Chapter 938: An Exchange Across Time And Space (2)
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In a different building, Qin Fang was shaking his head while staring at his index copy.
Su Yu...was in big trouble.
He had killed Final Armor and Jiu Xuan.
Even if the myriad realm Invincibles were being stopped from coming here, this was not the territory of the human race. His grandfather, Great Qin King, might not be able to stop every single Invincible from reaching this city. Furthermore, they were still inside an ancient city. Could Su Yu survive after killing so many death spirits?
A large number of myriad race Sunmoons were most likely on their way here. How long would the city remain shut? Could Su Yu survive this calamity? He might have killed Final Armor, but this was perhaps only the start of his trouble.
***
Everyone was thinking about Su Yu and Dao Cheng.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was too busy to care about all that. At the moment, he was shrouded in a thick layer of heavenearth profound light. The heavens had given him a surprisingly large amount of heavenearth profound light for killing Final Armor. His flesh was being rapidly strengthened.
Boom!
His nineteenth body forging was completed. After about an hour, yet another rumble rang out as he completed his twentieth body forging. Time continued passing. Outside, a suffocating silence continued enveloping the city.
Not a single sound could be heard. Nobody had the courage to leave their buildings. Nobody was willing to do something as stupid as going outdoors while ancient death spirits were around.
Su Yu cared not about all that. He was fully focused on his body forging. When the night was about to end, yet another rumble rang out. Shrouded in bright golden light, he completed his twenty-first body forging.
Only a small amount of heavenearth profound light remained.
Su Yu was regretful. Even if he kept pushing, he wouldn't be able to go further than twenty-two body forgings with the remaining heavenearth profound light.
In short, even the reward of killing Final Armor was only enough for four body forgings. Then again, one ought to note that his body forging required a lot more resources than a regular person. Anyone else would have been able to complete at least seven, eight, or even ten body forgings with the same amount of heavenearth profound light.
Furthermore, as Su Yu's body grew in strength, he would require even more resources to push his body forging further. Previously, he had assumed that he would only require about twenty portions of heavenly source qi per body forging. But reality proved that he had been too naive.
With his physical strength surpassing the level of ten thousand acupoints, completing another body forging with only twenty portions was nothing but a mere dream. Rather than twenty, he would probably need fifty portions.
And when morning arrived, yet another rumble rang out. The heavenearth profound light had been completely exhausted some time ago. He was forced to use a large amount of heavenly source qi before finally completing his twenty-second body forging.
His entire body shook, releasing powerful shockwaves that caused the entire building to shake as well. With twenty-two body forgings, his body had gained the strength of fifteen thousand acupoints.
A strength comparable to those in the Mountainsea Realm.
Strong.
That was the only sensation he felt from his body after the body forging session.
Of course, he was still not comparable to mid-stage Mountainseas. He was only slightly stronger than a regular first-stage Mountainsea. And there was still no comparing him and the Mountainseas from the major races such as the divines and devils.
Including his yang acupoint and the boost from his strength character, he could reach the strength of about twenty thousand acupoints.
Finally, he opened his eyes. A bright radiance erupted from his eyes, but moments later, his eyes returned to normal.
"Twenty-two body forgings!"
He was quite happy, but his emotions were quite complicated as well. The Allheaven Battlefield was indeed a good place for growth.
When he left Great Ming, he had just completed eight body forgings. Only about two months had passed yet he had reached twenty-two body forgings. Sure enough, leaving the Human Realm was the best choice if one wanted to grow rapidly.
In fact, it was the same for people like Qin Fang and Huang Teng as well. They were still relatively normal when they were in the Human Realm. But after entering the Allheaven Battlefield, they seemed to have grown massively, to the point their names were listed on the Heavenly Hunt Index.
In the past, Su Yu had thought that perhaps at a certain point in cultivation, one's speed would increase. But finally, he understood that he was wrong. Cultivating inside the Human Realm was simply much slower.
After taking a moment to savor his joy, a sense of melancholy hit him. What next? Kill Dao Cheng? The city had most certainly turned into a center of attention. A large number of experts might be arriving soon. Perhaps...it was time for him to leave. But could he even leave?
The city was currently sealed.
And Dao Cheng was still alive. An Mintian was still alive as well.
Since he had started killing, he might as well go all the way and kill more. That way, he would have nothing to regret in the future. Were those Sunmoon death spirits still out there?
Something felt different about those Sunmoon death spirits. These Sunmoon death spirits seemed to possess a tiny bit of intelligence. Previously, they had been staring straight at him after he killed Final Armor. That was not the reaction he would get from a regular death spirit.
"First, kill a few more people if I get the chance. Second, leave the city. Third, conceal my identity."
Su Yu had never expected anyone to help him. His intention had always been to help himself. Nobody could be more reliable than himself. Suddenly, he felt a vibration coming from his storage ring. Shortly after, he took an index copy out of the ring.
"Are you Su Yu?"
Those were the words on the index copy.
***
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
The masked man stared at the faceless elder blankly and said, "Jiu Xuan's index copy is probably in Su Yu's hands right now. But according to our tracking, it is at a completely different place from Su Yu's index copy. Elder, who have we been talking to all this time?"
Apart from location tracking, the index copies did not have any other ability. But that was enough for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to keep track of the current holder of each index copy.
For example, they had reason to believe that Jiu Xuan's index copy was current with Su Yu. They could infer that much from the latest updates in the index. Most of the time, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion did not care that much about the identities of the index copy holders.
But they had no choice but to start caring about these two index copies. Since Jiu Xuan's index copy was in Su Yu's hands, who was holding Su Yu's index copy? Who had they been talking to all this while?
After a short silence, the faceless elder said, "You can get some clues about the holder from the index copy itself. But since Su Yu is not carrying his own index copy, it is very likely that the current holder is not someone ranked on the index. As for the identity of the current holder, you'll have to ask Su Yu about that."
So that was why.
Su Yu had left his building long ago. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion finally had an answer. The death spirit incident was indeed caused by Su Yu.
A row of words appeared in front of the masked man.
"Provide me with a way to leave the city."
The masked man looked at his elder for an answer. After thinking about it, the faceless elder said, "He's thinking of fleeing. Inform him that we have no way to do so at the moment. With the three Sunmoon death spirits around, our people won't be able to do anything. Waiting it out is the only option. If he doesn't wish to wait, he can try his luck at the mayor's residence."
"Are we not charging him for this?"
"No. We won't be able to help him with this for now so there's no point." The faceless elder said, "That human...is basically a bomb. He will cause a major incident wherever he goes. His presence is a very good thing for us. With him around, the contents of the index will change constantly. Only then will more young geniuses emerge. Are you familiar with the term catfish effect?"
"No."
"Forget it, then. In short, having him around will only benefit the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."
"I understand."
The masked man started typing a reply to Su Yu. Coincidentally, a new message arrived from Su Yu's original index copy.
When the masked man checked the message, he cursed inwardly.
"Come on, let's have a chat. I think something outside is trying to come in and eat me. Should I run?"
"..."
The furious masked man replied, "Who are you? Su Yu has re-established contact with us. You are not Su Yu. How dare you lie to me!"
"Huh?"
***
Inside his building, the little furball stiffened. Were they caught?
Yummy sure was unprofessional.
How did Yummy get caught before him? What a disappointment.
Suddenly, the little furball heard some sounds coming from the door. His eyes widened in shock. Forget it. He couldn't chat with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion anymore. It didn't matter anyway since the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was filled with stupid people. They had not been able to answer even one of his questions.
He looked at the door and noted that it was really on the verge of being opened. Even from inside the building, the little furball could feel a powerful sense of oppression and death behind the door. Whatever that was outside seemed really dangerous. The little furball started looking around anxiously. Where should he go?
He was completely unbothered by the thick death qi in the building. Death qi was basically a form of reversed source qi. Since the little furball was unafraid of source qi, he was naturally unafraid of death qi as well.
As an existence that was similar to a divine character, neither source qi or death qi could pose a threat to him. But something even more powerful seemed to be outside the building. What should he do?
The little furball was starting to worry. He was not interested in dying. He wanted to seek help from Yummy, but he had no way of contacting Yummy. Left with no choice, he wrote to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
"Help! Get Su Yu to save me! I'll pay!"
He did not use the name Yummy. Yummy did not seem to like that name. It wasn't like the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would recognize that name anyway.
While asking for help from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, the little furball was also shouting in his mind: Help! Dada, help! Dada! Help! Gonna die soon!
***
At that exact moment.
Inside a certain ancient realm.
