Cultivation: But Not a Game-Chapter 171 - 86: Ancient Beast, Five-Colored Divine Bull (Part 2)

Chapter 171: Chapter 86: Ancient Beast, Five-Colored Divine Bull (Part 2)

At the same time, he felt in his mind that below there was something like a burning sun, and he was approaching that sun.

"Is this the so-called Law Domain at the depth of the Spirit Monster Refresh Point?"

He hesitated for a moment, then continued to dive downward.

After a few more minutes, Su Yu sensed that he was nearing the edge of the sun. He knew he must have reached the deepest part of the pit and was close to the refresh point. Only then did he change direction and swim towards the edge of the rock wall.

Before his head emerged near the rock wall, he felt intense tremors coming from within the rock, one wave following another in endless succession.

"I must be at the bottom."

A sliver of consciousness extended outwards, and he saw outside an incomparably vast underground space, with a diameter of tens of kilometers.

In the center of this space was an enormous pool with a diameter of at least ten kilometers, filled with boiling earth vein Spiritual Qi. Occasionally, mysterious golden light would surge, and an endless stream of spirit monsters crawled out from the boiling Spiritual Qi, launching attacks against the gathering players of the Celestial God Association within the underground space.

"They’ve indeed fought their way here."

Su Yu roughly scanned the area and estimated that there were about twenty thousand players gathered here. With so many people attacking together, and aided by the Celestial Strike Battleship above, they were forcibly suppressing this demon lair refresh point.

His gaze darted around and he noticed many lifestyle players below busy constructing buildings.

Su Yu himself was an Array Master, and he could immediately tell they were constructing the eyes of a large array.

"Are they planning to set up an array here to deal with the BOSS that will refresh soon?"

The premise of triggering the Guardian refresh at a Spirit Monster Refresh Point is the internal Law core being attacked. Although the Celestial God Association had attacked this far, they only attacked the spirit monsters emerging from the refresh point, not the refresh point itself, so they hadn’t triggered the Guardian refresh mechanism.

"Don’t even think about it!"

Su Yu snorted coldly, his body sinking into the rock.

But the next second, he emerged again, his gaze fixed intently on the figure jumping around the construction site on the other side of the underground space, a look of sudden realization dawning on his face.

"Xi Muchuan!"

"I wondered why they’d clear the field without a word; it was you."

By now, he fully understood, snorted coldly, and submerged into the rock wall.

Following the rock wall and continuing to dive, it wasn’t long before he reached the bottom of the underground space, unnoticed by tens of thousands of people, coming silently to the edge of the Spirit Monster Refresh Point. Even deep within the earth, he could feel the miraculous union of the earth vein’s power with the Power of Heavenly Dao Magic not far away.

In his perception, it was a sun containing infinite power.

Once he confirmed the location, Su Yu detached from the rock wall and, facing a distance of less than two meters, reached out to the boiling Spirit Monster Refresh Pool.

A continuous flow of spirit monsters gushed out, flying in all directions.

At this moment, Su Yu transformed into a Celestial Ghost, also a type of monster, and wasn’t attacked. The spirit monsters simply ignored him, passing over without a care, while the surrounding Celestial God Association players didn’t notice this sudden wisp of smoke.

Without time for excessive thought, he directly transformed the void into reality, becoming a Celestial Ghost, and with a virtual grasp, conjured an Earth God Thunder, pressing it in.

"Boom!"

The boiling Spiritual Qi of the Spirit Monster Refresh Pool trembled violently, a large amount of Spiritual Liquid bursting forth.

With his initial attack, the spirit monsters congealing from the pool immediately turned to him, with one serpent demon in front snapping at the Celestial Ghost’s waist, while another tiger demon swiped at him with two slashes of dark energy.

Su Yu ignored them, once again congealing a Geng Metal Divine Thunder, pressing it into the pool to explode.

Then he transformed reality into the void, becoming a wisp of smoke that merged into the earth.

With the instigator gone, the spirit monsters continued to rush outwards.

Ten seconds later, hiding beneath the earth, Su Yu suddenly sensed an invisible wave sweeping over him, instantly realizing that the Spirit Monster Refresh Pool, having confirmed the threat after his attack, had begun the Guardian refresh.

Initially, nothing seemed amiss; no one noticed. However, as the number of spirit monsters refreshed within the refresh point began to decrease to half of what it was before, the high-level members of the Celestial God Association, positioned at the rear, keenly sensed something was off.

"Something’s wrong; the Spirit Monster refresh count has decreased by 50%. It’s going to refresh the Guardian."

"What?"

