Chapter 897: Entering The Heaven Index Before The Ancient City (2)
After a short silence, the masked man answered, "My authority is not high enough to carry out such transactions. Perhaps you try to increase your level of authority. With enough authority, anything is possible."
"..."
The look in Su Yu's eyes changed. He said, "Recruiting the geniuses of the myriad races, facilitating transactions of all kinds, and perhaps offering other services for hire as well. I am very familiar with this process."
He was way too familiar with this. Wasn't this basically a bigger version of his Mutual Aid Club? First, recruit others. Then, facilitate missions for benefits. The organizer would profit by merely providing a platform to others.
The masked man said, "We're each getting what we need from this. It's not like the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion has ever claimed to be the embodiment of justice."
Su Yu continued retreating as he asked, "Is Mo Duona a member?"
The masked man said, "I don't know. I am only in charge of my own list. I know nothing about the lists of others. This is how we operate."
"So you're the person in charge of dealing with me from now on?"
"Yes." The masked man asked, "Are you curious about what Mo Duona is doing? Why must he walk through this door? Why is it so difficult? What exactly are these ancient cities? Are you not curious?"
"Yes, I'm curious."
At this point, Su Yu was already so far from the masked man that even his tribulation character had calmed down somewhat. With a smile, he asked, "Are you an information peddler as well? Name your price."
"It's fine." The masked man said, "Can I take a look at your real face? That will suffice as payment."
"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is so capable. Can't you see through me?"
"Yes." The masked man did not fall for the provocation. He took a mirror out and said, "But doing it without permission is the same as making you our enemy. We don't intend to become your enemies. Must you force me to do this? The Heavenly Hunt Index must be accurate. You saw the contents in the index. You must be aware that the index does not leak anything important. We only need some basic information about the people in it. Since your identity as Cui Lang is being doubted, the Heavenly Hunt Index has the obligation to verify your identity."
"Obligation?" Su Yu raised his brow.
The masked man answered, "Yes. Obligation. If we can't even verify the identity of a genius listed in our index, what qualification do we still have to operate in the Allheaven Battlefield? How can we convince our customers that our information is accurate?"
Su Yu nodded understandingly, "I'm Cui Lang."
The masked man laughed and raised his mirror. A white ray shot out of it, but Su Yu instantly vanished. But right after he went into concealment, the very space around him turned solid and forced him out of concealment.
He was greatly alarmed. However, he showed no fear. He kicked the white ray and dispersed it with the Time technique. The masked man was astonished, but he did not hesitate to write down what he saw.
Proficient in the Time technique created by Silk Destroying King.
Then, the masked man aimed his mirror at Su Yu again.
Su Yu reacted with his characters. Once again, the masked man wrote something down: Owner of five elemental characters.
Su Yu stopped after avoiding the white ray and hurriedly said, "Haha. You got me! I'm Su Yu. Lord Mask, there is no need for us to come to blows."
He had discovered that the masked man seemed to be recording what he was doing. If this continued, he would only end up exposing more of his tricks.
The masked man laughed, "You're Su Yu? Can you show me your real face? I told you this before. I come in peace. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion does not exist for the sake of hunting geniuses. We are merely the administrators of the ranking system. We have never been responsible for the death of any young genius. Most of the time, the young geniuses would die in the hands of other young geniuses."
Su Yu did not say anything. This masked man was too difficult to deal with. He started considering entering the city.
Suddenly, the masked man said, "Danger and fortune can both be found in the ancient cities. It is not smart to enter one without knowing anything. It might also result in you missing out on a massive chance encounter. Even a super genius like Mo Duona is interested in the fortuitous encounters one might find in an ancient city. That is why he's trying to enter through the main gate. Are you going to enter through a side gate instead? Are you admitting your inferiority to Mo Duona?"
Su Yu hesitated and cursed inwardly before revealing a face.
The masked man stared at him with a sigh and said, "Please don't insult my intelligence. Don't insult the intelligence of Heavenly Hunt Pavillion. We have detailed records of Xia Huyou."
"..."
Su Yu cursed before showing a different face. Xia Huyou was quite popular. And he was even an Invincible descendant. It was understandable that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion knew him.
Now...
Right after he changed his face, the masked man took out a picture and said, "Su Yu, you're not a nobody. Why keep hiding like this?"
Su Yu saw a picture of his face. He was greatly shocked at the implication of that. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had a network even inside the Human Realm! But it was too dangerous to admit who he was.
He was about to put forth another fake appearance when the masked man started writing again, "In possession of a transformation character. The character is likely a fourth-tier character. Also in possession of a presence concealment technique and an aura concealment character that also seems to be a fourth-tier character..."
Then, he formed a conclusion, "With more than ten characters and mastery over Sky Sundering Saber, Time, Soul Expanding Art, ability blood essence, and character technique, we can conclude that this individual is Su Yu."
Since Su Yu was unwilling to cooperate, he would have to infer a conclusion himself. Based on what he knew, this human was most likely Su Yu. The lack of verification from Su Yu himself was the only reason the term "most likely" was still used here.
Su Yu also noticed what the masked man was recording. He had an odd look in his eyes. Why were these people so strict? Wasn't he only using a borrowed identity? Why couldn't they allow that?
Cui Lang or Su Yu. What difference did it make?
Why must they figure out the truth? He was left quite speechless. No wonder Xia Huyou told him that it was very hard to hide one's identity in the Allheaven Battlefield. So it was because the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would actually verify one's identity. Were they acting as the police of the Allheaven Battlefield?
Damn it!
Suddenly, his index copy shook. He took it out and noted that something had changed.
18th on Heaven Index, Su Yu, 19 years old. A genius from Human Realm's Great Ming, born in Great Xia and a member of the multiple character faction.
Past accomplishments: Killing a ninth-stage Cloudbreach
Meanwhile, Qin Fang, who had killed a third-stage Mountainsea as a sixth-stage Cloudbreach had dropped into the Earth Index, occupying the first place there. As for Huang Teng, he was pushed to the second place.
Su Yu clenched his teeth and said, "How can you make the claim that I'm Su Yu so easily?"
These index copies probably also worked similarly to voice transmission talismans with a direct connection to the main index. The masked man had altered the contents of the main index through his index copy.
Because of that, Su Yu was now in the Heaven Index. It had only been a few days since he arrived at the Allheaven Battlefield. From the Yellow Index, he had climbed all the way to the Heaven Index. Su Yu felt terrible. Why did he need so much fame? That would attract more attention and place him in more danger.
The masked man thought about it and wrote something on his index copy.
A tiny change appeared in the index.
Su Yu (Pending further verification)
A few words had been added.
Su Yu had the urge to vomit blood from anger. Could they even do this?
The masked man laughed, "It doesn't matter if you're admitting it or not. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion will always share our speculation with the world."
He prepared to leave.
Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Where's the information you promised me?"
"You didn't show your real face."
"You didn't put a time limit to it..."
Then, Su Yu revealed his real appearance. The masked man blanked out momentarily before saying, "Every single genius of the human race is an interesting individual."
He was trying to say that all the human geniuses were shameless. He had met both Qin Fang and Huang Teng as well. Each of them was a uniquely shameless individual. He tossed a jade talisman toward Su Yu. Instead of catching the jade talisman, Su Yu burned it with fire, washed it with water, and scanned it with his tribulation character. When he was done with all that, he finally grabbed it with his hand.
"..."
The masked man was getting exhausted. This fellow was way too cautious. But the word cautious also didn't seem suitable for this fellow. After all, he was so brazen it was crazy as well. If he was really trying to hide himself, why did he even enter the Skyrend Valley?
What a contradictory and complicated individual. Perhaps this was how all geniuses were.
The masked man left, leaving only his voice behind, "If you wish to trade with us, feel free to write what you want on an index copy. That thing works similarly to voice transmission talismans. That is its sole function."
"Heh."
Su Yu said nothing, but he sneered. How about tracking abilities? The index copies could definitely be tracked. The index copy must be the reason why the masked man had been able to locate him so accurately. He was certain of that.
But the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was also quite a complicated organization. They didn't seem interested in actually killing anyone with their own hands. Or to be precise, they wouldn't do so without a good price. Su Yu had a pensive look as he sank into thought. Perhaps the geniuses in the index were the actual products of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.
