Tribulation of Myriad Races

Inside an inner ring building.

With his path out through the moat severed and no way to enter the mayor's residence, Su Yu had decided to hide inside a building a cultivate. Every tiny bit of increase in strength would make it easier for him to kill death spirits.

And if he could get some Sunmoon death spirits killed, he might even be able to cause Invincible death spirits to appear. If he was going to die, he might as well drag everyone down with him.

Su Yu didn't want to die, but he did not fear death. Similar to the likes of Mo Duona, the moment he decided to enter the Allheaven Battlefield, he was already ready to kill or be killed.

Wasn't life comfortable and safe in Great Ming? Yes. But he had left that comfortable life behind and entered the Allheaven Battlefield for the sake of strength. He did not want to rely on the protection of others his whole life. The protection of others was not as reliable of the protection of his own strength.

***

"Heavenearth profound light!"

Looking at the heavenearth profound light in his storage ring, Su Yu's mood calmed significantly.

Five hundred strands.

"These should be enough for me to reach my seventy-second body forging, right?"

He had completed thirty body forgings thus far. He only lacked forty-two forgings. Previously, he had needed almost six strands of heavenearth profound light per forging. There was no doubt that the stronger his body became, the more expensive it would be to forge.

But each forging would also grant him a massive increase in strength. Therefore, it was understandable why it was so expensive and hard for him to complete each forging.

In fact, Su Yu was prepared to accept the fact that he might not even have enough to complete all his forgings. It didn't matter. He would just complete as many forgings as he could. Just adding a few more body forgings would still greatly increase his strength.

He stopped hesitating and started consuming the heavenearth profound light in his storage ring. With his breathing technique, his entire body shook. His body hurriedly absorbed the heavenearth profound light, which was much better than heavenly source qi as it was easier and faster to absorb and process.

As Su Yu focused on cultivation, he forgot about everything happening outside. He had yet to decide on fully becoming a resident. He would make a decision when Invincibles actually started arriving. Those Invincibles might not necessarily dare to enter the city.

***

An hour passed.

After using seven strands of heavenearth profound light, Su Yu's body shook as the thirty-first body forging reached completion. He continued his cultivation.

He did not care about what was happening outside. He only knew that nobody had discovered him yet. And it would take at least three days for the death spirits outside to leave. He would think of what to do after three days.

Yet another hour passed. The night was arriving. Once again, Su Yu's body shook as the thirty-second body forging was completed after consuming eight strands of heavenearth profound light.

Time continued passing. Outside, the city seemed to have become much more silent than before.

When the third hour passed, Su Yu's body shook as his life force surged and his aura roared. With a rumble, he completed his thirty-third body forging after exhausting nine strands of heavenearth profound light. He had consumed twenty-four strands just to complete three body forgings. Each subsequent forging would exhaust more resources than before.

Su Yu continued cultivating in silence. Suddenly, he remembered something and started consuming heavenblood fruits as well. These fruits were extremely valuable.

Each fruit was worth two strands of heavenearth profound light. These fruits were beneficial in strengthening one's blood force. Just because one's body had increased in strength did not mean that the blood force would be able to keep up with the growth. The growth of blood force would progress at a much slower pace.

But with heavenblood fruits, one's life force would increase in strength much faster. Of course, heavenblood fruits were extremely expensive. Unless one was a super genius or incredibly wealthy, one wouldn't be able to afford these fruits.

Su Yu naturally didn't feel bad using these fruits. The only reason he had carried out this scam was to obtain more cultivation resources. The moment he swallowed a heavenblood fruit, his life force was ignited. The slightly weak life force instantly started growing.

Rumble!

His blood started coursing through his blood vessels like a raging river. Even Su Yu was shocked to see this. How effective. The divines sure had a lot of good stuff. A single heavenblood fruit was enough to save between three to five days that he would otherwise waste on simply strengthening his life force after his advancement.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but agree that this was indeed an extremely expensive way of cultivation. Most of the time, only super geniuses would be willing to use these fruits. A regular person would only use these fruits when they needed to replenish their life force urgently.

Basically, Su Yu was using valuable treasures like they were water. But with his life on the line, something like wealth no longer mattered. Nothing was more important than strength.

In truth, these fruits were most commonly used by Sunmoons to recover during intense battles. Some would use these fruits for cultivation as well, but this was relatively rare in comparison.

After consuming his first fruit, Su Yu discovered something: his speed of body forging seemed to have further increased. Previously, his body forging would feel stifled due to a lack of life force.

But after consuming a heavenblood fruit, a powerful burst of life force erupted from his body shortly after. His thirty-fourth body forging had been completed. Ten strands of heavenearth profound light had been used for this forging. The exhaustion of resources had increased yet again.

After some calculations, Su Yu concluded that his remaining 466 strands might not be enough to complete his remaining 38 body forgings. Whatever. He would just complete as many body forgings as he could.

***

While Su Yu was busy forging his body.

The number of death spirits in the city was still increasing. This had nothing to do with Su Yu. Rather, it was the work of Zhu Guangshen and the other humans. Every now and then, they would kill some death spirits when they were alone.

