Tribulation of Myriad Races

Meanwhile, Su Yu was completely immersed in what he was doing.

26th level.

Once again, he was faced with a large number of characters. Mountains of blades, seas of flames, illusions, frozen mountains, earthquakes...

All sorts of abilities erupted around him. This was a chance for him to experience the abilities of numerous different characters. These abilities were worth studying.

Defending himself, dragging out the time, exhausting the characters, and keeping the characters under control.

Su Yu was taking his own sweet time. He would drag these characters until the very end. He had never visited Great Xia's Devil Battling Field Grotto before, but he could see that the Hundred Dao Pagoda shared a lot of similarities with some of the grottos in Great Xia, such as the Devil Battling Field Grotto and the Willpower Grotto. This was an absolute treasure.

Su Yu couldn't stop this thought from emerging. With a rumble, a character was destroyed, supplying Su Yu with a decent amount of willpower intent. His tribulation and beast characters had yet to reach the second tier. Thus, he was placing more focus on them.

Absorb!

Eventually, the beast character started transforming. Su Yu could feel that the beast space within the character had grown stronger and larger.

This was his harvest. How was this not better than having his name on some stele? Why should he even care about his ranking? Instead, opening more apertures and growing his characters were actual benefits he could feel with his own body.

Not satisfied with his current growth, he was even reading a willpower text while fighting these characters. He was trying to form new characters as well. If he could form more characters, he would be able to face even more characters at the next level. That would allow him to absorb more character intent and further grow his characters.

This was a perfect opportunity. He wouldn't let it go to waste. The willpower text of the Time technique that had nearly caused a mess in the Source Qi Secret Grotto did not have such an effect here. Clearly, the Hundred Dao Pagoda was a lot more stable than the grotto.

"Come on. Give me a spatial character."

Su Yu prayed as he read. Storage rings were convenient, but they could also be taken away from him. Characters were much better. He had read this willpower text many times. But why was the spatial character refusing to form?

In that manner, Su Yu continued having the time of his life as he read while slowly battling the characters. These levels were still too easy for him.

After all, his willpower was too powerful. With over 100 opened apertures, he was constantly absorbing willpower to strengthen his sea of willpower. In fact, his sea of willpower was comparable to that of a ninth-stage Skysoar. After opening 180 apertures, he would definitely reach the level of a Cloudbreach.

Su Yu was seriously reading the willpower text and understanding the contents within. After learning the third move, he had neglected this willpower text for a while. Now that he was reading it again, he felt like he was still learning something new.

In the past, he thought that the creator of this technique was good at bluffing, but the technique wasn't anything special. But today, he realized that he was mistaken.

"Time...there is a reason for this to be the technique's name. I used to only care about the power of acupoints, but I have been neglecting the special attributes of the acupoints used and the way they are utilized. Like the Soul Devouring Art, the proper combination of 36 acupoints can actually accomplish a magical feat such as burning willpower. This is what I should be paying attention to.

"Time comes with over 100 acupoints. And the biggest strength of this technique is its ability to hasten time and slow down my opponents. This is the true secret behind this technique."

Su Yu discovered that his brain was working even better than usual if he read while fighting. His fire character activated, further helping him understand what he was reading. He grew more and more absorbed in his reading.

Finally, a new character took form. Alas, it wasn't the spatial character he had been yearning for. Rather, it was the slow character. The character rapidly completed its formation. Since the character originated from an Invincible willpower text, it reached the peak of the first tier right after completing its formation.

"Slow."

When Su Yu focused on the character, his heart thumped. Jin Sheng was right. When one formed enough human characters, all the characters would grow stronger the more one formed.

As he was currently focused on his characters, he discovered that all his other characters had grown slightly stronger than before. The growth was very small, but he could feel it.

Su Yu also instantly understood the ability of this slow character. As it activated, the other characters started slowing down. The seas of flame were no longer as ferocious as before. And the mountains of ice were taking a longer time to form. This was his 11th character.

