Tribulation of Myriad Races

Thunderstorm shuddered slightly, but he wasn’t worried about Su Yu. Rather, he was worried about Hundred Battle King. ”Su Yu...he...he’s forcing His Majesty to betray humanity...to kill His Majesty!”

It was as though a bomb had detonated in the minds of the others. Extreme Martial didn’t even dare to imagine it. Thunderstorm’s words resounded in his mind repeatedly. Su Yu was luring Hundred Battle King to betray humanity.

Heavens!

Had he gone mad?

Extreme Martial trembled as he transmitted, ”No, that’s not possible. His Majesty won’t do it. They have different beliefs, but that’s different from something as drastic as killing Su Yu. Su Yu is currently moving against the myriad races and sinned lineage. Killing Su Yu now...no...His Majesty won’t...”

His head snapped in Great Zhou King’s direction as he transmitted, ”Return!”

Su Yu wasn’t here, so some of them needed to return. He was terrified. Terrified that His Majesty would really make a move after seeing an opening. At that time, what should the rest of them do? He couldn’t allow the situation to worsen.

Extreme Martial and the others were terrified. They knew that Hundred Battle King was a decisive man. Once he decided to do something, he would not hesitate the moment an opening revealed itself.

Furthermore, the damned Evergreen and Longbrow were with him to whisper bad ideas into his ears. They might try instigating His Majesty to do something stupid. Extreme Martial wanted nothing more than to rush back to the Lower Realm and tell Hundred Battle King that this was a trap.

Any attempt on Su Yu’s life would be the same as betraying humanity. Even their abandonment of humanity six thousand years ago could be forgiven since they had done it for the big picture. But an attempt on Su Yu’s life was an entirely different matter. That was unsalvageable. He would become a traitor to humanity forever.

***

As for Great Zhou King and the others, some were worried, some were in a heavy mood, and some were alarmed.

All of them were staring at Death Imperator. At first, they hadn’t thought much about this matter. But Death Imperator’s words had reminded them of Su Yu’s vulnerability.

Someone said, ”It...will be fine. His Majesty is...there. He should be fine there.”

His Majesty was still inside his world, right?

His Majesty once said that he did not fear even Hundred Battle King inside his world.

Yes.

That was it! Everything would be fine!

”Lan Tian, try contacting His Majesty...”

Lan Tian opened his eyes and said, ”His Majesty...seems to be in the Death Realm at the moment.”

Yes. Su Yu was seemingly inside the Death Realm. Since it was still sealed away, Lan Tian couldn’t sense his exact location. That was how Lan Tian had reached this conclusion. He would be able to sense Su Yu if Su Yu were still inside chaos. Thus, Su Yu wasn’t inside his world. Everyone’s expression changed.

”The Death Realm is sealed. Hundred Battle won’t be able to enter, right?”

Nobody answered. Nobody knew the answer. Why was His Majesty absent? Because it was safer outside the battlefield? But it wasn’t safe for him to stay away from them right now.

Silence descended.

***

Above the Human Mountain.

Tiangu’s eyes lit up.

”Su Yu and Hundred Battle...A battle between them might erupt in advance!”

Consort Emeritus’ eyes gleamed with hope as well. ”Are you saying that...Hundred Battle will take this chance to attack him?”

”Yes!” Tiangu said, ”Wait, this is an opening deliberately created by Su Yu. Is he staying with Martial Emperor?”

That would explain the whole thing. If Martial Emperor weren’t with him, this would be the biggest chance for him to be removed.

The look in Tiangu’s eyes changed as he said, ”If Su Yu...dies...we will have nothing to fear anymore!”

Would Su Yu die? It was as though a layer of mystery had suddenly wrapped around the overall situation, and Su Yu was the culprit for everything. Just what was that madman trying to do?

He held the absolute upper hand, but why was he doing this? Was he actually trying to defeat all three factions in one go?

Venerable Dao’s eyes flickered as he said, ”When the two fight, the others might also leave to reinforce them. Should we...interfere?”

