Tribulation of Myriad Races-Chapter 1233: Fiery Sea Fall (2)

After inhaling deeply, Wan Tiansheng roared as the sword in his hand turned into a sword of light. The radiance of the sword illuminated the entire Human Realm.

Next, the sea of flames was cut apart.

The sky itself was cut apart as well.

In response to the attack, Fiery Sea King roared and gathered source qi from all directions before throwing a punch. All current human cultural researcher Invincibles were actually warrior Invincibles. Thus, most of them were stronger physically than mentally. Thus, it wasn’t surprising that Fiery Sea King would resort to his fists when he grew desperate enough.

The sword exploded alongside about seven or eight characters. Wan Tiansheng was pushed back as a stream of blood flowed out of his mouth. However, Fiery Sea King wasn't any better off as he was also carrying numerous wounds on his body. He gritted his teeth and asked, "Disassembly method?

"No!" Wan Tiansheng said, "My character technique. I have no need for the disassembly method since I formed it the old-fashioned way."

"Freak."

After coughing another mouthful of blood, Fiery Sea King charged forth as the battle resumed.

After a long time, the two were separated yet again by a loud explosion. At the cost of an arm, Wan Tiansheng had crushed a character of Fiery Sea King. Meanwhile, Fiery Sea King had a dazed look in his eyes. His main character had been destroyed by Wan Tiansheng. The backlash from losing a peak Sunmoon character wasn't light.

"Wan Tiansheng...I can...die three times! How many times can you die?" asked Fiery Sea King with intermittent pauses to cough some blood.

Then, he roared and charged forth again.

This time, the battle lasted much longer than before. Eventually, a loud explosion erupted as a fiery seed dropped from the sky. In mere moments, Fiery Sea King reformed his body. But he was left with only two bodies.

His future body had been killed by Wan Tiansheng. However, Wan Tiansheng's aura was also much weaker than before. Both his arms had suffered considerable damage. His long hair was singed, and his entire body was riddled with wounds.

Once again, they charged at each other and fought ferociously. This was a battle to the death, not a mere spar. When Fiery Sea King was fighting with his life on the line, he was impressively strong. He might have lost to Ye Batian in the spars back then, but things might not be the same when he was really fighting for his life.

Wan Tiansheng was no stranger to an intense battle like this. The two fought fiercely with no regard for their own lives. More and more damage could be seen on Wan Tiansheng's sword as he lost one character after another during the battle.

Eventually, he detonated a few characters to destroy Fiery Sea King's past body. Left with only his present body, Fiery Sea King took a step back as the look in his eyes cleared significantly. He looked much more rational than before.

As for Wan Tiansheng, he was left gasping for breath while his six remaining characters swirled around him.

Both of them had suffered tremendously from this battle.

***

At the same time.

Grandstar was enjoying the show above the battlefield.

He did not intend to interfere. As a guardian, it would be unwise of him to get himself tangled in such affairs. It also wasn't a good idea for him to make a move in the Human Realm. That might end up increasing the intensity of the death qi in Su Yu's body. Naturally, he was allowed to act when his mayor was endangered. That would not break any of the laws.

As the battle progressed, Grandstar couldn't help but click his tongue in amazement. These little guys were quite impressive.

As for that Fiery Sea guy, he was...ordinary.

He still remembered Wan Tiansheng. But their previous meeting was conducted through the River of Time. Now that he was seeing Wan Tiansheng in person, he was able to see more. With a regretful tone, he muttered, "What a pity. If he had picked the standard tri-body method to affirm his dao, he could have grown into an expert of considerable power."

That was the path Wan Tiansheng threaded before. But after losing his future body about fifty years ago, he had not bothered to capture a new future body. Instead, he walked a completely different path, placing him in a very unique state. Not even Grandstar could fully understand this new path.

And finally, the battle reached its climax. The battle would reach its conclusion soon.

This was his favorite part.

Suddenly, he looked into the distance in surprise. He raised his brow at what he saw, but he remained silent.

***

Left with only his present body, Fiery Sea King’s personality had changed into a much calmer version of himself. He looked at Wan Tiansheng and said, "What a pity. How can people like us...die to an internal conflict?"

While coughing blood, Wan Tiansheng grinned, "Killing you alone is far more beneficial to humanity than killing ten enemy Invincibles."

"True." Fiery Sea King nodded and smiled, "Killing me will indeed benefit humanity a lot more. Wan Tiansheng, I'm curious about one thing."

"What is it?"

Both were buying time to accumulate enough strength for the final attack.

Fiery Sea King said, "Ye Batian once claimed that he was still very far away from becoming a cultural researcher Invincible. Why did he attempt his dao affirmation not long after that? Was that a physical dao affirmation or a willpower dao affirmation?"

"Physical." Wan Tiansheng answered, "He detected some issues with his cultivation so he wished to perform a test. Perhaps an advancement of his physical cultivation would help him troubleshoot the real problem. Unfortunately, he died before he could do that."

Fiery Sea King nodded, "I see. So just like the rest of us, he had yet to reach the peak of willpower cultivation as well..."

