Chapter 896: Entering The Heaven Index Before The Ancient City (1)

Moving like the wind, Su Yu was traveling rapidly. His tribulation character was still pulsing madly. He couldn't help but curse inwardly. Did Mo Duona pick him out of the three humans? Was he really so unlucky? Why wasn't Mo Duona going after Qin Fang instead?

He had been transforming into multiple elements while fleeing, such as earth to get through hills, water to get over bodies of water, and wood when traveling through thickets. Even so, his tribulation character was still pulsing rapidly. He was already fleeing with all his strength. But it didn't seem like he was able to shake his pursuer off.

At the same time.

The purple-haired Mo Duona was striding forward on thin air, looking as carefree as he was on a stroll in the park.

Was this arrogance? No. This was merely confidence. The confidence of someone who had killed a seventh-stage Mountainsea before. The confidence of someone who had grown even stronger since then. The human geniuses were still quite far away from him.

He was strong enough to stay alive even against peak Mountainseas. As for Sunmoons, he only needed to worry about those from the human race. Demonic beast and divine Sunmoons wouldn't dare to actually kill him.

After all, the divines and devils still needed to join hands against the humans. In fact, the demonic beasts had also been thinking of joining this anti-human alliance as of late as well.

"Su Yu?"

He continued striding ahead, wondering if the person in front of him was Su Yu. Qin Fang and Huang Teng were familiar faces in the Allheaven Battlefield. He was already bored with them. Unless the two reached the seventh or eighth-stage of the Cloudbreach Realm, they would not be able to even put up a fight against him.

For Mo Duona, fighting opponents who were actually a match to him was a pleasure. As for the possibility of actually losing and dying, so be it. How could one hope to affirm one's dao if one couldn't even stand atop one's peers?

Without the ability to surpass everyone in his generation, he wouldn't be able to reach the level of people like Great Xia King even if he managed to affirm his dao. What was the point of growing into a weak Invincible?

Thus, Mo Duona was more interested in experiencing the strength of newcomers. For example, this human who might be Cui Lang or Su Yu. How strong was that human? Wouldn't a new target be a lot more interesting than the two old faces?

"Heavendoom City."

The imposing and vast city was visible even from afar. Ancient and mysterious, as though it was a city that had stood since the beginning of time. Such ancient cities could be found all over the Allheaven Battlefield.

Mo Duona had entered a different ancient city before. There, he had stumbled upon some fortuitous encounters. Naturally, he had also encountered some dangers there.

"Ancient city...Heavendoom."

With a deep look in his eyes, he gazed at the distant city and smiled. Were Su Yu and the other humans thinking of entering these ancient cities? These ancient cities might not be the safe havens they were looking for.

In fact, for the human geniuses, these ancient cities might be even more dangerous than Mo Duona. It was common knowledge that the more talented one was, the more dangerous an ancient city would be to them.

This was the Allheaven Battlefield. One could say that this place existed for the sake of the various young geniuses. Here, they would met countless dangers. But after surviving the dangers, they would also be rewarded accordingly. Thus, this was also a place for geniuses to grow as fast as they could.

Mo Duona continued moving ahead while wondering if Su Yu would enter the Heavendoom City. He was unsure, but he decided to enter the Heavendoom City regardless of Su Yu's decision. Since fate had brought him here, he might as well take a look. That way, he wouldn't have traveled all the way to the Plain of Desires for nothing.

Initially, he did not plan to enter the Plain of Desires. This place was only suitable for geniuses below the high-stage Mountainsea Realm. Any stronger and one would find themselves losing their way randomly.

There were other places for those with higher cultivation levels to explore and train. Mo Duona was still not a Sunmoon, but he preferred going to the places that would be frequented by Sunmoons. That was the only way he could experience the thrill of life and death. Here in the Plain of Desires, he might as well be an Invincible.

***

Su Yu saw the same ancient city Mo Duona was looking at.

