Chapter 26 Lilith Begins to Feel Fear

"You, you, you...let me calm down first..."

Lilith covered her chest and gasped for breath.

Li Cheng glanced at her and then shifted his gaze back to the ashes on the ground.

He has no interest in love lines, so how could he feel any sympathy for an abyss villain NPC?
No matter how good-looking you are, as long as you are a hostile NPC and your health bar is showing, Li Cheng will kill, kill, kill!

He really paid too much for speedrunning!

After all, the undead of the abyss are not pure-blooded demons like the dragons and dancers. After death, they can return to the abyss and wait for resurrection.

Their death is immediate, and they will turn into a material called Moonlight Ash.

This material can be used for both casting spells and making potions through alchemy.

The higher the level of the undead, the higher the level of moonlight ash left after death.

The moonlight ash left behind by undead around level 30 like Karabichu is usually of high-quality blue.

"Hey, I'm lucky this time. The one she dropped is of purple quality. But that's true, after all, it absorbed so much of my magic power." Li Cheng took out a small bottle and swept the ashes into it bit by bit.

These moonlight ashes can be taken to the Full Moon Academy and used to complete a side quest.

If you do not hand in this task, you can also directly make it into war glory and use it to synthesize weapons.

Li Cheng has already thought of a way to use this Zhanhui. He only needs to get the reward for ten consecutive wins in the arena, and then he will be able to synthesize an extremely useful weapon.

Lilith looked at Li Cheng's harmless appearance and felt that the air temperature had dropped by several degrees.

Although the Superman just now happened in a fantasy world.

But Li Cheng...

Not only did he kill the dead, he even took their ashes.

I'm still planning on making something out of his ashes...

Hell is empty, and Li Cheng is still on earth. Even if Satan comes, we would have to give him a thumbs up.

How could there be such a savior from the underworld!
"Don't, don't be afraid, Lilith, he just treats reality as a game. The undead is just an NPC to him, you don't have to be afraid." Lilith kept patting her chest: "Li Cheng is not an extreme person, yes, that's right, it must be like this..."

"Besides, you are the goddess and he is the savior, why are you afraid of him?" Lilith patted her chest, her tense expression gradually relaxed: "Haha, haha, I have received professional training, I won't be afraid."

"Lilith."

"To!"

Lilith didn't hesitate at all. She stood at attention, straightened her chest, put her hands on her thighs, and stood like a minion!

The little toe curled up nervously in the shoe, not daring to move.

"gone back."

"Yes, Lord Li Cheng!"
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The next day, at the Storm King City Arena.

There are only fifteen minutes left before the duel begins.

Li Cheng leaned leisurely on the sofa, quietly waiting for time to pass.

The poster on the wall showed the winning rates and odds of all the contestants, and the column belonging to the newcomer Li Cheng read 0 percent and 1 to 2.3.

These are not the odds for ten consecutive wins, just the first round.

"Young man, you, you, aren't you nervous?" An uncle looked at Li Cheng.

"..." Li Cheng opened one eye and looked at the NPC who disturbed his sweet dream.

He was thin and only wore light armor. The sword he used had cracks on it, but there were no calluses on the hands of the person holding the sword. In addition, he had an ordinary face that Li Cheng did not recognize.

This is a cannon fodder passerby who wouldn't survive more than three lines in a normal novel.

Li Cheng came to this conclusion.

So he closed his eyes again, not intending to waste words with this NPC.

But I never expected that this passerby uncle started talking to himself.

"I, what am I talking about, how, how is it possible for someone to participate in a duel and not be nervous, hehe."

"Little brother, you must be nervous too, so you don't want to talk, right?"

"Yeah." Li Cheng nodded without comment.

"That's what I told you. Haha. I, I'm the one who came on stage after you, little brother." The uncle scratched his head. "Don't, don't look at me like this. Before I came here, I worked hard to practice sword swinging. I, I will win this round of duel."

"Yeah, I have to win."

