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

Chapter 28 Body Training Techniques
"Shh!"

Chu Xiu flicked his right hand, shaking off the sticky black blood from the spear tip. He stood in the center of the living room, surrounded by a scene that resembled hell.

The wardrobes and corridors that served as cover had long been destroyed, and the battlefield had expanded to the entire living room. The ghouls' broken bodies lay scattered everywhere, with severed limbs, yellowish-green entrails, and intestines sliding in slime visible all around.

The apartment building was completely silent; not a sound could be heard except for Chu Xiu's own heavy breathing.

In the past ten minutes, he has experienced the most intense battle since descending into the abyss.

One after another, ghouls surged forward, giving Chu Xiu no chance to catch his breath. They were frenzied and fearless of pain. Without any rationality, they possessed extremely high combat talent. They leaped onto the ceiling, their sharp claws digging into the walls, crawling and attacking Chu Xiu from all directions.

He remembered that the bunker was quickly destroyed, and two ghouls pounced on him, opening their mouths to bite his shoulders. Even as the spikes on his armor pierced their mouths, these crazed creatures did not stop attacking.

He could only swing his bone spear to block the ghouls that continued to charge, while simultaneously smashing their heads with his heavily armored left hand until blood splattered and white brain matter was exposed.

This was a battle beyond his imagination, filled with the instincts of wild beasts.

By the end, Chu Xiu was in a frenzy. He didn't remember how many blows he had taken, only that even with the protection of the +6 energy-absorbing armor, his whole body was still aching.

Fortunately, after absorbing the blood of the ghouls, the power of the Bone Blood Devouring Array increased dramatically.

After withstanding the first wave of attacks, things became much easier. In the end, the corpses that entered the formation had to exert all their strength just to move. Chu Xiu seemed to see countless hands from the dead in hell, tightly gripping their bodies.

With the help of the Bone Blood Devouring Array, he successfully killed the last attacking ghoul.

Unfortunately, the power temporarily enhanced by blood sacrifice will gradually disappear; otherwise, Chu Xiu could have continuously expanded an invincible domain with this formation.

Chu Xiu was now almost completely exhausted, both physically and mentally, as the high consumption of Yin Wind Blade had nearly drained him dry.

But his tired face was full of joy.

Twenty-one!
In those ten minutes, he killed a total of twenty-one ghouls!
It was less than he had estimated, but it was still enough. Compared to the daytime, it was more than twice as many as in the morning!

Having killed so many ghouls, his progress on the challenge of killing 100 mortal-level beings has skyrocketed! He only needs 48 more to complete it!
Moreover, these twenty-one black-haired ghouls dropped a total of 32 karma points, as well as two pieces of ordinary quality equipment: a longsword and a spiked club.

Unfortunately, neither of these pieces of equipment is very useful; I'll just have to sell them when I get back.

Of course, these are just extra surprises; the most important thing is...
[Slaughtering living beings, Professional Experience +818]

[Level Up!]

Current Rank: Mortal Rank 5

Upgraded!
A surge of new power flowed into Chu Xiu's body, and the exhilarating feeling of this increase in strength made him forget his fatigue.

[Name] Chu Xiu

[Rank] Mortal Rank 5 (45/1000)

[Constitution] 7.52
[Mental State] 6.10
[Energy Level] 18.05
[Other] Omitted
All attributes have received a significant boost once again!

Of course, what Chu Xiu was most looking forward to was the newly unlocked inheritance!
[The Holy Sect's Secret Techniques Have Been Unlocked]

[The Blood-Thirsting Heart-Refining Technique]

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Superior]

[Description: A basic secret technique included in the Golden Embryo Netherworld Method, one of the top inheritances of the Holy Sect. It greatly improves the practitioner's physique by enhancing the heart's blood supply.]

[Endurance +11, Strength +6, Health Regeneration Speed ​​+3.5, Nerve Reaction Speed ​​+2 (overall reflected as Constitution +7.6)]

[Review: Congratulations! You have unlocked the first chapter of "The Golden Embryo and the Dark Realm"!]

