Facing the Abyss as a Demon Cultivator

This thought caused Chu Xiu to frown slightly. This was not a good sign.

Chu Xiu didn't believe in coincidences. He had a vague premonition that when the last day arrived, there might be some unexpected changes.

“Forget it, no matter what happens then, there’s only one thing I need to do, and that is to try my best to improve my strength.”

Without thinking further, Chu Xiu slid down the rope and arrived at the room he had prepared earlier.

As he did yesterday, he carefully went out. After hunting a black-furred ghoul and creating enough commotion, he immediately returned, relying on the advantageous terrain to fight.

However, perhaps because he had killed a large wave of ghouls yesterday, the number of ghouls attracted this time was much smaller.

At the end of the battle, he had only killed eleven black-furred ghouls, gaining 134 experience points and 25 Karma Points, only half of yesterday's gains.

“This is the real world after all, there are no monster lairs where monsters respawn infinitely. These ghouls are also one less after being killed,” Chu Xiu sighed.

Fortunately, the materials required to upgrade the bone spear were far less than the bone armor. These eleven black-furred ghouls successfully pushed its enhancement to +6, raising its sharpness to a new level.

Moreover, the cultivation progress of the Bloodthirst Heart Refining Art had finally slowly climbed to nearly one-third.

However, the speed of cultivation was getting slower and slower, obviously due to the lack of life essence. If he wanted to make a breakthrough, he was afraid that he would still have to kill high-level ghouls or Awakened ones.

“So, what should I do next?” Chu Xiu fell into thought.

If he went down to the lower floors of the apartment building, there would definitely still be a large number of ghouls. Not to mention anything else, just looking out the window, there were twenty or thirty ghouls visible to the naked eye near the apartment building.

But the problem was that the safety device he made from the climbing rope was only long enough to reach the twenty-first floor.

Any further down, there was no safety net.

“It would be troublesome if I encounter an elite like last time.”

Although Chu Xiu currently had the two Yin Ghosts protecting him and the +7 Energy Absorbing Heavy Armor, there were still countless variables in facing elite monsters.

“The most crucial thing is that there’s likely more than one elite.”

Yesterday, on the twenty-first floor, he had attracted an elite. Excluding the possibility that his luck was particularly bad, the more reasonable explanation was that the density of elite monsters at night was not low!

“Let's play it safe again.”

Chu Xiu didn't go downstairs himself, but remotely commanded the Yin Ghosts to hunt down lone ghouls.

As a developmental [MAX] Profession, there was no need for him to be so aggressive.

Finally, after killing five ghouls, the two Yin Ghosts suffered varying degrees of injuries and their states declined. Chu Xiu stopped hunting and returned upstairs. He took out a few large pieces of wild boar meat and ate them, then began to rest and recover his strength.

The next day, he continued hunting as usual.

The harvest was not much, he killed nine ordinary ghouls in the morning.

It could only be said that the judgment of the people in the stronghold was not without basis. Without Yun Lu, he could not accurately locate the position of the ghouls. As the density of ghouls in the surrounding area continued to decline, his hunting efficiency would also be greatly reduced.

Realizing this, Chu Xiu decided to expand his exploration range.

Now, apart from the parking lot, he had almost swept through the three neighborhoods near the apartment building. He could only continue to explore outwards.

He didn't find many ghouls, but he did find traces of two other groups of Awakened ones.

The teleportation of Awakened ones usually gathered together in the form of teleportation points. For example, the Awakened ones within a mile of the vicinity were basically teleported to the apartment.

This meant that there were two teleportation points not too far away from them.

The good news was that he might be able to make use of them in the future when he continued to explore, while the bad news was that the obvious and easily obtainable experience points had naturally been taken by others first.

This made Chu Xiu somewhat annoyed.

“Do I have to start taking risks?” he thought silently.

It was the fifth day since he came to the abyss, and the easily obtainable experience points had almost been exhausted.

Chu Xiu had two choices if he wanted to gain a lot of experience. One was to go down to the lower floors at night, or even leave the apartment building directly to join the night hunt. The other was to enter the underground parking lot during the day and launch a surprise attack on the ghouls' hidden lair.

Both were extremely risky. After carefully considering it, he shook his head with a wry smile.

He lowered his body and quickly shuttled through the residential buildings, treating the boring and repetitive search work as a kind of training.

Training his mentality and combat skills.

Perhaps it was God's reward for his hard work. When the sun was about to set, he finally found a small group of ghouls hunting together and killed a total of seventeen ordinary ghouls in one go!

Counting these, he had killed a total of thirty-two ghouls today, which brought him 195 Profession experience points and 89 Karma Points.

So many ghouls finally successfully enhanced his bone spear to +7!

[Exquisite Bone Spear +7]

[Enhancement Progress: 0/10]

[Rank: F]

[Quality: Excellent]

[Attributes: Sturdiness (2.8), Sharpness (3.4), Bleeding (1.9), Weight 3.5kg]

[You can now choose the second enchantment to be inscribed.]

[Armor Penetration: A special spiritual energy structure that allows the spear tip to form a high-speed vibrating membrane, greatly increasing armor penetration ability (Sharpness +1.8)]

[Explosion: Explosion enchantment that allows each of your attacks to deal an additional explosive damage (Power: 2.0)]

[Blood Drain: Now your bone spear can continuously drain the target's life force when it pierces the enemy, healing your own injuries and increasing your strength and vitality to a certain extent (Absorption: 1.4)]

It was another familiar three-choice question.

But this time, Chu Xiu didn't hesitate and chose [Armor Penetration].

The reason was very simple. This was an enhancement of basic attributes. The higher his physique, the better the effect, and the more adaptable it would be to future battles.

The other two could only serve as icing on the cake.

“Of course, if I want to maximize the effect, I still have to wait until I reach level 6 and cultivate the Bloodthirst Heart Refining Art.”

“At that time, I will have the foundation to take slightly more aggressive actions.”

“I have to continue grinding!”

Back at the stronghold, Shen Zhuo and the others had already returned to rest early as usual.

They were also very happy today, gathering in the room and chatting and laughing, obviously having gained a lot. It was not until Shen Zhuo came to Chu Xiu to upgrade his equipment that he learned that they had killed nearly fifty ghouls today, a little more than him.

It seemed that everything was developing in a good direction.

Chu Xiu collected 98 Karma Points and helped them enhance their equipment.

Everyone was very satisfied, but Chu Xiu noticed that after receiving the enhanced equipment, Li Shan and Wang Long looked at him with even more greed in their eyes.

Chu Xiu knew what they were thinking. After everyone left, he ate a few pieces of meat to recover his strength, and then began to level up non-stop.

He killed thirteen black-furred ghouls in one night, and a total of twenty-two in one day and one night.

The hunting efficiency continued to decline.

Fortunately, Chu Xiu's hard work paid off.

These ghoul corpses allowed Chu Xiu's Bone Yin Soul Banner to reach +6, further expanding its capacity, and he refined the third Yin Ghost.

Although it was only F-rank level 7, it undoubtedly further enhanced Chu Xiu's strength.

At the same time, it also brought him 59 Karma Points and a [Common] quality weapon that he couldn't use.

And most importantly, after so many days of continuous accumulation, his level had finally increased again!

[Level Up!]

[Current Rank: F-rank Level 6]

[New inheritance unlocked.]

(End of chapter)