134: Chapter 134 The Last Ghost

It's finally here!

Chu Xuan focused most of his attention on the newly appeared reward prompt.

One of the key reasons he looked forward to coming here to get System tasks, besides the spirituality value, was because this place practically mass-produced the [Teleportation] skill.

Based on previous experience, skills obtained in the Dark Place would likely be related to the Specters here.

In the previous dream, the passengers who successfully completed Spirit Washing mostly obtained the [Teleportation] skill as well.

Chu Xuan had long been interested in this.

This skill was truly unpredictable when used; if the Great Buddha hadn't been suppressed by its original body and been so sluggish, Chu Xuan wouldn't have been confident in surviving even with Tang Zheng there.

Chu Xuan originally thought this skill would eventually appear as a task reward, but he hadn't expected it to arrive early!

Although it was only a one-time Transcendent Skill and could only move a maximum of 10 meters, it was very practical—capable of saving one's life or closing in for a kill at critical moments.

Additionally, using this skill in the dream wouldn't result in any waste at all.

[Please choose within ten seconds. Exceeding the time limit will be considered a forfeit. Timing starts now...]

[Ten!]

[Nine!]

[...]

Without hesitation, Chu Xuan directly chose [Teleportation].

As for the [Healing] skill.

It was certainly good, but this one-time skill couldn't be upgraded; compared to [Li Guifen's Porridge], it was slightly less appealing.

In the past, Chu Xuan might have considered it more carefully, but now there was no need. He would choose Teleportation!

[You have obtained the Transcendent Skill—Teleportation (Uses: 1).]

"Chu Xuan, what should we do now?" Tang Zheng walked over and asked.

Chu Xuan stood on the slope outside the small courtyard, looking out at Shouguo Temple halfway up the mountain, with a full view of the brightly lit temple below:

"There are still a few Specters. I saw them enter the Mahavira Hall earlier, but they haven't come out yet. These cunning monsters wouldn't reveal themselves so easily if they were outside."

Understanding Chu Xuan's meaning, Tang Zheng's eyes lit up. "Alright, let's go now."

"Come on, get geared up!" Qin Shaowu pulled handguns out of a woven bag and handed two to each of Chu Xuan and Tang Zheng.

Hearing that Chu Xuan was actually going to proactively head down to find those terrifying monsters, the group of survivors felt uneasy, but they naturally didn't dare to stay behind alone, so they all plucked up their courage and followed.

Chu Xuan had no objection to this.

Because Li Guifen was too old and moved slowly, Chu Xuan asked Wang Ruozi to help support her. The group didn't move fast, and it took about ten minutes to enter the corridor along the small path.

Chu Xuan wasn't in a hurry. During the time it took to descend the mountain, he had basically recovered; his dizzy head and burning body were no longer an issue.

Only the "Overload" status on his personal panel reminded him that he couldn't increase his four basic attributes again in a short period.

Coming to the edge of the corridor beside the Mahavira Hall, one could see that the Ksitigarbha Hall had collapsed into ruins.

Not far from the Sangharama Hall, the Great Buddha had been dismembered, chewed beyond recognition by other Specters, and lay there quietly.

"My son... my son..."

Li Guifen walked tremblingly to the side of the Great Buddha's head. Her thin, hunched body wasn't even half the size of the Great Buddha's head, making her look exceptionally small.

She reached out a withered, bony hand and gently stroked the Great Buddha's mangled and bite-marked face, her mouth constantly muttering, "My son... my son..."

The hoarse voice still sounded senile and repetitive as before, seemingly devoid of emotion, but this time, two lines of clear tears flowed from her clouded eyes.

Chu Xuan led the group over slowly, quietly watching this scene with an unreadable expression.

"Ugh—!!"

Just then, a fierce roar came from the Mahavira Hall over thirty meters away.

In the next instant, five Specters rushed out with a ferocious momentum like prehistoric Vicious Beasts, each one a size larger than before.

Especially the one in the lead; it had grown to over two meters tall, its entire body was blue, the muscles on its arms were thicker than buckets, and its head was covered with dense, thick-rooted bone spikes.

Everyone was horrified and backed away repeatedly.

But the speed of these Strange Creaturess was too fast; almost the moment they rushed out of the hall, they had already crossed a distance of over ten meters.

Some people, gripped by fear, even felt their legs go weak, unable to move at all.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

Chu Xuan, who was the closest, did not retreat. Instead, he took a step forward, cocked both handguns simultaneously, and pulled the triggers immediately.

Sixteen bullets were emptied in the blink of an eye. The four relatively smaller ones were all hit in the forehead; their forward momentum stopped abruptly, but their bodies did not fall.

The leading blue Specter slowed down as bullets from Tang Zheng and Qin Shaowu poured toward it.

But in the next moment, the blue Specter's figure suddenly vanished, and the remaining bullets all missed. When it reappeared, it had shockingly crossed nearly ten meters and was now only two or three meters in front of Chu Xuan.

Its gaze was incredibly fierce. In the blink of an eye, it was in front of Chu Xuan, its head's bone spikes charging toward him.

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up slightly, a silver light flashed in his eyes, and he spoke calmly, "To the left."

The voice was like a devil's whisper. As he spoke, the blue monster's pouncing direction actually shifted, and it crashed into the air beside Chu Xuan.

Clack! Clack!

The sound of handguns dropping to the ground rang out. Almost simultaneously, the short blade tucked behind Chu Xuan's backpack flashed with a cold light.

Chu Xuan held the blade with both hands, twisted his waist, and suddenly delivered a vertical slash to the back of the blue Specter's neck.

A single strike to behead!

[You have slain Specter: Lurker. Your spirituality value +58]

[Current spirituality value: 403]

"Such a high spirituality value... has it evolved?"

Chu Xuan's gaze was cold as he then easily slew the remaining four Specters, gaining 82 points of spirituality value.

Chu Xuan stared into the Mahavira Hall, from which faint low growls still emanated. He remembered that two larger Specters had escaped earlier.

One of them had turned into this blue monster.

The other one should be inside this hall...

Looking from here, the Mahavira Hall was already shrouded in black mist. This was slightly different from the scene in the dream, and Chu Xuan looked thoughtful.

In the dream, the Dark Rift was inside this Mahavira Hall. As everyone began the Spirit Washing ceremony, Specters crawled out one by one to possess human bodies, and the Dark Rift was rapidly shrinking.

But now, with Chu Xuan's intervention, no humans had entered. Instead, a C-rank Ghost was still inside, shrouded in black mist, from which intermittent shrill howls emanated.

Tang Zheng asked in a low voice, "Chu Xuan, what should we do now?"

"Wait!" Chu Xuan gave only a single word, showing no panic.

The appearance of a Specter requires a human host to parasitize. Although inanimate objects can also serve as hosts, as Qin Qing said, the horror level is generally not high, just like the previously shattered statue.

If a truly powerful Specter could really be born, there would be no need to wait until now; the final form, the A-rank Great Buddha, was already the limit.

Now that the Great Buddha was dead, the lost villagers were also basically all dead.

Since all the humans were now outside, no matter what that Specter inside was going through, the best strategy was to remain calm and wait for changes.

However, to be safe, Chu Xuan still took out his phone, turned the volume to the maximum, and then played a piece of music.

[Ji Ni Tai Mei...]

As the passionate singing rang out, Tang Zheng took a sharp breath, his eyes shining. "Why do I feel a bit excited?"