Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1176: Su Yu’s Relationship Network (2)

With an explosion, the sea of willpower crumbled apart and a moon dropped from the sky. This forced the eighth elder to show himself. He exchanged gazes with First Profound. Both of them looked gloomy.

Eighth elder said, “Retreat. Damn it! That Invincible left a seal in his sea of willpower. We need to retreat first. A Sunmoon has died here. We can’t allow anyone to notice us.”

Su Yu frowned. Even after sealing Goldwing’s sea of willpower and destroying his body, they still couldn’t prevent Goldwing from being silenced. He had only destroyed Goldwing’s body earlier after feeling a small sense of danger. Alas, he had still failed.

They hurriedly retreated. While doing so, Su Yu did not forget to gather the flesh and blood of the dead sect master.

***

A short while later.

They reconvened at a different location.

The eighth elder sighed, “He was killed. The other party was long prepared for this. However…”

The eighth elder’s eyes flickered as he paused and continued, “Even a seal requires manual activation for it to work. This is even more so for a seal capable of killing a Sunmoon. The unknown Invincible must have sensed something and activated the seal to kill Goldwing.”

Standing to their side was Silverwing. He had a bleak expression, but it was unknown if it was due to the death of Goldwing or the failure to obtain any information. Or perhaps it was due to both.

Su Yu said, “Elder, if that’s the case, is it possible that this Invincible’s real body is still in the Human Realm”

Could one even activate a ruin across realms?

The eighth elder thought about it and nodded, “That’s possible. The difficulty would be much harder to do this across realms.”

At that, the look in Su Yu’s eyes changed.

“Great Ming King?”

Both White One and Black One came to the same conclusion. Was Great Ming King the traitor? That seemed to be the sole human Invincible left in the Human Realm.

The eighth elder shook his head, “Not necessarily. You all know that each Invincible has three bodies. Each body is extremely important, and each can be considered a real body. Perhaps, an Invincible has left a tri-life body in the Human Realm. That would be the same as staying behind personally.”

Su Yu was relieved to hear that.

Holy shit! For a moment, he had thought that it was Great Ming King. That would be too sad. Among the human race, he counted Great Ming King as one of the Invincibles willing to fight for him. He had even met Great Ming King personally. He would find it extremely hard to accept if Great Ming King was the traitor.

He thought about it and said, “Eighth Elder, if a tri-life body moves alone, will this body be as strong as an Invincible?”

“Yes.” The eighth elder explained, “The present body will most certainly be at that level. As for the past and future bodies, they might be weaker or stronger. We won’t know for sure. But most of the time, a past body will be at the level of a Pseudo Invincible. As for the future body, it varies as well. It could be an Invincible, or it could be weaker. As long as the present body of this unknown Invincible remains in the Allheaven Battlefield, nobody will know it as nobody will scan an Invincible so deeply for no reason.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

He said, “If a tri-life body of that Invincible is in the Human Realm, is it possible for this body to utilize the River of Time and instantly summon the other two bodies back?”

Su Yu was wondering if the tri-life body could summon the other bodies back when it encountered danger in the Human Realm.

The eighth elder laughed and said, “Some Invincibles are capable of that, but only the truly powerful ones. To do this, one needs to be strong enough to open a River of Time wide enough to cross realms.”

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Basically, this was possible if one was strong enough.

He said, “Can someone at the level of Great Qin King instantly reach a place just by leaving a tri-life body somewhere?”

“Yes.” The eighth elder shook his head, “But it will be very dangerous. You still need time to reach. And a tri-life body is weaker when it’s not joined with the other two bodies. Losing a tri-life body in this manner is simply too big of a loss. And at times, losing a tri-life body might even cause the collapse of the present body. As the pillar of humanity, Great Qin King can’t afford to do this.”

As a Pseudo Invincible, the eighth elder had already formed a tri-life body. Thus, he knew a lot about this subject.

Su Yu nodded with regret, “What a pity. Goldwing might have known something useful.”

