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

Chapter 63 The Liver King
The rewards for Nightmare difficulty far outweigh those for Hard difficulty, but the increase in difficulty is far more terrifying than the increase in rewards!
It's no exaggeration to say that among the hundreds of dungeon raiding groups in Jiangcheng, very few dare to bring [Nightmare]!

The risk is too great!

Even Chu Xiu had to be extremely careful when facing the Nightmare dungeon, and it took him a full hour and forty-five minutes to complete.

There's even a risk of the car overturning!

Beating Nightmare in thirteen minutes seems like a pipe dream.

But Chu Xiu never made unfounded statements; all his judgments were based on objective calculations and assessments.

"With my current strength, there is indeed a great risk in speedrunning Nightmare mode."

"But if I fill the Yin Ghosts in the Yin Wind Banner, then an elite Yin Ghost leading nine ordinary Yin Ghosts can easily sweep through the enemy lines."

"There's also the Yin Wind Banner magic artifact. If I can craft it, it will greatly enhance my monster-killing efficiency."

Chu Xiu leaned back in his chair, turned on his computer, and logged into the Awakener Auction Website, which was jointly founded by three Heavenly Kings of China.

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

Two days ago, when Chu Xiu returned from the abyss, he put up the equipment he had obtained there.

In order to sell quickly, he didn't list the price high. The [Rare] heavy armor has already been sold, and half of the ordinary and standard quality equipment has also been sold.

"It seems that two neighboring cities are also about to hold Awakening Trials, so these mortal-level equipment are in high demand."

In fact, because of the Awakening Trial, Mortal-rank equipment is inherently easier to sell than Warrior-rank equipment. This is why so many people never participate in the Warrior-rank Trial and instead stay in the Mortal rank to farm gold.

"The heavy armor sold for 108 million. There was no other way; this armor was too heavy for the Awakening Trialers. We couldn't sell it without lowering the price."

"The rest, together, sold for 150,000."

The harvest was pretty good.

Yesterday, he obtained three pieces of [Common] and one [Standard] equipment. Chu Xiu manipulated the equipment for a few moments and then posted the relevant information.

Once someone places a order, a courier will come to your door.

These deliverymen are also awakened individuals. After verifying that the equipment data is correct, they will store it in their storage space and take it with them. The payment will also be transferred to their accounts, making it very convenient and fast.

Of course, this applies to low-priced items under a million; high-level equipment and items would certainly not be handled so hastily.

Chu Xiu opened his account, smiled slightly at the million-plus balance, and began browsing the items he needed.

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

The knowledge inherited from the demonic path, once unlocked, will be stored in the Book of Eternity, and can be accessed with a mere thought.

Therefore, Chu Xiu only glanced at it briefly and roughly understood the principle of Yin Wind Banner's crafting. Although the raw materials were impossible to find, he could select the corresponding materials based on their characteristics.

Even a slight deviation is fine; a perfect forging technique comparable to that of a top-tier weapon-refining master will solve everything for him.

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

"If we use the most basic materials, 500,000 should be enough, but the resulting strength will probably not be satisfactory."

"But if the budget doubles, we can refine a decent finished product. If we double it again to two million, we can probably unleash a fully-fledged Yin Wind Blade with a casual wave of our hand!"

However, Chu Xiu was still somewhat dissatisfied.

He can also unleash the Great Yin Wind Blade on elite Yin Ghosts, so he doesn't lack that bit of damage output.

"And to maximize its power," Chu Xiu thought to himself as he browsed through the various materials, "it would probably cost around six million!"

"It's a bit expensive."

Those magical artifacts that can be directly sourced from living beings are still better.

He set the Yin Wind Banner aside and entered two keywords in the filter bar.

[Soul], [Mania]

Monster corpses and souls from Abyss dungeons cannot be used as raw materials for crafting magical artifacts, because their essence is merely a [projection].

However, the energy that brings the [projection] to life can be used to enhance it.

Chu Xiu planned to buy several high-potential living souls and slowly cultivate them into Yin Ghosts while running dungeons.

Soon, he found what he wanted among the goods.

Two low-tier Pure Souls, strength 8, for sale. No bargaining, first come, first served.

[Clearance Sale! Huge Clearance Sale! High-quality souls from the Level 5 Wraith World, only 50,000 each! Don't miss out!]

The world in the abyss is full of strange and wonderful things. The resources of one world may be useless to you, but they are all treasures to other awakened beings.

For example, this [Powerful Soul] is useless to physical classes even if given away for free! But it is an indispensable material for classes such as [Spiritualist (B)], [Witchcraft Master (B)], and [Ghost Tamer (A)].

"Generally speaking, there is a greater demand for calm and pure souls, and the price will be much higher."

"The Berserker Soul I need is the opposite; it's not used by many classes, and its price is less than half that of the former!"

After browsing through the list, Chu Xiu quickly identified his target.

In order to get them as soon as possible, he directly targeted a seller in the same city and, after some bargaining, bought six for one million Chinese yuan.

Two hundred thousand each, buy five get one free.

These living souls are all of good quality, and there is at least a 50% chance that they can be cultivated into level 8 Yin Ghosts.

After doing all this, Chu Xiu went downstairs to a restaurant for a big meal, then went home, lay down on the bed, and closed his eyes to recover his strength.

With a physique of 20, coupled with the recovery ring he got from Shen Zhuo, his stamina replenished very quickly.

The next day, six living souls were delivered, and Chu Xiu had recovered most of his strength.

Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately threw himself into high-intensity leveling!
Although he hadn't fully recovered that day, thanks to his increasingly skilled method of slaying ghouls, he managed to clear one more instance than the day before.

Through so many attempts, I successfully cultivated a living soul into an 8th-level Yin Ghost!
With the addition of an extra Yin Ghost, Chu Xiu's dungeon-running efficiency increased even further!
He was like a crazy hardcore gamer, completely immersed in grinding monsters. He only did three things every day: eat, sleep, and run dungeons!
On the third day, I completed the book twenty-one times!
On the fourth day, I completed the book twenty-three times!

All on Hard difficulty! I'm soloing it all!
In four days, he made a total of seventy-nine attempts!

This brought Chu Xiu a total of 178 causal points, as well as eleven ordinary pieces of equipment and three standard pieces of equipment!

At the same time, it also allowed him to refine four living souls into Yin Ghosts and upgrade the White Bone Armor to +9, further enhancing its defensive capabilities.

Of course, the most important thing is——

[Level Up!]

[Current Level: Mortal Rank 9!]

(End of this chapter)