The Myriad Races Flee, Hundred Battles Falls

Yue Zhan was dead. This quasi-Ruler of Rules—a figure capable of rivaling an ancient physical-path human king—had failed to seize a single advantage or gain any upper hand from the very moment he emerged. As the strongest of the Prison King's lineage outside the gate, he had presided over the Prison King's faction and bided his time in dormancy for a hundred thousand years! One could say he had actually performed well, but unfortunately, not well enough. At the final moment, he was exposed because of Ziyan's existence. Or perhaps he felt the time was ripe and he could come out into the open. Yet what awaited him was today's demise. The God Empress had also displayed awe-inspiring might today, slaying Polong first and then Yue Zhan, fulfilling the sentiment of their past agreement with Su Yu regarding extending the Dao. She had indeed killed Yue Zhan and fulfilled her promise to Su Yu... …… Within the heaven and earth. Su Yu was utterly indifferent. Dead or alive, if the God Empress hadn't killed him today, he would have killed him sooner or later! Inside his own heaven and earth, it wouldn't be so easy for these people to leave! "Formidable enough, indeed!" Watching the powerhouses repeatedly shatter his various incarnations, Su Yu voiced a compliment. In the next breath, he laughed heartily. "World-openers open heaven and earth, open an era, and open myriad Daos... However, world-openers are not all the same!" Su Yu smiled, then barked in a low voice, "I rule heaven and earth! Life and death, return! Slay!" Boom! Heaven and earth thundered. Amidst the world, a figure abruptly materialized, slightly illusory and tinged with confusion. She snapped her gaze to Su Yu, who barked, "Xingyue, slay the formidable foe!" Xingyue was bewildered. Su Yu pointed a finger at Hundred Battles. "Slay him!" Xingyue froze, and death qi erupted instantly. Still somewhat dazed, she swept a deluge of death qi toward Hundred Battles while asking in utter stupefaction, "Where am I?" "Slay the enemy and shut up!" "..." Fine, then! Xingyue's phantom instantly unleashed overwhelmingly potent death qi that blanketed the world. Su Yu reached out with a grasping hand, and the Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign suddenly manifested. Su Yu shouted, "Lend me the power of death!" The Dead Spirit Imperial Sovereign could not resist, nor did he resist; the power of death instantly merged into Su Yu's heaven and earth. In that instant, Xingyue's aura surged wildly, her death qi boiling. With a thunderous boom, the death qi enveloped Hundred Battles in a flash. Hundred Battles let out a stifled grunt as the death qi cloaked him from head to toe, corroding his physical flesh! "I rule heaven and earth! Time obeys me!" Su Yu unleashed the power of another Dao. Instantly, Xingyue felt her speed multiply tenfold, while Hundred Battles's speed was diminished tenfold! Hiss, hiss! Incalculable power of death corroded Hundred Battles, drawing another low gasp from him as several apertures across his physical body were instantly extinguished. And Su Yu shouted once more, "Have your brother lend you strength!" Xingyue was bewildered. Is he talking about me? …… The next moment. Upstream in the River of Time. The Human Sovereign, who was still fuming, suddenly underwent a drastic change in expression. In the distance, Xingyue's figure abruptly blurred and turned illusory. Life and death power spilled out from within her body, and in the blink of an eye, her aura plunged into extreme decline. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Xingyue struggle to say, "Brother... lend... lend me strength..." The Human Sovereign flew into a rage! "Fuck his ancestors!" He roared in fury, no longer able to hold back his curses: "Su Yu, your fucking ancestors! Every single one of you, remember this: the moment we return to the myriad realms, the very first thing we do is beat that little grandson to death! Fuck!" That bastard was forcibly summoning his sister back into his heaven and earth! Although her actual person hadn't returned, her Great Dao's power had. How was this Xingyue taking charge of the Dao of Life and Death in his heaven and earth? Quite the opposite—Su Yu was controlling Xingyue! Fuck! Occupying my turf was one thing, borrowing my Great Dao was another, but now you've even borrowed my sister! And if that wasn't enough, you're using my sister's body to make us lend you power again! Are you even human? What an animal! All around him, the crowd was equally shaken. What was going on? In the distance, King Ming asked in astonishment, "Your Majesty, is that world-opener controlling Xingyue?" The Human Sovereign let out another curse. Flustered and exasperated, and knowing that the passage of time differed, he roared, "Shut up! Quick, channel the power of life into Xingyue!" Bastard! Pissing me off to no end! When I get back, the very first thing I'll do is smash you to pieces! Beating up the Martial Emperor can wait—I will beat this brazen bastard to death! Give him an inch and he takes a yard! Too outrageous! Even borrowing my sister! Outrageous! And here, this group of Rulers of Rules was anything but weak. In the next moment, they joined their efforts, surging streams of life power pouring into Xingyue's body as though being transmitted into the boundless River of Time! …… Within Su Yu's heaven and earth. Vitality suddenly surged blazing within Xingyue! Her power of life and death swelled dramatically. In the blink of an eye, life and death fused into a unique