Chapter 1687: Dual Mountainsea (3)
Heavendoom gnashed his teeth and flew off to deal with the other Invincibles. The female furball was enough to handle the Dragon Pseudo Emperor. There was no guarantee that the female furball could win, but it also wouldn't be easy for the Dragon Pseudo Emperor to defeat her. Both were similar in strength, and both were tired from their previous battles.
For a moment, it seemed as though both sides were equally matched. The Daofuses of the dragons, spirits, devils, and nethers were here. Meanwhile, the old turtle, soul devourer, and female furball were the Daofuses fighting on humanity's side.
Even outside the Celestial Chasm Realm, the two sides were also equally matched with four Daofuses per side. Including the dead Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor, sixteen Daofuses had been dragged into this battle. And seven of them belonged to humanity's side. It was fair to say that they were quite equally matched.
Sure, humanity had a lower number of Invincibles, but the ancient guardians were powerful enough to close the gap between the two. This would force some of the Daofuses who had been staying idle because they were confident in the myriad races' victory to join the battle as well.
Su Yu was certain. Because the same thing had happened repeatedly for nine epochs in a row. He wasn't completely clueless about the past. He knew that each time humanity occupied the upper hand, some old fossils would emerge from hiding and push humanity back.
Su Yu did not bother to wait before doing anything. He flew straight into Grandstar City. The city was quite peaceful as things were still calm under the city. Stepping into the mayor's residence, Su Yu opened the death tunnel with a wave of his hand.
Below, Xing Yue was still standing guard.
When she saw Su Yu, she said, "All of you are dead. A massive battle has erupted in the Death Realm. Two marquises have crossed the Celestial River of Death to attack He Tu. That old turtle...is at his limits."
"He cares about He Tu more than you. He might even abandon you for He Tu's sake. Su Yu, you're dead."
Su Yu was quite surprised to hear that. He was also impressed. How incredible. So the old turtle was also fighting two marquises at the same time?
How crazy.
He knew that up in the world of the living, the old turtle was also fighting the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor.
He smiled and said, "That's no big deal. Lord, are you interested in having some fun out here? Maybe you can try killing an Invincible or two..."
"Now?" Xing Yue asked, "Are you letting me leave the tunnel? If you allow me to leave through this tunnel, you will be punished by the heavenly tribulations. Open a new tunnel instead. There won't be any tribulations as long as I don't stray too far away..."
Su Yu laughed and said, "No, that's exactly what I need. I want to be punished. I love tribulations."
Madman!
Xing Yue cursed inwardly. This was a lunatic!
He clearly had a way of avoiding the tribulations, but he was insisting on receiving them.
Su Yu smiled and said, "Come on. With this tunnel, no other death sovereign can pass before you return. This is a good way to take some pressure off Lord Grandstar. With you out of the tunnel, he can start fighting with his weapon."
Sure, he could open a new tunnel for Xing Yue, but that would leave this tunnel unattended. Any random death sovereign would be able to go through it at any time.
But each of these city tunnels could only accommodate the departure of one death sovereign at a time. Thus, Xing Yue could prevent any other death sovereigns from abusing her tunnel by leaving through it herself.
This was as decreed by the heavenly laws. Anyone going against this rule would have to face he wrath of the heavens.
Fine. Fine. Xing Yue decided she wouldn't argue since this guy was courting death himself.
With one step, she walked out of the tunnel. Grandstar, who was busy fighting nearby, looked back and shouted in alarm, "Don't leave through this tunnel or tribulations will appear!"
What was this?
Had Su Yu forgotten about that?
"Lord, fight with your weapon. Kill them. How dare they provoke the holy cities?"
Looking out at the red lightning that was starting to appear in the sky, Su Yu smiled.
Xing Yue had gone against the heavenly laws.
As the mastermind and a pseudo death spirit converted by Xing Yue, he was allowed to take on the tribulation for her.
Realizing what was happening, Grandstar cursed. Madman!
Fine, fine. He decided to go along with it.
Instantly, the ancient city turned into a weapon before flying into Grandstar's hand.
With the weapon in his hand, his aura rose sharply.
Boom!
With one swing of his sword, Grandstar sent his opponent, an eighth-degree Eternal, flying. Just moments ago, they were still evenly matched. Seeing what was happening, some nearby Invincibles pulled back before charging toward Grandstar.
As for Xing Yue, she glanced at Su Yu before glancing at the sky with worry. Was he tired of living? Could this guy survive the tribulation? These laws were very harsh against death spirits like her.
Su Yu was uninterested in waiting for the tribulation to come.
His entire body started shaking.
He was going to enter the Mountainsea Realm.
For him, entering the Mountainsea Realm with his physical cultivation was a simple matter. He only needed to fuse his nine acupoints into eight. That would be enough to bring him into the next realm.
He had long been able to enter the next realm. Thus, two of his acupoints fused into one with only a slight push.
Boom!
Golden clouds appeared in the sky.
As someone who had entered the Skysoar Realm with grand cycle acupoints and entered the Cloudbreach Realm with a seventy-two forged body, nobody was more worthy than Su Yu to be rewarded for his advancement to the Mountainsea Realm.
The golden clouds and lightning tribulation finished forming at almost the same time.
With a smile, Su Yu soared into the sky. Today, he had become a dual Mountainsea. Perhaps he would even become a dual Sunmoon before long. As the golden clouds started dropping down, he charged toward the red lightning in the sky. Instead of waiting for the tribulation to arrive, he was attacking the tribulation.
***
"What arrogance!"
Only then did everyone understand what Su Yu was trying to do. He was very confident he could enter the Mountainsea Realm and receive a reward for it at any time. That way, he would be able to force the tribulation and reward to clash against each other.
More importantly, everyone had nearly forgotten his actual cultivation level. After all, he had killed a bunch of Invincibles. Yet he was only advancing his body into the Mountainsea Realm now.
Noticing Su Yu's approach, the enraged red lightning shot toward him with a rumble. Instantly, Su Yu released multiple of his characters. These were all his newly advanced characters. He was testing them on the tribulation one by one.
He wanted to find the character most compatible with the law running this tribulation. The most compatible character would be used to devour the law powering this tribulation.
After a short moment, he sighed with regret. All of them were incompatible. The lightning character had the highest compatibility, followed by the blood character. So be it. He decided to fight the tribulation with those two.
It wouldn't matter if they weren't a match. He could borrow the power of the reward. He was already a veteran at this. After putting all the characters except the two away, he nonchalantly grabbed the shining cloud and tore a chunk off before tossing it at the red lightning. The source of thɪs content is novel(ꜰ)ire.net
He was forcing two different powers to clash and neutralize each other. Then, he would feed on them. Through this, his characters would grow stronger.
There were no Eternal human characters, but Su Yu knew that Sunmoon human characters could grow endlessly. Eventually, such a character would transform into a complete law, allowing its master to reach the Great Dao Realm in a single leap.
Rumbling sounds filled the sky.
With intense battles raging all around him, Su Yu was busy facing a heavenly tribulation. The sight of that left Xing Yue quite speechless. Truly a madman. So be it. She decided to fill the time by killing a few Invincibles.
She did not like fighting, but since she had nothing to do here, she might as well kill some people. Before long, she joined the ongoing battle.
As for Zhou Tianyuan and the others, they targeted two of the weaker Invincibles and started fighting as well. The moment Su Yu arrived, Grandstar was allowed to fight at his full strength. Xing Yue had also joined the battle. Including the female furball, the balance of the battle had shifted slightly.
The female furball, in particular, had shifted the balance in humanity's favor.
***
Outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.
Great Zhou King laughed.
Su Yu had arrived.
He did not know if the change he was waiting for had arrived. But with Su Yu's appearance, the Human Realm would probably be fine. Not many of their Invincibles had died so far. Things were still well.
With a chuckle, he said, "Looks like our new holy lord will be slaughtering even more enemies. You guys sure are generous. How many times have you thrown lives at him? He has killed nearly a hundred Eternals by now."
