Tribulation of Myriad Races

With the blood essence of the golden peng active, Su Yu could see a line ahead of him. He only needed to rip space apart following the line to reappear far ahead. As a result, he was able to move at an incredible speed.

Heavendoom and the others were incredibly excited, but they were slightly nervous as well. All of them were grabbing onto him tightly as they traveled through space again and again.

Su Yu was still holding Marquis Lanshan. Due to the loss of her dao body and her heavy injuries, her strength had dropped below the eighth-degree Eternal Realm. She merely stared at Su Yu calmly, as though she had entrusted her fate to him.

Behind them, the furious East Heavenly King was giving chase with five marquises. They were moving rapidly as well. Just from how fast they were moving, one could see just how strong East Heavenly King was. Then again, each heavenly king was a super expert even among Daofuses. Not even the old turtle was a match for them.

East Heavenly King’s voice rang out, “Are you Su Yu?”

That was a name he knew. Why? Because he had met Talisman King not long ago. Talisman King had entered the Death Realm personally to request that he deal with the old turtle.

Su Yu’s voice rang out, “Impudent! I am the human lord, which makes me your master! For your audacity in addressing me by my name directly, you shall be killed as a traitor!”

East Heavenly King’s eyes turned frosty. Then again, Su Yu wasn’t exactly wrong. And nobody wanted to be known as a traitor. That was something he would not admit to.

Before East Heavenly King could say anything, a marquis said, “Traitor? The humans went against the natural order of the world and attempted to control even the dead. The humans are the real traitors of the natural order. Humanity wouldn’t have fallen otherwise!”

Su Yu continued moving rapidly through space by using both the golden peng blood essence and his pass character, doing his best to comprehend more about the dao of space through this.

Upon hearing those words, he sneered and said, “Ignorant. Fallen? How dare you make such an ignorant claim when there isn’t a single human king death spirit here? Do you really think that all the human kings are dead? Culture King and Martial King were unrivaled. Human Emperor conquered all of existence. And you think we have fallen? Ask that traitor king of yours. Does he have the courage to claim that humanity has fallen?”

The East Heavenly King’s expression changed slightly. He coldly said, “Su Yu, there is no escape!”

Just as Su Yu was about to rip the space ahead of him open again, the space shook. Behind him, East Heavenly King’s aura surged. A massive death spirit dao covering the entire Death Realm manifested slightly. It was shaking, causing space itself to shake, slowing Su Yu down.

Su Yu was alarmed. At present, he was almost as strong as the Golden Peng Pseudo Emperor. As for death spirits, they shouldn’t be a match for the living of the same cultivation level. But for some reason, the East Heavenly King was able to slow him down even when he as utilizing the power of the golden peng.

His speed was slowed considerably. Was this the real strength of the four heavenly kings? No wonder they were allowed to rule the Death Realm. They were far stronger than regular Daofuses.

A small token appeared in Su Yu’s hand.

“Homeland of humanity, strengthen my space!”

The power of luck on the token surged, and the power of space rippled out. Instantly, the space around him stabilized.

Su Yu continued moving rapidly. Behind him, the East Heavenly King frowned. Humans! Yes, the heavenly laws of the humans applied even in the Death Realm! However, he had never expected Su Yu to have the ability to utilize some of these laws.

***

Heavendoom was exclaiming in shock, “Is this thing so powerful? It’s capable of utilizing even the laws in the Death Realm! Why have I never seen something like this before?”

Su Yu asked, “Had any of the previous human lords attacked the Death Realm?”

Heavendoom thought about it and shook his head.

Nope.

Firstly, the guardians had never sided with the human lord before. Secondly, the battle in the Myriad Realms had never ended before the Upper Realm was open. They would always be too busy to attack the Death Realm.

Sure, each war would affect the situation in the Death Realm, but it would always be a war between death spirits each time. Very few living beings would actually join the fight in the Death Realm.

The sole exception was the war launched by He Tu as he had dragged countless death sovereigns into the battle of the living.

“Exactly.” Su Yu said, “We need to lure these fellows into the mansion and kill them all. Killing them here won’t give us any rewards. But killing inside the mansion is different. The rewards for killing death spirits will be even better than usual. As guardians, who are Eternals, you will be rewarded richly for killing Daofuse death spirits. This is your chance.”

A chance for them to achieve Daofuse. Killing death spirits in the Death Realm was pointless.

But in the Luminous Domain Mansion, they would be rewarded both for killing stronger opponents and death spirits as guardians. That would be the best opportunity for the three to achieve Daofuse.

The three guardians were tempted, but they did not get overly excited. They knew very well just how hard Daofuses were to kill.

While they were conversing through voice transmissions, Marquis Lanshan suddenly said, “We can’t keep going ahead! We’ll reach the entrances of the Luminous Domain Mansion soon! That place is protected by the power of laws! No death spirits can enter!” “Also, there are many local death sovereigns there as well. They might slow you down, allowing the East Heavenly King to catch up!”

Marquis Lanshan was feeling very anxious. Why weren’t they heading toward any of the available death tunnels? She knew who Heavendoom and the other two were. They could have left through a death tunnel!

Of course, she would be the one to suffer upon exiting through a death tunnel. But the death tunnel would also be able to stop the advance of the East Heavenly King. What was this new human lord thinking? Why was this human lord heading further and further away from the death tunnels?

