Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

But no matter, it's not important!

Even with only seventy percent of our standard abilities, we're more than capable of making a show of it!

"It's fine," Yan Yu said in a deep voice, "I'm confident."

Speaking of confidence, the girls were reminded of the previous battle in the Mysterious Realm of Black Dragon Isle, where Yan Yu had single-handedly toyed with over a hundred Onmyoji...

Of course, subsequent video playback and analysis suggested that the Onmyoji had been too arrogant, prioritizing capturing the flag and killing the general over dealing with Yan Yu, which allowed Yan Zhanlong to successfully pull off a "one versus a hundred" trick.

However, belief in someone is built step by step. If he says he can reach a small goal today and achieves it, then tomorrow when he says he can become the wealthiest, there will be people who believe him, because this guy always delivers on his promises.

The girls from Zhenhai Team no longer spoke; at least on matters involving the team, they had unconditional trust and obedience to Yan Yu's judgement.

Li Minghu wanted to persuade further, but Li Zhaojiang quickly sent a mental message:

"Sister, we've agreed to let Yan Yu lead the team, just go with his decisions! I used to worry about you, and you always told me I was indecisive. Now, why can't you seem to get it?"

"If Yan Yu really sacrifices himself because of this, that's not just a loss for our team, but a loss for the whole Lu Country!" Li Minghu still stood by her point, but seeing that everyone else had already consented, she could only drop the issue.

Yan Yu left controlling his sword and began the hefty task of kiting a thousand by himself. Chen Lingyun then messaged Li Minghu with a smile:

"Shall we command together, or should we do it separately?"

"You take over the command," Li Minghu had no mind to discuss with her and simply handed over all control, deciding to focus on being a Sword Immortal.

All's done with that.

Chen Lingyun, being extremely intelligent, immediately sensed the source of Li Minghu's frustration. She took over the command of the Zhenghai Team with a smile, and then began silently communicating, arranging the troops.

The dispersed searching teams of Sorcerers, with their vanguard squad already walking into the ambush.

Chen Lingyun's divine sense swept over, scanning the enemy's formation and hiding places of the Yin Ghosts with clarity.

She held the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Prison Banner in her hand, quietly releasing the five ghosts and the mother-and-child resentful spirits.

Suddenly, like a thunderclap breaking the silence, the radiance of Huang Tingjian's sword burst forth violently, slashing through the tree canopy and startling all the surrounding Sorcerers.

The moment the vanguard turned to look towards the sky, Chen Lingyun had already sent a mental command:

"Attack!"

As her voice fell, three streaks of sword light were the first to dash out.

Sword Immortals could stand still and strike the enemy with their Sword Control Technique, or they could use Sword Control to fly and slash, rampaging across the battlefield. The former conserved True Yuan, while the latter boasted mobility and destructive power.

Lin Ning, Li Minghu, and Jiang Hong turned into streaks of sword light, flying wildly; meeting trees, they would split them, encountering people, they would sever them, capitalizing on the initiative to wreak havoc, and for a while, no one could match them.

After a few seconds of chaos, the Sorcerers quickly got into combat mode.

One of the Tattooed Charm Masters clasped his hands in incantation, the tattooed curse characters on his body lighting up as a golden figure of the Immovable Wisdom King, about five meters tall holding a giant demon-subduing whip, emerged from behind him and swept forward directly at Lin Ning's Green Bamboo sword light.

Just as Lin Ning was surrounded and fighting off three Curse Technique insects and struggled to break free as a Curse Technique Master desperately entangled her, seeing that she was about to be hit by the demon-subduing whip, a streak of azure light like a thrown ribbon scattered forth, landing on the Immovable Wisdom King, immediately immobilizing it and allowing Lin Ning to finally escape.

Wang Haoran was manipulating the treasure, the Annals of Green History, managing to immobilize the Immovable Wisdom King's figure, secretly amazed at the feat.

Deputy Captain Chen's command style is completely different from Deputy Captain Li's. Li Minghu, apart from the key tactical maneuvers, lets everyone judge for themselves and reviews the details afterwards to make improvements.

On the other hand, Chen Lingyun does the opposite, with an extremely meticulous command style, having him and Su Yunjin stand by her side, directing them on where to attack, issuing orders very frequently.

