Chapter 2185: Yu Qing Breaks Free (1)
Chapter 2185: Yu Qing Breaks Free (1)
Instantly killing Yue Hao.
At the very least, that was how it seemed to the others. He had died in a split second. Yue Zhan, who was fighting both Corona and the Consort Emeritus, had an unsightly expression. Yue Qin, Yue Hao, Shi Jian, and Dou He. Four Venerables had perished in Su Yu's hands. And it had all happened in a short time.
Su Yu had not killed any of their heavenly kings today, but he had killed a lot of them previously. Su Yu was the main contributor to the massive losses they had suffered recently.
Originally, Control King's lineage intended to wait for the Hell Gate to open fully, or even open halfway, before sweeping through the Myriad Realms with their returning powerhouses. And they were so close to that goal.
They would have remained in the shadows until now if it weren't for Su Yu. Without Su Yu, they would have gained a Master of Law smoothly today. Su Yu had ruined everything!
Yue Zhan was furious. Far away, Yu Qing's voice rang out again, "Defend! Defend with all you have and buy more time!"
She would be out soon. They only needed to focus on defending. They couldn't afford to fight in the same manner. At this rate, all of them would die. That would render even her return pointless. How was she supposed to handle all these Venerables alone? They had lost four Venerables so far.
Su Yu grinned and said, "What are all of you waiting for? Kill!"
With a flicker, Su Yu's group appeared beside the matron dragon projection. The matron dragon narrowed its eyes and said, "Little bug, you will be the first I squash when I'm out. Are you sure you want to keep provoking me?"
Su Yu had killed its projection once. Was Su Yu doing it again? The Control King Venerables and heavenly kings wanted to withdraw the Hell Gates they had contributed to summon the projection, but they couldn't.
That would scatter the projection, freeing Su Yu's group of seven Venerables. Thus, they didn't dare to withdraw their Hell Gates despite knowing that Heavenbridge Marquis was capable of devouring their Hell Gates. That was not a result any of them wanted to see.
The four Venerable gates came from Yue Luo, the twins, and the white-haired old man. He had formed a new gate after losing his previous gate to Heavenbridge Marquis, so the new gate was relatively weak.
Losing his second gate would gravely injure him. Even so, he didn't dare to withdraw his gate. That would only serve to unleash Su Yu's group upon the rest of them. That would be even more disastrous.
Su Yu had a mocking smile as he said to the matron dragon, "Time for you to die again."
"Kill!"
He did not bother to summon his world for this. He was facing the projection. Even after killing the projection, its main body would be able to receive some information from it. Su Yu did not want to expose this trump card of his so early.
It didn't matter if he couldn't summon his world here. There were seven Venerables in his group. Both Su Yu himself and Fat Ball were top-tier powerhouses. They would win unless the projection was strong enough to fight Masters of Laws.
Battles erupted everywhere.
The slaughter resumed.
Yue Zhan and the others started fighting while pulling back. They were now focused on their defenses while pulling back toward the Hell Gate.
Yue Zhan was as powerful as expected. He was able to fight both the Consort Emeritus and Corona to a standstill. The Consort Emeritus could have utilized more of her strength, but Corona had stood before her and stopped her each time.
The Consort Emeritus couldn't die yet. The conflict wasn't over. If the Consort Emeritus were to die after erupting with all her strength, the future of the divine race would be bleak. Thus, Corona did not want her dead, even if that could kill Yue Zhan as well.
After some thought, the Consort Emeritus started holding back. She took the chance to steal a glance at Su Yu's side. Her expression turned solemn. The Master of Law had yet to emerge. Even if they could kill the Master of Law after her emergence, Su Yu's side would still be a massive threat to them.
Thus, she couldn't die yet. According to the original plan, she was supposed to die with Yue Zhan. But she held back. She couldn't die yet.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was using most of his strength.
He felt stupid doing this as he was essentially fighting for the myriad races. But at the same time, the myriad races were also fighting for him. This was a battle where both the myriad races and Control King's lineage were being weakened.
Su Yu was not targeting any specific faction. Rather, he was aiming to weaken both sides. Of course, the other two factions had the same goal as well. The myriad races were fighting hard to keep the enemies occupied so that he could freely unleash his strength upon their enemies.
Thus, Su Yu was having a good time fighting without any interference.
Sky Sundering Saber.
Five Elemental Cage.
Soul Expanding Hammer.
All sorts of abilities were being displayed, tormenting the matron dragon projection to no end. The matron dragon felt terrible. Its main body was very powerful. But it was only here as a projection. It was not instantly killed even when faced against seven Venerables. This proved that it was stronger than Purple Cloud Marquis.
But so what?
Boom!
After yet another rumble, a heavenly king gate within its body collapsed. The matron dragon projection remained silent, but Heavenbridge Marquis was the one to wail in grief, "No! Don't!"
One of the gates had collapsed. It might only be a heavenly king gate, but it was still a gate!
His heart ached greatly as he continued wailing, "Don't hit the gates! Don't hit the gates!"
He wailed with boundless grief. He gave Giant Axe a furious glare. That bastard was the one who had cleaved that gate apart with his axe. Giant Axe Marquis was feeling quite helpless.
