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

Chapter 275 The Spreading Sea of ​​Blood

Looking down at the sea of ​​blood, Chu Xiu's brows furrowed even more deeply.

He had already pushed his divine sense to its limit, but he found that the sea of ​​blood, like the yin energy, interfered with his divine sense. He could only detect a distance of two or three thousand meters before he could no longer continue.

This depth is only sufficient for searching near the coastline. If the Blood Demon is hiding deep in the sea, it will be impossible to detect with divine sense.

"Besides, I don't have time to do something as stupid as looking for a needle in a haystack."

After pondering for a moment, Chu Xiu pointed his finger, and immediately a large number of ghosts rushed down to hunt down the Blood Demon.

He released only a small portion, hoping to attract high-level blood sea creatures.

Unfortunately, to his disappointment, the nearby blood sea creatures quickly and spontaneously formed small teams to fight against the ghosts, while the blood sea creatures further away continued to rush towards the base without stopping. In the face of Chu Xiu's interference, the blood sea did not react at all.

Chu Xiu sighed, knowing that it was impossible to lure out the Blood Demon in such a simple way.

Furthermore, he discovered that the attributes of these Blood Sea creatures near this Blood Sea were significantly enhanced. He even saw thick-rooted vines growing inland from the depths of the Blood Sea.

【Blood Vine Connecting to Heaven】

However, compared to Chu Xiu's props, this Blood Vine is completely rooted in the Blood Sea, absorbing the energy of the Blood Sea. The area it forms is incredibly large, and almost all Blood Demons within a 50-kilometer radius of the Blood Sea will receive a certain degree of life recovery speed boost.

Near the coastline, the bonus was even more outrageous. Chu Xiu witnessed his ghost general smash half of a blood demon servant to pieces with a single blow, but the servant managed to grow new limbs from that remaining half in less than three seconds.

"Is this the real challenge of this trial?"

Chu Xiu was having a headache. The sea of ​​blood was spreading rapidly. If he wasn't mistaken, on the thirtieth day, the sea of ​​blood would reach the vicinity of the base. At that time, he would have to face an endless tide of blood demons, empowered by the sea of ​​blood buff.

"If those civilization envoys could also receive the Blood Sea bonus..."

Chu Xiu dared not think any further. He originally thought that with his current strength, he would be able to easily overcome the [End] difficulty level, but now it seemed that it was far from that simple.

The key lies in this [Kill Mode]!
With this mode in place, Chu Xiu was destined to find a suitable way to pass the level. Otherwise, with his strength, he might actually be able to hold out until the thirtieth day and defeat the entire Blood Demon army without any tricks.

After some thought, Chu Xiu decided not to alert the enemy and instead put away all the ghosts, heading towards the base.

Judging by the timing, the first wave of attacks should be arriving soon.

An hour later, in the base city.

The piercing alarm suddenly tore through the night, waking the entire base city from its tranquility.

"Attention! Frontline radar stations have detected an unprecedented density of abyssal creatures, which are rapidly advancing towards our city. The current estimated number has exceeded 300,000 and is still increasing!"

"The first wave of attacks is expected to arrive in ten minutes! Non-combat personnel, please evacuate in an orderly manner!"

The sharp metallic buzzing sound, like an invisible whip, spurred everyone into action. Farmers and workers stopped what they were doing, grabbed whatever supplies were available nearby, hurriedly broke open the iron gate, and pushed aluminum carts filled with canned goods and compressed biscuits into the shelter.

Fortunately, similar drills had been conducted many times before, so although people were panicked, they still managed to evacuate to the depths of the shelter without any major incidents.

Meanwhile, soldiers rushed to their positions, armed helicopters took off to patrol, and incendiary armor-piercing rounds were loaded into anti-aircraft guns. The powerful Awakened Ones also arrived at their posts, which were best suited to their abilities, according to the tactical plans they had prepared in advance.

Chu Xiu stood high in the sky, taking in the entire situation.

The base is located in a large rift valley surrounded by mountains. Apart from a single passage in front, it is surrounded by towering cliffs with a vertical drop of more than 300 meters.

Especially on the mountain peaks opposite the entrance and exit routes, after being deliberately shaped, they have a vertical height of over a thousand meters, resembling a sheer cliff.

It can be said that in ancient times, this place would have been an absolutely strategic and impregnable natural stronghold, so much so that it would not be an exaggeration to say that one man could hold off ten thousand.

Unfortunately, cliffs are no longer an obstacle when facing extraordinary creatures like Blood Demon Servants, whose average level is above Warrior. Of course, the person in charge of building the base's defenses knew this and divided the defenses into upper and lower layers.

