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

Chapter 158 One Hundred Thousand Souls
The crow's words stunned everyone.

King of the Night?

That super genius who single-handedly defeated the Corpse King?
"That's right! And, moreover, he also has a flying mount!" Crow exclaimed excitedly.

His words instantly ignited a flame of hope in everyone's hearts.

Before entering this world, they naturally learned about the lord of this place, namely the Night King. In fact, during this period, this person had become a sensation on the internet.

To single-handedly defeat the final boss in a world quest—such terrifying talent would make one a genius admired by all, and hard to ignore.

The only uncertainty is whether he is a Warrior or a Ferocious when fighting the Corpse King one-on-one.

The prevailing opinion is that he leveled up rapidly in the early stages and completed the Ferocious Trial before fighting the Corpse King. While this is astonishing, it is still within the realm of what most people can understand.

Based on this calculation, it's impossible for him to advance to the general rank in a short period of time, so his strength won't have a qualitative leap compared to when he was the Corpse King. At most, it's just an improvement in the level of a few [Legendary] equipment pieces.

Even so, the Dark Night King is guaranteed to be at least a high-ranking general! With his external assistance, they might be able to break free from the prison!

Flying mounts represent the hope of survival; once you can soar into the sky, no amount of underground humans will be a threat.

Thinking of this, the captain of the Fang Squad, as if grasping at a last straw, shouted to the sky, "Student Chen, please lend a hand! Our Fang Squad will reward you handsomely!"

As a bodyguard at the research institute, a middle-aged man named Liu Feng also shouted, "Student Chen, have your flying mount come down and pick us up. I'm willing to pay you 100 million Chinese yuan as a reward afterward!"

However, as the two finished speaking, there was no reaction in the sky. The Dark Night King simply sat quietly on his flying mount, calmly watching the battle below.

This scene sent a chill down everyone's spine.

Although they are thousands of meters away from the Night King, as an Awakened One, the Night King's perception is extremely sharp. How could he not hear their shouts?

Undeterred, Captain Fang raised his voice and shouted again. This time, he even used a special technique to rouse himself, so that even an ordinary person should be able to hear it.

But the Night King remained motionless!
Now, everyone's faces turned grim. All hope was gone; they were certain the Dark King was deliberately refusing to act, watching helplessly as they were surrounded and attacked!
The crowd belatedly realized that if the Dark King wanted to save people, he should have acted long ago. Why was he just silently watching from the sky?

Did he intend to wait until everyone was dead before taking their belongings?

The moment this thought arose, it sent chills down everyone's spine.

Using others to do one's dirty work is nothing new to the Fang Squad, who have been fighting in the Abyss for many years. They have personally witnessed several similar incidents.

In the Abyss, a place devoid of any laws, rife with killing, and involving enormous interests, this is perfectly normal.

Since it's all about killing, what's the difference between killing abyssal creatures and awakened beings? The latter often yields much higher rewards!

Of course, it is also possible that the Night King was unwilling to risk his life alone, lest he also find himself in danger.

But no matter what, the outcome will not change: the Night King will watch them die!
"Damn it!" the captain cursed under his breath.

As if in response to his words, a gunshot rang out at the same time!
"boom!"

A sniper bullet grazed Su Jinyu's cheek, leaving a bright red bloodstain. It was the corrupted soldier guarding the perimeter who fired through the gaps between his tentacles.

She managed to remain calm, quickly adjusting her posture while her cat-like amber pupils darted around, searching for a better hiding spot.

Xue Li, who was not hit by the bullet, was quite frightened. The bullet was just a fuse. What really frightened him was the sky full of bloody flesh and limbs, and tens of thousands of abyssal monsters surging in, their eyes filled with malice, ready to tear him to pieces!

Previously, whether it was the awakening trial or the advancement trial, he had easily passed them all thanks to the powerful equipment his parents had given him. This was the first time he had faced life and death directly.

Even though he was being protected by the Fang Squad, he still frantically shouted, "Uncle Huang! Uncle Huang!"

"Young Master Xue, stop shouting! Come and help! Didn't your parents prepare any life-saving items for you?"

The leader of the Fang Squad roared and swung his blade forward. A dark wave appeared, instantly shredding hundreds of underground humans in front of him. However, his aura weakened significantly, indicating that such a high-intensity attack was extremely taxing and he couldn't sustain it for long!

