Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

”Buzz buzz!”

A dense swarm of insects flew through the tunnel, their bodies a nauseating oily green adorned with bizarre black patterns. The insects were plump, their sharp mandibles grinding back and forth, emitting a ”scratch scratch” sound.

Though these Awakened, who could unleash nuclear-level energy with a mere flick of their fingers, felt an inexplicable sense of fear rise from within as they beheld these insects.

Everyone was curious about how Chu Xiu planned to counter this embodiment of the rules!

Mu Tuo suddenly exclaimed, ”He moved!”

They saw Chu Xiu extend his right hand in a gentle grip, and a large amount of Demonic Qi surged out from behind him, transforming into numerous sharp swords exuding an astonishing might!

The crowd’s eyes focused; previously, Chu Xiu had used this very maneuver to nearly instantaneously take down three Civilization Envoys. Mu Tuo and the other two revealed looks of lingering fear. Back then, the long spears descending like a blanket, while not matching those top-tier Demigods in energy level, were comparable to the Divine Techniques taught by Divine Envoys concerning the intricacy of divine techniques and energy efficiency.

Even these Civilization Envoys only possessed a few life-saving, hidden Divine Techniques to barecompare.

Moreover, those Divine Techniques required lengthy preparations for the ”big move,” unlike Chu Xiu, who could activate them with a simple grip.

But even so...

”Not enough.”

Mao Qi shook her head.

The power of divine techniques was fundamentally different from the rules.

This was why these Civilization Envoys, despite coming from Advanced Civilizations with high-grade Secret Techniques and High Tier inherited skills, did not cultivate as powerful Divine Techniques as Chu Xiu did.

For those fortunate to receive a ”Seed of Rules” from an Advanced Civilization, comprehending divine techniques was the best way to increase strength. Spending time understanding rules on other skills was akin to putting the cart before the horse.

Typically, they would only practice skills like movement, concealment, and defense based on different rules to compensate for weaknesses.

”Brother Zhu’s recent attack, although energy-wise far inferior to Brother Chen’s, nonetheless contained a trace of the Rule of Destruction.”

”Even the slightest hint of a rule is still a rule!” Tuoba Shou shook his head gravely.

This man was reticent, but everyone noted that his strength was likely second only to the three Tenth-level Civilization Envoys, possessing an extremely keen insight.

And indeed, as he had said, though the demonized swords quickly sent the insect swarm scattering, they hardly caused any casualties. The destructive waves emitted by the Demon Sword could not destroy the rule-formed insect bodies. They were like steel balls scattered by a high-pressure water gun—disheveled in appearance but hardly damaged.

Only a few insects struck directly by the sword’s blade were critically injured, but this was negligible compared to the vast swarm.

”Does he think that the rules can be broken with brute force?” Even Mao Qi was at a loss, though she had always advocated for engaging Chu Xiu directly, she had never underestimated him, imagining him as an all-round strongman without weaknesses.

But the scene before her made her suddenly realize—yes, although this guy inexplicably gained perverse strength, at his core, he’s just a bumpkin from an inferior civilization, completely ignorant of the Rule Power, needing to consult them for even the simplest common sense.

Could it be that this guy underestimated the Rule Power, which is why he spoke so arrogantly?

”Possibly... not, right?”

Even Mao Qi refused to believe this possibility. How could someone, who became a Tribulation-taker with such formidable strength, have such a simple mindset?

Yet, just as her mind denied this thought, the first few poisonous insects broke through the Demonic Qi’s barrier, arriving right in front of Chu Xiu!

Chu Xiu stood there as though he had just exhausted his mana on a powerful magic, doing nothing in resistance, taking a step back purely on instinct.

However, within the Divine Domain where a hit is inevitable, even though the poison insects’ speed was not fast, the distance between them and Chu Xiu did not decrease by even a fraction!

”Plop.”

A poisonous insect landed on Chu Xiu, its mouthparts extending effortlessly, penetrating multiple layers of armor on Chu Xiu. When it touched Chu Xiu’s skin, it paused for a moment, emitting a drill-like sharp noise drilling into steel!

Amidst the ear-piercing grinding noise, the poisonous insect’s mouthparts eventually pierced through Chu Xiu’s skin, burrowing into his muscle.

The next moment left all the Civilization Envoys wide-eyed and horrified.

As the poisonous insect’s mouthparts pierced into Chu Xiu’s flesh, his body seemed to dissolve like melting cake, transforming into a viscous, foul-smelling blood!

In what seemed like an instant, a depression appeared on Chu Xiu’s shoulder!

The more terrifying fact was that not only was the flesh dissolved, but the venom spewed by the insect, after melting a substantial amount of flesh and dripping onto the bone, emitted a ”sizzling” noise, creating plumes of white smoke. Before long, the bone was corroded into a state of myriad holes!

At this moment, more poisonous insects crawled over Chu Xiu’s body, beginning to inject their mouthparts into his body!

”This is the Bone Changing Tribulation,” Xie Xuanzhao said with a somewhat pale face. ”It’s said that cultivators undergoing this tribulation will have all their flesh and bones dissolve. If they cannot reform their immortal bones at this stage, they will end up as a pool of blood, dying and their Dao disappearing!”

”Reforming immortal bones... what does that mean?” Mao Qi asked.