He then looked at Silverwing and asked, “With Goldwing dead, you might be in danger as well. Do you have anything in your sea of willpower?”

“Nope! Not at all!” Alarmed, Silverwing hurriedly explained himself, “I used to have a communication talisman in my sea of willpower. In the past, it could be used to contact the Invincible. But my big brother had taken it away from me. I was only allowed to use it when necessary…”

Su Yu looked at the eighth elder again. The eighth elder had collected Goldwing’s storage ring.

The eighth elder checked the ring. After a moment, he took a jade talisman out. But after a look at it, he shook his head, “It’s now worthless. We might have been able to discover something through this earlier, but it is completely worthless now.”

Su Yu suggested, “Perhaps using time rewind on it might show us something new.”

“Time rewind?”

The eighth elder laughed, “It’s not that simple. When a matter involves an Invincible, time rewind is nearly pointless since all Invincibles have the ability to throw time and space into disorder. It will only be slightly feasible when the Invincible in question is completely unprepared and too occupied with something more pressing.”

The elder had a look of regret. They had missed the chance to obtain such a valuable piece of information.

But Su Yu was unwilling to give up. He asked, “Silverwing, how did your big brother know that Invincible? You said that you have known your big brother for a hundred years. It is logical to assume that you have met the same Invincible as well.”

Silverwing hurriedly said, “Lord, I didn’t lie about this. I’ve never met any Invincible before or I would have died by now. As for my big brother, perhaps he has known that Invincible even before we met. A hundred years ago, my big brother was still a Cloudbreach while I was a Skysoar. At the time, he had just returned from the Allheaven Battlefield…”

“Hmm?” Su Yu asked, “What?”

“My big brother used to be in the military. I heard he was eventually dismissed after committing an offense.”

“Which army was he in?”

“I’m not sure. I asked, but he never told me about his past. He never even admitted to being ex-military. I only concluded that myself after observing some of his habits over the years.” “It might be an army of Great Jin or Great Tang. Once, he encountered a powerful opponent and was forced to use the Thunderbolt Fist. This is a high-tier profound art used in both Great Tang and Great Jin. Of course, it is possible that he had learned it somewhere else…but he looked very familiar with it, as though he had spent many years mastering this art.”

Su Yu frowned. Great Tang or Great Jin? So Goldwing was actually from the military? Chen Yong had also been killing a lot of military officials as of late. What did that signify?

“Military…”

It was likely that this unknown Invincible was someone stationed in the Allheaven Battlefield. That was how he met and recruited all these people.

A hundred years ago, Goldwing retired from the Allheaven Battlefield. Fifty years ago, Ye Batian was stabbed in the back.

Su Yu shook his head. Some information was still missing, but it was also true that they were slowly gathering more and more clues about that Invincible. This wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

The death of Goldwing signified that the Invincible might have felt threatened. Chen Yong had also been killing military officials non-stop recently. Furthermore, Ji Hong might have discovered something as well. It was only a matter of time before the identity of the traitor was revealed.

Even if they weren’t able to discover anything new from Goldwing, this incident was still enough to make the traitor feel even more threatened.

Su Yu exhaled deeply. Step by step, they were approaching that Invincible. Perhaps a few more provocations would be enough to make that Invincible do something.

“We need to investigate Goldwing’s background.” Su Yu looked at Silverwing and asked, “Do you have anything he left behind? Do you know his actual name? Don’t tell me his real name is Goldwing.”

“That…we have been calling each other our current names since our first meeting. But I think…he was surnamed Yu.”

Su Yu nodded. That was something he could use. Someone surnamed Yu who was a Cloudbreach one hundred years ago and an ex-military who might have been dismissed after committing an offense.

A Cloudbreach was no weakling. Records of such a person could probably be found somewhere. By investigating Goldwing’s past, he might be able to learn more. Also, he had not forgotten the blood he gathered earlier. When he was alone, he could also try to read some of Goldwing’s memories.

This Invincible must have left a rather strong impression on Goldwing. There was also a possibility that Goldwing had met this Invincible face-to-face before.