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

Chapter 420 Head-to-head confrontation
[Independent Anchor Point] allows the Awakened to mark an unfamiliar world, and then freely teleport to the marked world.

Invaders such as the Conqueror King and the Extraterrestrial Demons who want to conquer other civilizations need to use this item.

This item can be described as an ultra-powerful teleportation array that integrates all abilities and ignores distance and communication requirements!
"Now that I've lost my status as an Awakened One, I can no longer use teleportation so easily, but that doesn't mean it's useless."

Because if only the teleportation part is disabled, it doesn't actually have any other impact on short distances.

"If I'm not mistaken, these extraterrestrial demons are able to teleport over long distances thanks to their independent anchor points!"

"In other words, a divine messenger is actually an [independent anchor point]!"

"The extraterrestrial demons bestowed those items that connect to the main body, and hidden among them are [independent anchor points]!"

This idea sounds outrageous at first glance, but upon closer inspection, it makes perfect sense!

Because almost every extraterrestrial demon has mastered the method of cultivating divine messengers and descending from afar. Those who use ritual arrays are fine, but what about divine messengers?

In principle, after much thought, the only thing Chu Xiu could think of right now was the [independent anchor point].

"Furthermore, the [Independent Anchor Point] is a special Abyss item, extremely small in both size and mass, making it very convenient for long-distance teleportation."

"I'll first study the use and control methods of [Torrent], and send more of my consciousness there. Once I've mastered it, I'll try sending [Independent Anchor Points]."

The consciousness transported through the torrent, in terms of both intensity and control over spiritual power, is far superior to the consciousness spread through the power of the [lamp].

Once he made up his mind, Chu Xiu immediately began practicing.

He used his primordial spirit to gather spiritual energy and transform it into a pure particle beam for projection. He originally thought that this step would require careful study, but he found it to be surprisingly simple once he used it. In higher dimensions, the characteristics of spiritual energy seemed to have changed to some extent. Simply condensing spiritual energy could form a very useful [Torrent].

As for the method of projecting consciousness, it was the newly learned application of soul division from the inheritance of the Demon Lord Duobao.

When Chu Xiu was in the mortal world, his divine sense could only extend to about a hundred kilometers, but the Blood Demon possessed by his will could maintain a sense of tens of thousands of kilometers when he was still a general.

Therefore, the principle of this method is to separate a small part of one's own soul and "transform" it into a special form of "instrument," and then send this small piece of soul there.

Finally, by using the lamp to descend upon consciousness, Chu Xiu's consciousness would be able to control this small piece of his soul.

Even without a lamp, once one has a deep enough understanding of the soul, one can still descend with consciousness by relying on the connection with the physical body. The extraterrestrial demons in the altar use this method.

Since the theory was feasible, Chu Xiu immediately began to put it into practice.

However, at this point, trouble finally came.

That is, the accuracy is really difficult to control.

In higher dimensions, a slight difference can lead to a huge error. Chu Xiu discovered that the torrent he had generated couldn't even reach this planet, let alone reach Xia and the others!
"To improve the precision of the torrent, we can only find a way to continue compressing spiritual energy."

Just like real water, the more tightly compressed a rapid current is, the faster it moves and the more stable it becomes.

The torrent required to project consciousness is very small. Ideally, the torrent should be compressed to a width close to that of an atom. Such a torrent is extremely stable, and with good luck, it is not surprising to project it over a distance of hundreds of miles.

Even with his fighting spirit, Chu Xiu was still far from achieving this.

"Even if I use all my strength now, I can only create a micrometer-sized torrent at most. I would probably need extremely good luck to even get it onto this planet, let alone within the range of the hunting ceremony."

Chu Xiu had a headache. He finally understood why those powerful beings from beyond the realm all needed to rely on rituals.

He is currently only about 0.2 meters away from the planet where the ritual is taking place in the abyss. Even at this distance, he cannot accurately send the message. Those beings who are more than ten or even hundreds of meters away, even if their spiritual power control is ten times stronger than Chu Xiu's, probably would not be able to find the planet without the help of a large altar.

Fortunately, he was better than those powerful beings in one aspect: with the lamp, Chu Xiu could know the situation at the destination in advance and constantly adjust and try to make mistakes. It was like urinating a thousand times, and eventually he would urinate into the eye of a needle.

He continued his journey while experimenting, and as he became more proficient in controlling the turbulent currents, his projection of consciousness gradually stabilized. Now, he could project his consciousness onto the target planet three or four times out of ten.

But this is still far from enough.

"As expected, traversing space is not such a simple matter."

"A ritual is still necessary."

Chu Xiu's divine sense quickly scanned the Inheritance Hall, analyzing and studying the principles of various rituals, a thoughtful look appearing in his eyes.

Half an hour later, Shia and the others stood on the floating gunship, all looking solemnly at the altar in the distance.

