Chapter 579: Arrival at the Starfall Mountain (3)
After taking his leave, Su Yu walked into his old neighborhood. Under the dark sky, he kept to himself and walked silently. Before long, he reached his home. A moldy smell welcomed him when he opened the door.
A lot of dust had accumulated in the house after being empty for almost half a year. With a burst of source qi, Su Yu cleared all the dust. He sat down on the couch and sank into thought. A short while later, someone knocked on the door.
He calmly said, "Enter."
"Am I not welcomed, Student Su?"
Someone laughed at the other side of the door. Telling a guest to enter without opening the door was quite a rude thing to do.
"You're welcome here. I'm simply too lazy to move."
The person outside laughed. The door swung open and an old man walked in. With a smile, he said, "Do I need to introduce myself?"
Su Yu stood up and said, "No. Greetings, Sir."
This was probably the commander of the Secret Regiment from the Martial Dragon Guards. This was clearly a Sunmoon expert. Great Mountain would have alerted him of a visitor otherwise.
"I've been wanting to visit this place for a long time. But you weren't around so it was improper for me to visit without permission."
After looking around, the old man said, "Young Friend, the marquis must have talked to you about this, right? What's your thought about it?"
"I have no opinion." Su Yu said, "I don't know about the ruin everyone is talking about. If you can really find it, it will naturally be an impressive feat. But if you can't find it, don't ask me about it. I don't know anything." Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novęlfire.net
The old man nodded and asked, "Young Friend, why have you returned to Nanyuan?"
Su Yu smiled, "What are you really asking, Sir?"
The old man shook his head and said, "Don't get me wrong. I sensed that your dao protector seems to be injured. Do you need any help from me? I'm carrying out Marquis Xia's order. If you require assistance, I can provide it."
"It's fine." Su Yu nonchalantly said, "Thanks for the offer. Thank the marquis for me as well."
Was Marquis Xia trying to do him a favor? It was too late for that.
"Forget it, then."
The old man did not force it. He said, "But the marquis has a message for you as well. There might be some issues with Great Xia, but those issues will be resolved sooner or later. You don't need to be too disappointed."
"I understand." Su Yu smiled, "Thank you, Sir. And thank the marquis for me as well."
Seeing that there was nothing else to say, the old man left.
A short while later, Great Mountain appeared and asked, "Why didn't you ask for help? I can see that the Xia Family is intending to help you. Perhaps you can solve everything without leaving."
Su Yu smiled and said, "There is no longer any need for that. Since I've decided to leave, I don't want to owe them any favors. Also, even if they do help me here, is it really a favor? Marquis Xia sure is good at doing business. The people of Great Xia are colluding with the cult. He is merely trying to make me owe him a favor as the bonus on top since he's going to deal with those people either way. Looks like the marquis has truly transformed into a pure businessman after all these years."
Could this really be considered a favor to Su Yu? No. This was Great Xia's internal problem. Even the single character faction was starting to collude with the Myriad Race Cult to kill him and snatch his ruin. The marquis needed to deal with them, but he also wanted to twist this into an act of doing Su Yu a favor? Su Yu could only say that Marquis Xia was too focused on calculating every single move of his.
If the Xia Family was actually willing to kill all those people for colluding with the cult immediately, he might really respect them more. Would the single character faction really be grateful for the leniency the Xia Family was showing? Su Yu did not think so.
For the sake of producing a new Invincible, the Xia Family had been worrying too much. Sure, perhaps he was the one at fault for failing to understand the difficult situation they were in. But at this point, there was no longer any need for him to understand them.
Su Yu decided to stop thinking about all that and asked, "How is your injury?"
Great Mountain replied, "I'm fine. It won't take me long to recover."
"Good." After checking the time, Su Yu said, "Let's not waste time. We'll set off tonight and reach our destination before morning arrives. Just move according to my plan."
"Alright."
Su Yu gave Great Mountain a deep look and said, "After this, I can get some people to escort all of you out of the Human Realm if you wish to leave. Thus, make sure to not do anything stupid before then."
"I understand."
Great Mountain said nothing else. Su Yu was right. Turning on him right now was the same as suicide. Both the Zhu Family and the Xia Family were families of Invincibles. And both these families were paying close attention to Su Yu.
In fact, the main reason Su Yu had refused to ask for the Xia Family's help was because he believed that in this matter, they should take the initiative to help even if he didn't ask for it. Xia Huyou could not represent the entire Xia Family.
Xia Huyou had dispatched two experts to protect Su Yu, and Su Yu acknowledged that he owed Xia Huyou a favor for that. But he did not consider the so-called help Marquis Xia had offered a favor.
***
After spending some time in his old house, the night finally arrived. He walked out and turned around to shut the door. After taking one last look at his house, he smiled. Hopefully, during his next return, the house would no longer be empty.
He left the neighborhood and started heading toward the city gate. Several individuals were already waiting for him at the gate.
Su Yu warned them yet again, "Everyone, you can choose to work separately if you want. If you choose to stick with me, things will be much more dangerous. Think carefully before making your choice."
Zhou Hao did not hesitate to say, "I'll hunt some beasts myself. I'm not going with you. Can I claim the merit points for the beasts I kill in Nanyuan?"
"Yes."
Zhou Hao grinned and said, "In that case, I'll work alone."
He had only joined this mission to kill some beasts. He had killed quite a lot of beasts on the way here. At this point, even though Su Yu hadn't told him anything, he could sense that something was off. He was not interested in what was going to happen next. He was only here for the beast subjugation mission. Su Yu could deal with everything else himself.
Su Yu smiled and said, "I thought you would offer to go with me."
"That's too dangerous." Zhou Hao solemnly said, "I'm only a fifth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator."
Yes. He was now a fifth-stage Infinite Strength cultivator. He had been growing rapidly as well.
"Fine. Do what you want."
Zhou Hao wasted no time and left the city with a saber in hand. His only goal was to hunt some beasts and earn some money. He was not interested in anything else. Nor was he interested in Su Yu's affair.
Previously, he had been thinking of lending Su Yu a hand to return Su Yu the favor. But after witnessing Su Yu's strength and the Mountainsea enemies, he realized that he still had a long way to go before he could be of help. This was not something he could take part in.
"How about you, Ji Xiaomeng and Senior Brother Chen?"
"Let's move together."
Su Yu nodded. Fine. He had already warned them several times. They were already at Nanyuan yet these people were still sticking with him. So be it.
"Let's go!"
Mounted atop the suanni, Su Yu rode through the city gate. Having obtained fresh cloudrush horses, the others hurriedly rode out after him. They started moving rapidly toward the Starfall Mountain. Not long after they left, several figures appeared atop the city wall.
"Lord, do we follow them?"
"No." The old man answered, "We wait. Great Xia's border is not far ahead. It's improper for us to enter the borders of a different prefecture without reason."
The Mountainseas said nothing. What were they waiting for? The old man did not provide any explanation. Inwardly, he thought to himself that the marquis had failed to sell someone a favor. This was probably the first time something like this had ever happened to the marquis.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was going further and further away from Nanyuan. During this part of the journey, he no longer needed to be constantly on guard against his surroundings. At this point, nobody would attack him before reaching his destination. He was heading straight to the Starfall Mountain.
After two hours of travel, a massive mountain appeared before him. That was none other than the Starfall Mountain.
Starfall Mountain, a land where a star had fallen.
According to the legends, a massive star once dropped down from the sky, creating a massive crater and causing the land around the crater to rise. That was why this place came to be known as Starfall Mountain.
"A land where a star has fallen. What a good name."
Su Yu laughed after making that remark.
"Let's go!"
With that, he rode toward the massive mountain ahead of him. He had finally arrived at his destination.
Chapter 580: Layers (1)
Beside the Starfall Mountain. After Su Yu's group entered the mountain area, the air warped as several individuals appeared.
"It's here?"
A group of Mountainseas had appeared. Yu Hong was exclaiming in shock. So the ruin was actually on the Starfall Mountain?
Blood Rakshasha was surprised as well. He nodded and said, "It's actually understandable for the ruin to be here. This is a place with numerous legends. Back then, the Divine Skywing Sect was based here as well. Their sect master was able to survive here for many years before ultimately perishing in Great Xia."
