Chapter 31: Could it be Zhou Chu's ghost?

After being enhanced by Divine Fusion, the Painful Banshee Xiduo has attributes so powerful they are staggering.

Since the Painful Banshee only has one piece of chain equipment on her entire body, her attributes were also greatly enhanced after she upgraded from B-Grade to God-Grade.

Compared to Xina, the Painful Banshee is positioned as a Curse Mage.

Almost all of her skills are area-of-effect damage.

Furthermore, the effective range of each skill is quite large.

Her ultimate move, Painful Wail, has a range of up to 200 meters.

It not only deals massive damage to enemies but also provides crowd control.

Cold Chain Impact can even keep targets in a frozen state for a long time.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning her exclusive talent, Feast of Torment.

It forms a debuff within a 50-meter radius that reduces the four-dimensional attributes of all targets by 80%.

This means that once an enemy enters this area, even the most powerful among them will see their strength instantly discounted.

The higher the attributes, the more obvious the effect.

This Painful Banshee is truly a Calamity monster that takes pleasure in torture; she is absolutely worthy of being called a harbinger of disaster that strikes fear into people's hearts.

Tortured to death by the Calamity Legion in her previous life, she now seeks to spread the agony of torture throughout the entire world after transforming into a Calamity monster.

At this moment, Zhou Chu already has two God-Grade hero servants protecting him, which has once again caused the overall strength of him, a Necromancer, to leap forward.

This 55th Demon Cave was truly worth the trip.

Not only did it allow Zhou Chu to successfully reach the 10th Level, but he also successfully subdued another hero servant.

Zhou Chu grinned and directly summoned the Painful Banshee into the Hero Tomb.

At the same time, Zhou Chu felt the burden on his shoulders grow a little heavier.

Having one more God-Grade servant is equivalent to having one more mouth to feed.

Xina alone had already made Zhou Chu feel the pressure.

Now with the addition of the Painful Banshee, he feels even more like he cannot afford to keep them.

The key is that the experience points gained from killing monsters in the future will be divided up even more.

However, this does not really count for much.

The more God-Grade servants he has, the more monsters they can kill, and the efficiency will also become faster.

Therefore, the leveling speed will not be slow.

Since the monster guarding the Magic Source Core has been dealt with, the next step is to destroy this 55th Demon Cave.

But there is no new Purification Stone right now...

At this moment, Zhou Chu turned his head and set his gaze on the backpack behind Lin Yue'er.

Generally speaking, only combat units are qualified to carry a Calamity Purification Stone.

As for Lin Yue'er, she is only in the medical team; it is unclear whether she would be carrying a Purification Stone.

So Zhou Chu walked up to Lin Yue'er and asked the somewhat dazed Lin Yue'er, "Senior, do you have a Purification Stone on you?"

"Senior?"

Seeing that the other party had a blank look and no reaction, Zhou Chu asked again in a loud voice.

Only then did Lin Yue'er come back to her senses: "Ah? What did you say?"

Zhou Chu repeated loudly once more: "I said, did you bring a Purification Stone?"

Lin Yue'er nodded repeatedly: "Oh, oh, I brought one."

As she spoke, she hurriedly took off her backpack from her back, unzipped it, took out a Purification Stone from inside, and handed it to Zhou Chu.

"Senior, you should treat the wound on your leg first; I'm going to go finish off the 55th Demon Cave!"

Zhou Chu gave instructions, held the Purification Stone, and turned to leave.

"Wait, I'll go with you!" Lin Yue'er could not help but feel a stir in her heart, and she chased after him, limping.

"But... your injury..."

"It's fine, just a superficial wound; I can treat it while we walk!"

In order to witness the entire process of destroying the Magic Source Core with her own eyes, Lin Yue'er said she did not care at all.

To ensure her walking would not be affected, Lin Yue'er immediately used a Healing Spell on her injured area.

It soon recovered as if it were new.

After all, the injured are the priority.

Zhou Chu then summoned a Crypt Fiend and signaled for Lin Yue'er to sit on it.

Seeing the large, somewhat disgusting spider in front of her, Lin Yue'er could not help but feel some resistance in her heart.

