Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 68: All cards are played, and the upper hand is gained.

"Now, please welcome contestant number 40 and contestant number 1 to the number 2 arena."

Not long after upgrading the Heavenly Demon Transformation Technique, Su Yu heard the host's voice again and was teleported to the arena once more.

Using the same moves, he easily defeated his opponent with just one sword.

It was so simple and unadorned, devoid of any worldly charm.

In the following rounds, he fought with only one sword, and no opponent could withstand his attack.

The top 32.

The top 20 teams were determined through a round-robin tournament of 32.

Then the top 10 will be determined.

Wei Xia, He Shoucheng, and Gu Zhiqi all successfully made it into the top ten, especially Gu Zhiqi, whose ranking improved even further compared to the last time.

The exquisite level of the Myriad Gu Gathering Spirit Scripture is truly a perfect match for Gu Dao players. In this respect, it is comparable to the profound level of Dao techniques. As the level of the technique increases, the bonus to Gu insects becomes higher and higher. Most opponents can be dealt with with just a few thousand Ink Ball Bees.

In addition, he has refined over a hundred Golden-Winged Flying Centipedes, all of which have reached level 60 or above, with the first batch he refined reaching level 70 or above.

Combined with the enhancement of the Gu worms by the Ten Thousand Gu Gathering Spirit Scripture, his overall combat power is extremely strong. Even He Shoucheng, Xu Lulu and Lan Yiying were defeated by him. The only ones who lost were Su Yu, Ding Lingyu and Wei Xia.

The defeat of Lan Yiying was achieved by surrounding and killing her with hundreds of Golden-Winged Flying Centipedes and more than three thousand Ink Ball Bees, and by using her newly broken defenses and poison to slowly wear her down.

The reason he was defeated by Wei Xia was that Wei Xia's strength had improved significantly compared to three months ago. The thunder hammer in his hand was definitely a genuine seventh-tier magic weapon, and it was certainly a high-quality one.

He seems to have crossed a certain threshold; the power of his Thunder Hammer has improved significantly compared to the last small test.

Not only is it more powerful, but it has also unlocked the lightning chain attack method, which can unleash a chain of lightning to strike a large area with a single swing.

With its high attack speed, high speed, and AOE, it's definitely the nemesis of the Gu Dao style.

However, the stronger Wei Xia was directly defeated by Ding Lingyu and Su Yu, completely powerless to fight back.

Su Yu directly suspended the Heavenly Sound Bell above his head to block the hundreds of lightning bolts that Wei Xia unleashed when he activated his ultimate move. He then used both swords to entangle Wei Xia and relentlessly attack him. In less than ten seconds, he forcibly broke through all of Wei Xia's protective measures and killed him.

At this point, the top ten ranking battle has begun. All players need to play against the other nine players in the top ten once, and the ranking will be based on the number of wins.

Su Yu's next opponent was Lan Yiying.

This former rival can no longer keep up with his growth rate. He used to barely break through his defenses, but now, with his dual swords and the somewhat accomplished Condensed Sword Silk technique, he has a high armor penetration of 5 points, which can ignore 50% of the defense given by his physique. A casual sword strike can deal more than 2,000 damage.

Dealing with him is easier than dealing with Wessler.

His next opponent was He Shoucheng, followed by Gu Zhiqi. The two of them went on stage and had a friendly match with him. After a minute of exciting fighting, they were knocked off the stage by him.

He defeated his opponents one by one, and soon lost eight opponents in a row, leaving only Ding Lingyu.

Ding Lingyu, too, swept through all his opponents with overwhelming force and stood before him.

At this moment, everyone perked up, and the guild leaders on the stage couldn't help but sit up straight.

Many people looked at Vice President Ding Hao and Chu Xinyue, the leader of the Second Main Regiment, in the center of the stage. One of them was Ding Hao's son, and the other was Chu Xinyue's key subordinate whom she had been promoting and cultivating. Considering that Ding Hao had previously tripped up Chu Xinyue, preventing her from taking control of the Second Regiment, and that she could only break the deadlock by overcoming the Heavenly Tribulation and advancing to the Loose Immortal realm, the two had long been at odds.

