Chapter 1631: Mixed Blood (2)
"Impudent!"
Great Yuan King roared and attacked with his bow again.
Powerful shockwaves continued rocking the formation. Finally, Heavenly Seal King coughed a mouthful of blood from the intense energy undulations inside the formation. He hurriedly released his characters to stabilize the energy around him. Then, he roared, "Hurry up with the outer formation! At this rate, this formation won't last much longer!"
The two were simply too strong.
Great Ming King was there to maintain the formation, but he could only prevent it from being instantly destroyed. Nothing else. In fact, the formation would have collapsed long ago without him.
Su Yu did not seem to care about anything else apart from his battle with Great Yuan King.
Destruction.
Rampage.
Death.
He had to kill at least one of Great Yuan King's tri-life bodies. But if that wasn't possible, he wouldn't mind killing Great Yuan King for real. There was no point in holding back. Great Yuan King had completely gone mad. Thus, he no longer cared about the well-being of Great Yuan King.
He couldn't keep using death qi for too long lest he accidentally open a death tunnel here. That might get extremely dangerous since this was the Human Realm. He would only open one during a moment of desperation to flee for his life, not now.
With death qi and the Heaven Gate, his strength surged massively, reaching the level of over a hundred million acupoints. Every punch of his was comparable to the attack of an eighth or ninth-degree Eternal.
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As a proper Invincible, Great Yuan King was proficient in the power of laws. Alas, the many small doors in the formation was limiting what he could do. Each time his River of Time came into contact with one of these doors, it would stop moving for a short moment. The formation might be incomplete, but it was already working against Great Yuan King.
After stopping Great Yuan King with the formation yet again, Su Yu rushed forth with surging death qi. He had learned how to handle the power of laws with characters from Wan Tiansheng.
With the pass character and the Time technique, he vanished before reappearing right in front of Great Yuan King. Then, he kicked out with the vibrate character active, stacking his kick countless times.
Intense vibrational forces assaulted Great Yuan King's spear, threatening to break the spear apart. The two continued fighting without saying anything as the intensity of their fight continued rising.
With a roar, Great Yuan King landed dozens of punches on Su Yu, breaking his sternum. At the same time, Su Yu clawed at Great Yuan King's arms, tearing through flesh, veins, and bones.
As the two fought like wild beasts, the surrounding Invincibles coughed blood nonstop while trying to contain their fight.
They all cursed endlessly at the two lunatics.
***
"Old Zhou, we can't wait any longer!" Great Xia King solemnly said, "The worst might happen if we allow this to continue!"
Great Zhou King nodded. He rushed forward and roared, "Heavenly Seal, keep managing the formation. I will supply you with source qi and willpower. Do not resist the inflow."
"This..."
"Stop wasting time! Control both of them! Don't allow them to kill each other!"
"Fine..."
Heavenly Seal King did not protest and accepted Great Zhou King's source qi and willpower. Instantly, he took direct control over several small doors.
At the same time, Great Xia King flew toward Silk Destroying King and shouted, "Silk, use my strength!"
Silk Destroying King said, "I haven't even used my full strength. Are you looking down on me? Go help Zhou Tianyuan instead."
Right after saying that, source qi roared inside his body.
His vitality surged.
The aura of a sixth-degree Eternal erupted from the body. It had always been rumored that he was only a fifth-degree Eternal, but he was displaying more than that level of strength.
***
Abruptly, the female furball's voice rang out in Su Yu's mind, "Found it. Silk Destroying King...has the bloodline of Control King."
Su Yu was alarmed.
Silk Destroying King!
So it was really him!
"Damn it!"
Su Yu cursed inwardly. Why must it be Silk Destroying King? He had been focusing on both Silk Destroying King and Heavenly Seal King.
And finally, Silk Destroying King's bloodline was exposed.
It was him.
Su Yu had mixed feelings about this. No matter what, he had learned Silk Destroying King's Time technique. But Silk Destroying King was actually...a descendant of Control King. As Silk Destroying King released his real strength, he instantly calmed the entire formation down with the power of time.
Not far away, Great Zhou King frowned slightly and asked, "When did you reach the sixth degree?"
"Hahaha! Surprise! Back when I killed the Silkwyrm King, my mental state relaxed. That state of relaxation helped me break through to the next level."
Great Zhou King nodded and said nothing else. He continued sending source qi and willpower toward Heavenly Seal King. With his support, Heavenly Seal King was finally able to stabilize his part in the formation.
Apart from Heavenly Seal King and Silk Destroying King, Junior Zhou King was handling another part of the formation. He seemed to be doing decently as well.
***
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Having found his target, Su Yu stopped wasting time. With a roar, he shot forth. At the same time, he slowed Great Yuan King down with his slow character.
Boom!
Dozens of punches followed, soaking Great Yuan King with blood and flooding his body with death qi. Great Yuan King counterattacked with his spear, leaving numerous wounds on Su Yu's body as well.
After attacking with his spear, Great Yuan King pulled back and continued attacking with his bow, leaving even more wounds on Su Yu's body. Ignoring all his wounds, Su Yu roared and rushed forward again. Slowly, he shifted the battle in Silk Destroying King's direction.
Noticing their slow approach, Silk Destroying King cursed, "Don't fight here! Do it elsewhere!"
Damn it! Why were they fighting at his part of the formation? He was only at the sixth degree while the two were seventh degree in combat strength.
Naturally, Su Yu ignored him and continued fighting like he had gone mad. In fact, the death qi around him was so thick that he was starting to look like an actual death sovereign. Great Yuan King was just as mad as he continued roaring while attacking violently.
The intense battle continued.
Finally, Great Yuan King's three bodies started showing signs of splitting from each other. With a furious roar, he forcefully bound all three together again and said, "Don't even dream of killing me! You are unworthy!"
"Die!"
Su Yu shouted coldly. Just then, the Heaven Gate on his forehead opened fully. Even more death qi leaked out of his body. Below him, a translucent death tunnel started taking form.
"Die!"
The death character carried a large amount of death qi before transforming into a door and pressing down on Great Yuan King. At the same time, over a hundred doors from around them moved with a wave of Su Yu's arm, sealing Great Yuan King's River of Time.
That combination managed to completely freeze Great Yuan King for a split second. That was enough for Su Yu to draw near and throw a punch.
A punch with the strength of over a hundred million acupoints.
Alarmed shouts rang out everywhere.
"King!"
The prefect of Great Yuan, a Pseudo Invincible, paled.
Boom!
Great Yuan King was blasted apart. Intense shockwaves swept out in all directions. The cursing Silk Destroying King wanted to escape the shockwaves, but it was too late.
Struck by the relentless shockwaves, Silk Destroying King coughed a mouthful of blood. With a wave of his arm, Su Yu collected the flesh and blood around him, including the mouthful of blood spat out by Silk Destroying King. Then, the Mark of Civilization devoured everything.
Not far away, a River of Time trembled. Great Yuan King was about to return in a tri-life body.
Great Xia King roared, "Stop!"
Great Yuan King had been defeated.
He had lost a body to Su Yu.
***
All around the academy, the jaws of the numerous myriad race guests dropped.
They were fighting for real!
Great Yuan King had lost a tri-life body!
This was definitely a fight to the death.
Nobody would use the tri-life body of a seventh-degree Eternal as the prop of an act. Great Yuan King was one of the pillars of humanity, yet Su Yu had destroyed his tri-life body publicly. At this rate, he might even die.
This couldn't be an act.
It was simply pointless to push a performance that far.
After all, no race would dare to trust Great Yuan King even after such a battle. They wouldn't give him the same benefits he could get by staying with humanity. There was no need for them to sacrifice so much just to install a spy among the myriad races.
Finally, someone noticed something. With a sigh, they said, "An issue must have really arisen in Great Yuan King's tri-life bodies. He has lost control. He was really trying to kill Su Yu. In his fury, Su Yu tried to kill Great Yuan King as well."
Finally, realization dawned on many in the crowd. This whole thing was a mere accident. Great Yuan King had simply lost control while Su Yu was simply someone with a bad temper. It was truly impressive how he had destroyed a tri-life body of Great Yuan King with only physical strength and a formation capable of somewhat affecting the power of time.
After losing a body, there was no way Great Yuan King could continue being a match for Su Yu. His remaining bodies would lose.
"King!"
"Father!"
The people of Great Yuan exclaimed in alarm.
The prefect of Great Yuan shouted in panic, "Su Yu, don't kill my father! You have Great Yuan's vote! We will support your ascension to the leadership of the new holy land! Great Zhou King...please..."
At that, Great Zhou King shouted coldly, "Stop! Su Yu, Great Yuan King did not intend that. It was an accident."
