236: Chapter 235: Exterminating Phantom Demons

The Black Flame in Chu Xuan's palm was extremely faint; he was controlling it to consume only 1 point of spirituality value.

At this moment, the Phantom Demon, amidst its screams, was no longer providing a feedback of only 1 point of spirituality value per second as it had during the baptism; instead, it had increased to 5 points.

Chu Xuan slowly increased the consumption of spirituality value, and the Black Flame in his palm grew increasingly intense. By the time the consumption reached 5 points, the flame had grown to the size of a basketball, and the Phantom Demon was providing 25 points of spirituality value per second.

At this moment, Chu Xuan felt as if this cold, deathly silent Black Flame was a part of his own body, no longer causing him to suffer agony as if he were being burned alive, as it had before.

"I have already been stripped away by you. Any vessel will do, even if it is just a pile of dog shit on the side of the road. I beg you, do not kill me..."

The Phantom Demon screamed in terror: "I beg you, do not kill me. I am willing to acknowledge you as my master..."

"Nonsense."

Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent as he suddenly clenched his five fingers.

The Black Flame in his palm dissipated, and the screams and wails came to an abrupt halt.

The next second, another System notification appeared.

[You have killed the Specter: Phantom Demon. Your spirituality value +50. You have obtained rule fragment X2.]

It actually only gave 50 points of spirituality value. Could it be because the opponent had no physical form? Or perhaps it was because it had already been squeezed to its limit?

Chu Xuan felt that perhaps it was both.

The Phantom Demon itself was in a half-dead state, with only its S-rank Specter status remaining. Being able to extract this much spirituality value was already far beyond Chu Xuan's expectations.

[Detected that you have killed an S-rank Specter for the first time. Bonus reward: 800 spirituality value! You may choose one of the following three rewards: 1. Permanently increase maximum spirituality value by 300 points. 2. Permanently increase maximum health points by 300 points. 3. Convert your existing Myriad Forms (temporary skill) into a permanent skill (true authority).]

Chu Xuan did not hesitate and directly chose the third reward.

It was quite obvious that this third reward appeared precisely because he possessed the relevant temporary skill. Although he did not use this skill much, it was, at the very least, a permanent skill.

While the maximum spirituality value and maximum health points were also quite good, as far as the current situation was concerned, Chu Xuan still preferred the Myriad Forms skill.

Simply because this was a true authority.

[You have obtained the Transcendent Skill: Myriad Forms.]

[Myriad Forms: LV.1. Skill Description: You can consume 10 points of spirituality value to change your appearance, physique, and physiological characteristics into any similar creature you have seen, lasting for up to 2 hours. Cooldown: 12 hours.]

Having easily killed the Phantom Demon and obtained the rewards, Chu Xuan's spirituality value, combined with what he had previously obtained from He Jun, had increased to a total of 1050 points.

During this period, the color of the System text changed multiple times, and each change attempted to erase Chu Xuan, but each time it was corrected.

And in this repetitive process, the beam of light enveloping Chu Xuan gradually grew dim.

Chu Xuan thought of the description from Future Tang Zheng. This was the result caused by the Dark World's rules invading the System, a byproduct of the collision of rules...

Just after another correction, the System displayed a prompt again.

[Your "Charm" attribute is abnormal. Do you wish to remove it? Please make your choice within 10 seconds. Remaining time: 10...]

—Yes.

Chu Xuan made the choice without even thinking. This Charm attribute had no use whatsoever, so he was better off without it.

[The Charm attribute has been removed for you. The 300 points of spirituality value you invested in this attribute have entered the Dark World. Now reclaiming it for you... Reclamation complete. You have obtained 300 points of spirituality value.]

The beam of light became even fainter.

Meanwhile, accompanied by the System prompt appearing before his eyes, a grand and majestic voice reached Chu Xuan's ears.

"The withered and silent world that has lost its title has reached its end and is on the verge of extinction. Are you willing to abandon it and switch to join the camp of the Divine Light World?"

"Here, there are blessings from the great gods."

"Here, there are complete paths to divinity."

"Here, there is a prosperous and vast world."

"Here is the origin of the kingdom of gods!"

"Under the radiance of the great gods, you will no longer be actively hunted by Pioneers, and you will be able to command certain existences. In addition, the Divine Light World will grant you 5000 points of spirituality value as a reward and offer you seven paths of authority leading to the truth to choose from. They are: Final Phantom God, Lord of All Spirits, Tyrant of Destruction, King of Decay, Lord of Madness, God of the Void, and God of Thieves. You may choose one from these seven great True God paths."

As this voice sounded.

Seven-colored radiance descended from the sky, as if ribbons were falling from the Nine Heavens.

The beam of light enveloping his body wavered at this moment, unable to bind Chu Xuan any longer. It seemed that as long as Chu Xuan took a step forward, he could ascend to the heavens along the seven-colored radiance.

Besides this, terrifying scenes of worlds being destroyed and human tragedies appeared one after another before Chu Xuan's eyes.

[The withered and silent world has reached its end and is destined to perish. You are not a savior, merely a tiny speck of dust chosen out of helplessness. Your world has gone all-in on betting on you and has no more power to grant. From now on, there will only be the punishment of erasure upon mission failure; you are isolated and helpless, and you are destined to fail."

That grand, emotionless voice sounded again: "Have you... made your choice?"

Chu Xuan's expression was calm as he coldly spat out one word: "Scram!"

In an instant, the seven-colored radiance before him became extremely sinister, then dissipated entirely, followed by a rumble in the sky.

The vortex that had originally been pierced by the beam of light once again covered the sky, causing the beam of light that spanned between heaven and earth, which had only been enveloping Chu Xuan and had already faded significantly, to completely lose its source.

The frozen images, the faded colors, and the vanished sounds all returned to normal at this moment.

The next moment, when that grand voice sounded again, it no longer fell upon Chu Xuan's ears, but echoed throughout the entire world.

"Slay the Purifier, and you may receive the enlightenment of the True God and attain eternal life!"

As this voice fell, a series of extremely excited howls suddenly erupted all around.

Chu Xuan looked up abruptly, only to see several strange-looking, hideous monsters appearing above his head.

"I can feel it! I can feel it! This is the must-kill guidance bestowed by the gods. If I kill you, I can enter the embrace of the gods!"

One monster leaped down first.

At the same time, Chu Xuan's System mission finally appeared.

[Detected that you are located in the Place of Gloomy Convergence. Mandatory mission has been activated.]