A massive furball was deep in thought under a gigantic heavenly source fruit tree. Suddenly, a tiny bubble appeared in front of him. The big furball opened his eyes. What was he thinking about earlier? Right, he was wondering if he should go to the Human Realm and pick up the little furball.
Suddenly, he blanked out. Huh? The little fellow was not in the Human Realm anymore? He looked at the scene in the bubble. Where was that? The big furball blinked. There seemed to be some death qi there...
"Holy city?"
What was the little fellow doing there? Which holy city was that? Was the little fellow asking for his help?
Holy city...there was something there...
The big furball kept thinking. His thoughts split out of his mind, creating more and more bubbles around him.
Once again, the big furball was roused from his thoughts. What was he thinking about earlier?
Right, holy city. The little fellow was in a holy city. That was so far away...
Abruptly, time started reversing around the big furball. It went on and on...
And stopped on a certain day.
The big furball appeared above a certain ancient city.
"Not this city..."
The big furball continued reversing time. The little furball wasn't here. He remembered that it was a city he had visited previously.
Time continued reversing. Soon, a different ancient city appeared before his eyes.
Heavendoom.
"It's this city, right?"
While muttering, the big furball flew into the bustling city and headed straight to the mayor's residence. A short while later, he entered the inner hall of the mayor's residence. Follow current novels on novel•fire.net
Stone statue.
The stone statue was there.
He opened his eyes and stared at the big furball. The big furball was staring at him as well.
After a momentary silence, the stone statue spoke, "Pseudo Emperor of the soul devourers, you have crossed time and space to arrive here. How may I help you?"
After thinking about it, the big furball said, "You're...whatever. All of you are the same. What do I need? Let me think..."
After spending a long time thinking, the big furball finally recalled his purpose. He said, "The little fellow from my family...will be here after a long time in the future. Then...something will try to kill him. Help him. I don't feel like leaving."
"Hmm?" The stone statue said, "You crossed time and space just to say this?"
"Yeah!"
The stone statue was left speechless. He shut his eyes and said nothing. Their surroundings shattered into pieces as time returned to normal.
Chapter 939: An Exchange Across Time And Space (3)
At the same time.
Inside the mayor's residence, the stone statue opened his eyes again. He looked somewhere with an odd expression. An ancient memory seemed to have awoken in his mind.
He was somewhat speechless.
Holy shit!
Was that fellow crazy? That damn fellow returned to a point hundreds of years in the past just to tell him that? His gaze landed somewhere in the city. His eyes shone, sending a beam of light toward the door of that building.
The three Sunmoon death spirits suddenly stopped their attempts at breaking through the door and looked toward the mayor's residence. After a moment, they left. The stone statue's gaze penetrated the building to land on the little furball. Wasn't that the same soul devourer Su Yu brought to the city? This was a descendant of the Pseudo Emperor?
Then again, that wasn't too surprising. There weren't a lot of soul devourers around. How impressive. The ancient Pseudo Emperor had actually produced a descendant. He had thought that this little furball was from a different lineage.
Finally, the stone statue shut his eyes again. These fellows were so noisy.
The Pseudo Emperor of the soul devourers was so old that it felt like his memories were failing him. Was he staying in his realm because he couldn't leave? Or was he simply unwilling to leave?
Soon, the stone statue threw the matter to the back of his mind. These troubles needed to end soon. He was feeling greatly annoyed. Why were all these bastards creating all sorts of troubles here? He had already turned into stone. Couldn't they stop bothering him?
***
And thus, a rescue operation spanning time and space was completed. Nobody knew about it.
When the little furball noted that the sense of danger had vanished, he started bothering the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion again. As for the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, they were finding this unknown individual increasingly annoying with his stream of bizarre questions.
At this time, Su Yu had received the message from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. He was surprised. Did the little furball encounter danger?
He noticed something else. Due to the thick death qi, voice transmission talismans were no longer working in the city. But the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion did not seem to have such trouble. No wonder the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was such an excellent information peddler. Everyone else was probably still clueless as to what was happening in the city.
But the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was probably receiving constant updates about the ongoings in the city.
"Should I go out?"
Su Yu was still quite worried. Would it be troublesome if he somehow encountered the three Sunmoon death spirits outside? Whatever. He decided to go out anyway.
He would not have the initiative if he remained in the building. And if he waited until the myriad race experts arrived, he wouldn't be able to leave anymore.
He also noticed Dao Cheng's new accomplishment through the index. He could guess that Silver Armor was the victim. That kill might allow Dao Cheng to enter the Mountainsea Realm. But he wasn't too bothered.
He was more than happy to see all the mystic armors here dead. Served them right for giving him so much trouble. The mystic armor race would probably feel terrible after losing one Sunmoon, six Mountainseas, and two young geniuses. The Mystic Armor Realm as a whole was probably even weaker than Great Xia.
This wasn't surprising. The human race was not weak, and Great Xia was one of the strongest human prefectures. And even Great Xia would be pained by the loss of one Sunmoon and six Mountainseas. Back when Su Yu caused the deaths of those people from the single character faction, Great Xia's overall strength had actually weakened slightly.
Su Yu was happy to see the mystic armor race in pain. They should lose even more people.
Su Yu inhaled deeply as he prepared to move out. After exhausting a large amount of heavenly source qi, the injuries inflicted on his body by the death qi had been healed. Shortly after, he reversed his acupoints and turned his source qi into death qi. It was time for him to leave.
The index copy was left behind. In fact, he even went through all the other storage rings he looted to ensure that there were no other index copies in them. He would think of what to do after taking a look outside.
***
He opened the door.
It was completely silent outside. The entire city had turned into a silent city. He floated out of his building as a death spirit. A small number of death spirits could still be seen roaming the streets.
Too many of them had been killed previously. Su Yu was glad to see that there were still some death spirits in the city. It would be awkward if he was the only one left. But moments later, he blanked out.
Holy shit!
The ground was filled with ancient city medallions. There were countless of them. These were supposed to be extremely rare. After all, they were considered one of the opportunities one could obtain in ancient cities.
He only needed to walk a few steps to pick up several medallions. Of course, they were not medallions of particularly high levels. He started rushing toward the area where Jiu Xuan had launched her attack previously. There, a large number of Mountainsea death spirits had died. Perhaps he could find better ancient city medallions there. He still didn't know what one could do with these medallions.
He only knew that these medallions could be used as a form of currency. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was willing to accept them as payment. The death spirit corpses were nowhere to be seen. They had all faded away upon their deaths. But their medallions were left behind.
Su Yu started searching the area. In fact, he wasn't alone. Some death spirits were also doing the same. Ignoring all the death spirits, he started picking up the medallions from the ground.
Regardless of level, he kept every single medallion he found. Some time passed and he had gathered several medallions that felt much power impressive than the other medallions.
All the medallions had the image of the city branded on them. One of them was shining at the part representing the sixteenth ring, signifying that it was a sixteenth ring medallion. He had also picked some eighteenth ring and twentieth ring medallions.
Su Yu continued searching the area. Before long, he had gathered about a hundred medallions. At that point, it was getting harder and harder to find more medallions. The other death spirits were also picking up the medallions on the ground.
Su Yu stopped and looked around. The city was completely silent. Apart from the death spirits, nobody could be seen outside. Evidently, all the living beings were still too terrified to leave their buildings. The three Sunmoon death spirits were nowhere to be seen.
He started rushing toward his previous building. Soon, he reached. There was no death spirit around.
Su Yu cursed inwardly. Did the little furball lie to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? Where was the so-called danger? From the message he received, it sounded like the little fellow was on the verge of dying.
Because of that little fellow, he had left the safety of his shelter and came outside again. Then again, if it wasn't for the little furball, he wouldn't have been able to collect so many ancient city medallions either.
He knocked on the door.
After a moment, a voice rang out, "Who is this?"
"Me."
"What's the passcode?"
"..."
Fuck!
When did he give the furball a passcode? Did the little furball think that he was some pretender?
Su Yu said, "Hurry up or I won't be giving you anything nice to eat."
"Passcode accepted."
The little furball opened the door. He was sure that this was Yummy. Only Yummy knew how much he loved eating. With the door open, the faint glimmer attached to the door by the stone statue dispersed into nothingness.
Neither Su Yu nor the little furball noticed that. Right after the door was opened, the little furball shot into Su Yu's sea of willpower. Inside, he complained, "Yummy, a baddie knocked on the door earlier. That was so scary."
"Nonsense!"
Su Yu was not buying that. It must have been a weak death spirit. This was only the eighteenth ring. A Sunmoon death spirit would have no trouble getting through the door. If it was a Sunmoon death spirit, how would the door remain locked until now?
"I'm not lying!"
"Yeah, yeah."
Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to argue. He shut the door and started moving away. Everyone knew this was his building. It would be absolutely unwise for him to remain here. With the little furball in his sea of willpower, Su Yu transformed into a death spirit again.
He was heading deeper into the city. All the people who were still alive were probably staying in the inner rings. But they wouldn't be able to stay indoors for long. After all, the death qi of the inner rings were too thick. It was only a matter of time before they were forced to leave.
Perhaps he could wait outside some of these buildings and look for a chance to kill them just as they were leaving. Even if that didn't work, it did not matter. At this point, nobody would dare to stop him from leaving anymore. He was better off looking for a way to leave the city instead. It would be a lot more troublesome if he ended up trapped in the city.
If the city gates were still open, he would have left by now. As for Dao Cheng and his other targets, it was fine to let them live a bit longer. There was no rush. To kill, he had to first preserve his own life. Google seaʀᴄh novｅlfire.net
Before long, the massive mayor's residence entered his vision. Right at that moment, Su Yu noticed some movements from a large building near the mayor's residence. He blanked out. He was about to head straight into the mayor's residence, but someone was actually delivering themselves to him? In that case, it would be impolite for him to refuse this gift.
He raised his saber and aimed it at the door. The moment the door opened, he would cut the person behind it down...no, wait. He should first see who it was before doing so. It would be awkward if the person behind the door ended up being Qin Fang.
The door swung open, revealing a large bull who was slowly rotting away from death qi erosion.
Immediately after.
Whoosh!
A blade was swung, and a head was severed.
Su Yu put the corpse into his storage ring and muttered with surprise, "A second-stage Mountainsea mountainbreak bull?"
How lucky. He loved this race.
Then, he continued moving toward the mayor's residence. This place might be extremely dangerous due to the existence of the mayor, who was a ninth-stage Sunmoon, but he had no choice. At this rate, the city would end up surrounded by Sunmoons. He had to leave before that.
Before long, he reached the mayor's residence. Once again, the stone statue in the inner hall opened his eyes with exhaustion. He had already turned into stone. Why was peace and tranquility still so elusive?
This human...and that soul devourer were both troublemakers.
Just piss off already.
Chapter 940: Your Brows Are Furrowed (1)
Mayor's residence.
It was grand and massive.
The gate was tightly shut. There was no way to enter. Surprisingly, the death qi in the immediate surroundings of the mayor's residence was quite thin. There, Su Yu even saw a living being. Yes. A living being.
On one of the walls surrounding the mayor's residence, there was a hole. It wasn't too big, but someone was actually hiding in it. Su Yu didn't know what that person was doing. Perhaps this place was even safer than those ancient buildings?
Even more surprisingly, this fellow was not dead. Thus, it was probably true that the hole was safer than those ancient buildings.
Su Yu was left quite speechless. Similarly, the person hiding in the dog hole was also staring at Su Yu speechlessly. A weak death spirit was actually lingering outside the hole. Of the two, one was a human. The other was a lump of soil. They knew each other.
Yes. The person hiding in the dog hole was none other than Topsoil Spirit.
This fellow sure was brazen. Underground movement was not possible in the city, yet he had still decided to enter the city. And he had actually survived. How lucky. It was true that luck was very important at times.
Topsoil Spirit was still alive. He had just transformed into a lump of soil instead of staying in his original humanoid form. He had probably done so in panic after seeing a death spirit outside the hole. That lump...bore a great resemblance to a pile of stool.
Su Yu started approaching the hole in the wall. Whatever. He might as well cut this fellow down for the heavenly reward.
Topsoil Spirit had encountered Su Yu's several times before yet he was still alive and well. Su Yu couldn't help but admit that this fellow was incredibly lucky. They had even traveled together once. In terms of luck, Topsoil Spirit greatly surpassed the likes of Jiu Xuan.
Topsoil Spirit was so frightened to see the death spirit approaching him that he turned into a lump of pale soil. Just what was going on? There shouldn't be any death spirits near the mayor's residence.
Of course, he did not realize that the Sunmoon death spirits had actually emerged from the mayor's residence earlier. He only knew that this hole was quite a nice hiding space. He was still alive and well while the ones who had hidden in the ancient buildings nearby had wailed miserably not long ago. He reckoned they were all dead.
But evidently, that was going to change.
Sure, he wasn't afraid of a mere Skysoar death spirit. But there would be no end to these death spirits if he killed even one of them. Furthermore, there were still Sunmoon death spirits in the city. If he somehow lured those Sunmoon death spirits over, he would be in big trouble even if he himself was a Sunmoon.
"Don't come! Nothing to see here! I'm just a lump of soil!"
But the death spirit did not stop. Topsoil Spirit turned more and more pale. Before Su Yu could even reach the hole, Topsoil Spirit turned into a single speck of dust and shot off. He did not even care about the death qi erosion on his body as he moved out of his shelter. This was too scary. He was very fast.
Su Yu merely gave the escaping speck of dust a glance. A smile took form on his death spirit face. He did not bother to give chase. This was their third meeting, and once again, Topsoil Spirit had survived. He sure had a keen eye for danger.
In fact, Su Yu had actually activated his calm character earlier. That should have caused Topsoil Spirit to calm down and try waiting it out in the hole. But he had still decided to flee. Clearly, not even the calm character could prevent him from sensing the danger.
Su Yu tossed the matter to the back of his mind and approached the gate. It was tightly shut.
"How should I enter? Or to be precise, how should I get a meeting with the mayor? No, the better question is, how should I make the mayor open the gates?"
Su Yu sank into thought. He was not referring to the gate in front of him. Rather, he needed the nine city gates open so he could run. There was no future for him here. But the mayor was a ninth-stage Sunmoon.
If the mayor decided to kill him instead...wouldn't it be over for him? He did not have the confidence to face a ninth-stage Sunmoon. In fact, his act of coming to the mayor's residence was extremely risky.
Also, it would be best for him to not let anyone find out about his death spirit disguise. Perhaps he should make use of his death spirit disguise to collect more information before coming up with a way to negotiate with the mayor.
"If I want to borrow someone's name to force the mayor to negotiate, that person needs to be an Invincible. This mayor was cut by Xia Longwu before. Who knows if he's hostile toward the human race? I need to use the name of an Invincible to prevent him from making a move against me. Invincible..."
Su Yu did not know too many Invincibles. But it wasn't like he didn't know any. At the very least, he was somewhat related to the Silk Destroying King. Since he was now a member of Great Ming, he could also be considered related to Great Ming King. Great Qin King might have discovered him when he first left the Human Realm, so that was another Invincible he was related to. Oh, there was also the Heavenly Forge King.
Right, he also met Great Han King and Great Song King before... Wow, he actually knew quite a lot of Invincibles. But he couldn't find a single one among them who he was confident would back him up.
"In the end, nobody is more reliable than myself."
Once again, he repeated those words to himself. He grew slightly dispirited. If he could seek help from an Invincible, he would have done so long ago. But that wasn't an option for him. Saying that nobody was more reliable than himself was merely his way of consoling himself.
What a pity that his teacher and his grandteacher weren't Invincibles. Otherwise, he could have asked them for help. But that did not matter right now. He only needed to borrow their names.
What should he do to prevent the mayor from killing him on sight? It wouldn't be easy. He was currently the most delicious piece of cake in the entire Allheaven Battlefield. Apart from the human race, everyone else probably wanted to kill him. In fact, even some humans might be thinking of killing him as well.
Su Yu knew the situation he was in very well. That was why he didn't have too many friends. In the Allheaven Battlefield, anyone he wasn't close with was someone he could kill if required. Race did not matter here.
Why should he care if he was all alone anyway? As for the few who would actually be willing to help him, most of them weren't even in the Allheaven Battlefield.
Even though Qin Fang, the descendant of Great Qin King, was also in the city, he had never thought of seeking Qin Fang's help. Why? Because he was all alone. He had nobody he could truly rely on.
Silently, Su Yu circled the mayor's residence, completely oblivious to the fact that the stone statue in the inner hall was observing every action of his.
After a while, Su Yu entered a random building nearby. Then, he ended his acupoint reversal and returned to his original appearance. Done with that, he searched his storage ring and took several items out.
One of them was a command token given to him by Zhu Tiandao. The prefect had said that he could use this token when encountering Great Ming forces outside. He also had a toy saber in hand. That was given by Xia Huyou, claiming that if he was lucky enough to meet Great Xia King, he could use the toy saber to perhaps get some benefits from the king.
"Great Ming King, Great Xia King..."
Those were the only items related to Invincibles on him.
