386: Chapter 385 Continuous Slaying

Bang!!

A punch was thrown, sounding like the shattering of mountain rocks.

The golden-haired brawny man's arm snapped instantly, and his entire body was sent flying backward.

"What?!"

High in the sky, the Phoenix-eyed Youth who had cast the Heavenly Luo Earthly Net was greatly alarmed:

"My Divine Ability actually failed? How is this possible?"

Amidst the exclamation, the golden-haired man struggled to rise from the ground, his eyes filled with disbelief: "You actually... could break my Divine Ability..."

His entire body was cracked like mountain rocks, covered in countless fissures, appearing as if he would crumble into dust the next second.

Zheng!

A Slash covered in Black Flame swept across the golden-haired man's neck.

Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent as he walked past him slowly without saying a word.

Thud!

The golden-haired man's voice came to an abrupt halt.

His head fell to the ground.

The remaining Fire of Nirvana instantly flared up, burning intensely.

[You have slain Jin Chao. This creature possessed 10 points of spirituality value, all of which have been absorbed by you after being burned by the Fire of Nirvana;

There were 8,000 points of spiritual essence remaining in the flesh of this body; Cangyun World has forcibly reclaimed 6,400 points.]

[Upon detection, an unknown life form at this location intercepted 800 points of spirituality value; the remaining portion has provided you with 320 points in feedback.]

[For this kill, you have obtained a total of 330 spirituality value points.]

At the same time, with the death of the golden-haired man, the Phoenix-eyed Youth in the sky was terrified and immediately turned to flee.

"Damn it! This small Secret Realm has been sealed for hundreds of years; even if it was once a forbidden land, how could there be such a powerful existence?"

"My Heavenly Luo Earthly Net has never failed, even a Middle Stage Guiyuan Realm would be affected. But that person didn't feel a thing; just what kind of monster is he!"

The Phoenix-eyed Youth gritted his teeth and moved rapidly, while secretly thinking he was lucky: "Fortunately, at least one piece of intelligence was accurate. This person shouldn't know how to fly, and I happen to be slightly proficient in flight techniques..."

Just as the thought occurred, a series of explosive booms suddenly echoed from behind.

The Phoenix-eyed Youth whipped his head around and saw Chu Xuan stepping through the air behind him.

With every step he took, a layer of white airwaves rippled beneath his feet, accompanied by an explosive sound as Chu Xuan's body shot forward like a cannonball.

The Phoenix-eyed Youth's scalp went numb instantly, and he couldn't help but feel a surge of hatred: "The intel was wrong! That damn Elf Race has ruined me!"

In just a few breaths, before the Phoenix-eyed Youth could get very far, he was about to be overtaken.

At this moment, Chu Xuan erupted with full power, his speed reaching its limit.

When Void Burst Step had first reached LV.5, Chu Xuan's full burst could reach a top speed of 500 kilometers per hour.

At that time, his strength attribute was only 153 points.

But now, after being baptized by Xiao Luowei's innate Divine Ability, Chu Xuan's strength attribute had reached 180 points, and he had gained the Unconstrained trait.

The speed that Void Burst Step—a skill already related to the strength attribute—could produce had surged once again.

According to the System prompts, under Chu Xuan's current performance, the skill had reached a staggering 690 kilometers per hour, or 190 meters per second.

With the assistance of teleportation techniques, his movement speed now exceeded 200 meters per second.

Bang! Bang! Bang!!

The explosive sounds of him stepping through the air were continuous.

Chu Xuan's long blade, coated in the Fire of Nirvana, descended from the sky, expanding rapidly in the youth's vision.

Seeing that he was about to be caught, the Phoenix-eyed Youth's heart leaped into his throat as he shouted in panic: "Brother, it's a misunderstanding! Please listen to my explanation..."

However, Chu Xuan's eyes were cold and he said nothing, continuing to pursue him through the air.

"In that case..." The Phoenix-eyed Youth gritted his teeth.

"Heavenly Luo Earthly Net!"

His roar resounded through the heavens and earth.

The Phoenix-eyed Youth pointed at Chu Xuan again, spitting out blood with bloodshot eyes as he roared through gritted teeth: "You resisted my Divine Ability once just now; there must have been a price to pay!"

The Phoenix-eyed Youth instantly became skin and bones as he shrieked:

"This net of mine once bound a hundred Guiyuan Realm experts for a breath; I don't believe it will still be useless against you!!"

Behind him, countless illusory nets appeared.

Different from before, these nets had all turned blood-red, as if they had been fished out of a pool of blood.

Then, the nets vanished, as if crossing through space, instantly covering Chu Xuan as he pursued from behind.

However, when these illusory nets landed on Chu Xuan, they were like mud cows entering the sea, vanishing in an instant.

Just like before, Chu Xuan's form was completely unaffected as he stepped forward with his blade raised.

