Chapter 24 - 24

Chapter 915: Lunatic (2)

A short while later.

Over a hundred night patrol members were gathered near a certain city gate.

"Commander Tian Men, the night patrol will be taking over the city gates for now. We will give the mayor an explanation tomorrow."

Black Armor stepped forward as he spoke.

Above the wall, the Mountainsea commander gazed at him in silence. After a long while, he silently said, "Black Armor, do not forget that this is the Heavendoom City. Regardless of how strong the mystic armor race is, that does not matter here. The mayor is already ignoring everything going on in the city. Are you trying to take over the gates as well?"

"Commander Tian Men, I beseech your understanding." Black Armor said, "Su Yu killed two of our index geniuses. That has attracted the attention of even the Eternal in our race. Also, we have no choice but to do this. After all, we have been ordered by a stronger race...I believe you understand what I'm saying."

He was reminding the city guards that the immortals were here as well.

After a short silence, the Mountainsea commander looked at the guards around him and ordered, "Retreat."

Right after the Mountainsea commander hopped off the wall, the Black Armor said, "Commander Tian Men, please lend me your gate medallion as well."

The nine gates were currently wide open. To shut the gates, one needed the gate medallion. As the official in charge of the gates, Tian Men naturally had such a medallion in possession. Without shutting the doors, there was still a chance Su Yu could slip out of the city.

Tian Men's face fell as he coldly said, "Black Armor, have you forgotten who is the actual master of this city? How audacious of you!"

The moment he raised his voice, all the guards around him drew their blades. The members of the night patrol also raised their spears in confrontation.

Gate medallion.

Without it, they would not be able to properly control the gates. The moment the gates were shut, it would be as good as a death trap. This request had infringed upon the power of the mayor.

Black Armor started growing nervous, but he forced himself to keep speaking, "We're only borrowing it. We will return it after capturing Su Yu. Calm down, Commander Tian Men."

"Return?"

Tian Men spat coldly, "No. You know what, we're not going to give up the gates as well. We will remain. The night patrol does not have the right to take over the gates. You're not even the chief commander of the night patrol. You do not have the qualifications to make all these demands. If the immortals wish to interfere with how the city is being run, tell them to come here themselves."

"..."

This placed Black Armor in a tough spot. He solemnly said, "Tian Men, we're only borrowing it temporarily. The gates won't be shut for long. Things will return to normal soon enough. Back when the human race attacked the city, they made things very difficult for you as well. We're doing this to serve the humans a payback on behalf of the mayor..."

Tian Men said, "That is a choice for the mayor to make. It has nothing to do with you. The mayor does not need your help. The city has always remained neutral. This is the limit of what we can do. Are you really naive enough to believe that the human Invincibles can't do anything to us just because we're hiding in an ancient city?"

Before Black Armor could say anything else, Final Armor spoke, "Assist them with their guard duties. Black Armor, there is no need to say more."

Since Tian Men was unwilling to hand over the gate medallion, it was pointless for them to force the issue. It wasn't a good idea to anger Mayor Tian He while they were inside the city. They would settle with keeping watch over the gates.

Black Armor said nothing else. The night patrol members with him split and went toward the other eight gates. As for Black Armor, he was personally watching over the main gate.

"Stay focused."

After giving his subordinates a reminder, he looked at Tian Men and said, "Commander Tian Men, please activate the Ninegate Unraveling Mirror."

Tian Men frowned, "The expenditure is too high."

"The mystic armors will pay for the activation." Black Armor offered, "We will cover all the cost."

After giving him a glance, Tian Men said, "Fine. Ten thousand drops of source qi liquid and ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence for one night."

"You—"

Black Armor was furious. That was too expensive. He knew for a fact that an activation wasn't that expensive. The Ninegate Unraveling Mirror was a tool to deal with individuals proficient at concealment. This was one of the more powerful defensive mechanisms of the city.

Despite his displeasure, Black Armor agreed.

***

Meanwhile, Final Armor shifted his focus elsewhere after his people started watching over the nine gates.

He tried sending a few more messages through his voice transmission talisman. However, there was still no reply. Finally, he sighed and said, "I'm afraid all the people left in the headquarters have perished."

Dao Cheng and the others remained silent. This was a bad start to their operation.

Was Su Yu the culprit? If it was him, they would have no choice but to admit that he was truly brazen. Even now, the area around their headquarters was still filled with thick death qi, signifying that the culprit was still alive.

"Brother Dao Cheng, should we go and check?" Final Armor suggested, "We can go together. That way, he won't have the chance to separate us from each other."

Dao Cheng looked around them and inhaled deeply, "No. Continue the search and capture more humans. His whereabouts are still unknown. Even if we go, we won't be able to catch him so easily."

"Fine."

Final Armor had no choice but to continue the search. He did not think that capturing these random humans would do anything, but there was no harm in trying.

"Continue."

With Final Armor's order, the others continued their work.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was frowning. Was nobody coming to check things out?

Were those fellows really so patient?

He might be busy running from death spirits, but he didn't mind tossing more trouble their way if he could. Alas, the mystic armors did not send more people his way. Once again, they surprised him.

Su Yu clenched his teeth and started heading toward the outer rings instead. Since they weren't coming to him, he would go to them. Behind him, the two death spirits continued chasing after him. A short while later, a small figure shot over and entered his body. The little furball had returned. With that, the number of death spirits behind him had increased from two to four.

Death qi spread madly around them as they ran through the city. Su Yu cursed inwardly. There were too many death spirits. This made it too obvious that he was going after them. The death qi was basically serving as a beacon for his whereabouts. How troublesome. This damn city was filled with troublesome things.

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Su Yu took out the index copy and typed on it, "I have a job for you. Throw more bloodstained talismans out all over the city."

"Ten drops of Mountainsea blood essence."

"The fuck? Is this daylight robbery? Your people only need to hide inside buildings and throw some talismans out. Anyone can do this. Why are you overcharging me for such a simple task?"

"Our price will always follow the trend. We're being very open about it."

In short, he was free to reject the deal.

"Fine."

Su Yu gnashed his teeth. He was only looking for them because he lacked manpower. Those bastards were too greedy! Why were they charging him so much for such a simple job?

"Can I pay later? I'm in the middle of something right now. Even if you want to accept the payment from me, you can't since I have several death spirits behind me."

No reply came.

A short while later, a white figure flickered into existence right in front of him. With an ancient city medallion in hand, the newcomer stopped the death spirits momentarily before saying, "Settle the bill. Consider this momentary pause of death spirits a free gift from us."

Holy shit! Su Yu was greatly shocked. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had these medallions in their possession as well. And the level of their medallions was absolutely not low. Now wonder they had the courage to collect payment from him even in his current situation. How brazen. Were they not worried that someone would kill their people for the medallion?

The white figure repeated, "Pay up. I won't be able to pause them for long. Are you going to proceed with the transaction or not?"

"Fine."

Su Yu wasted no time and tossed a bottle over. With the payment in hand, the white figure vanished into thin air. Next, the death spirits resumed their pursuit.

Right at that moment, death qi started erupting all over the city. One death spirit after another appeared. One didn't have to worry about being forcefully converted into a resident by tossing these bloodstained talismans. They would only be converted after doing this three days in a row.

Evidently, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had quite a large force in the city. The death spirits behind Su Yu started hesitating. Their instincts were telling them to collect the bloodstained talismans and pursue Su Yu at the same time. The choices paralyzed them. That split second of hesitation allowed Su Yu to break free from them and vanish into thin air.

***

Chaos.

A chaotic night had descended upon the city.

Su Yu was moving rapidly as a gust of wind. His Perception Jade was working overtime to constantly scan his surroundings. After some time, several Mountainsea dots appeared on his jade.

Su Yu noted that one of them was missing. Yes. One was missing. They had actually separated!

Instead of going near them, he flew off somewhere else. The missing Mountainsea was the night patrol called Black Armor. Thanks to his rigged profound weapon, he was able to detect that Black Armor was near a city gate. How courageous of them to finally split up.

Before even reaching his destination, Su Yu noticed the mirrors standing before the nine city gates. Even if he didn't know what they did exactly, it wasn't exactly hard to guess. This was probably a defensive system capable of detecting individuals in concealment.

And as he went nearer, he became even more certain. There were a lot more presences near the city gates. Those were the members of the night patrol. The night patrol and the guards in charge of the gates were clad in armor of a different design. One was black in color while the other was silver in color.