energy that instantly engulfed Hundred Battles. With a soft squelch, a Sword of Life and Death formed in Xingyue's hand, piercing clean through one of Hundred Battles's physical apertures! Indifferent, Su Yu glanced at Hundred Battles, then quickly shifted his gaze to Leibao and the others! Now that he had borrowed power, Su Yu didn't mind borrowing a bit more. As for whether the Human Sovereign was thrilled or not... who cared! This was all the Human Sovereign's mess in the first place! Otherwise, why would he have to go through all this trouble? Besides, wiping out formidable enemies and unifying the myriad realms was all so he could go rescue him. How could he not contribute? Xingyue's appearance stunned the others as well. Even this was possible? Su Yu governed life and death. Right now, Xingyue was the bearer of his Dao of Life and Death, so Su Yu naturally could summon his Dao of Life and Death back into his heaven and earth; nothing was impossible! What had arrived was not her true self either, merely a projection of power. On Hundred Battles's side, Yu's complexion had changed entirely. Su Yu! A world-opener! His methods were far too numerous, vastly exceeding their imagination. When it came to world-openers, everyone was truly familiar with only one: the Master of the Dead Spirits, who ruled the Dead Spirit Dao—the half-baked Human Sovereign didn't count. Yet even when the Master of the Dead Spirits opened the Dead Spirit realm, it centered strictly on the Dead Spirit Dao. He definitely didn't possess as many methods as Su Yu! Su Yu summoned various ancestral figures, descended with life and death, and even borrowed strength from the Human Sovereign... Each of these methods completely shattered and refreshed Yu and the others' understanding of world-openers! "The so-called 'brute force overcomes ten skills' only applies when you are vastly stronger than your opponent! Under equal conditions, the physical path is the lowest of all!" Su Yu's voice was icy. "I possess ten thousand methods. If you cannot kill me with a single punch, then all that talk of 'brute force overcoming ten skills' is utter rubbish! Did you truly think my comprehending myriad Daos would be inferior to your comprehending a single Dao? Why would this world need geniuses then? Only fools would proclaim: 'I specialize in one Dao to destroy your myriad Daos!' It's all a joke!" The physical Dao was strong, but you weren't strong enough to punch me to death. With my ten thousand methods, how could you possibly compare to me? One aperture, one martial technique? One aperture, one innate ability? Neither your abilities nor your martial techniques can match mine! Su Yu's voice was cold and grand. In the next instant, he made a grasping motion, and the Chaos Dragon and Eight-Winged Tiger materialized immediately. Pointing at Leibao and his group, Su Yu declared coldly, "Slay them! If you slack off any longer, I'll slay you two and merge you into my heaven and earth!" The Eight-Winged Tiger and Chaos Dragon didn't bother trying to explain themselves. Even though they had killed some Celestial Venerables, right now, this man was not someone they could afford to cross! Just fight! As for Leibao's group, Leibao was heavily injured, and so was Yueluo; moreover, they were being scorched by Su Yu's incarnation of the Demon Ancestor. With the two ancient beasts joining in, there was indeed hope of beating the three of them to death! In an instant, the two powerhouses charged toward the trio! Rumble! Battle erupted. Leibao and Yueluo roared at the top of their lungs. Yuexiao had already been burned by the Demon Ancestor until his bones fractured inch by inch, letting out bloodcurdling shrieks! The towering demonic flames seemed to scorch his very soul! His screams sounded like purgatory itself! At this moment, Su Yu was the greatest villain, the ultimate arch-nemesis. In everyone's eyes, he was the quintessential villain, a great demon lord! Su Yu's bewitching voice rose again, echoing eerily, "Yu, kill Hundred Battles, and I will spare your life!" "If you fear my schemes, then have Hundred Battles self-detonate to rupture my heaven and earth, blowing open a rift for you to escape!" "Compared to all of you dying, isn't it better for you to live on?" "Yu, you bear the heavy responsibility of the Human Ancestor. How can you fall here?" "Once the myriad races finish off Yuqing, they will certainly come aid me. Could they possibly come aid you?" "Once five Rulers of Rules arrive, you will surely die, with nowhere to run!" "..." Those beguiling words echoed in everyone's minds. The hypnotic tone made even Yu dazed; what Su Yu said sounded frighteningly true. If this continues, I will die! That useless Hundred Battles had dragged her down. They clearly could have fled, yet he insisted on pulling her back. Continuing like this, if Su Yu unleashed a few more tricks, she would certainly die! Su Yu's bewitching voice rang out once more: "Leibao, Yueluo, whose subordinates are you really? Who do you want to save? Leave one expert behind to obstruct my killing and assist the other in escaping... Self-detonate! Detonating can help one person flee, breaking my heaven and earth to open a rift. The rift is right before your eyes..." He was like a devil! Those demonic murmurs sent chills straight to the bone! …… Below. Wuji and the other experts who had just merged into the Dao couldn't help gulping, terrified. The impression Su Yu gave them... was simply too wicked! A truly terrifying existence! Hongyue couldn't help transmitting to the