Chapter 908: Everyone Schemes (1)
By the time Su Yu was done reading the newly received information and working on his cultivation for a bit, a new day had arrived.
Su Yu spread his senses around and took out some heavenly source qi. He was surprised to discover that there was actually no death qi around during the day. What was the meaning of that?
Would the death qi only appear at a specific time of the day? Was that also why the death spirits would rarely be seen during the day?
"Are they weaker during the day? So they're like real ghosts?"
Su Yu muttered to himself, but he wasn't too surprised. The death spirits might have been former living beings, but such existences might really exist among the myriad races. In fact, there were quite a lot of unique races out there. These races had all come into existence due to the unique environment they lived in.
The best example of that was the five elemental race. The water elementals would be much stronger in an environment rich with water. They wouldn't be anything special once leaving such an environment.
Since the death spirits weren't active during the day, the people of the ancient city were also active during the day.
Su Yu changed his appearance into a handsome middle-aged man. He did not care if anyone could see through his disguise anymore. That was not important. He needed to start checking the various buildings in the city.
One shouldn't fight in the city. But Su Yu also knew that if one was not afraid of the death spirits, one was still free to fight as much as one wanted.
"With enough heavenly source qi, I won't be afraid of the death spirits either."
He still had about four hundred portions of heavenly source qi. He also had a decent amount of blood essence on him. Thus, he wasn't too worried about the death spirits. Of course, the premise of that was to not encounter a death spirit that was too strong, one that could kill him with one strike.
***
He walked out of the building. The streets that were completely empty the previous night were filled with people. Some of the shops beside the streets were also open for business.
Su Yu was amazed. So there really were people brave enough to do business here. Then again, that was understandable. Even the people in ancient cities needed to cultivate and survive.
That applied to the permanent residents as well. Very few safe havens could be found in the Allheaven Battlefield. These ancient cities were actually excellent business hubs as with the existence of death spirits, violence rarely happened inside ancient cities.
If it was any other place in the Allheaven Battlefield, a business hub would probably end up robbed only a few days after it started operating.
The pedestrians continued minding their business even after noticing Su Yu. But one of them, who was a big bird, glanced at him before asking, "Human? Why are you still here? Run! The mystic armor race is currently on the hunt for humans."
"..."
Su Yu looked at the big bird and smiled, "Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist. But the mystic armor race is nothing impressive. Us humans have no need to fear them. What can they do inside the city?"
"Little human, you will regret not listening to this bird."
The big bird started walking beside Su Yu as he said, "The mystic armor race has stationed their people in the Heavendoom City for hundreds of years. They have a decently strong power base here. In fact, a lot of the city guards are actually from the mystic armor race. These people are decisive enough to have some of their people turn into permanent residents just for the sake of opening some of the locked ancient buildings here. The human race stands no chance against them here. After all, some of the guards can control the death spirits."
Su Yu's heart thumped as he realized something. The night patrol he met was also clad in armor. He hadn't put much thought into it, nor had he pried on that person. But was it possible that the hostile night patrol was a member of the mystic armor race?
"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."
The big, talking bird looked rather comical to Su Yu, but he was still grateful for the warning. He asked curiously, "Is the mystic armor race really brazen enough to attack humans in the city itself? They don't actually rule the city itself."
"You don't understand this. Our mayor is known for his indifference. He never involves himself in the events in the city."
"..."
Su Yu was stunned. The big bird continued speaking while swinging his large head around, "In any case, he won't get involved in everything unrelated to him. Unless you attack the mayor's residence itself, he will continue ignoring you. Apart from the income of the city, he rarely gets involved in any other business."
"Is that so?"
Su Yu was quite surprised. Was this why the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion called the mayor a puppet? Then again, that wasn't a bad thing. Since the mayor wouldn't get involved, the mayor wouldn't target him either, right?
As for the mystic armor race...after some thought, Su Yu said, "Brother Bird..."
"Who are you scolding?"
Su Yu was speechless. He wasn't scolding anyone. Was it weird for him to address this bird that way?
The big bird started swinging his head again and said, "I'm not from the flying bird race. I'm from the phoenix race's...branch. Call me Brother Phoenix."
Su Yu nodded. Inwardly, he was rolling his eyes. Phoenix? This bird here? Was that a joke? Did the bird think that he had no idea the bird was from the earth ostrich race? Thus, this bird was definitely someone from a bird race, one that couldn't even fly that well. But it was also worth noting that they were quite fast at running.
"Brother Phoenix, why did you say that the mystic armors are going to be making moves against humans?"
The big bird smiled, and at that moment, the bird actually looked crafty. Switching to voice transmission, the bird replied, "Brother Human, I only reminded you because you look kind. If you want to know more, well, you'll be putting me in danger..." Fresh chapters posted on n0velfire.net
After saying that, the bird moved his wings, making a gesture that everyone in the Myriad Realms understood. Su Yu got the hint. Holy shit! He had been curious about the coincidence of meeting a kind bird right after coming outside. So this bird was merely an information peddler. No wonder the bird went to him right after noticing that he was a human.
Su Yu was quite speechless, but he still replied through voice transmission, "What's the price for your information?"
"I don't want the merit points you humans use. We don't have the courage to actually enter the human territory to spend your currency. Out here, we use source qi liquid as the common currency. I only need a hundred drops. Isn't this cheap?"
"..."
That was actually an acceptable price. That was only worth a few hundred merit points in the Human Realm. In truth, this was actually quite expensive. But Su Yu was so rich that this no longer felt like a large sum for him.
He hesitated slightly and acted as if he was struggling to make a choice before replying, "Brother Phoenix, that's not cheap at all. Are you sure your information is worth that much?"
"Absolutely."
"What if it's not worth that much?"
"You can get a refund from me."
Su Yu nodded and wasted no time. He opened the door of a random empty building and dragged the bird inside. This was something he had learned from the others in the city. Just moments ago, he noticed some other people doing the same to complete their transactions in private. Sure enough, the bird did not seem surprised. He didn't look worried that he would be attacked inside the building.
***
Inside the building.
He took out a hundred drops of source qi liquid and handed half the liquid over before saying, "Give me your information. If I find it acceptable, I will pay you the remaining half. Why are the mystic armors attacking humans?"
The bird replied nonchalantly, "Isn't that obvious? That Su Yu of your human race killed Green Armor and Red Armor. They naturally need to do something about it. Two of their young geniuses in the Heavenly Hunt Index were killed. Their reputation will suffer if they don't react. Of course, they might still be wary of being too excessive against the humans. But yesterday..."
A smile formed on the bird's face, surprising Su Yu at how a bird could actually smile. The bird continued, "Yesterday, the mystic armors brought two humanoid individuals to their base. They seem extremely respectful to those humanoid individuals. Only four humanoid races are worth such a level of respect from them. Humans, divines, devils, and immortals. Yesterday, Su Yu created some ruckus outside the city. On the same day, Great Xia killed an expert of their race. It is only natural that they are planning something against the human race."
The bird did not seem to have any proof to back his words. Everything was merely his speculation. But that was enough. He said, "The two humanoid individuals are either divines, devils, or immortals. The devils are overbearing and domineering. They rarely sneak around like this. If you ask me, it's either the immortals or divines. Earlier today, some of the mystic armor experts stationed outside the city were recalled to the city as well. It's clear they're going to make a move against the humans. They can't be making a move against us phoenixes, right?"
"..."
Su Yu was left quite speechless. But these words made a lot of sense. How impressive, coming from a bird.
"Brother Bird...cough, Brother Phoenix, you mean either the immortals or divines are trying to make use of the mystic armors to act against humans in the city?
"That's most likely the case." The big bird laughed, "It's fine. Just run. Don't be afraid. This is very normal in the Allheaven Battlefield. Things will return to normal in a few days. They're probably here for Su Yu. That fellow was seen outside the city yesterday. These young geniuses can hardly resist the temptation of entering an ancient city. Thus, he might be in the city right now. That's why they're making a move."
"..."
Once again, Su Yu was rendered speechless. Were all geniuses so helpless against the temptation of ancient cities? No way. Fine, fine, at the very least, the bird was right about one thing. He was here.
Chapter 909: Everyone Schemes (2)
After thinking about it, Su Yu said, "Brother Phoenix, are you saying that the mystic armors are in possession of some ancient city medallions?"
"Yes." The big bird said, "They have been here for so many years. They definitely have some medallions. They can easily buy the information about Su Yu's general location from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and start their hunt. They only need to unlock all the doors in that area and Su Yu will be dead."
