The Strongest Wanshi in History

Light flared at the glabella aperture! Drawing upon the power of the Primordial Demon blood essence, Su Yu swiftly opened the aperture. Surging streams of origin qi converged from all directions. Not enough! With a flick of his wrist, Su Yu brought out an immense pool of origin qi liquid, rich and concentrated, and continued absorbing it. Still not enough! It was as though opening this single aperture had linked it directly to all other 359 apertures. Every one of them was hungrily drinking in origin qi. Su Yu had turned into a bottomless pit, ceaselessly devouring energy! …… Outside the Primordial Spirit Research Institute, at the very moment Su Yu was opening the final aperture, vast torrents of origin qi converged toward the institute. Like soaring dragons! Vast origin qi gathered and poured downward like a waterfall. A moment later, both Niu Baidao and Hu Xiansheng appeared. Watching the origin qi congregating in the air, Hu Xiansheng raised a brow. "Is this... a breakthrough?" "A breakthrough?" Niu Baidao frowned. Was it? It didn't look like one. It seemed more like an aperture being opened. He suspected Su Yu was opening all 360 of his origin apertures. Was opening 360 origin apertures supposed to look like this? If so, when this kid broke through to the Invincible Realm, how terrifying would it be? The phenomenon would probably stretch for tens of thousands of li! Without another word, Niu Baidao reached out and grabbed the air. The converging origin qi rapidly liquefied, condensing in the blink of an eye into droplets of origin qi liquid that rained down upon the research institute. Near the entrance, the Suanni and the Mountain-Boring Ox were sneakily, frantically guzzling down whatever they could catch. Niu Baidao glanced at them, terrifying both great demons to their cores. But seeing that Niu Baidao did not reprimand them, they exchanged a look. Fortune favored the bold; the timid would starve! Keep absorbing! Such a rare opportunity couldn't be wasted. Niu Baidao ignored them. Seeing the droplets raining down while more origin qi continued to gather, he pondered for a moment and sighed. It looked like he would have to bleed his pockets dry today. With a wave of his sleeve, another massive wave of origin qi liquid splashed over the institute. He sighed, "We ought to bring Zhao Li over and have him set up an origin qi mystic realm. Wonder if Old Wang dies, whether we could use his divine character to make an origin qi mystic realm too." Hu Xiansheng's mouth twitched. Old Wang was the vice academy head, a powerful Sun Moon combatant who rarely showed his face in public. Old Niu was already looking forward to Old Wang dying so they could turn him into a mystic realm! The man's imagination truly knew no bounds. "It's Su Yu absorbing all this, right?" Hu Xiansheng asked hesitantly. "Isn't he taking in way too much?" With this much origin qi liquid, even a Tengkong cultivator would have long been saturated! …… Inside the cultivation room, Su Yu didn't dwell on what was happening outside. As massive quantities of origin qi liquid were devoured, he felt the tremendous influx of origin qi from the exterior and guessed an expert was helping him. Ignoring the rest, he continued absorbing. At that exact moment, the glabella aperture burst wide open! Boom! A thunderous roar echoed through his sea of consciousness. In the next instant, a faint crimson flame appeared at the center of Su Yu's forehead—the mark of the Primordial Demon Race. The crimson flame flashed and vanished in an instant. At that moment, all 360 apertures were open. Light flared! One, two... The apertures Su Yu had previously fused suddenly separated, reverting to 360 distinct apertures once more. Then, one aperture after another lit up! Connecting! Arranging! It happened spontaneously, just as Su Yu had once speculated. There was no need for him to actively deduce anything; the 360 apertures naturally connected to one another, lighting up in sequence. Twenty, thirty, forty... Su Yu's aura surged with terrifying power! How could this possibly belong to a Wanshi cultivator? At this moment, Su Yu seemed like an ancient fiend, his fierce aura blazing with phantom flames! Outside the door, several elders and Wu Lan had also rushed over. Water Person and Shadow emerged as well. Wu Lan couldn't see Su Yu, but she could clearly sense the formidable aura and suffocating pressure radiating from inside the cultivation room. Looking at Wen Zhong in bewilderment, she asked, "Senior