Chapter 1911: Let's Cut Someone Down (3)

Stable Army Marquis frowned. As for Su Yu, he was weighing his options. Should he do it? He was certainly not interested in throwing his life away. He didn't even know Cloud Fire Marquis, so why should he risk himself and his people for a stranger? He might even lose a few of his own people in the process. That would be a massive loss for him.

However, the gathering of the myriad races at the Divine Fire Mountain might make it convenient for him to do something. Once again, a tiny bit of chaos power flickered at the tip of his finger.

𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎

"Chaos power, Control King's lineage, West Royal Consort's jade, myriad races..."

Numerous ideas emerged in his mind.

"Lan Tian, Great Zhou King, Great Ming King, September, Grandstar, Stable Army Marquis, and myself. Seven Daofuses in total. Including that administrator under Stable Army Marquis who is capable of breaking through at any time, we have eight. Including Shadow Marquis, we have nine."

Nine Daofuses, with one being a heavenly king. This was enough power to do a lot of things.

After giving his chin a rub, Su Yu smiled at Shadow Marquis and said, "You said that the immortals, divines, and devils would still have many powerful experts defending their homes even excluding the ones sent to the Divine Fire Mountain. But the same can't be said for the other races, right?"

Shadow Marquis looked at Su Yu.

Su Yu continued, "Why must we attack the divines, devils, and immortals?"

Shadow Marquis answered, "They won't retreat if the major races remain untouched. You can force the Daofuses of the other races to retreat, but they don't have enough numbers to alter the balance of power significantly.

"The divines, devils, and immortals are the main power in this force. As long as the three remain calm, nothing significant will change."

Su Yu smiled again and asked, "But why must we force them to retreat?"

"Fellow Daoist Nameless, are you suggesting that..." Shadow Marquis' voice turned solemn as he said, "We sacrifice Cloud Fire Marquis for an opportunity to attack the other races?"

Su Yu chuckled and said, "What are you talking about? I don't know him. I am incapable of saving him. There is nothing we can do about that. But since he is capable of keeping over twenty Daofuses busy, we might as well take the chance to send a few Daofuses to accompany Cloud Fire in the afterlife. I believe even Cloud Fire himself will be happy with such an arrangement. What do you think?

"To the east, there are too many experts at the Dao Origin Land. To the south, there are too many experts at the Divine Fire Mountain. That leaves us with the west, which isn't that far from us, or the north. The dao centers of the various races are mainly established at the central location of the Upper Realm. I suggest we focus on the west. I remember that the area near us is the territory of the nethers, right?"

Shadow Marquis sank into silence.

With a wide grin, Su Yu suggested, "Why don't we kill some nether Daofuses for fun. If we manage to lure Bloodbreak Marquis and the others away doing this, good. Cloud Fire Marquis is saved. If not...well, there's nothing we can do about that. What do you think?"

After a long silence, Shadow Marquis said, "You're right, Fellow Daoist. Perhaps...this is our only option. But the nethers aren't weak. They might send only one or two Daofuses to the Divine Fire Mountain. Meanwhile, they have seven Daofuses officially. One if them is a pseudo king."

Su Yu asked, "What do you mean when you say officially?"

"Excluding the ones at the Dao Origin Land." Shadow Marquis said, "Humanity can't enter the Dao Origin Land anymore. Thus, we don't know about the situation there."

Su Yu nodded, "In other words, they won't have more than seven Daofuses in their dao centers."

"Yes." Shadow Marquis tried to fish for information, "Fellow Daoist, how many Daofuses can you provide for this operation?"

He added, "Also, the nethers have a lot of Eternals as well. Daofuses might be strong, but with enough Eternals, even Daofuses can die. They might only have seven Daofuses, but they can probably mobilize the combat strength of ten Daofuses."

Su Yu ignored the question and asked his own question with a smile, "Are you willing to join this operation?"

At that, Shadow Marquis hesitated. He gave Stable Army Marquis a long stare before answering solemnly, "Yes!"

He wanted to follow them and learn more about them. He needed to know the origin and actual strength of these people. Stable Army Marquis exhaled in relief. Attacking the nethers would be far less dangerous. He knew about the strength of Su Yu's group. They had enough strength to handle the nethers.

After some thought, Stable Army Marquis sent Su Yu a voice transmission, "Emperor Yu, when we met previously, you captured me directly. Why are you spending so much time talking to Shadow Marquis instead of capturing him as well?"

He was disgruntled. This was unfair! When Lan Tian and the others left, he had assumed that they were preparing to capture Shadow Marquis. But why did that not happen? This was unfair!

He knew that Su Yu wouldn't kill Shadow Marquis. Thus, he wanted to see Shadow Marquis receive the same treatment he had received as well. Then, he would have the chance to step in as a senior and advise Shadow Marquis to stop the struggle. Alas, his dream had shattered.