Even from far away, he could feel a wild aura of desolation from that city. But at the same time, the city also looked magnificent. Su Yu approached the city cautiously while his tribulation character continued pulsing. The pulses weren't too strong, indicating that the danger wasn't too big. The city was massive, giving one the illusion that it would never end.

Su Yu also noted that for some reason, this was a city with a large number of city gates. Only one of the city walls was visible to him, but multiple city gates could be seen on it.

Su Yu started hesitating. Should he enter? What was the process? Would they inspect his identity? This was the Allheaven Battlefield. How did such a massive city come into existence here? Even in the core human territory, there was only a small Eastpart City that was more like a town than a city. Behind the Eastpart City were countless military bases.

The first thing to catch Su Yu's eyes was the simple yet ancient word hanging on the city wall.

Heavendoom.

It was not written in the human language. Nor was it written in the divine or devil language. It was not any of the languages Su Yu had learned before. But for some reason, he was able to read it. The word seemed to have been written in a unique script similar to Divine Characters. After all, one would automatically gain an understanding of the Divine Characters they form.

"Divine Character..."

Yes. That was the first impression Su Yu had of the word on the wall. The moment he saw the word, he understood its meaning.

Inside his sea of willpower, the golden book shook slightly before returning to inactivity.

The massive word on the city wall also flickered slightly before returning to inactivity.

At the same time.

Inside the mayor's residence, the statue in the massive hall opened its eyes yet again. Those eyes seemed capable of seeing through everything. Numerous information was captured by the eyes before they were shut again. The statue returned to how it was since time immemorial, still and unmoving.

***

Su Yu was hiding near the city. He didn't dare to enter rashly. But he was also worried that Mo Duona would catch up to him. He couldn’t make up his mind. Suddenly, his expression changed. His tribulation character was pulsing madly. Was Mo Duona here?

He was just about to rush into the city when someone floated over from afar. It was Mo Duona. He shot Su Yu an indifferent glance before approaching the largest city gate on the wall. The look in his eyes indicated that he had discovered Su Yu. But he had ignored Su Yu like he had not noticed anything.

Unlike the other gates, the largest gate was left unguarded. The gate was wide open, but its surroundings were devoid of people. Mo Duona stopped before the open gate instead of stepping through.

His action caught the attention of the pedestrians around the nearby gates. Some trembled in fear the moment they noticed who he was. Some were unaware of who he was, and one of them sneered, "Yet another overconfident fool..."

Whoosh!

The sneering individual was instantly ignited in devilflame. Miserable wails rang out. In mere moments, the Cloudbreach was reduced to ashes.

Mo Duona did not even spare the Cloudbreach a glance. The people around the dead Cloudbreach hurriedly moved away. Standing beside the dead Cloudbreach was an old man. Shock and fury filled his eyes.

"Is the original devil race...so unreasonable?"

Finally, Mo Duona turned his head. The old man was a Mountainsea.

He nodded, "Yes. The original devil race...does not need to reason with anyone."

Then, his body flickered.

Boom!

In his place, a fist appeared. The fist broke through space itself and struck the old man on his head. The head burst apart. Once again, a clump of devilflame appeared. The old man turned into a headless black wolf after his death. His corpse was instantly reduced into ashes by the devilflame.

"Mo Duona!"

Some of the people nearby muttered that name in fear. The surrounding people furrther distanced themselves from Mo Duona.

Original devil race. Mo Duona.

Cloudbreach.

A third-stage Mountainsea was killed with only one punch. That feat shocked everyone present.

Ignoring the others, Mo Duona returned his focus to the gate.

The gate remained open. After a light inhalation, he took a step forward.

Whoosh!

Fire started dancing around him.

One step at a time, Mo Duona advanced. He seemed to be having a hard time.

One step, two steps...

Each step seemed capable of draining all his strength.

This formed a huge contrast with the ease with which he had killed a Mountainsea just moments ago. Su Yu, who was observing in concealment, was stunned.

