From the Abyss Invasion to the Blasting Star.

On the surface of the Winged Demon planet, black rivers meander, and the land is covered with twisted, dark, and faintly glowing "vegetation," which is actually a fungal carpet that has absorbed the energy of the abyss.

The Salian tribe's cave-like cities were built on hillsides and were quite large.

The most powerful aura in the entire world comes from the depths of the Demon Nest, the ancestral home of the Salion tribe and the most sacred place for the Winged Demons.

"There might be a demigod present; we need to be careful." Su Muyu sensed a powerful aura emanating from the Demon Nest Ancestral Court and, worried that her companions might be underestimating the enemy, quickly offered a warning.

now.

Countless winged demons gathered outside the Demon Nest Ancestral Court, kneeling and praying, begging for the protection of the Demon God.

However, the Winged Demon God they had been hoping for had not yet appeared.

The number of winged demons gathered outside the ancestral temple of the winged demons was so astonishing that they had piled up like mountains.

The mountain walls, the mountain streams, and any place where winged demons could hang were piled up with these long-winged demons.

In situations with high density, this is naturally the best time to use area-of-effect attacks.

Therefore, Xavier's nanomechanical missile site launched dozens of large fusion bombs in succession, which exploded hundreds of meters above the Winged Demon Ancestral Court.

boom! boom! boom……

The light radiation from the hydrogen bomb explosion instantly enveloped the Winged Demon Ancestral Court, and tens of thousands of degrees of light radiation engulfed the densely packed Winged Demons below.

An incalculable number of winged demons were instantly carbonized by the light radiation, not even having time to scream before being reduced to ashes in the subsequent nuclear shockwave.

The shock wave propagated through the thin atmosphere, covering tens of thousands of meters of ground.

Almost all the winged demons in the epicenter of the nuclear explosion were wiped out, with only a few high-ranking winged demons surviving by chance after hiding in the ancestral temple of the demon god.

This round of nuclear strikes wiped out an astonishing number of Winged Demons.

The power of the nuclear explosion continued to spread outwards, and the Winged Demons on the outer edge of the shockwave did not die immediately.

These winged demons, which had narrowly escaped the epicenter of the nuclear explosion, took off in a panic, like a swarm of startled black locusts, soaring into the sky, circling and hissing aimlessly.

They were still hoping for the protection of the demon god, but they would never see it again.

Azik seemed unusually excited today, repeatedly wiping the astral pulse launch button on the control panel, his eyes unusually bright.

Perhaps it was the pent-up thrill of revenge that he had been suppressing for so long, but he slammed his fist on the pulse firing button and shouted, "The day has finally come!"

When the Astral Merchants civilization was in the original world, it fought a war with the Winged Demons that lasted for a thousand years.

These histories are etched into the genes of the Astral Merchants, making them mortal enemies with the Winged Demons.

……

After the nuclear explosion, the outer ring of the Demon God's Ancestral Court was reduced to ruins, but the ancestral court buildings remained intact.

This ancestral temple of the demon god possesses powerful defensive capabilities, having withstood the explosions of dozens of fusion bombs.

Groups of high-ranking winged demons hid in the ancestral court, venturing deep into its depths to seek an audience with the God of Winged Demons.

After the nuclear bombardment, the Swordholder Alliance began a ground offensive to annihilate the remaining Abyss Demons.

Fiona led the Nightblade Panther Legion, rampaging across the cracked earth and overturning all the abyssal demons in its path.

It was at this moment that the sword-wielding team encountered a counterattack.

Sorevel Copperforge swung his rune hammer, smashing the burrowing worms that burst from the ground, and shouted into the communicator, "Watch out underground! Burrowing worms!"

As soon as the shouts were uttered, the ground began to tremble, and burrowing worms crawled out of the ground and attacked the swordsmen's team.

The Nightblade Panther Legion of the Elves, along with the Heavy Hammer Warriors of the Dark Iron Dwarves, were all embroiled in a fierce battle with the Burrowing Worms.

"These bugs are impossible to kill!" After Fiona slashed down several burrowing bugs, she discovered that these burrowing bugs, which had been cut in half, could still get up and continue to attack the elven warriors.

Su Muyu suddenly warned: "A godlike fluctuation has been detected underground. It should be that thing underground controlling these burrowing worms. These burrowing worms can still move even if they are dead."

Lu Heng stood in front of the astral warship's deck, looked down, and said, "Help me locate it, I'm going down to deal with the mother insect."

Su Muyu controlled the Azure Phoenix, which circled around a location to mark the position of the underground mother insect, and then added, "About 1,200 meters underground."

Lu Heng leaped into the air and swooped down from the sky.

Because this planet's gravity is four times that of Earth, and its atmosphere is extremely thin, its acceleration and maximum speed during descent are much faster than those of Earth.

Lu Heng plummeted to the ground like a meteor. Just before hitting the ground, he activated Shadow Travel and disappeared into the ground, sinking 1,200 meters.

In the shadows, a labyrinthine underground cave appeared.

This cave is clearly the nest of the burrowing worm. At the deepest part of the nest, there is a giant beetle that is 150 meters long, which is the mother burrowing worm.

