Chapter 1002: Ninestar Island, I'm Here! (2)

Most of the people in Su Yu's group came from the minor races.

Some were Skysoars and some were Cloudbreaches. There were no Mountainseas in the group. Mountainseas could travel alone without much issue as long as they stayed out of trouble. Thus, they did not require the service of these escort teams.

Surprisingly, there was even an Infinite Strength cultivator in the group. Outside of the various armies, Infinite Strength cultivators were very rarely seen in the Allheaven Battlefield. That was especially true in the Sea of Stars.

An Infinite Strength cultivator might still be able to survive elsewhere with enough luck. But it was very puzzling for an Infinite Strength cultivator to be in the Sea of Stars. Su Yu even suspected this was a fake Infinite Strength cultivator.

Su Yu was not the only one with that thought. The leader of the escorts, a Mountainsea from the skyhawk race, was also glancing at the Infinite Strength cultivator with suspicion every now and then.

The Infinite Strength cultivator noticed all the gazes on him and helplessly said, "Seniors, please stop looking at me like this. I'm really not hiding my strength. If I want to do so, I'm better off pretending to be a Skysoar or a Cloudbreach. Nobody would disguise themselves as an Infinite Strength cultivator in the Sea of Stars. That's even more conspicuous than being a Mountainsea. I'm a member of the ox-faced fish race from the Mountain Root Realm. A few days ago, some experts stumbled into the realm while fighting each other. People near the entrance like us were forced to flee the realm to escape getting dragged into the fight..."

The skyhawk asked in surprise, "Mount Root Realm? Who are the combatants?"

The entrance of the Mount Root Realm was not on this island, but it wasn't that far away. More importantly, that realm entrance was guarded by a Sunmoon. Where was the guard?

The ox-faced fish youth shook his head, "I don't know. They are very strong. Even the expert guarding the entrance ran after seeing them. But...I think one of them is a human. The other combatant is probably a devil. Both of them are late-stage Sunmoons. That's a guess because the expert guarding the entrance is a late-stage Sunmoon as well. But someone like that had actually fled out of fear..."

That piqued the interest of the others in the group. One of them said, "The Mount Root Realm is not weak. The ox-faced fish race does not have an Invincible, but there are multiple races in the Mount Root Realm. That is a realm capable of fielding several ninth-stage Sunmoons. Who's brazen enough to bring their fight into that realm?"

"A human...Was it Lord Qin Hao of Great Qin?"

"A devil with the courage to fight Qin Hao...could it be an original devil? Or a blood fire devil?"

"Is the fight over?"

"Did anyone die?"

"..."

Everyone discussed the matter spiritedly. Su Yu was quite surprised as well. He knew about the ox-faced fish race. He read about this race before as this seemed to be one of the races that had killed him in his dreams as well. This was a race of people with the tails of cows and wings growing on their backs. This was a neutral race rarely seen outside of Mount Root Realm.

So they had been forced to flee due to some experts fighting inside their realm? How pitiful. Then again, he had yet to consume the blood of the ox-faced fish. He wondered if they had any useful abilities. But he reckoned that their abilities wouldn't be too powerful. But the flesh of the ox-faced fish was known to be the cure for many poisons, so this wasn’t a completely unpopular race.

Since everyone was talking about the same topic, Su Yu took the chance to join in. "I heard the original devils and dragons are in the middle of a conflict for an ancient dragonblood tree. Looks like the devils are not only in conflict with the dragons. Instead, they are provoking enemies everywhere. The devils are indeed as overbearing as rumored."

The Mountainsea leading the group instantly berated him, "Don't talk drivel. The devils are strong. A passing devil might overhear you. Any other devil might not care, but what if the passing devil is a blood fire devil?"

The blood fire devils were crazy. Was this person tired of living?

Su Yu smiled fawningly and said, "Forgive me, Lord. I didn't mean anything. I was only saying that out of my admiration for the prowess of the devils. Lord, a lot of devil geniuses must have arrived as well. I'm especially interested in Lord Mo Duona. That's a boundlessly valiant cultivator, someone who has reigned at the top of the Heaven Index for a long time. Have you seen him before, Lord?"

At the mention of Mo Duona, all the other conversations ended. Everyone looked at the Mountainsea, waiting for an answer.

A look of dread appeared on the Mountainsea's face when he heard Mo Duona's name. He answered softly, "I was lucky enough to meet him once. He is indeed strong. I might be a sixth-stage Mountainsea, but before Lord Mo Duona, I can't even muster the courage to fight. He felt like an insurmountable opponent."

Su Yu cursed inwardly. Was this fellow exaggerating things? He had seen Mo Duona as well, even if he had only seen Mo Duona from afar. But Mo Duona did not feel as powerful as described by this Mountainsea.

But Mo Duona wasn't the person he really wanted to ask about. Tianduo was his actual target. However, Tianduo was much less interesting to talk about in comparison. Thus, he had to guide the conversation toward Tianduo.

After a short wait, Su Yu sighed and said, "The original devils are indeed good at producing powerful experts. I wonder if I'll get lucky enough to see some of these experts in the city. I'm a big fan of the original devils. I wonder if the other geniuses of the original devil race are as amazing as Lord Mo Duona as well..."

