Tribulation of Myriad Races

On the other side of the valley.

Huang Teng and the others were also dumbstruck. So Cui Lang was the person fighting Lei Jue?

Was that supposed to be a joke? Was Cui Lang so strong? Wasn't he a first-stage Cloudbreach? Also, what the fuck was up with that Sky Sundering Saber? Cui Lang knew the Sky Sundering Saber as well?

Everyone was confused.

Huang Teng was still fleeing madly with Wu Qi in tow. She was pale and constantly coughed blood. Green smoke was rising out of the blood she spat out, filling the air with poison. When Huang Teng saw that, he couldn't resist saying, "You're the most ruthless woman in the entirety of humanity. Did you refine your entire person into poison?"

Wu Qi did not answer. Was that ruthless? She did not think so.

Huang Teng couldn't resist blabbering, "Dang! Old Wu, what are you supposed to do when you're trying to get intimate with someone? Just kissing you might get someone poisoned to death..."

"Shut up!"

Wu Qi roared furiously before coughing a mouthful of blood onto his shirt. A hissing sound rang out as the entire shirt rotted away. On top of that, a bloody hole had appeared on Huang Teng's skin.

Once again, his words infuriated Wu Qi. She resisted the urge to cough on him again and poison him to death. Meanwhile, Tianduo and the other devils were kept occupied by the poisonous smoke in the air.

Tianduo glared at them from afar. He was feeling rather furious. He had not imagined that Wu Qi, someone only in the Yellow Index, would be so difficult to deal with. Yes. He was having difficulty dealing with Wu Qi.

Everyone knew that Huang Teng was strong. How about Wu Qi? Everyone only knew her for her ruthlessness due to her previous feat of advancing by drinking the blood of a devil. But nobody had imagined that she was ruthless enough to even turn her blood into poison. How was it possible that Wu Qi did not poison herself to death during the process? That was unbelievable.

Her poison was strong enough to instantly corrode the flesh of even Cloudbreaches. Even if she had survived the process of turning her blood into poison, she must have suffered greatly.

Huang Teng did not have the luxury to think about all that. He sensed An Mintian's aura and roared, "Stop chasing us. You should be focusing on the other guy instead. That's the real successor of the Xia Family. He is the biological son of Prefect Xia. Fuck you. What's the point of killing me?"

"..."

Silence descended. Yes. The chaotic battlefield actually turned completely silent.

"Xia Huyou?"

Some of the people there exclaimed in shock. Recently, they had heard that Xia Longwu's son was someone called Xia Huyou, the direct successor of the Xia Family. So the other person was actually Xia Huyou?

But Huang Teng smashed their expectations apart, "Xia Huyou my ass. That's Cui Lang. He's the eldest son of Prefect Xia. Nobody knows this. Stop chasing me. That's the real successor of the Xia Family. I'm only a puppet."

He did not look like he was lying. Even Wu Qi was confused. Cui Lang? Eldest son of Xia Longwu? That was actually a member of the Xia Family? Why was she completely unaware of that? Was Cui Lang perhaps the illegitimate son of the prefect?

An Mintian's expression changed. Was that true?

Cui Lang?

Successor and son of the Carnage King?

Great grandson of Great Xia King?

The leader of Xia Family's fourth generation?

Meanwhile, Xia Huyou and Huang Teng were merely puppets meant to misdirect the masses? If that was true, that would explain the strength of the Sky Sundering Saber earlier. But was that true?

Huang Teng continued shouting, "Shit! I'm speaking the truth! Why should I lie in such a situation? An Mintian, are you really trying to kill me just for the heavenly reward? Aren't you here to sever the inheritance of the Xia Family? I'm nothing. Xia Lang is a hundred times more important than me!"

"Bastard!"

Wu Qi furiously spat a mouthful of blood on his arm. Once again, a hissing sound rang out as his flesh rotted away. Wu Qi then broke free from his arm and glared at him.

"Huang Teng, you can keep running yourself."

With a roar, she released all her willpower and charged Tianduo and the others. Huang Teng cursed inwardly. It was true. Women couldn't be reasoned with. Wasn't he doing this for their own survival?

From the look of things, that fellow wouldn't die so easily. Even if An Mintian switched targets, there was no guarantee that he would be able to catch up with that fellow. Did this dumb woman believe that Cui Lang was actually Xia Lang? Was she so gullible?

Huang Teng was going crazy. He swore that he would no longer work alongside women in the future as he looked at Wu Qi who was charging toward their pursuers. She was too unreliable!

While gnashing his teeth, Huang Teng turned around as well. A saber appeared in his hand and 144 acupoints lit up in his body. His entire body turned gold as the surrounding saber qi gathered around him like a storm. He unleashed a slash that seemed capable of splitting sky itself apart.

Tianduo's expression changed as he warned, "Retreat!"

The saber descended with a rumble. A devil near Tianduo wasn't able to retreat in time and was instantly turned into mincemeat. The saber ray rampaged and created an open path devoid of obstacles.

Then, Huang Teng grabbed Wu Qi and fled through the path. Tianduo and the others were too busy dealing with the saber qi. They could do nothing except watch as the two humans fled. Soon, Tianduo broke free of the saber qi around him and roared furiously before giving chase yet again.

Ahead of them, the radiance around Huang Teng's body started dimming. Blood started flowing out of his mouth. Looking at Wu Qi who was still struggling in his arm, he grinned, "Woman...how dumb...damn it. Take me...I'm dead..."