Yes. Su Yu had caused the deaths of too many myriad race Invincibles. The myriad races had lost over fifty Invincibles in the previous conflicts. And today, they had lost over twenty Invincibles. The number was pushing eighty, heading toward one hundred.
Tiangu and the others saw what was happening as well. They said nothing. But at that moment, even more Invincibles emerged from the various major realms and flew toward the Human Realm.
Tiangu watched nonchalantly. Today, some old fossils would emerge. He was certain. The major races had made things clear. Those still wishing to remain neutral now would be the first to suffer after this.
***
At the same time.
The Daofuses who had yet to join the battle didn't know what to feel about this. They had not seen this coming. It hadn't even been a thousand years since the start of the tenth epoch yet a war between Daofuses had begun.
Even more surprising was the fact that such a large number of Daofuses had emerged so early. Things had never unfolded at such a rapid pace in the previous nine epochs.
The humans were supposed to be weak this time around...well, from how they were doing, they weren't really that weak, after all. Nobody had expected the ancient cities, iron devourers, primordials, and spatial beasts to stand on humanity's side.
Many of the old fossils couldn't even understand the basis behind their choice. Why would they pick this epoch to stand with the humans? It would be understandable for them to stand with the humans during the previous epoch. But this epoch? Nobody could understand this choice.
***
Right at that moment, Su Yu's aura surged further.
His advancement into the Mountainsea Realm had been completed. Above him, two shining characters floated. They clashed against the red lightning, constantly absorbing the power of laws to strengthen themselves. As of this moment, Su Yu was a Mountainsea in both physical and willpower cultivation.
Slowly, the lightning tribulation dropped in strength. Noticing that, Su Yu laughed. The tribulation was weaker than expected. He reckoned even Xing Yue could survive this tribulation. Sure enough, a tribulation was not meant to be insurmountable.
He looked around at the various approaching Invincibles and sneered. Today, he would spill so much blood that these people would tremble at the mere mention of him. That was the only way to keep things calm for a while. Only then would these people stay put and wait obediently for the thousand-year limit to arrive.
As he looked around, he caught a glimpse of the Dragon Pseudo Emperor. He noted that the dragon...wasn't too far away from him.
He also noticed the Spirit Pseudo Emperor fighting the Soul Devourer Pseudo Emperor nearby. Why did that fellow join this battle as well? Why would the spirits involve themselves in this? The two would serve as his current targets. He would decide if he wanted to do more after dealing with them.
As for the Devil Pseudo Emperor, Su Yu did not intend to do anything to him for now. The devil race was too powerful a race. Even after losing the Devil Pseudo Emperor, a new Daofuse would probably emerge promptly to lead the devils.
Numerous thoughts emerged in Su Yu's mind as he communicated his plan to the book spirit and tea plant.
Chapter 1688: Marquis Killing (1)
Su Yu's advancement continued. Both his body and characters were growing rapidly. At his current level, reaching the Mountainsea Realm in physical cultivation would not bring him that much of a boost. But even a small boost was still a boost.
The growth was small, but Su Yu could sense something else going on with his body. It felt as though his body was in the process of turning that which was external into something truly his. In fact, when his nine acupoints became eight, he sensed something entirely different.
His instincts were telling him that when all his acupoints became one, and all his apertures became one...he might be able to fuse the two with his Heaven Gate, fusing everything into one. At that point, the Heaven Gate would be truly his. He would no longer need to feed the Heaven Gate with death qi to utilize its prowess.
In other words, his physical strength would surpass a hundred million at that point. Furthermore, the fusion of everything into one might also result in some other unexpected changes. He would be able to overlap the strength of his willpower and body.
"The Eternal Realm...likely doesn't exist for the path of willpower. This is a path leading directly to the Daofuse Realm."
As he absorbed more and more power from the heavenly laws, new comprehensions were dawning on him as well. To reach the Sunmoon Realm in physical cultivation, one needed to fuse all of one's acupoints into one.
As for willpower cultivation, one would still have nine apertures at the peak Mountainsea Realm. The nine apertures would only become one at the peak Sunmoon Realm. Unlike physical cultivation, the Sunmoon Realm was not a phase for one's apertures to further strengthen. Rather, it was a phase for the apertures to fuse into one.
Inside Su Yu's head, the book spirit's lesson continued. The more it went on, the clearer Su Yu's mind felt.
His body continued growing.
Gradually, the eight acupoints became seven.
Suddenly, the space above him rippled as a dark River of Time appeared. A sword stabbed out of the river toward his forehead.
An assassin.
The attacker was a devil from the shadow devil race, a sub-race of the greater devil race. He was exceptionally powerful, and a stench of rot accompanied him, suggesting that he might be an old fossil that had survived from one of the past epochs.
They had opted to assassinate Su Yu.
Su Yu stirred his source qi and opened his Heaven Gate. The moment he did that, his disposition changed, giving him the look of a radiant saint. The mark of Heaven Gate appeared on his forehead. The Mark of Civilization materialized before his head to act as a shield. At the same time, he stabbed forth with a pen.
Instead of stabbing at the incoming sword, Su Yu targeted the dark River of Time. The sword of his opponent continued forth, stabbing through the Mark of Civilization and breaking through the many layers of defenses erected by the beastly projections in the book before hitting the Heaven Gate.
The Heaven Gate shook.
Right at that moment, a powerful defensive barrier appeared atop Su Yu's skin. That was the defensive barrier his body had produced naturally after seventy-two forgings.
Crack!
Even the defensive barrier was broken through by the sword. However, Su Yu remained calm. Just then, his pen struck his opponent's River of Time. With a rumble, the entire river roiled, looking like it was about to break apart.
At the same time, the appearance of the shadow devil was finally revealed before Su Yu. This was a dark-skinned devil with a single horn on his forehead. He had a surprised look on his face.
Su Yu's defense was way too powerful than he had imagined. Clearly, Su Yu had been growing rapidly.
"Are you thinking of killing me? Unfortunately, you're not good enough."
Su Yu's voice was frosty. An eighth-degree Eternal was actually assassinating a Mountainsea during the Mountainsea's breakthrough. But having advanced into a dual Mountainsea, Su Yu was no longer so easy to assassinate.
Typical of an assassin, the shadow devil attempted to flee after failing to kill in one hit. If he had failed to kill Su Yu even through a surprise attack, it would be pointless for him to continue fighting Su Yu head-on. But he had barely moved when the Mark of Civilization descended upon him.
As a weapon on the verge of becoming a divine weapon, the Mark of Civilization was incredibly powerful. Some of the pages, such as the immortal page, were already capable of producing projections at the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm. Hundreds of such projections emerged. At the same time, the Myriad Door Formation unfurled around the book.
The shadow devil had just reassembled his broken River of Time. However, the river was instantly frozen by the Mark of Civilization. His expression changed slightly, but he still wasn't too worried.
Sure, he had failed to kill Su Yu. But he couldn't be killed so easily either. At worst, his retreat would be delayed. It was no big deal.
Su Yu said nothing and continued attacking. An intense battle erupted between the two. Nobody noticed they were slowly moving toward the Dragon Pseudo Emperor and the female furball as they fought.
***
Outside the Celestial Chasm Realm.
The gathered Daofuses were observing the battle outside the Human Realm from the other side of the Allheaven Battlefield.
When Su Yu survived the lightning tribulation to advance into a dual Mountainsea, Heavenly Overseer Marquis' expression changed slightly.
Su Yu.
He was resembling the Culture King more and more!
That sensation grew stronger when Su Yu took a pen out and broke a River of Time with a jab. It felt as though Su Yu was the second coming of Culture King, even if the gap between the two was still massive.
"Su Yu..."
Heavenly Overseer Marquis muttered to himself. Su Yu had grown stronger, and his luck had grown even denser as well.
