Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest
Chapter 990: 36: The Cunning Golden Retriever

Chapter 990: Chapter 36: The Cunning Golden Retriever

As soon as Yan Yu spoke, the atmosphere at the scene immediately quieted down.

Many of the elders of the Witch’s Group exchanged glances and quickly lowered their eyes, no longer speaking.

To date, no witch from the Amur Witch’s Group has successfully ascended to the next Great Realm, so everyone’s understanding of the “Golden Core Realm” is based only on limited information and conjecture.

The most common guess is that Yan Yu’s combat power at the Golden Core Realm is roughly equivalent to the combined strength of everyone in the Witch’s Group. If he were any weaker, no one would believe it; if he were any stronger, he should have swept across the universe by now, annihilating all nearby countries’ forces and dominating Earth. Anything less would be incomprehensible.

Yan Yu possesses the ability to single-handedly destroy a large Extraordinary Force, but doing so would come at a considerable cost to himself—which is why he has remained within Lu Country after his Core Formation. This makes some sense.

However, now that they’ve heard his statement about “killing them all,” everyone suddenly realizes that their previous speculations were probably too conservative.

Even an underdeveloped “Orochi” is not something the entire Witch’s Group could easily kill; otherwise, the problems in the Northern Border wouldn’t be so entrenched. But Yan Yu can do it, which might suggest that…

“Why is everyone silent?” Anna asked in Rakshanese, “If anyone has a better idea, speak up. This is not a place where dissent is not allowed.”

The crowd remained silent. When the big guy says he can kill all these “Orochi,” what “better idea” could we possibly have?

After a moment of silence, Sullivan spoke:

“I’m not doubting your ability, but you can’t stay in the Northern Border all the time. If one day you are far away and an Orochi appears within the Northern Border, we can’t just desperately wait for your rescue. We appreciate your willingness to lend a hand, but the issue should be resolved by the Northern Border itself.”

“Indeed,” Yan Yu acknowledged with a slight nod upon hearing this.

If Anna weren’t here, he wouldn’t bother responding to Sullivan’s comments and would just annihilate all the demons in the Northern Border, and then leave as if nothing happened. As for how the Northern Border would deal with it, it could be said that Lu Country would rather the Northern Border fail to resolve the issue, forcing it to become dependent on the power of Lu Country, and ultimately on Yan Yu, and fall into a vassal state in need of the Sect Master’s protection.

But now that Anna is the Master of the North and one of their own, rounding up, it means the Northern Border belongs to his own turf. Compared to solving all the demons by himself, it is more urgent to help Anna advance to the next Great Realm as soon as possible. On one hand, it could completely eliminate the hidden risks of the Northern Border, and on the other, it would consolidate Anna’s ruling position.

“If that’s the case, let’s wait until you’ve advanced and then we can go and kill off those petty creatures,” Yan Yu said, turning to consult with Anna.

“Alright,” Anna agreed calmly.

Why haven’t these demons been resolved? Because there are no witches in the Amur Witch’s Group who have advanced in rank. Then why not advance? This is where the Witch’s Crossing Tribulation ritual comes in, which dissolves one’s entire body and ultimately turns into a “meatball” composed of pure Magic Power.

This kind of meatball is extremely vulnerable; an external disturbance can easily risk a magic power outburst resulting in death, so the location of Crossing Tribulation must never be disclosed to anyone. The problem lies right there—whenever Anna disappears, everyone can immediately guess that she has begun Crossing Tribulation, and naturally, malicious individuals will attempt to find her location.

Therefore, a witch needs not only a top-secret location for Crossing Tribulation but also to set up numerous traps as a precaution to delay enemies from discovering her during her vulnerable state.

Anna has the strongest safeguard, which doesn’t even require deliberate concealment to prevent enemies from finding it and devising a countermeasure.

That is Yan Yu.

The Elders’ meeting of the Witch’s Group thus concluded, confirming the primary goal of helping Anna break through to the next realm. With the deterrence of Yan Yu, the first Golden Core Cultivator, anyone wishing to disrupt Anna’s Crossing Tribulation process would have to bet their life as a price.

Hence, no matter the previous thoughts of the witches, they are now suppressed. On the contrary, many crafty witches began to contemplate how long Yan Yu would stay in the Northern Border?

Even if they cannot actually persuade him to protect them during their Crossing Tribulation, at least they can feign mystery, leaving the enemy uncertain whether Yan Yu is protecting them…

The myriad thoughts are pressed down and not discussed. After the meeting, Yan Yu went to Anna’s room to review the top-secret information that only the Chief Witch could access.

The power structure of today’s Amur Witch’s Group, after several rounds of reforms, has stabilized. Every witch needs an Elder’s endorsement before joining, thus forming a unique mentor-mentee relationship with the Elder. The council of Elders can decide on various matters concerning the Amur Witch’s Group on a daily basis. If there is an insurmountable difference of opinion, it is up to the Queen Witch, Anna, to make the final decision.

Yan Yu immediately realized that under this system, a fragmented and contentious Elders’ council is the most politically advantageous environment for Anna. She should best prevent Elders from different factions from banding together to exert pressure on her. Therefore, it requires a troublemaker in the council to constantly stir up disputes and provoke conflicts.

This person needs to have no apparent connection with Anna in public, so confidants like Clara could not take on this role.

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