Chapter 927: Self Rescue, Confusion (2)
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Su Yu decided to offer them a bullshit price as well. He did not promise that the corpses would still have any blood in them. It wouldn't be his fault if they somehow misunderstood his offer.
He had already calculated the value of all those things. They were worth two hundred thousand merit points at most. That was the limit.
As for the three medallions he had, they were all outer ring medallions. Even the best medallion he had was only a twenty-sixth ring medallion. They weren't too useful for him as they were only effective against Skysoar death spirits.
Nevertheless, each ancient city medallion was a rare item so Su Yu judged that they were worth around a hundred thousand merit points. All in all, he was offering the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion three hundred thousand merit points. For origınal chapters go to N0velFire.ɴet
As for the hundred drops of Mountainsea blood essence he requested, that would require them to kill ten Mountainsea death spirits. There was no way this offer was going to be accepted. This was merely part of the haggling process.
Soon, a reply came, "Apart from Mountainsea blood essence, we can get you the other blood essence you asked for."
"Bullshit. I'm offering things worth millions of merit points. Are you going to give me only a few drops of Skysoar and Cloudbreach blood essence for that?"
"You must have extracted all the blood essence from those corpses, right?"
"They're not exactly completely dried out. Do you want them or not?"
"Add a drop of Mountainsea blood essence..."
"Bullshit. I'm your big customer. Just check your records and see how much you have earned from me during the past few days? A big spender like me is very hard to find. Learn to feel some gratitude. Fine, fine, I'll eat a loss and add the corpses of Silver Armor and Flame Armor as well. Is that agreeable?"
"They're still alive."
"Not for long."
"You might as well offer us an Invincible corpse if you're going to be making empty promises like that."
Su Yu replied, "Is there no entrepreneurial spirit in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? Fine. If I really fail to kill them, you can have my corpse instead. I'll probably be dead anyway if I fail to kill them. In that situation, you may have my corpse."
"..."
The masked man was rendered speechless. Offering up his corpse. But would that fellow even die with his corpse intact?
The masked man looked at his elder again. The faceless elder took a look at the chat history. After a long silence, he said, "Ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence for the corpses of Silver Amor, Flame Armor, and all the things he offered previously. That's the best deal we can give him. If he dies, we will be there to collect his corpse."
The two Mountainsea corpses, with one of them being a sixth-stage Mountainsea, were worth more than a hundred thousand merit points. Including everything else Su Yu was offering, they could get about five hundred thousand merit points from this deal.
Selling ten drops of Mountainsea death spirit blood essence at such a price wasn't exactly profitable, but it was no loss either. After all, the death spirits were much harder to kill than the mystic armors.
Even an early Mountainsea death spirit would be much harder to kill than Silver Armor. Since Su Yu was offering even his corpse, this deal was acceptable. If he really ended up dying, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would definitely be there to collect the corpse. One should never doubt this.
After all, the entire conversation had been recorded. Su Yu himself had sold his corpse. Even if the immortals were the killers, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would still have the courage to collect the corpse from the immortals. Su Yu's corpse would most definitely contain numerous secrets.
The masked man was surprised. The elder had actually agreed.
***
A short while later, Su Yu received a reply. They agreed to the deal. He was overjoyed. Exchanging a pile of garbage for some death spirit blood essence was totally worth it. This was a good deal.
He knew very well just how difficult Mountainsea death spirits were to kill. Finally, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had performed a comparatively fair transaction with him. He considered all his previous transactions with them a scam.
"How should we complete this transaction? They're keeping watch outside my building."
"It's fine. We will notify you through the index copy. You only need to open the door for a split second."
"That won't give Final Armor and the others a chance to barge in, right?"
"If that happens, we are willing to kill them for free."
"Deal!"
What else could he say if the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was even willing to make such a promise? He only needed to prepare himself. Then again, he reminded himself to never fully trust the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. This organization was looking more and more mysterious to him. Even the blood essence of death spirits was being sold by them.
It was obvious that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had killed some death spirits before. How gutsy!
He started making his preparations. As for the so-called opportunity that one might find inside an ancient city building, he couldn't be bothered to even look for it. He could get opportunities through killing. Why waste his time looking for these incredibly rare ancient building opportunities?
Furthermore, something everyone could look for would most certainly not be anything good.
A new thought emerged in Su Yu's mind as he wrote on his index copy again, "Provide a list of names for me. I want the name of everyone in the city. I only need to know their names, cultivation levels, and races."
"Everyone?"
"Yes."
"Do you want a constantly updated list or a fixed list?"
"Constantly updated list. I only want to know about those at the Cloudbreach Realm and above. Forget about everyone else."
"Three hundred thousand merit points. Thank you for your patronage."
"..."
Su Yu was starting to tire of this. Had he worked so hard all this time just to funnel everything he had earned to the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion? Then again, it was quite surprising that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was willing to even sell such information.
Gnashing his teeth, Su Yu replied, "A hundred thousand. That's already a very good price."
He would do something big this time. If he succeeded, he would gain even more strength. If he failed, he would restart from scratch. Or perhaps he wouldn't even get the chance to restart. In that case, he might as well spend some money to buy all the advantages he could get.
By knowing the exact identities of the people in the city, he could even target suitable individuals to kill and gain more heavenly rewards. Looking for opportunities inside the buildings in the city? No. For Su Yu, the visitors of the city were the biggest source of opportunities.
"Deal. We will provide only their names, races, and cultivation levels. Nothing else."
"No problem. Are you guys able to even receive our merit points?"
"Yes. You can also provide us an unnamed merit card if you want."
"Sure."
"..."
Once again, a deal was reached between them.
***
In the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, the masked man exclaimed, "Elder, this guy is really rich. Up until now, he has spent nearly a million human merit points with us. And it has only been a few days since he started dealing with us."
What was a big customer? Su Yu would be the perfect example of that. In fact, even when transacting with Sunmoons, very few of them could actually transact in such massive volumes. Additionally, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had also earned a large profit from the immortals when they bought Su Yu's information.
Generally, regardless of the race one was from, only Sunmoons and Invincibles would be able to afford transactions worth a million human merit points. In fact, not even early Sunmoons could necessarily afford such a level of transaction.
The faceless elder smiled, "This is only the beginning. If that brat survives this, he will transact even more with us. This is a stable and large customer. You need to maintain your long term relationship with him well."
"I understand."
The masked man was starting to grow excited. He vowed to take good care of his relationship with this customer. After all, masked individuals like them were entitled to some commission from their sales.
The bigger the transaction was, the more commission they would receive. In fact, these geniuses were the favorite customers of the many masked individuals in the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
***
Having reached an agreement with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, Su Yu started waiting for the arrival of their people. He couldn't help but mutter that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was basically the delivery service of the Allheaven Battlefield.
They had the courage to deliver their products regardless of venue. What a gutsy bunch. How did the myriad races manage to tolerate them for so many years? How did they survive until now?
Were the core members from the ancient times still around or had they been constantly replenishing their members, with only the name of the organization remaining unchanging? While Su Yu was waiting, more and more death qi covered the immediate surroundings of his building.
It was still daytime, yet something unusual happened. A large number of death spirits appeared out of nowhere and surrounded the building.
Final Armor rushed out of his building, his expression changing.
"Who is it?"
Dao Cheng and the others walked out as well. They hastily surrounded Su Yu's building. Next, a masked white figure appeared among the death spirits.
"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is here to make a delivery. Please excuse me, everyone."
"Impudent!" Dao Cheng roared, "Is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion trying to interfere? Does the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion really think that it's untouchable?"
"Please forgive me. I will leave shortly."
