Su Yu's True Foundation

King Wen's boot possessed the power to sever and seal. At this moment, even though the passageway had opened right above the sealed lands, Fat Ball still severed their path with a single stomp of the boot. Eight supreme experts! Two Celestial Venerables and six Heavenly Kings. Such strength was formidable beyond measure. Yet on Su Yu's side, their combat power was just as terrifying. Fat Ball, Wan Tiansheng, Lan Tian, King Dazhou, Doubao, Chuibing, Marquis Huoyun, Princess Consort Qi, and Hongmeng were all present here. However, several Heavenly Kings were absent. Not counting the dead spirits, the Destiny Emperor was currently leading men in a swift charge toward Marquis Longxue... Meanwhile, Jiu Yue, King Daqin, King Daxia, and several others led forces toward the Heavenly River of Dead Spirits. Countless experts were surging out of the dead spirit river toward the breach where Su Yu stood, clearly influenced by the promised rewards or completely swayed in their wills. At this moment, more than a dozen Heavenly King-tier beings scattered in all directions, leading massive numbers of Dao Merger and Eternal cultivators to intercept them and prevent them from hunting down Su Yu. *** In the sealed lands. Fat Ball instantly blackened, letting out an earth-shaking roar. "I'll kill these two Celestial Venerables! The rest of you, kill the others!" Out of fifteen supreme powerhouses, eight had chosen to charge into the Dead Spirit Dao. Fat Ball intended to pin down both Celestial Venerables alone, leaving the remaining eight Heavenly Kings on Su Yu's side to battle the other six dead spirit Heavenly Kings. Yet the situation remained uncertain. Apart from the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign, who had explicitly stated he would not participate, the remaining six experts still included two Celestial Venerables and four Heavenly Kings. Such strength was terrifying as well. However, they had no time to worry about that! Before this, Su Yu's faction had held overwhelming power, but now, the entire Dead Spirit Realm was turning against him. On the Northern King's side, Marquis Longxue's intentions remained unclear. And while the Northern King had not moved thus far, nobody dared let their guard down. King Daming and several others had already flown in the Northern King's direction to guard against a sudden strike. Coupled with the supreme experts of the sealed lands, it was fortunate the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign had chosen to stay his hand; otherwise, the outcome would have been catastrophic! Su Yu would have had no choice but to abandon resurrecting the others! Of course, if Su Yu withdrew in advance, there was still a retreat. The power of the Dead Spirit Dao—including that dead spirit giant—would not necessarily pursue him out of the realm. Su Yu still had a way out! At that moment, King Dazhou roared thunderously, "If His Majesty abandons resurrecting the Southern King and the others to focus solely on you, do you really want to drag everyone down into mutual destruction?!" His mighty roar shook the surroundings! The moment these words fell, the eight experts soaring upward hesitated slightly. "Kill!" *Boom!* A boot stomped down. Intimidation was intimidation, but blood still had to be spilled! Slaying a few would terrify the rest! Otherwise, today's affair would spiral into immense disaster. *Boom!* In the blink of an eye, seventeen top-tier powerhouses—every single one at least in the Heavenly King realm—clashed in a frenzy of slaughter. Fat Ball held off one Celestial Venerable with the boot while taking on the other in person. Devouring power erupted, seeking to swallow heaven and earth. Fat Ball unleashed the Bite Dao with boundless ferocity, snapping ravenously at the opposing Celestial Venerable! *Kill these bastards!* Among the eight experts joining the fray, someone roared, "Everyone, we've known each other for countless years—why haven't you made a move yet?! If we don't leave now, when will we ever get another chance? The Imperial Sovereign is vastly powerful and can leave at any time, but can we?!" "Seize this opportunity! If we slay Su Yu, we can become Rule Masters and reign supreme across an entire domain!" "Even if we can't kill Su Yu, killing the Southern King and the others will give Celestial Venerables a shot at becoming Rule Masters, and Heavenly Kings will surely ascend to Celestial Venerables!" The eight powerhouses roared. Battle erupted in an instant. Just as these experts roared, trying to join forces with the others below to slaughter Fat Ball and his allies, Lan Tian suddenly let out a shrill, maniacal shriek. Tens of thousands of clones manifested and detonated at once! "You talk too damn much!" *Rumble!* A titanic roar echoed through the Dead Spirit Realm, raising an apocalyptic mushroom cloud. Lan Tian's strongest clone emerged in an instant, thrusting a sword straight through a dead spirit imprint, grinding it to absolute dust! *Rumble!