What do you mean the game swordsman I controlled has come back to life?

"1, 2, 3, now's the time to dodge!"

Yue Qingwu was speechless. His teacher was a Foundation Establishment stage expert. How could he possibly dodge his teacher's moves?

However, she was shocked to find that the longswords that were blasting at her had strangely passed through her body without causing any harm.

Then the demon's strange words reappeared in his mind.

"As expected, there's an invincibility frame for dodging. This game is pretty good; it has some of the essence of Souls-like games."

Unlike rolling in Soulslike games, Lu Li's character moves sideways a short distance in the direction of the directional keys by taking a step.

The movements are very elegant and agile, reminiscent of those in the fantasy genre.

The distance you move depends on when you hold down the dodge button and when you release it.

However, according to Lu Li's observation, the invincibility frames during dodge are only twelve.

Starting from when he pressed the dodge button.

If you are attacked again while moving and dodging, you will have to press the dodge button again to trigger an invincibility frame.

Furthermore, there is a one-second cooldown period in between, so it's impossible to continuously press the dodge button to trigger the invincibility frame.

To make good use of the dodge, you need to release the button as soon as you press it, allowing yourself to dodge only a small amount and letting the dodge cool down as quickly as possible.

This also means that sometimes, when you just slightly turn to the side, the BOSS's attack will just glide past your character model.

Of course, clipping can happen sometimes, but there's nothing that can be done since the BOSS's skill range is too large.

As Lu Li watched the initial ultimate move finish, Su Qinghan's entire screen of red health bar appeared at the bottom of the game interface.

As long as the health bar is visible, you can kill any god you see.

"How is this possible? My 'Myriad Swords Return to Origin' technique clearly struck his body, why did it have no effect at all?"

Su Qinghan's pupils dilated in shock upon seeing this scene.

This devil is no ordinary person.

It must possess some kind of ethereal magic, and should not be underestimated.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of white light appeared in her hand, and a long sword was held in her jade-like hand.

Oh no, Master is getting serious.

Yue Qingwu was terrified when she saw her master take out her natal sword, the high-grade earth-rank spiritual treasure, the Jade Purity Sword.

"Heh heh, is he about to use a sword move? I remember there's a parry button, right? If you have it on the right mouse button, that's it. Let's give it a try."

Lu Li was very confident that there was no boss he couldn't defeat. Since it had the feel of a Souls-like game, it was just a matter of dying a few more times.

Just memorize the moves.

Lu Li held the mouse with complete concentration.

He saw Su Qinghan take a step, her movements graceful and light, like a fairy floating in the air, and in the blink of an eye she was in front of him.

The longsword slashed horizontally towards the waist and abdomen of the character he was controlling, while a ray of golden light flashed from the opponent's sword.

The sword slashed down at a speed that Lu Li could hardly react to!

He raised his sword to parry.

Lu Li's character was cut in two by Su Qinghan, and the screen went dark again, entering loading mode.

The loading screen is a mountain shrouded in mist, with the four characters "Shangqing Sword Sect" written in a flowing, elegant style.

A line of small text was written in the lower left corner.

When the enemy's weapon glows golden, you can use a parry. Use parries with caution, especially when the skill difference is too great, or when a perfect parry is not possible.

This will be calculated based on 30% of the BOSS's damage.

"No wonder I got one-shotted. This boss is at the Foundation Establishment stage, while my character only has 7 levels of Qi Refining. The difference in stats is too great. Even with 70% damage reduction, I still got one-shotted."

Lu Li pondered for a moment as he looked at the game information prompts below.

It doesn't matter as long as you can be greedy.

Yue Qingwu's vision returned, and she found herself back on the stone platform where she sat in meditation in her cave. The inexplicable words of the demon echoed in her ears.

"How dare he think of blocking the teacher's sword move? How could a Foundation Establishment stage sword move be blocked by someone with only 7 levels of Qi Refining?"

This demon controls a body that also possesses the power to manipulate time and space and reverse the laws of yin and yang.

However, it seems that she is limited in some way and cannot exert her original power; she can only use her own power.

No, it could also be some kind of fetish of this demon.

Yue Qingwu had heard her teacher mention that demons enjoyed torturing sentient beings in various ways for their own amusement.

As Yue Qingwu pondered, her body once again headed towards her teacher's cave.

"My disciple, what is it that you need?"

Upon meeting, the demon didn't waste any words and immediately slashed at them with his sword.

Yue Qingwu saw the battle begin amidst her teacher's angry and bewildered gaze.

"What kind of demon dares to possess my disciple's body? State your name!"

The demon didn't answer, only attacking and dodging.

Looking at the familiar starting stance, Lu Li knew his chance had come.

Sure enough, a flash of white light appeared on his computer screen as the BOSS's longsword appeared in his hand, and a flying giant grass came flying over.

Lu Li saw a flash of golden light disappear from the BOSS's weapon!

It's now!

A rebound!

clang!

A crisp, metallic clang rang out.

The sword strike was deflected, and the BOSS leaned back, becoming stiff.

"How is this possible?" Su Qinghan exclaimed in disbelief, her spell had actually been broken.

Yue Qingwu was utterly shocked to see that her controlled body, at the level of Qi Refining Level 7, had broken her Foundation Establishment teacher's move.

The difference between Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment is only one realm, but their strength is like the difference between an ant and a human—they are not even in the same dimension.

From her perspective, her body, moving at a speed impossible for someone at her level, suppressed her teacher's techniques in an incredible way.

"How is this possible?"

Then she heard the demon's voice again.

"Hey, the parry feedback and combat interaction are pretty good. I wonder which company developed this masterpiece. I'll have to buy it and play it when it comes out."

From Lu Li's perspective, the BOSS was fast, but not fast enough to catch him off guard.