The masked individual proceeded to complete the transaction with Su Yu while surrounded by a bunch of death spirits. While completing the transaction, he spoke, "I'm not taking Su Yu away. I'm only here to deliver some stuff. It's not like Su Yu can afford the price of our protection. Lord Immortal Dao Cheng, please calm your anger."
"Bastard!"
Dao Cheng was furious. Did the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion think of this as a game? This was too excessive.
Finally, the transaction was completed. Without saying anything else, the masked individual left with the group of death spirits.
Dao Cheng snorted coldly.
Following his snort, a spatial crack appeared right in front of the masked individual. At the same time, Final Armor reached out and sent the death spirits flying. It was no big deal to kill the people of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion as long as the benefit was great enough. They all wanted to know about the recently concluded transaction between the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and Su Yu.
They didn't even need to worry about the consequences as everyone wanted to kill the people from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Like Topsoil Spirit said, some of them were carrying those index copies on them just for the sake of killing these Heavenly Hunt Pavilion members.
Rumble!
The masked individual sent a palm strike out and crushed Final Armor's attack. Then, the masked individual laughed and said, "We do not intend to interfere. Su Yu did not hire us to kill all of you. Furthermore, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion does not wish to become anyone's enemy. Final Armor, why bother stopping me?"
"Damn it!"
Final Armor cursed. Next, the masked individual vanished into thin air. As for Dao Cheng's spatial crack, well, he had canceled it himself. The masked individual had nonchalantly tossed a random death spirit toward the crack, forcing Dao Cheng to withdraw his attack. He didn't wish to kill more death spirits and create even more trouble for himself. And he could sense just how strong the masked individual was. It was pointless.
Both Dao Cheng and Final Armor had unsightly expressions. Meanwhile, the numerous geniuses who were spectating in different buildings were looking at them mockingly. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was truly fearless. They had actually delivered their product even in the middle of an active confrontation.
As for Su Yu, he was clicking his tongue with amazement.
It would seem like he had not paid the price for nothing. Sure, it was expensive, but it was worth it. Of course, the death spirit blood essence needed to work or all this would be a complete waste. Several unique bottles appeared in his hand.
The moment the blood essence left its bottle, Su Yu felt a powerful corrosive power filling the room.
"Can this thing even be consumed?"
Even someone who was never picky with his food like Su Yu was hesitating. Could this be eaten? Damn it. He couldn't bring himself to consume it. He had purchased five drops of Skysoar blood essence, five drops of Cloudbreach blood essence, and ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence in total.
With a drop of Skysoar blood essence in hand, hissing sounds rang out as the blood essence started corroding his palm. Su Yu was feeling greatly troubled. This was only the Skysoar Realm, yet it was already so tricky to deal with.
And he had to stuff something like this into his mouth? Would his entire mouth rot away? He took out some heavenly source qi and allowed his palm to recover. Then, he chased the little furball out of his sea of willpower. The little fellow hurriedly dashed into the midst of his hair and refused to come out.
He would rather die than swallow that smelly thing. That thing was so disgusting.
"Do you want to give it a try?"
The little furball did not answer. Instead, he tried to run back into Su Yu's sea of willpower. He refused to compromise! The furball race was also a race with dignity! He would not lower himself to eat something like that!
"This is very expensive. It's even more expensive than divine and devil blood essence. But since you refuse, so be it."
With a smile, Su Yu swallowed the drop of blood essence.
Hisss!
A sound reminiscent of a piece of hot iron being submerged in water rang out. At the same time, it also sounded similar to the sound one would hear when pouring water into hot oil. Almost instantly, half his tongue rotted away. Intense pain assaulted him.
Clenching his teeth, Su Yu started exhausting a large amount of heavenly source qi while keeping the Flesh Regrow technique active. Inside his sea of willpower, the golden book started flipping rapidly. This process seemed to be taking much longer than usual.
Finally, when Su Yu was convinced he was going to fail, a bright golden light erupted from the book and absorbed all the death qi in his body.
A brand new page was activated.
Death spirit (Sixth-stage Skysoar)
Racial abilities: Deathlight Beam (activation with blood essence)
Foundation source art: Source Acupoint Reversal (activation with blood essence)
Foundation soul art: None
Foundation body forging art: None
Chapter 928: Self Rescue, Confusion (3)
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A new page had been activated!
Su Yu's full attention was grabbed by what he saw, to the point he even forgot about the pain in his mouth. He was surprised to see the contents of the new page. At the Skysoar Realm, everyone should already have a body forging art. But evidently, this was not the case for the death spirits.
Also, could the death spirits even be considered a race? As for the so-called Deathlight Beam, it was probably the rays of death qi the death spirits had been busy sending his way. So that was their racial ability?
It was so simple. The most interesting part was their foundation source art: Source Acupoint Reversal. Su Yu could guess how the art worked just from its name. This was his first time seeing something like this.
Source acupoints were in charge of providing one with a supply of source qi. The stronger they were, the more powerful one's source qi and life force would be. Was the reversal of source acupoints the origin of death qi?
Since the page was already active, Su Yu did not waste his time guessing. Instead, he consumed another drop of blood essence. After a short moment, he pushed his palm out and released a beam of death qi.
Boom!
The beam struck the wall, leaving a gray mark behind. Once again, Su Yu consumed a drop of blood essence.
Source Acupoint Reversal!
All 360 of his acupoints suddenly reversed. His entire body dried up while death qi started leaking out of his eyes. The source qi circulating in his body was instantly replaced by death qi. He immediately ended the process.
"This...is so harmful for the body."
He felt as though he had just suffered from a grave illness. He hurriedly absorbed heavenly source qi to kickstart his recovery. After a long while, he spat a mouthful of dark blood out. He had harmed himself attempting the reversal, but he also discovered something odd.
This art was different from regular arts which would allow the user to open a certain number of acupoints. Rather, it would reverse one's acupoints regardless of the number of acupoints opened.
Strictly speaking, it could be considered a supplementary art. Yet this was the foundation art of the death spirits. What did that signify?
The death spirits already had their acupoints even prior to the cultivation of this art. In that case, was the difference in the strength of different death spirits a result of the number of acupoints opened prior to the cultivation of this art?
"In that case, it is highly likely that these death spirits are former living beings. Their acupoints were already opened prior to their conversion. This art merely serves to provide them with the ability to reverse their acupoints and release death qi..."
"How unfortunate. It is too harmful for the body."
And that was only the Skysoar blood essence. What if he activated the art with Mountainsea blood essence? Could he even end the process after that? This felt highly similar to the yang acupoint. It was a trump card that would greatly harm him.
"No...I don't need to fight. What if I disguise myself as a death spirit instead?"
His biggest issue was all the death spirits constantly tailing him. Could he disguise himself as a death spirit after reversing his acupoints? Would the death spirits assume that he was a death spirit and stop bothering him?
If he could be the only person immune to the death spirits...holy shit! He could totally spawn even more death spirits, flooding the entire city with death spirits. He would be fine, so why should he care? Meanwhile, everyone else would suffer from that.
The more he thought, the brighter his eyes became. Source Acupoint Reversal. This was a brand new art. He was still fine even after a single activation. He believed he would remain fine even if he attempted another activation. Furthermore, there was no need to consume blood essence to activate the art a second time.
As for the Mountainsea blood essence he purchased, it would only allow him to release death qi attacks at the level of a Mountainsea. This should work.
"Disguising myself as a death spirit..."
Su Yu muttered to himself. A certain understanding slowly dawned on him. In this city, neither he, the mayor, or anyone else was the true dominant party. Rather, it was the death spirits. They were the actual masters of the city. When he became one of them, he no longer needed to fear anything.
He suddenly dragged the furball off his hair and said, "Furball, stay here. I'm going out for a stroll. If I leave just like this, the building will turn into an unoccupied building. I need you to stay here and keep it occupied."
