March bersikeras seperti murid kurus yang tidak jenius di kelas.
Dengan lembutnya ia berkata, "Your Majesty, aku juga satu-satunya Venerabel dari rasanku. Bukankah wajar bila sebuah ras tidak memiliki banyak Venerabel?"
"Apa pendapatmu?" Su Yu memutar matanya dan berseru, "Bagaimana kamu bisa membandingkan dirimu dengan mereka? Akankah ras pemakan besi benar-benar hegemon di masa silam?"
"Tidak."
"Apakah kau pernah menjadi hegemon di masa lampau?"
"...Tidak."
"Kenapa kamu masih membandingkan dirimu dengan mereka?" kata Su Yu, "Seekor kapasitel yang kelaparan tetap lebih besar dari kuda sehat. Ras raksasa tidak boleh lebih lemah dari ras abadi, iblis, dan ilahi. Tapi Badai Petir tidak terlalu mengesankan, dan Daofusenya pun demikian. Itu seharusnya tidak terjadi dengan dao fisik tubuh yang kuat."
Su Yu terdiam sejenak sebelum melanjutkan, "Tidak, ini salah. Badai Petir, apakah kamu benar-benya mengikuti dao fisik tubuh?"
Badai Petir tidak merespons.
Su Yu tertawa kecil, "Apa kamu benar-benar mengikuti dao berbeda, Badai Petir? Bukankah tidak ada batasan bagi dao fisik tubuh?"
Badai Petir merespons dengan tenang, "Tentu saja ada batasannya. Dao fisik tubuh kami berbeda dari manusia. Dao fisik tubuh manusia cukup kuat sehingga terasa tak terbatas. Ras kami lemah. Kami tidak tertandingi manusia..."
"Apa kamu yakin?" bertanya Su Yu dengan curiga, "Atau mungkin kamu salah satu yang membuka jalan bagi anak Seratus Pertarungan juga. Apa itu benar?"
"Kamu terlalu myli, Kaisar Yu." Badai Petir menjawab dengan tenang, "Ini sekadar rumor yang tak berdasar."
Su Yu berpikir keras, "Bayangkan jika Seratus Pertarungan memiliki anak yang kuat. Bayangkan...tunggu, biarkan kujan beri namanya. Seratus Tempaduan. Ayyahnya adalah Seratus Pertarungan, putranya adalah Seratus Tempaduan. Ya, ini sistem penamaan yang estetis."
March meneriakkan suara, "Dia tidak diberi nama Seratus."
"Benar." Su Yu mengangguk, "Aku tahu. Leluhur Manusia diberi nama Zhou kan? Sama saja."
"Bayangkan jika si Seratus Tempaduan sangat bakul saat kecil. Ia bahkan menunjukkan tanda-tanda kembalinya ke asal-usul, bahkan menampilkan karakteristik Leluhur Manusia itu sendiri. Dalam hal ini, aku bisa memahami mengapa Seratus Pertarungan rela menunggu enam ribu tahun meskipun mengharapkan harga yang tinggi."
Su Yu menatap mata yang berkelip. "Apakah ia benar-benar menunggu? Untuk anaknya?"
"Untuk sejujurnya, ia hanya menyia-siakan enam ribu tahun. Apakah benar-benar seorang pejuang sekuat dia akan menyia-siakan enam ribu tahun hanya untuk menghasilkan beberapa Venerabel di antara para bawahannya? Apa gunanya beberapa Venerabel? Tapi bagaimana jika ia sedang menunggu agar anaknya menyusul? Itu akan terdengar masuk akal."
"Apakah anak ini lebih kuat dari Master Hukum biasa? Jika begitu, penungguannya benar-benar berharga. Itu akan menjadi kartu truf yang kuat. Seorang anak yang kuat setara dengan Martial Kaisar."
"Seseorang seperti itu tidak terbatas ketika Kaisar Manusia dan orang lain masih terjauh. Beberapa Master Hukum yang tersisa mungkin tidak akan menjadi setaranya bahkan setelah muncul, kan?"
Su Yu tersenyum sedikit. "Tapi... meskipun seorang jenius luar biasa, ia tetap perlu bertarung. Hanya dengan begitu seorang jenius bisa berkembang. Siapa yang akan melatih diri sejak dudanya? Benarkah para bawahan Seratus Pertarungan bersembunyi di Alam Naga Primordial untuk menjadi mitra latih anak Seratus Pertarungan? Untuk mempertajamkan keinginannya melalui lebih dari sepuluh Daofuses?"
