Chapter 1959: Escape (3)

Venerable Scrape was left without an argument. This was his very first time facing such an insult since the end of the ancient past. Venerable. That was indeed an imposing title. It was not a title the likes of him could have claimed during the ancient past.

But the ancient past was no more. All Masters of Laws had disappeared. People like him stood at the very peak of existence. In that case, why couldn't they call themselves that?

Venerable Scrape did not bother to argue about that. He knew that the person before him was too prideful to care about any argument he had. It would be a complete waste of time. Thus, he started stepping forth again, one step at a time.

Behind him, the indistinct aura of a different expert had appeared as well. Evidently, they were aware that Su Yu had reached a dead end. There was no escape for him.

Su Yu ignored them and looked at the hole below him with a frown. This wouldn't be an easy path to take. The hole here was unlike the hole on the death spirit dao. This was a far larger hole. It felt large enough to sever the River of Time itself.

The raging currents down there were essentially liquid dao power. Su Yu felt like this was too much for him to handle even with the assistance of the little stone. However, this was his sole option.

No, there was also the option of inheriting the dao of responsibility. Escape would be even more unlikely if he waited until his pursuers were near.

Su Yu narrowed his eyes. If he had some lifespan to burn, he wouldn't fear them. At worst, he would deal with them using the Book of Time. Alas, he didn't even have the lifespan to burn anymore.

Then again, he had grown strong enough to slightly utilize the Book of Time even without burning his lifespan. With his eyes narrowed, he looked back again.

Still advancing step by step, Venerable Scrape said, "Are you really thinking of jumping into that hole? That's suicide. We discovered this place long ago. We thought of entering that hole as well. Back then, a Venerable attempted to explore the hole. But he lost all his lifespan and rotted away right after entering the hole."

"What's the point of seeking death, Fellow Daoist. If you stop resisting and go back with me, we can talk everything out."

Venerable Scrape preferred to capture Su Yu alive. He was certain this person was an important member of the chaos race.

After a glance at the rapidly approaching Venerable Moon, Su Yu said, "Are you trying to capture me alive? Dream on. For the grand undertaking of my noble race, everything is worth sacrificing. Zi Yan has sacrificed herself. I can sacrifice myself as well. I guess this isn't that bad. Lord Yue Luo will not spare any of you."

Su Yu sneered with disdain and said, "I can only hope that the stupid Hundred Battle King will survive this or Lord Yue Luo's hard work would go to waste."

Yue Luo.

Venerable Scrape memorized that name. In truth, that was already a familiar name to him. After all, that was the name Hundred Battle King had spent thousands of years cursing at.

Venerable Scrape recalled something as understanding dawned on him. The person who had sealed Hundred Battle King back then must be this Yue Luo. And this Yue Luo was clearly an expert of the chaos race.

Zi Yan, Yue Luo, and this black-robed youth. There was also the other pseudo king, who was hidden inside a weapon. So far, this mysterious race had revealed four pseudo kings. Right, there was also the unknown pseudo king who had attempted to free Hundred Battle King thousands of years ago.

This was a race with at least five pseudo kings. What a terrifying race. They had remained almost completely unknown prior to the ninth epoch. The myriad races had only started noticing their presence a few thousand years ago. Even so, they knew very little about these people.

Venerable Scrape persuaded, "You have a bright future ahead of you. Are you really willing to die here?"

Su Yu sneered again and said, "A frog at the bottom of the well. You will never understand our pursuit. This body here is a mere shell. If I have to lose it, so be it. Our spirits are everlasting. I will return when the world falls under the control of my race."

This was complete lunacy. The madness was enough to cause even Venerable Scrape's heart to palpitate. And finally, Venerable Moon arrived. The two looked at each other without bothering to say anything. This person was impossible to persuade. They had to capture this person before he could jump into the hole. Even if they couldn't capture him alive, they needed to collect his corpse. With that in mind, they charged forth.

Su Yu waited in silence. Just as the two were about to reach him, he snorted coldly.

"Burn, my noble body!"

Boom!

Instantly, the water from the River of Time raged.

In truth, Su Yu had first suppressed the water from the River of Time before suddenly releasing the pressure, unleashing a massive torrent of water toward the two.

At the same time, he dove into the pillar of water with a fanatical expression. As he vanished into the water, his laughter rang out, "I will die, but I won't die in the hands of insignificant bugs. I shall become one with the great dao!"

"Hahaha!"

With that, he vanished completely.

The pillar of water continued shooting up from the hole.

Boom!

Instantly, the two super experts were washed away.

The two finally regained their footing after they were washed far away. While coughing blood, Venerable Scrape said helplessly, "He was too prideful. What a waste of his strength..."

Venerable Moon was coughing blood as well. He asked doubtfully, "Is he really dead?"

