Tribulation of Myriad Races-Chapter 1263: Crisis, Ball (2)

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In the nearby Empyrean Cloud City, the green fox mayor had the urge to release a string of expletives.

Screw that!

Did Su Yu think that every mayor was a lunatic like him?

Was she supposed to kill a late-stage Sunmoon resident, wait for the death sovereign to return, and...die?

It wasn't like she could restrain her death sovereign like Su Yu.

That bastard Xia Longwu had also run off after affirming his dao instead of fulfilling his promise to them. And now, the little shit called Su Yu was trying to send her to an early grave?

Su Yu hurriedly continued, "You might yet survive. As long as you kill a late-stage Sunmoon, your death sovereign will be forced to return. That is what the laws dictate. And if the mayor leaves the city, he won't be able to do anything to the mayor either. That is also in accordance with the laws."

"Are you kidding, Mayor Su?" The green fox mayor said, "Leaving the city? There are more than ten Invincibles out there."

"You can return your city to its original spot in the Plain of Desires first. These Invincibles won't go after you."

"What if they do go after me?"

The green fox mayor was definitely not going to agree. Screw that little shit! He was definitely sending her on a suicide mission.

Su Yu cursed inwardly and started speaking to Grandstar instead, "Lord, can I trouble you to tell Lord Empyrean Cloud something? That green fox might be thinking of quitting her job. I am willing to take that job when she's gone. With me around, Lord Empyrean Cloud will enjoy more freedom. As for the mayor, I can help her if she really wants to break free. Without my help, I doubt it can happen so easily."

Grandstar looked at Su Yu with an odd gaze. The laws did not forbid that. Thus, he did not object.

Shortly after, he sent a voice transmission, "Empyrean Cloud, Su Yu is willing to take over the mayorship from the green fox. As the price, she needs to kill a late-stage Sunmoon resident and force that death sovereign to return."

Immediately, a different voice intruded into the conversation and complained, "Why isn't he offering to take over Tian He's mayorship?"

"Ask him yourself."

Grandstar couldn't even be bothered to entertain the jealous Heavendoom. It wasn't like Yanmo was a death sovereign from his city. Su Yu was trying to solve a trouble, not looking for trouble. Why would he offer to become the next mayor of Heavendoom for no reason?

After a short silence, Empyrean Cloud asked, "Can he really take on the burden of another city?"

Grandstar nonchalantly replied, "He nearly sucked Xing Yue dry."

What was the point of that question? She was here when that happened.

"In that case...I agree."

Empyrean Cloud said, "Yanmo will be forced to return due to the laws, but he can always return to your city after my mayor leaves the city..."

Just like how Xing Yue could give up after failing to kill Su Yu, Yanmo could always give up after the green fox left his reach. At that time, he would be free to return to Grandstar City again. Was the green fox supposed to return and kill another late-stage Sunmoon to lure the death sovereign away again?

There weren't even that many Sunmoons in the city. Even now, that wasn't too good an idea. Most of the Sunmoons in the city were also the friends of the green fox. Of course, she still had some rivals among them. Ordinarily, she wouldn't have the courage to do something like killing a Sunmoon in the city.

When Grandstar passed the message to Su Yu, he thought about it for a bit and asked, "Is the death sovereign allowed to freely leave his domain?"

"No." Grandstar explained, "He was summoned by the Devil Pseudo Emperor. He wouldn't have been able to reach the tunnel so fast otherwise. Ordinarily, he will only be able to travel here so quickly when there is a crisis here. In that situation, the laws will assist him. Otherwise, he will need to trudge through the Death Realm the old-fashioned way. But wih the Devil Pseudo Emperor summoning him right outside the city, he can cut the trip short."

Su Yu cursed inwardly.

Damn the devils! He wouldn't forget this!

This damn Pseudo Emperor, in particular, was exceptionally annoying. Previously, he was also the one who had saved Lade.

"Is Death Sovereign Xing Yue not his match?"

"Yeah." Grandstar said, "You sucked too much of her death qi. She was already slightly weaker than him originally. In her current state, she stands no chance against him."

Su Yu felt like crying. Just not long ago, he had been trying to absorb as much of her death qi as possible. But now, he wished nothing more than to return everything to her.

What was the moral of this story? One shouldn't be too Su Yu in life. Greed was not good. Because he was too Su Yu, Xing Yue became too weak to handle Yanmo.

Su Yu started racking his brain for an idea to handle Yanmo. As for the trouble waiting for him outside the city, that was no longer his concern. He was left with two options. Firstly, the green fox could keep killing, forcing the death sovereign to return repeatedly. Secondly, he could interrupt the Devil Pseudo Emperor's summoning.

