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

Chapter 193 Corrupting Buddhists
Even before setting off, the group had quickly made preparations for the battle plan and the distribution of spoils.

The first step of the plan was for Mu Wu, whose defense was the strongest, to step forward first and probe the calamity's attack methods and general strength.

During this time, the others will assist him to ensure his safety.

As for the distribution of spoils, it's quite simple: each person gets a base share of 20%, and then Qin Xiang will determine whether to increase or decrease it based on their performance.

This is to prevent everyone from getting caught up in infighting and fighting among themselves.

Since everyone had reached a consensus beforehand, the five of them acted swiftly without hesitation.

Mu Wu leaped high into the air, his fists flashing with dazzling spiritual light. Layer upon layer of spiritual energy shields appeared around his body, clinging tightly to him as if he were wrapped in a thin membrane.

The eerie Buddha statue reacted immediately, and a golden vajra was swiftly thrown towards Mu Wu. However, the vajra, which was originally as fast as lightning, visibly slowed down as it approached Mu Wu, and was deflected by the shield the moment it made contact.

The eerie Buddha statue roared and raised its palm to strike Mu Wu, but Mu Wu's spiritual light changed, and he was twisted in mid-air by a strange force, easily dodging the attack.

This made Chu Xiu narrow his eyes, thinking that as expected of a King-level Awakener, Mu Wu was a melee class and not good at flying. But even so, his speed in the air was much faster than Chu Xiu's Vampire Earl Wings, and only slightly inferior to the Flying Corpse.

As for his defense and attack power, they are ridiculously strong! They far surpass Chu Xiu's original body. Even if he uses the True Demon Blade of Judgment, it is at most barely comparable. No wonder everyone sent him to lead the charge.

Under the watchful eyes of the four, the two engaged in a fierce battle in the arena. Mu Wu did not approach to attack, but instead moved around the Buddha statue, observing its movements.

The crowd soon discovered that although the Buddha statue was enormous, it was not fast. In particular, the iron chains restricted its movements, making it impossible for it to hit Mu Wu.

As for the Vajra Pestle and the Majestic Suppression, these are mere child's play for a King-level Awakened, and they pose no real threat.

After struggling with the Buddha statue for a while, Mu Wu lost his patience and stopped holding back. His body suddenly burst with spiritual light, and his speed increased to another level. A dazzling streak of light flashed in the air, and Mu Wu was already in front of the Buddha statue!
Before the Buddha statue could even raise its arms, Mu Wu shouted and threw a punch. A sound like the roar of a dragon and the howl of a tiger rang out in the arena as a golden fist slammed heavily into the unsuspecting Buddha statue's chest!

"boom!"

In an instant, with a huge explosion, a massive shockwave swept outwards, compressing the air and even producing a sharp crackling sound!

When the dust settled, the Buddha statue's skin, which looked like it was cast in pure gold, was shattered by the immense force, revealing a hole the size of a water vat. Looking through the hole, one could see countless dark, tangled things.

Suddenly, a drop of blood flowed from the edge of the cave entrance, followed by more blood pooling together, flowing down like a stream. At the same time, severed limbs and broken arms fell to the ground with a "plop, plop" sound from the shattered cave entrance.

This scene stunned the several kings, and even Mu Wu had not expected to see such a sight.

What's inside that Buddha statue?

Just as everyone was somewhat taken aback, several corrupted Buddhist followers beside the Buddha statue suddenly climbed onto the Buddha statue's body at an extremely fast speed, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived at the large hole that Mu Wu had blasted open.

Then these corrupted Buddhist followers curled up their bodies and shrank into the large cave, leaving only their golden-glowing rock carapaces facing outwards.

With a slippery, rubbing sound like tentacles curling, the bodies of these corrupted creatures intertwined, their bones and flesh crushed and completely fused into a mass inside the Buddha statue, while their golden armor was sculpted into a suitable shape, perfectly covering the Buddha statue's damaged wounds.

This astonishing scene left everyone in shock.

This enormous Buddha statue, which is hundreds of meters tall even when seated, is entirely composed of corrupt Buddhist followers!
It was built up one by one by countless corrupt Buddhists over countless years!

"How many corrupted creatures must there be?!"

Looking at the Buddha statue that radiated brilliant golden light, everyone couldn't help but gasp in amazement.

But in the next instant, the shock in everyone's eyes turned into greed!
"These corrupt Buddhist followers are all high-level evil beings!"

"Moreover, it seems that only by evolving to the perfect level of level 9 of the Ferocious Rank can they have a chance to become part of the Buddha statue!"

In short, this is a resource larger than the tens of thousands of corrupted creatures that the group had killed before!
"Gentlemen, let's begin."

