616: Chapter 614 The Freebie Plan

"Huh? Lord Peng hasn't even unleashed his power yet, what are you running for?!"

Gaga Chicken turned into an arc of electricity, flashing before Chu Xuan, the lightning runes on its wings flickering as silver light converged in an instant.

"Enough!"

Chu Xuan shouted to stop it.

"Lord Peng hasn't had enough fun yet, take another hit!" Gaga Chicken beamed, watching as another bolt of lightning was about to slam into his Face.

Chu Xuan's expression remained calm. He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Gaga Chicken by the neck, then squeezed hard, causing the lightning to dissipate instantly.

"Gaa—"

With a hoarse scream, Gaga Chicken spread its wings, straightened its legs, and stuck its tongue out a long way.

The next second, the Gaga Chicken in his hand turned into lightning and dissipated, reappearing in the distance. It looked over with a Face full of defiance: "Good guy, you actually resorted to a sneak attack? If you've got the guts, don't move and let me zap you a few more times."

"Alright, no more playing." Chu Xuan waved his hand:

"I was just testing to see if the lightning you release could boost my [Thunderous Might]."

"Of course it won't work, do you think you're me?" Gaga Chicken sneered.

"It seems only heavenly lightning has any effect on me." Chu Xuan mused.

Gaga Chicken rolled its eyes and suddenly laughed: "Why don't you relax, don't resist, and try my full-power attack? Maybe it might have some effect."

"No need." Chu Xuan understood the other's little scheme and curled the corner of his mouth: "When I'm done with my work, I'll set aside time to practice with you specifically. I see your strength has greatly increased; if you unleash your full power, I might not even be your match."

"Never mind then, I'll just go back to drinking." Gaga Chicken didn't fall for it, dove straight down, flashed, and disappeared, returning to the underground space.

Chu Xuan shook his head and checked his current spirituality value.

[spirituality value: 32985]

32000 of which had been consumed in the dream to purchase 4 extraordinary skill promotion scrolls. Now that he had woken up, they had reappeared.

Yet, the skills he had upgraded through these four scrolls and the attribute points exchange quota he had gained remained.

Chu Xuan smiled slightly, gazing into the distance at a hotel over thirty kilometers away, a strange glint in his eyes.

Duan Lingxi felt like she had encountered a ghost.

No, this was even more terrifying than encountering a ghost!

"Where are my scrolls? How did they suddenly disappear?"

Duan Lingxi stared with bloodshot eyes: "4 scrolls, they cost me a full 8000 spirituality value! I had such a hard time tricking someone into buying them, how are they just gone?"

"Wait, why are my soul crystals short by 50 pieces too?"

Duan Lingxi was going crazy, then asked the System.

—System, where are my scrolls? And why are my soul crystals missing too? Did you cheat me?

The System had no reaction.

—System, could I have been targeted by the rules of The Gloom?

The System still did not react.

—How could this happen? These were all bought with my spirituality value, and they were all certified. Why are they suddenly gone? Tell me, did you cheat me!

[Prompt: The Exclusive Space is an open-access authority, generally used only for your personal storage and retrieval of items.]

—Does that mean this is a non-general situation?

The System gave no further response.

"What on earth happened?" Duan Lingxi tore at her hair.

"Could it be that I accidentally violated some rule? But I haven't done anything out of line recently. As lucky as I am, how could I be targeted by the System?"

Just then, a friend message appeared on the System page.

[Tian Di Xuan Huang: We can trade now, I have prepared 32000 spirituality value.]

"Ah!! The sucker's spirituality value has arrived, but I have no goods left! I could have made a net profit of 24000 spirituality value on this deal!"

Duan Lingxi cried out in grief and hurriedly replied.

[Ling Ling Xi: Big boss, I've run into a bit of a situation here, can you give me some more time?]

[Tian Di Xuan Huang: Are you playing me?]

[Ling Ling Xi: I wouldn't dare, I've really just run into a small situation, please give me a little more time.]

[Tian Di Xuan Huang: Duan Lingxi, do you dare to play me?]

"Damn it!" Duan Lingxi's hair stood on end, a chill running straight up to her scalp. She jumped out of the hotel window and started a sports car by the roadside.

With a roar, the sports car sped away.

"It's a good thing I had the foresight to come to Haicheng ahead of time! With Chu Xuan guarding here, it's relatively safer. As long as I hide in the Night Watchers base, I definitely won't have any trouble..."

Duan Lingxi slammed on the gas, pushing the sports car to its limit, kicking up a violent cloud of dust on the road.

Chu Xuan withdrew his gaze and returned to the research building.

Just like in the dream, more than two hundred people had already gathered here, waiting for him to arrive and peel away the Specters.

Zhang Qiang turned into a cloud of dust and greeted the arriving Chu Xuan, panting slightly as he said:

"You're finally here! The Specters inside these people already know they are going to be peeled away, so they have all broken out. Some people are already on the verge of not being able to hold on..."

Chu Xuan raised his hand to interrupt: "Thank you for your hard work. I know you've already spent nearly 300 spirituality value to suppress these people."

Zhang Qiang's eyes widened: "Looking down on your Uncle Qiang? Do these weaklings require me to spend 300 spirituality value?"

Chu Xuan tilted his head slightly and smiled: "Then... how about you continue suppressing them for a while longer?"

"Forget it, you'd better hurry up, these old bones of mine can't take it." Zhang Qiang sighed:

"The main thing is that some people can't hold on anymore. As long as I relax even a little, they will be completely occupied by the Specters. I need to keep using my ability non-stop..."

"Mm, I know." Chu Xuan nodded:

"As long as I give you a little breathing room to let you recover some Mental Energy, it won't have too big an impact on your spirituality value. After all, the strength of these people themselves and the Specters inside them aren't strong."

Zhang Qiang's Face turned slightly red: "Can you give your Uncle Qiang some Face and stop stealing my lines, okay?"

"Next time, for sure." Chu Xuan smiled indifferently.

While speaking, Chu Xuan had already taken action, peeling away all the Specters from those who could no longer hold on and were barely surviving solely by relying on Zhang Qiang's smoke suppression.

A total of 52 people, gaining 2100 spirituality value.

"Uncle Qiang, please look after the rest. If anyone can't make it, I'll step in. I'll peel the others away slowly later."

Chu Xuan had already made his plans. If he peeled the Specters from the remaining people, he could probably obtain 6000 spirituality value.

Leaving them until the next time he entered a dream to kill them once would be equivalent to free spirituality value; it could be called getting something for nothing.

Besides that, based on his experience in the dream, more people would continue to arrive in the coming time.

Among these, Chu Xuan still only planned to peel away those who were about to lose control first, leaving the rest for tomorrow.

This would also allow Zhang Qiang to relieve some pressure; he only needed to release smoke continuously to temporarily suppress these people and delay the time until they lost control.

As for how much spirituality value he could "free-ride" in the end, it would depend on how many people arrived before the next dream.

Regarding this, Chu Xuan didn't intend to let Zhang Qiang work for nothing, so he took out three spirit beads and handed them to Zhang Qiang.

Chu Xuan said with a smile: "Uncle Qiang, this 3000 spirituality value is your hard-earned pay."

"Looking down on your Uncle Qiang?" Zhang Qiang raised an eyebrow:

"I already said, as long as you give me some time to breathe and recover my Mental Energy, my consumption for suppressing these little chicks won't be too great."

Despite saying that, Zhang Qiang's hands were not slow; he had already taken the three spirit beads and began to absorb the spirituality value inside.