Chapter 8: Powerful

Chapter 8: Powerful

Wind Sea Continent, former site of Midwinter City.
As one of the three Transcendent Primordial Worlds of the Second Era, Wind Sea Continent was occupied by the Fish Family before the Abyss Cataclysm erupted. The Beast Race was annihilated, and the Sea Race was nearly wiped out. Under these conditions, Wind Sea Continent initially had an 87% Abyss Erosion Rate.
In comparison, the current Ten Thousand Races Realm, which has only a 5% Abyss Erosion Rate that always fluctuates between 5% and 8%, shows just how well the Ten Thousand Races Realm has held its ground.
Currently, the Void's Abyss Erosion Rate is around 30%. This is mainly because Arcane Eternal Star laid a good foundation; by massively devouring natural elements to gain power, the Abyss naturally spread here.
The existence of the "Abyss Purification Device" only suppresses this erosion rate, it cannot reduce it. The Abyss's erosion of the Void and the five battlefields is ceaseless. This also means that once a defense line is breached and the "Abyss Purification Device" is destroyed, that war zone's erosion rate will immediately reach 100%, transforming it into an Abyss region.
If the Void were to become an Abyss region, at least five Abyss Gates would appear within it. Under such a massive influx of Abyss power, even if multiple "Abyss Purification Devices" were established simultaneously, it would be too late to turn the tide.
The current situation is: if the Void's main base falls, our side loses immediately. Unless, during the subsequent Abyss invasion of the Star Realm, someone manages to kill the current Lord of the Abyss in the Abyss itself. Without the Lord of the Abyss on the High Seat to command it, the Abyss's power wouldn't invade externally with such high intensity, but would instead erode slowly.
The problem is, even if such a desperate counterattack succeeds, the only one who might survive would be that powerhouse who single-handedly slew the Lord of the Abyss, and even that powerhouse would be consumed by the Abyss.
The current strategy is very clear: the Void must be held at all costs. This is why Su Xiao and Tuanzhang are both in the Void, while the other five major battlefields share a somewhat similar fate.
If Wind Sea Continent falls and its Abyss Erosion Rate reaches 100%, an Abyss Gate will appear there. This true Abyss Gate will then project itself onto Blazing Sun Star, the Witch Realm, the Ancient Dragon Kingdom, and the Ten Thousand Races Realm, drastically increasing the defense difficulty of these four battlefields.
From a strategic perspective, the core Void battlefield cannot be affected until all five battlefields have fallen. As for achieving a complete victory, the current situation makes it seem unlikely. However, the current situation is that winning is enough.
A "complete victory" means achieving a perfect balance between Abyss and Elements. Once this is achieved, even if the balance between Abyss and Elements is disrupted again in the future, it would be at least the Eighth or even Ninth Era later. This is not the time to plan for the blessings of future generations, especially since this Abyss invasion is so powerful.
According to Tuanzhang, the previous Abyss invasion had the Void as its main battlefield, radiating to several high-rank worlds but not affecting the Transcendent Primordial Worlds. This time, however, it has affected five Transcendent Primordial Worlds.

