Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Not to mention, the life energy he provided was unimaginably vast, far beyond what any demon cultivator could imagine!

In such a situation, the probability of refining a Ghost King is almost—

Guaranteed!

Chu Xiu didn’t wait long; in just one day, the Soul Banner yielded results under the drive of [Perfect Refining].

A terrifying aura, far surpassing any ghost, so powerful that even Chu Xiu couldn’t help but feel his heart race, rose from the Soul Banner!

Chu Xiu opened his eyes and, before he could make any move, suddenly a ghostly claw shot out like lightning, aiming straight for his chest!

”Oh?”

Chu Xiu’s eyes lit up. Without dodging, he threw a punch as well!

”Clang!!!”

With a loud noise, Chu Xiu only felt a sharp pain on the back of his hand. Upon closer inspection, he noticed five pitch-black claw marks had appeared on the back of his hand out of nowhere!

Although those claw marks didn’t break his skin, they left a large amount of sinister energy, continuously corroding his skin!

”Interesting.”

Chu Xiu chuckled lightly, looked up, and saw, unknowingly, a terrifying ghost had already emerged from the Soul Banner.

This ghost’s body was so solid it was incredible, evidently still in the Soul Body state, yet appearing like a physical entity. At five meters tall, its entire form was shrouded in an inky poisonous mist, revealing only a grim face and elongated limbs.

As soon as it appeared, it leaped onto the cave’s stone wall, its pair of fierce and malicious eyes fixed tightly on Chu Xiu, as if ready at any moment to pounce and swallow him whole!

”Is this the Ghost King?”

Chu Xiu’s face showed no fear; instead, he observed the ghost with interest.

The Ghost King is brutal, and as a king, possesses strong arrogance, unwilling to be under others. Thus, the first thing it does upon birth is to devour its master!

Throughout history, countless demon cultivators have met tragic ends at the hands of the Ghost Kings they refined!

”There are many records of the Ghost King’s brutality in the lineage, and seeing it today, it truly lives up to its reputation.”

The earlier grasp, though it didn’t cause Chu Xiu any substantial harm, was only because he had completed the ninth heaven of the Great Freedom Celestial Demon Body.

Any other person, even a Heroic Spirit Awakened, would find it impossible to withstand such an attack so easily.

Moreover, its speed is extremely fast, and its constitution after materialization might have reached close to forty thousand!

Furthermore, having reached the tier of Ghost King, the ghost’s intelligence has awakened, allowing seamless transformation between Soul Body and material form, making it exceedingly strong in both magic and close combat!

”This newly born Ghost King already possesses combat power not weaker than an ordinary Heroic Spirit Awakened, stronger than an average Heroic Spirit Horned Demon!”

”Once it continues to absorb souls, stabilizes its Soul Body completely, and becomes familiar with its form, its strength can increase by at least fifty percent more!”

”And this is just the combat power of the Ghost King’s main body! The true strength of a Ghost King lies in integrating the entire ghostly legion!”

Just as Chu Xiu thought this, the Ghost King suddenly emitted a sharp screech, causing black mist to surge out violently!

The black mist spread quickly, enveloping a radius of ten miles in the blink of an eye!

Within the black mist, flowers, grass, and trees all withered as if all life force had been extracted from them!

Inside Chu Xiu’s Soul Banner also began to riot, countless ghosts under the Ghost King’s command seemed about to break through the Soul Banner and burst out!

Chu Xiu wasn’t in a rush to use restrictions to subdue them; instead, he waved his hand, directly lifting the limit of the Soul Banner!

Immediately, a large number of ghosts surged out! These ghosts entered the black mist released by the Ghost King, merging almost completely with the mist as ice melts into water. Chu Xiu felt the black mist around him echoing with ghostly wails, yet he couldn’t pinpoint any specific soul body!

”Truly worthy of being the Ghost King!” Chu Xiu couldn’t help but exclaim in amazement.

This black mist, akin to the Sinful Fire Purgatory, is also a special domain!

The Sinful Fire Purgatory sacrifices the ability to restrict entry and exit of the domain, in exchange for powerful Sinful Fire Divine Techniques. Similarly, the black mist does not prevent objects from entering or exiting, in exchange for immensely terrifying abilities!

Ghosts within it can obtain nearly endless energy replenishment from the mist! Not only does their combat power greatly increase, but the injured Soul Bodies can also recover rapidly!

Additionally, within the black mist, the ghosts’ concealment abilities are also significantly enhanced, truly achieving a state of invisibility.

