Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 515 - 11 Teaching a Lesson to the Enchantress
Chapter 515: Chapter 11 Teaching a Lesson to the Enchantress
The puppets within the town were finally being cleared out almost completely.
But the closer they got to the end, the more vigilant the Zhenhai Team members became, because the Mysterious Realm Gatekeeper had not yet been discovered.
It was impossible for the Secret Realm to be without a Gatekeeper, as it would mean the nerve center was unguarded, akin to a bank vault wide open—an obviously illogical situation.
Who knew if someone was hiding somewhere, waiting to ambush them!
Yan Yu called Lin Ning, who was proficient in the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, and ordered,
“Go and search every house, make sure there are no enemies hiding.”
“Okay.” Lin Ning’s feet blurred, executing the technique, and instantly, her figure disappeared.
“Do you think the Gatekeeper might be hiding inside one of the houses?” Chen Lingyun communicated telepathically.
“Who knows.” Yan Yu said, “In any case, it’s very unlikely to be outside, as there are no continuous woods nearby to hide in.”
In his past life, he had no intelligence on the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm. Thinking about it, it wasn’t strange: since it was Lu Country’s alchemy base, naturally, the fewer people who knew about it, the better.
“There’s another place.” Chen Lingyun suddenly said.
“Elaborate.” Yan Yu said.
“For example?” Chen Lingyun pointed towards Zhao Yuanzhen, who had run off to lure the enemy.
The statement was abrupt and lacked context, but Yan Yu and she had a strong understanding of each other, and he immediately got what she meant:
“You mean, hiding among the puppets, pretending not to be the BOSS, just a small fry?”
“Mm-hmm.” Chen Lingyun was delighted by their way of communicating, her eyes curving into crescent moons, extremely sweet and adorable.
Yan Yu ignored her charm and began to ponder.
If the Gatekeeper was a Sword Control Puppet, blending in among the mindless same kind, waiting to suddenly strike, the hidden danger and the lethality would be tremendous—a common puppet had no spiritual wisdom, so one could use a consistent method to lure, control, and eliminate them, but if one tried to apply that method on the Gatekeeper without knowing, they would certainly suffer a significant loss.
Hmm, the Demonic Sect Enchantress has been quite arrogant lately, huh?
Then let’s not remind her, and let her suffer a setback as a lesson.
Yan Yu commanded the Liangyi Sword, pretending to play with it, but was actually ready at any moment to launch a Sword Flying Slash, supporting Zhao Yuanzhen and Lin Ning should they encounter any crisis.
Lin Ning’s footwork was extremely agile, moving as though she was performing the dance-like steps from TV dramas, her figure flitting into a house and then flashing back out almost before you could see her move her legs.
Zhao Yuanzhen was even bolder, having recovered her full strength, she encountered one or two lone puppets and didn’t even bother luring them back, directly smashing them to pieces with her White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer.
Yan Yu didn’t say anything, but she was also proud inside, secretly thinking why must Ruoxi be the one to take action? My hammer can also take care of all of them.
Seeing another solitary puppet standing in the distance, the Demonic Sect Enchantress gathered her courage, raised the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer, and fiercely charged toward that puppet.
Unexpectedly, the puppet suddenly operated a Flying Sword, cutting horizontally and repelling the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer, then turned around and attacked the Enchantress.
Zhao Yuanzhen was naturally unafraid and hurriedly controlled her Yin Wind Sword to block.
The puppet executed a move called Phoenix Comes to the Ceremony, clashing with the Yin Wind Sword and rebounding to stabilize itself, followed by another technique called Bai Niao Chao Feng, the sword drifting diagonally downward, passing by the attacking Yin Wind Sword, and directly bypassing the swordsmanship to charge at Zhao Yuanzhen.
Zhao Yuanzhen had a strong combat awareness and instantly realized that the sword fight was happening closer to the puppet, so she didn’t use her sword to defend but instead concentrated all her power on attacking the puppet with her Yin Wind Sword.
If I can cut you down first, even if your Flying Sword is nearing me, in the next second, it will lose control and fall!
Just as she thought this, she saw the puppet suddenly rise sharply as if pulled by strings, avoiding the Flying Sword—almost frustrating Zhao Yuanzhen enough to cough up blood. She quickly threw the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer to try and stop the enemy’s sword, while she herself turned tail and retreated swiftly using the Shifting Technique.
The White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer whistled through the air, as the puppet executing Sword Control unleashed the “White Crane Spreads Wings” Technique, making a downward, leveling slash in an attempt to circumvent it, but the magic treasure of the hammer itself came with a tracking feature and immediately followed by slanting downwards.
As a result, the Flying Sword switched to another move, the “Cang Song Ying Ke,” instantly changing from a downward thrust to an upward flick, just in time to avoid the interception by the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer, continuing its pursuit of the retreating Zhao Yuanzhen.
This change in technique immediately caught Yan Yu’s attention, who exclaimed with intrigue.
