An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 76 Three Elite Warriors
"Ahhhh!!!"

Amidst chilling screams, Wu Xiujie's skin tore apart inch by inch until it turned into a completely distorted mass of flesh and blood.

This horrific scene completely shattered everyone's fighting spirit!

The crowd, who had been aggressively attacking the three elders, suddenly fled in panic.

Even Chu Xiu turned and ran without hesitation!

Damn it, how are we supposed to fight ghosts like this?!

If Chai San's death can be explained by the fact that he had wounds, and that he could barely fight back as long as he was uninjured, then what about Wu Xiujie?

This person, despite being a Heavy Archer, stayed hidden in the back the entire time!
From the current perspective, it's completely unrestricted; whoever is targeted will die!
Under these circumstances, how could Chu Xiu dare to linger?

With the help of the Great Perfection Misty Steps, he instantly bypassed everyone and arrived at the entrance of the passage.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the elder move his finger again and aim at Jiang Xue!
The girl was clearly not very strong and was left in the middle of the crowd.

Chu Xiu paused in his escape, a ruthless glint flashing in his eyes.

He turned around abruptly, bursting forward and leaping over several people in the blink of an eye to tackle Jiang Xue to the ground!
"what?"

The elder let out a soft exclamation, briefly losing sight of his target. By the time he moved his finger again, Chu Xiu had already picked up Jiang Xue. With the help of the Great Perfection of the Mysterious Steps, his figure was extremely ghostly. In a flash, he blended into the fleeing crowd, and with another push, he disappeared at the end of the passage!

The elder frowned slightly, but then grinned.

The needles piercing his face nearly tore his entire face apart, but his smile only grew more joyful.

He pounded the floor heavily: "Hunting! Hunting!"

The other two elders beside him also laughed and shouted, "Hunting! Hunting! Hunting!"

The three voices seemed to possess a strange magic; they weren't particularly loud, but they clearly reached everyone's ears and spread further and further away.

Chu Xiu, holding Jiang Xue, glanced back with an extremely grim expression and quickened his pace.

As soon as he emerged from the narrow passage, he saw a cold light that kept growing larger. Chu Xiu dodged to the side, only to see several plate-armored soldiers wielding two-handed greatswords surround him. Without hesitation, he waved the Yin Wind Banner, and several Yin ghosts rushed out, knocking the soldiers to the ground.

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However, more guards began to surge towards them, and the once quiet castle seemed to come alive.

Through the castle windows, one could see guards flashing by, all dressed in finely crafted plate armor with numerous sharp spikes protruding from it, holding two-handed greatswords, looking like steel hedgehogs.

Chu Xiu was unwilling to delay with them, as it would be disastrous if those three strange creatures caught up with him. He moved swiftly, gathering his Great Perfection of the Mysterious Steps under his feet, and leaped up like a rocket, carrying Jiang Xue as he jumped onto the ten-meter-high city wall.

They were then horrified to discover that fires were lighting up the village below. At first, there were only one or two scattered points, but they quickly spread, with fires rising in the darkness, making the whole village look like it was on fire.

All the villagers rushed out, torches in hand, and approached the castle, shouting, "Hunting! Hunting! Hunting!"

This made Chu Xiu's expression even more unpleasant.

Suddenly, he heard a whooshing sound. Chu Xiu shifted his body and a crossbow bolt grazed his hair. It was a guard on the city wall shooting at him with a crossbow!
Shouts of battle came from behind. The trial participants and guards who rushed out of the passageway clashed together, but no one had the mind to fight at this moment. The trial participants used their own methods to escape like a swarm of ants.

Chu Xiu saw a mage with poor physique. He had only run a few steps when he was surrounded by a group of soldiers. He tried to chant a spell to resist, but countless crossbow bolts fell, and he was shot into a pincushion after only a few seconds.

[Current Ceremony Progress: 32%]

"It's gone up again, damn it!!!"

"The ritual will progress as long as a participant dies!"

Chu Xiu finally couldn't hold back anymore.

"What's going on with this dungeon? The monsters are so strong that it's impossible to fight them head-on, and even escaping is restricted?!"

These guards posed no threat to Chu Xiu, but they were a great threat to the other trial participants!

Once surrounded, escape is virtually impossible!

While the villagers below are mostly ordinary people, their sheer number is overwhelming! And their fanaticism is astounding! Only a very few awakened individuals, like Chu Xiu, possess concealment skills like the Qi Concealment Technique. If this continues, they will all be discovered sooner or later!

"This isn't a death sentence!"

"Could it be that demonic cultivators are so hated that the Abyss deliberately created this trial to kill me?"

Chu Xiu's face grew increasingly grim. He roared, "Run into the village! Fight a guerrilla war with them!"

