Chapter 77: A Dog of a Game, and You Want to Give Me a Knife?

Chapter 77: A Dog of a Game, and You Want to Give Me a Knife?

The blood-red sword light danced, and the tyrant serpent dragon wreaked havoc.

In the eyes of the world, the black-robed guards, who were like gods and demons, were no match for Qi Yuan's sword, falling with a single strike.

Qi Yuan glanced at the waning moon in the sky.

"Not even an elite monster, and with no experience, what a nuisance."

Yue Nu raised her head and looked at the towering figure beside her, her eyes reflecting the moon's crescent shape.

The sword, like a blood dragon, continued its slaughter of living beings.

The powerful and mysterious black-robed guards fell one by one.

The sword returned to its sheath, and Yue Nu held the sword's sheath.

Qi Yuan spoke, "Let's go, to the next place."

Before leaving, Qi Yuan intended to crush all the minions of the extraterrestrial demons in the human realm.

After all, in a game, isn't it customary to kill the small monsters first, then the big ones?

Kunwu City, with walls nearly two zhang high.

Suddenly, a sword light flashed from the south and landed in the city.

A mocking voice was heard, "This sword only slays the chief evil and the aristocrats, only slaughtering the sovereigns!"

The voice, faint and ethereal, reached the ears of everyone in the city.

Many were bewildered, some were shocked, some delighted, and some enraged.

In Kunwu City, an old man rose from a tender girl's bed, his face filled with anger, "What audacious brat dares to do this!"

In response, a blood-red sword light flashed.

"Ah!" The girl, naked, screamed as she saw the old man's head fall to the ground.

At the same time, the sword light raged through Kunwu City, and many heads rolled.

The entire Kunwu City instantly descended into chaos.

A burly man's face turned deathly pale, "Elder Brother! The city lord is dead!"

The fat man's eyes widened upon hearing this.

At that moment, the faint, mocking voice spoke again, "From this day forth, the Filial Piety Decree is abolished. Respecting elders is good, but loving the young and cherishing all people is also necessary. Love yourself, and love others."

As the voice faded, a blood-red serpent dragon-like sword flew out of the city.

The fat man looked up, a doubtful expression on his face. This voice sounded familiar.

He suddenly remembered the faceless person he had met while queuing outside the city that day.

Could it be...

A terrifying thought crossed his mind.

At that moment, outside Kunwu City.

The sword returned to its sheath.

Qi Yuan looked down at the short Yue Nu, "How much have you mastered now?"

"Nine... nine-tenths."

"How is it still nine-tenths?" Qi Yuan sighed, "I can't have you become like Chen Xiang. Let's go to the next city."

For seven days, the entire Hundred Cities Alliance was in chaos.

A faceless swordsman, holding the hand of a tender girl carrying a sword, traveled through the hundred cities.

In every city, his sword struck like a dragon.

All the sovereigns and aristocrats within the cities were slaughtered.

Once, a beggar secretly witnessed the faceless swordsman from afar, and after slaughtering the minions of the extraterrestrial demons in a city, he asked the sword-holding girl, "How much have you learned?"

The girl, with her head lowered and her fists clenching her garment, replied, "Nine-tenths."

Other martial heroes in different cities also witnessed the same scene from a distance.

They called the faceless swordsman the Faceless Sword God, and the girl the Nine-Tenths Maiden.

In seven days, Qi Yuan, accompanied by Yue Nu, traveled through one hundred and thirty-seven cities of the Hundred Cities Alliance and thirteen Ten Thousand Tombs.

The number of slain enemies was countless, and blood flowed like rivers.

On the last day, Qi Yuan stood in the final city, his hands on his hips, as he declared, "I've slain all the minions of the extraterrestrial demons in the human realm.

They should have realized this by now, so it's not right for you to still claim nine-tenths."

Yue Nu, hearing this, fell silent. She looked at Qi Yuan, her small face pleading, "Can... you wait three hundred years before going to slay the extraterrestrial demons?

By then... I'll still be holding the sword."

Qi Yuan gazed at the moon and then at Yue Nu, "Even if the heavenly dog eats the moon, can a game be played for three hundred years?"

Yue Nu remained silent, her eyes stubbornly fixed on Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan said, "Let's go back to Seventh Moon Lake. It's time for me to leave." He took Yue Nu's hand, and their figures faded into the vast snow.

At Seventh Moon Lake, the shimmering lake surface disappeared, replaced by thick ice, and snow fell upon it.

Qi Yuan sat on the green stone, gazing at the little girl, and said slowly, "Rest for the night. Tomorrow, I'll be leaving."

