Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1066: Dark Devil Dragon’s Fall (3)

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

How cowardly. This damn mayor was so overbearing previously. Why did he turn into such a coward? Did this signify that his condition was really bad? Was that why he didn’t even dare to approach a Sunmoon death spirit?

Left with no choice, Su Yu started moving nearer to the mayor’s residence while keeping the death spirit engaged. In the inner hall, the stone statue abruptly opened his eyes. The three death spirit generals looked in Su Yu’s direction as well. Their expressions were not supposed to be visible, but for some reason, one could feel that they were all showing odd expressions.

They could see that the approaching individual was Su Yu. Or rather, they guessed that it was Su Yu from the reaction of the Sunmoon death spirit. Why was he luring the death spirit toward the mayor’s residence?

Meanwhile, the dumb mayor seemed to not know that this person was Su Yu. The two seemed to be in the middle of a transaction…

Suddenly, all three of them thought of something. As for the stone statue, he had reached the same conclusion even before them. The stone statue watched silently. He could see that the brat was trying to kill the mayor.

How brazen.

How incredibly brazen.

That was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Not even those Pseudo Invincibles who had fused with one of their tri-life bodies would dare to attempt something like this while inside an ancient city.

But Su Yu had the courage to do so.

The stone statue’s gaze landed on the mayor. He could see that if the death qi in the mayor’s body was induced by an external factor, it might really erupt and kill him. Once again, the stone statue looked at Su Yu with a bizarre expression.

Would it be a good thing for the mayor to die? The death of the mayor would create a new ninth-stage Sunmoon death spirit. But even if the mayor survived this, he wouldn’t be able to survive for much longer. Meanwhile, the three death spirit generals started conversing among themselves again.

“Is he trying to kill that commander to spawn a stronger commander and induce the death qi in the mayor’s body?”

“He dares? Can he even do it?”

“Let him do it. That will give us sufficient reason to act. We can hit two birds with one stone. Both him and the mayor will die from this.”

The three death spirit generals reached a decision. Both Su Yu and the mayor would die. If Su Yu dared to kill that Sunmoon death spirit, they would take action against him. While they were out there, they could get the mayor killed as well. Very good. Their lord would be pleased with this.

After all, this act alone would produce a death spirit general and a chosen death spirit for their lord at one go. Very good.

After making their decision, they looked at the stone statue again. One of them spoke timidly, “Lord Guardian, we’re doing everything in accordance with the laws. The moment Su Yu kills the commander, we will be able to act.”

Normally, the death of an early Sunmoon death spirit wouldn’t be enough for them to act. But Su Yu had also killed a large number of ordinary death spirits. That gave them the leeway to act with the death of an early Sunmoon.

The stone statue glanced at them indifferently. He could see what they were thinking. They wanted to hit two birds with one stone, killing both the mayor and Su Yu.

“The mayor has not done anything wrong. If he remains in the mayor’s residence, you are not allowed to lay a hand on him.”

The stone statue spoke with an icy tone. The death spirit generals hurriedly nodded. That wasn’t an issue. It didn’t matter. They couldn’t lay a hand on the mayor, but they could release more death qi to their surroundings, right? That might be enough. The mayor was already dying.

***

At the same time.

Su Yu was still moving toward the mayor’s residence with a Sunmoon death spirit in tow.

“Lord…can you get it off me for a short moment! I’ll give you some additional heavenly source qi as payment…”

Su Yu was shouting with desperation, but the devil remained indifferent. He demanded again, “Come here and toss the ring inside.”

Why should he care about the safety of this person? He was only here to buy something. He wasn’t in charge of saving anyone.

“Lord…” Su Yu pleaded, “My death qi is growing too fast. At this rate…I…I’ll be forced to use the heavenly source qi in the ring!”

“You dare?”

The mayor was furious. That was his! How dare this person use something that was his? When he focused, he noted that the death qi leaking out of Su Yu’s body was indeed growing incredibly thick. He frowned. Would this person really grow desperate enough to actually use the heavenly source qi himself?

Yes, the mayor had purchased the heavenly source qi. But if the seller was about to die, why would the seller still care? At that realization, the mayor’s mood worsened. Everything seemed to be going wrong for him.

Damn all these people. Those outsiders, Su Yu, and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion were all incredibly annoying. This damn Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member could have entered the mayor’s residence with the heavenly source qi in the first place, but he had hidden it elsewhere instead, requiring a second trip to complete the transaction. But that damn Heavenly Hunt Pavilion member just had to be unlucky enough to encounter a Sunmoon death spirit during the second trip…

The mayor cursed repeatedly. He focused on his danger sense and confirmed that as long as he avoided killing the death spirit, things wouldn’t get too dangerous. At times, the danger sense of a ninth-stage Sunmoon could be quite accurate.

