Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 310 Xuanwu Armor, Crimson Dragon's Tribulation, The Great Tribulation of the Nine Heavens (6K)

Su Yu quickly replied:

"Price is not an issue, as long as the attributes are strong."

Li Wushuang didn't speak, but simply sent over the attributes of the demonic weapon.

Su Yu couldn't take her eyes off her after just one glance.

Xuanwu Armor (Tenth Tier): A divine treasure, a suit of armor forged from the remains of a Xuanwu of True Immortal level, possessing extremely strong defensive capabilities.

Xuanwu Armor (Passive): Protects the body with the power of Xuanwu, increases damage reduction to 80%, and raises defense level to Xuanxian level.

Xuanwu Armor (Active): Activates the power of Xuanwu to protect the body, defense power 10000 million, damage reduction 70%, mana conversion rate 1500, defense strength +30000, characteristics: changeable, immovable as a mountain, Xuanwu power.

This amulet is adaptable and can be used for any body type.

Immovable as a mountain: Equipping this item will prevent you from being knocked down or falling.

Xuanwu Power: Passively isolates the Five Elements spells; actively activates Xuanwu Power, increasing the magic weapon's defense by 10 for 5 minutes, with a 24-hour cooldown.

Spirit of the artifact: This treasure contains the remnant soul of Xuanwu. When the remnant soul is fully restored and manifested in the world, it can be upgraded to a celestial treasure.

This Xuanwu Armor is both equipment and a magic weapon. Its adaptable nature allows it to be used by any body type. Its passive effect is extremely powerful, allowing the wearer to reduce damage by an astonishing 80%, and its defense level is raised to the Xuanxian level, meaning that all defense-breaking methods below the Xuanxian level are ineffective. It is extremely powerful.

Su Yu asked directly:

"Minister Li, please name your price."

"5000 Immortal Coins!"

He agreed without hesitation:
"make a deal!"

"Young friend Su is straightforward!"

Soon there was a knock on the door. When he went out, he saw Li Wushuang standing outside and immediately invited him in.

"You're lucky, kid. I was short of money to buy a treasure recently, and I didn't have a good spirit pet, otherwise this thing wouldn't have been yours."

Su Yu smiled happily:
"The younger generation has benefited greatly."

This is indeed a great deal. The attributes of this Xuanwu Armor are too strong; it's a top-tier treasure.

Just as Li Wushuang said, if he had a suitable spirit pet and if he were short of money, he would never have sold it.

With this thing, passing this tribulation is a sure thing.

It can even be used in the future, and can be put to good use when undergoing the True Immortal Tribulation.

One armor, one dragon ball, perfect.

"Senior Li, I'm preparing to let my spirit pet undergo its tribulation. Is there a safe place?"

"Of course there is. Dragon Turtle Immortal City itself has a place for cultivators in the city to undergo tribulation. For just 10,000 Immortal Coins, not only will a True Immortal protect you, but you can also use the tribulation platform in the city, which can weaken the power of the heavenly tribulation by 10%."

"Ten thousand immortal coins? Is that expensive?"

Li Wushuang nodded and said:

"There's a reason why things are expensive. No matter where a human is undergoing tribulation, whether it's on their own or through a spirit pet, players from other civilizations will openly sabotage them to suppress their competitors."

"You might hire a powerful protector yourself, but the safety is uncertain. In contrast, if you undergo tribulation in Dragon Turtle City, you will be protected by a true immortal and a great formation, which can completely eliminate external threats."

Is the competition that fierce?

"Here, all races gather, and the competition is fierce. Not to mention tribulation, any opportunity that comes your way will be snatched up by other races. If you join a sect in the future, you will need to compete with other races for resources, status, and other advancements. You must be extremely vigilant and never be soft-hearted."

"I understand."

Su Yu glanced at the fact that she only had 22230 Immortal Coins left after purchasing two demonic artifacts, and couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement:

"This money seems like a lot, but it doesn't last long!"

"I need to think of a way to make money."