Su Yu inhaled in shock. He asked, "Aren't they afraid of provoking public anger by unlocking all doors in the area?"
"What is there to fear?" The big bird nonchalantly said, "Most people staying in ancient cities are those with no other place to go. The mystic armor race is a race with at least one Invincible. Why do they need to fear these people? Public anger? What could that even do to them? A single word from an Invincible is enough to crush all of them."
"What are the levels of their medallions?"
"I don't know." The big bird said, "But if you're willing to pay, I can try to ask around for you. But it honestly doesn't matter. The levels of their medallions are definitely high enough to deal with you humans. It's not like you humans can get into the inner rings. The mystic armor race seems to have unlocked a door in the twentieth ring before. Thus, they can probably unlock all doors up to that ring."
Twentieth ring. The mayor's residence was considered a part of the first ring. Meanwhile, the mystic armors had unlocked a door in the twentieth ring before.
Instead of asking more about the mystic armors, Su Yu asked something else, "Brother Phoenix, do you know the ways I can obtain the opportunities in the city?"
"..."
The big bird stared at him for a long while before replying, "Yes. What are you looking for? The mayor's residence? The ancient buildings? Or the medallions carried by the death spirits?"
"..."
After a long pause, Su Yu clenched his teeth and said, "Thanks, Brother Bird."
Fuck! Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Screw them! Those damn scammers! The expensive information they sold him was known to even a random bird he found on the street. And the same information could actually be obtained for free on the streets.
The big bird seemed to have realized something. He cautiously said, "Uhm, since our transaction has been completed, I'll be taking my leave. You can keep the remaining fifty drops of source qi liquid. I don't need them. Merchants like us will normally open with a higher price. Since you did not haggle, I won't be overcharging you."
Inwardly, the big bird was cursing. Was this a customer of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? Initially, he didn't put much thought into that question. But when he noticed Su Yu's change of expression, it was clear that this human had just been ripped off. And it was more likely that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was the one doing the ripping.
Generally, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would only transact with top experts and super geniuses. The reason for that was simple. These people were rich. Most people would have very little interaction with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Thus, this human before him would either be a top expert or a super genius.
Su Yu...was most likely within the city.
Numerous thoughts rose in the mind of the bird. He wondered if he should just run far away. Why did a random person he found on the street happen to be the main character of the story he was peddling?
Su Yu said nothing and tossed the remaining source qi liquid over despite his anger. How dare those scammers charge him five peak profound weapons for some information he could get for free on the streets? He would not let that slide!
When the bird saw that Su Yu was still paying, he said after some thought, "Brother, you only need to get used to this. You need to always compare prices before making your purchase. Did you buy some information from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? That's not surprising at all. The information they sell...is overpriced. But you can always be assured of the accuracy. To be honest, some of the information you can buy from other sources is nothing but rumors. I guess you just gotta accept this."
The bird was trying to calm this human down so that the human wouldn't take his anger on the poor bird instead. This was very normal. One would get used to it after getting ripped off a few more times. At the very least, accuracy was guaranteed when one bought from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
"If you have proof that they sold you inaccurate information, you can actually ask for a refund. Most of the time, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion will agree."
Su Yu nodded. He asked, "Brother, did you manage to guess who I am?"
"No." The big bird hurriedly denied, "People like me are nothing but tiny merchants. We naturally won't get involved in major quarrels like this."
"You won't sell my information right after this, right?"
"That absolutely won't happen." The big bird hurriedly explained, "Nobodies like us won't be able to meet the mystic armors even if I want to. Even if I somehow manage to meet them, they won't trust me. If they fail to find their target after acting on my information, they might even take it out on me. It's not worth risking my life just for a tiny bit of profit, right?"
Su Yu nodded, "Will the mystic armors attack the other humans if they fail to find Su Yu?"
"Who knows?" The big bird was a lot more cautious with his words now, "The mystic armor race alone might not have the courage to do so. But courage will come with a strong backer. The mystic armor race is already hostile toward the human race. The Heavenly Forge King of your human race has been trying to kill their supreme ancestor for many years. This is similar to how your Silk Destroying King has been trying to kill the Silkwyrm King for many years. Thus, when an opportunity to kill some humans arises, the people of these races won't let it go."
Su Yu was quite speechless. Those two lunatic Invincibles seemed really good at creating enemies for humanity.
"Are there no mystic armor Sunmoons in the city currently?"
"No. A Sunmoon can be considered a big shot. They only have one stationed here, but that fellow is already dead."
"Will the mayor really not involve himself in this?"
"That's most likely the case."
"Apart from the mayor, are there many Sunmoons in the city?"
"Not really. There are probably two or three of them, but they are all from the minor races. The Sunmoons of major races don't visit ancient cities that much."
Su Yu said, "Thanks for the information, Brother Phoenix."
"You're welcome. If there's nothing else, I'll be taking my leave..."
The big bird was still cursing inwardly. How unlucky. Fortunately, these young geniuses were all quite rich. A hundred drops of source qi liquid was no big deal for them.
"Sure."
After the big bird left, Su Yu exited the building as well. He was feeling quite gloomy. They all assumed that he would enter the city. What if he hadn't entered? Wouldn't all their hard work go to waste?
Why were they so sure that he was already in the city? Should he leave the city to prove them wrong? Also, would the mystic armor race really unlock all the doors to search for humans? Did they really have the courage to offend so many people?
"So either the immortals or the divines are backing them up?"
According to the big bird, the backer was unlikely to be the devils. The judgment of someone with so much experience in the Allheaven Battlefield was most likely accurate. It would seem like the human race really wasn't doing so well in the Allheaven Battlefield. Even some minor races had the courage to provoke them. This was most likely due to a lack of beating.
"What should I do?"
Su Yu kneaded his head. He wasn't really worried about himself. He could always run if he wanted to. They wouldn't be able to catch him so easily. More importantly, what about the other humans living in the city?
Some were here to take a break. Some were here to hide from whatever danger they were in. These humans who would rather stay in an ancient city than return to the Human Realm had probably committed some crime back home, so Su Yu wouldn't feel guilty implicating them. But he also didn't feel comfortable leaving them to their fates.
"What a pity that I'm not as strong as Mo Duona. Otherwise, I'll be able to beat them all to death as long as they don't have a Sunmoon around."
Su Yu sighed regretfully. In the end, he was only in such a dilemma due to his lack of strength. How nice would it be if he was as strong as Mo Duona? That was someone who could put up a fight even against Sunmoons. As for the death spirits that would appear after someone was killed, that was not a concern for him either.
At that thought, Su Yu grabbed a random passerby. Under the passerby's surprised expression, he asked, "Brother, may I ask you a question?"
"...Sure."
This human was capable of stopping him with a casual grab. What else could he do but answer?
"I heard that the death spirits will only appear because of blood. If I start sprinkling blood everywhere, will the death spirits appear?"
"..."
The passer-by, who happened to be someone with the body of a human and the head of a bull, looked at Su Yu like he was looking at a madman. After a long while, he answered, "No. Blood of the dead won't work. But the blood of the living will work. For example, you might be able to lure them out with your own blood...but the death spirits will not stop following you after that."
He didn't care if this human wanted to die. But he definitely didn't want to get involved.
With a pensive look, Su Yu asked, "Did anyone try this before? For example, luring some death spirits out to deal with their opponents."
"Yes." The bull answered, "Some experts tried this before. They discovered that only the blood of the living worked. But most of them died before they could even get their enemies killed. Thus, this is a method very few will try. If you wish to test it out...I don't think experimenting on yourself is a good idea."
The bull had seen way too many lunatics. Thus, he wasn't too surprised that there was yet another lunatic standing in front of him. But this lunatic better not drag him into the madness as well.
Su Yu asked nothing else and released his grip, allowing the bull to leave. Shortly after, he entered a different building. He took out his index copy and wrote something on it, "Buying information regarding the mystic armor race's strength in Heavendoom City, including information on the strength and location of the immortals who had arrived yesterday."
As for whether those new arrivals were really immortals, it didn't matter. He was simply making a shot in the dark.
He called this strategy. If the newcomers weren't immortals, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would naturally have nothing to sell. In that case, he would have his answer. The newcomers were divines.
He only needed to pick one out of two. Thus, it wasn't that hard of a guess. If he guessed correctly, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would still be unaware of what he knew. Perhaps they might even reduce the price thinking that he actually knew more. Not long after, a reply came.
"We're open for this transaction, but we don't have their exact location. They are most likely residing in the headquarters of the mystic armors. Do you wish to buy real-time updates of their location?"
