Tribulation of Myriad Races

Were there experts in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?

Many.

The heads of the spires and chambers were all incredibly strong.

Zhu Tianfang was a middle-degree Eternal and he was only a Yellow Department head back when he was in the pavilion. Zhou Tianyuan, who was stronger, was the Profound Department head back then. And the heads of the Profound and Yellow Departments were known to be the weakest back then.

The various heads were shocked at the order to kill Su Yu. They had been neutral for nine epochs. Finally, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was stopping their neutrality.

The ancient cities had also ended their neutrality. They had picked Su Yu. But that did not mean that they had picked the human race. However, the pavilion’s choice to kill Su Yu would most certainly make them the enemy of humanity.

After a short silence, the first elder of the enforcers said, “He deserves death. In that case, we’ll do so. He has killed many enforcer elders…”

“Go.”

The Heavenly Overseer Marquis did not bother to say much. He merely waved his hand at them. Apart from him, there were six more Invincibles present. Each was a respectable expert.

Among them, the heads of the South Chamber and West Spire were late-degree Eternals. The participation of such experts could change many things. They were probably strong enough to suppress even the combination of Wan Tiansheng and Su Yu.

They said nothing else and vanished with a flicker. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was joining the battle. While staring into the distance, Heavenly Overseer Marquis blanked out as he sank in recollections of the past.

“Have I…still picked this choice?”

He recalled how Culture King had asked him many years ago if he would manage the Heavenly Supervising Pavilion well at the event of Culture King’s disappearance or death. Back then, he had given an answer without any hesitation.

He had promised to manage the pavilion well. A hundred thousand years had passed since then. During the first three epochs, he waited for Culture King’s return. During the middle three epochs, he started feeling disappointed. He started hesitating. He started doubting Culture King.

At the seventh epoch, he started believing that Culture King would not return. Thus, he started refining the Heavenly Hunt Index into his own weapon. Sixty thousand years. He had chosen to carry out an act of betrayal after sixty thousand years.

He was terrified of Culture King. He wouldn’t have waited sixty thousand years otherwise. Even when there were so many rumors claiming that Culture King was dead, he had still waited for sixty thousand years due to his fear.

But from the seventh epoch, he started being himself. It was then that the pavilion was renamed into the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Its unofficial name had become its official name.

***

In the sky.

Su Yu was taking on more and more death qi, to the point his robes were turning darker and darker. He was looking into the distance with a frown.

Without a change in expression, Wan Tiansheng sent a voice transmission, “Trouble seems to be coming. Something is happening.”

The two floated in the sky, one in black robes and one in white robes, forming a stark contrast with each other. Numerous minor race Invincibles surrounded them, but none dared to step forth. All of them were hesitating.

Even so, Su Yu could sense the arrival of something dangerous. His combination with Wan Tiansheng must have crossed the line of some people. Just as that thought crossed his mind, the air started rippling.

Then, six powerful individuals appeared. All of them were wearing golden masks.

Heavenly Hunt Pavilion!

Su Yu sighed. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion…and the Heavenly Overseer Marquis had reached a decision.

Wan Tiansheng’s expression changed. He coldly said, “The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has stayed neutral for many years. As an independent party, your mysteriousness is your greatest trump card. Are you finally making your choice?”

Many people were relieved to see the arrival of the six experts. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had made a choice. This was not as simple as the addition of six experts. They represented the Heavenly Overseer Marquis. Since such a choice had been made, the Heavenly Overseer Marquis would not shy from making a move anymore.

An ancient marquis who was perhaps one of the oldest among the ancient past survivors had acted. Numerous people grew excited.

The first enforcer elder sighed and said, “We are only here for Su Yu. He killed many of our elders…”

Su Yu laughed, “What are you saying? Senior Zhu Tianfang did that. How am I at fault for that? In fact, I boosted the popularity of the pavilion with my actions in the Human Realm. Even now, I’m still an elder of the pavilion. Are you turning against one of your own?”

The first enforcer elder couldn’t argue against that, so he didn’t bother to argue. Since they had decided to fight, it was pointless to say more as they would only embarrass themselves doing that.

Numerous Rivers of Time unfurled in the sky as the first enforcer elder looked at the surrounding Invincibles and said, “If you don’t have the courage to attack, please keep Wan Tiansheng in check with your control over time and space.”

The minor race Invincibles were overjoyed to hear that. What a good idea.

Instantly, sixteen more Rivers of Time unfurled. The rivers crossed each other, seemingly forming a net of rivers in the area. They were doing this to interrupt Wan Tiansheng’s ability to stop their manipulation of laws.

That wasn’t even difficult. Wan Tiansheng might be strong, but he still wasn’t an Invincible. In fact, the sixteen minor race Invincibles were strong enough to kill both Wan Tiansheng and Su Yu. They had merely been hesitating since they didn’t want to be the unlucky ones to die in the process.

Thus, they were more than happy to be relegated to the supportive position while those from the pavilion fought. Su Yu inhaled deeply as the Heaven Gate appeared on his forehead. Trouble was knocking.

In that case, this was probably the best time to open the death tunnel. After all, there were too many enemies here for him and Wan Tiansheng to deal with. The question was…how should he kick all these people down the tunnel? It wouldn’t be easy. Perhaps he should step into the tunnel himself to lure these people down? He was only worried that they would refuse to take the bait.

He took the Mark of Civilization back. The Mark of Civilization shone brightly as over three hundred projections emerged from it. All of them were Sunmoons, with those from the divine, devil, and immortal pages looking particularly strong since they were all roughly sixth or seventh degree Sunmoons. However, this was far from enough.

All these projections were only strong enough to take the attacks of these Invincibles once or twice. Su Yu did not use the Mark of Civilization on himself. Rather, he transformed it into a white robe before draping it over Wan Tiansheng.

