Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 305 - 215: Counterkill, Immortal Banner Refines Demons
Within the Grotto Heaven, Su Yu unleashed a Sword Intent to directly block the strike from the Yin-Yang Mirror, then immediately activated the Great Divine Skill of Sky Splitting and slashed down, forcibly tearing open the Yin-Yang Millstone Formation set by the Yin-Yang Fiends.
"Not good!"
Lu Sheng was taken aback, and immediately communicated with the twelve Yin-Yang Fiends within, who swung great banners, raising a black light that formed a barrier to protect all the fiends.
This was a Tier Seven Yin-Yang Slaying Immortal Banner, which combined could set up the Yin-Yang Slaying Immortal Formation. When the Yin-Yang Millstone Formation was broken, this could come into play, buying at least some time.
However, at this moment, Su Yu had already condensed a blast of Innate Water Thunder. Accompanied by a deafening explosion, a violent cold surge erupted, instantly sweeping away all the defenses on the twenty-four Yin-Yang Fiends and Lu Sheng.
Then the Purple and Cyan Twin Swords split, with one sword attacking the twenty-four Yin-Yang Fiends, and the other slashing towards Lu Sheng.
The attack speed of one hundred thousand was beyond the reaction of Lu Sheng and the Yin-Yang Fiends; before they could even react, the sword light had already arrived.
The terrifying strike carrying Sword Intent directly tore through the Yin aspect demon bodies or Yang aspect Dharma bodies of the Yin-Yang Fiends, circled with a speed faster than light, and ground a Yin-Yang Fiend into pieces, collapsing into Yin-Yang energy.
It instantly killed two, and only then did Lu Sheng react. With a thought, all the Yin-Yang Fiends scattered, their bodies switching from corporeal to incorporeal swiftly.
Corporeal meant having a flesh body, while incorporeal meant turning into void, just like the void status of the Celestial Ghost Transformation, allowing them to reduce 99% of physical attacks, rendering nearly all flying sword attacks in the world useless.
But unfortunately, they met Su Yu, a freak who had grasped the True Sword Intent during the Foundation Establishment stage, enabling the enchanted flying swords to ignore the incorporeal state.
Barely visible, streaks of sword light flashed in the air, and three Yin-Yang Fiends in incorporeal and void state collapsed into Yin-Yang energy and disappeared.
Meanwhile, the Purple Thunder Sword had reached Lu Sheng’s eyes. Its speed was beyond his sensory limits, and before he could react, the protective aura vibrated violently, and the defense plummeted to the limit in the blink of an eye.
"Bang!"
The sword light flashed, and the protective aura shattered.
A layer of cyan light emerged and extinguished on the Magical Robe instantly.
In a blink, Lu Sheng lost all his defenses, exposed naked under the sword light, sending a chill over his body, but an even deeper chill into his heart.
"How can the attack power be this strong?"
In this moment, a strong premonition surged in his heart that he was about to lose.
"No, I can’t lose, I shouldn’t lose, I have the Yin-Yang Mirror."
He turned the Yin-Yang Mirror in his hand towards Su Yu, yet before it could activate, a sharp sword flash flickered in his eyes, followed by a crisp sound, and the Yin-Yang Mirror was knocked askew, causing the white light to shoot off to who knows where.
Unsuccessful with the strike, Lu Sheng stretched out his hand to grab and activated the Five Demon Seals in the air. The demon seals disintegrated, turning into five massive demon body avatars that pounced down.
Su Yu immediately summoned the Wind God’s Order, sending out five divine winds to bind the five demons.
Looking back, he saw Lu Sheng spitting out a stream of essence, making rapid hand seals, and demonic qi gushed from his body while a massive Demon God head loomed behind him.
However, before the Demon God could take shape, a flash of sword light made his head lurch back, blood covering his face.
"Submit obediently!"
Su Yu’s sheer strength was far superior to Lu Sheng’s. It was just initially that he suffered because he hadn’t anticipated the absurd power of that Yin-Yang Mirror.
