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

Chapter 88 A Brand New Legacy, The Banner of the Malevolent Soul!

Chu Xiu only focused his attention on these three options for a moment, and then with a "boom," the surrounding scenery changed rapidly. In the blink of an eye, he was no longer in Starfall Village, but was floating tens of thousands of miles above the sky!
Suddenly, with a deafening roar, a huge dragon head burst out from the clouds beside him!

This was a black dragon, its orange-yellow pupils as large as mountains. In front of it, Chu Xiu felt a pressure from a superior. Let alone resisting, he would have to do his best to avoid being crushed by the pressure and kneeling down!
At this moment, the view zoomed out rapidly, and Chu Xiu realized that there was not just one dragon, but a total of one hundred and eight! However, the black dragon's body was too large, and just one of its heads blocked Chu Xiu's entire view.

These 108 black dragons pulled a huge chariot, on which countless alluring dancers, dressed only in rags, danced in the square. Each of them would be a stunning beauty in the outside world, but here, they were just an insignificant member among thousands of dancers.

At the highest point of the chariot stood a throne that soared into the sky, upon which sat a figure shrouded in black mist.

The moment Chu Xiu saw him, he realized who this person was.

Supreme Demon Lord!

With a wave of his hand, countless piercing screams rang out in the arena, and billions of demons surged out from a small banner!

The dancers crouched down, covering their ears in pain, and the black dragon roared in terror. Chu Xiu couldn't even describe how many of those ferocious spirits there were; their shrill, wandering figures filled the entire world.

The perspective zoomed out further, revealing that there were also large armies marching on the ground. Gods and demons were chained together with huge iron chains, and flying zombies evolved to their ultimate form. They spread across the land like a torrent. Some cultivators tried to organize a defense, but no matter how powerful the defensive formation or magic weapon, they were all helpless in the face of this endless army.

Before long, this world was swallowed up, and all living things became nourishment for this undead army.

"That's terrifying!" Chu Xiu exclaimed, his face filled with shock.

Before he could even react, the scenery around him changed again.

What appeared in his sight this time was a giant floating in the universe. Its body was extremely large, comparable to the undying sun. At the same time, countless mysterious laws surged around it. It walked among the stars, and a single step could cross a distance of hundreds of light-years.

Occasionally, they discover traces of a life-bearing planet, reach out and pluck it, and the entire planet is refined to replenish their own bodies.

At this moment, a powerful cultivator tore through space to arrive and fought with the giant. The giant's body was severed by the immortal sword, but a terrifying thing happened: every drop of its blood transformed into a new giant.

"Plucking stars from the sky, immortal and indestructible, reborn from a drop of blood—this is the innate god-demon!"

The final Demon Lord of Myriad Treasures was equally astonishing. He was a young man with a sinister appearance, surrounded by countless treasures. He could casually unroll a scroll and connect to another space. He could take out a blood bottle and pour it into the space, and an endless sea of ​​blood would immediately engulf and refine that world.

When attacked by enemies, he simply made a light slash, completely isolating himself and escaping into a self-contained little world. Then, he casually tossed out a small seal, and the outside space began to collapse. The raging spatial turbulence instantly tore apart all the attacking enemies.

While Wanbao Demon Lord's performance wasn't as impressive as the other two, he was much more composed when facing enemies. It seemed that no matter what kind of enemy he was facing, he always had a way to deal with it. After watching him, Chu Xiu only had the impression of "unfettered and invincible" in his mind!
"This is the ultimate demonic cultivation inheritance!"

The scene Wan Shishu showed him filled Chu Xiu with longing.

Compared to those powerful figures in the demonic path who could destroy a world at any moment, he was indeed just an ant who couldn't even be considered cannon fodder.

As for these three extremely powerful inheritances, Chu Xiu's choice was naturally...
I have to be all!

He felt that cultivators in the past indeed lacked the energy, time, and resources to cultivate three paths simultaneously, but now that the Abyss was a treasure trove, Chu Xiu might be able to accomplish what the previous demonic cultivators could not!
Of course, we still need to make a choice and choose the one with higher priority.

He checked and found that there were nine inheritances for the Warrior rank, with three paths for each, which would be unlocked at levels 1, 4, and 7 respectively.

