The Great Ming Prefecture Stands Tall!

Outside the city gates. Su Yu glanced around with an eager look on his face, whispering, "Lord Yue, in your opinion, which race's experts are easiest to deal with here? You know, the kind who won't kill you over a minor disagreement and might even take you on as a disciple?" The Shanhai expert cast a sideways glance at him. At the moment, Su Yu was disguised as a Lingyun cultivator from a minor race—one Su Yu was quite familiar with. The Ironwing Bird race! Of course, he had no wings. That hardly mattered. Taking a humanoid form and retaining a few racial characteristics was more than enough. On the All-Heavens Battlefield, humanoid forms were remarkably popular. It was true for humans, true for gods and demons, and true for immortals. All the dominant races favored it, so assuming humanoid form had naturally become the norm across the All-Heavens Battlefield. Hearing Su Yu's question, the Shanhai expert remarked flatly, "Go find out yourself. If anyone truly knew who was easy to talk to, it wouldn't be your turn to ask!" Su Yu put on a crestfallen look, glancing about until his eyes fell upon the sole Sun Moon expert openly showing himself—Zheng Ping of the human race. Seeing him look toward Zheng Ping, the Shanhai expert sneered inwardly. *That's a human!* Humans weren't necessarily overly brutal, but anyone could tell at a glance who that man was: a bloodthirsty butcher from the Great Xia Prefecture! Provoke him, and an Ironwing Bird like you might just end up as an appetizer to go with his wine! Nearby, another creature noticed him staring at Zheng Ping and whispered a warning, "That one is from the human race's Great Xia Prefecture!" Su Yu's eyes lit up slightly. "From the Great Xia Prefecture? Doesn't the Great Xia Civilization Academy recruit students from all races? Have you heard? Do you think... they might accept geniuses from other races because of that? Even though I'm a bit older..." "The human race... is best left unprovoked!" Another creature chimed in with a warning. The humans were formidable, and the Great Xia Prefecture did seem to recruit foreign experts, but... it was still better not to go. Far too dangerous. Besides, humans had slaughtered plenty of the Ironwing Bird race. The Ironwing Birds weren't even considered a vassal race to humanity—the Pegasus race was closer to that. You'd better try your luck with the god race; the Ironwing Birds mainly fought on their side. Su Yu nodded and said no more. He had only been making casual conversation; he had no real intention of apprenticing under Zheng Ping. It was merely an excuse to strike up a conversation without drawing unwanted attention. He didn't know Zheng Ping's communication channel, so he couldn't send a voice transmission. He would just test the waters first. Su Yu cautiously shuffled in that direction. Many other creatures were doing the same thing. Sun Moon experts were mighty figures wherever they went, and having so many Sun Moons gathered here at once was a rare sight. Regardless of their chances, everyone wanted to test their luck and see if they could enter the tutelage of a Sun Moon master. As for whether that master's race had conflicts with their own, they couldn't afford to care. The lone wanderers drifting across the battlefield were either racial geniuses or solitary seekers of opportunity; they cared little about racial divides. Su Yu drew closer to Zheng Ping, who couldn't be bothered with these small fry. Just a bunch of tiny gnats! There was no need for senseless slaughter, but if they dared come any closer, he'd crush them all with his aura! At this moment, Zheng Ping was terribly vexed. Numerous experts from various races had arrived, yet among humans, he remained the only one present. Not even the Great Qin Prefecture had sent anyone—did they really not care about Qin Fang anymore? What on earth was the Great Qin Prefecture thinking! And the Great Ming Prefecture hadn't sent anyone either. Were they washing their hands of this too? The human race was becoming a laughingstock! So many had gathered from the myriad races, yet the mighty human race was represented solely by him, a newcomer to the Sun Moon Realm. What good was an early-stage Sun Moon here? The gods, demons, immortals, and dragons had all sent high-stage Sun Moons. The gulf between an early-stage Sun Moon and a high-stage Sun Moon was immense; killing him wouldn't be difficult for them. Right now, the city gates remained closed. Once they opened and Su Yu was found, a