Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 351 The Siege of the Blood Demon Palace, the Mysteries of Time Travel
He paused for a moment, then suddenly his eyes lit up as if he had just thought of something:
"Could it be that Daozi had some extraordinary opportunity on this trip and obtained a mid-grade or higher immortal treasure?"

"No, that's impossible."

After much deliberation, the disciples concluded that this was the only possible reason why the sect's higher-ups could come up with such a strategy.

Su Yu checked the guild channel from time to time, and seeing everyone's guesses, she could only say that they were right.

The sheer size of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect's army was impossible to hide from outsiders. The moment they turned around, the Demonic Sect knew everything and guessed their purpose based on their direction.

Soon, the Blood Demon Palace issued a sect decree to recall disciples who were away, especially elite disciples with cultivation levels above Foundation Establishment.

Thus, one side had hundreds of millions of players pressing towards the Blood Demon Palace's mountain gate, while the other side recalled a large number of players, with countless disciples gathering at their respective sects. More than 90% of the players in the entire Blue Mountain were focused on them.

Meanwhile, the Yin-Yang Demon Sect, which was also a target of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect's declaration of war, was not idle either. It also summoned its disciples to gather at the mountain gate, but took no further action.

However, their tactics are easy to guess. They will depend on the situation. If they cannot conquer the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect after a long siege, they will either besiege it together with the Blood Demon Palace or take the opportunity to attack the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect's mountain gate.

If the strength of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect exceeds everyone's expectations and the Blood Demon Palace cannot withstand it, they can immediately come to its aid.

Although it's unclear where the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect got its confidence to take on two sects at once, both sects initially prepared for the worst and were not careless.

Despite their massive size, the army did not march quickly; it took twelve days for the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect's army to appear before the Blood Demon Palace's mountain gate.

Because the Blood Demon Palace's mountain gate is located here, this mountain range is called the Blood Demon Mountain Range, and its main peak is the Blood Demon Peak.

Thirty-six towering pillars, each several kilometers high, stand in all directions, encircling the mountain gate. These pillars are also the core of the Blood Demon Palace's protective array. When the army arrives, the Blood Demon Palace's protective array has already been activated, with a thin layer of red light protecting the vast sect within.

However, the Blood Demon Palace did not retreat to the mountain gate, but instead gathered outside the sect's protective formation and set up a battle formation. In terms of numbers, they were comparable to the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect, with hundreds of millions of players.

Eight Blood Demon Gods, each a thousand meters tall and level 250, stood in the center of the army, supporting a palace. Two Blood Demon Palace Celestial Immortals stood side by side on the platform in front, flanked by numerous Blood Demon Palace Earth Immortals and many True Disciple players.

"stop!"

A loud voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth, reaching everyone's ears, and the army slowly came to a stop.

Then two beams of blood-red light shot into the sky from the Blood Demon Palace, appearing less than three miles from the Cloud Palace. One of them was a middle-aged man with a burly build, surrounded by blood-red light and wearing a gold and red brocade robe.

Ding Yin (Myth): Level 328, Headmaster of the Blood Demon Hall.

The other was a constantly writhing and changing blood shadow, its appearance and gender indiscernible, but it let out a sinister laugh upon meeting Su Yu, its eyes filled with jealousy and greed fixed on her.

Blood Venerable (Myth): Level 342, Supreme Elder of the Blood Demon Palace.

This Blood Venerable had no face, but his greedy gaze was almost tangible, as if he wanted to devour Su Yu, causing Su Yu to frown deeply.

At this moment, Ding Yin, the leader of the Blood Demon Hall, said in a deep voice:

"Old man Ling Zhen, have you lost your mind? Do you think that having a genius disciple will make your Xuanzhen Immortal Sect prosper? You actually dare to declare war on both our sect and the Yin Yang Demon Sect just because you listened to your disciple?"

The sect leader stroked his beard and laughed heartily:
"The previous sect leader left a prophecy that our sect would prosper in this millennium, and I firmly believe it. Today, I will verify it."

