Tribulation of Myriad Races

Martial Emperor’s aura surged as his battle intent swelled. He might not be too smart, but he was very clear on his path. He only pursued the path of strength. And the martial path was the perfect path for that.

Perhaps Su Yu looked down on him. Perhaps Su Yu believed that he was wasting his talent with such a coarse pursuit. But he didn’t care. What was so special about having some talent? How many people out there could actually transform their talent into strength?

No matter what, he had gained a considerable amount of strength from this path he pursued. He continued swinging his spear. His spear seemed to embrace simplicity itself. Both Yu and Hundred Battle King would battle with their 720 acupoints and countless abilities, but Martial Emperor fought with only his spear. Nothing else.

With a spear in hand, he only needed to keep charging forward.

That was all.

Again and again, he stepped forth. Again and again, his spear stabbed forth, shattering the countless abilities unleashed by Su Yu.

”Die!”

He roared repeatedly, but there was no denying that Su Yu was stronger than him here. Su Yu was in his own world, allowing him to utilize the suppression of the world and countless abilities.

In fact, Su Yu’s brow was already beaded with sweat, but he still attacked unceasingly. The Mark of Civilization continued flipping. Countless Su Yus charged forth. In no time, Martial Emperor was surrounded by numerous Su Yus, all using different laws and abilities as they bombarded Martial Emperor repeatedly.

And as time passed, Martial Emperor’s breath grew heavy. He was strong. But here, he wasn’t a match for Su Yu. He might stand a chance outside, but not in here.

With heavy steps, Martial Emperor killed a bunch of Su Yus, leaving corpses everywhere. But before long, all those corpses would dissipate into the world. At this point, Martial Emperor was already gasping for breath. The distance between him and Su Yu had shrunk significantly.

The moment he was close enough, he would kill Su Yu. A brute was not to be underestimated! Martial Emperor gnashed his teeth, revealing a row of white and chilly teeth. Then, he roared and brandished his spear as he charged forward again.

The martial path was the most ferocious of all.

The dao of spear?

No. He walked the dao of martial itself.

Any killing technique would be a part of his path. He focused only on killing techniques, not any specific weapon.

With a rumble, the spear snapped. Blood spurted out of Martial Emperor’s mouth, but he tossed the broken spear aside indifferently before throwing a punch, blasting a Su Yu apart. He followed with a palm strike, swatting a different Su Yu apart. Any move was a killing move for him.

He sneered and said, ”Even without a spear in hand, I can still kill. Su Yu, this is not enough against me.”

He reached out and crushed a Su Yu in his palm. Meanwhile, Su Yu remained expressionless as his book continued flipping, sending an unending stream of Su Yus forward. A puddle of sweat had already formed under him.

Martial Emperor was strong. He was strong enough that he could probably meet even a tier-two Master of Law in battle. This was also why he was qualified to be an opponent of Martial King in the past.

Martial Emperor continued his slaughter. His dao shook violently. However, his aura was steadily dropping. The intense battle was draining a lot of his strength. He was exhausting himself faster than his tributary could replenish. Supposedly, a Master of Law shouldn’t be exhausted easily. However, the influence of the River of Time was greatly weakened within Su Yu’s world.

Thus, Martial Emperor grew weaker as the battle progressed.

Boom!

With a roar, Martial Emperor rammed his head into a Su Yu, blasting that Su Yu apart. At this point, he was only a hundred meters away from Su Yu. This was a distance a foremost expert could cover in an instant.

Martial Emperor’s face was soaked with sweat and blood. Opposite him, Su Yu lamented, ”Indeed. The martial dao isn’t weak. And your path is purer than Hundred Battle’s path.”

This was the effect of specialization. Martial Emperor specialized in the martial path alone. Coupled with his outstanding talent, he was better than people like Hundred Battle King whose focus was less concentrated.

After a short lull, both Su Yu and Martial Emperor moved at the same time. Martial Emperor kicked with a howl, shattering space itself. Su Yu reached out and grabbed with his palm. He grabbed Martial Emperor’s foot before puncturing Martial Emperor’s foot with his fingers. But immediately after, his entire palm burst apart from an explosion of force.

Su Yu remained expressionless as he attacked again. The two engaged each other in close combat. Even with his massive exhaustion, Martial Emperor was able to display his rich combat experience. He was avoiding attacks deftly while attacking with all four of his limbs, causing Su Yu to cough blood repeatedly. However, Su Yu was still the stronger of the two here.

After a short clash, a rumble rang out as Martial Emperor was sent flying with a bloody hole on his throat. Su Yu pressed on and clawed at Martial Emperor, tearing a chunk of flesh from Martial Emperor. He kept pushing on even as Martial Emperor retreated repeatedly.

In close combat, each of Su Yu’s attacks was incomparably sharp. At the same time, he was suppressing Martial Emperor with his myriad daos, forcing Martial Emperor back repeatedly while leaving new wounds on Martial Emperor’s body.

Eventually, a trace of despair flickered in Martial Emperor’s eyes. He was no match. This was Su Yu’s world. He could kill countless clones, but those clones would recover given enough time. Meanwhile, he was constantly suppressed. At this rate, only death would greet him.

Further away, the others observed solemnly. When even Su Yu was fighting in close combat, it signified that he was serious in killing his current opponent. He had exhausted a lot of his strength to push Martial Emperor this far.

