Chapter 129: hidden dragon ranking!
"Brother Jin, do you know him?" Meng Zhuo asked in surprise.
The burly man wearing black armor shook his head and said, "I only heard the name Yu Huang not long ago."
"It is news passed on by our informant in the Sky Eagle Territory."
"They said a rogue cultivator named Yu Huang appeared in the Outer Zone of the Blood Trial. His strength is extremely high; he killed Manager Qing Sun in a single move."
"You should know Manager Qing Sun's strength. If he didn't have to guard the Blood Altar in the Outer Zone, he would have at least made it into the top 800 in this Blood Trial."
"I estimate that Yu Huang's strength could rank in the top 100 among all the experts in the entire Blood Trial."
Meng Zhuo shook his head and said, "I think Yu Huang's strength shouldn't be as simple as just top 100."
"His methods are extremely bizarre, killing without a trace, and he even directly ignored my life-saving trump card. I suspect he possesses a God-tier Talent or a God-tier skill."
"He might be an expert at the level of a God Child."
The burly man wearing black armor's gaze sharpened. The news he received didn't mention that Yu Huang could ignore others' life-saving skills.
For people at their level, life-saving trump cards are generally Legendary-Grade.
To ignore a Legendary-Grade life-saving trump card, it must be either a very special Legendary-Grade method or a God-tier method.
Other than that, there is almost no other possibility.
However, a Legendary-Grade method capable of ignoring Legendary-Grade life-saving trump cards is even rarer than a God-tier method.
This is also why they felt Su Yu suspectedly possesses a God-tier Talent or a God-tier skill.
"Very well, this news is very important. I must inform everyone immediately and make them take it seriously."
"Especially since Yu Huang has already arrived in the Middle Layer. With his strength, he will likely enter the Inner Layer soon. The God Children are all in the Inner Layer now; if they run into Yu Huang, they must absolutely not let their guard down."
The burly man in black armor greeted Meng Zhuo, and then left in a hurry.
Meng Zhuo watched Jin Hong's retreating figure, feeling a bit bitter inside.
It is possible that he was among the first batch of trial-takers Yu Huang encountered after entering the Middle Layer. He didn't know whether his luck should be considered good or bad.
...
In the continuous, towering mountain range.
After killing the group from the Golden Lion Mansionsquad, Su Yu threw himself back into a frantic sweep.
Wherever he went, no Blood Beast could survive.
Even if he encountered a gold grade BOSS, a single Blood Gods Eye could easily resolve it.
The number of blood crystals in his backpack was also increasing at a steady rate.
Suddenly, a system notification sound rang in Su Yu's ears.
[Congratulations on ascending the hidden dragon ranking. Current ranking: 100th.]
[You have unlocked the hidden dragon ranking. For more detailed information, please open the hidden dragon ranking to view.]
"Finally unlocked the hidden dragon ranking. It seems my name is already known by quite a few people." A smile curled at the corners of Su Yu's mouth.
He first killed Manager Qing Sun and the others, and then killed the group from the Golden Lion Mansion squad. This caused his name to appear in the intelligence reports of all the major factions.
After all, Manager Qing Sun and Meng Zhuo were not unknowns; among the second-turn professionals who entered this Blood Trial, they were considered somewhat famous.
Especially when they exposed that Su Yu possessed a method to ignore life-saving trump cards, everyone instantly understood Su Yu's terrifying nature.
There was a high probability that he was a figure of the God Child level.
It was just that Su Yu hadn't fought against a figure of the God Child level yet, so they were only guessing.
Otherwise, Su Yu's current ranking would definitely be far higher than 100th.
"For more detailed information, please open the hidden dragon ranking to view?" Su Yu was a bit curious.
With a thought, he directly opened the hidden dragon ranking.
There were only 97 names on the hidden dragon rankingin total, and the top three were all empty.
"Uh, are the first-turn professionals of this generation in the Tianlong Continent this poor?" Su Yu was a bit speechless.
There wasn't even a single first-turn professional who made it into the top three of the hidden dragon ranking.
The ranking of the hidden dragon ranking has a minimum threshold; if no one meets the minimum threshold, it will remain empty.
It could be said that they would rather have nothing than settle for something inferior.
Soon, Su Yu saw the introduction regarding the benefits of the hidden dragon ranking on the board.
[Advancing to a second-turn professional with a 1st place ranking can additionally increase life level by 5 levels.]
[Advancing to a second-turn professional with a 2nd place ranking can additionally increase life level by 3 levels.]
[Advancing to a second-turn professional with a 3rd place ranking can additionally increase life level by 1 level.]
[Advancing to a second-turn professional with a ranking from 4th to 10th can additionally increase life level by 0.5 levels.]
[Advancing to a second-turn professional with a ranking from 11th to 50th can additionally increase life level by 0.3 levels.]
[Advancing to a second-turn professional with a ranking from 51st to 100th can additionally increase life level by 0.1 levels.]
"Life level? What is that?" Su Yu was a bit confused.
This was the first time he had heard of life level, and it was clearly not something he could come into contact with at his current stage.
Or perhaps it was something that a nascent civilization like the Blue Star Civilization could not come into contact with at this stage.
"But no matter what, the higher this life level, the better." A sharp glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
Advancing to a second-turn professional with a ranking from 51st to 100th only increases life level by an additional 0.1 levels.
But advancing to a second-turn professional with a 1st place ranking can increase life level by an additional 5 levels.
The latter is fifty times the former; it can be said that they are completely different levels of rewards.
From this, one can also deduce the value of the 1st place on the hidden dragon ranking.
Suddenly, another system notification sound rang in Su Yu's ears.
[Your hidden dragon ranking has been updated. Current ranking: 97th.]
"Huh? It seems my fame is still slowly spreading."
"Not bad, not bad. I hope to encounter more trial-takers with higher rankings next." A sharp glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
Only by constantly fighting, killing those so-called peerless geniuses, and proving his strength, would his hidden dragon ranking continuously improve.
For him, 1st place on the hidden dragon ranking was something he had to secure.
Not to mention that 1st place on the hidden dragon ranking could allow him to additionally increase his life level by 5 levels, more importantly, this was his second-turn professional quest.
If he did not complete this second-turn professional quest, his potential would be greatly diminished, which was something he absolutely could not accept.
"Continue sweeping Blood Beasts and trial-takers!"
Su Yu closed the hidden dragon ranking and flew straight toward the depths of the mountain range.
Chapter 130: Fame Spreads Across Tianlong!
Su Yu didn't feel much about making it onto the hidden dragon ranking; after all, in his view, it was a matter of course.
After all, if he couldn't make it onto the hidden dragon ranking with his strength, then just how terrifying must the First-Turn professionals of the Tianlong Continent be?
He even felt a bit annoyed that his current ranking was too low and his fame was spreading too slowly, hoping to encounter stronger trial-takers sooner.
However, he didn't know that the outside world had already completely exploded because he had made it onto the hidden dragon ranking.
In the Tianlong Continent, within the Sky Eagle Territory, inside Elder Ying Chou's palace.
"What? You say Yu Huang's name suddenly appeared on the hidden dragon ranking?" Elder Ying Chou heard Bai Yu's report, a look of disbelief flashing in his eyes.
One must know that everyone who makes it onto the hidden dragon ranking is, without exception, a First-Turn professional.
But the Blood Trial is something that only Second-Turn professionals can enter.
Now there is a Yu Huang in the Blood Trial, and a Yu Huang on the hidden dragon ranking; this is something that has never happened before in the Tianlong Continent.
Let's not dwell on how a First-Turn professional managed to enter the Blood Trial for now.
The most important thing is, if Yu Huang is only a First-Turn professional, yet he could easily kill Manager Qing Sun and Meng Zhuo of the Golden Lion Mansion in seconds, then just how terrifying must his potential be?
It's possible he is another peerless monster on the same level as Longyuan.
You must know that Longyuan is the only person in the last few decades to have reached the top of the hidden dragon ranking.
As the legitimate son of Long Zhan, the Pavilion Master of Longyuan Pavilion, and with a core talent that is considered extremely powerful among all God-tier Talent, Longyuan is deeply loved by Long Zhan.
With Long Zhan's full support, his talent level was raised to at least level 3 or higher, and he became a God-level Unique Hidden Class upon his first turn.
Long Zhan paid such a great price to ensure Longyuan successfully reached the top of the hidden dragon ranking.
But now, you're telling me that some random person who popped up has the potential to reach the top of the hidden dragon ranking? Who the hell would believe that?
"Yu Huang is definitely a dark horse that has emerged in this Blood Trial. We must get this news inside immediately and make sure Godchild Ying Yang takes it seriously." A sharp glint flashed in Elder Ying Chou's eyes.
Even if Yu Huang's potential is not weaker than Longyuan's, he is still just a First-Turn professional, and compared to the already Second-Turn Godchild Ying Yang, he is definitely a notch behind.
However, they absolutely cannot underestimate a peerless monster like Yu Huang, otherwise, it would be very easy to capsize in the gutter.
For normal professionals, the gap between the first and second turn might not be particularly large.
But for peerless geniuses at the level of Godchild Ying Yang and his peers, every turn results in a qualitative change in strength.
