Tribulation of Myriad Races

Ye Hongyan did not give chase. She grabbed Liu Wenyan and flew in Uncle Liu’s direction while shouting, “Leave! Hurry!

Blood dripped down her lips even as she spoke. Clearly, her injuries were heavy. The devil who was fighting Uncle Liu previously had fled as well. Uncle Liu, who was also soaked in blood, joined the two and spoke while coughing blood, “General Ye, leave without me. I’ll watch the rear. The Liu Family…thank you for this favor!”

Right after saying that, he recalled yet again that the Liu Family was no more. Uncle Liu had the expression of someone ready to meet his death. His nephew must reach Nanyuan. There, his nephew would advance into the Sunmoon Realm, rise to the top yet again, and avenge their family.

Seeing the bad shape Uncle Liu was in, Liu Wenyan sighed inwardly. It would seem like he could no longer wait. He had to complete his advancement right here if they were to survive this journey.

In truth, he could advance anywhere. It wasn’t like he was really relying on the Culture Tomb to help with his advancement. He had held that thing in his hand many times in the past. It had never done anything for him.

He did not know too much about what the Xia Family was planning. But the presence of the Culture Tomb indicated that Su Yu was involved as well. After all, the Culture Tomb was supposed to be in Su Yu’s possession at the moment.

He did not know how it ended up in Great Xia. After all, he knew very well that Su Yu had been quite active in the Allheaven Battlefield as of late. Thus, it wasn’t possible that Su Yu was in the Human Realm. It was more likely that the Xia Family had visited him for the Culture Tomb.

“Uncle, we go together.”

Uncle Liu wanted to argue, but Liu Wenyan insisted, “We go together. Stop wasting time. More experts are coming.”

“Fine.”

The three wasted no time and resumed their journey.

After flying in silence for a while, Ye Hongyan suddenly roared and swung her sword. The sword was met with a fist, and the resulting clash created a massive explosion. The ground below them cracked as the shockwaves of the clash spread everywhere.

Yet another expert had appeared to stop them. This expert was a metallic man with a body of gold. He was an eighth-stage Sunmoon.

“Ye Hongyan, must you seek death?”

After soaring into the sky yet again, Ye Hongyan roared, “It’s you dao protectors again! You’re all courting death! This is the Human Realm, not the Allheaven Battlefield! Wu Ji will be here soon!”

“Are you talking about the reinforcement from Allheaven Prefecture?” The eighth-stage Sunmoon laughed, “Wu Ji and the others won’t be able to come. They need to stay put. I reckon the battle in the Allheaven Battlefield has started by now.”

Ye Hongyan was alarmed to hear that.

“A war just for the sake of killing Liu Wenyan?”

“No. Not a war.” The Sunmoon said, “We’re only testing the defenses of the human race. How is this a war? Those in the Allheaven Prefecture won’t be able to help you. They need to guard the realm entrance. Ye Hongyan, leave. I don’t wish to kill you. Niu Baidao seems to have reached the Pseudo Invincible Realm. I don’t want to become the target of a Pseudo Invincible because of you.”

Ye Hongyan ignored the offer. Instead, she grabbed Liu Wenyan and Uncle Liu before fleeing at top speed.

***

At the same time.

Su Yu arrived nearby with his entourage.

After spreading his senses around, he frowned, “There are so many Sunmoons here, including some who were previously at Nanyuan. Are all these people here to kill Liu Wenyan?”

Both the Xia Family and the Allheaven Prefecture did not have the manpower to spare.

As for the other prefectures, some lacked the ability to help while some were preoccupied with something else. For example, the Zhou brothers had left Great Zhou for their dao affirmation.

Their remaining experts had to remain in Great Zhou to keep the prefecture defended. Then again, it wasn’t like they would actually help even if they were still around. As a result, Liu Wenyan’s group was left without any reinforcements.

Su Yu frowned. Was this part of Wan Tiansheng’s plan or were they really incapable of assigning some people here? Even as Su Yu was thinking, he could see moons falling from the sky, including the moon from a seventh-stage Sunmoon.

Evidently, a battle had erupted. With a simple guess, he was able to ascertain who Liu Wenyan’s protector was. It would be none other than Ye Hongyan. But she was only a seventh-stage Sunmoon. She must have sustained some injuries herself in the process of killing a seventh-stage Sunmoon.

