The members of the Miao Ying Guild guarding the southern gate all kept their heads down, watching the base of the city wall.
Seeing that Li Yunxian showed no sign of logging off after a long time, they began redirecting others waiting in line to different areas.
At the same time, they quietly admired Li Yunxian’s swordsmanship.
They had vaguely heard that many from Chang Guang had been coached by Li Yunxian.
That shameless Foundation Establishment cultivator Sheng Yu had even tried to cling to Li Yunxian, begging to become his disciple.
And earlier, when their guild’s ten Foundation Establishment cultivators had tried to corner and kill Li Yunxian and Sheng Yu, they were counterattacked and lost several men.
Besides knowing Li Yunxian had a lot of items and high combat power, the Miao Ying people didn’t really know how powerful he truly was… until now, when they finally got a clearer picture.
Beasts also follow the cultivation hierarchy pyramid.
That is, Qi Refining stage beasts are the most numerous, Foundation Establishment stage beasts next, and Gold Core beasts usually mark the limit of the beast tide.
Above that, Nascent Soul Beasts mostly possess their own intelligence and don’t blindly follow the instinct of the beast tide to fight humans.
They knew that if such beasts appeared, what awaited them was endless human pursuit and slaughter.
Currently, at the early stage of the beast tide, the main force was about a dozen Qi Refining stage beasts mixed with one or two Foundation Establishment stage ones.
For those of them who frequently played “All Things,” killing a few beasts was honestly not difficult.
But killing a few and breaking through a gap were two completely different matters.
To kill through a gap and maintain it for an extended period was yet another level.
Humans are bound to make mistakes.
Especially in this beast tide, it wasn’t one-on-one fights, but one against dozens or even hundreds.
Killing one beast didn’t even give a second to catch one’s breath before new beasts pounced.
Three punches could not beat four hands, just like that.
Those who usually logged off down there went in for one big fight, killing a dozen or twenty beasts before saying goodbye.
But Li Yunxian right now…
The number of beasts he had killed could no longer be measured in individual beasts.
Without even a blink, they saw clusters of gold coins and materials spring up wherever Li Yunxian’s sword tip passed.
Each sword stroke took away at least one beast.
Most often, it was two or three at once.
“She even has time to collect all that stuff!” the Miao Ying Guild members couldn’t help but complain.
The beast tide was turning into an automatic material vending machine for Li Yunxian.
“Could it be that the gap she cleared is for this purpose?” someone couldn’t help but say.
“That’s not the main point!” others stopped that train of thought. “The real question is… how long has she been holding this?”
“Five minutes already, right??” The speaker’s voice couldn’t hide their shock.
Usually, Foundation Establishment cultivators had a hard time doing this, and Li Yunxian was only at the sixth layer of Qi Refining!
“… You’re late. It’s been 23 minutes,” said a Miao Ying member originally guarding the southern gate’s third district, giving an accurate number.
Everyone fell silent.
They had been dazzled by Li Yunxian’s display and deeply confirmed that Li Yunxian had no intention of logging off at all.
“How is she doing this? Doesn’t she get tired?” the Miao Ying Guild members asked in disbelief.
Little did they know, this was also Li Yunxian’s own confusion.
Why didn’t she feel tired at all?!
This doubt had come to Li Yunxian long before the Miao Ying people noticed.
She had already realized the answer much earlier.
This world was a game—a game without a stamina stat, so fatigue simply didn’t exist.
To be precise, the “fatigue” everyone in “All Things” talked about only referred to mental exhaustion here.
Li Yunxian’s spirit had long been trained to the level of a Tribulation Crossing cultivator, so such a short time couldn’t tire her out.
She could fight for decades or even centuries and not necessarily get exhausted.
As for sword slips or being overwhelmed, none of that was a problem for Li Yunxian.
Her swordsmanship had reached perfection—every move instinctual without a hint of error.
Of course, that didn’t mean Li Yunxian could become a carefree perpetual motion machine in the game.
Though “All Things” had no stamina limit, it did have a spiritual power limit.
Li Yunxian’s current spiritual power was equivalent to an ordinary early Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.
Her overall spiritual power was neither high nor low and was enough to announce an end, but here came the problem…
Li Yunxian found she absolutely could not accept quietly “dying” by spiritual power depletion without a fight.
She always fought to the very last moment as long as there was a glimmer of hope, never giving up.
That was a principle she had upheld all her life.
Even in a game, even knowing this wasn’t real death, it was the same.
She would fight to the very last moment.
With a blank expression, Li Yunxian bit down on a pill, instantly refilling her nearly depleted spiritual power.
And she had plenty of such pills in her storage artifact.
Only when all were used up, in Li Yunxian’s mind, could she say she had given her all.
She wondered what she had been thinking back then, storing so many things in the artifact.
If it were just that, it would be fine—pills would eventually run out.
But “All Things” was clever: when beasts died, they automatically dropped items.
The spiritual materials dropped by the beasts still contained spiritual power.
Though not as efficient as refined pills and theoretically harmful to the body, they were still usable.
And since this was a game, no real bodily harm happened.
In other words…
She was truly becoming a perpetual motion machine!!
Li Yunxian’s face remained expressionless as she swung her spiritual sword again and again.
After transmigrating back, she had guided the psychological issues of so many cultivators, but now it was her turn.
