176: Chapter 176 The Godslayer Can Be Replaced!

"My son, eat... eat..."

Entering the villa with Tang Zheng, Chu Xuan immediately saw Wang Ruozi helping to tidy up the room, while Li Guifen had gone to the kitchen and was walking over carrying a bowl of porridge.

"Big Brother, Captain Zhang let Old Woman Li stay here yesterday. I'm just helping to tidy up this morning, and I'll be leaving right away," Wang Ruozi explained, her face slightly flushed.

"No need. From now on, you can live here too and help me look after this Old Woman," Chu Xuan thought. This young girl was quite meticulous in her work, and most importantly, she was sensible and obedient.

Furthermore, she had obtained a large amount of spirituality value during the Yinshan Village incident, and her Physique now exceeded that of an ordinary person. If he had someone like her to help look after Li Guifen, he wouldn't need to worry about it himself.

Anyway, he was going to let Lin Tong and Xu Zhiyou move in, so one more person wouldn't make a difference.

Chu Xuan's top priority was to increase his strength by any means possible, and at the same time, find a way to leave Haicheng. He could not afford to be distracted by other matters.

"Okay." Wang Ruozi lowered her head and agreed.

"By the way, what is your role here?" Chu Xuan asked.

"I am currently working as an assistant to Professor Chen in the Research Department. He took a liking to my Transcendent Skill [Lightness], which can assist in perfecting their latest research achievement."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly.

He didn't know much about the situation in the Research Department, but during the previous operation in Xuzhou to capture Old Xu, he had heard Luo Xiaotian mention that not every city's Night Watchers were equipped with a full-fledged research team like Haicheng.

The Research Base here in Haicheng was only slightly inferior to the one in the capital.

Things like the black box that could release a barrier, the black jade that could prevent being possessed by a Specter, and the lie-detector crystal ball were all research achievements of the Haicheng Research Department.

"Since that's the case, then do a good job."

Chu Xuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly said, "You just need to look after her in your spare time. This won't interfere with your work, will it?"

"No, it won't, it won't!" Wang Ruozi shook her head repeatedly.

"Eat! My son, eat!" Li Guifen stared blankly at the porridge bowl in Chu Xuan's hand, her eyes cloudy.

"Just leave it there for now. I'll eat it later. You should go back to your room and rest for a while," Chu Xuan said with a gentle, magnetic smile.

"Okay, rest... rest..."

Li Guifen was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned around and left, trembling as she walked into one of the rooms.

Chu Xuan withdrew his gaze and looked at the white porridge in his hands, feeling a bit regretful.

"What a pity. This bowl of porridge can only be consumed by someone Li Guifen approves of; otherwise, I could have sold it..."

Chu Xuan now knew the value of recovery items. This bowl of white porridge, which could restore health points at a rate of 1% per second for 15 seconds, was worth countless times more than the common potions in the shop, even if it was only effective for those under Rank 5.

"Forget it. I can only drink one bowl a day, so keeping it is useless..."

Chu Xuan shook his head. He tried to store it in his Exclusive Space but found it would cost 3 spirituality value. Moreover, the System prompted that the item was only effective if consumed within 1 hour of being personally served by Li Guifen, so he had no choice but to tilt his head back and drink it all in one go.

A wave of warmth rolled from his throat into his abdomen, and Chu Xuan felt a warmth in his stomach.

Before this, he often felt a sense of hunger. He had no interest in ordinary food at all, and even felt a sense of nausea and revulsion. Conversely, deep within his heart, there was a faint, strong Bloodthirsty, a desire to choose people and devour them.

Chu Xuan only knew that Specters that possessed humans had this characteristic. However, through previous conversations with Old Wu and others, and by probing indirectly, he learned that these people did not have such troubles.

He just knew that all of this was perhaps the influence brought about by the Phantom Demon, that S-rank Specter.

Originally, he was somewhat troubled, worried that he might not be able to hold back and would take that first step toward the abyss, thereby giving the Phantom Demon an opportunity to exploit.

But now, there was no need to worry anymore.

