"Oh, there's something interesting."

Chu Xiu sneered coldly, using Mist Step once again, explosively breaking free from the Earth-bound Spirit's shackles, and simultaneously wielding the Yin Soul Banner again!

The Elite Yin Ghost was temporarily suppressed, and taking advantage of this, Chu Xiu gently pointed, causing nearby corpses to begin melting, transforming into streams of silvery white liquid that merged into the Yin Soul Banner.

Revitalized by the energy, the cracks on the banner's pole began to repair instantly, and the Yin Ghost, newly freed from restriction control, was immediately pinned to the ground by an even more powerful force! Screaming in pain!

If not for ample preparation, how could Chu Xiu possibly let this creature grow unchecked?

Under the activation of his [Perfect Talent], the spiritual light flashing on the Yin Soul Banner became increasingly dazzling, and after the body of the Warrior Tier Corpse Demon fused in, it seemed to undergo a metamorphosis, transforming the entire pole dramatically!

The pole had turned white like jade, covered with complex restrictions, a mysterious aura rushing towards him.

The bodies of one Warrior Tier Elite and several High Tier Corpse Demons directly strengthened this Demon Artifact to +10 Perfection!

Chu Xiu gently waved it, and this time, the Elite Yin Ghost had no ability to resist, obediently being absorbed back into the Soul Banner.

Honestly, the ferocity of this Yin Ghost exceeded Chu Xiu's expectations; he originally planned to save these corpses for upgrading the Bone Armor.

"Forget it, the Bone Armor can be upgraded slowly later; it's hard to find such a promising Yin Ghost."

Overall, the reap is definitely huge!

Indeed, risk and reward are always balanced; Chu Xiu can say he made a killing before the trial ended.

Happily arranging all the gains, with only five minutes left until the Blood Moon Ceremony's end, he wasn't planning to continue hunting.

The nearby Corpse Demons were all killed; heading to unfamiliar territory posed too many variables—who knows what terrifying things are hunting out there now?

He definitely didn't want to crash at the last minute.

Securing all the equipment, Chu Xiu contentedly returned to the base.

Everyone else was hiding inside rooms; seeing him return, they joyfully gathered around, inquiring with concern.

Some fetched water to clean off the filth from his body; others sliced venison for him to replenish energy; Xu Hang thoughtfully prepared a new set of fitted underwear for him to change into.

Though unable to provide any combat assistance, they certainly elevated the sense of comfort.

The diligent actions of the base's people made Chu Xiu somewhat uncomfortable, but he accepted them with peace of mind.

Being heartless is like this.

Chu Xiu felt no psychological burden over deceiving the others; he even donned a fake social mask, starting to take advantage to raise friendliness among the base's people.

Who cares if it's useful later, without any conflict of interest now—raise points first.

Within a few short minutes, everyone's liking for Chu Xiu increased further.

At the moment Chu Xiu was vigorously raising friendliness, a clear prompt suddenly sounded next to his ear.

[Blood Moon Ceremony has ended.]

[Your points rank: 754]

"Oh?" His eyes lit up; relying on the Warrior Tier Elite's points, he successfully squeezed into the top thousand!

This made him silently appreciate his previous decision was correct; if only an ordinary-tier Elite Corpse Demon was killed, he'd probably not make it into the top thousand.

Others also received the prompt.

Shen Zhuo regretfully shook his head: "I ranked over thirty thousand—seems like there are plenty of powerful monsters here."

Looking towards Chu Xiu: "How about you, did you make the top thousand?"

Chu Xiu naturally wouldn't reveal the real situation to the base's people; just as he was about to lie, suddenly outside the apartment building, a loud buzzing sounded!

This sound was extremely strange, like a low hum of an air raid siren, one after another, meanwhile, eerie red light flickered outside the apartment building, darkness and red radiance intertwined.

Wu Xinyi suddenly covered her mouth, pointing with terror towards the door, as everyone followed her gaze, they found on the hallway windows, countless streams of blood flowing down, and from the sky, crimson blood rain began falling!

"What's happening?" Everyone looked around in fear, and Chu Xiu jumped up, his gaze solemn, uncertain of what sudden changes occurred.

The buzzing outside grew louder, shaking the whole apartment building; at the same time, Chu Xiu felt someone softly whispering by his ear, chanting an ancient language he couldn't understand.

These whispers made him feel dizzy, involuntarily feeling nauseated.

Looking at others, he found their state worse; the two low-level Support Profession individuals were already disoriented, fresh blood dripping from their nostrils.

Just at this moment, a gigantic blood hand suddenly gripped onto the hallway!

In the next instant, almost like crushing dry weeds, the entire hallway wall was forcibly torn open!

Amidst immense cracking sounds, the outside wall of the hallway was demolished, ripping out a hole spanning three floors!

A giant blood-red figure appeared before everyone.

It's about forty stories tall, with Chu Xiu and the others just at its chest, its blood-red face possessing only indistinct features, akin to a person being skinned alive, drained of fat and fascia, leaving only blood-colored muscles.

What's most unsettling is, these muscles ceaselessly twitch, resembling countless red worms twisting their bodies.

This eerie blood-red giant's appearance made Chu Xiu feel a profound fear from deep within his genes; he wanted to probe with Nether Demon Eyes, but as soon as he activated his eyes, a sharp pain struck, causing him to scream and hurriedly avert his gaze.

"Buzz—"

As the low, deep buzzing echoed again, the blood-red giant swept another time, this time its blood-red hand shattered the entire hallway, concrete buildings humans are proud of, capable of withstanding artillery shelling, crumbled like potato chips before it!

Everyone inside the base didn't dare breathe, and even more terrifying was that after clearing obstacles, the blood-red giant continued swinging its arms onto the load-bearing walls, step by step destroying all barriers between them and it.

"Run, we must run." Guan Ke's face turned pale; she muttered to herself, yet her legs couldn't move an inch.

The blood-red giant's terrifying pressure made them unable to move at all!

Realizing this, everyone showed despair, faced with such powerful life, they had no room for resistance!

But they felt unwilling, perplexed! Unwilling that the trial was about to conclude, why sudden changes occurred; perplexed why after the Blood Moon Ceremony ended, such terrifying creatures appeared.

Is it simply because their luck is bad?

Faced with insurmountable power disparity, everyone inside the base crumbled, even Shen Zhuo was no exception; he shed his wealthy heir and leader façade, exposing his ordinary human essence.

Only Chu Xiu held his focus on the giant before him, considering every possibility for escape.

He could barely move by willpower but didn't wish to attract the giant's attention.

"I could quietly retreat to the back, using others as cannon fodder, and self-destruct all Yin Ghosts, using chaos to jump out the window—perhaps there's a chance of survival!"

Cold sweat beaded on Chu Xiu's forehead, his muscles tightly tensed, ready to risk it all, but suddenly the giant's chest split open, countless blood-colored threads lifted a pitch-black object upward.

Almost upon seeing the object, a mysterious piece of information entered Chu Xiu's mind; he instinctively understood everything.

This is the reward of the Blood Moon Ceremony.

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