522: Chapter 520 I Saw a Secret, True or False

Chu Xuan's original intention in asking this was not about the question itself, but rather to clarify with Yang Yu whether he, being able to leave a Split Soul within his body, could detect the presence of another foreign consciousness inside him.

Yang Yu did not answer immediately but instead looked toward the place where Demon Concubine had disappeared.

After a few seconds, he gave a soft sigh. "She really did escape. I thought she would have left a backup plan and returned once she realized my true body couldn't come. Unfortunately... I overestimated her."

Yang Yu shook his head helplessly. "This place is too special; it's the source of the death rules after the Gloom Invasion. My true body cannot enter directly. I can only teleport here by leaving a beacon on you and waiting for the rules here to be lifted. If I could have personally killed that Divine Messenger, my situation in the central region of The Gloom would be much better..."

Chu Xuan nodded thoughtfully and then asked, "The Final Messenger... is he the messenger of the Final Phantom God?"

"I cannot explain it to you in detail, or else we might be sensed by that evil god. Neither you nor I could bear the consequences." Yang Yu chuckled. "After all, that sword strike of mine has already been reserved for the Lord of Madness."

Chu Xuan lowered his gaze. After a moment, he looked up at Yang Yu and asked, "Do you know the origin of the Purifiers?"

Yang Yu looked deeply at Chu Xuan, a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes. After a few seconds, he suddenly spoke:

"So that's how it is. Has something gone wrong with your body? No wonder when my true body made contact with you before, I sensed that another consciousness seemed to exist within you..."

Chu Xuan's heart jumped, and he was about to continue questioning.

Yang Yu waved his hand. "Now is not the time to chat about this. Demon Concubine just used some means to revive these Specters, and those vengeful spirits who were about to be liberated have been sealed again. If we don't resolve this quickly, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to complete your task."

As he spoke, the frozen White-clothed Nurses—most of whom had previously been illusory—were suddenly surrounded by a large amount of black mist.

Within the black mist, several roars rang out.

In an instant, the nurses' faces once again showed expressions of agony.

Some had veins bulging and blood-red light in their eyes; some had their heads split open, revealing sharp fangs and foul-smelling slime; others grew tough claws and hideous organs.

In the blink of an eye, all those nurses transformed into terrifying monsters, letting out savage roars at Chu Xuan.

Simultaneously, heavy footsteps echoed in the hallway. A swarm of monsters surged up like a tide. From their remaining clothes, it could be identified that these were all Patients of the Inpatient Building.

[Helpless vengeful spirits, revived by the Strange Creatures, are trapped within. Their spiritual bodies will be completely devoured in 10-15 minutes.]

[Total number of vengeful spirits: 62. Liberate at least 40 to complete the task.]

[Hint: If you capture them alive and bring them out of this pocket of The Gloom to be erased by the rules, causing the vengeful spirits to dissipate into the world, you will receive an additional 50 spirituality value points for each one liberated.]

[If you choose to liberate them by direct extermination, you will receive an additional 20 spirituality value points for every one killed.]

"Capture them alive? There's enough time. I can barely manage to use mental suppression and continue Enslavement. I might be able to complete the task using the first method, but... just to be safe, let's not make it so complicated."

Chu Xuan's eyes flashed as he suddenly clenched his right hand into a fist.

Thunderous Might!

Chu Xuan had already understood how to use this Divine Ability, which he had only just initiated after being struck by lightning. Each use required consuming 100 to 1,000 spirituality value points.

It could cause instantaneous lightning damage and a continuous paralysis effect.

The range was related to his spirit's coverage.

The more concentrated the range, the stronger the power.

Chu Xuan didn't hold back at all, directly maxing it out with 1,000 spirituality value points.

In an instant, as Chu Xuan clenched his right fist, lightning flashed in his palm. Countless bolts of electricity leapt outward from him, filling the entire corridor in a flash.

The passage, which had gone dark due to Demon Concubine's arrival, was once again as bright as day.

Amidst the radiating rumbles, those furious and hideous nurses-turned-monsters were enveloped by the lightning before they could even pounce.

In a single moment, all these nurses transformed into monsters exploded within the lightning, leaving not even ashes behind. They were completely obliterated.

Several monsters surging up from the hallway were also killed by the lightning.

