Return to an Old Haunt

To everyone's surprise, the beam of light went straight for Bao Ling the first act, but just as it was about to hit her, she was pushed away by someone.

The person who pushed her away was Li Wei.

Enveloped in a beam of light, Li Wei's figure quickly disappeared from the theater, and it was only then that Bao Ling reacted. She knew that Li Wei did this to protect her, since it would be too dangerous for someone with only A3 combat power to carry out these missions.

At that moment, Li Wei felt as if he had been thrown high into the air. A few seconds later, his feet touched solid ground again. The white light in front of him dissipated, and he was now in the world of the story.

Li Wei had his reasons for pushing Bao Ling away. This storyline was undoubtedly more difficult than the last one, and even if it was just to protect Bao Ling, he couldn't let her take that risk again.

The surrounding scenery clearly indicated that he was inside a massive building, and upon closer inspection, Li Wei felt a strong sense of familiarity. The chilling air, the dilapidated walls and pillars, the blood-red pool of water, and the will-o'-the-wisps drifting in the distance— Li Wei slapped his forehead and immediately remembered: wasn't this the Demon-Locking Tower?

Could this Demon-Locking Tower be the setting chosen for the second performance?

Li Wei felt a sense of Blood Demon. For him, the Demon -Demon-Locking Tower was like returning to an old haunt. He had caused quite a stir here back then, not only learning the 'True Qi-Controlling Formula' and befriending the Green Conch Sword Immortal, but also subduing the Three Blood Demons. It could be said that the Demon-Locking Tower was an absolute blessing for him.

Thinking of the Blood Demon, Li Wei chuckled and released the Beast Soul. He and the Blood Demon hadn't seen each other for quite some time, and the latter roared excitedly upon its release. However, after surveying its surroundings, its expression changed, and it floated to Li Wei's side, whispering, "Master... how did we end up here..."

Li Wei quickly gestured to the Blood Demon, telling him to be quiet. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, there were over a hundred pairs of eyes staring at him in the Grand Theater right now.

"If you have something to say, use telepathy!" Li Wei said first.

This sound transmission technique was taught to Li Wei by the Blood Demon, and he rarely needed it, but it unexpectedly came in handy at this moment.

"Master, is someone spying on us?" The Blood Demon, that old monster, was more cunning than a woman, and naturally guessed Li Wei's intentions immediately, responding using telepathy.

"Yes!" Since Blood Demon was his confidant, Li Wei naturally didn't need to hide anything from him, so he told it about the situation at the Pluto Island Grand Theater.

Blood Demon clicked his tongue in amazement upon hearing this, secretly thinking that his own abilities were nothing compared to those experts from the Star Domain.

"Master, since the second performance of the Grand Theater has chosen to take place in this Demon-Locking Tower, what is the specific mission? To be honest, I know this Demon-Locking Tower inside and out. Just from this point alone, we have a significant advantage over that White-Brow Villain!" Blood Demon said with a fawning expression.

"Of course, otherwise I wouldn't have come to find you!" Li Wei said with a laugh and a curse. At this moment, a voice suddenly rang in his ear.

"The second act begins. Mission objective: Ensure the Demon-Locking Tower is not destroyed. Mission complete. Reward: 1 Hades Fruit..."

The mission finally appeared, but Li Wei frowned upon seeing it. The mission was clear: ensure the Demon-Locking Tower is not destroyed. So, who would attempt to destroy the Demon-Locking Tower?

Touching his chin, Li Wei suddenly remembered that in the Legend of Xianjian storyline, the Demon-Locking Tower was indeed destroyed. This was because the female protagonist, Zhao Ling'er, was imprisoned in the Demon-Locking Tower, and the protagonist, Li Xiaoyao, and the second female protagonist, Lin Yueru, went to rescue her, which caused the Demon-Locking Tower to collapse. In the end, Zhao Ling'er survived, while Lin Yueru perished there.

That's how the plot works. In other words, this time, to prevent the Demon-Locking Tower from being destroyed, I need to start by targeting several key characters in the story.

If he knows all this, then others like the White-Brow Ghost King probably don't know much about it, right?

Therefore, these are advantages for him, and... a slight smile appeared on Li Wei's lips. He knew he had another advantage.

That was his first mandatory mission, which was in the Sword Immortal World. In that mission, Li Wei had interacted with Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them friends.

Therefore, this advantage should be of great help in the mission. But before that, we must find Li Xiaoyao first.

With a preliminary plan in mind, Li Wei waved his hand and unleashed the newly acquired skill "Cloud Riding" from the "Dragon Power".

White mist shimmered around him, gathering beneath Li Wei feet. When the mist had accumulated sufficiently, Li Wei took a step forward and soared into the air. With a thought, the white cloud beneath his feet carried Li Wei swiftly away. From afar, Li Wei stood atop the mist, resembling an immortal.

