Tribulation of Myriad Races

Beside Xia Huyou, Huang Teng had a pale face as well. Then again, the two were actually much better off compared to many.

At the moment, a bloody figure was limping through the passage. The passage was much safer than the outside. When the fury of Old Zhou struck, many of her bones were broken. Ultimately, she had entered the passage to seek shelter against the calamity.

She was coughing blood with each step she took. When she saw the traces of blood on Su Yu’s mouth, she suddenly felt like her pain and suffering had faded away. After all, even the freak had been injured by the disaster.

“Was that you?” That was the first question she asked.

Su Yu denied, “No.”

That wasn’t him. It was Old Zhou. Why were they asking him the same question? Why were they treating him like some sort of villain?

Sigh.

Then, he manifested his blood character to remove all traces of blood from his body. He had to keep his white robes–no, he was still a wolf. Thus, he was not wearing any white robes this time. In fact, he was quite dissatisfied with his current fashion. He swore inwardly that after recovering his identity, he would put on his white robes again.

Suddenly, his left ear twitched.

When he opened all 360 of his acupoints, the cries started resounding in his head again. He hurriedly shut one of the acupoints to shut the voice out. This was annoying. This wouldn’t have happened before this. It had only started happening after the tempering of his ear.

Clearly, these cries had persisted for countless years. To hear them, one had to fulfill two requirements. Firstly, one had to open 360 acupoints. Secondly, one had to temper one’s ears here. Otherwise, it was unlikely that one would be able to hear these cries.

These were by no means easy requirements to meet. Things might look safe here, but if one were to step onto the platform cluelessly, one’s head would instantly burst apart. Furthermore, not everyone could temper their ears here.

After letting out a long breath, Su Yu said, “Let’s go. There’s nothing left here for us. Let’s check the other side.”

There was another ear to temper. When he was done, he would be left with only his mouth to temper. As for his belly button…there was no belly button on this level. How could one find a belly button on a face?

As for the One Hundred Openings, it was probably located near the entrance to the second level.

“So be it. I’ll temper the eight acupoints first. As for the belly button, it should be somewhere else if the entire mansion was forged out of a corpse. Either that or it’s hidden somewhere on this level.”

While deep in thought, Su Yu led the group out of the passage. The moment they stepped outside, they blanked out. They felt as though the world had moved on while they were inside the passage.

The Ear Sea was gone. That was no big deal. When they flew into the sky, they saw that the ground had cracked and numerous mountains had collapsed. It felt as though the entire Human Realm had collapsed. Previously, the first level was a beautiful place with verdant hills and limpid water. But all that was gone in the blink of an eye. The entire first level had been reduced to rubble.

The first level was supposed to be a boundlessly vast world. From the destruction around them, it wasn’t hard to imagine that the entire level had been subjected to the same fate.

Unbeknownst to Su Yu, most of the survivors were madly rushing toward the entrance to the second level. They were tired of this. None of the treasures mattered anymore. They couldn’t take it anymore.

First, the Ear Sea went mad and crushed dozens of people into dust.

Then, the entire Human Face World went mad. The Blood Plain, Ear Sea, Double Dragon Gorge, and Heavenly Pit had all gone wild. More than a hundred explorers had been instantly killed.

Originally, about a thousand people had entered the first level. Half of them had climbed to the second level. Out of the five to six hundred people left on the first level, Su Yu had killed two hundred of them. Next, the sudden disaster had killed half of the remaining survivors.

The Human Face World had always been the most crowded level of the mansion each opening. But now, less than two hundred people remained. And most of them were madly fleeing to the second level.

Nobody could afford to stay here anymore.

Run!

Things should be better on the second level, right?

After all, the first level had changed massively this time. Even while they were fleeing, the survivors were swearing nonstop. They hadn’t even gained much from the first level. It was only the second day, after all. Their seniors had promised them that there were countless benefits on the first level with minimal danger before this. Their seniors had claimed that here, the main danger came from the other explorers. But now, they had the urge to spit on the faces of their seniors.

