339: Chapter 338 Successive Victories

The tank felt slightly heavy in his hand, with a solid sense of weight, though its edges were somewhat cracked.

Inside, there was still a small amount of emerald-green liquid, shimmering with a faint luster in the dim light.

When the tank abruptly appeared in Chu Xuan's hand, a bit of liquid happened to splash out, emitting an intoxicating aroma of wine.

Wisps of the scent drifted into his nose, making Chu Xuan feel as if his tongue had already tasted the sweetness and slight intoxication, giving him an urge to savor it right then and there.

A second later, a System notification appeared.

[Name: greed tank (Damaged)

Function: Can absorb and store up to 100 liters of precious liquid, maintaining active energy without dissipation for a long time.

Note: This is an alchemical product from the Dwarf Molo, containing 1 liter of life essence meticulously brewed by the Elf Race.]

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[high-grade life essence: A product of the Elf Race. Drinking this wine can strengthen the Physique and significantly increase health points and Mental Energy.

Note: Fine wine is good, but please do not overindulge.]

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As a series of notifications appeared, a strange light flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes, followed by a cold sneer on his lips.

"Diverting the trouble to me, eh..."

In a flash of thought, Chu Xuan noticed from the corner of his eye that the four elves riding white wolves had suddenly turned back, their faces filled with intense hostility.

"The life essence is in that human's hands!"

"Damnable Molo, we can't let him escape this time no matter what..."

As the four elves exchanged glances, two of them continued to pursue the dwarf, while the other two shifted direction, approaching Chu Xuan.

The massive white wolves moved with agility, weaving through the dense forest and gradually pulling parallel to Chu Xuan's Flying Boat, maintaining a distance of over twenty meters.

"Lowly human, return the life essence immediately, and we may forgive your crimes!"

The leading elf, who had nine feathers stuck in his hair, shouted while the white wolf continued to gallop forward.

Pang Hu cursed, "Damn it, here we go again, that same attitude! These elves always have this inexplicable sense of superiority, I'm really fed up!"

"Boss Chu, be careful. These elves are arrogant and look down on all other races. They'll attack at the slightest provocation, and the power of their arrows shouldn't be underestimated; they have extreme piercing power..."

Tan Ziming warned from the side.

Almost at the same moment Pang Hu and Tan Ziming spoke, another elf with eight feathers in his hair began to draw his bow and notch an arrow.

The seemingly ordinary wooden arrow emitted a brilliant light at that moment, aimed straight at Chu Xuan. The elf's eyes were filled with a heavy threat:

"Lowly human, throw the clay tank over! It doesn't belong to you. I'll only give you one chance!"

"In that case, I won't give you a chance... Slash!" As Chu Xuan spoke calmly, he saw no need to conserve spirituality value in this urgent crisis. A humming sound suddenly erupted from within his body.

Ten Slashes tore through the air, irresistible and devastating.

Within the twenty-meter range between them, the shrubs and several large trees in the way were instantly ground to dust. Amidst the flying leaves and branches, the Slashes arrived in an instant.

The elf who had aimed his arrow at Chu Xuan didn't even have time to release the bowstring before he and the white wolf beneath him were turned into fragments by the successive Slashes.

Accompanied by the burning Black Flame, the raging fire completely incinerated them in an instant.

[You have slain Elf Gena. Your spirituality value +450, your maximum health points +100.]

[You have slain a Gale Demon Wolf. Your spirituality value +210.]

"Damn you! You deserve to die!!!"

Seeing this, the other elf's eyes immediately filled with overwhelming malice and hatred.

He moved swiftly, notching three arrows in quick succession. The bowstring suddenly released with a sharp whistle, and the arrows, glowing with brilliant light, shot through the air.

Of the three light arrows, one shot straight, while the other two curved from the left and right, flying in an arc.

"Slash again!"

Chu Xuan remained unremarkable, sending out another ten Slashes.

Boom!!

The middle arrow collided with one of the Slashes and instantly exploded.

However, the shockwave of the explosion didn't affect the other Slashes at all.

Many continued to fly forward, still unstoppable. Before the elf was cut into pieces, a look of extreme unwillingness flashed through his eyes.

At the moment his life ended, he witnessed his remaining two arrows being easily deflected by a casual swing of the hateful human's blade just as they were about to hit.

The impact of the explosion failed to affect the man in the slightest.

Amidst this immense unwillingness, he and the white wolf beneath him followed in his companion's footsteps.

