Published at 24th of December 2025 7:33 am

Chapter 1738: Bitter Fighting (2)

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Su Yu was panting heavily.

Strong.

This was his very first time properly experiencing the strength of a powerful Daofuse, someone standing at the top of the pyramid. Despite the number of Daofuses he had faced previously, he had never been able to properly appreciate just how strong Daofuses were.

In fact, he was starting to look down on Daofuses after killing some Daofuses. In his mind, he had equated the life of one Daofuse with a drop of blood essence from the white dog. And now, the East Heavenly King was telling him just how wrong he was. He was weak. Even with the white dog's blood essence, he would still be weak.

After all, he wasn't using his own dao. East Heavenly King was strong enough to face even the actual master of this dao.

Even while he was panting heavily, Su Yu grinned. Slowly, East Heavenly King approached him while the manifested daos above them shook violently. In the past, Su Yu would be the one suppressing the daos of his opponents with the white dog's blood essence. Now, the opposite was happening.

East Heavenly King had a straightforward method of dealing with Su Yu. He would suppress the white dog with his dao and fight with his own body. He aimed to thoroughly crush Su Yu's physical body.

"So what if your Heaven Gate is open?"

East Heavenly King said, "Su Yu, I admit that you're very talented. Heaven Gate, grand cycle apertures and acupoints. Even in the ancient past, people as talented as you were incredibly rare. Unfortunately, you are too young. That is a weakness you can't make up for. The Heaven Gate is nothing special."

Boom!

He threw another palm attack forward, which Su Yu accepted with a kick. The River of Time unfurled out alongside the kick, but the kick was still no match for East Heavenly King's palm.

The River of Time was instantly sealed while the sole of Su Yu's leg was punctured. Death qi started climbing up his leg, forcing him to hurriedly reverse the additional death qi in his body.

East Heavenly King's death qi was too powerful. Not even Su Yu could allow the death qi to run wild in his body. He had to reverse any death qi of East Heavenly King at the moment of contact. Despite his terrible situation, he still grinned and said, "Thank you for the replenishment. East Heavenly King, you are not weak. But this is not your territory. This isn't even the Death Realm. How much death qi do you have?"

Su Yu seemed to have discovered a way to handle this opponent. He started reversing death qi madly while facing East Heavenly King. He had given up on injuring East Heavenly King. He only aimed to reverse as much death qi as he could.

East Heavenly King did not have an external source of death qi here. Thus, exhausting his death qi was the same as weakening his combat power.

After a short moment, and after reversing a large amount of death qi, Su Yu was blasted away yet again. He was dyed red with blood, while East Heavenly King looked completely fine.

"Are all living beings so ignorant?" East Heavenly King said, "Reversing death and life? What's the big deal? Your so-called conversion is nothing but a joke for me."

At that, a massive dao manifested above him.

The dao of death spirit.

"In the Myriad Realms, in the worlds of the dead and living, the dao of death spirit is the strongest. As the controller of the East Heavenly Domain, I have fused with a large portion of the dao of death spirit. An ignorant fool like you knows nothing."

A large amount of death qi descended from the dao in the sky, instantly replenishing East Heavenly King, replacing the death qi Su Yu had reversed earlier. With a sneer, East Heavenly King said, "How ignorant. Do you actually believe that attrition works against someone at my level?"

Su Yu's face fell. Just like that, all the death qi he had reversed earlier was back. This was yet another valuable lesson for him to learn. In the past, he would be the one to instantly recover while fighting others by consuming blood essence. But now, East Heavenly King was telling him that at a certain level, attrition no longer worked.

Finally, a trace of helplessness appeared on Su Yu's face. But that only lasted for a split second before it was replaced by an unyielding expression. He had not tasted much defeat before, but that did not signify that defeat was something he couldn't handle.

He was someone who had been killed countless times in his realistic dreams since childhood. The first time it happened, he was so terrified that he started crying. Then, he started dreading sleep, feeling helpless all the time.

But at this point, he was already capable of accepting everything. Including his death. He was already prepared to die from the first day he became a pseudo death spirit. His short life had been a fulfilling and wondrous one.