Tracking and killing geniuses were nothing but business transactions. As long as the price was paid, they would be willing to track or even kill the geniuses. Before a sufficient price was paid to kill these geniuses, the geniuses would remain their important customers.
Meanwhile, Mo Duona was still walking through the city gate, with devilflame flooding his surroundings. More and more people were stopping to observe his attempt.
After a short observation, Su Yu started going through the information he received from the masked man. Why was Mo Duona insisting on going through this gate? What was different about it?
***
Su Yu was still calm, but every single individual with an index copy was looking at the changes.
18th on Heaven Index. Su Yu. Pending further verification.
Su Yu!
Cui Lang's name had vanished while Su Yu's name had appeared. The name had shot right into the Heaven Index.
In the entirety of Myriad Realms, only eighteen names could enter the Heaven Index.
And Su Yu was one of the eighteen. He occupied the bottom of the index because Lei Jue, who he had killed, was not a Mountainsea. Furthermore, Su Yu himself was already a Cloudbreach.
His willpower cultivation was at the first-stage Cloudbreach Realm. He had not demonstrated the ability to kill someone a major realm above him. Sure, he was capable of unleashing the strength of a Mountainsea, and Lei Jue was someone who had killed a Mountainsea before, but that wasn't how the Heavenly Hunt Index calculated its ranking.
***
Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.
Heart Cultivating Pavilion.
Streams of information moved in.
When Wan Tiansheng took out his voice transmission talisman and saw the latest message, he looked up at the sky.
Cloudbreach. With the strength to fight Mountainseas.
"He's already a Cloudbreach..."
He muttered as he stared blankly. Just what was the scene he saw?
Who was the Mountainsea he saw Su Yu fighting? What was the stage of that Mountainsea? He had not paid too much attention when he saw the scene. There were nine stages in the realm. What was the level of the Mountainsea he saw that kid fighting? Which race was that Mountainsea from?
"That event did not happen in the Allheaven Battlefield. It is not going to happen now."
He muttered to himself that it would take some time. Definitely. He had used the Heaven Connecting Mirror after Su Yu joined the academy. He had sacrificed a hundred years of lifespan.
Not even a year had passed since then. A full year would only pass when August arrived. He refused to believe it.
Damn it!
He couldn't accept it!
If he had known that he would only be shown such a near future, he wouldn't have bothered.
Sure, what he saw was merely one future of the countless possibilities, but that was a hundred years of lifespan. And with such a sacrifice, the nearer the future he saw, the more accurate it would be.
It would only be one possibility amid millions of possibilities if it was an event decades in the future. But if it was an event of the near future, it would only be one of several possibilities. That was the only thing Wan Tiansheng could be sure of.
"Sigh."
Boundless regret could be heard from that sigh. Everything was happening too fast. Everything was going out of his control. Also, why was the kid stirring trouble in the Allheaven Battlefield? Did the kid think that nobody could kill them?
No matter how big of a genius one was, one would still die to a single slap of an Invincible. He shook his head. Fatty Xia was there. Perhaps Fatty Xia could give that kid some help.
***
Not many people had received the news about Su Yu. But the upper echelons of humanity had their own sources of information.
Great Ming.
Heart Paradise Island.
Niu Baidao was drinking tea with Cui Lang. After a while, he smiled, "See, I told you that you don't need to worry for long. Aren't you relieved? That kid has exposed himself."
He sounded calm, but he was cursing inwardly.
Damn it!
Wasn't this supposed to be a trip to collect some heavenly source qi from his ruin? How did that turn into entering the Heaven Index? Niu Baidao was bursting with rage. Why did he even bother helping the kid with the disguise? That kid was too big of a shit-stirrer. There was no hiding that kid.
In retrospect, that kid had truly maintained a low profile during his time in Great Ming. He had only produced a heavenly phenomenon and schemed several Sunmoons to death during his time in Great Ming. That was all.
After arriving at the Allheaven Battlefield, the kid was like a mad dog out of his cage. He had been stirring up trouble everywhere. Opposite him, Cui Lang nodded calmly while sipping tea. Yes. He knew Su Yu would be exposed sooner or later. But...he was still in great trouble. Thıs text ıs hosted at novel~fire~net
At that thought, he sighed, "Principal, I think I'm still finished."
"Hmm?"
"A friend from Great Tang sent me a voice transmission earlier. He said that Old Man Cheng blasted his own home apart in anger. I wonder if he's thinking of killing me or Su Yu. What do you think?"
"..."
Niu Baidao had nearly forgotten about that.
After a long silence, he said, "He's probably thinking of killing you before catching Su Yu to make Su Yu his grandson-in-law. What do you think?"
Cui Lang nodded. That was very possible.
Chapter 898: Kill A Mountainsea For Fun (1)
In front of the Heavendoom City.
Su Yu was busy reading the information he received from the masked man. Fortunately, there was an explanation about the gate.
Nine gates.
Most of these ancient cities had nine gates in total, with one of them being the main gate. It was rumored that if one entered through the main gate, one would encounter something different in the city. That was why Mo Duona was entering through the main gate. Furthermore, it would be much safer for one to enter through the main gate.
Qin Fang and Huang Teng had both advised against staying more than three days. In these ancient cities, weird things would happen once one stayed more than three days. Some of them would go missing, never to be found again.
Some would die mysterious deaths.
Some would go mad, while some would turn into cripples for no apparent reason. Anything was possible.
This was especially true for the geniuses from the major races as bad luck would hit them much harder than those from the minor races. As for the source of these occurrences, no explanation was given. To sum it up, one had to leave within three days.
But if one entered through the main gate, the level of danger one would face would be reduced considerably. However, not everyone was capable of walking through the main gate. The gate would always remain open, but strength, talent, and luck were required to go through it. Strength alone was not sufficient.
One thing was certain. It was much easier for a young genius to go through the main gate compared to a senior expert. Even a Skysoar might be able to walk through the main gate while a Sunmoon might fail. In short, these main gates were mysterious existences. Orıginal content can be found at N0velFire.ɴet
Dangers and opportunities could be found in these ancient cities.
There was also one phenomenon unique to the ancient cities. If one became a permanent resident of an ancient city, the three-day limit would no longer apply for that person within that city. How could one become a permanent resident?
That was easy. One could find an unoccupied house and move in. Every night, toss a jade talisman laced with one's blood outside. After three consecutive days, one would become a permanent resident.
At that point, one would be able to stay in the city for a long time. A lot of such individuals resided in these ancient cities. As for the effects of becoming a permanent resident, Su Yu had no answer. No explanation was provided in the jade talisman given by the masked man. But he had a feeling that it wouldn't be something good. It was still a good idea to leave within three days.
After all, both Qin Fang and Huang Teng had reminded him of the same thing. Not more than three days.
As for why these ancient cities were recommended as places of refuge, it was because once inside, one could find an unoccupied house and hide inside for three days. These ancient cities were extremely unique. Nobody could open the door of a house once it was occupied by someone. An occupied house would remain indestructible.
Thus, someone running from enemies could hide inside one of these empty houses. It would not be easy for their opponents to find them. These ancient cities were basically asylum centers. Of course, this was still not a guarantee of safety. After all, one would be forced to leave within three days. Thus, their enemies only needed to wait outside the city for three days.
"It is not advisable to use force inside an ancient city. Do not provoke the permanent residents of an ancient city. This is only applicable inside an ancient city."
Only applicable inside an ancient city! Su Yu took note of that. He looked at the pedestrians near the numerous city gates, wondering if these were permanent residents or mere guests. As for the two victims of Mo Duona, were they guests or residents? Then again, the two had been killed outside the city. Thus, there would probably be no consequences.
A large number of vagrants could be found in these ancient cities. Some of them were unwilling to become residents, so they would always stay in these cities for three days before leaving and entering again. That was why the vicinity of these ancient cities was always so busy.
As for the issue of space, that was not an issue. Each ancient city had enough buildings to house tens of millions of people. Thus, there was no need to fear that one wouldn't be able to find an empty house after entering the city. There would always be some empty houses available.