He roared with laughter, "In that case, he was not qualified to look at all of us with disdain. He was too arrogant. Wan Tiansheng, let me send you to him now."

"On the contrary, I think you should be the one to see him in the afterlife."

Boom!

The two clashed again, creating a deafening and blinding explosion that forced all the other experts fighting in dimensional pockets around them out of those pockets. Their immediate surroundings had turned into a large black hole in the sky, and even the boundless void was starting to become visible from all the damage they were causing to the realm barrier.

A curtain of light covered the sky only to be replaced by darkness.

Then, the sky turned into a sea of flames.

The sea of flames started falling while a slowly dissipating silhouette became visible in the sky.

A greatly weakened Wan Tiansheng could be spotted amid the sea of flames. He was left with his last character, but he appeared completely calm as he regarded the flames around him.

Shock and disbelief spread throughout the Human Realm.

A human Invincible who had affirmed his dao in the Human Realm had fallen.

The killer of Ye Batian had fallen.

The person responsible was suffering from grievous wounds.

Wan Tiansheng was unbothered about his wounds. His greatest wish had been fulfilled with the death of the traitor. This was the only thing he had been working toward all these years and now, he had succeeded. His job was done.

His gaze landed on a few individuals who were attempting to flee. He also looked at Zhang Qi. A smile formed on his face. After dealing with Fiery Sea, it was time for him to remove these parasites as well.

He appeared before Zhang Qi with a flicker. Softly, he spoke, "Go with your father."

Zhang Qi appeared completely calm as he said, "With Fiery Sea dead, it's natural for you to come after me..."

That caught Wan Tiansheng by surprise. Why was Zhang Qi addressing his father by name? Slowly, Zhang Qi raised his hand. Then, he pushed his palm forth. An unprecedented level of power erupted from the palm.

Wan Tiansheng's expression shifted from surprise to understanding, before settling into a helpless smile.

"Sure enough...Fiery Sea is indeed a fool..."

Wan Tiansheng sighed helplessly.

He had suspected this before, but he had not been able to learn about it. Just learning about Fiery Sea’s betrayal was hard enough.

Zhang Qi.

No, this was not Zhang Qi.

This was a tri-life body. An incomparably powerful tri-life body that was probably as strong as Fiery Sea at his peak. Meanwhile, Wan Tiansheng could barely fight anymore.

Sure, he was still capable of killing Sunmoons. But in his current state, he stood no chance against Invincibles. He had killed two Invincibles in a single day. That was shocking enough a feat.

But it was unlikely that he would be able to defeat a third Invincible as well, especially in his current state.

Looking at the descending palm, Wan Tiansheng muttered with regret, "So Fiery Sea really did it for a personal grudge. What a fool..."

He finally understood.

There were two traitors. One had betrayed humanity way before the other.

The first traitor was the one who had disguised himself as Ye Batian and humiliated Fiery Sea. Thanks to his unstable temper, Fiery Sea was the easiest Invincible to be incited into betrayal.

And the plan had worked. Fiery Sea was used as both a chess piece and a cover for the real traitor.

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The real traitor was probably the one who had stolen Ye Batian's research data. Fiery Sea might not have intended to eliminate the Liu Family. Those subordinates he had trusted with the task of luring Liu Wenyan out could very well be the subordinates the real traitor had sent his way instead.

Numerous answers came to Wan Tiansheng. He laughed at how ridiculous the whole thing was. Fiery Sea was essentially an idiotic chess piece. From the very beginning, he knew nothing. He was manipulated, a puppet of his fury.

Killing Ye Batian was all he ever wanted.

Those so-called subordinates of his had probably found their way to him instead of the other way around. The true mastermind was not Fiery Sea. Even the Whistling Wind Sword, Goldwing, and the others might not have worked under Fiery Sea's orders.

They had merely been ordered to submit to Fiery Sea, convincing Fiery Sea that he was the one commanding them. Goldwing had targeted Chen Yong for the Culture Tomb. But why would Fiery Sea even care about the Culture Tomb?

No. The true mastermind was the one targeting the Culture Tomb.

Wan Tiansheng was overcome by his curiosity. Instead of trying to fight back, he asked through voice transmission, "Can you tell me one thing, at least? Why reveal yourself now? We would have believed that Fiery Sea was the sole traitor. There was no risk of exposure for you..."

Fiery Sea was already dead. If this mysterious mastermind remained in hiding, nobody might be able to guess that there was actually a second traitor. Even if some might remain doubtful, with Fiery Sea's death, they would have no way to investigate more. It was very likely that the mastermind had not dirtied his hand from the very beginning.

He was not the one who had killed Ye Batian. He also wasn't the one who had attacked the multiple character faction multiple times. He had merely hidden himself behind the scenes, manipulating others to get their hands dirty for him. He only needed to remain hiding and nobody would be able to discover him.

Thus, Wan Tiansheng had a burning curiosity. Why did the second traitor reveal himself now? Just to kill them? Were they really so threatening to him?

Perhaps.