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

Chapter 308 Chain of Suspicion

Streams of power flowed through his limbs and bones like trickles of water.

This power not only strengthened his physique, but also restored some of the divine and demonic power within him.

No one could have imagined that Chu Xiu, whose strength was so abnormal, was actually just a newcomer who had just entered the King rank, and could even continue to level up.

Although the bonus from leveling up is not much with his current strength, each level up still increases his physique by several hundred. If he can reach level nine, it will be a significant improvement.

The hundreds of horned demons allowed him to advance three levels directly, reaching King Rank 4! In total, his physique increased by more than two thousand.

Of course, the most important thing right now is the restoration of divine and demonic power!

A new power was poured into the Garuda Wings, and black lightning caused by a spatial tear appeared in front of Chu Xiu. The next moment, his figure disappeared, leaving only a booming shockwave that swept outwards!

A spatial passage appeared in front of Chu Xiu, and the distance of a thousand meters was crossed in the blink of an eye!
"boom!"

Huge shockwaves rose up along the way. Chu Xiu, who was behind, caught up with Zhang Kunlun in less than a few breaths! Immediately, demonic energy surged out from his body!

Zhang Kunlun was also seriously injured and covered in blood. He looked like a cornered beast, his eyes wide with rage. He drew a yin-yang semicircle in the air with his right hand and longsword. Chu Xiu felt his body being bound by an invisible force, becoming extremely sluggish. At the same time, Zhang Kunlun threw out a talisman with a longsword drawn on it with his left hand. The next moment, a large number of emerald green light swords fell from the sky and pierced through Chu Xiu's body!
After the abyss, archaeologists speculated that in ancient times, there was a "mythical age" on Earth, where people could obtain incredible power through various methods.

The Zhang family is said to be descended from the ancient Zhang Daoling, and they are naturally more likely to awaken Taoist-related professions. For example, the extremely powerful thunder magic of the Divine Might Taoist comes from his profession [Demon Slayer (SSS)].

At the same time, their family also has many Taoist-related items and magical treasures. The one that Zhang Kunlun just threw out was obviously a very powerful talisman, which was also his trump card for saving his life. Even Chu Xiu's current physique couldn't withstand it!

However, Chu Xiu had already prepared for the opponent to launch a desperate counterattack. Each of the heroic spirits had a large number of life-saving trump cards, making them extremely difficult to kill! Not to mention that they came from the four great families?

The power within his body grew increasingly violent. To Zhang Kunlun's horror, Chu Xiu actually withstood the rain of swords and charged right up to him, delivering a powerful punch that seemed to come crashing down from the sky like that of a god!

"boom!"

The massive impact swept through the entire street once again. Zhang Kunlun's body crashed through two tall buildings and slammed heavily into the ground, creating a crater nearly 100 meters in diameter beneath him!

He lay in the center of the pit. Chu Xiu scanned him with his divine sense and found that almost all of his bones were broken.

Even ordinary heroic spirits, especially those specializing in melee combat, only have a constitution of 20,000, making them no match for Chu Xiu in close combat.

At this moment, Zhang Kunlun was spitting out mouthfuls of blood, clutching a golden talisman that had mostly dimmed in his hand, and said with a face full of resentment:
"Cough cough, if it weren't for this... this filthy seed, the bloodline of my Zhang family might not have lost to yours."

Chu Xiu did not object; what he said might actually be true.

While consuming the seed grants two powerful traits, it comes at a cost. The change in the seed means that past supernatural talents will be greatly diminished, and the new power will require time to adapt to, effectively a reverse enhancement.

Otherwise, no matter how strong Chu Xiu's physical body was, he would not be able to withstand the opponent's life-saving talisman and would have to retreat for the time being.

It can only be said that none of those who become Heroic Spirits are undeserving of their titles, let alone the Heroic Spirits of the four great families.

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Chu Xiu glanced at him indifferently: "You've already abandoned your human identity, yet you still care about personal honor?"

After saying that, Zhang Kunlun paused, a look of despair flashing in his eyes, and said with a bitter laugh, "Yes, I'm no longer human."

At this moment, two heroic spirits, drawn by the commotion, rushed over from a distance, effectively sealing off Zhang Kunlun's retreat. It could be said that the outcome was already decided.

However, Chu Xiu showed no sign of relief, because he noticed that Zhang Kunlun showed no signs of dejection. On the contrary, the look in his eyes became increasingly manic, and powerful energy fluctuations continued to emanate from the golden talisman in his hand, which had already consumed more than half of its energy.

Even a cornered beast will fight back; before the power of the talisman was completely exhausted, Chu Xiu dared not approach easily.

"Qin Yu, who do you think you are? A timid rat hiding in the shadows, do you even deserve to be lectured by me?"

