Chapter 108: Cultivation

Huang Quan didn’t know whether the trembling was indeed the strongest ability of Fan Tian.

However, he dared to say that this ability was certainly not inferior to Demon-Slaying.

While Lu Yu was trying to process the memory of Huangquan trembling, the two demonic soldiers returned.

A demon soldier carried a woman in.

This woman had disheveled hair, but her skin was very fair, and her appearance was quite pleasant. Compared to Liu Qing and Lin Ting, she was somewhat inferior, but she could still be described as a delicate beauty with a modest charm.

However, having been carried here by the demon soldiers, his face had already turned sallow with fear.

Adding to that, the woman seemed not to have eaten much during this period, her thinness giving her a frail and delicate appearance. She was wearing professional office attire, but the clothes were somewhat dirty and smelled.

The demon soldier threw the woman to the ground and said, “I’ve brought the woman; enjoy her slowly.”

Lu Yu’s face darkened as he said, “You bring a woman who’s practically starving to death. Am I supposed to wait on her, or is she supposed to wait on me? I can’t stand this smell; if you can tolerate it, that’s your business.”

The demon soldier frowned and said, “The women here all look more or less like this; there’s not a better one to be found.”

Lu Yu looked at the woman and asked, “Can you cook?”

The woman was clearly so frightened that she had been stunned into silence, and she nodded numbly.

One person was confronting the demonic soldiers with cold words, and she was truly confused about the situation.

Lu Yu pointed at the woman and said, “Take her to find food for humans, and have her cook for me. Give her a bath, then find some clothes for her to change into.”

“Fine!” The demon soldier was also unhappy about being ordered around by Lu Yu.

However, this was for the leader, so the demon soldiers had no complaints and were even somewhat courteous to the woman.

The demon soldiers did not carry the woman away on their shoulders; instead, they made her walk by herself.

The woman looked at Lu Yu, still confused about what was going on.

The demon soldiers and the woman left.

Another demon soldier entered with a giant nearly three meters tall and said, “This is level-three demon soldier Zha’yigu. Is there anything you wish to assign him?”

Lu Yu nodded and looked at Zayig, his voice cold as he asked, “What is your attack power?”

Zha Yigu was a blood-eyed creature three meters tall. Knowing Lu Yu’s background, he spoke without a sarcastic tone, saying seriously, “You’re talking about strength, right? My strength is 108,600 catties!”

“Hiss!”

Lu Yu inhaled sharply through his teeth.

A Level 3 demon soldier, with strength exceeding ten thousand, would be way too easy to defeat in an instant.

Although Lu Yu is a third-level Star Soul, considering the situation where a first-level peak Demon Race and a second-level peak Star Soul possess comparable strength.

He needs to reach the fourth level of his Star Soul to stand a chance against a third-level Demon Clan member.

The estimated peak value for Level Three should be this numerical value of ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine.

“I know why you’re here,” Zayigul said coldly. “For the leader, whatever you need me to do, I will do it.”

“Very good!”

Lu Yu nodded coldly and said, “From now on, attack me with all your strength.”

“What?” Zayig thought she had misheard?

The demon soldiers were even more convinced that they had heard wrong!

Zha Yigu laughed loudly and said, “Human, you’re asking for death! You’re only at level three; your strength probably doesn’t even reach thirty thousand. With one strike from me, I can instantly kill you.”

The demon soldier said in a deeper voice: “Human. The leader needs your strength. If you die like this, how can we explain it to the leader?”

“Your strength is one of the resources I need. Now, attack me with your strongest power until I tell you to stop!”

Lu Yu pointed at Zha Yigu and issued a cold command.

“Zha Yigu, do as he says. If he dies, he won’t be worthy to represent me, and I will find someone else!” Once again, Brahma’s voice echoed above the Bone Hall.

“Understood!” Zha Yigu’s expression turned serious. He inhaled deeply, took a step forward, and raised his right fist.

He didn’t give his all, fearing that a single punch might kill Lu Yu.

Boom!

Zayig swung a punch, the rushing wind of his fist hurtling towards Lu Yu’s chest.

He thought Lu Yu would dodge.

But Lu Yu stood still without even flinching, enduring Zayigu’s force head-on.

Bang!

The Iron Ring activates, absorbing 3,000 points of damage! It is still 3,000 points away from the maximum capacity of 50,000.

The Phantom Spirit Orb activates, reducing stored damage by 3,000 points. The Iron Ring actually absorbs 2,000 points of damage!

Existing within the armor warrior soul, the effect of the Silver Dragon Armor failed to activate.

Lu Yu flew backward from the punch, crashing heavily into the wall behind him before bouncing off and landing on the ground.

“So you actually have an armored warrior spirit!” Zha Yigu cast a glance and scoffed, “But to demonstrate your armored warrior spirit, I think this one strike will be sufficient.”

Lu Yu stood up from the ground and said, “Again.”

“This doesn’t make sense!” Zayig said, but still took action.

The power hasn’t changed; it’s still one-third of the original strength.

This time, there was a wall right behind Lu Yu. Zha Yigu’s punches landed on Lu Yu’s body, but instead of pushing Lu Yu backward, they caused the bone wall to tremble slightly.

Bang!

This punch landed on Lu Yu’s body, shattering the ring of steel, and the glimmering starlight vanished into nothingness.

Zha Yigu’s punch slammed into Lu Yu’s heart and pierced through his back, leaving a dent in the wall behind him.

