Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 94 - 45: Three Rounds of Minor Trials, Crushing Victory

Chapter 94: Chapter 45: Three Rounds of Minor Trials, Crushing Victory

Wei Xia smiled and explained:

"You may not know this, but his pace was set a long time ago."

"From the moment he set foot on the path of cultivation, he maintained this dominating posture to grow, then joined the immortal sect to achieve certain accomplishments. In the future, when he returns from the sect, he will immediately become a core member of the guild, directly stepping into a guild management position."

"After rotating through multiple positions for years, he can slowly take over the power from his father, who is Mr. Ding, and leap to become the vice president of the guild."

"You know our guild’s presidential election system. The vice president has a chance to compete, and with his status and his first-place experience in the same year, he has a considerable advantage over other competitors."

He Shoucheng laughed and picked up the conversation:

"Think about it, all other competitors are his defeated subordinates; where do they get the confidence to compete against him?"

"Oh!"

Su Yu nodded thoughtfully.

After a moment, he suddenly thought of something and asked:

"Since that’s the case, what if I defeat him? Will they suppress me?"

"Hmm....."

The two fell silent, and after three seconds, Wei Xia said:

"Probably nothing will happen. They can’t interfere in the ring, and there’s no replay. If you win, you win, at most they won’t like you."

"Oh!"

Su Yu didn’t ask the question again, and from their expressions, it was clear they didn’t believe he could challenge Ding Lingyu.

The conversation then shifted to other topics.

More than an hour later, they suddenly heard the host’s voice:

"The first round of this small test is over, the second round will begin in five minutes, seed players please take your positions."

The people who were chatting dispersed, and Su Yu waved to the two, preparing to head to the venue.

While climbing the stairs, he suddenly felt a gaze falling on him. Turning around, he saw Ding Lingyu nearby; he smiled slightly and nodded as a greeting.

Su Yu also nodded in response and walked out of the stairs into the venue.

As they entered, a warm cheer and applause erupted from the audience, especially when Ding Lingyu appeared, the cheers were the loudest.

Five minutes later, the competition continued, and one by one, the seed players were chosen to compete.

Soon it was Su Yu’s turn, and his opponent was a non-seed player who looked familiar but whose name he didn’t know. Judging by his Qi Refining level, he hadn’t even reached level fifty.

Such players who made it to the second round mostly had one or two powerful magical treasures.

Su Yu didn’t even summon the Blue Sparrow, easily tearing through his defense with a single sword, knocking him off the stage in three seconds.

The following rounds were all the same, defeating one opponent after another with just one sword, and he soon advanced to the top eight, which included Su Yu, Ding Lingyu, Lan Yiyi, Wei Xia, Xu Lulu, Cao Ze, He Shoucheng, and Gu Zhiqiu, who held more than sixty Golden-winged Flying Centipedes.

Last time’s top eight Zhou Xuan was defeated by Gu Zhiqiu this time.

With the Refined Level Qi Refining Heart Skill’s enhancement on Gu insects, Gu Zhiqiu gradually moved into the ranks of masters.

Looking at the top eight players, Su Yu estimated he could rank...seventh or eighth.

No way, each of those in the top eight possesses powerful magical treasures, at least of the sixth grade. Low-level spirit insects like the Ink Ball Bee, even enhanced by refined heart skills, couldn’t withstand, capable of taking down swathes with one strike.

Golden-winged Flying Centipedes may have high health and defense, but their numbers are still insufficient, and their levels not high enough, to cause a qualitative change.

The battles continued, Su Yu first defeated He Shoucheng, then Xu Lulu, smoothly advancing to the top four.

Just like the last time, the top four remained the same.

Lan Yiyi’s gaze fell directly on Su Yu, smiling as she said:

"It seems this time the ranking will be the same as last time."

Su Yu smiled faintly and shook his head, saying:

"Not necessarily, there might be changes in the ranking."

Lan Yiyi nodded:

"Indeed, this time I will defeat you."

Su Yu was about to respond when the host’s voice happened to ring out:

"First match, number two player Su Yu versus number three player Lan Yiyi, please come to the ring!"

Su Yu raised his eyebrow and motioned with his hand:

"What a coincidence."

Lan Yiyi laughed heartily, leaping onto the stage, and Su Yu followed closely behind.

The words to be said were already said before they went on stage. Lan Yiyi jumped onto the stage and directly manifested her true bloodline form, transforming into a half-human, half-flood dragon, holding a huge halberd which she slammed onto the ground, staring intently at the opposite side.