"This area is too big. We need to keep tailing Su Yu's group."
Yu Hong smiled and said, "It's good that the ruin is here. We're not even inside Great Xia anymore."
What a nice place. Great Ming was filled with easygoing and lazy individuals. As long as one avoided doing anything too crazy and harming their benefits, they wouldn't be bothered to do anything.
And since this place was not within Great Xia, the Xia Family would find it inappropriate to get involved. What an excellent place. Apart from Yu Hong, the others were also overjoyed to learn that this was their destination.
Blood Rakshasha said, "What an apt name. Su Yu is akin to a star in the sky. And in the land where a star has fallen before, he shall fall. I suppose this is an end befitting of his talent."
There were eight Mountainseas in the group. Even Elder Li was there. Meanwhile, Su Yu's group was only protected by six Mountainseas. Even if they included the Mountainsea observer from the Xia Family, they would only have seven.
And not a single one of them was a late-stage Mountainsea. Of course, they were still unsure about the strength of the person from the Xia Family as that person had remained hidden throughout the journey. On their side, there were two seventh-stage Mountainseas.
Blood Rakshasha was getting more and more confident. Yu Hong also laughed and said, "Su Yu is not worthy of being called a star."
The others merely laughed.
Bloodmoon smiled and said, "That doesn't matter. This is indeed a good place. It is located within Great Ming and everyone knows that Great Ming King and Prefect Zhu Tiandao don't concern themselves with the affairs of others. The Zhu Family isn't strong enough and they don't even have that many Sunmoons serving under them. Even their academies only have a small number of Mountainseas. And this place is also quite far away from their capital. Looks like this is our chance."
He looked at Yu Hong and asked, "Is this everyone? Is anyone else coming?"
Yu Hong asked, "Are we not enough to deal with them?"
Bloodmoon appeared indifferent, but One-eye said, "I have a group of rogue cultivators gathered. I'll send them over as cannon fodder. As long as there are enough of them, even Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators can keep some Mountainseas occupied. I suggest all of you get some weaklings to stand guard around the mountain as well. Starfall Mountain is massive. If some of them manage to escape, it would be hard for even Mountainseas to find them."
One-eye continued, "Sure, we can easily switch our base of operations if someone escapes and exposes us. But we still need some time to explore the ruin, right? Thus, we need to set up a blockade around the mountain from the very start."
Bloodmoon said, "I agree. We also need to disrupt all message transmissions in and out of this place. Don't ever assume that they won't have any long-distance transmission talismans on them. If they manage to seek help and get some Sunmoons here, we will be in a lot of trouble. We need at least one or two Mountainseas focusing on disrupting all transmissions."
When the others heard that, they nodded in agreement.
Yu Hong smiled and said, "My people will do that. Don't worry. All message transmissions will be disrupted."
"That better be true."
Bloodmoon snorted and said, "But you better inform us when your people arrive. Otherwise, I might not be able to hold back when I see a stranger. Don't blame me for accidentally killing your people if you hide them from us."
Yu Hong snorted in annoyance.
Blood Rakshasha hurriedly said, "Everyone, this is a rare chance for all of us. Don't let a small matter like this ruin our friendship."
"Friendship?"
Bloodmoon sneered, clearly disagreeing with that sentiment. Good. It would be even better if all message transmissions were disrupted as well. Not willing to say anything else, they continued moving again.
***
On the mountain.
Su Yu got off the suanni and started traveling on foot. With a map in hand, he started to search for something.
Xia Qing stepped forth and softly asked, "Brother Su, don't you know the exact location?"
"I was too young when I was first here so I can't remember the exact location." Su Yu calmly said, "I only remember that it's somewhere on this mountain. Of course, I still remember what the entrance looks like. If we find it, I'll be able to recognize it."
Ji Xiaomeng asked curiously, "What are you looking for?"
"A ruin."
"..."
Silence descended.
The air warped as the old sky horse appeared. He looked at Su Yu and solemnly asked, "Su Yu, you're looking for a ruin?"
Su Yu calmly said, "I warned all of you, but you all insisted on coming. You can still leave now, but if you remain, you will naturally be given some benefits after I find the ruin. Senior, don't forget that I have repeatedly asked everyone here if they're sure they want to come with me."
The sky horse youth nervously said, "A ruin? A legendary ruin that can produce an Invincible? No wonder you're so strong. So you have a ruin inheritance?"
Su Yu smiled and said, "Yes. Do you want to continue following me? I'll be honest. I reckon a lot of cultists are here as well. Anyone with a brain can guess that I have a ruin. Those fellows want a share as well...
"Let me put it this way. Apart from a few of you, everyone else is already aware of the ruin. If you have followed me this far without knowing anything, know that I won't be taking any responsibilities. I warned all of you repeatedly before this."
"..."
The sky horse youth grumbled that Su Yu had not mentioned anything about a ruin. Well, even if Su Yu had told him the truth, he would still follow Su Yu here.
"A ruin..." The sky horse youth asked curiously, "Can we take a look at the ruin? Don't worry, we won't steal your ruin. The Xia Family won't allow it anyway. Wait, Su Yu, we're currently in Great Ming. Would Great Ming steal it from you if they learn about this?"
Su Yu smiled and said, "The Zhu Family is the family of an Invincible. They care a lot about their image. Of course, if the worst does happen, I still have a grandteacher who is on the verge of reaching the Sunmoon Realm. I'll have him deal with this for me if I have to."
Having said that, he started walking again. While walking, he said, "I don't care if the people here are already aware of the truth. It's very simple. I'm here for the ruin. And the ruin can only be mine."
His gaze landed on Ji Xiaomeng as he asked, "Student Ji, you don't have any issues with this, right?"
"Nope." Ji Xiaomeng smiled cheerfully and said, "I'm only here to enjoy the show. I've never seen a ruin before."
Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say anything else. At this point, nothing mattered anymore. If he had to, he would kill anyone standing in his way. He would not spare anyone. He was going to join Great Ming. He would not hold back against any troublemaker.
The old sky horse frowned and said, "In that case, the cult might send even more Mountainseas here?"
"Yeah." Su Yu did not deny anything. He said, "I won't be surprised to see four or five of them. There might be even more. Don't worry. I will only need an hour or two in the ruin. You only need to protect me for that long. I won't skimp on the rewards after this."
"I promised to pay Xia Qing and the others ten thousand merit points and a profound-grade cultural weapon each for their help. If you agree to help, you will be receiving the same reward. If you disagree, you may leave now."
The old sky horse looked at the cloud tiger elder and snorted. So they were already aware of the true purpose of this trip. He was the only person who was clueless.
"Are there special landmarks around the ruin?"
The old sky horse did not waste his time complaining. To speak the truth, he was quite curious as well. Just how did a ruin look like?
"I'll tell you more when I see it." Su Yu continued his search as he said, "Keep an eye out for a canyon. I remember that there's a small canyon here."
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At this time, Li Minyu stepped forth and said with a smile, "Su Yu, so you really have a ruin?"
Su Yu ignored her and continued looking around.
After a while, he looked at her and said, "I don't care whose people you are. It doesn't matter. Just remember to not set your eyes on that ruin or you will die. This is not something a mere Mental Tempering Stage student can covet."
"What about you?" Li Minyu smiled and said, "Aren't you a Mental Tempering Stage student as well?"
Su Yu smiled, "You can try me if you want. You, Ji Xiaomeng, and Chen Chen. I warned the three of you repeatedly, but you insisted on coming. In that case, nothing matters anymore. Anyone harboring an ulterior motive will die. It's that simple."
Li Minyu smiled and said nothing else.
At the same time.
In front of the Starfall Mountain.
A massive formation had been activated noiselessly. This was the side of the mountain that was the closest to Great Ming's capital. Inside a small village, Zhu Tiandao was smiling cheerfully while watching everything that was happening.
"This kid is an expert fisherman!" He looked aside and asked, "So how many people are here?"
The middle-aged man surnamed Hou was somewhat out of breath as he said, "Prefect, there are a lot of them. A total of fifteen Mountainseas have arrived nearby..."
