Chapter 998 - 438:

"Drawing the blood river from underground and then using a special divine technique to turn it into a blood rain?" Chu Xiu’s eyes glinted.

This blood rain practically covered the entire battlefield. Such a large-scale divine technique could never be executed by a Blood Demon Wizard alone. It seemed those five Demigod Blood Demons, although not showing themselves, had been affecting the battlefield all along.

"In that case, I should stop being a spectator."

Ultimately, his civilization still needed him to safeguard it!

With a pat on the Soul Banner, countless sharp wailing and howling cries reverberated above the Titan Giant Mechanism!

Everyone looked up in shock and saw a mass of "black clouds" rapidly forming above the Titan Giant Mechanism and spreading in all directions!

Upon closer inspection, those weren’t black clouds at all, but grotesque, shrieking ghosts!

"This scale..."

Even strong figures like Zhang Zhengdao and the other heroes showed shocked expressions on their faces.

They were certainly aware that Chu Xiu had the ability to summon ghosts. Even up to now, many believed that Chu Xiu’s actual profession leaned more towards a summoning profession.

But still...this scale was too grand!

It was completely beyond the scale during the Peng City events!

And this was far from over. As countless ghosts rapidly spread outwards, a fog began to quickly expand from the center.

This was the ghostly domain of the Ghost Kings!

Formed by the combined effort of three Ghost Kings, the ghostly domain was already immense, let alone within Chu Xiu’s Civilization Domain!

With just a thought, the ghostly domain extended further, forming a foggy area with a radius of over thirty kilometers, almost covering most of the tree walls!

These mists were like a gaping mouth ready to devour, silently swallowing all Blood Demons that ventured in!

"What an astounding scale, although there are no High Tier ghosts above the heroic spirit level, the sheer number is overwhelming!"

"With such a scale, even without showing up, there must be heroic level ghosts among them."

"The more important thing is...he has learned domain skills!"

Almost instantly, the three sharp-eyed demigods discerned Chu Xiu’s foundation, exclaiming in unison.

It’s known in the summoning profession that the most important skills are those that buff summoned creatures, and the domain is undoubtedly the pinnacle of such skills!

A summoner with or without a domain is at completely different strength levels!

Actually, before this, there was already a notable faction among the High Tier Awakened saying not to focus too much attention on Chu Xiu, believing he would soon hit a bottleneck in strength improvement.

But now, it seemed this rumor would be discredited effortlessly.

"I didn’t expect that in less than a year, he would achieve such a massive breakthrough."

"The overall strength of this ghost army should be comparable to a demigod, right?" said Divine Power Daoist.

Chen Huang said, "He himself should not be underestimated. Don’t forget that in Peng City, he once held his own against a Demigod General. Although that general’s strength was below the demigod benchmark and he had two pieces of mythical equipment assisting him, it was still remarkable."

"He’s at least a baseline demigod, possibly reaching the Strong Demigod level, which aligns with my previous guess." Zhang Zhengdao concluded with a sigh, "When I reached this level, it took me twenty whole years, didn’t it? Truly, new generations replace the old, and the new surpass the old."

Chen Huang said, "No need for modesty, Clan Leader Zhang. He is standing on the shoulders of giants, while you carved out a path of blood alone in that dark era."

Zhang Zhengdao waved his hand, saying no more, his face showing no expressions.

But what the three did not know was that even though they tried to gauge Chu Xiu’s strength as high as possible, they still vastly underestimated his terror.

The strongest five heroic level ghosts Chu Xiu kept by his side, hidden within the ghostly mist, never revealing themselves.

Moreover, what made the ghostly legion truly strong was not the ordinary domain but the Nether Chain released by his Yama Scripture!

Chu Xiu’s current divine soul was so strong that even ordinary peak demigods could not compare, and more importantly, even though his strength was devoured by the Star Core, the boost through the Nether Chain was unaffected. This was why he could enhance heroic ghosts to Strong Demigod, or even Perfect Demigod.

If the three knew that Chu Xiu possessed five Perfect Demigod summoned creatures, their eyeballs would surely pop out.

And after the ghost army was fully deployed, under the dual reinforcement of Chu Xiu’s Civilization Domain and the Nether Chain, they immediately unleashed terrifying power, clashing with the Blood Demon Army at the frontline.

Chu Xiu’s tactic was straightforward; he directly abandoned the large, disgusting creatures and specifically targeted the grunts and Blood Demon Wizards around the Blood Sea Giant.

Once they were cleared, the Blood Sea Giant would have to face the artillery fire of the Titan Giant Mechanism head-on.

And this combat technique was very effective; thanks to the home-field advantage, the Blood Demon Army’s advance significantly slowed down.

But the aerial battlefield was not as easy; the Titan Giant Mechanism had limited anti-air weapons, and ordinary anti-air defenses couldn’t deal with so many High Tier creatures, only providing side assistance.

The main force comprised a dozen Awakened led by heroic spirits, coordinating with at least half of the ghost army, engaging in a head-to-head battle!

The casualty rate for these ghosts was much higher, making Chu Xiu’s heart bleed. He didn’t expect that after finally recovering to his peak and advancing, he would start losing his ghost army again.

"Forget it, as long as the High Tier ghosts don’t die, it’s fine."

"If we can win this battle, there will be plenty of divine souls and flesh for me to replenish!"