A bowl of porridge down, although it didn't fully satiate his hunger, the hunger pangs had completely disappeared, and his entire body felt in excellent condition. If it weren't for the fact that his spirituality value was already low, he would have really wanted to add more attribute points again.

After a moment of thought, Chu Xuan used points from the official trading page to select 3 stamina +1 enhancement potions with no side effects and 5 spirit +1 enhancement potions to exchange.

Although these potions were only effective for Rank 1 ordinary people, the stock was not large, and they were quite expensive, costing a full 600 points.

For the rest of the time, Chu Xuan opened the forum to browse, understanding knowledge related to Specters and Transcendent from multiple angles to make up for what he was missing.

[On the classification of Specter Ranks and their corresponding characteristics...]

[Regarding the amount of spirituality value obtainable from slaying different Ranks of Specters...]

[Summarizing Specter killing rules, must start from the details...]

[Transcendent Ranks corresponding to Specter Ranks...]

[Detailed explanation of spirituality value required for leveling up, including personal Rank, regular skill, and Transcendent Skill...]

Some matters, Chu Xuan knew either through the explanations of Zhang Qiang and Luo Xiaotian, or by summarizing his own experiences, but for the most part, he was still in the dark.

At this moment, through these posts on the forum, Chu Xuan finally understood.

Especially regarding Transcendent Skill!

He now understood that one-time Transcendent Skill could not be upgraded and were only equivalent to Rank 1, but it was not impossible to convert them into permanent skills.

It only required possessing 3 one-time Transcendent Skill to perform a synthesis, converting one of those Transcendent Skill into a permanent skill.

Chu Xuan checked his Transcendent Skill; he had two one-time Transcendent Skill: [Teleportation] and [Clone].

In other words, as long as he obtained one more skill, he could synthesize a permanent skill at any time.

In addition, the same Transcendent Skill, within this sequence path, could be leveled up to the maximum, and could be leveled up by frequent use, though it would be relatively slower.

If he wanted to level up as quickly as possible, the skill points required were 10 times that of regular skill.

And for those not in this sequence path, they could only be upgraded to a maximum of Rank 3, and currently, it was known that they could only be upgraded via skill points.

The most important point—

The improvement of personal Rank is related to the corresponding sequence skill level!

For those who have not stepped into a Transcendent sequence, the improvement of personal Rank is limited; reaching Rank 2 is the limit, and to reach Rank 3, one must step into a God-Ascension Sequence.

To raise personal Rank to 5, the corresponding sequence skill must reach Rank 2.

To raise personal Rank to 7, the corresponding sequence skill must reach Rank 3.

To raise personal Rank to 9, the corresponding sequence skill must reach Rank 4.

To raise personal Rank to 10, the corresponding sequence skill must reach Rank 5.

In short, the prerequisite for personal Rank improvement is that the corresponding sequence level must meet the requirements; otherwise, one cannot promote and continue to improve basic attributes.

At this moment, a newly posted thread caught Chu Xuan's attention:

"Actually, many people's innate abilities, even if they are Acquired Awakening, are not bad, and are even very powerful, whereas the skills of the sequence path appear weaker. But there is no way around it; to improve various basic strengths, the level of sequence skills is a necessary prerequisite. Every Transcendent who aspires to become strong has to invest a lot of effort..."

"According to the current known situation, the God-Ascension Sequence paths we obtain are mostly related to the Specters we come into contact with, and these corresponding skills of the Specters are related to the evil gods they worship; they are the authority bestowed upon them by the evil gods. So I have a doubt..."

"Where exactly do our Transcendent Skill come from? Could it be that in the end, we so-called Transcendent become chickens, ducks, cattle, and sheep raised by gods, waiting to be fattened for slaughter?"

Under this post, there were many follow-up comments, filled with inevitable worry, or even gradually becoming pessimistic, with a trend of panic spreading.

And just at this moment, a new pinned comment popped up, accompanied by flashy special effects, occupying the entire screen—

[Yang Yu (Night Watchers Captain General): This is a gift given to us by the world. For the same sequence path, a God-Slayer can take their place!]