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

Chapter 284 Law of Gravity
"This...is the power of the laws?"

Tuoba Ye and Sanchongfeng, standing beside Meng Xuanshu, both stared in shock.

The power of laws—that is a supreme power that only gods can wield.

The two had vaguely heard that the supreme god of the Tianyan civilization mastered the laws governing the movement of the sun, moon, and stars, and that the law of gravity was a common cultivation method for them.

But they never imagined that such a powerful force could be wielded by a general-level awakened individual!
At this moment, they deeply realized the insurmountable, chasm-like gap between their civilization and the other's civilization. This was a level ten civilization, the most advanced civilization in the abyss!
With the power of laws at play, no matter how strong Chu Xiu is, he is nothing more than a fish to be slaughtered.

They sighed again, lamenting Chu Xiu's terrible luck. If Meng Xuanshu had been replaced by an ordinary civilization envoy, Chu Xiu would have already completed the trial.

The two looked down and saw a bottomless pit. At the bottom of the pit was Chu Xiu, covered in blood.

At this moment, Chu Xiu felt excruciating pain all over his body. Originally, thanks to his strong physique, although he couldn't move under the immense gravity, he could barely maintain his stability. However, Meng Xuanshu's second finger made the originally uniform gravity irregular, and the difference in gravity between different parts created distorted stress, directly tearing his muscles apart.

Now Chu Xiu felt that he could hardly move a finger. If he hadn't activated the Royal-level Five Dragon Crown in time and used the power of the five dragons to resist gravity, his internal organs would probably have been crushed by the enormous pressure!
This was the first time Chu Xiu had ever witnessed a top genius from a top civilization, who was completely different from ordinary civilizations and far exceeded his expectations!

Meanwhile, Meng Xuanshu, high above in the sky, saw that Chu Xiu actually possessed mythical equipment. He smiled slightly, and his white robe, the mechanical eye sphere on his back, and the transparent gloves as thin as cicada wings on his hands all exuded a powerful aura. These three pieces of equipment were actually mythical level equipment! He alone possessed three mythical pieces!
Seeing this, Tuoba Ye and Sanchongfeng could only manage a wry smile.

In their civilization, only the most favored disciples of the gods have the chance to be bestowed with mythical equipment when challenging the Trials of Heroes. The fact that this person, only a general, possesses three mythical pieces only demonstrates that the foundation of a top-tier civilization is completely unimaginable to lower-tier civilizations.

"Since you possess mythical equipment, you must be a disciple of a god, right?"

"I'm giving you one last chance. Give up resistance now and avoid further losses." Meng Xuanshu's gentle voice echoed between heaven and earth.

However, all he received in return was Chu Xiu's cold gaze. A large amount of demonic energy surged out, completely enveloping his body. At the same time, his aura completely disappeared, a combination of the Qi Concealment Technique and Mind Overwriting.

It must be said that Meng Xuanshu is indeed ridiculously strong. Even Chu Xiu had no choice but to temporarily avoid his sharp edge before finding a way to deal with him.

However, he had no intention of backing down. Crisis often means opportunity. The more powerful the civilization that descends, the greater the reward after clearing the level!
Soon, Chu Xiu disappeared into the shadows. He secretly rejoiced that he had the foresight to exchange for such a concealment SS-level blessing at the Blood Pool. This blessing had an extremely strong concealment effect even on powerful heroic spirits.

However, Meng Xuanshu simply shook his head regretfully.

"Did you think that by using demonic energy to block my vision, I wouldn't be able to lock onto you? I've said everything I needed to say, yet you've brought this upon yourself? Then the god behind you can't blame me either."

As soon as he finished speaking, Meng Xuanshu extended two fingers again, pointing precisely at the location where Chu Xiu was hiding, and then ruthlessly brought them down.

In an instant, the gravity of the entire world seemed to be magnified a million times. With Chu Xiu's body as the origin, the surrounding land suddenly caved in and collapsed, as if a huge black hole had suddenly appeared and swallowed up the vast land in an instant!
Almost without any warning signs, a gigantic crater, thousands of meters in diameter and seemingly bottomless, appeared out of nowhere! Everything within the crater was pulverized!
Meng Xuanxu's all-out attack was of inconceivable power; even ordinary heroic spirits could not possibly possess such might. If he were facing the Blood Demon, that hundreds-of-feet-long Blood Demon would be instantly torn to shreds, its core not even having a chance to escape!
Faced with such terrifying power, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Chu Xiu should have already been torn to pieces by the distorted gravity.

"It's finally over." Tuoba Ye let out a long sigh of relief, and laughed, "We were really unlucky to run into such a monster. It's hard to imagine that such a terrifying Awakener exists in a low-level civilization. Both his main body and his summoned creatures have reached the level of Heroic Spirits. It's truly unbelievable."

Sanchongfeng chimed in, "Fortunately, we met Brother Meng; otherwise, this mission would have surely failed."

