Tribulation of Myriad Races

Great Zhou King gave Su Yu a long look before answering, “That was merely a hypothetical question. My apologies for wasting your time, Mayor Su.”

Su Yu laughed, “Looks like you don’t like my answer. It doesn’t matter. I don’t intend to be a human king anyway. It is a tiresome and thankless job. I am Su Yu of the holy cities. In the holy cities, my words are the law. That is enough for me.”

While roaring with laughter, Su Yu soared into the sky and returned to his throne. Then, he spoke again, his voice reverberating in the area, “Everyone, time to get on with business. As for the quarrel between the children, just ignore them. If you find them annoying, just stomp them down. Why are all of you looking at me like that? Do you find the act of stepping on a bug so interesting?”

Those words provoked various expressions from the Invincibles. Some vanished with odd expressions, while some vanished while laughing.

Before long, only Su Yu was left in the sky. Regardless of the expressions the young geniuses below were showing, he flashed them a big smile and said, “It doesn’t matter what you feel. If you’re weaker, learn to bend over in front of me. I don’t care if you’re a human or not. I am no longer someone the likes of you can discuss lightly. If you try to use me as your chess piece again, not even your fathers or ancestors can stop me from killing you. If you doubt my words, feel free to try me.

“Zhan Wushuang? Mo Duona? Qin Fang? Huang Teng? You’re bugs. Act like it. That was how I used to act before your fathers and ancestors. If you are weak, you bow. It’s that simple.”

Having said that, he picked a nice spot on the island and drove his cities down, smashing the palace that was already there apart. A furious Invincible flew out and roared, “Su Yu, what are you doing?”

“Mystic Armor King, just go elsewhere. You should know better than to get in the way of the holy cities. Try something stupid and I swear the mystic armor race will not be able to take even a step into the Allheaven Battlefield anymore.”

The Mystic Armor King was so furious his white armor turned red.

Su Yu continued, “Back then, your people tried to kill me. I was generous enough not to do anything about that. But if you continue glaring at me, I suppose the mystic armor race is tired of existing.”

“…”

Mystic Armor King was furious, but he could do nothing except leave with the other mystic armor experts.

As for the other races, some frowned with displeasure, some remained indifferent, and some smiled without meaning it. One of them said, “Mayor Su, you shouldn’t be causing trouble right after arriving. It is better for everyone to coexist peacefully here.”

Seated lazily on his throne, Su Yu replied, “Dao King, I advise you to hand over the head of your grandson, Dao Cheng, to me. Otherwise, those from your line will remain my sworn enemies until the day I die. I won’t stop killing your people before all of you are dead.”

Dao King narrowed his eyes.

Su Yu smiled, “Don’t look at me like that. I’m a dying man. I don’t care what you feel about me. You better pray that I’ll be willing to go silently when it’s my time to die. Otherwise…I’ll show you the true meaning of the final madness in life. If that day does arrive, please open your eyes wide and enjoy the show. It will be quite spectacular, I believe.”

“…”

The various Invincibles didn’t know what to say.

Was this real?

Was he really dying?

But someone like him would be the scariest and craziest enemy to have when he was dying. If he decided to go completely crazy with his ancient cities before dying…the result would be too horrible to contemplate.

The white-haired divine king said, “Su Yu, did you enslave the guardians? I doubt you can order them around.”

Su Yu said, “Yes. I know that. Thus, I’ll learn from He Tu. Do you know He Tu? I will open new death tunnels. I will lead the death sovereigns out. The guardians will be forced to leave as well. I will try my best to get as many realms wiped out before I die. Those souls will all accompany me in the afterlife. As for who my targets will be…well, I guess it will depend on your luck.”

“…”

Silence descended.

Even the white-haired divine king looked thoughtful as he asked, “You know He Tu?”

Su Yu laughed, “What question is this? Of course I know him. You lot must have suffered a lot because of him back then. With him as an example, I believe I can do better. Just imagine the sight of sixty or maybe seventy Invincibles battling it out across the Myriad Realms. What a spectacular show it would be. Perhaps even the Pseudo Emperors would be forced to fight. Look forward to my death, my friends. Hahahaha!”

He was akin to a mad devil king. An even more devilish devil than the devils themselves.

All the Invincibles frowned at his words.

Dao King asked, “Guardian Grandstar, are the guardians letting this happen?”

Grandstar replied, “He’s only talking about it. He has yet to do anything. We will naturally do our job when it happens, just like how we did our job against He Tu all those years ago.”

All of them cursed inwardly. It would be too late by then!

Back then, the guardians had not acted right after He Tu started his madness. Rather, death spirits were starting to spread all over the Myriad Realms by the time the guardians did something.

During that incident, a large number of Invincibles had perished. Some major races and ancient races were aware of that event, but very few humans were aware of that. In fact, some of the minor race Invincibles present had no idea who He Tu was.

***

Inside the human palace.

Qin Zhen asked through voice transmission, “Uncle Zhou, who’s He Tu?”

“A madman.”

