Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Ming King said, “I’ll be in charge of building the foundation. Silk Destroying will imbue the power of time onto the formation. Heavenly Seal will add the power of sealing into the formation. Tianyuan, you will control the power of time in the formation.”

“Sure.”

The Invincibles got ready. Instantly, the area was sealed, forming a secluded space independent from the rest of the world. Numerous jade talismans were tossed out by Great Ming King to serve as the foundation of the formation. As for Su Yu, he tossed a book out. Countless projections emerged from the book.

“Seniors, allow me to trouble you to use the book as the base and forge a formation with ten thousand foundations.”

“Cough, cough, cough!”

Great Ming King nearly choked on his breath. The others had odd expressions as well.

Was this a joke?

Su Yu smiled and said, “Thank you. A formation forged this way will be a lot more compatible with my book.”

Great Ming King said, “The success rate will drop considerably if we do this.”

Su Yu said, “I know. But…I only need you to try your best. You will get what I promised even at the event of failure. At most, we’ll redo everything. I will pay you the same price for the second attempt.”

They gasped in shock.

Fuck!

It sure was nice being rich! Was this for real? The likelihood of failing at the first attempt was extremely high. Fine, fine. Since Su Yu was willing to pay for everything, so be it.

Boom!

Source qi started rippling as multiple source qi cyclones appeared in the area. Su Yu said nothing and filled the air with heavenly source qi. Instantly, the entire Great Xia Cultural Research Academy felt like it had turned into a sea of source qi.

Inside the academy, all the students and teachers sat down cross-legged with burning eyes and started cultivating. This was a massive fortuitous encounter for them.

This was also the case for Zhao Li and the others.

The people in the academy did not know what was happening. They only knew numerous top experts were there. They only saw Su Yu tossing a large amount of heavenly source qi out. Throughout the academy, the source qi density rose to a level where even breathing became suffocating.

Meanwhile, Su Yu remained indifferent even after throwing so much heavenly source qi out.

At the same time, numerous people soared into the sky all over the city. All of them were gasping in shock.

***

Above a certain courtyard.

Topsoil Spirit gasped and said, “How rich!”

What was Su Yu trying to do? With so much heavenly source qi, one could be considered rich everywhere. Beside him, September appeared, followed by a smaller iron devourer. And beside the smaller iron devourer was a human: Zhu Hongliang.

Yes. The iron devourer beside September was none other than the one from Great Ming, the one known as Dumbo. Also beside Dumbo were three tiny fellows.

Dumbo’s secret was out. Yes. The people of Great Ming had found out that the three cubs of Big Ball were the child of Dumbo.

There was no helping it as not long ago, Dumbo went to the Allheaven Battlefield. Thus, he wasn’t around to renew the disguise on the three little fellows. Before long, the dark circles around their eyes became visible, revealing the identity of their real father. The mystery was finally solved. Dumbo was the father.

Topsoil Spirit glanced at September, who was eating while looking in Su Yu’s direction.

Dumbo was obediently eating beside September. Zhu Hongliang looked like he wanted to say something, but he kept hesitating. These iron devourers had been ignoring him all along, focusing only on eating.

After a while, September said with his trademark innocent expression, “What a group. Silk Destroying King, Heavenly Seal King, Great Ming King, and Time King are all working together just to make a sealing formation.”

September was a super expert capable of fighting Invincibles as well. Thus, he could easily see what Su Yu was trying to do here. This was an incredibly ambitious project. If they could really finish the formation, killing Invincibles would become much easier for Su Yu, provided he could trap them with the formation.

***

Su Yu ignored all the onlookers.

He watched in silence while floating in the air.

A short while later, Great Zhou King appeared beside him with a flicker. Great Xia King was nowhere to be seen. H seemed to be avoiding Su Yu as of late. But when he saw Great Zhou King appearing beside Su Yu, he grew nervous.

He couldn’t help but suspect that the two were gossiping about him. He was very worried. After thinking for a bit, he joined the two. He had decided to personally keep an eye on them.

Great Zhou King was surprised to see Great Xia King’s arrival. He smiled and said, “Mayor Su, are you confident about the conference tomorrow?”

Su Yu said, “The result doesn’t matter to me.”

“The result is quite important. After all, Old Qin has paid a rather high price for this.”

Su Yu smiled, but he said nothing.