At the moment, those in black armor could be seen near the city gates. The Mountainsea who had warned him about the city before could also be seen. He was standing atop the city wall while the individuals in black armor were standing in front of the gates.

"Two Mountainseas..."

The Mountainsea in charge of the gates was probably not an early Mountainsea. Not even Su Yu's Perception Jade could sense him that well. It was likely that this was a late-stage Mountainsea. With his presence, things could get quite troublesome.

"What should I do? Should I act or not?"

He had only momentarily broken free from the death spirits. They would find him again before long. If he didn't act now, he wouldn't have the chance to do so later. But if he wanted to act, there was a second Mountainsea around. And that was a Mountainsea he probably couldn't defeat.

Su Yu sank into hesitation. He was unwilling to give up, but he had no choice. If he opted to act, he could cause the profound weapon he had gifted the Mountainsea mystic armor to detonate. That would grant him a chance to kill this Mountainsea.

Chapter 916: Lunatic (3)

Just as Su Yu was about to pull away, Tian Men suddenly spoke, "Black Armor, you're already a resident of Heavendoom City. It is unlikely that you will be able to leave the city in your life. Things won't end well for you after your betrayal of the mayor for the mystic armor race."

Black Armor coldly said, "Betrayal? Commander Tian Men, you jest. I am merely serving my people. How is that betrayal? There is no need for you to worry about my future."

Tian Men said, "So be it."

Then, he flew toward a different city gate. Some visitors seemed to be trying to enter the city there. At the moment, those visitors were stuck outside. It would seem like Tian Men was flying over to deal with this issue.

Su Yu blanked out. He started hesitating. Did that individual notice him? Was this a deliberate opening created for him to act or was this a trap? This was too big of a coincidence.

He had just arrived when the second Mountainsea found a reason to leave, giving him the perfect chance to make his move against the lone Mountainsea left behind. He was having trouble believing he could get this lucky.

An opening was right before him. What else could he do? The Mountainsea from the city guards did not seem to get along well with Black Armor. Then again, that was understandable. He wasn't even a mystic armor. Why should he offend the humans for the sake of Black Armor?

With his presence completely hidden and a blade in hand, Su Yu consumed a drop of Mountainsea blood essence. A blinding saber light erupted out of nowhere. Intense killing intent permeated the place. With the calm character, Black Armor was unable to immediately detect the crisis.

Kill, battle, blood, fire, lightning...

Using multiple fourth-tier characters with his character technique, Su Yu's willpower reached the level of a peak Cloudbreach. Black Armor was a Mountainsea, but that did not mean that his willpower had reached the same realm.

It was very common to see a Mountainsea warrior with their willpower stuck at the Skysoar Realm. Black Armor was blanking out as the blade descended upon him. But almost instantly, his source qi erupted and cleared his mind. With a roar, he activated his Armorize ability.

His black armor turned white and shiny. All his acupoints activated. He had yet to complete the process of fully fusing his acupoints into one, but the process had started, making him a true Mountainsea. He stabbed his spear outward.

Right at that moment, a profound weapon in his storage ring exploded. His storage ring was blasted apart. Even he himself staggered slightly from the explosion. That caused his spear strike to miss. A look of alarm covered his eyes as a certain realization dawned on him.

But at that moment, the blade arrived.

Rumble!

The blade was a character technique. With one strike, it cut into Black Armor's sea of willpower, but it left Black Armor's physical body undamaged. The vibrate character worked its magic, shredding the sea of willpower apart.

Su Yu followed with a kick. Combining the physical strength of a Mountainsea and his Time technique, he penetrated the tough armor with a pop. Even the core within Black Armor's body was instantly blasted apart by the kick.

Before anyone could even blink, Black Armor was already in Su Yu's storage ring. A cloud appeared in the sky, but it was swallowed by the little furball before Su Yu could even take a look at it.

"Mine! Willpower!"

"..."

Holy shit!

Why was this furball's memory so good? That was merely a random promise Su Yu had given to entice him. The furball had not forgotten the promise.

Su Yu did not stop with Black Armor. Since he had acted, he might as well go all the way. He started flickering in the are as head after head dropped to the ground. There were several Cloudbreaches there, but none of them could react.

Only then did Tian Men's roar rang out from afar, "Audacious! How dare you attack the night patrol? Guards, watch the gates. I'll personally deal with this criminal." He was shouting very loudly, but he was moving rather slowly. With so many deaths, a large number of death spirits appeared in the area.

Only then did Tian Men arrive. With a medallion in his hand, he roared, "Leave!"

The death spirits hesitated, but they eventually left one after another. Before long, sounds of people flying over rapidly rang out from the distance. Final Armor and the other experts were rushing over.

Final Armor had a dark look in his eyes. Meanwhile, Dao Cheng looked into the distance with a few characters swirling above his palm. He saw the thick death qi in the distance. After a slight hesitation, he roared, "Give chase!"

Final Armor and the other gladly did so.

Damn it!

They weren't even that far away, yet the attacker did not hesitate to charge in and kill Black Armor. Even the night patrol was not spared. More than half of them were dead. After they all left, Tian Men smiled and killed the remaining night patrol with a casual wave of his hand.

"Commander!"

The guards around him exclaimed in alarm.

"Don't worry. They were killed by death spirits."

Then, Tian Men released a burst of death qi toward the corpses of the night patrol. He indifferently said, "This is the Heavendoom City, not Mystic Armor City."

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Shortly after, one of them asked, "Lord, was the human earlier Su Yu?"

"Perhaps."

Tian Men smiled. Who could say for sure? He only knew that Black Armor was a fool. He was already a commander of the night patrol. Why was he still taking orders from the mystic armor race? Did he really think that the mayor would let that slide?

Yes, their mayor had the habit of ignoring everything. But by no means was he someone who would tolerate betrayal in his own territory. After becoming a member of the night patrol, one would belong to the city, not the race they came from.

"His weapon detonated by itself..."

Tian Men muttered to himself, recalling if he had accepted any weapons from that kid. How fortunate. The answer was no. It was true that one would either need to forge their own weapons or have it done by a reliable weaponsmith. As for weaponsmiths like Su Yu, one should never accept their weapons lest the weapons explode randomly while one was in the middle of battle.

"Black Armor is already near the second-stage Mountainsea Realm yet he was killed with a single slash. What a terrifying kid."

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy running from ten death spirits.

That was a terrifying number.

The hissing sounds around him grew louder and louder. A large amount of death qi tried to invade his body, forcing him to waste a large amount of heavenly source qi. Suddenly, his body shook.

With a rumble, a blinding golden radiance erupted from his body. He had finally completed his seventeenth body forging. That pushed his physical strength beyond nine thousand acupoints. At the eighteenth body forging, he would reach the strength of ten thousand acupoints, putting him on par with regular Mountainseas.

He had yet to fully exhaust the power of the Mountainsea blood essence he consumed earlier, but he could feel that with this advancement, the blood essence was no longer that useful for him.

But since he had reached the strength of nine thousand acupoints, perhaps he could try consuming the blood essence of middle-stage Mountainseas. It should be fine, right? Or perhaps not.

Not long ago, he learned at the Vanguard Regiment that a fifth-stage Mountainsea would have the strength of fifty thousand acupoints. The gap between the early and middle stages of the Mountainsea Realm was quite big. In fact, this was also applicable for the gap between the middle and late stages.

Final Armor was rapidly catching up with Su Yu. Due to the large number of death spirits behind Su Yu, Final Armor did not dare to rashly approach. Rather, he shouted from afar, "Su Yu, how dare you?"

Su Yu ignored the shout.

A different voice rang out, "Su Yu, you can run, but don't forget that there are a lot of humans in the city. They are not strong enough to run like you. Why don't you fight a match with me? I'll spare those humans if you agree."

Su Yu said nothing. He merely took out something from his storage ring. It was the corpse of a recently deceased mystic armor Cloudbreach. He tossed the corpse out before throwing a punch at it.

Boom!

The corpse was blasted apart. As this was a recently deceased individual, the blood within the body was still quite fresh. As the black blood rained down from the sky, around eight additional death spirits appeared out of thin air.

Boom!

Final Armor and the others found themselves rushing headfirst into the midst of newly spawned death spirits.

