Chapter 2373: Return (2)

Su Yu looked at Radiant King and said, "Everyone says that Radiant King is the most unworthy of the Four Cardinal Kings. But after today, I have a whole new level of respect for you."

To remain calm in a crisis. To make prompt decisions and carry them out unhesitatingly. To sever his dao and fuse with a new world with zero delay. Even someone like Battle King obeyed him unconditionally. He also had access to numerous abilities, abilities he used to stabilize the collapsing world.

It would be fair that without Radiant King, Su Yu might lose more people. Su Yu himself would be forced to abandon most of his daos, preserving only the life and death daos as those were the daos he could use to recover. Thus, Radiant King received Su Yu's first praise after the battle.

Radiant King smiled and said, "You praise me too much, Emperor Yu."

Su Yu laughed, "Not at all. If I have to pick one between you and Martial King as a partner, you will be my choice. Pure brutes can be quite annoying at times. You might be much weaker than Martial King, but you are far more useful."

Human Emperor didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "If Tai Shan hears this, he—"

Su Yu chuckled, "Am I supposed to be scared of that?"

Fine. Human Emperor was rendered speechless. With this battle, Su Yu had fully proven himself. Even Martial Suppression King only curled her lips without saying anything upon hearing that. She was naturally unhappy that Su Yu was looking down on her husband.

But Su Yu was...too capable. He was great at plotting and killing. He also dared to be ruthless toward himself to achieve his goal. Martial Suppression King did not enjoy using her brain much, but she knew that people like that should never be provoked.

Not even her husband could afford to offend Su Yu. Combat strength was not everything. Even if her husband was stronger in combat, Su Yu could probably scheme him to death before he even knew what was happening.

Right at that moment, Martial Emperor, a brute, stepped forth awkwardly and asked, "What am I supposed to do with him?"

Despair and fear covered Return's face. What did he just experience? He was still confused. He only knew that several tier-ones had died. Masters of Laws were dying like bugs. This was his first time actually seeing Su Yu. Su Yu looked a lot colder than he had imagined.

And the person beside Su Yu was the legendary Human Emperor, the strongest of the era. Yet with the two standing side by side, Human Emperor felt a lot more amicable in comparison. The mere sight of Su Yu was enough to make him tremble in fear.

"Su Yu—no, Emperor Yu!"

Return hurriedly said, "Don't kill me! I'm still useful to you! Killing me...killing me will be a great loss to you! My friends inside the gate will know the moment I'm dead!"

Finally, Su Yu looked at Return. He had not been paying much attention earlier. But now, he found that the random dao he had connected to Return earlier was a rather trashy dao. It was similar to Yue Luo's dao.

Unfortunately, Return did not have the looks to actually make use of such a dao. It felt so wrong to have him connected to the charm dao. It was impressive how he could turn the charm dao into something so disgusting with his physical appearance alone.

Su Yu smiled and asked, "Aren't you comparable to Human Emperor at his peak? Aren't you one of the strongest inside the gate? Return, have you been lying to me?"

Su Yu's face turned frosty. "I hate it the most when people lie to me. You should have been strong enough to kill three or even five tier-ones since you're here in your main body. But you couldn't even defeat Devil Pseudo Emperor! You piece of trash!"

Return nearly cried with despair. Devil Pseudo Emperor had a stronger dao!

He hurriedly said, "Emperor Yu, I...I have just advanced into the first tier. I never thought of lying to you. But...but..."

"But you believe that the truth doesn't matter since I'm someone you can kill with one slap. Is that so?"

"No! Not at all!"

Return was terrified. He was surrounded by murderous powerhouses. He had witnessed the many deaths earlier with his own eyes. In fact, he had only survived the chaos because he had been quick enough to flee the center of the battlefield. He did not want to die now after surviving such a catastrophic battle.

Su Yu frowned slightly and said, "All physical body cultivators are brutes. Why is a brute like you so cowardly?"

At that, Return's face turned bitter as he said, "We...we have spent countless years in cultivation. Conflicts are sparse in the gate. We...can't be compared with the people here."

That was true as well.

In fact, Return was starting to wonder if the people inside the gate could even defeat the murderous monsters out here. Every single one of them was emanating a thick, murderous intent. This was applicable to both the people under Su Yu and the ones under Human Emperor. These were the people who had spent countless years in war.

Meanwhile, things had been peaceful inside the gate for countless years.

Su Yu laughed.

He waved indifferently, "Take him away. Hand him to Lan Tian when we're back. Lan Tian can watch over him."

At that, everyone's expressions turned odd, but nobody said anything.

Return did not dare to resist. But after some thought, he said, "Emperor Yu...my...my friends..."

"What's the rush?" Su Yu laughed, "I don't need your help. I can disguise myself as you and converse with them. I'll assure them enough to keep sending their power over. Eventually, they will send enough to cross over in their main bodies. Even better if they can gather even more friends. I'll take care of them one by one."

"..."

Return's despair intensified. Was there no hope for him? Su Yu shifted his attention elsewhere.

As he gazed upstream, he said, "Will the river wash them downstream again?"

Human Emperor nodded, "Yes. The pressure upstream is increasing. It is only a matter of time before they're pushed down here. But they will resist. Their resistance will help us, as that will further delay the opening of the three gates. Only when all of us are washed back to the Myriad Realms will the three gates open."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu.

