Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 344: Chapter 189: Eerie Buddha Statue (Part 3)

Chu Xiu’s heart was ringing alarm bells. Without the slightest hesitation, he made a decisive judgment and immediately commanded the Ghost General to retreat.

However, at that moment, the golden pupils of the Buddha statue suddenly cracked open, revealing a horrifying blood-red hue. Simultaneously, a blood light emanated from its body, and a massive wind pressure surged out from within, pressing outward in all directions!

Countless pieces of rubble were swept up, and the souls transformed creatures were blown into continuous somersaults mid-air by this immense wind pressure, like willow catkins in a storm, forced to take on solid form just to barely steady themselves. The surrounding rock walls produced thundering sounds, with countless stones falling down and the dust on the surface of the Buddha statue rising, as if some majestic life that had been asleep for millennia was reviving within!

And as time went on, the gale, already as if cut by a blade or cleaved by an axe, did not diminish but rather grew increasingly magnificent. The Buddha statue, half-embedded in the rock wall, felt the surrounding walls continuously breaking under the wind pressure, and its expression became ever more vivid!

Suddenly, the Buddha statue’s legs shifted, raising a colossal cloud of dust with a harsh screeching sound, and those legs, nearly fifty meters tall each, changed from a sitting position to an extended stance.

At the same time, the Buddha statue pressed its hands against the ground, appearing intent on rising!

With a rumbling roar, the entire cavern began to collapse, a powerful pressure, the likes of which Chu Xiu had never sensed from anyone, descended. Under this pressure, Chu Xiu’s fierce ghost couldn’t even resist for a moment before it knelt on the ground with a ”bang,” its whole body trembling!

This was a pressure from a completely different level, a terror that even surpassed the power of the Hundred Souls Banner; no matter what commands Chu Xiu issued, the fierce ghost showed no reaction! Only the Ghost General could still hold on!

In truth, not just the fierce ghost, but even Chu Xiu felt a terror deep within his soul, a great disparity stemming from rank. If Chu Xiu stood before the Buddha statue, he likely couldn’t even move! This realization made him involuntarily show a look of horror!

”This is a Heroic Spirit! Such terrifying energy level, it’s simply not on the same plane as King Tier!”

”No wonder the Heroic Spirit is a massive threshold; no wonder professions below S-Class don’t even have the qualification to advance! No wonder, even after decades of accumulation, the probability for many of the most talented King Tier to pass the trial is less than 10%!”

This wasn’t just an increase in power, but an evolution of life’s very essence!

”Could this be the trump card that Calamity spoke of?!”

The strength of this bizarre Buddha statue had already surpassed Chu Xiu’s previous expectations. Previously, everyone conjectured that although Calamity possessed the energy level of a Heroic Spirit, it was born from a Blood Demon Core, controlling the core weakly and at most exerting the power of a top-tier King.

But the pressure from this Buddha statue had surpassed the scope of King Tier by a long shot; perhaps an unforeseen change had occurred!

Even though Chu Xiu’s strength still held its ground, he had no confidence in enduring before such a force!

Without any hesitation, Chu Xiu turned his head and ran!

At that moment, the Buddha statue suddenly pointed forward, a beam of golden light shot towards him. The speed of the light was unbelievable, piercing through the ore-laden solid rock along its path as if it were tofu, with no resistance at all!

Chu Xiu was greatly alarmed, hastening the Flying Corpse’s speed while gathering the power of the Sin Punishing Demon Saber in his hand, surging his strength against the incoming golden light!

The blade slash condensed from destructive energy collided with the golden light, creating an explosive sound akin to metal being pierced, followed by a tremendous explosion at the scene!

A massive shockwave spread in all directions, kicking up stones everywhere. However, witnessing this astonishing power, Chu Xiu instead let out a light ”hmm” and stopped.

He hadn’t imagined that the Sin Punishing Demon Saber could withstand this strike.

Though the strength must have diminished after traveling several kilometers, it was ultimately the power of a Heroic Spirit.

Originally, Chu Xiu had prepared for the Sin Punishing Demon Saber to be shattered directly and had steeled himself to rely on his own strong constitution to endure.

To his surprise, he managed to withstand it.

Focusing his attention, he was surprised to find the pressure from the Buddha statue quickly diminishing, seemingly being suppressed by some force.

He saw the previously rusted, thick chains binding the Buddha statue now emit a verdant spiritual light, with countless ancient and mysterious inscriptions emerging on their surface.

Under the suppression of these inscriptions, the Buddha statue let out a roar of unwillingness and with a ”boom,” sat back down again.

This scene made Chu Xiu pause for a moment before exhaling deeply.

”Ha, I knew that Calamity was deceiving me.”

Thinking about it, if this Buddha statue indeed had no restraints, it would’ve likely surged out of the pit and killed everyone by now.

The chains gradually tightened, apparently piercing through the Buddha statue’s bones, making it seem like a puppet being manipulated, gradually resuming its original posture.

However, before the power completely dissipated, it still struggled, shooting another beam of golden light at Chu Xiu.

But this one’s power was significantly weaker than before, and its speed slowed down. Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense could even capture the essence of this golden light—a small vajra pestle purely condensed from energy.

Just as he prepared to swing his saber to dispel it, a figure suddenly leaped out from behind him, shattering the golden light in front of him with a punch.

A familiar face came into view.

Qin Xiang, full of anger: ”Chen Ce! Why didn’t you follow orders? Do you know what would have happened if I had been a moment later?!”