Chapter 1036: Rapid Growth (3)
Chapter 1036: Rapid Growth (3)
Su Yu had yet to fuse all his apertures into one, but after absorbing the sunmoon profound yellow liquid, all his apertures had turned into semi-circular circles. That was direct proof that his apertures were in the process of being strengthened. But they might also grow so strong that he would no longer be able to enter the Mountainsea Realm in the future.
To enter the Mountainsea Realm, one needed to start fusing one's apertures. With the growth of his apertures, the repelling force between his apertures would also grow incredibly powerful. But Su Yu was unbothered.
If he was being honest, he had never felt that the multiple character faction was actually that strong. He also didn't feel like cultural researchers were strong. Most of the time, his willpower and characters would only play supporting roles during combat.
As for the fear of the myriad races, he couldn't be bothered to worry about that. Would he be useless just because he could no longer be an Invincible cultural researcher? Not necessarily.
A warrior Invincible was still an Invincible. So what if he wouldn't be the one to activate the Human Realm's suppressive force? Liu Wenyan and Hong Tan still had hopes of entering the Invincible Realm.
After fully absorbing the willpower of yet another Invincible note, Su Yu reached the sixth stage. After a short rest, he resumed his work.
This time, he was absorbing the willpower of Great Zhou King's note. This was the note he had comprehended the calm character from. In all honesty, this character had been very helpful to him so far.
Unfortunately, he had not been able to form more characters from the same note in subsequent attempts. As he absorbed the willpower of the note while reading it, surprisingly, a brand new character took form in his sea of willpower.
After crushing his beast character previously, he was left with only twenty-four characters. Finally, he had formed yet another character.
Patience.
"..."
Su Yu was dumbstruck. What was this? While he was reading and destroying this note, the note told him to be patient? What the fuck was wrong with Great Zhou King? First, he received the calm character. Then, he received the patience character. Was Great Zhou King an old turtle?
Calm and patience?
Since this was a character formed from an Invincible note, it entered the second stage right after formation.
Patience.
After staring at the character for a bit, Su Yu laughed in amusement. How was he supposed to stay patient in this situation? How laughable. In essence, a character would take form through one's comprehension. Did this signify that he had comprehended the art of staying patient this time?
But...he was not staying patient at all. What could this character do? In truth, he had a lot of expectations toward the character of the number one human cultural researcher. Even the calm character had been exceptionally useful. He wanted to know if this patience character would be just as useful.
After sinking his senses into the new character, a pensive look covered his face. Understanding dawned on him. This type of patience...was simply the art of turtling.
In short, if he remained completely still, the character would generate a powerful concealment effect. Coupled with the calm character and the concealment technique of the looping turtle race...
Su Yu couldn't help but feel impressed. The two characters and that art were basically perfect for turtles.
"Is Great Zhou King really an old turtle?"
Through these characters, he could learn something about the Invincible. Both the characters he had received from Great Zhou King were similar in nature. They were meant for one to endure and be patient.
In short, Great Zhou King was an incredibly patient man.
***
At that moment.
Somewhere near Eastrift Valley.
A refined middle-aged man with long, fluttering hair clad in long, fluttering robes looked toward a certain direction. Once again, someone had comprehended something from one of his notes.
"Su Yu?"
He was both surprised and unsurprised. With a slight smile on his face, he tossed the matter to the back of his mind. Even in such a moment, that kid still had the time to cultivate. Sure enough, a walking disaster like that would not die so easily. Suddenly, a figure flickered into existence beside him.
"Old Zhou, read someone's fortune for me."
That was Great Qin King.
"Whose fortune?" Great Zhou King smiled, "Xia Wushen?"
"No. Su Yu's."
Great Zhou King said, "Fortune telling is unreliable. We can divine all we want, everything is everchanging. Even if my divination shows that he will die, he might still be able to defy his fate and survive. It's pointless."
"Just give it a try." Great Qin King insisted.
Great Zhou King laughed with amusement and nodded. With a wave of his hand, a silhouette similar to Su Yu appeared in the air. Then, one character after another manifested. First, the silhouette displayed surging battle intent. Then, the body cracked. Eventually, death qi surged out of the body. Finally, the body crumbled into dust.
Great Qin King frowned, "What's the result?"
Great Zhou King said, "He still wishes to fight. He wishes to take another gamble and fight until the destruction of his body. Then, he becomes a death spirit and finally...dies."