A hint of hesitation flashed in Xue Li's eyes.

The fang squad leader ignored him and continued shouting, "Crow! Have you found an escape route?"

The crow's pupils had now turned completely white, and countless spirit crows hovered above him, searching for a weak point in the tentacles. But his face grew paler and paler as he muttered, "No, there's no way out. Every passage is blocked, and those tentacles are still growing! There's simply no way out!"

"and--!"

The crow seemed to have seen something that terrified it, for its cries abruptly ceased! It suddenly looked up at the sky.

Following his gaze, everyone looked on in despair.

A figure hovered in the sky, with countless tentacles waving behind him, and his dark green pupils filled with a cat-like, mouse-like mockery.

However, once the tentacle cage is set up, only one corrupted awakener is needed to maintain it, while the other person can free up their hands to deal with them.

At this moment, even the two generals felt despair. Although they were both generals, they knew all too well the gap between themselves and the creature in front of them!

The opponent is not making a move now only because they are wary of the two's last-ditch counterattack. But once their strength is further depleted and they reveal a weakness, the corrupted awakener in front of them will launch a fatal attack without hesitation, just like the best hunters!
They were completely trapped in a desperate situation.

And now, the only hope is...
Thinking of this, Liu Feng could no longer hold back. Like a drowning man clutching at his last straw, he shouted to the sky, "Student Chen! If you save me, I'll give you 300 million Chinese yuan!"

"No, five hundred million!"

Chu Xiu still did not react.

"Isn't this enough?" Liu Feng gritted his teeth, as if he had suddenly made a decision.

"Legendary equipment! I'll give you a legendary piece of equipment!!!"

His shouts pierced through the clouds and reached Chu Xiu's ears from afar.

Not only him, but everyone else also promised generous rewards, though the value was far less than that of the [Legendary] equipment.

This made him laugh.

"I didn't expect such an unexpected bonus."

He certainly wouldn't just stand by and watch these people die. Whether he needed them to scout ahead or kill monsters, their value as living people was far greater than their value as dead people.

Not to mention, the souls and corpses of the numerous abyssal creatures below are a huge piece of meat that Chu Xiu wouldn't let go of.

Therefore, even if they don't find Chu Xiu, he will eventually make a move.

But since they wanted to give Chu Xiu money, he naturally wouldn't refuse. If he could get a [Legendary] piece of equipment for free, he would be grinning from ear to ear.

The main reasons he has not yet taken action are twofold.

Firstly, he was wary of the colonel mentioned by the corrupted awakener when he killed him previously.

"If I'm not mistaken, that should be an extremely powerful Corruption Awakener, possibly hiding down there, just waiting for me to come down so he can make his move!"

Although this is just a baseless guess, Chu Xiu never underestimates his opponents. Only by maintaining sufficient caution at all times can he survive in this abyss environment.

Therefore, he kept conducting aerial reconnaissance and formulating specific action plans.

Another reason was that he wanted these people to weaken the enemy's strength as much as possible before the battle, so that his ghost army would suffer fewer losses later.

Neither the corrupted soldiers nor the corrupted awakened ones are comparable to the corrupted residents, posing a great threat to his ghost army.

There were three thousand corrupt soldiers below, divided into six regiments. Each regiment was guarded by a fusion mech and many fierce-level experts. It would be unrealistic for Chu Xiu to take them all down by himself. If he tried to fight them head-on, it wouldn't be surprising if he wiped out the entire demon army. Naturally, he wouldn't do such a losing deal.

As a team that has fought in the abyss for many years, the Fang Squad must have some hidden skills and is not so easily defeated. The young master of the Xue family is even more likely to have a trump card to protect himself.

The reason we don't need to now is simply because the pressure isn't high enough.

As Chu Xiu had predicted, after the two fanged squad members responsible for melee combat were overwhelmed by the underground inhabitants, a large number of them surged into the inner defensive perimeter. Although these low-level creatures couldn't kill the group of high-level awakened individuals in a short time, the sheer force of the roaring, surging abyssal beasts was undoubtedly immense for the pampered young master. It was like being asleep when the ceiling suddenly cracked open and thousands of cockroaches fell down. Even if these cockroaches didn't kill you, they would be enough to scare you half to death. It wouldn't be surprising if some psychologically fragile individuals developed mental illnesses from the shock!
Under these circumstances, Xue Li finally couldn't hold back any longer. He took out a strange stone dagger from his pocket and then suddenly plunged it into the ground beneath his feet!
Bright runes lit up from the soles of his feet and spread rapidly in all directions. The next moment, a large hand suddenly reached out from the ground and slammed down on the ground!