Someone with his level of luck tended to turn misfortune into a blessing. Whenever he encountered trouble, he would stumble upon a reliable benefactor. If one had been paying attention, one would have noted that Su Yu had gathered quite a lot of benefactors.
Su Yu had played a massive role in humanity's ability to contend against the myriad races. Just the ancient cities were terrifying enough. And now, even the iron devourers were fighting for him. He also had the support of the two soul devourers.
It would be fair to say that without Su Yu, humanity would still be keeping a low profile. They wouldn't have dared to trigger a war.
Great Zhou King must have held his advancement back for quite a while. He must not have dared to proceed as he did not want the myriad races to perceive humanity as too big a threat.
But now, he was starting to shed his past worries.
***
Boom!
Deafening explosions erupted everywhere.
Of the many ongoing battles, the battle involving the female furball and the Dragon Pseudo Emperor was the most intense. The female furball was in a bad mood. The same could be said for the Dragon Pseudo Emperor.
The female furball was still sulking over the fact that she had failed to eat Jade King. As for the Dragon Pseudo Emperor, he was still angry over the fact that as a Daofuse, he had failed to kill any of his previous opponents even after a long battle. It was only natural that when two furious individuals clashed, the battle became incredibly intense.
Meanwhile, the least intense battle involved the old turtle. The Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor had been more focused on keeping him busy instead of killing him. Thus, they had been holding back.
As for the ancient cities, Grandstar City was the only city not suffering from any death spirit disturbance. After all, death spirits were no pets of Su Yu. The death spirits might have killed some of his enemies before, but that was mainly due to the fact that those enemies were living beings. If Su Yu had appeared before them as a living being, they would attack him all the same.
The death sovereigns under the various ancient cities seemed to be viewing this as an opportunity. All of them were wreaking havoc in the death tunnels, intensifying the burden on the various ancient guardians. They couldn't leave without a proper reason as that would result in a punishment by the heavenly laws. Thus, this was their way of protesting without going against the heavenly laws.
If they could somehow break the death tunnels doing this and remove the barrier between the Death Realm and the Allheaven Battlefield, the fault would be placed on the ancient guardians, not them.
The laws would always provide one with a way out, including the death spirits. Thus, all the ancient guardians were forced to suppress the death qi in their death tunnels while fighting their opponents.
Before long, about thirty more Invincibles arrived. They had the numbers to completely ruin the current balance between the two sides. With the addition of the newcomers, over 130 Invincibles from the myriad races had gathered outside the Human Realm. There were also about forty Invincibles gathered outside the Celestial Chasm Realm to prevent the human Invincibles trapped there from returning.
Including the dead Invincibles, the myriad races had deployed over two hundred Invincibles and nine Daofuses for this battle. There were also over a hundred Invincibles fighting on humanity's side. In short, this was a conflict involving more than ten Daofuses and over three hundred Invincibles. A majority of the famous Invincibles were involved in this conflict, including some old fossils who had been in deep slumber before this.
Noticing the addition of thirty new enemies, Great Xia King roared, "Su Yu, do you have any other trump cards?"
Again!
More and more powerful enemies were arriving. At this rate, humanity would lose the ability to keep fighting.
Even the Death Realm was causing trouble for them.
Could Su Yu do anything about this?
Yes.
The book spirit and tea plant could probably make up for the imbalance caused by the thirty newcomers, but Su Yu was here to kill Daofuses and end the battle. He wasn't here to kill some Invincibles. That wouldn't be enough to end this battle. Humanity would be the one at the losing end if this battle dragged on.
Su Yu's mind spun rapidly. Eventually, he concluded that it would be more helpful to first calm the Death Realm. That would allow the old turtle to focus more on the battle up here. Currently, the old turtle was busy fighting to protect He Tu, who was being hunted by two marquises. Something must be done to fully unleash the old turtle's combat prowess up here.
"Shall I release He Tu?"
But He Tu might not be able to leave. Unlike Xing Yue, he had two marquises tying him down. He would have left long ago if that were an option. Therefore, the two marquises must first be dealt with.
At that thought, Su Yu sent a voice transmission even as he fought the shadow devil, "Senior Book Spirit, can the two of you enter the Death Realm?"
"Death Realm?" The book spirit answered, "Yes, we can. But I doubt we can do much in the inner territories of the Death Realm. It is said that there are countless experts there, including some extremely powerful individuals..." Newest update provıded by novel[f]ire.net
"Are the two of you capable of defeating or killing two death spirit marquises?"
Perhaps he could get these two to kill the two marquises first. That would calm the chaos in the Death Realm for now. This would allow the ancient guardians, including the old turtle, to fully unleash their strength up here.
He Tu and Xing Yue wouldn't be too useful out here. Thus, he could instead have them deal with the death spirits under the other ancient cities and prevent them from causing trouble for the ancient guardians.
"What about the battle here? More experts might come after you. All your allies are too busy to protect you."
"It's fine." Su Yu said, "I won't do anything rash."
Chapter 1689: Marquis Killing (2)
The book spirit considered the matter. They were here to help humanity, but protecting Su Yu was their main goal. That was the white dog's wish. One could say that the white dog was their leader.
He wanted them to protect Su Yu, or the Book of Time to be precise. Su Yu was the successor of their little master. That was the only reason they were protecting him. His identity as the leader of humanity did not matter that much to them.
"In that case, we'll try to end the battle as soon as possible. Death spirits aren't too strong. Most of the time, they are weaker than living beings of the same level. We can deal with them before waiting at a predetermined location. You can open a death tunnel leading to that location, allowing us to charge out. That will be an even bigger surprise than emerging from your sea of willpower. Nobody will expect to see living beings charging out of a death tunnel."
Su Yu's eyes flickered. That was a good idea.
That made a lot of sense!
He could continue approaching the Dragon Pseudo Emperor stealthily, but he would most likely be detected before he could do anything. But what if he gave the others an opportunity to attack him? They would come, and he could open a death tunnel in response. They wouldn't be surprised to see a death tunnel, but they definitely wouldn't expect two powerful living beings charging out of the death tunnel.
He continued fighting the shadow devil while fusing his acupoints. After a while, he pulled back and flew toward the Grand Dream City. The shadow devil did not bother to give chase since he intended to leave as well.
When he noticed the Dragon Pseudo Emperor not far away, he exhaled in relief. Su Yu must have fled out of fear for the Pseudo Emperor. As for the Dragon Pseudo Emperor, he snorted coldly. A look of regret covered his face. He had sensed Su Yu's slow approach. Thus, he had been getting ready to launch a surprise attack. He was willing to suffer even some injuries if it meant killing Su Yu.
Unfortunately, Su Yu had escaped in time. The Dragon Pseudo Emperor was completely oblivious to the fact that Su Yu had grown greedier while fighting the shadow devil. He would have unleashed the book spirit and tea plant upon the Dragon Pseudo Emperor otherwise.
The addition of the two on top of the female furball was more than enough to kill the Dragon Pseudo Emperor.
When the old turtle sensed Su Yu's movement, he sent a voice transmission, "This won't work. He Tu can't leave yet. Things are very dangerous down there." Read full story at novel fire.net
He did not want Su Yu there to cause even more trouble. Things were already chaotic enough under the city.
He Tu was bravely resisting the two marquises with his subordinates. The old turtle was helping him as well. However, they weren't a match for the two marquises since the old turtle couldn't fight with his full strength. It wouldn't be a good idea for Su Yu to go there right now.
What if his arrival caused one of the marquises to charge out of the death tunnel? Things would become even more troublesome.
Su Yu said nothing and continued moving toward the city in silence. Before long, he landed inside the city. The tunnel under the city was violently trembling with a large amount of death qi leaking out of it. Evidently, there was an intense battle down there.
Su Yu said nothing and waved his arm in the direction of the tunnel. With that, a book entered the tunnel noiselessly.
At the exact moment, the old turtle's heart thumped.
Who...was that?
He didn't know that person.