Finally, Su Yu took out a tiny bit of heavenly source qi and started absorbing it. The furious mayor roared, “Stop! Damn it! How can the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion be so dishonest? How can you use the product you’ve sold?”

“Lord…I’ll return the Dark Devil Compendium to you later. According to the rules of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, if we can’t complete the transaction, we have the right to cancel the transaction…”

Su Yu sounded exceptionally helpless as he said, “Lord, there is no chance I can reach the mayor’s residence anymore. I’ll probably die to death qi eruption before that.”

“You—”

The mayor was furious. But he also noted that the death qi around Su Yu was growing incredibly thick. This person was really going to die soon. He could only curse his luck for being too terrible.

The mayor had no choice but to go over himself. If it wasn’t for his unwillingness to provoke the death spirits, he would definitely rush over and slap this Profound Nine to death. Then again, he still needed this Profound Nine alive. After all, he was supposed to receive even more heavenly source qi from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion.

With his mind made, the mayor flew out of the mayor’s residence.

***

In the inner hall, the stone statue shut his eyes.

Inwardly, he sighed.

It was over for the dark devil dragon. As long as he stayed in the mayor’s residence, it wouldn’t be easy for Su Yu to kill him regardless of how cunning Su Yu was. But the mayor had stepped out of the residence.

This was what the three death spirit generals had been waiting for. Even now, there was still a tiny bit of hope for the mayor to survive. If the Sunmoon death spirit was left alive by Su Yu, or if he failed to kill it, the three Sunmoon death spirits would not be able to leave.

The stone statue would not allow them to leave. But the stone statue would no longer have any reason to stop them if Su Yu killed the Sunmoon death spirit. The mayor would die. Perhaps even Su Yu would die.

The stone statue could see that Su Yu was in an even worse condition than the mayor. Was this kid not worried about getting himself killed instead?

Or did the kid grow overconfident after killing so many death spirits without any repercussions? So be it. Perhaps it was good for this kid to die as well. It had only been a few days, but the kid had nearly turned the holy city into a city of death.

The three death spirit generals waited in excitement. They did not even consider the fact that Su Yu might not be able to kill that death spirit commander.

After all, the commander was only an early Sunmoon. And it had limited intelligence. Furthermore, it was kept in check by the aura of their lord on Su Yu’s body. If Su Yu tried hard enough, he should be able to kill the commander, right?

The generals were looking forward to it.

***

Su Yu’s eyes lit up.

Finally!

This was good for him. Previously, he had been planning to simply detonate the ring if the mayor refused to leave. There also wouldn’t be a need to kill this death spirit as that would be pointless.

But since the mayor had left, he naturally had to kill the death spirit. Could he do it? Of course! After completing 48 body forgings, his physical strength had surpassed 170,000 acupoints. Including his yang acupoint and characters, his strength could almost reach 200,000 acupoints.

Just moments ago, he had also consumed a drop of Sunmoon blood essence to upgrade one of the pages in his book to the Sunmoon Realm. He only needed to consume another drop of Sunmoon blood essence to gain enough strength to kill the simple-minded death spirit beside him.

At that point, the two of them would basically be fellow Sunmoons. It wouldn’t be too difficult for him to kill an opponent who was essentially only capable of simple actions.

By the way, the random Sunmoon blood essence he consumed was mountainbreak bull blood essence. He couldn’t help but be impressed at how loved their blood essence was. A large portion of the blood essence he had made during the recent scam and ransom consisted of mountainbreak bull blood essence.

How was that race still around? But soon, Su Yu tossed that thought out of his mind.

When the mayor stopped not far away, Su Yu shouted, “Lord, please push this thing back from afar. I’ll toss the ring over right after that. Lord, there is no need for you to take the risk of coming over here…”

The mayor said nothing. Of course he wasn’t going to take any risks. There was no need to remind him of this. He threw a punch from afar.

With a rumble, the Sunmoon death spirit was sent flying. Su Yu took the chance to distance himself before tossing the storage ring to the mayor. His calm character was running at full power to prevent the mayor from sensing the coming crisis.

Inwardly, Su Yu prayed that this character of Great Zhou King better work well. That old turtle’s character better not be unreliable. The mayor frowned slightly. He had a weak sense of crisis, but he wasn’t too suspicious since there was a Sunmoon death spirit nearby.

Suddenly, the storage ring exploded. Countless death spirit blood essence splashed out of it. Alongside countless death qi, the blood essence covered the entire body of the mayor. The mayor’s expression changed as he hurriedly retreated. But as he moved, he staggered slightly as the death qi inside his body started going wild.

“You’re courting death!”

The mayor was furious. How dare a mere Mountainsea of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion trick him? He was just about to attack when a blinding saber appeared in the sky.

Boom!

The aura of a Sunmoon surged into the sky. With a hum, the saber descended and killed the Sunmoon death spirit. Instantly, the mayor’s expression changed.

Holy shit!

This fellow…knew the Sky Sundering Saber?

