Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 320 Infiltrating Beppu, a formidable foe, crushed.

It is unclear who started it, but more than 300 Golden Core cultivators from various races successively unleashed their magic weapons and bombarded the sect's protective formation.

Lightning pillars, sword blades, black winds, heavenly fire, meteors—all sorts of magical treasures appeared one after another.

The types vary, but the lowest is a tenth-tier magic weapon. Even the few dozen Dao Foundation cultivators mixed in with Su Yu each have one or two tenth-tier magic weapons.

Su Yu unleashed the Purple Thunder Hammer, mingling among the crowd as he continuously swung it, unleashing thick bolts of lightning that blasted towards the great formation, creating invisible ripples that spread outwards from the barrier.

"what?"

"There seems to be no reaction."

After a frenzied barrage, the defensive power of the formation rapidly dwindled, losing tens of millions of units per second. However, the puppets within the formation remained completely still, as if they hadn't sensed anything.

"Could it be that the master of the formation has perished, and this great formation is now without a master?"

Everyone realized this and their eyes lit up, but the attack speed actually slowed down.

Su Yu immediately knew what they were thinking. If, as they guessed, the great formation was now without a master, it meant that the puppets within the formation were currently in a silent state. As long as they did not attack the puppets directly, they would not be attacked.

This means that the sect-protecting formation only has normal defensive capabilities and can only rely on the formation itself and the mana in the formation's mana pool to resist their attacks.

Without the Celestial Puppet presiding over it, the power pool of the great formation has its limits. Not to mention the current three hundred or so people, even a hundred or fewer people could slowly wear down the protective formation.

In this way, more than 300 people now seem like too many.

At this moment, Su Yu noticed someone named Lü Yongnian speaking in the channel:
"Brothers, you've all seen it. This great formation is unattended."

"Looking at the actions of other races, everyone knows what they're up to, so we need to make plans early as well."

Someone immediately said:

"Knowing is one thing, but what should we do? We're at a complete disadvantage in terms of manpower. The Sky-Eyed People, Horned Demons, and Fire Clan all outnumber us. Should we cooperate with other teams to eliminate the smaller races first?"

Lu Yongnian, who spoke first, said in a deep voice:
“That’s one idea, but I think there are other ways, like recruiting people.”

"Send people out of the cave to recruit others, or teleport back to the sect to invite experts from the same clan. At least one or two Celestial Immortal level experts should be invited."

Li Wenbin said in a deep voice:
"If we can do it, and they can do it too, and all eight races can do it, then when more than a dozen Celestial Immortal level experts from the eight races arrive, the situation will become uncontrollable."

"Moreover, the key issue is that there will be too many experts at that time, and they will definitely control the situation. How will we deal with that? We probably won't even get a taste of the soup."

His words resonated with most people, who nodded in agreement:
"Indeed, if too many experts come, we will be marginalized and won't even get a taste of the soup, which would be pointless."

After a brief silence, Lü Yongnian continued:
"If we don't bring in an expert, then we'll have to clear the area first, clear out a portion of it."

"By uniting the largest races and eliminating the smaller ones, we should be pretty much done."

"can."

"I also think it's a good idea. If we clear out half of it, everyone can get more."

"Then please have Captain Li Wenbin negotiate with them."

Li Wenbin nodded and said:

"I'll go now."

He turned his head to look in the direction of the person with the "Sky Eye," and his lips moved slightly as he communicated telepathically.

On the other side, all parties tacitly ceased their attacks and retreated to the side to await communication.

Su Yu casually took out a crane from within the Zhenhai Realm, sat on it, and opened the regional channel to browse the chatter of others.

The channel was buzzing with discussion. Some were formulating battle plans for the future, while others were chatting about their gains in the cave and exchanging information.

"what."

Su Yu's eyes suddenly lit up as she took a liking to something, and she telepathically asked the person:
"Brother, how much for these dozen or so Three Talents Earth Spirit Roots?"

The man immediately replied:

"25 coins per plant, 14 plants, totaling 350 coins."

"It's too expensive, can you make it cheaper?"

"330 Immortal Coins".

"Would you sell it for 300?"

"Wow, who bargains like that? 320."

"310."

"That's impossible. How about the lowest price of 320?"

"Well, let's go."

Cash on delivery, 14 Three Talents Earth Spirit Roots in hand.