Brother Wen, is Su Yu in there?" She began to doubt her own senses. The overwhelming pressure passing through the reinforced chamber weighed heavily on her. If Wen Zhong and the others hadn't been standing beside her, she might not have even been able to get close. Wen Zhong's eyes flickered. He nodded with mingled joy and astonishment. Even without seeing Su Yu, he guessed what had happened. Suppressing his excitement, he whispered, "It's him. He's linking the Zhoutian apertures!" Inside, the pressure continued to mount. Jin Sheng clicked his tongue in wonder. "Senior Brother Wen, this kid... If he pulls this off, his physical body won't even need to be cast to match someone with seven body casts, right?" At the Tengkong Realm, one cast the physical body, refreshed blood and qi, and cleansed marrow and forged bone. Nine body casts! One cast per layer! Of course, just like aperture-opening arts, body casting arts varied in quality and resources. For example, casting the body using god or demon blood essence could allow someone to achieve two casts per layer, totaling eighteen casts. It varied from person to person, depending on resources, talent, cultivation method, and time. Wen Zhong nodded. That was the bare minimum. Su Yu was truly frightening! What research genius? He was a brute of the warrior dao through and through. In Wen Zhong's eyes, peers like Huang Teng and Qin Fang would likely fall short against Su Yu at the same cultivation level. "Will he step into Tengkong today?" Jin Sheng asked. Wen Zhong shook his head. "Hard to say. His blood essence might not be enough..." "Didn't Great Qin Prefecture send over a ton?" "It depends on the kid himself. He hasn't decided on his body casting art yet. He could enter Tengkong right now, but without a chosen art, he'd probably just be stuck at the first layer of Tengkong!" …… While they discussed this outside, Su Yu vaguely sensed the threshold to Tengkong within. Enter Tengkong? Naturally, he had no intention of doing so yet; there was no need. At this moment, all 360 apertures were opened and interconnected. A brand-new cultivation method was operating within him! Aperture fusion! Refusing the apertures! Right now, Su Yu could only be considered a Ninth Layer Qianjun. The apertures he had previously fused had all been broken apart by him. Now, each aperture began fusing once again. This time, Su Yu noticed a profound difference. When he circulated his thirty-six fusion apertures, he discovered he didn't even need them! The apertures began merging together completely naturally. He recalled what Hu Qiusheng and the others had said back in Great Xia Prefecture: apertures in the human body were fragmented, and once the system was complete, they would naturally converge and merge without significant repulsion. Today, that theory was proven true! "So that's how it is!" Su Yu smiled. Once all 360 apertures were open, the aperture fusion art was rendered obsolete! Nine layers of Wanshi, with forty apertures per layer. Effortlessly, forty apertures merged into one. Boom! First Layer Wanshi! The total number of apertures dropped to 321! How strong was this First Layer Wanshi? The single fused aperture contained forty original apertures, and due to the nature of aperture fusion, each constituent aperture yielded the strength of five apertures. Back when Su Yu had fused sixteen apertures, each aperture was worth two and a half normal ones. Forty apertures compressed into one possessed strength equivalent to two hundred apertures of an ordinary Qianjun cultivator! After fusion, a single aperture rivaled an entire divine art! In the blink of an eye, the next forty apertures fused together. Second Layer Wanshi! Su Yu's strength surged again as his apertures decreased to 282. The third layer followed immediately! His consumption of origin qi liquid skyrocketed. Su Yu retrieved all the origin qi liquid stored in his storage ring. Outside, Niu Baidao felt the sting in his pocket as he continued to supply more, having already sealed off the surrounding area of the Primordial Spirit Research Institute. Was this kid breaking through, or what on earth was he doing? Why was he devouring origin qi liquid at such an astronomical rate? Aperture fusion required origin qi—enormous amounts of it! Throughout the process, Su Yu's physical body grew continuously stronger. Without even practicing a body casting art, it was being reinforced naturally. Fifth Layer Wanshi, Sixth Layer... The speed was terrifying! In the blink of an eye, Ninth Layer Wanshi! Boom! Nine