Massacre!

Kings Wen and Wu had emerged! At this moment, dread gripped the myriad races. Even though King Wu currently displayed the strength of merely a second rank combatant and seemed heavily wounded, who dared underestimate the two kings? Despite the countless years that had passed, everyone still feared them! With only the Human Sovereign present, they were afraid, yet they knew that he alone could hardly uphold this sky and could do little more than defend his ground. King Wen, however, was far more unscrupulous than the Human Sovereign. Taking measured strides forward, Su Yu kept a faint, easy smile on his face as he chuckled softly. "What's the matter? Weren't you screaming for blood earlier, shouting about wiping out my human race? Why... have you suddenly stopped?" Su Yu's voice was ethereal and casual, sounding like someone making polite small talk. Across from him, however, the Nether Emperor and his companions were grave beyond measure. Between them lay the Human Sovereign's physical body. Yet at this very moment, the Human Sovereign's physical vessel seemed to have ground to a halt as well. "Why don't we just butcher them? Are you looking to chat with them again?" The Martial Emperor's voice rang out, reckless as ever. In his disguise as King Wu, he was undeniably flawless! "A brute is always a brute!" Su Yu gave a soft laugh. Suddenly, a massive brush appeared in his hand. Looking toward the Nether Emperor, he said with a faint smile, "How about playing a game? Your cultivation has improved quite quickly, considerably stronger than back then. I will tap you once with my brush. If you survive, I won't kill you today. What do you think?" The Nether Emperor's expression darkened. A moment later, he said coldly, "King Wen, no matter how powerful you are, you are still only one man..." He glanced at the experts flanking him, finding his confidence bolstered significantly. Su Yu smiled faintly. "You have managed to reach the first rank after all. Are you truly unwilling to test a strike against me? It would give you a chance to see whether I have made any progress all these years, and how badly I was injured inside the Heavenly Gate." Su Yu's smile turned radiant. "Why not give it a try? If you lack the courage to face it alone... then all of you together may take my single blow. If you withstand it, we will let matters rest for today!" The Nether Emperor's face grew increasingly heavy. The moment Kings Wen and Wu appeared, fear had indeed taken root in him. He was frightened and no longer truly wished to fight to the death. Even if a victor emerged, countless lives would be lost! He did not take King Wen's promise to let matters rest seriously. Instead, he wondered: having entered the Heavenly Gate for so many years, just how strong had King Wen become? Was he wounded? He vaguely sensed injuries; King Wen's aura was erratic and unfixed, as was King Wu's. Both men might well be gravely wounded. With the seven or eight experts who had just reinforced them, the Nether Emperor's side now numbered over thirty strong! If King Wen and King Wu could slaughter thirty supreme experts on their own, then there truly was no hope of fighting back. The Nether Emperor's expression turned chillingly cold. "King Wen, how much battle strength do you have left? You are bluffing!" Su Yu chuckled. "Try and see. If I am bluffing, isn't that the perfect opportunity for you?" With that beaming smile, Su Yu raised the massive brush. In an instant, the power of heaven and earth surged in from all directions. The Nether Emperor and his allies felt a faint unease, but all their attention remained riveted upon Kings Wen and Wu. Behind him, several Rulers of Rules were beginning to sweat. King Wen... Some of these Rulers of Rules had risen in later times, former ancient marquises. In their era, King Wen had already dominated the world. He was horrifyingly powerful and utterly ruthless. Back when he marched on the Immortal Realm, he severed three Great Daos in succession, forcing the immortal race to bend the knee. He had done the same in other realms. A single visit by King Wen to the Destiny Realm had compelled the Destiny race to submit without daring to resist. Across the myriad races of the heavens, while the Human Sovereign presided over the center, it was mostly King Wen who had brought the formidable clans to heel. Compared to the Human Sovereign, these people feared King Wen even more. ... At this moment, waves of rule force radiated from Su Yu's brush. Raising it, he smiled. "Just one strike. Let me see whether you lot have made any progress over the years. If you haven't and still chose to rebel, your heads must be malfunctioning." Should they block it? Should they test him? Or should they retreat immediately? Retreating now was even more dangerous. The moment they fled, Kings Wen and Wu would give chase, and the Human Sovereign's spirit and flesh would unite... Countless thoughts churned through his mind. His face grim, the Nether Emperor made his decision in an instant and sent a swift voice transmission to the experts behind him: *"Test him! He must be wounded from the Heavenly Gate, and breaking out must have cost him dearly! He is trying to intimidate us. Otherwise, with King Wu's temperament, he would have struck long ago!"