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

Chapter 410 Living Corpse
"Zizzi."

Molten iron slid down from the edge, and Chu Xiu's attack directly melted a hole in the Leap Starship with a radius of over a hundred meters and a depth of over three kilometers.

Although the material that was melted through was not entirely solid steel, and contained many voids, it was enough to demonstrate the terrifying power of Chu Xiu's attack.

It should be noted that the hardness and heat resistance of the Star Leap ship far exceed those of the finest steel on Earth!
"In terms of energy level alone, the power of my attack is definitely at the level of an ordinary perfect demigod!"

Chu Xiu felt that his attack was extremely close to that of a Heavenly King.

Of course, it's just that the energy intensity is similar.

After all, he was simply releasing pure spiritual energy and had not cultivated any special magical power.

In terms of sheer power, he's only at the level of a strong demigod to a perfect demigod. He should be slightly stronger than Shenwei Daoren, but not by much. He's still not as strong as Chen Huang, who can pierce through twenty heroic spirits with a single blow and suppress the second-ranked general.

Not to mention his full-force attack with Chiwen now.

Even so, Chu Xiu was quite satisfied. How could he not be satisfied with the ability to unleash such terrifying power with his divine soul?
With a thought, Chu Xiu appeared in the center of the melted hole. The calamity-transformed creature at the very center of his energy had been burned to ashes. The surviving calamity-transformed creatures around him seemed to have just been awakened by the huge commotion and did not know what had happened.

Without him making any movement, countless spiritual energy spears formed around him and shot out in all directions!

"Puff puff!"

These light spears seemed to track each other automatically, piercing through every surviving mutated creature with pinpoint accuracy!
If Xie Xuanzhao and the others hadn't left yet, they would have been shocked by the terrifying speed of activation and the precise control ability.

Instantaneous! And simultaneously control thousands of light spears for precise tracking!

In an instant, it wiped out all the mutated creatures in the entire arena!

Chu Xiu revealed a smile.

"Just as I expected, after cultivating my primordial spirit, my control over spiritual power has reached a completely different level."

Such precise operation and instantaneous speed are something Chu Xiuyuan, who possesses a physical body, cannot achieve!
"But the power is still a big problem." Chu Xiu's smile faded.

The energy density of this light spear is several times that of the demonized spear, but its power is even slightly less.

There's no way around it; even the most condensed pure spiritual energy can't match the power of this specially cultivated top-tier divine ability.

"The true power of the Divine Evolution Chapter will come after it is mastered and transformed into a magic. At that time, all kinds of supernatural powers and magic techniques will be integrated into one and used at will. Every move will have unfathomable divine power, and all kinds of magic techniques can be unleashed with a thought."

"The power of the Dharma form is comparable to that of gods and demons!"

"That's when I'll truly be invincible among those of the same level, killing them like killing dogs!"

"The Spirit Transformation stage is not yet used for combat."

Chu Xiu knew what was going on.

But he was very satisfied.

The cultivation of the Battle Spirit greatly enhanced his spiritual attributes and increased his ability to sense spiritual power many times over. He even felt that after cultivating the Battle Spirit, comprehending the rules became much easier.

"Perhaps this is why the primordial spirit in battle is also called the primordial spirit."

Without further thought, Chu Xiu reached out and summoned the light spears, which instantly transformed into chains that hooked the mutated creatures he had slain. With a gentle squeeze, all the mutated creatures exploded into pure life energy.

He drew this energy into his body, and sure enough, the nebula in his dantian reacted! Almost instantly, it absorbed all of this life energy and then flung the crushed "impurities" out of the nebula.

Seeing this, Chu Xiu was overjoyed. This nebula actually had the ability to automatically expel impurities!
Reassured, he opened his mouth and spat out the "nebula," which then began to frantically absorb the life energy in the vicinity!

In just over ten seconds, the life energy of thousands of King-level beings around them was completely absorbed.