First cut into pieces, then enveloped by the surging Black Flame from the wounds, they finally vanished as wisps of blue smoke in the dense forest.

[You have slain Elf Gelin. Your spirituality value +490.]

[You have slain a Gale Demon Wolf. Your spirituality value +250. You have obtained Transcendent Skill: Gale LV.1.]

[Current spirituality value: 7350]

"Not bad..."

Chu Xuan's gaze was calm.

Although he had consumed twenty Slashes this time, each formed with 30 points of spirituality value...

Plus the consumption of the Fire of Nirvana.

The total spirituality value spent exceeded 700 points, but the gains were equally significant. While killing them instantly, he also directly recovered 1400 points of spirituality value.

Equivalent to a net profit of 700 spirituality value.

Besides that, there was a 100-point increase in maximum health and the acquisition of the Transcendent Skill [Gale]. The harvest was quite substantial.

"However, the power of those arrows was actually quite good..."

Chu Xuan felt a slight sense of surprise.

Although those two elves had weak defenses, the power of the arrows they fired was truly impressive.

They not only had extreme piercing power but also possessed tracking properties.

In Chu Xuan's estimation, except for the slightly smaller explosion radius, their power was comparable to short-range combat missiles with armor-piercing capabilities. They were very potent.

However, the current Chu Xuan was not the Azure Dragon of that day. His various basic attributes that had exceeded their limits were the source of his confidence.

Even if he stood still and was hit in a vital spot by such an arrow, it would at most result in a minor injury.

It all happened in the blink of an eye. Chu Xuan had slain the two elves in an instant, while the remaining two were still chasing the dwarf ahead.

They both had ten feathers in their hair, and their Physiques were more robust and slender than the previous two elves.

When the sound of the explosion reached them, the two elves turned to look and happened to see their companions dying tragically on the spot.

And the human culprit was piloting a Flying Boat, charging straight at them at a speed far exceeding before.

"What?!!"

The two elves were instantly shocked. They roared in anger and simultaneously pulled out glass bottles from their waists, gulping down the blue liquid inside.

In an instant, their eyes turned blood-red. Not only did their muscles suddenly bulge, but the patterns on their blue skin instantly spread and became denser.

Immediately after, they actually abandoned their pursuit of the dwarf, turning their white wolves around to charge toward the Flying Boat.

"Damned lowly human, how dare you kill our kin! You have committed a heinous crime!!"

Both elves raised their hands simultaneously, drawing their bows and notching arrows.

Nine arrows each were notched together, bursting with dazzling light.

This scene was fully witnessed by the fleeing dwarf ahead.

He couldn't help but let out a sinister chuckle, "So sorry, my lovely human friend, having to face the elves' frantic revenge..."

However, the wrinkled smile that had just appeared on the dwarf's face froze and stiffened in the next second.

On the Flying Boat, the pitch-black long saber in Chu Xuan's hand began to squirm and twist like ink, changing shape as if it were a living thing.

The blade stretched and extended, and the hilt was instantly reshaped!

In an instant, a Fangtian Painted Halberd over three meters long appeared in Chu Xuan's palm. The body of the halberd was thick and solid, its cold light piercingly sharp.

The black halberd complemented his deep, profound eyes.

With a sudden horizontal swing, a dull, piercing low hum echoed in the air, like the roar of a giant beast.

Boom, boom, boom, boom...!!

The eighteen arrows exploded one after another in front, and a thunderous roar immediately resounded through the dense forest.

Dust rose abruptly as a Flying Boat shot through the air!

The young man standing at the very front of the Flying Boat had a cold expression and spoke grimly, "Instead of surrendering, you actually dare to counterattack..."

Pointing the halberd forward, he calmly uttered a single word: "Slash!!"

As the faint voice sounded, the remaining thirty Slashes within Chu Xuan's body shot out together, whipping up a gale and carrying surging Black Flame, arriving in an instant.

[You have slain a Gale Demon Wolf. Your spirituality value +260.]

[You have slain a Gale Demon Wolf. Your spirituality value +275.]

Under the wide-range Slashes, the white wolves beneath the two elves were the first to be turned into fragments, while eight deep-to-the-bone Slash marks appeared on each of the elves' bodies.

They weren't directly cut into several pieces like the previous two elves, but were instead blown away by the Slashes.

