Tribulation of Myriad Races

Liu Hong’s words had not answered any of Su Yu’s questions. He only gave Su Yu a feeling that something as important as the Culture Tomb shouldn’t be so useless. Something wasn’t right.

As for the multiple character faction’s fate, the story seemed far more complicated than he had imagined. He had stepped into this quagmire unknowingly, and it was too late for him to leave.

He glanced at Liu Hong before tossing the Culture King’s token over, looking as though he had completely lost interest. He said, “Go wherever you want. If you believe this is an opportunity for you, go and grab it.”

“…”

Liu Hong stared at Su Yu in disbelief.

Su Yu coldly said, “For me, the so-called fortuitous encounters are merely the scenery I’ll pass by on my path of cultivation. They might be beautiful, but I don’t need to make them all mine. Since you got it first, it’s yours, unless it happens to be extremely useful for me.

“You might have hidden more things, but I’m not interested in asking more. Which genius is without their own secrets? I don’t care enough to ask. Culture King? Martial King? If you can reach such a height, such is your life. If you can’t, such is also your life. I’m not interested in dictating your life.

“I only walk my own path. A day will come when I will overturn the world and learn everything. I don’t care about matters unrelated to me. As for the matters related to me, favors and grudges will be repaid.”

After a short pause, Su Yu indifferently said, “You may enter the tunnel now, Teacher. I won’t stop you.”

Beside them, Grandstar sighed with amazement.

How generous.

This was the kind of temperament a true expert should have.

What was a mere fortuitous encounter? He could easily give up on it, even if it was related to the great Culture King. He only walked his own path.

Grandstar had mixed feelings as a realization hit him. A new overlord was about to emerge in the tenth epoch.

Liu Hong stared at Su Yu with complicated emotions in his eyes. After a long while, he said, “Can you say that after sending Death Sovereign Xing Yue away?”

Did Su Yu forget that he had told Xing Yue to guard the tunnel?

Liu Hong wanted to ask Su Yu if it was possible for him to have the courage to step into the tunnel in such a situation. If he went, he would die. Had Su Yu forgotten about this? Or was he pretending to forget?

Liu Hong suspected that the kid was trying to pull another trick on him.

What a petty kid!

Su Yu said nonchalantly, “That is your issue to solve. It is none of my business.”

“…”

The damn kid had indeed not forgotten about it!

Liu Hong felt greatly indignant. After a while, he said gloomily, “I’m not leaving. I will take you with me in the future. Is that acceptable?”

“I don’t care about something like this…”

“Don’t worry about it. It’s my gift to you.” Liu Hong said bitterly, “Can I call you grandpa? Grandpa, please come with me. I will share the majority of the treasures with you. I’ll only take a small share.”

“I don’t need it.”

“No, Grandpa. It’s my gift. Please accept my gift.”

After a short silence, Su Yu said, “I find it hard to refuse when you’re so passionate. Fine, fine. I’ll go with you when I have the time. I understand. The Death Realm is too dangerous. I can’t let you go alone. I’ll protect you during the trip.”

“…”

Beside them, Grandstar was completely dumbstruck.

Was this really happening?

Holy shit!

He decided to take back all his praises toward Su Yu earlier. Su Yu did not deserve those praises.

What a sly kid.

Yes, he had generously granted Liu Hong freedom. But what could Liu Hong do with the freedom? Go on. Just go. Wasn’t that a generous offer? But oh, a death sovereign was waiting there.

Su Yu said, “Teacher, you must feel tired. It’s time for you to take a rest.”

Liu Hong sighed and left with boundless despair. He had accepted that life would be dark in Su Yu’s hands.

The moment Liu Hong left, Grandstar laughed and said, “You…you’re too…”

Su Yu laughed and said, “He’s hiding something. I can’t be bothered to ask him yet. Forget about him for now. I’ll take a look around and see how things are going. It’s getting dark. The mansion will start closing soon. Get ready, Lord.”

Grandstar nodded and said nothing.

***

Shortly after, Su Yu soared into the sky with his own appearance. Hovering above the city, he looked around. He could see that all the tunnels of the mansion had collapsed. Previously, the White Jade Gate would pulse every now and then, as though it were breathing. But it had calmed down completely, as though its breath was stuck. This was the sign that the mansion would be shutting soon.

When the crowd noticed Su Yu, they sneered. Was this the real Su Yu? Why was he pretending even now? How dedicated.

An Invincible said, “Mayor Su, Guardian Grandstar has been taking frequent trips to visit his friends lately. He sure has a lot of free time on his hands. Is he preparing to receive Mayor Tian He?”

Su Yu looked at the speaker, a nether Invincible, and asked, “What’s your name? Tell me your name. I need it to write your epitaph after killing you.”

“Heh.”

The Invincible laughed, not bothered to respond to the provocation. What was the point when this was a fake Su Yu? No matter how arrogant he was, he was a fake.

***

Human encampment.

