Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

”What kind of terrifying creature is this?”

Even Chu Xiu couldn’t help but feel a surge of fear upon witnessing this scene.

Although the Purgatory Demon Corpse only suffered superficial wounds, this was a massively large-scale attack skill, and the energy output was something Chu Xiu couldn’t even come close to!

He couldn’t help but think of the Star-devouring Giant Beast, a pet of the Everlasting King. Its Tier was surely below that of the Everlasting King, most likely a Demigod, but its total energy output was a hundred, a thousand times stronger than ordinary human Demigods!

”Senior, should we continue? That Murder Ghost faced such a creature before us and should have perished with no remains left, right?” Jiang Miaoyin looked at the terrifying storm rising from the pit with a horrified expression.

Zhao Jie said gravely, ”Not necessarily.”

”These large creatures have a startling energy level, but killing a Heroic Spirit isn’t as easy.”

”It’s like the power of a human is ten thousand, a million times greater than a mosquito, but it’s not that easy to swat a mosquito.”

”So, Brother Zhao, you’re suggesting...”

”Keep going! We need to see him alive, or find his corpse!” Zhao Jie stated firmly.

Jiang Miaoyin fell silent, just looking at Chu Xiu.

After a moment of contemplation, he slowly nodded his head as well.

Zhao Jie breathed a sigh of relief, a scarlet eye on his forehead opening, saying, ”If that’s the case, we...”

Before he could finish speaking, an intense spiritual light suddenly radiated from his body. He abruptly turned towards Chu Xiu and said sternly, ”Brother Qin, what’s the meaning of this?”

Just a moment ago, he had suddenly sensed an Investigation Skill enveloping him!

Chu Xiu remained impassive, saying calmly, ”I just thought, since the Murder Ghost could wear human skin to hide among us, it’s better for us to verify each other’s identities.”

”Moreover, Brother Zhao, as an elite agent of the Investigation Bureau, you knew this yet didn’t immediately verify my and Miss Jiang’s identities, which raised my suspicions.”

With these words, Zhao Jie’s expression turned grim, while Jiang Miaoyin looked at them both, dumbfounded and at a loss for words.

”So, Brother Qin, have you completed your inspection?” Zhao Jie asked each word carefully.

Chu Xiu, still calm, replied, ”Brother Zhao’s concealing equipment is rather mysterious. It would be better if you remove it and let me investigate once more.”

”Must you conduct an investigation under these circumstances?” Zhao Jie glanced around, a look of urgency on his face, ”Let’s escape first; once we’ve lost that monster, I’ll agree to whatever you want, Brother Qin!”

Chu Xiu remained still and firm, his vast Divine Sense surging forth and firmly locking onto Zhao Jie.

”You!” Seeing Chu Xiu unmoved, Zhao Jie was momentarily speechless, but ultimately said, ”Fine, I’ll remove my equipment, but hurry and inspect, or else that monster will come back.”

Chu Xiu nodded, about to speak, when suddenly the surrounding rock walls shattered and a tentacle lashed towards him with lightning speed!

Simultaneously, the previously helpless expression on Zhao Jie’s face twisted into a malevolent grin! Without warning, a spatial rift appeared in his hands, slicing downwards to split the Garuda beneath him in half!

At the same time, a scarlet beam shot from the eye on his forehead, aiming straight at Chu Xiu!

”Seeking death!”

Chu Xiu’s expression darkened, and Chiwen blocked the laser, but the tremendous energy impact sent Chu Xiu flying backward, while a massive tentacle descended upon him from above!

”You think you can escape from me like this?”

Chu Xiu snorted coldly, ignoring the incoming tentacle and laser entirely, slicing his Chiwen directly at ”Zhao Jie”!

Seeing this, ”Zhao Jie” threw out a round shield and retreated swiftly!

”Boom!”

Instantly, ferocious Sword Qi blasted a droplet-shaped void thousands of meters long! The surging torrent of energy shattered rocks as hard as basalt into pieces, the defensive artifact ”Zhao Jie” threw out only lasting an instant before shattering!

But thanks to that brief delay, a spatial channel appeared behind him, and he vanished into it in an instant.

When the dust settled, only a shed human skin remained on the spot.

Chu Xiu’s expression turned grim, and at this moment, the incoming tentacle struck heavily at his back!

”Boom!”