"No...!!" The Phoenix-eyed Youth's withered face was filled with terror.

Slash!!

The Black Flame blade flashed past.

The Phoenix-eyed Youth was split vertically into two by the blade, and the Black Flame instantly ignited.

Right then, a wisp of eerie, dark aura rose from his split head, forming a skeletal face that let out a sudden, furious roar:

"How dare you kill my Sect's Prodigy?!"

At this moment, the skull's eyes, flickering with pale green flames, stared coldly at Chu Xuan, its voice bone-chillingly cold: "I have remembered you. I will find you! I..."

"Noisy!"

With a hum, Chu Xuan raised his hand and released a Black Flame Slash, splitting the skull formed from the dark aura in two.

As the skull tried to reform, the Fire of Nirvana flared up upon it.

[You have slain Wang Mingzhen. There were 8,600 points of spiritual essence remaining in the flesh of this body; Cangyun World has forcibly reclaimed 6,880 points.]

[Upon detection, an unknown life form at this location intercepted 860 points of spirituality value; the remaining portion has provided you with 344 points in feedback.]

[Your Fire of Nirvana burned a portion of the dark characteristics; you have obtained 120 points of spirituality value.]

[For this kill, you have obtained a total of 464 spirituality value points.]

"That aura just now belonged to a Specter..."

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of the prompt he received when he had previously used the System to certify the Five Qi Guiyuan Sect's Cultivation Technique.

Anyone who practiced this technique would be influenced by the person at the highest Realm of that technique, and for every stage they broke through, a portion of their cultivation would be siphoned away.

Especially after breaking through to the Guiyuan Realm, the body would gradually become strange, becoming a Fusion vessel for Strange Creaturess at any time.

The strange skull that had emerged from the Phoenix-eyed Youth's body was clearly related to this.

"Five Qi Guiyuan Sect... Cangyun World..."

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered; he couldn't help but feel a bit more interest in this world where martial arts existed.

At the same time, Chu Xuan vaguely felt that the so-called Divine Abilities used by these Guiyuan Realm Martial Artists were somewhat similar to the innate Divine Abilities he had seen used by those people when he met Xiao Luowei in his dream.

The Divine Abilities were different, but they all manifested illusory phenomena behind the user.

"There is another difference. The Realm System for these people is Body Tempering, Qi Gathering, Guiyuan... while for Xiao Luowei, it is Human Realm, Earth Realm, Heaven Realm..."

Taking a deep breath, Chu Xuan calmed his breathing slightly and turned back.

At this moment, the wooden village settlement built around the mountain was in utter chaos.

Blue-skinned members of the Elf Race were fleeing in all directions.

The sound of explosions was constant.

Tan Ziming and the other four were carrying four-shot rocket launchers, firing wildly into the densest crowds of the Elf Race.

After the previous miniature nuclear blast, most of the elves wearing eight or nine feathers who had been standing with Illya had basically been killed.

Even if a few high-combat-power ones remained, they were a drop in the bucket and had been blasted into a wretched state.

Now, under this heavy bombardment, the few remaining elves were no match at all and had no strength left to fight, only able to flee in all directions.

"Why are you all running? Come back!"

Pang Hu aimed at a spot and fired a rocket filled with high-energy explosives.

Amidst the explosion, Pang Hu laughed loudly:

"Don't you elves have a strong sense of superiority? Don't you like to shoot people with bows at the slightest disagreement? Come back and shoot me!"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Tan Ziming glanced at Pang Hu and grinned:

"The elves here are a very peace-loving and kind race. The reason they are so arrogant and irritable must be because they are being controlled by a Specter."

"Then we are acting on behalf of Heaven!" Su Qiaoqiao jumped onto a nearby large tree. The rocket launcher on her shoulder was more than twice as thick as her waist, creating a very strong visual contrast.

"We are enemies; what need is there for a reason? Kill them all!"

Xu Shuya said with narrowed eyes: "Everyone, hurry up and act. Killing the Elf Race can actually increase our health points limit; this is our great Opportunity!"

Lin Jie remained silent throughout, carrying a rocket launcher and chasing after them to fire.

While the power wasn't as great as the miniature nuke, it was still extremely formidable, with an explosion radius of nearly three hundred meters and a range of up to two thousand five hundred meters.

The elves who had originally been lying in ambush, wanting to catch them all in one net, were now too late to escape.

Explosive propulsion, streaks of light from the bombardment.

The faster and further they fled, the earlier they died.

As the explosions continued to roar, the wooden village was on fire everywhere, with thick smoke rolling.

After the rockets were finished, only a few scattered elves remained on the scene, struggling for their last breaths.

The five who followed Chu Xuan showed no mercy, drawing their blades and charging in.

Chu Xuan did not go to hunt down these ordinary elves. Standing high up, he saw a blood-mangled figure fleeing at the foot of the mountain.

