Abyss invasion? As a demon cultivator, I laughed.

"Corrupted Awakener?"

The panel scanned by the Phantom Demon Eyes made Chu Xiu slightly stunned.

Awakeners can also be corrupted?

And, it's an extremely powerful general-level awakener!

Is it because of the so-called [pollution]? Or some other power?

Chu Xiu's face was solemn, and he carefully looked at the figure in front of him.

His body shape is not much different from that of ordinary humans, but his skin is as dark as iron covered with copper rust, and he has no hair. Instead, he has thin and tough mycelium similar to underground humans. He wears dark green armor and a narrow samurai sword on his waist.

His pupils are also a charming dark green. Compared with those beast-like underground residents, he is obviously much more intelligent and cunning, closer to humans, but his madness and bloodthirstiness have not changed at all.

And while Chu Xiu was looking at the other party, the corner of the mouth of the corrupt awakener suddenly cracked into a surprised smile.

"Finally I've waited for you!"

With this expectant shout, the awakened figure suddenly disappeared from the spot, and in less than 0.1 seconds, he appeared beside Chu Xiu!

The next moment, a sharp knife light bloomed in the cave, Chu Xiu was horrified, and only had time to shrink back, and his chest was already stabbed!

The sharp blade instantly shattered the strongest defensive breastplate of the skeleton armor, and then left a long and thin wound on Chu Xiu's chest!

What's more amazing is that the flesh and blood near the wound began to rot at a speed visible to the naked eye. Chu Xiu could feel a very strong toxin infiltrating into his blood and passing to his heart!

"What a fast knife!"

Chu Xiu's face sank, and the powerful origin in the golden fetus instantly gushed out, dissolving the toxin and starting to repair the injury on his chest.

He looked at the collapsed passage, and the "rumbling" sound kept coming. Obviously, there were still a large number of corrupted humans rushing here!

Unwilling to get entangled with the Corrupted Awakener, Chu Xiu grabbed Rasputin beside him, kicked his feet, and quickly retreated.

But the Corrupted Awakener just grinned: "Want to run?"

The next moment, the body disappeared again strangely. Chu Xiu could only perceive a shadow approaching him very quickly, but in the blink of an eye, the awakened one had caught up with him!

"Dang!!!"

This time, Chu Xiu, who was prepared, summoned the Mad Demon Hand in time to protect himself. The blade in the hand of the Corrupted Awakener slashed deeply into the Demon Hand. The blood in the Demon Hand, which was originally flowing like magma, immediately dimmed, and the dark green spots representing corruption extended from the stab site to the surroundings, and soon became as big as a washbasin!

This made Chu Xiu's face look extremely ugly.

And this is not over yet. The awakened one raised his hand, and a metal ball suddenly exploded in front of Chu Xiu. A large amount of acid splashed on the crazy demon hand. He could feel the defense of the demon hand rapidly decreased under the corrosion of the acid!

At the same time, the mycelium on the awakened one suddenly swelled, entangled with each other to form more than a dozen tentacles, and smashed towards Chu Xiu frantically!

He had a cruel smile on his face. With the cooperation of acid, each attack of these tentacles could break a piece of the lava armor of the demon hand. In just a blink of an eye, the crazy demon hand in front of Chu Xiu was beaten to pieces!

This scene made Chu Xiu's expression more solemn!

This is the difficulty of the awakened. The cooperation of a large number of exclusive skills and props makes their strength stronger than monsters of the same level by more than one level!

Especially for the awakened one who has formed his own combat system like the one in front of him, the combination of various skills can achieve the effect of one plus one greater than two!

His basic attributes may be similar to those of the two-winged fallen blood angel, but his strength is more than one level stronger! The strange body movements combined with the extremely strong single-target attack skills made even Chu Xiu feel a headache!

Moreover

"Is this the power of corruption?"

From the previous fight, Chu Xiu has already seen that the profession of the awakened person in front of him should be just a common combat profession [Warrior (B)]

The warrior profession is known for its flexible body movements and powerful single-target attack capabilities. The signature skills are [Sword Slash (Superior)] and [Shadowless Step (Advanced)]. These two skills can be unlocked at the ordinary level, but they are initially only at the [Basic] level. They will continue to upgrade as the level increases until the ultimate skills are unlocked at the king level.

