Chapter 1260: Absorb, Absorb, Absorb (2)

Outside the city, the myriad race Invincibles smiled.

Xia Longwu might be gone, but this wasn't a bad thing. They could get four of their eyesores removed at once.

Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng, Liu Wenyan...and Xia Xiao'er. What a ridiculous line.

Strictly speaking, killing Wan Tiansheng was the same as killing Xia Longwu for them. No matter how powerful Xia Longwu was, he had never killed Invincibles before. Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng had killed two. Su Yu was the mayor of an ancient city. And Liu Wenyan was the direct successor of Ye Batian.

The combined value of these people was worth more than Xia Longwu's value. And they could get all these people killed without much effort. The Invincibles did not bother to enter the city. They merely watched as Xing Yue sent a palm strike toward the group of heavily injured humans.

At the same time, the other mayors started withdrawing to their cities while shaking their heads. This line...was indeed filled with fools. At such a juncture, they should ensure the survival of as many of them as possible. That would be the smart thing to do. Instead, they were lining up to get killed.

Facing the incoming palm, Wan Tiansheng and Liu Wenyan looked at Su Yu helplessly. So why did the kid get them to come here? Was the kid trying to make sure they could go to the afterlife side by side?

That was naturally not the case.

Xing Yue was a death sovereign. There was no defeating her.

But Su Yu had a considerable mastery in the manipulation of laws.

In fact, he was very good at that.

"Get inside a building!"

Xing Yue was capable of breaking through these ancient buildings. But Su Yu knew that as well. Instantly, he reversed his yang acupoint and transformed into a death spirit before consuming a large amount of death qi.

Or to be precise, he consumed a large amount of Xing Yue's death qi.

As the person who had converted Su Yu, Xing Yue was responsible for maintaining the flow of death qi to him. Thus, just like she could affect Su Yu, the same could happen in reverse. With the sudden absorption of her death qi, even her palm strike faltered slightly. Meanwhile, Su Yu continued reversing the death qi in his body madly.

Reverse! Reverse! And reverse!

By the time the palm reached them, Wan Tiansheng could swat it apart without much trouble.

Silence enveloped the world.

Su Yu stared at Xing Yue, who was also staring at him.

When someone as strong as an eighth-stage Sunmoon reversed and absorbed her death qi multiple times, coupled with the sheer amount of death qi Su Yu had absorbed from her recently, she could no longer kill an expert at Wan Tiansheng's level so easily.

Even if he was already seriously injured, it simply wasn't possible.

Xing Yue was so furious she felt like she was going to die all over again from sheer anger.

She had discovered something very important. Something extremely important.

Su Yu's ability to reverse death qi...was much faster than expected.

Too fast.

As long as he lived, he could very well do the same while she was busy fighting someone else in the Death Realm. At that time, she would most certainly die before he was dead.

Xing Yue seethed with anger.

Su Yu must die!

He must die!

He was now a threat to her.

A the same time, the gates of the city slammed shut. The Invincibles outside the city were stunned. They looked at Su Yu, Wan Tiansheng, and Xing Yue in stupefaction. Was an Invincible death spirit so weak?

They couldn't believe this.

What?

Invincible death spirits were most certainly not so weak. That attack should have either crippled or killed Wan Tiansheng outright. But he had been able to deal with it easily.

Even Wan Tiansheng himself was stunned. What?

The death qi connection was incorporeal. It was not something they could see. They only saw Su Yu roaring loudly while transforming between the dead and the living several times. After about seven or eight times, the palm arrived. And did nothing.

Su Yu was overjoyed. It was a success! Yes. Such were the laws of this place. Xing Yue was the one who had converted him. But he could affect her in reverse as well.

"Get into a building!"

Su Yu roared as he continued reversing the death qi in his body. If he was alone, Xing Yue could easily kill him even if he was reversing her death qi.

But he wasn't alone. He had Wan Tiansheng by his side. At his peak, Wan Tiansheng would be strong enough to contend against Xing Yue. But since he was already semi-crippled, he could only deal with a weakened Xing Yue.

Su Yu laughed heartily. It was really working! He continued reversing and absorbing death qi.

Meanwhile, Xing Yue's eyes turned colder and colder.

She could feel her strength dropping with every passing second.

Damn it!

This bastard!

She was very angry!

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𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

Mayor's residence. Inner hall.

The stone statue was stunned as well. Was something like this actually possible?

Was Su Yu going to mess Xing Yue up instead of the other way around? In fact, he had been hesitating when he saw Xing Yue attacking his mayor. She was acting in accordance with the laws. He should not be the one to go against the laws. But he really didn't want to lose this mayor.

Surprisingly, Su Yu was very creative with his death qi connection. With the help of Wan Tiansheng, it almost seemed like Xing Yue was helpless against them. Grandstar was stunned. Would Su Yu get Xing Yue killed? Would there be any repercussions if she were to die?

It wouldn't cause a disaster, right? But this too, was in accordance to the laws. He had to follow the laws. He was the guardian. But...what was he supposed to do in this situation? Should he ignore it?

