Cultivation: But Not a Game

The Four-headed Eight-armed Battle Avatar was filled with a fierce fighting spirit. A single ax strike shattered the knife glow, and the ax edge cleaved through, plowing ahead.

The Horned Demon People wielded their long blade, swinging it three times to finally break the ax glow. Two of their heads immediately cast a spell, sending a thick gray light into the Battle Avatar’s brow, but the gray decay was swiftly cleansed by a sweep of Spiritual Light, vanishing in an instant.

The Battle Avatar is immune to all skills below Celestial Immortal.

This particular Horned Demon People’s Body Refining Stream strength was clearly several levels higher than the first one, in terms of physique, power, and magical weapons. Yet, they still couldn’t compare to Su Yu.

Qi and Blood, physique, power, weapons, and even their heads and arms were superior in every aspect.

Nonetheless, it took nearly four minutes of persevering before breaking their defense. After severing all arms in quick succession, a pair of ax strikes beheaded them, achieving a clean kill.

Upon defeating the sixth opponent, Su Yu gained 32 Wind God Divine Power points and 32 points.

A minute later, Su Yu ascended to the seventh floor of the Wind God Tower.

As he stepped onto the seventh floor, layers of azure inscriptions lit up on the towering Wind God Tower inside the divine palace. Outside in the square, disciples from various sects paused their chatter and battles, looking up at the Wind God Tower in amazement.

A brief uproar followed as someone exclaimed:

"Wow, someone has reached the seventh floor of the Wind God Tower."

"Which sect do they belong to?"

The true disciples inquired of their assistants:

"Which sect had an expert enter in the last round?"

"I don’t know. Our sect’s Brother Zhang might not have the capability to reach the seventh floor, right?"

"Brother Wang from our sect shouldn’t have the ability either."

"Brother Zhu from our sect also doesn’t have that possibility."

At that moment, someone remarked:

"Could it be Brother Sun?"

A disciple from the Infinite Immortal Palace said:

"Our sect’s Brother Sun, who recently entered, is quite powerful and not inferior to our true disciples. It’s just that his merit isn’t enough to be promoted to true disciple yet. Perhaps it’s him."

With these words, another chimed in:

"It might be Brother Ren from our sect. I recall Brother Ren possesses two Tier Nine Treasures, one of which is of rare quality, powerful enough to rival some Tier Ten Treasures. He might indeed reach the seventh floor."

Each of the eight sects tallied up possibilities, suggesting various candidates.

On the seventh floor of the Wind God Tower, as the light curtain descended, it revealed a delicate and beautiful girl. She opened her mouth, and a beam of white light flew out, quickly transforming into a massive azure bell.

"Clang!"

With the sound of the bell, a wave of azure spread from the treasure bell, initially like a ripple, then in an instant becoming a tsunami sweeping in all directions.

"Tier Ten Treasure!"

The Battle Avatar raised the ax to strike downward. The Tier Ten Divine Ax split the tsunami and advanced.

"Clang!"

Another bell sounded, and the second wave came roaring in. The divine ax split through it again.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The bell continuously rang, layers of azure light exploded with no gaps, each ripple’s power incredibly exaggerated, distorting the very space it crossed.

Yet, unfortunately, the Heaven-Splitting Divine Ax’s attack power was high enough. Combined with his strength, each assault could be cut through.

The offensive and defensive moves were simple and unadorned, holding firmly for 1 minute and 21 seconds. After the seventeenth bell sound, the platform fell silent.

His opponent’s mana had been drained considerably.

Tier Ten Treasure requires mana consumption in the tens of thousands, and the Loose Immortal, having recently overcome a tribulation, cannot sustain that.

Similarly to Su Yu’s Heaven-Splitting Divine Ax, a full power strike consumes as much as 100,000 mana. With his current mana, he can make four ax strikes, just short of a fifth. With the Immortal Spirit Stone accessory to restore some mana, he can only manage seven ax strikes at most.

However, that’s referring to a full power strike where the slash can reach an attacking range up to 200 kilometers, sweeping all before it.

In actual combat, he wouldn’t use full power for every ax strike, primarily restraining some strength.

But holding back also decreases power, typically causing damage proportional to how much mana percentage is consumed.

For instance, using half power would only add 50% mana damage.

If he relies purely on physical strength to wield the Divine Ax, it only has a base attack power of 2 million, incapable of producing an ax edge, resulting only in ax wind.

The ax edge’s power doesn’t diminish, cutting mountains and shattering stones even 100 kilometers away.

The ax wind is merely a weapon’s leftover power ripple, dissipating at a greater distance.

In the previous seventeen ax strikes, only the first was at full power. After assessing his opponent’s wave impact strength, he no longer used mana, wielding the Divine Ax with sheer physical power to break through the onslaught.

However, his opponent managed to launch seventeen confronting impacts, surprising Su Yu.

It’s evident they couldn’t possess such high mana. Su Yu couldn’t fully power seventeen Heaven-Splitting Ax strikes, so their mana couldn’t be higher. They probably used some Secret Skill to reduce mana consumption or recover mana.

This competitor clearly didn’t anticipate someone could withstand seventeen full-force rounds from a Tier Ten Treasure without faltering.

One mistake led to more missteps.

Once mana was exhausted, they were at the mercy of others.

Su Yu had little trouble hacking them to death with chaotic ax blows, successfully stepping onto the eighth floor.

As his figure appeared on the eighth floor, the azure light on the Wind God Tower’s surface became even brighter, with strands of azure wind emerging, circulating around the tower body, outlining various intricate patterns.

This scene not only astounded the disciples of various sects but also left the accompanying Earth Immortal elders with expressions of surprise, exchanging glances.

"It’s that outer sect disciple."

There was no longer any need for speculation, as all other disciples in this round, besides Su Yu, had already emerged.

Zhang Yuanqi, an elder of the Profound Abyss Palace, remarked in considerable astonishment: