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

Chapter 287
"Everyone hold your ground and don't panic! Command has a plan to deal with the enemy!"

"Now listen to my command. All soldiers, adjust your elevation and focus your fire on the chest of that giant monster."

"Soldiers in the core area, connect the control system to the Titan Machine. From now on, you are only responsible for cooling the cannon barrel and loading ammunition. All aiming and firing will be under my complete control!"

"Over the past 20 years, the base has weathered countless crises. But each time, we have united as one to overcome the difficulties. Please believe that this time, the enemy will surely fall under our firepower!"

Aurora's voice echoed across the entire battlefield via the communicator.

Her voice seemed to have a soothing magic, and the soldiers whose morale had collapsed and who had even deserted their posts were miraculously calmed down.

They were not cowards, nor were they unaware that fleeing would only lead to their deaths. They simply needed someone to stand at the forefront and tell them what to do in the face of that unstoppable, godlike giant.

Following her orders, the soldiers quickly manipulated the artillery, adjusting the firing angles. Even those who did not receive orders were making their own efforts.

The next moment, Aurora's resolute voice came through the communicator:

"Fire!"

She waved her hands, and all the Titan's turrets roared in unison! Howitzers, incendiary cannons, armor-piercing cannons—shells roared and roared as they left the barrels!

The electromagnetic pulse cannon emitted a piercing charging sound, followed by heavy shells carrying unparalleled kinetic energy, which blasted straight at the Blood Demon Colossus!
At the same time, the rest of the equipment was also mobilized. The old-type artillery was adjusted to its maximum elevation angle under the control of the soldiers, and thick smoke spewed from the muzzle. Shells rained down on the blood-red figure that was thousands of feet tall. Armed helicopters approached the Blood Demon Giant under the cover of anti-aircraft fire and dropped white-scale incendiary bombs. The explosions were intense, and the scorching flames spread and burned on its chest.

Under this powerful and fierce attack, even the massive body of the Blood Demon Giant God couldn't help but pause slightly.

However, before the soldiers could even show their joy, a blood-red barrier appeared on its surface, and a crimson aura spread like a tide, completely blocking the impact of the shells. The artillery fire, though fierce, seemed to have struck an invisible giant wall, leaving not even a crack!

This scene extinguished the hope that had been so painstakingly rekindled.

Yes, how could this body, as majestic as a god, be harmed by the gunfire of mortals?
"Keep firing! Don't stop!"

Aurora's voice came through the communicator again. The soldiers gritted their teeth and forced themselves to look away from the monster that was getting closer and closer, whose shadow alone shrouded the entire base, and instead focus on the operation at hand.

It was as if they had given up thinking and surrendered their lives and glory to the saint they had worshipped and respected for 20 years.

Shells rained down in waves, while the Awakened Ones in the base launched attacks from a distance.

Under this relentless bombardment, the crimson barrier finally began to ripple!

Meng Xuanshu slightly raised his eyes, seemingly also startled by the astonishing power unleashed by everyone working together.

However, his expression remained largely unchanged. He had left himself ample room for maneuver and did not care about the resistance from these weak ants.

But at that moment, a dark shadow flashed in the distance, and amidst the surging demonic energy, the army of ghosts surged out like a tide!

"So they've finally shown themselves?" Meng Xuanshu finally became serious.

Chu Xiu didn't answer at all, but just kept forming hand gestures, pouring his magical power outwards as if it were free!

[Command - Charge!]! [Command - Hold the Line!]! [Command - Rest!]!
Not only that, his life essence began to be consumed without regard for loss, transforming into a huge power amplification on the ghost army, while a dazzling golden light rose above his head.

[Divine Power: Blood Feeding]! [Heavenly Dragon Golden Elixir]!
With all the buffs applied, the ghost army's combat power underwent a dramatic transformation. Their already enormous bodies more than doubled in size! They roared to the sky, sending shivers down the spines of the entire battlefield.

In the next instant, tens of thousands of ghosts pounced on the Blood Demon Giant!
This time, they no longer attacked from a distance, but instead lay prone on the blood-red barrier, tearing and attacking with their sharp teeth and claws! The higher-ranking ghost generals summoned their weapons, comparable to [Premium] equipment, and gathered the power of their vengeful ghosts to launch a continuous and fierce attack!
Even the most ordinary ghost generals, with the support of the battle formation, can reach the level of a king, not to mention the eleven high-level ghost generals, almost all of whom have reached a level that is infinitely close to that of a heroic spirit!
After months of settling in the Hundred Ghosts Forge world and absorbing countless ghosts, the ghost army now fully displays its terrifying power!

The power was so great that even Meng Xuanshu's expression changed slightly, exceeding his expectations.

boom! boom! boom!
The cannons bombarded the outer perimeter, shaking the entire blood-red barrier, while the ghost army concentrated its forces at a single point in the center, continuously breaking inward!
With the combined effect of the two, the blood-red barrier trembled more and more violently. Finally, when the amplitude of the tremor reached a limit, a loud bang was heard, and the barrier, which was thousands of feet high and resembled a giant mountain wall, collapsed!
The Blood Demon Colossus, its crimson flesh and blood finally exposed!
Immediately following, the fierce artillery fire continued to pour down on his body without stopping! Instantly, large chunks of flesh exploded from his chest, and blood gushed down like a waterfall!

Amidst the gunfire, a large number of ghosts rushed to Meng Xuanshu's vicinity, frantically tearing at other bodies. The thousands of eyes that covered his body were torn out, bitten, and devoured by the ghosts.

Meng Xuanshu snorted coldly, and a pair of large, emerald-green spiritual hands appeared in the air. With just a clap of his hands, a ghost general and dozens of fierce ghosts under his command were smashed into a pool of blood and flesh without any power to resist.

He waved his hand outward again, still targeting a ghost general. This time, Chu Xiu had the experience and promptly transformed the ghost general into a ethereal soul form. However, the large hand of spiritual energy only emitted a wisp of fluctuation before directly shattering their souls!
Seeing this, Chu Xiu not only did not back down, but his eyes became even more ferocious! When Meng Xuanshu once again swung his spiritual power hand to attack, he simply did not dodge or evade, and directly ordered his subordinate ghosts to self-destruct!

Whether they were fierce ghosts, vengeful spirits, ghost generals, or even high-ranking ghost generals, they all self-destructed without the slightest hesitation!
In an instant, an energy fluctuation comparable to a tactical nuclear weapon rose in the field, actually blasting several holes in Meng Xuanshu's spiritual power palm.

"Are you crazy?"

Meng Xuanshu's expression finally changed. He couldn't understand and said, "Aren't you afraid that you'll not only fail the trial, but also lose all your summoned creature legions?!"

Such a powerful army of summoned creatures must require an enormous amount of resources! In his view, the cost is far greater than the cost of recovering from a failed trial!

Faced with Meng Xuanshu's puzzled question, Chu Xiu simply said:

"I won't lose."

As his unquestionable words rang out in the center of the battlefield, all the ghosts roared deafeningly, tearing at Meng Xuanshu and the Blood Demon Giant's bodies even more frantically!

The others were also greatly encouraged, as if they had regained their confidence.

Meng Xuanshu's expression turned somewhat grim, but it quickly turned cold: "Fine, since you're so confident, let's see who the final victor is!" A powerful surge of energy erupted from his body, flowing into the Blood Demon Giant God. Instantly, as if a switch had been flipped, the domain above the Blood Demon Giant God became even more crimson, resembling a layer of viscous blood!

The next instant, tens of kilometers away, hundreds of millions of blood demon servants cried out in agony, their bodies turning into dried corpses as if all their blood had been drained away in an instant. Almost every second, millions of blood demons were deeply drained!

The powerful life force allowed the Blood Demon Giant's damaged body to regenerate continuously, and the Blood Demon servants and wizards that had been inserted into his body were rapidly undergoing mutations on his skin.

