Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 339 Opposition, Crystallization of Time

At that moment, he heard Ao Qing's voice:
"Come back to Beiming Dragon City with me. We will report to the Dragon King tomorrow, and there should be a result within a month at most."

Su Yu immediately said:

"I have already made an agreement with Ao Ying to attack Shen Xingyuan together, and the war should have ended in a month."

Ao Qing nodded:

"You can go take care of your own business first, and let Ao Runlongnu come and learn about the situation in Beiming Dragon City."

"no problem."

The two dragons chatted idly as they flew toward the Northern Underworld Dragon City.

Upon returning to Beiming Dragon City, Su Yu first went back to Dragon Fortress to bring Ao Run over, asking her to learn about the situation in Beiming Dragon City on her behalf. She then left Beiming Dragon City and flew west to meet up with Ao Ying.

Shenxingyuan is actually a force that occupies a sea eye.

Five demon immortals skilled in taming beasts built a city on the edge of a sea eye. They used their demon-taming techniques to tame the wild beasts that spawned in the sea eye, and now they have accumulated more than twenty fourth-tier wild beasts.

When Su Yu arrived, Ao Ying had already led hundreds of millions of demon soldiers to completely surround Shen Xingyuan.

Besides him, Huanglong Aorong, Longjing Longjin, and Xiejiang Xieluo, he also hired more than ten Celestial Immortals from various races. In addition to Su Yu, the Celestial Immortals' combat strength was even stronger than when they attacked Caizhu City last time.

Moreover, in order to deal with the wild beasts tamed by Shen Xingyuan, Ao Ying also obtained more than thirty wild beasts from somewhere and placed them in the formation.

Giant turtles, octopuses, moray eels, giant crabs, dragon whales, and other creatures that are tens of kilometers in size.

They are all over level 300, with templates between elite and legendary, and none of them have awakened their intelligence. Most of them were directly refreshed from the sea eye and have not survived the tribulation of heaven and man.

"Brother Su Yu, you've arrived just in time. We're about to launch our attack."

Ao Ying warmly invited Su Yu to the gathering and introduced him to the Celestial Immortals of various races. Some of them were acquaintances from last time. He greeted several of the human Celestial Immortals one by one.

"This time I am well prepared. The protective array of Shenxingyuan is no match for that of Caizhu City. I have specially exchanged for a treasure that can break through the defensive power of the protective array by hundreds of billions. When the time comes, I will seize the opportunity to destroy the array in one fell swoop."

Su Yu said earnestly:

“Brother Ao Ying can issue orders at any time.”

"it is good!"

Ao Ying nodded, turned to look at the crowd, and loudly issued a series of orders:
"Commander Xie Luo, you have full command of the navy."

"The rest of you will join me in attacking the city, while remaining vigilant against any counterattacks from within."

The order was given, and the crab general returned to summon the lower-level naval commanders to assign tasks. Soon after, hundreds of millions of naval troops began to move and launched an attack on Shen Xingyuan.

Without any verbal sparring, Ao Ying had already tried to persuade Su Yu to surrender before Su Yu arrived, but there were several sea serpent demons in Chenxing Abyss, so persuasion was impossible.

Su Yu stood at the rear, gazing out with an expressionless face as tens of thousands of naval troops were blasted to pieces by the divine thunder within the city every moment, yet she remained completely unmoved.

Since he learned that these naval troops were temporarily summoned by Ao Ying from the Water Eye, he would not feel the slightest pity no matter how many naval troops died in battle.

Pure cannon fodder.

Consider that Ao Ying lost 80 to 90 million men in the attack on Caizhu City a year ago, with only less than 10 million left to retreat. Now, only a year later, he has gathered another 100 million naval troops. You can imagine how much of this naval force is fake; they are just cannon fodder, and he won't feel bad no matter how many die.

Of course, this excludes those wild beasts with a level of over 300. Even with Dragon Castle possessing a super water eye, such spirits are rare.

