Chapter 1098: Leaving The City (2)

It did not take long for, the consequences of Silkwyrm King's death to arrive.

Several Invincible auras appeared near Eastrift Valley. The Invincibles of the divine and devil races started leaving their territories, looking like they were going to surround humanity.

Humanity had quite a lot of Invincibles. Several human Invincibles were given the chance to sneak off and kill an Invincible while the divines and devils weren't paying attention. This time, they had decided to put some pressure on the humans.

With this, if the human Invincibles dared to sneak off again, they would leave themselves open for an attack from the two races.

Vanguard Regiment, Eastrift Valley.

A large room had been temporarily switched into a meeting room of Invincibles.

Great Qin King calmly said, "These fellows are all staying opposite Eastrift Valley. I doubt they're trying to surround us. They're merely trying to keep us occupied so that we can't pay attention to the matters in the Human Realm. I believe a large number of experts will sneak into the Human Realm soon."

He was no fool. He could see that those Invincibles were doing this to create an opportunity for others to act. Some experts would take this chance to sneak into the Human Realm while they were kept busy.

Beside him, Great Song King smiled, "Should we send some people to patrol the boundless void?"

Great Qin King waved his hand, "No. Going alone is too dangerous. But if we send too many people, it might really create an opening for them to attack here."

He looked at Great Xia King and said, "What's going on? Why is there suddenly a Nanyuan ruin? You stayed there for quite a long time. Did you not notice the ruin before this?"

Great Xia King replied coldly, "I didn't notice anything previously. People only started paying attention to that place after Su Yu appeared. Back then, I was suspicious of that place as well. Dongyuan, Xiyuan, and Beiyuan (East, West, and North Origins) had each produced a ruin. I did wonder if there was one in Nanyuan as well. That was part of the reason we sent Liu Wenyan there. But we never found anything..."

It was too hard to reach a proper conclusion.

The Invincibles sank into thought.

After a short silence, Great Qin King said, "Because of Su Yu, Nanyuan is now the center of attention. The various races are wondering about how powerful the Nanyuan ruin is to produce a monster like Su Yu. At such a young age, he was able to easily rise to the top of the Heaven Index, killing Sunmoons and causing massive troubles affecting all realms." "Some are suspecting that he might still be alive even after keeping the ancient city sealed for half a month. Also, a stone statue has stepped out of an ancient city for the very first time. They suspect that this might be related to Su Yu as well. Don't forget that together, the thirty-six ancient cities can be considered a massively powerful faction."

A lot of people were placing their hope on Nanyuan. If a stone statue could leave an ancient city, was there a way to subdue these stone statues? If that was possible, it would be huge.

Even Great Qin King turned solemn as he said, "These stone statues are very strong. Lade was not weak, but he was easily defeated. Even if Lade wasn't as strong as me, he was definitely comparable to Old Xia and the others..."

Great Xia King's face fell, but he said nothing. Why was this guy using him as an example?

"A stone statue or two might be weaker than a Pseudo Emperor, but that might change if there are three or five of them."

Great Qin King inhaled deeply and continued, "And there are thirty-six of them. And an unknown number of death sovereigns. The thirty-six ancient cities are definitely comparable to a major race."

That was a very powerful faction. They could not be neglected.

After thinking more, Great Qin King said, "Great Xia or Great Ming should send some people and investigate the city. It will be even better if they can establish contact with Su Yu. If the human race can obtain the help of the thirty-six ancient cities, an alliance between us will be able to contend against the alliance of the divines and devils."

This was very important.

But Great Xia King wasn't too hopeful about it. He said, "It won't be easy. Also, is he still alive after that attack by Lade?"

Someone else said, "Summon Su Long over and investigate with his blood essence..."

"Su Yu is already a living dead. Su Long's blood essence might not work anymore."

"This is not a good idea. If Su Yu is still alive, this might attract his hostility."

"Hostility? The human race slaughtered an Eternal for him. Because of him, we're now surrounded in all directions. He needs to show some gratitude for what we did."

"..."

Great Qin King waved his hand and interrupted the other Invincibles, "Enough. This stops here."

Everyone sank into silence. Shortly after, someone said, "Great Qin King, do you still remember the unknown Sunmoon clones and the matter of Ye Batian's death?"

Great Qin King looked at all the silent Invincibles. After a long while, he said, "Since we're going to talk about this, we might as well be more straightforward. That person might be one of you. But I doubt anyone will agree to open their sea of willpower for investigation."

Nobody had anything to say. That was true. Even father and son needed to think carefully before opening their sea of willpower to the other. This was not something to be done lightly.

"Even if that's possible, who can be sure of the exact number of Sunmoon characters that person has formed over the years? Even if we know the number of sacrificed Sunmoon clones, we still can't be certain of the culprit."

Everyone sighed. True. This was simply too difficult to track.

Great Qin King said, "Thus, I only have this to say. I don't care if that person is among the people present today. I only hope that this will not happen again. Back then, we didn't suspect Ye Batian's death too much. But thinking back, the entire matter was too suspicious. You acted once. And acted again. It might not be too late to stop now. But if you insist on acting again, do not think that humanity is completely helpless toward you."