Ding Yin frowned, turned to look at Su Yu, and sensed the abundant blood and energy within him. A hint of greed flashed in his eyes, but his voice remained normal:
"To achieve such celestial status at such a young age is a talent never seen before in the history of Blue Mountain. But young man, don't become arrogant just because you've achieved some success."

"Jie Jie Jie..."

Before he could finish speaking, the writhing blood-red shadow beside him suddenly let out a chilling, piercing laugh that made one's eardrums ache:

"Junior Brother Ding Yin, why waste your breath on this ignorant brat?"

The blood shadow surged violently, and its greedy gaze swept over everyone as if it were a tangible thing. The Earth Immortals and True Disciples of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect on the cloud platform felt a chill run down their spines, as if they were being stared at by a venomous snake. They only felt relieved when the gaze moved away.

Blood Shadow stared intently at Su Yu, his gaze seemingly intent on devouring him alive.
"Xuanzhen Immortal Sect? Old man Lingzhen is nothing but withered bones in a tomb."

"But this kid, tsk tsk, what a rich source of primordial essence, what a pure life force! So delicious, I've never seen anything like it before."

His voice suddenly turned low and chilling, sending a shiver down his spine.

"Later, I will tear apart this skin of yours and drain your life essence to help my Blood God Demon Body advance even further."

Ding Yin dropped his pretense, his eyes sweeping over Su Yu and Xuanzhen Immortal Venerable with icy coldness, and said coldly:

"This place will be your burial ground!"

The sound gradually faded, and the figure began to distort and fade, disappearing like a bubble at a certain moment.

However, all of this was laid bare in Su Yu's eyes. He clearly saw how the two Celestial Immortals of the Blood Demon Palace used a secret technique to conceal themselves and escape after uttering their harsh words.

"Trying to show off and then run away? Don't even think about it!"

Su Yu pointed:
Time flies!

As the power of time spread out, the two blood shadows that had disappeared suddenly reappeared, initially as illusory forms, but quickly becoming solid.

Everyone:

"???"

Ding Yin and the Blood Venerable:
"???"

Looking up, they met Su Yu's ambiguous smile, and their hearts skipped a beat.

"This is impossible!"

Su Yu, as if she could read their minds, smiled slightly and said:
"Don't you think it's impossible?"

He suddenly stepped out from the cloud platform and walked towards them in mid-air, while Xuanzhen Immortal Venerable remained on the cloud platform, his hands tucked into the sleeves of his white robe, smiling as he watched them.

"Old Man Lingzhen"

Knowing Ling Zhen's true nature, the two celestial beings of the Blood Demon Palace felt a shadow fall over their hearts. Ding Yin coldly stared at Su Yu, who was walking through the air, his tone lacking its previous arrogance:
"Young man, are you trying to challenge me?"

"no!"

"So that's begging for mercy?"

"Not at all."

Ding Yin suddenly realized something, and his eyes darkened:
"You want to challenge both of us?"

"Yes."

"Insanity!"

Ding Yin laughed in exasperation, while the Blood Venerable let out a strange, grating laugh:

“Junior brother, why get angry? The younger generation is ignorant and arrogant. We, as seniors, have the obligation to teach them manners.”

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure suddenly exploded, turning into an endless tide of blood that surged in all directions, engulfing Su Yu in the blink of an eye and rapidly surging towards the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect army not far away. The front-row cultivators were so shocked that their faces turned pale, and they all summoned their magic treasures to defend themselves.

At that moment, Immortal Venerable Xuanzhen lightly stamped his foot, and a cloud platform several kilometers in diameter beneath his feet emitted immortal light, quickly engulfing the army and soon colliding with the surging tide of blood.

"boom!"

The celestial light acted as a shield, and the blood tide crashed into the light barrier, exploding in all directions, but it could not penetrate the light barrier.

"Where's Daozi?"