Whether it's the rewards after completing the second-turn class quest or the newly unlocked class talents, both provide a huge boost to their strength.
More importantly, they all broke through to become Second-Turn professionals with at least a top-three ranking on the hidden dragon ranking.
This can additionally increase their life level.
You must know that the life level will affect the full attribute cap of every professional.
The lower the life level, the lower the full attribute cap; if one wants to continue increasing full attributes, one must raise their life level.
Furthermore, the means to increase life level are extremely rare, and the price required is also extremely high.
At the same time, the higher the life level, the harder it is to increase it later; in the later stages, even increasing the life level by 0.1 is extremely difficult.
The initial life level is related to race and bloodline.
Generally speaking, the more powerful the race's evolution and the stronger the parents' strength, the higher the initial life level of the offspring born.
For peerless geniuses like Godchild Ying Yang, their initial life level is not low to begin with.
Coupled with the extra life level provided by the hidden dragon ranking, their life levels far exceed those of normalprofessionals.
Moreover, for this Blood Trial, they have all been preparing for at least several years.
With the investment of massive resources, their full attributes have already reached their own caps.
Even their skills are not lower than level 20, and some main skills have even reached level 30.
You must know that every ten levels, a skill unlocks a trait, which has allowed their strength to reach an extremely terrifying level.
Even ordinary geniuses among Fourth-Turn professionals are not necessarily their opponents.
"This Yu Huang should not be from the Blood Demon Alliance; it's possible he is a closed-door disciple cultivated by some reclusive old guy."
"It is not even impossible that he is a peerless monster sent by the Divine Temple to train." Elder Ying Chou said thoughtfully.
He simply did not believe that the Blood Demon Alliancecould cultivate such a terrifying peerless monster.
Even the 'Longyuan Pavilion', recognized as the strongest force in the Tianlong Continent, only managed to cultivate one peerless monster, Longyuan, with Long Zhan's cost-no-object investment.
With the Blood Demon Alliance's foundation, one doesn't even need to think about it; it is absolutely impossible for them to cultivate a peerless monster.
In his view, there is a greater probability that Yu Huang is a peerless monster sent by the Divine Temple to train.
You must know that the Divine Temple is the nominal ruler of this star sector, and all civilizations and forces need to pay regular tribute to the Divine Temple.
I am afraid that only the Divine Temple could allow a First-Turn professional to ignore the rules and forcibly enter the Blood Trial.
"However, in the Blood Trial, everything is decided by strength. Even if he is a peerless monster sent by the Divine Temple, so what? If their skills are inferior, what do they have to say?" Elder Ying Chou shook his head.
Immediately after, Elder Ying Chou told Bai Yu all of his speculations.
"Go, pass this news to Godchild Ying Yang." Elder Ying Chou said in a deep voice.
"As you command."
Bai Yu suppressed the shock in her heart, bowed, and withdrew.
...
A scene like this did not only happen in the Sky Eagle Territory; almost all major forces realized Su Yu's terrifying nature.
Very quickly, messages were passed into the Blood Trialthrough various special means.
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In the Inner Layer of the Blood Trial, in a long and narrow canyon.
A man wearing a luxurious black robe costume revealed an ambiguous smile: "Yu Huang?"
"A First-Turn professional? A suspected peerless monster sent by the Divine Temple to train?"
"This is truly interesting. I didn't expect to encounter such an amusing thing in this Blood Trial."
"I wonder if the peerless monster sent by the Divine Temple can withstand ten of my moves."
The man in the luxurious black robe curled his lips into a cold sneer.
As the strongest contemporary Second-Turn professional in the Tianlong Continent, Longyuan was absolutely confident in his own strength.
Even if it is a monster sent by the Divine Temple to train, so what? No matter how strong, he is just a First-Turn professional.
For peerless monsters like them, every turn results in a qualitative change in strength.
"It's a pity I can't get away right now; otherwise, I would really like to go to the Middle Layer and spar with him."
"There are countless high-level BOSSes in this canyon; there must be a great secret here. I'd better wait until I unearth the secret here first." A sharp glint flashed in Longyuan's eyes.
Every time the Blood Trial opens, the internal map evolves randomly.
However, according to intelligence from previous years, there is simply no place in the Blood Trial where such a large number of high-level BOSSes gather.
Therefore, Longyuan was certain that there must be a great secret here.
Chapter 131: hidden dragon ranking Soars!
In the Inner Layer of the Blood Trial, atop a towering peak that scraped the sky.
A five-person team had just finished a battle, and a blood crystal the size of a human head appeared before them.
"Brother Ying Yang, I didn't expect this Legendary-grade Blood Beast to be so strong. It took us almost half an hour to take it down," said a woman draped in emerald-colored gossamer.
"Heh, this beast's recovery ability was just too strong, otherwise it wouldn't have taken us so long," Ying Yanglaughed.
Suddenly, Ying Yang seemed to sense something and opened his friend system.
"Why is Mo Ling sending me another message?" Ying Yangwas somewhat surprised.
Within the Blood Trial, the friend system could be used normally for internal communication, but special communication items were required to contact the outside world.
Such special communication items were scarce throughout the entire Sky Eagle Territory.
For this entry into the Blood Trial, the Sky Eagle Territoryhad only brought one item capable of communicating with the outside world, which was under Mo Ling's control.
Generally, news from the outside world was first relayed to Mo Ling, who would then pass it on to others inside via the friend system.
The last time Mo Ling sent a message to Ying Yang, it was to warn him that a person named Yu Huang, suspected to be of God-Child rank, had appeared in the Outer Zone of the Blood Trial.
Yu Huang had killed Manager Qing Sun and captured the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar in Area A8, urging him to pay more attention to Yu Huang from then on.
If there was an opportunity, it would be best to kill Yu Huang and let him know the consequences of offending the Sky Eagle Territory.
Unexpectedly, it hadn't been long, and Mo Ling was sending him another message.
One had to know that under normal circumstances, Mo Ling would wait at least a day or two before sending him a message.
Could it be news about Yu Huang again?
While thinking, Ying Yang opened the conversation with Mo Ling. Upon seeing the message she sent, he couldn't help but frown.
"Brother Ying Yang, what's wrong?" The woman draped in emerald-colored gossamer asked softly, seeing that Ying Yang's expression was off.
Ying Yang didn't answer immediately but projected the conversation panel with Mo Ling directly.
The gazes of the other four team members were immediately drawn to the projected light screen.
Looking at the information on the projected light screen, everyone couldn't help but knit their brows, falling into a brief silence.
"Yu Huang has made it onto the hidden dragon ranking, and he is a First-Turn professional?"
"Could he be an unparalleled genius on the same level as Long Yuan?"
"Elder Ying Chou suspects he is an unparalleled genius sent by the Temple to train?"
"This... how is this possible!"
Everyone found it incredible; if it hadn't been Mo Lingsaying this was news from Elder Ying Chou, they would never have believed it.
However, Elder Ying Chou was a Six-Turn God-level professional, his strength terrifying to the extreme, and he had even ventured into the core area of the Eternal Continent, having seen countless geniuses.
His judgment was highly likely to be very credible.
The woman draped in emerald-colored gossamer bit her lip and looked at Ying Yang: "Brother Ying Yang, do we still want to continue being enemies with Yu Huang?"
Back when Mo Ling sent the message last time, Ying Yanghad said that if there was an opportunity, he would definitely kill Yu Huang.
He wanted to let Yu Huang know the consequences of offending the Sky Eagle Territory.
But now, Yu Huang might actually be an unparalleled genius sent by the Temple to train.
Although his level was only First-Turn, he could absolutely not be underestimated.
Moreover, offending an unparalleled genius from the Temple seemed to carry too high a risk.
"So what if he is an unparalleled genius sent by the Temple to train? He is merely a First-Turn professional."
"Besides, Elder Ying Chou said it himself: if one's skills are inferior, even if we kill Yu Huang, they have nothing to say."
"We must let Yu Huang know the consequences of offending our Sky Eagle Territory." A cold light flashed in Ying Yang's eyes.
"Not long ago, he was still within the range of the Golden Lion Mansion's Blood Altar; he probably hasn't gone far yet."
"Let's go, we are returning to the Middle Layer now," Ying Yang said in a deep voice.
In Ying Yang's view, the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altarwas not very far from the Golden Lion Mansion's Blood Altar.
Their Sky Eagle Territory had so many people in the Middle Layer; as long as they spent a little more time, it wouldn't be difficult to find Su Yu.
Immediately, Ying Yang directly communicated with the rules of the Blood Trial, and the five figures of the team vanished from the spot simultaneously.
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In the Middle Layer of the Blood Trial, amidst rolling, towering mountain ranges.
[Your hidden dragon ranking has been updated. Current rank: 10th.]
"Uh, why did my ranking suddenly rise so fast?" Su Yu was somewhat surprised.
He had to know that after killing Meng Zhuo and his group, he had only encountered five trial-taker teams.
However, their strength was not strong.
Although for Su Yu, he could kill the entire opposing team instantly with just one shot of the Blood Gods Eye.
But he could also judge whether the opponent's strength was strong or not through the trial protection.
If no one in the entire team triggered the trial protection, it meant that this team was relatively weak.
At least not as strong as Meng Zhuo's team.