Those arms were as tall as a dozen stories, and the palms were like heavy trucks. In one fell swoop, hundreds of underground humans were smashed into mincemeat like ants!

Immediately afterwards, another hand stretched out, and with a push of both arms, a rock giant as large as a mountain burst forth from the ground.

It roared, its right arm sweeping across, and with a single, gentle wave, terrifying power sent hundreds of underground humans flying far away. Even though it had only crawled out halfway, it was already like a war god who could hold off ten thousand men, forcefully blocking countless underground humans outside.

The sudden appearance of this enormous creature caught Chu Xiu's eye.

[Young Titan (Phantom)]

[Rank] King Rank 2 (Elite)

[Attributes] Constitution 8749, Spirit ? ? ?, Energy Level ? ? ?
【Skill】???
【Trait】? ? ?
【talent】???
"hiss--"

The panel displayed by the Demon Eye made Chu Xiu gasp and secretly click his tongue in amazement.

Although most of the questions are question marks, the level 2 King rank and the terrifying physique of nearly 9,000 are astonishing enough.

"Just who is this Xue Li? His family is incredibly wealthy." Chu Xiu was somewhat shocked.

An item that can directly summon a king-level creature is undoubtedly priceless!
more importantly.
"With this behemoth drawing fire, my monster army can focus on attacking without worry!"

Without further hesitation, he pointed downwards, and a large number of ghosts surged out from the Soul-Slaying Banner, transforming into a pitch-black hurricane that swept downwards. One after another, enormous resurrected corpses were taken out of the Spirit Flesh Storage Pouch and fell like meteorites!
At the same time, as Xue Li revealed his trump card, the crowd below was invigorated, and their hopes for survival were rekindled. They began to concentrate their firepower on the tentacle cage and launch a surprise attack.

With everyone's combined attack, the tentacles were destroyed one by one, and it looked like a breach was about to be blasted open!
But then a muffled groan suddenly came from behind.

Everyone turned around and glanced at it, their expressions changing drastically.

To their horror, the rock giant had shrunk considerably in just a few breaths!

It turns out it wasn't a real King-level creature at all! It was just a replica, a phantom!

The phantom's energy is limited; each attack or damage taken consumes a large amount of energy!

At this moment, the corrupted soldiers, realizing that everyone was desperately trying to break through, also entered the fray.

They circled the Titan at high speed, relentlessly unleashing firepower. The cannons behind the six mechs fired wildly, shells exploding on the young Titan, each shot shattering countless rocks and causing its energy to plummet! Before long, it was only two-thirds of its original size!
Although they can hold out for a short time, anyone with common sense can see that this is just helping them prolong their lives.

In the direction they were preparing to break out, a large number of corrupt soldiers had been waiting for a long time, blocking their retreat in advance.

The hope that had just been ignited was soon extinguished again.

However, just as everyone was falling into despair again, a loud whooshing sound suddenly came from the sky!
The next moment, with a series of loud bangs, more than a dozen huge bodies crashed heavily into the ground!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The resurrected corpse, weighing over a hundred tons, landed on the ground without any cushioning. The enormous impact instantly created huge craters, and the corrupted inhabitants below were smashed into piles of minced meat!

At the same time, a massive number of ghosts shrieked as they rushed into the battlefield. They huddled behind the young Titan, using it as a human shield, and unleashed spells without reservation. Countless blades of yin wind converged together, forming a pitch-black storm that swept through the entire prison, cutting anything it touched into pieces. Wherever it passed, only the ground was littered with the severed limbs of the underground inhabitants!
They exist in spirit form and hide behind the Titans, making it almost impossible for the corrupted soldiers' counterattacks to harm them.

And so, the standard combination of tank and back row reaps the lives of underground residents with almost no damage!

The arrival of the monster army instantly reversed the situation!

This delighted everyone. They had only planned to ask Chu Xiu to help them break through a gap so they could escape, but they never expected Chu Xiu's summoned army to be so terrifying!
Shocked, the crowd's morale soared, and they all took out their most treasured recovery items and used them. Then, without hesitation, they unleashed their strongest attack methods to launch a counterattack against the corrupted soldiers.

