Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 390 - : 86 Chapter: Inviting Shinyori

Chapter 390: 86 Chapter: Inviting Shinyori

“They’ve made their move,” Lin Ning suddenly said.

Yan Yu looked down from the main entrance of the Departure Palace and saw the three allied forces starting to mobilize.

The Lihuayuan Swordsmen and the superheroes began to extend the battle line to both flanks, preparing to launch firepower projections towards the high ground in front.

The Onmyoji gathered together, with the heavily armored samurai serving as the vanguard of the phalanx, ready to withstand the cultivators’ firepower and charge up the highlands to cover the other Onmyoji’s entry into the Departure Palace.

“Yun Jin, Lin Hui,” on the cultivators’ side, Chen Lingyun had also begun to deploy troops and formations, “you two go to the left and right stairs, respectively. Liu Longtao, you will defend the central stairs. Any problems with that?”

“Haha,” Liu Longtao was also straightforward, casually standing in the center of the central stairs, arms folded, looking down at the allied forces with a disdainful sneer.

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Having arranged for the three magicians, Chen Lingyun continued to command:

“Lin Ning, Guo Fei Yun, the two of you please take your respective places to the left and right of the stairs and watch over the two entrances of the stairs on your sides, cooperating with the magicians’ spells for interception… priority on interception, with killing as secondary.”

“Received!” The two Sword Immortals also quickly took their positions.

“Ye Jun,” Chen Ling Yun paused for a moment and smiled, “Your task is the heaviest, to bestow Xuan Guang Ruler’s defensive buffs on everyone. Also, if necessary on the battlefield, you might need to provide control and support, so pay attention to sustaining your True Yuan.”

“Understood,” Ye Jun nodded solemnly.

On one hand, she had to maintain the defense on time, and on the other, she had to follow commands for control support; this was certainly a huge test of her concentration and the endurance of her True Yuan. Fortunately, if Secretary Ye had any virtues, it was her natural seriousness and meticulousness. During middle school and high school, her essays in Chinese class were always flawlessly written, with not a single mistake from start to finish, devoid of any traces of corrections—she was best at this kind of mechanical, detail-oriented work.

“Lastly, Yan Yu, Zhao Yuanzhen,” Chen Ling Yun said with a smile, “the two of you will stand to my left and right, ready to act as fire-fighting team members at any moment, alright?”

Yan Yu had no objections, but Zhao Yuanzhen protested:

“Everyone is fighting at the front, yet you want me to stay back here playing house with you? That makes no sense. Rather, let that Lord Master withdraw, and I alone can defend the central stairs.”

With his back to everyone, Liu Longtao overheard Zhao Yuanzhen’s complaints clearly but said nothing more about it.

Idiot. Lord Master thought to himself internally.

In the past, he would have openly mocked her, but after traveling with Xie Ruoxi, his character and self-control had greatly improved.

“No way, Sister Zhao,” Chen Ling Yun said with a beaming smile, “I have an extremely dangerous and important mission that only someone of Sister Zhao’s strength can complete.”

“What mission?” Zhao Yuanzhen asked, raising an eyebrow.

“Shortly, Ai Lu and Ruoxi could be teleported into the enemy ranks at any moment,” Chen Ling Yun explained with a smile, “To charge into the midst of thousands of troops and rescue the two of them, this is something only Sister Zhao can do.”

Zhao Yuanzhen was indeed satisfied, nodding in agreement:

“Sigh, there’s really no helping it; I’ll just stay here, then. Call me if they can’t hold out.”

Yan Yu silently watched the Demonic Sect Enchantress, thinking to himself, it’s been almost a year since you crossed over, how are you still being manipulated by this worthless woman?

Oh, right, there’s a genetic gap in intelligence, never mind then.

“Everyone, please hold your positions!” Seeing the Onmyoji forces charging forward, Chen Ling Yun put away her smile and declared with authority, “Be ready for my ghostly commands at any time!”

Over on Ye Jun’s side, she waved the Xuan Guang Ruler and immediately generated six light blossoms, enveloping the frontline magicians, Sword Immortals, and herself.

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In the distance, as the Onmyoji forces accelerated their advance, the allied forces quickly split into two.

The ranged firepower base composed of the Lihuayuan Swordsmen and superheroes began to barrage the Rikoku Cultivators stationed on the high ground with crazy firepower. Most of the shots were blocked by the indestructible railings of the Departure Palace due to the distance, and the few stray bullets that hit the Rikoku Cultivators were blocked by the light blossoms from Ye Jun’s Xuan Guang Ruler.