However, after hesitating for a moment, she finally sat on it obediently.

Zhou Chu smiled slightly and also sat on the back of a Crypt Fiend.

Just in case, he summoned some Skeleton Crossbowmen to guard his and Lin Yue'er's sides.

With everything ready, Xina led the way, and they headed toward the 55th Demon Cave.

At the same time, in the 69th Demon Cave.

Led by a Scout Team, He Muxue arrived at this cave that had already been destroyed.

Because the Magic Source Core inside had been purified by a Purification Stone, it was now just an ordinary cave.

After searching the cave, apart from some monster corpses, they did not find Zhou Chu's corpse.

Moreover, even the Purification Stone that had purified the Magic Source Core had vanished without a trace.

Based on the situation at the scene, the Scout Team members inferred that it was likely not Zhou Chu who successfully destroyed the 69th Demon Cave.

Dead men do not take away Purification Stones saturated with Disaster Energy.

In other words, it must have been another Scout Team that destroyed the 69th Demon Cave, or perhaps the Vanguard Team of the Exorcism Army.

However, due to the 55th Demon Cave recently, the Exorcism Army's Vanguard Team has rarely intervened in missions at other Demon Caves.

But it cannot be ruled out that it was the result of a passing Vanguard Team helping themselves to it.

Presumably, the Purification Stone must have been taken away by the people from the Vanguard Team.

And the reason why Zhou Chu was not found is actually quite simple.

It is very likely that he encountered a powerful A-Grade monster and ultimately met a tragic end, leaving no corpse behind.

After hearing a scout's deduction, He Muxue's expression remained calm and without a ripple.

Her state was not at all like that of a fiancée who had just heard the tragic news of her fiancé's sacrifice.

Instead, she seemed more like someone who only knew him, but was not very familiar with him.

Therefore, the scouts felt that looking for her fiancé was merely an excuse, and her true purpose remained unknown.

Upon hearing the news of Zhou Chu's sacrifice, He Muxue's heart felt not only surprised but also somewhat incredulous.

But now, having obtained the confirmed facts, He Muxue's heart appeared even calmer.

Originally, the two had only met once and were not very familiar with each other.

Now that the person is gone, the previous agreement no longer counts.

Thus, He Muxue followed the Scout Team away from the 69th Demon Cave and began to return to the base.

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Exorcism Army Scout Team 1 base.

Several medical team members brought the wounded from that Vanguard Team back to the base.

At the same time, a female medical team member immediately reported the situation at Hao Biaojidian to Captain Jia Mengshan.

"You are saying that the person who saved you and the Vanguard Team's wounded was Zhou Chu?"

After listening to the female member's account, Jia Mengshan widened his eyes in an instant and asked in disbelief.

The female member nodded and said with a serious face: "That's right, Captain. The situation was extremely critical at the time, and Zhou Chu suddenly appeared and controlled those Corpse Demons."

Jia Mengshan frowned, paced back and forth in the tent, and muttered to himself: "Zhou Chu? How could an F-Grade Soul Professional like him control a Main General-Rank monster? What kind of strength does this kid actually have?"

The female member added: "Captain, Zhou Chu was also with a woman named Xina at the time, who felt very unusual."

"Xina?" Jia Mengshan stopped in his tracks, a trace of doubt flashing in his eyes.

Yet he had never heard of such a person.

At this moment, the Scout Team responsible for scouting the 69th Demon Cave also returned.

One of the scouts immediately reported to Jia Mengshan: "Captain, we have already scouted it; the 69th Demon Cave has indeed been destroyed. However, we did not find Zhou Chu's corpse at the scene, nor did we find the Purification Stone that purified the Magic Source Core."

"We suspect that the person who destroyed the 69th Demon Cave was not Zhou Chu, but very likely someone from the Vanguard Team."

"And as for Zhou Chu, it is very possible that he was left with no corpse after facing a powerful A-Grade monster..."

Jia Mengshan could not help but be amused: "You are saying that Zhou Chu has been left with no corpse?"

"Then, could it be Zhou Chu's ghost that saved the medical team and the Vanguard Team's wounded near the 55th Demon Cave?"