[Your spirituality value +3,355]

[You have killed 62 vengeful spirits with lightning. They were liberated because of you. You have received an additional 1,240 spirituality value points.]

[Current spirituality value: 33,965]

Nearly a hundred Specters were exterminated in a single move.

While this was partly due to the enemies' low Rank, it also showed that the area-of-effect of Thunderous Might was indeed impressive, covering 360 degrees without any blind spots.

Even though it was only at the entry level and its power was not yet equal to what Gaga Chicken could produce, it could still be called a god-tier skill for clearing out minions.

[Task "The Final Death Rule" completed. All death rules held by the Specters currently in this world have been erased.]

[Basic Reward: 1,000 Contribution Points have been issued.]

[Rating rewards will be issued immediately after The Gloom in this area dissipates...]

"Gaga! You small-fry dare to act wild? Watch your Lord Peng display his Divine Might!"

The Sky-Shattering Thunder Roc shot out from the biological space and charged down at the monsters in the hallway. Before disappearing, he left a sentence for Chu Xuan: "Big brother, I'll lead the way and clear the obstacles for you!"

Chu Xuan let him go and didn't rush to kill the Specters.

Because at this moment, Yang Yu's figure had faded significantly. He hadn't been harmed by the lightning just now; Chu Xuan had deliberately avoided this Split Soul of his.

He still had some questions he wanted answered.

"The Purifier is the only sequence left behind after the Gloom Invasion caused many Transcendent Paths to go extinct. Although this path is incomplete, it is all that remains of our world. When someone steps onto this path, they will surely attract the world's attention."

Yang Yu's eyes shone with a deep light as he spoke slowly, "When you walk this path, you become the pioneer for our world's Transcendents to break through the rules of the Dark World and achieve upgrades and evolution."

"The world rules Record and continue the Transcendent... Every time you upgrade, you will leave a mark, unlocking the path for those who come after. They will no longer need to go through untold hardships beyond the world to find more Legacies and Opportunities; they too will be able to upgrade and have the capital to continue becoming stronger."

Chu Xuan already knew these things from Future Tang Zheng, but he still listened quietly without interrupting.

Yang Yu didn't owe him anything; being willing to answer his questions was already a significant favor.

"The various Transcendent Paths of our world were suppressed by The Gloom and have mostly collapsed, but some Legacies remain in other worlds. The Purifier's Legacy naturally exists, but... they are also just some remnants and are not complete."

When Yang Yu said this, Chu Xuan immediately thought of the Double Cannon Brothers he had met in the Southwest Region. They had gained special abilities in an otherworldly realm, influenced by the incomplete Legacy of the Purifier.

"Those who managed to advance before you, including those on the Path of Salvation, all obtained Opportunities from other worlds, were fortunate enough to encounter incomplete Legacies belonging to our world, or stepped onto the Transcendent evolution paths of other worlds."

Yang Yu spoke with some emotion, then he suddenly changed the subject and finally returned to the main point. "As for that other foreign consciousness existing in your body..."

"After that sword strike, my spirit and Physical Body became one. I am not good at sensing. Even if my true body were here, I couldn't investigate deeply for you. This Split Soul of mine is merely a condensation of discarded stray thoughts from the past."

"However, I once sensed many possible pieces of information in the void. They might be true, or they might be false. Because they were too chaotic and didn't have much to do with me, I couldn't see them clearly and thus cannot be certain."

"There were some secrets that I didn't take much to heart at first, but your abnormality has made me remember a few..."

Yang Yu frowned at Chu Xuan and said slowly, "The previous generation's Purifier was influenced by an evil god before death, losing control and falling into madness, becoming an Anomaly. He left behind a hidden danger on the path of this unique sequence."

"When someone treads this path again, that Anomaly will revive within the new Purifier's body. The further one goes on the Transcendent Path of the Purifier, the faster that Anomaly will revive, especially after advancing..."

At this point, Yang Yu looked deeply at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan lowered his eyes slightly, his mind filled with a myriad of thoughts.

Yang Yu continued, "Of course, there is another possibility..."

"After that Anomaly died, a sliver of its will remained. It might be residing in a certain Curio, some prop, or even an ordinary item..."

"It might even have transformed into a rule fragment itself, searching for or waiting for a suitable successor, and then doing everything possible to delude them into walking this path, waiting for the day it can be resurrected..."

Hearing this, Chu Xuan's eyes suddenly snapped up.