For Chu Xiu's chosen path, all three inheritances are unlocked for free, while the other two paths require the expenditure of karma points and cannot be unlocked in a skipped manner. In other words, one must unlock the level 1 inheritance before learning the level 4 inheritance.

The three available inheritances are [Terrifying Bone Soul Banner (Supreme Demon Lord)], [Azure Poison Corpse Fire (Innate God and Demon)], and [Blood Curse Bone-Piercing Nail (Ten Thousand Treasures Demon Lord)]. All three are [Superior] level inheritances, and unlocking them requires one thousand karma points.

It's not a huge amount, but it's certainly not a small amount either, especially since it relates to early-stage development, so we need to make a careful decision.

Chu Xiu glanced at it briefly. The Fiendish Soul Banner was an advanced version of the Yin Soul Banner, which could upgrade the Yin ghosts in the banner into fiendish ghosts. Of course, it also required a large number of living souls and corpses as upgrade materials.

The Azure Corpse Fire is a melee skill that allows you to manipulate corpse fire to cover your weapon. Anyone who comes into contact with it will suffer additional burning damage and accumulate a large amount of toxins.

As for the final Blood Curse Bone-Piercing Nail, it is a ranged attack magic weapon that can make up for Chu Xiu's lack of ranged attack methods. However, just like the Yin Wind Banner, it requires money to buy materials to refine.

Without much hesitation, Chu Xiu made his choice.

Choose [Supreme Demon Lord]!
His idea was simple: the living souls and corpses scattered all over Starfall Village couldn't be wasted!
As soon as he made that thought, a wealth of knowledge and traditions flooded into his mind.

Without any hesitation, Chu Xiu waved his hand and activated [Perfect Refinement]!
Instantly, the body of the embodiment of suffering on the ground began to merge into the White Bone Wraith Banner, and at the same time, the dead and wounded villagers and guards in this huge village began to turn into blood, flowing continuously towards the Wraith Banner!
Nourished by this pure energy, the White Bone Soul Banner seemed to undergo some kind of transformation. Its banner pole became rough, covered with protruding sharp corners, and ferocious beast patterns appeared on the banner!
As all the dead in Starfall Village turned into nourishment, a malevolent aura emanated from the new Soul Banner, and the item's name changed to [Skeleton Malevolent Soul Banner +6].

Chu Xiu glanced at it; the +6 Fiend Banner was enough to hold a full forty Yin Ghosts! That was four times more than before!
Most importantly, it already possesses the ability to upgrade yin ghosts into malevolent ghosts!
Chu Xiu waved the banner again, and instantly all the living souls in the entire Starfall Village surged toward the Fiend Soul Banner!

The villagers of Starfall Village have souls that are much stronger than ordinary people because they have served the evil god with pain for many years, while the guards are three or four times stronger!
As soon as these souls entered the soul banner, the ghosts inside the banner, like people who had been starving for three days seeing a Manchu Han Imperial Feast, rushed up and frantically hunted and devoured these living souls!

This caused the power of the Yin Ghost within the Soul Banner to surge rapidly!
Unfortunately, among these ghosts, only the elite ghosts have the potential to advance further.

Chu Xiu remained calm and focused, pointing his finger. Three more powerful souls floated out, the souls of the three Fire Worship Elders!

With a large number of living souls as sustenance, under Chu Xiu's encouragement, they all evolved into elite Yin Ghosts of the mortal level 9 in less than half a minute, and all of them had the potential to advance into fierce ghosts!

With the addition of these three powerful creatures, the Fiend Banner became even more chaotic, with countless souls fighting and battling within it, resembling a purgatory.

Finally, after everything had calmed down, four terrifying creatures appeared.

[Evil Ghost]

[Rank] Warrior Rank 4 [Attributes] Constitution 0, Spirit 20.1, Energy Level 35.5
[Skills] Yin Wind Blade (Perfect), Life Drain (Mastery), Earth Binding Technique (Minor Mastery)
[Trait] Level 2 Soul Body (Greatly reduces physical damage; spells gain an additional 30% power bonus.)
[Talent] Manifestation (Transforms into physical form, loses the trait [Soul Body], gains the trait [Ferocity], loses the skill [Life Drain], gains the skill [Desperate Claw Strike], Constitution +38.2), Ferocity (The accompanying ferocity aura causes any damage caused by the ferocious ghost to be additionally affected by a Ferocity Invasion, reducing health and stamina, and causing minor damage to the soul)

Compared to the Yin Ghost, the Fierce Ghost is larger in size. After materializing, its entire body is covered with thick, long spikes, and its pair of scarlet eyes are violent and tyrannical, like a fearless villain.