The information from the masked man also advised him against going too deep into the city. The deeper it was, the more dangerous it would get. Generally, these ancient cities had a spherical layout.
At the center of the city was the mayor's residence, with ring after ring spreading outward before ending at the thirty-sixth ring. The further one was from the center, the safer it was.
Generally, visitors would only reside in the outer rings. These people were not here to seek any fortuitous encounters. They only needed a place to rest and take a break from the chaos and slaughter in the Allheaven Battlefield.
Even the permanent residents would be concentrated in the outer rings. Only a small number of people would reside in the inner rings.
"The more I look at this, the more mysterious it seems."
Su Yu was very surprised. The Allheaven Battlefield was filled with Invincibles. Just the human race alone had dozens of Invincibles in the Allheaven Battlefield. The divines, devils, immortals, and demonic beasts would have a lot as well. There were also the other top 100 races, each with at least one Invincible. Thus, one could surmise that there were a lot of Invincibles around.
With so many Invincibles, was it possible that the myriad races still knew so little about these ancient cities? At worst, they only needed to flip a city upside down and search it thoroughly for its secrets, right?
Suddenly, a ruckus erupted.
"He's through!"
"Someone went through the main gate!"
"Mo Duona is truly terrifying."
"He's too strong."
Su Yu looked over and saw Mo Duona standing with his back to the door. Devilflame continued dancing around him. He turned and looked outside, "Su Yu or Cui Lang. It doesn't matter who you are. Let's have some fun in the city. It would be too much of a regret to not enter an ancient city after entering the Allheaven Battlefield. These ancient cities are very interesting. Previously, I entered the Heavenchance City and stayed in the eighteenth ring. That was an interesting experience. Don't you want to give it a try as well?"
Su Yu did not feel much hearing those words, but the others were greatly shocked. The eighteenth ring was essentially halfway into the core of the city.
"This time, I'll go deeper. The benefits you can gain here won't be worse than what you can get from killing others."
Then, Mo Duona turned and started walking deeper into the city. Killing Su Yu, killing Qin Fang, and killing Huang Teng. Why would he want to do those things? To gain more strength.
One would be mistaken to think that he only wanted to do that to eliminate the rival of the devil race. The human Invincibles were still alive and well. One should stop dreaming about eliminating an entire race by eliminating their young geniuses.
The actual fact was that the younger generation was only fighting each other for the sake of strength. Dao affirmation was their ultimate goal.
To become an Invincible. To become an overlord of their race.
To sweep unhindered through all realms.
Finally, Su Yu stepped out of concealment. His face warped as it returned to his real appearance. Since his name was already listed in the Heaven Index, he no longer cared about hiding his appearance.
In any case, Invincibles would rarely visit ancient cities. Furthermore, it was very rare for Invincibles to make a move against a young genius. That was an unspoken rule everyone obeyed to avoid a situation where all young geniuses were forced to hide in their own realms to prevent assassinations from Invincibles.
Of course, Su Yu was also quite lucky. At the moment, Hong Tan alone was catching all the attention. Not even Liu Wenyan was as eye-catching as him. The multiple character faction had produced their disassembly method. Meanwhile, Su Yu's cultivation methods had already been released. Even if he had a very high potential of growing into a troublesome Invincible, his level of importance was still second to Hong Tan.
Meanwhile, Liu Wenyan's level of importance had dropped to the third place. There was also Zhou Polong who had attracted a lot of attention recently.
The moment Su Yu appeared, some of the people nearby rushed into the city. When Su Yu looked over, he noted that those were the mystic armors. Their conspicuous forms were very easy to recognize.
Heavendoom City.
He remembered that back then, Red Armor had introduced himself as someone from the Heavendoom City. In that case, was this place a territory of the mystic armors? That shouldn't be the case, right?
There were even some humans outside the city. A human grandpa suddenly yelled at him, "Lad, are you going to enter the city? Run. You must be Cui Lang...or Su Yu who has killed Green Armor and Red Armor, right? Just run. The mystic armor race has a base nearby. Some of them are also based in the city. Some left not long ago to look for you. They have yet to return..."
Su Yu was quite surprised. He grew even more curious. Inside these ancient cities, everyone would live in harmony with each other. Even humans, divines, and devils wouldn't fight inside these cities. Something like that was very rarely seen. That was because nobody could predict the consequences of making a move inside these ancient cities.
Su Yu laughed, "Thanks for the reminder. But they won't be able to do anything after I enter the city, right?"
The grandpa nodded, "Yes, but you'll need to leave the city sooner or later, right? Don't end up trapped in the city. It is very dangerous to stay more than three days. There is a mystic armor Sunmoon nearby..."
Su Yu indifferently said, "Sunmoon? What's the big deal about the mystic armor race? They don't have the courage to kill the geniuses of other races. Are they trying to push the human race around? Sunmoon? Are they not afraid of revenge from our Invincibles?"
The grandpa didn't know what to say. Would the human Invincibles make a move for this fellow? He was unsure of the treatment geniuses at this level would get.
After all, the grandpa himself was not a genius. Nevertheless, he was already a Mountainsea after spending so many years in the Allheaven Battlefield. He asked, "Kid, can you really get our Invincibles to make a move? That would actually be nice. It is very rare to see the Invincibles of our race...act."
He sighed.
Life was very hard for a human out there. The human race had a lot of Invincibles. And these Invincibles were also quite strong. However, due to the suppression of the divines, devils, and demonic beasts, the human Invincibles were forced to stay only in their own territory. They were quite active to the east of the Eastrift Valley.
But they rarely did anything west of the Eastrift Valley. Even a place like the Skyrend Valley had only been created hundreds of years ago during the peak of the war against humanity. Thus, the human race was not comparable to the divine, devil, immortal, and demonic beast races in terms of power projection.
Chapter 899: Kill A Mountainsea For Fun (2)
That question stumped Su Yu. He had no way of contacting any Invincible. Why must the old man ask that question? He was only bluffing to scare those fellows. How was he supposed to answer that question?
Since Mo Duona was already in the city, should he run away instead? The danger had passed with Mo Duona inside the city. At that thought, he decided to run. A wise man knew when to run. Why must he insist on entering the city? It was so dangerous.
He didn't even care about the potential fortuitous encounters he might find in the city. He turned into a gust of wind and vanished.
Silence descended.
The grandpa was first stunned. After a while, he smiled bitterly.
Screw that bastard! Holy shit. That damn brat had stood there proudly, as though the mystic armor race was nothing before him. He had thought that the brat would call some Invincibles over to start a slaughter. But instead...that damn brat had fled after saying all that. The momentary silence was ended by roars of laughter by the people in the area.
"The human race...hahaha!"
"Little geezer, stop dreaming about having the backing of human Invincibles."
"The human race is being suppressed by the divines, devils, dragons, and the various demonic beasts. Your Invincibles don't even have the courage to cross the Eastrift Valley. Wake up already."
"Was that Su Yu? The same Su Yu from the Heaven Index?"
"I'm dying from laughter."
"..."
They were all laughing at the human race. This was such a sorrowful scene for the human race. Everyone was laughing at them.
"Dying from laughter?"
The head of the person who had said that he was dying from laughter suddenly dropped from his shoulders.
Once again, silence descended.
Su Yu released his aura that was comparable to a Mountainsea in strength as he swung his Sky Sundering Saber. With a rumble, a laughing tiger was cut into two. He vanished again. Even his presence vanished.
Next, a massive hammer appeared and blasted the sea of willpower of a nearby wolf into nothingness. At that, the surrounding people started fleeing in all directions.
With a flicker, Su Yu reappeared where he was. With a smile, he asked, "Are you still dying from laughter? In that case, you should stop laughing. You don't want to die from laughing too much, right?"
Silence descended.
Three powerful demonic beasts had been killed by him in a split second. One of them was actually a first-stage Mountainsea.
Everyone was shaken. In the Heaven Index, Su Yu's past accomplishment was instantly updated. A cloud also appeared above him. He casually grabbed at it, revealing a pair of gloves.
The pair of gloves could also be considered a weapon.
Martial weapon. But it was only a peak profound weapon forged through an ancient style.
