Entering the game’s main page again, this time Li Muyang chose to start from the beginning.

    He loaded the save where the man woke up in the alley and brutally took care of three doomed thugs right at the start, completing the tutorial level, and then headed straight for the outside of the alley.

    The previous save took too much time to navigate, resulting in a too-low level when the legion of ghosts emerged, making it impossible to clear the level.

    This time, Li Muyang headed straight for the target from the start.

    After all, the NPCs in this city always stay in one place and never wander around.

    The originally rough game details now conveniently served Li Muyang.

    He ran quickly through the city, guided by memory, constantly seeking out and defeating NPCs of equal strength to gain experience points.

    Those scattered and insignificant enemy leaders throughout Luoyang City were now being found and defeated one by one by Li Muyang.

    His level was rapidly increasing.

    Finally, after defeating the last insignificant NPC and reaching level 50, Li Muyang began to challenge the more renowned leaders.

    He followed the route and found the NPC closest to him, 【Prefect of Julu, Guo Dian】.

    This was a minor character, and Li Muyang hadn’t even heard of his name before. But his combat power was roughly on par with a young Yuan Shao.

    Li Muyang stepped forward to challenge and defeated Prefect Guo Dian, leveling up to 51 and obtaining a Resentful Spirit Orb.

    After breaking through to level 51 and acquiring his first Resentful Spirit Orb, a mysterious fairy shrouded in fog appeared as expected.

    【Mysterious fairy: Who art thou? Darest thou trespass into this den of dragons and pit of tigers?】

    Seeing the mysterious fairy appear, Li Muyang didn’t say a word and immediately took off.

    He used his ability to shrink the ground beneath his feet and escaped in an instant.

    After fleeing from the dragon deity fairy, Li Muyang found the next NPC of equal strength and initiated a challenge.

    At level 50, he could take on those minor characters with names and titles.

    At level 70, he could fight second-tier characters with some strength, like Gongsun Zan.

    As for Liu, Guan, Zhang, and Grand General He Jin, those first-tier characters with almost tangible resentment, Li Muyang estimated he’d need to be level 85 or even 90 to stand a chance.

    Using his ability to traverse distances quickly, he ran amok in the city, continuously seeking out NPCs of equal strength to challenge.

    Each time he defeated an NPC leader, the fog-enshrouded mysterious fairy would arrive on time.

    Occasionally, if Li Muyang was too slow, he would be instantly killed by the suddenly appearing mysterious fairy.

    However, with the save point, as long as he could reload in time, Li Muyang could still continue with the game’s progress.

    This gameplay of fleeing from a dangerous boss while fighting others was somewhat reminiscent of the Temple Run game he had played before.

    The dragon deity fairy, this madwoman, was the ‘monster’ chasing after Li Muyang.

    【Mysterious Fairy: I am grateful for your assistance.】

    The always aloof and expressionless mysterious fairy finally showed kindness to Li Muyang.

    She dispersed the fog around her and gave Li Muyang a slight bow with a cold expression.

    This simple motion nearly pulled Li Muyang’s gaze away entirely.

    –Indeed, the greater the mass, the stronger the gravitational pull!

    My physics teacher did not deceive me!

    As Li Muyang’s game clearance ended, the system popped up the settlement interface.

    【You helped the mysterious fairy suppress the resentful spirits in the city and preventing an impending disaster】

    【Although a temporary suppression cannot eliminate the resentment of the spirits】

    【But it’s better to quench thirst with poison than to let all living beings suffer...】

    【Game–‘ Three Kingdoms: Demon Subduing Record’ has been cleared】

    【Mysterious fairy: Survived】

    【Resentful Ghosts: Unappeased】

    【Clearance Rating: E (Passable)】

    【With your powerful supernatural abilities and swift actions, you managed to save the mysterious fairy before the situation deteriorated, helping her suppress the resentful spirits and earning a bit of goodwill from the mysterious fairy. However, the resentment of the ghosts in the city remains unabated, and the disaster has merely been postponed for some time.】

    【You can now claim your completion reward. Would you like to claim your completion reward?】

    【Current selectable rewards (choose one)】

    【 Increase in cultivation realm by +1 (Qi Refining Seventh Layer → Qi Refining Eighth Layer)】

    【Random mortal-grade magical artifact x1】

    【Please note, host, that after claiming the reward, this game entry will close and cannot be entered again.】

    “Goodness, the completion rating is terrible. Not only has the reward become a choice between two, but even the reward itself has turned to rubbish.”

    Flying swords are among the most powerful and cost-effective magical artifacts, and even the worst reward from previous completions was a mortal-grade flying sword.

    And now it’s just a random magical artifact x1... If it turns out to be some trash artifact, it wouldn’t even compare to a flying sword.

    Li Muyang opened his eyes and sighed.

    “It seems that, like the mystery of Loushan City, you need to achieve a perfect score to get high-value rewards.”

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