Chapter 1949: Approaching Battle (2)

Su Yu smiled and asked, "Do you think he will abandon all of you just to save Hundred Battle King?"

The others looked at each other in silence. After a short pause, Shadow Marquis said, "We have been comrades for many years..."

Su Yu asked, "Are you so sure?"

Nobody could answer that.

Su Yu merely smiled instead of saying anything to that. "Don't be too pessimistic. There is no need for that. Since I'm telling you to fight, I'm naturally not sending you to pointless deaths.

"They need to keep Hundred Battle King suppressed. But even without that limitation, I have a way to weaken them. While suppressing Hundred Battle King, they are only as strong as peak Daofuses, or tier-two Daofuses. And with me weakening them on top of that, they will probably drop to tier-three Dafuses.

"Of course, this is merely a speculation since I have never done it before. Thus, the risk is still quite high. I have never fought them for real, so I can't make an accurate judgment of their strength."

The others were surprised to hear that. Brave Martial General hurriedly asked, "Are you saying that you can drop these heavenly kings to our level?"

In that case, the risk of this mission would be much lower. Furthermore, they stood to gain massively. As long as they could kill the six heavenly kings, it would be a massive victory even if Su Yu and Lan Tian couldn't kill the other two. The deaths of six heavenly kings could shake the entire Upper Realm.

Su Yu reminded them, "This is merely a speculation. Reality might be different. Thus, fight as if you're facing proper heavenly kings. Be ready to die. Don't take them lightly."

However, Brave Martial General was already too excited to care. She said, "If you can really suppress them to our level, we will definitely have a massive advantage over them! Cloud Fire and Zhou Tiansheng can even handle two of them each!"

Was this really possible? They didn't even dare to imagine what would happen if this were true. They grew incomparably excited. Would this really work? They found this hard to believe, but Su Yu must be speaking the truth unless he was really trying to throw his life away.

The more they thought, the more excited they grew.

"Ultimately, it depends on luck." Su Yu said, "This will be our battle plan. Next, we'll talk about our withdrawal."

Su Yu placed more red dots on the map.

"These are the locations of experts near the level of a Master of Law. Stay as far from them as possible. I know which of them are Heavenly Fate Marquis and March, but stay away from them anyway. Don't risk exposing our identities. There are more Daofuses spread everywhere."

After marking a route on the map, Su Yu said, "I will lead the withdrawal. But anything can happen. If I fail to escape, or if I can't lead the withdrawal, leave through this route. This is the safest escape route I can find."

If possible, Su Yu would take them all out of the place through the River of Time. Thus, this escape route was merely an emergency plan. They hurriedly memorized the escape route. They did not dare to take this lightly.

After all, this was the Dao Origin Land. Any mistake might lead to an encounter with a super expert capable of killing them all.

Su Yu looked at Great Ming King and said, "You won't be fighting directly. You have one task. Lay down a concealment formation. Make it as stable as possible."

Great Ming King gasped and said, "A battle involving so many experts requires an extremely powerful formation to hide. This is beyond me. Too many heavenly kings will be fighting this time. Any one of them can easily shatter the formation."

Su Yu was overestimating him.

Su Yu nodded, "Therefore, you are still too weak."

Great Ming King smiled helplessly. Yes. He was still too weak.

However, the dao of formation was unique. Growth was slow.

Next, Su Yu gave Grandstar a long stare before saying, "You guys are feeling quite weak right now. At this point, we are facing heavenly kings. Regular Daofuses are insufficient. I have some masterless daos on me."

He had gathered quite a lot of treasures from Human Emperor. And these treasures were quite helpful for Daofuses. However, there were disadvantages to using these treasures.

Su Yu said, "These things can help with your strength, but it's empty strength. As a result, you might need to spend more time and effort to perfect your dao in the future."

As Su Yu spoke, several different daos twirled around his arm. When the others sensed that, they gasped in shock. This fellow had only been in there for one day. Why did it feel like he had been there for thousands of years instead?

Not only had he gathered a large amount of information, but he had also gathered a bunch of treasures.