fight to the death was inevitable. Infuriating! He was in a foul mood! Those few bugs below were inching closer to him, grating on his patience. If they took another step, he'd squash every last one. Su Yu could sense experts within a thousand meters, but Zheng Ping could sense much farther. There were far more than twelve Sun Moons! The powerful races had brought more than one Sun Moon each. Two from the god race, three from the demon race—evidently worried about Modona's safety—and then the Dragon Silkworm race, the Xuan Armor race, the Mountain-Breaking Ox race, two from the immortal race... Tallying them up, there were nearly twenty Sun Moon experts lurking nearby. And for the humans, still only him. Just as Zheng Ping was stewing in irritation, a piercing whistle tore across the sky. A moment later, a dark figure descended. A wave of icy aura enveloped the area! Zheng Ping was overjoyed! Around them, a commotion rippled through the crowd as space fluctuated. After a beat, someone said coldly, "Ye Hongyan, you intend to meddle in this matter too?" Ye Hongyan had arrived! The human race's first high-stage Sun Moon expert on the scene! She was quite famous among the myriad races—largely owing to her nephew. Ye Hongyan strolled through the air. Ignoring Zheng Ping and paying no heed to the speaker, she walked straight toward the Xuan Armor race's Sun Moon expert. Up in the void, the figure in golden armor shifted his gaze slightly. Yet Ye Hongyan said nothing. Stepping through the void, she drew closer. In the next instant, a long sword blazed across heaven and earth. "Kill!" A low cry resonated through the clouds. Boom! A colossal roar erupted as the Xuan Armor expert spat black blood and was knocked back hundreds of meters. Between him and Ye Hongyan, another figure stepped forward—also a woman: Ming He of the immortal race. Fairy Ming He looked toward Ye Hongyan and asked indifferently, "Ye Hongyan, what are you trying to do?" Ye Hongyan looked at her, her voice frigid. "Ming He, you dare interfere in my business?" Ming He remained impassive. "Are you trying to start a war? Does the Great Ming Prefecture know of this?" "War? With those useless wastes of the Xuan Armor race, or with your immortal race?" Ye Hongyan raised a hand, summoning a crystal-clear sword to her grip. Looking at Ming He, she said coldly, "Ming He, I intend to kill him. Do you dare stand in my way?" Ming He replied coldly, "The Xuan Armor race is currently negotiating an alliance with our immortal race. Humans would do best not to interfere. Otherwise... Ye Hongyan, you will not be able to shoulder the consequences! Ye Batian has already fallen—this is no longer Ye Batian's era!" *Your nephew is dead!* This was no longer the era when Ye Batian ran rampant across the heavens, suppressing the prodigies of every race. This was a new era! The human race was already in dire straits. Did Ye Hongyan really expect the Great Ming Prefecture to back her up? "Insolent!" Ye Hongyan's sword shot forth with a thundering crash as origin qi detonated. "Is the name of Ye Batian something you are worthy to utter?!" Ye Hongyan was domineering! And wildly arrogant! *Are you even worthy?* *You, Ming He, aren't even qualified to carry my nephew's shoes, yet you dare speak his name directly!* Boom! Thunderous blasts echoed incessantly. Around them, figures of various experts emerged one after another, watching the battlefield flashes of sword light. The Xuan Armor Sun Moon who had been knocked back earlier said nothing, retreating to the side. In truth, he felt helpless. The Xuan Armor race... had become the vanguard of this conflict! It was not a wise position to be in! Yet right now, things were complicated. On the human side, several experts had been slain, including a Sun Moon, two ranked prodigies, and multiple Shanhai cultivators. If the Xuan Armor race didn't show their faces, they wouldn't be able to hold their heads up in the future. Yet showing their faces... brought endless trouble! The immortal race... was hardly benevolent either. Ming He claimed they were allying with the immortal race, but nothing was finalized yet. Besides, Dao Cheng of the immortal race might well have killed Yin Kai... Yet now, the humans were venting their fury on the Xuan Armor race, sparking such a huge incident. Even if the humans didn't care about Su Yu, it didn't mean they'd tolerate the Xuan Armor race stirring up trouble. One look at Ye Hongyan's stance made that clear: she had attacked him the moment she arrived. What was worse, Ye Hongyan was terrifyingly powerful—a high-stage Sun Moon on par with Ming He. An expert of her caliber, domineering as she was, wouldn't rashly start a war. Yet she tried to kill him on sight, proving the humans didn't take the Xuan Armor race seriously at all. *If you want war, so be it!