Calling for Backup Is Useless!

King Zhi had arrived! Su Yu sensed him and moved swiftly, beginning to seal the very last trace of the entrance. The instant King Zhi charged in first, he realized something was wrong. But... he did not shout, did not speak, and did not turn back to flee. In truth, he still had a sliver of an opportunity to warn those outside not to enter. Yet he did not! A thought flashed through his mind in that split second: *If there are more of us, I still have a chance. If it is only me... I will surely die!* Charge in together and fight their way out? Or bear it all alone and await death? Between those two choices, he decided in an instant. *I don't want to die!* *So all of you had better come in too.* In the next instant, seventeen Invincibles manifested right behind him. Meanwhile, Su Yu grabbed Wan Tiansheng and fled with lightning speed toward Xingyue's direction, not daring to linger where he was. *Boom!* A thunderous crash echoed outward. The passageway... was sealed! "They're here?" "Just them?" "Quite a few!" "Indeed, quite a few. Do we start slaughtering now?" "Of course!" "Then slaughter them!" *Boom!* In a flash, death qi that blotted out the sky was wielded to its absolute limit by these dead spirit monarchs on their home turf in the dead spirit realm. Hetu, Daidai, and Xingyue all made their moves as well. Thirty-six ancient cities did not mean there were only thirty-six dead spirit monarchs. Hetu, for instance, had two dead spirit monarchs under his command. Daidai was an outsider, and there were also scattered dead spirit monarchs who did not guard any passageway. Counting Daidai and those few, there were a full forty-four dead spirit monarchs gathered in this place. Strong and weak alike! None at the ninth stage of the Eternal Realm were in sight, as Hetu had not invited those peak entities; such top-tier beings were exceedingly rare in this region. Without anyone needing to say another word, the massive battle erupted instantly! Deep in the center, someone cursed furiously, "Fuck!" Cursing whom? No one knew! Nine times out of ten, it was not aimed at Su Yu, but at King Zhi. That fool had dragged them all into the abyss! King Zhi had no desire to fight to the death with these dead spirits either. Without uttering a sound, he swiftly fought his way outward, determined to flee this place! He possessed the greatest strength here! Even when Hetu, Daidai, and two other seventh-stage monarchs—four mighty experts—joined forces to besiege him, he barely managed to hold his ground, forcing the four dead spirits backward with his strikes! He had to carve a path out! ... On the perimeter. Beside Su Yu, sweat still poured from Wan Tiansheng. Terrifying! He was genuinely in awe of Su Yu. How on earth had the kid rounded up so many dead spirit monarchs? Several dozen of them! The crucial point was that no one was paying attention to them at the moment. He transmitted his voice quickly: "Do we leave now?" Su Yu narrowed his eyes and replied via voice transmission: "No, go to the passageway—the one on Xingyue's side! That is the closest passageway nearby, and only one monarch-level expert can enter it at a time. Someone is bound to run for it! If they don't, the next closest passageway is over ten thousand li away. Even an Invincible would need time to reach it! And living beings draw the attention of dead spirits here; even distant monarchs would arrive quickly... Wandering far off is suicide for them! Unless they can turn into dead spirits too!" Living beings could not escape in this place! If they did not swiftly find a passageway out, they would soon be finished! Run? Where could they run? Never mind unfamiliarity with the terrain; even if they knew it well, the next passageway might be tens of thousands of li away. Carelessly blundering about here, they wouldn't even know how they died! Su Yu continued, "Manor Head, go guard that passageway first! The stench of the living on you is too strong and easily draws hostility. I will stay here and look for chances to kill a few more!" "I go alone?" Even Wan Tiansheng felt a sliver of dread! Damn it, dead spirits and death qi were everywhere. Right now, he was already beginning to be corroded. Fighting here, a living person would only grow weaker and weaker! "It's fine!" Su Yu said casually. "Go ahead. Otherwise, once these monarchs go mad with bloodlust, they won't care who you are. When you get there, if any dead spirits attack you, shout outside a few times, or simply step out and bring Liu Hong along..." With that, Su Yu urged, "Manor Head, hurry!" Wan Tiansheng hesitated no longer and departed swiftly. Standing there, he had already sensed the madness of those dead spirit monarchs. When those monarchs truly lost their minds to slaughter, who would care about his identity? They didn't even know him! Meanwhile, Su Yu completely reversed his yuanqi, transforming into a dead spirit and sealing his heart. Soon, he summoned the nearby dead spirits. Quasi-Invincible dead spirits led hordes of subordinates and hurried over to pay respects to this grand commander. "Grand Commander..." Several quasi-Invincible dead spirits looked at Su Yu, then turned toward the battle in the distance. Dozens of monarchs were clashing, their strikes nearly shattering the sky of the dead spirit realm! At this moment, even these quasi-Invincible commanders were somewhat terrified. They did not quite understand what was happening. Su Yu glanced at the Sun Moon Realm dead spirits behind them, his eyes narrowing slightly as he asked, "Can you order these loyal soldiers to self-detonate?" "Yes!" the commanders nodded. Of course they could. These low-tier dead spirits possessed little intellect; even Sun Moon dead spirits had hardly any, and all were under their absolute control. "Have them form squads and self-detonate to kill those living beings!" Su Yu instructed, then added, "The rest of you, look for opportunities to encircle and slaughter those living beings as well!" "Understood!" With that order given, several quasi-Invincible commanders swiftly led a massive throng of Sun Moon and Shanhai Realm dead spirits into the fray. None lacked courage; dead spirits were inherently rigid and dull, feeling little fear. If the grand commander ordered slaughter, then