Su Yu did not refuse the reward. Sure, he could forge one himself, but just by holding the gloves in his hand, he knew that the forging style used on these gloves was different from what he knew. He could learn a lot from studying these gloves.
After his feat of killing a Mountainsea, Su Yu rose to the 17th position in the Heaven Index. He was capable of killing even Lei Jue. Thus, the Mountainsea he killed with the help of a drop of blood essence earlier wasn't that big of a deal. Sure, he had to put quite a lot of effort into it. But it also didn't feel particularly hard.
He was indifferent, but the surrounding people were greatly shocked. Fear gripped their hearts. It didn't seem like this was a good day. First, Mo Duona killed two random individuals in the crowd. Then, Su Yu arrived and killed three. Sure enough, these young geniuses shouldn't be provoked.
With the heavenly reward in hand, Su Yu sneered before vanishing once again. Nobody knew if he was really gone. He was too good at concealment.
Sure, people like Mo Duona could still detect him, but that wasn't too surprising. If Su Yu himself had a way to detect concealed opponents, it was understandable that the other young geniuses had their own detection methods as well. ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel⦿fire.net
The legacy of the original devil race had been passed down for countless generations without disruption. It was not surprising that they would equip their young geniuses with something as trivial as detection methods.
Meanwhile, the human grandpa was staring in stupefaction. The dead Mountainsea was actually similar in strength to him. But that person was killed just like that? One wouldn't understand just how impressive Su Yu was just from looking at the Heaven Index alone.
The strongest opponent he had killed before was only a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. None of them knew how strong that ninth-stage Cloudbreach was. As Mountainseas, they would not consider Su Yu a threat, unlike the geniuses who had proven themselves by killing Mountainseas. They assumed that he had only entered the Heaven Index due to his young age. In short, he only made the list due to his potential. But now, they no longer dared to doubt his strength.
The grandpa was feeling very complicated. The human race was in the midst of a difficult situation. These minor races wouldn't have dared to pile insults on them otherwise. After all, these human geniuses had all made their name in the Allheaven Battlefield through slaughter.
Qin Fang of Great Qin, Huang Teng of Great Xia, Su Yu of Great Ming, Shang Tianhao of Great Shang...
These were all well-known young geniuses. Even in the generation before them, there were also many famous human experts. People like Hong Tan could also be considered one of these famous geniuses. In fact, Hong Tan himself used to be in the Heavenly Hunt Index. The same could be said for Xia Longwu.
But their strength did not matter. The human race's influence in the Allheaven Battlefield was still declining due to the overwhelming resistance they faced. The deaths of several experts finally brought silence to the area.
Meanwhile, the guards in charge of watching over the city gates seemed completely indifferent. Soon, a Mountainsea walked out of the gate and asked, "Su Yu of the human race. Are you entering the city? If you are, you need to pay the entrance fee. We will be accepting the corpses of the three demonic beasts as payment. With the payment, you will be allowed to freely enter and leave the city for one year."
Su Yu's voice rang out, "Why wasn't Mo Duona charged an entrance fee as well?"
The Mountainsea nonchalantly said, "If you are capable of instilling fear in the Heavendoom City, you will be allowed to enter for free as well."
"He has only killed a seventh-stage Mountainsea before. Your mayor is a ninth-stage Sunmoon, right? Is a ninth-stage Sunmoon afraid of Mo Duona?"
After a short pause, the Mountainsea smiled, "No. But Mo Duona's master is an Invincible. His great-grandfather is an Invincible as well. Those Invincibles had fought for him before. Thus, the mayor is wary of him. Is this an acceptable explanation?"
"..."
Yes. Su Yu sighed. Damn it. So one's background was important no matter the place. That was such a good and honest answer. His great-grandfather was an Invincible. His master was an Invincible as well. They fought for him before. What could he say to that?
"Fine. I'll pay."
Su Yu smiled. Paying to gain entrance for a year, right? Sure. Those opponents hadn't been too difficult to kill, even if he had been forced to use a drop of Mountainsea blood essence in the process. So be it.
Without enough strength, what could he do but bow? After saying that, he vanished. A short while later, several mystic armor experts walked out of the city. The leader of the group was a peak Mountainsea.
They started searching the vicinity of the city with an item similar to the Sourcepin Ruler. They stayed as a group during the search as a precaution against Su Yu. It was not wise to underestimate any of the young geniuses in the Allheaven Battlefield.
If they split up, they might give him the chance to kill them separately. Who knew if he was still around? Initially, they had a Sunmoon in the city. But the Sunmoon had left not long ago to ambush the humans after receiving the message from the immortals. Unfortunately for them, the humans had fled westward instead of eastward.
That was also one of the reasons Su Yu's tribulation character had been pulsing so intensely previously. It was not only warning Su Yu about Mo Duona. It was also warning him about the ambush.
But with only a Mountainsea, it was very hard for them to detect Su Yu. There were about a dozen of them, but they were unable to find any trace of Su Yu.
After a while, the leader coldly said, "Su Yu or Cui Lang, it doesn't matter. He killed two of our geniuses. We won't let this matter rest."
The mystic armor race was also a top 100 race. The leader of their race was an incredibly powerful Invincible. In fact, that leader had once captured an Invincible demonic beast. After the fusion with that demonic beast, he gained the strength to fight a peak Invincible. Inside the Mystic Armor Realm, he was able to face even multiple foreign Invincibles.
Strictly speaking, he was even stronger than the Silkwyrm King. Since the Silkwyrm King was still living so well after so many years of conflict with the Silk Destroying King, the mystic armor race naturally did not fear the human race.
Sure, the human race was strong as well. But they had the divine and devil races to contend against. Nobody would allow the human race to actually destroy another race. After all, everyone was afraid that they would be next. Nobody could forget that the human race was immune to the suppressive force of the various realms.
Thus, the human race had been very careful lest they provoke the backlash of all the other races in the Allheaven Battlefield. Right after those words were spoken, a set of armor dropped down from the sky.
Next, a blood-soaked man landed from the sky.
The man seemed to be badly injured, but he still grinned and said, "So you won't let this matter rest? What are you going to do? Is Su Yu here? Damn it. I was running everywhere to look for him when I stumbled upon this fellow here. Why is his body so damn hard? I spent an entire day cutting him, but his damn body remains intact."
"Commander!"
The Mountainsea exclaimed in shock when he saw the armor that had dropped from the sky. Without saying anything else, he dragged the other mystic armors back into the city in panic. He fled.
At the same time, everyone near the area was also fleeing madly. Only the guards remained standing near the gates. Only after stepping through the gates did the people stop. They all looked outside, fear in their eyes.
A Sunmoon had been killed.
A Sunmoon of the mystic armor race.
Chapter 900: Kill A Mountainsea For Fun (3)
Inside the city, the Mountainsea of the mystic armor race stared at the newcomer for a long while before asking, "Zheng Ping?"
Zheng Ping laughed heartily, "Yes, it's me. Do you remember me?"
He looked around and asked doubtfully, "Is Su Yu here? Which Su Yu are you talking about? I only know about Cui Lang and Huang Teng. Isn't Su Yu still in the Human Realm?"
He looked at the mystic armors again and laughed, "Come out here and have some fun. Show me what you're going to do about the deaths of your people. How dare pieces of trash like you run your mouth against us humans? You sure are getting gutsy."
Zheng Ping roared with laughter, standing with one foot on the corpse of a mystic armor Sunmoon. At the moment, he seemed more like a thug than a principal.
He was putting so much force on his feet that even the ground under him was cracking. With a sneer, he spoke loudly, "Little Bastards, looks like you guys need to receive a little lesson if you're going to learn that the human race is not afraid of you. Mystic armor race? Do you think you're a very big deal? Mystic Armor King should continue hiding back home. Heavenly Forging King has been waiting for him for over a hundred years. He can try coming out if he wants, but I reckon he will be turned into weaponsmithing material the moment he steps out."
Nobody said anything. This was a human Sunmoon. He was acting oppressively in an absolutely unrestrained manner.
After giving the mystic armor corpse another look, Zheng Ping laughed, "How hard. I'll take this thing back and get someone to forge me something nice. This is some quality forging material."
He then picked up the armor from the ground.
