425: Chapter 424 Revealing Identity

Chu Xuan was the first to reject the Talent skills.

Since arriving here, he had been constantly monitoring the passage of time.

Up until now, only a little over four hours had passed, which was still far from the time the Precognitive Dream skill would take effect.

Moreover, even if it could be used now, it would cost a full 50 points; allocating that to other skills would leave him spread too thin.

Rather than pinning his hopes on a different time flow here and gambling on whether Precognitive Dream could be used...

...it was better to directly choose powerful skills to leverage the absolute advantage of his 100 points.

Chu Xuan had to consider more than just this second stage.

There was also the third stage after the night fully invaded!

The overall difficulty of this Mandatory Mission was "8 to ?".

This clearly meant that the upper limit of the difficulty was uncertain.

In Chu Xuan's view, this likely related to the skill permission exchange in the second stage.

Based on the information currently known and the many doubts in his mind, Chu Xuan had immediately determined which skills he wanted to choose.

First was the world-class Assimilation skill; this was an insurance skill for crises, serving as a final safety net against powerful enemies.

The key was that this skill only cost 10 points, making its cost-performance ratio extremely high.

Next were [Fire of Nirvana] and [Forbidden Darkness].

Fire of Nirvana went without saying.

Burning spirituality value to weaken opponents and strengthen himself—especially with its true damage characteristic—it was an invincible killing tool.

This was the key to how he had been able to kill S-rank Specters multiple times.

Any defensive or life-saving skill was mere trash before the Fire of Nirvana.

And Forbidden Darkness was Chu Xuan's trump card for facing S-rank Specters head-on.

It increased resistance to any Gloom invasion or interference by 10,000%.

Even if their Rank or tier was higher than his, they wouldn't affect him, and there was no possibility of fear-induced loss of intelligence.

It was the source of his confidence for facing unknown Specters in the upcoming third stage.

At this point, 70 points had been allocated.

Among them, Fire of Nirvana and Forbidden Darkness accounted for 60 points.

With only 40 points remaining, it wasn't enough to exchange for Precognitive Dream no matter what.

Because of this, Chu Xuan suspected that if he chose to spend 50 points on Precognitive Dream, he might end up in a recursive death loop.

Until his spirituality value was exhausted, and he died completely...

Next, there were 30 points left.

Chu Xuan briefly considered between [Eye of Insight] and [All-Cutting Slash], but still chose the former based on his previous thoughts.

[All-Cutting Slash] was undoubtedly an extremely powerful offensive method, and it would be invincible when paired with Fire of Nirvana.

However, at this moment, Chu Xuan's various basic attributes were already strong enough to essentially crush everyone else present, who were also limited in their skills and items.

All-Cutting Slash would only be the icing on the cake.

While Eye of Insight had no direct killing power, it was the key for Chu Xuan to verify his thoughts and decide the direction of this second stage.

With that, all 100 points were exchanged.

A [Currently Available Skills] prompt box immediately appeared before Chu Xuan's eyes, including all the skills he had just selected.

"Whether it's a rule trap or something else, I must pass this stage!"

In a flash of thought, Chu Xuan noticed that the others seemed to have finished their skill exchanges at roughly the same time.

"First, let me declare: I am a good person, not a Rule-Breaker!"

Xuan Xuan was still the first to speak: "Time has been greatly compressed, and this castle isn't small. My previous suggestion for everyone to move together likely won't work, so I have a new proposal: we should split into groups."

Xuan Xuan looked around at everyone: "There are fifteen of us here, so we can divide into five groups to search for hint boxes. With three people per group, we can monitor each other, which will greatly prevent Rule-Breakers from interfering or assassinating."

"I agree with grouping," Long Shan asked expressionlessly. "But how do you know that the three people in a group won't just happen to all be Rule-Breakers?"

"If it's really that coincidental, then there's nothing we can do. At least in my view, this is the best way to group. If we did groups of four, there would be one person left over who would need to join another group or act alone, which is actually undesirable..."

Xuan Xuan took a deep breath. "I think we can go with this method for now. If time is still insufficient, then we can split into seven groups..."

"Don't make it so complicated; let's just do five groups," Shen Ba said impatiently.

"Fine, I agree," Long Shan followed suit.

"I agree too; there are exactly three of us here," Li Na replied.

"Hehe! I agree too. I'm with Fat Pig, we just need a third person. Who wants to team up with us?" Cai Hou laughed.

"There are six of us here, which can be divided into exactly two groups." Lin Liguo frowned, first looking at Chu Xuan, then at the other Night Watchers standing with him. His mouth twitched, but in the end, he said nothing more.

Wu Wanqiu also stole a glance at Chu Xuan; her expression didn't change, but there was a hint of complexity deep in her eyes.

"I'll be in a group with Pig and Monkey..." Xuan Xuan quickly spoke up, then looked at Shen Ba, Long Shan, and Chu Xuan with a giggle. "That just leaves the three of you."

"Heh, I have no objection," Shen Ba laughed.

Long Shan laughed as well, revealing his white teeth. "I have no objection either."

While everyone was discussing how to group, Chu Xuan took a deep look at the Minotaur.

Eye of Insight was already activated.

spirituality value was draining rapidly, but Chu Xuan didn't hold back at all.

After a short while, until he had consumed 1,150 spirituality value points...

The corners of Chu Xuan's mouth curled up. Just as the grouping finished and everyone's gaze focused on him...

...he met their eyes and laughed softly. "Before that, I want to announce my identity to everyone."