“He actually died like this; the leader will have to find someone else.” Zha Yigu pulled back his fist, showing disdain as he turned away. Suddenly, he noticed Lu Yu’s wound, and even the splattered blood was quickly retracting.

As if time had reversed, the wound on Lu Yu’s chest vanished instantly.

On the highest white bone throne in the Bone Hall, Fan Tian was slightly taken aback and lightly smiled, saying, “Fine, now it’s getting interesting. Huang Ying, you should have stayed a bit longer. Even if you know he possesses the Quake of the Yellow Spring, don’t you know that I also know your kind gives your strongest powers to humans, just for a single spot?”

Under attack, health points reduced by 6,700!

The Phantom Spirit Orb activates, reducing damage by 2,200 points. The initial health reduction is set to 4,500 points.

Under attack, the ability of the Silver Dragon Armor activates, converting the damage.

Lu Yu wiped the streak of blood trickling from the corner of his mouth and smiled faintly.

He could feel his flesh, muscles, and bones all quivering slightly, as if this pain was making them grow tougher.

That was exactly the effect he wanted.

He intended to use the powerful offensive capabilities of the Demon Troops to enhance the strength of the Phantom Spirit Soul Orb, while simultaneously training his own body.

Faced with the oppression of a powerful enemy, it’s time to summon the Soul of Slaughter.

“If you won’t die, then come at me again!”

Zha Yigu, realizing that one punch couldn’t kill Lu Yu, involuntarily increased his strength.

Boom!

This time, it was a punch with half of his strength.

He didn’t know about Lu Yu’s ability as a Dead One; he simply refused to back down out of instinct.

This time, it was over ten thousand points of damage—an actual attack that nearly blew Lu Yu to pieces.

“Murderous Star Soul activated. There is still 74% progress remaining to upgrade the Murderous Star Soul to level four. Base maximum life increased by 10,000 points!”

It was only three punches, but Lu Yu’s Star Soul within his body had already begun to stir.

However, Lu Yu forcibly suppressed the Star Soul’s wriggling, allowing only the release of the Star Soul’s power.

He didn’t want Brahma to know what his star soul was!

“You kind of resemble the Demon Clan!” Za Yigu’s voice became somewhat excited as he said, “You’re also very warlike. I can feel the fighting spirit you’re suppressing within your body—you’re also eager for battle!”

Boom!

Zayigu threw another punch, this time with seven hundred thousand units of force, enough to obliterate any living being.

This punch brought Lu Yu’s remaining life force nearly to its end.

“Stop.”

After recovering, Lu Yu took a deep breath and said, “My maximum life capacity still isn’t enough. I need five hundred grade-one Star Spirit Stones.”

“Wait here.” The demon soldier went downstairs.

He also admired Lu Yu’s ability; surviving such a beating meant his life limit must be no small matter.

Some people just love to act as the scapegoat—they’ll spend money even when they don’t need to!

Five hundred star spirit stones, he was going to upgrade the Silver Armor to level three.

As the demonic soldiers departed, soon afterward several魔猿 (devil monkeys) carrying large bundles on their backs entered.

Five hundred grade-one star spirit stones fell in front of Lu Yu.

Lu Yu began to activate the silver armor without hesitation.

The Silver Armor quickly reached level three. Lu Yu glanced at its attributes and frowned, saying, “Another thousand Star Spirits are needed.”

Soon, another batch of Star Spirit Stones was delivered.

Silver Armor: Passive Skill

Level: 4. (This skill has reached its limit and cannot be upgraded further.)

Attribute: Enhances the base physical strength by 6,000 points.

Special Effect: The Silver Armor completely negates all damage from attacks with less than 6,000 attack power.

Activation Effect: When the Silver Armor is attacked, it automatically stacks the maximum HP and current HP. A total of 50 stacks! Each stack increases maximum HP and current HP by 7,000 points. The maximum stacked maximum HP can reach 100,000 points. The stacking effect lasts for 10 minutes.

The Kill Promotion effect has been activated—

Skills gain additional attribute bonuses — base physique increases by 6,000 points.

With the special effect, Silver Armor will completely reduce the attack power by an additional 6,000 all damage.

Activation Effect: When Lu Yu is attacked, automatically gain 7,000 maximum HP and HP per stack, stacking up to 50 times. Additionally, gain an extra 100,000 maximum HP. The effect lasts for 10 minutes.

“Haha!”

Lu Yu burst into laughter.

Grade 4 Silver Armor can stack up to increase maximum HP by 200,000, improve tendons and bones by a total of 120 million, nullify all damage below 12,000 attack points, and restore 14,000 HP per instance of damage taken.

Promotion through slaughter, ruthless enough!

Lu Yu, clenching his fists and rolling his head, said, “I wonder how many other lives here can be killed besides humans?”

“There are many of these low-level creatures, such as the Demon Apes,” the Demon Soldier sneered contemptuously upon hearing the mention of the Demon Ape.

“Very well. I also need a large number of魔人猿.”

As Lu Yu spoke, he suddenly shouted fiercely: “The Netherworld trembles!”

Boom!

The Bone Hall seemed to resonate with the tremor of the Yellow Spring, vibrating slightly. The ground of white bones beneath Lu Yu’s feet began to change gradually, as if a desert-like expanse of pitch-black stone was spreading up from beneath the earth.

The demon soldiers seemed to understand Lu Yu’s intention. With a single gesture, they kicked several hunched-over demon apes onto the pitch-black stone ground.