Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1193: Butcher (1)

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had claimed that they were in pursuit of Nan Wujiang, or to be precise, the First Divine Sect master.

Everyone could see a large group of Sunmoons fighting one terrifying opponent. The face of this terrifying opponent was wrapped in constant distortion, and this quite resembled the habit of the First Divine Sect master.

But...could they trust these words? A Sunmoon had clearly claimed that the pavilion was the culprit before dying. It was also true that the pavilion had been spilling a lot of blood as of late. In fact, a majority of the experts who had died recently in the Human Realm were killed by the pavilion.

More than ten non-human Sunmoons had perished since the myriad races started entering the Human Realm for the ruin. These Sunmoons were either those killed by the pavilion or the pavilion members killed by others. This was actually quite unbelievable.

The pavilion was a lot more aggressive than usual. In the past, the pavilion was a lot less aggressive. Its people would only fan the flame whenever there was chaos through actions like selling key information or tracking some key individuals. But now, those from the pavilion were personally getting involved in the fight.

While everyone was still in doubt, Profound Nine shouted again, "Pull back! First Divine Sect master, let's mind our own business, shall we? You have your targets to kill while we have our own missions to complete. There is no need for us to waste our time with each other."

With a wave of his hand, all the pavilion experts retreated. The illusory expert did not give chase.

After scanning the surroundings, he said, "I'm only here for Liu Wenyan. I do not wish to take more lives than necessary."

While pulling away, Su Yu laughed, "Do as you wish. Our mission does not contradict your goal."

With a flicker, the illusory expert flickered and reappeared near a first-stage Sunmoon. Before the Sunmoon could even say anything, he was caught in the illusory expert's hand.

Rumble!

The Sunmoon was easily crushed to death. Yet another moon dropped from the sky. This was the sixth Sunmoon to die today.

The eighth-stage Sunmoon devil was greatly alarmed. He roared, "Retreat, everyone! No, wait! Everyone, gather up!"

Leaving would only make it easier for the First Divine Sect master to kill them separately. This was a Pseudo Invincible. Encountering him alone would spell the death for any of them. Their only option was to work together and face him with numbers like the pavilion had.

At that, the numerous Sunmoons in the area started converging around the Sunmoon devil. Meanwhile, the First Divine Sect master coldly said, "Since you're already here, forget about leaving."

It was clear the eighth elder was getting a tad bit too immersed in his roleplay. He found killing without consequences incredibly fun. He could harvest all the blood essence and storage rings from these experts while the real First Divine Sect master would take the blame for everything he did. And thus, the eighth elder started roaming the battlefield at an incredible speed, killing any lone expert he found.

Meanwhile, Su Yu continued his retreat with his group of pavilion experts.

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The Titanic Strength Sect master asked doubtfully, "Are we leaving just like this?"

Su Yu ignored the question.

Titanic Strength was displeased. Beside him, the Earthfire Sect master laughed and said, "Brother Profound Nine, do we continue?"

This tone was polite enough to satisfy Su Yu. It was unlikely that these seventh-stage Sunmoon experts would address him as their lord, but the way the Earthfire Sect master spoke was respectful enough for him.

He explained, "No. We'll go further away and wait. We won't allow any of them to escape. For now, we'll allow them to gather up. That will save us the trouble of hunting them down all over the place."

"But they will also be harder to deal with once gathered up. There are twenty or so of them here."

More than a hundred non-human Sunmoons had entered the Human Realm. There were also around forty to fifty Sunmoons among the Myriad Race Cult and those who had sneaked into the Human Realm before this. Including the human Sunmoons, there were about three hundred in Great Xia currently.

Excluding the openings of the Luminous Domain Mansion, this was the first time in centuries so many Sunmoons had gathered in one place.

As for the openings of the Luminous Domain Mansion, most races were only there to squeeze more of their own into the mansion. Things would rarely get overly bloody. Meanwhile, Sunmoons had been dying left and right in the Human Realm this time. Just look at how six Sunmoons had died in such a short time.

Su Yu added, "We also need to stop Liu Wenyan's group. We don't want all our hard work to go to waste, right?"

He was doing this to stay consistent with the role he was playing, but at the same time, he was also worried that Liu Wenyan's group would run off and get themselves killed elsewhere while he was occupied.

He would feel much more at ease if they remained near him. As for the possibility of the eighth elder making a move against them, he would decide what to do later. If needed, he could always get Zhu Tiandao's help. Yes. He was counting on Old Zhu's help.

He did not try to contact anyone from Great Xia. Old Wan would be too occupied to come as well. But Old Zhu seemed quite free. He also wasn't included among the peak Sunmoons who had been instructed to attempt their dao affirmations this time.

Su Yu wasn't surprised. Old Zhu was only an early ninth-stage Sunmoon. He was still very far away from dao affirmation. It was completely normal for him to be left out.

If he had to, he would get Old Zhu to pretend he was passing by before lending a hand to Liu Wenyan's group. Sure, Old Zhu was probably not the eighth elder's match. But the eighth elder would be wary since Great Ming King was still within the Human Realm. He would not want to provoke the father by beating up the son.

The likelihood of an adult interfering in the fight of children was low in any other family, but that did not apply to the Zhu Family.