At this moment, inside the General Command of Wind Sea Continent, the Wind Sea Main Base.
Inside the command room, a female powerhouse wearing a black commander's combat uniform, with a mechanical right arm and a faint bloody aura from her injuries, is known as the Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina. She is the General Commander of Wind Sea Continent.
Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina, has a cigarette between her fingers. She was just besieged by two Abyss Descendants and has only just suppressed her injuries. She gives a few instructions to the people in the command room before teleporting away, because her partner is holding the front line.
Everyone in the room is either a current subordinate or a former subordinate of Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina. She is a very established powerhouse. To put it this way, during the last Abyss Campaign, she was a Supreme Strong, and one of the members of the hundred or so squads who survived to the end and entered the handover zone. This time, she has reached the Supreme Peak of the Apocalypse Paradise.
Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina, has no command talent, yet the Void Tree still chose her. This decision was made based on an evaluation of her past actions, and her approach has proven the decision correct. Although she is the General Commander, she has transferred command authority to a man with white hair and a refined temperament, known as the White Wolf King.
Facts have also proven that the White Wolf King's command ability is quite good. He has used his two trump cards to ensure the defenses on both flanks of the main base are as solid as iron. These two trump cards are the Deer God and the Blade Demon.
In such a catastrophe, the Deer God naturally wouldn't stand idly by. The Blade Demon's arrival is somewhat coincidental. During the Void Tree's summoning, the Blade Demon was in an unclear state of mind and chose to ignore it. The Blade Demon, who is trying to find himself, left Doom Star and his next stop was Wind Sea Continent.
Originally, the Blade Demon was following fragments of his past memories, but he hadn't been in Wind Sea Continent long before the Abyss Campaign erupted. Well, well, well. Now the Blade Demon, who is at the very front line, has suddenly recovered many past memories. This situation of endless Abyssal creatures, where killing one brings ten more swarming in, is familiar. Yes, very familiar.
The Deer God is on the left flank, the Blade Demon on the right, but the central front line has become a major problem. It's not that the powerhouses of the Apocalypse Paradise are weak. The erosion intensity of this world itself is high, and the Apocalypse powerhouses are a bit... well, compared to Reincarnation and Death, they are indeed a bit weak. For a time, the central battlefield was getting beaten badly.
As for why not send the Blade Demon or Deer God to the front? It's as if the flanks they are currently guarding could hold without them.
If we say the Apocalypse faction is weak, then nearly 70% of our side's resources for this Abyss Campaign are provided by the Apocalypse faction.
But if we say the Apocalypse faction is strong, then there wouldn't be this situation of using our inferior horse against the enemy's superior horse, like in the Tian Ji horse racing strategy. The problem now is that the strength of this "inferior horse" is too unexpected. It's like, from afar it looks like a horse, step closer and it looks like a mule, get up close and... damn! It's a donkey, a donkey baring its big teeth and laughing.
However, the contractors at the very front of Wind Sea right now can't laugh at all.

Boom!
A scorching red iron fist slams down. Fei Ka Xiu, an Apocalypse Supreme Peak with steel wings, staggers back a few steps. His mechanical eyes stare at the giant red beast in front of him. This man, like a wild beast, is ridiculously strong.
Besides him, the figure in the distance is equally dangerous. It's a three-meter-tall, gaunt humanoid form composed entirely of writhing sea worms. Its strength is not inferior to the beast-man in front.
Not to mention the black snake that is continuously killing our contractors. This black snake is both human and snake, often transforming between states, making it extremely bizarre. More troublesome is that it can suddenly emerge from anywhere, even from the back of an enemy's neck.
Therefore, the serrated short blade in the pale hand of this bizarre black snake is very dangerous. Since the battle began, several Apocalypse Supreme Strong have had their throats slit suddenly. What's more unsolvable is that being throat-slit by this Supreme Peak black snake results in instant death. Aside from the Life Core, no life-saving items work. It's not that these items aren't powerful, but that they can't be triggered.
This means the black snake doesn't first kill the target's life, then cause their "causal death." It does the opposite: it first causes the victim's "causal death," then lets the causality of death backfire on the victim. Thus, life-saving items are useless, because 99% of them are triggered when Primordial Life Force is damaged to a certain extent.
Besides this black snake, there is another Abyss Descendant wearing a bronze mask, dressed like a plague doctor. It has three arms and a bare, pale upper body. Whenever its vertical pupils lock onto someone, it locks onto them. The next second, the serrated short blade in its hand, identical to the black snake's, stabs into its own chest, and the person it was staring at dies on the spot.
One of these two comes from the Abyss Descendant Collective, the other from the Bronze Family. The causal weapons in their hands are one of the Abyss faction's killing moves this time. The Abyss Legion never just charges forward blindly in chaotic slaughter. While the Abyssal creature cannon fodder does that, the elite forces specialize in killing enemy powerhouses.
Once a breach is torn in the defense line, the Abyss army swarms in. Driving them back is more than ten times harder than holding the line originally was.

