He Tu melanjutkan, "Apakah kamu tahu tentang mereka yang masih hidup? Di mana mereka sekarang?"
Dia mengertakkan gigi dan berkata, "Apakah benar ada hubungan antara dunia yang hidup dan dunia yang mati? Saat aku membuka terowongan kematian di dunia yang hidup, roh kematian yang keluar darinya bukanlah roh kematian setempat. Dari mana mereka berasal? Banyak sekali, dan semuanya sangat kuat. Apakah ada yang menikam aku dari belakang?"
Di akhir era pertama, ia telah mendapatkan keuntungan besar atas berbagai ras. Namun, pada akhirnya, ia gagal karena roh kematian. Karena garis yang ia langgar, kura-kura tua pun terpaksa menghadapiinya atas nama hukum surgawi.
Ia tidak membenci kura-kura tua itu. Dulu, ia telah membuat kesepakatan dengan kura-kura tua itu. Sayangnya, ia berhasil menusukkan amarah hukum surgawi. Jika kura-kura tua itu membiarkannya terus, ketiga puluh enam penjaga pun akan terdampak. Mereka akan ditanggung jawab atas kegagalan mereka dalam menghentikan ia.
Ketiga puluh enam penjaga berada dalam risiko nyata ditimbulkan. Untutup melindungi penjaga-penjaga itu, kura-kura tua terpaksa membunuhnya. Dengan kematiannya, era pertama berakhir dengan kekalahan umat manusia.
Bertahun-tahun, He Tu telah memantau erat dunia yang hidup. Sayangnya, ia tidak bisa pergi karena kura-kura tua itu. Ia melihat banyak hal, namun tidak bisa yakin karena ia hanyalah penonton di banyak hal yang ia perhatikan.
Apakah Xing Yue tahu sesuatu?
Xing Yue tiba-tiba tidak bersuara.
"Su Yu akan menjadi salinanku," ujar He Tu. "Hanya masalah waktu. Kita sangat mirip. Seperti aku, ia adalah walikota kota kuno. Seperti aku, ia meminjam kekuatan Alam Kematian. Seperti aku, ia bermaksud mengadakan perang dengan armada roh kematian. Tanpa mengetahui lebih lanjut, ia mungkin juga akan dibunuh oleh kura-kura tua. Bagi kura-kura tua, Heavendoom dan lainnya jauh lebih penting daripada Su Yu."
Berlawanan dengan hukum akan menyebabkan kematian ketiga puluh enam penjaga. Mereka bisa menghindari hukuman dengan membunuh Su Yu. Dalam situasi seperti ini, kura-kura tua pasti akan bersamping kasih dengan sesama penjaganya.
Dengan mengerutkan kening, Xing Yue berkata, "Aku tidak tahu! Aku sudah mati! Bagaimana aku bisa tahu? Tapi yang kuingkuti adalah bahwa Alam Kematian tidak kehilangan tuannya."
He Tu mengintip mata dan bertanya, "Kamu punya pengetahuan tentang Alam Kematian sebelum kematianmu?"
"Tidak, aku hanya tahu sedikit..."
Setelah ragu sejenak, Xing Yue beralih ke transmisi suara, "Alam Kematian memiliki seorang pemilik. Sebelumnya, Kaisar Manusia mungkin pernah menunjuk seorang Raja Kematian. Aku tidak ingat lebih dari itu."
Ia memandang He Tu dan bertanya, "Kamu sudah berkelana ke mana-mana selama bertahun-tahun. Tidak kamu menemukan sesuatu?"
"Aku tidak menemukan apa-apa yang penting," kata He Tu setelah berpikir sejenak. "Ketika beberapa orang bangun dari Sungai Kematian Surgawi, seutas death qi akan menghilang dari masing-masing mereka. Seseorang pasti sudah memanen death qi untuk merekamnya. Mungkin ada yang mengumpulkan informasi semua ahli di Alam Kematian.
