Chapter 467: If You Don't Open Your Eyes, I'll Kiss You
[Nie Yubing has died, game over]
The system prompt that popped up in his field of vision made Li Muyang's head ache.
"Damn, there are such strong monsters in Capital City... Did they chase us out from the royal palace?"
The two monsters pursuing them were frighteningly powerful.
Li Muyang estimated their strength, and with the two monsters working together, he feared that even those in the Purple Mansion Realm would have a headache.
Although the skin-shedding monster was powerful, on par with a Cultivator of the Spirit Travel Realm.
Tang Mengchen and the other two warriors who had been instructed by General Rushing Sky were also formidable.
But once the two monsters caught up with them, they easily slaughtered everyone as if chopping vegetables, with an air of nonchalant ease.
The skin-shedding monster Li Muyang controlled held on until the end, but after everyone else died, he was overwhelmed by the monsters. Ultimately, he could only helplessly fall, as the two monsters dismantled his limbs and dismembered him alive.
Once the skin-shedding monster died, the little girl Nie Yubing also immediately perished.
Reflecting on the battle in his mind, Li Muyang heaved a weary sigh, feeling somewhat of a headache.
It's been a while since I've fought a boss with such an extreme disparity in strength. Those two monsters that chased us from Capital City are so troublesome.
Li Muyang reloaded the save file and returned to the game.
This save was right after the group had broken out of the heavenly prison and arrived at the secluded courtyard.
Tang Mengchen took out the blood talismans and distributed them to everyone.
Then, everyone affixed the blood talismans and fled the imperial capital through the earth.
A few minutes later, the group fled to the wilderness outside Capital City, looking weary and significantly drained of their vital energy.
But before they could rest, three terrifying clouds of monster energy suddenly flew out of Capital City behind them.
Subsequently, three powerful monsters descended from the sky, blocking the group's path.
"...You think you can cause trouble and run away? You kids of the Demon Path are dreaming."
The three demons sneered darkly, encircling the group in the middle.
Li Muyang opened his mouth in slight astonishment.
Three of them?
The number of monsters chasing after them this time was three?
Could it be that the number of bosses spawned in this plot point was randomly generated?
Upon closer inspection, these three monsters were completely different from the two from the previous save, being three brand-new monsters.
And their combat power seemed even stronger...
[Nie Yubing has died, game over]
Ten minutes later, staring at the failure notice popping up in his vision, Li Muyang massaged his temples with a headache.
"A high difficulty is one thing, but the bosses changing every time?"
This made the challenge of clearing the game even harder!
He reloaded the save again, the same sequence of events unfolded, with everyone grabbing the blood talismans and fleeing Capital City through the earth.
Then, clouds of monster energy tore through the night sky, landing in front of the group.
This time, two monsters emerged, but they were still different from the previous monsters.
However, their power seemed somewhat weaker than the three monsters from the previous save.
This time, Li Muyang managed to hold on for fifteen minutes.
[Nie Yubing has died, game over]
"...Great, a game that doesn't bother designing bosses and pulls straight from reality is truly willful."
In past games, it wouldn't be possible to cram so many unique and exotic bosses into the same level.
But this game draws from reality, randomly refreshing bosses without needing designers to squander their brain cells.
Each time you reload a save, it randomly refreshes which boss will descend.
Li Muyang had an intuition that he would be stuck on this level for a while.
After all, the palace was teeming with monsters, with just two or three dispatched each time, a vast variety of combinations could be arranged.
After walking around the room to breathe some fresh air, Li Muyang sat back down on his bed and resumed his game. Continue your saga on My Virtual Library Empire
"Time-consuming, huh? No problem, I'm not afraid of wasting time!"
Since he had no real job to do, all he needed each day was to pretend to be cultivating and hole up in his room playing games.
He had all the time in the world to kill!
Now that his cultivation had reached the Spirit Travel Realm, he even didn't need to sleep or rest, and could maintain a highly concentrated state for extended periods.
So be it, then—he would game through the night with a vengeance.
Li Muyang didn't believe the palace's monsters were truly endless. If he loaded his save files often enough, he would eventually recognize every monster that emerged from the Capital City.
When that time came, he would write "A Strategy Guide for Palace Monsters," detailing every trait, weakness, and attack method of these creatures, along with solutions, and spread the pamphlet worldwide.
To let the whole world know the monsters' weaknesses.
So you're numerous, huh? Well, I have the Save-File Divine Skill!
Once I beat this level, I'll strip you monsters down to your underpants!
Fired up, Li Muyang's resolve hardened against these monsters.
He loaded his save file again, entered the game, and embarked on another challenge.
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"Brother! Are you there? I'm coming in~~"
His sister Li Yuechan's voice rang out from outside, and without waiting for Li Muyang's response, the young girl pushed the door open and rushed in.
Her eyes widened immediately upon spotting the man on the bed.
Seeing Li Muyang sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed "cultivating" on the bed, the girl instantly felt disappointed.
"Ah? Really cultivating..."
"Brother, when did you become such a cultivation fanatic?"
"You've been holed up here for three days without leaving the room, I thought you were up to some unsavory deeds in secret."
The girl pouted in disappointment, edged closer to the bed, and looking at her brother with half-closed eyes, she said, "Brother, I'm talking to you. Are you listening?"
"Today is the great debate conference, Elder Yan said you can't keep hiding in your room—you need to show your face outside, so I came to fetch you."
"Hmm... is cultivation really that appealing? I've been talking to you for so long and you haven't responded."
"You haven't fallen asleep and lost consciousness, have you?"
The girl leaned close to Li Muyang, gazing at her handsome brother's face, and suddenly her eyes twinkled as she giggled.
"Brother, if you're asleep and can't hear anything, then I'm going to kiss you."
She mischievously leaned toward Li Muyang, blowing a warm breath across his face from mere inches away.
Her voice also became much softer and more enticing.
"Really~~ If you don't open your eyes now, I'll kiss you."
The girl came very close, giggling as she eyed her brother's face within reach.
The distance between them was so close they could hear each other's breathing.
However, the man with half-closed eyes just furrowed his brows and showed no other sign of stopping his cultivation.
The girl's eyes widened in shock: "Wow! Brother, you really want me to kiss you."
"You heard me but pretended not to... huh... so sly, I was only teasing you, I wouldn't really kiss you."
The girl teased Li Muyang, mischievously wanting to catch a glimpse of his embarrassed expression.
Yet the man on the bed continued to show no reaction to her teasing, as if he hadn't heard her at all.
A full three minutes passed before the man on the bed finally opened his eyes.
Looking somewhat helplessly at his sister beside him, Li Muyang said, "You rascal, always disturbing me at the crucial moment..."