slaughter they would! No sooner had he finished speaking than a tremendous roar erupted in the distance. An Invincible expert let out a bloodcurdling shriek as several dead spirit monarchs tore him apart. His physical body collapsed in an instant, scattering blood and gore in all directions! The dead spirits swarmed forward to devour the flesh and blood, thoroughly thrilled! Dead spirits naturally craved the blood of the living. In the ancient cities, tossing out a bit of living blood would quickly draw dead spirits by scent, to say nothing of these monarchs. The targets of this slaughter were Invincible Realm experts; to the monarchs, the more blood was spilled, the more exhilarated they became! One Invincible monarch caught a chunk of flesh, swallowed it in a single gulp, and laughed uproariously: "Xingyue, Hetu, so the feast you spoke of was waiting right here! Hahaha, delightful!" "This king loves feasts like this!" He was genuinely ecstatic; this feast was deeply satisfying. It was not just one victim—a single one wouldn't be enough to share—there were so many here! When had these monarchs ever slain this many living Invincibles? Never! Yet today, they were doing just that! The grand clash raged. The eighteen living Invincibles were hopelessly outnumbered. Even two against one was a luxury; some were besieged by three or four Invincible monarchs at once! And this was the home turf of the dead spirits! Here, there was no yuanqi, only death qi. Su Yu could move freely, but they could not. They were entirely consuming their own reserves of yuanqi; once drained, even an Invincible would be reduced to brawling with dead spirits using pure physical might! Dead spirits, conversely, possessed terrifying power here, with vast amounts of death qi surging in to constantly corrode the Invincibles! Possessing home-field advantage, superior numbers, and utter fearlessness of death... in such circumstances, the slaughter commenced in earnest. Once the first fell, the second would follow swiftly! It was a chain reaction! With one slain, the dead spirit monarchs who had besieged him quickly moved to encircle others. The longer the battle lasted, the more dead spirits each living being had to face! "Su Yu!" an expert screamed miserably. "Spare me, spare us! We were wrong, but we had no choice! The Immortal race forced us; we had no say!" "We are merely small, weak races! Before your human race even ventured out of your realm, the Immortals, Demons, Gods, and Dragons had already ruled the Allheaven Battlefield... We had no choice! They even have pawns planted within our realm..." "Su Yu, spare us! If we die, our race is finished..." One Invincible after another wailed in agony; none of them wanted to die! Within their respective home realms, they were all ancestor-level figures. They were the pillars of their races! Once they died and their races lost their Invincibles, they would swiftly be extinguished in the long river of history! On the perimeter, Su Yu's expression remained cold and indifferent. Spare you? What a joke! Even setting aside the fact that he could not fully control these dead spirits, even if he truly could, he would never let these people off. He was never generous or forgiving. Since these bastards dared to come out, dared to obey the Immortal race, and dared to strike against him... why should he care about their plight? Playing the victim now was far too late! The black robe vanished from Su Yu's form as he disguised himself as an ordinary dead spirit, blending into the ranks of the dead spirits entering the fray. His explosive power was immense. In a setting like this, anyone struck by him besides King Zhi was practically doomed! Su Yu swiftly closed in on an Invincible who was being besieged by two dead spirit monarchs, lunged forward, and threw a punch! *Boom!* The target's physical body exploded! The two monarchs looked at him in bewilderment. Su Yu smiled and said, "Help yourselves. I don't eat this stuff; I just need to collect a bit of blood!" With that, the civilization chronicle materialized, sweeping up a portion of blood and shredded flesh. Shortly after, Su Yu continued to weave through the nearby battlefield, launching punches from time to time, continually blowing apart physical bodies. As he slaughtered, he kept his eyes on King Zhi in the distance! *Damn, he's strong!* Right now, it was no longer four Invincibles besieging him, but six—six Invincible monarchs, four of them at the seventh stage and two at the sixth stage. Yet such a formidable combination was still being pushed back by his strikes. The two slightly weaker dead spirit monarchs even had their death qi scattered and their bodies fractured by his blows. Formidably strong! Su Yu even felt that he was hardly weaker than King Daqin. Back then, King Daqin had battled numerous Invincibles, but that had taken place inside the Star Residence Mansion, not in the dead spirit realm, and the only high-stage experts besieging King Daqin had been Xuehuo and the Thunder God King. "What a formidable fellow!" Su Yu marveled silently. Even if this guy was weaker than King Daqin, he was definitely stronger than Xuehuo. He truly lived up to being an expert of the First Great Tide! "Trying to run?" Su Yu glanced ahead. The man's target was the ancient city passageway in the distance. That passageway was rather conspicuous in this realm! Su Yu paid no more attention to the rest of the battlefield; over thirty monarchs were besieging a dozen or so wounded and suppressed Invincibles. Sooner or later, they would wipe them all out! Only this fellow had a chance of escaping. Just as Su Yu prepared to move, he suddenly heard someone yell, "Su Yu, save me! I am of the human race! I'm human!" In the distance, an expert wearing a golden mask cried out wretchedly. It was the Minister of Earth. He was human? The Minister of Earth instantly shattered his mask, revealing his true features, and said urgently, "I am human, a human of the Ninth Great Tide! Su Yu, I am a per—" "You aren't human!" Su Yu looked at him from afar and said indifferently, "How are you human? If you were truly human, you should have taken action the moment the West Pavilion Master did! Now you claim to be human?" Human race? Spare me! Never mind that they weren't