The dazzling blade dropped from the sky.
Final Armor dashed in Su Yu's direction unhesitatingly. He couldn't sense Su Yu, but a heavenly reward and dozens of death spirits had appeared at the same location. He only needed to head there.
Boom!
With one spear strike, Final Armor sent the death spirit in his way flying away. He charged right into the midst of numerous death spirits, but Su Yu was nowhere to be seen. Meanwhile, the death qi around him started rushing toward him, causing his body to rot.
The ancient city medallion on him shone, helping him resist the invading death qi. However, there were too many death spirits in the area. Finally, Final Armor regained his clarity of mind when the danger became too much. He hurriedly rushed out of the area.
Some of the death spirits glanced at him when he was leaving, but they soon moved on from him and continued looking for Su Yu. Final Armor was not their target.
Final Armor looked calm, but he was feeling terrible inside. At that moment, the sixth-stage Mountainsea Silver Armor and first-stage Mountainsea Flame Armor finally reached him. Flame Armor was heavily injured, and fear could be clearly seen in his eyes.
Almost all their Cloudbreaches and Skysoars had perished to Su Yu's blade. After all, Cloudbreaches and Skysoars were not comparable to Mountainseas. They had always been moving behind the Mountainseas. Thus, almost none of them survived Su Yu's attack. This was a heavy loss.
The mystic armor race had over a hundred people in the city. Even the weakest among them was a Skysoar. They also had a decent number of Cloudbreaches and six Mountainseas in the city. But now, only the three of them remained.
Final Armor suddenly noticed that Dao Cheng was sticking close to Jiu Xuan. Clearly, they were thinking of leaving the city. Su Yu was too difficult to handle. It was also getting more and more dangerous.
Final Armor seemed capable of seeing through their thoughts. He spoke coldly, "Brother Dao Cheng, can the myriad races sleep well after this if Su Yu remains alive? Don't forget that he's from the multiple character faction. He's only nineteen, but he's already capable of killing third-stage Mountainseas."
Leaving? Things had reached this state and they were thinking of leaving? Dream on!
Dao Cheng gazed at Final Armor in silence. After a while, he said, "I need the assistance of more experts."
As it were, things were too dangerous. Final Armor was the only one that could comfortably suppress Su Yu. Dao Cheng wasn't sure if he or Silver Armor could even fully suppress Su Yu. That was especially true when they were inside somewhere as complicated as an ancient city.
Final Armor wasn't good enough in detection. They were completely unable to trace the whereabouts of Su Yu. This placed them in an extremely dangerous position. With a third-stage Mountainsea dead, Dao Cheng had to start taking this seriously.
He concluded that if they were subjected to a few more of such ambushes, the next to die would either be Jiu Xuan or Flame Armor. He didn't care about Flame Armor's death, but Jiu Xuan's death was something he couldn't accept. Thus, he had to leave.
Final Armor said nothing. He gazed in the direction of the thick death qi not far away from them. In truth, he was almost sure that Su Yu was somewhere in there, surrounded by death spirits. But what should they do? Charge into the midst of all those death spirits?
He looked at Dao Cheng again and said, "The mystic armor race is weak against the death spirits. We can easily get ourselves surrounded, corroded, and devoured by them. But the immortal race has always been the natural predator of the death spirits. Why don't you go in and take a look? I'll personally serve as Jiu Xuan's dao protector."
The two immortals had been thinking of making them do all the work. He was not going to allow that.
Sure, he could forgive Jiu Xuan since she was weaker, but Dao Cheng was absolutely not weak. Su Yu had the strength to kill third-stage Mountainseas, but Dao Cheng had killed a fifth-stage Mountainsea before.
The mystic armors were very weak against the death spirits, but the immortals had their ways to counter the death spirits. Final Armor knew that very well.
He coldly said, "Brother Dao Cheng, the mystic armor race has lost three Mountainseas and numerous Cloudbreaches for the sake of dealing with Su Yu. Are you unwilling to put even the tiniest bit of effort into this endeavor?"
"Su Yu is most certainly in the midst of all those death spirits. Since he's still alive, he definitely has a way to deal with death qi. If I enter that place, I will be suppressed by the death spirits even with my medallion. After all, my medallion does not have a high enough level to deal with so many death spirits. What do you think of my suggestion, Brother Dao Cheng?"