Venerable Scrape asked with a sigh, "What do you think? That hole could probably kill even the two of us. Capable as that man might be, I doubt he can survive that hole."

He added, "We'll wait one day here. If he's still missing after one day, he's most likely dead."

Venerable Moon nodded and said, "He looked quite young, and he was probably someone with the Heaven Gate open. Truly a pity. However, this is proof that the chaos race is unimaginably powerful. I'm afraid a bitter war is ahead of us."

Venerable Scrape nodded and sighed as well.

Yes. A bitter war was upon them.

Venerable Moon said, "What about Hundred Battle King? We have to stay here so we won't be able to help with him."

Venerable Scrape chuckled and said, "If he ends up dead from this, he can only blame his luck. And if he ends up sealed again, he can only blame his own lack of strength.

"And if he manages to escape alive, so be it. There is still a layer of seal on him. After escaping, he will prioritize removing that seal and regaining his full strength. And who will he go after for that? Us?

"No. He will go after Yue Luo. A member of this chaos race. She was the one to first seal Hundred Battle King. She is the person he hates most. To fully remove the seal on him, he has to either gain her help or kill her. If you ask me, I believe even letting Hundred Battle King go will be a good thing for us. He can explore the Chaos Mountain on our behalf."

Venerable Moon laughed and said, "True. Hundred Battle King is rash and overbearing. After Yue Luo's betrayal, we won't be his priority target after he's free."

Venerable Scrape nodded and said, "Kill or seal him if possible. If he manages to escape, no big deal.

"He was the strongest back then. But after so many years, all of us have grown as well. Humanity has also weakened significantly. Can the current humanity even amass a hundred Daofuses to fight alongside him?"

In short, any result was acceptable to them. Things had changed. Back then, Hundred Battle King's dominance was not a result of his strength alone. He also had the support of people like Bing Ku and Marquis Minshan.

But humanity had lost nearly everything during the battle of the ninth epoch. As for the surviving human marquises, well, they had all entered the hole ahead of them. In short, Hundred Battle King was completely alone. What could he do even if he managed to escape?

Venerable Moon chuckled. That was true. In that case, there was no rush. They had to wait here to make sure that the black-robed individual was really dead. Even if he could survive the initial clash against the water, it was unlikely that he would be able to escape the fate of dying to old age after contact with the violent currents in the hole.

***

Meanwhile, Su Yu was being crushed from all sides.

The Book of Time rippled slightly, removing some of the power around him. The little stone and human lord's token were also hard at work. However, the pressure was still too much for Su Yu to handle. Waves of power were also rippling out of the Mark of Civilization as Great Zhou King and the others helped resist the pressure as well.

Su Yu continued moving against the current as he panted heavily. He had to rush through. As long as he could rush through this hole and enter the River of Time proper, he would be able to leave. It wasn't a big deal if he found himself somewhere in the Lower Realm instead the ninth level.

"Go!"

Su Yu roared to himself as he continued his push. He had never felt so small before. Even after reaching the level of a heavenly king, he was still akin to an ant before the great river. Meanwhile, Human Emperor was someone capable of digging such a hole through the river. This feat was far beyond the current Su Yu.

Boom!

Violent waves crashed into him repeatedly. He would have died long ago without the little stone and the Book of Time. Only then did he realize just how much the little stone had helped him.

"Xing Yue..."

All of a sudden, he recalled Xing Yue. The thought of her caused him to chuckle. If he hadn't learned of this stone from her through sheer coincidence, he would have missed a lot of opportunities during his travels in the Upper Realm. He wouldn't have been able to kill so many heavenly kings either.

"Go!"

Once again, he roared at himself. He only needed to get out of this hole. Everything would be fine after that. Lan Tian and the others were also helping with all their strength.

Boom!

Rumbling sounds rang out repeatedly as Su Yu pushed on while coughing blood. After an indeterminate amount of time, the pressure on him lightened. Next, he found himself standing atop a river yet again.

He was greatly exhausted, with heavy injuries on his body. The others, who were inside the Mark of Civilization, were similarly exhausted. However, his eyes were shining brightly. He was finally out!

He had successfully departed through the hole! He could sense the River of Time clearly. He was already in the River of Time.

The real River of Time.

He looked down and saw a whirlpool below him. At the sight of that, he grumbled that Human Emperor sure was a scumbag for doing this to the river.

But next, Su Yu chuckled. He looked to the side with his Heaven Gate active and unsurprisingly, he saw a unique tributary there. Something was different about this tributary. Su Yu guessed that this was a tiny opening Human Emperor had dug for himself.

An opening leading to the Luminous Domain Mansion.

At present, Su Yu was too tired to search for a different exit. He decided to exit here. And thus, he rushed into the tributary.

Boom!

With a rumble, he vanished from the river.

He was out.

And he was inside the Luminous Domain Mansion.