Inside the Martial Arts Hall.
With Yang Hu's sea of will shattered, all of them had now been killed.
And Su Yu, after slaughtering so many people—including two Heaven Ranking geniuses, a Quasi-Invincible, and countless others across realms—suddenly felt his yuan qi begin to undergo a metamorphosis!
He seemed poised to complete his second transformation!
Most of the heaven and earth rewards this time were rule-based. The power of heaven and earth would bestow rewards tailored to one's personal circumstances. This was one of the rules, so it was hardly surprising.
However, it only faintly felt like completing; something still seemed slightly lacking.
Su Yu pondered a question!
If not for the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus... damn it, would I have had to slay an Invincible just to complete a single transformation?
He had killed so many people, slaughtered so many geniuses, yet it was only faintly pushing him through his second transformation. The reward was practically on par with slaying an Invincible, wasn't it?
"The heavens are truly unfair to me!"
Su Yu sighed. Why were his rewards so meager despite slaughtering so many, while others received massive rewards just by casually killing anyone?
Beside him, Xingyue looked at him impassively.
The heavens are unfair to you?
You actually have the nerve to say that out loud!
Su Yu sighed, no longer dwelling on it. He began extracting blood essence. Zhan Kui's blood essence had been destroyed by him, but he began extracting Yang Hu's blood essence, drawing it out from the pulverized flesh and blood.
After a while, he extracted six drops of blood essence.
Each radiated potent fluctuations.
Only six drops—the rest had been ruined.
"Too little!"
Little as it was, Su Yu didn't complain further. He turned his attention to his booklet, the Civilization Chronicle. One hundred and ten golden marks had emerged on it, restoring the realm that had previously fallen. Not only that, a 111th mark was beginning to materialize.
Having slain so many powerhouses this time, there were several Sun Moon ninth-tier experts alone.
After a moment, the 111th golden mark clearly displayed on the Civilization Chronicle, though the 112th failed to manifest.
As for the Immortal race page... not only was its damage restored, but after continually devouring, the Immortal phantom's strength reached the fourth tier of the Sun Moon Realm!
Beyond that, the Immortal page alone now bore eighty golden marks as an individual sheet.
Among low-grade Earth armaments, this was top-tier.
As more people were devoured, these pages also upgraded. Other pages were somewhat dimmer, while some grew substantially stronger by association; almost all previous damage was repaired.
"Not bad!"
Su Yu chuckled again. Quite nice!
This time, the haul was considerable.
Moreover, he hadn't even had time to check their storage rings.
Su Yu had a dedicated page specifically for storing treasures from storage rings. At this moment, he opened that page... Beside him, even Xingyue felt the urge to curse: this dog thief is filthy rich!
Indeed, insanely rich!
When Su Yu opened that space, dense treasure qi swept across the hall.
Su Yu had killed too many geniuses and powerhouses, amassing heaps of treasures, plus all the ones he had gathered himself.
As a result, the cube measuring a thousand meters on each side was almost packed to the brim.
A dazzling display, entirely filled with treasures!
There were two Dragon Blood Fruit trees, golden nose hairs, mountain-like piles of Water Condensation Beads, and heaps of Heavenly River Sand...
Not only that, Su Yu was currently opening loot boxes.
Lads like Xuan Wuji—which of them wasn't filthy rich?
Su Yu unpacked storage rings, revealing vast quantities of blood essence, Heaven Yuan Qi, Heaven Yuan Fruits, ancient city tokens, Five Elements Fruits, Sacred Yuan Qi Fruits...
Treasures piled up like mountains!
Tossing things aside like garbage, Su Yu threw anything below the level of a carrier to the side.
Rich and willful!
He had quite a few carriers, but no matter how many he had, he was always happy to have more.
He opened everyone's storage rings and rummaged through them for a long time, finding two Heaven armaments, both low-grade. Additionally, while he didn't find a carrier in Xuan Wuji's storage ring, he actually turned up one in the ring of a Sun Moon ninth-tier expert.
Evidently, that Sun Moon ninth tier had been preparing to step into the Quasi-Invincible Realm.
Unfortunately, he had been slain!
With that, Su Yu's carriers, including the two golden nose hairs, reached sixteen pieces.
And if he sold off everything else, Su Yu estimated that exchanging for four more wouldn't be difficult.
He simply had too many treasures!
