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

Chapter 221 Strong Enemy
"boom!"

Asura and the Blood Demon avatar threw punches simultaneously, colliding without any fancy moves. Hundreds or even thousands of tons of immense force erupted in an instant, creating a deafening explosion in the air. The impact generated wind pressure, causing Chu Xiu's robes to flutter wildly.

"boom!"

Asura took a half step back. As they clashed, the Blood Demon's dozen or so tentacles simultaneously struck out, leaving several scratches on Asura's body. This triggered the trait [Extreme Blood Poison] and further enhanced Asura's abilities by using the skills [Neurotoxin] and [Toxin Refinement]!
However, these toxins seemed to have no effect on Asura at all, while the Blood Demon's fist had been almost shattered in the previous clash!

“Hahahaha! Cool!”

Asura laughed loudly and charged forward, engaging the Blood Demon in battle once more!
"Lord! We can't continue fighting, this guy is too strong!"

Upon hearing Rasputin's panicked thought, Chu Xiu did not force him, but instead quickly communicated with him telepathically: "Fight and retreat, look for an opportunity to withdraw."

Asura's power did indeed ignite Chu Xiu's fighting spirit, but he wasn't the kind of reckless man who would act impulsively in the heat of the moment. He preferred to target weaknesses, devise countermeasures, and carefully plan his hunt for his opponent step by step.

"Retreat first."

Chu Xiu reached out and grabbed the three gods, intending to put them into his spirit flesh storage pouch and leave.

However, at that moment, a golden light shot out from the side without warning and struck his wrist!
"squeak!!!"

The golden light instantly shredded the flesh on Chu Xiu's hand, then struck his forearm bones, producing a piercing metallic scraping sound like a cutter cutting steel.

"what."

A soft exclamation rang out in the void, as if no one expected that this attack would fail to sever Chu Xiu's wrist in one strike.

Chu Xiu looked up and saw a large bird, ten meters tall, with jet-black feathers but golden feathers on its neck and wings, hovering in mid-air.

It had a jet-black bead on its head, and although it had bird-like wings, its body was human-like. At this moment, the bird's indifferent pupils were staring at Chu Xiu without any emotion.

Needless to say, this appearance is probably that of Garuda, whose combat power is second only to Asura.

Garuda is the legendary "Golden-Winged Bird God". The Golden-Winged Roc in Journey to the West is based on this beast. It is said that it feeds on dragons and eats one dragon and five hundred small dragons every day.

However, the dragon here is not the dragon commonly found in Chinese mythology, but rather more like a giant venomous snake, similar to the "earth dragon" that is the incarnation of the great python god.

Even so, this is enough to demonstrate Garuda's power.

"This god is incredibly fast. I hadn't sensed it before, and it was at least a thousand meters away from me, yet it struck me in less than half a second."

"Should we use Asura to distract them first, and then have the extremely fast Garuda rescue the three Yakshas?"

If Chu Xiu hadn't cultivated his Golden Muscle and Nether Bone to perfection, his physical body wouldn't have been so incredibly strong; he might have had his arm severed in one strike, allowing him to rescue Yaksha and the others.

But Garuda didn't seem disappointed when it missed its target. Its golden pupils were still filled with a condescending gaze. With a gentle twist of its finger, the golden light stuck in Chu Xiu's bones immediately retracted and then spun rapidly along Chu Xiu's arm!
In the blink of an eye, he severed all the meridians and muscles in Chu Xiu's left arm! A large amount of blood splattered in all directions!

Pain surged into Chu Xiu's mind, but this pain made his mind clearer than ever before. He felt his entire body enter a primal, instinctive fighting state, and his thoughts flowed incredibly smoothly.

"You want to take away what I've already got?"

Chu Xiu snorted coldly, his Blood-Burning Golden Eyes lit up, and in an instant, golden flames enveloped the souls of the three Yakshas. They didn't even have time to utter a sound before they were completely refined in an instant!

This scene caused a flash of ferocity to appear in Garuda's golden pupils.

"court death!"

Although he didn't care about the three Yakshas, ​​he couldn't tolerate anyone disobeying him!

Garuda spread its wings and with a gentle flap, its massive body instantly traversed hundreds of meters. Its speed was so great that it even created a vacuum passage between the starting point and the destination!

Chu Xiu dared not be negligent. He unleashed the True Demon Blade of Judgment, its dense blades completely sealing off the airspace in front of him. He then rode his flying corpse and flew swiftly towards the military camp.

The Blood Demon avatar stopped entangled with Asura and suddenly exploded, turning into a large pool of viscous sewage that enveloped Asura. Another, smaller Blood Demon avatar rushed out from within and sped away into the distance.