Yue Nu looked at Qi Yuan without saying a word.

After speaking, Qi Yuan closed his eyes.

Yue Nu glanced at Qi Yuan and turned to return to the wooden house.

At that moment, on Qise Peak, Qi Yuan exited the game.

He stepped out of the thatched house and arrived outside Jiang Ling Su's residence.

"Younger Sister."

"What's the matter, Elder Brother?" Jiang Ling Su seemed to have just finished bathing, her hair still damp.

"I'm preparing to establish my foundation, which may take three to five days, or a year or two, or even longer.

If anyone comes looking for me during this time, please let them know."

"Huh?" Jiang Ling Su was bewildered, "Does foundation establishment require so much time?"

"Younger Sister, I'm preparing for the Heavenly Dao foundation establishment, so it naturally takes more time," Qi Yuan explained seriously.

Jiang Ling Su was speechless.

Heavenly Dao foundation establishment? Ridiculous!

Moreover, even the Heavenly Dao foundation establishment wouldn't take that long.

She suspected that Elder Brother was probably cultivating some secret technique.

With Elder Brother's formidable combat strength, it was likely due to the cultivation of numerous powerful secret techniques.

"Alright, don't worry, Elder Brother. I'll keep watch," Jiang Ling Su said, and then asked, suddenly remembering something, "Elder Brother, won't you starve to death while cultivating secret techniques?"

Qi Yuan replied, "With the spirit stones you gave me, how could I possibly starve?

It would be too embarrassing for a cultivator to die of hunger."

However, Jiang Ling Su felt that Elder Brother was truly capable of starving to death.

Qi Yuan gave a few more instructions and returned to his residence.

He looked at the kitchen knife in the courtyard, bent down, and tied the rope around its neck, "I won't tie you up. While I'm in seclusion, you need to guard the house."

The knife's body seemed to shudder slightly, indicating its agreement.

Qi Yuan entered the house and used the formation tablets obtained from Heishan Zong to set up a few small arrays.

He entered the game once more.

Cold snowflakes fell on his face, and as he opened his eyes, he saw a pair of tiny, frozen red hands gently brushing away the snowflakes from his shoulders.

"Sir...you're awake?" Moon Maiden noticed Qi Yuan's eyes opening and quickly retracted her hand.

She was afraid she had woken him up.

"Hmm," Qi Yuan gazed into the distance, a white expanse where his breath also formed white clouds.

Moon Maiden instantly felt warmer as she stood by his side. She looked at Qi Yuan and asked, "Sir, are you going to slay the extra-terrestrial demons tomorrow?"

"Hmm," Qi Yuan nodded.

Moon Maiden's expression froze, and she said, "After tomorrow, I will leave the Moon Imperial Clan. I will cultivate hard and help you, Sir. I'll join you in slaying the extra-terrestrial demons!"

"Don't set up flags for me, and don't set them up for yourself either," Qi Yuan said, stroking Moon Maiden's hair.

Moon Maiden was a little confused, but she nodded and said, "Sir, just a moment."

She was about to bring out the fish soup she had prepared.

Before the sir left, he needed to have a sip of the soup she made herself.

As soon as Moon Maiden finished speaking, she rushed into the house.

Qi Yuan glanced at her retreating figure and then looked at the ancient Ji Chun Tree.

The tree was now covered in thick snow, its branches laden with the white blanket.

On some branches, one could still see icicles hanging.

"A thousand miles of ice, ten thousand miles of snow," Qi Yuan couldn't help but recall these lines and the poet who wrote them.

Then, another line came to mind.

"So many sacrifices, so much ambition, daring to change the world."

Gazing at the vast, desolate world, he suddenly whispered, "This world is indeed as beautiful as Jing Li said.

But I'm just a player...I don't need to sacrifice to defeat NPCs."

The sound of running footsteps approached, and Moon Maiden carried a bowl of steaming fish soup.

She ran lightly, her footsteps crunching in the snow.

After covering a short distance, the steam from the soup reached her face.

If she were nearsighted and wore glasses, she might not have been able to see the path clearly.

"Slow down, don't fall," Qi Yuan said, his back to Moon Maiden.

Moon Maiden looked at Qi Yuan, holding the bowl of soup carefully.

Suddenly, a sharp silver light descended from the sky, and a fishing line shot towards Moon Maiden with incredible speed, as if trying to hook her.

Moon Maiden still held the bowl, her foot lifted, and she hovered in the air, unaware of the fishing line above.

Qi Yuan's sword was still slanted in the snow, and he sat on the green stone, watching the snowflakes fall onto his hair.