In less than a breath, it turned into sticky, black tentacles that emitted a foul stench!
These tens of thousands of tentacles continued to grow, waving in mid-air like thick, long hairs, blocking the incoming artillery fire and working together to annihilate Chu Xiu's ghost army!
The Blood Demon Giant's body then took the opportunity to rapidly repair itself.

Chu Xiu knew that this was a time to fight to the death, so he immediately shouted back, "Aurora, increase the firepower!"

As the words fell, extraordinary power flowed through the cannons linked to the Titan machine, and the cannon barrels, which had been glowing red-hot after firing in succession, cooled down rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!
At the same time, all the coolant in the condenser pipe connected to the rear of the gun body boiled instantly!
Within the Titan machine's mountain, there is a dense network of cooling pipes, containing hundreds of tons of coolant!
Boiling steam flowed through the pipes, making a tremendous sound, like a giant beast slowly awakening.

[Overload Mode!]

During the activation process, the heat from thousands of heavy artillery pieces and electromagnetic cannons was infinitely conducted by Aurora into the Titan machine, which caused the Titan machine's projectile firing speed to more than double in a short period of time!
It wasn't just that the shells fired faster; the overload itself provided powerful energy, and all the electromagnetic guns were overcharged, increasing their power. The overall firepower delivery was almost three times greater than before.

In an instant, the raging barrage of fire engulfed the Blood Demon Colossus! The dense explosions and flames shattered the tentacles that were blocking its way, and further bombarded the Blood Demon Colossus's body! In some places, the flesh and blood were completely burned away, revealing pale, mountain-ridge-like massive bones!

Meng Xuanshu finally revealed that the situation was out of control. Although it was still far from the destruction of the Blood Demon Core, and he knew that this overload state could not be sustained for long, he had a bad feeling.

"Go away!"

Meng Xuanshu no longer held back, his spiritual power hand waving in front of the Blood Demon Giant God, smashing any approaching ghosts and deflecting incoming cannonballs.

Chu Xiu knew this was a crucial moment. He roared, his demonic energy surging and transforming into hundreds of spears. At the same time, the True Demon Blade of Judgment condensed in his hand. Without the slightest fear, he charged forward and engaged Meng Xuanshu in battle.

Terrifying destructive energy surged in mid-air, and the explosions from each head-on collision were no less than those from a thousand-pound bomb!
Under the combined attack of everyone, the Blood Demon Giant finally showed signs of fatigue, its recovery ability began to weaken, and the area destroyed by the cannonballs grew larger and larger!
Ten seconds passed, and the hundreds of tons of coolant inside the Titan machine boiled completely. The temperature exceeding 100 degrees Celsius caused Aurora to groan in pain, while the Blood Demon Titan's internal organs began to be damaged. The flesh around Meng Xuanshu was completely blown apart, and those eerie eyeballs were all burned away, leaving only empty blood holes. He and Chu Xiu were locked in fierce combat in the air, and his once pristine white robes were now stained with dust.

Twenty seconds later, the coolant had been heated to its limit, turning into high-temperature steam that was swirling wildly in the condenser. The excess heat had nowhere to dissipate and was absorbed by Aurora, causing large areas of her skin to ulcerate and burn!
By the twenty-ninth second, Aurora's entire body was covered in charred flesh, with a charred, carbonized shell on her skin. She was only being sustained by the powerful life force of a King-level Awakened!
Even her pain receptors were burned off, and her body had reached its limit. She could only keep pulsating her powerful mental energy, driving the Titan machine to keep firing, firing, firing!
Finally, amidst the relentless bombardment, a miracle occurred.

A high-explosive armor-piercing projectile struck the Blood Demon Colossus's already cracked skeleton at a speed of one thousand meters per second. The explosive ignited instantly, and the immense pressure and temperature transformed the projectile into a deadly jet of metal! It further pierced a tiny hole in the skeleton.

