Tribulation of Myriad Races

Rumble!

Su Yu's sea of willpower was trembling. This time, he had received a large amount of willpower, pushing his willpower cultivation from the seventh-stage Cloudbreach Realm to the ninth-stage Cloudbreach Realm.

At that point, he started hammering his willpower again.

He couldn't allow it to keep growing. Then again, he wouldn't be able to reach the Mountainsea Realm easily either. After consuming the sunmoon profound yellow liquid, his apertures had grown too strong. Fusion would be almost impossible if he did it the regular way.

But he was unbothered. If he couldn't push his willpower cultivation to the next realm, so be it. He would grab any bit of strength he could.

With the Soul Expanding Hammer, his sea of willpower widened further while the impurities in his willpower were squeezed out. When his willpower cultivation dropped back to the eighth stage, he started absorbing willpower again. And when he was back at the ninth stage, he resumed his hammering.

After several repetitions, he was finally able to absorb all the rewarded willpower. The little furball had enjoyed a satisfying meal as well. At the moment, he was sleeping comfortably on a random character. Su Yu wasn't sure if this was a normal sleep or if the little fellow was finally advancing to the next stage. This fellow had eaten all sorts of treasures during their travels.

How much longer would it take for this little fellow to reach the Mountainsea Realm?

***

Still floating in the air, Su Yu scanned the area and noted that his vicinity was devoid of people. With a smile, he landed on the ground and collected the storage ring and the mayor's medallion.

Apart from that, there were some other items on the ground as well. The red toad's storage ring and cooked tongue were lying on the ground. Chunks of the red toad's flesh were also scattered all over the ground.

If he wanted, he might be able to get a drop of blood essence out of them, but he couldn't be bothered as that would take too much work. Furthermore, some death spirits were already there, corroding these chunks of flesh into nothingness.

It was merely a tiny bit of first-stage Sunmoon blood essence. So what if he had to give up on it? He was now rich! More importantly, it would be way too annoying to gather these chunks of flesh thrown all over the ground while also dealing with the death spirits working on them.

The dark devil dragon was dead. The red toad was dead as well. Once again, complete silence enveloped the city.

Su Yu's voice rang out in the city, "From today onward, I, Su Yu, am the mayor of Grandstar City. You can be happy or unhappy about that. It doesn't matter. From now on, my word is the law in the city."

"The dark devil dragon and the others did not have the courage to kill in the city. They feared the death spirits. I don't. You saw it yourself. After I killed the red toad Sunmoon, a Sunmoon death spirit appeared. But the death spirit left me alone. If you kill me, the death sovereign might kill you. But if I kill you, there won't be any consequences."

Su Yu's voice turned cold, "Since you have all become ancient city residents, lay your ambitions to rest. I'm not sure if the residents of an ancient city can move to a different ancient city. If that is possible, you are free to leave. If that's not possible, accept your fate. Before I die, don't even think of resisting."

Right at that moment, a door opened and someone asked cautiously, "Lord Su, I'm a human. Since you're now the mayor, will you be assembling a new team of guards?"

Su Yu looked in the direction of the speaking as light flickered in his eyes. The person who had spoken was a Cloudbreach.

Su Yu did not ask if the Cloudbreach was a criminal. Neither did he ask for that person's reason to be here. He merely said, "Perhaps. That has yet to be decided. I'll need to first refine this medallion. Who knows? I might die in the process. At that time, all of you can celebrate. But if I do succeed, all of you should get ready for big changes. I will change everything in the city."

A different door opened as a considerably powerful devil asked, "Mayor Su, the devils are enemies of humans. After becoming the mayor, will you target the devils in the city?"

Su Yu answered, "If you follow my rules, I won't do anything. If you disobey my rules, you will die even if you're a human."

The devil had nothing else to ask.

Clearly, race did not matter to this human. Or to be accurate, he might dislike devils, but he did not seem to like the humans that much either. But that was none of their business. They only wanted the assurance that he wouldn't target anyone due to their race.

For these residents, the identity of the mayor wasn't too important so long as they were left alone. Furthermore, how long could Su Yu even remain the mayor? Was he going to keep the gates shut forever?

***

After saying all he had to say, Su Yu entered the mayor's residence. He did not forget to shut the gate after entering. He was the only person alive in the massive residence. First, he inspected the residence to ensure that nobody was hiding inside. When he was done, he entered the inner chamber. ᚱàɴO͍ＢЁṧ

There, a stone statue could be seen. This statue had a different appearance from the one in Heavendoom City. The statue in Heavendoom City had the appearance of a human with a tail. As for this statue, it had the appearance of an unknown aquatic beast.

