’t kill Su Yu. In that case, he might as well kill Xia Longwu or a different human Invincible to clear his name. But before he even reached, the three immortal kings burned their blood essence even harder to force Xia Longwu and the other humans back before erecting defenses against Spiritvenge.

Seeing that the immortal kings were ready to self-detonate just to deal with him, Spiritvenge was further infuriated.

Fool!

Fine, fine. He decided to deal with Lan Tian instead. That should be enough to clear his name, right? He was fast enough to keep running away from Su Yu.

Just then, the doubtful Lan Tian giggled and said, “Heavencurse, are we actually allies? Is that it?”

He might be saying that, but he was fleeing rapidly.

Allies?

No. That little lunatic called Su Yu would rather work with the divines and devils than the celestial chasms. This was the race that had killed Ye Batian. Su Yu might not respect Ye Batian, but he wouldn’t collude with the killers of his martial ancestor.

Unfortunately, Su Yu was not fast enough to keep up with Spiritvenge. He was furious as well. Why was this Invincible so fast? Why was this Invincible showing off his speed?

Then again, Su Yu had to admit that he had somehow reduced the pressure on Great Qin King. He had killed one before removing one from combat. With this, Great Qin King was only faced with twelve Invincibles. Yes. Only twelve.

Su Yu started cheering for Great Qin King inwardly. Just wait. He only needed to kill Spiritvenge, absorb some heavenly rewards, and consume some Invincible blood essence before he could kill the next Invincible. This was the best he could do.

Suddenly, Su Yu shouted, “Get over here, Lan Tian. This is a friend. Don’t do anything rash.”

“Sure.”

While Lan Tian was flying toward Su Yu, both Spiritvenge and Heavencurse looked in the direction of the Heaven Department head. They had just realized something. The death sovereign leading the other death sovereigns…

Yes, that was the death sovereign who had converted Su Yu. Damn it! Su Yu was not only colluding with one or two death spirits. Rather, he was colluding with many of them. This drove Spiritvenge and Heavencurse mad. What now?

Just how did Su Yu convince his death sovereign to travel all the way here? That shouldn’t be possible. They felt terrible. They would be punished for refusing their request. But killing or even hurting Su Yu would also result in a punishment from the heavenly laws.

What now?

They had also lost the trust of the others since they had refused to kill Su Yu. Everyone was suspicious, but they were too occupied to think too deeply about it. At this point, all of them would choose the safest option. Thus, they would no longer trust the two celestial chasms.

“Suppress Su Yu but don’t harm him. I’ll kill Lan Tian. That will be enough to prove our innocence.”

Heavencurse’s expression changed slightly upon hearing the plan. He gnashed his teeth and nodded in agreement.

So be it.

Su Yu was still not strong enough to kill them. He only needed to avoid harming Su Yu while suppressing Su Yu. And thus, the situation turned even more confusing for all the other Invincibles.

***

The five elemental Invincible was confused as well.

What was going on?

Spiritvenge and Heavencurse were chasing Lan Tian while Su Yu was chasing after them. At the same time, Lan Tian was moving in circles to reach Su Yu. The three were basically flying in circles. What game was this?

Had the celestial chasm race reached an agreement with the human race? Why would this be happening otherwise? They might not be able to kill Lan Tian, but they could easily destroy Lan Tian’s clones. As for Su Yu, they should be able to kill him with a slap or two. Why were they doing this?

The five elemental Invincible and the fate Invincible were the only idle Invincibles. The Heaven Department head and the phoenix Invincible were both occupied as well.

The confused five elemental Invincible sent a voice transmission, “Topsoil Spirit, you told us to not make an enemy out of the humans. But now…it doesn’t look like we have a chance. When the other races win, both me and that guy from the fate race will be the next to die. The fate race is too mysterious to die so easily. Thus, I’ll probably be the first to die after the humans.”

He could see that Great Qin King wouldn’t last much longer.

A few of the twelve Invincibles around Great Qin King had lost their tri-life bodies to him, but he had also been forced to split into three bodies. It was only a matter of time before his defeat arrived. Could anyone change this?

Yes. The Heaven Department head was strong enough to salvage the situation for the humans. Nobody else could do it. However, the Heaven Department head was on a standstill with the death sovereigns.

Inside the heaven weapon of the five elemental race, Topsoil Spirit’s expression changed repeatedly.

Shortly after, he answered, “Wait. Keep watching for a bit. If Su Yu couldn’t pull anythin goff, you are free to do what you want. But if Su Yu managed to kill the celestial chasms, make a move. Kill any Invincible you want, but help the humans. Make sure of that.”

“Topsoil Spirit, are you really betting both our lives on Su Yu?”

He would definitely die if the humans were to lose even with his assistance. Naturally, a human victory would change everything.

“Just listen to me, Elder. I will never harm the five elemental race. We might be late, but we still need to choose the right side. Otherwise, we will all die. Trust me, Elder. Wait a bit. Don’t do anything to harm the humans before Su Yu is dead.”

Better late than never. This was Topsoil Spirit’s stance. They might anger the other races, but the other races wouldn’t declare war against the five elementals so easily either. It did not matter who the final victor would be.

They only needed to pick the right side. Topsoil Spirit believed that Su Yu would have other trump cards in hiding if he could kill the celestial chasm Invincible. Su Yu was not someone to be judged with common sense.

At the time, the five elementals could attack the immortals to do the humans a favor. Sure, that was a rather cheap favor, but it was better than offending the humans. The five elemental Invincible inhaled deeply and stopped talking.

He decided to take the gamble.

He would trust Topsoil Spirit once.

After all, Topsoil Spirit was the hope of their race. He was the sole person with a chance to repair the five elements and return them to their glory.

Topsoil Spirit was a lot more important to the five elementals than Zhan Wushuang or Mo Duona were to their races.

With this, Su Yu became the one to decide their next course of action.