Chapter 562: Chapter 271: Two Major SS Blessings_2

Although the body shell is just that of a [Demigod], it is a [Demigod] infinitely close to a [God]. The power contained within it is completely incomparable to that of an ordinary [Demigod].

The initial Seventy-Two Blood Demons were all born from that body shell.

Moreover, the sea area near that shell has become a special environment, nurturing countless powerful sea monsters.

Even the [Heaven-Reaching Blood Vine], a [Mythical] artifact, states that as long as you go to the birthplace of the Blood Pool and absorb its power, you can advance in rank!

The heaven-defying effects of this [Mythical] artifact are undeniable; it helped Chu Xiu overcome numerous formidable enemies. If its rank can be enhanced, it would become another trump card for Chu Xiu.

However, Chu Xiu had no leads on the birthplace of the Blood Pool, delaying his progress.

Unexpectedly, he made a discovery at this moment.

In truth, Chu Xiu had an even greater goal in mind.

"Is it possible to refine the lost shell of the Blood Pool into Corpse Refinement?"

This idea made Chu Xiu’s heart race with excitement; possessing a body infinitely close to a god, he could only imagine how powerful a refined corpse might become.

Of course, he knew this idea was somewhat far-fetched, so he merely chuckled and set the thought aside.

The priority now was to consider how to deal with the newly acquired large amount of Points.

Chu Xiu examined the Blessings that could enhance movement speed, such as [Swift Wind Sky Wings (S)] and [Ghostly Swift Step (S)], but like the reason the three Gods did not bestow their blessings on the Saint Child, an S-rank at the General Tier offered too little help for someone at Chu Xiu’s level!

After some thought, Chu Xiu shifted his strategy and decisively spent 690,000 Points to exchange for the General Tier of [Thought Overwriting·Subconscious Disturbance].

His reasoning was simple: if he couldn’t catch up to them, he would hide and set ambushes instead! If his Ghostly Legion could seize the first strike, not even Heroic Spirits would easily escape!

As for the remaining Points, he chose to exchange for another SS Blessing.

That was the [Time Snapshot (S)] used by the Ghost Scythe Race Saint Child in a previous battle.

This skill was equivalent to having an extra life, an immensely powerful ability.

Of course, this Blessing had its drawbacks: it was one-time use, and the stronger the life, the more severe the damage sustained, which shortened the possible time reversal, and the reversal process was slower.

If Chu Xiu used it and suffered full-body crushing damage, he might, at best, rewind to 0.1 seconds before, and the reversal process could take over five seconds, during which enemies could continue to attack, rendering it quite unpractical.

Therefore, Chu Xiu exchanged for its upgraded version, [Space-Time Archiving (SS)].

Not only could it substantially increase the time reversal capability, but even the position could be reversed! Furthermore, the time required for reversal was significantly shortened!

The only pity was that it still was a one-time use Blessing.

No way around it, as it was still at the General Tier.

As for the Ancient Blood, Chu Xiu spent 500 full points to exchange for an artifact called [Evolutionary Blood].

Its effect was straightforward and direct: it could evolve the essence of a creature’s life, and for a Blood Demon, a "direct descendant" of the Blood Pool, the effect could multiply five to six times!

Obviously, such a powerful item had drawbacks: firstly, it was useless for those whose life essence was already high, and secondly, it required time to be absorbed and evolve gradually.

Chu Xiu had already cultivated the [Divine-Demonic Foundation], so it was naturally not useful to him, but it was perfect for a Blood Demon.

With enough quantity, it could potentially elevate them to a Heroic Spirit!

As for the remaining Ancient Blood, Chu Xiu decided to save it; using it to exchange for Legendary Equipment was too wasteful, its true purpose was to exchange for matters only within a God’s capability.

Such as artifacts to extend the life of his parents, and so on.

After completing all these preparations, a satisfied expression spread across Chu Xiu’s face.

"I can say my combat power is now at its peak."

Since the preparations were done, he did not delay further and directly returned to the Awakening Space to initiate the Trial!

The difficulty, of course, was set to maximal, the [Doomsday] mode!

As Chu Xiu invoked the Proof of the Old Days, radiant Spiritual Light ascended from his center.