"Hmm?" Looking at the screen in front of him, Zhu Tiandao asked, "Su Yu has six Mountainseas at his side. Eight additional Mountainseas have arrived after him. Where's the extra Mountainsea? Are you sure you're watching everything?"
"Yes."
The middle-aged man said, "The last Mountainsea has just arrived. That's someone sent by the Xia Family. He's at least a seventh-stage Mountainsea."
"Oh."
Right at that moment, two more dots appeared on the screen.
Director Hou sighed and said, "It's seventeen now. Great Xia sure has a lot of Mountainseas. Seventeen of them have been gathered so easily. These two must be the guards sent by Xia Huyou."
Zhu Tiandao nodded, feeling slightly envious. Damn it! There were way too many experts in Great Xia. Just look at how easily they had gathered seventeen of them!
Right this moment, the air warped as the screen shook. Then, a face appeared on the screen. Seeing that face, Zhu Tiandao's expression changed as he exclaimed, "Holy shit. It's Jin Yuhui! Why is this fellow here as well? Is he here for the ruin as well? This fellow is on the verge of entering the Sunmoon Realm, so he is probably here for his breakthrough. This is a big fish. If we kill him without a proper reason, even the Xia Family would go crazy."
A pseudo Sunmoon had arrived! If he was killed without a proper reason, the Xia Family would be forced to take action. If they stayed idle even after an expert from their prefecture was killed, who would be willing to serve them in the future? Zhu Tiandao was starting to get a headache.
"This is very troublesome. The moment this fellow decides to make a move, Su Yu might be done for..."
Director Hou helplessly said, "Prefect, that's not the issue. There are so many Mountainseas here. Is Great Ming really killing so many Mountainseas for Su Yu?"
There were too many of them. The deaths of all these Mountainseas would shake even the entire Human Realm. Over the past decade, the Human Realm had only lost twenty-two Mountainseas at the Allheaven Battlefield. On average, of the thirty-six human prefectures, only two or three Mountainseas would perish each year.
Director Hou was going crazy. Great Ming was supposed to be a friendly prefecture. They shouldn't be doing something like this. Just how many Mountainseas were they supposed to kill this time? This one feat would shake the world!
Zhu Tiandao smiled and said, "The kid didn't ask that I kill these people for them. He only told me to take him away during the critical moment. That is his sole requirement. Nevertheless, we still need to give him a welcoming gift for joining us, right? He is clearly taking a huge risk luring so many Mountainseas here. I'm more curious about his confidence. How is he so sure that he can kill these people?"
Director Hou said, "I'm more curious about the ruin. Is there really a ruin here?"
Zhu Tiandao's eyes flickered as he said, "I checked the Starfall Mountain before. There might really be a ruin here. There's a rather mysterious location somewhere here. Not even I was able to properly investigate that place."
Who was he? He was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. And there was actually a place here he couldn't properly scan? If it wasn't for the sake of keeping a low profile, he would have gone over personally to take a look.
Was there really a ruin here? While the two were conversing, yet another Mountainsea arrived. There were now nineteen Mountainseas here.
Zhu Tiandao took a look at the newcomer and asked, "This fellow looks familiar. Do you know him, Old Hou?"
Director Hou looked at the screen and said, "Yes, this face looks familiar. This person...wait, I met him at Great Xia over thirty years ago when I was there on an exchange program. This person...might be related to Chen Yong."
"Who?"
"Chen Yong." Director Hou said, "Back then, Chen Yong was a fresh Cloudbreach. He was also a part of the exchange program. Wait...something isn't right. This fellow used to be one of the young geniuses of Great Xia, but it was rumored that he was killed while exploring the Luminous Domain Mansion."
"Chen Yong's friend?" Zhu Tiandao was somewhat speechless. He said, "Take a good look, this is Great Xia."
Holy shit. Great Xia was filled with a bunch of old schemers! One Mountainsea after another had appeared. All these people would normally stay concealed. Great Xia clearly had more than double the number of Mountainseas Great Ming had. In the event of a conflict, Great Ming would be the one to suffer.
He wouldn't think too much about it normally, but now that he was seeing all these Mountainseas with his own eyes, he couldn't help but be shocked.
"Nineteen..." Director Hou was starting to feel troubled as well. He said, "Just how many people are Su Yu trying to kill this time? Prefect, should we give up? I feel like this kid is a troublemaker!"
This was very troublesome. Just look at how many Mountainseas the kid had lured out here. Were these people fools? Why would they fall for Su Yu's lies so easily? Well, perhaps that wasn't too surprising. After all, that kid was simply too crazy, growing to a point where he could kill seventh or eighth-stage Skysoars in such a short period of time. In fact, it would be even harder to believe that the kid had not received the inheritance of a ruin.
"There are nineteen of them now. Are more people coming?"
Director Hou was feeling more and more helpless. Would more people come?
He mumbled to himself, "He better not lure any Sunmoons here as well. That would be even more troublesome to deal with."
Even Director Hou himself was only a Sunmoon. Sure, Zhu Tiandao was powerful. But Sunmoons would still be very tricky to deal with.
Suddenly, Director Hou frowned and said, "Damn it! Another Mountainsea is here. Isn't this Zhao Mingyue? This better not lure the Martial Dragon Guards over as well. That would be very troublesome."
That was Zhao Mingyue! Zhu Tiandao did not have anything to say. Whatever. These Mountainseas were free to come. He would deal with all of them.
Suddenly, Director Hou asked with an odd expression, "Prefect, I have a question. Is a big trouble going to drop from the sky and land on our shoulders?"
Zhu Tiandao had an odd look in his eyes as well. He replied, "Yeah. I'm even starting to wonder if I still need to make a move. Did Su Yu get this person here?"
A Sunmoon had made an appearance. Both Zhu Tiandao and Director Hou knew who this person was. They couldn't help but wonder who was the one who had called this person here.
Had this person arrived on his own initiative? That shouldn't be the case, right? This person came from very far away. He would take four or five days to reach this place. And very few people were already aware of this event as early as five days ago.
Director Hou sighed and said, "It's hard for us to guess his purpose here. Prefect, can he sense our formation?"
"Nonsense! My father was the one who had created this formation."
Fine. Director Hou said nothing else and continued waiting in silence. At this point, twenty-one experts had arrived. Twenty of them were Mountainseas and one was a Sunmoon. And even among the Mountainseas, there was a pseudo-Sunmoon.
All these people had enough firepower to participate in a large battle in the Allheaven Battlefield. They could even invade a minor race with this much firepower. Yet all these people had been gathered here because of Su Yu alone. Including Zhu Tiandao and Director Hou, there were three Sunmoons here.
Chapter 581: Layers (2)
On the mountain.
Su Yu's group was continuing their search when a voice rang out, "Where did you come from?"
The Starfall Mountain was not completely devoid of people. This place was filled with bandits and cultists. After the destruction of the Divine Skywing Sect, many of their former members started their own criminal organizations here, living off robbing the passing merchants.
And those with the courage to do such a thing would definitely not be weak. Su Yu didn't even spare that person a look and pulled his saber.
Whoosh!
A head was sent flying into the air. That was an Infinite Strength cultivator. That was nothing for him. This was probably a scout of one of the bandit groups in the area. Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to question the bandit. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on NoveIꜰire.net
Beside him, Ji Xiaomeng asked curiously, "Are you not afraid of wrongly killing an innocent individual? Why did you kill him before asking any questions?"
Su Yu indifferently said, "Nobody here is innocent. A normal person won't be standing here blocking the path of people passing by. Those with the courage to do so can simply be killed. None of the people blocking the path here is innocent."
His logic was simple. Would an ordinary person be here questioning those who were passing by? One ought to remember that it was still the middle of the night and they were in a place like the Starfall Mountain.
"What if that person was here because of an emergency?" Ji Xiaomeng asked.
Su Yu didn't even deign to answer that question. Nearby, Li Minyu smiled and said, "Junior Sister Ji, that's easy to answer. Here in the wilderness, everyone acts in accordance with a set of rules. If you really need to ask for help, you need to introduce yourself from far away before saying anything else. Those standing in one's way without introducing themselves are most likely bandits or enemies. These people can be killed without hesitation."
