I don’t know whether it was his shout that worked or if the Erosion Moon Ancestor simply wanted to give him a taste of provocation. As he was about to transform, the freezing chill that froze everything suddenly vanished, and even the seawater around him quickly returned to its original state. If he hadn’t personally felt the intense cold, he would have thought it was all an illusion. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"May I ask, Ancestor, what price must be paid if you were to intervene from a distance?"

A cold, slightly mocking voice sounded:

"A mere Golden Core Cultivator wishes for my assistance?"

"You cannot afford the price."

"Please inform me, Ancestor."

After a brief pause, the voice spoke:

"Either one hundred Celestial Immortal Demon Cores or Primordial Spirits, or ten True Immortal Demon Cores or Primordial Spirits."

Su Yu was silent for a moment, then continued to ask:

"Can Wild Beast Demon Pills suffice?"

"Only those from Demonic Immortals who have survived the Celestial Human Tribulation."

Su Yu was speechless and did not speak for a long time.

Seeing this, the cold voice sneered, and the suspended Erosion Moon Blood Seal suddenly sank and flew into the vortex, which rapidly shrank:

"Considering that this seal is present, I will not punish you for disturbing me without cause. I take back my command."

Seeing this, Su Yu immediately shouted:

"Hold on, Ancestor. If I gather enough, how should I contact you? Are there other ways besides this?"

"Get what you need first, and as for another method, any method that extends my life would work as well."

"Life-extending method..."

A flash of inspiration struck Su Yu’s mind, and he immediately took out the Earth Longevity Fruit, which he had previously divided up and had over nine hundred years of lifespan left, and shouted loudly:

"I have this item. I wonder if it is effective for you, Ancestor."

The rapidly shrinking vortex paused, and an invisible force drew the Earth Longevity Fruit from his hand into the vortex, where a surprised voice was heard:

"Earth Longevity Fruit, you actually have such an item?"

"Do you have anything better?"

"Please give me a year; I can procure another one."

After a moment of silence, a streak of blood light flew out from the vortex. Su Yu reached out to catch it, and it was the Erosion Moon Blood Seal. The voice of the Erosion Moon Ancestor came:

"This item is barely sufficient. For every five-thousand-year Earth Longevity Fruit you obtain, I can intervene once on your behalf."

"I’ll start preparing immediately."

The Erosion Moon Ancestor said nothing more, and the vortex rapidly shrank until it disappeared. Only then did Su Yu raise his head, rubbing the blood seal thoughtfully:

"To value the Earth Longevity Fruit so highly, the Erosion Moon Ancestor must be nearing the end of his lifespan, and ordinary life-extending items are ineffective."

Using star-switching sorcery to forcibly strip lifespan to condense Human Longevity Fruit and Earth Longevity Fruit, Su Yu hadn’t done this for many years due to the fear of demonic influence.

But this time, to obtain another Sea Stabilization Pearl, he had to break the restrictions he had set for himself and return to his old ways.

"One more time."

As for the consequences, he felt he could bear it a few times.

"But this operation can only rely on myself; I can’t let Ao Ying know."

The Erosion Moon Ancestor requires at least a five-thousand-year Earth Longevity Fruit, while the normal lifespan limit of a Golden Core Earth Immortal is only three thousand years, not enough even if entirely stripped, unless three are stripped consecutively.

Rather than such complications, it would be better to kill a Celestial Immortal.

The lifespan limit of a Celestial Immortal is 129,600 years, and stripping all of it at once might be usable for several interventions.

Moreover, killing a Celestial Immortal player just happens to grant a major contribution along with numerous spoils—a win-win.

Of course, native Celestial Immortals work as well, such as the Demonic Immortals of the Sea Snake Race, as long as they’ve survived the Celestial Human Tribulation.

With determination in his heart, Su Yu was almost impatient to begin his action.

He first greeted Ao Ying:

"Brother Ao Ying, any actions lately?"

Ao Ying quickly replied:

"No actions recently, Mr. Su. You can’t stay idle?"

"Yes, I want to go out for a bit and hunt some masters of the Sea Snake Race."

"There’s no problem with that, you can go anywhere, but you have to be careful. Some places are off-limits."

Just after saying this, Ao Ying sent him some information:

"Here are important bases of the Sea Snake Race. Some bases have multiple Celestial Immortals stationed, while others have Teleportation Arrays directly to Snake Castle, allowing immediate reinforcement. Please compare with the map and avoid these areas."

"Thank you, Brother Ao Ying."

"You’re welcome."

After closing the communication, Su Yu instructed Ao Run to keep an eye on the progress of the arena, and he set off alone, leaving Dragon Castle and flying south.

Four days later, he silently appeared near an important outpost over two hundred million kilometers away from Dragon Castle, belonging to the Sea Snake Race.

According to the information, this outpost is perennially guarded by a Demonic Immortal of the Sea Snake Race.

This outpost is crucial because there is a giant Xuanming Cold Iron mineral vein underground. This spirit ore is only of fourth-grade lower quality and is the main material for crafting elite demon soldier weapons and armor.

Normally, there are many materials for forging standard weapons and armor, such as Xuanming Cold Iron, Shoushan Red Copper, Solar Pure Iron, or Star God Iron. The choice mainly depends on which material has higher output.

The yield of this giant Xuanming Cold Iron mine is very high, so it was chosen as the main material by the Sea Snake Race.

For the Dragon Race’s elite navy, the main material for standard weapons and armor is Star God Iron. If the Dragon Race can take this key mine, they will undoubtedly choose Xuanming Cold Iron as their main material.

Such an important location logically needs a large army and more than one Celestial Immortal for defense.

The reason why there is actually only one Demonic Immortal stationed is because this outpost is located very close to the important Immortal City of the Sea Snake Race, Youchao City, less than ten million kilometers away.

Youchao City is the nearest sea-based Immortal City to Dragon Castle, located between Dragon Castle and Snake Castle, serving as a forward base and a core hub for operations between the Sea Snake Race and the Dragon Race. It constantly hosts one Profound Immortal and several True Immortals, with dozens of Celestial Immortals stationed there.