* Across the Dead Spirit Realm, the Dao rules rippled violently, and the heavens and earth trembled! In the very first clash, Lan Tian used an insanely reckless, almost suicidal strike to instantly obliterate a Heavenly King! At that moment, heaven and earth fell dead silent. Lan Tian's clone that made the kill swayed on the verge of collapsing, yet it carried an overwhelmingly ferocious aura, shouting, "Whoever dares advance will die!" That sword strike cowed the entire field! Terrifying! A Heavenly King, a vastly powerful existence, had been slain just like that. Near the fallen Heavenly King, Dizhiluo's expression warped. Were these people out of their minds? On Lan Tian's side, eight Heavenly Kings had converged to besiege Dizhiluo and his five peers, and in a flash, one had perished! Now, it had become eight Heavenly Kings surrounding five! Dizhiluo's expression shifted erratically. An instant later, he roared, "Everyone, are you just going to stand there and watch?! Once we are slain, none of you will have a good end! Defying the Master of Dead Spirits, do you really think you can continue surviving in this Dead Spirit Realm?!" Down below, aside from the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign, the other six experts had solemn expressions. Defying the Master of Dead Spirits was truly a precarious path. If not for the will of the Master of Dead Spirits, they might not have bothered to intervene, but right now... Several looked toward the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign, sending transmissions: "Imperial Sovereign, are you truly not making a move? Our Dao origins lie within the Dead Spirit Dao after all. This heaven and earth belong to the Master of Dead Spirits, Imperial Sovereign!" This was defying heaven itself! Truly defying the heavens! The Master of Dead Spirits was the sky of this world. Even if very little of his will had awakened, it was not something they could easily oppose. With the Imperial Sovereign refusing to act, the others were deeply conflicted. Yet watching Dizhiluo and his group being encircled and frantically butchered by the maniacal Wan Tiansheng and the rest, they knew that if this continued, every single one of them might truly perish! The Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign glanced at them and sighed softly. Indeed, defying the Master of Dead Spirits was an immense hassle. However... only a sliver of the Master of Dead Spirits' will had awakened, and it might well be nothing more than residual intent. Meanwhile, Su Yu's faction was a force to be reckoned with even in the Dead Spirit Realm. Over a hundred Dao Mergers! Fighting on right now, even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory at best. "Balu, Yuji, take my advice... Wait for the seal to break on its own, or wait for Su Yu to actively help us break it!" He was speaking to the two Celestial Venerable-tier experts who had not yet joined the battle. As he spoke, a dead spirit within the Dead Spirit Dao suddenly slew several more experts. Its aura surged in strength, shooting from third-class to second-class Dao Merger in the blink of an eye. The rate of empowerment was terrifyingly fast! Not only that! At that exact instant, the Dead Spirit Dao surged, and a portion of the origin power left behind by the Heavenly King whom Lan Tian had just slain was instantly integrated into that second-class Dao Merger! The dead spirit giant's voice shook heaven and earth. "Those who obey my command shall be rewarded!" Indeed, the will had directly bestowed the origin power of that freshly slain Heavenly King upon the dead spirit who had just slaughtered several foes. In ordinary times, when a Heavenly King fell, their origin power scattered and was absorbed by others, allowing new experts to grow stronger. That was how the Dead Spirit Realm continually birthed greater powerhouses whenever other experts perished. The origin power dissipated and was divided among the rest! In that way, the power remained part of the Dead Spirit Dao! The moment this occurred, the eyes of the six uncommitted powerhouses near the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign turned blood-red! Not only could they break free, but now they saw the hope of advancement! From Celestial Venerable to Rule Master, and from Heavenly King to Celestial Venerable! At this moment, it seemed so simple, lying right before their eyes! All six powerhouses stirred with restless ambition. Up above, Fat Ball was fighting one against two, being forced back step by step. Wan Tiansheng, leading the pack of experts, managed to suppress the opposing five Heavenly Kings. Yet if this dragged on, Wan Tiansheng sensed that the experts below would join the fray! Once they entered, adding two more Celestial Venerables and four Heavenly Kings, the situation would turn dire. At this moment, Wan Tiansheng thought of Marquis Tongtian. Outside, San