Done with that, he glanced at the people staring at him from inside the city and grinned, "Little bastards, in the future, remember to watch your mouth in front of people from Great Xia. Have you forgotten our blade after only a few years of peace? You there..."
He pointed at the Mountainsea who had charged Su Yu an entrance fee earlier and said, "Stop acting up in front of humans. Have you forgotten that one time when the Martial Dragon Guard killed its way right to the front steps of your Heavendoom City? With a single swing of our prefect's blade, your mayor started crying for his mother."
With a cold snort, Zheng Ping looked in the direction of the towering mayor's residence and roared, "Great Xia is still around! We can still fight! If you want to start stepping all over us, wait until Great Xia no longer exists. As long as we are still around, you guys will remain trampled under us. These are my words. What can you do about it?"
Remain trampled under them.
He was being extremely rude, but nobody in the city dared to even make a noise.
He sneered and continued, "Don't get too cocky just because you have this ancient city to act as your shell. Don't forget that the city does not belong to you. You all are nothing but a bunch of puppets. Do you want to see the Martial Dragon Guard surround the city? You will either have to stay in the city forever or come out and die."
His killing intent soared as he said those words. It wasn't like there were no Sunmoons in the city. But even those with higher cultivation levels than Zheng Ping did not dare to say anything.
Martial Dragon Guard. One of the most murderous armies to have graced the Allheaven Battlefield. Under Xia Longwu's leadership, they once killed their way out of the Eastrift Valley and through the Plain of Desires to reach this city.
The army remained outside the city while Xia Longwu entered alone. Three days later, he left and brought the army back. At the time, the mayor nearly perished under Xia Longwu's blade. It took Xia Longwu only one slash. More than ten years had passed, but many people still remember that incident.
Now, Great Xia had stopped their endless wars in the Allheaven Battlefield. But nobody could forget the rivers of blood spilled by the Martial Dragon Guard back then. Xia Longwu, someone with an Invincible even before becoming an Invincible. The Carnage King.
The Mountainsea commander of the city said nothing even when Zheng Ping was scolding him right in front of him. In truth, he wasn't really afraid of Zheng Ping. But not even the residents of ancient cities could stay inside their cities forever. There was no need for him to provoke a lunatic from Great Xia.
Suddenly, Su Yu appeared and looked at Zheng Ping with stupefaction.
Holy shit!
Wasn't this Zheng Ping? Had he always been this domineering? Why did he look so pitiful in Great Xia? He had been bullied by Wan Tiansheng for many years. Su Yu also heard that people like General Zhao, Administrator Hu, Director Ji Hong, and Marquis Xia had been bullying him for many years as well...
Basically, he would be made scapegoat for most scandals. Marquis Xia would only be the scapegoat for scandals that were too big for Zheng Ping to bear. One could say that Marquis Xia and Zheng Ping were professional scapegoats.
Zheng Ping. Principal of the Great Xia War Academy.
Su Yu had seen Zheng Ping before. Back then, he only felt that Principal Zheng was a pitiful old man. After all, Great Xia was supposed to be a prefecture of warriors, but for some reason, its cultural academy was way more famous than its war academy.
That was most likely due to Ye Batian. He alone was enough to overshadow everything. But today, in the Allheaven Battlefield, and in front of a mysterious ancient city, this person had displayed overwhelming dominance. Even when he was carrying heavy injuries on his body.
Su Yu could sense that. In fact, a lot of people sensed that. This human had killed a Sunmoon from the mystic armor race. That was a terrifying feat. When he stood in front of the city and scolded them, nobody dared to say anything.
Even the mayor, a ninth-stage Sunmoon, was not doing anything. It was unknown if he simply wasn't aware or he simply didn't care.
Zheng Ping looked at Su Yu doubtfully.
Wasn't it supposed to be Cui Lang?
Why did it become this kid?
"Are you really Su Yu?"
What in the world was going on? He was getting confused.
Whatever. He didn't need to understand. He asked, "Where are Huang Teng and Wu Qi?"
"We split up. They ran to my right."
"Oh." Zheng Ping nodded. He looked at Su Yu in surprise, "You seem fine?"
"Yes."
"Oh...well, I'm leaving. You'll have to go back yourself. I still need to save them. After all, that's a military order. Just be careful when you're going back. A few Sunmoons are lying in ambush. I think..."
He switched to voice transmission, "It's a scheme by the brats from the immortal race. Just be careful. I really have something else to do so I can't help you here. If you die, that's Great Ming's business. But if those two die, that will be my responsibility."
Su Yu was left completely speechless. What a realistic man. Since he was no longer someone from Great Xia, his death would have nothing to do with this old man. Had this old man forgotten the Pure Source Art his family had received for free? Had this old man forgotten how much his family had earned from that art?
Su Yu said, "Grandpa Zheng, I killed a few demonic beasts earlier. Do you want to take their corpses with you? But that fellow took them all from me as the entrance fee..."
"Demonic beasts?"
Zheng Ping was quite surprised. Just how strong would the beasts be if even this kid could kill them? Since he didn't have an index copy on him, he was still unaware of the latest happenings. He was in a rush to save Huang Teng and Wu Qi. He didn't have the time to care about anything else.
Thus, he didn't feel anything when he heard Su Yu's mention of demonic beasts. Regardless of whether they were Skysoars or Cloudbreaches, he didn't care. He would only care if it was the blood essence of divines or devils.
Zheng Ping was still wondering when the Mountainsea guard waved his hand and tossed the three beasts out. With a sigh, he declared, "People of Great Xia are exempted from the entrance fee."
He was very straightforward. These days, the brave were afraid of the fools, while the fools were afraid of the crazy. And Great Xia was basically what one would call crazy. Su Yu shrugged. He wanted to say that he was from Great Ming, but there was no need to explain. He was happy as long as these fellows weren't able to benefit from him.
First, Zheng Ping looked at the corpses. Then, he looked at Su Yu before looking at the corpses again. This repeated about eight times. He suspected that someone was using illusions against him.
It was already very surprising to see Su Yu here. He had been too busy to keep up with the latest news. And what the fuck was he looking at? Did the kid kill these beasts?
"Mountainsea?"
He focused on one of the corpses and looked at Su Yu before muttering, "A Mountainsea...you're not Su Yu!"
What a liar! His eyes turned cold. Who was this? What trick did this person use to fool even his senses? This wasn't Su Yu! Screw this!
Su Yu was at a similar level as his grandson. And his grandson had just reached the Skysoar Realm through physical cultivation not long ago. If this brat was really Su Yu...what...what could he say?
But it wasn't impossible. The brat had defeated Shan Xiong previously. And Shan Xiong was very strong. At that time, the brat was already as strong as a Cloudbreach. And a few months had passed since then. Some growth was expected.
But this was still too hard to believe. Su Yu? Killing a Mountainsea? Fuck that. He refused to believe that. This must be a lie.
He was cursing, but he didn't hesitate to take the offered corpses. It didn't matter if everything was a lie. The corpses before him were real. He would not say no to this valuable gift.
After putting the corpses away, he stared at Su Yu for a long while before speaking with a grunt, "Our Yunhui lent you tens of thousands of merit points previously. Do you still remember that? If you're Su Yu, time to pay the debt."
Su Yu smiled, "Twenty thousand merit points for one cultivation method. Is that not enough? Also, it was a cooperative relationship from the very start. He managed to harvest a lot of benefits from the single character faction as well."
At that, Zheng Ping had no choice but to accept that this was really Su Yu. This made zero sense. Did this kid really kill a Mountainsea? Truly terrifying.
"Are you coming with me?"
When he noted that Su Yu wasn't very keen on leaving, he sent a voice transmission, "Don't enter the ancient city. These ancient cities are very complicated. The prefect entered once, but he left with heavy injuries. That was why he had to retreat after entering the city. Back then, the boundlessly confident prefect wanted to flip the city upside down and slaughter his way to the Sea of Stars. But instead, his campaign was stopped by a single ancient city. He had no choice but to pull back behind the Eastrift Valley."
Xia Longwu!
Domineering.
That was the only word Su Yu had for Xia Longwu. That was truly a domineering person.
