Tribulation of Myriad Races

The source qi in the sea was incredibly dense.

Right after diving into the water, Su Yu felt a strong resistance against him as the water here was different from ordinary water. But it didn’t feel dangerous. It was merely more tiring to traverse.

Su Yu started moving deeper as a water current, but even that felt difficult. He had to fly over ten thousand meters into the sky to reach the surface of the sea. The Seabed Continent below the floating sea was actually an elevated piece of land as well. It was considerably higher than the lands surrounding it. But from his impression when looking at the body of water outside, the sea wouldn’t go deeper than three thousand meters.

But his impression was completely shattered after he started sinking.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes, ten minutes…

When he felt like he had sunk over ten thousand meters, the bottom of the sea was still nowhere to be seen. When he looked down, he was faced with a bottomless abyss. If he continued, he would probably enter a random minor realm by accident.

“Is this sea really so magical?”

Su Yu’s curiosity was piqued. Just what was this? Was there no way to determine the actual depth of this sea? He couldn’t go further down as that might bring him into an unknown minor realm.

“However, this is quite a good place to temper the body.”

The deeper he went, the thicker the source qi was. The pressure would also increase. Thus, this was most likely a good place to temper his body. At that thought, he activated his breathing technique and started absorbing the source qi around him.

But mere moments after, he transformed back into water and fled hastily. The reason for that? His Perception Jade indicated that a Mountainsea was approaching him rapidly. He did not wish to fight a Mountainsea right after arriving. He still remembered that he had to keep a low profile here.

During the short cultivation session, he managed to confirm that this was indeed a good place for cultivation. There was a large amount of source qi in the sea. And the purity of the source qi here was incredibly high as well.

This was an excellent place to cultivate if one could survive encountering Mountainseas. There were a lot of Mountainseas here. The sea was also filled with numerous minor realm entrances.

While he was deep in thought, he spotted a whirlpool ahead of him. A crystal palace could be seen below the whirlpool.

“Audacious. Leave!” A furious roar rang out from the crystal palace, “Who are you? This is the entrance to the Giant Crab Realm. Nobody is allowed to enter without permission.”

“…”

Su Yu stared at the whirlpool for a moment before fleeing madly. Holy shit! He had just arrived, and he hadn’t even moved that deep into the sea. Somehow, he already encountered a realm entrance. What a bizarre experience. The person who had shouted at him felt like a Sunmoon.

Su Yu was still very far away from the realm entrance. In fact, he was so far away that not even the Perception Jade had sensed anything yet. His tribulation character was also silent. That probably indicated that this expert would not give chase. But he also had one burning question. Why was the vicinity of their realm entrance unguarded? Where were their security forces?

There wasn’t even a patrol in the area. An expert right outside their entrance was the extent of their defenses. This was rather embarrassing. Just look at the humans. Millions of soldiers were stationed around their realm entrance, with numerous Mountainseas and Sunmoons among the army. Even Invincibles would appear every now and then. That was quite a spectacular sight to behold.

Su Yu shook his head. It was probably unfair of him to expect too much from a minor race. Giant crab race…this sounded familiar. It was not a top 100 race so the strongest expert in the race would not be stronger than a ninth-stage Sunmoon. How pitiful. Placing a Sunmoon at their entrance was probably the best they could do.

Su Yu left without any hesitation. Inside the crystal palace, a massive golden crab was staring in Su Yu’s direction cautiously. Which race was that expert from? He wasn’t able to get a proper read on the unknown individual.

“A water elemental?”

If it wasn’t for his sensitivity toward the movement of water currents, he wouldn’t have noticed the approach of that expert.

“Sigh.”

He sighed inwardly. This was the sorry life of a minor race. That was especially true for those unlucky enough to find their realm entrance in the Sea of Stars.

This was a region with numerous experts. Even Invincibles would pass by frequently. The entrance of the giant crab race was located at the edge of the Sea of Stars. And a lot of experts would dive into the water out of curiosity after arriving. As a result, he would frequently encounter passing experts.

Fortunately, the great ancestor of the giant crabs was a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. He could even borrow the strength of the Giant Crab Realm in the vicinity of the entrance, pushing his strength to the level of an Invincible. If it wasn’t for that, their realm would have been invaded long ago. After all, their location was truly terrible.

In fact, the great ancestor was staying at the other side of the portal, constantly on standby to face any potential invader. The Sunmoon crab sighed inwardly. This was such a miserable life.

Moreover, the number of passing experts seemed to have increased as of late. They had to start looking for a backer soon. This was one of the common routes the immortals, humans, and devils would take in the Sea of Stars. The divines would take a different route. Thus, they had to choose between the immortals, humans, or devils if they wanted to look for a backer.

As for the dragons…that was too unreliable. Furthermore, the dragon territory was located at the center of the Allheaven Battlefield, a place with the largest number of battles. One could say that among the five major races, the human race was not the race with the biggest danger of extinction. In the event of war, the dragon race could very well be the first race to be exterminated due to their location.