Great Zhou King, "Is he... always like this?" Weren't you afraid, working alongside such a man? Too frightening! The Great Zhou King gave them a meaningful look and said nothing. Su Yu was truly sinister when he wanted to be, but he usually wasn't like this. Still, there had been precedents; when dealing with enemies, killing the body wasn't enough for him—crushing their will and heart came first! This fellow was eloquent, skilled in warfare, resourceful in planning, and decisive in action. It had to be said that the Great Zhou King didn't fear the Human Sovereign that much; his feelings were mostly respect and adoration. But toward Su Yu... he genuinely felt a bit intimidated. When this man became enraged, he was far more terrifying than the Human Sovereign. Not in strength, but in aura! The Human Sovereign was still a benevolent person—perhaps one could even call him the Benevolent Sovereign. Su Yu was nowhere near as kindhearted. At this moment, no one spoke. They merely watched in silence! They could actually fight too, but Su Yu had no need for them to take the field. Yet just then, Su Yu's eerie voice drifted down: "King Daxia, King Daqin, have you forgotten my earlier words? If the myriad races keep stalling—unable to kill two foes five-against-two—what are you standing around doing instead of slaughtering their people? Are you afraid the myriad races will turn on us because we killed too many of them? Would I ever fear them turning on me?" The moment these words fell, Tiangu and the others in the distance paled! Earlier, because their comrades had merged into the Dao and Su Yu was facing formidable enemies, King Daqin and the others had indeed been worried about a revolt from the myriad races, so they had paused the slaughter. Yet now, hearing Su Yu's reprimand... King Daqin's face shifted slightly. In the next breath, he bellowed, "Generals, slay the enemy!" Su Yu's icy gaze swept toward the myriad races. Tiangu's expression changed violently, and he roared, "Kill! Faster, kill them!" Hurry! Su Yu had made it bluntly clear: he was not afraid of their rebellion. Whether it was a bluff or genuine fearlessness, Tiangu didn't know, but he dared not gamble! Instantly, the five Rulers of Rules, along with Yuansheng and Tiangu—who had now stepped into the Celestial Venerable tier—sprang to action. Tiangu, Yuansheng, and the dragon and phoenix powerhouses, four experts in all, joined forces to besiege Celestial Venerable Mo. Meanwhile, the God Empress, Saint Marquis, and Huang teamed up to besiege Yuqing! All of them fought with manic desperation! Kill quickly! Otherwise, Su Yu's side would start another massacre! …… "A bunch of gluttons for punishment!" Su Yu's expression was chilly. As for the myriad races turning hostile... frankly speaking, had Tiangu not been their leader, he would have been worried about a betrayal. But since it was Tiangu, he didn't worry, because Tiangu was always prone to overthinking! Perhaps he had wisdom and methods, but as a leader, he lacked decisiveness. Having been intimidated by Su Yu time and again, the chance of Tiangu rebelling was miniscule. Over there, Celestial Venerable Mo was severely wounded in the blink of an eye. With a look of helplessness and sorrow, he realized the Demon race... had made the wrong choice! A terrible mistake! Neither Yuqing's group nor Hundred Battles's group—not a single one of them was reliable! At this moment, he suddenly pleaded for mercy, sending a voice transmission to Tiangu: "I was wrong. I shouldn't have betrayed the camp of the myriad races... But I was acting under orders from our Demon race's Demon Emperor Yanhuo... Brother Tiangu... I have also become a Ruler of Rules... I can stand with you..." Tiangu's eyes flickered. Celestial Venerable Mo! He didn't truly care about Celestial Venerable Mo, but if they really had to venture behind the Hell Gate... the Demon race might prove useful! The Demon race's Demon Emperor Yanhuo seemed to be inside the Hell Gate as well. Having colluded with Yuqing and her faction, Celestial Venerable Mo might know more. Upon entering, Tiangu and the others would be completely in the dark, but Celestial Venerable Mo might possess valuable intelligence. Tiangu weighed his thoughts rapidly, then sent back: "In a moment, if you turn around and deliver a fatal blow to Yuqing, I can... try!" He made no promise, for he held no authority to promise! However, he could try discussing it with Su Yu. In Su Yu's eyes, Celestial Venerable Mo was likely beneath notice, even if he had become a Ruler of Rules! If Celestial Venerable Mo killed Yuqing... he would completely sever ties with the Prison King's lineage! Naturally, evidence would have to be preserved! Once inside the Hell Gate, this could be used to keep Celestial Venerable Mo in line, since the Prison King was within the Hell Gate! Celestial Venerable Mo's expression tightened slightly. "Brother Tiangu means... if Su Yu insists on killing me... even turning on Yuqing will be... useless?" "Correct! If you're willing, give it a shot. If not... death is your only option!" Celestial Venerable Mo's heart grew immensely heavy! Since when did the surrender of a Ruler of Rules require Su Yu's personal approval? Yet circumstances trumped pride! At this stage, even Tiangu and his peers didn't dare resist, let alone himself. Celestial Venerable Mo fell silent. Amid the relentless battle, he inconspicuously drew closer to Yuqing. Yuqing was indeed stronger than the other Rulers of Rules; her long spear swept through all directions. The God Empress