Yet even so, although they didn't die on the spot, they let out heart-wrenching screams under the burning of the Fire of Nirvana.

The frantic blood-red color in their eyes instantly vanished, returning to clarity.

While still flying backward, they saw the Flying Boat roaring up to them. Amidst their pain, their eyes were filled with intense unwillingness and overwhelming malice and hatred.

"Lowly..."

Before they could finish, the low humming sound rose again.

The halberd turned into an afterimage, swinging horizontally. The blade, accompanied by the Fire of Nirvana, turned these two elves, who hadn't even had time to land, into dust and smoke, making them vanish completely.

All the vicious curses that had yet to be uttered vanished into air along with their bodies in the Black Flame.

[You have slain Elf Mu'ang. Your spirituality value +950.]

[You have slain Elf Landem. Your spirituality value +980, your health points +150.]

Having gained a large amount of spirituality value and 150 health points again, Chu Xuan's state of mind was much more peaceful, his face as calm as still water.

As the Flying Boat sped past, Chu Xuan suddenly caught a glimpse out of the corner of his eye and discovered two light orbs emerging from where the elves had died and vanished.

Within those light orbs, a faint light was flickering.

The Flying Boat had already passed, so Chu Xuan immediately reached out. Just as they were about to fly beyond the 20-meter range, he activated the Transcendent Skill [Object Attraction].

The two light orbs seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, landing in his palm in an instant and transforming into a longbow and a feather.

These two items were quite similar to the elves' characteristics, yet there were several subtle differences.

"Perhaps it's more appropriate to view the equipment harvested from kills as rewards given after System conversion..."

This thought flashed through Chu Xuan's mind, and then, as he held the two pieces of equipment, System notifications appeared.

[Name: Hero's Bow

Category: Weapon

Quality: Ultra Rare

Function: By drawing this bow, even the most ordinary arrow in your hands can produce an explosive effect.

Equipment Requirement: strength > 80.]

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[Name: feather of life

Category: Armor

Quality: Rare

Function: By wearing this feather, your stamina, strength, agility, and spirit are each increased by +10, and Charm +30 (up to 150)

Equipment Requirement: Rank > 7]

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These two pieces of equipment had excellent effects. Chu Xuan immediately tucked the feather of life into the tactical belt at his waist and put the longbow directly into his Storage Ring.

[You have equipped the feather of life.]

[Your Charm has been revoked; your Charm attribute cannot be increased.]

[Your stamina, strength, agility, and spirit have all been temporarily increased by +10]

[Current Status—

stamina: 135+10

strength: 133+10

agility: 132+10

spirit: 135+10]

With each of the four attributes increased, Chu Xuan instantly felt his strength grow a bit more, but the boost brought by the equipment made him feel slightly uncomfortable.

Because Chu Xuan didn't feel the steadiness that came from strengthening himself; instead, he vaguely felt a sense of fleeting instability.

"It seems that improving oneself is the right path after all..."

A flash of realization rose in Chu Xuan's heart.

Closing the System notifications, Chu Xuan looked up at the goblin dwarf sitting on the flying carpet ahead, who was panicking and looking back from time to time.

A meaningful smile appeared on his face. "My dwarf friend, the enemies have been slain by me. Why are you still fleeing in such a panic?"

"The Tide has arrived! We must leave this place as quickly as possible!"

The dwarf Molo shouted loudly. A magic staff suddenly lit up in his hand, and as he waved it repeatedly, a sickly green light fell onto the flying carpet beneath him, causing its speed to increase significantly.

However, Chu Xuan also controlled the Flying Boat beneath him to give chase. It had reached its maximum speed, following closely behind and moving rapidly.

"Didn't you say that if I helped you, you would have a way to get us out of this so-called Tide danger?" Chu Xuan called out from behind.

"Sorry, human friend, I lied to you, but I really had no choice. Consider that Elven treasure as my apology. Please forgive me!"

Molo cried out loudly, cold sweat pouring down his face. He gritted his teeth and cursed under his breath: "Damn it, truly damn it! Why is this human so terrifying? He's practically more terrifying than an Elven Venerable..."

"The Elven treasure? You still dare to bring that up?" Chu Xuan's voice suddenly turned cold. "Hand over the Elven treasure now, and I'll spare your life!"

"What nonsense are you talking about? I've already given it to you! Please stop chasing me!"

Molo shrieked repeatedly, still wanting to increase his speed, but the flying carpet had already reached its limit and could not pull away.