A trap?

An ambush?

What joke was that? That wasn’t possible. Living beings would be detected instantly here. As for death spirits, no death spirit here could be stronger than the East Heavenly King.

If there was really someone so strong around, they would have attacked the East Heavenly Domain long ago.

Seeing that Su Yu was ignoring her, she started shouting anxiously. Finally, Su Yu spoke, “Be silent! Just follow us! Don’t try to command our battles when you don’t know what’s going on! I told you to rush out alone, not rush out with the Lanshan Army! And what did you do? Hmph!”

At that, Marquis Lanshan blanked out. After a while, she said, “With the attack of the Lanshan Army, we were able to weaken the East Heavenly Domain! I also took the chance to kill two marquises and reduce the pressure on you!”

She had an entirely different idea of what she was supposed to do. Su Yu only wanted to lure the East Heavenly King out. However, Marquis Lanshan wanted to weaken the East Heavenly Domain as much as possible before leaving.

And with the help of Lanshan Army, she had accomplished it. They had successfully killed two marquises and numerous death sovereigns. For her, such a battle result was worth dying for.

She didn’t know why that would anger Su Yu. Thus, she was feeling wronged. They had sacrificed so much just to accomplish such a feat. Why was the human lord not acknowledging their contribution?

Su Yu spoke through voice transmission, “Do you disagree? Did I tell you to do that? I told you to kill your way out and lure the East Heavenly King. Your subordinates should have taken the chance to flee or wait. They wouldn’t die so soon. I have my own way of making sure the East Heavenly King won’t return. An incompetent general is all it takes to bring disaster to an entire army.”

Su Yu did not hold back as he continued, “Why did you do more than what you were asked? Did you feel very heroic sacrificing all your subordinates? You ruined my plan! Without your people, how am I supposed to control the East Heavenly Domain after conquering it? I would have cut you down for spoiling my military plans if we weren’t still in an active situation!”

Marquis Lanshan blanked out. She felt even gloomier than before.

She had been a valiant general since the ancient past. Even Martial King himself was full of praise toward her. But now, the new human lord was berating her for her courage!

“I—”

“What? Are you still trying to argue?” Su Yu said, “You sacrificed so many of our death sovereigns for nothing! Answer me. Are you able to control the East Heavenly Domain alone after I conquer it?”

“…”

Silence.

Marquis Lanshan was feeling indignant. She did not think that this was a treatment she deserved. She had gathered the force she had accumulated for so many years before killing a bloody path out. How could he berate her like that?

“Human Lords…the soldiers of humanity will be disappointed to hear these words. Those brothers and sisters who had died fighting…”

“They are all heroes. But you’re trash.” Su Yu said, “Just stop talking. If you remain a disobedient subordinate, please leave me after this battle. But if you still consider yourself a human, do not stray from my orders.”

Marquis Lanshan didn’t know what to say. After a while, she grunted and answered, “Yes.”

Why was the new human lord so overbearing even when he was fleeing for his life? She didn’t know what to feel about this. They were in the middle of fleeing from powerful enemies. Was he not afraid that she would turn on him for berating her like this? Also, how was he so confident that he could escape the East Heavenly King safely?

As Su Yu continued traveling through space, the pursuing party moved nearer and nearer to them.

Just then, He Tu appeared far ahead of them and roared, “Over here! Quick!”

Seeing that, Su Yu hurriedly rushed over.

In the blink of an eye, he reached He Tu. There, He Tu hurriedly said, “Go! Go in there and teleport away! It’s safe inside!”

And thus, the group jumped into a black hole.

East Heavenly King’s group slowed down slightly. With some hesitation, a marquis said, “Heavenly King, this place…”

East Heavenly King frowned and said, “I remember coming here once…a long time ago. It feels…different.”

But after a short hesitation, he ordered, “We go!”

“Yes!”

The death spirits entered the black hole as well.

***

Su Yu’s group reached the end of the black tunnel in the blink of an eye.

After coming out, 360 dim stars could be seen floating above them.

As they rushed toward the stars, He Tu asked through voice transmission, “Can you activate them?”

“Of course.”

Su Yu said nothing else and circulated his 360 apertures. At the same time, he poured a large amount of power into the 360 stars. These were the entrances for the ancient human experts. As a human with the combat strength of a Daofuse, Su Yu could naturally use them as well.

Instantly, all 360 stars lit up. He Tu was greatly surprised. It was really working. Marquis Lanshan was surprised as well. What was this?

The 360 stars started circulating in a unique order. After stepping atop one of the stars, Su Yu sent a voice transmission to the others, “You, go to the third star on the upper left. You, go to the fifth star on the upper right. You…”

He gave everyone a specific direction, including He Tu. He still needed He Tu’s help to lead the way later. After all, he was unfamiliar with the first underground level. He didn’t want to lose his way there while under the pursuit of the East Heavenly King.

Su Yu continued, “Enter these small rooms and circulate the corresponding apertures…”

With an awkward tone, Heavendoom said, “We aren’t humans. We don’t have the corresponding apertures.”

He Tu and Lanshan looked at each other before saying awkwardly, “We are death spirits. We don’t have apertures.”

“…”

Damn it!

Suddenly, Su Yu felt like he had made a big blunder. In that case, he could only hope that the East Heavenly King and his people would enter the stars he could control through the star he had picked.