Chu Xiu was immediately smashed into layers of rock by the tremendous force, the Profound Evil Glaze Armor he wore shattering apart!

”Senior!” Jiang Miaoyin cried out in concern, as numerous Curse Spirits charged from behind her to engage the tentacles.

But soon, Chu Xiu emerged unscathed from the crater, raising his hand to slash the incoming tentacles into pieces.

At that moment, the previously repelled Purgatory Demon Corpse returned, and those tentacles, possibly fearing the Purgatory Demon Corpse’s Domain and with the Murder Ghost now safely gone, withdrew rather than continue the conflict, retreating altogether.

”Senior, just now that was...” Jiang Miaoyin seemed incredulous.

”The Murder Ghost,” Chu Xiu said flatly.

”Then Brother Zhao is...”

”Yes.”

Jiang Miaoyin said nothing further, but the flames of anger burned even brighter in her eyes.

Yet beneath the flames lay a deep worry.

Zhao Jie was the Investigation Bureau’s youngest division head, outstanding even among Heroic Spirits. If the Murder Ghost could kill him, who knows how powerful he has become! Moreover, the monster at the pit bottom seemed to cooperate with him!

More crucially....

”Without Brother Zhao’s Eye of Past and Future, and the Space Lock artifact, even if we can defeat the Murder Ghost, capturing him is impossible!”

Full of anger and lost, Jiang Miaoyin felt an unwelcome heat rise in her chest, unsure of how to release it.

Chu Xiu, ever expressionless, waved his hand, and the Garuda’s severed body spontaneously stitched itself back together; though its injuries could be restored through refining, it wouldn’t be usable for some time.

He glanced at his shattered armor, a cold glint growing in his eyes.

”Originally, that was indeed the situation. If he hid carefully, I would have no way to lock onto him.”

”However, his biggest mistake was luring me here, attempting to leverage the power of the ghosts to kill me!”

”Now he wants to escape like this? How could it be so easy?”

Chu Xiu suddenly extended his left hand, saying, ”Hold on tight.”

Once Jiang Miaoyin grasped it, he propelled himself forward with a powerful leap, like a cannonball, charging fiercely in a direction!

”Rumble!”

The rocks along the way were shattered by unstoppable Giant Strength, the tough basalt yielding like tofu in front of Chu Xiu, proving no obstacle to him!

The Murder Ghost’s Divine Techniques were truly difficult to handle; under normal circumstances, even a demigod would find him a challenge.

What he didn’t realize, however, was that when the Purgatory Demon Corpse was released, Chu Xiu had also unleashed the Heroic Spirit Ghost King.

His original plan was to have the Ghost King conceal itself in the Yin Qi, to investigate the specifics of the ghosts below.

In this place thick with Yin Qi, the Ghost King’s Concealment Ability was greatly enhanced, and the Murder Ghost, not adept at reconnaissance, understandably failed to detect it.

Once Chu Xiu sensed something amiss, he decisively had the Ghost King release the Ghostly Mist!

These Ghostly Mists silently mixed with the Yin Qi, and when the Murder Ghost activated the spatial channel to escape, some naturally got sucked in as well!

”The Murder Ghost previously used the Spirit Puppet to assassinate me, using its body as the ’Anchor Point’ for the spatial channel. But what I just faced was definitely his real body! If it were a Spirit Puppet, it couldn’t have escaped my investigation! And certainly couldn’t have blocked my strike!”

”And since his true body was here, that means the ’Anchor Point’ must be managed by the Spirit Puppet. In this dense Yin Qi environment, it cannot be far away!”

This allowed Chu Xiu to locate the Murder Ghost through the link between the Ghost King and the Ghostly Mist!

In fact, the Murder Ghost’s spatial channel transported him less than two thousand meters away, a mere blink of an eye for a Heroic Spirit. Therefore, he didn’t flee immediately upon exiting the channel but instead activated the Concealing Skill.

He was confident the short two-thousand-meter gap, obscured by Yin Qi, could effectively isolate him from Chu Xiu’s investigation!

But just as he was about to circle back and seek another opportunity to assassinate Chu Xiu, he suddenly noticed the ground vibrating!

”No way...”

The Murder Ghost showed disbelief on his face, but before he could react, the rock beneath him exploded, and looking down, he was met with a pair of cold eyes!

In the next instant, an overwhelming surge of Sword Qi swept towards him!