The protective array of Shenxingyuan is far inferior to the fifth-order protective array of Caizhu City. It is only a mid-grade fourth-order array with a defensive power of only 300 billion, 50% damage reduction and 10 defense strength.

There are only five genuine demon immortals among the city's garrison, plus a few sea serpent clan members providing support, making it no more than ten.

The demon race has never been good at magic, let alone a sophisticated system like a city-protecting formation.

The demon race's city-protecting formations are very simple, with most having only basic defensive functions or some simple formation restrictions. They are basically purely defensive, unlike the sect-protecting formations of human race sects, which also have counter-attack capabilities. Some powerful sect-protecting formations come with powerful restrictions that can easily kill celestial immortals.

A densely packed demon army, along with more than twenty fourth-tier wild beasts, bombarded Shenxingyuan, causing the city's protective light barrier to shake violently.

This situation lasted for three days and three nights, with tens of millions of demon soldiers dying in battle, forcibly reducing the 300 billion defense power to around 150 billion, making it difficult to suppress.

At this moment, Ao Ying decisively summoned a celestial talisman, which transformed into a golden dragon claw that blotted out the sky and touched the city's protective array. The array's light curtain suddenly sank, creating a large dent, and ripples spread out violently. The defensive power of the city's protective array instantly disappeared by 120 billion, leaving only a little over 30 billion.

"It's now!"

Everyone decisively unleashed their ultimate moves. Ao Ying directly summoned a mid-grade immortal treasure to bombard the enemy, Long Jin transformed into a dragon whale and crashed down, and the others also used their powerful methods.

Although Su Yu did not activate the Ancient Dragon Primordial Spirit Dharma Form, his output was not low, with a power of up to 400 million. He rushed to the city's protective light barrier and smashed it, causing the light barrier to shake violently.

"boom!"

A dozen or so Celestial Immortal level experts and more than thirty wild beasts launched a fierce attack, forcefully breaking through the remaining power of the city's protective formation in just over ten seconds.

As soon as the formation broke, before Ao Ying could even speak, a muffled horn sounded from within the Shenxing Abyss. Immediately afterward, more than twenty enormous wild beasts entrenched within the city roared repeatedly, leaped over the city walls, and charged into the naval forces outside the city, trampling and crushing them to death in an instant.

The dragon alliance was not to be outdone, with more than twenty wild beasts rushing forward to meet them.

A lightning eel, fifty to sixty kilometers long and of level 336, charged into the naval force. Its body crackled with lightning, instantly covering an area of ​​hundreds of kilometers. Any naval force that touched it was instantly reduced to charcoal, killing hundreds of thousands in an instant.

A beam of blazing white lightning, hundreds of meters in diameter, shot out from its mouth and struck a level 258 azure dragon. The lightning exploded into a lightning ball fifteen kilometers in diameter, instantly killing the azure dragon and all the surrounding naval forces.

"So fierce?"

Su Yu noticed the level 336 thunder eel immediately. This thunder eel also noticed the red dragon, which was nearly twice its size. Instead of being afraid, it became ferocious, opened its mouth to reveal several rows of dense, sharp fangs, and pounced.

"You've got guts."

The two enormous creatures collided heavily. The thunder eel was crackling with lightning, and its bulging head opened wide to bite the red dragon, its sharp fangs piercing through the dragon's scales.

"court death!"

The crimson dragon bent its four claws and gripped the thunder eel's body, then raised its mouth and sucked hard at the eel.
"Swallow the sky and the earth!"

An incredibly powerful attraction came, and the thunder eel, which was right next to the dragon's mouth, was suddenly pulled up.

Although the thunder eel is a wild beast with low intelligence, it still has instincts. It used its sharp teeth to bite the red dragon's body and hold it in place.

However, the size difference was too great, and it had no claws. It could only hold its head still, but not its body. It was quickly sucked up and flew backward, its tail was swallowed into the dragon's mouth, and in the blink of an eye, most of its body was submerged in the dragon's mouth.

