288: Chapter 287 No old money accepted, no new life spared

After reading the message sent by [Future Tang Zheng], Chu Xuan felt a chill in his heart.

He glanced at the time display.

The time had just ticked over to 7:07, and everything in the bedroom was normal, with nothing out of the ordinary.

However, Chu Xuan did not let his guard down; he remained fully focused, his spirit highly concentrated, and he even draped a black windbreaker over himself.

Darkness unfolded within a five-meter radius around him at that moment.

With his current spirit attribute, although he was not as gifted as Qin Qing, who could perceive everything around her in 360 degrees without blind spots,

But relying on the keenness of his primal instincts, everything in the room was clearly visible to him, down to the finest detail.

Even the flapping of butterfly wings and the chirping of birds and insects in the courtyard outside could be clearly distinguished when he focused his hearing.

"There is nothing..." Chu Xuan's gaze narrowed slightly.

Just the next second!

"No old money accepted, no new life spared. You must repay your debt..."

An aged voice drifted into his ears, raspy like the scraping of rusted metal, and Chu Xuan felt his heart suddenly constrict.

At the same time, an old man wearing an old padded jacket, disheveled and unkempt, walked out from the front without any warning. He was hunched over, holding a broken porcelain bowl in both hands.

He looked like a beggar.

"You are courting death!"

Killing intent flared in Chu Xuan's eyes. As he activated the Eye of Insight, a metallic ringing sound suddenly erupted within his body. Slashes roared out instantly, further covered and spread by Black Flame.

For this attack, Chu Xuan unleashed his strongest trump card, not only releasing all fifty Slashes within his body but also pushing the Fire of Nirvana to its limit.

Each time a Slash shot out, the Fire of Nirvana attached to it consumed an additional 5 points of spirituality value.

Boom, boom, boom!!

The Slashes shot out, instantly piercing through the old beggar, and along with the wall and roof behind him, they turned into dust and collapsed with a roar.

Amidst the swirling dust, Black Flame flickered around the old beggar's body. What was strange was that not a single wound from the Slashes was left on him.

Those Slashes seemed to have encountered air, passing straight through him.

Despite this, the Fire of Nirvana still took effect; the Black Flames spread rapidly, instantly engulfing the old beggar.

There was no scream as one might have imagined.

The old beggar had a strange expression, his eyes turbid, just staring fixedly at Chu Xuan.

[Name: ??? Type: Strange Creatures health points: 40/2055 ... ...]

The Eye of Insight consumed 50 points of spirituality value, but it did not provide a clear investigation result.

But Chu Xuan did not stop to wait.

At this moment, the opponent's health points were nearly depleted, making it the perfect time for a finishing blow!

Chu Xuan's figure suddenly vanished, and in an instant, he arrived in front of the opponent. The long blade formed by the indestructible flowing shadow, wrapped in the Fire of Nirvana, slashed down instantly.

Chi—

A single Slash cut through instantly.

The blade swung through, but there was only a slight sense of resistance.

It had hit, yet it felt as if it hadn't.

However, the true damage from the Fire of Nirvana was not discounted in the slightest; it was clear that it had all taken effect.

Suddenly, a diagonal line formed by Black Flames appeared on the old beggar's body. In an instant, the Black Flame flared up, completely enveloping him and finally burning him until he vanished without a trace.

[You have killed ???. There are 8750 points of spirituality essence remaining in this body's flesh and blood. 3500 points have been fed back to you.]

[Current spirituality value: 5500]

"So much spirituality value feedback. Is this another S-rank Specter..."

Upon receiving the System's kill notification, Chu Xuan let out a long sigh of relief. Just as he was about to leave Courtyard No. 9, which had already turned into ruins, his expression suddenly changed.

Because he realized he was unable to move.

Not only that, but his entire body began to dissipate visibly. Before he could make any reaction, everything before his eyes turned into darkness.

As his consciousness faded, the final notification sound from the System rang in his mind.

[Your health points have been depleted.]

[You have died.]

...

"Never trust anyone..."

Amidst the chaotic noise, Chu Xuan suddenly opened his eyes. The first thing he did was check his spirituality value; 5250 points remained.

This time, resurrecting in the dream consumed 300 points of spirituality value.

"Although I killed that strange old beggar, I violated a death rule, and that was at least an S-rank Specter, with a rank above mine..."

Chu Xuan felt a chill in his heart.

He immediately took out his phone, found the chat box for [Future Tang Zheng], and sent the known information: [At 7:07, I encountered an old man who looked like a beggar...]

The message was sent.

Chu Xuan knew that Tang Zheng would need a while, probably until 7:06, to reply to the message, so he didn't wait any longer and immediately began to accumulate Slashes within his body.

"Unlike what I expected, the Slashes in my body have been completely cleared. This means that these Slashes, converted from spirituality value, are in some sense no different from spirituality value itself; even if consumed in a dream, it is treated as a real consumption..."

"Fortunately, I killed that Specter just now and obtained a large amount of spirituality value feedback, otherwise I would have suffered a huge loss this time!"

This time, Chu Xuan did not hold back; he frantically consumed spirituality value, immediately beginning to condense Slashes within his body to the maximum extent.

He remembered that in the previous dream, through the Eye of Insight, he had discovered that he had cut off 2015 health points from the opponent in just one encounter.

The remaining 40 health points were cut off by his final Slash.

Based on the current level 5 Fire of Nirvana damage calculation and the feel of the final Slash, that Specter actually could not be completely immune to physical damage.

In other words, if all 50 Slashes were condensed with 30 points of spirituality value, it might be possible to kill the opponent instantly when it first appeared.

While condensing the Slashes, Chu Xuan did not delay and immediately went out.

"This is the Night Watchers headquarters. An S-rank Specter actually appeared just like this; did no one notice? According to [Future Tang Zheng]'s words, later on, no one even knew what happened here."

Chu Xuan's expression was grim, and at the same time, he could not help but ponder.

Why did this S-rank Specter specifically target him? Could it be because he posted comments on the forum about being able to strip Specters?

No!

That post was published in a dream, and according to previous experience, only things done in reality would map to the future.

Things done in a dream are merely equivalent to a rehearsal and will not affect the future.

"So, was I targeted by that Specter because of the Evil God's Certain-Kill Guidance?"

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered, and then he recalled the sentence the old beggar said when he appeared in the previous dream.

"No old money accepted, no new life spared. You must repay your debt..."

Chu Xuan felt that this sentence might be related to the opponent's death rule. If he could understand it, perhaps he could resolve the current crisis.

While pondering in his heart, he briefly described the characteristics of that Specter and posted it on the forum, intending to gather ideas.

Perhaps the stones from other hills could serve to polish his own jade.

Originally, this was just another attempt, and Chu Xuan did not hold much expectation, but to his surprise, after just over half a minute, someone left a comment below.