Cultivation: But Not a Game

Chapter 498 - 329: The Second Seabed Pearl Appears, Su Yu’s Crisis (Part 2)

The blue light effortlessly penetrated all defenses, crashing into the Merfolk Celestial Immortal, shattering his Primordial Spirit Avatar into pieces. Yet, an invisible force restrained it, preventing it from collapsing entirely. Within the fragmented avatar, one could vaguely see the Merfolk Celestial Immortal’s Primordial Spirit being crushed into dust by the Treasure Pearl.

"Damn, to what level has this guy unlocked his Treasure Pearl?"

This scene made Su Yu’s scalp tingle. Even though he had transformed into a red dragon, he still felt a chill down his body.

Instantly killing a Celestial Immortal with one strike, Su Yu had never heard of such an overwhelming burst of power before.

"No, this must be a special move that can’t be used often."

Nonetheless, even if it was a special move, it was extremely formidable, scaring many present.

"Retreat!"

Everyone snapped back to reality and, without another word, shot into the sky to escape.

But just at that moment, the City Defense Array of Cai Pearl City suddenly activated, bursting open and expanding rapidly, enveloping them in an instant, stretching over a hundred kilometers. The Celestial Immortals from the Sea Snake faction, who had previously retreated into the city, hovered above, looking down at them. The Sea Snake Demon Immortal laughed heartily:

"Today is the day you all perish!"

He pointed his finger:

"Kill!"

The Demon Immortals immediately charged forward, each picking a target to attack.

The Dragon Race, trapped and unable to escape for the moment, could only engage in battle. Su Yu also got intercepted by a Snake-man Celestial Immortal.

To avoid attracting the attention of the Snake-man Celestial Immortal who also wielded a Treasure Pearl, he suppressed a portion of his power, temporarily fighting evenly with the Snake-man Celestial Immortal.

But then, Ao Ying’s laughter echoed from the sky:

"You think you’ve won?"

Su Yu, surprised, turned his head and saw Ao Ying open his mouth and spit a golden light into the Dragon Pearl hovering in the air. The Dragon Pearl immediately burst with radiance, its aura increasing by more than tenfold, forcibly expelling the power of the Treasure Pearl.

"You have a Middle Grade Immortal Treasure, do you think our Qingcang Dragon Palace doesn’t?"

"Brothers and comrades, they have opened the City Defense Array themselves. Let’s take this opportunity to crush them."

"I’ll hold him off, quickly deal with the others."

The spirits of the crowd were lifted, and their previous slump vanished. Su Yu, both shocked and delighted, decisively activated the Celestial Dao Divine Skill.

"Reverse Yin and Yang!"

Space-time suddenly shifted, catching his opponent off guard and allowing him an opportunity to strike with a furious blow.

This Snake-man Celestial Immortal had no Immortal Treasure, relying solely on his Primordial Spirit Avatar and various forbidden skills and Divine Techniques to contend with Su Yu. Earlier, Su Yu held back his power, not using the Desolate Ancestral Dragon Claw, managing to fight to a standstill. But now, as the red dragon erupted, his attack power doubled. With a few firm strikes, he broke through the Protective Treasure. Following that, the Primordial Spirit Avatar was as fragile as decayed bricks under the Desolate Ancestral Dragon Claw, shattering piece by piece.

However, this was still a player Celestial Immortal and not a native, possessing a multitude of techniques.

He activated some unknown Divine Technique, transforming his solid Primordial Spirit Avatar from form to formless, drastically weakening the ferocious power of the Desolate Ancestral Dragon Claw.

"Bing Fire Divine Thunder Net!"

The red dragon decisively unleashed the Thunder Skill, instantly converging tens of thousands of Bing Fire Divine Thunders to explode.

The most basic Five Elements Thunder Skill, with a Law Damage bonus of up to 40 million, had spectacular power. Additionally, with the Fire Element Law boost *10, its power reached 400 million. Despite various defense and physique enhancements reducing its power to a bit over 100 million, the continuous onslaught of Bing Fire Divine Thunders twisted even the void, causing the formless Primordial Spirit Avatar to vibrate violently, visibly shrinking under the thunder’s abrasion.

Under the incessant bombardment of the Divine Thunder, within less than half a minute, the formless avatar struggled to maintain itself, reverting to a formed state, whereupon the thunder damage plummeted.

The red dragon plunged into the sky full of Fire Clouds, the Desolate Ancestral Dragon Claw wreaking havoc as it struck down.

With the constant lightning strikes and oppressive physical force, under absolute power, the Snake-man Celestial Immortal soon found himself completely overwhelmed.

When one’s cultivation reached the level of a Celestial Immortal, as long as they genuinely passed the Celestial Human Tribulation to become immortal, the distinction between players and natives vanished. Any advantage players had over natives at the level of a Celestial Immortal was gone.

For Immortals below this level, native cultivators usually practiced simple cultivation skills. They wouldn’t master a plethora of diverse Secret Skills or forbidden Divine Techniques to enhance power like players. They primarily focused on the Qi Refining Heart Skill, rarely practicing other Magic outside the derivative paths of the Qi Refining Heart Skill.

