Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu nodded helplessly, “I have to find the acupoints all by myself. I have no way of knowing all that.”

Freak.

That was He Tu’s conclusion. How could one find the acupoints themselves? How crazy. What else could he say? The heaven acupoint was supposed to be a legend. It should no longer exist. However, Su Yu had somehow found it without any guidance.

“Are you sure you can open all the apertures, including the yin aperture? If you fail, your so-called yang acupoint will kill you one day. The stronger you grow, the stronger the absorptive power it will have. How much longer do you think Xing Yue can sustain you?”

Su Yu said nothing, but he was sure he wouldn’t have an issue with this. He only needed to open 360 apertures. And he had already opened 290 of them. It shouldn’t be too difficult. He was simply too talented.

Even Su Yu himself was impressed by his talent. What incredible talent. It was hard for him to judge whether his talent was original or if it was simply a contribution of the golden book in his head.

If it was truly his original talent…how incredible.

“It won’t be as surprising if it’s due to the golden book.”

If the golden book was truly something left behind by the previous Time Sage, it might be powerful enough to even boost his talent and aptitude.

Su Yu still remembered that he had not entered the Death Realm just for exploration. He had an important business here. He had to be fast. They wasted no time and continued traveling. After crossing the territories of several other death sovereigns, they started approaching a gigantic river.

“The entrances are somewhere over there.” He Tu pointed ahead of them and said, “Previously, a black hole appeared there when I was in a conversation with Dummy. What you want to see is in there. There are no other death sovereigns in the area…”

Just then, a rumble rang out. He Tu had been slapped across his face before he could even finish his words. A battle between death sovereigns had erupted nearby. Who? How dare they humiliate him?

Both Su Yu and He Tu hid their presence without saying anything to each other. Meanwhile, Xing Yue prepared to release her aura and announce the arrival of her great self. But before she could do that, she stopped and looked at her two companions speechlessly.

Were they supposed to hide their presence here? Weren’t death sovereigns supposed to strut everywhere bravely? Why should death sovereigns do something like hiding? After blanking out momentarily, Xing Yue started withdrawing her aura stiffly.

Meanwhile, He Tu looked completely at ease doing this. Some habits would carry over even in death. For him, this was completely natural.

“Three!” He Tu said, “Two against one. I think…Dummy is being beaten by two death sovereigns.” Dummy might have returned here. Did he catch the eyes of some other death sovereigns?

He Tu was unsure as the auras of death spirits were quite similar to each other. Mindless and newly awakened death sovereigns like Dummy were the favourite targets of some death sovereigns as these were easy targets to kill for some benefits.

Each of the combatants felt rather strong. Clearly, Dummy had encountered powerful opponents.

After giving it some thought, He Tu looked at Su Yu and said, “Your aura is weaker. You can come with me. As for Xing Yue, just wait here. I’ll take a look. If they’re really attacking Dummy…”

Su Yu hurriedly answered, “Act friendly before finding a chance to attack them. Take them down without holding back. Lord He Tu can pretend to be their friend, while I’ll pretend to be a Pseudo Invincible. We will stab them in the back.”

“That’s my plan as well.”

He Tu nodded with satisfaction. It sure felt amazing to communicate with a living being. Dummy or Xing Yue would be much harder to communicate with. Xing Yue would probably say something like death sovereigns shouldn’t be so shameless instead.

How boring.

He Tu longed to return to life. Living as a death spirit was too boring.

That was why he had agreed to help Su Yu. That was why he had brought Su Yu here so easily. He also hoped that Su Yu would gain the ability to convert death spirits. Even if he had to fall under Su Yu’s control as a result, he still wished to return to life. Nothing was more important than that.

Su Yu did not forget to placate Xing Yue. He solemnly said, “Lord, this place is very important. We will be relying on you to watch our backs. If we were to make a mistake and allow them to escape, please stop them or we would be in great trouble.”

Xing Yue disliked how He Tu spoke, but she felt much better after hearing Su Yu’s words. She replied coldly, “I naturally know what to do.”

“…”

Done!

She would obediently stay here. Su Yu added, “Lord, I suggest you find a safe place. I might need to borrow your strength during emergencies!”

“…”

This time, Xing Yue said nothing. Instead, she was terrified at the prospect of having Su Yu borrow her strength. She deeply agreed that she needed to find a safe hiding spot. Naturally, that wasn’t because she was afraid of danger. She simply disliked having others see her weakened.

That would be too embarrassing.

***

Before long, Su Yu and He Tu started flying toward the Celestial River of Death. The nearer they were, the thicker the death qi in the air was.

