Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 397: Chapter 93: Watch Carefully, This is How to Use the Immortal Venerate
 

Despite the Allied Forces’ best efforts to block them, Yan Yu’s movement combined with Xie Ruoxi’s output managed to push through the encirclement and then retreat back to the stairs of the Departure Palace.

“It seems we’ve come up with a new tactic,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “It’s worth further investigation.”

“That’s enough,” Yan Yu immediately straightened his face, “Useless stuff with no value for research.”

I have my own offensive capabilities; I don’t need a pretty waste to assist me!

“Hehe.” Chen Lingyun instructed Xie Ruoxi, “Enter the Departure Palace, kneel on the meditation cushion, and choose one reward out of three. If you don’t know how to choose, ask Yan Yu.”

“Oh.” Xie Ruoxi entered the Departure Palace, and Yan Yu came to Chen Lingyun’s side, asking in a low voice:

“How’s the situation?”

“Not too bad,” Chen Lingyun said nonchalantly, “The current configuration makes it difficult for the enemy to attack.”

“Assuming True Yuan endurance isn’t an issue,” Yan Yu said.

“But that’s not possible,” Chen Lingyun said.

The Allied Forces employed a shift-based attacking rhythm; one group would charge, another prepared to charge, and a third would retreat to regroup, cycling through in shifts, which made their endurance very strong.

The Rikoku Cultivators, although holding the high ground at the Departure Palace with average individual combat capabilities above the enemy and Ye Jun’s Xuan Guang Ruler to safeguard them, had too little time to consume Elixir Medicines, refine their power, and restore True Yuan. Once everyone’s True Yuan began to falter, the enemy would definitely intensify their attack, and that would be when the real fight began.

“Everyone must be constantly aware of their True Yuan reserves,” Yan Yu said seriously, “Calculations should be your area of expertise.”

“Ask every ten minutes,” Chen Lingyun said with a calm smile, “Currently, Ye Jun is under the most pressure with endurance.”

“Everyone needs her defenses; the pressure is indeed huge,” Yan Yu pondered, “Do you need my help?”

“Of course,” Chen Lingyun blinked, “First, take care of Ruoxi’s issue, and we’ll talk more when you come out.”

As soon as Yan Yu turned to enter the Departure Palace, he heard Xie Ruoxi say:

“Then I’ll choose Da Dong Lei.”

Yan Yu: ?

“Are you trying to revolt!” He went over and pressed down on Xie Ruoxi’s head, displaying a terrifying expression like a Yin Ghost, “Choosing a reward without asking for my opinion? Don’t you respect me as your team leader?”

“No no no!” Xie Ruoxi hurriedly shook her head, explaining, “It’s because she told me that I practice Thunder Method, and there’s only one reward available to me, which is that Da Dong Lei… What else could I choose?!”

“Hmm? Only one reward?” Yan Yu instinctively doubted her claim, but then he considered that even the trashy princess Chen Lingyun could be left without any reward, so it seemed plausible that Xie Ruoxi had only one.

“So what is Da Dong Lei exactly?” he continued to ask, “Briefly explain it to me.”

“Uh, it’s similar to Jade Pivot Thunder and Divine Thunder,” Xie Ruoxi replied, “Jade Pivot Thunder is used against Yin Ghosts, it can damage a person’s soul; Divine Thunder is for defeating monsters, good at cutting off life; Da Dong Lei is said to be for dealing with demons, but as for what exactly a demon is, although she explained a bit using classical Chinese, I didn’t quite understand.”

Yan Yu was shocked. At this point in time, only about three people in the whole world would know what a “demon” was.

This thing, likely to emerge in large numbers during the latter stages of the Spiritual Energy Resurgence, was known as the “civilization’s enemy” to mankind. The Yin Yang Bureau called them “evil spirits,” while in Europe they were termed “demons.” They seemed to be some kind of high-dimensional beings with formalized rules, indestructible, and even the Transcendents often faced a fate of more harm than good; ordinary people encountering them was tantamount to certain death.

The Da Dong Lei that Xie Ruoxi obtained, even if it couldn’t kill the demons outright, as long as it could restrain them, it would be more than good. The problem was that at the current time, there weren’t any demons around, resulting in the awkward situation of having the means to slay dragons but no dragons to slay.

“All right, come out with me,” Yan Yu called her.

The two had barely left the Departure Palace when they saw Ye Jun sitting beside Chen Lingyun, legs crossed, in the posture of ‘five hearts facing the sky’, with wisps of white vapor rising from her forehead—a sign of True Yuan running at full speed, meaning she would be fully engaging in refining the Elixir Medicine to replenish True Yuan.

