Xiuxian: But It's Not a Game

Chapter 86 Heavenly God Tower, Sky Strike Battleship
Many others shared the same idea. Some of the dozens of teams, large and small, that Xu Muchuan had previously united left, while others stayed, each occupying a section of the canyon to intercept the monsters pouring out of the Demon Cave.

No team can completely intercept the torrent of over 5,000 spirits per second; they can only intercept and kill them in segments.

The first team bombarded the area relentlessly, but couldn't withstand the onslaught and retreated. The surging tide of monsters reached the next section, where some were intercepted and killed. Unable to hold them off any longer, they retreated, allowing the monsters to surge to the next section.

They ambushed and killed them one by one, and the number of monsters dwindled until they were completely wiped out.

But the truth is that even with more than twenty teams dividing the canyon into sections to intercept and kill the monsters, they still couldn't kill them all. Even when Su Yu summoned Ao Run and the Midnight Cold Tide covered nearly a thousand meters, it still couldn't completely stop them, and some of them still broke out and scattered into the demon kingdom.

Occasionally, a level 100 or higher BOSS will rush out of the Demon Cave, and they will be the focus of their attacks. They rarely manage to break through the numerous obstacles and escape.

Su Yu and his group were positioned in the middle, and with their full firepower, they could intercept at least 10% of the monsters, each time lasting nearly twenty seconds.

There are about a thousand monsters per second, so in twenty seconds that's nearly 20,000 monsters. A large portion of these monsters are of lower level than them and have little experience. On average, they can gain 300,000 to 400,000 killing experience points, and occasionally a little bit of cultivation.

After the initial burst of attacks, conventional methods were no longer sufficient to stop so many monsters, so they immediately retreated to the air to rest.

Based on Ding Lingyu's Qianqing Shangyuan Taiyi Divine Thunder Net's ten-minute cooldown, it can be unleashed approximately six times per hour. With occasional bursts of attacks, it can accumulate up to two million kill experience points.

They could grind for ten hours a day, accumulating over 20 million kill experience points. Ding Lingyu and others also had over 10 million kill experience points.

They farmed from morning till night, then returned to the Demon Suppression City to rest, and continued the next morning. They then stayed in the Demon Cave.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and early one morning the four of them went to the Ten Thousand Demon Cave again.

No sooner had they left Demon-Suppressing City than news of their departure spread:
"They're off."

The dragon-scale flying boat sped through the sky, and Su Yu was distributing the harvest to everyone:
"We destroyed two demon towns before. The demon towns rewarded us with 200 taels of gold and 200 sect contribution points. We also killed three level 3 demons, which gave us 30 gold and 15 sect contribution points. The two demon towns, plus the miscellaneous loot we've accumulated from leveling up these past few days, have a total value of 360 gold."

"In addition, I have 550 gold for purchasing Immortal Spirit Stones, and Xu Muchuan dropped two level-six magic weapons worth a total of 250 gold."

"In the end, the total is 1390 gold and 215 sect contribution points. Ling Yu and I each take 30%, which is 417 gold and 65 sect contribution points. Xu Lulu and Lan Yiying each take 20%, which is 278 gold and 42 sect contribution points. Is there a problem?"

"no problem."

"Then let's make a deal."

Su Yu completed the transactions with everyone one by one, and after assessing her own wealth, she found that she was back to having more than a thousand gold coins.

The Golden Scale Flying Boat was very fast and soon stopped near the Demon Cave.

The four looked up in astonishment. There was a giant flying boat, many times larger than their Golden Scale Flying Boat, anchored above the Ten Thousand Demon Cave. It was probably more than three thousand meters long and had nine floors like a multi-story ship. Divine Thunder Towers stood on top of it, constantly condensing thunder balls and bombarding them into the canyon.

Su Yu had previously activated the Divine Thunder Towers on the guild's Wrathful Whale Ship to level up, and he could tell at a glance that the Divine Thunder Towers on this giant flying ship had definitely been upgraded, and not just by one level. Their power was extremely exaggerated. Just the thousands of Divine Thunder Towers on this giant flying ship were able to intercept and kill all the endless monsters pouring out of the Ten Thousand Demon Cave near the central cave entrance of the canyon.