"Yes. Name your price." The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the NoveI-Fire.ɴet
Su Yu cursed inwardly. So it was really the immortals. Damn them!
After a short while, a reply came, "For this transaction, you may receive the information regarding the mystic armors for free. As for the information regarding the immortal geniuses, it's worth a drop of Sunmoon blood essence. As for their location, you can receive constant updates with one drop of Sunmoon blood essence per hour."
Was this daylight robbery? He would only be able to get about a dozen drops of blood essence from killing a Sunmoon. So in the eyes of these people, the lives of Sunmoons were so worthless?
"Do you take merit points?"
"Yes. Fifty thousand merit points for a drop of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence."
He knew they would accept it. After all, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion seemed to have its own network inside the Human Realm as well. But the price was too excessive. This was absolutely overpriced.
Immortal geniuses...
After thinking about it, Su Yu checked the ranking. Before long, he replied, "What's the price for information and location of Xuan Wuji, the fourth-ranked genius in the Heaven Index?"
"..."
No reply came.
Su Yu snorted and pushed on, "Are you not interested in this business?"
After a long while, a reply came, "We are, but Su Yu, this conflicts with the previous information you wish to purchase."
The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was no fool. Information about different geniuses would naturally be priced differently. Su Yu only needed to ask the price for all the immortal geniuses. Before long, he would be able to determine who the newcomers were.
Su Yu replied, "Why should I care about that? Haven't you guys been claiming that you are always open for business? Haven't you guys been claiming that you are always fair in doing business? Since I'm buying, I naturally need to ask about the price. How are we supposed to do business if you refuse to tell me the price?"
Chapter 910: Everyone Schemes (3)
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While Su Yu was spamming the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion with his messages.
Inside a palace floating in the sky above the Allheaven Battlefield, a masked man raised his head and looked at the nearby elder. He said, "Elder, I did something wrong. Please take a look."
A faceless expert walked over and checked the monitor in front of the masked man. He smiled and said, "Interesting. Answer him. Since he's asking for the price, tell him. We are here to do business. If a potential customer is asking for the price, we naturally need to answer."
"But...he will be able to determine who the immortals in Heavendoom City are with this information..."
The faceless elder indifferently said, "Those immortals might not be the individuals in the index. Also, inform him that the price of information on Sunmoons starts at one drop of Sunmoon blood essence. Thus, he will have to guess himself if the immortals in the city are geniuses or Sunmoons. If he's confident enough in his guess to risk his life, he is free to not buy the information from us."
"You're wise, Elder."
The faceless elder said, "Remember to not repeat the same mistake. I saw your previous reply. You mentioned immortal geniuses when he only asked about immortals. That's a foolish mistake. Also, his first question itself might be an attempt to fish for information. It doesn't matter if his guess is correct or wrong. Do not provide any information before he makes the purchase."
"I understand."
The masked man appeared quite nervous. The faceless elder indifferently said, "Answer him. Also, if the mystic armors or immortals wish to purchase the information about Su Yu, triple the price."
"Elder, this..."
"Just do as told."
The faceless elder said, "Also, tell Su Yu that inside Heavendoom City, there is the option of hiring the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to serve as his dao protector. As long as he can afford it, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is capable of completing any transaction he can dream of. Even if he wishes to hire Mo Duona, it will be possible as long as he can afford it."
"Yes, Elder."
The masked man did not dare to argue. He hurriedly gave Su Yu a reply.
When the faceless elder saw that, he smiled and returned to his post.
Right at that moment, a different masked man said, "Elder, someone is trying to purchase the whereabouts of Chen Yong of multiple character faction. Do we have that information?"
The masked man did not have enough authority to access that information, so he could only check with his superior.
"Chen Yong?"
The faceless elder walked over and took a look before returning to his seat. There, he started searching for any information regarding Chen Yong. After some time, he said, "That is not the information we have for now. The human Invincibles have been patrolling the Human Realm as of late. The difficulty of information gathering has increased significantly. We are still unable to locate Chen Yong."
The masked man said, "The buyer is asking for a general location. Even something as generic as the prefecture Chen Yong is hiding in is acceptable."
The faceless elder took a look at the information they had again. After a while, he replied, "Sure. Fifty thousand merit points. We will only provide the name of the prefecture Chen Yong is most likely to be in. We do not guarantee the accuracy of this information."
"Yes, Elder."
The masked man returned to work. Meanwhile, the faceless elder smiled again. How interesting. The Human Realm's multiple character faction had been generating quite a lot of business for them as of late. ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ NoveI(F)ire.net
A lot of people had been buying information about the multiple character faction. From the look of things, it was necessary for them to start gathering more information about the multiple character faction.
While he was deep in thought, the masked man in charge of communicating with Su Yu spoke, "Elder, Su Yu is asking if he can hire a few Invincibles to wipe out the entire mystic armor race..."
"..."
The elder was stunned momentarily. Then, he said, "Tell him yes. If he can pay the price of five Invincible ruins and ten complete Invincible corpses, he can hire even Invincibles."
"..."
The entire room sank into silence. They were all left speechless. They didn't know what to say about Su Yu. No question was too outrageous for him.
***
Heavendoom City.
Su Yu was also left speechless. Five Invincible ruins? Even if he had so many Invincible ruins, he wouldn't waste them on something like this. Were they messing with him? Then again, this was only fair since he was the one who had messed with them first.
He did not ask any other questions. He was in a pretty decent mood after saving so much money.
"Dao Cheng, Jiu Xuan..."
He looked at the ranking. Both of them were in the Earth Index. He wasn't exactly sure that these were the immortals in the city, but according to the price quoted by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, it would either be these two or some Sunmoons.
But the reply he received earlier referred to them as immortal geniuses. That was not a term one would usually use for Sunmoons. Instead, that term would usually be used only on those from the younger generation.
"Dao Cheng, ninth in the Earth Index, ninth-stage Cloudbreach, killed a fifth-stage Mountainsea before..."
"Jiu Xuan, sixteenth in the Earth Index, seventh-stage Cloudbreach, killed a first-stage Mountainsea before..."
Both of them were top geniuses. Dao Cheng, in particular, was very impressive. He was someone who had killed a fifth-stage Mountainsea before. This would definitely be a terrifying opponent.
He was lower in ranking than Huang Teng and Qin Fang in the Earth Index. That was mainly because of his older age and higher cultivation level. But he was also much stronger than even Lei Jue, who had only killed a first-stage Mountainsea before.
Someone with that strength could definitely enter the Heaven Index if he was a tiny bit younger.
"Jiu Xuan...this is an immortal fairy!"
Her past accomplishment of killing a first-stage Mountainsea wasn't too impressive for Su Yu. He could do so as well. How did she avoid dying in the hands of Great Qin? Didn't those Great Qin barbarians enjoy killing immortal fairies? Why hadn't Qin Fang killed her?
The immortals had quite a lot of people in the index, but these two were the only immortals in the Earth Index. There were also two immortals in the Heaven Index, but the price to purchase their information was terrifyingly high.
Of the 630 spots in the Heavenly Hunt Index, the immortals occupied around 20 spots. That was a race with a large number of young geniuses. It was also likely that they had even more young geniuses who were not active in the Allheaven Battlefield.
"My new goal...to kill the immortal fairy!"
Dao Cheng would be quite hard to kill. Su Yu was unsure if he would even be a match. But he was definitely stronger than that immortal fairy. Why did the immortals instigate the mystic armors to hunt him in the city out of nowhere? What were the immortals planning?
But deep inside, Su Yu knew that his identity as a member of the multiple character faction was most likely the reason. Otherwise, he wouldn't have attracted so much attention just by entering the Heaven Index.
People like Qin Fang had also killed a lot of people to enter the Heaven Index. Why weren't they being relentlessly hunted like him? Su Yu decided to act first and grab the initiative.
But the premise for that was for him to head deeper into the city first. He had to study the area and find some suitable buildings he could hide in. It would be way too awkward if he were to rush over after killing some people only to be stopped by a locked door. The mystic armors could unlock the doors up to the twentieth ring. What about the eighteenth ring? Or the sixteenth ring?
With enough heavenly source qi, he could probably survive there, right?? How many days could he stay there? The nine shining spheres he had obtained from the main gate were still intact. Including his heavenly source qi, he could probably outlast those people, right? They had to leave within three days, right? Also, would they have the courage to walk on the streets at night?
"If I really have no choice, I'll have to hire some people from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to save my life."
