Slaying Zhou Pingsheng

Two Sunmoons stood facing off. Su Yu paid them no heed. At this moment, he had backing; unless a ninth-stage Sunmoon showed up, he couldn't care less whether Jin Yuhui had broken through. A cold, contemptuous chuckle escaped Su Yu's lips as he strode back to the stone cliff once more. Turning his head toward his foes, he said coldly, "Once I come out of here in the Lingyun or Shanhai Realm, none of you will leave this place alive!" Pure arrogance! In the Yangxing Realm, he could already slay Lingyun experts! Once he attained Lingyun or Shanhai, crossing realms to slaughter them would be child's play! "Open!" With a low shout, divine characters vibrated and blood flowed freely as the cliff face shook violently! From the commotion, it looked as though Su Yu would step straight into the ruins at any second. Right now, Su Yu's body flickered between solid and ethereal, as if he were fading out of this world and entering another. "Senior Uncle Zhao, please buy me three minutes!" At Su Yu's call, Zhao Tianbing laughed heartily. "Done!" Internally, he was amazed. Is he really about to enter the ruins? If he gets inside, can this kid really step into the Lingyun or Shanhai Realm? It was very possible! This was an ancient ruin, the kind of place that birthed Invincibles—what was so strange about reaching Lingyun or Shanhai inside! If this kid truly reached Shanhai, he might genuinely be able to battle Sunmoons! Terrifying. Utterly terrifying. Even Zhao Tianbing, an ally, found the prospect chilling, to say nothing of the others. At that moment, Jin Yuhui's expression shifted erratically. "Zhou Pingsheng, kill him!" he roared. Useless trash! A whole group of Lingyun experts had let Su Yu kill three of their own, and now they didn't even dare draw near, just standing by while he entered? If Su Yu truly made it inside, they would all be finished! If Su Yu entered Shanhai, the tables would turn completely. Su Yu was already this troublesome right now; what would they do once he reached Shanhai? Furthermore, if they didn't slaughter everyone here today, the matter would blow up into an immense scandal. With evidence in hand, the Xia Family would certainly act! Yet whenever Jin Yuhui attempted to move, Zhao Tianbing's aura locked onto him. Helplessness washed over Su Yu. He couldn't stop silently chanting in his mind: Senior Uncle Zhao Tianbing, let him attack, let him attack! What are you doing! I'm putting on this show precisely to bait him into attacking! If he doesn't strike first, Old Zhu won't have an excuse to kill him! Just let him strike! Sunmoon experts possessed intuitive perceptions, but Zhao Tianbing seemed entirely oblivious right now. With so many experts gathered here and their qi auras violently clashing, his sensory acuity was likely blunted. Su Yu was stuck between a rock and a hard place. Three minutes... if three minutes passed and he failed to open any ruin, things would get extremely awkward. Where on earth would a ruin come from in this godforsaken place! He had already figured it out: this cliff was nothing more than a defensive barrier, likely forged by that Tianyi Cult Master. It was difficult to breach, but someone with Shanhai-level strength could certainly break it open. Senior Uncle Zhao, would you please give the man an opening to attack! And Zhou Pingsheng, you bunch of trash, come try to stop me! Though inwardly wishing they would strike immediately, Su Yu shouted aloud, "Seniors, please hold on a little longer! Once I enter the ruins, everyone retreat separately! Let's see if they have the ability to kill every last one of us! As long as I survive, everything that happened today has been recorded! When I emerge from seclusion, not a single one of them will escape!" Hearing his words, the experts defending him fought with desperate abandon! Hold out for three minutes! Once Su Yu got inside, they would scatter and flee in different directions. Though they hadn't fallen completely into a disadvantage yet, continuing this prolonged brawl carried a serious risk of total collapse. Old Tianma was truly nearing his limit now. He roared, "Take our prince! Young friend, take our young prince with you! This old one is ready to die in battle here; I won't allow this All-Races Cult scoundrel to advance a single step!" Old Tianma was prepared to fight to the death! The prerequisite, however, was that the young prince remained unharmed. The old mountain gazelle roared as well, "Please, young friend, take our princess along too! The Mountain Gazelle race is willing to fight to the death for the human race, fight to the death for the Great Xia Prefecture!" Su Yu shouted back, "Agreed! You three fellow students of all races, come with me! Seniors, if I escape with my life