Tribulation of Myriad Races

Second level.

Su Yu was frowning. His tribulation character was still pulsing. He did not dare to take this lightly. After all, the tribulation character was quite a magical character. He had survived numerous dangers thanks to this character.

Finally, he said, “Go on to the third level. Yellow Nine, don’t think of running. Furball, follow her for now. Look for my teacher and Wu Lan there. They are probably somewhere near the riversand.”

Xia Huyou was surprised. “We’re going first?”

“Go. Stop wasting time.” Su Yu said gloomily, “I have a bad feeling. Something ominous might be approaching.”

They stared at him with disbelief. What was he talking about? Who could be more ominous than he?

Xia Huyou thought that this was a joke. Just as he was about to joke back, Su Yu said solemnly, “Go. Now. Something is coming up from the first level.”

“That…can’t be true, right? How about you?”

“I’ll wait and see what’s coming.”

Su Yu exhaled deeply and said, “I’ll be waiting near the entrance. If things get dangerous, I’ll leave. Go. Look for my teacher and the others. If I don’t appear after some time, tell them to enter the fourth level…”

At this time, his tribulation started pulsing faster and faster.

Seeing Su Yu’s solemn expression, Xia Huyou frowned and said, “There are still some humans on the second level. Should I…notify them?”

Su Yu said, “It’s up to you. Just give them a short reminder. Don’t waste your time convincing them.”

“Yeah, yeah.”

Xia Huyou said nothing else. He was still quite confident in Su Yu’s judgment. If Su Yu claimed that a danger was coming, it must be true.

Before they could leave, Yellow Nine said, “I’ll keep your secret. Can you take that thing off me?”

Su Yu’s eyes turned cold as he said, “You are not qualified to haggle with me. Protect them if you don’t want to end up as food.”

Yellow Nine shivered. In her mind, the little furball’s cheerful voice rang out, “Don’t be scared! Scold him! Argue with him! He won’t dare to touch you!”

The little furball was naturally unwilling to leave Yummy. If she continued arguing, Yummy would definitely tell him to eat her. At that time, he would be free.

Yellow Nine inhaled deeply and left with Xia Huyou silently. The disappointed little furball sent Su Yu a voice transmission, “Yummy, how long will you stay down here?”

The little furball was unwilling to stay away from Su Yu for even one minute.

Sure, he wasn’t in Su Yu’s head anymore. But at the very least, Su Yu was still nearby, right? But now, they were going to go their separate ways. One on the second level and the other on the third level. That was as good as worlds apart. Little furball was greatly saddened.

The little furball’s antics left Su Yu quite speechless. Even his anger from before dispersed significantly. He replied, “Just keep an eye on her. Try to find my Teacher Liu and verify her identity. If she’s not a Liu, just eat her.”

“Alright.”

At that, the little furball grew excited. He started praying that she wasn’t a Liu. That way, he could finish his mission early. Then again, it would be fine if she was a Liu as well. In that situation, he could leave her with Liu Wenyan. He really didn’t want to part with Su Yu.

For the little furball, a day apart from Su Yu felt like three years.

***

Before long, they left.

Su Yu did not care if they would warn the other humans or not. He only needed to take care of himself. As for the beasts that had entered the mansion through the ancient city slots, he was unsure about their current whereabouts. He had not seen them since entering. He didn’t even know if they were still alive.

“There are only some blood veins on the second level. There’s nothing important in the neck…Since a danger is coming, I need to figure out what the danger is. Just what manner of a danger is it to threaten even me?”

Su Yu was feeling very curious. He felt as though a certain danger was following him since the first level. He had felt the same earlier, but the feeling hadn’t been as strong.

When he first left the first level, his tribulation character had only pulsed slightly. Since it was a minor reaction, he had ignored it. In any case, he was too occupied by his transference to the second level during that time.

But now, his tribulation character was pulsing without stopping. That signified that the danger was approaching.

Su Yu exhaled gloomily.

“Did I provoke Old Zhou so much that his head is climbing the levels to take me out?”

Su Yu started grumbling to himself. That was the only possibility he could think of. What a pity. He hadn’t even searched the second level yet. He decided to stop thinking too much and flew toward the entrance to the third level. He would hide there and prepare to launch an ambush. That would also be a good opportunity for him to get rid of those trying to flee to the third level.

That would also be a convenient place for him to make his escape at the first sign of danger. Su Yu had a feeling that the entrance to the third level was probably near the middle of the neck.

Before long, he reached the entrance. In fact, he had reached before Xia Huyou’s group arrived.

Not long after, Xia Huyou’s group arrived. As he was hiding in the void, none of them noticed him. Only the little furball could sense him. However, he didn’t greet Su Yu since they were moving in a rush.

A few humans had joined Xia Huyou’s group. Su Yu was unsure if these were all the humans left on the level or if these were merely the ones willing to trust him. Xia Huyou was no saint. He wouldn’t risk himself for those too stubborn to trust him. He had merely issued them a warning out of his sense of obligation as a fellow human.