What nonsense. Minimal danger? Most of the deaths so far had been caused by the natural disasters of the first level. So many were killed before they could even start fighting each other. How was this minimal danger?

Was this supposed to be a joke? According to their seniors, if they were careful around the other explorers and not too greedy, the first three levels would be easy to survive. That was absolute bullshit.

At the entrance to the second level, everyone was waiting with fear in their eyes. It didn’t matter if they were humans or members of other races. Nobody was interested in fighting each other.

“Leaving is our sole option. We can’t stay here anymore.”

Someone said with sorrow, “My race had obtained three slots after painstaking efforts. But before we could gain anything, two of us were dead.”

That was too sad. Nobody said anything. Everyone was feeling the same. Everyone had expected to spend about ten days on each of the first three levels. That would be the best usage of their time in here.

Alas, they were forced to flee the first level when it was only the second day. They couldn’t imagine staying here any longer.

However, not all of them were willing to give up so easily. Someone said, “Perhaps there is still hope—”

He was interrupted by a terrified yell from afar, “It’s here again! Run!”

Towering waves could be seen in the distance. This time, it was the second Ear Sea’s turn to go crazy.

Countless towering waves engulfed the world. Some of the people there were still hesitating about leaving, thinking that they might get lucky. However, any shred of hesitation vanished when they saw the waves.

Stop messing around.

Getting lucky? What nonsense.

The world had gone mad.

With their own eyes, they saw several desperate individuals crushed into nothingness by the waves.

Running was the right thing to do.

Run!

Nobody thought of getting lucky anymore. Running was the only thing left to do.

***

At the same time, on the second level.

The people on the second level had been curious about the sudden tremors that had spread over the second level earlier. However, nothing major happened apart from a tiny earthquake. Thus, they did not pay the matter much thought.

But out of nowhere, hundreds of people had arrived from the first level.

Before long, news of what happened spread everywhere. Countless people had died on the first level. Seas had vanished while mountains had collapsed. Apart from the survivors who had reached the second level, everyone else had most likely died.

The few survivors who were still left on the first level were probably trembling in fear right now. Over a thousand people had entered the first level. Less than six hundred had survived long enough to reach the second level.

Somewhere on the second level. A group of people had gathered there after hearing about the events on the first level. Among them were Wu Qi and Bai Feng. With an unsightly expression, Wu Qi said, “We did not manage to find Huang Teng and Xia Huyou on the first level. If Huang Teng is dead, so be it. But Xia Huyou can’t die!”

Qin Fang, who was standing not far away with his arm crossed and a spear hanging from his back, was left speechless. He said, “Huang Teng won’t die so easily. He probably went looking for Xia Huyou. The Xia Family had treated him well. Unlike you, he won’t run off after leaving Xia Huyou behind.”

Wu Qi shot back coldly, “Don’t even try to pick a fight with me. I was sent here to protect my sister, not Xia Huyou.”

She was speaking the truth. Her ancestor was the one who had assigned her that mission. Thus, she had left for the second level right after locating Wu Lan. In fact, she was planning to leave for the third level soon. There, they would be able to find the riversand needed for Wu Lan’s research. The Xia Family had not assigned her any mission regarding Xia Huyou.

It was likely that Huang Teng was the one assigned to protect Xia Huyou. Meanwhile, Bai Feng appeared completely disinterested in their conversation. He was staring into the distance with a deep frown.

Countless people had died on the first level.

Why was his adorable student the first person he recalled the moment he heard the news?

Had his student really entered?

But everyone had seen Su Yu in the ancient city outside the mansion. Even Bai Feng himself had been convinced that Su Yu wouldn’t enter.

However, the moment he heard about what happened on the first level, he couldn’t resist thinking that his adorable student was the culprit. At that thought, he sent Wu Lan a voice transmission, “Did you say that Su Yu planned to take your identity when you met him previously?”