today, Su Yu will repay you handsomely in the days to come!" Little Tianma looked utterly despondent. Watching his clan elder locked in brutal combat in the sky, he shifted into his pegasus form and neighed mournfully toward the heavens. How miserable! His clan elder was on the verge of being beaten to death! Hadn't they promised this was just a sightseeing trip? How had so many terrifying experts suddenly popped up out of nowhere?! The three alien students swiftly moved toward Su Yu. Seeing this, Yu Hong screeched shrilly, "Useless fools! Zhou Pingsheng, get in there! Capture Su Yu and those brats!" Morons! Couldn't they see that capturing those students would give them leverage over the Tianma and Mountain Gazelle races? Su Yu shouted, "Water Person, go! Kill them!" If they refused to come, he would take the initiative! Without a word, Water Person and Shadow vanished into the air. Space surged like ocean waves as a torrential cascade crashed down, countless water droplets raining toward the remaining four Lingyun cultivators! Shadow dissolved on the spot, and Mountain-Boring Ox burrowed into the earth, disappearing in an instant. Suanni glanced left and right, feeling thoroughly inadequate. He was merely at the ninth stage of Tengkong! He didn't possess any special supernatural talents either! In this terrible place, he couldn't defeat a single opponent. There had been some Tengkong cultivators earlier, but they were all dead now. As a lone Tengkong, he truly stood no chance against anyone remaining. Su Yu ignored them and continued pretending to unlock the stone cliff. The rock face shuddered violently! From the mountain peak, massive boulders crashed down, creating an imposing commotion. Zhou Pingsheng and his companions could hold back no longer. If Su Yu genuinely gained entry, the consequences would be catastrophic! "Kill!" Zhou Pingsheng snarled. Pushed to this brink, they had to fight for their lives! The several Lingyun cultivators lunged toward them in an instant! Rumble! Tremendous crashes echoed continuously. Before long, Shadow was struck by Zhou Pingsheng, forced out of concealment, and slammed violently onto the ground, its shadowy form showing signs of dissipating. Water Person seized the opportunity to envelop another opponent, reducing the cultivator into desiccated bones in the blink of an eye as every drop of moisture was drained away. Mountain-Boring Ox erupted from the ground while Suanni roared, a bolt of lightning exploding from atop its head with a thunderous blast! Suanni and Mountain-Boring Ox teamed up against one Lingyun expert. Zhou Pingsheng disregarded them entirely, gritting his teeth as he charged straight for Su Yu. Dozens of meters from Su Yu, he halted his advance and unleashed a furious bellow. A shadow congealed in front of him—an avatar! He possessed an Avatar divine character! The avatar was exceedingly powerful, hurtling toward Su Yu in a flash. The little fur ball darted forward to take a bite, but bit into empty air. Zhou Pingsheng detonated his origin qi with a deafening blast, sending the little fur ball flying into parts unknown while his shadow avatar violently exploded! "Humph!" Zhou Pingsheng snorted cold contempt. He had already figured it out: the little fur ball could only damage divine characters and willpower; raw origin qi could neutralize it! Though the beast was elusive, its cultivation was too low. Overcoming a seventh-stage Lingyun like him was out of the question! "Die!" As his words fell, a divine talisman appeared in his hand! Exceedingly powerful! Capturing Su Yu alive? He didn't care about that! He wouldn't get the ruins anyway; his sole objective was Su Yu's death! At this moment, he didn't care in the slightest about keeping Su Yu alive—dead was best! The talisman detonated instantly! In that moment, the raw might of the Shanhai Realm burst forth. It was a Shanhai Realm divine talisman! Zhou Pingsheng's face turned deathly pale as his willpower was sucked dry in an instant. In the void, a miniature sword materialized, tearing through space with a shrill whistle as it shot straight at Su Yu! Shock jolted through Su Yu's mind! So strong! A Shanhai strike! A divine talisman! Fuck! Cowardly bastard Zhou Pingsheng had actually brought a Shanhai divine talisman! Su Yu swiftly transformed into astral wind, yet the miniature sword remained locked onto him, aiming straight for his sea of will! Zhou Pingsheng sneered! No matter how strong Su Yu was, could he withstand the might of a Shanhai strike? As for the two Lingyun cultivators behind him being besieged by Water Person and Suanni's group, Zhou Pingsheng couldn't care less. Let them die; killing Su Yu was all that mattered! Meanwhile, Su Yu continuously shifted forms. Avatar, invisibility, earth