Chapter 1947: Gather Up, Let's Kill Some Heavenly Kings (3)

Outside the Dao Origin Land.

Inside a random ravine.

Cloud Water Marquis and the others were still waiting.

Su Yu had been gone for over a day. Three days had passed since Su Yu's meeting with the iron devourer race. A third of the time allocated for him to complete their task had passed.

"Why isn't he back?" Cloud Fire Marquis looked anxious as he said, "We warned him that it's dangerous inside. Did something happen to him?"

To the side, Lan Tian was happily eating a lollipop. He glanced at the marquis before flashing the marquis a wide smile. That smile only served to cause the marquis some discomfort. What? He didn't say anything wrong!

Great Zhou King smiled and said, "Be patient. Everything still seems calm. No death phenomenon has appeared. I don't see any issue."

"What if he was captured?"

Cloud Fire Marquis said, "I'm telling you, there are many experts inside. There are enough pseudo kings in there to be counted with two hands. That Su Yu guy—"

At that, Lan Tian's gaze landed on him again. Cloud Fire Marquis cursed inwardly and corrected himself, "That Emperor Yu is still not a pseudo king. I'm afraid he won't be able to escape from an actual pseudo king."

He couldn't stop complaining, "He shouldn't have entered alone, even with the Heaven Gate. He's not strong enough. It's not like the Heaven Gate is completely undetectable."

"You're right."

Suddenly, a chuckle rang out in Cloud Fire Marquis' ears. "When you're too weak, you can be detected way too easily."

Cloud Fire Marquis was alarmed, while Lan Tian said with a smile, "Congratulations, Big Brother Emperor Yu!"

Su Yu appeared about ten thousand meters away. With a flicker, he reappeared in front of them. He said, "There is nothing to congratulate. The world is wide, and there are countless powerhouses out there. I have merely taken a tiny step forward."

At that, Great Zhou King looked over and said with surprise, "Emperor Yu...have you reached the level of a heavenly king?"

The others were alarmed to hear that. That was way too fast! Wasn't he still a peak Daofuse a few days ago? And in the blink of an eye, he had reached the level of a pseudo king.

Su Yu said, "I am barely one. But there are really countless experts in there. I am nothing. This has been an enlightening trip. They even have several super experts near Master of Law in there."

Su Yu shook his head and said, "I actually found four beings at the level of Heavenly Fate Marquis."

He looked at Cloud Water Marquis and said doubtfully, "Does humanity not have such an expert out there before Hundred Battle King? In that case, how did humanity survive the previous epochs?"

However, the others had yet to recover from their shock.

Brave Martial General asked with stupefaction, "You...a pseudo king?"

How was he growing so easily? It wasn't like he had entered seclusion for many years. He had only been in the Dao Origin Land for a short time.

Su Yu frowned and said, "I told you previously. I'm not far from that level. To cultivate the dao is to comprehend the dao. With enough comprehension, you grow. It's that simple."

He made it sound so easy.

Brave Martial General wanted to curse and shout that it was definitely not that easy, but she couldn't bring herself to say it. She looked at Su Yu with an odd expression and said, "You—"

"Don't switch the topic." Su Yu frowned and said, "Answer my question."

Prior to Hundred Battle King's rise, how had humanity survived against all those experts? Had those experts been inactive in all the previous epochs as well? But was that even possible?

Su Yu doubted so. To survive such experts, humanity needed experts of such caliber as well. Everyone looked at Great Zhou King, which confused Su Yu. Why was everyone looking at him?

Noticing Su Yu's gaze on him as well, Great Zhou King smiled helplessly and said, "Humanity had such experts as well. Do you remember the two Torchbearers we spoke of before? Bing Ku and Dan Yu. Both were pseudo kings. And Bing Ku was an expert at Heavenly Fate Marquis' level. But he died during the previous epoch."