"Latihan semata tidak cukup. Perlu pertarungan nyata. Seratus Pertarungan bukanlah orang bodoh. Ia seharusnya memahami hal ini. Bunga yang tumbuh di dalam rumah kaca tidak berguna di luar."
"Dalam hal ini, siapakah Seratus Tempaduan yang telah bertarung selama bertahun-tahun?"
Su Yu mengusapkan jengkuknya sambil berkata, "Itu membutuhkan sebuah tempat yang tidak diketahui oleh siapa pun dengan banyak pejuang. Kekacauan? Ruang kaos?"
Su Yu kembali menggigil matanya, "Tidak mungkin. Apakah ia benar-benar bertarung di dalam kekacauan? Di situ banyak binatang kaos. Bahkan makhluk seperti naga kekacauan dapat ditemukan. Dao fisik tubuh...ya, penghambatan kekacauan cukup tidak efektif terhadap dao fisik tubuh."
"Dao fisik tubuh cukup kuat. Apakah mereka tahu tentang kucing binturung delapan sayap? Apakah mereka pernah melihat siapa saja? Kucing binturung itu pernah aktif di ruang kaos sebelumnya. Jika mereka mengetahuinya, mereka mungkin benar-benar menyadari bahwa kamu bisa mencapai Alam Atas melalui ruang kaos."
Su Yu dilanjutkan, "Juga, ketika Seratus Pertarungan pertama kali melarikan diri, ia mengejar Yue Luo semakin jauh ke Gunung Kekacauan sebelum menghilang. Ya Tuhan. Apakah ia pergi untuk menjenguk anaknya?"
Su Yu berseru dengan kaguman, "Tidak mungkin, benarkah?"
"..."
Semua orang mendengarkan dalam diam. Su Yu berbicara tentang deduksinya seolah-olah mereka adalah kebenaran mutlak. Terutama, dediksinya terdengar sangat logis. Akan cukup masuk akal untuk ada seseorang bernama Seratus Tempaduan.
Su Yu mendadak beralih ke Badai Petir dengan tegas, "Apakah Seratus Tempaduan masih berada di ruang kaos?"
"Uh..."
Badai Petir terdiam.
Tatapan mata Su Yu berubah sejenak sebelum bertanya lagi, "Apakah dia di sana?"
"Siapa?"
Su Yu miringkan kepalanya. "Seratus Tempaduan."
"Ini benar-benar salah pemahaman, Tuan Yu." Badai Petir menjelaskan dengan kesulitan, "Aku mengakui bahwa Raja Seratus Pertarungan memiliki keturunan di bangsa saya. Namun, keturunan ini sangat lemah. Ia adalah seorang Abadi, dan sedang berada di antara para raksasa di Alam Bawah."
"Bagaimana namanya?"
"Aku tidak tahu..."
Su Yu dingin. "Apa ini omong kosong? Aku ingat Raja Great Zhou pernah memberituku bahwa Seratus Pertarungan mempunyai anak dengan putri Raja Naga Primordial. Itu pada dasarnya adalah pewaris tahta dari bangsa kamu. Bagaimana kamu tidak tahu nama pewaris tahtamu?"
"Pewaris tahta ini telah tidak dikenal selama bertahun-tahun. Bahkan Mountain, seorang Sunmoon dari bangsa kamu, lebih dikenal daripada pewaris tahtanya. Aku tidak percaya bahwa seseorang secara acak di bangsa kamu memiliki otoritas untuk memilih pewaris tahta. Sebagai pemimpin bangsa, kamu pasti menyadarinya."
"Meskipun kujikan dengan memberi kamu manfaat dari keraguan dan mengasumsikan kamu tidak tahu sebelumnya, kamu baru kembali belum lama. Bagaimana kamu bisa tidak menyadarinya setelah kunjungan itu?"
Mata Su Yu menjadi dingin. "Apakah mungkin? Badai Petir, aku mengerti kamu sedang bermain dengan kebodohan. Tapi ini terlalu berlebihan."
Keringat dingin mulai menempel pada kening Badai Petir, tapi menghilang seketika.
