Chapter 1340: Allocation Complete (1)

While Su Yu was in thought, the second match ended.

For this match, Su Yu had picked a death spirit as his combatant as well. This time, nobody said much about it.

The venue was still the ancient city.

This match, everyone was more well-prepared. Zhao Shiji was the human combatant for this match. As the Zhao Family was more straightforward in nature, he was much less crafty than those from the Zhu Family. He wasn't weak, but he was targeted by seven or eight minor race experts right after entering the city.

In less than a minute, he was forced into an ancient building. The divines and devils merely watched on indifferently. For them, it was perfectly normal to allow the minor races to steal the slot from the human race. After that, they would eliminate the minor races before moving on to the ancient races. Only after that would they fight among themselves.

This was how things had always been. Su Yu watched on silently without saying anything. As for his death spirit, it merely roamed the city randomly. Every now and then, someone would be forced to hide inside an ancient building by the death spirit. He only needed to wait until the very end to receive his slots.

Time passed slowly. When nearly half an hour had passed, Su Yu noted that several combatants had appeared near his death spirit. They did not attack. They seemed to be waiting for something.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Su Yu knew what they were waiting for. They were waiting until the very end before killing the death spirit. If they waited until the final moment, they could leave the city right after killing the death spirit. Or perhaps they could hide inside the ancient buildings without losing their slots.

Sure enough, right before the thirtieth minute arrived, they attacked together. Death spirits weren't too powerful against those in the same cultivation level. With multiple elites attacking it together, it wasn't even smart enough to flee. In the blink of an eye, it was defeated.

Almost immediately after, more death spirits appeared in the city. However, the match had ended.

Moge smiled and said, "Mayor Su, looks like you won't be getting any slots this match."

Su Yu wasn't too bothered. He had to let them win something, right? If the death spirits were to win each match, the others might not agree to proceed with the competition anymore.

He smiled and said, "So be it. By the way, the blood fire devils sure are impressive. A blood fire devil managed to survive until the very end yet again. Why do I feel like the blood fire devil race is the true strongest devil race?"

"..."

Moge did not respond to such a blatant attempt at sowing disharmony. Beside him, a blood fire devil king smiled without saying anything. This was an obvious attempt at inciting disharmony.

"Third-stage Skysoars, enter the city."

After the announcement by the white-haired divine king, Su Yu said, "I advise the minor races to send the best you have while you still can. You might get lucky when there aren't that many death spirits in the city yet. I suspect the number of death spirits will continue increasing. The difficulty of the matches will keep increasing. If you have no choice, you can get your combatants to spawn more death spirits in the city to make things harder for the subsequent combatants and reduce their slots. That's better than doing nothing, right?"

"..."

Once again, everyone stared at Su Yu. How was he coming out with such tricks all the time?

This time, the white-haired divine king did not seem too bothered. He said, "No matter how many death spirits there are, only the weak will suffer. The weak will remain weak anywhere. I'm afraid this is something Mayor Su can't understand."

Su Yu smiled, "Of course I understand. The weak are prey to the strong. This is something I have learned through experience. However, I'm afraid you don't understand that the tallest tree is always the one to fall first. Generally, death spirits will first target the strong. Thus, it is important for the weak to create a more beneficial environment for themselves. If you're not strong enough, do consider using your brain more. If only the fist matters, there won't be any wars anymore. Each race can simply do a headcount of each other's Invincibles and let the race with the most Invincibles win. Why bother fighting at all?"

The white-haired divine king did not bother to argue. But through those words, some minor races started changing their strategy. They started grouping up to prevent the major race combatants from finishing them off separately.

As usual, Su Yu picked a death spirit as his combatant. He could send only twenty combatants to participate in the tournament, but he wasn't too worried about waste. At worst, he would earn fewer slots. However, the addition of death spirits would keep things interesting.

***

After two matches, the humans had obtained twelve slots.

However, Great Zhou King was frowning. The human race had done relatively well during the first match. However, it was clear that the other major races were starting to target the humans starting from the second match. They would target the human combatants at the very start of the match.

Even if they had to lose some people doing so, they would still prioritize eliminating the human combatants. As for the injuries they would sustain during the process, they could always allow the injured combatants to be eliminated by one of their own. That way, their slots would still remain theirs.

Niu Baidao watched in silence. After some time, the two third-stage Skysoar humans were eliminated from the third match. That marked the complete defeat for the human race yet again. He shook his head and sent a voice transmission, "Great Zhou King, this can't continue."

Great Zhou King nodded, "Starting from next match, have our people start killing death spirits right after entering the city. The more death spirits there are, the more difficult things will be for everyone. Nobody will dare to approach our people when they are in the middle of battling the death spirits. And when the death spirits reach a certain number, it will be far more difficult for them to isolate and target the human combatants. Even linking up to work together will be harder."

Niu Baidao nodded. This was their only option for now. They had to isolate all the major race combatants and force everyone to rely on luck to survive until the end. That was the only way to somewhat even the battleground.

However, that brought a new concern to him. He frowned and said, "We don't have enough heavenly source qi. Things will be very difficult for our combatants as well. The other major races do not lack heavenly source qi. They will be able to last longer than our combatants."

Humanity was simply too poor in terms of heavenly source qi.

