Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 263 - 61 Victory and Settlement

Yan Yu launched a swift punch and the girl in red hurriedly activated her movement technique, retreating five or six steps away in shock and bewilderment.

How did he... how did he get so close?

Unless one was a sword immortal specializing in physical cultivation, in swordsmanship combat, one always had to be wary of the opponent finding an opportunity to close in for a decisive blow.

Her original self’s combat experience included how to guard against an opponent’s close-quarters assault. During the crossing of swords, she paid attention to the angle of her strikes, ensuring that the Flying Sword could always break free from Huang Tingjian’s entanglement and block any physical advance from the opponent.

However, she failed to block him.

The specific reason was unclear because Yan Yu was already on the attack again, and the girl in red had to forcibly maintain distance with her steps. Caught off guard, she was hit by Lang Feiyun and sent rolling on the ground for a good several meters.

Yan Yu’s Huang Tingjian quickly pursued her, showing no mercy as it slashed down, only to strike air once more—the girl’s footwork was indeed remarkable. Even when down, she managed to shift sideways, which would almost shove Newton down in his coffin.

Although she narrowly escaped death in desperation, her awkward posture as she stood angered the girl in red. She gathered the True Yuan throughout her body, puffed her cheeks, and spat out a slender, dense thread of gold.

Flame Curse, Nine Phoenixes!

This technique involved compressing the fire-element True Yuan over and over until it formed a golden-red line as thick as a little finger. She then swung her head to sweep the line across with immense power, capable of melting gold and corroding stone like slicing through rotten leather. Even ordinary flying swords couldn’t withstand it and would be severed in two!

Upon seeing the golden line sweeping towards her, Su Yunjin’s Divine Sense immediately blared a strong warning, and she hurriedly spurred her form into escape.

But here, Sword Flight was impossible, and no matter how fast you ran, how could you outpace the speed of someone simply shaking their head? Just as the golden line was about to slice Su Yunjin from behind, Yan Yu suddenly flipped his wrist and pinched a Taoism Method.

Although the girl in red was mainly attacking Su Yunjin, she constantly kept her senses on Yan Yu. Seeing him gesture with one hand to cast the Fire Blazing Charm, she quickly activated her steps to brake and change direction abruptly.

Her footsteps shimmered with layered illusions, obscure and unpredictable, dodging the Fire Blazing Charm’s impact point with incredible finesse, causing Yan Yu’s spell to miss its mark. Just as she was secretly pleased with herself, she turned and realized with a shock that the Flame Curse had extinguished, and Su Yunjin had already escaped her clutches.

That sparked a fleeting enlightenment in the girl in red:

The issue was indeed with her footwork!

Her original self had followed her mother in cultivation, primarily focusing on the phoenix bloodline, the Fire Blazing Dao Method, and the Kunlun Imperial Sword Technique. The reason for learning the footwork was mainly to escape strong enemies and run home for reinforcements.

Hence, during her studies, she only concentrated on dodging and never researched how to coordinate it with the Sword Control Technique or Daoism Method to maintain an attack.

As a result, the moment she used her footwork, her offensive would be interrupted!

Su Yunjin continued to cast spells without pause, Jiaochong, Li Fan, and Lang Feiyun, one after another, forcing the girl in red to use her footwork to dodge or else be controlled by the massive flood.

But the moment she dodged, she couldn’t maintain her offensive and could only be passively beaten...

Thinking of being beaten, the girl in red’s anger flared. A strong unwillingness to admit defeat surged from within her, deciding to maintain high-speed movement with her steps while forcefully casting the Great Bright Fire to continue her assault!

As she executed her footwork, her casting accuracy was terrible; it sprayed wildly in all directions, causing flames to burn everywhere.

And yet, this approach was indeed effective, as the sea of flames separated Yan Yu and Su Yunjin completely, even blocking their line of sight, allowing the girl in red to finally catch her breath for a moment.

Being but a spiritual projection without a soul, her tactical thinking was all derived from the original host’s input and lacked the ability to innovate. Since her original self hadn’t realized the flaws in her own tactic system, naturally, she couldn’t come up with a solution.

Damn it, what should I do?

Just as the girl in red was racking her brains for a strategy, she suddenly heard a long laugh from above.

She abruptly looked up and saw Yan Yu and Huang Tingjian’s light merging into one, descending from the sky, instantly smashing her body to smithereens!

As the Great Bright Fire gradually dissipated, Yan Yu emerged from the sword light and transmitted a message to Su Yunjin, saying:

"Nicely done!"

Su Yunjin remained silent, only pursing her lips in a smile.

Though flying was forbidden in this place, it didn’t mean other methods of "taking to the sky" were not allowed. Su Yunjin used Jiaochong beneath Yan Yu’s feet to send him into the air with a powerful surge of water, just high enough to cross over the top of the Great Bright Fire. Then Yan Yu performed a Sword Control flying slash.

The prohibition only meant he couldn’t fly, but the sword light was yanked down by gravity, landing perfectly on the girl in red and killing her on impact.

While it sounded easy, predicting the distance between Yan Yu and the girl in red and controlling the angle and force of Jiaochong to form a precise and perfect parabolic trajectory for a direct hit could only be achieved by Su Yunjin, who was adept at controlling True Yuan.

This girl truly maximized her strengths, to the extent that even Yan Yu did not withhold his praise. In his view, being a bit slow in reaction wasn’t really a flaw; finding one’s own track was the key. In that regard, the clever girl had an advantage.

