491: Chapter 489 Re-entering Saint Leanna

"Wait!"

As Chu Xuan spoke, a dense mass of Black Flame erupted from his palm, reaching toward the spot where Tang Zheng had vanished, but it passed right through the other's body, grasping at empty air.

Tang Zheng had already disappeared.

Chu Xuan let out a long, heavy breath.

At this moment, he finally understood why Tang Zheng had looked a bit off, and why he had said he couldn't stay with him for long.

That abnormal state was clearly because there was a Specter inside his body.

And ever since he became a Purifier, every Specter he had encountered, as well as those members of the Resurrection Society, had been filled with malice toward him, eager to kill him at the first opportunity.

Tang Zheng was likely the same.

And the way the other had been hesitant to speak was so similar to when he had faced the Phantom Demon back then.

Every word and action of Tang Zheng was likely being constantly observed by the Specter within him; any unusual movement might result in a backlash.

"When we meet next time, I'll take it by surprise and extract the Specter from his body using Nirvana Stripping..."

Chu Xuan secretly made up his mind.

"We're here!"

Gaga Chicken let out a sharp cry and stopped about a hundred meters in front of the black fog.

Chu Xuan took a deep breath and checked his spirituality value; it had accumulated to 690 points, and his health points had reached 1758 points under the effect of "Regeneration."

He put away the [heavenly punishment overlord bow] and the [communication radar]. The black bracelet on his wrist surged with light, instantly transforming into a long blade covered in eerie Black Flame.

At the same time, he began accumulating Slashes within his body.

"Gaa~ I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable; I'll leave the rest to you."

Gaga Chicken shook its feathers.

Chu Xuan felt a slight disturbance in the biological space and, knowing that Gaga Chicken wanted to return, he did not stop it.

As Gaga Chicken disappeared, several monsters roared and rushed over. Chu Xuan met them head-on, slicing through them like chopping vegetables, casually slaying 12 monsters with his blade and gaining another 310 points of spirituality value.

More monsters were surging in from the distance, and Chu Xuan didn't stay to waste any more time.

Seeing that the black fog shrouding the hospital was still spreading, and to avoid complications, Chu Xuan had already condensed 10 Slashes within his body.

While continuing to accumulate more, Chu Xuan stepped directly into it.

The scene changed instantly, as if he had traveled through space.

When his vision stabilized, his surroundings had undergone a complete transformation.

There was no dense black fog, no terrifying Specters.

The lights here were bright, the surroundings were noisy, and Chu Xuan found himself wearing a white coat, standing beside an office desk.

If not for the blade he was still holding in his hand, he would have almost thought he was actually a doctor.

Knock, knock, knock!

A knock sounded, and a young nurse pushed the door open and asked with a smile: "Director Chu, are you still doing rounds tonight?"

Rounds?

Chu Xuan looked down at the blade in his hand.

He suddenly chuckled.

He took a sudden step forward and pointed; the long blade in his hand transformed into a four-meter-long spear, instantly piercing the nurse's head, which was covered by the Fire of Nirvana in the blink of an eye.

[You have killed a Strange Creatures, your spirituality value +55]

[You have triggered an instant-death rule.]

[Your rank exceeds that of the Strange Creatures, you are immune to the instant-death rule.]

Chu Xuan's eyes were sharp, and he unleashed his Mental Energy with full force.

With his current spirit attribute, he would normally be able to reach a range of 500 meters, but here, he could only reach about two hundred meters, covering only this floor.

He still hadn't reached the level of Qin Qing, who could open a god's-eye view and observe everything in minute detail, but he did have a vague intuition.

Especially with the individual life forms, which were almost perfectly clear, all of them were surging toward this office.

Chu Xuan instantly noticed that a security guard in uniform was among them.

A glimmer of dark light flashed in his eyes.

Heart Bewitchment!

Chu Xuan walked out of the office and saw the entire corridor filled with medical staff and patients, at least forty or more people.

They were either wearing clean, neat uniforms with professional smiles on their faces, or wearing loose hospital gowns, no different from people in an ordinary hospital.

But if one looked closely, one could see that their expressions were extremely stiff, like mannequins.

At this moment, under the influence of Heart Bewitchment, these people all had hollow eyes, staring blankly, lost in a daze.

The indestructible flowing shadow transformed into a long blade. Chu Xuan charged forward, sweeping his blade across; in an instant, Black Flame erupted in the corridor, burning everything in the blink of an eye, like a fire dragon sweeping across the entire corridor.

[You have killed a Strange Creatures, your spirituality value +30]

[You have killed a Strange Creatures, your spirituality value +42]

[...]

[You have slain the Hospital Administrator · Security Guard, your spirituality value +3120, you have obtained a rule fragment X1]

As Chu Xuan passed by, the security guard's head fell to the ground. The flashlight the other was holding hadn't even been turned on before it disappeared beneath the Fire of Nirvana.

"Still need two more rule fragments..."

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes.

This harvest had taken less than ten seconds, and his internal spirituality value had already exceeded 5000 points, becoming the foundation for Chu Xuan to accumulate Slashes to his heart's content.

Chu Xuan did not stop. Realizing there were no signs of life on this floor, he tried to break through the floor to go downstairs, but discovered he couldn't smash through the floorboards.

So he went through the fire escape, preparing to head to other floors.

There were no floor indicators inside the fire escape. After a moment of contemplation, Chu Xuan kept his Heart Bewitchment skill active and headed upstairs.

Unlike his first encounter in this hospital.

This time, there were no anomalies or Specters in the stairwell, and Chu Xuan successfully reached the floor above.

There was no one here, but under the coverage of Chu Xuan's Mental Energy, he immediately discovered an anomaly.

His Mental Energy could not probe into an office in the middle.

"Hehe..."

"Hehe..."

Suddenly, a chuckle seemed to ring out, echoing endlessly.

Crack, crack!

The lights on the ceiling flickered, dimming and brightening, and threads of crimson blood seeped from the surrounding walls, while miserable screams of a woman rang out incessantly.

"Director Biliang, don't..."

"Don't worry, I'm just training you according to the instructions of Dean Meicheng; you don't want to lose your job, do you?"

"But I'm just on the night shift..."

"If you don't listen, you'll have to pay a penalty for breach of contract!"

...

"For the honor of St. Lianna Hospital, we should sacrifice a little and serve every patient here well..."

"Midnight has arrived, you should all go do your rounds; make sure every patient fully enjoys your service."

"Understood!"

...

Bits of whispering, noise, exclamations, and screams alternated, ringing out and echoing throughout the entire corridor.

When Chu Xuan arrived in front of the office.

Suddenly, a cold voice rang out.

"Director Chu, shouldn't you be on duty on the obstetrics floor? This isn't the place for you to be serving; please go downstairs immediately!"

A faint feeling of heart palpitations lingered in his mind, and Chu Xuan's steps couldn't help but pause as he stood before the office door.

The cold voice rang out again: "Director Chu, you..."

The feeling of heart palpitations intensified instantly. Chu Xuan's gaze sharpened, and he raised his hand, pointing abruptly: "Slash!"

The 40 Slashes that had already been accumulated were fired off in a simultaneous roar.

The door shattered.

A deafening roar echoed from within.