And this was only because he knew the moves in advance, plus the system notification. If he still couldn't stop it, all those years of playing the game would have been for nothing.

Lu Li clearly saw the astonishment and confusion on the BOSS's face, as well as the huge red dot flashing on the BOSS's body on the screen.

"This is an execution!" As a seasoned Soul-type expert, Lu Li immediately understood and subconsciously pressed the left mouse button.

On the screen, Lu Li, controlling a character, thrust his longsword into the BOSS's chest, then kicked the BOSS to pull the sword out, causing a visually striking spray of blood.

He then flicked the blood off his longsword.

So handsome!

Lu Li also noticed that the BOSS's health bar had dropped slightly.

"Why is it only this much? Is the value too different?"

Lu Li knew that the character's basic stats in the game were insufficient, so even if he used a finishing move, it would only be a tickle to the BOSS.

"Interesting, the BOSS special effects are good, and the combat interaction is also good."

This must be the first time a game company has created a "gate-blocking" boss to prevent people from requesting refunds.

The game starts with a boss that no beginner can't beat, making players suffer. Even the most stubborn players have to fight for two hours before they realize the refund period has expired.

Hayao Miyazaki is indeed a cunning man.

Su Qinghan circulated his spiritual energy, and his wounds visibly healed. He looked at his disciple, who was possessed by a demon, with a mixture of shock and caution.

In Lu Li's view, the BOSS's health bar actually recovered.

"What's with this? This is going too far," Lu Li complained.

However, before he could think any further, the game screen started shaking, and the character staggered.

With a thunderous roar, countless longswords burst forth from the ground, and Lu Li's computer screen went dark once again.

"Hey, I don't believe we can't beat them." Without saying another word, Lu Li controlled his character and headed towards the BOSS room.

Two hours later.

Yue Qingwu had no idea how many times she had died. She felt her soul was extremely tired and was drifting off to sleep.

The inexplicable voice of that demon still rang in my ears.

"Start with your ultimate move, roll, and try to land one more hit."

"Draw your weapon, parry, freeze, greedily strike twice, then execute."

"Floor kill, roll forward, greedily get one hit."

"Charge up your skill, use fast and slow attacks, roll after roll, catch the recovery animation, unleash your skill and sword shadow to hit the target, then get greedy and land one more hit."

"The boss is in phase two. It's an instant kill for all enemies. Retreat and roll."

Lu Li controlled his character and beheaded the BOSS with a single strike.

However, the instant the BOSS died, an invisible hand formed from clouds in the sky slammed down, and the screen went black again.

"What kind of heretical cultivator dares to act so presumptuously in the Shangqing Sword Sect!"

As the screen went dark, Lu Li heard an old man's angry voice coming from the sky.

This time, instead of restarting the game, a window popped up.

[Your character's fatigue level is insufficient and you cannot use the game again. Fatigue will be restored at 6:00 AM tomorrow, at which point you can play again.]

Fatigue points recover 10 per hour. If a character does not get enough rest, they will suffer a debuff that reduces their Spirit and Stamina by 40%.

"I didn't expect that killing this NPC would attract an even stronger NPC, who would then instantly kill me."

Lu Li was helpless; this was clearly a plot device.

It's not that Lu Li isn't strong enough.

"It seems this NPC is involved in some main quest or something, and the game designers made it so that he can't be killed."

Although he couldn't kill it, Lu Li was still quite satisfied with the game. Whether it was the graphics and special effects or the combat interaction, it was comparable to top-tier games, and even more aesthetically pleasing.

The boss's strength is a bit excessive.

However, the panel also provides information on how to increase stats by adding points.

It's a fairly balanced approach.

Lu Li had a great time and looked relaxed.

Meanwhile, Yue Qingwu regained control of her body in a state between sleep and wakefulness.

She saw her master's master, an elder of the Shangqing Sword Sect, who smashed her to pieces.

Clearly, it sensed the extinguishing of its master's soul lamp, came to investigate, and discovered that its master had been killed by it.

She was extremely tired and immediately fell into a deep sleep.

When I woke up again, it was already the next day.

Yue Qingwu watched as her hands moved freely according to her will.

"I've regained control of my body?!" Yue Qingwu was so excited she almost cried tears of joy.

That devil is finally gone.

She moved her body a little and felt unusually light and agile.

Puzzled, she immediately activated her divine sense to examine her inner self, and found that the spiritual energy in her dantian had increased significantly.

"Have I broken through to the 8th level of Qi Refining?"

The spiritual energy in one's dantian cannot be faked; he actually went from level 7 to level 8 in just one day.

It should be noted that it took her a year to break through from the 6th to the 7th level of Qi Refining. The difficulty and the amount of spiritual energy required for each level increase are exponential.

Yue Qingwu was stuck at the bottleneck between the 7th and 8th floors for a full three years.

In her mind, it would take her at least three years and at most ten years to break through the bottleneck.

Her natural talent wasn't among the most outstanding in the Shangqing Sword Sect; it was only above average.

"Was this the breakthrough that demon helped me achieve?" This was the only conclusion Yue Qingwu could come up with.

"My teacher once said that every cultivator has their own destiny to become an immortal, whether great or small."

Could it be that the demon, no, that senior, is my destined immortality?

But is that eccentric style really that of a respectable senior?

Yue Qingwu had doubts.

"No, Master once said that there is another type of person between the righteous path and the evil cultivators. They act according to their own hearts and follow their own desires."

Cultivating immortality is about achieving a carefree and unrestrained state.

Yue Qingwu remembered that among her teacher's peers, who were also her senior uncles, there were such people who were rarely in the sect and spent their time roaming the mortal world.

"Master!"

Yue Qingwu slapped his forehead and remembered his master. There was a senior in his body with a very important matter. He had to ask his master if she could help.