Su Yu tersenam... "Apakah dugaananku benar? Apakah benar ada sesorang di luar sana yang mengikuti fisik tubuh dan dao? Brengsek! Seseorang seperti itu akan menakutkan. Apakah itu kartu truf dari Seratus Pertarungan?"
"Sebelumnya, aku bertanya-tanya bagaimana Seratus Pertarungan bisa mengalahkan semua ras dan keluarga Kontrol King ketika ada ancaman lain? Martial Kaisar adalah salah satu ancaman itu. Apakah Seratus Pertarungan benar-benar tidak menyadarinya? Ada juga Death Imperator di sekitar. Apakah ia tidak menyadarinya? Ia mungkin juga menyadari Master Hukum dalam keluarga Kontrol King. Tentu saja, Yue Luo adalah dengannya."
Su Yu duduk dan mulai mengetuk meja sambil berseru, "Jika Seratus Tempaduan benar-benar ada, dan jika benar-benar berada di ruang kaos, Seratus Pertarungan pasti bisa mencapai Alam Atas bahkan tanpa terowongan."
Badai Petir tidak merespons.
Tiba-tiba, Su Yu berteriak, "Mengapa kamu tidak merespons fakta bahwa seseorang bisa menyeberangi antara Alam Bawah dan Alam Atas melalui ruang kaos?"
Badai Petir buru-buru menjawab, "Tuan Yu, aku hanya terlalu takut untuk bertanya lebih lanjut."
Su Yu tertawa. "Kamu adalah pejuang terkuat dari ras raksasa. Apakah kamu benar-benar setakut untuk bertanya tentang hal yang begitu penting? Baiklah. Aku akan memberi tahu semua ras dan keluarga Kontrol King tentang ini. Mereka akan belajar kekuatan sebenarnya dari Seratus Pertarungan. Mereka akan belajar tentang bawahan yang kuat dan anak yang hebat."
Badai Petir merespons, "Ras-ras tidak akan mempercayaimu."
Su Yu tertawa lagi. "Bodoh. Tidak masalah. Aku akan membuka kembali terowongan dan menyerang Seratus Pertarungan bersama semua ras."
Badai Petir gugup.
Su Yu mengerti matanya. "Ya. Kita harus menyerang Sering Pertarungan dulu. Aku akan memberi tahu semua ras bahwa kita harus menghilangkan semua ancaman yang mungkin dan melindungi sisi kita sebelum berperang melawan keluarga Kontrol King. Ras-ras akan senang melakukan ini. Apakah kamu setuju?"
Badai Petir bersaing, "Ras-ras akan khawatir ini jadi rekayasa darimu."
Su Yu tersenyum. "Tidak masalah. Aku akan menyerang Seratus Pertarungan. Apakah mereka akan bertindak ketika mereka melihat hal itu?"
"..."
Badai Petir tertarik dalam diam.
Setelah melihat reaksinya, Su Yu tersenam. "Brengsek! Jadi aku benar-benar benar! Kamu bahkan tidak tampak takut. Kamu hanya sedikit khawatir. Ada perbedaan antara keduanya."
Badai Petir tidak merespons. Ia mempertahankan ekspresi datar. Bagaimana Su Yu bisa mencapai kesimpulan itu?
Sepertinya menyadari apa yang dia pikirkan, Marquis Heavenbridge tertawa dan berkata, "Untuk menjelaskan adalah untuk menyembunyikan. Untuk diam adalah untuk setuju. Dengan diam, kamu membuktikan bahwa kamu menyembunyikan kesalahan. Sepertinya raja benar."
Marquis Heavenbridge tertawa dengan kaguman pada Su Yu dan melanjutkan, "Your Majesty luar biasa. Sepertinya benar-benar ada seorang Seratus Tempaduan di luar sana."
Su Yu berkata, "Kita semua tahu Seratus Pertarungan memiliki anak, tapi kebanyakan orang mengabaikan fakta itu."
Su Yu tersenam, "Tentu saja, semua ini hanyalah spekulasi. Tidak ada salah satu dari kita yang yakin benar ada seseorang seperti itu. Mungkin kebenangannya adalah Seratus Pertarungan memang tidak berbakat. Setelah memiliki begitu banyak orang yang menyerahkan dao dan menghabiskan enam ribu tahun untuk kultivasi, ia tetap lemah."