Great Zhou King asked, “Do you think we’ll succeed this time?”

Su Yu glanced at Great Zhou King. Was Great Zhou King asking about the formation production?

“Perhaps.”

“You never know.” Great Zhou King said, “You need luck even when producing formations. Teamwork is important, and everyone needs to contribute fairly. I can’t say much about the others, but Old Zhu is quite a slimy person. He only needs to hold back a little to render your formation useless.”

Perhaps Great Ming King heard that. He suddenly snorted and said, “Stop talking. Be silent and don’t disturb us while we work.”

“Sure.”

Great Zhou King laughed and erected a barrier around them with a wave of his hand.

Done with erecting the sound barrier, he said, “What do you plan to do with this formation?”

Su Yu grinned and said, “Payback. I will take my revenge and kill my enemies with the formation in hand.”

“That’s too rash.” Great Zhou King shook his head and said, “That will give you a bad reputation. People will fear you even more.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “That’s not necessarily a bad thing.”

“I still think that’s not the right thing to do.”

Great Zhou King said, “I doubt this will work, but in the unlikely event that it worked…I believe you should be patient. You can kill your enemies at any time. There is no rush.”

Great Xia King sneered and said, “What is wrong about killing your enemies in a straightforward manner? What’s the point of patience?”

Great Zhou King glanced at Great Xia King. What did this brute know? Why was the brute even talking to them? Was he talking to the brute?

Great Zhou King stayed calm and said, “Mayor Su, killing won’t solve everything. Doing the killing personally is never the best option.”

“Please do enlighten me, Great Zhou King. What is the best option?”

Great Zhou King smiled and said, “Removing someone in secret, in a way that nobody know it’s you…”

Su Yu laughed and asked, “Would you kill for me, Great Zhou King?”

“Perhaps. Who knows?”

“Forget it.” Su Yu laughed.

Great Xia King frowned and said, “A mere formation won’t really do much. Su Yu, I don’t think you should place too much hope on this formation.”

Why were the two talking like Su Yu could sweep all opposition with only a formation? No matter how powerful the formation was, Su Yu would be limited by his own strength. His ability to fight seventh-degree Eternals was already an abnormality in itself. Why was he talking like he could start killing Daofuses with the formation?

It wasn’t a good idea to be blindly confident. Great Xia King believed that Su Yu was getting overconfident.

Hearing that, Su Yu sighed and said, “Sure enough, cultural researchers and warriors are different.”

Great Zhou King sighed as well and said, “True. It’s a pity, but what can we do? Many believe that the biggest fist is the law. But many don’t realize that the real law is obscured from the fist.”

“Exactly.”

The two nodded together.

Great Xia King’s expression turned unsightly. What was the meaning of this? Were they insulting him? He started thinking real hard, wondering if he had said anything wrong. This was a mere sealing formation. No matter how powerful it was, could it kill Daofuses?

What a joke.

Thus, Great Xia King sneered at the two and decided to stop talking to them. If it wasn’t for the sake of stopping Su Yu from gossiping about his past, he wouldn’t have bothered to waste his time here with them.

Cultural researchers?

Both of them were cultivators whose bodies were stronger than their willpower. Were they not embarrassed of calling themselves cultural researchers?

How laughable.

In the current era, how many of these self-proclaimed cultural researchers were true cultural researchers? This was the era of warriors!

Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu and switched to voice transmission, “If you do manage to find the traitor, we can handle the matter for you…”

Su Yu ignored him. What was the point of saying this before actually finding the traitor? Also, wasn’t the Zhou Family one of the suspects as well?

Great Zhou King was a terrifying man. Su Yu couldn’t help but wonder about what he could do if he found that the Zhou Family had the bloodline of Control King. The likelihood of that was low…but anything was possible.

Even now, Great Zhou was still filled with mysteries. Those of the Zhou Family were too talented. With four Invincibles in one family, this was an absolute behemoth. More importantly, Great Zhou King’s real strength was still a mystery. Perhaps he was actually a ninth-degree Eternal instead of a so-called eighth-degree Eternal.

Suddenly, Su Yu dragged the little furball out and fed him with the fake nine-leaf skylotus petal.

***

At the same time.

Topsoil Spirit cursed inwardly. Again?

He had heard the rumors as well. Su Yu had claimed to have eight petals. But that was nonsense. Topsoil Spirit was there in the mansion as well. He knew that Su Yu did not have eight petals.