"boom!"

The red dragon slapped the thunder eel's head hard with both hands, its claws digging into the flesh and tearing fiercely. The thunder eel's sharp teeth tore a piece of flesh from the red dragon's body, and the flesh and head were pushed into the dragon's mouth and disappeared.

Inside the belly, a thunder eel rampaged, causing the stomach to bang and explode with endless lightning, but it was completely unable to escape.

"If I devour and refine such a large wild beast, my level will probably increase by two or three levels."

"In addition, it can also increase many attributes."

The red dragon stroked its unchanged belly, looked up and focused its gaze on another wild beast not far away, then leaped and pounced on it.

High in the sky, Ao Ying did not engage in battle. Instead, he summoned the mid-grade immortal treasure, the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, to suppress the surrounding area. The invisible power turned the sea area within a radius of tens of thousands of kilometers into a gel, making the naval forces under the Heavenly Immortal level belonging to Shen Xingyuan feel as if they were swimming in the gel and unable to move.

While the beasts and celestial beings above the Celestial Immortal level are unaffected, they still need to consume three times their usual strength and mana for both combat and spellcasting.

In the battle between the wild beasts below, the dragon race had the upper hand, and the demon immortals and celestial immortals also had the advantage in combat power.

With her overwhelming attribute advantage, Su Yu smashed a giant rock crystal crab to pieces. Then she heard a scream from above. Turning around, she saw Ao Ying take advantage of the dragon whale's battle with a sea serpent demon immortal to launch a sneak attack with another low-grade immortal treasure, the Water Covering Seal. With one seal, he knocked down the sea serpent demon immortal.

Two human players and a merman player, each with an opponent nearby, launched a surprise attack simultaneously, killing the sea serpent fairy in one fell swoop.

It's unclear whether this sea serpent demon was in charge of the other side. With his death, the already dwindling fighting spirit of the demons on the Shenxing Abyss side vanished, and they began to flee.

Upon seeing this, Ao Ying immediately shouted:

"Chase them, kill as many as you can."

Su Yu decisively activated the Heavenly Dao Divine Power of Shifting Stars and Changing Constellations, marking each of the demon immortals and wild beasts, and then soared into the air to chase after the giant ray closest to him.

This giant ray has wingspans of nearly 100 kilometers. It can not only swim in the water but also fly in the air. Its body, when spread out, can blot out the sky, making it an excellent troop transport ship.

It wasn't very fast, but the red dragon accelerated and intercepted it, pressing its claws against its back.

"Submit to me!"

With its five dragon fingers piercing through tough skin and penetrating into flesh, the immense pressure and heavy force emanating from the true dragon caused the giant ray to suddenly sink. After struggling futilely, the ray gave up resistance and surrendered.

The red dragon retracted its claws, flicked its finger to mark the beast to prevent it from being killed by others, and then took off to chase after another wild beast.

Compared to the sea serpent demons and players' celestial immortals, who are difficult to deal with due to their numerous magical treasures and supernatural powers, it is easier to deal with wild beasts with simpler abilities.

A dozen minutes later, Su Yu once again activated Devouring Heaven and Earth to forcefully devour a giant sea eel with only an elite template, raising its level by only one level.

However, the legendary template lightning eel that it had previously devoured has been digested, and it has been upgraded by three levels.

Half an hour later, the Crimson Dragon intercepted a terrifying giant eel 50,000 kilometers away from the battlefield and devoured it again, leveling up by two.

Three hours later, the Crimson Dragon consumed a pill, restoring half of its mana. It then activated Devouring Heaven and Earth once more to devour a giant demonic shark, increasing its level by two.

At this point, Su Yu glanced at the remaining 30% of his mana and gave up on continuing the pursuit.

We must reserve some mana, otherwise we'll be doomed if we encounter a powerful enemy during this time.

