Tribulation of Myriad Races

Elder Sun and the other single character faction elders frowned.

Was he really so strong? Damn him! Those with the courage to challenge Su Yu would naturally not be weak. But they had been defeated just like that.

Liu Hong suddenly smiled and said, “Su Yu, you are strong. Looks like even Zhan Hai might have a hard time against you. No wonder you were so arrogant earlier.”

“Childish.” With a calm tone, Su Yu said, “Anyone interested in courting death is free to step into the ring. What a pity that we can’t have a fight to the death.”

Su Yu then flashed a smile as he said, “I hope to see these senior brothers healthy again after a few days. At their age, it will greatly delay their cultivation if they still have to spend years bedridden.”

He was provoking the single character faction with every word of his. He was basically asking them if Elder Sun and the other elders would spend the money to heal them from their injuries.

Broken bones, damaged organs, destroyed characters…would the single character faction really administer treatment to these students?

Elder Sun could sense that some of the students were starting to hesitate. He announced, “As long as you are a student of the single character faction, you will be healed regardless of your injuries as long as you are not dead yet.”

That placated a lot of the students.

Su Yu smiled and said, “What’s the point of only healing them? That will still delay their cultivation. You also owe them some consolation rewards. For example, you should reward each student with the courage to enter the ring with 1,000 merit points. Everyone, this is me fighting for more benefits for you. You’re welcome.”

“…”

Elder Sun was infuriated. What joke was that? 1,000 merit points for each student? Did merit points fall from the sky or something?

“So you’re not willing to even give that much? You’re asking these students to fight with their lives and future on the line. Why is it that some people can easily get tens of thousands of merit points while some can’t even get a thousand merit points? Elder Sun, you know who I’m talking about. If the ones who are actually staking their lives aren’t going to be rewarded, why should they fight?”

“Bullshit!” Elder Sun roared, “Su Yu, if you keep babbling nonsense, I’ll kill you where you stand!”

Su Yu nonchalantly said, “Is it a crime to speak the truth now? You want to kill me? Bring it on. I honestly don’t mind using my life to drag a Mountainsea down with me. This would be totally worth it. I only worry that Elder Sun wouldn’t be willing to perform such a trade.”

“You! Audacious!”

Furious, Elder Sun stood up and glared at Su Yu murderously. How impudent. Clearly, Su Yu was here today to challenge them. This kid had provoked him again and again!

“Chen Yong, is this how the students of the multiple character faction speak to their elders?”

Elder Sun then looked at Huang Chen and said, “Huang Chen, a mere student is running his mouth against an elder. Do the rules still exist?”

Old Huang frowned and chided, “Su Yu, stop babbling nonsense!”

Su Yu calmly said, “Hall Master Huang must have misunderstood me. I would never dare to violate the academy rules. I am merely speaking the truth. Even if you demand the name of the person I’m talking about, I won’t hesitate in giving it. Some people have been allowed to get away with embezzling tens of thousands of merit points from the Character Faculty. Do you want me to actually file an official complaint about it?”

Su Yu looked at Elder Sun and indifferently said, “If Elder Sun believes that I am saying all that to offend you, I don’t mind making a proper report so that the academy can launch a formal investigation. If it is found out that I am lying, I will kneel in front of you for three days and three nights, accept 500 whips, and forfeit all my benefits as a student of the academy. Is this acceptable, Elder Sun?”

Elder Sun’s eye became even colder. Formal investigation? To hell with it! He naturally knew who Su Yu was talking about.

Zhou Pingsheng!

That piece of trash had placed their faction in a tough spot again and again. Su Yu had been able to make use of the openings created by that useless fellow to inflict numerous losses on them.

If possible, he wanted to kill both Su Yu and Zhou Pingsheng. But he had no choice but to swallow his anger and coldly said, “I will spare you this once. Su Yu, do not provoke me over and over again. Do you really think that a Mountainsea is a being you can easily insult?”

“I naturally wouldn’t dare to do so.” Su Yu smiled and ignored Elder Sun. Looking at the single character students, he said, “Where are the next challengers? There are two matches remaining. Where is your courage?”

Elder Sun glared at Su Yu coldly. He stopped talking. Su Yu was a mere student. He was being too provocative today.

“Li Shiyun, go. Find a chance to kill him. If you can kill him, each member of your team will be rewarded with 1,000 merit points and a slot into the Willpower Grotto. If you can seriously injure him, you will still get the merit points, but you won’t be getting any slots.”

