Chapter 1388: Su Yu's Shocking Discovery (1)

With Langtu dead, the door was unlocked. The people outside could choose to enter the door themselves or wait for the door to pull them in.

Su Yu could also choose to leave and pick a different door. Instead of leaving, he waited inside and used the time to digest what he had absorbed from Langtu.

He sank into thought as the book floated above his palm, flickering in and out of existence. The book was still incomplete. It still lacked a lot of things. He had to fill the book bit by bit. He noted that a lot of work was waiting for him. Even after consuming Langtu's intact corpse, the page still lacked many details. For example, he had to gather the foundation cultivation methods of this race before adding the human-compatible version onto the page as well.

Numerous thoughts emerged in his mind. He couldn't help but think of the golden book in his sea of willpower. He was more and more certain that the book was something left behind by the previous Time Sage. In the past, he had believed that the book was a character. But now, he believed that it might be a weapon instead.

Of course, he still had no idea how the book came to exist inside his sea of willpower. Additionally, the golden book had the history of destroying all non-human characters in his sea of willpower. From this, could he assume that the previous Time Sage was a human?

The old turtle had mentioned this to him before. There were two guesses to the identity of the Time Sage. Firstly, the Time Sage was the ancient Human Emperor. Secondly, the Time Sage was the master of the Culture Tomb. But who was the master of the Culture Tomb?

Nobody had spoken of that before. Everyone only knew that this person might be a leader of cultural researchers. At the collapse of culture, numerous cultural researchers forged the Culture Tomb for him.

Then, the Culture Tomb was buried somewhere, signifying the end of the multiple character faction. The master of the Culture Tomb was most definitely a multiple character cultivator.

As for the Human Emperor, nobody knew much about that person.

Su Yu sank into thought as he waited for challengers to step through the door. However, nobody seemed to be doing so. Perhaps they were scared. Or perhaps they were worried that things might get dangerous.

***

While Su Yu was taking over Langtu's identity.

The battles in the tunnel continued. The 360 doors constantly changed owners. People were dying everywhere, and moons were falling from the sky. Tens of thousands of people had fought for the special entrance. More than half had died before reaching the tunnel. Even after entering the tunnel, they had to continue fighting each other.

At this point, only a few thousand people were left in the tunnel. In short, the survival rate of those attempting to enter through the special entrance was about ten percent. This was a different form of competition for the slots.

The major races had released the 360 slots to the public. Every ten years, countless minor race experts would fight over them. Again and again, they fought. Generation after generation, they died. This was simply another way for the major races to keep the minor races weak.

After losing most of their top geniuses fighting for these slots, could these minor races still rise in power?

***

Outside the tunnel.

A group of people was gathered outside. Looking at the corpses falling like rain in front of them, they sighed. Some of them were here to send their friends off. Some were here to send their juniors off. Some were the dao protectors of the challengers.

Faced with the countless corpses before them, they didn't know how to feel.

Generation after generation, this scene had repeated itself. It was simply too difficult for a minor race to rise.

Somewhere nearby, Yellow Nine sent a voice transmission, "Elder, are we using the special entrance? Why are we not entering?"

"Stay patient."

First Yellow, or Hollow to be precise, was scanning their surroundings in an unhurried manner. He had been doing this for quite a while.

Before long, his gaze settled on a certain spot as he said, "What's the rush? Wait until the last minute before rushing inside. We'll be using the safe slots."

"The safe slots?"

First Yellow said, "Of course. The special entrance is too dangerous. Wait. When the entrances open, I'll teleport you to one of them. That entrance is occupied by a Cloudbreach. It's no big deal. Just kick that Cloudbreach away before rushing inside. I'll be doing the same. We'll be targeting Dao King's people. After losing two tri-life bodies, he won't dare to try anything rash. Even if he does come after me, I don't fear him."

There was no need to fear an Invincible who had lost two tri-life bodies. If they must enter, they should naturally choose the safe slots. He had been paying close attention to Dao King's people.

Why was he targeting the immortals? The answer was simple. He had already offended Tiangu. Why should he care about offending the other immortals? There was no need to provoke the other races. Sure, everyone was already targeting him due to the Culture Tomb. But the intensity would differ based on whether he had offended them.