After all, with the Cyan Cloud Cover, he had been Immune to All Skill thus far, and had never imagined that this mirror could bypass his treasures, pinning him along with them, with his Immune to All Skill failing to trigger, putting him in a vulnerable position from the start.
But with his strength, he could only suffer such a loss once, not a second time.
The Purple Thunder Sword kept a firm hold on Lu Sheng, poised to interrupt any of his actions, while the Cyan Gang Sword swept across all directions, slaying one Yin-Yang Fiend after another.
These Yin-Yang Fiends matched Lu Sheng in strength, excelling in their ability to switch freely between corporeal and incorporeal forms, wielding most of their Daoist arts, armoring themselves with treasures, and uniting to form the Yin-Yang Millstone Formation, combining their defenses.
While they couldn’t replicate twenty-four Lu Shengs, they could serve as twenty-four diminished versions of him with no issues.
Normally, even if the formation was breached, the survival ability of the Yin-Yang Fiends with their corporeal/incorporeal switches was still very strong.
However, they couldn’t withstand Su Yu’s overwhelming might. Thirteen thousand base attack speed combined with True Sword Intent was simply a blood-chilling counter to the fiends, slaughtering them as easily as chickens, one sword for each.
As he successively slaughtered the Yin-Yang Fiends supporting the Nine Heavens Immortal Pendent, the others were unable to hold this treasure, and the pendent began to descend slowly.
"Boom!"
When the sixth Yin-Yang Fiend supporting the pendent was vanquished, the others could no longer sustain it, causing the pendent to crash down heavily, suppressing all remaining Yin-Yang Fiends, absorbing them into the pendent.
It’s worth mentioning that the Yin-Yang Fiends he defeated weren’t completely dead, since their True Spirits were in Lu Sheng’s hands; with time after the battle, they could be swiftly reforged using Yin-Yang energy.
To truly kill them, one must refine Lu Sheng’s Yin-Yang Fiend True Spirits alongside them.
Pointing with a finger, Su Yu summoned the Wind God’s Order to bind Lu Sheng, then knocked him into the open gate of the immortal pendent with a pat from the flying sword.
"Bang!"
The grand gate of the immortal pendent closed, the massive immortal pendent shone with immortal light, and Su Yu leaped to its top, slapping it with his palm. The surface of the pendent lit up, igniting with immortal fire.
"Is this the end?"
The audience was silent.
The battleground had deviated entirely from their expectations; at first, Lu Sheng had the upper hand, with Su Yu defenseless, leading most of the audience to believe the outcome was decided.
But unexpectedly, Su Yu seized that fleeting opportunity to counterattack, immediately rendering Lu Sheng powerless to resist.
A sheer obliteration, leaving no room for resistance, the disparity was far beyond everyone’s expectations.
"Oh my, how did Lu Sheng become so weak all of a sudden?"
"If not for that Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror, wouldn’t he have been eliminated right at the start?"
In contrast to the loud discussions among the audience, the contestants’ area was much quieter.
They were more powerful and could perceive more. Su Yu’s explosive force the moment he broke free was completely beyond their expectations, almost at a monstrous level.
The true disciples glanced at each other, finally looking towards Chi Jianxin.
This sword-bearer of the Nine Heavens Sword Sect quickly waved his hand and said:
"Don’t look at me. I don’t possess such an explosive power."
Wan Yu looked doubtful and said:
"Are you sure? Not even with the Twin Sword Fusion?"
Chi Jianxin shrugged and said:
"The Twin Sword Fusion indeed works, but do you see him using the Twin Sword Fusion here?"
"Uh... indeed!"
The scene fell silent again, each person with their own thoughts, some curious, some shocked, and some delighted.
In the immortal barrier, Lu Sheng stood in the air, with the remaining nine Yin-Yang Demonic Heads circling him, continuously spewing demonic fire to resist the incoming celestial fire from all directions.
After initial panic, Lu Sheng regained his composure and said loudly:
"Your strength is formidable; I am not as skilled, and I admit defeat willingly!"
