Battles Can Be Played Like This Too?

Lu Ze was slightly taken aback.

After thinking for a moment, he chose to refuse.

He carried too many secrets and did not want too much contact with True Disciples.

Not even in a game.

Yet the other party seemed unwilling to give up and sent another request.

"Forget it. Beating her once and making her want to catch up even more would be fine."

After some hesitation, Lu Ze finally accepted.

A Righteous cultivator has challenged you! As a prodigy of the Demon Path, even if your opponent is far stronger than you, you show no fear!

Mission: Defeat the Righteous cultivator Li Moran

Reward: One of the opponent's random Skills

Lu Ze stared blankly at first, then grinned.

Now he had no choice but to give her a thorough beating.

He entered the Illusion Realm.

The account Lu Ze was currently using was a GM Account.

He had specifically bought a set of equipment from the Shop that concealed his face. With a few backend modifications on top of that, no one could see his true appearance.

Not even Li Moran at the Spirit Transformation Stage was an exception.

Li Moran looked at the gaudily dressed "Nameless" beside her, her brows knitting slightly.

This wasn't quite what I imagined.

She thought to herself.

She had challenged "Nameless" because she wanted to see exactly what he did better than her.

Although "Demonic Path Escape" was not cultivation in the traditional sense, and the final score did not represent one's realm,

Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen, who were battling at that very moment, were an example.

Neither had a low cultivation realm, yet in "Demonic Path Escape," they performed no differently from ordinary disciples.

But she had seen for herself just how absurdly difficult things became after three thousand steps.

She believed that anyone who could run farther than her was surely no ordinary person.

Between cultivators, sparring was the best way to understand one another.

As the countdown neared its end,

Li Moran became increasingly focused, her expression several degrees colder than usual.

What exactly did he do better than me...?

With that thought in mind, Li Moran kept her eyes fixed on every move "Nameless" made.

She wanted to witness this "expert's" methods.

As she watched, he suddenly bent over while running and picked up something she had never seen before.

The next moment,

A spittoon came flying straight at her forehead...

Very soon,

Li Moran lost.

Her feelings were a tangled mess.

This battle had been far removed from what she had imagined.

Throwing spittoons during a battle was one thing.

She could accept him using all sorts of Talismans to make trouble for her.

She could even accept that Talismans had something like Combo Skills.

What she truly could not understand was...

This "Nameless" had been walking ahead of her, yet he had actually reached over and snatched the items from her lane??

Was there no law left in this world?!

For the first time, Li Moran felt that her battle wisdom seemed somewhat lacking.

Every Elder had said she was a one-in-ten-thousand genius.

"Nameless..."

She murmured softly, lost in thought.

At first, she had assumed this person called "Nameless" had to be some peerless genius.

Gifted but not arrogant, deliberately concealing his name and identity.

In her impression, cultivators like that were usually gentlemen of pure character.

Who would have thought his methods would be so underhanded...

Yet for some reason,

Li Moran did not feel disgusted.

Instead, she found it somewhat amusing.

Thinking of the moment they had decided victory and defeat, when he bent down and took away her item,

The corners of her lips could not help but curl into an almost imperceptible arc.

Speaking of disgust,

It was those cultivators who deliberately put on the airs of gentlemen in front of her every day that she truly found disgusting.

"Uh, that seemed a little easier than I expected?"

After leaving the Illusion Realm, Lu Ze let out a breath.

He had originally thought that Li Moran, with her astonishing talent for games, would put him under considerable pressure.

To keep her firmly beneath him and make this hot commodity continue pursuing "Demonic Path Escape,"

Lu Ze had gone all out from the start.

When it came to using all sorts of battle items, Lu Ze had reached a level of mastery that defied all expectations, completely overturning everyone's understanding.

He had even used every little trick that others did not know about.

For example, while every player only had one item slot, it was actually possible to exploit the timing of item use.

With the right timing and the right item, one could achieve the effect of a Combo Skill.

