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

Chapter 40 Physique Explodes
The sudden sound didn't alert Li Shan to anything amiss; he continued excitedly, "Right, Wang Long, you think so too—"

His voice suddenly stopped because he realized that Wang Long, who was in front of him, did not open his mouth, but instead looked behind him with a look of horror.

"Pfft."

With a soft sound, a sharp bone spear pierced through Li Shan's chest.

He stared blankly down at the spearhead protruding from his chest, incredulous.

Opposite him, Wang Long looked terrified, but before he could make a sound, a horrifying ghost face appeared behind him.

In the next instant, Wang Long's body was sliced ​​into pieces by two sharp claws, his internal organs spilling out onto the ground, leaving only his head lying on the ground, like a dying fish, its lips opening and closing weakly.

"you you"

Li Shan made indistinct sounds, which were then swallowed up by the gushing blood.

"Clap."

As Chu Xiu withdrew his bone spear, Li Shan's body collapsed limply to the ground.

His eyes were wide open, as if he still couldn't accept the fact that he was going to die. He struggled to move, digging his left hand into the ground, and desperately making "hoarse" cries for help.

Chu Xiu strode forward and pierced his head with a spear.

"Boom."

With a soft sound, a large number of items appeared out of thin air. As the two died, the items in their storage spaces fell out.

Looking at the two dead corpses in front of him, and the pile of items surrounding them, Chu Xiu revealed a mocking smile.

In fact, after learning that Li Shan and Wang Long intended to harm him, he frequently released ghosts to stalk him, looking for an opportunity to strike.

It's just that these two never left the team, so Chu Xiu couldn't find an opportunity.

Of course, Chu Xiu wasn't the type to wait passively for his prey to come to him. If the two of them stayed at the stronghold, he would find a way to lure them out and kill them.

His intuition told him that the final day of the trial would not end so easily; the blood moon overhead was becoming increasingly blinding, and there was a high probability that something unexpected was about to happen.

He wanted to eliminate as many variables as possible before the blood moon reached its full glory.

But if the lure fails, Chu Xiu will not kill the two. He is not about to start a full-scale war with the stronghold for the sake of these two insignificant characters.

That is to say-

If these two hadn't voluntarily left the team to plot the killing of Chu Xiu, they would most likely have escaped the Awakening Trial unscathed.

It has to be said, this is a great irony.

"This is a contradictory world."

"When you choose to be a good person, you will inevitably be bullied and exploited by those who don't follow the rules, those who are extremely selfish, and those who bully the weak and fear the strong."

"But if you choose to be a villain, you will embark on an endless path of struggle where the strong prey on the weak and the winner takes all."

"If you want to survive peacefully, you only have two paths to choose from: one is to fight your way to the top and become the worst of all the villains."

"Secondly, we should stick together with other good people to build a stable and orderly society. The stricter the rules are enforced, the less room there is for evil people to operate. Of course, human history has proven that exploitation is unavoidable, but at least we can leave ourselves a place to survive."

Chu Xiu looked at the gradually cooling corpse on the ground with some pity and shook his head, saying, "As a sheep, don't overestimate your abilities and embark on that path of slaughter surrounded by wolves."

When it was his first time killing someone, Chu Xiu didn't feel much resistance. In fact, he even found a unique kind of beauty in the moment when the blood bloomed.

At the same time, he felt a cold, violent, and hateful force, containing a large amount of negative emotions, yet invisible and intangible, clinging to him.

"Is this what they call murder?" Chu Xiu frowned slightly.

When he first killed the abyssal creature, he also felt something invisible enter his body.

However, that invisible thing gave him a completely different feeling than he did now; it was a bright, magnificent, and warm aura.

"The invisible power generated by killing Li Shan and the other two is the same as the record in the demonic scriptures, it should be the cause of death."

"Then what did I gain from killing the abyss creatures before? Merit?" Chu Xiu couldn't help but find it a bit funny. He was a demonic cultivator, and now he was surrounded by merit?

He had killed so many abyssal creatures in the past few days that the amount of merit he had accumulated far exceeded the amount of sin he had committed. He could clearly feel that the impact of the sins he had committed on his mind had been largely offset by the merit.