That was a valid option, but it was terrifyingly expensive. The starting price for a Sunmoon during the day was a hundred thousand merit points. During the night, the starting price would increase to five hundred thousand merit points. That was truly an excessive price.
The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was too greedy. Su Yu wondered why they needed so much money.
Su Yu was no helpless lamb. Since they were trying to kill him, he would make the first move and kill them instead. Without Sunmoons, he wasn't that afraid of them. He had his characters, arts, and the talisman he received from Old Niu. All those things could be used to disguise and hide himself. If he found himself not a match, he could simply run.
"Let's start with finding some buildings I can enter. It will be better to find more of them. I'll start the operation after scouting the place. Also, I also need to leave myself a way out in case they are capable of unlocking the doors in the inner rings."
Su Yu's courage seemed to have grown tremendously after arriving at the Allheaven Battlefield.
In the Human Realm, his many misgivings had forced him to stay passive most of the time. Here, there was no such concern. If all that didn't work, he still had an ultimate trump card, one that would be extremely costly to use.
Fully opening his yang acupoint.
With his yang acupoint, he would be able to consume some peak Mountainsea blood essence and fight as a peak Mountainsea. But he could probably kiss his physical body goodbye after the fight. The damage on his body would be so heavy not even the Flesh Regrow technique of the immortals could help him.
But it didn't matter. As long as his sea of willpower remained, he could always build himself a new body and cultivate from scratch. With heavenly source qi, he would be able to reopen his acupoints rapidly. Since he had the confidence he could do it, he might as well kill all those people. Without Sunmoons, he had nothing to fear.
Of course, he wouldn't utilize his final trump card unless absolutely necessary. After all, he had paid a large price to cultivate his body to its current level. He was on the verge of completing his seventeenth body forging. If he had to give up on such a body, he would probably be greatly saddened by it.
His final trump card was the source of his confidence and recklessness. With the strength of a peak Mountainsea, even if he couldn't defeat Sunmoons, he could still escape them.
Even if he lost his body, he only needed to ensure he was not fully wiped out from existence.
"Little Furball, if I end up losing my body, remember to run with my sea of willpower."
"Sure, sure."
The little furball answered lazily. With a yawn, he returned to sleep. Of course he would run with the sea of willpower. There was still something yummy left in it. How could he run without that yummy thing?
Suddenly, a certain realization hit Su Yu. This fellow had been staying in his sea of willpower. In that case, when he challenged the main gate, was he challenging as one or two persons?
Whatever. He decided to not think about it. The past was the past. He returned his focus to his coming plan. First, he had to scout the area. Then, he could get the party started.
Maybe his rank would increase further after killing the Earth Index immortals. But that wasn't important. More importantly, he would definitely receive more heavenly rewards. Hopefully, the heavens would give him more willpower. He could even consider provoking some death spirits for some death qi to further temper his body.
After making up his mind, Su Yu set off. He noticed that the number of armored warriors in the city seemed to have increased. He did not know if these were the mystic armors or merely some individuals clad in armor. He had not bothered with giving them a closer look.
He started going deeper into the city. He discovered that there were far fewer people deeper in the city, but the place wasn't exactly empty. After entering the twentieth ring, Su Yu found that unoccupied buildings were much more plentiful in here. Barely any of the buildings were occupied.
He only checked the buildings with human architecture. The amount of death qi in these buildings would most likely be lower for a human like him. After stealthily checking several buildings, he found that even during the day, there would be death qi in the buildings here. The moment he entered these buildings, hissing sound would start ringing out around him.
This was terrifying. A large amount of heavenly source qi was required to live here if he didn't want to turn into a dead person soon.
Long before this, Mo Duona was already capable of surviving in the eighteenth ring. And he probably didn't have as much heavenly source qi as Su Yu. From this, one could imagine just how powerful his body was.
Su Yu continued scouting the city. He spent the entire day doing so.
The mystic armors were also doing the same. It was quite inconvenient to carry out their plan during the day as their target would be free to move around. At night, everyone would stay indoors, including their target. That was the best time for them to capture their trapped target.
Both parties were busy making their preparations. At the same time, the mayor of the city was sipping wine while overlooking the entire city from his residence. With a faint smile on his face, he awaited the start of the show.
Suddenly, a figure appeared in front of him. The newcomer first looked at the inner hall before looking at the mayor. The figure coldly said, "Tian He, focus. I'll be here to collect my debt soon."
The mayor gave the visitor a glance and said, "If the others agree, I will have no problem doing my part. Also, are you not going to do something for the little fellow from your race?"
The visitor took a single glance at the city and said, "Everyone has their own destiny. The immortals have been getting impatient. It's not a bad idea to kill a few and teach them a lesson."
"How confident. Can that little fellow even handle them?"
"If he can't, he can simply run. If not, that makes him a fool."
He said, "Didn't you tell that bird to inform him about the situation? If he's still not running, he definitely has the confidence to deal with them. If he stays even without confidence, he's a fool. Humanity has no need for a fool like that. If he dies, so be it."
"Were you here earlier?"
"No. I just arrived."
Tian He exclaimed with admiration, "Looks like you're already as strong as Invincibles. Xia Longwu, I do look forward to your success. But your odds aren't looking very good. Even if you fail, I'll still be collecting my payment of a minor realm under Xia Family's control. Do not break your promise."
"I never go back on my words."
Xia Longwu said indifferently, "Just don't drag me down when the time comes for you to make your move. I'll be taking my leave since I have more things to do."
Then, he vanished with a flicker. After his departure, Mayor Tian He gasped with admiration yet again. That person was truly powerful. And...he was truly brazen as well. Was he not afraid that the person in the inner hall would open his eyes and glare him to death?
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Inside the twentieth ring of Heavendoom City was a massive manor. This was the headquarters of the mystic armor race in the city. Those of their race who had converted into a permanent resident would all stay here.
Those who had yet to turn into a permanent resident would leave every three days and return after one day. A lot of races had been doing the same thing. They would station some of their people in their chosen ancient cities to help them explore the cities better.
This manor could be considered one of the best one could find in the outer rings. It was large and its environment was good. Furthermore, its surroundings were quite open as well since there weren't a lot of buildings nearby.
The manor still looked mostly the same as before the mystic armors moved in, with the signboard hanging above the main entrance being the exception. That was the only thing that looked relatively new in this place.
On the board, the following words were written: Mystic Armor
Those words were written in the mystic armor language. They seemed rather confident in their strength. Even the main entrance was left open. This was an oddity as most of the doors in the city would remain shut.
A shut door signified that not everyone could enter the building. This was done for one's safety. One could try to break the door, but that would also attract the death spirits. Thus, the safest choice was to keep one's door shut. A constant flow of people could be seen entering and leaving the manor. Due to their confidence and arrogance, they had left their door open.
Four mystic amors were standing guard outside the entrance. In truth, they wouldn't even need these guards if the door was kept shut. But as a top 100 race, they had a reputation to uphold. In fact, most of the races with permanent headquarters in the city were doing the same.
The sky was slowly turning dark.
More and more armored warriors were gathered in the area. Not only the mystic armors were here, but those from some other races could be seen as well. The mystic armor race was a top 100 race that had been operating here for many years. Thus, they had also recruited some minor race experts without a home to return to.
The composition of Red Armor's party was the best example of this. Apart from the mystic armors, there were also some servants from other races in the team. Right opposite the manor was a row of abandoned shophouses. As the mystic armors had taken over the area, no people dared to move into the shophouses just opposite them.
On the roof of a certain shophouse was an unassuming piece of rock. That was Su Yu. He was waiting patiently.
The night was arriving. As the sky turned dark, the pedestrians on the streets started decreasing in number. Death spirits would roam the streets at night while the living would all remain indoors until the next day.
"Mystic armor race..."
Su Yu was hiding about a kilometer away from the manor. He could see numerous dots of light on his Perception Jade. After Hu Qi's modification, the Perception Jade's range had increased. And from passively detecting those who were scanning him, it had also obtained the ability to actively scan his surroundings.
Unfortunately, the range was still quite limited at only a kilometer. Furthermore, the jade was also having a much harder time scanning its surroundings in the city due to the unique design of the buildings in the city.
Su Yu was only able to determine the strength of the people walking outside the manor. His Perception Jade was unable to extend its detection inside the building.
"They sure have a lot of people here."
Su Yu was quite impressed. It was quite easy to know if someone was a resident or not. Previously, he was still completely clueless. But after spending a day outside, he learned something new.
The people that were seemingly shrouded in death were most likely the residents. Perhaps that was due to the effect of the death qi in the city. Those with a lower amount of death qi on them were either new residents or temporary visitors.
