Tribulation of Myriad Races

For many, it felt as though an intense battle had erupted out of nowhere.

Extreme Martial and his people had just arrived at the distant Chaos Mountain. All of them turned back to gaze into the distance. There, two staff-wielders could be seen. The two were engaged in a battle so intense reality was collapsing around them.

Such an intense battle had erupted right away. That was quite surprising.

Extreme Martial licked his lips and said, ”Heavendoom and Immortal Battle. Even Heavendoom has grown to such a level. How...exciting. Is this single combat? What a good idea by Su Yu. He’s using the myriad races to train his people. We should do this as well...”

Blood Shadow frowned and said, ”That’s not realistic. The sinned lineage will never agree. Also, they don’t even have enough Daofuses and heavenly kings to train our people. They do have Yue Zhan as their sole Venerable. Do you intend to fight him to the death in single combat?”

What was he thinking? They were in a completely different situation. They couldn’t copy what Su Yu was doing. It simply wouldn’t work.

Extreme Martial looked regretful as he said, ”What a pity. We have been idle for six thousand years. Blood Shadow, be honest. Do we still have the same ferocity from six thousand years ago?”

He really wanted to temper their people as well. That desire only grew after seeing the bloody battle between the two combatants in the sky. Such a battle was a lot more interesting than one where everyone only knew to blast each other with dao powers.

This was his favorite form of battle. Unfortunately, such a battle was not unfolding on their side.

Hundred Battle King had picked the sinned lineage, the faction with barely any Venerables and heavenly kings left. They couldn’t do the same here. The sinned lineage would never agree to it.

Deep inside Control King’s kingdom, Yue Zhan’s frosty voice rang out, ”Yue Luo and Yue Zhan. How dare you show your face here!”

The two traitors were back!

Yue Luo’s gentle voice rang out, ”Please calm your anger, Ancestor. His Majesty is only sending us here to keep an eye on things. We are here to protect you from the disturbance that might arise from Su Yu’s clash against the myriad races. Please don’t mind our presence, Ancestor.

”Su Yu set a time limit of three months to settle this battle. Both Supreme Yu Qing and Matron Dragon are newly emerged. The exhaustion must have been great. Do you really wish to start a battle with us right away?”

Yue Zhan’s expression turned colder.

Yue Luo smiled and continued, ”Why don’t we sit back and enjoy the fight between Su Yu and the myriad races instead? It has been so long since we got to witness such an interesting battle. I remember that the last time something similar happened, it was tens of thousands of years ago.”

Something similar had happened before.

At the time, the fifth human lord had personally fought. Unfortunately, humanity lost terribly. Since then, the humans and myriad races had stopped engaging each other in single combat.

Both sides had suffered heavy losses the last time they did something similar. Single combat to the death was actually the easiest way to kill the top powerhouses of both camps.

***

Before the Hell Gate.

The matron dragon was completely out of the gate.

He dragged his gigantic and slightly injured body forward as he sneered at the distant, ”Mere bugs.”

For him, these people were all weaklings.

What could single combat between clowns be but a joke?

He looked at Yu Qing and said, ”Ignore them. I’m newly out, so I need a few days to recover. I’ll handle them when I’m done recovering.”

Yu Qing nodded, ”Don’t underestimate our enemies, Matron Dragon.”

”I won’t.”

The matron dragon said, ”I was born from chaos. I have experienced countless things. How will I underestimate anyone? But Su Yu is someone I must kill.”

Suddenly, his expression changed as he gazed upon the chaos.

Then, a giant clad in golden armor emerged. The giant looked over doubtfully and muttered, ”Matron dragon?”

The matron dragon was alarmed to hear that voice.

”It’s you!”

He knew who that was!

The giant clearly knew the matron dragon as well. ”Are you not dead? You sure are good at causing trouble. You were there during that incident in the primordial past. How are you still not dead? Tai Shan sure was useless.”

He did not forget to toss an insult Martial King’s way. In fact, this was a habit he had developed recently since Martial King wasn’t around to do anything.

The golden giant glanced at the distant battle and curled his lips with disdain. He couldn’t be bothered to pay more attention to a game between children. He looked back at the matron dragon before looking at Extreme Martial, who was also a familiar face for him.

He curled his lips again and said, ”Sure enough, only an idiot will follow an idiot like Hundred Battle. As a brute, you need to pick properly when you find someone to join. An idiot like Hundred Battle is definitely the wrong choice, you moron.”

He asked, ”Where’s that Zhou Ji guy? Why can’t I find him?”

How odd.

Wasn’t that Zhou Ji guy supposed to be super impressive or something?

Where was he?

”I spent an entire day looking for him in the chaos, but he was nowhere to be seen. Did Su Yu lie to me again?”

Martial Emperor cursed before asking with a roar, ”Extreme Martial, you’re with Hundred Battle. Tell me. Where is Zhou Ji?”

He couldn’t be bothered to say more to the matron dragon. He couldn’t attack. He could only kill Masters of Laws approved by Su Yu to settle his debt with Su Yu. At the moment, the Myriad Realms were lacking in Masters of Laws. The supply was limited, so he had to be careful and not waste even a single kill, right? In fact, he was only looking for Zhou Ji to measure that guy’s strength, not kill him.

He seemed to have gotten a lot better at being calculating as of late. He could fight Masters of Laws, but he couldn’t kill them as there was a limited supply of them. He could only kill one when he received Su Yu’s green light. This was his way to settle his debt with Su Yu.

If he were to start killing the few Masters of Laws left out here, what if Su Yu refused to acknowledge some of the kills? Was he supposed to really go after Human Emperor in the future?

