Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 318 New Fragments of the Cave Heaven, Azure Bull Python

"Time field!"

Without hesitation, he activated his ultimate move. The speed of the immortal phantom slowed down rapidly, but the power of this immortal talisman was fully activated. Moreover, the immortal who refined the talisman was obviously more powerful than the previous one. Even the Time Domain could not freeze it immediately. The immortal's finger still slowly and firmly pointed towards Su Yu.

But
A glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes as she instantly spotted a Thunder God Clan Golden Core cultivator hiding behind the mountain not far away. She leaped into the air, creating distance between herself and the slowly approaching Immortal's Finger, and with a flick of her finger, activated her Time-Traveling Divine Power:
Time has stopped!

The Lei Gong clan cultivator who was activating the immortal talisman was immediately frozen by the power of time, followed by Su Yu's thunderous attack.

Eleven seconds later, the power of time resumed its flow, and the figure was reduced to dust.

The power of time is terrifying!
Eight days later, Su Yu swept through the entire fragment of the cave with her powerful strength.

They killed over 1,700 monsters of level 200 and dug up over 4,000 rare and precious herbs of no less than 100 kinds, with a total value of at least 1,000 immortal coins.

"Not bad."

"Let's continue with another fragment of the cave."

Su Yu casually took out a pot of fine wine and took a sip. After emerging from the fragment of the cave, he paused for a moment, then reflexively summoned the Azure Cloud Canopy before swallowing the wine.

"Why are there so many people?"

In the void outside the fragments of the cave, there were more than twenty people scattered in all directions according to their race, with some having only four and others having eight.

Eight people with the Heavenly Eye, seven horned demons, five humans, and four members of the Thunder God Clan.

Moreover, there were several familiar faces among them, including Li Wenbin and his five-person team whom they had met at Eagle's Beak Eagle. They also saw Su Yu, who had just emerged from the fragment of the cave. Li Wenbin paused for a moment, then immediately transmitted his voice:

"Come over here quickly."

Su Yu immediately flew over to join them.

"Why are you here?"

"To dig for medicinal herbs."

Li Wenbin said in a deep voice:
"Leave here now to avoid being caught in the crossfire."

Su Yu glanced at the other three races and asked in a low voice:

Why are so many people gathered here?

Li Wenbin pointed in the direction of the giant peak from which Su Yu emerged and said:
"Someone has discovered that a new fragment of a grotto-heaven is about to take shape."

Su Yu immediately looked in the direction the finger was pointing and found that a hole had collapsed in a certain place on the mountainside, and inside was a violently surging spatial vortex.

"Is this the exit from the fragment of the cave?"

Shao Fei nodded and said:
"Yes, but it's not fully formed yet. The fragments of the cave are currently connecting with the main world. It will only stabilize after it is completely connected to the main world's spatial crystal wall."

Su Yu immediately realized something and exclaimed in surprise:
"You mean this fragment of a grotto-heaven is a fragment of a lost grotto-heaven that was scattered deep within space, and now it has returned to the main world? That's incredible!"

Li Wenbin nodded:
"It's amazing, but it's really true."

Su Yu immediately became interested and eager to try:
"I've heard that fragments of lost caves like these might still contain remnants of the ancient Wuding Kingdom."

Li Wenbin said speechlessly:

"Don't even think about it. With so many experts here, the five of us can barely protect ourselves. We won't be able to take care of you later."

Su Yu smiled and said:

"It's okay, I can protect myself."

Hearing this, Li Wenbin became somewhat annoyed:
"Don't think you can rest easy just because you have some immortal talisman or life-saving trump card. Which cultivator who comes to the Immortal Realm doesn't have an immortal talisman or life-saving trump card? You're only at the Foundation Establishment stage here."

"Wait a moment."

Su Yu reached out to interrupt Li Wenbin and said seriously:

"First of all, thank you for your kindness. Then I want to tell you that I am really strong. Ordinary Earth Immortals are no match for me."

