The Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus Blooms

"Running away?" Seeing those two avoiding him, Su Yu knew what was going on in their heads. They had probably guessed something. He had to admit, their instincts were sharp. Yet... could they really escape? Su Yu still had a trump card he hadn't played! Before long, Lan Tian drifted over. Su Yu couldn't even tell whether this was his true body or not. Looking transcendent and saintly, an expression of profound grievance was plastered across his face. "Little Su Yu, they're trying to kill me!" Su Yu was completely exasperated by this fellow! Even now, he was still acting so theatrical. Couldn't he see that King Daqin was about to get blasted to bits? Su Yu shouted at the top of his lungs, "King Daqin, just wait until the four of us catch our breath and slaughter these Immortals, then we'll come rescue you!" "..." King Daqin didn't bother listening at all, nor did the gods and demons. The probability was high that Su Yu had nothing to do with the Tianyuan race, but they still had to stay on guard just in case. In truth, they didn't suspect the Tianyuan race that much; they were merely wary of the one-in-a-million chance. Kill the Immortals and come rescue King Daqin? Keep dreaming! At that moment, King Daqin's three embodiments began to drift apart under the relentless onslaught, gradually battered into three distinct figures. The besiegers were overjoyed! At the cost of several fallen Invincibles, they had finally forced King Daqin's three embodiments to separate! His death was at hand! …… King Daqin was panting heavily. The three King Daqins stood back-to-back, surveying their surroundings. There was little grief on his face, only a wistful melancholy. He had still failed! Indeed, when a man acted on impulse, he could never accomplish great things. As the pillar holding up the Human Realm, he shouldn't have been so reckless. Alas... humans were creatures of sentiment, and impulse was just another form of emotion. He had truly let down Old Zhou and Old Zhu. They had created this opportunity for him, yet he had failed to seize it. Once news spread that he had fallen here... the human race would likely face a catastrophe. He could only hope they would endure. He glanced toward Su Yu, toward Lan Tian, and then toward Xia Longwu and the others in the distance. Right now, Xia Longwu's group was burning essence blood, roaring as they fiercely bombarded the three Immortal Kings, shaking heaven and earth. Yet... it would likely be too late. All three King Daqins were gasping for breath. One was clad in armor from the bygone days when he had led humanity in rebellion against the myriad heavens. The present embodiment was likewise armored, bearing heavier marks of the passing years and warfare. The last one had white hair and aged features, yet eternally unchanging was that battered suit of armor. "Phoo..." Panting, he swung his spear. Kill! His entire life had been spent in warfare! Starting at eighteen, he had led his friends and companions into battle, rising against the last tyrannical human dynasty, fighting all the way into the imperial court until that dying empire was overthrown. No sooner had that war ended than the war against the myriad heavens arrived... Once more, he took up the spear he had just laid down, leading his friends, subordinates, and brothers-in-arms back into the slaughter! He had killed countless beings—many humans, and even more from the myriad races. He had never known when he would finally be able to lay down his spear. Perhaps... today was the day. A general dies in a hundred battles; it was no loss. Throughout his life, far too many had urged him to crown himself Human Emperor. He had always refused, because he knew he lacked what it took. It wasn't just a matter of cultivation; he simply wasn't cut out to be an emperor. He could never bring himself to be ruthless with his brothers-in-arms, nor could he truly suppress the myriad races. How could such a man be emperor? He saw the turmoil and internal strife within the Human Realm, burning with anxiety, yet he felt entirely powerless. Fenhai had defected, backed by an instigator. He had vague suspicions, yet was unwilling to dwell on them or investigate. Perhaps... unearthing the truth would only bring deeper sorrow. At this moment, King Daqin carried a fiercer murderous aura, tinged with the weary melancholy of dusk. *I have grown old!* *Fighting until now, I am tired.* *This world should be left to the young.* *Su Yu... Lan Tian... Wan Tiansheng... Xia Longwu...* Thoughts flashed through King Daqin's mind. *Before I die, I must turn this world upside down and slaughter these bastards to give those young ones a chance to escape!