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

Chapter 281 Evacuation
"It seems this person is doomed." Looking at the dark clouds that were falling steadily in the distance, a smile appeared on Tuoba Ye's rough, scarred face.

Imbuing weapons with intense malevolent energy is one of the basic techniques of battle runes. This malevolent energy continuously disintegrates the energy used by the attacker to maintain "order," destroying any energy-based spells.

In Tuoba Ye's view, the enemy was a summoner class, yet he forcibly condensed this huge black cloud to carry people away, attempting to escape in front of many civilized people with such a slow movement speed. Nine times out of ten, he had reached a dead end and had no other choice.

"Hmph, those from low-level civilizations may occasionally produce geniuses who defy common sense, but they will always act recklessly due to their lack of information and vision."

"This person is indeed extremely strong, but he's still far from being able to clear the [End] dungeon." Tuoba Ye's eyes showed disdain.

In fact, even if Chu Xiuzhen managed to escape using the black clouds, Tuoba Ye wouldn't care, because it was all part of Meng Xuanshu's plan.

He had anticipated that Chu Xiu, gradually weakened by the prolonged war of attrition, would lead his elite troops to retreat.

"On the first day, we found out the scope of this trial. It is just a circle with a radius of 413km. To think that we could escape with 20,000 people for 30 days is just wishful thinking."

If it were only twenty people, Chu Xiu might have managed to escape, but with twenty thousand people, more than half of whom are ordinary people, if they could escape, then all these civilization envoys could just commit suicide.

Not to mention, the sea of ​​blood will gradually spread, and after thirty days, it will cover half of the space. The hundreds of millions of blood demons will be able to conduct a carpet search.

"However, although victory in this trial is virtually certain, the real challenges are only just beginning."

With Meng Xuanshu present, no one considered the possibility of failure. The problem was, if it dragged on to the last few days, the rewards they could get would be very little.

"According to Meng Xuanshu, if we want to end the battle today, we must rely on the power of the Blood Demon!"

If Chu Xiu escapes, it will be very troublesome to search for him. Therefore, the best strategy is to drag Chu Xiu down to his death, just like Tuoba Ye did when he threw the bronze spear.

The three strongest individuals in this contest are all meticulous and shrewd people. Naturally, they would never risk their lives against Chu Xiu. Although they were confident of victory, they never underestimated Chu Xiu's strength.

Even a cornered beast will fight back, but no one wants to bear the desperate counterattack of a powerful awakened being before his death.

If the three of them don't step up, the other civilization envoys are even less likely to step up; no one wants to be the fool who steps forward.

Therefore, the best plan is still to rely on the Blood Demon!
For the first two days, Meng Xuanshu did not reveal his strength or identity, but instead focused on gathering information about the new world. It wasn't until the third day, after the complete plan was finalized, that he met with the Blood Demon.

He told him about the Blood Demon Trial, but did not mention that this place was a simulation. Instead, he used "Chu Xiu himself" as a lure.

In Meng Xuanshu's narration, Chu Xiu is portrayed as a powerful heroic spirit trial participant. If he can be refined into a Blood Demon's familiar, it will give the Blood Demon Legion a qualitative leap in power.

Therefore, Meng Xuanshu specially spent a day intensifying the Blood Demon Legion's attack, so that the Blood Demons could see just how monstrous Chu Xiu's abilities really were.

Both the Blood Demon incarnation and the Ghost Legion broadened the Blood Demon's horizons. The power of the Heavenly Blood Vine and the Heavenly Dragon Golden Pill were attributed by Meng Xuanshu to Chu Xiu's own talent. How could the Blood Demon not take the bait with such terrifying effects?
So on this last day, everyone was preparing for how to "capture" Chu Xiu alive, and finally devised a plan with the Blood Demon as the main force and other awakened beings as assistants.

Of course, this was just an excuse to trick the Blood Demon into making a move, and the Blood Demon wasn't stupid. Naturally, he wouldn't be used as a pawn for nothing, and there would be some probing involved.

However, due to their mysterious ability to communicate internally, the civilization envoys were able to establish a telepathic connection right under the Blood Demon's nose, making it impossible for them to reveal any flaws. Under Meng Xuanshu's command, they tacitly concealed their strength, exposing less than a third of their power. Ultimately, this allowed the Blood Demon to become the main force of the attack.

In this way, the awakened ones can win the battle without taking any risks and without shedding blood.

"Brother Meng, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Tuoba Ye's eyes flashed with a fierce light.

“No rush,” Meng Xuanshu shook his head. “Now there is only one last step left, which is to protect the Blood Demon’s true form.”