No, wait. He also dragged the little furball out of his sea of consciousness. He had a pensive look as he stared at the little fellow. This furball was also related to an Invincible. After all, the furball's dada was an Invincible. Sure, Su Yu only knew him as a Pseudo Emperor, but in his mind, a Pseudo Emperor was definitely an Invincible as well.
With this, he could claim to be related to three Invincibles. Of course, he definitely wasn't planning to meet the little furball's dada. What if father furball decided to eat his sea of willpower with a single bite? ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ n0velfire.net
"Three Invincibles."
Would that be enough to awe the mayor? He glanced at the distant mayor's residence again. His entering could very well be an act of sending a lamb into a tiger's den.
"Sigh."
Perhaps he should kill more people before trying his luck in the mayor's residence?
***
Su Yu sank into hesitation.
Meanwhile, the stone statue was busy thinking about one thing. He had completely neglected a certain issue. Why...was that damn human capable of transforming into a death spirit?
Holy shit!
He had completely neglected that issue before.
How did he know that the death spirit was Su Yu? Well, the answer was simple. Regardless of what appearance Su Yu took, he was unable to escape the stone statue's senses. Furthermore, the little soul devourer was there as well, making it even easier for the stone statue to recognize Su Yu.
At the moment, he was looking straight at the building Su Yu was in. He saw the entire transformation. After seeing that, he sank into thought. What was going on? Reversing death qi?
Was the kid doing so with a unique character or some incredible cultivation method? No wonder the kid was able to survive this long.
But the kid's transformation was still a tad bit too lacking. He could fool regular Sunmoons, but not those who were actually strong. For this stone statue, only Sunmoons on the verge of dao affirmation could be considered strong.
"Then again, this is already very impressive."
The stone statue continued his contemplation. He couldn't understand. How was that brat doing this? Was it a unique cultivation method? Or had he learned the cultivation method of the death spirits? But that cultivation method could only be learned by the dead. Was the brat dead? The ancient stone statue that had seemingly existed for an eternity sank into confusion.
"Cultivation method...or something else?"
He couldn't understand. When the stone statue saw the kid taking several items out in the building and sensed the auras of powerful individuals on those items, he couldn't help but sigh with admiration. It would seem like this brat had gotten in contact with quite a lot of powerhouses as well.
In fact, the stone statue even felt several familiar auras from those items. Those were the auras of the top human experts. After circling the mayor's residence, the brat had entered a building before taking those items out. Was he afraid that Tian He would kill him?
The stone statue was able to guess Su Yu's thoughts. He had the urge to laugh in amusement, but alas, that was not quite possible with his stone skin. He was well aware of the collusion between Xia Longwu and Tian He.
Thus, Tian He would not kill that human brat. However, the brat was unaware of that. Thus, the stone statue was quite curious as to how the brat was going to ensure that Tian He wouldn't kill him.
Chapter 941: Your Brows Are Furrowed (2)
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While the stone statue was waiting for the good show to unfold.
Su Yu started hesitating.
"Should I hire a super expert to act as my guard for a bit?" But even a ninth-stage Sunmoon would not be a match for that mayor inside this city, right?
After a long hesitation, Su Yu clenched his teeth and decided to just do it. The mayor was the most powerful individual in the city. Perhaps he would not be able to leave the city even with the gates open if he kept refusing to the mayor. He had to find a way to leave before the arrival of the myriad race experts.
A short while later, Su Yu walked out of the building and waited outside for a bit. Surprisingly, no death spirits were heading over to kill him. He decided to stop waiting. Since he could transform back into a death spirit at any time, he didn't need to be too wary of the death spirits.
He walked to the mayor's residence and stood before the gate. There, he announced his arrival loudly, "Adopted great-grandson of Great Xia King, adopted great-grandson of Great Ming King, disciple of Silk Destroying King, unofficial disciple of Heavenly Forge King, Su Yu, is requesting an audience with the mayor."
"..."
His voice was loud. It spread everywhere. Some of the people in the city had the urge to leave their buildings, but they ultimately held back. The mayor's residence sank into a sudden silence.
All the experts hiding all over the city went stiff. Was...Su Yu seeking an audience with the mayor?
No, that wasn't the point.
More importantly, his collection of titles...seemed rather terrifying. He was related to four kings? Since when did he become the adopted great-grandson of Great Xia King and Great Ming King? Since when was he the disciple of Silk Destroying King and Heavenly Forge King?
Meanwhile, Su Yu was fully convinced he was not lying. He once told Xia Huyou that Xia Huyou's grandpa would be his grandpa. In that case, Xia Huyou's great-grandpa would naturally be his great-grandpa as well.
He had said something similar to Zhu Hongliang in Great Ming as well. In fact, Zhu Tiandao had been trying to become his grandfather-in-law. Thus, Great Ming King was as good as his great-grandpa.
As for his relationship with the Silk Destroying King, wasn't the Time technique the best proof of that?
And there was also the Heavenly Forge King. The weaponsmithing legacy in the Hundred Dao Pagoda was essentially his legacy. Thus, Su Yu was absolutely not lying. He had indeed learned from Heavenly Forge King. He believed that not even the four kings could deny that logic of his.
Since he was related to four kings, he should be able to get some respect from the mayor, right?
***
Inside a certain ancient building.
Qin Fang was rubbing his chin while resisting the urge to laugh. Su Yu...what an interesting individual.
***
Inside the mayor's residence.
Tian He, who was busy drinking liquor as usual, blanked out slightly. He placed his wine glass down and laughed in amusement.
"Open the gate."
"Lord!" The old man appeared and said, "There are a lot of troubles surrounding Su Yu. It's not a good idea to meet him."
"Open the gate." Tian He laughed, "This is too interesting. Is he trying to use the names of four human Eternals to scare me? How interesting."
Even the stone statue was amused, to the point his eyes were open yet again. In fact, he hadn't been able to keep his eyes shut for long throughout the day. What was that? Four Eternals? Related to him? Was the brat sure about that?
***
Due to his amusement, Tian He decided to meet the super troublemaker known as Su Yu. Yes. At this point, he had finally reached the conclusion that Su Yu was the culprit behind the chaos.
It was rather impressive for that brat to remain alive after killing so many death spirits. Furthermore, he was actually appearing out in the open. Was he not worried that the Sunmoon death spirits would appear and kill him?
The Sunmoon death spirits were still somewhere in the city. They had yet to leave. But they had not attempted to kill Su Yu after his appearance despite the fact that he was revealing his own aura.
There were many reasons for that, and the little furball's existence was one of the reasons. Even after leaving the building, the little furball still carried traces of the stone statue's aura on him. Both Su Yu and the little furball were completely unaware of that.
Nevertheless, Su Yu was not too worried about the death spirits. He was prepared to transform back into a death spirit at a moment's notice. This action of his was risky, but it was a risk he had to take.
Slowly, the gate swung open. A familiar face appeared behind the gate.
Commander Tian Men. That was the same Mountainsea guard he met when he first arrived at the city.
Tian Men was looking at Su Yu with an odd gaze as he said, "The mayor is waiting for you inside."
"Thank you!"
Su Yu smiled. He wasn't surprised that the mayor would be willing to meet him. He only hoped that the mayor wouldn't attack during their meeting. This was merely a gamble on his part. So many people had heard his declaration. Even if he wasn't actually related to the four Invincibles, the mayor still needed to show some restraint to avoid giving the impression that he was disrespecting the four Invincibles, right?
Sure, this little insurance Su Yu bought himself was a fragile one, but insurance was still insurance.
At the same time, Su Yu also made a ruthless decision. If the worst happened, he would pinch the little furball to death and lure the big furball over. That way, even if he had to die, he would also be able to drag everyone down with him. Inside his sea of willpower, the little furball was trembling with fear. He was able to clearly sense Su Yu's intention. Or to be precise, he could see it. After all, a miniature Su Yu had appeared in there. With a hammer in hand, the miniature Su Yu was on standby to attack at a moment's notice.
Sprawled lazily atop a character, the little furball licked the character to console himself. Then, he made a ruthless decision as well. Before his death, he would eat this character! It smelled so nice!
If he had to die, he would die with a full stomach!
Su Yu followed behind the Mountainsea guard. While walking, he said, "Thanks for the reminder you gave me previously, Commander."
"You're welcome." Tian Men said, "What a surprise that you're really Su Yu."
"I have no choice but to hide my identity." Su Yu laughed, "Commander, is the mayor easy to speak with?"
Tian Men indifferently said, "He's fine."
"I'm glad to hear that. The mayor is wise and valiant. I believe he's definitely amiable and approachable."
Tian Men had an odd expression as he heard that. This was the most shameless young genius he had ever met. They were near enough that the mayor could hear what they were saying. Clearly, Su Yu's intended recipient was the mayor, not him.
