Published at 9th of October 2026 5:33 am

Chapter 2315: Battle Erupts (1)

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Battle King had arrived. He came with Human Emperor's plan and some requirements for both parties to work with each other. He looked rather uncomfortable to be here again. Su Yu's smile was too bright, as though they weren't about to fight a major battle.

Not wanting to waste more time, he coughed and said, "His Majesty plans to first scare the myriad races, making them believe that we're trying to show strength when we're weak."

Su Yu nodded.

Battle King continued, "Back then, His Majesty injured his body and sea of willpower. Now, he wishes to risk everything and exterminate the myriad races. Because...humanity has been exterminated in the Myriad Realms."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. He asked, "Are we hiding this from even those on our side?"

"Yes!" Battle King said, "His Majesty wishes to make everyone fight with desperation. With the race gone, they will have no choice but to fight with everything they have.

"Even Little Sister Xing Yue needs to pretend to be seriously injured, proving that even the new human lord is dead."

Su Yu nodded.

"His Majesty won't be too obvious about it. He will first try to reunite with his physical body. The myriad races will discover that, and they will try to prevent that. The moment of reunification will be an opening for the myriad races to act. His Majesty will create that opening for them."

Su Yu nodded.

"When that moment arrives, the myriad races will be left with two options. First, fight us. Second, split up and send a group to stop His Majesty's body from arriving."

If they decided to focus all their strength on Human Emperor and ignore the body, things could get troublesome.

Battle King continued, "Based on our understanding of the myriad races, they will definitely split up. Nobody wants to face His Majesty when he is whole."

He sounded rather overbearing as he made that declaration.

Nobody.

Even if Human Emperor was seriously injured, the moment he was whole, he would ensure the deaths of tier-ones. Thus, the tier-ones would certainly make the decision to split up and stop the body from arriving.

Therefore, Human Emperor had not bothered to make any preparation for the first scenario. It simply wouldn't happen.

Su Yu thought about it and asked, "What if the myriad races decide to stay on the defensive?"

There was such a possibility. The myriad races could decide to ignore everything.

"In that case, we send everything we have at them and force a decisive battle." Battle King said, "We will start our mobilization. Humanity has been exterminated. This will be our final battle. We will show the determination to fight until the very end.

"And then, we will retreat with our badly damaged army. At that time, Human Lord Su only needs to wait and ambush their pursuing forces. According to His Majesty, you only need to stay at the ambush point. Don't try to save us. There is no need."

Human Emperor's intention was obvious. The ambushing party should stay hidden until very end. Even if more people would die as a result, they should remain in hiding to maximize the results of the battle.

The moment they were exposed, all they had done so far would go to waste.

After a short silence, Su Yu nodded, "I understand."

Battle King exhaled with relief. Sure enough, Su Yu was very sensible. Or perhaps it was Su Yu being cold-blooded. He didn't know, but that wasn't something for him to worry about.

After a short silence, Su Yu asked, "Human Emperor's old injuries will flare up the moment he reunites with his physical body, right?"

"Yes." Battle King nodded, "But he should be able to survive it so long as he's not involved in a bitter fight. A bitter fight, or a longer-than-expected fight on your side...might make things worse. Therefore, I wish to ask for a personal favor. If possible, try to end the battle on your side as soon as possible."

Human Emperor wouldn't be able to last long even after reuniting with his body. In fact, that would guarantee his death.

"I understand."

Su Yu nodded. After some thought, he said, "If there are agents of Human Emperor among the myriad races, try to avoid sending them my way. At that time, I won't spare any effort to determine who my real enemies are. I won't be pulling back even if some of them start claiming to be Human Emperor's people."

"The moment the battle starts, anyone not from my camp will be considered enemy." Su Yu looked straight into Battle King's eyes and added, "This includes your people. Thus, please make it clear to those in your camp that nobody is allowed to enter my section of the battlefield. I will be attacking indiscriminately."

"But we might need to provide support..."

"There is no need for that."

Battle King grimaced. Holy shit! This guy sure was overbearing and arrogant. It was very clear. He was essentially saying that he could handle this himself. He didn't need help. He would kill anyone stepping foot here.

In fact, he was even on guard against those on Human Emperor's side. Nobody would be allowed to mess things up for him. This was...quite similar to Human Emperor.

Battle King laughed and said, "Sure. By the way, do you need anyone else apart from me to fight alongside you during the battle?"

Despite their confidence, they still needed his help.

Su Yu smiled and said, "There is no need. In fact, you can even go back to Human Emperor's side if you feel like things are going to get difficult there."

"..."

At this point, Battle King was starting to feel like Su Yu was getting overconfident. How were they supposed to handle a tier-one without him? They should stop messing around!

Worried that Su Yu would get offended, Battle King decided to not continue this line of conversation. What if he provoked Su Yu enough to refuse all help? He wouldn't be able to handle a tier-one even with Martial Emperor's help.

Battle King said, "That's about all I have to say. If the myriad races do end up straying from our plan and not split up, remember to remain in hiding. Do not come to our assistance."

Su Yu nodded.

