432: Chapter 431 Who's being so clever?

As soon as Chu Xuan finished speaking, a strong red light suddenly erupted from the Minotaur's entire body, and a massive, imposing black shadow rose from within the red light.

Not only that, but the Minotaur's body surged in size, growing to over three meters tall.

The terrifying Aura he emitted made the entire hall tremble.

"You all..." Seeing this, Shen Ba's expression changed drastically. His eyes suddenly turned scarlet, he exhaled a greyish-white Qi, and his originally pale, sinister face instantly turned ashen.

In an instant, his entire Aura changed sharply, filled with violent and sinister Qi, as if he had become a different person.

Just as Shen Ba was preparing to engage the Minotaur, the red-glowing Minotaur did not attack immediately but instead let out a muffled roar.

Three seconds later, the Minotaur suddenly turned his head and punched toward Chu Xuan, who was not far away.

This punch was fast and sudden, and its force was so great that it caused the air to emit a muffled, trembling sound.

[Intimidation] Black shadow boosts Aura.

[Wild Barbarian] Strengthens physique and power.

[Blood Escape] Red light for escaping at any time.

In that split second, Chu Xuan had already seen through the Minotaur's intentions.

"This Minotaur is overly cautious! Every time before he attacks, he's already prepared to flee... The three-second charge time for Blood Escape has already passed. If I show too much strength, this Minotaur will probably run away immediately..."

With a thought, Chu Xuan immediately feigned panic, gritted his teeth, and put on a show of hastily parrying, quickly raising his arms to protect his front.

Boom!!

With a violent tremor, Chu Xuan was sent flying backward by the impact.

Along the way, furniture instantly shattered, he was deeply embedded into the wall, and then buried by falling debris.

"Little thing, you dare to keep testing me? Do you really think I'm your fellow Rule-Breaker? Now, I no longer care about a spectacular show; I will use your life to punish you for your disrespect."

The Minotaur slowly retracted his fist. As he spoke in a muffled voice, the massive black shadow outside his body swayed violently, as if a demon god had descended.

The red light on his body became increasingly intense, as if it were about to explode at any moment.

Suddenly, the Minotaur glanced back at Shen Ba near the stairs and said coldly: "Are you not leaving yet? Do you want to stay and wait for death?"

A flash of clarity crossed Shen Ba's ferocious eyes, his face showing intense apprehension. He immediately turned around and disappeared from the spot, turning into a blur.

Seeing that Shen Ba had been scared off by him, the Minotaur sneered coldly, turned back, and looked at the hole in the wall buried by debris, unable to help but laugh mockingly:

"I thought you were strong, but it turns out you were just pretending. I only used a little bit of my technique, and you couldn't even parry it. You really disappoint me."

The Minotaur walked forward a few steps, arriving in front of the wall hole. The terrifying black shadow that shook the space was still there, and the red light emitted from his body had solidified, almost as if it were about to drip blood.

"Come out. I know you aren't dead yet. As the Administrator here, I'll give you one chance to attack me."

Clatter!

A piece of rubble rolled down.

There was no response from within.

"Still not getting up? I'm giving you one chance to show your strength, otherwise, my next attack will leave you without a complete corpse."

Then, the Minotaur said a few more mocking trash-talk phrases, but there was still no movement from within.

"No Aura... Is he dead?" The Minotaur's eyes flickered slightly, and he sneered again: "As expected, a fool who thinks they are clever. I was even preparing for a serious fight, but this is it? It's simply a waste of my Qi and blood."

After saying this, the Minotaur's face was slightly flushed. He immediately took a deep breath, and the red light around his body slowly receded, re-entering his body through his mouth and nose.

He was about to turn and leave.

Just then, a calm voice rang out from within the rubble.

"Who is really being clever?"

As soon as the voice finished, the rubble burying the wall hole suddenly exploded. Amidst the flying debris, a figure shot out from within.

The bandages wrapped around his arms had been torn, and now they were wreathed in Black Flames.

"What!?!"

The Minotaur's pupils suddenly contracted, but before he could even react, his head was heavily struck by the incoming fist.

