Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 432: Chapter 221: Celestial Dragon

Upon seeing the Buddhist Sect’s main city, Chu Xiu felt a jolt in his heart and frowned slightly.

The space before him was a square void almost identical to the Fallen Paradise, and he wondered if there might be some connection between the two.

The main city was established right at the center of this space, a massive urban area covering over a hundred square kilometers.

Of course, most of this area was occupied by industrial and agricultural zones, with the residential area taking up less than 5% of the total space. As far as the eye could see, there were vast fields and factories, with many livestock working in the fields.

This was all within Chu Xiu’s expectations, and did not surprise him much.

What surprised him was in the center of this space, at the heart of the city’s industrial area, there was a giant pipeline spiraling upward like a coiling giant dragon, reaching towards the sky.

”That is where the Celestial Dragon resides.”

Liang Zhan explained, ”Every day at noon, the Celestial Dragon returns from beyond the domain, bringing back energy-filled Energy Relics. It is thanks to these relics that we are able to maintain a normal life.”

Just as he finished speaking, a ”buzzing” sound suddenly emanated from the center of the main city, and the entire ground began to shake.

The people working near the main city stopped what they were doing and kneeled towards the center passage, chanting Buddhist scriptures with reverence written all over their faces.

Liang Zhan instinctively seemed to want to kneel as well, but as his legs bent, he realized something, and after glancing at the masked Chu Xiu, he straightened his legs again.

”Let’s go take a look,” Chu Xiu said calmly.

”Yes,” Liang Zhan responded.

Chu Xiu controlled the Four-winged Strange Bird to descend into an unoccupied area, then walked with Liang Zhan and others towards the core of the factory.

The area near the pipeline where the Celestial Dragon resided was heavily guarded, but Liang Zhan’s prestige was immense; the guards recognized this once-in-a-millennium Martial Dao genius, a Grand General who had guarded the frontline for twenty years, so the group encountered little resistance and reached the frontline area where the workers labored.

There was a round pipeline here that nearly took up half the city, resembling a giant python coiled on the ground. The steel pipeline had movable doors that could be opened, which reminded Chu Xiu of the waiting areas for high-speed trains on Blue Star, only much larger, with a width of over three hundred meters and a length forming a massive ring with a circumference nearing twenty kilometers.

This ring encompassed all the central areas of the main city, and along its perimeter was a ring of industrial zones, with major industrial facilities built around it.

As Chu Xiu approached, the vibrations of the ground intensified as if a colossal creature was rapidly nearing, causing ordinary workers to struggle to stand, requiring them to hold onto specialized handrails.

The tremors lasted for a full five minutes before gradually subsiding, at which point Chu Xiu felt a tremendously powerful aura emanating from within the pipeline.

Although he was currently using the Blood Demon Avatar, which dulled his perception, he could still ascertain that an extremely powerful creature was definitely hidden within the pipeline!

”Hiss—”

Then, suddenly, a large amount of steam was expelled from the pipeline, as if accumulated heat was finally being released. Following that, all the movable doors on the passage opened, revealing a pitch-black ”wall.”

Indeed, Chu Xiu could only describe it as a ”wall.” Beyond the doors lay a twenty-meter-long passage, and at its end was a ”wall” whose entirety was impossible to discern, encrusted with countless Energy Relics.

The workers stepped forward, skillfully prying the Energy Relics from the ”wall” with specially made pickaxes. Clutching relics weighing over ten kilograms, they traversed the passage to hand them to the transport workers, then returned with empty, spent Energy Relics to reload them.

Each worker was responsible for three movable doors, loading and unloading hundreds of Energy Relics. This process typically lasted three to four hours, after which other workers took the relics to various needed locations.

Observing the busy workers, Chu Xiu rubbed his chin and quickly made a decision: ”Let’s pry open a section and take a look.”

”Huh?” Liang Zhan was momentarily stunned but quickly recovered, clearing his throat and stepping forward: ”Everyone, may I have a few minutes of your time? I have an announcement to make...”

As Liang Zhan diverted others’ attention, Chu Xiu stealthily edged near the pipeline, finding an unoccupied spot.

Given the length of the pipeline, it was naturally impossible to have guards everywhere; most were only dispersed around the industrial area.

With a thought, a seam opened on Chu Xiu’s chest. Reaching into his chest, he retrieved a General Tier longsword.

The Blood Demon Avatar’s strength was only at the peak of Fierce Tier due to being freshly created without time for cultivation, but its Body Tier had actually reached General Tier, allowing the use of General Tier equipment.

This provided Chu Xiu with significant convenience.

With both hands, he drove the General Tier longsword into the channel, then moved downward, quickly cutting a square opening.

The giant alloy-steel pipeline, in the face of this powerful weapon, was as fragile as tofu.

However, despite the inferior material of the pipeline, its thickness was absurd. It took Chu Xiu nearly a quarter of an hour and twenty meters of effort to finally bore a hole through it.