Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 379: Chapter 75: Diverting Trouble Eastward
 

Being blasted to the ground like a cannonball, most cultivators would not know how to respond, but Yan Yu was an exception.

His combat experience from his previous life was simply too rich, practically a “Transcendent combat textbook,” and he had a method for dealing with this kind of situation.

In the instant before reaching the ground, he released the Sword Control state.

Man and sword separated!

With nowhere to land in mid-air, one can only press against the Huang Ting Sword to borrow strength, while forming hand seals to stabilize the Flying Sword, using it as a stepping platform.

Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step! He landed steadily!

In his previous life, he did not know this step technique. Ordinary warriors had their own solutions, but Yan Yu had to admit that the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step was indeed superior in terms of metrics.

Seeing that Yan Yu had finally escaped the high-speed state of being battered in a chain of home runs, all members of the Privy Council control room felt a surge of spirit—finally, they could properly enjoy his performance!

As for the commercial live broadcast rooms outside, the audience had already grown accustomed to it. Even if the director occasionally switched to his perspective, they could only silently watch the chaotic, almost nausea-inducing, high-frequency rotating image, frantically sending bullet comments for the director to quickly change the angle.

But the Longcheng Flying General was the trademark of Lu Country, and it had to be promoted since there was a demand from the Zhendong Army. Now that they saw Yan Yu had finally shaken off the pursuit, the director felt like he’d been granted amnesty and hurriedly switched the camera to him.

Yan Yu’s figure flashed, and in an instant, he reached the ground, moving flexibly like a fish, in an inconceivable posture and angle, instantly circling to the back of an Onmyoji.

Mei Yingxue’s sword light followed closely behind, piercing through that Onmyoji’s body in an instant, also scaring his comrades out of their wits.

You bastard! Are you using someone else’s hand to kill?

In a mix of shock and rage, everyone’s techniques were unleashed, covering the sky and earth as they attacked Yan Yu.

Yan Yu’s feet tapped swiftly on the ground, a simple Z-shaped maneuver allowing him to shake off all attacks to either side.

Mei Yingxue, ignoring the surrounding Onmyojis, tightly followed behind him. Even when the aftershock of attacks covered and affected her, and even slowed down the movement speed of her sword light, she just took it all head-on, persistently pursuing Yan Yu.

This gave Yan Yu plenty of rich ideas… of course, further probing was needed.

In the live broadcast room, the audience watched intently through Yan Yu’s perspective, and the amount of bullet comments rapidly decreased—they’d forgotten to type.

Although Yan Yu’s Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step was also as fast as a running horse, quick as a darting rabbit, compared to the state of being knocked around before, at least now they could barely make out his movements.

They saw the Longcheng Flying General speeding along, nimbly circumventing the Onmyoji’s bombardment range. Mei Yingxue’s sword light, however, born of the Mysterious Realm and lacking much sentience, forced its way in a straight line into the center of the bombardment. As a result, it got bogged down by various attacks, moving even slower than Yan Yu’s arcing sprint.

Yan Yu’s feet moved left and right without pause, flashing behind another Onmyoji in an instant.

The opponent was immediately terrified and attempted to flee, only to be pierced through by Mei Yingxue’s sword light—a chilling through-and-through hit—neither “exhausted runner” Yan Yu nor “straight shooter” Mei Yingxue’s speeds were something the Onmyojis could match.

Soon, this group of Onmyojis was wiped out cleanly by Mei Yingxue. Yan Yu leaped quickly into the air, merging with his sword, and once again transforming into a sword light cannonball, getting a boost from Mei Yingxue’s launcher to be shot flying out.

The audience was stunned.

“This is using another’s hand to kill!” Zhou Erhe exclaimed in astonishment.

“An almost perfect use of another’s hand to kill!” Xu Dongming loudy praised, “The speed of Longcheng Flying General may not match the white sword light, but it is above these Onmyojis! Before, he needed to use swordsmanship to kill the enemy, now he doesn’t even need swordsmanship! Without spending a trace of True Yuan, he can make the enemy’s body fall apart!”

These words weren’t entirely accurate because the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step actually does consume a trace amount of True Yuan—just a bit less than the Sword Control Technique.

But the audience didn’t know that much, and the bullet comments quickly filled with powerful lines like “Why use a Yan sword to kill a chicken” and “Why would I need to act,” as if everyone in the live broadcast room had turned into the Longcheng Flying General’s support team, transforming it into a sea of joy.

Although some had their doubts, questioning if the Longcheng Flying General’s using another’s hand to kill compromised his prestige, they were quickly overwhelmed by a united barrage from others—Yan Yu’s strength has been evident to all of us for a long time, now to appreciate his use of plots and schemes is another flavor altogether.