The expressions of lingering fear on their faces weren't feigned; they genuinely hadn't expected a monster like Chu Xiu to exist.

But suddenly, they both paused, because they noticed that Meng Xuanshu's face showed no sign of relief; instead, he frowned.

"No way……"

A bad feeling rose in their hearts: "Could it be that Chu Xiu is still alive?"

Before they could speak, Meng Xuanshu suddenly pointed to one side.

Boom!

The terrifying gravitational forces intersected once more, forming a massive, distorted gravitational field in the distant sky. Several flying blood demons were covered by it and instantly shredded, their hard bones being crushed into powder without a doubt.

But in the very center of that gravitational field, a phantom figure remained motionless. It was pale blue, roughly human-shaped, and Chu Xiu's features could be vaguely discerned from its face!
Meng Xuanshu's expression changed: "Spiritual body and soul secret techniques? How do you also possess soul supernatural powers?"

The voice of this unparalleled genius contained a rare hint of surprise and shock that was beyond his expectations.

Chu Xiu did not answer, but a majestic golden light flashed in his eyes, and the next moment, an immense pressure descended upon the scene!

Tuoba Ye and Sanchongfeng let out a scream, and their bodies suddenly burst into golden flames, falling straight down from the sky!
This scene caused Meng Xuanshu's expression to change again. He immediately recognized that this was some kind of extremely sophisticated mental attack spell. However, the problem was that as powerful envoys of an eighth-level civilization, the two of them naturally possessed many secret treasures to resist mental attacks. Geniuses like them would not allow themselves to have such a big weakness!
Moreover, he saw it clearly just now, especially the triple peak, where there was even a legendary piece of equipment that could resist it, but under the gaze of that golden light, it couldn't even last a moment before it shattered!

"What terrifying mental techniques! Even a powerful Heroic Spirit would find it difficult to withstand alone. Just who is this person? Could it be that, in addition to his original body and summoned creatures, he has embarked on a third supreme path?"

Meng Xuanshu could no longer maintain his composure. To cultivate three paths simultaneously, and to have each one reached such a terrifying level, was something that even in their civilization, no Heavenly King genius had ever heard of achieving. Not even the disciples of the gods could do it; only those supreme figures existing in historical legends had similar feats.

"But how is this possible? Could this envoy from a low-level civilization actually possess such talent?" A huge wave of shock surged in Meng Xuanshu's heart. Before he could react and continue to think, that enormous pressure descended upon him!

"Buzz!"

Golden flames rose from his body, but at this moment, the white robe he wore emitted rays of spiritual light. This mythical equipment managed to barely withstand the first wave of attacks, but he was still pale and his mind was buzzing.

This horrified Meng Xuanshu even more. He knew that if he hadn't had the power of the abyss to boost him, he would have already lost consciousness briefly and fallen downwards, just like Tuoba Ye and Sanchongfeng.

More importantly, this ethereal state perfectly counters his laws of gravity!

He looked up as if to say something, but Chu Xiu gave him no chance. With a wave of his hand, thousands of spears formed from demonic energy appeared behind him and shot towards Meng Xuanshu!

"Bang bang bang!"

These spears were like swords of punishment descended from heaven, each strike containing power of at least the King rank, and their overall power was several times stronger than before!
Meng Xuanshu shouted, and three mythical equipment pieces erupted simultaneously. His pair of slender, silver-white hands transformed into giant hands of spiritual light in mid-air, with spears exploding on his hands. The immense power forced him to retreat repeatedly.

As the thousands of spears fell, Meng Xuanshu's face was pale, and his gaze towards Chu Xiu was more solemn than ever before, along with an unbelievable sense of defeat. As an envoy of a top-tier civilization, he had never thought he would fall behind, but now, with three mythical pieces of equipment and the added boost of abyssal power, he was completely suppressed by his opponent! This was something he had never imagined.

Although the outcome of a desperate fight is still uncertain, this is based on equipment superiority and Abyss buffs, which has somewhat shaken his long-held pride.

"Who exactly are you?" Meng Xuanshu roared.

Chu Xiu remained silent, only looking at Meng Xuanshu, his own brows furrowing involuntarily.

He never expected that this trial would force out his strongest trump card, the Void God Mode. Now he has abandoned his physical body and switched to a pure spiritual form, which is how he managed to evade Meng Xuan Shu's gravity skill.

As his strongest trump card to date, and having directly sacrificed his entire physical body, coupled with the mysterious domain enhancement of the Heavenly Blood Vine, the resulting Void God Mode is incredibly powerful.

However, as a top-tier prodigy, Meng Xuanshu had no weaknesses. His spiritual attributes were extremely high, and he clearly possessed a secret technique to resist spiritual attacks. His white robe was a mythical piece of equipment capable of defending against spiritual attacks, and he also had the added power of the Abyss.

Of course, even so, he is still no match for the Void God Mode. At present, Chu Xiu has not yet burned his divine soul, and his power is far from the limit.