A full five trial teams, and yet not a single person triggered the trial protection; this was enough to indicate their strength.
Merely killing five weak trial-taker teams certainly wasn't enough to support his soaring hidden dragon ranking.
There must be something here that he hadn't noticed.
"That's it! The key to the problem must be the hidden dragon ranking!" Su Yu suddenly slapped his forehead, realizing the key point of the problem.
Only First-Turn professionals could make it onto the hidden dragon ranking.
Since he had made it onto the hidden dragon ranking, it meant he was a First-Turn professional.
A First-Turn professional who could instantly kill someone like Meng Zhuo, who had purchased trial protection, would definitely attract the attention of major factions.
This also allowed his reputation to spread rapidly.
"It seems what I lack now is a battle with a true expert to prove my strength!" Su Yu was thoughtful.
In Su Yu's view, the reason his hidden dragon rankingsoared was that many big shots in the outside world had recognized his strength.
Or rather, in their guesses, they had gained a certain understanding of his strength.
Now he just needed to fight a true expert to thoroughly solidify his strength; only then could his ranking continue to soar.
"I should be within the range of the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar right now," Su Yu thought to himself, recalling that scene earlier.
The five trial-taker teams he had encountered recently, the first four all wore the Golden Lion Mansion's faction badge.
While the last one wore the Sky Eagle Territory's faction badge.
Under normal circumstances, major factions would use the Blood Altar they occupied as a base and expand outwards.
Since he had already encountered a trial-taker team from the Sky Eagle Territory, it meant he shouldn't be particularly far from the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar.
It was estimated to be at most a distance of over a thousand kilometers.
At his current movement speed, even without activating Eternal Night Stealth, he could move at least three to four hundred kilometers per hour.
A journey of a few hours was indeed not too far for him.
Chapter 132: Ying Yang!
In the Middle Layer of the Blood Altar, inside the Blood Altar occupied by the Sky Eagle Territory.
Five figures quietly appeared; they were the Ying Yangsquad returning to the Middle Layer from the Inner Layer.
To enter the Inner Layer from the Middle Layer, one must teleport via the Blood Altar.
Upon entering the Inner Layer for the first time, trial-takers are teleported to a random location. For every subsequent entry, they appear at the location where they last departed.
At the same time, whenever returning to the Middle Layerfrom the Inner Layer, trial-takers appear at the same Blood Altar they used when they entered.
It can be said that the Blood Altars in the Middle Layer are extremely important to every faction.
Because there are no Blood Trial Altars in the Inner Layer, any blood crystals obtained there must be brought back to the Middle Layer to be exchanged for Blood Trial points.
If the trial ends and the blood crystals in one's backpack have not been exchanged for Blood Trial points, the blood crystals will simply vanish.
If a trial-taker is eliminated, the blood crystals in their backpack will also vanish immediately.
After Ying Yang and his group returned to the Middle Layer, they immediately headed toward the tent where Mo Ling was located.
They needed to get the latest and most comprehensive information.
...
Inside Mo Ling's tent.
"Wait for me?" Mo Ling looked at Ying Yang's reply with some surprise.
He hadn't expected that Young Master Ying Yang would place so much importance on Yu Huang. Was this the rhythm of returning to the Middle Layer immediately to make trouble for Yu Huang?
In Mo Ling's view, Yu Huang's strength was not weak, and to be honest, the Sky Eagle Territory didn't have to offend Yu Huang.
The matter in the Outer Zone could be treated as a misunderstanding; besides, they hadn't suffered any major losses anyway.
However, looking at Young Master Ying Yang's intention, he likely couldn't swallow this insult.
Thinking of this, Mo Ling couldn't help but sigh; he didn't know if this decision by Young Master Ying Yang was good or bad.
Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the door.
Ying Yang directly lifted the tent flap and walked straight towards Mo Ling, with the other four members of the squad following closely behind.
"Mo Ling greets Young Master Ying Yang." Mo Ling stood up to salute and said respectfully.
Ying Yang waved his hand with a smile: "Mo Ling, there's no need for such formalities between us."
Afterward, he sat down directly opposite Mo Ling and got straight to the point: "I won't waste any time with pleasantries. Where is Yu Huang's location roughly right now?"
Mo Ling's heart skipped a beat. As expected, Young Master Ying Yang returned to the Middle Layer this time specifically for Yu Huang.
However, he couldn't change what Young Master Ying Yang had decided to do; he could only cooperate fully.
Without hesitation, he pulled a hand-drawn map from under the table.
The map module would unlock in the final three days of the Blood Trial, but before that, the maps they used were all specifically surveyed and hand-drawn by people they sent out.
"His current location is in this area." Mo Ling spread out the hand-drawn map and pointed directly to a corner of it.
"Not long ago, one of our Sky Eagle Territory teams was eliminated by him. According to information from outside, he is roughly in this area."
"This area is the boundary between us and the Golden Lion Mansion. Previously, many teams had battles with people from the Golden Lion Mansion here."
"However, his movement speed is very fast. We don't know which direction he will move, so we can only locate his latest position range based on subsequent intelligence."
Ying Yang glanced at the location on the map and said directly: "I will head over there immediately."
"If there is any latest location information on Yu Huang, notify me immediately."
Immediately after, Ying Yang stood up and left Mo Ling's tent with the other four members of his squad.
...
Outside the tent.
"The location where Yu Huang is currently is about 1,200 kilometers away from us. Let's head directly in that direction first."
"We can adjust midway once we have the latest information on Yu Huang's location."
"Let's go, time is of the essence. This 1,200 kilometers will take us at least five or six hours."
"If Yu Huang's strength is truly as strong as they say, then after killing him, the trial level experience gained alone will be enough to compensate for the loss of these five or six hours," Ying Yang said with a smile.
In fact, this was also one of the important reasons why he wanted to kill Yu Huang.
The higher the trial level, the harder it is to improve. Killing people with a lower trial level than oneself rarely yields much trial level experience.
However, there are special circumstances.
If a person's trial level is not high, but their own strength is extremely strong, killing them can still yield extremely high trial level experience.
After Ying Yang finished making arrangements, the group sped directly towards the location where Su Yu was.
...
In the Middle Layer of the Blood Trial, amidst the continuous, towering mountain ranges.
"It seems I will also need to find a Blood Altar later, otherwise the blood crystals in my backpack cannot be converted into Blood Trial points, and there will be no way to enter the Inner Layer."
Su Yu thought to himself while frantically hunting the Blood Beasts in the mountain range.
The Blood Altar is a very important public facility in the Blood Trial, but it is generally occupied by major factions.
Ordinary small factions or lone wolves have to rely on a major faction; otherwise, they cannot hold a Blood Altar on their own.
However, Su Yu naturally was unwilling to rely on some major faction and hand over his Blood Trial points for nothing.
"I can only rely on luck. Whichever Blood Altar I encounter, I will use that one."
"As for whether they are willing to let me use it, that is not important. Here, everything is decided by strength." A cold glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
These major factions monopolize the Blood Altars, directly sucking the blood of small factions and lone wolves.
Now, he would also let these major factions know what it feels like to have one's own blood sucked.
Su Yu continued to advance along the mountain range, and one Blood Beast after another turned into blood crystals, entering his backpack.
About three hours later.
The value of the blood crystals in Su Yu's backpack had already exceeded 1 million Blood Trial points.
Of course, this was the value before calculating the Blood Trial point coefficient.
Along the way, he encountered more than fifteen trial-taker squads.
Among them, twelve were Sky Eagle Territory trial-taker squads, and three were Shadow Pavilion trial-taker squads.
This meant that he had likely left the scope of the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar and entered the scope of the Shadow Pavilion's Blood Altar.
Among these fifteen trial-taker squads, a total of three people had trial protection, all of whom were Sky Eagle Territory trial-takers. They brought Su Yu an additional 1.5 million Blood Trial points.
Su Yu took a look at the Blood Trial leaderboard; he now had a total of 2.896 million Blood Trial points, and his ranking had entered the top 500, reaching 488th place.
His additional Blood Trial points were 2 million, while the other 896,000 were Blood Trial points he had previously exchanged using radiant sun grade blood crystals.
Now his trial level had reached level 10, and his Blood Trial point coefficient had soared directly to 3.5.
This meant that if Su Yu wanted to collect 100 million points, he only needed to collect blood crystals worth less than 30 million Blood Trial points at most.
Furthermore, he could continue to increase his trial level and kill trial-takers who possessed trial protection.
This made Su Yu full of confidence in collecting 100 million Blood Trial points.
Chapter 133: Hundred Flowers Valley Team!
"This should be the boundary between the Shadow Tower and the Sky Eagle Territory. At this rate, when will I ever find a Blood Altar?"
"Sigh, if I had known, I would have left one team alive to point the way and let them go." Su Yu felt somewhat helpless.
If he continued to wander around like this, it would be truly difficult to find a Blood Altar.
Furthermore, given his current Blood Trial level, killing those weak teams was already yielding poor results.
It was almost impossible to raise his Blood Trial level, so it would be better to let them live and just have them hand over all the blood crystals on them.
Suddenly, Su Yu detected the sounds of an intense battle a few dozen kilometers away.
Taking a closer look, he saw a five-person team fighting a Star Grade Blood Beast BOSS.
