Chapter 276: Occupation and Conflict
Emitting piercing low roars.
Their hard, scaled shells, combined with the ability to travel and burrow underground, made these Abyssal Demons, the Abyssal Worms, overlords of this Abyss World.
They lurked underground, their sensitive bristles beneath their scales able to perceive the slightest vibration on the surface.
Upon detecting the trace of prey, they would use their sharp teeth and the scales on their bodies that could stand erect to quietly burrow beneath the prey, then suddenly burst out, biting and tearing at the prey before swallowing it into their terrifying large mouths.
Let alone ordinary Abyssal Demons and Demons, even High-Grade Demons had no way to deal with these Abyssal Worms.
It was like the lions and crocodiles on the African Savanna.
For crocodiles, the river water was the best protection.
The hard Abyssal Soil Layer was the Abyssal Worms' greatest Umbrella Corporation.
A Tribe of several hundred Orcs from the Dark Council, while passing through this Abyssal Plain, were directly devoured by over a dozen Abyssal Worms that burrowed out of the Soil Layer.
Although they used Rocket and Heavy Machine Guns and other Firearms to kill a few Abyssal Worms,
When these Abyssal Worms burrowed into the Soil Layer like they were diving, these Orcs could only helplessly escape the Abyssal Worms' Territory in their modified Hummers.
These Abyssal Worms even brazenly devoured two Iron Soldiers that had come to plant Magic Plants.
As a result, this group of over a dozen Abyssal Worms was directly reduced to only one large and three small ones after the Iron Soldiers self-destructed.
But for these Abyssal Worms, the Calamity had just begun. When the Iron Soldiers' built-in Alert and Recording Device transmitted the Abyssal Worms' Information back to the Command Warship in the Sky,
Experts from the Weapons Research Department became interested in the Abyssal Worms' ability to freely move through the hard Abyssal Rock Layer and their scaled shells.
Three Iron Soldiers that looked remarkably like Destroyer Armor flew out from the Equipment Bay of a Nova Warship. Strictly speaking, these three Robots should be called Sentinel.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
The Sentinel that reached the Iron Soldier's self-destruction point hovered in mid-air, immediately activating Energy Radar search mode and X-ray vision mode.
These two Abilities came from a Level 3 Mutant from Utopia.
In Utopia, Tang Group had opened over a dozen large public and private Hospitals, providing free physical examinations for the residents of Utopia every year.
For physical examinations, Blood Sample Collection was standard.
Doctor Trask from the Weapons Research Department, who was responsible for the Sentinel Project, categorized the Sentinel into seven or eight models based on the number of Mutant Abilities they could integrate.
These three Type 3 Sentinel, based on Mystique's Gene, were loaded with Energy Radar and X-ray vision, and also integrated the Gene Abilities of Shadowcat and Cyclops.
The three Sentinel scanned the charred Soil Layer below from mid-air. After only five or six minutes, one Sentinel found the trace of an Abyssal Worm.
It swooped down. The solid Ground seemed non-existent to it, passing through the Ground like an Illusion. Boom boom boom—
The Ground shook violently, and then an Abyssal Worm burrowed out from underground as if fleeing for its Life. Before the Abyssal Worm could hiss at the Sky for long, the face of a Sentinel in mid-air shifted like Mercury, its pupils turned crimson, and two Optic Blasts shot out precisely, cutting down along the Abyssal Worm's Head, quickly slicing it into three pieces.
Even if the Abyssal Worm had the ability to regenerate severed limbs like an earthworm, being cut vertically into three sections with the cuts charred meant it was definitely dead.
"The skin of this Abyssal Worm has extremely high Research Value, and so does its Heart Crystal. Don't forget to have these Sentinel collect them!"
On the latest generation Nova Warship in the Milky Way Galaxy, Kane, Lane, Ivan Vanko, Doctor Trask, and a group of Researcher stood in front of the Big Screen, observing the movements on the screen.
Among these Researcher, there were quite a few Aliens and Modified Humans with strange appearances.
They were procured by Elder Mandel along with this batch of Starship.
In the Milky Way Galaxy, countless Life Planet were destroyed by War every day. Alien Race that lost their Homeworld either became wandering Mercenary like the Chitauri, or were unlucky enough to be killed, imprisoned, or sold as Slave.
On Planet Sakaar, where The Collector's Brother Grandmaster resided, the number of intergalactic population transactions every day was comparable to the total population of the Federation.
However, on Sakaar, due to the existence of the Milky Way Galaxy's largest gladiatorial arena, the most sought-after Slave were Powerful One with strong individual Strength, formidable Physical Body, and the ability to control Energy.
As for scientific and technical personnel, unless they were scientific Talent who mastered core Technology of Level 1 or higher civilizations, their prices were usually pitifully low.
