Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era-Chapter 119 - 106: After Beating the Young, Now the Old?
Previously, it was obscured by the high walls and he hadn’t noticed, but now he discovered that at the base of the high tower, many giant tumors were growing, with countless blood vessels extending from the tumors, spreading towards the city.
These blood vessels almost covered the entire city center, embedding themselves into buildings, as if a gigantic lifeform had parasitized the city.
This made Chu Xiu reveal a thoughtful expression.
"The plants in this city struggle to grow, as if something is draining their life force."
"Every night, a large number of wild animals rush in from the surrounding forest, becoming prey for the corpse demons."
"And then there’s the so-called Blood Moon Ceremony..."
An absurd idea floated in his mind; he felt the city resembled a massive Bone Bloodthirst Array.
"There’s something strange about this place, I should be cautious in the initial exploration."
With his thoughts settled, Chu Xiu lightly leaped into the city center.
"Snap."
The Speed Boots stepped on a blood vessel, immediately transmitting a nauseating sensation.
Chu Xiu lowered his body, trying to move within the buildings while releasing the Ghostly Legion, but all in soul body form. Chu Xiu did not intend to use them in combat to avoid creating too much noise, attracting certain terrifying creatures, merely letting them scout.
Not long after, Chu Xiu suddenly reacted, as one of the ghostly beings discovered something!
He was now in a small shopping mall, he flipped nimbly and leaped upstairs, where in a shop long since turned to ruins, a massive figure was squatting inside.
It was a heavy armor corpse ghost over three meters in height, its entire body covered in bone armor, currently crouching near a thick blood vessel, from which countless smaller blood vessels emerged, linking themselves to the corpse ghost, with fresh blood continually being injected into its body as the blood vessels pulsated.
Seeing the scene, Chu Xiu slightly squinted his eyes, activating the Nether Demon Eyes.
[Symbiotic Type 011 Corpse Ghost]
[Tier]Mortal Tier Level 9
[Attributes]Constitution 27.8, Spirit 12.6, Energy Level 24.65
[Skills]None
[Traits]Bone Armor
[Talent]Blood Symbiosis (As a member of the blood-sharing, can gain energy from the shared blood, perceive other sharers’ conditions, but must unconditionally obey orders from the Upper Position)
This corpse ghost wasn’t strong, but the talent for blood symbiosis caught Chu Xiu’s attention.
"According to the description, these corpse ghosts seem to have no need to hunt, but instead directly use the blood in these blood vessels as food, though at the cost of severely restricted independent will."
Chu Xiu roamed other parts of the mall, discovering four or five more corpse ghosts, each of them possessing the blood symbiosis talent.
"Is this the trait of the city center corpse demons?"
Chu Xiu thought to himself, quietly approaching a corpse ghost from behind, then instantly pierced its skull with a bone spear!
And just as he killed this corpse ghost, the other corpse ghosts in the mall seemed to sense some signal, letting out cries of pain, then rushed towards Chu Xiu’s location from all directions!
Faced with the incessantly surging corpse ghosts, Chu Xiu did not summon the ghostly beings but leisurely weaved through the corpse demons, skillfully avoiding their encirclement, occasionally launching a punch, each one easily creating a massive dent in the chest of these heavy armor corpse ghosts, sending them flying.
Chu Xiu was becoming familiar with his entirely enhanced power; now his constitution exceeded 110 points, each punch casually exceeding ten tons of force!
This feeling of having a hundredfold power boost made Chu Xiu feel incredibly exhilarating!
At this moment, a roar resounded above Chu Xiu’s head, and yet the leader of the corpse ghost horde had arrived, an elite of the warrior tier, its constitution approaching 100 points!
It descended from above, roaring as it swung its hands down towards Chu Xiu’s head!
Then it was plastered against the wall by a single punch from the Frenzied Celestial Demon Hand.
Chu Xiu utilized the dual magical power output of the Golden Embryo for the first time, with force soaring to nearly 350 points, the Frenzied Celestial Demon Hand made the corpse ghost leader’s body immediately suffer crush injuries upon contact!
However, simultaneously, Chu Xiu also felt a slight tearing pain from his inner meridians.
"This technique imposes quite a burden on the body, and I should be cautious in using it in the future." Chu Xiu thought to himself.
