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

Chapter 285: The picture shows the dagger
On the distant land, the Blood Demons charged towards the base like a tidal wave, their crimson figures like a sea of ​​blood that devoured everything. Wherever they passed, city walls collapsed with a crash, and dust and rubble flew in the gale, as if the heavens and earth were trembling.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The minefield placed at the entrance to the mountain was triggered, and the explosion tore swathes of blood demons to pieces, splattering thick blood everywhere. However, the number of blood demons was simply too large. Before the bodies that had been blown away even hit the ground, the blood demons behind them were already stepping on the remains of their companions and continuing to charge forward.

The automatic turret spewed flames at maximum power, never stopping even when the cannon barrels were glowing red-hot. The dense rain of bullets tore the Blood Demons in the front row to pieces, but it was completely unable to stop the Blood Demons' advance!

After setting a time limit for the decisive battle, these blood demons no longer considered losses and consumption, and surged forward in maximum numbers. Hundreds of millions of blood demons, relying on their powerful vitality, forcefully tore through the defensive line formed by artillery fire!

"It's only been a quarter of an hour. It seems our bet is about to come to a conclusion," Meng Xuanshu said, stroking the ring on his hand. His eyes were fixed on the distant battlefield, but his peripheral vision was always on Chu Xiu. "By the way, I haven't yet asked how to address you, brother?"

"You and I are both disciples of high-ranking figures. Although we are enemies at present, there may be opportunities to cooperate in the future."

Chu Xiu glanced at him and said indifferently, "Qin Yu."

"My name is Meng Xuanshu, from the Tianyan Civilization."

"Ah."

Chu Xiu seemed uninterested in chatting with Meng Xuanshu. After exchanging a few casual words, he simply closed his eyes and stopped paying attention to the battlefield situation in the distance.

At this moment, he was using the life force of the Heavenly Blood Vine to reshape his body.

Although he had sacrificed all his physical body to enter the False God mode, fortunately, the war had not yet officially begun, and his core power had not been consumed. With the help of the power stored in the Heavenly Blood Vine, it was not difficult to reshape a body.

In short, just like the Blood Demon, as long as the Blood Demon's core remains, restoring the physical body is merely a matter of how much energy is consumed.

This was also his main reason for agreeing to the agreement; using the virtual god mode to fight head-on would result in too great a loss!
Now, with the last bit of life force flowing into his body, Chu Xiu's physical body has been completely reshaped. Although his condition has not reached its best, it is still about 70% of what it was before. Most importantly, the core states of his soul and blood essence, which are extremely difficult to recover, have not weakened.

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Chu Xiu glanced into the distance. With no other civilizations threatening them, the ghosts used to protect civilians returned to the Soul Banner one after another. Now, if war broke out again, with the ghost army there, he wouldn't be so badly humiliated by the enemy's strange methods.

Of course, Chu Xiu had his own plans, and the other party certainly had theirs as well.

"If I'm not mistaken, this guy probably thinks my 'Virtual God Mode' is some kind of 'final battle skill' that overdraws his body, and he's trying to stall for time."

"I just didn't expect that the mysteries of the False God Mode were even greater than he predicted, and now I've taken the opportunity to restore my body."

Meng Xuanshu's face was expressionless, but Chu Xiu could sense that he was quite displeased.

With a light laugh, Chu Xiu suddenly rushed towards the distance, simultaneously activating his Qi Concealment Technique and Mind Rewriting!

They soon disappeared from Meng Xuanshu's sight.

This scene made him frown slightly.

He knew Chu Xiu's plan, of course; Chu Xiu simply wanted to break free of his lock-on in order to avoid his supernatural attacks.

"It seems they were prepared to break the agreement and fight me head-on from the start," Meng Xuanshu quickly concluded.

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"Does it make sense?"

Meng Xuanshu looked into the distance and saw that at least tens of thousands of Blood Demon servants had rushed into the mountain, and the vanguard was almost at the entrance of the shelter.

When the time comes, Chu Xiu will definitely take action, and his location will be exposed. He can't just stand by and watch the spark of civilization be slaughtered, can he?
"Could it be that"

"Does he really think the humans can hold this place?"

The moment that thought arose, a roar like that of a giant dragon suddenly came from afar!

Meng Xuanshu looked down and saw that in the distance, the blood demons were rushing in and filling the entire passage, so dense that there was almost no gap.

However, at that moment, the surrounding rock walls suddenly parted, revealing rows of dark gun barrels. The high-pressure flamethrowers were activated abruptly, and with a piercing mechanical roar, scalding hot flames gushed out like lava!

In an instant, the entire road turned into a raging sea of ​​fire. The intense flames devoured everything, and the roar of the Blood Demon was completely drowned out by the roar of the flames. The sweeping flames not only engulfed the entire road, but also rushed out of the mountain like a fire dragon!
The stench of burning flesh and the inky black smoke rose as the crimson figures struggled and twisted in the sea of ​​fire before finally turning to ashes.