Su Yu looked at them coldly and asked, "What is this? Are you trying to bully me with numbers? Did you not hear what I said earlier? I will kill him. Are you trying to start a war with the holy cities after luring me inside the Human Realm alone?"
Taking a mayor's medallion out, he said, "Interfere and face the wrath of the thirty-six guardians. How dare Great Yuan King provoke me? He must die. Nobody can stop me."
Numerous people paled upon hearing that. Finally, they recalled that Su Yu was not alone. If they dared to interfere, he might really send a message through the medallion...and trigger a war between humanity and the ancient cities.
The consequences of such an event were too horrible for many to contemplate. Some of the Invincibles in the area were left helpless. Some had the urge to start cursing loudly. The conference was supposed to be the start of something good. How did it devolve into something like this?
A fight to the death between Great Yuan King and Su Yu. Interfering would result in grave consequences. But not interfering would result in Great Yuan King's death.
If a human Invincible was killed in their presence...
They would have no choice but to fight. In that case, wouldn't fighting Su Yu before Great Yuan King died be the better option? This placed Great Xia King and some other Invincibles in a difficult place.
What should they do?
Slowly, Great Yuan King emerged from his River of Time. Inside the Mark of Civilization, the female furball gave the gathered blood a lick and said, "Yes, this is the bloodline of Control King...mixed with something...That something might be the bloodline of a different expert. A mixed bloodline. Silk Destroying King's proficiency of time must have originated from Control King. After all, Control King was proficient in sealing, and often, the art of sealing was inseparable from the power of time."
Silk Destroying King!
So it was really him!
Su Yu even gave Silk Destroying King another chance by deliberately injuring Silk Destroying King to double-check. Since he was gathering all the flesh and blood in the area, it wouldn't look too suspicious for him to gather some of Silk Destroying King's blood as well.
Alas, it was now confirmed.
It was Silk Destroying King.
Su Yu had mixed feelings about this. He couldn't be considered close to Silk Destroying King, but that was someone whose technique he had learned long ago.
Yet that same person was also the traitor who had caused Ye Batian's death.
Chapter 1632: Mixed Blood (3)
Su Yu's complicated emotions did not last long. He was able to rapidly calm himself down. He could only accept that all villains were good at pretending. There was no need for him to let something like this affect his emotions.
He looked at the distance Great Yuan King. The newly recovered and slightly pale Great Yuan King gnashed his teeth and charged toward Su Yu again with a look of madness.
"You can kill me once, but can you kill me twice? I only need to kill you once and it will be over for you!"
Boom!
Once again, the battle resumed.
Great Xia King could no longer continue holding back. He rushed toward them and roared, "Su Yu, please hold back for Xia Family's sake! Old Yuan has lost control. He doesn't know what he's doing..."
"Piss off!"
Both Su Yu and Great Yuan King shouted at the same time before attacking Great Xia King like rabid dogs.
The furious Great Xia King took Su Yu's punch with his back as he swung his saber at Great Yuan King while roaring, "Su Yu! This is a misunderstanding! The human race will give you an explanation for this! Please stop! You already killed one of his body!"
He did not want to see Su Yu killing Great Yuan King.
Yes, his friendship with Great Yuan King was one of the reasons, but upon killing Great Yuan King, Su Yu would no longer be able to become the leader of humanity. This would be the end result even if Great Yuan King was the one who had attacked first.
Humanity might not do anything to Su Yu this time, but many would start holding resentment against him. This wasn't a good thing. Great Xia King did not want to see that happening.
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Great Xia had contributed a lot to the conference. No matter what, Su Yu was born in Great Xia. Great Xia King naturally hoped that he could return to the Human Realm.
As for Su Yu, he frowned when he noticed that there was still madness in Great Yuan King's eyes. Clearly, losing one tri-life body was not enough to wake Great Yuan King from his madness.
Was the influence of the tri-life bodies on one's mental state really that big?
How terrifying.
Seeing that Great Xia King, someone absolutely stronger than him was finally interfering, Su Yu sent a voice transmission, "Lord Flat, stop his sea of willpower for a split second."
"Who?"
"Great Xia King!"
"Alrighty!"
The female furball agreed cheerfully. Perhaps this would be a good chance for her to stealthily eat some of Great Xia King's willpower while doing her job. Nobody would notice, right?
She was in a good mood.
Meanwhile, Great Xia King was still thinking of stopping Su Yu. With him standing in the way, Su Yu would have no chance of killing Great Yuan King.
Just then, Su Yu threw a punch at Great Yuan King.
Naturally, Great Yuan King was also rushing toward Su Yu.
Just as Great Xia King was about to separate the two once again, his expression changed. His mind had blanked out for a split second. During that split second, Su Yu's punch struck, blasting Great Yuan King apart yet again.
Only then did Great Xia King erupt in strength and swing his saber. The attack left a slight crack on the Mark of Civilization. It also left a wound on Su Yu's forehead. Great Xia King had an unsightly expression.
He stared at Su Yu and the Mark of Civilization.
"You..."
He was cursing inwardly.
That little shit! Just what kind of monster had the damn kid brought into the Human Realm?
***
Most people did not notice anything.
They only saw Great Xia King hesitating for a split second, resulting in Great Yuan King's loss of a second tri-life body to Su Yu.
Far away, the prefect of Great Yuan wailed in desperation, "Great Xia King, please save my father! He might have wronged, but he doesn't deserve death! Please show mercy!"
Then, he dropped to his knees. He had thought that the slight delay was deliberate. Great Xia King had delayed at the final moment. Many believed the same. They concluded that Great Xia King had ultimately picked Su Yu's side.
That was why he had allowed Su Yu to kill Great Yuan King's second tri-life body. Was Great Xia King giving Su Yu the chance to fully vent his anger?
***
"So they're really being serious here."
When Great Yuan King lost his second body, nobody suspected that this was an act anymore.
Act?
How was this possible?
Great Yuan King had lost both his present and future bodies. Left with only his past body, he would weaken considerably. Even if he could continue cultivating his past body, he would most likel be stuck at the fourth or fifth degree. That was far weaker than his previous strength as a seventh-degree Eternal.
Furthermore, he would be left with only one life after this. Such a loss was almost irreversible.
From one of the strongest human experts, he had dropped to one of the weaker ones among the middle-degree Eternals. Why was he considered weaker? Because he was left with only one life.
There was no way this was merely an act.
Could Great Yuan King's third body even survive this?
Once again, the River of Time shook.
A short while later, Great Yuan King emerged from the river. This time, he had a look of clarity in his eyes.
This was a past body. A Great Yuan King of the past.
He looked much younger, and the pride in his eyes had faded significantly, replaced with humility. With a look of recollection, he looked at both Su Yu and Great Xia King before smiling bitterly, "I lost. What a surprise. Truly a surprise. I can't even defeat you...I am truly an embarrassment. Old Xia, move aside. Since I was the one to make the first move, I deserve death upon losing. Su Yu, I admit that I'm not your match. As promised, Great Yuan will support your ascension upon my defeat. Our quarrel does not involve anyone else. Old Xia, Old Zhou, I deserve this."
With one step, he left his River of Time. With an overbearing and dignified expression, he said, "Kill me, Su Yu. But I won't stop fighting until the very end. Remember, this is only between the two of us. It has nothing to do with anyone else. Move aside, Old Xia. I am not lowly enough to wag my tail and beg for mercy. I do not require protection."
Great Xia King studied Great Yuan King with a frown before looking at Su Yu and saying, "He's finally awake. Su Yu, he's awake!"
He knew that Su Yu had a Daofuse on him. A soul devourer Daofuse. He had reached a certain conclusion. Today, nobody would be able to stop Su Yu from killing Great Yuan King. Not Great Xia King himself, not Old Zhou, nobody. With the assistance of a Daofuse, nobody present could stop Su Yu.
Of course, it wasn't like things were completely hopeless. Great Ming King was here as well. There was still a tiny bit of hope for them to prevail over Su Yu and the Daofuse. This update ıs available on novèlfire.net
But this would only result in a pyrrhic victory regardless of the victor. Furthermore, the Human Realm would instantly turn into a living hell the moment Su Yu opened a death tunnel.
Su Yu had a cold expression as death qi swirled around his body. Yes, he could see that Great Yuan King had finally recovered. But...wouldn't it be a tad too embarrassing for him to stop after promising so loudly that he would kill Great Yuan King?
