Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 178 Discovery of the Secret Realm Leads to a Fight
"Su Yu, go back to headquarters."

Su Yu and Qing Chan were on their way back to the guild headquarters when they received a message from Chu Xinyue:

"Someone in the guild discovered a secret realm more than 200 kilometers southeast of the headquarters."

"Secret realm?"

Su Yu asked in great surprise:
What type of secret realm?

"Currently unknown. The secret realm has just appeared, and the exit is still unstable. No one has entered yet."

"However, we didn't discover the secret realm alone. A team from the Golden Centipede Gang was leveling up nearby and also discovered it. The Golden Centipede Gang is currently gathering its forces, probably also wanting to seize this secret realm."

Su Yu of the Golden Centipede Gang knew that a small guild less than a thousand kilometers away from their headquarters was slightly larger and had been operating on Wan Du Island for decades, possessing considerable resources.

Su Yu said almost without hesitation:
“This secret realm is only 200 kilometers away from us and 500 to 600 kilometers away from the Golden Centipede Gang. According to the rules, it should belong to us.”

However, Chu Xinyue shook her head and said:

"Logically, that's how it is, but the Golden Centipede Gang will definitely not be content with that and will definitely fight for it."

"Then let's fight it out. Are we afraid of them?"

Su Yu said in a deep voice:

"President, let's prepare to assemble the team."

"it is good."

After closing the communication channel, Su Yu immediately opened the guild channel and posted a rallying order at the top of her team's chat:

"Rallying Order: Brothers in the guild have discovered a secret realm 200 kilometers southeast of the headquarters. Under the orders of the guild leader, the secret realm has been taken down. All members of the second team are now gathering at the headquarters. The deadline for gathering is 1 p.m. No one may be absent unless there is an urgent matter."

After issuing the announcement, Su Yu said to Qing Chan:
"After developing quietly for so long, we are finally going to face the many forces on the Island of Ten Thousand Poisons."

Qingchan laughed:

"It was bound to happen sooner or later."

"really."

The two returned to headquarters, where most of the guild members had already returned. The channel was noisy, with many members enthusiastically discussing the dungeon.

"Hopefully this secret realm is of some value."

The guild currently doesn't own any resource sites; its only source of income is the loot dropped during leveling up and grinding.

I've been grinding quite frequently these past few months, especially during two months when I was frantically grinding for cultivation points. I killed countless level 100 and above small and medium-sized bosses, accumulating a lot of loot, which I sold and made quite a bit of money.

These incomes are enough to maintain the guild's daily operations, but forget about growing and expanding; a continuous source of income is essential.

A secret realm, as long as it is stable, is a top-tier resource location regardless of what's inside.

Su Yu did not wait for the guild to assemble. After returning and contacting his subordinates in the second group to assign tasks, he immediately headed to the place where the secret realm was discovered.

Two hundred kilometers passed in the blink of an eye, and soon a dazzling pillar of light appeared in the valley between two parallel mountain peaks, exactly the same as the secret realm that appeared when Qianyu Club was held.

At this moment, many people had gathered on both sides of the canyon. One side was the Thousand Star Palace, and the other side was the Golden Centipede Gang.

Upon Su Yu's arrival, Zhang He, the company commander of the regiment, immediately came to greet her. It was their company that had discovered this secret realm first.

Su Yu shook hands with Zhang He and asked:

"Has the secret realm not yet been opened?"

"No."

He looked up at the opposite side, where there were about two or three hundred people, but more and more people were coming from behind, and the opposite side was also gathering its forces.

"It seems they're not entirely satisfied."

Zhang He nodded and said:
"Of course I won't give up, this is a newly emerged secret realm."

After a pause, Zhang He continued:

“The Golden Centipede Gang is no match for us, but I’m afraid they’ll be unwilling to accept defeat and will bring in the three major guilds.”

Su Yu chuckled:
"So what? Unless all three major guilds come."

Zhang He glanced sideways, quite surprised by Su Yu's confidence.

As they spoke, Su Yu had already flown to the summit. Looking up at the canyon, which was seven or eight kilometers wide, the bottom was covered with dense primeval forest. It used to be occupied by countless poisonous insects and worms, but now they had all been wiped out by both sides. Even the poisonous mist and miasma that had been entrenched above the canyon had been completely dispelled.

The exit of the secret realm is located in the center of the canyon, which is currently just a spatial vortex. Violent energy shoots out from the vortex and soars into the sky.

Judging from the scale of this energy vortex, Su Yu estimated that the entrance to this secret realm would not open for several more days.

Pinching her chin, Su Yu had a thought: Could she use the Sky-Splitting Divine Power to open the entrance to the secret realm ahead of time?

But this idea was fleeting and the possibility was almost nonexistent.

The so-called secret realm is essentially a small world that is dependent on the main world. The two are not one, and are actually separated by a certain distance.

His sword strike tore through space, and beyond that space could be a secret realm or an outer void, with the latter being more likely.

Just then, he suddenly heard a noisy commotion. Looking up, he saw several large airships flying towards him, filled with a dense crowd of players, probably numbering one or two thousand in total.

"President Su Yu, the Golden Centipede Gang has arrived first."

"It doesn't matter."

"Our people will be here soon."

At this moment, a group of people from the Golden Centipede Gang flew towards the center of the canyon, and someone shouted:
"A person who can make decisions will come from the Thousand Stars Society."

Su Yu left Qing Chan behind and flew over with Zhang He and a few others, bowing respectfully from afar: "Su Yu, Vice President of the Thousand Stars Hall!"