"Where did this power come from?"

"This giant flying ship must be at least level eight, right?"

As the group was still wondering, Xu Muchuan, who was standing on the third-floor railing of the giant airship and looking around, spotted the extremely conspicuous dragon-scale airship and immediately became excited, slamming his fist hard on the armrest and saying:

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!"

He quickly turned around, went to the bow deck, and shouted:
"Brother-in-law!"

On the deck, a dozen or so distinguished men and women were gathered together discussing something. When they heard the shouts, they looked up and their expressions varied.

One of the handsome men, dressed in a magnificent brocade robe, looked up with a helpless expression:
"Can't you see I'm in a meeting? We can talk later."

Xu Muchuan immediately said:
"The person who killed me before is here. They're outside. If we don't make a move, they'll leave."

Jiang Lang sighed and said to the high-ranking members of the Celestial God Guild beside him:

"I apologize, everyone. I have some personal business to attend to. It will not affect our operations. I will offer 30000 guild contribution points as compensation."

Another high-ranking member of the guild standing on the left laughed:

"It doesn't matter, it hasn't started yet anyway."

Jiang Lang nodded and said to the captain of the guild's core flagship, who was among the dozen or so people:

"Excuse me, when Mu Chuan identifies the target, we'll focus our fire and eliminate it."

He then turned back to Xu Muchuan and said:

"If he kills you once, you kill him once, and that's it."

"No way, I lost two seventh-tier magic items and one seventh-grade equipment. He has to pay me back."

In that instant, more than a dozen pairs of eyes turned towards them, and everyone looked on with strange expressions.

Looking at his troublesome brother-in-law, Jiang Lang rubbed his forehead and couldn't help but scold him:

"You fucking have two seventh-tier magic weapons?"

Xu Muchuan wanted to say something, but Jiang Lang waved his hand and pushed him away:
"Get out of here! Say another word and I'm done with you."

Xu Muchuan returned dejectedly, feeling increasingly cheated, and gritted his teeth, saying:
"Collect interest first, then kill again next time."

Su Yu pointed at Lu Yunze and said:

"It's those same people. That golden-scaled flying boat is very obvious; you can see it, right?"

Lu Yunze hesitated for a moment, then sent Jiang Lang a message:

“There are many onlookers around the target; taking action would affect them.”

Jiang Lang replied casually:

"I see them. They're just a group of independent cultivators and a small team. Let's make our move."

"it is good!"

Several kilometers above the canyon, a dozen flying boats were gathered to watch the spectacle. The Dragon Scale Flying Boat also approached. Su Yu greeted the captain of a small team on a nearby Taiyi Azure Spirit Flying Boat who had been leveling up there for the past few days, and asked:
"Who owns this giant ship? It's so outrageous." "You don't know about the Celestial Strike Giant Ship from the Celestial Society?"

"What guild is so arrogant as to use such a name?"

"That's because you're not used to seeing things."

"The Celestial Gods Guild is one of the top guilds in the Crimson Sky Sword Clan and the Endless Forest region. Its headquarters is located in the western part of the Endless Forest, more than 20,000 kilometers away from here. The guild's trump card is this Sky Strike Giant Ship, which has thousands of upgraded Divine Thunder Towers on it. Its main cannon is so powerful that it can instantly kill elite monsters of level 100 or above."

"So strong?"

"You think an eighth-tier warship, given that warships are one tier higher than magic weapons, is any less powerful than a ninth-tier magic weapon?"

"With this giant ship, the Celestials will..."

Before he could finish speaking, his expression suddenly changed and he looked up. Su Yu also turned her head sharply to look at the giant ship that struck the sky. She saw that a giant mirror hanging above the ship had turned and was shining on them. An invisible force spanned several kilometers and froze the area.

"Damn, what are they doing? Clearing the area without even saying hello?"

In that instant, Su Yu felt an extreme chill run down her spine, and had a premonition that disaster was about to befall her.

Ding Lingyu said with a solemn expression:
"I have a feeling they're coming for us."

"I know."

He immediately activated the Dragon Scale Flying Boat, and a defensive barrier rose up, but the sense of crisis in his heart had not yet dissipated.

