Tribulation of Myriad Races

Plain of Desires.

To the west was the Skyrend Valley. To the east was the Eastrift Mountain Range. And the Heavendoom City mentioned by Red Armor before was also in the west, near the Skyrend Valley.

Thus, regardless of whether it was Red Armor and his companions or Su Yu, all of them were heading west.

One would reach the Heavendoom City after crossing the Skyrend Valley. If one continued onward, one would reach the central sector of the Allheaven Battlefield. That was the territory under the control of the demonic beasts. The strongest among these demonic beasts were the dragons. The dragons also happened to occupy the Sea of Stars.

The most popular landmark of the Sea of Stars was the Luminous Domain Mansion. One would need to cross the Sea of Stars to reach the other sector. Strictly speaking, the Sea of Stars was located at the very center of the Allheaven Battlefield.

Su Yu recalled all that while he was moving west.

“Skyrend Valley.”

He was quite speechless when he thought about it. Huang Teng and Wu Qi sure were good at running. The Eastrift Valley was located in the east, but the two had actually fled in the opposite direction. From there, it would take them a lot more effort to return to the human territory.

Wasn’t that the same as courting death? Or perhaps they had simply been left with no option but to head west?

“The Plain of Desires is very big. There is a distance of over three thousand kilometers between the Eastrift Valley and Skyrend Valley.”

Even a Cloudbreach like Su Yu would take nearly an entire day to cover that distance if he traveled at a speed that wouldn’t affect his combat strength. A Cloudbreach was already quite fast. But even a Cloudbreach could only cross around one or two hundred kilometers per hour when traveling at full speed.

Sure, they could move faster, but that would drain their source qi and willpower. Very few people would be willing to risk their lives just to travel faster.

Su Yu wasn’t traveling at a particularly fast speed. There were also some small towns in the Plain of Desires. There was also a large number of lawless individuals operating out of these towns. All these people were basically fearless lunatics.

Suddenly, Su Yu’s heart thumped. A certain mound in front of him had suddenly transformed into a humanoid being.

“A brother from the water elemental race?”

The soil in human form spoke with the five elemental languages. Su Yu ignored the newcomer and continued moving ahead.

The earth elemental hurriedly followed him and said, “Brother from the water elemental race, the five elementals are all family. Don’t tell me you can’t even trust me. Brother Water Elemental, are you going to the Skyrend Valley?”

The earth elemental was able to move rapidly through the ground. Even when Su Yu was moving as water, he was unable to shake the earth elemental off. After all, they were moving on the ground. It was understandable that the earth elemental had the advantage here.

“Why are you following me?”

Su Yu was feeling very gloomy. He didn’t feel like talking to anyone. After all, he wasn’t a real water elemental. He could expose himself very easily. His water transformation was only maintained through an ability. He was not the same as a true water elemental.

“All of the five elementals are family.” The earth elemental said, “Are you heading to the Skyrend Valley, Brother Water Elemental? That place is very dangerous. You seem to be rather new to the Cloudbreach Realm. I’ve never seen you before. Is this your first time here?”

Su Yu replied gloomily, “Yes. I don’t know you. Stop following me. Five elementals as one is a matter of the past. The Earth Ancestor has a good relationship with the Fire Ancestor, but our Water Ancestor is hostile toward the Fire Ancestor. Water and fire can never get along well. Why are you still following me?”

“Brother Water Elemental, that is the matter only those above us should be concerned about. It has nothing to do with us.” The earth elemental said, “There are very few five elementals in the Plain of Desires. Since we’re lucky enough to encounter each other, we should work together.”

“No!”

“Brother Water Elemental, don’t be afraid of me. I’m not a bad earth elemental. Everyone in the earth elemental race is a good person.”

Su Yu felt like cursing. This guy was acting like an annoying salesman. Why was this fellow bothering him? Was this fellow trying to die?

“Are you heading over to kill the two human geniuses as well?” Su Yu asked.

The earth elemental laughed and said, “Huang Teng is much stronger than me. I can’t kill him. I’ll act according to the circumstances. How about you, Brother Water?”

“I’m going there to slay some divines and devils.”

“…”

The earth elemental was momentarily stunned. He even forgot to keep moving. But soon, he recovered and hurriedly followed the clump of mist in front of him. He asked curiously, “Brother Water, you’re trying to kill divines and devils? Why?”

“I can only prove my strength by killing divines and devils.”

“…”

The earth elemental was left completely speechless.

Su Yu added, “Only by killing first divines and original devils would I grow stronger and enter the Heavenly Hunt Index. Since I’m here to fight, I’ll naturally challenge the strongest of all.”

Somehow, that made a lot of sense. The earth elemental was cursing inwardly. This newbie was aiming to kill first divines and original devils right after arriving? Did this fellow somehow transform his brain into water from cultivating too much? Was that why he was so brainless?

Su Yu continued behaving like a clueless, hot-blooded youth and asked, “How about you?”

“I—” The earth elemental didn’t know what to say. After a long while, he answered, “I’ll act according to the situation. Killing is not necessarily the only thing I can do here.”

“That makes you garbage.” Su Yu said with contempt, “Why are you here if you’re not killing? Are you here to watch a play? Of the five elementals, the earth elementals have always been the most cowardly ones.”

The earth elemental wondered if the water elemental was not embarrassed saying that.

He said, “Brother Water, are you really going to target the divines and devils?”

“Yes. If you’re scared, stop following me. I heard that an original devil had arrived. I am going to kill him and make my name with a single dazzling feat.”

“…”

Madness. Absolute madness.

This fellow really had nothing but water for brain. Had the water elementals somehow cultivated their brain into nothing but water in recent years?