To outsiders, the outcome of the battle between Su Yu and Ding Lingyu was a clash between two factions, with the winner having the opportunity to gain some support from other neutral factions within the guild.

The two stood on the arena, and Ding Lingyu said in a deep voice:

"I was careless in the last battle, but I won't give you any chance this time."

Su Yu smiled slightly and said:

“If you really had confidence, your father wouldn’t have asked me to let you off the hook.”

Ding Lingyu's expression changed slightly, and Su Yu, seeing this, continued to undermine his Dao heart:
“Your father is experienced and must have collected information about me. He must have seen that I am growing too fast and thought that you might not be my match, so he paid me to let him win. Two seventh-tier flying swords and three thousand taels of gold! I almost agreed.”

After these words, it was obvious to the naked eye that Ding Lingyu's momentum had decreased, and his mentality was clearly affected by them.

However, he reacted quickly, instantly realizing something, and said in a cold voice:
"No matter what, it all comes down to strength. Enough with the nonsense, let's see who's the real deal!"

Su Yu chuckled inwardly, reached out and summoned the Heavenly Sound Bell, then gently tossed it above his head, where layers of sound waves descended to protect him.

Then, he opened his mouth and spat out a blue bird that shrouded the sun, which transformed into two sword lights, one white and one blue, hovering on his left and right.

Ding Lingyu reacted in kind, transforming into a divine general surrounded by lightning.

Thunder God General: 56 HP, 14 MP, 5600 Physique, 5600 Strength, 3500 km/h Speed, Daoist Arts: Thunder Mastery, Taiyi Divine Thunder, Qianqing Shangyuan Taiyi Divine Thunder Network.

In addition, he saw that the divine general was holding a halberd that was crystal clear and crackled with lightning.

"The health has increased by 16 compared to last time. How many levels has that increased?"

"And they even brought weapons!"

However, Su Yu was not flustered at all. There was an improvement, but no qualitative change. This divine general did not develop any new powerful methods. The most powerful move was still the Qianqing Shangyuan Taiyi Divine Thunder Net.

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The countdown slowly disappeared, and the barrier between the two gradually vanished.

At a certain moment, the light membrane completely disappeared, and Su Yu pointed, causing the white and green sword lights that surrounded him to disappear into the air.

The Thunder God General reacted swiftly, thrusting his halberd forward.

"boom!"

The endless lightning exploded in the air like a hedgehog, and two flying swords appeared, nimbly and gracefully dodging the exploding lightning bolts as they rushed straight at the divine general.

In a flash, two sword energies, each an inch wide, exploded and fell like lightning.

The divine general held his halberd horizontally in front of him and paused, as endless lightning exploded to form a barrier, blocking the two swords from the outside.

With his left hand, he grasped a ball of Taiyi Divine Thunder and unleashed it, the violent lightning blasting the two swords away.

Immediately afterwards, he pointed his right hand at the halberd, and a thick bolt of lightning shot out from the tip of the halberd, instantly covering a distance of a thousand meters and striking Su Yu.

The Heavenly Bell didn't even flinch, easily blocking the attack.

With the infusion of magic, the Heavenly Sound Bell's defense was fully restored in the blink of an eye.

The Heavenly Bell's mana conversion rate is 300 points. Its current mana is as high as 8750, and its maximum mana infusion per second is 1%, or 87 points. One point of mana can restore 300 defense, and 87 points of mana can restore 26100 defense.

What does it mean to recover up to 26100 defense per second?
It was impossible for him to break through the Heavenly Sound Bell's defenses before his magical power was exhausted.

His current mana regeneration rate is 25 points per second, which can restore 7500 defense per second. After deducting the 30% damage reduction from the Heavenly Sound Bell, it can be said that as long as the damage per second does not exceed 10000, it will never be possible to break through his defense and hurt him.

"too strong!"

This is the true value of a high-level magic weapon.