With the imminent surge of blood blocked, everyone came to their senses and looked ahead at the sea of ​​blood that stretched for hundreds of kilometers.

"boom!"

As the sea of ​​blood surged, endless blood gathered at both ends of the sea of ​​blood, rising up and coalescing into two blood gods, each over ten kilometers tall, standing in the sea of ​​blood. One of them was indistinct, while the other was none other than Ding Yin, the leader of the Blood Demon Palace.

"There is no limit to the sea of ​​blood!"

The Blood Venerable frantically urged the expansion of the Blood Sea, and at the same time took out a low-grade spiritual treasure-level yellow cauldron from his mouth and threw it. The cauldron quickly expanded and fell down. The gravity law attached to the spiritual treasure pressed down, and the Blood Sea suddenly sank and solidified.

He pointed again, and the sea of ​​blood parted to reveal Su Yu, who was fixed inside.

On the other side, Ding Yin reached out and summoned a Blood God Blade, slashing it down. He poured immense magical power into the blade, condensing it into a blade aura that stretched for more than ten kilometers, which he aimed at the immobilized Su Yu and slashed down.

The two celestial beings worked together seamlessly, and Su Yu seemed to have no power to resist.

"What's wrong? Why isn't he moving?"

"Are they frozen in place?"

The hearts of all the cultivators from the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect were on edge:

"Daozi shouldn't be so impulsive. He has only just become a Celestial Immortal. How can he challenge these veteran Celestial Immortals, especially one against two?"

"Why isn't the sect leader sending reinforcements? Although players aren't afraid of death, dying once still has a significant impact."

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Blood Demon Palace, many of its disciples smiled.
"I thought he was going to be really tough, but he got caught before he could even fight back."

"Talented but lacking in intelligence, he's nothing to fear."

"Once he is defeated, the Xuanzhen Sect Leader alone, a Celestial Immortal, will definitely not be able to withstand him. We are sure to win this battle."

"When that time comes, our demonic sect will expand its power, reaching as far as Yuanjiang. The East Sea, which is occupied by the Thousand Star Palace, will have to be ceded. We will directly occupy half of Blue Mountain, and the demonic sect will prosper!"

"Haha, with the territory expanding, if things get too tough here, we can go somewhere else. I've heard that the Thousand Star Palace occupies the East Sea, which is rich in resources. They'll definitely have to give it up after this defeat. I've decided to go there then."

"clang!"

A deafening roar rang in everyone's ears, interrupting their various thoughts. Everyone looked at the sea of ​​blood, where the several-kilometer-long blade of energy struck Su Yu's head, trembling as if it had struck fine steel.

He remained motionless, while the blade's energy shattered into pieces.

At least half of the people stared in disbelief, dumbfounded.

"Isn't this possible?"

The joy that had just risen among the disciples of the Blood Demon Palace shattered like the broken blade energy.

"not good!"

The moment the thought arose, everyone felt an unimaginable pressure erupt like a volcanic eruption, bursting forth with a deafening roar.

"Buzz!"

An unimaginable force distorted their gazes as a four-headed, eight-armed demon god with multiple rings of law above its head rose from the sea of ​​blood, its invisible force field pushing the sea of ​​blood apart to create a vacuum.

"Is this Daozi?"

"This true form"

"Four heads and eight arms, that halo behind his head, so cool!"

One of the demon god's heads raised its head to look at the cauldron radiating gravity above, then raised an arm and slammed it down like a pillar supporting the heavens. "Bang!"

The precious cauldron trembled violently, shattering into countless fragments that scattered in all directions with the invisible impact.

"what?"

A tenth-tier magic weapon was shattered with a single punch, which was beyond everyone's imagination.

Su Yu, as if casually dismissing an insect, slowly twisted his massive body, looked down at Ding Yin and Blood Venerable who were retreating rapidly and waiting in battle, and grinned at the central Celestial God Head.

"not good!"

Ding Yin and Blood Venerable felt a chill in their hearts as they saw the Demon God extend two arms and strike out like lightning.