"I, I, I have a reason to win." Yes, yes, each of you has a reason to win. This is a setting that makes the game more immersive... Li Cheng yawned and turned slightly to the side.

"My wife is seriously ill. She has black ant disease. I want to save her. No, I must save her."

"The doctor said that if she doesn't have money for treatment, she won't live past this month."

Wait, this sounds a bit like a side quest... Li Cheng raised his eyes. Black ant disease is not an ordinary disease. People who are sick will have black spots all over their bodies. Even the most beautiful people will become ugly overnight.

In the countless side quests he had played, he had seen NPCs abandoning him and running away when their loved ones got black anemia.

There was even a hell joke circulating about "The Rise of Destiny" because of this:

How to make an NPC disappear as quickly as possible? Tell him that his lover has black ant disease.

Before entering the game, the supervisor told Li Cheng that in the brain-computer version of the game, AI technology would be used to randomly trigger and generate some tasks.

These tasks are not related to the main plot and will not affect the progress of the main plot, but there may be some good rewards and some other easter eggs.

Thinking of this, Li Cheng opened his eyes and listened quietly.

"My daughter also wants to save her mother. She even wants to work as a waitress in a casino because that is the fastest way to make money."

"But she doesn't know that ordinary waiters can't make any money at all. If they want to make money quickly, they can only do that kind of thing... My daughter is only 17 years old, I will never allow that to happen."

"So, I must win, for sure!"

"Manager Hake has given me a guarantee. If I can survive today, I will get a reward of 800 gold coins. That's 800 gold coins, which is more than enough to treat my wife's illness!"

Huck? With that guy's character, it's a miracle you can survive today...

Although you are not worth much, your parts are still very valuable to Huck, who has a gangster background.

Li Cheng raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

The uncle looked at him and continued, "I know, little brother, you want to say that I might die."

"But I still have to do it. Thank you for talking to you. I feel much better now."

"I have another unreasonable request. You look very strong and should be able to survive the first round. If I die, can I hand over my daughter to you? I won't let you do anything in vain. I can give you a treasure."

As expected, it’s here, a hidden mission generated by AI… Li Cheng’s eyes widened slowly: “What treasure?”

"This is it." The uncle carefully took out a notebook from his arms and quietly put it into Li Cheng's hand, looking around, afraid of being seen by others.

what is this?
Forbidden curse?

Treasure Map?
Or is it a prop to increase a character's favorability?

A long-lost sense of freshness flooded into Li Cheng's mind. He looked at the uncle and quietly turned the cover of the notebook.

The pupil suddenly shrank into a point.

Inside was an old erotic novel, the pages of which were patinaed by the pulp.

Li Cheng: “…”

The excitement on his face faded away little by little. He chuckled twice and looked at the uncle with empty eyes: "Is this the mission reward?"

"Reward? Don't worry, I've never used this to reward myself." The uncle showed a sincere look again: "After all, it wasn't easy for me to get him, I cherish him very much."

Li Cheng: “…”

He wanted to throw the erotic novel back, but when he thought that it was at least an Easter egg, he put it away.

Then he stood up and stretched.

And the clock on the wall also approached the last minute.

"Brother, I..."

"Okay, you won't die, at least not today, so don't plant a flag for yourself." Li Cheng walked towards the competition channel of the arena: "Besides, I don't refine copper, so I have no interest in your daughter."

"Brother, how do you know that I...I won't die?" the uncle said tremblingly.

"Because today, I am the first to appear." Li Cheng tilted his head slightly: "No enemy can live to see you."

Li Cheng's back disappeared in the sunlight. The sunlight was so dazzling that the uncle couldn't help but cover his eyes with his hands, looking confused:
"No, no enemy can see me? W-what do you mean?"

About half a minute later, the uncle came to his senses, stood up suddenly, and chased to the entrance in disbelief:

"Could it be that the young man wants to deal with all ten enemies today by himself?"

"This, how is this possible?"

"Isn't he a newcomer like me?"

(End of this chapter)