Chapter 2317: Battle Erupts (3)

A burst of dao-powered sound waves rippled over. The big-eared powerhouse paled, but instantly, Devil Pseudo Emperor threw a punch in retaliation.

Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "Sound King, you dare attack us? You're courting death!"

That was one of the thirty-six original human kings. Everyone's eyes flickered. What were the humans hiding? What was coming from downstream? What was it that had created so many fluctuations?

Reinforcements?

Were human reinforcements coming?

It would be terrifying if these were truly reinforcements, as they would be strong enough that not even Human Emperor could mask their approach.

Apart from that, what could it be?

As they thought of that, they grew agitated. At that moment, Divine Pseudo Emperor said, "Big Ears, continue. Eight Eyes, give it a try as well. Maybe you can see something."

At that, someone with eight eyes opened his eyes.

The eight eyes glowed as he gazed ahead. His gaze pierced through everything, eventually stopping at something indistinct. Just as he was about to focus, the person on the other side gazed over with a third eye on his forehead. The third eye glowed, and with a rumble, both took a step back.

And then, a handsome youth sneered, "Eight Eyes, what are you looking at?"

Eight Eyes replied with a baleful air in his voice, "Eye King, I am quite interested in testing your golden eye. Let's see if your third eye is stronger than my eight eyes."

"Didn't you experience my third eye before?"

The handsome youth sneered again. They had fought each other numerous times over the years, so he did not fear the eight-eyed powerhouse.

Eight Eyes ignored the human king and solemnly said, "Everyone, things aren't right. I saw...a mountain."

A mountain?

Everyone blanked out. What about it?

Eight Eyes continued, "It seems to be a mountain, moving in our direction. It is covered in blinding golden light. I only caught a tiny glimpse of it, but it somehow caused an intense fear deep inside me."

Nobody took that lightly. Eight Eyes might not be a supreme powerhouse, but he was still a tier-three Master of Law. Yet a glimpse of something was enough to cause him to feel deep fear.

Meanwhile, the humans had been trying to cover it up. It was only natural for the humans to do so, but something felt off about this. In truth, the mountain was not all Eight Eyes saw. He also saw two individuals, but the vision was too unclear for him to be sure. After some consideration, he decided to not mention something he was unsure about.

He wanted to take a better look before reporting it. After all, giving wrong information might end up triggering a major battle. That might result in the deaths of Masters of Laws, and that wasn't a responsibility he wanted to take.

Big Ears said, "A mountain? Why does it sound like...someone is rushing over?"

Mountain...someone...

Divine Pseudo Emperor and the others exchanged gazes. The look in his eyes changed slightly as he said, "A mountain...and someone. What do you think this is?"

Immortal Pseudo Emperor's eyes flickered as he performed a quick divination. At that, his expression changed, "Can this be...the arrival of his main body?"

"Hmm?"

Their expressions turned solemn. They understood what he was talking about. But that shouldn't be the case.

Human Emperor's main body had vanished for many years. Everyone guessed that he had sustained heavy injuries. They suspected that he had hidden his body either under the floating island or in the river to heal up.

Thus, the possibility of a return of his body was something they had to take seriously. There had been battles since his body's disappearance, but most of these battles were minor skirmishes. In recent years, there had been very few deaths. What was humanity trying to do now?

"If his main body is here, this will be a bloody battle."

Devil Pseudo Emperor was very solemn as he asked, "Has humanity really been exterminated?"

He looked at the crowd and said, "Observe the fortune of humanity."

A Pseudo Emperor amid the crowd utilized his dao power. White light shone from his eyes as he gazed in humanity's direction. Instantly, he blanked out before his eyes exploded.

A cold voice rang out, "Are you courting death?"

But the powerhouse with his eyes gone exclaimed with disbelief, "This isn't right...this is very wrong...humanity's fortune...is now rootless."

Boom!

The various powerhouses stirred.

What?

Rootless?

"Yes...rootless...humanity...has been exterminated."

Even now, he couldn't recover from his shock. Humanity had been exterminated. The myriad races back home were too ruthless. The humans here had naturally sensed the extermination of humanity. This was the same as forcing them to fight to the death.

