Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 84 - 41: Xu Nan the Loose Immortal, Unknown Great Demon
"Something’s not right."
Sitting atop Ao Run’s head, Su Yu felt increasingly uneasy, convinced it wasn’t a mere illusion that Ao Run had just sensed something.
"There must be something following us."
He pursed his lips, opened the panel, and focused on the Invisibility Skill, decisively spending 20 million cultivation points and 120 Taoist cultivation points to upgrade this magic to the second level.
Then, he applied the Jiezhi Concealment Skill to suppress his aura and spiritual presence, before using the Invisibility Skill, disappearing from sight.
Immediately after he vanished, Xia Ning suddenly stopped and said:
"Strange, his trail suddenly became elusive and faint."
"Could he have used some Concealing Breath Skill or Invisibility Technique?"
"Probably."
"But it doesn’t matter; he may turn invisible, but the flood dragon cannot. We just need to follow..."
Before finishing the sentence, Fang Zeyang and Kang Tianqi’s voices suddenly appeared in the team channel:
"Huh, where’s that laughter coming from?"
"Wow, so many beauties."
"Captain, wait a minute; I’ll be right back."
Then, there was silence.
The group immediately halted, looking at each other in confusion and uncertainty, turning to Kong He’an, who also gazed ahead at the suddenly rising, dreamlike colored lights drifting away from the clear river water.
Moments ago, Fang Zeyang and Kang Tianqi, following his orders to surpass Su Yu over this ground fissure, disappeared in that band of colored light.
"Run!"
While they were still puzzled, on the other side of the ground fissure, Ao Run, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, sprang up and without a word, turned around and fled.
Su Yu obviously didn’t hesitate for a second, grabbing the flood dragon’s dorsal fin and fleeing with it.
Looking back, the fissure was filled with rising colorful aurora, dreamlike and beautiful, tempting him to take a closer look. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢
"Hee hee!"
A woman’s playful laughter echoed by his ear:
"Sir, come play with us."
Su Yu’s eyes gradually glazed over, and without realizing it, he let go, turning to reach for the aurora.
"Bang!"
The giant tail of the flood dragon swatted him back, waking him up, and to his shock, he realized that he had let go of his grip and was moving toward the ground fissure.
"What happened to me just now?"
Feeling a shiver of fear, he turned back to grab the blue flood dragon’s dorsal fin and asked:
"Why did I let go?"
The flood dragon’s voice resounded:
"I don’t know what it is, but don’t look back."
Su Yu resisted his curiosity, asking:
"Is that an Illusion Technique?"
"Is there a Demon King inside?"
"I don’t know, I’ve never been in there."
He held his tongue, suppressing his curiosity.
Unlike Su Yu, who had the flood dragon’s reminder, Kong He’an and the others had no warnings. Almost instinctively, they looked back at the dreamlike colored light rising from the fissure, with smiles of bliss as they drifted towards the light.
Soon they reached the fissure, flying into its dark abyss without hesitation.
A long time later, treasure light flickered inside, currents surged, but soon disappeared, and the water returned to calm.
Unaware of all that transpired, Su Yu and his party had moved seven to eight kilometers away from the fissure by now, not daring to look back. They had no idea that their pursuers—Kong He’an and his group—were all swallowed by the fissure.
This place left a deep impression on him; he deliberately opened his map and marked the location with a skull icon.
"I wonder what’s inside."
He remained curious.
But it was mere curiosity, as he had no intention to explore it, nor would he dare return.
At least not until after surviving a Celestial Tribulation and feeling sufficiently confident, would he ever consider returning.
Half an hour later, one flood dragon and one man bypassed the fissure and continued their journey.
Seven hours later, after traveling several thousand kilometers, they finally arrived at a section of riverbed—a huge sunken gorge sloping deep into the river bottom without an end in sight.
"Such abundant Spiritual Qi!"
The valley floor was lush with vegetation, with various aquatic spirit creatures swirling around. Great snail spirits, as large as small houses or round tables, were everywhere among stone crevices and mud land.
In that part of the sunken gorge where the snail spirits resided, clusters of Cyan Cold Lotus bloomed.
Deep in that vast expanse of Cyan Cold Lotus, there was a....
"Huh?"
Su Yu stood up abruptly, looking in surprise towards the obviously man-made stone entrance of a dwelling near the edge of the Cyan Cold Lotus within the river gorge.
He pointed in that direction, asking:
"Is that a dwelling?"
Ao Run glanced over and shook his head:
"The dwelling is empty."
"Ah...."
"Alright then."
Feeling slightly disappointed, Su Yu smacked his lips and said:
"Let’s get to work then; let’s take care of the nearby spirit creatures first."
Ao Run opened his mouth, spitting a blue pearl like a shooting star, cutting a clear path through the water.
"Bang!"
A river snail spirit’s shell was shattered, spewing the contents of its body as the shooting star pierced through.
With a swift leap, the blue flood dragon slammed its massive tail, cracking the snail shell. Its claws pressed down hard on the fissure, causing it to break into fragments.
Meanwhile, Su Yu was busy, too. Wielding both the Sun Concealing Sword and the Ice Soul Sword, he engaged an 82-level giant-mouthed fish spirit not far away. The twin swords circled and weaved over the fish spirit’s body, spilling blood blossoms one after another.
However, the 82-level spirit creature’s health exceeded 100,000, with strong defenses. The Ice Soul Sword sounded like scraping sand on the surface.
Fortunately, the Sun Concealing Sword dealt enough damage, with a cycle of 6-7,000 damage, slowly wearing it down, eventually prevailing.
Though less efficient, it remained the best for leveling against 60-level spirit creatures.
Without realizing it, they continued until nightfall, as the darkness deepened underwater.
Su Yu pondered for a while, summoning Ao Run to circle around and approach another disused valley-floor dwelling.
Suppressing his aura and cloaking himself in invisibility, he ventured closer, ordering the blue flood dragon to eliminate nearby wandering fish spirits and river snails, while he stood before the dwelling entrance, carefully preparing to push open the stone door.