"Are these people from the Hundred Flowers Valley?" Su Yu mused.
This five-person team had a badge engraved with flowers hanging on their chests.
Old Wang and his companion had long since explained the badge styles of the major factions on the Tianlong Continent to him, so he identified the faction this five-person team belonged to at a glance.
"It seems this location is the intersection of the three major factions: the Sky Eagle Territory, the Shadow Tower, and the Hundred Flowers Valley." Su Yu remarked with a sigh.
Without any hesitation, he flapped the wings on his back, unleashing his Extreme Speed, and flew straight toward the five-person team from the Hundred Flowers Valley.
In less than a minute.
Su Yu had already arrived not far from the Hundred Flowers Valley's five-person team.
Blood Gods Eye!
With a thought, Su Yu activated the Blood Gods Eyedirectly.
- 341.81 million! (Critical Hit)
In an instant, the health bar of the Star Grade Blood BeastBOSS not far away was depleted.
Its maximum health was no more than 200 million, and it had already lost nearly 10 million health points from the attacks of the Hundred Flowers Valley team members.
It had absolutely no chance of surviving under the attack of Su Yu's Blood Gods Eye.
After all, even if a Star Grade BOSS had invincibility methods, they generally could not take effect against the Blood Gods Eye.
The next instant, a blood crystal the size of two fists dropped to the ground, and was then collected by his Qiankun Ring, disappearing from sight.
The five-person team from the Hundred Flowers Valley was instantly dumbfounded upon seeing this, having no idea what had happened.
"Hua... Sister Hua, what just happened?"
"Such a huge Star Grade Blood Beast BOSS, how did it suddenly disappear?" A petite woman with twin tails rubbed her eyes and said, looking utterly incredulous.
Hua Qianyu took a deep breath and scanned her surroundings vigilantly.
Suddenly, she noticed a flash of lightning rapidly approaching them from not far away.
"Someone is coming, prepare for battle!" Hua Qianyu shouted sharply, and the entire team immediately entered a combat state.
A few breaths later, Su Yu hovered quietly about a dozen meters away from the Hundred Flowers Valley's five-person team.
Hua Qianyu gripped the dagger in her hand tightly, staring at Su Yu with vigilance.
"No need to be so nervous, I'm just here to ask for directions."
"And then, I'll collect a little service fee along the way, since I just took care of a Star Grade Blood Beast BOSS for you." Su Yu smiled.
Upon hearing this, the five members of the Hundred Flowers Valley all looked as if they had seen a ghost.
He killed the Star Grade Blood Beast BOSS just now?
What kind of method was that? Could he be bluffing?
Hua Qianyu took a deep breath, suppressing the turbulent emotions in her heart, and tried to make her voice sound calm: "Who are you, sir?"
Su Yu's gaze swept over the Hundred Flowers Valley's five-person team, and he said calmly: "Who I am is not important."
"Tell me how to get to the nearest Blood Altar from here, and then hand over all the blood crystals you have, and I can spare your lives."
Upon hearing this, a name suddenly flashed through Hua Qianyu's mind.
Yu Huang?
After all, only solo players would ask about the location of a Blood Altar; which of them, members of major factions, didn't know the location of their own Blood Altar?
Among solo players, the only person who could silently insta-kill a Star Grade Blood Beast BOSS and possessed such terrifying strength—there was no need to even think about it—could only be Yu Huang.
Hua Qianyu suppressed the shock in her heart and did not answer immediately.
Her ranking on the Blood Trial leaderboard barely made it into the top three hundred, so she was far from being a match for Yu Huang.
She absolutely could not anger Yu Huang.
Everyone could only purchase trial protection once, and her trial protection had already been used up; if she were killed by Yu Huang, she would be eliminated.
This was the result she least wanted to see.
She slowly put away the dagger in her hand and signaled for the others to put away their weapons as well.
Hua Qianyu had high prestige; although the others in the team didn't know what had happened, they still followed suit.
Hua Qianyu looked back at Su Yu, her tone a bit more respectful than before, and said: "I am Hua Qianyu. If you want to find a Blood Altar, you can head in this direction for about three or four hundred kilometers."
She paused and added: "That is the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar."
Subsequently, Hua Qianyu took out over a hundred blood crystals of various sizes from her backpack and piled them all on the ground, saying: "These are all the blood crystals our team has."
"I am willing to hand them all over, I only hope that you can let us leave."
Su Yu raised an eyebrow; it seemed this Hua Qianyu had guessed his identity.
His ranking on the hidden dragon ranking had already reached fifth place; it could be said that there weren't many people left on the entire Tianlong Continent who hadn't heard his name.
"You are quite straightforward." Su Yu smiled.
Hua Qianyu met Su Yu's gaze directly and said: "When dealing with smart people, beating around the bush only wastes each other's time."
"With your strength, the five of us combined are no match for you. Rather than being eliminated, it is better to preserve our lives."
"However," she changed the subject, "I have a piece of intelligence in my hands that you might be interested in. I wonder if I can use this information to trade for keeping a few blood crystals for ourselves."
Su Yu was silent for a moment, then laughed.
This woman was quite interesting; in this situation, she was still thinking about trading information for blood crystals.
"Tell me, what information? I might consider it." Su Yusmiled.
Hua Qianyu breathed a sigh of relief inwardly; perhaps she could still recoup some losses this time.
"The Sky Eagle Territory is searching for a solo player named Yu Huang." At this point, Hua Qianyu looked deeply at Su Yu.
Then, she continued: "Their Divine Son 'Ying Yang' has already returned to the Middle Layer from the Inner Layer, and it might be related to Yu Huang."
"Divine Son Ying Yang is extremely strong; among the peerless geniuses who entered this Blood Trial, he can at least be ranked in the top three."
"I think this piece of intelligence should be enough to trade for some blood crystals."
After Hua Qianyu finished speaking, she stopped talking and waited quietly for Su Yu's reaction.
Chapter 134: Here Comes Someone to Gift Their Head!
After Su Yu finished listening, the expression on his face barely changed.
He waited for two seconds and realized Hua Qianyu had no intention of speaking further, so he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow: "Is that all?"
Hua Qianyu was stunned.
Is that all?
Was the intelligence that Young Master Ying Yang had specifically returned from the Inner Layer to deliver not important?
It was clear that Young Master Ying Yang was coming to cause him trouble.
Knowing this news in advance would at least allow him to prepare early, avoiding being caught off guard by Young Master Ying Yang.
Wasn't this important?
"Your Excellency..." Hua Qianyu was still making a final struggle: "Young Master Ying Yang's strength..."
"That is not important." Su Yu interrupted her, his tone very relaxed, as if he didn't take Ying Yang to heart at all.
Hua Qianyu froze.
She could feel the confidence revealed in Su Yu's words; it seemed he feared no one at all.
But Yu Huang was clearly just a first-turn professional; how could he possibly have such strong confidence?
Even if he was a peerless monster on the level of Long Yuan.
But when comparing a peerless monster among first-turn professionals to a peerless genius among second-turn professionals, the latter would certainly be stronger.
Moreover, the Sky Eagle Territory had strength in numbers; they certainly wouldn't care about fairness or one-on-one duels.
As the saying goes, two fists cannot fight four hands; no matter how strong Yu Huang was, he was still just one person.
"To be honest, your intelligence is of no use to me." Su Yulooked at Hua Qianyu, his tone calm.
"However, considering you proactively handed over the blood crystals and didn't waste my time, I'll leave you a few."
With a thought, Su Yu marked the vast majority of the blood crystals on the ground as his loot.
This was a special function of the qiankun ring, which could mark ownerless items within a ten-kilometer radius as his loot.
Once marked as loot, the qiankun ring could automatically collect them.
The next moment, the qiankun ring's property was triggered, leaving only a few lonely blood crystals on the ground.
Hua Qianyu looked down at the few blood crystals on the ground, her lips turning slightly pale.
She had bet wrong.
She had originally thought Yu Huang would be interested in intelligence about Ying Yang and could use it as a bargaining chip to reduce some losses.
As it turned out, from start to finish, Yu Huang hadn't taken Ying Yang seriously at all; in his eyes, her intelligence was just nonsense.
"Alright, the final procedure: sign the contract."
"If you had been the slightest bit untruthful just now, you would have been directly executed by the rules of the Blood Trial." Su Yu said in a deep voice.
In truth, for him now, looting blood crystals was more cost-effective than killing people directly.
Now that his trial level had reached level ten, it was only meaningful to kill trial-takers ranked in the top fifty.
After a trial-taker died, the blood crystals in their bag would directly disappear.
Directly killing low-ranked trial-takers provided neither trial level experience nor blood crystals; it could be said to be a complete waste of time.
Hua Qianyu nodded; she hadn't been untruthful at all just now, so naturally, she wasn't afraid to sign the contract.
Swish! After signing the contract, Su Yu didn't hesitate at all and sped directly toward the Blood Altar of the Sky Eagle Territory.
In a short while, he became a small black dot in the sight of the Hundred Flower Valley group.
"Sister Hua, is he... is he Yu Huang?" The petite girl with twin ponytails finally realized and guessed Su Yu's identity.
"Mm." Hua Qianyu said softly.
"This person is really too bad, actually coming to rob our blood crystals." The petite girl with twin ponytails said indignantly.
