Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 799 - 43 Reunion_2
Chapter 799: Chapter 43 Reunion_2
Chapter 799 -43 Reunion_2
Xie Ruoxi also froze for a moment, completely not expecting herself to be so badass. She quickly crossed her arms and puffed out her chest proudly, about to speak when Su Yunjin grabbed her and they continued to run.
Looking back, they saw it was yet another onslaught of even denser and more voluminous attacks!
The Sorcerers and Ascetics had a simple thought: Since your defensive move is so exaggeratedly effective, the True Yuan it must consume is surely an astronomical number. With so many of us here, even if each of us spits at you in turn, could your True Yuan withstand it for that long?
Indeed, Xie Ruoxi couldn’t withstand it, so she had no choice but to follow Su Yunjin in zigzagging turns, trying to use the surrounding buildings and courtyard walls to dodge the attacks.
As they jumped over a courtyard, they suddenly heard a voice transmission:
“Go straight, then turn left.”
It was Chen Lingyun’s voice! Both girls were invigorated and quickly moved according to the route she provided.
The Sorcerers and Ascetics chasing them had no unified command, only relying on their respective tracking methods to follow. One moment they went left, the next right; after a couple of turns, their figures disappeared.
Realizing they’d lost the target and unwilling to give up on the prey within reach, they simply turned their attention to their companions, following wherever others chased, until eventually, all were haphazardly gathered in one place. It was only when they cornered the targets against a wall that they realized it was two ghostly creatures that had transformed into Yun Jin and Ruoxi; with a whoosh, they rolled on the spot and turned into two mice, escaping through a crack in a collapsed courtyard wall.
Everyone: ……
Reluctantly exchanging glances, the Ascetics glared at the Sorcerers, and the Sorcerers coldly stared back at the Ascetics. It’s not clear who initiated the first attack, but afterward, the two sides simply started to open fire and fight fiercely against each other.
Some were venting, some defending themselves, and others were greedy, trying to take advantage of the chaos to backstab one or two, stealing their possessions and running away. Whatever the motive, the fragile alliance between the two parties was thoroughly destroyed and could not coexist peacefully anymore.
Far away, Zhao Yuanzhen stood beside Chen Lingyun, witnessing the entire process, and he was amazed by her intricate schemes.
Initially, Yun Jin and Ruoxi had been fleeing blindly, running around without choosing their path and unable to shake off the enemies behind them. With Chen Lingyun remotely directing them, it took less than half a minute to throw off all pursuers.
Not only that, but she had also dispatched the highly skilled Five Ghosts in advance, lurking around the battlefield, and then transforming into the appearances of Yun Jin and Ruoxi, indeed attracting the pursuers who had lost their targets.
As for the final chaotic scene, it was also Chen Lingyun’s doing—she had planted ghostly creatures within the Sorcerers’ camp in advance, pretending to be commanded by a Dark Sorcerer, suddenly attacking the Ascetics, thereby triggering internal strife and a massive battle between the two camps.
The depravity of a woman’s heart! This woman has numerous deceitful tactics and is ruthless; she’d surely thrive in domestic strife. I must join forces with my other sisters to keep this woman firmly under control, never allowing her to turn the tables!
Putting aside Zhao Yuanzhen’s hidden thoughts for now, let’s say the four of them finally met each other. Su Yunjin was overjoyed, hugging Chen Lingyun, while Xie Ruoxi also cried tears of joy, laughing and crying while pulling on Zhao Yuanzhen.
After exchanging pleasantries for a moment, they turned their gaze to Chen Lingyun. With Yan Yu not around, it was naturally the deputy team leader who gave orders.
“Yun Jin,” Chen Lingyun said sweetly, “you mentioned you have a clue about the core of this secret realm?”
“Mhm,” Su Yunjin nodded seriously, “I have consulted many texts.”
“It can be inferred that the core of the secret realm should be deep at the bottom of this lake.”
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Lin Ning carried her sword and passed through another long corridor, suddenly smelling an extremely strong stench of blood ahead.
She slowed her steps, wondering if she had been calculated by the Mirror Immortal and stepped into some trap, when she heard the Mirror Immortal’s voice transmission:
“As I’ve told you, those who come to the Zhenmei Sword Sect seldom survive long.”
“Why?” Lin Ning asked.
“Because before Chen Yanwei left, he had placed an Intention Body within the sect,” the Mirror Immortal answered, “to prevent the Pure Land Sect from taking advantage of his absence to attack with ghosts. Given his personality and temperament, he would definitely not be lenient towards people who are not from the Zhenmei Sword Sect.”
