The disciple starts to walk back into the forest, near where my body hid.
At the right moment, I jump out and grab his dagger, unsheathing it to a thrust at the disciple's neck.
!?
I slashed a cut into his neck as he jumped back in time.
A floating "-70" in red appears after the attack, which slowly diminishes into nothing.
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Critical Hit!
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"Ack!? You-"
He grasps his neck as blood flows down.
In between his robes, he draws a sword out.
The cut wasn't deep enough.
I regain control of my body as I step back to avoid a horizontal slash, the sword tears one light wound across my chest.
This time, a "-5" shows up. It's the damage dealt.
"Uck..." The wound at the neck causes the disciple to trudge a little. His movements become stiff.
I take a deep breath and compose my beating heart. At one time in my life, my father did try to train me in martial arts before realising how hopeless it was, my father was a cultivator and he died 1 year ago.
Just like how I practised, stay calm and assess the situation. The environment and the opponent's movement and status. I need to take into account all of this.
"Who are you..." The disciple mumbles with his sword still pointed at me.
A constant "-2" red prompt barrages every 5 seconds above his head, he is bleeding out.
I step in and the disciple panics, slashing at me before I back off.
"H-Hey, let's have a truce, both of us will gain nothing from this. I have a sword but you only have a dagger. I won't tell anybody about you." The disciple says.
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Choose a reply:
1-(Bullshit.)
2-(Fine)[Warning: Auto Failure in Emergency Quest]
3- Stay Silent.
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I stay silent. I know better than anyone about the detrimental consequences of letting an enemy escape.
This is the forest, I have an advantage here due to the surrounding trees; he cannot freely swing the sword.
I step in again. This time, the disciple attempted a thrust which I easily dodge by stepping aside, his movements are becoming obvious.
"N-No! Please-"
One swift slash to slit his throat, blood gushes out as the disciple falls to the floor.
"Huff huff..."
I sigh.
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Congratulations!!
Emergency Quest complete!
Rewards:
+100 exp
+1 life
Player "Hong Xie Mo" has levelled up to lvl 2! All wounds are healed and Qi is back to the maximum.
+ 2 free stats
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My body lights up as my wound disappears.
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Good kill! Now for the part that every player is excited for:
LOOTING!
Look at the corpse to start.
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I comply.
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Blood Sect Outer Disciple
Loot:
-1 Silver Sword
-1 bloody robe
-5 silver ingots
(Collect all)
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The Silver Sword and ingots immediately appear in my hand when I think about them. The sword was the one he used.
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Nice job! That will be all for the basic tutorial.
Call out "Status" to view your status card. You have free stats so be sure to distribute them!
Good luck fellow practitioner!
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Fellow?
...
I decided not to think too much about it.
Status.
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Player "Hong Xie Mo"
Title: none
level: 2
Hp: 100 [+]
Qi: 0
Qinggong: 10 [+]
Strength: 5 [+]
Intelligence: 10 [+]
Skills:
-Farming
-Knife Handling lvl 1
You have two free stats!
[Save]
[Locked]{requires level 50}
[Locked]{requires level 200}
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I can't add to "Qi", it should be due to my missing meridians and dantian. What's this "Save"?
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Would the player like to save? The player can return to the save point in an event of death.
Lives remaining: 2
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!!
I can return from death?! Earlier, the quest gave me one life. So this is what it's for.
Save.
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Save Point 1:
Outskirts of Tao Shen Village; 09:21; level 2
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Afterwards, I add the stats to "Strength".
!!
"Argh!!"
My muscles throb when several needles of pain shooting around my body.
"hah...huff huff..."
Using the tree as a support, the pain subsides gradually. Did my strength really increase?
I throw a punch at the tree.
*BOOM!*
!!!!!!
A fist mark is imprinted into the wood.
...
Taking a look at the cliff again, I ponder my next move.
Amid the despair, a line of hope pierced through the darkness. I shouldn't waste this opportunity given to me...
It's time I leave before any more of the Blood Sect Disciple come.
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Two men in full black robes roam around the outskirts of Tao Shen village. The village has fallen and everything is in debris.
Another man materializes beyond the two, he is wearing the same black robe but with a red exterior lining.
"Sir, we found him." He says, bowing to the two prominent figures.
Both men nod and follow the subordinate to the disciple's corpse.
...
One of the prominent men pulls off the mask on his head to reveal a middle-aged man with a pointy black beard, he squats to examine the body.
"He was ambushed."
The second prominent man touches the corpse. "It's clear, the blood worm in his body is still alive. He didn't disclose anything about the sect."
"Good. Take the body with us, we are returning to the sect."
The two are Huang Yi Heng and Li Chen Fan, captains of two squads in the Blood Sect.
"Sir Chen Fan, what about the killer?" The subordinate asks the man with the pointy black beard.
"Leave it. Our mission is to clean up after the main squad." Says Chen Fan.
All swiftly left the area after.
At the same time, the Wulin Alliance has made their move to the main capital of Tian Zhu, the country where Xie Mo resides in.
"Find any signs of demonic energy thoroughly!" a huge man shouts in a white robe.
Every practitioner of the justice faction rapidly scrutinizes every single household and people, attempting to find the hidden demonic cultivator who tried to poison the current emperor.
"Chief Yang! I found a passageway under the cabinet of the brothel pavilion!" a practitioner reports.
The chief, Yang Hao, turns his attention to the man and they quickly go to the scene. "Shit...Everyone! search the outskirts of the capital! That demon has escaped!!" Says Yang Hao.
"Yes!"
As they leave, a woman at the corner of the pavilion blends in with the bystanders. She smirks at the foolish practitioners.