Chapter 1946: Gather Up, Let's Kill Some Heavenly Kings (2)

Boom!

When Su Yu appeared outside, he blanked out. The previous battle was still ongoing.

Even the combatants were still the same.

Wait, no, the immortals were gone. It was unknown if they had died or fled. However, the masterless dao from before was still there. It was in the hands of a devil. Su Yu could feel it. There were two devils present, and they were faced with two divines, one phoenix, and one nether.

The so-called allies were fighting among themselves. They blanked out momentarily when Su Yu appeared.

A devil?

About seven or eight hours ago, an immortal had appeared before running away. As a result, the two immortals were forced to abandon the masterless dao and flee.

And now, a devil had appeared. From his aura, this seemed to be an extremely powerful expert. A peak expert of the devils? Did the dao attract him? But this was merely a regular, incomplete dao. Could such a dao attract such an expert?

"Lord!"

The two devils exclaimed in joy.

They were slightly doubtful since this was an unknown face, but they weren't too surprised since the Dao Origin Land was supposed to be filled with unknown old fossils. Some of these old fossils were not known to even those from their own races.

For example, not even humanity knew if there were slumbering humans in the Dao Origin Land.

"Six..."

Su Yu looked around and noted that there were six Daofuses in the area. He could probably kill all the others by joining hands with the two devils. But after checking around...he cursed inwardly.

He could feel that they were all holding back. Nobody was fighting with all their strength. Were these people playing around?

Upon thinking about it, understanding dawned on Su Yu. Such masterless daos would appear frequently here. If the myriad races were to fight seriously each time a masterless dao appeared, they would have killed themselves to extinction long ago.

After so many years here, they must have developed a set of unwritten rules among themselves. They would fight for these masterless daos, but their battles here would be more akin to spars. It was unlikely that anyone would attack with the intention to kill. That was even more so for a mere incomplete dao. Perhaps a stronger or a complete dao was required to make them take this seriously.

"Killing here would be too suspicious..."

Su Yu cursed again. He snorted coldly and addressed them, "Piss off, kids. You are disturbing my rest. Why are you making such a fuss over an incomplete dao? Fight elsewhere!"

Sure enough, the Daofuses did not seem surprised to hear those words. Evidently, this expert was uninterested in this dao. The two devils were quite disappointed, but they couldn't do anything about it. They could only take this chance to flee.

What a pity that it wasn't a devil they knew. Otherwise, they could have solicited his help. That was most likely a pseudo king!

Su Yu watched them leave with a slight frown.

How obedient.

They wouldn't have been so obedient if this were a serious battle. Clearly, they were treating this as a competition instead of a real battle.

"In that case, I won't get these people to fight seriously even after tossing ten or so fake daos out. The conflicts here are all kept below a certain intensity. The higher ups much have reached an agreement about this."

Su Yu was feeling quite disappointed. He had indeed been planning to do that. Using some fake daos to lure these people into fighting each other to the death. With that in mind, Su Yu looked around with his Heaven Gate. He was alarmed by what he saw.

Just in this region alone, he could see the daos of two additional Daofuses on top of the ones who were fighting here earlier. He continued looking around. Suddenly, his eyes flickered.

He saw a massive dao atop a mountain. The instant his gaze landed there, the dao shook slightly as a voice arrived, "Who is this? Fellow Daoist, why are you spying on me? That isn't proper, don't you think so?"

Instantly, Su Yu vanished. Inwardly, he was greatly shocked. What manner of an expert was that? This was the very first time someone had detected him while he was spying with his Heaven Gate.

He couldn't get a good look, but he was sure the expert on that mountain was an imaginably powerful one.

"Someone near Master of Law? Or something else?"

Su Yu was greatly alarmed. How powerful. Even at his current level, he had still been discovered so easily. Fortunately, he was far enough that the unknown expert couldn't so easily catch him.

"Looks like I have been overconfident."

As of late, he had been incredibly confident due to his Heaven Gate.

And his confidence was further boosted by his recent growth. He was of the opinion that even in the Upper Realm, he could freely spy on anyone he wanted. A lesson had been taught. Even at the level of a heavenly king, there were still people who could detect the prying of his Heaven Gate.

***

At the same moment.

The expert atop the mountain entered the River of Time. Noticing the fluctuations, the expert opened his eyes and looked around. He looked heroic and young, but he had the eyes of someone who had undergone a long passage of time.

His red-purple hair cascaded down his body, resting on the ground as he sat cross-legged. From afar, it seemed as though his hair had grown from the very ground, as if it had been countless years since he last moved from this spot.

One ought to know that humanity had only lost control over the Dao Origin Land for about six thousand years. But from the length of the unknown expert's hair, it felt as though he had been seated there for more than six thousand years.

"A new pseudo king? Spying on my dao? How brazen."

The expert muttered to himself, "Was that the Heavenglimpse Eye of the fate race? Or was that the Three-Eyed Divine Gaze of the divine race? Or the Dao Eye of the immortal race?"

