Tribulation of Myriad Races

Topsoil Spirit suddenly stopped moving. A pair of eyes seemed to have appeared amid the soil as he said, “You know the water movement technique as well?”

“Yeah.” Su Yu said, “What’s so surprising about that? I know the movement techniques of all five elements.”

He then summoned a puddle of water and instantly traveled through the puddle of water. He did not fully transform into water. Rather, he only utilized a more regular version of the water movement technique. As for water transformation, that was a racial ability. It was different than a movement technique.

“…”

Topsoil Spirit appeared doubtful. Regular water movement techniques weren’t rare. He had merely been suspecting a connection between the water elemental he saw before and this human.

That suspicion had developed after learning that this human knew the water movement technique as well. But after seeing this human for himself, he started wondering if he had been too suspicious. How could a human turn into a water elemental?

Su Yu said, “Fellow Daoist Earth, if you have no other business, I think we should separate. Lei Jue will keep coming after me. The divines and devils won’t spare me. I’m sure the friends from the five elemental race don’t wish to get dragged into this, right?”

Topsoil Spirit was only here to verify his guesses. He was definitely not interested in helping Su Yu. Thus, he said nothing.

But when Su Yu was about to leave, he suddenly said, “Fellow Daoist, you’re going to get into the top 10 of the Earth Index soon. Congratulations.”

“Earth Index?” Topsoil Spirit exclaimed in surprise, “Don’t you have a copy of the index?”

“You do?” Su Yu spoke bluntly, “I’m worried that the index can be used as a tracker as well. Are you guys not afraid of getting hunted down by the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion one day carrying that thing all day long?”

“…”

Topsoil Spirit said, “Nope. We’re only carrying this to wait for those Heavenly Hunt Pavilion fellows to actually come after us. That will give us the chance to hunt them down instead.”

“…”

Su Yu was stunned. He seemed to have misunderstood something.

Topsoil Spirit was surprised to see Su Yu’s surprise. He said, “This is the Plain of Desires. It is very hard for those top experts to encounter us here. Even if they can track us, only the weaker ones among them can reach us. But what’s the difference between sending weaklings and sending food to us? Since there is also the advantage of staying up to date with the current trend with the index, why shouldn’t we carry it with us? At worst, we can throw it away after leaving the Plain of Desires. Or we can return straight to our respective headquarters. What can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion do to us there?”

He couldn’t understand the logic of this human. They were only here to kill, right? Thus, they should welcome the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion! What was there to fear? Tracker? So be it. This place was too weird. Even if an expert knew exactly where they were, the expert might not necessarily be able to reach them.

Su Yu exhaled. His line of thought had been wrong from the start. He did not expect that this was what the geniuses were thinking. Location tracker? Great! Feel free to go after them. They would simply kill them all.

How confident.

A certain realization dawned on Su Yu. This was the Allheaven Battlefield. This was a hunting ground. This was the graveyard of geniuses. Everyone knew why they were here. They were here to grow stronger. Thus, they were not afraid of danger. That remained true for everyone.

That applied even to Topsoil Spirit. From the surprise in his voice, it was clear that Su Yu was the one thinking differently from all the other geniuses.

“Why hadn’t you attacked me?”

Topsoil Spirit answered, “You’re very strong. I have no confidence. The five elemental race is a race of cultural researchers. We don’t really counter cultural researchers like you. I prefer killing warriors instead. Is this a satisfactory answer?”

He wasn’t saying that he didn’t want to kill Su Yu. He only said that it was not worth the effort. None of them was an idiot. It was pointless to be too hypocritical here.

“I understand. Thanks. I learned something new.”

After saying that, Su Yu left. Topsoil Spirit’s words had taught him a lot. The geniuses here all knew what they wanted and what they were fighting for. None of them was only here to idle around. If one wanted to idle around, one wouldn’t be here in the first place.

While Su Yu was worrying about being tracked, these people were willingly carrying copies of the index. They were all waiting for the people of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to go after them. If they could win, they would slay those people. If they couldn’t win, they would simply run. Killing and running. These were the two main themes of the Plain of Desires.

This was a hunt. The people of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion might be seeing them as prey, but they were also seeing the people of Heavenly Hunt Pavilion as prey.

