Tribulation of Myriad Races

Before long, Dao King returned with an unsightly expression.

An extremely unsightly expression.

He had been ripped off yet again. Everyone had marked up the price due to the urgency of the matter. The price had increased by three times. One could say that Dao King had fully emptied his accumulated wealth this time.

Yes, he had lived a long life. But he had his expenses. He needed to cultivate, support his family, and raise his juniors. Even so, he had accumulated a decent amount of wealth. And all that was gone.

He had nothing left. No, he was left with one carrier treasure. That was all. Of the ten slots, he would take five for himself. Including his eight original slots, he had thirteen slots. And he only needed one more carrier treasure.

If he could get one carrier treasure out of the thirteen slots, he would be satisfied. Additionally, he would also send more people through the special entrance.

After tossing ten tokens to Dao King, Liu Hong smiled and said, “Don’t be mad, Dao King. Remember that you survived Lord Grand Dream. You should rejoice in that. In the future, you can brag that you have survived a battle with a Pseudo Emperor. That’s a feat that will be etched into the annals of history. Be proud.”

“…”

“Hahaha!”

Some Invincibles roared with laughter.

Even Great Xia King was laughing. He said, “True. You fought a Pseudo Emperor alone and survived the fight. Dao King, this is something you can brag about for the rest of your life.”

With a frosty expression, Dao King returned to the immortal encampment silently. He seethed with fury.

Suddenly, he looked at Liu Hong and asked, “Mayor Su, are you not entering the Luminous Domain Mansion?”

Liu Hong laughed in amusement, “Do I look that stupid? Why should I enter when all of you are waiting to kill me? I’m rich. Nineleaf skylotus? Carrier treasures? I have plenty. Out here, you’re a bug. In there…well, you guys will probably go mad trying to kill me. Am I right, Dao King?”

“Look what happened today? Nine Invincibles tried to kill me. What happened? You received the beating of your life. Things would reverse in the Luminous Domain Mansion. It is important to know when to stop, you know? I’m not going.”

Looking around mockingly, Liu Hong said, “Brother Mo Duona, Brother Wushuang, I’ll be troubling you this time.”

“…”

Zhan Wushuang and Mo Duona stared at him with a frown. What the fuck? Liu Hong did not say more. Instead, he glanced at the five elemental encampment, paused slightly at Topsoil Spirit, before hurriedly looking away.

Not many people noticed that, but some did.

Someone sent a voice transmission, “Keep an eye on Topsoil Spirit!”

That was one of Su Yu’s past stolen identities. Was there a meaning behind that glance? Why did he look at Topsoil Spirit?

***

Divine encampment.

The eye in the white-haired divine king’s hand had not been destroyed. Abruptly, it gazed toward Topsoil Spirit.

At the exact moment, the five Invincibles in the five elemental encampment looked at the white-haired divine king. The Invincible from the earth elemental race said, “Divine King Tianjue, this isn’t a good idea.”

Why was that person prying upon a young genius of their race? Topsoil Spirit was the hope of their race. What was the divine race planning? The white-haired divine king said nothing, but inwardly, he was still feeling doubtful.

***

Finally, Liu Hong landed on the ground again.

He smiled, hoping that some people would notice that final glance he gave Topsoil Spirit. That bastard had been looking for him everywhere after being scammed by him. And that was no pushover.

This would be a good opportunity to get rid of that fellow through the hands of others. He didn’t need to say much. A single glance was enough. As for whether anyone would understand the meaning of his glance…well, he could only hope that there were some smart people out there. Why couldn’t Su Yu disguise himself as Topsoil Spirit again?

Sure, there was a Su Yu in the ancient city. But it would be perfectly logical for Su Yu to try some other tricks, right? Liu Hong sank into thought. In truth, he was very curious about Su Yu’s actual disguise.

Whose identity did Su Yu steal this time? He would most certainly enter the mansion. But who would he enter as? Not even Liu Hong had an answer for that question. Or perhaps Su Yu would disguise himself as a random nobody and enter through the special entrance?

