Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 272 - 70 Immortal Venerate Xie Tries His Hand

Yan Yu had a clear plan for Xie Ruoxi’s education.

The biggest issue with this waste at present was a lack of persistence for continuous progress, and another was the absence of the courage to dare to fight.

Therefore, training had to be carried out in two prongs, on one hand, to establish a drive for striving, which Xie Rushan, her eldest maternal uncle, was responsible for; on the other hand, to infuse her with the belief in daring to fight, she’d have to build confidence through actual combat by bullying the weak.

Ordinary cultivators not from the combat team were just the best whetstones.

It was certainly unrealistic to let Xie Ruoxi, who had no experience, to go fight those murderous Onmyoji and Curse Technique Masters outside right from the start.

Start with one that’s less difficult, let her see some blood!

Yan Yu and Xie Ruoxi rode their swords to the destination. This place was within the Nine Linked Mountains area, with rich vegetation on the ground and a complex terrain environment, perfect for hiding two renegade cultivators inside to evade satellite surveillance and photography.

If they were fortunate enough to find an entrance to a Mysterious Realm, sneak in to kill generals and seize flags, refine the central pivot, they could hide inside to cultivate until they become sword saints at Ten Li Slope before coming out, and by then, basically no one outside would be able to handle them.

In the temporary command center for the manhunt operation, Yan Yu found the person in charge of the Zhendong Army to understand the situation.

It was said that after taking revenge, the authorities still called those two cultivators, telling them "not to be impulsive" and "to surrender themselves", but the two of them just threw their mobile phones at the scene, and then rode their swords flying southwards, presumably planning to flee abroad.

The Zhendong Army urgently contacted the Annan Army to encircle and intercept from both the south and north directions, forcing these two down into the mountain forests below—after that came a series of failed attempts at sweeping the ground, and they even fell into an ambush and got counterattacked, injuring three or four people, which was truly a huge embarrassment.

"Hold on." Yan Yu found it hard to comprehend, "The other side only has two people, and they ambushed so many of you, and they still succeeded?"

The person in charge was somewhat embarrassingly at a loss for words, explaining that the opponents were too cunning, showing weakness by fleeing desperately, causing the pursuers to think that they had lost the will to attack, then suddenly turning around to launch a surprise attack.

It just so happened that everyone was gathered in an open area discussing tactics, with a lack of protective cover around them. Luckily, a girl named Lin Ning reacted quickly enough, sending her Flying Sword in time to force the opponents back, preventing more casualties.

Xie Ruoxi, who was by his side, grew more and more frightened as she listened, saying softly to Yan Yu:

"The other side consists of extremely vicious murderers, it’s very dangerous for just the two of us to go in! Can’t we just drop a nuclear bomb on them and blast them to death inside?"

Goddamn drop a nuclear bomb... Yan Yu was too lazy to explain, only asking her back:

"Who do you think is a bit more vicious, those two or me?"

Xie Ruoxi originally wanted to say "of course, those two", but the memory of being beaten and force-fed moves by Yan Yu recently rushed to her heart, and she found herself momentarily at a loss for words.

With a single sentence, Yan Yu burst Xie Ruoxi’s desire to retreat, then turned to the person in charge and said:

"Alright, we roughly understand the situation now. Just to confirm one last thing, as long as we stop the targets, dead or alive doesn’t matter, right?"

"Right," the person in charge nodded in response.

No matter what kind of hardship the other party had, from the moment they refused contact, attempted to flee, and even attacked pursuing personnel, this matter was destined not to be resolved peacefully.

"Let’s go," Yan Yu said to Xie Ruoxi.

The two left the temporary command center, pursuing their way toward the endless mountain wilderness.

Yan Yu did not rashly enter the forest but instead kept riding his sword above the canopy of trees, all the while having Xie Ruoxi expand her Divine Sense to the limit, continuously scanning beneath the forest.

The other side had specifically targeted Chen Lingyun in their ambush because they feared her Five Ghosts Reconnaissance Technique, which showed that these two were bold and ruthless, not solely fixated on fleeing for their lives, and still thinking of counter-killing. This actually made things much easier.

What was really feared was the type comparable to a turtle, digging a deep hole on the ground, burying themselves in it, and relying on the Cultivator’s True Yuan to practice Fasting to drag out time—that would be purely disgusting.

The two searched from afternoon to evening, from one mountaintop to another, until the sky turned dark, finally locating the trace of the targets—thanks to Xie Ruoxi’s strong True Yuan and Divine Sense scanning for hours without rest. An ordinary person really couldn’t keep up.

"They’re hiding under that cliff over there," Xie Ruoxi said softly via voice transmission, "and it seems like they haven’t noticed us."

"Good," Yan Yu quickly descended with his sword light and, landing, cast the Invisibility Technique, leaving behind only the words, "I leave it to you."

Xie Ruoxi: ?!!!

Before she had time to say anything, Yan Yu had already vanished without a trace.

It was over.

It was completely over!

