Chapter 1085: Great Qin King (1)

Su Yu was terrified. He didn't know what he could do about the sudden growth of his death qi.

Ultimately, he gritted his teeth and decided he needed to grow stronger. Yes, that might result in further growth of his death qi, but he believed that he would be fine as long as he grew faster than the death qi could grow.

On the eighth day, he completed his fifty-second forging. He had also improved in other aspects. For example, his willpower cultivation had dropped to the seventh-stage Cloudbreach Realm from the eighth stage. Yes. This was considered an improvement as his willpower had increased in purity and stability.

He had been tempering his willpower a lot with his hammer recently. Thinking about it, he noticed that he had reached Zhao Li's previous level or maybe even higher. Zhao Li had spent nearly a hundred years to reach that level while Su Yu had spent only a year.

He had also formed a new character from all the reading he had done recently, the seal character. This character came from a founding king as well, an Invincible from one of the eight leading families of the Knowledge Seeking Realm. This founding king was known as Heavenly Seal King.

He was famed for his sealing abilities. Through the willpower text of this Invincible, he had formed the new character. This new character was also a supportive character. It was said that this character could seal the heavens above and the earth below. It sounded incredibly impressive. However, it was only a second-tier character for now so through his tests, it was rather ordinary in strength.

But it would probably be a lot more helpful at higher tiers. This was Su Yu's twenty-sixth character. What a pity that he had crushed the beast character not long ago or he would have a total of twenty-seven characters by this point.

He had also confirmed the theory he heard from Teacher Jin back when he was in Great Ming. Human characters would increase in strength the higher the number. Forming a new human character would also increase the strength of his existing human characters.

Previously, he could stun a first or second-stage Mountainsea with a single hammer strike when he was an eighth-stage Cloudbreach. Now that he had dropped to the seventh stage, he could stun a third-stage Mountainsea with a single hammer strike.

His strength was increasing even when his cultivation was dropping. But strictly speaking, it wasn't that his cultivation had dropped. Rather, he had merely solidified it. This was a power he gained through compressing his willpower.

He was compressing his willpower to purify it, remain low profile, and increase the heavenly rewards he could receive through killing. There was no reason to refuse better rewards, right?

Even if he were to lose all his physical cultivation right now, he would still be a super genius with his willpower cultivation alone. After all, he was a seventh-stage Cloudbreach capable of hammering third-stage Mountainseas to death. He could punch an entire realm above him.

Previously, Qin Fang had entered the Heaven Index by killing a third-stage Mountainsea as a sixth-stage Cloudbreach. Meanwhile, with what Su Yu could do and his younger age, he would have no trouble entering the index even without relying on his physical cultivation.

Of course, he no longer cared that much about the index. For him, characters were very good at support, but nothing could be more reliable than his physical strength. Just look at how much stronger he would grow with each body forging.

***

Not only had Su Yu grown stronger, he had even earned a lot of money.

Over the past few days, he had been selling heavenly source qi nonstop through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. But at this point, he was stopping as he was worried that he would invite the jealousy of the late-stage Sunmoons. It would be annoying if they decided to rob him instead.

After all, the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had left an impression on the people in the city that they had a massive supply of heavenly source qi.

Su Yu decided that it was time for him to hide away and wait for these people to start dying. He wouldn't give them any chance to rob him in desperation.

It was already the eighth day.

In truth, the people inside the city were finally starting to panic. The minor race experts, in particular, were in terrible condition. Not only had they spent all their wealth buying heavenly source qi from Su Yu, they had also exhausted the heavenly source qi they bought while trapped in the city. They now had nothing.

This had lasted eight days. Some of them were going mad. Wasn't Su Yu supposed to die in three days? Why was he still alive? In their desperation, some people started considering conversion into residents. This was their only option if they wanted to keep living.

They wouldn't be able to last three more days. Thus, they had to start their conversion immediately or bet that Su Yu would die before then.

***

In front the mayor's residence.

With Red Soil's departure, seven late-stage Sunmoons were left. In fact, out of the thirty Sunmoons in the city, a decent number of them had left after Su Yu's previous warning. For some people, he was still an extremely dangerous individual.

Ultimately, only the seven late-stage Sunmoons, six middle-stage Sunmoons, and four early-stage Sunmoons were left in the city. Around half of the Sunmoons had left after the warning.

The remaining Sunmoons had prepared a decent amount of heavenly source qi before entering the city. They had also bought some heavenly source qi from Su Yu during the past few days. Thus, they could still survive for some time in the city. Even so, they were starting to grow agitated.

The late-stage Sunmoon from the silkwyrm race was one of the experts who was starting to feel uneasy. He asked, "Lord Zimo, how much longer can Su Yu last?"

The strongest expert present was the ninth-stage Sunmoon devil called Zimo.

