242: Chapter 241 Absolute Crushing

After being baptized by the Fire of Nirvana, Chu Xuan's various attributes could reach the Peak, meaning each level at the current Rank could provide an additional 30% increase to attributes.

Coupled with the power bestowed by the world, Chu Xuan's attributes had already reached the limit of 65 points at Rank 5.

To further increase his attributes, he needed to increase his Rank.

As the thought flashed through his mind, the System displayed a prompt.

[You have consumed 500 spirituality value. Your personal Rank +1]

[Current personal Rank: LV.6]

Having just killed six C-rank Ghosts, not only did he replenish the spirituality value spent covering his body with the Fire of Nirvana while traveling, but he also gained an extra 300 points.

After investigating the Night Demon's information and leveling up, Chu Xuan still had 3000 spirituality value remaining.

Without the slightest hesitation, Chu Xuan's spirituality value was consumed rapidly; after reaching Rank 6, the attribute points required to increase each attribute rose to 6 points per increase.

Chu Xuan was now wealthy and generous; he spent 2340 spirituality value directly to raise his stamina, agility, and spirit all to 78 points, reaching the limit for Rank 6.

If it were in the past, Chu Xuan definitely could not have endured the intense pain and soreness from continuously adding points to strength, agility, and spirit; he might have reached an overloaded state long ago and been unable to add so many points.

But after being baptized by the Fire of Nirvana, Chu Xuan only paused for a brief moment, feeling that this bit of pain was nothing at all.

He even faintly felt a bit... comfortable?

It was just like when he was an ordinary person, getting a massage from a technician who understood him best, with every Acupoint and fascia on his body manipulated perfectly.

It wasn't over yet; with 660 spirituality value remaining, Chu Xuan spent another 80 points to exchange for skill points, raising his Basic Saber Techniques to the LV.5 level.

At this point, except for the one jiyue crystal he hadn't used yet, Chu Xuan had utilized all resources currently available to improve his strength to the extreme.

With only 580 spirituality value left, it was already enough!

Chu Xuan's expression was calm as he finally took another step, entering within a hundred meters of the Night Demon.

With this step, even without the Fire of Nirvana covering his body, he could still maintain his Peak state. He continued forward, holding his saber in his right hand, gradually picking up his pace.

"You seem to have no fear. What is your confidence based on? It wouldn't be that Slash from just now, would it? You probably can't even break through my defense." The Night Demon walked slowly down from the platform of flesh and blood, its steps light and slow, its demeanor relaxed.

It had a tall and robust physique, with a face resembling a wolf, but it mostly maintained a humanoid form. Large, sharp wolf claws extended, nearly thirty centimeters long, sharp and glinting with a bloody light.

It stood there, a dark vortex seemingly surrounding it, dimming the light.

"Even that little bug who suddenly erupted with power couldn't hurt me, so what do you amount to? Even if I stood here without moving and let you attack me, what could you do to me? Given your level, I'm afraid you couldn't even get close to me!"

The Night Demon laughed loudly and gestured with one finger toward Chu Xuan: "You only have 10 minutes of life left!"

[You have been selected as an Assimilation target. Based on the determination... Your current Rank is 6, Night Demon is Rank 11; your spirit attribute is 78, Night Demon is 85; your willpower test is 99, Night Demon is 45; based on the comprehensive determination, you will lose your self in ten minutes and be assimilated into a Night Demon Clone! (Ten-fold acceleration)]

"Ten minutes? It seems I still overestimated you..."

Chu Xuan muttered in a low voice. He feared the opponent's Assimilation ability the most, which was why he specifically raised his spirit attribute a bit more. Now it seemed that step was the right one.

Chu Xuan then accelerated his pace. When he came within fifty meters of the Night Demon, he began a full-speed sprint, and a layer of black flames suddenly erupted around his body.

"Hmm?" The Night Demon's gaze hardened: "Your speed..."

Then, the corners of its mouth curled up slightly: "Interesting. I didn't expect you to still be hiding your strength. To go from an ordinary person to your current level in just a few days, I am willing to call you a little Genius. However..."