The expressions of the various powerhouses changed. Humanity had been exterminated. They knew what this signified. The person who had observed humanity's fortune did not see wrongly. The fortune he saw was rootless. That was because the ancient court had indeed ended. It had ended the moment Heavenly Overseer Marquis was fused with Su Yu's world.

The current humanity only recognized Su Yu, not Human Emperor. Thus, the actual fortune of humanity was converging in Su Yu's world.

Immortal Pseudo Emperor said heavily, "Prepare for war. A decisive battle. A battle to the death."

Humanity had been exterminated.

Everyone was overwhelmed with shock. No wonder those opposite them had been acting weirdly recently. The myriad races back home had produced some Masters of Laws. Had they been slaughtering the humans recently?

The myriad race powerhouses cursed inwardly. Why did they go that far? Wasn't that the same as forcing Human Emperor to go crazy?

"His main body is definitely coming."

Immortal Pseudo Emperor was no longer hoping to get lucky. He said, "The separation of spirit and body...I understand now. His injuries have yet to recover, but he intends to kill us with everything he has."

The atmosphere turned heavy.

Divine Pseudo Emperor said, "He's trying to unite his spirit and body?"

The look in his eyes changed as a realization hit him. This battle was unavoidable.

The myriad races back home had pushed things too far and exterminated humanity.

With the extermination of his race and the worry of facing enemies on two sides, Human Emperor had probably gone crazy. The three instantly reached a unanimous decision, "The three of us will be handling Human Emperor. Dragon Pseudo Emperor and Phoenix Pseudo Emperor will be handling Radiant King. Nether Pseudo Emperor, lead a team and rush through the front lines to stop Human Emperor's body from arriving."

They had instantly reached a decision after realizing the gravity of the situation. They had to take the initiative and stop the physical body from arriving. If this was any other day, Human Emperor wouldn't have the reason to do anything drastic. But with the extermination of humanity, things had changed.

"Kill!"

With a single order, the various powerhouses charged forth.

Since they knew that the coming battle was inevitable, they should seize the initiative and attack first. At the same time, Human Emperor could no longer hide the approach of his body.

A gigantic mountain became visible in the distance. Cracks appeared on the mountain, and golden light shone through the cracks. Then, a golden figure appeared above the mountain. The moment the body appeared, the river itself stopped flowing for a short moment.

However, many wounds could be seen on that body. Even after so many years, it couldn't recover from its wounds. Human Emperor's imposing yet furious voice rang out.

"The myriad races have exterminated humanity. This will be a battle to the death. My friends, sally forth with me!"

Boom!

Various valiant auras surged. The decisive battle had erupted.

Instead of stepping forth to join the battle, Human Emperor's figure started flying backward. He was clearly attempting to reunite with his body. Radiant King's voice rang out, "Stop the myriad races! His Majesty will reunite with his body and slaughter the myriad races!"

"Yes!"

Battle intent surged among the human powerhouses.

Stop them!

Human Emperor would return with his body. Victory would be theirs!

"Stop him!"

Divine Pseudo Emperor ordered. They had to stop Human Emperor.

They would not allow Human Emperor to rejoin with his main body. Previously, they were unaware of the actual status of his body. Now, they were sure that his body was badly injured and completely without consciousness. In that case, they wouldn't allow the unification to happen.

"Human Emperor is heavily injured. He will die in this battle."

With that declaration from Immortal Pseudo Emperor, morale surged. It was true that Human Emperor was suffering from heavy injuries. They were all powerhouses, and they could all sense it.

"Kill. Slaughter the humans and return to the Myriad Realms."

"Kill!"

And next, powerhouses started clashing between the two floating islands. Numerous dao powers swept everywhere, and the River of Time itself started shaking violently.

The decisive battle had erupted.

***

Upper Realm.

Upon sensing the weak fluctuations coming from afar, the expression of Great Zhou King, who was still standing guard before the Hell Gate, changed.

The battle had erupted.

Human Emperor had truly gone mad with Su Yu.

Great Zhou King laughed, "Has even His Majesty been influenced by that guy? Or perhaps...His Majesty has truly decided to hand humanity over to him?"

He sighed. Had His Majesty truly decided on that?

So be it.

This was a situation not even a tier-one could easily reverse. Even after becoming a tier-one, Great Zhou King still felt as helpless as ever.

"Su Yu...you are mad indeed."

