"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The heavy drumbeats echoed in the arena, and when Chu Xiu came to his senses, he found himself on a barren planet.

There was no air, no sunlight, no life here, only eternal cold and dead silence.

Chu Xiu felt that the temperature was definitely below minus two hundred degrees.

In such extreme cold, Awakened of the General Tier would likely freeze to death in no time, especially with no air here.

Only those who evolved to the Heroic Spirit level, whose bodies were no longer flesh but high-density energy forming a perfect internal cycle, could rid themselves of the need for survival materials.

Although Chu Xiu was not a Heroic Spirit, as long as he didn’t stay here for a month or two, it wouldn’t be a big problem.

Glancing around, a figure suddenly caught his eye.

It was a creature standing on a bluish-gray rock, humanoid in shape, covered with gray skin armor on the surface, with two massive transparent wings tightly folded like an insect’s on its back, blending almost seamlessly with the rock.

Some basic information about the duel flashed through Chu Xiu’s mind: the Giant Winged Ghost Scythe Race, a special race living on a Barbaric Planet, natural predators, and his opponent was the most talented "Saint Child" of this race.

Chu Xiu’s Divine Sense extended, but before he could capture it, he saw the figure flicker and instantly vanish!

Chu Xiu’s pupils slightly contracted, "Such incredible speed!"

Without any hesitation, a massive amount of Demonic Qi surged from his body, forming a dense fortress-like defense around him!

"Clang!!!"

Almost at the moment of its formation, there was a sharp metallic clash, and Chu Xiu felt his Demonic Qi Barrier being impacted by a tremendous force. In the next instant, a half-meter-thick barrier was forcibly torn open, with five sharp claws stabbing inside!

Through the torn gap, Chu Xiu met a cold, emotionless eye.

Snorting coldly, Demonic Qi coalesced behind him into eight long spears, shooting them rapidly toward the figure!

However, as the spears shot out, they merely passed through the person’s body, only striking a mere afterimage.

This surprised Chu Xiu once again.

The conjured demon energy soldiers had a perfected activation speed, yet they were still easily dodged by the opponent. This indicated that the creature he faced had reaction and movement speeds incredibly close to that of a Heroic Spirit!

In the moment of Chu Xiu’s astonishment, another grating metallic sound came from behind him. Turning around, he saw the peculiar gray-white creature clinging to the Demonic Qi Barrier, ignoring the corrosive effect of Demonic Qi on itself, using its Sharp Claws to tear another opening.

But this was far from over. Just as Chu Xiu was about to counterattack, another sharp noise came, as the left side was also sliced open, with a gray-white monster clinging there, staring at him venomously!

Sound after sound, each followed by another, Chu Xiu looked up to find monsters appearing on the Demonic Qi Barrier, in mere breaths covering the entire barrier, frantically tearing at the Solid barrier comparable to King Tier Legendary Armor!

A turbulent and malevolent gaze was fixed on Chu Xiu, combined with a series of sharp tearing sounds that made his skin crawl.

"Playing tricks!"

With a light snort, Chu Xiu’s Divine Thought surged out, causing the Demonic Qi Barrier to disintegrate with his mind, and in the next instant, it transformed like a porcupine, stabbing outward with countless spikes!

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

Those gray-white monsters could not dodge in time and were pierced through their bodies, but a bizarre scene unfolded. The creatures’ forms twisted as if disturbed water, then slowly faded away into the air.

And at that moment, a bluish-gray phantom rushed out with extreme speed, a fiercely brilliant Sword Aura rising as if to cleave the heavens and the earth, filling all of Chu Xiu’s vision in an instant!

"Clang!!!"

At the critical moment, the Demonic Qi stored within Chu Xiu’s body was activated, forming a massive Tower Shield, while the Imperial Five Dragon Crown’s Shield also manifested simultaneously. Yet even so, this overbearing Sword Aura broke through these two layers of defense, continuing with undiminished power, slicing open a crack on the Great Sun Guard Shield.

This made Chu Xiu take a deep breath, never expecting a General Tier creature to unleash such a powerful attack.

Now, he finally saw the opponent’s appearance clearly, with a perfectly aerodynamic streamlined body, about three meters tall, covered in extensive exoskeletons on its surface, with a pair of unfolded transparent wings on its back, gray-white skin like a gargoyle sculpture, holding a three-inch long Bone Blade, and eyes as cold and emotionless as those of a hunter.

After the ambush failed, the creature showed no hint of discouragement, swiftly changing positions with calm precision, while a large number of identical "phantoms" appeared throughout the battlefield.

But Chu Xiu knew, these were not just mere illusions but were clones capable of shredding his Demonic Qi Barrier!

"Truly a top-tier Gladiator," Chu Xiu complimented.

From their earlier exchange, he had already gauged the situation.

The Gladiator opposite him must be a being of extremely high Person, not inferior in Talent to an Asura.

Although only a General Tier, it was clear that he possessed several pieces of Legendary equipment, and used special enhancement Artifacts for this fight, boosting his Basic Attributes to near those of a normative Asura in the Ancient Trials.