apertures! Only nine fused apertures remained within Su Yu. Divine radiance erupted from his eyes, and with a deafening crack, a reinforced wall shattered! Each aperture held the power of two hundred apertures! With nine fused apertures, Su Yu commanded the power of eighteen hundred apertures. In comparison, a warrior cultivating a peak Heaven-rank art who fused all their apertures at Ninth Layer Wanshi would possess the strength of around four hundred apertures at best. Afterward, stepping into Tengkong, each layer provided a boost of roughly ten percent per body cast. Over nine layers with nine body casts, their power would approach roughly one thousand apertures. That was a warrior's progression. Using Qianjun as a benchmark, a top-tier Ninth Layer Tengkong warrior generally commanded the power of about a thousand apertures. Of course, those who completed more than nine casts would be even stronger. But someone like Su Yu possessing eighteen hundred apertures of power at Wanshi far surpassed an ordinary Ninth Layer Tengkong! Unrivaled combat prowess! At this moment, Su Yu felt no weaker than when he had erupted with power using Lingyun blood essence. In other words, he now possessed the explosive force of a Lingyun combatant! He lacked some specialized techniques, speed, and his body was slightly less resilient than a true Lingyun's, but his explosive power was genuinely on par! Boom! Su Yu swung his arm and threw a punch. An explosive sonic boom echoed through the research institute. His body faintly showed signs of actively casting itself. He was on the verge of entering Tengkong! Su Yu frowned slightly. No rush. Why break through now? He hadn't chosen a body casting art yet. Though he possessed many powerful methods, they might not be the most suitable for him. No hurry at all! He was still at the Ninth Layer of Wanshi, a Wanshi who could potentially blast a Lingyun to pieces. Wasn't that incredible? He had no urgent need to increase his lifespan, so why rush to advance? When outsiders inspected him, they would see no signs of body casting, realize he hadn't reached Tengkong, and think he was just an easy-to-kill Wanshi... Wouldn't that be far more entertaining? He pushed open the door of the cultivation room. The instant he stepped out, Wen Zhong remained relatively steady, but Jin Sheng and the others reacted as if confronted by an ancient fiend. Willpower surged around them as they retreated in alarm, staring at Su Yu with unabashed shock and terror. What the hell?! Su Yu had not yet restrained his aura. To them, he looked less like an Acclimation-stage Wanshi and more like an ancient primordial demon. Wen Zhong's expression shifted continuously in profound shock. With a dry throat, he croaked, "Did you succeed?" "Yes!" Su Yu nodded with a smile. "All 360 apertures opened. Everything went smoothly and formed a grand circulation, just as I thought. Regrettably... I still haven't found the primordial spirit aperture, but I'm certain it exists!" Wen Zhong couldn't care less about that right now. Just as he opened his mouth to ask more, Wu Lan looked at Su Yu strangely. "Did you get stronger again? Could you beat Liu Hong now?" Su Yu smiled. "Liu Hong is a Lingyun and a Civilization Master with plenty of tricks and hidden depths... There's no need to compare with a Civilization Master." Comparisons had to be made against warriors. Civilization Masters wielded unpredictable methods that might directly counter him. Su Yu wasn't exceptionally fast—at least not compared to the quickest Tengkong combatants. He was more like a heavy brawler. If you engaged in close combat and let him land a clean hit, he could potentially bash even a Lingyun to bits. But if they kept their distance and ran around while his small hammer failed to stun them, killing them would be difficult. Therefore, if Su Yu wanted to kill a genuine Lingyun right now, he was still missing a slight edge: a means to counter their speed. His small hammer was formidable now; one strike would leave a Tengkong thoroughly dazed. Against a Lingyun, however, depending on their layer, stunning them would be quite difficult. Wu Lan asked no more, but Wen Zhong couldn't help asking, "Can this be popularized?" "Probably not," Su Yu answered truthfully with a smile. "Some peerless geniuses from wealthy backgrounds—extremely wealthy, that is—might manage it. First, they would need to cultivate the Primordial Spirit Aperture Opening Art to open 126 apertures, then use the art to open hundreds more... In terms of cost, I