Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 307: Chapter 177: 300,000 Life Souls (Part 2)

However, despite the immense power of such a secret technique, many elders of the Saint Sect forbade their disciples from cultivating it.

This is because, if this evil technique is to reach its maximum power, it requires consuming life, and the more lifespan it absorbs, the greater its power becomes.

Possessing a powerful weapon gives rise to a desire to kill, not to mention that this cultivation technique itself affects one’s mind.

This leads to almost no demon cultivator learning this technique being able to resist not consuming their lifespan. The vast majority end up with heads full of white hair and worn appearances at a young age due to frequently using this technique in conflicts with others.

There was even a case where a Core Formation Cultivator exhausted as much as three hundred years of lifespan in one breath!

Of course, the battle result was shocking; with a single cut, he killed a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, shocking the entire Cultivation Realm.

However, that demon cultivator soon died from his exhausted lifespan, and the spoils of his conquest benefited others, leading to yet another bloodbath.

Chu Xiu certainly wouldn’t recklessly consume his lifespan; the Sin Punishing Demon Saber’s influence on him was entirely offset by his immense merits.

What Chu Xiu utilized was the Life Energy extracted by the Heaven-Reaching Blood Vine.

Nonetheless, lifespan is a very special existence, and naturally, the rough Life Energy extracted and refined by the Heaven-Reaching Blood Vine cannot compare to it, resulting in a pitifully small enhancement to the True Demon Saber.

But... the sheer amount was overwhelming!

After absorbing exactly half of the Heaven-Reaching Blood Vine’s energy, which equates to the blood and flesh of nearly 150,000 corrupted creatures, the True Demon Saber’s inherent green light was entirely overwhelmed by a glaring crimson blood light, exuding an aura far more frenzied and ferocious than before!

As Chu Xiu swung the blade, this violent energy found its outlet, gushing out without the slightest reservation!

The entire cavern blazed with incandescence in an instant, with extreme destructive energy engulfing everything.

In the deafening roars that could rupture eardrums, countless rocks shattered and crumbled, transforming into the most basic dust.

When the dust settled, a bottomless, over-fifty-meter-long narrow oval crater appeared before Chu Xiu.

The Colonel’s body emitted white smoke, and his unmoving body lay quietly at the crater’s bottom. Next to him were seething magma and the flaming bodies of corrupted creatures, fusing with the magma.

Even though the corrupted Awakened activated their strongest defense skills in time at the instant Chu Xiu wielded his saber, they were utterly powerless under this apocalyptic strike, being obliterated by pure energy.

”Drip.”

Chu Xiu descended from the air, calmly observing the almost completely charred figure before him.

The Colonel was not yet dead. He glared wide-eyed at Chu Xiu, eyes full of resentment and hatred, and... greed.

Chu Xiu knew that the Colonel’s original divine wisdom should have entirely disappeared by now, and it was the calamity beneath the earth watching him.

”I don’t like your eyes.”

”However, thank you for refining this body for me. I will make good use of it.”

After saying this, the Colonel’s expression grew even more vicious.

Yet, just as Chu Xiu raised his blade to end it, the Colonel abruptly screamed:

”Wait!”

”I think we can have a nice talk.”

His voice was extremely hoarse, with his vocal cords almost destroyed.

”If you give me that upper-positioned Blood Demon, how about I exchange it with three pieces of [Legendary]?”

”And these lowly flesh, however many you want, I can satisfy...”

Before he could finish, the demon saber in Chu Xiu’s hand had stabbed into the Colonel’s heart. His pupils dilated rapidly, displaying unprecedented malice, as a hissing sound escaped his throat. He raised a hand to grab Chu Xiu but ultimately fell with a final effort, eyes void of any remaining light.

”Crunch.”

Chu Xiu calmly withdrew the blade from the Colonel’s body.

”Those [Legendary] equipment, I will fetch myself.”

In fact, he didn’t mind cooperating with the calamity, as long as there were sufficient benefits involved. Chu Xiu bore no moral burden.

But he never trusted the casually given assurances of the calamity and certainly never had a habit of underestimating others for fools.