Chu Xuan couldn't be bothered to listen to the nonsense. The opponent was clearly influenced by the original body that loved to play werewolf kill, making its personality seem a bit chuunibyou.

He immediately unleashed a Slash that arrived in an instant.

"Mere..." The Night Demon sneered indifferently, as if it had anticipated this. It waved its sharp claws casually, swatting at the Slash as if shooing away a fly.

The sharp, long claws instantly shattered the Slash. However, in the very next moment, the contemptuous sneer on the Night Demon's face suddenly froze and abruptly turned into a howl of pain.

"How could this be..." The Night Demon discovered that its spirituality value had instantly decreased by 25 points, and it couldn't help but feel horrified, especially since it hadn't expected such pain.

It felt as if its Soul were being burned, and its mind went blank instantly.

At the same time, its health points also decreased by 25 points at this moment. But before it could recover from the pain and shock, Chu Xuan, who had been charging forward, had vanished.

Bang! Covering twenty meters in an instant, while unleashing the Slash, Chu Xuan had already arrived behind the Night Demon and swung his blade down fiercely.

[Your spirituality value +25]

The Night Demon's body was actually sent flying by this powerful and heavy Slash, skidding over ten meters across the ground and carving out a long trench.

Before the Night Demon could climb back up, Chu Xuan had already caught up at high speed and struck two more times in succession.

[Your spirituality value +25] [Your spirituality value +25]

These three consecutive slashes from Chu Xuan, plus the previous Slash, cleared the Night Demon's remaining 100 points of spirituality value in the blink of an eye.

And Chu Xuan's spirituality value did not decrease but instead increased.

"Awoo!!" The Night Demon howled incessantly, waving its claws repeatedly, but it couldn't even touch the edge of Chu Xuan, and it was knocked to the ground again by several more slashes.

Bang, bang, bang, bang! In Chu Xuan's eyes, the Night Demon's health points were rapidly depleting, having gone from 25 points per Slash just a moment ago to losing about 37 to 38 health points per Slash.

At the same time, the Night Demon's wails became even more shrill; without spirituality value, the pain increased tenfold, and its miserable cries tore through the sky.

Chu Xuan's expression remained cold and stern as he simply continued to swing his blade.

He indeed could not break through the Night Demon's defense, but through the true damage of the Fire of Nirvana, the opponent's actual stamina attribute was completely useless.

Even the skill Physical Enhancement was still ineffective, completely countered by the true damage.

As for the eerie aura erosion within the [Nightfall] Domain, in the past, Chu Xuan would have already involuntarily felt fear, and his thinking would have even gradually stiffened.

Under the close-range pressure of this S-rank Specter, he would feel as if he were stuck in a quagmire, unable to move freely, with his agility and strength restricted, and his spirit gradually becoming deranged.

This was also the most significant suppression that Specters had over humans.

But now, everything was different!

Under Chu Xuan's exclusive skill [Forbidden Darkness LV.MAX], the aura erosion of this so-called S-rank Specter was simply as if it didn't exist.

The Night Demon's strongest means were completely countered, and it could only rely on brute physical force, but Chu Xuan's strength attribute was already above the Night Demon's, and his agility far exceeded it.

With the dual enhancement of max-level Mixed Martial Arts and max-level Basic Saber Techniques, the Night Demon had no countermeasure.

It wanted to fight, but it lacked the strength and had no techniques; it wanted to escape, but it couldn't. It could only let out painful wails, struggling constantly amidst the slashing.

Only the "Assimilation" skill posed a slight threat, but it still required ten minutes to take effect.

But ten minutes?

Under such comprehensive domination, the Night Demon probably wouldn't even last a minute!

It could be said that from the moment Chu Xuan unleashed his Eye of Insight and saw through all of the Night Demon's methods, the outcome had long been destined.

"Chu Xuan..." Qin Qing looked toward the scene in the distance, her tears of blood having long dried up.

Zhang Qiang, who only had half his body left, also looked up, the cigarette in his mouth falling out: "This kid... when did he become so fierce?"