Yellow Nine praised him, "You're wise, Elder!"

"Of course."

Hollow enjoyed being fawned over. He was a spatial beast. He was no pushover. Not even Invincibles could stop him from executing this plan.

"We will probably be separated after entering. Be careful in there. The immortals will probably arrange for those with similar cultivation levels to be transported to the same place in the mansion. Just watch out for them. Your strength is comparable to those in the Earth Index so you don't have to worry too much about your peers. If things get dangerous, just leave with your teleportation talismans."

"..."

Unlike many others, Hollow was not aiming to get a carrier treasure from the mansion. He had enough carrier treasures. He was targeting the nine-leaf skylotus. Most people wanted the skylotus to achieve Daofuse. However, Hollow needed the skylotus for his dao affirmation.

That was because his first carrier treasure was Tiangu's coffin lid. As a result, his past body was a tad bit too powerful while his future body wasn't powerful enough. His present body was nothing special either. To achieve balance, he needed the skylotus.

With his rank in the Dao Affirmation Ranking, upon affirming his dao, he would instantly be stronger than a large number of Invincibles.

"Sure."

Yellow Nine's gaze landed on the eastern side of the door. When she caught sight of Liu Wenyan, she started following him with her gaze.

"Don't bother." Hollow said, "There's nothing interesting there. Also, you might not necessarily be related to him. Zhu Tianfang was merely guessing. He wasn't sure either. When I picked you up, you were alone. I saw nobody around you."

"No, I'm just curious."

Yellow Nine gave a perfunctory answer. After learning from Zhu Tianfang that she might be a member of the Liu Family, she had been investigating the issue. According to the records, things were rather peaceful twenty years ago. The biggest event concerned the Liu City. The biggest family of vultures had been attacked.

That had resulted in the fall of Liu Family. Liu Wenyan's niece, also the fiancée of Xia Huyou, had perished in that attack. The Liu Family had completely declined after that event. Even Uncle Liu was someone who had only resurfaced in recent years. Prior to that, everyone believed that he was dead.

If Yellow Nine were really that girl, Uncle Liu would be her grandfather while Liu Wenyan would be her uncle. She would have a complicated relationship with Great Xia. Daughter-in-law of Xia Longwu? Granddaughter-in-law of Great Xia King?

𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Bah!

She shot Xia Huyou a glance and spat with a grimace. He was too ugly.

If Xia Huyou looked more like Carnage King, who was both domineering and handsome, he would be acceptable. Alas, Xia Huyou looked more like Marquis Xia. The older version of Marquis Xia, not the younger version.

Was she really that girl? She was unsure. But she didn't want to know either. All of that was in the past. Even if she were to return, she didn't know Liu Wenyan well. There was no point in letting Liu Wenyan know about her.

She only knew that she was raised by Hollow. He had doted on her, feeding her all sorts of treasures. That was how she had reached the seventh-stage Mountainsea Realm at such a young age. Furthermore, her combat strength was higher than her cultivation level. Meanwhile, Xia Huyou was merely a third-stage Skysoar. She didn't even want to think about him.

There was no way she would investigate deeper about her past. What if that damn fatty found out about her identity and started clinging to her? She was aware that Xia Huyou had been sending marriage proposals everywhere as of late.

While she was deep in thought, the entrances started stabilizing. After a while, Hollow sent her a voice transmission, "Prepare to move. When all 360 slots of the special entrance are occupied, the tunnel will shut down. That will be our signal."

Some people were starting to leave the tunnel above them. Most of them were heavily injured.

The battle inside the tunnel was reaching its climax. Many of the people in there were making their final attempt at securing a slot. As for those leaving the tunnel, they were the ones who had suffered injuries so heavy they no longer dared to linger.

***

The numerous experts watched on with mixed feelings.

Tens of thousands of people.

To be precise, about fifty thousand people had entered the tunnel to fight over 360 slots.

Less than a thousand people had managed to leave the tunnel alive.

The rest were either dead or still struggling for the chance to enter the mansion.

Those who were still in the tunnel this late were probably prepared to die trying. In the end, only 360 individuals would be left in the tunnel. Including those who had left the tunnel alive, less than five percent of the initial challengers had survived. Such was the cruelty of the Allheaven Battlefield.