Facing the Abyss as a Demon Cultivator

The rewards of [Nightmare] difficulty far surpassed those of [Hard], but the increase in difficulty was even more terrifying compared to the increase in rewards!

It was no exaggeration to say that out of the hundreds of dungeon groups in Jiang City, very few dared to take on [Nightmare] difficulty!

The risk was too great!

Even Chu Xiu had to be cautious when facing [Nightmare] dungeons, with completion times reaching one hour and forty-five minutes.

There was even the risk of a wipe!

Clearing [Nightmare] in thirteen minutes seemed like a fool's dream.

But Chu Xiu never spoke without thinking, all his judgments were based on objective calculations and estimations.

“With my current strength, there is indeed a great risk in speedrunning [Nightmare].”

“But if I fill the Yin Wind Banner with Yin Ghosts, then with one elite Yin Ghost leading nine ordinary Yin Ghosts, I can easily sweep through the dungeon."

"Also, if I can refine the Yin Wind Banner magical artifact, it can greatly enhance my monster-clearing efficiency."

Chu Xiu leaned back in his chair, opened his computer, and logged into the Awakened Auction website jointly created by the three Heavenly Kings of Huaxia.

Here, you could buy extraordinary items from all over Huaxia.

When he returned from the Abyss the day before yesterday, Chu Xiu had put the equipment he got from the Abyss up for auction.

In order to sell them quickly, the prices he listed were not high. The [Exquisite] heavy armor had already been sold, and half of the ordinary and standard quality equipment had also been sold.

“It seems that there are two cities next door that are about to hold Awakened Trials, so these F-rank equipment are in high demand.”

In fact, because of the Awakened Trials, F-rank equipment was always easier to sell than D-rank, which was why so many people never took the D-rank trial in their lives and stayed at F-rank to farm gold.

“The heavy armor sold for 1.08 million. There was no way around it, for Awakened Trial participants, this armor was too heavy, and it wouldn’t sell at all without lowering the price."

"The others, added together, sold for 150,000."

It was a pretty good harvest.

He had also gotten three [Ordinary] and one [Standard] pieces of equipment yesterday. Chu Xiu operated on the website for a bit and listed the relevant information.

When someone bought them, a courier would come to his door.

These couriers were also Awakened. After checking that the equipment data was correct, they would put it into their storage space and take it away. The payment would also be credited to his account, which was very convenient and efficient.

Of course, this was for low-value items under one million. High-level equipment and items were definitely not handled so casually.

Chu Xiu clicked on his account, looked at the balance of over one million with a slight smile, and began to browse for the items he needed.

He first checked the materials needed to refine the Yin Wind Banner.

The knowledge of the Demonic Path inheritance, once unlocked, would be stored in the Book of All Ages, and he could access it with a thought.

Therefore, Chu Xiu only needed to browse briefly to understand the principle of refining the Yin Wind Banner. Although the original materials were impossible to find, he could choose corresponding materials based on their characteristics.

A little deviation didn't matter, the Perfect Refinement, comparable to the skills of a top Artifact Refining Master, would help him handle everything.

Using the filter function, he quickly found what he needed.

“If I use the most basic materials, 500,000 should be enough, but the strength of the refined product is probably not going to be satisfactory."

“But if I double the budget, I can refine a good product. If I double it again to two million, I estimate that I can release a large Yin Wind Blade with a wave of my hand!”

However, Chu Xiu was still a little dissatisfied.

The elite Yin Ghost could also release large Yin Wind Blades, he didn't lack this bit of damage output.

"And if I want to maximize its power..."

Chu Xiu browsed through various materials, calculating silently in his heart: "It should be around six million!"

"A bit expensive."

It was still better to use those Demonic Artifacts that could directly use materials from living beings.

Putting the Yin Wind Banner aside, he typed two keywords in the filter bar.

[Soul], [Frenzied].

The monster corpses and souls in the Abyss dungeon could not be used as raw materials for refining Demonic Artifacts because their essence was just [Projection].

However, the energy that materialized the [Projection] could be used for enhancement.

Chu Xiu planned to directly buy a few living souls with great potential and slowly cultivate them into Yin Ghosts during the dungeon runs.

Soon, he found what he wanted among the many goods.

[Low-level selling two pure souls with strength 8, no bargaining, first come first served.]

[Clearance Sale! High-quality souls produced from the fifth level of the Resentful Spirit World, only 50,000 each, don't miss out!]

The worlds in the Abyss were strange and unpredictable. Perhaps the resources of one world were useless to you, but in the eyes of other Awakened, they were all treasures.

For example, these [powerful souls] were useless to physical professions, even if they were given away for free! But for professions such as [Spirit Summoner (B)], [Witch Doctor (B)], and [Ghost Controller (A)], they were essential materials.

"Generally speaking, calm and pure souls are in greater demand and are much more expensive."

"And the frenzied souls I need are the opposite. Not many professions use them, and the price is less than half of the former!"

Chu Xiu browsed all the way down and quickly settled on his target.

In order to get them as soon as possible, he directly locked onto sellers in the same city. After some bargaining, he bought six for one million Huaxia coins.

Two hundred thousand each, buy five get one free.

The quality of these living souls was not bad, at least half of them had the probability of being cultivated into level 8 Yin Ghosts.

After doing all this, Chu Xiu went to the restaurant downstairs for a big meal, then went home and lay down on the bed, closing his eyes to recover his stamina.

With a Constitution of 20, coupled with the recovery ring he got from Shen Zhuo, his stamina recovered quickly.

The next day, the six living souls were delivered, and Chu Xiu had also recovered most of his stamina.

Without the slightest hesitation, he directly threw himself into high-intensity grinding!

Although his condition had not fully recovered that day, thanks to his increasingly proficient ghoul-killing techniques, he actually managed to run the dungeon one more time than yesterday.

Relying on so many runs, he successfully cultivated a living soul into a level 8 Yin Ghost!

And with one more Yin Ghost, Chu Xiu's dungeon clearing efficiency further improved!

He was like a crazy grinding emperor, devoting himself wholeheartedly to killing monsters. He only did three things every day: eat, sleep, and run dungeons!

The third day, twenty-one dungeon runs!

The fourth day, twenty-three dungeon runs!

All on [Hard] difficulty! Solo!

In four days, he had run a total of seventy-nine dungeons!

This brought Chu Xiu a total of 178 Karma points, as well as eleven pieces of [Ordinary] equipment and three pieces of [Standard] equipment!

At the same time, it also allowed him to refine a full four living souls into Yin Ghosts, and upgraded his Bone Armor to +9, further increasing his defense.

Of course, the most important thing was--

[Level Up!]

[Current Level: F-rank Level 9!]

(End of chapter)

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