Chapter 2316: Battle Erupts (2)

Heavenbridge would be commanding the coming battle. Not far away, Heavenbridge was sweating profusely. He was feeling very nervous about this. He was formerly in charge of only watching the entrance to the next level in the mansion. But suddenly, he was told to take charge of a battle involving so many Masters of Laws. How could he not be nervous about it?

He swallowed and hurriedly said, "For the coming battle, Heavenly Fate and Fateless will be in charge of reading the flow of fortune. I am only in charge of teleportation. The three of us will jointly assess the battlefield. His Majesty holds the final say for the general direction. I will do my best for my role, so work with me, everyone."

Beside him, Heavenly Fate and Fateless were feeling quite nervous as well. Both said nothing.

Su Yu laughed and comforted them, "Why are you so nervous? The more nervous you are, the easier it is to make mistakes. I will take over when needed. Don't worry too much."

Heavenbridge was a lot more relieved to hear that.

Su Yu added, "Also, I'll be appearing as Culture King. Remember to call me Culture King when I appear. Don't expose me. Before we kill our enemies, we will first crush their morale."

Everyone nodded.

"This is all. Enter, everyone."

At that, Heavenbridge swung his gate open, allowing everyone to enter.

Su Yu said, "Lie here in ambush. Go underwater. Remember, do not move. Do not leak anything. Do not even attempt to examine your surroundings. The instant I appear with Martial Emperor, emerge. We will focus fire on a Master of Law or two and kill them before the others can react. We will aim to kill one with ten of our own, getting a few guaranteed kills first."

Heavenbridge nodded. After noting down everything Su Yu said, he sank into the river. Heavenbridge was a unique existence. A regular person would be damaged by the water after sinking into the river. Even the Human Mountain was incapable of remaining undamaged after exposure to the river. But Heavenbridge was somehow immune to this.

The island they currently resided on was actually a unique creation through the power of laws. Rather than an island, it would be more accurate to call it some sort of ferry. Therefore, most people would avoid going underwater if possible.

The risk was simply too high. Heavenbridge was the exception. This was something Su Yu had tested before.

Sure enough, Heavenbridge was completely unaffected after sinking underwater. Su Yu speculated that Heavenbridge might be connected to the Master of Time somehow. Or perhaps all these gates were born from the river itself. The gates were essentially law incarnate as well. They were immune because they were part of the river.

Looking at Xing Yue, who had remained outside as well, Su Yu said, "Pull back further away from us. Just maintain the connection of my world with this place."

Xing Yue asked solemnly, "Maybe I should join the battle. I can perform healing during the battle..."

"Are you courting death? No." Su Yu shook his head, "The healing will happen after the battle. Go."

"I—"

"This is a military command." Su Yu's expression turned cold.

Xing Yue was unhappy, but she still did as told. While moving away, she grumbled, "You're my subordinate. Why are you giving me an order?"

Despite her words, she was being quite obedient. She found Su Yu quite scary when he was angry.

Meanwhile, Su Yu was shaking his head with amusement. He moved further away with Martial Emperor. As he moved, his appearance started changing. Or to be precise, his face turned illusory. He did not actually change his face to Culture King's. There was no need for that.

A powerhouse only needed their presence to declare their identity, not their physical appearance.

As Su Yu reached out, a pen dropped out of thin air into his palm. That was the power of pen dao. Even after giving up on the dao, it was currently under the control of someone on his side. Furthermore, there was also a pen dao in his world. Thus, he was more than capable of utilizing the pen dao.

To the side, the unwilling Martial Emperor started his transformation as well. His golden armor faded, and his upper body was left bare. At the same time, thick hair started growing on his chest.

His entire being changed as well. In terms of temperament, he felt almost the same. Or to be precise, he felt like a more violent version of himself. One ought to admit that the two were perfect for this job.

A spear appeared in Martial Emperor's hand. He assumed an aggressive expression with his teeth bared.

When Su Yu looked at him, he said, "This was how that bastard looked. He was always aggressive and fierce."

Su Yu chuckled. Was that so?

Fine.

It was true that Martial Emperor was very familiar with Martial King. After all, that was someone he had hated for so many years. Furthermore, the two were quite similar. Even his strength was similar to Martial Emperor's strength back then.

However, as an early tier-two, Martial Emperor still felt somewhat weak.

Su Yu said, "There is no need to deliberately release your aura. Instead, try to look like you're heavily injured, with tier-two being your current limit due to your injuries. Both of us have just killed our way out of the Heaven Gate. Do you understand? We need to have some blood on us."

Under Su Yu's guidance, bloody wounds started appearing on Martial Emperor, making him look weaker than before. As for Su Yu, he did not change much. Culture King was not the type to allow any of his exhaustion and injuries to show. His white robes would remain impeccable. This concerned the dignity of a refined scholar.

With this, all preparations were done on Su Yu's part. Next, he could only bet on his luck. Hopefully there wouldn't be too many tier-ones. He was confident he could handle one.

After all, he would be borrowing Return's power and drawing from his world. This combination was barely able to push him to the level of a tier-one. This would grant him the ability to fight a tier-one alone, even if he still wouldn't be strong enough to kill the enemy.

Meanwhile, Martial Emperor and Battle King could stop several tier-twos. As for the rest of them, many could reach the third tier within his world. Su Yu only worried that more than one tier-one would arrive. That would be very troublesome.

But this was something dependent on Human Emperor. Could he stop more tier-ones from leaving?

Su Yu gazed ahead. Human Emperor. Was he ready?

***

Human camp.

Human Emperor was gazing in Su Yu's direction. A group of powerhouses was gathered behind him. All of them had solemn expressions. Human Emperor had gathered everyone. Even the ones on patrol duty had been recalled. Was the decisive battle coming?