Final Armor hurriedly took out a medallion and roared an order. After a slight hesitation, the death spirits unwillingly rushed in Su Yu's direction instead. In mere moments, the number of death spirits behind him rose to more than ten.

Final Armor coldly said, "This trick won't work against us. You're merely digging your own grave. Nobody can save you now."

Su Yu was simply dreaming if he wanted to deal with them using the death spirits. There was a large group of death spirits behind Su Yu. There were also numerous death spirits all over the city. There was no escape for Su Yu, the culprit who had spawned all these death spirits.

Su Yu could clearly sense that there were even several Cloudbreach death spirits in the mix from the intensity of the death qi assaulting his body. He took out his medallion, causing several death spirits to stop in their tracks. But the rest of the death spirits continued pursuing him.

But that was enough to force Final Armor and the others to stop as several death spirits were now standing in their way. Final Armor frowned with annoyance. Death spirits were very troublesome to deal with. Sure, the medallions worked against them, but that would not last forever.

"Let's retreat for now."

Dao Cheng made the choice to stay away from these death spirits for now. A lot of their weaker members were already filled with death qi. If they continued their pursuit, they would be in a lot of trouble as well.

Final Armor cursed with frustration, but he had no choice but to order a withdrawal. Ahead of them, Su Yu vanished into the distance.

Looking in Su Yu's direction, Dao Cheng frowned. Using a phrase common among the humans, Su Yu was very cold-blooded. He showed zero reaction even when he was being threatened with the lives of the other humans.

But he wasn't too worried as the dense death qi around Su Yu was serving as the beacon to constantly update them on his location. After all, the death qi around Su Yu was currently the thickest in the entire city. He wouldn't be able to escape them. Even if he took shelter in an unoccupied building, nothing would change.

"Let's follow from the distance. It would be even better if he decided to hide inside an unoccupied building. We can keep him trapped in the building."

Final Armor nodded in agreement. They resumed their pursuit. Two Mountainseas had perished thus far.

Beside Dao Cheng, Jiu Xuan said, "Big Brother Dao Cheng, he seems to be even stronger than me..."

Dao Cheng said nothing. But he did notice that Su Yu's killing intent was incredibly strong. How did the human race produce someone so murderous? Earlier, Su Yu had given them a glance before leaving. That gaze of his was akin to someone looking indifferently at corpses. His eyes were even more murderous than the eyes of the death spirits. What a terrifying young man.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu had taken out his index copy yet again.

"Lure the death spirits behind me away."

"Five drops of Sunmoon blood essence."

"I don't have that. I can offer you two Mountainsea corpses from the mystic armor race."

"Deal. We can keep them occupied for half an hour."

"One hour. Don't even dream of working for only half an hour for two Mountainsea corpses."

They were too greedy!

"Sure."

Su Yu had nothing else to say. Inwardly, he was cursing. Greedy bastards! He was the one doing the heavy lifting, killing even two Mountainseas and giving the corpses to them. But that was only enough to buy their service for one hour.

Holy shit!

They better not give him an opening to do anything. Otherwise, he would definitely give the damn Heavenly Hunt Pavilion a big trouble. He had decided to remember the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion for this.

A short while later, a masked individual appeared before him. The individual was still clad in white.

"Pay up."

Su Yu tossed a storage ring over. The white figure then took out a medallion and gave a series of orders. The death spirits seemed hesitant, but they ultimately obeyed and left with the white figure.

Su Yu exhaled in relief. Good. He was feeling way too much pressure with so many death spirits behind him.

One hour...

Those people would probably assume that the death spirits were still behind him. Well, it was time for them to suffer some payback.

Su Yu vanished into thin air and started heading toward Final Armor. But he needed to stop on the way and find a place to try consuming a drop of third-stage Mountainsea blood essence. If he could push his physical body to that level, he would be able to do much more against those people.

After killing multiple Mountainseas, Su Yu's name had finally increased by one rank in the index.

16th on Heaven Index, Su Yu.

His past accomplishments had changed slightly, indicating that he had killed multiple Mountainseas in the past. At the same time, the index copies of numerous individuals shook. When they saw the update, they cursed at the lunatic murderer.

How many days had it been? How many Mountainseas had he killed during the time? Were Mountainseas really so insignificant?

***

Human territory.

Marquis Xia had an index copy in his hand as well. When he saw the update, he grumbled, "What is he doing still killing people left and right out there? He should be running back to the human territory instead."

Was he trying to speedrun losing his life?

It was inconvenient for Great Xia to get involved at this time. If Great Ming wanted to interfere, they had to deploy at least a peak Sunmoon to stand a chance at bringing the troublemaker back safely.

***

At the same time.

News started spreading rapidly.

Great Ming, Human Realm.

Zhu Tiandao sighed. What a troublemaker. Just which race was the troublemaker fighting this time?

The mystic armor race? How audacious of the mystic armors. Why did they retaliate when the kid tried to kill them? How dare they! If the kid wanted to kill them, they should just stretch their necks out and welcome death. Did they really think that the Mystic Armor King was all-powerful?

"Umbra."

"Here!"

"Take the Shadow Guard and enter the Allheaven Battlefield. Bring Su Yu back." Zhu Tiandao ordered, "If anyone tries to get in the way, kill them all."

"Lord, how many people—"

"All of them."

Umbra exclaimed in shock, "Lord, all twelve of them?"

"Go."

"Yes!"

Umbra was greatly alarmed. Twelve Shadow Guard members. Including himself, there were thirteen of them. Six of them were Sunmoons and seven of them were peak Mountainseas. This was the most elite security personnel Great Ming had to offer. Had the prefect gone mad?

It was too risky to send them all to the Allheaven Battlefield at the same time. Umbra didn't even dare to imagine the consequences of losing them all.

Staring at the index copy, Zhu Tiandao muttered, "Damn it! I'll take this gamble. He's already capable of killing Mountainseas. Perhaps...this is the second coming of Ye Batian."

Chapter 917: Eleventh On Heaven Index, Su Yu (1)

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Heavendoom City.

Carnage was unfolding everywhere.

Death qi flooded the city.

That night, death spirits appeared everywhere, causing countless beings to tremble in fear. They all huddled indoors, ignoring all the chaos happening outside. The rise of every powerhouse was paved by countless corpses. The only thing that would change between individuals was the identities of the corpses paving the road to prominence.

Could Su Yu complete his rise? Or would he meet his end here? Nobody knew the answer.

Back then, Mo Duona's rise had been accompanied by blood and carnage as well. He wouldn't have accomplished the feat of killing a seventh-stage Mountainsea otherwise. Invincibles wouldn't have been forced to act on his behalf if it wasn't for the sheer amount of blood he had spilled.

This was also the case during Ye Batian's rise. He unleashed carnage in all directions and reaped countless lives. At the time, numerous human Invincibles had also acted to shelter him from the consequences of his actions.

Great Xia King had personally fought numerous battles for his sake. Alas, he had ultimately perished before he could affirm his dao. Some geniuses would be able to walk their path to the end. Some would end their journey prematurely.

Just take the victims of Su Yu as an example. Red Armor, Green Armor, and Lei Jue were no weaklings. How could a weakling enter the Heavenly Hunt Index? Who among them wasn't someone who had killed their way to prominence?

But all of them had perished one after another in a short period of time.

Thus was the way of the Allheaven Battlefield.

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One would need to fall for another to rise.

***

Death filled the city.

Dao Cheng of the immortal race was hovering in the sky. With a smile, he asked, "Su Yu, why don't you have a fight with me? This is an earnest invite. If you win, you may leave the city. If I win, I'll invite you to be a guest at the Immortal Realm. Why drag the other humans in the city down with you?"

Without the death spirits trailing Su Yu, the death qi around him had reduced considerably. The entire city was too chaotic with death spirits everywhere. Thus, Final Armor and company lost track of Su Yu. Dao Cheng was left with no choice but to provoke Su Yu out of hiding with words.

"You are someone capable of entering the Heaven Index in only a few days. Do you not have the courage to face me in battle?"

As he was saying all that, the characters floating above his palm continued spinning, attempting to determine Su Yu's position. Su Yu felt extremely dangerous to him. That was someone as murderous as Xia Longwu and as talented as Ye Batian. He was akin to a combination of the two.

A single Ye Batian was enough for everyone in the Myriad Realms to lose sleep. Two Invincibles had perished to get rid of him. As for Xia Longwu, he had taken the lives of countless Sunmoons before even completing his dao affirmation. His attempt to affirm his dao would most certainly cause even Invincibles to die regardless of the ultimate result.