Apakah Raja Seratus Pertarungan benar-benar tidak berbakat? Marquis Besar dan yang lainnya memikirkannya dan tidak bisa mencapai kesimpulan.
Su Yu menghela napas dalam-dalam dan berkata, "Aku bertanya hanya karena ingin ngobrol. Apakah aku terlalu banyak berpikir?"
"Pada awalnya, ia hanya menyentuh topik ini untuk ngobrol tentang nama anak dan istri dari Raja Seratus Pertarungan. Namun, kemudian ia mencapai banyak deduksi dari sekadar ngobrol.
Terutama, reaksi Badai Petir sangat menggambarkan. Su Yu memberi tatapan penuh pada Badai Petir dan berkata, "Kontribusi kamu tidak bisa dinafikan. Tanpamu, kuhadari tidak akan mencapai semua ini, Venerabel Badai Petir. Pada saat ini, mengapa kamu tidak menjawabku dan memuaskan kepenasaranmu? Apa tujuanmu untuk menyembunyikan semuanya?"
Su Yu mengerti matanya, "Bukan berarti kita masih belum tahu tentang ini. Mengapa kamu masih menyembunyikan nama anak itu? Badai Petir, apakah kamu benar-benar enggan untuk merajakan orang di dalam bangsa kamu?"
Badai Petir buru-buru menjawab, "Kamu benar-benar salah mengerti, Tuan Yu. Aku hanya khawatir bangsa kami akan menyerangku."
Su Yu tertawa. "Apa? Bukan berarti mereka belum menyerangmu. Apa yang akan berubah dari sebuah nama? Jadi? Bagaimana nama anakmu?"
Badai Petir t
March was behaving like a pitiful, chubby student in class.
He softly said, "Your Majesty, I am also the sole Venerable of my race. Isn't it normal for a race to not have too many Venerables?"
"What do you think?" Su Yu rolled his eyes and said, "How can you compare yourself against them? Was the iron devourer race a hegemon during the primordial past?"
"No."
"Were you a hegemon during the ancient past?"
"...No."
"So why are you comparing yourself against them?" Su Yu said, "A dominant race is different. A starving camel is still bigger than a healthy horse. The giant race shouldn't be any weaker than the immortal, devil, and divine races. But Thunderstorm isn't too impressively strong, and the same goes for their Daofuses. That shouldn't be the case with a dao as powerful as the physical body dao."
Su Yu blanked out slightly as he continued, "No, this isn't right. Thunderstorm, do you walk the physical body dao?"
Thunderstorm remained silent.
Su Yu frowned slightly, "No way, do you actually walk a different dao, Thunderstorm? There shouldn't be a limit to the physical body dao, right?"
Thunderstorm said, "Of course there is a limit. Our physical body dao is different from humanity's. The human physical body dao is powerful enough that it feels limitless. My race is weak. We are incomparable to humanity..."
"Are you sure?" Su Yu asked suspiciously, "Or perhaps you were one of the ones who had made way for Hundred Battle's kid as well. Is that the case?"
"You overthink, Emperor Yu." Thunderstorm said, "This is nothing but an unfounded rumor."
Su Yu thoughtfully said, "Suppose Hundred Battle has a powerful son. Suppose...wait, let me give him a name. Hundred Fight. The father is Hundred Battle while the son is Hundred Fight. Yes, this is a nice naming system."
March interupted, "He's not surnamed Hundred."
"Yes." Su Yu nodded, "I know. Human Ancestor was surnamed Zhou, right? It's the same.
"Suppose young Hundred Fight was super talented as a child. He even showed signs of reverting to his origin...bearing the characteristics of Human Ancestor himself. In that case, I can understand why Hundred Battle was willing to wait for six thousand years despie the high price."
Su Yu's eyes flickered. "Had he been waiting? For his son?
"In truth, he had wasted six thousand years. Would a super powerhouse like him waste six thousand years away just to produce a few Venerables among his subordinates? What could a few Venerables do? But what if he was waiting for his child to catch up? That would make a lot of sense.
"Is this son stronger than even regular Masters of Laws? In that case, his wait was totally worth it. That would be such a strong trump card to have. A powerful child comparable to Martial Emperor in strength.