He had killed his way from the Eastrift Valley to this place. He even wanted to kill his way through the ancient city and enter the Sea of Stars, a territory dominated by the demonic beasts. Not even the word ruthless was enough to describe him as a person.
One would never understand the fear the myriad races had over Xia Longwu's dao affirmation without entering the Allheaven Battlefield. Even before his dao affirmation, Xia Longwu was already courageous enough to attack an ancient city. What would he do after his dao affirmation?
Perhaps he would really turn the ancient city upside down and kill his way to the core territory of the demonic beasts. What a crazy man.
Without coming to the Allheaven Battlefield, one wouldn't know that Principal Zheng, the eternally bullied existence in Great Xia, was actually such a domineering individual. What about those bullies in Great Xia? Would they be just as domineering out here?
What about General Zhao? And Administrator Hu? Were those people capable of dominating this place as well?
Su Yu replied with a voice transmission as well, "I understand. Thanks, Grandpa Zheng. I have my plans. Just go help Huang Teng and Wu Qi first. They're so weak. They nearly got themselves killed by Tianduo..."
"..."
Zheng Ping had an odd look in his eyes. He had the sudden urge to wrap his fingers around the brat's neck.
Su Yu smiled and turned into a gust of wind, vanishing yet again. Why should he leave? It hadn't been easy for him to leave the Human Realm. He was already right outside the ancient city. Why should he leave without entering? But there was a need for him to enter with a disguise.
He was way too conspicuous now. As for whether he would attempt to enter through the main gate, that remained to be seen. He wasn't sure if he could make it through. After all, even Mo Duona had struggled with it. In any case, leaving with Zheng Ping wasn't one of his plans.
When Zheng Ping saw Su Yu vanishing, he spread his senses around before grumbling that the brat sure was fast. The brat seemed to have a lot of trump cards. There was no need for him to worry too much.
"Cui Lang, Su Yu..."
He finally understood the meaning of Marquis Xia's words. If he saw Cui Lang, he should offer his help if it wasn't too much trouble. If he couldn't help, so be it. That brat wouldn't die so easily.
So the brat was actually Su Yu. Did the marquis know this long ago? How terrifying. The brat was already strong enough to kill a Mountainsea. Zheng Ping had a sullen expression. That grandson of his had fallen too far behind.
Whatever. He tossed the matter to the back of his mind and headed to the right of the city. His current priority was Huang Teng and Wu Qi. Those were the actual members of Great Xia while this brat had already joined Great Ming. In any case, the brat had way too many trump cards. Zheng Ping even suspected that the brat would still be alive and well even after his death.
After Zheng Ping left, the people in the city finally dared to speak.
One of the Mountainseas sighed and said, "Great Xia...Martial Dragon Guard...a bunch of butchers. How fortunate."
He did not further elaborate. But everyone knew what he meant. Fortunately, Great Xia was too poor to fight more wars. Fortunately, Xia Longwu was on the verge of dao affirmation, catching the attention of the myriad races. Read complete versıon only at novęlfire.net
Otherwise, that butcher would probably muster his army and butcher his way to the ancient city yet again after learning about the attacks on the human geniuses. Instead, only Zheng Ping was here.
Everyone started dispersing. It was time to move on or more lives would be lost. So many people had died suddenly today. The mystic armor race sure was unlucky. Even their Sunmoon was killed by one of the mad butchers. It was indeed a bad idea to provoke those mad butchers. A Sunmoon was a big deal everywhere, but someone like that had been killed so easily.
As for Mo Duona's arrival and Su Yu's departure, they decided to stop making further comments about them. These super geniuses wouldn't die so easily. And if they did anything wrong, they could end up dead in the hands of these super geniuses instead.
It would be wise for ordinary people like them to stay out of the conflict between the young geniuses.
At the same time.
Su Yu was racking his brain for a new disguise. Should he enter through the main gate? He really wanted to experience the ancient city for himself.
It would be too regretful to not experience an ancient city after entering the Allheaven Battlefield. Mo Duona was right. Compared to killing, these ancient cities were a lot more interesting.
Chapter 901: Rise Of A Powerhouse (1)
Restore scroll position
A few hours later, the sky started turning dark.
Night arrived.
Su Yu was back in front of the city. He was not back as Su Yu. Instead, he was a middle-aged man, strutting straight toward the main gate.
The guards standing around the nearby gates glanced at him. Then, the Mountainsea guard came out and said, "We're not charging you an entrance fee anymore. Why bother?"
"..."
Su Yu stared at the guard with stupefaction. The Mountainsea guard said, "We don't get a lot of human visitors. And those heading straight to the main gate are either confident or stupid. Someone wanted to challenge the main gate earlier, but that someone was worried about the many eyes around the city..."
The guard couldn't even be bothered to finish his explanation. Was this brat treating everyone like fools? On the same night, the brat had returned with a different appearance before strutting straight to the main gate. If this wasn't Su Yu, he would stand on his hands and eat a giant lump of stool.
"..."
With an innocent expression, Su Yu asked, "What are you talking about, Brother?"
The Mountainsea couldn't even be bothered to play along. He said, "The ancient cities do not get involved in the conflict of the myriad races. Humans, divines, and devils are all incomparably powerful. The ancient cities are merely inhabited by helpless individuals trying to survive amid the giants.
"Our realms have long been destroyed. We don't have a home to return to. Thus, we joined an ancient city. We only want a home. We don't want to get involved in the conflict of the myriad races. It doesn't matter who you are. I only wish to remind you that entering the city is easy, but leaving might not be so simple."
Su Yu cursed inwardly. Was his disguise so terrible? Why were there no fools in the Allheaven Battlefield? Why was everyone and their grandma capable of seeing through his disguise? This did not make any sense.
The Mountainsea guard couldn't be bothered to explain more. These ancient cities did not get a lot of new visitors. When he saw the human brat refusing to leave with Zheng Ping earlier, he knew that the brat was still thinking of entering the city. After all, ancient cities were too attractive for these young geniuses. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel⦿fire.net
Sure enough, the brat was back. He was certain that this was Su Yu. Then again, Su Yu was indeed a genius. A super genius standing at the top even among geniuses. Such an existence wouldn't give up on the ancient city so easily.
The Mountainsea guard continued his explanation, "It is advisable for you to remain in the outer rings during your time in the city. If you are able to enter through the main gate, you can stay between seven to ten days. It is not advisable to stay longer than that."
"What if I stay longer?" Su Yu smiled, "Are you guys going to deport me?"
"No." The Mountainsea indifferently said, "If you overstay, you will either turn into a resident...or turn into a corpse we will need to remove sometime in the future."
It was that simple. If he wanted to stay, so be it. Su Yu was surprised. These ancient cities were so bizarre it felt unsettling. Even Su Yu himself was starting to feel some fear from what he was hearing.
"Just what exactly are these dangers of ancient cities?"
The Mountainsea guard did not reply.
"What about the opportunities inside ancient cities?"
No reply as well.
"Am I free to move around after entering the city?"
"Yes." Finally, the guard answered, "As long as you don't cause any trouble, you are free to move around. Just avoid spending the night in the houses in the inner rings."
Su Yu nodded, "In that case, what's the purpose of guards like you?"
He was very curious. What was there for these guards to do?
After a short silence, the guard replied, "We're here to maintain order in the city, deal with the corpses in the city, and provide a place of rest for the cultivators of the myriad races. For geniuses like you, these ancient cities are merely a place to rest temporarily. There is no need for you to stay here for long."
"Why can those mystic armors reside in this city for an extended period of time?"
He was very curious about that as well.
After yet another short silence, the guard answered, "That's normal. Everyone wants to get their hands on the opportunities within the ancient cities. However, one also needs the ability to actually receive these opportunities. People like those from the mystic armor race want the opportunities, but they lack the ability. Thus, they can only become the resident of the city to explore the secrets of the city."
So that was why.
"Is the mayor neutral?"
"..."
The guard couldn't speak for the mayor. Thus, he ignored the question. Was the mayor really neutral? Nobody knew. Very few people in the Allheaven Battlefield were truly neutral.
Su Yu asked, "Which race is the mayor from?"
"No idea." The guard coldly asked, "Are you entering or not?"