The battle between the two might result in a massive disturbance. Upon sensing the disturbance, those who were gathered here might leave to reinforce their respective leaders. Should the myriad races interfere with that?

Suddenly, a large rumble rang out.

Under everyone’s shocked gaze, even more rumbles rang out from the Buried Soul Mountain and Dao Origin Land. Before anyone could react, the two tunnels to the Lower Realm were sealed off again.

Everyone was alarmed.

Sealed?

With the power of laws dispersed, it shouldn’t be possible for the two tunnels to be sealed anymore. Thus, a unique method was required to seal the two tunnels again. Who was the culprit?

Su Yu?

Hundred Battle King?

***

Before the Hell Gate.

Yu Qing stood up and gazed toward the two locations. After a long while, she muttered, ”Sealed...”

Suddenly, her head snapped toward the matron dragon. The connection to the Lower Realm had been severed! One could still move through the two realms through chaos, but that was prone to accidents, and it would also take a much longer time.

Would this be their chance to charge out and start a slaughter? Could they take this chance to kill Extreme Martial and the others? This could be their chance to summon more Masters of Laws from behind the gate!

Was this a ploy of Su Yu? Or something else? Yu Qing trembled slightly. This seemed like a chance, but it also smelled like a trap. A dangerous trap. Was this a disaster in the making or was this an opportunity?

The matron dragon shook as well. After a long silence, he said, ”Wait.”

What were they waiting for?

For the battle to erupt.

For the battle between Su Yu and Hundred Battle King to erupt. The moment that happened, they could sally out and slaughter Extreme Martial and the others.

If everything remained calm, they would need to stay wary lest this was an act by the two factions to lure them away from the Hell Gate. Killing Venerables too far away would be pointless as they couldn’t convert the kills into fuel to summon more Masters of Laws.

Was this a trap? Or was this an internal strife between the two human factions?

Nobody could be sure.

***

South Heavenly King’s expression changed as well. ”Leave through the chaos and return to the Lower Realm!”

Great Zhou King objected, ”We can’t leave.”

He looked around him and said, ”Stay calm.”

With a solemn tone, he continued, ”His Majesty won’t do anything for no reason. We are here. With Extreme Martial and his people, we have enough strength to suppress the other two factions. But the moment we separate...are you trying to get all of us killed?”

He was trying to guess at what Su Yu was thinking.

Su Yu had told him nothing. Was Su Yu telling him to make his own judgment here? Together with Extreme Martial’s group, they were evenly matched with the other two factions. Sending some of them away would break the balance and things would get a lot more dangerous. The sinned lineage and myriad races could charge out and eliminate the advantage they had gained before this.

It hadn’t been easy for them to push the myriad races into a corner. Leaving would render their previous hard work pointless. They had to stay calm.

With all that in mind, Great Zhou King roared, ”We continue with the duels.”

He gazed into the distance and said, ”What are you waiting for, Tiangu? Are you going to stop the duels? In that case, we’ll have to start the final battle.”

Tiangu gave Great Zhou King a deep gaze and said, ”Are you sure you want to continue this?”

Great Zhou King sneered, ”His Majesty has his own plans. Tiangu, you can’t possibly believe that His Majesty is as idiotic as you, right?”

Tiangu did not fall for the provocation. He said, ”Who knows? He might have grown overconfident after enjoying a short period of dominance.”

Tiangu continued, ”Maybe...he is starting to believe that he can defeat the other three factions alone.”

Was Su Yu getting overconfident?

Just then, Extreme Martial’s furious voice rang out, ”Absolute nonsense! This is a conspiracy! His Majesty will not go against the tenth human lord. They have different ideologies, but there won’t be a conflict between them!”

Great Zhou King looked over with bewilderment and said, ”We believe In Hundred Battle King as well, but...what if...that happens? How will you choose?”

Was this Su Yu’s goal? He was clearly forcing Hundred Battle King to do something.

Had he noticed something? Had he noticed that a lot of the people Hundred Battle King had deployed here were still loyal to humanity? They weren’t loyal to Su Yu specifically, but their loyalty to humanity triumphed over everything. Su Yu alone could not represent humanity. And neither could Hundred Battle King alone represent humanity.