The calamity beneath craved Rasputin so much that upon obtaining it, its power might leap significantly, possibly beyond what the four King Tiers could suppress. At that time, Chu Xiu would have suffered a loss instead of a gain.

Dealing with these ancient beings requires extreme caution, caution again, and more caution. Chu Xiu didn’t see himself as scheming and believed more often than not, one would be devoured leaving only bones whilst trying to gain benefits from these beings!

Instead of bearing these unnecessary risks, it was better to steadfastly claim what was rightfully his.

Shaking his head, Chu Xiu ceased his thoughts and turned to face the bodies littering the entire cave, an uncontrollable smile spreading across his face.

Due to the information gap, he had really struck it rich this time!

He slew a total of 300,000 corrupted creatures in one fell swoop, many of them being of the High Tier above the Warrior Tier!

Though most of the blood and flesh were absorbed by the [Heaven-Reaching Blood Vine], the remainder was still sufficient for the two corpses in the Spirit and Flesh Storage Pouch to complete their refinement!

At the same time, 300,000 Life Souls—how many ghosts might they produce! And how many levels could his ghosts be elevated!

Without further hesitation, Chu Xiu waved the Hundred Souls Banner, summoning all the ghosts back into it. In the next moment, the banner emitted an intense demonic qi, beginning the refinement of these Life Souls!

Those of higher tier, well-preserved, were automatically converted into ghosts under the dense demonic qi, while the rest became food for the ghosts!

Every moment, numerous ghosts were birthed within the Soul Banner, and countless others were advancing after devouring Life Souls!

Chu Xiu could feel the Hundred Souls Banner in his hand growing sturdier, with the originally wooden soul pole now becoming as translucent as jade!

Evidently, this demon artifact began evolving after devouring a large number of souls!

This made Chu Xiu all the more eager to see what changes would occur after all these 300,000 Life Souls were fully refined!

On the other side, in the Spirit and Flesh Storage Pouch, after absorbing the fresh blood and flesh, the originally stagnant aura of the two corpses began to surge once more, progressing towards their ultimate form!

And these 300,000 corrupted creatures were merely the foundational harvest.

More importantly, he had slain the Colonel and ten corrupted Awakened!

For low-tier corrupted creatures, if Chu Xiu had dutifully followed the Awakened’s team in their assault, he could still have gained plenty, in a more stable and safe manner.

Even if he didn’t kill 300,000, surely he’d manage one or two hundred thousand.

But for high-tier corrupted creatures, those elite corrupted soldiers, and even higher-tier corrupted Awakened, undoubtedly, many would be seized by the four King Tiers and numerous General Tiers or Fierce Tiers.

And these high-tier corrupted creatures were the real reason Chu Xiu risked his life!

Ordinary corrupted residents, even the distinguished ones among them whose power could reach Mortal Tier Level 9, or even higher Warrior Tiers, reached their level through gradual self-growth, containing pitifully little abyssal power within them.

Just as before the abyss appeared, transcendent beings couldn’t level up by killing each other, the core for Awakened level escalation was the abyssal power that could transcend time and directly fulfill causation.

Therefore, the experience and drop rate from killing them might be even less than from ordinary Corpse Demons of Mortal Tier Level 2 or 3.

But high-tier corrupted creatures are different. Those corrupted soldiers were swallowed by the abyss along with the underground calamity, containing much more abyssal power compared to corrupted residents, and the corrupted Awakened held up to two-thirds the abyssal power of same-level abyssal creatures!

These were Chu Xiu’s targets!

And he succeeded.

”Ten General Tiers, one King Tier, who knows how much good stuff they’ll bring forth!”

Chu Xiu gazed at the panel before him.

[Professional Experience +3107]

[Obtained Artifact: Cause and Effect Points *38956]

[Obtained Equipment: Corrupted Thunder Spear (Perfect)]

[Obtained Artifact: ...]

[Obtained Artifact: ...]

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[Obtained Artifact: Corroded Micro-Nuclear Melting Furnace (Legendary)]

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[Level Up!]

[Current Level: Fierce Tier Level 9]