"Are you abandoning me?"
The little furball seemed unwilling. He was quite afraid of staying here himself.
"Cut the crap. I'll be back. I'm only going out to test something." Su Yu stood up and said, "I need to lure more death spirits over and create more chaos. They all believe that I'm all alone. Thus, they won't suspect my absence if this building remains occupied."
Everyone believed that Su Yu had arrived alone. But that was false. He had arrived with an individual that could be considered an independent living being. Furthermore, that individual was a part of an ancient race.
He could sneak out and those people wouldn't suspect anything when they saw that the building was still occupied. He was itching to test the effect of turning himself into a death spirit.
If it could really bamboozle the death spirits...Su Yu grinned. If that were the case, would he still need to fear anything in an ancient city?
Holy shit!
If it worked, those people wouldn't even dare to attack him even when he was standing right in front of him. While they ignored him, thinking that he was a death spirit, he could totally draw his blade and give them a really nice surprise.
The calm character activated and calmed his killing intent. He couldn't fully remove his killing intent, but a suitable amount was no big deal since it was perfectly normal for a death spirit to carry some killing intent on it.
At this moment, Su Yu's eyes were so bright they were blinding. He seemed to have discovered something amazing. This thing he discovered was even better than the so-called opportunities one could find in these ancient buildings. He started praising the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion in his mind. Those masked fellows sure were nice. That transaction with them was totally worth it.
He couldn't move out with the index copy due to its tracking ability. He decided to leave it on the little furball.
Creating chaos...
A new idea emerged in his mind as he started madly attacking the insides of the building. Some of the things were indestructible, but some other things were destroyed. Due to the destruction, more death spirits appeared outside the building.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The knocking on his door intensified.
***
"Has he gone mad?"
The people outside were stunned. What was Su Yu doing this time? How many death spirits had he lured over? Did he bleed himself inside or did he go crazy and start smashing the things inside the building?
The area in front of the door was already stuffed full of death spirits. And even more death spirits were arriving.
Thirty death spirits, thirty-one death spirits...
The death spirits continued knocking on the door. If this was a building in the outer rings, the death spirits would have broken through long ago.
Final Armor and the others watched on. After a while, Final Armor clenched his teeth and said, "Is he trying to create chaos with so many death spirits before slipping away?"
Dao Cheng frowned and said, "With so many death spirits, even if he has some heavenly source qi on him, he will still turn into a withered corpse upon exposure to them."
Suddenly, the door swung open. A ray of blade light shot out.
Boom!
Several death spirits were sent flying.
"The fuck are you knocking for?"
After a loud curse, the door slammed shut again. When Final Armor and the others looked over, the door was already shut. The signboard on it still indicated that the building was occupied.
"Madman."
Even Final Armor couldn't help but admit that this was a madman. After luring so many death spirits over, he even dared to open his door to sneak an attack on them. That human had gone completely crazy.
The death spirits who were sent flying wobbled back up on their feet. Around them, a few more death spirits appeared. This was normal since Su Yu had gone mad and attacked the death spirits. Nobody noticed that one of these death spirits was slightly different from the others.
Su Yu's disguise was almost perfect. Due to the ability of the shadow race, he was able to cloak himself in darkness like the death spirits. He was also emitting clouds of death qi as he drifted about, looking completely the same as any other death spirit.
Thanks to his calm and change characters, the Turtle Breath technique, and the ability of the shadow race, he was able to pull off this disguise. Of course, he was still not perfectly the same as a real death spirit. A real death spirit would have no life in their eyes since they were, well, dead.
As for Su Yu's eyes, it seemed sharp. There was life in them. Fortunately, nobody noticed that. Nobody would bother to meet the gaze of a death spirit, including the other death spirits. They seemed completely unbothered by this new companion in their midst.
Su Yu was in a great mood. As for the discomfort he was feeling from exposure to death qi and the harm it was inflicting on his body, that was not his concern. If he was willing to abandon the little furball, he could actually flee the city with none the wiser.
His successful escape would probably shock the Myriad Realms. He could simply leave silently. And by the time the people in the city got into the building, they would only discover a furball. Perhaps the furball would be dead. And an angry Pseudo Emperor would descend upon them. That was probably the smartest course of action for him to take.
But Su Yu did not intend to make that choice. He was not doing this just so he could flee.
"This feels great!"
The death qi was constantly torturing his body with intense pain, but he ignored it. Pain was nothing. As long as it wasn't strong enough to kill him, everything was fine. He considered this the fair price to pay to walk among the dead as part of the living. He turned his head and looked at the building opposite of his building.
As Dao Cheng had killed a death spirit previously, a few death spirits lingered outside their building. Su Yu was not too conspicuous among the death spirits. Instead of staying near the building the furball was in, he started drifting up and down the street. Due to his movement techniques, he was able to appear and reappear suddenly just like all the other death spirits.
He was quite surprised to see that Dao Cheng had left his door open. How brazen! Actual death spirits would be blocked from entering due to an incorporeal power surrounding all the ancient buildings. But that was not the case for an actual living being.
If Su Yu charged inside, those people would have nowhere to run. But he had to ensure that he could kill them before doing so.
It wasn't easy for him to discover this new disguise. He did not wish to expose his new disguise so soon. Checking the time, he noted that some of these people would need to leave the city soon.
Nearly three days had passed.
Some must leave while some remained to monitor him. Who would be the ones to leave? It was unlikely for Final Armor and Dao Cheng to leave. Was Jiu Xuan leaving? How about Silver Armor?
As for Flame Armor...when Su Yu looked over, he was rendered speechless. Did that guy turn himself into a resident? But the conversion was probably still ongoing, right? In that case, he would probably toss another bloodstained talisman out tonight, right?
What would happen if Su Yu was the one to pick up the talisman? Would the conversion fail? And then...Flame Armor would simply die just by waiting in the city. That was an idea that had appeared in Su Yu's mind when he first encountered the random elk. And now, the idea became further entrenched in his mind.
Flame Armor...this might serve as an excellent test subject. At the moment, Su Yu felt an unprecedented sense of freedom. He did not need any saving. He could save himself! Not only did he require no saving, he could even kill all these bastards! A price must be paid for their attempts on his life.
Sure, he was not Final Armor's match fighting head-on. But what if a weak death spirit were to suddenly attack Final Armor out of nowhere? Would that work? Could a third-stage Mountainsea kill a completely undefended ninth-stage Mountainsea? It was hard to say.
Generally, a ninth-stage Mountainsea would sense an approaching danger before its arrival. What if the calm character was added into the equation to calm that sense of danger? Wow, Great Zhou King was indeed a treacherous bastard for him to come up with such a character.
Su Yu couldn't help but reach that conclusion. The calm character of Great Zhou King was a lot more treacherous than his very own deceit character. This was basically the perfect character for sneak attacks. It could actually nullify an expert's ability to sense incoming dangers. What a dreadful character.
This thing was a lot scarier than even his concealment and movement abilities. This was the perfect example of why character masters were widely considered powerful. As Su Yu roamed the streets as a death spirit, the sky slowly turned dark again. He would welcome his third day in the city soon.
As he roamed the streets, he noted many familiar faces.
An Mintian. Killable.
Tianduo. Killable.
Qin Fang. Kil—wait. What in the world was this guy doing here?
Su Yu did not even check the latest message from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion before handing the index copy to the little furball. He had even taught the little fellow how to use the index copy. Since the little fellow was going to be idling around, perhaps he could kill some time by chatting with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
As long as the furball remained inside the building, Su Yu could care less about what the little fellow would say to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. For more chapters visıt novel·fıre·net
***
At the same time.
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
The masked man was losing his mind.