But the awakened person in front of him has different degrees of mutation in these two skills!

Both Sword Slash and Shadowless Step come with a strange mental interference, making it more difficult to capture his trajectory whether it is attacking or moving, and after hitting, there will be a corruption attack that even Chu Xiu's skin can't withstand!

You should know that Chu Xiu has already cultivated the Golden Muscle and Dark Bone to the fourth level, but there is still a lot of flesh and blood rotting. Ordinary awakeners, even if they have reached the general level, will be corroded by large chunks of flesh and blood if they don't have the skills to deal with it!

"At the same time, the basic attributes have also been greatly improved. The tentacles composed of hyphae can not only attack, but also assist in movement."

"And the equipment on my body has also undergone [corruption and mutation]. The strange toxin that penetrated into my blood before should be the new effect after the long sword was [corrupted]."

"What a trouble."

Chu Xiu sighed lightly and continued to flee in the direction he came from.

However, he was only a fierce awakener after all. Although his basic attributes could catch up with those of high-level generals, he lacked mobility skills and could not use his wings of the vampire earl underground, and could not get rid of the corrupted warrior with the skill of [Shadowless Step]!

The opponent would catch up with him from time to time and stab him. Although each injury was quickly healed by his golden embryo's original repair ability, it still made Chu Xiu feel extremely unhappy, and the murderous aura between his eyebrows became heavier and heavier.

While the awakener was chasing, he also laughed a little crazy.

"You can't run away. I've waited for you for so long, and I won't let you run away."

"Are all the awakeners in your world so bloodless? Don't you even have the courage to fight?"

This guy seemed to have retained his complete sanity and clearly realized that Chu Xiu was an awakener. Among the abyss creatures Chu Xiu had seen, only the corpse king was the same as him, which made him look thoughtful.

While he was thinking, the Corrupted Awakener approached him again with that strange step.

At this time, Chu Xiu was estimated to be at least ten miles away from the deep pit, so he did not run away, but suddenly paused, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and a fierce black gas suddenly rose from his body!

"You talk too much."

With a cold snort, Chu Xiu stretched out his big hand and grabbed the stabbing blade directly!

This scene made the corrupted warrior slightly stunned, and then overjoyed!

His long sword is a general-level equipment of the [Collection] grade, and Chu Xiu is so arrogant that he stretched out his hand to grab it. Even if he has any defensive skills, the corrupted warrior is confident that he can cut off his palm with a knife!

Without thinking too much, he directly launched the [Charge] skill without hesitation!

However, the moment the blade chopped on his palm, the corrupted warrior realized that something was wrong.

Perhaps because of the strange black air, the resistance from his hand was obviously much greater than before, making him feel that he was not cutting a human hand, but a solid piece of metal!

Suddenly, with a click, the long sword suddenly stopped, and could no longer fall. The corrupted warrior looked up and found that the sharp blade was stuck in the palm of Chu Xiu's metacarpal bone!

This made the corrupted warrior stunned, and an incredible look appeared in his eyes.

The bones of this awakener are harder than his sword?

Before he could recover from the shock, two crazy demon hands suddenly stretched out and grabbed his arms directly!

The corrupted warrior wanted to get rid of it, but then he was shocked to find that after the strange black air was attached, the power of these two strange arms suddenly increased by nearly one-fold, and the defense was further improved!

The tentacles on his body kept hitting out, but this time they could not destroy the solid lava armor at all!

Chu Xiu ran away just to stay away from the center of the pit, to avoid being surrounded by underground humans or encountering more powerful beings, and of course he was not afraid of this guy.

Although the Corrupted Awakener in front of him was strong, he was not Chu Xiu's opponent.

In the horrified eyes of the Corrupted Warrior, Chu Xiu drove the Heavenly Demon Hand without hesitation and pulled it outward with force!

"Ah!!!"

Accompanied by a shrill scream, the two arms of the Corrupted Warrior were torn off!