"Kedua, ke timur, kita akan mencapai akhir wilayah. Sungai Kematian Surgawi berfungsi sebagai dinding. Suatu kali aku mencoba melintasi, namun gagal karena ombak sangat keras hampir membunuhku. Aku mencurigai sisi lainnya masih merupakan bagian dari Alam Kematian.
"Ketiga, sudah seratus ribu tahun sejak era pertama hingga kini. Namun, jumlah orang bangun masih jauh di bawah harapan, seolah-olah beberapa orang telah menghilang seluruhnya.
"Keempat, berkat buah kehidupan kematian yang kudrakan dan ketahanan kura-kura tua yang membiarkanku mempertahankan tubuhku, kudapat mentransformasi diri langsung menjadi roh kematian dengan beberapa kenangan masa lalu. Aku bisa bersembunyi di bawah Kota Mimpi Agung, namun karakter utama dari era lain tidak bisa ditemukan di Alam Kematian."
He Tu bukanlah seseorang yang bangun dari Sungai Kematian Surgawi. Sebaliknya, ia mentransformasi langsung dengan tubuhnya sendiri sebelum menjadi tuan wilayah di bawah Kota Mimpi Agung.
"Olehkarena itu, suatu kali aku berspekulasi bahwa mereka mungkin tidak berada di wilayah ini. Itu terutama benar untuk karakter utama era ke-sembilan, seseorang yang dekat dengan alam para raja manusia kuno. Kedatangan seseorang yang begitu kuat ke Sungai Kematian Surgawi akan menciptakan ledakan besar, namun tidak ada hal seperti itu.
"Manusia telah menghasilkan seorang penakluk selama era ke-sembilan. Penakluk itu tidak ternilai bandiong kuat, namun tetap tiba-tiba mati. Namun, tidak ada di Alam Kematian. Sudah sepuluh ribu tahun sejak saat itu.
"Meskipun Xia Chen bangun. Di mana orang itu? Semakin kuat seseorang, semakin sulit untuk bangun. Tapi jika ia benar-benar ada di sekitar, seharusya ada jejak-jejaknya, kan? Namun, He Tu belum bertemu dengan banyak Dafouse di Alam Kematian."
Xing Yue tiba-tiba tampak kosong sebelum berkata, "Aku juga tidak tahu. Jika demikian, apakah wilayah ini hanya sebagian kecil dari Alam Kematian?"
"Ya," nod He Tu, "Mereka yang menyebabkan kegagalku dulu mungkin tidak berasal dari wilayah ini sama sekali."
"Satu hal lagi," tambahnya. "Pada era sebelumnya, Pseudo Kaisar Iblis sebelumnya memasuki Alam Kematian sebelum akhirnya mati akibat luka parah. Tapi berapa orang di sini yang memiliki kemampuan untuk melakukan hal yang sama? Konon dia hanya tewas setelah memasuki Sungai Kematian Surgawi. Dilukainya oleh roh kematian yang kuat di sana. Tapi kamu pun pernah ke sana sebelumnya. Apakah ada kekuatan kuat di sana yang pernah menyerangmu?"
"Jarang."
He Tu berkata, "Maka kematian Pseudo Kaisar Iblis adalah salah satu misteri besar. Mungkin ia tidak dilukai oleh penguasa kematian dari wilayhem kami. Mungkin ia dilukai oleh seorang pelancong."
Xing Yue tidak merespons. Ia tidak terlalu tertarik dengan hal ini.
He Tu berkata, "Jangan berpikir ini tidak berkaitan denganmu baik-baik saja. Yanmo mungkin akan menjadi peluang yang baik. Pseudo Kaisar Iblis sebelumnya pasti telah mencoba menghidupkan kembali seseorang sebelum gagal dan akhirnya memilih Yanmo karena ia sudah ada di sana. Ras iblis telah berusaha untuk menghidupkan kembali dirinya. Dan bagaimana mereka melakukannya? Jika Su Yu benar-benar ingin memulai untuk menghidupkan kembali roh kematian, ia mungkin perlu mengunjungi mereka."