Damn it.
They were in an intense battle. Who could afford to pull their punches in such a fight?
Meanwhile, the matron dragon projection's mood worsened. Finally, it glared at its opponents and gnashed its teeth. The nine gates in its body started shaking violently. It wanted to detonate all these gates. Damn these people! It would rather self-detonate than let these people gain anything from its projection.
Dream on!
Furthermore, it could harm them through its self-detonation. Its main body wasn't here, but it still couldn't tolerate such humiliation. This wasn't even the first time it was being pushed back today. Rather, it was the second time.
It would not allow this to continue. It was here to slaughter its enemies, not here to serve as food.
Just as the thought of self-detonation crossed its mind, Su Yu sensed it. Heavenbridge Marquis and the others noticed as well. Heavenbridge Marquis wailed nervously, "No! Don't self-detonate! Please! I beg you!"
"..."
Su Yu and the others were rendered speechless.
Holy shit!
He sounded so sorrowful that one would think that it was his family member who was self-detonating. Yes, yes, he wanted to feast on those gates. But was there a need for such desperation?
Heavenbridge Marquis continued begging, "I'll stop hitting you! Please don't self-detonate! I beg you!"
"Shut up."
Su Yu roared in anger. How embarrassing!
The pitiful wails of Heavenbridge Marquis had annoyed quite a lot of people on the battlefield. That was an enemy who was self-detonating, an ancient being, not Heavenbridge Marquis himself!
Why was he the one crying when his opponent was the one who had been beaten to the point of self-detonation? Everyone was left speechless.
The matron dragon projection was so infuriated that it started laughing instead. "Wait. I'll kill you all when my main body is out."
This was an insult of the highest order! Their enemies were begging it to not self-detonate because they were viewing it as food! It was the proud matron dragon! How could it suffer such humiliation?
"Sigh."
Looking at Heavenbridge Marquis, who was on the verge of crying, Su Yu sighed. Was someone so embarrassing worthy of being a Venerable? So be it. He couldn't allow Heavenbridge Marquis to cry for real. And that would definitely happen if the matron dragon projection was allowed to self-detonate.
To prevent further embarrassment, Su Yu decided that the self-detonation would not happen. He only needed to be fast enough and had Fat Ball devour the willpower clean before any information could be sent back behind the gate.
Instantly, a world descended.
"Silence."
"Misfortune."
"Disperse."
Several daos activated, silencing the projection before lacing it with misfortune. Finally, the power of detonation was dispersed. The matron dragon projection only felt its vision blurring before it...choked on its breath.
It blanked out with confusion. How could a mere projection choke? But next, the power it had gathered to self-detonate started circulating normally again.
Before it could even recover from the confusion, seven Venerables descended upon it. The world shook as attacks rained down upon the matron dragon projection. In the blink of an eye, Heavenbridge Marquis swallowed a heavenly king gate.
He did not stop at one. Gate after gate was swallowed.
When the matron dragon projection's aura started declining, it finally noticed something. "Creator?"
It had seen something like this before. It recalled certain old memories. It recalled the late Chaos Era. It recalled the individual who had walked out of chaos, split chaos, and created the current Myriad Realms.
The Master of Time.
That was true creation. It wasn't something Su Yu's creation could be compared with. At the time, countless chaos powerhouses had emerged to stop that person. Creation was not allowed.
One man and one sword, the Master of Time slaughtered all opposition. Corpses were strewn across chaos. The Myriad Realms were created amid a sea of blood.
Creator?
Terror.
As the ancient memories surfaced in the matron dragon projection's mind, fear and horror flooded it. This was information it must transmit to its main body! They had to kill this man while he was still weak! This person would be unstoppable if he were given the chance to grow!
However, it was too late. Fat Ball swallowed its willpower with a single bite. To the side, Heavenbridge Marquis roared and continued swallowing the gates.
Eat! Eat everything! He had decided to eat all nine gates. He couldn't bear to give up on any of them. In truth, he was already full to the point of bursting. But he really couldn't give up on any gate.
After Control King's lineage was wiped out, he would need to eat the likes of Su Yu, Martial Emperor, Human Emperor, and Culture King if he wanted more gates. Were those the kind of beings he could afford to eat?
Thus, he would feast while there was an opportunity. He had to eat anything he could get now.
Boom!
He transformed into a large gate. Cracks could be seen on its surface. Su Yu cursed, "Spit some out!"
Was that guy trying to blow himself up?
But nope.
Heavenbridge shut his mouth stubbornly.
He knew what Su Yu was worried about, but this was too rare an opportunity. He couldn't give up on it. Su Yu had killed so many Control King powerhouses that it felt as though they would go extinct after this.
Was he supposed to start eating Heaven Gates for his future growth? The eruption of power inside his body sent him flying everywhere. With the projection gone, Su Yu dispersed his world again. Deep inside the Hell Gate. A tiny wisp of terror arrived from the outside.
Next, a furious roar rang out, "Su Yu, this seat will kill you the moment I'm out!"
That was the matron dragon himself. He was both furious and confused. Terror? That was what his willpower projection had transmitted at its final moment. What joke was that? The projection was a part of him. Was fear something he would feel?