Chapter 52: Exchanging Resources, Encountering Shi Sword, Malice Appears!

Heavenly Pride Battalion Exchange Hall.

Su Yu stood beneath the screen, staring at the rows of large characters above.

The last time, Su Yu exchanged the Rift Sky Sword Technique here, spending a full 800 points, yet his identity token still held over a thousand points.

And Su Yu planned to use all those points to exchange for pill resources; now Su Yu has the Hurricane Blade for offense and golden silk soft armor for defense, a setup that even a strong Organ Tempering Realm practitioner might not surpass.

What Su Yu lacks most now is cultivation!

Know that within the Heavenly Pride Battalion, there are at least a handful of Organ Tempering Realm strongmen.

Jiangnan Sheng is merely a relatively remote province of Daxia, and the quality of its talents cannot compare to those of the top provinces.

To achieve good scores in the upcoming college entrance exam, one's cultivation still needs to be raised.

Otherwise, nothing can be discussed!

"Third-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill – 800 points!"

"Fourth-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill – 3 points!"

Seeing the prices above, Su Yu couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth; he had thought his over a thousand points were already terrifying.

But Su Yu hadn't expected that his over a thousand points couldn't even exchange for a single Fourth-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill.

And the Third-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill could only be exchanged for two at most.

Moreover, once exchanged, the remaining points would be just a hundred.

Yet the Third-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill is awesome, directly boosting Qi and Blood by twenty, but unfortunately a person can only take it once.

"I just don't know what effect this Fourth-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill has; I hope it lives up to your three thousand points!"

Su Yu murmured softly.

Then, resolutely, he exchanged for two Third-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pills.

The young lady at the counter, watching Su Yu's exchange, couldn't help but show a shocked expression; it was her first time seeing a freshman with so many points.

Nevertheless, she dutifully reminded him.

"Student, each person can only take the Third-Stage Blood-Coagulating Pill once; taking it again yields no effect!"

Hearing the lady's reminder, Su Yu gave a slight smile and said.

"Thanks for the reminder, but I have other uses!"

The lady beside him could only shut her mouth; after all, she had given the warning, and the rest was not her fault.

Su Yu took the two coagulating pills, then exchanged for a Basic Guidance Method, and prepared to leave.

At that moment, a commotion arose at the entrance of the Exchange Hall.

Su Yu's eyebrows twitched slightly, and he couldn't help but look over.

There, at the Exchange Hall entrance, a cold-faced youth carrying a black iron staff on his back, dressed in a long black robe, slowly walked in.

"Sss—, it's Shi Sword! It's been ages since I've seen Shi Sword; didn't expect him to show up today!"

"Isn't that right? It's said Shi Sword has already brushed the edge of the Organ Tempering Realm; though he's only ranked eleventh, he's no worse than those behind the top ten. If he breaks through the Organ Tempering Realm, he could directly challenge the top six!"

"Yeah, why did Shi Sword come out today?"

The crowd, looking at Shi Sword, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

Under everyone's gaze, Shi Sword walked in slowly, and his direction was unmistakably toward Su Yu!

"Got it, Shi Sword is here to cause trouble for Su Yu!"

"What's the situation? When did Su Yu provoke that ruthless Shi Sword?"

Someone asked the person beside them blankly.

"Hehe, you probably don't know this; do you remember that mission Shi Sword did back then?"

"You mean the mission that Su Yu completed?"

"Yes, that mission. At that time, Shi Sword went alone and returned severely wounded; it's said he was left with only a breath left, and only the chief Instructor intervened to save his life!"

"But what does that have to do with Shi Sword bothering Su Yu?"

Someone still asked in confusion.

"How could it be unrelated? After Shi Sword's injuries healed, he once said, once he breaks through the Organ Tempering Realm, he'll challenge that A-level mission again."

"Others, seeing even Shi Sword couldn't complete that mission, dared not take it. Now Su Yu took it and even completed it— isn't that a slap in Shi Sword's face?"

"Sss—, if you put it that way, it really is so. Su Yu is only mid Blood Refining Realm, yet completed the mission, while Shi Sword is already at the pinnacle of Blood Refining Realm; compared like that, Shi Sword does seem to have been slapped!"

"Hehe, they probably got news of Su Yu in the Exchange Hall today and rushed over to cause him trouble!"

The crowd watched Su Yu as if watching a play.

They seemed to already envision Su Yu struggling under Shi Sword's hand.

In their eyes, even though Su Yu completed the mission, there is inevitably some luck involved in such tasks.

If judged by strength, Su Yu truly isn't Shi Sword's opponent.

Shi Sword slowly approached Su Yu, a sharp gaze piercing him.

"You are Su Yu?"

The icy voice seemed to lower the surrounding temperature for a moment.

Su Yu looked at the Shi Sword before him, his eyebrows slightly raised; Yang Xiao had warned him earlier, so seeing Shi Sword didn't surprise him much.

What surprised him most was that Shi Sword came after him so quickly, and in broad public view.

"I am Su Yu. What do you want?"

Su Yu replied calmly.

Shi Sword suddenly stepped forward, a terrifying aura bursting from his body.

Su Yu inhaled deeply, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Just from his aura, Shi Sword is undoubtedly the strongest Blood Refining Realm pinnacle strongman Su Yu has ever seen.

Even, compared to Li Tianhe, he was only a little short.

This made Su Yu couldn't help but exclaim, "After all, it's still the Heavenly Pride Battalion—just a rank‑eleven expert is this terrifying; what would the top ten be like?"

However, after this period of time, Su Yu had also improved considerably; facing the icy Shi Sword, he naturally felt no fear.

The mid‑Blood Refining Realm cultivation likewise erupted, forcibly canceling the aura coming from Shi Sword.

Seeing this, Shi Sword's mouth split into a smile.

"Excellent, truly worthy of being a Heavenly Pride surpassing the Holy Spear Marquis—I just don't know if you have the guts to step onto the dueling platform and fight me."

Facing Shi Sword's words, Su Yu's mouth corner twitched slightly upward.

"What do you have to be afraid of?"