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Chapter 349 The Correct Way to Fight a Civilizational War

Colossus of Civilization!

This word startled Chu Xiu, who focused his gaze on the rising colossus. Its body was extremely thick, like a humanoid fortress larger than imagined. Even before it had fully risen from the ground, its height had already exceeded 20,000 meters. Even the tallest volcanoes around it looked as small as mounds of earth in front of it.

Beneath that thick armor, dark red patterns flowed, like magma hidden beneath a black boulder!

Chu Xiu seemed to have seen this thing in the Civilization Treasury. It was a wonder that required two thousand Civilization Points to be initially built!
Keep in mind that Chu Xiu only earned 700 civilization points after perfectly clearing the King-level Finale!

Furthermore, two thousand civilization points are just the basics; further upgrades are possible later.

And its effect is...
Chu Xiu didn't look closely at the time, only noticing two simple sentences.

A colossus is the cornerstone of a civilization and a necessary condition for waging a war of civilizations!

The appearance and abilities of the colossi will vary depending on the characteristics of the civilization, making each civilization's colossus unique.

"The cornerstone of civilization, and its unique appearance and capabilities."

Chu Xiu looked solemnly at the colossus in the distance, while Zhao Jie continued to shout hoarsely, "Run! Escape the boundary of the colossus of civilization, then activate the escape! This is the only chance to survive!"

However, neither Chu Xiu nor Jiang Miaoyin seemed to heed his plan. Jiang Miaoyin bit her finger and used her own blood to feed the cursed spirit behind her! This was a method similar to Chu Xiu's [Blood Feeding], which caused great damage to herself afterward, but could greatly enhance the cursed spirit's combat power in the short term.

This girl is clearly going all out!

As for Chu Xiu, he used his divine sense to scan the giant statue from top to bottom, seemingly pondering a countermeasure.

He never even considered running away.

The reason is simple: if escaping were truly effective, the killer would have already pursued him. The fact that the other party didn't even bother to silence Zhao Jie shows that they simply don't care!

And his guess was correct. As the colossus rose completely from the ground, he suddenly felt as if his body had become incredibly heavy, and the surrounding air had become viscous, as if he had sunk into a quagmire!
"Civilization territory... has been strengthened!"

"And this world is rejecting me!"

Chu Xiu instantly noticed the difference. Previously, the Civilization Domain only had an amplifying effect on the murderer, but now it also had a restrictive effect on him!

As Chu Xiu scanned with his divine sense, the vast boundaries of the Killer Demon's civilization were rapidly shrinking toward the colossus of civilization, as if the power of the entire civilization was being concentrated around the colossus!
The next moment, something even more shocking happened to Chu Xiu.

Amidst the deafening roar, the prayer towers that were originally scattered around the various volcanoes rose from the ground under the drive of an invisible force! Each prayer tower, like a giant protective magic weapon, floated around the colossal statue of civilization!

"Boom!"

The colossal civilization rose completely from the earth, its body exceeding 30,000 meters! It was simply a mythical god of immense height!
At the same time, the red light that had been restrained by the Hellfire of Sin burst forth again! He gripped the Judge's Chains with both hands, and in the next instant, with a crisp crack, this extremely sturdy instrument of torture was broken in two!

With the instruments of torture destroyed, the infernal corpse was struck as if by lightning, and the blood-red light on its body dimmed instantly!

This terrifying power sent a chill down Chu Xiu's spine. The sturdiness of the torture instruments was beyond question. The Horned Demon Warrior had been restrained and unable to break free for a short time. Although the Horned Demon Warrior was ranked very low, the power of the cursed chains had been enhanced after being refined.

Just how powerful is the killer who managed to break it in two?
The next moment, Chu Xiu knew the answer. His vision blurred and the killer's figure disappeared from the spot. Chu Xiu only felt a blur flash past him. When he reacted, the killer's huge body was already close at hand!

"boom!"

The enormous, steel-like fist slammed into the Chiwen. Chu Xiu felt as if he had been hit by a high-speed moving mountain. His whole body felt like it was about to fall apart, and he was sent flying backward!

If it were any other awakened being, even a top-tier heroic spirit of the same physique, they would have been coughing up blood by now. Fortunately, Chu Xiu had already cultivated the "Return of All Weapons Technique" to the internal organs, and the nine magical treasures in his body resonated together, minimizing the damage.

He simply used the momentum to escape in the opposite direction at high speed!
Chu Xiu wasn't really trying to escape, but rather to at least create some distance first. The suppression of the civilization's domain near that colossal statue was simply too terrifying.

That punch was even unleashed by the Killer Ghost within the Domain of Sinful Fire. Without the domain's assistance, that attack would likely have severely injured Chu Xiu!