The accumulation of an entire generation of Immortal geniuses had become his, to say nothing of the even greater stash he had gathered himself.
Beside him, Xingyue watched for a moment, then closed her eyes, refusing to look any longer.
Although she had no use for those treasures, she felt a strong urge to beat Su Yu to death right now and seize them all. If Su Yu's net worth were exposed, Half-Emperors and Quasi-Invincibles would probably line up to assassinate him.
Even though he was already the public enemy of all races, people currently hunted him merely to kill him; none of them knew his wealth was outrageous to such an appalling extent.
"Decent!"
Su Yu tossed everything into that page's space and sighed with emotion, then smiled again. "Not only that, I've suppressed a total of six Heaven armaments and one drop of Invincible blood essence... My booklet feels like it's almost bursting!"
With that, he looked at Xingyue with a grin. "Lady Xingyue, how about helping me shatter three to five carriers to further stabilize my Civilization Chronicle?"
The Invincible blood essence had been obtained from killing Tiangu's descendant.
The Heaven armaments had been left behind by those geniuses.
Su Yu pondered and added, "If not carriers, could Your Ladyship help me shatter the Heaven armaments? Just like carriers, integrate them into my Civilization Chronicle."
Xingyue said coldly, "You want to shatter Heaven armaments? Such things are exceptionally rare, even in the dead spirit realm..."
Su Yu smiled. "When it comes to armaments, the ones that suit you are the best. If it's not yours, you have to worry about the original owner taking it back one day. That would be real trouble, and it could be tracked, bringing no end of hassles. Shattering all these Heaven and Earth armaments and merging them into my Civilization Chronicle to strengthen it is the way to go!"
Xingyue asked chillingly, "Why should this monarch help you?"
"I'm your subordinate!" Su Yu smiled. "My Lady, if your subordinate grows stronger, doesn't that bring glory to your name as well?"
Xingyue glared at him coldly. Nonsense!
If you get any stronger, I'll be sucked dry by you!
As if reading her thoughts, Su Yu laughed. "My Lady, think about it: if I don't shatter these Heaven armaments, I could sell them off for plenty of treasures that boost my personal strength, making me even stronger! But shattering them to integrate into my weapon only strengthens the weapon while my cultivation stays the same... Doing this actually limits my personal strength..."
Xingyue stared at him icily, itching to slap Su Yu to death.
However, Su Yu was constantly siphoning from her. While it hadn't reached a frantic rate yet, he was exercising restraint over his absorption of death qi. If she made a move, Su Yu's absorption rate would probably multiply tenfold!
If that happened, even with her formidable strength, Su Yu was far from weak now. Once he unleashed Quasi-Invincible battle prowess, he could easily hold his own against her, even if he couldn't defeat her outright.
Xingyue was utterly exhausted!
She glanced at the closed-eyed Moduona, suddenly gritting her teeth. "What will it take for you to sever the death qi channel with me?"
"..."
She was probably the very first dead spirit monarch to actively propose severing a channel with her converter!
Xingyue was truly fed up with this bastard!
Infuriating!
Su Yu chuckled. "My Lady, are you going to abandon your loyal subordinate?"
"Su Yu!" Xingyue's furious shout echoed.
Su Yu let out a sigh and quickly smiled. "My Lady, don't be like that. I have no choice but to absorb your death qi—it's caused by my yang apertures being open while my yin apertures remain closed! If I open the yin apertures, none of this will be an issue! But as for how to open all 360 yin apertures, I suspect that even if I slaughtered every Civilization Master among all races, I still might not find the method. Some ancient races have gone extinct, and Civilization Masters are far rarer than warriors to begin with.
"However, I suspect there's a place that might hold an aperture diagram for opening divine apertures! But I might need Your Ladyship's help to obtain it."
"Where?"
"The dead spirit realm!"
Xingyue looked at him coldly. "You want to enter?"
"No, I was thinking Your Ladyship could go in and help me look..."
"Keep dreaming!"
Su Yu smiled. "Then I have no other choice. I can only keep siphoning from you, My Lady. I truly have no alternatives. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to keep absorbing death qi either—I'll end up dead sooner or later!"
Xingyue snorted!
Su Yu paid her no further heed; he would deal with that later.
At this moment, he swallowed several treasures, including Dragon Blood Fruits and Water Condensation Beads, and coated himself head to toe in Emperor Saliva Liquid, steadily absorbing those potent energies to help complete his second transformation!
