"Civilization... Battle?"

Chu Xiu didn’t expect the Murder Ghost to return, and his face showed a surprised expression.

However, he reacted swiftly, raising his sword to strike at him!

Why waste words? Eat my sword first!

Yet the Sword Qi whistled through, parting in front of the Murder Ghost as if deliberately avoiding him,

Chu Xiu frowned and quickly realized that the Murder Ghost’s state was very bizarre. Although he could see his figure, his Divine Sense couldn’t capture any trace of him, only sensing the twisted and distorted space.

Looking more closely, the scene behind the Murder Ghost was clearly no longer the dark cave, but towers standing on a volcano.

Chu Xiu understood; the Murder Ghost was now in another space, seemingly within reach but actually worlds apart.

Chu Xiu let out a light hum and looked at the Murder Ghost: "Civilization battle? How can you be sure I possess a civilization?"

"Would it not be better if you didn’t?" The Murder Ghost showed a sinister smile. "Defeat me, and I’ll grant you a civilization."

These words made Chu Xiu frown and fall into thought.

Civilization battle, he’d heard this term when chatting with Heroic Spirits.

As the name implies, it’s a war between civilizations.

Just like the Conquering King, who often launches civilization battles to conquer other civilizations.

It wasn’t surprising that the Murder Ghost, as a Civilization Envoy, became a Master of Civilization with his own civilization after ascending as a Heroic Spirit, but the problem was that starting a civilization battle wasn’t that simple.

Firstly, one must possess an Independent Anchor Point, and even having this artifact didn’t mean one could launch a war. Otherwise, the Outer Realm Demons would have long attacked Blue Star.

As for how exactly to initiate it, Chu Xiu truly didn’t know.

However, his thoughtful look led the Murder Ghost to a misunderstanding.

"Heh, so you’re not a Civilization Envoy... Well, I know all the Civilization Envoys of Huaxia, and you’re certainly not one of them."

"But that’s fine too. You must know how much a civilization can aid an Awakened... It’s a shortcut to the Celestial King."

The Murder Ghost’s voice was full of temptation, Chu Xiu looked at him and said calmly: "Since you desire a battle, why hide in the rear?"

"No, no, no, you misunderstand," the Murder Ghost laughed, "The so-called civilization battle requires you to come into my civilization."

As soon as he spoke, Jiang Miaoyin anxiously shouted: "Senior, don’t be fooled by him! Within the Civilization Domain, the Master of Civilization gains immense combat power! Even cross-tier battles aren’t difficult!"

Chu Xiu nodded at Jiang Miaoyin, then sneered at the Murder Ghost: "Do you think I’m an idiot? I’m somewhat familiar with the Power of Civilization."

Nobody knows which of the Celestial Kings is the strongest, but one point is universally acknowledged.

That is, the King of Longevity in the Transcendent Evolution World is an invincible existence of the current era!

This is the Power of Civilization’s blessing on the Master of Civilization!

Even the Conquering King, when initiating a civilization battle, wouldn’t be reckless enough to charge straight into someone else’s territory alone; that would even eliminate the need for an Independent Anchor Point.

Instead, like the Outer Realm Demons, they first open a passage, then have their civilization invade, constantly compressing the opponent’s civilization area to create sufficient "neutral zones" for a fair battle, which leads to the final showdown.

Even relatively weaker civilizations usually take at least five years to complete this stage.

The Murder Ghost’s civilization surely isn’t that strong, but since he wants to determine victory or defeat with Chu Xiu through this, it certainly won’t be weak!

Faced with Chu Xiu’s ridicule, the Murder Ghost didn’t care and only smiled evilly: "Of course you’re not an idiot, but you will agree to my proposal, because I know you too well, you and I are the same kind of people, we both are gamblers!"

"The reason you’re refusing now is simply that the chips on the gambling table aren’t enough!"

The Murder Ghost’s words made Chu Xiu squint his eyes, but he neither denied it nor retorted, only saying, "Then what can you put on the table?"

"Don’t tell me it’s just a decayed civilization."

Civilizations that have experienced a civilization battle are almost always severely damaged.

Even if they remain intact, they find it difficult to integrate with the invader’s civilization; achieving a synergy greater than the sum of parts is out of the question, and it’s decent if it doesn’t become a burden.

Otherwise, despite Conquering King’s war efforts, his civilization wouldn’t still be lesser than even the tiniest part of the Longevity King’s civilization.

And the Murder Ghost seemed determined to have a life-or-death battle with Chu Xiu today; with a wave of his hand, eight pieces of equipment appeared in front of him!

These eight pieces were all King Tier Legend and Heroic Spirit Ultimate!

Chu Xiu’s eyelids twitched, yet his expression remained unmoved.

The Murder Ghost waved his hand again, and seventeen more pieces of equipment appeared, all Heroic Spirit Perfection!

"How many Heroic Spirits have you killed..." Chu Xiu was somewhat shocked.

But still shook his head and sneered: "If all you have is that, then don’t waste your breath."

Though these pieces of equipment were priceless, they weren’t Chu Xiu’s immediate need; his current equipment was almost saturated, lacking Divine-Demonic Power and Artifact Origin to drive them, even a Heroic Spirit Legend wouldn’t greatly boost his combat power.

These surplus pieces of equipment could only be fused into the body.

But he needed his Cause and Effect Points to cultivate the Subduing Ghosts and Slaying Souls Yama Scripture, with no extra in the short term.

As for selling them to exchange for Cause and Effect Points... at this level of equipment, buyers weren’t easy to find, and these pieces might even invite unnecessary trouble.