Tribulation of Myriad Races

All twenty-seven guardians had reached the ninth degree.

Before leaving, Su Yu did not forget to provoke Martial Emperor. He would be more than happy to see Martial Emperor go mad again. That bastard had actually learned to provoke Su Yu after gaining his clarity of mind. Su Yu would naturally not let that slide. A battle of words was something he had never feared.

“Heh.”

After leaving the mansion, Su Yu sneered. Martial Emperor was indeed powerful. But he was still suppressed. What was there to fear when he was still trapped there?

The guardians and death spirits around Su Yu had no idea what had happened. Thus, they were confused when they observed Su Yu. Su Yu seemed to be both pleased and displeased at the same time.

How complicated.

He Tu asked, “Your Majesty, with the advancement of all the guardians, do we fight North Heavenly King now?”

They were already strong enough to defeat the North Heavenly King. But the losses on their side might still be quite heavy. Su Yu had helped all these guardians advance because he wanted to minimize the losses. But there were no guarantees in battles.

Su Yu did not answer. Instead, he looked at the Celestial River of Death nearby. He could still sense the crisis coming from the river. He was no fool. From the sense of crisis prickling his senses, he realized that some marquises must have awakened. They might be hiding now, and they would probably appear during his battle with North Heavenly King to take advantage of the chaos. He was unsure of how many of them there were.

“Go!”

Su Yu still didn’t answer the question. They would first return. With his command, the group started flying across the river. Their powerful auras rippled everywhere. Even those under the river could feel them. There were indeed marquises hiding down there while observing them in secret. Su Yu could sense them, and he merely sneered inwardly. Thinking of taking advantage of him?

Dream on.

Suddenly, He Tu received a voice transmission. Then, he flew toward Grand Dream City.

***

North Heavenly King was feeling more and more restless.

Damn it! He could feel Su Yu’s return!

He soared into the sky and flew toward the border of his domain. Before long, his expression changed as he muttered, “Guardians!”

Those guardians seemed to be here!

One after another, the marquises joined him. And they all saw the approaching golden light. Su Yu! Their expressions changed. Su Yu had arrived with the guardians?

North Heavenly King solemnly said, “Don’t panic. Heavendoom and the other Daofuse guardians aren’t here. Grand Dream will never leave his post. These are only some Eternal guardians.”

He placated his marquises, telling them that everything would be fine. But inwardly, he was feeling greatly uneasy. These guardians seemed to have grown stronger than before! There were no Daofuses among them, but they were strong enough to handle Daofuses by joining hands!

This was getting troublesome. Had Su Yu gone mad? Why did he remove all these guardians from their cities? Was he not worried that the myriad races would notice it? Or…perhaps Su Yu had swapped all the guardians. And the fools outside were still oblivious to it. That was the only conclusion he could reach. That was the only way for so many guardians to leave at once.

“I might really need to flee.”

North Heavenly King was feeling both helpless and vexed. If he had to, he would flee. By the time Su Yu arrived with all his people, fleeing would be much harder. The marquises were no fools. The same thought crossed their minds as well.

From afar, Su Yu’s voice rang out, “Are you remaining stubborn? My previous offer stands. North heavenly King, you will be spared if you willingly scatter your power now. The moment we start fighting, you will die.”

His voice spread everywhere. Inside the North Heavenly Domain, the death sovereigns started panicking.

South Heavenly King’s voice rang out as well, “North Heavenly King, are you not submitting? Are you waiting to die?”

A bleak sensation enveloped North Heavenly King. He felt as though this was the end of the road for him. Glancing at the marquises and death sovereigns under him, he knew that there was still a chance for him.

He could flee now. South Heavenly King wouldn’t be able to catch him easily. He could flee into the Celestial River of Death. He could flee to the Origin Land. He was no weakling. He might be able to survive even the Origin Land.

Su Yu did not intend to fight him to the death. Su Yu only wanted to force him into submission with a powerful force. Or perhaps Su Yu was planning to gather all his strength and sweep through the North Heavenly Domain with the lowest cost possible.

Fleeing?

Fleeing the North Heavenly Domain, that North Heavenly King had spent years running, becoming a vagrant death spirit again? Should he? This was the kind of life he lived prior to his death. Was he supposed to return to the same life? Looking at the Celestial River of Death, North Heavenly King laughed suddenly.

“Su Yu!”

He said, “No matter what, you are a weakling. You can only suppress me with South Heavenly King. But you can’t suppress the Myriad Realms. Resistance will rise. Back then, Human Emperor, Culture King, and Martial King were feared by all.

“You are too weak. Living beings? Death spirits? Who will wholeheartedly support you? No matter how many helpers you find, you can’t hide the fact that you’re weak! The stronger your subordinates are, the more interesting things will be when they turn against you! You can defeat me, but you can’t defeat the Myriad Realms!”

North Heavenly King roared with laughter. He could sense how intensely the Celestial River of Death was reacting. As a top expert walking the death spirit dao, he could sense the large number of experts waiting inside the river.

Even South Heavenly King could feel the same as her expression changed slightly. North Heavenly King continued roaring with laughter.