"Hey, I have a question. How do I get to eat the yummiest character of all?"
"..."
"Hey, answer me. How much food do I need to eat to not feel hungry ever again?"
"..."
"Hey, answer! Answer! Do you sell super uber yummy characters?"
"..."
The helpless masked man looked at his elder and asked, "Elder, has Su Yu gone mad?" That human was asking to buy some yummy characters. What the fuck was that? Had he gone mad? What type of character could be described with the word yummy? How was he supposed to know that?
As far as he knew, characters were only categorized by their levels. Could it be that characters were also categorized by their taste? He didn't know what to say.
After a short silence, the faceless elder said, "Just block him if he keeps asking these stupid questions. He must have gone crazy under the pressure."
Madman.
Crazy.
Yummy his ass!
Chapter 929: Confused Death (1)
Inside the ancient city.
Su Yu was moving about in the area while hesitating inwardly. What was he hesitating about? He wondered if his rank would increase again after killing someone. Wouldn't that expose his disguise almost immediately?
Would his rank rise after killing Jiu Xuan? Probably not, right? Jiu Xuan was probably not as strong as a third-stage Mountainsea. In that situation, it was likely that his rank would remain, right?
He was already eleventh on the Heaven Index. As long as he didn't kill anyone at the fourth-stage Mountainsea Realm and beyond, his rank would probably remain. In that situation, nobody would know that he was the actual culprit behind all the killings. He was only afraid that his rank would increase.
"Maybe I'll start with the weaker ones."
Su Yu was in no rush as he casually moved along the street. He could take it slow. He would eliminate these people slowly. In the event of a murder, the identity of a death spirit would be the least suspicious one. Very few people had the courage to even perform a scan on a death spirit lest they somehow provoke some unwanted trouble. And death qi was the best proof that one was a death spirit.
Eventually, the sky turned dark again. His third day in the city would arrive shortly.
Su Yu continued wandering along the streets as he tried to check if he had any other enemies in the city, such as more immortals or mystic armors that were not camped around the little furball's building.
Martial law had been imposed upon the city. The mayor had also advised the residents and visitors against going outdoors unless necessary. Thus, very few people could be seen on the streets.
As Su Yu roamed the streets, he soon saw a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
That was one of the individuals who had tried to kill Wu Qi and Huang Teng. The devil Wu Qi killed for her advancement back then seemed to be his younger brother. In fact, this person was the main instigator for the hunt Tianduo ultimately launched against Huang Teng and Wu Qi in the first place.
How courageous of him to actually roam the streets alone. From how he was behaving, he seemed to be looking for an unoccupied building containing one of the so-called opportunities one could find in ancient cities.
"Mo Erba!"
Su Yu sank into thought. Should he kill this fellow? He did not know if there were more devil experts in the city. He only knew that Mo Duona was around. And that fellow was incredibly strong. Su Yu firmly believed that Mo Duona would be an even more difficult opponent than Final Armor.
Mo Duona might not be stronger than Final Armor in terms of absolute strength, but he definitely had a lot of trump cards and unique abilities.
Su Yu himself was the perfect example of such an individual. He might not be stronger than Silver Armor in absolute strength, but Silver Armor was incomparable to him in terms of trump cards and tricks up their sleeves. This was the difference between an ordinary person and a genius.
"Mo Erba..."
Su Yu continued drifting along the streets, staying not far away from Mo Erba. The devil also noticed the lone death spirit on the street. He glanced at the death spirit cautiously and shot into a nearby unoccupied building. Clearly, he did not want to get entangled with a death spirit.
It was widely known that these death spirits operated in accordance with a certain set of rules. For the most part, as long as one avoided provoking them, the death spirits would also leave one alone.
Meanwhile, Su Yu continued moving up the street before stopping right outside Mo Erba's building. Mo Erba was probably trying to wait until the death spirit was gone before coming out again.
Su Yu wondered if Mo Erba would enjoy being greeted by a Soul Expanding Hammer instead of an empty street upon leaving the building. He personally believed that Mo Erba would love that.
As a fourth-stage Cloudbreach, Mo Erba was by no means a weakling. Without enough strength, he wouldn't dare to join the hunt against a Yellow Index genius like Wu Qi. Unfortunately for him, the Yellow Index was nothing for Su Yu.
Su Yu only hoped that he wouldn't get a heavenly reward for killing this fellow. No matter what, this fellow was still a Yellow Index genius. There was a possibility that the heavens would still decide to reward him for the kill.
"I need to hammer him back into the building in one strike before killing him in there. That way, the heavenly reward will appear inside the building. Nobody will notice that."
Having made up his mind, Su Yu activated his calm character. Mo Erba's sense of crisis started weakening. An invisible hammer appeared in Su Yu's hand. He raised it and aimed straight at the door. The moment Mo Erba stepped out, he would be hammered right back into the building. Then, Su Yu would enter and finish the job.
Perfect!
***
Inside the ancient building.
Mo Erba was uninterested in an outer ring building like this. Thus, he didn't even bother to search the building. After listening attentively for a bit, he confirmed that there were no sounds of movement outside. After a short wait, he opened the door slightly.
He stretched his hand out. Still, he felt no danger. He exhaled in relief. Good. Everything would be fine as long as the death spirit was gone. Inside these ancient cities, the death spirits were the biggest danger. Very few people would choose to kill inside ancient cities as that would only attract death spirits. Since no danger was detected, he decided to leave the building.
Tianduo and the others were still waiting around Su Yu's building, but he was uninterested in that. Su Yu was too terrifying. That human had killed even Mountainseas. Mo Erba did not want to get involved in that.
Since he was already in an ancient city, the best use of his time was to try his luck at these so-called opportunities. He opened the door all the way and lifted his leg to take a step forward.
Instantly, his vision blurred. Before he could react, a soundless hammer slammed into his face, shaking his sea willpower and stunning him. Then, something pushed him back into the building.
Su Yu rushed inside and shut the door behind him. He followed with a second hammer strike.
His first hammer strike carried some death qi with it, making the strike stronger than his usual hammer strikes. Since Mo Erba was only a fourth-stage Cloudbreach, the single strike was enough to stun him.
With the second hammer strike, Su Yu heard the sounds of Mo Erba's sea of willpower cracking apart. The pain and crisis of death cleared Mo Erba's mind somewhat. But the first thing he saw was yet another approaching hammer. Confusion filled his eyes.
Where was this hammer coming from?
Who was trying to kill him?
Hammer...was it Su Yu?
But...wasn't Su Yu still trapped inside an ancient building? Was there a different hammer-wielding expert in the city? He couldn't understand what was going on.
He didn't even know what he was thinking about. His thoughts were all over the place. He only knew that he was going to die. Just a few days ago, he was still carefree and confident, pursuing vengeance for his deceased younger brother. He failed, but he was still feeling pretty great since they were able to greatly injure that woman.
But now...he was going to die. Just like his younger brother, he was going to die young. He recalled his father's warning before he left home. Anything could happen in the Allheaven Battlefield. He might be a genius, but not even he could guarantee a safe return from the Allheaven Battlefield. His father cautioned him that their Bahe Family might go into decline with his death.
Family...
Father...
Slowly, the light in Mo Erba's eyes dimmed. Allheaven Battlefield, a place where experts ran amok, a place where geniuses of the myriad races gathered. He might be talented, but here, he was nothing special. And in a place like this, death was a real possibility if one couldn't rise to the top.
"Is this...the start of the Bahe Family's decline?"
With those final words, Mo Erba's aura fully extinguished. Mo Erba, a devil genius who had left the Devil Realm in pursuit of Wu Qi. Ultimately, he met his demise in an ancient city.
***
The numerous index copies shook.
Tianduo took his copy out curiously. Who died?
