Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 84 The Cave of Ten Thousand Demons, Conflict
"Something good came out this time."

On the flying boat, Su Yu laid out the Fire Lion's spoils in front of everyone and asked:
"Who wants it? Starting bid is 300 gold."

A seventh-grade equipment accessory:
Heart of the Fire Lion (Rank 7): An ornament made from the heart of a fire lion, containing the power of the fire lion.

Attributes: Fire spell damage +500, fire resistance +500.

Spell: Fire Lion Shield. When activated, it creates a shield with 50000 defense, lasts for 3 minutes, and has a 24-hour cooldown.

Spell: Fire Lion Transformation. Activates the power of the Fire Lion's heart bloodline, transforming the user into a level 100 elite template Fire Lion, possessing its innate abilities. Lasts for 1 hour, with a cooldown of half a month.

Note: Each transformation requires one Fire-type Spirit Inner Core of level 80 or above.

The group looked at each other, but no one said a word.

The items are good, but none of them fit the occasion.

Su Yu and Ding Lingyu both have better transformation techniques, so they don't need this one.

Lan Yiying herself possesses the bloodline of a dragon, enabling her to transform into a dragon. Her element is water, which is incompatible with fire.

Xu Lulu could use it, but she wasn't interested in the equipment.

After a long silence, Su Yu shrugged and said:

"Since nobody's interested, let's go back and sell them for money."

"Row."

Su Yu put away her equipment and opened the map to check the route, lest she accidentally run into the demon territory.

After a while, Xu Lulu suddenly said:
"Look at the regional channel. Someone has discovered a Demon Cave nearby and wants to gather more people to destroy it."

"The Cave of Ten Thousand Demons?"

Su Yu immediately checked the regional channel and indeed someone was calling for help:

"We've discovered a Demon Cave in the north. Are there any brothers who want to do something big and destroy this Demon Cave?"

Below the information was a coordinate. Su Yu glanced at it and saw that it wasn't far from here, so she readjusted the direction of the Dragon Scale Flying Boat.

Half an hour later, the terrain below began to rise and fall, progressing from lush, wild jungle to hills.

After flying a while longer, Su Yu saw three flying boats hovering in the air ahead. She looked down and saw two parallel mountain ranges below, with a deep valley in the middle that stretched deep into the ground. She saw all sorts of monsters emerging from both ends of the valley and scattering into the wild jungle.

As the Dragon Scale Flying Boat approached, they saw one of the flying boats coming closer, with someone waving to them from the bow.

Upon closer inspection, both sides were stunned.

The one waving to them was none other than Xu Muchuan, who had gotten ahead of them earlier. They hadn't expected to end up here.

Xu Muchuan paused for a moment, but his expression remained unchanged. He was used to doing this kind of thing and said calmly:

"You guys came here because you saw the regional channel message I posted, right? I just checked, and there's a hidden world inside this canyon, it seems to be a cave of ten thousand demons. Are you interested in destroying it?"

Su Yu's expression remained unchanged, but her gaze shifted to the endless stream of spirits emerging from both ends of the canyon, and she nodded inwardly:

"It does indeed look like the Cave of Ten Thousand Demons."

The so-called Cave of Ten Thousand Demons can be understood as a spawn point for monsters, similar to the water eye we saw in Yuanjiang.

However, the Water Eye continuously refreshes aquatic spirits, while the Demon Cave spawns terrestrial spirits, including beasts and insects.

The earth's energy condenses and combines with the power of laws, continuously giving birth to various spirits and demons, which then disperse into this endless forest.

In that short time, Su Yu saw a level 136, hundred-meter-long armored centipede break through the numerous monsters and crawl out of the canyon, disappearing into the wild jungle.

"With our limited manpower, there's no way we can destroy the Demon Cave!"

Putting aside his feelings towards Xu Muchuan, to be honest, he didn't think highly of them.

Blocking one side is no problem, but it's practically impossible to break into the Demon Cave and destroy the core of the laws inside.

First of all, there are countless spirits and monsters accumulated inside; accumulating millions is easy.

In addition, like the Water Eye, the Ten Thousand Demon Cave can spawn tens of thousands of monsters of varying levels every second. From time to time, monsters of level 100 or higher will spawn. Even the experience monsters are level 100 or higher. If a few of them come, they will be enough to give them a hard time.

If you're unlucky enough to encounter a level 200+ monster, you're doomed.

Although the probability is extremely low, and it might take more than a decade to find one, it is still a possibility. If someone is unlucky enough to encounter one, everyone present will die.

Without hesitation, Su Yu refused outright:

"Sorry, the risk is too great, we dare not go."

When Xu Muchuan saw that it was them, he didn't want to invite them anymore. Hearing what he said, he naturally didn't ask any more questions and went back to wait for other teams.