When Wan Tiansheng looked at him, he smiled and said, “Principal, your body is too weak.”

Both him and Wan Tiansheng could only die once due to their lack of tri-life bodies. Wan Tiansheng laughed. Was he weak? Fine, fine, his body was indeed weak compared to Su Yu. The book was an incredibly powerful heaven weapon. Wan Tiansheng could feel it. It was strong enough to receive several attacks from a middle-degree Eternal.

He inhaled deeply as he regarded the surrounding Invincibles. He asked, “What is your current cultivation level?”

“Cloudbreach body and Mountainsea willpower.”

“Cloudbreach…” Wan Tiansheng laughed bitterly, “Fighting Mountainseas as a Cloudbreach. Kid, you messed with my calculations.”

Su Yu knew what the principal was talking about. He merely laughed as more and more death qi seeped out of his body. That was not his fault. Wan Tiansheng was the one who had decided to take a peek at the future. This had nothing to do with him.

“So be it. As your principal, let me give you a lesson on the laws today.”

Wan Tiansheng said, “We cultural researchers should be the best at the manipulation of laws. You are a fake cultural researcher. Learn from me.”

With a roar by Wan Tiansheng, a wave of willpower rippled out of him. Then, he tore an opening in the air.

Finally, he stepped atop a River of Time. He said, “Come on. Don’t worry. As usual, I’ll take you on a trip to the past and future. We will be killing their tri-life bodies. The Three Body Method is the most useless of all. We can easily kill their past and future in the river without worrying about the backlash since none of us has a past or future body.”

With a smile, Su Yu stepped atop the river as well. The two of them were akin to tiny boats atop a berserk ocean. Twenty-two Rivers of Time descended upon them and formed twenty-two tributaries on the river.

With Su Yu in tow, Wan Tiansheng vanished atop one of the rivers. A massive frog emerged from that river. When the frog noticed them, he paled with fright and hurriedly severed the connection.

Alas, Wan Tiansheng was already on it. Trapped on the river with them, the frog was unable to escape. A punch from Su Yu arrived.

Boom!

The river snapped while the frog was blasted apart.

At the same time, one of the sixteen minor race Invincibles groaned before splitting into three bodies. A fist appeared behind the past body right as it appeared.

Boom!

A loud rumble rang out, causing the surrounding Invincibles to shiver.

Boom!

The past body exploded while the fist vanished, as though it was never there. It was akin to a punch from the past, a punch that had erased the past.

“Impudent!”

The pavilion Invincibles were greatly alarmed. Wan Tiansheng’s grasp over the power of time was too solid. He was able to easily traverse the past and future.

***

Boom!

Wan Tiansheng’s River of Time started shaking violently, but he ignored it. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to Su Yu, “I won’t be able to last long. Make them fear. Make the minor race Invincibles so scared that they leave.”

Deterrance. That was the only thing they could achieve in such a situation. Wan Tiansheng did not expect to kill any Invincible facing so many of them. For him, killing some tri-life bodies was already the limit of what they could do.

“Do you have any other trump cards?”

Wan Tiansheng asked. If that was all Su Yu had, this would be all they could do for now. As far as he was concerned, this wasn’t a bad ending. They had killed enough Invincibles. This could already be considered an advantageous exchange for them.

In life, too much greed was pointless. Thus, he only pursued comfort. To pursue things that would give his mind comfort. Even in the event of defeat, he would die laughing, knowing he had done what he wanted and all he could. There was no helping it, as he was too young compared to these ancient experts.

“I have…one final trump card. Don’t worry. I’ll run with you when things get troublesome.”

That was Su Yu’s answer. There was nothing to fear. They could flee into the Death Realm when things got thorny. Fleeing was their natural choice. Were they supposed to stay and embrace death?

With He Tu around, he wouldn’t be too helpless in the Death Realm. As for Old Wan…at worst, he only needed to have He Tu convert him. There was nothing to fear. The two continued roaming the river. With a rumble, Wan Tiansheng stepped onto another tributary.

They had barely caught sight of the owner of that river when the connection was severed. An entire river had vanished.

That was merely a minor race Invincible. At the moment, he was escaping with a pale expression. Even when facing the gazes of the other experts, he continued fleeing while gnashing his teeth.

He did not want to die here. He was the sole pillar of his race. The immortals might have promised them protection, but huge changes were happening across the Myriad Realms. Could the immortals still provide the promised protection?

Nobody could be more reliable than himself. With him around, the immortals would need to deploy at least six or seven Invincibles just to invade his realm.

“I…can’t die!”

With that thought, he fled without any hesitation. He realized that his action might have attracted the hatred of the immortals, but he didn’t stop. He didn’t even bother to stay near the battlefield.

Run!

The expressions of the other Invincibles changed drastically.

He fled!

How brazen! Was he not afraid of the immortals?

Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng were surprised to see that. In truth, the so-called myriad races were essentially a collection of races split under the rule of only several major races. Humanity wasn’t even one of the rulers as they had barely any friends among the other top hundred races. None was supposed to have the courage to defy the immortals, devils, and divines.

Thus, the fleeing Invincible needed a lot of courage to do this. The two did not bother to give chase. This wasn’t a bad thing. In fact, this was much better than expected. This was a good sign. Just as that thought crossed their minds, Old Wan’s river shook again. With a rumble, six thick rivers wrapped around it. Then, six Invincibles appeared on the river.

“Such minor tricks won’t work.”

The six experts surrounded the two.

Su Yu grinned, pointed at the person speaking, and declared, “You shall serve as my target. You’re the first enforcer elder of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, right? You talk too much nonsense. Even if I have to die today, I will drag you down with me.”