This is a cultivation game, but the operation is bad

Time flies when you're grinding monsters.

The seawater around the Dragon Nest ramparts had a cold, metallic feel. Jiang Liu swung his sword and killed a Dragon Scale Shrimp soldier. Looking at the 2847 Dragon Pattern Associated Ore pieces in his backpack, he said with a bitter and helpless expression, "So this isn't me cultivating immortality, but rather working as a miner in the deep sea? And without even a salary!"

He wiped the salty seawater off his face. The blade of the Hunling Tianyuan Sword gleamed coldly in the darkness, with a few pieces of broken shrimp shells still hanging on its spine.

Despite continuous high-intensity monster-hunting for extended periods, the quantity of Dragon Jadeite remained at only 1 piece, a result of painstakingly synthesizing 1000 pieces of associated ore.

Apart from the synthetic dragon-patterned chalcedony, he had never seen a complete dragon-patterned chalcedony!

not a single one!

Including the 1000 associated minerals consumed in the synthesis, he has already obtained 3847 Dragon Pattern Associated Minerals, but he hasn't gotten a single Dragon Pattern Jadeite!

Is this drop rate even human?
He finally understood why immortal-grade items and their blueprints were priced at only a few thousand council contribution points.

Because Celestial-grade materials are really hard to obtain!

"Does the planner think that breaking the materials into pieces isn't enough? Do I have to dig through the seabed and do some work for the Immortal Alliance before they'll give me a straight answer?"

Jiang Liu grumbled as he casually stuffed the newly discovered associated mineral into his backpack, his gaze sweeping over the tangled coral reefs around him.

The terrain of the Dragon Nest Fortress is several times more complex than the fluorescent shallow sea layer. Coral reefs intertwine to form a natural labyrinth, and the dragon scale shrimp soldiers hide in the depths. When they peek out, it's a small, dark swarm, with gunfire so dense it can block out the sunlight.

What could he do?

I can only keep refreshing.

In other words, the experience points and spirit stone drops in the Deep Sea Dragon Domain are quite good; otherwise, he really wouldn't be confident of farming enough Immortal-grade materials.

Okay, let's just treat it as farming money and leveling up.

Jiang Liu sighed inwardly, just as he was about to slip into a crevice in a coral reef to look for a new group of strange creatures, when a dull tremor suddenly came from the seabed beneath his feet. It wasn't the faint rustling of a group of shrimp soldiers, but rather the sound of some enormous creature slowly moving in the deep sea, carrying an oppressive feeling of crushing everything.

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The tremors grew more intense, and pebbles fell from the coral reef. A thick, dark shadow slowly emerged from behind the coral reef.

The black shadow was two hundred feet long, its entire body covered in bluish-black scales with a cold, eerie blue light emanating from the edges. It had a pair of curved dragon horns on its head, thick saliva hanging from the corners of its mouth, and a pair of lantern-sized eyes that glowed with a bloodthirsty red light. Its ferocity could be felt even from a great distance.

Name: Deep Sea Dragon Eel Demon

Race: Demon (a branch of the Dragon race)

[Realm: Perfected Integration]

[Probability of Drops: Dragon Pattern Associated Ore (60%), Dragon Pattern Chalcedony (0.08%), Dragon Qi Crystal (10%)]

"0.08%?"

Jiang Liu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. "So, from shrimp soldier to dragon eel, the drop rate only increased by 0.04%? This increase in probability is like squeezing toothpaste. Are the developers afraid that I'll accumulate enough materials to retire early, and then no one will be there to boost their KPIs?"

Despite his complaints, he didn't dare to let his guard down. The cultivation level of the Great Perfection of the Integration Realm was a level higher than that of the Dragon Scale Shrimp General. In particular, this Dragon Eel Demon also carried the bloodline of the Dragon Clan. According to the normal monster combat power, the combat power of the Demon Clan is slightly higher than that of the Human Clan by one small realm, and the Dragon Clan bloodline is another level higher.