"The original devil race is a powerful race. It is only natural that they have numerous geniuses. Apart from Lord Mo Duona, Lord Tianduo is probably the most active original devil genius in the Allheaven Battlefield."

Su Yu had the urge to clap. Well done. This person was following his direction nicely.

Su Yu continued the same line of conversation and said, "Lord Tianduo...yes, I heard of him before. He is also someone on the Earth Index. But...his rank is quite low. Previously--"

Someone interrupted him, "That's in the past. His latest rank is quite high. Just a few days ago, he climbed to the twelfth rank. That's pretty amazing."

"Twelfth on Earth Index?" Su Yu exclaimed in admiration, "It has been quite a while since I last checked the index. Wow."

"Yeah. Lord Tianduo killed a second-stage Mountainsea a few days ago. Furthermore, many previous index geniuses have died recently. Thus, Lord Tianduo was able to rise rapidly."

That was true. Of the seventy-two geniuses in the Earth Index, Su Yu had killed a few of them. For example, people like Jiu Xuan and An Mintian. Dao Cheng had previously entered the Heaven Index before dropping out of it again. However, Su Yu had not been paying much attention to him.

It was worth noting that the top rankers of the Earth Index were mostly people he knew. However, the first-ranked name on the Earth Index was actually someone he had never met before, Soulcurse.

So Tianduo had actually climbed to the twelfth place. That was quite a rapid rise. It would seem like that fellow had been quite busy lately.

"Is Lord Tianduo in Ninestar City as well?"

"Yes. But he'll leave every few days. Also, he's staying in the Devil Consulate. You won't be able to meet him even if he's there..."

Su Yu nodded. Thanks for the information. His target was residing in the Devil Consulate. And his target would leave the city every few days. Thanks for this information as well. Well, this was easy. But there was no guarantee that everything he heard here would be accurate.

Su Yu spoke with an envious tone, "Lord Ying Jun, are there a lot of Sunmoon experts in Ninestar City? Do you think any of them are accepting disciples?"

The Mountainsea was left quite speechless. He said, "Stop dreaming. Plenty of people have the same dream, but those experts are too busy to entertain people from minor races like us. As for your question, there are a lot of Sunmoons in the city. There's even a third-stage Sunmoon from my race in the city. But even someone like me is not qualified to meet him."

A third-stage Sunmoon from the skyhawk race. When Su Yu heard that, he recalled the hawk he encountered when he first reached the Sea of Stars. The hawk had nearly eaten him, and an incomparably powerful expert was standing atop the hawk at the time.

Su Yu hurriedly asked, "A third-stage Sunmoon? Lord, so your race has a Sunmoon stationed in Ninestar City as well? How lucky..."

The Mountainsea shook his head, "Don't think too much. Yes, there are Sunmoons in my race. But the Sunmoon in the city...forget it. I can't say we're related to him. Your iron-winged bird race also has experts serving the divines as well, but can you actually form a connection with those divines through them?"

"No..." Su Yu spoke gloomily, "I see. So that senior is also the follower of an expert? But he's a third-stage Sunmoon. Which expert is worthy of a follower like that?"

The Mountainsea sighed, "Of course there are such experts out there. For people like us, a third-stage Sunmoon is the sky. But for those standing at the top, that's nothing. The person that senior follows is an expert on the Dao Affirmation Ranking, Lord Ancient Mountain of the primordial giant race."

"Primordial giant race!"

This was a race Su Yu knew about. It was an ancient race of giants. These primordial giants were incomparably powerful. And Su Yu had met a giant before. Of the three Mountainseas Hong Tan had captured, one of them was a giant. Or to be precise, that was a member of the mountain giant race.

Compared to the primordial giant race, the mountain giant race was far weaker. Even so, the mountain giant race was still ranked quite high among the myriad races. And when all the giant sub-races were classified into a single greater giant race, it would become an incomparably powerful entity.

In fact, they wouldn't be weaker than the five elemental race. With this, Su Yu finally learned more about the person on the hawk. So that was a primordial giant. Ancient Mountain, a member of an ancient race and a super expert at the ninth-stage Sunmoon Realm.

As for the so-called Dao Affirmation Ranking, it was most likely the same ranking maintained by the Allheaven Treasure House.

Su Yu asked curiously, "Lord, just how many experts are there on the Dao Affirmation Ranking? When I asked the Allheaven Treasure House previously, they refused to sell me the list, claiming that I was unqualified to buy it..."

Su Yu had a depressed look as he said that.

The Mountainsea laughed, "That's not surprising. Unless you're a Mountainsea or an index genius, you won't have access to their ranking. After all, that is a ranking involving a bunch of super experts on the verge of dao affirmation. It's not wise to spread the ranking too widely as that might incur the displeasure of super experts unhappy about their ranks. In fact, the Allheaven Treasure House had already been attacked multiple times before by Sunmoons unhappy with their ranks."

Those were super experts on the verge of dao affirmation. If they decided to ignore the Allheaven Treasure House, all would be fine. But the moment one of them decided to do something about it, the Allheaven Treasure House would suffer massive losses. If it wasn't for the powerful backing it enjoyed, the Allheaven Treasure House would have been demolished long ago just because of this single ranking.