The earth elemental couldn’t help saying, “That Tianduo is a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. A seventh-stage Cloudbreach of the original devil race is extremely deadly in combat. Even Mountainseass might find it hard to face an opponent like him.”

Huang Teng was ranked first in the Yellow Index. As a fifth-stage Cloudbreach, he onced killed a second-stage Mountainsea. But the Mountainsea he killed was a relatively weak Mountainsea. As for Tianduo, he was a sweventh-stage Cloudbreach.

Human geniuses would not have any advantage over divines and devils. As for the first divines and original devils, who were a class above the other divines and devils, they were actually stronger than even humans of the same cultivation level. And Tianduo’s cultivation level was also higher than Huang Teng.

Even Qin Fang, the highest-ranked human genius in the index, might not be Tianduo’s match.

Su Yu asked doubtfully, “He’s quite weak, right? Why isn’t he in the Heavenly Hunt Index if he’s so strong?”

“Brother Water, are you in the Heavenly Hunt Index?”

“No.”

The earth elemental resisted the urge to roll his eyes. He said, “In that case, you should know the answer, right? Tianduo has just left the Devil Realm not long ago. He does not have any military accomplishments under his name yet. But he will enter the index before long. The Four Index Department of the Heavenly Hunt Department must have noticed him long ago. After killing Huang Teng, he will either take the first place in the Earth Index or enter the Heaven Index.”

In short, the earth elemental was trying to tell the water elemental that he was too weak. He should stop dreaming about killing Tianduo. Brain. Please use it. The earth elemental was starting to feel worried. Should he leave this fellow? This fellow had water for brain. A total lunatic.

“Is that so?” After a short hesitation, Su Yu said, “In that case, I’ll stop targeting Tianduo. I’ll target a different divine or devil instead.”

“…”

So in the end, this fellow would only consider divines and devils?

The earth elemental persuaded, “Brother Water, if you want to enter the Heavenly Hunt Index, you should kill a few weaker opponents and slowly accumulate your fame. There is no need to target these major races right after arriving.”

“It’s boring to kill weaklings.”

Su Yu was trying very hard to scare the earth elemental off.

In truth, his first thought was to kill the earth elemental. But that fellow had remained in his earth transformation state, so he didn’t have the chance to do anything. Furthermore, that fellow also didn’t seem weak. He felt like a fifth or sixth-stage Cloudbreach. He wasn’t confident he could stop such an individual from escaping through earth transformation.

Also, there were a lot of geniuses heading in the same direction. It wouldn’t be a good idea to fight now lest some passing genius took advantage of their fight to deal with both of them.

“Soil Guy, you must be in the Heavenly Hunt Index, right? You seem quite strong.”

“Yeah. I’m ranked 12th in the Earth Index.”

“Oh.” Su Yu said, “I’ll surpass you soon.”

The earth elemental was once again rendered speechless. He was now very sure that this fellow was a total rookie. This fellow must be somewhat talented, but he was also too brave. And most of his courage came from his ignorance.

Did this fellow think that he was a big deal right after entering the Cloudbreach Realm? That was such a beautiful dream. The five elemental race was not weak, but strictly speaking, each elemental race was not very strong individually. Only when all five elements came together would they be considered strong. With five Invincibles, they were able to elevate their standing among the myriad races.

But a race like that did not have that much of an advantage in the Allheaven Battlefield. Their sole advantage was their elemental transformations which were excellent escape abilities. They were quite hard to kill.

Up above, the clump of mist continued moving forward while down below, the clump of soil was also moving forward.

Every now and then, they would encounter some other individuals. Just by sensing the aura of the two, most of the other individuals were able to determine who they were. For the most part, the two were left alone. The five elemental race was not a fun opponent to have. These elementals were very troublesome opponents. And avoiding contact was the most effective method to avoid any sort of confrontation.

Su Yu was in a terrible mood. This annoying fellow had been following him. It was so troublesome. And things would become even more troublesome if this fellow was able to see through his disguise.

Su Yu was doing more than putting on a disguise. He was also capable of using the racial abilities of other races. Some of the major races were aware of the existence of ability blood essence. But Su Yu was able to keep the racial ability of a different race for such a long period of time. That did not seem like something ability blood essence was capable of.

And the fact that he was able to use the racial ability of a different race without ability blood essence might make him a target of some experts. Thus, he much preferred traveling alone. In fact, he had transformed into a water elemental because he wanted to travel alone. There weren’t too many five elementals around. There were simply too few of them. It was unlikely for him to meet one of them. But fate seemed to plan differently as he encountered one not long after he started moving westward.

Meanwhile, the earth elemental did not have too many thoughts in his mind. He only felt that traveling alone was boring. Thus, he was incredibly talkative. He said, “Brother Water, you have yet to tell me your name. By the way, is Ice Moon here as well? That’s someone from your water elemental race.”

“No idea. I don’t know that person.”

“You don’t know that person?”

The earth elemental was stunned. What? That was a top genius of the water elemental race!

Su Yu said, “Is that so surprising? Why must I know Ice Moon? I am a water elemental born out of nature. I have only met a few water elementals before. I have been roaming the world alone. I have yet to even visit the ancestral lands of water elementals.”

Almost every single member of the five elemental race was born out of nature. But most of them were born within the Five Elemental Realm. There were certain locations within their realm that were very conducive to the formation of new elementals.

Some would still form outside their realm, but the number was very small.

Su Yu had learned about this from the water elemental, so he wasn’t worried that his lie wouldn’t work.

“I see.”

Realization hit the earth elemental. So this was a wild elemental. No wonder he was so arrogant and dumb. As a wild elemental, he was probably not aware of just how powerful real geniuses were.