Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 256 Broken City
"Husband, what do you intend to do with him?"

This was the first thing Su Yu heard upon entering Zhenhai Realm.

Su Yu immediately asked:

How can you deal with him?

"There are two ways."

"A complete refinement. This is the primordial spirit of an Earth Immortal, who has already grasped the laws. After refinement, one can obtain a large number of cultivation points and Dao power, as well as a certain amount of law power."

"Another method involves erasing the true spirit, leaving only the primordial spirit shell, which can be used to create a powerful spirit puppet. However, its strength is slightly weakened due to the influence of the materials used to reshape the physical body."

"Ugh, the spirit puppet."

Refining into an Earth Immortal will definitely yield a massive amount of cultivation points and Dao power, as well as a considerable amount of Law Power.

However, cultivation points, Taoist cultivation, and the power of laws can all be obtained through various methods, but a level 200 Earth Immortal Spirit Puppet is not common.

"Please wait a moment, my husband."

With a flick of his finger, the power of the entire Zhenhai Realm descended, forming a furnace of light and flame. The flames burned and began to erode the primordial spirit and consciousness of the Earth Immortal.

"It will take a few days."

"Not in a hurry."

Su Yu curiously examined the furnace constructed by the power of the world. The primordial spirit of the Earth Immortal was suppressed within the furnace of heaven and earth, frantically struggling left and right, but it could not be shaken no matter what.

A primordial immortal treasure is not something a mere terrestrial immortal can shake.

Su Yu was in a great mood after leaving Zhenhai.

"Capturing the primordial spirit of a Horned Demon Major General and killing him will earn at least one major merit upon reporting to the military headquarters. Destroying Yanbo City will earn at least three major merits. This is a huge windfall."

With a flicker, he transformed back into a celestial demon, becoming the essence of a horned demon, and returned to Yanbo City.

At this moment, the two BOSSes are frantically hammering the city, but the city's protective formation remains strong. Even without the Earth Immortal in charge, it won't be broken in a short time. It will take at least ten days to half a month to wear it down.

He turned his gaze through the transparent city barrier and looked into the city. The group of scattered immortals who had previously besieged the BOSS had now retreated and were gathered together arguing fiercely.

Su Yu could see clearly that these horned demon experts no longer had the confidence they had before; their faces were full of frustration and worry about the future.

"Watch me break through the city's protective formation in a single day."

He reached out and opened the gate to the Zhenhai Realm, where Canghai appeared, holding the Zhenhai Pearl and smashing it down.

A huge blue sun, nearly a kilometer in diameter, plummeted down, causing a tremendous upheaval.

The sturdy city defense array was crushed, creating a huge dent, and the nearby horned demons were terrified and retreated hastily.

"To be continued later."

The Sea-Suppressing Pearl is a celestial treasure with a cooldown time of only one minute. As long as you have enough magic power, you can bombard it continuously, which is enough to firmly suppress the defensive power of the city-protecting array and prevent it from fully recovering.

A minute later, Su Yu reappeared on the other side of Yanbo City, far away from the two BOSSes on the left and right.

After Canghai appeared, he unleashed a wave of Guishui Divine Thunder Net, turning the countless crimson tide essences that had gathered around him into nothingness. Then, without hesitation, he activated the Zhenhai Pearl and smashed it down.

Su Yu also swung the Sky-Splitting Axe and chopped a level 153 Red Tide BOSS in half with a few blows.

"Come back later."

He casually collected the spoils and vanished in a flash.

"Damn it! It's that human."

Inside the city's protective formation, at least thirty top-tier Loose Immortal experts clearly saw Su Yu's whereabouts, but they dared not go out.

The fact that the guardian immortal has not yet revived means that he was not killed in battle but captured alive, which terrifies him even more than if he had died in battle.

If you die in the Red Tide, the penalty for death will be doubled.

But if they were captured alive, there was a risk of being completely killed, and they dared not take that risk.

A minute later, Su Yu reappeared, and Cang Hai stepped out from behind him. The innate immortal treasure crashed down like a great sun, causing a tremendous upheaval.

The city-protecting formation can restore hundreds of millions of defensive capabilities within one minute.

Theoretically, the Zhenhai Pearl in Canghai's hands could unleash 130 million damage. After deducting the damage reduction from the city-protecting formation, the damage would be around 65 million. Logically, it should never be able to break through the sect-protecting formation.

However, Yanbo City was under siege at the moment. The densely packed Crimson Tide Essences and the two super BOSSes were attacking and outputting nearly 100 million damage per minute. With the two combined, the defensive power of Yanbo City's city-protecting formation continued to decrease at a rate of five to six thousand damage per minute.

"This can't go on."

The chief disciple of the Earth Immortal Guardian, a level 195 Horned Demon Loose Immortal, looked at the many Loose Immortal experts and guild leaders seeking refuge in the city, and said in a deep voice:
"Once the city falls, everyone will die."

"Get ready, assemble the team and head out to attack the Red Tide. Take some time to restore the city's defensive array."

The group looked at each other, speechless.

The facts are clear: if we wait any longer, the city's protective formation will undoubtedly break, and everyone will die.

Two minutes later, millions of horned demons emerged, attracting the attention of the Crimson Tide Swarm. On the other side, hundreds of scattered immortals also charged towards the two BOSSes to draw their attention.

The city's defensive array was severely weakened by the attack, and its defensive power quickly recovered. When Su Yu came again, the defensive array, which had only a little over 500 million defensive power, had become more than 700 million.

"Are you risking your life?" Su Yu did not change his tactics. He continued to have Canghai activate the immortal treasure to bombard the city's protective array, and then turned around and left without hesitation, not caring about the outcome at all.

