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

Chapter 384 The Restraining Effect of Zed
A massive steel beam, hundreds of meters wide, spanned the sky. Chu Xiu felt as if he were in a primitive kingdom of giants, pitch black and rough. All he could see were incredibly magnificent steel structures. Any passageway was thousands of meters wide. Being in it made Chu Xiu feel incredibly small.

By this time, the group had been exploring inside the enormous flying vehicle for more than five minutes.

Not long after they went deeper, the faint light that had been filtering through the hole behind them disappeared completely, and Chu Xiu and his companions were swallowed up by pitch-black darkness. However, at their level, they no longer needed to use their eyes to perceive anything.

With a single stroke of his divine sense, Chu Xiu took in the entire scene within a radius of dozens of miles.

Chu Xiu's current divine sense can cover a hundred miles in open areas without any problem, and can still maintain a high level of scanning accuracy.

However, divine sense will inevitably suffer some loss when passing through dense objects. Here, Chu Xiu was shocked to discover that the walls on both sides of the passage were made of steel as thick as mountains! Chu Xiu's divine sense penetrated for four or five miles, and it was still high-strength steel!
"This"

Chu Xiu recalled an experiment someone had conducted in his previous life: pouring molten lead into an anthill and, after cooling, creating a complex nest structure. The interior of the warship before him bore a resemblance, only far more expansive.

A ridiculous thought popped into Chu Xiu's mind: this warship was like a naturally formed, massive high-strength steel block with a radius of over two thousand kilometers! And then, passageways and other structures were carved into its interior later!
But how is that possible? How could there be such a huge block of steel?

Chu Xiu reached out and grabbed a handful. The strength of this steel was outrageous; even the super steel Chu Xiu used to build aircraft carriers in his previous life couldn't compare.

Faced with this terrifying steel monster, even detonating a nuclear bomb would likely not cause it any damage!

Seemingly sensing Chu Xiu's shock, Muto turned around with some curiosity: "Brother Chen, haven't you seen a Star Leaper before? Could it be that you really come from a civilization below level seven?"

Chu Xiu shook his head and smiled, "I have no interest in deceiving you. I am indeed from a level six civilization, and there are no gods in my clan."

"Even much of the information about the Civilization Envoy was learned by chance during a trial."

"Oh," Muto responded, it was unclear whether he believed it or not. Zhu Jiu, who was beside him, laughed and said, "Brother Chen, if there are no gods in your civilization, it's not surprising that you feel shocked."

"At the level of gods, the magnitude of numbers becomes meaningless. Even if a demigod is enhanced a hundred or a thousand times, he would still be no match for a god. Methods such as turning stone into gold and changing the structure of particles are just the most basic powers."

"Therefore, this god-level starship must be forged by the god himself. You see, such a huge amount of steel may only be a matter of changing a mountain for the god, but for a civilization without a god, even if the entire civilization were to use its full strength, it would not be able to build even one percent of the size of a starship."

Chu Xiu was secretly horrified by Zhu Jiu's words. Indeed, Blue Star's technology had developed to an extremely high level, but let alone manufacturing a large iron block with a radius of two thousand kilometers, even a solid iron block with a radius of two hundred meters would be an extremely difficult or even impossible task.

And the gods could even make this incredibly massive thing fly.
He had always heard from people at different levels that there was an insurmountable gap between demigods and gods. Even someone like Astrid, who was the messenger of the chief god and could be considered a top-level demigod, could only consider himself a servant in front of other gods.

But only now has Chu Xiu truly begun to vaguely sense just how vast the gap is between a god and a demigod!

If converted according to the cultivation system, a demigod might be a Core Formation or Nascent Soul, but the strength of a god is definitely not just a Divine Transformation, but has reached several later realms. However, Chu Xiu could not determine which one it was, since he currently lacked a clear understanding of any power system.

Thinking about it this way, wasn't accepting the Blood Pool's invitation actually a wise decision?
At this moment, Zhu Jiu said again, "Of course, I am talking about the proper gods, not false gods, star gods, servant gods, etc."

Chu Xiu's expression shifted; he suddenly realized that this trial might be an excellent opportunity for him to learn about higher civilizations.

He immediately asked humbly, "Brother Zhu, could you tell me the differences between these deities, and how to become a deity?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Jiu and the other two were taken aback and couldn't help but scrutinize Chu Xiu a few more times, wondering if this guy really came from a Level 6 civilization? Otherwise, even if he was acting, there was no need to get so into character, right?
Finally, Zhu Jiu said, "These are not secrets. It will take us time to explore them. It's fine to talk about them when we have nothing else to do."