Su Yu asked, "Does the Devil Pseudo Emperor not need to pay a price to summon the death sovereign?"

"He does. But it's a price he can afford. He also believes it's a price worth paying for your life."

How honest. Grandstar was directly telling him that his life was worth that much.

Su Yu asked again, "He isn't here in person. Rather, he's possessing Mo Duona's body. Is there a way for me to make use of that?"

Rumble!

The battle in the tunnel was growing in intensity.

Xing Yue's furious roars were growing weaker. It wouldn't be long before Yanmo was out of the tunnel.

Su Yu said, "Lord, are foreign death sovereigns allowed to freely kill your mayor? Is that in accordance with the laws?"

"..."

Grandstar was rendered speechless.

After a long while, he replied, "Yes. Since Xing Yue has failed to handle you, someone else is allowed to take over the task..."

"In that case, he won't be able to enter this city as long as Xing Yue is in the city, right?"

"Yeah."

"Why don't Death Sovereign Xing Yue come out, then?"

Grandstar wanted to tell Su Yu to stop dreaming.

Xing Yue wasn't fighting Yanmo to protect him. Rather, she was doing it to protest against the invasion. As per the laws of the Death Realm, Yanmo would be able to freely ascend the tunnel upon defeating Xing Yue.

Why should Xing Yue come out here just to offer him protection? Did he think himself the grandpa of Xing Yue? Was she supposed to obey his every word?

Su Yu was growing anxious. He said, "I'll force Xing Yue to come out or I'll keep sucking her dry! If she agrees to come out, we can coexist peacefully!"

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"Every Invincible has their glory to uphold." Grandstar said, "She would rather die in Yanmo's hands than compromise to such an insulting term. Su Yu, stop thinking about such useless thoughts."

He must be dreaming. These death sovereigns were all people who had died once. For them, nothing was more important than their glory and face. If he dared to offer her such a term, she would opt to die in battle instead of agreeing.

Su Yu cursed inwardly. Face? Why did face matter so much? They would rather die than lose face? No wonder they were all dead now.

How annoying.

Whatever. For now, he had to first get the green fox to lure that fellow back. Thus, he sent another message to the green fox, "Mayor Green Fox, you may move your city back and start the operation. Lord Empyrean Cloud has agreed. I will help you quit your mayorship temporarily and reduce the death qi burden on you."

The green fox was feeling quite helpless. She had received the same message from the stone statue.

What manner of a mayor was she? Just look at how Su Yu could contact her biggest backer directly. Compared to him, all of them were simply failures. In fact, some mayors would spend their entire lives without hearing a single word from their stone statues.

Helpless, she could only agree.

First, she must move the city. It was dangerous to stay here further anyway. After that, she could kill one of her rivals and lure Yanmo back, before fleeing the city. She only needed to stay outside for three days. With Su Yu being Yanmo's target, he would be gone the moment he could.

Before long, Empyrean Cloud City vanished. Shortly after, a moon dropped from the sky. And moments later, the sounds of battle stopped appearing from the tunnel under Grandstar City, replaced by a furious roar of Yanmo.

***

"Hmm?"

Outside the city, the Devil Pseudo Emperor said, "How surprising. You're very enterprising."

This was truly impressive.

Su Yu had actually contacted the mayor of Empyrean Cloud City and forced Yanmo to return. The Devil Pseudo Emperor wasn't too bothered as he could summon Yanmo yet again.

But when he was about to do so, Mo Duona's voice rang out in his mind, "Your Majesty, if you do this one more time, I'm afraid my body won't be able to handle the burden."

"It's fine. You can simply break through into the Mountainsea Realm."

The Devil Pseudo Emperor was completely nonchalant about it.

Mo Duona sank into silence.

Entering the Mountainsea Realm?

To make this body even more suitable for possession?

The Devil Pseudo Emperor continued, "Only by entering the Mountainsea Realm will you be the true number one genius. At present, you are not comparable to Su Yu. You're also on the verge of being surpassed by others."

Mo Duona remained silent. Breaking through was something he wanted to do, but not now. Not when the Devil Pseudo Emperor was possessing his body. If he proceeded with his breakthrough now, his body would only grow in a way that would make it more suitable for possession. He did not want that.

Sure, there was no guarantee that the Devil Pseudo Emperor would take his body. After all, the Psedo Emperor had been producing many body seeds like him. Over the years, he had never taken the bodies of others. As long as all his tri-life bodies remained, he would not require their bodies.

However...there was still a risk of that happening. If something were to happen to the Pseudo Emperor in the future, Mo Duona would be reduced to a puppet.