"Oh." Ji Xiaomeng nodded and cheerfully said, "Thank you, Senior Sister. This is my first time away from home. I don't know all these rules."
"It's fine. You'll learn more with experience."
While saying that, Li Minyu gazed at Su Yu with amazement. This junior brother of hers was young, but his eyes were surprisingly sharp.
"Su Yu, have you trained in the wilderness before?"
Su Yu indifferently answered, "Not really. Before I joined the academy, my teacher brought me to a few places. There, I got the chance to experience some things and kill some bandits."
He was referring to Liu Wenyan. After he formed his first Divine Character, Liu Wenyan had shown him a lot of things. He was brought to the Xia Trade Company to see some beast corpses, he was brought to the Windcatcher Department to do some mission, he was sent to kill some bandits, and he was also sent to explore the wilderness. Of course, he had not gone too deeply into the wilderness during that time.
Liu Wenyan had not taught him any theories or powerful techniques. The only thing Liu Wenyan did was show him some things. Perhaps for Liu Wenyan, these experiences were more important than the so-called theories and techniques. During that period of time, Su Yu had spent a lot of time away from his home and learned a lot of things.
"Are you talking about Teacher Bai Feng?"
"No."
Su Yu gave a short answer without bothering to explain more. Suddenly, his eyes flickered. The sight before him looked somewhat familiar. A massive mountain peak stood before him. This seemed to be the same mountain peak he had seen while reading the deceased sect master's memories. That scene had only appeared for a split second, but he could still recognize this mountain peak.
The hidden treasure vault was most likely nearby. The mountain peak was here. The canyon was nearby. Even the unique plants he saw back then were here. The treasure vault was definitely nearby.
Su Yu's heart thumped. The moment he found the treasure vault, the battle would begin. His gaze landed on Xia Qing's group. Xia Qing just happened to be looking at him as well. When she met his gaze, her heart started palpitating for an unknown reason. What was going on?
The look in Su Yu's eyes changed as he smiled and said, "Princess Xia, I think we're going to reach my destination soon. Be careful, everyone. I suspect we're being tailed. Those people will make a move the moment we arrive. Watch out."
The air warped as Great Mountain appeared. He said, "Be careful. Something seems off. We're probably being tailed by Mountainseas."
"Don't worry."
Su Yu smiled. The show was about to start.
Great Mountain, One-eye, Bloodmoon, and the two guards of Xia Huyou. And there's also the Mountainsea who had followed me during his trip to the Myriad Race Pit. I wonder if he's here as well.
Those were the five Mountainseas that would side with him. They did not have the numerical advantage, but Su Yu didn't seem worried. At the critical moment, Zhu Tiandao would make a move.
The only thing he needed to do was to force them to attack him. He could kill those from the Myriad Race Cult without any reason, but that was not the case for the single character faction. He needed those people to attack him first to create an excuse to kill them. Otherwise, not even Zhu Tiandao could find a reason to do anything against them.
Sure, it wasn't like Zhu Tiandao was afraid of the consequences, but it would still bring Great Ming some unnecessary trouble. For Su Yu, just having those people present wasn't enough. He needed them to actually make a move.
He needed to create a proper excuse before getting all those people killed. An even bigger show would unfold after this incident. Su Yu already had a recording talisman on standby. After this, he would spread the recordings everywhere. He had nothing to fear. As for the difficult situation those recordings would place Great Xia in...well, why should he care?
Since he had decided to defect to Great Ming, he needed to start siding with Great Ming. Thus, he would prioritize Great Ming's benefits. He needed to create a good reason for his defection. He wanted to show the world that he was forced to do this. He was not a traitor.
That was what Chen Yong had told him. He needed to ensure that he would always have a way out. Otherwise, he would be known as a traitor. Having ruined his own reputation, it would be hard for him to do more things in the future.
Once again, his gaze landed on Xia Qing's gaze. He had to first kill with a borrowed knife. The experts from Xia Qing's group were still useful for now. Regardless of how brazen they were, they wouldn't dare to attack him immediately. After all, that was too risky. If even a word of this was leaked, all of them would die. They would probably wait until the result was assured before making a move against him.
Well, I guess I can put them to use for now.
While thinking about all that, Su Yu continued his search. The longer he walked, the more familiar his surroundings seemed. This was the place he had seen in the memories he read. He was going to reach his destination soon!
While walking, he said, "We're near the ruin. But remember to not run around rashly. The ruin is very dangerous. I am the only person capable of opening the entrance. My blood is the key to opening the ruin. You can only enter by killing me, but Great Xia won't let this slide. Right, apart from my blood, you also need a corresponding hand incantation to open the ruin. Don't think of doing anything stupid, everyone."
At this time, an impatient voice rang out from the sky, "Su Yu, stop with the bullshit. Nobody here is going to kill you."
That was the old sky horse.
Su Yu smiled and said, "You misunderstand me, Senior. I'm only saying all this to prevent any future misunderstandings."
He was basically telling them that even if they wanted to capture him and drain his blood for the ruin, they would still need him alive. And without him, they wouldn't be able to do anything even if they knew where the ruin was.
Su Yu was worried that the single character faction would try to keep their hands clean after going this far. Thus, he was ensuring that they would try to get their hands on his blood. This was his way of forcing their hand.
While Su Yu was getting nearer and nearer to his destination. Somewhere away from them.
One expert after another appeared. Zhou Pingsheng was one of them. He had disguised himself, completely changing his appearance. He was busy working on something with a few other individuals.
At this time, One-eye appeared out of thin air. After giving Zhou Pingsheng a glance, he looked at Xue'e and said, "Your mission is to seal this mountain and prevent anyone from entering and leaving. Make sure to not let even a single person escape from the mountain. Even if a Mountainsea is attacking, keep them occupied. There are eight Cloudbreach cultivators here. You won't have any issues keeping a single Mountainsea occupied for some time."
One-eye's voice turned cold as he said, "Of course, if you are confident you can escape me, feel free to let them through."
He then looked at Zhou Pingsheng and coldly said, "As for you...your group is in charge of distrupting all communication channels. But I dobut this is a task a few Cloudbreach cultivators can accomplish."
Zhou Pingsheng merely snorted and took out several talismans. Instantly, the talismans flew in all directions. He had a look of contempt as he did that. How would these people understand the greatness of cultural researchers?
This was a simple task. There was no need for Mountainseas to do something like this. They only needed a formation to accomplish this task. One-eye merely laughed and vanished again without saying anything.
The people below the Mountainsea Realm were spread all over the mountain, ensuring that nobody would be able to enter or leave the mountain. The real battle would erupt on the mountain itself. And with so many Skysoar and Cloudbreach cultivators surrounding the mountain, they would be able to slow down any Mountainsea trying to leave or enter.
While working on his formation, Zhou Pingsheng couldn't help but steal a glance at the deep canyon. Finally, Su Yu was going to die. This mountain was going to be Su Yu's grave. Zhou Pingsheng was tempted by the ruin as well, but he could only helplessly give up at the thought of the gathered Mountainseas.
Suddenly, his voice transmission talisman shook. When he checked it, he saw Yu Hong's message: "Leave the communication channel open for our talismans. Don't let the others notice this. Also, prepare yourself and notify the others to set up another formation around the mountain. We need to make this a clean job so none of the cultists can be spared as well."
Yu Hong had finally given her order. She was ensuring that everything here would go to the single character faction. Regardless of whether it was Su Yu, the ruin, or even the cultists, all of them would fall into the single character faction's hands.
The single character faction wouldn't be comfortable with allowing any of these people to escape alive. Even if these people had never seen the true appearances of these single character faction members, as Mountainseas, they would still be able to recognize the single character faction members through their aura. Thus, not one of these people could be spared.
Zhou Pingsheng's expression did not change. He agreed with this plan. If these people were allowed to leave, they would pose a lot of trouble in the future. He was more than happy to abide by Yu Hong's orders.
He spoke to the voice transmission talisman, "Set up a formation around the mountain. Do not allow anyone to escape."