Su Yu looked at them with a very serious expression. The group exchanged glances, and finally Li Wenbin said:

"Since you've said that, then we won't try to persuade you anymore. Just be careful."

"grateful!"

Su Yu clasped her hands in a fist salute.

Next, we just have to wait for the entrance and exit of this fragment of the cave to fully take shape.

While waiting, the group huddled together, and Tan Yumo, the only female player among the six, emphasized to Su Yu:
"Most of the fragments of the caves in this area produce various medicinal herbs. They were once the medicinal gardens of the Wuding Ancient Kingdom. The newly appeared fragments of the caves in this area should also be part of the former medicinal gardens."

“This fragment of the cave heaven fell into the void before and has not appeared for countless tens of thousands of years. If there are spiritual herbs inside, and if they survive for tens of thousands of years without withering, their grade must be very high. At least they are fourth-grade immortal herbs, there must be fifth-grade immortal herbs, and it is even possible that sixth-grade immortal herbs or even spiritual roots may be born.”

"If you're lucky enough to come across a magic elixir that can boost your cultivation, you could potentially level up dozens of times in an instant."

At this point, she looked at Su Yu and said:
"If we come across any immortal medicine or spiritual root of the sixth rank or above, other races will definitely come to fight for it. At that time, we need to unite, seize it, and then distribute it according to our contributions when we get back."

Su Yu nodded and said:
"Distributing according to contribution, no problem."

At this point, Li Wenbin added:
"Of course, this is only for the elixir that everyone can obtain through cooperation. If you obtain it through your own abilities, you can keep it all yourself and there is no need to share it."

Su Yu smiled and nodded:
"Very reasonable."

As soon as they finished speaking, the six sensed something and all turned around. They saw a beam of light rapidly approaching from not far away, and soon an unknown luxurious flying boat appeared and stopped nearby.

The six people's expressions changed; what appeared to be above them were six horned demons.

There were already seven horned demons on the scene, plus these six, making a total of thirteen. The other three races combined only numbered eighteen, almost half of them.

The seven horned demons on the scene immediately went to meet them, while the thirteen horned demons gathered together, seemingly discussing something. From time to time, some of them secretly glanced at the other teams, their eyes flashing with a dangerous light.

Su Yu heard Li Wenbin's voice transmission:

"Be careful and prepare for battle."

At the same time, he discovered that the other eight Sky-Eyed People and four Thunder God Clan members were changing positions and moving closer to the human race, seemingly showing a tendency to unite.

Whether they saw what the demons were doing or felt unsure of themselves, the thirteen horned demons huddled together and discussed for a while before ultimately deciding not to make a move.

But no one let their guard down; everyone remained cautious and vigilant until...
A dozen minutes later, another beam of light appeared from beyond the sky, revealing three people with the ability to see the heavens.

There were originally eight Heavenly Eye People plus three more, making a total of eleven, only two fewer than the Horned Demon People.

As a result, the situation changed again, and both humans and the Thunder God Clan distanced themselves from the Sky-Eyed People.

At this moment, Su Yu suddenly sensed something and opened the regional channel, only to find that Li Wenbin had posted a message calling for fellow human players, but there was no response for a long time, indicating that there were no other human players nearby.

Half an hour later, a flying boat flew in from a distance, and fifteen Fire Clan members jumped off.

The bad news is that another force has emerged; the good news is that the situation is more complex and balanced, further reducing the likelihood of conflict.

As time goes by, people will come over every ten minutes to more than an hour.

After waiting for four hours, more than seventy players from various races gathered here. The human race, which had only had six people until now, finally came to support them. Two human teams joined forces and arrived, bringing the total to twelve people. With the addition of the six human players, there were a total of eighteen people, finally catching up with the other races in terms of numbers.