This is Chu Xiu's only plan to turn defeat into victory in the current situation, so naturally no one can ignore it.

Simply put, it means using the Blood Demon as a weapon without letting the weapon break.

Tuoba Ye chuckled: "Brother Meng, you're being too cautious. With fifteen of us civilization envoys guarding the area, do you think he can single-handedly kill the Blood Demon in front of us?"

“We must not be careless,” Meng Xuanshu said calmly. “It is also possible that the other party is feigning weakness in an attempt to lure the Blood Demon out.”

“How can this be considered a show of weakness?” Tuoba Ye thought of the tens of thousands of powerful ghosts and the Blood Demon incarnation that was almost a hero. He shook his head and laughed, “Brother Meng, are you being too cautious? This person is only a general, and he comes from a low-level civilization. It is already unbelievable that he can have such strength.”

“It’s always better to be cautious. We need to test the waters further. Before we have a sure chance of success, we’d rather take less reward than risk losing this battle,” Meng Xuanshu said with a smile.

Tuoba Ye nodded. Although he disagreed, he did not deny Meng Xuanshu's decision.

With their minds in sync, the group devised their next plan in an instant. The three envoys from the alien civilization stepped forward, and three legendary divine bows appeared in their hands. The three drew their bows and nocked arrows, and three spiritual arrows shot into the sky. The next moment, countless arrows rained down from the sky!

"Boo! Hah! Hah!"

Streams of spiritual light pierced through Chu Xiu's demonic energy platform, turning it into a sieve that slipped through the net!
This is the method everyone decided on: by continuously whittling down and killing the seeds of civilization, once the seeds of civilization are reduced to below 10%, the enemy will have no reason to fight desperately, and everyone can easily complete the mission.

This doesn't count as violating the rules, since their target was still Chu Xiu, and the spark of civilization was merely an accidental injury.

With nearly two hours remaining, it would be easy for fifteen powerful civilization envoys to kill some ordinary people with wide-area damage skills, but if Chu Xiu were to tough it out now...
How can you protect 20,000 people under the command of 15 powerful civilizations?
Absolutely impossible!
Some people are already looking forward to the rewards that will follow.

However, just as the group of civilization envoys were preparing to launch the next round of attacks, a loud explosion suddenly rang out in the arena! To everyone's astonishment, the huge black platform suddenly exploded into small black dots, which fled in different directions!
Tuoba Ye's gaze sharpened as he looked intently, and he was immediately shocked to discover that some of those small black dots were powerful Awakened Ones, but most of them were materialized ghosts!

These ghosts are at least at the Warrior rank, and nearly half of them are at the Ferocious rank! There are even some at the General rank!
As if they had been given some kind of buff skill, their movement speed was incredibly fast. Each ghost was leading anywhere from a few to hundreds of civilians, and they were fleeing rapidly in different directions!

Chu Xiu himself unfurled a pair of golden wings and soared into the sky, his cold eyes gazing at the crowd from afar.

However, despite his imposing presence, he did not intimidate the remaining fifteen alien civilization envoys; they were merely somewhat amazed.

"I never expected that this person would still have so many ghosts after such a series of attrition battles! It's unbelievable."

"No wonder they dared to challenge [The End]. With such a number of ghosts and their combined battle formation, they could even hold their own against [Heroic Spirits] for a short time."

A silver glint flashed in Meng Xuanshu's eyes, and he completed the analysis in an instant: "11417 warrior-level, 2179 ferocious-level, 21 general-level, and 3 king-level."

"It seems that the previous few days of consumption only depleted half of this person's summoned creatures."

"However, its energy loss must have been enormous, otherwise it wouldn't have fled in such a panic."

Tuoba Ye sneered, "But the summoning profession, which relies on numbers, is most vulnerable to the dispersion of its power. Once these ghosts are scattered, they will turn from an elite legion into a rabble. Even if we face the strongest king among them, any one of us can easily suppress them. This is tantamount to wasting our own efforts."

“However, this greatly increases the difficulty of our search.” One of the civilization envoys frowned.

These words indeed made the civilization envoys feel somewhat troubled. Even the weakest warrior-level ghosts, with the enhancement of Chu Xiu's power, could easily reach a speed of two to three hundred kilometers per hour, not to mention other ghosts.

If these guys manage to scatter and hide completely, a search area of ​​413 kilometers is no joke.

Although it is still a sure win, it will most likely drag on for ten days, at which time the rewards they can get may plummet to less than a quarter of what they could have gotten!
Therefore, it is imperative to completely intercept it here!

