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

Chapter 317 The First Round of Battle

Chu Xiu was taken aback and looked closely. There was still a wooden door in front of him, but Chu Xiu could clearly feel that there was a fire burning behind the door.

No, it was less like fire and more like a slowly rising sun! Chu Xiu looked at the sun behind the door and felt it growing brighter and brighter, more and more dazzling, until it became as unbearable to look at as the midday sun!

Almost instinctively, golden light also shone in Chu Xiu's eyes, as if a king had been challenged, his blood-red golden eyes spontaneously lighting up!
He and that mysterious demigod were gazing at each other from across a doorway!

Just seconds later, he felt a stinging pain in his eyes and almost burst into tears!

This horrified him!
This is the first time Chu Xiu has been suppressed since he mastered this secret technique!

In the past, his Blood-Burning Golden Eyes had also suffered setbacks, but those were all due to differences in power intensity. Since he cultivated the foundation of gods and demons, he has never felt a difference in rank!
"boom!"

Finally, Chu Xiu couldn't help but take a half step back, and his foot sank deep into the floor.

At the same time, a woman's soft laughter came from inside the room: "Interesting."

The next instant, Chu Xiu felt the fire in the room disappear, and his eyes returned to normal.

Blinking his slightly sore eyes, Chu Xiu suppressed his shock and said in a deep voice, "Even if you don't want to trade with me, senior, you don't have to act like this, do you?"

The woman didn't reply, but suddenly asked, "How is Chen Yuan?"

"Chen Yuan?"

These two words startled Chu Xiu, and a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

Yes, since this senior didn't abandon Chen Yuan and run away back then, why hasn't he met with her yet? If it was because she got lost before, it could be explained, but now that all the heroic spirits are gathered in the command center, there's no reason why he still hasn't seen Chen Yuan.

But if this senior doesn't actually care about Chen Yuan, why bring it up now?
After a moment's hesitation, Chu Xiu said, "Miss Chen is doing well."

The person inside the room grunted and said, "I don't like owing favors. I've seen the previous video. You saved my people, so I'll naturally do my part in return."

"Let's do as you say, one million karmic points."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu was first taken aback, then overjoyed. He had rescued Chen Yuan with the intention of extorting money from this naive girl, but he never expected to have such an unexpected gain.

He quickly asked, "I wonder if, senior, other items could be used to offset the karmic points?"

"I'm afraid you don't have what I want."

"How about an independent anchor point?" Chu Xiu asked.

"Oh?" The person inside the room seemed surprised. "You have something like that?"

After thinking for a while, the person inside the room said, "Then let's do it this way."

As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened, revealing a strange mist behind it, and the corpse of the demigod horned demon lay right in front of the door!
Fearing the other party would return, Chu Xiu quickly took out the [Independent Anchor Point] and placed it on the ground. As the anchor point was sucked into the mist, Chu Xiu also put away the body of the demigod horned demon.

"Thank you, senior," he said, clasping his hands in thanks.

"No need, I'll need your help taking care of Chen Yuan from now on."

"If you can keep her safe, I will give you another reward."

Chu Xiu readily agreed.

The person inside didn't say anything more, and the door slammed shut.

Chu Xiu didn't linger any longer, leaving the command building and quickly heading towards his assigned location.

The area their team was responsible for was the eastern suburbs of Shenzhen. Although it was a suburb, due to Shenzhen's development, there were quite a few high-rise buildings and skyscrapers equipped with advanced defense facilities.

The government deployed 20,000 troops here, forming a solid defensive line using these reinforced concrete buildings.

Meanwhile, a large number of Awakened Ones participated in the defense, including thirteen Heroic Spirits and over three thousand King and General ranks! This does not even include the support teams!
It can be said that the government has amassed a large force here to keep the enemy out of the city!
Chu Xiu moved swiftly and arrived at the top of a 300-meter-tall building. On the rooftop platform, Ella and Chen Yuan had already arrived and were gazing into the distance.

"How is the situation?" Chu Xiu asked.

"This isn't good." Ella shook her head and gestured for Chu Xiu to look into the distance.

On the edge of the Black Death Prison, squads of horned demons are gathering, just as the government predicted, they are preparing to launch a full-scale attack!

The towering spires that once stood tall had now been dismantled into hundreds of pieces, each resembling a massive heavy armored vehicle. Shields made of black mist protected the horned demons inside the "vehicles."