Su Yu thought for a moment, then opened the basic information she had received from the Chamber of Commerce, which listed several common ways for newcomers to make money.

The first method is to slay demons and obtain their inner cores. Killing demons of level 200 or above will yield inner cores. The price of a level 200 inner core is 1-10 Immortal Coins, while a level 300 or above inner core is 200 Immortal Coins or more. In addition to demon cores, there are also extra loot.

The second option is to venture into dangerous places to find various rare and precious materials to sell. The price varies, but if you're lucky enough to find top-tier treasures, you can become rich overnight.

The third type involves cultivating various arts and crafts, such as alchemy and weapon crafting, to an extremely high level, and then creating flying swords and magical treasures for sale.

"Well, I don't have time to go out to slay demons and collect pills or to go on adventures right now. The only things I can use are the various skills of cultivating immortality."

"It just so happens that Canghai is skilled in all kinds of arts, including array formations, alchemy, and weapon crafting. I'll trouble her to do this."

Of course, that's all for the future; right now, his main priority is to overcome his tribulation.

Having prepared everything else, Su Yu spent another 1000 Immortal Coins to buy a Demon Saint Pill.

Demon Saint's Great Pill (Fifth-Rank Supreme Immortal Pill): An immortal pill made by mixing the essence blood of a demon saint with the inner cores of a hundred kinds of wild beasts.

Attributes: Instantly restores 20 billion HP and 1000 billion MP, restores all lost consciousness and energy, allows for one blood rebirth, and restores 100 million HP and 1 million MP per second for the next 60 seconds, along with 1% restoration of consciousness and energy, and rapid physical recovery.

Note: This elixir contains the power of a demon saint and a wild beast. After taking it, you cannot take this elixir or any other elixir of the same type or lower than the fifth rank within one day.

It's a pity I can only use one, otherwise I would buy a few as spares.

Having made all the preparations, Su Yu decisively applied to the City Lord's Mansion of Dragon Turtle Immortal City for the use of the Tribulation Platform.

"Ten thousand immortal coins, valid for one year. You can use it at any time, but you need to apply three days in advance."

Su Yu took out 10,000 immortal coins and handed them over, saying in a deep voice:

"I request to use it on the 22nd of next month."

"You have already registered. Please come and use it on the 22nd of next month. If you do not come by the deadline, you will need to reapply."

"it is good."

After leaving the city lord's mansion, Su Yu and Qing Chan flew out of the city together.

After flying tens of thousands of kilometers in one breath, they arrived at the rolling mountains outside the city. Scanning the surroundings, they saw that this place wasn't far from Dragon Turtle Immortal City, and people were coming and going everywhere. Qingchan said to him:
"I will protect you."

"it is good!"

Su Yu's mind stirred:
"Transform into a dragon!"

Its body rapidly expanded, transforming in the blink of an eye into a crimson dragon thirty-three kilometers long that stretched across the sky.

A powerful pressure swept over, and the monsters wandering among the mountains below fled in panic, including four experience monsters with levels over two hundred.

Several streaks of light were drawn to him from a distance, but Qingchan stepped forward and told him that her husband was trying out a transformation technique. In addition, they were too close to the Dragon Turtle Immortal City, which dissuaded many eager cultivators from various races.

"Black Tortoise Armor!"

The red dragon opened its mouth and inhaled, the tortoise shell entered its belly, and the dragon power surged out and was quickly refined. A little white light appeared on its body surface, and it quickly outlined the dragon scales formed by pieces of Xuanwu tortoise shell, which were then integrated into the true dragon's body.

"Fire breaks out."

The crimson dragon spewed forth raging crimson flames that quickly seeped into the Xuanwu dragon scales, and the dragon scales formed from the Xuanwu armor also changed color from black to crimson, becoming exactly the same as the crimson dragon scales.

In short, after the Xuanwu Armor was refined, the power of Xuanwu had been integrated into the red dragon's scales, becoming one with them. It was not that the dragon's body was covered with a layer of Xuanwu dragon scales.