“You’re not going to rescue Sister Zhao?” Su Yunjin leaned in to ask, “Captain, what’s going on?”
“A counter-attack to the heavens,” Yan Yu remarked with amazement, “Look, after the ‘White Crane Spreads Wings’ made a horizontal slash downwards, it didn’t finish the slice but immediately switched to the ‘Cang Song Ying Ke’ with an upward flick, forming a V-shape with the sword path to bypass the head-on interception… Yun Jin, if it were you, could you execute this move?”
“No, I couldn’t.” Su Yunjin had practiced swordsmanship with Lin Ning for a long time, and although she wasn’t a complete novice in Sword Control Technique anymore, after contemplating for a moment, she immediately shook her head.
“White Crane Spreads Wings” was about making a ground-level slash, while “Cang Song Ying Ke” resembled an upward scoop. If one was to slash and then scoop, it would be too late, but to switch moves on the spot… How would one change? It felt odd.
“So, about that puppet?” Chen Lingyun also grew interested and curiously asked.
“The answer is that the ‘White Crane Spreads Wings’ performed by this puppet is not the same as the one in our textbook,” Yan Yu laughed, “This is some kind of completely new swordsmanship we’ve never seen before.”
The girls were immediately thrilled.
Swordsmanship is linking various sword techniques together to form a systematic method of combat. It’s like a standard long sword, which may only have a few limited moves such as horizontal chops and upward flicks; in ordinary hands, it’s just a show, but when wielded by Feng Qingyang, it becomes the unparalleled Dugu Jiujian precisely because the sword techniques are interconnected, with each move having a unique significance in offense and defense.
What Lin Ning practiced was the “Kunlun Sword Art Compendium.” The style was balanced and well-rounded, easily outperforming the textbook version of Sword Control Technique in all aspects, but its flaw lied in the high demands it placed on the quality of the Sword Immortal themselves. Without dedicating a significant amount of time daily to lay the groundwork, it was impossible to master it well.
Its very characteristics meant that within the team, only Ningning could practice this sword art; no one else had the time or energy to devote to it.
However, the strange swordsmanship demonstrated by the puppet appealed to Yan Yu as it was not brisk enough, yet it was exceptionally agile. It emphasized intricate variations to surprise and overcome the opponent, so it didn’t require much fundamental skill from a Sword Immortal but rather relied more on the Swordmaster’s ability to make conscious judgments—wasn’t this tailor-made for the two clever girls, Yun Jin and Ling Yun?
As for Ruoxi and Yuanzhen, due to their overly simple and honest natures, they naturally were not suitable to learn this sword art.
As he continued to watch the puppet chase the Enchantress, Yan Yu became increasingly certain that the sect which created this sword technique was definitely not a professional one crowded with Sword Immortals.
The swordsmanship itself focused too much on “using the unorthodox to control the orthodox,” clearly conveying that it was aware it could not win in a head-on fight, thus constantly relying on tricky ploys. The bet was on catching one by surprise!
Zhao Yuanzhen was unaware of Yan Yu’s thoughts and was fighting for her life with all her might.
Her overly-dependent tactic of taking the initiative with her three-pronged attack feared this kind of mutation-oriented swordsmanship the most. A single sword move from the opponent might contain four or five variations, and when she couldn’t even discern a single change, she was naturally becoming increasingly exhausted by the puppet’s endless bag of tricks, to the point where she finally couldn’t help but yell out:
“Ruoxi, help me!”
Xie Ruoxi uttered an acknowledgement, ready to step forward, but was stopped by Yan Yu’s extended hand.
“No rush,” he said with a smile, “Let Sister Zhao keep it up a bit longer.”
The Immortal Venerate’s Thunder Method was too sharp; if the puppet hid any sword technique secret books within its body, like the previous Qing Yuan Chi energy, and then got blasted into pieces by a Thunder Method blast, the Zhenhai Team would come out at a huge loss this time.
As Zhao Yuanzhen caught her breath, she quickly paid attention to the rear and saw Yan Yu blocking Xie Ruoxi, which immediately made her furious and resentful. She silently vowed:
The bastard is deliberately hindering the entire team’s support, enjoying my embarrassment—this is a grievance as vast as the seas! If the opportunity arises, I must repay it a hundredfold!
As she thought thus, another scenario appeared in her mind, where she dominated her husband after getting married, and the little thief, completely debilitated, could not resist, only able to cry out:
“Ningning, help me! Ruoxi, help me! Yun Jin, help me! Ling Yun, help me!”
She would then shout back:
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“Don’t allow it! Not allowed! When I attacked that puppet in the past, you didn’t let them help me, so tonight I won’t let them help you either!”
Thinking thus, Zhao Yuanzhen immediately felt better, gaining strength in her dodging and finally managing to both fight and run until the Yin Wind Sword flew back to her side. She hurriedly controlled the sword to stay close for defense, not allowing the puppet’s Flying Sword to bypass her defenses again.