Su Yu replied through a voice transmission as well, "Because...we can't locate his main body."

"Hmm?"

Stable Army Marquis blanked out. Su Yu said, "Shadow Marquis, I hope you'll participate in the operation in your actual body. This clone of yours might be strong, but a Daofuse can break it with a single hit."

Shadow Marquis' body stiffened.

Su Yu chuckled and said, "Don't be too wary of us. I have a rough idea of where your main body is. If I really want to do something against you, I only need to stir some trouble at that Nether River Dao Center to expose your location to them."

While saying that, Su Yu was looking in a certain direction. There, the nearest dao center to the Chaos Mountain stood. A dao center with a Daofuse in it.

"You are a senior from the ancient past. I am a junior. It is only natural that I treat you with courtesy. However, it won't be a good idea for you to stay guarded against me all the time."

Suddenly, Su Yu stared into the distance again and laughed, "Don't run around. You might attract some unwanted attention doing that."

Once again, Shadow Marquis stiffened.

An indistinct appeared on Su Yu's forehead as he continued, "To the left. Yes. Okay, to the right. Yes. No, are you trying to give the dao master there a hug or something?"

"Heaven...Heaven Gate!"

Shadow Marquis stared at Su Yu with shock and alarm.

Heaven Gate.

This was someone with a Heaven Gate!

Any attempt at concealment was nothing but a joke before someone with the Heaven Gate. Even Lan Tian would need to deactivate his connection to his dao to hide before Su Yu. Otherwise, nobody could hide from the Heaven Gate.

Shadow Marquis could no longer maintain his previous calm. He asked with shock, "Just who are you? You have the Heaven Gate! Who are you?"

There were too many requirements to open the Heaven Gate.

An unparalleled talent.

A lost cultivation method.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for one to open the Heaven Gate.

What did that signify?

Legitimate inheritance.

With a look of overwhelming shock, he asked, "Are you a successor of Human Emperor or one of the Cardinal Kings?"

Was he a successor of those people? Was that the case? As far as he knew, only the successors of those people would stand a chance at opening the Heaven Gate. Su Yu wanted to deny it. After all, he had indeed opened his Heaven Gate through a different route. Martial Emperor's route, to be specific.

But since the question had been asked, he grinned and said, "Guess."

Guessing?

Shadow Marquis felt like coughing up blood. This was an answer he had never expected. He did not want to guess. He only wanted the answer.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Okay, let's stop wasting time. We shall be attacking the nethers. After all, they are the nearest. We will act first thing tomorrow morning. Do not expose yourself."

"Tomorrow?"

He blanked out slightly and asked, "Why tomorrow? The attack against Divine Fire Mountain will only happen in nine days."

Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Why should I follow their schedule?"

"..."

At first, Shadow Marquis was stunned. But soon, a bitter look appeared on his face.

Yes. Why should they follow the schedule of the myriad races? What...familiar words. The same words were once uttered by the top experts of humanity a long time ago. In war, initiative was important. Alas, humanity had lost its initiative for six thousand years.

They had been passive for so long that Shadow Marquis was already used to such a mentality.

Su Yu said, "Meet me here tomorrow morning. I hope to see your actual body here."

"I...understand."

After giving Su Yu one last glance, Shadow Marquis left. He was filled with melancholy. Just who was that youth?

Right after that, several individuals appeared around Su Yu. With a smile, Su Yu said, "Come on. Let's pay the dragons a visit."

Stable Army Marquis asked with confusion, "Are we not waiting for Shadow Marquis?"

To the side, Lan Tian rolled his eyes and said, "Are you stupid? What if he's a traitor? Why are you taking those words so seriously? It's even better if he's a traitor. He can distract the myriad races for us while we have some fun with the dragons. Tomorrow morning? We'll be done with our attack by then!"

Lan Tian sneered with disdain. Was this really a general from the ancient past? Why was he so slow? Once again, Stable Army Marquis blanked out. Shortly after, a bitter expression appeared on his face. He was hit with a certain realization. People like him and his peers had overestimated their importance.

The attack against the nethers was merely fake news. The timing of the attack was also fake news. In that case, just which of their words was the actual truth? He found himself in confusion. Ultimately, he decided to stop using his brain and just follow them.

Shadow Marquis would be here tomorrow morning...or maybe not. By that time, the attack would be over. Su Yu was attacking the dragons. The dragons could be found to the north. It was quite far from the territory of the nethers. With a stiff expression, Stable Army Marquis decided to stop thinking.

Whatever. Forget it.

From now on, he was only in charge of following orders and killing. What a simple task.

Suddenly, he felt as though he had returned to the ancient past. That was how he would act during the ancient past. He only needed to wait for the orders to come from above before charging forward with his weapon. That was all.