Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 33 The Domesticated Dragon

In just over ten seconds, the seemingly shallow lake in the underground cave expanded to submerge the entire cave, with a depth of over a hundred meters. A huge whirlpool spun rapidly, and specks of Gui Water essence surfaced. Lightning flashed faintly within the whirlpool, and everyone felt an immense threat rising from the bottom of the water, rapidly expanding.

At this moment, someone shouted:

"This is the Dragon-Walking Technique, which can control water mines. The next wave will be extremely powerful. Everyone prepare to face the impact!"

Even those few who hadn't yet activated their defensive magic treasures dared not be careless at this moment, and all summoned their magic treasures to protect themselves.

Su Yu quickly erected a protective aura around herself, her eyes flickering slightly:

"The sixteen Vermilion Fruits are divided into three groups of five each, with the extra one going to the group that performed best on the spot."

“This is an opportunity.”

He pursed his lips, a thought flashed through his mind, and blue light shone in his pupils. He reached out and gently pressed:

"Suppress the Sea!"

In that instant, two thousand units of magical power burned in his Qi Sea, and the Zhenhai Pearl in his Consciousness Sea shone brightly. His pupils flashed and transformed into a blue sun. An invisible wave exploded outward from him, and the rising lake water was swept by the invisible wave, instantly freezing along with the vortex.

"???"

Everyone was stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.

"Brother Su Yu, what brings you here?"

Cao Ze's expression changed drastically. He discovered that as this invisible wave swept over, the three-legged fire crows summoned by his Fire Crow Pot shrank in size, as if they had been submerged in water.

"My natural enemy!"

"Divide the water!"

Su Yu pointed lightly, and another two thousand units of magic power burned.

The frozen lake water split in the middle, and the huge whirlpool split in two, revealing a one-horned viper coiled at the bottom of the water.

"on!"

Only then did everyone realize what was happening. Forgetting their shock, they all unleashed their magical weapons and blasted the snake, which had solidified in the water, into the bottom of the lake.

Su Yu took out a low-grade Rejuvenation Pill to restore 3000 mana, and activated the Sea-Suppressing Pearl to firmly stabilize the 10,000 tons of lake water in the cave, so that no matter how the unicorn snake tried to move it, it could not move.

It's just a mere viper, not even a dragon, how could it possibly compete with the Sea-Suppressing Pearl for control of this lake?

Unable to draw upon the power of the lake, the viper's abilities were reduced by half, leaving it only able to fight with its bare hands.

"It's now!"

Lan Yiying transformed into a dragon-headed human, condensing countless bolts of Gui Water Divine Thunder and unleashing them.

Cao Ze urged a group of elite three-legged fire crows, each over level 55, to continuously spew fireballs down upon him.

Wei Xia immediately activated his ultimate skill, summoning a thundercloud that covered the entire dome, unleashing hundreds of lightning bolts in one go.

The unicorn serpent roared and soared into the sky, its massive body forcefully smashing through the lightning and fireballs. With a flick of its wrist, it sent a flying sword flying, and with a sudden inhale, a powerful suction force swept over several nearby three-legged fire crows, catching them off guard and swallowing them whole.

Cao Ze decisively activated his magic weapon. The snake's head trembled slightly, producing muffled sounds, and a little black smoke spewed out from the snake's mouth.

"Shh!"

A flash of white light, and a dazzling sword rainbow rose from the Sword Spirit Pavilion. Before it even arrived, its sharp edge stung Su Yu's skin.

"A seventh-tier flying sword!"

With a flash of light, the viper hissed in pain, a long wound appeared on its back, and blood gushed out.

Immediately afterwards, one of the Lei Ying members threw out a bracelet, which quickly transformed into a long ice chain that fell down, circling the viper and weaving back and forth. With a tightening motion, the ice chain locked the viper's body, firmly holding one end in the man's hand.

Then someone conjured a Xuan Yin Beast Gathering Banner covered with strange beasts. The Xuan Yin vortex opened, and streams of black energy spewed out, transforming into strange beast spirits. In the center was a poisonous dragon spirit with a level 110 elite template, which fearlessly charged forward and engaged in a fierce battle with the unicorn snake.

The ghosts are certainly no match for the living, but their level is still there, so they can hold off the ghosts for a while.

Seeing that everyone had used all their skills to quickly suppress the unicorn snake, Ding Lingyu stopped hiding and clasped his hands together, chanting incantations.

A moment later, a burst of golden light erupted behind him, quickly rising and transforming into a majestic phantom of a divine general.

The next second, the phantom of the divine general merged with him, quickly transforming into a divine general whose body was wrapped in lightning. His eyes widened and his hands were raised high. The thunderclouds in the sky quickly gathered towards him. Hundreds of lightning bolts gathered on his body and he squeezed them into a lightning javelin that even slightly distorted the air. He hurled it and smashed the unicorn serpent into the bottom of the lake, leaving a smoking, charred hole in its body.

"Ow!"

Accompanied by the snake's painful roar, a terrifying damage of 46000 was unleashed.

Thunderclouds continued to bombard him, and he wielded a spear formed from lightning, each strike inflicting massive damage on the viper.