Su Yu said, "Commander Tian Men, is the mayor capable of opening the nine gates in this situation? Too many people are trying to kill me. If I remain in the city, everyone will misunderstand that the mayor is protecting me. What if all my enemies decide to attack the city? That will only bring trouble to the great mayor."
Tian Men was left completely speechless. That made too much sense. He couldn't find a retort.
Su Yu said, "By the way, the human race has sent a large number of experts to save me. If a battle between all those experts erupts inside the city, it will only bring trouble to the great mayor."
Tian Men remained silent. That made a lot of sense as well. Well, the brat should tell the mayor himself. Of all the young geniuses Tian Men had seen, this human here was quite a unique one. Then again, all of these young geniuses were unique.
A short while later, they arrived at a massive hall. There were only two individuals in the hall. Seated on the throne was the mayor while an old man with white hair stood slightly below the throne. Read full story at n0velfire.net
"Lord, Su Yu is here."
The mayor nonchalantly took a sip from the wine glass he was holding. He was clad in a white outfit, with his long hair cascading down his shoulders. He did not show any unique characteristics, making it impossible for Su Yu to determine the race he was from. But Su Yu could feel the death qi on the mayor.
The death qi on the mayor was incredibly dense, to the point it felt as dense as what those Sunmoon death spirits were emitting.
"Greetings, Lord Mayor."
Su Yu gave a respectful bow.
After taking another sip from his wine glass, the mayor said, "Adopted great-grandson of Great Xia King and Great Ming King?"
"Yes."
"Disciple of Silk Destroying King and Heavenly Forge King?"
"Yes."
"In that case, why are you in such a desperate situation?"
Su Yu calmly answered, "I don't think so. Any expert needs to climb to the top one step at a time. Without suffering, how can one hope to reach the top? I dare say that I'm rising at a speed that can astonish all realms in existence. I believe that is what those Invincibles wish to see from me."
"Are you trying to leave?"
Su Yu lowered his head and said, "Yes. If I remain, the experts of numerous races will be here. Soon, Heavendoom City will become the center of attention and the battlefield of myriad races. Perhaps even Invincibles will start fighting here."
"You're very confident."
Tian He smiled, "Which Invincible will actually fight for you?"
Tian He spoke without holding back, "The multiple character faction is the focus of the myriad races. The human race has given up on the multiple character faction. That is the only option if humanity does not wish to become an enemy of all races. That is the only way for the human race to preserve a tiny bit of its status and power. You should know this well. Tell me. Which Invincible will fight for you?
"Back then, Ye Batian was the hope of humanity. Human Invincibles fought for him, but he disappointed everyone and plunged humanity into despair. Do you think humanity will fight the myriad races again for a second Ye Batian?"
Su Yu solemnly declared, "I am not Ye Batian. Nor am I the second Ye Batian. I don't know if the human Invincibles will be willing to fight for me. Perhaps...you know the answer better than me."
Was the mayor so sure that the human Invincibles wouldn't fight for him? Was the mayor so sure that nobody in the human race wished to see the multiple character faction rise?
No.
A lot of people wished to see the multiple character faction rise once again. They had merely been hiding their feelings due to the stance adopted by the myriad races.
Su Yu believed in that firmly. Otherwise, the multiple character faction would have been fully wiped out long ago.
Tian He laughed, "Perhaps...you're right. Take a seat."
Su Yu was just about to say something when a cushion appeared under him. He cursed inwardly, but he quickly forced his mind to calm down. Sunmoons were very sensitive. He shouldn't think too much in the presence of one.
He did not hesitate to sit down. After sitting down, he raised his head to look at the mayor again. The mayor looked incredibly young, and he maintained the appearance of a human. Ignoring the thick death qi on him, he actually looked quite scholarly.
"A drink?"
Mayor Tian He offered with a smile. A wine glass appeared out of thin air, and wine started pouring out of thin air to fill the glass. Then, the glass floated toward Su Yu.
Su Yu accepted the glass. The wine in the glass was emanating waves of thick death qi.
Chapter 942: Your Brows Are Furrowed (3)
The look in Su Yu's eyes changed when he noticed that. Tian He indifferently said, "Since you have the courage to kill death spirits and have the ability to live until now, this little bit of death qi is probably not an issue for you. Give it a try. It's pretty good. This is the most popular liquor of the death spirit race, known as the Death Fluid. It was brewed from corpse water and ten-thousand-year-old corpses..."
Su Yu sank into silence.
Tian He coldly said, "You have the courage to unleash slaughter in an ancient city. Are you afraid of something like this?"
Su Yu said nothing and drained the glass of wine in one gulp. Death qi started corroding his organs. But shortly after, a pure burst of life force erupted within his body, instantly healing his corroded organs.
He raised his head to look at the mayor in surprise. The mayor said, "Life and death. Only a thin line separates the two. Death leads toward life. At the very end of death is life."
Su Yu couldn't quite understand that statement. He solemnly said, "This student is ignorant and fails to understand the profundity behind those words."
Tian He smiled, "Profundity? No, there is nothing profound about that. I am merely speaking from my own experience. You are very brazen. You even dare to drink the Death Fluid. Very few people have the courage to drink it."
"Ignorance breeds courage."
Su Yu gave a short reply.
Tian He smiled, "No. It's not ignorance. It's fearlessness. You are confident. You are certain that a mere glass of Death Fluid is not enough to take your life."
Tian He asked another question, "Why did you enter the Allheaven Battlefield?"
"Strengthen myself."
"What comes after?"
"Protect myself."
"Only that?"
"Only that."
Su Yu looked down and asked, "Why else would I need strength?"
"Have you never thought of activating the suppressive force of the Human Realm or conquering all realms in existence?"
"Not interested." Su Yu spoke with a completely tranquil tone, "My enemies will be killed. Those trying to step on me will be killed. Race and creed do not matter."
"That's not a good thought to have." Tian He laughed, "If that's how you think, you will have a lot of enemies."
"I will simply kill...until I can't kill anymore."
"What a murderous young man." Tian He said, "In recent years, the most murderous human to have emerged is Xia Longwu. Prior to him, it was Ye Batian. And even earlier than that, it was Great Qin King. Ye Batian is dead. As for Xia Longwu...his dao affirmation will be extremely challenging. Are you trying to walk the same path as those people?"
With his head still lowered, Su Yu said, "I don't walk anyone's path. I am who I am. If I want to kill, I kill. If I don't want to kill, nobody can make me do it. If anyone tries to make me do it, I'll kill that person. I am murderous not because I want to kill. Instead, I am murderous to protect myself from being killed."
"If I refuse to open the gates for you, will you kill me after you grow stronger?"
Su Yu's head was still lowered as he answered, "No. You misunderstand me, Lord Mayor."
Tian He laughed.
"You don't mean those words." Tian He said, "You will. If I refuse to let you go and you manage to survive, you will take your revenge against me after growing stronger."
"I won't."
"You will."
"I won't."
"..."
The old man standing beside Su Yu had the urge to laugh at that exchange.
Tian He also laughed. He said, "Since you won't kill me, I won't be releasing you, then."
"I will." Su Yu changed his answer instantly, "I am very good at holding a grudge. Of course, I am a lot more lenient when it comes to my grudge against experts. But...I am also very good at remembering the favors shown to me. If you help me today, I will return your favor a hundredfold in the future."
"You? Repaying my favor?" Tian He asked, "What makes you think you have the ability to even help me with anything? Just because you killed Final Armor? What a joke. I could crush him with a single finger if I wanted to."
Su Yu sank into silence. After a short moment, he spoke again, "I can see that your body is currently plagued by a high concentration of death qi. I don't know if you're cultivating the death qi or if this is simply something out of your control. But I do have a cultivation method capable of recovering one's life force. It is an extremely rare cultivation method called the Long Life Art."
"Long Life Art?"
"Yes."
Su Yu tossed a cultivation manual over. That was the Life Trigger of the immortal race instead of the so-called Long Life Art, but he couldn't use the same name, right? Also, he was not lying. With this art, one could produce life force in one's body. But this was the modified version for the human race so it was actually useless for the mayor.
After all, the location of acupoints differed between races. He was only using this as a negotiating chip. The only art that would be of use to the mayor was the Source Acupoint Reversal of the death spirits.
That was not a cultivation method in the traditional sense. Rather, it was a method to reverse one's source qi. It would work regardless of race as it did not care about the locations or number of acupoints opened. This was the true solution for death qi erosion.
Even if one had only one acupoint, one would be able to reverse source qi to death qi or vice versa with this method.
Its ability to reverse qi in both directions was the reason why it was so valuable. This was also the trump card Su Yu relied on to transform into a death spirit. Unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn't reveal it to anyone.