“How do you know that?” Lin Ning immediately asked skeptically, “Weren’t you always trapped in that alien city underground?”
“Hehe,” the Mirror Immortal said smugly, “I’ve told you, I was trapped in the mirror on purpose, so naturally, I retained some means to sense the surroundings.”
“Then why don’t you use those means to find out where my captain is,” Lin Ning said.
Mirror Immortal:……
So you’re setting a trap for me here?
“Hehe.” Lin Ning saw she couldn’t come up with an answer and immediately sneered, “I knew you were bluffing…”
“About 700 meters ahead.” Mirror Immortal replied, “Holding hands with a beautiful woman.”
Lin Ning immediately seized the detail: If you’ve been in this secret realm for so many years, how would you know the unit of ‘meters’? In the Cultivation World, people generally use ‘chi’ or ‘zhang’, right… What? The captain holding hands with a beautiful woman?!
She no longer cared to entangle with Mirror Immortal and instead executed the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, her Divine Sense sweeping repeatedly into the far distance as she swiftly ran forward.
Entering a spacious octagonal room, Lin Ning saw corpses strewn everywhere, belonging to the people of Tianzhu and the Southern Border, with no corpses from Lu Country.
Her Divine Sense scanned their wounds, which were caused by fire, electric shocks, blunt force trauma, and the claw marks of ghostly creatures, but not a single one by the sharp cuts or punctures of a Flying Sword.
From this, she drew a conclusion: these people must have died fighting amongst themselves.
This was odd: if these people had encountered the captain, how could they have turned on each other? Would it not be more normal for them to have been instantly killed by the captain using his Sword Control Technique?
But among the dead at the scene, there were all manners of death, yet none had been killed by swordsmanship. Could it be that they had not encountered the captain?
“Mirror Immortal?” Lin Ning asked again, “To find the captain, which tunnel should I take next?”
“The third one on the right from directly ahead.” Mirror Immortal answered.
Lin Ning did not fully trust her but needed to find the captain as quickly as possible, so she cautiously headed towards the third tunnel.
The passageway was obviously man-made, with many traces cut by Sword Qi on the surrounding bricks and stone. Lin Ning, being a Problem Solver by nature, immediately noticed that the marks were extremely fine and deep, surely caused by a mighty Sword-Human Unity move.
So the captain had indeed been here?
Just as Lin Ning was about to continue, she suddenly heard Mirror Immortal’s urgent voice through psychic transmission:
“Get down!”
Lin Ning was stunned, but then the sword light before her suddenly filled her field of vision!
It was already too late to get down. Lin Ning had to rely on the Cloud Bagua Step to dodge, at the same time activating the Dan Yan Sword from her Sword Box to strike forward with the most forceful Sky Light Piercing Clouds move.
The Zhenze Sword Box could endow the sword with a keen edge, making the sword light of the Dan Yan Sword equally intense and powerful. Yet, when it collided head-on with the sword light from the opposite side, it was like an egg against a rock and was sent flying without resistance.
Lin Ning took the opportunity to pick up speed, retreating and simultaneously drawing back the Dan Yan Sword with a flick of her sword technique, only to see the Gatekeeper Taoist had already released the Sword-Human Unity state, looking puzzled as he asked:
“You…”
He didn’t finish his words when suddenly a thin line flew at his back – it was Yan Yu’s Liangyi Micro Dust Sword Qi!
The Liangyi Sword’s Instant Teleportation struck, and the Gatekeeper Taoist tilted his head to dodge, his Red Sword lifting in the blink of an eye to block the Flash of the Liangyi Sword, emitting a crisp sound of gold and iron clashing.
“Captain!” Lin Ning called out.
“Combo attack!” Yan Yu shouted loudly, controlling both swords to fiercely attack the Gatekeeper Taoist from behind.
Without a second word, Lin Ning immediately did the same, directing both the Green Bamboo Sword and the Dan Yan Sword to attack.
Four swords against two allowed a large margin for error. Coupled with the cramped surroundings, even if the Flying Swords were knocked away due to insufficient force in direct combat, they would also rebound faster after hitting the tunnel walls, stabilizing the momentum. Together, the two of them actually managed to overpower the Gatekeeper Taoist, restricting his swordsmanship entirely.
The Gatekeeper Taoist inwardly groaned. The reason he kept his Intention Body in the spacious Swordsmanship Competition Venue was because the open environment suited him to fend off multiple attackers. He had forcibly broken through the prohibitions of the venue in pursuit of others, only to find himself trapped here instead.
As he grew irritable and anxious, Li Minghu’s Sky Flash Sword had already quietly arrived along the corner of the wall, silently aiming for the Gatekeeper Taoist’s back!
