57: Chapter 57 Bewitching Hearts LV.2

Immediately after, Chu Xuan turned around and charged at the other three, his face devoid of fear.

He could feel that these monsters' agility was similar to his, but their strength seemed a bit lacking, probably around 9 points.

Plus, with his LV.5 Perfect-grade Mixed Martial Arts skills, their combat power wasn't even on the same level.

Even though Chu Xuan's head still throbbed with pain, his 10 points in spirit gave him enough resistance; gritting his teeth and enduring for a short while was no problem.

Facing the remaining three corrupted monsters, Chu Xuan's Moves were ruthless, delivering a succession of elbow strikes and knee thrusts—common Muay Thai techniques used in Mixed Martial Arts.

Chu Xuan executed them with practiced ease, and in no time, he had taken down all three monsters, their limbs broken and their necks twisted like pretzels.

If they were normal humans, they would have been long dead.

Yet, these creatures still occasionally opened their mouths to flick out their tongues, lashing out like frogs, and the corrosive slime they sprayed everywhere caused Chu Xuan no small amount of trouble.

Chu Xuan didn't hesitate; while the four monsters had little strength left to resist, he quickly ran into the kitchen, grabbed a cleaver, and chopped off their heads one by one in a scene that was quite bloody.

However, to Chu Xuan's shock, after their heads were chopped off, these four Strange Creaturess actually reverted back to their human forms, with intense terror still lingering in their unclosed eyes.

“This... what's going on?”

Chu Xuan was stunned.

“Hehe... don't you know what you've done yourself?”

A gentle voice slowly sounded.

A terrifying thought emerged in Chu Xuan's mind, and he couldn't help but mutter, “Could it be that I killed four innocent ordinary people?”

“That's right, you've murdered your own kind. You will surely be loathed by this world. Let us undergo perfect Fusion; I will take over everything you have and let us become a brand-new existence. Let me bear the slander, dislike, hatred, insults, and mockery of others... this is the grace bestowed upon you by the gods...”

Chu Xuan felt his consciousness about to slip away again.

However, a burning pain from his palm caused him to snap awake.

He looked at his hands; they had just been corroded by the slime from the monsters' tongues.

“No, that's not right! I was almost tricked by you again...”

Chu Xuan muttered. Once he found the flaw, the illusory scene before his eyes distorted layer by layer, and the four people turned back into their Specter forms in his sight.

As expected, everything just now had been another hallucination.

“Not only that, you made me overlook the System's existence again!”

[You have taken corrosive damage and suffered toxin intrusion. health points -3. Currently poisoned; will lose 2-3 health points within 10 minutes.]

[Current health points: 97]

[You have slain Specter: Parasite. spirituality value +15]

[You have slain... spirituality value +12]

[...spirituality value +14]

[...spirituality value +11]

[Current spirituality value: 52]

The System had already sent the notifications.

These notifications were enough to prove that he had indeed killed Strange Creaturess!

Yet Chu Xuan hadn't noticed them immediately.

An S-rank Specter is truly terrifying!

Chu Xuan felt a lingering fear, but he had gained quite a bit from this wave. It also made him realize that not all Specters were as horrific as the Night Demon, where a single Clone was extremely difficult to deal with.

“Is it the Berserk ability...”

Chu Xuan's eyes flickered. If he were facing four werewolves in a Berserk state, even if they were just skinless Elementary werewolves, it wouldn't have been so easy to take them down without a handy weapon.

Lost in thought, Chu Xuan spent 10 spirituality value to exchange for 1 attribute point, then directly raised his Charm to the current Rank cap.

[Current spirituality value: 42]

[Current Charm: 10]

As his Charm reached 10 points, the System popped up another notification that Chu Xuan found somewhat inconceivable.

[Your Transcendent Skill, Heart Bewitchment, has been enhanced by a power of the same origin. Rank increased to LV.2.]

[Heart Bewitchment LV.2: You can easily perceive the target's surface emotional fluctuations and, through voice, gaze, body movements, etc., simultaneously influence and guide the audiovisual, cognitive, and spiritual consciousness of up to three targets to varying degrees. Cooldown: 5 minutes]

It leveled up directly?

It even has this effect!

Not only was the ability enhanced, but the cooldown was shortened from the original 15 minutes to 5 minutes. This was more than just a small improvement.

Furthermore, in that instant, the sharp pain, grogginess, tension in Chu Xuan's head, and the negative states like mental stagnation all vanished.

Chu Xuan felt as if he had opened a new door.

The System's Charm attribute might not be as simple as the image and temperament understood by ordinary people, but rather targeted toward Specter parasitism...

“Lowly ant, that is my power! How dare you steal the authority bestowed by the Final Phantom God? You shall surely face divine punishment!”

The magnetic voice became exceptionally irritable and furious at this moment.

Chu Xuan's brow twitched. “So this originating power belongs to you. But... if I continue to increase my Charm after raising my personal Rank, what would happen? Can I continue to drain power from you?”

“If you dare, I will give up on perfect Fusion and completely parasitize your body!”

The voice became extremely cold. “Of course, if you find a suitable vessel for me, I can leave your body and restore your freedom.”

Chu Xuan smiled.

While washing the blood off his body, he said, “Can you really still achieve parasitism over me? If that were the case, how could I have drained your power?”

The voice in his mind fell silent for a moment.

“I can stop influencing your consciousness and senses, and I can guide you to the locations of the False Gods Believers.”

The voice suddenly became full of temptation. “All you have to do is stop increasing your Charm and then find a suitable vessel for me.”

“False Gods Believers?”

“Believers of false... deities other than the Final Phantom God. Those pathetic things shouldn't exist in the first place.”

Hearing this, Chu Xuan's heart tightened, immediately realizing why it was such a coincidence that he could easily find a 'family of four' entirely composed of Strange Creaturess. However, he remained outwardly calm, even intentionally letting out a cold laugh:

“Who knows where you'll lead me. If it's an existence I can't handle at all, wouldn't I be killed by you?”

The voice became somewhat urgent: “How could I possibly lead you to your death? You are the perfect Fusion I chose... I mean, I still need you to help me find a suitable vessel.”

“Just that isn't enough. You are ultimately a huge threat to me. I think it's better to increase my Charm as soon as possible and squeeze you dry of your value.” Chu Xuan smiled coldly.