Too strong!

A third-stage Mountainsea was actually so helpless against this fellow. How terrifying.

"This fellow...is too strong. He's only a seventh-stage Cloudbreach! With this level of strength, I'll need to reach at least sixth-stage Skysoar Realm before I can face him in battle."

"..."

Those words were spoken to the little furball. The little guy turned to the other side. He didn't feel like replying.

Mo Duona was the strongest seventh-stage Cloudbreach of the original devil race. Or to be precise, he was probably the strongest seventh-stage Cloudbreach of the myriad races. And this fellow was complaining that he could only fight Mo Duona upon reaching the sixth-stage Skysoar Realm. What an annoying braggart.

But Su Yu was serious. He was referring to his physical cultivation. At the sixth stage, he would have no less than forty-one body forgings completed. And that would only grant him the strength to put up a fight instead of winning. Even now, he still couldn't see just how strong Mo Duona was.

Perhaps he even needed to reach the seventh stage.

"I might...need an even higher cultivation level than that. This fellow is too hard to see through. How many body forgings has he completed? Thirty-six? How many acupoints has he opened? More than a hundred?"

Mo Duona did not look like someone who had opened only around a hundred acupoints. He had probably completed more than thirty-six body forgings as well. Sure, the cultivation method of the original devil Su Yu knew about only reached up to thirty-six body forgings. But who knew if that fellow was cultivating the same thing?

"Why did he insist on walking through that gate?"

Su Yu was feeling very doubtful. There were so many gates. Some of them seemed very easy to go through, as evident by the pedestrians who were easily going through them. The guards did not stop or inspect any of the visitors.

In that case, why did Mo Duona insist on walking through that gate? Also, had Mo Duona discovered him? Why was Mo Duona ignoring him and entering the city? It was as though Mo Duona was here only for the city, not him. What an odd fellow.

Su Yu was filled with doubt. It was clear how difficult each step was for Mo Duona. In fact, beads of sweat were already dripping down his forehead. Something was off about this gate. Someone who had killed a Mountainsea with one punch was having difficulty going through a gate. What matter of gate was this?

What would happen if someone decided to skip the gates and fly over the city walls?

"Death."

Boom!

Su Yu instantly threw a punch behind him. His characters and character technique activated instantaneously. A massive explosion ensued.

"Su Yu!"

The person who had spoken the word "death" retreated and only stopped after putting a distance of several hundred meters between them. That was a masked individual. He laughed and said, "Are you wondering about the consequences of flying over the city walls?"

Su Yu's eyes were cold, but inwardly, he was greatly shocked. That was merely a thought in his mind. How did this person learn of it?

Seemingly knowing what Su Yu was thinking, the masked man laughed again, "Because...that's the same thing everyone will wonder during their first visit. Isn't that an easy guess? Do you have a lot of questions? Are you curious?"

"Who are you?"

Su Yu's eyes turned even colder. He couldn't see through the masked individual. Thus, he decided to run again.

"Don't run. I come in peace."

𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

The masked man smiled and said, "I come from the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. I'm a member of the Heaven Department of the Four Departments. Su Yu, was that a character technique? Could you tell me its name?"

Su Yu merely stared at the masked man coldly.

"There is no need to be so hostile toward me. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is nothing but a normal organization. We don't care about right or wrong. We don't care about good and evil. We exist to help others and ourselves."

The masked man continued, "I wish to recruit you into the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. Are you interested?"

"Nope." Su Yu was constantly retreating even as they spoke. Worried that the masked man would attack after such an answer, he added, "Give me some time. I need to think about it. After all, I know too little about the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."

"Heh." The masked man said, "Don't be so nervous. I'm only here to verify your identity. Nothing else. Even if you're not joining, you can still use our index copy. With the index copy, you can stay in touch with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion and do some business with us."

"Business?"

"Yes." The masked man said, "We are open to all sorts of transactions."

"Do you take assassination requests as well?"

"..."