Tribulation of Myriad Races

Such a large gathering of cultivators was something Su Yu could sense.

Even from far away, he saw the massive waterfall pouring out of the sky, as though there was a hole in reality itself. The stream of water falling from the sky was the so-called Celestial River.

The so-called river was actually a waterfall.

It was massive.

It dropped from the sky with enough momentum to instantly reduce a regular person into mincemeat.

“Celestial River…waterfall…”

Su Yu looked at the sky and wondered, “Is this a bleeding blood vessel? Or is this something else? Where’s the smiling mouth lotus? Is it under the waterfall?”

There was a river behind the waterfall. In that case, where was the smiling mouth lotus? The waterfall would be the most suitable place for the smiling mouth lotus to grow on the third level.

He observed in silence without revealing himself or doing anything.

He waited.

He waited patiently. Even knowing that He Tu was coming, he waited.

He was waiting for some people to leave.

The myriad races had given the other humans a chance to abandon Bai Feng to them. Su Yu wanted to see if anyone would take the offer. This was not about the supposed fellowship between fellow humans. That did not matter.

Nevertheless, Bai Feng and his companions were still humans. Su Yu wanted to see if the other humans would continue stabbing the multiple character faction in the back even in a situation like this.

If the other humans decided to take the offer and leave, it would signify that humanity as a whole had abandoned their line. In that case, Su Yu would no longer be obligated to give these humans any help.

Nobody here was aware that He Tu was coming. Thanks to Su Yu and He Tu, nobody had been able to escape the second level.

***

The gathered crowd was still unaware that Su Yu was already there.

Raising his spear high, Qin Fang said, “Don’t bother. You’re trying to incite disharmony between us. It’s pointless. Bai Feng’s line is also a part of humanity. Immortals, do you really believe we’re helpless against you? Are you trying to pick a fight with me?”

Beside Qin Fang, someone snorted coldly and said, “What a childish ruse. Are you so confident in your victory? Come and try us. I dare you.”

The immortal fairy said, “You don’t speak for everyone here. Not everyone wants to die. Do you really think that we can’t kill you? We have merely been holding back. Are you certain you’re going to protect Bai Feng’s line?”

At that, the myriad race experts released their auras. Even if they couldn’t kill all these humans, they had to destroy the unity of the humans. This had always been the policy of the myriad races. They were confident this would work. Some of the humans would most definitely step out and leave. After all, this was how it had always been.

In any case, Bai Feng’s line had never stopped being the target of the myriad races. A beast grinned and said, “Bai Feng, are you still counting on Su Yu? Stop dreaming. Can he still leave his ancient city? The moment he leaves, the Emperors will personally kill him. Who are you trying to scare with his name?”

Bai Feng looked at the speaker and sneered, “Useless garbage. Where was your courage when you were out there? You didn’t even have the courage to speak his name. You’re only so cocky now because you’re in here.”

“These arguments are pointless.” A divine youth said, “Are the humans really willing to fight us for these people? This is our final mercy. We can spare the rest of you, but Bai Feng’s line must die. Are you naive enough to believe that you have enough people here to contend against us?”

The myriad race experts started pressuring the humans. And that was working. Some of the humans started wavering.

But that was not everyone. Some completely ignored the threats. As the myriad race experts pressured them repeatedly, even Qin Fang started feeling nervous. Meanwhile, a certain someone amid Bai Feng’s group was ignoring the entire conversation. She was crouched on the ground, completely focused on her research.

The anxious Wu Qi sent her a voice transmission, “Get up already. When the battle starts, stick close to me.”

Wu Lan ignored her elder sister. She continued gathering samples from the ground while performing tests on them with the instruments arranged around her. Beside her, Wu Jia was acting as her research assistant.

Wu Lan replied without looking at Wu Qi, “It will be fine. Can you stop disturbing me?”

How annoying. Since the fatty was here, Su Yu wouldn’t be far behind.

The moment that freak arrived, all these people would die. Perhaps he was already here. He was merely hiding nearby. Wu Lan knew him too well. He was probably waiting for the humans to start running before revealing himself. At that time, the humans who had decided to run would probably end up as his priority targets.

Then, Wu Lan returned his attention to his tests. When she checked the gathered data, an odd expression covered her face as she said to Wu Jia, “Sister Jia, can you record this? For some reason, the water from the Celestial River is alkaline in nature. The water is also yellowish in color.”

After a slight hesitation, she added, “Add a note that this is merely my personal hypothesis. The water here resembles the bile you can find in the human body. As for the riversand, it resembles the bile salt you can find in the human body, capable of dissolving, digesting, and absorbing.”

Wu Jia hesitated and asked, “Are you sure?”