After some thought, he said, "The myriad races still have four tier-ones. Some will probably advance after that intense battle. Some of those Venerables and heavenly kings survived, and some will advance with so many newly vacated daos. They can probably maintain a number of fifty or so Masters of Laws."

That was still a formidable force. Human Emperor nodded. There was no doubt about that.

He looked around and smiled, "We will produce more than them."

He asked, "What is your current plan? Pursue or wait here?"

After the recent battle, the myriad races would try to last as long upstream as possible. They would not dare to return before Su Yu and the others left.

Su Yu thought over it and said, "Human Emperor, what do you think the cost will be if we give chase and kill them all?"

Human Emperor considered the question and answered, "They are now left with no path of retreat. Such a desperate fight will cost us ten or more Masters of Laws. There is no doubting that."

This was already a conservative answer after taking into consideration Su Yu's propensity to create miracles. Otherwise, they would probably lose twenty or thirty Masters of Laws to defeat such a group.

Su Yu laughed, "In that case, we won't be doing that. I only need to scare them enough to leave us alone for now. We will definitely grow faster than them. Time is on our side."

How much space did the myriad races have to grow? Both Su Yu and Human Emperor could still grow through their worlds. As they grew, their people would grow. And as their people grew, they would grow. It would continue to snowball.

Su Yu looked at Human Emperor and asked, "How are things on your side?"

"I'm unsure..."

Right at that moment, Human Emperor chuckled and said, "They're here."

Moments later, a group of people appeared in the distance. All of them were Masters of Laws.

This was quite a big group. In fact, their number had increased. Human Emperor had left with twenty-seven. More than thirty had returned. This signified that a decent number of people had broken through. Some were the ancient marquises, and some were the ones Su Yu sent over.

And...Stable Army Marquis was among them! Su Yu was greatly surprised to see Stable Army Marquis. That fellow had failed to break through in the previous waves. This time, he had finally gotten lucky.

Before long, the two groups met. After asking about the situation, the newcomers erupted with wild joy. A major victory. They could not resist staring at Su Yu with shock. What a monster.

More importantly, what were they supposed to do with Radiant King and Battle King?

They were not the only ones worrying about that. Seeing that Su Yu and Human Emperor were still happily conversing with each other, Great Ming King said, "Uhm...Ancestor...can you vacate the dao? I..."

Radiant King rolled his eyes and said, "I have just connected myself to a new dao after losing my previous dao. I have just suffered from the backlash of losing a dao. If I vacate a dao so soon, the backlash might kill me. Do you think I'm a weakling like you? The backlash is far stronger for someone as strong as me."

Speechless.

Great Ming King said, "In that case...Ancestor..."

Radiant King snapped, "What do you know? If I sever my current dao, Emperor Yu's world will collapse without the support of my formations. You're a formation cultivator as well. Can't you see that? Are you stupid?"

"..."

Great Ming King was quite a crafty one as well. When he focused, he blinked before raging, "You did it deliberately!"

Then, he turned toward Radiant Consort and cried, "Great Ancestral Grandma, he did it deliberately! He saw how bright His Majesty's future is, so he severed his dao to steal my dao! Ancestral Grandma! Not only is the ancestor not helping his descendants, but he's even stealing from his descendants!

"I only got this dao after snatching it from my son! But now, the ancestor has snatched it away from me! He's even refusing to return it!"

Human Emperor coughed awkwardly and said, "Don't be sad. You can join my world instead. My formation dao—"

"I refuse!" Great Ming King grew even more anxious as he said, "No way! I'm not going! I would rather switch to an unsuitable dao in His Majesty's world than change worlds! I'm finally the logistics manager after working so hard..."

He was basically saying that after working so hard to become a part of the higher-ups, how could he accept becoming a little brother elsewhere?

Also, compared to Su Yu, Human Emperor's future was...cough. It wouldn't be appropriate for him to make things too clear, but he certainly wouldn't go unless he was left with no option.

Human Emperor's face twitched slightly, but he laughed it off, "Sure. Don't worry about it."

At the same time, he transmitted to Su Yu, "Send this kid my way. I don't care about anyone else, but I want him in my world. Radiant King and Battle King can't sever their new daos so soon anyway. I don't even want them anymore. You can keep them, but send this fucking bastard my way! Right this moment! He will have my formation dao!"

Heh.

Looking down on him?

Disrespecting him?

Human Emperor was smiling amicably, but inwardly, he was cursing endlessly.

Su Yu smiled with amusement, but he didn't know what to say about this.

After a while, he transmitted, "We'll set this aside for now. Great Ming King is the first powerhouse to support me back then. He was earlier than even the Xia Family..."

That was true as well. Back then, Zhu Tiandao was the first to accept him when he decided to leave Great Xia. Great Ming King supported that decision. Without his support, it would be far more complicated for a young genius to flee to a different prefecture.

During his time with the ancient cities, Great Ming King and Great Xia King were the ones who had traveled to help him when he was in trouble.

Thus, Su Yu was a lot more accommodating to Great Ming King's desires. He knew that Human Emperor did not mean any malice. But...Su Yu had to admit that he enjoyed listening to these words of Great Ming King.

He would rather pick up an unsuitable dao than leave Emperor Yu's world. How could one's mood not improve upon hearing such words? But...who appointed Great Ming King the logistics manager?