Killing visitors and killing residents would bear different results. When a resident was killed, the resulting death spirit would be much stronger.
"Are the immortals not around? Why can't I see them? Are they still outside the city?"
Su Yu had always been a petty person who would not let even the smallest of grievances go unanswered. If someone wanted to kill him and that was someone he had the strength to kill as well, he would definitely kill that person even if he had to suffer some losses doing so.
When he was younger, he had Chen Hao acting as his thug to beat up those who had offended him. Nowadays, he could only fight himself.
He waited silently. Patience was something he still had.
The previous night, he did not feel this too strongly. But now, as the sky turned dark, he could clearly sense the death qi on the streets growing thicker. But since he was not using any heavenly source qi, he couldn't estimate just how much thicker the death qi had grown.
Nevertheless, he could still feel the tiny traces of death qi entering his body. He also noted that the amount of invading death qi was actually lower indoors.
"So these buildings are not coffins, but safe havens?"
During the previous night, he was only able to clearly sense the death qi after using heavenly source qi. But outside, he was able to feel the death qi just by focusing. No wonder everyone would stay indoors at night. Not only were there death spirits roaming the streets at night, but even the death qi would be thicker outdoors.
"I won't be unlucky enough to encounter a death spirit, right?"
Su Yu was very wary. Not even his Perception Jade could detect those abnormal existences. Suddenly, a large number of armored warriors walked out of the manor. There were at least thirty of them, including the experts from the other races they had recruited. Almost all of them were clad in armor.
"Three Mountainseas? They're not weak at all."
That might not be an impressive number, but the mystic armor race was probably only as strong as one of the larger human prefectures. Even in a place like Great Xia, only great events would call for the deployment of three Mountainseas at once. And this was only an ancient city, not the Mystic Armor Realm.
After losing a Sunmoon, they were still able to deploy three Mountainseas. This was truly quite a strong race. Those experts walked outside and stood there silently. After a few minutes, a few more individuals walked out.
There were three of them. One of them was a mystic armor. That was the same peak Mountainsea who had fled into the city after Zheng Ping arrived previously.
"Four Mountainseas."
Su Yu was not looking directly at them. Rather, he kept his gaze on his Perception Jade. According to the jade, there were four Mountainseas. One of them was at the ninth stage, one was at the sixth stage, one was at the third stage, and one was an early Mountainsea.
One could see the level of importance the mystic armors placed on this city. After all, they had actually stationed one Sunmoon and four Mountainseas in the city. As for the two humanoids clad in black robes, not even the jade could sense them properly. Occasionally, the jade indicated that they were Cloudbreaches. Occasionally, they would change into Mountainseas. In fact, this was quite common for any young genius he tried using his Perception Jade on.
***
While Su Yu was still hiding.
In front of the manor, Dao Cheng looked around and said, "Jiu Xuan, do you feel anything?"
Beside him, Jiu Xuan shook her head and smiled, "Death spirits? Or death qi? Big Brother Dao Cheng, let's leave this place as soon as possible. It feels so uncomfortable here."
The immortal race, in particular, greatly disliked ancient cities. Death qi was too dense in these cities while the immortal race was a race with vigorous life force. Thus, they could feel the death qi much better than any other race. And it felt highly uncomfortable for them. Thıs content belongs to novel⟡fire.net
Dao Cheng said nothing. But after some thought, he moved his hand slightly. Numerous characters appeared above his palm. After a slight hesitation, he produced a drop of blood from his finger.
"Stop!" The peak Mountainsea shouted furiously, "Don't spill any blood. That will attract the death spirits!"
This was infuriating.
Dao Cheng knew what would happen, but he insisted, "I need to make a divination for this operation. The thick death qi in the city is interfering with my divination, so I have to use my blood."
But at this point, the peak Mountainsea could no longer pay the immortals any attention. That was because a dark figure had appeared out of thin air at the end of the street. Slowly, the dark figure approached them.
Death spirit!
The leader of the mystic armors was furious, yet he had no choice but to deal with the death spirit. Fortunately, it was only a drop of blood. The death spirit it spawned was probably not too powerful. Looking at the early Mountainsea, he commanded, "Go. Lure it away with your medallion."
The early Mountainsea did as told and flew over with an ancient city medallion in hand. The death spirit paused and started hesitating. Then, the early Mountainsea flew away from the area. After some hesitation, the death spirit moved away following the early Mountainsea.
The mystic armor leader exhaled in relief. Fortunately, he was right. This death spirit wasn't a particularly powerful one. It was still moving based on its instincts alone. If it was one of the stronger ones, a low-level medallion would not be able to affect it.
He looked at Dao Cheng again as his eyes turned frosty. "Envoy of the immortals, please do not do anything so rash anymore."
Dao Cheng smiled, "Don't worry. I won't. The mystic armor race is indeed impressive."
After giving them a casual praise and a light apology, he shifted his focus away from the Mountainsea. Since stepping out of the manor, he had been feeling ill at ease. Thus, he had decided to perform a divination regarding their coming operation.
Stained with his blood, his characters started spinning above his palm. A short while later, Dao Cheng's eyes flickered as he studied the result. No clear image was visible. Only a boundless red could be seen.
His expression changed as he solemnly said, "Everyone, we need to be careful. The result is inauspicious. Some variables might appear during this operation. There will be danger."
Jiu Xuan hurriedly asked, "Big Brother Dao Cheng, where will the danger come from?"
"That...remains unclear."
Dao Cheng shook his head. The art of divination was merely a way to deduce the future. It couldn't read the actual future itself. He was only told about the existence of danger, but not the nature of the danger itself. However, there was no denying that this was an inauspicious result.
The peak Mountainsea did not dare to be careless about it. The divination skills of this Dao Cheng were actually quite popular. Thus, he frowned and asked, "Danger...an ancient city is always filled with countless dangers. If that's all we know, there's little we can do."
Were they supposed to cancel the operation tonight? He hesitated. He spoke the truth. One could encounter all sorts of danger in an ancient city. For example, the death spirits or any random danger that might arise when unlocking the doors of the buildings in the city.
Dao Cheng scanned their surroundings and inhaled deeply, "Just remain on alert. Perhaps our environment is the reason for the danger. Just keep in mind to hide inside a random unoccupied building the moment you encounter danger."
"Do we cancel the operation tonight?"
The mystic armor leader asked, "If it's really going to get too dangerous, there is no rush. If Su Yu is really here, he will remain for at least three days. Only a day has passed."
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After a slight hesitation, Dao Cheng said, "No. This danger might be something that will be present every day. Just be careful."
He added, "Senior Final Armor, you're a peak Mountainsea. The mystic armor race is a top 100 race as well. You can put up a fight even against a Sunmoon, right?"
"Of course."
"In that case, try not to split up with us."
Final Armor nodded. Fine.
The group started heading toward the main gate. Tonight, they were going to search the city ring by ring. This might seem like a heavy mission, but it wasn't really the case. Most of the people in the city were the residents. The number of visitors that would actually stay the night was quite low in comparison.
The mystic armor race had also been gathering information for this operation. The visitors who had arrived more than two days ago were excluded from their search. They would focus only on those who had only arrived during the past two days.
***
Su Yu remained still even after the group was gone. They might be gone, but he decided to remain cautious. After all, they had a peak Mountainsea with them. He also needed to be careful in case they had something similar to his Perception Jade.
The immortal race was powerful. It wouldn't be odd to see them with similar treasures. Thus, Su Yu remained completely still like a normal piece of rock. After a while, the Mountainsea who had left earlier returned. He returned with a death spirit. It was the same death spirit who had left earlier.
Su Yu's heart thumped. So these people were really capable of controlling death spirits? After checking his surroundings, the Mountainsea turned around and spoke to the death spirit with his medallion raised. The death spirit appeared to be struggling, but the sight of the medallion still compelled it to obey.
A short while later, a thick wave of death qi rippled out of the death spirit. Then, the death spirit started roaming the street. The Mountainsea hurriedly distanced himself, allowing the death qi to fill the area.
Su Yu, who was atop the roof, was being invaded by death qi. The invasion was progressing rapidly. The death qi started spreading all over his body. After going back and forth about five or six times on the same street, the darkness around the death spirit seemed to have faded somewhat, making it look slightly translucent.
A short while later, the death spirit vanished just as suddenly as it had when it appeared. After some time, more people arrived. That was the same group that had departed earlier.
