"Bang!"

The surrounding rocks shattered as Chu Xiu leaped out.

But the gaze directed towards the Murder Ghost was even more solemn!

Just a moment ago, when that sword struck down, he felt he was not confronting an individual, but an indescribably colossal being!

If translated into numbers, the opponent’s constitution when opposing him definitely exceeded a hundred thousand! Comparable to a demigod of a close combat profession!

"This should be the second effect of the Civilization Domain."

"It can instantly transmit the Power of Civilization into the Master of Civilization’s body, enhancing his attributes!"

Chu Xiu squinted at the crimson glow surrounding the Murder Ghost. With each breath, it absorbed the glow, causing his already God of Pain-enhanced, muscular body to further strengthen.

Moreover, the glaive in his hand was also an Artifact of the [Myth] tier!

Although only a Heroic Spirit Myth, the opponent’s tier could perfectly unleash the power of this equipment. At least in terms of weaponry, even the chiwen enhanced by the Artifact Origin held no advantage!

"No wonder he’s so confident, having so many cards up his sleeve?"

Faced with Chu Xiu’s grave expression, the Murder Ghost merely let out a sinister laugh. His body, now expanded to over six meters and as slick and black as venom, vanished without warning!

In the next instant, Chu Xiu only felt a blast of air beside him, turning to see a hideous face!

"Clang!"

The glaive struck heavily against the chiwen, sending Chu Xiu flying once more. The Murder Ghost had no intention of giving Chu Xiu any reprieve, instantly following up, while countless space slashes formed around them, crossing towards Chu Xiu!

Though being overpowered and humbled, making every cell in Chu Xiu’s body tremble with excitement, he was not someone to take it lightly with a mere advantage. Only by using the strongest and fastest means to completely kill Chu Xiu would he win!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Each collision was like a nuclear bomb being detonated on the field, with each collision leaving Chu Xiu in a more disheveled state. His Profound Evil Glaze Armor had long been shattered, and the inner Golden Scale Armor had been blasted with holes!

These two King Tier Legends, in battles of this caliber, were as fragile as hard paperboard!

Even with his powerful divine sense to track the locations of spatial rifts, Chu Xiu could not fully evade the dense space slashes under the Murder Ghost’s assault! His body already bore several deep, bone-revealing cuts!

Although for Chu Xiu, who had already mastered the Ninth Heaven of the Great Freedom Celestial Demon Body, these injuries were not significant, he feared the accumulating injuries! Moreover, the Divine-Demonic Power and Artifact Origin within him were rapidly depleting!

However, just as Chu Xiu was being beaten into a sorry state, the Murder Ghost suddenly halted and turned his head into the distance, showing a look of annoyance.

This gave Chu Xiu a moment to catch his breath. He followed the Murder Ghost’s gaze and saw a distant iron tower collapsing with a figure flying out from it, heading towards another tower!

It was Jiang Miaoyin!

It seemed the girl realized she couldn’t intervene in the battle between Chu Xiu and the Murder Ghost and chose to destroy the opponent’s civilization to help Chu Xiu contain the Murder Ghost!

"I didn’t expect she could be of some use." Chu Xiu was a bit surprised.

He had naturally noticed these towers long ago.

He wasn’t a reckless brute who relied on brute strength and hacked his way through blindly, and he knew Zhao Jie didn’t aim without reason. Seeing how Zhao jie still stopped him aggressively after witnessing his battles in Peng City suggested the power of the Civilization Domain is beyond imagination.

The minute he entered the Murder Ghost’s world, he used his divine sense to search and think about the flaws.

The Murder Ghost’s civilization was much larger than he imagined, inhabited by strange creatures, dark red all over, their bodies covered in thick shell plates, living off volcanic energy.

And their number exceeded a million! And among them, there were quite a few strong ones!

The Murder Ghost became a Civilization Envoy ten years earlier than him, but the opponent was merely an ordinary Civilization Envoy; he shouldn’t have developed so quickly.

Besides the help from the Outer Realm Demons, it’s likely due to the uniqueness of the civilization’s species.

These strange volcano insect people seemed to possess tremendously strong life force, endurance, and reproductive ability.

Among these iron towers, Chu Xiu saw tens of thousands of volcano insect people being tortured by various torture devices, while others manipulated some odd war weapons.

From the crimson glow emerging from the tower tops, Chu Xiu roughly guessed what this might be.

Prayer Tower!

This was a civilization building Chu Xiu had unlocked earlier; as long as the people of the civilization entered the Prayer Tower, they could enhance the Master of Civilization’s war power through prayers!

However, the Prayer Tower before him was vastly different from what he remembered, and even the way of "praying" was entirely different—if the torture inside the tower could be called praying.

So he couldn’t be sure, but he had some vague speculation.

Still, the Power of Civilization is similar to the Power of Faith from ancient divine dao, essentially both are powers accumulated from beliefs. As a member of the God of Pain, it’s not surprising that the "praying" method by the Murder Ghost is a bit peculiar.

Chu Xiu could feel that those tortured creatures weren’t in pain, but rather fell into a war frenzy, as if their race was born for war, eagerly wanting their Master of Civilization to destroy the invaders and bring them yet another victory!

This off-kilter "prayer" made the Murder Ghost’s enhancement far more frenzy-like than an ordinary Prayer Tower! This granted him greater strength, while also imposing more pressure on the physical body, and at the same time, the mind seemed to endure the influence of this frenzied emotion!