* King Wen was bluffing them! Yes, at this moment, he reached a conclusion. A breath later, the Nether Emperor said coldly, "Then this seat truly wishes to witness King Wen's brilliant techniques! King Wen, times have changed. This era no longer belongs to you!" Su Yu laughed heartily. "What grand spirit! Very well, I shall play with you then!" The next instant, bursts of Great Dao power spilled forth, and Su Yu's aura surged upward! Second rank, second rank peak... and within a breath, he faintly touched the first rank! Before King Dazhou integrated his Daos, Su Yu had already faintly reached the peak of the second rank within his own heaven and earth. After King Dazhou merged his Daos, Su Yu's world power grew even more profound, allowing him to barely touch the first rank even without borrowing Gui's strength. Once he drew upon Gui's power, he would be even stronger. As his aura skyrocketed, no one doubted him any longer. Or rather, few had doubted his identity from the beginning, and now that they felt his aura steadily climbing until it reached the first rank in the blink of an eye, any lingering skepticism evaporated. Apart from King Wen, who else could possibly reach the first rank? Such a figure did not exist in the myriad realms. The Nether Emperor's expression turned grim to the extreme! In the distance, the human experts were wildly elated. The Human Sovereign's eyes flickered, and an instant later, he roared, "Kill!" He had to seize this moment to disrupt the rest of their foes. A group of human experts, burning with excitement and agitation, let out thunderous roars one after another. "Kill!" The apex champions of their race had returned! Victory in this battle was assured! *Boom!* The clash erupted once more. Sensing the commotion behind them, the Nether Emperor and his group did not dare look back. Every one of them stared with utter solemnity at Su Yu. Beside him, the Martial Emperor sneered coldly, "A bunch of trash! Just beat them all to death and be done with it!" "Heh!" Su Yu gave a faint chuckle. Lifting the enormous brush, he aimed it squarely at the Nether Emperor and spoke softly, "I am about to strike. Only if you block it will you have a chance to live. Otherwise... no number of men will save your life!" In an instant, clouds roiled, winds howled, and the river churned violently! The momentum was colossal! The entire river seemed to tremble! The enemy combatants grew even more solemn. Just how terrifying was this strike going to be? "A short while ago, this very brush slew an expert of twenty Daos. I hope... you can survive it!" Su Yu's voice drifted over ethereally. The Nether Emperor and his companions instantly felt their hearts sink! An expert of twenty Daos? Right now, even the Nether Emperor had only just stepped into the first rank; he definitely did not possess twenty Daos! "A bluff!" The Nether Emperor roared, "Who are you trying to scare? Come at me!" *Are you trying to frighten us?* "As you wish!" Infused with overwhelming power, the giant brush swept forward! Grave and alert, the Nether Emperor and the others erupted with their auras, preparing to retaliate with everything they had! Yet... as the Nether Emperor sensed the attack, his brows furrowed slightly. *Was the strike's divine resonance deeply restrained?* It was powerful! Yet... vaguely, it felt at most comparable to his own strength. Still, he dared not be careless! One could never underestimate King Wen; everyone who had done so had died. Even if he had disappeared for a long time, while they were growing stronger, had he not grown stronger as well? "Form the array!" the Nether Emperor barked via voice transmission. "Power rules, unite to resist! The moment his killing power falls short... counterattack at once and kill both him and King Wu!" "Understood!" The experts chimed in agreement. They would test King Wen's waters first! "One stroke settles the universe!" At that moment, Su Yu remained detached and elegant. In the void, a colossal arrowhead materialized and shot toward them, throwing the river's waters into violent turbulence! Monstrous waves surged! When experts of their caliber clashed, churning massive waves was entirely ordinary. The Nether Emperor also roared, "Fight!" The group's momentum soared together! They refused to believe that a single strike could kill thirty supreme experts. If he had that power, he would have been invincible under heaven long ago! Yet right as their momentum reached its peak and the river violently churned, Marquis Tongtian flickered beneath the water's surface, thoroughly awestruck. *Holy crap, their backs are all turned to me, and they aren't paying any attention to us?* *This... is unbelievable!* *Emperor Yu is magnificent!* Above all, his audacity was staggering. At this moment, if the Nether Emperor and his allies had cast aside their fear and swarmed forward together, thirty Rulers of Rules—including a first rank powerhouse—could have absolutely beaten Su Yu and the Martial Emperor to death! Yet they had not dared. They still wanted to test him first! Right now, every one of them was fully focused on withstanding Su Yu's strike. The river's violent upheaval also completely masked the subtle movements of Marquis Tongtian. Behind them, the apex combatants were locked in a ferocious war, leaving no one with the luxury to monitor this side. At that moment, Marquis Tongtian's portal cracked slightly open, revealing figures lurking beneath the water. Each of them was hyper-focused, swiftly divvying up targets. They could not afford to scatter their attacks; they had to lock onto a select few and ensure instantaneous kills! Right then, as Su Yu pointed his brush forward, he suddenly bellowed, "Taishan, kill them together!" The Martial Emperor's aura erupted instantly! The Nether Emperor's eyes nearly tore from their sockets as he roared in fury, "You... shameless..." They were going to join forces! They had agreed on a single person! The thirty-odd experts threw their full power forward, unleashing an overwhelming blast toward Su Yu and the Martial Emperor to meet their joint assault! *Boom!