Since the book spirit and tea plant had never left Culture King's Residence, the old turtle did not know them despite his age. He would have recognized the white dog, but the white dog wasn't here.
The old turtle was greatly shocked. It felt as though Su Yu would never run out of trump cards. He had never expected help to arrive in such a manner. The book continued moving through the tunnel noiselessly.
For the most part, those in the world of the living would not know about the events in the world of the dead. Even if there was a method of communication between the two worlds, but it would be delayed. There wouldn't have been a need for death summoning tokens to exist otherwise.
***
Death Realm.
Grand Dream's territory.
A massive battle raged.
One of the combatants was an old turtle. Yes. There was an old turtle here as well. The old turtle was fighting here in his dao body.
Dao bodies were something unique to only Daofuses.
Or to be precise, this was the peak of the Weapon Fusion Method. Upon reaching a certain level, one could transform one's weapon into one's body and act through it. Even after losing the weapon, the old turtle wouldn't die. However, he would instantly fall from the Daofuse Realm.
The old turtle was not fighting alone. He Tu, Xia Chen, and two death sovereigns were helping him with the two marquises while leading millions of weaker death spirits. Evidently, the war in the world of the living had spread to the Death Realm as well.
At the moment, He Tu was looking very furious.
"You bastards! How dare you come after me? I am a descendant of Devote King! Marquis Qishan, Marquis Qiyun, how audacious of you?"
The two marquises couldn't be bothered to say anything. Devote King's descendant? But was he the Devote King? Both of them were former immortals. They were here to capture both He Tu and Xia Chen. With a cold expression, Marquis Qishan focused on the old turtle's dao body.
Hatred filled his eyes as he still remembered the three drops of blood essence the old turtle had extracted from his dao body. He said, "Spirit Suppression General, why are you protecting He Tu? That is not all. The person beside He Tu is also someone the heavenly king wants. They don't belong to the outer region of the Death Realm. Spirit Suppression General, are you going against the laws of the assembly?"
The old turtle replied, "Laws of the assembly? I am here under Devote King's command. And Devote King serves the Human Emperor. I serve the imperial court's laws, not the assembly."
Yes. The laws of the imperial court differed from the laws of the assembly. He only needed to follow the laws of the imperial court. He would not bow to the authority of the assembly.
"In that case, it's pointless for us to say more. Qiyun, cut his dao body down."
This time, two marquises had been deployed to handle the old turtle. They had reached an agreement with those from the world of the living to cause trouble at the perfect moment. They had been waiting for the old turtle's aura to start stirring before showing up to arrest He Tu and Xia Chen.
Both Xia Chen and He Tu were still fighting hard. Previously, Xia Chen was the one who had pushed Marquis Qishan back. But this time, two marquises had arrived, making them much harder to deal with. As the battle progressed, even more death sovereigns were brought over by the heavenly laws.
As the battle raged on, numerous weaker death spirits died. Death qi filled the air.
While fighting, Marquis Qishan sent a voice transmission, "Marquis Qiyun, when will Darkmoon Marquis and the others arrive?"
They were not operating alone this time. The devils and divines were joining the operation as well. They were merely the vanguard.
Marquis Qiyun was finding the old turtle an extremely annoying opponent to fight. Even so, he could still reply, "I don't know. They promised to come promptly. That was why we agreed to fight first. Those bastards! What are they doing?"
The battle had started quite a while ago. Why weren't they here yet? Right at that moment, the distant Celestial River of Death started stirring.
A furious roar rang out, "Marquis Lanshan! Is this a revolt? This is the East Heavenly Domain. We are here on East Heavenly King's order to arrest the rebels. You dare stop us?"
Three powerful death spirits could be seen above the Celestial River of Death. One of them was in a stand-off against the other two. The lone death spirit was none other than Marquis Lanshan, the sole human marquis in the East Heavenly Domain.
Marquis Lanshan said, "East Heavenly King's authority does not reach the outer region. That is the territory of Spirit Suppression General. Return."
"Return?"
The Darkmoon Marquis sneered and said, "Lanshan, you're courting death. So be it. We will erase you completely today. Do you think this is still the era of humanity? Humanity is a matter of the past."
Marquis Lanshan replied with a swing of her sword. Since they were unwilling to return, it was time to fight. She was the sole human marquis in the East Heavenly Domain. That wasn't the case in the previous epochs, but the rest of them had died during the ninth epoch.
Yes. The battle of the ninth epoch had spread to the Death Realm as well. During that battle, several human marquises in the East Heavenly Domain perished while the rest vanished without a reason. Marquis Lanshan had been suspecting East Heavenly King's involvement in their disappearance. Because he felt threatened by humanity.
Since then, Marquis Lanshan had maintained a low profile, spending her time in cultivation and nothing else. But today, she had emerged from her seclusion.
She did not know what was happening outside. But she knew that these people were joining hands against the Spirit Suppression General. Thus, she could guess that something related to the human race had happened. After all, the Spirit Suppression General was still biased toward the human race.
Grand Dream was strong enough that these marquises wouldn't dare to provoke him at any other time. Since they were attacking him now, something must have happened outside. The main body of the Spirit Suppression General must be fighting outside as well. Thus, Marquis Lanshan had emerged from her seclusion to stop the two marquises from joining the battle.
An intense battle erupted between the three. As the river roiled, numerous corpses floated up and down the river. The Celestial River of Death was the place where the dead were gathered. Some of them were the supreme experts of the past who were still in seclusion.
The old turtle had mixed feelings about this. After pushing Marquis Qishan back once more, he sighed and said, "You're all dead. Why bother? Isn't it better for you to just focus on being death spirits? Why must you participate in the war of the living?"
Marquis Qishan snorted and said, "Focus on being death spirits? Back then, we were all killed by Martial King. Why must we accept our fate like this? Why should we? Why can't we fight back against Martial King and Battle King?"
"When the heavens are overturned, when the immortals become the lords of the Myriad Realms, we will return to the world of the living! We will regain our lives!"
With a roar, Marquis Qishan attacked the old turtle again. If they could kill this dao body, the old turtle's strength would drop massively. At that time, he would no longer be a match for the top experts out there.
They had decided that it was time for this old fellow to die.
Boom!
As the battle raged on, a book without any presence appeared noiselessly. The arrival of a living being in the Death Realm would be extremely conspicuous. But a book was no living being. Thus, the book spirit only had a tiny bit of living aura on him.
With the intense battle raging on, none of the death spirits could detect the tiny bit of living aura the book spirit was carrying.
"Death Realm..." The book spirit sighed and asked, "Tea Plant, do you know about the Death Realm?"
"Yeah. Before my sentience was complete, the little master spoke of this place to me. She came here to kill some death spirits before, but she hated this place because its color scheme was too boring..."
The book spirit laughed and said, "Master was here before as well. He, too, disliked this place. But he did spend some time living in the Death Realm. At the time, he was trying to bring someone back to life."
"Who?"
"I don't know. I think he ultimately failed. He didn't say more about it. He only wrote a tiny bit about the matter in the book while lamenting his past."
While the two were conversing with each other, the old turtle's dao body detected them. He knew that these were the helpers brought by Su Yu. His expression remained unchanged as he helped cover even the tiny bit of auras the two were leaking. As a plant, the tea plant had a stronger living aura than the book spirit.
Inwardly, the old turtle was feeling quite doubtful. Just who were they? He could see that they were spirits. Were they from the spirit race? But he couldn't see a reason for the spirit race to help Su Yu. Rather, these two seemed to have left the Human Realm with Su Yu.
Did Su Yu...find them in that ruin? How strong were they? Grand Dream was unsure. But he could feel that the two weren't weak at all. Unfortunately, he couldn't get a clearer sense of how strong they were.
Right at that moment, Marquis Qishan looked over and saw the book. Surprised, he shouted, "Qiyun, something is happening—"
The book spirit laughed, "They noticed."
Instantly, a massive plant appeared.