"..."
Death?
Great Qin King asked, "Is that accurate?"
"Like I said, everything is everchanging. Will he die just because my divination shows that he'll die?"
Great Zhou King calmly said, "What you see might not necessarily be the truth. That divination only showed one of the myriad possibilities. Of course, if I sacrifice my lifespan and use the Heaven Connecting Mirror, I might be able to get a more accurate result."
"That thing..." Great Qin King shook his head, "It's pointless. Back then, I got Old Zhu to check Ye Batian's future. According to the mirror, Ye Batian will succeed in his dao affirmation. But we all know what happened. Old Zhu wasted a hundred years of lifespan only for such a bullshit result. I can't be bothered to use that mirror anymore. A simple divination is enough for me."
It wasn't like Great Qin King was a big believer in fortune-telling. He only treated this as a reference to what might happen in the future.
There was a possibility that Su Yu would die. Great Qin King sighed. That was the only result Great Zhou King could produce from his divination. He wasn't able to see more. Invincibles were not omnipotent. It was already impressive of him to be able to see one of the myriad possibilities.
***
Meanwhile, Su Yu was still focused on his cultivation.
With a rumble, he completed his thirty-ninth body forging.
Suddenly, the mayor announced, "All living beings in the city are allowed to take shelter in the mayor's residence regardless of race. Residents may stay put. But you need to verify your identity before entering. This offer...does not extend to Su Yu. Please forgive me, Great Xia King and Great Ming King. I will offer shelter to the other humans, but not Su Yu."
Ultimately, the mayor conceded by extending the protection to the other humans. Su Yu was the sole exception. Protecting Su Yu would simply offend too many people. And it wasn't like Su Yu would dare to show up even if the offer was given to him. After all, there were too many Sunmoons around.
Soaring into the sky, Qin Hao replied coldly, "No thanks."
He landed in front of the mayor's residence.
"Since you're here, why even bother with taking shelter inside the mayor's residence? Let's have some fun out here."
He wasn't entering. But he wasn't about to let anyone else enter either. If they were allowed to enter, the Invincibles outside would start bombarding the city and spawn numerous powerful death spirits. Su Yu wouldn't be able to survive that.
One Sunmoon after another approached him.
One of them coldly said, "Qin Hao, do you think you can stop all of us? Are you going to get yourself, your nephew, and Great Ming King's grandson killed for the sake of Su Yu? There are also the three Sunmoon generals of Great Ming here."
There were four high-stage human Sunmoons in the city. That was the main reason why the humans in the city had mostly been left alone so far. They were simply too strong. To kill the four of them, they would need to deploy at least ten late-stage Sunmoons. That was simply too much trouble. But it wasn't like they couldn't gather more than ten late-stage Sunmoons in the city.
Qin Hao ignored them. He looked at the earth elemental Sunmoon. The five elemental race had deployed two late-stage Sunmoons to the city. He coldly said, "Topsoil Spirit is likely inside one of these buildings. Are you giving up on him?"
The expressions of the two Sunmoons changed upon hearing that. Unless Topsoil Spirit was dead, they would not give up on him. If the Invincibles outside were allowed to carry out their plan, Topsoil Spirit would die as well.
What was their ancestor thinking? They were sure there was a five elemental Invincible outside as well. Had that ancestor given up on Topsoil Spirit? Or perhaps not even their ancestor could stop the other Invincibles.
After all, for the other Invincibles, losing Topsoil Spirit alongside Su Yu was no big deal. The two of them started sending a message through the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. With the city sealed, only the mayor or Invincibles could send their voices through the city barriers.
Thus, they had no choice but to rely on the Heavenly Hunt Pavillion if they wanted to communicate with someone outside. Before long, they received a reply. They wanted to protect Topsoil Spirit, but not even the Invincibles of the five elementals and humans could stop the other Invincibles.
The two were given the order to drag things out and prevent others from entering the mayor's residence. The two felt extremely helpless upon receiving that message. This would be an extremely difficult task.
Since their ancestor couldn't accomplish anything, they had to suffer for it. Even if they decided to work with the humans, there were still too many Sunmoons for them to deal with. But their ancestor also offered them an alternative. They could also try to force Su Yu out of hiding.
That way, the Invincibles outside would no longer need to proceed with their plan. But that seemed to be an even more difficult task. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
Basically, they were caught between a rock and a hard place.