Filthy Cultivation: I Pierced the Heavens with the Merit System

As soon as the book was taken out, the filthy beasts behind him stopped in their tracks, hissed in disgust and retreated, immediately creating a distance of several dozen meters.

That attitude made it crystal clear that they wanted to avoid it at all costs.

Before Li Fuyao could even feel happy, the book transformed into a golden stream of light and flew into her brow.

In contrast to the rapidly calming agitation in Li Fuyao's heart, the filthy beasts were all stunned when they saw the book disappear, and then pounced on it even more ferociously.

Startled, she didn't even bother to check the information in her mind. She immediately turned around and rolled backward, awkwardly dodging the attack of the filthy beast.

There was more than one filthy beast. Li Fuyao had just dodged one of its claws and before she could even get up, a gaping maw followed closely behind, its stinking, sticky liquid growing larger and larger in her eyes.

Because of her frail health, she had never personally taken action in her previous life, but fortunately, she had witnessed plenty of battles between masters.

In this moment of desperation, Li Fuyao followed suit and advanced instead of retreating, her eyes filled with ruthlessness. She swung her hammer and smashed the beast's claws, which it had not yet retracted!

Li Fuyao is just an ordinary little girl with no cultivation at all. The fact that she still has the strength to swing the hammer after running for so long is already thanks to the remaining power of the Rejuvenation Pill.

Even with three points of attack power added, how could it possibly hurt the filthy beast that even innate cultivators find quite troublesome?

This attack unsurprisingly failed to break through the defense.

She felt as if she had struck a non-Newtonian fluid, and her hand stung with pain. She was instantly thrown away by the recoil from the hammer.

The tetanus effect was triggered, and the hit beast immediately froze, its movements halting.

The filthy beast behind was completely unaware and continued to charge forward. The two collided and rolled into a heap.

You poked my eye with your foot, you shoved your elbow into my mouth...

The filthy beasts howled and tangled together, giving Li Fuyao a considerable amount of buffer time.

She took the opportunity to swallow the Rejuvenation Pill pressed against the back of her tongue to regain her strength. While retracting the Tetanus Hammer to reduce her load, she got up from the ground and continued to flee without looking back.

When he launched his counterattack, he inevitably got some of the black mist from the filthy beast, and Li Fuyao felt that his mind was full of chaotic thoughts.

As shadowy figures began to appear in her vision, she could even hear seductive whispers rustling in her ears:

"Go down, going down is so easy, hehe..."

"Life is so hard, come and become one with us..."

"It hurts so much, hahaha, it hurts so much, waaaaah..."

As her frustration intensified, Li Fuyao listened to the roar approaching from behind again. She pinched the tender flesh on the inside of her upper arm and bit her tongue and the soft flesh inside her mouth.

"Well."

A muffled groan escaped her lips, and Li Fuyao immediately felt her mind clear up a bit.

Suppressing her frustration, she pulled out the skill card through tears streaming down her face.

【Name: Belief Fire Talisman】

[Quality: Excellent]

Available uses: 3

[Release Condition: While filled with strong conviction, point a stick at the enemy and shout: Burn! The unyielding fire of the heart!]

[Skill Effect: Unleashes a burst of flames that deal massive damage and inflict a burning effect on enemies.]

[Note: Skill power is related to the strength of one's conviction. Host, please be rebellious and never yield!]

"Are you crazy?! I'm working my life away here, and you want me to play a magical girl?!"

Even with her life hanging by a thread, Li Fuyao couldn't help but sweat profusely and shout wildly in her heart.

If it weren't for the fact that she needed to use her mouth to breathe heavily, her voice would be so loud that it could attract wild donkeys to come and claim kinship with her.

Complaints aside, I still need to save my life.

She knew perfectly well how terrifying the damage ceiling could be with this idealistic concept setting.

Having been chased for so long, Li Fuyao, who was in a more wretched state than a dead dog, had long been seething with anger.

Thinking that she was the only living person here, she didn't care about saving face. She closed her eyes and recalled her late-stage chuunibyou state in her previous life. She turned around and struck again while her tetanus cooldown was active!

The filthy beasts, lacking intelligence, once again rolled into a heap.

When Li Fuyao landed backwards and got up again, supporting himself on the hammer handle, his eyes were filled with the indifference of those in high positions.

Although her clothes were tattered and dirty, it could not conceal her noble and dignified air.

This confidence comes from someone who has grown up in luxury and always strives to be number one.

