Tribulation of Myriad Races

Su Yu returned to the fully repaired mayor's residence.

At the moment, the streets were devoid of people. Nobody dared to leave their buildings.

Su Yu did not hold back and sealed the city yet again. He did not care. He wouldn't allow them to leave. They would either have to convert or die. In truth, he didn't even need to do anything. After the battle in the city earlier, the city gates had shut automatically. They would only reopen after three days.

Naturally, that would do nothing to Su Yu. He could still leave the city as he pleased. It was only a matter of enduring more death qi. Was that even something to be scared of?

He would not allow the city gates to reopen three days later. At the very least, he had to get the eighth-stage Sunmoon nether and seventh-stage Sunmoon ape killed before letting the gates reopen.

After entering the mayor's residence, he went straight to the inner hall.

***

Inner hall.

The stone statue's eyes were tightly shut.

When the stone statue sensed Su Yu's approach, he started feeling uneasy from his guilty conscience. Was Su Yu here to confront him for leaving the city earlier? But soon, he forced himself to calm down.

This was Su Yu's responsibility as a mayor! Since he had decided to become the mayor, he had to bear the duties of a mayor as well! While enjoying the protection of the ancient city, he had to do his part as well.

That was most certainly not what Su Yu had in mind. Confronting the stone statue? Was that a joke? Him? Confronting someone capable of blasting an Invincible apart with one punch? Did he look that stupid?

Right after entering the inner hall, Su Yu flashed a friendly and easy-going smile, "Mayor Su Yu is here to greet you, Lord. I'm here to wish you a long life. May you prosper for eternity, overseeing the Myriad Realms with your boundless might..."

Su Yu was extremely courteous.

What nonsense. Wasn't it normal to be polite in front of an entity this powerful?

Alas, the stone statue offered no response. Su Yu was unbothered. He maintained his wide smile and spoke, "This time, you showcased your awe-inspiring strength to the world..."

At that point, Su Yu couldn't help but nod inwardly that this time, he was finally telling the truth. The stone statue's strength was indeed awe-inspiring.

"The various realms trembled under your boundless majesty that you have maintained since the ancient past..."

After unleashing a long string of praises, Su Yu continued, "This subordinate is confused about something. May you dispel my doubts, Lord."

This subordinate. He was emphasizing that term, reminding the stone statue that they were now on the same side. He was the mayor of the city. The stone statue was the guardian of the city. Perhaps the stone statue was even the first mayor. They were basically family!

After a short silence, a voice rang out from an unknown location, "Speak."

Su Yu was overjoyed. From complete silence to a willingness to talk. This was a good start. Very good.

"Lord, can this subordinate leave the city?"

"Yes, provided you're not afraid of the backlash. After leaving the city, you will need to bear double the death qi you're bearing right now."

In a normal situation with the city gates open, Su Yu only needed one and a half hours of cultivation per day to reach a balance between death qi and source qi in his body. The temporary increase previously did not count. Double that would increase his cultivation time to three hours. He had to dedicate three hours daily just to reverse the death qi in his body.

After thinking about it, Su Yu found it acceptable. He was the only mayor who could do this.

He asked, "Can I still enter the Heavenly Hunt Index?"

"Yes. As long as the death qi in your body drops below thirty percent, the index will be able to detect you once again."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. So that was the case. Fortunately, he had been keeping death qi at fifty percent. In that case, he could drop that to a lower level as a precaution against any surprises.

The two answers had proven very helpful to him.

"Can this subordinate stop being a mayor?"

"..."

The stone statue sank into silence. This mayor was thinking of leaving! Why was he thinking of leaving instead of serving obediently as the mayor?

The stone statue did not feel like answering, but he still answered, "Yes. But as the mayor, you will need to pay a price for that. It also won't be easy to leave. You need to meet several conditions."

"Please enlighten me, Lord. Firstly, the death sovereign must die. Secondly, the death qi connection must be completely severed. Thirdly, you must survive the backlash from the attempt."

"..."

Su Yu was left completely speechless. Killing the death sovereign?

Was this a joke?

"Uhm...is there no other way except killing the death sovereign? Can't I break free by fully converting death qi to source qi? Won't that work?"

"That's not possible. Your death qi comes from somewhere. No matter how much you can convert, more will come. Of course, if you can outgrow the death sovereign, you can be the one transforming the death sovereign instead of the other way around."

"..."