The battlefield is chaotic. Abyssal creatures of all sizes roar incessantly. Steel burns fiercely. Black blood has accumulated to ankle depth. A dying melee tough guy, whose entire squad is dead and both arms are severed, falls into a pool of blood. With injuries so severe that death is certain, he is ultimately drowned by the Abyssal blood.
An Abyssal giant beast, its whole body burning with ice-fire, runs around in agony, letting out miserable howls. It is not without fear. Abyssal creatures are also living beings, possessing fear and a will to survive. But under the absolute dominance of its superior, it can only charge forward.
With a "wah," a shieldless tank spits out a mouthful of blood. He supports himself on his knees, panting like an ox. He had imagined the cruelty of the Abyss Campaign, but that it would be like this right from the start is something he never expected. This place has already turned into a hell where blood and slaughter are boiling.
A three-headed demon dragon is blasted down, scattering blood rain as it falls. With a thunderous crash, it is detonated by its distant controller, an "Ancient Abyss Existence" that looks like a giant pitcher plant.
Boom!
The dragon flame explodes. The explosion has just begun to spread when a red-haired man gathers it into his hand. He makes a grasping motion, compressing the dragon flame in his hand. With a roar, the dragon flame in his hand shoots out like a geyser, rumbling forth.
Hundreds of meters away, a large mass of enhanced dragon flame flies above the red beast giant. It grins, grabs it with one hand, and the dragon flame attaches to its fist. Its blazing red fist punches forward, hitting the Apocalypse faction's Supreme Peak, Fei Ka Xiu.
With a "boom," Fei Ka Xiu flies back a distance, his metal wings slicing through countless Abyssal creatures along the way. He lands in a half-crouch, skidding a long way before stopping, feeling his blood and qi churn.
The red beast giant is none other than the Fourth Seat of the Rune Family, the Red Beast, Di Luo. During the fight with Su Xiao on Doom Star, Di Luo did seem a bit timid at the end. But now, fighting the Apocalypse Paradise's Supreme Peak, Fei Ka Xiu, he is throwing heavy punches.
Near Di Luo, the gaunt humanoid form composed entirely of writhing sea worms is none other than the Fish Family's Second Elder, Dikunuka, who didn't show up on Doom Star.
Giving Fei Ka Xiu no time to catch his breath, Di Luo instantly closes in and throws another heavy punch.
Boom!
Fei Ka Xiu breaks through layers of airwaves. As he passes, the wind pressure howls. A healing-type contractor whose entire squad has died is grazed by the wind pressure. Just the wind pressure alone leaves bloody gashes across her body. As the front line's Fourth Defense Line, this place is no longer safe. Abyssal creatures are charging into this area.
Bursting black flames cause a gale to rise. The severely injured healing-type healer, A Duo'er, gets up from the ground in a daze. Her light blonde hair is braided into a fishtail braid, and the specks of blood on her face add a touch of desperate desolation to her appearance.
"Roar!"
A black, malformed beast pounces down from above onto a severely injured squad leader, biting off his upper body in one gulp. Blood and intestines splash everywhere. The beast turns its gaze towards A Duo'er.
This makes A Duo'er, whose face is already fair, turn even paler. Just then, a figure blocks her path, giving her a glimmer of hope. But the next second, she realizes this figure staggered a few steps before reaching her. In fact, this figure's entire body is covered in writhing black leeches. Its pupils, with small worms swimming inside, tremble, then shift to look at A Duo'er.
At this moment, A Duo'er feels like crying. Her path to strength was relatively calm in the early and middle stages, until she encountered a certain Hunter. What followed was thrilling and dangerous. Now summoned to the main battlefield, she thought being a healing type would be relatively safe, but who would have thought the enemy's offensive would be so fierce.
"Roar!!"
The malformed beast and the leech parasite both roar at A Duo'er simultaneously. The sweet life force of a healing type attracts them.
The nearby Supreme Peak, Fei Ka Xiu, and Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina, both sense this scene. Unfortunately, they are in a two-versus-four situation and can't even take care of themselves. A blue-haired mecha-type contractor further back wants to help, but the Abyssal rage beasts charging at him never stop. His small-scale energy cannon has been firing continuously, its energy overloaded, yet it still can't drive back the relentless waves of rage beasts around him.
Just as A Duo'er is about to use her trump card life-saving measure, a metallic-sounding explosion comes from above.
Dong~!
It's as if a bloody nova has appeared in the sky, emitting a cross-shaped crimson radiance. As the cross-shaped flash gradually fades, a mark appears in the sky.
The Apocalypse Paradise contractors who see this scene all instinctively tighten their hearts. In the past, seeing this mark meant they were about to get beaten. They almost have muscle memory for it. But this time, it's friendly reinforcements.
Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina, and Fei Ka Xiu have no emotional fluctuations. Reinforcements are good, but the situation in the Wind Sea war zone is such that even a single Supreme Peak can't turn the tide. Even a Reincarnation Paradise Supreme Peak would find it difficult. Unless the General Commander from the core battlefield comes, but unfortunately, that's impossible. Even if the Wind Sea battlefield falls, that person cannot leave the main battlefield.