Mata Xing Yue pun bersinar sejenak. Mungkin saja. Yanmo tidak terlalu kuat. Ia sekitar enam derajat Eternal. Namun, ia pasti lebih kuat sebelum kematiannya. Dengan kebangkitan, ia mungkin akan memulihkan kekuatan lamanya. Oleh karena itu, akan menjadi sasaran yang berguna untuk dihidupkan kembali.
Namun, ia mungkin bukan sasaran utama. Ras iblis mungkin merencanakan sesuatu yang lain, seperti menghidupkan kembali Pseudo Kaisar Iblis sebelumnya.
Itu adalah seorang ahli yang sangat menakjubkankan. Era ke-sembilan telah menghasilkan banyak ahli top. Blood Fire Devil King adalah salah satunya, namun bahkan ia hanyalah karakter sampingan di era ke-sembilan. Jika sekalipun karakter sampingan adalah Eternal derajat ke-sembilan, kita hanya bisa bayangkan betapa hebatnya era ke-sembilan itu.
He Tu paling banyak bicara sementara keduanya terus bertegur sapa.
Waktu berlalu dengan pelan.
Tumpukan harta karun di hadapan Su Yu terus mengecil. Pada akhirnya, ia pun mulai menggunakan buah darah naga untuk memberinya kekuatan kehendak. Ia juga menggunakan mutiara air padat, Air Liur Kaisar, dan segala sesuatu yang bisa ia peroleh.
Ia akan mengekstrak setiap seluruh kekuatan kehendak dari harta-harta itu sebelum menyucikari dengan pasir sungai. Jelas, ia dalam keadaan sangat membutuhkan kekuatan kehendak. Ia rela menghabiskan harta karunnya dengan cara yang sangat tidak efisien hanya untuk memperoleh lebih banyak kekuatan kehendak.
Siapa pun yang lain pasti menangis hanya dengan melihat penghabisan yang begitu sederhana. Namun, Su Yu tahu satu hal dengan baik. Harta karunnya hanya miliknya ketika ia sudah kuat cukup lama. Jika ia lemah, ia akan mati dan semua harta karunnya akan menjadi milik orang lain. Oleh karena itu, tidak ada yang lebih penting daripada kekuatan.
Saat ini, telah ada 350 bintik-bintik bersinar di lautan kekuatan kehendaknya. Tersisa hanya sepuluh. Namun, ia hampir kehabisan harta karun.
Ia tiba-tiba ragu. Tiba-tiba, ia membentuk tangan kekuatan kehendak dan menyeret furball kecil yang sedang menjilati dua karakter dalam buku. Furball kecil itu langka.
Apakah ini tentang Yummy yang membunuh bola itu lagi?
Apakah Yummy masih berpikir tentang ini setelah menyaksi betapa kuatnya ayahnya?
"Keluarkan kekuatan kehendak dan kekuatan hukummu."
"Ah?"
"Berhenti bermain-main."
Su Yu menggelengkan mata dan berkata, "Berapa banyak yang bisa kamu cerna dengan tubuhmu yang kecil ini? Aku tahu kapasitasmu dengan baik. Setiap kali, kamu akan makan lebih banyak dan menyimpan seseperlah untuk dicemil. Kira-kira kamu pikir aku tidak tahu itu? Berhenti buang waktu. Keluarkanlah. Ketika aku sudah kuat cukup lama, aku akan membunuh Tiangu dan memberimu untuk dimakan. Bahkan ayahmu pun tidak bisa membunuh Tiangu, tapi aku bisa. Ayo, berhenti buang waktu."
"Aku...hanya punya sedikit tersisa..."
Furball kecil itu mengeluarkan beberapa kekuatan hukum. Su Yu pun ahkam memenjarinya. Dengan sebuah ledakan, cincin keberapa berikutnya terbuka. Lalu ia memandang furball kecilnya dengan diam.
Dengan ekspresi yang sangat sedih, furball itu mengeluarkan sedikit lagi sambil menyatakan, "Inilah semua yang kugpunyai."
Boom!
Cincin ke-352 terbuka.
"Aku benar-benar kehabisan..."