acquainted; even if they had known each other well, this man had never stood on his side until now, and when striking to kill him earlier, the man hadn't held back in the slightest. Who cared whether he was human or not! The Minister of Earth roared frantically, "No, Su Yu, I had no choice! Marquis Jiantian was too powerful; I was waiting for an opportunity to strike back... Su Yu, truly, don't kill me!" Su Yu hesitated for a moment, thought it over, and flew toward him. "Don't move. I cannot control these monarchs either. Come closer to me first, and I will take you out..." The Minister of Earth hastily agreed, roaring fiercely and exerting every ounce of strength he possessed. A single blade strike forced a monarch back as he sped toward Su Yu. Though he harbored doubts, he had no other option; at this moment, his only hope was trusting that Su Yu would guide him out. He rapidly closed the distance to Su Yu, getting within roughly a hundred meters. Abruptly, Su Yu traversed space, arriving in a flash, and unleashed a punch! *Boom!* The man's head exploded! The civilization chronicle manifested. Su Yu's expression turned cold as he swept the corpse away in an instant. Seeing monarchs charging in from the distance, he grinned: "Don't rush, there are still two more! People like them are wonderful—they can be killed three times! Three bodies in total. I'll take one, and you can have the rest!" Only then were the two monarchs mollified. Splitting it that way worked! Meanwhile, the freshly resurrected Minister of Earth wailed in agony: "Su Yu, you tricked me!" Su Yu shrugged and said without looking back, "I didn't trick you. I'll bring this body of yours back to the living realm. Don't worry, I keep my word!" Human? Heh! Su Yu couldn't even be bothered to waste breath on him. If he hadn't brought it up, fine; since he did, Su Yu would just land a few more punches! At this, the Minister of Earth's despairing roar echoed between heaven and earth. *I refuse to accept this!* Unfortunately, the dead spirits did not care in the least, and neither did Su Yu. Dead was dead! As if he had never killed a human before. At this point, Su Yu's entire focus was on King Zhi. He was thinking that if he killed King Zhi and had the civilization chronicle devour him, beyond the immense boost it would provide the chronicle, the key was that an ancient relic like King Zhi—a figure from the First Great Tide—undoubtedly possessed top-secret knowledge! Hetu and the others were all dead! Their memories were fragmented, and they had forgotten many things. This living ancient, on the other hand, ought to know everything! Kill him, and everything would be his! Killing him would also bring rewards. Su Yu was currently dissatisfied with the strength of his divine characters. If the rewards were bountiful, he would advance all of his divine characters into the Sun Moon Realm! Soon, Su Yu drew near to that battlefield. King Zhi was currently soaked in blood, his physical body battered and torn, yet he remained silent, grimly carving a path toward the passageway! *Boom!* Su Yu abruptly struck, throwing a punch. King Zhi was indeed extraordinarily powerful; even while besieged, he managed to free a hand and slap a palm toward Su Yu. With a deafening crash, Su Yu was sent flying, while King Zhi's physical body shuddered violently, a tear ripping open across his palm! His gaze turned savage, yet inward shock seized him! What terrifying offensive might! In this godforsaken place, within the dead spirit realm, even his grasp over the power of time was somewhat suppressed. Under the combined siege of several monarchs, he was actually unable to dodge Su Yu's assault! Yet Su Yu charged back in, his fists booming continuously against him! Trying to leave? Where do you think you're going! Today, not a single one who came in would escape! Su Yu had wanted to flee for a long time, but had lacked the opportunity, and he had disdained the idea of not catching a big fish. King Zhi was the largest fish he could catch this time. As for Dao Integrators... forget it, the risk was far too great! So great that a Dao Integrator might actually fight their way out! ... While Su Yu and King Zhi were locked in battle. In the living realm. On the Allheaven Battlefield, as Su Yu and the others vanished, many turned their eyes toward the empty space, filled with curiosity and doubt. What was the situation now? Those fellows had charged into the dead spirit realm! And just as they wondered, a small realm suddenly shuddered violently. No blood cloud gathered in the sky, nor did blood rain fall; separated by life and death, dying in the dead spirit realm produced little reaction here. However, some experts of minor realms had attained the Dao within their own realms, their fates intertwined with their worlds. Now, with their deaths, even without grand heavenly phenomena, that small realm trembled violently. Volcanoes erupted, the earth fractured, the firmament cracked, and the entire realm roiled! Any perceptive individual understood: the master of that realm... was dead! People were shaken! Dead? No sooner had one died than another realm shuddered in the distance. In an instant, countless beings perished, rivers flowed backward, mountains shattered, and the heavens split open! Another had died! Before long, such occurrences continued one after another! Countless experts looked on, thoroughly shaken! The dead spirit realm was truly perilous beyond measure! What had they encountered? Dead spirit monarchs? Yet King Zhi was with them, alongside over a dozen Invincibles. Even if they ran into ten or more monarchs, it shouldn't have been an issue, right? Amid the shock of the onlookers, a furious roar resounded between heaven and earth! A colossal cudgel crashed down with a thunderous roar! *Bang!