A fully-fledged being, a demon race member with dragon blood, and a BOSS.

The combined combat power of these individuals is likely no weaker than that of a human cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage.

The dragon eel demon had clearly locked onto him as well. Its massive body twisted violently, leaving a white trail in the seawater, and charged towards Jiang Liu.

It opened its mouth wide, revealing two rows of barbed fangs that gleamed coldly. A foul, toxic odor spread along the water, penetrating the nasal cavity and throat, causing a dizzying sensation even stronger than that of inferior spirit wine.

"Five Elements Revolving Sword!"

As Jiang Liu dodged the venomous fangs, his longsword transformed into a crescent moon of light, piercing straight into the dragon eel demon's eyes!
This is the monster's Achilles' heel; if it's hit, even if it doesn't kill instantly, it will lose most of its fighting power.

The dragon eel demon reacted incredibly quickly, tilting its head sharply as the five-colored sword energy grazed its scales, leaving only a faint white mark.

Immediately afterwards, its thick tail swept across like a steel whip, instantly creating a huge whirlpool in the seawater, locking Jiang Liu's body firmly in place, leaving him no way to escape.

"That was a quick reaction!"

Jiang Liu was startled and quickly circulated his spiritual energy to protect his entire body.

With a loud bang, he was struck squarely by the dragon's tail, his body flying backward like a kite with a broken string, crashing heavily into a huge coral reef.

My health dropped by one-fifth!

Huh?
It's only one-fifth, so it's fine.

"Six Dao-Rank Spirit Seeds!"

Jiang Liu's eyes narrowed. He first summoned six Dao-level spirit seeds to harass the dragon eel demon, and then began casting a spell himself.

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"Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword!"

Sword light, sword sound, sword power!

Three strikes in one blow, severely damaging the BOSS!

With a single sword strike, Jiang Liu didn't stop. He flashed behind the dragon eel demon, clenched his fists, and uttered a low growl.

"Ten Directions Suppressing Fist!"

The fist shadows formed by the power of ten paths condensed, carrying a world-destroying aura, and slammed heavily into the body of the dragon eel demon!
Click!

The dragon eel demon's scales were shattered by the fist shadow, and its crimson blood instantly stained the surrounding seawater.

It let out a shrill scream, its huge body twisting wildly, churning the seabed into a mess, and sending coral fragments flying everywhere.

Jiang Liu gave it no chance to catch its breath. With a light touch of the seawater, it shot forward like an arrow, unleashing dozens of consecutive strikes with the Hunling Tianyuan Sword, each one precisely piercing the dragon eel demon's wound.

The dragon eel demon's aura grew weaker and weaker until it finally collapsed helplessly onto the seabed, completely still.

You have defeated the Deep Sea Dragon Eel Demon.

You have obtained 2 Dragon Pattern Associated Ore.

You have obtained 1 Dragon Energy Crystals.

You have obtained 8976 Spirit Stones.

"Finish work."

Jiang Liu breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and quickly went forward to check the fallen object.

The Dragon Qi Crystal is a fist-sized golden crystal that exudes a rich dragon aura. As its spiritual light flows, even the surrounding ghostly coldness fades, making it look quite extraordinary.

【Dragon Energy Crystal】

[Grade: High-grade Taoist grade]

[Uses: Contains pure dragon energy, which can be used to unlock the entrance to the core area of ​​the Deep Sea Dragon Domain, or absorbed to enhance cultivation.]

[Note: This material is unique to the Dragon Realm and can only be dropped by monsters from the Dragon Clan's offshoots.]

"The key to unlock the core area?"

Jiang Liu's eyes lit up. He had searched the Dragon Nest fortress thoroughly but couldn't find even a trace of the core area. It turned out that he needed this thing.

"No wonder I couldn't get tickets before, so I had to save up extra tickets? The developers are really good at this kind of trick!"

