Tribulation of Myriad Races

Somewhere far away.

Everyone was too busy to care about Great Qin King and the other human survivors. Things were now very safe for them. Su Yu alone had captured the attention of all the other experts. After all, Su Yu represented an incredibly powerful faction. Nobody dared to neglect him.

Compared to Great Xia King and the others, these guardians were a lot harder to handle. When Great Qin King and the others returned to Great Xia King, he exhaled in relief. They were finally safe.

Great Qin King couldn’t be bothered to say anything to Great Xia King. Instead, he sent a voice transmission to Xia Longwu and Qin Zhen, “Return to the Eastrift Valley with the others immediately.”

“Father…”

Great Qin King stopped Qin Zhen with a glare.

He sent another voice transmission, “Return now. Longwu and Qin Zhen, leave with them. It hasn’t been long since you achieved dao affirmation. Go back and guard Eastrift Valley with Old Zhou. Do not leave that place.”

“I…” After a slight hesitation, Xia Longwu replied, “I’ll stay.”

“No. You need to go back as well. Old Zhou isn’t weak, but he’s bad at leading soldiers. He does not know how to protect the morale of our soldiers. In war, the sense of power and morale is very important. Go.”

Xia Longwu frowned and cupped his fists before leaving with the others. Qin Zhen looked unwilling, but he had no choice since he was scared of his father. Nobody even bothered to stop them as they departed. This was their best opportunity to leave.

Great Ming King and Great Xia King looked at Great Qin King. Even the human Invincibles who were unaware of the real plan started to realize something. This…wasn’t Great Ming King, right?

How would Great Xia King and the others be so obedient otherwise? They were old friends. Thus, it didn’t take Great Tang King and the others long to recognize Great Qin King. They were greatly shocked. This courage…and this willfulness!

If something had happened to him in the mansion, things would get very dangerous for humanity! They had to try very hard not to scold Great Ming King and the others out of anger. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the time for them to vent their anger.

Great Xia King asked through voice transmission, “Old Qin, what do we do?”

Great Qin King looked around and replied, “We wait. If he can handle this, don’t get involved. I understand his intentions. He does not want to drag the human race into this. He could have stayed silent otherwise. I will acknowledge this favor. All of you must acknowledge this favor as well. Without him, I would have died in the mansion. He had left the mansion much earlier. He only revealed himself here for our sake.”

He continued, “I won’t force any of you to do anything. If you’re willing to stay here with me, stay. We won’t do anything for now. We wait. If the number of opposing experts grows too much…we kill!”

The hearts of the Invincibles thumped.

They answered together, as though they had returned to all those years ago, “Yes!”

If Great Qin King wanted them to kill, kill they would.

That was how things were back then.

In the beginning, none were willing to obey the others. At the time, Great Qin King stepped forth and gave every single one of them a beating. Finally, he stepped onto the stage with his bloodied body and roared at them to kill with him. That was the start of humanity’s war of resistance.

Today, they felt as though they had returned to the past.

Once again, they would kill alongside Great Qin King.

Once again, they would resist the myriad enemies of humanity.

As the human Invincibles began stirring, several Invincibles appeared around them. One of them coldly warned, “If the human race does not wish to be extinct, stay silent. If you still wish to return to the Eastrift Valley, stop wasting time. Do it now.”

Yes. They were chasing these humans off. Previously, they were unwilling to let the humans leave. But now, a much more troublesome opponent had appeared. The ability Su Yu had showcased was one that would cause them to lose sleep. They would not give up so easily.

The appearance of so many ancient fossils was clear proof of their determination. A massive battle was on the verge of starting.

***

Su Yu ignored what was happening among the humans. He was too busy withstanding an endless amount of death qi. Instead of absorbing the death qi into his Heaven Gate, he was allowing the death qi to fill his body. This was a good thing!

He was different from He Tu, who needed to slowly gather death qi to open a death tunnel. He only needed to take on the death qi of all thirty-six cities to receive an unlimited supply of death qi. He didn’t even need to take from Xing Yue anymore. The only challenge was the need for accuracy. He had to open the tunnel right above Xing Yue and the others.

