Cultivation: But Not a Game
Chapter 405 - 298: The Largest Super Melee in Blue Mountain’s History
Master Chixia revealed the Earth Immortal manifestation and unleashed a barrage of powerful Thunder Skills at Su Yu with incredible speed. Several top-grade treasures were activated one after another, their mighty assaults shaking the heavens and quickly drawing the attention of experts on both sides.
Ordinary members continued battling each other, while the experts from both sides stood still, watching the fight.
"The Guild Master is amazing!"
"He can actually withstand an Earth Immortal manifestation head-on. Is this the weight behind the title of Daoist of the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect?"
The experts on both sides watched with varied expressions and emotions as the Cyan Cloud Cover stood firm against the Earth Immortal manifestation’s frenzied attacks. Su Yu remained motionless beneath Qingyun, directly confronting Master Chixia with his flying sword treasure.
"Is that all?"
After a frenzied exchange, Su Yu successfully blocked the majority of Master Chixia’s attacks.
The Cyan Cloud Cover blocked all kinds of Secret Skills without letting them land.
The swiftly spinning golden rings that shot out were all blocked by Sword Qi.
The falling pagoda was met head-on by Su Yu swinging the Sky-Splitting Divine Axe a few times, forcing Master Chixia to be reluctant to continue the stalemate.
Master Chixia did have a Tier Ten Treasure, but it was a Defense Treasure—a blue Treasure Pearl that resisted all incoming Solar Arrows he continuously shot.
In a direct confrontation, only the dense pack of Divine Thunder and forbidden spells could not be blocked, relying solely on the Cyan Cloud Cover to withstand them. Each round would shave off two to three million defense points and consume two to three thousand Mana.
At this rate of consumption, it’s truly like a drop in the ocean.
Not to mention this isn’t a PK; he can use elixirs to restore Mana and occasionally drink wine to recover. Plus, with the accessories restoring 30% + 20,000 Mana, the total recoverable Mana is close to two million.
"Native Earth Immortals really pose no challenge anymore."
Su Yu lightly exhaled, his gaze changing:
"The game is over!"
As his hands jolted, innumerable Sword Qi traversed the sky, shaking off all skills and golden rings. Tiansha Sword Finger, time flowing.
"Time Sword—Time Stagnation!"
The Power of Time transformed into a sword and immobilized the Earth Immortal manifestation in the flow of time.
With a flash, his combat form appeared before the Earth Immortal manifestation, the Star God Sword poised to pierce the manifestation’s chest.
"Time Sword—Time Flow!"
Master Chixia felt an unprecedented dread, but under the suppression of the Power of Time, he couldn’t even move his eyeballs.
The next instant, the invisible Power of Time bypassed the Earth Immortal manifestation’s Protective Treasure and entered his body. An invisible wave swept over the immense manifestation, visibly decaying and collapsing it.
Even with the Earth Immortal realm suppressing and reducing the effect by 50%, this sword still erased 525 years of Master Chixia’s lifespan.
However, it was not fatal, as Master Chixia’s remaining lifespan exceeded 525 years.
But after this strike, Master Chixia’s aura plummeted, instantly becoming terribly aged, exuding a thick aura of decay and senescence, as if he had just crawled out of a coffin.
"He has less than a century of life left at most!"
Su Yu flicked the sword blade, producing a crisp sword hum, and uttered softly:
"Treading Time!"
His figure instantly became illusory, and a vague large river appeared beneath his feet, torrents of river water surged from beneath him. Droplets splashed up, and within each drop, countless living beings could be faintly seen rapidly experiencing birth, aging, illness, and death.
"Time Sword—Time Flow!"
With the embodiment of the River of Time, he reset all skill cooldown times.
Su Yu once again directed the Time Sword straight at Master Chixia, whose remaining lifespan was far from enough to offset this Divine Technique of Time. As Time Stagnation faded and the Power of Time flowed again, Master Chixia’s form disintegrated into countless dust particles drifting in the wind, falling completely.
Di Zhengfeng only felt like he blinked, and he saw his master dissolve into ash, powerless to resist.
He was stunned, a wave of chill and sadness surged within him simultaneously:
"Master!"
Master Chixia from Chimen Island was slain head-on by Thousand Star Hall’s Guild Master Su Yu, and this news spread like a tidal wave across the Blue Mountain Archipelago.
Witnessed by millions, confirming that Su Yu relied on sheer strength to slay his opponent head-on, dispelling all doubts.
From that point on, Thousand Star Hall’s offensive became unprecedentedly smooth, effortlessly crushing all opposition and completing the first phase of their strategic goals in less than a year.
Many powerful guilds abandoned their resistance, either disbanding and integrating into Thousand Star Hall or relocating from the East Sea.
Those who moved away were left alone, while those assimilating into Thousand Star Hall had to disband first, undergo selection, and then be dispersed into various groups. Those with a poor reputation were all weeded out.
The three main armies set off with three million troops and returned with nearly five million, the extra two million being integrated members from smaller and larger guilds.
Upon returning, these two million were entirely scattered, some sent to the Endless Forests, others merged into the three main contingents, with the remainder distributed among over a hundred large troops.
The original team leaders were retained based on good reputations and reassigned to various units, whereas those with poor reputations were all removed.
Subsequently, members were drawn from the main Thousand Star Hall and the Endless Forests to take over the resource sites left by the various guilds.