The fishing line was sharp, piercing the flesh with speed, so fast that not even blood had time to flow.

The bowl in Moon Maiden's hand fell with a clatter.

Her eyes widened, and she stared at the figure beside her, her eyes welling up with tears.

Qi Yuan grabbed her with one hand and extended the other towards the fishing line.

The line pierced his arm.

Looking at the fishing line, Qi Yuan burst into laughter. "Haha, you dog game, I knew it! You'd definitely stab me at a time like this!

But I was prepared.

On the surface, I was enjoying the snow, but I was watching and listening in all directions, waiting for you to strike.

Hmph, the corpses under the Ji Chun Tree already stabbed me, and you want to stab me again?"

Qi Yuan let out a cry.

His sword unsheathed, the power of the 99th Level unleashed in this moment.

Qi Yuan dropped the act, no longer pretending.

With the minions eliminated, it was time to face the game's final boss.

The mighty sword, no longer restrained, finally showed its fangs.

"Break!"

Qi Yuan shouted.

The sword clashed with the fishing line.

Instead of a powerful impact, there was only calm.

Crack.

The flesh and blood, which the Five Ancestors had claimed to be indestructible, was severed by Qi Yuan's sword.

Blood flowed from the fishing line.

Qi Yuan released Moon Maiden and took out a wooden hairpin from his pocket.

It was a jade hairpin he had crafted in Heaven's Forbidden Zone, intending to give it to Jing Li as a gift when they met.

Unfortunately, that opportunity never came.

He handed the hairpin to Moon Maiden, "It's called...Ru Jian Qing. Keep it for me, give it to..."

He wanted to say, give it to a woman named Jing Li.

But after a moment's thought, he realized he didn't know when Jing Li would appear in this world.

"Keep it in a suitable place. Let fate take its course."

He finished speaking, and the sword returned to its sheath.

Holding the sword with one hand, a drop of blood dripped from his left hand.

Moon Maiden took the hairpin and carefully put it away.

Looking at Qi Yuan, she seemed to realize something, "Sir...can I still hold your sword for you?"

Qi Yuan didn't answer, only the howl of the north wind could be heard.

No answer was an answer in itself.

Moon Maiden stubbornly stared at Qi Yuan, her gaze fixed on his injured arm. She seemed to have made an important decision.

"Sir, wait a moment."

After saying this, she moved closer to Qi Yuan's arm and bit down on the wound pierced by the fishing line.

In that short moment, even Qi Yuan couldn't heal the wound, but with Moon Maiden's saliva, it miraculously closed.

A mark of a crescent moon appeared where the wound had been.

Moon Maiden's face paled, and the moon in her eyes dimmed, but her eyes shone with a brilliant smile. "Sir, does it hurt anymore?"

Even the winter's chill seemed to dissipate slightly.

Qi Yuan looked at the mark on his hand and thought of Xiao Jia.

Both were so sensible, and their sensibility tugged at his heartstrings.

He managed a smile, "It doesn't hurt."

As his voice faded, he disappeared into the vast snow.

Moon Maiden stared at the empty snow-covered ground, standing in place, lost in thought.

...

"The Earth's Forbidden Zone?" Qi Yuan opened his eyes and saw a door.

"Xiao Jia?"

He called out.

There was no response.

"Slaying the final boss is a task I must do alone.

Others simply can't reach this place."

As Qi Yuan entered the Earth's Forbidden Zone, he felt his connection with Xiao Jia severed.

The mark on his chest had also disappeared, leaving only a faint crescent moon scar on his left hand.

"This is good too."

Xiao Jie was originally clumsy, often stumbling and bumping into things as she walked.

Now, Qi Yuan, holding a great treasure sword, looked almost the same as when he first entered the game, except for his level, which had reached 99.

The difference was that his experience bar was still full.

But he didn't level up.

Before Qi Yuan stood a massive copper gate, weathered and covered in rust.

"Open Sesame," Qi Yuan said casually.

Unexpectedly, the gate swung open.

An expansive world greeted Qi Yuan, devoid of land, trees, or clouds, as if suspended in mid-air.

High above, a sun shone in the sky.

"Is this the Earth's Forbidden Zone?"

Qi Yuan stepped into the Earth's Forbidden Zone.

A deep and chilling voice resounded, "Intruders in the Earth's Forbidden Zone will be killed without mercy!"

Qi Yuan looked up to see a golden armored man standing in the sky.

His face was resolute, his features chiseled like a sculpture.

