Tribulation of Myriad Races

Venerable Scrape ignored the heavenly king as well. He stared at the corpse for a while before saying, ”Collect the corpse.”

It was pointless to extract the blood essence of a corpse. At the very least, it was pointless for him. They were better off using this corpse to trade for more concealment formations from the Torchbearers. Hearing that, the heavenly king could only shut his mouth.

He looked at the detained old man, gnashed his teeth, and said, ”Lord Venerable, this Southbrook Marquis killed many of our people as well. Since he’s in our hands now, why don’t we kill him here lest he creates trouble for us in the future?”

Southbrook Marquis was not a Venerable, but he was roughly at the level of a heavenly king. Unfortunately, he was in a weakened state. The heavenly king believed that they should kill him while he was weak. What was the point of detaining him? They were wasting manpower doing this. No human should be spared.

”Bloodbreak.” Venerable Scrape frowned and said, ”Do your job and watch over him. Stop spouting nonsense.”

The said heavenly king was none other than Bloodbreak Marquis. Helpless, Bloodbreak Marquis could only shut his mouth again. Something was wrong with Venerable Scrape today.

He had not killed the human expert they found. However, any myriad race expert daring to resist would not be let off lightly. Just not long ago, they had discovered a buried immortal. The immortal misunderstood that Venerable Scrape was here to kill him and reacted intensely. As a result, Venerable Scrape gave him a beating, nearly destroying his body in the process.

Bloodbreak Marquis had more to say, but he was worried that he would be berated yet again.

Just then, a rumble rang out from afar.

Boom!

It came somewhere near Venerable Moon.

A powerful being could be seen soaring into the sky as an intense battle erupted between that being and Venerable Moon, who was being assisted by Thunderstorm. However, Thunderstorm appeared to be only going through the motions during the combat. He wasn’t even trying. Meanwhile, the newly appeared expert was an incredibly powerful axe wielder.

The moment March saw that expert, he exclaimed in shock, ”Giant Axe Marquis!”

Venerable Scrape frowned and said, ”Yet another human. A human Venerable!”

This was both surprising and unsurprising. As the former overlord of the Myriad Realms, it wasn’t surprising that there would be some dying human experts buried in the Dao Origin Land. And sure enough, one of them had been found.

A proper Venerable.

The axe descended from the sky with the might to cleave existence itself into two.

The detained Southbrook Marquis roared with desperation, ”Giant Axe, flee!”

He roared with all his might. Yet another human had been found. And this time, it wasn’t a corpse. Rather, it was a powerful, living being. He suspected that humanity had lost.

The myriad races wouldn’t have been able to do as they wished in the Dao Origin Land otherwise. Not a single human was in sight. Apart from himself and the corpse, the newly appeared Giant Axe Marquis was the only human he could see.

***

Far away.

Giant Axe Marquis, who was breathing heavily, heard the screams. But he only had a bitter expression on his face.

Flee? Where could he even go?

There were two experts at the same level as him nearby, and both were at their peak. Meanwhile, he had been in deep slumber for too long, resulting in a weakened state. At his current state, he couldn’t even win against one of them, let alone two.

To make things worse, there were more similar experts in the area. He could sense that there were six of them. There were also five to six weaker pseudo kings in the area as well. Escape was simply impossible.

Not far away, Venerable Moon’s eyes were flickering as he stared at the human expert.

A Venerable.

There was actually a Venerable among the slumbering ancient humans. Should he capture and send this fellow to the Torchbearers? But this was a Venerable. This was the highest level one could reach in this era.

Venerable Moon did not mind trading this human Venerable for more benefits from the Torchbearers, but this would be the same as strengthening his enemies. Giant Axe Marquis could very well become strong enough to kill them upon recovery.

”Giant Axe, surrender.”

Venerable Moon said, ”Do you think escape is possible?”

Venerable Scrape, Venerable Desolate, and the others were moving over rapidly. Giant Axe Marquis could feel it. He could sense his end.

With fury and indignation, he asked, ”How are the humans?”

The Dao Origin Land had always been under humanity’s control. What happened here?

”March, even you betrayed humanity?”

Giant Axe Marquis grew even more furious when he sensed March’s aura. ”The iron devourer race has been an old ally of the human race. How could you betray humanity?”

”...”

March curled his lips with contempt. This was why these old fellows were so annoying. They should learn more from Su Yu, who had been very polite when dealing with them. Meanwhile, this fellow had called him a traitor right away. Was he a human? Also, this fellow did not have the authority to label him a traitor.

However, a human Venerable was indeed a big surprise. March couldn’t decide what to do. Su Yu did not have any Venerables on his side. The strength of Fat Ball was unclear, but ignoring Fat Ball, there was no Venerable among them. If Su Yu could get Giant Axe Marquis under him, humanity would be able to gain its first Venerable.

As for whether Su Yu could subdue this fellow, the likelihood of success was quite high. Clearly, March had completely forgotten about Hundred Battle King. He sank into thought.

Elsewhere, both Heavenly Fate Marquis and Thunderstorm remained silent. As for Venerable Desolate and the others, they slowly formed an encirclement among Giant Axe Marquis.

A look of desperation covered Giant Axe Marquis’ face. Escape was not possible. He was as good as dead.

