33: Chapter 33: An ambush was set, and the enemies were killed one after another!

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While speaking, Chu Xuan glanced at the time and immediately dismissed the idea of letting these people split up to search.

Although he would be safer this way, it would inevitably waste time.

To put it bluntly, they were just a ragtag bunch, not a disciplined team.

If they encountered a monster, even if it appeared human under the light, its fearless ferocity once it went Berserk would likely scatter the crowd easily. The more people there were, the more chaotic it would become.

Thinking of this, Chu Xuan immediately gave orders:

"Chen Yinghao and Tang Zheng, you two take three people and search the left side. Those with blades in the front, those with lights in the back! He Ruhai, Yang Huancheng, you two follow me to the right. Bring all the long-handled fluorescent lamps! Xu Zhiyou, you and the rest, stop collecting phones. Rest where you are and be ready to provide light support at any moment if something happens!"

After saying that, Chu Xuan led the way, chasing after them with his flashlight.

He Ruhai and Yang Huancheng hesitated. When they looked at each other, there was a hint of fear in their eyes, but they each picked up a fluorescent lamp and followed.

"I'm coming with you too!"

Lin Tong's voice came from behind.

Lin Tong was a bit scared, but relatively speaking, he felt safer being with Chu Xuan. He quickly grabbed a long-handled fluorescent lamp from Xu Zhiyou and followed.

Meanwhile, Chu Xuan had already turned into the right corridor. He saw a monster rush out of Dorm 903 not far away, roaring as it tried to pounce, but under the light, it turned into an afterimage and retreated back into the room.

This happened several times; it was exceptionally fierce.

Chu Xuan slowed his pace. Instead of rushing in mindlessly, he used the intervals to shine his light on nearby dorms, checking for any hidden monsters lying in ambush. He didn't want to be attacked from both sides.

"Wh... what's going on? This is crazy!" Lin Tong's eyelids twitched wildly.

"When monsters are exposed to light, they return to their original positions and revert to human form. Since there's no light inside the room now, they turn back into monsters and rush out."

Chu Xuan glanced at Lin Tong but didn't send him back.

When they were coming up from the eighth floor, he had deliberately diverted the light for a split second. In that moment of darkness, Lin Tong hadn't turned into a monster; he was a normal human.

"Hold this lamp and stay behind me. Watch out for monsters coming out of other rooms," Chu Xuan instructed.

"Th... maybe we should just go back? Why go there voluntarily? It's too dangerous!"

Lin Tong suddenly grew cowardly again and wanted to persuade him.

But by then, taking advantage of the monster retreating again, Chu Xuan had already followed up with a few large strides and arrived directly at the entrance of Dorm 903.

Under the ambient light, the entity could no longer take its monster form and was frozen as a completely naked student.

Its hawk-like eyes were incredibly sinister. Upon seeing Chu Xuan at the door, its sockets suddenly widened, its eyeballs nearly bulging out as it roared and lunged to bite.

Buzz—

A cold light flashed as the eight-sided han sword suddenly hummed.

[You have killed an Eerie Clone. Your spirituality value +17.]

[Current spirituality value: 20 (Exchangeable)]

"Holy crap, an instant kill!"

Lin Tong said in shock, "So you're actually this fierce?"

"We'll keep searching. You just need to hold the light," Chu Xuan instructed again.

Although the ambient range of the high-intensity flashlight was large and reached far enough, it could only shine directly forward, leaving other directions unaddressed.

These homemade fluorescent lamps had already been tested; they could repel monsters within a range of over a meter, serving as a backup plan just in case.

Then, he looked back at He Ruhai and Yang Huancheng. "To prevent any sudden incidents, you two stay about three or four meters behind me. If something happens, rush over with your lights to assist."

While speaking, Chu Xuan exchanged 20 points of spirituality value for two attribute pointss.

—System, add one attribute points each to agility and Strength.

[Your agility and Strength attributes have both reached their limits and cannot be increased further.]

The appearance of the System notification made Chu Xuan pause slightly.

—How can I continue adding points?

[Your spirituality value is insufficient to unlock the Q&A permission.]

Chu Xuan frowned and observed his attribute panel again. Finally, he focused his attention on the [Rank: LV1] column. He had long suspected this, and now he was even more certain of his theory, so he asked again.

—If I increase my personal Rank, will I be able to break through the attribute limit and continue adding points?

[Your spirituality value is insufficient to unlock the Q&A permission.]

—How much spirituality value is needed to unlock the Q&A permission?

[Your spirituality value is insufficient to unlock the Q&A permission.]

To hell with you!

Chu Xuan's eyelids twitched. In the end, he could only add an attribute points to spirit.

[Your spirit +1]

[Current spirit: 10]

[Remaining attribute pointss: 1]

In an instant, a cool and refreshing sensation washed through his brain. He felt much clearer, and his tense nerves relaxed slightly.

Chu Xuan exhaled softly and found that his five senses seemed to have become sharper.

Not bad, not a loss.

Chu Xuan didn't add the remaining 1 attribute points to Charm. After all, his initial Charm was 8 points, and he hadn't seen any monsters showing him mercy.

Instead of using it now without any immediate improvement, it was better to save it for an emergency.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Chu Xuan suddenly stop, Lin Tong couldn't help but get nervous again and asked cautiously.

"It's nothing. Let's continue."

Thus, the two continued their search. Most of the dorm doors were intact, and there were only three corpses inside each.

"Could it be that someone was parasitized in all these rooms?" Lin Tong was terrified and even felt a faint regret about coming up. But since things had come to this, it was impossible for him to go back to the eighth floor.

They soon reached the last dormitory. The door here was also intact and, like most of the others, stood half-ajar.

With his left hand shining the light and his right hand holding the sword, Chu Xuan was about to push the door open with the tip of his blade.

Just then, a cold female voice sounded, as if right by his ear or directly in his mind.

"Watch out, there's an ambush!"

Alarm bells immediately went off in Chu Xuan's head. Without thinking, he pulled back his sword and retreated, shouting urgently to Lin Tong behind him on the left, "Go! Get back!"

Boom!

The half-ajar door seemed to be struck by a massive force from within, and the entire door shattered explosively.

A massive figure with bluish-black rotting skin charged through the splintered wood, turning into an afterimage in the direct beam of light.

This afterimage didn't retreat back into the room but appeared instantly before his eyes. If he hadn't backed away in advance, it would have been right in his face.

But at this moment, there was still over a meter between them. The ambient light of the high-intensity flashlight happened to envelop it. Seeing that the opponent had already gone Berserk, Chu Xuan didn't hesitate and decapitated it with a single swing.

[You have slain an Eerie Clone. Your spirituality value +20.]

[Current spirituality value: 20 (Exchangeable)]

An instant kill!

However, Chu Xuan was unable to relax.

Because inside the room, five more monsters in werewolf form were crowded together. As the first monster fell, all five monsters in the room turned into afterimages under the light and rushed out.

In the blink of an eye, they had surrounded Chu Xuan and Lin Tong.