Finally, Human Emperor spoke with a perfectly calm tone, "A battle is imminent."

The atmosphere turned tense.

Nobody spoke. They waited for Human Emperor to say more.

Human Emperor continued, "Xing Yue left not long ago. Is everyone aware of that?"

Some nodded.

"She was injured." Human Emperor continued speaking in a perfectly calm tone, "Something happened in the Myriad Realms. Su Yu seemed to have perished. Humanity...might have been exterminated."

Instantly, the various auras stirred with agitation. How was that possible? Despite their agitation, they maintained discipline. Nobody spoke.

Human Emperor continued, "And now, only one choice is left for us. We attack, defeat the myriad races, and return to the Myriad Realms. Otherwise, the enemies will be able to surround us from both sides. Things will get even more dangerous for us."

Finally, someone spoke. An imposing red-haired woman stepped forth with a large saber in hand. She asked, "Your Majesty, will the coming battle be the decisive battle?"

"Yes." Human Emperor smiled and said, "Martial Suppression King, I'm afraid...I won't have the chance to take you to see Tai Shan anymore."

The Martial Suppression King was not one of the thirty-six ancient human kings. She was a newly appointed human king. She was the first dao companion of Martial King, also a tier-one powerhouse. Here, she enjoyed a high status. She was second only to Human Emperor and Radiant King.

The sturdy woman snorted and said, "It's fine. I'll just treat him as dead. Since Your Majesty wishes to fight, we will fight for that stinky man since he's not around. The Martial King's Household wronged humanity back then. Now, allow us to fight for him and make up for his mistake. We will be harvesting the heads of our enemies!"

An intense killing intent erupted from her.

She was someone who had been fighting on the battlefield for many years before eventually killing her way to the first tier. Her killing intent was a lot more intense than many of the powerhouses present.

Back then, Martial King had blundered massively by exposing Culture King' departure. Thus, the female generals of Martial King's Household had fought endlessly over the years to make up for his mistake. All eighteen of them followed Human Emperor into battle a hundred thousand years ago.

Half had died.

The survivors had all advanced into Masters of Laws. Of the fifty-two Masters of Laws in humanity's camp, nine came from Martial King's Household.

"The Martial Suppression King is a great heroine indeed!" Human Emperor laughed and said, "A pity that Tai Shan isn't here. Otherwise, I would have him apologize to all of you. How could he abandon all of you just to follow Second Brother Wen away?"

Everyone laughed.

Human Emperor said, "Be ready for battle. I will be calling my physical body back. It has been injured many years ago, but the time has arrived for me to reunite with my body. Today, we shall kill to our hearts' content!"

"Kill!"

Everyone roared. Morale was high. With Human Emperor present, they had nothing to fear. So what if their opponents were powerful? They were unequalled so long as Human Emperor was around. No number of enemies would be their match.

***

At the same time.

Suddenly, the hearts of the various myriad race powerhouses started palpitating out of nowhere.

"The killing intent opposite us...is growing very thick."

"Are they really going to fight?"

"Have they gone mad? We have more than double their number. Is this a bluff?"

They were suspicious, but they wasted no time in gathering up. An ethereal, white-haired and boundlessly handsome powerhouse stepped forth. This was the Immortal Pseudo Emperor.

He first looked at everyone before looking at the island opposite them. Sun and moon spun in his eyes.

And then, his ethereal voice rang out, "Those opposite are growing aggressive. It is unknown if this is false bravado, but be ready, everyone. Do not allow them to catch us by surprise."

Since the Immortal Pseudo Emperor had spoken, everyone nodded. Clearly, he had a high prestige among them. Due to his proficiency in the life dao, he had healed many Masters of Laws here.

Without him, the myriad races wouldn't have been able to produce so many new masters of Laws. Thus, he enjoyed a high level of respect from many.

Beside Immortal Pseudo Emperor was a middle-aged man with a boundlessly holy bearing. He regarded the crowd and said, "I understand that nobody is willing to fight to the death at this time. However, please set everything aside and focus on fighting if the humans decide to force a decisive battle."

They would have attacked humanity long ago if it weren't for some cowardly ones among them. Most of them preferred to stay on the defensive. However, these people would be left with no choice if the humans were the ones pushing for a battle.

At their level of cultivation, they understood this point well. Someone said, "If the humans dare to force a battle, we won't be holding back. Don't worry, Divine Pseudo Emperor. If the humans wish to court death, we won't force them to keep living."

Divine Pseudo Emperor nodded, "As usual, Immortal Pseudo Emperor, Devil Pseudo Emperor, and I will join hands against Human Emperor when a battle erupts. The rest of you will seek out your corresponding opponents."

This was how they had always handled their previous battles. The strongest three would handle Human Emperor. Of course, Human Emperor's projection would not do anything most of the time. He would only float there to keep the three strongest occupied.

Nobody objected to that. Even if the three might end up not fighting, they were too terrified of Human Emperor to face him themselves. They would rather face any other human, including Radiant King, than Human Emperor.

The three strongest looked at each other. Devil Pseudo Emperor asked, "What is Human Emperor trying to do here?"

Nobody could say for sure.

Right at that moment, someone's ears twitched. Then, that person said, "Fellow daoists, I heard something..."

Everyone focused on him.

Sound waves constantly rippled out of his big ears as he said, "The river...from the back...something powerful seems to be approaching..."

Human Emperor had suppressed most of the fluctuations, making it almost impossible for most people to notice anything. But this time, the fluctuations were too strong to avoid notice.

Suddenly, a voice rang out in the air, "Big Ears, what are you listening to?"

The voice boomed.

Boom!

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