”We’ll die together!”

With a furious roar, Giant Axe Marquis raised his axe and swung it at the distant March.

”...”

March’s eyes widened in shock.

Fuck!

What the fuck was this? What had he done to deserve this?

”Traitor! Humanity has always been kind toward the iron devourer race! How could you betray us?”

Giant Axe Marquis appeared greatly furious. He wasn’t surprised to see the divines, immortals, and devils as their enemies. He was unbothered about that. But the iron devourers had always been their allies. He could not accept March’s betrayal. He would not put up with this. He decided to drag March down if he had to die.

As the powerful axe cleaved through the air and descended upon March, he felt so frustrated he nearly coughed blood from sheer annoyance. Then, he swung his massive bamboo up. He swung it multiple times.

Boom!

After about seven or eight strikes, the axe was finally sent flying. As Giant Axe Marquis was coughing blood, March exhaled in relief with a helpless look in his eyes.

Screw him!

That fellow was the one who had attacked first! He was only defending himself. Even if he didn’t strike back, Giant Axe Marquis wouldn’t be able to escape. and that would only cause the three major races to grow even more suspicious of the iron devourers.

At that point, March could only curse at Giant Axe Marquis for being such an idiot inwardly. If Giant Axe Marquis had attempted to break free from a different direction, March might be able to try something. But instead, the marquis had attacked him directly. Was he supposed to risk the iron devourers and release Giant Axe Marquis?

There was no hope for Giant Axe Marquis. The Venerables started joining hands against him. They did not bother to fight him fairly. It was pointless. They had to first subdue him before deciding what to do with him.

In mere moments, Giant Axe Marquis’ blood was spilled as his body started falling apart. Noticing that Giant Axe Marquis was on the verge of self-detonation, the Venerables looked at each other with flickering eyes. None bothered to stop him. They were happy to see this. Not even the Torchbearers could blame them for this.

What could they do if Giant Axe Marquis decided to go crazy right after emerging from his seclusion? Were they supposed to risk their lives to stop his self-detonation?

But just as they were waiting for the self-detonation to happen, a unique power rippled out and covered Giant Axe Marquis. The unique power was calming yet powerful. It came from Heavenly Fate Marquis. It even covered the other Venerables, calming all of them down.

Giant Axe Marquis calmed down as well, with a look of relaxation on his face. But he regained his clarity of mind in mere moments. Suddenly, a gigantic bamboo stick arrived and struck him, disorienting him slightly.

As far as March was concerned, it would be better to keep Giant Axe Marquis alive even if escape was impossible. As long as he was alive, he could be rescued. All hope would be lost upon death. March followed up with another bamboo strike, knocking Giant Axe Marquis out.

Noticing what the two were doing, Venerable Moon sent a voice transmission to his allies, ”Are they doing this deliberately?”

”Are they stopping us? Or to be precise, are they stopping Giant Axe Marquis from detonating himself?”

”Are they with the Torchbearers?”

”Just how many spies do the Torchbearers have among us?”

As far as they were concerned, Heavenly Fate Marquis had protected Giant Axe Marquis with that move of his. Now that Giant Axe Marquis had been captured alive, they could no longer kill him without a backlash from the Torchbearers.

A backlash from the Torchbearers might cost them a large number of fake dao cultivators.

Venerable Moon’s eyes flickered as his mind spun rapidly. Suddenly, he roared, ”Audacious! You’re courting death!”

March and the others were confused by his shout. The human was already captured. What was the point of that shout?

Moments ago, a random stone far away opened its eyes before turning into a humanoid form. As the figure looked into the distance, their gaze met Venerable Moon’s gaze. Then, the figure curled its lips and self-detonated.

***

Venerable Moon and the others had unsightly expressions.

A stone?

No, that was a Torchbearer. Someone from their side was really here. And they had been completely unaware of that until the very last moment. In that case, were there more of those people here? Nobody could be sure anymore.

That stone was alone, but how could they know if there weren’t more that were still remaining in hiding? Meanwhile, March’s expression changed slightly. What was that? Heavenly Fate Marquis maintained his silence as he thought deeply. What was going on?

Thunderstorm asked in confusion, ”What was that? Why did that thing explode out of nowhere?”

Venerable Moon and the others did not bother to reply. Instead, they hurriedly sealed Giant Axe Marquis away before tossing the furiously glaring Giant Axe Marquis toward Southbrook Marquis. After shooting the two a glance, he said, ”One Venerable and one pseudo king.”

This was a massive find. Must he really send them to the Torchbearers? He really didn’t want to do so. But were they worth the lives of the many powerful fake dao cultivators in the three major races? This was so annoying.

Venerable Scrape said, ”We’ll decide later. The clones of Venerable Dao and the others are coming soon. We can discuss when they’re here.”

Thunderstorm, who was losing his patience, asked with a frown, ”Just what is happening? Why are the clones of Venerable Dao and the others coming?”

Venerable Scrape glanced at the primordial giant and said, ”We’ll be discussing a plan to capture or kill Hundred Battle. What do you think, Thunderstorm?”

Thunderstorm frowned. Something was off about Venerable Scrape’s tone of voice.

Venerable Moon smiled and said, ”Not now, Venerable Scrape.”