Great Zhou King seemed to know the ancient story. He said, “A madman who had opened a death tunnel and led dozens of death sovereigns out in a war against the Myriad Realms. He wanted to welcome Pseudo Emperor death spirits into the world of the living. He wanted to conquer the Divine and Devil Realms. That crossed the line of the guardians. Ultimately, he was killed, but not before dozens of Eternals died. Thousands of Sunmoons died during that disaster. This happened a long time in the past. In fact, it happened in a completely different era.”

Qin Zhen inhaled in shock. He asked, “Uncle Zhou, has Su Yu really gone mad?”

He felt like Su Yu had changed completely from what he remembered. When he last saw Su Yu in Great Ming, Su Yu was still relatively normal. But now, he felt even more devilish than the devils themselves.

Great Zhou King laughed before saying, “I suspect…your father loves his kind. Do you remember my question earlier? The question came from your father.”

“Hmm?”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s just a question. I can understand why your father would consider that. Perhaps…Su Yu’s idea is what your father truly believes in.”

“Impossible!”

Qin Zhen shook his head. His father might look cold, but he was actually very kind and benevolent. There was no way his father would agree with Su Yu. Great Zhou King merely smiled instead of saying more. Was that really the truth?

Perhaps…Great Qin King wanted someone to do what he couldn’t do. Of course, not all Invincibles would share Great Qin King’s opinion. Perhaps not even Su Yu himself would agree. Would he still be willing to return to the Human Realm? He was right. His words were law in the holy cities.

As long as the guardian said nothing, the other mayors would not dare to go against him. As for the normal residents, they were completely powerless before him. Why would Su Yu abandon all that and return to the Human Realm? Why would he want all the chains that would be wrapped around him if he returned?

***

At the same time.

The other humans were looking at the ancient city with complicated emotions.

Domineering.

And ferocious.

The two humans had been crippled by Su Yu’s kick. Someone from the myriad races had also been crippled. Someone had even been killed. Where was the so-called ban on violence? Su Yu was completely fine even after killing someone.

Did anyone say something about it?

Who would say something about it?

With three stone statues and ancient cities behind him, nobody dared to say anything. He smashed Mystic Armor King’s palace and occupied the spot. What did the Mystic Armor King do about that? Nothing.

Among the crowd, Xia Huyou smiled. Huang Teng and the others were standing beside him. Suddenly, he sent them a voice transmission, “This guy is truly ferocious. You better not provoke him. Some people are dumb. They believe that since Su Yu is a human, they can count on his backing when they need it and ignore him when they don’t need him. If you ask me, all of you should abandon such thoughts. When that guy goes completely crazy, he is willing to go as far as unleashing slaughter in the Human Realm itself.”

With Su Yu becoming the leader of the ancient cities, it was natural that some humans would think of making use of him. Some were even looking forward to receiving the help of the thirty-six ancient cities and the Pseudo Emperor when they were in danger. After the assistance, they would happily abandon Su Yu.

Some were even thinking of forcing him to contribute his method of controlling the ancient cities to humanity. However, the events of today had dashed all their hopes and dreams.

Nope. None of that would happen.

He was unwilling to tolerate even someone badmouthing him. Would he happily fight for them? He had crippled two of his fellow humans for badmouthing him in front of Great Zhou King. And that was him holding back. Could they really take advantage of someone like that?

When Great Zhou King asked him what he would do as king, his answer could essentially be concluded as kill. Once again, they were all reminded of how brutal he was. Back when he first left Great Xia, he had nearly wiped the single character faction clean.

They were reminded that he wasn’t that much different from Wan Tiansheng. Perhaps he was even more brutal than Wan Tiansheng. If they had to rely on someone, they were better off relying on Wan Tiansheng. Even Wan Tiansheng might be nicer than him.

All the envy and hatred the young human geniuses felt had vanished at the realization that in Su Yu’s eyes, they were mere bugs. For him, there was no difference between them and the myriad races.

He would not hold back if he felt like killing them. He would not care if they were humans.

***

News of what transpired on the island spread everywhere.

Eastrift Valley.

After hearing about the latest incident, an Invincible protested furiously, “Su Yu crossed a line. Those were mere careless words of some juniors. How could he cripple two young geniuses for something like that?”

Great Qin King said in a tired voice, ‘Enough. I told you. He’s no longer Su Yu of humanity. He is now Su Yu of the ancient cities. Stop your unrealistic illusions about him. Must you force him to unleash all his anger on humanity before he dies?”

Slowly, anger seeped into his voice as he continued, “Let me repeat myself one more time. Do not cause trouble for me. Do not cause trouble for humanity. Keep your juniors in line. Control your juniors. Do not speak such worthless words anymore. Do not say something stupid like Su Yu got lucky anymore. I do not want to see a war between humanity and the Ancient City Alliance. If you persist, leave humanity. I don’t want to act against one of our own, but that does not mean I will tolerate your stupidity forever.”

Nobody said anything. They could see that Great Qin King was furious.

He snorted coldly and continued, “Perhaps…Su Yu is right. First, kill a few Eternals as an offering to the banner of humanity. Then, slaughter a few prefectures to shut everyone up. I do not need your admiration. I only need your cooperation. Perhaps…humanity will be better off that way.”

The expressions of the surrounding Invincibles changed drastically. What did Great Qin King mean by that?