The tea plant had never appeared in such a size, but she was now appearing in her real form: a massive tree. Alongside her appearance, a massive River of Time unfurled forth as she charged toward the two marquises.
The old turtle hurriedly intensified his attacks on Marquis Qishan. He could see that the tea plant was no ordinary expert.
Unfortunately, the tea plant wasn't too experienced in combat. Her thick branches swept forth, shattering space and leaving a path of destruction only to miss.
Having missed her attack, she complained, "Book Spirit, I can't hit them!"
The book spirit sighed and said, "You should have spent more time reading and less time washing yourself."
Then, the book flipped open.
Countless characters shot forth before turning into a net. Every single one of the characters was incomparably powerful.
With a roar, Marquis Qiyun stabbed his spear at the net. A deafening explosion erupted. However, he only pushed the net back slightly. The net remained undamaged as it continued dropping down upon Marquis Qiyun.
Chapter 1690: Marquis Killing (3)
"Who are you?" Marquis Qiyun roared in alarm, "Just who are you?"
Who was this?
A book?
Whose?
"Time Sage...is that it? No...impossible! Book of Time? How can the Book of Time appear here?"
Marquis Qiyun started trembling in fear.
When he saw a book, he could only think of the Book of Time. No other book should have the ability to instantly trap a marquis. He might be a death spirit, but a marquis was still a marquis.
The book spirit chuckled and said, "No. The Book of Time is much stronger than me. How dare you disrespect the imperial court and attack the Spirit Suppression General? You deserve death for this. I am here to kill the rebels on behalf of my master."
Boom!
The net started tightening itself.
Then, the tea plant attacked through the gaps of the net in excitement.
Boom!
Countless branches swept forth. Alarmed, Marquis Qiyun roared and attacked the net. Alas, it was pointless. Meanwhile, the book continued flipping. The more pages he flipped, the more characters appeared, and the tighter the net became.
The tea plant continued attacking in excitement. This was her first time beating someone up. She wasn't completely clueless about combat. She still had some memories of how her little master fought.
As she continued whipping Marquis Qiyun with her many branches, she recalled something and asked, "Book Spirit, how do I find his dao? How do I smash his dao apart?"
The book spirit laughed and said, "You won't be able to smash his dao apart. He's dead. When someone dies, they will lose their dao. All death spirits walk the dao of death. And the dao of death won't manifest. Just break his death imprint and he will die. Since he has a dao body, you can also break his dao body to weaken him." Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by NoveIꜰire.net
The tea plant nodded in understanding, "I see. You sure know a lot, Book Spirit."
"Reading more will always be helpful..."
"I don't want to read!"
As they conversed, the many branches weaved together before stabbing through the dao body of Marquis Qiyun. Still trapped in the net, despair started covering Marquis Qiyun's face.
The book spirit said, "Don't destroy this thing completely. Leave some of it behind. It can be used to improve the intelligence and recover the memories of other death spirits. It is a treasure."
"Oh..."
Once again, the tea plant learned a new thing. In the blink of an eye, the dao body was smashed apart, leaving only some death blood behind.
The book spirit continued his explanation, "This is a treasure as well. It can greatly grow the strength of death spirits."
"Oh."
The tea plant gathered everything with her branches.
As for Marquis Qishan, he stared roaring in fear and desperation.
Boom!
The entire Death Realm was trembling slightly. A marquis had been killed so easily. Yes. It was that easy. The book spirit only needed to focus on sealing while the tea plant only needed to focus on attacking. They worked well together. The tea plant was inexperienced in combat, but she was strong.
Even the old turtle gasped in surprise. The two...were quite impressive. He did not feel like he was weaker. In fact, he was confident he would be stronger at his full strength. But the two were most certainly strong enough to defeat a majority of Daofuses when working together.
More importantly, one would be completely helpless against them if one couldn't break free from the book spirit's net.
The old turtle might be strong, but not even he could seal Daofuses so easily. Thus, killing Daofuses was a difficult task for him. Thus, the two might be more suited for killing Daofuses even if he were stronger at peak strength.
With the same smile on his face, the book spirit sent his net flying toward Marquis Qishan. This person deserved to be killed as well. He deserved punishment.
Culture King was the core figure of the ancient imperial court. Since these people were attacking the Spirit Suppression General, they had essentially rebelled against the authority of the imperial court.
As far as the book spirit was concerned, all rebels deserved death. Even if they were already dead, he would kill them again.
Marquis Qishan was alarmed to see the approaching net. In his desperation, he ignited his death blood and resisted madly. He wanted to flee. This shouldn't be happening.
"Heavenly King! Living beings have entered the Death Realm!"
He roared, desperate for East Heavenly King's help. Alas, he was too far away for any help to arrive. Perhaps the East Heavenly King had sensed Marquis Qiyun's death, but he would need some time to reach this place. And time was not something Marquis Qishan had.
Even as the net descended upon Marquis Qishan, the book was still flipping repeatedly. Eventually, the book spirit started reading from the book.
"At the start of the war, the immortals refused to obey. I killed sixteen immortal kings, erased three of their great daos, and severed their main dao. Finally, they bowed..."
As the net descended, an indistinct projection appeared beyond the net.
The projection was showing the scene of an individual slapping over ten immortal kings to death with one strike before reaching out to grab the very heavens and tearing several great daos apart. Ultimately, the Immortal Emperor was forced to bow.
A scene from the early years of the ancient past.
A scene from Culture King's battle against the various realms.
"Culture King..."
When Marquis Qishan laid eyes on the projection, he started trembling violently.
"No...Culture King is dead...he's dead..."
The book spirit continued reading out loud.
Meanwhile, the tea plant suddenly raged as she sent her branches sweeping over while roaring, "Master isn't dead! He's alive! He will be back! Fat Ball said that Master will return! How dare you say that about Master? Die!"
She was furious.
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Countless branches stabbed through Marquis Qishan's net-covered body.
Then, his death imprint was dug out. He had yet to recover from the damage of losing three drops of death blood to the old turtle. Thus, his body was ripped apart in the blink of an eye.
Once again, the Death Realm trembled.
The phenomena of dead death sovereigns weren't as intense as the phenomena of dead living Invincibles. However, the death of the two marquises had still caused the Celestial River of Death to shake while two dark stars fell from the sky.
Both had died at almost the same time. Thus, the phenomena had appeared together. The tea plant was not the most terrifying combatant here. Rather, it was the book spirit.
The tea plant was more similar to Su Yu. Her offensive strength was formidable, but she was too lacking in other combat methods. Meanwhile, the book spirit was capable of producing a net that could trap even Daofuses.
His combination with the tea plant was absolutely fatal. In fact, one could say that their combination was similar to the combination of Su Yu and Wan Tiansheng.
Above the Celestial River of Death, the two marquises who were fighting the human marquis started fleeing.
Holy shit!
This was too terrifying.
Two marquises had died just like that!
Who? Who were the newcomers?
They did not even dare to pry upon the two newcomers. They only wanted to flee far away. Only the East Heavenly King's residence was safe for them.
Noticing the escaping marquises, the tea plant asked in excitement, "Book Spirit, two escaped! Do we give chase?"
The book spirit glanced in the direction of the escaping marquises and laughed, "No. That's the territory of a heavenly king. It would be rude of us to intrude."
"All of existence belongs to Master! Wherever Master can go, we can go as well!"
The tea plant was quite dismissive of this notion that some territory belonged to others. As far as she was concerned, her master was the best. Thus, everything was her master's.
The old turtle approached them and greeted them with a smile, "Greetings, Friends. Forget about going there for now. East Heavenly King isn't weak. Not even your myriad dao seal can work well against him."
"Greetings, Spirit Suppression General!" The book spirit said, "My master once said that the Spirit Suppression General is stronger than a majority of marquises. Today, I can see that you are already one of the three strongest individuals in the world of the living."
The book spirit could feel that the old turtle wasn't someone he could seal when the old turtle was at full strength. While they conversed, Xia Chen and He Tu killed the rest of the attacking death sovereigns.
