An invasion from the Abyss? I, a demonic cultivator, laughed.

Chapter 14: Winning Over and Dividing, Skill Upgrade!
Chu Xiu had anticipated the formation of the three-person alliance.

After absorbing the causal points, he became too powerful, so powerful that he inspired fear in others.

He carefully examined the three of them. Wang Long and Li Shan looked fearful, but their fear was mixed with anger. Yun Lu, on the other hand, seemed hesitant.

This girl is the easiest to handle. Her job isn't very dangerous, and she needs Chu Xiu to ensure her safety.

She now has only one choice: to stick close to Chu Xiu and pray that she has made the right decision.

As for the other two, a cold glint flashed in Chu Xiu's eyes.

Or should we just dispose of them? Use their corpses to forge magical artifacts?

This was not a difficult task for Chu Xiu.

Of course, he wouldn't actually do that.

It wasn't that Chu Xiu couldn't bring himself to do it, but these two still had value to him. Even if he were to actually fight, he would have to do it when Yun Lu wasn't around, so as not to cause the girl to develop a rift with him because of it.

The wonderful thing called food perception must be firmly grasped in one's own hands.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu put on a fake but perfect smile: "How could I do such a thing? Li Shan, I've always remembered your share."

"However, I did use up my causal points just now. As you saw, Wang Long is completely unreliable. I eliminated that monster all by myself. To avoid a similar situation from happening again, it's a reasonable decision for me to prioritize strengthening myself, right?"

"Furthermore, greater strength can also increase the efficiency of killing monsters."

"I'm doing this for the sake of our team."

"Don't worry, I've remembered your share and Yunlu's share, and it will definitely be included. I'll give it to you immediately the next time it's leaked."

As Chu Xiu finished speaking, Li Shan's expression became uncertain. He was naturally not foolish enough to completely believe Chu Xiu's words, but what could he do if he didn't believe him? Was he going to turn against him here?

Wang Long asked blankly, "What about me?"

"You?" Chu Xiu scoffed. "Our team doesn't need trash who can't even hold a baseball bat properly."

"What did you say?" Wang Long was furious and was about to step forward, but Chu Xiu simply waved the bone spear in his hand, which was gleaming coldly and still had bloodstains on its tip, and made him stop in his tracks, his expression becoming uncertain.

But Chu Xiu had no intention of letting him off the hook: "I said, you're a piece of trash."

"What, you still have the guts to fight me? Come on then! I don't mind using your fresh corpse to enhance my weapons."

"If you can't do it, then get out of here. I can handle the ghouls by myself now. I only need one bait."

Chu Xiu's tone was icy.

That was his plan.

To win over and divide.

He still needs someone to act as bait, so that the hunting operation can proceed much more smoothly and be safer.

As for whether this person is Wang Long or Li Shan, he doesn't care. From a manipulation perspective, Li Shan, who has weaker combat power, is easier to control.

Once they realize this, the two will fight over it, vying to show their loyalty like dogs trying to please their master.
Sure enough, upon hearing his words, Li Shan was the first to react. As if he had made up his mind, he gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Chu, I believe you!"

Chu Xiu asked, "Do you still have the guts to be bait?"

Li Shan nodded repeatedly: "Of course, Brother Chu, with your abilities, what am I afraid of?"

“That’s right,” Chu Xiu nodded. “Follow me, and I won’t treat you badly.”

As he spoke, he looked at Wang Long and sneered, "What are you waiting for? Why aren't you leaving?"

The veins on Wang's head throbbed, and he clenched his fists, as if he were about to explode at any moment.

But after hesitating for a while, he suddenly softened his tone like a deflated balloon, "Brother Chu, is it necessary to be so heartless? My talent is at least combat-oriented, and we can cooperate to hunt higher-level monsters in the future."

A smile appeared on Chu Xiu's face.

He had anticipated Wang Long's reaction. This kind of thug was just like Qin Wuyang in the story of Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin. He was good at bullying the weak in the countryside, but when he encountered a real ruthless person, he would cower faster than anyone else.

"What do you mean?"

"Brother Chu, I only want one-tenth of the share."

"No."

"Then, I don't want even a tenth of it. Just let me follow you guys to fight monsters and accumulate some professional experience," Wang Long said in a low voice.

This made Li Shan, who was standing to the side, widen his eyes in disbelief. He had never imagined that Wang Long could be so humble.

Seeing his reaction, Chu Xiu stopped pressuring him and instead offered a sweet treat: "I'm not targeting you, it's just that your performance just now was too disappointing. If you prove yourself in the future, I'll give you a share of the profits."

Wang Long thanked him repeatedly.

Chu Xiu, on the other hand, was carefully observing him, looking for any signs of resentment.

Yes, but not much, not enough to cause me any trouble.

"Alright, you three can go out now. We'll prepare for the next ambush point," Chu Xiu said.