* A golden body was smashed into complete obliteration! A phantom figure tore through the void and fled. Meanwhile, the archaic great ape wielding the cudgel bared his fangs, savage and ferocious beyond measure, as he gave chase with his cudgel in hand, radiating unbridled ferocity: "Duobao, kneel and call me Grandfather! Otherwise, if I don't beat you to death today, this king will never let this go!" Tianmie had won! After a prolonged battle, he had won! He had shattered General Duobao's physical body! At that moment, Duobao's aggrieved voice drifted over: "Isn't this a bit excessive... How about this: I'll buy my life! I'll give you the precious 'Record' character treasure as ransom—how about it?" Duobao shouted as he fled. Tianmie didn't care about that at all! He just wanted to beat him to death! What use were treasures to him? To hell with beating this grandson Duobao to death! Did he really think being a titled general made him extraordinary? Tianmie simply hadn't cared to serve; otherwise, what business would Duobao have had? Right at that moment, Old Turtle's voice rolled in from afar: "Duobao, hand over the 'Record' character, and Tianmie can spare you!" "Boss!" "Be obedient!" Though dissatisfied, Tianmie could only roar: "Hurry and bring it out, or this king will crush you with one strike!" In the distance, Duobao swiftly threw out a treasure! Over there, the Tianyuan Half-Emperor's eyes flickered, wanting to snatch it. Right at that moment, a sky-reaching giant bamboo stalk suddenly swung down at him! The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor had finally finished devouring that dragon. He looked toward him, bared his teeth, and chuckled naively: "What are you doing?" *Boom!* The Tianyuan Half-Emperor dodged as the void was shattered by the bamboo stalk. His expression changed slightly. The Iron-Eating Beast Emperor chuckled naively: "Stay right here, don't move. Move... and I'll beat you!" Even further away, Marquis Jiantian, blood leaking from the corner of his mouth, also looked in that direction, toward the 'Record' character. He coughed softly, blood trickling down, and asked, "You're having Tianmie take that to deal with me?" Old Turtle wore a detached expression. "I have no such intention. Su Yu might need it, so I'm seeing if it might be useful." *Cough, cough, cough...* Marquis Jiantian gave a bitter smile. "Brother Hongmeng... you certainly spare no expense!" Old Turtle ignored him. In the distance, Tianmie grabbed the wildly thrashing 'Record' character and swiftly suppressed it. After all, it was merely a single character, not the entire booklet. Tianmie stowed it away with some skepticism. He couldn't be bothered to chase Duobao any longer, immediately brandishing his cudgel and charging toward another pocket of void! That damned Duobao had wasted far too much of his time! At this moment, over by the Immortal Realm, Tiangu's expression changed. Things were going wrong! With Duobao's defeat, Tianmie would join other parts of the battlefield. Tianmie possessed immense strength; once a chain reaction was triggered, the entire battlefield would shift, showing signs of collapse! He looked toward the God Realm, then toward the Demon Realm! In his eyes, flames of anger gradually flared. This time, the Immortal race had truly bled heavily: six ancient relics had stepped forward, alongside eight seventh-stage Eternals—a full fourteen high-stage Eternals! Such combat power was beyond imagination! Yet the high-stage Eternals dispatched by the Gods and Demons did not match the Immortals. Not only did they not match; they had sent far fewer. Otherwise, thirty-five stone statues wouldn't have required so many people to besiege. Duobao had also been invited into the fight by the Immortal race! Now that Tianmie was freed, dealing with him would require at least one or two ninth-stage Eternals! Was the Immortal race supposed to empty out its entire foundation? Furthermore, something had likely gone wrong in the dead spirit realm. King Zhi might be in trouble... Tiangu's eyes flickered continuously! Just then, he suddenly looked toward the Human Realm. Over there, King Dazhou seemed to see through the void, looking back at him with a faint smile. *Are you coming out?* *If you step out... I will lead my people and charge right over!* Tiangu's expression shifted erratically! The God race had actually contributed quite a bit. It was the Demon race... who had truly held back. The Demon Emperor hadn't even made a move, hiding away the entire time. "The Demon race..." Tiangu's gaze turned chillingly cold. Even at this stage, the Demon race was unwilling to act? Taking a deep breath, Tiangu said in a heavy voice, "Wind, Fire, Thunder—you three, please awaken for a moment!" Within the Immortal Transformation Pool, three ancient beings gradually began to awaken. A moment later, the three experts, radiating decayed auras, flew toward Tiangu. Tiangu's expression was grim as he transmitted several scenes to them and said in a low voice, "Go block Tianmie..." One of the ancient beings said somewhat weakly, "Your Majesty... our condition is not great. If the battle drags on... we may perish... It is not that we fear death, but... is this the final battle?" Tianmie was a name they knew well. He was no pushover! All three of these experts were ninth-stage Eternals, yet they were either grievously wounded or had their seas of will on the brink of decay! Having a strong physical body was useless. Too much time had passed; unless one's sea of will was exceptionally strong, decay and death were inevitable sooner or later! Tianmie was formidable. If the battle dragged on, all three of them might die. Tiangu's expression was exceedingly grave, and fury stirred within him. "The Gods and Demons are unwilling to deploy too many experts. That bunch of fools, each nursing their own schemes..." In truth, there was another reason: the Gods and Demons wanted to wear down the Immortal race's strength! The Immortal race had not participated in wars for many years! The Gods, Demons, and humans had fought for countless years, losing many Invincibles, while the Immortal race had refrained from war all this time, leaving them with many surviving Invincibles. Now that the Immortals had committed the most, the Gods and Demons were certain that the Immortal race would be forced to continuously draw people out! If you don't draw them out, everything you invested early on will go to ruin! Rather than the humans, the other races wanted to see just how much foundation the Immortal race still had left! Yet Tiangu now found himself riding a tiger and unable to dismount! The Immortal race had sacrificed too much. Too many had already died! If they could not secure victory in this battle, they would form a mortal enmity with both the ancient cities and the human race—perhaps creating a mess far worse than that of the Gods and Demons! "Go!" The three ancient beings said no more, flying out of the Immortal Realm one after another to face Tianmie! Having slumbered for too long, their auras were somewhat unstable. In the distance, Tianmie was just about to join another battle when he suddenly sensed three auras surging toward him! His eyes narrowed. *More?