Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 294 - 204: Sword Severing the Avatar, the Unwilling Horned Demon Loose Immortal
Although there was a significant difference in realms, Su Yu’s speed far surpassed his opponent’s. He flew by controlling his Qi, kiting two four-armed avatars around a large space rift.
The avatars launched various magic treasures and flying swords at Su Yu, bombarding fiercely all the way, but these attacks were not fatal.
The real threats to him were only the big moves, either divine techniques or powerful forbidden spells, which all required casting time. Su Yu never gave the opponent a chance to launch big moves, hiding behind the space rift as soon as he saw one coming.
Meanwhile, he borrowed the space rift to block the opponent’s strikes while continuously condensing sword qi and spreading it into the void.
With each lap, he threw a hundred strands of sword qi into the mix, adding another hundred with each completion.
The duration of the Loose Immortal’s avatar was an hour, with a cooldown of one day, but Su Yu did not wait for an hour. After only seven or eight minutes, having condensed seven thousand strands of sword qi and set up a sword array, he led the avatar into the center of the array’s void, stopped, showed a cunning smile amidst the Horned Demon People’s confusion, held up the Wind God’s Order and activated it:
"Hold!"
The power of the Wind God descended, holding the avatar in place, then he gestured an imaginary grasp to trigger the sword array, lightly commanding:
"Rise!"
In the next second, seven thousand strands of sword qi appeared in the void, quickly outlining a formation.
"Kill!"
With a tremor from the sword array, the seven thousand cyclical sword qi erupted simultaneously, maximizing output.
In an instant, unimaginable power burst forth, directly striking down the magic treasures hovering over the avatar’s head, the protective gang strength flaring and then extinguishing.
The avatar let out a cold snort, with its four arms tossing the flying swords and magic treasures it held, merging its four arms, a massive Xuanwu phantom emerged atop, shielding it, rendering the seven thousand sword qi crashing to pieces without breaking through.
The avatar’s massive face showed a grimace:
"This is the Xuanwu Protective Divine Technique, with defense enough to withstand several strikes from an Earth Immortal. How do you, a mere Qi Refining cultivator, plan to break it?"
Su Yu frowned slightly, grasping the Cyan Gang Sword before slashing it down sharply:
"Great Divine Technique, Space Rift!"
The spatial sword qi flashed and vanished, the Xuanwu phantom trembled before crumbling inch by inch under the avatar’s disbelief.
"How is this possible?"
"Cycle!"
What further shattered his confidence was the seven thousand sword qi, recently shattered, reformed into the array once again.
This time, the avatar had no other defensive means, could only watch as the seven thousand sword qi circled and sliced down, its million health and ten thousand defense collapsing like tofu under the sword qi endowed with the power of space, slicing it into fragments in the blink of an eye.
The Horned Demon People Loose Immortal, fallen!
With a grasp, Su Yu retrieved the spoils of battle, curling his lips, finding all nine items were trash, none of the flying swords or magic treasures equipped on him dropped.
In addition, there were also 200 merit points.
Normally, a Loose Immortal grants 100 merit points, but this Horned Demon People Loose Immortal had condensed a superior Dao Foundation, making him an elite among Horned Demon People, doubling the merit points.
After defeating his opponent, Su Yu continued to collect Blazing Flame Spiritual Light.
On the distant East Island, within a city of Horned Demon People at a resurrection point, spiritual light gathered, a figure slowly forming within it.
Shortly, within the spiritual light, a human form coalesced, precisely the Horned Demon People Loose Immortal slain by Su Yu. He stepped out of the resurrection point with a sullen face, silent for a while, then opened his guild channel and sent messages to several friends:
"I discovered a newly emerged spectacular scene to the south of the ancient battlefield, spewing from a newly appeared broken domain. I suspect there are Immortal remains inside."
Someone responded immediately, their tone puzzled:
"Really?"
Then another person curiously asked:
"You, Qilike, don’t plan to explore such a good thing yourself?"
"There’s a top human genius there, I lost."
"A contender on the Winds and Clouds Ranking?"
"No."
The other two Horned Demon People were in shock:
"Don’t tell me it’s a master on the Human Absolute Ranking, otherwise, don’t call us. We can’t handle such a freak even together."
Qilike was silent for a while, then spoke with some humiliation:
"It’s a Qi Cultivation cultivator, hasn’t yet established the Dao Foundation."
"???"
The other two, disbelieving, asked:
"You were taken down by a Qi Cultivation cultivator who surpassed you by a major rank?"
"Ambushed?"
"Or does he have a tenth-level treasure?"
"Neither."
"A direct overpowering kill?"
Qilike fell silent again, and the channel went quiet, but after a few minutes, a stream of light descended, from which emerged an extremely handsome Horned Demon People, who, upon meeting Qilike, laughed:
"You must be mistaken, you were actually taken down by a Qi Cultivation cultivator."
Qilike said expressionlessly:
"To be precise, I failed to ambush him and got counter-killed."
Nai Ke opened his mouth wide, his shock nearly dislocating his jaw.
"For real?"
"That formidable?"
"Are you sure it wasn’t your carelessness?"
Qilike glanced at him, and Nai Ke raised his hands in explanation:
"Don’t misunderstand, I’m just too shocked. It’s simply incredible."
Qilike said solemnly:
"This guy is definitely a super genius from the human side, potentially competing for the top ranks of the Absolute and Talents list."
At this moment, another stream of light descended, yet another Loose Immortal from the Horned Demon People. Nai Ke calmly relayed everything he had just said to him, and the newcomer was equally shocked.
"Kill him!"
