Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

On the way to the rendezvous point, Chu Xiu briefly scanned the descriptions of the two newly acquired Divine Artifacts.

The statue of the Jade Maiden could unleash powerful Mental Attacks, causing people to fall into a state of frenzy from which they couldn’t extricate, even leading to Soul shattering.

The four-legged cauldron engraved with Fierce Beast could dissipate Energy attacks and be thrown at enemies.

Of course, the strength of both is only limited to the [Myth] level Equipment, still at the Heroic Spirit level of Myth.

The key is still the [Tribulation Effect].

Like the Meat Bone Umbrella, the [Tribulation Effect] of these two Equipments is similarly extremely formidable; the Jade Maiden statue can form a large-scale Mental Defense Domain, within the Domain to resist all enemy Mental Attacks and add a [Fervor] buff to allies, increasing all combat Attributes.

The four-legged cauldron is even more abnormal, directly forming a [Forbidden Demon Domain], meaning all enemies within the Domain range cannot mobilize their internal Energy, and for allies, it can [replenish Mana], continuously increasing Mana, even surpassing the original Mana limit!

”If these Divine Artifacts fall into the hands of a Civilization Envoy with the corresponding Rules, then I’ll have a headache.”

Once these Domains are activated, Chu Xiu’s strength would be directly suppressed to less than half intact!

”The Jade Maiden sculpture needs the Law of Lust, still unclear about who its holder is, while the four-legged cauldron requires the Law of Destiny, hence the suitable person might be Xie Xuanzhao.”

Just as Chu Xiu was silently pondering, several figures came into view, it was Zhu Jiu and three others!

Seeing Chu Xiu, the few nodded to him in greeting, Zhu Jiu asked, ”How has it been?”

”No gains,” Chu Xiu said, ”How about you?”

Zhu Jiu shook his head with a somber expression.

The four then exchanged stories about their experiences aboard the Star Jumping Ship during this period, none had any useful information, and soon after, Mao Qi and three others also arrived.

When seeing the three, Chu Xiu was slightly surprised, because their state appeared entirely intact, their aura was strong, showing no signs of any injuries.

However, Chu Xiu quickly realized that these three guys were disguising injury to attract tribulation takers to take the bait!

And since they had the confidence to do so, it’s highly likely they controlled at least one Divine Artifact, possibly even two! The Effect of these Divine Artifacts must be so formidable that it gave them the courage to devise such a scheme.

If Chu Xiu truly went to trouble these three earlier, he would probably have suffered greatly!

His gaze turned a bit cold, he cast a meaningful glance at the leading Mao Qi.

The latter seemed to sense his thought, and frankly smiled, ”Brother Shagu wasn’t injured, naturally he wasn’t close to death either, although I’m not adept in combat, dealing with a few replicas isn’t beyond my capabilities.”

Zhu Jiu also reacted at this point, frowned, and shot him a glance, ”Brother Mao intends to lure the tribulation takers into action?”

”Exactly,” Mao Qi nodded, then regretfully said, ”Unfortunately, they didn’t fall for it.”

Zhu Jiu snorted unhappily, ”Brother Mao assumes the tribulation taker is among the four of us?”

Mao Qi chuckled, ”Of course I don’t mean that—right, although I concealed slightly, by no means did I deceive everyone about Brother Shagu’s loss of Rule Power within him.”

After speaking, all eyes turned to the man wearing a peculiar Fierce Ghost Mask, though his expression couldn’t be seen, anyone could sense his extremely disheartened mood.

He sighed heavily and dejectedly, ”I was unfortunately struck by that replica once, at that moment I felt my body numb, as if a current surged through me, and when I came to, the Rule Power inside me was...”

He paused, seemingly searching for an apt adjective, after half a moment said, ”It was ’neutralized’.”

This statement made everyone’s expression change again.

Simply touching it could instantly erase the Rule Power within one’s body!

Although Chu Xiu wasn’t clear about what exactly Rule Power was, seeing the others’ expressions, he could somewhat discern that this thing must be extremely rare and precious, certainly not something that could be easily replaced with Equipment Artifacts!

It might even... affect one’s lifelong Dao path!

”Brother Shagu, don’t dwell on it,” Mao Qi patted his shoulder, ”Rule Power is indeed rare, but as long as we complete the task, this time’s reward might compensate for your loss.”

”If you continue to be so depressed, be careful you might lose even your life here.”

Shagu forced a smile, ”I understand.”

Chu Xiu looked at the two, thinking they were unlikely feigning, and there probably wasn’t a scheme to lure tribulation takers, Mao Qi wouldn’t easily lie about such a significant matter.

”So, does it mean you absolutely mustn’t be touched? This is truly...” Everyone’s expression was somewhat unsightly, yet Chu Xiu felt indifferent; isn’t it just a no-damage clearance? Such Rules were even merely the difficulty of his first Trial.

And this is indeed the highest difficulty of a Tribulation...

No more hesitation, everyone began discussing the next step plan.

Entering the central region was undeniably confirmed, but before that...

”I wonder whether the few of you have found suitable Divine Artifacts? We are about to venture into unknown dangerous grounds, naturally should hand the Divine Artifacts to suitable bearers to maximize our combat strength.”

Zhu Jiu shook his head, looked towards Chu Xiu beside him, Chu Xiu was candid too, raising his hand to throw out the Meat Bone Umbrella.

This Divine Artifact couldn’t be hidden, as for the other two, he would decide whether to hand them over based on future circumstances.

Tuoba Shou received it, looked it over, then showed a delighted expression, and then embraced Chu Xiu in gratitude.

Chu Xiu nodded in response, then said, ”There’s no time to waste, we should set off as soon as possible.”