During this period, he devoured a total of six wild beasts, raising his level from 342 to 350.

In addition, a total of 3000 million increase in maximum health, 6 million increase in maximum physique and strength, and 6 trillion increase in killing experience.

He didn't care about the increase in killing experience; what pleased Su Yu the most was the increase in the upper limit of his Qi and Blood and Physical Strength attributes, which reminded him of the other wild beasts that had escaped.

"Continue tomorrow."

Back in Shenxingyuan, Ao Ying was taking stock of the spoils when he saw Su Yu and said:
"It's been a year since we last met, Brother Su, your strength has improved a lot."

He smiled and waved his hand, saying:
"There has been some progress."

"This is more than just a little progress."

"By the way, that ray you tamed is pretty good. I'll borrow it to transport some supplies."

Su Yu immediately said:

"No need to mention borrowing, this ray is yours."

Ao Ying paused for a moment, about to say something, but then, as if remembering something, nodded and said:
"That's fine."

Ao Ying had no intention of taking over Shenxingyuan. Instead, he emptied the city with destructive plunder. Su Yu took his leave the next day to continue chasing the escaped wild beasts.

Five days later, Su Yu, who had reached level 254, returned to Beiming Dragon City.

Ao Qing has already petitioned the Dragon King to appoint him as the Grand Commander of Beiming Dragon City, but the appointment has not yet been issued. However, Ao Run has already begun to learn about the situation in Beiming Dragon City, so it seems that the appointment will not be a problem.

It's normal. Beiming Dragon City is the legacy of the Sixth Prince of the Dragon Clan. The powers of each prince are relatively independent, and the Dragon King has no right to interfere with who inherits it. As long as Ao Qing approves, petitioning the Dragon King is just a formality.

Due to procedural limitations, Su Yu cannot exercise her power at present, but she can learn about the specific situation of Beiming Dragon City in advance.

Su Yu returned and stayed for two days, and then she had a complete understanding of the sixth prince's estate.

To his surprise, the legacy of the Sixth Prince of the Dragon was even stronger than he had imagined.

Originally, the legacy of the Sixth Prince of the Dragon King in his memory consisted of more than a dozen Celestial-level commanders, billions of naval troops, only a little over ten million elite naval troops with a level of over 200, dozens of tamed fourth-order wild beasts, and two fifth-order wild beasts comparable to true immortals.

However, the legacy of the Sixth Prince of the Dragon King actually includes the Northern Dragon City and one-third of the North Sea, located to the east of the North Sea.

The total number of naval forces is 45 billion, led by 12 celestial-level demon immortals, with approximately 1600 million elite naval forces exceeding level 200.

It should be noted that in addition to the 12 demon immortal leaders, there are also 8 non-leader demon immortals in Beiya Longcheng, making a total of 20 demon immortals.

In addition, there are 42 fourth-tier wild beasts of varying levels, and two fifth-tier wild beasts comparable to true immortals.

One is the Eight Desolate Dragon Turtle, a legendary creature with a level of 498, and the mount of the previous Sixth Prince of the Dragon Clan.

The other one is only level 459, a Crocodile Dragon, a terrifying creature. It spawned from the giant sea eye near Beiming Dragon City, and it took the previous Sixth Prince of Dragons more than ten years to subdue it.

In total, Beiming Dragon City possesses a total of 62 Celestial Immortals and two True Immortals.

It is less than one-third of the size of Beiming Dragon City at its peak.

This shows that the true strength of the entire Dragon Clan is definitely not just the two hundred or so Celestial Immortals that Su Yu previously thought.

The mere Beiming Dragon City can muster 62 Celestial Immortals. If it were at its peak, it could probably muster 150 Celestial Immortals. And the Dragon Fortress, which is even stronger than Beiming Dragon City at its peak, should easily be three to five times stronger.

With the strength of the other dragon princes added, the entire Azure Celestial Realm could easily muster over a thousand Celestial Immortals.

