Far away.

Even the heavenly kings, who were busy fighting each other, were greatly shocked.

Lunatics!

All of them were mad!

Yue Hao, who was giving Fat Ball a beating, chilled and asked, "Just who are you?"

These people were too crazy.

This wasn't how a war was supposed to be fought. They were sacrificing themselves just to do more damage to their opponents. If this were how wars were always fought, the Daofuses of the Myriad Realms would have gone extinct long ago.

Generally, a battle between Daofuses would not result in a self-detonation. Rather, one would kill the opponent if possible and flee if victory wasn't possible. They would all prioritize survival.

Nobody would fight like this. It wasn't like they were grunt-level soldiers. They were Daofuses. They stood at the pinnacle of power. Yet this lunatic was using Daofuses like they were bombs. Even if the chaos lineage could win this fight, it would be a pyrrhic victory. So far, they had lost over twenty Daofuses and a heavenly king.

Su Yu stopped paying attention to Shadow Marquis and the others. There were only four of them against eight opponents, but they were strong enough that they might not lose.

He gnashed his teeth and roared, "Come on! Fight me! Kill me! Damn you all! You are all traitors of humanity! We may all die here, but with this battle, you are now exposed before the myriad races! It won't be long before you suffer extermination as well!"

"Die!"

Su Yu charged toward Zi Shui while roaring madly, "Self-detonate! Do it! All of you! Just keep your sea of willpower around if possible. Kill these bastards! If escape isn't possible, we'll die together!"

The heavenly kings were greatly alarmed.

More self-detonations?

Madman!

The greatest madman in existence!

They had never seen someone so crazy!

Boom!

A much louder rumble rang out as the countless clones of Lan Tian exploded, causing Yue Qin to cough blood repeatedly. His remaining clones dropped greatly in strength.

"Tiansheng...kill her...hehehe...kill her..."

The remaining clones died one after another. Gnashing his teeth, Wan Tiansheng released countless emotions as he charged toward Yue Qin.

With the same look of madness, Su Yu asked, "Cloud Fire, are you disobeying your order? Blast these bastards apart!"

"..."

The expressions of Cloud Fire Marquis and the others changed drastically.

What insanity was this?

Must they fight this battle in such a manner?

Cultivation was hard, and it wasn't easy to reach their current level.

Cloud Fire Marquis hesitated.

Su Yu was the one who had pushed him to the level of a heavenly king. He had once promised to kill a heavenly king for Su Yu as repayment. Countless thoughts emerged in his mind.

And finally, he roared with resignation, "You're a madman!"

A total lunatic.

He shouldn't have accepted the help to become a heavenly king. He could have ignored the order like the others.

Boom!

Yet another explosion swept out, sending raging flames in all directions. The heavenly king facing Cloud Fire Marquis was already ready for this. The moment the explosion erupted, he fled with all his strength. Even as he fled, his body started falling apart, which he rapidly regenerated before falling apart again.

By the time he escaped the explosion radius, his aura had dropped significantly. Fear could be seen on his face. Was this how those outside the Chaos Mountain fought? This was his first battle against experts outside the Chaos Mountain. His previous battles against the ancient beasts were cruel and intense as well, but never to this level.

This was his first battle against the outsiders, yet it had given him a massive scare. According to the people in his lineage, the outsiders were nothing. Previously, Yu Xi and the others had easily killed a bunch of outside experts. Thus, the rest of them started believing that the outsiders were really nothing.

But things had changed. He was starting to feel fear. If this were how everyone outside fought, could the chaos lineage even win? Suddenly, Heavenbridge Marquis, who had been lying low, swung open, teleporting Su Yu right in front of the newly escaped heavenly king.

Boom!

A penblade caught the heavenly king by complete surprise, blasting his body apart.

The Mark of Civilization swept forth.

Everything was devoured.

In fact, the Mark of Civilization had been doing the same thing repeatedly. This was the second heavenly king to die today.

Su Yu laughed, "Dead! All of you will die! Even if we lose, we will drag you down with us!"

He roared, "Venerable Moon, don't forget your promise! Release Giant Axe Marquis. I have killed two heavenly kings and many Daofuses!"

Far away from them, Venerable Moon and the others were still busy fighting the countless ancient beasts. Their hearts were pounding madly. A bunch of madmen! It hadn't even been a minute since the start of the battle, yet the chaos lineage had lost two heavenly kings and twenty-two Daofuses.

On Su Yu's side, a heavenly king, ten Daofuses, and three unknown Daofuses had died. The Venerables couldn't determine the exact identity of those three, but they could sense that these people weren't exactly Su Yu's people.

All in all, fourteen had died on Su Yu's side while twenty-four had died on the chaos lineage's side. Thirty-eight top experts were gone in the blink of an eye. A battle so intense would only happen at the end of each epoch. It had never happened before the end.