They realized what was happening, but their bodies hadn't. The thought had barely formed when the two giant demonic arms came crashing down.

"boom!"

An unimaginable force crashed down, shattering the two Blood God Demon bodies, turning them into a shower of blood blossoms.

However, only two seconds later, the edge of the sea of ​​blood arched up, and the two Blood God Demon bodies reformed. Ding Yin coldly said:

"As long as the sea of ​​blood never dries up, my body will never perish, and you cannot kill us."

The other Blood Venerable remained silent, but quietly took out a low-grade spiritual treasure, the Blood God Banner, which exuded the laws of blood, and stuck it into the sea of ​​blood. The banner rapidly expanded to a height of a thousand feet and stood above the sea of ​​blood. A blood-colored vortex appeared on the banner's surface, from which a massive amount of blood gushed out, causing the sea of ​​blood to expand once again.

Ding Yin, in his demonic form, raised his hand and softly uttered:
"Blood God Devours the Heavens!"

The turbulent sea of ​​blood, which had expanded to five or six hundred kilometers, arched up countless glowing blood cocoons, which then burst open, and streams of blood god children flew out from them, converging into a river of blood that rushed straight towards the true form of the demon god.

There are over ten million Blood God Children, each of whom is an elite template of level 150 or higher. Moreover, the Blood God Children have extremely high resistance to physical and magical attacks and can switch between physical and magical forms, making them extremely difficult to kill.

However, these Blood God children were no match for him; they couldn't even get close before being blocked by the invisible force field surrounding the Demon God.

Ding Yin pointed a finger, urging the Blood God Child to frantically crash into the invisible force field.

Then, bolts of blood-red lightning struck, and endless crimson light shot into the sky, blotting out the sun.

On the other side, the Blood Venerable activated the supreme forbidden technique, and a huge blood lotus condensed in the sea of ​​blood. On it was a ball of violently distorted blood light, and inside it seemed that countless faces were trapped and struggling.

The filth, resentment, pain, and ominous aura can be felt even from a great distance.

However, the next second the sea of ​​blood suddenly trembled, and chaotic lightning swept across like a tide, annihilating everything in its path, whether it was the Blood God Child or the Blood Lotus, into nothingness.

The Lesser Chaos Divine Lightning, which also contains the word "chaos," is capable of annihilating everything acquired after birth.

Whether it's the Five Elements Daoist Method or the Blood Sea Primordial Magnetic Method, both are acquired techniques, and they are powerless against the Chaos Divine Thunder.

The Lesser Chaos Divine Thunder has a kill radius of 10 kilometers, while in its true form as a demon god, the kill radius is multiplied by 10, instantly creating a hollow space with a diameter of 100 kilometers in the sea of ​​blood.

However, although the power of this move was indeed quite unexpected for Ding Yin and Blood Venerable, the two did not panic.

The Blood Venerable's demonic form flew down onto the Blood Banner, and the Blood Banner shook, causing an even more turbulent surge of blood to flow out, quickly filling the annihilated Blood Sea and Blood God Child.

"This is our sect's most precious treasure, which connects to the Blood Sea of ​​Hell. You cannot possibly outlast us."

The Blood Venerable cackled strangely:

"The sea of ​​blood is boundless and omnipresent; once your magic power is exhausted, it will be yours."

Eight jet-black energies swept across the sky, directly blasting the Blood Venerable's demonic body to pieces.

But soon another sea of ​​blood rose, and before the demonic form could fully materialize, a voice could be heard:
"It's no use. As long as the sea of ​​blood doesn't dry up, my body will never perish!"

"Try this trick again!"

The demon god's true form opened its four heads simultaneously, activating the "Devouring Heaven and Earth!" Instantly, an incomparably powerful suction force emanated from the mouths of the four heads, and the surrounding blood rose up, converging into a torrent that flowed into the demon god's mouth.

"If your sea of ​​blood never dries up, you will live forever. What if I drain your sea of ​​blood dry?"