* "Die!" With a thunderous roar, all three embodiments thrust their spears simultaneously toward a demon king! The demon king's expression changed drastically! At the same time, the Thunder God King and Blood Fire Demon King struck urgently, lunging toward King Daqin's three embodiments! King Daqin's spear surged like a divine dragon, piercing the void. The demon king retreated frantically. Yet at that exact instant, King Daqin suddenly abandoned his spear! He spun around—all three embodiments turning as one—and locked onto the Thunder God King. Completely disregarding the Blood Fire Demon King's incoming strike, he unleashed a roar like a prehistoric beast, shaking heaven and earth! *Rumble!* *Rip!* The Thunder God King was torn in two right on the spot! A river of time swiftly manifested, bridging heaven and earth. Moments later, the Thunder God King reconstituted in the distance. As a seventh-stage Eternal, even with one embodiment destroyed, he managed to resurrect across distance rather than right in front of King Daqin to be slain again. One of his embodiments had perished! The Thunder God King's expression was grim. Meanwhile, one of King Daqin's embodiments was struck by the Blood Fire Demon King's palm, its bones snapping to pieces. Just as the Blood Fire Demon King moved to strike again—*BOOM!* An earth-shattering explosion reverberated through the entire Star Residence Mansion. The aged King Daqin had self-detonated! All just to delay Blood Fire for a single instant! Seizing that split second, King Daqin forcefully fused his remaining two embodiments and charged forward, cleaving out with a saber! Yes, a saber! The Xia Saber! That saber seemed to descend from the heavens, yet in truth, it had traversed the void directly from Zhu Tianfang. It was the saber of the Xia family, the Xia Saber! King Daxia had prepared it specifically for King Daqin! Yet... King Daqin would only resort to it when driven to the absolute brink, left with no other choice. Using this saber meant King Daqin had reached his limit and was nearing the end. *Slash!* The radiance of that strike split heaven and earth! As the blade fell, the Thunder God King was instantly cut down. The moment his final embodiment materialized, King Daqin roared and threw a punch. With a massive crash, the time tunnel shattered! The final embodiment was pounded into fine dust! Blood rain drifted down. Thunder flashed in the sky! The master of the Thunder God race, the Thunder God King, was dead! Shock! Boundless shock. A faint smile appeared on King Daqin's face. He had finally slain this fellow. Trading one of his own embodiments for a seventh-stage Eternal wasn't a bad deal. His three-in-one state had already been shattered, so losing his future embodiment was nothing terrible. At least he had taken this bastard down with him! The God race would probably weep bitterly. The Thunder God King was the ruler of the Thunder God race, an expert of the seventh stage of Eternal. In any race, he was a heavyweight. Figures like the Dao King and the White-Haired God King were the usual arbiters of their races, which showed just how significant he was! With this, the sixth Invincible had fallen. Two Immortals, three Gods, one Demon... Yes, three Gods! Out of five God Kings, three had been slain. The remaining two were pale as ash. The God race... was in deep trouble! Not only had three God Kings died, but one of them was the ruler of the Thunder God race. …… Meanwhile. In the outside world. Heaven and earth trembled as blood rain fell. Every Invincible bore an exceedingly grim expression. Six Invincibles! From the moment the first Immortal King was killed, the battle seemed to have dragged on, but in truth, it had barely lasted half an hour. The end result was that six Invincibles were dead, including the Thunder God King, who had just perished! "Who... killed them?" Someone asked, their face pale. Who was responsible? A demon king said sinisterly, "Earlier, someone transmitted a message with essence blood... saying it was... King Daqin! King Daqin of the human race... though whether that is true remains to be seen!" At those words, countless gazes turned toward the human camp. King Daxia and King Dazhou appeared indifferent. King Dazhou said nothing, but King Daxia's heart trembled violently. It was over! Old Qin was in trouble! He had felt it. He felt the saber he had wielded his entire life being drawn, and the moment it was used, Thunder had died. Old Qin had killed him! King Daxia shuddered. He truly shuddered. Boundless regret washed over him! He shouldn't have let him go. He never should have! It was over! If Old Qin died, humanity would inevitably crumble, and when the myriad races invaded... humanity would be finished! *Bastard!* King Daxia roared internally. *You bastard, how did you get exposed?* *Why so fast?* *Has the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus... bloomed?* *Most likely not yet!* *According to estimated timelines, it is not yet time for the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus to open. Why did you make your move? Why?!