YM778.TV Chapter 96
However, while the plan was beautiful, execution proved difficult.
Once about a third of its health bar was depleted, the monster would ignore Li Muyang’s attacks, enter a state of invincibility, and furiously shake its body.
As it shook, countless strands of eerie green hair flew out, relentlessly pursuing Li Muyang underwater.
Once hit by these eerie hairs, Li Muyang was certain to die.
However, after several deaths, Li Muyang discovered that if he immediately fled in the opposite direction the moment the monster shook its head, and if his movements were fast enough and he changed directions frequently, he could still shake off the eerie hairs.
But the difficulty is still too high.
Out of ten attempts by Li Muyang, he could only succeed once.
Moreover, during close combat with the monster, its wide-ranging attacks also made it difficult for him to defend.《Legend of Sword and Fairy》 surprisingly lacked parry and invincibility frames during a ‘roll’.
If Li Muyang was slow to react when the monster changed its attack pattern, he would almost instantly be beheaded.
“This is so hard!”
After struggling at the bottom of the lake for an afternoon, Li Muyang opened his eyes to see the afterglow of the sunset spilling over Demon Sword City and stood up with a sigh.
The monster’s attack pattern was simple. The only difficulty was operating with enough precision and without any mistakes.
Any mistake would result in instant death.
“It feels like this BOSS is going to take time to wear down.”
Li Muyang got up and left, not in a hurry to immediately conquer the Green-Haired Behemoth.
Such a high-difficulty BOSS required a lot of failed practice to get familiar with its attack patterns and develop muscle memory.
After dying enough times, he would be able to clear it with ease.
Li Muyang left the secluded, deserted corner and headed towards the alley where he lived.
It was almost time for dinner, and he couldn’t afford to be late.
Although he wasn’t particularly interested in the low-grade spiritual rice that the outer disciples ate, as an outer disciple himself, Li Muyang had to stay true to his “character.”
Everyone else was keen on the spiritual rice, so Li Muyang couldn’t show disdain.
If he acted out of the ordinary and attracted the attention of someone with ulterior motives, that would spell trouble.
Foundation Establishment was just around the corner, and he couldn’t afford any slip-ups at such a critical time.
Li Muyang walked through the empty streets towards his residence. But as he passed through an archway, he faintly heard a low sobbing sound coming from an abandoned courtyard nearby.
The sobbing sounded weak and helpless, like a lost little girl, instinctively making one want to go over and protect her.
However, upon hearing this sound, Li Muyang’s body instantly stiffened.
The sobbing might have sounded feeble, but he felt an inexplicable chill down his spine.
A strong sense of danger told him that he was being targeted by something dangerous.
Any rash action and the thing lurking in the shadows would pounce…
Li Muyang’s footsteps halted under the archway, his body motionless as if petrified.
His arms hung silently at his sides, ready to summon the Dharma-Annihilation Wheel at a moment’s notice if attacked.
But was his cultivation at the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer enough?
Where was this hidden danger coming from?
It wasn’t dark yet, so it couldn’t be the remnants of ancient times that haunted the city.
But apart from those remnants, what else in Demon Sword City could be targeting him?
Li Muyang’s mind raced. He tried to think of a way out of this situation.
However, the feeling of being watched from the shadows was like a thorn in his back, preventing him from moving.
Under the archway, a silent and deadly standoff ensued.
Sweat dripped slowly from Li Muyang’s forehead, but just then, a familiar girl’s voice suddenly broke the deadlock.
“…Ah? Brother, what are you doing standing here all alone?”
It was the voice of his little sister, Li Yuechan, coming from the other side of the street.
To Li Muyang at that moment, her voice was as beautiful as the sound of heaven.
As soon as Li Yuechan’s voice rang out, the gaze that had been secretly watching Li Muyang disappeared.
Li Muyang breathed a sigh of relief after the other party quietly left.
Looking at his sister who had walked up to him, Li Muyang sighed and asked, “What are you doing here?”
Li Yuechan blinked and said with a grin, “I should be asking you that… Brother, you’ve been acting weird lately, always going out alone and hiding, with no one knowing where you are. You haven’t secretly found a girl you fancy and are sneaking out to meet her every day, have you?” ℞�
Li Yuechan asked curiously, half-jokingly.
Li Muyang glared at her, “I don’t have a girl. If I fancied a girl, why would I need to sneak around? I just don’t like the bunch I’m traveling with this time. They’re all too eager to cozy up to others, which is really annoying, so I come out every day to wander around and avoid their pestering.”
Li Muyang made up an excuse on the spot.
After confirming that the hidden danger had passed, he quickly left with his little sister.
Li Muyang had a vague idea of what that thing might be.
It was probably the pet dog lost by someone of high status from Centipede Ridge.
A demon’s dog that could eat people and had cultivation made sense, right?
But Li Muyang didn’t plan to report this clue.
The city lord’s mansion had offered a generous reward for finding the dog, but Li Muyang didn’t want to get involved in the mess.
In the Demon Refining Sect, the lower his profile, the more inconspicuous he was, the easier it would be for the Demonic Sect to let him go when he applied for an external task in the future.
If he showed himself to be clever, perceptive, and talented, the Demonic Sect might not let him leave so easily.
Li Muyang, with his little sister, quickly returned to the more active areas of the city.
Only when he saw the hustle and bustle of living people did he fully relax.
That dog lost by the demon was so fierce that even he, at the Ninth Layer of the Qi Refining Realm, didn’t dare to move.
If other outer disciples encountered it, wouldn’t they be doomed?
Damn the city lord’s mansion, they only sent the outer disciples to look for that dog… Damn officials!
Although outer disciples were considered insignificant, their lives still mattered!
Li Muyang felt resentful.
With that dog running wild in the city, he couldn’t afford to wander alone anymore.
He would have to carefully consider his gaming spots in the future.
Thinking about the recent events, Li Muyang and his sister arrived at the alley where the outer disciples lived.
They had planned to go to the temporary dining hall for dinner, but the atmosphere in the alley was eerie that evening.
Instead of eating at mealtime, everyone was gathered in a courtyard.
Li Muyang and Li Yuechan joined the crowd, only to see a body covered in blood and wounds lying in the courtyard.
It was the outer disciple with the surname Liu who hailed from Demon Sword City…
The crowd murmured among themselves as a coroner from Demon Sword City crouched next to the body to examine it.
Guan Xiaoshun approached Li Muyang nervously and whispered, “It’s bad, Brother Li. Senior Brother Liu has been brutally killed.”
“He said he was going out for a stroll this afternoon to reminisce about his hometown, but not long after he left, we heard his terrible screams. By the time the city guards arrived, all they found was this body…”
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