Wu Lan replied, “Are you suspecting that he’s related to the changes on the first level? Don’t doubt yourself. It can only be him. Who else will do something like this? Who else will kill hundreds of people instantly? Who’s savage enough to do this? In the entirety of the Myriad Realms, he is the most savage of his generation. Don’t you know that?”

How odd. Why was Teacher Bai doubting that? Wu Lan couldn’t understand it. Why the doubt? Teacher Bai should be certain about it.

“But…but…they said that the deaths were caused by natural disasters…”

“Why had this not happened in the past?”

“…”

Bai Feng was left speechless. How was he supposed to know that?

“Are you saying that Su Yu is here?”

“Yes.”

Wu Lan said, “Let’s go to the third level.”

Everyone stared at her with surprise. She ignored them all. The freak was behind them. Since almost everyone on the first level was dead, he would be coming to the second level soon. He might not be aware that they were here. What if they ended up dying from one of his disasters? That would be unfortunate.

After all, each level was incomparably vast. Was he supposed to search each level before doing anything?

Based on the situation on the first level, he was clearly attacking indiscriminately. Wu Lan had no interest in ending up as the collateral damage of Su Yu’s rampage. The freak would probably stop killing indiscriminately on the third level. After all, he had been informed of their research on the third level. Thus, he would probably make an effort to search the place before going wild again, right?

With that in mind, Wu Lan started urging everyone to leave. As for Xia Huyou and Huang Teng, there was nothing to worry about. Perhaps they were living the life following behind Su Yu.

Wu Lan knew full well that Su Yu and Xia Huyou were fellow villains who had committed countless bad deeds together in Great Xia. They were very close.

Still confused, Bai Feng sent her another voice transmission, “But you saw Su Yu in the ancient city as well…”

Once again, Wu Lan glanced at Bai Feng with confusion. Why was he not understanding this? She replied, “Is an impostor so hard to find? It’s not like anyone can enter the city to investigate the impostor.”

“What joke is that? Who’s capable of impersonating someone like h–”

Suddenly, Bai Feng’s face turned stiff.

Who?

Bai Feng knew someone as fearless, shameless, and infuriating as Su Yu.

“Liu Hong.”

The look in Bai Feng’s eyes changed. Right! That bastard! Back then, Su Yu had visited the Liu City disguised as Liu Hong. Bai Feng had completely forgotten to ask Su Yu about Liu Hong. There must be a reason for Su Yu to suddenly use that disguise.

Clearly, Liu Hong would not appear anywhere else when he was using that identity. Understanding dawned on Bai Feng. Holy shit! The Su Yu in the ancient city was Liu Hong! Su Yu had really entered the mansion! He had entered right before the eyes of so many Invincibles!

No wonder the first level had turned into a slaughterhouse. Finally, Bai Feng was no longer confused. In fact, he started joining Wu Lan in urging the rest to leave, “Let’s go to the third level!”

His crazy student would be here soon. That crazy student might not bother to search the place before starting his indiscriminate slaughter. The third level would be safer since his crazy student was already aware that they would be there.

And thus, Bai Feng and Wu Lan worked together and started looking for the entrance to the third level without wasting any time. Both of them were well aware that a freak was coming.

***

At the same time. The first level.

After tempering his right ear, he sighed. Nobody. He had finally discovered that nobody was left on the first level. His Mark of Civilization hungered for more nourishment. Alas, he had not stumbled upon anyone after tempering his ears. Sigh. Did they all flee to the second level?

Were they dumb? He was almost done exploring the first level. He would leave after that. Wouldn’t that make the second level a more dangerous place for them?

“Sigh.”

He started lamenting their stupidity, “The people here are too stupid. They only need to hide away and I’ll leave. I won’t come back just to kill them. But instead, they had all fled to the second level. Isn’t that the same as buying a ticket to enter my book?”

Fine. Fine. He would climb the mansion one level at a time.