445: Chapter 444 The Dead Reappear

"Just this?"

Seeing the Giant Egg get kicked away so easily like a stray dog on the side of the road, everyone couldn't help but freeze for a moment.

Was the Minotaur just too strong, or was the Giant Egg just for show?

The moment the thought flashed by, they noticed something—the Giant Egg was more than half embedded into the wall, with gravel tumbling down.

Everyone couldn't help but feel secretly alarmed.

This kick was able to damage the castle wall; such terrifying power was definitely not something an ordinary Level 10 Transcendent could cause.

"The situation with this Minotaur isn't right. Fat Pig, you go test it..." Cai Hou scratched his head and said.

"Alright!"

Fat Pig patted his belly and was just about to step forward when he was stopped by Chu Xuan raising his hand.

"No need."

Hearing this, everyone was confused, but then they immediately sensed something abnormal.

The Minotaur still maintained the kicking posture, motionless, appearing extremely eerie.

But just in the next second.

Sizzle—

Scattered arcs of electricity emerged from the Minotaur's body, followed by electric light shooting out as it exploded with a boom.

Eerily, the exploding Minotaur didn't have a shred of flesh or blood, but instead turned into a black shadow and gradually dissipated.

"Boss Chu, did you see anything?" Cai Hou asked, surprised, even changing how he addressed Chu Xuan.

"This is just a Clone. Its basic attributes are about eighty percent of the original, but its health points are only 100. When it kicked the Giant Egg just now, its health points were already bottomed out."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

Just a moment ago, suspecting that the Minotaur had clearly been killed by him but had appeared again, he immediately used the Eye of Insight to observe.

He discovered that the opponent was merely an Eerie Clone.

However, what surprised Chu Xuan was that this Clone actually possessed the Exclusive Skill [Wild Barbarian] that should have been unique to the real Minotaur.

"So, the lives that died here became Clones..." Chu Xuan's eyes flashed as he walked over and discovered a patch of pitch-black darkness on the ground that shouldn't have been there.

"This must be related to that Specter!" Lin Liguo said in a deep voice: "Among the Specters chasing us, one of them possesses a special cloning ability, capable of disguising its appearance. It previously turned into you and Wu Wanqiu to ambush us."

"A normal Clone wouldn't be able to master the skills of the person it transformed into..." Chu Xuan said quietly.

"This is the ability of another Specter."

Lin Liguo added: "There are a total of three A-Rank Specters chasing us. One can Clone and transform, and one can mimic the abilities of the Transcendent it killed."

"What about the last one?" Chu Xuan asked.

"I don't know." Lin Liguo shook his head: "The ability of the third Specter hasn't been investigated yet..."

"It's highly likely that all three Specters have mixed in and become the obstacles for our third level!"

Lin Liguo's expression was grave, and the others were also uncertain and suspicious.

But when they noticed that Chu Xuan remained calm, the hearts they had raised settled down a little.

However, deep down, there was still uncontrollable anxiety and fear.

Clatter!

The Giant Egg rolled out from the sunken wall, wobbling, and let out a mournful sound: "Ouch, it hurts. I can't take it anymore. My Master, please give me some more life essence..."

"Brother Peng, you're pretty weak too!" Cai Hou circled the Giant Egg and patted it, but was immediately shocked by the electric arcs that shot out, causing him to grimace.

"I was just careless just now; I didn't dodge. Besides, I'm still just an unhatched egg, still very fragile." The Giant Egg stopped bouncing and rolled in front of Chu Xuan.

"Master, please reward me with a bit more life essence. I think I've been a bit hurt..."

The Giant Egg wobbled twice and added: "It wasn't caused by the Minotaur's kick, but rather, I seem to have hurt myself."

"Hurt by yourself?" Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly, then took out the high-grade life essence and poured it onto the Giant Egg.

"Yes, that Minotaur seems to be able to reflect damage..."

The rich life essence was absorbed through the cracks, and the scattered electric arcs on the Giant Egg gradually calmed down.

[Your follower is receiving the infusion of high-grade life essence. In this level, your follower is limited to using one type of Transcendent item. Do you choose high-grade life essence?

If you choose "Yes", the high-grade life essence will take effect immediately.

If you choose "No", you may choose another Transcendent item.]

The System prompt appeared in his mind. Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow slightly and immediately chose "Yes".

"Mmm... Yes, this is the taste..." The Giant Egg immediately made a sound of pleasure and enjoyment.

Chu Xuan poured about twenty catties until the Giant Egg's voice became intoxicated, wobbling: "I can't take it anymore, I want to sleep a little longer..."

As the voice faded, Chu Xuan had an inexplicable feeling that the Giant Egg wanted to return to the biological space.

He vaguely had an intuition that as long as he formed the intention to oppose it, he could prevent it from returning.

However, before Chu Xuan could even try, the Giant Egg had already disappeared and returned to his biological space.

Without the light source from the Giant Egg's electric arcs, the scene became pitch black again, and those Night Watchers who hadn't reached Level 10 lost their vision again.

Snap!

A desk lamp appeared in Wu Wanqiu's hand, emitting a faint light, but it was only clear for about half a meter.

Beyond that, although they could roughly see seven or eight meters, it was extremely blurry, as if their eyes were covered with a black cloth.

"I have to choose to use this item." Wu Wanqiu let out a long breath: "Fortunately, it has some effect."

Chu Xuan glanced at it.

This is fine too.

Otherwise, if these people completely lost their vision, it would undoubtedly exacerbate the negative emotions of fear and panic brought by the night.

"Stay close, we're going downstairs." Chu Xuan said, leading the way down the stairs. Everyone pulled themselves together and followed cautiously.

When they arrived at the fifth floor, there were no surprises.

However, just as they were following the spiral staircase, preparing to continue walking downwards.

From the depths of the fifth-floor corridor, a strange laugh suddenly rang out: "I said I wanted to kill a few Night Watchers to vent my anger..."

Everyone turned to look at the sound and saw a tall man in a suit gradually walking out of the darkness.

He had one hand in his pocket, the other smoothing back his hair, tilted his head towards Chu Xuan, and grinned: "The three of you can leave, but the Night Watchers must stay."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes.

The appearance of the person who came was none other than the dead Dragon Mountain.

Unlike the others, his vision was not affected. When he looked towards the sound, he clearly saw that the opponent had gradually condensed from the surrounding deepening darkness.

Chu Xuan immediately used the Eye of Insight.

Sure enough, it was another Eerie Clone.

And similar to the Minotaur, its basic attributes were only eighty percent of the original, and it only had 100 health points.

There was also an Exclusive Skill called [Touch Kill].

But the skill that could reflect damage was not detected.

"Boss Chu, Little Egg didn't explain clearly how it reflects damage. You can't get hurt; you must maintain your Peak state at all times. Let us test it first, and you can help us by holding the line."

Cai Hou walked over, rubbing his hands continuously, and said with a smile: "Fat Pig and I haven't chosen the skills or items to use yet, so if we get hurt later..."

Chu Xuan immediately understood what he meant and immediately raised the high-grade life essence in his hand: "Regardless of whether you get hurt or not, I'll give you each three catties to start with."

"Oh, how could I be so embarrassed." Cai Hou beamed with joy.