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

Chapter 217 The God of Song and the Giant Python
Chu Xiu's plan was simple: to go straight to the Hungry Ghosts' lair and eliminate all forces that could potentially threaten the human race in the area.

This is why he deliberately spared Yaksha's life; while he was arranging the mission, he had already sent a Blood Demon avatar to secretly track him down.

Without further thought, Chu Xiu spurred the flying corpse to fly rapidly along the Giant's Road, chasing after the location of the Blood Demon's incarnation.

Soon, he arrived at the end of the Giant's Way, which is also the location of Paradise Lost.

Liang Zhan once said that this place was even wider than the Giant's Road, but when Chu Xiu came here in person, he realized what Liang Zhan meant by "wide".

Before him was a huge, empty, near-cubic space, at least ten kilometers long, wide, and high. It looked like a black hole that swallowed all light. Even Chu Xiu felt a sense of insignificance in the face of this enormous space.

This made Chu Xiu even more puzzled. Such a huge space could not possibly be built with the technological level of humans in the Corpse Demon World!
Chu Xiu originally thought that this place, like other ancient trials of the fierce level, was just another temporary refuge built by surviving humans. But now it seems that this place is full of extraordinary traces, and its existence seems to be even older than human civilization!
"If this place isn't just a simple underground shelter, but rather formed by supernatural forces, then I'm afraid I can't simply use brute force to carve a path and get the others out. Instead, I need to gather information about this place first before making any plans."

Chu Xiu fell into thought.

However, he didn't think about it for too long; he had important things to do right now.

He looked around Paradise Lost. Hundreds of passageways were laid out on the walls, and the Giant's Causeway was just one of them. Although it was larger than most passageways, it was not the largest.
Chu Xiu looked diagonally above him, where there was a massive passage with an entrance area at least dozens of times larger than the Giant's Road! Chu Xiu could clearly sense that Yaksha had entered this passage and was currently fleeing rapidly along it!

"This passage is dozens of times larger than the Giant's Causeway; who knows what terrifying creatures it might harbor?"

Chu Xiu's expression turned slightly serious, but he would not back down. With a thought, the flying corpse rushed out and entered the passage.

With the flying corpse moving at high speed, Chu Xiu caught up with the Blood Demon incarnation in no time and locked onto the fleeing Yaksha from afar.

"The way this guy escaped is exactly the same as the Calamity I defeated before. Their sources of power are likely similar."

Chu Xiu glanced at the fleeing phantom in front of him and had another guess in his mind.

This yaksha was arrogant, but not mindless. It seemed to have sensed that someone was following it, and it would release a detection wave from time to time, while its body constantly changed its route in the complex passage.

If it weren't for the Blood Demon Avatar's high rank, he would have really left them behind.

After struggling like this for a full quarter of an hour, he suddenly accelerated and rushed straight towards a certain place with a clear goal, while a wave of mental energy that could travel extremely far emanated from him.

"Mahoraga! Kinnara! Save me!"

Almost the instant this thought was sent out, a sharp cry came from afar. Upon hearing the cry, Chu Xiu felt a sharp pain in his head, and at the same time, the flying corpse beneath him seemed to have lost all consciousness and plummeted straight down!
"boom!"

The flying corpse, weighing several tons, crashed to the ground, creating a large crater. Chu Xiu emerged from the dust and rubbed his head: "We were discovered after all?"

These guys' perception abilities are indeed impressive, which also shows that Chu Xiu has not yet reached the level of a top-tier king in all aspects.

Before Chu Xiu had time to think, another melody came from the depths of the passage. The music sounded like a child playing randomly, completely ignorant of music, but there seemed to be some kind of pattern hidden in the chaos. The rhythm and disorder intertwined, making people feel uneasy.

A violent emotion rose unconsciously in Chu Xiu's heart, and he wanted to destroy everything in front of him, but he had nowhere to vent this emotion, so it could only accumulate in his chest, making him feel that his internal organs were affected and extremely suffocated.