But these people were perfectly suitable for Earth, which had not yet stepped into Space.
Currently, Tang Group's Weapons Research and Manufacturing Department and The Hive Laboratory have over two hundred "introduced" Alien Scientists.
They served Tang Group's Spaceship Manufacturing, the R&D of Sentinel and Iron Soldiers, and helped Tang Group's Scientists decipher the Alien Technology brought back by Elder Mandel. If Tony Stark's Iron Suit updates were due to his unparalleled brilliant Brain,
Then Tang Group's gradually improving Iron Soldiers and Sentinel were supported by an entire vast System.
On the Nova Warship's Projection Big Screen, over a dozen smaller screens were displayed, showing scenes of Sentinel in groups of three or five dealing with some High-Grade Demons.
For Lava Demons that could live in Lava River, the Sentinel dispatched to fight them were configured with Iceman's Mutant Ability.
Three or four Sentinel working together managed to freeze the Lava Demon into a Sculpture.
Demons that had no physical form and appeared only as a mass of Black Smoke were immune to physical Attack.
The Sentinel activated shared mode and analysis mode, experimenting with over a dozen Attack modes. Finally, using sub-sonic Attack, they shattered the mass of Demonic Smoke.
The over three hundred Sentinel spread throughout the Abyss focused their Attack on some extremely difficult High-Grade Demons.
Beneath the Blood Moon, rows upon rows of Ghoul White Bone Banner were planted on the various Mountain Peak in this Abyss World, giving the entire Abyss World an extremely desolate feeling.
The Demons that died at the hands of the Dark Council, were eliminated by Iron Soldiers, were blasted into nothingness by the Nova Warship's Main Cannon, or were even destroyed by those Magic Plants,
Their Soul were all absorbed by these Ghoul White Bone Banner, becoming nourishment for these Magic Tool.
In the Sky, four massive Ghoul White Bone Banner were Sky-shading and sun-blocking, stretching across beneath the Blood Moon. Eight Ghost God, a hundred zhang tall, led tens of thousands of Underworld Soldier and Ghost Troops, their armor clanking, cooperating with the Demonic Heaven Blood Transformation Blade's Magic Treasure True Spirit—Blood Daoist—to seal off this Abyss World from external Contact and also isolate external probes of this Abyss.
The Soul of the High-Grade Demons killed by the Sentinel all transformed into Streaking Light and were collected by the Ghoul White Bone Banner, which acted like a Curtain in the Sky.
This was also one of Tang Group's objectives in attacking this Abyss World: to find the main ingredients for Boss Tang to Refine Yin-Yang Spirit Pill.
The Blood Moon in the Sky, at some unknown time, had transformed from a multi-colored platter into a three-colored disc: two shades of Blood-Colored, one dark and one light, and a patch of dead white.
In the Blood Moon Space, a crystal-clear Skeleton Man holding a White Bone Longsword was confronting Dracula, who had transformed into Human Form. "Dracula, we've been Old Friend for so many years, and you want to snatch this from me!"
The Speaker (Dark Council) of the Dark Council slashed his Longsword, and a Black Line tore through the Space of this Origin/Source World. Dracula's pupils contracted, and with a forced smile, he summoned a Blood Cloud. After Devouring a large amount of Abyss Origin Power, the Golden Bat he summoned had now completely turned Blood-Colored.
Just as the two Old Friend who had known each other for hundreds of years were about to clash, the next moment, a thick Blood Cloud enveloped the entire Blood Moon Space.
Splash splash—
At some unknown point, the Volcano Crater, which had been emitting thick Smoke and spewing Lava, was no longer spewing hot Lava, but thick Fresh Blood.
The Lava River also turned into a Blood River, flowing throughout the Abyss.
Countless low-level Demons fell into the Blood River and melted within less than a tenth of a second.
Some intermediate Demons gradually melted in the Blood River. Some directly turned into a pool of Blood Water, while others transformed into incredibly ferocious Blood God Son.
These shadow-like Blood God Son flew in the air. Upon seeing fleeing Demons, they would pounce on them, instantly Devouring them until only their Skin remained.
The number of Blood God Son grew larger and larger, gradually forming large patches of Blood Cloud. The Blood Cloud in the Sky drifted in all directions. Some High-Grade Demons and Great Demons, carrying thick sulfurous Smoke, tried to escape into the depths of Hell Abyss, wanting to avoid this terrifying, world-destroying Blood Cloud.
But the Blood Cloud followed them, reaching Heaven and Earth, quickly enveloping them.
A bizarre Blood-Colored phenomenon occurred. Countless Demons were pounced upon by Blood-Colored shadows right before their eyes, leaving behind only their Skin.
The Orcs, Black Wizard, and Vampire of the Dark Council were all terrified at this moment, their legs turning weak.
