Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 35 Sweeping Through the Land, Hundreds of Taels of Gold
Five minutes later, Su Yu went on stage again, this time facing Zhou Xuan once more.

"I can't believe it's you again in line."

Zhou Xuan looked helpless. Although his strength had improved in the past three months and even his magic weapon had been upgraded, he really had no confidence that he could defeat Su Yu.

Su Yu smiled and cupped her hands in greeting:
"Please advise!"

Zhou Xuan's expression turned serious, and he summoned the flying sword gourd again. With a vortex, gourd swords shot out one after another.

"A third-tier flying sword!"

The 108 gourd-shaped flying swords are one grade higher than those in the last quiz.

"interesting!"

Su Yu raised her hand, grabbed a mirror, and aimed it at Zhou Xuan, freezing him in place. Then, she unleashed the Sun Concealment Technique, directly activating the Radiant Transformation and causing the True Fire of the Sun to erupt.

"Taibai Light-Splitting Sword!"

Thirty sword energies flashed and pierced through the air, instantly engulfing Zhou Xuan.

The burst of power, reaching 60,000, directly broke through the protective magic treasure with some left over. He then casually followed up with a burst of purple energy that smashed through the magic robe's defenses, and before the opponent could react, he struck out of the arena with a sword.

Since all spells will cool down after each battle, there's no harm in using them.

"Depend on!"

He had just teleported back when he heard Zhou Xuan's somewhat exasperated voice:

"At least let me exchange a couple of blows. It would be too embarrassing to be defeated in one move."

Su Yu couldn't help but laugh, and cupped her hands in greeting:
"Definitely next time."

Turning his head to look at the arena, where the fierce battle was still raging, he saw He Shoucheng in arena number three.

He wielded two sixth-tier magic treasures, one for offense and one for defense, making him quite powerful. However, his opponent was Ding Lingyu, who transformed into a divine general, combining offense and defense. With his bare hands, he shattered He Shoucheng's wind blades one by one, pushing him straight in front of He Shoucheng and smashing his protective magic treasures with punch after punch, forcing He Shoucheng to admit defeat.

Its simplicity exudes a despairing power.

"They can't even break through the defenses."

Seeing this, Su Yu frowned deeply.

He Shoucheng's wind blade damage is indeed not very high, but it's exaggerated that it can't even break through defense.

We haven't even figured out how high his defense really is yet, because he didn't lose a single drop of blood after killing He Shoucheng, which means that the Divine General's defense is far superior to the Wind Blade attack.

"Not on the same level!"

"If the small Thousand Feather Society has such an existence, what about sects with countless experts?"

Su Yu pursed her lips, and the slight smugness she had felt from her recent string of successes vanished without a trace.

After the three matches, the top four have been determined: Ding Lingyu, Wei Xia, Lan Yiying, and Su Yu. Xu Lulu, who was fourth last year, has been replaced this year.

The four arenas on the stage disappeared silently, replaced by a large arena.

"The top four contestants in this year's mini-exam are Ding Lingyu, Wei Xia, Lan Yiying and Su Yu."

As the host's voice rang out, four beams of light fell upon them, and instantly tens of thousands of eyes turned to them.

This is truly the center of attention, enough to get your blood pumping.

In the first match, Su Yu faced Wei Xia.

The teleportation beam lit up, and he and Wei Xia appeared on the arena at the same time.

Wei Xia said with a smile:
"Let's skip the probing and go all out!"

"it is good!"

Wei Xia raised his hand and summoned the Thunder Hammer. A pillar of lightning shot into the sky, accompanied by rumbling thunder, and a large thundercloud gathered above his head.

Su Yu brandished the Sun-Covering Sword, its blade flashing back and forth in his palm.

As soon as the thirty-second countdown ended, Wei Xia raised his hammer and swung it one by one. The thunderclouds that had been building up for thirty seconds quickly spread across the entire arena, and countless lightning bolts danced in the thunderclouds, falling like rain as Wei Xia swung his hammer.