Or to be precise, this statue had a humanoid appearance and scales on its body. Additionally, some sharp spikes could be seen on its head.

"Greetings, Lord."

This time, Su Yu was a lot more respectful. He even gave the statue a bow, behaving like a refined gentleman. Naturally, he had changed into his fluttering white robes. Even his death qi had been completely withdrawn into his body. A genial smile hung on his slightly pale face.

He had not forgotten that he was a cultural researcher. As a refined cultural researcher, he naturally had to pay attention to his image when meeting an expert. Nobody would blame someone for being too polite.

The stone statue remained perfectly still. But that did not matter. Su Yu was only here to show his respect. He knew that this statue was alive. This was an existence capable of beating up even Invincibles. This was a terrifying existence.

In this city, the stone statue was the true big brother while he was only the second brother...no. The death sovereign was the second brother. He was the third brother. Yes. But he didn't mind at all. Those two would be absent most of the time anyway.

Su Yu hurriedly tossed those random thoughts out of his mind and spoke, "I once encountered a senior in Heavendoom City. He is in a similar state as you, Senior. I wonder if there is any relationship between the two of you?"

But the stone statue remained perfectly still.

Su Yu carefully spoke, "I got along very well with that senior. He imparted upon me an incredible breathing technique, an amazing way of manipulating vibrations, and three teleportation talismans. I will forever be grateful to that senior. I hope the two of us will get along just as well. If you need anything done, feel free to notify me about it. I will complete the task to the best of my ability."

The stone statue was still silent. Inwardly, he was wondering if this human had really gotten along well with Heavendoom. He was unsure of what had happened there, but he was aware of Su Yu's slight mastery over a breathing technique.

Had Heavendoom really imparted that technique upon Su Yu? In fact, the stone statue was quite surprised to hear that. Ultimately, he decided that this was none of his business.

Was Su Yu trying to fawn on him here? That was not necessary. He was merely an enforcer of the laws. There was no need to fawn on him. As long as no laws were broken, he would remain neutral.

Su Yu waited for a while, but he received no response. He wasn't sure if the stone statue simply lacked the ability to reply or if there were some other reasons for this silence. He did not mind. He respectfully said, "Senior, I'll be taking my leave to refine the mayor's medallion. Feel free to notify me if you have any orders."

After saying that, he slowly withdrew. He did not try to hammer the statue. He was really tempted. But he held back. If he somehow provoked this entity to give him a punch, that would be a truly unfortunate death.

***

Back in the outer hall, he took the medallion out. He wasn't able to discover anything on the black medallion, so he stopped trying and focused on refining it instead.

Before long, he sent a strand of his willpower into the medallion. As a response, a powerful stream of death qi surged out of the medallion. His entire body shook.

Death qi again!

Everything in these ancient cities seemed to revolve around death qi. How troublesome.

The intensity of this death qi was enough to instantly kill a Cloudbreach or even a Mountainsea. No wonder all the mayors were people of considerable strength. Without enough strength, one wouldn't even be able to refine the medallion.

Su Yu hurriedly reversed the death qi seeping into his body. Alongside the stream of death qi flowing into his body, some information also flowed into his mind.

"Mayor's medallion..."

"To control the ancient city..."

Su Yu focused on the information he was receiving. Ancient city...no, holy city. The Holy City of Grandstar. This city had existed since the ancient past. There was no information about the founder or the exact age of the city.

However, he was informed of the purpose of these holy cities. Each holy city was in charge of suppressing a tunnel to the Death Realm, preventing the spread of death qi into the world of the living. This was the shared purpose of all thirty-six holy cities in existence.

As the mayor, he would be granted a set of responsibilities, duties, and powers. As the refining process continued, he received more and more information.

A mayor would be granted a considerable level of authority. For example, he would gain the ability to unlock a majority of the ancient buildings in the city. The exceptions were the few buildings that might have been inhabited by top experts in the past.

He could forcefully unlock those buildings, but that would result in a backlash from the death qi in those buildings.

He could also forcefully shut or open the city gates. That nearly happened in Heavendoom City as the mystic armors had attempted to have the gates shut back when they were hunting Su Yu.

Naturally, the mayor would also receive a backlash from doing so. The backlash would accelerate the growth of death qi in the mayor's body and push the mayor nearer to death. Thus, most mayors would avoid doing this for the most part. It was rarely worth doing.

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