Battle King asked, "Do you have any message for His Majesty, Human Lord Su?"

Su Yu thought about it and laughed, "Tell him not to be in such a rush to die. This burden is still too heavy for me. If he really wants to die, wait until I'm tier-one before doing so."

"..."

For some reason, something seemed off with those words.

But still, Battle King nodded. "I won't be here at the start. I'll only rush over when the enemies are here. Are you fine with this, Human Lord Su?"

"Yes. Do whatever you deem fit."

Battle King was slightly unhappy. Why was this guy speaking like he was of no importance in the coming battle? Whatever. Battle King decided to not bicker with a junior. Before long, he left.

***

The moment Battle King left, Su Yu sighed lightly and looked at the nearby Xing Yue. "How is it going?"

Xing Yue nodded, "It's almost done. I can extend the reach of your world here and summon some of its influence over through my life dao."

"Good."

In truth, Su Yu could already feel it. Some weak fluctuations were approaching from downstream. Only a small amount of his world's influence was pulled over. It was probably not enough to subject the myriad races to a suppressive effect. But it should be enough to allow his people to fight as though they were inside his world. That was enough.

In any case, suppression would exhaust the power of his world as well. The more enemies there were, the harder it would be to maintain the suppression.

Next, Su Yu looked at Heavenbridge, who was looking very nervous. Even so, he forced himself to smile when Su Yu looked at him.

Su Yu laughed and said, "Open your gate and let everyone take a short rest inside. They can take this chance to have a short trip inside as well. There is a world inside you as well, right?"

Heavenbridge smiled bitterly, "You overestimate me, Your Majesty."

Everyone was very curious about the world inside Heavenbridge as well. Su Yu looked at Martial Emperor and said, "The two of you will need to get ready. We won't be entering since we don't want Heavenbridge to burst apart."

Martial Emperor was looking quite unhappy. He knew what he needed to do. He had to pretend to be Martial King.

Holy shit!

He was greatly displeased. What was the big deal about Martial King? Was Martial Emperor's identity not enough as deterrence?

Well...he had to agree that his identity was indeed not sufficient.

"Sure."

Martial Emperor answered unhappily. So be it. Since he was doing it, should he put on an act of having Martial King beaten up badly or something? No, wait. He would be the one taking the beating doing that.

"Xing Yue won't be fighting in the upcoming battle. She will be in charge of maintaining the connection to my world."

Xing Yue was dissatisfied. "I can fight as well! I'm near tier-two! I'm not weak!"

She was only stuck because Su Yu's world wasn't strong enough to support tier-twos yet. Otherwise, she would have reached that level as well.

Su Yu shook his head, "What do you know? You're the doctor. Do you understand? You're in charge of healing and keeping our people in fighting shape. You need to keep your strength and maintain the connection to my world. To be honest, if something happens to you and the connection fails, all of us will die."

Su Yu said solemnly, "In the coming battle, both Heavenbridge and you will be the key characters. Anything going wrong with either of you will result in heavy casualties for us. I have a track record of keeping my losses to the minimum. I don't want to break my streak on my first battle alongside Human Emperor."

"Zero casualties. Injuries are acceptable, but I ask for zero deaths. This is my goal."

Everyone sank into silence. Zero casualties.

One ought to know that an extremely hard battle was ahead of them.

Su Yu said, "Just do your best. Since everyone here has decided to follow me, I'll do my best to ensure everyone's survival. Of course, cowardice will still not be acceptable. Be fearless in combat, and I will worry about keeping you alive. Be cowardly in combat and cause defeat...I will personally end you even if you survive the battlefield.

"Everyone, this isn't your first battle alongside me. However, nobody here has much experience fighting large-scale battles with Masters of Laws. I don't have much experience in this aspect either. It's fine. A so-called Master of Law is merely someone with a better grasp on their dao.

"Let the myriad races and our predecessors witness just how good we are at fighting.

"They believe that things are safe behind the front lines. They believe that all fights back home are minor skirmishes and inconsequential. We will tell them that they are wrong. We experienced a lot more battles than them. Our battles were incredibly intense as well. We even fought in wars involving millions upon millions of combatants. This is something our predecessors don't have the opportunity to experience.

"We have probably killed more people than these seniors, even though they have been around for much longer than us.

"I personally grew up watching Prefect Xia Longwu cutting heads off. I believe this isn't something these seniors have ever experienced."

Amid the crowd, Xia Longwu smiled. That was true. Su Yu wasn't old. And about ten or so years ago, Xia Longwu had started broadcasting his executions on television. Thus, it was fair to say that Su Yu had grown up watching his executions.

Some of the people there weren't aware of that, so they were quite surprised to hear Su Yu's words. Xia Longwu...was that stiff guy actually quite ferocious? Cutting heads off every day on the television?

Su Yu continued, "Also, remember that apart from my commands, follow Heavenbridge's orders as well. He will be the commander for the coming battle. He has imprinted his mark on all of you. When he teleports you, do not resist. Even when the comrade beside you is dying, do not resist the teleportation. Do you understand?"

Everyone looked at each other and answered, "Understood."

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