The confined space, coupled with Chu Xiu's modified flamethrower imbued with the power of the Vermilion Bird, caused the temperature in the entire passage to soar to over three thousand degrees Celsius in an instant! The tens of thousands of blood demons that had surged into the passage were all annihilated within a few breaths!
At the same time, the Titan machine atop the mountain was fully awakened! The massive artillery camp built against the mountainside was no longer hidden after the Blood Demon's dense charge, and it fully displayed its true power!
Thousands of cannons roared in unison, the flames spewing from their muzzles like thunderclaps, shaking the mountains. The electromagnetic cannons fired relentlessly, countless shells streaking across the sky like meteors, crashing into the horde of blood demons with immense energy.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Titan's firepower was like divine punishment descending. Every shell that landed caused a violent explosion, with shockwaves rolling, debris flying, and large numbers of Blood Demons being blasted to pieces!

With just one volley, they shattered tens of thousands of Blood Demon servants of the warrior rank and above!
And that's not all!
"Initiate the 'Ring Flame Trench' plan."

Aurora's calm voice came from the control room, and almost at the same moment, a loud clatter of gears came from the dense forest surrounding the base city, and the ground suddenly cracked open, revealing pipes buried deep underground.

The next instant, dark red thermonuclear waste gushed out and spread rapidly along the pre-designed trajectory. This waste, which was constantly emitting high temperatures, immediately ignited the prepared combustibles and caused the flames to spread at an extremely fast speed, turning into a raging inferno in just a few breaths!

In an instant, flames shot into the sky, and heat waves rolled in. Countless blood demons were engulfed by the flames, screaming in agony as they were rapidly carbonized under the high temperature!
Even more astonishingly, the fire spread as if it had been calculated, eventually forming a ring of fire in the mountains and wilderness far from the base city! This isolated the Blood Demons even further away!

This scene surprised both Chu Xiu and Meng Xuanshu.

The nearby forests are large enough for a fire to burn for hours. Before that, the Blood Demon would have to pay a huge price to cross it! The thermonuclear waste that keeps releasing radiation and heat makes it even more difficult to cross this barrier!
And Aurora's voice continued to ring out:
"Activate Project Spider Mine!"

"Initiate the Minos Labyrinth Project!"

"Initiate the lava fountain project!"

"start up."

As commands were issued, the mountains and forests began to tremble violently, streaks of fire shot into the sky, and massive explosions seemed to upend the earth. "Kill!"

At this moment, another deafening battle cry rang out. After the Blood Demon Legion was isolated by the fire, a large number of Awakened Ones burst out of the Titan Machine like sharp blades being drawn from their sheaths!
They formed small squads, each composed of battle-hardened, well-equipped elites. They quickly cleared out the remaining Blood Demons after the Titan's bombardment. The soldiers following behind moved swiftly, moving parts and re-erecting automatic turrets, managing to reclaim the defenses that had been breached by the Blood Demons!

"It's interesting."

Meng Xuanshu looked at the suddenly changed battle situation and stroked his chin.

Although the humans here are of low rank, under the high pressure of survival, they are constantly racking their brains to think of ways to protect themselves, which has unleashed a power that even he did not expect, and they actually repelled the Blood Demon's attack.

Although he didn't fully grasp the human defense plans here, he had a general idea of ​​them. While they exceeded his expectations, they weren't too surprising.

What truly surprised him were two other things.

Firstly, although he had seen that the Titan machine had many hidden, unactivated cannons, he now discovered that these cannons were much more powerful than he had expected!

“These cannons all contain extraordinary power. This kind of profound combination is definitely not something that the awakened ones here can achieve.”

Another point is that the accuracy of these cannons also exceeded his calculations.

Heavy weapons face a major problem when dealing with superhumans: accuracy. They can only resort to artillery barrage, which leads to a huge waste of firepower and is ineffective against elite units.

Even if the cannons were more powerful than expected, Meng Xuanshu did not believe that the awakened ones here could withstand the Blood Demon's attack, let alone fight back and retake the position.

But now, he discovered that this Titan machine was as if it were controlled by a supercomputer, making sure not to waste the kill radius of every shell, which caused the number of blood demons in the fire ring to decrease at a rate that exceeded his expectations!
"It must be that mechanic, but when did her manipulation become so precise?"

Meng Xuanshu looked at the mountain, and the mechanical eye on his back blinked, instantly changing the perspective and allowing him to see directly into the interior of the mountain.

The gods of the Tianyan civilization specially crafted the mythical equipment [Tianyan Silver Eyes] for the envoys of their subordinate civilizations.

With this thing, combined with certain exclusive skills, the envoys of the Tianyan civilization can possess extremely strong reconnaissance abilities.

Now, Aurora, sitting atop the Coolant Throne, comes directly into Meng Xuanshu's view.

"A device that establishes a connection with the 'Titan Machine' and expands its control."

Similarly, this device doesn't seem like something the awakened ones here could have created.

Could it be that.
"Was all of this done by that guy named Qin Yu?"

Thinking of this, Meng Xuanshu frowned slightly.