Su Yu raised her protective aura and leaped into the air, but more than a dozen strikes still hit her head, causing the protective aura to twist violently and instantly lose more than 10,000 defense points.

With a thought, he channeled his magic power to restore his defenses, and with a flick of his finger, he concealed the sun and transformed into a rainbow that flew out.

"Brilliant transformation!"

The sword instantly burst into flames of the sun.

"Taibai Light-Splitting Sword!"

With a tremor, the sword rainbow split into thirty sword energies that flew towards Wei Xia.

"Boom!"

The second wave of lightning struck, with more than a dozen bolts hitting his head, shattering his protective aura and triggering the Black Water Pearl automatically.

In the early stages, the Taoist techniques cultivated were limited, and the combat style was a very standard one-on-one attack and one-on-defense.

The one with stronger attack and higher defense has the advantage.

In terms of burst damage, Wei Xia was no match for Su Yu. So before the third round of thunderous strikes, the Taibai Dividing Light Sword Qi had already engulfed Wei Xia. The burst of 60,000 was impossible to withstand without a seventh-tier defensive magic weapon. It directly knocked away Wei Xia's defensive magic weapon, tore open his magic robe, and the remaining force knocked away half of his protective aura.

Before Wei Xia could even feel relieved, the Tai Bai Sword Qi, moving faster, pounced on him, spun back and forth with the Yan Ri Sword, and tore through his protective aura on the spot, the sword flashing and slicing across his neck.

"what!"

He instinctively leaned back and reached out to cover his neck, only to find a layer of light protecting him.

"I lost."

A flash of white light, and the person was teleported away.

"Contestant number 8, Su Yu, wins!"

Below the arena, Su Yu smiled and cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Wei Xia:
"Concession!"

"You are indeed better than me."

Wei Xia was also able to accept defeat, and analyzed his own situation:
"Each of my thunderbolts requires a second or two to build up; my instantaneous burst is not as powerful as yours."

Whether it was a coincidence or a deliberate arrangement by the higher-ups who thought he and Ding Lingyu were the strongest, Su Yu's next opponent was Lan Yiying.

Lan Yiying follows an extremely rare bloodline body refinement path. Her awakened dragon bloodline allows her to transform into a half-human, half-dragon, possessing a blood energy of up to 80,000. She wields a sixth-tier weapon-type magic treasure and is also skilled in the Gui Water Divine Thunder technique, making her essentially a scaled-down version of Ding Lingyu.

Su Yu immediately unleashed a combination of Radiant Transformation and Tai Bai Dividing Light Sword, unleashing thirty sword energies that swarmed towards him. Lan Yiying, lacking both defensive magic items and protective aura, raised her halberd and swept it horizontally.

A series of clanging sounds blocked four sword energies, while the remaining twenty-six sword energies pierced through the halberd and struck the half-human, half-dragon, instantly spurting out a series of blood blossoms.
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"Aside from the flying sword and the +3 armor penetration, his physique should be around 1600."

After deducting defense, this burst of damage only caused a little over 20,000 damage, far below his expectations.

After one round of attacks ended, he urged his flying sword to circle around Lan Yiying and attack her frantically. However, Lan Yiying's reaction speed was unexpectedly fast. She swung her halberd to block left and right, sparks flying everywhere, and actually managed to block most of the flying swords.

"Is the body-refining style really that powerful?"

Su Yu raised her hand and unleashed a burst of purple energy, transforming it into a giant hand that sent Lan Yiying reeling backward. Taking advantage of the moment, she launched a fierce attack with her flying sword.

Lan Yiying snapped out of her daze and let out a soft shout. The dense dragon scales on her body glowed, with mysterious runes flowing on them. Her defense instantly surged, and no one could break through her defenses.

With a halberd, he leaped over a hundred meters into the air, his body exploding with lightning as he instantly jumped two or three hundred meters, and in a few flashes, he rushed to Su Yu's side.

Su Yu immediately took to the air, but Lan Yiying was even faster, appearing behind him as if in a flash, and the lightning-wrapped halberd crashed down.

