With a weapon in his hand, Zhou Yue's combat talent in the Illusion Realm was indeed extraordinary.

He moved, dodged, and displayed various agile movements with great flair.

Mu Yawen, once again, found a broadsword that was open and sweeping, perfectly suited to her fighting style.

The two of them fought their way out of the Tianren Gallery Bridge.

Unfortunately, they were held back by two teams.

By the time they reached the bottom of the river valley, Zhong Yi's body was already cold, so they could only use their sole resurrection opportunity to revive [N O V E L I G H T] at the resurrection point in the center of the Tianren Gallery Bridge.

"Damn it! Where are they? I'm itching for a fight!"

Zhong Yi gestured with the long spear in his hand, shouting noisily.

"Itching for a fight? I think you're itching for a beating..."

Zhou Yue teased him mercilessly.

He and Mu Yawen had been too brave just now, driving away everyone on the Tianren Gallery Bridge.

After all, in this exploratory stage where everyone was still fumbling, a broadsword with the Steadfast mechanism was definitely the most difficult weapon to parry.

Not to mention,

the parrying technique Zhong Yi invented, which involved parrying after the opponent's second normal attack, was a devastating countermeasure for Cultivators at this stage who focused on continuous normal attacks!

As for why Cultivators were so fond of normal attacks?

It was simple: normal attacks were free!

In the behavior rules set by Lu Ze, the actions of normal attacks were unrestricted.

Damage and stagger judgments were calculated based on the Xth strike.

This way, it neither overly restricted the Cultivators' movements nor left them completely without rules.

This also led to many Cultivators mindlessly spamming normal attacks as soon as they started.

Once they grasped the pattern, every parry was accurate.

Mu Yawen and Zhou Yue hadn't had enough of fighting, so they led Zhong Yi towards the east side of Tianren City, in the direction of the Bell Tower.

The Bell Tower, Xihe Courtyard, and Immortal Ancestral Hall on the east side formed a magnificent royal compound.

It was also the second largest resource point in Tianren City after the Tianren Gallery Bridge.

After Lu Ze expanded the map, the architectural layout appeared even more complex and intricate.

When the three arrived at Xihe Courtyard, they found many doors and windows tightly shut.

In many rooms, blue or gold lights flickered.

From the direction of the Immortal Ancestral Hall, behind Xihe Courtyard, came a series of muffled fighting sounds.

"There's a fight over there!"

Mu Yawen, the martial arts fanatic, immediately rubbed her hands together eagerly.

"Don't be hasty... it's not too late if we search a bit first."

Zhong Yi held Mu Yawen's shoulder, reminding her.

Although they had fought their way out of the Tianren Gallery Bridge, apart from each having a purple weapon, their equipment was not good at all.

Zhou Yue wore purple armor, but less than half of its durability remained.

His armor repair powder was all used up!

Zhong Yi was still wearing the white armor given upon resurrection...

"Old Zhong is right, we haven't searched here yet... Let's quickly search, then go fight!"

Zhou Yue nodded in agreement.

The three immediately agreed, each finding a house and entering to search.

"Old Zhou, don't touch the loot piles, pick up the scattered items on the ground!"

Before leaving, Zhong Yi did not forget to remind him.

"Tch, who are you looking down on!"

Zhou Yue muttered quietly, then casually peeled open the loot pile in front of him.

4 weapon boxes, 2 small health potions, 1 white Soul Jade.

"..."

Zhou Yue immediately became honest, pretending he hadn't touched it.

"That's strange... I usually have pretty good luck outside, don't I?"

Zhou Yue walked along, wondering, picking up some trash scattered on the ground along the way.

Just then, he suddenly discovered two portions of blue armor powder in front of him. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"Hooray! Armor powder!"

Zhou Yue's eyes lit up; this was exactly what he needed most, so he quickly walked forward and tucked it into his backpack.

Unexpectedly, behind the blue armor powder, there were also two health potions.

"Good stuff too!"

Zhou Yue happily put the health potions into his pouch as well.

And still not far away, a purple aura flickered.

"Oh??? A purple bow and arrow???"

Zhou Yue's eyes lit up, filled with joy.

Who said I had bad luck?

I have excellent luck!

He took a big step forward, slinging the bow and arrow onto his back, feeling extremely satisfied.

Just as he was about to turn back, his gaze was suddenly drawn to a golden light deeper inside.

"Hiss--!!"

Zhou Yue gasped.

In the open space of the small room ahead, there was actually a golden armor set!

"Old Zhong!! My luck has turned around!!!! Hahahahaha!!!!"

Zhou Yue was ecstatic, rushing into the small room in three steps.

He impatiently took off his purple armor and replaced it with the golden armor on the ground.

The moment he put on the golden armor, Zhou Yue suddenly felt something was off—

How come...

he didn't have a golden armor bar above his head?

Zhou Yue froze for a moment.

Then he realized,

this was a broken golden armor with no durability.

"Who's so stupid, don't they know how to repair it with armor powder? What a waste of resources..."

Zhou Yue mumbled, just about to pull out armor powder from his backpack to repair the armor.

Suddenly, three Killing Intents surged from above his head.

"???"

Zhou Yue raised his head and saw three figures hanging from the rafters, glowing with a faint blue aura,

His small eyes were filled with big question marks.

By the time he drew the purple Tang Dao from his back, it was already too late.

The three of them simultaneously unleashed a charged wall strike, sending him flying.

"Kunlun Art!"

"Weaving Mist!"

"Two-Sided Sword!"

A flurry of flashy attacks, purple True Qi, transparent water orbs, green Flying Swords...

All of them came at his face.

In just an instant, Zhou Yue couldn't move, couldn't use skills, and his health bar plummeted rapidly.

"Holy crap!! There are ambushes!!!"

Zhou Yue was shocked and immediately roared.

But it was all too late.

The three drew their swords and slashed wildly; the unarmored Zhou Yue instantly died under their blades.

"Wah!!! That's so dirty!!!!"

Zhou Yue let out a miserable wail.

He watched helplessly as the three of them rummaged through his soul mound for a long time.

They stripped the golden armor, the purple weapon, the Soul Jade, and even the purple armor...

Only a pile of white items was left beside him.

As the three left after looting, they disdainfully left a remark:

"Tch, we thought someone from Tianren Gallery Bridge would be rich... Where did this poor guy come from!"