* Against the immortals, gods, or demons, humans were never this overbearing. Such was the sorrow of minor races. Even though they had the formidable King Xuan Armor, no matter how powerful he was, he was still just a single Invincible. To top-tier races, a clan from the top hundred was nothing impressive—unless the Hundred Races Alliance banded together. The sonic booms lasted for a moment without anyone intervening. Shortly after, the roaring subsided. Ye Hongyan and Ming He stepped back simultaneously, exchanging glares and snorting coldly, neither saying another word. The immortals and humans hadn't completely severed ties yet. Both women were top-tier experts at high-stage Sun Moon. If they fought to the death here, it would interfere with top-level policies. As a garrison general of the All-Heavens Prefecture, Ye Hongyan understood this well enough. Killing someone from the Xuan Armor race was fine, but killing Ming He—setting aside whether she even could—was best done in secret. Though the two high-stage Sun Moons had only clashed briefly, the commotion was immense. Many onlookers quickly backed away. A human powerhouse had arrived; best keep their distance. ... Below, Su Yu was surprised. Ye Hongyan was here! She was from the Great Ming Prefecture, Manor Head Niu's wife! Did her arrival represent the Great Ming Prefecture's stance? She was strong! The momentary fluctuation in aura during their clash was terrifying. One look at that Xuan Armor expert made it obvious. Su Yu didn't dare probe directly, but his sensing jade still detected him; judging by the light's intensity, he was at least a third-stage Sun Moon. Yet Ye Hongyan, with a casual sword strike—and even with Ming He interfering—had made him cough up blood and stumble back. Truly impressive! Manor Head Niu was a seventh-stage Sun Moon, and Ye Hongyan was at least the same. That old couple was truly formidable! *How do I contact her?* Su Yu hadn't expected anyone from the Great Ming Prefecture to show up. Compared to Zheng Ping, Ye Hongyan seemed much more dependable. Even though they had only met once. Still, she was Ye Batian's aunt, effectively one of the pillars supporting the multiple divine character faction. Right now, the myriad races were besieging Su Yu of the multiple divine character faction precisely because of Ye Batian. As he pondered, Su Yu suddenly cursed inwardly! *Damn!* *I'm an idiot!* *She's a seventh-stage Sun Moon, exceptionally powerful.* *Did I forget how I fainted the first time I met Marquis Xia?* It was just that as his strength grew, fewer and fewer people could detect his thoughts. But that was when he maintained his guard. Without defenses, if a seventh-stage Sun Moon was this close while he was thinking about her, she could easily sense something! He had forgotten about that earlier! No harm done; even if he hadn't forgotten, it might not have worked with Zheng Ping. Old Zheng had only just broken through to Sun Moon, wasn't a Civilization Master, and had weak willpower; he wouldn't necessarily have sensed anything anyway. Looking at Zheng Ping with renewed disdain... sure enough, Old Zheng was completely oblivious. With that thought in mind, Su Yu stopped moving forward. Following the others, he began to step back, wearing a frustrated expression. After taking a few steps back, Su Yu slowly let down his willpower guard and rapidly thought: *Aunt-Master Ye, Aunt-Master Ye, I'm here! I'm here! I'm Su Yu, I'm Su Yu!* He repeated this thought over and over, focusing on Ye Hongyan. At such close range, with her being a high-stage Sun Moon, she had to have some inkling, right? ... In midair. Ye Hongyan strode coldly to the side, ignoring Ming He, though she occasionally cast an icy glare at the Xuan Armor expert, making him feel utterly helpless. *Targeted by this woman!