His robust figure, clad in golden armor, exuded a commanding presence, and his eyes held an air of authority.

"Heavenly General Jinjia?"

Qi Yuan instantly recognized the Heavenly General Jinjia.

He was the long-awaited husband of the Bridal Robe Princess.

The White Moonlight that the Burial Flower Fairy had always sought.

The Head of the Four Departments of the Divine Court, the Heavenly General who swept through the six realms.

But now, he was merely a puppet, a guardian of the Extra-terrestrial Demons.

Qi Yuan approached the Heavenly General, taking a step forward, "Even if you are Xiao Jie's father, my father-in-law, you can't plagiarize my words.

What you just said, 'Those who cross this sword will be killed without mercy,' was copied from what I taught the Moon Maiden."

The Heavenly General looked at Qi Yuan with unemotional tiger-like eyes.

Without speaking, he strode towards Qi Yuan.

"You're not talking, are you trying to say that all articles are copied, or that our words come from the dictionary and don't count as plagiarism?"

Qi Yuan casually mocked.

The Heavenly General approached Qi Yuan and drew his sword.

"Oh dear, you're getting angry because you can't win an argument. I'm divorcing Xiao Jie, but we're still in the cooling-off period.

Since you're Xiao Jie's father, I'll send you off myself."

Qi Yuan drew his sword.

Out of respect for Xiao Jie's father, he personally drew his sword.

A flash of blood-red light.

The once-powerful Heavenly General, who had reached the pinnacle of the Divine Realm, the strongest man in this realm, was beheaded with a single sword strike.

For Qi Yuan, beheading a pinnacle Divine Realm opponent was nothing.

However, in the next moment, the Heavenly General revived, returning to his original state.

Unscathed, with no wounds on his body.

Qi Yuan exclaimed, "Always reviving, always coming back to life.

I fear that Long Pan, Tong, and Yu will have a hard time getting past this stage."

Qi Yuan struck again, beheading the Heavenly General.

But like an immortal, the Heavenly General revived.

After Qi Yuan's strike, the Heavenly General would quickly revive and attack Qi Yuan.

Qi Yuan frowned, "This is too boring."

He kept killing, relentless.

It was just a matter of a single sword strike.

Qi Yuan drew his sword, killing, reviving, killing, reviving.

After fifty or sixty cycles, Qi Yuan roared, "Extra-terrestrial Demons, come out quickly. This is too uninteresting.

You don't want me to keep tormenting your puppets, even though they can revive, it's your origin that's being depleted, isn't it?"

Qi Yuan's voice thundered, echoing throughout the Earth's Forbidden Zone.

This time, the revived Heavenly General didn't approach Qi Yuan.

Instead, a gentle voice spoke, "Young friend, come to my cave for some tea."

Qi Yuan saw an elder with a sage-like aura, standing before him.

The elder had white hair and a youthful face, exuding kindness.

In the Vast Wave Realm, Qi Yuan would have mistaken him for an enlightened immortal.

But this was the Earth's Forbidden Zone.

This elder with a sage-like aura gave Qi Yuan a feeling that surpassed even the 119-level golden armored guardian.

Qi Yuan glanced at the elder.

[Hu Shan, 119-level (fallen realm state).]



Qi Yuan didn't engage in conversation but drew his sword, "Extra-terrestrial Demon, die!"

He used the same sword technique that had slain the golden armored guardian, striking the elder.

Yet, as the sword descended, the elder remained unmoved, a gentle smile on his face.

"Although I've fallen from the Five Realms, I'm not someone a Four Realms cultivator can kill."

Qi Yuan eyed the Extra-terrestrial Demon with caution.

His mind raced with questions.

Was it because the other's level surpassed his, allowing for more refined use of power?

Was his strongest sword technique ineffective against the elder?

This was the first time Qi Yuan had encountered such a situation.

Seeing Qi Yuan's hesitation, the elder spoke, "Young friend, you keep saying I'm an Extra-terrestrial Demon, but in truth, I'm not one.

I and some companions were invited to this world to save it.

You must have been deceived and misled by a villain, mistaking us for Extra-terrestrial Demons."

Qi Yuan scoffed, "As expected, high-level bosses have maxed out their deception skills."

"Young friend, it seems you still don't believe me," the elder sighed, "You should have visited Kunwu City?"

Qi Yuan remained silent, pondering how to slay this Extra-terrestrial Demon.

He also sensed that there were likely more Extra-terrestrial Demons here.

"Young friend, please look."

The Extra-terrestrial Demon waved his hand, and a scene appeared before Qi Yuan's eyes.

(End of Chapter)

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