At this moment, the Undying Corpse King Amulet lit up on Chu Xiu's chest, and the Great Sun Guardian Shield also emitted warm sunlight. At the same time, clear streams flowed into his spiritual platform from the multiple rings on his hand, which made Chu Xiu feel much better.

But the flying corpse beside him wasn't so lucky. It coughed up black blood and collapsed weakly to the ground.

"A psychological attack?"

Chu Xiu's expression became slightly more serious. Although he had been trying his best to make up for his shortcomings in this area, equipping himself with a large number of items to resist mental attacks, as well as two legendary items that could provide powerful effects, this was still his weakness.

Of course, this weakness is relative to his other abnormally strong "strengths".

"It's a bit troublesome."

Chu Xiu collected the severely damaged flying corpse, then focused his divine sense to guard his spiritual platform, further enhancing his defense against mental attacks. At the same time, the information about the two names called by the Yaksha flashed through his mind.

Mahoraga, ranked eighth among the eight classes of beings, is a mythical serpent god, also known as the "Earth Dragon," in contrast to the Heavenly Dragon. He has a human body and a snake's head and enjoys wine and meat.

Kinnara, ranked sixth among the Eight Legions, is a legendary god of song, with a handsome figure and horns on his head.

"The mental attack just now should have been launched by the God of Song, Kinnara. I just don't know what kind of supernatural powers the other one has."

Two came at once, but Chu Xiu wasn't afraid. He re-formed the True Demon Blade of Judgment in his hand, ordered his Blood Demon Avatar to lurk in the shadows, ready to provide support at any time, while he himself held the blade in one hand and a shield in the other, cautiously probing forward.

After walking a few steps, Chu Xiu suddenly caught a soft sound, and at the same time, the ground beneath his feet began to shake, and an extremely dangerous premonition surged into his heart.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Xiu pushed off with both legs, and the enormous force instantly shattered the rocks beneath his feet. Propelled by this force, he soared into the sky, spinning in mid-air and swinging his sword backward!

Just as Chu Xiu leaped up, an enormous python, covered in gray-brown rock scales and of unbelievable size, burst out from the ground, opened its blood-red maw, hundreds of meters wide, and bit down on Chu Xiu!
"clang!!!"

The True Demon Blade of Judgment slashed at the snake's head, producing a sharp, screeching sound like a cutting machine cutting steel. Sparks flew everywhere, and the blade, condensed to its maximum, cleaved a huge crack more than ten meters long in the giant python's mouth. Flesh and blood were shredded, revealing dark teeth and bones, and leaving a mark at least three meters deep on it.

However, this powerful strike was nothing compared to the colossal size of the colossal python! A single head was over a hundred meters long, and its body, hidden underground, was of unknown length; its movements caused the entire land to undulate like ocean waves! The intense heat generated by the rapid friction between the enormous creature and the rocks was enough to melt steel!

At this moment, Chu Xiu had only one thought in his mind.

The earth dragon turns over, and wood and fire blaze forth!
Without a second thought, Chu Xiu abruptly flapped the Vampire Earl Wings behind him and charged rapidly to the side!
However, without the high-speed movement of the flying corpses, Chu Xiu's agility in the air decreased significantly. Although the Vampire Earl's Wings were legendary, they were only a legend of the Fierce Rank! They were completely unable to keep up with the battle of the King Rank!
Seeing that he was about to be swallowed by the giant snake, Chu Xiu had no choice but to swing his sword again. Spatial chains formed in mid-air, blocking the giant python between Chu Xiu and the giant python. At the same time, he waved the Hundred Soul Banner, and countless ghost arms stretched out from the void, pulling the giant python's scales backward.

Spatial Lockdown! Soul Binding Technique!

With the help of these two powerful control skills, Chu Xiu narrowly escaped being swallowed by the giant python at the last second.

However, due to the giant python's enormous size, this combined control attack consumed a large amount of Chu Xiu's Golden Embryo Essence, and the magical power of the ghosts within the Hundred Soul Banner was also greatly depleted. This made his expression even more solemn.

