Something massive had happened.
Heavendoom City.
With the appearance of three Sunmoon death spirits, almost every single living being who was still staying outdoors had died.
Inside a large building. Mo Duona took out his shaking index copy. After taking a look, he laughed.
Su Yu!
Killing the heavily injured Final Armor? Interesting. As someone who was unrivaled in the Cloudbreach Realm and below, it had been a very long time since he last met a match. Would Su Yu be his match?
***
Inside a different building.
Silver Armor was roaring madly.
Beside him, Dao Cheng was staring at the index copy blankly. Two golden characters swirled at the tip of his finger. They were the Su and Yu characters, the final words written by Jiu Xuan with her own blood.
Fury, indignance, despair...
Dao Cheng could feel all the emotions Jiu Xuan felt during her last moments. He could clearly feel those emotions, as though he was there himself.
He had been trying his best to protect Jiu Xuan. When his divination indicated that a great danger was coming, he had opted to move out without her. He even kept her beside a peak Mountainsea to ensure her safety.
But she had still died.
That garbage Final Armor had failed to protect Jiu Xuan.
A peak Mountainsea.
Piece of trash!
Beside him, Silver Armor was still roaring. This piece of trash was probably still mourning Final Armor's death. After looking at Su Yu and Su Yu's new rank, he laughed. It was a helpless laugh.
He stood up, stepped forth, and softly said, "Brother Silver Armor, my condolences."
"Bastard! I'll kill him!"
Silver Armor roared furiously.
Standing behind him, Dao Cheng softly said, "Yes. That will happen. I'll kill him. But our current strength is not enough. I need more strength. Jiu Xuan is dead. You're the only person capable of helping me, Brother Silver Armor..."
"Hmm?"
Silver Armor turned his head and asked, "How can I help? Do we attack Su Yu together?"
Dao Cheng patted Silver Armor's shoulder. Silver Armor felt quite uncomfortable due to the touch. At this time, he heard Dao Cheng's voice, "It is too difficult for an expert to kill an existence like him. He will be able to somehow escape. Only someone with a similar level of strength might succeed..."
Silver Armor was getting impatient. Just what was this person getting at?
"Is that so?" Dao Cheng laughed, "People like you are here in the Allheaven Battlefield for survival. How about geniuses like us? Why did we leave the safety of our powerful families behind? Why did we abandon our lives of luxury? We're only here to chase after the minuscule chance of eventually affirming our dao. Death? Is that really so scary for people like us?"
"You and me. We're not the same. People like me, Su Yu, or Mo Duona are not here for the same reason as the likes of you. You won't understand us."
Were they afraid of death?
No.
If they were, they wouldn't have entered the Allheaven Battlefield. He could have stayed in the Immortal Realm and enjoyed life as a descendant of an immortal king. That would be a comfortable life.
In fact, there were numerous immortal king descendants in the Immortal Realm. If he didn't wish to leave, nobody would force him to leave. Once again, Dao Cheng sighed. Accompanied by his sigh, Silver Armor broke into pieces while his sea of willpower dispersed completely.
A clump of cloud appeared.
With his eyes shut, Dao Cheng absorbed the reward while muttering, "Su Yu..."
He would take his revenge.
Immortal King Xuan He would probably not come anymore. Jiu Xuan was already dead. Alive, she was worth some effort from him. Dead, she was worthless to him. This was how the myriad races behaved. Even a freakish genius like Ye Batian had also turned worthless to humanity after his death.
Dao Cheng's rank on the index increased. As a ninth-stage Cloudbreach, he had killed a sixth-stage Mountainsea. He rose to the second rank of the Earth Index.
He surpassed Huang Teng, but still below Qin Fang. Huang Teng past accomplishment remained the same: killing a second-stage Mountainsea as a fifth-stage Cloudbreach. As for Qin Fang, he had killed a third-stage Mountainsea as a sixth-stage Cloudbreach. His accomplishments didn't seem as impressive, but he still reigned above Dao Cheng.
But Dao Cheng wasn't too bothered about his rank. The index had merely assigned him a lower rank because it believed Qin Fang had a higher chance to reach dao affirmation compared to him.
In fact, one could view the Heavenly Hunt Index as a list of dao affirmation hopefuls. Entering the index merely indicated that one had the talent to succeed, but nine out of ten would probably die before even reaching that point.
Dao Cheng was in the process of breaking through into the Mountainsea Realm. He might not be able to kill Su Yu without being a Mountainsea. Right after entering the Mountainsea Realm, he would be as strong as a regular seventh-stage Mountainsea. Perhaps that would also push him above Qin Fang.
***
The mystic armor race had lost all their forces in Heavendoom City.
Some people were staring at their index copies with complicated expressions. Sixth-stage Mountainsea. A lot of people could guess who that Mountainsea was. Perhaps those outside the city might still be confused, but those inside the city wouldn't.
In this situation, who could Dao Cheng kill in the city? Silver Armor was the sole answer.
How decisive.
And cold.
But those with index copies in hand were no ordinary individuals either. They weren't too surprised to see that. These index geniuses were all decisive and ruthless individuals. If they were in the same position, they might also do the same.
Su Yu had definitely obtained a massive heavenly reward after killing Final Armor. Would he spare Dao Cheng?
Nope.
Nor would Dao Cheng spare Su Yu.
At this point, the grudge between the two could only end with death. Thus, none of them would give up on any chance to gain more strength and kill the other party.