* As for the gods and demons, Ye Hongyan paid them no mind either. She couldn't kill them anyway—with a bunch of high-stage Sun Moons, was she supposed to glare them to death? Zheng Ping wanted to greet her, but seeing her unapproachable demeanor, he had to give up. Well, at least she was here. At least there was someone to back him up! With a high-stage Sun Moon arriving for the humans, they had some backbone. Ye Hongyan was actually pondering how to rescue Su Yu and escape. It would be extremely difficult! Too many experts were gathered here; spiriting someone away was no easy task. High-stage Sun Moon as she was, at least five present could fight her to a standstill, and at least two could overpower her: One was from the Origin Demon race, and the other was from the Celestial Dragon race. Ming He of the immortal race was, at best, her equal. For so many experts to gather outside a small city gate was a rare occurrence indeed. As she pondered, her heart stirred slightly. *Who is calling me?* As a top-tier expert, her perception was sharp. Someone was calling out to her—quite intensely. *Su Yu?* A faint notion arose, yet it seemed absurd. *Stop joking. I came all this way to save him, but the city is sealed, and Su Yu is still inside. Death qi enshrouds the city; not only is perception blocked, even voice-transmission talismans won't work!* Yet the sensation grew clearer and clearer. Her willpower radiated outward, blanketing the surroundings. She made no attempt to conceal it, openly probing in all directions, forcing the surrounding Sun Moons to stimulate their willpower or origin qi to fend off her inspection. In the distance, a demon expert said coldly, "Ye Hongyan, are you trying to provoke us?" She was far too arrogant! Ye Hongyan glanced at him and said indifferently, "Are you trying to provoke me?" "..." Silence. A moment later, the expert from the Origin Demon race spoke up: "If you don't wish to ignite a war across the heavens, everyone settle down!" Ye Hongyan replied calmly, "I only had one family member, one nephew. He is dead. If you want war, let it come. Try touching me. Threatening me? A war across the heavens is something I'd love to see!" Silence descended once more. Everyone was speechless. This woman... was completely deranged. Ever since her nephew was killed, she had never been normal. Forget it, better not cross her. She was a high-stage Sun Moon, after all. If a real fight broke out, few would come out unscathed. Meanwhile, Ye Hongyan had pinpointed the source. A Lingyun realm foreigner on the perimeter. She had seen Su Yu disguised as Cui Lang; his concealment skills were formidable, but... she hadn't known Su Yu could disguise himself as an alien race. Strange! *This is Su Yu?* *Don't mess around. If this is Su Yu, then who is inside the city?* *So many people died inside—so many geniuses, so many experts—and things still haven't quieted down. Dead spirits still blanket the city. If Su Yu is outside, what is going on inside?* Ye Hongyan was utterly baffled. It felt unbelievable! The calling persisted. After a brief deliberation, Ye Hongyan suddenly reached out toward Su Yu's direction. Several minor-race cultivators paled, having no time to react before they were dragged to her side, Su Yu included. Ye Hongyan looked down at her captives and said coldly, "The city gates are sealed. You lot go test them and see if they can be opened!" "My lord!" A demon with horns hastily cried, "My lord, the ancient city is sealed! Forcing the gates is completely beyond us, and even if we could, it would draw out hordes of dead spirits! Spare us, my lord!" What rotten luck! This human Sun Moon was grabbing people at random. The experts of the other races didn't intervene, letting Ye Hongyan do as she pleased. It had nothing to do with them; these were just minor fry. Even if they died, it would only add to the humans' crimes, making the myriad races detest and fear humanity all the more. "You go first!" Ye Hongyan pointed at Su Yu, grasping his head. Su Yu hurriedly pleaded, "Spare me, my lord! My strength is meager; I can't even get close to the gate! It's completely covered in death qi..." A strange look flitted across Ye Hongyan's eyes. She had been the first to warn Su Yu never to let a high-stage Sun Moon touch him. One touch, and an anomaly would easily be spotted. Sure enough... there truly was an anomaly. This fellow wasn't an Ironwing Bird; he merely felt similar on the surface! *Su Yu!* *He's actually out here watching the show!* *Damn it!* *I really want to curse!* *Everyone thinks you're trapped inside! I crossed realms, rushed across the Plain of Desires, hurried thousands of li to Tianmie Ancient City, and even had a spat with that bitch Ming He—yet you're standing outside!