Tribulation of Myriad Races

“Marquis?”

“Father?”

The white-haired old man and the young woman asked doubtfully.

Stable Army Marquis remained silent. Instead, he stood up with a solemn look in his eyes. His instinct honed over countless brushes with death was telling him that something had happened. He would never underestimate any reaction from his crisis sense.

Unlike the myriad races, humanity couldn’t afford to be even a tiny bit careless in the Upper Realm. Any carelessness could result in death.

“Be on alert!”

Stable Army Marquis ordered. As his voice spread over the flower, everyone, regardless of what they were doing, stood up in surprise. Then, over a thousand people entered a state of high alert.

They assumed their standard protocol. The oldest would stand at the outermost part of their formation, with the younger ones at the middle. The weaker children would all be taken into their weapons.

Of course, the death of the carrier of these weapons would also kill everyone in these weapons. Thus, the identities of these carriers remained a secret. Nobody would ask about it.

In any case, the marquis wouldn’t be the carrier.

After all, the battles involving the marquis would create intense spatial fluctuations that might kill the people hiding inside the weapons. More importantly, he was also a priority target of the myriad races.

Everyone waited in silence, uneasiness, and despair. At the same time, they also felt lost and numb to this. They had lived many years in hiding. For humanity, the Upper Realm was no paradise.

They sounded impressive, but in truth, they lived bitter lives. That was especially true for the past six thousand years. Early on, things weren’t that bad. They couldn’t dominate the Upper Realm, but they could at least contend against the myriad races.

However, the younger humans born in the Upper Realm had never experienced that period. They had lived in despair and sorrow their whole lives.

“Here it goes again.”

Amid the crowd, someone muttered numbly. They had entered such a state of high alert many times before. Of course, most of these alerts would be false alerts.

Thus, most people remained rather numb to it. If this was the time they were attacked, so be it. At worst, they would die in battle. Perhaps that would not be that bad since it would set them free from this suffering. Once, there were hundreds of thousands of them. They were the only ones left. Too many had died.

Several peak Eternals hurriedly gathered around the marquis. The white-haired old man was also a peak Eternal. In fact, he was on the verge of attaining Daofuse. He had only refrained from breaking through due to the danger of exposure, not due to a lack of ability. Of course, if a battle were to erupt, there would be no point in holding back anymore.

The white-haired old man was on full alert as well. He looked around warily. Did the marquis sense a crisis?

With the spear in hand, Stable Army Marquis looked at his daughter and said, “Go over there.”

He did not keep his daughter in a weapon. There was no need. She was the daughter of Stable Army Marquis. She might only be a Sunmoon, but she could only die in a battle instead of dying while hiding in a weapon.

She said nothing and flew off to join the others. With that, everyone waited warily while looking up. Would there be an attack?

***

Outside, Su Yu was feeling quite surprised.

“I think…they noticed us.”

There was no longer a need for him to search the flowers one by one. One of the flowers was leaking the power of different daos. That wasn’t something a regular person could see, but it posed no issue for Su Yu.

The group was casually strolling through the valley. Before the light could reach them, it would be devoured by Lan Tian with a look of bliss.

“What a nice place. I need a flower clone as well!”

He grinned. He wanted to become a flower! Since he practiced the dao of all life, he naturally needed to include these flowers in his dao as well. The light emitted by these flowers was poisonous for others, but for Lan Tian, it was akin to food for his dao.

Great Zhou King ignored Lan Tian and said, “He’s an old general. After spending so many years on the run, his crisis sense is definitely sharp. He might not have discovered us. He must have discovered some sort of crisis without any clear clue about what’s happening.”

Su Yu nodded.

Great Zhou King asked, “What now? Do we attack directly?”

A direct attack might generate more fluctuations than they would like. Furthermore, a direct attack might also alarm the flowers here, resulting in the eruption of an even bigger battle. These flowers were by no means weak.

In fact, they could feel that these flowers could release the strength of Daofuses when working together. This was also the biggest danger of this valley.

They had already been delayed somewhat by the myriad races they captured earlier. And they couldn’t afford to delay much longer. After some thought, Su Yu exhaled and said, “If we have to, we attack directly. It’s only one Daofuse. Of course, I prefer to persuade him through words. But if he remains stubborn, subdue him.”

“Okay.”

Subduing the Stable Army Marquis wouldn’t be an issue. The issue was doing it without causing any unnecessary fluctuations.

“Go.”

With one order from Su Yu, a large formation appeared. Great Ming King would be focused on the formation. That was a concealment formation. This was something he had learned from West Royal Consort. Her work had provided him with a lot of inspiration, allowing him to grow rapidly in the path of formations. He wouldn’t have been able to attain Daofuse otherwise.

Instantly, the formation covered the large flower. Right at that moment, an unyielding spear stabbed out of the flower, carrying with it the determination to die fighting.

Stable Army Marquis roared in fury, “Scatter and flee!”

