Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Why aren’t you giving chase?” Bloodbreak Marquis asked, “Are you waiting for me to come and give chase personally? Where is your brain?”

He was furious.

This piece of trash might also be an ancient marquis like him, but Bloodbreak Marquis did not think much of this person. Unfortunately, his real body was too far away from this place or he would have arrived in person.

Meanwhile, Marquis Bajue had been waiting here all along. Yet he had failed. What useless trash!

Bloodbreak Marquis was enraged. He believed that Marquis Bajue was not giving chase due to fear. But how could an ancient marquis die too easily? These days, any battle exceeding a certain scale would easily attract numerous other experts. But instead of giving chase, this bastard was staying here.

At this point, anger was starting to show on Bajue’s face. There were outsiders here as well. Yet Bloodbreak was scolding him in front of them.

Despite his anger, he did not lash out. Instead, he said, “I will give chase immediately. But they might be far stronger than me.”

“Just shut your mouth and get moving.”

Bloodbreak Marquis was showing him zero consideration. Left with no choice, Bajue could only gnash his teeth before vanishing. What the fuck was he supposed to be in pursuit of? They were long gone by the time he arrived. He didn’t even know which direction he should go.

So be it. He decided to fly in a random direction and put up a show. Inwardly, he kept wondering about these mysterious opponents. Who? Who were they? Human experts? Among the surviving human experts, which was this strong?

Marquis Minshan was the strongest, but he was dead. The remaining ones wouldn’t be too much stronger than Stable Army Marquis. They wouldn’t be able to kill Mo Shenji instantly before planting such a powerful trap behind even if they were to work together.

“If it weren’t humans…could it be…”

Numerous thoughts appeared in his mind as a cold glint flickered in his eyes. Could it be the iron devourers or some of the other ancient races? No, that did not make sense. The trap reeked the smell of cultural researchers. The iron devourers were powerful, but they didn’t have such methods.

Immortals?

The immortals were most proficient at such cheap tricks.

As numerous thoughts swirled in his mind, he carried out his search. After some time, helplessness sank in. He found nothing. All possible traces were gone. As for the Brightmoon Flower Valley, everything had been wiped clean by that explosion.

“Damn it!”

He cursed furiously. He was in trouble.

For losing two Daofuses, the Devil Assembly would not let him off lightly.

How unlucky.

Before long, he ended his search. He couldn’t afford to stray too far as that might give the other races the chance to ambush and kill him. He suspected that the secret opponents were probably peak Daofuses or even pseudo kings.

It was hard for him to judge, but he knew that he should stop his search.

***

At the same time.

At the Buried Soul Mountain, Su Yu looked in a certain direction. They were very far away from the valley, but the fluctuations there could be felt even here. Furthermore, that loud explosion and the exploding Daofuses could all be seen from here.

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Have they been living too well here? How did a trap like that kill a Daofuse? Are the people here all idiots? How are they so careless?”

He was very surprised. That was a casual trap he had left to kill some Eternals. But instead, it managed to kill a Daofuse.

Su Yu continued, “Looks like the Upper Realm is filled with stupid people.”

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “Not really. That was merely something they did not expect from humanity. Up here, humanity has been declining for many years. Most of the time, they will focus only on fleeing. They do not have the courage to install such traps. Furthermore, a trap so powerful can only be placed by someone at the level of a heavenly king.”

Su Yu nodded, “True. But that doesn’t change the fact that they are too stupid.”

Su Yu laughed and added, “I guess this is a good start for us. Two dead Daofuses, both devils. Not bad at all. I have been feeling regretful since Devilroil Marquis was the only powerful devil I had killed before this. Now, I don’t feel that bad anymore.”

Great Zhou King smiled and said, “Next, we can share the pain and kill some divines as well. The immortals lost Soldier King and Fallen Star Marquis, while the divines have yet to lose anyone.”

Su Yu smiled. True. The divines…seemed to have remained quite lucky thus far. With that Consort Emeritus around, it wouldn’t be easy to kill any of them. Furthermore, the divines had not bothered to send anyone down from the Upper Realm.

As they conversed, the captured Stable Army Marquis muttered blankly, “Two Daofuses…dead?”

Since when were Daofuses so easy to kill? Those in the Upper Realm were stupid…Lower Realm? These people came from the Lower Realm!

With a look of disbelief, he asked with both nervousness and hope in his voice, “Are you…from the Lower Realm?”

Great Zhou King looked at him and asked with a smile, “Can’t you recognize me?”

