From Abyssal Invasion to Bursting Stars with a Single Sword-Chapter 54: A Shortcut to Compete for Source Material (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

After clearing the Demon Camp, Liu Qichen suddenly cried out, "Something's wrong, come quickly!"

Everyone, looking puzzled, ran towards Liu Qichen's direction.

At that moment, Liu Qichen was standing at the entrance of the dungeon, pointing inside with a look of panic on his face.

Lu Heng saw the scene inside the dungeon, and his expression instantly stiffened.

Because there were many bodies inside the dungeon, and they were human corpses.

Lu Heng walked into the dungeon, his gaze sweeping over these bodies, his expression gradually becoming solemn.

"How did this happen? These people should be like us, Superpower Users who were conscripted. How did they all die? Were they killed by Demons?" Lin Zeyu's face showed confusion.

Wang Xiangfeng and Li Dayong squatted down to check the bodies, reporting the situation, "There's still residual body heat, they died less than an hour ago."

"Looking at the wounds on the bodies, they were killed with fighting techniques, three had their necks twisted, two had their chests caved in, the methods were quite brutal," Li Dayong added.

"Was this done by demons?" Liu Qichen's face was full of doubt.

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Lu Heng shook his head, his tone solemn, "Not by demons, but killed by their own kind."

"What?" The others all showed stunned expressions.

"To the demons, we are sacrifices, meant to be taken to the Barton Temple. They wouldn't just kill us like this."

Lu Heng continued, counting the bodies, "There are exactly nine bodies here; judging from our previous situation when we were detained in the dungeon, there should have been ten people here.

"One has killed the other nine.

"As to why... I think you might have already guessed the reason.

"The competition for Source Essence, this person took the Source Essence from these nine, and must have achieved a First Transition Class."

According to the Source Essence competition rules, the starting Source Quality Fusion is 10%.

This actually means that each Source Essence owner has 10% Source Essence, and the Source Essence of ten people together adds up to exactly 100%.

The number of Superpower Users detained in the dungeon is very subtly, exactly ten.

This means that if one person killed the other nine and took all their Source Essence, they could achieve 100% Source Fusion Degree, gaining a First Transition Class.

Lu Heng had known from the start about this shortcut to complete the Source Essence competition but had chosen not to take it.

Moreover, killing all the other Superpower Users would result in not having enough manpower to stop the Evil God Resurrection Ceremony.

Once the Evil God Barton resurrects, everyone is doomed.

Thus, in the Source Essence competition, killing your own kind to take their Source Essence seems like a shortcut but is actually another path to death.

...

Having discovered the nine dead Superpower Users in the Demon Camp, Lu Heng became even more worried about Su Muyu's safety.

This round of the Abyss Battlefield had indeed seen such ruthlessly methodical Superpower Users.

Moreover, this person had completed the Source Fusion, obtained a First Transition Class, and became even more dangerous.

Lu Heng went up to the top of the camp mountain and lit the signal fire again, hoping Su Muyu could see it this time.

The last time he lit the signal fire, it was in a low-lying area; if there were mountains blocking, it really might not be visible.

After lighting the signal fire, Lu Heng stood on the mountain peak, pulling out the leather map to check.

Just then,

A piercing eagle screech came from the direction of Ankalie Mountain.

Lu Heng quickly looked up and saw a Sky Falcon in the distant sky.

Although it was a bit far, Lu Heng immediately recognized it as Su Muyu's reconnaissance falcon.

The reconnaissance falcon soared into the sky, circled once, but did not fly in this direction; instead, it immediately dove downward.

Seeing this, Lu Heng furrowed his brows, activated Gale Step, and rushed towards Ankalie Mountain.

"Where are you going?" Lin Zeyu, seeing Lu Heng suddenly running so fast, yelled out.

"To rescue someone," Lu Heng replied without turning his head, directly charging in the direction of the reconnaissance falcon.

Since the reconnaissance falcon had appeared, with Su Muyu's Perception, she would definitely be able to see the signal fire.

If it were safe, she would definitely send a scout eagle to guide the way.

But just now, the scout eagle circled in the sky and then dove down.

There was only one possibility: a battle was raging there, and she had no time to send the scout eagle.