Immediately, with a thought, all ten Yin Ghosts rushed out to help the nearby trial participants escape.

However, the moment he released the Yin Ghost, he saw the elders, whose bodies had grown to three meters tall, emerge from the prison passage and quickly lock their gazes onto Chu Xiu, sending a chill down his spine. Even more astonishingly, after the long needle pierced their skulls, the auras of the three elders surged rapidly. Under the gaze of the Demonic Eye, all three had reached the elite warrior rank! The strongest, the Grand Elder, was even a level 4 warrior elite!

This made Chu Xiu run towards the village without thinking.

At least get away from those three terrifying elders first!
Running at high speed, the cold night wind lashed at my face like knives, and all I could hear were the villagers' frenzied shouts of killing. Waving the Yin Wind Banner, I killed guards and villagers one after another, moving even faster until I sneaked into the vicinity of an uninhabited pasture, where things quieted down a little.

Chu Xiu looked down at Jiang Xue in his arms and asked directly, "Do you have any items on you that allow you to escape the dungeon?"

The abyss contains all sorts of items, including things that can end the trial and allow for a safe evacuation.

However, these kinds of items are extremely valuable and only the children of top-tier forces can afford them. Although Chu Xiu has not completely given up on passing the level, the difficulty of this trial far exceeded his expectations, forcing him to start considering his options.

He risked his life to rescue Jiang Xue, also gambling that she might possess such a prop.

Jiang Xue seemed to still be recovering from the shock, and nodded blankly, "I have it."

Then, blankly, he added, "But I only have one."

Chu Xiu: "."

Seeing her clear yet naive eyes, I felt a little embarrassed to make a move.

However, Jiang Xue immediately realized what she meant and quickly added, "You, you can't even think about taking it! If you try to take it by force, even if you kill me, the item will be destroyed!"

Chu Xiu pursed his lips. Of course he knew this, otherwise he wouldn't have been talking to the girl so politely until now.

When an Awakened One dies, their items usually drop. Chu Xiu always felt that this was the Abyss encouraging them to kill each other.

But Chu Xiu couldn't help but marvel once again at the sheer variety of items in the abyss.

For example, there is a locking item whose sole purpose is to sink the locked item back into the abyss after the Awakener dies.

This was specifically prepared to prevent other awakened individuals from killing and stealing treasures.

Therefore, high-level Awakeners usually make a big show of claiming that they have locked onto certain legendary or higher quality equipment after revealing it, in order to avoid becoming easy prey for other Awakeners.

Otherwise, the world would become a complete dark forest, and trust would completely collapse.

Locking items for the mortal rank are not expensive, especially compared to escape items. In fact, when Chu Xiu was browsing the Awakener website, he found that many sellers would simply include a locking item with their escape items.

So it's quite possible that Jiang Xue locked the item, though it's also possible she was lying to Chu Xiu.

Chu Xiu didn't want to take any risks.

Just as he was thinking, another panel popped up in front of him.

[Current Ceremony Progress: 45%]

It's gone up again!

Needless to say, another trial participant has been captured and killed.

Chu Xiu's expression tightened as he looked into the distance. He saw flames everywhere, with countless villagers searching with torches in hand. He saw a villager riding a horse and chasing after a fleeing trial participant. The trial participant, unable to bear it any longer, turned around and slashed the villager off the horse. But the villager seemed oblivious to the danger and instead clung tightly to the trial participant's leg.

As a result, countless more villagers arrived and rushed forward one after another. The trial participant roared and killed more than a dozen villagers before being shot to death by crossbow bolts by the arriving guards.

[Current Ceremony Progress: 58%]

At the same time, the three elders soared into the air, hovering above the sky, their bodies engulfed in even greater flames, and with each wave of their arms, a rain of fire would fall from the sky.

Not only does it possess a wide-range attack skill that guarantees death upon contact, it can also fly!

Three elite warriors of the entire warrior rank!
This is not the elite warrior-level creature that Chu Xiu killed in the Corpse Demon World before, which had just advanced and was heavily injured. This is an elite with a complete skill chain and in perfect condition! The difference in strength between the two is like heaven and earth.

Three elders were seen patrolling high in the sky, constantly sending down flames. These flames burned indiscriminately, some landing on the villagers and turning them into wailing fire figures. However, the widespread destruction also caused many of the trial participants to be affected.

[Current Ceremony Progress: 72%]

As each trial participant was hunted down, the ritual's progress accelerated uncontrollably! In the blink of an eye, it had surpassed seventy percent!

"At this rate, the ceremony's progress will probably be completed in another ten minutes!"

A strange look flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes.

He turned to look at Jiang Xue and said, "We can't just sit here and wait to die any longer."

"I have come up with a plan that can turn the tide of the battle."

"But I need your help."

(End of this chapter)