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

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This thought made Chu Xiu frown slightly.

This is not a good sign.

Chu Xiu didn't believe in coincidences. He had a vague premonition that something unexpected might happen when the last day arrived.

"Forget it, no matter what happens, I only need to do one thing: do my best to improve my strength."

Without thinking further, Chu Xiu slid down to the room he had prepared earlier.

Just like yesterday, he ventured out cautiously, and after hunting down a black-haired ghoul and making a big enough commotion, he immediately returned to fight using the advantageous terrain.

However, perhaps because he had killed a large number of ghouls yesterday, the number of ghouls attracted this time was much smaller.

After the battle, only eleven black-haired ghouls were killed, yielding 134 experience points and 25 karma points, only half of what was gained yesterday.

"After all, this is the real world. There are no monster caves where monsters can spawn indefinitely. These ghouls are one less to kill," Chu Xiu sighed.

Fortunately, the materials required to upgrade the bone spear are far less than those required for bone armor. These eleven black-haired ghouls successfully upgraded it to +6, further enhancing its sharpness.

Moreover, the progress of cultivating the Blood Thirst Heart Refining Technique has finally slowly climbed to nearly one-third.

However, his cultivation speed is getting slower and slower, which is obviously due to a lack of life essence. If he wants to make a breakthrough, he will probably have to kill high-level corpse demons or awakened beings.

"So, what should we do next?" Chu Xiu pondered.

If you go down to the lower floors of the apartment building, there will definitely still be a lot of ghouls. Not to mention anything else, just looking out the window, there are at least twenty or thirty ghouls that can be seen with the naked eye near the apartment building.

The problem is that the life-saving device he made with climbing ropes was only long enough to extend to the twenty-first floor.

Beyond that, there is no insurance.

"If we encounter elites like last time, that would be troublesome."

Although Chu Xiu currently has these two Yin Ghosts protecting him, as well as a +7 Energy Absorption Heavy Armor, there are still countless variables when facing elite monsters.

"Most importantly, there is most likely more than one elite."

Yesterday, he attracted an elite monster on the 21st floor. Excluding the possibility that he had particularly bad luck, the most reasonable explanation is that the density of elite monsters is not small at night!

"Let's play it safe."

Chu Xiu did not go downstairs personally, but remotely directed the Yin Ghosts to hunt down lone corpse ghosts.

As a development-oriented [MAX] tier class, there's no need for him to be so aggressive.

After killing five corpse demons, two Yin demons were injured to varying degrees and their condition deteriorated. Chu Xiu then stopped hunting, returned upstairs, took out several large pieces of wild boar meat, ate them, and began to rest and recover his strength.

The next day, he continued hunting as usual.

The harvest was not much; nine ordinary ghouls were killed in one morning.

It can only be said that the judgment of the people in the stronghold was not without basis. Without Yunlu, it would be difficult for him to accurately locate the location of the ghouls. As the density of ghouls in the surrounding area continued to decrease, his hunting efficiency would also be greatly reduced.

Realizing this, Chu Xiu decided to expand the scope of his exploration.

He has now explored almost all of the three residential areas near his apartment building, except for the parking lots, and can only continue to explore further.

They didn't find many ghouls, but they did discover traces of two other groups of awakened beings.

Awakened individuals are usually teleported together at teleportation points. For example, most Awakened individuals within a one-mile radius are teleported to the apartment building.

This means that there are two teleportation points not too far away from them.

The good news is that we might be able to use them when we continue exploring in the future, but the bad news is that those obvious and easily obtainable experience points have already been snatched up by others.

This made Chu Xiu somewhat irritated.

"Am I about to embark on an adventure?" he pondered silently.

It's the fifth day since I arrived in the Abyss, and I've almost used up all the easily obtainable experience points.

Chu Xiu had two options if he wanted to make a killing: one was to go down to a lower floor at night, or even leave the apartment building altogether to join the nighttime hunt; the other was to enter the underground parking lot during the day and raid the hideouts of the ghouls.

Both options were extremely risky, and after careful consideration, he shook his head with a slight chuckle. He kept a low profile and moved quickly through the residential buildings, treating the tedious and repetitive search work as a form of training.

Hone your mindset and combat skills.

Perhaps as a reward from heaven, just as the sun was about to set, he finally found a small horde of undead hunting together and killed a full seventeen ordinary undead in one go!
Including these, he killed a total of 32 ghouls today, which gave him 195 professional experience points and 89 karma points.

With so many ghouls, we finally managed to upgrade the Bone Spear to +7!

[Exquisite Bone Spear +7]

[Enhancement Progress: 0/10]

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Excellent]

【Attributes: Sturdy (2.8), Sharp (3.4), Bleed (1.9), Weight 3.5kg】

[You can now choose to inscribe the second layer of restrictions.]

[Armor Penetration: A special spiritual energy structure allows the spearhead to form a rapidly vibrating membrane, greatly enhancing armor penetration (Sharpness +1.8)]

[Explosive: Explosive Barrier, grants each of your attacks an additional burst of damage (Power: 2.0)]

[Life Steal: Now, when your bone spear pierces an enemy, it can continuously drain the enemy's life force to heal your own wounds and increase your strength and vitality to a certain extent (Life Steal: 1.4)]

It's another familiar three-choice situation.

However, this time Chu Xiu didn't hesitate at all and chose [Armor Penetration].

The reason is simple: it's an enhancement of basic attributes. The higher his constitution, the better the effect, and the more suitable he will be for future battles.

The other two can only serve as icing on the cake.

"Of course, to maximize its effect, we still need to wait until we reach level 6 before we can master the Thirst for Blood Heart Refining Technique."

"At that time, we will have the confidence to take slightly more radical actions."

"I need to keep working hard!"

Back at the base, Shen Zhuo and the others returned to rest early as usual.

They were also very happy today, chatting and laughing in the room. They had obviously gained a lot. It wasn't until Shen Zhuo came to Chu Xiu to upgrade his equipment that he learned that the group had killed nearly fifty corpses that day, even more than him.

Everything seems to be moving in the right direction.

Chu Xiu accepted 98 causal points and helped them strengthen their abilities once again.

Everyone was satisfied, but Chu Xiu noticed that after receiving the enhanced equipment, Li Shan and Wang Long looked at him with even greater greed.

Chu Xiu knew what was going on. After everyone left, he ate a few pieces of meat to recover his strength and then continued leveling up without stopping.

In one night, I killed thirteen black-haired ghouls, and in the next day, I killed a total of twenty-two.

Hunting efficiency continued to decline.

Fortunately, Chu Xiu's hard work paid off.

These corpses of the ghouls increased Chu Xiu's White Bone Yin Soul Banner to +6, further expanding its capacity, and allowed him to refine a third Yin Ghost.

Although it was only at the 7th level of the mortal rank, it undoubtedly further enhanced Chu Xiu's strength.

At the same time, it also gave him 59 causality points and a [common] quality weapon that he couldn't use.

Most importantly, after so many days of settling in, his level has finally increased again!
[Level Up!]

Current Rank: Mortal Rank 6

[A brand new legacy has been unlocked.]

(End of this chapter)