Done with that, He Tu spent some time swearing before looking at the two newcomers warily. Who were they? They were too strong. Why did it feel like more and more hidden experts were emerging?
As for Xia Chen, he stared at the tea plant and book spirit for a long while before asking doubtfully, "Seniors, are you from Culture King's Residence?"
The tea plant couldn't be bothered to reply, but the book spirit seemed surprised to see Xia Chen. He stared at Xia Chen for a while before asking, "You're..."
"I'm a descendant of Battle King, once the gravekeeper of Culture King."
The book spirit said, "A friend of Master? Battle King...gravekeeper...are you talking about Culture King's cenotaph?"
"Yes!"
The book spirit said, "Master is still alive. Definitely. We're very confident. But still, thank you for your hard work."
The book spirit continued, "The human lord is still waiting for us. Spirit Suppression General, keep up the act for a bit. We must keep the matter here hidden for now."
The old turtle smiled and said, "Don't worry. I understand. Looks like someone is going to suffer soon."
The book spirit smiled as well.
Far away, above the Celestial River of Death, Marquis Lanshan looked toward them and said, "I'll be returning to the East Heavenly Domain. Spirit Suppression General, I will try to delay things as much as I can. However, East Heavenly King will cross the border one day. Be prepared."
"Thank you, Marquis Lanshan."
"No, I should be the one thanking you instead..."
Marquis Lanshan gave the old turtle a complicated look before bowing at the book spirit and tea plant. Then, she left. She was the sole human marquis left in the East Heavenly Domain. She couldn't die yet.
Before long, she vanished into the distance.
Calm returned. The two marquises had died too easily.
The old turtle said, "He Tu, Xia Chen, I need your help with something. Take your death sovereigns with you and suppress the disturbance under all the ancient cities. We need to free all the guardians."
He Tu asked, "Are you ordering me around?"
"..."
The old turtle was rendered speechless.
Fuck!
Did that dumbass not realize that he had just been saved? The old turtle had fought so hard for that dumbass. Was he blind?
Fortunately, Xia Chen was much easier to work with. He said, "Don't worry, Senior. Brother He Tu, let's go."
With a cold snort, He Tu left as well. Even from afar, his complaints could be heard, "That old bastard killed me personally back then. That's my enemy. Dummy, why are you listening to him? I am a descendant of Devote King. He is the subordinate of my ancestor. Killing me is the same as betraying his lord."
Xia Chen's voice rang out, "Be patient. You can take your revenge when you grow stronger. For now, we need to suppress the disturbance and buy more time for humanity."
"Fine, fine. I'll forget this matter temporarily for your sake."
"..."
Once again, the old turtle was rendered speechless. He had the urge to give He Tu a good beating. That ungrateful idiot.
Chapter 1691: Kill A Daofuse To Become A Sunmoon (1)
Two Daofuses had perished in the Death Realm.
However, nothing changed in the world of the living. Apart from the old turtle, whose expression had changed slightly, nobody noticed anything.
The old turtle continued fighting the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor without a change in his combat strength. He was acting as though he was still busy suppressing the chaos in the Death Realm.
In truth, the two immortal marquises were already out of the picture. The myriad races had prepared surprisingly well for this battle.
Four death spirit marquises had been deployed to deal with him. If Marquis Lanshan had not emerged from seclusion, and if the book spirit and tea plant had not arrived, the old turtle might really abandon the battle out here to focus on the Death Realm.
With his departure, the other guardians might do the same. After all, watching over the Death Realm was their true duty. Fortunately, that was not how things had unfolded.
Out of the four marquises, two were gone. As for the two survivors, they were forced to flee in fear. The only experts remaining in the old turtle's territory were those friendly toward humanity.
It appeared as though the myriad races still held the upper hand. But that was no longer the case.
At this time, the thirty additional Invincibles of myriad races finally arrived. Their arrival spelled further trouble for humanity.
Just then, Su Yu's heart thumped.
Suddenly, he roared, "Guardians, use your weapons! I shall suppress the Death Realm for you!"
Instantly, the amount of death qi in his body surged to extreme levels. Even his surroundings were starting to rot from the sheer amount of death qi his body was emitting. It was as though he was telling everyone that he would put all his focus on taking on the burden of the ancient guardians. Apart from that, he wouldn't be doing anything else.
This was what Heavendoom had been waiting for. He roared in excitement, "Finally!"
Hum!
A gigantic staff appeared in his hand.
"You! Die!"
The expression of the ninth-degree Eternal facing Heavendoom changed drastically.
Damn it! Not this again!
Boom!
As the staff swept forth, it felt as though the very heavens were collapsing.
With his great staff in hand, Heavendoom's combat prowess reached a terrifying level. Back then, he had defeated Bountiful Treasure, blasted Jade King's tri-life body apart, and battled three ancient immortal kings alone. He had done all that with his great staff.
Sure, he could still fight ninth-degree Eternals without his staff, but it was undeniable that he was much stronger with it. With the staff, he could unleash a terrifying level of combat strength even without removing his petrification. Fınd the newest release on novel~fire~net
"Grandson, who do you think you are?"
Heavendoom was in a rather annoyed mood. He had fought a lot recently, but he hadn't killed too many of his opponents. It was too annoying. His annoyance had been further boosted by the beating he had received from the Dragon Pseudo Emperor earlier.
Thus, he did not hesitate to grow massively before swinging his staff around madly. He was fighting so hard that an indistinct dao started appearing around him.
Boom!
His opponent attempted to flee by ripping space apart, but that attempt ended with failure as space itself had been shattered. Furthermore, Heavendoom's staff had a light suppression effect as well.
The suppression effect was important in ensuring the accuracy of Heavendoom's staff strikes. His staff strikes weren't easy to evade.
Boom!
With another rumble, the ninth-degree Eternal was sent flying while coughing blood. Noticing his crumbling body, he paled and wailed, "Help me!"
Everything had happened so fast. The newly arrived Invincibles had yet to even join the battle. Three of them hurriedly charged over to help the ninth-degree Invincible against Heavendoom.
They had to do something to help. They couldn't afford to lose more allies. Heavendoom was strong enough that a Daofuse would be required to truly stop him. If he was allowed to run wild, even more Invincibles would die.
"Grandsons, come at me together!"
Heavendoom roared with laughter, "Come! We fight!"
Boom!
As the Heavendoom started going mad, those fighting nearby started moving further away regardless of whose side they were on. Nobody wanted to stay near the madman.
Far away, Empyrean Cloud roared with a sword in hand, "Piss off, Grandstar! This slut is mine!"
Yes. Prior to this, she had been fighting Han Xiang alongside Grandstar. Now that she could finally fight with her sword, she no longer wanted Grandstar's help. Grandstar did not bother to argue. Since more opponents had arrived, it was only natural for them to split up. The guardians knew that things were starting to get dangerous.
Since Su Yu had allowed them to use their weapons, they did not hesitate, even though they were worried that Su Yu wouldn't be able to handle the burden. The situation called for it. The death tunnels still needed to be suppressed or the consequences would be disastrous.
As the guardians fought, Su Yu stood there in silence. He was aware that He Tu and Xia Chen were doing something under these cities.
As the mayor of multiple ancient cities, he could sense what was happening down there. Some of the raging death spirits had withdrawn from the tunnels. He Tu and Xia Chen were strong enough to deal with them. However, they did not bother to kill anyone. Any death sovereign they killed would be quickly replaced by the heavenly laws.
Su Yu could feel He Tu and Xia Chen luring the death sovereigns away with some unknown treasure. One after another, the death sovereigns abandoned their tunnels to go after the two. Thanks to that, the ancient guardians were allowed to fight with their weapons.
The burden Su Yu needed to shoulder also lightened as a result. Thirty additional enemy Invincibles had arrived, but thirty-five guardians had also regained their weapons. The addition of each weapon was equivalent to the addition of an additional seventh-degree Eternal to the battle. And for some of them, like Heavendoom, the addition of each weapon was equivalent to the addition of another ninth-degree Eternal.