After finding his target, Lu Heng passed directly through the cave wall, entered the nest, drew the Aurora Blade, and slashed out with his sword.

The sword light from the rift burst forth with blinding brilliance, cleaving the mother worm in two with a single strike.

[Defeat the Burrowing Bug Queen and gain 50000 energy points.]

[Source Energy Level Upgraded to Level 71, All Attributes +8, Agility Attribute +2.4]

After the mother worm was killed, the burrowing worms on the ground seemed to have lost their souls, lying on the ground and no longer moving.

After eliminating the Burrowing Worms, the Elven Nightblade Panther Legion and the Dark Iron Dwarf Hammer Warriors continued to sweep away the demons on the ground.

……

The killings lasted for three days.

Lu Heng did not rush to attack the Winged Demon Ancestral Court, after all, it was Salion's lair, and it was unknown whether there was any great danger hidden inside.

The best way is to force the "things" in the Winged Demon Ancestral Court to come out.

However, despite the Swordholder Alliance's three-day massacre of the Winged Demons on the outskirts, the "thing" inside the Winged Demon Ancestral Court still refused to come out.

On the morning of the fifth day.

The dim morning light barely illuminated the earth.

One hundred kilometers south of the Winged Demon Ancestral Court, downstream of the Abyss River, lies a Shadow Lake, from which mist begins to rise.

The fog spread extremely quickly, covering hundreds of kilometers of ground and continuing to rise into the sky.

Out of caution, Azik had to increase the altitude of the Starship to avoid the fog.

The elven druids examined the mist and obtained some rather unfavorable information.

"This is a toxic fog, very potent. If inhaled, it can cause limb paralysis, and continued inhalation can lead to death."

However, the demon race can move freely within this poisonous fog.

Protected by the poisonous mist, the Winged Demons began to counterattack the Swordholders' forces.

In this situation, rushing into battle through the fog is not a good choice.

This forced the Elven Nightsaber Legion to retreat to avoid being shrouded in mist.

Even if one's overall strength is superior, casualties will increase in the fog.

The fog continued to spread, and new fog-spreading points began to appear one after another.

If this continues, the mist will cover the entire Winged Demon territory.

"We must investigate the cause of the mist and destroy its core." Lu Heng made the decision and turned to look at the high priestess of the sea monster clan, Sona.

Since the mist originates from the Shadow Lake, it means that to find the core of the mist, one must enter the Shadow Lake.

The Siren Clan is the most suitable to handle this task.

“I’ll take my people down to take a look.” Sona didn’t refuse the arrangement and agreed.

That afternoon, the Siren Clan entered Shadow Lake in search of the core of the mist.

……

Eighth day.

Sona led her Siren warriors to the bottom of Shadow Lake, where they found the energy node. The altar-shaped energy node was made up of writhing, dark red fleshy pillars, with a strange organ at the top that exuded a divine aura.

Sona immediately sensed that the divine aura emanating from this organ was of the same origin as that of Salion.

This means that the organ was left behind by Salion in his lair as a trump card to protect the Winged Demon territory. Sona investigated the cause of the mist and, instead of acting on her own, relayed the information back to the Astral Ship.

After receiving the message, Lu Heng led his team into Shadow Lake to join the Siren Clan and destroy the demonic organ left behind by Salion.

After the demon's organ exploded, it spewed out a fierce venom. Lu Heng and Sona joined forces to open a rift and create a water curtain to block the venom.

……

After destroying the demon god's poisonous fog organs, the poisonous fog began to slowly dissipate.

However, the fog dissipated very slowly.

If the fog is allowed to dissipate on its own, it will take at least half a month.

Alleanna led the elven arcane sorcerers, using magic to alter the weather, whipping up a strong wind and dispersing the fog.

Even so, it took three days for the fog to completely dissipate.

The twelfth day of the battle.

After the fog cleared, the Swordholder Alliance continued to clear the surface demons.

Whether they were winged demons, burrowing worms, or other types of demons, they were all wiped out.

Many winged demon tribes began to scatter and flee.

Nanomachine missile sites are scattered across the entire continent, continuously launching missiles to lock onto any kind of demon and carry out precision strikes.

For the next two weeks, the battle turned into a one-sided massacre.

The participating sword-wielding teams reaped rich rewards, gaining immense energy and continuously increasing their levels.

The average level of the participating teams has reached 60, and there are quite a few warriors who have reached level 70.

The Banser tribe had the largest number of warriors participating in this battle.

Through previous operations, Mia has discovered that following the Swordholder in battle is a shortcut for Bancel warriors to improve their combat power.

Moreover, due to the natural affinity of the Bancel race, the elves, the dark iron dwarves, and even the sirens tend to take good care of them.

Banser warriors only need to follow behind these powerful tribes and provide support to reap rich rewards.

……

The thirtieth day has arrived.

The surface demons of the Winged Demon world have been wiped out, leaving nothing but desolation. Those who survived either hide underground, in deep abyssal lakes, or in the Winged Demon Ancestral Court.

Xavier Matrix is ​​deploying more and more nanomachine missile sites.

