518: Chapter 516 Giving You a Chance

"Hasn't this place already fallen into a repeating Reincarnation? Why would so many nurses suddenly come up?"

"These nurses are only supposed to guard their assigned floors. Unless it's an Administrator, they shouldn't come up even if we made a huge scene..."

"Look at the one leading them; that must be a hospital Administrator too. He must be the one behind this!"

"We're finished, we're cornered here..."

The faces of those few people changed drastically. They glanced at the tall black-clad nurse being squeezed against the wall by the barrier, then looked at Chu Xuan leading the crowd of white-clad nurses. A chilling sense of impending doom welled up in their hearts.

At the same time, halos rose beneath the feet of two of them, their bodies enveloped in blooming light. The two looked overjoyed.

"I've secured a slot to leave..."

Their figures began to fade. Seeing that they were about to depart, the other two looked on with ruthless eyes, reaching out to grab them in an attempt to stop them, but their hands passed through thin air.

The Cat-man had originally intended to leave as well, but upon seeing Chu Xuan, her eyes immediately lit up. She instantly changed her mind, a cryptic smile appearing at the corners of her mouth.

"So it's you. This is perfect. You scammed me out of so many treasures; I was really afraid I'd never see you again. Now, I'll settle both the old and new scores together."

Xuan Xuan raised both hands, and a massive transparent barrier surged up in front of Chu Xuan, occupying the entire corridor.

Following that, she gave a low shout. Red patterns emerged on her half-human, half-cat face, spreading from the corners of her eyes across her features.

"I know you're strong, but now that I've achieved perfect human-cat Fusion, successfully ranked up, and have burst-type skills, I'm asking you: are you scared?"

Red electric sparks flickered around Xuan Xuan's body as her Aura surged, as if she were about to wash away her previous humiliation. She laughed and said, "Since you spared me last time, I'll give you a chance now too. Compensation of one hundred soul crystals or ten thousand points of spirituality value—choose one. If I'm in a good mood, I might just spare your life."

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly.

In his eyes, Xuan Xuan had already reached Level 11. All her attributes had advanced from the initial 125 points of ordinary attributes to 15 points of real attribute; it was truly a meteoric rise.

Especially now, as the red electrical arcs jumped around her, her Aura climbed steadily, and her attributes skyrocketed, reaching over 18 points in the blink of an eye.

Among them, her agility and spirit attribute were soaring even faster, already breaking through to 20 points.

Seeing this, the two whose bodies were fading inside the glowing halos didn't care, but the remaining two were furious, jumping in anger and cursing: "Xuan Xuan, you were actually hiding your strength? Why didn't you go all out earlier?!"

"Since when do I need you to tell me—" Before Xuan Xuan could finish her sentence, her eyes suddenly widened.

She saw Chu Xuan step forward and press his hand against the barrier. With a sudden jolt—one that didn't seem to use much force—the entire barrier instantly emitted cracking sounds, covered in a web of fractures like glass.

"Such powerful strength? Wait... no!"

Xuan Xuan rubbed her eyes vigorously, staring intently at Chu Xuan. As a pink light flared in her almond-shaped eyes, her steadily climbing Aura instantly withered away.

"How did you suddenly become so much stronger?" Xuan Xuan staggered back, her legs going weak as she nearly fell to the floor. She cried out in shock, "Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! You must be using some special item or skill to deceive me!"

"I'll give you a chance too. How do you plan to buy your life?" Chu Xuan stepped forward slowly, followed by the numerous nurses, his voice carrying a strange power.

Xuan Xuan dazed for a moment, but then the golden hairpin on her head flickered with light, and her consciousness immediately recovered. She used a blink to pull away and casually threw out another barrier to suppress the black-clad nurse who had just escaped.

A halo also appeared beneath her feet, and her figure began to turn illusory.

At that same moment, however, a broken white porcelain bowl appeared in Chu Xuan's hand. He said calmly, "I want your hairpin!"

The quiet words caused Xuan Xuan's expression to change wildly. She hurriedly ripped the hairpin from her head and tossed it over: "Take it, take it!"

[You have obtained the "Gold Thread Hairpin." By wearing this item on your head, when your mental consciousness is interfered with, you can gain a degree of immunity if the source's spirit attribute does not exceed 200% of your Mental Energy limit.]

