The Game with Fairies

The arms growing from the red-haired ghost hand proliferated like living things, quickly flooding the entire courtyard and relentlessly pursuing Li Muyang.

Facing this endless onslaught of evil ghost arms, the stiff-bodied Li Muyang displayed an eerie agility.

His body leaped rapidly through the courtyard, dodging and weaving.

Each step was perfectly timed to avoid the chase of the red-haired ghost hands, and every slash of his hand was able to predict the ghost hands’ surprise attacks.

In the courtyard completely swamped by the red-haired ghost hands, there was almost no space for Li Muyang to maneuver.

Yet, he managed to dance through the crowded space like a nimble bird, effortlessly avoiding all the ghost hands’ attacks.

Finally, Li Muyang reached Shan Xiaolian.

His hollow and dim eyes turned blood-red as he approached Shan Xiaolian, and his aura became incredibly violent.

【Devour!】

The frenzied zombie roared and bit into the red-haired ghost hand on Shan Xiaolian’s chest.

Then, the bizarre and terrifying red-haired ghost hand was directly torn off by the frenzied zombie.

Blood spurted continuously, the ghost hand tried to resist but was quickly bitten off, chewed up, and swallowed by the frenzied zombie.

【Blood Energy +130%】

Seeing the system prompt pop up in his field of vision, Li Muyang regained control of his body.

After swallowing the strange red-haired ghost hand, Shan Xiaolian, dressed in the sorcerer’s robe, was finally freed.

The frosty white vapor condensed on her body quickly dissipated, and her expression returned to normal.

Only her eyes, still with a hint of surprise, looked towards Li Muyang.

When Li Muyang chewed and swallowed the red-haired ghost hand, the other ghost hands that had filled the entire courtyard also silently disappeared.

The courtyard returned to its original calm, leaving only Li Muyang and Shan Xiaolian.

Shan Xiaolian frowned and scrutinized Li Muyang, uncertain, “Are you… Wuming?!”

The person before her, with his preternatural agility, reminded her of a recent legend.

The mysterious individual who brought back precious intelligence from the Ancient Grudge Well.

But the zombie before her was different from the person in the legend, leaving Shan Xiaolian unable to confirm.

Li Muyang, however, nodded as if it were a matter of course, saying, “I am indeed Wuming.”

A person’s reputation precedes them.

Having experienced the Ancient Grudge Well instance, Li Muyang was no longer an unknown entity in the Heavenly Origin Dynasty; his name could command respect from the Imperial Astronomical Bureau’s Demon-Suppressing Masters.

Such self-introductions had become second nature to him after more than twenty deaths.

Even the attack patterns and methods of the bizarre ghost hands were something Li Muyang had deduced through repeated deaths.

In the mirror world of Sanhe City, all the Demon-Suppressing Masters of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau had turned demonic, leaving only Shan Xiaolian struggling to hold on.

And the culprit behind all this was that bizarre red-haired arm.

Shan Xiaolian sighed, “I’ve long heard of your name, but I didn’t expect that seeing you in person would be even more terrifying than the legends.”

The strange red-haired ghost hand appeared silently, poisoning and contaminating the entire Imperial Astronomical Bureau, turning all the Demon-Suppressing Masters into fiends.

If it weren’t for her hurriedly dragging everyone into the mirror world, once those demonized Demon-Suppressing Masters flooded into the outside world, the entire Sanhe City would likely become a hell on earth.

But maintaining the existence of this mirror world had exhausted a great deal of her energy, so much so that when the bizarre red-haired arm found her, she was almost driven to a desperate situation.

But in the nick of time, the person before her appeared, perfectly timing his rescue…

Shan Xiaolian said, “Did you come to Sanhe City to save Fairy Liuli?”

The legend of Wuming mentioned that this person might possess some sort of precognitive ability.

And the fact that he appeared just in time to save her during her crisis was definitely not out of sheer benevolence.

This person has almost no connection with the Imperial Astronomical Bureau.

The one he cares about should be the Mystic Sword Sect female disciple trapped in the city.

Sure enough, Li Muyang nodded and admitted frankly.

“I need your help to rescue the trapped Fairy Liuli.”

Li Muyang took out the sect master token of Master Qingye, the Qingming Jade Disc, and said, “This is the sect master token of the Mystic Sword Sect. Wei Xuan has promised that if you help us rescue Fairy Liuli, you will be allowed to enter the Hundred Zhang Abyss for three days.”

Li Muyang laid all his cards on the table.

From past interactions, he knew that Shan Xiaolian was the type who spoke and acted straightforwardly.

Haggling with her might backfire.

After Li Muyang had put all his cards on the table, Shan Xiaolian nodded directly after a brief silence.

“Alright! I’ll help you!”

Shan Xiaolian said, “Not to mention the favor of you saving me once, just the reward of three days in the Hundred Zhang Abyss is enough to tempt any Demon-Suppressing Master.”

“I have no reason to refuse.”

Shan Xiaolian then looked at Li Muyang and asked, “How do you want me to help you?”

At the moment Shan Xiaolian finished speaking, a new message popped up in Li Muyang’s task bar.

【Task: Bring the Qingming Jade Disc into Sanhe City and persuade Shan Xiaolian to help–Completed】

【New Task: Enter the city lord’s mansion with Shan Xiaolian, find Fairy Liuli Chu Qingxue】

Li Muyang said to Shan Xiaolian, “I need you to help me enter the city lord’s mansion, I want to see Fairy Liuli.”

Shan Xiaolian frowned slightly, “Do you want me to accompany you in a fight?”

The Demon-Suppressing Master of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau has strange methods, specialized in dealing with evil spirits.

But when it comes to ordinary people and cultivators, a Demon-Suppressing Master is much weaker.

Now in Sanhe City, there is only one Demon-Suppressing Master left in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, and their strength has greatly diminished.

Although Shan Xiaolian is a first-grade Demon-Suppressing Master, she might not be able to overcome the guards from the Blood Demon Sect in the city.

Li Muyang explained, “There’s no need to fight our way in, we just need to find a way to get in and see Fairy Liuli.”

The system task only mentioned meeting Chu Qingxue but did not specify rescuing her.

Clearly, the real method of rescue would only be revealed after meeting Fairy Liuli.

Li Muyang was also aware that with the combat power of a first-grade sorcerer, relying solely on Shan Xiaolian, it would be impossible to enter the city lord’s mansion and come out unscathed.

Going to see Chu Qingxue was obviously a prerequisite task for progressing.

As an experienced gamer, he understood this.

After hearing Li Muyang’s words, Shan Xiaolian pondered for a moment.

With her strength alone, accompanying the mysterious Wuming into the city lord’s mansion to seek a way to rescue Chu Qingxue seemed akin to courting death.

But after a brief consideration, Shan Xiaolian nodded without hesitation.

“Good! Let’s set off immediately, I’ll take you to the city lord’s mansion to find Chu Qingxue!”

Shan Xiaolian’s words allowed the real Li Muyang to breathe a sigh of relief and clench his fists in excitement.

After a night of effort, he finally cleared the first difficult hurdle.

Next, as long as he entered the city lord’s mansion and met Chu Qingxue, he could unlock the next stage of the challenge.

Following this pace, perhaps he really could rescue Chu Qingxue within the three-day limit!