Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 53 - 25: Seduction and Ambush_2

"Oh no!"

He was startled, instinctively reached out and slapped his chest, causing his Magical Robe to emit a glow.

Generally, a single defensive Magical Treasure and protective qi shield cannot coexist, but they can coexist with the defenses attached to a Magical Robe and other equipment, and also with range-based defensive Magical Treasures.

The moment the Magical Robe lit up, before he even had the chance to activate another Magical Treasure, the Frostfire was already flying back around him in a loop. The defense Treasure Light shattered, but the sword light was deflected by the Magical Robe.

"So strong!"

With a wave of the black banner in his hand, he summoned back the flying skull, which opened its mouth for a fierce suction, exerting a powerful gravitational pull to draw the Frostfire towards the skull’s mouth.

At the same time, the remaining two saw their teammate in danger and quickly provided support. A treasure mirror shone to immobilize once again, followed by the toss of a red jade ruler which expanded with flames. A Fire Flood Dragon, over ten meters long, soared out and bit down on the immobilized Su Yu.

The other person raised a fiery saber, sprayed a mouthful of energy onto it, and tossed the Magical Treasure into the air, which quickly expanded into a ten-meter flaming saber above Su Yu’s head. The blade gathered immense fiery energy, forming streams of five-foot-long Fiery Flame Saber Gangs that came crashing down.

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All seventeen Fiery Flame Saber Gangs struck without missing a beat, splitting the protective qi shield open on the spot. The Black Water Profound Pearl glowed automatically, forming a shield to block the bite of the Fire Flood Dragon.

Su Yu remained expressionless, completely ignoring the siege right in front of him, communicating with the Frostfire through his mind. His sword finger pointed, and the Frostfire trembled, breaking free from the suction, slipping past the skull’s mouth.

A few quick sword slashes broke through the defense of the Magical Robe, but were quickly blocked again by the re-activated protective qi shield, prompting him to mutter:

"Such a turtle shell!"

Defensive Magical Treasure, Magical Robe, protective qi shield derived from Qi Refining Heart Skill, ninety-nine percent basic player setup, including himself.

This meant that unless the power gap was too large, it was extremely difficult to kill due to insufficient output.

But fortunately, at this moment, Su Yu’s output was sufficiently powerful. While others needed to slash sword by sword, his exquisite Swordsmanship could deliver eight segments of damage with one strike, delivering a burst far beyond his cultivation level.

Again, a few more swift sword slashes chased after, the sword light stuck to his opponent like maggots on bones, and within seconds, three to four dozen segments of damage tore open the protective qi shield. The Frostfire spiraled around the neck, severing a good head from its body.

In just seven or eight seconds, he finished two consecutively, leaving the remaining two somewhat panicked, and they simultaneously turned around to escape.

"Damn it, this guy is fierce, let’s retreat first."

"Now you want to run? Too late."

The Frostfire shot into the sky, wrapped around the fiery saber trying to return, causing a series of clanging sounds as the blade shook violently, large streams of flames being sliced away.

"Dang!"

A familiar bell sound resonated from afar, followed by a voice transmitting to Su Yu’s ear:

"Li Yingshen is here, get ready to retreat!"

Su Yu paused slightly, channeling his mana to intensify the attack.

"Holy shit!"

Wang Qing was the first to sense the sudden intermittent severing of the connection between his Magical Treasure and his own mind, as if it was going to break the connection at any moment. He quickly stopped to focus and retrieve the Magical Treasure.

This halt allowed Frostfire to abandon the fiery saber and leap forward.

"The mighty river flows eastward!"

Seizing the moment his opponent paused, Su Yu decisively unleashed his special move, consuming thirty percent of his mana in one breath. His sword light surged with a critical strike that sent Wang Qing flying, piercing through with chaotic clouds and eight Sword shadow strikes. Then another blast of Purple Essence Qi Strength hit and knocked down the Protective Treasure.

Finally, Frostfire looped around to slice open the low-grade Magical Robe, and Wang Qing’s body fell in three segments.

The burst exploded in less than a second, leaving no time to raise the protective qi shield.

The last person already ran far, and Su Yu did not pursue, first retrieving the loot light spheres, then swallowing a Top-grade Spirit Recovery Elixir, and turned to flee.

Looking back, he could already see the two Taiyi Cyan Spirit Ships from the Frostfire Guild in the distance, Li Yingshen was coming.

Looking at the other side, the others were already retreating, with Frostfire Guild members chasing them.

Those who dared to take on this mission were quite capable, fast too, many were even faster than Su Yu, but thankfully he wasn’t at the bottom.

Just in this moment, the original count of 28 left only 24, four killed in battle.

The group rushed back near the guild ambush circle.

"Turn around and hold them off a while longer."

Su Yu heard Chu Xinyue’s voice:

"Wait for their main force to gather and regroup."