Yue and another Celestial Venerable were still waiting. If those two entered, they could hold off the two uncommitted Celestial Venerables here. As for the four Heavenly Kings, even if they joined, that would make nine opposing Heavenly Kings. Eight against nine, their side wouldn't necessarily lose. Only that would restore the balance! Originally, Wan Tiansheng had not wanted those two to enter yet, but now, he could wait no longer. He could endure it no more! As for whether Su Yu had other trump cards... Wan Tiansheng actually knew a little. Su Yu had the Holy Transformation Seal, which could perhaps be used one more time. Yet it was best left unused, for if it was expended, Su Yu would lose his greatest safeguard against a Rule Master! Wan Tiansheng hesitated no longer. He bellowed, "Tongtian!" *Let them in!* At that exact instant, the six supreme powerhouses below took to the air simultaneously! Dizhiluo and the others broke into smiles! Now, out of the fifteen supreme experts, apart from the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign who chose not to fight, every single one had joined the battle. Sure enough, nobody could resist such temptations. Moreover, victory was in sight. Slaying Su Yu did not look difficult now. With four Celestial Venerables joining hands, they could instantly kill Fat Ball and then slaughter Wan Tiansheng and the rest. Even with Su Yu's great strength, he would not escape death. At this moment, Su Yu's eyes turned icy. He smashed the dead spirit giant apart with a single punch, intending to step out of the Dead Spirit Dao. Yes, if he stepped out, this attempt might end in failure. Yet failing the resurrection was far better than having his experts slaughtered down below. Just as Su Yu was about to step out of the Dao, Marquis Tongtian's boisterous laughter rang in his ears. "Your Majesty, we have arrived to aid in battle!" In that split second, Su Yu sensed two potent auras. *** At the very same time. Marquis Tongtian's laughter rang beside Giant Axe and San Yue. "Sirs, His Majesty requires assistance. Trouble has arrived, and we hope you two can lend a hand in slaying the enemy!" Giant Axe had been thinking, *A trivial matter!* *How big could the trouble really be?!* *Just tell me which Heavenly King you want dead. After all, anyone below a Heavenly King would hardly pose a threat to Su Yu and his crew, especially with Fat Ball around.* Yet the moment he was teleported out, Giant Axe froze. San Yue was equally stunned! The two materialized in an instant. And the moment they appeared, they sensed dozens of terrifyingly formidable auras! Heavenly Kings! Celestial Venerables! Right beside them stood no fewer than five Celestial Venerables, seventeen Heavenly Kings, and one... unfathomably deep existence who might be a genuine Rule Master. In that instant, Giant Axe wondered, *Did I return to the ancient era?* *Or is this the Upper Realm?* One Rule Master, five Celestial Venerables, seventeen Heavenly Kings... and that didn't even account for the soaring auras rising in the distance. Not only that, farther away, two more immense auras surged. One belonged to Su Yu, and the other to the dead spirit giant. Both radiated auras at the Celestial Venerable tier. In this place, in the blink of an eye, they sensed seven Celestial Venerable auras! *Where on earth is this?* was Giant Axe's first thought. *Who am I supposed to hit?* was his second. *That black dog looks kind of familiar, but also unfamiliar,* was his third. Countless thoughts flashed through Giant Axe's mind. San Yue was equally dazed, his mind churning with shock. He had already recognized the others! He recognized these Celestial Venerables and Heavenly Kings! The living were all on Su Yu's side, while the dead seemed to be experts of the Dead Spirit Realm. While Giant Axe and San Yue were frozen in shock, the other dead spirits were similarly startled by the sudden appearance of two powerful beings. Dizhiluo and his group turned pale! How had two more Celestial Venerables suddenly appeared?! While they were shocked, and Giant Axe's pair was stunned, Wan Tiansheng—who was orchestrating everything—was not shocked in the slightest. His voice boomed like a bronze bell as he roared, "Senior San Yue, kill the dead spirits! Kill the dead spirits here!" *Boom!* A massive bamboo stalk materialized in an instant reflex! San Yue was honestly bewildered, and Giant Axe was even more so... but they had clearly heard the words "kill the dead spirits." Giant Axe swung his axe straight out. Even as he struck, his face was still filled with confusion. The two appeared and struck in a flash. In the blink of an eye, a sweep of the giant bamboo and a cleave of the axe struck the six ascending powerhouses with a deafening rumble, knocking them right back down! "Kill!" Seeing this, Wan Tiansheng and the others were overjoyed, roaring in fury. King Dazhou, who had always relied on the Endurance Dao, suddenly let out a thunderous bellow as his combat power exploded into full bloom. When one could endure no longer, there was no need to endure! This was the explosive force born of enduring to the absolute limit! "Endure for me... until you die!" King Dazhou roared furiously, a massive spatial black hole manifesting in his hands! *Boom!