Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 114 A Battle of Wits, A Frenzy of Extermination?
In the Other Shore, spirit pets are not allowed to participate in arena battles, so Ao Run has never fought in either the guild arena in the past or now.

But the Fiend Corpse is different; it is created using demonic methods of corpse refining and is not a spirit pet.

Similarly, the Gu worms created using the Gu-refining technique are also unrestricted.

Various ghosts and monsters consecrated by ghost magic.

Various demonic beings created by demonic cultivation methods.

Zuo Qingren's Fiend Corpse was created using demonic techniques and belongs to the magic system, so it can fight on the arena.

The Fiend Corpse relentlessly pounded on the Azure Cloud Canopy, constantly spewing out Crimson Fiend Corpse Fire, which had enveloped most of the arena.

Zuo Qingren stood atop the golden canopy of demonic fire, his dark gold robes fluttering in the wind. He rested one hand on the top of the canopy, while his right hand continuously condensed beams of Seven Fiends Divine Light to strike down, occasionally condensing a bolt of demonic fire and Yin Thunder to strike down as well.

With the combined power of the golden canopy and divine fire, they gradually suppressed the fiery tornado pillar. A slight smile played on his lips as he spoke in a deep voice:

"Unless you have another high-level magic weapon, you are doomed!"

"But the previous eight rounds of battles have already revealed your strengths and weaknesses, and you have no other tricks up your sleeve."

Zuo Qingren acknowledged Su Yu's abilities, but he was even more confident in himself, smiling as he said:

"You lose!"

Beneath the golden canopy of demonic fire, Su Yu slowly raised her head, revealing a smile:
"not necessarily!"

Zuo Qingren was taken aback, his mind racing. He realized he hadn't overlooked anything and chuckled softly:
"I can't believe it's come to this. What makes you think you can turn things around? Do you have something else up your sleeve?"

His voice suddenly stopped, and his expression froze slightly, because at that moment, countless tiny sword lights appeared on the arena below, which was covered by the Crimson Corpse Fire.

After a long delay, the Thousandfold Sword Net has finally taken shape.

Su Yu quickly thought about it. Zuo Qingren was high above the mountain-like golden canopy of demonic fire, and he was protected by a high-level magic weapon. Judging from the quality of his magic robe, he might not be able to kill him instantly.

The vengeful spirit is a real nuisance; once we deal with it, we can focus on dealing with Zuo Qingren and still win.

Having figured this out, he reached out without hesitation and lightly uttered:

"Wind God's Decree, set!"

"A thousand layers of sword net, rise!"

The thousand sword energies that had been secretly laid out at the start of the battle all appeared at once. As he reached out and made a grabbing motion, the thousand sword energies converged on him and were instantly submerged by the fiendish corpse that had been immobilized by the Wind God's Decree.

A single sword aura has a destructive power of 6880 and a sharpness of 2000.
The ten sword beams have a destructive power of 68800 and a sharpness of 2000.
One hundred sword beams have a destructive power of 688000 and a sharpness of 2000.
The destructive power of one thousand sword beams is 6880000, and their sharpness is 2000.
Zuo Qingren had no time to react, but he saw his Fiend Corpse, which had only three million HP, instantly shredded into mincemeat by a thousand sword beams and die.

"No!"

At this moment, Zuo Qingren's heart was bleeding. The fake smile on his face vanished instantly, replaced by murderous intent in his eyes.
"I want you to die!"

He spat five mouthfuls of blood essence onto the Demon Fire Golden Canopy, and his face instantly turned pale. Each mouthful of blood essence caused his Qi Refining Technique level to drop by one level, and five mouthfuls meant five levels.

With the replenishment of these five mouthfuls of essence blood, Jin Zhuang's demonic flames surged like oil being poured on a fire, their power multiplied and pressed down heavily.

The fiery tornado pillar that had been struggling to hold on collapsed on the spot. The base of the mountain-like golden canopy of demonic fire emitted a powerful suction force that held Su Yu in place before crashing down.