* While King Daxia trembled inside, King Dazhou remarked coolly, "What are you all looking at? You actually believe what the demons say? What, does the Demon race think we didn't know Blood Fire went inside? To kill Thunder... in my view, the only ones capable of that are Blood Fire and the Head of the Heaven Division!" "Is that so?" Someone said darkly, "Could Qin Guang really have entered?" "Surely not?" "Heh, if Qin Guang went in, this will be interesting!" "If King Daqin went inside, isn't that a good thing?" "Perhaps... it's a lie!" "..." Sinister voices drifted through the void, carrying deep malice. King Dazhou said calmly, "Right, Old Qin went inside, and the Human Realm is left completely undefended. Are you all preparing to march on humanity then?" With a sneer, he added, "You're welcome to try!" "Try? Gladly!" At that exact instant, three spatio-temporal channels arrived at the Eastern Battle Zone, piercing through heaven and earth! Three terrifyingly powerful beings struck at humanity right then and there! Just as King Daxia's heart shook, the sky changed! Between heaven and earth, a spear materialized in the sky, carrying heaven-shaking murderous intent. It thrust out with a colossal *BOOM*! A world-shaking blast resounded! One of the three channels was swept apart by the spear, rumbling as it collapsed! A towering, immensely powerful figure instantly appeared in the sky, thrusting the spear forward. With a squelch, he impaled one of the experts, and with a thunderous bang, the time tunnel shattered. One of the three embodiments of that formidable being was slain on the spot. The other two didn't say a word. Their time tunnels vanished, and in the blink of an eye, they retreated beyond the Human Realm's borders. Over by the Sea of Stars, King Dazhou sneered, "Idiots!" "..." All around, experts turned cold, sharp glares toward the demon king who had spoken. Especially the God race, whose powerhouse had lost an embodiment... Yes, it was an expert of the God race. At this moment, the White-Haired God King looked furious. That was a top-tier Eternal, an ancient existence of the God race at the ninth stage of Eternal. All three who had moved were Ninth-Stage Eternals, sent merely to test the waters, yet one had been killed instantly! "Bastards!" The White-Haired God King roared in fury. Damned Demon race! Curses! It wasn't surprising that everyone had been tempted. Without King Daqin, it would have been the perfect chance for the myriad races to annihilate humanity. Yet... damn it all, King Daqin was right there, and without a word, he had obliterated an embodiment of a Ninth-Stage Eternal! He was unimaginably powerful! Stronger even than expected. A Ninth-Stage Eternal embodiment testing the waters naturally had the confidence to escape in an instant, yet it had been wiped out regardless! King Daqin, fuck your Daqin! Damn it! The God race was utterly enraged. By now, they were the ones who had suffered the heaviest losses. Three Invincibles! One at the seventh stage of Eternal! And an embodiment of a Ninth-Stage Eternal. This time, the God race had lost far more than the Immortals. The Immortals had only lost two Immortal Kings, and neither was a seventh-stage Eternal. Now, the God race had surpassed them, taking over the mantle of the most miserable. Gritting his teeth, he glared coldly at the Demon race. Seven demon kings had entered, yet only one had died! Blood Fire Demon King was so powerful... was that message truly credible? Credible, my ass! Right now, few inside possessed sub-rankings, and in the middle of a massive battle, no one had time to communicate with the outside. Furthermore, the tremors had remained faint without any violent shaking. Direct communication between inside and outside now required an Invincible to burn essence blood. Even an Invincible wouldn't burn essence blood lightly. That signified they were on the brink of doom! Unless it was profoundly critical information, like King Daqin entering. Alas... only the Demon race had passed along such word, and now it had been proven false—a trap! The demon king also frowned slightly. The message... was wrong? Impossible! It had been sent by a demon king of his own clan; there was no way he would lie. They were bound by blood; why would he burn a drop of essence blood to send back false intelligence?! Yet... that spear strike just now had been undeniably real. Why? Two King Daqins? Which was real and which was fake? The demon king couldn't even explain it to himself. He remained silent. He had caused a God race expert to lose an embodiment, and the God race was now glaring at him with intense hostility. The other races probably thought he had lied intentionally as well. There was no way to explain it! That spear strike had proven everything. In the Human Realm, no one else was that strong except King Daqin. …… Eastern Rift Valley. In the sky above, an immensely powerful figure floated, speaking coldly, "Get lost, all of you. The Eastern