Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 286 - 196: The Grand Void Divine Mirror, The Grand Void Divine Net
"The Celestial Derivation Immortal Sect indeed has Celestial Immortals, but our military department has them too. Which of the four major player civilizations hasn’t stationed a few Immortals locally?"
Lin Tao continued:
"If Mr. Su is interested in this, after the battle ends, head to South Sea Divine Turtle Island, which is our Human Race’s main city in the South Sea. Everything you need is there, including a branch of the military department. You can learn more there."
Su Yu smiled bitterly:
"You sure see me highly, exchanging celestial merits for tier ten treasures and supreme doctrines is beyond my reach."
Lin Tao laughed:
"It’s about effort, and celestial merits aren’t solely dependent on strength. The military has many super missions rewarding celestial merits, some don’t require high strength. If you have incredible luck, you might earn celestial merits."
Su Yu got interested immediately:
"Tell me more."
"Later, let’s discuss after the fight."
"Alright."
As they paused, Su Yu suddenly thought of something and asked:
"By the way, how does the military department determine individual merit?"
Lin Tao laughed:
"The military department here has two premium Spiritual Treasures. One is called the Taixu Divine Mirror, which can see the vast world, clearly knowing your battle achievements, whether killing foreign races, their strength, and status."
"The other is the Taixu Divine Network. This connects regional channels throughout the island, creating a super regional channel and auction house, with universal teleportation. You can trade and teleport above the network if you have merit."
"Once you apply at the military branch, you can join the Taixu Divine Network."
"Oh, so there’s also a Taixu Divine Mirror and Divine Network here."
Su Yu heard about it from Qingchan, that the Mainland of Divine Land also has a Taixu Divine Network and Mirror. With money, you can use these premium Spiritual Treasures to instantly bridge billions of kilometers."
These premium Spiritual Treasures are the highest Artifact Refining crystallization of human civilization and are very rare, only present in significant places."
Like the Human Race’s headquarters, on par in scale with the Fallen Star Islands headquarters."
Small places like Blue Mountain Island don’t have them."
Since there’s a Taixu Divine Mirror, Su Yu wasn’t worried about his battle achievements being unrecorded or stolen by others."
He suddenly had a bold idea, his gaze landing on a Tier Six Giant Wood Divine Ship below. He pressed the Cyan Cloud Cover atop his head and controlled his sword towards the center of the Horned Demon People fleet’s Giant Wood Divine Ship."
His brazen move immediately attracted attention, a large group of Horned Demon People simultaneously attacking, dense Divine Thunder and Spiritual Treasure alongside flying swords aimed down." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
He smiled slightly, wielded his sword, raising a hundred-meter sword rainbow that swept across. A burst of crisp sounds slashed through swords and Spiritual Treasures, while the remaining hundred Divine Thunder and Spiritual Treasure flying swords were blocked by the Cyan Cloud Cover."
The Cyan Cloud Cover provided 3000 points of defense strength; damage below three thousand couldn’t break it."
Though the attack looked fierce, most damage barely exceeded defense strength. In reality, the total damage didn’t reach ten thousand."
"Such bravery!"
A Horned Demon leader on the Giant Wood Divine Ship’s deck scoffed, pointing at him:
"Prepare the Divine Thunder Tower, focus fire and take him out."
Meanwhile, the Human Race side was shocked by his sudden charge:
"What’s he doing?"
"Seeking death?"
In that moment, Su Yu reached attack distance, then pointed at the Cyan Cloud Cover, decisively activating Cloud Protection, raising total defense power to 1.2 million with 70% damage reduction."
Next, six hundred Divine Thunder Towers on the Giant Wood Divine Ship lit up, unleashing six hundred Divine Thunders to engulf him."
Following were thousands of arm-thick steel Fire God Crossbows firing into the explosive thunder fire."
Su Yu ignored the violent thunder, seized the Cyan Gang Sword, and activated [Sky Split] slashing down. The Power of Space tore open, the black space fissure swiftly extending to the Giant Wood Divine Ship. Its thick shield jolted, the immense defense powerless against the Power of Space tearing open."
The entire field fell silent."
Seconds later, the Human Race side rejoiced:
"Their main ship’s shield is broken, everyone prepare for focused fire."
Without need for commands, every Human Race battleship adjusted its target, and twenty thousand players in the air rushed forward."
But the Horned Demon side reacted swiftly, sending two Rage Whale Ships to escort, and twenty thousand Horned Demon People in the air surged to intercept, igniting instant skirmish."
The Giant Wood Divine Ship’s commander was furious, pointing at Su Yu, shouting:
"Fire again, kill him."
Yet his response was a beat too slow. Su Yu dropped an innate water thunder from the sky onto the Giant Wood Divine Ship. In an instant, the explosion of innate water and True Water of Taiyin enveloped the ship, wiping out nearly three thousand Horned Demon People and hundreds of Divine Thunder Towers and Fire God Crossbows. The vast warship became empty, with only a few escaping."
The capable experts were all airborne, and the ship was filled with mana suppliers, truly weak."
This one innate water thunder could instantly kill an unguarded Loose Immortal, let alone those weaklings."
With the vessel emptied, Su Yu rushed onto the deck, pressing a hand to it, his eyes brightened:
"Great, the ship owner is also gone."
Immediately using Treasure Collection Skill."