Not only was the tower dismantled, but the eerie cannon that Chu Xiu had seen firing black lightning during the attack on the tower was also moved into those "war chariots"!
Chu Xiu knew all too well the power of this bizarre cannon. Its speed was unbelievable; even Chen Yuan in her berserk state couldn't dodge it and was directly pierced through! Even Chu Xiu couldn't withstand a single shot unscathed!

This cannon, much like the Heavenly Strike Divine Light, is a weapon specifically designed to deal with high-level powerhouses!

Looking at the rows of war chariots lined up in the distance, and the entire army of 300,000 horned demons, even though he was more than ten kilometers away, Chu Xiu could feel the terrifying pressure.

Not to mention, the enemy's high-level combat forces far exceed those of humans! And there's a terrifying warship overhead!

“This is a war we are destined to lose, and the defeat may come sooner than we expect.” Ella shook her head regretfully.

Faced with this despairing disparity in combat power, any setback could trigger a chain reaction, at which point the heroic spirits and demigods who have obtained inside information might flee en masse.

Without these high-level combatants, the remaining people would naturally become lambs to the slaughter.

Even though Ella was an Alliance member and didn't have much sympathy, she couldn't help but shake her head and sigh at the thought of that hellish scene. Chen Yuan's expression also darkened.

To their surprise, Chu Xiu said, "Things might not be as bad as you think. China is quite different from your Alliance Council."

Ella glanced at Chu Xiu, remaining noncommittal.

After that, the three of them stopped talking and each found a secluded space to take advantage of the time before the horned demon attacked, to recover their health and consume causal points to enhance their strength.

Chu Xiu pushed his hands forward, and the Thousand Soul Banner and the Spirit Flesh Storage Pouch appeared in front of him.

With a thought, two balls of ghostly fire ignited from the two treasures, and instantly, a wailing and howling sound came from between them.

Under Chu Xiu's divine sense, he could clearly see that one soul after another was being refined and transformed into nourishment for the ghost army, which made the ghost army grow rapidly. Those high-level and promising souls were extracted separately and transformed into powerful ghosts!
An astonishing change was also taking place within the spirit and flesh storage pouch. Under the effect of [Perfect Refinement], a large amount of flesh and blood transformed into the purest life energy, continuously nourishing the corpses of Garuda and the demigod horned demon!
With Chu Xiu's current strength, activating the [Perfect Refinement] technique to perform two refinements simultaneously is already an easy task.

He even had the leisure to spare a wisp of his divine sense to activate two refining magic treasures to repair the heavy sword Chiwen, which had been damaged in the previous battle with the demigod.

Although he was multitasking, the progress of all three tasks did not slow down much! Both the ghost-refining corpse and the greatsword were taking shape at an astonishing speed!

In just one hour, a full ten ghost generals were born! Hundreds of fierce ghosts!
Another hour passed, and Garuda's ritual was completed!

A majestic golden bird, as a king, appeared before Chu Xiu.

As he expected, the fully-formed Garuda's speed surpassed that of ordinary Heroic Spirits! It was even faster than the Garuda Wings powered by divine and demonic energy!
With a thought, Garuda flew away to reunite with the Blood Demon incarnation and his parents.

Another hour later, the heavy sword Chiwen was repaired!
After that, Chu Xiu devoted himself wholeheartedly to the refining of ghosts and corpses.

Two more hours passed, and now a full five hours had passed since the Horned Demons gathered.

During those five hours, the other party certainly did not do nothing. Almost every few minutes, a pale, large hand would reach out from the abyss crevice and grab the edge of the crevice!

These giant hands are like miniature versions of extraterrestrial demonic hands, but even though they are miniature, each one is still hundreds of meters long!
Five hours later, hundreds of pale, large hands were clinging to the edge of the abyss rift, looking from a distance like a bunch of evil spirits who had died unjustly and were desperately trying to escape!
Under the influence of these hundreds of pale, giant hands, the length of the abyssal rift remained unchanged, but its width more than doubled!
Suddenly, a large number of thick tentacles surged out from the crack at an extremely fast speed!
Those tentacles were like giant water pipes, reaching the top of the alien warship. The next moment, those pipes surged continuously, as if injecting something into the warship!
Chu Xiu was startled and immediately stopped his refining process to look up. Under his divine sense scan, he saw that the energy intensity of the giant ship was rising rapidly!

