Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest
Chapter 960: 19 The Enchantress's Request_2

Chapter 960: Chapter 19 The Enchantress’s Request_2

Although her relationship with Liu Longtao isn’t good, she has already become close sisters with He Ye who she can talk about anything with.

The reason is simple; even though He Ye is a mortal, she was able to successfully capture a male cultivator like Liu Longtao, which made Ye Jun believe there must be something impressive about her worthy of learning and emulation.

“What do you think are Lord Master’s chances of successfully Crossing Tribulation this time?” Ye Jun continued to ask through voice transmission.

“There shouldn’t be any problems.” Yan Yu gave a straightforward assessment, “Lu Country has prepared twice the number of Flying Sword Magic Treasures for him compared to what I had, and the difficulty of the heavenly tribulation won’t double because of it, if he still fails, he might as well consider suicide.”

The two chatted idly for about ten minutes before they were finally asked to leave by the personnel on site: Liu Longtao was about to formally begin his Crossing Tribulation.

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When Yan Yu was Crossing Tribulation, his main tactic was the Liangyi Microdust Sword Qi, and each Flash could pierce through a large swath of Tribulation Thunder.

Liu Longtao, however, lacked such visual reflexes and swordsmanship skills. His advantage lay in his abundant and robust True Yuan, so he used the Five Directions Dragon Taoism Method to initially break through the main forces of the Tribulation Thunder and then targeted the strays with Liangyi Microdust Sword Qi.

If he consumed too much True Yuan, he would first consume an Elixir Medicine, and then he’d stimulate the pre-prepared Flying Sword Magic Treasures to shoot wildly upwards, buying himself time to refine the medicinal potency and recover True Yuan.

Just as Yan Yu said, with so many Flying Sword Magic Treasures, if Lord Master still couldn’t make it through with his power, he really might as well slam his head and die on Wudang Mountain.

Although this was the theory, in practice, there were still accidents.

One time, Lord Master himself got careless, trying to gain more time to recover True Yuan, he carelessly allowed the Tribulation Thunder to descend within 1000 meters, almost leading to a frantic scramble; another time, the number of Tribulation Thunders was too great, almost depleting Lord Master’s reserve of True Yuan, fortunately, he still managed to save himself using his resources in the end.

“Almost there.” Yan Yu suddenly said, “It’s the last wave of the tribulation, and there’s no news of enemies approaching, it seems they won’t come this time.”

“With you, a Golden Core True Man, here, even if more come, they’d just be delivering themselves to death pointlessly,” Ye Jun said thoughtfully, “It’s quite normal that they won’t come.”

“In that case, there’s no need for me to stay here,” Yan Yu said as he turned and waved his hand, “Once he forms his Golden Core, tell him to return the Liangyi Micro Dust Sword to me.”

He flew away from the Sky Pillar Peak area on his sword, but then saw Zhao Yuanzhen standing on the lower half of the mountain, silently staring at Lord Master struggling below the tribulation clouds on the mountain peak, trying hard to survive, her eyebrows knitted together.

“What is it?” Yan Yu urged his sword light over, “It’s your turn to Cross Tribulation next time, are you here to learn from the experience up close?”

“Yes.” Zhao Yuanzhen spoke with a heavy tone, saying softly, “I watched your tribulation on TV previously. Now, observing it up close, the power of the heavenly tribulation feels even more formidable; it seems difficult to deal with.”

“Of course.” Yan Yu noticed her rare serious contemplation and reminded her, “The power of the Tribulation Thunder is massive, and even a slight touch or brush can cause instant death. Moreover, it’s locked onto by Qi Mechanism, with infinite Tracking, hence there must be corresponding means to break through it.”

“My White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer is not suited to deal with the Tribulation Thunder,” Zhao Yuanzhen pondered, “The Red Lotus Bowl, however, is quite good. As long as I have enough True Yuan to sustain it, I can summon enough Red Karma Fire Lotuses to perish together with the Tribulation Thunder.”

“But there is a problem: Red Karma Fire Lotus can only be summoned inside the Red Lotus Dharma Realm. That means I have to first raise and enlarge the Red Lotus Bowl, then invert it over, enclosing both myself and the Tribulation Thunder inside the Magic Treasure, and only then can I summon the Red Karma Fire Lotus.”

