Before getting close, Chu Xiu smelled an indescribable stench, as if a corpse had been sealed in a room during the height of summer, rotting and stinking for more than ten days!
Chu Xiu frowned slightly. Before it could approach, he pointed into the void, and several Demon Energy Long Spears condensed by his side, shooting towards the monster!
At this moment, the power of Chu Xiu’s Demon Energy Soldiers was incredibly astonishing. Even Heroic Spirit-level experts found it hard to resist. Although the monster was very fast, after dodging the first spear, it was pierced by the subsequent spears, heavily nailed to the stone wall.
The monster suffered severe injuries, unable to move, and continued to bare its teeth and roar at Chu Xiu. With another thought, Chu Xiu caused the demonic energy to explode, instantly tearing the monster apart.
In an instant, an overwhelming stench filled the air.
"Is this what a Scavenger is?"
Chu Xiu’s eyes narrowed slightly. This creature’s tier was only King Tier, but in this Carrion Cave, the Death Qi seemed to undergo some mutation, transforming into an extremely corrupt and eerie power.
Chu Xiu could sense that the Death Qi near the Holy Mountain would only turn people into the Living Dead, but the mutated Death Qi here would cause a person to rot away, starting with the skin, then the flesh, decaying bit by bit until only bones were left!
And these Scavengers could absorb this corrupt Death Qi into their bodies. While this mutated Death Qi caused the Scavenger’s body to decay, just like a Ghost cultivating the Inverted Yin and Yang Technique using Death Qi, it simultaneously strengthened their bodies.
Over time, these Scavengers became filled with heavily compressed mutated Death Qi, which would explode upon their death.
"No wonder the Ghosts turned pale at the mention of this place. Without strong remote attack methods, these guys are indeed quite troublesome to deal with."
However, for Chu Xiu, this was naturally nothing. With just a thought, he easily slew the remaining five Corpse-Eating Ghosts.
"Eighteen Yin Stones acquired."
This was not a small amount of money and obtaining it so effortlessly made Chu Xiu smile.
What made him even more delighted was that killing these Corpse-Eating Ghosts could also yield Experience Points and Cause and Effect Points!
Although it was only a third of ordinary Abyss creatures, since they were King Tier, each gave an average of over a thousand Cause and Effect Points.
This discovery immediately made Chu Xiu much more focused.
Unfortunately, the Carrion Cave was simply too vast. Even though he made a lot of noise on purpose, in half an hour, he only managed to attract four more Scavengers.
However, Chu Xiu didn’t mind.
According to the Ghostly remnant of the Immortal Palace, the rewards for completing the map were greater compared to just killing the Scavengers!
"The ten esteemed masters of the Immortal Palace pay a lot of attention to the four great deadly lands, offering extremely generous rewards for missions and often personally exploring as if there’s some treasure inside."
"Of course, the Immortals have great compassion, and certainly aren’t doing it for personal gain. I guess they intend to destroy the roots of the deadly lands to restore peace to this world."
These were the Ghost remnant’s exact words to Chu Xiu.
What is said without intent is listened to with intent; Chu Xiu did not believe these powerful Ghosts genuinely had such good intentions.
Even if these newly born Ghosts were each pure and loyal, the very first batch of Ghosts would undoubtedly have had some nefarious individuals, as they were the culprits that destroyed a civilization.
Chu Xiu was also very curious about their interest in this place.
Of course, even if Chu Xiu was being skeptical, it didn’t matter, as there were still rewards in place for creating the map.
So, he did not think more about it, expanded his Divine Sense, and focused on recording the surrounding terrain on the map.
His task completion speed was incredible. Before him, what other Ghost possessed speed like Garuda’s? What other Ghost could expand their Divine Sense to a radius of ten miles like he could?
In just half a day, he had expanded the map significantly.
However, Chu Xiu had not yet reached the end of this cave, and even though the place had many branches causing him to backtrack several times, the size of this cave was astonishing.
Moreover, he just randomly picked a path to follow, and the cave had numerous intersecting roads, with those as deep as Chu Xiu’s path numbering nearly in the hundreds.
Chu Xiu was not discouraged either. The larger the cave, the more rewards he’d receive upon completion, and the possibilities of finding good things also increased.
Thus, Chu Xiu just took a short rest before continuing down the path.
After two or three more hours, he finally reached the end of this road.