"boom!"

The halberd struck Su Yu on the head, slightly denting his protective aura. The immense force sent him flying, instantly reducing his defensive power by over four thousand.

Before he could regain his footing, Lan Yiying seized the opportunity to catch up and unleashed a series of smooth moves that sent him staggering about.

Su Yu decisively used the fixation mirror to examine herself:
"Certainly!"

He turned around and made a grasping motion with both hands, and two sword energies flew out, encircling Lan Yiying who was right in front of him and twisting back and forth. The returning Sun-Covering Flying Sword, wrapped in the true fire of the sun, circled around Lan Yiying's neck like a serpent.
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With sword energy and flying swords attacking simultaneously, fourteen damage attacks jumped up at once, but the total output was only a little over eight thousand.

The fixed-light mirror only held for two seconds before unleashing two bursts of damage, totaling only around 17,000. Adding that to the previous 20,000, it was still less than half health.

Having broken free of the fixed-light mirror, Lan Yiying unleashed a swift and powerful attack, bursting forth from the lightning and delivering another brutal beating. No matter how he dodged and weaved, he couldn't evade the blows and was forced to retreat repeatedly. His protective aura was quickly shattered, and the Black Water Profound Pearl Shield was destroyed after only two punches, until his magic robe activated.

Fortunately, he wasn't just taking the beating. Two sword energies and a flying sword surrounded him, and he frantically slashed at the seemingly crazed Lan Yiying.

At this moment, Lan Yiying's secret technique had disappeared, and her defense had returned to normal. Her flying sword could deal about 1200 damage, and her sword aura could deal about 2300 damage.

Simultaneously activating two sword beams consumes 100 mana per second. In addition, with the sixth-tier flying sword and mana-repairing robe shield, the mana consumption per second reaches as high as 180.

Even someone with Zhuang Zhuo's cultivation level wouldn't last ten seconds, but Su Yu's magic power was strong enough, reaching 5400, which was definitely the highest in the entire arena. Even Ding Lingyu probably didn't have as high a power as him.

At this point, neither side had a way out and they launched a frantic attack.

One side's health is rapidly depleted, while the other side's armor defense is also about to break down.

"boom!"

The lightning-encased halberd finally tore through the magic robe's defenses, and the remaining force struck Su Yu, dealing -1160 damage.

Lan Yiying's face lit up with joy, and she raised her hand to thrust down with her halberd again.

But at that moment, Su Yu retaliated with a palm strike, and a large purple hand suddenly appeared in his face, unleashing a terrifying burst of -8300 damage that sent Lan Yiying flying.

He was about to deliver the final blow when he discovered that an invisible force was binding him. Looking at his health bar, he immediately realized that he had been defeated.

He let out a long, reluctant sigh, and lowered his weapon.
"I lost."

Su Yu also breathed a sigh of relief, clasped his hands in a fist and said:
"lucky!"

It was truly a stroke of luck; we almost lost.

Back in their seats, all of them looked like they had just escaped a disaster.

"That was so damn close! We almost lost everything."

Gu Zhi Qiu, having caught her breath, asked in a low voice:

"Will you return it later?"

Su Yu shook her head:

"I'm not fighting anymore. It was so dangerous to fight Lan Yiying. If Ding Lingyu could suppress Lan Yiying, I would be even less able to beat him."

"That's true."

"But don't you want to test his actual strength?"

Su Yu pointed to the image of Ding Lingyu, who had just entered the ring, brutally beating Lan Yiying and asked:

"Do you want to try it?"

"Don't you need it?"

"Okay, there's really no need to try."

On the arena, two rare body-refining cultivators demonstrated a brutal hand-to-hand combat. Lan Yiying, who had almost defeated Su Yu earlier, was completely outmatched by Ding Lingyu, with her health, physique, strength, and speed all being suppressed.

In less than half a minute, he was brutally defeated by punch after punch, in a very simple and straightforward manner.

"What exactly is this divine general he has transformed into?"

"Supernatural powers, magical treasures, or body-refining methods?"