Wu Qi finally looked at him and noticed his acupoints exploding one after another. Her expression changed drastically, but soon, determination covered her face as she spat a mouthful of blood out. Huang Teng wanted to dodge the blood, but she caught him and allowed her blood to land on his arm. This time, the blood was no longer poisonous. Rather, it transformed into blood essence that proceeded to repair his acupoints.

"You—"

"Shut up!" She spat another mouthful of blood as her face paled even further. With a cold voice, she said, "Run!"

Huang Teng gnashed his teeth and said, "Fuck! There are too many people! That damn Qin Fang is so unreliable! I notified him long ago, but he didn't come! Things wouldn't have been like this otherwise."

"Hmph!"

Wu Qi snorted coldly. How idiotic of this fellow to put his trust in someone else. In the Allheaven Battlefield, one could trust only oneself. Relying on others? What a joke.

"If they come after us again, we'll fight with our lives on the line! Even if we die, we'll drag a few of them with us!"

Wu Qi looked behind coldly. Mo Erba, Lan Ying, and Tianduo were all still alive. But some other devils had died in the process of chasing after them. If they had to die, they would drag a few of these devils down with them.

She was not afraid of death. She had entered the Plain of Desires to seek life amidst death. Even if she couldn't survive, she would not be fearful of death.

"Cui Lang..."

"That was a random lie," replied Huang Teng. Stop asking him. How was he supposed to know the answer? But seeing her reaction, even he himself was convinced of that lie. Was Cui Lang an illegitimate child of the Xia Family?

Xia Longwu was not the kind of person who would do that. Perhaps...it was Marquis Xia? What a terrifying thought. Was that Cui Lang the cousin of Prefect Xia? Truly terrifying.

He had actually cultivated his Sky Sundering Saber to such a level. That person did not feel like Su Yu. Huang Teng knew Su Yu. That was someone who had killed before, but that did not seem like someone whose killing intent was dense enough to spread dozens of kilometers away.

Were cultural researchers even capable of being so murderous? It was more logical for it to be someone from the Xia Family.

Both Su Yu and Huang Teng were madly fleeing. One was fleeing from Lei Jue while the other was fleeing from Tianduo.

At the same time.

About a hundred kilometers away from Skyrend Valley.

A massive battle was ongoing. A youth clad in black armor was mounted atop a flying sky tiger. With a cold look in his eyes, he casually stabbed an expert to death with his spear. He then turned to look behind him.

"Mo Duona, if you want to kill me, show me your real strength."

Then, the flying sky tiger soared into the sky and flew away carrying the youth.

Behind them, a purple-haired devil youth with a flame symbol on his forehead smiled and said, "Qin Fang, I wonder if Great Qin King will do something after you're dead."

Qin Fang ignored those words and continued fleeing. That fellow should say that after killing him. As for Huang Teng...he could only apologize. This damn Mo Duona was chasing after him. He would consider himself lucky just by surviving. The number one expert in the Heaven Index was no joke. He was not this fellow's match.

***

Battles were erupting everywhere.

And names were constantly disappearing from the Heavenly Hunt Index. The most surprising of all was Great Ming's Cui Lang. He had reached the 36th place of the Earth Index.

As for his battle accomplishment, he had killed a ninth-stage Cloudbreach as a first-stage Cloudbreach. His rank had skyrocketed.

From the Profound Index, he had climbed straight into the Earth Index. And he wasn't even ranked at the bottom of the Earth Index. Rather, he was ranked in the middle. If he managed to kill a Mountainsea as well, he would probably enter the top ten.

And his age was the only reason his rank wasn't higher. A 35-year-old human was equivalent to a 315-year-old divine or devil. He was not young enough.

Meanwhile, someone like Mo Duona was less than 200 years old. After conversion, he was basically equivalent to a 20-year-old human. That was the reason for his high rank.

If Cui Lang was ten years younger, he would have reached the top five or even the top three of the Earth Index. Alas, he was too old.

***

Su Yu was naturally unbothered about that. It wasn't like he was the real Old Man Cui Lang. He was still busy running. He was unaware that Huang Teng had claimed that he was Xia Lang. He only knew that Huang Teng might be dead already. So be it. He could only take care of himself. He was too busy to give Huang Teng any help.

After dozens of hammer strikes, he finally managed to stop Lei Jue for a short moment. He took that chance to dive into the ground and fled underground. He even detected the nearby Topsoil Spirit, but he was too busy to care. He had to focus on running.

As for Topsoil Spirit, he was dumbfounded. Fuck! He had thought that this was a fellow elemental, but it was actually Cui Lang? What was going on? Earth movement technique? And that fellow was actually as fast as him when moving through earth.

He did not have the luxury to think. He hurriedly fled in the opposite direction. What was he supposed to do if Lei Jue decided to beat him up to release some pent-up anger after recovering from the momentary stun? Nevertheless, he was still very shocked. What was going on? Were humans so good at earth movement techniques as well?

Why was he feeling like the five elemental race had lost their greatest advantage over the myriad races?

In the sky, Lei Jue's eyes flickered as he coldly said, "Cui Lang?"

That Cui Lang...was excessively strong. And that bastard had way too many characters. This did not feel like the Cui Lang he knew.

"Lightning, kill, battle, fire, slow..."

He listed a long string of characters as the look in his eyes changed again. Apart from the multiple character faction, no human would cultivate so many characters.

That Cui Lang...was too suspicious!