In this environment, the giant turtle's many techniques are completely restricted.
It excels in water-based techniques, Gui Water Divine Thunder, forbidden techniques, etc., which are all water attributes and cannot be activated in the All Heaven Fiery Array.
The remaining thousand guild members crowded into the array, all launching flying sword treasures aimed at the giant turtle, and Su Yu was no exception, summoning the Ice Soul to join the besieging army.
Countless sword lights and magical treasures struck the giant turtle, sparks flying, but only pitifully inflicted a few dozen damage points, some even in the single digits, much less than the damage from the All Heaven Fiery Fire.
However, no matter how little the damage, the sheer quantity was overwhelming, a single round of focused fire dealing tens of thousands of damage.
Su Yu used the Ice Soul Sword to scrape some damage, ensuring his right to loot distribution, and then relaxed, floating with sword control, slicing back and forth on the turtle's back.
The damage was not high, just a token contribution.
Next, it was just waiting for the giant turtle to die, and then it would be a test of luck.
Su Yu took a moment to open his attribute panel, seeing his fortune today was 22.
"Not bad, above average."
Of the four innate attributes, only fortune is not fixed, resetting daily, today's bad luck might be tomorrow's good fortune.
However, a fortune of 22 is still not high, the probability of getting loot is slim.
Su Yu didn't put much hope, with thousands sharing, not getting it is normal, getting it would be a gain.
"Bang!"
A huge turtle head thudded against the light screen, the immense force dispersed among the 108 All Heaven Fiery Banners, completely unaffected.
Su Yu, standing far away, watched the giant turtle struggle desperately under the siege of thousands.
In just four or five minutes, the giant turtle, level 132 with over 2 million health and extremely high defense, was forcibly slain by them.
There were no accidents, no casualties.
In fact, casualties were impossible; the All Heaven Fiery Banners were deployed, and with thousands of veterans besieging a lone BOSS, any mishaps would cast doubt on the abilities of the guild leaders managing the siege.
At a certain moment, as a massive seal descended like a villa, shattering the turtle's back shell, the turtle raised its head in a mournful cry and fell heavily.
Countless streams of light converged from the giant corpse into a light ball and exploded, splitting into twelve portions that flew in all directions to land on the lucky ones.
Su Yu watched as one of the light balls approached him, falling on him amidst the envious gazes of others.
"Wow, I really got it!"
He joyfully opened the loot light ball, finding a head-sized round ball inside, smooth to the touch.
Upon touching it, without needing to check the attributes, Su Yu knew what it was.
"It's actually a Demon Core!"
Giant Turtle Demon Core (Spiritual Object): The essence of the giant turtle's cultivation, possessing wondrous effects.
It can be used to craft higher-level spirit pills that permanently increase attributes or the upper limit of Qi and mana, can be refined by beast companions to enhance strength, can be used to create magical treasures, or even eaten directly to increase attributes and mana limit.
Eating it directly requires refining the residual demon consciousness in the core, which carries some risk.
Su Yu considered that alchemy and artifact refining require a lot of supplementary materials which he lacked the resources for, so he simply sold it to the guild for 5 gold.
With the BOSS dealt with, everyone returned to their respective tasks.
He returned to his original spot to continue leveling up.
Roaming around various strongholds, specifically clearing lower-level monsters, Su Yu was very aware of his limits, focusing only on monsters below level fifty. For those above level fifty, or elite monsters above level forty, he wouldn't even attempt, instead summoning nearby guild experts for assistance.
The diverse range of monsters greatly expanded his horizons, enriched his combat experience, and his swordsmanship skills advanced rapidly.
When the guild assembled over fifty thousand members to completely scour the Poisonous Mist Swamp, it was already more than half a month later, by which time Su Yu's swordsmanship had advanced to an exceedingly high level.
A single flying sword trailed a ten-meter-long arc across the water, effortlessly encircling a dozen monsters, sword qi cutting back and forth, blood blossoms floating.
Compared to his earlier immaturity half a month ago, his swordsmanship now was very seasoned. The flying sword shuttled back and forth; whenever a monster leapt out of the water to counterattack, the Ice Soul Sword would appear at a tricky angle, circling and slicing around it, instantly causing five segments of damage to spike simultaneously.
