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

Chapter 167 Samurai Demon General
In the vast valley, 100,000 souls were bound by the Hundred Soul Banner and could not leave. They could only be hunted and devoured by ghosts. Just when the souls in the field were about to be exhausted, the hundredth new ghost was born.

As a hundred vengeful spirits gathered around the ghost that the corrupted warrior had transformed into, a mysterious connection seemed to form between them. Under this connection, the power of the vengeful spirits was injected into the ghost that the corrupted warrior had transformed into, causing its soul and body to undergo an astonishing transformation!

A few minutes later, a brand new ghost general was born.

It was slightly shorter than the previous ghost general, but still a full three and a half meters tall. It wore heavy samurai armor, with a two-meter-long double-handed katana at its waist. Its black eyes had less of a violent look and more of a cold-blooded look, like a top assassin who could remain calm at any time.

Chu Xiu sized up the creature before him, and with a thought, the warrior ghost general rushed out. In the blink of an eye, he appeared on the other side of the mountain. At the same time, in less than 0.01 seconds, he drew the long sword from his waist and slashed forward!
The dazzling light of the blade shone through the valley. When the blade fell, a section of the entire mountain was cleaved off, leaving a cut that was over a hundred square meters in size!

This scene made Chu Xiu's eyes light up!

"Compared to the previous Heavy Hammer Demon General, the newly born Samurai Demon General is slightly weaker in strength and defense, but is more agile and aggressive!"

"Especially when used with a samurai-specific weapon, its power is multiplied!"

The power of that strike was so great that even Chu Xiu found it troublesome. If he were hit, he would not only be cleaved in two, but at least several bones would be broken.

There was nothing he could do; he was desperately short of armor. The skeletal armor's defensive capabilities were almost nonexistent, and he hadn't managed to find a single decent piece of high-tier armor.

This is why he dared not rely on the Demon Blade of Judgment to fight the colonel; without armor, the margin for error was too low! Even if he could win, Chu Xiu did not want to take any risks.

This made Chu Xiu chuckle. His defense and healing abilities used to be his strongest points, but now they had become his weaknesses.

"It seems I need to speed up my training of the fifth level of Golden Muscle and Nether Bone, or find a way to get a good set of armor."

"But then again, if the ghost army is strong enough, I don't need to personally go forward and risk my life."

This time, not only was a new ghost general born, but the level of the previous ghost general was also raised to level three, the physique was raised to 2,400 points, and the overall level of the ghosts under its command was also raised from level three to level five.

This means that the Hundred Ghosts Manipulation Technique can absorb more energy, and the overall battle formation is more powerful!
"With a few more ghost generals, I won't even need to take action myself. I can just buff them from the sky, and my ghost army alone will be enough to wear down that colonel to death!"

Chu Xiu couldn't help but smile with satisfaction. Now, his Soul Banner contained two Ghost Generals, two hundred fierce ghosts, and countless malevolent ghosts and yin ghosts! And he was only at the level 5 of the Ferocious Rank, which would probably make other summoning professions want to die.

An ordinary [Summoner (B)] is considered exceptional if they have three summons of the same level! But Chu Xiu has two hundred! Plus two general-level ones! And that doesn't even include low-level ones and resurrected corpses!
However, Chu Xiu was still not satisfied!

"There's still a lot of blood and flesh on the ground that we haven't used yet."

Because the physical constitution of corrupted creatures is far stronger than their mental constitution, the blood essence that the Soul Banner helps ghosts advance to the next level is not actually that much; one-tenth is enough, and one-third would be considered an excessive supplement.

Before this, Chu Xiu had used the remaining flesh and blood to complete the resurrected corpse, but now he had a better option.

That would naturally be the newly unlocked Corpse Refining Technique.

With a flick of his finger, the corpses all over the mountain burst into flames, their flesh and blood being refined and transformed into a unique flame containing special life energy!

It is one of the top secret techniques of the Demonic Sect in weapon forging: Corpse Fire Tempering!
Chu Xiu had another thought, and all the resurrected corpses stepped forward and entered the corpse fire.

Under the scorching heat of the corpse fire, their body shapes and structures began to change. Unnecessary parts melted and burned to ashes in the flames, while the necessary parts condensed and became stronger! Furthermore, under the strange power of the corpse fire, different resurrected corpses fused together, and even new parts and organs were born!

For example, the Blood Angel's complete structure was preserved and continuously strengthened under the refinement of the corpse fire, while the Baron's corpse was directly integrated into its body, causing its muscle strength and bone density to skyrocket! And a brand new skin was born, making its surface defense even stronger!

With the powerful talent of [Perfect Refinement], more than a dozen resurrected corpses were fused together using master-level refining techniques, taking their essence and discarding their dross, leaving only two in the end.

The first body had wings and long claws, long limbs, and bluish-purple skin, resembling a legendary demon. The other body was burly, with bulging muscles and a silvery-gray metallic sheen, as if its skin was covered with an iron armor.