In those half hour, they hunted as many wild animals as possible and gathered as many participants as possible, doing everything to the extreme.

Besides the four of them, there are now four generals, twenty-six fierce warriors, and nearly a hundred warriors on the floating gunship!

Ormond glanced almost imperceptibly back; killing all of them would yield enough hunting points for one of them to advance.
However, that's how hunting works. At the beginning, because of the large number of participants, you can get points the fastest. But as the density of survivors decreases rapidly, hunting becomes more and more difficult. Not to mention, you also have to consider killing each other among the participants, which will cause the total points that can be obtained to drop rapidly.

This is the insidious aspect of hunting rituals: in most of them, awakened individuals must ultimately hunt each other to gain enough points.
With a sigh, Ormond withdrew his gaze. Now that he was already on the wrong path, there was no point in thinking about it anymore. He could only gamble on the fact that this royal princess had brought plenty of tools and equipment to defeat the enemy.

"three."

"two."

"one."

Ormond counted silently in his mind, and as he reached zero, a heavy drumbeat resounded from the altar. Before the drumbeat even reached him, he saw a figure soar into the sky, transforming into a streak of light from tens of kilometers away, rapidly approaching the location of the floating gunship!
"coming!"

Ormond's heart tightened, but Shia beside him remained calm, whether out of confidence or feigned composure, it was hard to tell.

"Lift off."

As Shia gave the order, the entire floating gunship rose rapidly, and soon broke through the troposphere and reached the stratosphere.

In the short time it took to ascend, the lizardman messenger had already rapidly approached, less than six thousand meters away!
This distance is only a matter of two or three seconds for a powerful Heroic Spirit!
"Fire!"

Without any need for Shia to give an order, the close-in weapon systems (CIWS) on the sides of the gunboat roared in unison. In the dazzling flash of fire, eight giant CIWS, each over ten meters tall and resembling a three-story house, unleashed large armor-piercing shells with a caliber of over one hundred millimeters at a rate of tens of thousands of rounds per second, instantly forming an impenetrable fire net.

To counter the extremely high movement speed of high-level enemies, these armor-piercing rounds are equipped with a high-powered psionic array, achieving a terrifying kinetic energy of over two million joules. Furthermore, upon impact with the target, they generate a secondary explosion, further enhancing their armor-piercing energy. A single shot can easily penetrate the frontal armor of a tank!

No, it's more than enough to shoot through a heavy tank!

However, faced with such a terrifying barrage of dense firepower, the divine envoy didn't even glance at it, nor did he bother to activate his shield. He was like a meteorite that maintained high speed and crashed head-on into it!
“Ding ding ding ding ding!!!”

A dense and loud, sharp impact sound exploded in the air. At a terrifying relative speed of over four thousand meters per second, the bullet made of high-strength alloy was crushed the moment it hit the god's yellow-green skin. Puffs of smoke rose into the air, but the god's speed was not hindered at all!
"His physical strength is almost at the level of a demigod!" Ormond couldn't help but swear.

"Isn't that a foul?"

“There’s nothing we can do,” Shia said calmly. “The degree to which one’s strength is unsealed is only calculated based on the maximum energy level that can be mobilized; physical strength cannot be reduced.”

"After all, the role of the [Overseer] is to urge the Awakened to complete the ritual, not to actually make us hunt them down."

Ormond gripped his giant axe tightly. He could feel the immense energy fluctuations emanating from the divine messenger, and the surrounding air trembled as the energy emanated from the messenger dissipated.

"This is less than 30% of its power? It's definitely a max-level Heroic Spirit!"

However, Shia remained calm, which forced Ormond to suppress his unease.

Braving the artillery fire all the way, the Lizard God Envoy had already reached a position of 5,000 meters in the blink of an eye!

At this distance, the artillery fire intensified, and because the enemy made no attempt to evade, all eight close-in weapon systems easily locked onto the target, abandoning the previous barrage and instead unleashing a barrage of shells head-on!

In this situation, the enormous kinetic energy will be entirely borne by the divine messenger's body. Even if steel cannot penetrate his body, it will cause the surface temperature of his skin to rise rapidly!
In modern warfare, there are terms like thermal melting and metal fatigue. The former refers to the rapid decrease in the strength of metals at high temperatures, while the latter refers to the accumulation of localized permanent damage even if the stress does not exceed the maximum stress, as long as it is continuously applied, until a certain point causes a quantitative change!
This means that even an ordinary assault rifle, if fired enough times, can break through a tank's armor!
This is why, even though it is known that gunpowder weapons have limited effectiveness against high-level experts, the floating gunship is still equipped with a large number of close-in weapon systems!
"Two million joules... no, the kinetic energy would be even higher if you calculated the relative velocity! Thousands of impacts per second, even an iron man would melt!"

