Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 405: Chapter 210: You Are the Elder—So Who Am I?

And as soon as he entered the general’s camp, he would greedily scan the surroundings for anything he could grab.

In fact, he had already prepared more than a dozen different gifts in advance, from sweet wine brewed by the army to the rare treasures from high-tier Hungry Ghosts, all to please the elder and make sure he wouldn’t cause trouble, approving aid supplies without fuss.

According to his plan, he would serve this elder well first, then take him to see the front line’s dire situation to make him understand the necessity of the aid.

But the elder before him was completely different from previous ones, showing no interest in the gifts, instead immediately gathering all the soldiers?

It must be known that assembling all the soldiers here was no small task.

Just as Liang Zhan was puzzled, the soldier who brought Chu Xiu up quickly stepped forward and whispered a few words in his ear, making the middle-aged man’s face change dramatically!

”Feiyu, that kid, how could he be so careless!”

No wonder the other side was so aggressive in wanting to assemble all the soldiers, it turned out to be an on-the-spot interrogation!

Realizing the seriousness of the situation, Liang Zhan’s face showed anxiety for the first time: ”Elder sir, I....”

He was eager to explain something, but was interrupted by Chu Xiu raising his hand.

”I have no intention of pursuing those forbidden items, just follow my instructions, and then get the fastest soldier to take me to the front line against the Hungry Ghosts.”

These words stunned Liang Zhan again, full of confusion, even doubting his ears.

Not only not pursuing forbidden items but also personally going to the front line?

Those Buddhist elders, despite their divine techniques, were all deathly afraid, how could they possibly go to the front line themselves?

Liang Zhan’s confused gaze made Chu Xiu sigh impatiently, thinking how nice it would be if he also mastered those King-tier speed communication skills, delivering information through speech was too slow.

Unwilling to explain more, a faint gold light rose in Chu Xiu’s eyes, and he calmly said: ”Execute the order.”

At the moment he saw the golden light, Liang Zhan’s body trembled, but he quickly came to his senses and hurriedly bowed his head saying, ”Yes.”

Chu Xiu gave the general in front of him a surprised look again, the opponent didn’t yield from the suppression of the Burning Blood Golden Eyes, but chose not to directly confront after feeling Chu Xiu’s strength.

Though Chu Xiu hadn’t truly exerted the power of the Burning Blood Golden Eyes, otherwise, this general would have been turned into a torch, just withstanding a bit of the pressure was remarkable.

Under Chu Xiu’s inspection, this person’s strength was barely top Fierce Tier, close to General Tier, but his willpower was stronger than some King Tiers.

”The willpower of the people here is extraordinary, it seems this martial arts cultivation honed over the battlefield for decades truly trains willpower, something the Awakened cannot compare to.”

”I must not overlook this in the future, and should not focus solely on increasing strength on the panel,” Chu Xiu thought to himself.

However, these are matters for the future, Chu Xiu’s main focus now is still on completing the mission.

He watched Liang Zhan walk out, giving orders to the adjutant, planning to have all troops retreat to the main city immediately, as for the enemies, he’d handle them himself.

But just as Chu Xiu thought things would go smoothly, suddenly a dispatch runner hurriedly ran over.

He was panting heavily, his face full of anxiety.

”What’s causing such panic?” Liang Zhan said unhappily.

”General!” The dispatch runner looked at Liang Zhan urgently, then cautiously glanced at Chu Xiu, lowered his voice, and said, ”The Buddhist elder has arrived!”

These simple six words left seasoned Liang Zhan stunned in place: ”What did you say?”

”Elder has arrived,” the dispatch runner quietly repeated, adding, ”he carries the Buddhist Protective Dharma Artifact, the energy fluctuation, definitely genuine! And I saw him in the main city, it’s the Third Elder with the worst temper!”

”Heard on the way someone...” The dispatch runner lowered his voice again, ”heard someone is impersonating himself, and is angrily rushing here.”

This made Liang Zhan’s face completely change, he turned to look at Chu Xiu, offering a smile, ”Sir, my subordinate says another elder is coming, are you aware?”

