Chapter 507: 506, Plant Combination, Gift Potion_1
 

“For example, these.” Su Yu brought Zhong Feng to a cultivation area in the northeast of Tsushima Island, which was filled with Doomsday Mushrooms.”

The Doomsday Mushroom works similarly to the [Cherry Bomb], exploding upon contact with the enemy and causing damage to a large area.

However, their sizes are not the same.

The [Cherry Bomb] is only about the size of an adult’s fist, while the Doomsday Mushroom stands half a meter tall, its large black cap adorned with a pair of fierce red eyes.

With its larger size comes a much more significant explosive capability.

If the [Cherry Bomb] could be considered a hand grenade in a magical version, the Doomsday Mushroom would be a missile.

Su Yu explained to Zhong Feng: “The blast radius of the Doomsday Mushroom is very large. If angels were to drop it from the sky onto the monsters below, the resulting shockwave could easily injure them. Therefore, it’s safer for the Shadow Ghosts to carry them.”

“Shadow Ghosts have a skill called [Shadow Transfer], which can teleport the Doomsday Mushroom to the center of a crowd of monsters, thus preventing injury to themselves and causing more extensive harm.”

“That seems quite useful!” Zhong Feng immediately agreed. “I will have the Shadow Ghost troops come and collect some later.”

Also, Zhong Feng had another thought: “The Frost Dragon and the Flame Phoenix each possess a small storage space. Why don’t we have them carry some plants that can enhance their powers too?”

“Of course.”

For the next ten or so minutes, Su Yu and Zhong Feng picked out suitable plants on Tsushima Island and in Busan.

After some discussion, they chose a [Three-Leaf Clover] for the Frost Dragon and an [Ice Mushroom] for the Flame Phoenix.

The Frost Dragon, with formidable blood and defense abilities, had only one weakness – its slow speed. With the Three-Leaf Clover attached to its back, blowing wind behind it, the Frost Dragon could fly faster.

The Flame Phoenix’s defensive and blood attributes were extremely low. Many of the monsters on the opposing side were assassin-types and powerful forward warriors. The Ice Mushroom could slow down or even freeze a large area of monsters, making it less likely for the Phoenix to be killed by the enemies.

Once the plants to be carried were decided, Zhong Feng led his main force to gather them, while Su Yu returned to the group of monks to continue discussing battle tactics.

…

After some discussion of strategies, the monks all mentioned a weakness – important people on their side could be targeted by the enemy.

The monsters in the horde are not afraid to die. Zhong Feng’s main force isn’t afraid to die either, but Su Yu, Zhong Feng, and the monks cannot be sacrificed – not even one.

The commander behind the monsters must be aware of this.

If they indiscriminately attack Su Yu, Zhong Feng, and the monks without considering their own casualties, the presence of the monks would not only not enrich the battle but weigh down the whole army instead.

After some thought, Su Yu decided to take out some of the elixirs he had saved up from the game to give to the monks to enhance their self-preservation abilities.

Su Yu took out 11 bottles of [Master-Level Life Recovery Potions] and 10 bottles of [Energy Elixir] from his necklace.

He bowed to the monks and said: “Elders, these are elixirs that I’ve collected in the game world. The Life Recovery Potions can restore half of a newly-promoted sixth level cultivator’s health in three seconds when they’re near death. The Energy Elixirs can recover half of a sixth level cultivator’s mana in three seconds. Now, I would like to give these elixirs to you all, for use in critical moments.”

These 21 elixirs represent half of Su Yu’s savings, as he only had a little over 40 Master-Level elixirs at hand.

But Su Yu didn’t mind.

He knew that there are many hidden tasks in the game that could reward golden elixirs. When he returns to the game, he could replenish his supplies to their original levels just by spending a day or two doing tasks.

The effect of giving the elixirs to the monks was immeasurable.

If all goes well, all 21 monks here should be able to recover to the seventh level Union Stage in four months.

Great characters like Elder Yang could even recover to the Mahayana period, greatly affecting the entire war.

If these elixirs could save the lives of the monks at a critical moment, it would be a great profit!

That’s why Su Yu took out the elixirs.

Seeing the elixir box in Su Yu’s hand, the monks were moved.

The majority of them had been following the game and knew the value of these elixirs, which could save a life at a critical time.

Although they all had different ways to preserve their lives, who would complain about having too many?

All the monks looked at Su Yu with appreciation and gratitude.

But at this moment, Emperor Taizong shook his head slightly. “We appreciate your kindness, Su Yu, but our world values ‘equivalent exchange’. We, the elders, can’t just take your things for free. Moreover, the spiritual energy that we have been absorbing lately came from the spring eyes you attacked – we haven’t returned the favour yet!”

“Emperor Taizong is right.”

“We can’t take your things for free.”

“Su Yu, how about I give you something valuable in exchange?”

The monks chimed in one after another.

After some thought, Su Yu smiled and said, “Then let’s do this…”

He spoke of his idea of “absorbing the disseminated spiritual energy from all the killed monsters in the battle to break through to the seventh level.”

In the end, Su Yu said seriously, “Everyone has made a contribution to this battle, so the harvested spiritual energy should be shared equally. Now I’m giving you these elixirs, and in return, you let me have the spiritual energy. What do you all think?”

The monks exchanged glances and agreed.

Although the value of the elixirs might not equate to the value of the harvested spiritual energy, they appreciated Su Yu’s kindness and agreed without thinking further.

…

Su Yu gave the elixirs to the monks, and then they continued preparing for the battle.

Time was passing by faster and faster with every second.

The whole Tsushima Strait is about 120 kilometers wide, and it would take the monster horde about an hour and a half to cross it.

Finally, after an hour and fifteen minutes, Su Yu and a few other monks with sharp senses detected the approach of the monster army from the distance.

“The monster horde has appeared 10 kilometers from the coast, get into the air, prepare for battle!”

At Zhong Feng’s command, the long-prepared main force quickly took to the skies.

The Frost Dragon, flapping its giant wings, the Flame Phoenix, emitting a resounding cry, the Shadow Ghost, radiating a chilling green light from its eye sockets, and the Sacred Angel, with its Judgment Sword flashing brilliant light.

These high-level troops brought their states to the peak, ready for battle.

The monks also swiftly ascended into the air and formed a pentagram formation in the sky.

This was a tactic they had agreed upon before the battle began – forming a formation to release powerful spells for a pre-emptive strike, forcing the monsters to respect them.

Infinite energy was converging towards Elder Yang, who was at the very center of the pentagram formation.

The vertical third eye on Elder Yang’s forehead opened once more, preparing for the spell, waiting for the monsters to come within range.

Finally, 4 minutes later, when the monster horde was 5 kilometers from the coastline, they entered the monks’ firing range.