Strangely, the effect of killing on the cultivation of the Boundless Reincarnation Technique was not affected!
He could sense that his merits and sins coexisted, and both could accelerate the cultivation of the Boundless Reincarnation Technique!
"Damn it... could this be the correct way to practice this technique?"

This cultivation technique itself shouldn't have any particular bias, but in the era of cultivation, there wasn't a particularly easy way to gain merit, which led those who cultivated this technique to embark on the path of killing.

This idea left Chu Xiu speechless for a moment.

However, this was great news for him; at least he no longer had to worry about losing his mind because of killing.

With so many abyssal creatures in the abyss, as long as Chu Xiu doesn't go on a rampage of indiscriminate slaughter, he's unlikely to accumulate more merit than he gains.

Shaking his head, Chu Xiu stopped thinking about it and began searching for useful, high-value items on the two of them while using his [Perfect Refinement] talent to absorb their essence and blood to cultivate the Blood Thirst Heart Refining Technique.

The moment the perfect refinement was activated, a surge of abundant life essence flowed into Chu Xiu's body, causing him to comfortably close his eyes slightly.

Just as he had predicted, the life essence of the awakened ones was extremely abundant!

The previous mass slaughter of corpse demons had already replenished the energy needed for the Blood Thirst Heart Refining Technique; what was lacking now was life essence!

As level 4 Awakeners and combat professionals, the two possessed life essence many times greater than ordinary people. Upon inhaling it, Chu Xiu's cultivation progress skyrocketed!
70%!

80%!

90%!

100%! ! !

After completely draining Wang Long and Li Shan's corpses into mummies, Chu Xiu felt as if he had broken through a bottleneck, and his heart seemed to undergo a tremendous change in an instant!

A powerful surge of energy erupted from his beating heart, generating fresh, more vibrant blood that rejuvenated all his organs, much like putting a Ferrari engine into a used car!
Chu Xiu threw a punch, which was accompanied by a sharp whistling sound. This punch was much faster than before in both power and speed!
Moreover, he could feel that his endurance had improved the most! A continuous stream of energy surged from his heart, seemingly endless!
[Completed the Blood Thirst Heart Refining Technique, Endurance +11, Strength +6, Health Regeneration Speed ​​+3.5, Nerve Reaction Speed ​​+2! (Overall, this translates to Constitution +7.6)]

The notification sound rang in Chu Xiu's ears, which made him even happier.

Keep in mind that his physique was only 9 points after he reached level 6, so this almost doubled his physique!
Chu Xiu clenched his fist gently, and a strong sense of confidence rose within him.

"Right now, even in terms of physique alone, I am by no means inferior to an A-grade combat professional of the same level!"

This is what makes demonic cultivators so abnormal—their growth potential far surpasses that of any other profession!
Taking a deep breath, Chu Xiu calmed his excited emotions.

He has other gains to collect himself.

For example, those bone equipment could be refined by Chu Xiu to upgrade his own equipment.

Chu Xiu chose to continue strengthening his bone spear.

The materials required for armor are too great. After Chu Xiu's physique has increased dramatically, a good weapon would greatly enhance his combat ability.

Based on past experience, the later the restriction, the stronger its effect.

He was very curious about what surprises this weapon would bring him once it was upgraded to +10!
With a wave of his hand, Chu Xiu caused the bone equipment on the two of them to begin to be rapidly refined, successfully enhancing the bone spear to +8 strength.

In addition, the two of them have a total of 27 causal points and a [Standard] quality item [Type 005 Corpse Venom].

This is the thing Li Shan had planned to use to frame Chu Xiu.

It can be applied to weapons and equipment, lasting for ten minutes. If stabbed, it will release a total toxicity of 3.5 within thirty seconds.

Chu Xiu didn't have a particularly strong concept of this number, but he figured it must be a rather potent poison.

All in all, this trip was quite fruitful.

"As expected, killing and robbing is still the fastest way," Chu Xiu couldn't help but sigh.

"Now, there's only one last step left—"

Chu Xiu took a deep breath and suddenly shouted, "Corpse demons! Corpse demons are attacking!!!"

(End of this chapter)