Chu Xiu was already extremely fast, and with the help of the recoil, he was like a shooting star. However, the next moment he showed a look of horror!

But then the colossal statue of civilization took a single step, traversing a distance of over ten kilometers!
Although its speed is not as fast as Chu Xiu's, it has already reached the level of an ordinary heroic spirit.

Furthermore, Chu Xiu clearly sensed that the entire realm of civilization was moving in accordance with the colossus!

This significantly extended the time it took Chu Xiu to escape the area!

At this moment, Chu Xiu finally understood the two terrifying abilities of the colossus!
That is to shrink the civilization's territory and move the entire civilization's territory along with it!

"No wonder they say that colossal civilizations are the cornerstone of civilization!"

After the domain shrinks, the strength of the Civilization Lord within the domain will surge again, and the ability to resist external enemies will also increase significantly.

Moving with a civilization's domain allows you to negate the influence of another civilization's domain when invading it! Use a civilization's domain to fight against another civilization's domain!

Specifically, firstly, with all the prayer towers rising and surrounding the colossus, it's no longer possible to rely on Jiang Miaoyin's destruction to weaken the civilized realm; secondly, after the civilized realm shrank, the power of the killer was further amplified, while Chu Xiu was restricted. This combination of reduction and increase made Chu Xiu's already precarious situation even more difficult!

Not to mention, according to records, the Colossus itself also possessed special abilities!

With such a significant increase, let alone Chu Xiu, even if powerful demigods like Chen Huang, Lü Ji, and Shenwei Daoren came, they might not be able to gain the upper hand!

Zhao Jie was completely desperate, and although Jiang Miaoyin had dealt with the spirit puppet, she could only feel a deep sense of powerlessness in the face of the colossal civilization that blotted out the sky.

Even if the colossus stood still and let her attack, she probably wouldn't be able to cause any damage to this behemoth.

Conversely, the murderer's already muscular body swelled even more under the power of civilization, growing to a full eight meters long, with every inch of muscle containing extremely terrifying power.

His eyes, now a yellow demon's gaze, were filled with a sadistic pleasure. He shouted excitedly at Chu Xiu like a cat toying with a mouse, "Run! Run faster! Try harder, and maybe you can escape from me!"

The killer's shouts made Chu Xiu's expression turn serious. He suddenly stopped running away and instead rushed towards the killer!

To be precise, he wasn't charging at the murderer, but at his own infernal corpse!
This brought a hint of appreciation to the killer's eyes; it was indeed the best option at the moment.

With the help of the Sinful Fire Domain, Chu Xiu was able to barely hold on and escape alone. However, since Garuda had been destroyed in advance, it wouldn't be long before Chu Xiu caught up with him and killed him quickly!
But then the demonic corpse of Purgatory swung its cursed chain, not at the murderer, but at Chu Xiu, linking the two together.

At the same time, the Blood Demon Avatar covered the Purgatory Demon Corpse, burning fiercely like firewood thrown into a raging fire!
The Blood Demon's immense life energy is the best nourishment for the Sinful Fire, and the power transformed from the burning Sinful Fire is continuously transmitted to Chu Xiu through the cursed chains!

A judge can decide a person's death, and naturally, he can also decide their life!
With the help of life energy, Chu Xiu's condition quickly recovered. He shouted and three sword energies shot out towards the colossus of civilization!

It's obvious that he's trying to destroy the Colossus of Civilization!
This made the killer's eyes even more admiring; he hadn't expected Chu Xiu to be so tenacious and to have such a backup plan.

However, the more Chu Xiu struggled, the stronger the pleasure became throughout his body. The insectoids in the surrounding prayer towers were roaring like madmen, completely engulfed in war frenzy. Influenced by this emotion, the killer also became more and more excited!
"Keep struggling, keep trying, and then despair completely!"

The killer laughed loudly, too lazy to even move, but the three sword energies that could shatter a thousand-meter-long layer of rock struck the Colossus of Civilization, leaving only three cracks no more than a hundred meters deep. Compared to the Colossus of Civilization's enormous body, they were nothing at all!
The Blood Demon Avatar hadn't even reached the level of a Heroic Spirit. Although its life energy far exceeded that of an ordinary King-level being, and was even slightly inferior to some Heroic Spirits, its amplification for Chu Xiu was still far too inadequate in the face of a battle of this magnitude!

How sturdy is the Colossus of Civilization? Let alone Chu Xiu, even a demigod like Shenwei Daoren, who possesses powerful offensive divine abilities, would not be able to destroy it in a short time! To think that you can destroy the Colossus of Civilization with this hastily launched attack is nothing short of a pipe dream!
Chu Xiu's decision was clearly a sign that he had exhausted all his options.