Akhirnya, furball itu mengeluarkan sedikit lagi sambil mohon dengan lapar. Lalu Su Yu membuka cincin ke-353.
Lambat laun, tabungan furball itu semakin terkoyur. Ketika cincin ke-358 terbuka, furball itu mulai menangis keras.
"Aku benar-benar kehabisan! Tidak ada lagi! Benar-benar! Yummy, aku sudah tidak punya apa-apa lagi!"
Ia menangis dengan sangat sedih.
Yummy telah mekukuhinya!
Yummy sangat jahat!
Dari kaya menjadi pengemis!
Faktanya, Su Yu cukup terkejut dengan seberapa hebat kemampuan furball itu menyembunyikan. Furball itu telah menyimpan cukup untuk membuka delapan cincin. Aku mengerti. Aku mengerti. Itu sebabnya akhir-akhir ini ia terlihat tidak terlalu tertarik dengan harta karunnya.
Apakah semua ini memang benar? Apakah furball itu memiliki sendiri tumpukan harta karun yang disembunyikan?
Ketika furball itu mulai menangis dengan begitu sedih, Su Yu melemparkan beberapa karakter dan mengatakan, "Lick karakter-karakter itu di samping. Apa sih yang kamu menangis? "
"Wuwuwuwu!"
Furball itu terus menangis, meskipun ia terus-menerus menyentuh karakter dengan ekspresi sedih. Ia benar-benar sangat sedih. Tanpa janji akan diberi makan Tiangu, ia tidak akan setuju.
Di saat yang sama, Su Yu sibuk mengkhawatirkan dua apertur yang tersisa. Ia hampir sampai. Di mana ia bisa mendapatkan lebih banyak kekuatan kehendak? Ia mencari ruang penyimpanannya. Seharusnya, matanya tertuju pada beberapa barang lain.
Su Yu tergigit gigi dan memutuskan untuk menggunakannya juga.
Ini adalah catatan-catatan Invincible yang ia terima sebelumnya. Setelah membakar beberapa sebelumnya, ia tersisa hanya beberapa. Ia juga memiliki
He Tu continued, "Do you know about those who are still alive? Just where are they right now?"
He gnashed his teeth and said, "Is there really a connection between the world of the living and the world of the dead? Back when I opened the death tunnel in the world of the living, the death spirits emerging out of it weren't the local death spirits. Where did they come from? There were a lot of them, and they were all incredibly strong. Did someone stab me in the back?"
At the end of the first epoch, he had gained a massive advantage over the myriad races. Ultimately, he failed because of the death spirits. Due to the line he crossed, the old turtle was forced to deal with him on behalf of the heavenly laws.
He did not hate the old turtle for that. Back then, he had reached an agreement with the old turtle. Alas, he had courted the fury of the heavenly laws. If the old turtle allowed him to continue, the thirty-six guardians would be affected as well. Because they would take the blame for their failure in stopping him.
The thirty-six guardians were at a real risk of death. To protect the guardians, the old turtle was forced to kill him. With his death, the first epoch ended with the defeat of humanity.
Over the years, He Tu had been paying close attention to the world of the living. Alas, he was unable to leave due to the old turtle. He saw a lot of things, but he couldn't be sure since he was merely a bystander in many of the things he noticed.
Did Xing Yue know anything?
Xing Yue remained silent.
"Su Yu will be the second me." He Tu said, "It is only a matter of time. We are too alike. Like me, he is an ancient city mayor. Like me, he borrows the power of the Death Realm. Like me, he intends to wage war with an army of death spirits. Without knowing more, he might end up dying to the old turtle as well. For the old turtle, Heavendoom and the others are a lot more important than Su Yu."
Going against the laws would result in the deaths of the thirty-six guardians. They could avoid the punishment by killing Su Yu. In such a situation, the old turtle would most certainly opt to side with his fellow guardians.
With a frown, Xing Yue said, "I don't know! I'm dead! How am I supposed to know? But I do know that the Death Realm is not masterless."
He Tu narrowed his eyes and asked, "You even knew about the Death Realm prior to your death?"
"No, I only knew a little..."