Su Yu was stunned. What was the meaning of that?

"Lord, do you mean that if I'm stronger than the death sovereign, I can reverse-convert the death sovereign instead? I can turn the death sovereign back into a living person?"

The stone statue replied, "Yes. The devils have been trying to revive a death sovereign from their race. This is also the method they're trying to use. Of course, they're doing it differently than you. There is no need for you to know the exact manner they're doing it. You only need to know that the price for this is extremely high. Perhaps it is even more difficult than producing an Eternal from scratch. Of course, you're free to give it a try if you're confident enough."

Try his ass! Converting Xing Yue? Dream on! That was a death sovereign. The stone statue did not think that Su Yu would be able to convert Xing Yue even if Su Yu was an Invincible.

"Xing Yue's suppression on your cultivation is surprisingly low. If you can continue your rapid growth, Xing Yue won't be able to transform you into a death spirit."

Su Yu nodded. Clearly, this person knew a lot more than him.

Su Yu couldn't help but admit that the reversal art was indeed terrifying. If he could use it, how about others? If everyone could use it as well...these ancient cities would be much less scary.

Soon, he asked a different question, "Lord, I might need to take a trip back to the Human Realm in the near future. Can I take the city with me?"

"..."

What?

The stone statue remained silent. This brat was asking to take the city with him?

Su Yu carefully asked, "Lord, can the ancient city be moved? I remember receiving some vague information while inheriting the mayor's medallion, but I don't quite understand it. So can I move the city with me? After all, I'm still weak. I'm also plagued with death qi. I might die in the Human Realm. As your loyal subordinate, I can't do something as irresponsible as dying. I still need to bear more death qi for the city."

The stone statue wanted to say that this brat wouldn't think of leaving if he was really so responsible.

A long speechlessness followed.

Finally, the stone statue replied, "No. Taking the ancient city into the Human Realm might result in some unexpected changes. It might open a direct connection from the Human Realm to the Death Realm. That would be disastrous. The ancient city can be moved within the Allheaven Battlefield, but the death qi backlash will be very intense during the moving process."

"In that case...can you enter the Human Realm, Lord?" Su Yu asked carefully, "I wish to invite you on a tour of the Human Realm. Your departure might result in death qi backlash, but I am willing to bear some of the burden for you."

In short, he was offering to employ the stone statue as his hired thug by bearing some of the death qi. Naturally, he was very careful to bury that thought deep in his mind.

But the stone statue was able to easily guess what he was thinking. Once again, the stone statue was left speechless. What an imaginative person. He decided to ignore the stupid question.

Su Yu continued asking, "Lord, the Human Realm is a beautiful place. It is filled with wonderful sceneries, delicious food..."

The stone statue stayed silent as Su Yu rambled on and on.

"Lord, if I die in the Human Realm, the next mayor might not be as durable as me. I'm actually quite confident in my durability in terms of death qi endurance. Lord, for some reason, I can very easily incur jealousy in others. People will want to kill me for even a tiny reason. You saw what happened. Even when I'm hiding in the city, a lot of people are still trying to kill me."

The stone statue said, "When you enter the Human Realm, I'll remain in the Allheaven Battlefield. I can't help you across realms. I need to guard the death tunnel. I can't leave for you."

Su Yu was rejected. But the rejection was quite polite, with a clear explanation provided for the reason behind it.

Su Yu was feeling quite regretful. Not willing to give up, he asked, "Lord, is there really no other way? I have a feeling I'll somehow provoke Invincibles. They will kill me with one slap!"

The stone statue wanted to say that even if this brat was slapped to death, the damn brat probably deserved it. As a mere Cloudbreach, why was this damn brat stirring shit and provoking Invincibles all the time? Sure enough, those with good capabilities were also good at stirring shit. This brat was good at doing his job, but he was also extremely good at causing trouble.

"You can flee the Human Realm. The moment you leave the Human Realm, I can help you once."

He gave a promise. That was the most he could do. He would not do more.

Su Yu was overjoyed. The stone statue was telling him to run upon encountering trouble. The moment he moved out of the realm entrance into the Allheaven Battlefield, his big brother the stone statue would be there to back him up. There was nothing his big brother's fists couldn't solve.

Understood! Loud and clear!

Su Yu was very pleased with this result. Sure enough, his big brother was dependable.

Of course, the premise for that was his ability to actually leave the Human Realm.