Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Holy shit! It’s really him!”

When Topsoil Spirit noticed his opponent turning into water, he felt like his head was going to blow apart from sheer anger. It was really that guy!

Su Yu! Why was he so unlucky? He had only gone into the sea after noticing the danger of staying on land. But Su Yu had to be the first person he encountered after leaving the island. There were so many people looking for Su Yu. Why did he have to be the one to find that lunatic?

Behind Topsoil Spirit, Su Yu was also feeling very shocked. Topsoil Spirit! He finally recognized who this person was. It was actually Topsoil Spirit! That fellow was actually capable of transforming into water! And more importantly, that fellow was actually this strong!

His punch at the level of a second-stage Mountainsea had actually failed to injure that fellow. He was even pushed back slightly. This was actually one of his preferred targets, but he had not expected to actually see Topsoil Spirit here. And Topsoil Spirit had probably discovered who he was as well.

Su Yu did not dare to slow down. Although voice transmission talismans didn’t work very well here, that fellow could still shout loudly or create a massive commotion to draw more attention to them.

Holy shit!

What a chance encounter. Su Yu was entirely unprepared for it. He had thought that he was only facing a regular genius. But he was so wrong. Topsoil Spirit was also surprisingly decisive. Just look at how that fellow had decided to flee after a single exchange.

Su Yu consumed a drop of blood essence. He was confident he could handle Topsoil Spirit with only his own strength. But he needed to end this fast. He had to do everything he could to capture this opponent promptly. The blood essence he consumed came from a sixth-stage Mountainsea of the cloud tiger race.

The cloud tigers were known for their speed. Even when he was moving underwater, the blood essence was still able to grant him a boost in speed.

Boom!

His powerful aura spread ahead. And the powerful aura was actually slowing Topsoil Spirit down.

Topsoil Spirit was alarmed. That was the strength of a sixth-stage Mountainsea! He did not hesitate to send numerous golden rays behind him, each ray carrying incomparable sharpness.

While doing so, he spoke through voice transmission, “Brother Water, no, Brother Su, we can both mind our own business. There is no need for us to fight to the death…”

Boom!

Mountaindrill Technique!

Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to say anything and attacked with the mountainbreak bull’s racial ability. Topsoil Spirit hurriedly shot out of the water.

Boom!

A massive explosion erupted from the surface of the sea. Topsoil Spirit stopped hoping to end this amicably. When a genius encountered another genius in the wild, it was pointless to say anything before a fight.

He was no pushover. He was entirely capable of fighting back. Thus, he soared into the air before unleashing a storm of gold toward Su Yu.

Su Yu responded with a palm attack mixed with his powerful willpower. Alas, the five elementals specialized in willpower cultivation as well. Thus, Topsoil Spirit was pretty strong in willpower as well. The gold and the palm collided, creating a massive explosion.

The impact of the clash sent tremors through Su Yu’s sea of willpower. The same was happening to Topsoil Spirit. But he immediately transformed into a mountain before slamming down on Su Yu. After the mountain, he turned into a sea of flame and boiled the sea below him.

In the blink of an eye, the two exchanged dozens of moves. Su Yu might have gained a boost in strength due to the blood essence he consumed, but his opponent was a cultural researcher. And cultural researchers had always been extremely tricky to deal with.

Wind, water, metal, fire…

After witnessing the mastery his opponent held over the various opponents, Su Yu snorted. This fellow must have hidden his strength before this. How could someone this strong remain at the bottom of the Earth Index? This fellow was probably strong enough to deal with Mountainseas at the fourth or fifth stage already.

In fact, this person felt no weaker than even Qin Fang. Annoyed by the constantly changing elements, Su Yu roared. Five elements? He was well-versed in the five elements as well! Next, two golden beams clashed and started twisting around each other in the sky. Since Topsoil Spirit had already seen Su Yu’s ability to transform into water, it wouldn’t be an issue for him to see more. What could he say if Su Yu insisted that his transformations were due to unique characters? Who could know for sure?

Both of them were fighting with the strength of Mountainseas. But since Su Yu had the advantage of physical strength, the clash forced Topsoil Spirit back into his original form. On top of that, he even coughed a stream of soil out of his mouth.

He had finally been injured. Inwardly, he was greatly alarmed. He was also cursing endlessly.

Holy shit!

This fellow was too strong! He had been quite confident in his strength. In truth, he was confident he would be able to survive an encounter with Mo Duona even if he couldn’t actually win the fight.

But before he even had the chance to meet Mo Duona in battle, he encountered Su Yu, someone actually capable of suppressing him in battle.

Not wanting to fight anymore, Topsoil Spirit transformed into water again and fled. He did not forget to burn the stream of soil he coughed out earlier, not leaving anything related to him behind.

Su Yu did the same, releasing a wave of flame and burning all traces of his presence in the area. Popping sounds rang out as the two erased all traces of battle while moving rapidly.

Rumble!

The two were incredibly cautious. They did not forget to constantly erase their traces even in the middle of an intense battle.

Su Yu was doing so to avoid exposing his whereabouts. As for Topsoil Spirit, he was clearly doing that to prevent anyone from figuring out that he was actually capable of transforming into multiple elements. It was easy for anyone to guess, but nobody could be sure without solid proof.

Noticing what Su Yu was doing, Topsoil Spirit hurriedly sent a voice transmission, “Both of us are trying to hide our secrets. Let’s stop here. I still have more trump cards. If we continue fighting, someone else might notice us. For example, the people from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. That won’t benefit either of us.”

“You sure are good at hiding your real strength.” Su Yu said, “Why don’t we find a suitable battleground and fight to the death.”

“Su Yu, don’t push it too far. Do you think I’m really afraid of you?”