The three of them did not refute him and left obediently, while Chu Xiu stayed behind to continue checking his harvest.

As a successor of the demonic path, the real focus after each level up is definitely the new inheritance!
This upgrade has brought him two new inheritances!

[New Secret Techniques Unlocked]

[Bone Forging - Bow and Crossbow]

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Advanced]

[Description: The flesh, blood, and soul of a corpse are transformed into nourishment to fertilize the bones, which are then used to forge a powerful bone crossbow.]

[Evaluation: As your control improves, you can now fuse flesh and ligaments together to forge strong and powerful bowstrings.]

As the final secret technique for forging bones, it fills the gap in ranged attack methods for cultivators newly entering the demonic sect. Of course, fighting like a martial artist is not the true nature of demonic cultivators.

[In the next upgrade, I will bring you brand new spells, as well as a true method for crafting magical artifacts.]

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[New Arcane Art Unlocked]

【Demon Eye - Beginner Level】

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Superior]

[Description: Focus spiritual energy in the eyes to enhance vision, perceive target information, and mark enemy weaknesses.]

[Evaluation: The first element of survival for demonic cultivators is to bully the weak and fear the strong.]

This eye technique can help you avoid people you shouldn't mess with.

After being incorporated into the Abyss system, you can even use it to directly obtain some special information.

However, it's important to note that the stronger the enemy, the less information you'll gain.

If you see something covered in question marks, don't hesitate, run!

The two newly unlocked inheritances filled Chu Xiu with joy.

They are all very useful!
Needless to say, the Demon Eye can not only detect a target's attributes but also mark its weaknesses! It's absolutely a divine skill among divine skills!

Intelligence gathering is crucial in any level of combat.

If Chu Xiu had known the attributes of the ghouls beforehand, he could have formulated a more targeted battle plan in advance, reducing variables.

As for the latest White Bone Refinement, it is also very useful. Although it seems somewhat useless at the moment, once Chu Xiu encounters other high-level combat professions as companions, he can become a ranged damage dealer and no longer need to engage in close combat and adventure.

"Comparatively speaking, we still need to master the Netherworld Eye as soon as possible!"

Chu Xiu focused his mind and learned more about the details.

As an introductory eye technique, the Netherworld Eye requires gathering Yin energy for cultivation; the heavier the Yin energy, the better the cultivation effect.

If there is no yin energy, even a person's eyeballs can be used.

"We definitely won't be able to find any Yin energy in a short time. As for human eyeballs, I wonder if we could use those of a corpse demon as substitutes?"

Chu Xiu muttered to himself.

Actually, he has an even simpler and more direct method of cultivation.

Extra points for cause and effect!
Chu Xiu glanced at it and realized that it would take more than 200 karma points to cultivate the Nether Demon Eye.

Compared to its powerful abilities, it's incredibly cost-effective. For example, a wizard's basic Eye of Sight can only detect information and cannot mark weaknesses, yet it costs hundreds or thousands of causal points!
It can only be said that demonic arts are indeed easy to cultivate and infinitely mysterious.

"However, even if it's cheap, I still need to kill a lot of monsters to collect them all right now."

"Our top priority right now is to maximize our strength!"

With this in mind, Chu Xiu turned his gaze to the [Yin Wind Blade].

He mastered this simple technique automatically using the power of the abyss, but he was still at the lowest level of proficiency.

【Shadow Wind Blade】

[Proficiency Level: Beginner (3/100)]

[Release Cost: 1.0-3.0 (increases with charging time)]

[Charge time: 1.2s-2.4s]

Power: 1.5–3.5 (decreases with distance)

Speed: 21m/s—30m/s (decays over time)

[Maximum distance: 25m-55m]

[Cooling time: None]

It can be seen that Yin Wind Blade is a skill that requires time to charge up.

Although it is very powerful, and it cleaved open the ghoul's chest when it was hastily activated before, it still takes 1.2 seconds to activate at the fastest speed, which is still too slow in close combat.

For example, if the Corpse Demon hadn't been distracted by Wang Long and had instead continued its relentless attack on Chu Xiu, he wouldn't have had time to prepare or unleash its power.

Not to mention, it moves very slowly, making it extremely easy to dodge from a distance.

As his current trump card, Chu Xiu hopes to make better use of it in combat.

After thinking for a moment, he tried adding points to the Yin Wind Blade.

[Consumes 1 Causal Points, increases Yin Wind Blade Proficiency by 16]

Chu Xiu's eyes lit up.

Just enough!

Fortunately, he didn't give up the causal point in order to maintain stability.

Without hesitation, he directly allocated the remaining six points to the Yin Wind Blade.

[Consumes 6 Causal Points, increases Yin Wind Blade Proficiency by 95]

[Yin Wind Blade Proficiency Level Increased!]

(End of this chapter)