Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu took his Mark of Civilization out. At the moment, quite a lot of people were being suppressed in it.

Celestial Dragon Marquis, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, Ape Pseudo Emperor, Kunpeng Pseudo Emperor, Wen Qi, and South Suppression Marquis.

Su Yu did not bother to take the captured Eternals with him. After a short silence, the Mark of Civilization shook slightly as a frail South Suppression Marquis appeared before him.

After taking a quick look around him, South Suppression Marquis asked, “Where is this?”

“Lower Realm. Eastrift Valley, to be specific.”

A complicated expression flickered on South Suppression Marquis’ face. After a short thought, he asked, “How is Hundred Battle King?”

“His seal was removed. As for whether he managed to escape after that, I am unsure. At the time, he was facing three Venerables.”

South Suppression Marquis inhaled deeply and said, “As long as he can escape, there will be hope.”

He looked at Su Yu again. After a short silence, he exclaimed in shock, “The number of experts in the Lower Realm is far higher than expected.”

Su Yu nodded, “We’re doing fine, I suppose. But we’re still too weak compared to the Upper Realm.”

“What do you need from me, Human Lord?”

Su Yu asked, “I have a question. In your mind, for the past hundred thousand years, what have you been fighting for?”

South Suppression Marquis blanked out slightly.

Su Yu continued, “Humanity? The ancient glory? Or Hundred Battle King?”

After a long silence, South Suppression Marquis answered, “Partly for humanity and partly for myself. Hundred Battle is merely a human lord. Due to his talent and strength, he became the hope of humanity.”

Su Yu said, “I intend to enter the Upper Realm again and participate in more battles. However, the Human Realm is left unguarded. As a precaution, I am thinking of hiding you here to serve as the secret card of humanity. Are you willing to lend humanity a hand when it matters?”

South Suppression Marquis narrowed his eyes and asked, “Are you not worried that I will try something after your departure?”

Su Yu answered, “Yes. But I need to emphasize something. Humanity does not belong to me. Humanity is not everything for me. I am not protecting humanity because of something like responsibility. I am not the Human Emperor. I have my pursuits. I have my ambitions. Perhaps the destruction of humanity will free me.”

South Suppression Marquis was stunned to hear that. After a long silence, he said bitterly, “You are not comparable to the Human Emperor. You aren’t even comparable to Hundred Battle.”

Su Yu did not mind that, “Perhaps. They were raised with a certain sense of responsibility. They grew up brainwashed by people like you. They were told what to do and how to think. Protecting humanity was everything for them. For me, I can do what I need to do. But this won’t be my life goal.”

Su Yu appeared completely indifferent as he said that.

A sneer took form on his face as he continued, “Becoming a messiah? A saint of humanity? Apologies. I’m neither of that. I am merely helping humanity because I can. Because of the pity I have for humanity. Otherwise, I would be living an unfettered life right about now.”

South Suppression Marquis sighed and said, “With the previous destruction of my physical body, my strength has dropped significantly. Even if I’m hiding in the dark, I won’t be able to handle peak Daofuses easily anymore.”

Su Yu said, “Just regrow your body. I will allocate you some power of laws. However, don’t reveal yourself unless an invasion of the myriad races reaches the Human Realm. Do not leave the Human Realm either.”

South Suppression Marquis paused slightly before nodding.

“Okay.” He looked at Su Yu and asked, “How about Wen Qi?”

Su Yu laughed and said, “Him? That’s an inept advisor. Without me around, he might end up instigating you to do something dumb. No thanks. He’ll be staying with me for now. He loves advising, right? He doesn’t seem completely dumb so maybe I’ll let Hundred Battle have him instead.”

South Suppression Marquis had a resigned expression as he said, “You’re sending him to Hundred Battle?”

Su Yu nodded, “He’s not an excellent advisor, but he’s probably good enough to scheme a bit. It’s not a bad thing to be a schemer. Hundred Battle is too dumb. Anyone can scheme him to hell. Even with an inept advisor by his side, he can probably do something useful.”

South Suppression Marquis sighed and said, “Wen Qi is not a bad guy.”

Su Yu laughed and said, “You can believe that. But I don’t want to have my relationship with the iron devourers deteriorate because of this Wen Qi guy. I believe you understand what I’m saying.

“I don’t need you around to ruin my relationship with the iron devourers. Wen Qi will serve as an example to teach everyone, allies or fellow humans, that I care about ability the most. Race does not matter.”

South Suppression Marquis nodded, “I understand, Human Lord.”

“Good. It really doesn’t matter even if you don’t understand. I’ll just have to handle you.”

With a smile, Su Yu tossed some power of laws over and said, “Go to the Human Realm and find a suitable hiding place for yourself.”

Just as South Suppression Marquis was about to leave, Su Yu called out, “Wait.”

South Suppression Marquis stopped and looked at Su Yu again.

A large ball appeared in Su Yu’s hand. When South Suppression Marquis saw the ball, he was alarmed.

“Death qi?”

That was a large amount of death qi.