* The black hole detonated, tearing the void apart and ripping a dead spirit Heavenly King into ragged fragments. The moment the dead spirit imprint emerged, Su Yu's roar thundered from the distance: "Throw it into the Dead Spirit River! Southern King, all of you, devour it!" Not just the Southern King—the instant the second dead spirit Heavenly King fell, Su Yu triggered the Dead Spirit Book page hidden inside Marquis Longxue's Dao. The commotion was tremendous! At this point, even if it drew attention and was discovered, Su Yu didn't care anymore! He had Marquis Longxue and the other experts take the initiative to strip away this fallen Heavenly King's combat strength, preventing the dead spirit giant from utilizing it! With an earth-shattering boom, King Dazhou threw a punch, blasting the dead spirit imprint into the Dead Spirit River overhead, where it shattered within the Dead Spirit Dao. A second Heavenly King had fallen in battle! Giant Axe and San Yue remained utterly dumbfounded. They had only just arrived, and they... they had already watched a Heavenly King perish. Was this truly the Dead Spirit Realm? Did Heavenly Kings die this easily here? Farther away, Jiu Yue roared, his Heavenly King aura erupting. King Daqin and King Daxia also burst forth with pseudo-Dao Heavenly King auras, bellowing as they charged toward the Heavenly River of Dead Spirits! Over there, experts had awakened as well, including Heavenly King-tier beings. King Daqin and the others had all become pseudo-Dao Heavenly Kings. Though their true combat strength fell short, their auras were nearly indistinguishable. "So many Heavenly Kings..." Giant Axe muttered, genuinely stupefied. Where had they all come from? There were so many! Everywhere he looked! Where in the world was this? Was it really the Dead Spirit Realm? This didn't match the Dead Spirit Realm he knew at all. As far as he knew, there were only four Heavenly Kings in the Dead Spirit Realm. Yet... yet here... his eyes were spinning. There were well over twenty Heavenly Kings! Where did they all come from? Even Celestial Venerables were everywhere! Here, the death of a Heavenly King felt easier than the death of a Dao Merger cultivator. In the Upper Realm, even Dao Mergers didn't drop like this—except, of course, when Su Yu was on a killing spree. And this time, it seemed Su Yu was orchestrating the battle once again. Hadn't he suffered a defeat? Hadn't he fled into the Dead Spirit Realm? Then... why could he still stir up a war on such a staggering scale? As he pondered, death qi boiled with a deafening roar as a dead spirit Celestial Venerable charged straight at him. Two dead spirit Celestial Venerables and four dead spirit Heavenly Kings rushed to attack the pair. Someone even roared, "Kill them! Su Yu truly had backup!" Four Celestial Venerables plus ten Heavenly Kings... well, eight now! Even so, it was a terrifyingly formidable force. Yet the opposing side was formidable as well: three Celestial Venerables and eight Heavenly Kings. Now, these dead spirits suddenly understood why the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign had refused to participate. How could Su Yu's faction still produce Celestial Venerables, and two of them at once? Both sides were thoroughly shaken! Giant Axe and San Yue were stunned by the sheer number of experts, while the dead spirits were stunned by how many hidden trump cards Su Yu possessed. Two Celestial Venerables were not something that could be conjured out of thin air. "Kill!" Wan Tiansheng roared. "Venerables, slaughter them!" *Rumble!* The clash erupted once more. San Yue and Giant Axe were utterly bewildered, but they understood one simple fact: just fight. Though confused, Giant Axe assessed the situation accurately and sent a swift transmission to Wan Tiansheng: "Uh... there's a terrifying presence down below. What do we do about that?" He thought the others hadn't noticed. Yet Wan Tiansheng's reply came swiftly: "No need to worry about him, we've already handled it!" Well then! Giant Axe was speechless! These days, could dead spirits at the Rule Master level just be handled so casually? While he was still brooding over this, a tremendously powerful aura suddenly soared from the opening above. The Southern King, having just fused with her origin, instantly surged into the Celestial Venerable realm! Her aura didn't stop there, continuing to climb. With a piercing shriek, the Southern King shot not out of the opening, but charged at top speed into the Dead Spirit Dao toward Su Yu. With a single palm strike, she obliterated the dead spirit that had nearly advanced to Heavenly King! *Boom!