He turned his head, now seeing over a hundred pursuers who were not the main force of the Frostfire Guild, with Li Yingshen further behind on the Flying Ship, still some distance away.

This voice transmission wasn’t intended solely for Su Yu; over twenty others paused to engage in battle as well.

Su Yu quickly approached the team, while not far away, a Frostfire Guild player raised a Thousand Soul Banner with a wave, unleashing hundreds of level sixty-five to seventy dark spirits towards them.

He directly slapped his chest, and the Magical Robe’s attached Defense Treasure Light emerged as he swung his sword downward. His wrist flicked, and dots of sword light exploded, shredding an oncoming dark spirit into black smoke and dissipating it.

In the next second, hundreds more dark spirits swarmed around him tightly, fierce ghosts cloaked in black smoke clawed frantically. The Treasure Light shook violently, and in just a few seconds, half of the robe’s two-thousand Defense Treasure Light was gone.

"I can’t hold on."

Su Yu decisively unleashed a fiery attack, Rolling Cloud Flames, forcing the spirits to retreat while he expertly maneuvered his sword to slip out through a gap.

"The methods are too lacking."

"Though the Flying Sword’s output is high, it lacks effectiveness against groups."

Su Yu contemplated finding an opportunity to learn a powerful Thunder Skill.

Thunder Skill is particularly effective against demon spirits and ghouls; faced with such situations, a divine thunder could blast them away, and if the level is high enough, it could instantly wipe out a whole group.

Fortunately, he didn’t need to fight to the death now, just drag on for a short while.

The Taiyi Cyan Spirit Ship was extremely fast, and in only six to seven seconds, he received Chu Xinyue’s transmission:

"Retreat, lure them into the ambush circle as planned."

The struggling team immediately turned and fled, losing two more members in those few seconds.

In standard PK, the penalty for dying is five years of lifespan. According to the guild’s rules, there would be 500 guild contribution points, and the tasks they were given would be calculated as if they were successful.

"Don’t let them escape."

Li Yingshen stood on the flying ship, commanding his subordinates, as two other Taiyi Cyan Spirit Ships flanked them from left and right.

"Before heading to Chensha Town, let’s seize some heads and establish authority!"

However, his smile didn’t last long. Within this short moment, the Thousand Feather Guild members had escaped to a certain empty area and suddenly stopped, their faces smirking mockingly.

Li Yingshen’s heart sank as he quickly surveyed the surroundings:

"No good, it’s an ambush, retreat quickly!"

As soon as he spoke, the sky suddenly lit up, and the previously empty void was suddenly filled with countless tiny runes, instantly saturating the entire sky.

"Chu Xinyue!"

Li Yingshen shouted in alarm, grabbing the treasure bell in his hand and hurling it into the sky.

"Clang!"

The deafening bell sound echoed across the heavens, and circles of invisible ripples exploded, rapidly spreading out to be blocked and repulsed by something far away.

The Thousand Feather Guild team hidden in the void had already revealed themselves, with Chu Xinyue standing at the bow of the Spiritual Wing Flying Ship, speaking sternly:

"Li Yingshen, didn’t you say you wanted to challenge me? I’m here now."

Li Yingshen held the treasure bell with a hint of resignation on his face:

"Enough. Walking by the river often, how can your shoes not get wet? Today you’ve caught me, I’ll admit defeat."

"But I won’t totally give up. I’ll drag a few down with me before I die."

He tossed the treasure bell, which quickly expanded into a yellow-gold bell as large as a house, adorned with various rare beast reliefs.

He jumped onto the bell and slapped it, accompanied by a resonant bell sound that erupted in rings of invisible waves, distorting the void visibly.

Chu Xinyue snorted coldly at this, her delicate hand made a grabbing motion in the void, causing the runes saturating the sky to swiftly flow and coalesce into four massive flowing light chains that descended, crisscrossing to lock down the bell.

"Clang!"

"Clang!"

The urgent bell sound couldn’t move, locked firmly.

"Attack!"

Hu Zhilin, the Fifth Brigade’s leader, waved his large hand, and the impatient members of the Thousand Feather Guild rushed forward to assault the trapped Frostfire Fourth Corps in this segment of heaven and earth.

This time, the Thousand Feather Guild had an absolute advantage, surrounding three hundred or more with over a thousand people.

For this operation, Chu Xinyue dispatched the experts from the Second and Fifth Brigades; their average strength was no less than their opponents, with top experts also having the upper hand.

Su Yu blended into the crowd, secretly launching ice-based attacks.

From afar, he controlled his sword subtly, and the besieged Frostfire Guild members had no time to spare for him.

With his extremely high burst capability, he could easily take down a head with a few strikes.

Although the contribution points were split evenly among everyone for each kill, resulting in only about 5 points each, with the newbie bonus it turned into 10 points, the advantage lay in the absence of risk and speed.