Just then, Great Zhou King said, "Mayor Su, this whole thing is a misunderstanding. Great Yuan King had lost control due to his tri-life bodies. Now, he has finally regained his clarity of mind. You have killed both his future and present bodies and displayed your incredible prowess. Great Zhou will also be supporting your ascension. If you are willing to stop here, you will receive Great Zhou's full support."
Fuck!
Su Yu cursed inwardly.
He wanted to say that Great Zhou King was essentially acting like someone wanting to both be a maiden and a prostitute at the same time.
Clearly, Great Zhou King was insinuating that initially, he was not supportive of Su Yu. But for Great Yuan King's sake, he had no choice but to change his stance on the proposal. Those from his faction shouldn't blame him for this. He was doing this for humanity's sake. He was doing this for Great Yuan King. He didn't actually want this. He was very helpless as well. This was his message to his supporters.
And this would be his excuse for giving Su Yu his full support without taking any blame from his existing support base. He could even win Great Yuan King's gratitude through this. Nobody knew that Great Zhou King, the crafty fox, was the actual culprit who had initiated the whole thing.
Su Yu sneered and said, "Great Zhou's support? Leader of the holy land? Do I care about any of that?"
Then, he looked into the distance, toward those from Liu City. He asked, "Teachers, tell me. Should I kill my way out of the Human Realm today? Or should I spare this guy? If I were to kill my way out, would you be willing to come with me and leave humanity for good? I am confident I can kill my way out. With a death tunnel open, I can escape even with Great Qin King here!"
At that, numerous hearts thumped.
This included the myriad race visitors.
Was this...the start of a major battle?
Any carelessness might result in the death of everyone here. After all, Su Yu was considering even opening a death tunnel here. For some reason, the choice was left in the hands of those from Liu City.
Everyone moved their attentions away from Great Zhou King.
He no longer mattered here.
Liu Wenyan and the others were the ones making the choice here.
Numerous gazes focused on those from Liu City. What would they choose? Would they kill their way out with Su Yu? Or would they persuade Su Yu to spare Great Yuan King?
Thanks to this incident, everyone gained a much deeper understanding of Su Yu.
He was too arrogant.
He was also too domineering.
He was not the type to bow. He was not the type to compromise. Only his father and teachers could persuade him to change his mind.
What did this signify? The deaths of his father and teachers would fully release this beast upon the Myriad Realms.
An unbending beast.
***
The expressions of Liu Wenyan and the others changed repeatedly.
Zhao Li and Zhao Tianbing had lost all interest in Heavenly Forge King's weaponsmithing.
With a frown, Zhao Li looked at Liu Wenyan, Bai Feng,, before looking at Su Yu. He solemnly said, "Su Yu, we dislike all these schemes within the Human Realm, but we are all humans. We were born here. We grew up here. Great Yuan King might not have deliberately gone against you. He was not of sound mind due to the issue with his tri-life bodies. Take my advice, Su Yu. Let this end here."
Great Yuan King was the one who had suffered the loss of two bodies, yet it somehow sounded like Su Yu was the one who had been bullied here.
However, nobody protested. After all, Great Yuan King was indeed the one to attack first. Even those from Great Yuan couldn't deny that. Nobody had expected Great Yuan King to suddenly lose control over himself.
And thus, it was up to Su Yu and those from Liu City whether Great Yuan King died or lived. Su Yu was only doing this because he felt like humanity was deliberately inviting him back to insult him. That was what most people believed.
Liu Wenyan sighed and said, "End it here, Su Yu. At worst, we will leave the Human Realm after this. There is no need to kill Great Yuan King here. Since the Human Realm does not want us here, we leave. With our departure, they will have no reason to keep targeting us."
His sigh seemed to carry boundless helplessness and suffering.
Bai Feng gnashed his teeth and said, "We decided to return because we believed that with Su Yu's growth, he could finally help humanity. Who cares about the bullshit holy land? Who cares about being the leader of the stupid holy land? We only returned because we wanted the help. But these bastards kept pushing us. Damn them all! We only wanted Su Yu to lead the holy land to help humanity more. What's the big deal about all these human experts? Great Yuan King? What's the big deal about him? He couldn't even protect his tri-life bodies from my student!"
He was furious.
He scanned the crowd and said, "Shameless bastards. Screw the Human Realm. Screw the holy land. We don't care anymore. We can live a much better life in the Allheaven Battlefield!"
Fury.
Sorrow.
Disappointment.
Those of the multiple character faction seemed boundlessly furious and disappointed.
Chapter 1633: Mixed Blood (4)
Meanwhile, Su Yu was wondering about one thing.
Were they acting as well? Or were they being serious?
He was clearly the one who had given Great Yuan King a beating here. Great Yuan King was the one who had suffered. Meanwhile, these people were acting like he had been wronged...to the point where it would be wrong for him to not feel the same.
And thus, he released an expression of fury, sorrow, and disappointment as well. Yes. He had returned to help humanity. How could they treat him this way?
A sense of shame engulfed some of the human Invincibles. Yes. Su Yu had done so well out there. Yet the moment he returned, he suffered an attack by Great Yuan King. What if he were weaker? He would have died earlier.
Even so, Great Zhou King and Great Xia King were still preventing Su Yu from killing. Wasn't this the same as bullying him with numbers? This was truly excessive. And thus, more and more people were swayed and started empathizing with Su Yu.
Su Yu and the multiple character faction were clearly their allies, but now, they were being forced to leave yet again. It was likely that there would no longer be any future cooperation between humanity and them as well.
At that moment, Great Yuan King's expression changed slightly said, "I am the one to blame here. Su Yu, you feel wronged, right? I will shoulder my mistake. This is unrelated to anyone. Do not let this end the alliance between the ancient cities and humanity. If I were to awaken as a death spirit in the future, you could summon me to fight under your banner."
Then, he sent a palm attack toward his own head.
He was surprisingly decisive.
With all three of his bodies around, he had lost control of his emotions and attacked Su Yu. Because of him, the alliance between humanity and the ancient cities was on the verge of collapsing. This would affect the survival of humanity as a whole.
He could not allow that to happen.
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Thus, he decided to end the matter with his life.
Suddenly, Su Yu threw a punch and sent him flying.
With a sneer, Su Yu said, "So be it. I won't lower myself and keep harping on this issue. Your death would most probably turn me into a villain of humanity. They would paint me as a villain who had forced a founding king into suicide. What a great plan, Great Yuan King. With this, you would die a hero. Meanwhile, I would end up as a villain of all ages."
Great Yuan King blanked out slightly and said, "No, that wasn't my intention..."
But that made so much sense!
He had never considered it that way.
True. The masses would always be lenient toward the dead. His death would twist the story and make Su Yu the villain of this story. Humanity would remember him as a villain for eternity.
Great Yuan King didn't know what to do anymore. Was he supposed to live on? He couldn't die, but Su Yu's anger must be appeased as well. Did he not have the freedom to even die?
Not far away, Great Zhou King's face twitched.
Incredible.
The kid had somehow twisted the narrative completely.
Su Yu sneered and said, "Whatever. I don't care anymore. I'm only here to celebrate my father's birthday. I will leave after the celebration. How laughable. I suppose you lot are only good for politics and nothing else. So be it. Enjoy your little games while humanity is still around. I doubt it will last for long."
Then, he started walking away. His voice reverberated everywhere, "I, Su Yu, do not deign to associate myself with the likes of you." Google seaʀᴄh novel⚑fire.net
"..."
With that one statement, he was scolding all of humanity.
Even so, not a single human could find a retort.
They started believing that the leadership of the holy land...might really mean nothing for him.
Such an incident had happened during the very first day of the conference. How laughable. This was truly a joke. A founding king had actually attempted to kill him during the conference. This was something the myriad races would be happy to see.
Instead of further solidifying their alliance, a conflict had arisen between humanity and Su Yu.
With an unsightly expression, Great Yuan King gnashed his teeth and said, "Su Yu, I am the one to blame here. Why let the entire humanity suffer your wrath? I, Yuan Qifeng, is willing to be punished for my mistake. Please continue attending the conference. Don't abandon humanity because of my mistake."
He was basically begging Su Yu to continue attending the conference.
At that moment, Great Zhou King sighed and said, "Mayor Su, please be lenient with us. We will naturally give you a satisfactory answer for that incident. Please continue attending the conference."
Su Yu clearly wasn't willing to let the matter go before he bowed.
Fine. Fine. Great Zhou King decided to satisfy Su Yu's desire.
What was the point of this?
From afar, Su Yu sneered and said, "I'll think about it. I only hope that nothing will happen during my father's birthday celebration."
"That is only natural." Great Zhou King looked at Great Yuan King helplessly before looking at the others. With a sigh, he said, "Let's disperse for now. That was truly...sigh."