Battle Zone is no place for you to run wild!" Behind King Daqin, the figures of several human Invincibles appeared. One of them said in surprise, "Are those bastards crazy? With you stationed here, Old Qin, they actually dared to separate their embodiments and come here?" Humanity found it insane! Three Ninth-Stage Eternal embodiments were undeniably formidable; working together, perhaps no one besides King Daqin could match them. Yet no matter how strong they were, with King Daqin standing guard, separating their embodiments was practically suicide, wasn't it? Was losing an embodiment fun? Even if it could be re-cultivated, it would consume countless treasures and immense time. Were they all out of their minds? Coming here just to die for nothing? King Daqin didn't bother saying much. Reaching out, a carrier manifested in his hand. He said faintly, "Not bad. They delivered a gift—a carrier capable of supporting the ninth stage of Eternal. A fine treasure!" With that, he said coldly, "A bunch of vermin. Pay them no mind!" He tossed the carrier backward. "Go, deliver this to the Human Realm!" "Understood!" A general appeared, gazing at King Daqin with worshipful eyes, and swiftly escorted the carrier back into the Human Realm. He knew whom this was for—those elders whose embodiments had fallen and who had no way of acquiring new carriers. Now, one had been delivered for free! "Old Qin, did they really just come to give us treasures?" Among the crowd, an estate-founding Invincible joked. King Daqin said indifferently, "Who knows. Don't worry about it. However, the situation at the Sea of Stars looks bad. Great Han King, King Dashang, King Datang, King Dasong, the four of you... plus Wang Hu. Wang Hu specializes in the laws of time. The five of you, go stand guard at the Sea of Stars. Along with King Daxia and King Dazhou, that will be enough to deter all sides!" "All of us?" Many were surprised. King Daqin said calmly, "Over there, few humans have died, so many are probably turning green with envy. Go keep watch. Once the mansion opens, escort everyone out, just to be safe! If the various races dare cause trouble, split into two routes and await my signal at any time. If the Gods, Demons, Immortals, or Dragons dare act up, find a chance to invade their realms and slaughter them until they retreat!" "Understood!" The powerful Invincibles said nothing more. Since King Daqin had a plan, they would go see for themselves. Indeed, they had received word that the other races had suffered heavy casualties! Humanity... had profited! Up to now, no Invincibles had died, no Quasi-Invincibles had died, and hundreds below the Invincible realm were still alive. Several powerful Invincibles quickly tore through the void and departed. Beside King Daqin, an estate-founding king looked around and said, "Old Qin, the situation is unstable right now. Should we call Old Zhu over?" "No need. Let him stay in Daming Prefecture!" King Daqin said calmly, "That fellow is still sulking. Leave him be. The older he gets, the more troublesome he becomes!" The crowd chuckled. Someone laughed. "Is that fellow... really in the Human Realm? Old Qin, don't trick us. We aren't stupid, hahaha! In my view, he probably wants to surpass you and take that final step first!" "Heh, I think so too. Old Qin is even covering for him!" "Alright, alright, disperse. It's not the first day Old Zhu has refused to accept Old Qin's lead. Let's go, let's go. That fellow is a country bumpkin through and through, yet he still looks down on Old Qin and Old Xia for being brutes!" Soon, the crowd dispersed with chuckles. With King Daqin present, their pillar remained. Though the situation wasn't great, they could manage to hold on, so there was no need to worry excessively. In the void, King Daqin stood in silence for a moment before vanishing. Moments later, King Daqin appeared in the hall of the Vanguard Camp. Looking into the distance toward the boundless Sea of Stars, a trace of melancholy and worry appeared on his face. *Old Qin... is in trouble!* This was an exceedingly thorny problem! Once he died, the sky would fall and the earth would split. They could conceal it for a moment, but not forever! "King Daqin" closed his eyes in contemplation, then suddenly said, "Nan Wujiang!" After a moment, Nan Wujiang appeared and bowed slightly. "King Daqin!" "King Daqin" said calmly, "Go do something for me." "Your orders, King Daqin!" "Secretly take Su Long away and find a place to hide him. You don't need to tell me where, nor do you need to tell anyone else. Unless one day Su Yu comes looking for you, only then do you tell him..." Nan Wujiang looked puzzled. "Go!" "But..." "King Daqin" said calmly, "It's fine. Additionally, if no one notices, make a trip to the Great Qin Prefecture and take Qin Hao's son, that worthless little grandson of mine, along as well. Find a small realm to settle him in!" Nan Wujiang's heart shook slightly. He looked at King Daqin. "You mean..." "Go!" "King Daqin" smiled faintly. "It means nothing. I'm getting old. Qin Hao and Qin Zhen both ran inside, and Qin Fang went as well. The whole family is nothing but trouble. If they all really die, wouldn't our lineage end? Go take that little fellow away, lest he gets led astray staying at home in the Human Realm!" Nan Wujiang remained silent for a moment, gave him a deep look, nodded, and vanished on the spot. Once Nan Wujiang had left, "King Daqin" leaned back against his chair, letting out a soft sigh. *I... can only do this much for you.