But the cultivators had no time to care about their long-range harassment as the first wave of samurai had already rushed up.

A total of eight, two from the left, two from the right, and four taking the wide central stairs, trying to break through, were soon restrained by the Taoist magicians — Su Yun Jin used a massive wave to wash them away, Yang Linhui froze them solid with snow, and Liu Longtao, who was defending the central stairs, was the most domineering, his Red Dragon Patrols the Heavens technique roasted the central samurais, armor and all, on the spot.

Unable to break through the first wave, Xiandao Jingyin immediately ordered the forces to retreat temporarily, turning to speak to Shenyuan Simie who had been arms-folded and watching from the side:

“Charging head-on is too costly in casualties, we need someone to disrupt the other side.”

“Sure thing,” Shenyuan Simie said with a mischievous smile.

He cast his invisibility technique and silently disappeared from the battlefield.

The Departure Palace was surrounded by deep pools on all sides, with only three sets of steps at the front entrance one could ascend.

Shenyuan Simie circled to the back of the Departure Palace, casually summoning a large Tengu, only to find that it could wildly flap its wings at a height of two meters but could not fly due to the flight restriction magic.

A flight restriction mechanism.

With a slight smile, Shenyuan Simie withdrew the Tengu back into the talisman and summoned a giant ape over two meters tall, riding atop its neck.

The giant ape nimbly leaped over the railing and dug its nails into the crevices of the green bricks, thus carrying Shenyuan Simie and climbing upwards with bare hands.

At the front gate of the Departure Palace, where Chen Lingyun was subtly directing the battlefield, suddenly sent a voiced message to Yan Yu saying:

“Someone is coming from behind.”

“Good,” Yan Yu turned and walked away.

Shenyuan Simie successfully climbed over the railing and arrived at the back of the Departure Palace, muttering to himself:

“Easy peasy.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the giant ape suddenly swung its arm towards the right!

Almost in the next second, a severed right arm flew out, the light of Huang Tingjian’s sword smashed the giant ape aside, and the composed Yan Yu appeared before Shenyuan Simie, initiating the Curved Curse with a punch aimed at his skull, chuckling:

“Hello!”

The fist struck, but it hit a straw man.

Ninja’s Substitution Straw Man Technique? No, it must be a similar artifact. Given this scum’s extreme emphasis on survival, it’s not surprising.

Shenyuan Simie reappeared five or six steps away, summoned the Tengu in front of him, and asked in rough Rikoku language:

“Longcheng Flying General?”

“That’s right,” Yan Yu used the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step to rush up like a specter, and the sword of Huang Tingjian directly slashed at the Tengu, “Surprised?”

“Surprised,” Shenyuan Simie replied nonchalantly.

He pinched a talisman paper in his hand and quietly surveyed the surroundings, sensing trouble.

The space between the walls and railings of the Departure Palace were not spacious, unable to take advantage of the Shikigami Style’s surrounding attack strength; they could only line up one by one—wasn’t that equivalent to handing over heads to the Longcheng Flying General?

The Tengu brandished its naginata, trying to decapitate Yan Yu with one strike. Yan Yu retreated to dodge the blade and quickly propelled the Flying Sword to strike down, a rainbow piercing towards the Tengu’s head.

The opponent hurriedly raised the naginata to block, while Yan Yu changed his sword technique, shifting to the Phoenix Soars to the Heavens, and the Huang Tingjian made an extremely suave “drifting” maneuver, bypassing the naginata’s defense from below and cleaving the Tengu’s abdomen, instantly splitting it in two.

The Shikigami vanished in a blaze. Yan Yu strode towards Shenyuan Simie and suddenly asked:

“Why don’t you resist?”

“Resistance is futile,” Shenyuan Simie was not only unafraid but even smiled, “It’s better to die generously.”

“Oh, you have the talisman paper of substitution death, right?” Yan Yu was not fooled and simply laughed, “I remember now, Lord Master mentioned it to me beforehand.”

“Lord Master?”

“Liu Longtao, he told me that if I encountered you this time, to not easily deliver a killing blow, otherwise the talisman paper of substitution death would be automatically triggered on your body and teleport your true body back to your base.”

Shenyuan Simie’s smile froze on his face.

“Right,” Yan Yu suddenly asked curiously, “If I beat you up first, will it trigger the talisman paper of substitution death?”

“You don’t need to answer me. I just want to experiment for myself, starting with the lightest damage and gradually increasing the intensity to see what triggers your spell… uh, it’s really not good for us to stand talking like this, let’s tie you up first.”