599: Chapter 597 Breaking Through the Darkness

From the moment Chu Xuan entered the Dark Place in Xiamen City to when he resumed piloting his white emperor fighter and departed, it took a total of 15 seconds.

Within those 15 seconds, 5 seconds were spent retrieving the white emperor fighter, teleporting inside, and restarting it.

Such speed caused the livestream chat to erupt once again.

"10 seconds! I carefully counted the seconds this time. From the moment the stream cut off until it resumed, only 10 seconds had passed! Are there any friends from Xiamen City who can clarify if Chu Xuan has truly resolved the Dark Place there?"

"I am from Xiamen City. I was just trapped in the Domain of an S-rank Specter and had the fortune to witness everything that just happened. It was simply incredible!"

"I just want to know, what exactly happened?"

"Old Ji, who is in charge of filming, can you please release the footage captured while the connection was down! I'm itching to see it..."

"I have a say in this! I saw with my own eyes when Chu Xuan came in. He looked around, spotted the target, and killed it with a single Slash. Immediately after, the Domain vanished, and we were all saved."

"It's that simple?"

"Amazing! Truly amazing! I declare that from this day forward, Chu Xuan is the god in my heart!"

"Is it because that Specter was too weak? It didn't even trigger a mission..." Inside the white emperor fighter, Chu Xuan recalled the recent encounter while piloting.

The Specter in Xiamen City was only Rank 11, according to Chu Xuan's scan using the Eye of Insight.

Its Rank was not high, and the Domain it emitted was small, covering only three intersecting bustling streets, without any rules similar to a mass slaughter game.

However, it possessed the True Authority of a Decaying Monarch; although its individual strength was not outstanding, it possessed a large-scale lethal ability.

That power, akin to the decay of time, caused ordinary Transcendents to wither and vanish like rotting wood before they could even get close.

The three bustling streets within the Domain seemed as if they had been abandoned for centuries, presenting a withered scene reminiscent of a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

When Chu Xuan entered the area covered by the Domain, almost everyone he saw was already decrepit, clearly not having long to live.

Chu Xuan immediately spotted the monster located on the highest building. Although he killed the source Specter with a single Slash, small patches appeared on his body, and his health points plummeted by 150.

Relying on the Regeneration characteristic, it took Chu Xuan a full 30 seconds to fully restore his health points.

Fortunately, there was no persistent damage, and once Chu Xuan resumed piloting the fighter to depart, he had returned to normal.

"Although there were no mission rewards, I still harvested 1 rule fragment and 7,580 spirituality value this time, which is not bad..."

With a flicker of thought, Chu Xuan used the newly acquired rule fragment to break through the limit of his strength attribute, then spent 10 real attribute to raise his strength to 60 as well.

At this point, except for his stamina attribute, which was still at 50, all other attributes had reached 60, and he had 16 distributable real attribute remaining.

What he needed next was to continue hunting S-rank Specters to obtain more rule fragments, which would be used to continue breaking through the upper limits of his attribute enhancements.

Subsequently, Chu Xuan spent another 5,000 spirituality value to accumulate the power of Slash within his body, acting as a one-shot kill method for critical moments.

Streams of Slash energy rapidly formed within his body, and almost exactly as he finished this, he arrived at his next stop.

This was Fucheng, located in Jiangxi Province. Inside, the Specter worshipped the God of the Void, and its Domain had once again formed rules similar to a slaughter game.

This was a timed survival-escape game.

Escapers needed to reach the finish line from the starting point within a specified time. During this period, Specters arriving through the Place of Gloomy Convergence would intercept and hunt the escapers.

The entire urban area had transformed into an area resembling a labyrinth.

In this labyrinth, Void Realm rifts appeared from time to time, and the Transcendents participating in the escape game had to keep their spirits concentrated at all times.

Otherwise, if they were caught off guard, they would be randomly teleported to any position further away from the finish line.

In such a situation, not only would they waste time, but it was also highly likely they would be teleported directly in front of a Specter and suffer a surprise attack.

After Chu Xuan arrived, the mission still hadn't triggered, but he was not classified as an escaper either; he was just an outsider.

This time, Chu Xuan expended a considerable amount of Mental Energy, using the opponent's Domain as a medium to find the source Specter through Tracing Cause and Effect.

Upon locating the target, Chu Xuan immediately drew his bow, concentrated all his Slash energy onto it, and shot an arrow without hesitation.

This kind of Specter that possessed the Traverse skill had abilities similar to Huo Gui; it could perform large-scale teleportation and could also create Void Realm rifts out of thin air to divert attacks.

This Specter's mobility and evasion rate were extremely high, but unfortunately, its opponent was Chu Xuan.

The heavenly punishment overlord bow was a weapon forged by the dwarf Moro and the Clan Chief specifically for Chu Xuan.

This weapon was crafted with the full effort of these two Great Master craftsmen, meticulously forged with a holy hammer.

What made it most compatible with Chu Xuan was its ability to condense killing intent and precisely lock onto the enemy's trace; the stronger the killing intent, the more accurate the lock, and the more killing done, the fiercer its might!

When Chu Xuan shot this arrow, he had instantly locked onto the enemy's trace.

The slaughter game manifested by the source Specter had not ended, and it could not leave itself, being restricted within it, and could only constantly flee within the city that had turned into a labyrinth.

This arrow roared, constantly Traversing within the labyrinth, and finally, the Specter was hit while it was Traversing the gaps in space, dying on the spot and vanishing into thin air.

In this battle, Chu Xuan's harvest was decent; he obtained 10,520 spirituality value and 2 rule fragments.