Su Yu felt a sudden darkness before her eyes and found herself inside a demonic canopy several kilometers in diameter.

Demonic flames burned beneath his feet, and he was surrounded by the dark golden inner walls of a demonic canopy. Inside, various hideous demon gods and evil spirits were stacked layer upon layer, reaching the top of the canopy, which stretched for several kilometers. As the golden canopy activated, these demon gods and evil spirits came to life, transforming into demons and evil spirits that pounced on him.

Su Yu immediately activated the Wind and Fire Fan, summoning a tornado pillar that circled around himself. He reached out and grasped two sword energies, which crossed back and forth like lightning, slicing away the demons and evil spirits that had passed through the tornado pillar.

These demons and evil spirits are level 80 and level 60 respectively. Their health is much lower than that of monsters of the same level, but their attack is twice that of monsters of the same level. They have high attack but low health, and they are all derived from magic weapons. After being killed, they turn into demonic flames and merge into the demonic banner. They are then continuously regenerated under the stimulation of magic weapons.

"My Demon Fire Golden Canopy is an eighth-tier exquisite demonic treasure. Even a rogue immortal would find it difficult to escape death if trapped within it."

Zuo Qingren's furious voice came from all directions of the Demon Canopy:
"You dare kill my corpse? I will risk a great loss of cultivation to refine you alive today."

The undisguised malice that hit him made Su Yu frown, reminding him of how Chu Xinyue had refined Li Yingshen of the Frostfire Guild, killing him without even giving him a chance to revive, and directly erasing all his lifespan.

"This Demonic Fire Golden Canopy"

His gaze shifted to the raging demonic flames and countless demons and evil spirits within the Demonic Fire Golden Canopy, and he had no doubt that this magical treasure could accomplish this.

He wouldn't doubt whether Zuo Qingren would dare to go to such extremes. He's already practicing demonic cultivation and refining corpses; do you still doubt whether he would dare to kill someone? He's probably done it more than once already.

"Damn it, if you can't handle losing, don't play. There's no fight without injuries."

Su Yu sighed softly, somewhat speechless.

He reached out and withdrew the sword energy, then looked up for a final effort:
"With your strength, this corpse is just icing on the cake and won't affect your power. It's inevitable to suffer some damage in the arena. You can just spend time refining another one. Why be so angry?"

A moment later, Zuo Qingren's voice rolled across the sky above the demon banner like muffled thunder:

"Easy for you to say. A level 100+ Fiend Corpse isn't so easy to obtain."

Less than a second after the rumbling thunder subsided, Zuo Qingren's voice rang out again, but this time the tone shifted:
"If you want me to let you go, fine. You'll have to compensate me with a thousand taels of gold and sever the spiritual imprints on the two flying swords and that magic weapon that I took. Otherwise, I'll trap you in the Demon Canopy and refine you to death."

"???"

"You are seeking death!"

Su Yu's face darkened. He had planned to use his superior magical power to wear down Zuo Qingren until he was unable to maintain the Demon Canopy before breaking through it. During the battle, neither of them could use pills to restore their magical power. With his several times the magical power advantage and the fact that he also had an eighth-tier magic weapon, he was fully capable of breaking through the canopy.

But since he is so greedy and wicked, then he need not be polite.

With a thought, the true dragon power hidden within his body exploded, his form rapidly expanding, instantly filling the entire Demon Fire Golden Canopy. A dragon claw reached out and pressed down, the space expanded, the inner wall of the golden canopy twisted, the demonic statues on it shattered, and the demonic fire extinguished.

On the arena, after the Demon Fire Golden Canopy shattered the fiery tornado pillar, it stood motionless on the ground like a mountain. Zuo Qingren sat cross-legged on the top of the Demon Fire Canopy, constantly raising his hand to strike the canopy and injecting streams of magic power into it.

The surface of the demon banner was ablaze with demonic fire, the demonic patterns glowed brightly, and the demonic figures branded on it were so lifelike that they seemed about to leap out of the banner.

