Tribulation of Myriad Races

At this time, yet another half-moon fell from the sky. The experts of the various races sank into despair. Weren’t they supposed to be safe with the mayor’s protection? Then again, the mayor’s protection would only be effective as long as the Invincibles stayed out.

However, more than one Invincibles had entered the city. Even the mayor himself was completely stunned.

Death spirits who were only a step away from the Invincible Realm were starting to appear as well, and these death spirits were also slightly intelligent. When they looked at the mayor, some hesitated while some scolded, “Audacious! How dare you provide shelter to living beings. You deserve death!”

And then, they started attacking the mayor’s residence. These were no regular death spirits. Not even eighth-stage Sunmoon death spirits would lay a hand on the mayor’s residence. But these peak Sunmoon death spirits were different.

Inside the mayor’s residence, the stone statue watched coldly. He did not provide any assistance to Su Yu, nor would he provide anyone else with help.

Yes, this dark devil dragon was the puppet mayor he had picked himself. But this fellow had caused the appearance of even more death spirits with his act of offering shelter to so many living beings. The mayor naturally had to bear the consequences of his own actions.

Things might not have escalated to this level if the mayor had not offered all those people shelter.

The stone statue watched silently as chaos engulfed the city. After some time, a faint wave of aura rippled out and covered some of the buildings in the city. He could not be bothered to interfere with the battle between the death spirits and Invincibles.

But protecting the city residents was a part of his responsibilities. As the guardian, he could choose to help or not help the weaker residents. But the more powerful residents could be considered his citizens. Thus, he was obligated to help. The death sovereigns would all avoid the buildings covered by the stone statue’s aura. They understood that this was the guardian’s move to protect the residents.

At this time, an Invincible from the nether race ignored the aura and blasted one of the protected buildings apart with a punch. Next, a fist appeared. The moment it appeared, it overshadowed reality itself, as though it was the only existence of worth. That was the fist of the stone statue.

Heavens above, earth below, time and space, nothing seemed capable of resisting that fist. The fist dropped down. With a rumble, a massive hole appeared on the Invincible’s body.

At that moment, one of the Invincibles roared, “Stop damaging the buildings!”

Up in the sky, one ancient city after another appeared, seemingly capable of ignoring the concept of space itself.

Heavendoom, Empyrean Cloud, Earthshaker, Sea Burial…

Above the ancient cities, one stone statue after another appeared. First, they all looked at the Invincible nether coldly. Then, they looked at Grandstar. Ignoring all the newcomers, Grandstar threw another punch, blasting a Sunmoon apart. With yet another punch, he blasted a Sunmoon death spirit apart.

Dead or living, as long as one touched the buildings under his protection, none were spared.

Even Great Xia King was alarmed. He hurriedly warned, “Old Zhu, don’t touch those buildings!”

He was greatly shocked. The ancient cities had appeared. The stone statue of Heavendoom City could also be seen floating above the city, but in truth, that was only a projection. The statue itself was still inside the city. Even the city itself was still at its original location. But with his projection here, it was as though the stone statue himself was here.

He glanced at the city, but Su Yu was nowhere to be found. He wasn’t bothered. Since this was not his city, he couldn’t see through the buildings here. Instead, he looked at Grandstar and smiled, “Are you in trouble?”

Grandstar ignored Heavendoom and continued killing those who had damaged the buildings under his protection. Even as he was doing this, the number of buildings under his protection continued increasing.

Innermost three rings, four rings, five rings, six rings…

His aura covered more and more buildings. Anyone below the Invincible Realm would die at the slightest contact of his fist. As for the Invincibles…well, the nether Invincible who was punched earlier was busy fleeing.

Not only was an Invincible death spirit focused on him, but his body had nearly fallen apart from that one punch. That punch reminded him of an old story. Many years ago, an Invincible once tried to invade an ancient city only to die.

Stone statue…those stone statues were terrifyingly strong.

After throwing yet another punch at the escaping Invincible, Grandstar frowned and coldly said, “The Holy City of Grandstar has been invaded. Requesting assistance from the thirty-six holy cities to kill all invaders.”

Boom!

Instantly, fists, palms, and legs dropped down from the sky toward the Invincibles. The guardians of the thirty-six holy cities attacked one after another. It was as though the world was ending.

The entire Ninestar Island started splitting apart as well. The experts of the nine realms started fleeing in panic as the various cities on the island collapsed. Countless lives were lost.

A large number of experts were also madly fleeing away from the island. Miserable yells filled the island. Some of the escaping experts looked back only to see a boundlessly powerful expert losing his head to a punch, his body stomped into mincemeat, his sea of willpower penetrated by a sword, and so on.

That was a nightmarish scene. What exactly were these ancient cities? These people were not strong enough to see more. They only saw an incredibly powerful expert they suspected to be an Invincible dying in a miserable manner. That was the Invincible from the nether race.

“Retreat!”

An Invincible roared, “This can’t go on! All Eternals need to leave the city. Everyone else hides indoors!”

They seemed to have stirred the hornet’s nest.