The Awakened Ones already had a rank advantage, and now that they had no worries, as one high-level skill after another fell, a large number of corrupted soldiers were blown to pieces, resulting in heavy casualties!

At this moment, the tentacle cage in the distance also exploded. It turned out that the corrupted awakener was no match for Huang Guohua, a level 9 general, and escaped with half of his body shattered.

After this top combatant was freed, the situation became even more one-sided. He seemed to be filled with pent-up anger, and charged into the corrupt soldiers and began a frenzied slaughter. He was like a rampaging human tank, and every punch he threw took away a large number of lives.

This made Chu Xiu, who witnessed all of this, secretly happy. These people were all working for him, and every enemy they killed could be turned into food for his ghost to advance.

Unfortunately, the enemy isn't stupid either; they won't let them kill monsters and level up for nothing.

The two corrupted awakened beings in the sky, who were still in good condition, exchanged a glance and then sent down a large number of tentacles again.

This time, however, it wasn't imprisonment, but obstruction.

Meanwhile, the corrupt soldiers began their orderly retreat.

They don't care how many ordinary underground inhabitants die, since there are simply too many of them to die out completely.

But the corrupt soldiers are different; they are all elites. Compared to killing Chu Xiu and the others, they have more important things to do and need to preserve their strength.

Although the group had gained the upper hand, they were powerless to stop the enemy from leaving, and could only slaughter the remaining underground residents to vent their emotions.

After the high-level combatants left, these mortal level 1 and 2 creatures, no matter how numerous, posed no threat. With everyone's cooperation, this wave of underground residents was quickly wiped out.

At this moment, Chu Xiu slowly floated down.

In fact, if he were to make his own move, he could have left behind even more corpses. It wouldn't be surprising if he had even killed a corrupted awakener. However, to be on the safe side, he chose to guard against the mysterious colonel and only allowed the demon army to enter the arena.

Although this meant he gained slightly less benefit, Chu Xiu had no regrets whatsoever.

Even if you worry a hundred times, don't let your guard down even once, because you only have one chance in the abyss.

"Thank you very much for your help, Chen."

As he landed, everyone came forward to thank him.

Chu Xiu simply waved his hand casually and then began to concentrate on collecting the living souls in the arena.

Chu Xiu deserves much credit for everyone's escape, so naturally no one will hold it against him.

Soon, all the living souls were collected into the Soul-Slaying Banner by him. After examining them, Chu Xiu revealed a look of surprise.

These souls, roughly estimated, number at least one hundred thousand!
Among them were hundreds of corrupted soldiers and thousands of low-ranking soldiers! This was far more than the wave he had harvested before!
Furthermore, the corpses and flesh scattered all over the ground can be refined into a large amount of blood evil, which can help ghosts advance in rank!

"What a great harvest!"

Chu Xiu's lips curled into a satisfied smile.

With so many resources, it's impossible for him to absorb them all by himself. This wave is equivalent to a group of awakened beings risking their lives to work for him.

After collecting all the living souls, Chu Xiu flew back into the sky and evacuated with the others.

Once they reached a safe area, he couldn't wait to begin refining!

"boom!"

As the souls of 100,000 were burned to ashes one by one, transforming into the purest spiritual energy, the ghosts within the soul banner began to advance in large numbers! The number of vengeful spirits also skyrocketed!

One vengeful ghost, two vengeful ghosts
Just a quarter of an hour later, the number of vengeful ghosts skyrocketed to its limit! That is, a full one hundred!

At the same time, the number of malevolent ghosts and evil spirits also began to increase, eventually settling at around 1,200 and 2,500 respectively.

Chu Xiu knew that this was because the Soul-Slaying Banner had reached its maximum capacity. To maximize its capacity, it had to be transformed into the Hundred Soul Banner!

Now he already has a hundred fierce spirits, and he only needs to give birth to one more ghost general!
At this time, there were still about 10,000 living souls in the Soul Banner that had not been consumed.

Without further hesitation, he directly offered all the remaining living souls to the Blood Angel's soul to devour!
This is the soul in his soul banner that currently has the highest chance of becoming a ghost general!

Under Chu Xiu's expectant gaze, the aura of the vengeful spirit transformed from the Blood Angel's soul began to surge, quickly reaching level 9 of the Ferocious Rank, and began its transformation towards an even higher level.
(End of this chapter)