Skill: [Shedding the Cicada's Shell]!
"Humph!"

Although the cage formed by his self-destructing body was shattered by Asura's two punches, this extremely short delay was enough for the Blood Demon Avatar to escape thousands of miles away and catch up with Chu Xiu.

In the instant he caught up, the Blood Demon avatar plunged his hands into the flying corpse, his body transforming into a layer of blood-red skin that covered the flying corpse.

Skills: [Berserk Blood], [Nerve Burst], [Muscle Overload]! Advanced Skill: [Flesh Symbiosis]!
The first three are all berserk buffs added to flying corpses, which can greatly increase their basic attributes in a short period of time. Although there will be extremely serious side effects afterward, such as internal organ damage and muscle dissolution, these can be slowly repaired in the spirit flesh storage pouch.

With the addition of these three buffs, the flying corpse's speed doubled!
The final [Flesh and Blood Symbiosis] can fuse the Blood Demon Avatar and the Flying Corpse into one, further greatly enhancing their attributes and granting them additional vitality!

With this enhancement, the flying corpse reached an unbelievable speed, creating bursts of air compression wherever it passed! Its speed reached an astonishing eight times the speed of sound!
However, at this moment, a golden light caught up with the flying corpse from behind and shot into Chu Xiu's shoulder blade with great force. The huge impact caused him to fall directly onto the flying corpse!

Chu Xiu turned around and saw that it was a golden feather!

Not only that, after the feather pierced Chu Xiu's body, it exploded like a time bomb, suddenly radiating extreme light and heat. Chu Xiu groaned, his shoulder already a bloody mess!
He turned around and saw that while the flying corpse, empowered by numerous enhancements, was incredibly fast, Garuda was even faster! With a single flap of its enormous wings, it seemed to distort space itself, traversing a distance of thousands of meters! It was now rapidly closing the distance between itself and Chu Xiu!

"Legend has it that the Golden-Winged Roc can fly 90,000 miles with a single flap of its wings. While this guy's speed is far from what is described in the myth, it is still extremely amazing. It is indeed worthy of being a trial of the End Difficulty."

Chu Xiu even felt that the difficulty of the [Heroic Spirit] Trial was probably no more than this!
Fortunately, Garuda is not without its weaknesses. Although it is fast, its attack power is far inferior to that of Asura.

With a thought, Chu Xiu's Blood Demon Avatar unleashed a massive amount of flesh and blood, forming a small sea of ​​blood.

This is a variant skill from the Blood Sea Realm, except that its purpose has changed from binding and controlling others to protecting oneself!

Golden beams of energy shot into the flying corpses, causing violent explosions. However, these explosions were blocked by layers of flesh and blood, and for every piece of flesh and blood that Garuda destroyed, the Blood Demon incarnation would regenerate.

"They're really troublesome. No wonder those three Yaksha guys lost their lives so easily."

"However, I'd like to see how many times you can be reborn!"

The ferocity in Garuda's golden eyes intensified, and as the dark bead on its head emitted a faint glow, the golden feathers on its wings suddenly burst forth with a blazing light as intense as the sun!
However, just as it was preparing to launch a new attack on Chu Xiu, a faint voice suddenly rang in its ear: "Enough, Garuda, stop wasting your divine power."

Garuda paused, turned to look behind him, and saw Asura standing on the back of a three-headed serpent, approaching leisurely like a monarch.

"Asura, do you think I'm no match for them?" Garuda's tone was icy.

"I'm warning you not to fall into the enemy's trap," Ashura said calmly, nodding slightly and gesturing for him to look into the distance.

Garuda turned around and narrowed his eyes. Then, a look of surprise flashed in his golden eyes. He saw that the enemy who was originally seriously injured was now rapidly healing his wounds. Even the broken bones were growing back and healing!
He looked further into the distance, where a tall blood vine was hidden in the smoke.

Garuda sensed it carefully, his surprise deepening. "What astonishing vitality! What tricks are those beasts in Buddhism up to now?"

"I don't know, but this intense life force is far beyond what even sacrificing ten thousand boys and girls could achieve. It's likely that they've brought out some hidden Buddhist artifact." Ashura squinted and judged.

"It would not be wise to fight a strong enemy under those circumstances. The enemy was very strong. Although I suppressed the opponent, I was not without losses."

"However, such rich life energy cannot be stored for long. I'm afraid most of it will dissipate in a day or two. It won't be too late for us to fight again then. We've waited for hundreds of years, so a day or two won't make a difference."

"Moreover, with Gandharva here, we don't need to start a direct battle, especially since the enemy is already prepared. Let's find out the enemy's strength first."