He sounded extremely helpless.
He said, "I'll have a chat with Su Yu. Old Xia, check up on Old Yuan. See if there's a way to help with his injuries. Su Yu...is already unrivaled beneath the ninth degree."
With a final sigh, he left as well.
The surrounding people were left with complicated emotions.
A battle had erupted out of nowhere. Great Yuan King had lost two bodies. Su Yu had departed in anger. The multiple character faction had lost all hope on humanity. The conference had ended without a conclusion.
Sigh.
This was truly a chaotic time.
As for the myriad race visitors, they all had odd expressions as they witnessed everything.
Humanity had not suffered much in the recent conflicts, but somehow, an internal strife had erupted among themselves. Great Yuan King had nearly died. This was actually a major loss for humanity as they had essentially lost a seventh-degree Eternal from that one battle.
Numerous messages were sent out of the Human Realm through various channels.
They had to report this to their respective races as soon as possible.
This was major news.
This would most likely be extremely amusing for the myriad races.
The myriad races had not even done anything. Humanity had fought among themselves for seemingly no reason. Humanity should really do this more.
***
Su Residence.
Su Yu sat down and took a sip of tea. Right at that moment, Great Zhou King appeared before him with a flicker and smiled. "That was all a misunderstanding..."
Su Yu sneered and said, "Misunderstanding? Your Majesty, I helped Great Yuan King with his issue. You know the truth. Where is my reward?"
"So you saw through my plan?" Great Zhou King laughed.
Su Yu laughed as well. "Do I look like a fool?"
"No." Great Zhou King said, "Therefore, through that incident, those from Liu City have all turned into heroes. Isn't this a good thing?"
"Tsk. That was nothing. It merely happened because you attempted to steal the reward for my hard work. I wouldn't have bothered otherwise."
Great Zhou King laughed and said, "If I didn't do that, you wouldn't have pushed the matter to those from Liu City, turning them all into the heroes of humanity. That was a part of my plan as well."
"Heh."
"Heh."
The two smiled at each other, but neither said more about the matter. Then, Great Zhou King turned solemn and asked, "So? Do you have an answer?"
"Yes. Silk Destroying King."
Great Zhou King frowned. After a long while, he said, "If I told you that...it might not be him, would you believe me?"
Su Yu frowned and said, "He has the bloodline of Control King. The same bloodline of the traitor. I saw the bloodline symbol of the traitor with my own eyes before."
Once again, Great Zhou King sank into silence. After a long while, he said, "If I told you that the traitor is Heavenly Seal instead of Wang Hu, would you believe me?"
"Why so?"
Su Yu had verified the bloodline himself. Why would Great Zhou King have a different answer? How could Great Zhou King be sure?
After some time, Great Zhou King answered, "Intuition."
Su Yu laughed, "Intuition?"
"Yes!" Great Zhou King said, "Su Yu, I am confident in my intuition. Yes, everything points at Wang Hu, but I...have a feeling it's Heavenly Seal. It is very likely that Wang Hu isn't the traitor."
"Is your intuition the only reason for you to believe this?"
Great Zhou King thought about it and said, "Yes. I investigated Heavenly Sea before, but I found nothing. However, I can't shake off the feeling that he's the traitor. If you doubt me, let's see Wang Hu together. Give him a chance. Can you do this?"
Su Yu raised his brow.
Great Zhou King inhaled deeply and said, "Just trust me once. Heavenly Seal is most likely the traitor. Wang Hu...might have been schemed against. He might not even know it."
"A scheme?"
Great Zhou King nodded and said, "Yes. I would have suspected him less before this, but after your confirmation, something felt extremely wrong to me."
Great Zhou King stopped to organize his thoughts and continued, "Let's see Wang Hu together. We will walk the River of Time with him. If he refuses, I will investigate his sea of willpower by force. If he resists even that, I will take him for a traitor and execute him."
Su Yu was quite surprised. Why was Great Zhou King so sure?
Intuition?
Su Yu considered the matter and nodded. "Sure. Let's do it. If he resists, kill him. You will do it. I don't want to be the bad guy here."
"Sure."
Seeing how confident Great Zhou King looked, Su Yu raised his brow. Was there really a twist here? But he had investigated the matter personally. He was certain that Silk Destroying King carried Control King's bloodline.
Great Zhou King said nothing else and vanished with a flicker.
Before long, he reappeared near the formation. Great Ming King and the others were still busy working on it. Great Zhou King beckoned at Silk Destroying King and said, "Wang Hu, come over here. You can be considered a teacher of Su Yu as well. Come with me. Let's talk to him together."
Silk Destroying King said helplessly, "Are you sure he sees me as a teacher as well? Don't you know his temper?"
"Just give it a try."
"Fine." Silk Destroying King sighed again and said, "The formation was badly damaged by their fight. I don't even know if we can still repair it. Great Yuan King...sigh."
He sighed with regret and left with Great Zhou King.
***
Su Residence.
Great Zhou King arrived with Silk Destroying King.
Right after arriving, Great Zhou King asked, "Wang Hu, what bloodline do you have?"
Silk Destroying King asked warily, "Why do you ask?"
"Answer me." Great Zhou King frowned and asked, "Don't you know your own bloodline?"
Silk Destroying King laughed and asked, "Why are you being so serious here? I...have the bloodline of Peace King."
Great Zhou King's voice turned cold as he said, "Must you force my hand?"
At that, Silk Destroying King gave Great Zhou King a deep gaze. Then, he looked at Su Yu, who was seated there silently. After a long while, his face turned helpless as he answered, "I have the mixed bloodline of Control King and Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor."
Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King and shrugged.
Great Zhou King asked, "Mixed bloodline?"
Silk Destroying King nodded, "Yes. Did you find out? Sure enough, some secrets can't be kept forever."
He sounded defeated.
"It has been so many years. Nobody cared. Why...are you asking this all of a sudden?"
Silk Destroying King said weakly, "I admit that I'm a mixbreed. But I was born a human. I have never considered joining the devils."
He sighed and said, "Did you...create all that mess...just to investigate my bloodline? There was no need. Why implicate Great Yuan King for this?"
With yet another sigh, Silk Destroying King said, "You have your answer now. If you wish to kill me for this...so be it."
Su Yu raised his brow. Great Zhou King's frown deepened.
Su Yu chuckled and said, "Silk Destroying King, you had the chance to kill me back during Chen Yong's trial. Why didn't you kill me?"
"..."
Silk Destroying King gave Su Yu a long stare. Finally, he said, "I might be a mixbreed, but must I kill you because of that? Su Yu, did you overestimate your importance? Why would I kill you for no reason?"
Su Yu asked, "But why did you stab the fifth principal on his back?"
"The fifth principal?"
"Ye Batian?"
Silk Destroying King blanked out slightly before saying, "That wasn't me!"
Just then, Great Zhou King sighed and said, "Su Yu...please have more trust in us. I believe that this whole thing...might really be a misunderstanding. We must investigate properly or Silk Destroying will die for the wrong reason."
He had a strong feeling that Silk Destroying King wasn't the traitor. They had to make sure of it before taking action.
Great Zhou King inhaled deeply and said, "I might have been mistaken since the very beginning. How are you sure that what you saw was the truth? Who told you that the descendant of Control King must be the traitor? Is there a guarantee that a mixbreed must be a traitor?"
"Traitor?" Silk Destroying King blanked out before saying, "You...I'm not a traitor! Yes, I hid my identity because I'm a mixbreed, but I have never betrayed humanity! What is the meaning of this?"
Su Yu frowned and said nothing. A mixbreed who wasn't the traitor. Instead, Heavenly Seal King was the real traitor. Why was the old fox so confident about this?
Chapter 1634: Don't Laugh, Must Resist! (1)
All along, Su Yu had believed that the person with the bloodline symbol was the traitor. When he first reached that conclusion, he was still a weakling. He had only discovered the bloodline symbol through pure coincidence.
It was an insignificant scene he had seen from the Divine Skywing Sect master's blood essence. He only learned about the origin of that symbol much later after going through various hoops.
He had asked the old turtle, He Tu, and Xia Chen about the symbol. These were essentially old fossils or the dead. In truth, very few people of the current era still knew what bloodline symbols were. Thus, Su Yu was finding it hard to believe that he had been fooled by the traitor long ago.
This wasn't a knowledge he had gained abruptly through sheer luck. Instead, it was something he had learned bit by bit, starting from when he was still a weak Mental Tempering cultivator, until the point where he grew enough to get in contact with ancient experts like the female furball.
He wouldn't have been able to ascertain that Silk Destroying King was the traitor if he missed even one of the steps he had taken to reach this conclusion. Toward the end, he had even fought personally to verify the matter for the last time. He had done all he could.