* *The Immortal race again! How many experts does this Immortal race have?!* Tianmie bared his teeth. Fine! If I don't beat you into submission, you'll think I, Tianmie, am easy to bully! "Grandsons, taste my cudgel!" With a furious roar, he swung his cudgel toward the distance, directly caving in the void. Three formidable entities instantly manifested, unleashing their techniques in tandem. In the blink of an eye, the four experts were locked in combat! Right at this moment, a fierce roar echoed from afar! *Squelch!* King Daqin shattered another Invincible with a single blade strike. As blood clouds gathered, King Daqin looked toward the Immortal Realm and said coldly, "How many of the Immortal race have died now?" Another Immortal King of the Immortal race had been hacked to death! King Daqin looked in that direction, staring at Tiangu, wanting to see just how many the Immortal race was prepared to lose! Today, every faction was prioritizing the slaughter of the Immortals! Up to now, four or five Immortal Kings had already fallen! Adding those who died in the Star Residence Mansion earlier, the number had likely exceeded ten! Around King Daqin and his companions, the expressions of the other Invincibles flickered. The Dao King, the White-Haired God King, and the others had only one thought in mind... retreat! The Six-Winged God King was strong, yet he was merely on par with King Daxia. Now that King Daqin was freed, he was slaughtering them! Some looked toward the various realms with a sense of helplessness. The realms still had Invincibles—many of them—yet none of the realms seemed willing to send out any more Invincibles to fight! If this continued, were they supposed to rely solely on the Immortal race? The Immortal race couldn't keep throwing experts onto the battlefield indefinitely! At that moment, Tiangu's voice shook the heavens. "Archaic Giants, Phoenix race, Spirit race... Are the Dao Integrators of the various races truly unwilling to act?" Silence. "Are you going to sit by and watch humanity grow dominant?" "Through several major battles, humanity has emerged unscathed while the other races have suffered devastating losses, with countless Eternals perishing! Humanity's Eternals only multiply as they fight. Must you wait until humanity grows all-powerful before they slaughter the myriad heavens?" "Do you not know how many experts fell during the previous nine Great Tides? Most died at the hands of the human race!" Tiangu felt powerless. Was no one willing to step forward? At this moment, someone said faintly, "It is not that we are unwilling to act, Tiangu... Go kill King Dazhou, and we will certainly step forward! These words are by no means false!" Go kill King Dazhou! Otherwise, they would not act. Once they left, if King Dazhou teleported over, disregarding the Human Realm to charge straight into their realms and slaughter their races, could the Immortal race bear that responsibility? Only if Tiangu personally went to slay King Dazhou! Only then could their lingering fears be dispelled! Tiangu's eyes flickered erratically. A moment later, he suddenly let out a cold snort and stepped out of the Immortal Realm. "I hope you truly consider this carefully!" With that single step, he walked straight in the direction of the Eastern Rift Valley! He could wait no longer! Only by stepping forward personally to execute King Dazhou and dispel the worries of those Dao Integrators could this battle end in overwhelming victory. Otherwise... the casualties would be far too devastating! ... Near the Eastern Rift Valley. King Dazhou sighed inwardly. *This was precisely what I feared!* Troublesome! Tiangu had actually come. Beside him, someone said in a heavy voice, "Bypass Tiangu, teleport to the Immortal Realm, and slaughter the Immortals..." Easier said than done! King Dazhou couldn't be bothered to respond. The Immortal Realm was different from the Dragon Realm; if they truly teleported into the Immortal Realm, Tiangu might trap them like dumplings in a pot! Right at this moment, a voice said faintly, "I promised that kid that you, Tiangu, would not be permitted to act!" At that exact instant, Old Turtle, who was locked in battle with Marquis Jiantian, also felt somewhat helpless. "Looks like I'll have to bleed a little after all!" In an instant, a turtle shell detached from his body! The shell tore through the void, instantly transforming into an unimaginably colossal old turtle! This old turtle had dim, somewhat murky eyes. It materialized directly before Tiangu in a flash. The old turtle did not assume human form, remaining in its original shape as it looked at Tiangu and said in a voice heavy with age, "Tiangu, go back!" Tiangu's expression changed slightly, and he said chillingly, "Hongmeng, you have brought out even your Dao-body. Aren't you afraid your Dao-body will be shattered, causing you to perish completely?" Old Turtle sighed. "It cannot be helped. I was too boastful earlier and promised Su Yu that I would handle both you and Marquis Jiantian. Tiangu, you don't wish to perish in this era either, do you?" Tiangu's face turned ashen! He looked toward Marquis Jiantian in the distance. Marquis Jiantian also revealed an unusual expression, looking at the Old Turtle before him, and said, "Do you truly wish to go this far? If we truly fight to the death, the probability of Tiangu and me perishing is lower than yours!" Old Turtle chuckled. "I've lived for far too long; what does it matter? The Marquis may not know, but by my reckoning... I have lived for over two hundred thousand years... Ancient, isn't it? Before the Human Emperor unified the myriad heavens, I was already alive... It has been too long. Graced with King Gong's high esteem, I failed to protect his bloodline during Hetu's incident... This time, I thought it over and decided to