Without Ye Jun’s Xuan Guang Ruler’s protection, the front line became perilously uncertain. Many attacks couldn’t be taken head-on but had to be dodged; and in the act of dodging, gaps were exposed, allowing the enemy to seize the opportunity to charge up, further compromising the high ground.

Not able to dodge in time on the left flank, Su Yunjin received a scratch on the cheek by a magic missile from a distant position, her face nearly a bloody mess.

But instead of taking time to heal the wound, she continued to use the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art in tandem with Lin Ning to obstruct and repel the charging enemies, fighting bloodily and expressionlessly, a picture of utter bravery.

On the right flank, Yang Linhui was struck in the waist by a shuriken. He nonchalantly pulled it out, intending to keep fighting, but the shuriken was poisoned… and soon found he was too weak to stand, so Guo Feiyun quickly had Ai Lu take him back to take a Detoxification Pill, while he took over the position.

“I should go back,” said Ye Jun who couldn’t sit still any longer, “I’ve regained a third of my True Yuan; that should suffice.”

“Continue to recover,” Chen Lingyun said indifferently, “Ruoxi, take over for Lin Hui for a while.”

“Oh, okay,” Xie Ruoxi hurriedly dashed towards the right steps, comforting herself secretly, There’s nothing to it, nothing to it. Just think of it as playing one of those tower defense games.

But before she even reached the right steps, she saw all kinds of attacks raining down like a storm, which scared her so much that her face went pale. She quickly hid behind the railing, carefully formed the Thunder Method with her hands, and without looking, threw it out blindly like tossing a hand grenade.

“Sister, at least look where the enemy is!” Seeing several bolts of lightning tossed into the lake, Guo Feiyun couldn’t stand it any longer, “Isn’t this a waste of True Yuan?”

“I’m not a professional Sword Immortal!” Xie Ruoxi yelled back, “If I go out there, I’ll be dead in seconds!”

Guo Feiyun really wanted to point out their teammate Yang Linhui was also a mage, so why could he defend with Sword Control in one hand and cast spells with the other, while she couldn’t do the same?

But of course, this wasn’t the right time to discuss that, so he shouted out:

“Just keep throwing! I’ll use my swordsmanship to block the attacks for you!”

Only then did Xie Ruoxi cautiously grip the railing and peek out with half her head to observe.

Seeing Guo Feiyun indeed using his Flying Sword to intercept all the attacks aimed at her, she finally mustered the courage to start aiming and throwing lightning below.

A bolt of Jade Pivot Thunder struck down, shattering the front-line Samurai charging at them into pieces.

The rest of the Samurai turned tail and ran, leaving Guo Feiyun also stunned:

“Holy shit, that was badass, sister!”

“Of course.” Xie Ruoxi saw the enemy fleeing and immediately became proud, her initial panic and fear gone.

Yang Linhui, having just finished detoxifying urgently, hurried back and called out:

“Can you hold on, Old Guo? I’m coming to help you!”

“No need!” Guo Feiyun waved his hand expansively, “Ruoxi and I are perfectly coordinated. It’s a piece of cake to hold this position. You go support somewhere else.”

Yang Linhui: ……

So brotherhood can disappear, huh?

He silently turned around and sent a telepathic message to Chen Lingyun:

“If Ruoxi is guarding this place, I don’t need to stay here, right?”

“No,” replied Chen Lingyun, “She’s just standing in temporarily. You are still needed to guard that spot.”

Although Xie Ruoxi and Guo Feiyun felt good about their cooperation, Chen Lingyun saw at a glance that the Samurai were not fleeing in defeat but were urgently recalled by the Xiandao Jingyin.

After all, even though Samurai are known for their tough skins and toughness, they’re not good at nimble evasions and are naturally vulnerable to the Thunder Method. Even as cannon fodder, it’s not worth wasting them like this.

As expected, it wasn’t long before the Xiandao Jingyin rearranged their troops and sent in a Ninja Team to charge.

Xie Ruoxi wanted to repeat her previous tactic, but she found that this time the enemy was too slippery, and her Thunder Method couldn’t hit them at all.

“Ruoxi, come back,” Chen Lingyun telepathically instructed her.

Xie Ruoxi could only give her position back to Yang Linhui and silently returned to Chen Lingyun’s side, only to hear her say:

“Go guard the left steps, so Yunjin can take some time to heal herself.”

“Okay.” Xie Ruoxi, devoid of her earlier smugness, walked away quietly.

She went to Su Yunjin’s side and with one Thunder Method, blasted the Samurai charging at them to death—Su Yunjin took the opportunity to take a breath and started treating the wound on her head.

When Xiandao Jingyin got the news from the front lines, he immediately felt overwhelmed and hastened to call back the Samurai charging on the right flank, sending in the Ninja Team instead.

“Ruoxi, come back!” Chen Lingyun telepathically called out again.