They stared at the street filled with death qi in silence. Looking at Dao Cheng beside him, Final Armor shook his head, "There's nothing. All the buildings here are still unoccupied. If there is someone outside, that person will die to the death qi soon. With so much death qi in them, even if they can survive this, they will become a target of the death spirits soon."
Dao Cheng frowned. Was there really nobody around them?
All this had only happened due to the slight sense of danger he felt earlier. He waited silently. If someone was really hiding nearby, the thick death qi in the air was enough to fill that person's body. He was aware of Su Yu's concealment skills.
Thus, Su Yu was the first person in his mind when he felt a sense of danger earlier. But now, he was starting to doubt his judgment.
"Let's wait a little longer." Final Armor persuaded against it, "The death qi here is too thick. Powerful death spirits might appear. We can't wait too long. And we can only return after the death qi disperses."
Dao Cheng nodded.
After about five minutes, the Mountainsea said with a nod, "Let's go."
Enough time had passed for death qi to invade the body of someone capable of resisting death qi invasion. Once again, the group left. As they departed, a death spirit was slowly taking form.
This was the main reason they had departed. They felt a massive sense of danger arriving together with the death spirit. Not long after they left, Su Yu moved at a rapid speed and instantly vanished into the distance. Damn them!
His body was completely filled with death qi. He was nearing his limit. Behind him, a death spirit appeared noiselessly. A ray of death qi shot toward him.
Su Yu was greatly alarmed as his tribulation character started pulsing madly. He did not dare to risk it and hurriedly dashed into a nearby unoccupied building. Inside, he took out a large amount of heavenly source qi and bathed himself in it.
Hissing sounds rang out repeatedly.
One portion, three portions...
He had been tainted by too many death qi. He was only able to remove it after using around twenty portions of heavenly source qi. On the bright side, his body had also been strengthened by this episode. He was getting nearer and nearer to completing his seventeenth body forging.
Inside the unoccupied building, Su Yu was gnashing his teeth. Those people were too cautious. But they were also very impressive. They were actually capable of making use of death spirits.
"The death spirit tried to target me..."
Su Yu muttered to himself. That was due to the large amount of death qi in his body.
"But the residents also have a lot of death qi in them. Why aren't the death spirits targeting them? Will the death spirits pick their targets?"
Numerous thoughts rose in Su Yu's mind. He snorted coldly. Since they wanted to play this game with him, he would gladly oblige. After a short wait, he opened the door and poked his arm out. Nothing happened.
Only then did he leave the building. He transformed into a gust of wind and vanished.
***
A short while later.
Su Yu found the group of mystic armors. More people had joined the group. Or to be precise, some of the mounted guards from the night patrol had joined their group. What a coincidence!
The same aggressive commander from the previous night was with them! Why was Su Yu so sure? Because he sensed his profound weapons amid the group. That increased the number of their Mountainseas by one.
Five Mountainseas!
They also had Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan, individuals capable of fighting Mountainseas with them. Thus, they practically had seven Mountainseas in the team. For the sake of dealing with him, these people were not holding anything back.
Under the guidance of the night patrol, they were searching the buildings in the thirty-sixth ring. All the unoccupied buildings and buildings with residents could be ignored. When Su Yu arrived, he overheard their conversation.
"Even if that human is in the city, he won't be staying in the outer rings, right?"
"Let's just check. Remember to have some people watching over the places we checked. We want to prevent that human from switching buildings."
"Black Armor, have the night patrol work harder tonight and prevent anyone from moving around freely tonight."
The same night patrol who had been very aggressive toward Su Yu during the previous night replied, "Sure. But...is the mayor fine with the participation of the night patrol?"
"He's ignoring all this. Don't worry." Final Armor said, "He's only a desperate Sunmoon. We have Invincibles in our race. We also have the assistance of these envoys. The mayor won't have the courage to interfere."
A mere ninth-stage Sunmoon wouldn't dare to go against the immortals even after becoming the mayor of an ancient city.
"Alright."
Black Armor agreed. Soon, even more night patrol joined their operation.
***
Near the city wall.
The Mountainsea commander who had warned Su Yu about the dangers in the city before was standing atop the city wall while facing the city. He was able to see clearly what was happening inside the city.
Beside him, a guard spoke through voice transmission, "Commander, is that Commander Black Armor from the night patrol? The mystic armors are deploying all their forces. What are they doing?"
The Mountainsea did not say anything. He recalled someone who had just arrived the day before. They were probably targeting Su Yu. The mystic armors were planning to make a move against him inside the city.
Would that fellow fall into their hands? How about the mayor? Would the mayor get involved? Numerous thoughts emerged in his head, but he ultimately opted to look away. This was not something he could get involved in.
If the mystic armors really ended up killing or capturing Su Yu, would a human Invincible show up? He had no answer to that question. He only had a feeling that this incident might be the fuse. More than ten years ago, the Martial Dragon Guard surrounded the city. History might repeat itself.
***
"Five Mountainseas, two immortal geniuses, seventeen Cloudbreaches, thirty-eight Skysoars..."
There were about sixty of them. Cloudbreaches and Mountainseas could be considered experts in an ancient city. As for Skysoars, they were rather common in ancient cities. Even Su Yu did not pay much attention to those Skysoars. He was only wary of the fact that many of them were actually residents of the city. Killing them might bring more trouble than expected. He wondered if he could withstand the consequences of killing residents.
"I guess the best option is to first kill those with ancient city medallions."
The Mountainsea tasked to lure the death spirit away earlier and the guard in black armor were definitely holders of these medallions. The peak Mountainsea was probably a medallion holder as well. In fact, his medallion was probably rather high in level.
Thus, they were indeed the best targets to kill. By killing them, they would lose their medallions. At the same time, death spirits would appear following their deaths. Without their medallions, could these mystic armors still control the death spirits? Unlikely.
At that thought, Su Yu set two of the Mountainseas as his targets. Both were early Mountainseas. No, he added a third target as well: the immortal fairy clad in black robes.
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Su Yu was getting annoyed. Why were they sticking together? If he simply charged into the group when all of them were together, it would be the same as throwing his life away. The city was massive. How were they going to complete their search without splitting up?
This was not in line with his expectations. They were merely walking along the streets instead of unlocking the doors of the occupied buildings. After a while, they finally selected several occupied buildings. Then, the night patrol started knocking on the doors.
"Open the door. The night patrol is performing a night inspection."
"Open the door, stop wasting time."
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Most of the people were unwilling to open their doors. Some of the frequent visitors did open their doors, but they only did so unwillingly since they knew that the night patrol could forcefully unlock their doors anyway.
At the very least, that was the case for the outer rings. Furthermore, very few experts would choose to stay in the outer rings. The truly strong ones would not lower themselves to stay in the shabby buildings in the outer rings. After the doors were opened, the night patrol proceeded to search the buildings.
As for those who had refused to open their doors, their doors were opened forcefully by Black Armor with his medallion. Thanks to that, Su Yu was able to get a good look at the medallion.
He noted that when the medallion was used, it would release some dark light before easily opening the locked doors. They refrained from killing, but they did give the ones who had refused to open their doors a beating before proceeding with their search.
It was not worth killing these people for something like that. The more they killed, the more troublesome it would be. After all, each death would attract a death spirit. It wasn't like the medallions were omnipotent. If more than one death spirit appeared, they would have a hard time containing those death spirits even with their medallions.
***
"Why are they still sticking together?"
Su Yu continued following them while gnashing his teeth impatiently. After thinking about it, a new idea emerged in his mind. So many experts had left their base of operations. In that case, were there any experts left?
He did not have the chance to check when he was there earlier. He also remembered that the mystic armors had kept their door open at all times...
Should he...go there and kill a few mystic armors first? But he was worried that he would attract some death spirits. That would be troublesome.
"So be it. Since you guys are doing things in such an orderly fashion, let me introduce some chaos into the mix."
If he really did trigger the appearance of death spirits, he only needed to run for a bit. The most dangerous aspect of a death spirit was its death qi. His confidence stemmed from the fact that he was capable of countering death qi.
Having made up his mind, Su Yu started moving away. It was pointless for him to stay here. Most of the people staying in the outer rings were the weaker cultivators. These people did not have the ability to even resist the search. Things would remain in order for quite a while. In that case, he had no choice but to create some chaos for them.
***
After about ten minutes, Su Yu was back at the mystic armor headquarters.
Even under the dark sky, several individuals were still standing guard near the entrance. Unlike how it was during the day, they were now standing behind the entrance even if the door was still left wide open.
Sure enough, even these people were afraid of the night. By standing behind the door, they could shut it promptly in the event of danger. This was the twenty-fourth ring. The doors here couldn't be unlocked that easily.