A lot of people had died as of late. Nearly twenty geniuses on the Heavenly Hunt Index had perished so far. The index copy had been shaking very frequently recently. Who was it this time?
He scanned the copy. There were no changes in the Heaven, Earth, and Profound Indexes. His interest started dropping. So it was only someone on the Yellow Index... But when he saw the dim name on the list, his expression changed.
He rushed out of his building and roared, "Who is it? Mo Erba! Where are you? Mo Erba!"
He howled madly.
Numerous figures showed up around him.
Tianduo looked at Qin Fang and roared, "Qin Fang, did you kill Mo Erba?"
"Idiot."
Qin Fang merely let out a curse before stabbing his spear forth.
Kill his ass! He had been here all along. How in the world was he supposed to kill Mo Erba? What bullshit was that? It was very troublesome to kill inside ancient cities. But the trouble would be worth it if he could kill Tianduo.
With a roar, a burst of devilish qi surged out of Tianduo's body and soared into the sky. He was a seventh-stage Cloudbreach while Qin Fang was a sixth-stage Cloudbreach. He was also an expert from the original devil race. Qin Fang was not necessarily stronger in combat even though Qin Fang was known as a bigger genius. He wouldn't have dared to go after Huang Teng, who was also known as a super genius, otherwise.
He was both furious and terrified. How did Mo Erba die? Where did he die? Mo Erba had died without even making any noise. Tianduo did not even know the location of Mo Erba's death. Follow current novels on novｅlfire.net
The moment the fight started, Qin Fang grabbed the upper hand with his spear. Right at that moment, an icy sword shot over, forcing Qin Fang to pull back. With a cold snort, he said, "An Mintian, you're courting death."
Yes. An Mintian had interfered. With his long, white hair fluttering about in the wind, An Mintian indifferently said, "Qin Fang, you are strong. In fact, you might be even stronger than me. But...what is the point of a fight between us here? Tianduo, you should pipe down as well. Mo Erba is dead, but he was merely a Yellow Index genius. If he dies, he dies."
An Mintian added, "Before we fight, shouldn't we first figure out how Mo Erba died?"
Qin Fang spoke with a mocking tone, "A death is a death. Why do I even care about how he died? If you ask me, his death is a good thing. He's not a human. Why should I mourn his death?"
He glanced at the two and laughed, "As for the two of you...well, I guess you guys need to start watching your backs from now on. That's especially true for you, Tianduo. If it wasn't for you, how would all these troubles arise? As the ultimate culprit who had kickstarted this entire thing, Mo Erba deserved his death."
Tianduo ignored Qin Fang. Alone, he wasn't Qin Fang's match. The confirmation of that caused his mood to plummet. After all, he was the person with a higher cultivation level. If it wasn't for An Mintian's help, he would be left with no choice but to flee with his tail between his legs. Thus, he could do nothing but ignore Qin Fang.
"Mo Erba was an index genius..."
Tianduo looked around and said, "Killing him would probably generate a heavenly reward. But no heavenly reward was seen. He had either died outside the city or inside a building."
An Mintian said, "He might have been killed by a death spirit as well. Death spirits do not get heavenly rewards for killing."
Tianduo nodded, "The killer was probably a death spirit or someone ranked higher on the index. Otherwise, the ranking in the index would have changed. This makes everyone on the Heaven and Earth Indexes suspicious. After all, it is very likely for the culprit to experience an increase in ranking if it was someone on the Profound Index."
He could only make a general guess. They didn't even know where Mo Erba's corpse was. Just where had he died?
"Lan Ying."
Tianduo looked at the nearby devil and said, "Don't move around by yourself anymore. Stay close to me."
Mo Erba was not weak at all. He killed seventh-stage Cloudbreaches before. But someone like him had died without making any noise. One ought to remember that Mo Erba had survived even their attacks on Huang Teng. Heavendoom City was starting to feel more and more dangerous.
Chapter 930: Confused Death (2)
Restore scroll position
Not far away.
Dao Cheng was performing a quick divination. A Yellow Index genius had died. This was no minor matter. The death had been completely silent. How did it happen?
Shortly after, he frowned at the lack of results. The only discovery was the fact that Mo Erba's death might be related to death qi. Did he die to death qi? Did he get himself killed while exploring the ancient buildings or was it a death spirit?
Dao Cheng couldn't figure all that out through divination. If one died from death qi in an ancient city, further investigation was almost impossible.
Beside him, Final Armor was frowning as well. "Looks like some people are taking advantage of the chaos in the city. Even a devil genius died. The Heavenly Hunt Index is truly...sigh."
The Death Index might be a better name for it. Just how many days had it been? So many index geniuses from multiple races had died in such a short time. The mystic armor race was also a victim of this. After all, they had lost both their index geniuses recently as well. They weren't too bothered about Mo Erba's death. After all, Mo Erba was not one of them.
Final Armor glanced at Flame Armor, who was covered in death qi, and Silver Armor before saying, "Su Yu might have brought a large amount of heavenly source qi here. We don't know how long this will take. I'll stay here. You can take a break outside the city for one day. Return tomorrow."
Dao Cheng looked at Jiu Xuan and said after some thought, "Since Jiu Xuan still has some heavenly source qi on her, she will be staying here. Things might be just as dangerous outside the city. As for Commander Silver Armor, I guess you have to leave now to get rid of the death qi in your body. We will need to take turns doing that."
He looked at Final Armor and said, "I will provide some heavenly source qi to you as well, Brother Final Armor. We need you to remain here as long as possible. We can't give Su Yu a chance to slip off."
Final Armor nodded.
Silver Armor looked at the others and asked, "Am I the only person leaving?"
"Yeah."
Final Armor said, "You're a sixth-stage Mountainsea. You can either go now or go on the same rotation as Brother Dao Cheng. That way, you can all watch this place together when I'm not here. You might not be able to stop Su Yu alone."
Splitting them into two groups would be the most optimal choice. He would be alone, while the others would be together.
The death qi on Flame Armor's body was getting thicker and thicker. He said, "I'll stay. After tossing a talisman out tonight and another talisman tomorrow night, I'll turn into a resident. After that, I will be able to stay as long as I need."
With a sigh, Silver Armor looked at Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan, "Shall we go together?"
No matter what, he had to leave now as he was already at his limit.
After a short contemplation, Dao Cheng nodded, "Alright. We'll stay outside for a day. Su Yu won't be leaving so soon. We'll be troubling you in the meantime, Brother Final Armor." For more chapters visıt novel fire.net
"Don't worry about it."
The departure of the three wouldn't change much for him. And by the time they returned, it would be his turn to take a break outside the city.
Shortly after, the three departed. Su Yu, who was roaming nearby, cursed inwardly. Why were those three moving together? Fuck! How was he supposed to kill them?
He had gained some benefits from killing Mo Erba earlier. He had also taken the chance to hide inside that building and revert to his human form and remove some death qi from his body. After the short break, he returned and stumbled upon the three who were leaving the city.
This was so annoying. Two death spirits were following him around, as though they were his little brothers. But that couldn't be further from the truth. The two death spirits had appeared after he killed Mo Erba.
But when they failed to find the culprit, they started following Su Yu around in confusion. He was quite surprised to see that. A new idea rose in his mind. Perhaps he could kill more people to get even more little brothers.
As for the previous batch of death spirits, they were still surrounding the building the little furball was in. How dumb. Just how did their brains work? Was it because his aura in that building was still quite strong, so they were all staying there?
"Killing Mo Erba alone is not enough. Why aren't the others moving alone as well?"
Su Yu kept cursing inwardly.
At that point, night had arrived again. Noticing something, Su Yu flickered and reappeared in front of Final Armor's building. There, he picked up a bloodstained talisman. At the same moment, a new death spirit flickered into existence beside him.
