"Tsk, these beasts are reacting faster than I expected."
Chu Xiu muttered to himself, not panicked, but according to the original plan, he retreated to the room he had reinforced earlier and tied the rope for retreat around his waist.
The Bone Spear pointed at the door, and the footsteps drew closer.
"Three, two, one."
As Chu Xiu's mental countdown ended, a gigantic shadow suddenly appeared, filling the entire doorway!
It didn't pause for a second, the moment its eyes locked onto Chu Xiu, it charged like a starving wolf, drooling and swinging its arms fiercely!
However, the moment it stepped into the room, its entire body seemed to be grabbed by a dozen invisible large hands, and its speed noticeably slowed down!
At the same time, faint lines of blood appeared to be drawn from its body, merging into the ground!
[Bone Bloodthirst Array!]
But Chu Xiu's Bone Spear showed no sign of slowing. He steadied his right hand, and the spear tip shot out like lightning, piercing through the Corpse Demon's abdomen!
The gastric bag was punctured, and gastric fluid along with undigested food spilled all over the floor.
Before Chu Xiu could even feel nauseated, a second Corpse Demon appeared behind the door, while the first one relied on its strong Life Force to roar and pounce at him again!
Chu Xiu snorted coldly, lifted his arm to block the Corpse Demon's attack, then kicked it away, the massive force even making the second Corpse Demon stagger back a few steps, but it soon regained its stance, as the third Corpse Demon appeared at the doorway!
"Tsk."
Chu Xiu hadn't expected the beasts to come so quickly, but there was not a trace of fear in his eyes. He took a half-step back, Spiritual Power surged into his left palm, and in the blink of an eye, formed a dark gray vortex that expanded at an alarming rate!
As the second Corpse Demon pushed away the barely breathing first Corpse Demon and was about to pounce on Chu Xiu, he shouted, and pushed out his left hand abruptly!
The shrill sound of the air being torn apart echoed in the room, and a gray Wind Blade suddenly appeared, slashing fiercely forward along the corridor!
"Splat!"
The Corpse Demon at the front was directly cut in two, with the remaining force hitting the Corpse Demon coming up behind it, the massive impact blowing its chest open, and its massive body was sent flying backward!
Though it wasn't directly cut apart, the pale spine was visible, leaving it severely wounded and without combat power.
"Phew."
Chu Xiu exhaled lightly, barely satisfied with the Power of the Yin Wind Blade.
He had charged this blow for 1.5 seconds, with the Power rating roughly at 6.0.
To have such an effect, it was already within expectations.
And at this moment, the fourth Corpse Demon appeared without giving Chu Xiu any respite.
However, Chu Xiu's face showed a confident smile.
Because he noticed that the blood from the three Corpse Demon corpses on the ground was beginning to merge into the floor, while at the same time, the eerie light of the Bone Bloodthirst Array grew even more bewitching...
The Bone Bloodthirst Array increases Power based on the number of live sacrifices.
So, what counts as a live sacrifice?
Those being sacrificed alive certainly wouldn't willingly be killed, the array user is bound to act in the end.
So Chu Xiu hunting Corpse Demons within the array, isn't it also a form of live sacrifice?
"This is the allure of the Demonic Secret Technique." A slight smile tugged at his lips.
As the gradual slow effect of the Bone Bloodthirst Array strengthened, this narrow corridor had entirely become a meat grinder for the Corpse Demons!
Wearing the Corpse Demon Necklace, Chu Xiu swept through with his Bone Spear.
The slaughter begins!
...
Meanwhile, as Chu Xiu was fighting, Guan Ke lay comfortably on a soft mattress.
As a girl, she shared a room with Yun Lu and Wu Xinyi, the space was spacious enough, and under Tailor Xu Hang's thoughtful arrangement, it had become exceptionally cozy.
Snuggled in the covers, sleeping soundly seemed to wash away a whole day's fatigue, unlike the first day when they could only sleep on concrete, waking up sore and aching the next day.
Beside her, Yun Lu and Wu Xinyi had already fallen into a deep sleep, for them, whose Constitution wasn't high, the day's exploration was exhausting.
But Guan Ke found it hard to fall asleep.
She recalled what Chu Xiu had asked her about earlier.
"Could it be he actually plans to hunt at night?"
A thought arose in Guan Ke's mind.
But soon, she shook her head with some amusement.
"He probably isn't that reckless, more likely just gathering information."
She had made it clear, at night, the monster density is tripled, their strength significantly increased!
Under such circumstances, let alone Chu Xiu, even if everyone in the stronghold went out together, they'd be overwhelmed by the corpse horde, live or be eaten!
Thinking of this, Guan Ke stopped overthinking it, closed her eyes to rest.
But just then, a faint roar sounded from below!
She abruptly opened her eyes!
Yun Lu and Wu Xinyi were still asleep, but Guan Ke, with her superior Perception Ability, immediately identified it as a Corpse Demon's roar!
This wasn't unusual, night was the hunting ground for Corpse Demons, making noise was normal.
Yet the roaring continued, followed by very faint tremors.
Guan Ke's ears weren't sharp enough to hear footsteps through several layers, but these weren't just one or two footsteps, it was many Corpse Demons moving together, the dense footsteps mingled, though she couldn't hear them clearly, it vaguely gave rise to an illusion.
This building felt like a slumbering creature suddenly awakened.
"Could that guy really be this crazy?"
"Tsk."
Guan Ke suddenly lost the urge to sleep, these noises were irritating her.
Finally, she sat up, closing her eyes.
In the moment of darkness under her eyelids, soon, blurry images appeared before her eyes.
These images weren't clear, flickering with fuzzy spots.
Guan Ke's Talent allowed her to disperse her consciousness into the mechanical creations she made.
As she activated her Talent, the images seen through the eyes of the eight puppets placed throughout the apartment poured into her mind.
She was right, the Corpse Demons in the apartment were indeed rioting, black figures occasionally passed in front of the puppets, and from their routes, they seemed to be heading to the same location!
This all indicated someone truly initiated action! Fighting the Corpse Demon horde at night!
"Could it be that Chu Xiu? Or are there outsiders? Or an internal monster conflict?" Guan Ke frowned.
Unfortunately, the monitoring puppets she placed could no longer provide her with more information, only the occasional howling reached her ears.
After a while, the howling gradually faded, the apartment returned to silence.
"Tsk, actually lasted a full ten minutes, it can't be that Chu Xiu."
"Li Shan said his Initial Energy Level was only 0.8, even with Bone Armor, it's impossible to hold out so long under a Corpse Demon siege."
"But if it's not him, then what is going on?"
Guan Ke was curious, but she also knew curiosity can get one killed.
"Forget it, better not dwell on it. Whatever happened, check it out in the morning."
Suppressing her curiosity, Guan Ke lay back down, closing her eyes.
At the same moment, Chu Xiu stood at the center of the blood-soaked Bone Bloodthirst Array.
All around him, lay piles of Corpse Demon corpses.