Su Yu turned into a gust of wind and drifted over. The guards were merely Skysoars. There was no way they could detect him. In the blink of an eye, he was inside the manor.
The manor was rather big. Right after going through the main entrance, he was welcomed by a courtyard surrounded by rooms. Here, he could finally sense the existence of one Mountainsea, three Cloudbreaches, and twelve Skysoars in the manor.
The mystic armor race had indeed invested heavily in this city. In total, they had deployed about six Mountainseas and twenty Cloudbreaches here. This was a force powerful enough to command an army of a hundred thousand soldiers in Great Xia.
"If I kill inside a building after shutting the door, will the death spirits still appear?"
Su Yu was unsure. After all, he had no experience with this. Not even the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had mentioned anything about that. A new idea came to Su Yu's mind. He stood near the entrance and stabbed his finger, producing a drop of blood. A dark figure flickered into existence right outside the manor.
"Hmm?"
The guards noticed the figure as well. One of them asked doubtfully, "Why is a death spirit here? What is it doing here?"
"Is it trying to enter?"
The guards were confused. Why was this death spirit lingering outside the manor? The death spirit continued to remain outside the manor. It tried entering several times, but a faint layer of dark light was obstructing it.
The guards did not shut the door, but shortly after, the Mountainsea came out from one of the rooms. Su Yu hurriedly hid his presence when the Mountainsea arrived. With a slight glimmer in his eyes, the Mountainsea looked outside and asked, "What's going on? Why is the death spirit staying here? Did anyone bleed accidentally while cultivating?"
"Nope!"
"We weren't cultivating."
The other mystic armors who were staying in the other rooms walked out one after another and denied it. Everyone knew that it was a bad idea to bleed in an ancient city. That would only end up catching the attention of the death spirits.
"This is odd."
The Mountainsea was feeling very doubtful. If it wasn't blood, what was going on here?
"This death spirit is only a Skysoar so it doesn't matter. It will leave soon. Stay alert. A Skysoar death spirit can't enter our building, but that's not the case for a Mountainsea. If you see a Mountainsea, shut the door immediately."
"Lord, should we just shut the door now?"
It was still risky to keep the door open in case a stronger death spirit appeared. With the door shut, only the top-tier death spirits could enter. The Mountainsea started hesitating. That wasn't a bad idea.
But every race stationed in the city had its own reputation to uphold. And keeping the door open was one of the ways to do so. Of course, in front of a real crisis, reputation was nothing.
"In that case...do it."
Ultimately, the Mountainsea decided to shut the door. In any case, it was the middle of the night. Nobody would notice it anyway. The four guards were relieved to hear that. To speak the truth, it was quite a scary experience to have a death spirit floating right outside the building.
Su Yu learned a lot from this little episode. The door slowly swung shut. Right before the door was completely shut, Su Yu swallowed a drop of Mountainsea blood, opened his yang acupoint halfway, and activated his character technique. A blinding saber ray appeared. The Mountainsea reacted instantly and threw a punch. However, it was too late.
The little furball shot out. The mystic armor race was a race of warriors, not cultural researchers. Their seas of willpower weren't particularly powerful. With a crack, the furball chomped into the Mountainsea's sea of willpower. That stunned the Mountainsea momentarily, during which Su Yu's blade descended.
Boom!
A crack appeared on the Mountainsea's armor. The saber instantly transformed into a hammer. With a rumble, it vibrated over ten days and broke the sea of willpower into pieces. The hammer transformed back into a saber again before stabbing into the Mountainsea's heart.
With a pop, the black metallic heart was destroyed. Everything had happened instantly. Before anyone could react, the Mountainsea was already dead.
"Shut and guard the door."
Su Yu sent a voice transmission to the furball. He was going to trap them all inside before dealing with them. The four guards couldn't even react before they all collapsed onto the ground. The little furball had killed them all with a single strike.
Finally, the door slammed shut. Right at that moment, several death spirits appeared outside. Rumbling sounds rang out as they knocked on the door. They were trying to enter.
Su Yu could not spare them any attention. He used all his strength and activated his character technique. His physical strength had been pushed to the Mountainsea Realm.
With a punch, a Cloudbreach was blasted apart. Then, he turned around and sent his leg through a Cloudbreach who was charging his way.
The final Cloudbreach tried to escape, but he had only moved several meters when the little furball penetrated his sea of willpower with a flicker. Despite his appearance, the little furball was a Cloudbreach from an ancient race and a descendant of a Pseudo Emperor. These regular mystic armors were incomparable to an existence like him.
The Mountainsea and Cloudbreaches died one after another. That left the remaining Skysoars shivering in fear. They couldn't even flee. Having dealt with the stronger opponents, Su Yu turned into wind and cut through the remaining mystic armors. The ground was slowly being dyed in the color of blood.
Finally, all the mystic armors in the courtyard were dead. Only then did a bloodstained Su Yu reappear in his human form. His blood character activated and absorbed all the blood in the area while he took all the corpses into his storage ring. Follow current novels on novel·fıre·net
Rumbling sounds could still be heard from the door. The death spirits were trying to break through. There were too many deaths and blood, greatly provoking the death spirits. But the door seemed rather sturdy as the death spirits were still kept outside.
Before Su Yu could even think of what to do next, a large amount of death qi surged into the manor.
The look in Su Yu's eyes changed as he muttered, "So death is coming from all directions."
Finally, he understood why it was such a bad idea to kill inside an ancient city. If he left the building, the death spirits would be waiting outside. If he remained inside, the manor would slowly be flooded with death qi. With enough time, the death qi would kill him.
Su Yu started releasing heavenly source qi to counteract the death qi around him. At the same time, a cloud appeared out of nowhere and entered his body. It was yet another heavenly source qi reward, but Su Yu was quite pleased with it this time.
Circumstances had changed, so his mind had naturally changed as well. The newly arrived heavenly source qi was greatly helpful against the death qi around him. He was dealing with the death qi relying on only the heavenly source qi. He hadn't even used the nine shining spheres he received after challenging the main gate.
He continued using heavenly source qi to wear the death qi down. He refused to believe that the death qi here was endless. Of course, leaving this place was still his biggest priority. He might have shut the door to kill without causing much commotion, but the sheer number of death spirits gathered outside was enough to tell the mystic armors that something had gone wrong.
"This is what I want, but the death spirits out there...are quite troublesome."
Su Yu rubbed his chin. How should he get rid of the death spirits? This was getting quite inconvenient. Was he supposed to stay here? Wouldn't that be the same as a turtle in a jar? His gaze landed on the little furball who was still standing guard behind the door.
When the little furball noticed Su Yu's gaze, he started trembling.
Rejection and despair filled his eyes. He could feel that Yummy was going to make him do something bad again!
No, rather than something bad, Yummy was going to make him do something dangerous!
Chapter 914: Lunatic (1)
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"Furball..."
"No!"
The little furball rejected Su Yu before he could even finish his sentence. The little furball was no fool. This was going to be very dangerous.
Su Yu smiled, "Don't be in a rush to say no. I can see that the death qi is unable to taint your body. You see, you have been staying with me all this time. Since you're immune to death qi, it is a great idea for you to be in charge of luring the death spirits away."
"No!"
The little furball continued refusing. He might be a ball, but he was scared of those things as well.
Su Yu thought about it and started searching his storage rings. Sure enough, he found an ancient city medallion in the storage ring of the recently deceased Mountainsea. A mark of the ancient city could be seen on it. Or to be precise, a map of the city could be seen on it.
A number could also be seen on the medallion. This was a medallion of the lowest level, one that only worked in the thirty-sixth ring.
"Can this be used against the death spirits in the twenty-fourth ring?"
Su Yu didn't even know how he was supposed to use these medallions. But he was quite impressed. The mystic armors seemed to have gathered quite a lot of ancient city medallions.
Outside, the death spirits were still knocking on the door. Su Yu wasted no time and entered the rooms inside the manor before taking everything he saw. He was not about to leave anything for the mystic amors.
After being stationed in the city for so many years, the mystic armors had accumulated a considerable amount of wealth. Su Yu wasn't even bothered to check what he was taking. His sole goal was to take anything that looked even remotely valuable.
By the time he was done, his entire body was emitting a bright golden radiance. His seventeenth body forging was on the verge of completion. After killing that Mountainsea and receiving the heavenly reward, his progress had increased significantly. Additionally, his body had also strengthened considerably. Thus, the death qi was no longer as big of a threat to him as long as he had enough heavenly source qi.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The knocking sounds on the door grew louder and louder. It was likely that an even more powerful death spirit had arrived. He had to leave now if he didn't want to end up trapped in the manor.
