Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 2325: A Little Demonstration (2)

A look of hesitation flickered in Nether Pseudo Emperor’s eyes. He was essentially drinking poison to quench thirst. Or to be precise, he had to do this to live. Too many powerhouses were surrounding him, and an entire world was suppressing him. There was only one path forward if he wanted to flee. Yes. He still had a way to escape.

At his level, even without being a Creator himself, he still had some understanding toward Creators. With Battle King gone, he looked around at the various Masters of Laws who were gathering their strength on Su Yu alone to maintain the suppression.

Nether Pseudo Emperor reached a decision. He did not want to die. If he had to drink poison to quench thirst, so be it. He had no choice. Courting death was better than actually dying.

"Let's die together."

A dao collapsed as a furious roar rang out. Su Yu's expression changed. He had really self-detonated. These myriad race powerhouses were no pushovers either. They were indeed worthy of being Human Emperor's opponent for so many years.

But immediately after, he noticed something off. Nether Pseudo Emperor had snapped his dao, but not entirely. Only about ninety percent had snapped. Right at that moment, a burst of chilly power surged into Su Yu's world.

Instead of attempting to damage the world, that power started fusing with Su Yu's world. But it was too powerful. It was beyond Su Yu's ability to digest. After all, this was the power of a tier-one.

Su Yu was forced to focus on suppressing the power before digesting it forcefully. However, it was too strong. His entire world started shaking even as it expanded rapidly.

This grabbed all of Su Yu's attention. While he was busy dealing with the new infusion of power, Nether Pseudo Emperor's eyes gleamed. With a flicker, he vanished into the distance. Su Yu could do nothing about it.

Right after escaping the range of Su Yu's world, Nether Pseudo Emperor roared, "Immortal Pseudo Emperor!"

Far away, Immortal Pseudo Emperor's eyes flickered as a powerful burst of life force poured into Nether Pseudo Emperor's body.

Utilizing the infusion of life force, Nether Pseudo Emperor spread his nether spoil madly. In the blink of an eye, it reached Human Emperor's vicinity. With a hum, he vanished before reappearing there.

Human Emperor punched instinctively and blasted the nether soil apart. However, Nether Pseudo Emperor flickered and connected to Immortal Pseudo Emperor's dao before vanishing and reappearing in their midst.

He had successfully escaped.

***

Human Emperor couldn't resist looking at Su Yu. Shit! Why did he allow that guy to escape?

Even Su Yu was stunned. His world was still expanding rapidly alongside his strength. He opened his mouth, but he couldn't find his words. How did he allow that guy to escape? He didn't! That fellow had...holy shit! That fellow had infused over ninety percent of his dao power into Su Yu's world.

Due to the sudden indigestion problem, Su Yu was unable to stop that guy from fleeing.

Holy shit!

Su Yu was completely stunned. What a unique experience. That guy had essentially escaped by overfeeding him.

What an impressive move.

Su Yu would not fear a desperate battle or even a self-detonation. At worst, his world would suffer some damage. He still had the confidence to kill Nether Pseudo Emperor. But that guy had opted to overfeed him instead.

"Nether Pseudo Emperor..."

Su Yu muttered with admiration. That guy had essentially dug a trap for his myriad race allies just for his own survival. He definitely knew that this infusion of power would help Su Yu grow even more. However, that was better than dying. Thus, he did it anyway. As long as he lived, there would still be hope.

Su Yu was greatly impressed by these powerhouses of the older generation. They were far wiser than those in the Myriad Realms. Su Yu felt like even he himself would fail to escape Nether Pseudo Emperor's previous situation.

He would never consider feeding his enemy with his own dao power just to secure his escape. In fact, most people would simply die in that scenario. Yet Nether Pseudo Emperor had fled successfully.

Breaking ninety percent of his dao would result in a grave injury. But that was better than being dead, right? He had successfully escaped the encirclement of over thirty Masters of Laws. This was a legendary feat that would preserve his name for many years.

"Nether Pseudo Emperor. A truly talented individual."