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Yan Yu continued to lower his gaze to where the girl in red had stood and soon found a small token with the character "Xu" inscribed on it.

"Is this person surnamed Xu?" Yan Yu casually asked.

"It should be Chen," Su Yunjin expressed disagreement.

"It doesn’t matter, take it and refine it," Yan Yu threw the token to her. Read latest chapters at novelbuddy

"Eh, me?" Su Yunjin was somewhat flustered, "I’ve never refined the core of a mysterious realm before..."

"No matter, you always have to try," Yan Yu said as he walked to the main entrance of the palace at the back and tried to push the door.

The door didn’t open, and Divine Sense couldn’t penetrate it, guessing the method to open it must be linked to that token.

Once Su Yunjin finished refining the token, she swept it at the doorway of the Taoist Palace, and sure enough, the door obediently swung open at her gesture.

From the outside, the Taoist Palace appeared grand and imposing, but inside was only a small room. Connecting this to what the girl in red said earlier, it became clear the Taoist Palace was likely built by her mother, modeled after some celestial palace, meant to ’distribute rewards’ to cultivators who passed the test, so there was no need to replicate the palace exactly.

There wasn’t much in the room: three Jade Slips, a bottle of Elixir Medicine, placed on tables to the north, east, and west, without anything more.

Yan Yu went to pick up a Jade Slip and immersed his Divine Sense into it, seeing the message left by the true body of the girl in red, which said that her world was doomed to destruction in the future, and those cultivators who had not ascended would surely perish, including her own disciples and grandchildren.

To increase the chances of her lineage surviving, before her ascension, she had her mother create many mysterious realms for her, leaving behind various techniques and treasures, "for those fated to find them."

If the world were compared to a "big bubble," then these mysterious realms would be "small bubbles" within it. Once the big bubble burst, the small bubbles would still live on for a while in the "endless abyss of chaos," drifting with the currents. If they were lucky enough to encounter another "big bubble" before the collapse, then the items within these realms could see the light of day once more.

The girl in red further wrote: If you are fortunate enough to inherit my lineage, you don’t need to erect a memorial tablet or offer incense for me, you just have to kneel down and kowtow to the heavens and the earth and take me, Chen Dandan, as your master.

Yan Yu: .........

What a beautiful thought, kowtowing and acknowledging a master? We modern people don’t follow those feudal practices!

Continuing to read on, the three Jade Slips contained different techniques, named ’Kunlun Imperial Sword Technique Overview,’ ’Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step,’ and ’Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire.’

One was a sword technique, one a step technique, and one a Taoism Method. The quality and usefulness were obviously profound and formidable, as even the girl in red’s incarnation had demonstrated outside, none of them being mere common goods.

"The sword technique and step technique are suitable for sword immortals and can be left for Ningning. This Taoism Method belongs to the Fire lineage, so it probably doesn’t suit your style," Yan Yu turned his head to speak to Su Yunjin, "However, if you want to try, you can."

"I’d rather not," Su Yunjin said with a smile, "Indeed, it doesn’t suit me."

She was still tempted by the immense power of the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, but she knew that what Yan Yu said made more sense — a cultivator’s battle system isn’t like an old granny’s vegetable basket, into which any good thing can be stuffed.

Her foundation was the ’Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art,’ and she had already decided to cultivate a body suited for Tao Transformation, refining Gui Water Essence to form the ultimate true water essence. Every step on this path was a long and arduous process.

The Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire was an equally profound Fire Blazing Dao Method, a different path that was even more rugged and difficult to traverse; where would she find the extra time to train in it?

And even if she spent countless time and effort to achieve mastery in both water and fire, what then?

The Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire was undoubtedly powerful but also sure to consume a significant amount of True Yuan, which would affect the endurance of the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art. One technique was for breaking through, another for control; how could they be integrated into a cohesive system?

If she were a solitary cultivator, indeed she would need to master powerful offensive techniques for her own protection. However, she was ultimately part of the Zhenhai Team, with the captain, Sister Zhao, and Ningning all possessing strong offensive abilities; there was no need for her to provide additional offensive power.

Seeing Su Yunjin’s clear understanding and straightforward refusal, Yan Yu inwardly sighed.

If Secretary Su had the same terrifying talent as Immortal Venerate Xie, learning an additional Taoism Method wouldn’t be out of the question, but her True Yuan was indeed limited... At present, it was more appropriate to focus on the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art.

Even if she wanted to develop her skills broadly in the future, that would involve considering Sword Control or cultivating other Water Taoism Methods, while practicing Fire Taoism Methods would be burdensome and thankless.

Forget it! It’ll just be a gain for Xiao Zhou then, this time Pingxi Army will have to bleed. I must make them trade something of equal value in exchange!

Finally, Yan Yu looked at the bottle of Elixir Medicine.

According to the message left in the Jade Slips, it was the ’Nine Revolutions Vermilion Phoenix Pill,’ used to enhance the Golden Core stage.

This was for those at the Hua Fu Stage; everyone present hadn’t even reached the Marrow Cleansing Stage yet, so even thinking about forming a Golden Core was premature.

Scanning closely with his Divine Sense, Yan Yu counted the number of Elixir Pills.

Twelve, corresponding to the twelve Earthly Branches.

He would have to remind Chen Lingyun to caution her father. It’s okay to use them for scientific research, but not a single one of these twelve Elixir Pills must go missing; the Zhenhai Team would get one each first, as for the other teams who wanted some?

Just like before: trade something in exchange, or no deal!