This thing is actually a type of ginseng. It absorbs the energy of heaven, earth, and man to transform and is called the Three Talents Earth Spirit Root. It is one of the main ingredients for refining the Purple Mansion Heavenly Origin Pill.

Having made a start, he then looked with great interest at what other people had bought and purchased a few more items.

A dozen minutes later, he saw another Three Flavors Fire Jujube Tree, the entire spirit tree had been dug out.

Su Yu was about to inquire about the price when Li Wenbin's voice suddenly came through the channel:
"Everyone prepare for battle. The Heavenly Eye People, together with the Horned Demon People, the Thunder God Clan, and the Fire Clan, are preparing to clear the area. Our human race is their main target for clearing the area."

"???"

"We've been cleared out?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment, quite surprised.

Li Wenbin replied:
"The most numerous Heavenly Eye Clan and Horned Demon Clan jointly proposed to bring in the Thunder Clan and Fire Clan to wipe out all other clans. Although our human race ranks high, we were directly excluded by them."

Su Yu looked up and saw that the Heavenly Eye People, the Horned Demon People, the Thunder God Clan, and the Fire Clan had begun to gather, with a total number estimated to be around two hundred.

Apart from them, the remaining Serpent People, Stoneheart People, Horned Scale People, and Humans together only number around 130, which is nearly 50% less.

"They outnumber us far too much, we definitely can't win, let's retreat."

"Just retreat like this? Just watch this treasure land fall into their hands? This is the former residence of the ancient Wuding Kingdom, left over from hundreds of thousands of years ago. The great formation is still in operation, and the treasures inside must still be there."

"What can we do if we don't retreat? We can't win."

"Let's unite with the other races and give them a good beating."

"It's hopeless. The Horned Scale Clan, which has the fewest members, has already started to retreat."

"Damn, what a coward."

While everyone else was still struggling with their anger and resentment, Su Yu was pinching her brow, contemplating whether or not to make a move.

He transformed into the Supreme True Dragon and wiped out all other races present except for humans.

In terms of strength, yes.

However, if he does this, he will immediately become the target of everyone's criticism. Other races will see him as the biggest threat, and they may even unite to kill him.

Of course, they don't have that ability. Without a Celestial Immortal of the same level, even if their numbers doubled, they still couldn't defeat the Supreme Dragon Transformation. But once things develop to that point, at most he could force them back and then get caught up in endless harassment, unable to peacefully destroy the sect's protective formation.

If they can't win, they'll run away. Su Yu definitely can't wipe them all out during the Dragon Transformation period; at most, he can only kill a small portion.

They will definitely come back after the dragon transformation is complete.
Therefore, this approach is extremely ineffective and cannot achieve its intended purpose.

Don't even think about forming an alliance with the Snake-People, Stoneheart, and Horned Scale Clan against the Sky-Eyed Man. As long as he transforms into a Crimson Dragon, none of those clans will help him.

Even a fool could figure it out: once the Sky-Eyed Alliance is wiped out, he, along with a few dozen humans, could easily eliminate the Snake-Man, Stone-Heart, and Horned-Scale tribes, and humans would eventually rule this place alone.

Then we have to try a different approach.

Having figured this out, Su Yu urged the crane he was riding to leave without hesitation.

By this time, some people had already started to leave, so his presence among them didn't seem out of place.

"Let's retreat first. This formation has very high defensive capabilities, and they won't be able to break through it in a short time. After we leave, let's call for help. Everyone should invite any celestial beings they can. Given the strength of this formation, we should be able to get celestial beings to help us."

"Yes, no matter the outcome, we must not let them get the benefits so easily."

The humans quickly retreated, and the Sky-Eyed Alliance did not pursue them. As soon as they left, they immediately regrouped and prepared to take action.

Unlike their previous attempts which only used conventional methods, this time they used their trump cards. Some who were skilled in formations took out a large amount of formation materials and set up formations on the spot. Others who were skilled in mechanisms took out a huge metal ball from their storage space and threw it. Like a Transformer, the gears turned and quickly transformed into mechanical figures or beasts with a level of over 200.

These mechanical beasts, some hundreds of meters tall, are constructed of hard metal, equipped with their own defensive shields and flight devices, and armed with various energy cannons and kinetic energy cannons.

The attacks are not varied and not very powerful, but they are continuous. As long as there is enough mana and spiritual power, they can keep attacking and maintain firepower suppression on the sect's protective formation.

