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The last day of the mission world has passed, and there is less than an hour left until the last moment of the 7-day deadline. All the reincarnators have gathered at the Chishui Town Government Office to await the mission settlement.

However, Li Wei had not returned by then.

It wasn't that Li Wei was still immersed in grief, but rather that he was intercepted by Dugu Ningke on his way back.

Although Li Wei was not afraid of this female demon general with terrifying hidden strength, the two still had some relationship. After all, if it weren't for Dugu Ningke's intervention, Yu Wentuo wouldn't have so easily agreed to Li Wei's 'coercion'.

In the grove outside Chishui Town, Dugu Ningke walked alone. Li Wei followed behind, unaware of what was going on. After about three to five minutes, Dugu Ningke stopped and turned to look at Li Wei.

"Little princess, what brings you here?" Li Wei didn't have time to fool around with this little princess. The mission would end in an hour, and he had to rush back. It would be a huge loss if he were punished for violating the 'rules' because he wasn't in Chishui Town.

Dugu Ningke sized Li Wei up and down, then said, "Hand over the demon core!"

Li Wei was taken aback.

He immediately realized that the other party was probably referring to the inner core that Guiguzi spat out after he killed Guiguzi. Because it contained a large amount of demonic energy, it was also called a demonic core. In terms of quality, cores are divided into four grades: demon core, human core, demonic core, and immortal core. Demonic cores are the lowest, human cores are the best, and demonic cores and immortal cores are the highest quality. Moreover, based on the knowledge of the cultivation world that he had come across from Green Conch, demonic cores and immortal cores are the rarest, even practically impossible to find.

He had put the Demon Pill into his mouth with the intention of studying it and seeing if he could use it for himself, but who would have thought that Dugu Ningke would ask for it back now.

It's not surprising that Dugu Ningke was so direct. Li Wei had introduced himself as her Dugu Ningke, so naturally, she wasn't very polite. Afterwards, Dugu Ningke thought about it carefully and realized that Li Wei had most likely tricked her into helping him. Although it suited her wishes, it was clear that Li Wei knew her identity, which was why she had intercepted him. She wanted to ask Li Wei how he knew her identity, and also to get the demonic core, since refining it would raise her cultivation level.

She knew the magic pill was precious; how could Li Wei not know?

"Your Highness is too kind. I have a great use for that magic pill, so I really cannot give it to you. Please forgive me," Li Wei said directly, being so polite because he was afraid she would get angry, since she was not someone to be trifled with.

Dugu Ningke seemed surprised by the direct rejection, and frowned.

"Li Wei, don't think I don't know. You're not a member of my Demon Realm at all. The fact that you deceived me before is enough for me to kill you. I ask you, how did you know my identity?" Dugu Ningke said, unleashing a burst of killing intent.

Li Wei inwardly realized he was in trouble. In his haste to get her to help, he had made up a lie. But he knew the lie couldn't be taken seriously and wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. Dugu Ningke had likely fallen for it because she was too eager to help Yu Wentuo. If Yu Wentuo hadn't been in danger, she certainly wouldn't have intervened.

However, when Li Wei uttered those lies, he had already considered that Dugu Ningke would come to settle accounts with him, and he already had a plan in mind.

"Princess, this matter... even if you don't ask, I will still come to you to explain it clearly, but now is not the time. So, come here at midnight tonight, and I will tell you the reason. Then you will know what happened, and perhaps our relationship will become even closer."

Those who reincarnate have unique advantages, and Li Wei's strategy is to stall.

The last sentence, in particular, set a trap, leading Dugu Ningke to assume that since he would return to Shadow Street in an hour, no matter how powerful Dugu Ningke was, she wouldn't be able to find him.

So the poor little princess gave Li Wei a few cold laughs, figuring he wouldn't dare lie to her, and said, "Fine, tonight at midnight, I'll see what you can say."

Li Wei smiled slightly, turned around and left the woods, silently saying goodbye to Dugu Ningke behind him.

In the county government compound, Zheng Yutong waited anxiously. She only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Li Wei's figure.

In this mission, none of the reincarnators in Li Wei Squad died. In addition, two other reincarnators survived. Everyone was quite satisfied with this result.

After all, this is an S-rank mission, and the enemies that appear are stronger than the last. Even the demonized townspeople have level-one combat power, not to mention Guiguzi appears later.

Li Wei deeply understands that his survival is inseparable from the efforts of everyone.

The outcome of this mission was unexpected for everyone. The powerful Guiguzi was killed, and Yu Wentuo, who was originally the biggest threat, was silenced by Li Wei's intervention. The demonized townspeople were also healed one by one by Li Wei.