* *If you die, the Human Realm will plunge into chaos.* *I... will likely find it difficult to control the entire situation. Once chaos erupts, your Qin family must leave a descendant behind.* …… "Father!" "King Qin!" "..." Inside the Star Residence Mansion. At this moment, the expressions of the human experts changed drastically. One of King Daqin's three embodiments had fallen—his future embodiment was dead! It was over! "Kill!" A desperate roar erupted as Xia Longwu slashed out with his saber once more. With a massive rumble, the final embodiment of an Immortal King was slain on the spot. In this battle, at the cost of one of Xia Longwu's embodiments being destroyed, he and Qin Zhen had finally slain this Immortal King! With this, only two Immortal Kings remained! Yet Xia Longwu and Qin Zhen were also severely wounded, each having lost an embodiment. What worried them even more was King Daqin! It was over! As for the two remaining Immortal Kings, surrounded by four experts, they were neither terrified nor sorrowful. That was because Xia Longwu and Qin Zhen were soon confronted by an Invincible-realm dead spirit monarch! Killing people here meant dead spirit monarchs were their obstacles as well! This dead spirit monarch was exceptionally powerful. With Xia Longwu and Qin Zhen both crippled, fighting it proved agonizingly difficult. They didn't dare kill the dead spirit, nor could they kill it... The situation showed no signs of improving! Right now, no one was teleporting them outside to kill enemies; they could only fight right here! And beside King Daqin, an immensely powerful dead spirit monarch had also appeared. The death of that Immortal King was the seventh fallen Invincible, and six dead spirit monarchs had emerged. The first one killed hadn't produced one because he had been slain before falling into the city. Six dead spirit monarchs, added to the eleven from before, meant there were now seventeen dead spirit monarchs on the seventh floor! Xia Longwu and Qin Zhen felt powerless. They had killed their foe, yet couldn't help encircle the Immortals; they could only battle the dead spirit monarch. This was the most agonizing part. They all looked toward Su Yu, wanting to see if he had any solution. At this point, Xia Longwu abandoned all pride and shouted, "Su Yu, can you find a way to get rid of this dead spirit monarch?" Meanwhile, Su Yu and Lan Tian were currently being suppressed. Lingyuan was furiously attacking Lan Tian, while Tianzhou was trapping and sealing Su Yu—deliberately neither killing nor harming him! Fuck! You're ruthless! Tianzhou's strength was truly formidable! You think you're strong, huh? What fucking use is strength?! No matter how strong your control is, you're going to lose it! If once didn't work, he would do it multiple times. With one of King Daqin's embodiments fallen, Su Yu grew anxious. Roaring, he charged toward Tianzhou once more. Tianzhou chanted incantations, keeping his distance, as a black web descended toward Su Yu. Webs fell one after another. Tianzhou looked coldly at Su Yu. "You certainly have tricks up your sleeve. No wonder the covenant was signed so smoothly earlier—you were waiting for us here. Unfortunately... you are too weak. You don't even have the power to make me hurt you!" Even with Quasi-Invincible battle strength, he was merely that! A weakling! If not for being forbidden to kill him, finishing him off now would be effortless. "Heaven Cleaving!" Su Yu roared, cleaving with his saber. With a rumble, parts of the web were severed, but Tianzhou snorted coldly, pouring in even more power to maintain the net! His power increased! And in that exact instant, Su Yu whispered in a barely audible voice, "Tai Shan!" "Tai Shan!" "Tai Shan!" *RUMBLE!