exert a bit more effort. If you and Tiangu wish to fight and settle life and death... this old one does not mind!" Marquis Jiantian's expression shifted slightly. Was he truly prepared to stake his life? Was it worth it? A group of ancient grand figures—who had been renowned even in the ancient era—were going to settle life and death here today? He hesitated! Indeed, he hesitated! Not just him; Tiangu hesitated as well. If the two of them truly fought to the death, the probability of slaying Old Turtle was relatively high, yet they... would inevitably suffer catastrophic wounds. That was a certainty. Suffering catastrophic wounds at such a crucial juncture... what would they do afterward? "Hongmeng, you..." "No need to persuade me; I've truly lived too long!" Old Turtle smiled. "If you wish to fight, then give it your all. If not, then you and Tiangu should wait obediently for the outcome!" Marquis Jiantian's eyes flickered. "Su Yu cannot win! Humanity cannot win either! You know this better than I! By the Ninth Great Tide, humanity's foundation was already exhausted; the previous tide drained nearly everything! All hope was placed upon King Baizhan, yet with Baizhan dead, humanity surviving through one more tide was already their absolute limit. This time, no one will help the human race!" King Baizhan, the Human King of the previous Great Tide. A figure truly close to the realm of the ancient Human Kings—perhaps having already reached it. Yet in the end, he had still died! In the Ninth Great Tide, humanity had been formidable. Yet they were still destroyed! Marquis Jiantian knew it, Tiangu knew it, and Old Turtle knew it as well. The human race... was likely powerless now. Their foundation had been depleted; in this tide's upheaval, King Daqin and the others had been unable to step into Dao Integration for so long precisely because there was no longer anyone to support them! A Human Realm without a single Dao Integrator was something practically unseen throughout the previous nine Great Tides. Old Turtle said calmly, "If humanity is destroyed, that is humanity's affair. I merely do what I must." Marquis Jiantian's eyes shifted. "Fine! Since you insist, Tiangu and I will wait to see you perish alongside humanity! Brother Hongmeng, having lived for so many years, there are still things... you cannot see through!" Old Turtle replied leisurely, "And what of seeing through them? You may have seen through them, yet you remain terrified and trembling, petrified that King Wen will resurrect and come settle accounts with you! Living in misery isn't necessarily better than dying!" Marquis Jiantian fell silent. Some things were better left unsaid. And now, Tiangu's expression shifted as well before he stepped back into the Immortal Realm, his face dark as iron. He had no intention of fighting Old Turtle to the death; that was a fatal taboo. Once a battle of that scale broke out, it could trigger catastrophic trouble! Thus, he retreated! Over by the Eastern Rift Valley, King Dazhou breathed a quiet sigh of relief! Thank goodness! Still, that old turtle was truly formidable, forcing two unimaginably powerful entities into not daring to fight. Right now, in these myriad heavens and myriad realms, could that old turtle be the number one expert? ... Whatever commotion unfolded outside, Su Yu could not see it. At this moment, he had joined forces with several monarchs to battle King Zhi for a prolonged period, leaving both sides heavily wounded. And King Zhi was drawing ever closer to the passageway. Yet... leaving this place would prove exceedingly difficult! King Zhi knew that if this continued, more and more monarchs would join the siege against him, because Invincibles were dying continuously, freeing up more dead spirits to join the fray. He was being thoroughly pinned down! Seeing that he was nearly at the passageway, seven or eight Invincible monarchs now surrounded him. King Zhi's expression shifted erratically! He possessed a token. But... bringing it out might save his life, or it might cause him to die even faster! He had refrained from using it all this time out of fear of an accident. After a brief hesitation, he gritted his teeth. *If I don't use it, I might not walk out of here alive!* *In that case... I'll bring it out!* In the next instant, he cast out a token—one swirling with immortal qi, interwoven with death qi. The moment the token appeared, it hovered in midair, trembling violently. King Zhi shot a drop of essence blood onto the token, his voice booming with a mixture of anticipation and reverence as he muttered, "Unworthy descendant Yunzhi of the Ancient Immortal race beseeches the ancestor to descend! Slay the great enemy of the Immortals!" The token shuddered violently as immortal qi and death qi roiled together! ... At the same moment. Within the dead spirit realm. Inside the vast palace of that ancient entity, within one of the grand halls, a mighty expert who was meditating with closed eyes snapped his eyes open. He looked toward a certain direction, then said coldly, "Someone, enter!" A moment later, an Invincible monarch entered and bowed: "My Lord!" "Did something occur near Eastern District Thirty?" "This subordinate shall go inquire..." "No need!" The mighty entity stood up, his gaze cold and indifferent as he looked into the distance. "Living beings have likely entered the realm and encountered crisis. It should be my bloodline from life..." "My Lord, this..." "I shall return shortly!" The formidable being offered no further explanation. The Invincible could not help but say, "My Lord, you must not. That area is under the jurisdiction of the Spirit-Quelling General, and great unrest erupted there only recently. If you go there, it will easily trigger a conflict!" "Hongmeng?" The powerful being frowned slightly. "That old turtle has certainly lived long! However... if he dares to obstruct me this time, this seat will not show him any courtesy either!" With those words, he had already vanished! ... Meanwhile, on Su Yu's side, the other Invincibles were almost entirely slaughtered! When King Zhi cast out that item, Su Yu felt a sudden shudder in his heart. What was that thing? Right now, a swarm of monarchs was besieging King Zhi; King Zhi stood little chance of surviving until he