Tribulation of Myriad Races

At the same time.

Outside Control King’s kingdom.

Extreme Martial and the others were gasping with shock as well. How did Su Yu subdue the chaos dragon and eight-winged tiger? This would be a massive boost to the strength of Su Yu’s side.

To the side, Thunderstorm had a complicated expression. He wasn’t too surprised that Su Yu had subdued the two. He was a Creator, and he was far stronger than expected.

Extreme Martial said with shock, ”Why did the two chaos beasts submit to Su Yu? Is this a fake submission or something?”

Nobody knew. But this would greatly increase the pressure on the myriad races.

Extreme Martial grimaced and said, ”At this rate, wouldn’t Su Yu gain enough strength to start the final battle with only his own people?”

He was unsure. Nobody knew what Su Yu was thinking. This was only the second day of the encirclement. They were supposed to have three months of time, but the myriad races were already subjected to such massive pressure on the second day.

***

Under everyone’s shocked gaze, the aura of a Venerable surged from the Buried Soul Mountain on the third day.

Laughter rang out in the sky.

”Wan Tiansheng of Emperor Yu’s Court is here to join the battle!”

Yet another Venerable had joined the fray, further increasing the pressure on the myriad races.

It was Wan Tiansheng. He was already a Venerable!

Tiangu shut his eyes and sank into thought. Yet another Venerable had arrived. These Venerables had not arrived together on the first day. Rather, they were arriving separately to gradually increase the pressure on the myriad races. Just what was Su Yu trying to do?

Suddenly, he thought of something and opened his eyes. ”He’s trying to crush our will to battle.”

Everyone’s heart thumped. What did that mean?

Consort Emeritus understood instantly. She sighed and said, ”He’s destroying our morale step by step. If we were faced with so many powerhouses on the very first day, we would have risked everything and fought to the death out of desperation. Instead, he’s stringing us along with single combat. We have no further reinforcement, but his reinforcements are coming one after another.”

Hopelessness would be slowly drilled into them. They would slowly come to believe that he wasn’t someone they could overcome. Furthermore, the combatants on Su Yu’s side had also done remarkably well.

These newly advanced powerhouses had all slaughtered their way to the top. Very few of them were those who had reached their current level through luck.

Consort Emeritus looked at Tiangu and asked, ”Do you think they have even more powerhouses hidden away?”

Tiangu thought about it and nodded, ”Definitely. Grand Dream is still nowhere to be seen.”

Ten of the Venerables on Su Yu’s side had shown themselves so far. Fat Ball, Lan Tian, Wan Tiansheng, Great Zhou King, March, Giant Axe, Heavenly Fate, Heavenbridge, the tiger, and the dragon.

Were there more?

Definitely.

And they wouldn’t come together. Instead, they would come in batches, slowly crushing the morale of the myriad races. In fact, as Wan Tiansheng’s aura swept out, the people on the Human Mountain started stirring.

The disturbance started spreading throughout the mountain.

Could they overcome Emperor Yu’s Court?

The newcomers didn’t need to do anything. They only needed to float in the sky and overlook everything. Yet that was enough to plant despair in everyone’s heart. If these powerhouses had all arrived during the first day, the myriad races would still be courageous enough to fight, as they were still unclear about the strength of their opponents.

But this was already the third day. They no longer had the courage to risk everything. According to Great Zhou King, they would persist in the challenge matches for three months. The final battle would come after. Should they fight now? Or should they fight after three months? Even some of the Venerables were starting to grow uncertain.

After taking a look at the people around him, Tiangu sighed. He knew that this would be their final chance to risk everything. But should they take the gamble? He didn’t dare to take this gamble. They had to drag things out and hope that things would get better. But he also knew that at this rate, morale would continue dropping. Eventually, something really bad would happen.

The pressure on Tiangu was suffocating. He struggled. He wanted to order a charge. He wanted to risk everything and fight for a chance. Perhaps a charge would also trigger a reaction from Control King’s lineage. Perhaps it would even push Hundred Battle King into making a move against Su Yu. But Tiangu did not dare to take this gamble.

Bitterness covered his eyes. Had he lost all his courage in his many years of life? He would have nothing to fear if he only needed to worry about himself. But here, the foundation of the various races was at stake. Their defeat would turn their people in the Lower Realm into meat on the chopping block.

What could he do?

***

Wan Tiansheng arrived on the third day.

Another powerhouse arrived on the fourth day. At this point, eleven Venerables from Su Yu’s side had revealed themselves.

Grand Dream.

The large turtle floated in the sky, casting a gigantic shadow on the ground.

”Grand Dream, Emperor Yu’s Court.”

The eleventh Venerable.

His aura surged.

A mountain floated by his side. That was the Coiled Dragon Mountain Su Yu had snatched from Venerable Dragon previously.

***

”Holy shit! How are there so many of them?”

Even those on Extreme Martial’s side were shocked.

Eleven Venerables!

It hadn’t been long since Su Yu started building his faction. How did he gather so many powerhouses? A decent number of them were ancient powerhouses, but those people used to be much weaker than this.

Extreme Martial asked with astonishment, ”Do you think he has more?”

All the known names had revealed themselves.

Were there more Venerables in Su Yu’s camp?

Everyone looked at each other uncertainly. After a slight hesitation, Blood Shadow said, ”No...I guess?”

Would Su Yu be the one to appear tomorrow? Would his arrival signal the final battle? Nobody could be sure.