Xie Ruoxi immediately became panic-stricken, swiftly scanning her surroundings with Divine Sense, but she couldn’t find Yan Yu’s trace at all—obviously, he had run far away.

This made her feel frightened all over again.

But now, with the arrow on the bowstring, she had no choice but to proceed. Xie Ruoxi could think of no other plan, so she cautiously approached the direction of the two renegade cultivators, her mind whirling rapidly, quickly making up her mind:

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The enemy had guns, what if they shot at me? Even if they didn’t use guns but instead attacked me directly with Flying Swords, what then?

The painful memory of being brutally hammered by Lin Ning and Yan Yu with their Sword Control Technique surfaced in Xie Ruoxi’s mind, prompting her to quickly abandon the idea of confronting the enemy head-on and exchanging blows.

Fighting Yan Yu, she could "reload" and start over if she got knocked down, but clearly, her opponents wouldn’t give her that chance; losing meant death.

Her only advantage now was that she hadn’t been discovered by the other side, so I...

So I’d hit and run!

I’d go all in with a full-force attack, launching all my Thunder Method at them in the shortest time possible, then escape using Sword Control! Yan Yu had said that my True Yuan was strong, and in a pure contest of speed with Sword Control, these two might not be my match!

With that thought, Xie Ruoxi no longer hesitated. She tiptoed within attack range, locking on with her Divine Sense to the two cultivators resting beneath a distant cliff.

Then, her entire body’s True Yuan surged, her left hand formed Jade Pivot Thunder and her right hand readied Lightning Thunder from Heaven, with True Yuan pouring out, lightning scattering wildly as she mercilessly targeted the two cultivators!

Thunderbolts streaked forth swiftly, as the light from the Heavenly Origin Sword turned and sped away!

The two cultivators were sitting beneath a cliff, attempting to recover their True Yuan, when they suddenly heard the muffled sound of thunder piercing the air ahead of them. They hurriedly summoned their Flying Swords to intercept the attack, but one’s sword met with the Jade Pivot Thunder and was instantly blasted in half, while the other failed to stop the Lightning Thunder from Heaven.

The thunder tore through his chest and then exploded, sending electric snakes weaving everywhere, engulfing his companion as well!

The excess energy burst outward in every direction, and the intense explosion shattered the base of the cliff, causing a small-scale landslide. Countless rocks collapsed from above with a thunderous roar as dust billowed.

Xie Ruoxi didn’t know that her two full-powered thunder strikes had already blasted the two to smithereens; she just sped away without looking back, flying faster than the lightning, leaving the mountains behind and heading back to the city, rushing to the hospital.

She burst into Chen Lingyun’s ward, blurted out to the three stunned girls:

"Sister Lin, Sister Zhao! Hurry, hurry, they’re after me!"

"Who is?" Lin Ning asked, looking puzzled. "Where’s the captain?"

"The captain fled!" Speaking of Yan Yu, Xie Ruoxi felt a wave of grievances, "After we found the target, the captain ran off on his own, claiming ’leave it to me’! I was so scared, I threw two Thunder Methods at them and then just ran all the way back. I don’t even know if they’ve followed me..."

Zhao Yuanzhen stood up, her Divine Sense scanning the hospital corridors outside, and said:

"Doesn’t seem like anyone’s there."

"I’ll call him," Lin Ning said, taking out her phone.

Before she could dial, Yan Yu pushed the door open from outside and asked:

"Why are you trying to call me?"

Seeing Yan Yu enter, all of Xie Ruoxi’s pent-up grievances exploded, and she glared at him furiously from behind Lin Ning.

"Ruoxi says you left her alone at the scene?" Lin Ning wasn’t afraid of Yan Yu and directly confronted him.

Exactly! Xie Ruoxi nodded vigorously.

"Nuts," Yan Yu scoffed, "She’s so useless; how could I possibly feel at ease leaving her there? Of course, I was keeping an eye on her from a spot she couldn’t see."

Lin Ning thought about it carefully and realized it made sense. Although Yan Yu was always offbeat with words, he had never been sloppy with his actions. She turned to comfort Xie Ruoxi:

"Okay, then the misunderstanding is cleared up."

Xie Ruoxi was left speechless.

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Sister Lin! You changed sides too quickly! Even my brother is totally bamboozled by him; don’t just believe whatever he says!

"Speaking of which, what about the two guys who were after Ruoxi?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked.

"Dead," Yan Yu answered succinctly, "Mission complete, we can head back."

"Was it your finishing blow?" Lin Ning asked curiously.

"No." Yan Yu wasn’t keen on seizing the credit for Immortal Venerate Xie’s accomplishments, replying calmly, "She killed them with her two Thunder Methods, and then for some reason, she just turned tail and ran. I’ve been following her with Sword Control from behind, trying to signal to her ’it’s okay’ but just couldn’t catch up the whole time."

The girls were initially stunned, but then burst into laughter in the ward.

Chen Lingyun laughed the hardest, clutching her stomach, in pain yet grinning.

Lin Ning, thinking she might have aggravated her wound, hurried out to call the head nurse.