What surprised Chu Xiu even more was...
"Wait a minute, this nebula seems to be able to absorb even tribulations!"

The calamity-transformed creatures carried their own calamities, and it was precisely because of these calamities that the civilization envoys were caught off guard and in disarray. In the end, it was only by Zhu Jiu unleashing the rules of destruction that the problem was resolved.

It can be said that Zed has an almost bug-like restraint on living beings. The most bizarre thing is that he can even break the rules. After this trial, Chu Xiu realized that Zed can even transform into the rules themselves!
This is arguably the most mysterious power Chu Xiu has ever encountered.

This kind of power, when it is unclaimed, usually has the effect of interference and destruction, but unexpectedly, Nebula was able to absorb even the Calamity! And the utilization rate was even astonishingly high!
These tribulations were like the inherent power of the nebula itself, and they were perfectly absorbed without any impurities being expelled!
This caused the nebula to expand almost visibly, as if it had consumed a powerful tonic, and its rotation speed increased even more!

"It was just a minor tribulation, but its impact on the nebula was several times better than the life energy of thousands of king-level beings."

Chu Xiu clicked his tongue in amazement. There was nothing he could do; Xingyun's requirements were too high. Even with King-level quality life energy, his absorption rate was less than one-fiftieth.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Xiu took out a piece of Calamity Poison from the Myriad Filth Returning to Origin Bag and tried to let Xingyun absorb it.

His Myriad Filth Returning to Origin Bag was filled with Tribulation Poison formed from death energy. Although it was not pure Tribulation, it contained quite a few Tribulation Poisons, otherwise it would not have been able to possess such astonishing power.

Although Chu Xiu originally intended to use this item as a trump card against Astrid, with less than two months until the decisive battle, escaping the predicament was more important.

Unfortunately, when the two got close, the Nebula not only failed to absorb the poison, but also fluctuated due to the destructive power of the poison, which frightened Chu Xiu so much that he quickly put the Nebula away.

"It seems this method won't work," Chu Xiu said with some regret.

This is normal, because after the calamity creatures are killed, what remains are just pure, unclaimed calamities, while the calamity poison is a specially refined calamity.

The difference between the two is equivalent to the difference between spiritual power and magical power.

If Nebula can absorb even this, then wouldn't Chu Xiu be invincible? In the future, when fighting, he could just spit Nebula out, and any attack from the opponent that is related to energy could be absorbed by Nebula.

"It appears that the nebula can only absorb the purest form of energy."

"It seems there are no shortcuts."

Chu Xiu shook his head with amusement, no longer thinking about it. Instead, he didn't waste any time and immediately began to search for his next target inside the Star Leap Ship.

A month later.

"Puff puff!"

Thousands of spiritual spears fell like raindrops, cleanly piercing through all the mutated creatures below.

Then, their bodies petrified and crumbled at a speed visible to the naked eye, and all their energy was absorbed into Chu Xiu's body.

Chu Xiu revealed a satisfied expression, and after a while opened his eyes, which showed both joy and worry.

Over the past month, he has been slowly cleaning the area from the outermost edge of the Star Leap ship, and now he has finally searched the area except for the central area.

Of course, there was no in-depth and detailed search; it was just a cursory scan with his divine sense. After all, the Star Leap Ship was too big, and even if Chu Xiu could search at the normal cruising speed of twenty times the speed of sound, he still couldn't search it all!
Not only does it have a huge radius of over two thousand kilometers, but it is also more than ten kilometers high, and its solid steel structure can even prevent divine sense from penetrating.

Under these circumstances, even if Chu Xiu worked day and night, he would not be able to scan every corner of the Star Leap Ship.

Despite this, he still managed to discover a total of thirty-seven strongholds of the transformed creatures, each with about a thousand transformed creatures!