“Humanity…heh.” Su Yu sneered, “Even when the multiple character faction is being openly attacked in the Human Realm, help is nowhere to be seen. The human race is indeed declining. Where are all those Sunmoons from their so-called holy lands?”

First Profound said, “According to what we know, something is happening near the holy lands as well. The experts there won’t be able to leave. Looks like these people are determined to kill Liu Wenyan.”

Su Yu sneered, “True. Furthermore, it’s not like all humans want to see Liu Wenyan reach Nanyuan, either.”

First Profound asked, “What’s your plan?”

At that, the others looked at him as well. So what was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion going to do in this situation?

Su Yu said, “Why are all of you looking at me like that? We’ll watch the show first. No, scratch that. Let’s clear the small fries first. I can already smell the stench of those small fries. They were all hiding previously, but so many of them are spread all over this area. We’ll kill them all.”

White One asked, “Profound Nine, are we attacking the non-humans?”

“What about it?”

“Are we siding with Liu Wenyan here?”

White One couldn’t understand why. Was there a point in this? Liu Wenyan should be thankful they weren’t attacking him as well. Why must they go the extra mile and help him as well?

What was wrong with Profound Nine? What was he thinking?

Su Yu didn’t deign to answer the question. Instead, he sent a message straight to their superiors, “Eighth Elder, the First Divine Sect master and Ji Hong are nearby. If the First Divine Sect master is really Nan Wujiang, he might be here to save Liu Wenyan. Thus, it is unlikely that Liu Wenyan will die here. We might as well assassinate some of the experts here and frame the First Divine Sect master for it. This way, we can also reduce the competitors we might need to face over the ruin.”

“Are you sure he’s there?”

“Yes.” Su Yu said, “Those fools are throwing their lives away trying to kill Liu Wenyan here. We only need to enjoy the show and kill a few people while we’re at it. The First Divine Sect master will make a move eventually. At that time, he will take all the blame for us. If he doesn’t show up, I’ll have to trouble you, Eighth Elder. You might need to pretend to be him and make a move. Even if he’s not Nan Wujiang, we’ll make him Nan Wujiang.”

“But what if Liu Wenyan really manages to inherit the ruin after returning to Nanyuan?”

The eighth elder agreed that this was a good idea, but he was still worried about the ruin. But this was really a good plan. No matter what, the First Divine Sect master would be Liu Wenyan’s savior. At the same time, the eighth elder didn’t really want to see Liu Wenyan reach Nanyuan either.

Su Yu said, “We’ll proceed according to the plan first. If the First Divine Sect master doesn’t show up, Liu Wenyan’s life will be in our hands. At that time, we can kill everyone in the area before dealing with Liu Wenyan. Naturally, if the First Divine Sect master shows up, we won’t have to show our hand.”

“Fine.”

“In that case, may I trouble you to issue the order? People like White One are terrible when it comes to doing business. Without any investment, how are you supposed to profit?”

The eighth elder laughed, “Be lenient with them. They’re all enforcers, so it’s understandable that they’re bad at this. You wouldn’t have been able to take the lead in Great Xia otherwise, right?”

“True.”

Shortly after, the eighth elder’s order arrived, “Follow Profound Nine’s lead.”

At that, Su Yu snorted at the others and said, “I don’t want to see anyone questioning my decision again in the future.”

The others were alarmed. This was especially true White One. He hurriedly answered, “Yes!”

“Let’s move. Titanic Strength, take five people with you. Earthfire, take five people as well. The rest will come with me and First Profound Elder. We will move in three groups and assassinate all Sunmoons in the area.”

“Assassinate?”

They were rendered quite speechless. How was this an assassination? They had so many Sunmoons here. The battle between them would create a lot of noise and activity.

Assassination? More like a brawl.

Su Yu ignored their reactions and gestured at First Profound. Then, they vanished. Helpless, Titanic Strength and Earthfire could only do as told and left with their people as well.

***

In Su Yu’s hand was a paper crane. This was what he was using to track the index copy.

“All these people are probably carrying index copies on them. We’ll try to end this as speedily as possible. Kill anyone you see.”