Among the two hundred people were five mechanics, who produced more than two hundred mechanical beasts of level two hundred and gathered them into five defensive firing points.

Outside the firing point, a formation had been set up to prevent the expelled tribes from launching a surprise attack and causing damage.

After all preparations were completed, someone gave an order: more than 200 people left dozens of them to keep watch around the perimeter, while the remaining 150 people used various methods to attack the great formation. Instantly, violent earth fire and wind water engulfed a corner of the great formation.

Su Yu used the Mustard Seed Concealment Technique and Invisibility Technique to hide in the void, remaining far away from them undetected. However, he was discovered by a Horned Scale Clan expert who had secretly sneaked over from nearby.

The two exchanged a glance and, with perfect understanding, separated to the left and right, creating some distance between them.

He didn't even need to check to know that at least several dozen experts from the exiled races were hiding nearby.

"Hehe, everyone wants to be the fisherman."

Su Yu tilted her head and smiled, then her figure sank and disappeared.

"We can't wait any longer, let's go in and take a look."

We must go inside and take a look before the experts from all races arrive. If the puppets inside are not hostile, we should try to make some money out of them.

If you can't defeat the puppet enemy, then you should retreat.

It quickly descended to the ground, turned into a wisp of smoke and disappeared underground, descending several kilometers deep to the edge of the sect's protective array that isolated the inside from the outside.

It is worth mentioning that during the descent, he discovered traces left by other people using earth magic to pass through the underground. The traces were still very fresh, indicating that someone had recently passed through the area using earth magic.

Su Yu had no intention of searching. She simply stopped at a random place, and with a thought, she transformed into a red dragon. However, her body did not expand to its maximum size; she simply transformed into a small, mysterious dragon that was only a dozen meters long.

The Crimson Dragon can change size at will, but its attributes are compressed in this state. However, there is no need for combat now; all that is needed is to activate its divine powers.

Extending its dragon claw, the Great Wilderness Ancestral Dragon claw slashed down, tearing a huge gap in the city's protective array, which had a defensive power of up to 250 billion. The red dragon stretched its claw into the crack, dug a large hole on the other side, and then plunged into it.

After more than ten seconds, the crack reopened and healed. Su Yu had transformed back into her true form, the Heavenly Ghost, and turned into a wisp of smoke, disappearing inside.

It was both expected and unexpected. The great formation was torn open and he sneaked in without any hindrance. There was no omnipresent divine sense of the celestial beings as he had imagined.

A dozen minutes later, Su Yu dived deep into the formation and slowly emerged from the ground.

Peeking out from an open space, one finds a spiritual field.

The spiritual field is planted with Five Elements Immortal Mushrooms, as well as a large amount of weeds that have not been cleared for a long time.

He ignored the Five Elements Immortal Mushrooms, transformed into wisps of smoke and rose into the air. He immediately looked behind him. The protective array barrier was hundreds of miles away and was blurry to the naked eye. It was probably blurry to the naked eye from inside as well. As long as he was careful, he would not be discovered.

Looking further into the villa, not far from the medicinal fields, there was a small building with five Golden Core puppets dressed as servants and carrying various planting tools standing at the entrance.

After observing Xiao Hui from a distance, Su Yu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and flew over.

These puppets still have bodies, but their consciousness has been extinguished; only empty shells remain.

"Could it be that the celestial puppets at the center of the formation are like that too?"

Su Yu's eyes suddenly lit up. With a wave of his hand, he put away the five puppets and quickly took to the air, flying towards the interior of the villa.

Along the way, they passed through a large number of abandoned medicinal fields. Some of the spiritual herbs were still there, while others had disappeared. The fields were overgrown with weeds, and everywhere there were puppets whose consciousness had been extinguished, standing motionless in place.

He ignored them and headed straight for the center of Beppu.

In less than two minutes, they arrived inside the Beppu. The inner walls separated the area from the spirit fields outside, and inside were a series of buildings. Weeds grew inside, covering the buildings, and a large number of puppets whose consciousness had been extinguished were lying around.

Without hesitation, Su Yu rushed straight to the center of Beppu, where there was a huge white jade platform with a diameter of over a hundred kilometers, and in the center of it stood a giant white jade tower with a diameter of over a thousand meters and a height of nearly ten kilometers, surrounded by a dozen smaller white jade towers.