He rolled his eyes, opened his backpack to check, and found that he had only saved up 1 Dragon Qi Crystal. Who knew how many he would need to unlock the entrance?

Just then, a rapid sound of rushing water came from afar, as if something was rapidly approaching.

Jiang Liu looked up warily and saw three figures rushing towards him. The leader was a cultivator in a black Daoist robe with a sinister look in his eyes, as if they were poisoned. His cultivation had reached the Great Perfection of the Integration Realm. Behind him were two cultivators in the late stage of the Integration Realm, whose auras were equally fierce.

"Hehehe, I didn't expect to find the corpse of a dragon eel demon here. It seems we're in luck."

The black-robed Daoist cultivator's eyes flashed with greed when he saw the dragon eel demon's corpse on the seabed. His gaze then locked onto Jiang Liu, and his expression was one of utter delight: "He's actually a righteous cultivator!"

Jiang Liu: "." It turns out, he's a demonic cultivator!
Jiang Liu was speechless when he saw the three demonic NPCs.

He thought the Deep Sea Dragon Domain was a single-player instance, but it turned out to be a public map!
Good heavens, they dare to sell coordinates on public maps for such a high price?

"So what?"

Jiang Liu had already gripped his sword.

"You killed the dragon eel demon, so the loot should naturally belong to us. You can't keep everything, can you?"

The black-robed Taoist cultivator sneered, saying with a mocking expression, "If you know what's good for you, hand over the dragon energy crystals and the dragon pattern ore, and I might spare your life."

"funny!"

Jiang Liu scoffed, "Do you know who I am? How dare you talk to me like that!"

"I am Director Jiang of the Taiyi Immortal Alliance! Do you believe I can gather all the cultivators in the world and slaughter your Demonic Sect!"

snort!
Who do you think you are, to threaten a council member like this?
Even your Demon Lord wouldn't dare speak to me like that!
"A council member of the Taiyi Immortal Alliance? I'm laughing! This is overseas!"

The man in the black Taoist robe laughed wildly as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world. After a few bursts of laughter, he waved his hand and said coldly, "Kill him!"

The two demonic cultivators behind him immediately launched an attack, two jet-black magical lights exploding in the seawater, carrying a corrosive aura as they hurtled towards Jiang Liu.

Gan!
There are even demonic cultivators overseas!

Jiang Liu cursed inwardly. He thought that the story of the demonic cultivators had ended after he killed the Demon Lord in Zhongzhou, but he didn't expect there to be a sequel.

The era of demonic forces in Zhongzhou has come to an end, but demonic forces overseas have emerged!
Can the Taiyi Immortal Alliance please step up their game? They've already driven the demonic forces to the sea, can't they just do their part and wipe them out completely?

"Five Elements Revolving Sword!"

Jiang Liu swung the Hunling Tianyuan Sword, and the upright crescent moon instantly annihilated one of the late-stage Fusion Realm demonic cultivators.

Before the cultivator could even scream, his body was shredded to ashes by the sword energy.

You have killed an elder of the Burning Sea Demon Sect.

Upon seeing this, the other cultivator's expression changed drastically, and his attack became hesitant.

The black-robed Taoist cultivator was surprised by Jiang Liu's strength. A hint of astonishment flashed in his eyes, and he then snorted coldly before taking action himself.

A black scimitar appeared out of thin air in his hand, its blade radiating a dense demonic aura, with black liquid dripping from its edge—clearly a malevolent demonic weapon.

"Burning Demon Flame Slash!"

The black-robed Taoist cultivator unleashed a slash, the black demonic flames carrying an aura of destruction, instantly evaporating the seawater along the way, creating a vacuum zone, and rushing straight towards Jiang Liu's face.

"Six Dao-Rank Spirit Seeds!"

Jiang Liu remained motionless, protecting himself with the six Dao-level spiritual seeds, while he continued to cast the spell.