That gaze had been quite well-hidden. Since it could produce a reaction from his dao, it was unlikely to be a regular eye technique.

"In terms of spying, the Heaven Gate is unrivalled. Alas, it can no longer exist."

With that, the expert lost interest and shut his eyes again. So be it. It was normal for a brand new pseudo king to grow overconfident and decide to spy on everyone.

"Even a pseudo king is still a Daomeld."

The expert shook his head and sank back into silence.

Eternal? Dao fusion? Pseudo king? No matter how near one was to Master of Law, one would still be a Daomeld.

Was it truly impossible to become a Master of Law after the end of the ancient past? The expert was deep in thought. Just what was missing to take that final step forward?

He looked at the ravine near Su Yu's previous location. There, an expert had also opened his eyes to look around. The expert atop the mountain couldn't help but wonder if the expert in the ravine knew what the missing ingredient was.

***

Inside the ravine.

An expert who had nearly become one with the earth around him opened his eyes without saying anything.

After a short moment, he shut his eyes again.

Master of Law.

A hundred thousand years. Countless changes. Countless wars between the various races. Numerous deaths. Numerous births. But why? Why had nobody been able to step into that realm?

"There is sufficient comprehension. There is sufficient power of law. But something is missing. Why?"

Why had the world ceased producing new Masters of Laws?

"Human Emperor? or someone else?"

The buried expert could feel it clearly. He was only a tiny bit away. But why? Why was it still not possible?

A sigh rang out in the ravine.

He kept his eyes shut. Perhaps he could comprehend something new when the connection to the Lower Realm was restored yet again. Perhaps it was time for him to take another look at the Lower Realm. The Upper Realm was nice, but he could feel it. He could feel that something was different here. Over the years, the daos of the Upper Realm were feeling emptier and emptier.

"Like the moon on the surface of the lake, visible yet unreachable."

***

"Hu!"

Su Yu was fleeing toward the edge of the Dao Origin Land with a solemn expression. This place was indeed filled with danger. He had stumbled upon one such danger just by looking around.

"A true old fossil."

That was his conclusion. From how that massive dao looked, it was unlikely to be a fake dao.

A fake dao cultivator would be less scary.

Even a heavenly king could be weakened by about thirty percent if the heavenly king was a weak dao cultivator. As a heavenly king himself, Su Yu was confident he could face even two of such experts.

As for the cultivator of a real dao, Su Yu couldn't do much to them apart from emptying the ambient power to slow the recovery of his opponent. He wouldn't be able to suppress such an opponent.

"This place is my territory. I can deal with fake daos easily here, but I only have a slight advantage over the real daos."

Su Yu started praying for of all the experts in the Dao Origin Land, praying that they would all encounter some complete daos from Human Emperor's river and switch their daos. Those who had yet to switch their daos were completely unlovable.

By the time he reached the edge of the Dao Origin Land, his fear had faded. He opened his Heaven Gate again and started looking around. At worst, he would only avoid looking at the direction of that mountain. He still needed to take a look at the locations of the experts within the Dao Origin Land.

At most, he would end up detected by someone else and forced to flee. As he looked around, numerous daos appeared before his eyes.

"There sure are a lot of Daofuses here."

Su Yu gasped in shock. Just how many Daofuses had this place produced over the years? There were already quite a lot of Daofuses outside. But inside the Dao Origin Land, Su Yu had seen around fifteen or sixteen of them so far just by looking around randomly. What he saw was merely a small number of what was actually there.

"Where is Hundred Battle King?"

He wanted to look for the place Hundred Battle King's physical body was imprisoned. He might need to attack that place this time.

Sure, there would be quite a lot of heavenly kings there. But Su Yu also knew that there were at least six fake dao cultivators there. Furthermore, these people couldn't fight with their full strength as they had to maintain the suppression over Hundred Battle King.

With all these factors combined, Su Yu could probably drop them to the level of peak Daofuses with his stone. Since he wanted to kill someone, he might as well kill heavenly kings. It would sound a lot more impressive than killing Daofuses.

He could even use this to tell the myriad races that he was trying to help Hundred Battle King. He had the strength to kill heavenly kings. He was also capable of helping Hundred Battle King. As far as the myriad races were concerned, this was not something humanity could do.

"Great Bamboo Marquis wants me to kill three Daofuses, right? Fine. I'll get to killing and give you the scare of your life!"

Killing three regular Daofuses was an easy task. But he wouldn't allow himself to be looked down upon. He had to show his strongest side to his allies.

Su Yu continued looking around. Suddenly, his expression changed abruptly as he fled yet again. At the same time, a voice rang out nearby, "Who is this? Which fellow daoist is spying on me? My race has always been neutral. We don't participate in any conflict. Please think carefully before doing anything, Fellow Daoist."

Su Yu, who was busy fleeing, realized something.

Heavenly Fate Marquis!

The expert who had fought Hundred Battle King before.

And a supreme expert capable of detecting the Heaven Gate.

"One on the mountain, one in the sky..."

Su Yu could see that Heavenly Fate Marquis was staying somewhere in the sky, as though he had built a private residence somewhere amid the clouds. He was very well-hidden. A regular expert would never be able to detect him.