The three types of corpses have different characteristics and should be refined according to the characteristics of the corpse. For example, it will be much easier to refine a corpse with strong defense into an iron-clad corpse. Conversely, if you want to refine a flexible flying corpse, you will need to spend additional resources.

These two corpses were created by Chu Xiu using Blood Angels and Royal Elite Corpse Ghosts as the main bodies, more than a dozen resurrected corpses of the ferocious rank or above, and the flesh and blood of 100,000 corrupted creatures as nourishment.

The fact that such a great cost was required to create these refined corpses made Chu Xiu very much looking forward to their power.

However, after carefully sensing it, Chu Xiu was slightly disappointed.

At this moment, both of these corpses were only at the level 9 of the Ferocious Rank. Most importantly, their appearances differed from those recorded in the Corpse Refining Manual. This not only reflected the difference in appearance but also proved that the refining process was not yet complete.

"It must be because the refining time was too short," Chu Xiu thought to himself.

Corpse refining is not something that can be completed in a short time. The demonic cultivators of the Holy Sect usually need several months to complete it. Even with the help of [Perfect Refining], Chu Xiu would still need at least several days.

At this point, they only have a preliminary shape and still need to be slowly refined to enhance their physical strength.

"Fortunately, there are still 40,000 to 50,000 corpses of corrupted creatures left. If we turn them all into corpse fire and slowly refine them, they should be able to burn for another two or three days. I wonder if that will be enough to meet the needs of refining these two corpses."

Just as Chu Xiu was pondering, he suddenly felt the head of the four-winged monster bird in the distance being hit hard three times.

This was the distress signal he and Su Jinyu had agreed upon; sending this signal meant that she was about to give up.

Chu Xiu stopped thinking about it and with a wave of his hand, he collected all the corpses and resurrected corpses into his spirit flesh storage pouch, where he slowly began to refine them. Besides storage, this equipment could also serve as a place for refining and nurturing corpses; otherwise, it wouldn't be able to become a powerful demonic inheritance on its own.

Having done all this, he spread his wings and rushed toward Su Jinyu's location.

Meanwhile, forty kilometers away from Chu Xiu, Su Jinyu was clinging tightly to the four-winged monster bird, letting the monster beneath her carry her through the air at a speed of up to 1.5 times the speed of sound.

At this speed, the airflow blowing in her face felt like sharp knives slicing across her cheeks, causing a dull ache, and making it difficult to even open her eyes.

Although the air currents couldn't harm her due to her powerful physique as an Awakened One, they still caused some interference. Su Jinyu muttered a strange incantation, and a rune immediately rose up, forming a spherical protective shield on the spot, blocking the incoming air currents.

After doing all this, Su Jinyu closed her eyes, sat cross-legged on the back of the strange bird, and continued to chant strange incantations. In the ancient whispers, four rune pillars appeared around her, suspended in mid-air. Each pillar had three eyes that moved up and down, flexibly observing the surroundings, like automatic scanning radars.

In an instant, all the vision within a 360-degree radius around the four-winged monster bird was clearly imprinted into Su Jinyu's mind.

"call out--!"

Suddenly, a loud whooshing sound came from the air. Su Jinyu reacted quickly. She pulled hard on the right shoulder of the four-winged monster bird, and the monster bird immediately dodged to the right!
A jet-black spear grazed the four-winged monster bird's body; had she reacted even a fraction slower, the bird's entire body would have been pierced through!

This made Su Jinyu reveal a look of lingering fear!
Turning around, she saw three figures appearing and disappearing in the mist, which sent a chill down her spine.

One more!
Although Su Jinyu had anticipated the dangers of the mission when she accepted it, she did not expect that the calamity underground would send three corrupted awakened beings to intercept and kill her!
These three corrupted awakeners all possess the ability to fly at high speeds, though they cannot catch up with the four-winged bird, they are extremely close to the speed of sound.

What's more troublesome is that, in order not to stray too far from Chu Xiu and lose control of the four-winged monster, Su Jinyu had to run in circles, which gave the three corrupted awakened ones the opportunity to surround and kill her.

Moreover, Chu Xiu's judgment of the environment around the four-winged monster bird comes from the four-winged monster bird's own perception, which has great limitations. After all, although the four-winged monster bird flies fast, its other attributes are very average, especially its perception ability as a resurrected corpse is extremely poor.

Therefore, Su Jinyu is often needed to manipulate the actions.

Just now, one of the corrupted awakeners hid in the clouds and launched a sneak attack. If it hadn't been for Su Jinyu's rune eye discovering it in time and using the pre-arranged signal to make Chu Xiu control the direction, the four-winged monster would have died on the spot!

However, although she was lucky enough to dodge the attack, this method of indirect manipulation through signals has a great lag. Battles between high-level awakened beings are ever-changing, and often a difference of 0.01 seconds can lead to completely different outcomes.

