Tribulation of Myriad Races

Elsewhere, Su Yu grinned.

The myriad races were gone.

Their six Masters of Laws were gone.

Yu Qing, the matron dragon, Yue Zhan, Evergreen, Longbrow, and Yue Xiao were dead. That left only the enemies before him to deal with. Both Yu and Hundred Battle King paled. The myriad races had departed.

They would rather face the unknown dangers behind the Hell Gate than face Su Yu. Su Yu had completely crushed their courage. However, the myriad races wouldn’t be completely helpless behind the gate with six Masters of Laws. But the two of them knew that this might be the end of them.

Su Yu asked, ”Any trump cards to pull out? Perhaps Zhou Ji will kill Martial Emperor and rush over to save you? Hundred Battle, your wife is here. Your son is busy elsewhere. Why don’t you drag your daddy out or something? Or the Human Ancestor, perhaps?”

Hundred Battle King had a heavy expression.

Su Yu stretched lightly and smiled, ”Since everyone else is gone, let us have some fun. Xing Yue, kill that ugly woman. I’ll handle Hundred Battle personally. They say that sovereigns should never meet. Since a meeting has happened, one of us needs to die. Let me do the killing personally.”

Then, he threw a punch. With a roar, Hundred Battle King punched as well. A deafening rumble rang out. Su Yu remained unmoving, but Hundred Battle King was pushed several steps back with blood dripping down his fist.

”Hundred Battle, I will punch you to death, proving to you that overcoming everything with strength alone is merely a nonsensical fact only the weak will believe in.”

Su Yu stepped forth and punched again.

Boom!

A figure emerged from Hundred Battle King’s body only to be punched apart by Su Yu. As the figure exploded, an acupoint within his body exploded as well.

Su Yu said, ”Too weak. This isn’t enough.”

Meeting the third punch, Hundred Battle King roared as all his remaining acupoints lit up. Su Yu released the power of his 720 acupoints and apertures as well. He only had 360 physical acupoints, yet his punch was still stronger.

”Collapse, break, crack...”

Countless characters flickered around the fist, releasing numerous different powers.

Boom!

Finally, Hundred Battle King was sent flying. His body was bloodied, his dao was trembling, his acupoints were exploding, and his hair was disheveled. The crown had fallen from his head at one point, and Su Yu was currently stepping on it.

Crushing the crown beneath him, Su Yu asked, ”Who are you to call yourself a king?”

He was unworthy.

Hundred Battle King stood up again, but numerous bloody gashes could be seen on his arms.

”Su Yu...” He looked at Su Yu with a complicated expression and said, ”Are you not willing...to grant me even a shred of dignity toward my end?”

Su Yu said, ”You are unworthy. Dignity is something you earn. I would rather let Tiangu save his dignity than let someone like you save your dignity.”

That was true. He had seen Tiangu off silently during Tiangu’s departure. But he was not planning to show Hundred Battle King even an ounce of respect.

Hundred Battle King chuckled with sorrow and said, ”I see now. Am I truly so worthless in the eyes of the tenth epoch humans?”

Boom!

Su Yu threw another punch.

”There is nothing more to say between us. The outsiders are all gone. All that’s left is for me to deal with the traitor of humanity as the human lord.”

Prior to this, Su Yu was still willing to talk to Hundred Battle King. He even took the trouble to list out Hundred Battle King’s crimes. But with the myriad races out of the way, he couldn’t be bothered to say more.

One punch, two punches, three punches...

Each punch was accompanied by all sorts of dao powers. Again and again, Hundred Battle King was pushed back.

Finally, a desperate roar rang out.

”Run!”

Boom!

A deafening explosion erupted behind Su Yu. In his desperation, Thunderstorm had detonated himself. His remnant willpower drifted through the air, looking at Su Yu pleadingly.

Su Yu looked up with surprise and asked, ”Why are you saving Hundred Battle instead of Yu? Are you crazy or something?”

A tiny crack had been created in Su Yu’s world by that explosion. At the same time, the distant Yue Luo howled and started charging toward Su Yu like a moth flying into the flame.

Noticing what was happening, Su Yu raised his brow at Hundred Battle King and said, ”Not bad. You’re not completely worthless, after all. Some are still willing to die. But...you don’t seem worthy of their loyalty.”

Sorrow covered Hundred Battle King’s face.

