501: Chapter 499 I Will Not Die

A violent roar resounded in the sky.

For this arrow, Chu Xuan had consumed over 2,400 spirituality value, condensing a full 60 Slashes into this single arrow just to wait for this moment.

Xuanwu's head, which had just emerged from the crack, was instantly blown apart by this arrow.

At the same time, Chu Xuan had already activated the Eye of Insight and saw that Xuanwu's health points were locked at 1% and were beginning to recover at that very moment.

Chu Xuan instantly discovered that the opponent possessed many Talent skills.

One of them was a Talent similar to health-locking; when suffering a heavy blow, it could lock health points at 1%, meaning as long as the will remained, the body would not die.

Another was the Flesh Rebirth Talent.

Besides these, there were several other skills, most of which were related to health-locking, HP recovery, and increasing the HP limit, including a few skills that counterattacked the source of the damage.

This wasn't just a meat shield; it was a spiked hedgehog with thorns armor.

[You have dealt 5,238 points of damage to Xuanwu.

Rank Check: Your current Rank is 12, Xuanwu's Rank is 11, check failed!

stamina Check: Your current stamina is 30 (real attribute), Xuanwu's stamina is 24 (real attribute), check failed!

HP Limit Check: Your HP limit is 6,200, Xuanwu's HP limit is 5,238, check failed!

All of Xuanwu's Damage Reflection checks against you have failed!]

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed as he soared into the air, a circular airwave exploding beneath his feet; in the blink of an eye, he had reached the high skies to the southeast.

The indestructible flowing shadow transformed into a long saber and swung out suddenly.

The long saber fell into the crack, where the headless body was rapidly growing a new head, and its health points had already recovered to 5%.

But as this blade fell...

The Fire of Nirvana instantly swept inside.

[You have triggered "Death-Dealing Blade"!]

No matter how you lock your health or how you undergo Flesh Rebirth, it's an instant kill in one strike.

"Purifier... I feel the God's certain-kill guidance..."

A long, deep voice echoed from the crack as a withered, rotting claw reached out from The Gloom.

Chu Xuan's heart suddenly constricted, feeling as if it were being squeezed.

However, the moment that claw extended out of the crack, it seemed to suffer an invisible disintegration, crumbling inch by inch from the fingertips toward the palm until it vanished into nothingness.

"It is not yet time..."

The remaining half of the claw retracted, still disintegrating, until Chu Xuan faintly heard a shrill scream.

"Was it obliterated by the rules?"

Chu Xuan's heart stirred as he recalled the previous hint from [Future Tang Zheng].

Influenced by the rules, Specters descending into the world must have a vessel and are also bound; they must meet certain conditions to transform into monster forms and kill.

At the current stage, the strongest are S-rank Specters.

As the degree of Gloom Invasion deepens, more terrifying Specters will be able to descend in the future, and low-Rank Specters will no longer need a vessel; they will be able to descend in their true forms.

Currently, in various regions, there are already cases of C-rank Ghost true forms descending directly, killing without needing to trigger any conditions.

And the Specter inside this crack was clearly still unable to invade directly.

Amidst these thoughts, Chu Xuan had already landed.

At the same time, the System's reward notifications continued to appear.

[You have slain World Traitor · Xuanwu!]

[This creature had 3,925 spirituality value remaining, which has been fully absorbed by you after being burned by the Fire of Nirvana. There were 20,500 points of spiritual essence remaining in the body's flesh, providing you with 8,200 points in feedback;

In total, you have gained 12,125 spirituality value.]

[You have obtained rule fragment x3]

[It has been detected that you have slain World Traitors consecutively; you have received the following rewards:]

1: Permanent HP limit +300

2: Permanent spirituality value limit +600]

Chu Xuan's eyes shone brightly.

This wave was a massive profit.

It was still most cost-effective to slay these World Traitors and high-Rank Specters; not only could he gain high yields of spirituality value, but he could also receive rewards of rule fragments.

Occasionally, there were even rewards for HP and spirituality value limits.

It wasn't over yet!

Another System notification appeared.

[You have triggered the Talent "Strong Plunder." Do you choose to consume 2,000 spirituality value to obtain the Exclusive Skill "I Will Not Die"?]

["I Will Not Die" LV.1: When you take fatal damage, you will lose a certain amount of spirituality value and retain 1 health point, entering a Near-death state.

Cooldown: 24 hours

Note: In your current state, triggering "I Will Not Die" requires 1,200 spirituality value. When spirituality value is insufficient, this skill cannot be triggered.]

Chu Xuan was overjoyed.

This was clearly a passive skill; as long as he had enough spirituality value, he could avoid death once, equivalent to a death-substitution item, and it had no Rank restrictions.

This was exactly what Chu Xuan lacked right now.

If the [Unyielding] skill could reach max level, then even if he only had 1 health point left, he could still maintain Peak combat strength.

It was practically having an extra life.

[Your number of exchangeable real attribute points +1]

Another System notification popped up, and without any hesitation, Chu Xuan directly chose to exchange.