Lu Heng sprinted at full speed, reaching a velocity of 36 meters per second, with a speed exceeding 120 kilometers per hour, comparable to a racing car in full throttle.

Lin Zeyu hurriedly signaled the other three to follow, but in the blink of an eye, he had lost sight of them.

"Is this a speed that a human can achieve?" Lin Zeyu panted, watching Lu Heng's figure disappear at the horizon, his cheeks twitching continuously.

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Meanwhile.

In the Stone Forest at the foot of Ankalie Mountain, two girls were fighting demons.

One of them was Su Muyu.

The other looked a bit odd, only about 1.2 meters tall with slightly blue skin and pointed ears, not a human, but a member of an anti-demon tribe from the Abyss World.

There was a book in the library of Quenching Castle that recorded the Abyss tribes, mentioning this group called the Bansel people.

The average height of the Bansel people is just over one meter, so this girl's height was normal.

At this moment, the Bansel tribe girl, brandishing a huge hammer, attacked the approaching demons while shouting in the common language of the Abyss, "Come on! You minions of the Evil God!"

Su Muyu, on the other hand, picked up a shield and a wooden stick to block attacks while controlling the scout eagle to dive at the demons.

When they were teleported to the Abyss Battlefield.

Su Muyu appeared in a different location from the others, not locked up with other Superpower Users, but with this girl from the Bansel Tribe.

Using their invisibility, they had escaped together, but were chased by Demon Servants and when they reached the foot of Ankalie Mountain, their invisibility was compromised, and they were forced to face the battle.

This Bansel Tribe girl was very brave and had strong combat abilities, wielding the great hammer so fiercely that the demons hesitated to approach.

Su Muyu belonged to the "Prism Tower Shield" class, covering for her by blocking the energy waves of Black Witchcraft cast by the Winged Demon Wizard, while continuously controlling the scout eagle to entangle the wizard, preventing it from casting spells.

However, the number of demons around was quite large and continuing like this, the two could not hold on much longer.

Fortunately, the Demon Servants treated them as Source Essence Sacrifice and didn't strike to kill; otherwise the situation would have been worse.

The scout eagle entangled the Winged Demon Wizard for a few minutes before it was destroyed by an energy wave.

Free from distraction, the Winged Demon Wizard cast spells to attack the two again.

Just then.

Lu Heng descended like a divine soldier, leaping from the cliff, drew the Aurora Blade, and slashed a swirling sword light, which entered the belly of the Winged Demon Wizard, cutting it in two.

With the death of the Winged Demon Wizard, the other Demon Servants scattered in disarray.

"Come on! Come on!" the Bansel Warrior girl still shouted while swinging her hammer, her demeanor showing she was still eager to fight.

Lu Heng, seeing the 1.2-meter-tall Bansel warrior girl, was slightly surprised.

The Abyss World wasn't just inhabited by demons; it had a very diverse range of creatures.

Like the Abyss Black Iron Dwarves and the Bansel people, both humanoid creatures with high intelligence.

According to the information Lu Heng knew before his rebirth, near Ankalie Mountain indeed lived a non-demon tribe called the Bansel people.

In the library of Quenching Castle, there was an ancient book that mentioned the Bansel people.

This tribe, centuries ago, had some dealings with the Abyss Black Iron Dwarves.

According to the ancient texts, the Black Iron Dwarves were skilled in Forging and Quenching, and the Bansel people had once learned these techniques from them.

Later, as the Abyss devoured their world, both tribes were forced to migrate, their civilizations coming close to extinction several times.

This time on the Abyss Battlefield, preventing the Evil God Resurrection Ceremony, this Bansel tribe was crucial.

A moment's thought was enough to realize that the Bansel Tribe, having settled here, showed they had the strength to resist the Evil God's Servants.

Hence, to stop the Resurrection Ceremony, it was necessary to build a good relationship with this Bansel Tribe.

After repelling the demons, the Bansel tribe's warrior girl extended her hand and high-fived Su Muyu, celebrating their victory, "You are a brave warrior, we could definitely become best friends."

Seeing this scene, a smile couldn't help but appear on Lu Heng's face.

Clearly, Su Muyu had already succeeded in building good relations with the Bansel Tribe.