[Host has died, 2 challenge attempts remaining today]
"Holy crap! You're telling me that's young Tang San?"
That young Tang San not only had similar strength to himself, but also unpredictable movements and incredible speed.
In the distance, he could even throw iron arrows he forged himself, damaging Li Minghong.
"How am I supposed to fight this!"
Although he had awakened his martial soul, his innate soul power was only level one, offering almost no boost to his physical attributes!
"So, the difference between people is this great even before awakening a martial soul."
Li Minghong felt quite depressed.
"Luckily I have this cheat! Otherwise, I might just be one of the masses."
He scratched his head, thinking for a moment.
"System, can I bring weapons in?"
[No.]
Hearing this, Li Minghong sighed, gritted his teeth, and said, "Try again!"
[Dungeon open]
Li Minghong, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, instantly collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
Swoosh.
Li Minghong arrived at this place again.
Tang San, with his back to Li Minghong, was absorbing purple energy on the hillside to cultivate his Purple Demon Eye.
The first time, Li Minghong underestimated his opponent and rushed forward hastily.
This time, Li Minghong planned to sneak up and deliver a fatal blow from behind!
Picking up a wooden stick from the ground, Li Minghong lowered his center of gravity, bent his legs slightly, and crouched down, gradually approaching Tang San.
Ten meters, seven meters, five meters, three meters.
"Who!"
Tang San suddenly turned around and threw an iron arrow.
Unable to dodge in time, the iron arrow pierced Li Minghong's flesh.
"Damn it!"
Seeing that he had been discovered, Li Minghong simply charged forward, raising his stick and charging.
Thud.
Tang San easily dodged Li Minghong's attack using Ghost Shadow Steps, moved behind him, and inserted another iron arrow hidden in his hand into Li Minghong's temple.
[Host Died]
"Sigh."
Li Minghong opened his eyes slowly on the bed, his expression melancholy.
He had completely calmed down.
"Before obtaining my first spirit ring, the Blue Silver Grass spirit is basically useless, and I can't control my spirit power right now."
Judging from the current situation, he has no hope of breaking the deadlock.
[First dungeon, NPCs are in peaceful mode and will not attack the host.]
Just as Li Minghong was troubled, the system suddenly spoke.
"Won't attack me proactively. What does that mean?"
Li Minghong rested his chin on his hand, thinking seriously.
"Peaceful mode certainly doesn't mean the two of us should be respectful to each other, after all, the space's mechanism is that killing a designated character drops items."
"Peaceful mode means Tang San won't attack me proactively, and I can use this buffer time to look for a way to break the deadlock in the dungeon!"
Li Minghong felt he had discovered the key point.
"Let's try again!"
[Dungeon opens]
Swoosh.
He arrived at this familiar place again, but Li Minghong didn't attack Tang San immediately.
He first looked around for anything he could use.
After searching, he found nothing but a wooden stick.
"Then let's look elsewhere."
Li Minghong walked into the forest, only to find a transparent barrier blocking his way.
"Looks like the dungeon has limitations."
Reluctantly, he turned and headed back towards Holy Soul Village.
On the way, he encountered several villagers already up and working in the fields.
"Little Hong! Up so early!"
Hmm?
They know him?
Suddenly, it dawned on him—this was probably the identity assigned to him within the dungeon.
"Yes! Uncle!"
Not knowing their names, he could only grin and try to get away with it.
They ruffled Li Minghong's hair and left.
"I have an identity in Holy Soul Village, how do I use it?"
The system wouldn't speak without reason; since he had this identity, it must have some use.
Thinking as he walked, he looked up and suddenly noticed a dilapidated house in front of him.
There was a chimney on the roof. Looking through the window, he saw several large and small hammers neatly arranged in a corner, and a furnace with a hole in the top and a bellows attached to the bottom.
"This is a blacksmith's shop."
Looking at the house before him, Li Minghong stood there for a while.
"It seems Tang Hao is the only blacksmith in the entire Holy Soul Village."
"If I get him to forge a weapon, the probability of killing Tang San will greatly increase!"
Thinking this, Li Minghong couldn't help but smile.
"Using a weapon forged by Tang Hao to kill Tang San, how interesting!"
He didn't linger long and continued walking forward. Li Minghong realized he had no idea where his home was!
Seeing an uncle walking towards him, Li Minghong had an idea.
"Oops! I fell!"
Desperate, Li Minghong deliberately fell on a sharp rock, scraping a large bloody gash.
"Little Hong! Are you alright?"
"Uncle, I might not be able to walk anymore. Can you carry me home?"
Li Minghong looked at the uncle with teary eyes, pouting. His pitiful expression made the uncle feel bad refusing.
"Alright, little Minghong, hold on tight to Uncle's neck! Uncle will take you home."
He picked up Li Minghong and carried him home.
Li Minghong memorized the way home on the uncle's back so he could walk back on his own next time.
When they arrived home, the uncle put Li Minghong on the bed and left.
"Don't I have parents with this identity?"
The entire house showed only traces of his own life.
"That's fine, it's convenient."
Li Minghong began searching the house for any extra money.
"I have a few silver soul coins!"
Li Minghong found three silver soul coins hidden in a crack in the bricks under the bed.
Clutching the silver soul coins, he headed towards the blacksmith's shop.
"Uncle Hao! Make me a short sword!"
Hearing this, Tang Hao came out. The moment he stepped out, Li Minghong noticed Tang Hao staring at the spot in his pocket where the silver soul coins were.
"Three silver soul coins."
That was all the money Li Minghong had.
"Damn it! You damn Tang Hao!"
Li Minghong cursed inwardly, but still pulled out all his money.
"Uncle, I want to go hunting, could you please make the knife sharp?"
Li Minghong instructed, and Tang Hao simply grunted in response.
An orphan going hunting when he has no food will most likely die out there, but Tang Hao doesn't try to stop him, because their lives are none of his concern.
"Go back first, I'll have Tang San bring it to you this afternoon."
"Okay."
Li Minghong suppressed his inner elation and turned to leave. He
was so excited at home that he couldn't eat or sleep. Finally, afternoon arrived.
"Li Minghong, Dad asked me to bring you the short sword."
Tang San knocked on the door and came in.
"Ah! Okay! Thank you!"
Tang San wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he felt Li Minghong's expression was very strange.
Li Minghong took the short sword from Tang San.
Just as Tang San was about to leave, Li Minghong suddenly spoke.
"Tang San, do you see something wrong with this sword?"
"What?"
Tang San was a little angry; he wouldn't allow anyone to say that his father's forging was bad!
"Where?"
Tang San looked at the short sword in Li Minghong's hand, wondering what was wrong.
"Hey! Look closer!"
Tang San leaned closer, and Li Minghong suddenly attacked.
"Ugh!"
Li Minghong slashed Tang San's neck, blood gushing out.
Tang San stared at Li Minghong in terror.
"Die!"
Unsure if Tang San was truly dead, his hand holding the knife trembled as he repeatedly stabbed at Tang San's head.
*Splat.
Splat.
* Red and white matter splattered everywhere.
"You brat! You're asking for death!"
Before he could react, Li Minghong was instantly blasted into a cloud of blood mist by a powerful gust of wind.
[Successfully killed young Tang San, dropped the Mysterious Heavenly Treasure Record.]
(End of Chapter)