"You should know about the [Ascension to Godhood Sequence], right?"

Chu Xiu nodded.

Zhu Jiu opened his mouth, about to speak, when suddenly his expression changed, he looked ahead, and frowned.

There was a crossroads shaped like the Chinese character "米" (mǐ), and Zhu Jiu was looking towards one of the intersections.

"Brother Zhu, what's wrong?" Muto asked, lightly tapping his left hand to release a detection skill that Chu Xiu couldn't discern, but it seemed to have yielded no results.

Zhu Jiu frowned and said, "Something's not right. My spiritual senses detected a dangerous aura."

Chu Xiu glanced at Zhu Jiu with some surprise, not expecting the other party to have such keen spiritual senses.

In fact, he had noticed the anomaly of the passage from a kilometer away. It wasn't just that he felt something was wrong; he had even used his divine sense to scan out exactly what was inside the passage, but he just hadn't said anything.

The detection capabilities of divine sense are comparable to the most advanced reconnaissance skills, except that it has a shortcoming in terms of distance.

The reason he concealed it was, of course, that he wanted to use the things inside the passage to further investigate the strength of these civilization envoys.

If given the chance, he wouldn't mind killing them here.

Unfortunately, Zhu Jiu had already sensed it beforehand.

However, this is not surprising. Spiritual perception is not a unique supernatural power of his; it originated from the power of gods and demons, and can even be said to be merely an imitation of true innate gods and demons.

If this Zhu Jiuzhen has some connection with the legendary Zhulong, his spiritual perception would only be stronger than Chu Xiu's!
"However, having strong spiritual senses is one thing, but these three civilization envoys seem to be quite average in terms of specific reconnaissance abilities," Chu Xiu analyzed in his mind.

This aligns with his assessment. After all, the opponent was only at the Heroic Spirit level, while Chu Xiu, after forming his Core, had surpassed most powerful demigods in basic attributes and was approaching the level of a Heavenly King.

"In a normal battle, I should have an absolute advantage. The only uncertainty is the powerful supernatural abilities these civilizations possess, as well as the [Power of Rules] that is completely unknown to me."

He still vividly remembers the shadow cast by Meng Xuanshu, which is the main reason why he has hesitated to make the first move.

"In that case, let me learn more about your abilities." Chu Xiu thought to himself, and said aloud, "I have not noticed anything unusual, but I believe Brother Zhu would not speak without reason. However, the more dangerous the place, the more likely it is to contain clues to the artifact."

“We have been exploring this area for several minutes, but we have still found nothing. Continuing to search aimlessly will only waste our time.” After pondering for a while, Zhu Jiu nodded and said, “In that case, let’s go and take a look.”

He then turned to Chu Xiu and said, "I will explain the matter of the gods to Brother Chen in detail later. Right now, we need to be fully focused and on guard. If I am not mistaken, there may be some danger in the passage."

Chu Xiu nodded and raised his hand to create a barrier of demonic energy. The others also used their defensive abilities. A layer of earthy yellow light appeared on Muto's body, while the remnant demon disappeared as if it had merged into another space. As for Zhu Jiu, fine scales grew on his skin.

Then the four of them flew into the passage.

However, after traveling several miles along the passage without incident, Zhu Jiu's brows furrowed even more, and he kept looking around.

The other two were also puzzled, wondering if Zhu Jiu's spiritual perception had failed them.

This made Zhu Jiu lose face. He snorted coldly, and his eyes suddenly turned into a faint dark gold!
Those golden eyes, like Chu Xiu's burning blood golden eyes, both possessed a majesty befitting a superior, only Zhu Jiu's golden eyes gave off a more ancient feeling! If Chu Xiu was a domineering monarch, then Zhu Jiu was like a sleeping ancient god!

Almost the instant the golden light rose, Zhu Jiu reached out and grabbed to his right!
Chu Xiu felt the space around him suddenly fluctuate, as if the space beside Zhu Jiu had been greatly shortened. The next moment, he grabbed a strange creature in his hand!
The creature had a jet-black metal carapace covered with rough cracks, as if it had been exposed to the wind and sun in the desert for thousands of years. Its body was like a combination of a human and an insect. It had insect-like tentacles on its head, and its mouth was replaced by a huge tearing maw. However, its body was human, with pale skin and six human hands growing out of its torso. At this moment, it was held in Zhu Jiu's hand, and the six hands were constantly swinging.