* She felt an overwhelming urge to slap him to death! Ye Hongyan glared at him coldly—genuinely freezing—and gripping his head, something slipped silently into his sea of will. Su Yu didn't resist. Ye Hongyan said coldly, "I said go, so go! If you don't go now, you won't escape once the gates open anyway. You lot loafing around here must know Tianmie Ancient City quite well, don't you?" Su Yu said cautiously, "My lord, I'm fairly familiar with it. If you need a guide, I can lead the way. But right now... it's truly impossible. We can't get in! Going now would mean instant death! My lord, I am willing to guide you later!" "Scram!" Ye Hongyan tossed Su Yu aside with a casual flick, throwing the other captives out alongside him. Ye Hongyan frowned slightly, gazing toward the ancient city gates as though contemplating how to enter. Over by the side, Zheng Ping saw that she hadn't slaughtered them indiscriminately, breathing a sigh of relief. He felt compelled to say, "General Ye, the gates will take roughly another day to open. With the city sealed right now, there is no way inside!" "I know," Ye Hongyan replied coolly. "I don't need you to remind me!" Zheng Ping cursed inwardly! *Mistaking good intentions for malice!* *This woman deserves to be cheated on by that old bastard Niu Baidao!* ... Meanwhile, Su Yu examined the object in his mind. What was this? A voice-transmission talisman? Quite high-grade, too. With that thought, Su Yu quickly sent a transmission to test it. Sure enough, in the next instant, a line of characters appeared on the talisman. "Why are you outside the city?" "I came out." *Nonsense!* Ye Hongyan was exasperated and replied, "Leave quickly. Since you're not in the city, I'm leaving too!" "Don't, Aunt-Master Ye! Help me notify the other human experts to take Qin Fang and leave immediately once they get him. I'm going to kill people, and I wouldn't want to kill our own by accident." "Kill people?" "Yes, kill those bastards. Kill Sun Moons! Of course, if you're willing, Aunt-Master, at the instant the city seals for the second time, help me intercept anyone trying to escape so they can't get out! Also, if any experts stay behind outside the city, could you drive them inside or kill them directly?" "..." Ye Hongyan was momentarily dazed. *Kill people?* *Kill Sun Moons!* *A second city seal!* She wasn't a novice; she understood how ancient city seals worked. There were two kinds: active and passive. A passive seal meant a Sun Moon dead spirit had appeared. An active seal, naturally, was initiated by the City Lord Manor. *A second city seal...* Faintly, she began to understand. ... Su Yu hadn't asked Ye Hongyan to stay inside the city to help slay dead spirits. In truth, she was more suited than Liu Wenyan. Far more powerful! However, staying in the city to kill dead spirits was extraordinarily perilous. Without absolute trust, asking a Sun Moon to stay behind and kill dead spirits based purely on your word that you had traversal talismans was a severe test of trust! Su Yu wasn't truly close to her, so he wouldn't ask her to risk her life like that. Blocking people outside the city was fine; even if she couldn't stop them, she could just flee. A high-stage Sun Moon wouldn't die easily out in the open. Inside the city, however, things were different. Once the city was sealed, death was very likely. Ye Hongyan had also pieced things together by now and quickly replied via transmission: "You intend to use dead spirits to kill them?" She knew Su Yu had previously stirred up a dead spirit turmoil inside the ancient city. Did this fellow want to repeat the same trick? Soon, she added, "Stop daydreaming. This time, counting me, there are seven high-stage Sun Moons! With so many, unless a peak ninth-stage Sun Moon dead spirit appears, or dozens of Sun Moon dead spirits surround them... otherwise..." Su Yu was secretly alarmed. *So many?* These were all prominent figures! They had truly spared no expense. Though spread across the various races, each had only sent one or two. Still manageable! Ye Hongyan hesitated briefly before transmitting, "Moreover, it's best to give up. Too much slaughter leads to no good end! You might have means of escape, but Zhu Tiandao sent me a message saying that more experts from the Great Ming Prefecture are coming to support us. They will contact me upon arrival. I suggest you leave now; we can escort you out of the All-Heavens Battlefield together." *More people are coming?