Great Xia King and the others looked over as well. After a while, Great Xia King said, “This guy sure is good at acting like Su Yu. I must admit that Liu Hong is talented, but he schemes too much. Then again, he’s a smart guy. He has been keeping his distance from the multiple character faction…”

Great Ming King looked over as well, but he was frowning. Something felt different about this Su Yu. Had Liu Hong improved his disguise?

After thinking about it, he asked, “Old Xia, don’t you notice that the temperament of this guy has changed? He looks…a lot calmer. When he talks about killing Invincibles now, he’s starting to sound…domineering.”

Great Xia King had the same feeling. He nodded and replied, “After experiencing something like this, he has grown again. He is indeed talented.”

Not everyone could remain calm in such a situation. Liu Hong had clearly grown his courage through this experience.

***

Su Yu ignored everyone. He was busy observing.

How many Invincibles were there in the area? Who were here in their tri-life bodies? Who were here in their main bodies? He aimed to destroy all tri-life bodies. As for the main bodies, he would kill some and kick the rest into the Death Realm.

Before long, his gaze landed on the immortal encampment. A lot of immortal Invincibles had arrived. He could sense no less than ten of them. There might be more hiding somewhere.

More Pseudo Invincibles had arrived as well.

Perhaps having noticed Su Yu’s gaze, an immortal Invincible coldly said, “Kid, those inside will be transferred out tomorrow. Let’s see if you can keep acting then.”

Su Yu smiled, “I know you. You’re Immortal King Tian Yu. I even met the little immortal fairy from your family once. She was very proud. But she was blasted apart recently. According to Xia Huyou, she died protecting him. What nonsense. I remember that I was the one who had blasted her apart.”

Immortal King Tian Yu’s eyes turned even colder. This tone of voice was too similar to the hateful Su Yu. But he couldn’t be bothered to say more to a fake. When the real Su Yu died, someone would naturally deal with the fake.

Just then, the White Jade Gate started shaking slightly, as though the mansion was going to finally start its closure.

Su Yu focused on the Heavenly Hunt Index projected in the air.

Heavenly Hunt Index!

It was unlike the index copies. Su Yu also saw the Dao Affirmation Ranking on it. This was something new, so he felt quite curious. Wasn’t the Dao Affirmation Ranking supposed to be a product of the Allheaven Treasure House?

Some information could be seen on the Heavenly Hunt Index. Fortunately, he had destroyed all the index copies prior to leaving the mansion. Otherwise, he would need to worry about being tracked. It would be a big deal for an index copy that was supposed to be in the mansion to be detected outside.

Suddenly, a row of characters appeared on the Heavenly Hunt Index.

“Su Yu in the mansion. Killed Blood Fire.”

That was the message the pavilion elder had been trying to send outside repeatedly from inside the mansion. With the closure near, the gate shook, allowing the message to finally reach the outside world.

Instantly, numerous Invincibles looked at Su Yu.

All of them stared at him coldly.

With this, they were finally certain that this was a fake.

How impudent. Just who was this? How dare he lie to so many Invincibles?

Meanwhile, Great Xia King and the others sighed. The secret was out. With this, there was no longer any doubt that Su Yu was in the mansion.

The scholar appeared above the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s palace and said, “This…seems to be a message from our enforcer elder. The message was sent through his mask, so it is unlike the previous messages.”

He was telling them that this message had a high degree of credibility. There was no need for an elder of the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion to send them fake information.

Several devil kings released their auras and roared furiously, “Kill Su Yu! Anyone daring to stop us will die as well! The devils will not stop before Su Yu is dead!”

The ones who had spoken were blood fire devils. Blood Fire had actually died in the hands of Su Yu.

An Invincible hesitated slightly and said, “Was Blood Fire really killed by Su Yu?”

“That’s hard to say. During the previous chaos, so many Invincibles died. We don’t know what happened. Perhaps Su Yu caught him at a bad time when he was severely injured.”

They were starting to talk about Su Yu to his face. Nobody was seeing him as the real Su Yu anymore. Why was he still pretending to be the real Su Yu?

An immortal looked at the ancient city coldly and said, “Guardian Grandstar, Su Yu is not currently in the city. He has killed countless experts in the mansion. I believe the guardians will not stop us when we enforce justice against him later.”

Grandstar remained silent.

A devil king repeated, “Su Yu must die!”

“He deserves death!”

Su Yu chucked and said, “I’m right here. Hey, is there a confusion somewhere? Why are you trusting the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion? What joke is this? Someone pretended to be me and killed inside with my name. Or perhaps it was a lie. How are you buying this lie so easily?”

“Stupid boy.”

That was the only reply he received. They did not deign to say more to him.

Su Yu sighed helplessly. He was being honest for once. Well, they could only blame themselves for not trusting his words. What could he do about it?

Su Yu shrugged before shouting at the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion’s palace in the sky, “Hey, Pavilion Master, I heard from my lords that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was subordinate to Culture King. And Culture King was an ancient human. Are you a human as well, Pavilion Master? If you are, will you help the human race? By the way, I was told that even the multiple character faction was the legacy of Culture King. In that case, we’re family! You will help me, right?”