After a while, a wave of powerful yuan qi swept across the surroundings!
Su Yu let out a comfortable groan!
Splendid!
After countless accumulations, he had finally completed his second transformation. It was truly satisfying!
Of course, this level of expenditure would make an Invincible weep and a Dao Integration expert grieve; anyone beneath the Invincible Realm would commit suicide at the sight, as selling everything they owned wouldn't pay for a single transformation.
Yet while basking in the feeling, Su Yu also sighed inwardly.
The Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus had to be seized.
Otherwise, with seven transformations remaining, how on earth could he finish them?
Where would he find so many supreme transformation treasures?
This time, he had slain so many geniuses just to barely complete his second transformation.
The instant the second transformation concluded, Su Yu's strength climbed steadily—not in a single burst, but through continuous reinforcement. He retrieved another mountain of treasures, devouring spiritual fruits as if they were everyday meals!
His physical body and yuan qi both required reinforcement, demanding immense amounts of energy!
Countless spiritual fruits were refined into pure energy and absorbed into his body.
Not only that, Su Yu operated his breathing technique and vibration technique, shaking out impurities from within.
He even threw dignity to the wind, employing the Immortal race's vitality sprouting art, emitting a series of poofs...
Xingyue wore a look of utter disgust!
Revolting!
Su Yu didn't care in the slightest. He silently experienced the process, savoring the boost in strength brought by the second transformation.
Upon completing his first transformation, his strength had grown immensely, reaching over 2.5 million apertures of physical body strength without even opening the yang apertures.
Now, with the second transformation, his strength was advancing toward 3 million. This was only the beginning, not the end; the increase required a gradual progression.
Yet Su Yu had far too many treasures!
He spared no expense. No matter how many treasures one possessed, only those used to improve oneself were truly good; keeping them unused made them nothing more than pretty garbage—what purpose did they serve?
At this moment, Su Yu was truly extravagant.
Opening his treasure storage space, he crushed and devoured vast quantities of heaven and earth spiritual fruits.
Gradually, all 360 yuan apertures blazed like scorching suns!
Three million apertures of strength!
3.1 million apertures!
...
His strength climbed step by step.
The dense yuan qi, mingled with vast quantities of Heaven Yuan Qi, forced Xingyue to retreat several paces. She couldn't help but say, "This monarch is leaving..."
How annoying!
She detested this yuan qi. Su Yu quickly opened his eyes and said with a smile, "Please wait a moment, My Lady. We haven't taken Moduona's offering yet—that's what you're exchanging with me..."
With that, Su Yu kicked Moduona.
After a brief moment, Moduona finally opened his eyes.
Su Yu said directly, "Hand over the blood of death."
Moduona glanced at him, said nothing, and handed the blood of death to Su Yu. Taking it, Su Yu looked at Xingyue. "My Lady, once you take this, must you return to the passage?"
"Indeed!" Xingyue said impassively. "Hand it over to this monarch. I am leaving!"
Su Yu chuckled. "Don't be in such a rush, My Lady. I still have matters to discuss with you."
"Shut up!"
Xingyue didn't want to hear it. Not a single word out of his mouth was good.
Su Yu chuckled, unfazed. Soon, his tone turned serious. "My Lady, you should hear me out. My strength is advancing too quickly. If this continues... I don't want it to happen, but... Your Ladyship will suffer harm."
Xingyue had indeed felt it!
Right now, Su Yu hadn't swallowed any blood essence, and the effects of the Quasi-Invincible blood essence had worn off.
Yet as Su Yu completed his second transformation, his base strength was pushing toward 3.8 million apertures. And once his yang apertures were activated, the power boost would be terrifying, gradually surging toward seven million apertures.
That was nearly rivaling a peak Sun Moon ninth tier, or even a Quasi-Invincible!
And that was without Su Yu swallowing any blood essence. At every waking moment, Xingyue had to endure a parasite equivalent to the Sun Moon ninth tier constantly siphoning her death qi.
Su Yu said earnestly, "So, I still need Your Ladyship's help!"
Xingyue asked coldly, "What do you want?"
Su Yu smiled. "No rush, My Lady. My point is, once you leave this time, next time... when I miss you, I'll just slay another Quasi-Invincible..."