According to the Blood Demon, Li Wei is currently on the fourth floor of the Demon-Locking Tower, a place filled with blood pools and bone walls, overflowing with ghostly energy, and teeming with all sorts of Devil. However, the highest combat power of these monsters is only S2, which is no obstacle for Li Wei, who has already raised his combat power to S4.

With the help of the flying clouds, Li Wei quickly found the 'boundary stone' leading to the next level. There were teleportation arrays around, and he could enter the next level by using these arrays.

With the Blood Demon's help, Li Wei found the teleportation array and entered the next level with almost no effort. However, he encountered a problem after walking for a short while.

Even from a great distance, Li Wei could still hear the sounds of fighting coming from ahead.

Upon closer inspection, Li Wei was taken aback.

Ahead was a team of six or seven reincarnators, but they were definitely not selected from the theater. Instead, they were a small team of reincarnators with combat power around A-level, and even a few of them were B-level.

Although these people looked completely unfamiliar, Li Wei felt a sense of familiarity with them. Without a doubt, they were reincarnated beings from Earth Star, as evidenced by their physique, skin color, and appearance.

They were currently locked in a fierce battle with an A3-level monster, which was essentially a giant toad covered in huge venomous tumors. Its rough skin possessed considerable defensive capabilities, while its tongue was a deadly weapon. Relying on these features, it nearly swallowed several reincarnators who were a beat too slow.

Although the two sides appear to be evenly matched for the time being, Li Wei knows that those reincarnators will not be able to hold out for long and there will likely be casualties.

Sure enough, one of the reincarnators was caught off guard and had his arm caught in the toad monster's strange tongue. Before he could react, the fleshy barbs on the tongue shredded his arm to pieces.

He let out a scream, his fighting power greatly diminished, which directly led to him being swallowed by the toad monster, becoming its first victim.

Seeing their companion die tragically, the remaining reincarnators, their eyes bloodshot, attacked the toad monster like madmen. But with one less person, their fighting strength was diminished, and the toad monster broke through their formation with just a few charges.

"If you can't beat them, then run! Why fight to the death here!" Li Wei, who was hiding in the shadows and saw this scene, shook his head helplessly. After thinking for a moment, he quietly activated his Blood Control Method.

The toad monster attempted to use the same trick to kill the other reincarnator, but suddenly felt its blood stagnate. Confused and bewildered, it hissed in terror. The next second, the toad monster felt its blood surge uncontrollably, rushing towards its internal organs at a terrifying speed. Like countless sharp blades, it shredded its blood vessels and severed its internal organs. The unfortunate toad felt a sharp pain and then collapsed completely.

For those reincarnators, what happened in those few seconds was truly a rollercoaster of emotions. They thought they were doomed this time, but unexpectedly, at the last moment, the toad gave them a sudden jolt, then collapsed to the ground and never moved again.

At first, they thought it was a trick by the giant toad, but when one of the bolder ones went closer to take a closer look, they realized that the toad was indeed dead.

"It's dead! It's dead! Haha, we killed this A3-level monster!" The reincarnators wept with joy, and then they picked up the items dropped by the toad monster after it died.

Li Wei had been hiding in the shadows, finally came out. The reincarnators all looked wary when they saw Li Wei.

"Halt! Who are you?" a reincarnator who was clearly the team leader asked, his tone full of wariness.

Li Wei waved his hand to indicate that he meant no harm, and said in a calm voice, "Like you, I'm just passing through!"

Seeing that Li Wei was alone and indeed meant him no harm, the group relaxed considerably. However, when they used their Detection skills to check Li Wei's combat strength, they received the result of 'unknown'. The person in charge of the detection was an A2-level reincarnator, who looked at Li Wei with a slightly awe-inspiring gaze. Clearly, he knew that anyone whose 'unknown combat strength' was detected was generally stronger than the detective.

The other party might be an A3-level expert, and thinking of this, their attitude became even more humble. Li Wei, however, had no time to get entangled with them. He had only made his move because he didn't want to see these people die like that. Now, he should continue searching for characters from the storyline.

Seeing that Li Wei was indeed not an enemy, the reincarnators no longer avoided Li Wei and began to talk in hushed tones.

"Captain, I think we shouldn't go any further. The monsters here are all A3 level, which is too dangerous for us to deal with. We should go back and deal with the B level monsters. Although we won't gain much that way, at least we won't be in any danger!" one of the reincarnators suggested.

The captain considered for a moment and nodded, saying, "Alright, this place is really too difficult for us. Fortunately, our mission is to assist the character Li Xiaoyao in rescuing Zhao Ling'er. As long as they achieve their goal, we will have completed our mission. Li Xiaoyao has Miss Zheng and the others from the Three Heroes City to assist him, so it should be foolproof. We just need to fight some minor monsters in a safe area, and that will be enough!"

Several reincarnators nodded in agreement and were about to turn back when someone overheard their conversation and stopped them.