Somewhere further away from them, a massive hidden formation started rising.
Inside the small village.
Zhu Tiandao found himself speechless. Holy shit. How many layers would this go? How many formations were these people going to set? The single character faction had laid down several formations. The Myriad Race Cult had done the same as well. Even the random individual cultivators were laying down their own formations. Was this jackpot? If he could seize all these formation talismans, he would be able to sell them for at least 500 thousand merit points!
Just look at these people. Every last one of them was a treacherous snake. Was this how the world outside Great Ming looked like? Every single person seemed to have their own hidden agenda. And way more Mountainseas than he expected had arrived.
He couldn't help but ask, "Old Hou, is Great Ming falling behind the times?"
Director Hou stayed silent. Yes. Great Ming had fallen behind by a lot. Holy shit. Those from Great Ming would probably be schemed to death the moment they left Great Ming.
Just look at what was happening here. Layer after layer of trap had been laid. The mountain was practically filled with formations. Every single one of these people was scheming to swallow everything here, and every single one of these people was trying to wipe out all competition.
If Su Yu had not informed them about this earlier, they would probably remain completely clueless about everything that was happening even if this place was within their borders.
The single character faction was trying to exterminate the cultists. The cultists were also making their own preparations to guard against any betrayal. In the sky, there were dozens of high-tier recording talismans.
If they hadn't laid down Great Ming King's formation on the mountain in advance, they wouldn't have been able to see everything so clearly. This whole thing was getting so dangerous that even Sunmoons might perish today.
Suddenly, Zhu Tiandao clenched his teeth and said, "I need to tell my old man about this. Damn it! I'm afraid I won't be able to shoulder the backlash. The War Shrine and the Knowledge Seeking Realm would ask for explanations for the death of any Sunmoon."
It was time for him to seek help. Holy shit. That Su Yu was so good at creating trouble that he was starting to get worried. The kid hadn't even joined them yet but his heart was already beating madly.
Chapter 582: The Fall of Mountainseas (1)
Before a large mountain peak.
Su Yu stood there and looked at the mountain peak before crouching down and looking around. His eyes flickered as he scanned the area. Was this the place? Was this the place he saw when reading the memories of the deceased sect master? There were a lot of similarities.
"It's nearby. Seniors, please check and see if any enemies are hiding around us." Su Yu added, "Spread out and watch out for any sneak attacks. In the event of combat, ensure that the fight does not spread our way."
In the sky, one Mountainsea after another appeared. They all stayed about a kilometer away from Su Yu's group. Su Yu was right. If a fight broke out between Mountainseas, the resulting shockwaves could easily reach the students if they weren't far enough.
Among the dao protectors, there were six Mountainseas and two Cloudbreach cultivators. Initially, there were three Cloudbreach cultivators, but one had perished. Both of them were ninth-stage Cloudbreach cultivators. They were respectively from the black panther and the flying wolf races.
At this time, the cloud tiger elder said, "Black Panther, Flying Wolf, the two of you can stay with the students. It's enough for us to stand guard in the surroundings."
Since these were Cloudbreach cultivators, the other Mountainseas weren't so confident in their ability to guard their surroundings. The two did not argue. Before long, both of them, each with the appearance of a middle-aged man, approached the group of students. Both of them carried the unique characteristics of their respective races. For example, the black panther expert had a lot of stripes on his face.
Su Yu did not say anything about that arrangement, but he kept his guard around them. Both of these were not a part of Xia Qing's group. Nevertheless, he couldn't be sure that they were on his side. That was especially true since the cloud tiger elder had suggested that the two of them stick close to the students. One of them could very well be working with Xia Qing's group as well.
Meanwhile, the Mountainseas started spreading around them. The six Mountainseas consisted of Great Mountain, the cloud tiger, the sky horse, the mountain antelope, the barbaric bull, and the fox. The mountain antelope sank into the ground to keep watch for any underground attacks while the sky horse vanished into the sky to prevent any air attacks. The remaining four were spread in four directions around the students.
"Thank you, Seniors."
Su Yu thanked the two experts who were nonchalantly keeping the black panther and flying wolf students behind them. Meanwhile, the suanni and mountaindrill bull stood beside Su Yu. Between the two, the flying wolf elder was the cultural researcher. Su Yu could sense powerful willpower undulations coming from the flying wolf. Meanwhile, the black panther elder was emitting powerful source qi undulations. Clearly, he was a warrior.
Su Yu was very cautious. He wasn't that worried about cultural researchers. The little furball resting on his head might not have advanced, but should be useful in dealing with the Divine Characters of cultural researchers even if he wasn't strong enough to outright swallow the characters. Thus, warriors would be far harder to deal with for Su Yu.
He said nothing else and resumed the journey. The further he went, the more familiar his surroundings became.
The Mountainseas were also constantly scanning their surroundings. Suddenly, one of them asked, "Is something inside the mountain peak ahead of us blocking our scans?"
"I think so."
They were starting to get excited. Was that the ruin? Definitely! In fact, they hadn't been able to sense anything when they first scanned the mountain peak. Only after a few scans did they notice something off. Something seemed to be blocking their scans.
The ruin was right ahead of them! A formation capable of blocking the scans of Mountainseas was definitely not weak. Su Yu was telling the truth, after all. Was it dangerous to enter the ruin? How was he supposed to open this entrance? Would the ruin self-destruct if anyone other than Su Yu tried to open it?
None of them had an answer to all those questions. Thus, their best choice was to wait for Su Yu to open the entrance. They wouldn't want the ruin to self-destruct after going this far, right?
Su Yu continued his search. Before long, he arrived before a depression on the mountain peak.
A stone wall stood ahead of him. He could sense some character undulations coming from the wall. There must be a character seal here, and this must be the entrance of the hidden vault. How was he supposed to open this entrance?
Su Yu had no idea. How was he supposed to know that?
But he didn't seem worried as he hollered to the group, "It's here. We found it."
They had arrived!
"Young Friend, are you opening the entrance immediately?" Someone asked eagerly.
Su Yu looked around them and said, "Everyone, I can't take anyone inside. I have to enter alone. I will take no more than three hours inside..."
He added, "Senior Great Mountain, can you set up a formation here to prevent any spying?"
Right after those words were said, the old sky horse said, "Kid, you're doubting us for no reason!"
That was an insult to their integrity. Why would they spy on him? Then again, they might. After all, they were all curious. This was a ruin they were talking about! Numerous thoughts bloomed in their minds. Su Yu refused to take them in. He was even refusing to let them see how he was going to open the entrance.
If they allowed him to enter, how long would he stay inside? And who knew if he would leave from the same entrance? Would he destroy the treasures inside the ruin?
Further away from them.
Several Mountainseas were gathered. They had heard Su Yu's words as well.
Bloodmoon spoke impatiently, "Let's make our move. What are we supposed to do if the kid decides to enter and stay a few years inside? This kid is too sly. He might be claiming that he only needs a few hours, but what can we do if he's lying? Are we supposed to attack the ruin?" Content orıginally comes from NoveI-Fire.ɴet
It was time for them to make a move. Their main goal was to kill the other Mountainseas and capture Su Yu.
Yu Hong was also getting impatient. Thus, she said, "Let's move according to our plan. Your group will deal with the Mountainseas. We will capture Su Yu. Your group will deal with that observer from the Xia Family..."
This was the arrangement they had agreed on before this. Next, several streaks of light shot toward the direction of Su Yu's group.
"Enemy attack!"
Someone roared.
Rumble!
The experts on both sides instantly engaged each other in battle.
Bloodmoon, One-eye, Celestial Dragon Sect's Yun Fei, and Devil Scorpion Sect's Hong Chen were met with four different Mountainseas. At the same time, after the encounter with Blood Rakshasha, the old sky horse fell from the sky while coughing blood. He had encountered a seventh-stage Mountainsea!
The old antelope was about to rush over when the old sky horse roared, "Continue watching the ground. I can hold on!"
The old sky horse was not weak. He was a sixth-stage Mountainsea expert. With a roar, he transformed into his true form: a large horse with a pair of wings and a golden coat of fur.