How could someone cultivate three paths simultaneously and still have time to forge weapons?

Moreover, under the gaze of his mythical equipment, the 'Heavenly Silver Eyes,' Chu Xiu's data was laid bare. He was certain that the other party was very young and that his strength was not something he had acquired through years of hard work.

But does such a genius truly exist in this world?
For a moment, Meng Xuanshu was somewhat incredulous; this was something unimaginable even for a civilization envoy of a level ten civilization like himself.

This stirred an uncontrollable murderous intent within him.

"This kind of genius should be nipped in the bud."

A cruel smile appeared on Meng Xuanshu's lips. Although the current situation was beyond his expectations, it didn't matter.

If the opponent has a trump card, does that mean he doesn't have one either?

He raised his hand, a thick, blood-like energy surging in his palm: "My preparations are complete, it's time."

The moment he finished speaking, a strange wave emanated from his body. It did not originate from him, but from the Blood Demon's true form that he was protecting!
Almost at the same moment, a strange tremor suddenly came from the depths of the earth, as if some enormous creature was awakening. Hundreds of bizarrely shaped blood demon servants appeared in the distance, their heads bowed and chanting incantations in a low voice, like hundreds of wizards performing some kind of sacrificial ritual!
Amidst eerie whispers, countless cracks suddenly appeared in the ground! A crimson liquid gushed forth like a fountain! The liquid emitted a strong, foul odor, yet it seemed to contain an extreme life force!
Summoned by the wizards, the crimson liquid gushed forth from the depths of the earth and quickly gathered into pools of blood in the center of the battlefield. As soon as these pools appeared, the blood demon servants on the battlefield seemed to be summoned, letting out sharp howls and rushing madly toward the pools!
Then a chilling scene unfolded: the blood demon servants who had entered the blood pool, their blood demon remains torn apart by cannon fire and charred by flames, began to writhe rapidly as they were immersed in the sea of ​​blood. Their broken bodies gradually healed, and even their severed limbs began to grow rapidly!
Moreover, the reborn body was even stronger than before! And layers of blood-red, hard armor appeared on its surface!
"Roar!!!"

The enhanced Blood Demon minions' eyes gleamed with a scarlet light, their speed and strength both increasing to a new level. They roared and charged towards the position, and the machine gun turrets opened fire again, firing 12.7mm heavy machine gun armor-piercing rounds at them. However, under the protection of their hard armor, the killing power of both armor-piercing rounds and howitzer shells was greatly reduced!
Moreover, the most terrifying thing is that as these crimson liquids continued to gush out, the circular fire trenches began to be suppressed by this strange liquid. Outside the flames, thousands of blood demons stood silently, their wild, beast-like eyes staring intently at the base city!
"Is this a sea of ​​blood?"

In the distance, Chu Xiu, who was concealing himself and preparing to seize an opportunity to ambush Meng Xuan Shu, widened his eyes slightly.

He immediately extended his divine sense, probing towards the source of the scarlet blood. He quickly discovered the clue: long before launching the attack, Meng Xuanshu and the others had forcibly opened up a super-large channel, three or four hundred kilometers long, leading directly from the coastline to the base city! They used water pressure to divert the blood from the sea of ​​blood to the vicinity!

At this moment, those blood demons that resembled wizards were using their magic to draw blood from the ground!

If this drags on, and the amount of blood continues to accumulate, it could potentially form a terrifying domain in the center of the battlefield, far stronger than his Sky-Reaching Blood Vine! At that point, the Titan Machine will be unable to effectively harm these Warrior and Ferocious-rank creatures!
Aurora clearly realized this as well, and began to raise the muzzle of the cannons to launch long-range strikes at distances of more than ten kilometers.

However, something even more terrifying happened then.

Just as the cannons were about to fall and explode, the wizard blood demons suddenly sank into the sea of ​​blood. Then, as if they were absorbed by some powerful force, they became part of some creature!

Not only these wizards, but also other blood demon servants in the vicinity were absorbed into the tumor.

Rooted in the sea of ​​blood and having absorbed a large amount of blood demons, this immeasurable vitality allowed the tumor to grow to a gigantic size of over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye, in the horrified gaze of everyone in the base city!
Countless shells bombarded the tumor, tearing apart large chunks of flesh, but the tumor grew even faster! It stubbornly withstood the bombardment and continued to grow!

"Game over."

A slightly sickly smile appeared on Meng Xuanshu's face. He moved swiftly and appeared near the huge tumor. Countless blood-red tentacles reached out, grabbed his body, and merged him into the deepest part of the tumor.

In the next instant, as if injected with some kind of catalyst, the tumor expanded rapidly at a speed a thousand times faster than before, and gradually emerged into a human shape as it twisted!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Titan machine unleashed its firepower relentlessly, but the firepower, enough to flatten a mountain, was no match for the overwhelming life force that was about to overflow!
Amidst the relentless barrage of artillery fire, a blood-red giant, thousands of feet tall, was born from the flames.

(End of this chapter)