If these Blood-Colored shadows hadn't seemed to have no intention of attacking them, many Orcs would have almost fled immediately.
But where could they flee to? All the Dark Council Member with the qualification and Strength to set up Teleportation Magic Array had entered the Blood Moon Space. Seeing this phenomenon, it was unknown if they were still alive.
"Looks like Boss succeeded!"
Lane stood on the Bridge (of a ship) of the Nova Warship, looking out at the Abyss that had turned into a Blood-Colored World through the transparent Porthole, then turned back to look at Kane and the others.
"He succeeded!"
In Raccoon City's Lake Heart Island Manor, Tang Song felt a boundless and immense Power feeding back to him, and immediately understood that the Demonic Heaven Blood Transformation Blade's Magic Treasure Spirit had successfully Devoured the Origin/Source of an Abyss World.
This Power was precisely the feedback from the Demonic Heaven Blood Transformation Blade.
Tang Song's figure flickered, and he appeared in the Secret Room Beneath the Lake.
Having arrived at the Secret Room Beneath the Lake, Boss Tang sat cross-legged. Two streams of Qi Flow, one black and one white, surged up from his Heavenly Spirit, transforming into a scroll of Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram three zhang above Tang Song's Head.
Tang Song then patted his Heavenly Spirit again, and a three-inch tall miniature figure exactly like him, holding a blood-gray three-chi spherical object, leaped out from his Head.
Boss Tang's Nascent Soul, holding the continuously expanding spherical object, leaped into the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram. He casually threw the spherical object into the Yin-Yang Fish within the Taiji Diagram.
The Yin-Yang Fish rotated like a large Yin-Yang Grinding Mill, grinding the blood-gray spherical object. Wisps of Blood Qi and gray Qi rose from the Yin-Yang Diagram scroll and merged into a corner of the Secret Room Beneath the Lake.
At the moment the Blood Qi and gray Qi merged, a figure could be faintly seen flashing into existence within the Pitch Blackness.
The Yin-Yang Great Mill rotated round and round, continuously wearing down the mottled Power within the spherical object, transforming it into the purest Spiritual Energy. However, despite being filtered by the Demonic Heaven Blood Transformation Blade, the Abyss Origin's Power, relying solely on the Taiji Diagram scroll Refinement by Tang Song, would take at least a hundred years of slow grinding to purify completely.
Fortunately, Boss Tang had a rich Net Worth. Sitting cross-legged beneath the Yin-Yang Grinding Mill formed by the Taiji Diagram scroll, Boss Tang's Nascent Soul beckoned downwards. The Aether, which had transformed into a Vermilion Bracelet, emitted a Red Light, responding to his Will.
The Reality Stone quickly transformed into a materialized Taiji Diagram scroll within the Red Light. When this Taiji Diagram scroll unfolded in the air, a Golden Bridge quickly appeared beneath Boss Tang's Physical Body.
The Golden Bridge flashed and disappeared, and Boss Tang's figure appeared within the Taiji Diagram.
Tang Song's cultivation of the Yin-Yang Great Pill and Refinement of the Taiji True Form Diagram had given him deep insights into the Dao of Yin and Yang Taiji. The Taiji Diagram materialized with the Reality Stone, while not comparable to a Primordial Creation Treasure, possessed some of its divine essence.
With the Taiji Diagram and the Taiji True Form Diagram, the two Yin-Yang Great Mills rotated simultaneously. The continuously expanding spherical object was directly ground into black and white Yin-Yang Spiritual Energy under their crushing force.
Between the breaths of Tang Song's Nascent Soul, located beneath the two Yin-Yang Great Mills, the black and white Qi Flow wrapped around him like two colored ribbons. The Nascent Soul, less than three inches tall, expanded at a speed visible to the Naked Eye under the stimulation of this Yin-Yang Spiritual Energy: three inches, five inches, seven inches, one chi, three chi, seven chi, nine chi, quickly growing to be exactly the same size as Tang Song's Physical Body.
Tang Song's Nascent Soul beckoned, and the yellow Infinity Stone, symbolizing the Mind Stone, flew out from the Five Yin Wallet, emitting a faint Yellow Light.
The so-called Mind Stone is actually Spirit. Tempering Spirit is Tempering the Soul. The so-called Nascent Divinity is the combination of Soul and Nascent Soul, forming the so-called Nascent Divinity.
Humanity's Soul are very weak. Unless a person dies, an Ordinary Person's Soul cannot leave the Physical Body. However, some Cultivator can achieve Spiritual Roaming through Cultivation, attaching their Soul to some Magic Tool, Magic Treasure, or Talisman, which is known as a Yin Spirit.