Moduona, having just regained full awareness, nearly choked on his words!
What the hell do you think a Quasi-Invincible is?
And slaying a Quasi-Invincible just to see this monarch once... That's insane!
As expected, a romance that transcends life and death isn't simple. To meet just once is so arduous. Alas!
Xingyue stared at him coldly for a long while before letting out a cold snort. "I don't care what you do, but... you also need to do something for me!"
"At your command, My Lady!"
Xingyue pondered internally before speaking slowly: "I told the other monarchs that I have a Quasi-Invincible subordinate outside..."
"That's me!" Su Yu interjected hastily. "That's me right here!"
"Shut up!" Xingyue barked, then continued, "I said that I came out this time to have this subordinate assist us in properly opening the dead spirit passage, preferably by resolving the divine armament suppressing us... You need to find a way to deal with that!"
Su Yu felt helpless. Are you kidding me?
That's ridiculously hard, alright!
Of course, he would humor her for now. Su Yu quickly said, "I'll do my best. Rest assured, My Lady. By the way, how many dead spirit monarchs remain in the passage?"
"Currently eight, or nine including myself!"
Holy crap, that's a lot!
Su Yu calculated. Adding Hetu and his companion, that made eleven dead spirit monarchs.
That was an extraordinarily formidable force!
"Understood, My Lady! Contact me if anything comes up. You can reach me through specific death qi frequency vibrations. In any case, our death qi channel remains open; even across the myriad realms, Your Ladyship can always contact me!"
Xingyue said no more. With a cold snort, she took the blood of death. Her mission this time was considered complete.
As for this bastard Su Yu's talk of contacting her... she didn't want to in the slightest. She just wanted to leave!
This damn place... was repulsive!
Just as she was about to vanish, Su Yu smiled. "My Lady, make sure not to leave for good. If you leave and our death qi channel is severed, that would be terrible. When that happens, to save myself, I'll have no choice but to crazily skyrocket my strength to the absolute limit, barge into the dead spirit realm, and take a casual sip... sucking Your Ladyship completely dry. That wouldn't be good at all!"
"Are you threatening me?"
Xingyue gradually dissipated on the spot, brimming with rage. Su Yu laughed. "Not at all, My Lady misunderstands. Your subordinate isn't that kind of person. I merely hope Your Ladyship can stay and lend me a hand! Your subordinate would be infinitely grateful!"
"Hmph!"
Accompanied by a cold snort, Xingyue completely vanished from the spot.
...
Shortly after, she appeared within the dead spirit passage.
The moment she arrived, the eight monarchs looked toward her with hints of anticipation. Xingyue said indifferently, "My subordinate's conversion is nearly complete. However, I didn't fully convert him, lest he turn completely into a dead spirit, be restricted by the rules, and automatically enter the dead spirit realm. He is currently at seventy percent conversion—that is enough!"
The other dead spirits nodded. That made sense.
"Xingyue, is that subordinate of yours truly willing to obey your commands and help us open the dead spirit passage?"
"Of course!" Xingyue said coldly. "He has no choice but to obey! Otherwise, this monarch will instantly convert him. Obeying is his only chance of survival!"
With that, she quickly added, "I checked the situation outside. Hetu did not come alone; another powerful dead spirit monarch accompanied him. My subordinate is currently finding a way to assist Hetu in entering the seventh floor! As for resolving the divine armament's suppression, he will handle it as well, but it requires time! Once he makes progress, he will slay another Quasi-Invincible next time to report to me!"
"..."
The monarchs were somewhat stunned. "Xingyue, this subordinate of yours is quite impressive, dispatching those of the same realm so effortlessly!"
To report progress, he would just go kill a Quasi-Invincible.
Saying something like that... had serious flair!
Xingyue said indifferently, "Naturally. The subordinate I, Xingyue, convert is bound to be stronger than others! If he slays another Quasi-Invincible next time, I shall head out again..."
With a casual toss, she threw out a drop of the blood of death. "This is a token of respect from my subordinate. This monarch has troubled all of you while staying here; you may have this. When I go out next time, I'll have him collect some more!"
"The blood of death!"
The monarchs were astounded. They knew what this was—a treasure found only deep within the Heavenly River of Dead Spirits. Where had Xingyue's subordinate obtained it?
And to give it to Xingyue just like that!