* Su Yu was surprised. Old Zhu was really going all out! Could he have dispatched Manor Head Niu? "Are the reinforcements strong?" "Not sure. I didn't ask for specifics. Probably not weak—at least one Sun Moon." That was Ye Hongyan's estimate. The other party hadn't contacted her yet and might not have arrived. Su Yu felt a twinge of warmth. Old Zhu was truly reliable, contacting Ye Hongyan to mount a rescue while another Sun Moon was on the way—meaning at least two Sun Moons were deployed. However, doing this would bring immense trouble down on the Great Ming Prefecture. Better not! "Aunt-Master, tell them to leave. No need for them to come. One or two Sun Moons won't change anything anyway..." Ye Hongyan ignored him. This brat was truly troublesome! *He doesn't want to leave?* Just as she thought this, another voice-transmission talisman of hers vibrated. Her heart stirred. On the All-Heavens Battlefield, very few people could contact her and knew her frequency, and whoever it was couldn't be far away. With that thought, she quickly checked it. Zhu Tiandao's people had arrived! She had thought it was Niu Baidao, but it turned out not to be. "The Shadow Guards send greetings to General Ye!" *The Shadow Guards?* Ye Hongyan had a vague recollection of this group: the Zhu family's personal guard. As for their strength, she had no idea. The Zhu family had actually sent the Shadow Guards. They certainly placed enough value on Su Yu. "Passcode!" Ye Hongyan demanded. Soon, a line appeared: "The brilliance of Tiandao illuminates the ages; the Dao of the All-Heavens is eternally glorious!" "..." Ye Hongyan didn't even bother to roll her eyes. She had seen this phrase several times; she was used to it. Ever since Zhu Tiandao took office, he had assigned these passcodes to high-ranking officials and top-tier experts for identity verification. "How many of the Shadow Guards came?" "Thirteen!" Thirteen was quite a number, but on the All-Heavens Battlefield, the weak were useless. "What cultivation levels?" "Six Sun Moons, seven peak Shanhai! This general is An Ying, seventh-stage Sun Moon! Of the other five Sun Moons: one sixth-stage, one fifth-stage, one fourth-stage, and two third-stage!" "..." Ye Hongyan's head buzzed! She was genuinely stunned. Was this a joke? The Shadow Guards were this powerful?! And there was a high-stage Sun Moon among them! In the same realm as herself? *How did I never know about this!* Moreover, three mid-stage Sun Moons, and the two early-stage Sun Moons were at the peak of the early stage! The remaining seven were all peak Shanhai! Such strength... Ye Hongyan was shaken. When had the Great Ming Prefecture nurtured so many experts? If a battle broke out, even she could be surrounded and killed! No, in all likelihood, she *would* be killed! To rescue Su Yu, they had sent so many experts. Counting herself, that made two high-stage Sun Moons! Honestly, with this lineup, there was a realistic chance of forcibly spiriting Su Yu away. The other races had six high-stage Sun Moons, yes, but they wouldn't necessarily dare pursue them to the bitter end. A battle of Sun Moons on this scale would inevitably trigger a war of Invincibles. Had the Zhu family gone mad? The outside world had no inkling of this strength. Had they known, they would have targeted the Great Ming Prefecture long ago. Ye Hongyan didn't reply to them immediately. Instead, she quickly sent a message to Su Yu. "The Zhu family sent people to retrieve you. They're nearby and will arrive shortly!" "They're here? Aunt-Master, tell them to leave." "Do you know how many came?" "How many?" "Thirteen! Six Sun Moons and seven peak Shanhai, including a seventh-stage Sun Moon!" "..." At that moment, Su Yu's head buzzed too! *Holy crap!* *What's going on?* *Has the old Zhu family lost their minds?* *Did they drain every last Sun Moon from the Great Ming Prefecture?* Just how many Sun Moons did the Great Ming Prefecture have? He didn't know the exact count, only that when five Sun Moons attacked last time, the Great Ming Prefecture struggled terribly—the Manor Head had entered the fray personally, and even the Pavilion of a Hundred Dao was deployed! From that, Su Yu had inferred that the Great Ming Prefecture had few Sun Moons to spare. Yet now, Ye Hongyan was telling him that Sun Moons had arrived—six of them, making seven alongside her, plus seven peak Shanhai! All just to escort him away! Was the Great Ming Prefecture throwing caution to the wind? To be frank, at this moment, Su Yu was unexpectedly touched, experiencing an indescribable wave of emotion. He had assumed no one would come to save him! With the Great Ming Prefecture's usual conflict-averse attitude, would they send people to rescue him? Having Ye Hongyan show