The death spirit was confused to see someone else doing its job. Alas, it did not have any intelligence and was merely moving according to its instincts. Thus, it started roaming the area aimlessly.
With the bloodstained talisman in hand, Su Yu moved forth and started drawing on the board again. He had to draw Flame Armor's portrait, and fortunately, the death spirits weren't too accomplished in the art of drawing. Thus, there was no pressure for Su Yu to actually do a good job at it. In fact, it would actually be suspicious if the portrait he drew looked too nice.
Final Armor and Flame Armor did not suspect anything. In their eyes, every death spirit looked the same, just like how every mystic armor looked the same to Su Yu. In fact, he could only differentiate them from their cultivation levels and colors. As for the death spirits, they were even harder to differentiate. The thick death qi constantly surrounding them would always interfere when one tried to pry on these death spirits.
After completing about half of the drawing, Su Yu left. As for Final Armor, the death qi in his body was still increasing. He was starting to feel a constant sense of discomfort. But he wasn't too worried. This was his first time experiencing the conversion process. Thus, he assumed that this was normal. In any case, he had never heard of a failed conversion before.
Perhaps the conversion was a rather painful process. He ignored the death qi as it corroded his body. It didn't matter. After tossing the final talisman out tomorrow, he would no longer need to worry about the death qi.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was starting to look at Flame Armor with pity. That fellow was being corroded by so much death qi that even his sea of willpower was on the verge of getting tainted. His strength wasn't anything impressive either. One more day and he would die without even someone killing him.
How pitiful. How dumb of him to allow the death qi to invade his body without resisting. That brain of his...was truly remarkable. None of them suspected anything. Then again, it was supposed to be impossible for a living being to transform into a death spirit.
Who would have imagined that this ironclad rule would change today? A lot of experts were in the area, and they all saw what was happening to Flame Armor. Nobody suspected anything.
Even Final Armor did not think too much when he saw Flame Armor's look of suffering. He merely sighed and said, "One more day and you'll be a resident. Perhaps after a few years, we can try to find a way to free you from the city."
"Thank you, Lord!"
Flame Armor did not say anything about his suffering. He was doing this voluntarily. Meanwhile, Su Yu could only watch helplessly as Jiu Xuan and the others left without splitting up.
Once again, he started roaming the streets. He was looking for more people to kill. It was necessary for him to move further away from the eighteenth ring. After all, not everyone could resist the death qi density there. In fact, a lot of the newly arrived visitors who were here to watch the show were staying outside the eighteenth ring.
Since they were here to watch the show...Su Yu concluded that none of them was an absolutely innocent person. Thus, he wouldn't feel guilty for killing any of them.
In fact, his thoughts greatly resembled Xia Longwu's thoughts. Back when he talked to Liu Wenyan about Wan Tiansheng's move to start accepting foreign students, he had voiced his approval of Xia Longwu's policies.
Cooperation? Roping them in? None of that was reliable enough. Just look at the immortal race, the so-called ally of humanity. There was no such thing as a true ally. It was only an exchange of benefits.
Su Yu roamed further away from the eighteenth ring. He aimed to start killing the randoms who were here to watch the show. That way, he could reduce the probability that one of them would take advantage of the chaos and stab him in the back when he was dealing with the mystic armors and immortals. Furthermore, he could also gain all sorts of benefits from killing these people. Perhaps he could even receive a heavenly reward that could strengthen his cultivation.
Just look at these fools with their wide-open doors. Most of these fools were here to watch the show and wait for an opportunity to take advantage of the chaos. For the most part, death spirits were unable to enter these ancient buildings. They had a strict set of rules they abide by. Unless one did something like killing or damaging the properties in the city, stronger death spirits would not appear.
While Su Yu was roaming the streets, he took note of a building with its door open. There were two men...no, two demonic beasts in there. Or to be precise, there were two dragons. They looked rather familiar. They were probably the little golden dragon and Long Zhan. At the moment, the two were in the middle of a conversation.
Su Yu stopped in front of their building. They noticed him, but they were completely unbothered. There was nothing to worry about since they believed he couldn't enter anyway. Even if he could enter, there was no need for them to fear a mere Skysoar death spirit.
The two dragons also noted the little brothers Su Yu brought. They incorrectly assumed that these death spirits were out together to carry out some tasks in the city, so they didn't think too much about the death spirits outside their building.
"Wuyou, you can watch the show here for a bit, but don't stay here for long. This place will sink into chaos soon. The experts of the various races are heading over. Even the human race is stirring. Their experts will probably arrive as well..."
The white-haired Long Zhan was speaking in his human form while the little golden dragon stayed in his draconic form. He gloomily said, "The Allheaven Battlefield is a battleground of young geniuses! Why are the elderly getting involved? If we're going to do that, we might as well all sit back and have the Invincibles fight each other instead."
He was clearly unhappy with how things were progressing. If those from the senior generation would get involved in any conflict between young geniuses, what even was the point for them to keep working so hard?
Long Zhan laughed, "It's different. This applies to everyone but Su Yu. His identity is too special. The multiple character faction of humanity can't be allowed to rise. The dragon race agrees with this as well. Ye Batian's appearance had shocked the myriad races way too much."
"Can the dao affirmation of someone from the multiple character faction really activate the suppressive force in the Human Realm?"
The little golden dragon had heard about those rumors as well. He asked curiously, "Is that a mere guess or written in some ancient records? There is no such record in the golden dragon race."
After a short silence, Long Zhan said, "That is most likely true. But only the Eternals will know the true story. You can ask the grand elder of your golden dragon race when you return."
The little golden dragon was a descendant of the grand elder of the golden dragon race. Thus, it would be better for him to ask the grand elder. Long Zhan himself didn't know enough to give a clear answer.
"Fine."
When the little golden dragon noted that the death spirits were still around, he started getting irascible as he said, "The death spirits here are very annoying. The death qi is very annoying as well. I wish I could beat them all to death."
"Don't be rash." Long Zhan warned, "You can't kill the death spirits here. Even if you want to do so, you can't do it now. If you end up luring an ancient death spirit out, everyone will be in great trouble."
"I understand."
When Su Yu heard that, his heart skipped a beat. Ancient death spirit? What was that? If enough death spirits were killed, ancient death spirits would appear?
***
Since he had decided to create chaos, he might as well bring it up a notch. He moved to a place that was devoid of people. The two death spirits were still following him cluelessly. There, Su Yu made his move.
He threw a sudden punch. Since he no longer feared death qi, two mere Skysoar death spirits were nothing to him.
Rumble!
The two death spirits were blasted apart. Almost instantly, four death spirits spawned around him. One of them was even a Cloudbreach. The four death spirits started looking around in confusion.
Where was the killer?
There was nothing here!
Meanwhile, Su Yu stealthily picked up an ancient city medallion on the ground. He had only obtained one low-level medallion from killing the two death spirits. He completely ignored the death spirits around him. They were too dumb for him to worry about.
This was so interesting. Would more death spirits appear if he killed even more of them? Would an incomparably powerful death spirit appear in the end? Perhaps he could lure one that was powerful enough to wipe out the entire city.
And he had nothing to fear. After all, he was now one of them. He could even profit from this due to how expensive death spirit blood essence was. In the course of doing so, he could even get more ancient city medallions. This would be such a profitable venture.
Su Yu was excited to discover a way to profit and screw everyone over. The more death spirits there were, the more dangerous the city would become. Just look at how fearful Long Zhan was when he mentioned the so-called ancient death spirit. That might make the city even more dangerous.
Su Yu looked at the four death spirits around him. He sank into thought. Should he kill them to lure out more death spirits? Would more death spirits even appear? He started moving away. When the confused death spirits saw him leaving, they started following him as well.
