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

Chapter 65 One King, One Queen, and Seven Knights
There are still nine days until the next time we enter the Shiki world.

The duration of the Warrior Rank Trial is usually only one day, and at the latest no more than three days.

Therefore, Chu Xiu still has plenty of time to prepare.

"With my current strength, theoretically passing the Warrior-level trial should be no problem at all, but the demonic cultivation profession might be a bit special."

Why can passing a single trial instantly allow an awakened individual to leapfrog their rank, skipping decades of arduous training?
This is a question that many people have in mind.

On the government's official website regarding awakened individuals, there is a speculation about this.

"The Abyss's two most obvious abilities are, firstly, to digitize everything, and secondly, to be able to complete the task directly without ignoring the intermediate process once the causal relationship is determined. The causal point is the concrete manifestation of this ability."

"Data-driven capabilities allow various obstacles in the breakthrough process to be directly abstracted into trial tasks. Once the task is completed, regardless of the means used, the cause-and-effect relationship will be established. At that time, the process can be ignored, and the bottleneck can be directly broken through to reach the next level."

"Therefore, although the advancement trials are varied and strange, they are basically related to the profession. For example, those brute-force combat professions usually face killing-type trials, while professions such as wizards and explorers may encounter trials that require reasoning ability and cannot be passed by brute force alone."

"Sometimes, the abyss will combine the breakthroughs of multiple people, forming a trial involving multiple participants."

"If this conjecture is true, I wonder what kind of trials I, a [max] rank [Successor of the Demonic Path], will encounter?"

To be honest, Chu Xiu was a little unsure of himself.

Moreover, he had no prior experience to refer to, since the advancement experiences of those high-level professions are usually not easily circulated, at least not to commoners like him.

"To be on the safe side, I'll max out all my skills and equipment and wait until I'm at my strongest before challenging it."

After thinking about it, he realized there was still a lot he could work on, such as increasing the number of Yin Ghosts, upgrading the Misty Step skill, and fully enhancing the Bone Armor and Bloodthirsty Array, etc.

But simply running dungeons isn't enough; you could work yourself to death and still not get enough.

After thinking for a moment, Chu Xiu logged into a website specifically created for conquering the world of Corpse Demons, which had a forum section.

[Low price, book included. Contact us quickly if interested.]

He posted a message, and then went back to grinding.

After completing the [Hard] dungeon three times, Chu Xiu found that no one paid any attention to him. There was no inquiry, not even a reply. He sank to the bottom of the river.

He tried to push himself up a few times, but it was no use.

Chu Xiu felt a little helpless, but he could understand. Strictly speaking, carrying a dungeon was a risky thing, because as long as you killed an Awakened, you could get all the equipment on their body. Moreover, if someone died in the dungeon, there wouldn't even be a corpse in reality, making it extremely difficult to investigate. So, no one knew if you would encounter someone who used carrying a dungeon as a cover to actually double-cross you.

This forced those within their groups to implement various safeguards, while naturally no one would pay attention to someone like Chu Xiu, whose origins were unclear.

"It seems this path is blocked; the only option left is to seek sponsorship from someone involved in the skills assessment."

Chu Xiu sighed, thought for a moment, and spent 130,000 to buy a mask and a black robe on the Awakener website.

Both the mask and the black robe are of [Standard] quality. The former can change the voice, and the latter can block some detection skills. Combined with his own concealment technique, unless he encounters a fierce-level detective, he basically cannot get any information out of him.

While waiting for the goods to arrive, he casually browsed a forum created specifically for conquering the world of ghouls, hoping to find any noteworthy information. At the top of the list was a post titled "[Jiangcheng's Rising Star! One King, One Queen, and Seven Knights!]".

Chu Xiu clicked in and took a look. The post was about the nine people with the strongest talents in this year's Awakening Trial. The poster was a guy named [Silent Whisperer].

Before starting, he introduced a little-known fact that even Chu Xiu didn't know.

"The state has very strict control over causal points. Even powerful and wealthy families can only obtain a very small number of causal points."

"However, smaller cities have more loopholes to exploit, so every year, some powerful and wealthy people from the inner city send their children to smaller cities to participate in the awakening trials. These people are definitely big shots even in the inner city!"

"There's such a saying?" Chu Xiu said, somewhat surprised.

But then I thought about it again, and it made sense. In his previous life, he had also transferred his children to other provinces to take the college entrance examination.

Those who can pull off these tactics must have considerable power.

According to the poster, this will result in one or two outstanding individuals in each generation, with a significant gap between them and other awakened individuals. In this generation, this would be what is known as "one king and one queen"!
Wang Ziran is Ye Junlin, and the next one is a girl named Lin Wanyue.

It is said that this woman is the illegitimate daughter of the chairman of the Lin Group. She originally came to Jiangcheng to avoid trouble, but after showing her talent, she immediately attracted the attention of her family.

If she can pass the warrior-level trial, she will immediately become the direct heir and receive a lot of resources. With her amazing talent, she is qualified to be called Ye Junlin.

As for the Seven Knights, they are all either incredibly talented or have powerful backgrounds. Zhang Qingshan is among them, but Guan Ke is not.

"This woman should be able to rank well, even though her profession is only A-level, she has S-level talent. Is it that her talent is not suitable? Or is this woman hiding her professional talent like me?"

Chu Xiu thought about it for a moment and then stopped paying attention.

He continued reading and found that in addition to these nine people, the poster had listed many more. Chu Xiu even saw Shen Zhuo, but Guan Ke was still not listed.

At the end of the post, the poster wrote: "This post is now finished! But this does not mean that there are only these geniuses in Jiangcheng. After all, there are still many people who are unwilling to reveal their talents and professions."

"For example, in yesterday's [Skills Assessment], there was a tough guy who scored 20 points in strength! This is definitely a combat profession of A-rank or higher! He immediately signed a Class B temporary contract with the 'Morning Star Guild' and received considerable resources!"

"And there's a mysterious woman whose energy level is a whopping 35! It's absolutely jaw-dropping!"

"I hope these geniuses can work together to conquer the world mission and reclaim another complete world for China!"

After reading the post, Chu Xiu thoughtfully stroked his chin.

It seems that there are quite a few people like him who would rather sacrifice some of the resources they could obtain than fail to conceal their personal information.

Furthermore, he strongly suspected that the mysterious woman was Guan Ke! According to previous observations and calculations, as long as she leveled up to level 6 during this period, she would have an energy level of approximately 35, which fits the timeline perfectly.

Just as Chu Xiu was browsing the posts, the goods he had ordered arrived.

Without giving it any further thought, Chu Xiu equipped himself with a mask and black robe and headed out to the location of the skills assessment.

(End of this chapter)