He used to have nothing and could only envy others; now that he has it, it's others' turn to envy him.

Having tried his hand at it for a while and seeing that he couldn't break through the defense at all, Ding Lingyu stopped testing it. He thrust the Thunder Halberd forward, clenched his hands, and softly shouted:

"Qianqing Shangyuan Taiyi Divine Thunder Net!" A crackling sound suddenly rang out from the void as countless Taiyi divine thunderbolts condensed and covered the entire arena.

"Boom boom boom!"

In an instant, the entire arena space transformed into a chaotic thunderstorm, with unimaginable and terrifying divine lightning power surging back and forth, turning everything into dust.

In just ten seconds, Su Yu witnessed the Heavenly Sound Bell's defense drop drastically, decreasing by a full 140,000 points in one go.

"hiss!"

A seventh-tier magic weapon can reduce damage by 30%, which means that the actual damage of this wave of Divine Thunder Net is close to 200,000.

"Such a big improvement?"

Compared to the last quiz, there was at least a 70% improvement, if not double.

Su Yu was slightly startled, but also grateful that the leader had bestowed the Heavenly Sound Bell upon her; otherwise, she would definitely not have been able to withstand this wave, even if the Nine Aperture Pearl had been refined with the essence of nine Gang Sha to increase its defensive power by tens of thousands.

"It's really good to have someone to rely on."

As the lightning gradually dissipated, revealing an unharmed Su Yu, Ding Lingyu stared intently at the Heavenly Sound Bell above his head, her gaze shifting back and forth:
"A seventh-tier defensive magic weapon!"

"Even a seventh-tier defensive magic weapon can't save you."

He hesitated for only a second before his eyes hardened. He poured tens of thousands of magical power into the Thunder Halberd, directly melting the core of the magic weapon. The halberd body flashed with lightning, and in an instant, hundreds and thousands of blood-red lightning bolts shot out, spreading out a wave that made people feel palpitations.

"Are you crazy? You actually self-destructed your magic weapon!"

Su Yu was taken aback and quickly activated her magic to repair her defenses.

The next second, the sky and earth turned crimson, and a beam of red light, enveloped in endless blood lightning, pierced through the void like lightning.

"clang!"

A tremendous bell rang out, and the Heavenly Sound Bell was blasted askew by the blood-red light. Its defensive power of up to 200,000 was blasted away by an indescribable destructive force, and the precious bell swayed and fell from above his head.

The Black Water Mystic Pearl flickered, revealing a phantom image of a black serpent guarding it, before vanishing just as quickly.

But that instant was enough for Su Yu to raise her protective aura and firmly block the aftershocks.

A weapon or magic item of at least the seventh grade self-destructed, a move that greatly surprised Su Yu. He was once again grateful for the Heavenly Sound Bell that Chu Xinyue had borrowed, otherwise the explosion would have dealt more than 300,000 damage and could have instantly killed him.

"That's all you have to do. Let's see what other tricks you have up your sleeve."

As soon as the aftershocks subsided, Su Yu decisively activated the Radiant Transformation, and the True Fire of the Sun rose up.

"Two swords combined!"

With ten times the mana consumed, the two flying swords vanished in an instant, replaced by an extremely dazzling stream of blazing white light that disappeared from sight in a flash.

The next instant, a blazing white light containing wisps of cold energy flashed around the Thunder God General, and an extremely exaggerated burst of damage instantly erupted.
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Thirteen sword strikes in an instant instantly depleted Ding Lingyu's health by 28.

"Taibai Light-Splitting Sword!"

The light split into 38 even finer streaks that crashed down.
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On the platform, Ding Hao suddenly stood up, staring intently at the ring, his hands clenched tightly.

Everyone glanced at him, and many of them revealed a hint of schadenfreude.

Thirty-eight streaks of blazing white light swept across, unleashing a terrifying burst of up to 250,000 in a single second, crippling the Thunder God General in just two seconds.

If it were the previous Little Exam God who only had 40 years of health, these two waves would have been enough to wipe him out instantly.

