Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 87 - 42: Mistaken Heaven Demon Monarch, Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill (Part 2)
If this continues, the body might reject me, causing the takeover to fail.
Thinking of this, his resolve vanished, and he once again raised his large hand to sweep away the flames scattered across the river’s surface, then turned his Primordial Spirit and plunged into the water.
Xu Nan saw this and gave his giant cauldron a shock with his foot, causing it to sink and press the river water down beneath the surface.
The giant cauldron submerged quickly, and the river returned to calm, except for occasional patches turning red, where pillars of flame shot up from below.
"Is the battle over?"
A group of spectators exchanged glances, none daring to approach, let alone enter the river.
Su Yu dared not go, but Ao Run, sprawled at the window wagging its tail, seemed eager:
"Should we go down and take a look?"
Su Yu shook his head right away:
"It’s too dangerous."
"Coward, how will you grow if you don’t fight? If you won’t go, I will."
With that, he flew out of the Spirit Fish Shuttle’s window, diving headfirst into the Yuanjiang River.
"Sigh...."
Su Yu stretched out his hand, but Ao Run had flown far away.
"Alright!"
He abandoned the idea of forcibly calling her back.
At least she’s a boss with over two million health points and treasures for protection; a little reckless behavior shouldn’t be a problem.
The river surface continued to churn with waves, occasionally brightening and darkening, while the flames spurting from below hinted at unrest at the riverbed.
As time passed, some people seeing the river quiet start to feel tempted, and gradually, some sneakily infiltrated into the water.
Su Yu waited for a while, also worrying about Ao Run, gritting his teeth as he urged the Spirit Fish Shuttle to dive into the river.
Upon entering the water, he noticed the temperature was exceedingly high, increasing with depth, with the depths glowing like a sun.
He swiftly descended to the riverbed, arriving near the crevice to see a giant cauldron hundreds of meters in diameter, surrounded by fierce flames above the crevice, turning slowly. The ferocious flames poured into the crevice, clashing intensely with the multicolored glow.
A flood dragon with vivid blue scales like jade hovered above, persistently hurling treasure pearls into the crevice.
With each strike, the crevice shook violently, emitting plumes of multicolor glow.
Numerous people were watching nearby, but none dared interfere.
Su Yu initially hadn’t planned to intervene, but upon approaching, he heard Xu Nan’s transmission:
"Thanks, young man, for lending me a hand. After subduing the demon, I’ll share a trophy with you."
Su Yu immediately realized the misunderstanding, thinking that he sent Ao Run to assist.
He certainly wouldn’t explain, choosing to acquiesce.
"Since it’s already happened, let’s continue to lend a hand."
Su Yu pressed his lips together, mentally communicating with the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, then reached out and pressed down:
"Suppress the Sea!"
All five thousand mana infused, unleashing invisible power that swept outward for ten kilometers.
The multicolor glow and river water erupting from the crevice were instantly solidified by the invisible force.
"Good!"
Xu Nan was pleased by this, quickly activating his magical treasure, causing the giant cauldron to suddenly sink through the multicolor glow’s barrier.
Next, Ao Run summoned the treasure pearl again and smashed downward, accompanied by a sound akin to shattered glass, the multicolor glow’s barrier collapsed.
The previously balanced situation instantly became unstable as flames and sword qi penetrated the shattered barrier into the crevice, with the cauldron’s flames sinking into the crevice.
Su Yu rejoiced at this, knowing he’d made a significant contribution and deserved a trophy later.
"Boom!"
Inside the crevice, a violent tremor erupted, sending terrifying ripples along the edges, merging elites of the Water Element, flames, shattered multicolor glow, and crushed dirt into a whirlwind of colored chaos that spread over more than ten kilometers of water.
"Boom!"
With a deep, thunderous crash, all sounds and ripples ceased, and Su Yu felt a warm current surge within, discovering he gained 1,360,000 slaughter experience points and 122 Dao cultivation points, accompanied by Xu Nan’s voice:
"The Demon Monarch has been vanquished, young man, you can come in now."
Su Yu immediately contacted Ao Run to verify safety, and upon receiving affirmation, flew toward the crevice.
The Spirit Fish Shuttle descended along the crevice, diving down two to three kilometers to the bottom, where he saw the Flame Giant Cauldron suppressing the riverbed, beneath which a massive shattered clam lay embedded in the mud.
Partly emerged from the water was five to six hundred meters, with another estimated seven to eight hundred meters buried in the mud, making its total length over a kilometer.
Clearly, this was the Mirage Demon’s true form, but it had been shattered.
Xu Nan, meanwhile, held a ball of light in his hand, within which multicolor glow mingled with swirling black smoke, occasionally pausing to form a furious face that silently roared.