Just now, he had picked up a Wood Talisman and kept it in his hand rather than using it immediately.

Only when he was about to pick up a Water Talisman did he throw it not far in front of Li Moran, causing several branches that actively wrapped around legs and feet to sprout forth;

Then he swiftly threw out the Water Talisman, scattering Spirit Rain over the branches.

The branches rapidly grew larger and turned incomparably violent, far more powerful than ordinary traps.

That was the sort of Combo Skill ordinary people would find difficult to imagine.

For another example, the two players' tracks were separately divided, with a lethal Barrier between them, so they could only run their own lanes.

However, in battle mode, the Barrier's lethal judgment did not mean death would be triggered by any part of the body touching it.

Letting part of one's body cross the Barrier slightly would not trigger instant death.

In other words, as long as one's control was precise enough, enemy items close to one's side could be pulled over.

Lu Ze had relied on that move to leave Li Moran dumbfounded. In her moment of distraction, she was hit by Lu Ze's Talisman Attack and subsequently died miserably beneath the claws and fangs of a Demonic Beast.

"This time, she should play 'Demonic Path Escape' properly, right?"

Lu Ze muttered to himself, deeply satisfied.

Over the course of that afternoon, the three True Disciples in the hall, along with that unknown Grandmaster, had already earned him a thousand points of Demonic Value.

At this rate, he might be able to reach Foundation Establishment tonight.

Mission complete! You defeated a Righteous cultivator far stronger than yourself. You truly are the hope of the Demon Path!

Congratulations, you have obtained: Ice Breath Technique

Ice Breath Technique: The Ice Phoenix Sword Body's unique breath-concealing art. Once mastered, it can evade Divine Sense Probes below the Integration Realm.

"Holy shit! A True Disciple's Skill, and it's even golden quality!"

Lu Ze was overjoyed.

As expected of an Inner Disciple—the Skills they dropped were of completely different quality. It was simply invincible for lying low!

If he had known there was a reward like this, what had he been hesitating for?

He would shear as much Wool from this as there was to shear!

He even hoped Li Moran would come back and hand him a few more kills.

Or Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen could challenge him to a duel too. He was not picky.

Unfortunately, the former knew the gap in their strength was too great and had gone to single-player mode to hone her skills.

The latter two were still immersed in a rookie pecking match...

Lu Ze could only let it go.

He began considering whether he should craft himself into an especially punchable persona and lure all sorts of senior brothers into coming to solo him.

These missions were pure Wool-shearing.

But after considering the possibility of a Real-life Fight, he decided to forget it.

For now, he was still a little too weak.

Another hour passed.

"Junior Brother Lu, do you still have any Crystal Replicas of 'Demonic Path Escape' for sale?"

After battling Mu Yawen for a long time, Zhong Yi found "Demonic Path Escape" increasingly interesting and hurried over to Lu Ze to buy a Replica.

"Yes. Ten Spirit Stones each."

Lu Ze smiled as he took out a Crystal.

"I'll take... two."

Zhong Yi glanced back at Mu Yawen and Li Moran, then finally held up two fingers.

As a True Disciple, he was not lacking in things like Spirit Stones.

But in his impression, Li Moran had always held no interest in anything beyond cultivation. Even if he bought an extra one, she would probably only refuse it.

What surprised him was that

Li Moran actually took out ten Spirit Stones and placed them before Lu Ze.

"I'll take one too."

Zhong Yi and Mu Yawen looked at each other, tacitly using Spiritual Sense to transmit their voices.

Did I hear that right? Junior Sister Li is actually interested in something like this too?

Could it be that she truly found a cultivation method in "Demonic Path Escape"? As expected of Junior Sister Li—a true cultivation genius!

It seems "Demonic Path Escape" must be hiding some cultivation method later on. We need to work harder too... Junior Brother, shall we keep playing tonight... no, keep battling?

All right!

Just watch how I crush you later!