Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1560: Don’t Come! I’ll Bite! (1)

Great Zhou King’s move was incredibly effective.

The various experts started hesitating. Far away, Tiangu’s cold voice rang out, “Great Zhou King, are you not afraid that the traitor of your race will destroy your character midway?”

Traitor. Fiery Sea King was already dead, yet Tiangu was insisting that there was another traitor. Did he know something? Or was this simply a ploy to shake their confidence? Or perhaps this was a reminder for the traitor to make a move after staying idle so long? He was reminding the traitor to prevent Great Zhou King from teleporting everywhere.

***

Eastrift Valley.

At that, the various human Invincibles looked at Great Zhou King.

Someone asked, “What did Tiangu mean?”

Great Zhou King said indifferently, “What else? This is a simply ploy to sow dissension. Have you lived so long for nothing? Why are you worrying when I’m not even worrying about my character?”

Nobody had an argument for that.

Once again, Tiangu’s voice rang out, “Only one of you needs to step up right now. The rest can keep staying undercover to wait for better opportunities. The human race will never rise again.”

He was telling the traitor that just by stepping up, the trust between the various human Invincibles would be destroyed. Nobody would believe that there weren’t more. This was the best opportunity for the traitor to do something.

Tiangu continued, “Kill Su Yu. Kill Wan Tiansheng. I believe this is what you need. And this is your perfect chance. There won’t be a second chance for you.”

Ads by PubRev “Su Yu is already capable of killing Eternals. If he survives and cultivates a few more years, perhaps he will grow strong enough to kill Daofuses.”

“Step up. Now. I will protect you.” He added, “You. Take a group and head to the immortal border.”

Instantly, more than ten immortal kings moved toward the border. Tiangu was doing this to support the human traitor and remind the other humans that there was a traitor in their midst. He was telling them to be suspicious of their companions. He was telling them to watch their backs.

The humans started stirring. Was there really a traitor in their midst? After Fiery Sea King’s death, Great Zhou King and the others had claimed that there was no second traitor. But now, Tiangu had sent a large number of Invincibles over to provide support for the traitor. Was he certain there was a traitor? Or was this a ploy to stop them from teleporting around?

At this point, the appearance of a traitor would greatly ruin the prestige of Great Zhou King and Great Qin King. And if there was a second traitor, who could say that there weren’t a third traitor? Great Zhou King and Great Qin King would no longer be able to gain the trust of the other human Invincibles.

This was similar in concept to what Su Yu did to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. When everyone believed that there weren’t more traitors, a second traitor appeared. And from then on, nobody could believe that there wasn’t a third traitor as well.

Numerous immortal auras erupted as a large number of immortal kings left the Immortal Realm. They were doing this to sow dissent among the humans and deter the humans from trying anything against the Immortal Realm.

They were also doing this to placate the myriad races. They were telling the myriad races to fight bravely. They would handle the humans.

The atmosphere at the Eastrift Valley turned suffocating. The excitement from their successful attack on the Dragon Realm faded completely. The older Invincibles all looked solemn. Was there a second traitor? In truth, they had all guessed that there was indeed a second traitor.

Yes, Fiery Sea was dead. But certain questions remained unanswered despite his death. Certain things still didn’t make any sense with Fiery Sea as the traitor. For example, Fiery Sea had claimed that Ye Batian had humiliated him in a private spar. At that point, there was no longer any need for Fiery Sea to lie.

Yes. Ye Batian was arrogant and domineering. But…it was unlikely that he would do something like humiliating the Fiery Sea King.

Everyone had suppressed their questions, but thanks to Tiangu, these questions were surfacing again. They didn’t know what to feel anymore.

The potential traitor was akin to a thorn on their side, making it much harder for them to perform well in this conflict. A good example was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Due to a lack of trust, the pavilion Invincibles could no longer make use of their strength well. As a result, they appeared far weaker than they actually were.

Great Zhou King remained indifferent. He looked in the Immortal Realm’s direction and said, “Immortals. Worry about yourself.”

Great Zhou King’s voice spread everywhere as he continued, “Don’t keep stirring conflict to exhaust the strength of the various races. In the Immortal Transformation Pond, there are dozens of old fossils who are rumored to be dead. Why don’t you use your own experts against Su Yu instead of inciting everyone else to fight for you? If you can send them all out, we will naturally stop struggling.

“That was where Jade King and Han Xiang came from as well, right? Just send the rest. Why bother hiding the rest? Just send them all and crush your enemies with absolute force. Why are you wasting the lives of the other races? Yes, you are worried of casualties, so you’re playing puppet master here instead. But do you think everyone is stupid? Why don’t you step out of your realm?

“Back when I entered the Immortal Realm with Qin Guang and the others, we saw the Immortal Transformation Pond. Numerous coffins were there, and each coffin contained an ancient fossil. At the time, I was curious about your interest in making a coffin for youself. But I eventually understood. That coffin was meant to store you like the rest of the old fossils. That way, you could rise again and help the immortals during a crucial moment in the future. Am I right?

“Tiangu, I am aware that the divines, devils, and other races have their own hidden trump cards as well. But the immortals have probably hidden away the highest number of trump cards. You probably still have fifty or sixty immortal kings to spare, right? And there are probably no less than twenty late-degree Eternals left. Just send them all out. We will surrender and Su Yu will die. Isn’t that a good thing?”

Great Zhou King’s voice spread throughout the Myriad Realms.

Immortals. Immortal Transformation Pond. Countless old fossils.

Those were the keywords that shook everyone.