March's expression changed again as he crushed a nearby ancient beast with a bamboo strike before flying madly forward. At the same time, the chaos lineage seemed to be taking Su Yu's side more seriously than before. Even more powerful auras surged from deep inside the Chaos Mountain.

It was likely that not even the so-called ancestor had expected Yue Hao's side to lose so many experts through these suicide attacks in such a short time. This was such an unreasonable method of fighting. Nobody had fought like this before, not even during the ancient past.

This was merely a skirmish. Why were they fighting like this? If this was how skirmishes were meant to be fought, the ancient past would have lost all its experts after a few skirmishes. The various marquises would have died before they could receive their appointments.

***

While gasping for breath, Su Yu laughed madly.

Two heavenly kings were dead.

Snow Orchid General, Southbrook Marquis, and Great Zhou King were still fighting one heavenly king each. Zi Shui gnashed her teeth and decided to stop attacking Su Yu. Instead, she targeted Shadow Marquis and the others.

She intended to first remove these people before joining hands with eight Daofuses against Su Yu.

Shadow Marquis, Cloud Water Marquis, Riversea Marquis, and Mountain Mist Marquis were all tier-two Daofuses. Meanwhile, there were only two tier-two Daofuses among the eight Daofuses they were facing. Thus, the four were holding the upper hand even when they were outnumbered.

Unfortunately, a heavenly king had arrived to ruin the balance.

Mountain Mist Marquis' expression changed as he transformed into mist and shouted, "Human Lord!"

At the moment, Su Yu was not fighting anyone.

He could lend a hand to them.

But he ignored them. Instead, he looked at Snow Orchid General and Southbrook Marquis. "Self-detonate and blast these bastards apart."

The expressions of the two changed again. At the same time, the expressions of their opponents changed as well. Again?

One of them, someone named You Zhen, roared madly, "Do you think you are the only ones capable of self-detonating?"

Boom!

With that, he detonated himself, sending waves of sealing power in all directions. The explosion gravely injured Snow Orchid General before sealing her down. In response, an intense power of frost erupted from Snow Orchid General's body.

That was the third heavenly king from the chaos lineage to die today. He had done so in his desperation. He had lost his calm due to the countless self-detonations.

Fine. They could play the same game as well!

Essentially, You Zhen had detonated himself out of desperation.

Rather than waiting to die from a self-detonation of an enemy, he would rather detonate himself and kill his enemy. Naturally, he had not detonated his sea of willpower. Rather, he was fleeing with his sea of willpower.

Alas, Su Yu appeared before the surviving sea of willpower with a flicker before cutting it apart with a penblade.

He laughed madly, "As I said, we will drag you down!"

Boom!

Right at that moment, Fat Ball's body finally cracked from a well-placed strike by Yue Hao's chain. Blood dyed his white fur red. He had a sad expression.

"Master...is not back yet..."

Defeat.

No matter how powerful the shoe was, it was an external object. His dao of biting was not strong enough to handle Yue Hao. He was not the only one who had suffered defeat.

One of Lan Tian's clones, a beautiful woman, was smiling widely before igniting her body.

"Tiansheng, kill this slut...allow me to give you one last dance..."

She danced with her burning body, a smile on her face.

"To live is to suffer. I shall save all life from this suffering and pain. Others laugh at me, thinking me insane. I laugh at others, knowing their ignorance. In life, a true kindred spirit is too hard to find..."

The flames raged.

Countless Lan Tians appeared out of thin air. Each had a different appearance. And each said something different.

All-life dao.

They threw themselves into the raging flames, burning themselves for all life.

Su Yu was doing nothing about that. Great Zhou King managed to hold an advantage over his opponent, while Southbrook Marquis was disadvantaged against his opponent. As for Zi Shui, she was suppressing Mountain Mist Marqui and the others.

Su Yu's gaze landed on Great Zhou King.

Sensing the gaze on him, Great Zhou King looked at Su Yu bitterly. He sighed with resignation and said, "We are all humans...why..."

Then, a powerful burst of aura surged out of his body. His opponent, Yu Xi, grimaced and hurriedly summoned a gate on her forehead.

Hell Gate.

Among their group, Yue Hao and her were the only ones with the Hell Gate unlocked.

The expression of Yue Hao, who was giving the white dog a beating, changed drastically as he hurriedly shot off and roared. A Hell Gate appeared before him.

Boom!

Great Zhou King exploded.

The two Hell Gates resisted the intense explosion.

Right at that moment, Culture King's shoe reappeared before stomping down.

Rumble!

Yue Hao's head was crushed into mincemeat.

Just then, the Mark of Civilization swept forth. Meanwhile, both Su Yu and Fat Ball appeared beside Southbrook Marquis with a flicker. One swung a blade while the other bit down. Boom! Instantly, Southbrook Marquis' opponent was blasted apart.