* A titanic wave of energy poured out, but Su Yu and the Martial Emperor... instantly fled backward. The Nether Emperor and his allies, braced for a grueling, bloody clash, were utterly stunned by the sight. *They fled?* *They actually ran!* ... *What kind of joke is this!* *Why?* *Could they be too heavily injured?* In a split second, countless thoughts flashed through their minds. Right then, having just unleashed their mighty blows, the Nether Emperor and his contingent were caught in a momentary power vacuum. Still dazed, the Nether Emperor suddenly sensed something, his expression shifting violently as he yelled, "Under the water—" Before he could finish, *boom!* An earth-shattering detonation rang out across the River of Time, shaking the world! At that precise instant, more than thirty experts struck simultaneously from beneath the water, pouring their full strength into a concentrated ambush at point-blank range right in the midst of their foes! Heaven and earth overturned! The river waters exploded, and the river itself trembled violently. *Rumble!* A colossal mountain-breaking ox was instantly blasted into pulverized meat, its Great Dao shattered into dust—dead beyond dead! A giant beast resembling a frog was torn to pieces in an instant, its body bursting apart as its Dao snapped, rule force sweeping in all directions before detonating completely! A mighty beast resembling a fierce tiger was likewise struck by an overwhelming force, exploding into nothingness with neither corpse nor bones remaining! ... In that single instant, five whole Rulers of Rules were targeted. They were all weaker combatants positioned toward the rear and the perimeter who had just exhausted their strength against Su Yu, leaving them in a total power vacuum. Now, facing the coordinated, full-powered ambush of more than thirty experts—averaging roughly seven attackers per victim, and with the element of total surprise... It was an absolute one-hit slaughter! Offering virtually no resistance, the targets were blasted apart on the spot. In one stroke, five Rulers of Rules had their Daos severed and fell! Only then did the rest of the Nether Emperor's roar finish echoing: "—the water!" Too late! In that fleeting instant, five experts had already perished. Marquis Tongtian retreated instantly, and the others followed suit, falling back in unison! Heaven and earth fell dead silent! *Dead?* *What just happened?* *Where did these people... come from?* The Nether Emperor's face turned completely white. Where had all these experts come from? Why were there so many of them! There were even more of them than his own side! Right at that moment, Su Yu's voice echoed from the distance: "Kill!" "Kill!" *Boom!* Over by King Zhan's side, before King Zhan could even arrive, he saw the battle instantly detonate. Su Yu, an icy look on his face and aura erupting, returned once more alongside the Martial Emperor, intimidating all four directions. "None of you can escape! Kneel and seal yourselves, and you shall be spared!" The Nether Emperor's expression shifted completely. What in the world had happened? Where did they come from? And why had King Wen and King Wu... refused to strike directly all along? Why had they even fled earlier? Question after question flashed through his mind, but he had no time to think. He only knew that they were in danger—mortal danger! At this moment, the Human Sovereign's physical body suddenly surged forward. The Nether Emperor wanted to intercept it, but it was too late! He seemed to realize something. Whirling his gaze onto Su Yu and the Martial Emperor, his expression twisted as he gritted his teeth. "You... you two... are not..." They didn't seem to be Kings Wen and Wu! *Impossible, then who are they?* He was genuinely bewildered! Yet there was no time to ponder. *Rumble!* Behind him, the battle erupted into complete chaos. Losing five Rulers of Rules in an instant was devastating to their combat strength, but more importantly, everyone was terrified, gripped by sheer horror! The enemy had more people than they did! The Nether Emperor let out a furious roar: "A trap! Immortal Emperor... everyone, this is a trap! Save us!" They were surrounded! *Boom!* Over in the main engagement, the myriad races were dumbfounded. Truth be told, the human race was baffled as well. What had just happened? Had King Wen and King Wu brought reinforcements with them? Who cared! In the thick of it, no one had time to dwell on it. The Human Sovereign's booming voice resonated across all quarters: "Kill! Slaughter every last one of them! Fight to the death!" *Rumble!* The Human Sovereign's illusory phantom battled three supreme experts at once while his physical body charged rapidly toward them. Seeing this, the Immortal Emperor could no longer care about the Nether Emperor's plight and bellowed, "Go, intercept his physical body!" They could not let the Human Sovereign's physical vessel reach him! One after another, myriad races experts darted toward it. Their forces were originally more numerous, so they hastily peeled off seven or eight combatants to charge at the Human Sovereign's physical body! ... At this moment, Su Yu no longer cared whether his cover was blown. It was enough! Using this disguise to easily dispatch five Rulers of Rules had already yielded immense profit! "Go kill those bastards!" Su Yu commanded the Martial Emperor with a sharp shout. The Martial Emperor broke through the void without hesitation, plunging into the fray where chaos reigned. Su Yu, meanwhile, kept his focus firmly locked on the Nether Emperor. Sweat beaded across the Nether Emperor's forehead. Gritting his