Su Yu exclaimed with admiration. His world was still expanding, and his strength was still growing. One of the daos in his world was strengthened considerably. It was the nether death dao cultivated by Nether Pseudo Emperor, a dao that was very similar to the death dao.

How powerful was ninety percent of a tier-one?

Instantly, that singular dao in Su Yu's world surpassed all the other daos in the world. He even felt like it was powerful enough to produce a tier-two. This could very well be the first tier-two in his world.

Prior to this, he didn't have a proper tier-two dao in his world. He had only reached the second tier after gathering the strength of all his daos. But he had a feeling that after digesting the newest infusion of strength, he would most certainly become a tier-one inside his world without relying on Return. Outside, he would still be as strong as a peak tier-two.

Wan Tiansheng and the others finally realized what was happening, and all of them were dumbstruck. How impressive. How creative. None of them had ever thought of doing something like that. A tier-one powerhouse had voluntarily strengthened his enemy just to escape alive.

Heavenbridge Marquis, the chaos dragon, and a few others had yet to fuse with Su Yu's world. Thus, they were still capable of fighting, unlike the others who were pouring all their power into Su Yu's world. But they had been too surprised to react, allowing Nether Pseudo Emperor to flee.

Then again, this was a situation that could catch anyone by surprise.

Battle King, who had fled far away, blanked out before cursing. Holy shit! That was a bluff! He had fled in fear after that threat by Nether Pseudo Emperor. Otherwise, Nether Pseudo Emperor wouldn't have been able to escape with a peak tier-two like him around. However, Nether Pseudo Emperor looked very serious about the self-detonation earlier. His decision to flee was understandable.

But now, he greatly regretted it. How careless! No wonder Nether Pseudo Emperor focused on him. That was a ploy to force him to run.

Su Yu was still busy digesting the massive power infusion. Most of the people on his side were also processing the sudden infusion of strength. In short, all of them were dealing with indigestion.

Su Yu shouted, "Do not pursue a cornered enemy!"

It was time to stop.

If they pushed further, something bad might happen. At that moment, Human Emperor's body had finally burned itself up.

With a roar, Human Emperor smashed another Master of Law to death with his seal before roaring, "Retreat! Retreat into Su Yu's world!"

He gave an urgent command. They had to stop pushing the myriad races. That might backfire on themselves. The moment his body collapsed fully, the myriad races might strike back. And thus, they retreated speedily.

In the blink of an eye, everyone entered the range of Su Yu's world. Most of them felt like they were dreaming. Was the battle...over? Just like that? It had barely started. In fact, it hadn't even been five minutes since the start of the battle.

However, the number of dead Masters of Laws had surpassed the total number of deaths over many years prior to this. In this battle, Su Yu's side had killed twenty-nine Masters of Laws.

The myriad races had killed a traitor, pushing the number to thirty. Human Emperor's final madness had killed five. Two had died elsewhere. In short, thirty-seven myriad race Masters of Laws had died in one battle.

There were also the four who had betrayed the myriad races earlier. They were still standing to the side, not daring to do anything. In short, the myriad races had lost forty-one Masters of Laws in one battle.

They originally started with 125, and were left with only 84.

Su Yu's side had suffered zero casualties. However, Human Emperor's side had lost four due to the massive numerical disadvantage they were in. No matter what, the myriad races were no weaklings. They managed to kill a few Masters of Laws under the support of Immortal Pseudo Emperor and Divine Pseudo Emperor.

However, forty-eight Masters of Laws survived on Human Emperor's side. The losses were quite low. They had lost four to kill forty-one. And with the four new additions from the ones who had defected from the myriad races, one could say that they had lost nothing. Sure, four had still died. That was undeniable.

But this was war. Deaths were inevitable.

As for those who were not Masters of Laws, both sides had suffered considerable losses, with humanity suffering the bigger chunk of the losses. There were about eighty of them previously. Over twenty had died in the previous battle. Only about sixty ancient marquises remained.

As for the myriad races, they started with about a hundred ancient marquises, and they lost about ten during the previous battle. That left them with ninety or so. One could say that a considerable number of people had died on both sides.

However, the myriad races had lost far more Masters of Laws compared to humanity, about ten times the number.