Hearing Su Yu’s order, First Profound asked through voice transmission, “What about the humans?”

“Kill.”

Su Yu snorted coldly. If he could sense the bitter battle Liu Wenyan’s group ws in from so far away, those humans should have sensed the same as well. And if they weren’t helping, it was clear they were here harboring evil designs. In that case, there was no need to refrain from killing them.

First Profound said nothing else.

Noticing First Profound’s reaction, Su Yu was more and more sure that First Profound was a human as well. But he might not be an ally of the multiple character faction. Or to be precise, he had been away from the Human Realm for so long that he was completely unaware that a split had appeared between the multiple character faction and many other human factions.

***

A short while later.

The paper crane stopped moving. Without saying anything, Su Yu threw a punch.

Instantly, a Sunmoon appeared out of thin air. Alarmed, the Sunmoon asked, “What is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion doing here?”

“Kill.”

With that order, all the Sunmoons with him attacked. All sorts of attacks were unleashed. Their opponent was merely a third-stage Sunmoon. This was an overkill.

Rumble!

Cracks appeared all over the Sunmoon’s body as all those attacks hit him. The damage forced him to return to his original form, an alligator before he exploded into chunks of flesh. Even right before his death, he couldn’t understand what was happening.

Had they gone mad? The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had gone mad! They were attacking everyone! Were they not afraid of making an enemy out of the myriad races?

“This has nothing to do with us. It’s the First Divine Sect master.”

A moon fell from the sky. Almost at the same time, a second moon fell from the sky somewhere further away. And this was followed by a third falling moon. This was a day the masses would not forget anytime soon. Including those killed by Ye Hongyan, a total of five Sunmoons had perished thus far.

***

The eighth-stage Sunmoon who was in the middle of pursuing Liu Wenyan’s group was alarmed.

He roared in fury, “Who is this?”

What was going on? Several moons had fallen from the sky all of a sudden. Clearly, several Sunmoons had been killed. Who were the killers? All the people here were here to kill Liu Wenyan. Even if some might have personal grudges against each other, they would put it aside and prioritize the task at hand. Furthermore, the moons had fallen at three separate locations.

And they had fallen at almost the same time. Thus, at least three experts were killing all these people separately. Even early-stage Sunmoons shouldn’t have died so easily unless the opponent was a late-stage Sunmoon. Where did all these late-stage Sunmoons come from?

Liu Wenyan’s group was greatly astonished.

Ye Hongyan asked, “Are the reinforcements here?”

She was suffering from grave injuries, but she was still overjoyed at the thought of help. However, Liu Wenyan frowned and said, “Martial Grandaunt, keep moving. We don’t know if these newcomers are here to help us. To instantly kill three Sunmoons, at least three late-stage Sunmoons are needed. If they are really here to help, they should have approached us instead of splitting up to kill those Sunmoons.”

Alarmed, Ye Hongyan picked up the pace. True. These unknown newcomers might not necessarily be here to help them. Just one more late-stage Sunmoon was probably enough to block their escape and kill them all. And three late-stage Sunmoons had arrived.

Right at that moment, yet another moon fell from the sky.

This time, a miserable wail accompanied the falling moon, “It’s the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion! They’re tracking through the index copies!”

Those were the final words of a dying expert.

Immediately after, Profound Nine’s voice rang out, “Do not fall for that lie. It’s the First Divine Sect master. He’s Nan Wujiang. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is in pursuit of him. Nan Wujiang, are you trying to throw us off by causing more chaos?”

Boom!

Next, a terrifying scene appeared in the sky. Three late-stage Sunmoons were fighting an illusory figure. That illusory seemed incomparably powerful. Additionally, there were dozens of Sunmoons surrounding them.

At this time, Profound Nine roared again, “Come and help! Nan Wujiang is here to save Liu Wenyan and kill the rest of you!”

The numerous Sunmoons were both alarmed and confused. Just…what should they believe?

***

At the same time.

The First Divine Sect master, who was moving through the void with Ji Hong in tow, blanked out. Him? The killer of those Sunmoons? That…wasn’t that the eighth elder from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion?

He was stunned. Was this…an attempt to frame him? Sure, he had indeed been thinking of interfering, but…wasn’t it a tad too rude of the pavilion to blame him for something he didn’t do?