As for the so-called Long Life Art he plagiarized from the immortals, it was a powerful and complicated art. However, it couldn't be used by anyone. Humans might find it useful, but the mayor was not a human.
Tian He was quite surprised. He checked the manual and said, "This is something good. It's...very complicated. This must be somewhat related to the Life Trigger of the immortals. What a pity that this version is only usable for humans."
It was unfortunate that this wouldn't be of help to him. He could only use it as a point of reference. If it was a version suitable for his race instead, it might really be able to deal with the excessive death qi in his body.
What a pity.
Nevertheless, this was still an incredible cultivation method. For the human race, this could be considered an invaluable treasure. It was especially valuable for those who were dying from old age. Su Yu sure was generous for offering him something like this. Not even Xia Longwu would be so generous with a cultivation method like this.
Tian He smiled and said, "I can see your sincerity. Unfortunately, I can't directly use it. I can only use it as a point of reference. But I suppose this is still a decent offer."
After a slight pause, he said, "If you wish to leave, that might be possible. But...I can't open the gates."
Su Yu's expression changed. Why was that?
Tian He explained, "Everyone knows that you're trapped here while I have not provided any party with any assistance. I have not opened the city gates for anyone. Neutrality. This is the rule for all ancient cities. I might be a mayor, but I can't break the rule either."
"If I open the gates for you, what will the other races think? You can leave, but what about me?"
Su Yu blanked out. True. He finally understood Tian He's position. The mayor had not opened the gates for anyone. If the gates were opened for him alone, what would the others think?
Understanding dawned on Su Yu.
Tian He might offend the experts of numerous races letting him go. This was indeed an unreasonable request. He sighed inwardly. This was something he had not considered before.
He stood up and bowed slightly, "Thank you for dispelling my doubts, Mayor. I have been too presumptuous. In that case, I won't leave. I will fight them to the death in this city. I only hope that you will remain neutral."
He turned and started walking away.
Since this wasn't going to work, he was left with only one choice: kill.
His killing intent further intensified. Even the old man beside him shivered from the killing intent. How murderous. This human genius was indeed very different than the other humans he had seen.
This was a decisive, and terrifying person.
The moment he realized that his current plan wouldn't work, he left without any hesitation. The moment he stepped out of the mayor's residence, a new round of slaughter would probably begin.
What a ruthless individual. Even back when Xia Longwu was this young, he was not as murderous. Just how many people had Su Yu killed to build such an intense killing intent?
Su Yu had indeed killed a lot of people. If the death spirits were considered people as well, he had basically killed more than a thousand people in a short amount of time.
Young geniuses, demonic beasts, single character faction members, divines, devils...he did not discriminate when killing.
Seeing that Su Yu was about to leave, Tian He laughed and said, "What's the rush? I can't open the gates for you, but it's not like there is no alternative for you. There is an inner hall in the mayor's residence. You can try your luck there. If you're lucky enough, you might find a solution to your current predicament. If you're not lucky enough to find something like that, feel free to do what you need to do. I won't interfere."
This was an interesting brat. Also a troublesome brat. Perhaps, only that person could deal with this brat. As for whether that person would be willing to help or not, that was out of his control.
Su Yu was surprised. He turned and respectfully said, "Thank you for the guidance, Mayor."
Heavenly Hunt Pavilion!
According to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, there was an opportunity to be found in the mayor's residence. And that so-called opportunity was located in the inner hall.
He had not encountered any of the ancient building opportunities. He did manage to get his hands on some ancient city medallions. But there was a third opportunity to be found in an ancient city: the mayor's residence.
He had not expected that he would get the chance to search for the opportunity within the mayor's residence.
"Tian Men, show him the way."
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Tian Men was quite surprised as well. The inner hall had always been a forbidden zone.
After Su Yu and Tian Men left, the old man spoke through voice transmission, "Lord, why did you send him there? Is this...appropriate?"
While sipping on wine, Tian He smiled, "It's fine. There is no hiding anything in the city from him. This is not a small headache, so it's better to let him deal with it. I'm not an Invincible so this is out of my depth. Since I can't kill or help him, I might as well do him this tiny favor. Regardless of the result, a favor will still be a favor."
The old man did not say anything else. He naturally didn't want to attract the attention of the existence in the inner hall.
That statue was a taboo in the city. But he still couldn't understand the mayor's reasoning for reaching that decision.
Once again, Tian He picked up the cultivation manual and sighed. What a pity. This was an excellent cultivation method, but it wasn't suitable for him. The death qi in his body was getting thicker and thicker.
Could Xia Longwu really cut the death qi away?
A self-mocking smile formed on his face. Perhaps this was merely a beautiful dream on his part.
***
In the inner hall, the stone statue opened his eyes and looked at Su Yu and Tian Men who were heading his way.
Then, his gaze landed on Tian He. What an expert at shirking responsibility. That damn fellow had a habit of throwing all sorts of troubles his way. What even was the point of having the fake mayor around if he was going to do that?
The stone statue grumbled that he had already turned into stone. Why did he still need to deal with all these troubles?
A short while later, Su Yu stepped into the inner hall. The stone statue had already shut his eyes. He decided to pretend Su Yu wasn't there. He really didn't feel like doing anything.
Tian Men had also entered the inner hall. His gaze landed on the stone statue, but he was completely unsurprised. This stone statue could not be damaged or moved. It had existed since time immemorial and had never caused them any trouble. But why...did it look like the stone statue's brows were furrowed today? Was he seeing things?
Chapter 943: Eureka! (1)
Inside the hall.
Standing before the towering stone statue, Tian Men said, "Just wait here for a bit. Nobody knows if the opportunity will appear for you."
Su Yu asked doubtfully, "So I only need to wait?"
"Yes."
"Has anyone gotten anything from this place before?"
"Of course." Tian Men said, "A decent number of people have been here before. You might even recognize some of those names. Back then, people like Ye Batian and Xia Longwu were here as well..."
"Wait." Su Yu asked, "Prefect Xia as well?"
Was that a joke? He was someone who had sent Tian He flying with his saber before. He was here before as well? Did he enter forcefully after sending Tian He flying?
Tian Men nodded, "Yes."
Su Yu had nothing else to say about that.
"Did all of them obtain something from this place?"
"No. Xia Longwu was here to wait for a Sunmoon death spirit. He fled after killing the death spirit."
"..."
Su Yu was stunned. Holy shit! So when Prefect Xia waited here, a Sunmoon death spirit appeared? Were they sure this was a place of opportunity instead of a place of death? Anyone else would rot away right after encountering a Sunmoon death spirit. Meanwhile, Xia Longwu was able to kill the Sunmoon death spirit.
Su Yu asked, "You can spawn Sunmoon death spirits by killing Mountainsea death spirits. If you kill Sunmoon death spirits, will Invincible death spirits appear? Does something like an Invincible death spirit even exist?"
"I don't know." Tian Men was not lying when he claimed that he didn't know. He explained, "Xia Longwu did not stay for long after killing the Sunmoon death spirit. We didn't notice anything, but he did leave with heavy injuries. Perhaps he did encounter something back then. I'm only a Mountainsea so there's no way for me to know more."
As a mere Mountainsea, he was not qualified to get involved in matters concerning super experts like Xia Longwu. Even the mayor was sent flying with only one slash. That same slash would probably be enough to kill him.
Thus, it was only natural that he didn't know much about Xia Longwu's encounter here. He only knew that Xia Longwu was gravely injured. But it wasn't hard to imagine how dangerous this place was if even a super expert like Xia Longwu was gravely injured here. Then again, there was also no denying that there were various opportunities to obtain here as well.
"So who among them managed to obtain an opportunity here?"
"Ye Batian." Tian Men said, "I think he obtained a cultivation method here, but nobody knows more about it. However, he began his abrupt rise in the Allheaven Battlefield soon after leaving this place. Nobody could defeat him."
It was an exaggeration to claim that nobody could defeat Ye Batian. But Su Yu still had an odd look on his face. So the fifth principal obtained an opportunity here before? In front of him, the stone statue had the urge to clarify that Ye Batian's strength had nothing much to do with him. That cultivation method was nothing impressive anyway. Ye Batian's accomplishments were mostly due to his excessive talent.
As for Xia Longwu, well, that was merely a mad butcher. The stone statue also had nothing to do with his injuries.
That lunatic tried to kill his way into the home of the death spirits. What could the stone statue do about that? Xia Longwu should count himself lucky for surviving such a crazy endeavor.
As for his fear of killing one Sunmoon death spirit...well, that was all these fellows saw. Toward the end, that lunatic had probably killed about twenty Sunmoon death spirits. Probably.