"Black Tortoise Armor!"

The Xuanwu tortoise shell lit up with a red light again, quickly forming a huge Xuanwu phantom that enveloped the entire body.

Defense 10000 million, damage reduction 70%, mana conversion rate 1500, defense strength 30000, size can be changed at will, immovable as a mountain, Xuanwu power.

"As expected of a top-tier divine treasure, these 5000 immortal coins are a good deal."

After studying the Xuanwu Armor, the Crimson Dragon opened its mouth and spat out a bright blue dragon pearl.

"Dragon Pearl of the Vast Ocean".

A burst of blazing white flames erupted from the red dragon's throat, enveloping the dragon pearl and continuously forging it.

As the dragon flames, imbued with the laws of fire, continue to burn, the essence of the dragon flames slowly seeps into the dragon pearl, and the essence of the dragon pearl changes accordingly, gradually transforming from the water-attribute Azure Ocean Dragon Pearl into the Crimson Flame Dragon Pearl, which shares the same origin as the Crimson Dragon.

"It's still more convenient to use the same attribute."

With a single breath, the dragon ball, surrounded by flames, was swallowed into its belly. The next second, it transformed into a crimson light and shot out like a meteor.

"Boom!"

A mountain peak suddenly exploded, sending debris flying everywhere.

The dragon opened its mouth, and a crimson meteor flew out from the ruins and was swallowed into its belly.

"It's powerful and very tough. It's true that you don't feel bad using things that aren't your own."

The Supreme Dragon also possessed a dragon pearl, but he never used it.

Dragon Balls are essentially inner cores, but dragons and monsters are different, hence the different names.

This is the core of the demon beast's power, and also one of the most powerful methods of all demon beasts.

Dragon balls or inner cores contain the strongest power of a demon beast and possess extremely powerful strength. For example, Su Yu's Supreme Dragon Transformation inner core is equivalent to a ninth-grade rare magic weapon. In theory, it is extremely hard and can withstand head-on collisions with other magic weapons without being at a disadvantage.

However, since the inner core is the core of a demon beast's power, it is both its strongest means and its fatal weakness.

Once the inner core is shattered, the demon beast's power will plummet instantly, or it may even drop in cultivation level, or it may perish on the spot.

Therefore, since Su Yu possessed the Supreme Dragon Transformation for so long and experienced so many battles, he has never activated his Dragon Pearl for combat.

"I have the equipment, all I need is the level."

He checked his current level, 298, which was two levels away from transcending the tribulation, and those two levels required experience...
"Let's just use the power of the Heavenly Dao's origin to improve it."

Even if it's just two levels, it's not something you can accumulate in half a year. After half a year, he has to go and join a sect. If he misses this opportunity, he'll have to wait another five years. Five years is enough time to accumulate the power of five Heavenly Dao Origins.

Next, Su Yu urged the Crimson Dragon to familiarize itself with the two demonic artifacts. Once it was in use, it transformed back into its true form two hours later and left with Qing Chan.

Shortly after he left, two humanoid figures suddenly appeared in the void.

"It turns out it's a human. I thought it was a real dragon. Otherwise, it would be nice to catch it as a spirit pet."

"Only an eighth-grade Dao Foundation cultivator, he must be a newcomer. It's a pity that our strength is a bit lacking and we can't do anything to this true dragon. If only a senior were here."

The other person clicked their tongue and said:

"It doesn't matter. There are plenty of geniuses like this. Whether we kill them or not won't affect the overall situation."

"Too."

After Su Yu and Qing Chan returned to Long'ao Immortal City, they continued their secluded cultivation. A month later, he opened the panel and looked into the Zhenhai Pearl. He had accumulated eight strands of Heavenly Dao Origin Power. He took one of them and put it into the Great Divine Power Supreme Dragon Transformation.

As the power of origin merged in, Su Yu immediately felt a jolt of fear.

"The Heavenly Tribulation is coming." "It will last no more than 1 day, 5 hours, 35 minutes, and 41 seconds."