Su Yu initially thought it was a mysterious treasure similar to the Sea-Suppressing Pearl that granted him the ability, but later it seemed different. It was more like a Dharma body he had forged using a supernatural power similar to the Nine Heavens Bone Forging Technique he obtained from the Nameless Daoist Book.

However, no matter what, he is indeed no match for Ding Lingyu at this stage.

After being defeated by Su Yu, Lan Yiying fought Wei Xia again.

Last time, Xiao Kaoweixia defeated Lan Yiying, but this time Lan Yiying won.

With its powerful physique, it withstood wave after wave of lightning and charged towards Wei Xia, beating him mercilessly just like it had done to Su Yu, breaking through all of Wei Xia's defenses and defeating him.

Although Wei Xia's Thunder Hammer is powerful, it lacks single-target burst damage. Its ultimate skill is also multi-stage damage. The bolts of lightning that hit Lan Yiying only dealt a little over a hundred damage, almost failing to break through her defense.

"Now, please welcome contestant number eight, Su Yu, to challenge contestant number one, Ding Lingyu!"

As space slightly distorted, the two were teleported to the arena.

Ding Lingyu stood with her hands behind her back, a smile on her face.

Confident and composed.

Su Yu glanced at him, then looked back at the many excited spectators in the audience, chuckled, and waved:
"I surrender!"

Ding Lingyu paused for a moment, then laughed.

Before the countdown ended, the two teleported away again, leaving the audience, who were preparing to watch a fierce battle, stunned. They only realized what was happening after the host explained the situation, and then became furious.

"Can it still be operated this way?"

"Is this some kind of joke? They're not even going to have the final battle?"

"Damn, did you buy it?"

"Su Yu, I'm C#￥%@"

Su Yu couldn't hear the cursing outside, and even if he did, he wouldn't pay attention. He wasn't stupid; he knew he was no match for them and would go looking for trouble.

There was no need to probe Ding Lingyu's strength; after the two mini-tests and the previous trip to the secret realm, they already knew each other's abilities perfectly well.

After the preliminary test, Wei Xia suffered three consecutive losses and ranked fourth at the bottom.

Lan Yiying has one win and two losses, ranking third.

Su Yu defeated Wei Xia and Lan Yiying, ranking second with two wins and one loss.

Ding Lingyu won all three matches and ranked first.

Second place: reward: 30 taels of gold, 500 guild contribution points, and 4 opportunities to listen to guild sermons.

In this way, he will have a guild contribution of up to 4121 and 5 opportunities to listen to the teachings of the guild offerings. He has not yet used the opportunity he was rewarded with in the last small test.

"No need to save anymore, just find a chance to use it up."

Unlike the first quiz, this time after the awards ceremony, the bigwigs gave some words of encouragement and then left. They didn't meet with each of us individually, nor did they specifically recruit anyone.

As soon as the big shots left, Gu Zhiqi, Zhuang Zhuo, and others surrounded him, and they happily prepared to go to receive the award.

Not long after, the group emerged from Qianyu Tower with joy on their faces.

"Come on, let's make a deal."

With a wave of his hand, Gu Zhiqi traded 84 taels of gold, including the principal and the odds.

Adding the 30 taels of gold I just received as a reward, I now have a total of 114 taels of gold.

“Finally I have money!”

It's not a lot of money, but it's enough for now.

How much did you make?

Zhuang Zhuo chuckled and held up two fingers:

"I earned 22 gold coins."

Gu Zhiqi held up three fingers:
"36 gold."

When asked, Shi Ning and Meng Chen also earned 21 and 24 gold respectively.

"Everyone, don't spend money recklessly lately. Save some capital for the next quiz and make some more money."

"That's going to be difficult. We'll need to refine even more Golden-Winged Flying Centipedes!"

Shi Ning puffed out his cheeks and said:
"Zhi Qiu made it into the top 16 with 45 Golden Winged Centipedes. Let's gather 50 or 60 before the next mini-exam and try to get a ranking too."

"Um, okay."

(End of this chapter)