The stone statue couldn't remember it quite well. In any case, that slaughter had caused all the death spirits to go crazy. That butcher was truly lucky to have survived that. The stone statue also thought inwardly that he was going to sleep. There was no point waiting as they wouldn't be getting anything today.
After giving his explanation to Su Yu, Tian Men said, "I'll be taking my leave. It is better for only one person to stay here at a time. It is almost impossible to obtain anything from this place if you're not alone."
The stone statue answered inwardly that they couldn't obtain anything when there were more of them because it was too noisy. They should count themselves lucky that he had not beaten them all to death for being too noisy.
As for some of the people who had seemingly obtained something from this place...well, some of them were merely lying to look impressive. What could he do about that?
But some people had indeed obtained something here, but that had more to do with the overflowing talent those people seemed to have. The stone statue had never given anything out. Those people had simply comprehended something during their time here.
Tian Men left.
Su Yu was left alone in the inner hall. No, there was also the little furball, who was busy licking a random character in Su Yu's sea of willpower and the stone statue.
Su Yu started looking around. The hall looked simple and crude. But it was massive. The stone statue was at least thirty meters in height, yet the hall still looked empty with such a big statue in it. One ought to note that the statue was actually seated cross-legged. It would definitely be much taller standing.
And the stone statue was the most conspicuous thing in the hall. Apart from the stone statue, the hall was almost completely empty.
Su Yu looked at the floor, the walls, and the ceiling. Everything seemed to be joined seamlessly, as though they were a single entity that had existed since time immemorial. When he stomped on the ground, he couldn't even cause it to shake.
He wanted to try cutting the hall with his saber, but he was worried that he would attract more death spirits doing so. Sure, he wasn't afraid of death spirits, but it would be impolite to do so in someone's home, right?
After looking at the entire room, his gaze landed on the stone statue. It was massive. The statue was as tall as a ten-story building even when it was seated cross-legged. Standing beside the statue, Su Yu looked like a little kitten.
He studied the statue and found it incredibly lifelike. And he was certain that this was the statue of a male. It resembled a human, but after taking a closer look, Su Yu noted something resembling a tail hiding behind the statue.
He moved to the back of the statue to get a better look, but the clothing of the statue covered everything. But he did see something resembling a tail protruding out of the cloth. Even the cloth carved out of stone seemed incredibly lifelike.
"A tail?"
Su Yu muttered to himself. This was not a human. But there were too many races with tails for him to make an accurate judgment.
"Since this statue has been here for a long time, is this the statue of an ancient expert? Perhaps this is a statue of the original lord of the city?"
Su Yu sank into thought as he stared at the tail. He only saw a tiny part of it. He wondered how long it was.
Done with staring at the tail, he moved to the front again. He looked up at the statue and mumbled with astonishment, "Looks like the people of the ancient times are quite fashionable. Just look at this deep V outfit. More importantly, why is the person wearing this outfit a male?"
The stone statue remained still. Inwardly, he was cursing.
Su Yu started looking all over the statue. He even reached out to rub the thigh of the statue. Wow. Even the hair on the thigh was incredibly lifelike. Every strand of hair was incredibly long. They looked lifelike, but they also carried the weight of history due to their petrified form.
Su Yu tried plucking one of the hairs, but he failed. What a sturdy statue. The stone statue remained still. He had encountered individuals who had tried attacking him here, but this was his first time encountering someone who had tried to pluck the hair on his thigh.
What was this human doing?
Su Yu continued studying the statue. Eventually, he started flying above the statue. He wasn't too worried about the statue as according to the records he read, this statue had remained undamaged even after being attacked by Mayor Tian He. And Mayor Tian He was still fine as well. The danger Xia Longwu had encountered was most likely due to the death spirits instead of the statue.
Su Yu landed on the shoulder of the statue, but he was not even as tall as the statue's head. The head of the statue was about seven or eight meters in height.
Su Yu was merely as tall as the statue's neck. He started walking around the neck. When he reached the chin, he felt like something was blocking his way. When he looked up, he noted that it was the beard of the statue. He threw a casual punch at the beard, impressed at how lifelike the beard was.
Just who was the sculptor of this statue? The sculptor must be an incredible expert to be able to work with such a solid material.
Material...
Suddenly, Su Yu's heart thumped.
Solid material!
His eyes sparkled as a new idea hit him. This thing...could remain undamaged even under the attack of a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Was it possible that...the statue was sculpted out of some incredibly rare weaponsmithing material?
The look in Su Yu's eyes changed. Was this the so-called opportunity everyone spoke of? This was a massive opportunity. An opportunity to craft a divine weapon.
Su Yu swallowed nervously and leaped off the statue. He looked the statue up and down with an amazed gaze. Taking the statue away was not possible. What if...he used this as the foundation to forge an earth weapon?
That should be possible, right? What about an embryonic heaven weapon? Would he be able to take the statue away after forging it into a weapon?
He could probably leave an imprint in the statue after forging it into a weapon. That might be enough for him to actually move the statue. Even if he couldn't turn it into a proper weapon, he could probably throw it at his enemies like a brick. From how tough the statue was, that would probably be enough to smash countless experts to death.
Su Yu started growing excited. Was this his opportunity? Was this the fortuitous encounter waiting for him?
A godly weapon?
"What a pity that Teacher Zhao isn't here. If I can join hands with him..."
Su Yu concluded that if Teacher Zhao was here, they could probably forge an actual heaven weapon out of this statue. Even if they still couldn't move the statue after forging it into a weapon, this was still an excellent weaponsmithing material that couldn't be found anywhere else.
After all, it was tough enough to withstand the attack of a ninth-stage Sunmoon. With such excellent material, he could try every single weaponsmithing trick he knew on it. Su Yu's eyes sparkled. He became more and more convinced that this was the fortuitous encounter waiting for him. The latest_epɪ_sodes are on_the NoveI-Fire.ɴet
He could forge a powerful weapon here. Or he could even imitate Old Zhao and insert one of his characters into the statue, turning it into his lifebound weapon. The material of this statue was definitely tougher than even some heaven weapons out there.
He had plenty of characters and none of them was a main character. Thus, he didn't even need to worry about the backlash. He would probably be fine losing one character to the statue.
At that thought, Su Yu's eyes sparkled even more. If he could refine the statue and take it with him...holy shit! It was basically as tough as a divine weapon. Even if it lacked other special abilities, it was tough enough to serve as his weapon until the Invincible Realm!
Boom!
His fourth-tier fire character appeared and started burning the statue. He no longer cared if what he did would cause death spirits to appear. He only had his fortuitous encounter in his mind.
The stone statue remained still. What was the little shit doing? The little shit was burning him! Was the little shit trying to test his durability?
That thought had barely crossed his mind when a hammer appeared in Su Yu's hand. Then, Su Yu flew atop the statue and slammed the hammer down at the statue. The recoil caused his entire body to shake uncontrollably, but he was overjoyed.
What excellent material! Even his vibrate character couldn't grant him immunity from the recoil. Jackpot!
He believed that if he could turn this into his lifebound weapon, his cultivation would increase massively as well. In fact, he would be strong enough to no longer worry about the pressure of having ninety-nine characters in his sea of willpower.
Upon success, he no longer had to worry about weapons anymore. This statue would serve as his weapon for a very long time.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth. All five characters appeared as he started using his weaponsmithing skills on the statue.
Chapter 944: Eureka! (2)
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Hammer after hammer, Su Yu forged the stone statue while dripping with sweat. Even if he couldn't melt it down, it didn't matter. He only needed his Soul Expanding Art to achieve some sort of resonance with the statue to insert his character into it.
Perhaps that would allow him to move the statue around. He could then use it as a super brick and smash some Mountainseas to death with it.
Meanwhile, the stone statue was blanking out. Was the...little shit forging him?
Yes. He had finally discovered Su Yu's intention. The little shit was treating him like a weaponsmithing material.
Holy shit!
This was the very first time something like this had happened. The stone statue had experienced being burned, hammered, struck, and all sorts of attacks. But nobody had treated him as a big lump of material before.
But that was probably because no weaponsmith had ever visited him. Even the stone statue was wondering if he could be forged into a divine weapon. He ultimately concluded that if one was strong enough, that might really be possible.
After all, even a person of flesh and blood could be forged into a weapon if the correct method was used. Such a method would create a powerful weapon if the living being used was strong enough. For example, Hu Qi had forged a living Sunmoon into a weapon not long ago.
The same concept was at play here. If Su Yu was strong and lucky enough, he might really be able to forge the statue into an incredibly powerful weapon. Thus, there was no flaw in Su Yu's logic. All that remained to be seen was whether he could actually succeed.
