Tribulation of Myriad Races

”Hu!”

Back to their initial position, Su Yu’s people sighed with relief. Opposite them, the myriad races sighed with relief as well. This was so exhausting.

Intense battles like this were extremely draining. Sure, they still had plenty of dao power and energy left, but endless life-threatening battles were still a big strain mentally.

***

”Madman.”

Even the warlike Devil Pseudo Emperor was cursing with frustration.

Su Yu. That was a name none of them would forget after today. They would remember this name for life.

Divine Pseudo Emperor was breathing heavily as well. He solemnly said, ”Is this how he is? Or is he really planning something? Both sides have suffered considerable damage from the endless battles. How will he benefit from this?”

He couldn’t understand it. Both sides would suffer from this. Even if he could force more people to fuse with his world from this, what would it actually accomplish? Those people wouldn’t grow strong right after fusing with his world. Their injuries were heavy enough that they still needed to recover. And time was needed for recovery.

They had already informed Su Yu about the three gates and the countless powerhouses in those gates. Why was he continuing the fight? Was he stupid?

Someone else said helplessly, ”That madman...he’s mad, but is everyone under him mad as well? He will kill everyone doing this.”

Despite the difficult battles, the myriad races still held the upper hand.

Immortal Pseudo Emperor spoke, ”Focus on Su Yu. That will be enough to collapse their army. I noticed that almost all his subordinates are connected to his world. The moment he dies, all of them will die. There are around thirty of them. Even Martial Emperor and the others are hiding inside the cover of his world.”

Prior to this, they couldn’t be sure if these people were all cultivating the daos in Su Yu’s world. But after the repeated clashes, Immortal Pseudo Emperor was finally able to see enough to conclude.

With an odd expression, he said, ”Kill Su Yu and thirty or so Masters of Laws will either die or be crippled. With that one move, we can break the current deadlock.”

Divine Pseudo Emperor transmitted with shock, ”Thirty? Are you sure about that number?”

”Yes.”

Divine Pseudo Emperor couldn’t believe it. ”That madman. Has he never considered how risky this is? This is going to turn him into a priority target of his enemies. By targeting him, one can get rid of thirty at the price of one.”

He had not noticed that. With the coverage of Su Yu’s world, the various dao powers were scattered. The sheer number of Masters of Laws involved in the previous battles made it hard to identify and analyze the various dao powers in the battlefield. They had assumed that only a few of the thirty or so subordinates of Su Yu would be cultivating his daos.

But Immortal Pseudo Emperor was saying that all of them were cultivating his daos. How terrifying. For the myriad races, this was a massive opportunity. They only needed to kill Su Yu to remove all his people from the equation.

”Are you sure?”

Devil Pseudo Emperor asked. This was very important. If this was a mistake, they would pay a massive price to kill Su Yu just to give the other humans the chance to take advantage of their weakness. Trading one tier-one or multiple weaker Masters of Laws for Su Yu was most certainly not worth it for them.

But if they only needed to sacrifice a few Masters of Laws to kill Su Yu and cause the deaths of even more Masters of Laws, it would be totally worth it. Immortal Pseudo Emperor was quite certain it would work. But he knew that his allies needed more certainty.

After a short silence, he transmitted, ”A hundred percent. I’m very confident that apart from the two chaos beasts, the rest are all connected to his world. I saw it.”

Divine Pseudo Emperor’s expression turned odd as he transmitted, ”If you’re sure...we can kill Su Yu and...”

They started looking at each other with gleaming eyes.

Su Yu was a tier-one as well. He would be very difficult to kill. But if they were willing to pay the price, it was still possible.

Divine Pseudo Emperor, who had been Su Yu’s opponent for the entire day, was already quite familiar with Su Yu’s strength. He transmitted, ”His strength is roughly twenty daos. He’s strong even among tier-ones.

”However, he is supported by his world. Otherwise, he’ll probably be weaker. The three of us are around twenty daos in strength as well. The dragon, phoenix, and the others are slightly weaker. Ignoring Human Emperor, Radiant King is the strongest among them, with strength surpassing twenty-two daos.”

Individually, Radiant King was slightly stronger than them. But he wasn’t too proficient in combat. He mostly relied on his formations, and he had been focused on the dragon and phoenix in the previous battles.

Without Radiant King, Su Yu was lacking in high-tier combatants. With Radiant King around, the gap between them became much closer. Of course, the book spirit and King Yue were not taken into account here.

Both Radiant King and Su Yu were extremely difficult to handle. However, that did not mean that they were impossible to defeat. Rather, it was a matter of the price one was willing to pay.

The three looked at each other in silence. Immortal Pseudo Emperor had spent the entire day observing the battlefield. He had finally learned something useful. Even so, they were finding it hard to make a decision.

Divine Pseudo Emperor wanted to have Devil Pseudo Emperor charge ahead, while Devil Pseudo Emperor wanted Divine Pseudo Emperor to charge ahead. Immortal Pseudo Emperor did not want to face Su Yu alone either.

Something needed to happen. Something to change this indecisiveness. A crisis or something that could push all of them to finally take action. However, Su Yu’s side had yet to give them such a sense of crisis.