The platform is covered with dense and complex array patterns. Rich spiritual energy converges along the array patterns towards the center, circles around the central tower, and extends upwards to the top of the tower, transforming into a thick pillar of light that soars into the great array and continuously repairs the array's defenses.

This is the core of the city-protecting formation, but at this moment the formation is not being controlled and is operating automatically.

After a moment of contemplation, Su Yu transformed into a celestial ghost and flew toward the central white jade tower.

Just as they approached the tower, a Heavenly Eye Man suddenly appeared out of nowhere. As he drew near, a purple lightning bolt, which had been gathering power for some time, struck the unsuspecting Heavenly Demon.

"boom!"

The unimaginable terrifying power instantly annihilated the Heavenly Demon incarnation and forced Su Yu back into her original form.

"what?"

"what!"

Su Yu was surprised that someone else had sneaked in like her. The person with the Heavenly Eye was surprised that Su Yu was not dead, but quickly realized what was happening and took out a silver chain with extremely strong spiritual energy fluctuations. He threw it, and the silver chain transformed into a spirit snake that flew over.

"Azure Cloud Canopy!"

Auspicious clouds rose up, supporting the spirit snake and preventing it from falling.

The man with the divine eye took out another precious mirror and shone it on Qingyun. Su Yu remained completely still.

"Immune to all laws?"

The man with the Heavenly Eye paused for a second, then decisively took out a Celestial Talisman, and a phantom of a celestial being wielding a sword appeared and slashed down.

Without hesitation, Su Yu transformed into a crimson dragon, about ten kilometers in size. He clapped his claws together to forcefully block the illusory immortal figure, and with a powerful tremor, the illusory immortal figure shattered.

"Demon Fairy?"

"Interesting?"

His response was a crimson dragon's claw, so powerful it distorted the very void, slamming down on him. But instead of panic, he painfully pulled out a red token and activated it:
"Damn, that's a huge loss."

"Fortunately, there are some good things here, and the harvest is enough to make up for the losses."

The talisman lit up, a halo exploded, the space inside the halo shattered, red spiritual mist spewed out, and an invisible wave surged out from it. The red dragon felt a chill when it touched it and saw a withered, bony hand reach out from the halo. Although it was not large, it felt like it covered the sky and the sun in Su Yu's perception.

Su Yu had a thought and wanted to restore her true size of 120 kilometers, but the unimaginable power of the laws suppressed her and prevented her from expanding her body.

"Life-giving!"

With a wiry, bony hand, the dragon grasped, unleashing waves of law. The crimson dragon, utterly powerless, was forced upright by the immense force, its scales shattering. Tens of thousands of streams of dragon blood flew from the wounds and seeped into the wiry, bony hand, absorbing all the blood like a sponge.

In just three seconds, the Crimson Dragon's immense life force and blood essence were forcibly drained of most of its strength, leaving it in a weakened state.

This withered, bony hand, having absorbed a massive amount of crimson dragon essence blood, visibly regained a slightly rosy hue.

"True Immortal!"

"Not only that, it should be a Mystic Immortal."

"As expected, there are always stronger people out there. I may have had great opportunities, but others may have had them too."

The withered hand grabbed the red dragon, forcibly compressing its ten-kilometer size into the size of a loach and binding it in the withered palm. With a clench of its five fingers, it was crushed into mud without any power to resist.

The moment the Supreme Dragon was crushed, it transformed back into Su Yu's true form, and she decisively activated her ultimate move:

"Time field!"

The power of time exploded, and a stream of light shot into the sky.

"Huh? The laws of time?"

With a flick of his withered finger, an invisible wave exploded, sweeping away the power of time like a gentle breeze, disappearing before the time domain could even take shape.

Although the Law of Time is the supreme law, his strength was too low, and he was directly crushed.

"Kill him."

Withered fingers pointed directly at Su Yu. His figure blurred and became transparent. A vast river, seemingly without end, appeared beneath his feet. A rushing sound filled the air, and a transparent wave surged forth, striking the withered finger pointing at Su Yu's brow. The finger trembled violently, eliciting a gasp of surprise:
"The Mother River of Time!"

The once rosy fingers visibly turned ashen, and the color quickly spread to the palm.

"Damn it!"

The withered, large hand suddenly trembled, its gray, withered fingers shattering, and the four fingers and palm flashed back into the halo and disappeared.