Extreme Martial said, ”Look over there. The woman in Su Yu’s camp in fiery armor. Does that face look familiar?”

Everyone looked at each other with doubt. After a long while, Southbrook Marquis said, ”Yes.”

A very familiar face. Everyone looked at that individual, but nobody dared to guess rashly. That seemed to be...Marquis Lanshan. Someone who had died many years ago. She emanated the aura of a peak heavenly king.

Additionally, there was also an ancient fire cultivator beside her. The ancient fire cultivator looked familiar as well. He resembled Heavenly Fire of the fire god race, a long extinct race. Like Marquis Lanshan, Heavenly Fire was emanating a powerful aura as well.

The auras of the two were rather confusing. At times, they would feel like Venerables, but at times, they would feel like peak heavenly kings. Nonetheless, the two were definitely powerful enough to handle a Venerable when joining hands. This was such a terrifyingly powerful force.

At this point, everyone was growing curious. Would more powerhouses arrive on the fifth day? As for the myriad races, they had grown incomparably solemn. Each of them had a heavy expression. With Grand Dream here, would more Venerables arrive?

***

The fifth day arrived before anyone knew it.

And yet another powerful aura surged into the sky.

”Qi Rong, Emperor Yu’s Court.”

A cold voice rang out, accompanied by a peal of thunder and a surge of lightning power in the sky. Qi Rong, Royal Consort Qi.

She arrived in her refined yet graceful attire. Within Su Yu’s world, she was second only to South Heavenly King in strength. She was stronger than even Marquis Lanshan and Heavenly Fire. And even outside Su Yu’s world, she had the strength of a proper Venerable.

Floating in the sky, she gazed upon Extreme Martial’s group with contempt.

She was Qi Rong.

And she had returned.

”Royal Consort Qi.”

The expressions of Extreme Martial and the others changed slightly. It came as a surprise to them that she wasn’t dead.

She was supposed to have been executed during the third epoch. She was the dao companion of the third human lord. Not only was she still alive, but she had even advanced into a Venerable and joined Su Yu.

Most of the ancient powerhouses who had forced Yue Gang to execute her back then had died, but some were still around. Extreme Martial was not one of them, but Longbrow was one of them. And now, Royal Consort Qi was back.

She swept her gaze toward the myriad races and said with a sneer, ”What are you waiting for? Return.”

Under everyone’s astonished gazes, multiple fake dao cultivators started struggling. Then, one of them roared and flew outside the Human Mountain. One of them wailed in pain as their dao departed from their body, instantly dropping in cultivation.

Fake dao after fake dao flew out of the Human Mountain.

Royal Consort Qi reached out and allowed the seven or eight fake daos to converge in her hand. After a look at them, she nodded, ”Not bad. You have been nurturing them well.”

Everyone’s expressions changed.

Venerable Moon and the others thought of something.

Back then, Su Yu had claimed that he could control the fake daos. However, he had never proven it. Thus, everyone had forgotten about the matter. It was unknown if they were deliberately ignoring the matter, but nobody had mentioned it lately.

And today, Royal Consort Qi had stripped the daos of seven or eight Daofuses right after arriving.

Suddenly, Tiangu roared, ”Qi Rong, what are you doing? Your very side proposed the single combat, but why are you attacking unprovoked?”

Royal Consort Qi said nonchalantly, ”What are you shouting for? I personally gave them these fake daos back then for nurturing. They have always been mine. I am merely retrieving what is mine. What’s wrong with that? His Majesty has no designs on the other fake daos. Don’t you know this, Tiangu? His Majesty once told Eclipse Moon and the others that he can control all these fake daos.

”Out of respect for the promise he had previously made, he’s unwilling to retrieve these fake daos. Be thankful. Not a single fake dao cultivator would have survived until now otherwise. But I never promised to leave my fake daos with you. What’s wrong with collecting what’s mine?”

”This isn’t possible...”

”Lord, is this true?”

The fake dao cultivators paled. Was that true? The six-winged powerhouse from the divine race had an unsightly expression. She was speaking the truth. He knew it very well.

Back then, he had fought those on his side due to Su Yu’s influence. He only regained his clarity of mind after Su Yu gave up on controlling him. However, the matter had been covered up by the higher-ups. He was ordered to keep the matter secret.

But now, it had been exposed. With the betrayal of the devil race, the departure of the fate race, and the deaths of many Daofuses during the previous battle, the myriad races were left with roughly 150 Daofuses.

That was actually a decently high number. But prior to this, they had as nearly three hundred Daofuses. A third of their remaining Daofuses were fake dao cultivators. In fact, there were even a few heavenly kings among these fake dao cultivators.

Everyone started panicking. Could someone control their fake daos? In the past, nobody would believe such a claim. But with the demonstration by Royal Consort Qi, they didn’t doubt it. That was terrifying. The daos of multiple Daofuses had been stripped right in front of their Venerables.

Venerable Moon’s expression changed as he solemnly said, ”Back then, Su Yu promised to not do anything to the fake dao cultivators...”

Royal Consort Qi said, ”His Majesty will naturally keep his word. We’re not breaking any promises. As I said, I am merely collecting what’s mine. These fake daos are my personal belongings.”

She sneered and continued, ”Tiangu, you know full well that I was executed by the human race back then. And these fake daos were the reason for that. How can I ignore them now that I’m back?”