Chapter 947: Turtle In A Jar (2)

Inside an ancient building.

Qin Fang had a helpless expression. This was so troublesome. He was hiding in a sixth-ring building. The death qi there was already very thick in the first place. But now, the density was starting to rise yet again. Qin Fang felt like even his armor was on the verge of falling apart. At this rate, he would be in trouble as well.

"Don't tell me this is Su Yu again."

Qin Fang cursed inwardly. If he had known that the damn kid was so crazy, he wouldn't have bothered entering this city. He didn't know if he could leave this city alive anymore. How crazy. If this was truly Su Yu's work, the motive would be very easy to guess. Su Yu was probably aiming to trap everyone to death.

With more death spirits, death qi density would increase. And the city was currently sealed so nobody could leave. What could they do? The only way out for the people in the city was the help of Invincibles. And multiple Invincibles would be needed if they wanted to stand a chance at forcefully unsealing the city.

This might ultimately lead to a battle between Invincibles. How troublesome.

"What a lunatic. No wonder he dares to enter the Allheaven Battlefield alone. I've long heard that he's crazy. And he is indeed crazy."

Qin Fang couldn't help but be impressed. The mystic armors targeted Su Yu. As a result, all of them died.

The immortals targeted him. As a result, Jiu Xuan died. Even Dao Cheng, someone Qin Fang wasn't confident in defeating, was forced to kill an ally to boost his cultivation level.

At the moment, there were at least ten index geniuses in the city. As for the older experts, there were definitely more than twenty of them still in the city. All these people could very well perish under Su Yu's hands. If that fellow could accomplish something like that during his very first time in the Allheaven Battlefield, countless people would be shocked.

While Qin Fang was thinking about Su Yu, Su Yu was also thinking about Qin Fang. Was that fellow dead? That fellow was probably here to help him. He would feel bad if he somehow got Qin Fang killed here as well. If that happened, he could forget about returning to the Human Realm. After all, Great Qin King was the number one expert of humanity.

Qin Fang was also Qin Zhen's son. And Qin Zhen was someone Su Yu had met and interacted with before. He had quite a good impression of that person. He would feel terrible if he got Qin Zhen's son killed.

"He won't die so easily, right? He's the descendant of an Invincible. He should be more capable than that."

Su Yu decided to give Qin Fang some heavenly source qi if he happened to meet that fellow. That was all he could do. As for the teleportation talismans...he had to keep them for himself.

Qin Fang was too well-known. If someone discovered Qin Fang outside the city before the gates were reopened, they would start suspecting that Su Yu had a way of leaving as well. That would be very troublesome.

Between his own well-being and Qin Fang's well-being, Su Yu would naturally prioritize himself. He continued roaming the streets. At that point, a large number of death spirits had appeared in even the inner rings.

Suddenly, a bloodstained talisman was tossed out of a nearby building. Noticing that, Su Yu smiled with satisfaction. He had been roaming near the occupied buildings just to wait for something like this to happen. This was his way of killing effortlessly.

He landed on the ground and picked up the talisman before any death spirit could do so. Then, he started drawing on the board hanging in front of the building. He did manage to catch a glimpse of the person who had tossed the talisman out. It was someone from the hawkbeak race. Soon, a half-drawn portrait appeared on the board.

Su Yu also discovered that these boards were quite special. One could only leave a mark on it through death qi. Thus, it was understandable that nobody else could imitate this method of killing.

Fortunately, this wasn't an issue for Su Yu. He continued roaming the streets. He moved aimlessly like a regular death spirit. He had decided to get as many people killed as he could without targetting anyone in particular. Some of these people had timed their conversions to start when they had exactly three days left in the city. Just by taking their first talismans, Su Yu could ensure their deaths as they would need one extra day to actually complete their conversions.

***

This was Su Yu's fourth day in the city.

As he roamed the streets, night arrived again.

Outside Heavendoom City.

Numerous individuals could be seen all around the city.

"The city has been sealed."

"Sunmoon death spirits must have appeared."

"What is the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion saying?" The experts conversed through voice transmissions. One of them coldly said, "A massive chaos erupted in the city, causing the city to be sealed. Three ancient death spirits have appeared. The city will be sealed for at least three days. Tian He sealed the mayor's residence as well. Very few people are still alive in the city. All of them are currently hiding in the ancient buildings and waiting for reinforcements."

