Chapter 44: Reputation Reversal

"The flow of time in the Strange Domain Spirit Realm is inconsistent with the human world; after you return, perhaps only one or two breaths of time will have passed."

"Each time you enter the Strange Domain Spirit Realm, you can only carry creations related to your own path and sequence, regardless of whether they are dead or alive."

"There is a preferential treatment for the first time you traverse the Strange Domain Spirit Realm, where everyone will be practitioners of the same sequence, but from the second time onwards, this rule is void."

"Merit points can be exchanged for various benefits at the Demon Star and the Samsara Heavenly Net, unlocking permissions, and everything you could possibly want is there; as long as you have enough merit points, even if you directly exchange for becoming a demigod-level powerhouse, there is a possibility of success."

……

While Li Yu earnestly absorbed these rules, he was secretly laughing to himself.

If it weren't for the various coincidental circumstances coming together, he would not have dared to emerge and publicly extort these two, who clearly had powerful backgrounds, while they explained the rules to him.

He could have extorted something else, such as rare curios.

But he knew that might not succeed and could easily backfire.

Li Yu did not know how strong that Wen Feifeng was.

But that person from the Sacred Nest called "Shang Yang" had truly terrifying combat power; he suspected that even if he entered the Compassionate Heart state and went up together with Hongdou, they would not be able to last a few rounds in his hands.

It was just that for such a mechanical monster, the sequence he cultivated was actually called Scholar?

Li Yu only felt unable to understand, and at the same time, he was very curious: what would the next sequence name be called?

Not long after, whether it was because the pressure of the medicine corpses' siege was too great for both sides to endure, or because they had indeed finished explaining all the knowledge of the rules.

Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang both stopped speaking at the same time.

And Li Yu, without any hesitation, immediately blurted out:

"Fire!"

"The immortal medicine corpses fear fire attacks, but it cannot be ordinary fire; it is best to use extraordinary, exotic flames specifically targeting plant-based evil spirits."

"Whether you two can succeed, I do not know, but I have done it anyway."

Almost the moment Li Yu said the answer.

The two of them each gritted their teeth and then acted simultaneously.

One saw Wen Feifeng pinch an incantation with one hand, fiercely pointing at the phoenix-shaped Dao mark between his brows, while he whispered: "The Heavenly Lord is above, grant me the Phoenix Register; today, with one drop of my life-blood, I respectfully request a wisp of the Spirit Sparrow Sacred Fire to help this disciple subdue demons and suppress monsters."

As his voice fell, he flicked his finger outward, and immediately, blue and red radiance flickered.

The next breath, accompanied by a hiss, a "Spirit Sparrow" formed entirely of blue and red sacred fire suddenly flew out.

Initially, it was only the size of a palm, but in the blink of an eye, it expanded to the size of a millstone, and following Wen Feifeng's guidance, it flew directly toward the three gorgeous and exquisite immortal medicine corpses that were surrounding them.

As soon as it made contact, it wrapped around their entire bodies, and like dry grass meeting a raging fire, they were quickly burned to charcoal.

Three spirit root light spots flew out and merged into Wen Feifeng's body.

"It worked!"

Although his face became much paler, it still could not hide his joy.

At the same time, on Shang Yang's side, he also selected an exotic fire called "Nuclear Death Flame" from his own incomparably complex combat methods.

It looked like the cost was also not small, but he also successfully burned two immortal medicine corpses to death, completed the side mission, and obtained twenty merit points.

Both sides were experts in slaughter!

These immortal medicine corpses were indeed strange, but once their weaknesses were known, they immediately suffered.

Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang each let their subordinates, the Order Lords and Reincarnators, withstand the impact of the corpse tide, while the two of them began to slaughter the medicine corpses at all costs.

To win people over, there was another move: burn the medicine corpses half to death and let the others step forward to deliver the finishing blow.

With such favors, the two became the leaders of their respective camps without any obstacles.

Of course, it was also thanks to those few stubborn hotheads who were eaten clean by the medicine corpses first; otherwise, even with favors, it would not have been so easy.

"This must be credited to that Demon Star Order Lord; although he was sneaky, like a cockroach or a mouse, seeing us in danger, he was actually willing to reveal the medicine corpse's weakness to save us. Could it be that there are really good people hidden among the evil god's followers?"

"The medicine corpses belong to plant-based evil spirits; as long as I continued, I would soon have been able to test that fire attacks were effective... But that person didn't take the opportunity to extort good things, nor did he take the [Spirit Energy Death Star] I offered for free. Either he is a cowardly rat, or he saw something?"

Wen Feifeng and Shang Yang each had their own thoughts in their hearts.

Then, they looked toward where Li Yu was at the same time.

Suddenly, they were shocked to find that the person was gone.

Before the two could express surprise, the next breath, both camps discovered it simultaneously.

