Tribulation of Myriad Races

Beside Su Yu, an innocent girl with a lollipop in her mouth flashed everyone a wide smile and said, “Don’t worry! I’m very good at disguise! Silk Destroying King can attest to this! Am I right?”

Silk Destroying King’s face was flushed.

Right his ass!

He looked at Su Yu, swallowed, and said, “Emperor Yu, I want to operate alone! Nobody will be allowed to approach me! Don’t bother to look for me! I’m telling you all! I will ignore you even if I encounter you out there! Anyone attempting to communicate with me will be treated as an enemy and killed!”

“…”

Su Yu resisted the urge to laugh. That was probably Silk Destroying King’s final method to resist Lan Tian. He would only act alone. He would kill anyone approaching him. He would view everyone as enemies.

Su Yu laughed and said, “Sure. Everyone, remember to leave him alone when you’re out there.”

The rest were rendered speechless yet again. It was true that with Lan Tian around, everyone would think twice before doing anything traitorous. One could never be sure if one’s collaborator was actually Lan Tian.

How terrifying.

Nobody had anything to say. Suddenly, Xia Longwu thought of something and said, “Emperor Yu, you should place a seal in all our seas of willpower.”

Su Yu raised his brow and smiled, “There is no need for that.”

“That’s not what I mean.” Xia Longwu explained, “I’m worried that we might be captured by some powerhouses before we can react. They might be able to read our memories after capturing us. If the myriad races learn of the second entrance and the current situation in the Lower Realm, things might get troublesome for us.”

He wasn’t proposing that to prove his innocence. There was no need for that. He was only worried that such a scenario would arise. A heavenly king could catch him by surprise and subdue him before he could even detonate himself.

While Su Yu was frowning, Xia Longwu added, “There is no need to make it too complicated. Just place some compressed power of law into our seas of willpower. Make it something that will explode the moment it comes into contact with the power of a third party.

“When the power of a third party reaches that far, it means the situation is hopeless. In that case, the captured individual might as well die.”

At that, the others nodded. One of the guardians said, “This is quite a convenient trick. But General Xia is right. If even our seas of willpower are being invaded, it signifies that we are no longer capable of breaking free.”

Su Yu thought about it and nodded in agreement.

He reached out and gathered a large amount of chaos power in his palm before suppressing it into multiple balls. He tossed them at the others and said, “Be careful. Don’t detonate it accidentally. This thing will explode at any contact with the power of someone other than me and you. Don’t open your sea of willpower for others for fun or something like that.”

Everyone was left speechless. Who would do something like that for fun? Did they look like fools?

They took the balls into their seas of willpower without saying anything. Su Yu smiled and said, “There is one additional benefit to this. With these balls, I can constantly track all of you. So I can look for you even when you’re missing. When encountering an enemy you can’t handle, don’t be in that much of a rush to die. Try to last longer and I might be able to arrive in time.”

“Thank you, Emperor Yu.”

They were quite straightforward as well. With nothing else to do, they started leaving the cave one after another. It was time for them to explore the Upper Realm. At the same time, Lan Tian produced countless clones. These clones merely appeared for a split second before vanishing. Everyone grimaced at the sight of that.

Great Zhou King smiled helplessly and said, “I thought that part was also a threat.”

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Not at all. It’s not like this only affects me. If there is a traitor among them, I’m not the only one who will die. I can’t take this risk for the sake of looking gracious and generous.”

Su Yu laughed and continued, “Since I have warned you in advance, I naturally need to ensure that this won’t happen. I’m not a fool.”

Su Yu did not care how others viewed him. The opinions of others did not matter much. A betrayal by any of them could doom Su Yu’s party and the Lower Realm humans. Was he supposed to risk himself and everyone else just to look generous? That was not something he was interested in doing.

Thus, he was making it clear that Lan Tian would be monitoring all of them.

Great Zhou King gave it some thought and nodded, “True.”

Su Yu was incredibly careful.

While they were speaking, Stable Army Marquis was looking at his departing daughter with worry. He did not want his daughter to go, but he agreed that he couldn’t keep her sheltered forever. Experience was indeed something one accumulated.

As a veteran general, he knew when to let go of something. Suddenly, his expression changed as he took a jade pendant out. That attracted the attention of Su Yu and the others as the pendant was glowing faintly.