Su Yu controlled the Dragon Scale Flying Boat as it passed over the canyon. From the air, one could see a huge pit in the center of the canyon, filled with countless monsters crawling out along the edge of the pit and then leaving to the left or right of the canyon.

Looking at the densely packed monsters, Su Yu felt a surge of excitement to level up and said to the others:

"Want to go down and level up for a bit?"

Ding Lingyu was equally eager and readily agreed:

"on!"

He immediately controlled the flying boat to descend, and at the same time opened the panel, his gaze falling on the Crimson Sky North Pole Immortal Thunder, which he had only recently learned and had not yet improved.

"Let me improve my lightning magic first."

With a thought, he immediately consumed 330 million killing experience points and 100 points of cultivation to upgrade it to level 10.

With a reach of his hand, wisps of white lightning gathered in his palm and transformed into a pure ball of lightning.

He reached out and extinguished the lightning ball, then consumed 1160 million killing experience points and 200 points of cultivation to upgrade the Crimson Sky North Pole Immortal Lightning to level 20.

"Another surge!"

With another 2811 million kill experience points and 300 points of cultivation invested, the Crimson Sky North Pole Immortal Thunder was upgraded to level 30.

Thirty Layers of Crimson Sky Northern Celestial Thunder: Power +16000, Casting Range 16000 meters, Damage Range 400 meters, Mana Cost 1400 points.

"This level is enough for clearing mobs."

Nodding inwardly, Su Yu closed the panel, propelled the flying boat to hover more than 500 meters above the ground, and with a wave of his hand, white lightning quickly condensed into a ball of immortal lightning and was thrown down.

The lightning struck the earth without a deafening explosion, but the sky and earth suddenly brightened, and blinding lightning shot into the sky, directly engulfing a small section of the canyon.

Shortly after, the lightning disappeared, and all the monster vegetation within a 400-meter diameter radius of the canyon was annihilated, leaving only a dozen or so high-level monsters to survive.

Su Yu pointed a finger, and the Thunderous Force transformed into two bolts of lightning that crashed down and darted back and forth, killing several weakened monsters with a single strike.

But before they could kill them all, a continuous stream of monsters surged from the depths of the canyon, instantly filling the ground that had just been cleared back up.

"It's your turn." Ding Lingyu immediately gathered a Taiyi Divine Thunder and threw it down, while Xu Lulu and Lan Yiying gathered Guishui Divine Thunder and used their magic weapons to bombard the area.

A short while later, Su Yu gathered up immortal lightning again and threw it down, clearing away another large area.

He and Ding Lingyu were the main attackers, their two flying swords weaving through the monster horde like lightning. Ding Lingyu, in his divine general avatar, continuously unleashed chain lightning bolts, making them extremely efficient at clearing monsters.

However, even the highest level couldn't match the respawn rate of the Demon Cave. More and more monsters poured out of the Demon Cave, quickly causing the canyon to become congested.

At this time, Ding Lingyu would unleash his ultimate move, a wave of Qianqing Shangyuan Taiyi Divine Thunder Net that would clear the field.

However, even with powerful crowd control abilities, the clearing speed cannot keep up with the respawn speed.

At this point, they had no choice but to back down, urging their flying boats to soar into the sky. Once the gathered monsters dispersed and their magic power was restored, they descended again.

Anyway, most of these spirits can't fly, so there's nothing we can do about them.

Repeating this process several times, you can easily accumulate millions of kill experience points.

"This is truly a golden place to level up!"

While they were leveling up, more and more players gathered in the air on the other side of the canyon. In just over ten minutes, twelve airships of various sizes had gathered, with nearly two hundred players.

After waiting for about half an hour, when nearly thirty airships of various sizes had gathered in the air, and five or six hundred players had assembled, Xu Muchuan arrived again. This time, his voice was loud and clear as he shouted:

“We now have over six hundred people. I see that a few of you are strong enough. Would you like to join the temporary team and work together to destroy this Demon Cave?”

Ding Lingyu looked at Su Yu and asked:
"Want to join?"

Su Yu had a very bad impression of Xu Muchuan and was unwilling to help him, shaking her head directly:

“We can earn two or three million just by leveling up here, and accumulate tens of millions a day. Wouldn’t that be awesome? Why take the risk?”

"And ask around, in all the time we humans have been on the other side, how many water eyes or demon caves have you seen destroyed?"

The following sentence was not spoken aloud, but transmitted telepathically to Ding Lingyu:

"As far as I know, these water eyes or demon caves are formed by the laws of heaven. If they are in danger of being destroyed, they will actively refresh the BOSS to protect them. If a BOSS of level 200 or above were to spawn, wouldn't we be doomed?"

Ding Lingyu was persuaded by him and turned around to refuse:
"We're too timid to get involved in this mess. You guys go ahead and do it yourselves."