“Those in the Celestial River of Death, humanity is trying to conquer the world again! They will kill all who refuse to submit! If you have a shred of wisdom in you, you should understand that this is the time for us to stand together! The moment I die, will you be a match for them? Only by joining hands can we push humanity back or even crush them!”

North Heavenly King saw another opportunity. Another option. He couldn’t wait. He couldn’t let those fools wait for him to die before taking advantage of the chaos. That was a stupid chance. They might as well deliver themselves to Su Yu for free if they were to do that.

Su Yu, who was flying toward the North Heavenly Domain, glanced at the Celestial River of Death. He could see the many eyes watching him inside the river. He sighed inwardly. Sure enough, no plan would go smoothly. These people were unwilling to be subdued or killed. They would resist until the end.

Far away, North Heavenly King roared again, “Those in the river! Can’t you see what’s going on? East Heavenly King is dead. West Heavenly King is dead. It’s now my turn. If I die, you won’t be a match even if you can produce a heavenly king and numerous marquises.

“Do you know what I regret most? I regret not joining hands with East Heavenly King and the others back then to remove South Heavenly King in advance.”

He roared. Yes. He was regretting his previous choice. He did not regret his betrayal. He merely regretted his naivety when he decided not to act against South Heavenly King.

Back then, he should have joined hands with West Royal Consort, West Heavenly King, and East Heavenly King to kill South Heavenly King and Grand Dream. If he had done that, he wouldn’t have been pushed to his current desperation.

“Are you done shouting?” Su Yu snorted coldly.

North Heavenly King said, “You can’t kill me today, Su Yu. If you dare attack, the experts from the river will act!”

“I only waited because I didn’t want to lose people unnecessarily.”

Su Yu had a cold expression. He was speaking the truth. He had waited not because he couldn’t win. Instead, he only wanted to reduce the losses on his side. But due to his patience, those in the river were starting to stir.

He could already sense the rising marquis auras in the river. Clearly, those in the river were not clueless about what was happening. They also intended to push Su Yu back by joining hands with North Heavenly King.

“I am quite curious myself. How many experts have awakened from the river? Come on. Don’t be shy.”

He had a good plan. But these people were too disobedient. So be it. At worst, he would go all out and throw this place into chaos.

“Be obedient and stay in the river and you might yet survive. Do not seek death.”

With that warning, Su Yu resumed his flight toward the North Heavenly Domain.

North Heavenly King asked solemnly, “Su Yu, must you pursue this path? Regardless of the victor, both sides will suffer!”

“So what?” Suddenly, Su Yu’s killing intent surged. He sneered and said, “Are you feeling confident because I have been too gentle? I had fought countless difficult battles before. This is not the first. It wouldn’t be the last. I was patient because I wanted to keep things under control. But you insist on seeking death.”

The baleful aura around Su Yu intensified as he said, “South Heavenly King, keep him busy. Spirit Suppression Army, with me!”

But just then, the guardians blanked out. Because Su Yu had turned around and left. He left?

North Heavenly King was blanking out as well. But Su Yu had reappeared atop the Celestial River of Death before roaring, “Die!”

A pen manifested and pointed at the river.

Foolish death spirits. When they floated at the surface of the river, their power of dao would be exceptionally obvious. Did they think him blind? Did they think his Heaven Gate a decoration? Did they think him incapable of seeing them? Playing hide and seek with him? He would first kill them!

Su Yu roared again, “South Heavenly King, keep him occupied at all cost! I will join you after pacifying the Celestial River of Death!”

Only then did South Heavenly King realize what was happening. North Heavenly King was the same. Both were greatly shocked. What madness was this? Su Yu…had attacked the Celestial River of Death with the Spirit Suppression Army?

Boom!

Su Yu’s attack was too sudden. He didn’t even spare the river a glance before stabbing his pen dao. A crack rang out as the pen descended. Instantly, one of the tiny daos wrapped around the death spirit dao cracked, nearly snapping in half.

A burst of death qi erupted, and the dao body of a marquis split apart. The marquis looked completely confused. How did this human discover him? They were unaware that for Su Yu, their presences in the river were akin to fire in darkness.

They were too conspicuous. Were they dreaming of ambushing him like this? Taking advantage of him? How dumb. The sudden attack had instantly delivered a heavy injury to the marquis waiting in hiding.

Next, Su Yu shot forth, took his human lord’s token out, and pressed down. Then, he used his pen as a saber and unleashed the Sky Sundering Saber upon the marquis.

Boom!

It had all happened in a split second. The two heavenly kings had yet to start fighting. Openmountain and the others had yet to arrive. With a pen, a token, and a saber, Su Yu killed a marquis.

Boom!

The explosion was deafening.

Shockwaves spread everywhere. All the death spirits on the surface of the Celestial River of Death not at the Eternal Realm and beyond vanished instantly. Even the corpse of the dead marquis was collected by Su Yu.

And next, calm returned again. It was as though nothing had happened. Tens of thousands of death spirits had gone missing from the river. Only then did the rest realize what had just happened.

A marquis was killed?

That…was too fast!

Su Yu had decided to ignore North Heavenly King and attack the river instead! This was completely unexpected. Even North Heavenly King was blanking out. That lunatic had actually attacked the river!

How was that possible?