tunneling, wind transformation... None of it worked! The miniature sword remained locked onto his sea of will. Left with no choice, Su Yu had to abandon his act with the cliff face and flee at top speed, yet he still couldn't shake it off. He possessed a myriad of methods, but at this moment, none could sever that target lock. ... Zhu Tiandao was on the verge of intervening! It was time to act! The kid couldn't take this hit; Zhu Tiandao had to step in. Just as the thought crossed his mind, he paused, instantly halting his rescue attempt. ... At the same time. Su Yu gritted his teeth, watching the miniature sword close in rapidly. This was a divine skill talisman designed specifically to obliterate a sea of will—countless times more expensive than an origin qi martial skill! A single talisman like this would cost at least ten to twenty thousand merit points! "You think this can finish me?" Su Yu roared, "Keep dreaming!" In the next instant, 108 divine apertures flared with brilliant light as he merged his cultivation arts! Three sets of arts began fusing together in an instant! Originally, the 108 apertures were divided into three separate cycles. Now, in the void, 108 luminous points flickered, forming one grand cycle in the blink of an eye! "Hahaha, it works!" Su Yu was ecstatic! Teacher Zhao's deductions had been completely sound; the arts could indeed be united! From the 108 divine apertures, an immense wave of willpower surged forth! Su Yu let out a roar as a long saber manifested in the void. Inside his mind, eight divine characters instantly forged into a blade—splitting his divine character battle technique! With the 108 divine apertures in a grand cycle, his willpower erupted, fusing the characters into a battle technique. Every one of them was a Tier-2 divine character, and the merged saber brimmed with terrifying willpower! Su Yu even swallowed a drop of Lingyun blood essence! Origin qi erupted! The physical strength of the Lingyun Realm, combined with the 108 divine apertures and the divine character battle technique, pushed Su Yu to his absolute pinnacle! The little hammer vanished into the void! Su Yu swung his saber toward the miniature sword! Behind him, Zhou Pingsheng felt a flicker of shock, but followed it with a cold sneer. How could it be that simple? He had purchased this talisman from an eighth-stage Shanhai expert. Of course, once sealed into a talisman, its power was diminished. Even so, it was a divine skill, not a martial technique! Killing Su Yu would still be effortless! This talisman could slay even eighth- or ninth-stage Lingyun experts, let alone Su Yu! Yet in the next breath, Zhou Pingsheng was stricken with horror! At that exact split second, Su Yu suddenly vanished. But that wasn't all—the miniature sword didn't change trajectory, shooting straight for another figure! The moment Su Yu disappeared, someone else materialized right where he had stood! Li Minyu! Li Minyu's face drained of all color in utter terror. Su Yu, you bastard! He actually knew how to transpose positions! One moment she had been idly spectating; the next, her vision blurred, and she found herself standing right in front of the flying sword! The sword instantly locked onto her! It had originally targeted Su Yu, but through whatever method he had used to switch places, the sword re-locked onto Li Minyu and slashed toward her sea of will! Zhou Pingsheng was equally dumbfounded! How is this possible? Just as the thought formed, alarm bells rang in his mind, and he retreated frantically! The instant he moved back, a blade light flashed! Slash! A leg went flying through the air, cleanly severed by Su Yu! With a cold sneer, Su Yu swung his saber again! "You thought you had already won?" "Trash is trash!" Paying no mind to what happened behind him, Su Yu charged after Zhou Pingsheng. In the rear, the terrified look in Li Minyu's eyes shifted into placid calm. Frowning slightly, she cast a glance at Su Yu. Looking at the miniature sword bearing down on her, "Li Minyu" shook her head in mild exasperation. What a cunning kid! And what ruthless cruelty! With his divine sense erupting, Lan Tian even wondered whether Su Yu would have dragged that Ji Family girl over to block the sword if Li Minyu hadn't been here! Very likely! The boy appeared righteous on the surface, but was ruthless to the core. Since Ji Xiaomeng's allegiance remained uncertain, he wouldn't care in the slightest whether she lived or died. In the next breath, a faint pressure radiated from Li Minyu's body. It flared for a mere instant before the divine sense collapsed. Boom! The incoming miniature sword and the divine sense collided and erupted simultaneously with a thunderous roar. Spitting blood, Li Minyu was blown backward, blood