The Qi Refining Heart Skill and Basic Sword Formulas levels hadn't changed, still at level twenty for the Basic Qi Refining Skill and level thirty for the Cyan Mountain Sword Scripture, but he could now easily take down groups of level thirty to forty monsters without taking damage himself, even his mana consumption was minimal.
Over the past half month, he had accumulated a staggering 4.78 million cultivation points, and along with the previous accumulation of 6.92 million, he had accumulated 6 Dao practice points, from occasional small BOSS encounters, with 149 points remaining from before.
These cultivation points and Dao practice points were enough to elevate the Basic Qi Refining Heart Skill to level thirty, but he didn't do it.
At least with the twenty-level Qi Refining Heart Skill, he had an experience bonus against level thirty to forty monsters, upgrading would reduce that bonus significantly.
But this changed on a certain day, more than half a month later, when he suddenly received a guild call to assemble—all personnel to gather at battle base number 3.
No need for explanation, Su Yu knew from the information in the regional channel that the full-scale assault had begun.
The guild had spent more than half a month to barely clear seventy to eighty percent of the monsters and wild BOSSes in the Poisonous Mist Swamp, now they had established a number three base near the Poison Dragon Demon Stronghold, the next step was to gather forces for a full-scale assault on the demon stronghold.
"My current swordsmanship should be quite good now, perhaps I can properly showcase myself."
Su Yu mused, rubbing his chin:
"Rising in the guild has solid benefits; at this stage, I haven't been able to join a sect yet, so standing out in the guild is very necessary. With enough status, I can leverage the guild's power to obtain resources."
Though in the Beyond, personal power is the fundamental core, the strength of the collective should not be underestimated.
Like the Thousand Feather Guild, its influence extends over ten thousand kilometers radius, with tens of thousands of core members, hundreds of thousands of affiliates, and millions of dependents. The resources obtained by leveraging the group's power are beyond ordinary imagination, containing a vast amount of personal power-enhancing resources.
For example, advanced flying sword treasures, Daoist scriptures, advanced elixirs, and heavenly materials and earthly treasures that enhance innate attributes.
If one has a sufficiently high guild status, they can directly use guild contributions to exchange for these treasures.
The heavenly materials and earthly treasures and spirit pills that can enhance innate attributes are particularly important to him.
His most core future goal is to join a sect, otherwise, his achievements in this life will be limited.
Because in the Beyond, nearly all advanced Qi Refining Heart Skills, Sword Formulas, Thunder Skills, Forbidden Divine Techniques, Flying Sword Treasures, and such treasures are basically within the sects.
Outsiders like them, as loose cultivators, can generally obtain the best cultivation skills, which are advanced Qi Refining Heart Skills, Basic Five Elements Thunder Skills, etc., but refined level Qi Refining Heart Skills and Basic Sword Formulas, Forbidden Divine Techniques are almost unseen.
This is a very apparent difference.
For example, the Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill he practices is a mid-level Qi Refining Heart Skill, each level increases Qi and Blood by 20, mana by 40, and magic power by 20.
If switched to a refined level Qi Refining Heart Skill, each level increase would be Qi and Blood by 40, mana by 80, magic power by 40, nearly doubling the difference.
If switched to a supreme tier Qi Refining Heart Skill, each level increase would be Qi and Blood by 200, mana by 400, magic power by 200; how exaggerated is this difference?
Up to the Qi refining limit of level 100, a mid-level Qi Refining Heart Skill would have Qi and Blood +2000, mana +4000, magic power +2000, while a level 100 supreme tier Qi Refining Heart Skill would have Qi and Blood +20000, mana +40000, magic power +20000, what kind of difference is this?
Everyone is level 100, but the cultivation difference is so vast, how can they compare?
A low-level Qi Refining Heart Skill crossing a Celestial Tribulation is almost life-threatening, whereas a top-level Heart Skill with ten times the cultivation crosses the tribulation effortlessly.
This is the difference.
Therefore, Su Yu is determined to find a way to join a sect, not necessarily seeking supreme tier Dao skills, even refined level or mystic level would be leaps and bounds stronger than the current Purple Essence Qi Refining Skill.
Of course, it's not to say that outside of sects there is no way to obtain top-level Dao skills. Indeed, there are quite a few senior loose immortals in the Beyond who have left behind advanced Dao skills, but those are too rare to come by. Comparatively, joining a sect is simpler and more convenient than scouring everywhere for senior legacies.
The key goal is very clear; as long as you join, you can obtain it.