He swept his gaze around, looking at the numerous gathered experts.

Divines, devils, immortals, dragons, nethers, celestial chasms, primordial giants, ancient hous, iron devourers, phoenixes…

The top experts of the various races had arrived. Even more was arriving without stopping.

Meanwhile, Heavendoom and the others were growing impatient. Many of them were already sending voice transmissions to him, asking him to start the battle. However, Su Yu was in no rush to make a move.

It still wasn’t the right moment.

They had to wait.

He had to finish opening his death tunnel first.

If one wanted to dig a hole and trap someone, it was better to make it a big hole.

If one wanted to kill, it was better to kill as many as possible.

At the very least, he had to kill enough that these people would lose the courage to keep picking fights with him.

This time, a lot more experts had appeared. During the previous conflict involving the human race, most of the participating human experts were low and middle degree Eternals. This time, almost all the guardians were late-degree Eternals. A small number of them were showing signs of dropping in cultivation, but they were all late-degree Eternals once.

This was a faction much stronger than the current humanity. That was why so many ancient experts had arrived just to deal with Su Yu.

In the sky, multiple ancient buildings appeared.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion was not alone.

A golden palace had appeared as well. It was the Allheaven Treasure House. The moment it appeared, the Bountiful Treasure General stepped inside and observed the battle from above.

Before long, yet another palace appeared. An expert so old his body was already rotting slightly showed himself, shocking some Invincibles.

More and more experts were appearing.

Everyone was focused on Su Yu.

After an indeterminate amount of time, a portal appeared as an aged woman from the immortal race appeared. With her stooped back and a cane in hand, she smiled at the guardians and said, “Seniors, please accept Han Xiang’s greetings.”

Immortal King Han Xiang.

Heavendoom exclaimed in surprise, “It’s you? I can’t recognize you anymore. You used to look very good when you were young. How did you age into something like this?”

“…”

Immortal King Han Xiang laughed and said, “Seniors, you are strong. Thus, you can maintain your youth. I am but a weak junior. After so many years, it is only natural that I can’t maintain my youth anymore. It is truly an embarrassment for me to stand before you like this.”

Empyrean Cloud sent Su Yu a voice transmission, “Watch out for her. She was a monster of the immortal race who had emerged during the fifth epoch. At the time, the geniuses of the various races were smitten with her. In fact, a freak of the human race had an ill-fated love with her during that epoch. Ultimately, she killed him. She played a big role in humanity’s defeat during the fifth epoch.”

Su Yu smiled understandingly.

“How’s her strength?”

Empyrean Cloud gave the question a thought before answering, “I’m probably weaker than her. Heavendoom is probably only slightly stronger. She is stronger than Jade King. Or to be precise, she is slightly stronger than Great Xia King.”

Su Yu was shocked. That was quite impressive. Great Xia King was the second strongest human. Su Yu believed that Great Xia King was probably stronger than he let on, but no matter what, he was one of the main pillars of humanity. However, Han Xiang was stronger than him. In that case, wasn’t she almost as strong as Great Qin King?

The experts of the various races looked at Han Xiang. They had all been waiting for someone strong enough to take charge of this situation to appear. And Han Xiang had arrived.

The various races were quite united in matters concerning humanity. They did not need to fight over this.

Over the years, the myriad races had reached a tacit understanding on such matters. The person taking the lead would do more and face the stronger opponents. That was how things were always done.

Fairy Han Xiang, or Grandma Han Xiang, to be more appropriate, smiled and said, “Over the years, the holy cities have stayed away from the matters of the myriad races. All of you are the heroes of the myriad races. You only want freedom. General Grand Dream has the authority to appoint more guardians. If you find this agreeable, the immortals, divines, and devils are willing to contact the various races and use the assembly tokens combined with General Grand Dream’s authority to find replacements for all of you. I might be weak, but I am willing to share the burden. The immortals are willing to take on the burden of twelve holy cities.”

Immortal King Han Xiang offered, “In truth, we have been thinking about this for quite a while. Unfortunately, General Grand Dream has never agreed. You can ask General Grand Dream about this if you doubt my words.”