The new Horned Demon was named Horn. Boden, a fiery-tempered individual, gestured loudly:
"This type of super genius, once grown, will inevitably be a threat to our race. We must suppress him greatly before he grows."
Nai Ke immediately nodded and said:
"If we manage to kill such a super genius, it wouldn’t just result in a massive merit reward, there’s even a chance of being rewarded with great merit, we cannot miss this chance."
"That’s exactly what I was thinking."
Qilike said in a deep voice:
"If the three of us join forces and prepare adequately, we can certainly kill him."
"But that’s still not enough."
Nai Ke pondered for a moment and spoke gravely:
"This type of super genius is absolutely a true disciple of a major sect on the human side, surely carrying life-saving artifacts. We need to prepare, or else we’ll suffer a counterattack if we fail to kill him."
"I’ll go borrow some artifacts from the guild."
"I’ll purchase a few one-time-use items."
"I’ll return to the sect to ask my master for a Nine Heavens Sovereign Seal Suppression Talisman."
"Let’s regroup here in ten hours."
"Alright."
Each of the three Loose Immortal Horned Demons made their preparations, while Su Yu continued collecting Blazing Flame Spiritual Light uninterrupted, gathering over a hundred strands in a short time.
However, this towering pillar of fire was highly conspicuous, visible from hundreds of kilometers away.
After collecting for another two hours, a Flying Ship suddenly approached.
Su Yu noticed immediately, and upon closer inspection, recognized the Flying Ship as belonging to a group he had seen earlier, totaling 14 people with 3 Loose Immortals.
They also noticed Su Yu collecting Blazing Flame Spiritual Light, seemingly unbothered due to his earlier noninterference. The Flying Ship, showing goodwill, did not come too close. Instead, one Loose Immortal flew over and shouted from afar:
"I am Huo Lixing, greetings!"
Su Yu cupped his fists in return:
"Su Yu."
Huo Lixing said solemnly:
"There are unspoken rules on this Ancient Battlefield. Whoever discovers a Spiritual Object first has ownership, but such grand natural spectacles aren’t subject to these rules. Anyone can vie for them."
Su Yu nodded in agreement:
"I understand. Feel free to enter whenever. I’m just collecting the Blazing Flame Spiritual Light outside for artifact refining."
Huo Lixing glanced at the hundreds of strands of Blazing Flame Spiritual Light in the air and smiled:
"You were here first; consider the Blazing Flame Spiritual Light yours. We won’t take any."
Su Yu was pleasantly surprised, and politely cupped his hands:
"Thank you very much."
"By the way, it’s best if you explore this area sooner. A Horned Demon noticed this spectacle earlier, but I disposed of him. He’ll surely spread the news upon resurrection, and it won’t be long before more Horned Demons arrive."
Huo Lixing’s expression became serious, and he cupped his fists:
"Thank you for the warning."
After speaking, he returned to the flying ship to discuss briefly with his companions. The fourteen split into two groups; five remained on the ship, while the remaining nine, including two Loose Immortals, formed a team to fly towards the towering pillar of fire and plunged into it.
However, within just ten seconds, nine returned, most retreating to the ship with the three Loose Immortals no longer visible.
Su Yu just glanced at them and continued collecting Blazing Flame Spiritual Light.
It’s better to have a bird in the hand than ten in the bush. No one knew what lay beneath this grand spectacle nor its dangers. As someone without his Dao Foundation established, going down by himself posed too high a risk. It was wiser to first secure the Blazing Flame Spiritual Light outside.
Uninterrupted, he accelerated his pace.
The eleven then hovered in the distance, growing bored after a while, and lifted the Flying Ship to level up near a spatial rift.
Both sides focused on their activities without interference, maintaining harmony.
But this harmony didn’t last. Roughly three hours later, two newcomers spotted the towering pillar of fire and flew over.
This time, there were just two Loose Immortals, also from the Human Race.
Su Yu didn’t wait for them to initiate conversation and directly said:
"I know the rules. Enter if you wish, just don’t disturb my collection of these Blazing Flame Spiritual Lights."
The two glanced at the remaining hundred strands, shrugged, cupped their hands, and plunged into the pillar of fire.
An hour later, Su Yu finally collected the last strand of Blazing Flame Spiritual Light, a total of 853 strands.
"Nice!"
This amount was enough to refine an extremely powerful level eight magic artifact.
Having collected all the Blazing Flame Spiritual Light, the area around the pillar of fire was empty. Su Yu pondered briefly, took out a jade gourd, drank a sip of Moonlight Condensed Dew, gaining a two-hour buff to suppress fire toxins and Heart Demons, then activated the Cyan Cloud Cover and rushed into the pillar of fire.
Upon entry, he immediately felt the intense heat and a powerful distorting force pulling him into the depths of the pillar.
He first checked the Cyan Cloud Cover, losing 4520 Defense per second.
Remember, the Cyan Cloud Cover had 3000 Defense Strength and 50% damage reduction.
This implied the internal temperature of the pillar brought environmental damage of 12040 per second, exceedingly overwhelming.
No wonder Huo Lixing’s team, despite entering, most non-Loose Immortals retreated; their lack of strength made prolonged survival untenable, with entry serving only as a burden.
The 4520 per-second Defense deduction was no issue for Su Yu. His Mana exceeded ten thousand, with a per-second infusion limit of one percent of his Mana, equaling 1000. The Mana conversion rate for the Cyan Cloud Cover was 300, meaning 1000 Mana could replenish 30,000.
This meant that if he desired, he could completely restore the Cyan Cloud Cover’s Defense within seconds.