"Interesting."

Su Yu sent a slow kick out. But the character in front of him was even slower. It was unable to dodge in time and was kicked apart.

Time!

Su Yu smiled. He seemed to have understood the true meaning behind this technique. What an interesting technique. This wasn't a technique meant to possess incredible offensive prowess. Rather, it was a technique with unique effects. It was actually comparable to something like the Sky Sundering Saber in value. Previously, he had been sidelining this technique after receiving the Xia Family's Sky Sundering Saber.

"Time...the martial technique of the Silk Destroying King."

According to Hong Tan, this was an extremely powerful Invincible.

***

At the same time.

Dual Holy Prefecture.

War Shrine.

Summit of War God Mountain.

The Silk Destroying King was busy teaching a student of his when he suddenly stopped to look at the south. He raised his brow. Someone had learned something from his Time willpower text yet again. And that person had traveled further south than before.

Previously, that person was within Great Xia. But now, the location seemed to have changed to Great Ming. His eyes flickered as he wondered who that person was. Great Xia wasn't too far from Great Ming. Recently, the most famous individual to have traveled from Great Xia to Great Ming was someone called Su Yu.

"Su Yu..."

Silk Destroying King looked slightly surprised. Was Su Yu the one who had obtained that willpower text of his? It was really hard to say.

There was a lot of traffic between Great Ming and Great Xia. It might be someone else as well. It wasn't like he had paid much attention to Su Yu before. That was merely a name he had heard in passing. He didn't really care that much if Su Yu was really the person who had learned his technique.

He had also heard that the kid knew the Xia Family's Sky Sundering Saber as well. At that thought, Silk Destroying King rolled his eyes. What was so special about that cultivation method?

Great Xia King was merely a brute who relied his strength to give his cultivation method such great fame. How could such a brutish method compare with his Time technique?

"Teacher!"

The youth, who was learning the Time technique, suddenly called out, "What are you mumbling about?"

Silk Destroying King said, "It's nothing. Focus on your cultivation. Don't be like your senior brother. He wasn't skilled enough and ended up hacked to death in the Luminous Domain Mansion."

The youth nodded heavily, "That won't happen to me! I will definitely make you proud if I manage to enter the Luminous Domain Mansion one day!"

Silk Destroying King said, "Prioritize your life. The Time technique is the soul of everything I have learned in my life. It is excellent in both offensive power and speed. At the peak of mastery, you can catch up with time itself. Distance is something everyone can catch up with. What about time? This is a technique that can truly preserve one's life. Alas, very few people realize this."

He had not been able to find a suitable successor for his legacy.

This technique of his wasn't meant to be a purely offensive technique. Why was everyone comparing it with the Xia Family's Sky Sundering Saber in terms of offensive power? That wasn't even the strength of the Time technique.

Rather, with the Time technique, one should be able to distort time itself with a single step. It didn't matter how fast or how strong the opponent's offensive strength was. Could someone like that land a hit against someone moving through time itself?

He was Silk Destroying King! The man who had beaten the Silkwrym King so much that the latter no longer dared to leave the Silkwrym Realm. His reputation had been earned with his very own hands.

After a moment, Silk Destroying King smiled and said, "Cultivate hard. Someone else learned my Time technique as well. And that fellow seems to have comprehended something. If you don't start working hard, you will be overtaken by someone who was simply learning by themselves. That would be embarrassing."

"Who is it, Teacher?"

"How am I supposed to know? That person picked up the technique manual by accident. If you encounter that person in the future, you can test their strength yourself."

That was the end of the topic. If he happened to encounter that person in the future, they could advance their relationship to that of a teacher and student if they were able to get along well. If not, they could continue living their own lives. There was no need to take things so seriously.

The youth was curious, but he did not ask. Instead, he returned to his cultivation. For now, his top priority was preparing for the coming Luminous Domain Mansion.