This time, the game feels much easier.

    Li Muyang directly chose the last save.

    【Final Act: Meeting the Commander of Loushan City】

    After the game loaded, Li Muyang opened his eyes and saw fully armed soldiers blocking the way.

    Beside him, Fairy Liuli’s eyes were filled with sorrow.

    “Lord Zhao...”

    This Fairy Liuli was mourning the death of the guide.

    The next process was the same as the last time, without a moment of sorrow for the passing of the guide, they arrived at the residence of the true culprit lurking behind the scenes, the Commander of Loushan City.

    After being surrounded by the soldiers, Fairy Liuli revealed her identity, and someone immediately came to lead the way.

    Li Muyang and Fairy Liuli followed the guide through the heavily guarded Commander’s residence and met the frantic General Wu deep inside the estate.

    Fairy Liuli ordered General Wu to bring out his family members one by one into the courtyard.

    This time, when General Wu’s favorite wife was helped out by a maid, and Fairy Liuli confirmed the true identity of the demon cultivator, Li Muyang also made his move.

    The moment the demon cultivator turned to flee, Li Muyang activated a time stop.

    He then rushed forward with his knife and, with two swift slashes, chopped off the woman’s legs.

    When the time stop ended, the woman fell to the ground, screaming miserably and spraying blood.

    Fairy Liuli instantly leaped over and subdued the demon cultivator, binding her with special ropes.

    The entire action was over in the blink of an eye.

    Fairy Liuli was no longer surprised by Li Muyang’s ‘movement technique’, which seemed like instantaneous teleportation.

    The two of them worked together with perfect tacit understanding.

    General Wu hadn’t even had time to understand what was happening before he saw his beloved fall to the ground, screaming as she revealed her true form as a demon cultivator, turning into a half-human half-demon creature. Р

    “Madam Yu... is actually a monster?”

    General Wu’s face turned pale, clearly frightened by the creature covered in monkey fur resembling an ape.

    While General Wu was horrified that the person by his side was a monster, Li Muyang’s field of vision also popped up with the level completion score interface.

    As expected, the score for completing the level had indeed changed.

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

    【Guide: Deceased】

    【Fairy Liuli: Lightly Injured】

    Li Muyang, whose interest had been piqued by the A-level rewards, had no intention of claiming them yet.

    Instead, Li Muyang decided to continue challenging himself.

    Since there was no time limit on this beginner’s tutorial, why not keep going until he achieved a perfect score?

    Li Muyang chose to reload the third act, 【Interlude – Crisis in Loushan City】.

    As the darkness surrounding him faded, Li Muyang found himself on the carriage traveling down the deserted streets.

    This was the most challenging part of the entire beginner’s tutorial and the key to achieving a perfect score.

    The moment he entered the level, Li Muyang stood up and addressed Fairy Liuli.

    “Fairy, may I borrow your immortal sword for a moment?”

    Then, another round of slaughter ensued.

    ......

    In the early morning, when the crowing of the rooster pierced the tranquility of the mountains, the foothills outside the Demon Refining Sect began to stir as life awakened within the thatched cottages.

    Having finished his morning wash and carrying a huge water bucket on his back, Guan Xiaoshun was on his way to the spiritual field when he saw Li Muyang, who was squatting at the door of his hut, washing his face with a weary expression and huge dark circles under his eyes.

    Seeing this, Guan Xiaoshun was curious. “Brother Li, didn’t you sleep last night?”

    In the Demon Refining Sect’s Outer Sect, where entertainment options were extremely limited, most people spent the long nights sleeping.

    A few would spend the night in the brothels that were opened in the market, but even there, the main activity was sleeping.

    Someone like Li Muyang, with huge dark circles and a tired face, clearly having not slept all night, was a rare sight indeed.

    Guan Xiaoshun asked curiously and Li Muyang sighed, “Don’t mention it, I had insomnia last night.”

    He had been dying all night long, and even with the use of the Time Stop and Hidden Sword in the Belly abilities, which were like cheats, Li Muyang still couldn’t keep the guide alive amidst the relentless attacks of the blood demons.

    It was even difficult to protect Fairy Liuli from getting hurt.

    The overall difficulty of this beginner’s tutorial was quite low, but achieving a perfect score was indeed challenging.

    Li Muyang had been tormented by the third act’s tower defense all night, and it truly gave him a feeling reminiscent of his past life playing Souls-like games.

    Being killed over and over by monsters, one had to be highly focused during combat, as any slight negligence or mistake would lead to a game over.

    Still, the difficulty of achieving a perfect score only fueled Li Muyang’s competitive spirit.

    —I refuse to believe I can’t protect this damn guide!

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