The myriad races could tolerate the existence of Qin Fang and Huang Teng, but they would not allow a second Ye Batian or Xia Longwu to emerge. Despite Dao Cheng's provocations, no reply came.

***

Somewhere hidden.

Su Yu did not intend to rise to the provocation.

Screw that!

An old immortal who was already a ninth-stage Cloudbreach trying to provoke him into a fight? Was that a joke? Sure, Dao Cheng was from the younger generation as well, but he might as well be a grandpa for Su Yu.

In the span of one year, he had suffered thousands of defeats. Growing up, he had suffered countless deaths. Why would he care about the loss of face here?

This would never work on him. Su Yu would gladly rise to the challenge if Dao Cheng had offered the immortal fairy to fight instead. As for fighting Dao Cheng himself, that would not happen. Dao Cheng simply felt too unsettling for Su Yu.

Just by looking at Dao Cheng, his tribulation character would start going crazy. That was someone who was dangerous to even look at.

***

With his characters still spinning above his palm, Dao Cheng sighed in disappointment.

How did Su Yu disappear suddenly? He was too skilled at concealment. With so many buildings in the city, it would be very difficult for them to even locate him again as long as he remained indoors. He said nothing else and returned to the group.

Taking out his index copy, he wrote a request, "I need to know the accurate location of Su Yu."

"Ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence."

Dao Cheng's face sank, "That's too expensive. Su Yu might have entered the Heaven Index, but he is not worth that price."

"He's a member of the multiple character faction."

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion only had a simple reply. The price would not change. Dao Cheng was free to reject the transaction if he found it too expensive.

"For that price, I need his location tracked for three continuous hours."

"No. Ten drops per hour."

Dao Cheng had a gloomy look. This was too expensive. Not even his divination skills worked well against super geniuses like Su Yu. Thus, his only alternative was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. But the price was excessive.

One would need to kill a Sunmoon for ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence. Even a first-stage Sunmoon was still a Sunmoon. But that was only sufficient to track Su Yu for one hour. This was too excessive.

Dao Cheng was furious. He swore to take the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion down one day.

He looked at Final Armor and asked, "Brother Final Armor, do you have any Sunmoon blood essence? I only have five drops on me. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is asking for ten drops. In exchange, they will keep Su Yu tracked for an hour."

"Ten drops?" Even Final Armor started cursing. "This is daylight robbery!"

What was that if not daylight robbery? He wasn't even a Sunmoon yet. For him, this was an exceptionally luxurious price.

He shook his head and said, "I'm only a Mountainsea. How would I have any Sunmoon blood essence? The mystic armor race is not comparable to the immortal race."

He was speaking the truth. As a Mountainsea, he could only receive Sunmoon blood essence through rewards. He had no way of actually getting the resource himself.

Jiu Xuan said, "Big Brother Dao Cheng, I have some on me."

Dao Cheng nodded, "In that case, please lend me some. I'll repay you once we're back at the Immortal Realm."

"Don't worry about it..."

Beside them, Final Armor was feeling greatly envious. Truly worthy of being a major race, a race standing at the top of the myriad races. These people were carrying around Sunmoon blood essence as mere Cloudbreaches. Who wouldn't be envious?

Just imagine it. Sunmoon. A Sunmoon was a super expert. In fact, many minor races were led by only Sunmoons. The mayors of these ancient cities were also Sunmoons.

At that realm, one would be strong enough to dominate the area wherever one went. For example, Zheng Ping, a Sunmoon, had acted in an incredibly overbearing manner when he arrived previously.

For example, Mo Duona, someone already capable of killing seventh-stage Mountainseas. With that level of strength, the original devil race no longer needed to worry about him. Only Sunmoons would still be a threat to him, but very few Sunmoon would have the courage to actually make the attempt.

Dao Cheng said nothing else and took out five drops of Sunmoon blood essence. After a short wait, a masked white figure appeared.

"Pay up."

Dao Cheng gazed at the masked figure, tempted to make a move. But ultimately, he held back and tossed a bottle over, "I need accurate tracking. If the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion fails to do so, you will need to refund me ten times the price as compensation."

"Of course."

The masked figure tossed a paper crane over and said, "Follow this and you will be able to find him. But please be reminded that this can only track the location of his index copy. We won't be taking any responsibility in the event he decides to abandon his index copy. Unless we have his blood essence, we won't have a way to accurately track him. You are already aware of this. If he learns about the tracking due to your carelessness and decides to throw his index copy away, we won't be offering refunds."

Dao Cheng said, "I'm aware. Also, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is here to do business. Do not do anything that will ruin your reputation. Since I've purchased his location, you better not leak this to him."

"Of course."

Then, the masked figure vanished.

Final Armor suddenly said, "He's only a Mountainsea. We could have detained him if we wanted."

"Forget it." Dao Cheng shook his head, "These people are mere puppets, not the mastermind. It's pointless to kill them."

At this time, the paper crane in his hand started moving. He said, "We either don't try to look for him at all or act when we have the absolute certainty in success. With ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence, we can only track him for an hour. If he learns what we're doing and leaves his index copy behind, it will be much harder for us to find him again."

Final Armor was quite puzzled, "With so many death spirits on his tail and a low-level medallion, how did he manage to disappear?"

Dao Cheng nonchalantly replied, "Can't you see it?"

"What?" A realization dawned on Final Armor, "You mean..."

"It was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

Dao Cheng coldly said, "Since they could do business with us, they could certainly do business with Su Yu as well."

Final Armor cursed inwardly.

So that was why.

Dao Cheng added, "In fact, he might have learned about our operation in advance from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion as well. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion...only cares about profit, not justice and fairness."

Final Armor furiously said, "The major races should have hunted those greedy bastards down."

"It's too hard." Dao Cheng shook his head, "That organization is not weak at all. Just a few days ago, they revealed an Invincible among their ranks. That could very well be a powerful Invincible who had completed their dao affirmation in the Allheaven Battlefield. We don't even know who that person is. It is very hard to trace an expert at that level when they're focusing on concealment. And who can be sure that they only have one Invincible?"

"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is known to have Four Departments, the Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow Departments. They also have the East and West Spires and the South and North Chambers. As far as we know, the Invincible that had appeared previously was merely the chamber master of the South Chamber. Who knows if the leaders of the other chamber, the two spires, and the four departments are also Invincibles as well? Anything is possible."

"..."

Final Armor was greatly shocked, "Is that even possible?"

If that was the cause, wouldn't they have eight Invincibles? Were they really so powerful? In that case, no race could contend against them apart from the major races like the immortals, devils, and divines.

"I'm not sure."

Dao Cheng gave no further elaboration as he would need to touch upon some secrets to say more. But that was most certainly possible. If the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was so weak, they would have been wiped out or taken over long ago.

After all, the Heavenly Hunt Index in their possession was a divine weapon. Divine weapon. An existence beyond even a heaven weapon. If they weren't strong, would the divines, devils, humans, demonic beasts, and other major races tolerate their existence and their control over the Heavenly Hunt Index?

Their strength was the only reason they were still around. They were also the biggest information broker among the myriad races. Back when Ye Batian of the human race died, Great Qin King and the other human Invincibles performed an investigation into the death.

They ultimately concluded that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion might have sold the whereabouts of the active human Invincibles at the time, allowing the myriad races to make the proper arrangements to get Ye Batian killed. They spent many years investigating that matter.

Eventually, a spire master of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was forced to step forth and clarify things, ensuring the humans that they had zero involvement in Ye Batian's death. It was rumored that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had ultimately reached a deal with the human race to end the hunt launched by Great Qin King and the others.

During that period of time, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion lost a large number of experts. Of course, a lot of humans had perished in the process as well.

Dao Cheng stopped entertaining the random thoughts that had been appearing in his mind. After paying such a big price, they had to succeed in killing or capturing Su Yu. The paper crane in his hand continued stirring. Finally, he released the crane, allowing it to soar into the sky.

Countless characters orbited the crane, rendering it invisible. After doing all that, Dao Cheng said, "Follow it. But don't make it too obvious."

The experts around him nodded. They understood the importance of stealth.

Chapter 918: Eleventh On Heaven Index, Su Yu (2)

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Meanwhile, Su Yu was hiding in an alley far away from them.

