Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

The light rain drizzled down from the sky, sizzling upon landing on the bluestone tiles.

The once orderly residential area had now been corroded into a pitted landscape, with melted cement clogging the sewers, accumulating and solidifying under the eaves to form bizarre statues.

Chu Xiu and Chen Yuan crouched low, hiding behind one of the statues. Not far away, a squad of Horned Demon soldiers was heading towards them.

The closer one approached the black spire, the more frequent the sightings of patrol squads became. These teams moved through the spires, sealing off all roads leading to the outer world.

At this distance, the Black Death Prison resembled a towering peak that rose from the earth, radiating an inexplicable fear merely by existing.

Suddenly, a squad of Horned Demons rushed toward their position!

This was a twenty-man squad, consisting of one King Tier and nineteen General Tiers—a common formation in the Horned Demon army.

The leader held a special flag emitting a faint red light, stopping less than ten meters from them!

Chu Xiu could clearly feel that Chen Yuan beside him held his breath instantly.

Fortunately, the Horned Demon squad only hovered around briefly before flying away above them.

This allowed Chen Yuan to breathe a slight sigh of relief.

"We’re a thousand meters from the tower; the patrol density will only increase. You can’t afford to be this tense," Chu Xiu transmitted softly.

The latter nodded, indicating understanding.

The two carefully continued to stealthily move deeper, and after rounding a corner, they reached their designated position without incident.

This was a hotel half-corroded by acid rain, with its cold steel framework exposed like barren branches reaching skyward.

The black spire stood silently ahead, a black liquid, reminiscent of oil, seeping from its base, tainting the surrounding land like a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

By now, the nearby area had begun merging with another world, evident in the red-brown earth absent from Blue Star.

Chu Xiu silently calculated; the distance from here to the black spire should be less than 500 meters according to the map, yet they were certainly more than a thousand meters apart now, indicating extensive spatial fusion far beyond Peng City’s center.

This fusion was clearly caused by the black spire and, in turn, granted it special power.

Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense unfurled, enveloping the black spire, meticulously analyzing its attributes.

This was a war machine armed to the extremity, shrouded in the same black mist as the Black Death Prison, offering similar damage mitigation effects, substantially enhancing the spire’s defensive capabilities.

Within the tower, over a thousand Horned Demons gathered; some operated bizarrely designed cannons, others scanned the surroundings with spotlights from the tower top, searching for potential intruders, while others managed specialized equipment that Chu Xiu couldn’t comprehend.

These Horned Demons were far from mere brute-strength savages; they were a well-civilized army!

The enormous battleship overhead further illustrated that in the Outer Demon Realm, aside from powerful individual strength, technological development was superior to humans!

This was to be expected; Blue Star was still too young. Despite many geniuses, it was hard to surpass centuries, even millions of years, of accumulation from other worlds completely!

"The more troublesome part is that through this spire, the Horned Demons’ power is consolidated."

Under Divine Sense inspection, thin black lines extended from each Horned Demon, stretching from their horns into the black spire.

Energy coursed through these lines; although the battle hadn’t begun, Chu Xiu vaguely sensed that through these lines, any attack on the black spire would be conducted outwardly by the mist, allowing the thousand Horned Demons inside to share the burden!

This made the spire, though temporarily constructed, an indestructible War Fortress!

"The best method should be to infiltrate the spire and destroy it, but the difficulty of this maneuver is too high, likely infeasible."

The technological complexity of the black spire surpassed Chu Xiu’s imagination. The enemy wouldn’t leave this weak point unchecked, and he felt certain there were other verification methods nearby; continuing forward might lead to significant losses instead.

The plan of Green Lady and other Demigods involved launching a frontal assault from a kilometer away, indicative of the situation.

Not to mention, Chu Xiu’s stealth still relied on the Qi Concealing Technique cultivated at the Mortal Tier and the Thought Overwrite at the General Tier, far from Heroic Spirit level stealth capabilities.

Just as Chu Xiu pondered the course of action, a series of explosions echoed in the distance!

He realized immediately that a squad had already launched an attack.

At that moment, searchlights suddenly surged from the black spire’s top, sweeping a broad area to investigate all nearby zones!

It seemed that the distant attack had alerted this camp.

Chu Xiu hastily pulled Chen Yuan, seeking deeper cover while fully concealing their presence.

The bright lights illuminated the dilapidated hotel to a crimson hue, but fortunately, after a brief turn, they shifted to other directions.

However, just as Chu Xiu sighed in relief and prepared to move forward with Chen Yuan, a large red light suddenly beamed down from the extraterrestrial battleship overhead!