While forging the statue, Su Yu was also taking the chance to forge his body and consolidate his cultivation. The recoil from hitting the statue was very beneficial for tempering his body. And using both the vibrate character and Soul Expanding Art was also helpful in removing more impurities from his body and willpower.
He had been growing too fast recently. Furthermore, he had been exposed to too much death qi as of late. Thus, this was the perfect chance for him to temper his body and rid himself of impurities.
Even if there was a possibility of failure, this was still an extremely rare material. Thus, Su Yu was still quite excited to work on it. With such a material, he could test all the weaponsmithing techniques he knew. A regular material would probably break into pieces after being struck a few times with his hammer. But this material was strong enough to last tens of thousands of hits or more.
Su Yu continued hitting the statue with his hammer. His mood was good. What a nice material. He was adjusting the frequency of the vibrations in his body to match the vibrations coming from the stone statue. After a while, he discovered something interesting.
The vibrations coming from the stone statue followed a certain unique tempo. In order to match the tempo, Su Yu continued adjusting the vibrations in his body.
Once, twice...
Gradually, he increased the speed of his movement. Eventually, an odd look appeared in his eyes.
As the vibrations from the statue washed over his body...
He noticed that...
All the pores on his body had suddenly opened wide.
His bones, flesh, and source qi started vibrating at a unique tempo, and a mysterious comprehension dawned on him as he muttered, "Breathing technique! This is a unique source qi breathing technique!"
The look in his eyes changed completely.
Here he was, minding his own business and forging a weapon. But he had somehow comprehended a new technique while doing so. It was a unique technique. It was not a method to open acupoints. Rather, it was a unique breathing technique that could potentially increase one's cultivation speed. For more chapters visıt ⓝovelFire.net
Su Yu was shocked. This breathing technique...could be used by all races! The reason for that was simple. It did not require compatible acupoints to be used. One only needed to control the tempo of vibrations within one's body to use it.
A new understanding dawned on Su Yu. So this was the so-called opportunity. Was this how the fifth principal obtained his cultivation method here? Had the fifth principal perhaps tried forging this statue as well? Was that how he obtained an inheritance from this place?
Inhale.
And exhale.
Su Yu continued hammering the statue while matching the tempo of the statue. A large amount of death qi was still stuck in his body from his previous transformations, but through this process, some darkened blood started seeping out of his pores. He was slowly expelling the death qi from his body.
Seeing what was happening, he took out some heavenly source qi to create an even better environment and started enjoying himself.
***
"398..."
The stone statue was keeping count. The little shit had hammered him 398 times. But he was quite impressed with the little shit's perception. Somehow, the little shit had comprehended his breathing technique. As the statue was still alive, he had naturally been inhaling and exhaling source qi as a form of passive cultivation. Others were simply too weak to notice that.
Nobody had done this before. First, one had to try forging him into a weapon. Then, one needed to adjust the vibrations in one's body and match to statue's vibrations. That would allow one to insert a character into the statue. That was what Su Yu was trying to do, but he had somehow resonated with the statue's breathing technique.
This was a complete coincidence.
During the ancient times, the ancient warriors would further strengthen their bodies through unique breathing techniques. And this statue was no ordinary warrior. Thus, his breathing technique was one of exceptional quality as well.
In his petrified state, not to mention Sunmoon, even Invincibles might not be able to get through his defenses. And his breathing technique was also a great contributor to his defensive capabilities.
Su Yu did not have the complete inheritance of the breathing technique, but he did manage to grasp the basics. The stone statue was very surprised. What was that? By forging him, the little shit managed to learn an ancient breathing technique? So the little shit was being rewarded for being so impertinent?
And would you look at that, the little shit seemed to have a lot of heavenly source qi.
The stone statue started stealthily absorbing the heavenly source qi. Su Yu did not notice anything. He was only confused at how fast the heavenly source qi was being exhausted. Ten full portions of heavenly source qi were gone before he knew it.
Holy shit!
Su Yu was very impressed. The breathing technique seemed to be beneficial to his physical body as well. It did not help with his offensive prowess, but it did increase his durability slightly.
Well, using ten portions of heavenly source qi for that was probably worth it. But the exhaustion was a tad bit too high.
"Since the breathing technique is so powerful, it is understandable that it's so expensive to cultivate."
As a whole, Su Yu was still quite happy. Thus, he took out even more heavenly source qi. His body continued strengthening slowly. As more and more death qi and corrupted blood were expelled from his body, he felt incredibly comfortable. Even his willpower was starting to turn lively.
At this time, Su Yu started circulating the Long Life Art, or more accurately, the Life Trigger ability of the immortal race. And thus, he started farting while hammering the statue. He discovered that cultivating this way benefited his physical body a lot as well.
That was merely a random idea he had, but it actually worked. But because of that, the stone statue lost all interest in the heavenly source qi in the hall.
Damn it!
Not only was the little shit hitting him with a hammer, but the little shit was imitating the immortals and farting on him. This was starting to get annoying.
Didn't this kid want to leave the city? Just piss off already. How troublesome.
***
Finally, the stone statue opened his eyes.
Su Yu was too immersed in the joy of cultivation to notice that.
Suddenly, his hammer missed. First, he blanked out. But soon, he turned wary. He found that he was no longer in the hall. Rather, he seemed to have entered a different plane of existence.
"Who did this?"
He looked around, but he found nothing. His tribulation character remained completely still. Or to be precise, all his characters were remaining still. He was greatly alarmed. Was this the true face of the so-called opportunity? Or was this one of the dangers one might encounter here?
Where was he? Wasn't he supposed to be in the inner hall of the mayor's residence? How did he reach this place? Suddenly, an ethereal voice rang out from all around him. It was so loud he felt like his eardrums were going to burst apart.
"Mortal. State your wish."
The dignified and imposing voice greatly alarmed Su Yu.
"Senior...who are you?"
"Mortal, state your wish."
The incredibly loud voice assaulted Su Yu's eardrums.
He hurriedly said, "Senior, does the opportunity here come in the form of a wish?"
"Yes."
Instead of joy, Su Yu was even more alarmed by the reply. Was this thing alive? Was this thing not something with a predetermined set of replies? He was careful to not show his fear. Carefully, he asked, "Senior, can I ask for anything?"
"State your wish."
"I wish for the destruction of the Divine Realm and the Devil Realm..."
Silence descended. Utter silence.
Worried that he had somehow caused trouble for himself, Su Yu hurriedly said, "That might be too grand a wish. Senior, can you bestow me with a million strands of heavenearth profound light?"
"..."
Utter silence.
Carefully, Su Yu switched his request again, "Can...Senior grant me a million heavenly source fruits? Or perhaps...a clump of willpower enough to push me straight to the Sunmoon Realm? Pure willpower, preferably."
"..."
When Su Yu saw that there was still no reply, he had the urge to curse. What nonsense was this? He was asked for his wish, but no reply came when he stated his wish.
The loud voice spoke again, "State a wish appropriate for your status."
What nonsense was this little shit saying? Didn't the little shit want to leave the city? How could the little shit be so fickle?
But as far as Su Yu was concerned, if there was a way to get rid of all his enemies, what was the point of leaving? That was the only kind of wish worth making. Leaving was only a choice he made out of desperation.
A wish appropriate for his status...
After thinking about it, Su Yu carefully said, "Senior, as someone who has killed a peak Mountainsea before, I can be considered a peak Mountainsea, right?"
Just what was going on? Even now, Su Yu still didn't know where he was. He did not know that for everyone else, he was still standing in his previous spot. The stone statue did not answer.
Su Yu continued, "Can you bestow me with a thousand Mountainsea death spirit underlings?"
That was appropriate, right? If that was possible...wow! A thousand Mountainsea death spirits were probably enough to kill a bunch of Sunmoons. In that case, there was no longer any need for him to run. He could casually wait for more myriad race Sunmoons to arrive and get them all killed.
But he was also making this request to test the stone statue. Just where was he? Why did this feel so terrifying? Was this statue related to the death spirits? If it was, could the statue grant him command over a group of death spirits? The more he learned about this Heavendoom City, the more terrifying and scary it seemed.
What a bizarre city.
Meanwhile, the stone statue was trying really hard to not slap Su Yu into mincemeat. Why was the little shit making all those nonsensical requests? Did the little shit want to leave or not?
Since there was no answer, Su Yu realized that not even this wish was possible. It would seem like this mysterious existence was not so powerful, after all. It seemed incapable of anything.
But since he was still trapped in this unknown place, he had no choice but to make an easier request.
"Senior, can you bestow upon me a hundred teleportation talismans that can be used to freely leave and enter the city?"
"..."