Tribulation of Myriad Races

The battle between Invincibles had ended as suddenly as it had started. But the shock was still spreading everywhere.

Of the four Invincibles, multiple tri-life bodies had perished. Devil King Lade had two of his bodies destroyed. Ultimately, the Devil Pseudo Emperor appeared from the River of Time. The multicolored light heralding his appearance could be seen all over the Allheaven Battlefield.

An ancient expert like that had actually opted to keep the peace instead of fighting the stone statue. Just the thought of that was enough to terrify countless people. This was also the very first time an ancient stone statue had ever walked out of an ancient city.

Unlike their previous appearances where only their projections were present, this stone statue had actually walked out with his actual body, demonstrating his terrifying might.

***

Inside the city.

The silkwyrm Sunmoon was dead. Since even the Invincibles had suffered miserably, the Sunmoons had naturally not survived. All of them had perished.

Or to be precise, only two late-stage Sunmoons had survived. The nether and ape Sunmoons were hiding in ancient buildings while trembling with fear. Even now, they couldn’t stop trembling.

Everyone else was dead. The Invincibles had fled for their lives. Even after appearing personally, the Devil Pseudo Emperor was only able to leave with Lade’s future body. It was hard to say if Lade’s future body would also break down due to the loss of his past and present bodies. It would depend on whether the Pseudo Emperor could help him.

Most of the time, the future body would not last after the loss of the past and present bodies. The past and present were akin to the roots of the future.

An eerie silence enveloped the Sea of Stars.

Grandstar’s appearance had shocked, terrified, alarmed, and surprised countless experts.

Just one of these stone statues was already so powerful One should not forget that there were thirty-six of them in total.

Inside the city.

Xing Yue and the other death sovereigns were also greatly alarmed. As for the stone statue, he returned to the mayor’s residence and glanced at Su Yu, who was madly reversing death qi, before looking at the death sovereigns. He coldly demanded, “Return.”

The death sovereigns vanished without any hesitation.

By the time all the other death sovereigns were gone, Xing Yue returned to the inner hall and stopped before the stone statue. Looking at Su Yu, they asked, “Just what is he? No, just what cultivation method is he using? Why can he do this?”

The stone statue coldly demanded, “Return.”

Xing Yue looked furious, “You must be messing with me, right? You guys must have found a way to deal with death qi. After teaching him this method, you baited me to convert him. Right?”

The stone statue’s eyes turned cold, “Return. Don’t make me repeat myself again. The Eternals have left. You should leave as well. Do not challenge the laws.”

Xing Yue was unhappy.

They furiously said, “I’ll increase the flow of death qi into his body! I refuse to believe he can reverse even the death qi of a death sovereign!”

The stone statue said, “You are free to try.”

That was most certainly against the laws. The ancient laws. The stone statue was but an enforcer of the laws. Even his exit from the city earlier was in accordance with the laws. Lade was the one who had attacked him first.

Naturally, even adding the burden on Su Yu was in accordance with the laws. A mayor was meant to reduce the burden on the stone statue. Since this mayor was so capable, he naturally could help reduce even more of the burden.

This had never happened in the past because not a single past mayor was as capable as Su Yu. There was no hard requirement that these stone statues could only remain in their cities and withstand the death qi. If someone else could take the burden for them, they weren’t prohibited from offloading the burden to someone else.

Xing Yue’s death qi started surging. The stone statue stared at the death sovereign silently. Would they do it? Would they go against the laws? The Death Realm might be powerful, but it still couldn’t break free from the holy cities.

After a short moment, Xing Yue withdrew their death qi with great indignance and walked into the tunnel while coldly saying, “Fine. I’ll wait for him to grow. I refuse to believe he can smoothly progress until the Eternal Realm. As long as he can’t reach the Eternal Realm, I’ll still be faster. It is only a matter of time before he becomes a death spirit under me.”

They refused to believe that Su Yu would be able to keep growing smoothly. According to the laws, Xing Yue would be allowed to keep the death qi flowing at a speed above his cultivation speed. He could grow, but the flow of death qi would also increase accordingly.

As long as this trend continued, it was only a matter of time before Su Yu became a death spirit. It didn’t matter if it would take a long time. It was inevitable. The stone statue said nothing. Whatever.

Su Yu was still busy reversing the death qi he received earlier. Speaking of, that guy was still alive even after taking the entire burden for a short period of time. What a reliable mayor! The stone statue started thinking of a new idea.

Perhaps…he should let Su Yu further adapt to death qi. Perhaps he should give Su Yu more pressure. How would one have the motivation to cultivate without pressure? Rather than stirring trouble all the time, wouldn’t it be better to cultivate and become a good mayor?

