After the Dragon Goddess joined the team, Li Muyang's monster-fighting progress sped up significantly.
Although he couldn't control the Dragon Goddess's character, having a level 99 maxed-out account join the team meant that even just auto-using skills and dealing damage was considerable.
Now at level 51, it took Li Muyang at least a dozen rounds to fight an opponent of the same level.
However, with the Dragon Goddess on the team, she only needed to use two rounds of skills, and the battle would be over.
With such monster-fighting speed, Li Muyang's level soared upwards.
He quickly reached level 70.
After reaching level 70, the Dragon Goddess's monster-fighting speed also slowed down, no longer able to kill opponents in one or two rounds.
But she was still much faster than Li Muyang fighting alone.
Soon, Li Muyang's level rose to 85.
By this time, there were not many NPCs left in Luoyang City, almost all of them renowned big shots.
Even with the Dragon Goddess's help, Li Muyang needed a long time to defeat an NPC.
However, after pausing the game and looking outside at the sky, Li Muyang found it was still early.
So, he peacefully entered the game and continued leveling up with the Dragon Goddess.
This time, Li Muyang successfully raised his level to 99, defeating all the high-level bosses including Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and the Great General He Jin.
Finally, he brought the Dragon Goddess to the palace to challenge the last boss, Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong.
In the previous final chapters, by the time Li Muyang reached the palace, Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, had already been killed by evil ghosts.
Li Muyang had thought he was a pushover.
But facing Emperor Ling of Han himself, he died three times and reloaded three times before finally defeating him.
Standing in the great hall after Emperor Ling's death, Li Muyang looked at the Dragon Goddess beside him.
During this monster-fighting and leveling process, the Dragon Goddess never initiated a conversation, and Nan Hua, the elder, didn't interact with her at all.
Both were completely cold monster-fighting robots.
Only after defeating Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, did the Dragon Goddess finally speak.
"You have purified all the resentment lingering in the city, so where is this evil ghost you speak of now?"
The Dragon Goddess asked Li Muyang.
Li Muyang estimated the time and said, "In about an hour."
[Mysterious Goddess: ?]
[Mysterious Goddess: How long is an hour?]
[Nan Hua: Half an hour...]
[Mysterious Goddess: Good, I will wait for you for half an hour more.]
What followed was waiting.
Li Muyang got up from the bed and strolled outside for a while, stretching his body.
[Your rewards for completion are available for collection, will you collect your rewards now?]
[Currently available rewards (choose one)]
[Kunpeng Secret Fragment X1]
[Low-grade Spiritual Artifact Forging Tool X1]
[Jade Marrow Spirit Liquid X10]
[Host please note, after collecting the reward, this game portal will close and cannot be entered again]
...
The settlement rewards that popped up in the view surprised Li Muyang.
This time he should have earned a flawless S score, right?
He had almost perfectly completed all the contents of the game, the Dragon God Fairy survived, and all the army of resentful ghosts were purified of their resentment, yet he only received an A rating?
Although the rewards for this A rating were much stronger than the tutorial's A-level reward...
But why wasn't it flawless?
Could there be some hidden content in the game that he hadn't solved yet?
Li Muyang, driven by curiosity, entered the game again without choosing to claim his reward.
However, upon opening the game template this time, a new option suddenly emerged in his field of view.
[True Immersion Mode is now available; host can enter Luoyang City immersively]
[Do you want to activate the true mode?]
[Yes/No]
Relieved by the options that popped up in his view, Li Muyang let out a breath.
"I knew there was hidden content!"
So after scoring an A in the game, one could unlock a hidden mode.
Clearly, to gain the perfect score, he would have to successfully complete this true mode.
Li Muyang unhesitatingly chose [Yes].
The next second, that familiar feeling of being enveloped by darkness descended upon him.
When the darkness receded, Li Muyang opened his eyes to find himself standing in a gloomy alley shrouded in white mist.
The ground beneath his feet was crusted with dried bloodstains, and strange shadows roamed outside the alley.
Three of those shadows seemed to sense Li Muyang's presence and floated directly towards him.
Li Muyang jumped when he saw the faces of these three shadows at that instant.
"Isn't this those three thugs from the beginning?"
Why do they look so hideous?
And why are they floating off the ground?