“You…” Stable Army Marquis stared for a long while before finally, he exclaimed in shock, “You’re…Zhou Tiansheng?”

“Cough. Zhou Tianqi.”

Great Zhou King tried to laugh it off, but Stable Army Marquis shook his head and said, “No. You’re Zhou Tiansheng. I remember you now.”

“That’s the name for the previous epoch. I’m now Zhou Tianqi.” Great Zhou King smiled and said, “A name is merely an empty title.”

He did not care about names that much since he had changed his name many times.

Stable Army Marquis had yet to recover from his shock. He asked again, “Are you…really from the Lower Realm? How is this possible?”

He couldn’t believe this. Were these people really from the Lower Realm?

Killing Soldier King. Killing Fallen Star Marquis. Killing Devilroil Marquis…

Just how many Daofuses had they killed? Were the people of Lower Realm so powerful? Even Zhou Tianqi was someone he knew. That wasn’t someone from this epoch. When did the Lower Realm produce an expert at the level of a pseudo king? Also, who was this white-haired youth?

Stable Army Marquis felt like he did not have enough braincells to process all this. Could anyone explain this to him?

He was minding his business at home when he was suddenly captured. Then, two devil Daofuses died. Then, his captors told him that they came from the Lower Realm. The same Lower Realm where humanity was supposed to be struggling massively.

He was losing his mind.

Why was the Lower Realm so powerful?

They had been thinking of saving the humans of the Lower Realm the moment the Upper Realm was open. Was that a joke all along?

Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to explain. He said, “Let’s go back first. Maybe the myriad races will search this place as well. They sure have a lot of experts to spare. Just two Daofuses died, yet more than ten Daofuses reacted to it.”

Su Yu lamented, “The Upper Realm is indeed not so simple. Let’s go back and plan again.”

“Yes!”

Under Stable Army Marquis’ shocked gaze, all the experts obeyed, including the psychotic pseudo king. They wasted no time and flew deep inside the Buried Soul Mountain.

Emperor Yu?

He recalled how they were addressing the youth. He recalled the pen he saw. He was unsure, and he was also slightly excited. Suddenly, he asked, “Is this…the human lord of this era?”

That was the only conclusion he could reach. That was the only explanation for how obedient these experts were. Had the Lower Realm humans produced a human lord? This human lord did not feel weak at all. At the very least, this human lord was stronger than him.

Then again, this human lord was weaker than the previous human lords. And he was far weaker than Hundred Battle King.

At that question, Great Zhou King laughed and answered, “Not the human lord.”

Stable Army Marquis blanked out. What?

“He’s the Human Emperor of the new era.”

Stable Army Marquis exclaimed in alarm, “What nonsense are you saying? You—”

Great Zhou King said, “I am a Torchbearer. A first-generation Torchbearer. Your son was a junior of mine. A subordinate of mine. Do not question me. Do not pressure me with your status. Do you understand?”

Stable Army Marquis blanked out. A Torchbearer. First generation! He stared at Great Zhou King. After a long while, he was still confused. This was someone he had seen during the previous epoch. Someone inconspicuous who was only an Eternal.

But since this was a first-generation Torchbearer, he had clearly hidden his strength back then. Could it be that this human lord was his choice? If that was the case, all this was understandable.

Human Emperor?

What arrogance. Was this Torchbearer trying to set up a puppet emperor or something?

His imagination ran wild.

However, Su Yu appeared completely nonchalant.

Seemingly having guessed what Stable Army Marquis was thinking, Lan Tian snickered and gave his head a pat. When Stable Army Marquis glared angrily, Lan Tian smiled and said, “Be a good boy. I have never killed a human marquis. Do not be my first. Be good.”

Stable Army Marquis’ heart chilled.

Was this guy serious? This psycho felt the strongest in the group. He felt even stronger than the Torchbearer.

Just then, Su Yu said with a frown, “Stop scaring the senior like this. We are fellow humans. This senior has fought for humanity for many years. He is still an ancient marquis. Don’t be rude.”

Lan Tian beamed and said, “Big Brother Yu is right. I won’t scare him anymore. Instead, we can hand him to Great Zhou King. If Great Zhou King can’t handle him, I’ll scare Great Zhou King instead. Hehehehehe.”

Great Zhou King groaned inwardly. Even when Stable Army Marquis looked at him, he looked away with resignation. Why was the marquis looking at him? He wasn’t the one in charge here.

Was this guy blind? Couldn’t this guy see that he was the main target of suppression in this group? Any troublesome task would be thrown his way. Every now and then, they would call him a Hundred Battle King supporter.

