The Game with Fairies

After analyzing the situation, Fairy Liuli immediately looked at Li Muyang.

“Lord Wuming, are there more Blood Demon Beasts blocking our way ahead?”

During the time Fairy Liuli was speaking, Li Muyang continuously struck down and effortlessly slew the blood demons that emerged in the air one by one.

By the time Fairy Liuli finished speaking, the carriage had not encountered any more attacks.

It seemed as though the strange blood demons had been completely eradicated, allowing the carriage to travel unobstructed on the streets of Loushan City.

However, Li Muyang shook his head after looking at the countdown timer in the upper right corner of his field of vision. “There should be more blood demons blocking the way…”

【06:39】

There were ten minutes left to survive, and now only six minutes and thirty-nine seconds remained.

The blood demons that had just been repelled were merely the first wave of attacks.

He could easily get through the first phase of the beast nest attacks with the help of save points and time stop.

But the second phase of blood demon attacks, with their increased numbers and frequency, proved to be more challenging for Li Muyang.

He had failed nineteen times, and his best record was surviving until the countdown reached 02:19.

The blood demons that followed would only become more numerous, their swarming presence resembling a bullet hell game.

The realistic simulation game had suddenly turned into a tower defense game at this moment.

Li Muyang swung his immortal sword, trying to kill the monsters without using time stops, saving it for the most critical moments.

After killing so many blood demons, he gradually mastered the pattern based on their appearances.

Whenever a blood demon was about to emerge from the void, the scent of blood at that location would instantly become more intense.

Relying on his keen sense of the changes in the scent of blood, Li Muyang could now accurately predict the position where the blood demons would appear.

Sword lights flashed one after another as Li Muyang moved around the carriage, now standing on the roof to slay blood demons, now diving into the carriage, now rushing to the front of the carriage, and occasionally, a few blood demons would even emerge from underneath the carriage.

His number of failures continued to rise.

He was almost sick of hearing the guide’s exaggerated screams from inside the carriage.

This guide was always overreacting and would die in the third wave of the beast tide that erupted at seven minutes.

During the third round of attacks, the blood demons that emerged filled the entire field of vision.

Even with Fairy Liuli’s help, Li Muyang struggled immensely and had no time to care for the guide.

This high-difficulty challenge brought back the feeling Li Muyang had when he first played the Souls-like games series. (TLN: Probably referring to FromSoftware?)

The difficulty, frustration, struggle, dying over and over, yet somehow it was addictively fun… so Souls-like!

Finally, when the countdown timer in the upper right corner of his vision reached zero and the mission log updated once again, Li Muyang, sitting on the roof of the carriage, let out a long sigh of relief.

He had finally cleared the level.

“How can this tutorial be so difficult!” he exclaimed inwardly.

Li Muyang, looking at Fairy Liuli beside him, who was half-covered in blood and in a bad state, asked, “Fairy, are you alright?”

During the last wave of the beast nest, a blood demon spat out some kind of sharp projectile that pierced Fairy Liuli’s shoulder.

At this moment, Fairy Liuli was pale and seemed to be in pain.

She shook her head with a pale face and bit her lip, “I’m fine, it’s just that Lord Zhao…”

Fairy Liuli looked towards the corpse inside the carriage with a flash of sadness in her eyes.

Amidst the relentless onslaught of the blood demons, the carriage was on the verge of falling apart.

The heavy roof had been torn off, the body was riddled with cracks, and the coachman had long since vanished into the beast’s nest, leaving only the two struggling nags to continue their frantic run forward.

Zhao Erhu, who had been leading the way, lay dead inside the carriage, his body a gruesome sight with blood and intestines spilled everywhere.

Up ahead on the street, figures finally appeared, dressed as the guards of Loushan City.

These armored soldiers, swords in hand, stood guard outside a government office, warily watching the approaching carriage.

The strange, blood-soaked scent in the air had completely dissipated, and in the top right corner of Li Muyang’s vision, the task bar updated.