No, wait, she couldn’t think like that.
Her mind was perfectly healthy! Why say she was sick?!
She was fine! She wouldn’t change!!
Li Yunxian glared angrily at everything before her, her gaze fixed far away into the forest, the origin of the endless beast tide.
She thought: If she wanted to log off before noon tomorrow, there must be more than one way!
While thinking, she suddenly sensed something and slightly lifted her head.
A figure descended gracefully, looking very pleasing to the eye, holding a long blade.
It was Ying Wenhe.
Miao Ying and Li Yunxian’s cooperation had gone smoothly, and since Miao Ying was worried about Ying Wenhe’s “mental state,” plus they already knew Li Yunxian hardly logged into “All Things,” they had told Ying Wenhe that previous requests could be stopped.
But when Ying Wenhe saw the guild messages about Li Yunxian’s current situation, he couldn’t help but come down and volunteer to check in.
Upon meeting Li Yunxian’s sweeping gaze, Ying Wenhe was stunned.
The Li Yunxian he knew was calm, collected, effortlessly competent, even kind with a hint of sacredness.
But now…
Ying Wenhe felt like he was staring at a sword—one sharp enough to pierce through anything.
His heart suddenly began pounding wildly.
“Boss?” Ying Wenhe couldn’t help but call out.
Before, to confront Sheng Yu, he felt all other titles—Miss Li, Teacher Xiao Li, or whatever—were too distant.
Yunxian was too close to call, so Ying Wenhe had just adopted the same nickname Sheng Yu used, calling Li Yunxian “Boss.”
After the guild found out, their faces twisted strangely.
Ying Wenhe even heard some bursting into loud laughter after leaving his sight.
Li Yunxian gave a simple reply without halting her sword movements, saying to Ying Wenhe, “You’re here to log off too?”
Ying Wenhe was stunned again. Was Li Yunxian really logging off?
“I haven’t logged off here yet. I came to check your situation,” Ying Wenhe answered honestly.
Li Yunxian responded briefly, “These beasts can’t kill me. I’m heading deeper in to check.”
“There might be Gold Core or even Nascent Soul beasts in the forest? Maybe I can log off then.”
“If it still doesn’t work…”
“Ying Wenhe, what do you think…” Li Yunxian looked toward the edge of the forest. “Could the other side of this forest be another city?”
From what others had told her, the beast tide event only took place within one city.
The city was sealed off—no logging off, no teleportation.
She could try solving this problem from another city.
If she didn’t want to change herself, then she’d change her environment.
Ying Wenhe was completely stunned by Li Yunxian’s thought.
He never imagined anyone would come up with such an idea just to log off.
And… it was actually feasible.
“Yes. Directly south of the forest is Jixin City,” Ying Wenhe said.
Jixin City, the city in the Jixin Star Domain.
“A Nascent Soul beast once appeared in the forest. Our two cities’ guilds joined forces to deal with it.”
“All Things” didn’t have only the beast tide for crises; there were other dangers, too, just as in real life.
Having received confirmation, Li Yunxian felt certain and immediately said, “Alright, I’m going.”
She then asked Ying Wenhe with concern, “How are you getting up there?”
From their conversation, she already knew Ying Wenhe wasn’t among those wanting to log off.
“I’m going with you!” Ying Wenhe replied without hesitation.
His eyes burned brightly with excitement. “I’m coming too!”
Li Yunxian was indifferent and simply replied, “Fine.”
With the response, Ying Wenhe could no longer contain his joy.
“I’ll inform the guild,” he said, quickly spreading the news.
Before long, the Miao Ying Guild chat exploded.
Which cultivator hadn’t dreamed of such an adventurous thrill?
They wanted to join too!
So cool!!
The southern gate area suddenly became a noisy uproar.
Several Miao Ying members watching Li Yunxian below the city wall showed expressions and movements full of restless excitement.
Fortunately, their sense of guild responsibility restrained them.
***
Under the guild administrator’s angry shouts, everyone reluctantly gave up the idea.
But ordinary people had no such burden.
Seeing the Miao Ying Guild’s strange behavior, someone immediately asked what was going on and soon learned Li Yunxian was trying to break through the beast tide to log off.
Suddenly, none of them felt sleepy anymore!
Well, logging off was logging off, wherever it was! They wanted to see it too!!
Chaos erupted atop the southern gate wall.
Ying Wenhe then relayed the situation below the wall.
“Boss, others wanting to log off want to come with you,” Ying Wenhe briefly stated the point. “Will you agree?”
Li Yunxian always had the attitude of bringing one or a group along.
“Sure, come along if you want, but I won’t guarantee your survival,” Li Yunxian said.
Of course, no one minded.
Please, they were all volunteering for near-suicide logging off; who cared about survival?!
The moment Ying Wenhe finished relaying this, a chaotic group quickly descended from the wall, all excitedly charging toward Li Yunxian.
Their enthusiasm seemed even more desperate than those who had previously died alongside the beasts.
“Teacher Xiao Li!! We’re coming!!” someone shouted loudly.
Of course, some were unhappy hearing this.
“Don’t call her Teacher Xiao Li! At a time like this, it’s Boss!”
Li Yunxian suddenly realized that her indifferent attitude might be off.
Not because of her strength or anything else…
Was she about to lead hundreds of quacking ducks on this journey??
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