This almost desperate attack depleted Chu Xiu's already hard-won breath thanks to his Blood Demon Avatar, causing his face to turn pale.

The murderer wouldn't miss this opportunity. He laughed loudly and, without giving him any chance to catch his breath, his figure disappeared from the spot. The naginata in his hand transformed into a black blade that pierced through space and slashed rapidly towards Chu Xiu!
The outcome is decided!

Zhao Jie closed his eyes in despair, while Jiang Miaoyin, her face pale, knelt on the ground.

Seeing the dark blade about to pierce Chu Xiu's body, despite the twists and turns, the killer had successfully hunted down yet another powerful enemy. He was so excited that his body trembled slightly.

However, at this moment, he discovered that Chu Xiu did not show the fear, despair, or resentment that his prey showed before dying. Instead, he remained calm, as if his actions were all within Chu Xiu's expectations!
"Is he feigning composure?"

Before the murderer could figure it out, his expression suddenly changed, because he discovered that for some reason, the power of civilization within his body was being suppressed!

"clang!!!"

The naginata collided with the chiwen, once again unleashing a violent energy surge, with dazzling light and heat sweeping across the entire world.

However, this time, the enhanced killer did not gain any advantage and fought Chu Xiu to a standstill!

He turned his head with a gloomy expression, only to find that a faint mist had appeared around him. Chu Xiu held a small chessboard in his left hand and a scepter in his right. The spiritual light emanating from these two items enveloped the surrounding area.

"If one domain is not enough to contend with a civilization, how about four?" Chu Xiu said with a faint smile.

The fiery inferno! The realm of the demon king! The treacherous, shrouded ghost realm! The scepter of Oraster!

Even demigods don't all possess domains, and the killer never expected that Chu Xiu would have four!
but
"A mere trick," the murderer sneered, glancing around. "What use are there if you have more of these low-level techniques?"

"Under the suppression of my civilization, it won't be long before its energy is exhausted and it completely collapses!"

Chu Xiu's domain was naturally not a low-level domain, but what the killer said was also true. If the domain of civilization were so easy to deal with, it would not have become the core foundation of a civilization.

Only the realm of gods can suppress the realm of civilization.

But Chu Xiu remained calm: "I have discovered the weakness in the realm of civilization."

The killer's eyelids twitched. Had he discovered a weakness in the realm of civilization? How could that be?

Chu Xiu was clearly out of options, but for some reason, the killer felt an extreme sense of danger!
He let out a low roar and his figure burst forth, the naginata in his hand transforming once again into countless black blades, slashing towards Chu Xiu!
Chu Xiu remained calm. Three figures appeared beside him and then shot out. These dark figures were shrouded in thick fog, making it impossible to see their specific appearance. Behind each figure were a large number of ghosts, forming a kind of battle formation that provided them with a continuous source of power.

With their appearance, the concentration of the ghostly mist in the area increased significantly once again.

The killer immediately realized that these three guys were the ones who would later form the domain!
But he showed no fear and charged straight into the ghostly mist. The crimson power of civilization burned, granting him unparalleled strength. He did not believe that these incomplete domains, simply by combining their numbers, could defeat him!
And just as he expected, the killer clashed with Chu Xiu dozens of times in less than a second! And every time, he gained the upper hand!

The successive heavy blows had already caused Chu Xiu's tiger's mouth to split open, and he could barely hold onto the heavy sword in his hand!

"It was just a bluff all along."

The killer breathed a sigh of relief, but just as he was about to finish Chu Xiu off in one fell swoop, he suddenly seemed to realize something and looked back sharply!
Of the three figures that had flown out initially, only two remained maintaining their domains, while the third had already broken free and was rushing toward the colossus of civilization at an extremely fast speed!

The figure was entirely blood-red; it was the incarnation of the Blood Demon!
The killer reacted instantly. He hadn't noticed the change in the domain, so he assumed that all three creatures were still nearby. But in reality, only two creatures were maintaining the domain. One of them had escaped the battle while his attention was entirely focused on Chu Xiu!
This creature previously appeared to have burned itself as fuel for the sin fire, but in reality, it was only under the influence of the Blood Demon's special ability that it burned away the parts it didn't need and converted them all into the core's speed. At this moment, the Blood Demon's avatar had been simplified into a flying sparrow only the size of a palm, and its speed was twice as fast as in its prime!
In a single second, they had already rushed to the front of the colossus of civilization!
Hanging from its waist was a small flag shrouded in demonic energy—the Banner of Ten Thousand Ghosts! The Blood Demon's avatar blazed with crimson light, and in the next instant, countless ghosts surged forth, rushing towards the surrounding prayer towers!