"I am willing to offer an additional one hundred thousand gold and a Tier Eight treasure, apart from the ten thousand gold and Tier Eight treasure wagered in the duel, to buy my life."
Su Yu appeared slowly from the celestial fire and said in a deep voice:
"I don’t want those; I only want that treasure mirror in your hand."
Lu Sheng’s face changed, and he shook his head, saying: 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
"This treasure mirror was bestowed by the sect; I cannot give it to you."
Su Yu also shook his head and said:
"I only need this treasure mirror."
After the battle, Su Yu realized this Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror was no ordinary treasure. Its power was so incredible that it could at least match his Nine-Ringed Immortal Barrier, possibly a precious or rare treasure of the same level.
If Lu Sheng were truly willing to give up the treasure, Su Yu would let him go.
However, Lu Sheng firmly refused, saying:
"This is the sect’s treasure; I have no right to give it to you. But I am willing to offer two hundred thousand gold and two Tier Eight treasures to buy my life."
Su Yu chuckled softly, waved his hand, and said:
"Forget it, I’ll take it myself."
His figure faded and disappeared, while celestial fire surged and engulfed them.
Lu Sheng immediately mobilized his mana and joined forces with the nine Yin-Yang Demonic Heads to set up a scaled-down formation to resist the invading celestial fire.
Su Yu remained hidden in the celestial fire, doing nothing else but quietly watching as the endless celestial fire confined them within the immortal barrier and kept burning, along with the remaining seventy-six Flame Generals who were hidden in the celestial fire, continuously unleashing Binghuo Divine Thunder.
The nine Yin-Yang Demonic Heads could not withstand for long; in just twelve seconds, all the demonic fire was burned out.
Then, unexpectedly, Lu Sheng died the fastest. His treasures, magical robe, and protective barrier were completely broken, and before the nine Yin-Yang Demonic Heads were even defeated, he was already burned to death by the celestial fire.
The remaining Yin-Yang Demonic Heads held on for only a few more seconds before they too were incinerated to nothingness by the celestial fire.
Inside the immortal barrier was empty, but Su Yu did not put away his treasure and instead waited silently.
Half an hour later, a stream of light gathered inside the immortal barrier, taking the shape of Lu Sheng.
Upon resurrecting once, Lu Sheng looked at the 50-year lifespan loss from his last death and the terrifying year-long DEBUFF, showing a trace of terror on his face as he shouted loudly:
"I’m willing to offer three hundred thousand gold and a Tier Nine treasure, please spare my life."
Su Yu did not respond and waved his hand as celestial fire surged again.
Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and soared upwards, only to crash into the dark golden barrier a few seconds later, taking out the Five Demon Seals and smashing them down hard, producing a muffled sound as the seals ricocheted off.
Failing with one strike, he wandered along the barrier, seemingly looking for an exit.
However, the barrier formed its own space. After being repaired and reforged, the internal space had a diameter of over a hundred miles, with celestial fire obstructing vision. In such a vast space, finding the door was not easy.
Yet, Lu Sheng’s luck was quite good, perhaps because geniuses are favored by fortune; after some reckless flying, he flew straight towards the door of the immortal barrier.
Su Yu tilted his head slightly and summoned the Nine Heavens Thunder Hammer to begin charging.
Ten seconds later, a Nine Heavens Thunder Strike erupted, with a terrifying power of 480,000 breaking through the protective barrier, instantly killing him.
Although he died inside the immortal barrier, it wasn’t due to celestial fire, so this death only resulted in a 5-year lifespan loss, not the 50-year loss of the previous time.
But that was not a big issue, since he was trapped inside the Nine-Ringed Immortal Barrier and couldn’t escape.
If the immortal barrier had a limitation, real disciples from various sects must have a true spirit imprint left in the sect, making it impossible to be completely trapped inside. At most, killing them once would allow them to choose resurrection in the sect. But now that contracts are signed, the power of the Heavenly Dao Oath takes priority, and death only results in resurrection within the immortal barrier.
