Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chapter 472: Chapter 68: The Fake Queen’s Rehabilitation
 

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The Huofeng Team was actively preparing for battle, and the Zhenhai Team was no exception.

After the holiday break, everyone would head to the school’s training grounds early each day, only returning to the villa base in the evening to rest and recuperate.

Yan Yu originally had quite a bit of confidence, but seeing the girls sparring chaotically on the training grounds completely shattered his defenses.

It had only been a week and a half holiday without training, how had everyone regressed so much?

Rehabilitation! They must rigorously rehabilitate!

Otherwise, in their current state, facing the Huofeng Team in the Mysterious Realm, what was the point of even fighting?

“Captain,” Lin Ning came over to ask, “I want to apply for a Flying Sword…”

“No way!” Yan Yu mercilessly vetoed, “First practice the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step. Did you see what you were doing just now? Were you street dancing?”

Lin Ning walked away dejected, and Su Yunjin sidled up, saying:

“Do you want some water, Captain? I’ve brought some orange-flavored sparkling water…”

“We’re all fasting, what water?!” Yan Yu snatched the thermos from her hand, unsparingly, “Don’t think you can slack off and loaf around under the guise of going to the water cooler! Lin Ning is over there practicing the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, you use the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art to hit her! If you hit her, she stays tonight for extra training; if you miss, you stay tonight for extra training!”

Su Yunjin turned around sulkily, and after a moment’s eye contact with Lin Ning, who had heard Yan Yu’s words from across the way, their expressions changed slightly, and suddenly they both developed a competitive spirit.

The loser would have to stay here alone tonight for miserable extra training, while the winner would get to go back to the villa and have a warm and friendly chat with the captain?

No way, I must win!

Having successfully incited the two girls to fight each other, Yan Yu turned his attention to Xie Ruoxi, watching her use Thunder Method to hit moving targets, ten shots averaging only five hits, which made him almost want to eat her alive.

“Hehe.” Xie Ruoxi, seeing Yan Yu’s furious, man-eating expression, could only try to explain, with an awkward smile, “I haven’t practiced for too long, my hand is a bit stiff… Spare my life, Captain!”

She suddenly knelt on the ground, gripping Yan Yu’s leg tightly, begging with a tearful voice:

“Give me seven days, no! Five days, and I’ll definitely get my feel back!”

“You have three days,” Yan Yu said from a position of authority, coldly staring down at her, “If you can’t make nine out of ten, you’re deleting your game account.”

“Captain, please no! How about seven out of ten?” Xie Ruoxi tried to haggle shamelessly, but Yan Yu kicked her away without mercy, leaving her to cry mournfully.

Having arranged for the training assessments of the three girls, there were still Zhao Yuanzhen and Chen Lingyun left in the team, who did not require much attention.

The value of the Demonic Sect Enchantress lay not in her serving as an Assistant Officer but in her years of combat experience and innate talent; as for the Cultivator Envoy Chen Lingyun, she was like a bassist in a band, someone whose presence in the power calculations was neither here nor there—as long as she could perform reconnaissance and command tasks, it was a victory.

By the way, why hasn’t Zhou Hongyu replied to my message?

“Speaking of which, what kind of setup do you think the Huofeng Team will adopt?” Yan Yu asked Chen Lingyun.

Chen Lingyun was leisurely practicing the Sword Control Technique when she heard the question and smiled, saying:

“Qin Meng will take the lead with a 1-5, most likely to hold you back while the rest of the team enters and surrounds us for a kill; the next possibility is Zhou Hongyu leading with a 1-5, targeting you for a one-on-one fight; or Qin Meng and Zhou Hongyu leading a 2-4, which would aim to steal the Mysterious Realm Gatekeeper, since one is good at defense and the other at offense, capable of handling either the Gatekeeper or you.”

“Apart from that, there are other possibilities of someone else leading with a 1-5, like Tang Xiaolian or Meng Qingxi, entering and immediately finding a discreet place to hide using the Invisibility Technique, dragging out the fight with you, or employing bait tactics to draw you far away. After the five in the rear enter, they’d directly aim to intercept our rearguard… The feasibility is okay, but the likelihood is not that high. Essentially it’s a sacrifice play, using the weakest to tie you down, and it’s not really in line with Zhou Hongyu’s character to accept such a plan.”

