Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 317: Chapter 181: Calamity’s Energy Level

At the very moment Chu Xiu was meditating to recover his mana, not far from the battlefield, Qin Xiang gazed at the thick layer of ash covering the entire cave, his eyes unable to hide his astonishment.

He stepped forward, and the ash covered his entire calf.

”Such thick ash, just how many corrupted creatures were killed here!”

The ash in front of him reached nearly half a meter high; even without accounting for what dispersed over time, at least a hundred thousand had to have been slain just in this cave.

Not long ago, he suddenly received information about a riot occurring in the third frontline tunnel, with a large number of corrupted creatures launching an attack on the defense stronghold.

Upon hearing this news, Qin Xiang’s heart tightened at once, thinking that the calamity underground wasn’t willing to sit idly by and had launched a sudden attack, so he immediately rushed over with the King Tier responsible for guarding that line.

However, upon arriving, he found that although the number of attacking corrupted creatures was large, they were all Low Tier, Mortal and Warrior Tier creatures, unable to break through the heavily fortified firepower blockade.

And after leaving behind tens of thousands of corpses, they retreated in a sorry state.

This left Qin Xiang thoroughly puzzled.

What were they doing? Just sending themselves to death?

Nevertheless, Qin Xiang did not let his guard down and dispatched the Awakened for reconnaissance at the first opportunity.

However, the information he received was shocking, revealing that in the next defense stronghold, a massive battle involving at least over a hundred thousand corrupted creatures had occurred! And it involved high tiers!

This news left Qin Xiang completely baffled. The other King Tiers were steadfastly guarding their posts, so besides them, who else had the capability to accomplish this?

Just when he couldn’t make heads or tails of the situation, he received another message: before the corrupted creatures’ attack, someone had seen the Dark Night Monarch delving alone into the pit!

This made Qin Xiang both anxious and enraged.

During his previous conversation with Chu Xiu, he had surmised that the latter would most likely not follow his instructions, but he hadn’t imagined he would be so recklessly bold as to venture alone into the territory of the corrupted creatures!

Seriously, who gave you, a Fierce Tier, that kind of courage?

Even though he was an exceptionally gifted Civilization Envoy, he had only been awakened for less than two months, reaching at most an advanced General Tier strength.

Such strength might dominate among talents of the same generation outside, but in the treacherous Abyss, it was still lacking!

”It seems his smooth sailing since awakening has made him arrogant and overconfident.”

”Even at the risk of offending him, I must find an opportunity to give him a stern warning; otherwise, how can he pass the Ancient Trials?”

Qin Xiang was secretly furious, but he still immediately gathered another King Tier to venture deeper in search of Chu Xiu’s whereabouts.

After all, as a Civilization Envoy, if he were to die just like that, it would be a tremendous loss for humanity.

”So, this is why I always said we should strip him of his Talent along with the ’Proof of the Old Days’.”

Beside Qin Xiang, Mu Wu smirked as he spoke.

”Even though that fellow is cautious enough, if we four King Tiers joined forces and launched a surprise attack, I don’t believe he could react in time!”

Qin Xiang remained silent, continuing to forge ahead, yet a subtle temptation lingered in his heart.

Although he was greatly opposed to such methods, the Ancient Trials were crucial to human civilization’s development, and he did not want any unexpected occurrences.

However, when the two reached the second defensive stronghold, where Chu Xiu had battled, they were both struck dumb.

”What...what transpired here?”

Mu Wu brushed aside the ash in front of him, revealing the uneven, yet solidified remains of the molten rocks beneath, an unmistakable look of shock on his face.

He quickly estimated that at least a hundred thousand corrupted creatures had perished here!

”A hundred thousand corrupted creatures, even if all were Mortal Tier, can’t possibly be slain in a short time by an ordinary General Tier, especially given the report that the interval between the Dark Night Monarch’s arrival and the attack by the corrupted creatures was less than half an hour!”

This caused Mu Wu to furrow his brows.

And Qin Xiang solemnly stated, ”No, the corrupted creatures here were certainly not just low tier! Look at this!”

Mu Wu followed Qin Xiang’s pointing finger, and what caught his eye was a massive shield machine embedded in the rock, utterly destroyed.

At present, the blade of this colossal machine was covered in dense scratches, each cut at least a dozen centimeters deep!

Mu Wu’s expression was uncontainably shaken once again: ”Such energy output is undoubtedly at the advanced General Tier! Perhaps even King Tier!”

”Could it be that the Dark Night Monarch already possesses King Tier combat strength? But how is that possible?!”

His face was full of disbelief.

Even for those disciples most highly regarded by the Celestial Kings, with the resources of a Celestial King, it typically takes about half a year to attain King Tier combat strength, and past Civilization Envoys have prepared for at least a full year before taking part in the Ancient Trials!

Qin Xiang also found it inexplicable.

Truthfully, when he heard reports from Xue Li and others that the Dark Night Monarch commanded an exceptionally powerful ghostly legion with composite strength rivaling that of a General Tier, he wasn’t deeply disturbed.

After all, the Dark Night Monarch had already displayed astonishing strength against the Corpse King, and having exchanged so many Cause and Effect Points afterward, a period of rapid power growth wasn’t surprising.

But by now, that should have reached its peak.

Once resources were depleted, shouldn’t the pace of his power growth stall?

But what’s happening now? Why is it, hell, not slowing down, but accelerating instead?