He would have attacked Human Emperor all those years ago if that was something he was capable of.

Extreme Martial looked at Martial Emperor solemnly and answered, ”I don’t know.”

”Hmph!” A single snort by Martial Emperor pressured them so much they all paled. ”How dare a bunch of bugs play this trick on me? The moment I open my Heaven Gate, I can see that you’re lying. Little Bug, are you dreaming of lying to me? Masters of Laws are not yet worth killing, but I don’t mind killing bugs like you for free. This emperor has limited patience. Do not force me to kill you all.”

With a flicker, he appeared before them. Nobody could even see him moving. He was way too fast. He showed no fear even when he was facing six powerful Venerables. These six were supposed to be strong enough to handle even Martial Emperor. Hundred Battle King wouldn’t have dared to send them out otherwise.

But why would Martial Emperor care about them? As far as he was concerned, this was a bunch of fools. Was there a need to fear fools? He didn’t even fear Martial King. He only feared Culture King slightly. After all, scholars were too good at scheming.

As for the Venerables before them, they were clearly no scholars. They were either clad in battle armor or martial attire. Not a single white robe was in sight among them. In that case, what was there for Martial Emperor to fear?

Yue Luo flashed her delicate smile and said, ”Senior Martial Emperor—”

”Piss off, Ugly.”

Suddenly, Martial Emperor erupted in anger and sent Yue Luo flying with a punch.

With a snort, he said, ”The ugly are good at making strange things happen. How dare she try to influence my dao heart? Disgusting. Well, she’s a tiny bit impressive since she survived my punch.”

When Martial Emperor’s gaze returned to Extreme Martial, he hurriedly said, ”Highness Ji is deep in chaos. I truly don’t know the exact location. I would have said so long ago if I knew.”

”Sensible choice.”

Martial Emperor nodded. Next, he looked at Redmoon and frowned, ”Why does Hundred Battle collect so many uglies under him? No wonder he can’t outcompete Su Yu. Su Yu has quite a lot of uglies under him as well, but at the very least, most of them are guys. But there are so many women under Hundred Battle...”

Shaking his head with disgust, Martial Emperor left. It was pointless to waste more time on bugs. Meanwhile, Yu Qing and the matron dragon had solemn expressions.

Martial Emperor was very powerful. Fortunately, he did not seem interested in fighting them. That was quite surprising.

A short while after Martial Emperor’s departure, a bloodied Yue Luo returned with dishevelled hair. While panting heavily and coughing blood, she grinned madly and said, ”Martial Emperor...Martial Emperor...how dare...he humiliate me...”

Martial Emperor was too strong. She was sent flying with heavy injuries before she could even say much. Another punch would have been enough to kill her. Fortunately, Martial Emperor had not bothered to send the second punch.

All these people were crazy. Yue Luo had a look of deep indignation. A bunch of lunatics! Su Yu was such. Martial Emperor was such. Giant Axe was such. All of them were the same type of crazy. Her dao of seduction had never failed before this, but those lunatics were all immune to her.

Redmoon frowned and snapped, ”Enough. Don’t provoke Martial Emperor rashly. Yue Luo, you are too brash. How dare you use your seduction dao on him? Was that your attempt at courting death?”

Could she not use her brain? Would Martial Emperor be someone she could seduce so easily? He was a typical brute who cared for nothing but his martial path.

For him, nothing mattered. Women were but floating clouds. Furthermore, she wasn’t even the type of woman Martial Emperor liked. People like Martial Emperor all believed that she was ugly. They would only be disgusted by her attempt at seduction.

Thus, she deserved that punch from Martial Emperor. She should count herself lucky that she had survived the punch. Martial Emperor was currently the number one powerhouse of the Myriad Realms. There was a reason he was called that.

***

At the same time, a deafening rumble rang out near the Human Mountain.

A figure was sent flying. Countless strands of hair shot out before exploding. Then, Heavendoom turned and fled back into the human army. Covered all over in blood, he roared with laughter, ”I won!”

”...”

There was no response.

Both the myriad races and humans were left speechless.

Not far away, the blood-soaked Immortal Battle Marquis could be seen. Despite his terrible appearance, his aura still felt stable. Hearing Heavendoom’s words, his face flickered as he questioned, ”You won?”

Heavendoom laughed again and said, ”Of course! I am a fresh tier-two Daofuse while you’re a heavenly king. Since I managed to blast even your underpants apart, what can this be if not a victory for me? Trash! Wait for me. I’ll take a few days to recover and we can have a rematch!”

And then, he ran to the back of the army to start his recuperation. He had not bothered to fight to the death. Since he couldn’t kill a heavenly king, why should he even fight to the death? He could have a rematch after he was done healing. That had been such a great battle! He was able to attack madly without caring about anything. Either he would win and kill his opponent or lose and run back to his friends.

Immortal Battle Marquis had no choice but to return to the Human Mountain with an unsightly expression. Was that Heavendoom’s victory? It might be a shameless claim, but if one were to argue about it, one could indeed consider that a victory for Heavendoom.

He was only a tier-two Daofuse, yet he was able to injure Immortal Battle Marquis without suffering heavy injuries himself. Further, Heavendoom had been clearly using Immortal Battle Marquis as a whetstone.

Toward the end of their battle, his reactions in combat had clearly improved considerably. He was rapidly adapting himself to his new strength. That was the most terrifying aspect of this.

Back on the Human Mountain, Immortal Battle Marquis spoke in a whisper, ”Single combat...isn’t a wise choice.”

They were helping their enemies grow.

Tiangu and the others had bitter expressions. They knew that. But what choice did they have?