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

Chapter 327 Sacrifice
"Shh!"

Chu Xiu stood up abruptly, his body almost unable to resist rushing forward, but even with his speed, it was too late!

But the next moment, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Because the energy gathered in the hands of that heroic spirit was not aimed at Zhang Qingshan, but at the three heroic spirits who launched the attack!

A mere general is not worth such a large-scale attack.

It simply slammed Zhang Qingshan and the golden dragon to the ground as if it were a worm. The dragon's massive body created a large crater in the ground, and its bones made a loud cracking sound, with pale bones piercing through the skin and exposed.

A general's full-force attack is as laughable as a baby's fist in front of a heroic spirit.

However, it cannot be said that Zhang Qingshan and the others' charge was completely useless. In that moment of delay and distraction, the three heroic spirits had already rushed over a thousand meters away!
After being buffered by a kilometer, the energy output of the horned demon was not only weakened, but also gave the heroes in front enough time to react. They simply swayed and dodged the central explosion of the bombardment.

Then, more awakened beings rushed forward, using their lives to relentlessly entangle these heroic horned demons.

The horned demon's face turned extremely ugly. It didn't even bother to spend a fraction of a second crushing Zhang Qingshan and the others. It simply shook its body to send the awakened ones flying, and then immediately turned around and chased after the three attacking horned demons!

This relieved Chu Xiu slightly.

At this moment, a pair of large hands pressed down on Chu Xiu, and Zhao Fengming said in a low voice, "Calm down. These sacrifices are all part of the plan. If you go out now, you will only waste the advantages that we have worked so hard to accumulate!"

"All we need to do now is take advantage of the chaos and continue to infiltrate the interior!"

Shenwei Daoist also looked at him and shook his head solemnly.

Chu Xiu knew that the two men had misunderstood him, thinking that he couldn't bear to see his compatriots die in battle and couldn't help but take action as well.

Actually, he only cared about Zhang Qingshan and the others.

but.
Chu Xiu concealed his aura and scaled the city wall, whereupon an extremely gruesome scene unfolded before his eyes.

The army that originally launched the charge numbered at least 10,000, and they were all equipped with the most advanced equipment in the army, making them far more powerful than their peers!
But right now, fewer than five thousand are still alive!

In less than a few seconds, the mortality rate exceeded 50%!
Moreover, even those who were lucky enough to survive were mostly seriously injured and had been scattered by the main force. Once inside the Horned Demon camp, they would only face certain death!
These are the elite of the military. They are capable, talented, and, more importantly, have faith and loyalty to the country and its people!

Even though Chu Xiu was actually only concerned about Zhang Qingshan and his group, his expression couldn't help but darken at this moment.

At the same time, a very ironic feeling arose in his heart.

The heroic spirits who fled backwards and the cowards who hid in the rear all survived, but the bravest and noblest of them all died.

Just then, he saw his stubborn friend get up again. Chu Qin was also seriously injured beside him. The two of them were back to back, trying to gather the survivors and still wanted to continue fighting!
However, there were too many horned demons around them, and more importantly, there was a continuous stream of horned demons closing in from afar. Their suicidal charge directly trapped them deep within the horned demon camp, cutting off any possibility of escape from the very beginning!
Chu Xiu finally couldn't hold back any longer and quickly transmitted his voice to the other two: "If we don't take action now, these surviving soldiers will die too!"

"These are the most loyal people to the country, how can you bear to watch them die like this?"

"Loyal soldiers and patriots died, while those who chose to live on survived. Do you think this is fair?"

Zhao Fengming walked ahead without turning around, but Chu Xiu heard his deep voice: "Using words like fairness, interests, gains and losses to describe soldiers is an insult to them. People who consider these things will not become soldiers."

"But that's no reason to risk their lives to create opportunities."

Chu Xiu's words silenced Zhao Fengming. Chu Xiu couldn't see his expression, but he could sense that Zhao Fengming's movements seemed to have become heavier.

Just then, a loud bang suddenly came from afar!
However, those heroic spirits who had originally fled saw the change in the situation and came to provide support from afar. The heroic spirits who were fighting with the other horned demons realized the opportunity and used all their trump cards!
Among the three heroic spirits who charged forward like sharp knives, the heroic spirits on the sides, like the others, launched a suicidal charge!

In this situation, the strongest and fastest heroic spirit in the very center was like a cannonball that was constantly accelerating, breaking through many obstacles and finally breaking through the second wall, soaring into the sky!

A bronze spear materialized in his hand, and in the next instant, it pierced through the defenses amidst the roars of the horned demons, destroying the last line of defense!
The voice of the Divine Might Daoist rang in Chu Xiu's ears: "The third city wall has been breached. Don't overthink it, let's take advantage of the chaos and slip in!"

"As for those soldiers, we can't control them! Only by completing the mission can we live up to their sacrifice!"

