Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 178: Chapter 134: Trial Preparations 2

In comparison, the government has the best resources, but also the most constraints, while the corporations and guilds each have their own advantages. The former excels in equipment and artifacts, while the latter is relatively more personable.

In short, one is wealthy and arrogant, the other is about brotherly mutual assistance.

”Joining a force provides a certain degree of resources and intelligence support, and you can also find suitable teammates to explore the Abyss together.”

These three factors are very important, especially teammates. The help a completely trustworthy peer can provide surpasses that of even Legendary Equipment.

As a Lord, Chu Xiu naturally allocates the anchor points in his hand to the best of mutual interests.

Of course, what he values most is the ability of the three major forces to acquire Cause and Effect Points.

”Cause and Effect Points are strictly controlled by the state. If I want to exchange my resources for Cause and Effect Points, I must rely on the assistance of major forces.”

Huaxia Coin is now useless to Chu Xiu; equipment that is [Perfect] or [Ultimate] is not significantly helpful to him, and no one would be foolish enough to sell [Legendary] equipment, so exchanging the large amount of equipment in his Spirit and Flesh Storage Pouch for Cause and Effect Points is the most reasonable choice.

But to do this, he must join a force; otherwise, there’s no channel to acquire them.

”I should clear the Fierce Tier trial within the cooldown period. This way, even if the other party harbors ill intentions, I can handle it with ease.”

With his mind set, Chu Xiu no longer hesitated. He went home and got a good night’s sleep to fully replenish his physical strength, then entered the Awakening Space to begin the Fierce Tier trial.

The prompt [Trial Generating] sounded in his ear, but Chu Xiu knew that the generation of the trial wasn’t that fast.

The higher the tier of the trial, the longer the time required for generation. For some top-tier Awakened, the generation of a trial might take several years.

And the generation time for a Fierce Tier trial is usually about a week. Considering the particularity of the Demon Cultivator profession, it might take even longer.

Chu Xiu didn’t concern himself with it and instead selected a Warrior Tier instance of the Corpse Demon World to start a challenge.

Nowadays, even the highest difficulty instance poses no challenge to him, and the rewards are negligible.

However, Chu Xiu still chose to enter the instance because he needed to stay in shape through combat and refine his skills.

He understood clearly that although Cause and Effect Points can directly enhance skills, self-practice cannot be overlooked. Actual combat is far from a mere numbers game; it’s a complex system determined by many variables. Changes in mentality and split-second reactions can determine the final outcome.

Take Lin Wanyue, for example, although she was obviously stronger than Extreme Dao, she lost her nerve due to lack of practice during real combat and ended up being completely vulnerable.

Although Chu Xiu is colder and more ruthless than ordinary people, he’s not a naturally gifted combat genius. He still needs to continually refine his abilities through repeated battles.

Thus, for three consecutive days, Chu Xiu immersed himself in the instance. He restrained his power, demanding each attack to be precise and perfect, wasting not a sliver of strength.

Through such disciplined training, Chu Xiu’s combat ability improved significantly.

At the same time, he spent sixteen thousand Cause and Effect Points to upgrade the [Jade Poison Corpse Fire] to the full level.

Although he hadn’t cultivated this skill due to a shortage of Cause and Effect Points before, that didn’t mean the skill was useless.

Every heritage in the Demonic Professions is extremely powerful.

Especially since [Jade Poison Corpse Fire] is the only Warrior Tier attack skill of the Innate Divine Demon Dao, it’s not to be underestimated.

After upgrading to Perfection, with just a thought from Chu Xiu, a spot of emerald fire appeared between his fingers. As he pointed forward, the fire quickly floated, landing on the Fierce Tier boss at the end of the instance.

In the next instant, the eerie green flames suddenly surged, engulfing the boss in a flash!

Amidst the harrowing screeches, the boss was reduced to ashes within a few breaths!

”Hiss—what terrifying power!”

Even Chu Xiu, at this moment, couldn’t help but secretly marvel.

This is a highly potent continuous damage skill! Although not as straightforward as the Celestial Demon Hand, its overall power is impressive!

Once touched by the Jade Poison Corpse Fire, it will continue to burn, even jumping into the river can’t extinguish it! Moreover, the Jade Poison Corpse Fire can attach to weapons, vastly increasing the power of his Blood Curse Bone-Piercing Nail.

The Bone-Piercing Nail is extremely fast. Its only drawback is insufficient power, and the Jade Poison Corpse Fire perfectly resolves this.

This made Chu Xiu once again realize that the three paths truly have many complementary skills.

If he had upgraded this skill to Perfection when fighting the Corpse King, he wouldn’t have needed to consider so much and could have forcefully killed the Corpse King with the recovery ability of the Heaven-Reaching Blood Vine!

In his delight, Chu Xiu farmed instances more frequently, continuously experimenting with the best combat method for Jade Poison Corpse Fire.

Another week passed like this. Maintaining a frequency of completing the Nightmare instance fifteen times a day, Chu Xiu had mastered the Jade Poison Corpse Fire to an extraordinary degree, and his combat experience grew increasingly rich.

But the trial hadn’t been generated, so he decided to take a look at the Bloody Arena.

With a badge, even when the Corpse Demon World is still in the cooldown period, Chu Xiu can still teleport to the Arena.

It was just as desolate and magnificent as the last time he visited. Hundreds of Blood Babies wandered among the huge structures that reached the sky, as if time could leave no trace on this Arena.