“Hmm,” Yan Yu pondered as well, “The key issue is, for the two groups entering one after another, how to meet up with teammates or find the competitors in time. After all, the location to which one is transported upon entry is random, and the map of the Mysterious Realm is completely unknown.”

“The Mysterious Realm map is not completely unknown,” Chen Lingyun said leisurely, “The Pingxi Army has already sent drones in to scout.”

“Could it have been leaked to the Huofeng Team?” Yan Yu frowned.

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“It’s hard to say,” Chen Lingyun said with a smile, “Open and honest cheating is definitely impossible, after all, it will be live-streamed. But maybe they’ll leak a little information to Zhang Huaide, like whether there’s a vast open area or a narrow and complex palace corridor? Even a rough understanding of the terrain within the Mysterious Realm can provide a reliable basis for them to devise tactics.”

“As for finding someone, don’t forget. In the Huofeng Team, Tang Xiaolian is a bug-controlling cultivator. For our Envoy, the least scary thing is covert reconnaissance work, bugs aren’t much more conspicuous than ghosts and ghouls.”

“Indeed,” Yan Yu nodded, “Maybe by that time, whether it’s you or Tang Xiaolian who first regroups with the vanguard will become the deciding move in this showdown.”

“Who knows?” Chen Lingyun said airily, “Or maybe I have a secret weapon that will drop everyone’s jaws when the time comes.”

“Secret weapon?” Yan Yu’s interest was piqued instantly, “What is it?”

“If I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret weapon anymore,” Chen Lingyun winked.

“Tch,” Yan Yu scoffed, “Either you got your hands on Fan Wentang’s Black and White Impermanence, or the research on Nine Heavens Yin Demon has borne fruit. What other secrets could you possibly have?”

“Black and White Impermanence will be in my hands by next Monday,” Chen Lingyun revealed, “The competition is on Wednesday, so there are two days to practice.”

“That’s good,” Yan Yu said, “Neither White Impermanence’s Soul-hooking Dark Light nor Black Impermanence’s Soul Arresting Chain are simple things that you can easily master once you get them. With just two days, I’m afraid you won’t be able to use them properly when the time comes.”

“You’ll just have to look forward to my brilliance,” Chen Lingyun said with a sly smile.

Speaking of brilliance, Yan Yu also had to admit that his ex-girlfriend, despite having thousands of flaws and all kinds of unsuitabilities, could at least be trusted for her face, intelligence, and family background.

Well, thinking about it, does she actually have quite a few advantages?

What a pity, Virtue doesn’t hide flaws! Her character is just too annoying, lacking the virtues of a woman, not suitable to be a lawful wife!

When it came to serious matters, Yan Yu called out to Zhao Yuanzhen who was far away:

“Come over here.”

“What for?” Zhao Yuanzhen, who was playing on her phone, asked upon hearing him.

“Care for some practice?” Yan Yu invited.

“I’m not falling for your tricks,” Zhao Yuanzhen immediately refused, “Your so-called ‘sparring’ is not to improve my combat skills, but just to unilaterally trample over me to satisfy your unspeakable perverted desires!”

How can this Demonic Sect Enchantress be so suspicious… It’s actually I who am making a mountain out of a molehill. If she wasn’t suspicious, could she even be called a Demonic Sect Enchantress?

“I won’t use the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step,” Yan Yu said.

Zhao Yuanzhen’s eyes immediately lit up. What made this scoundrel the most twisted was his ghostly body technique that made all your attacks miss him.

If he didn’t use The Cloud Bagua Step, it would mean he had discarded his greatest advantage, wouldn’t it be akin to having his legs tied while racing against me?

In that case, perhaps I could even turn the tables on him!

With that thought, an image formed in her mind:

Herself quickly knocking the scoundrel down, standing on top of him and laughing heartily, while the sisters nearby looked at her with admiration, thinking how worthy Zhao was: even Yan Yu had to bow down beneath her skirt…

“No cheating, then!” Zhao Yuanzhen stood up and said, “If you use the Cloud Bagua Step, consider it your loss!”

“Consider it my loss!” Yan Yu nodded.

Chen Lingyun watched the two interact with crescent-shaped smiling eyes, as if infinite joy shone in her gaze.

Whether it was Zhao Yuanzhen being tormented by Yan Yu or Yan Yu getting unexpectedly turned around by Zhao Yuanzhen, either outcome had the sort of amusement she loved to watch.