Su Yu said in surprise, "Are you saying that Bing Ku was near Master of Law in strength, yet he died? Who killed him?"

Su Yu was very surprised. He had never heard of this before. He only knew that the two Torchbearers were pseudo kings.

Great Zhou King sighed and said, "He died in his attempt to break free from the encirclement during the final battle. There were simply too many enemies for him to survive. Being near the level of a Master of Law is different from actually being a Master of Law. With Hundred Battle's disappearance, several powerful myriad race experts appeared. Someone needed to stay behind and hold the line or everyone would die."

Su Yu frowned and said, "An idiotic choice. In short, Bing Ku had exchanged his life for the lives of six weak Daofuses."

"..."

Cloud Fire Marquis looked awkward.

Six weak Daofuses. Was he talking about them?

He must be!

Great Zhou King said bitterly, "Back then, there were a lot more survivors. The rest of them had only died during the subsequent battles in the Upper Realm. That was actually a worthy trade. The survivors were able to keep the myriad races occupied for many years in the Upper Realm. Otherwise, the Upper Realm would have been a much more dangerous place for us.

"As for Bing Ku...he was an impatient man. He had exposed himself as early as the third epoch. He had been active since then. He was also one of the biggest supporters of Hundred Battle King. Thus, he was greatly ashamed of Hundred Battle King's defeat. Perhaps he had decided to throw his life away to cover his shame."

Great Zhou King sighed and said, "I said nothing about that. I did nothing. Hundred Battle King's defeat was disastrous for humanity. I was worried that it would drive Bing Ku mad. Thus, I let him be.

"Between the three of us, Bing Ku was in charge of military affairs while Dan Yu was in charge of logistics."

Su Yu looked at Great Zhou King and said, "And you're in charge of scheming?"

Great Zhou King said awkwardly, "Not really. I was in charge of...holding back as the final trump card."

Su Yu was rendered speechless. Final trump card? Simply put, he was in charge of being patient.

"So Bing Ku had been the main person in charge of resisting all those pseudo kings before?"

Great Zhou King said, "Yes. There aren't that many of such experts around, and they would rarely act. Everyone knows that a battle between such experts will either be fruitless or result in mutual annihilation. Thus, they mainly exist as deterence. I remember that from the third to the ninth epochs, Bing Ku had only fought once, excluding the battles of the ninth epoch. Most of the time, experts of his level had refrained from fighting actively."

Su Yu nodded.

He said, "I see now. Such experts are strategic assets. They won't be deployed easily. Let's not waste time."

He looked at Cloud Fire Marquis and the others, narrowed his eyes, and said, "I intend to kill a few heavenly kings. You. Do you dare to fight alongside me?"

Their expressions changed.

Cloud Water Marquis said, "Human Lord, why must we take such a risk?"

Su Yu answered with a frown, "How can there be gains without risk? Playing it safe and wait for the connection to the Lower Realm to be restored? And then we watch as those from the Upper Realm descend and wipe out humanity? Do you know what exactly we should be doing right now?"

Su Yu said, "Firstly, we need to weaken our enemies. Secondly, we need to strengthen ourselves. Thirdly, we need to gather enough allies. Fourthly, we need to showcase enough strength that will give the myriad races pause the day our identities are revealed.

𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂

"The gap in strength between the two sides is too big. Previously, I was much more confident because I believed that there were only eighty or so Daofuses up here. But you lot! The information you gave me was outdated by six thousand years!

"Furthermore, you had been keeping from me that the myriad races still hid some experts near Master of Law here. I only knew about Heavenly Fate Marquis, but I learned that from the fate race, not you! You are completely useless!"

He looked at Great Zhou King, snorted, and said, "Great Zhou King, don't think you can avoid responsibility for this as well. You knew all that. Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Great Zhou King smiled bitterly and said, "There aren't too many of such beings around. And they have been inactive for too long. I don't even know if they are still alive. I didn't dare to say something I was uncertain about and risk ruining morale..."