The problem is that if Chu Xiu fights unrestrained in his illusory god mode, it will consume his own divine soul essence, which is thousands of times harder to recover than blood essence. Even if he wins, he will definitely suffer heavy losses. Unless absolutely necessary, Chu Xiu really doesn't want to risk his life to that extent.

Not to mention, as an envoy from a top-tier civilization, who knows what other life-saving trump cards they might have.

The best option would naturally be to kill the Blood Demon, but Meng Xuanshu knew this and held it tightly in his arms. The overflowing mental attack alone was not enough to suppress this heroic spirit-level creature.

Therefore, Chu Xiu was caught in a dilemma.

However, although he was usually cautious, he was extremely decisive at crucial moments, making a quick decision, and his dark eyes turned fierce again.

There is no other way at the moment but to kill the opponent as quickly as possible while incurring the least cost.

Surrounded by demonic energy, more massive, jet-black spears appeared, as if an entire armory had materialized behind him. The densely packed spears resembled weapons of the gods, all aimed at Meng Xuanshu.

However, just as Chu Xiu was willing to expend his divine soul to launch a full-force attack and forcefully kill this prodigy, Meng Xuanshu suddenly shouted: "Wait!"

Chu Xiu paused, looking at him. Meng Xuanshu composed himself and said, "With such strength, you must be a disciple of some God-King. For us, even if we fail and are demoted, we can still replenish our old proofs. Why fight to the death here?"

"I won't hide it from you, I myself have the tools to forcibly escape from a mission."

Chu Xiu raised an eyebrow: "Then what are you talking nonsense for? Staying here is just to fight me, isn't it?"

Meng Xuanshu said, "That is true, but whether it is to get rid of the prop or to replenish the old proof, the price required is extremely high, and I cannot give up easily."

"I have a suggestion, I wonder what your opinion is?"

"We are both disciples of the God-King. If we were to engage in a life-or-death battle, even if one side were to win, the other would inevitably suffer heavy losses. Therefore, why don't we let a third party decide the outcome?"

Chu Xiu frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and then said, "What do you want?"

Meng Xuanshu said, "Now, there is still an hour and a half until the next day. Let's gamble on whether the spark of civilization in the base city can withstand the attack of the Blood Demon army for this hour and a half."

"If we can't hold on, and a large number of the sparks of civilization are slaughtered, even if you manage to pass the trial in the end, you will only receive the most basic reward. In that case, it's better to accept the risk of being demoted. After all, given your status, this matter is not irreversible."

"If the base can be defended, I will grant you a perfect clear, as a way of making friends, how about that?"

Meng Xuanshu's words made Chu Xiu fall into thought. To be honest, he was somewhat tempted, because he had personally crafted the Titan mech in the base city, and he was fairly confident that it could withstand the Blood Demon's attack.

and……

Do I look like a person who keeps their promises?

What nonsense about being a disciple of a deity? It's all just Meng Xuanshu's imagination.

Chu Xiu quickly made up his mind to agree to him first, and then find an opportunity to turn against him later, since he wouldn't suffer any losses.

Not only that, Chu Xiu had an even more greedy idea.

He looked up and said, “I can agree to your conditions, but I have three requirements. First, we must both swear an oath in the name of our gods, guaranteeing that we will not engage in any underhanded tactics outside of the contract. Second, only the Blood Demon army can launch the attack; other civilization envoys and the Blood Demon itself must not intervene. Finally, you must answer some questions for me; I am quite curious about your Tianyan civilization.”

Chu Xiu had already discovered during his conversation with the Boundless Blood Pool that these gods were extremely sensitive to their names; swearing an oath in their names ensured that Meng Xuan Shu would not break his promise. As for the subsequent issues, Chu Xiu simply wanted to use this opportunity to increase his understanding of other civilizations.

Meng Xuanshu thought for a moment and then smiled and said, "That's easy, I can agree to that."

Soon, the two began swearing oaths in the name of their gods. Of course, neither revealed the true name of their deity, instead using related terms. Meng Xuanshu was protecting the secret of his own god, while Chu Xiu was fabricating a story.

After doing all this, Meng Xuanshu suddenly raised his hand and flipped it over. A scream came from afar. Tuoba Ye, Sanchongfeng, and all the remaining civilization envoys did not even have time to scream before their bodies suddenly exploded and they died.

This scene startled Chu Xiu slightly.

Meng Xuanshu, however, remained completely unconcerned and said, "Why be so surprised? How could we, the envoys of a high-level civilization, possibly share spoils with these barbarians from a low-level civilization? I set up a restriction the moment I saw them."

Chu Xiu gave Meng Xuanshu a deep look. His white robe was still spotless, but in Chu Xiu's eyes, his handsome face had an inexplicable and eerie quality.

Without saying anything more, the two looked into the distance, silently watching the battlefield in the distance.

(End of this chapter)