* The dead spirit that had received the reward shattered instantly. The Southern King's voice was freezing cold as she shouted, "Audacious! His Majesty Emperor Yu fights for your lives, yet you dare rebel?! Die!" "Die!" In that instant, countless powerhouses all around bellowed in unison. "Those who defy Emperor Yu's will shall be slain!" Beside Giant Axe, King Dazhou and the rest also roared with wild abandon, "Defying Emperor Yu is high treason! Execute them!" *Boom!* Battles erupted in all directions! Giant Axe and San Yue were thoroughly dumbfounded. *Fuck!* Just how many experts were there? Was this... was this still the pitiful Su Yu they had imagined? Here in the Dead Spirit Realm, he commanded several Celestial Venerables, more than ten Heavenly Kings, and over a hundred Dao Mergers! With a setup like this, they had actually felt pity for Su Yu? Give me a break! The man and the giant panda exchanged another glance. Without another word, they threw themselves into the fray. Damn it all, today had completely scrambled their brains—who cared anymore! Whatever! Just kill! They couldn't just kill dead spirits indiscriminately, as Su Yu seemed to control a large army of them as well. However, the dead spirits right here were fair game! "Die!" A giant axe split the heavens, and a colossal bamboo stalk came crashing down! Just fight! Seven Celestial Venerable-tier powerhouses clashed in an instant. Beside Wan Tiansheng, sixteen Heavenly Kings tore into each other in the blink of an eye. A gathering of terrifying entities shook heaven and earth to their core! *** Inside the dead spirit passageway. Another furious roar echoed as Marquis Lanshan integrated her origin. In an instant, she fully manifested a Heavenly King aura. Furthermore, her aura continued to rise, faintly brushing the Celestial Venerable threshold! She and the Southern King struck out instantly, executing all the rebellious entities within the passageway on the spot! The Southern King now possessed Celestial Venerable combat strength, while Marquis Lanshan was a Heavenly King. Meanwhile, the previously entered Heavenly King expert, Tianhuo, let out a frenzied roar as his aura expanded, likewise breaking into the Celestial Venerable realm. Black flames flared around Tianhuo, incinerating all the surrounding traitorous dead spirits into ash that merged back into the Dead Spirit Dao. Hailing from the Fire God Clan, Tianhuo barked coldly, "Since everyone gave their word, you should honor your promise! The human experts gave us a chance. Turning on them now is breaking faith. Those who break faith... deserve death!" The three powerhouses swiftly cleaned out the betrayers within the Dao, slaying the dead spirits who had turned on their companions and forcing the rest into desperate flight. *** At the breach. Su Yu smiled. A pleasant surprise! Not because of the Southern King and the others, but because of San Yue and Giant Axe's arrival. The appearance of these two allowed him to avoid failure. If the resurrection failed now, the loss for Su Yu would be far too immense. Su Yu looked at the giant across from him and chuckled. "You... don't seem to be cutting it!" The dead spirit giant, who now possessed Celestial Venerable combat power, responded in a cold, mechanical tone, "You smile too early!" *Did you win?* *You haven't won yet!* Yet Su Yu merely smiled. "I never wanted to provoke you. This time, I only came to revive a few of my friends, yet you chose to interfere. Very well, since you insist on blocking me, I... won't hold back either!" Su Yu paid the giant no more heed. Even if the fellow reached the Celestial Venerable realm, he was still no match for Su Yu right now—what was there to fear? He glanced coldly toward the sealed lands. Taking a deep breath, Su Yu smiled. The Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign hadn't joined the fray after all! That was fine! Otherwise, Su Yu might have tested his mettle against a combatant with the strength of a Rule Master. Su Yu said nothing more. Material treasures were meant to be spent. Wan Tiansheng had wanted to save him a treasure, but there was no need. At that moment, he brought out the Holy Transformation Seal. After this use, the thing would likely be ruined. Still... it was enough! Su Yu sneered. Under the dead spirit giant's furrowed brow, he suddenly hurled the Holy Transformation Seal toward the sealed lands. In an instant, the grand seal expanded countless times over! It blotted out the sky and concealed the sun! A torrent of Holy Dao power erupted in all directions. *** On the seventh floor of the Star Residence Mansion, the Martial Emperor's clone shuddered slightly. Su Yu... had even thrown that thing out? He truly spared no expense! That lunatic was truly the maddest of all madmen. Come to think of it, that treasure had originally been prepared to deal with him. Well now, how lucky he was! The Martial Emperor felt a secret burst of relief. *Looking pretty good for me!