Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 291: Chapter 171: Oublais’s Officer’s Horn 2

There’s no way around it; the Golden Flesh and Nether Bone is just too powerful. Typically, one would only reach the Fourth Layer at the General Tier.

Frustrated, he flipped through other items again but found nothing that satisfied him.

However, just when he was about to give up, Chu Xiu’s expression changed as he focused on a piece of equipment.

[Oublais’ Officer’s Horn]

[Tier: Fierce]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Attribute One: Can link to up to three hundred creatures.]

[Attribute Two: All creatures that hear the horn gain +5 to all attributes and continuously recover life and energy.]

[Evaluation: A demon artifact prepared by the Outer Realm Demon Oublais for his officers, capable of greatly enhancing the overall strength of his subordinates.]

[Combine with any of Oublais’ horns to upgrade it to Officer Tier (Fierce Tier).]

[Note: To synthesize a Fierce Tier Oublais Roar, an additional Officer’s Horn is required.]

[Price: 24]

This piece of equipment made Chu Xiu ponder deeply.

Chu Xiu had a love-hate relationship with this horn.

He loved that he only needed to gather three types to synthesize a legendary piece of equipment, but he hated how damnably difficult it was to gather them!

Even the extraordinarily well-stocked Blood Pool Treasure Vault had only one type, so Chu Xiu thought it highly unlikely he could complete the set without extraordinary luck.

Therefore, he had originally planned to give up.

After all, even if he synthesized [Legendary] equipment, it would likely still be Ordinary Tier due to Oublais’ standard demon artifact design, which wouldn’t be of significant use to him now.

But this Officer’s Horn before him made Chu Xiu’s eyes light up.

With it, he could synthesize the horn up to the Fierce Tier! Which meant Chu Xiu had hope of acquiring a Fierce Tier [Legendary]! And it would even be one that could provide a group buff to his Ghostly Legion!

”Right, why must I insist on defensive gear? If my ghostly underlings are strong enough to destroy the enemy without me lifting a finger, does it even matter if I’m armored or not?”

With this thought, Chu Xiu began to plan carefully. After some searching, he was delighted to discover it was feasible!

The horn inventory in the vault included a total of eight pieces!

As for the type of horn Chu Xiu was missing...the vault directly had the Fierce Tier version! And there were three whole pieces! Price is 36 Ancient Blood each!

Chu Xiu understood.

He had completely misunderstood.

”I previously thought the horns were too rare or not easy to collect since even the vault of the Blood Pool had just one, so I simply gave up on looking for them.”

”But now it seems the Ordinary Tier was just too trashy, and the Blood Pool didn’t even care for them, probably only storing them there because they happened to fall into their hands, while only the Fierce Tier horns have collection value.”

This revelation made Chu Xiu both laugh and cry.

Come to think of it, according to the rating description, Oublais’ horn is standard equipment with every officer having one, so how could it be scarce?

This proved convenient for him; now he only needed to buy three Officer’s Horns and one Fierce Tier Horn of Tenacity, totaling 108 Ancient Blood, to obtain a [Legendary] item!

Although the cost was high, Chu Xiu deemed it worthwhile.

”Exchange for a drop of Resurrection Wine, and save the remaining Ancient Blood to exchange for this [Legendary] equipment!”

With his mind made up, Chu Xiu closed the ancient tome and went to check what good items he could exchange for using points.

Points were for exchanging blessings, and first on his list was his target [Pollution Elimination], priced at five thousand. He wasn’t sure if a single use would be enough to offset the pollution caused by the [Bloodline Coexistence] trait.

Besides this, there was an abundance of good things, such as the straightforward and powerful [Magma Giant Beast Power (S): Constitution +480, Price: 120,000 Points].

There was also magic-type [Spirit of Nature (S): Designate a tree and a rock to transform respectively into a Wood Spirit and Stone Spirit for battle; strength of the creations depends on the quality of the designated objects, Price: 170,000 Points].

And even something summoners dream of [Damage Sharing (A): Split received damage equally with up to three nearby summoned creatures, Price: 110,000 Points].

The various impressive blessings dazzled Chu Xiu, and naturally, the prices were exceptionally high. Chu Xiu could only look at them greedily.

As he was eagerly browsing the exchangeable items, the voice of a Blood Attendant rang in his ear:

”Gladiator, the gods have chosen your opponent.”