In addition, with the addition of several Celestial Immortals from the player civilization who joined the Dragon Clan camp, recruiting a few hundred more would be no problem at all.

The current Beiming Dragon City is controlled by a command group consisting of 12 commanders, with Ao Qing as the first commander and Xie Zilei as the seventh commander.

In addition, the eleventh-ranked commander Ao Bai and the twelfth-ranked commander Ao Han are the two sons of the sixth prince of the dragon, that is, Ao Run's two older brothers, and both of them are celestial immortals.

However, according to Ao Qing's information, they are not highly qualified and lack the ability and potential to win people's respect.

After reviewing the information, Su Yu had gained a preliminary understanding of the strength of Beiming Dragon City.

The biggest problem facing Beiming Dragon City right now is that it lacks a true immortal-level dragon to guard it.

They possess true immortal-level combat power and have two fifth-tier desolate beasts, but the Eight Desolate Dragon Turtle is slow-moving and best used for guarding the home.

The fifth-tier crocodile dragon is more agile than the dragon turtle, but it is still a wild beast after all. Moreover, the crocodile dragon's bloodline is not very strong. It is only a terrifying template and is not considered powerful among its peers, let alone when facing a true immortal who has survived the heavenly tribulation.

The current Beiming Dragon City is strong in defense but weak in offense, lacking a powerful pillar to stabilize the situation.

"It was once a True Immortal level power, so its foundation is not bad. Once I become the Grand Commander, I can use the Dragon City's troops to conquer all directions and help me refine more demon immortals and wild beasts. In at most twenty or thirty years, I can raise my Supreme Dragon Transformation level to level 399."

"By then, they will most likely have already retrieved the Sea-Stabilizing Pearl. With the added attributes from the Ancient Dragon bloodline and Devouring Heaven and Earth, passing the True Immortal Tribulation shouldn't be a problem."

"The Crimson Dragon is improving rapidly, and its true form will not be slow to improve either. At most, it will be able to prepare for the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Man in ten years."

"Perfect."

However, his good mood didn't last even a day before he received bad news from Ao Qing.

"My application is stuck."

Su Yu immediately asked:

"Didn't the Dragon King agree? Wasn't it said that the Dragon King wouldn't interfere?"

Ao Qing came directly over to him and explained:

"The Dragon King did not interfere. However, when the Dragon King summoned his three dragon princes and important dragon sons and grandsons to discuss this matter, two of the dragon princes and more than two-thirds of the dragon sons and grandsons opposed it."

"So the Dragon King didn't agree?"

"No, the Dragon King invites you to attend the meeting with Ao Run."

"What's there to participate in?"

Su Yu said without any politeness:
"You were the one who told me that as long as you agreed, the Dragon King wouldn't interfere. Now you're telling me that so many of your sons and grandsons are against it?"

Ao Qing said in a deep voice:

"You don't need to worry. As long as two-thirds of the twelve commanders of Beiming Dragon City agree, it doesn't matter whether Dragon Fort opposes it or not."

"So how many commanders agree now?"

"It's already more than two-thirds."

"What if a commander changes his mind?"

"This is not child's play; a resolution that has already been passed cannot be changed at will."

"What if the Dragon King wants you to vote again? Once the Dragon King makes a decision, you can't possibly object."

Ao Qing fell silent.

Su Yu continued:

"If the vast majority of the dragon princes and grandsons oppose it, the Dragon King will have to consider the opinions of the majority of the dragon princes and grandsons. And now that is the case, the reason I was called over must be for this matter."

"The Dragon King may not directly object, but he can let me persuade the other dragon sons and grandsons."

Ao Qing remained silent.

Ao Run, who had been listening attentively, asked:
"My lord, what if the Dragon King asked you to persuade the other dragon princes and grandsons?"

"Then I'll give up."

Su Yu smiled at Ao Qing and said:
"You invited me to be the Grand Commander, not the other way around. I'm busy improving my cultivation right now, and I don't have time to waste my energy proving anything."