"Bullshit."

Su Yu looked at Lan Tian and said, "From now on, you will be in charge of intelligence. Rather than relying on others, we might as well rely on ourselves. We can only trust our own people. Others...are all trash."

He was scolding everyone except Lan Tian. Great Zhou King had a bitter feeling. The tiny bit of trust he had built had evaporated so easily. It wasn't that he had been deliberately keeping secrets. He was truly unsure.

If he were to end up talking about some experts who were already dead, Su Yu would also assume that he had been lying. Great Zhou King felt greatly helpless.

Brave Martial General and the others had odd expressions as well. This human lord was a truly domineering one.

Once again, Cloud Water Marquis looked at Brave Martial General and spoke with her eyes. Would Brave Martial General still say that this was a pitiful human lord?

Brave Martial General couldn't muster a response. She didn't even know what to say anymore. They couldn't blame her for that! Previously, the human lord had indeed acted pitifully!

Su Yu ignored their reaction and asked again, "Answer me. Do you dare to fight against heavenly kings?"

His tone turned frosty as he added, "Just be straightforward if you're scared. At most, I'll have someone watch over you while I fight. But if you agree to fight only to flee in the middle of the battle, I'll give up on the myriad races and prioritize killing you instead. I do not tolerate desertion."

He was giving off a killing intent that was so thick even the ancient human experts shivered. Just how many people had he killed to generate such a powerful killing intent? He looked gentle and refined, but he was actually a bloodthirsty butcher.

Brave Martial General had no choice but to answer, "When joining hands, we are good enough to kill one heavenly king. Both you and Lan Tian are pseudo kings as well..."

Su Yu interrupted, "No. Don't count us in your calculation."

Shadow Marquis asked, "Human Lord, how many heavenly kings do you plan to kill?"

"Seven or eight of them."

"..."

Silence descended.

Great Zhou King couldn't resist looking at Su Yu in astonishment. Had he gone mad?

Even Lan Tian crushed his lollipop in shock. He stared at Su Yu blankly. He had always thought himself crazy, but compared to Su Yu, he was perfectly normal. Nobody could be as normal as him.

If Su Yu were to proclaim himself the number two madman in existence, nobody would dare to claim the number one spot.

Su Yu continued, "Probably eight. All pseudo kings. Do you dare?"

Cloud Fire Marquis smiled bitterly and said, "A suicide mission? Sure. Since the human lord insists on throwing his life away, so be it. What do we have to fear if not even the human lord cares? I was mistaken to think that the current human lord is more patient than Hundred Battle King. No, the current human lord is an even bigger madman."

He said bitterly, with the tone of a soldier embracing his death, "So be it. Let us go crazy for one last time."

That was all he could say.

Killing eight heavenly kings.

Screw that. He was basically telling them to die. Fine, fine. Since he wasn't afraid of death, were they supposed to be scared? They had only tried so hard to survive to do more for the Lower Realm humans. Meanwhile, the Lower Realm humans were all crazy.

Cloud Water Marquis said, "Human Lord, you do not look like someone who will seek death willingly. Is there anything different about the eight heavenly kings you're targeting?"

Su Yu nodded, "Yes. They are different. But we will act as if they are regular heavenly kings."

Cloud Water Marquis was relieved to hear that. She did not think that Su Yu was crazy enough to die for no reason. With that confirmation, perhaps this wasn't such a hopeless mission, after all.

Su Yu added, "Even if we can't view them as eight proper heavenly kings, we need to view tham as five to six proper heavenly kings."

He ordered, "Gather everyone else, including Stable Army Marquis. We will attack, with the goal of killing six heavenly kings."

Only six. He did not want to provoke the other two. As for whether that would free Hundred Battle King, well, he did not care. He wouldn't mind seeing Hundred Battle King break free before fighting the myriad race experts of the Dao Origin Land to death.

That would save him a lot of trouble.