Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 278 - 188: Grotto Heaven Mutation, Celestial Demon from Beyond
Seven Loose Immortals along with six thousand guild elites broke into the secret realm. In less than fifteen minutes, someone came out to report:
"The enemy has retreated to defend the Five Elements Peak mountain gate. We have already besieged the mountain gate."
Su Yu was quite surprised:
"So fast?"
"Didn’t they guard the entrance?"
"No, they have already withdrawn everyone to the mountain gate."
"Then wait outside the mountain gate for the main force."
Su Yu turned his head and ordered more large groups to enter the Grotto Heaven, spending two days deploying a total of thirty teams, nearly a hundred thousand people in total.
Chu Xinyue was left to guard the outside, while all the other guild senior members entered the Grotto Heaven.
Among them were his second brother and sister-in-law, as well as the three Loose Immortal experts including Xiao Qingchan, presiding over this operation.
In front of the grand mountain gate, the five enormous peaks were still standing, yet they were surrounded by a thick barrier of spiritual light, with a giant upside-down light bowl enveloping the vast Five Elements Sect within.
Both the Five Elements Zhenren and the Five Spirit Elders were present, alongside more than twenty ordinary elders or disciples over level one hundred, with nearly ten thousand disciples under level one hundred.
For a sect, having only this many people was definitely its lowest point. Without the Sect Defense Array, they would surely be unable to withstand the onslaught of the Thousand Star Hall.
Su Yu, surrounded by the crowd, approached the great formation. Inside the formation, the Five Elements Zhenren flew over. The two faced each other across a barrier of light. The Five Elements Zhenren’s expression was gentle, exuding an air of immortality and virtue, with a demeanor of a righteous and noble figure, not displaying any anger or other emotions due to their attack, speaking in the same gentle tone as always:
"This Five Elements Rotation Formation was built by the founder of our sect. The cycle of the five elements is eternal, with endless vitality, and supplied by the spiritual power of the entire Grotto Heaven. No matter how many of you there are, even ten times more, you won’t break it."
His appearance, temperament, and voice all made him look like an enlightened saint, making them seem like the villains.
But whether it was an illusion or a sixth sense, Su Yu felt something was wrong.
Too fake.
Not only him, but his second brother, sister-in-law, and those like Qingchan with high innate sixth senses all felt something was amiss.
At this moment, the Five Elements Daoist changed his tone, saying:
"I understand your concerns about our sect. Thus, it would be better for you to withdraw, and our sect will seal itself within the Grotto Heaven again, not troubling the world, not affecting you."
Su Yu smiled:
"The sect leader is truly magnanimous, truly possessing the demeanor of a religious leader. If possible, we wouldn’t want to resort to arms, but unfortunately, we need this Grotto Heaven, which you surely won’t relinquish."
Still unfazed, the Five Elements Zhenren patiently said:
"I understand your intentions. I have a proposal for you to consider. I can accept you as a disciple, making you my junior brother, granting you the sect’s true teachings immediately upon entry. Once you establish your Dao Foundation, I will step down and support you in becoming the sect leader of our Five Elements Sect."
"Upon taking charge of our sect, all disciples will be at your command, and naturally, this Grotto Heaven will be yours. What do you think?"
Hearing this, many were shocked, with some within the guild feeling tempted:
"President, directly replacing them like this would be better than....."
"I don’t agree!"
It was several elders from the Five Elements Sect speaking, with the fiery-tempered Fire Spirit Elder loudly proclaiming on the spot:
"Our Five Elements Sect is a renowned righteous sect, how can we yield to threats and hand it over to villains? Sect leader, I....."
Before finishing, the Five Elements Zhenren raised a hand, and the Fire Spirit Elder’s voice of opposition was abruptly silenced.
Su Yu immediately looked over, seeing the lingering struggle, anger, and fear on the Fire Spirit Elder’s face vanish, replaced by calm.
He quickly turned his gaze to the other elders, finding them all calm, as if the prior anger and rebuttals hadn’t happened.