estimate it would take... around fifty thousand merit points." "……" Dead silence fell over the room. To hell with that! Fifty thousand? These weren't Anping coins; these were merit points. Damn it! Su Yu continued, "And it would take considerable time. Certainly not as fast as me, that's for sure. Around three years would be a reasonable target." His own speed wasn't purely a result of talent and resources. He had been able to cultivate at Qianjun speed during Kaiyuan, Wanshi speed during Qianjun, and even Lingyun speed during Wanshi—all thanks to the golden album. Others would have to take it step by step, which would require at least three years. "Three years?" Wen Zhong and the others were shaken. That wasn't long at all. In fact, it was astonishingly short! If someone could open 360 apertures like Su Yu in just three years, wouldn't that mean... Thinking of this, Wen Zhong said gravely, "You're planning to spread the Primordial Spirit Aperture Opening Art. Aren't you worried others will figure out how to open 360 origin apertures as well?" Su Yu laughed. "For now, I have no intention of telling anyone where the final few apertures are located. Whoever wants to try can experiment on their own!" Even if someone knew of the glabella aperture, the spinal aperture, and the Sky-Piercing Aperture, they wouldn't know their exact locations without experimentation. The Sky-Piercing Aperture was manageable, but trying to experiment on the glabella aperture would kill a massive number of people before anyone succeeded. For the time being, Su Yu had no plans to teach it. It wouldn't affect anything anyway. Spreading it now would only benefit prominent clans. Who else had the resources to spend tens of thousands of merit points on opening apertures at this stage? Only the descendants of Invincible experts had that kind of capital. Why should Su Yu hand it over to them? At this stage, he wouldn't share it with anyone—unless, further down the road, someone proved worthy. Prominent clans could indeed produce around fifty thousand merit points. Naturally, it would be best if they also possessed an origin qi mystic realm. Otherwise, consuming such vast quantities of origin qi liquid, as he had today, would nearly exhaust their supplies. Saying nothing more, Su Yu walked downstairs. He opened the main entrance and smiled at Niu Baidao and Hu Xiansheng. "Academy Head, Dean, thank you for your help. Please, come in for a cup of tea!" He didn't say a single word about anything else. He made no mention of opening 360 origin apertures. Since he didn't bring it up, they wouldn't find it easy to ask either. …… Outside, Niu Baidao stared at Su Yu for a long while before smiling. "Let's sit inside, then. Old Hu's Four Seasons Pavilion has a nice ambiance, and now it's all yours." Beside him, Hu Xiansheng was speechless. That stung! He too stared at Su Yu for a moment and sighed, muttering, "A pseudo-Civilization Master!" You call yourself a Civilization Master? Get out of here! What kind of Civilization Master looked like this? Even with the "Yin" divine character masking his presence, Su Yu could barely contain the explosive strength coursing through him. He looked lean, but Hu Xiansheng was certain that if a Tengkong warrior engaged Su Yu in a contest of pure physical power, they would be pulverized! Only a top-tier prodigy with over a dozen body casts might stand a chance. Otherwise, ordinary Tengkong cultivators were already prey to Su Yu. "Ninth Layer Wanshi?" Niu Baidao asked with a smile as he walked through the door. "Have you chosen a body casting art? If not, I have a few here. You can pick one. They're all decent. The strongest among them offers twenty-seven casts—three casts per layer!" Hu Xiansheng shook his head. "Casting the body too many times doesn't do much good. The effect weakens the further you go, and it consumes far too many resources. Body casting relies on blood essence as a foundation. For instance, the ordinary nine casts require around ten drops of blood essence from the same realm per cast..." He looked at Su Yu, his teeth aching. "Your physical body already has a foundation equivalent to seven or eight casts. You'd need blood essence from the seventh or eighth layer of Tengkong. If you cast your body using god or demon blood essence... you should just stick to nine casts. Gather around a hundred drops of blood essence, finish the casting, and advance to Lingyun." If this kid chose an art requiring dozens of casts, there wouldn't even be enough gods and demons to