Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 296 A New Underwater World, The Snow-White Conch Demon
The crack at the bottom of the river was pitch black, but Su Yu was no longer the same as before. He was now strong enough that his eyesight could see through a certain range.

With Ao Run's strength being sufficient and Cang Hai as his trump card, he didn't need to be cautious and descended at an extremely fast speed.

I descended to a depth of about two or three thousand meters in one go, passing through the mud and sand layer and entering the rock layer. The rock walls below were all hard rock, and I occasionally saw some plants growing among the rocks and some unfamiliar medicinal herbs.

There couldn't be any low-grade medicinal herbs that could grow in this environment, so he didn't care about anything else and just dug them up first.

After diving another seven or eight thousand meters in one breath, Su Yu suddenly saw a huge black shadow gliding through the dark abyss. In a fleeting glimpse, he recognized it as level 220, and could vaguely see gray scales. Its body was long and thin, but it was neither a dragon nor a jiao (a type of dragon), and seemed to be some kind of snake.

Fortunately, they concealed their presence, and the guy didn't notice them.

More than an hour later, they had dived more than 100,000 meters in one go. The water pressure was so strong that even the level 150 Heavenly Demon incarnation was about to be forced out of its true form.

"Wait a moment."

The two people and the dragon stopped somewhere, and Su Yu casually opened the Zhenhai Realm Gate and went inside.

"I need to get a promotion."

He opened the panel, his gaze falling on the Heavenly Ghost Transformation. With a thought, he poured a massive amount of cultivation points and Daoist power into it, and the Transformation Technique level rapidly increased.

An hour later, after consuming 2000 billion cultivation points and 14 cultivation points, the Heavenly Ghost Transformation was upgraded to level 160.

Take a short break, then continue improving.

Consuming 3000 billion cultivation points and 20 cultivation points, the Heavenly Ghost Transformation was upgraded to level 170.

"Come again."

Consuming another 5000 billion cultivation points and 30 cultivation points, the Heavenly Ghost Transformation was upgraded to level 180.

Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique (Exquisite): Level 180, a foundational Dao technique, allows one to transform into a Heavenly Demon.

The Five Heavenly Ghosts are skilled in the Five Elements and can fly and escape at will. They can change between reality and illusion at will, possess immense strength, have 34 million Qi and Blood, 340 Mana, 44000 Physique, 70000 Strength, and a speed of 31000 km/h.

Abilities: Heavenly Ghost Body, ability to transform between reality and illusion, ability to change at will, Five Elements Thunder Technique, Five Elements Escape Technique, Five Elements Forbidden Technique, Five Elements Divine Qi, ability to transform the body into the Five Elements.

"The consumption of cultivation points and spiritual power is truly outrageous."

Therefore, it is rare for experts above the Loose Immortal level to cultivate multiple skills, because the consumption of cultivation points and Dao cultivation is too great. In particular, those who mainly cultivate Qi cultivation techniques at the level of sect leader or even supreme level, just improving their Qi cultivation techniques is enough to make them struggle. If they were to upgrade a few forbidden techniques or supernatural abilities, they simply could not keep up.

At this level, the combat methods, apart from flying swords, magical treasures, and Dao foundations, basically rely on a few methods derived from the Qi Refining Technique, plus a thunder technique, forbidden techniques, and supernatural powers, at most two or three types.

Su Yu is currently certain that her main skill to upgrade is the Heavenly Ghost Transformation, but she is unsure whether to continue upgrading the Hundred-Eyed Divine Light skill.

After completing the upgrade, Su Yu emerged from the Zhenhai Realm. The immense pressure she had felt earlier had vanished without a trace, and she could continue to descend.

To his dismay, however, he discovered that the crevice had reached the bottom after diving to less than two thousand meters.

Ao Run determined the direction and led him to swim in one of the directions.

The underground water pressure was incredibly high, and all that could be seen were bare rocks and tiny cracks. The only unusual thing was that there were many unknown glowing jade stones on the rock walls that illuminated the surroundings.

As Su Yu passed through those tiny cracks, his powerful senses allowed him to vaguely perceive what was hidden within them.

After swimming for more than ten kilometers in one go, the two people and the dragon arrived at a huge crevice.

"Right in here."

At this moment, Qingchan, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke:
"So beautiful!"

Su Yu glanced around and saw that the crack was surrounded by glowing jade stones, which were colorful and extremely beautiful, like a kaleidoscope.

"let's go!"

Now that we've come this far, we have to go down.

Ao Run plunged into the passage, and the two followed.

There was no danger in the passage. The surrounding area was filled with glowing jade stones with incredibly smooth surfaces, probably worn smooth by passing spirits. The two people and the dragon slid down and descended another ten thousand meters or so to reach the end of the passage.

"Wow!"

Beyond the passage, what appeared before Su Yu's eyes was a vast underground world, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The colorful rays of the sunset illuminated the underground world, where vibrant aquatic plants and enormous creatures swam about, making it seem no different from the underwater world outside.

Su Yu never imagined that there was such a vast underground world located at least several hundred kilometers deep beneath Blue Mountain.

He was stunned for a while, then suddenly asked Ao Run:

"How did you manage to escape from here in the first place?"

He remembered that Ao Run was only a little over level 100 at the beginning, an elite template. With that kind of strength, it was too exaggerated for him to be able to run out of this underground world, pass through the riverbed fissures where terrifying monsters roamed, and come to Yuanjiang.