"This output"

"This attribute."

Su Yu's expression turned serious when she saw Ding Lingyu's 36 HP in his Divine General state.

Although it was achieved by using Wei Xia to summon thunderclouds and imprison hundreds of lightning bolts, the ability to imprison so many lightning bolts is itself a symbol of strength, coupled with a health pool of 360,000.
"It's not going to be easy."

He didn't think that with such high health, his physique and strength could be low.

"I'm not bad at dealing damage, and I can break through defenses, but my defense is lacking. It would be great if I had a high-level defensive magic item."

"Then the next step is to find a good defensive magic item, even a sixth-tier one will do if we can't get a seventh-tier one."

While he was lost in thought, the one-horned viper had already been blasted down from the sky.

The elites from the three major guilds unleashed a barrage of attacks, completely overwhelming the level 100 monster and leaving it powerless to fight back.

In less than five minutes, its millions of health points were depleted, and it died.

It's unclear who landed the final blow, but he still received tens of thousands of cultivation points and twenty points of Dao cultivation. Moreover, with the death of the unicorn viper, a total of seven spoils were shot out, one of which flew towards Su Yu.

Upon examining the spoils, they discovered it was the spine of a viper, over 130 meters long.

"can."

Viper spine: a material used to build the keel of warships.

It's not long enough to serve as the secondary keel of a fourth-tier wave-piercing giant ship, but it can still be sold for about 5 taels of gold.

After putting their things away, Ding Lingyu and the other two guild members had already landed on the small island at the bottom. Su Yu flew up and the group gathered in front of the thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit Tree.

Ding Lingyu remained in his divine general form, pointing at Su Yu with a booming voice like thunder:
"Su Yu suppressed the water vapor in this battle, greatly reducing the difficulty of the fight. He made the greatest contribution. I think you all have no objection to giving him the extra Vermilion Fruit, right?"

Immediately, someone objected:
"I don't think so. With our strength and the level of our magic weapons, we can solve this just as well without him."

Wisha, wielding the thunder hammer, immediately said:
"If that's the case, with our strength and the level of our magic weapons, we can solve this without you."

"you"

"What do you mean, 'you'? This is something everyone has agreed upon."

"Alright, stop arguing."

The speaker was the temporary captain of the Sword Spirit Pavilion. He gestured to reassure his side and said in a deep voice:
"Don't go back on your word. He did make the greatest contribution in this battle, so there's no problem with him getting a Vermilion Fruit."

With his and Ding Lingyu's agreement, two of the three parties had already agreed, and the others immediately had no objections.

Then the three temporary team leaders gathered in front of the Zhuguo tree to discuss the allocation. They gestured a few times in front of a few branches of the Zhuguo tree and quickly reached an agreement.

First, the vermilion fruits were picked and distributed one by one. Each of the three families received five fruits, and Su Yu received one.

Then Ding Lingyu took out a jade sword and chopped down the branches at the agreed location.

There are six branches in total. The Sword Spirit Pavilion and the Thunder Eagle Society each got two branches, Su Yu got one branch, and Ding Lingyu got the bare main pole.

Millennium Vermilion Fruit (Rank 7): A rare and precious treasure.

Attributes: Innate physical constitution +1, maximum mana +500, maximum lifespan +10 years, effective for the first three stones.

A branch of a thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit Tree: a rare and precious material, which can be planted in a sacred place to propagate a new thousand-year-old Vermilion Fruit Tree.

Having obtained the item, Su Yu immediately stored it in her storage space. As long as she didn't take it out, its life force wouldn't be lost. She could plant it in her own cave dwelling later.

After the assignments were completed, everyone left one after another.

After leaving the underground cave and returning to the small hill, the group gathered together to distribute the Vermilion Fruit.

Ding Lingyu, Lan Yiying, Wei Xia, Xu Lulu, and Cao Ze each received one piece. In addition, each of them had to contribute 10 taels of gold, which would be divided equally among those who did not receive the Vermilion Fruit.

Su Yu didn't need to take it; he had earned the Vermilion Fruit as an extra bonus.

He watched them complete the transaction with his arms crossed, then called out to Cao Ze:
“Cao Ze, didn’t you disobey me before? Now that the viper is dead, let’s have a one-on-one fight.”

Everyone was taken aback, then looked at the two with great interest.

However, Cao Ze very readily clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying:
"No need for a competition, I concede defeat."

"cut!"

However, this was expected; his move was too effective against Cao Ze.

At this moment, He Shoucheng patted him on the shoulder and said in a low voice:

"Brother Su, I remember several powerful monsters have entered this secret realm. They're all aquatic spirits. Should we join forces and kill them?"

"Several people?"

He glanced at Zhang Yunfei, who was standing next to He Shoucheng, and shook his head, saying:
"Although my move is effective against aquatic monsters, they are all level 100 or higher monsters, and we can't kill them with just a few of us."

"How about inviting a few more?"

"Call them all, otherwise the output won't be enough."

"do you need?"

"need."

