185: Shadowy trails, prey comes knocking.

In the following month, although the name of the "Chu Family Bandit Gang" only circulated within the Chu family, their actions truly became a nightmare for dozens of Demon Race star systems surrounding the Blood Slaughter Star Domain.

Almost every three to five days, a Demon Race stronghold would be completely uprooted.

These mysterious attackers came and went like shadows. They seemed able to ignore all spatial barriers, opening a star gate directly at the core of the most heavily guarded bases. Then followed a crushing slaughter and plunder.

From a planet's Origin core to a piece of ordinary demon iron in a warehouse, everything of value would be swept clean, leaving not even dust behind. As for the stationed Demon Race, from Soul Transformation demon generals down to ordinary demon soldiers, none were left alive.

For a time, panic spread through these Demon Race star systems like a plague.

"Have you heard? Black Horn Star was finished yesterday too! The stationed Rhino Demon General, at the Great Perfection of Soul Transformation Stage with a powerful Physical Body, was turned into cosmic dust along with the base!"

"How terrifying! Just who are they? Where did they come from?"

"There are rumors that the Blood Slaughter Demon King offended some passing ancient deity, and this is divine punishment!"

"Don't talk nonsense! I heard from a brother who escaped from the front lines that the attackers are several Human Race youths, each one incredibly fierce!"

All sorts of rumors and gossip flew about. Every demon general became jumpy, heightening their guard. A few cowardly ones even abandoned their strongholds, attempting to flee back to the Demon Race heartland.

However, all of this was in vain.

Today, the Chu siblings' target was a military fortress named "Heavenly Ghost Fort."

This fortress was built on the remains of a massive neutron star. The environment was extremely harsh, with gravity over ten thousand times that of a normal planet. Guarding this place was a Ghost Bat Demon General at the Great Perfection of Soul Transformation Stage. He was cunning by nature, specializing in Formations and sonic attacks, and his army of a hundred thousand demon soldiers were the elite of the elite.

"Mother, the target's environment is special with immense gravity. A conventional frontal assault might cause unnecessary depletion," Chu Tian analyzed calmly inside the Starry Sky Divine City while looking at the information on the myriad laws celestial map.

Su Qingxue nodded. "Indeed. So this time, your perfect cooperation is required. Chu Ce."

"Here, Mother!"

"You and Ling Xi go ahead. Your task isn't to break the Formation, but to use the gravity here to set up a 'Gravity Distortion Grand Formation.' I want you to increase the gravity around Heavenly Ghost Fort by another tenfold and completely disrupt their spatial coordinates, turning them into the blind and the lame."

Chu Ce's eyes flashed. "Understood! I guarantee the mission's completion!"

"Ling Xi," Su Qingxue looked at her daughter, "your task is to infiltrate Heavenly Ghost Fort, find and destroy their main sonic formation eye, the 'Ten Thousand Ghosts Howling Bell.' Without this lethal weapon, their threat will be halved."

Chu Lingxi nodded slightly, her figure already vanishing into the star gate.

"Yuning," Su Qingxue continued to command, "follow behind them. Once you enter the battlefield, you have only one task: use your power to interfere with the transmission of all demon commands. I want their orders to be ignored and their prohibitions disregarded, turning them into a disorganized mess."

"Okay, Mother!" Chu Yuning replied obediently.

"Finally, Tian'er, Batian." Su Qingxue looked at her two sons. "Once they complete their tasks, it will be your turn to take the stage. Remember, this enemy is skilled at surrounding and annihilating. Do not linger in battle; decapitate the Ghost Bat Demon General with maximum speed, then retreat immediately."

"Yes!"

As each command was issued, the precise war machine of the Chu family started up once again.

Inside Heavenly Ghost Fort, the Ghost Bat Demon General paced back and forth anxiously. He hadn't slept well for three consecutive days; those rumors about the "Human Race youths" made his heart race with fear.

Suddenly, the entire fortress sank violently!

A gravitational force ten times more terrifying than usual suddenly descended. Countless demon soldiers with lower cultivation inside the fortress were crushed into meat pies on the spot!

"What's happening!" The Ghost Bat Demon General was terrified. He tried to fly up but felt as if a divine mountain were pressing down on him.

"General! This is bad! All our spatial Formations have failed!"

"General! Communication is cut! We can't contact anywhere!"

Amidst the chaos, a cold sword light appeared silently at the bell tower deep within the fortress.

Clang—

With a loud boom, the "Ten Thousand Ghosts Howling Bell" that had hung for thousands of years was cleaved in two by a single sword strike.

The Ghost Bat Demon General felt as if he had been struck heavily, spitting out a mouthful of demon blood.

Before he could react, a star gate opened aggressively right before his throne.

The figures of Chu Tian and Chu Batian stepped out slowly from within.

"No!!!"

The Ghost Bat Demon General let out a desperate roar... Deep in the distant starry sky, inside a pitch-black temple floating in the void.

Upon the temple's throne sat a figure shrouded in shadow. His aura was deeper and more eerie than that of the Blood Slaughter Demon King, as if he were one with the darkness.

He was the one in charge of intelligence and assassination under the Star-Devouring Demon Clan—the Shadow Ghost Demon King.

Before him floated dozens of soul lamps that had already lost their light, one of which was inscribed with the words "Blood Slaughter."

"In one month, seven star systems, thirteen experts at the Great Perfection of Soul Transformation Stage have all fallen, along with nearly a million demon troops under them, vanishing without a trace."

The Shadow Ghost Demon King extended a withered finger, lightly brushing over a soul lamp that had just gone out—it belonged to the Ghost Bat Demon General.

"Interesting... coming and going like shadows, striking with precision, plundering everything. These don't seem like ordinary enemies, but more like a group of... greedy bandits."

His voice was raspy and low, echoing in the empty hall.

"What kind of existence did that fool Blood Slaughter provoke in that low-level world called the Xuanhuang Realm?"

The Shadow Ghost Demon King stood up, the shadows enveloping him writhing.

"It seems I need to make a trip personally. I want to see what kind of sacred being dares to be... so presumptuous on my Star-Devouring Demon Clan's territory!"

As his voice fell, his figure had already disappeared from the temple, leaving only a faint spatial ripple spreading toward the Blood Slaughter Star Domain.

A true crisis was quietly approaching the Starry Sky Divine City.