Su Yu nodded, “I believe a death tunnel opened in the Human Realm will lead to the Origin Land. As a precaution, keep this with you. When things get desperate, open a death tunnel. If humanity must fall, drag everyone down. Even excluding the sealed death spirits, there are currently dozens of death spirit marquises down there. Even North Heavenly King is currently there. They should be enough to kill quite a lot of top experts.”

South Suppression Marquis felt like he was being handed a live bomb.

He was terrified.

A sudden realization was dawning on him. This human lord was actually a lunatic.

This was too terrifying.

Among the contingencies this human lord had prepared, one of them involved dragging everyone down.

As the marquis swallowed nervously, Su Yu grinned and asked, “What’s the problem? By the way, remember to block the exit from the Human Realm when opening the death tunnel. Turn the entire Human Realm into a land of death. You can even try self-detonating at the exit and see if you can collapse the connection between the Human Realm and the Allheaven Battlefield. Trap everyone inside.”

“…”

South Suppression Marquis started shivering, “Y-you…you…”

Su Yu grinned and asked, “What is it? As I said, only do this when things get desperate. In that situation, all of you will die. Humanity will fall anyway. In that case, isn’t it better to drag some of those bastards down as well?”

“I am not mad.” Su Yu continued, “If I were mad, I would have opened the Human Realm wide, invited the myriad races to invade, before blocking the entrance and opening a death tunnel inside the Human Realm. Since the myriad races dare to stand against me, I will make them suffer even if I can’t win. I would rather destroy everything than let them win.”

As of that moment, South Suppression Marquis was starting to develop an intense fear of Su Yu. He accepted the ball of death qi carefully. His stress level surged. Even his hands were starting to tremble. He was worried that he would accidentally break the ball, releasing the death qi inside and turning the Human Realm into a land of death.

South Suppression Marquis swallowed as he looked up at Su Yu. This time, fear was apparent in his eyes as he looked at Su Yu. With such a human lord, all would be well if he could win. If he were to lose…South Suppression Marquis greatly suspected that the myriad races would not enjoy their victory at all.

Su Yu said, “South Suppression Marquis, the safety of the Lower Realm humans is in your hands. Do not disappoint me. I don’t even know you that well yet I’m handing you such an important responsibility. Naturally, I won’t even bother to return if humanity were to fall during my absence. Perhaps this is a good way for me to regain my freedom.”

South Suppression Marquis asked, “You…are you actually wishing that I’m a traitor? Is humanity a burden to you now? With humanity gone, this weak point of yours will be removed. Is that the case?”

“You’re wrong.” Su Yu said, “I don’t have that in mind. I merely believe that there is a limit to what a single person can do. I can’t do everything myself, right? I have to trust someone, right?”

South Suppression Marquis smiled bitterly. He still suspected that Su Yu was hoping he would be a traitor. Without humanity dragging him down, he would no longer have all these responsibilities. He could emerge and kill a few people when he felt like it. If not, he could simply hide somewhere and live a relaxed life. Who could even catch him?

Su Yu said, “That is all. You may go now. I will send my friends and relatives elsewhere. They will open a research center and perform some research for me. As for the rest of humanity, it’s up to you.”

South Suppression Marquis paled as he asked, “Human Lord…you’re taking your household away?”

“Yes.” Su Yu grinned, “Am I supposed to leave the fate of my loved ones in your hands? I can’t allow them to suffer from the death tunnel you open, right?”

South Suppression Marquis said bitterly, “I understand. Don’t worry, Human Lord. I won’t open the death tunnel unless humanity is really on the verge of extinction.”

This was the worst task he had ever received.

“Go, then.”

The helpless South Suppression Marquis vanished with a flicker.

A short moment later, Wan Tiansheng appeared and laughed, “You nearly scared him to death.”

With a thoughtful expression, Wan Tiansheng asked, “That…isn’t really your plan, right?”

He had to admit that Su Yu could be quite cold at times.

Wan Tiansheng exclaimed, “That ball of death qi isn’t set to self-detonate, right?”

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Principal, what is the meaning of this? Why are you saying something like this? If South Suppression Marquis hears this, he will piss himself in fear. We can’t have him hearing these words.”

South Suppression Marquis, who was still nearby, stared at the ball with a pale expression. He gnashed his teeth and stuffed it into his sea of willpower. With this, his sea of willpower would be exposed to it first in the event of a detonation.

How terrifying.

The current human lord was too terrifying.

***

When South Suppression Marquis was finally gone, Su Yu laughed.

Wan Tiansheng was laughing as well. “He’s really scared now. With this, he won’t dare to try anything funny regardless of his loyalty. He wouldn’t dare to risk losing humanity and grant us complete freedom.”

Su Yu smiled, “What are you talking about? He looks like a nice guy. I have faith in him. I never doubted him.”

Wan Tiansheng merely smiled. He did not deign to entertain that statement with a remark.

In any case, this little episode was enough to scare South Suppression Marquis even if he was from Control King’s lineage.