When the spatial turbulence at the entrance to the fragment of the cave began to stabilize and the entrance gradually took shape, hundreds of people from eight different races had gathered around.

Among them were 24 Sky-Eyed People, 23 Horned Demons, 18 Humans, 15 Fire People, 14 Thunder People, 11 Snake People, 9 Stone Heart Demons, and 6 Horned Scale People.

This Horned Scale Clan was the first race Su Yu had ever seen. In its normal form, it was very similar to the Horned Demons, also humanoid, with horns on its head.

However, once it enters battle mode, hard scales appear on its body, giving it extremely high physique and defense.

This race is essentially an enhanced version of the Horned Demons, stronger in all aspects, belonging to the T1 tier race, with overall potential not much different from the Six-Eared Race.

As the gate to the grotto gradually stabilized, the crowd began to stir, not to start a war, but to prepare to enter.

The number of people was not too different, and no race was absolutely dominant, so there was no clearing out. Each race occupied its own territory and patiently waited for the gate to the cave to open.

However, after waiting for a while, the gate to the cave was fully formed, but no one entered first. Everyone stared intently at the others.

Who wants to go in first?

More than a hundred experts from various ethnic groups looked at each other, none of them making a move.

Among so many people, none were Heavenly Immortal level experts; ninety percent were high-level players above level 200 who had condensed their Golden Core. There were only five or six Foundation Establishment cultivators below level 200. Su Yu was not the only one, so she was not as conspicuous as before.

However, these few Foundation Establishment cultivators were different from him. He possessed strength comparable to Golden Core cultivators. The other Foundation Establishment cultivators were brought here by experts of their own clan to broaden their horizons. Their strength might be decent enough to defeat monsters two hundred levels higher, but none of them were as monstrous as him, capable of taking on a whole group of Golden Core cultivators.

After a standoff of over a hundred people for about three minutes, a cold snort was heard:
"A bunch of cowards, we'll go first."

Among the largest group of Heavenly Eye People, one person stepped forward, first activating a tenth-tier defensive magic treasure, then activating an immortal talisman to protect his body with immortal power, before plunging headfirst into the newly stabilized cave gate.

With someone taking the lead, others with the ability to see into the sky followed suit, wielding their magical artifacts.

However, after three people entered in a row, Su Yu suddenly spoke up:
"What if they go in first and then set up an ambush or trap to prevent us from getting in?"

Everyone paused, and immediately a human expert shouted:
"Wait a minute, let someone else go in."

Other races also reacted and spoke up to stop them, with some impatient ones already arriving at the exit of the cave fragment.

Su Yu clearly felt the unfriendly gazes of no less than ten Heavenly Eyes.

"There really is such a plan?"

Since he had warned them in advance, and only three people had entered, they couldn't block the door and had to compromise, allowing each race to enter in turn.

When it was their turn, Li Wenbin's voice transmission rang in Su Yu's ears:

“If you expose their plan, they will definitely intercept and kill you if they have the chance. Don’t wander around, just stay behind us.”

"Row."

A minute later it was their turn. Su Yu followed Li Wenbin and plunged into the entrance of the cave.

In a sudden shift in space, Su Yu clearly felt herself passing through the boundary membrane, and the next second she felt an extremely rich and primal burst of violent spiritual energy rushing towards her.

After passing through the tide of spiritual energy, a world came into view that was not much different from the previous fragment of the cave, but the mountains were steeper and more dangerous, and the spiritual energy was more abundant.

The entrance to the cave was a canyon mouth, at the bottom of which lay the corpse of a giant snake, level 268, significantly higher than the one in Su Yu's previous cave fragment. He looked up at the four directions of the cave and the concentration of spiritual energy in the void, guessing that there was a high probability that there was a super BOSS with a level of over 300 in this cave fragment.

As for whether there are any BOSSes with a level exceeding 400 that are comparable to True Immortals...
He felt there shouldn't be any.

