Tribulation of Myriad Races

While Su Yu was conversing with the other minor race members.

Liu Hong was acting up again. With a smile, he said, “This time, the holy cities do not require that many slots. Out of the fifty we have, we’re using only forty. Brother Dao King and White Hair, you’re probably in need of more slots after losing your tri-life bodies, right? Do you have enough carrier treasures to recover? There are many in the mansion. Why don’t you buy ten of my slots?”

Was that bastard trying to sell his slots? Yes, those slots were still empty. But that did not mean that he was selling them. Was this bastard trying to sell his slots? Then again, if these slots could enable Dao King and the others to enter…perhaps…he could kill more in the mansion. This…wasn’t a bad idea at all.

However, Liu Hong must be dreaming if he thought he could get the money from the sale. Su Yu swore inwardly. Liu Hong was truly brazen. How did he come up with this idea?

This was the perfect timing for that. Several Invincibles had just lost their tri-life bodies. Without sufficient carrier treasures, they would have no choice but to enter the mansion to look for more. Carrier treasures were simply too rare outside the mansion. This would be the best time to sell some slots at a markup.

Dao King and the others were furious upon hearing that. They all glared at Liu Hong.

Lounging in his throne, Liu Hong smiled and said, “Why are you looking at me? I’m offering you an opportunity here. Do you not want to rebuild your tri-life bodies? Must you seek death?”

Dao King coldly said, “Su Yu, name your price.”

Liu Hong said, “With ten slots, you will be able to send ten more people in there. This is enough to perhaps get you three or even five carrier treasures. Of course, those people must be strong enough for that. Maybe you should consider entering personally instead. Don’t worry, they’re cheap. Due to my injuries, I’ll be needing ten celestial devil fruits, a hundred five elemental fruits, and three hundred hallow source qi fruits for these slots. Isn’t this a cheap price?”

Clearly, he was ripping them off. Celestial devil fruits were usually sold for sixty drops of Sunmoon blood essence each. The five elemental fruits and hallow source qi fruits were not cheap either. Together, these fruits were worth more than a thousand drops of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence.

Was this an expensive price for ten slots? Not really. But it was absolutely not cheap.

Dao King’s eyes flickered as he considered the offer. The immortals had received six hundred slots for this opening. However, he had only received eight of them. This wasn’t surprising since there were too many immortal kings and Sunmoons in the immortal race. Tiangu had also taken a large chunk of the slots.

Eight was actually a considerable number. But would that be enough? If he needed more, he could only send some people through the special entrance. However, very few people would make it through. And now, he could get ten more slots. With each additional person he sent inside, the chances of him receiving new carrier treasures would increase.

He needed two carrier treasures to make a full recovery. He was different from the white-haired divine king. The white-haired divine king had only lost his present body. Recovery would be hard, but carrier treasures were not required.

Meanwhile, Dao King needed carrier treasures to even attempt a recovery. He only had one. He needed one more.

He hesitated as the price was too high. Suddenly, the immortal king who had lost a tri-life body to Empyrean Cloud said, “Buy them, Dao King. We’ll share the cost.”

He was in need of carrier treasures as well. Unlike Dao King, he had only received six slots. Thus, he had to accept Liu Hong’s offer. He had not intended to send his son, a ninth-stage Sunmoon, into the mansion. But that was no longer an option. His son had to enter as well. Strength was important for both locating and snatching carrier treasures. If he did not recover soon, other immortal kings might start coveting his territory in the Immortal Realm.

Dao King sank into thought. The cost would be much more acceptable if shared.

Before anyone else could say anything, he agreed, “Deal. I’ll take your offer.”

Nobody was surprised by his decision. The immortals were very long-lived. Thus, they were also very wealthy. Even so, the price Liu Hong quoted was probably enough to reduce Dao King’s wealth greatly.

With a grin, Liu Hong said, “Your wisdom impresses me, Dao King. I hope you can live a long life. It would be too sad for you to die after spending so much to buy these slots.”

Like Su Yu, he had a venomous tongue. He continued, “Then again, it would be even sadder to die before getting the chance to spend your money. Think about it. If you were to die now, you would have no regrets since you have spent all your money before dying.”

“…”

Dao King had a frosty expression, but he did not bother to argue. He was now sure that this was Su Yu. Nobody else would be so brazen. Nobody else would have such a venomous tongue.

Liu Hong laughed and said, “Let’s complete the trade. I’m very particular when it comes to trade. Pay first. Don’t worry, I’ll honor the deal. With so many people serving as witnesses, I won’t do anything to ruin my reputation.”

Dao King said, “I don’t have all those things on me. But I can replace what I lack with other treasures of equal value.”