teeth, he snarled, "You are not King Wen! Who are you?" "Me? I'm your daddy!" Su Yu grinned radiantly. Suddenly thrusting his brush forward, he said, "Let's have some fun. Don't even think about running!" "Run?" The Nether Emperor snorted coldly, his gaze razor-sharp. A chilling aura erupted from him, coalescing into tens of thousands of swords that shot toward Su Yu. "You... are not at the first rank!" Su Yu did not appear to be a genuine first rank, yet he felt very close to it. He seemed roughly on par with himself. In short, the Nether Emperor was still hesitant. Just what level of strength did this person possess? No time to worry about it—kill! Nether earth blanketed heaven and earth, expanding toward Su Yu in an instant. Su Yu, meanwhile, shifted his giant brush into a saber and slashed out! The initial strike was not overwhelmingly fierce. Yet right in the middle of it, an astonishing surge of physical might erupted. *Boom! Boom!* With a thunderous explosion, the Nether Emperor was sent reeling backward by Su Yu's saber strike, his nether earth pulverized! The Nether Emperor was horrified! At this moment, Su Yu had truly attained the first rank, and his strength seemed to be climbing even further. Indeed, Su Yu was drawing upon Gui's power. He swiftly sent a voice transmission through his sea of will: *"Gui, lend me power, keep it coming! My nemesis is here, and I'm going to butcher him!"* Behind the Heavenly Gate, the old man was speechless. *So fast?* *Besides, you can't butcher a peak second rank!* *This kid is way too arrogant. Does he really think borrowing my power will let a fourth rank kill a peak second rank?* *What is he dreaming of!* Even so, he continued funneling power into him. Unfortunately, no matter how much energy he poured in, it seemed to be consumed almost instantly. He couldn't help but curse, *"If you can't beat him, don't force it—run!"* *What is going on over there?* *This consumption is absurd! It's enough for me to fight a life-and-death battle against a Ruler of Rules of sixteen Daos!* ... Su Yu paid him no mind. He steadily drained the other party's power, channeling part of it to bolster himself and part of it to nourish his heaven and earth, enriching its world power so that it could also empower the others! The power King Dazhou had integrated was also being continuously assimilated. In this battle, his sole task was to tie down this first rank expert. As for killing enemies... he relied on the rest of his forces. ... Backing into the rear, Marquis Tongtian was drenched in cold sweat. He, along with Tianming and Wuming, were the ones directing the battlefield! Within Su Yu's heaven and earth, none of their allies were weak, yet most were only at the third rank, with almost no second rank fighters among them. The enemy, while slightly fewer in number now, possessed several second rank powerhouses—four in total! Of course, the Martial Emperor had arrived! The moment he entered, he entangled one of the second rank combatants. The remaining three were currently locked in combat with three supreme fighters—the Southern King, the Dead Spirit King, and the Chaos Dragon—each supported by another Ruler of Rules! Continuing like this would only maintain a stalemate. If the three directors joined the fray, they could secure a slight advantage. Yet... there was no need! Marquis Tianming's voice sounded in Marquis Tongtian's ear: "Number thirteen!" They had assigned numbers to all the myriad races experts. When Marquis Tianming called out a number, it signified a target that could be killed. When Wuming called out a number, it meant one of their own was in peril and required immediate rescue. The division of labor was crystal clear! Number thirteen! Marquis Tongtian's heart leaped. A killable target—whom could he dispatch? Who could be pulled away to secure the kill? In an instant, teleportation power surged around the Martial Emperor. The Martial Emperor cursed inwardly, but he dared not resist; this was Su Yu's order. Teleporting them meant either helping them escape or sending them to kill! He understood! To kill! He vanished instantly along with the spatial current. The second rank opponent facing him swung at empty air, stunned for a split second before his face drained of color. Meanwhile, the Martial Emperor materialized directly in front of a fourth rank Ruler of Rules. That expert's original opponent was Xia Longwu, who had already slashed him into a mangled, bloody mess! The moment the Martial Emperor appeared, he didn't even look at the state of the battle, nor did he need to. According to their prior arrangement, teleporting in meant killing! "Die!" The Martial Emperor thrust his spear forward with everything he had. *Boom!* The myriad races expert, having just dodged Xia Longwu's saber, was impaled dead-on. With a thunderous boom, his head exploded! Xia Longwu's saber flashed immediately after, slicing through with a sickening squelch and completely shredding the foe's physical body while rattling his Great Dao with a single blow! The sixth victim! Almost in the blink of an eye, another Ruler of Rules had fallen. Before the second rank expert who had previously been fighting the Martial Emperor could locate another opponent, both Xia Longwu and the Martial Emperor appeared before him. The instant they manifested, spear and saber struck in unison, assailing the second rank combatant together! Marquis Tongtian and his partners were dedicated to spotting opportunities on the battlefield; wherever a vulnerability emerged, they dispatched killers to exploit it! Deploying troops and dispatching generals! Right then, Wuming suddenly called out, "Nine!" Wuming's callouts