"Brother Meng, isn't it time to make a move?"

Meng Xuanshu said, "This may be a ploy by the enemy to feign weakness and lure them in."

Tuoba Ye was a little anxious: "We awakened ones are walking through the abyss, how can we have a perfect plan? Before an opportunity arises, we must always take some risks!"

The conversation between the group just now, though seemingly long, was actually conducted through the power of the abyss in their minds. It lasted only a moment. Meng Xuanshu pondered for a moment, then suddenly flipped his wrist, and a golden talisman appeared between his two fingers. With a flick of his wrist, it flew rapidly into the distance!
The talisman was incredibly fast, traversing hundreds of kilometers in just ten seconds! It shot into a huge lake of blood!
Soon, the blood pool began to churn, and a colossal creature with a body hundreds of feet long rose from the blood lake!

Its appearance was somewhat similar to the calamity that Chu Xiu had fought. It stood like a towering, fleshy giant, with a skinned giant-like body that looked like a human specimen whose skin had been torn off while it was still alive. The knotted scarlet muscles wrapped in sticky fascia twitched in the air, and every inch of exposed scarlet tissue oozed yellowish pus.

Even more terrifying were the hundreds of crimson tentacles, like giant pythons, bursting out from its spine and writhing wildly in the stench. Each tentacle possessed the terrifying power of tens of thousands of tons!
At this moment, this terrifying behemoth was absorbing the information from the golden talisman before it.

"The prey is preparing to escape; should we act beforehand?"

"However, I must conceal my true form and only send my subordinates to participate in the battle, so as not to give the enemy any opportunity to take advantage."

It narrowed its bronze furnace-like eyes slightly, and the connection from its bloodline allowed its vision to travel hundreds of kilometers and converge on the Blood Demon's retinue at the front line.

In an instant, the powerful creature understood the current situation.

"Once those residents have escaped, the trial participants will no longer have any worries. At that time, the difficulty of capturing them alive will increase a thousandfold."

"Therefore, the decisive moment is now!"

"However, these outsiders' goal is only to kill the trial participants; they may not keep their agreement with me."

With a mind at the level of a Heroic Spirit, the Blood Demon completed all the risk and reward calculations in less than 0.1 seconds and made a swift decision.

With a thought, thirty-seven powerful auras suddenly surged into the sky from within the Blood Demon army 100km away, all of them being at the King rank!
Blood Demon's Retinue!
These powerful creatures, assimilated by the Blood Demon, no longer possess the uniform appearance of the Blood Demon's minions. Instead, they each have their own unique characteristics; some are flying giant pythons tens of meters long, while others are ancient blood-red trees with intertwined roots.

Before being assimilated, these creatures were already extremely powerful king-level beings. After being transformed into familiars, while retaining their own characteristics, they also gained new characteristics belonging to the Blood Demon and terrifying vitality, further enhancing their strength!

Upon appearing, it pounced on Chu Xiu without hesitation!

At the same time, the civilization envoys also launched an attack from afar!
Arrow rain, meteors, fire pythons—all sorts of large-scale spells rained down from the sky, like a cataclysmic calamity, overwhelming Chu Xiu!
At this moment, the scattered ghosts and civilians had not yet run away, so he had no choice but to endure it!

Chu Xiu's eyes widened in fury, and he roared. His monstrous demonic energy surged toward the sky, making him appear as if he were a demonic cultivator fighting against a god alone. He actually withstood the wide-range attack of fifteen civilization envoys with his own strength!

However, attempting this is nothing short of a pipe dream. The energy and power required to completely absorb a large-scale spell are far greater than the spell itself! It's like dodging a cannonball is easy, but catching that cannonball in mid-air and enduring all the explosive force is a thousand times more difficult!
Under the successive attacks, the overwhelming demonic energy quickly dissipated, just like cotton wool trying to resist the flames. No matter how many there were, they could only be destroyed in an overwhelming manner!
Soon, the originally overwhelming demonic energy thinned out, revealing Chu Xiu's slender figure within.

"It's now!"

Tuoba Ye roared, and the bronze spear reappeared! At the same time, all the blood energy in his body was activated, and the dense blood energy soared into the sky, almost solidifying. The battle patterns all over his body emitted a dazzling light, and under the activation of the blood energy, they surged into the spear in his hand. When the power accumulated to the peak, he suddenly threw it out!

"call out!"

The spear seemed to pierce through space, moving so fast that even the Civilization Envoy could not react. Everyone only saw a blur in mid-air, and the next moment, Chu Xiu's body was pierced through!
(End of this chapter)