Both his size and strength had increased greatly after returning to his true form. Without any hesitation, he stomped forth to face Blood Rakshasha yet again.
Yu Hong, Old Zheng, and Elder Li had yet to join the fight. All three of them were waiting for something. And sure enough, a ray of light abruptly shot over from further away. The Xia Family observer had arrived.
The air before Yu Hong's face distorted to hide her appearance as she said through voice transmission, "It's Hu Hao. He must die. It's almost impossible for us to hide our identities from him."
She recognized the newcomer. This was a nephew of Administrator Hu, a powerful seventh-stage Mountainsea. In fact, this person was quite familiar with Yu Hong. Thus, if Hu Hao was left alive, their participation would be exposed.
"Old Zheng, let's join hands to kill him. Old Li, you'll capture Su Yu."
After saying that, Yu Hong shot forth unhesitatingly. She vanished into the air as a character erupted in power.
Hu Hao was the same middle-aged Mountainsea who had guarded Su Yu during the Myriad Race Pit visit. The moment he arrived, his expression changed as he shouted, "Sealed domain? Who are you?"
The air around him had all frozen up. Beyond the frozen air, two figures appeared. The two figures remained silent. This exchange was clearly displaying the mysteriousness of Mountainsea cultural researchers.
Right after the sealed domain appeared, a few more characters appeared. As a seventh-stage Mountainsea, Yu Hong was no weakling. She had eight characters in total. She could be considered one of the members of the single character faction with the highest count of characters.
Her characters appeared, summoning harsh winds, mountains of daggers and seas of flames. With a roar, Old Zheng released his character as well. Unlike Yu Hong, he only had a single character. The character transformed into a massive beast before entering the sealed domain and pouncing on Hu Hao. The beast alone was as strong as a seventh-stage Mountainsea.
"Beast character!"
Hu Hao's expression changed as he said, "Sealed domain, mountains of daggers, seas of flames, and beast character! Damn it! It's the two of you!"
He was able to guess who these two were. He wasn't perfectly sure, but he was pretty confident his guess was right. He couldn't help but curse inwardly. That damn Su Yu had warned him previously that he alone might not be enough for the coming trip. He had not taken that warning seriously. After all, he was a seventh-stage Mountainsea. What was there to fear?
But now...facing such opponents, he couldn't resist cursing.
Fuck!
What the fuck was wrong with that kid? He had driven these people so mad that they were doing something this crazy? None of these people would be able to escape death if what happened here was leaked.
Yu Hong merely said, "Since the cult wishes to kill you, you won't be able to survive."
So what if Hu Hao recognized them? He wouldn't be given the chance to report this!
A massive battle erupted.
Meanwhile, the students from Su Yu's group did not seem too surprised, including people like Li Minyu. It was as though all of them had expected this to happen. The two Cloudbreach dao protectors were standing guard near them nervously.
"Be careful!"
At this point, the old antelope finally lost his patience and shot into the sky. The old sky horse was clearly not Blood Rakshasha's match. Only a short while had passed yet the golden fur of the old sky horse had been dyed red with blood.
"Damn it! Go back!"
The old sky horse roared furiously. With this, the students on the ground were left unprotected.
He shouted, "Run! A large formation has been laid around us! Run and notify the Martial Dragon Guards!"
Fuck!
There were too many enemies! They could feel that even the mysterious observer had been intercepted. No, to be precise, that observer himself was in danger. There were seven Mountainseas on their side, yet their enemies were able to keep every one of them occupied.
This Blood Rakshasha was a seventh-stage Mountainsea so the old sky horse was clearly not a match. He was only doing slightly better after the old antelope arrived to help him.
But abruptly, his expression changed as he shouted in alarm, "Black Panther, Flying Wolf, stop the newcomer!"
Yet another Mountainsea had arrived.
It was Elder Li, A fourth-stage Mountainsea! Like Yu Hong, the air in front of Elder Li distorted to hide his appearance. Standing on empty air, his character manifested and unleashed a blizzard on the ground below.
Whoosh!
Both the black panther and the flying wolf roared, but they couldn't prevent the snowflakes from slicing into their bodies. Before long, they were forced to return to their true forms. With a roar, the black panther pounced on Elder Li. Meanwhile, the flying roar summoned a cultural weapon before sending countless swords in Elder Li's direction.
The battle raged on.
Su Yu watched silently as though he was a bystander. Even with Elder Li nearby, he did not seem worried. Even when the two Cloudbreach dao protectors were constantly forced to retreat, he remained indifferent.
After a short moment, he decided to ignore them. Instead, he walked up to the stone wall and started releasing numerous character undulations. At the same time, he sliced his palm and allowed his blood to flow onto the stone wall. As he did that, the wall started shaking.
Su Yu appeared incredibly calm, giving off the impression that he was going to take refuge in the ruin. And he seemed incredibly confident in the ruin's ability to protect him.
Seeing that, Yu Hong said, "Stop him! Don't allow him to enter!"
Hearing that, Elder Li increased the intensity of his blizzard. His two opponents bitterly resisted even as they bled profusely. In his desperation, the black panther asked, "Su Yu, how long do you need?"
"Three minutes."
Su Yu replied, "Seniors, you only need to stop them for three minutes. After that, you may escape independently. They are aiming for this ruin, but they won't be able to enter after I enter. Retreat and ask for help. Great Xia won't spare them."
"Alright."
The old sky horse and the others answered loudly as they continued fighting bitterly. If Su Yu could enter the ruin, these attackers would have failed in their mission. In that situation, would these people continue fighting them to the death?
Chapter 583: The Fall of Mountainseas (2)
Meanwhile, Su Yu worked rapidly on opening the so-called ruin. Naturally, the stone wall was only shaking because Su Yu was shaking the wall with his willpower. How was he supposed to know the way to open this wall? The others were the clueless ones here.
Were there more enemies? He was still waiting. How many enemies had revealed themselves so far? After a short calculation, he noted that only three individuals from the single character faction had arrived: Yu Hong, Elder Li, and the visitor from Great Shang. The person fighting the black panther elder was most likely Elder Li.
Were there more? There were definitely more! He wanted to lure them all out and deal with them all at once. After all, the two guards sent by Xia Huyou had yet to make a move. While Su Yu was thinking about all that, the air shook as a new battle broke out further away from them.
"Is this Xia Wen and Xia Wu?"
Xia Wen and Xia Wu were the two guards sent by Xia Huyou. The elder among the two, Xia Wen, yelled in fury, "Damn it! It's you guys!"
Xia Wu also roared, "Are you crazy? This is suicide! Is the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy trying to get wiped out? Tang Yunfei, Qiu Yunhua, how dare you attack us?"
Ahh, those were some familiar names. Su Yu couldn't help but smile upon hearing those names.
Back then, a decent number of people from the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy had participated in the attack against Liu Wenyan. Tang Yunfei and Qiu Yunhua were present as well. Tang Yunfei's senior brother used to be a close friend of the fifth principal. Meanwhile, Tang Yunfei himself had tried to kill Liu Wenyan just to get a look at the fifth principal's character.
As for Jin Yuhui, he was the principal of the Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy and one of the leading figures in Great Xia's single character faction. He was no weaker than Zhou Mingren.
Unsurprisingly, these two had arrived as well.
Nine Heavens Cultural Research Academy...
Su Yu sneered inwardly. Just look at how many Mountainseas were here. One would think that Mountainseas were not rare at all. In the blink of an eye, four additional Mountainseas had appeared.
Fortunately, the two guards from the Xia Family had arrived as well. Otherwise, the two newcomers would have easily end the battle in their favor prematurely. Meanwhile, the old sky horse and the others were alarmed. These were academy experts!
Damn it!
Had the single character faction gone mad? So many academy experts had arrived here. No wonder they felt like something wasn't right. There were too many cultural researchers among these attackers. The cult was comprised mostly of warriors as cultural researchers required a much stricter system of inheritance.
The cultural researchers of Great Xia were clearly participating in this battle.
"This is madness..."
The old sky horse yelled in desperation. At this time, the two Cloudbreach dao protectors facing Elder Li were already covered with injuries. They were clearly on the verge of defeat.