"Didn't he leave us a few blood crystals?" As Hua Qianyuspoke, she started laughing—laughing out of anger.
These few lowest-grade blood crystals were basically meant to brush off a beggar.
"Forget it, forget it, Xiao Yu."
Hua Qianyu rubbed the twin-tailed girl's head, as if comforting her, or perhaps comforting herself: "As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood."
"At least we all survived under him, didn't we?"
"Sister Hua, do you think Yu Huang will be killed by the people from the Sky Eagle Territory?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.
"Perhaps. He is too confident in his own strength; even if he flips over, it would be normal."
"After all, Ying Yang is no weakling, and with the Sky Eagle Territory having strength in numbers, it is too difficult for a lone wolf like him to contend with the entire Sky Eagle Territory."
"Hmph, I hope all the blood crystals on him get stolen too." Xiao Yu stomped her feet in anger.
"Let's go, we should leave here first. Hopefully, we won't run into him again in the future." Hua Qianyu said in a deep voice.
Immediately, the Hundred Flower Valley group sped toward their own Blood Altar; this place of heartbreak was not a place to linger.
... Su Yu sped along toward the direction of the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar, while not forgetting to sweep up the Blood Beasts along the way.
He could resolve Common Grade Blood Beasts directly using his Lightning Domain; only when encountering BOSS-level Blood Beasts did he need to take action himself.
Generally speaking, one shot of Blood Pupil was enough to resolve them.
Unless he encountered Blood Beasts above Star Grade, only then would he need to spend a little more effort.
About thirty-plus minutes later. Su Yu estimated that he should now be less than one hundred kilometers away from the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar.
Along the way, he had encountered seven trial-taker squads from the Sky Eagle Territory.
However, he didn't waste time and instantly killed them all.
He already viewed the people from the Sky Eagle Territoryas enemies, so killing them directly was fine; he wasn't lacking the few blood crystals they had.
After all, since the Young Master of the Sky Eagle Territoryhad come out from the Inner Layer looking to cause him trouble, what else was there to say?
Since his feud with the Sky Eagle Territory had already been forged, he couldn't let go of any opportunity to weaken them.
However, he also discovered a problem: in the last ten minutes, he hadn't encountered any trial-taker squads from the Sky Eagle Territory.
It was possible they already knew he was heading toward the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar and had recalled everyone on this route.
But even if they knew, Su Yu was not afraid; he had been playing with his cards face up from the start anyway.
If he wanted to ambush the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar, he could just use Eternal Night Stealth.
In the entire Blood Trial, not many people could discover his tracks.
After all, Eternal Night Stealth was an Epic-grade skill; ordinary people simply didn't have high enough anti-stealth levels to see through his figure.
He simply didn't take the people from the Sky Eagle Territory seriously at all; it wasn't worth wasting time for them.
He needed to collect a full one hundred million Blood Trialpoints, which was a massive project.
The Blood Beasts along this road were all his Blood Trialpoints; not a single one could be wasted.
Suddenly, a pillar of blood-colored light shot into the sky not far from Su Yu.
The next instant, a full hundred figures appeared in Su Yu's line of sight.
"Mass teleportation? Are these people from the Sky Eagle Territory coming to my doorstep?" Su Yu licked his lips.
Here comes someone to gift their head!
Chapter 135: Clear the Small Fry First!
Su Yu was in no rush to make a move; he quietly sized up the crowd from Sky Eagle Territory not far away.
This time, a total of 120 people from Sky Eagle Territoryhad teleported over, and the faction badges on their chests all had at least a purple border.
According to what Su Yu had learned previously, the color of the faction badge's border represented their status.
The lowest level was a gray border, though he had never seen a gray border in the Middle Layer.
In the Middle Layer, the most common ones he had seen were green borders, followed by purple borders.
People with purple borders were highly likely to make it onto the leaderboards and could be considered the backbone of a faction.
This time, Sky Eagle Territory could be said to have sent out their entire force, holding almost nothing back.
From the crowd, a tall young man stepped out and looked up at Su Yu in mid-air.
The faction badge on his chest was strikingly golden, and a broad-bladed war saber hung at his waist, which looked like no ordinary item at a glance.
"Yu Huang, I didn't expect you to actually dare to step into the core area of our Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar on your own initiative."
"I really don't know if you're bold because of your skill, or just ignorant and fearless." A cold sneer curled the corner of the young man's mouth.
Su Yu raised an eyebrow slightly.
He really didn't know what this so-called core area actually represented; could this be the reason they were able to teleport over in such large numbers?
It was normal for them to have some special privileges within the core area of the Blood Altar.
"Why wouldn't I dare? Is your Sky Eagle Territory very strong?"
"You must be Ying Yang, right? There was a brat in the Outer Zone who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth and wanted to collect a usage fee from me, so I just sent him home to see his mother."
"Do you want to go home to see your mother too?" Su Yu's tone was very casual.
"You..." Ying Yang was choked up by his words, and his expression immediately darkened: "It seems you are already impatient to die."
"I originally wanted to make friends with you, but I didn't expect you to be so ungrateful."
"Make friends?" Su Yu sneered: "Does making friends require bringing so many members with purple badges?"
Su Yu wouldn't believe a single word of Ying Yang's nonsense.
"Your Sky Eagle Territory is truly shameless; you've probably sent out your entire force now, right? Aren't you afraid of someone raiding your base?"
"You're courting death!" A flash of coldness appeared in Ying Yang's eyes.
As he finished speaking, he slashed out directly, and a terrifying blade of light struck toward Su Yu.
At the same time, the people behind him also made their moves, and waves of terrifying energy surged into the sky.
Su Yu had long since noticed Ying Yang's small movements; the wings on his back flapped, his movement speed exploded to the limit, and he swept to the side.
At the same time, he immediately activated the Eternal Night Stealth skill, disappearing from the sight of the Sky Eagle Territory members.
In the sky, the longbow in Su Yu's hand was pulled into a full moon.
A Lightning Arrow with a thousand-fold mana consumption instantly tore through the air, targeting the group of lackeys behind Ying Yang.
The reason he didn't use Blood Gods Eye directly was because there were too many people from Sky Eagle Territory.
Even if he killed a dozen or twenty people instantly, it wouldn't mean much.
He prepared to use normal skills to whittle down their health first, and then use Blood Gods Eye to reap them at the end.
Blood Gods Eye could ignore life-saving trump cards, making it perfect for the final reaping.
Swish!
A thunder arrow suddenly appeared from the void, its flight speed reaching the extreme.
Ying Yang's blade light was still flying through the void, but the thunder arrow had already hit its target.
Bang!
- 8.22 million! (Critical Hit) - 12.33 million! (Critical Hit)
Two huge damage numbers appeared, causing over 20 million damage in an instant.
Even though the Sky Eagle Territory members who came here were all elites, it was impossible for them to have such high health.
Crackle!
- 9.4 million! (Critical Hit) - 14.1 million! (Critical Hit)
- 9.68 million! (Critical Hit) - 14.52 million! (Critical Hit)
...
Arcs of electricity jumped wildly, and each arc could trigger the 150% additional damage from Eternal Night Stealth.
However, because everyone's final damage reduction was different, the damage fluctuation caused by each arc was not small.
In just an instant, more than twenty people had their life-saving trump cards forced out.
"What? How is his damage so high?"
"True damage! His attacks are all true damage!"
"His damage is all critical hits; how could he have such a high critical hit rate!"
"Fortunately, his attacks don't seem to be able to ignore our life-saving trump cards. I reckon he can't frequently use that method that can ignore our life-saving trump cards."
"Good! Now he's dead for sure!"
The Sky Eagle Territory members were excited; it seemed Yu Huang's strength wasn't as terrifying as previously rumored.
"Hmph, Yu Huang, it seems today is your doomsday." Ying Yang snorted angrily.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
After using the Lightning Arrow, Su Yu's stealth state had ended.
Waves of terrifying energy attacks bombarded toward Su Yu, like a net cast from heaven and earth.
At the same time, various support skills were applied to Ying Yang.
After all the support skills were applied, Ying Yang, wielding his broad-bladed war saber, stepped through the air toward Su Yu.
There weren't many people who could master flight methods during the second transfer stage, but for Ying Yang, this was nothing.
In Ying Yang's view, since Yu Huang was an Archer, melee suppression was the best method.
A cold sneer curled Su Yu's lips, and he fired a Soul-Severing Arrow with a thousand-fold mana consumption, which tore through the air.
Bang, bang, bang!
- 1.96 million! (Critical Hit) - 1.96 million! (Critical Hit)
...
Six consecutive attacks bombarded Ying Yang, causing his health to drop by more than half instantly.
"He really has some strength, actually being able to reduce 90% of my damage, and his maximum health also exceeds 20 million." Su Yu thought to himself.
No wonder Hua Qianyu said Ying Yang's strength was extremely high, ranking him in the top three among all the peerless geniuses who entered this Blood Trial.
"It seems I'll have to find a way to increase my final damage amplification next." Su Yu mused.
This was his first time encountering someone with 90% final damage reduction.
Of course, if he used Desperate Counterattack, he could temporarily increase his final damage amplification by 150%.