The warship’s shield already broken, and with the ship empty and owner gone, it was temporarily unowned and could be seized."
Countless gleams entwined the warship, swiftly reducing the vast Giant Wood Divine Ship to palm-size, collected right under the Horned Demon’s noses."
"Damn!"
Lin Tao was utterly shocked:
"Mr. Su, you were too fierce, robbing a Giant Wood Divine Ship right under their eyes. Can you use that Divine Technique again?"
"No, only once a day."
"Oh."
"Does this count as destroying a warship?"
"Of course it counts."
"Wow, you’re amazing! You captured a Tier Six Giant Wood Divine Ship for 10,000 merit points and one minor merit. There were nearly 3,000 people on the deck, that’s at least 3,000 points. That wave earned over 13,000 points."
Su Yu clicked his tongue and said:
"It’s really not that hard."
"Not that hard?"
"Under normal circumstances, destroying a Giant Wood Divine Ship requires at least two main warships to keep up the pressure. Then a large number of experts have to attack together to wear it down slowly. After the fight, the merits have to be split among many people. Not like you, enjoying all the spoils by yourself. It’s really gratifying."
"Oh, indeed."
After putting away the Giant Wood Divine Ship, the scale of the warships on both sides immediately became even. The pressure on the human side eased a lot.
The battle continued to be a stalemate, neither side able to gain the upper hand.
Su Yu once again blended into the crowd, maneuvering his twin swords to slowly reap enemies, occasionally unleashing a blast of Divine Thunder.
Compared to his previous high-profile performance, he was now extremely low-key.
He had no choice. Earlier, his display of power had attracted several experts from the Horned Demon People, with several top fighters below Loose Immortal level aiming to take him down.
He wasn’t afraid, but being too flashy in unfamiliar territory was not a wise choice.
So he hid among the crowd, keeping a low profile and fighting with the team. Every hour or so, he would release a congenital water mine, killing a few hundred, then retreat again.
Going back and forth like this, both sides were losing members continuously. However, with the Resurrection Array, despite the stalemate lasting over a dozen hours, the numbers didn’t decrease significantly.
Until....
"Everyone, stop fighting and retreat with the fleet."
Suddenly, there was an order, and Su Yu saw that the two groups, who had been fighting fiercely, gradually stopped. The warships below also stopped activating the Divine Thunder Tower and began to retreat slowly.
Su Yu was confused and transmitted a message to Lin Tao:
"Brother, what’s going on? They stopped fighting?"
Lin Tao nodded and replied:
"Yes, the two sides are evenly matched. Since no one could win, they called a ceasefire. We can’t keep grinding like this, can we? How many people would have to die?"
"Uh...."
"Thanks to you for destroying one of their Giant Wood Divine Ships. Otherwise, they had the upper hand and might not have agreed to the ceasefire."
"You’ll see, the longer you stay here. This kind of situation is very common."
"After all, everyone’s life is precious. Unless we are confident of defeating the opponent, usually when it’s a draw, both sides will stop fighting after a stalemate."
"Alright."
Nothing more needed to be said. Both sides retreated, and the fleet returned to port.
Su Yu followed Lin Tao back onto a Giant Wood Divine Ship. As soon as he stepped off the deck, several people approached. Lin Tao pointed to the man in the middle and introduced him:
"Mr. Su, this is our Tianyun Guild’s vice guild leader, Kong Lingxu."
Kong Lingxu smiled and extended his hand, saying:
"Mr. Su, your impressive feat of taking down their main warship opened my eyes."
Su Yu modestly replied:
"It was nothing, they were careless."
"You’re too modest, Mr. Su. On the battlefield, there’s no such thing as carelessness, only strength."
Su Yu smiled and got straight to the point:
"What can I do for you, President Kong?"
Kong Lingxu’s expression turned serious, and he said in a deep voice:
"I understand you just captured a Giant Wood Divine Ship. Would you be willing to sell it?"
Su Yu nodded and said:
"Of course, how much can you offer?"
"How about 10,000 gold?"
He explained:
"Normally, a brand new Giant Wood Divine Ship costs 15,000 gold. But that price includes all the Divine Thunder Towers onboard. Yours has its Divine Thunder Towers destroyed and needs to be refitted, so its value is lower."
"Deal!"
He would have sold it for even 8,000 gold, let alone 10,000.
This thing needs manpower to be effective. As a lone wolf, it’s of no use to him.
No need to save it for future use by the Thousand Star Hall. In the past, he might have thought that way, but now the Thousand Star Hall isn’t short of resources. Tier Six Giant Wood Divine Ships are not in shortage. They only lack super warships above Tier Seven.
The deal was quickly finalized.
With 10,000 gold in hand, Su Yu’s funds now exceeded 100,000, totaling 105,603 gold.
Five minutes later, Su Yu bid farewell to Lin Tao and the others, leaving the fleet and flying north.
Flying high in the sky, he swiftly traveled, while opening the map to check.
The map was a standard map for ordinary members of the Tianyun Guild, gifted by Kong Lingxu. It only contained topographical maps of the Fallen Star Islands’ South Sea and Southeast Sea Region, along with the divisions of major forces.
Trying to learn much from the map wasn’t feasible, but at least he wouldn’t get lost.
To acquire a more complete and detailed map, he would have to go to the military office and spend a considerable sum to buy one.
