Supreme Warrior in the City

Su Yang smiled faintly. "Everyone chooses a different path. The path I walk is just different from yours, that’s all. To sink down and become a mortal? Heh... whether a celestial or a mortal, what difference is there?"

"You lowly ants just love spouting this kind of garbage!" The Eternal Main God’s face was ice-cold. "But Su Yang, you really are a piece of trash. The Buddha Venerable helped you temper an Undying Golden Body, the Heaven Slayer helped you temper an Undying Bone. Your fleshly body can basically be called the strongest possible, yet you yourself are still just a Mid-level Heavenly. Don’t you find that shameful? As fellow Heaven-opening Cultivators, your talent isn’t that much worse than ours, and you even had Strongests help temper your body, yet this is all you’ve achieved. Heh, don’t you feel ashamed yourself?"

"Eternal, trying to shake my Dao heart with tricks like this doesn’t have much effect." Su Yang smiled faintly. "What my future achievements will be, you understand even better than I do. If you weren’t afraid of me, why would you come looking for us to negotiate? If you weren’t afraid of me, why would you scheme like this and want us to seize that Chaos Flower?"

The Buddha Venerable also spoke up. "Eternal, you’re wrong. It’s not that we helped Alliance Hierarch Su temper his body—it’s Alliance Hierarch Su who accomplished us. Without Alliance Hierarch Su’s Undying Bone and Undying Golden Body, at most, Heaven Slayer and I could only become a single Strongest. But with his Undying Bone and Undying Golden Body, we became two Strongests. And we personally split apart the Heavenly Dao Stone Tablet. All of this was Alliance Hierarch Su fulfilling us. Among you Guardian Gods, which one of you has ever made such a move?"

"You..." The Eternal Main God was momentarily at a loss for words, then gritted his teeth and said, "Enough nonsense. Heaven Slayer, do you dare accept the proposal I just made?"

The Heaven Slayer’s expression was calm. He glanced at Su Yang and said blandly, "The main character is already here, why are you asking me?"

"A mere mortal who hasn’t even stepped into the Strongest Realm has no right to speak to me!" the Eternal Main God said with disdain.

"Heh..." Su Yang smiled faintly. "Since you’re unwilling to talk to me, then roll back where you came from. We’re not agreeing to this proposal."

The Eternal Main God’s expression changed, and he immediately looked toward the Heaven Slayer.

"Didn’t catch that? We’re not agreeing." The Heaven Slayer was also very direct.

"You... you..." The Eternal Main God was shaking with rage. "How can you let an ordinary mortal decide this matter? Do you Strongests have no dignity left?"

"What are you spouting this crap for? How we make decisions, who we let make decisions, that’s the Human Clan’s business!" The Taoist Venerable said bluntly. "Eternal, you’d better think clearly first about how you’re going to explain this to the First God when you go back. Tsk tsk, I really didn’t expect it—you used to be a leading figure among the Ancient Strongests, someone on equal footing with the First God, and now you’ve actually become the First God’s lapdog. Eternal, how does it feel to be a lapdog?"

The Eternal Main God’s face turned ashen. He looked at Su Yang, then at the figures in the sky, and said in a low voice, "Since you insist on saying so, then there’s nothing to discuss. For this Chaos Flower, we’ll each rely on our own abilities!"

"Fine." Su Yang nodded with a faint smile. "Isn’t it just shattering the Chaos Flower? No big deal. When the time comes, let’s be straightforward and just smash the Chaos Flower directly, so we don’t make both sides suffer unnecessary losses. Oh right, Eternal, what realm is your Heavenly Sect lord at now? Last time I fought him, I narrowly won by a few moves. I’ve just advanced, so I wanted to have another friendly match with your Heavenly Sect lord. Go back and ask him what he thinks."

Hearing this, the Eternal Main God’s expression grew even uglier.

This time, his visit was actually the result of that group of Strongests’ collective scheme. They felt Su Yang’s advancement speed was too fast, that he was extremely likely to step into the Strongest Realm before those Guardian Gods. And that was something they absolutely did not want to see.

So they set their sights on this Chaos Flower. They laid out such a trap, waiting for the Human Clan to agree, then they’d seize the chance to kill Su Yang and snatch the Chaos Flower. In this way, not only could the Guardian Gods eliminate the looming threat that was Su Yang, they could also quickly cultivate a Strongest, allowing the Guardian Gods to gain absolute advantage.

On the Guardian God side, the Heavenly Sect was also rapidly recovering its strength, preparing to restore the Strongest Realm. One could say that for the Guardian Gods, the key lay in the Heavenly Sect’s recovery. The Guardian Gods were practically willing to pay any price to restore the Heavenly Sect to its peak state.

Yet the Heavenly Sect’s recovery speed still couldn’t keep up with Su Yang’s advancement speed. The Heavenly Sect had yet to recover to Mid-level Heavenly, while Su Yang had already advanced to Mid-level Heavenly. At this pace, wouldn’t Su Yang become a Strongest before the Heavenly Sect?

The Eternal Main God had originally wanted to storm off and go straight back to report to the Guardian Gods that the Human Clan had rejected the proposal. But once Su Yang mentioned the Heavenly Sect, he suddenly found himself in a dilemma.

By now, this matter was no longer about his personal pride; it involved the overall war situation between the two sides.

If he walked away just to save face, then while his pride might be intact, the balance between the two sides would become unpredictable. Moreover, if the situation later turned against the Guardian Gods, he would become the scapegoat of the Guardian Gods.

So after a long silence, the Eternal Main God still stopped. He clenched his teeth; though his heart was full of unwillingness, he had no choice but to set aside his pride.

If this negotiation failed, he would be in serious trouble later, and might even be the first to be targeted. That would be disastrous.

Taking a deep breath, the Eternal Main God turned to Su Yang and said coldly, "Su Yang, do you really want another battle with the Heavenly Sect? Fine, I’ll give you that chance. If you agree to the proposal I made just now, you’ll be able to meet the Heavenly Sect in person and personally fight him again. Dare you participate in this great war?"

Su Yang curled his lip. "Didn’t you just say you only negotiate with Strongests? What’s with using a goading trick on me now? Since when do you think so highly of me?"

The Eternal Main God’s expression changed; Su Yang’s mockery made him lose a lot of face.

But in the end, he still forced down the fire in his heart and said in a low voice, "I came to discuss matters with you, not to trade meaningless nonsense. This proposal—are you agreeing or not?"

"Are you talking to me?" Su Yang laughed. "Sorry, I have to make sure. Because you just said I’m not qualified to discuss this matter with you. If you’re not negotiating with me, and I open my mouth to make some decision, and then you ignore it, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?"