This was none other than Illya, who had survived the nuclear blast.

Earlier, while Chu Xuan was fighting the golden-haired man and the Phoenix-eyed Youth, she had chosen to flee without any hesitation.

At this time, the tattered wings on her back, which had turned to charcoal, would still flap occasionally, speeding her up slightly.

From her appearance, it seemed she wanted to head up the mountain.

"Want to escape?" A cold smile appeared on the corner of his mouth as Chu Xuan stepped forward to pursue her.

The figure seemed to sense something and whipped her head around, her blood-stained face showing a hideous and venomous expression:

"Lowly human..."

Bang!

A foot came down, stomping hard on Illya's face.

Half of her head was buried deep in the mud, and her already mangled face was deformed even further by the stomp, completely losing its previous exquisite beauty.

Chu Xuan looked down at her from above and said calmly:

"Illya, I am going to exterminate your entire race now. Do you have any objections?"

Illya struggled with all her might, but she couldn't move an inch.

"Weren't you going to seek revenge for your clansmen?" Chu Xuan ground his foot down and continued:

"And now, your clansmen are being slaughtered. Why are you running away?

As the leader of the Elf Race, don't you feel ashamed?"

Illya said nothing, but tears of humiliation flowed from her eyes.

"Actually, it's not impossible for you to save your clansmen..." When Chu Xuan spoke, his voice was rhythmic and full of magnetism:

"Tell me the method for brewing life essence, and I can stop them from continuing to slaughter your clansmen. Likewise, I can let you continue to live."

Chu Xuan's voice wasn't loud, but it echoed continuously.

Illya's expression became dazed as she murmured: "The specific method for brewing life essence is only known to the leader, especially since it requires..."

"Requires what?" Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to ask.

At this moment, he was using the full power of Heart Bewitchment.

Although he still had a lot of high-grade life essence, which was more than enough for his own improvement,

Good things like this were naturally better the more he had.

If he obtained the brewing method, even if he couldn't use it himself, he could use it to reward those who did errands for him.

Chu Xuan continued to entice her:

"Illya, this is your only chance to save your clansmen. This is your responsibility, and even more so your mission..."

"Requires..." Illya's expression was vacant, her pupils dilated as she opened her mouth.

Just as she was about to utter the next word, she suddenly gave a cry of pain and then snapped awake, screaming shrilly:

"Lowly human, don't dream of bewitching me! You cannot steal my Elf Race's secret technique!"

Having said that, Illya changed her tone: "Unless I tell you voluntarily! As long as you are willing to make a Soul oath, I will..."

Before she could finish, the rest of Illya's voice came to an abrupt halt.

Chu Xuan's foot, which had loosened slightly, suddenly exerted force, stomping her head deep into the mud.

"I don't like making oaths, and you only have this one chance, because you are not worthy of negotiating terms," Chu Xuan said calmly.

Illya spoke with difficulty: "No need for a Soul oath, we can sign a contract..."

"Sign a contract?" Chu Xuan's heart suddenly stirred: "Are you talking about a Soul contract?"

"Yes, a Soul contract," Illya said.

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow, suddenly remembering that his Dwarf Race servant seemed to be a Master of Deception.

The Soul contract drawn up at that time had a hidden trap; if it weren't for the System's prompt, he would have found it difficult to discover no matter what.

Thinking of this, Chu Xuan nodded: "Fine, let's sign a Soul contract then."

However, Chu Xuan's straightforwardness caused Illya's expression to change drastically:

"Wait! You agreed so readily... plus you saved Mo Luo and brought him back here... and Mo Luo seemed to call you master earlier. Do you want him to draw up a contract with a trap in it?!"

Chu Xuan remained silent.

Illya was full of hatred, gritting her teeth: "You never intended to leave us a way out. You... you really deserve to die!!"

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow: "Your emotions are full of anger, but why is there also a trace of uncontrollable panic?"

"This panic and fear far exceed what you felt just now... This change all started when you mentioned Mo Luo. Could it be... Oh? You're even more panicked now..."

At this point, Chu Xuan suddenly laughed: "Could it be that Mo Luo, as a Master of Deception, already knows the method for brewing life essence?"

Illya's broken body began to tremble slightly.

"It seems I was right." Chu Xuan's smile widened: "That Dwarf Race servant of mine really is something..."

Her remaining exposed eye tried desperately to look at Chu Xuan, who was stepping on her back; it was bloodshot and filled with hatred.

Her mouth was half-filled with black mud, but she still slurred her words, screaming shrilly:

"Lowly human, we are the great Elf Race. You have been branded... One day, you will die without a place to be buried!"

"Fine, I'll look forward to it." Chu Xuan said no more, raising his hand and swinging his blade down.

[You have slain Illya of the Elf Race!]