Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 97 - 47: Narrow Victory, First Place

"Geng Metal Divine Thunder!"

The golden lightning exploded, and a 7200 damage number jumped up, blasting the divine general away in the process.

The three consecutive thunders instantly took away one-third of Ding Lingyu’s remaining Qi and Blood, leaving him with 21600 Qi and Blood.

"Transform the tangible into intangible!"

The Celestial Ghost turned from solid to intangible, and the divine general’s punch hit nothing but air.

In the next second, it turned from intangible to solid, with its claws piercing through the divine general’s body. Ding Lingyu followed up with a backhanded Taiyi Divine Thunder pressed against his chest, causing his Qi and Blood to plummet to just over five thousand.

The Celestial Ghost, that had been blasted into the air, became intangible again and shot into the sky. It raised three palms in succession:

"Gui Water Divine Thunder!"

"Binghuo Divine Thunder!"

"Geng Metal Divine Thunder!"

The cooldown time for the Five Elements Thunder Skill derived from the Celestial Ghost Transformation is 5 seconds, but he now masterfully wielded three types of the Five Elements Thunder Skill, using them in turns, launching three in a single round, once again blasting away a large portion of the divine general’s remaining Qi and Blood, leaving only 14600.

The next second, the divine general charged through the triple thunder and fire, gathering lightning into a spear and hurled it, piercing the Celestial Ghost’s chest.

Qi and Blood dropped by 4800, leaving 320 Qi and Blood.

The divine then followed up with a backhanded punch, shattering the Celestial Ghost into pieces.

A flash of clear light reverted Su Yu to his true form, holding two Sword Qi, he swung to draw Ding Lingyu’s attention. Prepared for this, he raised both hands to forcibly grab the two Sword Qis, keeping them firmly pressed, only to be met with Su Yu slamming a hammering head down.

But it didn’t hit. Su Yu’s reactions were no slower as he swung out Sword Qi to draw the divine general’s attention before flying backward to create distance, while the Sky Lark soared into the sky.

In the blink of an eye, it flew in front of the divine general, twisting and tangled around its neck repeatedly, instantly causing a surge of damage.

The close-range slaughter maximized output, with both swords reaching full capacity, each delivering eight hits, instantly depleting 8600 Qi and Blood, leaving only 6000 Qi and Blood, unable to withstand another round.

At this moment, life and death were but a moment apart, Ding Lingyu could no longer suppress the Sword Qi in his hands and lunged at Su Yu.

"Too late!"

With a thought, Su Yu drove the Sword Qi to wrap around the divine general’s waist, with a flick of the sword finger, the Sky Lark again twisted around its neck, forcing Ding Lingyu to withstand attacks from the Sky Lark and both Sword Qis without making any progress.

The divine general, with its inadequate battle technique, was in a fluster, blocking but still failing to cover all sides, getting struck again and again.

In the audience, everyone stood up with craned necks toward the arena.

Everyone knew the outcome would be decided in this moment.

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The two Flying Swords crisscrossed continuously, adding wounds to the divine general’s body.

....

Without any surprise, Ding Lingyu was suppressed head to toe by the double swords and double Sword Qis with no chance to retaliate. Within just three seconds, all his Qi and Blood were drained, and the divine body, with all its wounds, began to crack and emit golden light, breaking apart.

"It’s now!"

At the instant before the divine body shattered, Su Yu decisively activated the Taibai Splitting Light Sword that he hadn’t used, with each of the two Flying Swords splitting into thirty Sword Qis, cutting into the crumbling divine body.

Just revealing his true form, Ding Lingyu didn’t have time to summon a Defense Magical Treasure, not even activating the protective Qi Shield derived from the Qi Refining Heart Skill. Sixty Sword Qis and two Sword Qis smashed down.

The Defense Qi Shield attached to the Magical Robe briefly appeared then vanished, with the remaining Sword Qis crashing into his embrace, a transparent light screen appeared, directly teleporting him away.

"Oh!"

A uniform gasp came from the audience, and everyone exhaled.

"Number two contestant Su Yu wins!"

The host’s voice rang out in time:

"In this year’s third minor examination, the ultimate victor is number two contestant Su Yu, let’s congratulate him."

A little while later, applause echoed in the audience, starting with scattered claps that gradually grew louder, quickly joining into a chorus.

"Finally won!"

Su Yu also let out a long breath of relief.

His heart was filled with joy, yet a bit of relief.

This victory was a close one, one could say that if Ding Lingyu had prepared a little better, valued it more in his heart, or moved just a bit slower, he would not have won.

After putting in such effort and using every means, he barely defeated a mere manifestation of the divine general.

But Ding Lingyu possesses not only this Transformation Skill, he himself is exceedingly powerful.

Given his resources, having a sect-defending level Transformation Skill isn’t difficult, right? Obtaining an exquisite level or higher Qi Refining Heart Skill, or one or two high-grade Magical Treasures shouldn’t be hard either, right?

If he had reacted a bit quicker, raised a protective Qi Shield to hold out for a moment then summoned a Defense Magical Treasure, Su Yu would have been the one to fail.

At this moment, Su Yu was utterly exhausted, just one hit, and he would have lost.

Space shifted, and he had returned to the resting area, looking around to see various astonished gazes, with Wei Xia, He Shoucheng, and Gu Zhiqiu looking at him as if he were a monster.

"Mr. Su, you are something!"

He Shoucheng gave him a big thumbs up and said:

"I didn’t expect you to actually bring down Ding Lingyu, you’re awesome!"

"Haha, average, average, third in the world."

The praise from a brother was the highest form of spiritual affirmation for him, and right now Su Yu was immensely delighted, tossing aside all the chaotic thoughts in his mind.

Regardless of how perilously it was won, the fact was he won, fully entitled to show off a bit.

Seeing the incredulity of many contemporaries and the surprise of high-ranking members of various guilds, his mouth couldn’t help but form a grin that stretched across his face.

Until it was time for the guild leaders to present awards, only then did he suppress the joy in his heart and become solemn.

Vice President Ding Hao, surrounded by many guild leaders, approached him with a smile and said:

"You did well, keep it up next time!"

"Thank you!"

Then handed him a Storage Bag with the prize inside.

taels of gold, 1000 guild contribution points, and 5 opportunities for guild-supplemented Dao insight sessions.