The cave dwelling was in complete disarray.
Seeing that Chi Yu was utterly defenseless, the Great Demon toyed with her like a monkey, injuring but not killing her.
He planned to wait until her strength was exhausted before torturing her to death, satisfying his own twisted amusement.
After all, humans were always fragile; a light squeeze was enough to shatter them, and they could never stir up any real trouble.
While dodging the attacks, Chi Yu pleaded with the System for a cheat.
System: “I do have items, but the problem is you can’t use them.”
The items in its store all required reward points to exchange.
And reward points came from Shen Yanzhou’s Favorability Level and completing storyline tasks.
Currently, Chi Yu only had 1 reward point, which wasn’t even enough to exchange for the most basic item.
Chi Yu: “After all these years of friendship, can’t you just lend me one on credit?”
System: “? I’ve only been bound to you for less than a day. Where did ‘all these years’ come from?”
Chi Yu: “Every second feels like a year to me.”
System: So speechless.
It firmly refused.
No one had ever asked for rewards before completing a task.
Previous Hosts had never asked for credit either.
Chi Yu didn’t have enough points. If it lent her an item on credit, it would have to make up the difference with its own energy.
The way it gained energy was by having the Host complete tasks.
But it had just arrived here, and Chi Yu hadn’t completed many tasks yet, so its energy was insufficient. If it gave her credit, it would fall into dormancy.
“Then it’s your fault if the mission fails.”
System: “…”
Chi Yu said righteously: “Because you won’t give me a cheat, I can’t protect Shen Yanzhou, and I can’t kill the Great Demon. I can’t complete the mission. That makes sense, right?”
System: “…”
Isn’t it because you’re incompetent?!
The previous Hosts were also cannon fodder characters with low Cultivation Bases, and they all completed their tasks without any items.
Chi Yu felt no guilt at all, sticking to the principle of blaming others rather than exhausting herself.
As she spoke, she turned and ran toward Shen Yanzhou: “Since I’m going to die anyway, I want to die with the handsome guy.”
Shen Yanzhou, who had just found a place to hide: “…”
Watching Chi Yu charging toward him and the fireball behind her, he felt a gnashing of teeth toward a Task Executor for the first time.
The previous ones, for the sake of the mission, would protect him even if they were severely injured.
Why did it have to be “dying together” with Chi Yu?
That System was also an idiot. Didn’t it know the mission was the most important?
As the fireball drew closer, he tried his best to move away, only to be knocked down by Chi Yu.
She lay on top of him: “Be careful.”
The fireball brushed past them, bringing a searing pain.
Chi Yu didn’t forget to speak affectionately: “Handsome, I’m protecting you.”
Shen Yanzhou spat out a mouthful of blood: “…”
He really thanked her.
She said it as if it were true; he almost believed it.
Seeing the Great Demon about to attack again, Shen Yanzhou grew increasingly irritated and silently recited Chi Yu’s name in his mind.
When the System saw Chi Yu rushing toward Shen Yanzhou, its CPU almost burned out from panic: “What are you doing? Are you crazy?!”
Just as it was about to risk using its own energy to lend her an item on credit, the detector’s announcement sounded.
[Target character’s Favorability Level +2, gained 2 reward points. Current points: 3.]
System: “! The points are enough, Host! You can now exchange for a low-level item!”
Chi Yu was overjoyed: “Protecting the handsome guy really has value.”
Shen Yanzhou closed his eyes.
From today onward, his native language would be speechlessness.
The Great Demon lost interest in toying with Chi Yu and increased the force of his attacks. She was struck by a palm strike, lost her strength, and rolled to the side of the Cultivators.
But the Great Demon’s expression changed.
He sniffed the scent of blood on Chi Yu: “You’re not a Pure Yin Body!”
Pure Yin Bodies were exceedingly rare. Their blood carried a unique fragrance, perceptible only to demons—a tremendous temptation.
Chi Yu: “Of course not. I’m here to offer myself as a sacrifice in place of Chi Shuyun.”
The Great Demon flew into a rage: “The Chi family dares to deceive me with a fake!”
“Not exactly. They were quite sincere in deceiving you.”
At her words, the Great Demon’s fury burned even hotter: “I’ll kill you first, then settle the score with them.”