”Ranked 59th, Kaba Tok from the Red Scale Race, has been battling in the arena for over seven years, a seasoned veteran of great strength.”

”However, although the matching is complete, there’s some debate about the content of the wager among the gods. The Endless Blood Pool hopes you’ll first watch the battle video of your opponent.”

As the Blood Attendant finished speaking, a scene unfolded before Chu Xiu.

In the center of the scene stood a three-meter-tall, red-brown man. His skin was covered in densely packed scales, with a faint dark golden flow visible in the gaps between them, and these scales were incredibly unique, seemingly breathing with a slight rise and fall.

Suddenly, he disappeared from the arena with such speed that even Chu Xiu was startled!

In the next moment, the scene switched; two sharp blades extended from his arms, quickly slashing forward, and his opponent was torn to shreds upon contact!

The other party in this battle happened to be of the same race as the giant crocodile Chu Xiu had faced before, only this Red Scale Gladiator’s crocodile opponent was even larger!

”This guy’s speed is incredibly fast, though not as fast as the Colonel’s, but without the Colonel’s sluggishness. Overall, his agility isn’t much different, and it’s going to be really tough for my Celestial Demon Hand to hit him.”

”And his offensive capability is strong...”

Having fought a giant crocodile before, Chu Xiu remembered the creature’s defense vividly. Its skull was extremely hard, requiring the Frenzied Celestial Demon Hand to smash several times before shattering it, and this crocodile was larger, yet was instantly shredded!

”Moreover, while the video doesn’t show it, that peculiar scale armor must also be extraordinarily strong, likely designed to counter my Eight Desolates Nether Fire Array.”

Chu Xiu thought to himself.

Subsequently, several more battles were shown, giving Chu Xiu a more comprehensive understanding of his opponent.

Extremely fast, incredibly strong offensively, and like all speed-focused entities, its defense wasn’t high, but those scales granted it high resistances, especially to heat. As a race living near volcanoes, that scale armor even allowed it to dive into magma!

”So, he uses high agility to dodge my Celestial Demon Hand, uses Red Scale to resist flames, and uses dual blades to break through the Celestial Demon Hand’s defense?”

”No wonder he’s a foe specifically chosen by the gods; indeed, he completely counters me in every aspect.”

Chu Xiu stroked his chin, then looked up and asked, ”So, what are the gods hesitating about?”

”The gods wish to ask for your opinion on how long you think you can last against your opponent,” the Blood Attendant replied.

”The Bloody Arena usually auto-matches, with its own matching system. The gods know that an opponent specifically chosen is not fair to you, so the gods don’t require you to defeat the opponent—just to last a certain time.”

”Currently, the gods have three wagers: betting on your endurance time being one minute, thirty seconds, and ten seconds, respectively.”

”Which one do you feel confident about?”

Chu Xiu did not answer immediately; he fell into thought.

Ten seconds might seem short for an ordinary person, almost too little to accomplish anything, yet in a General Tier battle, it’s enough to exchange hundreds of blows.

After a while, Chu Xiu looked toward the Blood Attendant: ”The longer I last, the better the rewards, right?”

”Of course, the higher the gambling difficulty, the bigger the wager usually is. Your rewards naturally increase, and the gods who win good things are more likely to reward you.”

”In fact, if you’re confident enough, you can suggest the gods raise the stakes. But if you lose, it’s easy to incur the gods’ wrath,” the Blood Attendant replied.

”The gods’ wrath?” Chu Xiu was startled. ”Will I be eradicated?”

”Not that severe; the gods aren’t unreasonable beings. However, they might lower their attention to you or even strip you of some points.”

Chu Xiu nodded, understanding that these gods had fair gambling standards.

With that knowledge in mind, he raised his head and said: ”Please tell the gods, I choose ten seconds, and I request they raise the stakes.”

Chu Xiu’s reply stunned the Blood Attendant for a moment.

Then he said, ”If you’re confident enough to raise the stakes, why not choose a longer time? With such a choice, it might be hard to gain the gods’ trust.”

”You misunderstood,” Chu Xiu grinned, revealing his white teeth.

”When I said ten seconds, I didn’t mean I could only last ten seconds against that Red Scale Gladiator.”

”I meant that in just ten seconds, I will slay him!”