679: Chapter 677 The Hunt Begins!

If it were the former, then that would be easy to say; at this moment, that Specter had already been wiped out by Chu Xuan through the Fire of Nirvana, so naturally, everything was settled.

But if it were the latter...

However, very quickly, Chu Xuan sorted out his thoughts.

The Phantom Demon's ability to resurrect by having him enhance [Myriad Forms] came from the Final Phantom God. According to the implication in the Phantom Demon's previous words, not every Specter possessed such an ability.

And even for the Phantom Demon itself, it wasn't certain that it could truly resurrect.

On the other hand, Tang Zheng only needed to focus on improving his Mental Energy from now on. Once he reached a level far surpassing that Specter itself, coupled with possessing mental protection, even if that Specter could truly resurrect, it would still be difficult for it to pose a threat again.

Although he was thinking this way, just to be safe, Chu Xuan still reminded him:

"These Strange Creatures from The Gloom are extremely cunning. You must guard against the possibility of the opponent being able to resurrect through a skill..."

Relaying his own experience to Tang Zheng, and admonishing him not to rush into upgrading the [Traverse] skill for the time being, Chu Xuan finally added:

"If you notice anything wrong, tell me immediately."

As soon as he finished saying these words, a flash of lightning suddenly crossed Chu Xuan's mind.

Did Future Tang Zheng have him enhance [Myriad Forms], ultimately leading to the Phantom Demon's resurrection, with this layer of meaning as well?

Chu Xuan narrowed his eyes, and numerous thoughts flashed through his mind instantly.

Tang Zheng immediately nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, as if suddenly remembering something, he reached out with a grab, producing a large golden bowl filled to the brim with crystal-clear, jade-smooth beads.

The pupils of Chu Xuan's eyes abruptly shrank.

Inside this golden bowl, they were actually all spiritual beads.

With a rough sweep, there were a full fifty of them.

Not only that, but they were also filled with misty, swirling aura.

Chu Xuan raised an eyebrow: "This is... fifty thousand spirituality value?"

"These spiritual beads were all obtained by me from a vicious dragon castle in the War Dragon World. As for these spirituality values, they are all what I've saved up." Tang Zheng grinned and said:

"You just said that the Specter might deepen its connection with me through the [Traverse] skill. Of course, I considered that; after all, I'm walking this exact path, so I never dared to advance my Rank. As for my spirituality value upper limit, it's only a little over 10,000, so I saved all the excess."

Seeing that Tang Zheng actually wanted to give him so much spirituality value, Chu Xuan was deeply moved in his heart.

Although they were long since incomparable to their past selves and had experienced countless life-and-death situations, their bond remained the exact same as before, with no changes.

In this treacherous and crisis-ridden era, being able to have a beacon as an anchor to keep oneself from losing direction and becoming callous due to excessive slaughter, Chu Xuan no longer asked for anything more.

"I already have enough spirituality value. You should keep these." Chu Xuan waved his hand, then asked doubtfully:

"However, I find it strange. Since you haven't advanced your Rank, how were you selected to participate in this World Mission? And how did you avoid the obliteration punishment?"

Tang Zheng explained: "Although I suppressed my Rank and didn't advance, I have already completed the Rank-advancement trial and consumed 1 rule fragment, which is how I avoided obliteration. However, this World Mission could not be avoided; I still had to participate compulsorily."

Pausing for a moment, Tang Zheng inevitably said with regret: "However, the System prompts that advancing in this different world requires at least 48 hours for all attributes to convert into real attributes. Otherwise, if I advanced my Rank right now, I'd immediately be able to slaughter everywhere! I've saved close to 50 rule fragments now..."

"Since that's the case, then let's just wait a bit longer!" Chu Xuan gave a wave of his large hand and took out the barbarian soul fruit that he had kept for Tang Zheng all along but never managed to give away in time.

"These barbarian soul fruit can break the limit to increase strength and agility. Take them slowly, and you have hope of reaching 200 points. In addition, after we go back, I will give you life essence, which can also break the limit to enhance your stamina, spirit attributes, and health points upper limit!"