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"Three Elements Flying Immortal Sword!"

hiss.
What a terrifying sword strike!
Who is this person, capable of unleashing such a sword strike with only the late-stage Nascent Soul realm?!

The black-robed Taoist cultivator's heart skipped a beat, his face turned pale, and he hurriedly circulated his demonic energy for defense.

"Vast Ocean Magic Shield!"

Vast Ocean Shield, break!

The black-robed Daoist cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Integration Realm is severely injured!
"Tell me, where did you come from, you monster?"

Jiang Liu pointed his sword at the other party and inquired about their origins.

"Bold! Unbridled!"

The black-robed cultivator lay on the ground, struggling and screaming, "I am a core elder of the Burning Sea Demon Sect! If you dare to kill me, the Burning Sea Demon Sect will not let you off!"

"My Burning Sea Demon Sect is located near the Deep Sea Dragon Domain. Unless you never leave the Deep Sea Dragon Domain, you are doomed!"

Can't I teleport home?

Jiang Liu was too lazy to listen to his nonsense and slashed at him with his sword.

You have killed a core elder of the Burning Sea Demon Sect.

"Huh? It dropped something?"

Jiang Liu was about to turn around and leave, but when he saw the shiny objects on the ground, his eyes lit up and he quickly stopped in his tracks.

He almost forgot that demonic cultivators were also considered strange.

You have obtained 6 Dragon Energy Crystals.

You have obtained 1233 Dragon Pattern Associated Ore.

You have obtained Dragon Pattern Jadeite x1

"What the hell?!"

After picking up the dropped item, Jiang Liu's eyes widened, and a curse slipped out.

What the hell does this mean?!

6 dragon aura crystals, 1233 dragon pattern associated minerals, and 1 piece of dragon pattern chalcedony!
This is like exposing the other party's entire fortune!
He got all the materials that those three demonic cultivators had been farming for countless days!

"As expected, getting rich still requires taking lives and seizing money!"

Jiang Liu suppressed his surprise and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

He casually killed three demonic cultivators, and the loot they dropped was more than he could have farmed for several days!

Why bother farming monsters? Wouldn't it be better to just kill demonic cultivators and plunder their treasures?

Jiang Liu thought about it more and more and it seemed reasonable. He became more and more excited as he thought about it. He saw the immortal artifact beckoning to him!
Stop killing monsters, let's go find a demonic cultivator!
Having become rich overnight, he was too lazy to kill any more monsters. He wandered around the Dragon Nest Fortress map, searching for the figure of the demonic cultivator.

They circled around and around for over an hour, but still didn't see a second wave of demonic cultivators, and were extremely disappointed.

"Sigh, it seems that demonic cultivators don't spawn at fixed times."

Jiang Liu sighed in disappointment. Oh well, he'd better keep killing monsters. He'd just treat being a demonic cultivator as a matter of luck.

"I now have 7 Dragon Energy Crystals, I wonder if that's enough to unlock the entrance."

He muttered to himself as he continued to grind monsters in the Dragon Nest fortress.

In the following days, he killed monsters to collect dragon energy crystals and dragon pattern ore while searching for traces of the core area.

at last.

He discovered an invisible barrier in a canyon.

This invisible barrier was covered with dark golden dragon patterns, and the dragon's might made the seawater stagnate. Ancient runes flowed slowly on the barrier, as if they had come to life, and it looked exceptionally solid.

He tried placing a piece of dragon energy crystal in front of the barrier. The crystal instantly transformed into a golden light and merged into the barrier, but the barrier only trembled slightly and showed no signs of opening.

"One isn't enough, how many do you want?"

Jiang Liu frowned and continued stuffing the dragon energy crystals inside.

[You have used 10 Dragon Crystals, meeting the requirements to unlock the core area]

[Unlock the entrance to the core area of ​​the Deep Sea Dragon Domain?]

[Yes] (End of this chapter)