Li Muyang, who died instantly once he stepped outside, became more cautious this time.

Following the guidance of the map, he hurried towards Eight Witches Mountain, meanwhile carefully observing his surroundings, not daring to be the slightest bit negligent.

And the journey to Eight Witches Mountain was even farther than imagined.

This skeletal body moved so slowly it was maddening; without mana, unable to fly with light-travel, he could only rely on walking.

Although the skeleton’s pace was much faster than a human’s run,

to Li Muyang, who was used to soaring through the skies and burrowing through the earth, this pace was no different from a turtle’s crawl.

Moreover, this game didn’t have an AFK mode, nor could he set a path to automatically follow.

He could only grit his teeth and control the skeletal figure named Wu Ming as he ran through the winds and sand.

Along the way, Li Muyang cautiously avoided the monsters within the Black Wind Sand, dying thirteen times in total before finally arriving at Eight Witches Mountain.

And in the real world, three days and nights had already passed.

Li Muyang opened his eyes, stretched his body in the mountain forest, took a moment to regulate his breath and restore his spirit, then returned to the game and stepped into the territory of Eight Witches Mountain, as shown on the map.

As he set foot in Eight Witches Mountain, the whistling and biting black winds and sands in the game instantly disappeared.

This Eight Witches Mountain, just like the previous secluded valley, was unaffected by the wind sand.

Before him, the view revealed a short but extremely oddly shaped mountain.

It looked like a gigantic wine jug, and also vaguely resembled a human skull.

The entire Eight Witches Mountain was covered in green moss and vegetation, lush and verdant.

Upon Li Muyang’s entry into Eight Witches Mountain, a piercing howl immediately echoed through the mountain.

Followed by a loud bang, a large army emerged from the diagonals.

The troops were clear in their colors, each clad in armor, appearing mighty and powerful.

It’s just that their stature was small and compact, only a bit larger than a typical house cat.

Below the armor, were all mice.

Long noses, shiny eyes, and beneath the armor, furry bodies… this army was actually composed of oversized mice?

Li Muyang, seeing this scene, was quite astonished, feeling as if he had stumbled into a fairy tale kingdom.

This army… somehow looked adorably cute.

And in front of the troops, a little silver-robed general sat astride an equally petite horse, clad in white armor and holding a silver spear, shouting at Li Muyang,

“Wu Ming! You dare to invade Eight Witches Mountain!”

“If you’re brave enough, step forward and let me, Wu Yun, finish you with one spear thrust!”

The little silver-robed general’s milky voice yelled, also a small mouse.

Although very cute, Li Muyang had no desire to waste words with it.

He walked straight up to meet the silver-robed little general charging on horseback and released a new skill unlocked with additional points.

Barrier-breaking Divine Light!

Suddenly, a divine light burst forth from Li Muyang’s hand, instantly hitting the silver-robed little general in the middle of the battlefield, decapitating it.

The oversized mouse head, still donning the armor, rolled all the way to Li Muyang’s feet, its eyes wide open in death.

The other mice, upon witnessing this scene, suddenly screamed in horror.

“General Yun has been defeated!”

The group of oversized mice in armor, who just moments ago were showing off bravely, suddenly scurried into the mountain like headless flies.

Li Muyang, witnessing this scene, was somewhat speechless.

“It’s over this easily?”

He walked towards Eight Witches Mountain, trying to chase after the mouse army.

But just as he burst out a few steps, Li Muyang ran into an invisible wall of air, almost breaking his skeletal frame apart.

“… What the hell!”

Why was there an air wall here!

This cursed game is supposed to be a projection of reality, right?

Is an air wall in reality… reasonable?

Li Muyang searched along the air wall speechlessly, only to discover that it stretched in front of Eight Witches Mountain, making it impossible for him to enter.

While he pondered, another loud bang resounded from within Eight Witches Mountain.

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Immediately after, an army of mice charged out from the diagonal.

The leader was a young general in a red horse and green robe.

“Damn Wu Ming! Let me, Wu Yu, fight you!”

The green-robed young general rode forward, wielding a halberd, looking imposing.

However, Li Muyang once again unleashed Barrier-breaking Divine Light, similarly killing him instantly and decapitating him.

As a result, the mice army again scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in panic.

“It’s terrible! General Yu has died too!”

Yet, not long after the mice army fled, another explosion sounded, and a robust, black-furred mouse riding a black horse led another charge.

“Wu Ming! Let me, Wu Fei, fight you!”

The black mouse exuded a murderous aura, its voice booming like thunder.

But when Li Muyang saw this familiar scene, he couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation.

“Is this really Eight Witches Mountain? It’s like playing house… Huh?”

Before he could finish speaking, Li Muyang suddenly sensed something.

He swiftly raised his hand and cast Barrier-breaking Divine Light on himself.

In an instant, Li Muyang’s right arm was torn apart, flesh and bones splattering, accompanied by a sharp pain.

And after the pain assaulted him, the mice army in Li Muyang’s vision suddenly vanished, and the surrounding scenery changed dramatically.

After a moment of blurriness in the air, Li Muyang finally saw the scene around him.

Incredibly, he was chained inside an enormous bronze cauldron, under which a fierce fire burned, and the cauldron was filled with boiling water.

And with chains around him inside the bronze cauldron, the skin and flesh of his right hand had already turned soft and cracked from the heat.

Seeing Li Muyang awaken, eight giant mice surrounding the bronze cauldron let out shrill, strange laughter.

“Hehe! Wu Ming, you’re awake?”

“Your fine skin and flesh will make a good potful for us!”

“Worthy of Wu Ming, even my, Wu Zhou’s, Illusion Technique could be broken by you!”

“Hahahaha… You’ve gone through so much trouble to deliver yourself as meat to us!”

The eight towering mice, each ten feet tall with fur that stood erect like swords, looked intimidating and terrifying.

Li Muyang tried to struggle, but the chains held him fast, making it impossible to break free.

After a short silence, Li Muyang let out a cold laugh.

“…Want to feast on my meat soup? Just be careful not to choke on it!”

As his voice fell, Li Muyang directly released his newly unlocked skill, an advanced technique of Barrier-breaking Divine Light, Barrier-breaking Edge.

And the target of the skill was himself.

In an instant, divine light exploded within the bronze cauldron, as pieces of white bone and flesh erupted in the boiling soup.

The eight giant mice surrounding the bronze cauldron were scalded, screaming miserably.

“Damn Wu Ming!”

“Dare to come to Eight Witches Mountain again!”

“Next time, we’ll flay and debone you!”

Amidst the angry curses of the mice, a failure cutscene popped up in Li Muyang’s view.

[You have died, game over]

Looking at this game-over cutscene, Li Muyang frowned, falling into silence.

The Eight Witches of Eight Witches Mountain were actually eight giant mice.

And they had trapped him with some kind of hallucinatory technique.

To be subject to their control just by entering Eight Witches Mountain?

But according to logic, with the Eye of Spiritual Sight, he should be immune to Illusion Techniques.

Why then did he fall into the trap?

Li Muyang’s brow furrowed tightly, not in a hurry to re-enter the game, but instead he looked up in the direction of the real Eight Witches Mountain.

Having experienced the Stone Gate of the Secluded Valley, he was now curious if there were also eight mice in reality at Eight Witches Mountain.

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