Unfortunately, there were still some regrets in his life. A lot of things were still unknown to him. A lot of mysteries had yet to be unraveled. Where was Culture King? Where was Time Sage? Was Human Emperor really dead? Were these people in the Death Realm? There were too many unanswered questions.

He crawled back up from the ground and straightened his spine as his body started healing rapidly. Once again, East Heavenly King charged toward him. He fought with everything he had, transforming into wind, fire, sword, mountain, shadow...only to be torn apart repeatedly.

Up in the sky, the white dog grew weaker and weaker. It was no match for this opponent. It wasn't that the white dog was no match for East Heavenly King. Rather, this was borrowed power. Not Fat Ball himself.

Su Yu coughed blood.

He was sent flying yet again. As that happened, he looked around and noted that the battle...was seemingly nearing its end.

Empyrean Cloud and Grandstar had failed to kill the injured marquis.

Marquis Lanshan was on the verge of defeat.

Empyrean Cloud roared in desperation.

"Grandstar! You're so useless! Kill him!"

She had transformed into a sword to attack madly, yet the injured marquis merely sneered and said, "Killing me? How naive. I...am a Daofuse! In life...and in death!"

Were Daofuses so easy to kill?

Dream on!

The intense battle raged on.

But everyone knew that Su Yu's fight was the key to this entire battle. And they could see that Su Yu was near defeat.

Boom!

Once again, Su Yu crashed into the ground. He stood up, putting on his crown and a new set of fluttering, white robes as the blood on his body faded away.

Looking at what he was doing, East Heavenly King laughed and said, "What is this? What's the point?"

Su Yu grinned and said, "I have lived a glorious life. I need to die looking good."

He looked around and said, "You don't understand. What does a mere death spirit know? I came from a small city. Step by step, I climbed to my current height. I saw many things. I encountered many things. Things that had caused me to grow hot-blooded, grow disappointed, and grow grateful."

"I have never imagined that I would become a human lord one day. I would dominate the Myriad Realms one day. I am the number one genius in the world. I schemed against numerous people. Alas, I forgot that this is still a world where absolute strength rules. A pity. Nevertheless, I shall depart this world looking good. As long as Myriad Realms remain, my name shall remain. I am Su Yu, the human lord of the tenth epoch, once caused the Myriad Realms to tremble in my presence."

He consumed drop after drop of dragon blood essence, solidifying the fading white dog in the sky. His aura surged, and his skin tore apart yet again. Inside his mind, the Book of Time was spinning actively.

With a chuckle, he said, "I made the mistake of underestimating you. No matter. I shall kill to my heart's content before I die."

"Die!"

With a roar, over thirty characters erupted in power, and waves of willpower rippled out. Time and space started warping while the great daos trembled.

"Return!"

A massive River of Time unfurled out above them. With his fluttering white robes, Su Yu stepped onto the river. As of that moment, he was akin to a supreme assassin, capable of moving through time itself to assassinate his targets. Through the river, he saw East Heavenly King's past.

A weak death spirit. No, that was a misconception. When he sent an attack over, the seemingly weak death spirit became incomparably strong and cracked the river. Blood poured out of Su Yu's mouth.

Stepping onto the river, East Heavenly King approached Su Yu and laughed, "Are you trying to reverse my age? Su Yu, you are too innocent. I have been around since the primordial past. Are you capable of reversing time that far back? If you could, you would be able to kill me. But if you were strong enough to reverse time that far back, you would already be strong enough to kill me without relying on such a method. Time Sage is perhaps the only person capable of reversing time so far back, but Time Sage is also someone capable of killing me without relying on such a method."

East Heavenly King laughed. Su Yu was too weak. And Su Yu had underestimated him too much.

Su Yu smiled and said, "True. That was only an experiment. I have never experienced killing someone by sailing through time, so I thought it would be fun to try. Life is short. If you're curious about something, you might as well give the experience a try."

"Sure. Experience this."

At that, a river extended from the Celestial River of Death and washed over Su Yu's river. Instantly, Su Yu's body was flooded with death qi. In mere moments, his body withered, as though he had transformed into a death spirit.