When its attack failed, the giant python burrowed back into the ground. Its massive body, like a dragon churning the seas, shattered rocks wherever it went, and the once-hard earth undulated like ocean waves.

"What a terrifying creature! Its physical strength must be over 10,000! No, probably even more than 20,000!"

This terrifying attribute means that even without any skills, the physical body alone is enough to fight against most King-level opponents.

Chu Xiu's expression grew increasingly solemn. At this moment, he seemed to sense something and suddenly looked up into the depths of the passage.

At the edge of the horizon, two figures emerged from the smoke, one on the left and one on the right.

Standing on the left is a humanoid creature dressed in a black robe, with a slender figure and a height of nearly five meters. However, its head is that of a snake. What is most striking is its pair of emerald-green eyes, which seem to possess some kind of mysterious magic, as if they can attract one's entire mind.

The person standing on the right is only two meters tall. He is an extremely handsome man, wearing only a pure white robe that is half-draped over his body, revealing perfectly proportioned muscles, just like a sculpture created according to the golden ratio.

Her appearance is stunning, with features that combine masculine strength with feminine grace, and the faint smile at the corner of her mouth adds just the right amount of charm.

Even Chu Xiu was slightly moved when he saw this.

At this moment, the phantom of the Yaksha was held in his hands and was being continuously repaired by a special energy.

Chu Xiu withdrew his gaze. If he wasn't mistaken, the monster with a human body and a snake's head should be the great serpent god Mahoraga, and the half-naked handsome man should be the song god Kinra.

The three gazed at each other from afar without saying a word. Suddenly, Mahoraga's eerie green eyes lit up, and Chu Xiu's alarm bells immediately went off. Even though he looked away immediately, he still felt an extremely evil force lock onto him in an instant!

The next moment, Chu Xiu felt a suffocating sensation as if he were being tightly bound by a python. He looked down and saw that a huge python had wrapped itself tightly around his body and was still contracting.
Chu Xiu's heart sank. He strained his arms, but was immediately horrified to find that he could not break free from the python's grasp even slightly!
At this moment, the Undying Corpse King Talisman on his chest lit up, and immediately blue smoke rose from the python's scales. Only then did Chu Xiu realize that the python coiled around him was actually a mental attack!
Just then, another loud bang came from behind him. The giant python, which had missed its attack earlier, had turned around and charged at him again!
Chu Xiu instantly realized the fighting style of this giant python god: using mental attacks to bind the target, and then having its powerful subordinate python deliver the final blow!

At the same time, Kinnara beside Mahoraga opened his mouth again and let out a sharp whistle, and the suffocating feeling that made Chu Xiu almost unable to breathe surged back into his heart.

Without a suitable countermeasure, even a top-tier king like Qin Xiang might suffer a great loss under this combined attack!

Chu Xiu also realized the seriousness of the matter, but he did not panic or back down. Instead, he did not dodge or avoid, but suddenly turned his head to look directly into Mahoraga's dark green eyes, and golden light shone brightly in his eyes!

A mental attack? Let's see whose supernatural powers are stronger!
The blood-red golden eyes, pushed to their limit, shone brightly in Chu Xiu's eyes, and the green light in Mahoraga's eyes deepened. But soon, the brilliant and majestic golden light overwhelmed everything and was reflected in its eyes.

"what!!!"

Golden flames rose from Mahoraga's body. It screamed and knelt down, clutching its eyes. Blood flowed from between its fingers. Kinnara looked on incredulously, seemingly not expecting that his companion's supernatural power would be suppressed. But he quickly realized what was happening and turned sharply to Chu Xiu. His already sharp scream became even more piercing, as if it would pierce the sky!
"puff!"

Chu Xiu could no longer hold on and spat out a large pool of black blood. He felt that his internal organs had been damaged to a certain extent, but before he could mobilize the Golden Embryo Source to repair them, the giant python's gaping maw had completely enveloped him!

A huge shadow enveloped Chu Xiu, and as the maw closed, Chu Xiu was swallowed whole!
This relieved both Mahoraga and Kinnara.