The stone statue was already missing the sensation of leaving the city. It had been too long. He had completely forgotten how it felt. That…was indeed a splendid feeling. He started savoring what he felt earlier.

When would he be able to leave again? Would more Eternals come and give him a slap? He…had to obey the laws. He couldn’t leave without any reason. He started looking forward to future conflicts.

Could anyone give him a slap, a punch, or even a slash? If that happened, he would be able to leave yet again. Earlier, he had ended the fight quickly as he was worried that Su Yu wouldn’t be able to last too long.

Everything had ended too quickly. He didn’t even get to see more of the beautiful world yet. How regretful.

Seeing that Su Yu was still well and alive, the stone statue realized that this was not Su Yu’s limit. Just look at how energetic Su Yu was as he cursed while reversing the death qi. He should be able to last much longer than that.

The stone statue regretted returning so early. He should have given chase to the fleeing Invincibles earlier.

***

While the stone statue was thinking about Su Yu.

Su Yu was busy cursing.

He finally realized why the death qi had increased greatly in intensity. It was related to the stone statue. What was this? When the death qi had erupted out of nowhere earlier, he nearly had a heart attack from the scare. He even felt like he was going to die.

A large amount of death qi came pouring in, forcing him to start reversing it in panic. Fortunately, the death qi had dropped to regular levels with the return of the stone statue. That was too scary.

Su Yu continued cursing. The sudden destruction of the mayor’s residence had also given him a scare. With a single palm attack from afar, an Invincible could completely destroy the mayor’s residence, a building even Sunmoons could hardly damage.

“Also, did that Invincible lose his tri-life bodies? Carrier treasures!”

Su Yu roared inwardly and worked even harder at reversing the death qi in his body. The first carrier treasure he had ever seen had been taken away by Xing Yue. Back then, he had no idea what that thing was.

But he now knew that a carrier treasure was something capable of bearing the weight of one’s past or future bodies. It was extremely valuable.

A lot of ninth-stage Sunmoons were stuck below the Pseudo Sunmoon Realm precisely because they lacked such a treasure. How could he leave a treasure like that lying on the ground? He had to pick it up!

He could even sell it through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion if he managed to get his hands on such a treasure.

Naturally, for a treasure of this level, things like money or heavenearth profound light would no longer be sufficient. Such a treasure could only be traded for another treasure.

“Reverse!”

Su Yu roared madly. So many tri-life bodies had been destroyed. Several carrier treasures were waiting for him outside! He had to get his hands on them! He couldn’t let the people outside the city steal those treasures from him!

Of course, he was worrying too much. At that moment, not a single life form dared to move anywhere near the city. The incident earlier was simply too terrifying. Four Invincibles had lost their tri-life bodies and numerous Sunmoons were killed. Even a Pseudo Emperor made an appearance. Only an absolute fool would dare to approach the city at this time.

Only someone absolutely tired of living would try something like that. People would only flee further away from the city, not go near it.

***

Outside Silkwyrm Realm.

At the first punch launched by the stone statue, the four Invincibles looked in the ancient city’s direction. All of them looked greatly surprised. Then, they saw the River of Time unfurled across the sky. Silk Destroying King exclaimed, “Psedo Emperor! From the devil race!”

Heavens!

Even a Pseudo Emperor was making an appearance. What was happening there?

“Stone statue!”

“The statue from the ancient past!”

The Invincibles exclaimed in shock. A stone statue had stepped out of an ancient city?

Suddenly, Great Xia King swung his saber without saying anything. With a pop, a moon fell from the sky.

“What are you looking at? Get to work. Time to kill some people.”

After saying that, Great Xia King snorted. With a smile, Great Zhou King swung his hand casually, layering an illusion in the area, making everything look normal. Even the falling moon from the sky was completely covered by the illusion.

The four Invincibles here were the truly powerful Invincibles, much stronger than even the four Invincibles who had appeared before the ancient city not long ago.

Great Xia King showed no interest in the things happening at the ancient city. Not even the appearance of a Pseudo Emperor caught his attention. He knew very well that he was not the match for a Pseudo Emperor. In fact, he had fought the Devil Pseudo Emperor before. He lost, but he wasn’t exactly someone a Pseudo Emperor could kill easily. He would have died long ago otherwise.

Great Xia King had a look of derision when he saw Silk Destroying King gawking like some country bumpkin. Yes, yes, the Devil Pseudo Emperor looked incredibly cool emerging from the River of Time. But that also showed that the Devil Pseudo Emperor was still trapped in the confines of the Eternal Realm. He had yet to step beyond that realm.

If that Pseudo Emperor had ascended to a higher level, he wouldn’t have needed to travel through the River of Time anymore. Rather, he would gain the ability to appear anywhere anytime without using something else as the vehicle of travel.