Su Yu didn’t waste words, aligning his fingers together and pointing, two sword lights shot up into the sky.

"Two six-grade flying swords?"

In the waiting area, Ding Lingyu’s eyelids twitched slightly, but he didn’t care too much.

As long as it doesn’t break through the defense, one, two, or even ten swords would be the same.

However, his expression management faltered when, at the end of the countdown, the two flying swords instantly crossed the ring, pinning down Lan Yiyi, striking her with no chance to counterattack.

Physical constitution equates to absolute defense; a single point of constitution can absolutely block a certain amount of damage.

Strength equals attack; attack equates to strength, and the damage of a flying sword equates to how much strength was applied.

Last time, Lan Yiyi, with greater strength, could casually deflect the flying swords, fighting her way to Su Yu’s face, where she pummeled him wildly, almost at the brink of beating him to death.

But this time, contrary to everyone’s expectations, the stronger Lan Yiyi, tried to close in on Su Yu just like last time, but at the moment when the double sword and halberd intersected, instead of deflecting the flying swords, they came to a standstill.

The flying swords trembled but held firm.

Lan Yiyi’s halberd spun fiercely, and the two flying swords intertwined in attack and defense, blocking each halberd strike, occasionally striking with a spare sword.

Compared to last time, where the defense was barely breached, this time each strike could do over seven hundred damage, and each sword slash could open the scales of the flood dragon, drawing a line of blood.

In great shock, Lan Yiyi relied on her body skill to evade and her technique to parry, each sword could only inflict two or three segments of damage before stalling, unable to deal eight segments per strike as if against common enemies for maximum output.

But she couldn’t stop Sun Concealing from pressuring her halberd every few swords, freeing the Blue Sparrow to deliver another cut.

Though her combat technique was good, it couldn’t compare to the advanced technique of Sword Qi Thunder Sound, especially given the two-sword strategy. She soon fell into a disadvantage.

"Bloodline Power!"

Lan Yiyi decisively activated her innate ability, her dragon scales glowing, defense doubling, strength doubling, her halberd swept and knocked away Sun Concealing and Blue Sparrow, her figure flickered like a shadow, leaping over two hundred in an instant, a few flickers reached Su Yu’s face, striking down with the halberd.

"Bang!"

One strike dropped nearly seven thousand defense, but the Nine Orifice Treasure Pearl above his head didn’t budge, the Treasure Light didn’t even flicker.

With a thought, mana poured into the magical treasure, quickly restoring lost defenses.

The maximum mana infusion of the magical treasure is 1% of one’s own mana per second, Su Yu’s current mana is 5350, 1% is 53 mana, and the mana conversion rate of the Nine Orifice Treasure Pearl is 50, meaning 1 mana can restore 50 defense points, 53 mana can restore 2650 magical treasure defense, so the defense Lan Yiyi broke through with that strike can be restored in three seconds.

Lan Yiyi’s eyes narrowed, she swung her halberd into a rapid series of combos, much like the last round.

But this time Su Yu could finally counterattack, decisively activating the Sun Concealing Sword’s attached magic Glare Form, the flying swords engulfed in Sun True Fire pierced straight into the flood dragon man’s neck surrounded by dragon scales in a circle.

The glowing dragon scales were cut open, and blood gushed out.

Lan Yiyi’s expression remained unchanged, continuing her fierce attack. In the few seconds of combat, she already realized she was doomed to lose, retreating or advancing both led to defeat, better to end it in battle.

But unfortunately, Su Yu did not give her a chance, after Sun Concealing circled her neck, it moved to in front of her, he grabbed it, twisted and shook his wrist, sword shadows exploded, a series of crisp clangs forcibly pushed Lan Yiyi back.

With a beckoning gesture, Blue Sparrow returned, the twin swords joined forces, driving Lan Yiyi to endlessly retreat.

Fifteen seconds swiftly passed, the Sun True Fire on the Sun Concealing Sword faded, Glare Form ended, and Lan Yiyi’s innate effect also ended.

In the last second, still barely holding on, the next second Lan Yiyi was driven to retreat step by step, covered with sword marks, blood dripping.

"I concede!"

Lan Yiyi sighed deeply, having to accept reality.

"I accept your concession!"

"You are indeed stronger than I am."

Lan Yiyi was straightforward, conceding before glancing back at the direction of the podium, suddenly thinking of something, laughed:

"With your current output, you can already break Ding Lingyu’s defense, I look forward to you bringing him down."

"I’ll give it my best!"

"Then I’ll be watching."

The space shifted, and they were both teleported away.