Based on these points, the final evaluation of the task will certainly not be low.

Finally, the last moment arrived, and the reincarnators received a notification that the mission was complete.

"Mission 'Defend Chishui Town' completed. Mission rating: S-rank. Reward: 300,000 points..."

Every reincarnator heard this prompt.

Receiving such a large reward for the first time, the rewards alone justify the difficulty of an S-rank mission. However, everyone knows that if it weren't for the existence of the An Hei, more than half of the demonized townspeople would have died; if it weren't for Li Wei, Guiguzi alone could have wiped them all out; and if it weren't for Yu Wentuo's final compromise, they would never have been able to complete this high-difficulty mission.

Li Wei knew perfectly well that without Xue Lian'er, he would have died long ago.

As the white light returned to Shadow Street, Li Wei subconsciously looked towards the stone tablet in the distance that read "Chishui Town." In the dim light, he seemed to see a lonely white figure there, as if waiting for something. The next second, Li Wei was plunged into darkness. Then, the light and shadow shifted, and he appeared in Shadow Street.

Standing in the alley for a full five minutes, Li Wei finally let out a long breath.

"The Xuanyuan Sword's mission has ended, but my mission has only just begun."

The real world.

The once glorious cities of Europe have vanished, replaced by a new town that stands in the London. This is a place known to everyone in the New World, the only level 5 town: Wizard City.

It can accommodate more than 500,000 residents, with a floating population exceeding one million. On ordinary days, it is already bustling with activity, but today it is even more noisy.

The reason was that the Wizard City had invited the city lords of towns of level 3 or above in the New World to attend the banquet. This was the first time such a large-scale diplomatic event had taken place on the European continent since the collapse of the Old World system.

In a short time, people of all skin colors, riding strange mounts, flocked to Wizard City in recent days. On this day, under the blazing sun, many merchants from Wizard City were vigorously promoting their goods in the market when a dark shadow suddenly swept across the sky, followed by a huge flying dragon appearing in the air.

"Look, someone else is coming. He must be a powerful city lord. Look at that dragon, it must be the Wyvern Monarch, right?" A blond, blue-eyed white man looked up at the dragon in the sky and then said to his companion.

"No mistake, I've seen this kind of Wyvern Monarch before. It's worth hundreds of thousands of magic crystals on the black market. If measured in our Old World's currency, this dragon is worth no less than ten million US dollars..." The other one was clearly black, but he knew quite a lot.

The US dollar, the currency of yesteryear, no longer exists; it has been replaced by magic crystals.

The dragon flew over the market and landed in the designated square, where people from Wizard City quickly came to greet it. The person in charge of welcoming the various city lords was also a high-ranking official of Wizard City —a man of old European descent, dressed in a wide robe, with a hooked nose, blue eyes, and thin lips, who looked somewhat gloomy. But at this moment, he broke into a smile, laughing heartily at the people jumping off the dragon, "Isn't this the Seventy-Two Brothers? We haven't seen each other for months; you've become even more handsome than before!"

The one who jumped off the dragon was none other than Seventy-Two, the city lord of Flying Dragon City. No one knew his real name anymore, not even he himself. Only this number from his past life in Shadow Street became his new name. In fact, many reincarnators use numbers to represent themselves, but of course, only those with numbers at the beginning use this.

Seventy-Two chuckled, "Spellcaster Cohen, your combat strength has improved quite a bit... You've already reached A1 level, congratulations!"

Someone of the rank of Seventy-Two naturally has the money to buy 'Insight Technique', so they can see the combat strength of people of the same rank. The European man called the Spellcaster Cohen also had a proud look on his face, obviously in a great mood because he had just been promoted to A1 rank a few days ago.

"The Wizard has already prepared a banquet at the City Lord's Mansion. Brother Seventy-Two, come with me quickly. I still remember the last time we fought together against those savage orcs during the mission. It was really exhilarating," said the Spellcaster Cohen, who was about to welcome Seventy-Two into the hall when he saw Seventy-Two wave his hand.

"Wait a minute, I have a few friends behind me, they'll be there soon."

The Spellcaster Cohen didn't say anything, but smiled and waited there with Seventy-Two, while secretly glancing at Seventy-Two from time to time, wondering who this person was who was willing to wait here for a mission like Seventy-Two's.

Seventy-Two is also a top-thirty expert in the New World, with a combat power of A1 level. He owns one level 3 town and three towns below level 2. He is a formidable force and belongs to the kind of 'evergreen'.

Everyone is now aware of the existence of the Reincarnators and Shadow Street. The Reincarnators must participate in missions every 7 days, and the mortality rate during these missions is extremely high.