He gave his order to the strongest team of the single character faction through voice transmission. All five members of that team were old students who had been in the Mental Tempering Stage for decades.

In fact, this team was the single character faction’s trump card to snatch back the slots they had offered as the rewards of this tournament. Even Di Feng was only as strong as one of them.

This was basically a team of students at the level of top five students. Would they be able to defeat Su Yu? The five exchanged gazes with solemn expressions.

If they could defeat Su Yu, they would be given slots even if they failed to win the tournament in the end. They would also be given 1,000 merit points each. That was a massive reward. But Su Yu was very strong. If he started fighting with his life on the line, something bad might really happen to some of them.

Elder Sun transmitted his voice again, “Go! Are you all garbage? Do you want the faction to completely abandon all of you?”

He was furious. These students were actually so scared of Su Yu? Were they waiting for Su Yu to humiliate them more? Each of them was almost as strong as a Skysoar. With five of them together, would they even fail to defeat Su Yu?

“If you refuse, you will be fully abandoned. All your benefits will be canceled, and you can live in obscurity until you die.”

Were Zhou Pingsheng’s students so brazen that they dared to even disobey an elder like him? Not even Zhou Pingsheng himself had the courage to disobey him!

One of the five, Li Shiyun, sighed and said to his team members, “Let’s go.”

The others nodded with solemn expressions. If they did not get into the ring, they would offend Elder Sun. The single character faction would also abandon them.

“After getting into the ring, fight with all your strength. I will be the one to break his illusion. Wang Chao, break on his cultural weapon. Xie Hu, try to seal him up. Sun Qian, weaken his physical body with your character. Xu Ming, engage him in physical combat and break his acupoints.”

Order after order was given by Li Shiyun. All of them were strong combatants. And they had known each other for quite a while. He knew them very well. They were among the strongest old students of the single character faction.

Even Zhan Hai would suffer a heavy injury facing the five of them alone. Was Su Yu better than Zhan Hai? Impossible. They could all see that Su Yu was still at the Great Strength Realm.

…

They stepped into the ring while the crowd watched with solemn expressions.

They had thought that a clash between strong students would only happen near the final round. But it had actually happened so early in the second round. More and more people arrived to watch this fight.

Among the crowd, Wu Jia was anxious, Xia Huyou had a solemn expression, while Wan Mingze and the rest were frowning.

It wouldn’t be surprising for teams this strong to encounter each other near the end of the tournament. It was still too early for them to meet. All the other participants were caught by complete surprise.

“Finally, you guys are here.” Su Yu smiled.

These were exactly the people he had been waiting for. These were five students near the Skysoar Realm. If he could defeat them even when they were working together, then the single character faction would be reduced to a complete joke today.

His battle intent erupted.

His killing intent soared.

Liu He and the others distanced themselves from him.

Liu He had a look of struggle on his face. Five strong opponents had appeared. Were they still going to stand there and do nothing? But those five opponents were people from his faction!

The more he thought about it, the more furious he was. He felt like a fool, standing there like he was a piece of furniture. He was nothing but a joke. He was infuriated. This was not what he wanted. He wanted to fight until the very end. But he knew he couldn’t do so.

If this were any other time, he might be able to get away with fighting alongside Su Yu. But so many people were looking. The moment he made a move, even his elder brother and teacher would be implicated.

Rage started simmering in his heart.

This was not the kind of life he wanted to live. He wanted to live like Su Yu, to say and do as he pleased. Even if the opponent was someone he couldn’t defeat, he would still be willing to fight. Beside him, Zhou Hao grinned.

But when Zhou Hao looked at Su Yu, Su Yu merely shook his head. He did not intend to let Zhou Hao reveal his hand so early. More matches were waiting for them. Way too many people were waiting to take advantage of them after they were weakened.

Zhou Hao…would be his gift for the next team to challenge them.

As for their current opponents, he alone would suffice.

One acupoint after another was activated in his body.

A storm of source qi swirled around him.

As his battle intent soared, his battle character started showing signs of advancement.

His saber appeared before gathering all his characters in it. The sheer presence of the saber forced the weakest member of the team, Lin Yao, to take several steps back. The pressure was so great that he almost lost his footing.

That was too powerful.

At that moment, Su Yu felt more like a primordial beast than a frail human.

All five of his opponents turned solemn. Just how many acupoints had he opened to produce such a pressure just from activating his acupoints? The aura he radiated was too scary.