The mark seems to be stained with blood. The blood turns into blood mist, then crashes down like a waterfall, forming a pillar of blood light.
With a "whoosh," a demon hawk flies out from the blood light pillar. Everyone looks at the pillar. In front of a tall figure with ox horns is a figure with glowing red eyes. This figure just stands there, exuding an unparalleled sense of oppression. It seems his arrival makes this battlefield of blood and fire even more terrifying.
Seeing this, Di Luo's cheek visibly twitches.

Boom!
The earth trembles. More accurately, all the blood in this area begins to gather and compress. In front of this newly arrived figure, it forms a flickering crimson light, a scene caused by the extreme compression of blood energy.
The newcomer raises his hand. A crimson blood core is held in the air. As he crushes it with one hand, a "boom" sounds. Waves of blood surge in all directions, quickly clearing the Abyssal creatures from this large area. This leaves 90% of the combatants present stunned and dumbfounded.
A Duo'er is shocked into a daze. She knew this person was strong, but she never had a concrete measure of it. Now, she has a certain standard of comparison.

Su Xiao's gaze falls upon the four Abyss Descendants present. The Fish Family, the Beast Family, the Bird Family, and the Collective. The four strongest families of the Abyss Descendants are all here. It seems they have a strategy to take the Wind Sea battlefield first, using this as an advantageous starting point to continuously expand their advantage. As for the Void battlefield, that looks like a tough nut to crack no matter what.
And indeed it is. Although the Void is the core battlefield, both sides will definitely fight more fiercely in the five Transcendent Primordial Worlds during the early and middle stages.
Furthermore, the Abyss Gate in the Void cannot be closed until this Abyss Campaign is won. In contrast, the Abyss Gates in the five Transcendent Primordial Worlds can be closed. After all, these are projections of the Abyss Gate, not a real gate opened here.
If Wind Sea Continent can be held, ensuring the destruction of the Ten Thousand Races Realm's Abyss Gate first, that would undoubtedly be a victory in one round.

