<h4>Chapter 978: Storm In Ninestar (1)</h4>


    Morning arrived.


    Life returned to Empyrean Cloud City. The residents started leaving their homes, and the stores started opening for business.


    Su Yu walked out of his temporary residence as well. He had not found any of the so-called ancient building opportunities so far. But he no longer cared. After entering so many ancient buildings, he had never found anything. For him, these opportunities might as well not exist.


    Leaving his residence, he was greeted with a bustling street. Countless people were talking about Heavendoom City.


    "What a tragedy."


    "Yeah. Truly a big tragedy."


    "There are over twenty Sunmoons, with a few of them being high-stage Sunmoons, dead. Not one of them survived."


    "That''s not all. Arge number of experts operating in this region have perished as well."


    "I heard thirty percent of the residents there perished as well. Corpses filled the city."


    "Only a few young geniuses survived. Everyone else died. I heard more than ten Invincibles went there yesterday. They dered war against the death spirits and fought a fierce battle..."


    "Bullshit. Heavendoom isn''t even that far from this city. If there were really so many Invincibles fighting, we would have been able to sense the shockwaves even here."


    "In any case, a lot of people perished. And arge number of Invincibles went there."


    "..."


    This was the hottest topic in the city. In fact, it was quite a bizarre sight. Lambs were conversing with leopards. Panthers were conversing with birds. Birds were conversing with bugs.


    This was the Allheaven Battlefield. Such harmony might not be present anywhere else, but this was an ancient city. This was a safe zone. Thus, the bizarre sight of members from opposing races conversing peacefully was present here.


    "I heard Su Yu managed to flee. Not even Invincibles could catch him."


    "I wonder if a war will break out from this. Will the myriad races start hunting the humans in the Allheaven Battlefield?"


    "It''s hard to say. ording to my brother, more than ten human Invincibles appeared near the human border. Their powerful auras spread thousands of kilometers to announce their arrival. The human race is still quite powerful. Many races will still be afraid of fully offending them."


    Yes. The human race was still very strong. With more than ten of their Invincibles arriving at the border, a war might break out at any moment. However, were the divines and devils ready to start an all-out war at this moment?


    The human Invincibles at the border weren''t even all the Invincibles humanity had to offer. ording to a conservative estimate, humanity had at least forty Invincibles. Only a few of their prefectural founders had perished, but over the years, they had produced some new Invincibles as well, including the ones who had carried out their dao affirmations in minor realms.


    The divines and devils had to ensure they eliminated all these Invincibles at once. The moment some were allowed to break free and enter one of their realms, it would be disastrous.


    Thus, the enemies of humanity were still not confident enough to start a war against humanity. No, it wasn''t that they weren''t confident in defeating humanity. Rather, they were not confident they could stop all human Invincibles from escaping after the destruction of the Human Realm. There were simply too many of them.


    If they attacked humanity without a way to gain absolute victory, the human race would be able to unleash disastrous damage upon them. The residents were busy talking about the topic. The visitors taking a break in the city were also busy talking about the topic.


    After all, more than twenty Sunmoons, dozens of Mountainseas, and numerous Cloudbreaches had perished at once. An incident this major had not happened for many years. And there was only one culprit for that. Or to be precise, there were two culprits.


    Su Yu and Liu Wenyan.


    Those two humans were too crazy. In fact, some people were already wondering if they should imitate those two and reenact the same scene. This was too inspiring. This was the perfect example of the weak defeating the strong, and the few defeating the many. They were also extremely interested in the method used to escape the ancient city aftermitting such an act.


    A lot of experts started studying the incident, hoping to learn something useful from it. After all, there were a decent number of ancient cities in existence. And everyone in the Allheaven Battlefield had their own enemies. If they could do the same and get their enemies killed, it would be great.


    Su Yu listened to all the conversations around him. He even heard some people peddling the secret art Su Yu used to hide from death spirits. Wow. So there were swindlers out here as well.


    Su Yu couldn''t help but feel impressed. Sure enough, the Allheaven Battlefield was simply a ce filled with crooks. Some people looked weak, and some people looked kind. But after leaving the confines of the ancient city, these would immediately transform into ruthless bandits willing to rob and kill without any hesitation.


    Su Yu ignored them and continued walking along the street. He was trying to find a way to get urate information. The rumors spreading in these streets were too disorganized to be taken seriously. For example, some people imed that more than ten Invincibles had dered war against the ancient city. That was absolute nonsense. If a battle of such scale did erupt, the shockwaves would be felt even here.


