Starting With 100 Million Lives

Ah, what?

Brother Cheng felt a bit awkward.

Turns out this Purple Simurgh has an owner?

Did I just kill someone else's mount with a sword?

"Ahem, sorry, miss, I made a mistake. I thought it was a trial monster."

Although he's known for being quite destructive, Brother Cheng won't deny his own mistakes.

But clearly, this answer didn't satisfy the beautiful lady in the green dress.

"You killed Xiaozhi!"

"You vile person actually killed my Xiaozhi!"

Her eyes, filled with fury, were already red, with two lines of sparkling tears quietly rolling down.

The accompanying Immortal Sword also became brighter.

Seeing the girl's heartbroken appearance, Brother Cheng felt a rare twinge of guilt.

After all, he destroyed her beloved treasure.

"How about this, miss? Leave me a contact, and I'll catch an even stronger one to compensate you in the future."

"Compensate?"

The lady's teeth were grinding so hard they were about to break, and her voice came out through clenched teeth.

"There won't be another Xiaozhi in this world. Use your life as compensation!"

"Not necessarily."

Brother Cheng suddenly remembered he had a Resurrection Skill.

Not wanting to trouble himself further, he decided to simply resurrect the Purple Simurgh.

The result was a pop-up window appearing as he activated the skill—targets killed by the host personally cannot be resurrected.

This...

"No words left to say, huh!"

"You murderer!"

As she maneuvered the Immortal Sword, a Magical Treasure spun and landed over Brother Cheng's head, enveloping him in a space of several dozen meters.

"Let's talk reasonably, miss. Don't resort to violence right away."

Admitting his mistake, he, who once vanquished countless immortals, instantly turned into a pacifist.

"Harmony is precious, and there's no conflict in the world that can't be resolved."

Brother Cheng didn't draw his sword because the lady's murderous aura posed no real threat to him.

"Actually, I have some questions for you, like where is this place..."

Upon hearing this, the lady's killing intent didn't weaken; instead, it grew stronger.

"I forgot you weren't part of my sect!"

"Breaking into our Demon-slaying Tower with malicious intent! Even if you hadn't killed Xiaozhi, I wouldn't have let you go!"

"What is the Demon-slaying Tower?"

Just as Brother Cheng was about to ask, the lady attacked directly.

Beside him, a golden river formed by the Sword Power swept past, swallowing him completely.

Accompanied by an omnipresent Immortal Soul attack.

Brother Cheng sensed a little, realizing that the lady was a Golden Immortal, even a Second-Grade Golden Immortal.

Her power was quite acceptable, slightly stronger than an ordinary Third-Grade Golden Immortal.

The lady above subtly breathed a sigh of relief.

Her Purple Simurgh was a Profound Immortal-level Immortal Beast, killed by this person in one strike, without even having time to react for help, showing his strong abilities.

If not for her overwhelming anger, she would have at least probed whether she could win first.

Now, seeing Jiang Cheng enveloped by her attack, his figure trapped within the Magical Treasure, and her Immortal Soul penetrating deep inside, she was finally at ease.

This was a sure-kill situation, and the person certainly couldn't escape.

As she had this thought, Brother Cheng's voice came from behind her.

"Is this all the strength you have?"

"You!"

She was startled. How could this be?

How did he escape from the Magical Treasure?

Her Immortal Soul had entered his Sea of Consciousness, so why couldn't she detect him?

Just as she was about to turn back and attack, Sect Leader Jiang wouldn't give her another chance.

Lacking any masochistic tendency to let others harm him, he easily subdued the Second-Grade Golden Immortal lady with a wave of his hand.

Then quickly disarmed her, taking all her Immortal Sword and Magical Treasure.

Upon inspection, it was merely a Fourth-Grade Immortal Sword and Top-grade Magical Treasure, and he lost interest immediately.

"Told you to talk reasonably, why do this to yourself?"

Thrown to the ground by him, the lady was dizzy and disoriented, unable to move.

Her anger and hatred flashed on her face but quickly transformed into a pitiable look, even squeezing out a slight smile.

"I was blind, elder, spare me."

Whoa?

Even as experienced as Brother Cheng, he was taken aback.

Girl, your change in demeanor is too fast!

Just moments ago, you were heartbroken, filled with deep hatred, wanting to tear me apart.

And now you're pleading?

While understanding that it's wise and timely to plead when defeated, he still found it hard to accept the sudden change.

It's too abrupt, especially because you're not a male.

"Aren't you avenging your grudge?"

The lady immediately gave a sweet smile: "I have no grudge with you, elder. It was a misunderstanding. I hope you can overlook it."

Sect Leader Jiang almost choked on her words.

He gritted his teeth, purposefully saying: "But you had the right reason, killing your Immortal Beast was indeed wrong of me."

The woman immediately retorted loudly: "You're joking, elder. Killing mere Immortal Beast is its fortune."

Brother Cheng felt his teeth aching.

He's never met a woman of this style before.

Isn't your ability to adapt a bit too much?

This performance, if the Oscars don't give you ten Best Actress awards, they're blind.

Actually, he could tell that the lady hadn't truly let go of it; the flash of hatred upon capture was still vivid.

Right now, she's probably holding on to the idea of revenge someday?

But for someone with over a billion lives, he didn't mind, and even hoped she'd improve her skills to kill him a few more times.

He chuckled with interest: "Now you know you were wrong?"

"Mm-hmm, I was wrong, please forgive me, elder."

"Forgiveness is out of the question. If you're wrong, you need to be punished, don't you think?"

Not waiting for her agreement, Brother Cheng stripped her down to her underwear and took her Immortal Sword, Magical Treasure, and stored them all.

Having a post-battle loot is his style.

"Elder, you..."

Her eyes flickered with anger once again, but she soon trembled, fearing he'd do something terrible.

Though, she clearly misunderstood.

Brother Cheng simply grabbed her hand, removing her last Storage Ring.

He planned to leave, but then noticed her figure became blurry and vanished from the original spot.

"What's happening?"

"Did she get automatically transmitted out of this Demon-slaying Tower?"

Frowning, he probed the Storage Ring, finding Immortal Crystals, Pills, Immortal Talismans, and 8 pieces of identical Jade Talismans.

Were these Jade Talismans proof of staying inside the Demon-slaying Tower? Without them, you can't remain inside?

But he had originally obtained the Jade Talisman only after encountering a trial monster, so why didn't he get automatically transmitted out back then?

With that, he sensed a transmission force pulling him constantly.