His name was not on the Dao Affirmation Ranking, but he was still undeniably powerful. He came from the blood fire devil race. It was impressive just how many Sunmoons this race could produce.

Zimo stayed silent for a long time as his long hair fluttered about. Suddenly, he said, "Get ready and find a chance to leave. If the gates remain sealed for three or five more days, prepare to run."

"..."

All the surrounding Sunmoons were stunned. What?

A blood fire devil...running?

Zimo did not explain himself. It was smarter to run when they still had the strength to do so. If Su Yu could last three or five more days, they should run. He swore to not join something like this ever again.

It was too boring. There wasn't even a fight to be had. Instead, he had to watch the gate like a fool. His target was still nowhere to be seen yet death was already approaching them. What else were they supposed to do except run?

Who knew just how long Su Yu could last? The blood fire devil race had lost a decent number of experts because of Su Yu.

Originally, he had believed that Su Yu would show up. But he was clearly wrong. Su Yu was not going to even show himself. He only needed to lock the gates and all of them would die.

Yes, as a ninth-stage Sunmoon, he was very strong. He also had a decent amount of heavenly source qi on him. But it was pointless to keep this going. If he wanted, he could last two more weeks or even one more month. But at that point, he would be in such a poor shape that fleeing would no longer be possible. Thus, it was far better to run when he was still in a good condition.

The others said nothing. They knew that they had underestimated Su Yu. If they failed to kill Su Yu this time, nobody would dare to try this anymore. Just look at how he had quietly kept the city sealed for eight days.

If he could trap them all to death this time, the major races would start weighing their options and consider the feasibility of further targeting Su Yu. Would the price be worth it? He was already dying. Was it worth losing so many late-stage Sunmoons for someone who was going to die soon? If this failed, no other late-stage Sunmoon would want to do this anymore.

Nobody wanted to die. It wasn't easy for them to reach such a high cultivation level. Their strength did not seem to matter here as Su Yu could make them suffer without even showing his face.

The immortal expert spoke softly, "Let's wait for one more week. That will mark the end of our second week here. If Su Yu is still alive then, we can start fleeing. As long as Invincibles stay outside, things will be fine. We only need them to blast the gate open for us and we'll flee before the city can react."

𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"We only need one Invincible for this."

"That will probably spawn a death sovereign. Zimo, we'll need you to slow that death sovereign down for a bit so that we can all escape..."

"..."

The blood fire devil merely stared at the person who had spoken silently. Did this guy think that all blood fire devils were brainless? As a ninth-stage Sunmoon who had yet to fuse with any tri-life body, he was supposed to block an Invincible?

Yes, blood fire devils loved fighting. But they loved even fights or fights they could win even more. They did not love being beaten to death. This guy must be joking.

After a long while, Zimo said, "During the escape, the immortal should be the last to leave."

The immortal expert blanked out. Zimo continued, "What the fuck are you looking at? Yes. You heard right. You will be the last to leave. If you disagree, we will join hands and kill you."

"..."

Silence descended.

Nobody said anything.

The divines and devils were open enemies of the humans. The silkwyrms had a grudge against the humans as well. Meanwhile, the nethers and immortals did not really get along that well. As for the other two late-stage Sunmoons, one was a heavenly spirit ape while the other was a dragon. Neither of them had a friendship with the immortals.

In fact, the immortals were officially allied to the humans. That remained true even if the immortals had been very enthusiastic in acting against the humans as of late.

Zimo was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. He was the strongest expert present. The nether and divine Sunmoons were at the eighth stage while the immortal Sunmoon was only at the seventh stage. Naturally, his words held the least weight here.

The immortal's expression changed slightly. Soon, he laughed and said, "Lord Zimo, you must be jesting. I'm too weak to deal with a death sovereign..."

Zimo coldly said, "Cut the crap. The immortals have strong life force. You have a high resistance against death qi. Everyone knows this. If you leave last during the escape, all of us have a chance of surviving. If not, we might as well accept death."

The immortal hurriedly said, "Lord Zimo, we're here for Su Yu. We shouldn't bicker among ourselves."

"Immortal, do you take all of us for fools?" Zimo coldly said, "Cut the bullshit. How dare you try to set me up? Who do you think you are? Sure, you can choose to create trouble and refuse my demand. Feel free to try it. I dare you."

He looked at the others and said, "Everyone, remember this. When fleeing, all of us will probably die if nobody stays behind to slow down the death sovereign. If we're all going to die, I'll die last. Silkwyrm and heavenly spirit ape, your races are weaker than the divine, devil, and immortal races. If he refuses to leave last, you guys will have to take on the task instead. This isn't that complicated. Think carefully. Do you want to take the risk or do you want him to take the risk?"

Nobody said anything.