Those with high templates were fine, as templates above the peerless level would know a few Thunder Skills, forbidden skills, even Divine Techniques, and have a few powerful treasures, allowing them to possess decent combat power, beyond what most ordinary players could handle, only facing challenge from elite players.

Those without high templates were straightforward, for their techniques were lacking, and their treasures weren’t high grade, often no match for players with versatile means and frequently getting defeated in challenges by elite players leveling up.

Yet this dynamic vanished post-immortalization. Ninety percent of those becoming immortals possessed the Myth Template, with not only super strong attributes but also wisdom far exceeding the average person, possessing Dao Techniques and treasures not inferior to players, often stronger. Players had no advantages at this level, and with insufficient accumulation, they might not measure up to the natives.

The Snake-man Celestial Immortal before Su Yu was such an example. Although he achieved immortality, he was no match for the transcendent form of Taishang Dragon awakening an ancient dragon bloodline from the Celestial Dao, soon pressed down with no room to retaliate.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar resounded from above, the red dragon glanced upward seeing the collision between the Treasure Pearl and the Dragon Pearl, akin to a meteor smashing into Earth, shaking both heaven and earth.

The Dragon Pearl in Ao Ying’s hand, although a postnatal Immortal Treasure, was of a sufficient grade to directly contend with the Treasure Pearl, only partially unlocked to equivalent to a Low Grade Immortal Treasure, as they clashed repeatedly, neither overpowering each other.

The violent shock swept across the battlefield, an unknown number of demon soldiers caught in the midst met a grim fate, pulverized to dust.

Seeing Ao Ying could truly hold the adversary at bay, Su Yu pressed the dragon claw at the chest of the Snake-man Celestial Immortal’s Primordial Spirit Avatar, decisively applying force to pierce through, unleashing terrifying strength, instantly shattering the avatar.

A Celestial Immortal Primordial Spirit soared skyward, the red dragon opened its mouth, inhaling the Primordial Spirit into its maw.

"Dream on!"

The Celestial Immortal Primordial Spirit blazed like an erupting volcano with radiant heat, exploding, the terrifying force scattering the red dragon in a disheveled state.

"Damn it, he self-destructed."

The red dragon shook its head and turned, charging toward the Sea Snake Demon Immortal You Mu, who was fighting the Crab General nearby.

You Mu immediately became alert, turning his colossal body and spitting out a ball of innate water thunder that exploded, the raging Taiyin True Water momentarily blocking the red dragon and Crab General. You Mu took this chance to pull back and called out:

"Can anyone lend a hand?"

The other two Snake-man Celestial Immortals who had come with the Snake-man Celestial Immortal Yujun immediately responded:

"Take my seal!"

One of these two Celestial Immortals pursued the path of magic Divine Techniques, manifesting the Immortal Avatar and activating a treasure mirror suspended in the air, then took out a treasure seal to sacrifice, rapidly expanding.

The other revealed a two-headed snakehead with four arms, manifesting an Immortal True Body over ten kilometers tall, wielding two tenth-grade Divine Blades and a Divine Halberd, charging forward.

The two Divine Blades slashed toward the red dragon, its claws intercepting, sparks flying.

The Divine Halberd thrusted toward its face, as the dragon’s head tilted, narrowly scraping by, the hardened dragon scales sliced in half like tofu by the halberd’s edge.

"Immortal Treasure level Divine Weapon?"

The red dragon spat Dragon Breath onto the Two-headed Snake-man Celestial Immortal, scorching him into a fiery figure, its massive body twisting around the dual-headed avatar, the dragon tail hammering the back like a mallet. However, as this occurred, the Sea Snake Demon Immortal You Mu swooped over, his gigantic snake form curling around the dragon tail, tightening fiercely, his head turning to bite onto the red dragon’s midsection, injecting toxic essence into the flesh.

The red dragon raised its head, roaring in fury, preparing to unleash the Celestial Dao Divine Skill, Reverse Yin and Yang, when the one-headed Snake-man Celestial Immortal’s treasure mirror reflected onto the red dragon, initially met with no response. Yet the next second, the towering, fifty-kilometer-high treasure seal descended with a howl.

This treasure seal, though not an Immortal Treasure, had its Artifact Spirit at least +9 or +10, just a celestial tribulation away from becoming an Immortal Treasure.

Moreover, the seal was forged from a massive peak, its colossal weight and height staggering. The sheer weight of the seal alone caused the red dragon to tilt and falter, as You Mu seized the opportunity to pull, rendering the red dragon unable to withstand the overwhelming weight, descending to the ground.

"Boom!"

The earth shook violently, an unknown number of demon soldiers crushed to pieces beneath.

"Slaughter!"

The Two-headed Snake-man Celestial Immortal invoked the Slaughter Law he mastered, lifting the sharpness of his tenth-grade Divine Blade to Immortal Treasure level, mounted atop the giant seal pinning down the red dragon, swinging wildly, slashing hundreds of times in moments, cutting through the hard dragon scales as if they were tofu.

Simultaneously, his other hand gripped the Divine Halberd, aiming at the heart of the dragon to thrust down.

Witnessing this, You Mu twisted his body, coiled tightly around the red dragon, spewing a burst of burning poison flames to wrap around the halberd, shouting:

"Now’s the time!"