Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Blood Fire!”

A voice rang out on the eighth level. It was Lan Tian’s voice. He did not bother hiding himself. At Blood Fire’s level, he wouldn’t be so weak that he couldn’t detect his pursuers.

However, Su Yu was hiding. He was quite lucky as Blood Fire had yet to detect him.

Bloodmount General’s Residence.

Blood Fire Devil King’s expression turned cold. Lan Tian.

Was Lan Tian alone?

No. Even when Blood Fire Devil King was greatly injured, he was more than Lan Tian alone could handle.

Blood Fire Devil King stayed silent. He was trying to unlock a door. He was currently inside an ancient residence. He didn’t know if there were treasures beyond the door, but he had to first open it.

Drop after drop of blood was squeezed out of his body. This was the residence of a devil expert. Thus, a devil would enjoy some advantages here.

However, the formations of the residence would not unlock just because one was a devil. If it was that simple, the treasures of these ancient residences would have been wiped clean by their servants long ago. This was a bet.

As Blood Fire Devil King continued his attempt, the power of laws started converging in the air. He was still deemed a thief. Even if he could open the door, he would be punished. Noticing the power of laws, Blood Fire Devil King gnashed his teeth and decided to take a bet. He was not opening the door of a random room. It was a named room.

“Incense Pill Hall.”

With such a name, there were probably some ancient pills in this room. Even if these pills couldn’t be used to recover his bodies, he hoped to at least strengthen his past body slightly.

Just then, Lan Tian seemed to have noticed what was happening as well. His voice rang out, “Found you! My little sweetie, don’t run away from me!”

Blood Fire gnashed his teeth in annoyance.

What an arrogant fellow. If it wasn’t for his injuries, he would have killed Lan Tian with a single slap.

“Is Great Qin King here as well?”

That was his biggest worry. Excluding Great Qin King, Zhu Tianfang was the strongest human in the mansion. But he was only a fifth-degree Eternal. But even someone like that was already a challenging opponent for the current Blood Fire. If Great Qin King wasn’t here, he would most likely be elsewhere protecting Great Qin King as well.

After all, there were quite a few non-humans still alive as well. With that in mind, Blood Fire Devil King’s eyes turned cold. He judged that Lan Tian must have arrived with only an Invincible…or Su Yu.

Su Yu…

Blood Fire Devil King sighed. Young freaks like Su Yu were what top experts like them feared the most.

The youth was scary.

Even people like Blood Fire Devil King had also risen in power by stepping over the corpses of numerous seniors. And now, the situation had reversed. They were the seniors. As they advanced in age, they had more to lose. With more to lose, they would lose the courage and will to face all struggles head-on.

All of them might sound brave, but none of them was truly unafraid of death. When he was young, Blood Fire Devil King had the courage to traverse the Myriad Realms alone. During the ninth epoch, he had even attacked the Human Realm alone, facing the various old experts of the human race.

He was the one who had led the blood fire devil race to its current height during the ninth epoch. His fearlessness was a big contributor to his rise. Ultimately, the blood fire devil race grew into a race second only to the original devil race.

Numerous thoughts emerged in Blood Fire Devil King’s mind. Finally, he forced himself to calm down. As a survivor of the previous epoch, was this the end of the road for him? He did not want this to be the case.

His death would create an opening for the Devil Pseudo Emperor to take over the blood fire devil race. Everything he had fought for would fall into the Devil Pseudo Emperor’s hands.

Blood Fire Devil King had never acknowledged the leadership of the Devil Pseudo Emperor. He was weaker than Tiangu, he was not as good at scheming as the Divine Pseudo Emperor, he was not as courageous as Great Qin King, he was not as mysterious as the Fate Pseudo Emperor, he was…simply too lacking.

Could the devils even survive the tenth epoch under his leadership? What a pity. Blood Fire Devil King could see his end here. He was also not as good at scheming. That was how he had fallen to his current state.

Boom!

Behind him, a large hand formed of the heavenly laws dropped down. He groaned and coughed a mouthful of blood as he ignored the attack. Surprisingly, his blood tore a tiny opening in the formation before him.

Instantly, he shot through the opening with a flicker. Outside, Lan Tian had discovered the Blood Fire Devil King. Disguised as Lan Tian’s clone, Su Yu dashed right into the residence. When Lan Tian attempted to do the same, he was blocked by the formation outside.

His authority was not enough to enter this residence. In truth, he had the same level of authority as Blood Fire Devil King. But Blood Fire Devil King was a devil. Thus, he had been allowed to enter. Meanwhile, Lan Tian was a human.

Lan Tian tried ramming into the formation, but all he received for his attempt was a wound on his head. At the same time, the power of laws started gathering around him to punish him. He was furious. Why couldn’t he enter?

Without Lan Tian as the cover, Su Yu became incredibly conspicuous. He looked back at Lan Tian before looking at the opening before him. It was rapidly closing in. He also saw the name of the room. He frowned, wondering if Blood Fire Devil King was looking for a way to recover.