"Not easy at all," Chu Xiu sighed, looking down at the map in his hand. The path he traversed appeared like a winding, slender snake.
Along the way, he had killed another dozen Scavengers.
If he could continue like this, he might soon gather all the resources needed for Refining the Myriad Filth Returning Origin Bag.
But just as Chu Xiu was feeling quite pleased, readying to continue exploring down a nearby branch, his expression suddenly changed, and he looked toward the left stone wall.
His gaze seemed to penetrate the wall, seeing the situation hundreds of meters away.
Suddenly, a phantom appeared without warning, piercing through the stone wall, rushing quickly towards him!
In the instant that phantom approached, Chu Xiu felt a wave of dizziness hit his brain.
Mental Attack!
Since entering the Abyss, Chu Xiu had been on guard against Mental System attacks, but this was the first time he’d encountered one!
However, he reacted swiftly, calm amidst the change, and the Chiwen in his hand swung out, instantly tearing apart the phantom’s body with a frenzy of Sword Qi.
[Slay a creature, experience points +21]
[Acquired item: Cause and Effect Points *3472]
"This should be the Dead Soul then."
Seeing the dispersing Soul Body, Chu Xiu waved his large hand, absorbing it all into the Soul Banner, leaving only a special crystal as proof.
No wonder this creature fetched a much higher price compared to a Scavenger; it was indeed extremely dangerous.
If the Scavengers corrode the physical body, then the Dead Souls corrode the soul!
This Dead Soul was only King Tier, and with Chu Xiu’s current Yama Scripture cultivation, dealing with not just King Tier, even Heroic Spirit-level mental attacks, he could manage.
With the various defensive equipment he wore, even a demigod of the Mental System wouldn’t be able to kill him instantly!
Logically, King Tier mental attacks should feel like mere scratches, but this Dead Soul penetrated layer upon layer of his equipment’s defense, dizzying him, showcasing its brilliance.
For ordinary Ghosts, instant death wouldn’t be impossible upon encountering it, and given its powerful concealment ability that allowed it to go unnoticed until discovered by Chu Xiu a thousand meters away, even a Heroic Spirit Ghost not paying attention could suffer a great loss!
"No wonder that after so many years, the exploration of the Carrion Cave has made such limited progress. It seems even the Immortals dare not venture too far."
However, while they fear, Chu Xiu has no such concerns, immediately continuing his rapid flight around the area, expanding the map.
Actually, if not for being unsure of how this place’s mutated Death Qi worked, he’d have already considered releasing his Ghosts to explore alongside.
At this moment, a thought suddenly occurred to him: can his Ghostly Legion cultivate the Inverted Yin and Yang Technique?
If it were possible... then his Ghostly Legion would grow at a terrifying pace!
Near You City, there were so many High Tier Ghosts. Besides the dense Yin Qi at the bottom of the Hundred Ghosts Melting Furnace, the Inverted Yin and Yang Technique played an important role too. The speed of converting Death Qi to strengthen Soul Bodies was far faster than simply absorbing Yin Qi.
"Go back and test it," he thought to himself, continuing his exploration.
He immersed himself in his task, and in what seemed like the blink of an eye, another two days passed.
In those two days, he had slain over forty Scavengers and five more Dead Souls.
The map’s completion progress had increased significantly.
However, the cave was simply too vast, and Chu Xiu couldn’t quite say how much he had explored.
Furthermore, needing to constantly isolate himself from the high concentration of Death Qi, his Mana had already been more than half consumed, leading cautious Chu Xiu to plan to temporarily exit the cave, use artifacts to recover, and then explore further.
However, as he was returning, almost reaching the cave entrance, his brow suddenly twitched, a sense of palpitations suddenly flooded his heart!
Before he could react, a chill identical to the Abyss engulfed him!
However, similar to the entrance before, this feeling came swiftly and departed just as quickly; he was dazed for a moment, and the feeling vanished without a trace.
Chu Xiu looked towards a pitch-black passage, frowning slightly.
His Spiritual Sense vaguely felt that the Abyss-like chill originated from the depths of that passage!
However, Chu Xiu was unsure whether to trust his sense, as the feeling was so elusive it might just be wishful thinking.
Additionally, his current state wasn’t optimal.
But Chu Xiu only hesitated briefly before maneuvering Garuda to reverse direction, charging swiftly into the passage!