had exerted herself multiple times, consuming vast amounts of power. Saint Marquis and Huang had also expended much, and having just broken through, the three Rulers of Rules were actually unable to take Yuqing down in short order! Right then, Celestial Venerable Mo shouted in a low voice, "Join together... or if I'm slain, you won't escape death either..." Yuqing didn't actually want to take Celestial Venerable Mo along, as that would only increase the pressure. Yet as he said, without him, she would face five Rulers of Rules and two Celestial Venerables alone. Though somewhat reluctant, Yuqing swept her spear out. With a thunderous blast of Great Dao power, she sent Celestial Venerable Huang flying! She quickly converged with Celestial Venerable Mo and transmitted, "Retreat! We have no choice but to retreat! Fall back behind the Hell Gate... Hundred Battles won't be able to match Su Yu..." Retreat! Although coming out had been arduous, and returning now left a bitter taste of unwillingness, it was far better than losing her life here! Celestial Venerable Mo's eyes flickered, and he nodded. In the next moment, his purple hair whipped in the wind. A dark glint gleamed from his palm, and a jet-black power of the demonic Dao surged forth as he struck a palm straight toward Yuqing! Yuqing was startled. Turning her head, she swept her spear back! Yet against Celestial Venerable Mo's sudden treachery combined with the five other Rulers of Rules, how could she have any chance to fight back? Fury contorted her face as she bellowed, "Fool! Your clan's Demon Emperor Yanhuo is right behind the gate... You..." You betrayed the myriad races first, then betrayed the Sacred Race! Flipping back and forth, do you think you'll ever have a good ending? If I die, you'll die sooner or later! I told you I'd take you behind the gate, yet you still betray me! You stupid thing, you're bound to die sooner or later! Celestial Venerable Mo remained silent! I know that switching sides repeatedly is neither wise nor likely to end well. Yet with sorrow on his face, he said, "You can abandon the Prison King's lineage... but I... cannot disregard the Demon race!" If you took me along, it would only be the two of us! What about the hundreds of millions of Demons in the lower realm? The Demons in the upper realm are currently in the Prison King's kingdom. You can afford not to care, but I cannot. I flip back and forth, but that is on me alone! "Just as Yue Zhan said... you... don't truly care about the Sacred Race... The so-called Sacred Race... is nothing but a joke!" Celestial Venerable Mo was bitter beyond measure! Retreat? Pull out just myself to create a race behind the Hell Gate with Yanhuo? How laughable! What was a race? It was one's foundation, one's faith, home, nation, sentiment, power, fame, and benefit... When all that was gone, what did you have left? You had nothing! What did the so-called struggle of the Grand Dao have to do with us? That was too lofty! Too distant from them, did she know that? Boom! Six Rulers of Rules and two Celestial Venerables struck simultaneously. Powerful as Yuqing was, she was merely a strong fourth-tier Ruler of Rules, not an apex entity. Under this combined strike, a deafening blast erupted! Her physical body was torn to shreds! Her spear shattered! Chaotic power exploded, detonating into an immense mushroom cloud that rose into the sky! From her body, an orb-like object flew out, attempting to flee in an instant. At that moment, the Chaos Dragon clamped down on Yuexiao with its jaws, shouting indistinctly around the mouthful: "Emperor Yu, that is chaotic will... Don't let it escape! It can allow the existences inside the Hell Gate to return..." With a loud crunch, Yuexiao was bitten to pieces. The dragon desperately wanted to rush over and snatch that thing! He wanted it so badly! Yet he didn't dare leave. The Eight-Winged Tiger felt the exact same way! He wanted it terribly as well! At this moment, several powerhouses on Tiangu's side moved swiftly, seizing the orb. The orb struggled violently. Concurrently, from deep within the chaos, inside the Hell Gate, a booming voice echoed: "Insolent! You dare slay Junior Sister Qing..." Before the speaker could even finish, Su Yu, who had been controlling heaven and earth, suddenly let out a roar, veins bulging across his skin. Reaching down, he abruptly yanked out the Human Mountain from his world. The Human Mountain transformed into a massive blade. Brandishing it like a colossal cleaver, the giant Su Yu slashed it straight toward the Hell Gate! "Go fuck yourself!" Boom! This tremendous explosion shook the Three Realms! The Chaos Mountain region shattered outright! In the void, the phantom of the Hell Gate was cleaved to smithereens by Su Yu's mountain strike. "Tongtian!" Buzz! The Marquis of Tongtian teleported over, devouring every scrap of the shattered phantom in an instant! Su Yu's face was frosty. "A bunch of sniveling cowards who can't even crawl out from inside, yet dare squawk at me!" He casually tossed the mountain aside. The Human Mountain crashed back onto the ground with a rumble, settling into place, though countless members of the myriad races on it were killed or maimed! Tiangu and the others glared with eyes nearly tearing at the corners, but they were powerless. Su Yu commanded coldly, "Hand over the item!" Tiangu started to speak, but Su Yu flicked his wrist, tossing out an enormous sphere: "These are your living beings from the lower realm. Hurry up. If you don't hand over that item, then slay Celestial