Great Zhou King laughed. A true lunatic. What insanity. It hadn't even been long since he was there, yet he had somehow convinced Human Emperor to make such a risky bet. What could he be if not a madman?

Great Zhou King did not think that he alone could pass on the torch of humanity. He couldn't. With that in mind, he smiled and stepped into Su Yu's world. Ten daos manifested from his body. Two were already connected to Su Yu's world while eight were connected to the River of Time.

"A pity. I...truly can't bear to do this."

A sigh rang out.

"Damn you, Su Yu. Was it fun for you to target me all the time?"

"Heh."

"Could you have climbed this high without me around?"

"Heh."

"This old man has guarded humanity for a hundred thousand years. What does a brat like you know?"

"If I were reckless, your lineage would have ended many generations ago. Are you not ashamed of targeting me for what I did?"

With another laugh, Great Zhou King snapped his daos. Instantly, a large amount of dao power flowed into Su Yu's world.

Not far away, Lan Tian started recording with a smirk. But he had barely recorded anything when Great Zhou King appeared before him. As Great Zhou King reached out, Lan Tian sneered. But before he could finish sneering, countless nets appeared and captured countless Lan Tians.

"You can never understand just how powerful I truly am. Su Yu isn't around. How dare you provoke me?"

With a sneer, Great Zhou King punched a single Lan Tian, leaving him with a bloody nose and a swollen face. Next, the same bloody nose and swollen face was replicated on all the other Lan Tians.

Lan Tian's jaw dropped.

"This is the string dao. By inflicting damage to a single body, I can link it to a myriad bodies. Idiot. Do you think you're really undefeatable with your clones?"

And thus, Great Zhou King started giving Lan Tian a beating as his daos continued snapping. This bastard had been provoking him. This bastard had even recorded the sight of him cursing at Su Yu.

He would not spare this bastard. Before his strength started dropping, he would give this bastard the beating of his life.

Boom!

With a rumble, Su Yu's world started expanding. At the same time, over a thousand Lan Tians were being beaten up. They were running everywhere while covering their faces.

It was too painful.

Holy shit!

That was too painful.

Great Zhou King sneered and said, "This will be fun. It's the pain dao. It can multiply the sense of pain by numerous times."

"Try this out as well. It's the puppet dao."

And then, all Lan Tians stiffened before speaking in unison, "Spare me, Granddaddy."

Puppetry.

Finally, Great Zhou King exhaled with satisfaction.

This should teach that bastard a lesson.

He had ignored this bastard most of the time since Su Yu was around, but the bastard seemed to have gotten overconfident from that.

Heh.

Next, over a thousand Lan Tians transformed into beautiful women before dropping into their knees, "Please stop, Daddy! This hurts so much! I won't do it anymore..."

"..."

Great Zhou King grimaced.

Fuck!

Right at that moment, countless gazes focused on him. And out of nowhere, a whip appeared in Great Zhou King's hand. The whip started hitting the crying women.

Everyone's eyes widened.

Holy shit!

Great Zhou King was green in the face. When he looked at Lan Tian, Lan Tian smiled, "I might be crazy, but you're a pervert. Daddy, stop hitting me, or I'll start stripping."

Great Zhou King was left completely speechless. And then, he vanished with a flicker. He was done here. Su Yu was crazy, but his subordinates weren't normal either.

With that, Lan Tian stood up, patted himself down, and looked at the crowd with a giggle, "Stop staring. I was playing with Great Zhou King. He's very cute. I love it. He's even better than Tiansheng. Look at him getting all shy..."

Everyone shivered and dispersed. How scary. But then again, that scene from earlier was truly...shocking.

Good heavens. Everyone started gossiping about what they saw. Nobody bothered to pay attention to the expanding world anymore. Nothing was more interesting than Great Zhou King and Lan Tian's public performance.

Far away, Great Zhou King was finally done snapping his final dao. He felt incomparably gloomy. Even at his strength, he was still pushed back by Lan Tian's sheer madness. What a miserable life.

"Your Majesty...please win."

Suddenly, an intense melancholy sank in. Suddenly, he saw the approaching Lan Tian and shivered. Instead of attacking, he fled. Since he couldn't kill this person, fleeing was the better option instead of staying and facing the madness.