This Is Not the Female Demon Lord I Remembered
Chapter 131: Promotion Task

Chapter 131: Chapter 131: Promotion Task

It was only after Bai Xiaomo and Ju Xiaobei resurrected several times that Liang Yi finally figured out:

This life’s game death rules had actually changed from the previous life!

In the previous life, an account only had three resurrection opportunities. Once depleted, the account would be directly cancelled, and all equipment, levels, and skills would vanish!

Therefore, players were extremely cautious, avoiding fights whenever possible, never engaging unless they were 100% certain of victory. Even during fights, they’d attack from a distance, making it easy to flee if they were losing, to avoid losing a resurrection chance on the spot.

Overall, the previous life’s game environment was one of large-scale chaos without major upheavals but with constant minor ones. Though players were cunning, they still played with restraint, fearing the loss of their hard-earned accounts.

The number of players who got their resurrection chances wiped out in large-scale brawls was probably less than those targeted by red-named NPCs and had their resurrection chances cleared, especially the blackened junior sister who enjoyed killing.

But in this life, the resurrection mechanism changed to seven resurrection chances per week, refreshed every Monday, and this change worried Liang Yi.

He wasn’t worried about the players; he was worried about this world of immortals and martial artists! The thought of how terrifying it could be with players who weren’t afraid of dying and went crazy, was something he couldn’t even bear to contemplate. Wouldn’t they just wreck this world?

However, there were also advantages. At least now players could be reused as tools, rather than being disposable after three uses.

In high spirits, Liang Yi certainly wouldn’t mistreat these two. He had already determined to cultivate these two players more, turning them into his top Barrage BBQ, creating an aura that others would not dare to provoke.

"Senior brother, what bad ideas are you cooking up now?"

Beside him, Su Youyi saw her senior brother deep in thought, who then showed a strange and inscrutable smile.

"Oh ho, really? Maybe my face just twitched, I need a kiss and a rub from my dear junior sister to make it better." Liang Yi touched his face and joked with his junior sister with a smile.

"Eh? You’re impossible, senior brother. This won’t happen again, okay!"

Su Youyi moved closer and stood right in front of Liang Yi, extending her hands with a mischievous smile and began to massage her senior brother’s face.

"Mmm... Mmm... Mmm..."

Liang Yi’s face was kneaded by his junior sister like dough, being shaped into one hundred and eight different forms.

"So kneading a face is this comfortable? No wonder senior brother always pinches my face, if I get chubby, it’s all your fault." Su Youyi looked at her senior brother with helpless eyes, yet she was also indulged just like when she was a child.

"Senior brother, next time your face is stiff, you must find me, your junior sister is happy to serve!" Su Youyi said with a smile, pulling back her hands.

"Hmph, you even want a next time."

Liang Yi hummed twice, not saying anything, but made up his mind to find an opportunity to double the kneading in return.

This dog-food scene was only witnessed by the Stoic One, feeling that a bit more watching and he would transform from a cat-type demon to a dog-type demon. Meanwhile, the boot-licking duo were still immersed in the excitement of their new equipment, gleefully praising Liang Yi on the forum.

"So where exactly is the Saintess planning to block us?" Liang Yi turned his head and asked the leopard lad, knowing the location would make it easier to avoid.

"Probably planning to ambush us about half an hour’s journey in the direction we want to go now."

The Devouring Spirit Sect has its own specialized communication methods, but so far they haven’t discovered the traitor in their channel.

"Alright, then we’ll take a detour." Liang Yi thought for a moment and decided.

The Stoic One nodded in agreement. He was quite adaptive as a demon, a sheer lazy catfish. Accidentally captured by the Devouring Spirit Sect, he simply went along with it; if captured, he would spill everything! After confessing, he continued to follow the big shots.

After all, he had also hung around with the high monks of the Zen, so he took things pretty easy. He couldn’t resist anyway, so why not just enjoy quietly?

He turned and clapped to wake the over-excited Abnormal People, grabbed one with each paw, activated his movement technique, and followed behind Liang Yi and Su Youyi.

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"Is the Array set up?" In the depths of the forest, a cold voice like a mountain brook asked.

"All arrangements are in place, Saintess!" A man in the signature black robe of the Devouring Spirit Sect knelt on one knee and replied in a deep voice.

"But there is something I am uncertain whether I should mention or not."

"Speak."

Wan Tinggui turned around with an interested look and gazed down at the man in the black robe, curious about his sudden remark.

"Saintess, don’t you think that this lineup to deal with Liang Yi is a bit of overkill?"

"Whom do you think we are dealing with?"

Wan Tinggui, dressed in a black dress like a black lotus, did not get angry at her subordinate’s doubt but instead calmly retorted.

"These two are disciples of the Banished Immortal; no matter how prepared we are, it’s not too much. What’s the problem with deploying a fifth-realm peak Cultivator like you? If Shi Chengfei wasn’t busy with important matters, I would have preferred him here."

"When the array is activated, I will go after Su Youyi, and you will kill Liang Yi. Any problems?"

"Your subordinate obeys!"

"Mm, let’s wait for them to take the bait."

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Liang Yi was not idle on his journey either. He was currently drawing his promotion task.

He actually had enough experience saved up to continue leveling up, but now he was stuck on the promotion task, unable to level up without completing it.

Liang Yi watched the task panel as it cycled through different characters; typically, the difficulty of a task for leveling up to 31 wasn’t significant. An easy task might be to gather a certain type of Spiritual Medicine somewhere, and a harder task might involve killing a beast of the Demon Clan in some Secret Realm, with the overall difficulty ranging from level 15 to 30.

Of course, this applied under normal circumstances. Then there were those with terrible luck who drew tasks that involved killing monsters across realms, which were much more difficult to handle.

For players who joined the game later, it was fine as they could have higher-level players help by weakening the creature for them, then they could step in to finish the kill; however, it was a headache for the very first batch of players who leveled up and encountered such tasks.

Generally, one had only NPCs for assistance, but to engage a mentor NPC from one’s sect required a high degree of favorability and considerable compensation.

"Ha ha, who’s afraid of this luck-based stuff?" Liang Yi was full of glee. He, Liang Someone, loved gambling on luck and wanted to show everyone what it meant to naturally charm your way to success!

"Ding!"

The system notification sounded.

"Here it comes, let’s see what easy task I get. Maybe it’s something I can do right away." Liang Yi rubbed his hands together in anticipation, happily looking at the task panel.

"Ding! Promotion task triggered [Youthful Heart Matters] activated."

[Youthful Heart Matters]: A youth should aspire to reach the clouds. For someone as outstanding as you, how could an ordinary promotion task satisfy you? If you aim to be the second-best man under the heavens, you must strive and struggle!

[Task Requirement: Kill an enemy of at least level 41 in a one-on-one duel.]

[Task Completion: 0%]

[Task Reward: Heavenly Dao Spirit Light; Level Shackles Released]

"???"

If the question marks over Liang Yi’s head could materialize, they probably would have stacked up to the sky by now. If it weren’t for the fact that this damn system had no physical form, Liang Yi would have already grabbed its neck and scolded it.

"Is it my fault for being excellent? Did I even want to be this excellent? Are you messing with me, you damn system?"