Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Yan Yu quietly maneuvered the Flying Sword's light, trailing behind the Asura King and his Asura followers and saw that they had already engaged in battle with the Transcendents.

On the opposing side were six superheroes, whose tactical cooperation was extremely skilled. The Berserker held the front line to contain the enemy, the Wizard cast long-range attacks from the rear, and the Cleric summoned various mythological creatures, shattering the battlefield into fragments and obstructing the Asuras' overwhelming sea of fire from spreading.

The leader was a Cleric with a pair of wings on his back, wielding a great sword, circling around the Asura King unpredictably, adeptly dodging his fiery hammer and axe swings, moving with agility comparable to a Sword Control Cultivator.

Upon closer inspection, Yan Yu recognized that this individual's professional path was the exceedingly rare "Angel Incarnation Sect" within the Clerics.

Simply put, it was the Western version of "Inviting the Spirit Possession," invoking so-called "Heavenly Realm Angels" to possess ones body, thereby obtaining a comprehensive boost in combat strength.

However, this Transcendent path had various problems, such as losing recognition of friends during battle, unable to distinguish between friend and foe, emotions gradually becoming numb and disappearing, consciousness being eroded and overtaken by the angel, and so on...

It was said that to the Heavenly Realm's messengers who descended, "all humans have original sin flowing in their veins," all are sinful, all must be destroyed—they must die, including the human body they occupied.

Yan Yu wasn't exactly sure about the specifics since he hadn't deliberately collected information on Clerics (this crappy profession has at least twenty different branches, arguably the world's largest professional system), but in his past life, he had indeed encountered Clerics from the Angel Incarnation Sect, each feeling like a killing machine.

The stronger they were, the less self-awareness they had, much like irrational madmen, truly difficult to handle.

The Asura King, extremely irritated, simply opened his mouth and spat upward—not flames, but a large amount of magma.

As this magma sprayed into the air, fire rain began to drizzle down shortly after, every drop of magma carrying an extremely high temperature, capable of setting fire to the slightest touch of cloth.

The five superheroes promptly retreated, leaving only the Angel-possessed Cleric circling in the midst of the fire rain. Suddenly, during the instant the Asura King had yet to lower his head, the Cleric's wings vibrated, and he charged with his sword raised!

The dazzling white radiance of the great holy sword surged mightily, striking halfway into the Asura King's throat before it could go no further.

Because the Asura King had already extended his left hand, grasping the blade, preventing it from penetrating further. His right hand took the chance to grab the Cleric's wings and violently threw him into the magma flowing on the ground.

A short, pained scream was heard, and the Angel-incarnate Cleric turned into a flaming figure, struggling to crawl out of the magma, but the surroundings darkened suddenly— the Asura King, close at hand, lifted his foot and brutally stomped down.
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Yan Yu's Divine Sense quickly swept over, and it would be an understatement to say he was broken and battered... more accurately, he was flattened into a pancake.

The Cleric was slain on the spot, the rest of the superheroes' morale was greatly damaged, and devoid of the will to fight, they hurriedly turned tail and fled.

The Asura followers swiftly leapt through the fire into the air, doggedly chasing after them. The Asura King also wanted to step forward, but blood gushed from his throat like a fountain, and he had to press his neck with his hand in an attempt to stop the bleeding.

Suddenly, he heard someone calling from behind:

"Leader!"

The Asura King, with his left hand covering his throat wound and his right hand holding his fiery hammer and axe, staggered around, his vision in that instant completely filled with the surging light of Sword-Human Unity!

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Meanwhile, Xie Ruoxi and Liu Longtao had left the Naihe Bridge and continued on their way for a while when they saw the mountain trail winding upward, the terrain growing noticeably steeper.

Around the mountain path, numerous wild dogs roamed back and forth, their eyes gleaming green as they growled menacingly at the two, radiating ferocity.

Xie Ruoxi felt somewhat scared, and silently transmitted a message to Liu Longtao:

"Kill them or not?"

"They are just a few wild dogs." Liu Longtao said indifferently, "Keep walking. If they become too troublesome, then kill them all."

"Okay." Xie Ruoxi nodded, holding the Jade Pivot Thunder in her hand, ready to show no mercy if these wild dogs were to pounce on them.