"I know you feel reluctant, and it's a good thing to have that thought, but completing the mission is the most important thing right now!"

Chu Xiu did not answer. At this moment, he was extremely close to the second city wall, less than a hundred meters away from Zhang Qingshan. The golden dragon had completely lost its breath, and he and Chu Qin were surrounded by ten horned demons.

The same applies elsewhere; faced with a huge numerical disadvantage, there is almost no possibility of breaking through!
Chu Xiu suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The two people walking in front, Zhao Fengming and his companion, realized something at the same time and turned around abruptly. But before they could speak, a huge shockwave rose up from the spot, and the terrifying shockwave instantly swept across the entire battlefield!
"boom!!!"

A deafening explosion resounded throughout the arena, and both Awakened Ones and Horned Demons looked up at the figure leaping high into the air.

He was completely wrapped in a black trench coat, with only his eyes visible, which held a cold indifference but also a violent killing intent!
The next instant, the entire sky behind him was covered by countless demonic spears!
The violent power of gods and demons surged within Chu Xiu's body. The Great Freedom Heavenly Demon Body of the eighth heaven allowed his power of gods and demons to leap forward in both quantity and intensity. After being infused with demonic energy, the power of the demonic energy condensed into weapons had reached an unbelievable level!
With a mere downward gesture, over a thousand spears descended from the sky like a cataclysmic punishment!

"Chuck! Chuck! Chuck!"

Those spears were incredibly fast, and seemed to have their own life, piercing through the horned demon's body with pinpoint accuracy! Even a king-level horned demon fell like an ant before these spears, unable to resist in the slightest!

The ten horned demons beside Zhang Qingshan had their chests pierced by spears. The next second, the spears exploded into countless sharp spikes. The horned demons didn't even have time to let out a wail before their bodies were torn apart!

Zhang Qingshan stared blankly at the scene, Chu Qin behind him was also stunned, and all the soldiers were dumbfounded.

They were prepared to sacrifice themselves long before they set off, because their superiors had made it clear to them that no one would come to their rescue this time, and all the top forces would be focused on the final mission!
Everyone thought they were able to face sacrifice with equanimity, but seeing their comrades die one by one around them, a deep sense of resentment still rose in his heart.

And now, heroic spirits are actually returning to fight for these "low-level" awakened beings who have lost their value!

The soldiers all looked up at the sky, their eyes filled with barely suppressed excitement.

They were prepared to sacrifice themselves, but no one wanted to die! Even less did they want to be abandoned as pawns!
Shenwei Daoist and Zhao Fengming exchanged a glance and sighed softly, but neither of them blamed Chu Xiu. They simply accelerated forward in silence.

Perhaps, Chu Xiu actually did what they wanted to do, but couldn't.

As the first batch of spears fell, almost without pause, thousands more spears of demonic energy condensed in the sky!

This scene caused even the most ferocious horned demon to show fear in its eyes.

"die!"

With a roar from Chu Xiu, the demonic spear fell again, and rows of horned demons fell like sieves, their bodies completely destroyed by the expanding demonic energy!

"Stop!" A thunderous roar that seemed to shatter the clouds and split rocks echoed from afar, and three streaks of light rapidly approached Chu Xiu!

Now that the third wall has been destroyed, there is no need to use all our forces to stop the human heroes from continuing their advance.

Now, the Horned Demon has only one goal: to preserve as many Heroic Spirits as possible on the field and reduce the power of humanity.

but
"Only three seventh-ringed horned demons? Looks like unlucky souls who don't recognize me."

Chu Xiu chuckled and with a flick of his wrist, the heavy sword Chiwen appeared in his hand!

He did not continue to consume the divine and demonic power and the essence of the magic weapon in his body. Instead, he simply moved and approached the three-horned demon at an extremely fast speed!

Seeing that Chu Xiu did not flee but instead charged forward, the three horned demons had a bad feeling. But there was no time for them to think about it. The three of them swung their weapons at the same time and slashed at Chu Xiu!

However, the next second, something utterly devastating happened to them!
Chu Xiu neither dodged nor evaded, but instead swung his heavy sword directly at the three men. The moment the first man's weapon touched Chu Xiu, he felt an unparalleled force, and to his horror, his halberd was smashed in two! Then, the heavy sword, with its remaining momentum, cleaved his body in two!
With a single sword strike, he cleaved a horned demon spirit in two!

This incredible scene stunned the other two horned demons, and then, something even more terrifying happened.

Their attacks easily broke through two layers of armor, but the moment they touched Chu Xiu, they felt as if they had struck an indestructible meteorite!
Chu Xiu's body was actually much harder than the armor he wore!
The heroic spirit's weapon merely pierced Chu Xiu's skin before being easily blocked by his internal bones! Although the power of their attacks had been greatly reduced after piercing through two legendary king-level armors, this was still an attack that the human body could not withstand!
And the next second, they found out why!

