684: Chapter 682: Obtain a kill marker and switch factions at any time.

Although this Strange Creature spoke intermittently under Chu Xuan's interrogation, revealing the whole story,

its consciousness was nearing collapse, yet it still managed to conceal a trap within its words.

However, under Chu Xuan's Thought Thread investigation, no matter how fast its mind raced or how its thoughts fluctuated in an instant, everything remained completely exposed.

Chu Xuan captured the most vivid image deep within its memories ——

Minge indeed could not summon the Demon Lord at will, because every summoning required her to bear a considerable burden.

However, by utilizing the connection with the Demon Lord and using the Cangyun will to observe and monitor every move of his at any time, it was not something that could only be done for a short period.

At this point, Chu Xuan finally understood why that strange giant hand could always anticipate his route in advance.

At the same time, Chu Xuan also realized that in this game location, which should be similar to the forbidden land, the opponent had already lost its lock on him.

Otherwise, nearly half a minute had already passed, and it was impossible for Minge and the others not to have found him by now.

"I didn't lie to you..."

This Strange Creature, which was on the verge of death, possessed an extremely strong desire to survive and still wanted to stall for a little longer, expecting a turning point to arrive.

Puff!

A blade flashed past.

After being used multiple times continuously, the True Authority [Wither and Thrive] mastered by the opponent could no longer take effect, coupled with the fact that its health points had already reached single digits.

Under the observation of Chu Xuan's Eye of Insight, this Level 18 Strange Creature, whose life hierarchy was comparable to the Shengyuan Realm, had a comprehensive combat strength reaching the SS Rank.

At this moment, its body was already on the verge of collapse, merely holding on by force, with no trace of defensive power left to speak of.

Even if Chu Xuan did not touch it, it would die soon anyway.

At this moment, under this final blade strike, its head was easily chopped off like a straw, and then the Fire of Nirvana flashed instantly before disappearing.

The speed was so fast, just like willow catkins encountering fire.

Killing these two Strange Creatures, Chu Xuan obtained a total of 90,000 spirituality value and 24 rule fragments, the total number far exceeding what was gained from slaying Qingcheng.

The only pity was that Strong Plunder was not triggered, failing to obtain the True Authority [Wither and Thrive] that even Chu Xuan coveted somewhat.

He didn't dwell on this regret too much. Currently, his spirituality value had already exceeded the upper limit and would disappear in a few minutes.

Chu Xuan turned his gaze and found that over at Tang Zheng's side, under continuous bombardment, he finally smashed his opponent into a pulp and pulverized them into slag.

"Damn it, it's finally resolved, I'm exhausted to death! If this guy didn't die soon, I would have been worn to death!"

Tang Zheng let out a long breath, the light around his body slowly dissipating, and the sound system on his head naturally fell off, caught by him in his hand.

"Let's hide first to digest this wave and probe the situation by the way."

As Chu Xuan spoke, he had already jumped onto a corner box not far away, and with a few consecutive squats, he entered the ground once again.

Tang Zheng followed closely behind, entering the underground with Chu Xuan.

Not long after they disappeared from here, Minge arrived with a half-body giant monster crawling out from the distorted space.

Following closely were Jianxu, as well as the three Cangyun elders and Sect Leader Zhihua, who were not lightly injured and had listless complexions.

Looking at everything before them, Minge's face, already transformed into a ghost mask, became even more hideous.

Even the people from the Cangyun Sect and others wore looks of shock.

"Chu Xuan must have hidden underground again!"

Sect Leader Zhihua said with gritted teeth, "We must act together; otherwise, if this continues, we are afraid to be defeated one by one!"

Minge said coldly, "If it weren't for your repeated obstruction, I would have already summoned the complete body of the Demon Lord. How could things have come to this step?"

At this moment, Minge completely looked like she had changed into a different state.

Frenzied, tyrannical, savage.

Although three companions had died, she showed no sign of weakness at all; instead, her killing intent was chilling, looking ready to fight another battle immediately at the slightest disagreement.

Everyone seemed to notice that Minge's state was not right at the moment, and they all revealed guarded expressions.

The Grand Elder squinted his eyes and said, "Since that's the case, you summon your Demon Lord, and we will no longer interfere! But Jianxu is undergoing a Breakthrough right now, and you must no longer make a move either!"

"If you want to continue interfering, you can try."

Minge sneered repeatedly, while the half-body giant monster above her head suddenly let out a long roar, squeezing out a small portion of its torso from the distorted space once again.

"In my opinion, we should return to the starting point of the police faction first. There are still five cylinders there. If the Bandit occupy them, it would be bad."

The Grand Elder suddenly glanced coldly at Sect Leader Zhihua and said coldly,

"Sect Master Zhihua, aren't you planning to switch factions?"

Sect Leader Zhihua lowered her eyes and said, "I have already obtained three Markings and can switch faction identities at any time. However, this matter is not urgent; it won't be too late to switch when the game is about to end."

The few of them said no more and successively returned to the police starting point, guarding those five glowing cylinders.

At the same time, they once again summoned the Martial Artists of the police faction, gathering them all at the starting point to prevent being defeated one by one, which would result in having fewer people than the Bandit when the game finally ended.

It seemed that after discovering Chu Xuan could use rules to tunnel underground, they completely gave up on taking the initiative to attack.

"Chu Xuan, why do I feel like none of them harbor any good intentions, could there still be some conspiracy?"

Tang Zheng looked up at those few people, rubbing his chin with a pensive look.

Afterwards, he looked suspicious and said, "Could it be... they deliberately put on an appearance of needing to go all out and being easily interrupted by others at any time, along with an attitude of discord among themselves, actually just acting to fish, waiting for us to ambush them right now?"

Chu Xuan looked at Tang Zheng with quite a bit of surprise.

"What kind of look is that?"

Tang Zheng glanced sideways and curled his lips, saying, "I just don't like using my brain, it doesn't mean I'm truly brainless, alright? At least I am someone who has experienced severe beatings."

Chu Xuan shook his head: "Regardless of what scheme they have, let's first take advantage of before all the personnel gather to kill three characters from the opposing faction and obtain three Markings."

Having said that, Chu Xuan and Tang Zheng took action together, killing three Martial Artists of the police faction, taking no more than a dozen seconds in total.

In this way, they could switch factions at any time, and even if the police faction ultimately won, they would not have to bear the cost of being obliterated by the game rules.

Returning underground once again.

Chu Xuan looked towards the police starting point, where Minge and Jianxu were surrounded by numerous Martial Artists.

Both of them let out low shouts, and the might they exuded even caused the space to vibrate.

"It's a pity that I haven't advanced and converted my real attribute, unable to deal true damage, making it hard to kill these people. Otherwise, if we charge out now, we might even forcibly kill a few!"

Tang Zheng said with some regret.

Chu Xuan shook his head, similarly silently uttering a pity in his heart.

After a Transcendent advanced, all attributes had already been converted to real, and whether continuing to increase personal Rank or add attribute points, rule fragments were required.

This was just like the entire person being intertwined and constructed by rules, with their life level being completely different.