up was already beyond expectations. Yet now, Ye Hongyan told him that not only her, but a whole host of powerhouses had arrived! Seven Sun Moon experts! Two high-stage Sun Moons! Su Yu's mind raced rapidly, and he transmitted: "Aunt-Master, earlier I thought you might not be able to guard the city gates alone. How about this? Since they're already here, tell them to help me block anyone trying to flee the city! Don't have them come out right now! Wait until we've all entered the city, then move in to block the gates! Also, kill any experts left outside! Furthermore, have Manor Head Zheng Ping and Qin Fang of the Qin family escorted away as quickly as possible... With things at this point, if I don't slaughter all these bastards, I'd be ashamed to leave!" So many Sun Moons! Earlier, he thought slaughtering them all was impossible; someone would surely escape, and Ye Hongyan couldn't stop them all on her own. But what about now? Seven Sun Moons! Blocking them for an instant would be enough! "Aunt-Master, the moment you block them and the gates close, you can leave immediately. Don't worry about me; I have my own way out!" "Are you certain you want to do this?" "Certain!" "What if it draws out Invincibles?" "Don't worry. Since they will die in the ancient city, the Invincibles will only seek me out over this, not wage war against humanity. And if they do start a war... there's nothing I can do. They hunt me, I kill them. If they wage war on humanity over that... I might as well just offer myself up to be butchered!" Su Yu couldn't be bothered to say more. *You hunt me, I kill you. Your Sun Moons come to kill me, and I kill you myself. And then you want to wage war on humanity over it? If the human race doesn't even dare accept that challenge, that has nothing to do with me.* *I never counted on your Invincibles to protect me.* *I'll do the killing myself!* Once the killing was done, he was in no hurry to return to the Human Realm anyway. At worst, he would roam outside. Ye Hongyan fell silent. In that moment, she thought of her nephew. After a quiet pause, she transmitted back: "Fine! Intercepting them isn't difficult. As for the rest... I won't interfere. If you've made up your mind, go ahead and do it!" She washed her hands of the rest. Let it be! If these supreme monstrous geniuses listened to advice, they wouldn't be monstrous geniuses. Her nephew had been the exact same way. ... Shortly after, Ye Hongyan sent a message to the Shadow Guards: "Do not advance. Stand by where you are! Once the gates open, move closer and wait in secret!" "General Ye, this..." "Follow my orders. My rank is higher than yours. Here, you answer to me!" "Understood!" In the distance, An Ying frowned slightly. *Wait in secret?* *Not seizing the chance to snatch Su Yu the moment we enter the city?* With all the prodigies of the myriad races present, a massive brawl would make the other races somewhat hesitant. But if the enemies got settled and the guards entered later, Su Yu might already be dead. Wouldn't that cause massive trouble? However, Ye Hongyan held high status. Since she had given the command, and Zhu Tiandao had instructed him before departure to consult with her, An Ying had no choice but to obey! If push came to shove, they would just charge into the city and slaughter their way through. *This time, the Shadow Guards will surely shake the heavens and be renowned across the myriad realms!* An Ying thought to himself. *We are going to wage war on all sides!* This was the first time the Shadow Guards had formally appeared on the All-Heavens Battlefield—no, the first time they appeared under the name of the Shadow Guards! This time, they were destined to become famous across the myriad realms! The Thirteen Shadow Guards would surely have their names spread throughout the universe! At this thought, An Ying felt a surge of excitement and boiling blood, nearly unable to restrain himself. Dangerous as this mission was, with few likely to return alive, he felt no fear! "Everyone! Starting today, the name of the Shadow Guards shall be renowned across the myriad realms, etched into the All-Heavens!" "Commander is mighty!" The other members of the Shadow Guards sent voice transmissions one after another, all itching for action. They were going to make a name for themselves, battle across the four directions, and slaughter on all sides! At this moment, all thirteen powerhouses held death in contempt. They had no regrets, even in death! Starting today, the Great Ming Prefecture stands tall!