“That means,” Yan Yu quickly concluded, “the timing of when you release your Magic Treasure is extremely important. Too early, and you can’t trap all the Tribulation Thunder; too late, and if the previous wave of Tribulation Thunder isn’t cleared before the next comes, and your bowl doesn’t close in time, it’ll surely be shattered by the Tribulation Thunder.”

“That’s exactly what I’m worried about.” Zhao Yuanzhen said irritably, “The speed of the Tribulation Thunder is very fast, descending below 1000 meters is extremely dangerous. But my Red Lotus Bowl can only expand to a height of 300 meters at most.”

“At this distance, if you react even slightly too slow, you’ll get caught up and blown to smithereens by the tribulation lightning!”

Yan Yu thought to himself that this was indeed a problem. As for him, not to mention three hundred meters, even if the tribulation lightning got as close as thirty meters, he was confident he could swiftly control his sword to evade and then quickly widen the gap.

But Zhao Yuanzhen couldn’t do that. The advantage of the Demonic Sect Enchantress lay in her resolute and immediate actions, but when it comes to pure reaction speed, she actually wasn’t even as fast as Ningning.

Regarding this issue, Yan Yu didn’t have a good solution for the moment. On the contrary, after Zhao Yuanzhen put the question forward, she became all bright and breezy, her previous worries and troubles on her face vanished, only to look at Yan Yu innocently and cheerfully, blinking her eyes as if to say “Honey, help me think of a solution.”

“I feel like your style is particularly restrained by heavenly tribulations,” Yan Yu finally spoke slowly, stating his conclusion.

Zhao Yuanzhen was almost furious and rushed up to hug Yan Yu, biting his ear and threatening, “If you don’t come up with a solution for me, I’ll just park myself in your room tonight and not leave! Ten times!”

“Why would you reward me?” Yan Yu was instantly shocked.

“I,” Zhao Yuanzhen was at a loss for words for a moment, but soon reacted, sneering, “So it’s supposed to be a reward, huh? Then I’ll call over Ruoxi, Yun Jin, and Ningning, and the four of us will overwhelm you together.”

“Even better,” Yan Yu sneered, “Single combat doesn’t give me much of a sense of achievement. When I’ve taken all four of you down, you’ll realize how formidable I am.”

Zhao Yuanzhen was speechless again, then suddenly a flash of inspiration struck her, and she said,

“I’ll let Ling Yun do dual cultivation with you first, drain all your True Yang, and then call the other three sisters. While you’re still recovering, we’ll just phase through the walls and take you by force, what will you do then?”

This time, it was Yan Yu’s turn to fall silent. If it was just a simple contest of strength, he, in his vigorous youth, was not the least bit afraid. But dual cultivation was different; using secret techniques to assist someone in reaching the Golden Core Rank required ample yang energy, and if it was insufficient, it would deplete one’s origin, something that couldn’t be replenished in less than ten days or half a month.

By then, staggering with a weak and debilitated body while they danced the Heavenly Demon Dance around him—if he couldn’t keep control, it would spell doom; even if he could control himself… it would still appear extremely pitiable, becoming a subject for the Enchantress to ridicule him for years!

“Don’t start thinking about how to deal with me,” Yan Yu decided to first steady her, “After Lord Master traverses his tribulation, you’re next. Your primary task right now is to cross your tribulation. If you can’t overcome this event, you’ll turn into ashes right there and then, where would you get the chance to get back at me?”

Zhao Yuanzhen was horrified, exclaiming in disbelief,

“So you’re just going to abandon me? Just watch me get struck dead by the heavenly tribulation?”

“Not at all,” Yan Yu said calmly, “I’m just reminding you that beating me in other areas is of no help to your tribulation crossing. Don’t abandon the essentials to chase after the superfluous and apply your mind to the wrong places.”

“Alright then,” Zhao Yuanzhen yielded graciously, immediately switching to another approach, “If you help me with my tribulation, I’ll persuade the other sisters in the team, and we can all fulfill one of your wishes, how about that?”

Now that was interesting. Yan Yu carefully weighed his options for a moment and asked tentatively,

“Any kind of wish?”

“Nonsense, of course not!” Zhao Yuanzhen rolled her eyes, irritatedly saying, “It definitely has to be something… colorful. Otherwise, if you wanted us to lie down and bark like dogs one by one, should we also agree to that? What do you take us girls for?”

“How do you manage to discuss something colorful with such a serious tone?” Yan Yu was slightly embarassed, “Alright then, I’ll try my best to come up with a plan for you.”