In less than a minute, its energy intensity had increased to more than three times its previous level, and it was still rising!

Suddenly, as if reaching a critical point, the giant ship spewed out large amounts of poison gas in all directions, and then the bottom plate opened, revealing a dense array of railguns aiming downwards!

The next instant, a deafening roar resounded through the sky as tens of thousands of railguns roared in unison, raining down a dense barrage of bullets upon Pengcheng!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

One loud bang after another rang in everyone's ears! Chu Xiu looked up with a solemn expression and saw layers of shields rising from the high-rise building. The huge explosions had left the shields covered with cracks, as if they were about to shatter at any moment!

Areas without shield protection were instantly engulfed by the sweeping fire waves. Each shell from these railguns was no less powerful than a thousand-pound heavy bomb! And their rate of fire was extremely fast, firing almost every few seconds!
In an instant, as if bombed by thousands of bombers at the same time, the entire city shook amidst the explosions, and as far as the eye could see, there were dazzling flames and billowing smoke!
In just over ten seconds, the entire city of Pengcheng had been transformed into a hellish city wailing in flames!

This scene made Ella look anxious, and she secretly transmitted her voice to Chu Xiu: "What should we do? If the defense line collapses without the Horned Demons attacking, it will be much more difficult for us to escape!"

Chen Yuan also looked worried.

Only Chu Xiu remained calmly standing in place.

First bombard with firepower, then launch a ground attack—this is an old trick that's been used for years, and he was certain the government had already prepared a contingency plan.

Sure enough, not long after Chu Xiu had this thought, giant cannons suddenly rose from inside the high-rise buildings protected by shield generators. The next moment, beams of high-energy lasers, which had been accumulating to their maximum, shot into the sky!

These laser cannons are powered by the energy of the entire skyscraper, and their power is comparable to the Heavenly Strike Divine Light jointly created by Aurora and Chu Xiu! In an instant, beams of light melted large holes in the bottom of the alien warship and continued to burn into its interior!
Meanwhile, inside numerous inconspicuous buildings around Pengcheng, the ground suddenly cracked open, revealing missile silos hidden beneath. Amidst the explosive sounds of burning fuel, thousands of missiles rose into the air from different areas of Pengcheng, roaring towards the warships atop them like fearless cavalry charging into battle!

Not only that, but the anti-aircraft rocket launchers that the government had already deployed in high-rise buildings, streets and parks also roared, and for a moment the sky was filled with whistling shells!

"boom!!!"

Even though the giant warship activated its defenses in time, a large number of missiles and rockets still hit the warship under the full-scale counterattack of the entire city. High-energy explosives instantly blasted out large holes, and the compressed metal jets further impacted the interior!

After just one round of bombing, the giant ship began to sway precariously, resembling a giant disc with thick smoke constantly billowing from its bottom!
In fact, the alien warships' technology is far ahead of Earth's in many aspects.

However, the real battlefield for this behemoth should be in space orbit! All the weapons were designed for this purpose.

They were forcibly crammed into the Black Death Prison, less than 5,000 meters above the ground! Not only did many advanced technologies become meaningless, but they also lost the natural protection that long distances inherently provide.

Now, let alone missiles and rockets, even enhanced sniper rifles can hit them!

This meant that even with the giant ship's defensive system, it couldn't withstand the saturation attack of the entire Pengcheng's firepower!
After the first round of firefights, the behemoth, billowing smoke and engulfed in flames, continued to ascend into the air, eventually escaping back into the abyss rift in a sorry state amidst continuous bombardment.

This relieved everyone present, and the soldiers erupted in cheers.

Ella's eyes were filled with shock. She hadn't expected China's infrastructure to be so terrifying. Almost every high-rise building was equipped with powerful air defenses, and the missile launch sites in the suburbs were so densely packed that it was outrageous.

This amused Chu Xiu; the fear of insufficient firepower was indeed a unique characteristic of China.

However, there wasn't much joy on his face.

Although the enemy warships were repelled, the high-intensity bombing was no joke. Coupled with the acid rain of the previous days, the entire defensive shield of Pengcheng had been almost completely destroyed. A large number of heavy weapons originally intended to deal with the Horned Demons were also lost in the bombing, and the number of casualties was countless.

Just then, a stirring and powerful bugle call rang in everyone's ears.

In the distance, squads of horned demons began to march towards the city.

(End of this chapter)