Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 209 - 120: Super Boss, Nameless Ancient Demon
Twenty-four hours after the outbreak of the Red Tide, Su Yu suddenly discovered that the difficulty of the Red Tide had sharply increased.
The minimum level of essences had risen from fifty yesterday to seventy, an increase of twenty levels, and the number of large monsters over a hundred levels had increased significantly, with groups of player essences continuously appearing.
These essences inherited their previous life’s techniques and instincts, forming teams to jointly attack Rage Tide City.
The Rage Tide Guild, which was barely holding on yesterday, clearly felt extremely strained today, and the reserve forces that were kept back yesterday were forced to be deployed in all directions of the city today.
At the same time, the resurrection frequency at the city revival point increased, indicating that the players hiding in the wild were almost unable to hold on.
"They might not be able to hold on."
Qingchan’s clear voice rang in Su Yu’s ear.
He turned back, looking surprised:
"Why do you say that?"
"The Red Tide on Feixing Island has been accumulating for five years before breaking out. Whether in terms of Red Tide density or essence strength, it’s higher than usual. It is tough for small guilds to withstand a normal Red Tide, let alone an enhanced one."
"Generally speaking, the Red Tide lasts three days before dissipating, with its power gradually increasing, reaching its peak on the third day. Now they can hardly hold on the second day, what about tomorrow?"
Su Yu frowned. He didn’t doubt whether Qingchan was being alarmist; she had no reason to do so.
"What if we can’t hold them off?"
"Either escape, or perish, then the city would be destroyed."
"That bad?"
"So it’s not easy to establish a foothold on the sea!"
"On the sea, the way to determine whether a team or guild has potential is if they can stand firm during the Red Tide. If not, the guild built today would have to be destroyed and rebuilt every few years, meaning it has no potential and wouldn’t attract skilled individuals."
"Hmm..."
Su Yu remained silent, waving the Wind and Fire Fan continuously, launching dense blasts of True Flame Fire Thunder.
There’s nothing he can do about it, just guarding for now.
If he really can’t hold them off, then he can only run away.
"A level 160 Fire Demon is coming from the north. Experts, hurry up!"
The two took off without hesitation, flying northward and seeing a massive essence enveloped in gold flames standing outside the city. It seemed like a Fire Ape, level 165, with a terrifying template, many fiery eyes on its body, surrounded by scorching flames forming a rolling fire cloud as it moved.
There were already many people besieging it, including several experts.
The Fire Demon raised its hand and unleashed a series of Five Flames Divine Thunder, instantly turning the city wall into a sea of thunder and fire.
The Fire Demon shook its body, spewing strange light from its eyes, conjuring a large number of fiery spirits like Fire Horses, Fire Sparrows, Fire Tigers, etc., dragging flames as they roared and galloped around, turning an area of several kilometers into a sea of fire, with some extending to the city wall. Normal players on the wall were burnt into chaos within the sea of fire, chased in a frenzy by the fiery spirits.
Their four-to-five-tier Defense Treasure couldn’t withstand the few blasting burns from a level 160+ big BOSS.
The Fire Demon is a spirit of fire, a master of flames, manipulating various flames skillfully. Moreover, it uses the Five Flames Divine Thunder, bombing fiercely, so much that the two or three thousand people gathered at the wall couldn’t resist.
Until Su Yu and Qingchan arrived, two Tier Nine Flying Swords slashed down, immediately attracting the Fire Demon’s attention, with its claws reaching towards the sky, gathering scattered flames into clouds, and pelting Fireballs the size of basins like a storm.
Su Yu immediately activated the Wind and Fire Fan with a wave, drawing the falling Fireballs to explode into the ground outside the city under an invisible force.
The Wind and Fire Fan, borrowing the Power of Origin from a deity bird’s true feather over two hundred levels, can control wind and fire.
He hadn’t needed it before and had never used it.
This time, without exerting much effort, he activated the Tier Eight Wind and Fire Fan to suppress the Fire Demon’s flames, while Qingchan, wielding two swords, slashed fiercely from the front, cutting the Fire Demon until fire erupted from its whole body, with even its spewed blood burning.
As a born sword body with two Tier Nine Flying Swords and a high-level Defense Treasure, Qingchan could easily single-handedly take on any spirit less than 150 levels at this moment.
The two cooperated as the main force, along with a few hundred elite players who arrived after hearing the news, fiercely bombarded it, taking several minutes to encircle and kill the isolated Fire Demon.
Even when besieged, the Fire Demon crazily counter-killed forty to fifty people.
The creature dropped a Sixth Grade Fire Demon Essence and a Tier Six Elite Fire Demon Robe. The robe comes with Fire Control Skill and Five Flames Divine Thunder, and can summon over a hundred level 80 Fiery Spirits, being a rare main battle Magical Robe.
Both are quite valuable, as Tier Six Magical Robes are the ceiling for most players.
The Sixth Grade Fire Demon Essence can also be turned into a Tier Six Flying Sword or Magical Treasure. If it’s of the same fire attribute, it’ll come with the Five Flames Divine Thunder Thunder Skill, surely being a fine or even excellent-level Magical Treasure, making it quite valuable.
"Do you need these two?"
Qingchan raised her eyebrows and said:
"150 gold!"
"Alright."
He immediately took out 150 gold and traded with her.
Normally, these two are worth about 400 gold together.
Su Yu doesn’t need Tier Six Magical Treasures now; the main reason for collecting them is that these two are pure fire attribute Magical Robe and essence, which might be useful later.
If there’s a chance to farm some more Sixth Grade Fire Essences, multiple essences can combine forces to upgrade a Tier Six fire attribute Magical Treasure to Tier Seven.
