Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 162 - 81: Demon Tide, Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion

Chapter 162: Chapter 81: Demon Tide, Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion

"Thunderstrike!"

"Wan Jun!"

It was the first time Su Yu used these two flying swords in actual combat. Two sword lights pierced through the light curtain and slashed into the monster horde, twisting together to cut a tiger spirit that leaped over a hundred meters high into two halves.

With a swift interleave, another spirit was cut in two.

The twin swords revealed their sharpness, dealing with these level fifty or sixty spirits without any challenger. Touch them and they’re wounded; hit them and they die, the killing efficiency was astonishingly fast.

Yet, as fast as it was, it couldn’t match Ding Lingyu’s speed. He transformed directly into a divine general, raised his hand, and pressed down, a chain of lightning snaking through the spirit horde, wiping out groups in seconds.

From time to time, he threw out a Taiyi Divine Thunder, instantly turning monster hordes into dust.

Lan Yiyi’s efficiency wasn’t slow either. Constantly condensing Gui Water Divine Thunders, although the power wasn’t enough for instant kills, with Xu Lulu’s cooperation, she could overlap theirs, easily taking down those level fifty or sixty monsters.

Besides them, Demon Suppression City gathered thousands of players, each employing various techniques for a frenzied bombardment, forcibly clearing a blank area around the city walls.

Yet, this situation slowed as monsters behind the demon tide grew larger in number and higher in level.

By level seventy or eighty, ninety-plus spirits could no longer be instantaneously killed; a collaborative effort from sundry cultivators was needed for a reckless bombardment to slay them.

Then, someone like Su Yu showed the advantage of swordsmanship.

Level forty or fifty spirits were killed in one strike.

Level eighty or ninety spirits were also killed in one strike, only within this strike hide more than ten segments of damage, the two swords combined exceeded twenty segments, average monsters in the eighty or ninety levels couldn’t withstand this twist.

Under the light curtain of the mighty formation, there was no need to worry about monsters rushing in. Su Yu didn’t even summon defense treasures, merely furiously swung his twin swords.

After a wave of frenzied slaughter, many cultivators took out elixirs to restore mana, yet Su Yu continued his relentless battery.

After a while, Ding Lingyu’s transformed divine general nearly depleted his hundreds of thousands of mana, yet he unwaveringly continued fighting.

Later on, Lan Yiyi and Xu Lulu had already consumed elixirs to restore mana for the third time, yet Su Yu hadn’t taken a single one. Lan Yiyi exclaimed, incredulously:

"Is it necessary to be this fierce?"

"How strong is your mana? How can you endure this long?"

Su Yu smiled slightly, kept his lips pursed without speaking.

Upon switching to the refined Cave Profound Spiritual Inspiration Scripture, his refined level forty Qi Refining Heart Skill increased 8,000 mana due to talent bonuses, plus 3,050 mana from heavenly materials, earth treasures, and equipment, and further enhanced by 16,200 from Four Symbols Star Soul Banner, his total mana reached 27,250.

What concept is that?

It’s over five times Lan Yiyi’s.

With such abundant mana, naturally he has incredible endurance.

Accordingly, the elixirs used now grew increasingly expensive, priced at 15 taels of silver each for top-grade restoration elixirs, a single one restoring 24,000 mana.

Su Yu had thought with his abundant mana, and considering that flying sword style had low mana consumption, he could last till the demon tide’s end without elixirs.

But soon he realized he underestimated the scale of the demon tide.

After an hour of frenzied fighting, the demon tide showed no signs of pause, its overwhelming array of spirits engulfed Demon Suppression City completely. Everywhere in sight, high and low, devoid of any dead ends, were densely packed demon beasts.

"This is over-exaggerated!"

What responded to him was the continuously surging demon tide relentlessly charging onward.

Two hours in, numerous cultivators, overly exhausted, had to retreat for rest, replaced by a batch inside the city.

This batch was mostly disciples from the Chixiao Sword Sect, each driving flying swords into the monster horde, initiating a mad slaughter.

Su Yu could still endure but without forcing it, retreated; watching many disciples of Chixiao Sword Vein engaging in rampant killing from behind.

Another two hours later, this batch of Chixiao Sword Vein disciples also withdrew exhausted, rotating back those who previously rested.

Even now, the outside demon tide showed not a single sign of halting, remaining endless and ceaseless.

By then, Su Yu no longer felt relaxed initially, with a solemn face said:

"These ten gold coins aren’t easy to earn!"

Considering this demon tide’s scale, it must be larger than any seen during battles between Two Cangshui River Gods.

"Bang!"

A headlong charge from a 124-level, over fifty-meter-long green-armored wild ox hit the city wall, instantly triggering dense restriction runes that lit up, exploding into brilliant light clearing numerous spirits around the walls.

It wasn’t the boss, just a hundred-level experience monster.

And this was only the beginning, hundred-level massive monsters emerged one after another, furiously hitting the walls.

"Boom!"

A flame-wreathed fire sparrow spread its wings, gathering a huge fireball like a meteor descending from the sky.

Inside the city, a dazzling sword light soared towards the sky, oscillating back and forth in the void, slicing each fireball apart.

Among them, one sword light was exceptionally dazzling, spiralling to thousands of meters high and binding several fire sparrows, twisting them around.

Su Yu also switched targets, the twin swords united enveloping a hundred-level demon ape.

The demon tide’s assault was incredibly fierce; if faced by large cities like Thousand Feather City, they might not withstand it. But Demon Suppression City was specifically built as a fortress against demon beasts, the city defenses were formidable, withstanding the dense demon race siege successfully.

