An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 155 Endless Pit
"Corruption? New humans from the subterraneans?"

These two entirely new terms caused Chu Xiu's expression to shift slightly.

Originally, the Demon Eye was merely a secret technique for observing the attributes of enemies, but under the influence of the Abyss's datafication, it may be possible to directly obtain some fundamental information.

Based on Chu Xiu's past experience, the names displayed on the panel are never simple code names, but rather reflect certain characteristics of the creature in front of him.

"I just don't know what these new underground humans are."

Just as Chu Xiu was pondering, the corrupted new humans in front of him suddenly changed!

Under the pollution of the blood lake, their bodies seemed to have undergone some kind of strange mutation. The mycelium that overflowed from their bodies began to grow wildly, becoming longer and more numerous, like moldy balls of hair extending in all directions!

A few minutes later, their ranks suddenly jumped, and they all rose to the Warrior rank!
After leveling up, the new humans got up and sneaked towards a cave entrance, disappearing into the vicinity of the Blood Lake in no time.

Chu Xiu didn't make a move that would alert them. He simply sent a few fierce ghosts to follow them, while he waited until the new humans had gone far away before appearing by the Blood Lake. Then, with a gentle scoop, the Heavenly Demon Hand reached out and snatched a toe into his hand.

The Blood Demon beside him immediately lit up.

"Um, Your Majesty, hehe."

Before it could even ask for it, Chu Xiu had already taken its toes away.

"I have no interest in your flattery. If you want to grow, you have to offer me something that will win my heart," Chu Xiu said coldly.

Rasputin's face immediately contorted in grievance, but having been by Chu Xiu's side for so long, he knew that these little tricks to please him were useless, so he didn't say anything more. His face was bloodshot, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Chu Xiu paid no attention and instead walked in the direction the new humans had left, intending to wipe them out once he found their lair.

However, he soon discovered that this place seemed to be very far from their lair, and even the passage looked newly dug, with some parts covered in a light green mucus that looked like snot.

Chu Xiu patiently continued along the passage for at least ten miles, until he had almost completely gone underground, before finally arriving at the exit.

After passing through a narrow and cramped entrance, the view suddenly opened up before him, but the scene before him caused Chu Xiu's expression to change slightly, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

In front of him was a huge, cylindrical pit!
Chu Xiu couldn't describe the sheer size of this pit; it was at least ten kilometers in diameter! It could practically fit a small city inside!
At this moment, Chu Xiu was on the edge of this pit. Looking down, all he could see was an endless expanse of darkness, as thick as ink, seemingly leading all the way to the core of this world.

The tunnel that Chu Xiu had just passed through was just a tiny hole on the edge of the deep pit. There are millions of similar holes, extending in all directions. You don’t even need to see them to know that these tunnels are intertwined and form an incredibly vast underground network!

Suddenly, Chu Xiu's expression changed again!
In his view, the few new humans who had just left the passage skillfully climbed the edge of the pit on all fours. After a while, as if they had found a suitable spot, they shrank back and clung tightly to the cliff like a curled-up beetle.

A pale green, snot-like mucus oozes from their bodies, and the rocks at the edge of the pit sizzle as they come into contact with it, breaking into pieces that are then inhaled by these underground humans.

Once their bodies are completely curled up, the stone armor on their bodies fits them perfectly, covering their decaying skin as if it were custom-made for them. From a distance, they look like a large, unremarkable rock protruding from a cliff.

Chu Xiu then realized that the stones on these creatures were not armor at all, but rather a different kind of skin directly connected to their bodies!
They feed on rocks! The organic matter in the rocks is digested into energy, while the remaining inorganic matter is concentrated into the armor on their skin.

The instant Chu Xiu realized this, he was horrified to discover that the entire edge of the pit was densely covered with these subterranean humans! They were like barnacles that roosted on the rocks and reproduced without limit, crowding every corner! There were so many that they were impossible to count!
This enormous crater was not formed naturally, but was created by countless underground humans who devoured and digested it!

