478: Chapter 476 Looting

The blade pierced the throat.

A long, deep wound appeared on Huo Gui's neck, with the Fire of Nirvana burning along the gash.

Huo Gui was sent flying backward.

His figure shattered like smoke and dust.

Behind the shattered smoke, another Huo Gui appeared. His eyes were filled with horror as he stared fixedly at Chu Xuan before flickering and vanishing.

[Your spirituality value +1750]

"A death-substitution item?"

Chu Xuan's heart stirred. His full-strength strike just now had been aimed at decapitating Huo Gui, but before he could succeed, the other man had escaped.

His gaze swept around, and through the faint blood-colored mist, he immediately saw Huo Gui appear several kilometers away at the edge of the barrier set by Yan Guofa. Huo Gui's neck was covered in blood, and his head was nearly severed.

"You actually managed to wound me so deeply?" Huo Gui's eyes locked onto him, but then his expression changed drastically again as he cried out in shock, "My spirituality value..."

Huo Gui was in disbelief.

He clearly hadn't advanced his rank or converted his real attribute, yet he could cause such damage.

That would have been one thing—he had suffered from the Fire of Nirvana before—but he never expected that a single strike would completely empty his spirituality value.

His health points were down to only eight percent.

He hurriedly took out a lump of flesh and stuffed it into his mouth; the flesh on his neck recovered rapidly and began to reconstruct.

"Quack! FastAPI Crack-Sky Thunder Astral Claw!" Accompanied by a strange duck-like cry, two thick, sharp claws lunged toward the top of Huo Gui's head.

Huo Gui's figure turned ethereal, and the claws passed right through him.

The Sky-Shattering Thunder Roc flapped its wings and turned around, quacking with laughter, "Lord Peng is here! Why don't you just behave and die?"

"You beast, you dare to ambush me?" Huo Gui was furious. The moment his ethereal form solidified, he suddenly pulled his hands apart, grasping a longsword surrounded by swirling translucent white air currents. The sharp energy flickering from the tip of the sword was like a small snake.

"Die!"

He pointed the sword, and the ring of a blade echoed.

However, before the Sword Qi could reach its target, crackling lightning surged forward.

"Thunderous Might!"

Blue and white electrical light shot out from between the Sky-Shattering Thunder Roc's wings, instantly enveloping Huo Gui and making his entire body tremble.

As the Sword Qi pierced through, the Sky-Shattering Thunder Roc moved with extreme speed. In the nick of time, it transformed into an arc of electricity to dodge, then curved through the air to appear before Huo Gui, sweeping out with another claw.

Huo Gui flickered and vanished again.

"You scoundrel, where do you think you're going!" The Sky-Shattering Thunder Roc turned its head and saw Huo Gui appear at the edge in another direction, his body still trembling and slightly scorched.

The Sky-Shattering Thunder Roc flapped its wings, turning into an arc of electricity that flickered and shot forward, closing in on Huo Gui.

At the same time, the White Tiger, which had been sent flying by Chu Xuan's strike, let out a roar and charged out from a hole in a residential building's wall, lunging toward Chu Xuan.

The White Tiger's arms had now completely turned into crystal. Not only did they look thicker than before, but they also resembled two giant blades.

Chu Xuan swung his long blade repeatedly.

Amidst continuous explosions, although crystal shards were flying and blood was pouring from the White Tiger—causing its health points to drop steadily—there was no longer any feedback of spirituality value.

Chu Xuan understood immediately.

Those thick crystals were blocking the damage from the Fire of Nirvana.

The reason the White Tiger's health points were still decreasing was that the intense vibrations from every heavy collision exacerbated its injuries.

As its injuries worsened, Chu Xuan discovered that the White Tiger's combat power, instead of weakening, was becoming even more potent in terms of speed and strength.

"Gaga Chicken · Sky-Shattering · Thunder Roc has joined the deathmatch!"