The defense below was mainly to hold the natural barrier, consisting of seven concrete walls that rose one after another. Each wall was ten meters wide and was covered with heavy machine guns and various heavy weapons. The walls were higher than the previous ones, which ensured that the walls behind could still project fire forward when a battle broke out in front.

On the surrounding rock walls, there are also many protruding machine gun positions, which can provide fire support from above.

The defenses above were constructed by the King-level Awakened who had previously met Chu Xiu, who was capable of raising rock walls, and the King-level Mechanic. The long-term construction of the defenses, combined with the crisscrossing terrain of the mountains, formed an extremely complex maze, which was filled with automated firepower that could be remotely controlled.

Despite being called a maze, the distance between the rock walls is actually quite far apart. This is to prevent enemies from jumping directly over the maze walls, while the anti-aircraft positions at the rear ensure that enemies in the air can also be effectively intercepted.

Besides that, there are vast minefields, which are almost everywhere near the military base. Only the "hunters" who are qualified to go out to explore and collect resources know their locations.

"The first wave of minefields alone is enough to kill most of the low-level blood demons, and the rest will have a hard time getting past the multiple defenses."

"Most soldiers were only responsible for calibrating the artillery and loading ammunition in the rear, while those at the forefront were unmanned automatic weapons operated by that mechanic."

Chu Xiu saw that on the command post atop the mountain, the mechanic with long, flowing golden hair raised his hands, and machine gun turrets controlled by hydraulic systems rose up from the twenty-meter-high earthen wall.

Under these circumstances, this first wave of attack should not result in any casualties.

And just as Chu Xiu had guessed, as countless dark shadows flashed in the distant dense forest, the first wave of Blood Demon minions roared and rushed out of the forest. They crawled on their limbs and tentacles behind them, like large off-road vehicles speeding at full speed!

"boom!"

However, the Blood Demon servants at the forefront had only taken a few steps before their legs were blown off by a landmine. Immediately afterward, shrapnel from the Claymore landmine struck their bodies, turning them into a sieve like a fishing net in an instant. The nearby Blood Demon servants were also affected; some were blasted away by the shockwave, while others were riddled with holes by shrapnel.

As deafening explosions rang out, the sky was filled with flying limbs and blood.

However, this bloody and cruel scene did not hinder the charging Blood Demon servants in the slightest. Not a single Blood Demon servant showed any fear. They rushed out in rows to their deaths, using their own flesh and blood to wade through this land of death!

But this was far from over. The blood demon servants paving the way with their flesh and blood were only part of the attack. More blood demons swung their tentacles, crawling and leaping rapidly across the surrounding rock walls. Some even rushed up the cliffs, trying to find a way to break through from above.

Three hundred thousand Blood Demon minions charged forward together, their densely packed, pale figures covering almost every corner of the valley, forming a white wave! This astonishing scene caused the soldiers watching from afar to show expressions of fear.

As these ferocious and brutal creatures were about to rush forward, the soldiers' fear reached its peak. Just then, the automatic machine gun array began to roar, tracer bullets weaving an orange-red fire net in the night sky, and the barrage poured down on the Blood Demon Legion like a torrential rain!

"Puff puff!"

The 12.7mm armor-piercing rounds blasted open huge holes in their chests, severing their tentacles at the roots. Before the figures leaping and climbing on the rock face could even get close, they were torn to shreds by the ensuing rain of steel bullets.

At the same time, dazzling flames erupted from the distant artillery positions, and 155mm howitzer shells fell into the horde of blood demon minions like meteorites. The pre-formed shrapnel caused serious damage to the monsters within a ten-meter radius. In an instant, the ground was littered with blood demon monsters whose bodies were blown apart, clinging to life by their powerful vitality and howling incessantly.

This scene immediately elicited a thunderous roar of cheers from the soldiers.

"Long live the Holy Maiden!"

They shouted in unison.

"So that blonde mechanic was the saintess they were talking about?" Chu Xiu was somewhat surprised, because the woman was wearing a military green combat uniform, her body and hands were covered in paint and stains, and you could smell a pungent engine oil odor from afar. It was really hard to associate her with the word "saintess".

However, upon closer inspection, it's not surprising. Her features are indeed very delicate, suggesting she is of Far Eastern descent. Her skin is extremely fair, and her long golden hair shimmers with a hazy glow under the sunlight, like countless shimmering particles scattered on flowing silk.

"This woman must be the one in charge of this base."

Chu Xiu looked away.

Ten minutes later, the battle was basically over. Just as he had expected, most of the blood demons were wiped out before they even got close to the city wall.

