Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era-Chapter 408 - 211: The Road of Giants (Part 3)

As Liang Zhan’s words fell, Chu Xiu chuckled lightly, thinking that this person, able to lead an army, was indeed not a fool.

He must have noticed that Chu Xiu didn’t harbor malice towards everyone, so he used this pretext to try to ease the situation.

And Chu Xiu did not continue to act; he had no intention of taking the Third Elder’s life. Otherwise, by truly using his strength, he could have dispatched him in a single move, so how could he have let him hold on for so long?

He wasn’t someone who would shout for blood just because someone spoke insolently to him. The reason he acted decisively was just to establish authority at the fastest speed and, by the way, to understand the personalities of the people here.

Moreover, he needed the people of the Buddhist Sect to help gather and properly settle the populace. Displaying strength was one aspect, but if he directly killed an important figure on the other side, then the nature of things would change a bit.

Ignoring Liang Zhan, Chu Xiu stretched out his hand and grabbed, pulling the Third Elder before him, and said, "General Liang, immediately send someone to deliver this elder to the main city at the fastest speed."

Then, he looked down at the Third Elder: "You can truthfully report what happened here to the leader of the Buddhist Sect and tell him if he wants to continue maintaining control, he must gather all the populace to the main city immediately. I will explain the reason to him personally later; but if he wants to resist to the end, I don’t mind spending some time conducting a thorough purge."

Saying this, he disdainfully looked at the Third Elder in his hand, whose bones were almost all broken, and with only a breath left, he raised his hand and threw him to the ground.

His impression of the Buddhist Sect in this world was not good. According to the records in the book, saying that these bald donkeys are nothing but evil is not an exaggeration. It could be said that even if the entire top layer of those bald donkeys were killed, there would be no injustice, hence why Chu Xiu acted so harshly.

Liang Zhan hurriedly called people over to send the Third Elder back.

Then, Chu Xiu made another grab, and the high-ranking officers in the room were pulled into the air by a giant strength, then the Flying Corpse appeared and securely caught them on its back.

Seeing this hideous giant creature, the look of reverence on everyone’s faces increased even more.

"Lead the way, take me to the frontline."

"Yes."

This time, Liang Zhan did not hesitate. He walked over to the neck of the Flying Corpse to guide the way, quickly rushing out of the army camp filled with complex passages with the speed of the Flying Corpse, flying through a passage flanked by steel walls.

This passage was very wide, about forty to fifty meters wide, and to Chu Xiu’s surprise, its height was actually thirty to forty meters.

"Why would this shelter build such a giant passage? If the width is for the timely transport of large amounts of supplies, then what is the height for? Could it be to transport a battleship in?"

Chu Xiu thought curiously.

Liang Zhan seemed to see that Chu Xiu did not know much about this place and timely explained: "There’s only this one passage leading out of the camp, which we call the ’Path of the Giants’. Following this passage for about thirty to forty miles, you’ll reach the end, where there’s an even more complex and expansive space, which we call ’Fallen Paradise’."

"Fallen Paradise has hundreds of passages extending outward. We have not yet figured out where these passages lead; we only know that the Hungry Ghosts attack us through these passages."

"And along the Path of the Giants, we have arranged a lot of defenses, and there’s a reconnaissance squad of at least three hundred people entering the passages in Fallen Paradise every day to explore and place surveillance equipment to monitor the movements of the Hungry Ghosts."

Chu Xiu nodded, directly asking his question: "Why is this path built so tall?"

Upon hearing this, Liang Zhan paused, hesitantly replied: "Honestly, I have never thought about this question, but the entire Peach Blossom Spring was created by the Buddha, and as mortals, it is difficult for us to fathom his intentions."

This made Chu Xiu realize that the people here probably did not know that the place where they live was built by humans like them. After all, the Buddhist Sect always claimed this place was created by the Buddha with immense power.

Wait a minute. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Chu Xiu looked around again, raising another question in his heart.

Was this place... really created by humans?

Because this gigantic passage, even with the level of human modern industrial capabilities, is very hard to build, especially since it is thirty to forty miles long, and Chu Xiu can’t imagine any need to construct the passage so overwhelmingly large.

As Chu Xiu pondered, Liang Zhan began to introduce their current situation: "In recent days, the surveillance equipment we’ve placed in each passage has detected a lot of Hungry Ghost activity. After analyzing the whole picture, we found an extremely large wave of Hungry Ghosts heading towards our defense line."

"Although the open scenery of the Path of the Giants is especially suitable for us to snipe at these Hungry Ghosts, the prerequisite is that there’s enough ammunition. Among the eighteen Vajra Cannons arranged on the Path of the Giants, three are under repair, and five are out of commission due to a lack of replacement parts, with only ten able to be used normally."

"And there’s less than two hundred shells left, and ammunition for other weapons is also very scarce. If our soldiers are forced into hand-to-hand combat, then we will surely be unable to stop such a massive number of Hungry Ghosts."

"We have promptly sought help from the main city, but apparently, the Buddhist Sect does not trust us. With the setback of the Third Elder... I don’t know if they will bring us the resources we need."

"Sir, your Divine Techniques are astounding, but when facing the wave of Hungry Ghosts, it’s still best to rely on us, and there’s no need for you to risk yourself."

Liang Zhan said in a somewhat ingratiating manner, sneaking looks at Chu Xiu’s reaction from the corner of his eyes.

And Chu Xiu also understood this general’s thoughts.

He wanted Chu Xiu to go clarify things with the Buddhist people to get the ammunition he needed.

After all, in his view, Chu Xiu was merely a stronger Buddhist Elder. Although he had demonstrated astounding Divine Techniques, dealing with the wave of Hungry Ghosts still relied on these soldiers.

The mana that a person can store is limited. In large-scale destruction, it is far inferior to the Vajra Cannons specifically made for this purpose and a plethora of modern weapons.

This is also why those Buddhist Elders never come to the frontline. Once surrounded by Hungry Ghosts, no matter how strong you are, if your mana is exhausted, you are just a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"You don’t need to worry about this matter."

Chu Xiu said leisurely, having quite a favorable impression of the general, he didn’t mind giving him some reassurance.

"You and your soldiers don’t need to risk fighting, just be ready to support from the rear."

"Leave all these Hungry Ghosts to me alone."