Thus, the newly arrived Invincibles were promptly suppressed by the guardians before they could even do much. Over 130 Invincibles were fighting on the myriad races' side. Meanwhile, the humans and iron devourers could only handle about thirty of them with roughly twenty Invincibles. The remaining enemy Invincibles were all being handled by the thirty-five guardians. Despite their numerical superiority, they weren't able to gain the upper hand against humanity.
The guardians were simply too powerful. Even the weakest among them was a seventh-degree Eternal, and they did not cultivate the Three Body Method. Rather, they cultivated the Weapon Fusion Method.
With their weapons, they would be far stronger than those in the same cultivation level even without removing their pertification. Thus, a scene of thirty-five individuals giving about a hundred individuals a beating unfolded. Each guardian was facing around three opponents alone, and they were winning.
The myriad races needed at least one high-degree Eternal to deal with each guardian. As for the groups facing the guardians without high-degree Eternals, they could only receive a one-sided beating from the guardians. And if they were to lose their tri-life bodies, the situation would only worsen.
Finally, one of them lost patience and roared in fury, "We need further reinforcements! Awaken all your slumbering experts! We need their help! Are you only going to deploy them upon our defeat?"
Attacking in waves wouldn't work here.
***
"These old bastards are terrifyingly strong even after being sealed for so long."
Far away, outside the Celestial Chasm Realm, the Divine Pseudo Emperor was muttering with a sigh.
Yes. Even for him, these guardians were old.
Due to their self-petrification and the burden of death qi, these guardians had not improved much in strength over the years. Even so, they were still far stronger than many of the modern Invincibles.
The ancient cities had stayed neutral for nine epochs. This time, they had finally broken their neutrality. And this was a faction that could truly affect the balance of the Myriad Realms. Just look at how they were dealing with two Daofuses and over a hundred Invincibles without even removing their petrification.
It was likely that not a single race would be a match for the ancient guardians alone. They were too strong. The guardians might not enjoy any advantage in quantity, but they held a massive advantage in terms of quality.
Tiangu was frowning as well.
About two hundred Invincibles had been dragged into this battle.
Many had died.
Twenty-five had died in the Human Realm while twenty had died in the Celestial Chasm Realm. In the previous conflict, over fifty of them had died. All in all, the myriad races had lost over a hundred Invincibles in recent conflicts.
They couldn't allow this to continue. The immortals had lost a lot of Invincibles. They had lost all eight of their hidden Invincibles in the Human Realm. Including the immortal king who had entered the Human Realm with Jade King, they had lost nine immortal kings in the Human Realm. Including the ones they had lost in the previous conflicts, they had lost over twenty immortal kings in the recent conflicts.
Of the 130 Invincibles currently fighting humanity, over twenty of them were immortals. There were also around twenty immortal kings outside the Celestial Chasm Realm. All in all, the immortals had deployed over sixty Invincibles in the recent conflicts. Should they deploy even more Invincibles? At this rate, the immortals would be emptied before long.
Just then, the entrance of the Celestial Chasm Realm shook slightly. Then, a pale Great Qin King walked out of it. However, his condition had improved significantly compared to earlier. Like the others, he gazed into the distance.
The battle near the Human Realm was too intense. It could be felt throughout the Allheaven Battlefield. Of the many experts gathered outside the Celestial Chasm Realm, the Primordial Giant King and Spatial Beast Pseudo Emperor were feeling rather shocked.
With Su Yu's appearance, the guardians were finally allowed to fight with more of their strength. And sure enough, they had demonstrated a terrifying level of strength. In this battle, humanity had lost only a small number of Invincibles. Meanwhile, their enemies had lost a much larger number of Invincibles. As for the celestial chasm race, it had been completely wiped out.
Su Yu had been a major player in all the recent conflicts, and because of him, the myriad races had lost nearly two times the total number of Invincibles humanity had. With that in mind, the two relaxed slightly. Previously, they were still rather worried about their decision to help humanity.
Perhaps...things weren't that hopeless for humanity this epoch, after all. The only variable to worry about was the Upper Realm. Were there any surviving human Daofuses? If all of them were dead, things would still be troublesome in the future.
Great Qin King looked around and noted that about forty enemy Invincibles were gathered here. Meanwhile, fewer than twenty Invincibles had arrived from the primordial giant race and the spatial beast race.
As for the humans, they had about thirty Invincibles here. However, more than half of them were too injured to keep fighting. Great Qin Kin was trying to decide if they should start another battle here. But after some thought, he gave up on that idea. This wouldn't work.
The human Invincibles were still busy suppressing the death spirits running wild in the Celestial Chasm Realm. If they allowed the death spirits to run out of control, the heavenly laws would not spare them. Thus, starting a battle now could be disastrous for them.
Great Qin King inhaled deeply and sent Great Zhou King a voice transmission, "Stay here. I'll kill my way back to the Human Realm. The guardians might be strong, but we don't know how long Su Yu can handle the burden. I'm also worried that someone would try to assassinate him."
Su Yu was too important for humanity. The moment he died, the ancient guardians would be forced to withdraw. All the current active experts were too occupied to assassinate Su Yu, but that did not mean that the hidden old fossils were not aware of his importance.
Rather than putting so much effort into fighting those guardians, it would be a far better idea to gather their strength and kill Su Yu. After shooting Great Qin King a glance, Great Zhou King nodded. Great Qin King said nothing and ripped the space in front of him apart to leave.
Just as Tiangu and the others were about to stop him, several Daofuses released their auras and locked onto them. Tiangu merely smiled and said nothing. In the blink of an eye, Great Qin King appeared elsewhere. But the moment he emerged from thin air, three powerful Invincibles emerged around him.
Boom!
A massive battle erupted.
Chapter 1692: Kill A Daofuse To Become A Sunmoon (2)
Tiangu laughed and said, "Let's see if Qin Guang can really kill his way back to the eastern sector. What about you, Zhou Tianqi? Are you leaving as well?"
Great Zhou King laughed and said, "Not at all. How can I leave and give you the opening to do something here? I believe in Old Qin. Those three are not enough to stop him. Don't cry with regret when they all die in his hands. Tiangu, a lot of immortal Eternals have died recently."
Tiangu chuckled and said, "If they die, they deserve it for being too weak to survive. Old as I am, I'm already used to such matters. During the first epoch, there were some surviving human marquises. At the time, they killed a lot of Eternals as well. But ultimately, they all died."
During the first epoch, many legacies of the ancient past were still intact.
Tiangu said, "Back then, the human race was incredibly powerful. There were 360 human marquises in total. But over the nine epochs, I had witnessed the deaths of over seventy human marquises with my own eyes. More had died away from me. Zhou Tianqi, how many of these marquises are still around?"
Humanity had lost seventy marquises over the nine epochs. Many had also died during the collapse of the ancient past. How many of them remained in the tenth epoch?
Great Zhou King said, "Tiangu, it's pointless to laugh before the very end. Are you sure you can keep laughing until the end? As long as humanity is still around, the immortals won't be able to rule the Myriad Realms. It's fine. I would rather let the divines or devils win than let the immortals win. I am willing to sacrifice everything just to see the immortals wiped out."
"Are you trying to turn us against each other?" Tiangu laughed and said, "What a childish trick. Ask Jiwu what he thinks of this."
The Divine Pseudo Emperor laughed and said, "Don't worry. We won't turn against each other before eliminating humanity."
Eliminating humanity was their top priority.
Great Zhou King sneered and said, "This wasn't what you said over four hundred years ago. I guess I have to thank the immortals for buying over four hundred years for humanity. Without them, we would have been wiped out by now. Thank you, Tiangu."
Tiangu seemed indifferent. He said, "A mere four hundred years. What about it? No epoch has ever lasted shorter than a thousand years."