* This tremor on the seventh floor was more violent than ever before. Intense shaking threw the yuan qi out of control, turning heaven and earth upside down as the entire seventh floor shook violently! In that single instant, so much changed. King Daqin's past embodiment was on the verge of being grievously wounded when the Blood Fire Demon King suddenly staggered as his yuan qi lost control. King Daqin shook slightly as well, yet narrowly escaped, his past embodiment darting away. Elsewhere, others were similarly shaken, though nothing too dire happened to them. One of the Immortals even managed to escape a lethal blow by luck... Yet while they were fine, Tianzhou, who had just poured in more power, suddenly lost control. His yuan qi violently surged, and with a crash, the net fell. Su Yu let out a grunt as the razor-sharp threads sliced him, leaving him covered in blood... Su Yu grinned, looking at Tianzhou! His smile was radiant! You're finished! He hoped it would be the Guiyuan Saber rather than lightning tribulation—lightning was too slow! It had to be the Guiyuan Saber! On the seventh floor, the Guiyuan Saber was the rule; it had to be the Guiyuan Saber! Su Yu prayed! And heaven seemed to have heard his prayer. With a sharp tearing sound, a streak of blade radiance pierced heaven and earth. Tianzhou's face twisted in horror! "No!" A shrill, furious roar echoed into the clouds. *No, I am number one on the Dao Validation Ranking! I am someone capable of slaying Invincibles! I cannot be killed by the rules! It's impossible! I am a genius, a peerless genius! Once my three embodiments merge, I will instantly step into the fourth or even fifth stage of Eternal!* *I will soon become a powerhouse among Eternals, marching toward Dao Integration!* *I will not die! I will not!* *Slash!* The Guiyuan Saber was incomparably domineering. As the blade cleaved down, Tianzhou had no time to flee. With a squelch, his physical body was sliced in half, everything obliterated. The moment his second embodiment appeared, another slash swept past, cutting it in half as well! His third embodiment—yes, he had three embodiments—had just appeared when Su Yu, who had been waiting for the exact moment, stepped right alongside the blade radiance and threw a punch. *Boom!* The body exploded! *Rumble!* Dark clouds rolled in! Indeed, when this Quasi-Invincible fell, a blood-cloud phenomenon appeared, rivaling that of an Invincible. It was clear that Tianzhou could already be considered on par with an Invincible. Yet it was useless—rules were rules, especially rules specifically aimed at monarchs! Tianzhou was dead! All around, the dead spirits trembled in terror. At this moment, both Xingyue and Hetu felt a chill in their hearts, and the other dead spirits summoned by the rules halted instantly, terrified to the core. The Guiyuan Saber! This was the blade designed specifically to execute those who broke the rules! A terrifying sight! Yet Su Yu cursed under his breath. Because the rules had done the killing and he was only partly responsible, having only slain the third embodiment, the heavenly reward he received wasn't substantial. It wasn't nearly enough to complete his fourth transformation! Damn it! Cursing inwardly, Su Yu suddenly looked toward Lingyuan, whose face had turned utterly hideous. Tianzhou was dead! Damn it, he was dead. How on earth had Su Yu pulled this off? They knew Lan Tian broke through barriers and seemed capable of contacting an unseen presence, but... they had no idea Su Yu could do it too. Moreover, Lan Tian could only communicate slightly when feeling intensely aggrieved, and even then it wasn't this pronounced. Now, Su Yu had instantly shaken the entire seventh floor. They didn't know for sure if Su Yu had caused it, but they suspected it was almost certainly him—it was simply too coincidental! Nothing was that coincidental! Tianzhou had actually lost control! Not only that, but this time when Su Yu and the rules worked together to kill Tianzhou, no dead spirit monarch appeared. Clearly, the rules deemed this person deserving of death, so no dead spirit monarch was required. Or rather, the rules did not protect those targeted by the rules. Lingyuan and Tianzhou were both forsaken by heaven! Su Yu shouted, "Lan Tian, tie him down for a second!" Lan Tian was overjoyed as well. Roaring, countless clones swarmed toward Lingyuan, who was now terrified out of his wits and fled frantically! …… Meanwhile. Foutuling was terrified, hastily transmitting, "Don't wait, Elder! Right now, immediately tie down Lingyuan and let Su Yu finish him! Su Yu is confident he can kill him, hurry!" "But King Daqin is about to die..." "Hurry! Su Yu has a trump card—he's communicating with an unseen peerless powerhouse! In the Star Residence Mansion... either a peerless divine weapon or a peerless powerhouse is still alive here! Hurry, Su Yu can contact them..." "Fine!" The Five Elements expert's eyes flickered. In an instant, he tore through the void, and a razor-sharp golden energy pierced heaven and earth, severing the time tunnel with a sharp *slash*! A Gold Spirit powerhouse! That sword strike was immensely powerful, cutting the time tunnel clean off. Lingyuan's expression warped as he tumbled from the void, roaring with boundless rage, "Jin Rui, you dare..." Before the elder could speak, Foutuling's furious shout echoed through the void, "You dare bully my Brother Su? Die!" "Kill him!" Foutuling roared! "..." Behind them, Su Yu was stunned for a moment. Truly, he hadn't expected