slaughter! Consuming hundreds or thousands of drops of god and demon blood essence... Damn it, don't tell me you want to cast your body with Primordial God and Primordial Demon blood essence! In that case, you'd need to kill dozens of them, maybe even a hundred! Hu Xiansheng didn't dare imagine it. Killing that many would give even Great Qin Prefecture a massive headache. The Primordial God Race and Primordial Demon Race were not vast in number. Furthermore, Su Yu wouldn't want ordinary specimens; he would need Ninth Layer Tengkong blood essence. Slaying that many would likely provoke Sun Moon and Invincible experts into the fray. Clearly, Niu Baidao had realized this as well. He coughed dryly. "Nine casts is actually quite good. Reach Lingyun or Shanhai sooner. A slightly weaker physical body... Well, with nine casts, your body won't be weak at all anyway, and you can focus on the path of a Civilization Master." He didn't want to recommend an overly powerful body casting art, fearing Su Yu might genuinely be tempted to cast his body dozens of times. That would be an absolute nightmare. Who could possibly supply him with that much god and demon blood essence—and from the Primordial God and Demon races, no less? Even Zhu Tiandao would suffer a migraine! Su Yu smiled. "I'm in no rush." Indeed, he wasn't. He could already fight a Lingyun, so what was the hurry? He could take his time. A maximum of twenty-seven casts? That didn't sound all that impressive. He wanted at least thirty-six casts! If body casting arts were categorized by Heaven, Earth, Black, and Yellow grades with nine casts per grade, thirty-six casts would be Heaven-rank. If he didn't secure a Heaven-rank body casting art, he would be doing himself a disservice. If each cast boosted strength by roughly ten percent—even if diminishing returns set in later—Su Yu calculated that by the Ninth Layer of Tengkong, he might genuinely be capable of fighting a Shanhai... a weaker one, at least. Of course, that remained uncertain. Shanhai cultivators fused their apertures into one, and after that, their origin qi underwent nine transformations; he might not be a match for that. But at that stage, he was confident that fighting across realms wouldn't be an issue. A Ninth Layer Tengkong fighting a Ninth Layer Lingyun shouldn't be too difficult, right? The stronger one became, the harder it was to fight across realms. At the weaker stages, a Qianjun fighting a Wanshi wasn't uncommon, and many geniuses could pull it off. At higher realms, a Lingyun fighting a Shanhai was exceptionally rare unless a Seventh Layer Lingyun or higher fought a First or Second Layer Shanhai. Cross-realm battles like Bai Tianhao of the Bai family slaying a Seventh Layer Shanhai were practically unheard of, which was why Bai Tianhao had earned eternal renown and left a prominent mark in the history books despite dying shortly after the battle. …… On the top floor, inside the Four Seasons Pavilion, only Su Yu, Niu Baidao, and Hu Xiansheng sat together, drinking tea that Hu Xiansheng had left behind. Drinking his own tea in his former quarters gave Hu Xiansheng mixed feelings. After a brief silence, Hu Xiansheng spoke up. "Kid, do you want to research spatial grand formations? They're truly useful—first-rate for fleeing..." He had noticed that whenever Su Yu researched something, results followed swiftly. He wondered if Su Yu possessed an ancient legacy. Did that legacy include spatial grand formations? They had certainly existed in ancient times. Su Yu smiled. "Dean, I don't have that capability right now." Hu Xiansheng looked disappointed. Niu Baidao chuckled. "Don't listen to Old Hu's nonsense. Su Yu, you challenged Shan Xiong to a death battle last time, but the kid stayed silent. Do you plan to keep pressing him, or just let it go?" In truth, Niu Baidao wanted to see the extent of Su Yu's current strength. Shan Xiong was no weakling; if he were weak, he wouldn't have swept through the multiple divine character factions of various prefectures at the same realm. Pondering for a moment, Niu Baidao added, "Maybe you should just let it be. You already draw enough attention. Losing wouldn't be worth it, and winning doesn't offer much benefit either." Su Yu smiled. "Doesn't matter to me. If he dares to show up, I'll take him on. If he doesn't, so be it!" Pausing, Su Yu asked, "Academy Head, when casting my body, can I use stronger blood essence? Like Sun Moon blood essence..." "Try it if you're not afraid of dying!" Speechless! Niu Baidao laughed wryly. "Your