signaled allies in mortal danger. Without a second thought, Tongtian shifted their ally Number Nine. Over on the other side, Hetu was just about to strike when his expression suddenly flickered, and he vanished from the spot. The instant he disappeared, a blast of pitch-black, sinister power exploded where he had just stood! That power was so corrosive it burned a gaping hole straight through the river waters! Hetu's previous opponent, a black-robed expert, showed a slight change of expression, his face darkening with fury! The Tianyuan race! Having been moved away, Hetu turned pale. That curse art had made no sound or ripple; he hadn't sensed it in the slightest. Had Tongtian not relocated him in time, he would have been severely injured! The next instant, teleportation power flared again, dropping both Xia Longwu and Hetu right in front of the Number Nine Tianyuan expert. At that moment, someone roared in fury, "It's Tongtian... They can teleport..." Instant repositioning! Whenever you tried to kill an opponent, they vanished into thin air, and whenever you fell into a disadvantage, several experts would suddenly materialize in front of you to strike you down! The enemy's methods were horrifying! The Nether Emperor's furious shout also tore through the air: "Kill Tongtian! Quickly!" Kill Tongtian! Otherwise, with someone capable of endlessly repositioning experts across the River of Time, they would be completely suppressed as the enemy orchestrated optimal combat match-ups at will! Just as he spoke, Tongtian relocated another fighter. With a tremendous *bang*, San Yue smashed an expert to death with a single strike of his bamboo pole. Jiu Yue grinned foolishly, offering San Yue a wide smile. Ancestor San Yue was truly impressive; Jiu Yue had been hammering away for half a day, yet Ancestor San Yue killed the foe the moment he arrived. The seventh victim! At this point, the Nether Emperor could endure no longer. The others were equally chilled to the bone. With every death, their own peril mounted exponentially! "Retreat!" the Nether Emperor bellowed. *Retreat!* If they didn't pull back now, disaster was inevitable! The remaining Rulers of Rules fled outward in all directions, scrambling to break away! This place had become a deathtrap! Meanwhile, Su Yu forced the Nether Emperor back with a saber slash, furrowed his brows slightly, and barked, "Heavenly Gate!" "..." The Martial Emperor froze. *Holy shit!* *Already? Aren't we holding the upper hand?* *Isn't this going too far!* Su Yu's voice turned ice-cold as he barked again, "Heavenly Gate!" Gritting his teeth in deep reluctance and helpless frustration, the Martial Emperor cursed inwardly. *Fuck, why?* *The battle just started!* *If they want to run, we just chase them down. Why make me sacrifice my Heavenly Gate?* Helpless though he was, he manifested his Heavenly Gate and sent it flashing before Marquis Tongtian. Marquis Tongtian didn't hesitate for a moment, swallowing it whole in a single gulp—this, too, had been Su Yu's prior instruction! At the critical moment, devour the Martial Emperor's Heavenly Gate! The Heavenly Gate was instantly swallowed! Because the Martial Emperor offered it voluntarily, there was little resistance. The moment Marquis Tongtian ingested the Heavenly Gate, his aura surged, continuing to climb rapidly! "Seal!" Tongtian roared, unleashing a burst of sealing power. The formidable force instantly enveloped the combatant who had been fighting the Martial Emperor earlier, causing his figure to freeze momentarily. At that exact moment, Su Yu's voice rang out once more: "Detonate!" He was telling the Martial Emperor: *You can detonate your Great Dao now!* The Martial Emperor nearly lost the will to live! *Is this really necessary?* *I could handle him in a one-on-one fight!* *Yet... yet...* "Ahhh!" Driven to the brink of madness, the Martial Emperor unleashed a shrill roar. The power of a Great Dao suddenly manifested and detonated with an earth-shaking boom right against the second rank expert briefly immobilized by Tongtian! How terrifying was the detonation of a second rank Great Dao? It blew apart in a single blast. *Boom!* The expert, momentarily frozen, saw his face twist in sheer horror. Before he could utter a word, *bang!* His physical body was swept away by the monstrous rule force, blasted to smithereens! A wave of world power immediately suppressed the area, pinning down the dying second rank expert's Great Dao. The Martial Emperor and Tongtian joined forces to bombard it relentlessly, snapping the Dao, which was promptly devoured by Su Yu's heaven and earth! At this moment, the Martial Emperor's Dao was instantly reconnected, but... his strength plummeted dramatically, tumbling down to the third rank! Yet a second rank powerhouse had been slain! He was no minor figure either; reaching the second rank meant he was a formidable champion. The slain expert hailed from the three-headed hellhound race, a true powerhouse, yet he had been killed in an instant! Even the fleeing Nether Emperor's face changed drastically! Dead? The eighth victim! Crucially, the one who died this time was a second rank combatant! A second rank fighter was considered an apex powerhouse! Several had died in rapid succession, shifting the entire balance of the battlefield. Tongtian let out a low roar. Having devoured the Heavenly Gate, he had grown stronger, and his teleportation ability was even more formidable. In the blink of an eye, the Martial Emperor and the experts who had just finished off their target appeared directly before the Tianyuan race expert. The Tianyuan expert's face twisted in sheer terror! Yet it was useless! In his berserk fury, the Martial Emperor let out a savage roar. Even though he had dropped to the third rank, he still sent the foe flying with a vicious spear thrust. San Yue, Jiu Yue, and the others struck in unison, joined by Xia Longwu and Hetu, tearing the expert into bloody fragments in the span of a breath! The ninth victim! Over on the main battlefield, the Human Sovereign and his allies felt as though their fight had barely begun when rolling explosions continually echoed from the rear. When the God Emperor stole a glance between moves... he was dumbfounded! *Bang!