Liu Hong looked at his storage ring with satisfaction. It was stuffed full with treasures.

Then, he looked at Old Man Bai and said, “Senior, you are quite heavily injured. More battles might erupt after this. Your efforts will still be required. Please accept this celestial devil fruit from me.”

At that, he delivered a celestial devil fruit to the old man in the mayor’s residence.

The old man looked at him wordlessly. Liu Hong said, “This is something Su Yu would have done. You must accept it. You need to recover from your injuries. Your strength is required for our future troubles. More people might try to test us even after the mansion opens. Please don’t reject this gift, Senior.”

After thinking about it, Old Man Bai nodded. Liu Hong was right. He accepted the fruit and swallowed it.

Worthy of being an incomparably valuable treasure, his rotting flesh started regrowing right after swallowing the fruit.

With a smile, Liu Hong entered the inner hall and placed the remaining treasures on the floor respectfully before saying, “Lord, these belong to Su Yu. May I trouble you to keep watch over them? I won’t be keeping them lest it displeases Su Yu.”

Grandstar was quite surprised. He nodded. Liu Hong was quite a tactful one. With the same smile on his face, Liu Hong watched as the storage ring with all the treasures vanished from the floor. He did not seem to care. Naturally, he kept his mind blank since he was in the presence of Grandstar.

***

Outside the ancient city.

Things had calmed down significantly.

Even the mayor races had stopped acting as arrogantly as before.

Time passed. Suddenly, a black hole appeared in front of the large gate.

An Invincible said, “It’s opening. The black hole is the entrance. Wait. Wait until there are 3,260 black holes before entering. The special entrance will appear at the very end. A total of 360 individuals can enter through the special entrance.”

***

At the same time.

Once again, Langtu explained to the minor race members around him, “With the appearance of these black holes, the mansion is officially opening up. Perhaps the massive battle earlier has triggered the mansion to open earlier. Nine levels of black holes will appear facing the north, south, east, and west. A total of 3,260 will appear. These are the safe entrances. Unfortunately, we have no hope of entering through these entrances. We can only place our hope on the special entrance. At that time, countless experts will try to go through the special entrance. Even those from the major races will be trying. Be careful when you encounter these experts.”

The fish beside Su Yu asked, “Lord Wolf, won’t we die instantly if we encounter a Sunmoon or even an Invincible?”

“Things won’t get that bad.” Langtu explained, “There’s a reason for these entrances to be called the special entrance. After entering, you will be transported to a random location. If you’re lucky enough, you might be sent straight inside the mansion. If you’re unlucky, you will encounter some strong enemies. To enter, you will need to defeat those enemies. And if your luck is worst than that…you will encounter the experts entering through the safe entrance. Generally, those using the special entrances won’t encounter those experts. Instead, they will encounter each other. This is the mansion’s way of ensuring that things won’t be too hopeless for people like us.”

Someone sighed, “What a pity that we have no ancient city medallions. Someone told me that with these medallions, you can form a connection with the entrance and enter directly without risking an encounter with anyone before you’re even in the mansion.”

Langtu said, “These ancient city medallions are very valuable. It won’t be easy to get one. In any case, these tokens aren’t omnipotent. You never know if the medallions will also guide you toward powerful opponents and make things even more dangerous for you.”

Su Yu listened silently. He knew some of this information, but some was unknown to him before this. Sure enough, even the weak had their ways. They were also capable of providing some important information.

He looked at the white door. One black hole after another was appearing. At this rate, the special entrance would appear after a few days.

“Speaking of, what if the special entrance refuses to let me through?”

A completely random thought surfaced in Su Yu’s mind. In that case, wouldn’t all his previous efforts go to waste? This was troublesome.

Whatever. If he couldn’t enter, he would take this chance to collect more corpses elsewhere instead. After all, all the Invincibles were too busy watching over the mansion to pay much attention elsewhere.