The reason is simple: if it truly existed, these fragments of the grotto-heaven could not contain it.

Since this fragment of the cave can return to the main world, it means that it is not far from the main world. With the physique and health of a True Immortal-level BOSS, it is possible to forcibly cross space and return to the main world.

If there really was such a boss, he would have left long ago.

Of course, that refers to the normal situation, if the BOSS is willing to stay in this fragment of the cave and not leave.
Within two minutes of them entering, everyone else had come in, and each tribe gathered to discuss whether to team up or split up.

Su Yu looked up into the distance, then saw that the other civilization players had already set off, forming small teams of two or three. He stroked his chin and thought for a moment:
"With my strength, there are few people out of the hundred present who can match me. Following them would not only restrict my freedom but also easily cause them trouble. It would be better to go alone."

With a thought, he activated the Mustard Seed Concealment Technique to hide his aura, and then used the Golden Silkworm Escape Technique to leave behind a fake body. His real body had already used the Invisibility Technique to quietly leave the group and land on the ground. In a flash, it transformed into a Heavenly Ghost and turned into a wisp of smoke, disappearing into the ground.

He was only discovered after walking for quite a while. Li Wenbin shook his head and said:
"This kid is probably no ordinary person. Since he's not coming with us, let's just leave it at that and go together."

After an incense stick's time, Su Yu emerged from the mountains hundreds of kilometers away, transforming into a streak of light that shot into the depths of the cave.

Along the way, he occasionally encountered various kinds of demonic beasts living in this cave. The mountain valleys were shrouded in spiritual mist, where powerful ferocious beasts roamed. Occasionally, he could see the spiritual light of immortal herbs, which even the spiritual mist could not conceal, piercing through the black mist and soaring into the sky. However, he did not even glance at them, focusing his mind on heading straight into the depths of the cave.

Are you kidding me? This fragment of the cave has been lost for hundreds of thousands of years and is reappearing for the first time. It may even contain sixth-order immortal herbs or spiritual roots.

These elixirs and spiritual roots are all unclaimed and anyone can take them. At this time, who would bother looking at the ordinary elixirs? They would definitely go inside first and find the most valuable treasures first.

After rushing for countless miles, Su Yu stopped his escape light in front of a giant peak that was four or five hundred kilometers high.

This mountain peak is four or five hundred kilometers high, shrouded in spiritual mist, and covered with exotic flowers and herbs. He recognized several of them; they were all third-tier spiritual herbs, with a few fourth-tier immortal herbs mixed in.

But his gaze only swept across the area before landing at the foot of the mountain, where a dark, icy pool, more than ten kilometers long, was nestled against the mountain wall, and above the waterline of the pool was a huge hole with a diameter of five or six kilometers.

The cave was pitch black inside, but a pale yellow mist swirled around the entrance, a mixture of spiritual and demonic energy.

Every now and then, a large amount of spiritual energy is drawn into the cave, and after a while it is expelled again.

It's obvious that a powerful demon is lurking here.

The surface of the cold pool was calm, shrouded in a cold mist, but from high above, one could see a purplish-red reflection in the deep pool, with wisps of purple firelight rising from the surface through the water.

"A purple flame rising from a cold pool—this is an extraordinary phenomenon; there must be something good down there."

Su Yu pondered for a moment, then turned and flew to a spot not far away. He quickly killed a level 185 bull demon, picked up the over two-hundred-meter-long bull demon, and threw it into the cold pool.

"boom!"

The bull demon, over two hundred meters long, crashed into the icy pool, creating a huge splash.

Before the bull demon could sink, the mist exploded from the hole in the pool wall, and a huge creature rushed out, biting the bull demon and pulling back.

In a fleeting glimpse, it was a giant python with enormous bull horns on its head and covered in blue scales.

Azure Bull Python (Mythical): Level 294, Wild Beast.