He went to another empty spot. Then, rumbles rang out. A short while later, he walked out with eight death spirits in tow. There were still no Mountainseas among them, but half of them were Cloudbreaches.
Su Yu increased his speed while the death spirits followed him in confusion. Soon, some started falling behind. Even so, they did not leave the city. Instead, they started roaming the streets blankly as well. They had to look for the killer. Alas, the killer was nowhere to be found.
They were completely confused.
***
More and more death spirits appeared in the city, and the death qi in the city grew thicker and thicker.
Mayor's residence.
Tian He's eyes flickered. What was happening?
The death qi had reached a terrifying density. Generally, not more than fifty death spirits would be in the city at the same time. But at the moment, there were about a hundred death spirits in the city.
The medallion in his hand started shaking repeatedly.
Soon, he shouted, "Come in."
The old man entered the hall. With flickering eyes, Tian He commanded, "Seal the mayor's residence. Nobody is allowed to enter. Have the Heavendoom Guard return to their barracks. The night patrol will stop their patrol and return as well."
"Yes, Lord." The old man asked with shock, "Are we sealing the city?"
"Yes." Tian He coldly said, "Seal the city. Something will happen soon. Death will be unavoidable. Perhaps...there will be a lot of deaths."
"Lord..." The old man also sensed something different in the air. He said, "The death qi in the city seems to have grown a lot thicker."
"Yes. It is at least thirty percent thicker than before. If this continues, an ancient death spirit will appear soon." Tian He inhaled deeply and said, "Ignore all of them. Seal the city. Since they are courting death, what can I do about it?"
With the sharp increase in death qi density, he knew that something major was going to happen soon. He guessed that some people had been killing death spirits. But these people should be aware that it was taboo to kill death spirits in ancient cities. What were those fools doing? Since they wanted to die so much, he wouldn't stop them.
Lord, should we notify the people in the city? With the increase in death qi density, a normal visitor might not be able to stay even three days in the city anymore."
"No." Tian He said, "The cowardly ones would have fled by now. The ones that are still here do not fear death. Since they don't fear death, well, they can have fun dying."
"Yes!"
The old man rushed off to carry out his newly received orders.
***
Before long, the number of death spirits in the city rose to a terrifying level.
It reached a point where even the experts hiding in the ancient buildings could clearly sense the increase in death qi density. Beside Final Armor, Flame Armor felt like he was going to die.
This was odd. With the increase in death qi density, he was suffering even more. What was going on? Was this pain required for all conversions? He felt as though his entire body was going to rot away soon.
But he was already two-thirds through the conversion process. Why was he still suffering so much?
"Lord..."
Final Armor, who was scanning their surroundings, turned to look at Flame Armor. The light in Flame Armor's eyes was starting to grow dim as he said, "Lord, this conversion process...is very painful. Back then, did Black Armor and the others suffer this much as well?"
Final Armor frowned and stepped forth to check Flame Armor's body. The arm he used was instantly corroded by death qi, assaulting him with sharp pain. He said, "This...how is this possible? Some rotting will happen during conversion, but it shouldn't be so serious."
Something wasn't right. The rot was too serious. Also, there were more and more death spirits outside. The death qi density had reached a terrifying level. Just what was going on? Not even leaving was a good idea anymore. Flame Armor had gone through two-thirds of the conversion. If he left now, the conversion might fail, and the accumulated death qi would kill him directly.
"Flame Armor, hang in there. By tomorrow night, you will be fine."
There were a terrifying number of death spirits out on the streets. Final Armor was feeling more and more anxious. Just what was happening? Why were there so many death spirits in the city?
Damn it! This was too worrying.
The others were also starting to sense that something was off. Tiando and many others stepped out and looked at the sea of death spirits roaming the streets. One of them fearfully said, "Why are there so many death spirits? Is the arrival of too many experts triggering the appearance of more death spirits as well?"
There were so many of them! Just on this street in front of them alone, there were more than ten death spirits. What about the city as a whole?
Little did they know, what they saw was nothing. Su Yu had more than thirty death spirits outside his building. The death qi density in his immediate surroundings had reached a terrifying level.
Tianduo and the others started moving toward the outer rings. The death qi in the eighteenth ring was getting too dense. Even when they were hiding indoors, they were reaching their limits.
Qin Fang, An Mintian, Long Zhan...all of them were moving outward.
They couldn't stay there anymore. They all assumed that Su Yu wouldn't be able to last much longer. The death qi density was simply too high. They had originally assumed that this would last between three to five days. But at this rate, it would probably end in a day or two. That wouldn't be enough for the human reinforcements to arrive.
Suddenly, a howl rang out behind them.
"Flame Armor!" Final Armor was holding onto Flame Armor while shouting in desperation, "How are you feeling?"
As he grabbed onto Flame Armor, the death qi started corroding his body as well.
The pain forced him to let go. Slowly, Flame Armor's body rotted away. His eyes turned dim as he said, "Lord...I...c-can't...l-last...any l-longer..."
"No, no. You'll be fine!" Final Armor was alarmed. This was not supposed to happen.
"You're in the middle of conversion. You won't die. This won't happen..."
Grief assaulted Flame Armor. He had no idea why this was happening. Even his sea of willpower was starting to collapse from the corrosion.
Final Armor was feeling both grief and helplessness.
He was a Mountainsea.
An expert.
But so what? He was completely helpless here.
A short while later, under everyone's look of disbelief and Final Armor's furious roar, Flame Armor's body broke apart. His sea of willpower crumbled, and death qi rippled out of his body. He was dead.
A Mountainsea had died a clueless death. Even during his final moments, he was still completely clueless. He was in the middle of conversion. He was on the verge of success.
Why...did this happen?
Chapter 931: If Su Yu Wants You To Die At Three (1)
Flame Armor was dead.
It was such a sudden death. A death that filled everyone with disbelief. He had killed himself trying to become a resident. Everyone knew the danger of death qi erosion.
Flame Armor had died such a mysterious death. All the surrounding experts felt a chill up their spine. What was going on here? Was Flame Armor a fool? No. There was a limit to how stupid a Mountainsea could be. Rather, something went wrong with conversion.
The furious Final Armor roared, "Why? Why did this happen?"
This wasn't the first time a Mountainsea had attempted a conversion. Why would something like this happen? He couldn't accept this. He couldn't believe it. They had lost four Mountainseas so far.
No, there was also a Sunmoon and two geniuses. A large portion of their active forces outside their realm had perished. This would be a massive loss for any race.
***
At the same time.
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
The faceless elder received the latest update as well. He exclaimed in surprise, "Flame Armor died?"
How? Did Su Yu kill him? No. According to the information he had, Flame Armor had died himself. What was happening?
"Contact Su Yu immediately."
The masked man nodded with a stiff expression. Numerous questions filled the screen in front of him.
"Why aren't you answering?"
"So you don't know which character is the most yummy as well?
"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is so stupid."
"You know nothing!"
"Reply!"
"Are you dead?"
"Just which character is the most yummy? Don't you know?"
"Aren't you an information peddler?"
"..."
The masked man asked, "Elder, he has been asking me about yummy characters. Is there a point in asking him? I doubt he's even aware of Flame Armor's death."
The faceless elder stiffened slightly upon hearing that. After a while, he solemnly said, "Just try. Also, what is up with Su Yu? He has been sending you so many messages. Doesn't he need to cultivate? Doesn't he need to look for opportunities? Doesn't he need to flee for his life?"
Had he gone crazy? Something felt wrong about Su Yu.
"Fine."
The masked man sent his message over.
***
Inside the room.
The little furbal was resting atop the index copy. When he saw a reply, he was overjoyed. Finally! This thing had finally learned to speak again! He had been very furious earlier. It was so boring staying here with nobody to speak to.