Wen Feiyan licked her lips, unable to contain herself any longer. She vanished from the spot in a flash. When Chu Xiu caught sight of her again, she was already in mid-air. At the same time, eight shadows shot out from under her feet, like eight twisted phantoms rushing towards the Buddha statue!
The eight shadows, each wielding two swords, spun rapidly and slammed into the Buddha statue. A sharp metallic scraping sound rang out, and sparks flew everywhere. The eight shadows, like eight spinning tops, slashed downwards from the Buddha's chest, cutting the corrupted Buddhist disciples' bodies into pieces like tofu, leaving eight bloody furrows.

Li Zhan was not to be outdone. His left hand ignited with a crimson light, instantly forming a towering fireball in front of him. The terrifying power of the high-level destructive magic immediately incinerated a large number of corrupted Buddhist followers.

Qin Xiang didn't move, but whispered to Chu Xiu, "Don't stray too far from me later."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly. He knew that Qin Xiang was guarding against someone taking advantage of the chaos to harm him. If his talent were taken away, it would be far better than what he would gain from eliminating the calamity. It was hard to guarantee that someone wouldn't take the opportunity to make a move.

Li Zhan's brief disappearance must have given Qin Xiang some clues.

Although Chu Xiu was confident in his own strength, he would not take unnecessary risks. So he obediently followed behind Qin Xiang, only commanding his ghost army to launch an attack on the Buddha statue from a distance.

Just like before, he unleashed one deadly spell after another, precisely picking up the heads that the aftershocks of other King-level skills failed to kill, reaping a considerable harvest.

With everyone's combined efforts, in no time the Buddha statue was covered in dents and had several large holes punched in it.

However, as a specially enhanced level 9 ferocious creature, the corrupted Buddhist followers have extremely amazing defensive capabilities. Even a king-level awakened being cannot kill them easily. In addition, the Buddha statue's body is extremely large, and it is unknown how many corrupted Buddhist followers it has absorbed over the long years. Therefore, even after being attacked by multiple king-level beings at the same time, the injuries on its body are still not obvious.

Moreover, the calamity, of course, would not sit idly by and, after a roar, launched a counterattack as well.

The corrupted Buddhist followers on his body surged out like wasps leaving their hive, and as they approached the nearby King-level Awakened, they burst forth with tremendous light, detonating like a high-explosive bomb the next moment.

Huge shockwaves exploded one after another, causing the huge cave to shake precariously.

Although the Buddha statue was bound by iron chains, these Buddhist followers were not. Although their strength was far inferior to that of the kings, they unleashed an energy output far exceeding their current level in a very short time by self-destructing, which made the kings somewhat embarrassed.

"boom!"

With another loud bang, Mu Wu's figure flew backward. Although there were still no visible injuries on his body, the energy shield around him had dimmed considerably.

He turned sharply and shouted at Chu Xiu, "Let your ghosts rush up and wear down these monsters! Your ghosts are very agile and can easily stop these self-destructing beasts!"

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu remained unmoved, pretending not to hear, which enraged Mu Wu: "Why should we stand up against him while he reaps the benefits from behind? We let you off easy before, but now that we're facing calamity, how can we take advantage of the chaos?"

Chu Xiu continued to do things his own way.

This left Mu Wu with no choice but to say, "Agent Qin, what are the subsequent assignments?"

"I will reconsider and give everyone a satisfactory answer," Qin Xiang said somewhat helplessly.

Even he no longer had a good reason to protect Chu Xiu. At the same time, Qin Xiang was also somewhat dissatisfied, after all, Chu Xiu was indeed slacking off too much.

"What's wrong with this kid? He was so aggressive before, I thought he would send out all his summons without hesitation to grab as many resources as possible. Why has he become so cautious now?"

Qin Xiang was very puzzled.

He kept Chu Xiu by his side because he was worried that Chu Xiu was too radical. Who knew that Chu Xiu would not only not be radical, but would also start to slack off.

Having received Qin Xiang's reply, the other kings stopped paying attention to Chu Xiu and focused on dealing with the strange Buddha statue.

The four kings unleashed their true power, instantly blasting away a large number of corrupt Buddhist followers and leaving the Buddha statues in ruins.

Items and equipment dropped one by one, and each King-ranked player received a generous reward of Karma Points.

Seeing this, Chu Xiu was not in a hurry. Instead, he silently retreated a little while the flying corpse maintained a posture ready to retreat at any time.

He glanced at the several King-level figures in the air, his dark eyes narrowing slightly.

"There are two people whose attention is constantly on me."

Chu Xiu was certainly not a short-sighted person who was unwilling to bear any losses and only thought about taking advantage of others.

In fact, the moment he entered the cave, he used his divine sense to cover the entire cave, constantly observing the situation and looking for the best time to attack.

However, it wasn't long before he noticed something amiss.