Venerable Mo—I can do without the item!" Hearing this, Celestial Venerable Mo blanched. Su Yu said coldly, "I know you may have guessed my intentions. While I haven't dealt with Hundred Battles yet, and while my strike just shattered that will so no one can see what's happening here for a brief while... take your people and get lost right now! Don't force me to change my mind!" Tiangu's face shifted slightly, and he nodded. The God Empress swiftly tossed the chaotic will to Su Yu, while Tiangu barked in a low voice, "Go, take everyone from the mountain! Quickly! Evacuate at once!" Evacuate the myriad realms! These myriad realms no longer belonged to the myriad races; they had to leave, depart this place! Having fought for a hundred thousand years, in the end, they could only choose to leave! Swiftly, the Rulers of Rules collected everything, taking the remaining troops on the Human Mountain and stowing them into their weapon spaces. They had to leave as fast as possible; while the Hell Gate's phantom had just been shattered by Su Yu's strike, entering right now would be far more discreet. Otherwise, someone behind the Hell Gate might be watching them. That fellow Su Yu was truly frightening! He had calculated even this for them! Su Yu had refrained from stepping onto the field in person... perhaps precisely to force them to leave quickly, so he could focus entirely on Hundred Battles and his group without worrying about a mutiny! Yes, precisely so! Even now, Su Yu's true body had not stepped down into battle! That was his exact worry! He feared that if he committed everything against Hundred Battles and the others, Tiangu's group would intervene, putting him in grave danger. But now, he offered the myriad races an early exit. Whether they left or stayed was up to them! Su Yu reached out and grasped the chaotic will. The Eight-Winged Tiger and Chaos Dragon nearly drooled! Yet Su Yu simply stowed it away without the slightest intention of handing it over. Both ancient beasts wore looks of utter sorrow: He's not giving it to us? How tragic! We wanted it so badly! Just then, Hundred Battles suddenly roared, "You're retreating behind the Hell Gate? That place is perilous beyond measure! Rather than doing that, why not risk everything in one last fight..." He understood Su Yu's intent! To ensure nothing went awry, Su Yu was willing to let even the myriad races go just to ensure their extermination! This meant that in Su Yu's eyes, they deserved to die far more than the myriad races! At this point, Su Yu no longer concealed anything, stating coldly, "Three minutes! If the myriad races have not evacuated after three minutes..." "Evacuate!" Tiangu gave him no chance to finish, swiftly packing up everything. At this stage, apart from resources and people, they abandoned everything else; none of it was needed! He barked loudly, cutting off Su Yu's words. Turning to Su Yu, he said in a deep voice, "The mountains are high and the road is long. This time, we have been defeated! Emperor Yu, if we ever have the chance to return to the myriad realms... then... we shall experience Emperor Yu's brilliant maneuvers once more!" Su Yu sneered. "You? If you can avoid coming back, I suggest you stay away... Besides, you won't get the chance! If I win, I will certainly fight my way into the Hell Gate! Wait for you to invade my home territory? Am I, Su Yu, that kind of person? Wait for me! When I arrive inside the Hell Gate, you will serve as my vanguard! Remember to guide the way for me! Scout out the situation, draw up a list of all the enemies I need to kill, and prepare all the intelligence. If I'm in a good mood, I might even spare your lives!" Arrogant! Boundlessly arrogant! He intended to fight his way in, not wait for them to fight their way out. Yet on second thought... Su Yu had always been like this. He hadn't waited for others to invade the Human Realm; he had taken the fight into the myriad realms. He hadn't waited for the upper realm to descend; he had broken out of the lower realm and charged into the upper realm! He had always taken the initiative! Never passively waiting! He would still fight his way upstream, and he would still charge into the Hell Gate! Tiangu felt a surge of bitterness! Perhaps... it truly would be so. "Then... farewell!" With Tiangu's command, the Rulers of Rules finished gathering everything. Rulers of Rules moved swiftly; soon, the group assembled and flew rapidly toward the Hell Gate! Soon, they arrived before a portal. By now, however, the Hell Gate had lost its previous oppressive might, its illusory form having been shattered by Su Yu's strike. The Marquis of Tongtian was right there. His eyes shone bright, beaming from ear to ear. "You're all leaving? Wishing you a pleasant journey! I can crack open an opening for you. While the gate hasn't fully awakened and the sliver of reviving will was blasted apart by His Majesty, I can smuggle you inside..." Tiangu's expression changed. "No need!" "Mo Tian, how do we enter?" He didn't dare let the Marquis of Tongtian send them in; that was far too terrifying! Celestial Venerable Mo's face tightened as well, but he replied quickly, "I don't know the exact details, but I know one method... Using the blood of the Prison King's lineage to carve a teleportation array will allow us to teleport inside!" Tiangu's gaze turned savage. "Go! Slay all Sinner Race experts above the Sun and Moon tier and use their blood to teleport us!" Celestial Venerable Mo blanched, but Tiangu barked, "Go!" Celestial Venerable Mo gritted his teeth, nodded, and