Soon, Su Yu started moving in Liu Wenyan's direction while shouting, "Liu Wenyan, don't be in a rush to leave. Mayor Su Yu has hired us to ensure your safety. He paid us handsomely for this job."

White One and the others rolled their eyes. What nonsense. Su Yu didn't even have an index copy with him. He was probably still unaware of what was going on in the Human Realm. How was he supposed to hire the pavilion for this job? Then again, this was quite a believable excuse.

Firstly, Su Yu was rich enough to hire them.

Secondly, Su Yu also had enough motivation to pay a high price to protect Liu Wenyan.

He had both the motivation and ability to do this.

White One and the others couldn't help but grumble inwardly that Profound Nine was truly flexible in thinking. First, he had the eighth elder running around killing people. Then, he tried to fool Liu Wenyan's group with this excuse.

Ye Hongyan slowed down, but Liu Wenyan said, "Keep moving. Ignore them."

He then looked back at the pavilion members and laughed, "You have my thanks. But do try to stay further away from us. Just keep a distance of at least ten kilometers between us while you escort us back to Nanyuan."

Nobody knew if this was yet another trick. Thus, running should still be their priority. That left Su Yu cursing inwardly. Why was Teacher Liu fleeing?

If Liu Wenyan was allowed to flee, the eighth elder would be a lot less willing to cooperate with him. Furthermore, he was still Profound Nine. He shouldn't fail at something as simple as stopping Liu Wenyan. Profound Nine's reputation as a reliable member of the pavilion must be protected.

"First Profound Elder, please speed up and stop them."

First Profound asked through voice transmission, "Are we really stopping them?"

Just what was Su Yu planning? Sure, they could stop Liu Wenyan here. But the eighth elder might return later to kill him. What, then?

"Stop them."

First Profound thought about it and concluded that no matter how ruthless Su Yu was, he wouldn't do something like killing Liu Wenyan. So be it. His body flickered as he vanished from the group.

He was much faster than Ye Hongyan. This was especially true since Ye Hongyan was suffering from heavy injuries. In the blink of an eye, he reappeared in front of them. With a smile, he said, "Friends, I advise you to stop temporarily. Since the pavilion has accepted this mission, we can't allow you to run off without us."

Ye Hongyan hesitated. Was this an enemy or a friend? Liu Wenyan was left frowning as well. He noted that First Profound had yet to attack. In that case, it wouldn't be wise for them to initiate a fight.

Just what were these people planning? If they were really hired by Su Yu, they could have escorted him from afar. Why were they stopping him in his path? He was wary, but he did not attempt to flee.

After a short moment, Su Yu and the others arrived. Su Yu was quite impressed with First Profound's speed.

With a laugh, Su Yu introduced himself, "I'm Profound Nine. Greetings, General Ye and the others."

Liu Wenyan flashed a genial smile and said, "Your reputation precedes you, Lord Profound Nine. I have a question. Why are you blocking our path?"

Su Yu said, "Don't worry. Wait a bit before you resume your journey. Please don't tell me you really think that the First Divine Sect master is here to save you. That's an elder of the pavilion. He's here to kill some of your enemies for you. If you leave without us, more enemies might appear. What if you encounter a Pseudo Invincible without us by your side?"

Alarmed, Liu Wenyan looked at the intense battle that was still raging somewhere further away and exclaimed, "That's...an elder from the pavilion?"

Su Yu replied, "Yes. We're doing this to help you. Su Yu paid us five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid for this mission. This is enough pay to kill even a Pseudo Invincible. Thus, a large group was deployed, including a Pseudo Invincible, for this mission."

That was quite a convincing reasoning. Even Liu Wenyan was nearly convinced. Did Su Yu really spend so much money to hire these people? That was a lot of money. Was this real? But the pavilion had indeed sent more than twenty Sunmoons here, including a Pseudo Invincible. This was quite a big deal.

Su Yu said, "Stop running without us. Things might get dangerous further ahead. You have a long way to go and your journey back is riddled with enemies. It is unlikely for you to make the trip relying only on the seriously injured General Ye. I advise that you wait for us and go together. We can set off again after dealing with these small fries."

Liu Wenyan said, "The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is powerful indeed. How many Sunmoons did the pavilion send for this mission? At least twenty, right?"

"Around that number." Su Yu nodded. His tone turned slightly solemn as he said, "We did not expect that you would attract so many Sunmoons either..."

After a short pause, he said, "We'll need to help the elder with these people. I advise you not to stray too far away from us. We don't want to fail this mission just because you decide to run around and get yourself killed. This mission is worth five hundred drops of sunmoon profound yellow liquid so we're not very keen on failing it."

Liu Wenyan became more and more convinced after hearing all this talk about money. In any case, they were already surrounded by over twenty Sunmoons. He might as well stay around for a bit.

"In that case, I'll have to trouble you for now."

"Don't worry about it." Su Yu laughed it off. Inwardly, he was starting to feel smug again. Once again, he was the one riding to his Teacher Liu's rescue. What would his Teacher Liu be without him? Then again, he also knew that his Teacher Liu still had Ye Batian's characters to serve as his final trump card.

As a peak Mountainsea, his Teacher Liu could probably put up quite a fight utilizing Ye Batian's characters. Things were simply not desperate enough yet for his Teacher Liu to use those characters. If things were really so desperate, Su Yu wouldn't have been able to stay so relaxed.