Tribulation of Myriad Races-Chapter 1324: Invitation (3)

Xing Yue snorted, "Do you think all death sovereigns are fools? Do you think you're very smart? You don't understand this tunnel. You know nothing. The tunnel here is very fragile. It's the same with the other tunnels. Each tunnel can only support the traversal of one death sovereign. Thus, Grandstar will only need to face one death sovereign at a time." "We would have broken out of the Death Realm long ago otherwise. Grand Dream's tunnel is the sole exception. It can support the traversal of three to five death sovereigns at a time."

Understanding dawned on Su Yu. So that was why. No wonder there would only be one death sovereign per city. So they were limited by the tunnels.

Su Yu said, "No wonder Lord Xing Yue has been spending all her time in her tunnel. That way, she will have nothing to fear from the other death sovereigns. Lord Xing Yue, why didn't you block the entrance of the tunnel back when Yanmo was here? That would be enough to stop him."

"Laws."

Xing Yue gave a short reply. When did she ever say that she was afraid of the other death sovereigns? She had merely been obeying the laws. Back then, Su Yu had killed someone in the city. That would allow any death sovereign to kill Su Yu within three days. Since she had failed, Yanmo was allowed to try as per the laws.

Suddenly, Su Yu thought of a different question. He asked, "Lord Xing Yue, how exactly do death spirits grow strong? Do you cultivate? Or do you grow through consuming your kind? Or do you only need death qi?" fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm

Xing Yue ignored him.

Su Yu explained, "Don't misunderstand me, Lord. I'm not trying to learn your secrets or something like that. I'm thinking of getting Yanmo killed. If that can increase your strength, perhaps we can find a way for you to devour him. I'm afraid that you'll get yourself killed by the other death sovereigns for being too weak. You can't die on me, Lord. If you were to die and no other death sovereigns wanted to convert me, I wouldn't be able to stay a mayor anymore."

Was he listening to himself? Xing Yue was infuriated. Was he looking down on her?

Grandstar answered generously, "For a death sovereign to grow strong, consuming other death sovereigns is one of the methods. Additionally, the expansion of the death sovereign's territory will help as well."

"Territory?"

Su Yu was surprised to hear that. How would the territory help with that?"

Grandstar explained, "In the Death Realm, a so-called territory is not measured by its size alone. Rather, each territory is measured by the length of the Celestial Death River in it." The Celestial Death River flows along the entire Death Realm. It has no rival in size.

"The longer the river is in your territory, the denser the death qi in your territory will be. The Celestial River of Death is essentially a second River of Time. A death spirit can regain their memories by bathing in the river. The faster a death spirit regains their memories, the faster their cultivation will be. Thus, there are frequent territorial battles in the Death Realm to fight for the river."

Realization dawned on Su Yu. So that was how it was.

Since Grandstar had spilled the beans, Xing Yue explained grudgingly, "That's not all. Every now and then, the river will spit out some treasures. The river also comes with death spirits. The more portion of the river you control, the more you will benefit."

Understood!

Su Yu said, "Lord Xing Yue, I heard that there might be a death tunnel in the Luminous Domain Mansion as well. Can you take a stroll there in the near future?"

Xing Yue snorted, "Why should I? Unless I have a reason sanctioned by the laws to go, entering the territory of a different death sovereign is the same as a declaration of war. Stop dreaming, Su Yu."

From this, Su Yu learned that the place wasn't out of reach for Xing Yue. But by going there, a conflict would erupt between her and the death spirits there. A proper reason was needed if she wanted to go without getting into a war. For example, if enough ninth-stage Sunmoons were to die there, or if an Invincible died there, Xing Yue might get a reason to go.

But her arrival there might not necessarily be beneficial for him. She might take the chance to get other death sovereigns to kill him for her. That would be troublesome.

Suddenly, a voice rang out from outside the city, "The envoy of the Myriad Race Assembly is seeking an audience with Mayor Su."

When Su Yu looked out, he saw nothing. After thinking about it, he took his leave from Grandstar before leaving. Soon, he was hovering above the mayor's residence.

When a Sunmoon outside the city saw him, the Sunmoon said, "Mayor Su, I am here under the order of the various experts to send you an invitation to the assembly one month later. The allocation of the Luminous Domain Mansion slots will be finalized then."

Su Yu raised his brow, "Did anyone mention the number of slots the holy cities will be getting?"

"No. You need to attend the assembly personally to finalize the numbers."

Everything sounded reasonable, but it was clear they were scheming something since they were insisting that he go personally. Of course, he did not mind the danger.

He said, "Hand me the invitation letter."

The envoy merely tossed a golden booklet into the city instead of entering. Su Yu did not bother to move. Instead, an old man appeared in the sky and caught the booklet.

With a slight cough, the old man said, "Merely an insignificant trick."

He was able to easily crush the tiny pressure emanating from the booklet. No matter what, Senior Wang was still an eighth-stage Sunmoon. His injuries and conversion into a resident might have impeded his path to the ninth stage, but he was still capable of dealing with a tiny suppression from an Invincible who wasn't even present.

Looking at the envoy who was fleeing in panic, Su Yu sneered.

***

Inside the mayor's residence.

A number of people had gathered there. They included Senior Wang, Liu Hong, Old Man Bai, and the demonic beasts who had arrived with Su Yu. Seated atop the throne, Su Yu opened the invitation letter and noted the time and venue of the assembly. It would be held on the Red Clouds Island. That wasn't too far away from his city.

Senior Wang was already aware of the contents of the invitation. He asked, "Mayor, are you really going personally? I can go as your representative..."

Su Yu shook his head indifferently, "It's fine. I can go."

"They will try to..."

Su Yu laughed, "Senior Wang, it will be fine. I won't be going alone. I'll go with the entire city. Or to be precise, I'll be there with three cities. I won't take a single step out of the city. Those idiots must have forgotten that ancient cities are mobile."

They were acting as if ancient cities couldn't be moved. As for the increase in his death qi burden from moving the cities around, that was nothing for him. Senior Wang blanked out. That was true. He had completely forgotten about this. No wonder Su Yu was completely unbothered.

Su Yu said, "It is likely that the divines, devils, and immortals will be trying something during the allocation. They will probably instigate the minor races to do something stupid for the slots."

Senior Wang sighed, "That has always been the case. Each time, the human race will receive the lowest number of slots among the major races. At times, even the dragon race will receive more slots than the human race even if the dragons are actually weaker than us. They might have a Pseudo Emperor, but their number of Invincibles is much lower than the humans..."

"The human race has never been willing to get into a conflict with the major races for the slots. Furthermore, the myriad races would target us in the Luminous Domain Mansion every single time. Slowly, we started sending fewer and fewer people into the Luminous Domain Mansion. When we were there, we would remain in the lowest three levels to harvest some treasures that the stronger races didn't care about."

That was sad, but that was the reality of things. Only 3,600 individuals could enter each opening. Even if the humans could get three hundred slots, they would only end up targeted by the remaining 3,300 participants in the mansion, making the expedition far more dangerous than it was supposed to be.

Thus, it was better to send fewer people into the mansion to try their luck. With fewer participants, the myriad races would be more focused on competing among themselves instead of bothering the humans on the lowest three floors.

That way, the humans were able to reduce their casualties and benefit a little from the mansion. This was better than the alternative, which was to get nothing from the mansion.

Su Yu tapped on his throne and grinned, "I understand. Let me see what the myriad races will do at the assembly this time. The mansion will probably open shortly after the conclusion of the assembly."

He would get as many slots as he could.

Even if he couldn't make use of all those slots, getting more slots for himself would still reduce the number of competitors he might face in the mansion.