This is the power of a king! With or without the Ghost King’s ghostly legion, there is a qualitative difference!

”Swish!”

As Chu Xiu was silently observing, a sharp claw suddenly emerged from the black mist without any warning!

The black mist even has the ability to isolate detection. Chu Xiu’s divine sense in this mist has been compressed to a range of only a hundred meters! Under the cover of the mist, he simply couldn’t capture the trace of the Ghost King, and those sharp claws were unbelievably fast. In the blink of an eye, he could only raise his hand to block!

”Clang!!!”

With a loud crash, three shocking bloody marks had already been scratched on his arm!

And that wasn’t all, almost simultaneously, three different attacks came at him!

”Bang! Bang! Bang!”

Chu Xiu didn’t dodge, taking the three hits head-on. Instantly, he felt his blood churn, and his body was shaken!

Surprisingly, a look of delight appeared in Chu Xiu’s eyes. He had clearly seen just now that the three attackers were only High-tier Ghost Generals.

However, the attacks they unleashed were several times stronger than usual!

”This should be the final effect of the Domain, which is to quickly transfer power between different ghosts, concentrating the power on the ghost launching the attack.”

With this understanding, Chu Xiu completely grasped the strength of the Ghost King.

Within this Domain, even a Demigod might not be able to kill the Ghost King in a short time! As for Heroic Spirits... against these ever-changing attacks, being able to last half a minute without being torn apart would already mark them as strong among Heroic Spirits.

Of course, great power also requires a great cost. Maintaining this Ghostly Fog Domain is very consuming, and the Ghost King can rely on its body for at most a minute before reaching its limit. After that, to forcibly maintain it, it must continually crush the soul bodies of its subordinates to replenish the ghost fog.

It is said that there is a creature called the Celestial Ghost that can form a Ghostly Fog Domain spanning a thousand miles, where even a Nascent Soul Cultivator would be brutally slaughtered without the power to resist.

”I wonder if my ghosts will have the chance to grow to that stage in the future.”

Having understood this, Chu Xiu didn’t waste any more time. He pointed a finger, and suddenly a red light emerged in the distant dense fog, the Ghost King let out a miserable scream, its soul body seemingly bound by a dark red rope, falling to the ground.

It was Chu Xiu decisively activating the restriction of the Soul Banner.

However, just as Chu Xiu was about to seal the Ghost King into the Soul Banner, the Ghost King, originally fallen on the ground, suddenly emitted a shriek sharp enough to tear eardrums. With its howl, the surrounding ghostly mist surged wildly, making the restriction of the Soul Banner seem on the verge of collapse!

Chu Xiu clicked his tongue in annoyance, flashed in front of the Ghost King, and in the next moment threw a straightforward punch directly at the Ghost King!

”Boom!!!”

A massive explosion echoed through the cave, the Ghost King’s soul body in the mist was directly shattered by a third, it fell to the ground howling, the ferocity and malice vanished from its eerie green eyes, replaced by fear and a trace of grievance.

It seemed to say, ”If you were this strong, why didn’t you say so earlier! Could have spared my kneecaps!”

Standing still there letting me hit, isn’t that just bait!

Chu Xiu couldn’t help but chuckle, raising his hand to absorb the Ghost King and all the ghosts.

However, he could sense that even though he possessed overwhelming strength, the Ghost King still hadn’t completely submitted to him.

This is the arrogance of a king, and it is what sets the Ghost King apart from other ghosts.

Now, the Soul Banner still has a considerable accumulation of Ghost Generals and High-tier Ghost Generals.

After digesting the remaining divine souls, without any unexpected circumstances, a second Ghost King should be born.

And after subjugating the Domain Ghosts from the Hundred Ghosts Melting Furnace and killing colossal ghosts, this ample resource will be enough to nurture a third Ghost King.

Simultaneously nurturing three Ghost Kings is incredibly dangerous; when three are together, the suppressive power of the Soul Banner will be dispersed, easily triggering a revolt.

Even if Chu Xiu possesses enough strength to ensure his own life, he can’t stop three Ghost Kings from tearing the Soul Banner apart and escaping.

Not to mention the abundant soul resources in the Hundred Ghosts Melting Furnace, his future Ghost Kings will certainly be more than three! He might even refine the most terrifying Celestial Ghost.

To subdue them, he must let his own divine soul become an even stronger, more vicious, and brutal king!

”The ’Subduing Ghosts and Slaying Souls Yama Scripture,’ subduing ghosts is placed first, after all!”

Without further hesitation, he took out the remaining Cause and Effect Points and invested them all into cultivating this legacy!