Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Down with you!”

With a roar, Su Yu threw another punch. With a rumble, the Invincible projection collapsed. The drop of blood essence went still. The tiny bit of sentience left in it had been fully eliminated.

Su Yu exhaled in relief. Even in such a state, this drop of blood essence was still incredibly powerful. He wasted no time and had his Sunmoon beasts surround the blood essence before dragging it into the book.

Then, he wiped the nonexistent sweat on his head. That was quite a tough battle. What a surprise. He had nearly suffered a defeat. Fortunately, he was smart enough to kill the immortal before doing anything. If the immortal was given the time to activate the blood essence, things could get far more troublesome.

How terrifying.

A single drop of blood essence from an Invincible had nearly defeated him. Su Yu gnashed his teeth in annoyance. How embarrassing. Was he so weak?

Just then, Xia Huyou and the others flew over. All of them were looking at him with a bizarre expression. At this point, Huang Teng had fully accepted Su Yu’s authority. He said, “That blood essence…came from a living Invincible!”

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “What else could it be? The blood essence of a dead person won’t be so scary. I have some blood essence of dead Invincibles on me. I know.”

“…”

Huang Teng opened his mouth again, but he couldn’t think of anything to say. He had some Invincible blood essence!

Xia Huyou was greatly shocked as well. He exclaimed, “You have…some on you?”

Su Yu replied, “What? Can’t I have any? Back then, several Invincibles died in the Human Realm. Prefect Zhu killed a few of them. One of them left a drop of blood essence behind before dying. Even with him dead, his blood essence is still very powerful. I have yet to put it to use.”

There was no point in hiding that fact since they had witnessed him collecting his second drop of Invincible blood essence. If they were already aware of his Mark of Civilization, what was the big deal of letting them know about the blood essence?

Now, he had two drops of Invincible blood essence. Of course, each drop came from a different race.

One came from the divine race. Or to be precise, it was the blood essence of Divine King Huoji.”

“Blood essence of an immortal Invincible…”

Su Yu muttered to himself. He recalled that Zhu Tiandao had the corpse of an immortal king. Should he trade for that corpse? Perhaps he could trade Huoji’s blood essence for the corpse?

It was only a matter of time before he started using Invincible blood essence. He would require a drop to activate the Invincible page in his golden book. However, there was no need for him to activate the cultivation methods on the page since he already knew the cultivation methods of the immortals. But he required another drop if he wanted to harness the power of an Invincible.

But soon, he set the matter aside. For now, he had to focus on the mansion. Perhaps he would gain even more from the mansion.

Xia Huyou hurriedly said, “That’s the blood essence of a living Invincible. Su Yu, this…”

Su Yu smiled and said, “I know what you’re trying to say. But I don’t know any curses. Even if I do, it won’t be possible for an Invincible to die to something like curses. Perhaps a Pseudo Emperor can do that, but that’s probably the descendant of Tiangu. It won’t be easy to find someone willing to mess with him…”

Xia Huyou said, “The human race does not fear him…”

Su Yu appeared disinterested. He said, “We’ll see. This is mine. If the human race is willing to trade for it with another drop of Invincible blood essence, I might consider it. Otherwise…forget about getting this blood essence from me.”

He did not care if they could make use of the blood essence now. He might not be able to use it now, but he was confident it was only a matter of time. Why should he hand the blood essence over to them?

Xia Huyou did not try to further persuade Su Yu. Instead, he grimaced and said, “That weapon of yours…is too powerful. It has so many Sunmoon projections in it. Even the blood essence of an Invincible can be suppressed. Did you forge it yourself? It’s way too strong.”

It was excessively strong.

Su Yu grinned and said, “It’s decent, I suppose. But it’s also quite useless. Why do they fear the immortals even in death?”

Su Yu didn’t know what to say about that. The fear these beings held toward the immortals was engraved so deeply inside them that even after becoming mere projections in his weapon, they were still terrified of the immortals. This was too embarrassing. Su Yu decided to teach the races of the projections who had hesitated earlier a good lesson in the future. They had nearly spoiled his plan.

Shrouded in a layer of Emperor’s Saliva, his injuries were slowly healing. He exhaled deeply and started focusing on the immortal page. The immortal page was growing stronger and stronger.

Previously, he had only fused a drop of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence into the page. But now, it had reached the strength of a second-stage Sunmoon. He had not fused the Invincible blood essence into the page. After all, the immortal was still alive. It was pointless. For now, he would suppress that drop of blood essence in his book. He would think of what to do with it in the future.

When his gaze landed on the nearby dragonblood fruit tree, he smiled. Earlier, the flames were raging violently. Now that Old Zhou’s anger had subsided, the flames had weakened considerably. Then again, the intensity of these flames did not matter to Su Yu.

He transformed into a fire elemental and dove right into the flames. This was yet another massive harvest. A drop of Invincible blood essence and a dragonblood fruit tree. Was this not a good harvest?

There were probably more good things to be found on the second level. That was especially true for the lava here. If the lava here was really the blood of a super expert…he could perhaps gather some.

***

Somewhere further away, the ground was trembling slightly.