Such a terrifying outburst startled Ding Lingyu. He spread his hands wide, and a layer of lightning barrier appeared, but it was instantly torn apart by the flowing light. The extremely sharp sword energy easily broke through the divine general's defense, tearing out one chilling wound after another.

With just seven sword strikes, the remaining tens of thousands of lives of the divine general were annihilated.

The divine body that was once so proud and impenetrable to enemies is now so powerless, its arms flailing unconsciously, falling apart.

A white light automatically triggered and rose up to block the sword light that flashed like lightning. Ding Lingyu's true form appeared, and he opened his mouth and spat out a bright blue pearl that flew out and hung above his head. Like a blue sun, layers of blue light, like waves, rippled down to protect his whole body.

The thought that he also possessed a seventh-tier high-quality defensive magic weapon gave Ding Lingyu a sense of security and confidence due to its powerful defensive capabilities.

"So what if you broke my transformation? I have more high-level magic treasures than you. It's still uncertain who will emerge victorious."

He flipped his hand and took out an ancient mirror whose surface was decorated with tadpole-like spiritual patterns. A beam of white light flew out and shone on Su Yu, immobilizing him and freezing his thoughts.

The combined swords could not continue due to his distraction, and collapsed into two flying swords, forcibly exiting the combined state.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Ding Lingyu took out another silver gourd and threw it. The gourd quickly expanded, and a vortex opened at the mouth of the gourd. One after another, silver shooting stars shot out from the vortex and turned into a sky full of stars. With a flick of his finger, they fell like shooting stars.

"Boom boom boom!"

Explosions erupted one after another, and the protective aura quickly collapsed because it could not be replenished with energy to restore its defense. The protective robe automatically triggered and rose up.

Three seconds later, Su Yu woke up and activated the Heavenly Ghost Transformation Technique. With a flash of light, she transformed into a Heavenly Ghost and soared into the sky, dodging the concentrated fire of countless meteors. She raised her hand and grabbed a Gengjin Divine Thunder, which blasted out and caused the blue light above Ding Lingyu's head to flicker slightly.

But this was just the beginning. The next second, the ghost claw condensed a ball of azure Yi Wood Divine Lightning and unleashed it.

Gui Water Divine Thunder.

Bing Fire Divine Thunder.

Earthly Branch Xu (戌) and Divine Thunder.

One shot per second, five lightning bolts rotating every five seconds, and then the cooldown of the first Gengjin Divine Lightning Bolt is ready.

Without pausing for a moment, Su Yu frantically gathered the Five Elements Thunder Technique and bombarded Ding Lingyu relentlessly.

Ding Lingyu was not passively taking the beating; he activated the Star Gourd to summon thousands of stardust-like meteors that bombarded down upon him.

However, with his Heavenly Demon transformation, his physique reached a staggering 3600. After deducting his defense, he was left with just over 100 points when the stars rained down on him. So Su Yu simply stopped dodging and faced the meteors head-on.

"He can't win."

Gu Zhi Qiu reached out and pressed down on the back of the seat in front of him, saying excitedly:

"This Star Gourd is also of the seventh grade. It contains star sand that can transform into stars. Its power when fully unleashed is extremely terrifying, but it cannot be used for instantaneous bursts. It can barely break through Brother Su's Heavenly Ghost Transformation defense. In a direct confrontation, it definitely cannot win."

Sitting to the side, Zhuang Zhuo could not hide his excitement and said:

"Brother Su is too strong. His progress in the past three months has been incredible. Last time, he only managed to win by taking advantage of Ding Lingyu's carelessness, but this time he has been able to defeat him head-on."

"And it's not just a little stronger. Did you guys notice that he just self-destructed a seventh-tier weapon-type magic item? If he hadn't self-destructed, Brother Su's strongest attack with his dual swords would probably have instantly killed him."

"Yes, and the combined sword technique was forcibly broken just now. If we had held on for a few more seconds, we could have killed them instantly."

"This means that Brother Su's true strength has far surpassed that of Ding Lingyu."

(End of this chapter)