Twelve death sovereigns had appeared. Even the real masters of these holy cities had appeared. Some had arrived through projections, but some had actually appeared in their true bodies. There were too many Invincibles in the city. No matter how impeccable their control was, no Invincible could guarantee that they wouldn’t damage any building in a battle between Invincibles.

Due to Su Yu’s death, Great Xia King had attacked the city. With Great Xia King’s strength, he was able to cause the appearance of death sovereigns with his attacks. To add salt to the wound, Great Ming King charged into the city, causing even more death sovereigns to appear. Ultimately, the guardian was forced to act.

The various Invincibles were still embroiled in a chaotic battle. Time and space were shattered everywhere. As for the nether Invincible, he roared and reversed time, turning into a younger version of himself with zero injuries. Then, he fled without any hesitation, ignoring the nether race genius left in the city.

At the exact moment, a corpse with the same appearance as him appeared where he was. His future body had died.

Past, present, and future. These were the essence of an Invincible.

During his first death, he lost his future body. During his second death, he lost his current body. If he died again, he would die for real. This was a disastrous loss for him.

Not only was he fleeing, but he was also fleeing while igniting drop after drop of blood essence to increase his speed. With a slap, he sent the death sovereign standing in his way flying away before vanishing into thin air.

He was in massive trouble. He might still be alive, but with such heavy losses, he would be weaker than all the other Invincibles. He was in an extremely vulnerable state. In fact, he didn’t even dare to return to the Nether Realm anymore.

The ancient city guardians did not give chase. Otherwise, the nether Invincible wouldn’t have been able to escape.

With the departure of the nether Invincible, they switched to a different target: Great Ming King.

Great Ming King had just grabbed Qin Hao and the others with a massive palm before noticing that. His expression instantly changed.

“Sky! Seal!”

Two characters manifested, but they were instantly smashed apart by the numerous incoming attacks.

Right at that moment, a blade streaked over and pushed those attacks back, giving Great Ming King the chance to flee.

Prior to this, Great Xia King had already cut the space beside him apart. Right after Great Ming King stepped beyond the opening into the spatial tunnel, Great Xia King stepped inside as well.

He turned to look at the city that was in an eternal cycle of falling apart before repairing itself with complicated eyes. Suddenly, he said, “If you’re still alive…I’ll think of something.”

Leaving those words, he fled with Great Ming King.

Not even the two of them could match all these experts. Right after they vanished, a punch descended and blasted the spatial tunnel apart. Inside the city, Grandstar did not pursue after the two fled.

Instead, he moved on to other targets. Every single person who had damaged the buildings under his protection was attacked. No special treatment was given to anyone. The geniuses and experts were in complete despair.

One of them hurriedly landed on the ground and rushed into a random building. Moments later, Grandstar’s spreading aura covered that building as well. Someone else noticed that and roared in excitement, “We can take shelter in the buildings! Hurry up!”

Only then did they realize that the so-called protection from the Invincibles or the mayor was useless here. In an ancient city, only these ancient buildings could be relied upon.

Meanwhile, the earth elemental Invincible had fled right after he witnessed the bloodbath. What could he do? Perhaps Topsoil Spirit was being protected inside one of these buildings. But if he remained any longer, he would definitely die.

Alas, leaving wasn’t such an easy feat. He faced numerous difficulties in his attempt to leave. Suddenly, the sky above him split open. Several elemental Invincibles reached out and dragged the earth elemental Invincible into the opening with a roar.

Next, more and more openings appeared in the sky as help arrived to evacuate the other Invincibles. As of that moment, the entire Ninestar Island was no more. Only a single ancient city and nine shining dots were left. The nine dots were the nine realm entrances.

Grandstar and the other stone statues did not give chase to any of the fleeing Invincibles. The fleeing Invincibles were all riddled with injuries and shrouded in death qi. Invincible corpses were also raining down from the sky. All these were either future and present bodies.

Even as this was happening, the Sunmoons in the city were still dying one after another. They were unable to flee in time. Moons were also falling from the sky alongside the Invincible corpses.

Meanwhile, the city instantly returned to how it was. Apart from the slightly large number of death spirits, it was as though nothing had changed.

With the battle coming to an end, Grandstar coldly said, “All death spirits, return.”

Twelve death sovereigns hovered in the sky and stared at Grandstar without moving. As a response, the gigantic stone statues floating around the city opened their eyes and glared at the death sovereigns.

The death sovereigns exchanged gazes and complained, “Those Eternals are still alive.”

Grandstar couldn’t be bothered to answer. He merely repeated his words, “All death spirits, return.”

All the other stone statues opened their mouths as well, “Return!”

Even the twelve death sovereigns felt a great sense of threat. Thus, eleven of them vanished with a flicker, leaving only one behind.

Death Sovereign Xing Yue, the death spirit with the black cloak, remained. Grandstar did not say anything about that as this was the death sovereign assigned to the Death Realm entrance beneath this city.

“Grandstar…”

Heavendoom suddenly asked, “Is that fellow dead?”

“Nope.”

“Did he convert into a resident?”

“Yes.”

Heavendoom sighed, “What a pity. I was hoping he would be fine so that he could trouble—cough, cough, help more people.”

Before the other stone statues could say anything, he vanished into thin air. Seeing that, the other stone statues vanished one after another as well.