Yes.

He did not deserve them.

”Su Yu!”

With a chuckle, Hundred Battle King seemed to have regained his calm. ”Perhaps I’m truly worthless. But even a worthless person like me...has some positive points. Perhaps...I am not as worthless as you believe...”

Su Yu listened in silence as Hundred Battle King’s aura started surging. ”I am no match to you. But my son...is stronger than me.”

Su Yu blinked before laughing, ”Holy shit! Are you going to rely on your son now? Instead of relying on yourself, you rely on your wife, your mistress, and your son. How useless can you be?”

Hundred Battle King did not seem to mind those words. He smiled and said, ”Perhaps you’re right. But my son...is truly better than me. Su Yu, he might be your true rival, not me. I am not a match for you.”

Suddenly, his life force rose as his aura grew to an incomprehensible level. He punched, successfully pushing Su Yu back this time. Instead of losing only a few acupoints from the exchange, they started exploding one after another.

His golden armor reappeared around him. His golden crown reappeared on his head. With a smile, he called out, ”Again!”

He stepped forth and punched, releasing numerous abilities alongside the punch. He punched again and again, even as his acupoints continued exploding, leaving numerous bloody holes on his body.

This version of Hundred Battle King was incomparably valiant.

The king of a hundred battles.

How could he be a king without battling?

Longbrow was right.

How could he run from battles?

He punched again and again, fighting with his very life, forcing Su Yu to retreat repeatedly. He could only maintain this for a short while, but he would shine the brightest in his final moments.

But suddenly, Su Yu started raging.

”Do you think you’re the only one with the guts to risk your life? Do you think I’m a coward like you? Burn!”

Hundred Battle King stared, dumbstruck, as Su Yu burned his life force and erupted with strength as well. This was a situation where Su Yu could totally wait it out until Hundred Battle King was done with his final radiance before dying. But he had opted to do something entirely different.

Su Yu roared, ”There is a precedent for everything. If I cower once, I will form the habit of cowering again and again. Also, a traitor does not deserve something like a final radiance. Die in sorrow and regret.”

Boom!

Su Yu was a lunatic. He was unwilling to allow his enemy to die in a final blaze of glory.

”Sky! Sunder!”

A radiant saber appeared. The world itself seemed to dim in its presence.

”Soul Expanding!”

A hammer manifested, crushing the sky and rending the earth.

With that, Hundred Battle King’s final blaze of glory ended. Once again, he was subjected to a brutal beating. His golden armor broke apart, and his crown was smashed into pieces even as his body fell apart and his acupoints exploded one after another.

Su Yu was a madman.

Anyone who understood him even a little would know him as a madman.

Hundred Battle King’s death was practically guaranteed.

All he needed to do was wait, or perhaps suffer a little during Hundred Battle King’s final moments.

But Su Yu was unwilling. Why should he? Why should he grant Hundred Battle King this final wish? What was the big deal about burning some of his life force? Was he afraid of that? He insisted on giving Hundred Battle King a miserable death. Hundred Battle King did not deserve to die with his dignity intact.

”Cut. Break. Exterminate.”

A blade swept forth, severing Hundred Battle King’s arm. With another swing of the blade, both of Hundred Battle King’s legs were severed. Then, Su Yu sent Hundred Battle King flying with a kick, leaving a long trail of blood in the sky.

The hearts of Great Zhou King and all the observers chilled.

Su Yu was truly ruthless. He was unwilling to grant Hundred Battle King even a tiny bit of dignity. He wouldn’t stop before crushing Hundred Battle King entirely.

Extreme Martial and the others had heavy expressions. No matter what, they had followed Hundred Battle King for many years. After some hesitation, Extreme Martial dropped down on one knee and begged, ”Emperor Yu, regardless of his faults, Hundred Battle King is still the ninth human lord. I beg you to leave his final shred of dignity intact.”

This was too miserable a way to die.

Su Yu stopped and coldly said, ”Your subordinate is begging for leniency. I am not heartless. I grant you the option to kill yourself. That’s better than being tortured to death by me. I guarantee you I will torture you to death if you refuse to kill yourself.”

With a bleak smile, Hundred Battle King coughed a mouthful of blood and nodded, ”You have my thanks.”

He looked at Extreme Martial and the others apologetically and said, ”Thank you. And sorry. I...thank you...for leaving me with this...final shred of dignity...”