No, this wasn’t Profound Nine!

Was this…Su Yu? Impossible! Su Yu wasn’t this strong! He wasn’t a Sunmoon! Wait…no…

Countless thoughts appeared in the mayor’s mind. He realized that he had been tricked. Without any hesitation, he roared and flew back to the mayor’s residence, ignoring the intense pain generated by the death qi in his body.

He couldn’t even be bothered to kill that person anymore. It was pointless. Killing that person would only cause more Sunmoon death spirits to appear. That might really cause him to die. But soon, despair covered his face.

As for Su Yu, he was also in the middle of grinning with joy. His plan had succeeded. The mayor wouldn’t be able to recover from this. But next, his expression changed as well. What the hell was happening? Wasn’t he supposed to be free of repercussions?

Three incomparably powerful auras had appeared. Instantly, the entire city was flooded with death qi. The density of the newly appeared death qi was terrifyingly high. The entire city became enveloped in darkness.

Su Yu could feel a powerful wave of death qi sweeping in his direction. The death qi inside his body started surging violently.

Holy shit!

Were they targeting him as well?

Su Yu was very surprised. Wasn’t the death qi of a sovereign supposed to overcome everything? What a liar!

Su Yu started fleeing toward a nearby ancient building without any hesitation. He had to deal with the death qi immediately or it was really going to swallow his entire heart.

The mayor was also roaring with desperation.

“You idiot! Are you trying to die together with me?”

He was going mad. Was that idiot Su Yu? Even now, he was still unsure. How idiotic. The mayor could clearly feel that this unknown person wasn’t any better off than him. He would die to death qi erosion, but that person would die as well. Where did an idiot like this come from? What was the point of dying together?

When he looked in Su Yu’s direction, he saw that a Pseudo Invincible death spirit was already moving in the same direction as well. The death qi around that death spirit…was unbelievably powerful.

There was no way that person would survive this. But…the mayor realized that he would die as well. He was furious. Who was that fool? Was that Su Yu? Why must Su Yu die together with him?

Just because he tried to get thirty percent of the auction proceeds? Just because he informed Su Yu’s enemies that the moat was a possible escape route when the gates were shut?

Indignance, despair, and a tiny bit of relief. These were his current emotions. From the day he became the mayor, he should have understood that a day like this would arrive. With a sigh, the mayor laughed. He finally accepted his fate. He stopped struggling. Instead, he spent his final moments looking at Su Yu. He wouldn’t die alone. This…might not be that bad of a death, after all.

But suddenly, an unimaginably massive clump of heavenly source qi appeared around Su Yu. The mayor’s eyes widened with anger. But soon, his anger faded. Yes, that was a lot of heavenly source qi. But it was pointless with a Pseudo Invincible death spirit nearby.

However, Su Yu’s body started shining. Instantly, a portion of the death qi in his body melted away.

Reverse!

Su Yu howled as he started madly reversing the death qi in his body. Trying to kill him through death qi alone? Dream on! That was of no concern to him. He was only concerned of being directly killed by a Pseudo Invincible death spirit.

Once again, the mayor’s eyes widened. What was that? But next, his expression returned to normal again. That was pointless. With a Pseudo Invincible death spirit around, not even hiding indoors would help.

When he saw Su Yu rushing inside a building, he even sneered. That was pointless. The death spirit could simply enter the building. Fool! However, the sneer froze on his face.

The death spirit had actually stopped outside the building. With a frown, the death spirit turned to look at its colleagues who were waiting near the mayor and asked through voice transmission, “Is it improper for me to break into the building to kill him?”

“Yes. We will be fellow colleagues in the future. And he is the chosen of our lord. This might not be within the scope of the laws. It’s better to not do that.”

“Sure.”

The death spirit did not attempt to break in. Instead, it stayed there and emitted a large amount of death qi. It continued speaking through voice transmission, “Maybe I can kill him with death qi. This will be fine. It’s not proper for me to kill him directly…”

“Exactly.”

Meanwhile, the mayor’s eyes were opened wide with despair and indignance. Go inside!

Why wasn’t the death spirit breaking in?

Why? Go in and kill him!

Why?

He did not think that Su Yu would survive, but he wanted to see Su Yu die before him. But why wasn’t that happening? The mayor could not accept this. Why? As despair and indignance seeped in, a massive burst of death qi erupted from his body.

Boom!

His sea of willpower collapsed. In his final moments, he roared, “Tell me! Are you Su Yu?”

Even now, he still had no idea who that person was. He would never know.

An incomparably massive moon fell from the sky.

Everything outside the city, even those hundreds of kilometers away, saw the falling moon. Everyone was stunned. Was that…the death of a ninth-stage Sunmoon? Who could it be? There was no need to ask. It could only be the mayor.

The mayor…was dead?

Everyone was stunned. What happened?

A ninth-stage Sunmoon had died.