Topsoil Spirit roared and turned around.

“Five Element Purgatory!”

Countless streams of water surged toward Su Yu. At the same time, vines took form amid the water and surrounded Su Yu. Slowly, a cage appeared around him. Inside the cage, water turned into fire.

The look in Su Yu’s eyes changed. Interesting. If he could kill Topsoil Spirit, he might receive an unexpected gift. This fellow seemed to have fused the five elements.

“Five Element Purgatory?”

After observing the attack form a bit, Su Yu casually clawed at the shrinking cage. With a crack, the golden light dissipated, the vines snapped, and the water receded.

Topsoil Spirit was alarmed.

“Impossible.”

No matter how powerful the five elemental characters of humanity could be, they shouldn’t be able to tear through his Five Element Purgatory so easily. He was using the origin power of the five elements. And Su Yu’s willpower was even weaker than his.

“Metal!”

Whoosh!

Countless golden blades shot toward Su Yu. As a response, he activated the Sky Sundering Saber and swung his saber. The effect of the blood essence he consumed earlier was still active. With a single swing of his blade, the sea was cut apart.

Topsoil Spirit turned into water to avoid the slash, but the blade was still able to cut him into pieces. However, his severed pieces were able to rejoin with each other unharmed.

“You can’t kill me.”

Once again, Topsoil Spirit sent a voice transmission, reminding Su Yu that there was no killing him.

Su Yu said nothing. Bullshit. Did Topsoil Spirit think that he was dumb? The willpower of Topsoil Spirit had definitely suffered some damage when he was cut apart in the water transformation state.

The battle continued.

At that point, Su Yu could already sense that some people had noticed the battle. To be precise, a fifth-stage Mountainsea was approaching rapidly.

Topsoil Spirit noticed it as well. He said, “Do you want to expose both of us? Let’s split up and run…”

“Run?”

Su Yu said, “Let’s join hands and kill the newcomer. Don’t even dream of running. There is no escaping me.”

“I—”

Topsoil Spirit was going mad. Damn it! Why was he so unlucky? Why must he be the one to encounter this guy?

Next, the aura of Sky Sundering Saber surged into the sky. At the same, the Five Element Purgatory was recreated. The fifth-stage Mountainsea who was flying toward them suddenly found himself trapped in a cage of elements. With a roar, he punched the cage. But he was unable to break free. And next, Su Yu’s blade descended.

Combined with the vibrations of the Soul Expanding Hammer and the Sky Sundering Saber at the level of a sixth-stage Mountainsea, the expert was cut in half with only one strike. Blood rained down from the sky.

The corpse transformed to its original form: a large serpent. The expert didn’t even know how he died. Everything had happened too fast.

He could sense that the two individuals were Cloudbreaches. They felt quite strong, but since they were busy fighting each other, they might not notice him. Thus, he intended to hide nearby and wait for an opportunity to perhaps benefit from the fight. But alas, he had died before he could even react.

With a curse, Topsoil Spirit continued fleeing. That slash of Su Yu had cut his Five Element Purgatory apart as well. He naturally wouldn’t wait around for Su Yu to cut him down. Neither of them bothered to spare the corpse even a glance.

Left with no choice, Topsoil Spirit said, “Go collect the corpse or our secrets will be exposed. Let’s put a pause to our fight and clean the area first…”

That made a lot of sense! Su Yu wanted to kill this opponent, but this was a really slippery opponent. Thus, he collected the corpse and started cleaning the traces of combat around them again. Above them, shining clouds appeared. Both of them had been rewarded for the kill. But upon seeing the cloud, Topsoil Spirit cursed.

“He landed the last hit, not me. Why am I getting a reward as well?”

At the same time, his rank on the Heavenly Hunt Index started climbing. No longer was he lingering at the bottom.

5th on Earth Index, Topsoil Spirit, five elemental race, seventh-stage Cloudbreach.

Past accomplishments: Assisted in the killing of a fifth-stage Mountainsea.

Topsoil Spirit did not even bother to look at his index copy, but he was still cursing when he sensed the vibrating index copy. He didn’t want to climb the rank. At the very least, he didn’t want to climb the index now. Damn it. He had been very careful to only kill the weaker opponents and avoid the stronger opponents. But his rank had still increased.

At the moment, Soulcurse of the celestial chasm race still held the first place on the Earth Index, followed by Liu Wenyan, Qin Fang, and Huang Teng. And Topsoil Spirit was ranked just behind them.

In fact, his rank had even exceeded Long Zhan and Long Wuyou, dragons who had killed a Sunmoon before.

Topsoil Spirit shouted in frustration, “Su Yu, are you going to keep going? Before long, everyone will know I’m in combat. With an index copy on me, my location will be exposed soon. Are you trying to die alongside me?”

“Throw the index copy away.”

“No!”

Topsoil Spirit took his index copy out and continued running while shouting, “Not only am I not throwing it away, I’m going to notify the others through my index copy. Su Yu, if you keep chasing after me, I will attract everyone and drag you down with me!”

Su Yu returned to his human form and gave Topsoil Spirit a deep look before saying, “You’re very strong. Even if you can’t defeat seventh-stage Mountainseas, you are strong enough to deal with sixth-stage Mountainseas. You’re probably stronger than even Qin Fang. He’s only capable of handling Mountainseas in the fourth or fifth stage for now.”

Qin Fang was already a seventh-stage Cloudbreach. But Topsoil Spirit might actually be stronger. And when someone like that was in an environment so advantageous to him, he would indeed be very difficult to kill. But difficult was not the same as impossible.

With a cold snort, Su Yu opened his yang acupoint halfway.

Saber qi surged around him.