Final Armor coldly said, "Perhaps death isn't a bad idea. Brother Dao Cheng, if those from my race can die for this, those from the immortal race can die for this as well. With her death, your race will never spare Su Yu. Don't blame me for being selfish. I'm being realistic. If my race continues fighting Su Yu only for your race to finally step forth and claim that the immortal race is still an ally of the human race, what are we supposed to do?"
In fact, he would welcome the death of an immortal genius. What was the worst that could happen? Would the immortal race give up on the alliance for the sake of one young genius? Impossible. Sure, the death would invite the resentment of the faction Dao Cheng and Jiu Xuan were in, but that faction alone could not represent the entire immortal race.
Dao Cheng's face turned cold as he said, "Brother Final Armor, there is no need for that. How about this? The two of us will attack Su Yu together. Jiu Xuan, Silver Armor, and Flame Armor can stay together. The three of them should be able to protect themselves against Su Yu since Silver Armor is a sixth-stage Mountainsea. Doing this, we can protect both Jiu Xuan and Flame Armor. What do you think?"
Final Armor thought about it and said, "That is agreeable. I wish to witness the strength of an immortal genius with my own eyes."
"Big Brother Dao Cheng..."
Jiu Xuan sent a voice transmission. Not giving her a chance to finish, Dao Cheng replied with his own voice transmission, "Be careful. Don't say anything. We can't leave yet. Final Armor is furious after losing three Mountainseas. My previous plan wasn't too well thought out. If we leave, the mystic armor race might choose to compromise or even align themselves toward the human race. That won't be favorable for our race."
That was how things worked between the myriad races. Carnage was an everyday occurrence. But after enough blood had been spilled, the weaker party might suddenly decide to subordinate themselves to the stronger party despite the blood that had been spilled between them.
Take Mo Duona as an example. Due to his rise, a lot of minor races had opted to attach themselves to the devil race in recent years. That was because the devil race had showcased their potential through their younger generation.
When the survival of an entire race was at stake, the death of several individuals did not matter. Thus, Dao Cheng couldn't leave. If he left, the alliance between the mystic armor race and the immortal race would collapse.
The immortals were the ones who had initiated the plan to kill Su Yu. In the process, the mystic armors lost several of their Mountainseas and numerous Cloudbreaches. But in the end, the immortals were also the ones to suddenly wash their hands of the matter. That would disappoint the many minor races subordinate to them.
Dao Cheng gazed upon the mass of death qi in the distance. He knew that Su Yu was definitely somewhere in there. Perhaps that human was fighting the death spirits this very moment. And that human was definitely capable of countering death qi. Maybe he was using a large amount of heavenly source qi. Or maybe he was using a unique character. The possibilities were endless.
And since Su Yu had yet to hide inside an unoccupied building, it was clear that he wasn't even worried about the death spirits.
The characters above Dao Cheng's palm started spinning again. A short while later, his face turned slightly pale as he completed yet another divination. He said, "Su Yu is definitely in there. I'll enter and check. If there is a need, I will request for the assistance of Xuan Wuji."
Xuan Wuji, 4th on Heaven Index.
Third-stage Mountainsea. Killed a ninth-stage Mountainsea before.
He was capable of killing someone six minor realms above him. One ought to note that the higher one's cultivation was, the harder it was to punch above one's weight. Even as a third-stage Mountainsea, one would still be considered an early Mountainsea.
Thus, Xuan Wuji of the immortal race was truly worthy of being called a super genius. Since he was capable of killing a peak Mountainsea, he basically had the combat strength of a pseudo Sunmoon. He would be even stronger than Final Armor, an actual peak Mountainsea.
Final Armor's anger receded slightly upon hearing that. He said, "Is there a need to trouble Xuan Wuji for a mere Su Yu? You only need to force Su Yu out of the encirclement of death spirits. I can naturally finish the job then."
He was only afraid of the death spirits, not Su Yu. Sure, he was shocked that Su Yu could kill a third-stage Mountainsea. But that wasn't enough to scare him.
After a short silence, Dao Cheng said, "I'll do my best."
He wasted no time and started stepping forward.
Su Yu...the bringer of disaster.