Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 402 - 98: No Man Can Open

Chapter 402: Chapter 98: No Man Can Open

The gateway to the Departure Palace faced a wide staircase that could almost accommodate three or four people walking side by side.

But this staircase was also very narrow because Longcheng Flying General, guarding it alone, had been slaughtering the superheroes, and so far, no one had managed to break through!

“White Lion” Hamilton, wielding a giant sword and with a fierce expression, frantically hacked at Yan Yu.

Yan Yu continuously performed sword techniques, using Huang Tingjian’s Eagle Strikes the Sky with left slashes and right chops in four consecutive attacks. He forcefully interrupted Hamilton’s momentum, then suddenly jumped forward and delivered a kick right to his face.

Hamilton fell backward, the White Lion tumbling down the steps, knocking down his comrades behind him. Yan Yu, taking advantage of the momentum, executed the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, swiftly returned up several steps, and caught up with “Devil” Benjamin, who had just overtaken two others and was trying to storm into the Departure Palace.

Benjamin chanted a spell silently, snapped his fingers, and several azure light bullets suddenly appeared, shooting like lightning toward Yan Yu’s face.

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But Yan Yu was faster than him, his figure vanishing from sight. The magic missiles passed through where he had stood, knocking down several clerics charging from behind.

This turn of events left Benjamin dumbfounded. As a wizard, a profession known for calculative tactics, many thoughts flashed through his mind like bolts of lightning.

How did he do it?

He must have foreseen that I would use magic missiles, so he intentionally lined himself up with me and the clerics behind us, turning my attack into a means to block others… But how could he have foreseen my attack?

Before he could figure it out, a rushing wind sounded from behind his head.

Guessing that Yan Yu had circled to his back, “Devil” Benjamin quickly formed a magic triangle with his hands and conjured a floating azure shield from behind.

There was another heavy sound as some attack struck the floating shield, Benjamin quickly turned around, placing his right hand on the shield.

Magic Spike!

The smooth surface of the shield suddenly sprouted dozens of blue spikes, viciously stabbing toward the empty air in front of him!

Empty air?

As Benjamin realized what had happened, his arm, which was casting Magic Spike, was already clamped from behind by Yan Yu, who then fiercely pulled it sideways—sweeping all the superheroes trying to storm up the nearby steps into two pieces, their blood spurting from the severed ends.

“Benjamin!” A furious voice called from below, sounding like someone he knew, “What kind of attack was that? Can’t you fight?”

Benjamin’s face turned ashen. He dare question whether I can fight?

You go ask the 23 opponents defeated by my hand in the superhero league, more than half of whom my Magic Spikes pierced through the organs, forcing them to be hospitalized for emergency treatment—ask them how I earned my “Devil” title?!

But he had no time for verbal retaliation, as he was now facing an opponent he had never encountered before—a terrifying adversary whose dominating presence on the battlefield seemed more like an indestructible demon!

Yan Yu, holding his right arm, twisted it nearly 180 degrees, perfectly covering the rear steps. Benjamin discreetly performed a spell with his left hand, about to congeal a magic missile for a surprise attack, when he suddenly took a knee strike in the chin, breaking his neck, his body tumbling down the steps.

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Inside the Departure Palace, Xiandao Jingyin, utterly horrified, couldn’t speak at what he saw unfolding before him.

He had actually… truly prevented all the superheroes from ascending the stairs? Not even one could come up?

If the superheroes and Pear Blossom Courtyard swordsmen couldn’t enter the Departure Palace to confirm the situation, then the so-called “treasure bug” inside would become a complete claim only maintained by the Onmyoji, and one can imagine the disastrous and complete blow it would inflict on the triple alliance afterward!

We absolutely cannot let Yan Yu succeed!

Xiandao Jingyin quietly took out the magic mirror and secretly aimed at Yan Yu’s distant figure from behind.

True Scripture Tian Vo-Sword!

The surface of the magic mirror shone brilliantly, transforming into a two-meter-long light spear, with lightning swirling around it, and molten heat, dazzling to the extreme. In a moment of negligence, it crossed the distance of more than ten meters and struck directly towards Yan Yu’s back!

