Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 284 - 194: Chance Encounter with a Foreign Race, Horned Demon People, First Battle with a Loose Immortal
He discovered the Giant Wood Divine Ark, and the ark also discovered the figure suspended in mid-air. Immediately, several individuals flew up from the ark to approach him.
Su Yu folded his arms, waiting for those people to get closer.
But after a few seconds, his expression suddenly changed slightly, and he quickly dropped his arms, surprised, as he summoned the Cyan Cloud Cover.
"Damn, aliens?"
The rapidly approaching figures resembled humans in appearance, and their skin color was similar to that of humans, but their build was taller, and they had differently colored horns on their heads.
"Horned Demon People!"
"Human!"
"Hasn’t crossed the tribulation yet, kill him."
These Horned Demon People saw Su Yu’s appearance and immediately became interested. The one in the center waved his hands, commanding his subordinates to encircle him from both sides. He reached out, gathering energy, and a large shadowy grapple with an area that spanned over twenty mu reached out to grab him.
The Horned Demon on the left took out a copper ring and threw it, rapidly enlarging into a fire ring aimed at Su Yu, while simultaneously clapping his hands together to form a cluster of shadowy thunder.
The Horned Demon on the right then manipulated two flying swords with a gesture, flashes of sword light rushing toward his face.
Without hesitation, Su Yu pointed forward with his finger and executed the Profound Court Immortal Finger. Mana quickly condensed into a jade-like finger, over ten meters long, that struck the center of the grappling hand’s palm.
"Bang!"
The grappling hand shuddered fiercely, pierced through the center, its edges cracking rapidly and disintegrating into nothingness in the blink of an eye.
Equivalent to the 140th tier of Sect-level Qi Refining Heart Skill derived Dao technique, something even a Loose Immortal couldn’t withstand.
With just one hit, the Horned Demon in the center changed his expression and immediately shouted:
"This human is formidable, definitely an elite of the Human Race, quickly call the elder over."
At that moment, the fire copper ring had already fallen over Su Yu’s head, while the other Horned Demon’s dual swords flashed, splitting out over a hundred strands of Sword Qi, slashing toward him head-on.
Su Yu ignored the fire copper ring falling on his head and pointed, launching the Cyan Gang and Purple Thunder Dual Swords wrapped in wind and thunder, aiming precisely at the center of the hundred Sword Qi strands, meeting the two flying swords head-on. In the instant the four swords intertwined, the dual swords united and twisted, a series of crisp, ringing sounds mixed with a wailing, as the sword light dissipated, one of the Horned Demon’s flying swords was snapped into two pieces and fell down.
"Even Tier Six flying swords dare to be rampant in front of me."
Without waiting for the opponent to retreat, Su Yu’s dual swords agilely twisted to entangle the other flying sword, united and twisted, and the remaining half of Sword Qi scattered once again.
The Geng Metal Sword Fiend innately carried severing traits, having a certain probability of severing Tier Six and below flying swords and damaging Tier Six and below treasures. Coupled with the Sky-breaking Immortal Bone’s Law of Space, even a Tier Seven flying sword had the likelihood of being severed, let alone a Tier Six flying sword.
These mere two Tier Six fine flying swords were cut without much effort.
And this is just the beginning. Su Yu pointed once again, causing the Purple and Cyan Twin Swords to resonate similarly, manifesting two hundred Sword Qi strands crashing down, causing the Horned Demon to quickly summon a large bell atop their head. In the following second, a series of dull thuds sent the bell flying, and the Purple and Cyan Twin Swords concealed in Sword Qi crossed repeatedly, twisting, and a head was sent flying.
At this time, the constraining fire copper ring had already dropped, but resting atop the Cyan Cloud Cover, it couldn’t fall.
Meanwhile, a shadowy thunder exploded overhead, yet the Cyan Cloud remained unmoved.
The Immune to All Skill’s potency was heightened again.
After dispersing the grappling technique, the central Horned Demon immediately extracted an ancient copper jug and spun it, releasing demonic Qi quickly covering several mu in size, as menacing devils flew out of the demonic mist to attack him.