And then, he stopped struggling, allowing his dao to snap.

He had opted to end his own life instead of fighting to the death. Su Yu was too ruthless. He wouldn’t even have the option to end his own life if it weren’t for Extreme Martial.

Hundred Battle King had encountered all sorts of powerhouses in his life, but someone as ruthless as Su Yu was extremely rare. This was someone who would control even the way his enemies die.

Hundred Battle King’s body started falling apart. He was no match for Su Yu, not even after burning his very life. It was pointless to continue this battle as it would only grant him a vexing death.

”Your Majesty!”

A wail rang out. Just as Su Yu was about to throw a punch, Yue Luo snapped her own dao. She looked at Su Yu pleadingly and said, ”I beg you. Allow me to see His Majesty off.”

As she bowed, Su Yu frowned.

Her bleak voice rang out, ”I beg Emperor Yu to grant me this wish. I know you dislike me...”

Su Yu said, ”Go.”

A radiant smile bloomed on Yue Luo’s face.

Her attire changed as she looked at Hundred Battle King with a gentle gaze. She called out softly, ”Your Majesty.”

Hundred Battle King, with his turbid eyes, looked over with grief.

”Your Majesty!”

Step by step, Yue Luo walked over. ”It was me. I wronged you. I shouldn’t have obeyed Yu. I shouldn’t have lured you to the giant race. In my eyes, you are still the valiant dominator of the ninth epoch. Forever and ever.”

”Your Majesty...allow me...to see you off one last time...I only hope that...there is a next life for us...”

With a faint smile, Hundred Battle King nodded and grabbed her hand. ”You once said that...you wish to look at the Myriad Realms from above...Let me take you...”

He did not bother to even glance at Yu. With Yue Luo in tow, he soared into the sky.

As they soared, their bodies started fading into nothingness. At one point, Hundred Battle King’s voice rang out, tinged with release, ”Perhaps...I am truly unworthy of being called a king. I should have... gone into seclusion with Yue Luo six thousand years ago...Perhaps...all this wouldn’t have...happened. Thank you...Su Yu.”

He thanked Su Yu for allowing him to die in this manner.

Su Yu watched in silence and indifference. Inwardly, he was thinking that there was no need to thank him. He had only allowed Hundred Battle King that final moment of romance because Hundred Battle King had dispersed his dao inside his world at the end.

Hundred Battle King understood how ruthless Su Yu was. Thus, he had dispersed his dao power in Su Yu’s world to preserve a tiny bit of dignity for himself before his death. That was why Su Yu had allowed the two to die together.

Otherwise, he would have blasted the two apart before they had the chance to exchange their final words. Yes. That was how ruthless Su Yu was. Both Hundred Battle King and Yue Luo were aware of that. Thus, both had snapped their daos and dispersed their dao powers to feed Su Yu’s world.

With this, almost all of Su Yu’s enemies were gone. Only Su Yu, Xing Yue’s projection, and Yu were left.

It only took Su Yu one battle to kill all his enemies and force the myriad races to enter the Hell Gate. Only the powerful Yu remained. Not only was she still alive, but she was giving Xing Yue’s projection quite a beating.

But as Hundred Battle King died, her face turned unsightly.

Hundred Battle King was dead. If he had detonated himself, he could have blasted a hole in Su Yu’s world. But he hadn’t done so. Instead, he had snapped his dao just to have that final bit of peace with Yue Luo.

”Trash.”

Yu snorted with fury. They were doing so well, but Hundred Battle King had ruined everything. The two of them could have escaped long ago.

Boom!

At that moment, the Myriad Realms started shaking again. With the departure of the myriad races and the death of Hundred Battle King, the fortune of the Myriad Realms started converging in Su Yu’s world.

Yu could sense it. She could sense that even now, Su Yu was still growing. At this rate, she would die as well.

With a glance at the dissipating lovers in the sky, Su Yu smiled at Yu and said, ”Your man...dumped you. Poor you.”

Yu spat coldly, ”So be it. A piece of trash like him is worth nothing.”

”How sad. You should have told him that before his death.”

Su Yu laughed. Yu was quite strong. She wouldn’t be so easy to kill. Also, why was Zhou Ji still missing? This didn’t make any sense. His dad was dead. His mom would be next if he remained missing.