Published at 26th of August 2025 9:53 am

Chapter 1497: Complications (2)

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Since the start, people had been claiming that He Tu had arrived with a powerful subordinate. Some guessed that the so-called subordinate was Su Yu. And now, that was proven to be the case.

Sure enough, Su Yu was the reason for He Tu to be here. These two had been misleading everyone, but they had colluded with each other long ago.

Damn it!

Understanding dawned on everyone, including Great Qin King. Nobody suspected Xing Yue. As far as they were concerned, Xing Yue was merely one of the local death sovereigns. He Tu and Dummy were the only ones who had arrived differently.

And now, Su Yu had given them the answer.

After stopping Fulai, He Tu turned to face Su Yu and sent a voice transmission, "Su Yu, you killed my remnant will previously. And now, you owe me one more favor."

Su Yu cupped his fists and replied, "I don't have any other way to repay you. But I promise to convert you after becoming an Invincible. I can't guarantee success, but I will try my best. However, it will be hard since you're too strong. You were near Daofuse before your death."

He Tu sank into thought.

Behind him, Fulai was still raging. He had the urge to kill He Tu while He Tu was distracted. But...would he succeed?

Fulai was furious.

Meanwhile, the other Invincibles were feeling terrible. While attacking Great Qin King, Blood Fire Devil King said, "He Tu, you are disobeying the heavenly laws by protecting a living being. Be careful lest the laws punish you."

Heavenly laws. Nothing was scarier than the heavenly laws. However, He Tu didn't even deign to give a reply.

Instead, he looked at Great Qin King. Seeing that Su Yu was fine, Great Qin King continued fighting madly. Even with his heavy injuries, he was still able to keep his opponents suppressed.

The Invincibles fighting him kept leaving small wounds on his body. Whenever he attacked someone, the others would attack together. As time passed, Great Qin King's injuries grew heavier and heavier.

Elsewhere, Heavencurse was being suppressed by Lan Tian. Even Xia Longwu and the others were also holding a slight advantage over their opponents. However, none of that mattered.

Great Qin King was the key here.

With He Tu around to protect him, Su Yu looked at the Heaven Department head and said, "Department Head, you can have the skylotus. We can withdraw from the competition."

The department head stayed silent.

Su Yu asked again, "What else do you want? Carrier treasures? Something else? Tell me. I will naturally satisfy you if I can. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion might be strong, but are you really ready to align against the human race?"

Finally, the Heaven Department head spoke, "I don't need much. I only need the inheritance of the Time Sage."

"..."

Su Yu laughed, "You jest, Department Head."

"No, I'm not." The Heaven Department head said, "This isn't my personal request. The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion requires this inheritance. The Heavenly Overseer Marquis requires it. Su Yu, that was why I invited you to join the pavilion previously. Hand over the inheritance and I will handle Blood Fire Devil King for you. This is my promise. I won't take it for nothing. You will receive a fair bargain. This is how the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion operates."

"What if I disagree or say that I don't have it?"

The Heaven Department head replied, "I will only do what I should do. It doesn't matter what the human race intends to do after this. It won't be easy for the human race to kill me either."

"You are already doing something that will make an enemy out of humanity."

The Heaven Department head said, "Not at all. The living live by a set of rules. The dead obey their own set of rules. I am merely following the rules."

Su Yu had nothing else to say. But he wouldn't forget this anytime soon.

The Heavenly Hunt Pavilion had not attacked Great Qin King, but the department head had stopped the death sovereigns from attacking the immortals. There was a low possibility that the department head was an immortal. Or perhaps the department head was simply trying to keep the humans in check.

But he could also be doing this for either the skylotus or Time Sage's inheritance. Why did the department head not attack Su Yu? The reason was unknown.

Su Yu sent He Tu a voice transmission, "Can you kill this guy with the help of Xing Yue and the others?"

He Tu replied, "Stop dreaming. I won't fight for you. I'm only here to protect you. Don't forget your promise or I'll dig you out from the Celestial River of Death to punish you even after you die. Don't even dream of using me as a tool."

"Don't death spirits enjoy killing?"

"Yes, but I won't allow myself to become your tool. Su Yu, I already tried this trick a hundred thousand years ago."

"..."

Fine, fine. Su Yu had neglected the fact that he was facing a veteran in fooling death spirits. Just then, his body shook slightly. He had completed his third transformation. However, his body still needed some time to fully digest the transformation.

Sure enough, one could benefit a lot from killing an Invincible. Unfortunately, it was still not enough. His body needed more time to stabilize from the recently completed transformation.

Meanwhile, things were becoming more and more desperate for Great Qin King. Just as Su Yu looked over, he saw a divine king stabbing through Great Qin King's chest. His spear was already broken. Using half the spear as a stick, he smashed the divine king apart. After losing a tri-life body, the divine king hurriedly fled. Despite his loss, he appeared joyful.