Suddenly, his tribulation character started pulsing. The pulses were much more intense than before.

"Crisis?"

Su Yu cursed inwardly. The damn character had been pulsing so frequently that he was starting to get confused. In fact, the tribulation character had barely stopped pulsing since he entered the city.

After thinking about it, Su Yu dashed off again. But this time, the tribulation character continued pulsing at the same intensity despite his movement. He had only purchased an hour of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's service. If he didn't accomplish anything before the hour ended, he would have paid the price of two Mountainsea corpses for nothing.

He wanted to approach Final Armor's group, but his tribulation would go crazy each time he attempted to do so.

"What's going on?"

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

Was it really so dangerous?

***

At the same time.

Dao Cheng and company were frowning as well. Was this a mere coincidence or was Su Yu really so cautious? He had been changing locations endlessly, resulting in the crane constantly switching directions mid-flight.

It was so frequent that Dao Cheng had the urge to start cursing loudly. If this crane hadn't been purchased from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, he would start suspecting that it was damaged already.

Why was Su Yu moving so frequently? Just what was going on? No matter how cautious he was, there was no need for him to switch locations every few seconds even when they were so far away, right?

Final Armor couldn't help asking, "Is this thing even accurate?"

"The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is still trustworthy when it comes to doing business."

Dao Cheng was feeling very helpless. What else could he say? Su Yu was simply too cautious. Or perhaps he had some sort of treasure capable of detecting them from afar?

Would something like that exist? Definitely. But would Su Yu have one of them?

Dao Cheng sighed endlessly. He was starting to feel that he had not prepared enough before launching this operation against Su Yu. It would have been much better to act after a Sunmoon arrived. With the strength and speed of a Sunmoon, catching Su Yu would be much easier. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ Nove1Fire.net

Without a Sunmoon, it was way too hard for them to keep up with Su Yu's concealment skills and erratic movement.

***

"Fuck!"

Su Yu cursed inwardly. What was going on? His tribulation character was still going crazy. The hour he bought with two Mountainsea corpses was almost up. What the hell was happening?

"The nearer I get to those fellows, the crazier the tribulation character gets. What does this signify? Are they capable of killing me? Or are they somehow capable of detecting me?"

Su Yu was still quite confident in his concealment skills. But something was definitely off with how his tribulation character was acting. After gazing into the distance, he frowned as he confirmed one fact.

The tribulation character would go crazy if he approached them. If he remained still and waited for them to approach him, the tribulation character would go crazy as well. From this, could he conclude that they had a way of detecting him the moment he entered a certain range from them?

"Detecting my presence..."

A certain possibility emerged in his mind. He took out the index copy, hesitated slightly, and wrote on it, "How much to cancel the tracking service purchased by Dao Cheng?"

He was starting to suspect the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

He added, "If you refuse to answer, I'll throw the index copy away. I will not transact with you anymore after this."

He was still unsure, but he wrote as though he already knew the answer. This was a strategy he had decided upon in his interactions with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. It didn't matter if he was unsure. He only needed to act like he knew everything.

If it was a wrong guess, so be it. There was no harm in trying, so why should he care?

***

Inside a certain floating palace. The masked individual called out at his superior again, "Elder, Su Yu found out that we're tracking him. How should we handle this? He is requesting for a cancelation of the tracking service."

"We have accepted the payment for the service. There is no canceling it." The faceless elder said, "Tell him to throw the index copy away if he wants. He will pick it back up again sooner or later."

"Yes, Elder."

The faceless elder shook his head, "This is probably just a guess on his part. But this human brat sure is shrewd. Be very careful in your communications with him. He might be young, but he is incredibly crafty. He is comparable to some of the cunning old foxes of the human race."

The masked man asked curiously, "Elder, who are you referring to?"

"The humans have a lot of such individuals. Of the myriad races, the immortals are the most mysterious, the divines are the proudest, the devils are the most domineering, the demonic beasts are the most rash, and the humans are the most cunning."

That was the conclusion of the elder.

"Humans? Cunning?" While typing his reply to Su Yu, the masked man said, "No matter how cunning they are, they still have to rely on our services."

"Do not underestimate anyone." The faceless elder warned, "The moment the myriad races discover our location, they will not hesitate to act against us. In fact, it is likely that some experts have already discovered clues of our whereabouts. They have merely been waiting for the perfect opportunity to wipe us all out with one strike. As a member of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, wariness is something you should never lack. As a contact person of the index holders, remember that you can never be too careful. Do not leak anything you shouldn't. The moment they find out the exact whereabouts of our headquarters, they will stop at nothing to end us."

"Yes, Elder."

The faceless elder said, "You shouldn't have been put in charge of someone as cunning as Su Yu. You're simply too new. But the department is lacking in manpower. Since you showed a lot of promise, you were assigned this task. I hope you can learn more from your interactions with this human."

"Elder, can I learn new things just by interacting with him?"

"Of course."

The faceless elder said, "Have you not noticed? The way he guessed the presence of Dao Cheng and the way he guessed that we were the culprits responsible for tracking him contained numerous lessons. The sophistry of Su Yu is something you can learn from. The way he forms his words and sentences to get what he wants for free is something you can also learn from. He might be young, but he has learned the cunning of the human race well."

"I understand."

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was cursing madly.

Holy shit!

Those greedy bastards were basically profiteering from both parties in the conflict. What even was the point of his previous purchase? What could he do with the one hour he bought? His opponents had a way of detecting him.

Damn the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion! Both he and the immortals had paid a large price for their services, but neither of them had actually benefited from the services they bought. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was the only party to have profited from this.

"Index copy..."

Su Yu clenched his teeth as he stared at the index copy in his hands. The Heavenly Hunt Index didn't even mind exposing the fact that they were tracking him through the index copy because they were confident that he could not do without it.

External assistance was something everyone would need at one point. And the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had indeed been very helpful for him. Could he even bring himself to throw the index copy away? He could always pick up another copy at a later date, so they weren't even worried that he would throw this copy away.

Thus, they would rather protect their reputation and come clean, telling him that they couldn't cancel a service they had sold. He could simply toss the copy away this time and pick up another copy in the future to continue dealing with them.

"Index copy, location tracker..."

At that time, his gaze landed on the little furball who was having a great time eating willpower in his sea of willpower. Since the little fellow had been fed, it was time to work.

"Furball."

"Ya, ya..." The furball flipped his body before realizing that Su Yu was speaking to him. He hurriedly said, "I can't go out anymore. If I go outside again, my dada will notice me and take me back home."

"..."

Su Yu said nothing. Was that real?

"Isn't your dada supposed to be sleeping back home?"

That was what the little furball had told him previously.

"But he can wake up. If I keep going out, he will notice me and take me back. I can't go out anymore."

"..."

Was the furball lying?

Su Yu was unsure. The furball once mentioned that his dada was a Pseudo Emperor. That was merely a title instead of a cultivation level, but someone with that title would at least be an Invincible. Who would dare to call themselves a Pseudo Emperor without being at least an Invincible?

"Will your dada kill me if he's here?"

"No. You smells nice."

"Will he eat me?"

"We don't eat humans. We only eat yummy stuff."

Fuck! Would this fellow's dada eat his golden book?

So be it. Su Yu decided to not risk it. Instead, a clone appeared beside him. The clone was holding onto the index copy. Weren't they looking for him? Weren't they tracking him? Enjoy.

Under his control, the clone dashed off with the index copy in hand.

***

At the same time.

One of the characters swirling above Dao Cheng's palm suddenly started bleeding.

Alarmed, Dao Cheng sent Jiu Xuan a voice transmission, "Watch out. This is greatly inauspicious."

Jiu Xuan asked doubtfully, "Is it Su Yu?"

"I'm not sure. Jiu Xuan, if we can't kill Su Yu tonight, we will leave the moment morning arrives. If there is any danger later, hide behind Final Armor. Do not separate from him."

"Big Brother Dao Cheng, is he really that dangerous?"

"He is very dangerous. People like him are extremely hard to kill. That applies to him, to Mo Duona, to Zhan Wushuang, to Xuan Wuji...Every name in the Heaven Index belongs to someone who will not die easily. These were the children of destiny. Even if they were to perish, countless experts would perish alongside them."

That was the truth. He was speaking from experience. Just how long had it been since they unfolded their operation against Su Yu? In such a short time, two Mountainseas and numerous Cloudbreaches had perished.