They would be willing to follow those they believed could save humanity. Was Su Yu doing this whole thing for them? With the Lower and Upper Realms separated again, these people would lose their faith in Hundred Battle King if he were to attack Su Yu.

Extreme Martial’s expression changed repeatedly. Finally, he gnashed his teeth and answered in fury, ”As I said, His Majesty will never do that!”

No!

Hundred Battle King was the faith of some of them. Between Hundred Battle King and humanity, how were they supposed to choose? This would ruin them mentally. They didn’t even dare to entertain that possibility.

They had witnessed with their own eyes how Su Yu had slowly driven the myriad races into despair. They were shocked, but they were also pleased to see that. They were happy to see Su Yu suppressing the myriad races.

A dispute might erupt between Su Yu and Hundred Battle King, but things were still peaceful between them, right? But...what if Hundred Battle King did something to break the peace between them? What should they do?

Great Zhou King was starting to understand what Su Yu was planning. He inhaled deeply and said with cold eyes, ”Anything is possible. Why were the tunnels suddenly sealed off? Who could do something like that?”

”The power of laws has been dispersed by His Majesty. Only someone incomparably powerful can move enough power of laws to reseal the connection between the two realms. Why did that? What was that someone afraid of?”

”Martial Emperor!” Extreme Martial shouted, ”Yes! It must have been him! He’s very powerful as well! Perhaps he’s planning to make a move against Su Yu! That must be it! Previously, he invited His Majesty to collaborate against Su Yu!”

He did not dare to entertain the other possibility. The consequences would be grave. Martial Emperor? He could only hope that it was Martial Emperor. That would be the best-case scenario.

But right at that moment, a figure emerged from the distant chaos. Clad in his golden armor, Martial Emperor cursed, ”What the fuck is this? Why is that fellow all over the place?”

Suddenly, his eyes widened as he roared, ”Damn you! You must be doing this deliberately! Just you wait! I’ll kill you!”

Boom!

With a powerful burst of aura, Martial Emperor vanished again. Only his laughter remained in the air, ”That little bastard has finally revealed himself! You’re Zhou Ji, right? I’ll fuck him up! Let’s see who’s stronger between us!”

Extreme Martial paled.

Zhou Ji.

Did Zhou Ji reveal himself?

Had Martial Emperor discovered him?

No, more like Zhou Ji had revealed himself deliberately to lure Martial Emperor away.

What was going on?

Was His Majesty really making a move?

No!

But with Martial Emperor here, it removed the possibility that he was the one who had resealed the connection. That left Hundred Battle King as the only person with enough strength to do so.

Everyone could see that Martial Emperor was moving around in his original body. That body was too powerful. Everyone was now certain that he wasn’t the one who had resealed the connection.

Only Hundred Battle King could be the culprit. Hundred Battle King had committed treason against humanity. Extreme Martial was losing his mind at the thought of that. No...he couldn’t reach such a conclusion so easily. Perhaps...there was a different explanation for all this.

Perhaps it was some sort of accident, right?

***

At the same time.

Lower Realm.

Su Yu looked up at the sky and sighed, ”The Lower Realm has been sealed off again.”

Not far away, Hundred Battle King appeared. Clad in golden robes and a crown, he arrived with several individuals. He looked calm, but the emotions in his eyes looked slightly complicated as he spoke softly, ”Su Yu, are you scheming against me?”

Su Yu laughed, ”No. I’m merely giving you a choice. I prefer seizing the initiative. I don’t like waiting passively for things to develop. It’s still up to you whether you want to betray humanity or not. Isn’t that so?”

To the side, the ashen-faced Evergreen shouted, ”Su Yu! You did this! You’re forcing His Majesty!”

Yes. Hundred Battle King wasn’t the one who had sealed the connection.

It was Su Yu. That terrifying man was far stronger than they had imagined. His action of sealing the two tunnels had shocked even Hundred Battle King. Su Yu was an absolute terror.