434: Chapter 433 Buying a Life

"Cough, cough..."

The Monkey-headed Man coughed violently, spitting out a liquid mixed with a strange odor.

His voice was similar to Cai Hou's, but much more shrill: "Thank you... please help me get Fat Pig out quickly..."

"No, no!" The Monkey-headed Man shook his head hurriedly and changed his words: "Go kill that cat first..."

Hunched over, the Monkey-headed Man pointed to the fourth row, specifically at the five-star cat-man vessel Chu Xuan had seen not long ago.

He said urgently: "That's Xuan Xuan, a Rule-Breaker!!"

Just as he finished speaking, the Monkey-headed Man was suddenly stunned.

Because the Cat-man inside that vessel was gone!

"Teleportation?" Chu Xuan felt something and suddenly looked up, just in time to see a Cat-man pouncing down from above.

Without a second thought, Chu Xuan's palm was instantly covered in Fire of Nirvana. Moving faster than the opponent, he grabbed the Cat-man's throat and slammed it hard onto the ground.

Crack.

Chu Xuan's fingers and palm were like blades, instantly piercing deep into the opponent's throat. In an instant, it was a bloody mess.

Black Flame spread within, directly incinerating the Cat-man to ashes.

[You have gained 462 points of spirituality value.]

"Died that easily?"

Chu Xuan was slightly surprised. His hasty strike hadn't used full power, and even if the opponent was much weaker than before, she shouldn't have died so easily.

"Wait... no kill notification?"

Just as he realized this, Chu Xuan's mind tensed. He sensed a change in the airflow behind him.

"Watch out..." Cai Hou cried out in alarm.

Without needing the reminder, Chu Xuan had already turned around, only to see someone had quietly appeared behind him at some unknown point.

It was no longer a Cat-man, but the Xuan Xuan he had seen earlier.

A slender, fair hand reached out, its palm emitting a faint glow, nearly touching his body.

Chu Xuan was quick of eye and hand, grabbing her wrist with one hand while forming a fist with the other. Still covered in Fire of Nirvana, he struck fiercely at her forehead.

With one punch, he shattered her head. The true damage from the Fire of Nirvana stacked, instantly burning her to ash.

This time, Chu Xuan activated his Eye of Insight while attacking. He clearly saw her 1400 health points being completely emptied by that single punch.

But there was still no kill notification.

"A Cat-man's nine lives?"

This thought flashed through Chu Xuan's mind, and he immediately recalled the ability labels he had seen outside the Cat-man vessel.

But looking around now, he couldn't find any trace of her.

"Be careful... watch her hands... anyone touched by them will be forcibly displaced..." The Monkey-headed Man warned while coughing: "Fat Pig and I were caught off guard and sent into the vessels for forced Fusion..."

Chu Xuan nodded. He had naturally noticed long ago that the light on the Cat-man's palm was unusual.

It was only because his basic attributes far exceeded hers, plus the extra bonus to his neural reaction speed, that he hadn't been caught in a trap.

Amidst these thoughts, Chu Xuan felt another disturbance in the space beside him.

He suddenly dodged to the other side, seeing a fair hand emitting a faint glow brush past him by a hair's breadth.

Chu Xuan threw a punch, aiming straight for her face.

However, Xuan Xuan's other glowing hand was pressed against her own body. When the punch arrived, she vanished instantly.

When she reappeared, she was already at the Pet Room entrance dozens of meters away.

"What kind of freak are you? Why is your reaction time so fast? And why is all my spirituality value gone..."

Before Xuan Xuan could finish, she saw Chu Xuan leap over several rows of specimen vessels and arrive right in front of her.

Chu Xuan threw another punch wrapped in Black Flame.

The third kill!

"Every time you revive, it must be nearby, right?" Chu Xuan's gaze swept the surroundings.

This time, a full ten seconds passed.

Chu Xuan suddenly felt something and turned his head sharply. Five meters outside the Pet Room, Xuan Xuan's figure appeared out of thin air.

"Stop fighting, I give up!" Xuan Xuan's expression was panicked. As she pleaded for mercy, she tapped the air in front of her, and a translucent barrier immediately appeared.

Bang!

Chu Xuan directly punched her, barrier and all, sending her flying.

Fine cracks instantly appeared on the translucent barrier. Xuan Xuan coughed up blood as she flew backward; the moment she hit the ground, she spat out another mouthful of blood mixed with bits of internal organs.

Dazed and not yet recovered, she was grabbed by the neck by Chu Xuan and lifted up, then killed once more with another punch.

"Within ten seconds, five-meter range..." Chu Xuan's eyes shifted slightly as he waited quietly.

Sure enough, after ten seconds, Chu Xuan immediately noticed the abnormal airflow behind him. Turning around, he saw Xuan Xuan appear again.

"Don't... I'm leaving right now..."

Xuan Xuan was literally scared to tears.

She pressed her glowing palm against her body and teleported over ten meters away, avoiding Chu Xuan's next strike.

When she appeared again, she threw a cloth bag over and shouted: "I surrender! Thirty soul crystals to buy my life!"

Hearing this, Chu Xuan's figure came to a sudden halt.

He didn't pursue her further, but he didn't catch the bag either, letting it fall beside him.

Thud!

The bag hit the ground, its opening loosening to reveal several small stones emitting a colorful glow.

They were indeed soul crystals!

Chu Xuan was silent for a moment before slowly speaking: "The amount here isn't right."

"I'll give you ten first. Don't stop me from leaving, and I'll give you the rest immediately..."

Xuan Xuan was incredibly cautious. Seeing that Chu Xuan wasn't attacking again, she carefully took out a disc.

"Don't come over!"

As Xuan Xuan spoke in a panic, the disc hit the ground and broke apart. In its place, a glow with complex patterns emerged beneath her feet, resembling some kind of formation array.

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow, suddenly feeling that she was quite extraordinary.

This place clearly prohibited the use of items, yet she could leave directly and didn't seem to fear forced obliteration...

"You better not come over! I've lost so much this time. Not only did I get nothing, but I also have to give up so many treasures—soul crystals, a Shuttle Formation Plate, and even a death-exemption token..."

Xuan Xuan was so distressed that tears actually fell.

Chu Xuan picked up the bag from the ground. Finding that the soul crystals inside could be directly stored in his Exclusive Space, he collected them immediately.

Then, Chu Xuan walked slowly toward her: "Give me the rest."

"Wait one more minute, just one minute, it'll be ready soon..." Xuan Xuan said urgently.

Chu Xuan didn't stop: "What is a death-exemption token? Give me one."

"No way, I only have one." Xuan Xuan shook her head repeatedly.

"It's fine, I can choose not to kill you."

"Stop joking. The Rule-Breakers have already failed. Failure means forced obliteration..."

"I've only killed you four times. You should have five lives left, right?"

"Even if I had a hundred lives, I couldn't avoid forced obliteration!" Xuan Xuan said with a face full of resentment. Two more cloth bags suddenly appeared in her hands, and she threw them directly at Chu Xuan.

"Catch them quickly! If you don't, they'll be gone..."

As Xuan Xuan spoke, her body was already becoming translucent, as were the two bags she had thrown.

Chu Xuan's eyes sharpened. He caught the two bags and stored them in his Exclusive Space just before the soul crystals inside could vanish.

At the same time, Xuan Xuan completely disappeared.

Only a voice full of indignation remained: "Don't get cocky, I'll definitely get my revenge on you!"

A minute had not passed; it had only been thirty seconds.

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(Thanks to 'Desperate One-Way' for the Great God Certification, thank you.)