Among the four Abyss Descendants present, the black snake from the Collective family flips its serrated short blade and says in the Abyssal language:
"Four against one, we devour it."
The black snake's words make Di Luo's cheek twitch again. The Fish Family's Second Elder, Dikunuka, remains expressionless, staying at the back. The Bronze Crow from the Bird Family says nothing, just draws another causal blade.
Su Xiao's gaze sweeps over the four Abyss Descendants present, finally locking onto the black snake. He is very interested in the serrated short blade in the enemy's hand.
With a "boom," space shatters. Su Xiao is already in front of the black snake. The black snake's expression is calm. Its form twists, about to assimilate with the strong enemy before it. Besides, its Life Core is currently full...
Wind pressure hits. What greets it is Su Xiao's straight kick. The terrifying power of this straight kick causes the black snake's assimilation ability towards Su Xiao to shatter like broken crystal.
Boom~!!!
The earth shakes. Just as the black snake spews a torrent of black blood and is about to fly away, it suddenly freezes for an instant. It's the instant activation of "Extreme Blade: Star Boundary."
Clang!
The long blade cuts through the black snake's throat, severing its snake head. The head is caught by a hand wrapped in a crystal layer. The Star Boundary stasis only lasts for an instant, so the black snake's headless body continues to turn into light and fly into the distance. Its head, however, is caught by Su Xiao.
Pfft!
A blade stabs into the black snake's brow. This Abyss Descendant, who had never known the concept of death, suddenly has its eyes widen to the limit. Then, something called fear spreads across its snake face. Up to this moment, it couldn't believe that as an Abyss Descendant, it could die like this. Having been an Abyss Descendant since the First Era until now, it had completely forgotten death. Now, it is drowning in it.
Pulling the long blade from the massive snake head, over a meter in diameter, Su Xiao tosses it to Amu. Amu catches it with both hands and takes a bite. Seeing this, the Fish Family's Second Elder, Dikunuka, has his cheek twitch just like Di Luo did earlier. In terms of eating, Amu has always been strong, so he quickly devours the snake head.
"Di Luo."
The Bronze Family's crow mask speaks in a deep voice, only to find that the spot beside him is empty. Di Luo has slipped away. The question is, why is this guy so fast?
Of course, he's fast because he's good at running away. From the moment he realized the reinforcement was Su Xiao, Di Luo was already prepared to retreat immediately. The Fish Family's Second Elder, Dikunuka, has the same idea. The two of them are temporarily not coming to the Wind Sea Continent war zone. Since their master's order is to occupy a Transcendent Primordial World as quickly as possible, they choose to go to the Ancient Dragon Kingdom.
Clang~!
A slash mark passes through. The Bronze Crow's mask is broken open, but this Abyss Descendant suddenly disappears. Su Xiao confirms that this is not the opponent's own ability. It should be that among the Abyss Descendants, there is one located in the Abyss who has the ability to instantly pull marked targets back to the Abyss. This type of ability is very similar to the characteristics of the "Primordial Clan Emblem," but much faster.

The pillar of blood light had crashed down earlier, and our side hadn't held out much hope. But the current situation greatly inspires our contractors.
The Lightning Law God, Ai Ge, who was previously matched to the Void due to the bad situation in the Wind Sea war zone but has now been recalled here, breathes a long sigh of relief. He thought he was unlucky to be matched to the core Void war zone, but now it seems Wind Sea Continent is the most dangerous.
No one cheers or loudly thanks him. Not only because the battle must continue, but also because the aura of this powerful reinforcement is too oppressive. If he weren't on our side, just seeing the rising crimson blood mist would inspire deep fear. Even though he is on our side, looking at him from afar is still frightening.
The battle line, which was on the verge of collapse, begins to reverse. Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina, and Fei Ka Xiu both look at the Hunter who came to reinforce them. For some reason, a chill suddenly runs down their spines. They have a feeling that this Hunter, frustrated that he didn't get to kill the Abyss Descendant, might, in his boiling killing intent, just cut them down too.
"Much obliged."
Iron-Blooded Rose, Betanxina, speaks. Su Xiao only nods in response before heading towards the incoming Abyss beast tide. Blade auras crisscross, and the booming sounds are incessant. Under his lead, it doesn't take long for the central defense line of the Wind Sea battlefield to be pushed back to its original position.
Clang, clang, clang~
Blade light flashes. The slashes are clean and crisp, as satisfying as cutting through vegetables. But the further Su Xiao advances, the more he feels a sense of prying from his surroundings. With a "shua," a transparent sharp spike, piercing through space and even the world, stabs past him from the front. This is an attack from some "Ancient Abyss Existence."
Su Xiao ignores it and continues to kill forward, but gradually feels substantial pressure from the Abyss Gate. He stops advancing and leaps back to our side's battle line.
This close approach to the Abyss Gate confirms one thing for him: before the Abyss Erosion Rate of this world is suppressed below 5%, forget about getting close to that Abyss Gate. The closer he gets, the more he feels the suppressive pressure from the Abyss power. If he forces his way there, even if he succeeds, when a Supreme Peak Abyss Descendant walks out from inside, he will be very passive.
For now, destroying this Abyss Gate seems very unlikely and very risky. Indeed, the priority is still to win in the Ten Thousand Races Realm first, then have the powerhouses stationed there come to Wind Sea Continent to establish a solid defense line here. Now it's a race to see whether the Ten Thousand Races Realm succeeds first or Wind Sea Continent falls first.
As long as the Lord of the Abyss doesn't come personally, even if the four Patriarchs of the Abyss Descendants come to Wind Sea, Su Xiao can fight them. As for those very powerful "Ancient Abyss Existences," he hasn't had enough contact with them. He'll need to fight them to know for sure.