With the Qing Shi's Long Stratagem and the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art both capable of exerting strong control effects on the enemy, Chen Lingyun directed the two as firefighting team members, addressing issues wherever they arose, which proved unfailingly effective.

The three Sword Immortals fought fiercely at the front, forcing the Sorcerers to hurriedly employ life-preserving techniques. The Onmyoji allowed the Yin Ghosts to possess and vanish, the Tattooed Charm Masters summoned various incarnations, the Curse Technique Masters cast the Pagoda Earth Curse, and the Curse Technique Masters clashed directly with the sword lights.

In the blink of an eye, the battlefield became incredibly chaotic, with everyone fighting their own battles.

That's how it is with lesser Transcendents; they have no concept of partnership. Once the pressure of the battlefield mounts, they show their true colors.

Chen Lingyun sneered in her heart, commanding Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi to use the White Bone Heart-locking Hairpin and Jade Pivot Thunder to take down the Onmyoji, who were likely to escape first.

Six Onmyoji were killed in a matter of seconds, to the point where the others finally realized something was amiss - the enemy was targeting our Onmyoji!

Another Tattooed Charm Master pinched a spell between his fingers and tossed a bowl from his sleeve. It spun idly in the air for a moment before rapidly expanding to a radius of seven or eight meters and slammed down on the Sorcerers' heads.

Li Minghu assassinated one, then quickly turned and swiftly retreated from the range of the magical artifact's cover. He twisted the sword light again to strike the bowl, only to produce a dull thud, like metal on metal.

The bowl turned out to be some kind of defensive artifact, able to resist the Sword Immortals' Sword Control slash!

Seeing the Sorcerers protected by the bowl beginning to recover their True Yuan and preparing their deadly moves, Li Minghu was about to attempt another breakthrough when he heard Chen Lingyun's psychic message:

"Retreat."

Without hesitation, she turned her sword light around and retreated with Lin Ning and Jiang Hong. Shortly after, Li Zhaojiang laughed heartily, his hands rubbing together as he cast the Magnet Divine Light, striking directly at the bowl in front.

The bowl, though large, lost contact with its master after being hit by the Magnet Divine Light, spun a few more circles in the air, shrank, and flew towards Li Zhaojiang.

The Sorcerers, naturally in a panic, scrambled back to retrieve their artifact, only to be targeted by Xie Ruoxi's Thunder Method. The two who rushed to the front were shattered to pieces.

Desperate to turn back and flee, they were intercepted by Chen Lingyun's Five Ghosts and the Mother and Son Resentful Spirits blocking their path. The crowd hurriedly tried to strike down the Yin Ghosts, only to see a drizzle of ice descend from the sky, each raindrop instantly turning into a sharp ice needle!

With Thunder Method blocking the way forward and Five Ghosts blocking the retreat, the remaining middle ground was right within Tao Xingyuan's spell bombardment radius, measured so precisely it seemed pre-calibrated.

As the ice needles fell, two more were killed instantly, and more importantly, the enemy's morale was shattered; they were even too lazy to fight back and scattered left and right to escape.

Lin Ning and the other two Sword Immortals quickly split up to pursue, killing the Sorcerers who lost courage and fled. Chen Lingyun leisurely waved the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Prison Banner, gathering all the masterless Yin Ghosts into the banner, and then said:

"Invisible, let's go."

The group urgently evacuated the scene to avoid enemy attention from the aftermath of the battle, leaving only dozens of corpses behind.

But as for Yan Yu, he took off on his sword, instantly drawing all the attention from the surrounding area.

He stimulated all his True Yuan, the sword light soaring through the clouds, and then cruised at that altitude while his Divine Sense swept the area below.

He quickly located the Sorcerer Suo Wen.

At this point in time, high-ranking Sorcerers were still arrogant, disliking cooperation with others to face enemies, while low-ranking Sorcerers preferred to stick together, so if there was anyone standing alone on the battlefield, it must undoubtedly be a high-ranking Sorcerer.

In the future, as more were killed, these high-ranking Sorcerers would learn to stealthily blend in with others to avoid being targeted, but that time had not yet come – Suo Wen merely looked up with disdain, staring at the Green Bamboo Sword light diving from the sky; his right hand spun his rosary, releasing a horde of resentful spirits.
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