Everyone stared intently at the arena, even the most ordinary players with the lowest cultivation levels knew that the battle between the two sides had reached a critical stage.

"Something doesn't look right!"

Neither the Divine Wind Gang nor the Ten Thousand Poisons Gang spoke, but several witnesses to the sword fight sensed something was amiss.

One of them spoke to the only wandering immortal among the witnesses:

"Elder Li, Zuo Qingren's continuous overdraft of his essence and blood doesn't seem like a normal battle."

Another witness, who also served as a guest host, nodded in agreement:

“I also felt something was wrong. He was only invited to help out, it would be too much of a waste for him to keep overdrawing his life essence.”

The elderly hermit, referred to as Elder Li, nodded in the middle.

"Zuo Qingren is activating the Demonic Fire Golden Canopy, as if he is refining it."

"what?"

"It's just helping out, there's no need to be so ruthless."

"Old Li, should we call a halt?"

"Stop it, he's gone too far."

The witness, who was acting as a guest host, nodded and flew towards the ring, shouting loudly:

"Commander Zuo, the outcome is decided. Please release him."

Zuo Qingren looked up and said calmly:

"He hasn't admitted defeat yet, so how can the outcome be decided?"

"You have already gained the upper hand by trapping him inside the golden canopy, so you are the victor."

"Let him tell me himself."

"This kid has a really strong murderous intent!"

Several witnesses frowned, but still tried to persuade him:

"You have no grudge against each other, why must you be so ruthless?"

Zuo Qingren snorted coldly:
"He killed my corpse, I want him to pay with his life!"

The group was momentarily speechless with anger, when the rogue immortal surnamed Li in the center spoke up:

“Injuries on the arena are inevitable. These corpses won’t affect your strength much. You can just rebuild one. Why go so far as to kill them all?”

"You old bastard, sit down!"

Zuo Qingren's loud shout startled everyone. His eyes flashed with a fierce light as he said:
"If your lifespan is coming to an end, then behave yourself. I'm giving you face by letting you earn that money, so just sit still and don't meddle in other people's business. Otherwise, be careful that your family will suffer the consequences after you die."

"you"

The immortal surnamed Li glared, his hair and beard bristling, and an invisible pressure exploded forth.

But his oppressive aura dissipated after only a few seconds. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and instantly looked much older.

At this moment, many spectators realized from their words that something was wrong, and Zhang Chao immediately transmitted his voice to the team:
"I never expected them to dare to kill Brother Su in broad daylight. Everyone, get ready to take action and we must save Brother Su."

Lin Qingfeng quickly added:

"I will order my men to attack later to distract the Wan Du Gang. Saving Brother Su depends on you."

Zhang Chao said gratefully:
"Thank you for your help, Chief Lin."

“You are in danger because of my help, how can I stand by and do nothing?”

The others remained silent, simply taking out their magical artifacts and preparing to make their move.

A few seconds later, just as Zhang Chao reached out to wave, Luo Qingchan's clear, cold voice rang out:

"Wait a minute, look."

Following the direction of her finger, the golden canopy of demonic fire, which resembled a mountain, suddenly expanded and twisted, then exploded with a deafening roar. Endless demonic flames mixed with blinding firelight formed a violent tide that surged in all directions, and everyone instinctively reached out to shield their eyes.

Within that enormous chaotic flame, a dragon claw reached out and gently touched it. The Ruyi Demon Pearl shone with a clear light, and the dragon claw passed through the light without any hindrance, striking the demon pearl and instantly shattering it into pieces.

Beneath the Ruyi Demon Pearl, Zuo Qingren's face was filled with shock and disbelief.

A crimson dragon claw pierced through the shattered demonic orb and struck his chest. An invisible ripple spread out and swept over Zuo Qingren, whose face visibly paled.

"Heavenly Dao Divine Power - Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations!"

The next second, the crimson dragon claw struck Zuo Qingren's chest again, and invisible ripples spread out once more, turning his hair instantly gray.

(End of this chapter)