Accurate to the second.

Su Yu took a deep breath to suppress the pounding in her heart and said to Qing Chan:

"The Crimson Dragon incarnation is about to undergo its tribulation."

"Going right now."

He immediately went out to the north of the city and arrived at the Tribulation Platform.

This Tribulation Platform is a super array with a diameter of over a thousand kilometers, occupying a huge space in the north of the city, but it can bring huge economic benefits to Dragon Turtle Immortal City.

Each time it costs 10,000 Immortal Coins. Even if only one person comes to undergo tribulation each month, the annual income would still be 120,000 Immortal Coins.

In addition, those who have undergone one or two Heavenly Tribulations are much more numerous, even though the price is lower, and can earn hundreds of thousands of Immortal Coins a year.

Seated on the Tribulation Platform, waiting for the Tribulation Platform Formation to activate, Su Yu decisively transformed into a dragon.

Accompanied by a deafening dragon roar, a massive crimson dragon hovered above the tribulation platform.

"Hmm? Dragons?"

"No, it's the great supernatural power of transforming into a true dragon, but when does the art of transformation require tribulation?"

Inside a bamboo building not far from the Tribulation Platform, a young human Earth Immortal stroked his chin, his face filled with puzzlement.

Another young man sitting next to him laughed:

"Just ask around and you'll find out."

He rose and went to the back room, where two immortals were sitting on futons playing chess. He bowed to the middle-aged immortal on the left and asked the old immortal on the right, with white hair, white beard, and a ruddy face:
"Master, I have a question."

The old immortal's gaze remained fixed on the chessboard, and he didn't even turn his head.
"speak."

"There is a human on the Tribulation Platform who is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, but possesses the power to transform into a true dragon. This true dragon is of extremely high level and is currently undergoing the Heavenly Tribulation. I am curious how this transformation technique, which does not improve along with the Dao of Transformation, can undergo the tribulation alone?"

"Ok?"

The old immortal paused, then turned his gaze to the outside:
"Let me take a look."

A glint of light flashed in the eyes of a few old immortals, and they said with considerable surprise:
"So that's it."

He withdrew his gaze and said to his disciple:

"If I'm not mistaken, this child possesses the bloodline of a true dragon and has also cultivated a very advanced True Dragon Transformation Technique. With the bloodline and transformation technique combined, if he faces the highest level of difficulty during his first Great Heavenly Tribulation, he has a very high chance of receiving a divine gift, thus merging his bloodline and transformation technique into one."

"It is both bloodline and transformation technique. If the bloodline is strong enough, this transformation can surpass personal strength."

"However, the fact that this child surpasses the true form by so much means that the level of his true dragon bloodline has exceeded my expectations."

At this point, the old immortal suddenly stood up, appeared in front of the window in a flash, and looked out at the extremely dark sky. The two young people following behind also looked outside. The sky was shrouded in tribulation clouds. At the center of the red dragon's head, a tribulation eye was slowly opening, and an aura that made everyone feel apprehensive was slowly descending.

"Hmm, someone is undergoing tribulation?"

At this moment, more than half of the people in the entire Dragon Turtle Immortal City were looking at the tribulation clouds that covered most of the city in the sky.

As the Eye of Calamity took shape, the primordial energy of heaven and earth within a radius of hundreds of thousands of kilometers converged and accumulated towards it, rapidly transforming into lightning that flowed into the Eye of Calamity.

"Hiss, it's still the Great Calamity of Heaven and Man!"

Tribulation is common in Long'ao Immortal City; almost every day someone undergoes it. However, it is usually the first or second tribulation. The Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man is also rare even in Long'ao Immortal City, where experts gather.

On the tribulation platform, the Crimson Dragon looked up and stared directly at the tribulation eye above its head, showing no fear whatsoever.

Although the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man is notoriously difficult, with his own mythological template and top-tier divine treasures for defense, if he can't overcome it, other demonic beasts certainly can't either.