The massive black shadow outside his body, which looked terrifying and heart-stopping, was nothing more than a useless decoration.

With a loud boom, the Minotaur's head sank, half of it was smashed to pieces, and his body was sent flying backward like a cannonball.

The next instant, a much larger hole appeared in the opposite wall, and the falling rubble once again buried the Minotaur.

[Your spirituality value + 532]

With just one punch, Chu Xuan had wiped out all of the Minotaur's spirituality value, causing his Talent skill [Intimidation] to be interrupted, and the black shadow vanished along with it.

What surprised Chu Xuan, however, was that the opponent was not instantly killed by his punch.

This was his full-strength punch.

Chu Xuan took a deep breath.

According to the [Wild Barbarian] skill effect he had detected, the more severe the injury, the stronger the power, which could spike up to 150%.

But that was all.

In Chu Xuan's view, the Minotaur was not strong.

Even after taking a heavy punch from the opponent earlier, he was still under no pressure, and his health points remained at full status.

However, killing the opponent was not simple.

The difficulty lay in the restrictions of the rules.

He could only wait for the Minotaur to attack first, but the opponent would always charge up Blood Escape whenever he was about to act, ready to flee at any time.

Chu Xuan had no choice but to feign weakness first.

Now that the conditions were met, Chu Xuan no longer held back. He launched a swift attack; after the first punch, he immediately followed up to finish it off!

"Ah!!"

The Minotaur shook off the rubble and shot out from within. His broken head not only failed to weaken his combat power but instead made his body appear even larger.

"You're dead!!" The Minotaur roared, his body once again emitting an intense red light.

"Still trying to bluff me?" Chu Xuan had long since seen through the opponent's strength and trump cards; this act of bluffing was truly laughable.

Boom!

Another punch shot straight forward.

Seeing that Chu Xuan was not bluffed, the Minotaur's expression changed drastically, and he was blasted back by this punch once again.

"Still want to pretend? You no longer have a chance to escape..."

The moment the calm voice rang out, Chu Xuan's fists were covered in Fire of Nirvana, and he bombarded the Minotaur in the wall hole relentlessly.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

The fist shadows turned into a dense rain, landing on the Minotaur's head.

The Minotaur had no power to parry, nor did he have the chance to complete the three-second charge for [Blood Escape].

In just over a second, the fist shadows Chu Xuan unleashed had smashed the massive bull head to pieces.

Completely killed!

Immediately after, Black Flame suddenly swept over the opponent's entire body, burning it clean in the blink of an eye.

[You have killed Rule-Breaker · Minotaur]

Finally receiving the System's kill notification, Chu Xuan shook his hands, and the Fire of Nirvana dissipated.

"It's just a pity that killing this mutant is exactly the same as killing a normal human; I can't get any spirituality value reward..."

Chu Xuan shook his head.

However, this trip wasn't a loss. Every time he punched, he carried the Fire of Nirvana, which had already burned over all 532 points of the opponent's unused spirituality value.

But before Chu Xuan could catch his breath, at that moment, a roaring sound mixed with shock and anger suddenly came from the floor above.

"Xuan Xuan! You dare to set me up?!"

Immediately following that was Cai Hou's angry cursing, as well as the roar of the Fat Pig.

"Not good..."

Chu Xuan frowned.

When the Rule-Breaker permission information appeared just now, he had already guessed that Xuan Xuan might be problematic, and now, sure enough, something had happened.

Chu Xuan immediately ran upstairs, following the sounds.

He still remembered that the task for Cai Hou, the Fat Pig, and Xuan Xuan was to head to the fifth-floor pet room to wipe the specimen containers.

Racing along the way, Chu Xuan stepped on the rotten wooden stairs and soon arrived at the fifth floor.

"This is..."

Chu Xuan's expression was slightly startled.

At this moment, between the fifth and sixth floors, there was actually a snow-white barrier blocking the way, completely sealing off the entire path.

From above, there was still the sound of roaring heavy impacts, as if someone was trying to forcibly destroy this barrier.

Chu Xuan had no time to examine it carefully here. His gaze shifted sharply, and then he followed the direction marked on the floor plan, heading straight toward the pet room with rapid strides.