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

Chapter 8: A Brand New Legacy! Other Trial Participants?
As Chu Xiu shifted his attention to the latest text, two pieces of information immediately flooded into his mind.

[New Secret Techniques Unlocked]

[Bone Forging - Armor]

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Advanced]

[Description: The flesh, blood, and soul of a corpse are transformed into nourishment to sculpt powerful bone armor.]

[Evaluation: As your control improves, you can now create small nail plates, conform to the curved structure of the human body, and even retain some fur as lining.]

Take action! Use the corpses of others to build your formidable defenses!

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[New spells have been unlocked]

【Shadow Wind Blade】

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Advanced]

[Description: Mobilizing internal magical power, unleashing a blade slash composed of yin wind.]

[Evaluation: Due to its simple and practical characteristics, it has become the most popular introductory technique among the disciples of the Holy Sect.]

Compared to ordinary wind blades, the Yin Wind Blade is more powerful and explodes into Yin wind upon impact, reducing the enemy's health and stamina.

However, it is worth noting that the power of the Yin Wind Blade decreases rapidly with distance, making it unsuitable as a ranged attack method.

Want to learn even more powerful and flawless spells? Then keep striving to level up!

The next inheritance will be unlocked at Mortal Rank 2.

"really."

Chu Xiu understood that the true strength of the Demonic Path Successor profession lay in the continuous unlocking of its inheritance!
He might not be that strong in the early stages, but in the later stages, Chu Xiu, who embodies the entire legacy of the demonic path, is absolutely a hexagonal warrior of the same level who can crush anyone else and has no weaknesses!
"The two newly unlocked inheritances are perfect for my use now. One enriches my offensive methods, and the other enhances my self-defense capabilities, giving me more room for error when fighting those unknown monsters!"

Chu Xiu tried to condense a Yin Wind Blade. Soon, a gray-black wind blade appeared in his palm. Chu Xiu could feel its amazing power, enough to cut down a small tree as thick as a bowl!

The rules of the abyss allowed him to automatically learn this technique. Of course, his proficiency is only the most basic level. To improve the power of the Yin Wind Blade, he needs further practice.

Having figured things out, he waved his hand to disperse the wind blades in his palm, then turned around and activated Bone Forging on the giant moth corpse he had just killed.

Instantly, the giant moth's flesh and blood began to dissolve, and its bones began to condense. In a daze, Chu Xiu even felt the giant moth's soul, which was still floating nearby, being torn apart, burned, and then fused into its bones.

A dozen seconds later, as everything settled, a fluorescent white breastplate and several bone fragments appeared on the ground, connected to each other by thin leather straps.

With a thought, Chu Xiu caused the bone fragments to fly up automatically and fit perfectly into his vital areas.

[Torn bone armor]

Rank: Mortal

[Quality: Garbage]

【Attributes: Protection (1.2), Thermal Insulation (0.1), Weight 1.1kg】

[Evaluation: A fragile suit of armor crafted from an ugly insect.]

Why do you always manage to find these strange and unusual materials?

Why don't you use a simple, readily available, yet highly effective material—living people?
You are a disgrace to demonic cultivators!

Very well, as always, a sharp tongue.

Chu Xiu was already used to it. He looked at the armor plates on his body. They were harder than he had imagined, like some kind of very light stone, but the protective area was indeed too small.

He turned to Yunlu, who was staring in astonishment beside him, and said, "Let's continue."

As time passed, the sun outside the window gradually set, hanging over the edge of the city, its afterglow seeming to drape the dilapidated city in a golden glow.

Three hours have passed since Chu Xiu arrived in this world.

"It should be another hour or so before night falls."

Looking at the afterglow outside the window, Chu Xiu said softly.

During this time, he and Yunlu carefully explored from the upper floors down, eventually reaching the current eighth floor.

Thanks to Yunlu's amazing talent, the two of them managed to avoid the monsters along the way without any major incidents and successfully refined twenty-six mummies.

Under Yunlu's astonished gaze, the bone armor became more and more perfect, eventually reaching a +2 enhancement.

He was now wearing a complete suit of bone armor, with pale bone fragments covering his joints and vital points. On his head was a ferocious bull-horned helmet, making Chu Xiu look like a knight who had returned from hell.

The current bone armor has a protection level of 2.0 and can cover most of Chu Xiu's body.