Amidst his words, Chu Xuan took out another crimson card and handed it to Tang Zheng.

"This is the [Bloodthirsty] skill card, coming from the True Authority of the Tyrant of Destruction. It can rapidly restore health points through slaughter.

Your Fighting God Talent's duration is too short, and the accumulated spirituality value needed to extend the duration each time doesn't reset. The consumption is truly too massive. Even if you have enough spiritual beads right now, you might not have time to absorb them at a critical moment, and wasting spirituality value like this is not worth the loss.

But with this skill card, it can slightly make up for the deficiency. Especially when encountering group-battle crises, you can use this skill card to slaughter in all directions, completely without needing spirituality value, directly sustaining yourself by deducting health points..."

Tang Zheng took them one by one, his expression unable to hide his shock. Finally, his lips trembled as he said:

"Brother Xuan, although our relationship is quite good, you're giving me so much—how am I supposed to pay you back? It can't be that you really want me to offer you my backside, right?"

Chu Xuan's mouth twitched: "Forget about the backside. Next, you can just continue being my thug to pay it back. Let's go kill a few people in this game first..."

Mid-speech, a hint of coldness surfaced in Chu Xuan's eyes.

At this moment, his spiritual consciousness rose into the air, occupying a high vantage point, taking in the entire situation of the "Police" faction below.

In the starting plaza of the "Police", it was already in utter chaos. Within this short span of a few minutes, a large number of Martial Artists scattered in all directions, leaving corpses strewn all over the ground.

Until the crowd broke away from the battlefield did they snap back to their senses, retreating one after another. They didn't even dare to watch the battle, fearing that they would be affected in their sanity once more amidst the fallout of the fight.

The three Grand Elders of the Cangyun Sect and a gray-robed youth were jointly attacking Minge.

But Minge had already summoned an arm resembling a coiling dragon above her head. Before her five sharp claws waved, they manifested terrifying might, appearing as if they could tear apart space, and she actually had the upper hand.

Those three white and one gray figures were retreating step by step, especially the Third Elder who had been slashed twice by Chu Xuan previously. Although he had taken Medicinal Pills for healing injuries, his injuries were still severe, and he had multiple narrow escapes, almost being directly batted to death by the giant claws.

Yet even so, that gray-robed youth grew more and more valiant as he fought, completely ignoring the continuous wounds being torn out on his body.

Amidst their attacks, his aura did not drop; instead, it surged upward.

"He's actually going to break through his realm under life-and-death pressure?" Chu Xuan's expression slightly tightened, thinking to himself that this Cangyun World truly had countless outstanding figures.

Without continuing to pay attention, Chu Xuan's thoughts shifted, and he placed his attention on the starting point of the "Bandit".

The chaotic crowd here had long since dispersed, using stealth characteristics to vanish without a trace.

The three demons of the Shendao Sect had manifested strange forms, battling fiercely with Qingcheng and Sect Leader Zhihua to a white-hot state.

Under the restriction of the game rules, Chu Xuan's observation of the "Bandit" was not detailed, merely overlooking the entire field through the "God's Perspective".

But even so, Chu Xuan could tell that the three demons faintly showed signs of decline. Without special means, they would probably be defeated immediately.

Various factions harbored ulterior motives to begin with, temporarily joining forces to plot the murder of Chu Xuan.

However, now under Chu Xuan's deliberate guidance, even knowing that someone might be fanning the flames amongst them, they were still fighting and slaughtering one another.

This Cop-and-Bandit game was originally a confrontation between the "Police" and the "Bandit", but at this moment, only a few minutes into the game, the highest-tier combatants had already started infighting amongst themselves first.

"Everyone is killing each other off, so how can we be missing from this?" A glint of murderous intent flashed in Chu Xuan's eyes as he quietly led Tang Zheng toward the starting point of the "Bandit".

Going there, Chu Xuan was not only picking the soft persimmon first, but also planning to avenge the grudge of being hunted down by Qingcheng back then...

"Hunting, begins!"