"There’s definitely something wrong."
This scene further solidified Su Yu’s determination.
The strange shift in attitude, combined with an inexplicable sixth sense, led him to conclude that there was definitely something wrong with the Five Elements Zhenren, and no legitimate sect leader would be so insincere at this point, trying to bargain even with the enemy at their gate.
He raised his hand to stop others from persuading further and loudly declared:
"No need to say more, I won’t change my decision."
Seeing his firm resolve, the Five Elements Zhenren’s eyes lowered, a trace of blackness rising, his pupils turning pitch-black. The extraordinary and noble demeanor he maintained all along finally began to change. His robes billowed without wind, his white hair fluttered, and his entire being slowly rose.
"How truly detestable!"
An extremely icy cold voice, differing from the previous gentleness, echoed in everyone’s ears:
"How much better it would have been to just cooperate obediently, but you so insist on seeking death!"
The Five Elements Zhenren spread his arms and arched his chest. A substantial black aura exploded around him as its center. Around him, over ten thousand disciples of the Five Elements Sect stopped abruptly, their bodies shattering into pieces, transforming into a darkened blood light that flew toward the Five Elements Zhenren.
In the blink of an eye, over ten thousand disciples of the Five Elements Sect were dead, leaving only a dozen or so disciples above level one hundred struggling to hold on.
The Gold Element Elder pressed his hand against his chest, unable to stop the blood seeping from his body, staining his palm red. His confused face revealed a look of sudden enlightenment and a hint of relief:
"The cycle of reincarnation is finally over."
As soon as the words fell, the body shattered, transforming into a thick blood light that flew toward the Five Elements Zhenren. Together with other blood lights, they all merged into his body, causing the aura of the Five Elements Zhenren to swell rapidly, and his level crazily increased.
In less than thirty seconds, from the elders to the disciples, the entire Five Elements Sect was annihilated, their Qi and Blood all integrated into the Five Elements Zhenren...
No, now he should not be called Five Elements Zhenren, he should be called Celestial Demon.
Five Elements Zhenren/Celestial Demon (Legendary): Demon King, Level 199, Sect Leader of the Five Elements Sect, Avatar of Celestial Demon.
Attributes: Qi and Blood 24 million, Mana 3 million, Attack Power 300,000, Speed 8000 km/hour.
Demonic Magic: The Heart Sutra of Supreme Celestial Demon (Supreme), Great and Small Twelve Celestial Secret Demon Skill (Supreme), Supreme Heart Demon Curse, Demon Transformation Hundred Changes Skill, Celestial Demon Fracture Skill, Celestial Demon Soul Capturing Dance, All-Heaven Demon Infiltration Skill, Demon Embryo Parasitism Technique, Celestial Demon Escape Skill.
Five Elements Techniques: Five Elements Scripture (Mysterious), Five Elements Thunder Skill, Five Elements Escape Skill, Five Elements Forbidden Skill, Little Five Elements Wheel of Reincarnation Divine Light Ban (Sect Seal), Five Elements Divine Gang.
"So it is."
Everyone gasped together, second sister-in-law Meng Siyi said with an enlightened face:
"I wondered how the Five Elements Sect could remain secluded here for hundreds of thousands of years without perishing, I felt something was amiss, it turns out it was already destroyed."
"Eradicated by a Celestial Demon."
"Judging by the level, it should be that the Five Elements Sect’s former Sect Head, Five Elements Zhenren, failed in the Earth Immortal Tribulation, and was taken over by the Celestial Demon. To prevent the demon from harming more lives, he sealed himself within the Grotto Heaven."
"These sect members were actually the former members of the Five Elements Sect, the demon, bored after being trapped in the Grotto Heaven for hundreds of thousands of years, used his demonic technique to reshape the True Spirit consumed, recreating the Five Elements Sect. But in reality, the Five Elements Sect was already extinct."