[Prompt (Void Tree): A Campaign Mission is about to be issued.]
[You have passively accepted the Campaign Mission.]
[Final Campaign Mission: Victor.]
Difficulty Level: Lv.4
Mission Content: Win this Abyss Campaign.
Mission Time Limit: None.
Mission Reward: Determined based on final contribution value.
Mission Penalty: None.
Missions without failure penalties are generally dangerous. This one is no exception.

Su Xiao arrives at the high wall of the Fifth Defense Line, finds a spot to sit down, and takes something out from the team storage space. It's a [Contract Item] that Beini obtained from the little elf, Boboli, at the Void Main Base. The library silver coins earned from selling the Void Great Library were mostly used to buy this.
[Grant Contract]
Origin: Soul Great Library.
Category: Contract Item / Cursed Item.
Contract Effect: Grant (Passive): You can grant one of your strengths to an individual with a high causal connection to you.
Tip: That is, you can bestow one of your current physical characteristics onto your follower or a friendly party with close ties to you.
Warning: If the friendly party cannot withstand this powerful physical characteristic of yours, this follower/friendly target will die immediately.
Contract Cost: Temporary Loss (Contract Cost · Unique Passive): The physical characteristic you grant will be reduced to 10% of its original value.
Curse Cost: Calamity Descends (Curse Cost · Unique Passive): You will enter a state of calamity, and your subsequent luck will continuously and massively decrease.
Tip: Due to your extremely low luck, which is -20,000,000 points, this effect is ineffective against you.
Tip: Due to your extremely low luck, it has even backlashed against this equipment's curse characteristic. It is estimated that 10 to 15 natural days after you equip this "Contract Item," its curse characteristic will be worn away by your luck, turning this equipment into a purer "Contract Item." There will no longer be a "Curse Cost" afterwards.
Introduction: Contract and Curse. Hmm, only the contract, no curse. Perhaps there will never be a curse from now on.
Selling Price: Cannot be sold after equipping.

Seeing the characteristics of this equipment, Su Xiao ponders for a moment. A bold idea brews in his mind. After weighing it again, he uses his current high authority to consult the Void Tree about whether there is a mission to destroy the Abyss Gate in this world. The answer is yes.
[Campaign Side Mission: Wind Sea Battlefield.]
Difficulty Level: Lv.?
Mission Content: Reduce the Abyss Erosion Rate of this world to below 5% and successfully destroy the Abyss Gate.
Mission Time Limit: None.
Mission Reward 1: "Super · Massive" Final Contribution Value.
Mission Reward 2: Ultimate Harmonization Stone (Unique product of the Void Tree. Can be used to harmonize the "Abyss Heart" or "Elemental Eye," increasing the success rate of advancing to the Supreme Realm, or to harmonize both, thereby increasing the advancement probability while achieving a higher advancement ceiling).
Mission Reward 3: Immediately obtain 30,000,000 ounces of Space-Time Power.
Mission Penalty: None.

Seeing this mission, Su Xiao makes up his mind. He will smash the Abyss Gate here. He has a particularly bold idea about how to do it.

Happy New Year, and Requesting Annual Leave

Wishing all readers a Happy New Year. Also, Feiwen wants to take three days off. I will resume updates on the fourth day of the new year. Previously, Feiwen rested for three days, which significantly alleviated my dizziness. Taking advantage of this New Year, I will rest a few more days, hoping to completely eliminate the dizziness. Also, I thought of an idea for an extra chapter after the main story ends. I'm not sure if it's feasible, so I wanted to ask for your suggestions, dear readers.
Feiwen is decent at writing battles, so I thought, for the extra chapters, should I write a few battle extras? For example, Tuanzhang fighting the previous Lord of the Abyss, or other powerhouses, like the peak First Generation Sun King fighting the strongest Ancient Dragon. I wonder what you think of this idea.
"Reincarnation Paradise" Happy New Year, and Requesting Annual Leave
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