physical body is formidable, so using Lingyun blood essence is barely acceptable. Shanhai blood essence would burst you to pieces!" Su Yu sighed in disappointment. "Fine." Otherwise, using Sun Moon god or demon blood essence would probably require far fewer drops. A single drop might suffice for several casts! Seeing his expression, Niu Baidao said with a smile, "Su Yu, I honestly think fewer casts are better. It's not that I'm trying to stop you from building an invincible foundation, but the Invincibles in their youth didn't do what you're doing either. If you cultivate like this, you might end up like the Fifth Head, fighting Invincibles at Sun Moon. But if you follow the conventional path, you could simply become an Invincible directly." He spoke those words casually. *You might end up like the Fifth Head!* The Fifth Head, Ye Batian, was an acknowledged monster and peerless genius throughout the Human Realm and the myriad worlds. Even when Liu Wenyan slew a Tengkong while in the Acclimation stage all those years ago, no one claimed he could match Ye Batian. Yet today, Niu Baidao, a founding academy head, had uttered those very words to Su Yu's face. A truly terrifying kid! Su Yu shook his head. "Actually, my combat experience is somewhat lacking..." "……" Get out of here! What counted as combat experience? Fighting everyday street brawls? That didn't mean a damn thing! Did Su Yu lack experience? He had slaughtered countless demon beasts and people, frequently fighting opponents above his realm. Some cultivators never experienced such battles in an entire lifetime. On his journey south, Su Yu had killed quite a few Lingyun experts. Did that not count as combat experience? Of course it did! It was the most practical, perilous accumulation of combat experience possible. Su Yu was certainly not a cultivator who had advanced purely through seclusion. Having butchered a mountain of enemies was real combat experience. Niu Baidao and Hu Xiansheng couldn't even be bothered to retort. Strictly speaking, their own combat experience at his stage had likely fallen short of Su Yu's. This kid was already soaked in blood; otherwise, why would Great Ming Prefecture call him a slaughtering fiend? After chatting a bit longer, the two took their leave. Left alone, Su Yu sank into contemplation. Body casting! Tengkong body casting—how should he approach it? Nine casts, or more? Which body casting art should he select? Casting required blood essence, and he would likely need god and demon blood essence. Ordinary god and demon blood wouldn't suffice; Primordial God and Primordial Demon blood essence was best. Based on general experience, each cast required roughly ten drops. Naturally, with a trash casting art, one could even use ten drops of Tengkong Fire Pig blood essence. That stuff was worthless and found everywhere on the streets. If push came to shove, one didn't even need blood essence; a casual infusion of origin qi to barely refresh blood and forge bone would suffice. Su Yu, of course, would never settle for that. "What a headache!" Su Yu muttered. Furthermore, there were the divine apertures. He needed to open all of them as soon as possible. Even after opening 360 origin apertures, he hadn't sensed much regarding the primordial spirit aperture. It seemed opening the divine apertures was necessary after all. His divine apertures certainly needed strengthening; only when his small hammer could reliably stun a Lingyun would he possess the capital to kill them. "The All-Heavens Battlefield..." If he could buy Primordial God and Demon blood essence with money, Su Yu had no desire to visit the All-Heavens Battlefield at this stage. But if he couldn't buy it, that would pose a problem. "Earn money first and find a way to procure the blood essence. If that fails, I'll reconsider!" For now, he didn't want to go to the All-Heavens Battlefield. It wasn't a matter of cowardice, but rather the immense trouble it entailed. If he went and his identity was exposed, the myriad races would rejoice. While assassinating him in the Human Realm was difficult, on the All-Heavens Battlefield, Sun Moon and Invincible experts could move against him without constraint. …… The origin qi disturbance at the Primordial Spirit Research Institute could not be kept hidden. Not long after Su Yu completed his aperture opening, rumors began circulating outside that he might have broken through to Tengkong! Whether that was true remained unconfirmed. But whether Su Yu had entered Tengkong or broken through came as no