This is a cultivation game, but its operation is terrible.

【Name: Ghost-Faced Palace Master】

[Realm Level: Late Golden Core Stage]

[Rank: BOSS]

[Affiliation: Ghost-Faced Demon Palace]

[Position: Palace Master of the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace]

[Combat Strength Assessment: Extremely Dangerous]

As expected, a late-stage Golden Core cultivator is an existence that cannot be defeated even with all one's might.

Jiang Liu gave the Ghost-Faced Palace Master a deep look before slowly shifting his gaze away.

Inside the Demon Palace, besides the Ghost-Faced Palace Master, there were also a dozen or so elite skeleton monsters at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment... and Fu Qiluo.

When he burst in, he saw more than a dozen Foundation Establishment Grand Perfection cultivators beating up Fu Qiluo, and a hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.

It's been more than a month since I destroyed the Divine Might Sect and Senior Sister Qiluo disappeared, hasn't it?

In other words, Senior Sister Qiluo was beaten up by this group of Foundation Establishment Great Perfection skeletons for more than a month and still didn't die?

When did she become so awesome?

As soon as Jiang Liu burst in, as if sensing something, Fu Qiluo, who was being attacked by a group of elite monsters, suddenly turned around and saw Jiang Liu at a glance. Her eyes lit up with surprise and joy, and she exclaimed, "Junior brother! Junior brother, what brings you here!"

Jiang Liu glanced at Fu Qiluo and the group of elite monsters around her, and the more he looked, the more strange he felt.

He pondered for two seconds, then silently withdrew from the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace and quietly closed the dark stone door.

Push it open again, and go inside.

Fu Qiluo was still being attacked by a group of elite skeleton monsters, using the same moves, retreating repeatedly, and turning around to shout in surprise, "Junior brother! Junior brother, what brings you here!"

Jiang Liu: "......."

Jiang Liu went out again and then came back in.

"Junior brother! Junior brother, what brings you here!"

Hey, this is fun.

So if I keep refusing to conquer the Demon Palace, you're just going to stay here and pretend to fight them?

Jiang Liu watched the fight between the group of skeleton elites and Fu Qiluo three times. The fight between them consisted of only three moves, and there was no way they could have done it any more.

He now understands why Fu Qiluo was able to survive for more than a month under the siege of a group of Foundation Establishment Grand Perfection experts, but there is still another question.

How did Fu Qiluo, a mere late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, manage to bypass the Black Skull and Ji Wuling and fight her way to the Ghost Face Demon Palace?

No, it should be Fu Qiluo, who is only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment. What makes her think she dares to break into the Ghost Face Demon Palace all by herself?

Did you put her, this NPC, here just so I'd come and rescue her?

Jiang Liu was speechless, but he still obediently cooperated with the game settings, pretending to be pleasantly surprised and shouting, "Senior Sister! I've finally found you!"

"Don't panic! Junior brother is here!"

"Five elements in one line!"

[You killed the skeleton soldier, but you did not gain any cultivation points...]

[You killed the skeleton soldier, triggering the Holy Body effect, permanently increasing damage by 0.01%]

A series of system notifications filled the screen. After clearing out a group of monsters, Jiang Liu darted over to Fu Qiluo, grabbed her arm, and ran away.

"Senior sister, retreat quickly!"

He had originally intended to look after the Ghost-Faced Palace Master, but after encountering Fu Qiluo here, he had to change his mind and prioritize rescuing Fu Qiluo according to the game's rules.

Sigh, the Qiluo Courtyard in the Great World has been destroyed. After we're rescued, where will we share a bed? Go hunting in the wild?

Jiang Liu was already thinking about where to stay for the night, but before he could run two steps, he suddenly heard a struggle behind him.

"No, I can't leave!"

Fu Qiluo broke free from Jiang Liu's hand and said with a determined look.

Jiang Liu turned to look at Fu Qiluo, his face full of question marks: "Senior Sister, what do you want to do?"

Didn't you want me to save Fu Qiluo?

Why isn't she leaving after I saved her?

Fu Qiluo's gaze was unwavering, and her tone was resolute as she said, "I must obtain the Yin Bird bloodline from the Ghost Face Palace Master. Only by obtaining the Yin Bird bloodline can I change my aptitude, stay with my junior brother forever, and embark on the path of immortality together!"

As she spoke, her eyes changed, and she looked at Jiang Liu with deep affection: "Junior brother, I can't drag you down. You should leave quickly and let me face the powerful Ghost-Faced Palace Master alone!"

Jiang Liu: "......."

After hearing those two sentences, he thought he had stumbled into the main storyline.

I'm completely numb!

He didn't know what the Yin Bird bloodline was; all he knew was that he was doomed.

You must stay with me forever, and not drag me down with you, as I face the powerful Ghost-Faced Palace Master alone...

That little line is so cheesy! If I turned around and left, what kind of man would I be?