this. Holy shit! The Five Elements race was helping him? This was an utter shock! He had thought that even if the Five Elements race didn't intervene, they would remain neutral at best. Yet... he was dumbfounded. They had actually struck, severing Lingyuan's escape path! Damn it! At this point, Su Yu had no reason to be polite. He shouted, "Lan Tian, Five Elements race, pin him down! Let me handle this!" He charged forward as Lan Tian and Jin Rui attacked in unison. Lingyuan's face turned venomous as he glared at Su Yu. "I'll drag you down with me!" With a sputter, a mouthful of blood erupted from his mouth! The blood instantly turned pitch-black! Inky black, the drop of blood drilled into Su Yu's mind in an instant! "Hahaha, die together!" At that moment, the Guiyuan Saber struck once more, slashing down! Nothing in this world seemed capable of withstanding the Guiyuan Saber. With this single strike, Lingyuan's body was sliced through, destroying one embodiment. Another slash, and another embodiment fell. Su Yu... paused for a fraction of a second, then roared and threw a punch! *Rumble!* Blood rain descended. Lingyuan had been slain right on the spot, yet his mocking laughter still echoed, "If I die, you're dead too! Su Yu, I'll wait for you in the dead spirit realm! Struck by my Soul-Severing Awl, I'll be waiting..." "Crazy bastard!" Su Yu cursed, relishing the potent reward. This was similar to killing Bingfeng earlier—he had taken half the kill, and combined with Tianzhou's reward, it was practically enough to complete his fourth transformation! As for that black blood, damn it, it couldn't even penetrate the Civilization Tombstone, alright? What a lunatic! The Civilization Tombstone was truly formidable—it hadn't budged an inch, though a wisp of black blood had indeed covered it. However, the tombstone was truly remarkable; it was slowly absorbing it, and before long, the black blood was completely consumed. Gone! Su Yu didn't pay it much mind, but Jin Rui's expression changed drastically. "The Soul-Severing Awl! Not good, quickly abandon your physical body and sever your sea of will to preserve a sliver of life..." Holy shit! It was over! That unreliable bastard Foutuling! I just trusted you and helped Su Yu, and now Su Yu is about to die! This was the ultimate trump card of the Tianyuan race. Years ago, Ye Batian had been wounded by this very technique. An Invincible powerhouse used their own essence blood and soul, expending more than half their vitality, to execute an enemy in a lethal strike! Su Yu was dead! No matter how strong he was, he was still only in the Lingyun Realm. This technique could slay even Invincibles! Yet Su Yu wore a bright smile. "Thank you for your assistance, Senior. It's just a minor issue!" Right now, his physical body was rapidly transforming. With a calm expression, he said, "I've troubled you, Senior. Truly, it's nothing. A mere Soul-Severing Awl, garbage of a finishing move—how could it possibly deal with me?" Just as Jin Rui wanted to say something, Su Yu's physical body vibrated, and 360 apertures radiated an overwhelmingly powerful aura, blazing like scorching suns! The fourth transformation was complete! The fourth transformation was fully accomplished, pushing his physical aperture strength above 8.7 million! Not only that, when the yang apertures opened, the amplification seemed to be less than double now. He wasn't sure if it was because he was too strong or because there wasn't enough death qi—Su Yu's absorption had probably driven Xingyue half-mad. Right now, the amplification felt like only about eighty percent. Su Yu was quite disappointed! At this rate, opening his yang apertures only brought his strength to around fifteen million apertures. Could this match an Invincible? Very difficult! Of course, among Quasi-Invincibles, Su Yu felt that in terms of raw power, he could rival those three-embodiment Quasi-Invincibles and easily outmatch those with two embodiments. In fact, he sensed he was approaching the level of Tianzhou and his peers. Strong! Incredibly strong! Perhaps he could try exchanging blows with an Invincible... but their greatest advantage lay in the power of time. It seemed very difficult for him to land hits on them, which was a nuisance! Meanwhile, Jin Rui waited for a moment, only to see golden light erupting from Su Yu as immense power swept across heaven and earth, staggering even him. In an instant, he was utterly dumbfounded! Holy shit! Even this works? Not only had he survived, but in that single moment, Jin Rui felt Su Yu grow considerably stronger! Faintly, he even possessed the power of an Invincible. Jin Rui was completely dazed. Su Yu hurriedly asked, "Senior, can you help us kill those two Immortals?" "O-okay..." Jin Rui stared blankly at Su Yu. At this moment, damn it, he somewhat understood Foutuling. Holy shit, this monster was truly an abnormality. If this guy didn't die, the human