Su Yu pointed east and said:

“I saw a big lake to the east before, and there was a dragon in it. It was a boss-level BOSS. That thing was much more powerful than this one-horned viper. Plus, the lake was big, and I might not be able to control it. It would be safer if there were more people.”

"it is good."

He Shoucheng turned around, clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention, and shouted:

"We've discovered a leader-level dragon in the east. Anyone interested in going and slaying it?"

Everyone's eyes lit up, and they nodded repeatedly:

"Absolutely!"

"elbow!"

The group took off and flew eastward.

Led by Su Yu, the group flew to the eastern edge of the secret realm in one go, and then headed south along the edge, where they soon discovered the large lake.

The group flew over the lake and soon spotted the dragon swimming in it.

Green Dragon (Elite): Leader, Level 121, Aquatic, Dragon.

Attributes: HP 278, Demon Power 36, Attack Power 22000, Speed ​​1500 km/h, Demon Magic: Water-based magic, Dragon-walking technique, ? ? ?

Su Yu observed the large lake for a moment, then pointed in one direction and said:
“I can’t control such a large lake, but I can lure the dragon to that corner and only need to control the water in that corner.”

He looked at those following behind and asked:

Who will lead the way?

Weisha raised his thunder hammer and said:

"Let me do it."

"Then let's wait in the corner first."

The group split into two groups, leaving Wei Xia alone here.

Su Yu and the others stood apart in a corner, and everyone prepared to contact Wei Xia. After a while, they saw a bolt of lightning strike down from the sky and into the water in the middle of the lake.

A small amount of lake water exploded, and a huge figure rose up, raising its head and roaring. Endless water vapor gathered and surrounded the dragon's body, forming clouds. It opened its mouth and spewed out a breath that traveled several kilometers, sending Wei Xia flying.

"So fierce?"

Looking at the dragon swirling in the air, surrounded by layers of lightning and dark clouds, Su Yu suddenly had a bad feeling.

At this moment, Ding Lingyu leaned closer and whispered:

"Have you noticed that something seems off about this dragon?"

"A little bit."

Before he could finish speaking, another breath swept across the sky, knocking Wei Xia down.

Su Yu sensed something was wrong and immediately flew towards Wei Xia on her sword:
"Quickly, support him."

With a flick of his finger, the Sun-Covering Sword, which was swirling around him, flashed and trailed a long sword rainbow as it attacked the dragon. This immediately attracted the attention of the dragon, which was chasing Wei Xia. The dragon raised its claw and pressed down, and clouds surged out from its body, quickly condensing into an invisible dragon claw. In the blink of an eye, it expanded to several acres in size, engulfing the sword rainbow.

"Shit!"

Su Yu quickly retrieved his flying sword, leaped into the air to avoid the dragon's claws, and saw the dragon raise its head high, speaking in human language:

"You audacious humans, how dare you offend me! You are courting death!"

He opened his mouth wide and began muttering incantations.

Invisible ripples exploded outwards, causing the lake water to boil and rise rapidly.

Su Yu immediately summoned the Sea-Suppressing Pearl and softly shouted:

"Suppress the Sea!"

An invisible wave exploded, instantly suppressing the boiling lake surface.

Before he could even catch his breath, the dragon's enormous eyes looked at Su Yu, and it spat out a blue bead. An invisible wave exploded, and Su Yu felt an unimaginable force rush into his mind like a dragon, causing his head to tilt back and his mind to go blank.

The Zhenhai was instantly destroyed, the endless water vapor boiled, the lake water rose even faster, and the elite Guishui gathered everywhere, making the bottom of the lake look like a volcano about to erupt.

"withdraw!"

The group fled in a sorry state and quickly left the lake area.

"Holy crap, this is a domesticated dragon."

Everyone was speechless.

The term "domesticated" means that the spirit beast has an owner and is a pet kept by a powerful figure.

Normal wild dragons do not know Taoist magic; their huge claws are grappling techniques that can only be used by those who have mastered the Qi Refining Technique.

Furthermore, this dragon's demonic power is over 300,000, which means it must have cultivated Taoist magic; otherwise, a normal dragon of this level would have less than 100,000 demonic power.

Besides, that blue bead must be a high-level magic weapon, at least a seventh-tier one, probably even an eighth or ninth-tier one, otherwise it wouldn't have been able to break the Zhenhai Pearl so easily.

Domesticated and wild are two different concepts; even at the same level and with the same template, their combat power can differ by a huge margin.

Realizing this, everyone lost interest and left dejectedly.

Unable to defeat the BOSS, the team quickly split up. Su Yu, He Shoucheng and his girlfriend, and Wei Xia formed a team and wandered around the secret realm, trying to find the remnants of spiritual herbs like the thousand-year-old Zhu Guo tree.

Unfortunately, after searching for more than ten hours, they still couldn't find any more of that level, and only dug up some slightly better spiritual herbs.

Fortunately, during my wanderings, I encountered some members of the Sword Spirit Pavilion and Thunder Eagle Society who were either alone or in groups, and I contributed some kills to them.

When the time came, the talismans on their bodies activated, and an invisible force enveloped them as they left the secret realm.

(End of this chapter)