vanished in a flash. Soon, harrowing screams echoed from the valley encircled by mountains in the distance. In less than a minute, Celestial Venerable Mo returned covered in blood. Drawing out a mass of essence blood energy, he quickly carved inscriptions onto the gate. Tiangu remained silent. Soon, a unique power emanated from behind the gate. Tiangu turned his head back for one last look, then glanced at Tongtian, who was still smiling beside them. He sighed softly: "A hundred thousand years of struggle, reduced to nothing in a single day! Encountering Emperor Yu in this lifetime... is perhaps my fortune, and the sorrow of our myriad races!" "Farewell... or perhaps... never again!" "Go!" With a low bark, the powerhouses vanished swiftly into the portal! The blood-forged teleportation array shattered in an instant! A hundred thousand years! A hundred thousand years since the ancient era vanished, fighting from the First Tide to the Tenth Tide! The myriad races' faction—six Rulers of Rules and two Celestial Venerables, leading their remaining powerhouses and clansmen—had evacuated the myriad realms! The defeated had no other choice! What faced them was only the unknown. With this departure, they might never return! Until the very last moment, Tiangu never dared lead the experts of the myriad races to mount a sneak attack against Su Yu. He... did not dare gamble. …… At this moment, Su Yu smiled! The myriad races were gone! The six Rulers of Rules were gone! Today, Yuqing, Polong, Yue Zhan, Changqing, Changmei, and Yuexiao had all been slain. With the myriad races gone, by this point, only these few enemies remained before his eyes! By now, both Yu and Hundred Battles had turned completely pale! The myriad races had fled! They had fled directly behind the gate, preferring the unimaginable dangers beyond over contending with Su Yu! Su Yu had shattered the myriad races' courage! Yet the myriad races still retained six Rulers of Rules; even entering the Hell Gate, they would not necessarily lack fighting capability. By contrast, the remaining few here were finished! Su Yu smiled. "Do you have any more trump cards? Can Zhou Ji kill the Martial Emperor and hurry over?" "Hundred Battles, your wife came out, your son got intercepted... Why not call out your daddy? If that won't work, summon the Human Ancestor!" Hundred Battles's expression was grim! Su Yu rolled his neck and laughed. "Since they've all left, I'll play with you. Xingyue, go kill that giant ugly woman! I will deal with Hundred Battles myself. As the saying goes, kings do not meet... But when a true king meets a fake king, a true sovereign meets a pretender, of course I should... execute him personally!" With those words, he threw a punch! Hundred Battles also roared, throwing a punch in return. Boom! A massive explosion! Su Yu stood unmoving, while Hundred Battles staggered several steps back, his fist dripping with blood! "Hundred Battles, I will beat you to death punch by punch, so you understand that 'brute force overcomes ten skills' is only a proclamation made by the strong to the weak!" Su Yu stepped through the void and threw another punch! Boom! A phantom materialized around Hundred Battles, only to be blasted apart by Su Yu's fist, followed immediately by the rupture of one of his physical apertures! "Too weak!" Su Yu shouted coldly. "Not enough!" He struck with another fist. Hundred Battles roared furiously, all his apertures erupting with dazzling light. Boom! Su Yu also erupted with all 720 apertures, half in his physical body and half in his sea of will! Yet the power of this punch was still far stronger than Hundred Battles's! "Collapse, Break, Sunder..." As the punch landed, divine characters surfaced one after another, and rules and Great Daos manifested in succession! Boom! Hundred Battles flew backward drenched in blood, his Great Dao trembling, his apertures bursting. With disheveled hair, his crown was knocked off by Su Yu's punch, landing beneath Su Yu's foot! Su Yu stomped down, crushing the crown to pieces, and said impassively, "What kind of king do you even call yourself?" What kind of king were you? You didn't count! Disheveled, Hundred Battles climbed back to his feet, cracks running across his arms as blood poured out! "Su Yu..." He looked at Su Yu, his eyes infinitely complicated. "You... won't give me even the slightest bit of dignity in the end?" Su Yu was cold. "You aren't qualified! Dignity is something earned by oneself! I would rather leave a shred of face to that weakling Tiangu than give you any semblance of dignity!" When Tiangu left, Su Yu had at least seen him off with his eyes. For Hundred Battles, he gave him no face whatsoever! Hundred Battles gave a tragic chuckle. "So... in your eyes, I was truly that pathetic?" Boom! Su Yu struck with another punch! "Everything that needed to be said has been said. Now that the outsiders have left, a traitor of our own house is handled in-house. There is no need for idle chatter!" Earlier, Su Yu had been willing to exchange a few words to pronounce his crimes. Now that the myriad races had fled, he couldn't even be bothered. One punch, two punches, three punches... Each punch blended various powers of the Great Dao, battering Hundred Battles into a mangled pulp of flesh and blood as he was driven back step after step! At this moment, a fierce roar sounded: "Escape!" Boom! An earth-shattering explosion resonated behind Su Yu. With a thunderous blast, Leibao let out a fierce howl as he detonated into fragments, his residual will drifting through