Shadow Marquis and the others once resided in the Dao Origin Land as well. Thus, they were familiar with the powers twirling around Su Yu's arm. Shadow Marquis said with shock, "These...are incomplete daos, but they are enough to create a brand new Daofuse. Often, only one will appear every few decades. Human Lord...you seem to have a lot of them?"

Su Yu said nonchalantly, "Yes. But you're better off crushing them and feeding the power into your own dao. Don't cultivate these as real daos, even if they are complete."

Several tiny dragons appeared in his hand. He tossed them to Great Ming King and said, "Don't cultivate them like regular daos. Just comprehend them for a bit before crushing them and feeding your own dao with their power."

When Great Ming King caught the clump of daos, the tiny dragons struggled intensely, nearly breaking free from his grasp. He spent quite some effort to suppress them before saying in excitement, "I can feel some formation intent from them!"

Su Yu nodded, "This is an amalgamation of countless daos. It is normal for formation dao to be among them. But they are all incomplete. I call them fake daos. Don't cultivate them. At present, real and complete daos can only be found in the Lower Realm. The River of Time is the most complete set of heavenly laws in existence.

"We have five days to complete the task given by the iron devourers. I will give you some time to make your preparations. Finish it within five days. That should be enough for you to absorb these daos and digest them. Grow as much as possible. If you can't grow in that time...we'll have to figure something out.

"For this operation, we will kill six heavenly kings. But first, we will gang up on one of them. The others will definitely come to help. I won't suppress their daos from the very start to give them the chance to gather up. That will also be the most dangerous part of our operation.

"But the moment they are all there, I will suppress them all. Their daos might even grow unstable for a bit. That will be your best chance to kill them. If you can kill one or two of them when they are distracted by the suppression, the rest will be much easier to handle."

They all nodded.

Su Yu added, "Also, we can't drag this out. There are too many experts in the dao Origin Land. Even with a concealment formation, someone might still notice the battle. We will complete this in an even shorter time than what we took with the dragons."

Everyone grimaced upon hearing that. Stable Army Marquis, who had also participated in the battle against the dragons, had the strongest reaction as he said, "Even faster than that? We spent less than the time to finish a cup of tea fighting the dragons. And we need to go faster this time? How fast?"

Was Su Yu trying to maximize his rapid strike doctrine or something?

"We naturally need to go faster."

Su Yu said, "Use all your strength from the very beginning. No, that's not enough. Ignite your blood essence the moment the battle starts. Set five drops of blood essence as the limit. Put everything you have into this. We are trying to prevail over a superior force. It is only natural that we need to push ourselves. Risking our lives is better than dragging it out only to lose our lives. Yes. Ignite your blood essence, kill, and flee. We will worry about recovery after this."

A look of resignation flashed across all their faces. How crazy. Igniting their blood essence from the very beginning. That was more than using all their strength from the onset. Rather, that was the same as gambling with their lives from the onset.

"Can you do this?" Su Yu asked, "If you treasure yourself too much to take this risk, be honest."

"Yes." Cloud Fire Marquis answered, "If we can really kill several heavenly kings doing this, what are a few drops of blood essence? We can even die for such a result! It will be completely worth it!"

"Good." Su Yu gave them a long stare and said, "This is the first large-scale cooperation between our two forces. You are testing me. But I am testing you as well. I have led countless battles in the Lower Realm, and I have never been defeated. I do not wish to break my winning streak during our cooperation."

Su Yu was no longer cold. He was no longer mysterious. He was solemn. "Of the large-scale battles I had fought in the Lower Realm, Dragon Pseudo Emperor, Spirit Pseudo Emperor, and Golden Peng Pseudo Emperor were killed in the first battle I led. The second battle I led happened in the Death Realm. I conquered the East Heavenly Domain, South Heavenly Domain, and West Heavenly Domain.

"Even North Heavenly King was expelled. For the third battle, Nether Pseudo Emperor, a three-headed devil wolf, Fallen Star Marquis, Devilroil Marquis and many other experts died. In my fourth battle, Phoenix Pseudo Emperor, Ape Pseudo Emperor, and Celestial Dragon Marquis fell.