As Su Yu fled, the expression on his face turned solemn. This was truly a difficult place to investigate. In such a short time, he had been caught using his Heaven Gate twice. Heavenly Fate Marquis was an expert near the level of a Master of Law. Clearly, the expert atop the mountain was also one such powerhouse.

"How many of them are there in this area?"

After moving to a different location, Su Yu continued looking around with his Heaven Gate. He had to get a good look at the actual number of experts in the Dao Origin Land even at the risk of being discovered and pursued.

Information was very important.

To fight blindly is to die without even knowing what is happening.

And he was the only one who could do this. These experts were so powerful that anyone else would not be able to notice anything. Such experts could be standing right in front of someone and that someone would still be blind to them.

"To think that South Suppression Marquis and the others are actually dreaming of saving Hundred Battle King here. What nonsense."

Su Yu grumbled as he continued looking around. This time, he noticed another mountain. The moment his gaze landed there, his face turned solemn.

"There are so many of them!"

He saw an area where a large number of experts congregated. Upon further focus, he saw eight massive daos surging to the sky. His heart thumped as he studied these daos.

"Hundred Battle King's location!"

Six of the daos looked powerful, but they looked somewhat unstable and empty in Su Yu's eyes. As for the other two daos, they looked a lot more stable. Clearly, six of them were fake daos.

"Eight experts. They are probably all heavenly kings..."

Su Yu exhaled deeply.

Incredible.

With such a powerful force guarding Hundred Battle King, South Suppression Marquis was actually dreaming of coming to his rescue. Was he tired of living?

Su Yu couldn't see Hundred Battle King's dao on that mountain. Perhaps his dao had been completely sealed.

"Eight heavenly kings..."

Su Yu frowned. There were more than ten heavenly kings in the Dao Origin Land. There were also at least ten more spread among the various races outside the Dao Origin Land. Su Yu's face twitched. He was told that there weren't that many heavenly kings in the Upper Realm.

What was he looking at, then? He remembered that there weren't even this many heavenly kings involved in the battles against Hundred Battle King back then.

"Have so many people advanced over the past six thousand years?"

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Su Yu continued looking around. Apart from the force guarding Hundred Battle King, he also needed to check the expert composition in the Dao Origin Land as a whole. That would allow him to map out a proper path of retreat during his battle.

It would be unfortunate if he were to run straight into a super expert while escaping. He had a feeling that even a heavenly king would die here without a Heaven Gate.

"Back then, someone from Control King's lineage was here. How did that person make the escape, then? Or was that person incomparably powerful as well? Someone near Master of Law?"

Su Yu noted that the area immediately surrounding Hundred Battle King's place of imprisonment was relatively empty. After a while, Su Yu's face twitched. Just as he was spying on a certain spot, a gigantic bamboo appeared before slamming down upon him.

He vanished with a flicker. The bamboo stick landed, but it created zero fluctuation. It had also vanished with a flicker. Everything had happened noiselessly.

Su Yu, who had moved tens of thousands of meters away, was cursing with a pale face.

A giant bamboo.

The moment he saw that, he thought of a certain race: iron devourer race. Was that super expert the iron devourer called March?

Sure enough, he wasn't dead.

Both January and February were Masters of Laws. Meanwhile, March was near Master of Law. This was reasonable.

***

Far away.

Atop a mountain filled with bamboo, a gigantic iron devourer was busy eating clumsily. The clumsy and plump iron devourer was deep in thought while eating.

"A spying method. Fate? Divine? Immortal? Or human?"

Not bothered to think too much about the matter, the iron devourer resumed his eating.

His reaction was simple. He would smash anyone with the courage to spy on him with his bamboo stick.

***

"Audacious! Who dares to spy on me?"

After some time, yet another voice rang out in Su Yu's mind. Once again, he was forced to flee in desperation. After March, he had discovered yet another super expert. Today, he had been caught using his Heaven Gate four times. He felt like crying.

Were all these people actually people with the comprehension of Masters of Laws and were merely stuck in terms of cultivation level?

"I have to stop here."

At this point, he had scanned through a large portion of the Dao Origin Land. The place was so big that he had yet to complete scanning everything. However, he couldn't afford to continue.

He had been noticed by four super experts in a row. And these super experts might have communicated this information to each other. Continuing at this point could only generate more suspicion among these experts.

"Fortunately, there are only four super experts in this area. That big bamboo came from March. I don't have to worry about him. Heavenly Fate Marquis is neutral, so I can probably ignore him as well. As for the remaining two, I only need to stay away from them. But such experts will be unimaginably fast as well. If they are proficient at spatial manipulation, they can be even faster."

***

After some thought, Su Yu calmed the area around him with his stone before moving out of the area covered by the curtain of light.

The Dao Origin Land felt too repressive.

That place simply hid too many experts. Even after his recent advancement, Su Yu still felt like the place was far too dangerous for him. That was supposed to be his territory, but it was currently occupied by numerous powerful experts.