【Survive safely with Fairy Liuli for ten minutes—Completed】

【Current task progress has been saved】

【New task: Accompany Fairy Liuli to meet the Commander of Loushan City】

The story no longer had a place for Li Muyang to appear.

Although the nearly dismantled carriage and the corpses inside gave the soldiers quite a shock, they were immediately led by someone into the heavily guarded mansion once Fairy Liuli revealed her identity.

General Wu of Loushan City seemed to be very afraid of death.

His residence was guarded inside and out by fully armed guards. It seemed he had called in all the elite troops he could to protect himself.

No wonder the city streets were so deserted.

The common people hid in their homes out of fear, and General Wu, even more afraid, had summoned all the available soldiers to guard his residence. It would be strange to see anyone in the city.

Not long after Fairy Liuli stepped into the Commander’s residence, her expression subtly changed as if she sensed something.

When she met with the Commander of Loushan City, she didn’t bother with pleasantries and got straight to the point.

“General Wu, could you please gather all your family and servants here?”

Fairy Liuli seemed to have confirmed that a demon from the Blood Demon Sect was in this residence and right beside General Wu.

The portly General Wu was sweating profusely, overjoyed at Fairy Liuli’s arrival as if she were a savior.

Upon hearing her request, General Wu did not hesitate for a moment and immediately complied.

Soon, all the maids, servants, and several family members of the Commander’s residence were brought out.

When General Wu’s favorite wife was helped out, Fairy Liuli’s eyes turned cold, and the immortal sword behind her was unsheathed in an instant…

……

“It’s finally over.”

On the hard wooden bed, Li Muyang let out a long sigh of relief, opened his eyes, and stretched lazily.

The demonic cultivator of Loushan City had indeed been lurking right beside General Wu.

Fairy Liuli drew her sword the moment she saw her, and although the demon managed to dodge, there was still Li Muyang.

He activated the 【Hidden Sword in the Belly】 skill, and with a single flying sword, he easily pierced through the demonic cultivator.

He happened to trigger the 50% instant death chance, killing the demon on the spot.

【Beginner’s Tutorial—The Mystery of Loushan City Cleared】

【Guide: Deceased】

【Fairy Liuli: Lightly Injured】

【Mastermind: Deceased】

【Clearance Rating: B (Passable)】

【With your keen reactions, formidable strength, and invincible talent, you have successfully slain the source of turmoil in Loushan City, saving countless lives and earning immeasurable merit. However, the death of the mastermind has shrouded the mystery of Loushan City’s unrest and the disappearance of Imperial Astronomical Bureau sorcerer Zhang Daniu in even more mystery, leaving no chance for further investigation. The outcome can only be described as passable.】

【Would you like to claim your clearance reward?】

【Current selectable rewards (choose one of three)】

【Blood Demon Heart Refining Sutra (Incomplete)】

【Mortal-grade flying sword】

【200 jin of spiritual rice】

【Host, please note that once you claim the reward, this tutorial level will be permanently concluded and cannot be entered again.】

The rows of settlement information floating in his field of vision made Li Muyang blink in surprise.

First, he was astonished by the three-choice reward… all of them were great items!

A cultivation manual, a spiritual treasure, or two hundred jin of spiritual rice… any one of these three-choice rewards was exactly what Li Muyang, the bottom-feeder, currently needed.

Without advanced cultivation manuals or any protective treasures in the Demon Refining Sect, he was doomed to be a laboring nobody, not to mention he didn’t even have enough spiritual rice to eat.

If he had a cultivation manual to raise his cultivation level, he might have a chance to enter the Inner Sect.

And the third option of two hundred jin of spiritual rice would be enough to feed him for half a year, perfectly addressing his urgent need.

However, although the rewards were tempting, Li Muyang did not claim them.

Because his score for completing the level was very low, only a B (Passable).

Perhaps if the completion score was a bit higher, the rewards he could claim would be stronger?

Thinking this, Li Muyang breathed a sigh of relief, closed his eyes, and lay back down on the wooden bed.

The Game with Fairies, start!

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