But since he had opted to fight in close combat without bothering to ask for help, it signified that he was confident in his victory. Everyone was watching the battle with complicated expressions. No matter what, Martial Emperor was a human.

He did not get along with Martial King, but he wasn’t exactly a traitor of humanity. It would be more apt to say that this was merely a conflict between different factions of humanity. He was not a traitor like Hundred Battle King.

Right at that moment, Su Yu punctured Martial Emperor’s chest with a roar. At the same time, Martial Emperor landed a punch on Su Yu, shattering his bones. Both were pushed back. A chunk of flesh could be seen in Su Yu’s hand.

Martial Emperor looked at Su Yu helplessly while coughing blood. ”I...have fallen so low that...I can’t even defeat you...”

He was as good as a cripple.

He couldn’t even defeat Su Yu.

How lamentable.

He was not grumbling that this was an unfair battle inside Su Yu’s world. The world was a part of Su Yu’s ability. If he had to blame someone, he would only blame himself for not having the ability to create a world as well.

While panting heavily, Su Yu said, ”You’re doing very well. In fact, you’re doing much better than Yu’s group.”

”Those fellows?” Martial Emperor sneered, ”Even the strongest bug is still a bug in the end.”

Despite his less-than-stellar condition, his arrogance remained as he sneered, ”Heaven, Earth, and Human Gates. Of the three, the Heaven Gate is the strongest, also the hardest to open. Only the best can open the Heaven Gate. Anyone without a Heaven Gate is trash, a bug.”

”...”

Suddenly, the little sympathy all the observers had developed for him evaporated. He was way too good at pissing people off. According to his theory, the world was filled with bugs. Someone so arrogant would die in the hands of someone else if not Su Yu today.

Su Yu chuckled without saying anything. He took another step forward with a ruthless gleam in his eyes before reaching out at Martial Emperor’s throat.

Blood spurted.

Martial Emperor took another step backward with helplessness in his eyes. With his exhaustion and injuries, he could no longer put up a fight. He was no longer in his prime.

But next, his presence soared again as he stated coldly, ”I can still fight.”

And then, his presence swelled. Self-detonation. The various observers hurriedly pulled back. The self-detonation of someone at Martial Emperor’s level would cover a large area.

”Even Martial Emperor...will be meeting his end here.”

Extreme Martial muttered with pity. Even such a powerhouse was meeting its end here. First, he was sealed away for over a hundred thousand years. And finally, he died in the hands of a human emperor.

Su Yu’s expression turned solemn as he hurriedly solidified his world.

Right at that moment, as Martial Emperor’s presence swelled to the apex, he roared, ”I surrender! Accept me or I’ll self-detonate!”

”...”

Everyone was stunned.

Su Yu was stunned.

Martial Emperor roared again, ”I surrender! Don’t push it, Su Yu! Previously, you promised to treat me as an equal after releasing me. But you’re going back on our word! What is the meaning of this? I surrender! I can even downgrade myself into the Martial King! You can strip that Tai Shan guy of his title instead!”

”...”

Su Yu stared with stupefaction.

Wasn’t this a brute?

Why...in the world was a brute surrendering?

Martial Emperor roared again, ”What are you looking at? I surrender! I’m not your match, but I still need to take my revenge against Tai Shan! I can’t die here! Su Yu, just tell me what you want! Why do you still want to kill me when I’m surrendering? Don’t force me to self-detonate!”

”...”

Everyone was dumbfounded.

A brute...was surrendering?

What even was this?

Nobody knew how to react to this.

In their mind, Martial Emperor was incomparably proud. He would rather die than surrender. But no. He was surrendering without bowing or bending. He was threatening them to accept his surrender with self-detonation.

Su Yu frowned and said, ”A brute—”

”What did brutes ever do to you?” Martial Emperor raged, ”I have just regained my freedom recently! I spent over a hundred thousand years sealed away! In the same position, I doubt you would want to die so soon as well!”

He had just regained his freedom! Just how many days had it been? How would he willingly accept death so soon after regaining his freedom? His imprisonment had driven him crazy. Now that he was finally enjoying the taste of freedom again, how could he allow himself to die so soon?

Yes. He maintained his arrogance even when he was surrendering.

”Su Yu, at worst, I’ll kill a few more Masters of Laws for you. Two more, no, five more. Is that enough?”

Martial Emperor roared furiously, as though Su Yu were his most hated enemy. Then again, that wouldn’t be wrong.

However, his words did not seem to match the anger he was displaying, ”Su Yu! Don’t push it! Fine, I don’t even need to be the new Martial King! I can settle for being the Martial Marquis!”

”You only want to help Human Emperor, right? I’ll go with you! Is this enough? I only need to avoid meeting them face to face. Is that not enough?”

”Su Yu, don’t push it!”

Martial Emperor continued roaring. From his tone, one would even believe that he was the one demanding a surrender from Su Yu.

All along, Su Yu stared at him with stupefaction.

His respect was wasted on this brute.

Someone so shameless...should be ganged up on.

Since when did a brute learn to be shameless? That was not all. How did he bring himself to make all those shameless offers with such aggression?

Seeing that Su Yu was not responding, Martial Emperor grew anxious as he roared again, ”Su Yu...no, Emperor Yu! Come on, show me some face! Accept me as your subordinate and things won’t be so awkward when we meet in the future!”

”...”

Su Yu looked at the sky speechlessly. Brutes...heh.