Tribulation of Myriad Races

Inside Su Yu’s head, the female furball’s voice rang out, “This seems fun. But the fused laws…won’t be too memorable in flavor. No, wait, this is actually quite useful! You can use it to gather small laws into a big law before eating the big law!”

The female furball grew excited and asked, “Su Yu, can we rob this?”

This seemed like a useful ability to have!

Su Yu said, “There is no rush.”

He was deep in thought. The record character in his hand was vibrating repeatedly, as though it was trying to fuse with the two characters on the platform.

Su Yu raised his brow.

He seemed…a tad bit too lucky.

He looked at Great Zhou King and asked, “Your Majesty, can I take this fragment with me?”

“Yes.”

Great Zhou King agreed readily. He said, “This fragment might be valuable, but for Eternals, it is quite useless. Perhaps it will be a lot more useful after fusing with the other fragments.”

Su Yu asked, “Your Majesty, if you managed to kill the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor during the attack, could you give me his visual character?”

“Of course.” Great Zhou King nodded.

Su Yu smiled and said, “I am…truly too lucky.”

Yes. He was too lucky.

He had obtained Great Zhou King’s myriad and art characters so easily. That was mainly because the two characters were quite useless for Great Zhou King. Furthermore, Su Yu was worth investing in. Additionally, Su Yu was already in possession of the record character.

Great Zhou King wouldn’t have agreed to hand the two characters over so easily otherwise, as they would still be useless in Su Yu’s hands.

And where had Su Yu received his record character?

From Heavendoom.

Heavendoom had snatched it from Bountiful Treasure.

This was a series of coincidences, a true manifestation of luck. Luck had allowed Bountiful Treasure to lose the character to Heavendoom. Luck had allowed Su Yu to obtain it. Luck had allowed Su Yu to learn of the two characters in Great Zhou King’s possession. Luck had allowed Great Zhou King to give the two characters to him. And luck was still blessing him as Great Zhou King and Great Qin King were about to attack the celestial chasm race. Before long, luck would allow Su Yu to forge all three fragments into one.

Luck…was truly useful.

Heavenly Overseer Marquis had longed for the fragments for so many years. He had schemed for countless years, yet he had never succeeded in getting them. Meanwhile, Su Yu had obtained them so easily in such a short time.

“Luck spirit…”

When everything seemed too smooth, luck might no longer be as simple as pure luck.

Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King and said, “Your Majesty, did you take me here because you know I have the record character?”

Great Zhou King nodded, “You can say so. I guessed that your character should have the same origin as these two characters so I decided to take you here.”

“Would you still take me here if I didn’t have the record character?”

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “I don’t know.”

“Where did you get this fragment?”

“We found it in this ruin. Perhaps it was left here by someone from a previous epoch. Or perhaps it was left here by Hundred Battle King of the previous epoch. According to the rumors, toward the end of the previous epoch, Hundred Battle King resided in this area.”

Hundred Battle King!

An expert near the level of the ancient human kings. Or perhaps he was already at that level.

Was Heavenly Overseer Marquis strong enough to snatch the fragment from him?

That would be an impossible task.

“Heavenly Overseer Marquis…”

Su Yu narrowed his eyes. He was suspicious. He was extremely suspicious. This whole thing…might really be a trap of that bastard! That bastard was borrowing his luck! That bastard was gathering the three fragments through him!

Bountiful Treasure was most likely in collusion with that bastard. Knowing that he was a child of destiny with bountiful luck, they had deliberately allowed one of the fragments to fall into his hands. And thanks to the luck of a child of destiny like him, he could very well reunite the three fragments after finding only one.

That bastard was a luck spirit. He was exceptionally familiar with the workings of luck.

Su Yu suspected that this whole thing was one big scheme.

That old bastard had been failing at gathering the fragments after so many years. Thus, the old bastard was trying to borrow his luck to complete the task. After overhearing the marquis claiming that unifying the three fragments might allow him to control the Heavenly Hunt Index, he would most certainly work hard at completing the task.

The moment the task was completed, that old bastard would probably take it from him through some trick. And through the unified fragments, the old bastard might be able to finally make the Heavenly Hunt Index his.

“It’s not a good thing to be too lucky.”

Su Yu raised the record character and stared at it. Perhaps…this fragment had also played a role in his exceptional luck.

At that thought, he said, “Your Majesty, you might discover someone spying on you during the attack against the celestial chasm race. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. In fact, that old bastard might even lend you a hand against the Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor.”

Great Zhou King raised his brow. After a short pause, he asked, “Are you talking about…him?”

“Yes!” Su Yu nodded and gnashed his teeth. He said, “I might have fallen into his trap. No wonder things have been feeling off lately. I have been getting too lucky. Things have been going extremely smoothly without much effort on my part. That old bastard is definitely scheming against me.”