Su Yu raised a hand unleashing the Primordial Qi of Ten Thousand Transformations Divine Thunder, obliterating the demonic mist and devils, then pointed again, causing the Purple and Cyan Twin Swords to flash to bind the person in continuous twisting, inducing intense tremors in his protective light.
Feeling the defense treasure’s exaggerated decline rate, he hurriedly retreated, shouting:
"Elder, save me."
Below, the Giant Wood Divine Ark immediately resounded with a booming voice:
"Audacious human, quickly face your demise!"
A red light soared into the sky, instantaneously ascending to high altitude, transforming into a Horned Demon enveloped in flames, with red horn atop.
This was a Horned Demon Loose Immortal, level 122; those encompassing flames were his Dao Foundation’s abnormal phenomenon.
The Horned Demon had just stood firm when he saw the rescuer’s defenses breached and slaughtered by the dual swords, causing the flames on his body to boil:
"You’re courting death!"
He beckoned with his hand, throwing out a thousand fire thunders in rapid succession to cover an area spanning several hundred mu.
"Detonate!"
A thousand fire thunders detonated, instantly creating a fire sea spanning a hundred mu. The Horned Demon raised a hand and grasped, causing infinite flames to surge upward like oil feeding a fire, rapidly transforming into flaming eagles, flaming apes, flaming lions, and flaming flood dragons, flocking toward the ascending Su Yu.
"Hint: Under Loose Immortal Realm suppression, all damage reduced by 50%."
Casting a glance at the unearthed hint in the corner of his vision, Su Yu didn’t feel fear; instead, he felt a bit eager.
Having cultivated for so long, he could sense his strength surpassing that of an average Loose Immortal, though without personally confronting one, he wasn’t truly certain if he could challenge it. Now encountering an elite alien provided a perfect opportunity for an all-out fight.
Without any hesitation, with a thought, he united the Purple and Cyan Twin Swords:
"Dual Sword Merge!"
The dazzling sword light instantly vanished, entering the Flowing Light Realm.
The Horned Demon Loose Immortal’s facial expression changed slightly. He patted his forehead, causing the flames on his body to boil and soar into the sky, rapidly transforming into a five mu fire cloud covering himself, with a colossal fire figure rising within.
This is the Dharma Body, a special move only Loose Immortals that have built middle-grade or above Dao Foundation can conjure, unrivaled against weaker opponents.
The next moment, the sword light swept across, slicing off a large section of the Fire Cloud.
The Horned Demon Loose Immortal within the Fire Cloud felt the power of this sword and was slightly apprehensive, but his expression remained indifferent. He extended his hand in a virtual grasp, and the massive fire figure in the Fire Cloud above him mirrored the action. Innumerable Binghuo Divine Thunders condensed and scattered over like machine gun fire.
The might was one thing, but this spellcasting ability was indeed somewhat exaggerated.
However, just this displayed the real strength of a Loose Immortal. It’s important to note that this Horned Demon Loose Immortal hadn’t even summoned any treasures and was only relying on his own cultivation of Dao and Thunder Skills to confront the enemy.
Moreover, Su Yu could see that these few moves were just setting the stage for a powerful move to come.
It’s very apparent because these moves don’t wield great power, but the continually exploding thunder fires don’t extinguish. Instead, they merge to extend the range of the Fire Cloud.
Of course, this so-called ’not very powerful’ aspect is from Su Yu’s perspective. For a regular cultivator who hasn’t yet crossed the Loose Immortal Tribulation, just the continuous divine thunder bombardment would be hard to withstand, exhausting them in response.
Su Yu wasn’t sure what kind of powerful move this was, but that didn’t prevent him from having a countermeasure.
Of course, he wouldn’t wait for the opponent to unleash a powerful move. With a thought, he urged the True Sword Intent to flow into the Twin Swords. The Flowing Light Realm’s combined dual swords shot up into the sky, instantly drawing out a sword rainbow hundreds of meters long, slashing toward the fire figure, which had expanded to several hundred meters tall, above the Fire Cloud.