Inside the Five Elements Sect gate, after absorbing all the blood food and souls, the Celestial Demon looked furious:
"Just a bit more."
After reclaiming all the demon seeds, his power had reached the peak below Earth Immortal, just a step away from advancing to Earth Immortal.
But this step was like a chasm.
Back then the Five Elements Zhenren sealed the Grotto Heaven, a place void of any life, without enough blood food and souls for the Celestial Demon to progress further.
His original plan was to continue masquerading as the Five Elements Sect, then open the mountain gate to recruit disciples. Once the disciples grew up, he would devour them, gaining continuously absorbing sources of blood food and souls, eventually crossing this step over time.
Moreover, if the sect developed well, absorbing millions or even tens of millions of blood food, achieving a supreme celestial demon comparable to an immortal could be possible.
But Su Yu and others saw through the plan, giving him no chance at all.
Seeing his cover blown, the Celestial Demon had to reveal his true form.
"You all should die!"
The demon swung his big sleeves, shot up into the sky, directly breaking out from the Five Elements Sect Defense Array, and pointed a finger, sending tens of thousands of black lights shooting out:
"Supreme Heart Demon Curse!"
The black lights ignored the array, penetrating the defense treasure directly into the nearby cultivators’ bodies, leaving a black skull shadow on everyone’s face, showing a look of pain.
Su Huan immediately shouted:
"Those hit, stay where you are. Those not hit, immediately keep distance from those hit, form the array waiting." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
"Roar!"
Just as Su Huan finished speaking, the tens of thousands hit by the curse lost the clarity in their eyes, directly controlled by the Supreme Heart Demon Curse, each summoning their treasures and rushing towards them.
"You can’t escape, you will all die here."
The Celestial Demon soared into the sky, hovering in mid-air, baring fangs and claws, laughing wildly, countless demonic lights flying everywhere like missiles blasting in every direction.
Su Yu’s heart stirred, he loudly commanded:
"Everyone in position, kill those under the Heart Demon curse. I’ll hold him back."
"Those who die in battle will receive 100 gold compensation afterward."
With a thought, the Dragon Power activated, an immense indescribable force surged from his body, causing him to let out a low growl.
The earth-shattering dragon roar interrupted the Celestial Demon’s arrogance, as he snapped his head back, his jet-black pupils showing a hint of surprise, hastily turning around and preparing for confrontation.
The Red Dragon revealed its form, the first attack was not aimed at the Celestial Demon, but turned around, wielding Dragon Breath to instantly annihilate the tens of thousands members controlled by the curse.
The Celestial Demon was stunned, then furious, roared and reached out grabbing, those not dead exploded into pieces like the previous Five Elements Sect members, their flesh and souls extracted, turning into blood light rushing towards the demon.
But Su Yu acted early, one wave of Dragon Breath directly wiped out ninety percent, the remaining ones absorbed into the body, the Celestial Demon’s level did not change, but the maximum Qi and Blood and Mana increased by tens of thousands each.
The Red Dragon turned its head, the demon’s figure flickered and became countless black lights disappearing, the Red Dragon’s head swiftly turned toward a direction a thousand miles away, opening its mouth to launch a purple lightning with a diameter of several meters, bursting the void, as a shadow rose into the sky.
"Don’t think I can’t deal with you."
The shadow surged to tens of thousands of meters high in blink, forming into a human shape, both hands waving continuously, countless demonic lights exploding, and black demonic Qi like tides rushing to all directions, covering half of the Grotto Heaven instantly.
"Great and Small Twelve Celestial Secret Demon Skill: Sea of Blood Technique!"
The sky changed from black to red, becoming blood-red, instantly resembling a Sea of Blood, with waves surging, from which humanoid outlines rose transforming into countless Blood Demon skulls and Blood God Child, plummeting like meteors.
The Red Dragon centered its mind, raised its head and let out a long roar:
"I’ll hold him, Qingchan, use the Nine Heavens Capital Seal Sealing Talisman to seal him."