However, it was clearly not time to use Desperate Counterattack yet.
The cooldown for Desperate Counterattack was 2 hours; there was absolutely no need to use it unless it was a critical moment.
After applying six layers of shields to himself, Su Yu's wings flapped, and he flew straight toward the Sky Eagle Territory members.
He prepared to deal with this group of Sky Eagle Territorysmall fry first.
The Lightning Domain alone could cause over 3 million damage each time.
Even after deducting the final damage reduction, it could still deal over 2 million damage to the vast majority of people here.
It wouldn't take two seconds to force out the life-saving trump cards of most of the small fry.
Su Yu's speed was extremely fast; he directly bypassed Ying Yang and, in the blink of an eye, arrived above the Sky Eagle Territory members.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The moment the Lightning Domain touched them, it caused them massive damage.
Su Yu swept directly over the Sky Eagle Territory members and arrived at the other side.
During this process, Su Yu was forced to endure a dozen attacks, but they barely managed to break three layers of his shield; it put absolutely no pressure on him.
Chapter 136: A Massive Loss!
"It's an area-of-effect skill, everyone scatter!"
"Yu Huang's area-of-effect skill is actually true damage too? This... how is this possible!"
"It's not just that. Every skill he has shown so far is true damage. I suspect all of his attacks are true damage."
"Is this a natal talent or a class talent? How could there be such a powerful talent?"
"All of his attacks currently cannot ignore our life-saving trump cards. It's 120 against 1; the advantage is with us."
Messages flashed through the Sky Eagle Territory's team channel. Only when truly facing Su Yu did they realize just how terrifying his strength was.
Those who had encountered Su Yu before were basically all killed instantly by the Blood Gods Eye.
They only knew that Su Yu's strength was terrifying and that he possessed the means to ignore life-saving trump cards and kill people instantly.
Beyond that, they knew nothing.
Of course, this couldn't be blamed on them. It was just that Su Yu's strength was too terrifying; ordinary people couldn't even force him to use a second move.
"Yu Huang has this level of strength?" A hint of gravity flashed in Ying Yang's eyes.
To be honest, he had already taken Su Yu very seriously.
Originally, he had only intended to bring the five people from his own squad to deal with Su Yu.
However, as Su Yu killed more and more people, and even Gu Hong was killed instantly by Su Yu, he had to pay serious attention to Su Yu's strength.
One had to know that although Gu Hong was only ranked just over one hundred on the Blood Trial leaderboard.
His survival ability was very strong. At the very least, Ying Yang himself had no way to kill Gu Hong in one move.
This gave him a very intuitive understanding of Su Yu's damage output.
Therefore, this time he directly utilized the Blood Altar's group teleportation ability, and including himself, he teleported a full 120 people over at once.
These 120 people were all the backbone of the Sky Eagle Territory.
Since the Sky Eagle Territory had already become mortal enemies with Yu Huang, they absolutely could not hold back.
A lion uses its full strength even when hunting a rabbit. He would absolutely not use a piecemeal strategy that would allow Su Yu to slowly deplete the Sky Eagle Territory's fighting force.
What he wanted to do was strike with a heavy blow, leaving Su Yu no chance to turn things around.
But now, he felt that he had still underestimated Su Yu's strength.
Su Yu's damage output was truly too terrifying; all of his attacks were true damage.
No matter how high the defense or how thick the shield, under Su Yu's attacks, they were like paper, fragile and weak.
"Everyone scatter, use long-range attacks to lock down Yu Huang!" Ying Yang's mind stirred, and he began commanding in the team channel.
Swish!
A burst of golden light erupted from Ying Yang's body. Suddenly, his aura surged, and his movement speed received a terrifying boost.
"Die!"
He was like a streak of golden light cutting through the sky, his battle blade slashing fiercely toward Su Yu.
Countless blade lights intertwined, directly sealing off all of Su Yu's retreat paths.
Seeing this, Su Yu did not dodge at all. He drew his longbow into a full moon, and a Soul-Severing Arrow, fueled by a hundred times the mana consumption, instantly tore through the air.
Since he couldn't dodge, he would trade injury for injury.
If Ying Yang wanted to block the Soul-Severing Arrow he fired, then the attack would naturally not land on him.
Bang, bang, bang!
One long-range attack after another, taking advantage of Su Yu's position being locked down, surged toward him.
Su Yu directly tanked over a dozen attacks, which immediately left him with only his last layer of shield.
Su Yu frowned. This group from the Sky Eagle Territory all had decent strength; dragging this out any longer would really be a problem.
Once he was pinned down by Ying Yang, this group would be a huge threat to him.
Thinking of this, Su Yu did not hesitate any longer. Aren't trump cards meant to be used?
If not now, when!
Power of the Brave!
Suddenly, Su Yu's body seemed to ignite with endless golden flames, like a god of war bathed in fire, emitting a terrifying aura.
The active effect of Power of the Brave allowed his total attributes to be multiplied by 300%, which meant an additional 200% increase to his base total attributes.
Base total attributes were the total attributes before calculating various percentage bonuses.
Although it wasn't as much as the final total attributes, it was still as high as around 30,000.
In other words, after using Power of the Brave, even Su Yu's lowest attribute could increase by as much as 60,000.
Su Yu felt his current state; it was far stronger than before.
However, he was still not satisfied with this state; he decisively activated the Desperate Counterattack skill.
Suddenly, his HP dropped to only 20%, but he gained a shield that could withstand 200% of his maximum HP.
At the same time, his final damage amplification skyrocketed to 150%.
Swish!
The wings on Su Yu's back flapped, his movement speed soared to the extreme, and he immediately pulled away from the people of the Sky Eagle Territory.
"Oh no, he's going to escape!"
"A mere Yu Huang is nothing to fear. He's probably already regretting provoking our Sky Eagle Territory, right?"
"Chase him! Supports, hurry up and buff our movement speed!"
The people of the Sky Eagle Territory all chased after Su Yu.
"Yu Huang, today is your doomsday!" A cold sneer curled the corner of Ying Yang's mouth.
Subsequently, a flash of cyan light passed over Ying Yang's body, and his movement speed actually increased by another notch on top of the surge from just before.
"You can't escape." Ying Yang's movement speed soared to the extreme, even a few points faster than Su Yu's movement speed.
A few breaths later.
Su Yu stopped directly, looked at the people of the Sky Eagle Territory behind him, and a cold sneer curled his lips.
The reason he had pulled away from the people of the Sky Eagle Territory just now was to get them all into his line of sight at the same time.
Otherwise, at that previous position, he had people all around him, and there was no way to hit everyone at once.
Blood Gods Eye!
In an instant, the vast majority of the people from the Sky Eagle Territory suffered over ten million in damage.
Under the buffs of Power of the Brave and Desperate Counterattack, the damage of the Blood Gods Eye was already approaching 1.8 billion.
Even if 120 people split the damage, each person still had to take nearly 15 million in damage.
Even though they possessed final damage reduction, the vast majority of them still had to take over ten million in damage.
[Congratulations, you have killed a challenger with Trial Protection and gained 500,000 Blood Trial points.]
[Congratulations, you have killed a challenger with Trial Protection and gained 500,000 Blood Trial points.]
...
[Congratulations, your Trial Level has increased. Current Trial Level is 11, and the Blood Trial point multiplier is 4.]
System notification sounds rang in Su Yu's ears one after another.
In just a moment, only Ying Yang remained in Su Yu's line of sight.
With this one Blood Gods Eye, he directly harvested 16 million Blood Trial points.
This meant that among the 119 people he had just killed, apart from the 32 who had purchased Trial Protection and were not eliminated, the others had all been eliminated.
This wave was an absolute, massive loss for the Sky Eagle Territory.
Chapter 137: Body of the God of War!
Ying Yang was in the lead with a Charge, and at this moment, he still had no idea what had happened behind him.
Earlier, Su Yu's Blood Gods Eye had only dealt less than ten million damage to him, not even forcing out his life-saving trump card.
In his view, although Su Yu's attacks were a bit high, they were not unbearable.
One had to know that one of his life-saving trump cards was his God-tier Talent; no matter how strong Su Yu's methods were, it was impossible to ignore his God-tier Talent.
As long as he seized the opportunity, Su Yu would undoubtedly die.
"Die!"
Seeing Su Yu stop, Ying Yang couldn't help but feel delighted and immediately seized this opportunity.
Terrifying blade lights blasted toward Su Yu.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Mana Arrows tore through the air, smashing into the blade lights swung out by Ying Yang.
The blade lights and arrows collided, erupting with terrifying energy fluctuations, and then dissipated into nothingness.
Soul-Severing Arrow!
Su Yu's mind stirred, and a Soul-Severing Arrow, consuming a hundred times the mana, tore through the air.
The arrow's speed was extremely fast, reaching in front of Ying Yang in almost an instant.
Feeling the aura on the arrow, Ying Yang's heart churned violently.
What a terrifying aura; Su Yu's strength seemed to have instantly increased several times over.
Of course, it had indeed become several times stronger; Su Yu's base all-attributes had increased by 200%, and his final damage amplification had increased from 0 to 150%.
These two could be said to have a multiplicative relationship, so the boost to Su Yu's strength was naturally several-fold.
"Break for me!"