Xia Chen himself had said that the traitor he killed was someone with Control King's bloodline.
Su Yu frowned deeply. He even started suspecting Great Zhou King. He wasn't being a sore loser here, but...this wasn't a possibility he could discount. Great Zhou King claimed that Heavenly Seal King was the traitor. But where was the proof?
Knowing that Su Yu was finding this hard to believe, Great Zhou King thought about it and said, "Su Yu, how are you so sure that the traitor is someone with Control King's bloodline?"
Su Yu said, "Silk Destroying King, please display your bloodline symbol."
Silk Destroying King seemed rather ashamed of his bloodline symbol, but he did as told. It was right on his arm. Su Yu's eyes flickered as he noted that the symbol was exactly the same as what he saw.
A mixed symbol.
Infernal hibiscus mixed with flame.
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Even the composition looked exactly the same.
Su Yu solemnly said, "Senior, have you shown anyone this symbol?"
Silk Destroying King thought about it and shook his head, "No. I...care a lot about this. I know this is the symbol of a mixbreed..."
He wouldn't have minded it that much if it were a pure human king bloodline. Alas, that wasn't the case.
Great Zhou King asked, "Silk Destroying, how did you learn that this is the mixed bloodline of Control King and Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor? After so many years, it won't be easy for someone to pinpoint the exact origin of their bloodline. Not even someone like Great Xia King can know the origin of his bloodline."
A lot of the ancient secrets were lost to the current humanity. In that case, how did Silk Destroying King find out about the origin of his bloodline? How did he even learn of the fact that his bloodline was mixed?
Silk Destroying King said helplessly, "I learned something right after my bloodline awakening. I started checking the ancient records while conducting my own investigation. Eventually, I discovered the truth."
"Ancient records? Where did you find those records?"
"War Shrine. Didn't you and Old Qin gather a bunch of ancient records? I used to read those records when I had the time. Those records were quite detailed, so I managed to learn about the origin of my bloodline there..."
Great Zhou King frowned and said, "We have never placed any records related to Control King and Blazing Flame Devil Pseudo Emperor there. Just what did you read back then? What was the book you read?"
Silk Destroying King thought about it and answered, "Ancient Bloodline Theories. That was the title of the book I read."
"We never placed that book there."
Silk Destroying King's jaw dropped. After a long while, he said, "It was really there. Are you sure you're not misremembering?"
"What do you think?"
Silk Destroying King said helplessly, "Fine. But I do remember reading that book there." Latest content publıshed on novel[f]ire.net
Great Zhou King said, "War Shrine is no more. We can't even look for proof anymore. Either you're the traitor or the book was something the traitor placed there to fool you. The traitor must know you very well, including your habits..."
Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu and said, "The real traitor knew that Silk Destroying would not show anyone the symbol after learning about its origin. And if someone were to attack him because of the symbol, he wouldn't even bother to defend himself since he would see no point in defending his identity as a mixbreed."
"Thus, the traitor had prepared Silk Destroying King as his scapegoat all along. All while Silk Destroying King remained completely clueless."
The real traitor had been acting as though he was Silk Destroying King, ensuring that any investigation would ultimately lead toward Silk Destroying King.
Su Yu said indifferently, "Is that so? Give me a good proof. Intuition...is not believable. Since you suspect Heavenly Seal King, explain your reasoning. His bloodline? Or something else?"
"Silk Destroying King, can we walk your River of Time? Let's try to return to about fifty years ago. I am curious. What were you doing back when Ye Batian died?"
He smiled and said, "Don't worry. I can help solidify the River of Time if you can't do it alone."
And if both of them couldn't do it, he could even get the female furball to help. That was a Daofuse. As long as he didn't resist, they wouldn't fail to investigate his past.
Silk Destroying King's expression changed slightly as he said helplessly, "Investigating my past? I...uhm..."
"Senior, do you really want to be someone else's scapegoat? Do you want to die for someone else? A little bit of sacrifice on your privacy is a worthy price to prove your innocence."
When Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King, Great Zhou King nodded and said, "Wang Hu, show us your past. Don't worry. We won't leak any of your secrets. We won't do anything to you so long as you aren't the traitor."
Silk Destroying King asked gloomily, "Can I even say no to this?"
"No." Great Zhou King smiled, "Everything is suggesting that you're the traitor. If you refuse to show us your past, I won't be able to prove your innocence. After all, your bloodline is indeed the biggest issue here."
Silk Destroying King agreed with a sigh, "Fine. Let's do it. Please make sure to keep what you see a secret...or I won't let this slide!"
What? Was this guy really hiding a big secret?
Su Yu narrowed his eyes, while Great Zhou King merely smiled. With a wave of his hand, he erected numerous formations around them. As for Su Yu, he wondered if Silk Destroying King was strong enough to carry him through the river since he had the female furball on him.
Perhaps Great Zhou King could help. Or the female furball herself could help as well.
Seeing that Great Zhou King was actually erecting all those formations around them, Silk Destroying King had nothing else to say. Before long, he tore an opening in the air. It was a considerably large opening. Su Yu could see that it was comparable to the opening he saw Wan Tiansheng create back then.
Then again, this was a sixth-degree Eternal who was also proficient in time. This shouldn't come as a surprise.
Sounds of flowing water could be heard from the opening.
With another sigh, Silk Destroying King said, "Let's go. Let me be clear. I might not be strong enough to go all the way to fifty years ago. You'll need to handle that yourself."
Great Zhou King said, "Don't worry. Let's go."
Su Yu and Great Zhou King entered without any hesitation. With their strength, they didn't have much to fear. In fact, together, they could probably survive even a Daofuse.
As for Silk Destroying King, he shook right after entering and cursed, "Damn it! Why is this feeling so heavy? It feels like I'm taking ten Eternals with me! At this rate, I doubt I can go further than ten years back!"
Why was it so heavy?
Old Zhou might be strong, but Su Yu wasn't an Eternal yet.
This was so heavy!
Great Zhou King had an amused look as he said, "Just go. What can you do if someone is heavy?"
Su Yu grinned. Was Great Zhou King talking about him?
He laughed and said, "Great Zhou King is boundlessly strong. It's normal for him to be heavy."
At that, the two smiled at each other without saying anything else. Beneath them, a river unfurled into the distance.
The two floated above the river, looking at the waves on the river. Each wave represented an event in Silk Destroying King's life.
And for some reason...Silk Destroying King's river was filled with waves.
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the waves were unending.
Su Yu frowned. Great Zhou King sighed. He said, "I understand. Most of these waves...were your battles with the Silkwyrm King, right?"
Silk Destroying King laughed awkwardly.
Yes.
He had spent almost his entire life fighting the Silkwyrm King. The waves on his River of Time served as proof for that.
Since they were so interested in his past, they were free to enjoy his valiant battles with the silkwyrm.
They did not bother to check the first wave. It was most likely a recent event.
They started moving toward the past. Before long, they reached the second wave. They dove inside and saw the scene of the attack on the Silkwyrm Realm. After a simple check, they left.
The third wave involved the moment after Silk Destroying King killed the Silkwyrm King. The only scene they saw was Silk Destroying King spending a very long time laughing in joy. That was all. After a while, they left.
Next, they started entering the waves representing Silk Destroying King's battles with the Silkwyrm King.
Again and again.
One could say that in the past, Silk Destroying King would look for the Silkwyrm King at least once per year. For Invincibles, a battle per year was basically the same as a battle per day for a regular person.
From the waves, it was clear that over the years, Silk Destroying King had done nothing except fight the Silkwyrm King.
It was very hard for one to plant a fake scene in the River of Time. The only way to hide something was to seal one's memories or forcefully alter the past. But with both Great Zhou King and the female furball here, Silk Destroying King wouldn't be able to hide anything unless he was a Daofuse in disguise.
Eventually, they encountered a relatively large wave.
After a short calculation, Silk Destroying King hurriedly said, "There is no need to check this. There's nothing important here..."
Naturally, Su Yu and Great Zhou King ignored him. There was no way they would ignore a large wave like this. The helpless Silk Destroying King could only sigh and enter the wave with them.
Chapter 1635: Don't Laugh, Must Resist! (2)
"Husband, you're back..."
Right after entering, both Su Yu and Great Zhou King blanked out. What was this?
They found themselves inside a simple-looking house.
A woman was standing inside the courtyard, looking grudgingly at a man standing outside. This was the same woman who had spoken earlier.
Both Su Yu and Great Zhou King were surprised. When did Silk Destroying King get himself a wife?
Was this for real?