The tribulation clouds gathered for a full hour before accumulating their power to its peak. Then, an invisible ripple spread out from the eye of tribulation, and a dazzling purple lightning sword flew out from the eye of tribulation, instantly slashing at the red dragon's waist.

"boom!"

The red dragon sank violently where it was hit, creating a crater nearly a hundred meters in diameter. Its scales and flesh were all vaporized into nothingness.

A dozen or so cracks, each nearly a meter wide, rapidly extended to half of the dragon's body, and bright red dragon blood gushed out, instantly transforming the crimson dragon into a blood dragon, much like a cracked piece of porcelain.

"Notice: You have been attacked by the first tribulation lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation. You have received 3 million points of tribulation lightning damage. The Tribulation Platform reduces the damage by 10%, so you have received 2.7 million points of tribulation lightning damage. The Xuanwu Armor reduces the damage by 80%, so you have actually received 5400 million points of damage."

"The power of the first level alone is three hundred million!"

"hiss!"

"What level of celestial calamity is this? Six-nine or... Six-nine wouldn't be this extreme, it must be the Nine-nine Celestial Calamity?"

"Wow, God, you're really thinking too highly of me!"

But despite his complaints, the heavenly tribulation wouldn't change because of them. Just one minute later, the second heavenly tribulation transformed into a purple lightning halberd and crashed down.

Su Yu adjusted his body, and this attack struck the other side of the dragon's body, creating another hundred-meter-long blood crater, with more than a dozen cracks bursting out.

"Notice: You have been attacked by the second tribulation lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation. You have received 5 million points of tribulation lightning damage. The Tribulation Platform reduces the damage by 10%, so you have received 4.5 million points of tribulation lightning damage. The Xuanwu Armor reduces the damage by 80%, so you have actually received 9000 million points of damage."

"Come again!"

One minute later, the third tribulation lightning bolt transformed into a purple lightning spear and crashed down. The blood dragon sank and fell directly onto the tribulation platform, its blood splattering and staining hundreds of kilometers red.

"Notice: You have been attacked by the third tribulation lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation. You have received 7 million points of tribulation lightning damage. The Tribulation Platform reduces the damage by 10%, so you have received 6.3 million points of tribulation lightning damage. The Xuanwu Armor reduces the damage by 80%, so you have actually received 12600 million points of damage."

"It can still hold up."

One minute later, the fourth lightning strike struck, instantly causing 16200 million damage.

"It can withstand one more blow."

The Crimson Dragon currently has 68500 million HP. Four attacks reduced its HP by 43200 million, leaving it with 25300 million HP, enough to withstand one more attack.

One minute later, the fifth tribulation lightning struck down, and the purple lightning transformed into a sword that pierced the true dragon's body, creating a hole more than ten meters in diameter. Large cracks had already spread to the dragon's head.

At this moment, the Crimson Dragon was like a piece of porcelain that was about to shatter at any moment.

"so close."

The sixth tribulation lightning strike unleashed a staggering 15 billion damage, which, after being weakened and reduced through various means, reached a maximum of 27000 million damage, barely managing to withstand the attack.

After waiting for fifty-five seconds, just as the seventh tribulation lightning was about to descend, the Crimson Dragon opened its mouth and inhaled, swallowing the elixir that it had prepared and hidden under its tongue.

"The Demon Saint's Great Elixir!"

The immense medicinal power exploded like a torrent, rapidly spreading throughout the body. A golden-red light enveloped the entire body, and the annihilated flesh and cracked dragon body quickly healed and became brand new.

A minute later, another purple lightning halberd descended from the sky.

"Notice: You have been attacked by the seventh tribulation lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation. You have received 18 billion points of tribulation lightning damage. The Tribulation Platform reduces the damage by 10%, so you have received 13.5 billion points of tribulation lightning damage. The Xuanwu Armor reduces the damage by 80%, so you have actually received 32400 million points of damage."

Then, the remaining power of the Demon Saint Pill took effect, restoring 1 million health points and 1000 million mana points per second for the next 60 seconds after the pill was ingested.

