Tribulation of Myriad Races

Chapter 1025: Spreading Tremors (1)

Boom!

The death spirits were sent flying.

Su Yu also took the chance and flew away with the rest of them. While this was happening, a small shining cloud dropped down on him. At the same time, a large number of experts rushed out of the building. Among them, Ancient Mountain looked in Su Yu's direction yet again.

The shining cloud was small and wasn't too conspicuous amid the sea of death spirits, but Ancient Mountain was still able to notice something. His eyes shone. But when he tried to focus, a large number of death spirits filled his vision.

Suns and moons spun in his eyes as time was reversed within his vision. But all he saw was a slightly different death spirit. Confused, he sank into doubt. He started growing suspicious.

But when he looked at the bewildered and shocked divines and devils around him, he grinned. Why should he care? This was none of his business. He had not spent a single cent on this. No, he did spend ten drops of Sunmoon blood essence to attend the auction.

For some reason, that realization hit him like a hammer. Yes! He had also paid to attend the auction!

Then again, killing a Sunmoon for ten drops of blood essence was nothing for him. That was especially true for first-stage Sunmoons. He could probably kill one with only a finger. But Sunmoons weren't existences he could kill without inhibitions.

He cursed inwardly, but soon, he grinned again. Whatever. This would be quite a fun show to watch. Yes. He had a feeling a big show was about to unfold.

Tianduo...no, was that really Tianduo? If that was Tianduo, why would he do this after concluding the auction without any issues? Sure, there were a lot of possibilities. Perhaps he didn't want to pay the mayor. Perhaps he wanted to avoid sharing his gains with the devils.

Or perhaps...and this was the most terrifying possibility. Perhaps there was an issue with the corpse. If that was really the case, this would be a massive deal.

If the corpse was genuine, it wouldn't matter if Tianduo decided to flee. At worst, the mayor would go mad. But if the corpse was problematic, the divines would be the ones going mad. And their wrath was not to be underestimated.

They had paid 2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light for this. That was not something Ancient Mountain could afford. He wondered if even his life was worth that much.

A lot of people shared the same thoughts. Some of them rushed into the building across the street while others started scanning the areas with shining eyes. As for the mayor, he roared furiously, "Seal the city! Do it now!" n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

He was bursting with rage. As far as he was concerned, the corpse was probably genuine. The divines were no fools. And nobody here was blind. Thus, he concluded that Tianduo was doing this to avoid paying him.

Damn that bastard! He had kindly helped maintain order and ensure the completion of the auction yet that damn bastard was fleeing without paying him. Damn it! At this moment, nobody was angrier than him.

In his fury, he kicked the death spirits around him away. As the mayor, he enjoyed a high authority in the city. As long as he refrained from killing, he could freely hit the death spirits without any repercussions.

As for the divines, Zhan Wushuang hurriedly checked the second storage ring. He didn't notice anything wrong. Yes. Nothing was wrong. Everything seemed fine. The corpse, the heaven weapon, and the character were all present. Was there a problem with the breathing technique?

Even if that was the case, nobody would notice it so soon. Furthermore, it looked fine at a glance. Or perhaps there were some weird requirements one needed to fulfill before cultivating it? Zhan Wushuang frowned. His instincts were telling him that he had been fooled. But he really couldn't see how he had been fooled here.

Thus, he ordered, "Search the city. He won't be able to disappear just like that."

No matter what, they should first locate Tianduo. Meanwhile, the devils were greatly surprised as well. What was going on? Tianduo fled? Why?

Mo Duona was frowning as well. Suddenly, his gaze landed on Zhaiyue of the Lade Family as he spoke through voice transmission, "Track Tianduo through your blood—"

He was interrupted by a pulse in his storage ring. The look in his eyes changed as he hurriedly took one item out.

The masked individual in white was doing the same. When he checked his index copy, he exclaimed in alarm, "Tianduo is dead!"

"..."

An abrupt silence descended. Nobody could believe that. Tianduo...was dead? Yes. He was dead. Since Su Yu was aware that someone from the Lade Family was here, how would he dare to keep Tianduo around? That would be the same as keeping a tracker on him. Not far away, a shining cloud dropped down from the sky.

Tianduo might not be too impressive compared to Su Yu, but he was still an Earth Index genius. The mayor arrived at the location where the shining cloud had appeared almost immediately, but the place was already completely empty. A look of shock covered the mayor's face. Just what was going on here?

But next, the look in his eyes changed as he shouted, "Tianduo is dead! Damn it! The killer must be hiding among the death spirits!"

But not even he could believe those words. Hiding among the death spirits? Impossible! But everything he could see was telling him that the killer was hiding among the death spirits. That was the only way for someone to vanish right in front of so many experts.

That was simply impossible. Meanwhile, Zhaiyue's expression changed drastically as well. Tianduo was dead? Just moments ago, they were still feeling quite relaxed. It didn't matter if Tianduo had fled. In fact, it would be even better if this was somehow a scam since the divines would be the ones to suffer.

But now, someone was telling him that Tianduo was dead? He was in complete disbelief.

At almost the same moment, Qin Hao stabbed a Mountainsea death spirit to death with his spear. That caused even more Mountainsea death spirits to appear. Instead of stopping, he stabbed yet another Mountainsea death spirit to death with complete nonchalance.

"Qin Hao!" Someone yelled in fury.

Qin Hao calmly answered, "Yes? I'm trying to get a Sunmoon death spirit to appear and seal the city. That way, the culprit won't be able to escape. What's wrong with that?"