gushing from her wounds, but the miniature sword dispersed. "Cough, cough..." Her blood spilled onto the ground as Li Minyu regained her own consciousness. Her expression was dreadful—Master's divine sense had been destroyed! "Su Yu!" She gritted her teeth. That bastard was truly vicious! She hadn't shown him any hostility, yet he had actually used her to shield himself from the sword! Nearby, Ji Xiaomeng crouched down, poking Li Minyu's chest with a tree branch and asking curiously, "You're still alive? Is your master coming back?" What a wretched sight! This senior sister was so pitiful. The explosion from that miniature sword had punched seven or eight holes straight through her chest. Could that even heal properly? Would it leave scars if it healed? How tragic! Su Yu was truly ferocious! She cast a fearful glance toward the battle. He's so vicious! Spitting blood, Li Minyu ignored her. Frustration consumed her thoughts. Her master's divine sense was broken; what was she supposed to do now? Just as the thought crossed her mind, a rope appeared in Ji Xiaomeng's hands. She began tying Li Minyu up, giggling, "My dad said capturing your master for a thousand cuts would be worth a million merit points, and capturing you is worth a thousand... I was wondering how I'd catch you..." While chattering, her hands moved briskly, binding Li Minyu tightly in the blink of an eye! Li Minyu struggled, only to discover the rope was extraordinarily tough and impossible to snap. "Ji Xiaomeng... your father is nowhere near a match for my master. My master doesn't operate in the Great Xia Prefecture anyway; why make an enemy of us..." Ji Xiaomeng giggled. "I'm not! You were beaten into this state by Su Yu and Teacher Zhou; I just happened to catch you along the way. How about this: give me a thousand merit points and I won't arrest you!" "..." Li Minyu snorted and refused to indulge her. "Wait, all your merit points belong to me anyway!" With that, Ji Xiaomeng patted her down until a merit card emerged. Just as she prepared to transfer Li Minyu's merit points, Su Yu slashed down again in the distance. With a squelch, he severed one of Zhou Pingsheng's arms, sneering, "Ji Xiaomeng, don't touch what isn't yours. That's my spoil of war!" "..." Ji Xiaomeng froze, replying stiffly, "Her teacher is very formidable. Offending her teacher isn't worth it..." "What's mine is mine. If you dare rob me, believe me, your stuff won't be yours anymore either." "..." Puffing her cheeks in annoyance, Ji Xiaomeng dropped the merit card onto the ground. Seeing that Su Yu wasn't watching, she discreetly kicked the card a bit further away. Maybe you'll forget about it later, and then I can just pick it up! It'll be finder's keepers! That should be fine, right! Li Minyu felt thoroughly humiliated. To be tied up by an idiot like this—where is the justice in the world? What a disgrace to Master! ... Su Yu paid them no further heed. Lan Tian was certainly useful! He had blocked a sword strike for him! These people had their purposes; if another attack came, Ji Xiaomeng would be next in line. At this moment, Zhou Pingsheng's willpower had been heavily drained by triggering the Shanhai talisman, and a sneak attack from Su Yu's hammer had struck his sea of will before Su Yu severed one leg and one arm. His combat strength had plummeted! Meanwhile, Su Yu, having erupted into the Lingyun Realm, was in his peak state! In the blink of an eye, he battered Zhou Pingsheng into a battered, bleeding mess. Zhou Pingsheng couldn't even care about his wounds anymore, roaring hysterically, "Kill him! Kill him! There's something wrong with his divine character battle technique! There's something wrong with his divine apertures!" This was completely wrong! An eight-character divine character battle technique! 108 divine apertures! This made no sense! In the distance, Jin Yuhui's expression changed as well. He muttered, "An eight-character battle technique... No, that's not right... This is... this is splitting... It was split! Bai Feng!" At this moment, he recalled Bai Feng from that day! His face warped drastically! "Splitting!" "He actually split a divine character battle technique!" At this point, Jin Yuhui bordered on madness, bellowing, "Su Yu, if it can be split, can it be combined again?" He understood this all too well! He also walked the path of divine character fusion; he understood the implications better than anyone! Su Yu sneered, "Take a guess!" "It definitely can!" Jin Yuhui roared. "It must be possible! Bai Feng... is it Bai Feng or you? Or Hong Tan? No, not Hong Tan. It's either you or Bai Feng..." Among the onlookers, some still didn't grasp the significance. Yet Jin Yuhui understood! In the next second, Yu Hong's expression warped; she