Zhang Kunlun's voice, filled with hatred, rang out. Pain, despair, resentment, regret, and countless other negative emotions intertwined, making his face even more ferocious.

He suddenly widened his eyes and shouted, "I'd like to see if you're really that noble!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he threw the talisman in his hand into the sky. In the next instant, the talisman transformed into more than a dozen emerald green magic swords that fell from the sky!

At the same time, Zhang Kunlun suddenly rushed into the distance!

This action caused Chu Xiu's expression to change slightly!

Because his divine sense detected that about twenty meters underground where the two were fighting, there was an underground refuge facility where tens of thousands of people were gathered!

A thickness of twenty meters is enough to insulate against most of the aftershocks of a battle; in fact, this depth is enough to withstand the power of a nuclear explosion.

However, the spirit sword formed from Zhang Kunlun's talisman wasn't aimed at Chu Xiu at all, but directly at the underground refuge facility! With the penetrating power of that spirit sword, piercing through twenty meters of ground would be child's play!
Furthermore, these dozen or so spirit swords scattered in the sky, each at least a hundred meters apart, and were now falling downwards in succession! The intervals between their falls were clearly calculated by Zhang Kunlun, just enough for Chu Xiu to keep up. However, if he wanted to intercept them, he would have no chance to chase after Zhang Kunlun before all the spirit swords had fallen.

In other words, Zhang Kunlun is threatening himself with the lives of tens of thousands of people living under this shelter!

"They have truly and completely abandoned everything about being human."

"But do you think I care about the lives of these strangers?"

Without hesitation, Chu Xiu unleashed a dazzling burst of spiritual light from the Garuda Wings behind him, shooting out like a cannonball and instantly arriving behind the heavily injured Zhang Kunlun. Zhang Kunlun was shocked and tried to swing his longsword, but as soon as he raised his hand, Chu Xiu grabbed his head and slammed it heavily to the ground!
"boom!"

Two figures plummeted from the sky to the ground, sending rubble flying. Chu Xiu dragged Zhang Kunlun's head and slammed it into the ground, carving a furrow over a hundred meters long in the street!
At the same time, intense energy fluctuations erupted from both of them. Chu Xiu's demonic energy and Zhang Kunlun's magical attacks intertwined in the air, continuously shattering the surrounding ground!
Suddenly, as if they had smashed through a layer of earth, the two of them plummeted downwards!
"Boom!"

The two of them, carrying a lot of rocks, fell into the underground shelter. Terrified screams rang in Chu Xiu's ears, but he couldn't care less about anything else. All he could see was this troublesome opponent!
Zhang Kunlun's fire dragon burned his body, causing him excruciating pain all over his body. However, the pain did not make Chu Xiu back down; instead, it made his eyes even more ferocious!
"Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!"

Spikes formed from demonic energy pierced Zhang Kunlun's body, shredding his internal organs to pieces!

Zhang Kunlun finally couldn't hold on any longer. All the flames around him went out, and his face was a bloody mess from being dragged, making it impossible to recognize his features. All that could be seen was his face twisted together, filled with resentment and unwillingness.

"You hypocrite."

"Crack!" Before he could finish speaking, Chu Xiu grabbed him and crushed his head.

Without the talisman in hand, Chu Xiu naturally wouldn't waste his breath on him like before.

A crystal shimmering with an eerie light rose from Zhang Kunlun's body. It was a temporary spatial rift containing all of the heroic spirit's possessions.

Chu Xiu put it away, then wiped his face, looked up, and saw countless pairs of eyes filled with extreme fear.

The moment their eyes met, terrified screams rang out again, and people pushed and shoved each other, fleeing into the distance as if avoiding a demon.

Chu Xiu looked down and saw that there were no other corpses in the collapsed ruins beneath his feet.

He looked into the distance again, and by this time all of the dozen or so spirit swords had fallen. However, none of them pierced the ground because Chu Xiu had already released his ghost army during the pursuit to block the falling spirit swords.

Under the watchful eye of a demigod, he couldn't possibly ignore these commoners.

Although this wave of attacks dealt another heavy blow to the already weakened demon army, they managed to withstand the attacks.

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Even if no one dies, as long as these people realize the huge gap between them and the Awakened, as long as they see the Awakened display their power in front of them, as long as they realize that the Awakened can crush them into dust with just a flick of their finger, even if it's not directed at them, just the aftershocks of the battle, it will be enough to plunge them into extreme panic.

"Do not be afraid, everyone. The enemy has been dealt with."

Chu Xiu's voice traveled far and wide with his special telepathic technique, reaching everyone's ears. However, the panic among the people was not dispelled. They ran and screamed aimlessly, squeezing into those dark corners, as if only by hiding in the most deserted depths could they find a sense of security.

A chain of suspicion had already formed, and Chu Xiu's explanations seemed utterly pale and powerless in the face of this immense panic.

