Tribulation of Myriad Races

Battles were erupting all over Ninestar Island.

Things were slightly calmer on Red Clouds Island. But there was a countless stream of people entering and leaving the island in search of some fortuitous encounters in the area. Many failed to return.

Perhaps some had perished. Perhaps some had fallen into random minor realms. And perhaps some had fallen into some ancient spatial pocket and would only emerge after many years. All of these were common occurrences.

Inside Bright City.

Su Yu was finally done with his initial preparations. Even his fake ancient weapon was also ready. He only needed to work on the corpse now. He couldn’t extract the blood essence of the corpse in the city as he was worried that the pressure of an eighth-stage Sunmoon would be too eye-catching. Thus, he was ready to leave.

Next, he needed to find a suitable place for blood essence extraction. He might even complete his work on the corpse there. After his investigation, he had verified that the divine skywing race existed during the ancient times as well.

In fact, that race had even produced a powerhouse in the past. According to their legends, an ancient expert of this race had once killed an Invincible with a single arrow. Thus, it wouldn’t be too suspicious for an ancient corpse of this race to appear.

“Time to leave.”

He had stayed several days in the city. According to the human calendar, it was already the 25th of July. A new semester would start on the 1st of August. This time, the Multiple Character Faculty would open as well.

That would be the beginning of chaos. He did not have much time left. Even if he was still relatively clueless about what those people were planning, he knew that the opening of the Multiple Character Faculty would be the prelude to a chaotic era in Great Xia.

“I need to pick up the pace.”

Su Yu muttered to himself as he walked out of his building. He was greeted with the same bustling street. Sounds of activity could be heard everywhere.

This was the nearest island to Ninestar Island, so everyone had been keeping up with what was happening over there. In fact, some people specialized in traveling between the two islands to make a profit through the sale of information.

“Last night, a massive battle erupted near Ninestar Island. Zhan Wushuang of the divine race fought Xuan Wuji of the immortal race. It was crazy. Are they really Mountainseas? Those two felt even stronger than Sunmoons.”

“They are indeed strong. But in my opinion, Nether Realm’s Ming Yue is stronger. As a sixth-stage Mountainsea, she fought a peak Mountainsea from the celestial dragon early morning yesterday. With her powerful techniques, she killed that expert. As a result, Long Yingyue appeared. The two proceeded to fight three hundred rounds before parting ways.”

“For real? A Peak Mountainsea of the celestial dragon race is probably strong enough to handle Sunmoons, right? Are you saying that Ming Yue is already strong enough to kill Sunmoons? Doesn’t that make her stronger than Zhan Wushuang? She’s only a sixth-stage Mountainsea…”

“That’s hard to say. Without an actual fight between the two, who knows?”

“…”

Everyone was happily gossiping away.

Super genius. Every last one of them. And endless battles between them. This was indeed an event that could spark numerous discussions.

Nether Realm’s Ming Yue, ranked fourth on Heaven Index and a sixth-stage Mountainsea had killed a peak Mountainsea celestial dragon. One ought to know that the celestial dragon race was a race as powerful as the original devil, first divine, and ancient immortal races.

A confrontation between experts of major races which ended with someone killed by someone three stages lower was a feat even more eye-catching than the battle between Zhan Wushuang and Xuan Wuji.

“That Qin Fang of the human race is very powerful as well. After stepping into the seventh-stage Cloudbreach Realm recently, he stabbed a first-stage Mountainsea from the lightning divine race at the Billow Gorge yesterday. That’s a powerful expert from the divine race. No wonder he was able to enter the Heaven Index previously.”

“Qin Fang? He’s still somewhat lacking. As a third-stage Mountainsea, Soulcurse of the celestial chasm race killed a suanni ranked twenty-sixth on the Earth Index not long ago. He’s already a fifth-stage Mountainsea.”

Battles broke out constantly, and geniuses kept perishing. The Heavenly Hunt Index had been changing rapidly recently. A large number of geniuses had perished. The geniuses who had killed the other geniuses had also benefited immensely from their victories, growing even stronger than before.

Someone who was still evenly matched with an opponent the day before might suddenly find that opponent stronger just a day later. Battles between these geniuses had always been exceptionally dangerous and cruel.

Slaughter had always been the best method a genius could grow. Thus, these geniuses would never stop clashing against each other. One would perish while the other would emerge victorious and gain even more strength.

Su Yu listened to all the rumors silently. Soon, he heard yet another familiar name.

“Since two days ago, Huang Teng of the human race has been on the run. He was quite unlucky to somehow catch the attention of the crazy blood fire devils. Three middle-stage Mountainsea blood fire devils were in pursuit of him. I wonder if he’ll die anytime soon.”

“With Su Yu’s absence, Qin Fang is the highest-ranked human genius around…”

“What are you talking about? There’s Liu Wenyan, right?”

“What bullshit are you saying? That’s an old man. He’s busy hiding in the human territory.”

“…”

Huang Teng was on the run yet again. Su Yu was rendered quite speechless. Why was that guy on the run all the time? The blood fire devils were indeed crazy. He knew that very well. How did Huang Teng end up provoking them? Su Yu couldn’t help but laugh in amusement at that crazy guy.

To kill or be killed. That was what it meant to be a genius. And that was the thing separating them from the masses. Killing geniuses of similar strength was the fastest way one could grow. Through blood and sweat, one would rise to power. Thus was the way of a genius.

He also heard about Mo Duona. During the past two days, that fellow had been picking fights with Xuan Wuji and Zhan Wushuang. Those were Mountainseas while he was only a ninth-stage Cloudbreach. Su Yu wondered if that guy would end up beaten to death.