One ought to note that Su Yu was only one of the weaker ones in the Heaven Index. If it was someone at Mo Duona's level, they would probably need to sacrifice several Sunmoons to still fail in the end.

At the mention of Mo Duona, Jiu Xuan said, "Big Brother Dao Cheng, is it possible that Mo Duona will get involved? He's in the city as well."

"Unlikely. He is probably waiting for his own fortuitous encounter. Unless we disturb him, he won't make a move."

The conversation ended there. One could never be too cautious. His divination results had been inauspicious for the entire day. This was too worrying. If they couldn't achieve their goal by the end of the night, they should just leave. At this time, the paper crane switched direction again.

Chapter 919: Eleventh On Heaven Index, Su Yu (3)

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Mountainbreak bull (Third-stage Mountainsea)

Racial abilities: Mountainbreak (activate with blood essence)

...

He had just upgraded his mountainbreak bull page to the third-stage Mountainsea Realm. He was rejoicing that he had not tried to upgrade it to a higher level. This was probably his current limit.

His body had nearly exploded after he consumed a drop of third-stage Mountainsea blood essence. His physical body had clearly not reached the level capable of withstanding such strength.

"Third-stage Mountainsea...this is probably as strong as thirty thousand acupoints."

He only knew that a first-stage Mountainsea would have the strength of ten thousand acupoints. A fifth-stage Mountainsea at the Vanguard Regiment would have the strength fifty thousaand acupoints.

A seventh-stage Mountainsea would reach at least a hundred thousand acupoints in strength. In that case, a third-stage Mountainsea would probably have the strength of roughly thirty thousand acupoints.

Su Yu was feeling very thankful that he had not rashly tried to consume a drop of fourth-stage Mountainsea blood essence. This was already his limit. If he hadn't completed his seventeenth body forging not long ago, he wouldn't have been able to even withstand the power of the third-stage Mountainsea blood essence.

"What a pity. I still have the blood essence of an eighth-stage Sunmoon on me."

Previously, he had received the complete corpse of a divine skywing from Great Xia. If he could withstand it, a single drop of blood essence would grant him the strength of an eighth-stage Sunmoon. With that level of strength, he could probably kill anyone he wanted in the city.

That was his true trump card. Alas, using it now would only cause him to burst apart and die.

***

Done consuming the blood essence, Su Yu left the building.

Meanwhile, his clone was still busy luring the mystic armors and immortals all over the city. The one hour he bought from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion would end soon. He checked the time and confirmed that he had about twenty minutes remaining.

"Instantanous strength of a third-stage Mountainsea..."

His speed was still lacking.

Only his strength had reached the level of a third-stage Mountainsea while his speed still lagged behind. But there was nothing he could do about it. He was mainly worried about Final Armor, the peak Mountainsea in the group. Without him, he would be much less wary of them.

"With the strength of a third-stage Mountainsea and the Sky Sundering Saber...it won't be that hard to kill a Mountainsea, right?"

There were still four mystic armor Mountainseas in the city.

They were respective Final Armor the peak Mountainsea, Silver Armor the sixth-stage Mountainsea, Broken Armor the third-stage Mountainsea, and Flame Armor the first-stage Mountainsea.

Out of the six Mountainseas they had stationed in the city, only two had perished so far. Apart from Final Armor and Silver Armor, Su Yu was confident he could deal with the rest of them.

"My body forging is still too slow."

Su Yu grumbled. Even after his rapid improvements during the past few days, it still felt way too slow for him. Who was the bastard who had lied to him back then that Skysoars could safely explore the Allheaven Battlefield?

He had completely neglected the fact that nobody would rush into an ancient city not long after entering the Allheaven Battlefield like him. In fact, most newcomers wouldn't even enter the Plain of Desires. Skysoars could actually do quite well if they remained inside the human territory.

Su Yu had basically entered the stomping grounds of experts and super geniuses. It would naturally be dangerous.

"I can probably kill the third-stage Mountainsea if I catch him by surprise. But how can I ensure a safe retreat after killing him?"

For him, killing the Mountainsea wasn't the hard part. Rather, withdrawing safely after the kill was the main issue troubling him.

"What if I target the immortal fairy instead of the Mountainsea? Escape routes..."

Su Yu started thinking of ways he could escape a peak Mountainsea.

"I guess I don't need to be too worried. I only need to lure him away from the group. Well, that's a job for my clone..."

He was busy looking for a suitable ambush location. He wasn't going to hide in the air. Rather, he was planning to hide on the ground. He would hide on the roof of a suitable building and cut his target down with one strike before fleeing into the alleys. That would allow him to easily escape them, but he had to ensure that Final Armor wouldn't be around if he wanted that to work.

As for Dao Cheng...well, he didn't have the confidence to kill that fellow. That was someone who once killed a fifth-stage Mountainsea. That was a freak.

"In that case, I'll kill a third-stage Mountainsea first. That will get me a heavenly reward. If I could receive something helpful for my body forging like the golden light I received previously, it would be even better. That was so much better than receiving some heavenly source qi."

With his mindset, Su Yu continued looking for a suitable ambush location. He needed a place packed with occupied buildings. It would even be better if there was a death spirit there that could help him mask his presence better.

***

Dao Cheng and the others were still following the paper crane.

Suddenly, Dao Cheng said, "He's luring us all over the city. He might have discovered what we're doing. Be alert, everyone. Try not to separate at any cost. Su Yu is strong enough to kill first-stage Mountainseas, and that might not even be his full strength. Try to stick with me and Brother Final Armor."

Final Armor solemnly declared, "So long as we can surround him, his death is assured. I refuse to believe he's strong enough to kill me."

Not even Mo Duona was strong enough to kill him, much less Su Yu. Dao Cheng nodded, but he said nothing. That might be true. Even if Su Yu was strong, he wouldn't be so insanely strong. He had to be as strong as a pseudo Sunmoon to kill Final Armor. If he was really so strong with his current cultivation level, not even Invincibles would be able to stay calm anymore.

Su Yu was too fast. But gradually, they discovered that he had slowed down. Ahead of them was a dark and messy housing area. The paper crane was caught in Dao Cheng's hand, but it was constantly trying to fly toward a certain dark corner ahead of them.

Final Armor was overjoyed. That human had finally stopped running! The characters above Dao Cheng's palm started spinning rapidly as he made another divination. This had always been a specialty of his.

"Not much danger is detected ahead of us..."

The result caused Dao Cheng to frown. Not much danger? Was Su Yu really trapped ahead of them? This was the sole positive result he had received from his divinations tonight.

Final Armor was growing impatient. He asked through voice transmission, "How is it?"

"There is no danger ahead of us."

"In that case, let us surround and take him down."

Final Armor grew excited. There was no danger!

Good!

He was quite confident in Dao Cheng's divinations. But Dao Cheng was still frowning. He made yet another divination. After performing so many divinations in a single night, he was starting to feel drained. Helpless, he settled with divining his own well-being. But he kept receiving the same result. There was no danger.

After some thought, he performed a divination on the fate of the first-stage Mountainsea. And the result was...no danger as well. He proceeded to perform a divination on Jiu Xuan. She was in no danger as well.

At this point, he was starting to get the urge to cough a mouthful of blood. He had performed too many divinations in succession, to the point his characters were on the verge of collapse. He had to stop.

There was no danger for the weakest Mountainsea, himself, and Jiu Xuan. Taking all that into consideration, he sent a voice transmission, "We better stick together. Don't get too far from each other. We will surround him from the front and the back. Brother Final Armor, pay attention to our surroundings lest he has actually abandoned his index copy..."

Before he could finish, a distant silhouette seemed to have noticed something and hurriedly dashed away from them.

"Go!"

Final Armor finally lost his patience. They had lost two Mountainseas and multiple Cloudbreaches in the span of one night without achieving anything. How would he allow Su Yu to escape him so easily? He was very determined to kill this human.

When Dao Cheng saw Final Armor charging ahead, he clenched his teeth and did the same. Jiu Xuan was also sticking closely to Final Armor. They moved toward the dark silhouette at a rapid speed.

Dao Cheng was not worried about the others who were left behind. He was sure that they would be fine. After all, even the weakest Mountainsea was in no danger. As they increased their speed, sounds of their movements reverberated throughout the city.

The dark silhouette ahead of them seemed frightened as it moved even faster than before. In fact, its entire body started turning translucent, as though it was burning its life force just to gain more speed.