Such immense life energy and tribulation caused Chu Xiu's nebula to expand more than five or six times compared to its initial size, and its rotation speed also doubled!
"The energy I've converted so far should be equivalent to at least ten flawless golden cores."

Chu Xiu was naturally delighted by such great progress, but he was worried because even after absorbing so much energy, the nebula seemed never to be satisfied and showed no signs of forming a pill!

"To achieve immortality in a hundred lifetimes is not an exaggeration at all; in fact, it underestimates it considerably."

Chu Xiu shook his head helplessly. Normally, Chu Xiu would have been overjoyed by the characteristics of the Nebula Pill Formation Method, his mouth practically splitting into a grin. After all, who didn't know that the more energy a pill could hold, the more terrifying its final power would be?
But now there is less than a month left until the decisive battle, and he is still trapped on this desolate planet!
"Search again? After my first search, the density of the mutated creatures has greatly decreased. If we can find twenty strongholds in the remaining month, we'll be lucky. We might not even find ten!"

"Then how about forcibly inferring it using causal points?"

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Chu Xiu still couldn't bear to part with it.

"Then it seems there's only one option left."

Chu Xiu looked towards the central area.

There, the enormous void created by the power erupting from the god's corpse lay silently, constantly reminding Chu Xiu of the terror of the god's power.

"Back then, I was at my peak. It was only after Tuoba Shou used up the Tribulation Transformation Artifact that I barely managed to block it."

Chu Xiu was a little apprehensive.

After thinking for a moment, he patted his spirit flesh storage pouch, and the Blood Demon avatar appeared on the spot.

Rasputin, still with that obsequious expression, appeared and immediately began to ingratiate himself by drawing out his words:

"Your Excellency—"

It stopped mid-sentence, looked around, and then looked at Chu Xiu.

"Uh, my lord, what are we now?"

Rasputin was placed in the spirit flesh storage pouch by Chu Xiu and could not sense the outside world. Fortunately, it had been locked up by the blood pool before, so it was not bored and just absorbed the life energy in the storage pouch to cultivate.

Chu Xiu had been fighting one battle after another, and now he only had one Garuda left in his corpse refining, so he didn't need this one.

Originally, according to his thinking, two months had passed, and whether he passed the trial or failed, he should have been able to leave by now.

But when I opened my eyes, I was still inside the Starship.

Furthermore, Chu Xiu's aura seemed somewhat different from before.
This made Rasputin's eyes widen.

However, Chu Xiu had no intention of explaining to him, but simply pointed to the huge hole in the distance: "Go down and explore first."

Rasputin immediately cried out in his heart, "Oh no!"

Every time Chu Xiu pulled him into a task, it was always the most tiring and dangerous work. Right now, it was obvious that the cave was dangerous and they wanted to use him as a scout.

Compared to the distance that divine sense can probe, the direct spiritual connection between Chu Xiu and Rasputin is much farther.

But he knew he had no right to refuse, so he kept his obsequious smile: "My lord, I will go now."

He finished speaking decisively and transformed into a streak of blood-red light, falling into the void.

A few seconds later, a cry of surprise rang out from Rasputin: "Your Majesty! There are so many 'living corpses' that have been drained of their life force down there!"

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency, where have you come to?! How come there are so many demigod skeletons here?! Is this...is this the hometown of some god?"

Chu Xiu was taken aback: "You mean those stone statues down there? They're called 'living skeletons'."

Rasputin paused for a moment and said, "These are some widely circulated techniques among the gods. For those divine messengers whose lifespans are about to end and whose talents are not worth extending, the gods will make them into 'living skeletons.' These creatures can store more than ten times their original energy and can replenish the gods' energy at critical moments."

Upon hearing Rasputin's words, Chu Xiu couldn't help but click his tongue. In life, he served the gods, and in death, he was to be completely devoured. Who was the real demonic cultivator here?

As if sensing Chu Xiu's sentiments, Rasputin laughed and said, "Your Excellency, you are unaware that most gods are devoid of emotion."