Suddenly, a streak of sword light appeared. The ice mountain floating in the sky was instantly cut apart. Then, a new figure appeared in the air.
When Elder Li saw the newcomer, he exclaimed in alarm, "It's you!"
As the sword light faded, the newcomer looked at Su Yu and sighed, "Kid, you are too brazen."
Su Yu was quite surprised to see this newcomer as he had no idea who this person was. Elder Li was on the verge of victory and Su Yu was already preparing to flee. He was going to ask for Zhu Tiandao's help the moment the two Cloudbreach dao protectors were defeated. Who would have guessed that yet another expert would arrive?
Who was that?
Su Yu might not know who this person was, but that wasn't the case for everyone else. Elder Li exclaimed in shock, "Feng Ji, is that you?"
Feng Ji? That was not a name Su Yu had heard before. This was the very first time he saw this middle-aged man. The middle-aged man had not bothered to hide his appearance.
With a smile, Feng Ji said, "Greetings, Elder Li. Your Snowfrost Domain is known to all. Why bother hiding your face?"
"You—"
Elder Li asked in bewilderment, "You're not dead?"
"I was lucky enough to survive." Feng Ji smiled and said, "I was nearly dead while exploring the Luminous Domain Mansion. But Elder Li, looks like you're still alive as well. Back then, I was naive enough to believe that the struggle between the single and multiple character factions is only an internal competition. Surprisingly, your people were daring enough to stab your allies in the back while inside the Luminous Domain Mansion. The single character faction should have been exterminated long ago."
Right after saying that, another streak of sword light shot out.
Boom!
Little by little, the Snowfrost Domain was cut apart. Elder Li was finally starting to get nervous. This Feng Ji was a fourth-stage Mountainsea. And he found himself actually not Feng Ji's match.
Su Yu had an odd look in his eyes. This newcomer was not someone from the multiple character faction. Who sent this person here? Was it his martial uncle? That was very likely. In that case, he would wait a little bit longer before asking for Zhu Tiandao's help. After all, some people had yet to expose themselves. For example, the cloud tiger elder and the others.
At that thought, Su Yu looked in the direction of the ongoing battles. Bloodmoon was facing the cloud tiger elder while One-eye was facing the fox elder. Su Yu remained calm. Since he would remain unharmed for now, he continued what he was doing. He really wanted to see just how many people would show themselves today.
At that moment, Bloodmoon suddenly sent a voice transmission to his opponent, "Fool! Why are you using your full strength? Do you really want to fight me to the death?"
The cloud tiger elder's heart skipped a beat. Wasn't this a cultist?
"Garbage! Try to act better!" Bloodmoon said, "Both One-eye and I are planted in the cult by the single character faction. We are confident in victory. Not one of them will be able to escape today, including the cultists. Don't let those people notice that we are working together. Find a chance to slowly move toward those from the Celestial Dragon Sect and the Devil Scorpion Sect with One-eye and that old fox. We'll use this chance to kill them."
The cloud tiger elder was shocked. He hurriedly looked at the old fox. The old fox was also looking at him. Both of them looked at each other in shock. The single character faction had actually planted some Mountainseas in the cult? No wonder they could control the cult experts so easily.
At this time, Bloodmoon berated, "Garbage! Are you sure you're a Mountainsea? Calm down! Do you want to die?"
The cloud tiger elder forced himself to calm down and asked, "Are we going to kill them now?"
"Of course not." Bloodmoon said, "Just wait for the order from Elder Yu. When the order comes, we'll pretend to attack others before turning on those two."
The cloud tiger elder instantly understood the plan. Meanwhile, Yu Hong was getting more and more impatient. Damn it! Why had so many Mountainseas arrived? This was troublesome. The Xia Family had actually sent three Mountainseas over. That thought terrified her. She even started wondering if the Xia Family was already aware of their plan.
"Gulu khaki!"
Yu Hong suddenly shouted. That was their code, spoken in the language of a rarely seen race.
The cloud tiger elder and the others instantly understood what she was saying. It was time to kill the others.
At the same time, Bloodmoon and One-eye received her voice transmission, "Let go of your opponents. Those are our allies. Kill the sky horse and the mountain antelope. Deal with that mountain giant as well. Don't waste any time!"
Those three were the only ones not allied with them. With those three dead, they would be able to instantly free seven or eight Mountainseas on their side to deal with the other enemies.
She had decided to quit the act. At this point, they should prioritize ending the battle as soon as possible. Hearing the code word, the cloud tiger elder was relieved. So Bloodmoon was indeed someone from their side.
Bloodmoon wasted no time and grouped up with One-eye. The cloud tiger also grouped up with the old fox. After exchanging gazes, all four of them charged in Great Mountain's direction.
At this time, Great Mountain was busy dealing with Hong Chen of the Devil Scorpion Sect. Meanwhile, the barbaric bull elder was dealing with Yun Fei of the Celestial Dragon Sect.
Hong Chen was greatly shocked to see so many experts flying over together. The single character faction had actually recruited these dao protectors as well? Incredible. Great Mountain was dead for sure.
He had been suffering greatly from his battle with Great Mountain. Seeing that help had arrived, he exhaled in relief. He was somewhat concerned about the strength the single character faction was showing, but it wasn't like they hadn't taken any precautions against betrayals.
For now, they needed to focus on dealing with these Great Xia experts. At this time, the four Mountainseas arrived and attacked Great Mountain together.
"Hong Chen, come here," shouted Bloodmoon. Hearing that, Hong Chen rushed over to join hands with them. While he was rushing over, Bloodmoon sent a voice transmission to the other Mountainseas, "When he arrives, kill him first before killing Great Mountain."
The cloud tiger and fox elders did not have the time to think too much. Since these two were already aware of the plan in advance, it was clear they were the important chess pieces of the single character faction. Thus, they did not question the order even if they thought that it was still not the time to kill Hong Chen.
At the same time, Su Yu made his move. The moment the cloud tiger elder and the others stopped fighting each other, he charged Xia Qing. At the same instant, the heavily injured flying wolf released his character and stabbed through the black panther elder's chest.
Without even sparing the black panther a second look, the flying wolf charged Su Yu The expressions of Xia Qing and company changed abruptly. Were they exposed already?
Damn it!
The flying wolf had been working with them all along. When they were making the plan, they were worried that Su Yu would get suspicious if there were too many of them. Thus, they had the flying wolf youth acting as a random participant alongside the sky horse youth and the others.
When they saw that the time to fight had arrived, their eyes turned cold. They might not be Su Yu's match, but they could still deal with some other people. For example, they could capture the sky horse and mountain antelope students and turn them into hostages. The flying wolf elder could deal with Su Yu instead.
The sky horse youth had yet to recover from his shock when Su Yu yelled at him, "Fool! They are all traitors! What are you standing there for? Run!"
The sky horse youth didn't know who to believe anymore. With a roar, he returned to his true form before galloping away. This was too dangerous. Xia Qing and the others also returned to their true forms before giving chase.
At the same time, the shadow and water elemental sallied forth toward the flying wolf elder. A clump of fog appeared out of nowhere and covered the flying wolf elder. At the same time, the shadow on the ground rose to meet the flying wolf elder.
A battle erupted between the three Cloudbreach cultivators.
Su Yu's killing intent fully erupted. No longer looking at his so-called ruin, he said, "I was already aware of your evil intentions long ago. Xia Qing, time for you to die."
Before he could even make a move, a screech rang out in the air.
Boom!
A massive explosion erupted. Hong Chen's body was instantly blasted apart. He had not expected the four Mountainseas to suddenly attack him. Yu Hong and the others were stunned momentarily. Fools! They were told to kill Great Mountain, not Hong Chen! Sure, they would need to deal with Hong Chen later, but it was still too early for that! Had those people gone crazy? What was the point of attacking their allies now?
That thought had barely crossed Yu Hong's mind when she thought of something else. Her expression changed drastically as she yelled in panic, forgetting to even disguise her voice, "Watch out for Bloo—"
She wanted to tell them to watch out for Bloodmoon and One-eye. Something was wrong with the two of them. Why would they attack Hong Chen this early? Before she could finish her words, Bloodmoon and One-eye joined hands with the injured Great Mountain to attack the cloud tiger elder.
