Starting with Fireflies, Speedrun the World

With such a great favor bestowed upon the Emperor, when we meet again, my reward will certainly be substantial.

A very worthwhile investment.

Thinking about all this, Yun Li didn't forget to check her points.

She had met the requirements for clearing the level, and even exceeded them by quite a bit. By continuously collecting swords, her points had unknowingly reached 43,000.

This was the amount she saved up by occasionally doing a ten-pull, although she didn't get anything good, mostly just sword-making materials.

So she's not planning to continue smoking anymore; who knows what the next world will bring?

"System, I'm ready. Let's move on to the next world."

(End of volume)

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P.S.: A flop that didn't even qualify as a minor masterpiece has somehow managed to reach a million words.

1

Chapter 1 One day, I will be faster than the Emperor's Bow's arrow.

This is a desolate forest, filled with a forgotten silence.

The trees were sparse and withered, like elderly people in their twilight years, helplessly stretching out their twisted branches. The leaves had long since fallen, leaving only bare branches trembling in the wind, as if telling the story of how the former lushness and vitality had now vanished.

The ground was covered with a layer of withered yellow leaves, which made a rustling sound when stepped on, like the sigh of time.

Weeds grew rampant in the woods, yet they appeared listless, withered, and disorderly. Without the birdsong and the scurrying of small animals, the entire forest was deathly silent.

The sunlight struggled to filter through the sparse branches, carrying a pale and powerless feel.

The forest was filled with the smell of decay, and occasionally you could see fallen trees slowly rotting and returning to the earth.

But at that moment, several panicked figures appeared, breaking the deathly silence.

They were several girls with fluffy fox ears, who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old. They were pretty and dressed in long blue dresses.

However, at this moment, their faces were filled with anxiety and fear as they ran around in a panic.

"Run! Faster! Once we escape from here, we'll be free."

The fox-eared girl running in front grabbed the hands of the people behind her, gritting her teeth and completely ignoring the unbearable pain in her injured feet, encouraging them and herself.

If they fall into the hands of those Taoist priests again, their fate will be even worse than when they were captured last time.

Therefore, we absolutely must escape from here.

As long as they keep running before they catch up, and as long as they escape the Taoist priests' territory, they won't dare to do anything to them.

However, sometimes the more critical the moment, the more likely something is to go wrong.

Suddenly, one of the little fox spirits behind her got her ankle caught on something and fell to the ground. With that fall, her already weakened body completely lost its strength.

"Xiao Kui?!"

Seeing the little fox demon fall, the fox-eared girl at the front changed her expression slightly, but after hesitating for a moment, she did not choose to abandon her. Instead, she quickly stopped, returned to her side, helped her up, and prepared to continue running with her.

Although it's very dangerous now, those stinky Taoist priests might come at us any second.

But she absolutely could not abandon her companions and run away alone.

If they were caught again by those filthy Taoist priests, given their previous behavior, it wouldn't just be a matter of being sold or imprisoned; they would definitely be skinned alive and stripped of their scriptures.

"I...I can't go on, Sister Qing, I really can't run anymore."

"Don't worry about me, just run away!"

Supported and managing to walk a few steps, the fox-eared girl named Xiaokui completely lost the courage to continue; she was simply too tired.

They ran for so long without taking a break in between.

They dared not rest, because they were still in the Taoist priests' territory and could easily be captured and taken back.

"No, we promised we'd leave this world alive together. How could I abandon you? Just hang in there a little longer..."

"Let me carry you on my back!"

She gritted her teeth, even though she herself was almost at her limit, she still did not abandon her companion, and even squatted down in front of her, ready to leave with her.

"Waaah, Sister Qing, you really don't need to worry about me. Take me with you, and none of us will escape. I don't want anything to happen to everyone because of me."

Xiao Kui couldn't help but cry. She was also afraid of being caught by those stinky Taoist priests again, but compared to her own life or death, she didn't want to implicate others anymore.

But Sister Qing didn't care about what she said. She just turned her back to her and silently continued forward. She no longer had the strength to speak.

However, this still made them much slower.

Before long, several figures flew down from above on swords. These people were dressed in the Daoist robes of the One Qi Dao Alliance, but they had shifty eyes and were clearly not proper Daoists.

Looking at the fox demons ahead, the middle-aged Taoist priest in the lead took out a magic weapon and blasted it directly downwards.

The little fox demons below were instantly blasted away, their last bit of strength completely dissipated at that moment.