No one knew how long it had been before a sharp screech echoed from the sky. Subsequently, the unwavering demon tide strike began to slow, the prolonged, futile assault gradually retreating.

Su Yu exhaled slightly, considering whether to seize this moment during the demon tide’s withdrawal for more slaughter, only to see numerous players rushing out past the fortress light curtain, chasing after the retreating tail of the demon tide for pursuit.

This time Lan Yiyi flew over, loudly shouting:

"Mr. Su, let’s go up as well."

He asked:

"Going up now, aren’t you afraid the monster tide will turn back?"

He shook his head and said:

"I just asked others, the main force won’t return after the monster tide retreats."

"Then let’s go up."

The four of them soared into the sky, crossed over the fortress defense array, and charged towards the retreating monster tide.

Su Yu summoned Thunder and Wan Jun, charging into the monster tide, crazily slaughtering every demon beast, surrounded by groups of players in tow, knocking down and leaving behind groups of demon beasts.

"Be careful with the distance."

Lan Yiyi reminded from the side:

"I asked around, even though the monster tide won’t turn back once it retreats, if we get too close, it will attract the monsters over."

Su Yu immediately controlled his position not to surpass others, but his attacks grew fiercer, selectively targeting those with higher levels.

A Level 100 Wolf Demon was killed, dropping two light balls, and with a sweep of sword light, it was retrieved, revealing a Tier 5 Weapon Type Magical Treasure and a Demon Core.

Before long, another Level 100 demon beast was slain, dropping two more loot items.

Although they were all Level 100 experience monsters, their levels ensured something would drop, bad luck might yield around one gold, good luck could mean over a dozen gold.

Little by little, brushing dozens could accumulate over a hundred gold.

But unfortunately, this good fortune didn’t last long, these Level 100 big beasts were fast and strong, and easily disappeared into the monster tide, leaving Su Yu with only a dozen or so slower ordinary demon beasts.

The pursuit lasted hundreds of kilometers until the monster tide reached the demon mountain standing amidst the Wilderness Forest Sea.

Seeing others stop chasing, Su Yu also stopped, and returned with them when he saw others returning as well.

"This wave was thrilling!"

Ding Lingyu laughed:

"Didn’t expect to encounter a monster tide as soon as we arrived, quite the luck."

The group returned with laughter and chatter, and upon reaching Demon Suppression City, the City Defense Array was already closed, and a large number of players were clearing the demon beast corpses outside the city.

The four first headed to the City Lord’s Mansion, selling off all the miscellaneous loot they carried, netting a total of 42 gold.

They then booked a few upper rooms in the inn within the city, and once in his room, Su Yu opened the panel to check.

This round of frenzied slaughter yielded a total of 11.5 million kill experience and 32 points of cultivation.

Including what was accumulated before, and the Sea-Suppressing Pearl could accumulate nearly 3 million kill experiences daily, totaling over 90 million a month. His experience pool now held 162.5 million kill experiences and 1291 points of cultivation.

Without hesitation, Su Yu consumed 77.5 million kill experiences and 350 points of cultivation, raising the Cave Profound Spiritual Inspiration Scripture from forty to fifty levels.

At fifty levels, Qi and Blood +5000, Mana +10000, Magic Power +5000, Mana Recovery +20 points per second.

The remaining 75 million kill experiences weren’t enough to raise the Refined Level Qi Refining Heart Skill to sixty levels, so it was stored in the experience pool.

Notably, the Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill was an Intermediate Qi Refining Heart Skill, with a maximum of 100 levels after multiple lectures. After converting to the Cave Profound Spiritual Inspiration Scripture, a Refined Heart Skill, the heart skill level was compressed, and the maximum was also compressed, leaving only sixty levels that could be increased now.

However, it was not a big problem, because he now had a master. After reaching sixty levels, he could seek a lecture from his master, easily raising it to a full hundred levels.

Exiting the residence, Ding Lingyu and others were in the inn lobby chatting with a few locals whom they didn’t know at a shared table.

Seeing him come down, Lan Yiyi waved to him and asked:

"You came at the right time; the monster tide is over. Do you want to head to the Demon Country for leveling later?"

Su Yu wondered:

"Going now? Aren’t you afraid of running into a monster tide?"

At this point, one of the men at the shared table laughed:

"The monster tide disperses once it retreats to the Demon Country; it can’t regroup in a short time. Now is the perfect time for leveling."

"That sounds doable."

"I’ll get ready, let’s meet at the north gate in half an hour."

"Alright."

Exiting the inn, Su Yu casually found a shop on the street to purchase a batch of Top-grade Rejuvenation Elixirs, and then wandered around the street for a while. Passing a certain shop, he saw someone emerging from an extremely narrow alley.

He casually glanced over, noticing at the very end of the alley a small doorway, a man about to return inside, who upon catching Su Yu’s curious gaze, stopped in his tracks, smiled faintly, and walked in.

A thought crossed Su Yu’s mind, and he slipped into the alley arriving before the small doorway, first spotting the sign by the door - Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion.

Below, in small letters - All-encompassing, Everything Available.

"Such grand words!"

He looked up towards the inside of the house, where the man he earlier saw was standing at the door:

"Welcome to the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion Demon Suppression City branch, I am the shop owner. May I ask what you are looking for!"

Curious, Su Yu walked in, glancing around the room, finding it completely empty, with only a few small rooms in the back.

He puzzled over it and asked:

"Where are your goods?"