Just now, this strange creature was lying on the wall, its entire body covered by metal carapace, and not a trace of its breath was leaking out, as if it had become one with the wall.

Zhu Jiu's lips curled up slightly: "You've hidden it quite well, forcing me to unleash my bloodline before I discovered the clues."

Immediately, a look of disgust flashed in his eyes, and with a clench of his hand, he snapped the creature's neck.

Just as Muto and Canmo were about to offer their compliments, Zhujiu suddenly cried out in pain and released his grip. Wisps of black smoke were seen rising from the broken neck, burning his palm!

Zhu Jiu snorted coldly, and golden light seemed to flow through his veins, suppressing the black energy.

The strange creature fell to the ground, headless with six arms still flailing wildly in mid-air, black energy constantly gushing from its wounds.

Muto and the Demon King both paled. They each grabbed a wisp of black gas and examined it for a while. Their expressions grew even more solemn: "What exactly is this? I have never seen such a bizarre poisonous gas before."

"I don't know how it could burn my body, and the power of my bloodline can't suppress it either."

Zhu Jiu's expression was grim. He was clearly very confident in the power of the bloodline he spoke of. The black energy was completely unafraid of his blood, which made this powerful envoy of the civilization unable to hide his shock.

Chu Xiu looked at the three of them with a strange expression.

He knew this black aura all too well; it was clearly a special kind of calamity!
It is not as pure as the tribulation lightning, but rather a special kind of poisonous gas formed by combining with that strange creature, which is somewhat similar to Chu Xiu's tribulation poison.

Of course, its strength is much weaker than his poison-stealing technique.

It was not surprising that Chu Xiu encountered a calamity within a calamity, but what surprised him was that these envoys from higher civilizations, whose vision and knowledge should far surpass Chu Xiu's, seemed to know nothing about calamities.

"Is it because this calamity is extremely rare, or is someone blocking information about it? Or is there some other reason I don't know about?"

Chu Xiu leaned more towards the latter; otherwise, if a world he randomly chose happened to contain such a deep and mysterious abyss as the Calamity, his luck would be too good.

Moreover, there is something even stranger.

The poison within that strange creature wasn't particularly strong. Even before Chu Xiu underwent his tribulation, let alone now that he possessed a body that had experienced tribulation, it wouldn't have been much of a problem.

But right now, it can actually burn Zhu Jiu's body!

Although Chu Xiu didn't know exactly how strong Zhu Jiu was, he figured his physique must be no less than 100,000, which was the strength of a demigod.

That strange creature was at most a king-level being!

He tried to cut a piece of black energy, just like Muto and the Remnant Demon, but he soon discovered that the black energy was just a mixture of ordinary tribulation and life energy, which could not cause any harm to his body that had undergone tribulation.

He then looked at Muto and Canmo, both of whom looked as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Clearly, it wasn't a problem with Zhujiu himself, but rather that this calamity had a special amplified damage effect on these three civilization envoys!
"strangeness."

Chu Xiu frowned deeply. His actions did not attract the attention of others, who assumed that he was also frightened by the strange power of the calamity.

After a while, Chu Xiu's brows slowly relaxed.

Unable to come up with a solution, he stopped thinking about it.

Anyway, this whole thing seems to be in his favor.

After all, his Myriad Filth Returning to Origin Bag contains a large amount of extremely refined Calamity Poison!
Even a King-level poison can harm these civilizations, so wouldn't his refined poison shatter into pieces upon contact with even a trace of it?

"However, if the Tribulation does indeed have special effects on these civilizations, then isn't my trial a bit too easy?"

Why not just find an opportunity for each of them to unleash a lightning bolt, and then we can focus on collecting artifacts and fighting the boss?

Perhaps he won't even need to take action himself.
Chu Xiu looked at the dome with a strange expression. It seemed that the death of that strange creature had triggered a chain reaction, and the entire passage was shaking!

Amidst a dense buzzing sound, the entire metal dome seemed to peel away a layer of paint, and countless black dots fell from the sky! They were all those bizarre creatures! There were at least tens of thousands of them!

They charged toward the four of them, roaring as they opened their sharp mouths wide!

(End of this chapter)