Chu Xiu unleashed a punch so fast that the two horned demons couldn't react at all, and one of them had its head smashed to pieces!

This was an absolute suppression in terms of physique. At this moment, they realized that there was a chasm-like gap between themselves and Chu Xiu in terms of physical attributes!
Amidst another horrified gaze, Chu Xiu grabbed the opponent's weapon with his backhand, rendering the weapon embedded in his body immobile, and in the next instant, he swept his heavy sword horizontally!
The horned demon had no choice but to abandon its weapon and retreat, but at this moment, the Chiwen Heavy Sword suddenly burst forth with tremendous energy, and three sword energies, like cutting machines, surged out and directly severed the horned demon's body!

In the blink of an eye, three heroic spirits were slain!

This horrifying scene left everyone stunned.

Not only the soldiers, but even Shenwei Daoren and Zhao Fengming, who were close to the city wall, couldn't help but exchange shocked glances after sensing this astonishing fluctuation.

Killing three heroic spirits in a second? How could these even be heroic spirits?
Who exactly is this Qin Yu?

They had long since determined that Qin Yu was merely using a borrowed identity, but even the Investigation Bureau had no clue as to who was actually behind that identity.

What the crowd didn't know was that Chu Xiu simply wanted to conserve divine and demonic power and the essence of magical treasures.

If he were to go all out now, he could cleave all three horned demons in two with a single sword strike!
With a wave of his hand, he collected the flesh and soul of the three heroic spirits.

He immediately turned downwards and shouted, "What are you standing there for? Get out of here!"

The soldiers below then seemed to realize what was happening and retreated in droves.

Any remaining horned demons that dared to obstruct him were pierced through by Chu Xiu's merciless demonic soldiers!

He roamed the battlefield, slaughtering the horned demons below, collecting their flesh and souls as he went!

This large-scale battlefield presented him with an excellent opportunity to gather resources.

At the same time, there is a constant stream of experience and causal points coming in!

However, just as Chu Xiu was getting into the swing of things...

His divine sense suddenly detected a rapidly approaching figure!

The figure was incredibly fast, like an uninterruptible hypersonic missile. In less than a fraction of a second after Chu Xiu's divine sense detected it, it had already traversed a distance of over a thousand meters and reached him!
Chu Xiu felt a chill run down his spine. Without the slightest hesitation, he channeled the power of gods and demons and the essence of his magic weapon into the Chiwen in his hand, and then slashed at the figure!

"boom!"

At the moment of their collision, it was as if a small sun had risen in the center of the battlefield! A massive energy surge, like a tidal wave, spread outwards, and even Awakened Ones a thousand meters away were swept away by this enormous force!

"boom!"

Chu Xiu's figure flew backward and crashed heavily to the ground, creating a crater with a radius of more than fifty meters!
Chu Xiu fell in the middle, his Xuan Sha Glazed Armor shattered completely under the enormous impact. His eyes were unfocused, blood trickled from the corner of his mouth, and it seemed that every bone in his body was broken.

Above the sky, a figure stood suspended in mid-air, his indifferent gaze fixed on Chu Xiu.

"So you're the Heroic Spirit who could withstand a punch from Tifus? Ha, nothing special."

"That piece of trash Tiforth's strength has declined so much, he deserves to die."

At the bottom of the pit, Chu Xiu, who was seriously injured, seemed to have difficulty even moving. However, looking at the figure high above, he still managed to force a smile.

"They also said that my move now is a waste of my advantage. Cough cough, hasn't this attracted a demigod?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the demigod horned demon in the air was slightly stunned, and then his expression changed drastically. At that moment, a loud explosion came from behind him, and the blazing lightning instantly illuminated the entire sky. The power that poured out without reservation actually formed a terrifying lightning prison with a range of more than one kilometer!
This made the demigod horned demon's face turn ugly, but he didn't panic much.

"Hmph, if there were only one demigod guarding the area, how would I dare to launch an attack so casually?"

"Do you think you can fool a demigod?"

"court death!"

As the words fell, terrifying power surged from the head of the demigod horned demon, and in the next instant, a gigantic psionic fist, purely condensed from energy, soared into the sky and descended!

This power was even stronger than before, enough to instantly kill Chu Xiu! After leaving this attack, the demigod did not delay at all and quickly flew back to the direction of the Black Death Pillar to provide support.

"boom!"

The psionic fist crashed down, its terrifying energy like a magnitude 8 earthquake, causing the earth to undulate like ocean waves, and spiderweb-like cracks instantly tore the entire battlefield apart!
A bottomless crater appeared directly in the center where the giant fist landed.

Faced with such immense power, Chu Xiu, who was already severely injured, had no chance of survival!

"senior!"

Zhang Qingshan rushed over anxiously, but paused slightly when he reached the edge of the pit.

At the bottom of the pit, only the rock layer crystallized under immense pressure remained, but there was no trace of Chu Xiu.

(End of this chapter)