understood as well! The experts of the Single Divine Character Faction all turned pale as realization dawned upon them! Xia Wen roared with absolute fury, "Su Yu, can it truly be split? What about afterward? Can it be reunited later? If it can be split, can it be replenished?" This was enough to revolutionize the entire Civilization Master domain! Su Yu laughed aloud. "Yes, of course it can..." Xia Wen bellowed, "Kill! Second Brother, fight with your lives! Protect Su Yu and get this intelligence out!" They had to protect Su Yu! This discovery was monumental enough to trigger a colossal upheaval across the entire field of Civilization Masters, dramatically elevating the power of countless experts who didn't cultivate the Multiple Divine Characters path, perhaps even shattering the boundary between Shanhai and Sunmoon! It could birth dozens of new Sunmoon experts for the human race! It might increase the overall strength of all Civilization Masters by fifty percent! This was more important than any ancient ruin! It was more important than Su Yu himself! Did Bai Feng know how? Probably! Yet Bai Feng was currently on the All-Heavens Battlefield, his life or death unknown. Only Su Yu was alive right here. Did anyone else know the method? Xia Wen couldn't be sure! Their only option was to protect Su Yu so this technique wouldn't be lost! He fought like a madman, and Xia Wu and Hu Hao were equally frenzied. Everyone present understood the terrifying stakes. Hu Hao had harbored suspicions last time, but seeing Su Yu erupt again today and clearly witnessing an eight-character battle technique left him utterly staggered! His eyes hadn't deceived him back then! Xia Wen roared, "Tianma and Mountain Gazelle races, heed my command! Protect Su Yu! Even if you die, see him safely away! The Great Xia Prefecture will reward you lavishly!" He represented the Xia Family! At this moment, his authority held true! Old Tianma's wings were broken, and the Mountain Gazelle expert had even had her horns snapped, yet they could care no longer, unleashing everything they had. Meanwhile, Blood Rakshasa's eyes flickered as he glared at Su Yu! Capture Su Yu! He could not be killed! Those 108 divine apertures, that eight-character battle technique—how could they hide the truth from these experts any longer? Everyone had realized what this meant! Boom! Jin Yuhui struck out recklessly, sending a palm strike crashing toward Zhao Tianbing. He had to seize Su Yu! Having reached the Sunmoon Realm, he had already sensed certain truths. At Sunmoon, he was an expert who had fused eight divine characters! He had wondered: was attaining Invincible truly only possible through a divine character battle technique from the Multiple Divine Characters Faction? Yet he didn't have one! He had long lost the ability to outline one! Now, he roared at the top of his lungs, "Su Yu, can one outline a divine character battle technique again after reaching Tengkong? Tell me, is it possible?!" Only at this moment did those who had been oblivious finally understand! In the sky, even great demons like One-Eye widened their eyes in shock! Spreading the Multiple Divine Characters path to everyone? What kind of joke was this?! A bunch of butchers whose rarity and brutal difficulty of cultivation had kept them in check—could their path now be popularized? Could one still outline the technique after entering Tengkong? Holy shit! If this proved true, the myriad realms across the all-heavens would be shaken to their core! ... Outside. Wiping away cold sweat, Zhu Tiandao mumbled, "Holy shit. 108 divine apertures, a basic cultural art, innate blood essence, splitting battle techniques, outlining divine character battle techniques after Tengkong... Old Hou, we need to silence everyone here! I can't shoulder this, and neither can the Great Ming Prefecture!" Any single one of these revelations was enough to shake the entire Human Realm! Had his luck exploded into something miraculous, or was he about to be hit by disaster? If word of this leaked out, he would be in colossal trouble! Even his old man might not be able to shoulder it! Especially the matter of splitting divine character battle techniques—could they truly be outlined again after Tengkong? If so, the countless experts of the Single Divine Character Faction, other factions, and indeed the entire civilization master domain would go completely insane. People didn't avoid the Multiple Divine Characters Faction because they didn't want to cultivate it—they simply couldn't! Even someone like Wu Jia, blessed with top-high talent, had barely managed to outline nine divine characters up to now, and that was with Chen Yong guiding her hand-in-hand like a daughter. It was too difficult! Only monstrous geniuses possessed the