"Because I had the last Dragon Palace talisman in my possession at the time, I was able to drive the demons to the Yuan River."

"I see."

Su Yu nodded, then turned her gaze to the vast underground world below and asked:

"Is that ancient teleportation array located underground? How far away is it?"

"It's quite a distance." "Let's go then."

Su Yu looked up at the spirits swimming back and forth in the underwater world. After thinking for a moment, she decided not to transform back into a celestial ghost. Instead, she reached out and took out the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow. She pinched the bowstring with her right hand, poured in her magic power, and pulled it. A stream of light arrow formed from condensed magic power took shape.

"call out!"

A streak of light shot through the air and struck a level 185, over 200-meter-long underwater monster several kilometers away, instantly dealing a terrifying 208 million damage.

This thing is called the Underwater Monster Fish. It's an experience monster from the trash template, with a total HP of only 1230 million. One arrow took away 208 million HP.

As soon as he made a move, Ao Run immediately transformed back into his true form, and a cold wave swept across the land like a torrent.

Qingchan pointed her finger, and two sword lights, though not dazzling, were painful to look at. They flew out, swirling around the strange fish in the water, instantly causing a dense barrage of damage, each exceeding 100,000.

After three arrows were fired in quick succession, the strange fish in the water turned belly up.

With a flash of sword light, the spoils were retrieved: a pile of scales and a skeleton.

"Their experience is quite good."

Su Yu said to Qing Chan:
"Since we've come all this way, let's level up as we go."

Qingchan smiled sweetly:
"Okay."

Su Yu raised his divine bow, aimed at an experience monster not far away, and drew the bowstring.

This place is indeed a rare place suitable for him to level up. At a glance, there are hundreds of experience monsters, the lowest level is over 150, and they often reach 180 or 190. Occasionally, you can even see huge monsters with a level of over 200.

To Su Yu's surprise, not all of these behemoths above level 200 were bosses; some were even experience monsters.

Yes, this is the first time he has ever seen an experience monster that is level 200 or higher.

Su Yu and Qing Chan worked together very well. He drew his bow to engage the monsters from a distance, Ao Run was responsible for intercepting them, and Qing Chan used two level 10 flying swords to deal damage.

The Sun-Shooting Divine Bow is also a pure offensive Tier 10 magic weapon. Although its power is not as great as the Sky-Splitting Divine Axe, it has a long attack range, low mana consumption, and short cooldown time, requiring only one second to charge.

With targets positioned more than ten kilometers away, intercepted by Ao Run, and supported by Qing Chan, monsters below level 200 often died halfway before they even reached them.

After killing more than a dozen, Su Yu began to attract even more, drawing in several more at the same time.

After several waves of attacks to find the right rhythm, they attracted a dozen, then twenty, then forty or fifty, and finally grew bolder and bolder, attracting over a hundred at once.

With Ao Run blocking their way, these monsters couldn't get close to them at all.

"This is good experience. Let's stay here and grind for a while longer."

Qingchan's eyes were filled with his image, and she nodded, saying:
"I'm fine with going anywhere as long as I'm with my husband."

Su Yu wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her deeply for a long time.

They then stayed there and began to diligently grind, slowly making their way down the path.

Monsters below level 200 can't withstand their burst of attacks; no matter how many there are, it just takes more effort. Only monsters above level 200 require more effort from them.

With its level and at least 40 to 50 million HP, high defense, and most importantly, its realm grants a defense-breaking resistance bonus.

The Sun-Shooting Divine Bow's +10 penetration and the Cicada's Tier 10 flying sword's +10 armor penetration deal 100% armor penetration and full damage to monsters below level 200. However, against monsters above level 200, even experience monsters, the effect is greatly reduced, only half the result.

However, as I said before, with Ao Run blocking the way, even experience monsters that are over 200 levels high are doomed, they're just a bit harder to kill.

The combination of the two humans and the dragon was incredibly powerful, and even in this high-level monster zone underground, no one could stop them. They went on a rampage, slaughtering their way through the underground space for a month and a half, fighting their way from the top to the bottom, and then changing direction to head towards the ancient teleportation array.

"what?"

"What is that? A spiritual vein?"

The two people and the dragon crossed an underwater mountain range and saw a hole more than 200 meters in diameter in the middle of an underwater canyon. The extremely dense spiritual energy inside the hole had materialized and was gushing out like a volcanic eruption.

Hundreds of meters above that void hung a massive palace, from which dazzling rays of light emanated.

"There are actually immortal abodes in this underground world?"

Su Yu immediately became interested and waved her hand, saying:

"Come on, let's go over and take a look."

Perhaps because of the existence of the immortal abode, there was not a single spirit or monster in this underwater canyon. It was completely empty, except for various debris and broken bones piled up on the ground near the immortal abode.

"I wonder if this immortal abode still has an owner. If it is unclaimed..."

After flying less than a kilometer, Su Yu paused, and the joy on her face suddenly vanished.

"Shit!"

Just as he approached the immortal abode to a certain distance, his powerful senses took effect. The immortal abode, which was radiating light in front of him, distorted and quickly shattered like a bubble. In its place, a snow-white snail demon, which was over two thousand meters long, of unparalleled quality, and at a level of 245, was perched on the spiritual vein.

This giant snail was entirely snow-white, its shell resembling a mountain, with its soft, white flesh protruding from beneath. Its body and several tentacles stretched out and hung above the spiritual vein, frantically devouring the spiritual energy spewing from the cracks.

(End of this chapter)