Great Qin King was on the verge of being forced to split into three. The moment that happened, his combat strength would drop significantly. Even if each body was as strong as a seventh or eighth degree Eternal, he would still be too weak to resist them.

His death was near.

"Roar!"

Not far away, Xia Longwu swung his saber with a roar, severing the head of his opponent. However, that gave his opponent the chance to land a punch on his body. With a mad roar, Xia Longwu threw a punch and detonated a character to confuse his opponent. Then, he destroyed yet another body of his opponent at the cost of a tri-life body. A carrier treasure dropped down from the sky.

With one body as the price, he destroyed two of his opponent's bodies. Then, he charged the Invincible with only one body left alongside Qin Zhen. All around him, his companions were also fighting their respective opponents intensely.

They were fighting with all their strength. Unfortunately, it was not enough. The battle would not end anytime soon.

Su Yu wasted no time and consumed a drop of blood essence before throwing a punch.

Heavencurse was his target.

He had decided to first kill Heavencurse.

The moment he did that, an incomparably powerful individual appeared before him. Thus far, three Invincibles had yet to join the battle. They were respectively the Invincibles of the fate, five elemental, and phoenix races.

Finally, the gorgeous female Invincible of the phoenix race stepped in. She gazed at Su Yu indifferently and said, "The phoenix race does not wish to interfere in the battle between the various races. However, the human race has caused nine epochal wars. Because of all the wars, the phoenix race has declined significantly from its past as a major race. Su Yu, the death of Great Qin King will benefit everyone."

He Tu was right beside Su Yu, but he did nothing. The phoenix Invincible seemed to have noticed that He Tu would only protect Su Yu but not fight for him. That was why the phoenix Invincible felt confident enough to interfere.

Su Yu coldly asked, "The phoenix race has stayed neutral until now. Must you involve yourself? Do you want to be the cause of your race's extinction?"

The phoenix said, "Su Yu, you know what we're afraid of. Divines, immortals, or even Daofuses will need to pay the price for invading the Phoenix Realm. Our Emperor will have the ability to resist or even kill the invader. But this is not applicable to the humans."

The moment humanity produced a Pseudo Emperor, they could attack the various realms with no fear due to their immunity toward the suppressive force.

Su Yu exhaled and smiled, "True. The human race is the biggest threat of the myriad races. Thus, humanity is the enemy of all races."

"It's good that you understand."

The phoenix said, "We don't wish to offend the human race if possible, but at times, we are merely victims of circumstances. None of us is at fault. If the human race isn't immune to the suppressive force, we won't interfere in this."

Those words were pointless. It wasn't like Su Yu or any other human could change that. That was a result of the ancient laws.

Yes. Laws.

Su Yu had finally understood that the so-called suppressive force was also a result of the heavenly laws. It was unknown if there was such a force in the Human Realm. To change this, one had two options to reactivate the suppressive force.

Firstly, one must surpass the laws.

Secondly, one could use a unique method to activate it, such as producing a cultural researcher Invincible.

Su Yu had not imagined that his appearance would force the phoenix race to interfere as well. Sure, the phoenix Invincible wasn't attacking him, but that was due to He Tu. it was clear that the phoenix was not going to let Su Yu interfere in the ongoing battle. Only the Invincibles of the fate and five elemental races had yet to do anything.

Su Yu didn't know what their plan was. Thus, he forgot about them and shouted, "Hollow, I have Yellow Nine in my hands. Kill an Invincible for me and you can get Yellow Nine. I will also give up on the Culture Tomb. You will be allowed to keep it."

A faint voice rang out, "Su Yu, why must you do this? We both know who she is. What's the point of threatening me with her?"

Su Yu said, "Sure. Ignore her. Fight for me once and I'll consider our scores about the Culture Tomb settled. Otherwise, you will never be able to activate it. I will never tell you the activation method."

"I'm only a Pseudo Invincible..."

Hollow argued, "This isn't right."

Su Yu frowned and said, "Fine. I won't force you. Just kill some Pseudo Invincibles and you can keep the Culture Tomb. That should be easy for you, right?"

Were there more surviving Pseudo Invincibles on the seventh level? Yes. However, they were far less conspicuous than the Invincibles. At the moment, they were fighting Cheng Mo and the other human Pseudo Invincibles.

"Pseudo Invincibles?"

Hollow asked, "Will you really teach me how to activate the Culture Tomb for that?"

Su Yu said, "I swear upon the laws to tell you what I know about the Culture Tomb with my life as the price for breaking this oath. Of course, you can't blame me if you fail to activate the Culture Tomb even after learning what I know. Just accept that it doesn't suit you if that's the case."

Inwardly, Su Yu thought to himself that he would tell Hollow everything, including the fact that the Culture Tomb in Hollow's hands was fake. Why had Hollow failed to activate it? Because the real Culture Tomb was still in Su Yu's hands. That was all.

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