With a smile, Su Yu said to Southbrook Marquis, "Help the others."

At that, he rushed toward Shadow Marquis and the others. As for Su Yu, he looked at the distressed white dog, who had lost even his tail. The white dog looked at Yue Hao and Yu Xi questioningly.

What now?

Su Yu looked at the distant Yue Qin and said through voice transmission, "Kill this old lady and withdraw."

Yes. It was time for them to withdraw. As for Southbrook Marquis and the four tier-two Daofuses, they would need to fend for themselves. Su Yu intended to kill a Venerable before pulling out.

Then, the aura around his pen surged madly as he pushed his pen dao to its limit. At the same time, the white dog sent the shoe down at Yue Qin.

Not far away, Lan Tian detonated all his remaining clones.

At that, Wan Tiansheng smiled. He noted the fearful expression on Yue Qin's face. Clearly, she had sensed the incoming danger, and she was intending to flee. Unfortunately for her, Wan Tiansheng was still here.

"Don't bother. Just die with the rest of us."

Boom!

Then, he exploded. Immediately, Su Yu appeared and suppressed Yue Qin for a split second, allowing Culture King's shoe to descend upon her before crushing her apart. And finally, Su Yu mustered all his strength and stabbed his pen at her dao.

Crack!

The sound of something snapping spread throughout the Chaos Mountain.

The pen had snapped.

But Yue Qin's dao had snapped as well.

A far larger firework bloomed in the sky. In fact, it was so big it could be seen from the entirety of the Upper Realm.

Right at that moment, Heavenbridge Marquis roared and manifested a gate.

Grabbing the white dog, Su Yu vanished behind the gate, leaving only his indignant voice behind, "I will return! Even if I have to return as a vengeful spirit, I will be back!"

Boom!

Next, a furious Yue Hao sent a chain over, stabbing through the gate. Even further away, Shadow Marquis and the others had finally killed their Daofuse opponents after sustaining heavy injuries. At that moment, their expressions changed drastically.

Su Yu had fled. But he had fled without them!

"Retreat!"

He grabbed the others and started fleeing madly. He could sense Yue Hao's fury. He could sense the approach of Yue Hao's aura.

Shadow Marquis, who was trembling while coughing blood, said, "Southbrook...flee with the...others...look for...look for..."

Boom!

He exploded, killing two more enemy Daofuses.

Mountain Mist Marquis roared, "Go!"

Boom!

Yet another explosion erupted, flooding the area with thick mist this time. All the remaining enemy Daofuses were corroded into nothingness by the mist. Dragging Cloud Water Marquis and Riversea Marquis along, Southbrook Marquis fled at his fastest speed even as he was coughing blood madly.

Just as Yue Hao was about to give chase, his expression changed. Several Venerable auras had arrived. Zi Shui hurriedly pulled back and stood beside him. Behind them, Yu Xi was rushing over with a pale face.

The three of them were the sole survivors from their lineage. Up in the sky, fireworks were still blooming. Everything felt like a dream.

This felt unreal.

One minute.

Yes. The entire battle had lasted only one minute.

In one minute, they had lost thirty Daofuses, four heavenly kings, and one Venerable.

Their opponents had suffered heavy losses as well.

Was such a victory even worth it?

Yue Hao was filled with doubt.

Moments later, three Venerables landed near them.

Gazing upon the devastation around them, the three sank into silence. Like Yue Hao, doubt filled their eyes.

***

Meanwhile, the myriad race Venerables had just reached the border of the Chaos Forest, their bodies bloodied from the blood of the ancient beasts they had fought.

There were four Venerables and two heavenly kings beyond the forest. Before this, nearly seventy Daofuses had died in the span of one minute. Everything felt like a dream. They were in a turbulent mood. The Torchbearers were insane.

Absolutely insane.

Suddenly, Venerable Moon reached out and pushed an ancient beast back. The ancient beast was attacking an escaping ball of light. Upon catching the ball of light, Venerable Moon exclaimed in shock, "Celestial Dragon Marquis!"

There was a survivor! Celestial Dragon Marquis had escaped with his sea of willpower. Venerable Moon started nurturing the sea of willpower without any hesitation. Apart from the four Venerables on the other side of the forest, he could sense more powerful auras surging from deeper inside the Chaos Mountain.

Too powerful.

With an unsightly expression, Venerable Desolate said, "This lineage...is too powerful. Also, why did the Torchbearers fight like that?"

Absolutely insane.

They had started the battle with over twenty super experts. Toward the end, Southbrook Marquis had escaped with only two other individuals. As for Su Yu, he had only escaped with Heavenbridge Marquis and Fat Ball.

A powerful force had been crippled in a single battle. Just how much did they hate the chaos lineage for them to fight with such madness?