The Horned Demon Loose Immortal in the Fire Cloud sneered, raising his hand for a virtual press. The flame avatar in the Fire Cloud simultaneously raised a palm to press down.
The next moment, the flame avatar froze, and the massive figure, along with the Fire Cloud, was directly split in two.
"True Sword Intent?"
The voice of the Horned Demon Loose Immortal within the Fire Cloud was filled with both shock and anger. Then, unlike before when it was merely sliced, the enormous flame figure, as if losing its strength, quickly collapsed, and the Fire Cloud also crumbled, revealing the shocked and angry Horned Demon Loose Immortal.
He was not the only one astounded; everyone aboard the Giant Wood Divine Boat who was watching was utterly shocked.
"One sword to break ten thousand laws?"
The eyes of several other Horned Demon Loose Immortals on the deck flashed with a mix of surprise and delight.
"This person, so young, has already mastered True Sword Intent. He is definitely the top elite among the Human Race."
The Horned Demon Loose Immortal in the center’s eyes flicked with a fierce light, and he said to two Loose Immortals behind him:
"The two of you, go around and flank him; make sure to keep him here."
"Understood."
Two figures blurred and silently left the Giant Wood Divine Boat.
Meanwhile, in midair, the moment the Horned Demon Loose Immortal’s avatar was broken, he immediately summoned a treasure. First, a white jade tower rose above his head, casting layers of white light to protect him. He then took out a silver treasure lantern, about to open his mouth, but the void in front of him brightened, and yet another mountain-like sword rainbow slashed down.
The white jade tower shook violently, its defense suddenly dropping by sixty thousand. At the same time, a fierce Sword Intent cut through the treasure light, slicing into the Horned Demon Loose Immortal’s sea of consciousness, making him pause, interrupting the activation of the treasure lantern.
However, after surviving the tribulation, his spirit was more condensed. The newly initiated Sword Intent was unable to do anything to him for long and was quickly extinguished.
But when he regained his senses, he saw a giant phantom of the Hundred-eyed Demon Spider in the void, baring its fangs and claws, with hundreds of eyes opening simultaneously, unleashing a hundred beams of divine light.
Even having survived one tribulation and with a more condensed spirit, facing this Hundred Eyes Divine Light caused him to fall into a state of dizziness. Although his stronger spirit and higher realm halved its effect, thus reducing the dizziness time significantly—where others could be dazed for over ten seconds, here it would only control him for just two or three seconds.
But that was enough.
"Innate Water Thunder!"
The violent elite water element exploded, submerging him, initially bursting with a terrifying power as high as 840,000, directly overturning the treasure tower. Then, the Twin Swords swiftly twisted around his neck.
At this moment, the Horned Demon Loose Immortal opened his eyes and instinctively stimulated his body protection gang qi, but it was already too late.
The Twin Swords easily broke through the Magical Robe’s defense, and with a flash of blood, a head flew off, accompanied by a series of loot drops.
For a non-Body Refining Stream, even if a Loose Immortal’s body and Qi and Blood were not very high, with his Twin Swords’ tens of thousands of explosive power, it was similarly a one-strike kill.
Su Yu, with a thought, the flying sword swept and collected nine pieces of loot, then turned his gaze to the right. His powerful sixth sense vaguely perceived something approaching rapidly, decisively transforming into a white light and soaring into the sky.
"Not good, he’s trying to escape."
One person raised a white light that blasted into a net, but the escape light was extremely agile, turning and rushing out.
The other person extended a finger, and a dim blue light flickered, landing on the escape light.
Two Horned Demon Loose Immortals appeared, both with very unpleasant expressions.
"To leap across a great realm and strike down a Loose Immortal, this person must be killed once to remove some potential."
The other person said:
"I’ve already marked him, no matter where he runs to...
The voice stopped abruptly, and the other person looked over in surprise. He opened his mouth, then said with some embarrassment:
"The mark has been dispelled."
The other opened his mouth, momentarily speechless.
"So should we pursue?"
"Chase what? His speed is so fast, and neither of us is good at speed, we can’t catch up."
"Damn."
The two had no choice but to return.