Behind them, the first-stage and third-stage Mountainseas were also giving chase alongside the Cloudbreaches. At the moment, they were flying past a tall building. This was the same building Final Armor had flown past earlier. He had not detected anything wrong with the building. Thus, they did not bother giving the building a second look.

Abruptly, a blinding white radiance erupted amid the dark sky. Su Yu placed all his strength behind his blade. One attack. Only one attack. However many that attack could kill, he would accept it.

This was his strongest attack. This was the strongest saber strike he had ever unleashed. The saber that splits the sky. It was as though the sky itself had been cut into two. He was also reinforcing his attack with his semi-opened yang acupoint, strength character, vibrate character, willpower, and Soul Expanding Hammer.

***

At the same time.

Mayor's residence.

Tian He, who was enjoying a bottle of liquor, suddenly looked in a certain direction and muttered, "Sky Sundering Saber!"

That technique was too familiar.

The saber that splits the sky.

Back then, he witnessed the same move from Great Xia King. The blue dome of heaven was split, and the Skyrend Valley came into existence.

Back then, he witnessed the same move from Xia Longwu. A Sunmoon death spirit was killed, and he himself was left dying.

Back then, he witnessed the same move from the eldest son of Great Xia King, who was also the father of Xia Longwu. A peak Sunmoon and multiple Sunmoons were killed with one slash.

Back then, he witnessed the same move from Ye Batian. With one slash, the world sank into silence. Sunmoons perished and Mountainseas wilted.

Today, he bore witness to the same move from a young genius. A genius from the younger generation of the human race.

The blinding radiance of the blade illuminated the entire city.

"Su Yu!"

Tian He muttered to himself. The blade of Xia Family was always so mesmerizing. Not a single individual capable of using this move was a weakling.

Spear of Qin. Blade of Xia. The two pillars of humanity.

***

At the same time, inside a large building. The purple-haired Mo Duona abruptly opened his eyes and went outside. A radiant blade entered his gaze.

He frowned slightly.

"Sky Sundering Saber!"

***

Whoosh!

Boom!

It was as though the sky was collapsing and the earth was rending.

Before the blade even finished its descent, all the Cloudbreaches and Skysoars in the area had disintegrated.

The first-stage Mountainsea roared and started fleeing with all his strength. The third-stage Mountainsea instantly activated his Arrmorize ability, but he was unable to flee since he was the target of the blade.

By the time the blade finished its descent, Su Yu had fled several kilometers away. The murderous blade landed.

Boom!

The incomparably durable armor instantly burst apart. Blood sprayed everywhere. A clump of shining cloud appeared several kilometers away. Almost as soon as it appeared, the cloud vanished alongside Su Yu.

Immediately after, a large number of death spirits spawned into existence. Even the death spirits that had been lured away by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion reappeared in the area. Some of the buildings in the area had been damaged by the blade, but they returned to how they were before in mere moments.

A large amount of death qi flooded the city. At that moment, Final Armor had just stabbed his spear through a dark silhouette only to see the silhouette dispersing into nothingness. His expression changed abruptly as he looked behind him. Without any hesitation, he rushed in the direction where the shining cloud had appeared.

"Su Yu!"

A furious howl resounded in the sky.

Su Yu! He had killed Broken Armor! The third Mountainsea of the mystic armor race had perished. That was a third-stage Mountainsea. For the first time since the start of the operation, Final Armor started feeling fear.

Meanwhile, Dao Cheng grabbed Jiu Xuan and solemnly said, "Leave. We need to leave immediately."

They couldn't stay any longer in the city. That was too terrifying. In the span of only two days, Su Yu had grown from killing Cloudbreaches to killing a first-stage Mountainsea before proceeding to kill a third-stage Mountainsea.

They must leave. This was too dangerous. Dao Cheng's view of Su Yu was not the only thing changing. The Heaven Index was also undergoing a massive change. The people who were paying attention to the index watched as Su Yu's name rose rapidly to the eleventh place.

11th on Heaven Index.

Su Yu!

Killed a third-stage Mountainsea before. Nineteen. Human. First-stage Cloudbreach.

He had punched more than one major realm above him. He had skipped a total of eleven minor realms. And the person he had killed might not even be an ordinary Mountainsea. At that moment, the Myriad Realms were shocked.

At that moment, even the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was shocked. He killed a third-stage Mountainsea?

With that accomplishment, even the eleventh place was too low for him. He had been restricted by his relatively low cultivation level. What would happen once he reached the seventh or eighth-stage Cloudbreach Realm? Would he be able to kill seventh or eighth-stage Mountainseas? Mo Duona was 192 years old. Converted to human age, he would be 22 years old.

Would Su Yu actually overtake Mo Duona? Countless people were alarmed. Instantly, Heavendoom City became the center of attention. The gazes of countless super experts were drawn to the city.

Chapter 920: Trapped (1)

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The dazzling blade dropped from the sky.

Final Armor dashed in Su Yu's direction unhesitatingly. He couldn't sense Su Yu, but a heavenly reward and dozens of death spirits had appeared at the same location. He only needed to head there.

Boom!

With one spear strike, Final Armor sent the death spirit in his way flying away. He charged right into the midst of numerous death spirits, but Su Yu was nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, the death qi around him started rushing toward him, causing his body to rot.

The ancient city medallion on him shone, helping him resist the invading death qi. However, there were too many death spirits in the area. Finally, Final Armor regained his clarity of mind when the danger became too much. He hurriedly rushed out of the area.

Some of the death spirits glanced at him when he was leaving, but they soon moved on from him and continued looking for Su Yu. Final Armor was not their target.

Final Armor looked calm, but he was feeling terrible inside. At that moment, the sixth-stage Mountainsea Silver Armor and first-stage Mountainsea Flame Armor finally reached him. Flame Armor was heavily injured, and fear could be clearly seen in his eyes.

Almost all their Cloudbreaches and Skysoars had perished to Su Yu's blade. After all, Cloudbreaches and Skysoars were not comparable to Mountainseas. They had always been moving behind the Mountainseas. Thus, almost none of them survived Su Yu's attack. This was a heavy loss.

The mystic armor race had over a hundred people in the city. Even the weakest among them was a Skysoar. They also had a decent number of Cloudbreaches and six Mountainseas in the city. But now, only the three of them remained.

Final Armor suddenly noticed that Dao Cheng was sticking close to Jiu Xuan. Clearly, they were thinking of leaving the city. Su Yu was too difficult to handle. It was also getting more and more dangerous.

Final Armor seemed capable of seeing through their thoughts. He spoke coldly, "Brother Dao Cheng, can the myriad races sleep well after this if Su Yu remains alive? Don't forget that he's from the multiple character faction. He's only nineteen, but he's already capable of killing third-stage Mountainseas."

Leaving? Things had reached this state and they were thinking of leaving? Dream on!

Dao Cheng gazed at Final Armor in silence. After a while, he said, "I need the assistance of more experts."

As it were, things were too dangerous. Final Armor was the only one that could comfortably suppress Su Yu. Dao Cheng wasn't sure if he or Silver Armor could even fully suppress Su Yu. That was especially true when they were inside somewhere as complicated as an ancient city.

Final Armor wasn't good enough in detection. They were completely unable to trace the whereabouts of Su Yu. This placed them in an extremely dangerous position. With a third-stage Mountainsea dead, Dao Cheng had to start taking this seriously.

He concluded that if they were subjected to a few more of such ambushes, the next to die would either be Jiu Xuan or Flame Armor. He didn't care about Flame Armor's death, but Jiu Xuan's death was something he couldn't accept. Thus, he had to leave.

Final Armor said nothing. He gazed in the direction of the thick death qi not far away from them. In truth, he was almost sure that Su Yu was somewhere in there, surrounded by death spirits. But what should they do? Charge into the midst of all those death spirits?

He looked at Dao Cheng again and said, "The mystic armor race is weak against the death spirits. We can easily get ourselves surrounded, corroded, and devoured by them. But the immortal race has always been the natural predator of the death spirits. Why don't you go in and take a look? I'll personally serve as Jiu Xuan's dao protector."

The two immortals had been thinking of making them do all the work. He was not going to allow that.

Sure, he could forgive Jiu Xuan since she was weaker, but Dao Cheng was absolutely not weak. Su Yu had the strength to kill third-stage Mountainseas, but Dao Cheng had killed a fifth-stage Mountainsea before.