"I shall allow you to experience the real dao of death spirit."

In truth, East Heavenly King found Su Yu an admirable person. Even in such a desperate situation, he was still able to stand tall and maintain his calm. Even when the gap between the two was so obvious.

Su Yu was able to maintain his calm even when he was gradually weakening as the battle progressed. Meanwhile, East Heavenly King was still perfectly fine. The white dog had only caused his dao to shake slightly without leaving much damage on it.

"Hmph!"

Suddenly, a snort rang out in Su Yu's ears.

"The dao of death spirit? What nonsense. It's merely an incomplete product. The Death Realm is an incomplete product. Why is he so proud of something like this?"

Su Yu blanked out. Was Martial Emperor talking? But why? However, he didn't have the time to think more. He hurriedly reversed the death qi in his body, allowing his flesh to regrow. Done with all that, he dragged himself out of the Celestial River of Death.

Once again, Martial Emperor's voice rang out in his ears, "Little Bug...has humanity...really declined?"

Su Yu wasn't given the chance to answer.

"East Heavenly King? Who the fuck is this? Has humanity grown so weak that even a bullshit Daofuse like this can kill a human lord? Why is the current human lord such a piece of trash?"

Martial Emperor's voice was filled with disdain.

"Where is Tai Shan? Where are his friends? Are they all dead? Is this the end result of their so-called domination? Hahahahaha! What a joke! Their domination has resulted in a human lord that can be killed by even a death spirit! How laughable!"

Su Yu wanted to say something, but yet again, he was interrupted. East Heavenly King was charging toward him.

Boom!

Once again, an intense battle erupted. As Su Yu was already much weaker than before, he was sent flying before even a hundred moves. Far away, a desperate wail rang out. It was Marquis Lanshan, who was charging toward the Divine Peace Marquis in a suicidal fashion.

"Who dominates the Myriad Realms?"

"Humans!"

"Who can never be defeated? Humans!"

"Die!"

The ancient battle song rang out again. Or to be precise, the ancient charging song rang out again.

This was the song the ancient humans had sung as they waged countless wars, building the legend of the undefeatable humans. Countless humans had died in these wars, but humanity had never bowed. They would always return to fight more.

"Allow Lanshan to fight one last time for the human lord!"

With a roar, a sword appeared in Lanshan's hand, and a broken armor appeared on her body. She wanted to fight one last time for the human lord.

Su Yu looked over and smiled.

How stupid.

The ancient humans were too stupid.

But for some reason, he started...longing for that era. The era of unyielding humanity. The era of undefeatable humans. That was an era of boundless courage. An era of indomitable spirit. Nobody feared battle.

That must be quite a wondrous era.

Death? So be it. In life, she fought for humanity. In death, she was still fighting for humanity. No wonder she died so early.

Suddenly, a massive palm descended upon Su Yu. Just as he was about to avoid it, the space around him froze, preventing him from any movement. Abruptly, a massive mouth appeared in his sea of willpower and bit down on that descending palm.

Awooooo!

The little furball had attacked suddenly. Alas, even after his mouth was shattered, he was only able to leave a tiny scar on that palm.

Feeling the sudden sharp pain, East Heavenly King stopped for a split second. Taking advantage of the delay, Su Yu shattered the frozen space around him with his saber before rushing away.

Inside his sea of willpower, the little furball was filled with death qi. With his mangled mouth, he had a wronged expression.

"Yummy...it...hurts so much...I could only bite him once....but I couldn't...hurt him....my mouth is gone...Can I still eat in the future?"

The little furball's wronged voice rang out. He felt like he couldn't eat anymore. After all, his mouth was gone. He had only bitten that hand once. Alas, this was the only thing he could do. He was still a Sunmoon.

"Interesting."

East Heavenly King laughed in amusement. Truly interesting.

"I remember seeing something like this on Culture King. That thing was very powerful. Unfortunately for you, this doesn't seem to be the same thing I saw back then."

This wasn't the big furball. Soy Bun could have bitten his entire palm off with a single bite.

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