Just like on the side of the Endless Forest, only the large and highly valuable resource sites were taken, leaving the small and medium resource sites to local small teams and solo players.
The old saying goes, it’s not wise to take all the benefits for oneself.
This approach not only garners a good reputation but also significantly reduces garrison and maintenance costs.
After spending a full two years, the first phase was completed. Most of the territory east of Ten Thousand Poison Island was brought under the control of the Thousand Star Hall, leaving only Jinjiao Island and two other NPC forces with Earth Immortals intact.
These two Earth Immortals are elders, one from the Xuanzhen Immortal Sect and one from the Nine Heavens Sword Sect.
After unifying this sea area, the territory and resources were actually sufficient to sustain the over seven million subordinates of the Thousand Star Hall. However, having already started, there was no intention to stop midway. The next year was spent assimilating new members, and the third year saw the official troop deployment.
At this point, the guild had two Tier Eight Punishment Battleships, four Tier Seven Celestial Strike Battleships, and one Tier Seven Feixing Dreadnought.
Leaving behind one Celestial Strike Ship and one million members to guard the home base, five million members along with two Punishment Battleships, three Celestial Strike Battleships, and one Feixing Dreadnought set out on the expedition.
Considering that the two guild alliances had the backing of two sects, with no less than ten Earth Immortals combined, even with Vast Sea’s involvement, there would definitely be significant losses. Moreover, having operated here for a long time, the alliances could definitely mobilize many experts.
Su Yu secretly returned to the sect before departing, first issuing an invitation in the name of the guild for assistance.
All experts above Loose Immortal were invited at double the normal rate if they were willing to help.
Normal Loose Immortals were offered 5000-10000 gold for their assistance.
Powerful core disciples were offered 30,000-50,000 gold.
If any true disciples were willing to assist, they were offered 200,000 gold.
In addition, he secretly invited his master and a few other Earth Immortal powerhouses from the Xuankong Lineage to help, inviting all five Earth Immortals from his own lineage.
Among them, his master and two Earth Immortal experts came as a favor, seeing value in Su Yu’s identity and talent, an exchange of goodwill that would need reciprocation later.
The Wandering Dragon Ancestor, whose lifespan was near its end, was uninterested in coming initially, but Su Yu gifted the Earth Life Fruit with only a few hundred years of lifespan left, instantly revitalizing the ancestor into joining.
The last True Lord directly took out a Tier Nine Treasure, forcing an entry into the fray.
This was a previous war trophy of Master Chixia. The Earth Immortal was erased by two strikes of the Time Sword, and luckily the Tier Nine Treasure was exposed.
A Tier Nine Treasure cannot be overlooked, even by an Earth Immortal.
With so many experts gathered, they directly confronted the enemy head-on.
The fleet ignored the small and large guilds along the way and headed straight for the nearest headquarters of the Feixing Alliance and the Sea Dragon Association.
The strategy devised by Su Yu and the guild leadership was simple: the fleet would launch a frontal assault with Su Yu commanding. As for the Earth Immortals, they remained hidden, vigilant against Earth Immortal reinforcements from the two sects.
But unexpectedly, the two guild alliances did not defend the city but gathered their forces outside the city.
When Su Yu arrived, what greeted him was a sky filled with countless figures.
"Interesting, daring to fight us in the field!"
Four Tier Seven Feixing Dreadnoughts, four Tier Seven Raging Sea Ships, surrounded by a dense mass of figures stretching to the sky, totaling more than twice the number of the Thousand Star Hall.
Beyond the fleets of both sides, there were even more onlookers spanning a thousand kilometers, and at this moment, at least a third of the players on Feixing Island had come to spectate.
"It’s a big event!"
A solo player rubbed his chin with astonishment:
"This Thousand Star Hall is impressive, developing to this extent in just over ten years, daring to challenge two major guilds simultaneously."
"If they succeed, the Thousand Star Hall will dominate the entire East Sea and will be the largest guild in the Blue Mountain Archipelago, bar none."
"I wonder if having such a super guild is good or bad. If they wanted to monopolize something, it would be tough for us."
"There’s no need to worry too much about that. The reputation of the Thousand Star Hall is quite good; they don’t like taking everything for themselves. As long as you don’t oppose them, you can mix well in their territory. It’s the larger medium-sized forces that might find it troublesome."
"There’s no helping it, the Thousand Star Hall allows small and medium forces but certainly won’t allow large guilds to exist within its range."
In the regional channel, in player private chats, all players were extremely excited and eagerly discussing this battle.
This heated atmosphere reached its peak with Su Yu’s appearance.
When he appeared at the front, surrounded by many high-ranking members of the Thousand Star Hall, the once noisy scene fell eerily silent, all eyes were on him.
Su Yu exchanged a glance with the leaders of the two guild alliances arranged on the opposite side, both sides understood that there was no choice now but to fight.
Su Yu waved his hand lightly and said:
"Attack!"
The next second, resonating voices erupted across the formation:
"By order of the guild master, attack!"
"By order of the guild master, attack!"
The command was relayed layer by layer, quickly reaching the entire army.
Soon, as the Divine Thunder Towers on the warships erupted with thunder, more than fifteen million players from both sides combined activated flying sword treasures, commencing the largest-scale battle in the history of Blue Mountain Island.