the world. Faintly, he could be seen gazing at Su Yu, seemingly pleading for something! Su Yu was surprised. "Instead of saving Yu, you blew yourself up to save Hundred Battles? Psycho!" If you want to self-detonate, go right ahead! A tiny fissure seemed to open in Su Yu's heaven and earth. Right at this moment, over on the other side, Yueluo let out a shrill scream and charged frantically toward Su Yu like a moth to a flame! Su Yu raised an eyebrow and looked at Hundred Battles. "Not bad! You're not entirely useless—at least there are people willing to die for you. But you... seem to have let them down!" Hundred Battles's face filled with sorrow! Yes! I have let them down! "Su Yu!" Hundred Battles chuckled, suddenly becoming much calmer. "Perhaps I truly am useless. But even trash has some redeeming qualities... Perhaps... I wasn't as utterly worthless as you made me out to be..." Su Yu watched him silently. Hundred Battles's aura surged dramatically as he chuckled in a low voice, "I may be inferior to you... but my son... is stronger than me..." Su Yu was taken aback, then burst into laughter. "Holy shit! You're still relying on your son? A man who doesn't rely on himself, thinking every day of depending on his son, or his wife, or his mistress... You're a fucking useless piece of shit!" Hundred Battles didn't care. He laughed, "Perhaps you are right. But my son... truly is more outstanding than me! Su Yu, perhaps he is your true match. I... am no match for you, nor am I your equal!" At this moment, his vitality surged explosively, his aura becoming immensely fierce. He threw a punch toward Su Yu, a punch that actually forced Su Yu back, while the apertures on his body that hadn't yet burst began exploding one by one! Golden armor materialized over Hundred Battles, and his crown re-formed once more as he smiled faintly: "Fight again!" He proactively advanced to suppress Su Yu, throwing punch after punch with every technique at his disposal. Yet his apertures were continuously rupturing, blood trails crisscrossing his body with each strike! At this moment, Hundred Battles was exceedingly valiant! Through a hundred battles, one became king! Without fighting, how could one be king? Changmei was right! How could I avoid battle? He threw countless punches. Fighting with his very life on the line, he actually suppressed Su Yu, beating him back step after step! He had only this brief fleeting moment, yet he still wished to blossom with his final brilliance! Yet right then, Su Yu suddenly flew into a rage! "You dare stake your life, and I wouldn't? You take me for someone like you?" "Burn!" With a furious roar, blood qi burned, and the Great Dao burned. To Hundred Battles's utter shock, Su Yu's aura exploded! Under these circumstances, Su Yu could easily have waited a brief moment—waited for him to burn his final brilliance, unleash his last flash of glory, and die in splendor! Yet... he refused! Su Yu snarled, "Retreat once, retreat every time! Besides, I refuse to let a traitor have some so-called final glory. You'd better just die in misery!" Boom! Power of the Great Dao burned. Su Yu, this madman—even in death, he wouldn't let his enemy die with any glory! "Open Heaven!" A blade slashed out. The Dao of the Blade manifested, extinguishing all light from heaven and earth! Blade light reflected across the myriad realms! "Expand Spirit!" A hammer struck down! Heaven collapsed and earth cracked, towering mountains shattered, and the chaos dissipated! Hundred Battles, who had been valiant for a solitary instant, was beaten to a gruesome state by Su Yu's equally desperate onslaught. In the blink of an eye, the golden armor shattered, the crown broke again, his physical flesh fractured, and his apertures burst! Su Yu was a madman! Those who knew him and understood him all knew he was a lunatic! Hundred Battles was clearly doomed! Su Yu only had to wait a brief moment without paying any price, and Hundred Battles would have killed himself. Of course, in that final moment, he would have pinned Su Yu down. Yet... Su Yu refused! On what grounds? Why should I humor you? Paying a slight price? Could I, Su Yu, not afford it? I will make you fall in utter misery at the very end! Giving you no face! "Sever, Break, Destroy!" Another blade slash severed Hundred Battles's arms with a wet squelch. Another slash severed both his legs. With a thunderous boom, Su Yu kicked him flying, dragging a long trail of blood across the void! Below, even the Great Zhou King and the others felt a chill run through their spines! Su Yu was truly ruthless! He wouldn't leave Hundred Battles even the shred of dignity of dying honorably in battle. He was determined to crush everything about him! Wuji and the others wore expressions of extreme gravity. After all, they had followed Hundred Battles for many years. His expression shifting, Wuji suddenly dropped to one knee and called out in a resonant voice, "Your Majesty Emperor Yu! His Majesty Hundred Battles... was the ninth-generation Human Lord after all. We implore Emperor Yu to leave His Majesty Hundred Battles a final shred of dignity!" Even in death, he shouldn't die like this; it was too tragic! Immeasurably cold, Su Yu halted his steps and looked at Hundred Battles across from him, saying indifferently, "Your subordinates are pleading on your behalf. I, Su Yu, am not completely devoid of sentiment. Kill yourself! Self-slaughter is better than being tortured to death by me. If you do not take your own life, I will torture you to death!" Hundred Battles gave a tragic