Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 214 - 125: Hundred-eyed Demon Spider

The Jade Sinking Ship emerged from Feixing City and plunged into the Red Tide.

By this time, numerous teams had already come out, having largely hunted down the Red Tide Essences in the vicinity. The two charged deep into the Red Tide, sprinting over a hundred kilometers before slowing down, summoning their magic artifacts to start hunting monsters.

First, summon Ao Run, who spat a blast of Meridian Cold Tide, freezing an area.

As her level rose, her power over the Cold Tide grew ever stronger.

Su Yu wielded the Wind and Fire Fan, swinging it fiercely, releasing a series of fire thunders that exploded, and occasionally conjured a Red Copper North Pole Immortal Thunder to strike in tandem, increasing their efficiency.

Luo Qingchan, as always, wielded two Immortal Swords that darted back and forth, effortlessly slicing the Red Tide Essences in half.

They didn’t stay in one spot, shifting locations every so often after each monster hunt.

The Red Tide Essences here were all level eighty and above, intermittently mixed with ordinary essences over level one hundred, akin to level one hundred experience monsters—having a higher level but negligible strength, merely requiring a few more sword strokes compared to those below level one hundred.

It’s worth mentioning that as Su Yu’s Qi Refining Heart Skill level increased, the gap between him and the level one hundred experience monsters diminished, reducing the experience from killing them significantly, and adding nothing to his Dao practice.

There’s no way around it, cultivation advancement inevitably leads to this, and it’s not like he could refrain from advancing because of Dao practice.

Fortunately, it was now the third day of the Red Tide, already reaching its peak phase. Not only were the Red Tide Essences’ levels rising, but the number of BOSSes was also increasing.

In less than ten minutes of hunting in this area, they encountered a Sea Serpent Essence of level 135 swimming over, noticed by two other leveling teams. However, neither their reactions nor their speed matched Luo Qingchan’s, allowing her to snatch it with ease as her dual swords encircled and captured it.

Su Yu activated the Wind and Fire Fan, assisting Ao Run in repelling the endless wave of Red Tide Essences, while Luo Qingchan, solo and wielding dual swords, firmly suppressed this minor BOSS.

Repeated over and over, every ten to twenty minutes, they would encounter a BOSS, leading to an incredibly satisfying hunt.

"Boom!"

An intangible wave, akin to a tide, swept across the Jade Sinking Ship, causing it to bob up and down as if amidst the ocean.

Rumbling sounds echoed incessantly, stretching over a hundred kilometers towards them.

"Too intense!"

The siege on Feixing City by two Super BOSSes hadn’t ended yet, with a dull crashing sound every few seconds. The aftershocks pierced through over a hundred kilometers, hinting at the terrifying power in the battle’s epicenter.

It was an explosion that even Tier Seven Defense Treasures couldn’t withstand.

Indeed, Tier Seven Defense Treasures couldn’t withstand it.

With defense power only around 200,000 to 300,000, typically reducing damage by 30%, interrupted attacks could be repelled by continuously infusing the treasure with sufficient mana to repair defenses, cumulatively blocking millions or even tens of millions of attacks.

But the Super BOSSes’ attack power exceeded a million, their burst capability surpassing the defense limit of the treasures instantly, one hit shattering them outright.

Comparatively, the overseas Divine Birds and Sea Serpent King encountered earlier were mere appetizers, not in the same league as these two Super BOSSes.

"I’m not even a Loose Immortal, and I keep encountering these Super BOSSes. It’s really making me swell with pride."

Su Yu grinned; pride aside, it was indeed truly thrilling.

Neither of them entertained any thoughts about challenging those two Super BOSSes; the gap in power was too vast, with even their aftershocks capable of obliterating them.

They only hoped to encounter more minor BOSSes to hunt, accumulating essences and Dao practice in the process.

"There’s a level 156 Elite BOSS five and a half points in the south of the city; a team is needed to form an alliance."

Someone suddenly broadcast messages indiscriminately to the surroundings.

The limited transmission range indicated proximity; they exchanged glances and propelled the Jade Sinking Ship towards the location.

But upon arrival, they found the spot already taken, with two teams combining forces to hunt a giant sea eel.

"Sorry, we’re full."

The Jade Sinking Ship turned around immediately, relocating to continue hunting monsters.

About five or six minutes later, they received another invitation in the nearby area to team up for a BOSS hunt, swiftly joining forces with that team to take down a level 140 Vortex Turtle Essence.

"Not bad!"

Though the spoils weren’t great, the BOSS provided Dao practice, which sufficed.

They spent the rest of the day wandering outside the city, seeking BOSSes and gradually defeated over a dozen, some split between themselves, some in collaboration with others, cumulatively amassing 820 Dao practice points.

Meanwhile, the combat near Feixing City intensified.

But what turned fierce involved numerous players and other minor and major BOSS essences, the two Super BOSSes were firmly contained by the Earth Immortal and the two Celestial Star Divine Generals, neither side gaining an upper hand.

Su Yu learned through player chat in the regional channel that the two Super BOSSes possessed immense health, unmatched defense, and incredibly exaggerated health recovery, regenerating over two million Qi and Blood per second, rendering them undefeatable.

This kind of health and recovery forced Su Yu to abandon the thought of transforming into a true dragon.

Even if his dragon transformation used a mythical model, the level difference of 50-60 levels likely meant he could not match either of these two Super BOSSes.

If it were a case of mutual destruction, an opportunity might arise to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Yet, the battle endured for over a dozen hours with both sides at full health—there was nothing to gain.

"No way!"