Dark green blood spurted out, and fell on the rock with a "sizzling" corrosion sound. The broken limbs fell to the ground and were still twisting back and forth. From the broken end of the arm, it was not the muscles that wrapped the bones, but the light green mycelium that was connected and twisted together.

"Is this corruption?"

This weird scene made Chu Xiu's scalp numb. He looked at the screaming Corrupted Warrior in front of him, and waved the Heavenly Demon Hand again without hesitation, breaking his legs together!

Then he continued to punch until he crushed all the tentacles extending from the broken limbs of the corrupted warrior, and then he stopped.

The corrupted warrior fell to the ground dying, completely losing his ability to fight.

"Tell me, how many of you are there? What are your ranks? What is at the bottom of the deep pit?"

"What did you mean by 'finally waiting for us'? Did you know we would come?"

Chu Xiu asked indifferently, holding his right hand.

The reason why he used his palm to deal with the corrupted warrior was to capture him in one fell swoop and force him to ask for more information.

Compared to those abyss creatures, it seems to have a high thinking ability, and may be able to communicate and obtain useful information.

If it was a normal battle, even if Chu Xiu could win, the opponent could use his flexible body to escape.

In fact, even if Chu Xiu cultivated the golden muscle bone to the fourth level and had a bone defense of +328, it would not be easy to take that knife.

At this time, there was a very deep crack on his thumb bone, almost cut in half, and a large number of broken small bone fragments pierced into the flesh like steel needles, even the Golden Embryo Origin could not completely repair it for a while.

And the poison plus corruption made his entire palm turn purple, and the skin and flesh were rapidly festering.

And this was when he used the wrongly dead substitute, at the cost of hundreds of ghosts dying suddenly, to share half of the damage, otherwise I'm afraid the whole palm would really be cut off with one knife!

After all, this is a full-strength attack of the awakened level using skills, and the power should not be underestimated.

If you can't ask anything useful, then this sin will be in vain.

However, in the face of Chu Xiu's questioning, the fallen corrupted warrior laughed sarcastically: "You, are you forcing me? Hahahahaha, I'm like this, and you still want to force me?"

"So, you are still a kid who knows nothing about the abyss."

"Hahahahaha, cough cough!! Cough cough cough!!!"

He laughed too hard and was choked by the blood gushing out of his throat, and started coughing violently again.

This made Chu Xiu frown slightly.

But he still said nothing, just waiting for the corrupt warrior's answer.

Under Chu Xiu's calm gaze, the corrupt warrior seemed to gradually realize his situation, or that he was about to die, and the bloodthirstiness and madness in his eyes were much less.

He spat out a mouthful of dark green blood, and the sarcasm on his face turned into a strange expression.

It was difficult for Chu Xiu to describe what kind of expression it was. It seemed to be mixed with a lot of bitterness and unwillingness, but more of it was deep despair.

He stared at Chu Xiu for a while, and suddenly said: "So you are still a child."

Chu Xiu was slightly stunned, not knowing what this sentence meant. Just as he was about to ask, the corrupted warrior suddenly widened his eyes and shouted: "Run! The colonel is coming! You have to--"

Before he finished speaking, his voice suddenly got stuck, and the next moment his body exploded without any warning, and a large amount of dark green blood splashed around with mycelium!

Chu Xiu reacted very quickly and dodged. The nearby rocks were splashed with blood, and white smoke immediately rose. Even the bones of the corrupted warrior melted in the dark green blood as if they had lost the protection of some kind of power. In the end, only a pool of blood remained on the spot.

This scene made Chu Xiu's face look ugly.

The words of the corrupt awakener made him feel a strong sense of uneasiness in his heart.

"What's going on with this guy? He seems to want to tell me some information, but there's a force stopping him from talking."

"In other words, these corrupted awakeners, who seem to have normal thinking, have actually lost their free will?"

"And he told me to run because the colonel is coming, what is that?"

Countless thoughts flooded into Chu Xiu's mind, making it difficult for him to make a judgment for a while.

And just as Chu Xiu was thinking, a large number of items exploded out of thin air from the completely dead corrupted awakeners, just like ordinary awakeners, and at the same time a prompt sound rang in Chu Xiu's ears.