Although it won’t match true Seventh Grade Essences, and the upgraded treasure’s potential is limited, it would still be a Tier Seven Magical Treasure.
Even if he can’t gather enough, he’s not worried; he can sell them anytime for money and make a profit as well.
"Alright, another few hundred gold in income."
Su Yu happily stored away the spoils of war, waving the Wind and Fire Fan wildly to bombard the wave of essence that surged with the Fire Demon’s death, turning fire into wind, and conjured up a massive dragon tornado column two to three hundred meters high outside the city. The vortex emitted a powerful gravitational pull that drew the low-level essences from that direction.
Once caught in the tornado, they were shredded to pieces after a few turns, and the killing efficiency was no lower than that of Luo Qingchan.
Not long after, the two heard of a BOSS in the east of the city.
He immediately waved the Wind and Fire Fan fiercely, injecting tens of thousands of Mana into the tornado column, then the two promptly rushed to the east of the city.
Fortunately, the tornado wouldn’t collapse immediately if left unattended; only its internal power would gradually wane. Having just injected tens of thousands of Mana, it could last at least a minute or two before collapsing, provided a BOSS didn’t breach it.
The two swiftly dealt with the eastern BOSS in just over a minute, returning to find the tornado still intact.
The next day’s Red Tide was much more challenging, but to them, it still wasn’t a significant threat. As the difficulty of Red Tide increased, the levels of the essences inside also rose, granting more killing experience than the previous day.
Yet, fewer BOSSes and skills were obtained compared to the day before.
It wasn’t that the number of BOSSes reduced; rather, as some outdoor teams died and returned, at this time, ninety percent of the players on Rage Tide Island and its vicinity gathered inside the city. The bustling crowd bolstered several potent teams and experts capable of handling those BOSSes just over level one hundred.
While they shared the burden, they also snatched the BOSSes, resulting in fewer for the duo to contend with.
By midday, they accumulated over four hundred points in skills.
Just because many players returned and joined the defense, the Rage Tide Guild managed to hold back the Red Tide.
Soldiering on until dusk with the defenses intact, Su Yu sighed in relief and returned to the city with Luo Qingchan for some rest.
As numerous players returned or died back, there were estimated to be fifty to sixty thousand players inside Rage Tide City. The small city was packed with players everywhere, making it impossible to sleep; almost all players were active.
The two circled the main street but couldn’t find a spot to rest; even the rooftops were crowded.
They had no choice but to summon the Jade Sinking Ship to hover in the air, resting on the Flying Ship.
After ordering takeout to fill up, Su Yu took a sip from the jade gourd. Seeing Luo Qingchan’s pretty eyes glance over and raise her brows, he grinned and tossed her a gourd of Monkey Brew.
"Previously, I thought they couldn’t hold on, but with so many players resurrected here, it seems like they could last three days."
Luo Qingchan took a big gulp of the fruit wine, but shook her head and said:
"It’s hard to say; although there are more people, making them stronger, having more people makes it easier to attract essences from within the Red Tide to gather here."
"The most crucial factor is their luck. If they’re lucky and don’t attract a super BOSS’s attention, they might get through it; if they’re unlucky to attract one, it’s pretty much over."
"Boom!"
As soon as she finished speaking, a deafening explosion suddenly resounded across the heavens and the earth, immediately followed by a surge of blood-red light.
Su Yu instinctively looked in the direction of the blood-red light and saw a blood sun suspended in the sky swiftly approaching, with an ocean of blood like waves floating below it, spreading across the Red Tide beyond the eye’s reach.
"Blood God Child?"
The next second, the sea of blood was right in front of him. With keen eyes, he saw a towering blood-colored demonic silhouette standing above the blood sea beneath the blood sun, surrounded by countless Blood God Children weaving through.
Even before the demon arrived, its terrifying oppressive aura made everyone’s scalp tingle.
"Damn!"
Su Yu jumped up in shock at the towering demonic silhouette standing atop the blood sea.
Nameless Ancient Demon (Legendary): Demon King, Level 210, Ancient Demon.
Attributes: Qi and Blood 72 million, Mana 2.2 million, Attack Power 650,000, Speed 4,200 km/h, Magic: Nine Heavens Secret Demon Profound Scripture Heart Skill, Blood Scriptures, True Body of the Blood Demon Demon God, Taiyin Godslaying Skill, Yin Demon Slash, Black Evil Blood Flame Divine Gang, Great and Small Twelve Celestial Secret Demon Skill.
Attributes: Realm Suppression (Earth Immortal).
Magical Treasure: Blood Demon Cauldron (Tier Nine), Nether Blood Demon Banner (Tier Eight).
"Super BOSS."
One of the thirteen super BOSSes in this sea area of the Feixing Islands during the Red Tide.
Su Yu turned back, Luo Qingchan also looked over, and they nodded in unison:
"Run!"
Luo Qingchan stomped her foot, and the Jade Sinking Ship quickly ascended.
At this moment, Su Yu received a message from Qe Dongyang:
"Mr. Su, can you do me a favor and take my wife and daughter away!"
Su Yu immediately shared the message with Luo Qingchan, and after hesitating just a second, she nodded:
"Tell them to come to the west of the city."
He instantly relayed the message, and Qe Dongyang replied immediately:
"They’re already in the west of the city."
In the time it took to exchange these words, the Jade Sinking Ship had already reached the western city wall. By then, a large number of Flying Ships had gathered on the walls, and as soon as players inside the city saw the Nameless Ancient Demon appear, morale shattered instantly, and those quick to react fled into the air.
Rage Tide Guild reacted swiftly, seeing the super BOSS’s arrival and decisively preparing to retreat.
There was no way to resist; a super BOSS over level 200 and a legendary template was not something a small guild could withstand.