Great Zhou King said nothing else. He couldn't be bothered to keep arguing with them.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy fusing his acupoints.
He was still buying time. He needed time to continue his advancement. He had just completed his second fusion, reaching the second stage of the Mountainsea Realm.
He lightly swung his arms around, noting that his strength had increased yet again. However, the increase wasn't too significant. Nevertheless, each fusion would still grant him the strength of several million acupoints.
At the second stage, his strength had grown from roughly sixty-six million acupoints to seventy million acupoints. That was too small a growth. Even the growth of his Heaven Gate was minuscule at the Mountainsea Realm.
As far as Su Yu was concerned, such a small amount of growth was the same as zero growth. Naturally, these thoughts of his would probably cause countless people to go mad if they were leaked.
An increase of millions of acupoints in strength per stage.
One ought to know that for the weaker Mountainseas, their strength wouldn't even surpass ten thousand acupoints. Generally, even late-stage Mountainseas would only have the strength of a hundred thousand acupoints.
For them, an increase of twenty to thirty thousand acupoints in strength per stage was already an impressive result. And Su Yu's growth was about a hundred times higher than that.
But for Su Yu, such a growth was indeed rather small. The gap between seventy million and sixty-six million was nothing. For him, that was stagnation.
Even at the ninth stage, he would probably reach about eighty million acupoints. Coupled with the minimal growth of his Heaven Gate, the entire Mountainsea Realm felt rather pointless to Su Yu.
Was upgrading from killing seventh-degree Eternals to killing eighth-degree Eternals such a big upgrade?
Nope.
While grumbling inwardly, Su Yu continued his advancement.
He knew that he had to keep advancing so that his body would be strong enough to withstand the white dog's blood essence. As far as he was concerned, anyone without at least a hundred million acupoints in strength would be a weakling. Thus, that was the bare minimum he needed to reach.
He could only place his hope on the Sunmoon Realm, hoping that he could grow more then.
Just then, Su Yu received a voice transmission from the old turtle, "Watch out. I can feel some people stirring. Some Daofuses might appear soon."
Su Yu did not react. Instead, he glanced at the Dragon Pseudo Emperor and the Spirit Pseudo Emperor.
Floating above an ancient city and shrouded in thick death qi, he looked around and roared, "If anyone dares to assassinate me, I'll open a death tunnel! I have over ten Daofuses waiting down here!"
"..."
Again!
He was doing this again!
Previously, he had claimed that he had about a hundred death sovereigns waiting down there. Everyone laughed at him. In the end, not one of the Invincibles survived the trip to the Death Realm. Even Wisdom King died.
And now, he was doing the same thing again. Should they trust him this time? Of course, everyone was still inclined to view his words as a bluff. But...they couldn't help but worry.
Damn it!
What if he was telling the truth again? What if there were really over ten Daofuses...no, that wasn't possible. It was more believable for him to bluff about Invincibles, but not Daofuses. They knew that even in the entirety of the East Heavenly Domain, Marquis Lanshan was the sole human Daofuse there.
Far away, the Dragon Pseudo Emperor sneered and sent the enlarged female furball flying with a sweep of his tail.
"Su Yu, why don't you say that the ancient Human Emperor is down there as well?"
Su Yu laughed and said, "Is that an insult? Do you know that you are now the target of my wrath? Worm, I have never been overly hostile toward your race. My hatred toward the immortal race surpasses my dislike toward the other races. And the celestial chasm race is my second most-hated race. As for the dragon race, you're rather low on the list. But since you insist on provoking me, I shall kill you personally today. Just you wait, Worm."
The Dragon Pseudo Emperor didn't even bother to argue back.
Su Yu? Killing him personally?
What a joke.
An indistinct death tunnel started forming under Su Yu. A short while later, he finally received a voice transmission from the book spirit, "We're here."
They had arrived!
The book spirit was not alone. The tea plant and the old turtle's dao body were there as well.
Su Yu was itching to kick things off.
With his dao body back, the old turtle could definitely suppress his two opponents, rendering them incapable of interfering in the other battles. And since the book spirit and tea plant were strong enough to resolve the crisis in the Death Realm, they could probably kill a Daofuse in no time by helping either the Iron Devourer Pseudo Emperor or the female furball.
That should be enough to reverse the situation. The only question was how many Daofuses they could kill today. Suddenly, the old turtle roared furiously. The ancient city under Su Yu instantly transformed into a barrier before appearing before Su Yu.
Clank!
A figure emerged out of thin air and said, "Brother Grand Dream, you sure are alert..."
Right at that moment, the Devil Pseudo Emperor and Nether Pseudo Emperor released more of their strength. They were trying to exert more pressure on the old turtle to prevent him from interfering with anything.
Both were overjoyed. The moment of victory had finally arrived. A new Daofuse had finally joined the battle.
The old turtle roared furiously, "You dare?"
"Why not?"
An old man clad in golden robes emerged from thin air. He looked at Su Yu and said with a smile, "Why don't you try entering the Death Realm. See if I'll give chase. Try me."
Behind the barrier, Su Yu had a conflicted look. He sighed and said, "Must we do this? Are our races enemies as well?"
"Of course."
The old man reached out at the barrier. The barrier was a manifestation of the old turtle's shell, but it wasn't strong enough to fully block the old man. After all, the old turtle was still busy dealing with two Pseudo Emperors.
The claw attack of the old man struck the barrier, causing it to shake intensely, looking like it was on the verge of collapsing. The old turtle started roaring furiously. His previous calm was nowhere to be seen.
A golden peng.
Yes. He was a Daofuse from an ancient race, the golden peng race.
While striking the barrier repeatedly, the old man strode forth one step at a time. With the same smile on his face, he said, "I didn't want to do this, but...you left me with no choice. Su Yu, humanity deserves extermination. Why struggle? Humanity could have waited until the thousand-year limit is up. We never planned to start the war this early. Those in the Upper Realm would be the ones to decide the fate of humanity, not us."
"We have been neutral all this while because we wanted to see something. How many surviving old fossils does humanity still have? We never wanted to exterminate humanity before then. That would force those old fossils to remain in hiding. Do you know how terrifying it is to have enemies of such caliber hiding in the shadows?"
That was what they were most worried about. They were already capable of exterminating humanity long ago. But why hadn't they reached a consensus to eliminate humanity? They were worried that humanity would go mad and focus on dragging one race down with them. Nobody wanted to be that unlucky race.
But they were also wary of the potential old fossils of humanity in the Upper Realm. What if there were survivors? Without the human race tying those Daofuses down, they could remain in hiding and focus on dealing maximum damage on the myriad races instead. That would be disastrous.
In short, humanity still had a role to play: a bait. That was why the likes of golden peng did not wish to participate in this battle. Yes, they could eliminate the humans now. But what if some of their old fossils remained? Who would take responsibility for that? But now, they had no choice but to participate.
At this rate, humanity could very well defeat the various races before the thousand-year limit was up. Wouldn't that be the biggest joke ever?
Boom!
Right at that moment, a ferocious ancient beast appeared. He looked at the golden peng while salivating and said, "I wonder if Daofuse golden pengs are delicious."
Hou.
The Hou Pseudo Emperor had arrived.
The golden peng appeared unsurprised. He sighed and said, "You might look ferocious and wild, but you are nothing but a loyal slave. Back then, Martial King gave your father a beating to make your father a mount because he wanted a fierce mount. I had thought that you would hate humanity for that, but surprisingly, you have decided to follow in your father's steps. Have you forgotten the humiliation your father suffered?"
Hou.
Martial king's mount.
Hou Pseudo Emperor's father.
The hou said, "Might makes right? Martial King was strong. Even across the Myriad Realms, how many people were as strong?"
"Yes. Might makes right. The current humanity...isn't mighty anymore." The golden peng said, "It's not too late to change your mind now."
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The hou charged forth, but the golden peng did not move. Just then, a sigh rang out as yet another person emerged out of thin air.