No, planner, isn't this a bit off?

In the main storyline, Fu Qiluo uses the low-grade spiritual artifact, the Extreme Yang Body Seal, to exchange for her bloodline with the Ghost Face Palace Master. However, in the Great World, Fu Qiluo charges in alone. Isn't that a bit unfair?

In the main storyline, Fu Qiluo relies on low-grade spiritual artifacts and the protagonist, but in the open world, Fu Qiluo can only rely on me?

How do I get there?

We can't leave!

How am I supposed to fight this?

We can't beat them!

Jiang Liu cursed the idiot plan in his heart and persuaded Fu Qiluo, "Senior sister, let's retreat for now. After I break through to the Golden Core stage, I will definitely kill the Demon Palace Master and give you the Yin Bird bloodline."

"no!"

Fu Qiluo shook her head firmly: "It has to be now. At my age, I simply can't wait another ten years."

More than ten years?

Jiang Liu quickly replied, "It won't take more than ten years. In just one or two months, I'll be able to break through to the Golden Core stage!"

"I'm so happy that you say that, junior brother."

Fu Qiluo said with a wry smile, "But Foundation Establishment and Core Formation are not so easy. Let alone one or two months, even ten or twenty years may not be enough to break through successfully."

Holy crap, I'll be able to refine my Nine-Turn Golden Elixir in another month or two!

Jiang Liu was so angry that his face turned dark when he saw that Fu Qiluo didn't believe him at all.

Ten or twenty years?

By then, I would have already ascended to immortality!

"Senior sister, why don't you leave with me for two months first? I'll help you take care of him after two months, okay?"

Jiang Liu said earnestly.

"no!"

"Junior brother, this is my business. You don't need to take the risk. You should leave now."

Fu Qiluo gave Jiang Liu a sad smile: "Junior brother, you don't need to worry about me, I have a chance of winning."

You have absolutely no chance of winning!

Fu Qiluo, late Foundation Establishment stage, versus Ghost Face Palace Master, late Golden Core stage.

Will it win?

It's sealed shut!

I'm speechless. If I had known that entering the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace would trigger this kind of event, I shouldn't have come in to take a look at the Ghost-Faced Palace Master.

No, he shouldn't have helped Fu Qiluo get rid of those elite monsters. He should have let Fu Qiluo continue to be besieged by those elite monsters!

Let Fu Qiluo continue to be besieged by elite monsters for two months, let the incident stop here, and deal with it after he breaks through to the Golden Core stage.

Jiang Liu sighed inwardly. Seeing that things had progressed to this point, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and start a war with the Ghost-Faced Palace Master.

Take a look → Fight to the death.

What other cards do I have up my sleeve?

There are still 4 Heart-Shattering Pills left, which can unleash 4 Yuan Qi Kills. However, the Reversal Effect of the Battle Saint Body has entered a cooldown state. Without the 200% increase in all attributes from Reversal Effect, the power of Yuan Qi Kills will be greatly reduced.

Aside from his "Energy Kill," his only truly devastating attack is the "Heavenly Fire Meteor" from "Meteor Fall."

However, the Heavenly Fire Meteor mainly deals area-of-effect damage, and the damage it inflicts on a single target is not necessarily much. It's even uncertain whether it can hurt the Ghost-Faced Palace Master.

After calculating his available cards, Jiang Liu couldn't help but let out a wail in his heart: Can we even fight this?

How are you going to hit someone with your head?

If I leave the Ghost Face Demon Palace now, can Fu Qiluo still pretend to fight the elite monsters?

He dared not try; he feared that if he left the Ghost-Faced Demon Palace and returned, Fu Qiluo would already be a corpse.

Didn't he waste all those months of building up his affinity points?

He'd even slept in her arms, so if she died in vain, he'd be heartbroken!

Just as Jiang Liu was secretly calculating his chances of winning, the Fu Qiluo incident had already entered the next stage.

Fu Qiluo rushed forward recklessly!

A boss battle has been triggered!

Jiang Liu, who has reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, and Fu Qiluo, who has reached the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment, versus the Ghost-Faced Palace Master, who has reached the Late Stage of Golden Core!

After defeating the group of skeleton soldiers, Fu Qiluo (Jiang Liu) stepped forward, slightly raised her chin, stared directly at the Ghost Face Palace Master, and said coldly, "Ghost Face Palace Master, if you do not hand over the Yin Bird bloodline today, my junior brother and I will never let you go!"

Jiang Liu: Why don't you hand it over first? After I reach the Golden Core stage, I promise I'll only kill you once, and never again.

On the crimson bone throne, the Ghost-Faced Palace Master's eyes flickered slightly red as he looked down at Jiang Liu and Fu Qiluo, his tone filled with contempt: "You two mere Foundation Establishment brats, don't think that just because you defeated a bunch of small fry, you're qualified to speak with me!"