He paused for a moment, then said to Ao Qing:

"Just reply to the Dragon King like this: I have given up the position of Grand Commander."

Ao Qing didn't speak, and remained silent for more than ten seconds before turning and leaving.

Ao Run asked curiously:

"Husband, are you really going to give up?"

Su Yu gently stroked her rosy and beautiful face and asked in return:
"Are you disappointed that you can't become the city lord?"

She obediently rubbed her smooth cheek against his palm and said:

"I will only become the city lord if my husband becomes the Grand Commander; if you don't, neither will I."

"good."

"Let's go cultivate ourselves."

Su Yu picked her up and opened the blue light portal to enter.

Several hours later, the lightning, thunder, and torrential rain that had enveloped most of Dinghai disappeared, and two true dragons, one red and one blue, flew out from the thunderclouds, transforming into two figures and shooting into Dinghai Palace.

Since learning that the Zhenhai Pearl was the legendary innate immortal treasure Dinghai Pearl, the Zhenhai Realm was renamed the Dinghai Realm, and the central divine palace became the Dinghai Palace.

In the center of Dinghai territory, within the spiritual fields.

Su Yu led Canghai to the spirit field in the center of the realm where the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine was planted. With a wave of her hand, she took out a Time Crystal and said to Canghai:

"I will mobilize the energy of the entire Dinghai Realm and reserve the remaining energy so that I can advance this Xuan Tian Immortal Vine."

"Move for a while."

Canghai nodded, and an invisible wave rippled outwards from her, shaking the entire world. The vast amount of energy that had been dormant in the world began to boil and rapidly converge towards the center.

By this time, the Dinghai Realm had been continuously expanded by her, and its radius had exceeded 10,000 kilometers, accumulating a massive amount of spiritual energy.

Normally, only a small portion of this spiritual energy dissipates into the void; the vast majority is channeled into this world through her manipulation, used to expand the area of ​​this realm.

It is precisely because of her proactive expansion that the area of ​​Dinghai has grown very rapidly in recent years.

Now that the ocean has stopped expanding its territory, the excess spiritual energy has begun to accumulate and converge on this place.

After waiting for about an incense stick's time, Canghai nodded to him:
"Okay."

Su Yu nodded, holding the Time Crystal, and gently tossed it above the Mysterious Heavenly Vine. The crystal emitted ever-expanding ripples of time as it flew towards the Mysterious Heavenly Vine, disrupting time wherever it went. The moment it touched the vine, he pointed:
"open!"

The Time Crystal Ripple paused for a moment, then directly merged into the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine. In the next instant, layers of time disorder ripples spread out from the Mysterious Heaven Immortal Vine.

"accelerate!"

Time flowed rapidly, and the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine visibly began to wither.

"Quickly gather your spiritual power."

This is because the Xuan Tian Immortal Vine is growing rapidly due to the acceleration of time under the effect of time crystallization, but the lack of spiritual energy supply leads to malnutrition. If there is not enough spiritual energy supply for a long time, this Xuan Teng will wither completely.

However, with the spiritual energy mobilized by the Lord of the Canghai Realm, the Xuantian Immortal Vine visibly transformed from withered to lush green, becoming even more abundant.

With a massive supply of spiritual energy, the Mysterious Heavenly Vine is growing at an incredibly fast pace.

It started at 100 times.

A thousand times in a few seconds.

It increased to ten thousand times after half a minute.

Five minutes later it increased to 100,000 times, and it continues to accelerate.

It only stopped when it increased a millionfold after one incense stick's time.

This is not the limit of time crystallization, but the limit of spiritual energy supply within the Dinghai Realm. If the speed is increased any further, the spiritual energy supply will not be able to keep up.

A million times faster speed, a full million years condensed into one year, and it will take another year to exhaust the power of time in the time crystal.

Come back in a year.

(End of this chapter)