"Current competing sides: Huo Gui and White Tiger VS Chu Xuan and Gaga Chicken · Sky-Shattering · Thunder Roc!"

A grand voice suddenly resounded.

If one listened closely, they would realize the voice bore some resemblance to Yan Guofa's, yet it sounded much more robust.

Chu Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly.

He glanced at his current spirituality value, totaling 16,225 points.

There was no feedback of spirituality value from audience bets.

"Could it be they all bet on the White Tiger?" Chu Xuan frowned, thinking this was unlikely unless everyone outside had lost their minds.

Just then, Yan Guofa's slightly raspy and weak voice sounded. It didn't echo through the area but was transmitted directly into Chu Xuan's mind.

"Chu Xuan, I am currently suffering from the forced erasure of The Gloom's rules and can only barely manage to move. This 'Drawing a Circle to Imprison' technique is incomplete; it's the best I can do."

"This doesn't truly seal Huo Gui's ability to traverse space. If he keeps trying to leave, he will eventually succeed in escaping."

"Even with the support of competition items, it can only last for fifteen minutes at most, not thirty."

"Also, the rule about being erased for passive combat is just a lie I told to keep them from avoiding the fight with you."

"The spirituality value from audience bets won't be given to you either; it's just a simple wager, though it does strengthen the spatial seal."

"Chu Xuan, this is all the help I can give you."

"You have about twelve minutes left."

"Kill the White Tiger and Huo Gui as quickly as possible. If they escape and hide in the shadows, they will become a major threat in the future!"

"Especially the White Tiger; he is the most skilled in slaughter. You must eliminate him!"

As the voice faded, Chu Xuan's eyes gleamed. He looked through the blood mist at Yan Guofa, who was sitting atop a tall building in the distance, and saw the man nodding to him with a slight smile.

"You still dare to be distracted?!"

A thunderous roar erupted as the White Tiger suddenly charged from the side. His giant blade-arms slashed in a cross, his momentum as fierce as a speeding train's impact.

Bang!!!

With a deafening boom, Chu Xuan was sent flying backward. The indestructible flowing shadow he held across his chest to block the blow began to shatter inch by inch.

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed as he spent over a hundred points of spirituality value to repair the indestructible flowing shadow.

At this moment, he had completely seen through all of the opponent's information.

The White Tiger's four basic attributes had all been converted into real attribute. Although they were all only at 16 points, he possessed an extremely Heaven-Defying Talent.

[Strong Plunder: When you deal damage equal to 50% of the opponent's total health points, every time your attack is blocked or dodged, you have a chance to forcibly plunder any item from them, and you can actively choose whether to plunder it. (Can be used 3 times a day; each additional use costs an extra 100 spirituality value.)]

When you kill an opponent, you have a very high probability of obtaining any one of their skills. (Can be used once a day; each additional use costs an extra 1000 spirituality value.)

Note: You can possess up to three Talents at the same time. When you exceed the limit, you must discard one.]

Besides this Strong Plunder Talent, he also possessed several powerful combat Talents and corresponding Exclusive Skills.

[Talent: Bloody Battle. The more severely you are injured, the higher the bonus to your strength, agility, and spirit attributes.]

[Talent: Blood Kill. When you deal damage to an opponent's health points, you gain a corresponding amount of health point recovery. (Can recover up to 3 times your total health points per day; once the limit is exceeded, every 1 point of health recovered costs an extra 1 point of spirituality value.)]

[Exclusive Skill: Battle Without End LV.5

When your health points fall below 20%, you can choose to recover all health points. In this state, the attribute bonuses from "Bloody Battle" remain unchanged; each recovery costs 1000 spirituality value.]

[Exclusive Skill: Strong Body LV.3

Increases total health points by 30%. When health points are below 90%, each instance of damage taken cannot exceed 1% of total health points, and health recovers at a rate of 1% per minute until it reaches 90%.)]