The killer's expression changed drastically, and he roared as he charged backward. But Chu Xiu, the Hellfire Corpse, the two Ghost Kings, and the hundreds of Ghost Generals who were assisting the Ghost Kings, who had already formed an encirclement, rushed towards the killer as if they didn't care about their lives!

Even he, trapped in the triple realm, could not easily escape the relentless pursuit of so many powerful creatures!
"You think you can destroy my colossus of civilization with these lowly creatures?" the killer roared. He had already seen clearly that Chu Xiu's elite forces were all tied up here, and the ghosts that rushed out were just numerous, with only a handful of high-level ghosts!
Driven by his will, the colossus of civilization struck out with its palm, instantly shattering the souls and bodies of countless ghosts beneath its power!
But Chu Xiu just chuckled lightly: "You and I both know that my target is not the Colossus."

A massive number of ghosts are about to rush into the nearby prayer tower!
The murderer, in a panic, growled in a low voice, "Molten Fire Annihilates the World!"

As soon as the words fell, the body of the colossus of civilization erupted like a volcano, spewing out large amounts of lava in all directions!

Within the colossus of civilization, this lava formed a molten state under extremely high temperature and pressure, far beyond what is conventional lava; it was more like a metallic jet produced by a rocket explosion! The temperature reached as high as 8,000 degrees Celsius, and the speed exceeded 2,000 meters per second!

The number was unbelievably large, like thousands of volcanoes erupting at once!
The lava that spewed out in all directions instantly burned through the souls of countless ghosts, turning the area near the colossus of civilization into a burning apocalypse!

However, the special abilities of this colossal civilization seem to be targeted at "civilization" rather than "individual".

The destructive effect of this skill is more focused on altering and destroying the surrounding area, rather than targeting a specific objective!

Therefore, although a large number of ghosts were killed, nearly half of them still managed to pass through the lava and rush into the wishing tower!
"Get out of my way!!!"

The murderous demon roared, flung the Ghost King aside, and simultaneously cleaved three high-ranking ghost generals in front of him with a single slash. He turned to dodge the sneak attack of the Hellfire Corpse, and then swiftly punched it, nearly shattering half of its body. But then three more high-ranking ghost generals rushed forward, holding him back. Behind him, hundreds of ghost generals used the Soul Binding skill to hinder his movements!

At first, the killer's every move could cause a lot of damage, but gradually, both his strength and speed began to slow down!
"The weakness of civilization lies in the fact that the power of civilization can only be concentrated in one person. If it is dispersed, the power will be greatly reduced."

"Dividing it into two parts would likely reduce the overall strength by more than several times!"

The power of civilization is the power of faith. Only when faith is singular can the will of the entire civilization be integrated and an incredible effect be achieved.

Just like the Papacy of a monotheistic religion, which can have amazing control over the secular world, if it were to become multiple religions, the result would not be to divide the control into several parts, but rather to greatly weaken the entire divine authority in the struggle!

Throughout history, conflicts between different faiths have either resulted in a fight to the death or the rise of royal power and the decline of divine authority.
The power of civilization is the same!

Only after understanding this point did Chu Xiu truly understand why the Civilization War required so many low-ranking soldiers.

In a world of extraordinary beings, if a single powerful individual could easily destroy an entire civilization through ambush, assassination, flanking maneuver, or harassment, why would they need to rely on the power of an army to invade?

This is the answer!
The power of the Lord of Civilization cannot be dispersed. He can win a battle within the territory on his own, but he cannot stop the enemy from attacking the entire border of the civilization's territory at the same time, leading to a complete collapse of the battle line!

By launching attacks across the board and continuously damaging civilizations, we can gradually shrink their territory, eventually weakening the power of the civilization's ruler to the extreme!

Even if the ruler of a civilization inflicts massive casualties, the invading civilization can rely on its national strength of tens or even hundreds of times to gradually wear you down!

When the population of a civilization dwindles and its boundaries are compressed to their limits, that is when the civilization collapses.

This is the weakness of civilization, and also the correct way to fight a war between civilizations!

At this moment, a massive number of ghosts rushed into the wishing tower and went on a killing spree. As the number of wishing insects decreased sharply, the light on the killer ghosts gradually dimmed!
He could still put up a fight if he were outside, but he had previously charged into Chu Xiu's triple domain, and now, under the domain's suppression, he was gradually losing his strength.

"The overall situation has been decided."

A dazzling sword light bloomed in mid-air, and as the light faded, the murderer's head, filled with resentment, shot into the sky!

(End of this chapter)