However, perhaps because it didn't want them to die so easily, the magic weapon wasn't powerful enough to kill them.

"Run? None of you will escape!"

"I told you, this time I will not only torture you to death, but I will also skin your corpses and pull out your tendons to appease my son's spirit in heaven!"

Looking at the fox demon girls lying on the ground below, the middle-aged Taoist priest spoke with an extremely cruel expression.

His only son had died at the hands of these fox spirits. Simply killing them was not enough to quell his rage.

Although his son was not very successful, he was his only son, and he had health problems and could no longer have offspring.

He originally planned to rely on his son, but his son is now useless. He could have had more grandchildren, but now there are no grandchildren in sight, and his only son is gone.

How could he accept this!

"He deserves to die!!"

The fox demon girl in blue endured the pain in her body, gritted her teeth and forced herself to stand up, listening to his words with a heart full of hatred.

Even now, she has no regrets about killing him with everyone else.

That scumbag, he's not human, he's a demon!

Even if they don't resist, they will still die, and they will die a terrible death.

Several of my sisters were tortured to death by this scumbag demon.

After she had made her plan and found an opportunity, she was unwilling to let herself and her other sisters suffer such torment any longer, so she mustered up her courage and killed him in the process of resisting.

They escaped that demonic place as planned, but a plan is just a plan, and it's impossible for everything to go smoothly.

They were still targeted by them.

In particular, the demon they killed in their resistance was not an ordinary Taoist priest, but a guy with a powerful background. His father was also a figure in the Qi Dao Alliance.

It even has some connection with the Xiao family, who caused chaos in the Qi Dao Alliance...

Although the Xiao family is not as powerful as the Wang Quan and Dongfang families, as inspectors, they are extremely adept at manipulating public opinion and suppressing other forces in the Dao Alliance with various fabricated charges.

Even the two powerful families, the royal family and the Eastern family, found it difficult to reasonably stop it.

Just like when the Yang family held their grand wedding, the hall was filled with distinguished guests, including prominent figures and families from the One Qi Dao Alliance. Yet, the Xiao family still dared to forcibly take the groom away from the wedding and torture him to death on charges of colluding with the demon race.

As for whether they really colluded with the demon race?

This is actually not important. The Xiao family's goal is simply to suppress the Yang family of Tianyan.

Under such circumstances, none of the various factions or those important figures dared to stand up.

Only a few children...

"..."

"You still dare to be stubborn even when you're about to die? Don't worry, I won't let you die easily. I'll make you experience even more painful torture and make you regret killing my son."

Hearing the fox demon's words, the middle-aged Taoist priest's gaze became even more cruel.

However, what right do a few lowly fox demons have to be compared to his son? It's an honor for them if his son plays them to death.

She thought of her deceased only son. Although he no longer had the ability, he would have others join him in tormenting them.

Upon hearing this, the lewd-looking Taoist priests nearby instantly understood the middle-aged Taoist's thoughts.

"Don't worry, senior, we will definitely avenge the young master."

"We're quite adept at torturing people. None of the humans or demons who die at our hands are ever whole."

They all work for the Xiao family, and their specialty is how to torture demons and those the Xiao family wants to suppress.

Sometimes, the demons that are colluding with the forces being suppressed are actually trained by them, so that they can better frame and harm others.

"...Even if it means death, I will not let you succeed."

Looking at the demon-like Taoist priests above, the fox demon girls below turned deathly pale. They could already imagine what their fate would be.

At this point, it's better to end my own life than to fall into their hands.

"Sister Qing, I'm sorry... It's all because of me that you've been dragged into this."

"Xiao Kui, don't cry, it's not your fault. It's these demons, these stinking Taoist priests. They won't get away with this. Even if they become evil ghosts, I won't let them go."

Sister Qing comforted Xiao Kui, then secretly began to gather her demonic power; she was going to give it her all.

You must not sit still and wait for death.

"Hahaha? Evil spirits? That's hilarious. Would we be afraid of evil spirits? We're all Taoist priests!"

"Even if you really become a demon, it will only happen again, and you will suffer the same fate."

"I have to say, I've actually experienced what it's like to be a ghost, and I really want to try it myself."

The Taoists above laughed even louder at the fox demon Qing's threat.

Are they afraid of ghosts?

"Stop talking nonsense, take them down first."

The middle-aged Taoist priest said that these fox demons were already like meat on a chopping board, completely powerless to resist.

"Yes."