Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 736: Chapter 337: Balance of Life and Death (2)

From entering the Abyss until now, the Cause and Effect Points he’s used should almost reach twenty million, right? Let alone the King Tier, even some demigods haven’t used as much as he has!

And yet, what’s the result?

He still can’t shake the constraints of the Abyss!

Ashtar continued, "And it’s not just about having enough resources. Otherwise, with the wealth of those Divine Kings, they should have been able to nurture one or two."

"The key to this matter is that once you forcibly break through the limits of the Abyss, you’ll anger the Abyss. From that point on, all your Trials will turn into Tribulations, and they will forcibly descend when you make your breakthrough."

"Tribulations can be said to be elevation Trials with the difficulty increased many times over. Of course, due to the Rule of Balance, the corresponding rewards will also increase. It’s even said that Awakened who overcome the Tribulations can glimpse the true secrets of the Abyss..."

"But you needn’t think about that. Even the disciples carefully nurtured by the Divine Kings can only pass Low Tier Tribulations. No one has ever achieved Godhood through it. What use are the rewards then?"

As the words fell, Chu Xiu felt not even the slightest bit of bitterness left in his heart, only numbness.

This is the difficulty of challenging the Abyss.

It’s simply—

Going against destiny!

For some reason, these four words flashed through Chu Xiu’s mind.

"Alright, your doubts have been answered. Now you need to give me your answer." Ashtar’s faintly blood-colored pupils glanced at Chu Xiu, "The Blood Pool has high expectations of you. I hope you don’t disappoint."

As the words fell, Chu Xiu felt an invisible pressure emanating from the spatial rift behind Ashtar, as if an indescribable gaze crossed countless light-years and fell upon him.

Chu Xiu felt a tightness in his back, as if if he didn’t agree, he would be completely devoured by this power!

Taking a deep breath, Chu Xiu clasped his hands and said, "Divine Envoy, please grant me some time to consider."

"Consider? What more do you need to consider?" Ashtar looked displeased, unable to understand what there was to think about with such a heaven-sent opportunity like this.

At the same time, the gaze from the rift behind him turned malicious.

"How much time do you need?"

"A month... no, just three days will do!"

Chu Xiu said.

As his words fell, Chu Xiu felt countless prying gazes emerge from beyond the rift, as if they wanted to penetrate his body and see his soul clearly.

It took a long time, until Chu Xiu’s back was soaked in cold sweat, before the gazes slowly retreated.

Ashtar snorted coldly, "The Blood Pool agreed. I hope you have the good sense."

"Yes, yes," Chu Xiu hurriedly responded.

After saying this, Ashtar stepped back and disappeared into the spatial rift.

As the rift closed, the space returned to normal.

Chu Xiu let out a long breath.

In the end, he still decided to take one more gamble.

He still had five lines of inheritance to cultivate, and relying on other worlds’ resources, he might obtain enough resources to break the constraints of the Abyss.

"Besides, isn’t being a Demon Cultivator precisely going against destiny?"

Drawing upon resources from all things to nourish oneself; even in the past, it was an opposition to the Heavenly Dao! It invites slaughter and retribution, facing annihilation by Heavenly Tribulation!

Only those who overcome endless hardships and fight their way out of countless desperate situations can become true pillars of the Demon Dao!

Of course, Chu Xiu didn’t make this decision on a whim.

The true reason he rejected the Blood Pool was the level evaluation of the Demon Cultivator profession.

MAX!

This means the inheritance of the Demon Cultivator is the pinnacle among all professions!

This is the evaluation given by the Abyss, meaning even if Divine Kings are included, it’s no exception!

With this profession, whether or not to resist the Abyss is another matter, but at the very least, he won’t be content with being just a Subordinate God.

Moreover, Chu Xiu doesn’t have the habit of placing his life in someone else’s hands.

"The only regret is, I can’t come back to this place anymore."

He looked around, feeling a little regretful.

Dealing with upper-level beings isn’t always about opportunities; more often than not, it leads to disaster!

The reason is simple, ordinary Awakened are no different from ants before these upper-level beings, who decide life and death based on their whims and preferences!

Chu Xiu’s spiritual sense almost certainly told him, should he refuse the Blood Pool, it would inevitably provoke the other’s wrath!

So, Chu Xiu only proposed three days as a stopgap; he never planned to face the Blood Pool again in his lifetime.

In reality, when proposing this plan, he was already prepared for the Blood Pool to turn hostile, losing the Free Deep Diving Rope.

But fortunately, the worst-case scenario didn’t occur.

As for potentially angering the Blood Pool and being hunted in the future... there’s no way around that! After all, Chu Xiu would never submit to others, let alone entrust his life to them.

He took so many advantages from the Blood Pool; these risks are his to bear.

To be honest, Chu Xiu regretted his prior performance a little; he should have kept a lower profile.

Half of his power was still too much, a quarter would have sufficed.

But then he thought, even the Sun King could see through him, let alone a Main God; the other must have later seen Chu Xiu’s true strength, which is why it was willing to offer him a small promise of a King Tier Subordinate God.

Thinking of this, Chu Xiu stopped dwelling on it, called in a Blood Attendant, and decided to take one last resource haul before leaving.