The Jade Pivot Thunder was specifically designed to counter Yin Ghosts, and as these wild dogs were transformations of various Yin Ghosts, they naturally feared the Jade Pivot Thunder, instinctively tucking their tails between their legs, not daring to cause trouble lightly.

As the two delved deeper into the mountains, little did they know that a group of Onmyoji from the Yin Yang Bureau had quietly caught up behind them.

Rikoku Cultivators entered the Mysterious Realm first, seizing the initial advantage; although the Transcendents from abroad were behind in progress, they also benefited: the enemies along the way had been cleared by the forerunners, greatly reducing their number and making them easy to handle.

They quickly broke through the Ghost Gate and crossed the Naihe Bridge, arriving at the foothills of Black Dog Ridge.

Among them, a Ninja formed a hand seal and suddenly spat out a large amount of powder, which sprinkled onto the ground and revealed a set of footprints — those left behind by Liu Longtao and Xie Ruoxi.

The leader looked for a moment and asked,

"How long ago?"

"5 minutes," the Ninja provided a precise number.

"Concealment mode!" the leader commanded with a wave of his hand.

Apart from Samurai, both Ninja and Onmyoji in the Yin Yang Bureau had secret methods for stealth movement. Coupled with the eerie and strange surroundings and the low visibility, everyone quickly utilized various techniques to completely blend into the night.

The team leader was the deputy to Xiandao Jingyin, named Sato Hiroshi. As he led his squad silently along the mountain path, his mind was also secretly scheming.

Before entering the Mysterious Realm, the Yin Yang Bureau had made its intentions clear to everyone: the main strategy was covert operation, trying to avoid conflicts with Rikoku Cultivators until reaching the final stage.

The implication was to let the Lihuayuan Swordsmen and the superheroes take the lead, mutually depleting each other with the Rikoku Cultivators, while they conserved their strength for the final treasure snatch.

Although the superiors had a good plan, it couldn't prevent those below from having different ideas.

Sato Hiroshi himself was of the Ninja occupation and, while serving as the deputy to Xiandao Jingyin, he always harbored the thought of usurping her.

Xiandao Jingyin was not only extraordinarily talented but also descended from the ancient and wealthy Xiandao conglomerate. Simply having the conglomerate's backing ensured that she would always have access to the best cultivation resources at the Yin Yang Bureau headquarters.

Sato Hiroshi considered his cultivation talent equal to hers and was convinced that Xiandao Jingyin's family background was the only reason she surpassed him. Therefore, he had long resolved to take advantage of the Secret Realm of Lígōng to make a name for himself, thus winning the favor of the bigwigs in the Yin Yang Bureau and contesting with Xiandao Jingyin for the title of "God of Ninjas."

Defeating the widely known Liu Longtao of Rikoku was key to his plan.

Of course, Liu Longtao was a top-ranking Rikoku Cultivator who, during the War of Ezo, made one of The Four Great Demon Kings, Shenyuan Simie, scurry around like a stray dog. Even with high self-esteem, Sato Hiroshi didn't think he could win against him in direct combat.

But a Ninja's way is to move in secrecy and strike from the shadows!

The reason he dared to formulate this plan was his confidence in a magical treasure he possessed—a Talisman Paper in appearance, called the "Myojin Gate Talisman."

Once he cast this Myojin Gate Talisman quietly onto the target, it would instantly become a colossal Myojin Gate, suppressing the opponent in the phantom realm behind the gate.

No matter how formidable your Sword Control or Taoism Method, once sealed into the phantom realm to vanish, what can you do?

Could you possibly shatter the void and break free? Hahahaha.

Before entering the Mysterious Realm, Sato Hiroshi briefly took out his phone to peek at a live broadcast from Rikoku, confirming that Liu Longtao and an unknown female cultivator were in a sinister level of the Mysterious Realm.

After entering the Mysterious Realm and recognizing the terrain around him, he immediately decided to lead his team alone, intending to seal Liu Longtao and use this triumph to climb the ranks!

If he could seal his opponent, even if he had to report back to the Yin Yang Bureau later, he could claim it was "discovery and forced combat." Would not the higher-ups blame their meritorious servant?

As for how to make Liu Longtao fall into the trap and underestimate the enemy, Sato Hiroshi also had a determined plan to use his teammates as bait.

The specifics need not be mentioned at the moment—the success or failure hinged on this one action!

He was staking everything on it!