Just how many immortal kings did the immortals have?

Even after losing so many, they still had around twenty currently in battle. Additionally, Tiangu had sent some to the human-immortal border. Including the ones that had died recently, about forty of them had appeared so far.

Yet according to Great Zhou King, the immortals were capable of deploying around fifty to sixty more? Over a hundred of them?

Tiangu’s argument came immediately, “You only saw what I wanted you to see. Don’t you understand that, you fool?”

In short, that was a lie to scare the humans during the invasion.

Great Zhou King had a look of contempt as he said, “Tiangu, don’t overestimate yourself. If you’re really that capable, why don’t you take your coffin lid back? Rather than wasting your time arguing with me, why don’t you show your trump cards instead? What is this? Who are you trying to scare with only about a dozen Eternals? Just send like thirty or fifty more of them. I will instantly withdraw with the rest of the humans. Stop making a joke out of yourself.”

That was enough to cause some people to lose patience. The Dragon Pseudo Emperor’s furious voice rang out, “Tiangu, since the immortals still have strength to spare, why did you urge the rest of us to fight for you instead? Just send a few more late-degree Eternals and that will be enough to kill Su Yu.”

Since the immortals had enough experts to protect their home, why were they not attacking with more force?

***

Immortal Realm.

Tiangu had a cold expression. There were naturally more experts in the Immortal Realm.

However, the battle for the Myriad Realms was not only a battle against humanity. After the collapse of humanity, they still had to fight the other races. If they were to use all their trump cards now, what were they supposed to do in the future?

Were the divines and devils not hiding their trump cards? Were the dragons not doing the same? How about the nethers? Everyone was doing the same. Even after such heavy losses, the major races were still hiding their strength. Tiangu knew what they were thinking. He inhaled deeply and looked back at the Immortal Realm.

Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng must die. Outsiders were unreliable while the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was useless. Meanwhile, the minor races were too scared to fight properly. They could join the battle, but they wouldn’t dare to fight for real.

After a short silence, Tiangu sent a voice transmission, “Wisdom King, please awaken for a short moment.”

***

Immortal Realm.

Inside a large garden…yes. A garden. A garden of countless heavenly source fruit trees. Under each tree was a coffin. Some of the coffins under some of the larger trees were already open. Clearly, the occupants of these coffins had already been deployed. Han Xiang and Jade King were also the former occupants of these coffins.

The coffin floated atop a pond, but the pond was not actually filled with water. Rather, the pond was filled with liquified heavenly source qi. This was the fabled Immortal Transformation Pond.

Under a certain tree, a white jade coffin trembled slightly.

A pair of eyes opened.

Suns and moons spun in those eyes as the owner of these eyes listened to Tiangu.

Wisdom King.

This was an ancient expert with silvery white hair. However, he still had the appearance of a youngster, with smooth, tender skin. He blanked out slightly before pushing the lid open and vanishing with a flicker. Shortly after, he arrived at the realm entrance.

There, he bowed slightly at Tiangu, “Greetings, Emperor.”

Tiangu exhaled slightly and said nothing. He reached out and placed his hand above Wisdom King’s head. Wisdom King did not resist. After a short moment, a look of clarity appeared on Wisdom King’s face. He said, “I’ll kill Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng.”

Tiangu nodded. He said, “Be careful. He has the ability to open death tunnels, but he has been avoiding doing that. I have been waiting for that to happen and have the others serve as the targets of the death spirits, but things have not progressed smoothly. There might be more than one death sovereign waiting down there.”

He knew.

Yes. Tiangu knew.

As an old fossil himself, he was well aware of this possibility.

After all, it had happened before.

He Tu. Yes. He Tu had done the same. Those born after the first epoch did not have much impression of He Tu, but Tiangu still remembered it clearly. Thus, he was certain Su Yu was not out of trump cards.

Death Realm.

In fact, Tiangu suspected that Su Yu had also returned through the Death Realm. If that was the case, Su Yu would definitely not be out of trump cards.

Death Realm.

He could still open a death tunnel and lure the death spirits out. Or he could flee into the Death Realm.

Understanding dawned on Wisdom King as he asked, “So a repeat of He Tu?”

“Exactly.”

Evidently, Wisdom King was not unfamiliar with He Tu.

He laughed and said, “He Tu rose because of death spirits, but he also fell because of death spirits. The Death Realm isn’t so easy to control. The death sovereigns are also uncontrollable.

“I’ll be more than happy to see Su Yu do that. Someone loved by luck like him can’t be killed so easily. But we can shift death sovereigns and cause a spread of death qi. Grand Dream will be forced to kill yet another mayor of his to avoid the punishment of the laws.”

“But if Su Yu flees into the Death Realm instead of luring death spirits out…” He looked at Tiangu and asked, “Do I give chase?”

Tiangu asked, “What do you think? The Death Realm is very dangerous. Even people like us can encounter danger there. But if you make it fast and kill Su Yu promptly, you can leave immediately. The guardians won’t be able to stop you from leaving the tunnel. The laws do not forbid the living from leaving.”

Wisdom King said, “I’ll try not to give him the chance to even open a death tunnel.”

Tiangu said nothing. He performed a short divination before saying, “I’m afraid you will encounter some danger.”

He took out a token and handed it over, “If you encounter danger, take this token out. It might save you once.”

“Thank you, Emperor.”

With a smile, the Wisdom King stepped out of the Immortal Realm. The moment he was outside, he vanished. Instead of traveling with the River of Time, he moved noiselessly.