But after the withdrawal, the happy and excited humans lost their smile. With a rumble, Human Emperor's body fully collapsed. Instantly, the powerful body fused itself with Su Yu's world.

Human Emperor's silhouette returned. Even this willpower body was slowly fading away, but he was able to forcefully keep it from fully fading away.

Human Emperor seemed indifferent about his state. Instead, he was complaining, "Damn it! I lost even my body only to seriously injure Divine Pseudo Emperor and the others? Oh, I also killed a few Masters of Laws. But I didn't kill as many as you."

He wasn't feeling very good. He didn't mind the loss of his body that much. He was still alive, so what was there to worry about? It was no big deal. He was more annoyed that someone as impressive as him had killed fewer enemies than Su Yu's group. This was so annoying.

Of course, he had completely ignored the fact that his side had handled a far higher number of enemies, and his opponents were also far stronger than the ones Su Yu faced. That was no big deal.

He was the Human Emperor. It was only natural that he was the one to handle those powerful opponents. However, his indifference did not improve the gloomy atmosphere.

Those under Su Yu all grouped up behind Su Yu. As for those under Human Emperor, all of them had sorrowful expressions. They weren't too bothered about their dead friends. This was war. They were already used to deaths.

However, the collapse of Human Emperor's body was not something they could accept easily. Even his sea of willpower was unstable. It seemed as though he would die at any moment. This was the source of everyone's sorrow.

The moment their leader died, their spiritual support would be gone. Nobody dared to imagine what would happen then.

Su Yu was looking quite solemn as well. Human Emperor's injuries were too heavy. Only now did Su Yu sense that if it weren't for Human Emperor's unimaginable strength, he would have scattered into nothingness long ago. He had forced himself to keep existing in this state for many years. Because he couldn't afford to die. Humanity still needed him.

Before long, Su Yu unfurrowed his brows and smiled, "Human Emperor is still quite impressive. Your results are slightly worse than mine, but your opponents were also far harder to handle. Consider this a draw."

Human Emperor laughed, "What are you saying? Do I look like a sore loser?"

But next, he continued with a chortle, "True, I am quite a sore loser! Let's consider it a draw, then."

"..."

Su Yu laughed and looked around. The subordinates of Human Emperor were valiant indeed. They had fought fearlessly even when their opponents outnumbered them by two to one. These old fellows were far more ferocious than his people.

Su Yu had the habit of fighting only after he had a way of guaranteeing victory. But this was not an option for these people. Each battle was a fight to the death. Thus, the ones who had survived this long had mostly lost their fear long ago.

They suppressed their sorrow, pushed the matter about Human Emperor aside, and looked at Su Yu.

Human Emperor laughed again, "I forgot to make the introductions. This is Su Yu, the tenth human lord, also a Creator in his twenties. Right now, he's about...a tier-one.

"He pacified the Myriad Realms, punished the traitors of humanity, and drove the myriad races into the Hell Gate. He conquered the Upper Realm, Myriad Realms, and Death Realm. He's here with his people to save us. It is quite embarrassing that we need the help of some juniors..."

He laughed heartily. Not the slightest bit of sorrow was present in his voice.

He continued, "This is probably a familiar name for all of you by now. He was also the one who had resurrected Xing Yue. He is quite an impressive one, if I must say. He was also the one who had suggested this ploy against the myriad races while they were still unaware about his arrival.

"And he performed impressively during the battle. I released thirty or so powerhouses his way to see how many he could kill and how many he would lose. But he killed almost all of them without losing a single person. That idiot Nether Pseudo Emperor even strengthened his world just to flee the encirclement."

"Hahaha!" Human Emperor added, "Also, the part where you disguised yourself as Wen Number Two was truly ingenious. Your disguise nearly fooled even me. You are indeed a treacherous—cough, a witty one. I was expecting you to lose like twenty or so people to kill thirty, but no. You lost nobody. You even grew from the battle. Truly impressive.

"I showed more battle prowess by fighting three emperors alone, but battle prowess isn't everything for a commander. Look at me. Despite my battle prowess...I still lost my body."

He continued laughing heartily.