303: 302 Air-Ground Assault

That place was once the core of power.

However, with the recent eruption of The Gloom and Strange Creaturess becoming increasingly rampant, most of that power had concentrated in the hands of the Night Watchers.

In name, however, the Night Watchers were still technically a subordinate department.

Control over some key military forces still remained there.

Chu Xuan glanced over, a cold light flickering in his eyes. Holding a Black Flame longblade in one hand, he grabbed Lin Jie's shoulder with the other and shot forward like a bolt.

With the death of the "Physician," the illusion in this inpatient building vanished, and the few lucky survivors were gradually waking up.

The apocalyptic illusions outside had also long since dissipated.

*Crash!*

Chu Xuan leaped down from the window, carrying Lin Jie.

The people passing by outside the inpatient building looked up to see a black dot falling rapidly from the sky.

A fall from this height of twenty-five stories would be certain death for an ordinary person, but for the current Chu Xuan, it was nothing.

He landed with a thunderous boom and a heavy thud.

Lin Jie's face turned slightly pale, and he pursed his lips tightly, still clutching the Spirit Pearl that had not yet finished absorbing its dense Qi.

At the same time, two military off-road vehicles and an assault vehicle mounted with a howitzer were parked by the roadside outside the building.

Over a dozen armed soldiers and two young men wearing the Night Watchers' standard uniform were stepping out with blades in hand.

Seeing this, the two Night Watchers looked solemn and stepped forward, shouting, "You cannot take Lin Jie away..."

*Swish!*

Chu Xuan moved at high speed with Lin Jie. He covered the distance of over twenty meters in less than a second, sweeping past them with his longblade pointed diagonally at the ground.

The two Night Watchers' expressions changed drastically. Their reactions were fast enough, but they still weren't faster than Chu Xuan. In the brief moment he passed by, two heads soared into the air.

Before the gushing blood and flying heads could even hit the ground, they were dissolved into nothingness within a surge of Black Flame.

These two Transcendents were no different from ordinary people in Chu Xuan's hands; they were killed instantly, and their unused spirituality value was fully absorbed by the Fire of Nirvana.

[Your spirituality value +15]

[Your spirituality value +60]

*Bang!!*

After instantly killing the two, Chu Xuan stomped heavily on the assault vehicle, causing the entire vehicle to tip over instantly.

A deep footprint appeared on the hard roof, and the iron shell in the center tore open a long gash under the immense force.

By the time the armed soldiers turned around, Chu Xuan had already appeared dozens of meters away with Lin Jie. A second later, they had leaped over the high walls of Liberation Hospital.

Chu Xuan's expression was cold. Before killing them, he hadn't even bothered to use the Eye of Insight to see who the two dead men were.

They hadn't come earlier or later, but arrived at the hospital at this exact moment and even dared to step forward to stop him. Chu Xuan didn't need to think twice to conclude that these two must be the same as the person who attacked Lin Jie earlier; they were people arranged by Revelation to handle Lin Jie after his actions were detected.

It was just that Chu Xuan's actions were faster.

From arriving at the hospital from the bank to dealing with the Specter here and now leaving, the total time spent was only nine minutes.

*Vroom—*

Amidst the howling gale.

Chu Xuan charged in a straight line toward a thousand-acre garden twenty kilometers away, which was even larger than the Night Watchers' headquarters. He easily bypassed any buildings blocking his path, sprinting across the rooftops.

Even while carrying Lin Jie, Chu Xuan's speed did not slow down much.

"If it were just me, I could reach between eighty and one hundred and twenty meters per second. With Lin Jie, it's slightly slower, but I can maintain a stable speed of over sixty-five meters per second without putting a burden on my body..."

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered as he easily estimated his current speed and calculated that it would take about five minutes to reach the destination.

"Brother Chu Xuan, I sense a blurred figure. It seems he knows our goal and is preparing a countermeasure. The time for the nuclear explosion has been moved up by another ten minutes..."

Lin Jie shouted against the wind rushing into his mouth, his voice reaching Chu Xuan's ears clearly.