[Professional Experience +269]

[Obtained Items: Cause and Effect Points*3418]

[Obtained Equipment: Hundred Forged Tachi (Corrupted)]

[Obtained Equipment: Shogun Armor (Corrupted)]

[Obtained Items:]

[Level Up! 】

[Current level: Fierce level 3]

"Upgraded."

Waves of heat flowed into Chu Xiu's body, flowing through his limbs and bones, strengthening his body. The injury on his left hand was quickly healed, and his internal organs were beating like a high-powered engine, surging with powerful vitality.

The sense of security brought by the increase in strength slightly dispelled the uneasiness in Chu Xiu's heart.

He did not continue to think about the strange words of the Corrupted Awakener before his death, but raised his hand to collect all the fallen objects and continued to move outward at a high speed.

No matter what the situation is, it is always right to stay away from the strange deep pit.

After running a few miles, he began to carefully evaluate the current situation.

"Any Awakener who came out to chase me is so difficult to deal with, and I saw at least four or five similar guys when I evacuated. I don't know how many are hidden in the deep pit!"

"As for the bottom of the deep pit, I don't know what kind of terrifying existence lives."

"And the colonel mentioned by the corrupted awakener is also quite disturbing."

"On the whole, the danger level here is extremely high, and it is very risky to continue to move!"

But.

If Chu Xiu gave up and left like this, he was a little unwilling.

As the level and rank increase, it will become more and more difficult to upgrade.

For example, at the level 1 of the ordinary rank, you can upgrade by killing two or three monsters of the same level. At the level 8 of the ordinary rank, you need to kill at least a dozen monsters. When you reach the level 8 of the fierce rank, killing hundreds of monsters of the same level may not be enough experience!

And this is not a game, there will be a monster cage with infinite monsters. In the real world, where are there so many high-level monsters for you to kill?

So most awakeners actually improve their strength through hard training day after day.

After all, if you spend decades taking risks in the abyss, no matter how careful you are, countless small risks accumulated day by day will become a very high value.

There are even many awakened people with poor talents who, after passing the awakening trial by chance, never enter the abyss again in their lives, and practice on the blue planet to level up from level 1 to level 9.

The deep pit in front of us, with a large number of abyssal creatures, is undoubtedly an excellent place to level up, not to mention that killing these corrupted awakened people will also have very rich drops.

Chu Xiu looked at the spoils just now. In addition to the cause and effect points, there are also several general-level equipment and props, all of which are of [collection] and [excellent] quality, and each has the [corruption] trait.

This trait can give these equipment and props additional effects, but the price is that they will be partially [contaminated] when used.

It is hard to say whether this trait is good or bad, but Chu Xiu thinks it should not be less valuable than similar ones. After all, some professions are naturally resistant to [pollution], which is equivalent to adding a powerful effect for them.

This way, it is another considerable income.

More importantly, the vast underground human beings here are simply the best place for him to cultivate soul flags.

After carefully weighing the risks and benefits, Chu Xiu decided to stay and observe the situation.

"With so many trump cards, I'm just observing from a distance, and saving my life shouldn't be a problem."

"It would be best if we could think of a way to let Xue Li and his group help me explore the risks."

The young master has a professional awakening team around him, and a powerful awakener of level 9 general to protect him personally. His strength should not be underestimated, at least it is more than enough to be used as a pathfinder.

With his mind set, Chu Xiu quickened his pace. A minute later, he rushed out of a passage more than ten miles long, and then immediately slapped his spirit and flesh storage bag to summon a four-winged monster bird, flying to a height of several thousand meters.

At this altitude, with Chu Xiu's super perception ability, he could see everything within a radius of dozens of miles. If he found anything wrong, he could immediately control the four-winged monster bird to escape at 1.5 times the speed of sound, so Chu Xiu was slightly relieved.

Then, he waved the fierce soul flag in his hand, and the soul in it began to refine immediately!

In the previous battle, his fierce soul flag absorbed a large number of souls, including the soul of a general awakener!

In the current situation where he could be in danger at any time, Chu Xiu couldn't wait to refine these living souls to strengthen his army of ghosts!