187: Chapter 187 is not Zhang Qiang

"You are courting death!"

A roar echoed, and the Smoke transformed into a sea of fire, instantly igniting the second floor and forcing both Chu Xuan and Xinyue Fox to jump out of the second-floor window.

However, the others on the second floor were not so lucky and began to scream in the sea of fire; the fox and the robed old man managed to escape.

But upon landing, both of them were charred black, barely breathing, and clearly wouldn't survive.

"It really is the same person!"

Chu Xuan looked up at the second floor of the pawnshop. This time he saw clearly that the sea of fire was transformed from the Smoke, rather than another person appearing.

Could it really be Zhang Qiang?

Chu Xuan's thoughts raced, and with a glance from the corner of his eye, he pushed his distractions aside.

"You bastard, did you steal my spirit money?!" Xinyue Fox was trembling with rage. A short sword appeared in her hand from nowhere, and she thrust it straight at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan had been prepared; he drew his custom handgun and pulled the trigger instantly. The gunshot broke the silence before dawn like a thunderclap.

Xinyue Fox reacted extremely quickly and dodged rapidly.

However, Chu Xuan's Perfect-level Firearms Shooting skill was no joke, and combined with his high physical attributes, five consecutive bullets forced Xinyue Fox into a precarious situation.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

As for the last three bullets, the opponent seemed to move into them voluntarily; two shots hit her chest, and one bullet even struck her head.

This custom handgun, which could kill an ordinary C-rank Ghost, didn't manage to kill Xinyue Fox, but it did cause her some injury, leaving a blood hole in her red fox mask.

However, the mask was clearly a special item; it instantly restored itself, and in the blink of an eye, Xinyue Fox acted as if nothing had happened.

"You actually spent spirituality value to upgrade your Firearms Shooting skill? What an idiot. I won't give you a chance to reload..."

Her narrow eyes were full of mockery, but before she could finish speaking, Chu Xuan had already tossed the two thermobaric grenades he had prepared.

Boom—Boom!!

Before the continuous explosions echoed, Xinyue Fox vanished.

"She turned invisible!"

Chu Xuan knew she must have escaped the center of the explosion, so he retreated repeatedly.

Meanwhile, some Resurrection Society members left outside also reacted and opened fire on Chu Xuan, but they clearly didn't have extra spirituality value to upgrade their Firearms Shooting skill.

Chu Xuan's agility attribute was pushed to the limit. While moving nimbly, he reloaded his handgun, fired a few rapid shots, and in less than three seconds, killed the remaining few people outside with headshots.

One of them was carrying a rocket launcher on his shoulder, but unfortunately, as soon as the warhead was fired, it was struck by a bullet from the custom handgun, blowing the man to pieces on the spot.

During the shooting, Chu Xuan never stopped moving. He didn't know where Xinyue Fox was or if she had approached, but that didn't stop him from staying vigilant.

Taking out the last two thermobaric grenades, he detonated them right where he stood while simultaneously activating his teleportation skill, appearing ten meters away.

Boom—!!

The blast wave from the explosion swept out, scorching Chu Xuan's face with heat. Dust and Smoke filled the air, a large crater appeared, and the nearby glass doors were shattered.

If it were an ordinary person at such close range, they would definitely have been seriously injured or even killed on the spot, but Chu Xuan was far from the center of the explosion and remained completely unaffected.

Scanning the area, he saw a disheveled figure rushing over quickly; half of her mask had been blown away, revealing a charred and hideous face.

"What tricks do you have left now? Die!"

The short sword thrust out and reached him in the blink of an eye. Chu Xuan smiled coldly, drew his blade, and slashed horizontally. With a crisp clang, the short sword was knocked from her hand.

"What..." A flash of shock crossed Xinyue Fox's eyes.

Chu Xuan's expression was cold and stern; he had no interest in wasting words with her, so he brought his blade down in a powerful slash!

Pfft!

The head flew off, and blood gushed from the severed neck like a fountain.