    Not far away, an old human noticed Su Yu. His eyes lit up as he walked over and said, "Brother, you look unfamiliar. Are you new here? Which prefecture are you from? From how valiant you seem, you must be a warrior from Great Qin or Great Xia. It is obvious you are a powerful expert."


    Su Yu nced at the old man. Back when he was in the academy, a teacher once said that at the Allheaven Battlefield, not even humans could be trusted unless the humans were from the military.


    That was especially true outside the human territory. Out there, race no longer mattered. It was perfectly normal for devils and humans to join hands and kill divines. It was also perfectly normal for divines and humans to join hands and kill divines.


    By that logic, it would also be perfectly normal for humans to join hands with other races to kill their fellow humans. In the Human Realm, such humans were called traitors or cultists. Out here, that was merely survival of the fittest in action.


    Of course, one must absolutely not do this within the human territory or one would be punished with death. After all, a powerful organization known as the Evilrid Army existed in the human territory. This organization specialized in hunting down such humans and the experts who had entered the territory without permission.


    This was an army under directmand of Great Qin King. Thus, killing other humans as a human within the human territory was the same as courting death.


    Noticing how eager the old man was to butter him up, Su Yu concluded that this person was either a swindler or a peddler. Su Yu was not exactly someone experienced with the ways of the world, but he knew very well how low one could stoop to achieve one''s goal.


    He indifferently said, "You have sharp eyes, Brother. I''m from Great Xia. As for my strength, you tter me. I only have enough strength to barely survive out here."


    The old manughed, "You''re too modest."


    Su Yu went straight to the point, "Are you trying to sell me something?"


    "..."


    The old manughed without any awkwardness and hurriedly said, "Brother, I killed a dragon with a few of my brothers not long ago. The inner core of that dragon is very beneficial for warriors. Unfortunately, one of my brothers is in serious need of money due to his injuries. We have no choice but to sell the inner core. But we are worried that we will strengthen our enemies by selling the inner core to them. Thus, we decided to sell it to a fellow human instead...


    "With one look, I can see that you''re a great expert among warriors. The inner core is very beneficial for body forging. It can even help with source qi transformation. It''s very useful. Are you interested, Brother?"


    Su Yu indifferently said, "No thanks. There are side effects to using the inner cores of dragons."


    "Think about it, Brother. The price is definitely negotiable..."


    Su Yu said, "This is my first time in Empyrean Cloud City. I''m not too familiar with this city. Point me to a good fence for goods disposal and I''ll consider buying your inner core."


    A good fence.


    That was very straightforward, but the old man wasn''t surprised. This was very normal.


    He said, "You''re asking the right person, Brother. In this city, three options stand out from the rest if you want to get rid of items, no questions asked. The most reliable of them is definitely the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion. I believe you already know about them."


    Su Yu kept the same expression, but inwardly, he was shocked. Was the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion really so brazen? They were openly setting shop in the city?


    Then again, this was an ancient city. They would be fine. It was unlikely that anyone would try anything against them here.


    "Secondly, you have the Thousand Region Alliance. And thirdly, you have the Allheaven Treasure House."


    Su Yu did not know these organizations that well. But the reading materials Ye Hongyan gave him did touch on these organizations slightly. He knew a little about the Thousand Region Alliance. This was an alliance of several minor races. It was worth noting that a race would be ssified as a minor race as long as it did not have an Invincible.


    The Thousand Region Alliance was an organization founded by ninth-stage Sunmoons. These Sunmoons were the leaders of minor realms who would rarely leave their realms. Even in the event of conflict, they would be able to fend off the attacks of Invincibles as long as the number of attacking Invincibles was kept rtively low.


    Of course, the human race was the exception to that. The biggest wish of these minor realm leaders was to be an Invincible and promote their respective races into the top 100 races. With an Invincible, a race would be able to better protect itself against other Invincibles.


    Thanks to the realm suppression, a single Invincible could resist the attack of even ten foreign Invincibles. As for the Allheaven Treasure House, Su Yu knew very little about it. Its name sounded impressive, but it was not necessarily arge organization.


    Su Yu nodded and said, "I''ll visit the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion first. Please lead the way, Brother. I need to sell some stuff there. When I''m cash-rich again, I can consider buying your inner core."


    The old manughed, "Brother, everyone knows the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion is greedy. Yes, the prices there are decent. But they don''t usually entertain sellers with items they deem worthless. Yet when you try to sell something good to them, they will only offer you the standard price. If the things you''re selling aren''t that valuable, I suggest you look for the Thousand Region Alliance or the Allheaven Treasure House. At the very least, you can try to bargain for a better price with them. That will never happen when dealing with the Heavenly Hunt Pavilion."