Everyone turned to look at the Spirit Monster Refresh Pool, their faces suddenly becoming grim:

"There’s no reason for this; we didn’t touch the refresh pool. How could it refresh the Guardian ahead of time?"

Jiang Lang said gravely:

"Regardless of the reason, the fact is the Guardian has already refreshed. Have the craftsmen and Array Masters evacuate immediately, and order our brothers to prepare for battle."

"Also, inform the Celestial Strike Ship above to prepare for combat, lower its altitude, and make sure to trap the BOSS in here."

A high-level member said:

"What a pity, if we waited half an hour longer, we’d have completed the Four Symbols Thunder God Array. Combined with the power of the Celestial Strike Battleship, we would have had a chance against a BOSS even at level 200."

Jiang Lang didn’t respond, continuing to calmly issue various orders.

Once the over twenty thousand guild members received the orders, they began to reposition, forming regimented formations and standing by.

Celestial One Profound Ice Array.

All Heaven Fiery Array.

Profound Nether Yin Water Array.

Vast Desert Array.

Commonly seen large arrays of various guilds were all present here, each set comprising 108 rods, with several sets of each type.

"What? Retreat?"

Xi Muchuan, who was responsible for constructing the Taiyin Qimen Array, was dumbfounded when he received the order to cease construction and retreat:

"Brother-in-law, we’ve already built more than half, and most of the materials have been used. Two Tier Seven Treasures for array construction have been fixed, there’s no time to take them down now."

"No time left, the Guardian is about to refresh. You have at most two to three minutes to retreat."

"Damn it!"

Two to three minutes passed in an instant. Shortly after the hurried departure of many craftsmen and Array Masters, a thunderous roar, both beast-like and bovine, erupted from within the Spirit Monster Refresh Pool. The pool water exploded, and an enormous figure, like a mountain, slowly emerged. It was a Five-Colored Divine Ox BOSS, with five-colored fur, treading on colorful clouds, possessing a legendary template at level 198.

Five-Colored Divine Ox (Legendary): Demon King, level 198, Ancient Wild Beast.

Attributes: Qi and Blood 18.5 million, Demonic Power 880,000, Attack Power 186,000, Speed 5,000 km/h, Demon Skills: Tremendous Strength, Fearless of Ghosts and Gods, Five Elements Thunder Skill, Five Elements Escape Skill, Law of Heaven and Earth (Great Divine Techniques).

"Holy crap!"

Seeing the monster’s attributes, Su Yu was shocked, then his face lit up with joy.

Good news, it’s under level 200.

Bad news, it’s an Ancient Wild Beast with a legendary template, and a Demon King-level BOSS at that.

For the Celestial God Association, this was even worse than facing a non-Demon King BOSS at level 200.

At the Celestial God Association’s command center, all the high-level members looked at Jiang Lang:

"Mr. Jiang, you’re the chief commander for this operation. Do you think we should fight?"

Inside, Jiang Lang was torn. This creature was tougher than a non-Demon King BOSS at level 200 because, while its attributes might not surpass a level 200+ BOSS that has undergone the Earth Immortal Tribulation, its template was too strong, and its innate Divine Techniques too fierce.

However, being a resolute person, he made a quick decision, gritting his teeth as he spoke:

"Fight, the arrow is already on the string. Retreating now would still result in heavy losses, so it’s better to give it our all."

"Everyone, take your original positions, but don’t make a move yet. Order the Celestial Strike Battleship’s main gun to focus fire and draw its attention. Once sufficient aggro is captured, then attack."

Orders were passed down layer by layer, and the guild of over twenty thousand received the orders and began organizing. The Celestial Strike Battleship, positioned several hundred meters above the demon lair, adjusted its angle, and several treasure mirrors on the ship’s prow shone down, drawing the attention of the Five-Colored Divine Ox even though it wasn’t immobilized.

Plus, the battleship’s main gun started charging, immediately causing the Five-Colored Divine Ox to ignore the tiny ants below, taking flight and charging up.

"Main force group one, pursue and support the Celestial Strike Battleship!"

"Main force groups two, three, and four, continue suppressing the spirit monsters refreshing within the pool, ensuring the refreshed BOSS inside doesn’t affect the battle above."

"Additionally....."

Jiang Lang pinched his brow, continuing:

"Have the craftsmen and Array Masters return and continue the construction, striving to complete the large array as soon as possible."

The array construction needed to continue. If the Celestial Strike Battleship couldn’t hold, the Four Symbols Thunder God Array would need to finish the job.

Uncertain if it was just a misconception, Jiang Lang felt an unexplainable shadow looming in his heart, somehow sensing that things wouldn’t proceed so smoothly.