"The Dragon Scale Flying Boat cannot stop it."

He said in a deep voice:
"May everyone pray for their own good fortune!"

With a thought, the Azure Cloud Canopy rose up, and he decisively activated the magic spell 'Auspicious Cloud Protection' attached to the magic weapon. A layer of azure auspicious clouds surged out to form a canopy cloud layer to protect his entire body, instantly increasing his defense to 40 and providing 50% damage reduction.

Lan Yiying and Xu Lulu also realized what was happening and immediately began to use defensive measures.

Seconds later, the more than a thousand Divine Thunder Towers on all nine levels of the Sky-Strike Giant Ship, facing them, lit up simultaneously, and the surging lightning converged into a thunder ball that crashed down.

"boom!"

The unimaginable power gathered and instantly tore through the defensive barrier of the dragon scale airship.

The moment the defenses were breached, Su Yu decisively recalled the Dragon Scale Flying Boat, and billions of lightning bolts engulfed them.

The moment they made contact, Su Yu knew that the Dragon Scale Flying Boat was no match for the concentrated fire of the Sky Strike Giant Ship, and that if it tried to block it head-on, it would be violently destroyed.

At this point, you can't worry about your teammates; you have to protect yourself first.

The unimaginable power directly destroyed everything. The azure auspicious clouds were torn apart in the blink of an eye, and then the Xuan Snake Guardian and the Dharma Robe Shield appeared and disappeared in an instant.

Su Yu reacted extremely quickly, taking advantage of the moment when the equipment shield delayed her, she swiftly activated the Nine Aperture Pearl, which rose up and cast layers of precious light.

But the precious light vanished into nothingness in an instant.

"Protective air shield".

Broken instantly.

"Demon Blood Stone!"

Maximum health and mana increased by 30000.

When lightning strikes the body, one's vital energy and blood rapidly deplete.

But by this time, the wave of divine lightning had ended, leaving him with 18500 health points.

When Thunder Purgatory disappeared, he was the only one left within a 500-meter radius. Even Ding Lingyu couldn't withstand it and died, not to mention Lan Yiying and Xu Lulu.

Su Yu looked up and took a deep look at the Sky Strike giant ship that was slowly turning around in the distance. Then she took off and ran away.

"How can this be!"

Xu Muchuan, who thought he was surely dead, was taken aback and hurriedly shouted:

"Don't let him escape, unleash another wave of concentrated fire."

Lu Yunze glanced at him but ignored him, instead looking at Jiang Lang, the vice president who was giving the order.

Jiang Lang pondered for a second and said:

"Start the main gun."

Lu Yunze nodded, and at his command, the huge mirror on the bow of the Sky Strike warship, which had already turned around, lit up with spiritual light. Surging spiritual power began to gather and, under the transformation of the great formation, turned into a vortex that kept shrinking inward. A heart-palpitating wave slowly rippled out from the vortex.

"Who is it?"

Su Yu racked her brains but couldn't figure out when she had offended this guild called the Heavenly God Society.

Sensing the overwhelming threat from behind, he knew in an instant that there was no way to escape normally. No matter how fast he ran, he couldn't outrun the artillery fire. He decisively transformed into his Heavenly Ghost Incarnation, turning from solid to ethereal, becoming a wisp of smoke that drifted down and plunged into the ground.

The threat didn't lessen once he entered the soil, so he buried himself deep underground, but not straight down, but diagonally down to avoid being locked on.

His move was indeed unexpected by Jiang Lang, who hesitated for only a second before ordering the fire to continue.

"Boom!"

A dazzling beam of light, like a spear of the gods, descended from the sky and crashed into the earth. Unimaginable power ripped the earth apart, blasting away billions of tons of soil, and invisible forces pounded into the depths of the earth layer upon layer.

The Heavenly Demon, which had transformed into wisps of smoke, was swept away by an invisible force and instantly lost 70,000 of its health. The wisps of smoke swayed violently, unable to maintain their form, and turned into a solid object stuck in the soil, its health rapidly decreasing.

Fortunately, neither turning illusion into reality nor reality into illusion cooled down, and he immediately turned back into wisps of smoke and continued to drift deeper into the earth.

(End of this chapter)