Su Yu's true form is familiar with all the divine abilities of the Crimson Dragon Incarnation, including Devouring Heaven and Earth. Moreover, as the level of the Devouring Great Dao Law increases, its power also rises accordingly.

When the Devouring Law was +1, the internal universe was only 100 kilometers in diameter. Now, with the Devouring Law at +30, the internal universe has reached tens of thousands of kilometers, enough to contain a whole world.

As the blood was devoured from all directions, the replenishment speed of the Blood God Banner could not keep up with the devouring speed, and the sea of ​​blood was visibly shrinking.

A sense of foreboding flashed through Ding Yin's mind, and he decisively urged the Heavenly Blood Lightning and Demonic Lightning to bombard him. However, the Blood Lightning, which was powerful enough to easily kill all cultivators below the Golden Core stage, could not shake the true body of the Demon God. No matter whether it was the exploding lightning or the Blood God Child, as long as it got close to the Demon God, it was swallowed up by the invisible force.

In terms of the level of laws, even immortals who spend their entire lives in a small place like Blue Mountain cannot compare to those from larger places in any aspect.

Even the most talented person cannot overcome the influence of their environment, because the path ahead is blocked.

Like the five major sects of Blue Mountain, although each generation has produced Celestial Immortals, there have never been many True Immortals in history. This is because they only have the methods to advance to the Celestial Immortal level, but not the methods to cultivate normally to the Celestial Immortal level. If they want to advance further, they have to leave Blue Mountain and go to a large place like the Azure Immortal Realm to have a chance to obtain them.

You can't apply player-specific scenarios to NPCs. Players have attribute panels and can drop loot, while native cultivators don't.

After a player survives the Heavenly Tribulation, their Qi Refining Technique can be upgraded to a Foundation Establishment Technique, and after surviving a second Heavenly Tribulation, it can be upgraded to a Golden Core Technique.

As long as the cultivation technique is of a high enough grade, it can be continuously upgraded.

For example, the Nine Heavens Mysterious Scripture that Su Yu cultivates can theoretically be used until he becomes a Golden Immortal without needing to be replaced.

But the natives are different; they don't have this kind of treatment. After they break through to a higher realm, they still need subsequent supporting cultivation methods.

Their grasp of the rules is far less convenient than that of the players.

For example, if a player survives the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth and becomes a Celestial Immortal, all the laws they have mastered will be raised to +20 regardless of their current level. If they are already over level 20, they can be raised even further. In this respect, they can completely crush the natives.

For natives, it's completely impossible for someone like Su Yu to master eight laws right after passing through the Heavenly Tribulation, with levels ranging from at least 30 to as high as 62. They've never even heard of such a thing.

Of course, Su Yu's situation is also like a miracle for players; normal players don't have such an exaggerated experience.

Therefore, in conclusion, cultivators in small places like Blue Mountain are far weaker than those in larger places at the same cultivation level.

Su Yu had just survived the Heavenly Tribulation and was only level 300, yet she could easily defeat two senior Heavenly Immortals.

When the four heads simultaneously unleashed the Devouring Heaven and Earth technique, a massive amount of blood was swallowed, and the sea of ​​blood rapidly shrank. Even the Blood God Banner's continuous replenishment could not stop its shrinkage.

Blood Venerable's pupils flashed with blood-red light as he transmitted his voice:
"Junior Brother Ding, this kid is too strange, we can't stop him, let's prepare to retreat."

"But this sea of ​​blood?"

"It's alright. The Blood Sea being swallowed only weakens my strength a bit, but it doesn't damage my foundation. As long as the Blood God Banner is there, I can recover quickly."

Ding Yin nodded and said:
"Alright, let's retreat to the clan first and defend it."

The two were decisive, but they didn't seem to have considered whether they could escape.

As they all sank into the sea of ​​blood, Su Yu noticed their movements, but he did nothing, simply continuing to devour.