"Yes, we need to get the city sealed!"

Zhaiyue roared, "Kill until a Sunmoon death spirit appears. We need to seal the city!"

He was not afraid of a single Sunmoon death spirit.

There were more than twenty late-stage Sunmoons here. Unless they killed enough to summon an Invincible death spirit, they would have no issue surviving for even thirty days in the city.

Qin Hao grinned, but he had an odd look in his eyes. That was not his idea at all. Rather, Qin Fang was the one who had gotten him to do this. And why was that? Because all this felt incredibly familiar to Qin Fang.

Holy shit!

Yes. This felt all too familiar to him. After all, he was someone who had witnessed Su Yu transforming from a death spirit into a human before killing two Sunmoons and kicking him out of the city back during the Heavendoom City incident.

Every other eyewitness had died. Qin Fang was the sole survivor.

Thus, the moment the mayor claimed that the killer was hiding among the death spirits, coupled with the sight of all the death spirits that had appeared after the deaths of Mountainseas yet again, the name Su Yu appeared in Qin Fang's mind.

Could it be...

Qin Fang couldn't believe this.

No way...right? Impossible! How? Su Yu?

After discovering an ancient corpse, he disguised himself as Tianduo...no. If that was Su Yu, then there was definitely something wrong with that corpse. How would Su Yu sell such a valuable corpse to the divines and devils? He would only do so if it was useless.

Grabbing tightly onto Qin Hao's arm, Qin Fang spoke through voice transmission, "Second Uncle, kill more. Create more chaos. Holy shit. Second Uncle, that Tianduo might be fake. I think that was Su Yu."

"..."

Qin Hao was also greatly shocked, but he did not doubt his nephew. That was why he had acted so decisively, killing several Mountainsea death spirits and some weak death spirits to spawn more death spirits in the city.

He wasn't too worried about being trapped inside the sealed city. Even now, he was still somewhat absent-minded. Su Yu?

As the general of the Vanguard Regiment, he was someone who had experienced much in life. He had even witnessed fights between Invincibles. But...holy shit! That Tianduo was actually Su Yu? If that was Su Yu, then there was definitely something wrong with the things he sold.

In fact, Qin Fang was not the only person suspecting something.

While Umbra was working with the other two late-stage Sunmoons to protect Zhu Guangshen, his eyes flickered as he sent Zhu Guangshen a voice transmission, "We need to kill these death spirits and create more chaos!"

He was also present during the Heavendoom City incident. He was outside the city, so he had not witnessed Su Yu transformation from a death spirit.

But he was aware of how Su Yu had sneaked into the city, and killed Sunmoons before fleeing. The incident back then was way too similar to what was happening today. And Tianduo had died at such a convenient time.

A heavenly reward seemed to have appeared nearby as well. That was proof that Tianduo had been killed right in their vicinity. And the killer was a living being, not a death spirit. Death spirits would not receive heavenly rewards for killing.

Thus, Umbra couldn't help but think of Su Yu. After sending the voice transmission, he killed a Mountainsea death spirit with a swing of his sword. His sword qi rippled out and killed even more of the weaker death spirits.

Zhu Guangshen asked with surprise, "Why?"

"Prince...that Tianduo...might be fake. That might be Su Yu in disguise."

Zhu Guangshen's jaw dropped.

N-no-i-impossible! What was up with that ancient corpse, then? That shouldn't be happening. If that was Su Yu...did he just scam over two thousand strands of heavenearth profound light from the divines?

Was this a joke? If that was the case, this would be the biggest scam in the history of Allheaven Battlefield. Nobody had ever scammed such a large amount before. Furthermore, the divines were actually the victims. No, numerous races were the victims. He couldn't forget the deposit.

Death spirits continued appearing all around them. Above the mayor's residence, the silhouette of a Sunmoon death spirit started appearing. The city gates started swinging shut.

As for the living Sunmoons, all of them had solemn expressions. Even now, they still weren't sure what was happening. Just what was going on? They were truly confused. Why was Tianduo dead?

Who did it? Why? Was it done for the massive wealth Tianduo was carrying? But who was capable of disappearing undetected with so many experts here? No, according to the mayor, the killer was hiding among the death spirits...

In short, they couldn't process what was happening. What the hell was happening?

Zhan Wushuang's expression was changing repeatedly. Tianduo was dead. The person who had sold all these things to them had died. What the fuck? That shouldn't be happening. He checked the index copy repeatedly, but nobody had suddenly climbed in rank. He also checked the contents of the two storage rings repeatedly and found nothing wrong with them.

"No, this isn't right. Something must be wrong somewhere..."

The biggest issue was the death of the seller so soon after the sale was concluded.

He looked beside him. The two late-stage divine Sunmoons had approached him. Both had solemn expressions. They also felt that something was suspicious with Tianduo's death.

"Take a look."

Originally, Zhan Wushuang did not intend to show them the things he bought. But he had changed his mind. He was unable to stay calm. He was starting to worry.

2,300 strands of heavenearth profound light had been spent for this purchase. Even a divine king would have quite a difficult time paying such a huge price alone. Basically, this could be considered the total wealth of some Invincibles. After all, Invincibles needed resources to cultivate as well. Thus, not all Invincibles were necessarily rich.

If something was wrong with this purchase, Zhan Wushuang would receive the blame. The two Sunmoons inspected the items carefully. But they didn't find anything wrong. As for the divine skywing Sunmoon, he examined the corpse carefully with a frown. Yes. This was the corpse of a divine skywing. What was the problem?