"Don't misunderstand. I only want to know if you guys will surround and attempt to kill me after I enter."
"As long as you follow our rules, nobody will dare to do anything to you." The guard reminded, "During your time in the city, do not fight. Do not damage anything. Leave within three days. You will be fine if you abide by that. Otherwise, you will need to face the potential consequences yourself."
"What are the advantages and disadvantages of becoming a resident?"
"You'll know after giving it a try."
The guard replied with a toying tone. If the brat was really so curious, he was free to give it a try.
Su Yu cursed inwardly. There was no way he was going to try it himself. Alright. Time for him to enter the city. He started approaching the main gate. The path sloped slightly upward, and the moment he stepped on the path, a heavy pressure descended upon him. He felt as though a mountain had been dropped on his shoulders.
Not far away, the Mountainsea guard crossed his arms and said, "I've been here for many years, and I've seen numerous geniuses attempt to enter this gate. I've never challenged the gate myself, but I know that you will be able to enter after taking ninety-nine steps.
"Anyone capable of walking through this gate will gain something from it. And without fail, every single person who has gotten through the gate has grown into a powerhouse nobody can ignore. A lot of your fellow humans were here before as well. Ye Batian, Xia Longwu, Zhou Polong, Zhou Potian, Zhu Tiandao, Qin Zhen, Niu Baidao, Wan Tiansheng..."
After listing out all those names, he said, "Some of them succeeded. Some nearly made it. But guess who had the easiest time during the challenge."
Due to the heavy pressure, Su Yu couldn't even take a single step forward. His curiosity got the best of him, and he asked while gasping for breath, "Who?"
"Wan Tiansheng."
"..."
Su Yu was stunned. Impossible!
"What about the fifth principal?"
"He...wasn't as fast as Wan Tiansheng. Perhaps he hid his strength. Perhaps their levels of talent were simply different."
Nonsense! Was it possible that the fifth principal was less talented than Wan Tiansheng? Bullshit!
As far as all cultural researchers and even warriors were concerned, the fifth principal was the most talented person to ever exist. His talent was unrivaled even among the myriad races. If it wasn't for his insistence to affirm his dao as a cultural researcher, he would have broken through long before his death.
Wan Tiansheng...that must be a joke. He wasn't even that famous. He was only slightly famous in Great Xia. Even Niu Baidao was more well-known than him in the Human Realm. There was a massive gap between the fifth and sixth principals.
The Mountainsea guard did not bother to elaborate. Speed did not determine everything. Nevertheless, he couldn't forget Wan Tiansheng. That person was able to stay in the city for ten days before leaving. That was among the longest period of time a visitor had ever stayed in the city.
At that time, Wan Tiansheng wasn't too popular. Sure, he was in the Heavenly Hunt Index, but he still wasn't popular. At his peak, he reached the top 10 of the Yellow Index. But he turned inactive soon after. Eventually, he was removed from the index after exceeding the maximum age.
Then again, there were too many geniuses around. Even if there was no age limit, it was only a matter of time for one to be removed from the index if one did not progress.
***
Su Yu tossed the matter to the back of his mind. Old Wan was actually able to get through the gate easily. How surprising. Due to the heavy pressure on him, straining his source qi and physical strength. This felt great. He loved this feeling the most.
Body forging! He activated the 72-Forged Iron Devourer and started absorbing heavenly source qi. Slowly, he straightened his back. The pressure was too strong. Right after he straightened his back, a massive pressure descended and forced him down yet again.
Even the Mountainsea guard was getting curious. Was this...really Su Yu? What was going on? Was he not capable of taking even a single step? This was weird. Even the guards around him were also looking in astonishment. Was this the so-called super genius? Was this really Su Yu?
Did their commander get things wrong? Even the Mountainsea guard commander started doubting himself. Perhaps this human was really not Su Yu.
In his opinion, Su Yu was a Heaven Index genius. He still stood a chance to go through the main gate. In fact, his chances were quite high. He should only start encountering trouble after ninety steps. But this fellow was already struggling at the very first step.
Nobody knew the truth. Not even Su Yu understood why. He felt extremely gloomy and disheartened. What was going on? He did not realize that inside his sea of willpower, the little furball had suddenly opened his eyes to look around after sensing something. But soon, the little furball returned to cultivation. There was still some remnant willpower left in Su Yu's sea of willpower. He wouldn't let the willpower go to waste.
Su Yu had completely forgotten about the little furball. He was not challenging the gate alone. He was challenging the gate while carrying a Cloudbreach of an ancient race. He had completely neglected the little furball's existence. He was essentially being hit with double the challenge at the same time.
A super genius Cloudbreach of an ancient race would certainly receive a much harder challenge than a regular person. Thus, Su Yu was withstanding double the pressure of what a super genius was supposed to receive. Alone, he would only face such a level of pressure after taking over thirty steps. But now, such a level of pressure had appeared at the very first step.
He had not imagined that the challenge would be so difficult. Inside the sea of willpower, the little furball was completely indifferent to the challenge. In fact, he was wondering if he was considered a person.
No, right?
Was he considered a living being?
No, right?
Well, the little furball had never viewed himself as a person, a living being, or a genius. Thus, the pressure had nothing to do with him. All the pressure must have been generated by Yummy alone. He was only a furball.
Meanwhile, the Mountainsea guard was starting to lose confidence in himself. Had he been too confident in his judgment? He had actually misunderstood this human to be Su Yu. This was absolutely not Su Yu. How would Su Yu be in such a miserable state at the very start of the challenge? He reckoned even he could take more than one step if he were to take the challenge.
Chapter 902: Rise Of A Powerhouse (2)
Restore scroll position
"Damn it! Am I so weak?"
He was there during Mo Duona's challenge. At the start, Mo Duona was able to walk quite fast. He had only started slowing down after walking some distance toward the gate. This made no sense.
Su Yu couldn't accept that he was so much weaker than Mo Duona. He felt greatly defeated.
Boom!
In his desperation, he released even more source qi and utilized all 360 of his acupoints. With a roar, his entire body turned gold.
"Go, damn it!"
With a rumble, he finally completed his first step.
A random person happened to be passing by. When that person noticed Su Yu, he laughed with amusement, "Where did this ignorant fool come from?"
Sure, a lot of people had died earlier in the day due to their mouths. But the current challenger was not someone to be afraid of. Someone who was having such a hard time taking even one step was nothing. The sneering individual reckoned that even he was capable of walking at least one step forward in the challenge.
However, Su Yu was in no mood to care about the onlookers. He gnashed his teeth while beads of sweat dripped down his forehead. He felt as though he had returned to his childhood. Back then, he would feel just as helpless during his nightmares. Nobody could help him. Nobody understood his pain.
This was unacceptable. He might not have said anything about it, but he had been still quite pleased after entering the Heaven Index. Did everyone see that? He was a genius as well! Even without the golden book, he would still be a genius.
But his pride, his confidence, his everything had been shattered by this gate. He gnashed his teeth in desperation. He would not accept that he was really so useless. If Mo Duona could go through the gate, he could do so as well. Even if he was someone with terrible talent, he would still be able to make it.
He would not lose faith in himself.
He refused to.
There were still people he needed to save. There were still people he needed to help. And there were still people he needed to kill. How dare a mere gate stop his path?
Rumble!
His battle intent surged. The battle character started showing signs of breakthrough, but he completely ignored it. He focused only on the challenge. The pressure on him grew even stronger, making it hard for him to even breathe.
Not far away, the Mountainsea guard was looking over doubtfully. What the hell was that? From the intensity of that battle intent, the challenger shouldn't have been stuck so early in the challenge.
Perhaps this was a beast tamer? But this didn't make sense. The beasts of a beast tamer would be stored inside the beast space. They wouldn't alter the difficulty of the challenge. Was this person carrying a beast on him? Nope.
If there was a beast, the beast would have been flung out by the gate the moment the challenge started. Since that didn't happen, there was most certainly no beast on this challenger.
The Mountainsea was right except for one part. The beast was not carried externally. What was the little furball?
Even the heavenly laws were unable to accurately measure the existence known as the furball. When the furball stayed inside Su Yu's sea of willpower, the heavenly laws merely treated him as an odd character of an ancient race. And a character would naturally not be considered an external object.