These nanomachine factories can expand indefinitely simply by consuming computing power. As long as the world's minerals and resources are not exhausted, the number of nanobots will grow exponentially.

After the surface demons were cleared away, the nanobots began assembling burrowing, self-destructing robots.

Miniature burrowing self-destructing robots burrow into underground caves. Once they find a demon, they detonate and take the demon with them.

……

Day 35.

The battle continued, but as the number of demons on the surface dwindled, the intensity of the fighting began to decrease.

There was no movement inside the Winged Demon Ancestral Court. The Winged Demons hiding inside dared not come out at all, as they would be instantly killed if they showed their faces.

During the battle, Lu Heng spent most of his time on the Starship.

Because Azik remains an uncertain factor.

This afternoon.

Azik suddenly acted strangely, turning the Astral Pulse Cannon's muzzle and aiming it at the Elven Nightblade Panther Legion below.

As Lu Heng requested, Xavier Matrix consistently reserved a portion of its computing power to monitor the actions of the Starship and Azik.

So when Azik started behaving strangely, Lu Heng was alerted by Xavier Matrix and reached out to stop Azik.

"Get out of the way," Azik said in a cold, commanding tone.

This is clearly not how Azik speaks.

Within the Swordholder Alliance, Lu Heng is also the leader of all civilization members.

Even when Queen Aureanna speaks to Lu Heng, she doesn't use a commanding tone.

"So you've shown your tail, huh?" Lu Heng had already guessed that the entity controlling Azik behind the scenes was probably the three-headed serpent demon.

At that moment, Azik's body suddenly trembled, and he pressed his hand to his forehead, saying in a trembling voice, "I...I think I'm going to lose control...Quick...Quick, restrain me!"

With Lu Heng standing here, Azik's fighting strength wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

However, Lu Heng was puzzled: what was the point of the three-headed serpent demon controlling Azik to attack the Nightblade Leopard Legion of the Elf race?

Can the outcome of this battle be changed?

Given the current state of the Winged Demon World, even if a demon god were to descend, it wouldn't change the outcome, let alone control Azik to cause destruction.

Lu Heng frowned and asked, "What's the point of doing this? Will it save the Winged Demon Clan?"

Azik's body trembled slightly, and he spoke in a calm and deep voice, "There was a slight accident. You can continue. If you're worried, you can close this Servant Eye."

Lu Heng was even more puzzled.

This sentence was clearly spoken by the three-headed serpent demon god using Azik's body, but it didn't sound like it came from the same demon god's consciousness as the previous sentence.

How is this going?

Unless a demon god has a peculiar hobby, he wouldn't put on such a meaningless performance, acting like he's schizophrenic.

A thought suddenly flashed through Lu Heng's mind, and he realized a possibility.

The three-headed serpent demon has three heads, at least three; it's unclear whether it has more.

If each head has an independent brain and will, then the existence of two wills is not surprising.

To confirm this sudden thought, Lu Heng asked, "Who are you now? Which leader is speaking?"

Azik laughed in the voice of a demon: "You found out? I do indeed have independent will in each of my heads. Just now, it was just one of the heads that caused a little trouble. I promise that this will not happen again."

Lu Heng remained vigilant and asked, "That's it?"

Azik paused for a moment, then replied, "Although I don't need to explain to you, to avoid potential conflicts later, I'll help you this once. Salion's ancestral home should be difficult for you to conquer; I can give you some hints."

The Winged Demon Ancestral Court is indeed very difficult to conquer.

Over the past thirty days, the Swordholders have tried many different attack methods.

Astral pulse cannons, nuclear bombs, antimatter bombs, and Lu Heng even unleashed the Wind Dragon's Breathless Slash.

The astral pulse cannon and ordinary nuclear bombs had absolutely no effect.

The antimatter bomb had some effect, but the effect was not significant.

If we want to destroy the Winged Demon Ancestral Court with antimatter bombs, we would need to use strategic-grade antimatter bombs.

Strategic-grade antimatter missiles are intended to deal with demon gods, and their quantity is limited. Using them on the Winged Demon Ancestral Court would be a waste.

This is also why Lu Heng left the Winged Demon Ancestral Court for last.

In terms of defense level, the Winged Demon Ancestral Court's defense level is almost the same as Salion's physical body.

Lu Heng unleashed his strongest combat power, and the Godslayer Sword Light he unleashed could indeed break through the defenses of the Winged Demon Ancestral Court, but it would take a lot of effort to completely destroy it.

If we expend our energy on this, it will be difficult to deal with unexpected situations later.

Moreover, the outer defense of the Winged Demon Ancestral Court has a regenerative function; the sword strike from more than ten days ago is no longer visible.

Hearing the words of the three-headed serpent demon god, Lu Heng knew that there must be some secret hidden in this ancestral court of the winged demons.

"You said."

"Salian's ancestral court is his final lair, and also the last layer of its legal defenses. Therefore, the ten thousand layers of defense within the ancestral court are his legal power. That is a power that only a true god can wield. You were already quite strong to be able to break through the outer layer of legal power, but to completely destroy it is probably not so easy." The three-headed serpent demon god revealed the secret of the outer defenses of the Winged Demon Ancestral Court. (End of Chapter)