All eight monarchs felt a twinge of envy. Yet there was only a single drop, leaving them momentarily unsure of how to divide it.
Only when Xingyue's subordinate killed someone next time could Xingyue go out again!
This was a good thing!
Xingyue said casually, "Distribute it among yourselves. This monarch still needs to maintain his conversion to prevent him from slipping out of my control. He is very strong; though he has submitted to me, he still harbors thoughts of breaking free. He consumes vast quantities of death qi at every moment. If I don't convert him for an extended period, he will soon erode away the death qi!"
"Xingyue, then this subordinate of yours truly is formidable!" someone sighed with emotion. To constantly erode death qi at all times—he was indeed powerful, no wonder he spoke of killing Quasi-Invincibles so casually.
Xingyue had truly struck gold!
A powerful dead spirit laughed. "Rest assured, we will assist you and give him no opportunity to escape your grasp! Xingyue, did you come here this time partly out of concern that he might break free?"
Xingyue cursed inwardly. This monarch wishes he would just piss off and break free!
Who's worried about him running away?
The problem is, that bastard refuses to do so, clinging to the death qi channel for dear life! I'm regretting this to death!
Xingyue said nothing. Taking her silence as agreement, the others burst into laughter.
Xingyue couldn't be bothered to respond, feeling utterly helpless.
...
Meanwhile, inside the Martial Arts Hall.
Moduona looked at Su Yu, remarking with emotion, "Su Yu, you really are something."
Su Yu said indifferently, "Cut the crap! You said you'd help me seize the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus—how do you plan to do that? And what do you want me to help you with? Speak plainly, stop wasting words!"
Hearing this, Moduona stopped beating around the bush and got straight to the point: "My goal is simple: break free from the Demon Emperor's control! Now that I've used his blood essence, breaking free will be even harder! Therefore, I hope you can help me! Of course, I will also help you retrieve the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus... as an equal trade!"
"How will I help you, and how will you help me?"
Moduona replied swiftly, "There are a few ways you can help me. First, help me convert into an ancient city lord, but I want to learn your method of death qi transformation!"
"What?"
Su Yu looked at him, his brow furrowing slightly. Moduona quickly continued, "You can disguise yourself as others. Even when attacking an ancient city earlier and the stone sculpture appeared, no death qi leaked from you. You definitely possess a method to dissolve death qi. If you help me become a city lord and teach me how to resolve death qi... I can rely on the ancient city..."
Su Yu said indifferently, "Do you think I'd yield the authority of an ancient city to you?"
"No... That's not what I mean. I merely want to avoid the Demon Emperor's conversion. If I turn into a half-dead spirit, he won't be able to reverse me unless he wishes to turn into a half-dead spirit himself. Naturally, I don't want to die—at least not by being executed because I'm no longer useful to him. Thus, I need a higher status and a method to resolve death qi!"
Moduona said seriously, "That's the first way. The second way: help me kill the Demon Emperor..."
Su Yu looked at him silently. Are you an idiot?
Moduona also looked at Su Yu. "I think you can do it. Before I step into the ninth tier of the Sun Moon Realm, if you help me kill him, it'll still be in time!"
"Get lost!"
Moduona sighed and quickly added, "The third way: help me find a treasure. It might be on the eighth floor..."
"Get lost!"
Moduona explained, "The eighth floor is where the residences of major figures are located. In fact, people have been there before—the Demon race has! The eighth floor was also where the Council Hall of the ancient All Races Parliament stood... and where the ancient Half-Emperor of the Demon race resided; he has a manor on the eighth floor! Su Yu, I need a treasure left by the ancient Demon Emperor. My race's records mention it; with that treasure, I can resolve my current predicament!"
"Piss off!" Su Yu cursed. "The eighth floor? I can't even roam freely on the seventh floor, and you want me to go to the eighth floor with you? Not a single one of your three methods is remotely feasible! Go find an Invincible; why come to me?!"
"Invincibles won't work!" Moduona said earnestly. "If Invincibles could do it, I would have sought them out long ago. Besides... they are even less reliable than you. Once they see the treasure, they might covet it. While you might too, for treasures useless to you, I can trade other things."
Su Yu was speechless.
He wasted no more words. "Tell me first: how are you going to help me seize the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus?"