At the critical moment, Yan Yu suddenly sidestepped to the left, narrowly missing the lethal attack—it was a literal close shave, his sleeve completely torn and scorched, revealing the unscathed skin beneath, without a scratch on it.

Below, “Judge” Stevenson and “Preacher” Han George were collaborating at the forefront to cast a holy barrier spell to clear the way for the superheroes behind them. Suddenly, Yan Yu dodged to the side, revealing a light spear hurtling towards them, aimed directly at Han George’s head.

Even as Han George tried to evade, the distance was too close, and it was too late. The light spear tore through the holy barrier, pierced his forehead, and instantaneously vaporized his entire head, leaving his headless body to collapse on the steps, bleeding profusely.

Stevenson was stunned for a moment, recognized that it was Xiandao Jingyin’s doing, and immediately turned around and rushed back into the crowd, shouting upwards in fury:

“Fuck, fuck, fuck! Damn Onmyoji bitch, what are you doing in the Departure Palace! Are you planning to tear up our agreement?”

Xiandao Jingyin was immediately astonished, quickly conjured a Thousand Paper Cranes, and threw it outside, trying to send a message to Stevenson. But as soon as it entered the blizzard, it was caught by a large dog that leapt up, grabbed it, and ran off.

Shikigami? No, it must be some kind of ghost…

Xiandao Jingyin’s expression darkened slightly, following the direction of the dog’s run, she saw Chen Lingyun standing behind the cultivators, holding the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Prison Banner, giving her a polite, slight smile.

Stevenson, already unable to contain his anger among the crowd. From his perspective, that light spear was fast and sudden, and with it being a sneak attack from behind, Longcheng Flying General couldn’t possibly have dodged it—the reason he was able to react must be because Xiandao Jingyin had secretly collaborated with him, casting a spell to alert him to dodge in coordination!

“Preacher” Han George was Stevenson’s close friend for nearly ten years, he was well aware of his capabilities. If it weren’t for the Longcheng Flying General deliberately blocking his view, and only at the last moment dodging to reveal the primed light spear behind him… how could Han George have been hit!

Even if he dodged a bit later, Longcheng Flying General would have been hit by the light spear; if he had moved aside a bit earlier, Han George would have had time to react and cast a life-saving spell. But it happened precisely at the moment he couldn’t react, and it definitely wasn’t just some damn coincidence!

Within the Departure Palace, Xiandao Jingyin also realized the misunderstanding was huge. The general inclination of the superheroes was already towards non-cooperation, it was Stevenson, as the team leader, who had pushed against the majority to promote this tripartite alliance.

If Stevenson, because of his comrade’s death by friendly fire, lost his composure in anger, it would be even more troublesome to explain later… She quickly turned around and asked urgently:

“Has everything been confirmed?”

“Not yet.” Shenyuan Simie said indifferently, “But so far, no one has successfully retrieved the treasure, including myself.”

“We need to fight our way out and bring our allies into the palace!” Xiandao Jingyin stated decisively, “If we can’t show them that there’s a malfunction in the Departure Palace’s mechanisms, we’ll be left unable to defend ourselves afterwards!”

“Are you sure we can still fight our way out?” Shenyuan Simie asked with a cold laugh, “If I were a Lu Country cultivator, and you guys now wanted to fight your way out, I would definitely do everything to block you, making you shed a layer of skin in the process!”

“We must fight our way out even if we can’t!” Xiandao Jingyin said urgently, “This venture into the Mysterious Realm has already been fruitless, we cannot afford to further offend our allies and let the Yin Yang Bureau become the target of public criticism and attacks!”

“Yes, yes.” Shenyuan Simie replied languidly, “I will follow your orders. After all, you’re the team leader.”

Seeing his sarcastic demeanor, Xiandao Jingyin suppressed her anger and coldly stated:

“Pick an elite team. Let the others attack the Lu Country cultivators, the elite will follow me to fight out of the Departure Palace, through the bombardment of Lu Country’s cultivators, and coordinate with the superheroes to intercept Longcheng Flying General!”