Ormond watched nervously as the figure rapidly approached, amidst billowing smoke and intense heat that nearly turned it into a fireball!
However, a scene that widened Ormond's eyes occurred! Suddenly, a huge black hole appeared in the thick smoke and swallowed the figure of the divine messenger. It disappeared into the air without any warning!
The next instant, the same large hole opened up diagonally above the floating gunship, and the figure of the divine messenger rushed out from it at an undiminished speed, less than a thousand meters away from the floating gunship!

The figure was too fast; Ormond's hair stood on end, and he instinctively wanted to run away!

But then, a slender hand gently pressed down on him.

"Don't panic, this is just some kind of energy transfer ability. Its skin seems to be able to absorb impact and heat and convert it into energy reserves."

“Actively accepting the attack of close-range artillery is not arrogance, but rather using this characteristic to absorb and convert energy, thereby achieving energy output that exceeds the limits of the ritual.”

Shea gazed calmly at the sky, making her judgment with composure.

The laws of space are no longer out of reach for heroic spirits, but they are not a skill that everyone possesses. Chu Xiu previously needed the Wings of Garuda to briefly travel through space, and in Pengcheng, Ella was able to briefly enter the shadow space only by relying on her innate talent.

Therefore, this kind of long-distance travel technique must consume a lot of energy. Even a divine messenger who is far more powerful than an ordinary heroic spirit would need to use this method to perform it if his abilities were sealed!

"The bad news is that we are facing a powerful enemy with extremely strong combat awareness, but the good news is that the enemy's abilities are indeed greatly limited."

Facing the rapidly approaching lizard messenger, Shia remained completely calm, merely parting her red lips slightly.

"Forbidden air."

The instant the thought was uttered, an invisible ripple swept rapidly outwards!
The lizard god's messenger, who was charging forward, suddenly plummeted as if it had been subjected to a tremendous gravitational force!
This enormous energy is incomparable to that of gunpowder weapons. It is the anti-aircraft law activated by the concentrated central hub hundreds of meters high in the center of the gunboat, which directly mobilizes the core energy of the entire gunboat!

At the same time, humanoid mechs, each five meters tall and gleaming with a silver metallic sheen, took to the air. These mechs held large shields in their hands and carried a sword box with twelve flying swords on their backs. They flew at extremely high speeds, seemingly unrestricted by the anti-air laws. No, to be more precise, due to their special construction and materials, they were able to move using the energy of the anti-air laws!
Furthermore, they act like "gravitational points," further strengthening the anti-air formations wherever they go.

This is the Sky Guardian! The ultimate defense against floating gunships!
Seventy Sky Guardians surrounded the Lizard God's Envoy, further increasing the pressure on him!
A flash of anger crossed the lizard envoy's yellow-green vertical pupils. With a swift movement, he appeared behind a Sky Guard and then unleashed a powerful punch!
The Iron Guard reacted extremely quickly, disassembling its massive shields with both hands. Its jointless arms swept in an arc around its body, and the shields reassembled behind it. However, against the Lizard God's superior physique, it was still blasted through in one blow without any suspense, and fell downwards like a puppet with its strings cut.

However, the lizard envoy who had defeated one of the Sky Guardians showed no pride in its vertical pupils. Instead, its anger intensified. It discovered that in this anti-air formation, simply maintaining its form required a large amount of energy. Each strike was like punching in water, and the energy used to counteract the force of the laws was more than the energy of the attack itself!
In this situation, its already limited energy will be rapidly consumed, and once it can no longer maintain its high altitude, no matter how strong its physical body is, it will be unable to pose any threat to the floating gunboat.

At that time, the opponent can leisurely float directly to the center and fire a shot at the altar, and it will be helpless!

With a cold glint in his eyes, the lizard envoy suddenly turned around, bypassing the three iron guards who were rushing towards him. Then, his power exploded and he accelerated, transforming into a streak of light and rushing into the gap in the encirclement!
They planned to use their speed advantage to get rid of these metal lumps and head straight for the gunboat!
The strength of the heroic spirits was on full display. Even with the anti-air formation in place, these Iron Guards, whose physical strength barely reached the King rank and whose overall strength was only equivalent to the General rank, simply could not keep up.

However, when she saw the lizard messenger charging towards her, Shia showed no panic. Instead, a cold smile appeared on her usually calm face, as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

"How dare you, you crude beast, oppress my people?"

"What kind of skill is it to bully a nascent civilization? I'll show you, you lizard sitting in your ivory tower, the technological achievements of my Blood Crystal Civilization over hundreds of thousands of years!"

Then, Xia made a sword gesture with her left hand, and in the next instant, all the flying swords in the sword boxes on the backs of the Sky Guards were unsheathed!
"Buzz!"

The countless flying swords rose into the sky, trembling violently and emitting a sharp buzzing sound!
The lizard envoy's expression changed slightly, instinctively realizing that something was wrong.

Before it could even think it through, the flying swords had vanished from their spot, turning into streaks of afterimages as they pierced towards it through the air!
(End of this chapter)