He should make his escape while there weren't that many death spirits out there. It also seemed like they were still quite limited in strength. If a Mountainsea death spirit had arrived, they might have broken through the door by now.
"Maybe I can try killing one or two of them..."
But he immediately gave up on that thought. Why should he even do that? He should be keeping them around instead. Not everyone had unlimited access to heavenly source qi like him. Not even the immortals. Sure, they had their holy lands rich with heavenly source qi, but how much heavenly source qi would they take with them?
If the number of death spirits increased, Su Yu would be troubled. But others would be troubled even more. He could even make use of them to keep his opponents occupied while he was fleeing.
"Tonight, I will fill the streets with death spirits!"
Once again, Su Yu looked at the little furball and said, "Furball, go out and keep them for a bit. I only need a single moment. The next time I receive willpower as heavenly reward, you can have the entire reward."
"Really?"
The little furball blinked. Was that for real?
"Yes!"
Instantly, the little furball nodded his head, or to be precise, nodded his entire body in agreement. He shall do battle for the sake of food!
Su Yu inhaled deeply, raised his ancient city medallion, and covered his entire body with heavenly source qi before opening the door.
Four death spirits appeared before him. Several beams of death qi were instantly unleashed upon him. But as the door was not fully opened, most of the death qi was blocked. Only a tiny bit got in through the gap.
The little furball shot through the gap and fled into the distance. Three of the death spirits proceeded to give chase while one remained in front of the door.
Suddenly, Su Yu rushed out and threw a punch wrapped in heavenly source qi. The death spirit was sent flying by the punch. As the heavenly source qi came in contact with the death spirit, hissing sounds rang out repeatedly as the heavenly source qi clashed against the death qi on the death spirit's body. An unsettling roar rang out from the death spirit's mouth.
But at that moment, Su Yu was already gone. Almost immediately, more death spirits appeared in the area. One of them was much larger than the rest, and it also seemed to be quite strong.
The death qi density in the area skyrocketed.
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Chaos had arrived.
Some of the living beings hiding in the buildings of the city started trembling with fear. A battle had broken out on the streets! Even death spirits had appeared.
An ancient city was not that easy to provoke. If a death spirit failed to kill the offender, stronger death spirits would appear in succession until the offender was either dead or gone. There was also the third alternative where a high-level medallion was used to send all the death spirits away.
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At the same time.
Outer rings.
Final Armor suddenly looked toward the middle rings of the city. Under the dark night, a certain location seemed to be much darker than usual. The death qi density there seemed to be much higher as well.
Red light erupted from his eyes as he asked, "That's the location of our headquarters, right?"
A Mountainsea beside him nodded, "Yes."
"What happened?" Final Armor asked solemnly, "The death qi there is very thick. Did some death spirits appear?"
He looked at the experts around him and ordered one of them, "Broken Armor, go take a look."
"Yes, Lord."
Dao Cheng hurriedly spoke, "No, do not split up."
He also looked in the direction of the disturbance and solemnly said, "Be careful lest this is a trick to separate us from each other. Whatever happened there has already happened. If we separate now, we will only give our enemy the chance to deal with us separately."
He suddenly thought of something and took out an index copy. He noted that Su Yu's rank was still the same. Since this wasn't Su Yu's first time killing a Mountainsea, his rank did not change.
As for the mystic armors, they didn't have any ranked genius among the ones left in the headquarters. Or to be precise, thanks to Su Yu, there was no longer any ranked genius among the entire mystic armor race. Thus, they were unable to determine anything from the index copy.
With a frown, Dao Cheng looked toward the direction of the disturbance again. Several characters appeared above his palm as he performed a quick divination. Shortly after, he said, "Do not go. It is very inauspicious."
Final Armor said, "That's our base of operations. We still have a lot of elites in there."
Cloudbreaches and Mountainseas could be considered elites wherever they went. It would be too big of a loss if all of them were dead. Their previous losses were already big enough, with the deaths of their Sunmoon and two index geniuses. They could not afford to suffer more losses.
Dao Cheng asked, "Does the mystic armor race know any soul gathering arts?
"No."
Final Armor shook his head, "Only some of our Sunmoons will leave a part of their souls back in our ancestral lands. Those parts will disperse at the death of their owners."
In that case, there wasn't even a way for them to determine if those left in the headquarters were still alive. Meanwhile, the death qi density around their headquarters continued increasing.
Final Armor made a different decision, "Black Armor, have the night patrol check."
After a slight hesitation, Black Armor nodded and ordered two mounted Cloudbreaches to go and check.
Dao Cheng inhaled deeply and said, "Let us continue. If something really happened there, it might be Su Yu or some other humans."
He glanced at the random human they captured and said, "Continue capturing any human we come across."
"Is there a point?" Final Armor asked doubtfully, "Holding these weaklings hostage against Su Yu? Will this even work?"
"There's no harm in trying. Human emotions are quite complicated. At times, nobody can understand how their minds work."
Beside him, Jiu Xuan offered, "Big Brother Dao Cheng, should I go to the middle ring and check as well?"
"No."
Dao Cheng rejected it unhesitatingly. His divination had produced an inauspicious result. In fact, that had happened twice today. Jiu Xuan might be strong, but she wasn't necessarily Su Yu's match. There was no need to take that risk.
Dao Cheng urged, "Let's continue. Slowly close in deeper into the city and keep Su Yu trapped. Even if we don't manage to capture him, we need to keep him trapped in the city. If we can do that, it is only a matter of time before he dies or becomes a permanent resident."
And the moment Su Yu became a permanent resident of an ancient city, he would stop being a threat to them.
"Have the night patrol shut all the gates. There are only nine gates in total. As long as we keep the gates under our control, we can take turns watching over the gates and drag it out until Su Yu is no longer a threat."
Basically, they were trying to turn Su Yu into a turtle in a jar.
Final Armor hesitated to proceed with that plan, "What if the humans send some experts over..."
"Don't worry. Zheng Ping is on his way back after rescuing Huang Teng. This return trip won't be an easy one. If the humans end up deploying reinforcements, those reinforcements will be focused on helping Zheng Ping and Huang Teng. They will be too occupied to come here as well. We only need to keep this up for no more than ten days. That will be enough to cripple Su Yu's prospects."
"What about the mayor?"
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Dao Cheng smiled, "It's fine. I'll deliver some heavenly source qi over to the mayor tomorrow to help with the death qi in his body. The mayor will not interfere."
Final Armor nodded, "I can still control the night patrol somewhat, but the guards stationed at the gates are under the direct command of the mayor. They are known as the Heavendoom Guard. I hope there won't be any conflict with them."
Dao Cheng said, "That won't be an issue. I believe the mayor is smart enough to make the right choice when the immortals are involved. Even if he wants to subordinate himself to the humans, he has to see if the immortals will allow it."
Final Armor said nothing else. If this immortal was so confident, so be it. He was only worried that they would offend the mayor with all the disturbance they were causing. Inviting the mayor's displeasure would still cause them some trouble while they were still inside the city.
Suddenly, the distant death qi increased exponentially in density.
"Roar!"
A roar of a death spirit reverberated in the air. Not far away, Black Armor shook slightly as he exclaimed, "The night patrol I deployed earlier are dead."
"Dead?"
Final Armor was alarmed. Two Cloudbreaches were dead!
How brazen! Everyone in the night patrol was a resident of the city. Killing a resident in an ancient city would spawn a large number of death spirits. Who was the lunatic who had done something like that?
Was it Su Yu? Not even Su Yu would be able to handle so many death spirits. This was not wise at all.
Dao Cheng was still calm. He said, "Commander Black Armor, deploy more night patrol members over. Let him kill to his heart's content."
So Su Yu loved killing? Fine. He might have been carrying some heavenly source fruits on him. That was probably the reason for his confidence in facing the death spirits. But it didn't matter. If he killed enough, even Mountainsea or Sunmoon death spirits might appear. There was no surviving that.
Even Dao Cheng himself would have a very difficult time against a Mountainsea death spirit. To survive, he would have no choice but to flee the city.
Looking at Final Armor, he added, "Get the night patrol to take over the control of all the city gates. Do it immediately."
"Fine." Final Armor roared his orders, "Black Armor, contact our people and gather around all the city gates. We will be taking over the control. Inform the Heavendoom Guard that an explanation will be given to the mayor."
"Yes!"
Black Armor said nothing else and started heading toward the city gates with the night patrol.