As the eighth tribulation lightning struck, Su Yu's condition returned to perfect.

A terrifying 21 billion damage was unleashed, but after multiple damage reductions, it dealt a terrifying 37800 damage.

"I still have 300 million HP left, and two Tier 10 demonic artifacts that I haven't used yet. It shouldn't be a problem to block the final blow."

The red dragon grinned and looked up at the sky.

"God, you can't stop me."

His response was a boiling thunderbolt, the remaining lightning rapidly contracting and gathering in the eye of the tribulation, slowly transforming into a cold and merciless vertical pupil.

"The final blow, the immortals and mortals clash at this moment!"

Su Yu's mind raced, and he decisively activated the Xuanwu Treasure's ultimate move:
"The power of Xuanwu!"

A layer of flowing light appeared, quickly outlining a huge phantom of Xuanwu to protect the Crimson Dragon. The Xuanwu Armor has a base defense of 10 million, and when the ultimate move is activated, the defense increases tenfold, resulting in a terrifying defense of 1 billion.

When the time came, a flash of purple lightning appeared in Jie's eyes.

"Boom!"

With a jolt of Xuanwu's power, the dragon shattered like tempered glass into countless uniform fragments. A flash of purple lightning struck the Crimson Dragon, the terrifying force blasting it directly into the Tribulation Platform. There was no dazzling lightning, only an invisible wave of light that swept across it. The Crimson Dragon's scales shattered inch by inch, instantly transforming it into a blood dragon.

"Prompt: You have been attacked by the ninth tribulation lightning of the Heavenly Tribulation. You have received 42 billion points of tribulation lightning damage. The Tribulation Platform reduces the damage by 10%, so you have received 37.8 billion points of tribulation lightning damage. The Xuanwu Armor reduces the damage by 70%, so you have actually received 11.36 billion points of damage. The Xuanwu Armor's light has shattered."

"Notice: You have taken 13600 million points of lightning damage. The Xuanwu Armor reduces the damage by 80%, so you have taken a total of 2720 million points of damage."

"Roar!"

The crimson dragon slowly raised its head and roared as it faced the heavenly rain falling from the eye of calamity.

Endless life force fell and seeped into the red dragon's body, and his internal condition recovered at an astonishing speed, returning to its best state in the blink of an eye.

"Roar!"

The red dragon soared into the sky once more, roaring as it faced the continuous rain and the power of the Heavenly Dao, carefully experiencing its rapidly increasing strength and expanding size.

"Ascension."

"Transformation!"

"as well as."

A ring of flames lit up the crimson dragon's pupils, and an undying spiritual light flashed within those extremely bright pupils.

The next second, he quickly contracted and coiled into a circle, and the power of heaven and earth gathered into a cocoon of light that enveloped him.

"call!"

"Suck!"

As the power of the Heavenly Dao continued to flow in, the cocoon of light expanded rapidly, and the aura within it grew exponentially. Su Yu's will also entered a peculiar state, becoming clear and lucid, with everything in the world appearing before his eyes.

"Prompt: You have successfully survived the great tribulation between heaven and man and are currently forming the celestial immortal status."

"Prompt: You have successfully survived the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man, and your True Dragon Bloodline is undergoing a transformation."

"Prompt: You have successfully survived the Heavenly Tribulation. Combining the difficulty of the tribulation with your own bloodline, you are now condensing your immortal primordial spirit."

"Notification: You have successfully survived the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man. Your maximum level has been increased to 399, and you have gained the Realm Suppression."

"Prompt: You have successfully survived the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man. You have obtained..."

The next instant, Su Yu's consciousness sank, and she found herself in a world shrouded in endless flames.

Boundless and with no end in sight.

Su Yu lowered his head and found that he was still in the Crimson Dragon state. He looked up and gazed into the distance. In a certain direction, there was a great sun. Sensing from the depths of his heart and bloodline, he subconsciously flew towards the direction of that great sun.

(End of this chapter)