Even someone as composed as Chu Xiu couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine at this sight!
"The pollution of the Blood Sea will greatly increase the reproductive capacity of organisms. For these subterranean creatures, there are no natural enemies but endless resources. Under these circumstances, their numbers will explode exponentially."

Chu Xiu simply couldn't imagine how large this population had grown over the years!

Although most of these strange creatures were only at the first or second level of the mortal rank, there were also quite a few at the warrior rank mixed in, and Chu Xiu even saw a fierce rank one!

Not to mention how many more are hidden at the bottom of that abyss, which is of unknown depth!

"Is this the horror of pollution, turning normal humans into this grotesque state?"

Chu Xiu couldn't help but think that if Blue Star continued to dive into the abyss, pollution might suddenly appear one day.

"But this is a great thing for me, at least my Soul-Slaying Banner will no longer lack food to replenish itself."

Chu Xiu didn't think about it anymore, and instead focused his attention on what was in front of him.

Although the souls of these corrupted underground new humans are of low strength, their sheer number makes up for it. Even if they are of poor quality, they are enough to feed a large number of vengeful ghosts.

"The completion of the Hundred Soul Banner is just around the corner!"

"But be careful of any stronger creatures around, lest you crash."

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu looked down into the deep pit.

It was as if there was an entity there that swallowed all light; even with Chu Xiu's current perception, he couldn't see the bottom at all.

For some reason, Chu Xiu suddenly thought of a rumor from a marketing account in his previous life.

It is said that the deepest mine in the Soviet Union at the time had been dug to a depth of 10,000 meters, but it was suddenly stopped. The official explanation was insufficient funding, but there are also rumors that the Soviet Union had discovered something terrifying underground, which led the higher-ups to terminate the project.

The deep pit before us was like a giant mine shaft expanded a thousand times! Just staring at it sent shivers down one's spine and filled one with fear.

After a moment's hesitation, Chu Xiu concealed his presence and simultaneously sent a vengeful ghost silently out to a human from the underground, where it extended its sharp claws and gently pulled him away.

Before the underground humans could react, they suddenly lost their balance and plummeted straight into the endless abyss!

Amidst its piercing screams, its form rapidly shrank until it was completely swallowed by darkness, and the screams grew fainter and fainter until they finally disappeared completely.

Chu Xiu stood still and listened intently, but after a long time, he heard no reply.

After thinking for a moment, he used the same trick again and pushed another underground human down into the ground. This time, however, he added a touch of emerald poisonous corpse fire to the human.

Instantly, the eerie green flames illuminated the dark pit. Chu Xiu controlled the power of the corpse fire, ensuring that the humans underground would not be burned to ashes in a short time, but instead would continue to emit shrill screams.

He himself hid completely, making sure he wouldn't be noticed.

In Chu Xiu's sight, the emerald green flame continued to shrink, and after a full two minutes it still hadn't hit the ground. Just as Chu Xiu was starting to doubt whether the pit had a bottom, the emerald green flame suddenly vanished.

It wasn't that the underground humans were burned to death and extinguished, but rather that they were swallowed up in an instant by the gaping maw of some giant beast!
Chu Xiu's expression suddenly hardened. He sensed that deep underground, an extremely complex and ancient consciousness was slowly protruding outwards along the pit, as if some being had been awakened by his actions!
A familiar feeling of nausea surged into Chu Xiu's mind. It was exactly the same feeling he had when he came into contact with those Blood Demon parts before, only much stronger!

At the same time, he heard countless low murmurs. Chu Xiu couldn't understand what language they were, but these whispers suddenly stirred up a violent emotion in his heart, which startled him!
His spirit was affected simply by coming into contact with that ancient will!
Just then, Chu Xiu suddenly realized a problem, and his expression changed drastically! "Not good!"

Before he could even make any move, the [Undying Corpse King Amulet] around his neck suddenly shone brightly, and at the same time, an extremely powerful mental attack rushed directly into the depths of the earth!