The extraterrestrial demons' announcement was very cunning. In addition to competing for seeds, killing their own kind, or even killing lower-ranking ones, could also give them a chance to survive.

They could still deceive and comfort themselves, praying for the kindness of others, but when Chu Xiu easily broke through the shelter's barrier and appeared in front of them, those long-suppressed, dark and unspeakable thoughts could no longer be suppressed and surged wildly!

Who can guarantee that awakened individuals won't take advantage of the chaos to slaughter them? Even those soldiers maintaining order, aren't they afraid of dying?
What if an awakened being sneaks among them and commits murder? In this dark and chaotic shelter, who would have the mind to investigate a case?

Furthermore, who can guarantee that these awakened ones won't use the pretext of fighting to deliberately steer the battle towards the shelter, thereby slaughtering ordinary people?

Furthermore, are ordinary people really trustworthy? Who can guarantee that everyone can withstand this desperate panic and not harm others?

In an instant, the entire shelter was filled with a prisoner's dilemma of mutual suspicion. Faced with the desperate situation where one must kill others or die, even the most determined person would break down!
Chu Xiu's appearance, however, ignited the fear that everyone knew but no one was willing to mention in the most direct way!
Chu Xiu looked at the panicked crowd in front of him, a headache appearing on his face.

He could certainly use his Blood-Burning Golden Eyes to forcefully suppress the panic, but this was merely a temporary fix. It only eliminated the physiological fear they felt, and the despair in their hearts would only erupt more violently after being forcibly suppressed!

At that moment, he realized that maintaining stability was far more complex than simply wiping out the extreme sects. If he couldn't build confidence in the hearts of the people, the millions of citizens of Pengcheng would eventually be crushed by this immense pressure and begin large-scale infighting!

At this moment, an officer in the shelter cautiously approached Chu Xiu and whispered, "This, senior, you should leave here first. We will handle the rest."

Chu Xiu didn't speak, but glanced at himself quietly. The energy dissipated during the battle still lingered around him. Even though he tried to restrain himself, he still exuded an aura that made ordinary people tremble, the aura of an absolute superior being.

Chu Xiu was silent for a moment, then vanished from the shelter in a flash.

After he left, the officer breathed a sigh of relief. Although he was a fierce-level awakened one, he still couldn't help but tremble in front of Chu Xiu. The terrifying pressure emanating from Chu Xiu was too strong.

He shook his head and rushed deeper into the area, shouting as he ran, "Don't panic! The enemy has been dealt with! No one is injured! Trust the government; they will definitely get us through this!"

Under the organization of government personnel, the crowd finally quieted down, and the hole that had been shattered during the battle with Chu Xiu was repaired.

However, the various repressed thoughts brewing in people's hearts due to despair and fear are like this blocked hole; they are only superficially suppressed, but in reality, they are not resolved at all. They accumulate in repression, waiting for an even more violent collapse.

People looked at each other warily. The few dim lights that were on to save energy made it impossible to see anyone's expression. Everyone was a potential target, and the slightest disturbance could cause panic. Trust between people had completely collapsed!

How long can a person endure such a highly tense state?
The shelter was incredibly oppressive and quiet; no one spoke, only the heavy breathing could be heard.

Suddenly, a piercing scream rang out in the shelter like lightning ripped through the night. In the dim light, two people were wrestling! One of them held a gleaming knife high in his hand!
The crowd, which had been forcibly suppressed, screamed again. The person without the knife gripped the wrist of the person with the knife tightly, but it was the person with the knife who was crying out, "Father! You've gone mad!"

"I'm not crazy!" The man stared with bloodshot eyes, his face filled with despair. "I can't take it anymore! I... I can't possibly survive. We'll be killed by others sooner or later!"

"Son, kill me! Kill me now! Kill me and you'll live!"

"father!!!"

In the shelter, only the son's desperate cries and the father's delirious roars remained.

The others stared blankly at the two, no one stepped forward to stop them. They seemed to see their own reflections in the father and son. Suppressed sobs rose up, and a deeper, more profound despair spread through the crowd. Even the government personnel responsible for maintaining order stood wearily in place, momentarily speechless.

But just as the shelter was about to descend into further panic, a slender finger appeared in everyone's sight.

A cluster of flames rose from that finger.

The flame wasn't large, but it was exceptionally bright, radiating a faint warmth in all directions.

The father and son, who were fighting, suddenly stopped as if they were statues, staring blankly at each other.

Illuminated by the flames, they could clearly see each other's faces, and tears welled up in their eyes, their expressions filled with madness and despair.

Those tears contained a deep love for one's loved ones and a longing for life.

"Bang."

With a soft sound, the dagger slipped from the father's hand and fell to the ground. The father and son embraced and wept bitterly.

(End of this chapter)