However, the weight also reached 15.7kg, making it heavy to wear, and the bone plates would sometimes collide with each other when walking, making a "clanging" sound.

Fortunately, the digitized bone armor can be stored in the storage space at any time and put on again during battle.

Each person in the Abyss has an initial storage space, which expands as their rank increases. For a mortal awakened being, it's only about one cubic meter in size, barely enough to fit a bone armor, but not a bone spear.

"The upgrade cost for the bone armor is much, much more than that for the bone spear."

"Moreover, after I reached level 1, not only did the professional experience required to level up double, but the difficulty of gaining experience also increased. Absorbing these mummies could no longer give me any experience."

"To level up, you still have to kill living creatures!"

"If you're lucky, you might even get equipment and treasures."

Chu Xiu thought to himself.

In the data-driven abyss, killing any creature may result in additional drops, with stronger creatures having a higher drop rate.

The most common drop is something called "Causal Points". This thing can directly increase professional experience and can even be used to upgrade skills, quickly enhancing the combat power of awakened ones. It is the hard currency in the Abyss and something that Chu Xiu desperately wants to obtain.

However, the most urgent task is to find a place to spend the night, as humans are not good at fighting in the dark.

“There was a resident on the eleventh floor who installed a security door. It was in good condition and had plenty of space, so it was a good place to stay.”

"The one on the thirteenth floor with the wire mesh is also good. I just checked the lock and it's still intact, and the degree of rust is within an acceptable range."

Just as Chu Xiu was pondering silently, Yun Lu suddenly stopped and tugged at his sleeve.

Chu Xiu looked up and made a gesture.

【enemy?】

Yunlu shook her head and returned the gesture.

Humans!

Upon receiving this reply, Chu Xiu was taken aback at first, then narrowed his eyes.

In fact, he could sense that there were at least a dozen or so trial participants in this apartment building.

Along the way, the two discovered that many houses had been searched.

However, this apartment building is very large, with four stairwells on each floor. The trial participants here are all trained and very good at hiding themselves. In addition, the scent of humans is much fainter than that of other animals, so the Cloud Deer can only smell them from very close range.

This is why they have been exploring for so long without finding any other trial participants.

After a moment's thought, Chu Xiu made a hand gesture.

Go take a look.

He wanted to hunt those monsters to level up, and naturally, the more people he had, the safer he would be.

I just don't know if other people are as easy to talk to as Yunlu.

Soon, led by Yunlu, Chu Xiu arrived at a half-open door.

With a thought, he donned the complete bone armor.

The next moment, with a creaking sound, the wooden door was slowly pushed open.

There was no sound from inside the room, and the living room was empty; there was nowhere to hide at a glance.

However, Chu Xiu glanced at the crisscrossing footprints on the ground.

He didn't speak, but slowly walked in, with Yunlu following closely beside him, carrying a large iron pot.

Suddenly, a fierce voice rang out:

"Take one more step and I'll smash your skull."

Yunlu was startled and instinctively shrank behind Chu Xiu, who remained calm: "Are you sure you want to attack me with that thing in your hand?"

As he finished speaking, a tall figure appeared around the corner of the wall.

This is a boy who is over 1.8 meters tall, with acne on his face, a reckless and roguish air about him, and a fierce look in his eyes that is not commensurate with his age.

He was holding a metal baseball bat in his hand and looking at Chu Xiu warily.

Upon seeing the terrifying white bone armor on his body and the sharp bone spear in his hand, his momentum clearly weakened, but he still refused to back down and said, "Aren't you afraid of attracting those monsters if you fight here?"

Seeing that the two seemed about to fight at the slightest disagreement, Yunlu anxiously made hand gestures, her hand speed so fast it was like forming hand seals.

No internal strife! No internal strife! No internal strife!

But the two of them still watched each other warily.

In the abyss where there are no rules to restrain you, never underestimate the wickedness of the human heart. Just like Chu Xiu didn't know if the tall young man in front of him would kill him the moment he let his guard down, simply because of the equipment he was wearing.

Even if there's only a one percent chance, he won't let his guard down.

Clearly, the boy shared the same thought.

Just as the two were locked in a tense standoff, with Yunlu standing there at a loss, a surprised and uncertain voice suddenly came from the bedroom on the left.

"Chu Xiu?"

(End of this chapter)