In order to better slaughter living beings, demonic cultivators pay great attention to physical training. The gloomy and withered images in novels are undoubtedly a naked vilification and slander of us demonic cultivators by righteous villains!
Getting back to the main point, the "Golden Embryo Netherworld Method" is the top-tier body-refining inheritance prepared by the Holy Sect for its disciples!
Mastering each of these secret techniques will allow your physique to undergo a tremendous leap. However, you must also be prepared, as the orthodox inheritance of the Holy Sect, its cultivation difficulty is far beyond that of the previous inferior techniques.

After all, what power comes easily?

After reading the information in front of him, Chu Xiu was overjoyed!

Finally, a legacy that enhances basic attributes has arrived!
It has to be said that no matter how powerful other inheritances were, Chu Xiu always felt a sense of insecurity.

He knew perfectly well that when facing enemies with extremely high base stats, those fancy moves would be much less effective.

The sayings "One force can overcome all techniques" and "Speed ​​is the only way to break through all martial arts" all emphasize the importance of basic attributes!
Because of my weak physique, I often can't even unleash those magical artifacts and secret techniques before I'm instantly killed by the enemy at close range!

Just as even with the most powerful firearms, humans still fear lions and tigers.

This secret technique perfectly makes up for this.

Once mastered, it can provide a constitution boost of up to 7.6! That's more than the constitution boost a level A melee class would get from leveling up two times!

This one secret technique alone can make up for Chu Xiu's attribute deficiencies, allowing his attribute growth to be directly equivalent to that of an SSS-level class!
"If I had this 7.6 points in physique, even without the White Bone Blood Devouring Array, I could still slaughter these corpse demons at night!"

"According to the evaluation, this is only the most basic one; there is a complete lineage to follow!"

"As expected of a [MAX] level profession!"

Chu Xiu couldn't help but smile.

Suppressing his excitement, he quickly checked the requirements for cultivating this secret technique.

However, not long after, he frowned slightly.

As the reviews said, this secret technique is not easy to master.

In the original world, before it was swallowed by the abyss and digitized, to cultivate it required the essence of one hundred boys and one hundred girls, supplemented by the flesh and blood of one hundred large livestock such as cattle and horses, which were then soaked in a blood pool for forty-nine days of cultivation.

"A child's blood and essence contain a large amount of life essence that has not yet been fully consumed and accumulated from the mother's womb, while large livestock such as cattle and horses can provide abundant energy and vitality."

"Demonic cultivation techniques take everything into consideration!"

Chu Xiu stroked his chin: "With Perfect Refinement, I don't need the troublesome steps of absorbing essence blood anymore, it's just that essence blood is not easy to find."

Chu Xiu tried to extract and absorb the essence blood from the corpses on the ground, and found that the progress was extremely slow, with each corpse providing less than one percent.

As for forcibly cultivating using causal points, it would require about eight or nine hundred points, which is not cost-effective.

"It seems the problem still lies in the so-called 'life essence.' These ghouls have enough energy and vitality, but their 'life essence' is probably even worse than that of ordinary people!"

Chu Xiu even suspected that the so-called Corpse Demon Curse was actually the conversion of the life essence of the infected into power.

"Perhaps a higher-level ghoul would be more effective?"

At this moment, Chu Xiu's eyes suddenly shifted, and an idea popped into his mind.

He didn't know how much life essence high-level ghouls possessed, but high-level awakened beings certainly did.
He shook his head, somewhat amused, and shook off the thought from his mind.

We can think about these things later; there are more pressing matters to attend to now.

Chu Xiu looked at the pile of corpses in the room, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

[Perfectly refined, activate!]

The moment Chu Xiu's thoughts shifted, the corpses on the ground began to melt, gradually condensing into pure essence, and finally all of it merged into the White Bone Yin Soul Banner.

After absorbing the souls of all twenty-one black-haired ghouls, this demonic artifact has fulfilled the requirements for the birth of a Yin Ghost!
Chu Xiu was very much looking forward to this ghostly creature that required a full hundred living souls to be crafted!
(End of this chapter)