"Someone like that would be unrivaled as long as Human Emperor and the others remain away. The few Masters of Laws still around would probably not be young Hundred Fight's match even after emerging, right?"
Su Yu frowned again. "But...even a super genius needs to fight. Only then can a genius grow. Who had this genius tempered himself against all these years? No way...had the subordinates of Hundred Battle been hiding in the Primordial Giant Realm to serve as sparring partners of young Hundred Fight? To hone his combat will through more than ten Daofuses?
"Sparring alone isn't enough. Real combat is necessary. Hundred Battle is no fool. He should understand this. The flowers grown in a greenhouse are useless out in the wild.
"In that case, who had this Hundred Fight been fighting over the years?"
Su Yu rubbed his chin and said, "That would require a place nobody knew with a large number of powerhouses. Chaos? The chaotic space?"
Su Yu's eyes flickered again, "No way. Had he been fighting in chaos? There are many chaos beasts in the chaotic space. Even beings like the chaos dragon can be found there. Physical body dao...yes, the suppression of chaos is rather ineffective against the physical body dao.
"The physical body dao is powerful enough. Do they know of the eight-winged tiger? Have they seen that fellow? The tiger had been active in the chaotic space prior to this. If they know of that tiger, they are probably actually aware that you can reach the Upper Realm through the chaotic space."
Su Yu continued, "Also, when Hundred Battle first broke free, he pursued Yue Luo deep into the Chaos Mountain before vanishing. Good heavens. Did he leave to visit his son or something?"
Su Yu exclaimed with astonishment, "No way, right?"
"..."
Everyone listened in silence. Su Yu was talking about his deductions as if they were the absolute truth. More importantly, his deductions sounded perfectly logical. It would make a lot of sense for there to be a Hundred Fight out there.
Su Yu's head snapped toward Thunderstorm as he said, "Is this Hundred Fight still in chaotic space?"
"Uh..."
Thunderstorm had a blank expression.
The look in Su Yu's eyes changed slightly as he asked again, "Is he there?"
"Who?"
Su Yu sneered, "Hundred Fight."
"This is truly a misunderstanding, Emperor Yu." Thunderstorm explained helplessly, "I admit that Hundred Battle King has a descendant in my race. However, this descendant is very weak. He's an Eternal, and he's still amid the Lower Realm giants."
"What's his name?"
"I don't know..."
Su Yu said coldly, "What nonsense. I recall Great Zhou King telling me before that Hundred Battle sired a child with Primordial Giant King's daughter. That is essentially the current crown prince of your race. How can you not know the name of your crown prince?
"This crown prince has remained unknown all these years. Even Ancient Mountain, a Sunmoon of your race, is more well-known than the crown prince. I don't believe that any random person in your race has the authority to pick a crown prince. As the leader of the race, you are definitely aware of this.
"Even if I give you the benefit of the doubt and assume that you didn't know previously, you returned not long ago. How could you remain unaware after that visit?"
Su Yu's eyes turned frosty as he said, "Is that even possible? Thunderstorm, I understand that you're feigning ignorance. But this is too much acting."
Beads of sweat started appearing on Thunderstorm's forehead, but they vanished instantly.
Su Yu frowned and said, "Is my guess correct? There really is a powerhouse out there cultivating both physical body daos? Fuck! Someone like that would be quite scary. Is this Hundred Battle's trump card?
"Prior to this, I had been wondering that even if Hundred Battle could defeat the myriad races and Control King's lineage, how was he supposed to handle the other dangers? Martial Emperor is one such danger. Is Hundred Battle really unaware of his existence? There's also a Death Imperator around. Does he not know about that person? He is probably aware of the Master of Law in Control King's lineage as well. After all, Yue Luo is with him."
Su Yu sat down and started rapping on the table as he muttered, "If this Hundred Fight really exists, and if he is really somewhere in the chaotic space, Hundred Battle is definitely capable of coming to the Upper Realm even without the tunnel."
Thunderstorm said nothing.
Suddenly, Su Yu raised his voice, "Why are you showing no reaction to the fact that one can traverse between the Lower and Upper Realms through the chaotic space?"
Thunderstorm hurriedly said, "Emperor Yu, I was merely too scared to ask more."