"This is all Su Yu's fault. He probably has a trick to escape the death spirits. He was also probably the one to first start killing death spirits in large numbers. Ultimately, Jiu Xuan was forced to use Immortal King Xuan He's talisman to kill a large number of death spirits. Since she's dead, it is likely that Immortal King Xuan He won't come anymore."

"Are we supposed to do nothing and wait here? I don't know if the young geniuses of my race can last that long."

"Yeah!"

"..."

At that moment, a massive dragon appeared on the horizon. It was white with nine claws, signifying its identity as someone from the celestial dragon race. The newcomer was a seventh-stage Sunmoon.

The dragon race had no choice but to send some help over since Long Zhan of the celestial dragon race and Long Wuyou, the descendant of the golden dragon race's grand elder were both in the city.

Before long, a different super expert arrived. This was a seventh-stage Sunmoon as well. The moment the expert landed, frost covered the world. This was someone from the snowfrost divine race, the race An Mintian belonged to.

Next, an ethereal figure landed from the sky. An immortal expert had arrived as well.

The moment the immortal arrived, someone greeted her, "Fairy Ming He, you're here as well."

This was a disciple of Dao King. A super expert at the seventh-stage Sunmoon Realm. The major races had deployed their high-stage Sunmoons.

After landing on the ground, Fairy Ming He looked at the sealed city gates and frowned. Her crisp voice rang out, "Mayor Tian He, Ming He of the immortal race is requesting for a meeting. Please open the gate."

"Bing Hong of the divine race is requesting for a meeting."

The expert from the divine race spoke as well.

"Na Dazhi of the devil race requests a meeting."

𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

The experts of the major races spoke one after another. But the gates remained shut.

After a while, a voice rang out from the city, "Everyone, my apologies. I can't comply. The city will be sealed automatically anytime an ancient death spirit appears. That has always been how ancient cities operate. I am but a puppet. If I open the gates today...I'm afraid I won't last long either."

The experts frowned upon hearing those words.

"Mayor Tian He, a descendant of an immortal king is currently in the city. I'm afraid he won't be able to last that long..."

Tian He said, "The gates will reopen in three days. I believe...lasting three more days won't be an issue for them. If my answer is not to your satisfaction, feel free to break through the gates. I won't do anything. In fact, I'll be entering seclusion soon. Everyone, you may do as you wish."

He said nothing after that. He was making it clear that he wasn't going to do anything. They could try to break through the gates. There was no way he was going to open the gates.

Yes, he could. But he wouldn't. Forcefully opening the gates would only subject himself to the backlash of the city. Why should he even do that? It wasn't like they were here on his invitation.

People like Dao Cheng and Su Yu had all entered the city voluntarily. It wasn't like he had captured them all. Yes, the major races were strong. But so what? They could attack the city if they were unhappy, but they had to be careful lest they end up losing Invincibles and provoking all the other ancient cities as well.

***

Outside the city.

Silence descended.

They weren't surprised by Tian He's answer. Sure, they were unhappy about it. But what could they do? Attack the city?

They were most certainly not going to do that unless absolutely necessary. Also, it would be better for Invincibles to be the ones doing that, not them. As Sunmoons, they could easily die attempting something like that.

After a short silence, one of them asked, "Are the humans here?"

"No. Great Xia's Zheng Ping seems to be on his way here, though."

"Zheng Ping?" Someone snorted coldly, "He has just entered the Sunmoon Realm not long ago, but he seems incredibly murderous. I heard he killed Gold Armor of the mystic armor race not long ago. Is he here to watch the show or throw his life away?"

Right after those words were spoken, a ray of saber qi shot down from the distant horizon.

A loud bang rang out.

"You're courting death!"

The person who had spoken previously roared in fury. He revealed his true form, appearing as a massive golden lion.

Not far away, Zheng Ping was slowly walking over.

"Are you trying to die?"

The golden lion asked coldly, "Zheng Ping, are you challenging me?"

"Challenge?" Zheng Ping laughed, "Yes. What are you going to do about it? Are you tired of living? Who are you to speak about someone from Great Xia? How audacious. Don't get too confident just because the goldsteel lion race is a top 100 race. Does the goldsteel lion race wish to taste Great Xia King's blade?"

Utter silence descended.

The red glint in the golden lion's eyes faded as he said, "Zheng Ping, you don't want to create more enemies for Great Xia. Things have changed from how it was twenty years ago."