Ying Yang swung his battle blade frantically, putting his all into every strike, trying his best to defend.
However, the defense didn't mean much; Ying Yang only managed to block three of the arrows, while the other three still slammed into his body.
They instantly dealt a massive amount of damage to him.
In Su Yu's current state, each hundred-fold Soul-Severing Arrow could deal nearly fifty million damage to Ying Yang.
Although Ying Yang's final damage reduction was as high as 90%, Su Yu's final damage amplification was currently as high as 150%.
After canceling each other out, not only could Ying Yangnot reduce the damage from Su Yu, but he also had to take an additional 60% damage.
Boom!
A blinding golden light suddenly erupted from Ying Yang's body, and his HP was instantly restored to full.
This was his God-tier Talent, the Body of the God of War.
Once he took fatal damage, he would enter the God of War State, and his strength would instantly receive an all-around boost.
The God of War State could last for three minutes.
While in the God of War State, Ying Yang could take at most 1% of his maximum HP in damage each time.
This meant that while in the God of War State, killing Ying Yang in one hit was impossible; even the most powerful opponent would need at least one hundred attacks to kill him.
Moreover, Ying Yang still had recovery methods, which meant that trying to kill him within those three minutes was extremely, extremely difficult.
Unless one had overwhelming strength, it was impossible to kill him within three minutes.
"What about the others? Why haven't they caught up yet?" Ying Yang felt a chill in his heart.
The surroundings were truly too quiet, so quiet that it made him feel uneasy.
Ying Yang abruptly turned his head, and then he froze in place as if he had been petrified.
At this moment, there was no one behind him.
Over a hundred core members of the Sky Eagle Territoryhad actually just vanished into thin air.
This meant that the moment Su Yu stopped just now, he had insta-killed all the brothers behind him.
"Yu! Huang!" Ying Yang's eyes turned red, and he stared fixedly at Su Yu, wishing he could tear Su Yu into a thousand pieces.
The core strength that the Sky Eagle Territory had brought into the Blood Trial was almost completely wiped out.
Even if he killed Su Yu now, it wouldn't make up for the losses of the Sky Eagle Territory this time.
A hint of regret surfaced in Ying Yang's heart, but he quickly extinguished this thought.
Matters had reached this point; only by killing Su Yu could he feel slightly better.
"You're welcome. I'll send you to join them very soon," Su Yu said with a smile.
"You... are courting death!" Ying Yang roared angrily and swung his battle blade toward Su Yu.
Now that he was in the God of War State, he basically didn't need to worry about his own safety; even if it meant trading injury for injury, he could wear Su Yu down to death.
Swish, swish, swish!
Su Yu's figure flickered; he tried his best to dodge the blade lights Ying Yang was hacking over while attacking Ying Yang at the same time.
Bang, bang, bang!
Ying Yang only attacked and did not defend, with blade light after blade light blasting toward Su Yu.
At the same time, arrows like a violent storm slammed into his body, but each arrow could only cause him to lose 1% of his maximum HP.
However, while in the God of War State, his HP recovery speed was extremely fast, and he could recover over 3% of his HP every second.
Especially when his HP was lower, his HP recovery speed was even faster.
Even though Su Yu's current attack speed had reached ten arrows per second, it still could only cause him to lose a single-digit percentage of HP per second.
"Ying Yang in this state is actually quite strong," Su Yuthought to himself.
This was his first time fighting someone with a God-tier Talent, and the first time he had intuitively experienced their power.
Under Ying Yang's attacks, Su Yu's shield value was also dropping rapidly.
"The shield from the Soul-Severing Arrow can't keep up with the pace," Su Yu frowned slightly.
The six Soul-Severing Arrows could now only deal 6% of maximum HP damage to Ying Yang, which couldn't provide much shield value at all.
Su Yu retreated while fighting; he knew that Ying Yang's state definitely couldn't last too long.
His recovery ability was not as good as Ying Yang's, so if he traded injury for injury with Ying Yang, he would be the one at a disadvantage.
"It seems my survival ability is still my shortcoming."
In the battle with Ying Yang, Su Yu finally discovered his current shortcoming.
Usually, he hadn't encountered any powerful opponents, so he just felt that his survival ability was pretty good.
But after fighting Ying Yang, he finally discovered this point.
It could be said that his current output capability was far stronger than his survival capability.
"Yu Huang, aren't you very strong? Why are you running? Keep fighting me head-on," Ying Yang deliberately provoked Su Yu.
However, Su Yu turned a deaf ear to him.
He opened up the distance while attacking Ying Yang, but in this state, his attack speed plummeted, and being able to shoot six or seven arrows per second was already not bad.
Void!
Su Yu's mind stirred, and he directly used the equipment skill of the void necklace.
In the Void state, his movement speed surged again by a significant margin.
Bang, bang, bang!
Blade lights blasted onto Su Yu's body, but the vast majority could not deal any damage to him.
In the Void state, Su Yu could be immune to physical damage.
Of course, Void was merely a skill of a Star Gradeequipment; if he encountered a higher-tier skill, it might not take effect, or might not take full effect.
However, the vast majority of Ying Yang's blade lights were clearly a ranged method similar to a basic attack, and could not bypass the Void state.
Seeing that the vast majority of Ying Yang's blade lights could not deal damage to him, Su Yu's eyes lit up, and he immediately launched a fierce counterattack against him.
Chapter 138: Sky Eagle Territory Annihilated!
Swish, swish, swish!
Mana Arrows shot out from Su Yu's hands like a raging storm, occasionally interspersed with Soul-Severing Arrows.
Including the Soul-Severing Arrows, Su Yu could unleash about fifteen or sixteen arrows per second at this moment.
Ying Yang chose to defend rather than attack, but after enduring a full two seconds of assault, he finally couldn't hold on any longer.
These two seconds caused his health points to drop by about 20%; if this continued, he would die at Su Yu's hands.
Ying Yang decisively began using normal sword beams to block Su Yu's Mana Arrows, while still using his powerful skill-based sword beams to attack Su Yu.
Rumble!
The fierce battle between the two sides erupted with terrifying waves of energy, causing countless trees to collapse and even turn into dust.
As time passed, Ying Yang couldn't help but feel anxious.
His normal sword beams had no effect on Su Yu, but Su Yu's Mana Arrows could deal massive damage to him.
Su Yu could dodge or block at least half of his skill-based sword beams, but the power of Su Yu's Soul-Severing Arrows was too terrifying, forcing him to rely on his God of War State to tank them.
At this moment, he had to admit that Su Yu's damage output was far superior to his own.
He could only rely on his God of War State to forcibly stall for time.
However, even with the God of War State, after fighting for less than thirty seconds, his health points had already dropped below 20%.
If this continued, he would undoubtedly die; he had to find a way to break the deadlock.
Su Yu watched Ying Yang, feeling somewhat surprised.
Ying Yang's strength was greater than he had imagined; it seemed he had underestimated the people of this world.
However, his own strength was still in a rapid growth phase, and his development of his Super-God Level Talentwas still merely scratching the surface.
A large part of why he possessed his current strength was due to the first-kill rewards from bosses of various tiers, as well as the rewards from the first stage of the Blood God Trial.
The first-kill rewards for bosses of various tiers could be considered the most important benefit the game "Immortality" provided to newborn civilizations.
The value of these rewards was almost immeasurable.
Relying on the advantages accumulated in the early stages through his Super-God Level Talent, Su Yu had taken every first-kill reward for bosses of various tiers that he could for the Blue Star Civilization.
Then, relying on these accumulations, he had secured the rewards for the first stage of the Blood God Trial.
It could be said that his growth trajectory was very difficult to replicate.
All of this was a snowball effect created by his Super-God Level Talent.
For the new generation of the Tianlong Continent like Ying Yang, it was almost impossible to obtain as many opportunities as Su Yu had.
This was also the reason why Su Yu was so confident in his own strength.
As time passed, Ying Yang's health points grew lower and lower, which made him increasingly anxious.
"Do I really have to use that move?" Ying Yang felt conflicted.
He still had one trump card, but using this trump card would consume his lifespan.
And it would consume quite a lot; using it once would cost him a hundred years of his lifespan, equivalent to consuming a vial of High-Level Soul Liquid, a truly terrifying price to pay.
One had to know that he currently had Trial Protection on him; even if he died, it would only consume this Trial Protection.
From a rational perspective, choosing the latter was naturally more appropriate.
"Forget it, the price is too high, and this isn't a true desperate situation yet." Ying Yang shook his head.
He had already made his decision.
"Yu Huang, I admit you are strong. I underestimated you this time. If I meet you again, the outcome won't be like this," Ying Yang said unwillingly.
In his view, Su Yu's strength was only slightly better than his own.
Once he teamed up with one or two more God-child level figures, Su Yu definitely wouldn't be their match.
Once they killed Su Yu, their trial levels would receive a significant boost.
The next time he met Su Yu would be when he used his trump card.
"Next time?" Su Yu said indifferently, "Those who are defeated by me will never be regarded as opponents."
"Even if there is a next time, you will still face the same ending."
As his voice fell, six Soul-Severing Arrows, consuming a hundred times the mana, instantly tore through the air.
"You..." Ying Yang had only managed to say one word before he was enveloped by a beam of blood-colored light and instantly vanished.