* Meanwhile, the grand seal instantly enveloped heaven and earth. Su Yu's voice resonated through the realm. The Master of Dead Spirits had shaken the hearts of the people, and Su Yu did the same, shouting directly: "Slaughter all experts of the sealed lands except for the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign! Traitors shall be executed!" *Traitors!* He defined them on the spot. This Dead Spirit Realm belonged to the Master of Dead Spirits, but at this moment, *I* am the master! *** "A joke!" Dizhiluo and the others sneered. *You think you can kill us just because you said so?* Yet as that grand seal hurtled toward them, fear gripped their hearts. Sensing the danger, the four Celestial Venerables turned pale and moved to flee. Only then did they remember that they were still within the sealed lands. Where could they run to here? The Heavenly Kings had not yet sensed the danger, but the Celestial Venerables already did. One Celestial Venerable screamed frantically, "Imperial Sovereign, please make a move!" Trouble had arrived! The Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign frowned slightly. He had no wish to get involved, but... looking at the descending Holy Transformation Seal, he sighed inwardly. Danger. *Make a move my ass!* He could not intervene now. *I knew it!* the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign thought to himself. *I knew that nobody who can open a realm is simple.* Sure enough, Su Yu possessed endless trump cards. Even he felt immense wariness toward this seal. As these thoughts flashed through his mind, the seal hurtled down. It passed right through Fat Ball and his allies, and in the next moment, a holy light so dazzling it illuminated the entire Dead Spirit Realm burst forth. The grand seal shattered instantly! Yet the moment it shattered, an even greater surge of holy light erupted, enveloping the opposing dead spirits as if specifically tailored to suppress them. Dizhiluo was the first to be struck. His movements froze, and his eyes grew vacant and dull. In a clash of supreme experts, a lapse in movement, vision, or thought meant nothing less than death! At that exact instant, Wan Tiansheng and the eight Heavenly Kings unleashed attacks against Dizhiluo simultaneously! This bastard was far too obnoxious! Everyone wanted him dead! *Boom!* Assimilated by the holy light and frozen stiff, Dizhiluo snapped back to awareness at the very last second. His eyes flew wide as he felt the eight overwhelming auras crashing down upon him, his heart overflowing with grievance and disbelief! "No!" *I haven't broken the seal yet!* *I haven't set foot outside!* *I still want to be resurrected, I still want so many things! How can I die here like this?!* Yet there were no "ifs." The moment Su Yu threw out the Holy Transformation Seal, it meant he loathed these bastards to the bone and would spare no expense to see them finished. Wan Tiansheng and the others had fully grasped Su Yu's intent. Kill them all! Especially this Dizhiluo, who had been the first to be struck by the seal—who else would they target first?! *Rumble!* Dizhiluo was blasted to torn pieces, his dead spirit imprint pulverized into absolute nothingness! The Dead Spirit Realm shook violently once more. In his final breath, Dizhiluo seemed to realize something, shrieking in agony, "Even if I die, don't think you'll have it easy! The origin power of our Daos will only nurture even stronger beings!" *So what if you kill us?!* *Other dead spirit experts will only grow stronger! Defeating us will only bring them after you!* *Rumble!* His voice was blasted to powder! Yet the holy light still blanketed heaven and earth, continuing to radiate. Out of the fifteen supreme experts, not counting the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign, three of the remaining fourteen had already been slain, and the remaining eleven were now enveloped in the holy light! The Holy Transformation Seal had been entrusted to Su Yu by King Wen specifically to suppress the Martial Emperor! If it could suppress the Martial Emperor, what chance did the others have? The Martial Emperor was formidable even among Rule Masters, yet the seal could subdue him. Su Yu had originally intended to save it for a Rule Master, but now he despised these fellows too much. Furthermore, he worried that Wan Tiansheng and his group might suffer casualties! It was not impossible! Their combat strengths were comparable, and Su Yu's side was even down one Celestial Venerable. He had no intention of losing anyone today! In that case, the Holy Transformation Seal would be spent. Treasures were meant to be used; if not spent now, they might never be used at all. If it could solve the problem, he would burn it without hesitation! All eleven powerhouses were instantly bathed in holy light! *Rumble!