The middle-aged man leading the group looked them up and down, then asked with a puzzled expression:
"Can you make the decision?"

Zhang He shouted:

"This is our vice president. Do you think he can make the decision?"

So young.

A hint of disdain flashed in Yu Chengnan's eyes as he loudly proclaimed:

"As long as you can make the decision, I'm informing you that this secret realm belongs to my Golden Centipede Gang. If you know what's good for you, leave immediately, or don't blame us for being impolite."

Su Yu said with a smile:

“This place is only 200 kilometers away from our headquarters, but 600 kilometers away from yours. According to either rule, it belongs to our gang. Your gang’s actions are an act of plunder, and our gang has the right to retaliate.”

Yu Chengnan listened to him, tilting his head and picking at his ear. He turned back and exchanged a smile with his companion, only laughing out loud after the man finished speaking.
"Naive. Who's going to talk to you about rules? The truth of the world is that the strong are respected and the victor is king. We are stronger than you, so this place belongs to us."

Su Yu was not angry at his humiliation, and still asked with a smile:
"Are you sure you don't want to play by the rules and insist on the winner taking all?"

Yu Chengnan laughed heartily:
"What, you're not convinced?"

"No, I'm just checking."

"Have you confirmed it yet? If you have, get out of here. This place belongs to my Golden Centipede Gang."

"By the way, you have five minutes to leave, or we will launch an attack."

Su Yu smiled faintly, turned around and left.

"This kid who hasn't even grown his hair yet is the vice president? This Thousand Star Palace is nothing special. We're sure to win."

Zhang He, who had remained silent throughout the conversation with Su Yu, heard the undisguised voice behind him and asked in a low voice:
"President, aren't you angry?"

Su Yu replied:

"Of course I'm angry! I'm not made of clay."

"Then why?"

"Do you want to know why I don't take a tougher stance?"

"Yes."

"It's simple. My girlfriend is here, and I have to maintain my image. Otherwise, I would have already taken action."

"what"

Su Yu patted his shoulder and smiled:

"Stop 'ah'ing! Go back and prepare for battle. They're going to make their move in five minutes."

Zhang He followed him back with a strange look on his face, but upon closer inspection, the reason seemed quite reasonable.

Back in his camp, he shook his head to clear his mind and quickly summoned his men to prepare for battle.

Just as they were preparing, having just set up a set of Heavenly Blazing Fire Array Flags, the other side realized they didn't want to leave. Then, several hundred people rushed over, summoning countless Gu worms from afar, while some impatient ones bombarded them with a dozen or so lightning bolts from a distance.

"They've made their move, quickly defend!"

A light curtain rose rapidly, and more than a dozen lightning bolts exploded, causing the light curtain to ripple like water.

A captain of the Golden Centipede Gang, who had just participated in the negotiations, shouted from afar:
"I knew you wouldn't accept this. If you don't want to leave, then don't."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Yu pointed his finger, and two sword lights, Qing Gang and Zi Lei, flashed and instantly arrived in front of the man, intersecting with his protective aura. The aura's defense instantly plummeted, startling him into frantically activating his magic power.

Once the magic weapon's defensive power was fully restored, he looked up and found that several people around him were missing. Two sword lights intertwined around one of his subordinates, slicing him and his magic weapon in two.

"Damn it, focus fire on him!"

The dense, swirling clouds of Gu worms overhead rushed toward Su Yu.

He raised his hand and unleashed a Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder, which, with a deafening roar, unleashed a barrage of lightning that annihilated all the Gu worms within a 700-meter radius, regardless of their size.

"Damn it, don't use Gu worms, use flying swords, magic weapons, and thunder magic."

As soon as he finished speaking, two sword lights, so refined they were almost invisible to the naked eye, rushed over. One sword light gently spun around him and shattered it, while the other sword light grazed his neck, and a fine head fell off.

It was Qingchan who made the move, using her ninth-tier flying sword and supreme sword technique at full speed, which was incredibly fast.

Furthermore, by condensing the sword energy into threads, the sword energy is compressed to the thickness of an iron wire, making it impossible for anyone other than a wandering immortal to react in time.

On the other side, Su Yu, who was also preparing to use a powerful attack, changed his move upon seeing this. With a thought, he activated his two swords, forcefully drawing out two sword rainbows that were over two hundred meters long. With a series of crisp clanging sounds, more than one hundred flying swords or magical treasures were forcibly cut in half.

"Holy crap, my secret weapon!"

"My flying sword!"

Most ordinary players use fifth or sixth-tier flying sword magic weapons, and they are powerless against seventh-tier flying swords that combine spatial laws.

It doesn't require sophisticated swordsmanship to deal with ordinary players. Just raise the sword rainbow and sweep it back and forth. Whether it's Gu worms or ordinary flying swords and magic weapons, they will break upon contact. Even the lightning and fire they shoot out will be cut in half when the sword rainbow hits them.

After comprehending the sword intent, one will initially have the ability to break through all laws with a single sword strike, but one does not need to activate the sword intent to deal with ordinary opponents.

The two of them took the lead in attracting attention, while Zhang He successfully completed the setup of the Heavenly Blazing Fire Formation. Many players from the Thousand Star Palace hid inside the formation and fought against the enemy.

However, the opposing side reacted quickly, setting up two Heavenly Blazing Fire Formations, where a large number of players hid.

With the protection of the great formation, the gains were quickly reduced, and both sides entered a phase of attrition and struggle.

(End of this chapter)