Moduona pondered for a moment, then quickly said, "Before entering, the Demon Emperor gave me a treasure—or rather, an ancient divine talisman capable of breaching all restrictions and spaces, left behind by an incomparably powerful expert of the ancient era. The instant the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus blooms, I can use the talisman to instantly reach it and pluck it! Afterward... I'll hand it to you secretly, and then make my escape!"
Su Yu sneered and glanced at him. "The Demon Emperor gave that to you to save your life, didn't he? Not to seize treasures!"
"Yes!" Moduona nodded, surprised. "How did you know?"
Su Yu snapped in annoyance, "Nonsense. Do you think the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus is that easy to snatch? Do you even know how hard it is to harvest? That thing blooms nine times with fixed intervals between each. Only when all nine blooms are gathered is it the true Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus! Furthermore, behind the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus lies a time passage; plucking it recklessly will cause you to plummet straight into the River of Time! Didn't you know any of this?"
Moduona looked bewildered and shook his head.
He didn't know!
Su Yu frowned slightly. Old Turtle knew, so reasonably speaking, some powerhouses of the ancient era should have known as well. Could it be that those powerhouses never spoke of it?
Moduona was, after all, a candidate for the Demon Emperor's future incarnation. If the Demon Emperor knew, there was no reason to conceal it from him, was there?
"It seems your Demon race truly might not know!"
Su Yu reflected. The Demon race didn't seem to have any surviving powerhouses from the ancient era.
In that case, the Demon race might genuinely be ignorant of this.
Did the Immortal race know?
Tiangu was ancient, but his status back then hadn't been high, unlike Old Turtle. Old Turtle might have visited King Gong's Mansion in the past, whereas King Gong's Mansion back then wasn't a place just anyone could enter.
Did the Heaven Hunting Pavilion know?
Su Yu wasn't entirely certain either. In any case, he felt that someone most likely knew.
So seizing the treasure was definitely not so simple!
Moduona expected to enlist his help based on this?
Wishful thinking!
Moduona frowned slightly as well, then said, "Then I can at least snatch one petal."
"Too few, practically useless!"
Su Yu stroked his chin and spoke: "The Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus won't be easy to seize. Besides, your troubles are about to begin. You've killed so many people; once the mansion opens, the Immortal race won't let you off!"
With that, Su Yu smiled. "Muddy the waters! Find a way to release Hetu, and... make your Demon race clash with the Immortal race! You are an important pawn for the Demon Emperor; I imagine among the Demon Kings who came this time, some must be his direct confidants, right?"
"Yes!" Moduona nodded. "Then tell me, what should we do?"
"What else? Stir up chaos!" Su Yu said nonchalantly. "You're already opposed to the Demon Emperor anyway. His people are your enemies. Don't tell me you still care about fraternal ties to your race?"
"Not at all!" Moduona said indifferently. "While I'm reluctant to fall out with the Demon race, I refuse to be treated as a pawn or a puppet! You, Su Yu, dared to rebel against the human race; humble as I am, I don't fear rebelling against the Demon race either!"
He didn't want to fall out with the Demon race, but the Demon race's current stance was that with the Demon Emperor wounded and the race in turmoil, sacrificing one Moduona was nothing.
Sacrifice... Indeed, the human race had harbored the same mentality toward the Multiple Resonating Characters faction.
Looking at the big picture, Moduona becoming the Demon Emperor's future incarnation to restore the Demon Emperor's strength was a boon for the entire Demon race. That was the greater good, the righteous cause. But for Moduona as an individual, it was unbearable.
Su Yu scoffed contemptuously, "Rebel against the Demon race? Do you have the capital for that? Moduona, not to look down on you, but even if you're strong right now and capable of battling Sun Moon experts, once you lose the Demon Emperor's blood essence and the backing of the Demon race... what else do you have? Once you leave the Demon race, you'll have nothing!"
Moduona fell silent.
Indeed, he was different from Su Yu.
Su Yu had possessed nothing in the human race to begin with; leaving brought no great loss.
Moduona was different. He had been the prodigy of the Demon race since childhood, backed by Invincibles, later protected by the Demon Emperor, never lacking resources, treasures, or opportunities. Both his ancestor and his master were Invincibles who supported him...
Yet once he rebelled against the Demon race, what would he have left?
Only this combat strength comparable to the Sun Moon Realm?