The guardians maintained their silence. Was this an attempt to incite disharmony among them? The immortals were claiming that they had offered to take on twelve cities in the past. However, the old turtle had rejected them.

In that case, the old turtle would be the culprit who had caused them to be imprisoned for a hundred thousand years.

Su Yu chuckled and said, “Immortal King Han Xiang, are you saying that Lord Grand Dream has betrayed the guardians?”

“Not at all. General Grand Dream must have had his reasons for doing so. After all, he was only a general during the ancient past. He was no marquis or king. It might be costly for him to appoint more guardians. We understand that.”

Han Xiang maintained her smile, displaying a complete calm despite the provocative words of Su Yu.

Su Yu grinned. This was a difficult opponent.

She did not bother to face them with force. Rather, she was using a gentle method on them. The immortals had always been incredibly conceited. It would appear that they had finally learned a lesson. After many years in power, they had grown overconfident. Now that an ancient fossil had appeared, they were no longer as blind.

Su Yu said, “Since Immortal King Han Xiang is making such an offer…”

Su Yu looked around and continued, “How about this? The various races may send thirty-five experts at the seventh-degree Eternal Realm or beyond over. I will convince Lord Grand Dream to agree. Let’s do it immediately. Let’s grant the guardians their freedom right now. If you doubt me, I can talk to Lord Grand Dream immediately. I promise you he will agree.”

Immediately after, the old turtle’s voice rang out in the sky with complete calm, “Su Yu has my support. Do it now. Gather the assembly tokens and deploy thirty-five Eternals at the seventh degree or higher. I will appoint thirty-five new guardians immediately.”

“…”

Immortal King Han Xiang’s eyes grew evasive. Su Yu asked, “Did you hear that? Do it. Now. Don’t bother saying more. I believe thirty-five Eternals at the seventh degree or above is not an issue for you.”

Su Yu continued, “Or are you all talk? Talk is cheap. I can also say that I wish to be an immortal king, but alas, Tiangu has never agreed. I could have led the immortal race into domination otherwise. Nothing would change. If Tiangu were to somehow agree, I could simply tell him to go fuck himself.”

“…”

Silence descended.

A tiny bit of murderous intent leaked out of Han Xiang’s eyes, but she suppressed it promptly. Her smile returned as she said, “Su Yu, you are a genius loved by the heavens. You are likely the most remarkable human of this epoch, even more than Great Qin King…”

Su Yu nodded, “Exactly. Thank you for the praise. Great Qin King? Great Zhou King? Great Xia King? None of them is as great as me. That is a fact. If you doubt me, ask them. Look, Great Xia King is right over there. Ask them if they are better than me.”

Great Xia King’s mouth twitched, but he said nothing.

Su Yu returned his gaze to Han Xiang, grinned, and said, “Do you have anything else to say? Perhaps you can try doing what you did during the fifth epoch. Try to make yourself younger by tens of thousands of years and seduce me. Didn’t you seduce a dumbass from the human race back then? Try seducing me. Perhaps I’ll take the bait. Come here, Han Xiang. Let me give you a kiss. Allow me to love you well. Please?”

“…”

The expressions of the surrounding ancient fossils changed slightly.

Su Yu…was truly brazen.

And shameless.

And unruly.

There was nothing he didn’t dare to say or do.

Behind him, the expressions of the guardians turned stiff. Su Yu continued nonchalantly, “Stop wasting time. Inciting disharmony? Reverse psychology? Honey trap? Strategem of sowing dissension? Seduction? Threats? None works here. I am young. I am inexperienced. But my teacher once taught me one thing. When I see a talkative person who looks treacherous and villainous, I only speak with my fists. Unfortunately, I am such a person as well. I have been sharp and cunning since I was a boy. I never liked using force. Why are you using this trick on me? I will use my mouth when I’m better at talking. Otherwise, I’ll go straight to using my fists. What do you think of my strategy?”

At that, the expressions of the crowd stiffened further.

At this point, there was nothing else to say.

How was one supposed to argue against that?