Then again, all that had nothing to do with him. In short, battles were still breaking out everywhere around Ninestar Island. His presence did not matter. All the index geniuses were busy killing each other.

Furthermore, as the date of the Luminous Domain Mansion’s opening drew near, a large amount of source qi and willpower had started leaking out of the mansion, flooding the area with fortuitous encounters. Some had even discovered an ancient dragonblood tree on the sea. That was a treasure for the dragon race.

Dragonblood fruits were extremely beneficial for dragon Cloudbreaches undergoing their source qi transformation, allowing them to reach their maximum potential during the transformation. After hearing about the tree, the dragon race dispatched a Sunmoon to retrieve the tree. But the person who had found the tree was not stupid. He had sold the tree to the original devils for ten drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid. At the moment, the original devils were trying to rip the dragons off with the tree.

Su Yu was quite surprised. If even something like an ancient dragonblood tree could be discovered randomly, it wouldn’t be so surprising for someone to find an ancient spatial pocket either.

But he also needed to ensure he had the ability to keep his discovery before selling it. A sufficiently powerful identity was required for that.

Just look at how the dragons had decided to rob the tree instead of buying it from the individual who had made the discovery. According to the rumors, that person was a Mountainsea, but not even that was enough to discourage the dragons from taking such an action. That individual was forced to sell the tree to the original devils, who were more than happy to buy it and use it as a bargaining chip over the dragons.

If it wasn’t for the fact that they wanted to obtain the tree as soon as possible, even the original devils might opt to rob the tree from the person who had discovered it as well. The person who had found the tree had vanished after receiving the payment. It wouldn’t even be surprising if that person had already perished in the hands of the furious dragons.

Meanwhile, the original devils and dragons merely argued with each other instead of fighting for the tree. This was the difference in attitude brought about in strength. With the strength of the original devils, would the dragons be willing to fight them just for a tree?

It was normal for geniuses to fight each other. But a battle between Sunmoons could easily escalate into a bigger war. Thus, the dragons were forced to haggle for it instead.

And would the original devils sell the tree without overpricing it massively? For example, they could sell it for ten times the price they paid for it. A hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid was comparable to three hundred strands of heavenearth profound light in value.

That was a value they could extract from a mere ancient tree. Would the tree be more valuable than the ancient peak Sunmoon in Su Yu’s hand? Would the tree be more valuable than the corpse and all the other accompanying items he was going to sell alongside the corpse?

Sure enough, these major races were all incredibly rich. Well, the human race was probably the exception. After all, humanity had only stabilized their realms about three centuries ago. They had spent much less time in development compared to the other major races.

They were so pitiful that they had to resort to robbery just to get a few heavenly source fruit trees in the Human Realm. Meanwhile, the immortals could casually travel around with heavenly source fruits and still had plenty to spare in their realm. There was no comparing humanity and the other major races.

The more Su Yu listened, the more his eyes sparkled. Holy shit. They sure were rich. They were so rich that even strategic resources like sunmoon profound yellow liquid were being used as a trading currency.

The ancient dragonblood tree was a treasure as well. It could help the dragons with source qi transformation. That was something he needed to consider after he completed his body forging as well.

It was still too early for him to worry about that. He had just completed twenty-seven forgings not long ago and he would complete his twenty-eighth body forging soon. In recent days, he had grown rapidly by using both heavenly source qi and the breathing technique at the same time.

The difficulty was supposed to keep increasing as he progressed in cultivation, but Su Yu did not feel much difference apart from the increase in the amount of heavenly source qi he needed. At this rate, he would probably be broke by the time he completed his twenty-eighth forging.

He had even used some of his heavenly source qi to nourish the ancient character. At the very least, he needed to restore it to the level of a Mountainsea or even a Sunmoon to further showcase how amazing the corpse was.

Just look at how the character was still maintaining the strength of a Sunmoon even after so many years. Wasn’t that amazing? Just imagine how powerful this dead Sunmoon was back then.

But the cost of his scam was also rising madly. With such a massive investment, this was almost not a scam anymore. The corpse was an actual eighth-stage Sunmoon with some blood essence remaining. The weapon was also an actual ancient earth weapon. And the character was also a genuine seventh-stage Sunmoon. Yes. How could anyone call this a scam? This was merely marketing.

Before long, Su Yu was out of Bright City. Standing outside, he sneered inwardly. Some people were spying on him. He must have caught some attention when he was running all over the city spending money and buying information during the past few days.

Including the weapon he bought from the ape and the rent for his accommodation in the city, he had indeed been quite a big spender during his time in the city.

Yes, the mountainbreak bull race was a top 100 race. But at maximum, an early Cloudbreach of this race would only be as strong as a fifth-stage Cloudbreach in combat strength. Could a Cloudbreach even be considered an expert in a place like this? Yes, but not a top expert. This place might be less busy than Ninestar Island, but some Mountainseas could still be found here.

Su Yu continued heading toward the shore of the island. Eventually, he was able to determine the exact number of people tailing him. There were three groups in total.

The first group was comprised of two late Cloudbreachs and one middle Cloudbreach.

The second group was comprised of four late Cloudbreaches.

The third group was comprised of one Mountainsea.

Through the Perception Jade, Su Yu judged that these groups were not working together. They were probably still unaware that there were multiple groups doing the same thing. It was also possible that the Mountainsea was aware of the other groups, but he was merely waiting for a chance to wipe everyone out and maximize his profit.

“Second-stage Mountainsea. This is not weak at all. Unfortunately for you, that’s not enough.”

Su Yu thought that this wasn’t necessarily a bad thing for him. He just happened to be running out of blood essence. Since these people were volunteering to resupply him, he would gladly accept their offer.

He wasn’t even surprised. Such opportunists were everywhere in Sea of Stars.