Su Yu said faintly, "What's the point of rebelling against the Demon race? Look how well the Demon race treats you. From what you said, the Demon Emperor won't make a move on you until you reach the ninth tier of the Sun Moon Realm. What realm are you at now? What's the rush?
"Reap enough benefits first before talking about rebellion."
Moduona said in a heavy voice, "When that time truly comes, I won't have a chance! Su Yu, why do you think I remained at the Lingyun Realm all these years and was only forced to enter the Shanhai Realm recently? It wasn't because I couldn't, but because I was unwilling! Long ago, I worried and wanted to break free from this, but... the Demon Emperor's three incarnations fell prematurely. You screwed me over!"
Su Yu was speechless. What does that have to do with me?
On second thought... fine, Doubao did it, so it was somewhat related to him.
Su Yu didn't bother arguing. Looking at Moduona, he said, "Muddy the waters on the seventh floor first. You should head out now. As for the things you mentioned... once you actually bring the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus to me, I'll naturally consider helping you resolve them!"
Moduona pondered for a moment and said no more.
Indeed, without the item in hand, expecting Su Yu's help was unrealistic.
He still had to rely on himself!
Soon, he opened the doors of the hall and stepped swiftly out of the Martial Arts Hall.
The massive doors swung wide. Su Yu's figure gradually blurred, yet he remained inside the Martial Arts Hall without leaving, avoiding detection.
The sealed mansion would still take a little time to open.
He wasn't in a hurry; once Moduona drew away enough attention, he would find an opportunity to slip away.
However, his Immortal identity could no longer be used.
Just as well—he would simply switch to another.
...
Outside, as Moduona walked out, the Invincibles hovering above King Gong's Mansion wore frosty expressions.
Several Immortal Kings looked particularly grim!
Moduona!
That damned fellow!
Even if he was the Demon Emperor's future incarnation, he had to die! He had to be slain this time; otherwise, the Immortal race would have no standing left in the myriad realms!
Meanwhile, the Demon Kings' eyes flickered.
This matter had become rather troublesome!
As Moduona walked through King Gong's Mansion, everyone nearby backed away, gazing at him with complicated expressions. First, all races had seen the slaughtering Su Yu, who had also been first on the Heaven Ranking.
Now, the current number one on the Heaven Ranking, Moduona, seemed to have changed as well.
On second thought, many felt pity; Moduona being driven mad seemed entirely understandable. By now, many knew he was being groomed as the Demon Emperor's future incarnation. Put in that position, almost anyone would find it unbearable.
As Moduona walked off, several figures rushed toward the Martial Arts Hall, wanting to see if there were any scraps to scavenge.
Perhaps after killing his targets, Moduona hadn't destroyed the corpses?
Perhaps he hadn't taken the storage rings?
A genius of his caliber might not care about such things!
Thus, a flood of powerhouses soon poured into the Martial Arts Hall.
...
Inside the Martial Arts Hall.
Su Yu observed the scavengers. Perhaps he could casually impersonate one of them. With countless alternate identities, there was no need to pick anyone specific; if he didn't even know who he would impersonate beforehand, nobody else could possibly guess.
Soon, a god race member who walked near Su Yu suffered a sudden blackout. Before he could react, he vanished into thin air, and another figure instantly took his place.
A seamless substitution!
In the catalog, on the god race page, an additional powerhouse of the ninth tier of the Shanhai Realm appeared.
Su Yu swiftly immersed himself in the man's past memories.
Nearby, a fellow god race cultivator saw him spacing out and called out, "Yun Hao, did you find anything?"
Su Yu quickly returned to normal, shaking his head. "Nothing! Let's go, or when the restrictions open and the Invincibles enter, we'll all be in trouble!"
"Sigh, let's leave then! Moduona has changed. In the past when he killed someone, he often left scraps behind, but this time, there's nothing at all!"
The god race cultivator sighed. Throughout the hall, powerhouses from other races were equally disappointed.
Indeed, Moduona had changed.
In the past, he looked down on those he killed and rarely bothered collecting bodies!
Well, those killed this time were all geniuses and powerhouses; no matter how arrogant Moduona was, he wouldn't pass up their treasures. Forget it, they had come prepared for disappointment anyway.
One by one, the powerhouses quickly withdrew from the Martial Arts Hall. It was best not to linger here; so many Immortals had died inside, and if an Immortal King charged in later, indiscriminate slaughter might ensue.
Chapter 569