Su Yu sneered. "You are the top powerhouse of the giant race. Are you so cowardly that you don't even dare to ask about something this major? Fine. I'll inform the myriad races and Control King's lineage about this. They will learn of Hundred Battle's true strength. They will learn of his powerful subordinates and incredible son."
Thunderstorm said, "The myriad races won't believe you."
Su Yu sneered again. "Fool. It doesn't matter. I will reopen the tunnel and attack Hundred Battle alongside the myriad races."
Thunderstorm was alarmed.
Su Yu narrowed his eyes. "Yes. We should attack Hundred Battle first. I'll tell the myriad races that we should be removing all possible threats and protect our flanks before warring against Control King's lineage. The myriad races will be happy to do this. Don't you agree?"
Thunderstorm argued, "The myriad races will be worried that this is a scheme of yours."
Su Yu grinned, "It doesn't matter. I will attack Hundred Battle. Will they act when they see that happen?"
"..."
Thunderstorm sank into silence.
Noticing Thunderstorm's reaction, Su Yu frowned, "Holy shit! So I'm really right! You don't even look scared. You're only slightly worried. There's a difference between the two."
Thunderstorm remained silent. He had maintained a flat expression. How did Su Yu reach that conclusion?
Seemingly knowing what he was thinking, Heavenbridge Marquis laughed and said, "To explain is to hide. To stay silent is to agree tacitly. By staying silent, you are proving that you're hiding your guilt. Looks like his majesty guessed right."
Heavenbridge Marquis looked at Su Yu with admiration and continued, "Your Majesty is impressive. Looks like there is really a young Hundred Fight out there."
Su Yu said, "We all know that Hundred Battle has a kid, but most people have been overlooking that fact."
Su Yu frowned and said, "Of course, all these are merely guesses. None of us can be certain that there is really such a person. Perhaps the truth is that Hundred Battle is truly untalented. After having so many people surrender their daos and spending six thousand years in cultivation, he's still weak."
Was Hundred Battle King really so untalented? Giant Axe Marquis and the others thought about it and couldn't reach a conclusion.
Su Yu inhaled deeply and said, "I only asked because I was in the mood to gossip. Have I been thinking too much?"
At first, he only touched upon that topic to gossip about the names of Hundred Battle King's child and wife. But subsequently, he had reached numerous deductions from a simple gossip.
More importantly, Thunderstorm's reaction was very telling. Su Yu gave Thunderstorm a knowing look and said, "Your contribution is undeniable. I wouldn't have thought of all this without you, Venerable Thunderstorm. At this point, why don't you answer me and satisfy my curiosity? What's the point of hiding everything?"
Su Yu narrowed his eyes and said, "It's not like we're still clueless about this. Why bother hiding the kid's name? Thunderstorm, do you have zero confidence in your own people?"
Thunderstorm hurriedly said, "You truly misunderstand me, Emperor Yu. I am merely worried that the myriad races will start targeting me."
Su Yu laughed. "What? It's not like they're not already targeting you. What will change from a single name? So? What's the kid's name?"
Thunderstorm laughed awkwardly and said, "It's nothing special. It's an ordinary name. Zhou Ji."
"Zhou Ji? Which Ji is that?"
"Uhm...the Ji character for nation."
Su Yu's eyes flickered slightly as he praised, "A fine name. Nation. In the eyes of the ancients, the nation stands above even the ruler. Ji is also the character for millet, the foremost of the five main crops. Food is the god of the people. Sustenance is needed whoever you are. Even people like us, who can already abstain from eating, require the consumption of source qi to survive."
Zhou Ji. The one to be worshipped by all.
"Zhou, the character for grand circle. Zhou Ji. The grand and perfect nation. Zhou itself is not a regular surname. Coupled with Ji as the given name, this is a name brimming with ambition."
Su Yu continued, "But I am Yu. Yu, the character for domain. This is not an ordinary name either. However, it is not a rare name. Ji, on the other hand, is a rare name. What's his cultivation level?"
"Eternal."
Su Yu's eyes turned cold as he said, "Are you stupid? Or do you think I'm stupid? Hundred Battle's son is over six thousand years old. Are you telling me he's an Eternal at that age? Are you saying that Hundred Battle is so trashy that even his bloodline is trash? Or are you saying that this isn't really his son? His wife had actually cheated on him."
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