Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

The power is definitely still lacking, but his movement speed is already not weak and even slightly faster!

”I see.”

Chu Xiu glanced around and understood the strategy of the other three Gods.

They had seen his previous battles and knew his strength lay in his astonishing attack power, but his weakness was in his movement speed and detection ability. So in the Fierce Tier bet, Chu Xiu proposed that the opponent could not flee and had to fight head-on.

Realizing this, the Gods chose an opponent with ultra-high movement speed and cloning ability.

This way, at least they stood in an unbeatable position.

”And after that...”

Chu Xiu thought of the pale bone blade his opponent held when they ambushed him.

On that bone blade clung an extremely strange power, and Chu Xiu could feel his defense being twisted and then collapsed the instant it touched that power.

Chu Xiu was certain that even the slightest scratch from that bone blade would see this eerie power shatter most of his body.

”That bone blade seems to be just a [Legend] equipment, but the power attached to it is a [Myth]-level augmentation artifact!”

Chu Xiu realized this in an instant.

This was the opponent’s tactic: relying on high-speed movement combined with [Myth] power augmentation, continuously wearing him down to death!

One could say it was a set of entirely targeted tactics against Chu Xiu!

”If it were the old me, I would truly have no means to counter this. Unfortunately...”

Chu Xiu shook his head: ”I am no longer who I used to be.”

In recent times he had been constantly ”patching up weaknesses,” and no longer had any glaring shortcomings!

”Boom!”

With a thought, Chu Xiu unleashed the enormous Divine Sense brought by the perfection of Golden Embryo Divine Forger, spreading like a tide!

In an instant, the battlefield within a three-mile radius was shrouded by Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense! He intentionally reduced the coverage to gain unparalleled precise analytical ability!

”The flaw of Divine Sense lies in its limited detection range at low levels, compared to some detection skills through senses, but its advantage is ultra-high scanning precision!”

Under Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense, the opponent gladiator’s disguise was completely exposed, and in an instant, he had locked onto the real body hidden among over a hundred clones!

The next moment, the formidable pressure of Burning Blood Golden Eyes descended on the Saint Child of the Ghost Scythe Race!

They staggered instantly under the immense pressure, nearly falling to their knees, while golden flames ignited on their body!

This delighted Chu Xiu, as he had predicted, their basic attributes were enhanced far beyond the General Tier so that there would inevitably be weaknesses in their spirit!

The overpowering pressure from the Burning Blood Golden Eyes made them unable to move!

Though it was only for a fleeting moment, in battles of this caliber, a moment was all it took.

The giant sword formed from demonic energy descended from the sky, pulverizing everything within a five-hundred-meter radius centered on the Saint Child of the Ghost Scythe Race’s true body. The domineering Sword Qi left a deep, bottomless pit in the ground, reducing even the hard rocks to powder!

Instant kill!

True combat is like this, seizing fleeting opportunities to decide victory or defeat in an instant.

Of course, the fundamental reason for the instant kill was that Chu Xiu was too strong; the demonic energy soldiers’ attack output was comparable to Heroic Spirits, which a General Tier could never withstand.

However, just when he thought the dust had settled, he suddenly let out a light ”hmm” of surprise.

He looked down to see faint points of light rising from the bottom of the pit; the flesh of the Saint Child of the Ghost Scythe Race, ground to paste, was condensing again at the pit’s bottom!

This was not recovery, but rather seemed like ”time reversal”!

His shattered body seemed to be attracted by a strange force, continuously flowing toward the torso, finally ”sticking” to the tattered skeleton.

”Do they have a backup plan?”

Chu Xiu furrowed his brows, unworried, and prepared to summon the giant sword for another strike.

But just as he mobilized his mana, his expression suddenly changed, showcasing a look of surprise and uncertainty!

Because he found, for some reason, the mana inside him felt as if mixed with glue, becoming incredibly thick and hard to wield, and there seemed to be an invisible force sapping his life force!

He shouted, forcibly mobilizing his mana, yet in that brief pause, the Saint Child of the Ghost Scythe Race had disappeared from the bottom of the pit!