qualifications to successfully outline a divine character battle technique. How many monsters were born in the Great Xia Prefecture in a single year? Did people really think anyone could learn it? Did people really think no one wanted to learn it? Did they think the Single Divine Character Faction truly wanted to be single-character practitioners? It was nothing more than jealousy and envy that made them claim the other faction consumed too many resources. Who wouldn't want to be invincible within the same realm? If I can't join the Multiple Divine Characters Faction, then you're all just resource-wasting trash. But if I can join... of course I'll join! Sweet hypocrisy! At this moment, sweat poured down Zhu Tiandao's forehead. This matter... had blown up astronomically! Holy shit! What kind of monstrous genius did I bring back this time? Wait, does Bai Feng know how to do this too? My Great Ming Prefecture... Great Ming is producing geniuses! Your disciple is already coming; how could you not come? You were originally from Great Ming anyway! Excited beyond measure, Zhu Tiandao said, "Forget fishing, this is enough! Time to kill! Old Hou, kill them! No, mobilize our people to seal Starfall Mountain and slaughter every last one of them... Wait, spare the ones from Great Xia; Xia Longwu knows how to handle them!" Why keep fishing! Was catching a couple of Sunmoons more important than Su Yu? Get the kid home first! Just as he prepared to move, Director Hou suddenly spoke up, "Wait a moment!" Zhu Tiandao halted his movements. He had sensed it even earlier than Director Hou. His gaze shifted rapidly, and he cursed once more, "Fuck!" ... Meanwhile, Su Yu didn't care about any of that! He unleashed a frantic bombardment! Saber strike after saber strike! The third level of Time and his Unbeatable Combat kicks struck repeatedly! Zhou Pingsheng erupted with willpower and origin qi, but the moment his willpower flared, the little fur ball sank its teeth into it, eliciting agony-filled screams! Activating the Shanhai talisman had taken too heavy a toll, and Su Yu's sneak attack had severed his leg and arm. With his combat strength drastically depleted, he could muster at most the power of a fourth- or fifth-stage Lingyun. Meanwhile, Su Yu's erupted power reached the second stage of Lingyun. Coupled with top-tier Heaven-rank martial arts, Zhou Pingsheng was thoroughly overwhelmed. The little fur ball deserved substantial credit; with it around, half of Zhou Pingsheng's cultivation as a civilization master was crippled! With his willpower constantly gnawed away and unable to safely activate his divine characters, how could he hope to contend with Su Yu? The longer they fought, the weaker Zhou Pingsheng became! Su Yu, on the other hand, grew fiercer with every blow. Even as his body developed cracks under the immense strain, his momentum remained unstoppable! "You worthless piece of trash, picking fights time and time again! If not for a scumbag like you, I wouldn't even have bothered taking this trip! I've wanted to kill you for ages!" "Framing my senior uncle, insulting my senior sister—you dog-like wretch!" "Ordering your students to harm me? I'll butcher you first!" With every furious roar, Su Yu drove Zhou Pingsheng to spit mouthfuls of blood! Slash! The sound of flesh tearing echoed again as a saber strike severed Zhou Pingsheng clean at the waist. Howling in agony, Zhou Pingsheng forcefully fused his severed torso back together, his face ghastly pale! At that very instant, a massive hand reached toward Su Yu, blotting out the sky! "How dare you!" Zhao Tianbing and Jin Yuhui roared simultaneously, striking toward the colossal hand! That wasn't one of their people! Meanwhile, Blood Fire Cult Vice Cult Master Blood Rakshasa finally breathed a sigh of relief, bellowing, "Greetings, Cult Master!" The new cult master! The old cult master was dead, yet he remained vice cult master simply because a new cult master had taken office. Even when two Sunmoons arrived, he hadn't fled because he was waiting for the new cult master, who was the true source of his confidence. Now, a silhouette materialized in the void! Horns protruded from his head! A member of the Blood Fire Demon race! A genuine demon! From the mighty god and demon races! A Sunmoon Realm powerhouse! Zhao Tianbing and Jin Yuhui turned pale. Fuck, the Blood Fire Demon race actually smuggled a Sunmoon expert into the Human Realm to serve as cult master! They're aiming for something massive! "Fifth-stage Sunmoon!" Zhao Tianbing's face fell. He saw the five suns and moons revolving in the demon's eyes—a fifth-stage Sunmoon expert! Striding across the sky, this Blood Fire Cult Master looked down at Su Yu and said with a faint smile, "The human race is truly the