But this injury, like a domino effect, caused the cracks in the bone to expand rapidly until the entire bone shattered!
This was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. The life energy of the Blood Demon Giant could no longer support its own gravity, and its entire upper body tilted and collapsed downwards, as if its spine had been broken in the middle, collapsing in the flames!

At this moment, a blood-red light emerged from the body of the Blood Demon Giant.

Chu Xiu's eyes widened instantly: "Now!"

As soon as he finished speaking, golden light suddenly shone in his eyes! Brilliant golden flames rose from Meng Xuanshu's body without warning. At the same time, the ghosts beside Chu Xiu reached out, and countless pitch-black chains formed out of thin air, firmly imprisoning Meng Xuanshu in place.

Blood-Burning Golden Eyes! Soul-Binding Technique of the Dead!

Not only that, the surging demonic energy also transformed into a cage, firmly binding Meng Xuanshu!
Although the ghost army had lost half of its ghost generals and high-ranking ghost generals under Meng Xuanshu's continuous slaughter, Meng Xuanshu himself was also consuming a lot of energy. Under these three layers of control skills, he was unable to move for a while and could only watch helplessly as the blood-red core rushed into the sky and fled into the distance!
But at that moment, a brilliant pillar of light, as bright as day, suddenly rose from the top of the Titan machine. That dazzling light instantly turned night into day, illuminating the entire battlefield!

Meng Xuanshu looked at it in shock, only to find that at some point, a huge turret with twelve cannons had been deployed on top of the Titan machine, resembling an angel with outstretched wings!
At this moment, every shell fired from the gun emplacement was surging with astonishing energy, and the immense electrical energy was continuously transmitted into the gun emplacement through hundreds of thick wires!

"boom!"

The next moment, all twelve cannons roared simultaneously, unleashing their accumulated energy into a beam of light as thick as a water bucket!

The light cannon, moving at an unbelievable speed and reaching the world's fastest speed, struck the Blood Demon's core in the distance the instant it was fired, before anyone could react!
After being overloaded and enhanced, the laser cannon, with an energy output of up to 180 million kilowatts, ignited the Blood Demon Core in less than 0.01 seconds!

Meng Xuanshu was shocked. His spiritual energy surged and he struggled desperately, but he was firmly bound by Chu Xiu and could not move at all!

Tianyan's silver eyes flashed beside him, and he could clearly see that Aurora had also reached her limit. She was only holding on with her willpower, and after activating the Heavenly Strike Divine Light, her whole body, like the Blood Demon Core, was engulfed in intense flames!
Meng Xuanshu could sense that Aurora's life force had been completely exhausted by the torment of the high temperature!

But now, she still sits on the throne in the form of a spirit body formed from her soul, desperately holding on by consuming the power of her divine soul!

As long as we can shake Aurora's will, there is still a chance!

Meng Xuanshu's mind raced, and he used his special supernatural ability to transmit his voice over a long distance: "Fool! Don't you realize you've been used? You're all dead, your bodies are just simulations! Those residents of the base city, your comrades, are just simulated, lifeless digital beings!"

"But you are different. You possess a soul, which means that your soul did not completely dissipate when civilization perished. And the Abyss, during the simulation, retrieved your soul from history! That despicable trial participant deceived you, making you work for meaningless numbers! If you burn your soul now, you will truly be forever condemned to the Abyss!"

"Stop right now! I assure you in the name of the gods that I will resurrect you from the abyss!"

Meng Xuanshu said urgently.

"Is it?"

However, Aurora's soul remained unmoved by Meng Xuanshu's telepathic message; she simply smiled with a sense of relief.

"If we fail in reality, let me win here."

As soon as she finished speaking, Aurora's soul suddenly burst forth with extreme light! At the same time, the already terrifying power of the laser cannon increased even further!
200 million kilowatts, 220 million kilowatts, 250 million kilowatts, and finally it soared to a full 300 million kilowatts!
Amidst the extreme light and heat, the Blood Demon Core emitted a crisp sound and shattered before everyone's eyes!

(End of this chapter)