Attributes: 67000 million HP, 120 million MP, 1480 million Attack, 2 km/h Speed, Spells: Omitted.
Su Yu reached out and opened the Zhenhai Gate, inviting Canghai out and whispering a few words of advice in her ear.

"no problem."

Canghai smiled slightly, reached out and pressed down, and the water in the cold pool was lifted into the air by an invisible force.

This change immediately startled the Azure Bull Python in the cave, which roared like a bull and charged out, opening its mouth to suck in the vast sea with a terrifying suction force.

However, this anger only lasted a few seconds before it abruptly stopped. Looking up, he saw a rapidly expanding red dragon in the sky.

The Azure Bull Python trembled and immediately turned to retreat, but at that moment, Canghai pointed, and the water in the cold pool quickly gathered into several water chains that fell and wrapped around the Azure Bull Python.

"Moo!"

The over 30-kilometer-long Azure Bull Python shuddered, snapping the water chain and plunging into the cave. But in those few seconds, the Crimson Dragon had already transformed. A huge dragon claw pressed down, and the invisible force before the claw even arrived compressed the air, slowing the Azure Bull Python down.

"boom!"

The enormous dragon claw pressed down on the hind half of the Azure Bull Python's body before it could retract, easily piercing through the python's hard scales and embedding itself into its body.

"Come out."

Their size and strength were not on the same level, yet they managed to drag the Azure Bull Python out of the cave.

Unwilling to give up, the Azure Bull Python turned and bit the Crimson Dragon. Just as it raised its head, it was pressed down by another dragon claw. The dragon opened its mouth and a stream of blue fire shot out, burning the Azure Bull Python fiercely.

At this moment, the Supreme Crimson Dragon's magic damage reached 4000 million. When it unleashed a wave of dragon breath, the Azure Dragon Python was burned and struggled wildly. The stone was as fragile as tofu. Wherever its giant tail swept, rocks flew and trees turned to dust.

However, the difference in strength was too great, and no matter how much the dragon claw struggled, it remained unmoved.

The dragon's breath lasted for a full seventeen seconds, and the Azure Bull Python visibly went from being full of vitality to being on the verge of death, and then to being cooked alive.

After killing the Azure Bull Python, Su Yu immediately transformed back into her true form. However, before transforming back, she casually opened the Zhenhai Realm Gate and pulled the corpse inside to feed the several immortal pets she kept there.

A young sea-covering dragon turtle, a young blue phoenix, and a young Kunpeng.

With a wave of his hand, the water in the pool parted, and he jumped into the bottom of the pool.

"Huh? It's this?"

There was no miraculous medicine at the bottom of the pool as one might have imagined, but rather a purple-fire glazed gold mine.

This is a fifth-order spirit ore, a material for forging tenth-order magic weapons, priced at 1 immortal coin per ton.

"dig!"

With a flicker, he transformed into a fighting true form several tens of feet tall, activating the Great Wilderness Ancestral Dragon Claw. His eight arms, covered with thick dragon scales, swept across the ground, easily piercing through the hard purple fire glazed gold. With one sweep, he dug out a lump the size of a house, along with all the ore and rocks.

Without even looking closely, he used all eight arms to scoop away the bottom of the pool, removing over a hundred meters of the bottom layer in no time.

"Get rich."

Don't be fooled by the fact that one ton of spirit ore is only one coin, which seems cheap. Spirit ore is very heavy, and its density is much higher than that of steel. Even a hundred tons would only make a cube with a diameter of a little over one meter.

They dug to a depth of about 700 to 800 meters in one go, and the amount of purple fire glaze gold and rock they unearthed was probably in the hundreds of thousands of tons.

Even a mineral content of only one percent is worth several thousand coins, but in reality, the mineral content is definitely more than one percent.

"Not bad, not bad, clearing land is indeed the most profitable."

If it were any other fragment of a grotto-heaven, this kind of spiritual mine would have been exhausted long ago.

(End of this chapter)