[Congratulations on killing a trial-taker with Trial Protection; you have gained 500,000 Blood Trial points.]
[Congratulations, your trial level has increased. Current trial level is 12, and the Blood Trial point multiplier is 5.]
"It seems I have to thank this group of delivery men from the Sky Eagle Territory; in such a short time, they have helped me gain a full 16.5 million Blood Trial points." A smile curled at the corners of Su Yu's mouth.
Immediately, he opened the Blood Trial leaderboard to take a look.
[Rank 1: Long Yuan (Longyuan Pavilion), Current Points: 45.77 million.]
[Rank 2: Jian Lingxiao (Wan Jian Sect), Current Points: 28.55 million.]
[Rank 3: Ying Yang (Sky Eagle Territory), Current Points: 22.32 million.]
[Rank 4: Yu Huang (No Affiliation), Current Points: 19.78 million.]
[Rank 5: Xue Li (Blood Demon Alliance), Current Points: 18.86 million.]
...
"I actually made it to fourth place; the efficiency is quite high." Su Yu nodded with satisfaction.
He had only entered the Blood Trial for a short time, and he had already climbed to fourth place on the Blood Trialleaderboard.
This speed was likely unprecedented and would probably never be surpassed.
However, he had climbed up by stepping on the corpses of the Sky Eagle Territory members.
Generally, major factions entering the Blood Trial had a tacit understanding not to hunt down the core members of other factions on a large scale.
They wouldn't be as ruthless as Su Yu, who had killed over a hundred people from the Sky Eagle Territory in one go.
"I should take the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar right now." A cold glint flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
He and the Sky Eagle Territory were already locked in a life-or-death struggle; now that the Sky Eagle Territoryhad been severely weakened, taking their Blood Altarshould be effortless.
Moreover, if he wanted to enter the Inner Layer, he had to take the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar.
After all, the people of the Sky Eagle Territory would certainly not agree to let him use the Blood Altar; since they wouldn't agree, he would have to do it himself.
Eternal Night Stealth!
Swish!
Su Yu deactivated his Lightning Domain, flapped his wings, and sped straight toward the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar.
His primary goal now was to reach the Sky Eagle Territory's Blood Altar as quickly as possible.
A few breaths later, a system notification suddenly rang in Su Yu's ears.
[Your ranking on the hidden dragon ranking has been updated. Current Rank: 1.]
[Class Second-Turn Quest: Hidden Dragon Ascending the Abyss (Legendary-Grade) has been completed. Please open the quest panel to claim your rewards.]
Su Yu's figure came to a sudden halt, and a flash of wild joy appeared in his eyes.
He hadn't expected that merely defeating Ying Yang would allow him to reach first place on the hidden dragon ranking; this was simply an unexpected surprise.
He had originally thought he would need to defeat Long Yuan to reach first place on the hidden dragon ranking, as Long Yuan was the genuine first place on the hidden dragon ranking during his first turn.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Su Yu felt it was quite reasonable.
Having defeated a peerless genius among second-turners like Ying Yang while still being a first-turner, taking first place on the hidden dragon ranking seemed to be within reason.
Chapter 139: Class Talent ③!
Su Yu opened his quest panel, and his second-tier class advancement quest, 'Rising Dragon', had quietly changed to a completed status.
A very prominent claim button appeared before his eyes.
Su Yu moved his mind, and a notification message appeared in his mind.
[Notification: After claiming the quest reward, you will directly promote to a second-tier class holder. Please confirm if your current status is normal.]
Su Yu did not hesitate and flew directly towards the ground.
He still remembered the feeling of physical transformation when he first changed his class to Shadow God Archer.
He worried that if he got distracted in mid-air, it would be bad if he fell.
A moment later, Su Yu landed steadily on the ground.
He observed his surroundings, and after confirming that there were no safety issues in the environment, he directly claimed the rewards for the second-tier class advancement quest.
[Your completion rating for the second-tier class advancement quest is perfect. Congratulations on obtaining: Second-tier Class Advancement Certificate (perfect) * 1, Godly Artisan Stone * 1.]
[Congratulations on completing the second-tier class advancement quest: Rising Dragon (Legendary-Grade). Your class tier has successfully been promoted to second-tier.]
[Congratulations on promoting to a second-tier class holder with a rank of 1st place. You have received the hidden dragon ranking reward and an additional increase of 5 levels in life grade.]
[Quest: Path of the Strong (epic grade) has been completed. Please proceed to the City Lord of Tianyuan to claim the reward.]
System notification sounds rang one after another in Su Yu's ears, but he had no time to pay attention to them.
At this moment, his attention was completely drawn to the changes in his body.
Mysterious forces were seeping into his limbs and bones, and even deep into his soul, giving him a floating sensation.
This feeling was simply too comfortable; his body's instincts could not resist it at all.
If he had promoted during a battle, he would definitely have become a living target for others.
About thirty seconds later, this floating sensation quietly faded away, and Su Yu's will regained control of his body.
"Finally promoted to a second-tier class holder." A hint of joy flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
Promoting to a second-tier class holder was his initial goal upon entering the Tianlong Continent, and he had finally fulfilled this goal perfectly.
However, he now had even more goals.
That was to take the first-place reward of the Blood Trial, as well as complete the Blood God Trial II quest.
The reward for the former was a self-selected type of god-grade resource, as well as three bottles of high-grade soul liquid.
And the reward for the latter was unlocking the second seal of the Blood Gods Eye, as well as unlocking the special constitution 'Body of the Blood God (god grade)'.
He would absolutely not let go of the rewards for both of these.
Especially since the latter also involved a series of quests for the Blood God Trial, which he must complete.
He had already experienced the power of the Blood Gods Eye.
It could be said that if he hadn't had the Blood Gods Eyejust now, it would have been quite difficult for him to wipe out that group of people from the Sky Eagle Territory.
The Blood Gods Eye with only the first seal unlocked was already this powerful; Su Yu dared not imagine how strong the complete version of the Blood Gods Eye would be.
Not to mention the so-called Body of the Blood God, as well as more unknown rewards.
It could be said that the Blood God Trial was the greatest opportunity he had obtained since entering the Tianlong Continent this time.
Thinking of this, Su Yu became a bit troubled again.
Old Wang and his companion had brought him such a huge opportunity.
But he had been in the Middle Layer for some time now, and he had hardly collected any resources they could use; he really didn't know how to compensate them.
"Forget it, I'll take it one step at a time. At worst, I'll just go find other major forces to collect some protection fees later." Su Yu thought to himself.
Anyway, as long as he could complete the Blood God Trial II and take the first place in the Blood Trial, that would be enough.
There was no need to treat all the major forces in the Tianlong Continent as enemies.
As long as they could offer him some protection fees, he could just pretend they didn't exist.
Of course, the Sky Eagle Territory was an exception.
The Sky Eagle Territory had already been listed on Su Yu's must-kill list; people from the Sky Eagle Territory must absolutely not appear in his line of sight.
"Let me first see what changes have occurred to my class talent." Su Yu felt some anticipation in his heart.
Every time he completed a class advancement, the biggest change was the change in class talent.
Generally speaking, every time a class advancement was completed, the class talent would unlock a new entry.
Of course, it was also possible that it would simultaneously strengthen the old entries.
For a god-grade class holder, every class advancement was a process of qualitative change, which was mainly reflected in the changes in class talent.
Su Yu did not hesitate and decisively opened the class panel to check.
[Class Talent ①: You can simultaneously use Archer and Assassin equipment, as well as learn Archer and Assassin skills.]
[Class Talent ②: All damage you deal will be converted into true damage.]
[Class Talent ③: All damage you deal will be converted into an equivalent healing effect (this effect ignores negative statuses that affect healing effects, such as anti-healing or grievous wounds). At the same time, overflowing healing effects will be converted into a permanent shield (duration is permanent, cannot be dispelled), which can store up to 100 times your maximum health in shield value.]
[Class Talent ④: Unlocked after third-tier advancement.]
[Class Talent...]
"Hiss! My survivability has been maxed out now!" The joy in Su Yu's eyes was almost overflowing.
You know, he was just worried earlier that his survivability wasn't enough; his output capability was far greater than his survivability.
But now?
His output capability was equal to his healing capability, and he could also possess a permanent shield with 100 times his maximum health.
Currently, without activating Power of the Brave, his health was over two million.
This meant he could equip himself with a permanent shield that could withstand over two hundred million damage.
In the absence of true damage, a permanent shield was almost no different from health.
And with his current output capability, I'm afraid the damage others dealt to him wouldn't even be as fast as his own recovery speed.
This was enough to max out Su Yu's survivability; I'm afraid even a god-grade BOSS of the same level wouldn't be as tanky as him.
"I am really looking forward to the entries unlocked after the third-tier advancement." Su Yu was filled with anticipation.
The Shadow God Archer class was indeed a truly unique hidden class; in the entire "Immortality" game, he was the only one who possessed it.
Although the name was somewhat unremarkable, the class talent entries were truly terrifyingly strong.
Now, all the damage he dealt was true damage, and he could also recover an equivalent amount of health, or increase an equivalent amount of permanent shield.
This was simply both offensive and defensive, powerful in all aspects, with almost no weaknesses.