Su Yu even absorbed some of the death qi in his body with his yang acupoint to prevent the death qi in his body from reaching enough density to invade his heart. Eventually, they were close enough to see the ongoing battle. Three death sovereigns were fighting without saying anything.

One of them was a familiar face. That was none other than Dummy.

Dummy felt weaker than before. Perhaps he had yet to recover from his battle with Blood Fire. Thus, the two armored death sovereigns were able to suppress him in the battle.

The look in He Tu’s eyes changed as he sent a voice transmission, “These are the local overlords, the Double Alpha Tigers. Both of them are seventh-degree Eternals. Their territory is not far away from my kingdom. We warred against each other several times before. Prior to their deaths, they were the experts of the tiger race. Both were killed by a super expert at the same time before awakening together down here. Together, they founded their dead tiger kingdom here.”

“They are difficult opponents, and they have a terrible temper. I tried recruiting them multiple times, but they rejected me each time. Looks like Dummy has been seriously injured. Just look at his leaking death qi. The two tigers are clearly trying to kill and consume his death qi. They won’t be easy to backstab since they know me. We aren’t friendly.”

Even expert socializers would have people they couldn’t socialize with. And these tigers were clearly among those he couldn’t handle. He Tu had tried recruiting and fighting them several times, but he hadn’t been able to do much to them.

Alone, neither of them was He Tu’s match. Together, He Tu wasn’t their match. After several failed attempts at recruiting or subduing them, He Tu gave up. Surprisingly, he was reuniting with them in such a situation.

Su Yu appeared unworried as he said, “Lord, I’ll pretend to be a mindless death spirit and approach them slowly.”

“Fool! Even mindless death spirits fear death sovereigns. They won’t have the courage to approach one.”

Was that the case?

Su Yu said, “In that case, I’ll pretend to be a greedy death spirit trying to fish in troubled waters. My aura is weak. If they are overbearing enough, they will definitely attack me out of annoyance. I will take the chance to kill one and you can deal with the other.”

“Are you sure?” He Tu was doubtful of this plan. He said, “I often encounter unreliable fellows who will mess up even a tiny task. Are you sure you can do this?”

“Yes.”

Su Yu was left quite speechless. How could he mess up something so simple? Using all his strength, he could kill or a least cripple one of them. And death spirits were never known for their flexibility in combat. Only their death qi was scary, but that was not something Su Yu feared.

The greatest advantage a death spirit had over a living being during combat was their death qi as they could either corrode the source qi of the living or convert the living into a death spirit during combat.

Without that advantage, death spirits would be weaker than their living counterparts since they lacked intelligence and control over the power of laws.

***

Su Yu said nothing and vanished with a flicker.

Then, he slowly released his aura. He moved about sneakily with a greedy expression and slowly approached the three battling death sovereigns. All three death sovereigns noticed him.

The two tigers focused on him slightly before snorting with disdain.

Weakling.

That must be a Pseudo Invincible or a fresh death sovereign who had just gained some intelligence. But his intelligence was clearly not too impressive since he lacked the ability to control his own greed. Why did he think that he could hide from them? Was he delusional?

“Little Brother, kill him.”

“You go, Big Brother.”

None of the two was willing to go as their target was on the verge of dying.

This would be a big harvest. Consuming this target would guarantee advancement if only one of them consumed him. This target wouldn’t be quite enough to support the advancement of both of them.

And now, someone was here to steal from them. Normally, a Pseudo Invincible would also be a delicious target for them. But now that a far more attractive target was before them, they had zero interest on Su Yu. Both were afraid that the other would monopolize their main target when one left.

“You go, Little Brother.” The elder of the two said, “Don’t worry. This fellow won’t die so soon. Just kill that weakling and come back. There is plenty of time. Don’t give the weakling a chance to ruin things for us. An injured and mindless death sovereign so powerful is very rare. We need to finish things up here as soon as possible.”

The younger tiger was unwilling to go, but he agreed that his elder brother was right. After a short struggle, he shot toward Su Yu. In the blink of an eye, he crossed several kilometers. Upon seeing the approaching death sovereign, Su Yu hurriedly retreated with an expression of panic.

“Hmph!”

The younger tiger snorted with disdain. Could this fellow even escape him? How dare this fellow waste his time like this? Because of this fellow, he had to risk losing his share of their main prey to his elder brother. He moved at his top speed and clawed at Su Yu’s head, intending to finish this with one hit.

He was greatly annoyed by the audacity of this weakling.