The moment Stable Army Marquis checked the pendant, he tossed the matter about his daughter aside and said solemnly, “It’s Shadow Marquis. He is the main contact person for all of us. Or to be precise, he has the habit of sharing all the information he gathered during his travels with us. Previously, he was the main contact person of Marquis Minshan. He had stopped contacting us after Marquis Minshan’s death.”

Su Yu raised his brow, “Is he looking for you right now?”

“Yes.”

Stable Army Marquis said, “This isn’t a messaging pendant. It does not have such a function. But it will glow to indicate that Shadow Marquis is asking for a meeting. One blink shows that he wants to meet. Two blinks show that the situation is getting dangerous. Three blinks signify that he’s unsure if we should meet and I can decide for myself.”

At that, the jade pendant blinked for the second time. And after a short moment, it blinked for the third time. Three blinks.

Stable Army Marquis smiled and said, “He’s testing me, trying to see if I have betrayed humanity.”

Su Yu said, “But if you have betrayed humanity, won’t this be a chance for you to set a trap for him?”

Stable Army Marquis sighed and said, “There is no choice. The Upper Realm humans are desperate enough to take such risks. He might have warned the others in advance. When he dies, these pendants will break down. With that, everyone will know that I have betrayed humanity. For him, losing his life to preserve everyone else is a worthy trade.”

Su Yu nodded, “If he’s not a traitor, then he’s indeed a decisive and loyal person. But he’s the main contact person of the dead Marquis Minshan. Thus, we can’t be sure that he’s not a traitor either.”

Su Yu laughed and continued, “Shadow Marquis…I know someone called Umbra. There is a Shadow Guard in Great Ming. But I know the people there aren’t traitors. However, I’m not so sure about the Shadow we have here.”

Stable Army Marquis smiled helplessly and said, “I doubt he’s a traitor…”

“You never know.” Su Yu asked, “Are you meeting him?”

Stable Army Marquis thought about it and nodded, “I wish to see him. Shadow has been operating outside all along. He knows a lot more than us. His presence will be very helpful for you.”

“But what if he’s a traitor?” Su Yu asked, “What if he’s waiting for us with a bunch of enemy experts?”

“…”

Stable Army Marquis thought with a deep frown before answering, “We can meet him at the edge of Chaos Mountain. If he ends up a traitor, we’ll see if he has the courage to charge into the mountain range with his people.”

True.

Su Yu nodded and asked, “So how are you supposed to schedule this meeting?”

Stable Army Marquis smiled and said, “I can crush the jade pendant at a place to call for a meeting. During the meeting, he will hand me another jade pendant.”

That seemed a bit troublesome and inconvenient. But Su Yu also understood that this was the best they could do. Shadow Marquis had set up this one-way communication method to reduce the risk of exposure to a minimum. From this, one could see that the Upper Realm humans had indeed been living in hardship.

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Originally, we were hoping to be helped by you guys from the Upper Realm. But looks like the situation up here is even worse. None of you has the luxury to help us.”

Stable Army Marquis laughed sheepishly and said, “Emperor Yu is right. None of us had expected this as well.”

Inwardly, he sighed. He had thought that the Lower Realm humans were the ones living in hardship. But no. The Lower Realm humans were living well. They dominated the Lower Realm, and only the three major races stood in their path of utter domination.

If he had known that, he wouldn’t have sent so many people to the Lower Realm. So many of them had died. From how the Lower Realm humans were doing, they would have ascended sooner or later even without that group of people he sent.

Su Yu said, “Delay the meeting for two days. There is no rush. Give Xia Longwu and the others some time to go further away from us.”

“Noted.”

Stable Army Marquis agreed easily. Su Yu added, “For the coming two days, I will be scouting our surroundings and getting a clearer picture of this area. If something unexpected does happen, we will be better prepared to have some fun with them in here.”

Great Zhou King advised, “Be careful when trying to make use of others. Don’t get yourself in trouble while trying to borrow the power of others.”

He was saying that the strength of the ancient beasts wasn’t something one could borrow easily.

Su Yu answered with a smile, “Don’t worry. It’s time for me to return to my previous profession.”

Stable Army Marquis was confused, but Great Zhou King and the others understood instantly.

His previous profession?

Scamming? Identity theft?

These were the methods Su Yu had relied heavily on during his rise. Would it work against the ancient beasts? None of them protested. Su Yu had the Heaven Gate open. He wouldn’t die so easily.