The man with the eye was stunned, and chuckled dryly:
Would you believe me if I said everything before was a misunderstanding?

While unleashing his defensive magic weapon, he awkwardly laughed:

"This Beppu is so big, we could actually join forces and divide up all the treasures inside."

Su Yu took a deep breath and pointed:
"Invert the yin and yang!"

In an instant, over half a million units of magical power burned, an invisible wave swept across, the world fell silent, all sounds vanished, only Su Yu's clear voice echoed through the heavens and earth:
"Heaven and earth are out of order, the sun and moon are out of sync!"

Another 500,000 units of magical power burned away with the mantra, combining with the laws of time to transform into the power of the Heavenly Dao, sweeping outwards. Wherever it went, all the laws of heaven and earth were driven away and controlled by the laws of time he had mastered.

Time stopped flowing, and the person with the Heavenly Eye only had time to activate their defensive magic weapon before being frozen in mid-air.

Without hesitation, Su Yu once again expended 500,000 units of mana to strike with his finger:
"The power of time can turn the world upside down."

As soon as the mantra was uttered, the power of time slowly reversed, and the movements of the frozen Heavenly Eye Man also reversed. The light of the defensive magic treasure he had summoned quickly flowed back into the magic treasure, disappeared into his brow.

Su Yu reached out and opened the Zhenhai Realm gate, grabbed the Tianyan Man who was immobilized and unable to resist, and pulled him into the Zhenhai Realm, where Canghai imprisoned him first.

Can't kill.

He didn't know how long the man had been inside, or whether he had taken the treasures. He decided to lock him up first and deal with him later if he was sure the man hadn't succeeded.

After closing the Zhenhai Gate, Su Yu snapped her fingers, and the frozen space-time slowly resumed its flow.

"call!"

"That's fucking exciting."

The first time I faced a Xuanxian (a powerful immortal), their methods were so profound and unpredictable that I had no power to resist.

"There are many hidden talents in this world, and I am not the only one with extraordinary opportunities. I must be more careful in the future."

Su Yu let out a soft breath to regain his composure. He looked up at the great formation that was being bombarded continuously. The attack outside was progressing faster than he had imagined. After deducting the formation's normal recovery speed, it had already worn down more than 3.5 billion defensive forces, equivalent to one-seventh of the formation's strength.

The whole process took less than half an hour.

If nothing changes, another two hours or so will be enough to wear down the formation.

"We need to hurry."

With a wave of his sleeve, he soared into the air and flew towards the giant tower in the center.

There was a large gate at the bottom, with a large number of puppets standing at the entrance. They were all combat-type puppets around level 250, and he casually put them all inside.

Upon entering the gate, the interior was not chaotic; the various decorations remained as they were, with only a little dust.

Su Yu quickly scanned the entire first floor, but did not see any stairs leading to the underground level. She then turned and headed straight for the stairs leading to the upper level.

The second floor is a hundred meters high, and there are seven puppets at a glance.

There are three floors and more than a dozen puppets.

On the fourth floor, there were no puppets, but several rooms were locked by restrictions. Su Yu skipped over them and went straight to the fifth floor.

Don't worry about these right now, let's find the core control room first.

They climbed dozens of floors in one go, rushing to the ninety-ninth floor. Upon reaching the top, they saw the dense array patterns on the floor. Streams of light flowed along the array patterns and eventually converged into the eight jade pillars in all directions, rushing to the top.

"The core of the formation!"

However, Su Yu's gaze did not fall on the array's core, but rather on a human puppet sitting cross-legged in the center of the core, radiating a chilling aura.

"Celestial-level puppet".

He appeared before the core of this great formation. The puppet showed no reaction and no sign of consciousness, indicating that its will had also been extinguished in the hundreds of thousands of years of predicament.

The lifespan of a celestial being is 129600 years, which is equivalent to the number of one cycle.

Even with the addition of various longevity-extending rare and precious herbs, considering drug resistance, the lifespan can only be extended by a maximum of 10,000 to 20,000 years. The lifespan limit of a celestial being is generally no more than 150,000 years.

The ancestor of the Qingchan lineage has lived for over 100,000 years and is now at the limit of his lifespan. His lifespan is at most a thousand years or so.

This fragment of the grotto has been lost for hundreds of thousands of years. Even the most powerful celestial being could not endure such a long period of time; their primordial spirit would surely be annihilated.

(End of this chapter)