Teams of Awakened Ones went out to sweep away the remaining Blood Demon servants who still had a breath left. Chu Xiu also swayed and joined the team.

Ironically, he remained unmoved during the most intense part of the war, but now that it's over, he has work to do because the final blow from these dying beasts could also damage his precious spark of civilization.

As he predicted, some Blood Demon servants lurked among the corpses and launched sneak attacks, while others concealed their presence and feigned death, only to suddenly attack when the Awakened Ones approached.

However, thanks to Chu Xiu's pre-emptive scan and overall control, no one died in the end, only a few reckless and unlucky individuals were injured.

The Awakened Ones, having gained experience and leveled up, returned to the city walls chatting and laughing, while the soldiers celebrated yet another victory.

But Chu Xiu still frowned, because he knew that this attack was just a trivial test. In fact, it was almost certain that the Blood Demon who launched the attack was trying to send his subordinates to their deaths, using their flesh and blood to consume the landmines scattered throughout the area around the base city.

Once these landmines, accumulated over a long period of time, are depleted, they cannot be replenished in a short time, and the ammunition storage in the base is uncertain how long it can support fire support.

Worse still, neither the high-level Blood Demon nor the Civilization Envoy has made an appearance, which indicates that the opponent is very cautious. Even with such an obvious advantage, they are still slowly probing. If Chu Xiu were to reveal his power, the opponent would most likely accumulate power in the last few days when the Blood Sea is pushed to the vicinity, and then wipe out the entire base in one wave.

In the worst-case scenario, Chu Xiu would have to hide with a few people for thirty days straight, hoping to get the lowest possible trial score.

After pondering for a while, he came up with a solution that wasn't really a solution. Although the success rate was still low, it was better than doing nothing.

Before taking action, it is necessary to contact the base's leadership.

Just then, two guards arrived near Chu Xiu.

“My Lord Awakener, our Holy Maiden wishes to see you,” one of them said.

Chu Xiu nodded, knowing that it was his previous display of strength that had caught the woman's attention. A powerful Awakened One with an unfamiliar face—whether it was to win her over or to keep her at bay, it was necessary to meet her.

Following the guards, he arrived at the highest point of the thousand-meter-high mountain, where there was a clearing that had been artificially prepared, which was the location of the command post.

As Chu Xiu approached, he immediately saw the Holy Maiden standing in the main seat. In front of her was a long table, with more than a dozen people sitting on both sides of the table. Most of these people were awakened individuals of general rank or above, and there were four king rank among them.

Besides the saintess and the man who could raise the stone city wall, there was only a heavily armored giant axe warrior and a masked man wearing a black cloak with two swords at his waist, who seemed to be an assassin.

As Chu Xiu entered, the room fell silent, and everyone turned to look at him.

“Hello, my name is Aurora.” The blonde girl’s voice broke the silence first. “Are you an Awakened One who recently arrived at our base? I’ve never seen a fighting style like that before.”

Chu Xiu glanced at her, but didn't answer Aurora's question or waste any words. He said directly, "I am an awakener who came from another world to save you."

"The attack you have suffered today is not accidental, but merely the beginning, a trivial test."

"In the next thirty days, you will face an unprecedented attack. The number of Blood Demon minions will be counted in the millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions! Hundreds or even thousands of King-level monsters will also appear!"

Chu Xiu's words left everyone present completely dumbfounded.

No, how come a simple greeting resulted in such an exaggerated message?

Almost everyone instantly concluded that this was most likely an awakened individual with mental instability in the apocalypse. Perhaps he had come into contact with something strange during a trial and went insane, which was not uncommon among awakened individuals.

"You," Aurora carefully chose her words, and after a long while, she said, "Do you have any evidence for what you're saying?"

"The proof is that I have no reason to lie."

Chu Xiu said, and suddenly his left hand clenched forward, and in the next instant a large amount of demonic energy surged out!

Everyone's expression changed instantly. They never expected Chu Xiu to make a sudden move. However, those in the command post were the strongest combat force in the base. Each of them was an Awakened who had experienced countless battles. In the blink of an eye, they made the best response, either dodging, blocking, or attacking head-on.

But soon everyone discovered that the power they had once been so proud of was utterly insignificant in the face of that pitch-black fog, and even the skills of a king-level being could not stop the fog in the slightest!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

A dozen large black hands grabbed all the Awakened Ones present. Their bodies turned red as they tried to break free from the black hands' restraints, but soon they clearly felt the terrifying power contained within those hands, which could crush them like an ant in an instant!
(End of this chapter)