"Finally caught you."
He clenched the ball of light and put it away, then looked up at Su Yu, seemingly in a good mood:
"You’ve done me a big favor."
With a flip of his hand, five items lay in his palm before him:
"These are the spoils of this demon; you can choose one."
Su Yu glanced down, and the names and attributes of the five spoils appeared before him.
The first item was a palm-sized forest-white skull, a Tier Six magical treasure White Bone Relic, which upon activation could summon a White Bone Demon with a level 100 elite template.
The White Bone Demon possessed a four-headed, six-armed White Bone Demon Body, 1,500,000 Qi and Blood, 300,000 Mana, physique of 5,000, strength of 5,000, speed of 1,500 kilometers per hour, and it held two Tier Six White Bone Relics, two Tier Six Bone Rings, and two Tier Six Bone Piercing Heart Swords as magical treasures.
Practiced the Advanced Qi Refining Heart Skill Bone Refining Heart Skill to level one hundred, Advanced Basic Sword Formulas Bone-Eroding Heart Sword Formulas to level one hundred, and Five Flames Yin Thunder to level ninety-two.
The second item was a Demon Secret Skill: Profound Soul Demon Refining Skill, capable of erasing the spirits of spirits and monsters and refining them into puppets.
The third item was a Mirage Demon Elixir, which could be used for Alchemy or for refining illusionary type artifacts.
The fourth item was a Thunder Skill: Yin Thunder, refined using the thousands of years of yin malevolent energy from the Earth’s lung, specially designed to pollute flying sword magical treasures, instantly eroding upon contact with any person or stone.
The fifth item was still a Transformation Skill: Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill (exquisite), with Celestial Ghosts naturally adept at Five Elements Flying Escape Skill, transitioning between illusion and reality, possessing immeasurable strength, and with each level increase, Qi and Blood +1000, Mana +200, physique +30, strength +50, speed +20, Celestial Ghost’s body, Five Elements Escape Skill, illusion and reality transformation.
Practice requirements: innate bone structure of 20 points, innate comprehension of 15 points.
"All good stuff!"
It’s obvious Xu Nan is quite generous, as these five spoils are all very good.
He glanced at them, and already had an idea in mind.
Magical treasures and secret skills of the Demon sect are definitely out, as they don’t align with his Heart Skill and won’t exert their power.
The Mirage Demon Elixir is decent; if he can find a powerful artifact refining master, a Tier Seven Treasure could be refined, but illusionary type artifacts...
The Yin Thunder is tremendously powerful, but is also not very compatible.
The Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill...
"Could Ding Lingyu’s divine transformation be a Transformation Skill?"
"It’s very possible."
Suppressing the doubt in his heart, Su Yu spoke:
"I want the Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill!"
Xu Nan smiled and said:
"No problem."
With a flick of his wrist, the jade slip recording the Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill flew over, and he reached out to catch it.
Xu Nan gathered the rest of the items, and with a smile said:
"Your cultivation is quite decent, and with a Flood Dragon Spirit Pet, your future is boundless. I am a True Inheritor of the Danxia Sect; if you choose to apprentice there in the future, you can find me, and I guarantee you a spot as a formal disciple." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦
Su Yu hurriedly bowed down:
"Thank you, elder!"
Of course, he wouldn’t go, but it’s polite to express gratitude when an elder favors you.
"I’m off now!"
Xu Nan waved his large sleeve, transforming into light and soaring skyward.
As soon as the big shot left, Ao Run flew over, circled him, and with its massive head drawn near said:
"See? Without striving, how can you obtain these benefits?"
Su Yu cast her a side glance.
"With over level one hundred and two million blood, I can outmatch you."
After speaking, he lowered himself to the Mirage Demon corpse, reached out and placed a hand on the enormous shell, and with a thought, the colossal shell over a thousand meters long was collected, occupying just one space slot.
In its place was a massive pit hundreds of meters wide, from which a surge of Spiritual Qi rushed forth.
"There’s a large spiritual node below."
Ao Run entered the pit, circled it once, and returned, saying:
"This place could be used to build a grotto."
Su Yu shook his head and said:
"Not within my capacity."
He flipped atop Ao Run’s head and said:
"Let’s go, back to the temporary grotto."
The Flood Dragon flipped out of the earth’s crevice, flying towards the west.
Upon returning to the temporary grotto, Ao Run let Su Yu down, then continued wreaking havoc outside, leaving him a bit speechless.
"Stronger than me...
He closed the stone door, took out the Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill jade slip, pressed it to his forehead, and with a thought, the jade slip shattered, transforming into small dense tadpole-like runes that submerged into his brow.
Opening the panel, the Dao Law section now displayed the Celestial Ghost Transformation Skill.