Zheng Ping laughed, "You're right. Our prefect is on the verge of dao affirmation. Thus, all of us have turned into fangless tigers. That seems to have given people like you a lot of courage. But even without our fangs, exterminating a mere goldsteel lion race won't be that much of a challenge for us."

Zheng Ping raised his voice and spoke with a frosty tone, "Do you wish to die? Does the goldsteel lion race wish to experience extinction? How dare a worthless race like you provoke us?"

He scanned the crowd and sneered, "The mystic armor race seems to have gained a lot of courage as well. Very well. Never stop kissing the immortal asses as we certainly won't forget this."

At that, several individuals revealed themselves in the sky.

Ming He of the immortal race spoke, "Zheng Ping, watch your words. The humans and immortals are allied. That is not something either of us can change."

"Greetings, Fairy Ming He." Zheng Ping smiled and said, "I wasn't talking about you guys. I was talking about the mystic armors. They are getting very brazen recently. I reckon the Mystic Armor King is planning to stay in the Mystic Armor Realm forever. Heavenly Forge King will not stop waiting for him.

Ming He ignored those words. Meanwhile, the divine and devil experts started staring at Zheng Ping.

He was completely fearless as he said, "What are you looking at? Do you want to kill me? Sure. Bring it on. The moment you kill me, Great Xia will start a war. It's fine to do it stealthily like the snakes you are, but we're now out in the open. You can try killing me if you want."

He gnashed his teeth and said, "I've been getting tired of all these talks about peace in Great Xia. Come on. Kill me. With my life, I will teach Great Xia that war is the only path to salvation. Compromise is not the answer."

He did not fear death. And he was very unhappy with Great Xia's current policy. He was not a believer in compromise. If the divines and devils really killed the principal of Great Xia War Academy before so many witnesses, Great Xia would be forced to unsheathe its blade.

He believed that if Great Xia continued keeping its blade in the sheath, the blade would break. Thus, he would gladly meet his end in the hands of these people here. He would wake Great Xia with his blood. He would dispel the illusion the Xia Family was immersed in. They could never compromise with the divines and devils.

Nobody did anything. It wouldn't be hard for them to kill Zheng Ping here, but doing so for no good reason would be the same as a declaration of war. This was not in line with their current policy.

Of course, they wouldn't mind killing Zheng Ping if a chaotic fight broke out and an opportunity presented itself. But that had yet to happen, so they couldn't do anything. Seeing the lack of response, Zheng Ping snorted. He knew they wouldn't do anything.

If he really ended up dying because of his provocations, there was nothing he could do about it. His gaze settled on the tightly shut city gates. Noticing the dense death qi in the city, he sighed inwardly. Su Yu wouldn't be able to escape this. It was unlikely that these people would have the courage to kill Qin Fang. But they definitely wouldn't spare Su Yu. Even if he wanted to help, he couldn't do anything as a mere first-stage Sunmoon.

Suddenly, someone broke the silence, "A genius died. According to the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion, the city has been overrun by death spirits. Dou Hai of the bloodswan race, 312nd on the Yellow Index, has perished."

That announcement was answered with silence. Nobody said anything. In recent days, too many geniuses had perished. They were already numb to this.

After a while, someone asked, "Was he killed by death spirits or someone else?"

"That remains unknown."

The previous speaker answered, "It might be the death spirits. It might be Su Yu. It might be someone else. According to the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion, Su Yu visited Mayor Tian He before. His request for help must have been rejected since the gates are still shut."

"That's good to hear."

A mocking voice rang out.

In that case, they only needed to wait three days. No, at this point, they only needed to wait two days. The moment the gates reopened, they could enter and kill Su Yu. There were so many experts here, including several seventh-stage Sunmoons.

Without Tian He's assistance and with the departure of the Sunmoon death spirits, killing Su Yu would be as easy as a walk in the park for them.

As for the human race...very few humans would be willing to fight for the multiple character faction. There was no need to worry about retaliation. Great Xia was in great trouble itself while Great Qin had too many responsibilities to help. Who else could help? The unambitious and lazy Zhu Tiandao?

The Invincibles of the other races were being stopped from coming, but the human race could forget about sending their own Invincibles over either. As far as the experts gathered around the city were concerned, Su Yu was already a turtle in a jar. He would not be able to escape death.