Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

These people, she vouched for them with her own honor to board the ship, yet now, not even a complete corpse can be found.

This hellish scene made Xi Ya’s hands tremble uncontrollably. She raised her head in anger, but when she looked into those cold eyes in the void, it was as if a basin of cold water was thrown in her face. All her anger was extinguished, replaced by a chilling fear from the depths of her soul.

"You... this is against the rules."

All the words of resentment were stuck in her throat, leaving only a dry protest.

"Rules?" The presence in the void seemed to have heard something ridiculous, "The rules are meant to present me with a magnificent show, not for you to attack my Military Governor."

As the words fell, the presence in the void pointed with a finger, and the altar beside exploded with intense Life Energy. These Life Energies condensed into a beam and surged towards a certain place beneath the falling warship.

"Xi Ya!"

From afar came Zoltan’s worried shout. Xi Ya turned her head and saw her "Shadow", who had accompanied her since childhood, flying towards her with a concerned face. But just then, a shadow appeared behind Zoltan.

Xi Ya widened her eyes sharply.

"Watch out!!!"

However, before the sound transmission of warning could be sent, a scaly arm had already pierced through Zoltan’s heart from behind.

Zoltan turned his head in disbelief, meeting the indifferent gaze of the Lizard God Envoy.

"Pfft."

The Lizard God Envoy lightly flicked its hand as if brushing off a piece of trash, sending Zoltan’s body plummeting to the ground.

Xi Ya’s eyes turned red instantly. The Blood Crystal Power around her became agitated, sensing its owner’s emotions. She roared and charged towards the Lizard God Envoy, with the Blood Crystal Power continuously emanating and forming into sharp blades.

However, the Lizard God Envoy merely raised its hand mockingly. The next moment, an unbeatable power swept over, shattering all the Blood Crystals around Xi Ya in an instant.

Her body flew backward like a kite with a broken string. Without any words, she already understood that this Envoy had achieved a complete unlocking of its power, and with the influx of massive Life Energy, its power was even greater than at its peak.

Cang Kai’s words flashed through her mind: "I want to remind you that once the God descends, we only have the path of becoming playthings."

"How can those who follow the rules defeat those who create the rules?"

"So that’s what it means..." Xi Ya was full of bitterness. She felt as if all the bones in her body had broken, and a thick despair and fatigue rose from her heart, as if dragging her consciousness into the abyss of darkness.

For some reason, in the last moments as her consciousness fell into darkness, what came to her mind was the mysterious voice of unknown origin.

"Drag it out!"

"If I had listened to him back then, would things be..."

"Bang!"

Xi Ya’s body fell into the dense forest, vanishing like a stone sinking into a lake.

𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

The Lizard God Envoy looked at her coldly, not in a hurry to pursue, but rather turned to the sky, kneeling in mid-air, pressing its head tightly to its knee.

"Your subordinate has failed in their duty, I beg the God to punish me!"

The eyes in the void gazed indifferently, and the once-powerful and arrogant Envoy trembled uncontrollably.

After a moment, the voice of the God echoed throughout the entire sky.

"Continue the ritual."

"The sacred hunting ritual must not be disrupted by anyone."

"I hope this time, you can show me something interesting."

The Lizard God Envoy’s face broke into an ecstatic expression and hurriedly responded: "Yes! If I cannot satisfy the God this time, I am willing to sacrifice my body and soul as penance!"

The Outer Realm Demon did not reply, only the crack in the void gradually closed. As the last sliver of the gap sealed, the aura that made everyone present tremble faded away.

The Lizard God Envoy let out a sigh of relief, then looked towards the place where Xi Ya had fallen, a malicious glint in its yellow-green vertical pupils.

"This lowly creature dares to disgrace the God."

"Dying like this would be too easy for you..."

With a cold laugh, it transformed into a stream of light, rushing towards the place where Xi Ya had fallen.

As its body entered the dense forest, the sky returned to tranquility.

Everyone remained stunned in place, unable to recover for a long while.

The events would take a long time to describe, but in reality, they lasted only two or three seconds, enough to shock everyone immensely.

From the Envoy being struck down to the God’s descent, the display of unfathomable power instantly turned the tide of battle, the situation changed too quickly for anyone to react.

"Thud!"

The King suddenly knelt down, trembling, his mouth proclaiming, "Holy Hunter! Eternal True God! Bathe in your grace, we are grateful for your favor!"

His voice ignited the kindling of dry wood, with fervent prayers sounding above the altar from one after another, everyone knelt, chanting prayers with faces full of worship and fanaticism.

Not only near the altar, but every city and alleyway of the entire capital, anyone who witnessed this miracle was enthralled by the God’s power, they knelt on the ground, the flames of rebellion completely extinguished, the pain of oppression finally transformed wholly into an insatiable thirst for blood and slaughter.

They had given up the pursuit of a stable life, instead accepting the reality of their possible imminent deaths, seeking excitement amidst unease and pain.

Even those with resistance still in their hearts no longer dared to show any.

The candle flames lit by the Rebel Army’s lives were thus snuffed out.

"So, is the world deep in the Abyss such a scene?"

"No matter how reluctant, how resistant, in the end all one can do is choose self-deception in the face of absolute power."

"If not, one might be completely destroyed by the boundless despair."

Watching the fervent crowd praying before him, Chu Xiu observing from the void couldn’t help but sigh softly.

He even had a feeling that perhaps even those royalties and nobles harbored treasonous thoughts of deicide deep in their hearts, otherwise Cang Kai’s Rebel Army wouldn’t have breached the capital so easily.

Chu Xiu also understood why the government’s personnel reacted so violently to Blue Star slowly sinking into the Abyss.

At great depths, the density of powerful Abyssal Creatures is too high, and a delicacy like Blue Star would surely be targeted.

"At that time, won’t Blue Star also become a playground for higher beings seeking thrills?"

Letting out a long breath, Chu Xiu forced himself to refocus on the current situation.

Though the turn of events was beyond his expectation, in some way, it was evolving in a beneficial direction for him.

The sudden appearance of the God of the Hunt and its breaking of rules indeed skyrocketed the difficulty of passing the trial to an unimaginable level, yet it also objectively prolonged the duration of this hunt.

Otherwise, if Xi Ya had truly blasted the altar with a cannon shot, by the time Chu Xiu arrived, maybe those four Awakened would have already disengaged and returned.

"Moreover..."

Chu Xiu looked at the altar that was blasted open at the top.

At this moment, a faint Spiritual Power was emanating from it.

And his consciousness was covertly absorbing these emanated Spiritual Powers, forming a phantom Spirit Body!

It was that earlier cannon shot, causing a slight leak of the energy stored within the altar meant for calling upon the arriving consciousness!

"Although this Spiritual Power is still pitifully sparse, it finally allows me to do something..."

He couldn’t help feeling a pent-up frustration from having watched from the sidelines without being able to act, and Chu Xiu had always held onto this grievance in his heart.

After a brief contemplation, his consciousness followed the direction where Xi Ya was.