"If I include the Upper Realm, the attack against the dragon race was my fifth major battle. And I won massively as well."

Su Yu looked at them straight and said, "Five battles. Over thirty enemy Daofuses died. Not a single Daofuse on my side was lost. Zero."

The ancient experts were all greatly shocked.

Su Yu continued, "It's not that I'm looking down on all of you, but your performance during the ninth epoch did not invite confidence. All I have, I gained through victory after victory. We did not have this many experts from the beginning. You understand the situation down there. By staying alive, Hundred Battle King is blocking the path of advancement for many people. Prior to this, there was only one Daofuse among the Lower Realm humans. Great Zhou King.

"I amassed my power from nothing. And finally, we're here. I do not wish to lose everything because of you lot."

Cloud Fire Marquis asked in disbelief, "Zero losses? Are you certain?"

Was that really the case? That wasn't possible!

Su Yu asked coldly, "Why do I need to lie? This is my sixth major battle. I hope it will be another perfect victory. I can accept casualties when we are fighting our enemies head-on. But this is a surprise attack. A sneak attack. Our enemies know nothing about our strength, our identity, and our ability. If you can't even win a perfect victory in such a situation, how are you supposed to win a harder battle in the future?"

Su Yu had fought numerous battles. Each time, he would be the one doing the unexpected. Even now, the myriad races were still unaware of what he was fully capable of.

Brave Martial General was gasping in shock as well. She looked at Su Yu with shock and said, "In other words, Lan Tian is a new pseudo king? He's not a pseudo king from before this epoch?"

Lan Tian giggled and said, "Yeap yeap! I only advanced not long before we came up here. Prior to this, I'm only a Sunmoon!"

The others were shocked to hear that. Was that true?

Great Zhou King said, "That is true. He was a Sunmoon before that. His dao was unimaginably difficult to pioneer. Emperor Yu burned a hundred thousand years of his lifespan to help with Lan Tian's advancement."

"That...no wonder you feel like a dying person."

Brave Martial General was greatly astonished. She stared at Su Yu with disbelief and asked, "Are you crazy? Why did you burn a hundred thousand years of your lifespan to help someone else pioneer their dao?"

What madness was this?

No wonder Lan Tian was so loyal to him. After all, Su Yu wasn't even a pseudo king prior to this. Thus, they had been confused as to why a pseudo king was so obedient toward a peak Daofuse. Someone capable of becoming a pseudo king in a single epoch was an incomparably talented person. Yet someone like that was following every word of Su Yu without any complaint.

Now, they understood why. A gentleman could die for those who truly understood him. Treat one with honor and one would repay with equal, exceptional service. They tried placing themselves in Lan Tian's position. They, too, would be willing to lay down their lives for such a leader.

With a complicated expression, Brave Martial General said, "If someone is willing to ignite a hundred thousand years of their lifespan, no, just a thousand years is enough. I will give them everything, including my body!"

Su Yu's expression darkened. What was the meaning of that? Why was she looking at him when she was saying that? He did not need her body! And he did not have enough lifespan to burn anymore!

Meanwhile, everyone else was in deep thought. They finally understood why the experts of Lower Realm were so loyal toward this young Emperor Yu.

Someone capable of reversing a losing tide. Someone with numerous victories who had caused the deaths of dozens of Daofuses without losing a single Daofuse. This was a leader they would willingly follow as well.

Silence descended.

It seemed as though Su Yu was much better than Hundred Battle King.

As for his strength, the moment he became a pseudo king, they were no longer too worried about that. His talent was simply monstrous. Since he could reach the level of a pseudo king in such a short time, how far would he be from Hundred Battle King's level?

They all understood that as long as Su Yu lived, it was only a matter of time before he reached Hundred Battle King's level.

Brave Martial General couldn't resist saying, "I have a feeling that even when Hundred Battle King regains his freedom, he won't be a match for you. Why don't we free him for real and set him against the myriad races. We're already here, anyway. He stands no chance against you."

Previously, she thought that Su Yu stood no chance against Hundred Battle King. But she had changed her mind. So what if Hundred Battle King was slightly stronger in combat?