smile, coughed up blood, and nodded. "Thank you..." He looked at Wuji and the others with an apologetic gaze. "Thank you! I'm sorry... I... thank you... for leaving me a shred of dignity..." With those words, he ceased his struggle, and his Great Dao abruptly began to fracture! Suicide! Yes, he chose to end his own life. Su Yu was no ordinary person; he was too ruthless. He refused to give Hundred Battles any final dignity; had Wuji and the others not knelt, he wouldn't even have given Hundred Battles the chance to commit suicide! This was a truly ruthless character! In his lifetime, Hundred Battles had encountered many powerhouses, but a figure like Su Yu, who would make you die in complete humiliation, was exceedingly rare! At this moment, Hundred Battles severed his own Great Dao. His physical body began to collapse! He was no match for Su Yu; even erupting again, he would still lose! In that case... fighting on would only mean dying in humiliation! "Your Majesty!" At this moment, a tragic cry sounded. Just as Su Yu was about to turn and punch, Yueluo suddenly severed her own Great Dao, looking at Su Yu with a pleading gaze: "I beg of you, let me see His Majesty off on his final journey!" She bowed to Su Yu. Su Yu's brow furrowed slightly. Yueluo gave a sorrowful smile. "I beg Emperor Yu to grant me this once... I know Emperor Yu detests me..." Su Yu frowned slightly, then said indifferently, "Go." Yueluo broke into a radiant smile! Her clothing suddenly shifted, taking on a delicate, pitiful appearance as she looked toward Hundred Battles, calling out tenderly, "Your Majesty!" Hundred Battles's eyes were clouded as he looked at her with a tinge of sorrow. "Your Majesty!" Yueluo walked toward him step by step, her expression gentle and fragile. "It was... my fault! I shouldn't have listened to Yu's orders and deliberately led Your Majesty to the Giant race! In my eyes, Your Majesty will always be the Overlord who swept across the world in the Ninth Tide!" "Your Majesty... I will see you off on your final journey... I only hope... there will be an afterlife..." Hundred Battles showed a faint smile and nodded gently. He reached forward to grasp her hand, smiling, "You said... you wanted to see the myriad realms... from above in the sky. I will... take you to see them..." Without sparing a single glance at Yu, he held Yueluo's hand and soared into the sky, flying higher and higher! Higher and higher! Their figures, however, were gradually dissolving, and Yueluo was disintegrating as well. Hundred Battles's voice drifted down, tinged with relief and a touch of peace: "I suppose I truly wasn't fit to be a king... More than six thousand years ago, I should have taken Yueluo into seclusion... Perhaps then none of this would have happened today... Su Yu... thank you!" Thanking Su Yu for ultimately giving him a chance at the final moment. Su Yu watched them fade away in silence, his expression indifferent. You're welcome. If you bastard hadn't dispersed your Dao power into my heaven and earth at the end, I wouldn't have let you die in peace even in death! Hundred Battles knew Su Yu was ruthless! So at the final moment, in order to preserve a shred of dignity for himself, he chose to merge a massive amount of physical Dao power into Su Yu's heaven and earth. This was the crux of why Su Yu hadn't intervened! Otherwise, acting out some tragic lovers' parting—did they think Su Yu wouldn't blast them into oblivion with a single punch? He was just that ruthless! Hundred Battles knew, and Yueluo knew as well, which was why both chose to sever their own Daos at the final moment and leave their Dao power behind in Su Yu's heaven and earth! Up to this moment, the enemies were almost entirely dead! Within the entire heaven and earth, only three figures remained: Su Yu, Xingyue's projection, and Yu! In a single battle, Su Yu had slaughtered the formidable foes and driven the myriad races into the Hell Gate. At this point, only the powerful Yu was still alive. Not only was she alive, but this woman was terrifyingly fierce, pummeling Xingyue's phantom until it was on the verge of collapsing! Yet with Hundred Battles's demise, Yu's expression turned thoroughly dark. Hundred Battles... was dead! Had he self-detonated at the final moment, he might have blown open Su Yu's heaven and earth. But Hundred Battles had chosen not to, choosing instead to sever his own Dao just to seek that fleeting peace and fly away into death with Yueluo! "Trash!" Yu scoffed coldly, filled with rage and exasperation! Such an advantageous situation had been ruined like this by Hundred Battles! Otherwise, she and Hundred Battles would have escaped long ago! Rumble! At this moment, the myriad realms trembled. With Hundred Battles dead and the myriad races gone, the destiny of the entire myriad realms was converging toward Su Yu's heaven and earth! And Yu could clearly feel that Su Yu was still growing stronger! If this continued, she would hardly escape death either! Su Yu wore a smile. Looking at her, then up at the fading figures of Hundred Battles and Yueluo in the void, he remarked, "Your man... betrayed you. How pitiful!" Yu said coldly, "If he betrayed me, so be it. A piece of trash like him deserved to die!" "How sad... You should have said that before he died!" Su Yu chuckled! Yu was quite strong and wouldn't be easy to kill! Besides, Zhou Ji actually hadn't arrived yet. That didn't make sense, did it? Your dad is dead, your mom is about to die. If you still don't show up, I'm going to have to figure out a way to kill your mom!