Like a general leading her troops into battle, she gripped the hammer handle and pointed it forward, her dark eyes blazing with fire as she stared at the vile beast before her, shouting with unwavering conviction:

"Burn! The indomitable flame of your heart!"

"boom--"

Flames erupted from the top of the lotus hammer, illuminating the moonless night like a blazing sun.

The ferocious beasts, which had just been baring their fangs and claws, retreated with frantic howls. The first few, unable to dodge in time, could only struggle haphazardly before turning to ashes in the firelight.

The piercing shrieks rose and fell, causing two winding streaks of blood to appear in Li Fuyao's ears.

The filthy beasts dared not approach again, yet they were also angry and greedy, unwilling to leave. They simply formed a circle at a distance, staring intently at the small, thin figure in the center.

There was no filthy beast in front of Li Fuyao, only a few gray beads the size of soybeans rolling to the ground with a clatter.

Ok?

The results are that good?!

She glanced at the five hours remaining of the mission, feeling the emptiness that followed the sudden draining of her earlier surging emotions. She collected the beads from the ground back into her spatial storage, then, wielding the Tetanus Hammer, confronted the filthy beasts while silently pondering:

One requirement in the mission details is to ensure that one's consciousness does not fall into defilement before the mission is completed.

Based on the settings in some movies and games from my previous life, and combined with my own understanding of the irritability and changes in my senses during the chase with the evil beast.

This "fall of consciousness into defilement" likely refers to the mental energy being emptied and then assimilated by monsters.

Like birds that fight each other.

All of this is enough to show that the filthy beast is related to the spirit or will, and that one's own emotions were indeed completely consumed by the release of the skill.

But I just set a fire myself.

So, what destroyed the filthy beast—the flames generated by the skill, or the decisiveness and courage one displayed in that life-or-death moment?

Could it be that my willpower was so strong after just struggling to the brink of death?

But what she was thinking was that even if she couldn't kill him, she would have three seconds of strong control to create distance again. With strong control as a backup, she could go all out without fear.

It has such power?

Seeing that Li Fuyao had been deep in thought for a long time, the filthy beasts began to stir again.

A filthy beast with the head of an infant and the body of a scorpion blinked its eyes and tentatively thrust its poisonous needles toward her.

Li Fuyao quickly retreated to avoid it, but unexpectedly, the other filthy beasts followed suit when they saw that someone had taken the lead, and they all swarmed forward with their claws and mouths open.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

Li Fuyao is currently in the second stage.

She had already been released once, and even self-hypnosis takes time. She simply couldn't release it again right now, so she could only raise the Tetanus Hammer in her hand and try her best to parry.

The effects of tetanus can only be triggered once every ten seconds.

Li Fuyao barely managed to stabilize the nearest one before running out of strength and could only watch helplessly as the gaping maw on her right lunged at her.

"laugh!"

A sword light as bright as moonlight flashed past, and a sound as sharp as tearing silk rang out from the filthy beast.

The next second, the ferocious beast that had just been grotesque and menacing split open from the very center, glistening with moisture.

Other filthy beasts followed closely behind.

Just as Li Fuyao was about to raise the hammer handle to brace himself, he lost his footing and fell to the ground in a very unseemly manner.

But she couldn't care less about any of that at the moment. She just stared dumbfounded as the filthy beasts split into two pieces under the sword light, and then, like bubbles filled with ash, they screamed and turned into black mist that dissipated.

"Ah, we're saved?"

She stared blankly at the scattered beads on the ground.

"Yeah, we're saved!"

A gentle female voice came from above. Li Fuyao looked up and saw a young girl holding a long sword descending from the sky to stand beside her.

"This is the first time I've seen such a brave young girl. I am Lin Qingqing, a disciple of the Yanjian Sect. I have come here on my master's orders to cleanse the filth. What is your name? Where are your parents?"

The young girl wore a light blue dress embroidered with silver patterns, her black hair was loosely tied up, and she had fair skin and a beautiful face.

Her flowing robes carried the fragrance of orchids, instantly inspiring goodwill in all who beheld her. The long sword in her hand gleamed coldly like the moon, clearly not an ordinary weapon; she possessed the bearing of an immortal.

Beneath her gently arched willow-leaf eyebrows, her almond-shaped eyes, as if filled with clear spring water, gazed at Li Fuyao with pity.

Seeing the little girl standing there in a daze, the girl didn't mind her dirty appearance that emitted a strong odor at all. Instead, she put away her sword and squatted down as if she was afraid of scaring the little girl.

Once her gaze was level with Li Fuyao's, she asked softly:

"Little girl, are you okay?"