Chapter 966: Eternal Grudge (1)

Su Yu was going to make his exit.

He was naturally unaware that the stone statue had contemplated disabling his talisman. Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care too much. Yes, he might be annoyed. He might even cry. But he could still transform into a death spirit. With how seriously injured Ming He was, he could probably even break free from her.

He didn't even bother to collect Ming He's severed arm. He was worried that she might somehow survive the city and track him through the severed arm.

After crushing three peak Sunmoon characters, his sea of willpower had suffered massive damage as well. He couldn't stay any longer. Some of the young geniuses in the city managed to escape into other parts of the city, but he did not bother to give chase.

There were more than twenty Sunmoon death spirits in the city. If these people could survive even that, what could he say? Fortune was simply smiling upon them. With such heaven-defying luck, they might survive even if he personally targeted them. And if they weren't lucky enough, it was only a matter of time before death embraced them.

Strand after strand of heavenearth profound light permeated his body. There were also other sources of power shrouding his body. He had received multiple rewards from killing a bunch of Mountainseas, Cloudbreaches, and two Sunmoons. It was natural that he would receive a massive amount of rewards from such a performance.

When Ming He saw Su Yu's body flickering, she roared with a look of boundless fury. A mere Cloudbreach had actually severed an arm of hers.

"SU YU!"

Su Yu had the urge to answer the call. He didn't even want to do it. Rather, his body seemed to be doing it instinctively. At that moment, his tribulation character shook violently. For the very first time, it shook so intensely that it nearly shook itself apart.

An intense headache assaulted Su Yu, as though his head was about to burst apart. Thankfully, that intense pain also caused the urge to answer to disappear. Realizing what just happened, he was alarmed.

Holy shit!

His gaze landed on Ming He, noticing that she was constantly moving her lips, as though she was chanting a curse.

"SU YU!"

That call was akin to music from the most seductive devil. What would have happened if he had actually answered that call? He did not know. But he knew that it wouldn't end well for him. One should never underestimate these super experts. Su Yu came to a realization that he had still been too confident.

"Fuck!"

Roaring in fury, he swung his blade one last time before the talisman brought him out of the city.

"The fuck are you shouting at your daddy for?"

The attack crushed the incoming curse, causing Ming He to cough a mouthful of blood. She stared at him in shock and disbelief.

Her Heart Confusion Art had failed. Not only that, but she had also suffered a slight backlash.

"How is that possible?"

And finally, Su Yu vanished from the city. Ming He stared at the spot he had disappeared blankly before looking around her. Numerous Sunmoon death spirits were heading her way. Grief and indignation covered her face.

She was in trouble. The ancient city was showing its might. More than twenty Sunmoon death spirits were roaming the streets, and miserable wails could be heard everywhere. Visitors were dying en masse as the city turned into hell.

Not far away, a celestial dragon roared and sent several Sunmoon death spirits flying.

"Ming He, Na Dazhi, Lei Huo!" The celestial dragon howled, "Gather up! We will defend a single building together! Hurry up or we'll all die!"

He was proposing the gathering of four high-stage Sunmoons. With four of them together in a single building, it was possible for them to survive until the city was unsealed again. If they continued working independently, they might end up swarmed to death by the numerous Sunmoon death spirits. There were simply too many of these death spirits.

At the same moment, a figure slowly flickered into existence above the mayor's residence.

***

Inner hall of the mayor's residence.

The stone statue opened his eyes yet again. Looking at the Sunmoon death spirit in the sky, he spoke, "Return."

The death spirit looked down at the statue.

"Return." The stone statue repeated himself, "What is the Death Realm trying to do?"

"My people are being slaughtered."

The death spirit spoke.

Yes. It spoke.

A death spirit was actually speaking!

Up in the sky, the death spirit continued, "By the ancient accord, I can leave the Death Realm to kill the enemies who are slaughtering the people of my race. Are you going to obstruct me?"

The stone statue stared at the death spirit and said, "It is still too early for you to appear. Only some early and middle Sunmoon death spirits have been killed. You shouldn't appear yet."

"The killer has yet to be found. I will personally track the killer."

Darkness shrouded the entirety of the death spirit. Its death qi was perfectly contained within its immediate surroundings.

In the outer hall, Tian He's expression turned solemn. His hand, which was holding his wine glass, was trembling slightly. Inwardly, he was greatly shaken. A top expert of the Death Realm! This was unlikely to be an Invincible, but it was definitely not weaker than him. This death spirit was a ninth-stage Sunmoon. Or even a peak Sunmoon.

The eyes of the stone statue flickered as a beam of light shot toward the death spirit.

"I don't wish to repeat myself. Return...or die."

The death spirit was completely incapable of avoiding that beam. With a pop, the beam pierced its body, causing a large amount of death qi to leak out. The death spirit trembled slightly, shocked at how powerful the stone statue was.

Too strong.