This scene left Chu Xiu somewhat helpless, he didn’t want to waste time, but succinctly explained: ”This place is about to face an apocalyptic crisis, I’ve come to save you all, follow my orders to gather all the soldiers and move immediately to...”

”Where’s this rascal spouting nonsense here!”

Before he could finish, a loud shout was heard, a figure clad in golden yellow kasaya rapidly approached, in just a breath, traversed over a hundred meters!

He clutched a Vajra Pestle in his hand, Chu Xiu could feel an intense murderous intent, the opponent intended to kill him with one strike at the meeting!

But when he got close, perhaps seeing Chu Xiu’s calm demeanor and extraordinary bearing, he didn’t strike with the Vajra Pestle, though the domineering aura didn’t diminish, coldly questioned: ”Who are you to dare impersonate a disciple of our Buddhist Sect?”

”You’re a Buddhist elder, then who am I?”

”Liang Zhan! What are you doing? Haven’t captured this person yet! Do you want your family’s womenfolk sent to Paradise?”

Hearing ”Paradise,” Liang Zhan’s face darkened instantly, but quickly recovered, smiling apologetically, ”Both sirs, calm down, there must be a misunderstanding here.”

”What could be misunderstood?” The Third Elder gave Chu Xiu a sidelong glance, ”Concealing your identity, I’ve never heard of someone like you in the Buddhist Sect!”

At this point, the young men and women previously caught by Chu Xiu for privately stashing forbidden items also rushed over, they had quite the cultivation, hearing the conversations from afar, were shocked to hear Chu Xiu was an impostor.

Impersonating a Buddhist elder? Could anyone in this world dare to impersonate a Buddhist elder?

Didn’t he know, it’s a first-class felony! To be hung in the center of the square, tortured to death in public with utmost cruelty?

And besides the Buddhist elders, who else could possess such terrifying power?

Everyone was looking at Chu Xiu, waiting for his response.

Under everyone’s gaze, Chu Xiu sighed lightly and slowly spoke:

”I’m indeed not a Buddhist elder.”

At these words, everyone’s complexion changed drastically, but hearing a ”swish,” Liang Zhan instantly drew his long knife at his waist, pointing it at Chu Xiu, the personal guard soldiers also drew swords one after another.

The Buddhist elder’s face twisted fiercely, grinning savagely, ”Good, good, never in my three hundred years as an elder have I encountered someone daring enough to impersonate me, Liang Zhan! Haven’t captured him yet!”

”Yes!”

However, just as Liang Zhan prepared to step forward, Chu Xiu leisurely said, ”But according to your worldview, compared to a Buddhist elder, I should be closer to the Buddha in your mind.”

”???

These words left everyone with a face of question marks.

The Third Elder laughed in extreme anger, ”You damned rascal, you....”

But before he could finish, Chu Xiu lost patience, just reached out his hand, and an illusory giant hand appeared out of thin air, directly gripping the Buddhist Elder!

The next moment, under everyone’s shocked gaze, the Buddhist Elder’s body made a ”crackling” sound all over, his bones being forcibly crushed one by one!

”Aaaaahhh!!!”

He let out a miserable scream, but at this moment, a Buddha tower floated out from his bosom, hovering above his head, dropping strands of Buddha light, barely resisting the grip of the Celestial Demon Hand.

And as the Buddhist Elder caught his breath, golden light oozed from his body, rapidly healing his injured body.

This slightly surprised Chu Xiu, thinking these Buddhist elders do have some skills, no wonder others are so afraid.

Though the Celestial Demon Hand now only has General-tier power, and Chu Xiu didn’t exert full strength, being able to withstand it is not easy.

And despite not directly obliterating the elder in front of him, the shocking scene left others stunned in place.

What’s this situation? The Buddhist elder who was almost godlike in their minds was clasped in place like a chicken?

”Liang Zhan! Aren’t you acting yet?! Want to conspire together too?”

The elder shouted loudly, while others looked at the calmly standing Chu Xiu in the field, then at the elder who was already a bloodied figure gripped by the giant hand, all stuck in indecisiveness.