A moment later, the Blood God Banner standing above the sea of ​​blood suddenly shrank and disappeared. Immediately afterwards, two beams of blood light flew out from beneath the rapidly shrinking sea of ​​blood, transforming into blood escape forms and flying towards the Blood Demon Palace gate.

"They ran away."

Someone shouted a warning, but the demon god did not make any move. It simply continued to devour the remaining sea of ​​blood at a leisurely pace, and in less than ten seconds, it had completely devoured the remaining sea of ​​blood.

At this moment, the two streaks of blood-red light had returned to the entrance of the Blood Demon Palace. They subconsciously turned around and saw that the demon god was also looking over. The three of them locked eyes, and the demon god grinned and said:
"You can't run away!"

Ding Yin and Blood Venerable were startled, and without hesitation, they turned and ran, disappearing into the Blood Demon Palace's protective formation.

Despite being protected by the sect's protective formation, they felt no sense of security; instead, a sense of impending doom lingered in their hearts.

"How is this going?"

"Could he have some trick up his sleeve against us?"

Just then, the power of time emanated from Su Yutian's divine head, and the phantom of the river of time appeared beneath his feet. He took a step and disappeared.

"Time travel!"

The Chaos Demon God stepped into the river of time, and his vision shifted, instantly appearing five minutes earlier, just as he saw Ding Yin angrily shouting:

"Insanity!"

The Blood Venerable beside him let out a sinister laugh:

“Junior brother, why get angry? The younger generation is ignorant and arrogant. We, as seniors, have the obligation to teach them manners.”

As soon as he finished speaking, his body suddenly exploded, turning into an endless tide of blood that surged in all directions, engulfing Su Yu in the blink of an eye and rapidly surging towards the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect army not far away. The front-row cultivators were so shocked that their faces turned pale, and they all summoned their magic treasures to defend themselves.

At that moment, Immortal Venerable Xuanzhen lightly stamped his foot, and a cloud platform several kilometers in diameter beneath his feet emitted immortal light, quickly engulfing the army and soon colliding with the surging tide of blood.

"boom!"

The celestial light acted as a shield, and the blood tide crashed into the light barrier, exploding in all directions, but it could not penetrate the light barrier.

Just like the version from five minutes ago.

Having experienced this situation once before, Su Yu had no interest in experiencing it a second time. He stepped out of the river of time, and the enormous demon god's true form appeared out of thin air in the sea of ​​blood, immediately causing everyone to be shocked. The two Blood Demon Palace Celestial Immortals reacted immediately.

"what?"

How did he get behind us?

The moment this thought arose, an overwhelming force of time swept through and brought everything to a standstill.

The Chaos Demon God stretched out his arms and grabbed the two immobile Demon Immortals with one hand. Then, he opened a Chaos Gate with his other arms, from which two even larger arms reached out, grabbed the two Demon Immortals, and dragged them into the Chaos Gate, where they disappeared.

The gate to the chaotic realm closed, the demon god swept his gaze across the four directions with a slight smile, and his figure vanished like a dream.

Everyone then realized that an extremely strange and distorted feeling caused many cultivators to reach out and press their heads, letting out cries of pain.

Five minutes later, the illusory image of the River of Time flickered, and the true form of the demon god, which had just disappeared into it, reappeared. Ding Yin and the Blood Venerable, who had already fled back to the mountain gate, suddenly changed their expressions and shouted:
"That's not allowed."

Before they could utter a single word, a wave of time rippled out from their location, and they vanished as if erased by an eraser, stunning the surrounding Blood Demon Palace high-ranking officials.

"Where is the Palace Master? Why is he nowhere to be found?"

"What kind of magical power is this?"

"To erase something out of thin air? That's outrageous!"

Their cultivation level wasn't high enough for them to understand what had just happened.

Only the Immortal Venerable Xuanzhen, standing on the cloud platform, seemed to understand what had happened. He stroked his beard, a slight blush appearing on his face.
"May Heaven bless our sect!"

(End of this chapter)