What the hell? He wasn’t even the Torchbearer who had picked Hundred Battle King. He had only said that Hundred Battle King was strong enough to be helpful. Even now, when a supporter of Hundred Battle King was around, his name was still couldn’t be cleared.

Great Zhou King couldn’t even be bothered to say anything about this anymore. Stable Army Marquis would be fine as long as he wasn’t too stupid.

Su Yu would not kill an ancient human marquis for no reason. As someone who had survived for so many years, Stable Army Marquis was naturally someone with keen eyes as well. The moment he noticed the dynamics of the group, his heart thumped. So the Torchbearer…wasn’t even the one in charge!

Right at that moment, they reached their destination. Stable Army Marquis saw even more people, including some familiar faces.

Such as Grandstar.

He knew all these guardians.

After all, these guardians had been guarding the death tunnels for so many years.

“Emperor Yu!”

“Your Majesty!”

Everyone greeted happily. The sight of their joyful faces upon seeing Su Yu shocked Stable Army Marquis yet again. All of them were ignoring the pseudo king and the Torchbearer. All their eyes were on the white-haired youth.

This…was no puppet. One ought to know that this Emperor Yu was weaker than the two. Why was this happening? Stable Army Marquis had countless questions, but he didn’t have the chance to ask them.

He did not notice that at the moment, Liu Shan and Du Bing were both so shocked it felt as though their eyeballs were going to pop out of their heads soon.

Their marquis…had been captured.

Holy shit!

How long had it been?

And they had really returned with the marquis captured!

These people were way too terrifying.

The two felt the final bit of courage in them evaporating. If even the marquis had been captured, what about the subordinates of the marquis? What happened to their friends?

And their families?

Dead? Or captured?

With a nonchalant smile, Su Yu said, “I’m fine. Stable Army Marquis is here. We even killed two devil Daofuses while we were there. We need to stay silent for a few days as they will probably be searching everywhere for us right now.”

Grandstar laughed and said, “Bring it on. Are we supposed to be scared of them? I knew you wouldn’t return empty-handed. Emperor Yu, when are we doing something big?”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “What’s the rush? We’re new here. We still don’t know the situation up here.”

He glanced at Stable Army Marquis before waving his hand, releasing over a thousand people. He said, “Detain them for now. I don’t want to repeat myself too much. Great Zhou King, I believe you can communicate with them better. Talk to them. Take Stable Army Marquis to me when you’re done.”

“Yes!”

Then, Great Zhou King looked at Stable Army Marquis and flashed a wide smile. At this point, Stable Army Marquis had finally calmed down. He wanted to know about the Lower Realm as well. Thus, he was happy with this arrangement.

As for his subordinates, none could move as all were still suppressed. All of them looked terrified. Why? Because every single one of them was being personally escorted by an individual. These individuals were looking them up and down, causing all of them to shiver in fear.

“So many cuties!”

Over a thousand Lan Tians spoke and laughed in unison with different voices.

“I need to show my cuties some love!”

Even Great Ming King ran off.

Lan Tian was a very stressful person to be around.

Stable Army Marquis said solemnly, “Everyone, do not try anything. Stay calm.”

He could see it now. The Lower Realm humans…did not hold too much respect toward them. Apart from the Torchbearer, who was looking at them kindly, the others were looking at them with complete indifference, as though they did not matter.

From their eyes, it even felt as though they were trying to distance themselves from the Upper Realm humans.

Everyone knew that Su Yu disliked the ancient humans and the Upper Realm humans. Because of this, Great Zhou King became the target of suppression. Thus, none of them was interested in showing these people any kindness.

Stable Army Marquis even saw an iron devourer Daofuse in the group. The iron devourer was also staying far away from them, as though they were carrying some infectious disease. One ought to know that the Upper Realm iron devourers were actually quite friendly with them.

Why was this happening?

Countless questions emerged in his mind.

Noticing that the marquis was looking at him, September hurriedly said, “Don’t look at me! I don’t know you! Emperor Yu, my race only knows you. Who is this guy? He’s deliberately looking at me!”

“…”

Stable Army Marquis blanked out. Was there a need for such a reaction?

Not far away, Su Yu chuckled and said, “Just let him be. It’s not like you’ll lose anything when he looks at you.”

“Fine, fine.”

But inwardly, September was feeling very stressed. Why was this guy looking at him?

Sigh.

He sat down beside Xia Longwu and decided to ignore the staring marquis.