Shortly after, they left through the entrance. When Su Yu focused on the entrance, understanding dawned on him. This entrance couldn’t be opened easily. Those below the Cloudbreach Realm would have a hard time opening it.

It was akin to a lid that could only be opened one way. Only those capable of pushing it upward would be able to pass through it to the next level. This was probably how all the other entrances worked as well.

If one wasn’t a Cloudbreach, it would be recommended for one to follow a Cloudbreach as it would be too hard for a Skysoar to leave through this entrance.

Su Yu was relieved to see Xia Huyou and the others gone from the second level. His tribulation character continued pulsing. He wasted no time and placed his book over the entrance, waiting for others to throw them into his book. A large mouth appeared on each of the pages in preparation to consume the coming victims.

Shortly after, several minor race experts arrived. As they arrived, the projections from the book started sorting themselves according to their races. They would directly eat those from the same races. Or to be precise, those from the same races would be eaten and fused while those not from the same races would be eaten and stored.

The fusion would be delayed until the addition of the relevant pages by Su Yu. As time passed, Su Yu collected more and more storage rings. As no overlap of space was possible, Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to keep so many storage rings on him. Thus, he dedicated a page of his book as his personal storage.

Even so, it did not take him long to completely fill the space in the book with the possessions of his victims. At that point, over three hundred storage rings had been piled before him. In other words, Su Yu alone had killed over three hundred individuals after entering the second level. Naturally, the number of people who had died due to the many disasters he had caused was considerable as well. There were about a hundred of them.

“How murderous.”

Even Su Yu had to mutter that about himself.

These were the young geniuses of the various races. Anyone capable of entering the Luminous Domain Mansion could be considered a genius. He was seriously suspecting that he had killed over fifty index geniuses in the mansion. He was unsure because many of his victims had been dragged into his book before he could look at them properly.

Su Yu was also left quite speechless by the fact that he had not received a single heavenly reward from all these kills. Perhaps even the heavenly laws believed that he had killed them in too cruel a manner. Perhaps he should kill them in a different manner?

Su Yu continued waiting in silence. There were still quite a lot of people on the second level. If the others continued refusing to come, he would simply shout Tai Shan’s name a few times to encourage them to come.

“This is too effective. I should do this on the next level as well.”

Suddenly, his tribulation character pulsed violently. Without any hesitation, he activated multiple characters to further hide his presence. He had to know the source of this danger. Nothing was more terrifying than an unknown danger.

Only by knowing the source of the danger would he be able to think of a solution. Just then, he sensed the appearance of two incredibly powerful concentrations of death qi. His heart thumped in alarm.

Holy shit!

He knew that there was a death tunnel in the Luminous Domain Mansion. But according to what he knew, the tunnel shouldn’t be connected to the lower levels. Why would there be a death spirit coming from the first level?

No, this was more than that. This was…holy shit! These were death sovereigns! As someone who was constantly connected to Xing Yue, he could very easily recognize the death qi of death sovereigns. Thus, he was able to recognize that the newcomers were two death sovereigns from the tiny bit of death qi he sensed.

Yes. There were two of them instead of one. He finally understood. The approaching danger was none other than the death sovereigns.

“I—”

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

This was troublesome. Death sovereigns were different than regular death spirits. He could always disguise himself as a regular death spirit to fool the other death spirits, but death sovereigns were too smart to fall for that. That would only work if there were too many death spirits around for the death sovereigns to notice him.

“Ahhhhhhh!”

Miserable wails rang out as over a hundred people soared into the sky and started escaping.

“Death spirits!”

“There are death spirits here!”

“No…this isn’t possible…”

“Death spirits are climbing the levels…”

The people on the second level were horrified. Understanding dawned on all of them. The crisis on the first level had been caused by these death spirits! It was likely that not a single survivor remained on the first level.

“Hahaha! There are so many living beings here! I like it!”

The laughter resounded throughout the second level. Those words horrified everyone. Since this death spirit was capable of speech, this was most certainly a death sovereign.

It was over.

Even Su Yu’s expression changed upon hearing that voice.

Holy shit!

That was He Tu!

Yes! He Tu!

He couldn’t forget that arrogant voice. All his hesitation vanished as he dove into the entrance to the next level. How did He Tu enter the mansion? What was this? He was able to make a small recording of the second level before leaving. This recording might prove useful. After leaving the mansion, he could use it to make He Tu the scapegoat for all the people he killed.

It was only natural for him to come up with this plan. Who would be a better scapegoat than a death sovereign? Nobody would even doubt him. That was the thought in Su Yu’s mind as he escaped the second level.

Not far away, the laughing He Tu stopped. For a fleeting moment, he sensed someone scheming against him. What was that? He had entered through the basement. Nobody was supposed to know it was him. In that case, how was someone supposed to scheme against him?

What the fuck?

He Tu stared at Dummy with a frown. Was Dummy plotting against him? Was it Dummy?