How much of his combat strength was left? Su Yu was unsure, but he knew that a ninth-degree Eternal was terrifying. Even when he was heavily injured, Great Qin King had still been able to fight multiple Invincibles alone. Thus, Su Yu couldn’t help but worry.

Lan Tian wasn’t weak. It would be far safer for him to fight with Lan Tian’s help. But Blood Fire Devil King would be far more difficult to handle after recovering. Since he did not have the courage to even face Lan Tian, perhaps he had really been weakened considerably.

Seeing that Lan Tian was still stuck outside, Su Yu sent a voice transmission, “Senior Lan Tian, keep watch outside and be on guard against any ambushes. I’ll go in first. Think of a way to come in slowly.”

Then, he turned into a gust of wind and drifted through the opening.

***

Su Yu entered expecting an ambush from Blood Fire.

But no such thing happened.

In front of him, he saw a red flicker heading deeper into the hall. Numerous floating cauldrons could be seen in the room, and a clump of flame was visible beneath each cauldron. This was most definitely a good place for weaponsmithing and pillmaking.

Su Yu could smell the fragrance of pills from some of the cauldrons, but some cauldrons were empty or damaged. The earthfire beneath these cauldrons had been burning for countless years. Unless the cauldrons were powerful enough, they would have broken down long ago.

The surviving pills were akin to unique medicinal materials that would be better the longer they were cooked. But there was a limit to this as well. To last a hundred thousand years, the quality of the cauldrons and materials would be very important.

Clearly, Blood Fire Devil King was aware of this as well. Thus, he had skipped the cauldrons at the outerpart of the hall and went straight to the depths of the hall instead. Even if he was already stronger than the Bloodmount General back then, any pills capable of surviving a hundred thousand years would most definitely be pills of incredible quality.

This was a fair assessment as an untitled general from back then could very well be weaker than the current Blood Fire Devil King. After all, Daofuses were rare even among titled generals. During the ancient past, most Daofuses would be elevated into marquises.

With Blood Fire Devil King’s strength, only high-end pills could assist him with his recovery. Su Yu did not hesitate and shot straight into the depths of the hall as well, ignoring all the cauldrons around him.

***

In less than a minute.

Su Yu saw a massive cauldron. Under the cauldron, a clump of seven-colored flame was burning. The cauldron itself was nearly translucent from all the burning. It was possible that this wasn’t how the cauldron looked in the past. Inside the translucent cauldron, nine pills were floating and drifting about like fairies.

Inside Su Yu’s sea of willpower, the little furball started wrinkling his nose madly as he said, “Yummy!”

The little furball rarely ate such food. Most of the time, he had zero interest in pills as pills had too many impurities in them. But he couldn’t resist these pills that had been cooked for a hundred thousand years. They smelled incredible. Clearly, these were treasure pills.

A formation surrounded the slowly spinning cauldron.

Blood Fire Devil King was standing in front of the cauldron, attempting to break through the formation. Suddenly, he turned around upon hearing something. But there was nothing there.

There was a helpless look in his eyes. He was still too slow. He was quite lucky to encounter such treasure pills in the first room he entered. It was truly surprising that such pills could be found in the Bloodmount General’s Residence.

Blood Fire Devil King continued staring at the empty space behind him as he sighed, “These are blood devil pills. Generally, they are good for enhancing the body and vitality. But these pills have been cooked for a hundred thousand years. They can probably qualify as divine pills now. After surviving the burning of seven-colored flame for a hundred thousand years, this cauldron must have grown into a heaven weapon as well.

“Of course, it has been too long. Perhaps they only look good, but they will all crumble apart with one touch. Su Yu, I don’t wish to keep fighting you. You can take six of these pills for Great Qin King’s recovery while I’ll only take three. You can have the cauldron as well.

“You have been pursuing me because you’re worried that I’ll expose Great Qin King’s condition to those outside. I am the only unknown variable. The others must have reached an agreement with you or silenced forever. Race…is still very important, after all.”

Blood Fire Devil King started chuckling. His presence as a powerful tyrant returned as he said, “I am injured. My injuries are heavy. But you won’t be able to kill me easily. I can promise to stay silent about you and Great Qin King. You will also get the bigger share of these pills.”

Slowly, Su Yu emerged from thin air. He stared at Blood Fire Devil King. This was a young-looking expert. Perhaps he was extremely good-looking during his youth. Even at his current age, he still looked incredible with his long, fiery hair and majestic eyes.

The flame symbol on his forehead only added to the unique charm he was radiating.

Blood Fire Devil King.

A blood fire devil.

A race known for their combat prowess and fearlessness.

Facing the handsome Blood Fire Devil King, Su Yu’s white robes started fluttering while a book appeared above his palm. With a gentle smile, he said, “That is a very tempting offer. I am not interested in fighting you as well. After all, someone else might step in and reap all the benefits from our fight. Why bother?”

Blood Fire Devil King stared at him silently. After a while, he smiled and said, “In that case, let’s work on this together. I’ll break the formation and you’ll block the power of laws for me. Your authority is quite high. It’s better for you to deal with the laws. After splitting the pills here, we can go our separate ways.”

Su Yu smiled as well and asked, “How much of your strength do you still have?”