Furthermore, the dragon race enjoyed direct access to the Seabed Continent where most massive battles would happen. All the other major races would be forced to take a long detour to reach the Seabed Continent due to the unique regions standing between their territories and the Seabed Continent. For example, the Plain of Desires stood between the human territory and the Seabed Continent.

While the giant crab was busy thinking, he suddenly trembled. A figure had appeared not far from the crystal palace. The newcomer carried an incomparably powerful aura. The individual was clad in a white outfit, with golden hair and green pupils. He strode forward leisurely, with the seawater parting for him with each step he took.

When he reached the crystal palace, he did not step inside. Softly, he spoke, “Is this the giant crab race?”

“Yes. You are…” When the golden crab took a closer look, his expression changed. He hurriedly said, “Greetings, Lord Wushuang.”

The youth smiled, “You’re a Sunmoon, Senior. I’m but a Mountainsea. I am no lord before you.”

After a slight pause, he continued, “Your realm entrance is located at the very east of the sea. May I trouble you to keep an eye out for a human genius for a short time? Please contact me promptly the moment you notice something.”

The crab might be a Sunmoon, but he was still shivering with fear. He hurriedly asked, “Lord, are you talking about the human called Su Yu?”

Inwardly, he was alarmed. A divine expert had actually traveled all the way here.

Zhan Wushuang.

Former number two expert on the Heaven Index. Su Yu’s ascension had pushed him one rank lower. He was an eighth-stage Mountainsea capable of contending against Sunmoons. Or to be precise, he was capable of killing Sunmoons. Fighting or defeating a Sunmoon was entirely different than actually killing a Sunmoon.

Anyone capable of reaching the Sunmoon Realm would be an individual with numerous trump cards and life-preservation methods. One could only imagine how hard it was to kill a Sunmoon.

Zhan Wushuang had achieved the feat of killing a Sunmoon several years ago. How strong was he now?

As his golden hair fluttered about, Zhan Wushuang smiled, “Yes. You must be aware of his appearance, Senior. Of course, he might not walk around with his actual appearance. You can keep an eye out if you notice anyone suspicious. You don’t need to go out of your way to do it. Notify me if you discover anything.”

Then, a voice transmission talisman floated toward the crab Sunmoon.

With a smile, Zhang Wushuang bid his farewell, “I’ll be troubling you, Senior.”

“You are too polite. I will definitely notify you if I find anything, Lord…”

With a nonchalant smile, Zhan Wushuang started walking away. The powerful water currents and underwater pressure seemed nonexistent around him. Before long, he vanished into the distance, leaving the trembling crab Sunmoon in the crystal palace.

Zhan Wushuang.

What a powerful presence.

Sure enough, a Heaven Index genius would be much more terrifying than Sunmoons upon reaching the eighth-stage Mountainsea Realm. It wasn’t like the crab Sunmoon had never met other Sunmoons before. He was a Sunmoon himself. He was even a third-stage Sunmoon. But Zhan Wushuang was able to give him the feeling of impending doom just by being present. Then again, this wasn’t surprising at all.

As a divine and the top-ranked genius of the first divine, he was most certainly a remarkable individual. There was no comparing him and a Sunmoon from a minor race. Even if the Sunmoon was stronger, Zhan Wushuang might still be able to kill the Sunmoon through his many trump cards.

The crab Sunmoon had barely relaxed his verses when a raging storm appeared in the area. A little golden dragon appeared and roared, “Giant crab race, keep an eye out for Su Yu and report to the dragon race the moment you discover anything.”

The crab Sunmoon recognized who this dragon was. He hurriedly said, “Don’t worry, His Excellency Wuyou. We will definitely notify the dragon race if we discover anything!”

“Good.”

Then, Long Wuyou swam off. Like Zhan Wushuang, he appeared completely at home even when he was deep underwater as well. But this was much less surprising since he was a dragon. This was basically his home.

“We can’t keep living like this.”

The crab sighed helplessly. As a Sunmoon, he would be a powerful warlord even in his own realm. There, he would be treated as the greatest of kings and the mightiest of patriarchs. But out here, he was nothing but a security guard.

More importantly, the giant crab race was too weak. All those experts were coming right to their realm entrance to order them around without any fear. If this was a major race, anyone trying something like this would be beaten to death right away.

It wasn’t like he had never traveled around before. If this was the territory of one of those major races, any intruder would be expelled by powerful experts right after stepping into the territory. This was completely unlike the giant crab race where people could walk right up to their realm entrance without consequences.

For example, if one intruded into the human territory, the Evilrid Army would appear promptly.

If one intruded into the immortal territory, the Immortal Court Army would also appear promptly. It was the same in the divine and devil territories. The devils wouldn’t even waste their time deporting the intruders. They would simply unleash the crazy blood fire devils upon the intruders.

In short, this crab Sunmoon had never seen the realm entrance of any major race with his own eyes. In fact, he didn’t even know the exact location of those entrances.

He looked at his crystal palace bleakly. This building looked fancy, but this was a place where anyone could come without consequences. He would rather sacrifice the luxury here for better security.