The city had been sealed again, but it wasn't Su Yu's doing. Rather, the city had sealed itself automatically after Xing Yue appeared. That was part of the laws as well.

Outside the city, the Invincibles started frowning.

The laws.

They couldn't attack the ancient city or they would be going against the laws. If Su Yu were to leave the city, they could kill him without going against the laws. But what now?

Grandstar stared at Su Yu in stupefaction. After a long while, he finally understood what Su Yu was doing. No laws had been broken. But if the Invincibles were to attack the city, numerous Invincible death spirits would appear to deal with them even if Grandstar continued staying out of it.

But in such a situation, he was also free to act. The stone statue did not want to attack unprovoked as that would break the laws. However, he could freely act to defend the city. If the Invincibles were to attack the city, he didn't even need to help Su Yu anymore. A large number of Invincible death spirits would appear to deal with the attackers.

Meanwhile, the other mayors were staring at Su Yu in stupefaction. A death sovereign had been reduced to such a sorry state by Su Yu. They couldn't quite understand how it happened.

They only knew that the death sovereign was glaring at Su Yu angrily without the ability to go through Wan Tiansheng. Even Wan Tiansheng was staring at Su Yu in stupefaction.

Holy shit!

What was going on?

Were death sovereigns so weak?

No, not at all. Understanding dawned on him.

Su Yu had drained the death sovereign's strength. Even now, Su Yu was sill madly absorbing the death sovereign's death qi.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was too busy to spare the others any attention. He was reversing and absorbing death qi as hard as he could.

Reverse, absorb, reverse, absorb!

He had to keep Xing Yue weakened.

As long as he could survive three days, Xing Yue would be forced to leave. No, perhaps he didn't even need to wait that long. He could even try to get Xing Yue killed today. But would that spawn an even stronger death spirit?

At that thought, he decided to be generous and spare Xing Yue's life. He would be in trouble if a stronger death spirit were to replace Xing Yue. After all, he only had a connection to Xing Yue, not a different death sovereign.

He hurriedly shouted, "Principal, don't kill her!"

Xing Yue: "..."

Wan Tiansheng: "..."

Was the kid serious?

A death sovereign had appeared to kill a few greatly injured individuals. And now, Su Yu was persuading them to spare the death sovereign?

A bizarre atmosphere descended.

The Invincibles outside the city were at a loss.

What now?

Should they attack the city?

If this was in the past, they would most certainly do so. They could attack outside the city. The death spirits would not be able to leave while those in the city would die.

However, things had changed. Grandstar had a history of leaving the city before blasting the tri-life bodies of Invincibles apart. Thus, these Invincibles were quite wary of atacking the ancient city. What were they supposed to do if their attack led to the appearance of all the other stone statues yet again?

They would be squashed by those stone statues like bugs. They didn't even have their full number as some had left to go after Xia Longwu. While they hesitated, a furious bellow rang out from afar.

"Second Uncle, the myriad races will accompany you to the afterlife! I'll make sure of it!"

Multicolored rays of light spread across the Allheaven Battlefield.

The same had happened when Zhou Polong, Zhou Potian, Qin Zhen, and the others completed their dao affirmations. Multicolored rays of light would spread thousands of kilometers, serving witness to their advancement into the Invincible Realm.

However, something was different about Xia Longwu's dao affirmation.

The multicolored rays of light spread over ten thousand kilometers. Additionally, numerous glowing clouds appeared in the sky before descending upon him. A large amount of heavenly source qi forged his body even as his apertures were being strengthened by a seemingly endless supply of sunmoon profound yellow liquid from the heavens.

At the same time, crimson clouds spread across the sky as the Devil Realm shook yet again.

A devil king had died.

Xia Longwu had gone mad. With a saber in hand, he severed the devil king's River of Time before killing all three bodies of the devil king in the River of Time. Niu Baidao, who had witnessed the entire fight, was completely dumbfounded.

Madness. Absolute madness.

When a Xia went mad, they would not hold anything back. They would go completely crazy. It was as though he didn't want to live anymore.

It was very dangerous to fight inside the River of Time. When the River of Time collapsed, one could very easily lose one's way in the river. This would affect the past and future, ultimately killing the person lost in the river.

Xia Longwu did not care one bit about the danger. He was furious. He was filled with regret. He had not anticipated his second uncle's actions. He had accepted his own death, and he only wanted to buy as much time as possible. The extra time could be used by others to affirm their dao or his teacher to do what he had been dreaming to do for many years.

If Xia Longwu had known about what his second uncle would do, he would not have agreed to it. He wouldn't have bought enough time for his second uncle to enter the Allheaven Battlefield as well.

He continued roaring madly as his River of Time spread further and further. With the completion of his dao affirmation, he started flying toward the other Invincibles while roaring madly.

He felt no joy in the completion of his advancement.

He only wanted to kill. He knew he couldn't kill all of them, but he wanted to kill as many as he could to honor his second uncle's soul. He charged fearlessly toward the myriad race Invincibles even when they greatly outnumbered him.

Meanwhile, the Invincibles who were flying in his direction were alarmed. The butcher had completed his dao affirmation. From how crazed he seemed, was he thinking of fighting them to the death?