However, such Yin Spirit are too weak if they are not attached to a Magic Tool. They can interfere with Reality, but they fear light, wind, and Lightning. When the Soul is Tempered to a certain degree and combines with the Nascent Soul to form the Nascent Divinity, it breaks free from these constraints and can live independently of the Physical Body, traveling to the North Sea in the morning and Cangwu in the evening. In the eyes of Mortal, they are no different from Immortals.
In the Jambudvīpa World, Cultivator who cultivate a Nascent Divinity can not only seize bodies and be reborn, avoiding the suffering of reincarnation, but in ancient times, if they had connections above, they could even abandon their Physical Body, have their Nascent Divinity pass through the Immortal Cleansing Pool, and become an Immortal Official or Divine Clerk.
However, once this step is chosen, it becomes difficult to improve one's Strength further.
Not to mention that there is no Immortal Cleansing Pool in the Marvel World, even if there were, Tang Song would not cut off his own future.
The Power of the Mind Stone Tempered his Soul and thoughts. The Yin Yang Qi continuously Tempered by the two Yin-Yang Great Mills enhanced his Nascent Soul and Physical Body.
Boss Tang's Strength was improving in a three-in-one manner.
While Boss Tang was cultivating, in the Fifteenth Abyss, the number of Blood Moon in the Sky had, at some unknown time, reached seven.
The Demonic Plain where the Blood War began, and the Lava River in Hell that seemed to flow endlessly, had both revealed their dry riverbeds.
"Lucifer!!"
A voice suppressing Rage echoed in the Abyss. It was the Voice of Beelzebub, one of the Seven Lords of Hell.
On the Demonic Plain at this time, large patches of Demon Corpse were piled up so high that the thousand-mile Plain was literally raised by dozens of meters.
Only a very small portion of these Demons were charred by the Power of Lightning. More were either killed by infighting or had their bodies pierced by streaks of Black Holy Light.
Above Mephisto's former Palace, Thor held Stormbreaker in one hand and Mjolnir in the other, panting as he looked towards the Horizon.
In the Sky, Black Holy Light almost completely obscured the Blood Moon.
The Throne was held high, and millions of fallen Angel flapped their wings, guarding the Man on the Throne.
The exasperated Beelzebub revealed his figure. "Lucifer! In the Abyssal Blood War, if you have the guts, participate openly! What kind of ability is it to Sneak Attack from Behind one's Back!?"
Lucifer, once the most beautiful and powerful Archangel in Heaven, the Morning Star.
In Myths and Legends, because he refused to submit to the Son of God, Christ, he chose to abandon his title as Archangel "Phil", and led a third of Heaven's Angel to launch a Riot without hesitation.
He fell through Chaos for nine mornings and evenings before reaching Hell and becoming the King of Hell.
As the head of the Seven Demon Kings, Legend says Lucifer possessed six-sevenths of God's Power.
Above the Demonic Plain at this time, not only did Beelzebub reveal his figure, but the other Hell Lord who initiated this Abyssal Blood War also showed their presence. Blood God Lilith, wearing a Blood-Colored Long Dress, her face covered by a Blood-Colored veil, her Blood-Colored skirt hem extending for hundreds of meters.
However, at this moment, she was somewhat disgusted, covering her face with a small Blood-Colored fan, continuously moving away from the Human Form Demons approaching her.
The incredibly large Three-Headed Demonic Dragon, its massive Black Head covered in countless Magic Scales. The smallest Scales were over ten meters large, its sheer size enough to instill fear.
The Demonic Dragon's three pairs of eyes were half-closed, like a sleepy Elder, but the flashes of light occasionally revealed by its opening and closing eyes startled the other Hell Lord.
No one knew the exact Age of this old Demonic Dragon that ruled the Dragon Abyss. Some even said he existed before the Dragon Abyss was born, making him a true Old Relic.
"Sneak Attack? Openly?" The Man on the Throne lowered his hand, looked up, and watched Beelzebub with a look of amusement. "Gluttony, have you forgotten where this is? This is Hell Abyss. What do you think you are? We are Demons. Since we are Demons, we do things that Demons should do!"
"I heard you guys were planning to decide the ownership of this Abyss based on the Life and death of Odin's Descendants!
Seeing how you're all timid and afraid to Take Action, since you don't dare, I will!"
After Lucifer finished speaking, he gripped a gorgeously decorated, ancient Treasured Sword by the Throne's armrest and swung it downwards.
A seemingly extremely thin Black Light shot out from the Sword Light.
The brightness in The Void suddenly increased dozens of times. The surface of Space collapsed into a Large Pit hundreds of kilometers in diameter.
The Mountain Peak of that Black Mountain, along with Mephisto's Palace complex, flickered slightly before turning into nothingness in that Black Radiance.
(Thanks to Big Boss 281 for the reward. To explain why updates have been infrequent lately, I work in e-commerce operations, and the recent 618 event has kept me extremely busy. Things should be much better after I finish tomorrow.)
(End of chapter)