There were less than ten hours left until the end of the third day of the Red Tide, and Su Yu had given up on other plans, prepared to honestly farm some more, hopefully a few big BOSSES.

At some point, he heard someone nearby transmitting a message:

"Is anyone available at five o’clock south of the city? We’ve discovered a level 135 Unparalleled template high-level BOSS here, and it’s tough to handle."

Su Yu glanced at the small map to check his position and then looked back at Luo Qingchan. She immediately urged the Jade Sinking Ship to turn and fly in that direction.

When they arrived, they saw a team of twenty-two people at a loss outside a giant three-dimensional spider web that stretched dozens of kilometers.

Su Yu looked at the web and saw a dark spider shadow flickering in and out of the void, continually spraying silk to fix it in the void, expanding the web. The BOSS drilled into the three-dimensional void spider web, and to attack it, they had to enter the web.

Moreover, this BOSS could be invisible and flicker within the web, mysterious and unpredictable, occasionally spitting out hundreds of magical lights. As they arrived, they witnessed someone being killed by demonic light, both man and treasure.

"Hundred-eyed Demon Spider!"

This was indeed a big guy, not very high in level, but an Unparalleled template.

He immediately shouted to the two groups:

"Why don’t you use fire to burn away the web?"

"It can’t be burned; this thing is hard to destroy even with fire, thunder, or sword slashes."

Su Yu was somewhat skeptical, urged the Wind and Fire Fan, and blasted a series of fire and thunder strikes into the web. After a series of crackling explosions, the web remained unmoved.

He reversed his hand and sent sharp wind blades slashing at the web; the wind blades shattered without cutting through the spider silk.

"So strong?"

Unwilling to give up, he reached out, gathered two Sword Qis, and slashed them out. The Sword Qi created a slit in the arm-thick spider silk, and it was only after circling the silk with the Sword Qi that it was barely cut.

"Such strong defense!"

The Sword Qi was even fused with Geng Metal Sword Fiend, with Sword Qi sharpness +2000, yet it couldn’t cut through directly.

At this point, Luo Qingchan had already wielded two Tier Nine Flying Swords. The sword light pierced the web, slicing a section of the spider silk.

"These two are strong!"

After their arrival, the small team withdrew to the side and stopped acting.

"Strong indeed, the beams this BOSS fires are tricky. Let them deplete the BOSS’s HP for a while, and then we step in."

"Makes sense, we can reap the benefits when the time comes."

At that moment, Su Yu and Luo Qingchan didn’t notice them, because as Luo Qingchan pointed, the two Tier Nine Flying Swords separated, slicing through the spider silk fixed in the void along the way. The huge three-dimensional maze-like web began to collapse, exposing the Hundred-eyed Demon Spider BOSS, drawing all their attention.

It was a massive spider, entirely pitch-black, sprawling in the web, over a hundred meters from head to tail, its body as hard as iron, with spider legs like steel columns covered in spiked steel hairs.

The giant spider’s head was covered with eyes, and upon revealing itself, all the eyes shone brightly, and hundreds of different colored beams shot through the sky.

The two were filled with dread, their spirits fully alert.

A hundred beams of demonic light instantly struck the Jade Sinking Ship; some were blocked by the light screen, but a few penetrated, hitting Luo Qingchan. Most of the beams were blocked by her Protective Treasure, but two ignored it and hit her, freezing her in place, her fair face turning an ashen color.

The Hundred-eyed Demon Spider flickered and disappeared, reappearing less than a hundred meters from them, with a hundred eyes on its head firing another volley of beams.

Su Yu instantly flew in front of Luo Qingchan, knowing she’d been hit. He decisively activated the Cyan Cloud Cover’s Cloud Protection, boosting defense fivefold to 400,000.

The next second, dozens of beams struck the Cyan Cloud Cover, twisting it violently. All the magical lights were blocked, and the Magical Treasure’s defense instantly dropped by 140,000.

"What terrifying output!"

Without activating Cloud Protection, one wave would have broken through the Cyan Cloud Cover’s defense.

Luo Qingchan’s Protective Treasure was at least Tier Eight or Nine, yet it couldn’t block all the demonic light. The value of the "Immune to All Skill" was rising.

Seeing this, Su Yu was more determined to find a way to upgrade the Cyan Cloud Cover. Its characteristics were immensely useful.

The Hundred-eyed Demon Spider opened its mouth, spitting out a burst of white light that turned into a web, trapping the Jade Sinking Ship, dragging it towards itself like a fishing net.

Ao Run immediately rushed up, spitting out a mouthful of Meridian Cold Tide.

The Hundred-eyed Demon Spider flickered and disappeared, hundreds of beams raining down on Ao Run, who shrieked and fell rigidly. The demonic spider spat a white light, transforming into a web to bind Ao Run.

Seizing the opportunity, Su Yu condensed a mass of Red Copper North Pole Divine Thunder and detonated it. The BOSS remained unmoved, but its many eyes turned and blasted again.

Just like before, it was again blocked, but in less than two seconds, the BOSS had already dragged the Jade Sinking Ship to its face, and Luo Qingchan still hadn’t woken up.

She was just wealthy, with powerful treasures. Her cultivation was only slightly stronger than Su Yu’s, with low resistance to certain special Demon Skills.

The Hundred-eyed Demon Spider dragged the web to its front like a fishing net, opening its sharp mandibles to bite down. The fangs bit into the Jade Sinking Ship, rapidly decreasing its defense.

Fortunately, this was a high-level Flying Ship with very high defense, preventing it from being broken open for now.