The mystic armors were very weak against the death spirits, but the immortals had their ways to counter the death spirits. Final Armor knew that very well.

He coldly said, "Brother Dao Cheng, the mystic armor race has lost three Mountainseas and numerous Cloudbreaches for the sake of dealing with Su Yu. Are you unwilling to put even the tiniest bit of effort into this endeavor?"

"Su Yu is most certainly in the midst of all those death spirits. Since he's still alive, he definitely has a way to deal with death qi. If I enter that place, I will be suppressed by the death spirits even with my medallion. After all, my medallion does not have a high enough level to deal with so many death spirits. What do you think of my suggestion, Brother Dao Cheng?"

He stared at Dao Cheng coldly. After they lost three Mountainseas and more than twenty Cloudbreaches, the immortals were thinking of leaving? That was such a beautiful dream.

They were the ones who had initiated the entire operation. But they were also the ones who were thinking of running at the first sign of trouble. Ultimately, the mystic armors would be the only party to suffer. The immortals were getting a tad bit too overconfident if they believed they could get away with this.

When Final Armor saw that Dao Cheng was remaining silent, he said, "It doesn't matter if Su Yu survives this. My race is willing to resolve our differences with him using a hundred drops of yellow profound liquid as payment. The deaths of Green Armor and Red Armor are no big deal as that was a result of competition between youngsters. What do you think, Brother Dao Cheng?"

Dao Cheng gave Final Armor a deep look. That was checkmate. He was left with no other choice. This update ıs available on novèlfire.net

"The Heavenly Forge King—"

Final Armor interrupted with the same frosty tone, "It's fine. If our great patriarch made the choice, the humans would become our ally. I believe the humans would be willing to take a step back in that situation."

"Brother Final Armor, can you...represent Mystic Armor King?"

"No." Final Armor said, "But as the current person in charge of the mystic armor race in this city, I will give the great patriarch an honest report of everything that has happened today. Humans, divines, immortals, and devils. I've witnessed the brilliance of human and devil geniuses in this city. But I have yet to witness anything impressive from the so-called immortal geniuses."

The meaning behind his words was clear. Since the immortals couldn't give them what they wanted, they would simply stop playing along with them. So what if a few of their Mountainseas were dead? They would accept the losses.

They would even compensate Su Yu with a hundred drops of the precious sunmoon profound yellow liquid. When a minor race alligned itself with a major race, the major race's performance was very important.

They wouldn't blindly follow a major race to their deaths. Since the immortal race had failed to bring them any benefits, why should they ally themselves with the immortals?

Dao Cheng sank into silence.

Jiu Xuan couldn't help speaking out, "Brother Final Armor, are you claiming that the immortal race is incomparable to the human race?"

Final Armor indifferently said, "At least that's how it seems right now. There are two immortal geniuses capable of killing Mountainseas here. But both of them are being played by Su Yu as if they were nothing. I'm merely an old piece of trash from the mystic armor race. I admit that the mystic armor race has always been weaker than the human race."

It was that simple. He could simply admit that they were inferior to the humans. So what? That had always been the truth. In fact, they had already given up on taking revenge against Su Yu after Zheng Ping's appearance.

But the immortals had appeared and guaranteed that they would shoulder all consequences for killing Su Yu. The mystic armors also wished to use this chance to form a deeper relationship with the powerful immortal race. Thus, they reached an agreement. However, it didn't matter how strong the immortals were if they weren't willing to put in the work. The mystic armor race was no fool.

Final Armor said, "Brother Dao Cheng and Fairy Jiu Xuan can leave now if you want, but the moment that happens, we will start our peace talks with Su Yu."

If that happened, the immortal race could forget about roping in the mystic armor race anymore.

Sure, Final Armor couldn't represent Mystic Armor King. But he would report everything that had happened and persuade his superiors against an alliance with the immortal race. They were too selfish and cold. An alliance with them would not bring any benefits to the mystic armor race.

Dao Cheng inhaled deeply. He knew that this was checkmate. If he left, the alliance with the mystic armor race would be ruined. Even as a young genius, he couldn't bear the responsibility of losing a top 100 race as an ally.

"I can stay."

Dao Cheng inhaled deeply and said, "But Jiu Xuan can't. She is weaker than Su Yu, and it is very likely for her to die if she remains. Her death won't benefit the mystic armor race either."

Final Armor coldly said, "Perhaps death isn't a bad idea. Brother Dao Cheng, if those from my race can die for this, those from the immortal race can die for this as well. With her death, your race will never spare Su Yu. Don't blame me for being selfish. I'm being realistic. If my race continues fighting Su Yu only for your race to finally step forth and claim that the immortal race is still an ally of the human race, what are we supposed to do?"

In fact, he would welcome the death of an immortal genius. What was the worst that could happen? Would the immortal race give up on the alliance for the sake of one young genius? Impossible. Sure, the death would invite the resentment of the faction Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan were in, but that faction alone could not represent the entire immortal race.

Dao Cheng's face turned cold as he said, "Brother Final Armor, there is no need for that. How about this? The two of us will attack Su Yu together. Jiu Xuan, Silver Armor, and Flame Armor can stay together. The three of them should be able to protect themselves against Su Yu since Silver Armor is a sixth-stage Mountainsea. Doing this, we can protect both Jiu Xuan and Flame Armor. What do you think?"

Final Armor thought about it and said, "That is agreeable. I wish to witness the strength of an immortal genius with my own eyes."

"Big Brother Dao Cheng..."

Jiu Xuan sent a voice transmission. Not giving her a chance to finish, Dao Cheng replied with his own voice transmission, "Be careful. Don't say anything. We can't leave yet. Final Armor is furious after losing three Mountainseas. My previous plan wasn't too well thought out. If we leave, the mystic armor race might choose to compromise or even align themselves toward the human race. That won't be favorable for our race."

That was how things worked between the myriad races. Carnage was an everyday occurrence. But after enough blood had been spilled, the weaker party might suddenly decide to subordinate themselves to the stronger party despite the blood that had been spilled between them.

Take Mo Duona as an example. Due to his rise, a lot of minor races had opted to attach themselves to the devil race in recent years. That was because the devil race had showcased their potential through their younger generation.

When the survival of an entire race was at stake, the death of several individuals did not matter. Thus, Dao Cheng couldn't leave. If he left, the alliance between the mystic armor race and the immortal race would collapse.

The immortals were the ones who had initiated the plan to kill Su Yu. In the process, the mystic armors lost several of their Mountainseas and numerous Cloudbreaches. But in the end, the immortals were also the ones to suddenly wash their hands of the matter. That would disappoint the many minor races subordinate to them.

Dao Cheng gazed upon the mass of death qi in the distance. He knew that Su Yu was definitely somewhere in there. Perhaps that human was fighting the death spirits this very moment. And that human was definitely capable of countering death qi. Maybe he was using a large amount of heavenly source qi. Or maybe he was using a unique character. The possibilities were endless.

And since Su Yu had yet to hide inside an unoccupied building, it was clear that he wasn't even worried about the death spirits.

The characters above Dao Cheng's palm started spinning again. A short while later, his face turned slightly pale as he completed yet another divination. He said, "Su Yu is definitely in there. I'll enter and check. If there is a need, I will request for the assistance of Xuan Wuji."

Xuan Wuji, 4th on Heaven Index.

Third-stage Mountainsea. Killed a ninth-stage Mountainsea before.

He was capable of killing someone six minor realms above him. One ought to note that the higher one's cultivation was, the harder it was to punch above one's weight. Even as a third-stage Mountainsea, one would still be considered an early Mountainsea.

Thus, Xuan Wuji of the immortal race was truly worthy of being called a super genius. Since he was capable of killing a peak Mountainsea, he basically had the combat strength of a pseudo Sunmoon. He would be even stronger than Final Armor, an actual peak Mountainsea.

Final Armor's anger receded slightly upon hearing that. He said, "Is there a need to trouble Xuan Wuji for a mere Su Yu? You only need to force Su Yu out of the encirclement of death spirits. I can naturally finish the job then."

He was only afraid of the death spirits, not Su Yu. Sure, he was shocked that Su Yu could kill a third-stage Mountainsea. But that wasn't enough to scare him.

After a short silence, Dao Cheng said, "I'll do my best."

He wasted no time and started stepping forward.

Su Yu...the bringer of disaster.