It was over! The moment the formation appeared, he knew that a disaster had arrived. That was a formation placed by a Daofuse. They had an entire Daofuse handling a formation. What about the other attackers? They were certainly Daofuses as well.

“Why are you running?”

With a giggle, countless figures appeared in the air. An incomparably powerful yet enchanting Lan Tian appeared and said, “Little Stable Army, let’s have some fun!”

Stable Army Marquis exclaimed in alarm, “A pseudo king?”

“No? I think I’m at the level of a heavenly king now, right?”

With a cheerful laugh, Lan Tian sent a palm attack forward. At the same time, Great Zhou King’s voice rang out, “Stable Army Marquis, we’re on your side. Don’t move. We can all stay calm. We are family. Be patient and listen to me.”

At that, Stable Army Marquis’ eyes turned empty, but he regained his clarity in a split second. Once again, he was greatly alarmed. Who? Yet another Daofuse! Damn it! Just how many Daofuses were the myriad races deploying to kill him?

Why had he never seen these people? Wait, no. The second voice sounded familiar, but he couldn’t recall it. He was able to regain his clarity quickly, but that wasn’t the case for all the other humans in the flower.

Upon hearing that voice, all of them stopped moving. Some struggle could be seen on their faces. Clearly, they still wanted to flee. But Great Zhou King’s voice was ringing in their minds.

Stay still.

Listen to him.

Those below the Eternal Realm were completely helpless to his voice. Even Eternals could only take a few steps before laying down their weapons.

No!

All of them despaired. They knew that they had encountered a supreme expert. Or to be precise, they had encountered multiple supreme experts.

“Die!”

Stable Army Marquis roared. Even if he wasn’t a match, he couldn’t give up! He had to open a path for his people. Even if he couldn’t, he would kill a Daofuse before dying. He wanted to use the valley to break the formation. Every single flower in the Brightmoon Flower Valley was a powerhouse as well. Just as his spear was about to pierce through Lan Tian’s palm, a figure in white appeared.

“Impudent!”

With a roar, the daos trembled. Stable Army Marquis felt his vision blurring as a stone descended upon him.

“Settle down!”

With a roar, Su Yu sent his stone out. His human lord’s token might not be good enough to suppress the Stable Army Marquis. But if the stone was really a belonging of the Human Emperor, it might work slightly.

And sure enough, it worked. With a rumble, Stable Army Marquis’ dao trembled while his entire body turned numb. That gave Lan Tian the chance to grab him before crushing his armor.

Crack!

After coughing a mouthful of blood, Stable Army Marquis raised his spear again. But at this point, he had already lost hope. The moment he lifted his spear, it was snatched by the man in white.

“Audacious! How dare you behave impudently before your superior?”

Once again, Stable Army Marquis’ dao trembled. Countless Lan Tians formed a net before wrapping around him. While clicking his tongue, Lan Tian smiled and said, “You’re a puny marquis, but you’re quite impudent. How dare you not bow in respect before Emperor Yu? How dare you fight back?”

“Emperor Yu?”

Stable Army Marquis’ heart thumped. What? These people…seemed to be all humans! But…where did such powerful humans come from?

Before he could think much, he saw something that caused his heart to thump even more. He exclaimed in shock, “Culture King?”

A pen had appeared.

With the pen, Su Yu wrote countless characters in the air before sealing the marquis before him. The mere sight of the pen caused Stable Army Marquis to instinctively stop resisting. He looked confused, shocked, and doubtful. Who were they?

“Who are you?”

He roared in desperation. Just who were these people? Three super experts. Each was stronger than him. And there was another Daofuse further away, maintaining a formation around them. Where did these people come from? He did not know any of them.

Su Yu couldn’t be bothered to answer. He would only talk after he was done subduing the marquis.

Wave after wave of sealing power erupted from the pen dao, sealing the dao of the marquis even as Lan Tian was sealing his body. To the side, Great Zhou King continued chanting unceasingly.

Thanks to Great Zhou King, nobody in the flower could move. Next, numerous sealing characters manifested from Su Yu’s pen dao before entering the bodies of the humans in the flower. One after another, they were sealed.

Finally, Su Yu reached out and casually grabbed all of them into his palm. They were still conscious, but they were completely helpless. They could only watch in indignation, fear, and fury. Just who was this white-haired demon king?

They did not have Stable Army Marquis’ keen eyes. They only knew that several terrifyingly powerful experts had arrived. Even someone as powerful as Stable Army Marquis had been subdued instantly.

Stable Army Marquis was unable to match even one of these attackers. That shouldn’t be possible.

Stable Army Marquis was no weakling, even among Daofuses. According to Su Yu’s personal classification, he could be considered a tier-three Daofuse. A heavenly king would be tier one, while a peak Daofuse would be tier two. For the most part, a tier three was a first-rate Daofuse.

However, people like Lan Tian and Su Yu could easily subdue Stable Army Marquis. Noticing that, the people of the flower sank into despair.