399: Chapter 398 Best at head-on kills

As his health points rapidly recovered, not only did his vision gradually clear, but his hearing and sense of touch also became much sharper.

Amidst the howling night wind, his entire body burned with pain.

Taking a closer look, Chu Xuan discovered that the night cloak he had previously worn was nowhere to be found.

He still remembered that while traversing the spatial turbulence, the night cloak had been shredded by spatial cutting, already tattered and frayed.

However, the cloak had a self-repair function, so Chu Xuan had kept it on, and then he fell unconscious, so he didn't know what happened afterward.

At this moment, Chu Xuan was wrapped from head to toe in bandages.

However, with Chu Xuan's discernment, he could tell these were merely ordinary hemostatic bandages; they had no effect on his injuries, and the bandaging technique was extremely crude—it would have been better without them.

Having taken healing medicine, although the wounds were no longer bleeding profusely, they would still ooze some blood if he moved too much, and the bandages were already soaked in blood.

Without needing to look in a mirror, Chu Xuan could imagine that he must look absolutely miserable and terrifying from the outside.

His phone was still in his Exclusive Space; after taking it out and finding no signal, he put it back.

"Shh! Keep your movements small, it's best not to move around…"

A soft voice reached his ears again. Chu Xuan shifted his gaze; he was currently lying in a cornfield.

The surrounding corn stalks were taller than a person.

Not far from his side, a young woman wearing a black trench coat over a training uniform was crouching.

This was the standard uniform of the Night Watchers.

Chu Xuan identified her identity immediately.

At this moment, the young woman was looking out through the gaps in the stalks with a solemn expression.

Chu Xuan could clearly sense the intense nervousness and unease in her emotions, so he simply used his Eye of Insight to take a look.

He learned that this woman was named Wu Wanqiu, her identity was human, not a Specter, and she was at Level 7, with relatively balanced attributes.

Being so cautious, she was likely facing a crisis she couldn't handle on her own.

Following her gaze, Chu Xuan didn't discover anything; his line of sight was completely blocked by the stalks.

"My injuries are too severe, all my attributes have been weakened, and my Mental Energy cannot achieve the same perception as before…" Chu Xuan muttered to himself, checking his current relevant attributes.

[stamina: 70 / 157]

[Strength: 85 / 182]

[agility: 72 / 160]

[spirit: 85 / 164]

[health points: 627 / 1570+1740] (Note: Base health points are stamina attribute X10)

Reconfirming his health points, it had currently recovered to 627 points.

Affected by the bixue restoration dew, his health points were continuously recovering at a rate of about 1 point every 5 seconds.

"According to my previous deduction, as long as my health points continue to recover and reach half of the health points based on my stamina attribute, which is 785 points, I can use the [Unyielding] skill to make the weakened state disappear and return to my Peak combat strength."

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered, and he estimated internally: "It should be completed in about 15 minutes. If supplemented with high-grade life essence, it should be faster, but the current situation is unclear, and the scent of the life essence is too strong, so I'll wait and see for now…"

Chu Xuan had never become blindly arrogant due to the rapid improvement of his own strength; instead, he realized his own insignificance more and more profoundly.

Especially at this moment, with his condition being poor, he had to be even more cautious.

With a thought, Chu Xuan checked his spirituality value again.

[Current spirituality value: 12150]

The amount of spirituality value was sufficient; it hadn't been lost due to traversing the spatial turbulence.

But the Slash inside his body had been completely exhausted when facing the Dragon Turtle before, and he hadn't had time to replenish it yet, so Chu Xuan immediately began to condense Slash within his body.

This was his safeguard in his current state.

However, as the Slash condensed, Chu Xuan immediately felt intense pain throughout his body, and some of his wounds even burst open because of it.

In the end, he only spent 90 points of spirituality value to condense three Slashes, and his body was already unable to handle it.

"The injuries are too severe, and my health points are too low. Although I far exceed ordinary people, my basic attributes are also excessively high, and I cannot carry them in my current state; I can't even withstand any extra Slashes…"

Chu Xuan had a faint realization in his heart, deeply understanding that the various values viewed through the System were merely a visualization aid.

It was the fluctuations in his own state that were manifested through the changes in these values.

Rustle, rustle, rustle…

A rustling sound came from a distance. Soon, a burly man, also wearing the standard Night Watchers uniform, appeared out of thin air and ran over, crouching low.

Wu Wanqiu perked up and hurriedly asked in a low voice: "Xu Ziyang, how is the situation?"

"The Specters have all disappeared, and the captain is only left with a corpse; he is already dead…" Xu Ziyang's face was dim.

"What? Our captain is dead too?!" Wu Wanqiu's face suddenly turned pale.

Xu Ziyang waved his hand: "Let's not talk about this; we should leave quickly."

While speaking, Xu Ziyang glanced at Chu Xuan again, then frowned: "You still want to take him with us?"

"If we save someone, we should see it through!" Wu Wanqiu said sternly: "If we leave him here, he will definitely die here."

Xu Ziyang said: "My point is, those Specters might have already targeted us and might not give up. If we continue to take him with us, we will only drag each other down, and it might even harm him. It would be better to leave him here to hide, and when we come back with reinforcements to rescue him, his chances of survival might be higher!"

"But we have already taken him with us. If the Specters have targeted us, they must have targeted him too!" Wu Wanqiu took a deep breath and added:

"Besides, you should have noticed it too! To have survived such severe injuries, he must also be a Transcendent! Just when he woke up, I saw him take out a bottle of healing medicine from thin air. He should have recovered some by now, and on the escape route ahead, he might be able to help."

Hearing this, Xu Ziyang's eyebrows twitched: "Eh? You're right!"

He stared at Chu Xuan for a while and immediately asked: "When facing Specters, what is your most proficient method? Don't hide anything. On our escape route ahead, only if we understand each other well enough can we cooperate properly and have a better chance."

Chu Xuan met his gaze and replied: "I am best at frontal kills."

"So that's melee?" Xu Ziyang asked doubtfully.

Seeing Chu Xuan nod in agreement, Xu Ziyang immediately shook his head, his eyes showing disappointment: "The method is a bit too singular."

"And your injuries are too severe; I'm afraid you won't be able to exert much strength…"

His voice paused slightly, Xu Ziyang's expression was helpless and somewhat impatient: "Forget it, forget it, let's just take you with us. I don't expect you to be of any use; just don't cause trouble."

While speaking, Xu Ziyang had already stepped forward quickly, wanting to hoist Chu Xuan up.

"No need, I can walk on my own." Chu Xuan raised his right hand.

"Heh! You still have an attitude? Since you want to act tough, then don't blame me for not caring about you." Xu Ziyang said angrily, making a gesture as if he wouldn't care.

"Don't force yourself; you are too severely injured, you must not be careless." Seeing that Chu Xuan's raised hand hadn't been lowered for a long time, Wu Wanqiu couldn't help but sigh softly:

"Xu Ziyang speaks straightforwardly; he actually has no malice towards you. Your life is your own; if you don't cherish it yourself, how can we take you with us?"

"Hmph!" Xu Ziyang sneered: "As a Transcendent, you are still so pretentious and fussy; I'll just carry you on my back!"

As his words fell, Xu Ziyang had already bent down again, preparing to hoist Chu Xuan up.

At this very moment, Chu Xuan's palm, which had been raised and suspended, finally slowly descended and landed lightly on Xu Ziyang's head.

"I already told you, I am best at frontal kills. Why do you still want to get close to me? Do you look down on me?"

As his faint voice sounded, a pitch-black flame suddenly erupted from the palm Chu Xuan had pressed onto Xu Ziyang's head.