Wan Tiansheng, the madman, had destroyed the two human holy lands. Without the holy lands, the heavenly source qi in the two previous holy lands had dispersed all over the human realm before turning into regular source qi.

This was what humanity lacked the most. In fact, the minor races lacked heavenly source qi as well.

While everyone was contemplating this issue, a white mask from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion appeared. But before the white mask could speak, Su Yu smiled and asked, "Is anyone interested in buying heavenly source qi? Look for me. I don't lack heavenly source qi. I promise you a very good price."

"..."

The white mask looked at Su Yu speechlessly. He was just about to do the same thing.

Su Yu said, "Feel free to sell. I will buy everything you're selling at half price before selling to the others thirty percent cheaper than the full price."

"..."

The white mask stared at Su Yu blankly. After a long while, he said, "M-Mayor Su, you might be an elder, but there is a hard limit to the amount you can buy under discount."

Su Yu said, "I know. I'm just trying to earn as much as I can. I'm too poor, you know."

Once again, the white mask was rendered speechless. So was he only here as a tool to help Su Yu make money? Su Yu could make a lot of profit by buying his heavenly source qi at half price before selling at a thirty percent discount of the full price.

However, there was a limit to the amount an elder could buy at a discounted price. Thus, he did not protest much. Instead, he started marketing his product to the various parties on the island, focusing mainly on the minor races.

Many speculated that the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had a holy land under control as well. However, nobody knew the location.

Unsurprisingly, some minor races started buying the heavenly source qi offered. The price was high, but they had no choice. Then again, Heavenly Hunt Pavilion's price would be expensive even at a thirty percent discount.

Finally, the third match ended.

During the third match, the divines, devils, and immortals were still the biggest winners. The human combatants were quite strong as well, but they had been targeted, resulting in a poor performance.

This time, nobody bothered to go after Su Yu's death spirit as the death spirit had remained in the midst of many other death spirits. Thus, Su Yu was able to earn three slots from the third match.

Including what he earned previously, he had earned eight slots thus far. This was acceptable for him. Of course, the divines, devils, and immortals had been the biggest winners overall. As for the humans, they had won only fifteen slots over the three matches.

That was far below their expectations. On average, they had earned five slots per match. If this continued, they would earn about 180 slots after all thirty-six matches. Even including the two hundred slots promised to them previously, they would only have around three hundred slots in total.

It was also likely that they would end up with even fewer slots than that. Thus, the humans started growing anxious. The moment the fourth match started, the human combatants started killing death spirits to create chaos in the city. They were not the only ones doing so. The minor races were following their lead as well.

By filling the city with death spirits, it would be much harder for the divines, devils, and immortals to cooperate. They would be forced to work independently, and the resulting chaos would allow the weaker combatants to perhaps win something.

Even if it didn't work this match, it might end up working in the subsequent matches.

Suddenly, Grandstar appeared beside Su Yu and spoke through voice transmission, "I've never thought of this, but it's a great idea to hold such a competition in the city. This will kill a lot of death spirits and weaken the burden of death qi on the city."

Each match, ninety participants would enter the city. And they would also carry a considerable amount of heavenly source qi into the city. This would weaken the death qi and reduce the death spirits in the city. Additionally, they would also carry some death qi with them upon leaving the city. They were essentially working for the city for free. With the sheer number of participants, it would have quite an effect on the city.

Su Yu smiled and said, "Lord, these combatants are still Skysoars. When it's the Sunmoons' turn to fight, it will work even better. Just imagine 810 Sunmoons working for us for free. I believe the density of death qi in the city will be quite low after the competition."

Grandstar was very impressed.

810 Sunmoons.

In all his years in the city, he had never seen so many Sunmoons in the city. This had never happened even in the ancient past. Sunmoons weren't so common that over eight hundred of them could be gathered at will.

In fact, a gathering of so many Sunmoons would be impossible without the participation of so many races. Su Yu was starting to wonder if it was a good thing to weaken the death qi so much.

He asked through voice transmission, "Lord, what will happen to the holy city without the death qi?"

"Huh?" Grandstar answered, "With the death qi in the city reduced and the incoming death qi from the Death Realm blocked by the two of us, the residents will have an easier time. Those unable to advance in the past will be able to take this chance to advance..."

This wasn't a bad thing. Even after advancement, a resident would remain a resident.

"That's all?"

"No. The once-per-millennium heavenly reward will be a lot more generous than usual."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. Previously, Empyrean Cloud had told him that even the stone statues were working on a salary. They would receive their salary once per millennium. The more death qi they could wear down, the better the salary would be.

"Lord, will this affect Xing Yue?"

Wow. This kid was actually worrying about his death spirit.

Resisting the urge to roll his eyes, Grandstar answered, "No. She is staying in the Death Realm. This won't affect her. But the death tunnel will be strengthened so the difficulty of invading the world of the living will be much higher than usual."

Su Yu nodded, relieved to hear that Xing Yue would be fine. He was scared that she would die.

With his yang acupoint blocked and the reduced amount of death qi he was reversing lately, he reckoned Xing Yue should be living quite decently. He wondered if Xing Yue would be grateful for that.

Sigh. He was truly too kind. He couldn't even bear to inflict suffering on his death sovereign.