The Undying Corpse King Talisman automatically protected its owner! The moment Chu Xiu was corrupted, it automatically launched an attack on the unknown entity at the bottom of the abyss!
After advancing to the Ferocious Rank, the counterattack power of this legendary equipment increased three or four times! It could even instantly kill an ordinary Ferocious Rank Awakener! As the impact reached the bottom of the pit, Chu Xiu felt a piercing shriek coming from the bottom of the pit!
The next instant, the entire pit seemed to come alive. The countless underground humans clinging to the edge of the pit awoke one after another. They stretched out their limbs, let out chilling howls, and crawled on all fours, surging towards Chu Xiu from all directions!

This scene made Chu Xiu smile bitterly. He never expected that a casual test would lead to such consequences!

"call out!"

A loud whooshing sound came as a subterranean human rushed to Chu Xiu's side, thrusting out a steel spear in his hand!

Chu Xiu snorted coldly. Now that things had come to this, he naturally wouldn't back down. He reached out and grabbed the steel spear, but the force coming from his palm made him change slightly.

The attacker before us is only a level 3 warrior, but his strength attribute is over 100! Far exceeding that of ordinary monsters of the same level!

What surprised Chu Xiu even more was that after realizing that its strength was inferior to Chu Xiu's, the underground human did not back down at all. Instead, it abandoned its spear and pulled out a piece of iron from its waist to stab Chu Xiu!
"boom!"

Chu Xiu reached out with his other hand and smashed its head first. With the huge impact, the rock-covered body was thrown far away and fell to the bottom of the abyss.

These low-level underground humans were naturally no match for Chu Xiu, but the brief exchange made Chu Xiu realize that these guys were much stronger than creatures of the same level and had excellent combat instincts!

More importantly, they are completely unaware of fear, and their rocky skin enhances their defense. Although they cannot harm Chu Xiu, their sheer numbers make them extremely difficult to deal with! If he were surrounded, he might be worn down to death!

While he was thinking, dozens more underground humans pounced on Chu Xiu's side!

Chu Xiu's expression turned cold, and he suddenly unleashed the Berserk Demon Hand to both sides, instantly destroying a large number of rock walls. Hundreds of underground humans lost their balance and fell into the abyss along with the shattered rocks!
But even more underground humans fearlessly rushed in, like a swarm of ants!
Chu Xiu moved and retreated into the passage. The narrow entrance immediately blocked most of the underground humans, but they showed no sign of retreating. Instead, they began to frantically destroy the rocks around the entrance!
These subterranean humans, possessing superhuman strength, even at the lowest level of the first mortal rank, have a power exceeding ten points! They rapidly destroyed the surrounding rocks, and as large amounts of rubble fell towards the bottom of the abyss, in just a few breaths, they expanded the narrow opening to a size large enough for a truck to pass through!

This made Chu Xiu secretly click his tongue in amazement, and he continued to retreat.

He wasn't afraid of these low-level creatures; rather, he wanted to create a better environment for killing!
As the passage continued to expand, in less than half a minute, tens of thousands of corrupted humans poured in!
"This is a real zombie horde!" Chu Xiu exclaimed in amazement.

At this moment, he retreated to the rational zone, which was the widest part of the passage, a natural cavity of several hundred square meters, the perfect battlefield!

Chu Xiu raised his hand and a massive army of ghosts appeared behind him!
Thirty fierce ghosts, hundreds of malevolent ghosts, and thousands of sinister ghosts!
They were lined up like a fully equipped line infantry, and with a thought from Chu Xiu, a massive number of Yin Wind Blades shot out, slashing towards the underground humans rushing out of the cave!

"Puff puff!!!"

In an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere, and countless severed limbs fell to the ground. With just one attack, thousands of underground humans were cut into pieces!
At the same time, the dozen or so high-level resurrected corpses that Chu Xiu had gathered rushed out and fought with the underground humans who were surging in like a tidal wave!
Each of these resurrected corpses is a large creature with a physique exceeding two hundred and extremely strong defense. They block the ever-expanding cave entrance like unyielding reefs in a flood, firmly keeping these monsters outside.