Night had arrived yet again. The death qi density in the area skyrocketed. At this point, apart from the high-stage Sunmoons, the other experts could no longer withstand the thick death qi density. Thus, many of them started seeking shelter indoors under the protection of their Sunmoons.

Inside a large building.

The door of the building was wide open. Zhu Guangshen and Qin Hao were in the building. Both had solemn expressions.

Qin Hao asked, "Do you think he's gone from the city?"

Zhu Guangshen shook his head. That was unlikely. Some of the people in the city were aware that Su Yu had escaped with a teleportation talisman during the previous ancient city incident. Thus, a large number of Sunmoons were patrolling the borders of the city, making it impossible for Su Yu to leave with a talisman. And he might not even have such a talisman.

The connections between the city and the moat were also being watched. The gates had been sealed. Outside the city, more Sunmoons were waiting.

A large number of Sunmoons in the Allheaven Battlefield with some free time in their hands had arrived. Some were here to watch the show, and some were here to fish in troubled water.

Qin Hao said, "The five elementals contacted me secretly. They offered their assistance for Topsoil Spirit's whereabouts and a guarantee of his safety."

Zhu Guangshen shook his head, "Don't be too hopeful about that. Things might get worse for Su Yu if he appears. It's not like we can trust the five elemental race. Just ignore them."

Qin Hao sighed. After thinking for a bit, he said, "Su Yu...I've always known that he's talented. But I've never guessed that he's so brazen as well. The Invincible of the dragon race will be arriving soon. At this rate, he won't be able to escape."

Where could Su Yu go? Nowhere! Even if some human Invincibles came, the Invincibles of the other races would be around as well. If they insisted on protecting Su Yu, a battle between Invincibles might even break out. Su Yu was showcasing too much potential for the myriad races to be willing to let him off.

His skills, talent, intelligence, and courage were all exceptional. He was also completely merciless. Just look at all the sealed Mountainseas they had given him during the auction. He had killed all of them without any hesitation.

The number of Sunmoons who he had schemed to death was probably higher than the number of Sunmoons Qin Hao himself had killed. Could the myriad races tolerate his continued existence? No.

People like Mo Duona and Zhan Wushuang might also be freakishly talented, but they were nowhere as insane as Su Yu. He was basically a fearless lunatic. As long as the potential gains were worth it, he would be willing to do anything. Life and death were of no concern.

Qin Hao's feelings were extremely complicated. He really wanted to protect Su Yu. He believed his father shared the same wish as well. But...could they even do it?

Su Yu had fallen into an unsolvable dilemma. If he did not showcase enough talent, the human race would not be willing to sacrifice too much for him. But if he showcased too much talent, the myriad races would be willing to sacrifice a lot more to end his life.

Why? Because he was a student of the multiple character faction. There was no solution for this issue unless he was willing to obediently stay in Great Ming. But as a genius, if he remained stagnant for too long, his talent would be ruined.

Qin Hao looked at Zhu Guangshen and asked, "Did your old man tell you anything?"

Zhu Guangshen flashed an honest smile and said, "My father said that my grandpa will try to protect Su Yu if possible. But he won't be able to do much if the matter escalates to a level beyond what he can handle..."

Yes. Great Ming King would try to protect Su Yu. But he was alone. There was a limit to what he could do.

Qin Hao nodded. He inhaled deeply and said, "If the entire human race tries to protect him, it is still possible. We have dozens of Invincibles. Not even someone like me is aware of the exact number of Invincibles we have. I know forty-six of them, and there are probably more that we’re unaware of. With the number of Invincibles we have, the divines and devils won't dare to go to war against us before their Pseudo Emperors become actual Emperors."

Unfortunately, not all Invincibles of humanity were willing to risk a battle between Invincibles just to protect Su Yu. Furthermore, there was a traitor among them. Or there might even be more than one traitor. That was the biggest issue of all.

Nobody knew who the traitor was. What if the traitor decided to backstab humanity during a crucial moment? That would result in the death of one or more human Invincibles. Just by existing, the traitor had forced the human Invincibles to remain passive.

Zhu Guangshen nodded. His father, Zhu Tiandao, had talked to him about this issue before. As per his father, they only needed to wait for now. Great Xia would start everything. Yes. They were sure that Great Xia would be the one to take action first. They would clear all these obstacles within the human race. Zhu Guangshen did not know the exact plan. Not even Zhu Tiandao knew that. They only knew that after Great Xia was done, humanity might be in a better position than before.

Suddenly, all of them trembled. High in the sky, a massive golden dragon had appeared. The incomparably powerful presence of the dragon could be felt deep in the city even though the dragon was still remaining outside.

Inside the city, the little golden dragon, Long Wuyou, flew out of an ancient building and exclaimed in joy, "Grandpa!"

His grandfather was the grand elder of the golden dragon race. An Invincible from the dragon race had arrived. This wasn't surprising since the Dragon Realm was the nearest major realm to this city.

"Wuyou."

The voice of the dragon spread into the city and reverberated everywhere.