reached the outside! Yet the appearance of that token filled Su Yu with trepidation. It felt as though an immense catastrophe were about to descend! His 'Calamity' divine character began to thrum frantically as well. What was going on? He didn't understand, and the others didn't quite understand either; none of them knew what that token was used for. Right at that moment, near the passageway, another person appeared beside Wan Tiansheng. Liu Hong, knowing a massive battle had broken out below, had insisted on coming down to watch the excitement. Now, catching sight of the token, he frowned slightly. After pondering for a moment, his face suddenly drained of color, and he screamed, "Run! That's a dead spirit summoning token, meant to summon an ancient dead spirit expert of the Immortal race! At least a Marquis! Anyone below a Marquis couldn't craft such a thing!" Su Yu's expression changed drastically! Damn it all, you can even summon ancient Immortal dead spirits?! Meanwhile, King Zhi stared in shock at Liu Hong in the distance. How did he know?! One had to understand, across the entire Immortal race, barely anyone knew of this! In the distance, Liu Hong roared again: "Run! A dead spirit capable of crafting this thing almost certainly hasn't lost control—they still remember the past and left it specifically for their descendants to call for aid! That's no ordinary dead spirit!" An ordinary dead spirit, even someone like Hetu, remembered the past but remembered no sentimental bonds. He was human, yet he had shown no reaction when humans were slaughtered. Such was a dead spirit! Even if Hetu had a son here, he might not care much. His cooperation with Su Yu was purely driven by his desire for resurrection. Yet an entity that still retained some sentiment and had crafted a dead spirit summoning token was one that had very likely regained some of their emotions. Of course, as time passed, they might revert to the nature of a dead spirit once more. So King Zhi was gambling as well! Gambling that the entity still retained emotions. Otherwise, if it were truly a feelingless dead spirit, it would slaughter indiscriminately upon arrival, and he would be doomed as well! Following Liu Hong's shouts, Hetu and the others also blanched slightly. A Marquis! An ancient Marquis! None of those entities were weak; at the very least, they were Dao Integrators! Even in death, they were Dao Integrators! Just as Su Yu was about to say that with their numbers they could fight even a Marquis, Hetu's voice sounded in his ear: "Run! Dead spirits have no emotions, but they have hierarchical suppression! Don't expect these monarchs to fight a Marquis alongside you. It's fine against the living, but not against the dead. They hold an innate terror toward a dead spirit Marquis and have no desire to attack one. Expecting them to besiege a Marquis... is impossible!" Only then did Su Yu's expression truly turn grim! His understanding of dead spirits was still somewhat lacking. At this moment, seeing King Zhi on the verge of collapse yet flashing a smile—seemingly aware that he had won his gamble—Su Yu was thoroughly enraged! What was the point of killing the others? He wanted to take down this bastard! A Marquis? Old Turtle had said he didn't need to worry about such things, but right now... would that work? Old Turtle was currently pinned down by Marquis Jiantian. If another dead spirit Marquis arrived, could Old Turtle still hold him off? "Then before that bastard arrives, kill him first!" Su Yu gritted his teeth. Kill him first, ask questions later! If I don't kill him, I'll never be satisfied! He charged forward madly, bombarding King Zhi with savage blows. King Zhi continuously dodged, sneering, "You're still not running? Waiting to die? Su Yu, if you want to kill me, you're not worthy! This is the summoning token of an ancient Immortal Marquis—he will arrive shortly..." Su Yu ignored him. Hasn't he not arrived yet? My 'Calamity' divine character hasn't thrummed to its limit yet! Once it reaches its limit, it won't be too late to run! Even if I can't beat you to death, I'll maim you severely so you have no chance of walking out through the passageway, and then I'll wait for you outside it! ... Beside the passageway. Seeing that Su Yu still wasn't fleeing, Liu Hong gasped. That lunatic! His thirst for slaughter was far too heavy; he refused to run even now! He wanted to flee himself, urgently shouting, "Manor Head Wan, let's get out! Head through the passageway! That fellow will be here soon, and that lunatic Su Yu is courting death!" Wan Tiansheng frowned and said in a heavy voice, "Since you know so much, do you have a way to deal with this?" "Deal with my ass..." Liu Hong cursed, then suddenly thought of something, his brows furrowing. "Hard to say..." With that, he took a breath, looked toward Su Yu in the distance, and said quickly, "Manor Head, that grandson has been suppressing me lately. If I help out, how about you tell him to kowtow and apologize to me next time he sees me?" Wan Tiansheng said faintly, "In that case, you'd better pray he dies!" Liu Hong was speechless, quickly transmitting his voice: "I can't guarantee anything. If that kid Su Yu lied to me, I have no way out either... But if he didn't lie..." With that, he retrieved the King Wen Token. "Manor Head, take this to him and tell him to shove it into the tomb keeper's mouth! If the tomb keeper isn't here, he'd better run fast. If he is... there might be a chance!" "The tomb keeper?" Wan Tiansheng had no time to ponder. He sped toward Su Yu's direction, while Su Yu barked urgently, "Go back..." Wan Tiansheng paid him no heed, hurriedly transmitting: "Liu Hong said shoving this into the tomb keeper's mouth might work! As for the rest... I'm leaving first. I'll wait for you at the exit. If you have no confidence, get up there quickly!" With that, he hurled the token toward Su Yu. Su Yu hastily disengaged from the fight. King Zhi didn't pursue, secretly breathing a sigh of relief. Su Yu's lethality was simply too terrifying! Catching the token, Su Yu immediately recognized it as the King Wen Token. Utterly astonished, he thought: *Feed this thing to Daidai? Will that work?* *Doesn't matter!