darling of the all-heavens. Such frightening talent! Splitting divine character battle techniques... if that succeeds, wouldn't the Multiple Divine Characters Faction rise from the ashes?" Seeing this, Zhao Tianbing roared, "Jin Yuhui, join forces with me to kill him! He's a demon! Are you going to betray the human race? You can have your selfish ambitions, but this is an alien demon!" This was a demon god! An extraordinarily powerful demon god! The god and demon races were inherently superior to ordinary humans in strength, to say nothing of a fifth-stage Sunmoon. "Noisy fools. Neither of you will leave alive!" With a cold bark, the Blood Fire Demon expert shattered space with a single punch. With a dull thud, Zhao Tianbing was sent flying. In the next second, Jin Yuhui was also hammered deep into the earth by a punch. Such was the terrifying might of a Blood Fire Demon expert! "You may choose to join my Blood Fire Cult, but you must submit to the confinement of my demon flames!" This Sunmoon demon god suppressed heaven and earth with overwhelming dominance! Blood Rakshasa trembled with excitement! Comparing trump cards? Who could match his! He had held his ground until now without uttering a peep, waiting specifically for the cult master. A fifth-stage Sunmoon grandmaster from the demon race was formidable enough that even an ordinary sixth-stage Sunmoon might not be his match! Having swatted aside two Sunmoons, he turned his gaze back to Su Yu, chuckling, "You are Su Yu? How intriguing! Even if there are ruins here, they likely aren't that extraordinary. Join my demon race and convert to a demon body; our race will bestow upon you fortune enough to enter the Shanhai and Sunmoon Realms!" He laughed, casting a glance at Zhou Pingsheng. "In my demon race, useless trash like this wouldn't even be fit to serve as your chamber pot! Join my Blood Fire Demon race; if such trash dares provoke you, their entire clan will be exterminated. Who would dare object!" Su Yu looked up at him with a grin. "I like the sound of that. Who would have thought the demon race... would hold me in such high regard? Much better than the Single Divine Character Faction..." At these words, Jin Yuhui flew out from underground in a towering rage. "Su Yu, you truly are in league with demons!" "..." Su Yu merely chuckled, not bothering to dignify the accusation. He smiled at the demon. "Demon expert, how about giving me a little time? Let me kill this fellow first. Give me at most one minute, and then we'll talk?" In midair, the fifth-stage Sunmoon demon god laughed heartily. "Splendid! My demon race welcomes you! When you have enemies, slaughter them yourself and pull them up by their roots!" He roared with laughter! He could afford to wait; this area was completely sealed off today anyway. Unless the people present submitted to the demon race, none would be spared! Su Yu paid his words no heed. What was this demon dreaming of? A fifth-stage Sunmoon? There was a ninth-stage Sunmoon waiting outside! Of course, he suppressed that thought, not wanting anyone to sense it! Internally, he was exasperated. He had wanted to bait the big fish of the Single Divine Character Faction, not demons! What was wrong with the Blood Fire Cult—did they have a death wish? Did they insist on losing a cult master every single day to be satisfied? How long had it been since the last one died! And now another one showed up! At this moment, Zhou Pingsheng could hold out no longer. By now, the other two Lingyun cultivators had been slain. Water Person and Shadow revealed their true forms, heavily wounded. Beneath Shadow, ink-black drops of blood dripped continuously. Beneath Water Person lay a puddle of water. As for Mountain-Boring Ox and Suanni, they were drenched in blood, trembling in sheer terror. Suanni was on the verge of tears! The outside world was too dangerous; please, just lock him back up! Three Sunmoon Realm experts! One of them was a fifth-stage Sunmoon demon god! Even on the All-Heavens Battlefield, such a clash was rare, occurring once every three to five years at most! ... Su Yu paid them no attention as the little fur ball took another bite! Meanwhile, Su Yu hammered away frantically with his miniature hammer! One strike, two strikes, three strikes... The onlookers watched in utter astonishment. Su Yu's repertoire of techniques was terrifying. What kind of divine skill was that? So formidable! Zhao Tianbing, blood trailing from his mouth, suddenly realized why his junior brother had asked him to save this boy. A peerless genius! This was the Expanding Will Art! The kid had actually cultivated the Expanding Will Art to such a level! Without the Expanding Will Art holding him back, he would have broken into Tengkong long ago! "Zhou