[Note 1: When this item is active, your Mental Energy will be consumed accordingly until you die of mental exhaustion.]

[Note 2: This item is not restricted by gender.]

[Note 3: Wearing this item requires a sufficient amount of hair.]

Chu Xuan took the hairpin. He didn't immediately put it into his Exclusive Space, nor did he pay any mind to the small amount of health points deducted for the over-limit use of the debt-collecting bowl. Instead, he continued to speak.

"I also want..."

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered slightly as he considered how much spirituality value or soul crystals would be appropriate to ask for.

If he asked for too much and the other party didn't have it, the debt collection would fail. If he asked for too little, the forced deduction of 10% of his health points would be a bad deal.

"Why haven't we left yet?"

Terrified shouts rang out. The two who were the first to prepare to leave were still in the same spot. Not only that, but the glowing halos beneath their feet were gradually dimming, and their illusory figures were beginning to solidify again.

Crackle!

Crackle!

A burst of electricity flickered, and the already dim, mottled light vanished instantly. Following that, a fragrance that made one's heart feel restless swept through the area.

"Patients may be distinguished guests, but they must also follow the rules. If you cannot satisfy me next, you will have to accept the most agonizing punishment..."

As the silver-bell-like laughter echoed, the glowing halos beneath the feet of the three, including Xuan Xuan, flickered unsteadily. Their illusory figures became more and more solid, looking as if they would be forced out in the next second.

"In my presence, you are not qualified to escape..."

A teasing laugh sounded as a woman, standing over three meters tall, appeared in the area as the lights went out.

She was tall and statuesque with perfect curves. Ink-black hair fell to her waist, and beneath a smooth forehead was a charming and peerlessly beautiful face.

She was draped in purple gossamer, with one fragrant shoulder half-exposed, yet every movement she made carried a sense of cold, noble arrogance.

"Are you... willing to satisfy me?"

She walked forward with a lazy gait and gave a light chuckle. With just a hook of her finger, the two closest men looked as if their souls had been snatched, their bodies trembling violently as they moved toward her.

The two opened their arms as if to embrace the woman in purple, but before they could get any closer, their legs reached the limit of their trembling, and the skin over their entire bodies shriveled up in an instant.

It was as if all the moisture had been sucked out of them.

In just two or three seconds, these two turned into mummies and collapsed at the purple-clad woman's feet.

Even in death, they were still stretching out their arms, wanting to touch that woman in purple, as if a single touch would have made their deaths worthwhile.

At the same time, the glowing halos beneath the feet of the other two men and Xuan Xuan completely dissipated, and their illusory figures were forced back into reality.

The three of them showed expressions of horror simultaneously.

"Outsiders... which of you is the person in the prompt?" The woman in purple walked over slowly and hooked her finger again. All three of them looked as if they had fallen into a dreamlike daze, their expressions vacant.

On the other side, Chu Xuan's expression shifted slightly.

At this moment, he had 100 Slashes stored within his body, which had cost him a full 4,000 points of spirituality value. However, he had no certainty in his heart about being able to kill this woman in purple.

This woman had the same appearance and attire, but the feeling she gave Chu Xuan was vastly different from the person he had encountered before the Dream Return.

"Perhaps the one I met before the Dream Return was just a Clone... and this is the true body? Because this mission involves a gamble between two worlds, she's taking it seriously..."

Chu Xuan's thoughts whirled as he narrowed his eyes slightly.

In his perception right now, this woman actually gave him a feeling similar to when he encountered the Specter Dragon Turtle in the Tianxing Mountains.

The difference was that the Dragon Turtle's Aura was violently externalized, like a collapsing mountain, overwhelming everything.

This woman in purple, however, was eerily restrained, giving off a bone-chilling sensation.

Noticing that she hadn't spared him a single glance from beginning to end, Chu Xuan immediately understood that his decision to refrain from personally killing Specters was extremely wise.

His identity as the Director of Obstetrics and Gynecology was still valid. Chu Xuan didn't blindly use any investigative skills; instead, he retreated without hesitation.

The sudden appearance of the woman in purple here was not necessarily a bad thing for Chu Xuan.

Now was the perfect opportunity to complete the mission while her attention was occupied!

Leading the group of nurses, Chu Xuan entered the stairwell.

Straight up to the twenty-eighth floor!