Back in the game, Ren Suo took control of Young Master Mu to fight again. This time, Maid Xiao Suo also rushed out, charging toward Temple Knight Commander Righteous!

Young Master Mu was extremely shocked. "Xiao Suo!—"

Maid Xiao Suo said, "Fight together, return home together."

As the battle began, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo clashed with Temple Knight Commander Righteous for only a few rounds before he shattered Maid Xiao Suo's Protective Gang Qi with one palm strike and her head with another.

Seeing Maid Xiao Suo fall in battle, Ren Suo realized he could neither pause the game nor control Young Master Mu.

Young Master Mu seemed to be in a daze, then he too was quickly struck down by Temple Knight Commander Righteous.

Both met their end.

Ren Suo blinked, exited the game, and opened the "Equipment Interface" to equip Maid Xiao Suo with some better abilities and gear.

Then he opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary" and discovered a new entry in bold ink: "Temple Knight Commander Righteous raises his right shoulder when attacking..."

"The interval between his Formless Great Palm Imprint attacks is..."

Ren Suo felt a bit puzzled, not knowing why Xiao Suo was recording this information.

However, after he reloaded the save, he could distinctly feel the change in Maid Xiao Suo—her Dodge efficiency had increased, and her damage output against Temple Knight Commander Righteous had also improved!

Even though she was eventually killed again, "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary" contained even more intel on the boss.

Ren Suo continued to reload and enter the third boss battle. Maid Xiao Suo coordinated with Young Master Mu to gang up on Temple Knight Commander Righteous. Every time Maid Xiao Suo attacked, it was precisely when he was about to make a move, deflecting his attacks and giving Young Master Mu more room to Dodge.

Leveraging his miraculous pause ability, Ren Suo skillfully seized these opportunities and persisted for sixteen more seconds!

…

In the ninth boss battle, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo could now perfectly coordinate, dodging all of Temple Knight Commander Righteous's attacks and leaving him battered and bruised!

The armor of the battered Temple Knight Commander Righteous emanated dazzling white light. "Not bad," he said. "Your coordination is truly astounding. In terms of combat skill, I have been utterly defeated... However, my Light will tear you to pieces! Sorry."

Then, Temple Knight Commander Righteous entered his Second State!

He unleashed more area-of-effect attacks, his defensive power surged, and he even summoned the Sacred Light Armor!

You may have a thousand spells and ten thousand ultimate moves. But I ask you this: can any of them defeat reloading a save?

This boss fight made Ren Suo's blood boil. He reloaded again and again, gradually exposing all of Temple Knight Commander Righteous's Second Form's secrets.

Despite an almost overwhelming offensive, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo still seized every tiny opportunity, inflicting heavy damage on Temple Knight Commander Righteous!

By the thirty-third boss battle, they had blasted Temple Knight Commander Righteous's Sacred Light Armor to pieces. His light faded, and his armor was shattered; he no longer possessed the elegance he had when they first met.

His eyes glowed with Blood Light, and suddenly, he stomped his feet, blasting off the ground, and fled!

He fled! The boss was running away mid-fight!

Neither Ren Suo nor Maid Xiao Suo reacted in time, and he escaped.

Soon, the game displayed a prompt: "Ending · Success Just Within Reach: The fleeing Temple Knight Commander Righteous resorted to his old tricks. Young Master Mu ultimately fell into the evil vortex and was finally slain by the Six Major Factions."

So, he wasn't supposed to get away.

Ren Suo reloaded the save and immediately engaged Temple Knight Commander Righteous in battle as he exited his Second State.

However, Temple Knight Commander Righteous in his Third State was no pushover; he was even stronger than in his previous two states, easily annihilating them both!

Yet the martial arts he now employed were no longer righteous and honorable. Instead, they conjured a tempest of blood and gore, thick with a gloomy, sinister aura, his movements like a phantom's!

In the fifty-sixth boss battle, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo saw through all of Temple Knight Commander Righteous's tricks. They tenaciously entangled him to prevent his escape, intent on beating him to death!

Temple Knight Commander Righteous roared furiously, "When will this day end? We shall perish together!"

Why did you suddenly blurt out a line of classical Chinese? I can't understand it. But having received nine years of compulsory education, Ren Suo felt that this sentence probably meant he wanted to perish together with them. Temple Knight Commander Righteous probably intended to intimidate Young Master Mu, threatening him into letting him go.

But Ren Suo ignored him and continued the assault. Temple Knight Commander Righteous didn't immediately self-destruct but kept trying to fight his way out.

In the fifty-ninth boss battle, Young Master Mu and Maid Xiao Suo had beaten Temple Knight Commander Righteous until he was drenched in his own blood, bringing him to a near-death state!

While being beaten, he laughed aloud. "I often believed it was ugliness that defined beauty. I often believed it was the ignorant masses who exalted the Sages. I often believed it was cowards who made heroes shine by contrast. I often believed it was all living beings whose suffering allowed the Buddha to achieve enlightenment. I often believed it was demons that gave rise to justice."

"I haven't lost to you; I've lost to *you two*. We are all supposed to be lonely islands in the vast sea. Why could your two islands connect and withstand the Tsunami I created?"

"But it doesn't matter. You are the Demon Lord, and I am the Foe of Demons. We are both beings who should not exist in this world... If I am gone, this world will naturally have no need for you either!"

"Let's depart together!"

Temple Knight Commander Righteous shot out a beam of white light.

It couldn't be paused or dodged—light was impossible to evade.

The white light pierced Young Master Mu, instantly depleting his Health Points and incinerating his flesh and blood. Game over.

Ren Suo watched this scene calmly. He then opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary" and, sure enough, saw an entry in bold ink: "Upon death, Temple Knight Commander Righteous will unleash a fatal blow."

Reloading, Ren Suo had Young Master Mu attempt to Dodge just before Temple Knight Commander Righteous died. However, the beam of white light, though faint, did not deviate—it still pierced Young Master Mu with unerring precision.

A new entry in bold ink appeared at the bottom of the sixteenth page of "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary": "Young Master cannot Dodge Temple Knight Commander Righteous's final blow."

Yes, it can't be dodged...

But Ren Suo wasn't worried; since this information appeared in "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary," it meant Xiao Suo had a solution.

In the sixty-first boss battle, Temple Knight Commander Righteous progressed from his First State to his Second State, then to his Third State, and finally entered a near-death state.

The same threats, the same lamentations, the same defiant cries...

But this time, when Temple Knight Commander Righteous declared, "If I am gone, this world will naturally have no need for you!" Maid Xiao Suo, who had been fighting fiercely all this time, suddenly spoke:

"I need him."

Just an instant before Temple Knight Commander Righteous delivered his lethal strike, Maid Xiao Suo used the "Mage's Death-Defying Feather" to Teleport in front of Young Master Mu.

She didn't just stand before Young Master Mu; she embraced him, face to face, skin to skin, like a farewell hug.

The two seemed to become one.

The light swept over them.

As Temple Knight Commander Righteous unleashed his final attack, he collapsed, a mangled corpse. The light incinerated Maid Xiao Suo, yet in the haze, she seemed to leave behind a satisfied smile as her ashes drifted away on the wind.

Only Young Master Mu remained standing.

And in the third-person perspective, Ren Suo could only see his back.

"Successfully slain the mastermind working Behind the Scenes and purified his own Filth and Resentment, Young Master Mu achieved final Victory!"

"Mission Complete!"

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