It was a peak ninth-stage Sunmoon. Even against Invincibles, it could put up a fight. With the Death Realm nearby, even Invincibles would need to be wary of it. But now, the stone statue had easily defeated it.

The death spirit coldly said, "In that case, I'll withdraw for now. But there are too many deaths here. I believe the myriad race Eternals will start appearing as well. The moment they cross the border, I won't be the death spirit to appear. If those living beings kill even one of the high-stage Sunmoon death spirit commanders, I will return. At that time...you will no longer have any excuse to obstruct me."

"Return."

The stone statue replied with a single word. Since it was still too early for this death spirit to appear, it should stop spouting rubbish. How annoying.

The death spirit returned to the inner hall. Beneath the stone statue, a tunnel filled with death qi opened. Silently, the death spirit vanished into the tunnel. Then, the tunnel closed.

The stone statue shut his eyes, returning to his eternal duty as the guardian of this tunnel.

How troublesome. Those damn humans were incredibly troublesome.

Once upon a time, Xia Longwu charged into the tunnel and nearly died.

Recently, Su Yu slaughtered a large number of death spirits in the city and incited the wrath of the Death Realm.

Annoying!

The stone statue decided to let it be. Those people could continue the slaughter. But they better not cry when the truly powerful death spirits started appearing.

At that moment, Tian He, who had never spoken to him before, sent him a voice transmission, "O great ancient expert, the city is currently in chaos. Do I need to do anything?"

Tian He had entered the city for 180 years. He had remained the puppet mayor for 180 years. He had never conversed with the stone statue before. Today, he took the initiative to do so.

The stone statue was about to ignore the mayor when he thought of something. He opened his eyes and said, "I can't leave this place. Nor do I feel like moving. I am merely a stone statue. The holy city will remain for eternity. Your troubles do not concern me. But remember one thing. If you wish to borrow my strength or the Death Realm's strength to kill Eternals, death is the price."

After saying that, the stone statue shut his eyes and returned to silence.

That was a small warning.

He did not care about the mayor's scheme with Xia Longwu. None of the other stone statues would care. But the moment they tried to make use of the stone statues to kill Eternals, they would need to pay with their lives. Thus, the mayor should think properly before taking action.

Tian He nodded and said nothing else.

This was his first conversation with the stone statue. He had known about the stone statue's existence for a long time, but the stone statue had never initiated contact with him. He had also been trying to not disturb the stone statue that seemed to have existed since time immemorial.

He only knew that the stone statue was extremely powerful.

***

The powerful death spirit had disappeared.

But the city was still in chaos. Slaughter unfolded everywhere as countless death spirits appeared and killed one expert after another. Some of these experts counterattacked in indignation right before dying, causing their attackers to die as well.

For example, a Sunmoon was in the middle of being killed by three death spirits. At his final moment, he roared furiously and sent his spear out. All three of the death spirits were killed. But with that, six Sunmoon death spirits appeared. One of them was even a middle-stage Sunmoon.

Noticing that, the blood fire devil Sunmoon cursed in rage.

"Fuck!"

"Damn you, Guoerqi!"

He was not the only person bursting with rage. But what could they do? The target of their rage was already dead. The dying Sunmoon, with his broken spear in hand, looked at the cursing Sunmoons and smiled. What was the point of their anger? He was going to die. He was a Sunmoon. How could he accept such a death? Was he supposed to just die without resisting?

As for the affairs after his death...why should he care?

He only cared about killing his killers. Before taking his final breath, he had avenged himself.

Lei Huo, who was surrounded by a sea of lightning, roared furiously, "Damn it! Stop! Don't kill the Sunmoon death spirits! That will only cause more of them to appear!"

A different struggling expert yelled, "If you don't want that, start protecting us! Do you understand? Lei Huo, Ming He, Long Dou, you only care about yourself. How about the rest of us? If you refuse to protect us, we won't die silently. We will drag the death spirits down with us as well!"

Madness engulfed the city. Yes, the weaker experts would die. But would the top experts really remain unaffected? If the top experts continued refusing to protect them, they would unleash slaughter before dying.

Were they supposed to do nothing while the death spirits were trying to kill them? That was not possible.

Lei Huo was enraged to hear that.

Long Dou of the celestial dragon race said, "Everyone, gather up! Get over here! Stop killing!"

Now was not the time to care about the impertinence of these people. They had to protect these people.

Otherwise, in their madness and desperation, those people would unleash slaughter. Death spirits were generally no match for living beings of the same cultivation level. After all, they were restricted by their intelligence.

But killing would only produce more of them. There would be no end to them. At this rate, they would only provoke the appearance of stronger death spirits. All of them would die.

Ming He, who was seriously injured, coughed a mouthful of blood as she chanted. Shortly after, a mirror appeared in the sky.

With a pale expression, she spoke, "Teacher, the death spirits are going crazy. We're all trapped in the city, Dao Cheng included. Teacher..."

She was begging Dao King for help.

Dao King, a powerful immortal king with considerable status among the immortals.