Chu Xiu’s face sank, swiftly retrieving the surrounding demonic energy to form a defense while his brain raced to analyze different possibilities.

And soon, he understood what had happened.

The blessings of the three Gods!

”So this is their true tactic...”

The scene just occurred, and the state he was in matched perfectly with the three High Tier blessings he had browsed!

[Space-Time Snapshot (S)], [Curse of the Dead (S)], [Child of Calamity: Short-term (S)]!

Space-Time Snapshot allows its holder to briefly revert to their state a few seconds before death, the Curse of the Dead places an irremovable curse on the killer upon the holder’s death, and the Child of Calamity is a constitution that significantly enhances the curse’s power!

The characteristic of these three blessings is that they are either one-time or short-term!

The enhancement brought by the S-Class General Tier blessings was not particularly significant for a battle of Chu Xiu’s level, which was why Chu Xiu agreed so readily.

But unexpectedly, the opponent took advantage of the one-time condition to significantly amplify the blessings’ power!

Working together, they had the Saint Child use one life as a price to leave Chu Xiu with a tremendously powerful curse!

And after imparting this curse, the Saint Child of the Ghost Scythe Race quickly distanced themselves to over a dozen kilometers away, maintaining a safe distance from Chu Xiu.

The three Gods’ apparent tactics were just a cover; this was their true strategy!

After all, no matter how fast one can move, to truly harm their opponent, they must engage up close. Yet through this curse, they could unquestionably exhaust Chu Xiu to death!

”So that’s how super-fast movement is used.” Chu Xiu furrowed his brow.

It was his first encounter with curse-type attacks; he could feel his life force being steadily devoured but couldn’t locate the source.

As if it were a high-level being far, far away in the void.

If he could win the trial, the Blood Pool would naturally remove it, but now, that Saint Child seemed determined to exhaust him, just watching quietly from afar, retreating as Chu Xiu made any move.

To prevent either side from avoiding battle, the arena rules did designate an area, but this area was a massive circle with a radius over ten kilometers, enough for them to play a cat-and-mouse game.

”Indeed, one cannot underestimate the wisdom of the Gods.” Chu Xiu sighed softly.

Seeing him unmoving, likely assuming that Chu Xiu had no recourse, the phantom projections of the other three Gods swayed with satisfaction high in the sky, clearly proud of their handiwork.

This stirred an odd feeling within Chu Xiu: ”A gladiator like me must seem akin to a video game in these Gods’ eyes.”

”Character development, equipment setup, and then competition?”

With a wry smile, Chu Xiu looked towards the distant Saint Child.

Truth be told, the Gods indeed devised a decent strategy.

But unfortunately, Chu Xiu was now too strong, too well-rounded.

With a mere thought, a blood-red phantom appeared abruptly behind the Saint Child without any warning!

Before he could realize it, a vast expanse of crimson engulfed everything!

[Blood Sea Domain]!

This Saint Child was, after all, only at the General Tier, though he elevated one of his strengths to nearly Heroic Spirit level, it came not without cost.

His mental defense, perception ability, defense, and so forth were only at the ordinary King Tier level.

But the Blood Demon Incarnation was genuinely Asura level, a strength infinitely close to a Heroic Spirit!

Though not extraordinarily powerful in any single aspect, it possessed a hundred traits and skills, providing an unparalleled comprehensiveness, capable of fulfilling roles from support to tank, to assassin! This was why Chu Xiu had to fully restore it before the King Tier Trial!

At that moment, without sensing the Blood Demon Incarnation’s approach, the Saint Child was engulfed in an instant!

Now, the outcome was entirely decisive.

However, just as Chu Xiu was about to finish the opponent, the four divine phantoms simultaneously stirred, and three formidable pressures unexpectedly descended upon Chu Xiu!

Chu Xiu’s expression drastically changed, finding under the oppression of those three pressures that even moving a finger was a struggle!

”What is the meaning of this?” he focused his gaze towards the sky.

What, even Gods play foul?