Silence descended.

After a short wait, Great Xia King said, "It's pointless to say all this. That fellow is determined. Also, how are we sure that's even a human?"

He explained, "Even now, nobody has seen their true body. Perhaps this entire thing is a trick to cause internal strife within humanity. I've considered this before. I also suspected someone before. But after years of observation, I found nothing."

The someone he mentioned was none other than Great Zhou King. At that, many gazes landed on Great Zhou King.

But he acted indifferent.

He continued playing with the cup in his hand. His presence was so subdued that if one didn't focus on him, one might not even notice that he was there. This number one expert of Knowledge Seeking Realm was terrifyingly inconspicuous.

Great Qin King said nothing about that. Instead, he asked, "Old Zhou, are Polong and the others multiple character cultivators or not?"

That attracted a lot of gazes toward Great Zhou King.

Great Qin King was the only person who would ask such a sensitive question directly.

After a short silence, Great Zhou King shook his head, "No."

Great Qin King nodded and asked no further. He would take Great Zhou King's words for it.

At that thought, he looked at the Invincibles again and said, "I know that some of you are secretly training some geniuses, and a lot of them are multiple character cultivators. These people are all training in minor realms. They are all decently talented and strong, and some have even reached great fame in their respective minor realms."

Nobody said anything.

Great Qin King asked, "But can they really grow into people we can rely on? Can any of them really take on the important role of reactivating our suppressive force? Most of the minor realms they dominate are already the realms under the control of humanity. Their fame and domination might only be due to the respect the locals are showing toward humanity. That does not mean that those people are truly strong. Sooner or later, these people need to leave those minor realms. If they keep showcasing their prowess only in the minor realms, they will gain a narrow perspective of strength. There aren't even Eternals in those minor realms. It is not smart to remain frogs in a well."

The minor realms under humanity's control were mostly incapable of producing any expert above the Sunmoon Realm. And no outside Invincibles were interested in entering those realms.

Perhaps such minor realms could produce some geniuses, but Great Qin King did not believe that these geniuses would grow into people of substantial strength by staying only in those realms. At the very least, their perspective would remain constrained.

There was a very good example of this. The Allheaven Battlefield was filled with Sunmoons. Even Invincibles could be seen every now and then. Su Yu hadn't even left the Human Realm for long yet he had already witnessed several battles involving Invincibles.

In such a place, people like Su Yu would view Sunmoons as experts, but absolutely not as powerful overlords. Invincibles could be considered overlords, but they were still not strong enough to lord over the Myriad Realms. Not even Pseudo Emperors could lord over all Invincibles in existence.

Meanwhile, Sunmoons were generally considered supreme overlords in these minor realms. The death of a mere Mountainsea was enough to shock the entire minor realm.

Meanwhile, a Mountainsea dying wouldn't even produce much shock in the Allheaven Battlefield. And that was due to perspective.

𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

The geniuses of minor realms would set their sights on Mountainseas and Sunmoons while the geniuses of Allheaven Battlefield would set their sights on Eternals. Dao affirmation would always remain their goal.

Great Qin King was aware of what these human Invincibles were doing. He had been letting them be. In a way, this was also one of the many attempts humanity was making to break free of its current predicament.

This wasn't a bad thing. It would still give humanity some hope.

But he disapproved of letting these geniuses stay in minor realms all the time. The minor realms weren't even as dangerous as the Human Realm. What manner of powerful opponent could these geniuses encounter staying in minor realms?

Even the geniuses who had grown up in the Human Realm would leave to temper themselves. Thus, it was even more important for the minor realm geniuses to leave and experience the wider world.

One of the Invincibles nodded, "That's true. They need to leave and see the world. Even people like us have only grown significantly after the major battles back then, eventually becoming Eternals."

"Since the Human Realm is currently in chaos, why don't we send some of those people back? This will strengthen their sense of belonging. For these geniuses who have grown up outside the Human Realm, the Human Realm isn't really their home."

"The myriad races will send some people into the Human Realm before long. This is a good opportunity for these hidden geniuses to witness the strength of the myriad race geniuses."

"The Luminous Domain Mansion is opening soon. The human candidates have yet to be finalized. We can allow these people to fight for the slots as well. It will be regrettable for a genius to miss the opening of the Luminous Domain Mansion."

"..."

The Invincibles spoke up one after another. Some were the ones with secret geniuses, and some weren't.

They all agreed with Great Qin King's proposal.

Great Han King smiled and said, "It naturally won't be an issue to let them out. I only worry that...the outside geniuses might end up wiping the floor with them, destroying their confidence. That would be unfortunate."

"Don't tell me Great Han isn't training any geniuses in secret."

Great Han King laughed, "We are training some. But to speak the truth, I was quite happy with them previously. However, that has changed. I feel like they still lack something. Sigh. When it comes to the multiple character faction, the Great Xia's line is still the line with the greatest potential. What a pity."