Chi Yu quickly selected an item from the shop.
【Demon-Shattering Blood Blade: When the Host’s blood drips onto a blade, it imbues the weapon with Red Lotus Karmic Fire. Upon dealing damage, it reduces the demon’s healing and increases critical hit chance by 100%. Effective for 7 minutes, while the Host gains immunity to spell damage for 4 minutes.】
She forced herself to stand up, a wicked smile curling her lips: “Then we’ll see if you have what it takes.”
The Great Demon was taken aback—the aura of the person before him had changed.
Chi Yu gathered the Spiritual Qi around her, stirring up an Astral Wind from the ground: “I have a cheat, capable of subduing demons, vanquishing evil, splitting heaven and earth, and leveling mountains to fill seas.”
Her voice echoed through the cavern: “Cheat, come forth!”
The firewood knife stained with her blood, propelled by True Qi, flew into her hand of its own accord.
Red Lotus Karmic Fire blazed along the blade, scorching hot, truly resembling a divine artifact.
Chi Yu held the knife with one hand, her presence overwhelming: “Demon, your time has come!”
System: “…”
With the item in hand, she could put on an even bigger show.
In the blink of an eye, Chi Yu shot forward like an arrow, the blade aimed at the Great Demon. Red Lotus Karmic Fire, driven by True Qi, spread from the blade and swirled around her.
The Great Demon sneered: “A mere clown!”
He raised his hand and launched dozens of fireballs, intending to reduce Chi Yu to ashes.
Chi Yu leaped upward, gripping the knife and slashing downward. The fireballs instantly withered, vanishing without a trace, turning into steam.
The Great Demon was horrified: “How is this possible!”
How could someone at the First Stage of Qi Refining achieve such a feat?
Just moments ago, she had been fleeing in disarray.
Before he could react, Chi Yu was already before him. The blade cleanly sliced across his arm, and the sound of flesh tearing echoed through the air.
He gathered True Qi in his palm to strike her, but she took the blow head-on, emerging unscathed. Instead, she swung the knife down with all her might.
Blood spilled across the ground.
The Great Demon severed his own arm and retreated to one side, only to find that the wound from the knife refused to heal.
But he was still far more powerful than Chi Yu. He had merely underestimated her at first. Now, having regained his senses, he swiftly retaliated, mobilizing his full Cultivation Base for battle.
The two tangled once more, fighting until the heavens darkened and the earth grew dim.
System: “Host, your immunity to spell damage is about to run out. You must finish him quickly!”
No sooner had it spoken than Chi Yu was struck by another palm strike, coughing up blood incessantly.
The Great Demon wasn’t faring well either. The knife had cleaved deep into his body, seemingly on the verge of splitting him in two.
But Chi Yu was running out of strength. If this continued, she would surely die.
Shen Yanzhou watched all this with cold indifference. Only when Chi Yu was on the verge of exhaustion did he stumble to his feet and cut the ropes binding the Cultivators.
The game had only just begun. He wouldn’t let her die.
The Cultivators swiftly took action, using spiritual techniques to set up formations, and a continuous stream of True Qi surged into Chi Yu’s body, causing her immense agony.
The Great Demon panicked in his heart, releasing all his Cultivation Base. The overwhelming pressure nearly made everyone unable to stand.
Chi Yu exerted all her strength to slash downward, roaring out: “Die for me!!”
The blade severed the Great Demon’s flesh, and he emitted a painful scream.
The red lotus karmic fire followed the blade’s path through his body, dissipating into nothingness, leaving only a Demon Core carried out by it, suspended in the air.
The item ‘Demon-Breaking Blood Blade’ has expired.】
The Cultivators were covered in blood, barely clinging to life.
Yet witnessing this scene, they felt joy in their hearts.
The demonic fiend had been slain!
They had survived!
Chi Yu reached out and grasped the Demon Core, stumbling to sit down against the wall.
System: “Congratulations, Host, on completing the task. Reward: 2 points obtained. Current points: 2.”
As soon as it finished speaking, Chi Yu suddenly vomited a large mouthful of blood.
I’m going to die—I overdid the show-off.
She now felt as if all her internal organs were about to shatter.
“System, I think I’m going to die.”