238: Chapter 237 Grade A Rat

With a single slash, he killed Laifu. The Fire of Nirvana outside Chu Xuan's body had not yet extinguished. He rushed forward a few steps and arrived beneath the helicopter that had paused in mid-air.

He leaped suddenly, rising over ten meters high, grabbed the side of the helicopter, opened the cabin door, and climbed inside.

"Damn! My Brother Xuan, when did you become so fierce? This is too cool!" Qin Shaowu looked back, preparing to land the helicopter.

"Don't stop!"

Chu Xuan immediately stopped him, controlling the Black Flame all over his body to dissipate, while saying: "Go to the Central Plaza."

"Huh?"

Qin Shaowu was stunned for a moment, then nodded repeatedly, manipulating the aircraft to change direction and head straight for the Central Plaza. However, his expression still held some hesitation: "Are we really going there? It's very dangerous. Many people have already gone there, but none of them have been able to return..."

As he spoke, Qin Shaowu looked toward the distant sky, where, beneath specks of blood-colored light, the giant ring-shaped phantom representing the "Lord of All Spirits" was reforming.

The Central Plaza was directly beneath this scarlet ring-shaped phantom.

"If we don't kill the Night Demon, everyone will still die." Chu Xuan said in a deep voice.

"Damn it, then let's go for it!" Qin Shaowu gritted his teeth: "I'll get you there!"

"Mm, pick up the speed." After Chu Xuan finished speaking, he looked surprised: "When did you learn to fly a plane?"

"This is a required skill for intern members."

Qin Shaowu chuckled: "Brother Xuan, although I haven't bound the System yet, according to the assessment standards, my piloting skills are already at the LV.3 level. This is pure Talent, without any added points."

"Mm, not bad."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly; this put his mind at ease.

The Central Plaza was about forty kilometers away. He had originally planned to fly there from the Research Base, but encountering Qin Shaowu saved him quite a bit of trouble.

With Qin Shaowu piloting the plane, if they encountered a flying Specter again, he could free up his hands to deal with and resolve it immediately.

Furthermore, while facing the Night Demon later, he still needed to adjust his state and convert all his current resources into increased strength.

[Your Basic Saber Techniques Rank has increased to LV.4.]

"As expected..."

Chu Xuan nodded slightly. Back when his Basic Saber Techniques Rank was increasing rapidly, he had already sensed that it might be related to his Basic Swordsmanship Rank reaching LV.MAX.

Saber and sword techniques shared commonalities. After his Basic Swordsmanship reached the perfect Realm, in the process of fighting with a saber, his Saber Techniques Rank had now naturally risen to level 4.

But if he wanted to increase his Saber Techniques Rank further, he would likely need to consume spirituality value.

As the thought flashed by, Chu Xuan did not spend his spirituality value to upgrade, but instead took stock of his situation first.

After the recent slaughter, his spirituality value had reached 1900 points, which could be called a leap in improvement.

But if he wanted to add more attribute points next, he would need to spend 500 spirituality value to raise his personal Rank to level 6.

After a moment of thought, Chu Xuan still didn't act, but instead took out an orange-yellow crystal first.

[exclusive skill synthesis crystal: Using this item, you can synthesize two regular skills that have reached max level into an exclusive skill that matches you, which can be upgraded to LV.9. (Note: This item can only be obtained when your personal Rank is within LV.10)]

This was a reward obtained during the Great Buddha mission. He hadn't used it before, as he was trying to scam spirit money from the Resurrection Society in his dreams.

Later, he didn't use it because, during a conversation with [Future Tang Zheng], when he asked how to use it for maximum value, the other party had told him that the synthesized exclusive skill had a certain connection to the regular skills themselves.

And if conditions allowed, it was best to have both basic skills intended for synthesis break through their upper limits once using a jiyue crystal.

In this way, the quality of the synthesized exclusive skill would be stronger, and the combat power would be higher.

Furthermore, the regular skills after synthesis would not completely disappear; they could still be used, just removed from the skill bar, but from then on, they could no longer be upgraded through the System.

And, Tang Zheng had also hinted that it was best to wait until becoming a Purifier before using it.

Before this, Chu Xuan only guessed that the exclusive skill should be very strong.

But when he stepped into the Purifier Realm and obtained the Fire of Nirvana and two other exclusive skills, he realized even more deeply the preciousness of this exclusive skill synthesis crystal.

Naturally, he had to use it cautiously now.

Holding the orange-yellow stone in his hand, Chu Xuan took a deep breath. Just as he was preparing to check the System panel to observe his various attributes, he suddenly felt a faint pain in his heart.

This familiar, heart-wrenching feeling...

Chu Xuan's gaze sharpened. In an instant, his mind turned cold, and he thought of that big mouse he encountered in the Xingchen Building during one of his dreams, the one that possessed the Steal skill.

Buzz!

Almost without thinking, Chu Xuan instinctively mobilized the Fire of Nirvana, and a layer of Black Flame instantly wrapped and covered his entire body.

And immediately after, a gap appeared in the Black Flame over Chu Xuan's heart area.

The next instant, Chu Xuan heard a sharp "squeak" sound coming from below the helicopter, very shrill, and then the entire helicopter swayed.

"What's the situation?!" Qin Shaowu screamed in shock, hurriedly manipulating the controls to stabilize the flight.

At this moment, Chu Xuan already had half his body outside the cabin door. Looking down, he saw a mouse falling downwards, its two front paws still emitting flames.

At the same time, Chu Xuan also received a System notification: "spirituality value + 25."

"Coming right on time!"

A cold glint flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes. He leaped down, and at the same time, he used the exclusive skill Eye of Insight.

[Name: Xiaocang]

[Species: Strange Creatures]

[health points: 375 / 400]

[stamina: 40]

[Strength: 55]

[agility: 65]

[spirit: 75]

[Faith: God of Thieves]

[spirituality value: ****]

[Transcendent Skill: Steal LV.5, Stealth LV.3, Teleport LV.3]

[Comprehensive strength assessment: A-]

It really was this mouse!

Its attributes weren't particularly strong, with only its Mental Energy reaching 72 points, equivalent to the threshold of a human level 8, but that Steal skill, combined with Stealth, had almost caught him off guard again.

Chu Xuan didn't spend extra spirituality value to continue using Eye of Insight to view the detailed descriptions of the mouse's three skills.

There was no need; just hack it to death!

Bang!

He saw the mouse scream twice after landing, rolling around trying to escape, but Chu Xuan had already slashed down directly.