The medicine corpses, which were already very ferocious, began to become manic, not fearing those extraordinary exotic flames at all, and charged up like crazy.

In their mouths, they spat out some murmurs originating from instinct:

"Ninety-fifth brother is dead, spirit root stolen, take it back."

"Forty-third sister is dead, spirit root stolen, take it back."

"Thirty-first sister is dead, spirit root stolen, take it back."

Accompanied by these movements, most of the medicine corpses led the corpse tide to surround and kill them.

The remaining medicine corpses jumped away into the distance, clearly going to hunt down that sneaky Demon Star Order Lord whose identity information had not been leaked at all.

Everyone present was a smart person!

With a turn of their thoughts, they all figured out the reason.

Immediately, both camps, including the Order Lords and Reincarnators, totaling more than a dozen people, all retracted their good evaluations. "That bastard did it on purpose. He must have realized that these medicine corpses would all hunt him down, which is why he was forced to leak this weakness."

"This beast, did we accidentally act as a shield for him just now? As long as we clear the path, all the medicine corpses will go to hunt him down?"

"A rat, definitely a rat."

"Wait! Doesn't this mean that the medicine corpse riot breaking out of the palace was actually caused by that rat secretly killing the first medicine corpse?"

"It must be. That guy completed the side mission first, avoiding the trouble of being erased, but implicated several fellow Daoists in a miserable death."

"Although those few were hotheads, this way of dying is truly unjust."

"If we meet that scourge again, slaughter him directly."

"Forget about the rat, quickly clean up all these medicine corpses, break into the palace, and seize the corpse of that Penglai female immortal first."

……

The second to last sentence came from the Demon Star Order Lord's camp.

=9+Shu_ba

Clearly, Li Yu, without any effort, relied on his well-timed actions to directly draw the hatred of both the righteous and evil sides.

If Li Yu were here, he would definitely feel very wronged.

He just passively encountered monsters, killed them, completed the side mission, and obtained rewards; what did the subsequent trouble have to do with him?

However, Li Yu had also long anticipated that his reputation would reverse, so as soon as he finished hearing the rules, he turned and fled.

What a pity!

His perfect concealment technique was gradually failing in the face of the medicine corpses.

Behind him, more than a dozen immortal medicine corpses led a batch of corpse tides, chasing him relentlessly.

Li Yu also knew he could not shake them off, even though he could frantically eat "Hundred-Flavor Meatballs" to keep his Qi and blood full and not run out of strength.

But those chasing him were all zombies, and they had the added immortal attribute, which in a sense made them perpetual motion machines.

"Fortunately, I brought enough supplies!"

"I'll accept these hundred-plus merit points."

When Li Yu muttered these two sentences, he did not forget to look back and gaze into the distance.

He soon saw that in the distant territory, under the leadership of those two leaders, they had almost finished cleaning up the remaining medicine corpses and were beginning to head into the palace.

After confirming that no one was following and that his identity information and methods would not be leaked.

Li Yu began to take pills.

He did not waste the Compassionate Heart Pill, only using the Explosive Flame Pill and the Godly Foot Pill.

First, he turned his head and threw several Explosive Flame Pills at the dozen medicine corpses, blocking their advance, but as expected, it failed to kill any of the medicine corpses, only roasting them until they sizzled and emitted a charred scent.

Then Li Yu threw a Godly Foot Pill into his mouth, and the next breath, he felt two warm currents surge into his feet.

His whole person abruptly turned into a ghostly wind.

In the blink of an eye, he flashed in front of a fragrant medicine corpse, and without being polite, he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of pill fire.

These immortal medicine corpses were indeed strange.

Even if Li Yu transformed into the Compassionate Heart state and even brought the Compassionate Heart Blade, fighting one-on-one, he could not kill any of the medicine corpses and might instead be exhausted to death.

But what a pity!

Just on the first meeting, Li Yu tentatively gave them a mouthful of pill fire, which exposed their weakness.

Such a group of powerful monsters suffered because of this.

For the next period of time!

Li Yu repeated his actions, and in his mind, the prompt sound of the Demon Star Order kept ringing:

"Congratulations to the Order Lord with the code name [Calamity Star] for completing the side mission: Collect Spirit Roots."

"Obtained ten merit points!"

……

While slaughtering medicine corpses, listening to the prompt sounds, and watching the merit points being credited, Li Yu looked at the palace area again and muttered in his heart:

"I have to finish quickly too."

"Those two, Shang Yang and Wen Feifeng, were clearly at daggers drawn at the beginning, each calling friends and companions to hack the other to death."

"Later, they clearly had many opportunities to fight, but they tacitly kept quiet and instead generously gave out benefits."

"Heh, there must be something fishy; I have to go and take a look."

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(End of this chapter)