As for the possibility that Su Yu had obtained more from the eighth level…Topsoil Spirit did not believe that one bit.

Su Yu would have a lot more than eight petals if that were the case.

“He is definitely scheming something!”

Topsoil Spirit believed that Su Yu was sincere in nurturing the soul devourer, but he did not believe in the existence of the eight petals.

Suddenly, Su Yu looked his way.

Topsoil Spirit’s heart thumped. Was Su Yu looking at him?

Why?

Why was Su Yu looking at him?

Why would that guy look at him while feeding the furball?

Just then, Topsoil Spirit noted the slight delay in Su Yu’s hand movements. He also noticed the displeased expression of the little furball. His heart thumped again as a certain idea emerged in his mind.

He hurriedly shouted, “Wait a moment!”

His sudden shout alarmed numerous people. Su Yu looked at him with an annoyed expression.

Topsoil Spirit suppressed his shock and said, “Uhm…Mayor Su…it’s too much of a waste to feed the soul devourer crown prince with the petal. This isn’t something the crown prince requires. Why don’t you sell me the petal instead?”

Su Yu replied, “No thanks.”

“Wait!” Topsoil Spirit hurriedly said, “I can offer a good price for it! Blood essence! Sunmoon blood essence! We can even get you Invincible blood essence!”

Su Yu blanked out slightly before asking with a frown, “Invincible blood essence?”

“Yes!” Topsoil Spirit nodded and said, “Invincible blood essence! If that’s not enough..we…we’ll…”

His brain worked overtime as he wondered about what Su Yu needed.

Invincible blood essence?

Yes. He recalled hearing about a certain rumor.

Having realized something, Topsoil Spirit hurriedly said, “Carrier treasure! One carrier treasure for a petal! What do you think?”

“Fuck off!”

Su Yu merely sneered, but Topsoil Spirit’s heart thumped even faster. When Su Yu shouted the word fuck, it shook his very brain. It was painful, but it had also opened an odd aperture somehow.

How odd.

No, wait, this was a reward from that scumbag!

Fuck!

Topsoil Spirit finally understood. That was why the scumbag had looked at him while feeding the furball!

He understood now! He cursed inwardly. Wouldn’t this make him a culprit and put him in trouble as well?

“Then…forget it. This is too expensive for the five elemental race. I reckon only the divines, devils, and immortals can afford your price.”

After a short pause, he continued, “It’s not like you’re actually using the petals for yourself. Why don’t you consider selling it for things you can use to strengthen your weapon?”

Su Yu sneered and said, “I would rather throw it away than sell it for cheap.”

“Sigh. So be it.” Topsoil Spirit sighed and said, “You would rather waste it than sell it for something you can use to strengthen your weapon. I don’t understand what you’re thinking here.”

Su Yu said nothing. He sank into thought before putting both the little furball and the petal away.

Beside him, Great Xia King said, “Don’t sell them to the outsiders. That’s the same as creating powerful enemies for yourself.”

Great Zhou King seemed to disagree. With a sigh, he said, “These petals are still worth selling if you can get carrier treasures for them.”

Su Yu said nothing.

Great Xia King glared at Great Zhou King with displeasure, while Great Zhou King glanced at the distant Topsoil Spirit before looking at Su Yu. He said nothing.

Topsoil Spirit. Su Yu.

He glanced at September. He recalled that moments ago, the seemingly silly September had stiffened slightly while eating.

Great Zhou King maintained his smile and stayed silent.

Su Yu was truly brazen and ambitious. But…was Topsoil Spirit someone he had paid to do this in advance? Or did Topsoil Spirit somehow understand Su Yu without any communication between the two? If that was the case…Topsoil Spirit could grow into a troublesome opponent in the future.

To the side, Great Xia King was feeling rather displeased.

Su Yu!

After growing strong, the kid had also grown stubborn. That was too idiotic! Something like the nine-leaf skylotus could not be sold so easily even if it was incomplete! It was especially risky to sell it to the myriad races!

Su Yu was getting too overconfident! Just like how he believed he could sweep through all opposition with a mere formation! That was absolute nonsense!

Great Xia King felt very gloomy. He concluded that Su Yu was still too inexperienced. More lessons from reality would be required for Su Yu to grow wiser.