Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 63: Chapter 63: Grinding King

The rewards from [Nightmare] difficulty far exceed that of [Hard], but compared to the increase in rewards, the rise in difficulty is even more terrifying!

It’s no exaggeration to say that among the hundreds of dungeon teams in Jiang City, few dare to tackle [Nightmare]!

The risk is too high!

Even for Chu Xiu, facing a [Nightmare] dungeon requires utmost caution, with completion time reaching up to one hour and forty-five minutes.

There’s even a risk of failure!

Clearing a nightmare in thirteen minutes seems like a dreamer’s talk.

But Chu Xiu never shoots without aim; all judgments are based on objective calculation and estimation.

”With my current strength, clearing a nightmare quickly does indeed pose great risks.”

”But if I could fill the Yin Wind Banner with Yin Ghosts, then with one Elite Yin Ghost leading nine ordinary Yin Ghosts into battle, it would be easy to push through.”

”Moreover, creating a Dharma Artifact like the Yin Wind Banner could significantly enhance my monster-killing efficiency.”

Chu Xiu leaned back in his chair, turned on the computer, and logged into the Awakener auction website co-founded by the three Celestial Kings of Huaxia.

Here, you can purchase extraordinary items from all over Huaxia.

Upon returning from the Abyss the day before yesterday, Chu Xiu posted the equipment he obtained from the Abyss dungeon.

In order to sell quickly, he did not set high prices. The [Treasure] Heavy Armor was already sold, and half of the ordinary and standard quality equipment was also sold.

”Two nearby cities are also about to hold awakening trials, so these Mortal Tier equipment are in high demand.”

Actually, due to the awakening trials, Mortal Tier equipment is generally easier to sell than Warrior Tier equipment, which is why many people dedicate their lives to farming gold in the Mortal Tier instead of participating in Warrior Tier trials.

”The Heavy Armor sold for 1.08 million, but for the awakening trial takers, this armor is too heavy; it couldn’t be sold without lowering the price.”

”The rest sold for a total of 1.5 million.”

The gains were quite good.

And yesterday, three pieces of [Ordinary] and one [Standard] equipment were gained. Chu Xiu operated the site a bit, posting the related information online.

Once someone buys, a courier will arrive at your door.

These couriers are also Awakened ones; after verifying the equipment data, they store it in the Storage Space and take it away, with the payment directly deposited into your account — convenient and fast.

Of course, this is applicable for items priced under a million; more valuable equipment or artifacts wouldn’t be handled so casually.

Chu Xiu clicked on his account, smiled slightly at the over-a-million balance, and began browsing for the items he needed.

He first checked the materials needed to refine the Yin Soul Banner.

The knowledge from the Demon Inheritance, once unlocked, is stored in the Book of All Times, and can be accessed with a mere thought.

Therefore, Chu Xiu quickly understood the principles of the Yin Wind Banner’s refinement, although finding the original materials was impossible, he could choose materials with similar properties.

A little deviation wouldn’t matter; the Perfect Refining techniques rivaling top-tier Artifact Refining Masters would handle everything for him.

Using the filtering function, he quickly found what he needed.

”If only the most basic materials are used, 500,000 would approximately be enough, but the strength of the refined product might not be satisfactory.”

”Yet, if the budget doubles, a good product can be refined. If it doubles again to two million, one could probably release a Great Success Yin Wind Blade with just a wave of the hand!”

However, Chu Xiu was still somewhat dissatisfied.

The Great Success Yin Wind Blade could also be unleashed by the Elite Yin Ghost; he didn’t lack in that output.

”And to max out its power...”

As Chu Xiu browsed through various materials, he silently estimated: ”It should be around six million!”

”It’s quite pricey.”

Those demon artifacts that can be directly gathered from live specimens are indeed better.

Setting the Yin Wind Banner aside, he typed two keywords in the search bar.

[Soul], [Frenzy].

The monster corpses and souls from the Abyss dungeon can’t be used as raw materials to refine demon artifacts because they’re essentially just [projections].

However, the energy of these [projections] can be materialized for enhancement.

Chu Xiu planned to directly buy some potential-rich Life Souls, nurturing them into Yin Ghosts during dungeon runs.

Soon enough, he found what he wanted among the items.

[Low Tier, selling two pure souls with a strength level of 8, non-negotiable, first come first served.]

[Clearance! Massive clearance sale! High-quality souls from the Level 5 Wraith World, one for only fifty thousand, don’t miss it!]

The worlds within the Abyss are bizarre, and while the resources from one world might be useless to you, other Awakened individuals might see them as treasures.

For example, these [Powerful Souls], might be useless to physical professions even if given for free, but are essential materials for professions like [Spiritualists (B)], [Witchcraft Masters (B)], [Ghost Tamers (A)] etc.

”Generally speaking, the demand for calm, pure Divine Souls is higher, and their price is significantly more expensive.”

”But the frantic souls I need are the opposite; few jobs utilize them, and their price is less than half of the former!”

Chu Xiu continued browsing and quickly settled on a target.

To get his hands on them quickly, he targeted a local seller. After a bit of haggling, he purchased six for a total of one million Huaxia Coins.

Two hundred thousand each, buy five get one free.

These Life Souls were not bad in quality, with at least a fifty percent chance of nurturing an 8-level Yin Ghost.

Having done all this, Chu Xiu went downstairs to a restaurant for a big meal, then returned home to lie down in bed, closing his eyes to restore physical strength.

With a constitution of 20 coupled with the Recovery Ring snatched from Shen Zhuo, his physical strength replenished quickly.

The next day, the six Life Souls were delivered, and Chu Xiu had also recovered most of his physical strength.

Without any hesitation, he plunged directly into high-intensity leveling!

That day, although not fully recovered, thanks to the increasingly skilled techniques in dealing with Corpse Demons, he ended up farming one more time than the previous day.

With so many attempts, he successfully nurtured one Life Soul into an 8-level Yin Ghost!

With an extra Yin Ghost, Chu Xiu’s dungeon-clearing efficiency improved further!

He was like a maniacal grinding emperor, throwing himself entirely into slaying monsters, doing only three things daily: eating, sleeping, dungeon crawling!

On the third day, twenty-one dungeon runs!

On the fourth day, twenty-three dungeon runs!

All on hard difficulty! Soloing!

In four days, he completed seventy-nine dungeon runs in total!

This total effort yielded Chu Xiu 178 Cause and Effect Points, along with eleven ordinary pieces of equipment and three standard ones!

Simultaneously, he managed to refine four entire Life Souls into Yin Ghosts and upgraded the Bone Armor to +9, further boosting defense.

Of course, the most important thing——

[Level Up!]

[Current Level: Mortal Tier Level 9!]