* A strike from the Human Sovereign's phantom struck him, making him cough up blood, yet he remained stunned. *Fuck!* *How did so many of our people disappear in an instant?* It had truly happened in a single breath. Nine whole Rulers of Rules had died in rapid succession, including a second rank powerhouse. Across all these years of warfare, the death of a second rank combatant was exceedingly rare! Right at this moment, Su Yu's voice rang out again: "San Yue!" Tongtian instantly teleported San Yue before the Southern King. Without a word, San Yue produced a formidable bamboo pole. He was actually incapable of unleashing its full might, but that no longer mattered! Su Yu had laid down rules beforehand: when he called a name, the order had to be executed! San Yue was deeply reluctant... This was a treasure he had secured with great difficulty, after countless brawls against Giant Bamboo, Tianmie, and Jiu Yue. But... there was no other choice! San Yue's heart ached terribly! The next moment, he gritted his teeth. *Rumble!* With a colossal blast, the silhouette of an old man suddenly materialized in the void. Holding a bamboo pole, the old man wore a blank expression. The instant the pole exploded, he struck down with a bamboo staff straight toward the second rank expert facing the Southern King! That second rank combatant, an expert of the Ape race, blanched in terror! *What is this?* He wanted to flee! Yet the bamboo pole swung by the old man seemed infused with an immense, viscous force, pinning him firmly to the spot. As the pole came crashing down with a thunderous *boom*, the colossal ape's head burst open, splattering brain matter everywhere! San Yue, the Southern King, and the others seized the opening instantly, unleashing a frantic barrage of attacks that obliterated the ape's physical body and shattered his Great Dao! The tenth victim! And the second of the second rank combatants! ... Su Yu was truly willing to part with anything! The Martial Emperor's Heavenly Gate, his Great Dao, and the Human Ancestor's bamboo pole could all have been used to enhance himself, serving immense purposes. Yet Su Yu treated them as expendable, detonating them without hesitation. Wasn't killing two second rank experts far more satisfying? Out of four second rank experts, two had been eliminated in the blink of an eye! Only at this point did King Zhan finally breach the defensive line, rushing over at top speed... Upon arriving, King Zhan froze. *Dead?* *So fast?* He had moved at maximum speed! He had broken through the perimeter intercepting the Human Sovereign's physical body, ignoring the vessel entirely to charge straight here. Yet he had still arrived too late; Su Yu's side had already wiped out a third of the enemy force! By now, the Nether Emperor was thoroughly panicked, roaring once more, "Retreat! At all costs! Quickly!" Two second rank powerhouses had been slain in an instant! They were finished! Moreover, the Southern King and the others were completely freed up, and King Zhan had arrived as well. In the distance, the God Emperor and the others finally saw what was happening and roared in fury, "Kill! Fight your way over there and regroup with them!" Many of their people had died! Yet if they combined forces, the myriad races still held superior numbers and had nothing to fear! They rapidly fought their way toward Su Yu's sector! The Immortal Emperor's eyes flashed with countless divine rays as he peered into the distance. Soon, his expression shifted, and he shouted, "Leave that area! That zone... has been covered by his world!" He seemed to have realized something. "You dare lose focus while fighting me?" *Boom!* With a colossal roar, the Human Sovereign's phantom suddenly slammed down a massive seal. The earth-shattering boom reverberated through the cosmos, blasting the speaking Immortal Emperor backward as he coughed up blood, copious rule forces bleeding out of him! In that instant, everyone paused, their eyes turning toward the great seal floating in the sky! It was not the Star Residence Seal, but the weapon heralded as the supreme armament—the Human Sovereign Seal! The Human Sovereign had unleashed the Human Sovereign Seal! With that single blow, he heavily wounded the Immortal Emperor! Yet everyone also saw that the Human Sovereign's phantom was trembling violently, teetering on the verge of collapse! A vicious glint crossed the God Emperor's face. "Have you lost your mind? If you wish to die, then keep going—we shall grant your wish!" While the Human Sovereign's blow had severely injured the Immortal Emperor, it had also caused violent tremors in his own sea of will—a clear sign of grievous wounds. The God Emperor and his peer were genuinely frightened that this madman might actually resolve to take them down with him! *Boom!* The Human Sovereign paid them no heed. *You think you can intimidate me?* *Try killing me first!