Compared to the optimistic mood of the Lu Country citizens, the Onmyojis within the Mysterious Realm were not feeling quite as wonderful.

One of the Onmyojis, before his death, released a signaling Thousand Paper Cranes, sending the message back to the Onmyoji main force’s hands.

Xiandao Jingyin, upon receiving the news, reacted as if facing a formidable enemy because, contrary to the superheroes’ expectations, the Longcheng Flying General was obviously not “running out of steam anytime soon.” The fact that he had the spare capacity to divert trouble elsewhere meant he was far from being pushed to his limits.

“What should we do?” she bit her nails anxiously, while Shenyuan Simie, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said leisurely:

“If we can’t beat him, why not just avoid him?”

“Avoid him?” Xiandao Jingyin narrowed her eyes, seeming to have no other choice.

“Moreover, if I were you,” Shenyuan Simie said with a smile, “aren’t you currently troubled by the alliance’s unity being only skin-deep? Why not simply draw the disaster toward them instead?”

“The more the Longcheng Flying General kills, the more inclined the survivors will be to band together. Although this will weaken the alliance’s overall strength, an alliance of fewer but united parties will be more advantageous to our subsequent strategies than a numerically superior but disjointed one.”

In fact, the Yin Yang Bureau was even more wary of the Rikoku Cultivators than the distant Superhero Alliance, for reasons that go without saying.

Xiandao Jingyin nodded her head, signifying her agreement with this “diverting disaster westward” plan.

Thus, it didn’t take long before several Onmyoji squads went to discuss the next course of action with the Pear Blossom Courtyard and the Superhero Alliance.

Yan Yu continued with his experiments, but something soon felt off.

Why were these Onmyojis mingling with members of the Pear Blossom Courtyard and the superheroes?

Combining his knowledge from his previous life about the Yin Yang Bureau, he instantly guessed the answer:

I use others to kill for me, and you divert the disaster eastward, right?

Sure enough, except for that old man Weizong Yilang who sticks to the samurai code, everyone in the Yin Yang Bureau is a bunch of scheming bastards!

No matter, kill now or die later, they all have to die, kill!

Without hesitation, Yan Yu continued to use the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step to move circuitously, treating these people as human targets to block Mei Yingxue’s sword light.

Mei Yingxue was even more ruthless, rushing through with her sword light and killing indiscriminately, regardless of whether they were Onmyojis or superheroes!

The news of casualties spread quickly, causing shock and anger among the other two parties.

They were shocked that the Longcheng Flying General was playing a game of using others to kill for him, enticing the white sword light to help him slash his enemies; they were naturally enraged that the Onmyojis had played a trick by diverting the disaster to them, causing them to suffer losses as well.@@novelbin@@

Park Changmin immediately ordered: everyone was to change locations at once! If any Onmyojis were to follow, they were to be warned off at the first instance! If they disobeyed, they would be killed without mercy!

Lee Kyung-joon and Choi Seung-hyun expressed their objections because the cooperation with the Yin Yang Bureau was mandated by the leadership of the Pear Blossom Courtyard, and if they acted against their allies on their own, how would they explain it after leaving the Mysterious Realm?

Park Changmin said coldly:

“I am the chief supervisor for this mission, and I will shoulder all responsibilities afterward. You just need to follow orders.”

Since Park Changmin had publicly declared he would take the blame, the two did not press the issue further, secretly hoping instead that the situation would escalate, ideally leading to Park Changmin being ousted afterwards.

However, they were unaware that his comments had been broadcasted live and had already caused a major stir in Goryeo.

Due to historical issues, the Goryeo people hated the Yin Yang Bureau far more than they hated the Rikoku Cultivators. Even though they were being pressured to cooperate with the bureau under the rationale of “the weak banding together to resist a powerful enemy,” the majority of the public was still discontented with this arrangement.

Park Changmin’s direct statement of killing any following Onmyojis without mercy was like giving a shot of adrenaline to the already suppressed national pride of the people.

Human nature is universal. Just as the audience in Rikoku enjoyed watching the Longcheng Flying General slaughter on all fronts, the Goryeo audience naturally liked Park Changmin’s decisive action. Compared with the other two’s hesitation and timidity, many neutral viewers instantly became his fans, advocating for him in the live streams, and even declaring Park as their ultimate bias and lifetime support.

Indeed, only our “White Mountain Divine Sword,” Park Changmin, can be a national hero!

No, he’s not just the White Mountain Divine Sword; he is our Goryeo Divine Sword!