surprise to anyone; it would have been strange if he hadn't, given that he had already slain Lingyun experts. The news began to spread. …… Meanwhile, on the All-Heavens Battlefield, within a dilapidated military encampment. Bai Feng had just received the news. This was the outermost front of the All-Heavens Battlefield, the front lines of the Eastern Theater! Inside a tattered tent, Bai Feng examined the jade talisman in his hand for a while before rushing outside and shouting, "Martial Uncle, where are you?" A moment later, Liu Wenyan emerged from an adjacent tent with an unkempt beard and fresh wounds, snapping irritably, "What is it?" Bai Feng bared his teeth in a grin. "It looks like our convictions have been pardoned! We can't leave the All-Heavens Battlefield, but we're officially cleared of our guilt now!" Liu Wenyan was taken aback. "The Xia family did this?" "Seems like it..." Bai Feng grimaced. "My disciple did it! Senior Brother's letter finally arrived. He said he tried sending messages through couriers several times before, but they must have missed us. Martial Uncle, that kid Su Yu... ran away!" "Ran away?" Liu Wenyan froze. Where to? "Ran to Great Ming Prefecture!" Bai Feng said, caught between laughter and tears. "That kid set up and slaughtered Jin Yuhui, Yu Hong, Sun Xiang, Tang Yunfei... Nearly all the Shanhai experts who participated in that battle were wiped out by him! He almost killed every single one of them!" "……" Liu Wenyan stood dumbfounded. Holy shit! For real? Bai Feng tossed the jade talisman over. Liu Wenyan scanned it rapidly, his expression shifting wildly. He looked from Bai Feng to the talisman, stroked his beard after a long pause, and remarked, "Not bad! Little Bai, do you think... you could beat him right now?" "……" Fuck! Bai Feng felt a jolt in his chest, then coughed dryly. "Of course I could! I'm someone who beat Xia Yuwen. He's still a bit behind..." "He killed Zhou Pingsheng." "That was using external aid!" Bai Feng protested. That was external power and didn't count. In a real contest of strength, how could Su Yu be his match? Liu Wenyan chuckled. Keep telling yourself that. He didn't press the matter, but his smile soon faded. "That kid is being too conspicuous. That might not be a good thing! Great Ming Prefecture is shielding him, but I'm still worried trouble will find him eventually. I'm not worried about the others; the Zhu family can protect him. But... that person from that day, you know who I mean." The one who had attacked with a divine character avatar! Seeing Su Yu make such a shocking display, that was what truly worried Liu Wenyan. The Yuan and Zhou families were nothing; did they dare send an Invincible to openly cause trouble for Su Yu? King Daming was not someone to be trifled with! They didn't fear those known figures; they feared the Invincible lurking in the shadows! To this day, there was no definitive answer as to their identity. Currently, King Daming and the others weren't in the Human Realm. If that person remained behind... things would get ugly. Even if their true body wasn't present, could Zhu Tiandao stop a divine character avatar? Probably. But if the Zhu family discovered an Invincible was intent on killing Su Yu, would they still step forward to defend him? Liu Wenyan sighed ruefully. "We haven't even been gone that long. How did that kid manage to stir up such a storm already?" It had been less than half a year since they left the Human Realm. The boy truly knew how to cause trouble! Bai Feng was equally speechless; his disciple's penchant for wreaking havoc surpassed his wildest imagination. Gritting his teeth, he pondered and said, "If all else fails, have him come to the All-Heavens Battlefield. King Daqin is on the front lines here, so at least that person wouldn't dare act recklessly!" Liu Wenyan shook his head. "Better not. That kid causes too much chaos, and he isn't the type to swallow insults quietly. We'll see. Besides, this place isn't safe either. That person might not dare move, but the enemy... war has flared up again recently!" Bai Feng said nothing more, though a wave of melancholy washed over him. Pardoned of their crimes? Even with the pardon, he didn't feel like going back. What was the point? He'd have no face left to show! That kid was too astonishing; he had actually killed Zhou Pingsheng. The student had surpassed the teacher, completely destroying Bai Feng's reputation as a genius. The kid was already a full researcher, while Bai Feng was still just an assistant researcher!