After a slight hesitation, Xing Yue switched to voice transmission, "The Death Realm has a master. The Human Emperor might have appointed a Death King back then. I don't remember more than that."
She looked at He Tu and asked, "You have been roaming everywhere all these years. Have you not discovered anything?"
"I discovered nothing major." After thinking about it, He Tu said, "When some people awaken from the Celestial River of Death, a strand of death qi will vanish from each of them. Someone must have harvested the death qi for recording. Someone might be gathering the information of all experts in the Death Realm.
"Secondly, to the east, we will reach the end of the region. The Celestial River of Death acts as the wall. I once tried crossing it, but I failed since the violent waves of the river nearly killed me. I suspect that the other side is still a part of the Death Realm.
"Thirdly, a hundred thousand years have passed from the first epoch until now. However, the number of awakened fellows is far lower than expected, as though some people have vanished completely.
"Fourthly, thanks to the life death fruit I consumed and the old turtle's leniency in letting me keep my body, I was able to transform into a death spirit directly with some of my past memories. I was able to hide under the Grand Dream City, but none of the main characters of the other epochs could be found in the Death Realm."
He Tu was not someone who had awakened from the Celestial River of Death. Rather, he had transformed directly in his own body before becoming the master of the region beneath Grand Dream City.
"Thus, I once speculated that those people might not be in this region. That's especially true for the main character of the ninth epoch, someone near the realm of the ancient human kings. The arrival of someone so powerful at the Celestial River of Death would create a massive scene, but no such thing happened."
Humanity had produced a hegemon during the ninth epoch. That hegemon was incomparably powerful, but he still ended up dead. However, he was nowhere to be found in the Death Realm. It had been ten thousand years since then.
Even Xia Chen had awakened. Where was that man? The stronger one was, the harder it would be for one to awaken. But there should be some traces of his presence if he was really around, right? However, He Tu had not encountered too many Dafouses in the Death Realm.
Xing Yue blanked out for a long while before saying, "I'm not sure as well. In that case, is this region merely a small part of the Death Realm?"
"Yes." He Tu nodded, "Those fellows who had caused my failure back then might not have originated from this region at all."
He continued, "One more thing. During the previous epoch, the previous Devil Pseudo Emperor entered the Death Realm before dying from serious injuries. But how many people here had the ability to do so? It was said that he only died after entering the Celestial River of Death. He was injured by the powerful death spirits there. But you have been there before as well. Did the powerful existences there ever attack you?"
"Rarely."
He Tu said, "Thus, the death of the Devil Pseudo Emperor is one big mystery. He might not have been injured by the death sovereigns from our region. Rather, he was injured by an outsider."
Xing Yue said nothing. She wasn't too interested in this.
He Tu said, "Don't think that this is unrelated to you. Yanmo might be a good opportunity. The previous Devil Pseudo Emperor must have tried to resurrect someone before failing and settling on Yanmo since he was already here. The devils have been trying to resurrect him. And how are they doing it? Su Yu might need to pay them a visit if he really wants to start resurrecting death spirits."
Xing Yue's eyes flickered slightly. Perhaps. Yanmo wasn't even that strong. He was roughly a sixth-degree Eternal. However, he was definitely stronger before his death. Upon resurrection, he might regain his previous strength. Thus, he would be quite a useful target to resurrect.
However, he might not be the main target. The devil race might be planning something else, such as resurrecting the previous Devil Pseudo Emperor.
That was a truly impressive expert. The ninth epoch had produced countless top experts. Blood Fire Devil King was one of them, but even he was merely a side character in the ninth epoch. If even a side character was a ninth-degree Eternal, one could only imagine how powerful the ninth epoch was.
He Tu did most of the talking as the two continued conversing.
Time passed slowly.
The pile of treasures before Su Yu kept reducing in size. Eventually, he was starting to use even dragonblood fruits to supply himself with willpower. He was also using the solidwater pearls, Emperor's Saliva, and anything he could get his hands on.