However, just when the two thought they had finally defeated their powerful enemy, a large crack suddenly appeared in the throat of the giant python, and Chu Xiu, covered in blood, burst out of it!

The giant python let out a mournful cry and crashed heavily to the ground, causing the entire earth to tremble. Mahoraga also screamed in agony once more, while Kinrana stared wide-eyed in disbelief, his handsome face filled with astonishment.

It had never seen any creature escape from the giant serpent god's devouring!

The giant python god's devouring ability certainly wasn't limited to swallowing something whole and then having no further means of attack; otherwise, its enormous size would have been enough for other creatures to survive inside.

In fact, the body of the giant python is filled with a highly corrosive poison gas. The moment it is swallowed into the python's mouth, this poison gas is sprayed out from its throat at an extremely high concentration. At the same time, as the python's throat contracts, an acid that is even more corrosive than the poison gas also gushes out from its stomach in the form of regurgitation.

The combination of these two factors ensures that no creature can resist once swallowed.

Unfortunately, the giant python god swallowed Chu Xiu.

The moment he was swallowed, he was attacked by both poison gas and acid. But Chu Xiu ignored them and endured the poison gas and acid. He poured all the essence of the Golden Embryo into the True Demon Blade of Judgment and unleashed the most powerful strike. Only by relying on the destructive energy that had been condensed to the extreme could he forcefully cleave a path to survival.

However, the price was naturally another severe blow.

At this moment, Chu Xiu was covered in white smoke, his skin was covered in sores that large areas of bare bone could be seen!

In fact, it was only because the perfected Golden Muscle and Nether Bone not only provided strong defense but also provided equally powerful resistance to various other things that he was able to fight his way out despite the giant python's corrosive effects.

If it were any other awakened individual, even with a physique of 10,000, they might not be able to withstand it! Even Qin Xianglai, unless he used the life-saving measures bestowed upon him by the Investigation Bureau, could only barely defend himself before being dragged into the stomach and slowly worn down to death!

Looking at his body, which was covered in so many wounds, and feeling the excruciating pain, Chu Xiu's eyes burned with even more ferocity. He roared, and the Flying Corpse, which had been temporarily restored to some extent in the Spirit Flesh Storage Pouch, reappeared, carrying him rapidly toward the location of Mahoraga and Kinnara!
Chu Xiu had already keenly realized that although the two's supernatural abilities were strange and extremely powerful when combined, their overall strength was not superior to that of Yaksha!

The price of their superior stealth attack capabilities is that their actual combat strength is far inferior to that of the Yaksha!

The flying corpse pushed its four wings to their limit and plummeted like a meteor. In less than a breath, it left the giant python behind and covered a distance of over a thousand meters, rushing to the front of the two monsters!
"die!"

Chu Xiu's eyes were bloodshot as he poured the last of his golden embryonic essence into the demonic blade in his hand without restraint. The space around him was completely sealed off, and the blade, symbolizing death, slashed head-on towards Mahoraga!

Once this giant python god is taken down, the remaining singing gods are nothing to fear, and they won't even be able to break through Chu Xiu's defenses!
Chu Xiu was fully prepared for this attack. The two monsters never expected him to break through the giant python's defenses. They were focused on maintaining their mental attacks. In particular, Mahoraga had just been severely injured by Chu Xiu's Burning Blood Golden Eyes, and the giant python, whose life was tied to his, had been pierced through by the full force of the Judgment Demon Blade. Under the double blow, he was powerless to stop Chu Xiu's attack.

At this distance, Chu Xiu could even see the fear in his eyes!

However, just as the blade of the Demon Blade of Judgment was about to sever his throat, a figure suddenly appeared to Chu Xiu's left without warning, holding a long halberd in his hand, his face as red as a demon's with a smile that had been waiting for him for a long time.

"puff!"

As the burly figure swept out with his halberd, Chu Xiu seemed to crash straight into it, his softest part of his body colliding with the sharp blade!
(End of this chapter)