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes. Although he calculated that there should be enough time, to avoid further issues, he immediately prepared to travel at full speed.

Just then, amidst a roar from the distant sky, an armed helicopter approached, catching up to Chu Xuan from an altitude of over two hundred meters.

"Chu Xuan! I am Zhou Mingwei, leader of the Second Group of the Imperial Capital's Inspection Department! Your behavior has seriously violated the Inspector Management Regulations. Cease all actions immediately. This is a warning, or I will take control measures..."

The sound of a loudspeaker came from the helicopter above.

It was called a warning, but as soon as the words were spoken, a "da-da-da" roar erupted as the chain gun mounted on the belly of the armed helicopter spat out a surge of fire.

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed, and his speed suddenly increased as he began moving in a lightning-fast zigzag.

Nearly a thousand bullets poured out. Although they were predicting Chu Xuan's movements, they still missed, with most of them slamming into the buildings he sped past.

Concrete brick walls were no different from thin paper under the power of 30mm autocannon rounds, collapsing instantly.

Screams and wails followed.

Five of the bullets hit Chu Xuan's shoulder, causing his figure to pause slightly. Half of his sleeve was blown away, and the skin beneath was slightly charred.

[You have suffered minor damage. Your health points -2.]

"Chu Xuan, stop all your actions and surrender immediately. Don't hurt anyone else!" The voice from high above came again.

At the same time, four mounted 502KG air-to-ground missiles were dropped directly into the vicinity of Chu Xuan within this dense residential area.

The remaining autocannon rounds blocked off any other possible escape routes.

"Courting death!"

Chu Xuan looked up. Just as the missiles were about to fall, four Slashes that had already condensed within his body shot out simultaneously, hitting the four missiles instantly and creating a wave of roaring heat in the air.

"Chu Xuan, stop now! Don't make any more useless struggle!" A sharp shout rang out from above.

Chu Xuan looked up and saw that the helicopter above had lowered its altitude slightly, but it still remained above one hundred and fifty meters.

At this distance, he could clearly see that there were three people in the cabin.

Besides the pilot, one person was wearing a black suit and holding a walkie-talkie.

The last person, wearing the Night Watchers' standard uniform, was shouldering a grenade launcher and aiming downward.

In addition, Chu Xuan noticed that there were still several anti-tank missiles mounted under the helicopter, and twenty rockets on both sides had not yet been fired.

At the same time, two more helicopters were flying in from not far away.

"Chu Xuan, I'll give you one last chance. Surrender immediately, or I will execute you on the spot!"

Under the sound of the loudspeaker, the two newly arrived helicopters had approached and were moving to the sides, seemingly intending to encircle him from three directions.

"Planning to flank me?"

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Chu Xuan's mouth, and his eyes filled with murderous intent.

"With a full leap, I can jump about forty meters. A Slash condensed with thirty spirituality value points has an effective range of about fifty meters; after that, its power will decrease significantly, and it will almost completely dissipate beyond seventy meters... and at such a distance, the power of Heart Bewitchment will also be greatly reduced and might be resisted..."

"In that case..."

Chu Xuan donned his night cloak again.

Nightfall!

Under the control of Chu Xuan's current 130 spirit attribute points, this patch of night did not use him as the center to cover the surroundings in a hemispherical shape.

Instead, it expanded in a cylindrical shape.

Looking from a distance, a pitch-black cylinder over ten meters in diameter suddenly appeared with Chu Xuan at its center, piercing through the space between heaven and earth!

Directly above, at an altitude of over one hundred and fifty meters, the people inside the helicopter felt as if it had suddenly turned dark, and they could see nothing.

"Not good, is this a Domain?!" Zhou Mingwei was instantly alarmed and reacted immediately.

While feeling disbelief, he felt an inexplicable wave of palpitations; his whole body trembled, and his limbs grew slightly stiff.

"Quick! Fly the aircraft away..." Zhou Mingwei gritted his teeth and ordered the pilot.

Before he could finish his sentence, a deafening voice, like the thunder of the Nine Heavens or the wrath of a Heavenly God, roared in their ears.

"Get down here!"