Wasn't he supposed to be an old foreveralone?
How odd.
Why did he hide his wife from the public? They could see that this was a residence hidden amid an ordinary residential zone.
Silk Destroying King, who had entered after them, looked up at the sky silently. He did not want to relive this memory.
This painful memory.
The Silk Destroying King in this memory was still young and handsome. But they could also see that this wasn't actually that long ago. As Invincibles, they could freely alter their appearance. Clearly, Silk Destroying King had maintained a much younger appearance in front of his beloved woman.
Nothing interesting happened. It was merely the regular scene of a couple in love. They kept whispering sweet words to each other, occasionally planting a peck or two on the other's face. Thus, Su Yu and Great Zhou King felt rather tortured to stay here.
But they decided to be patient.
This was perfectly normal. A scene like this was no big deal. However, they felt quite uncomfortable when they recalled that Silk Destroying King was actually rather old. He was supposed to be old, mature, and solemn.
But there was actually such a soft and romantic side to him?
Hehehe.
No wonder he didn't want them to see this.
But they were still quite curious. Would such a normal scene create such a massive wave?
In fact, the wave was even bigger than the waves involving his battles with the Silkwyrm King. Perhaps...a major battle was coming?
But at this point, Great Zhou King started looking at Su Yu in hesitation. It would be rude for them to continue. Should they leave?
Su Yu rubbed his chin and considered the same.
What a surprise.
Silk Destroying King looked like such a normal man, and it wasn't even that big of a deal for him to be a loving husband. But why...was the wave so big? Why did he feel so strongly about this moment? Was this moment so much more exciting to him, compared to even his battles against enemy Invincibles? Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on Nove1Fire.net
Just then, something happened.
The loving couple was having a meal when Silk Destroying King said, "For now, avoid going out too much. Do not go to Great Xia. As of late, things have been chaotic in Great Xia. They just lost a principal not long ago..."
Lost a principal?
Su Yu estimated that this was a matter from the year before the previous year.
Was this about Jin Yuhui? That was someone killed by Zhu Tiandao.
"Principal?"
"Yes. From a cultural research academy..." Silk Destroying King answered nonchalantly. But abruptly, the woman shot up and flew away.
As Silk Destroying King's beloved, she was naturally no weakling.
Silk Destroying King hurriedly caught up to her and asked, "Lan, what is up with you?"
"Stop following me! Go away!"
"Lan..."
"I'm leaving! I'm going to Great Xia! I don't have a connection to my main body! Did something happen to Tiansheng?"
While crying sorrowfully, the woman vanished.
As for Silk Destroying King, he froze.
He shouted, "What are you talking about? What main body?"
"Farewell, Husband. Don't miss me. I'm only a clone, not a main body. When you see me in the future, call me...Lan Tian."
"..."
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Su Yu and Great Zhou King hurriedly left the memory even as the Silk Destroying King in the memory wailed in boundless despair, "IMPOSSIBLE!"
***
Su Yu and Great Zhou King waited silently outside the wave.
Moments later, Silk Destroying King exited the wave with an unsightly expression. This experience must have left quite a big wave on his river as well.
Both Su Yu and Great Zhou King said nothing.
The three continued moving ahead in silence. Suddenly, Su Yu said with a slight grimace, "Your Majesty, this is such a beautiful river!"
"Yes, what a beautiful river...hahaha..."
Great Zhou King started laughing. Su Yu joined him and laughed as well. The two pointed at the river below them and laughed so hard they were tearing up. Behind them, the gloomy Silk Destroying King glared at the two and asked, "What are you laughing about?"
"The beautiful river!"
The two resumed laughing. They were definitely laughing about the beautiful river. Nothing else. Definitely.
They finally knew why that seemingly simple scene had left such a large wave on Silk Destroying King's river.
After a while, Su Yu finally stopped laughing. He turned solemn out of nowhere and gravely said, "Senior, how did you get yourself fooled by Lan Tian's disguise?"
Silk Destroying King's face fell. While gnashing his teeth, he said, "Without a direct connection to his main body, he felt the same as everyone else...stop looking at me like that! I doubt I'm his only victim! That bastard! That asshole!"
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Su Yu coughed awkwardly. Great Zhou King coughed awkwardly as well. He flashed an awkward smile and said, "Uhm...you...well, just pretend Lan Tian is a woman...cough, cough. No, wait, that clone of his was basically a real woman...cough, cough. Uhm...without a connection to the main body, the main body wouldn't know about anything you did with her...before the clone was reunified with the main body..."
Silk Destroying King had an ashen expression.
Su Yu gasped and said, "Senior, why did you spare him after that? You have my admiration for your patience!"
Silk Destroying King merely glared at Su Yu coldly. Lan Tian was simply too good at hiding. Eventually, he started working with Wan Tiansheng, rendering him impossible to kill.
Su Yu looked up at the sky again and pretended like he had said nothing.
After a while, he coughed and said, "If you ask me, you can probably change your title after this. Why don't you call yourself Lan Destroying King? Or Heaven (Tian) Destroying King? Yes! Heaven Destroying King! That is such a cool name!"
Silk Destroying King gnashed his teeth and said, "Are you trying to make me remember that incident even better than before?"
"..."
Silence.
Su Yu and Great Zhou King still felt like laughing, but they had to resist.
Holy shit!
They couldn't believe it.
That was truly...a miserable experience. This was a secret Silk Destroying King would probably die keeping.
Great Zhou King sighed and said, "No wonder you have insisted on staying in the Human Realm for so many years. At the time, I suspected you of being the traitor. But that seemed too obvious so I reduced my suspicion on you."
Yes. Silk Destroying King had been stationed in the Human Realm for many years at his insistence. He would only leave occasionally to pick a fight with the Silkwyrm King. Apart from that, he would spend all his time in the Human Realm.
Silk Destroying King said nothing. He maintained his cold expression.
So?
What about it?
Great Zhou King coughed again and asked, "What did he get from you?"
Silk Destroying King glared at Great Zhou King again before answering, "Nothing much. He only learned about the rumors and gossip related to the various Invincibles. He must have been investigating something. Maybe he was looking for the traitor as well."
Su Yu thought about it and said, "Maybe he suspected you as well."
"Perhaps."
Silk Destroying King maintained a cold tone. This topic should end here, right? There was no further need to continue this topic, right?
Alas, Great Zhou King couldn't resist. He asked, "You remained single for hundreds of years. Why did you suddenly..."
Silk Destroying King roared furiously, "She was attractive. How's that for an answer? Why do you care about my private affairs so much?"
"..."
Great Zhou King nearly laughed again. He hurriedly shut his mouth and stopped asking. When he thought about it, he found it understandable. Lan Tian's clone...well, it wouldn't be surprising for Silk Destroying King to fall for Lan Tian's clone, considering the quality of his clones.
And thus, the three continued ahead with an awkward silence. After a while, Silk Destroying King said, "Do not leak this. Or...I won't let this slide, even if I'm not your match! Remember this!"
Su Yu smiled and said, "Of course. But I can't promise anything about Lan Tian..."
Silk Destroying King gnashed his teeth and said, "He might not know anything. That clone was eventually killed by me. He might not have been able to retrieve the memories of that clone before then."
"You killed your beloved Lan?"
Great Zhou King sighed and said, "No matter what, she was your wife..."
Silk Destroying King roared madly, "Zhou! Are you trying to make me your enemy?"
"..."
Great Zhou King sighed again, but he said nothing. Fine, fine. He did not want to provoke this into madness like Great Yuan King. So be it.
Both Su Yu and Great Zhou King decided to stop saying anything about that.
Instead, they would laugh about it inwardly.
Or...they could talk about it through voice transmissions.
And thus, Su Yu sent a voice transmission, "Your Majesty, what do you think? Did Silk Destroying King really kill that clone?"
"Hard to say. Do you remember that soft and gentle expression of his in that memory? Could he actually bring himself to kill her?"
"Did he...lock her up somewhere?"
"Maybe."
"Tsk tsk. What an incredible gossip. Your Majesty, would the future historians write about this in Silk Destroying King's biography?"
"Uhm...if someone wants to do this, they should use a unique method to hide it among the official history books. Make it so that...only those at the Daofuse realm can see it. With this, Silk Destroying won't be able to see it."
"I don't think something like this should be included in the official historical records. That's too rude. Just include it in the unofficial historical records."
"..."
The two couldn't resist talking about it among themselves. This was simply too amusing.
Behind them, Silk Destroying King was looking at them suspiciously, but the two maintained the same solemn expression, as though they were only focused on the river instead of gossiping.
"Are you sending voice transmissions to each other?" Silk Destroying King asked.
Su Yu replied, "Enough about that matter, Senior. I'm more concerned about the matter fifty years ago. What were you doing when the fifth principal died?"
Su Yu's solemn expression reminded Silk Destroying King of what he was doing here. Thus, he snorted and said nothing else.
With Silk Destroying King silent, Su Yu and Great Zhou King continued gossiping about him. For them, this was a worthy topic to discuss. They also wondered if Silk Destroying King was Lan Tian's sole victim. Were there others?
Lan Tian...what an incredible existence.
What if there were more Invincible victims out there? Holy...
Meanwhile, Silk Destroying King was still staring at the two. He was now certain that the two were conversing privately, but he couldn't be sure about what they were talking about. Were they talking about him? Or were they talking about the traitor?
How annoying.
Silk Destroying King cursed inwardly. With this, the two greatest shames of his life would be known to all.
With the Silkwyrm King dead, his first shame no longer mattered.
But Lan Tian...damn that bastard! Silk Destroying King swore to kill Lan Tian the next time he saw Lan Tian.
The three continued traversing the river, entering one wave after another. Eventually, the weight became too heavy for Silk Destroying King to support alone. Thus, Great Zhou King started helping as well.
Chapter 1636: Don't Laugh, Must Resist! (3)
Ten years. Twenty years. Thirty years...
As they traversed the river, they found that Silk Destroying King's life had indeed been rather monotonous. He had spent most his life either fighting or traveling to another fight, with a majority of them being fights with the Silkwyrm King.
And finally, they went over fifty years.
A massive wave appeared ahead of them.
When they entered the wave...
Su Yu and Great Zhou King were rendered speechless. It was yet another fight with the Silkwyrm King.
Yes. During the major battle over fifty years ago, Silk Destroying King was fighting the Silkwyrm King. Was he not bored of fighting only one person for so many years?
Su Yu suspected that Silk Destroying King's true love was the Silkwyrm King, not Lan Tian.
They had no choice but to keep going ahead. Eventually, they surpassed a hundred years. A majority of the waves were the same: they were filled with Silk Destroying King's battles with the Silkwyrm King. Eventually, even Great Zhou King was starting to sweat from exhaustion. He asked, "Nothing suspicious in a hundred years. Is this enough to prove his innocence?"
Apart from Silk Destroying King's battles with the Silkwyrm King, the most intense wave contained his memory with Lan Tian.
His past wouldn't be so clean if he was really the traitor.
Su Yu frowned and said, "We continue. I think I see a much bigger wave ahead of us..."
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Great Zhou King said while gasping for breath, "I can't last much longer. If you want to go further, you'll help instead."
Su Yu did not protest.
"Lord Flat, can you help us stabilize the river?"
"Again? Do you have any food?"
"You can eat Silk Destroying King if he's the traitor."
"Okay!"
Next, Su Yu's Mark of Civilization appeared and stabilized the river instantly. Silk Destroying King was alarmed to see that.
How powerful!
Was that weapon so powerful?
Su Yu said, "We will only check the bigger waves from now on."
Great Zhou King nodded and followed behind Su Yu. As they went further, the river started shaking.
As agreed, they only checked the bigger waves. Before long, they arrived before a gigantic wave. Instantly, they dove into the wave.
They found themselves in a dark space.
Then, Silk Destroying King's furious voice rang out, "Silkwyrm! You won't be able to digest me! Release me or die!"
"..."
Oh. This was one of Silk Destroying King's two greatest shames.
With an unsightly expression, Silk Destroying King said, "This happened not long after my dao affirmation. Are you done here? Is the Silkwyrm King's stomach so interesting to you?"
Why were they still here?
Understood.
Next, the three were shat out of the dark space alongside the past Silk Destroying King. Yes. That happened.
When they looked up, they saw a massive silkwyrm pointing his arse outside the Silkwyrm Realm. They had been shat out of the Silkwyrm Realm.
Coincidentally, someone was passing by and witnessed the entire scene.
And then...the entire Myriad Realms learned about this incident.
This was not something Silk Destroying King would tell anyone. Thus, it had naturally been spread by an eyewitness.
Silk Destroying King explained coldly, "That's the Sunray Immortal King. Now that the Silkwyrm King is dead, she will be my new target."
Yes. This immortal king was the one who had spread the story all over the Myriad Realms. Great Zhou King and Su Yu looked at each other silently. Once again, they were trying very hard to resist laughing. They kept telling themselves to remain stoic. They couldn't laugh. They didn't want Silk Destroying King to die from sheer anger. After all, they still had a case to investigate.
The three continued forward.
They were now moving through the period before Silk Destroying King's dao affirmation.
The waves there were rather small. After all, all the matters before his dao affirmation could be considered trivial matters for him.
Finally, they arrived before yet another large wave.
Silk Destroying King thought about it and said, "I doubt there's anything interesting here. This must be the moment I awakened my bloodline. This was the point where I started growing rapidly before eventually affirming my dao. I might be a mixbreed, but the power of my bloodline is still quite impressive."
Su Yu asked, "Senior, when did you affirm your dao?"
"Three hundred years ago."
Su Yu nodded. In short, he had affirmed his dao about fifty years after the founding of the various prefectures. That was indeed quite a fast growth. After all, unlike the founding kings, he did not enjoy the benefits of having an ancient ruin to help with his cultivation.
The three dove into the wave. This was so far back in time that not even Silk Destroying King could reach without the help of Great Zhou King and the female furball. He was still not strong enough to go so far back.
This was already too far for him to reach even back when he first affirmed his dao. Sure, he didn't have to go that far to reach this point at the time, but he was also much weaker at the time.
They arrived at a point in time when Silk Destroying King was about to become a Sunmoon. After awakening his bloodline, he had taken less than a hundred years to become an Invincible from a fresh Sunmoon. That was indeed quite an impressive achievement.
Great Zhou King asked, "When exactly did you awaken your bloodline?"
"About forty years before my dao affirmation. I guess...it was year 12 of the Anping Calendar."
In front of them, a much weaker Silk Destroying King was visible. He looked much younger, but he had a determined look on his face. At this time, he was still a peak Mountainsea.
Silk Destroying King explained, "Even at this point in time, I was already a top genius. Great Zhou King knows this. I wasn't even forty when I became a peak Mountainsea."
Great Zhou King nodded, "Indeed. There is honestly no exception. Every single Invincible used to be a young genius."
As they spoke, the younger Silk Destroying King started his breakthrough. It was happening inside a secret cultivation room.
Silk Destroying King said, "My bloodline was dormant before the Sunmoon Realm. Upon awakening my bloodline, my talent grew even stronger than before. That is understandable since this is the bloodline of a human king and a devil Pseudo Emperor."
Just then, the air rippled.
Great Zhou King hurriedly silenced Silk Destroying King. Su Yu hurriedly hid his presence as well.
They seemed...to have seen something not meant to be seen.
At the exact moment Silk Destroying King succeeded in his breakthrough, time froze.
An indistinct silhouette appeared in front of the young Silk Destroying King. The silhouette muttered, "Wang Hu?"
With a sigh, the silhouette said, "Talented indeed. You might even affirm your dao in the future."
Then, the silhouette looked behind him and muttered, "Has Culturekeeper Marquis noticed me? Impressive..."
He chuckled and produced a drop of blood on his finger.
Meanwhile, the young Silk Destroying King was still focusing on his breakthrough with his eyes shut. He had no idea what was happening.
Su Yu and Great Zhou King looked incomparably solemn. As for Silk Destroying King, he was blanking out in confusion.
Instantly, the young Silk Destroying King withered as all his blood was removed. Then, the silhouette inserted the drop of blood into Silk Destroying King's body.
Slowly, the young Silk Destroying King regained his vitality.
"From now on, you will cease being a lowly commoner with the noble blood of an emperor flowing in your veins."
The silhouette smiled and muttered to himself, "A pity. He didn't inherit the true essence..."
Then, the silhouette looked behind him again, as though he was looking at Great Zhou King and Su Yu. But that wasn't the case. The silhouette was actually looking out for Xia Chen's arrival.
Before long, the silhouette vanished with a flicker. He had not detected any spying from the start until the end. However, there was no denying that he was incredibly strong.
Great Zhou King solemnly said, "He's very strong. Someone near the Daofuse Realm."
However, he was still not a Daofuse. That was why he couldn't detect them. After all, they had a Daofuse sheltering them. Perhaps that Daofuse was the female furball. Or perhaps it was Great Zhou King.
In short, that person was someone near Daofuse. Understanding dawned on Su Yu. That was the person who had perished together with Xia Chen. Meanwhile, Silk Destroying King was still blanking out. What was this?