[Elevating trial preparation...]

[Proof of the Old Days detected, elevating trial replaced by Ancient Trials.]

[Searching for trial venue...]

While the trial was being prepared, Chu Xiu fed the Evolutionary Blood to the Blood Demon Incarnation and used [Perfect Refining] to help it refine and absorb the artifact’s power.

Half a month later, the Evolutionary Blood was perfectly absorbed, and Chu Xiu could feel the strength of the Blood Demon Incarnation had vastly improved again, now infinitely close to Heroic Spirit level.

However, what puzzled Chu Xiu was that the trial venue still had not been found.

This was the first time a trial took so long to prepare.

After waiting for three more days, finally, information emerged from the Proof of the Old Days.

[Suitable trial venue found, generating trial task...]

[Generation complete!]

[This time’s Slaughter Mode is: Endless Frenzy]

[Endless Frenzy: An Alien Civilization Envoy will descend to support the opposing camp daily, starting with one on the first day, and increasing by one each subsequent day.]

[Each Descender possesses "Super-distance Communication," "Sensory Sharing," and "Assimilation Growth" abilities.]

[Super-distance Communication: Descenders can use Rule Power for ultra-long-distance communication, either one-on-one or one-to-many, with information transmission being very difficult to obstruct or intercept.]

[Sensory Sharing: Descenders can share senses to enhance cooperative ability.]

[Assimilation Growth: The longer they stay in the Trial World, the higher the assimilation degree of the Descender, enabling them to gain more of the power bonuses only native creatures possess, reaching a maximum in seven days.]

[Note 1: Descending Civilization Envoys cannot interfere with tasks and are prohibited from deliberately killing Civilization Seeds.]

[Note 2: Upon task completion, all supporting Civilization Envoys will equally share five million Cause and Effect Points and ten additional Legendary Artifact Equipment rewards based on Contribution Points.]

Endless Frenzy mode!

Chu Xiu read through it carefully and quickly understood the meaning of this mode.

In short, Alien Civilization Envoys will continuously come to support the opposing side, and the longer it drags on, the more people will support the enemy each day, and these people continue to enhance during their stay.

This so-called enhancement should be described as the 200% Abyss intensity enhancement mentioned under Apocalypse Difficulty, meaning that in seven days, they would have triple their original strength.

"Thus, the strategy for this mode is completely opposite to the previous one."

"Previously, I tried to avoid engaging the enemy as much as possible, but now, I have to proactively strike. The sooner I kill the descending Civilization Envoys, the less pressure I will face."

"However, one thing remains unchanged: the need to complete the task quickly. If I can finish the task in around a day as I did last time, this mode might prove inconsequential to me."

With this in mind, Chu Xiu suddenly felt like this Slaughter Mode seemed much simpler than last time.

Last occasion, with that level of difficulty, even if delayed a mere half-day, a thirty-two times strengthened Alien Civilization Envoy would be undefeatable, dooming Chu Xiu to fail the trial or lower its difficulty level.

With this thought, he felt more at ease and began the trial without more hesitation.

[Initiate the trial, deep diving...]

[Deep diving complete, current depth: 1479]

As the prompt ended, Chu Xiu stood before an open ground, facing a series of tall city walls in the distance.

Chu Xiu curiously surveyed his surroundings. Close by were dense forests, filled with flying birds and running animals visible to his enhanced senses, painting a vibrant scene of life.

It was clearly the Earth Surface, yet a civilization managed to survive here?

"No, perhaps they were hiding in a Shelter but later opened a passage to the Earth Surface," Chu Xiu pondered.

Yet, he felt strange because if they had opened a passage to the Earth Surface and established contact with the Abyss World, it surely would have been detected by the Abyss. Considering past encounters with the Celestials, just attempting to bring people out made them anxious.

Another oddity was the sky’s clear blue, with lush greenery below and no trace of blood, indicating it hadn’t been a world polluted by the Blood Pool.

"Could it be that I’ve entered yet another ’Peach Blossom Spring’? But then, how to explain the sky..."

Chu Xiu wondered, as he lowered his gaze to check the mission description.