Liu Hong said, “No, that’s not acceptable. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is here. The five elemental race is here. The devil race is here as well. Buy from them before dealing with me. Otherwise, forget it. How can I be sure that your so-called treasures are really worth that much? I’m too busy to verify their value one by one.”

Dao King swore inwardly. Wasn’t this the same as giving others the chance to rip him off as well? Unsurprisingly, those from the five elemental race, devil race, and the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion smiled at him.

What a good idea. They all knew Dao King as a wealthy person. After all, Dao King had lived a long life. Ordinarily, he was quite stingy. This was a good chance to get some of his treasures.

Dao King inhaled deeply and said, “Fine. I agree. Su Yu, I hope you stay in your ancient city forever.”

He would kill Su Yu the moment Su Yu stepped out of the ancient city.

Liu Hong said, “Sigh. Look at you. Why are you being so childish? You might as well tell me you’ll go crying to your daddy and get him to kill me when I leave the city. Dao King, at your age, learn to calm down. More than half of you are dead. Why are you still so cocky?”

“…”

Dao King roared inwardly that Su Yu was the one being cocky here. In fact, many people agreed with that. Just look at how he had humiliated an Invincible. If Dao King’s mental strength wasn’t strong enough, he would have died from sheer anger from those words.

Liu Hong continued grinning. What was there to fear? He wasn’t the real Su Yu. It wasn’t like Dao King knew who he was. In any case, the real Su Yu was not afraid of anything. This wouldn’t matter.

He had to admit that this felt amazing. In fact, this felt so good that he was starting to feel reluctant to part with this identity. It sure felt great to be Su Yu. He could insult even Invincibles. This was the power of a good backer.

So what if Dao King was furious? What could he do? Su Yu was backed by many Invincibles. There were even Pseudo Emperors standing behind him. What was there to fear?

***

Far away, Su Yu watched Liu Hong’s performance in silence.

Not bad at all.

This would milk Dao King dry. Then, he could kill all of Dao King’s representatives in the mansion. At that point, Dao King would probably start coughing blood from anger alone. It would be a massive loss for him.

More importantly, why was Liu Hong gathering so many treasures? Was he saving them for his nine transformations? Just because those treasures were no longer anything special to Su Yu did not mean that they weren’t special for anyone else. A single five elemental fruit was something a minor race Cloudbreach couldn’t afford even after a lifetime of hardwork.

As for the celestial devil fruit…it was so rare even the minor race Sunmoons couldn’t get one.

Su Yu thought of something else. All those treasures were his. He couldn’t let Liu Hong get them. He had forgotten to mention this before leaving. Grandstar was too much of a big shot to care about those treasures. This was not acceptable.

Unfortunately, there were too many experts in the area for Su Yu to risk contacting Grandstar.

“There’s no rush. He won’t be able to escape anytime soon. And he won’t even be able to finish using all these treasures. I’ll find a chance to contact Grandstar later through the mayor’s medallion.”

It was no big deal. He decided to let Liu Hong go ahead with the deal.

Of the forty slots they were using, thirty-four were split among the various ancient cities while five went to the five demonic beasts. That was it. The remaining slot had been given to Commander Tian Men of Heavendoom City. He wondered if the commander would go. He wasn’t too close to that commander, but the commander had advised him out of kindness several times during his time in Heavendoom City.

Su Yu did not intend to let Senior Wang enter the mansion as that might spell Senior Wang’s death. Too many people were targeting humanity this time. Someone working directly for Su Yu like Senior Wang was unlikely to survive.

As for the five demonic beasts, he had warned them of the risks. They could decide for themselves whether they wanted to go. Thus, he had more than enough slots to use.

As for those in Liu City, there was no need for him to worry about them. They had received a decent number of slots from the human race. It was unknown if this was due to Nan Wujiang or Great Xia.

Just then, Heavendoom’s voice rang out, “Su Yu, why are you wasting your time with these stupid deals? When are you becoming my mayor?”

Liu Hong blanked out momentarily before replying with a smile, “Soon, Lord. I’ll be there after recovering and becoming a Mountainsea. Don’t worry. The next time something like this happens, you’ll be able to fight to your heart’s content!”

That was a big shot as well. He didn’t want to provoke someone like that for no reason. In any case, he was making this promise for Su Yu. It was no big deal. His sole job here was to keep up the act. Nothing else mattered.

“That’s more like it!”

Heavendoom snorted. He knew this wasn’t Su Yu. Yes. He knew. So? He still wanted a promise. That was a promise made under so many eyes. Even if it wasn’t Su Yu, the real Su Yu would need to accept the debt. Otherwise, he would let Su Yu have a taste of his staff.