* With the Immortal Emperor critically injured, the remaining two powerhouses could no longer afford any distraction. Putting everything on the line, they roared and threw themselves back into the fray! ... Meanwhile, Su Yu materialized before the Nether Emperor once again, remarking placidly, "Do you think you can run?" Panting heavily, the Nether Emperor glared at Su Yu, then glanced at his comrades being encircled and slaughtered one after another. Gritting his teeth, he said coldly, "You must know that I am of the first rank! If I truly fight to the death... do you think you will emerge unscathed?" "Is this your heaven and earth? If I strike with all my might and shatter your world, you won't end up well either!" "Then feel free to try!" Su Yu blocked his path once more. Desperate and past the point of caring, the Nether Emperor let out a savage roar. A spear materialized in his grasp, infused with massive amounts of sinister deathly energy, and thrust toward Su Yu amidst howling ghost winds! Su Yu dodged repeatedly, refusing to let him pass while continuously absorbing the stray Great Dao power drifting throughout the world! Having slain so many Rulers of Rules, with the Martial Emperor severing his Dao and Gui still steadily feeding power, when else would he nourish his heaven and earth if not now? His world power grew increasingly dense. Meanwhile, with King Zhan's arrival and the slaughter of numerous enemy combatants, Marquis Tongtian felt far more secure. Continually listening to the callouts from the two Destiny experts, he repositioned fighters all across the field! *Rumble!* Another deafening detonation rang out as King Zhan and several others joined forces to execute an apex combatant on the spot! King Zhan had not received Tongtian's gate mark. Just after killing his target, before he could even celebrate, the allies beside him vanished in an instant, reappearing before the final second rank Ruler of Rules. At this moment, the Southern King, San Yue, the Martial Emperor, the Chaos Dragon, the Eight-Winged Tiger, Xia Longwu... Multiple powerhouses struck simultaneously, battering the second rank expert until he roared in sheer agony. Seeing no hope of victory, he fell into utter despair. Just as he was about to detonate his Great Dao, Tongtian let out a low roar as his portal power surged again, suppressing the foe for a single instant! And that single instant was all they needed to kill him! *Boom!* Seven or eight experts unleashed a combined strike, tearing the foe to shreds! The instant his Dao exploded, the human fighters were teleported away again. King Zhan, having just rushed over on foot, was struck dead-on by the colossal detonation—*bang!* He was sent tumbling backward, spitting a mouthful of blood, thoroughly speechless and utterly aggrieved! *What... the fuck!* He wasn't as fast as them; those people relied on teleportation, while he was running on his own two legs. By the time he arrived, they had finished the job. He couldn't even catch the spoils, but he caught the full brunt of the enemy's Great Dao detonation! Marquis Tongtian was equally exasperated! "King Zhan, stop causing trouble!" Tongtian shouted with a hint of gloom. "If you die, my mission fails! Stop getting in the way!" *You don't have my portal mark! I can't teleport you even if I want to!* *What are you doing! If you get blown to pieces, I won't be able to explain myself to the emperor.* At this moment, King Zhan, a proud peak second rank powerhouse, felt deeply wronged, helpless, miserable, and depressed! *I... am very strong!* *I didn't come to cause trouble; I came to help!* *To help, do you understand?* Right then, Su Yu's voice echoed over: "King Zhan, come help over here!" *Stop causing trouble over there!* The second rank combatants on that side appeared to be wiped out, so King Zhan might as well come here to intercept the Nether Emperor! Over a dozen Rulers of Rules had been slain, leaving barely half of them remaining! Tongtian and the others would soon wrap up that sector. A two-on-one advantage was already overkill! Calculating the time, Su Yu suddenly barked, "One minute has passed! I give you one more minute to finish the battle!" "Understood!" The crowd roared in unison. *Boom!* Another Ruler of Rules was struck down on the spot! Su Yu's power surged drastically as well. Ceasing to augment the others, he drew all the energy into himself and slashed out with his saber. With a thunderous crash, both of the Nether Emperor's hands were bathed in blood! King Zhan arrived right at this moment, panting heavily. *All I've been doing is running!* Desperate to escape, the Nether Emperor roared upon seeing King Zhan blocking his path and thrust his spear with everything he had. Surging Great Dao power erupted, knocking King Zhan flying. Before King Zhan could even draw his blade, that frenzied blow sent him tumbling far into the distance! "I..." King Zhan was not gravely injured, but he felt utterly humiliated! Every time he joined a fight, he was either beaten back or blown away! As an esteemed peak second rank powerhouse, he had barely accomplished anything here, yet he was the one taking damage! He might well be the very first person under Su Yu to suffer an injury... No, wait, he wasn't even under Su Yu. Su Yu paid King Zhan no mind. King Zhan had delayed the enemy for a fleeting instant, and that was enough. King Zhan was still useful; an ordinary expert attempting to block would have been killed, but King Zhan was strong enough that the Nether Emperor could not easily strike him down, let alone kill him. Thus, King Zhan had proven very useful—the finest roadblock available! The instant the Nether Emperor knocked King Zhan away, Su Yu slashed his saber forward. The strike was clearly not aimed directly at him, yet the Nether Emperor's expression changed as the space before his eyes blurred. He found himself materialized directly before Su Yu's blade. With a sickening slice, one of his arms was severed! The Nether Emperor was appalled! He had just been manipulated by Su Yu's Great Dao power, effectively delivering himself straight to the blade! While they were locked in combat, another earth-shattering boom erupted behind them. Unable to endure the agony of being hunted and encircled, an apex combatant had detonated himself! That detonation left several experts slightly injured. Tongtian hadn't managed to teleport everyone in time, leaving the strongest combatant, the Martial Emperor, to absorb the blast. Blown back with blood covering his face, the Martial Emperor cursed furiously, "Why the hell was I the one left behind?" He refused to accept it! He was the unluckiest bastard today! *When someone detonates, why the fuck did you leave me behind to take it?