Great Zhou King sank into thought for a bit before asking, “Are you sure he won’t be hindering us?”

“Unlikely. I’m not sure, but I’m guessing that he’s trying to unify the three fragments. I have two. The Celestial Chasm Pseudo Emperor has the final piece. When the three become one, something unexpected might happen.”

And the unexpected might arise from the very same record character in his hand. Something might have been done to this fragment.

Great Zhou King thought about it again. He said, “If that’s the case, things would be really interesting. That fellow is very strong. Very few people in the Myriad Realms are even comparable to him in strength. So…do you suspect the West Spire as well?”

“I’m not sure.”

Great Zhou King nodded pensively and said, “That fellow might not make a move personally. Instead, we might encounter the West Spire head there. He might even appear to fight for us during a crucial moment.”

Great Zhou King laughed and continued, “But that would only happen if you’re right about this. We can’t be betting our success on your guess. It’s too risky.”

Su Yu shrugged and said, “That is something for you to worry about, not me. I’m only telling you what I suspect.”

Great Zhou King exhaled and nodded, “I understand. I’ll sleep on this.”

He paused slightly and asked, “Do you mind letting me take a look at it?”

Su Yu tossed the record character over. After catching it, Great Zhou King inspected it for a long while before shaking his head, “I can’t detect anything. Then again, a trick by that man won’t be detected so easily. Su Yu, you are indeed a paranoid person.”

Great Zhou King couldn’t help but wonder if he would suspect anything in the same position.

Unlikely.

But Su Yu had been suspicious since the very beginning.

Su Yu sneered and said, “Paranoid? No. I simply have a small number of friends and loved ones. Apart from a small number of people, I trust nobody. That includes you. And even Great Qin King, even if he is the backbone of humanity. I won’t fully trust anyone.”

“Sigh.”

After a regretful sigh, Great Zhou King said, “This is not a bad thing. Caution is never a bad thing.”

Su Yu nodded. That was only natural. He was especially cautious around Great Zhou King as well.

Inwardly, he was daring Great Zhou King to make a move against him. He would immediately have the female furball eat Great Zhou king.

Su Yu was quite disappointed after learning about the secret behind the artificial character production. The two characters were useful, but he had thought that this might be a new technique or trick. He had been impressed with Great Zhou’s research ability because of this.

But it turned out that the whole thing was unrelated to their research. He had simply overestimated them.

Creating new characters using the two characters was essentially the same as Su Yu creating new cultivation methods through the golden book. Sure, he had contributed to the creation as well, but the book was the one doing the bulk of the work.

Alas, these fellows from Great Zhou might be even worse than him in research. Even Bai Feng might be better than them in this aspect. Sure enough, his teacher was still the super researcher here. All these people were nothing before his teacher.

Bai Feng was a true genius researcher. In comparison, Su Yu and those from Great Zhou had merely borrowed the help of some powerful treasures instead of relying on their own ability.

Through this trip, Su Yu had also learned the true plan of Great Zhou King and the others. The Celestial Chasm Realm.

How…exciting!

Great Zhou King said, “If you do manage to find the traitor, inform me. I’ll try to make him die during the attack. We can’t risk further chaos in the Human Realm. We can’t afford to shatter the fragile unity we have.”

Su Yu nodded and said, “I’ll try my best. But…I will still kill him if you decide to spare him for some reason. And I won’t stop there. I will dig his superior out, even if the superior might currently be away from the Myriad Realms.”

“Of course.” Great Zhou King nodded.

Su Yu continued, “If you do kill him, I want his complete corpse.”

“That…”

This would be much harder to promise.

Great Zhou King frowned and said, “Killing an Eternal without damaging the body is–”

“The corpse is very important for me. I believe you have the ability to do this.”

Great Zhou King chuckled and said, “You sure are confident in us.”

Su Yu gave Great Zhou King a deep stare and said, “Of course. Perhaps you have long touched that net. You might only be a step away from leaving that net.”

“Net?”

Su Yu grinned and said, “This is a baseless theory of mine. You are the sole human Invincible I don’t feel confident facing. Nobody else.”

Great Zhou King laughed and said, “You must be wrong.”

“No.” Su Yu said, “You are too humble, Your Majesty. Since forming that character of yours, I have been confident that you are one of the strongest in the Myriad Realms.”

With a genial smile on his face, Great Zhou King said, “You are overestimating me. So be it. Let’s go. Time for us to return to Great Xia.”

Su Yu said nothing, but he was serious. Even with the female furball around, he still felt uncomfortable facing Great Zhou King. The gut feeling of a super genius like him could be very accurate at times. He was most certainly not overthinking things here.

He was certain Great Zhou King could very well be a terrifying monster. A strong villain was not scary. But a strong and deceitful villain was extremely scary. And Great Zhou King was both deceitful and strong. That made him an extremely terrifying enemy to have.