Su Yu had forgotten about the furball. The Mountainsea guard was unaware of the furball. And the furball himself didn't think that it was his fault. Thus, this happened. Even with all his strength and talent, Su Yu was still having an extremely difficult time with the challenge.
Anyone seeing this would wonder if the challenger was actually an old man with mediocre talent. Despite his respectable cultivation and battle intent, he was simply not talented enough to challenge the gate.
If even the Mountainsea guard was confused, the regular guards and the pedestrians were naturally not aware of what was going on as well. In fact, they couldn't even be bothered to spare the challenger any attention anymore. Such a weakling was simply not worth their time.
Every now and then, there would be some people attempting the challenge. So this wasn't even a rare event. They reckoned that this challenger would probably fail after about ten steps. What a waste of time.
***
"I'm not this weak! I'm a genius! Even if I'm not, I am what I believe myself to be!"
Su Yu roared inwardly. He refused to accept this. Was someone a genius just because one was talented? No! One would only be considered a genius with sufficient strength. What the fuck was this thing called talent? He had no need for that.
He only needed strength. He needed to be so strong that he could smash through any obstacle in front of him. How dare a mere gate bully him!
Boom!
With another step, Su Yu unleashed more source qi and absorbed more of the remnant willpower left in his sea of willpower. He had decided to treat this as a training session.
He would never stop growing.
Nobody could stop him!
His battle intent surged further as his battle character started shaking madly. Fight. Keep fighting. Nobody could stop his pace. Not the humans. Not the myriad races. Nobody.
Boom!
Finally, the battle character completed his advancement. With that, Su Yu obtained yet another fourth-tier character. With a higher battle intent, even his physical body received a slight boost. He pushed forward, taking yet another step with a loud rumble. Beads of sweat continued dripping down his forehead.
What was this little bit of pain? This was nothing!
***
"With such a powerful battle intent...how is this person struggling so much after only five steps? This doesn't make sense. Even if this is someone whose potential has only started blooming at an old age, this still doesn't make sense."
The Mountainsea guard was getting more and more confused. Due to his confusion, he was paying even more attention. He speculated that this human was most likely not Su Yu. Regardless of his confidence in his previous conjecture, he did not hesitate to change his mind.
Sixth step. Seventh step.
Su Yu continued advancing with great determination. The pressure allowed his physical body to continue growing with every step he took. By the time he reached the ninth step, the golden radiance around his body intensified. With a rumble, he completed his fifteenth body forging.
He received a massive boost in strength. With his newfound strength, he straightened his spine again. Just because he was weaker today did not mean that he would be weaker forever. Mo Duona! If Mo Duona could go through this gate, so could he!
At the same time.
Inside the prefect's residence.
Inside the massive hall, the stone statue opened its eyes for the second time on the same day. Outside the hall was another hall. That was the residence of the current mayor of the city, the ninth-stage Sunmoon. But the ninth-stage Sunmoon didn't even notice anything when the stone statue opened its eyes.
The scene of what was happening at the city gate appeared in the stone statue's eyes. The Su Yu reflected in that scene was one without any disguise whatsoever. Additionally, a little furball could also be seen on Su Yu's head.
"..."
The statue was deep in thought. After a long while, the statue muttered, "There is actually such a fool in this world? Why is that fool challenging the gate with a soul devourer that is even higher in cultivation than him?"
The statue was very impressed. This had never happened from the ancient times until now. The bigger a genius one was, the stronger the suppression of the gate would be. After all, this trial was meant to serve as a test for these young geniuses.
But this young genius, in particular, was actually carrying a soul devourer, an extremely rare race during his challenge. Essentially, he was taking on the challenges of two super geniuses at the same time. Was this not a fool?
After existing throughout the ages, today was the day the statue's horizons were broadened. The stone statue that seemed as old as time itself didn't know what to say. How could someone so stupid exist?
Then again, it was quite impressive for that fool to take nine steps in such a situation. Without that soul devourer, that human could have taken forty or fifty steps by now. Abruptly, a different item appeared in the stone statue's eyes.
A stone stele.
Character Technique Stele!
"Wow. That thing is actually still around."
The stone statue muttered. It was very rare for this statue to say so many words in a single day. After a while, the stone statue also saw a large number of characters in the head of that human. It remained indifferent. Then, it saw a massive hammer. It was slightly amazed. The human race seemed to have developed nicely in the field of divine characters. They had improved a lot more than the statue had imagined.
Following that, it saw the numerous acupoints in Su Yu's body. Finally, the statue was surprised.
"After the great collapse, someone...with a Grand Cycle Body has actually appeared!"
How did this human accomplish that? Grand Cycle Body...no wonder this human's body seemed so harmonious. What a pity that the sea of willpower was still somewhat lacking. But the statue also noticed something else. Has the...Five Elemental Art…been repaired?
Interesting. Such an interesting individual had actually appeared. Apart from his low intellect, this human was pretty great in all other factors. He was good enough to be considered a super genius in any era.
"72-Forged Iron Devourer..."
Once again, the statue was surprised. This human was even related to the iron devourer race. That was an ancient race as well. Subsequently, the statue saw something else. Inside Su Yu's heart, something Su Yu himself had never discovered, was a tiny human who was seated cross-legged.
The miniature human abruptly opened his eyes. His vision penetrated space itself to reach the stone statue. The stone statue was looking at him as well.
The miniature human stood up and started walking toward the stone statue. It was as though he was walking through the River of Time itself. But the stone statue rejected the visit, "You're not welcome here."
The miniature man stopped and spoke, "We met once decades ago during my visit to the city. Do you remember me, ancient city lord?"
"Yes." The stone statue repeated, "You're not welcome."
The miniature man smiled, "I don't mean any offense. I was merely roused by your gaze. After all, you have been asleep for many years. It is truly surprising to see you awake today."
The stone statue stared at the miniature man for a long while before saying, "Leave...or return to slumber."
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The miniature man said nothing and returned to Su Yu's heart. He vanished and returned to slumber. Nobody except the stone statue noticed anything. After one last look at the heart, the stone statue shut its eyes.
The stone statue had noticed the uniqueness of this human. But this human was also protected by an expert. There was no need for the statue to look further since even the protector had been roused awake.
At the same time.
Human Realm.
Heart Cultivating Pavilion, Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.
Wan Tiansheng suddenly stood up. Staring into the sky, the look in his eyes changed. After a long while, he muttered, "Did he encounter an expert?"
A super expert.
The kid was such a troublemaker. Fortunately, there was no battle. So it was only an encounter? He had actually been detected. With a frown, Wan Tiansheng stepped out of the Heart Cultivating Pavilion, noiselessly walking onward in the sky. Nobody could see him.
When he reached Hong Tan's Wentan Research Center, he saw Hong Tan scolding some students. He smiled and continued walking. A short while later, he reached Yuan Qingdong's villa. Looking downward at the villa, he shook his head and continued walking.
He walked outside the academy and reached the Xia Family's residence. After scanning the place, he landed in Marquis Xia's courtyard and took some food with him. Then, he continued his stroll in the sky. Shortly after, he reached Nanyuan.
He reached Su Yu's house. Once again, he shook his head. What a mess. There were numerous experts around him. Right beside him was a Sunmoon, but the Sunmoon was completely oblivious to his presence.
Wan Tiansheng sighed. Was Nanyuan the origin of the coming disaster? He glanced in Great Ming's direction before looking away. He turned around and started his return trip. A short while later, he was back at the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy.
At the Grotto District, a massive dragon relaxing in a river suddenly opened his eyes. He looked into the sky with both uncertainty and fear. Who could it be? But soon, that sensation vanished. The seventh-stage Sunmoon dragon shook his head and returned to his nap. He must have sensed wrongly.
Wan Tiansheng was back in the Heart Cultivating Pavilion. Once again, he shut his eyes. Who did that kid encounter in the Allheaven Battlefield? For some reason, he was feeling ill at ease. What manner of expert was it that could cause him so jittery?
Should he activate his plan earlier?
How troublesome.
If he had known it would be so troublesome, he would have ignored the kid.