* Fat Ball and the others seized the opening without hesitation, striking with all their might! Heaven fell and the earth cracked! *** Below, the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign's expression shifted. It was over! To tell the truth, these people had been sealed alongside him for countless years, and he still held some sentiment for them. Yet they had refused to listen to his warning and insisted on charging out. Now look at the result: not only had they provoked two additional Celestial Venerables, but a madman like Su Yu had even shattered a treasure capable of subduing a Rule Master just to destroy them. One could only say that Su Yu was too ruthless, and they had been far too foolish! "No!" "Imperial Sovereign, save me!" "Don't kill me..." *Rumble!* A barrage of deafening explosions rang across the realm. Jolted awake at the very last moment by the tremendous destructive force, numerous dead spirits let out shrill, agonized roars. No, this wasn't the outcome they had envisioned! They had wanted to break free, become Celestial Venerables, and become Rule Masters! Having been sealed for countless years, what they anticipated most was the day of liberation. More than once, they had envisioned what they would do once freed, what they would accomplish, and what pleasures they would indulge in. Yet now, everything was gone! "Su Yu, you will die a horrific death..." Someone cursed! Yet it was futile. *Boom!* The first colossal blast sounded as a Celestial Venerable was pulverized by the combined might of Fat Ball and his allies—or rather, squashed to powder directly beneath the boot! That was the first. Wan Tiansheng and the others joined forces to shatter the other Heavenly Kings in rapid succession! A fourth Heavenly King, a fifth, a sixth... Bathed in the power of the Holy Transformation Seal, they were plunged into complete paralysis. In a high-stakes battle, a pause of even a tenth of a second spelled certain death! Black pillars of light snapped one after another! Colossal amounts of dead spirit power scattered into the air! The entire Dead Spirit Realm rocked violently, and even the Dead Spirit Dao was heavily shaken, trembling with immense volatility. Out of fifteen supreme powerhouses, almost all were slaughtered in the blink of an eye! Fourteen experts, four of whom were Celestial Venerables. Yet in that moment, everyone saw that from the second Su Yu threw out that seal, these beings had been doomed to destruction! And reality proved precisely that! Every single one of them was finished. Amid despairing roars, the fourteen powerhouses were blasted to pieces one after another by Wan Tiansheng and the rest! And the demise of these fourteen supreme experts meant that a vast ocean of origin power would dissipate into the realm, waiting to enrich someone else! At this moment, the entire Dead Spirit Realm fell utterly dead silent! The Great Dao shuddered violently! Across from Su Yu, even the dead spirit giant trembled slightly. This lunatic was out of his mind! Right then, Su Yu roared, "Southern King, absorb the dispersing origin power! Don't let the Dead Spirit Dao reclaim it!" *** Following Su Yu's shout, the giant across from him let out a cold snort. It began to shudder as it too started siphoning the residual origin power left behind by the fourteen fallen dead spirit experts! Simultaneously, the Southern King and the others erupted in power, madly absorbing the origin energy. A tug-of-war instantly commenced between both sides. Yet right at that moment, both the giant and the Southern King faintly sensed a third party covertly stealing that power! However, locked in a stalemate, neither side minded letting that potent origin energy fall to a third party rather than into each other's hands! *** Farther away. A bizarre glint flashed through Marquis Longxue's eyes. Shock, terror, and wild delight churned within him! He was shocked that Su Yu possessed such a trump card, terrified by the staggering number of experts who had died in an instant, and delighted because... his luck seemed breathtakingly good, as he was currently absorbing massive quantities of origin power! Between the Southern King and the dead spirit giant, neither seemed to object to dumping the origin power onto a third party. As a result, Marquis Longxue was reaping a massive windfall! Right now, Marquis Longxue's aura was faintly bordering on a breakthrough, though he forcefully suppressed it. His heart surged with wild ecstasy. *I... seem to have stepped into the Celestial Venerable realm in an instant!* He trembled with excitement! *Have I become the greatest winner here?!* *With so many experts dead, could I... become a Rule Master?!* *Become the true sovereign of the Dead Spirit Realm!* At this moment, he was thrilled and exhilarated, completely forgetting the slight abnormalities within his Dao earlier! *** Meanwhile, Su Yu sneered inwardly. *Your time as the favored child of destiny ends right here!* At this moment, he didn't mind in the slightest if Marquis Longxue absorbed a little more power!