"So this is a Constellation Envoy, which one can only become at levels 5 to 7? The strength is mediocre..." Chu Xuan glanced at the headless corpse, shook his head, and slowly sheathed his blade.

From when they jumped out the window until now, barely a minute had passed.

When Chu Xuan looked up again, he discovered that the entire building was already burning, and raging flames were shooting into the sky.

A humanoid flame lunged out, its flames dim, and it roared angrily: "Your talent duration is actually not 1 minute..."

"Your Brother Zheng excels at drawn-out battles!"

Accompanied by upbeat background music, Tang Zheng remained glowing, his clothes undamaged. After rushing out, he scattered the flames once again.

"Let's see how much longer you can hold on!"

The raging flames shot into the sky again. The figure within roared and charged toward Tang Zheng, but was scattered once more.

"You actually recovered? You have a second phase? Too bad, Brother Zheng is always stronger than you!" Tang Zheng grinned and scattered the flames several more times.

Just as Tang Zheng was about to continue, the flames dissipated, and a giant humanoid White Falcon appeared. A violent wind suddenly swept across the scene.

"I will be back!"

As the voice reached his ears, the White Falcon had already turned into a white bolt of lightning within the wind and fled.

"White Falcon?"

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes sharply. He had heard from Luo Xiaotian that this was Han Cheng's talent ability, which allowed him to transform into a White Falcon and ride the wind.

But hadn't Han Cheng already died, and hadn't everyone seen the remains of Han Cheng left behind after being eaten by monsters?!

"Hurry and go! My talent duration is about to end; there are only 3 seconds left..." Tang Zheng ran over, speaking hurriedly, and pulled Chu Xuan to leave.

Chu Xuan shook his head: "We can't leave; he's back again!"

"What?"

Tang Zheng was shocked and turned to look, only to see the giant humanoid White Falcon had actually flown back and hovered high in the sky.

"You didn't pursue me, is it because your talent duration ended?" A cold laugh rang out. The White Falcon transformed back into Smoke and dove down in an instant.

Tang Zheng activated his Fighting God State again, scattering the Smoke several times. After 3 seconds, there was no sound within it. Then, the Smoke spread, becoming even thicker, enveloping Chu Xuan as well.

Chu Xuan didn't flee; besides knowing he couldn't get away, more importantly, it was already 4:58 AM, and with only a minute or so left, his talent duration was about to end.

He glanced at his current spirituality value; 400 points remained.

Chu Xuan didn't hesitate. First, he added all 40 existing attribute points to his stamina and spirit attributes, raising them from 35 to 40.

Then, he converted the remaining 400 spirituality value into attribute points to keep.

Since he couldn't obtain spirit money through the Resurrection Society, Chu Xuan wasn't prepared to waste his spirituality value dying again in this dream.

The world [Future Tang Zheng] was facing was now on the verge of destruction. The reason for this result was that he had previously decided that if there were no good way to deal with Azure Dragon, he might as well try letting the Phantom Demon control his body, treating a dead horse as a living one.

Under this decision, perhaps his future self really did it, and the result was fulfilling the Phantom Demon.

According to the description, its potential might not be as good as Chu Huan's, but the Phantom Demon, possessing S-rank Specter characteristics, could exert Domain pressure to force Azure Dragon away. Afterward, the Domain enveloped Haicheng, leading the Night Watchers Captain General to step in and resolve it.

Following a series of chain reactions, the future landscape changed drastically, the world neared destruction, and Ming Xiucheng also disappeared, so [Future Tang Zheng]'s search for him to investigate the mysterious expert naturally yielded no results.

Through his previous communication with [Future Tang Zheng], Chu Xuan had discovered that the dream was merely a pre-enactment and could not affect the future trajectory.

He needed to wake from the dream and return to reality once to map it to the future; only then, upon entering the dream again, could he learn about relevant future events through [Future Tang Zheng].

"Hmm? I actually can't read your mind? This is... [unpeekable]!!"

A flickering voice reached his ears, and Chu Xuan's eyes suddenly flared with light:

"You are not Zhang Qiang!!"