“No. But there are similarities. Just record them down.” Wu Lan added, “If we follow the same line of thought, there might be something similar to a liver at the end of the Celestial River. The river is merely the bile overflowing from the liver…”

Wu Lan frowned and continued, “Just record this down for now. If we do encounter Su Yu, we can hand the results to him. That way, our research will not be lost even if we were to die. Note that at the end of the river, there might be a multipurpose treasure capable of expelling toxins, absorbing, and purifying…”

“Sure.”

Wu Jia recorded all that down before looking at the sky curiously. Was there really a treasure up there? Some people had attempted to reach the end of the river in the past, but nobody had succeeded in flying over the river. As for those attempting to enter through the waterfall itself, one would die to the impact of the water before going far.

While the two were calmly recording all their data, the humans around them started stirring.

Someone sent Qin Fang a voice transmission, “Prince Qin Fang, Liu City is…independent from humanity. Do we really fight for them?”

Qin Fang did not look at the speaker. Instead, he roared coldly, “Those thinking of leaving are free to leave. I’m staying. Let me see if these people can really kill us all. Just look at these clowns. They can only tremble in fear when facing Su Yu so they have to take out their anger on Su Yu’s teacher instead. What a joke.”

“Qin Fang, are you looking down on us?” A human laughed and said, “If they want to kill us, tell them to bring it on. I’m very curious. Just how many of us can they kill? And how many of them will die in the process? Do they think they are really united when they are playing this game with us? Just bring it on. Which race is willing to be the first to fight and die for the other races?”

A divine youth said, “Are you sure you’re not leaving? Guys, make way for our human friends. Let them leave. My human friends, remember Wan Tiansheng. Remember Su Yu. None of them are merciful when it comes to humans. Think about it. How many troubles has humanity endured because of them? In the end, they are still alive while countless humans are dead.”

The expressions of more humans changed as the myriad races moved aside and opened a passage for them to leave.

The myriad race experts started smiling mockingly. One of them said, “Your life belongs to nobody but yourself. This is your last chance to salvage it.”

More and more myriad race experts were arriving. Some of them had been busy exploring nearby. Upon noticing the commotion here, they came.

Eventually, the number of myriad race experts approached three hundred. The pressure on the humans continued to grow.

Ultimately, a human lost his composure and shouted, “He’ertai, are you sure you won’t attack us while we’re retreating?”

He’ertai laughed and said, “We won’t. Don’t worry. If you’re worried…friends, let’s make a bigger passage. Remember. Your life belongs to nobody but yourself. Are you going to throw it away for Bai Feng?”

The human who had spoken was sweating nervously. Noticing the furious gazes from his fellow humans, he lowered his head, gnashed his teeth, and soared into the sky. With a gloomy voice, he said, “I don’t even know them. I’m only here to look for some opportunities. I’m not here for anyone else. My apologies…”

Then, he rushed through the passage. Sure enough, the myriad races did not stop him. He was able to leave safely.

He’ertai and the others smiled.

There were over a hundred humans here. They would need to pay a considerable price to kill them. Thus, it would be better to incite disharmony among these humans instead. In any case, only Qin Fang, Huang Teng, Wu Qi, and Bai Feng mattered to them. The other humans were unimportant.

If they could kill these key humans, they would definitely receive generous rewards upon leaving the mansion. With one person taking the lead, the second person stepped forth.

“Sorry. I…don’t want to die here.”

Yet another human left. At first, the others would throw furious words at those leaving. But eventually, silence descended.

Ten, twenty, thirty…

Qin Fang and the others watched in silence. After a while, about a third of them were gone. Only about eighty were left. Some of these people were sweating nervously, but they had opted to stay.

A young woman gnashed her teeth furiously and spat, “A bunch of traitors! Cowards! Today, they will allow the multiple character faction to be killed by the myriad races. Tomorrow, someone else will do the same to them. Are they so blind to this obvious plot of the myriad races?”

Many of them felt quite helpless. With a third of them gone, they were further disadvantaged against the myriad race experts around them. In fact, there were even some Mountainseas among the humans who had departed. This was a big blow to the remaining humans.

Bai Feng looked around solemnly and said, “If you wish to leave, do it now. Previously, you remained out of your sense of righteousness. But if you continue to remain, you will be throwing your lives away. We’re not close enough that you need to throw your lives away for me…”

Someone berated him, “What nonsense are you saying? We humans are free to fight among ourselves. But we must remain united against external enemies. I understand the grudge that the multiple character faction holds toward the rest of humanity. But even that is an internal conflict. It has no place when we’re facing external threats. Didn’t Wan Tiansheng kill a lot of people not long ago? Vengeance has been pursued. Stop holding onto the past. The ones who had left could not represent the entire humanity.”

At that, one human expert after another released their auras. Slowly, the myriad races closed the passage and reformed their encirclement around the humans.

He’ertai smiled and said, “Looks like you guys are quite determined to die. What a surprise. I did not expect so many of you to remain.”