Chapter 995 - 437: Main Offensive

The Blood Demon Army across surged repeatedly, even though a large batch of Blood Demons had been killed, the crimson line on the horizon seemed to grow more intense.

"Ecological spread, huh."

Chu Xiu furrowed his brows.

Under the bombardment range of the Titan Giant Mechanism, the spread was successfully intercepted, but beyond its range, it was impossible to prevent the five Blood Demons from freely calling upon Blood Energy.

This Blood Energy, however, would be greatly diminished upon entering the Civilization Domain, far inferior to directly constructing ecology within the domain.

"No matter what, the opponent’s first step seems to be compressing my Civilization Domain."

No matter the scheme or specific plans, weakening Chu Xiu’s power was undoubtedly correct.

As for the traitor...

Chu Xiu’s gaze swept down below.

Just as Zhao Jie said, such aimless rough searches couldn’t reveal any abnormalities.

"Currently, my civilization comprises mainly four groups."

"Those originally among them are the Awakened ones, the natives I saved from Peach Blossom Spring, those recruited to help construct my civilization government, and most recently hired to enhance combat power—temporary workers."

"The first two don’t need mentioning, at most there could be some Extreme Dao individuals recruited by Outer Realm Demons, those who help build my civilization are mostly in Support Professions, though there is no guarantee that some earlier works of the Outer Realm Demons blended in, but the most concerning are the newly recruited ones..."

Chu Xiu examined carefully, led by Zhang Zhengdao are three Demigods and about ten Heroic Spirits. Although their identities could generally be trusted from investigations, if they had been swapped earlier, it wouldn’t be surprising, especially...

Chu Xiu squinted his eyes again, looking at the four men, who were all Heroic Spirits from the families behind the Celestial Mechanics Guild!

These four were direct relatives of Shen Tianxie, emotionally should be most reliable, but realistically could be easiest swapped, as they were the only ones who came voluntarily, allowing more time for swapping.

"This won’t do." Chu Xiu shook his head, he couldn’t continue with such meaningless guesses.

It would lead to paranoia, leaving them more vulnerable, more likely during the past six months the opponent may have infiltrated his civilization using some special means, not requiring anchor points.

"Moreover, even ordinary Extreme Dao individuals, given the right timing, could cause significant destruction."

The special weapons stored within the Titan Giant Mechanism can easily be exploited.

If thinking like this, the number of people he needs to be wary of is too many, meanwhile he must balance with combat, making it impractical.

With a gentle thought, Chu Xiu steadied his mind.

He doesn’t need to scatter his mind with baseless suspicion, but concentrate on fortifying the core area, reacting defensively.

Moreover, he has his own preparations.

As Chu Xiu considered, suddenly a shadow flashed by his side, it was Zhang Zhengdao.

"I searched using the Celestial Secret Law Order Map, didn’t find any suspicious signs." He said.

Chu Xiu saluted, "Thank you, Senior Zhang."

"Their target is you, to be safe don’t leave the Mixed Yuan Taiji Diagram coverage." Zhang Zhengdao advised, "This is our Zhang family’s strongest defensive Array Map, with my control, even a Celestial King would struggle to breach it."

Chu Xiu paused slightly before finally nodding in agreement.

Zhang Zhengdao glanced at him, "I know you can’t fully trust me, but we need to cooperate now."

"Perhaps you don’t yet fully understand the Abyss, unaware of how powerful Gods truly are. If you only speculate based on stronger Demigods, you’ll surely suffer greatly, their methods are beyond your imagination."

"Although your prowess among the younger generation is unmatched, to truly step into a High Tier battlefield requires more honing."

Zhang Zhengdao wasn’t aware of Chu Xiu’s specific current strength, in the Civilization Domain, detecting strength was normal, Zhang family’s investigation only reached Qin Yu, beyond that they knew nothing.

In truth, while the power Chu Xiu demonstrated in Peng City was astonishing, especially considering the timing of his power eruption, but after revealing Qin Yu’s identity, his actions and upgrade trajectory were coherent.

Still astounding, yet returned to the logic of leveraging powerful talent for opportunities, which then progressively feed back to strength itself — a snowball effect.

After calculating the Cause and Effect Points Chu Xiu expended... it seemed not so incomprehensible.

There’s a main misconception here.

That is, Chu Xiu’s actual Tier was King Tier, but due to demonstrating overwhelming power, everyone assumed he had anxiously passed the Heroic Spirit Trial.

This is quite deceptive, because the trial theoretically disregarding success rates, you could participate at full level, and with lucky success, substantially increase strength.

Considering "Chu Xiu luckily passed the Heroic Spirit Trial" and "luckily acquired Mythical Equipment," his Talent has returned to a realm explainable by common sense.

Therefore, from Zhang Zhengdao’s perspective, Chu Xiu was impatiently participating in the Heroic Spirit Trial, though he successfully passed, but reflects somewhat of rashness, and such a snowball cannot persist.

Because the higher the Tier, the average talent among everyone increases, for instance Heroic Spirit powerhouses are on average S Tier or higher in Professional Talent, Chu Xiu’s talent advantage will keep diminishing, unable to further continue snowballing.