Ashura calmly analyzed, his appearance was completely different from the battle maniac he had been before.

Garuda didn't chase after it anymore, but instead nodded its bird head and said, "Asura, I'll listen to you."

After saying this, it retreated, and Ashura, after glancing at Chu Xiu from afar, returned to Paradise Lost.

"Have you backed down?"

On the other side, Chu Xiu felt a little regretful as he watched the two disappear.

After eliminating millions of hungry ghosts, the Heavenly Blood Vine has grown to its complete form and stored a massive amount of life energy.

If the Asuras and Garudas were to insist on fighting, even if we included the Gandharva who had not yet appeared, Chu Xiu was confident that he could defeat them.

However, it now seems that the other party is not a brainless person.

"In that case, things will get a bit complicated."

Chu Xiu glanced at the empty military camp.

Following his instructions, Liang Zhan had already led his soldiers to gather residents along the way and head towards the main city.

According to the original plan, Chu Xiu should have caught up with them in time.

"However, if I want to complete the game perfectly, I must stay here."

"Otherwise, if Ashura and his group were to infiltrate the main city and cause trouble, countless people would die."

But this would be troublesome. Although the Blood Demon Avatar and Chu Xiu could act separately, they were still connected by their minds. If the distance was too great, Chu Xiu would lose control of the Blood Demon Avatar. At that time, Rasputin might even take the opportunity to turn the tables, which Chu Xiu would absolutely not allow.

The Blood Demon Avatar is related to the opportunity to become a god. In his eyes, he would rather fail the trial than let the Blood Demon Avatar suffer any mishap.

Furthermore, even if the two were separated, they wouldn't be able to stop the Asura from forcibly breaking in.

But if the two cannot leave, what will happen to the Buddhist community?
"How about we try negotiating with Ashura?"

In fact, from the current perspective, Asura and Chu Xiu have similar goals: to find a way to the outside world through Buddhism. Theoretically, there is still a possibility for them to cooperate.

However, Chu Xiu quickly rejected this idea.

He had already killed the three Yakshas, ​​and in their eyes, he was definitely a member of the Buddhist sect. They probably wouldn't believe what he said.

Even if he believed it, Chu Xiu was still very uneasy about cooperating with Asura. Asura's goal was simply to leave, while Chu Xiu had to leave with 20,000 people. They seemed the same, but in reality, they were worlds apart, and there was a high possibility that unexpected situations would arise.

If Chu Xiu didn't intend to achieve a perfect clear, he could give it a try, but for now, it's best to skip it.

Just as he was pondering this, a voice rang out from below: "My lord! You've finally returned!"

Chu Xiu looked down and found that the boy he had caught secretly researching contraband was looking at him with excitement and admiration.

"My lord, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Ling Feiyu. The general ordered me to stay here and wait for you, and to deliver messages to you."

Chu Xiu nodded, already having made up his mind.

With a thought, the Blood Demon avatar beside him let out a low growl, and its Blood Demon body began to harden. After reaching the extreme of hardening, it began to crack inch by inch. A moment later, a naked man without facial features walked out from it.

Talent [Blood Demon's Familiar]

The Blood Demon's Familiar's talent is the ability to transform low-level Blood Demons into their own Familiars, thereby forcibly raising their rank.

But this talent has another use: creating one's own "clone" entirely from one's own essence and blood.

Because of the strong connection between the Blood Demons, Chu Xiu was able to remotely control this clone even from a distance of more than ten kilometers.

"Let this clone go to the Buddhist sect to negotiate on my behalf."

“Force is certainly important, but at present there is no conflict of interest between Buddhism and me, so perhaps the problem can be solved without force.”

The Blood Demon clone has many advantages, but its disadvantages are also significant: its strength is too weak, with only the attributes of a peak-level ferocious being.

Chu Xiu thought for a moment and gave him some extra equipment, which barely allowed him to reach the combat strength of a general.

"With Liang Zhan and the others accompanying us, that should be enough."

Having made up his mind, he did not delay and immediately sent his clone on a four-winged strange bird to chase after Liang Zhan's main force with Ling Feiyu.

He himself remained firmly stationed at the border.

Of course, Chu Xiu wasn't idle either. He activated "Perfect Refinement" on the spiritual flesh storage pouch while sitting cross-legged to restore his mana and the origin of the golden embryo.

He was preparing a grand gift for Ashura, so that he would never be so embarrassed next time they met.

Meanwhile, Ashura was also preparing for his battle with Chu Xiu.

"Tear."

Asura reached out and grabbed, his five fingers like five sharp blades, completely destroying the last remaining structure of the Blood Sea Domain.

With a tearing sound, the alien civilization freed the bound body.

(End of this chapter)