"Not only are they devoid of emotions, but dignity, morality, and law—these things that bind humanity—are also meaningless to them."

"Your Excellency, you may not know this, but the gods' favorite 'living remains' are the 'descendants' who possess their bloodline. This kind of power, which originates from the same source as them, is more efficient to absorb."

Rasputin seemed to be thinking about something and said with some emotion: "After all, they have lived for too long, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of years. In the face of such time, nothing else matters. What they have left is probably only some instinct for expansion, a responsibility to their own rules, and some unique and strange obsessions."

"So I often tell others that gods are actually more like animals!"

Chu Xiu: "No wonder you were torn apart by the blood pool."

That guy really dares to talk big.

But at that moment, Chu Xiu suddenly realized something: "By the way, Rasputin, a messenger from the Blood Pool once told me that you were once the number one Blood Demon in the sequence?"

“My lord, those are all things of the past. Now I am merely your most loyal servant.”

Chu Xiu chuckled: "You don't need to say these things to me? Then weren't you very close to collecting all the fragments of the laws back then?"

At this point, Rasputin paused for a moment before saying, "Hehe, to be honest, Your Majesty, there were only three Blood Demons left at that time, but... nobody wanted to fight anymore."

Rasputin's reaction made Chu Xiu look thoughtful. After a moment's thought, he asked the question he wanted to ask: "Is it possible to become a god even if you collect all the fragments of the laws?"

Rasputin fell silent again, and after a long while, he chuckled and said, "That depends on whether Your Majesty considers some creatures to be gods. True gods, in their lives of over a hundred million years, can always discover some special 'paths to godhood'."

Chu Xiu understood. What Zhu Jiu and the others gave him was the "righteous path" of cultivation. Since there is a "righteous path," there must also be an "evil path."

At this moment, Rasputin suddenly said again: "Your Majesty, don't you think that the Blood Demon born from the remains of the Blood Pool is the best material for 'living corpses'?"

After saying this, he said nothing more, but Chu Xiu had already fully understood what he meant.

Yes, there's no such simple path to godhood. Now it seems that Blood Pool was just deceiving himself by taking advantage of the information gap.

If there were such a simple way to become a god, why would the extraterrestrial demons still be fighting against Earth? Wouldn't they have been fighting tooth and nail in the Corpse Demon World long ago? Why would the Blood Pool be so kind as to give me such a tremendous opportunity for nothing?
"Just as Rasputin said, emotions, morality, and reason are all rubbish to the gods."

Chu Xiu used to think that gods were high and mighty beings, and that such beings must have extremely high self-esteem and bottom lines, so they wouldn't dare to play tricks on a nobody like him.

But now he feels that the gods are more like an inflated "capitalist monster".

Do you think those big companies will let you off the hook just because you're a nobody?

No, when the wheels of capital start rolling, they will crush all obstacles in their path, swallowing up even the smallest resources.

Secretly relieved that he hadn't chosen to take a shortcut, Chu Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, expanded his divine sense, and used the Nether Chain to greatly enhance the Blood Demon Avatar, raising his reconnaissance skills to the [Demigod] level. Then he focused on searching.

This search took a whole day.

Chu Xiu carefully searched a corner. The nearby [living corpses] were no different from when he left, but the figure of the god's corpse was nowhere to be seen.

And the area he hasn't searched yet is only...
Chu Xiu looked down and saw that directly below him, at the bottom of the cavity created by the god's corpse, there was a dark opening.

That was the original breach in the Star Leaper. At the time, Zhu Jiu speculated that a god-level being had pierced through the Star Leaper with a single blow.

Looking up, the cave entrance was pitch black, and even Chu Xiu's divine sense could not detect the bottom.

With a thought, the Blood Demon avatar condensed more than a dozen layers of blood-red shields in front of him, and then cautiously probed into the depths of the cave entrance.

(End of this chapter)