The young Silk Destroying King continued breaking through without knowing what had happened. Not long after, he completed the advancement and woke up. Something felt off, but he didn't mind it. He assumed that this was what one should feel after awakening one's bloodline.
Instead, he muttered to himself, "Human king...devil...mixed blood...am I...a mixbreed?"
The young Silk Destroying King felt lost. But soon, he clenched his teeth and said, "No! I'm no mixbreed! I am a descendant of a human king! Yes, that's it! From now on, I am only a human king descendant! Nothing else!"
First, he looked fearful. Next, he convinced himself that he was a human king descendant, not a mixbreed. From then on, he carried himself like a human king descendant, never talking about his other bloodline.
As Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King blankly, Great Zhou King looked at Silk Destroying King solemnly.
Silk Destroying King said, "I...I knew nothing about this! I sensed my bloodline after breaking through. As you know, there were other mixbreeds among humanity, such as those mixed with the immortals and the divines. And these people were all distrusted. Some were even killed by extremists. I was scared of discrimination, so I hid it."
Yes. During the early years, there were still quite a lot of mixbreeds among humanity.
After all, the immortals, devils, divines, and dragons had resided in the Human Realm for many years before they were kicked out by humanity. During that time, they had naturally produced a decent number of mixbreeds in the Human Realm.
In fact, Old Nie and the others once suspected that Su Yu had the bloodline of the mountainbreak bull back when he first joined the academy.
Great Zhou King frowned and said, "This...isn't something I had expected. I thought that you were merely a clueless Control King descendant, but...you're not even an actual human king descendant."
"I'm not?"
Silk Destroying King's face twitched and asked, "Is my bloodline...fake?"
Su Yu asked with a frown, "Can you fake something like this?"
Great Zhou King said, "We can talk more after returning. As for your question, it is naturally possible to implant a bloodline in someone's body. But that requires an incredibly level of strength. The price is quite high as well. That was what the myriad races offered Great Qin King and me back then. They offered to give us the bloodline of a Pseudo Emperor if we agreed to join them. Therefore, the person who had implanted the bloodline in Wang Hu's body was very strong..."
"He's dead," said Su Yu nonchalantly.
Great Zhou King narrowed his eyes and asked, "So you know?"
Su Yu answered with a question, "So you know as well?"
"It was a guess."
"Yeap. I guessed as well."
That left Great Zhou King speechless. Su Yu asked again, "So do you know him, Great Zhou King?"
"No." Great Zhou King shook his head and said, "I doubt he was from this epoch. He probably came from the previous epoch. Those from this epoch couldn't be so strong so soon. At the time, the various prefectures had just been founded. The various human Invincibles were still quite weak."
After a short pause, Great Zhou King asked, "Culturekeeper Marquis...was that Xia Chen? You met him, right?"
Su Yu smiled, "You sure know a lot, Your Majesty."
Great Zhou King said, "After being around for so long, it's only natural for me to learn more about the past. Alright, let's go back first."
The three wasted no time and started returning. They moved rapidly. In the blink of an eye, they were back at Su Residence.
***
Upon arriving, Great Zhou King gasped for breath in exhaustion. At the same time, the female furball also sent Su Yu a voice transmission to complain, "That was so tiring! So? Can I eat that guy?"
They had gone so far back that even a Daofuse was finding it unbearable.
"Not yet..."
"How annoying!"
The female furball complained again. Why? Why couldn't she eat anything?
Su Yu said nothing. As for Great Zhou King, he looked at Silk Destroying King, who was still blanking out, and sighed. "You have been fooled since the very beginning. Due to your talent, that man used you as a chess piece. He realized that Xia Chen had discovered him, and he was also aware of Xia Chen's strength. Thus, he left you behind as the trump card. You would serve as the perfect scapegoat for his successor upon his death."
After a long while, Silk Destroying King gnashed his teeth and said, "So...I'm not a mixbreed?"
"I think so."
Silk Destroying King cursed, "Fuck! I spent so many years hiding this fact, but this whole thing was a lie?" This update ıs available on novel⁂fire.net
"Not really." Great Zhou King explained, "An implanted bloodline can't be passed on to your descendants, but you're essentially the same as a true mixbreed."
"Screw you! I'm no mixbreed!" Silk Destroying King said furiously, "That was a lie!"
"..."
Great Zhou King couldn't be bothered to argue. He looked at Su Yu and said, "You saw it."
Su Yu frowned and asked, "Why do you suspect Heavenly Seal King?"
Great Zhou King exhaled and said, "I didn't know why, but I now understand. Heavenly Seal King might be the real Control King descendant. His bloodline must have been altered. The previous traitor must have guessed that Xia Chen would keep investigating Control King's bloodline if he survived their battle. Thus, the traitor had to remove the bloodline from his descendant. It would be too dangerous to keep the bloodline around."
"But why Heavenly Seal King?"
"He tried too hard."
Great Zhou King explained, "When I inspected his bloodline previously, it showed an abnormally high level of purity."
"What?" Su Yu didn't understand.
Great Zhou King continued, "Heavenly Seal King's bloodline is purely human. Fully pure. But in truth, the bloodline of humanity as a whole has reduced in purity at the tenth epoch. Apart from some old fossils, the bloodline of most tenth epoch humans won't be so pure. That includes you. Everyone is a mixbreed."
"Me as well?"
"Most likely." Great Zhou King nodded and said, "Of course, the traces of other bloodlines are most likely so weak that they are probably barely detectable. Some of these mixed bloodlines might have originated from birth, while some might have originated from some weird mutations. After the defeat of the ninth epoch, the Human Realm was sealed off from the Myriad Realms. Too many foreign elements were mixed in the air of the Human Realm, resulting in such mutations. Only someone growing up surrounded by heavenly source qi can maintain a pure bloodline. Otherwise, one's bloodline will simply change in the process of growing up.
"However, Heavenly Seal King's bloodline was so pure it didn't make sense. As though he had grown up wrapped in only heavenly source qi. That expert must have used a bloodline of high purity when replacing Heavenly Seal King's bloodline to preserve his talent.
"A higher level of purity was the only way to maintain his successor's talent without the human king's bloodline. He must not have expected the purity to be the reason for his successor's exposure..."
Su Yu asked, "Do we capture him now?"
Great Zhou King thought about it and shook his head. "No. I still don't know if he has any trump cards left in the Human Realm. It also isn't a good idea to deal with him in the Human Realm. I only dealt with Wang Hu here because I knew he wouldn't resist even if he were the traitor."
Silk Destroying King objected, "Says who? If I were the traitor, I would resist fiercely!"
Great Zhou King said, "You wouldn't. You're too stupid to resist. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have attacked Silkwyrm King right after the Sunray Immortal King spread the rumors about you. You had essentially proved her right through your own actions.
"In truth, you could have ignored the rumors and acted with disdain. That would cause everyone to feel doubtful about the veracity of her story. It was unlikely that Silkwyrm King would say anything. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have been fooled by Lan Tian either. If you were smarter, you wouldn't have believed so firmly that you were a mixbreed."
Silk Destroying King's expression turned darker and darker.
Fuck!
This guy was insulting him!
Just then, Su Yu nodded, "True."
Silk Destroying King's face turned even more unsightly. He said, "Su Yu! Don't forget that you learned the Time technique from me!"
Su Yu laughed and said, "True. Thank you for the technique, Senior Silk Destroying King."
That was all.
That was his sole expression of gratitude.
Just because he had learned from this senior did not mean that this senior wasn't a fool...uhm, Su Yu didn't want to say too much about Silk Destroying King's intelligence. It would be too rude. Instead, he returned his focus to the Heavenly Seal King. According to Great Zhou King, something was definitely off about Heavenly Seal King.
At this point, things were no longer too tricky to solve.
Only two possibilities were left.
Firstly, Heavenly Seal King was the traitor.
Secondly, Great Zhou King and Silk Destroying King were the traitors.
Su Yu ignored the second possibility, as if that were true, there was no saving humanity anymore. Great Zhou King was simply too influential among humanity for him to do anything.
At that point, he would be left with only one option.
Kill everyone.
If Great Zhou King was the traitor, that would make nearly half the human Invincibles traitors as well.
At that thought, Su Yu laughed and said, "Well, let's end this here. Senior Silk Destroying King, you may leave. Remember to keep this a secret. Don't leak anything. Remember to work hard on my formation."
For now, he would let Heavenly Seal King finish the work on his formation first. Even a traitor must be milked dry, right? Great Zhou King was left quite speechless after hearing that. This guy was indeed good at maximizing any potential he could find.