* Marquis Tongtian ignored him. *Nonsense, you're strong enough to survive it. If I left anyone else, they would have been blown to bits!* With that expert's self-destruction, the battlefield emptied considerably. Su Yu's side still had all their members intact. The enemy, however, had only about ten Rulers of Rules left. At this moment, those ten blood-soaked survivors had finally managed to cluster together, their faces steeped in utter desolation. *What in the world is happening?* Even now, they were completely in the dark! Yet nearly twenty Rulers of Rules had already fallen! And across from them, more than thirty Rulers of Rules had surrounded them tightly! How could they possibly escape? They were utterly bewildered. King Wu had detonated his Great Dao, yet he still possessed third rank strength—what kind of sorcery was that? Why were Tongtian and the others here? And where was King Wen? Even now, some had not grasped the situation. Events had moved far too quickly, and all they had seen was their companions falling one after another! At this moment, one of the regrouped experts roared in desperation, "If you come any closer, we will detonate ourselves together! If so many Rulers of Rules blow themselves up, many of you will definitely die!" Ten Rulers of Rules detonating simultaneously would inflict catastrophic losses; even teleportation wouldn't be fast enough to save them! By now, this was their only leverage to deter the enemy! Otherwise, continuing like this would mean total annihilation! The ten myriad races experts flared their auras, radiating a resolve to drag their foes down with them. *Even if we die, we won't let you off easy!* "Let us leave..." Someone offered terms; they wanted to leave this terrifying place! This entire battle had been an incomprehensible massacre! Out of nowhere, over thirty Rulers of Rules had appeared—a variable no one could have anticipated! Marquis Tongtian hesitated. With ten Rulers of Rules detonating together, he could not guarantee his side's safety; some would likely perish. Yet if they didn't encircle them tightly, these people might slip away. What should they do? He swiftly looked toward Su Yu, at a complete loss as to how to proceed. Su Yu's eyes turned icy. A moment later, he barked, "Human Sovereign!" With that roar, the Human Sovereign, engaged in fierce combat, looked over instantly. His expression twisted, and he almost cursed aloud! *Fuck! I understand!* "You..." He wanted to curse, but... forget it, no time for that! Right at that moment, the Human Sovereign's physical body, which had been crashing through the enemy lines, suddenly reversed course and hurtled back at astonishing speed. Su Yu roared, "Kill them!" Tongtian's expression shifted, and the ten Rulers of Rules turned pale with terror. Someone gritted their teeth and roared, "Damn it all! Detonate, blow them to hell!" *Boom!* A deafening explosion shook the heavens. Yet at that precise instant, the Human Sovereign's physical body suddenly expanded into a massive mountain, blanketing the entire blast radius! *Rumble!* After a prolonged, apocalyptic roar, all fell silent. The Human Sovereign's physical vessel, battered and torn like a tattered rag, crashed heavily into the river waters! Su Yu nodded slightly. *Not bad!* None of his people had been injured. The Human Sovereign's physical vessel was truly formidable! Incredible! Even the simultaneous detonation of ten Rulers of Rules had failed to blow his body to bits. Truly magnificent! A bit of waste recycling. Su Yu had already seen that the Human Sovereign's physical body was heavily wounded; since that was the case... suffering a few more injuries hardly mattered. Besides, hadn't it traded for the lives of numerous enemy powerhouses? Though his own people could have killed them, so many simultaneous self-destructions would likely have claimed a few casualties among them! "The Human Sovereign truly understands me!" Su Yu burst into hearty laughter. *Truly dependable!* *With just a single shout, you knew exactly what to do. Brilliant!* *Worthy of the Human Sovereign!* *Impressive, truly impressive!* Meanwhile, everyone else was struck dumb with horror! *Is... is this how anyone should do things?* On the human side, every single person was bewildered. *He isn't King Wen—who is he?* *Yet he's just like King Wen... insidious, vicious, and a total swindler!* He had actually used the Human Sovereign's physical body as a meat shield! This... was far too brutal! More astoundingly, the Human Sovereign had actually gone along with it! Of course, the battle results were staggering! In the blink of an eye, apart from the Nether Emperor, every single enemy in Su Yu's sector had been slaughtered clean by his forces! The massacre sent violent shockwaves throughout the River of Time; far too many Rulers of Rules had fallen!