At the same time, its basic attributes have been greatly improved, making it much stronger than even elite-level Yin Ghosts! All its skill proficiency levels have also increased several levels!
The soul body has also been upgraded, no longer afraid of the scorching sun, and has also gained additional magical power!

After materializing, it gains an additional [Fierce] trait and the [Desperate Claw Strike] skill! The former increases the ferocious ghost's fighting spirit and damage resistance, while the latter allows the ferocious ghost to launch a powerful attack by consuming a portion of its life force!

At the same time, there is now another fierce talent that amplifies both states!

Furthermore, although it's not written on the panel, the Shadow Demon's [Claws] trait and [Powerful Strike] skill have not disappeared.

"too strong."

"And I have four of these powerful summons!"

Although only one of them was level 4 and the other three were only level 1, Chu Xiu could sense that as long as he kept feeding them living souls, these fierce ghosts could all level up.

"If it takes a hundred living souls to give birth to a Yin ghost, then it takes a thousand to give birth to a fierce ghost!"

"I haven't killed enough."

Chu Xiu couldn't help but sigh, completely unaware that Starfall Village was almost entirely wiped out.

To be honest, killing these fanatical cultists didn't even increase the karma of killing by much, which shows that even the Heavenly Dao doesn't consider them human.

Shaking his head, Chu Xiu stopped thinking about it and began wandering around Starfall Village, collecting the equipment dropped by the dead trial participants.

These are certainly far inferior to Jiang Xue's two [Perfect] quality equipment pieces, but they have the advantage of being plentiful.

Moreover, after advancing to the Warrior rank, the storage space also expands to eight cubic meters, allowing for a significant increase in storage capacity.

He moved through the village. Some villagers who had retained some semblance of reason, survivors of the massacre, hid in the ruins and looked at him fearfully.

These people lost many relatives and friends in this battle. Although the cult's beliefs were destroyed, it is hard to say whether they will be able to return to a normal life in the future.

It is possible that after Chu Xiu leaves, they will re-establish their cult beliefs and return to their previous lives.

Of course, Chu Xiu wouldn't care.

The fragments in this world were only so-so. Compared to the Corpse Demon World, there weren't many valuable items. In fact, the strange rules made it easy to fail, so Chu Xiu didn't plan to waste time on it. He probably wouldn't enter again after this wave.

In the end, Chu Xiu obtained 6 pieces of [Rare] equipment, 25 pieces of [Excellent] equipment, and a bunch of strange and wonderful healing and buff items.

He wouldn't bother with anything worse; he couldn't fit it in.

The only slight pity is that I only gained less than two hundred causal points, which is less than what Ye Junlin gave me casually.

After all, most people will use up their causal points early on to improve their strength before entering the trial.

After confirming one last time that nothing was missed, Chu Xiu began to break away.

His body gradually became ethereal, and the surrounding scenery began to change like the water of a lake being stirred.

Soon, drawn by an invisible force, he was completely separated from this world and returned to a chaotic and empty awakening space.

[Currently undergoing trial evaluation]

[Evaluation complete. Your contribution to this trial is 2889]

Overall rating: World-shaking (+700%)

[Special Achievement Rewards: Elite Assassin (+140%), Bloodthirsty Butcher (+180%), Killing Enemies Above Their Level (+250%), Solo Boss Kill (+350%)]

[Rewards being settled]

[Rewards settled!]

[Item Obtained: 3440 Causality Points]

[Equipment Obtained: Elder of Pain Robe (Perfect)]

[Gained Trait: Pain and Numbness (E)]

[Bonus Reward: Targeted Deep Dive Scroll (Perfect)]

[Bonus Reward: Perfect-Grade Hand of Deprivation (Perfect)]

(End of this chapter)