Since the cloud tiger elder was hovering right beside them, they did not bother attacking the old fox. Instantly, a blood moon rose while a clump of flame blazed in the sky. The cloud tiger elder's expression changed drastically. With a roar, he started fleeing.
Alas, it was too late. He had not been paying much attention to the two as he had viewed them as allies. At the same time, Great Mountain's axe descended upon him. The cloud tiger elder was only a third-stage Mountainsea. How could he be a match to the three of them?
Boom!
First, a beam of light pierced through his head.
Whoosh!
Next, the axe severed the head from its body. As the headless corpse dropped from the sky, the three Mountainseas switched targets to the old fox. Two Mountainseas had perished in the blink of an eye. Both Hong Chen and the cloud tiger elder had been instantly killed.
At this time, Bloodmoon yelled, "Yunfei, the single character faction is trying to kill us all. Stop that barbaric bull!"
At this point, Yun Fei was already greatly frightened. Regardless of what was said, he ignored the barbaric bull and started fleeing. This was too complicated. Wasn't Great Mountain supposed to be Su Yu's dao protector?
And what was up with Bloodmoon and One-eye? He was also greatly shocked after seeing the cloud tiger and fox elders killing Hong Chen. None of these people could be trusted! Damn it!
Meanwhile, Blood Rakshasha questioned furiously, "Yu Hong, what are you trying to do? Do you want to kill us all?"
He was also getting furious. Why was the single character faction turning on them before even dealing with Su Yu?
At this point, Yu Hong could no longer be bothered with disguise. Speaking in her original voice, she yelled, "Idiot! They are all Su Yu's people! They're trying to sow chaos among us!"
She finally understood what was happening. Both Bloodmoon and One-eye were actually on Su Yu's side. Damn it! The other experts were also greatly confused by everything that had happened.
At this moment, the fox elder was in great danger as well. Fortunately for him, the barbaric bull elder rushed over to assist him. Blood Rakshasha furiously yelled, "Yun Fei, stop running. Come back and help them!"
The two of them were faced with three enemies. If Yun Fei returned, they would be able to even the odds. He believed what Yu Hong said as it was now clear that these two bastards were agents of Su Yu. Damn it! They had lost two Mountainseas to this ruse!
Yun Fei's expression changed repeatedly as he hesitated. Ultimately, he clenched his teeth and turned back. But he no longer dared to approach the combatants. Instead, he attacked from range. At this point, if he fled alone, he would turn into everyone's target as well. Thus, this was his best option.
Sure, they had arranged a formation around this place, but he didn't dare to trust any of these people anymore. He would keep fighting for now, but these bastards were truly unreliable. Hong Chen had died a miserable death.
At this time, Su Yu looked at Xia Qing and smiled, "Xia Qing, looks like this isn't going to be profitable for you, after all."
Xia Qing had an ashen expression.
Dead! The elder of her race was dead! Damn it!
"Su Yu...everything has been a lie!"
She was furious. Su Yu had been plotting against them before even leaving the academy!
The sky horse youth stopped running and looked at them in stupefaction. Holy shit! The Human Realm was too dangerous! Mountainseas were dying left and right. More importantly, he didn't even know who to trust anymore. He was completely dumbstruck.
So who among them were friends? And who among them were enemies?
Xia Qing did not dare to fight Su Yu. Instead, she yelled, "Capture them! Stop wasting time!"
The sky horse youth and the others would serve as their insurance. After taking the sky horse and mountain antelope students hostage, their elders would no longer dare to do anything rash. This would be their chance to snatch victory.
"As weaklings, you should stop dreaming."
With a smile, Su Yu's body flickered before he sliced Zhan Fei into two with a casual slash of his saber.
"You don't even have a dao protector anymore. Why are you still trying to create trouble?"
Xia Qing screeched in alarm, "How dare you kill your fellow student? Su Yu, have you gone crazy? You are betraying the human race!"
"Fellow student?" Su Yu laughed, "Your words don't count. I'll give you a chance, Xia Qing. Kill Bai Ce and the others and I'll allow you to live."
"You—"
Before she could finish her words, Su Yu swung his blade at her. Right at that moment, a figure stepped forth and a beast appeared. Chen Chen had made a move! He was a human student who had been staying relatively silent during the journey. He had suddenly released his tamed beast, a ninth-stage Skysoar. For origınal chapters go to NoveI(F)ire.net
Seeing the beast, Su Yu frowned and asked, "Ninth-stage Skysoar beast? Are you a Skysoar?"
It was unlikely that someone below the Skysoar Realm could control a Skysoar beast.
With a solemn expression, Chen Chen said, "The elders had underestimated you. They believed that I could deal with you, but that's very unlikely."
"You're a part of the single character faction?"
"No." After a short pause, Chen Chen said, "Elder Zheng saved my life once. I owe him a favor."
"So I have been your target all along?" Su Yu laughed.
A Skysoar beast tamer and a ninth-stage Skysoar beast. This was indeed a strong opponent. According to the single character faction's analysis, this level of strength was enough to defeat Su Yu. Thus, Chen Chen's mission was to capture Su Yu during a critical moment.
Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say anything else and swallowed a drop of ninth-stage Skysoar blood essence. Instantly, a ninth-stage Skysoar aura erupted from his body. Over three hundred acupoints in his body lit up.
Sky Sundering Saber!
As a top-tier heaven-grade technique powered by the offensive strength of a ninth-stage Skysoar, this was an incomparably ferocious attack.
Boom!
The massive beast was instantly cut into two by Su Yu. Even after slicing the beast into two, the blade continued moving forward. Noticing that, Chen Chen's expression changed. He was just about to say something when a small hammer slammed into his sea of willpower and smashed it apart.
Bang!
His head burst apart.
Su Yu was completely indifferent to the death of Chen Chen. It didn't matter if Chen Chen owed the single character faction a favor. He only knew that he owed Chen Chen nothing.
Xia Qing and the others were alarmed to see that. Meanwhile, the flying wolf elder roared as he tried even harder to break free from the water elemental and the shadow. Su Yu merely smiled and said, "Suanni, mountaindrill bull, help them. Kill that fellow."
After saying that, he continued walking forward. With another swing of his blade, Niu Zhen, the barbaric bull youth was cut into two.
The distant barbaric bull elder roared furiously. "Su Yu!"
The old fox was getting anxious. He hurriedly said, "Su Yu, spare Bai Ce. I'll leave with him!"
When Zhen Fei was killed, nobody said anything since the iron-winged bird elder was dead. Even if Xia Qing was killed, nobody would say anything either as the cloud tiger elder was already dead. But now, Su Yu was starting to kill the students whose elders were still around.
Even the sky horse youth couldn't help but say, "Don't kill them! Just take them hostage and threaten their dao protectors!"
Was Su Yu stupid? Why did he kill them? After killing them, wouldn't those dao protectors go crazy?
Su Yu merely smiled before swinging his saber yet again. The flying wolf youth, who was trying to flee, was instantly killed. Both Xia Qing and Bai Ce were greatly alarmed. Su Yu was too strong. And he was intending to kill them all.
"Bai Ce, why don't you kill Xia Qing. I might spare you. Do you want to take his gamble?"
Bang!
The moment those words were said, Bai Ce swept his tail at Xia Qing. The attack landed, sending Xia Qing flying away.
Su Yu smiled and said, "Looks like you guys aren't that close, after all."
Looking at Xia Qing who was sent flying his way, Su Yu's smile grew wider as he said, "Since we're good friends, let me send you to the afterlife."
The saber was swung yet again.
Whoosh!
Xia Qing's head was instantly sent flying while her body was cut into pieces.
"As a weakling, you should learn to act like one."
Su Yu maintained the same smile on his face. He was completely unaffected by Xia Qing's death.
Bai Ce started fleeing while shouting, "Su Yu, I—"
Before he could finish, Su Yu had appeared before him. He was instantly cut into two.
"Old fox, barbaric bull, my condolences."
Su Yu laughed. Since the students they were protecting were dead, it was time for them to go crazy.