race was going to soar! …… With Su Yu finishing off Lingyuan, this marked the eighth fallen Invincible! This didn't even count Tianzhou, who wasn't an Invincible. Eight Invincibles! Three Gods, three Immortals, one Demon, one Tianyuan—eight Invincibles had fallen! The next instant, shrill cries rang out once more! With Jin Rui joining the fray, this sole Five Elements expert who had entered was exceptionally formidable. The Five Elements race had sent him specifically to wait for Foutuling to reach the seventh floor and protect him; he was an expert at the sixth stage of Eternal. The moment he joined, a streak of golden light reflected across heaven and earth! The powerful Jin Rui had rested and waited from the beginning without engaging in combat; how hard could it be for him to fight an Immortal whose embodiments were already separated? Coupled with Zhu Tianfang's coordination, the opponent was slain on the spot in an instant! At the same time, a Heaven armament detonated with an earth-shattering boom, accompanied by countless screams. All the Immortals were blasted in every direction, exploding one after another. Those who survived were swiftly cut down right where they landed! At this moment, of the hundreds of Immortal experts, only the final Immortal King remained: King Xuanhe! King Xuanhe smiled bitterly. "Sigh... the Immortal race... grew too comfortable for too long. In the end, we still lag behind the other races. Though we have many powerhouses, without frequent warfare... we have fallen behind..." Amidst this bitter smile, a colossal explosion resounded as everyone combined their strength to strike him down. This time, it was a group assault against a single target. In the blink of an eye— King Xuanhe fell! Two more dead spirit monarchs appeared in the void, bringing the total number of dead spirit monarchs summoned by the rules to eight. Ten Invincibles were dead! The Immortals were wiped out! The Tianyuan and Immortal races were entirely eradicated here. Blood rain showered down upon the seventh floor, which was now terrifyingly silent. Over by King Daqin's battlefield, even he was stunned, staring at them with a look of absolute shock. Dead? They killed that many? Even more than he had killed! Ten Invincibles had fallen! As for the experts besieging King Daqin, there were two God Kings, six Demon Kings, two Dragon Kings, plus one Underworld Invincible—only eleven remained. The Phoenix race Invincible was still staring down Hetu. "Head of the Heaven Division!" At this moment, the Blood Fire Demon King's expression changed. "Are you still going to watch the show? And you from the Life race, have you watched enough?" The Demon race hadn't suffered heavy losses, but the Immortals had been completely annihilated! Over by the God race, the two remaining God Kings looked miserable, while the Dragons and the Underworld expert trembled in fear. Even though King Daqin's second embodiment was on the verge of being shattered, they were terrified! Humanity... had actually killed ten Invincibles! Fortunately for them, several Invincible dead spirits had shifted toward the human camp. Seeing that King Daqin was difficult to kill, the Invincible dead spirits who had previously besieged him had turned to attack Xia Longwu and his companions. After all that effort, Xia Longwu's group had not only failed to free themselves, but now, along with Jin Rui, the five of them were surrounded by eight Invincible dead spirits, making their situation even worse! Blood Fire Demon King was growing anxious now—not about anything else, but about whether the Head of the Heaven Division might harbor other intentions once King Daqin was dead! Silence! The situation grew increasingly clear. Humanity was still doomed to lose, but the casualties were immense. King Daqin still hadn't died, fighting with his last ounce of strength, striking fear into several Invincibles. Behind them, Su Yu remarked faintly, "Looks like by the end of this fight, humans, immortals, gods, and dragons will all be wiped out. The Demon race and Hunting Heaven Pavilion will probably be the winners. Let's see who wins bigger!" At that exact moment, a lotus blossomed in the void! Ten Invincibles had died, along with countless experts. Now, the lotus slowly unfurled, swaying gracefully—a bewitching lotus spreading its ninth petal. It had matured! Fragrance wafted in all directions! Nourished by the blood of the mighty, the Nine-Leaf Celestial Lotus had reached maturity! As for the Invincibles, humanity had five, the demons six, the gods two, the dragons two, and the Five Elements, Underworld, Life, Phoenix, and Hunting Heaven Pavilion had one each—twenty Invincible experts in total. Yet humanity, though seemingly numerous with the Five Elements race assisting, were all battered and broken. Xia Longwu and his group were even encircled by eight Invincible dead spirits. The situation was exceedingly dire for the human race.