Someone was fleeing underground.

He was none other than Topsoil Spirit!

He was terrified. He was swearing endlessly.

Was that Su Yu?

He was unsure. He had not dared to approach. But after the battle, he had witnessed with his own eyes how that wolf had transformed into a fire elemental. Instantly, he realized that he might have stumbled upon Su Yu.

Holy shit!

Did Su Yu really enter?

Topsoil Spirit had been planning to take advantage of the chaos and snatch the dragonblood fruit tree. He was planning to make his move after the immortals were exhausted dealing with the flames. But now, that thought had vanished completely from his mind.

“The changes on the first and second levels…might be related to him!”

Topsoil Spirit had only observed the battle from afar. He was unsure if that was Su Yu. But it did not matter. If there was a suspicion, he wouldn’t go wrong with assuming that it was Su Yu.

It was time to run. That fellow was too terrifying. For Topsoil Spirit, super experts were not scary. At times, even a super expert might not be lucky enough to kill him. But Su Yu was different. As the favored child of fate, he could easily kill Topsoil Spirit even if Topsoil Spirit himself was also favored by fate.

“I need to enter the third level…no, the seventh level!”

Topsoil Spirit gnashed his teeth as he reached a decision. The third level was not enough. He had to enter the seventh level. There were a lot of Invincibles there. Things wouldn’t be dangerous as long as he stayed out of the competition over the nine-leaf skylotus.

“I’ll think of a way to come back down when Su Yu is done here.”

Before long, Topsoil Spirit reached the entrance to the next level. He dove into the entrance without the slightest bit of hesitation.

***

At the same time.

Third level.

Dao Cheng’s expression changed. Beside him, Xuan Wuji looked alarmed as well. The hair in Dao Cheng’s hand was burning.

“Dead.” Dao Cheng said, “I told them it was dangerous. They refused to believe me. The killer is no weaker than a fifth-stage Sunmoon.”

Xuan Wuji frowned and said, “That’s not possible. How can a fifth-stage Sunmoon appear on the lower levels?”

“That’s possible if the Sunmoon is young enough.”

Dao Cheng started heading toward the entrance to the fourth entrance. As he walked, he said, “Don’t forget, Su Yu is totally capable of this. Let’s go. Not even the third level is safe anymore.”

“But the immortals have issued a kill order against Bai Feng and the others…”

“You are free to go.” Dao Cheng said, “The crisis is coming. I don’t know if it’s Su Yu. Even if it isn’t, the crisis is still approaching. Waste your time dealing with Bai Feng’s group and you will die.”

He added, “The kill order is only applicable outside. This is the Luminous Domain Mansion.”

He could sense the approaching crisis. He did not intend to throw his life away like this.

“If we go, we will go empty-handed.”

“If we look harder, an opportunity will arise for us to find something. That’s better than dying.”

Dao Cheng said nothing else. After a slight hesitation, Xuan Wuji nodded. He had never taken Dao Cheng’s words so seriously before. But now, he had no choice but to admit that Dao Cheng’s fortune telling was not to be underestimated. In terms of staying alive, he was very good.

***

It hadn’t even been long since Su Yu entered the second level and over forty people had died.

Su Yu, who had just collected the dragonblood fruit tree, was in a good mood. Suddenly, he frowned. His tribulation character was pulsing slightly. What was that?

“How odd.”

How could the second level pose him any danger? With his strength, could anyone on the second level be a threat to him?

***

While Su Yu was thinking about all that.

First level.

Near the forehead acupoint.

He Tu was leading a group comprised of Dummy and over ten death spirits. These were all the survivors of the first level.

Looking at the whirlpool, He Tu smiled and said, “Something happened on the second level. How interesting. The first level has been emptied. Unfortunately, I was only able to gather a little over ten death spirits. However, they are decently talented. Perhaps I’ll get a bunch of powerful subordinates before long.”

Anyone capable of surviving such an environment would be no pushover. Alas, after surviving the disaster that was Su Yu, they were faced with the disaster that was He Tu. In a way, He Tu was even scarier than Su Yu. By the time He Tu was done, not a single survivor was left. The first level had been transformed into a land of the dead.

***

Outside the Luminous Domain Mansion, a suffocating silence enveloped everyone.

The prediction of Fate Emperor was slowly coming true.

2,900.

That was the number of survivors in the mansion.

All the races had sustained heavy losses, including the human race. Around 450 humans had entered the mansion. About a tenth of them had died thus far. The immortal race had naturally suffered the highest number of losses.

Over six hundred immortals had entered and over a hundred had died. The all-powerful immortal race had suffered more losses than the human race. It was worth noting that the human race had sustained most of their casualties from the joint-attacks of the various races.

The second day was at its end.

The third day was approaching.

The number of survivors in the mansion continued dropping, with those on the upper levels still oblivious to what was happening below them.

At this point, most of the dead were still those below the Sunmoon Realm. All the Invincibles had solemn expressions, but they couldn’t do anything about it. It wasn’t like they could enter now. Even if they could, it might not help. After all, there were still over twenty Invincibles in the mansion.