* He swiftly looked toward Daidai, who was still mutely pummeling King Zhi, and flew back, grabbing Daidai. Daidai was already somewhat losing control; even seeing Su Yu, he looked ready to blast him! "Senior Xia Chen!" Su Yu barked in a low voice. Daidai froze slightly. Seeing that he still possessed a shred of consciousness, Su Yu swiftly shoved the King Wen Token into his mouth! Daidai woodenly swallowed the King Wen Token... A moment later, beams of light gradually emanated from his body. His eyes were still blank, but gradually, a spark of brilliance emerged! An instant later, Daidai's eyes seemed far clearer, and the aura on his body steadily grew stronger! After another moment, Daidai's gaze regained complete clarity. At this moment, it was as if he had come alive, yet death qi still swirled around him! He seemed to recall something, remembering fragments of the past. Looking at Su Yu, he said with difficulty, "You... King Wen Token..." "Yes!" Su Yu nodded hurriedly, pointing at the token in the air. Daidai looked, his eyes shifting slightly. "Marquis... dead spirit Marquis..." Evidently, he knew! Daidai suddenly looked toward the distance, gazing at the distant Dead Spirit Heavenly River, the aura on his body surging higher and higher. "You... kill him... I... will intercept! This is a dead spirit Marquis... a dead spirit Marquis who has regained his true nature... Once you finish... leave quickly!" With those words, he tore through the dead spirit space with a sharp hum. In the next instant, a furious roar erupted from the distant Dead Spirit Heavenly River: "Insolent! Who dares obstruct this seat?" "Mountain Suppression!" A low shout resonated between heaven and earth. A punch crashed down between heaven and earth, setting the entire Dead Spirit Heavenly River into violent upheaval! Hetu and the others were utterly dumbfounded. Hetu cried out in disbelief, "Fuck, eating that thing can resurrect someone?!" Daidai looked like he had resurrected! Hetu was seized with regret. "Are there any more?!" he roared. "Are there any more? I want to eat one too!" Daidai seemed to have resurrected! His strength had exploded; with that single punch, Hetu felt it could rival his own peak from when he was alive! "Kill him first!" Su Yu roared. So much useless chatter! Kill the target first! Meanwhile, King Zhi was filled with sheer terror. How could this be?! Who was that dead spirit? What had he eaten? Why had he suddenly become so immensely powerful that he actually charged into the Dead Spirit Heavenly River to intercept a dead spirit Marquis?! However, he had no time left to think. The other monarchs paused briefly, but seeing that nothing was happening to them... they unleashed their attacks one after another, eager to beat this living being to death first. As for the dead spirit Marquis... hadn't he failed to arrive? What was there to fear! *Rumble!* Heaven and earth seemed to tear apart as Su Yu unleashed a punch. With a deafening crash, King Zhi's physical body fractured. The swarm of monarchs struck in unison; with so many experts, in the blink of an eye, one of King Zhi's incarnations was obliterated. The second had barely manifested before it was shattered once more shortly after! Meanwhile, in the distant Dead Spirit Heavenly River, two terrifyingly powerful entities were locked in frenzied combat! The entire Dead Spirit Heavenly River violently roiled! "Bastard, who are you?!" the dead spirit Marquis's furious roar shook heaven and earth. Daidai said nothing, grimly trading blows, yet his strength was far greater than before. Even facing a Marquis, he was only at a slight disadvantage! After an unknown duration, a wretched screech rang out! "No... Ancestor, save me..." King Zhi could hold on no longer! At this moment, consumed by boundless dread and terror, he thought: *I don't want to die! I clearly didn't have to die—my ancestor arrived! Why was he suddenly intercepted by an expert?!* Su Yu, wearing a cold expression, smashed down with a fist. With a thunderous boom, the physical body exploded and the head was pulverized! At that moment, clouds in the sky instantly cascaded down. Su Yu's civilization chronicle swept forward, not pausing to absorb anything, and he fled immediately! He dashed straight for the dead spirit passageway! The other monarchs looked ready to attack him, but sensing him, they found his death qi exceedingly heavy—he felt even more like a dead spirit than they did. For a moment, they hesitated. Su Yu called out, "Monarchs, rest assured, I will soon bring you more living flesh!" With that, Su Yu charged into the passageway and rushed straight toward the outside! In the distance, a furious roar shook heaven and earth: "Insolent wretches, you dare provoke this seat!" It was that enraged Marquis! His descendant had already been slain! The Marquis was currently pressing Daidai to his limits. Just as he prepared to press his attack, a cold voice drifted from behind him: "Marquis Qishan, it is time to leave. Do not forget, this is the guarded territory of the Spirit-Quelling General. Do you truly wish to go to war with him?" "Curse it!" Marquis Qishan was beside himself with fury, yet he knew that if he lingered and the Spirit-Quelling General took action, he might meet disaster! "Bastard, just you wait!" Livid with rage, Marquis Qishan departed swiftly! Daidai did not pursue; he was no match for the other either. Yet at this moment, an unusual look flickered in his eyes, as though he were reminiscing about something, and he remained hovering motionlessly within the Dead Spirit Heavenly River. ... And at this very moment, in the outside world, heaven and earth shook. The Immortal Realm trembled! Violently shuddered! Volcanoes roared, the earth cracked open, winds surged and clouds churned, countless structures detonated, and astral winds raged in all directions... Tiangu's expression turned grim. Dead? How could he be dead?! Even if King Zhi had walked into an ambush, by employing Marquis Qishan's summoning token, he wouldn't have died easily... unless Marquis Qishan had already forgotten his true nature. But Marquis Qishan had stabilized his true nature beforehand—how could he have suddenly forgotten? He had valued King Zhi immensely, which was why he had entrusted that item to him. Just what on earth had happened? Tiangu's heart sank to rock bottom!