He then stepped forward, delivering another punch, completely smashing the corpse ghost leader’s head.
[Professional Experience +102]
[Acquired Artifact: Cause and Effect Points *144]
[Acquired Equipment: Giant Power Gloves (Fine)]
At the moment of killing the corpse ghost leader, roars immediately erupted around the mall perimeter, and simultaneously, the ground under Chu Xiu’s feet began to tremble slightly, as if a massive beast was approaching!
Chu Xiu instantly realized that all the creatures in this city were symbiotic through blood! This corpse ghost leader had peers of the same level and higher positions!
With this thought, Chu Xiu waved his right hand, refining the life souls from all the bodies on the ground, then decisively left the place.
...
A minute later, Chu Xiu gazed at the monstrous beast that had destroyed more than half of the mall, a solemn look in his eyes.
This was a fierce tier creature, with a terrifying constitution of 289 points under the scan of the Nether Demon Eyes!
Soon after Chu Xiu had left, this beast had arrived, attempting to track Chu Xiu’s whereabouts within the mall, when unsuccessful, it furiously destroyed everything around.
"I was right in my guess; this fierce beast should be the upper leader of that corpse ghost leader."
"This ghost talent is quite troublesome..."
It’s the classic case of defeating the small ones and the big ones come along, defeating the big ones and bigger ones follow.
Whenever you kill any corpse ghost, there will be a stronger one to avenge it!
Of course, on the flip side, once Chu Xiu grows stronger, this will become a perfect monster gathering trait.
"For now, my hunting should prioritize safety. I was lucky this time to encounter an easily avoided creature; if a more agile one comes next, I’ll be hard-pressed against a fierce tier."
With this in mind, Chu Xiu refrained from hunting corpse demons arbitrarily for level-ups, focusing on staying hidden to carefully record the surrounding terrain and distribution of strong creatures.
The sluggish warrior tier ones can be approached cautiously, whereas the agile warrior tiers, it’s better to keep a distance, as getting entangled could truly lead to a disaster!
The more he investigated, the more shocked he became.
"I’ve barely traveled four kilometers and already discovered three fierce tiers!"
"If it’s not just my bad luck, it means there should be no shortage of fierce tiers in the city center, at least a few dozen!"
"This world mission’s difficulty is truly a bit outrageous..."
Before entering the city center, Chu Xiu hadn’t expected the difficulty to be so overwhelming; he originally thought there would only be a few fierce tiers, but the number directly multiplied by ten! Also, the talent for blood symbiosis makes dealing with these guys extremely troublesome!
Chu Xiu couldn’t figure out, without himself, what Ye Junlin and others would rely on to clear it!
He knew that the Ye Family, Lin Family, and the government must have powerful trump cards for clearing it, but under the current circumstances, even seeing the face of the Corpse King might be difficult for them!
"It truly deserves to be a world with a danger level of seven!"
"Even in those major cities, the clearance rate wouldn’t be high!"
Of course, with such a high difficulty, the rewards post-clearance would naturally be much better as well.
With this thought, Chu Xiu became more focused on scouting.
Two hours later, he had basically finished surveying the task area, marking out several fierce creatures, lucky not to have encountered those proficient in hiding or with strong perception abilities.
However, upon exploring the last residential building, he suddenly frowned.
At the end of a hallway, he saw a dismembered human corpse.
Blood was splattered everywhere and had not yet coagulated.
The crucial point was, he had seen this person at Chu Qin’s base once, a Mortal Tier Level 9 Awakened, which was a backbone at Chu Qin’s base!
Chu Xiu recalled that Shen Tuhu had indeed brought a group along earlier, claiming to explore the city center in advance.
"That’s the outcome of following the wrong crowd."
Chu Xiu sighed, raising his hand to refine the corpse.
"Snap."
A walkie-talkie fell to the ground from the person’s clothing.
Chu Xiu hadn’t paid it much mind, but just as he was about to leave, a familiar voice suddenly came from the walkie-talkie.
"Is anyone there? Anyone! Someone please come and save me! My dad is the chairman of Yongkang Pharmaceutical! He will reward you! One billion, two billion, whatever you want!"
The voice on the walkie-talkie was distorted by fear, clearly terrified out of wits, yet Chu Xiu recognized it as Shen Tuhu!
He stepped forward, picking up the walkie-talkie.
"Where are you?"