***

On the other side.

Su Yu was gazing at the sky while in deep thought.

Suddenly, he said, ”Is there anyone over there with an ability to spy on dao powers?”

Radiant King looked at Su Yu doubtfully and nodded, ”Of course. But no spying ability is better than the Heaven Gate.”

Su Yu nodded.

During his previous conversation with Human Emperor, Human Emperor had said that the leaders of the myriad races were crafty as well. They might do something surprising at a critical moment. Since then, Su Yu had been in deep thought.

At the same time, he was faintly revealing some of the daos in his world.

Yes.

He had deliberately exposed it. He was unsure if anyone could notice it, but it was likely that someone would. After all, the myriad races had quite a lot of capabilities as well.

In short, Su Yu was fishing.

Fishing for a whale.

A whale whose sheer weight might crush him instead.

”Did anyone notice?”

Su Yu muttered to himself as he gazed at the other floating island. If they noticed, they would most likely try something risky the moment Human Emperor severed his dao. Rather than letting the myriad races do something unexpected, it was better to lure them all toward him to prevent unwanted losses among his people. But that would risk Su Yu himself.

Su Yu shut his eyes. The fish might have taken the bait. But would he be the one eating this fish? Or would the fish be eating him instead? He was unsure.

Then again, he was still confident in his chances, or he wouldn’t have bothered to fish in the first place. However, a hundred percent success chance for everything was not possible. But as far as Su Yu was concerned, a fifty percent success chance was enough for him to risk it. And thirty percent of this fifty percent success chance came from the Heaven Gate.

At the moment, Su Yu’s eyes were shut. It was as though he was resting. Noticing that, everyone sighed with relief. Was that madman finally tired? Thank the heavens!

***

In truth, Su Yu was in the middle of a conversation with someone.

Return. Su Yu was starting to suspect that the flow of time inside the gate was probably similar to the flow of time upstream. Or perhaps the flow inside the gate was even slightly faster. A day here was a few days in there.

Of course, he still couldn’t be perfectly sure about that. Then again, at a high enough cultivation level, one would stop noticing the passage of time. When one’s cultivation was high enough, a year would feel the same as ten years.

For some reason, Return’s efficiency had increased yet again. He had contacted Su Yu again, claiming that his friends had arrived. This was the exact opportunity Su Yu had been waiting for.

The opportunity to eat the fish.

It was very risky, but he still wanted to try. At worst, he would be forced to use his final trump card: Culture King.

But that would endanger Culture King and even Su Yu himself.

However, the time to worry about all that was over. He had to deal with the myriad races as soon as possible. Any carelessness might result in his defeat. In such a scenario, he would be forced to return to the Myriad Realms. At that time, all three gates would open.

”Su Yu, my friends and subordinates are here. You promised to help transmit some of their power over as well...”

Return asked nervously. Would Su Yu renege on his word?

Su Yu smiled and asked, ”How many of them?”

”Only five.”

Return did not dare to attract too much attention either. That would be the same as inviting the supreme beings to hunt him down instead.

”Five?” Su Yu asked, ”What’s their strength?”

”Normal...” Wary of scaring Su Yu off, Return explained, ”They’re around what you call tier-threes and tier-fours, between two to seven daos in strength.”

Su Yu laughed. What nonsense. He did not believe a single word of that. No matter what, Return was a tier-one. The friends he found for this should either be tier-ones or tier-twos. It was unlikely that he would have the courage to find someone too strong. Thus, these helpers would be similar to him in strength or slightly weaker.

”So six including you?”

”Yes!”

In short, they would have one tier-one and five tier-twos at the minimum. The five might not be able to emerge in their main bodies. Return was the exception. His brand was probably stable enough to allow him to emerge in his main body. Things would be unpredictable with Return. He might not be willing to follow Su Yu’s plan after crossing over.

”Physical body dao...”

Return cultivated the physical body dao. A tier one physical body dao inside the gate.

Suddenly, Su Yu’s gaze landed on the nearby Martial Emperor. Noticing the gaze, Martial Emperor looked over uncomfortably. He really didn’t want to look at Su Yu, but he was actually having a great time here. He could fight to his heart’s content, and he didn’t need to fear Human Emperor with Su Yu’s backing.

But he was also greatly annoyed by the fact that he had fused with Su Yu’s world.

Just as he was twitching uncomfortably, Su Yu transmitted, ”If you can reach tier one, will you have the courage to kill a tier-one for me?”

”Hmm?”

Martial Emperor looked at Su Yu. What? But he couldn’t reach the first tier. Even Su Yu himself was still a tier-one. Nobody in his world could surpass him. Martial Emperor knew that well.

Su Yu asked again, ”Do you dare?”

Martial Emperor replied coldly, ”Why bother testing me like this? My very life is within your control. What’s the point of this?”

Su Yu repeated himself, ”Do you dare?”

Annoyed, Martial Emperor asked, ”What are you trying to say? By the time I’m a tier-one, you will have surpassed that tier. What can I even do to you?”

This felt terrible.