Xu Muchuan frowned, his feigned smile vanished instantly, and he said coldly:
"If you don't want to come, fine, but we're about to take action. To minimize any unforeseen circumstances, please leave this place."

Ding Lingyu raised an eyebrow and said unhappily:
"This place doesn't belong to you, don't be so domineering."

Xu Muchuan, always domineering, spoke in an extremely forceful tone:
"You either join the team and work together, or you leave. You have no choice."

Su Yu's face instantly darkened, and she said in a cold voice:
"If it were any other demon stronghold, according to the rules, it would belong to you if you found it first. But this is the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, a public monster spawn point, so those rules don't apply. If you want to kick us out, fine, but do what you can."

"You're not leaving, huh? Just wait."

A fierce glint flashed in Xu Muchuan's eyes. He gave them a cold stare and turned to leave.

As he returned to the group and spoke with several people who appeared to be group leaders, occasionally pointing his finger at them, a few temporary groups flew over.

Lan Yiying whispered upon seeing this:

"There are too many of them, should we back down?"

Ding Lingyu chuckled softly:
"A mob is nothing to be afraid of."

Su Yu patted the gunwale and said:
"Don't worry, my flying boat has a defense of up to one million, they can't do anything to me."

Dozens of airships flew over, and the hundreds of people were surprised that they hadn't fled. Someone on one of the airships asked:

Where are you from?

On the other spirit-winged flying boat, the team leader looked the golden-scaled flying boat up and down, a solemn expression on his face. He clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying:
"Are you gentlemen disciples of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect?"

Ding Lingyu said in a calm tone:
“So what if it is, so what if it’s not?”

Seeing his calm demeanor, Xu Muchuan's anger flared, and he shouted:

"Why waste words with him? Just get rid of him."

Su Yu didn't even glance at him, and said calmly:

"If it were any other demon stronghold or resource point, you would have priority if you arrived first, according to the rules. However, the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, like the Water Eye, is a public monster spawn point and the first-come-first-served rule does not apply. We can give way or not, and we will not stop you from doing whatever you want."

"We just want to level up a bit right now, it won't affect you guys, but that guy was really domineering. Before, when we found a demon town, they forcibly took it from us, and we didn't say anything. Now that we don't want to join your team, they just kick us out. Do they think we fellow disciples are easy to bully?"

He glanced coldly at Xu Muchuan and said expressionlessly:

"If you want to drive us away, fine, it's up to you to decide. I'm just afraid you don't have that ability."

His disregard infuriated Xu Muchuan, who said in the temporary team channel:
"You saw how arrogant they were. Do you really believe they're just leveling up? What if they try to take advantage of us when we're about to succeed?"

"The power of the laws of Heaven! Honestly, who wouldn't be tempted by such a treasure? Can you resist?"

After a brief silence in the channel, someone said:

"Captain Xu is right. There is a lot of risk in what we are doing. It is already difficult to suppress the spawning of tens of thousands of monsters per second. Once there are external factors that interfere, it is easy to collapse. We really need to eliminate the unstable factors."

Others agreed:

"I think Captain Zhang is right, it's better to play it safe."

Once someone started, other team leaders followed suit and expressed their agreement.

Of the more than thirty teams of varying sizes, the majority quickly expressed their agreement, while only a few remained neutral, not wanting to cause any further trouble.

Upon seeing this, Xu Muchuan said again:

"Captain Li, I know you two don't want to cause any trouble, but people's hearts are unpredictable. We can't put our own safety in the hands of others. For everyone's safety, we must clear the area before we can take action."

The two team captains were speechless and said in the team chat:
"Since that's the case, let's get started."

Xu Muchuan looked up, his eyes filled with murderous intent as he stared at Su Yu and Ding Lingyu. He then summoned a mirror, flipped it over, and a beam of white light shone on Su Yu.

Su Yu, who had been watching them closely, saw him make a move and immediately summoned the Azure Cloud Canopy. The white light pierced through the flying boat's shield and shone on the Azure Cloud, but was blocked. He then made a grabbing motion with his bare hand, and with a thunderous force, he pierced through the air and flashed to Xu Muchuan's chest.

Xu Muchuan was clearly caught off guard, but among so many people, there were still some experts. One of the leaders pointed, and two flying swords, one green and one red, flew through the air and intercepted Xu Muchuan.

"Ding ding ding ding!"

A series of sharp cracking sounds followed as the four flying swords clashed and sparks flew everywhere.

However, the blue and red swords were suppressed after only one second. The four swords collided more than twenty times in a single moment, and the enormous force directly pressed down on the blue and red swords.

"Master!"

He decisively shouted in the channel:
"This guy is a master, I can't stop him. Stop watching and focus fire to take them down."

(End of this chapter)