“Index…that is basically a bait. We use it to fish, and the winner will rely on whether the hand reeling it in or the fish is stronger.”

Both the fish and the angler could emerge victorious. It wasn’t surprising for either of them to be the victorious one.

Su Yu did not spend too much time thinking. He moved rapidly, looking for a new hiding place to fight while Stone Statue was keeping Lei Jue busy. Sure, Lei Jue could keep searching the valley for him, but it wouldn’t be so easy for Lei Jue to find him again after losing track of him. Furthermore, Lei Jue could possibly encounter even more of his enemies during the search and get delayed.

After all, Lei Jue’s detection technique was too domineering. He was simply forcing everyone out of hiding. If he kept doing this, it wouldn’t even be surprising if some individuals decided to join hands and get rid of him. If he offended enough people, it would only be a matter of time before he was killed.

The Skyrend Valley wasn’t even that big. It was only about two hundred kilometers from one end to the other end. As for its width, it was only about two kilometers. For an expert, such distance could be crossed in no time.

But due to the saber qi and divine power in the air, everyone’s detection range was greatly restricted in the valley. Furthermore, the many openings on the ground turned the entire valley into some sort of maze. Because of that, one would only sense a fight in the valley if one was near enough. Thanks to the chaotic topography, fleeing was also made easy in the valley.

At the moment, Su Yu was hiding in one of the cracks in the ground as he digested the willpower he had received from the heavenly reward earlier. To find him again, Lei Jue needed to search the place inch by inch. Finding someone was much harder than hiding from someone.

“Lei Jue…”

While Su Yu was muttering, the lightning character finally started shaking, showing signs of a breakthrough.

Finally!

Su Yu was relieved. He would go mad if the character remained the same even after absorbing so much willpower and character intent. He didn’t have the opportunity to kill too many people anymore. After killing An Mintian’s followers, a lot of people must have realized that he was strong. They would be a lot more cautious around him and he wouldn’t get another opportunity to slaughter a large group of people.

After about half an hour, rumbling sounds erupted in his sea of willpower. His second character ever, the character formed from the willpower text of the Lightning Source Blade, had finally reached the fourth tier. Characters at the fourth tier were also known as Mountainsea characters.

At this point, there were several fourth-tier characters in Su Yu’s sea of willpower. His willpower was still at the Cloudbreach Realm, and it was starting to feel the stress from this. If things continued in this trend, his sea of willpower would be damaged.

But this was not something Su Yu needed to worry about. He unhesitatingly swallowed a pill.

Soul Refining Pill. A pill he had received from a previous heavenly reward. It could strengthen his sea of willpower. He didn’t know how effective it would be, but it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, it turned into a stream of energy. The energy poured into his sea of willpower before spreading everywhere like gentle tremors. After focusing on it, Su Yu noted that the pill seemed to contain a gentle power of vibration. It worked similarly to the Soul Expanding Art.

The only difference was that the Soul Expanding Art was much more brutish in application. When using the Soul Expanding Art, one could accidentally hammer one’s sea of willpower into nothingness if one was not strong enough.

As for the pill, it worked in a gentle manner. Su Yu shook his head. It was helpful, but the effect was too weak. For a weakling, this pill would be a great help. But Su Yu’s sea of willpower was already very strong previously.

In truth, the golden book, character technique, and the Soul Expanding Hammer were all capable of strengthening one’s sea of willpower. Thus, the pill didn’t seem too helpful for Su Yu.

“I have way too many good things. This pill is a treasure for others, but it’s not good enough for me. For now, I only need characters and willpower. Perhaps I shouldn’t waste the things I don’t need. I could trade them for what I need…”

Would the heavenly reward provide other willpower treasures? Perhaps something like riversand? That was very likely. But these willpower treasures might not have that much of a demand among warriors. Some would probably be put up for sale. He could always ask around for such trading centers.

He couldn’t let the things he received from the heavenly rewards go to waste. He had also killed a lot of experts, gathering all their storage rings. He had simply been too busy to go over his spoils of war.

While he was thinking about all that, his sea of willpower finally finished absorbing the energy from the pill. His lightning character had finished its advancement into the fourth tier. It was shining brightly, radiating eagerness to do battle.