Under these circumstances, Su Jinyu was already struggling to hide, and she could be shot down at any moment by the corrupted awakened ones who were trying to surround her. That's why she had no choice but to send a distress signal to Chu Xiu.

At the same time, she continuously cast runes, which formed cone-shaped ripples that extended forward, dispersing the airflow in front of the four-winged monster bird and helping it to further increase its flight speed. A large number of runes also scattered around her, transforming into giant steel eagles.

These runic creations act like decoys; whenever they sense an attack from a Corrupted Awakener, they automatically fly out to block the blow for the monster bird, thus deflecting the incoming attack.

However, maintaining these giant steel eagles requires an enormous amount of energy, which caused Su Jinyu to break out in a cold sweat.

"Damn it, if I could still use my talent, I could perfectly replicate the rune spell inherited from [Sky Lord Iginel], doubling its power and greatly reducing its consumption. Why would I need to force it like this?"

"Chen Ce, if you don't come quickly, I'm going to lose these [pollutants]!"

Su Jinyu was anxious and highly focused, constantly watching the movements around her.

However, at that moment, a muffled buzzing sound suddenly rang in her ears and quickly amplified, as if a high-speed moving object was approaching her!
Su Jinyu suddenly turned her head to look, and a look of horror immediately appeared on her face.

But on the other side of the sky, a huge fighter jet cut through the sky and was heading straight for her!
fighter???
Su Jinyu rubbed her eyes in disbelief.

The enemy even has this thing?!

Looking at the enormous creature rapidly approaching in the distance, she was about to curse. The three corrupted awakened beings were already troublesome enough, how could a fighter jet come along too?

As the distance between them rapidly decreased, the details of the fighter jet in front of them were fully revealed under the Eye of Runes.

Unlike modern fighter jets that are sleek and elegant in pursuit of stealth, it has a rugged style reminiscent of World War II fighter jets, but it is much larger in both size and payload!
The massive elliptical wings, carrying a large number of missiles, and the tail jets intense blue flames, creating two distinct wakes as it streaks through the air.

A rotary cannon with an eleven-barreled barrel is suspended in the middle of the fuselage. A rough look at the caliber shows that it is definitely more than thirty millimeters. With the high speed of the aircraft, its power is probably enough to easily penetrate steel plates several tens of centimeters thick!
Furthermore, the entire fuselage was covered with at least ten ferocious-level corrupted soldiers! These bizarre creatures were completely integrated with the fighter jet, greatly enhancing all of its performance!

Before Su Jinyu's horrified eyes, the flames spewing from the engine behind the fighter jet suddenly increased, and its speed broke the speed of sound in an instant. At the same time, the mounted rotary cannon started to spin, and the next moment it spewed out a violent storm of metal!
"Boom boom boom——!"

Amidst the deafening roar of gunfire, countless shells formed a dense, interwoven web of bullets. Su Jinyu was horrified and hurriedly manipulated the four-winged monster bird to turn around and dodge, but it was too late. Countless bullets rained down on the monster bird!
With the added speed of supersonic motion, these bullets became incredibly powerful, unleashing hundreds of rounds in a single second! Amidst the clanging sounds and dazzling flashes of light, the strange bird's hard body was riddled with over a dozen large holes!
It let out a mournful cry and plummeted downwards. Su Jinyu was terrified and quickly mobilized her talismanic arts to use pure life energy to heal the strange bird. However, she soon discovered that this creature was a dead being, and ordinary treatments were completely ineffective against it!

"Hold!!!"

Su Jinyu cursed and frantically searched for runes to heal undead creatures in her mind, but before she could find the answer, the fighter jet in the distance turned around in the air and aimed its cannons back at the strange bird that was struggling to maintain its flight posture!

The fire control radar suspended below was firmly aimed at Su Jinyu, completely locking onto her!
Su Jinyu's heart immediately turned ice-cold.

Having copied a large number of books, Su Jinyu also had some understanding of radar. She knew that once locked on, the next step would be missile ignition. If there was still a sliver of hope against machine guns, then missiles loaded with a large amount of gunpowder would instantly destroy the monster bird's body!
Furthermore, given its current state, it would be utterly impossible for it to dodge a missile traveling at speeds of several Mach!
Under her horrified gaze, the missiles mounted under the wings ignited, bursting into flames with a deafening roar!
"It's over."

Su Jinyu's face turned pale.

However, just as the missile was about to be ejected from the rail, a blurry figure suddenly rushed out from below!
Su Jinyu couldn't make out the figure's appearance, but she could see the fierce demonic energy suddenly surge in the air, forming a long sword that was five meters long, which slashed down at the rapidly approaching fighter jet!
The next moment, amidst intense flames, the massive fighter jet was cleaved in two!
(End of this chapter)