"Flame Armor?"
He did not know who that was. But...since that fellow was dead, that was probably Yummy's enemy. Yummy had probably killed that fellow.
The little furball was not entirely stupid. His eyeballs rolled about as he thought of an answer and sent it over, "I killed him with my curse. I can curse anyone to death. Answer me! Which character is the most yummy of all? If you don't answer, I will kill you with my curse as well."
"..."
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
The masked man spoke blankly, "Elder, he is claiming that he cursed Flame Armor to death. He also threatens to curse us to death if we don't tell him what is the most yummy character of all."
The faceless elder said, "Absolute nonsense."
Suddenly, his expression changed. He said, "This isn't right. Ask him about Mo Erba's death as well."
The masked man did as told.
A short while later, he replied with the same blank expression, "He's saying the same thing. He cursed Mo Erba to death. He claims that he will curse all his enemies. All of them will die soon."
The faceless elder muttered, "Curse? There are races proficient at curses out there. The celestial chasm race is one of them. The various races also have some curse arts they are proficient at. But...this is absolute nonsense. Can a curse kill experts of this level so easily? To do so, one needs to pay a price of equivalent value. There is a cost for everything."
Yes. Curse arts existed. But this seemed very unlikely. Then again, the deaths of both Mo Erba and Flame Armor were too mysterious.
The masked man asked, "What now, Elder? Su Yu promised us the corpses of Flame Armor and Silver Armor. So is he the killer? If he's the killer, we are naturally entitled to the corpse. If not, snatching Flame Armor's corpse will result in..."
The faceless elder's head started aching.
He said, "Ask him about the curse. Tell him to describe how they died."
The masked man sent the question over.
***
When the little furball saw the message, he blanked out. How did it happen?
How was he supposed to know? He only knew that Yummy was the culprit. But...he was sure it was related to death qi. After all, Yummy had left while disguised as a death spirit.
Thus, he replied, "Killed by death qi. My curse is capable of controlling death qi. Hey, answer me. What's the most yummy character of all?"
"..."
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
The elder saw the reply as well. He frowned and said, "Get someone to investigate the deaths of Mo Erba and Flame Armor. Also, find out if Su Yu was out of his building or spied on them at any point before." The source of this content ɪs novel✦fire.net
"Yes, Elder."
The masked man contacted their agents. After a short moment, he said, "He never left. The building has been occupied all along. Both Mo Erba and Flame Armor might have been killed due to death qi erosion. Mo Erba's corpse has yet to be found, but his death was too quiet. It was most likely due to death qi."
"..."
The faceless elder's expression started changing. Was this a joke? Were they really killed by a curse? That wasn't possible, right? What manner of curse could be so powerful? Not even a Mountainsea could withstand it?
"Get someone to collect the corpse." The faceless elder said, "Send Flame Armor's corpse back here. I'll see for myself just how he died."
"Elder, now?"
"Yes. Immediately."
The faceless elder couldn't understand this. This was too inconceivable. Among the myriad races, the celestial chasm race was the most proficient at curses. But not even they were powerful enough to curse a Mountainsea to death as a Cloudbreach. Even if it was possible, the person doing so would have died from the backlash as well.
Otherwise, all the Invincibles would have been cursed to death by Sunmoons long ago. He couldn't understand this. But there was no denying that both Mo Erba and Flame Armor were enemies of Su Yu. He simply didn't understand how they died. As the biggest information peddler in existence, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had to figure this out.
As for the anger of Final Armor...was there even a need for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to fear that?
***
Boom!
A masked individual in white appeared out of nowhere and pushed Final Armor away with a palm strike before grabbing the corpse that was shrouded in death qi. Then, the masked individual fled.
Final Armor was furious.
The masked individual spoke coldly, "Flame Armor's corpse has been promised to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion by Su Yu. And Flame Armor was killed by Su Yu's curse. If the mystic armor race is unhappy about this, look for Su Yu."
"Bullshit!" Final Armor roared furiously and started giving chase, ignoring his task of watching over Su Yu's building. "Killed by Su Yu? What bullshit is that? Damn it! What is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion trying to do? How dare you snatch the remains of a Mountainsea from my race right in front of me? I'll kill you!"
Su Yu?
Absolute nonsense!
Su Yu was still trapped inside that building. A curse? Bullshit! Even if Su Yu was really the killer, how could they use the corpse of an expert from the mystic armor race as the price? Final Armor could not tolerate this.
A loud rumble rang out as the masked individual pushed Final Armor back yet again before vanishing into thin air. In an ancient city, one could only leave through the city gates. The masked individual was strong enough to reach a gate in the blink of an eye.
Silver Armor and company were not too far away. They had remained near the city.
When Final Armor noticed them, he shouted loudly, "Stop him!"
Silver Armor and company did not know what was happening, but they did not hesitate to act. However, the masked individual was too strong. He broke free of their blockade instantly before vanishing into the distance.
As for Final Armor, he hovered in the sky instead of giving chase. He was furious. But he couldn't leave as he still needed to deal with Su Yu. Even if he gave chase, there was no guarantee that he would be able to kill the masked individual.
Before long, he landed on the ground again. The death qi up in the sky was much thicker than the ground. Even after landing, he was still gnashing his teeth in anger.
Fury.
Boundless fury. That was what he was feeling.
This was intolerable.
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion!
***
Outside the city.
Dao Cheng and the others were totally confused. What happened? Was that someone from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?
Silver Armor said, "Something isn't right. Lord Final Armor is furious and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has appeared out of nowhere. Did they flee with Su Yu?"
Dao Cheng said nothing. Instead, he was focused at the gates. The guards were in the middle of withdrawal.
He frowned, "Yes. Something isn't right. We have only been out of the city for a short time. What happened? Also, these guards seemed to be withdrawing."
He soared into the sky and looked at the Mountainsea guard. He asked, "Commander Tian Men, where are you guys going?"
Standing atop the city wall, Tian Men indifferently replied, "There have been too much bloodshed in the city. Too many death spirits have appeared. The city is no longer safe. We are all withdrawing."
"Too much bloodshed?" Dao Cheng spoke through voice transmission, "Commander Silver Armor, please ask about the situation through your voice transmission talisman."
Silver Armor was already doing that. However, the death qi in the city was too dense. Even the voice transmission talismans were unable to work normally. He shook his head, "Something is interfering with the transmission. Maybe I should enter and take a look."
"No!" Dao Cheng reminded, "Be careful. After all, you're still not a high-stage Mountainsea."
Silver Armor said nothing, but he was feeling quite displeased. His displeasure stemmed from the underestimation of his ability. Also, he felt that these immortals were a tad bit too cowardly. He believed that Dao Cheng was only stopping him so that he would stay here and protect them.
He could see just how furious Final Armor was. He was also confused about what was going on with Flame Armor. Even if Final Armor had to stay, Flame Armor could come out and give them an update, right?
But that did not happen. He really wanted to go in and figure out what was going on.
Dao Cheng seemed to have guessed Silver Armor's thoughts. He solemnly said, "Commander Silver Armor, Su Yu is a very dangerous opponent..."
"He's stuck in a building."
Dangerous? No. This immortal was merely being too cowardly. Silver Armor was furious. The mystic armors were the ones who had been doing all the dying. These immortals would naturally not feel the sting.
When Dao Cheng saw that, he felt even more helpless. After a long pause, he said, "In that case, let's wait a bit more and expel more death qi from our bodies. We can enter the city after that."
He tossed a tiny clump over and said, "I have some heavenly source qi here. Use it to remove the death qi in your body."
Silver Armor said nothing. He accepted the ball of heavenly source qi and started working on the death qi in his body.