Pingsheng, remember to be a good person in your next life!" Su Yu snorted coldly, bringing his saber slashing down! Zhou Pingsheng shrieked shrilly, "I'm willing to join the Blood Fire Cult! Save me!" "Lord, save me!" Su Yu shouted, "If you take him in, we become mortal enemies!" "..." In midair, the Sunmoon demon god smiled faintly without concern. "Taking in useless trash serves no purpose." "Hahaha!" Su Yu burst into uproarious laughter. "You worthless piece of trash, not even the demon race wants you! Hahaha!" He laughed maniacally! Despair inundated Zhou Pingsheng's face! He was unwilling to accept this! There were so many things he hadn't done, so many dreams unfulfilled, so many treasures unobtained, so many pleasures unenjoyed... "You forced me!" Boom! His physical body detonated, and a jade pearl emerged, fleeing at lightning speed! "A Spirit-Nourishing Pearl!" Someone gasped in surprise. He actually had such a treasure! Just how many illicit gains had this scoundrel pocketed over the years? That Shanhai divine talisman was worth tens of thousands of merit points. This Spirit-Nourishing Pearl was even more expensive! It was a life-saving treasure. Even before reaching Shanhai, if one's physical body exploded, as long as a wisp of willpower remained within it, one could flee! One still had a chance at survival! "Pfft..." Blood trickled from Su Yu's mouth as he was blown back several paces. The detonation of Zhou Pingsheng's body had nearly inflicted severe injuries on him. Seeing the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl racing toward Jin Yuhui, Su Yu gritted his teeth. Abruptly swallowing several drops of blood essence, he roared furiously and cleaved forward with his saber! In this instant, 180 divine apertures were opened! Don't forget, the blood essence of the five elemental races could temporarily unlock divine apertures—Su Yu simply chose not to use it ordinarily! When he had opened his very first divine aperture, it was precisely by unlocking these apertures, absorbing willpower, and then proceeding to open his own! At this moment, Su Yu's sea of will trembled violently as 180 divine apertures formed one colossal cycle, unleashing willpower so potent it truly rivaled a Lingyun! In other words, by opening 180 divine apertures, Su Yu could already rival a Lingyun civilization master while still in the Yangxing Realm! "Slay!" With a ferocious roar, the saber cleaved into the Spirit-Nourishing Pearl, detonating it with a colossal blast! Boom! An explosion erupted alongside an agonizing shriek! Zhou Pingsheng screamed as a phantom silhouette materialized, staring at Su Yu, writhing and wailing. Bang, bang, bang! The phantom began disintegrating! "Su Yu... I won't let you off even as a ghost..." He had been slain by Su Yu! He was so utterly unwilling! "He possesses a divine-rank cultural art... He cannot be allowed to live!" Even in his dying moments, he sought to drag Su Yu down with him! A divine-rank cultural art, and a basic one at that! Su Yu had to die! Not even the entire all-heavens and myriad realms possessed a divine-rank cultural art! With a final pop, he shattered completely! At that moment, every pair of eyes turned toward Su Yu! Was he even human? A divine-rank art? Could it be real? Opening 144 divine apertures was the hallmark of a peak Heaven-rank cultural art; anything above 144 was a divine-rank art! Had Su Yu just opened more than 144 divine apertures? "..." Dead silence. Even the Sunmoon demon god stared at Su Yu in speechless wonder. A divine-rank art! Su Yu, meanwhile, wore a tranquil expression as origin qi and willpower surged within him. Exhilarating! Slaying Zhou Pingsheng felt incredible! Old Zhu, it's on you now! I'm done! They had baited too many fish; killing a few Lingyun experts was enough for him. What came next was beyond his ability to meddle with. As for exposing too many secrets today... so what if he did? Having revealed so much already, why should he care about revealing one more? He would enter the Great Ming Prefecture like an invincible prodigy! He would make the Great Xia Prefecture regret this to death! Of course, if Great Ming coveted these secrets, he would hand them over—and after handing them over, he would find a chance to slip away! In this vast world, could there truly be no place where he could survive? If there truly wasn't, he would head to the All-Heavens Battlefield and carve out a path among the myriad realms! Zhou Pingsheng was dead. And Su Yu was content. The entire battlefield had ground to an instantaneous halt because of Su Yu. Even the Shanhai combatants ceased fighting, turning their gazes upon him, their eyes overflowing with utter disbelief! Was this really just a student? Could he be an ancient monster transformed?