He would squeeze every bit of willpower he could from these treasures before purifying the willpower with the riversand. Clearly, he was in great need of willpower. He was willing to exhaust his treasures in a completely inefficient manner just to supply himself with more willpower.
Anyone else would cry from the sight of such wastage. But Su Yu knew one thing well. His treasures would only be his when he was strong enough. If he were weak, he would die and all his treasures would be others. Thus, nothing was more important than strength.
At this point, there were 350 shining stars in his sea of willpower. He was left with only ten. However, he was almost out of treasures.
He sank into hesitation.
Suddenly, he formed a hand with his willpower and dragged the little furball, who was busy licking the two characters in the book, out. The little furball blanked out. What was it this time?
Was Yummy killing the ball?
Was Yummy still thinking of this after witnessing how strong his dada was?
"Spit some willpower and power of laws out."
"Ah?"
"Stop pretending." Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "How much can you digest with this tiny body of yours? I know your capacity well. Each time, you will eat more and store some as snacks. Do you think I don't know that? Stop wasting time. Spit some out. When I grow strong enough, I'll kill Tiangu and let you eat him. Not even your dada can kill Tiangu, but I can. Come on. Stop wasting time."
"I...I only have a little bit left..."
The little furball spat some power of law out. Su Yu hurriedly absorbed the power. With a rumble, his 351st aperture opened. Then, he stared at the little furball silently.
With a greatly sorrowful expression, the little furball spat a bit out and declared, "This is all I have."
Boom!
The 352nd aperture opened.
"I'm really out..."
Eventually, the little furball spat a tiny bit out again while sulking. Next, Su Yu opened his 353rd aperture.
Slowly but surely, the little furball was emptied of his savings.
When the 358th aperture opened, the little furball started crying loudly.
"I'm really out! No more! Really! Yummy, I don't have any left!"
He cried pitifully.
Yummy had emptied him!
Yummy was so mean!
He had transformed into a beggar ball from a rich ball.
In truth, Su Yu was quite alarmed at how much the furball was capable of hiding. The furball had hidden enough to open eight of his apertures. No wonder. No wonder the little fellow had seemed rather disinterested in his treasures as of late.
So the little furball had hidden his own treasure pile away. Was that really all?
Seeing that the little furball was crying so sorrowfully, he tossed a few characters over and said, "Go lick them at the side. The fuck are you crying for?"
"Wuwuwuwu!"
The little furball continued crying even as he licked the characters with a sorrowful expression. He was greatly saddened. He wouldn't have agreed without the promise to feed him Tiangu.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was feeling troubled over his two remaining apertures. He was so near. Where else could he get more willpower? He searched his storage space. Soon, his eyes landed on some other items. He gnashed his teeth and decided to use them as well.
These were the Invincible notes he had received previously. After burning a few of them previously, he was left with a few. He also had the Time technique written by Silk Destroying King and the Sky Sundering Saber written by Xia Longwu with him.
These were the willpower texts written by top experts. He had decided to burn them all. He only needed enough to open his two remaining apertures. As he burned the books, one more aperture opened.
After more time, when Su Yu ran out of all his treasures, his final aperture started to open.
Su Yu was overjoyed. Damn it! He had finally succeeded! The final aperture was opening! He was unsure if the heavenly laws would send him some rewards from the Human Emperor here as well. If that happened, it could only signify that the Human Emperor's rule extended to even the Death Realm.
That would be truly impressive.
Ruling over both the living and the dead.
Just then, one shiny cloud after another appeared above them. He Tu and Xing Yue blanked out. Heavenly rewards? This was extremely rare in the Death Realm. Had Su Yu...succeeded?
***
At the same time.
Inside a certain hall, the death spirits opened their eyes again. On the mirror, numerous dots of light were undulating. One of them said doubtfully, "The power of laws is reacting intensely. What's happening? Are the laws transferring someone? Is a powerful death spirit awakening?"
"Should we send some scouts over?"
"It's too far. It will take too long..."
"We still need to do it. He Tu is right there. Back then, he entered the Death Realm from the world of the living instead of rising from the river. He is rather hard to control. We need to keep an eye on him."
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