The resurrected Baron and Blood Angel roamed through the underground human population like trucks crashing into a crowd, transforming into utter killing machines!
And then there's the machine gun ghoul that's fused with the Vulcan cannon. It doesn't even need to aim. Just point the machine gun at the cave entrance and pull the trigger, and the Vulcan cannon will spew out a terrifying metal storm that will instantly pulverize countless underground humans!
Faced with this meticulously planned massacre, in just a few breaths, the vast cave was transformed into a dark red hell of flesh and blood, with tens of thousands of souls being sucked into the Soul-Slaying Banner, causing the banner to gleam with a bewitching crimson hue.

Chu Xiu's face showed an intoxicated expression. He could feel that the frenzied killing was making his Boundless Reincarnation Technique run at high speed, and the merit gained from killing abyssal creatures was rapidly increasing the cultivation speed of this technique!
[Item Obtained: 567 Causality Points]

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At the same time, a series of notification sounds rang out around him, which made Chu Xiu smile from the bottom of his heart.

Although these guys had pitifully low experience and drop rates, their sheer numbers made up for it! After a killing spree, we still reaped a great harvest!
However, just as Chu Xiu was getting into the swing of things, he suddenly seemed to realize something, and his expression changed.

He was not a reckless man; before retreating back into the passage, he had left several vengeful spirits to monitor the movements in the pit.

Meanwhile, at the bottom of that dark abyss, where there was not a single ray of light, several dark figures were climbing upwards at an extremely fast speed!
Even from a great distance, Chu Xiu could sense from their astonishing speed that these guys were definitely at least at the general level!
Behind them, a massive number of underground humans were rapidly climbing up. These monsters from deeper levels were clearly more elite, including many ferocious ones!

"Tsk."

Chu Xiu clicked his tongue lightly, pondered for a moment, and then waved the Soul-Slaying Banner to collect the entire demon army.

Although he wanted to refine and devour all the strange creatures in the deep pit, he knew that this had to be done slowly rather than confronting them head-on.

If we force a fight, the gains might not even make up for the losses!
Not to mention, who knows what terrifying creatures might be lurking at the bottom of that deep pit!

The right approach is to utilize one's superior mobility to slowly whittle down the enemy's strength.

However, before leaving, Chu Xiu had one more gift to give to these monsters.

A slightly manic smile curled at the corner of his mouth, and then the Great Sun Guardian Shield appeared in his hand, aimed at the passage from which countless underground humans were pouring out!

Blinding light condensed at the center of the shield, and the next moment, with a deafening roar, a high-energy ray containing enormous power shot out!

A laser beam as thick as a bucket pierced through all the underground humans in the passage in an instant, its terrifying energy vaporizing their armor! Everything in its path, flesh and rock, was annihilated!
"Boom."

Countless rocks fell as the entire passage began to collapse under the terrifying energy attack of the Great Sun Guardian Shield.

After collecting another large number of souls into the Soul-Hunting Banner, Chu Xiu revealed a satisfied smile and retreated.

But just as he was about to leave calmly, a muffled sound came from the collapsed hole.

Chu Xiu froze, and to his astonishment, a beam of light almost identical to the high-energy ray he had released pierced through the rock and shot toward him!

"laugh!"

Even though Chu Xiu reacted extremely quickly and dodged to the side, the light still pierced through the skeletal armor, leaving a charred mark on his left arm.

Feeling the stinging pain in his arm, he couldn't help but show a solemn expression as he looked towards the cave entrance.

Amidst the deafening roar, the rocks blocking the cave entrance crumbled, and a figure slowly emerged from within.

[The Corrupted Awakened Ones from the Underground]

[Rank] General Rank 5

[Attributes] Constitution? ? ?, Spirit? ? ?, Energy Level? ? ?
【Skill】???
【Trait】? ? ?
【talent】???
(End of this chapter)