"There are two kings who, while ostensibly attacking the Buddha statue, have actually been observing my movements!"

"Tsk."

Under these circumstances, Chu Xiu naturally had to be more cautious. In any case, he could still obtain a lot of resources by picking up scraps from the ghost army.

"boom!"

At this moment, Mu Wu punched the Buddha statue in the chest again. This punch was extremely powerful, shattering more than a dozen corrupt Buddhist followers and opening a large hole in the Buddha statue's chest, revealing something that looked like a tumor, covered in silt.

As soon as that strange thing appeared, everyone clearly felt the enormous energy it contained!

Mu Wu was overjoyed and shouted, "Quick! That thing must be the calamity's vital point. Let's join forces and deliver a fatal blow!"

The remaining three King-level beings did not hesitate. They transformed into three streaks of light and unleashed powerful attack skills, heading towards the tumor.

However, the moment the three attacks struck the tumor, something strange happened: the tumor absorbed all the power of the three king-level beings and began to expand rapidly!

The next moment, before anyone could react, as if the energy had been concentrated to its limit, the tumor suddenly exploded, and at the same time, a terrifying mental shock shot out from it!

This mental attack seemed to be formed by absorbing and transforming the attacks of three King-level beings. It was extremely powerful and its target was clearly aimed directly at Chu Xiu's location!

"Humph!"

However, Qin Xiang, who was already on guard, snorted coldly and stepped to the side to block Chu Xiu. At the same time, a white tiger dharma image that was five meters tall appeared behind him, and a strong killing intent rose up and rushed towards the mental attack head-on!

"Roar!"

Amidst the white tiger's roar, the mental shock was directly shattered. However, even so, the aftershocks still caused the Undying Corpse King Talisman on Chu Xiu's chest to glow brightly. Chu Xiu himself felt nauseous and his body swayed slightly.

In contrast, Qin Xiang's tall figure remained completely still.

This secretly shocked Chu Xiu, who thought that Qin Xiang was indeed a senior agent of the Investigation Bureau. He could withstand such a terrifying mental attack head-on and still handle it with ease. His strength was indeed unfathomable.

However, Chu Xiu could also sense that Qin Xiang was not as relaxed as he appeared. His spirit must have been affected, and his strength and the accuracy of his actions would be affected for a short period of time.

"Are you alright?"

Qin Xiang turned his head, just about to ask about Chu Xiu's condition, when suddenly another unexpected change occurred!
From within the burst tumor, a figure holding a gun appeared out of nowhere!

Chu Xiu's eyes suddenly narrowed!
"Watch out! Yakuza!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a gunshot rang out. Even though Qin Xiang reacted quickly and turned around to defend himself, the aftereffects of the mental attack became apparent. The speed at which he mobilized his energy was much slower, and the spiritual energy shield in mid-air was shattered by a single shot before it could fully take shape!
The bullet that had previously ambushed Chu Xiu, even the fifth level of his Golden Muscle Nether Bone, couldn't withstand, appeared again, hitting Qin Xiang directly amidst a sharp sonic boom as the air was torn apart!
However, Qin Xiang only swayed slightly before regaining his balance, a hint of ferocity flashing in his eyes.

"court death!"

With a grab of his hand, the figure hidden inside the Buddha statue seemed to be drawn by an unknown force, involuntarily drifting towards Qin Xiang. He would not sit idly by and wait to die, and fired his gun continuously. However, Qin Xiang, who was prepared, simply waved his other hand, deflecting all the attacks.

This is the power of a King-level Awakened!

"Yakuza, you traitor who broke your oath, deserve to die!"

His gaze was cold as he looked at the bound Jidao, raising his other hand to strike down.

However, at this moment, his hand, which was suspended in the air, suddenly changed and slapped to the side!

"clang!!!"

A large hand covered in a fierce aura slammed down on a longsword, instantly unleashing a massive shockwave!
Li Zhan, sword in hand, had secretly approached Qin Xiang's side and launched an attack!

However, Qin Xiang had been wary of him for some time and couldn't possibly be completely unaware, but a look of shock and anger still flashed in his eyes: "Are you crazy? You actually cooperate with Calamity?!"

He had considered that the other party might target Chu Xiu for profit, since most of the King-level beings were ruthless and selfish, but he never imagined that the other party would be so heartless as to cooperate with abyssal creatures!

However, as an agent of the Investigation Bureau, Qin Xiang's strength was far beyond that of an ordinary King-level, so he easily withstood the attack.

However, just as he was preparing to gather the other kings to eliminate the traitor, a shadow suddenly rushed out from under Li Zhan!

"puff!"

The shadow was incredibly fast; in the blink of an eye, the long sword in its hand had already pierced Qin Xiang's waist and abdomen!

(End of this chapter)