Nine days had passed since the visit.
Bamboo Mountain.
Inside the gigantic bamboo palace.
May looked at September and said, "It has been nine days."
Was this guy still so sure that everything was fine with Su Yu's group?
Where were they?
Where was everyone?
Yes, killing three Daofuses wasn't an easy task. But it was not completely hopeless. Had Su Yu given up on it?
With his usual innocent expression, September said, "It's only the ninth day."
They had one more day. What was the rush? May looked at the darkening sky outside.
"The tenth day will arrive shortly."
May said, "Apart from the very beginning, when something happened, it was as though they had vanished completely after that."
In the beginning, Stable Army Marquis had appeared several times and killed some people. But subsequently, even Stable Army Marquis had vanished.
"If things are calm, then it's definitely the calm before the storm."
September knew Su Yu well. Since even Stable Army Marquis had vanished, he had likely followed Su Yu away in preparation to do something big. Su Yu had gathered all his people.
As the two spoke, Great Bamboo Marquis was leisurely eating to the side, completely ignoring the conversation.
Noticing his silence, April said, "Great Bamboo Marquis, if nothing happens when the time is up, what do we do?"
Instead of answering directly, Great Bamboo Marquis continued eating. After a while, he burped, wiped his oily lips, and said, "The food here is much better. The food in the Dao Origin Land is terrible."
"..."
The others stared at him silently. Was this the only reason he was back?
He chuckled and said, "What's the rush? There's one more day, right? If nothing happens after the time is up, so be it."
He shook his head and said, "Even a lack of result is an indication that they're not too stupid. Losing his own people just to kill three Daofuses is simply stupid. Perhaps they lack confidence. Perhaps they're still waiting for the perfect timing to act. We wait. If he can't complete the task, we won't have the obligation to help him. We will stay flexible and adjust our actions based on the circumstances."
He didn't feel like it would be wrong for Su Yu to not do anything. It would be stupid to harm himself doing something he couldn't. He had only given the task to see what the new human lord was capable of. If the new human lord was not capable enough to his liking, so be it.
At that point, the sky had darkened fully.
While yawning, Great Bamboo Marquis said, "If nothing happens before tomorrow night, September and June can continue working with them. As for the rest of us, forget it for now. We won't deepen our cooperation with them."
Since June and September were already working with them, he wouldn't stop it. But he did not intend to let the rest of the iron devourers work with Su Yu as well. It was simply too risky. The continuation of their entire race was at risk.
To the side, Sepember muttered, "Just watch."
Everything would be fine. Three Daofuses weren't even that hard to kill. Su Yu was definitely planning something bigger.
***
Outside the Dao Origin Land.
The tenth day was finally here.
Great Ming King and Grandstar had both returned to the group. Their auras felt stronger than before, but they still didn't feel any better than tier-four Daofuses. Their growth was decent, but not fast enough for Su Yu's liking.
By the time everyone was gathered around him, Su Yu transformed into a dark-robed individual. A tiny gust of chaos qi swirled around his body. He kept it weak as West Royal Consort did not really specialize in the chaos dao. He was only letting a tiny bit of chaos qi out for show.
Slowly, his entire presence turned hazy. He also had a hood over his head and a mask over his face.
Looking at the others, he said, "Get into black robes as well."
The others said nothing and did as told. Rather than changing, all of them were merely transforming their clothes. As top experts, their clothes were treasures as well. Instantly, eleven black-robed individuals replaced the original group.
"Where are we from?"
"Chaos Mountain."
Su Yu asked, and they answered.
"What is our mission?"
"Free Hundred Battle King!"
"Who is the leader of this mission?"
"Zi Yan!"
They had spent several days imprinting these words into their minds. Thus, they were able to answer these questions smoothly.
Then, the Mark of Civilization flipped open. A door appeared atop an empty page as Su Yu said, "Enter."
Lan Tian, Great Zhou King, and those from the Lower Realm entered with smiling faces. The others looked at each other before entering as well.
"Start killing the moment you're out."
"Yes!"
Everyone answered.
"Great Ming King, you have an even more important mission."