It's not that he doesn't want to change, it's that he can't change. Before the city fell, he couldn't do anything he wanted.

Even if he squats here and waits for them to attack and intercept them, it's useless. How many can he intercept by himself when they rush out from all directions?

All he could do was stall, since they couldn't hold out for long anyway. Every time millions of players attacked, a bunch of them would die. If they kept stalling like this, there would eventually be a time when they couldn't hold on any longer.

Moreover, this won't take more than a few days. The Zhenhai Pearl's cooldown time is only one minute, and it can wear down half of the city's defensive array in ten minutes, forcing them to send people out to their deaths to buy time to restore the array's defense.

They launched attacks every ten minutes or so, forcing them to launch at least four waves of attacks per hour to buy time.

There are 24 hours in a day, which is enough to guarantee at least 90 waves.

Even if only 10 die in one wave, ninety waves would still result in over nine million deaths. The total number of Horned Demon players gathered in the entire Yanbo City is just over ten million, meaning almost everyone dies once a day.

To be precise, it's equivalent to dying twice; the penalty for dying in the Red Tide is doubled.

The first day was spent in the agony of the horned demons, and as he had expected, most of the horned demons in the city had died once.

Continue the next day.

As soon as Su Yu's avatar, the Crimson Tide Spirit, squeezed through the dense mass of spirits, it sensed something in the darkness, turned its gaze in a certain direction, and left without hesitation.

A dozen seconds later, a bright blue sun with a diameter of over a kilometer pierced through the Crimson Tide and crashed down, crushing the essence of the Crimson Tide into nothingness wherever it went, and slamming heavily onto the city's protective array.

After the great sun erupted, it quickly shrank, turning into a stream of light that rushed into the red tide and disappeared without a trace, as did Su Yu.

A minute later, another bright blue sun flew out from another direction of the city and hit the city's protective array, but Su Yu was still nowhere to be seen.

A moment later, the void at the edge of the city's protective formation slightly distorted, revealing twenty rogue immortals with levels exceeding 170.

"The ambush failed; he must have spotted us."

"We have celestial magic to conceal our presence, how did he discover us?"

"Of course it's about shifting stars and changing constellations!"

After establishing his immortal foundation, Su Yu's true form had mastered all of the Crimson Dragon's many divine abilities, including the Heavenly Dao divine ability of shifting stars and changing constellations.

As soon as he came out, he sensed the traces of Tianji's spell and saw through their disguise at a glance.

If there's an ambush, he won't come out. After all, the Zhenhai Pearl's maximum killing range is a thousand kilometers, so it doesn't matter whether he attacks right in front of him or a few kilometers away.

Then he completely disappeared. Every minute, a bright blue sun would pierce through the red tide and crash down, unstoppable by anyone.

By the end of the second day, the city of Yanbo was filled with mourning.

By the end of the third day, many players with limited lifespans had died and were too afraid to leave.

Five days later, nearly half of the Demon players had their remaining lifespans approaching the warning line, and they could no longer muster a million people to charge into the Red Tide.

On the sixth day, numerous flying boats floated in the city, and groups of players gathered in dense crowds.

A moment later, the azure sun pierced through the crimson tide once more and struck the city's protective array. As if it were a signal, the flying boat players inside the city rushed through the protective array and soared into the sky, fleeing in all directions.

"Ready to run away?!"

Su Yu, disguised as a horned demon, grinned menacingly but did not stop them.

With so many people, there's no way to stop them.

There was no need for him to intercept them. At this moment, the red tide gathered around the city numbered over 100 million, and the area outside the encirclement was filled with red tide essences. Of these tens of millions of people who fought their way out, it was unknown whether more than 100,000 would survive.

Even those who are considered "loose immortals" might be able to escape to other strongholds or main cities if they manage to survive. Below the level of "loose immortals," only a very small number have the ability to escape, and the vast majority will die on the way.

"Destroying this city should easily earn you at least three major merits!"

"I can't wait!"

Su Yu then stopped changing positions and stayed in the same spot, launching a counterattack every minute.

At this moment, all the demons inside the city were breaking out, and no one in the city was maintaining the great formation. In just eight waves, the defensive power of the city's protective formation was blasted to the bottom. With the Fighting True Body wielding the Heaven-Splitting Divine Axe and slashing down, the sect-protecting formation, which was as thin as a cicada's wing, was directly shattered.

An endless stream of crimson spirits surged into the city, wreaking havoc and causing destruction.

The resurrection point in the city was filled with spiritual light, and people were resurrecting there at all times. These were all horned demons who had broken through and escaped earlier, but were trapped in the vast red tide. If they were not strong enough, they would die and have to come back.

Those who came here from other places to seek refuge are fortunate, as their resurrection point is not fixed here, and they can resurrect in other places.

Many horned demons who resided in this city or were disciples of this city were unlucky; they could only be resurrected in this place after they died.

Two super bosses are lurking here. For every one of them that revives, the same number dies. They are revived again and again, repeating this cycle until their lifespan is exhausted and they perish completely.

Su Yu, transformed into the Horned Demon Spirit, mingled in the back, constantly gathering and throwing out Gui Water Divine Thunder, and then continuously reaping enormous killing experience and cultivation, as well as densely packed spheres of spoils.

"So cool!"

After browsing for a while, I opened the panel and saw that the kill experience and cultivation level in the experience pool were soaring, increasing by a lot every now and then.

Looking at the notification section, it was flooded with a dense barrage of notifications, interspersed with messages about achievements and the massive amounts of kill experience and cultivation points gained from completely eliminating the target.

(End of this chapter)