Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Chen Lingyun used Shifting Technique to exit the field, and Su Yunjin hurriedly took her place to enter. Enjoy exclusive adventures from empire

Miss Su hailed from a scholarly family, expert at clerical work, but currently, she wasn't too fit for the battlefield.

From past life experience, she was more adept at Wood-Element and Water-Element Taoism Methods, and as a spell cultivator, she could perform support tasks well, like restraining enemies or healing allies—as long as someone was in front to shield her, and the pressure didn't fall on her, she was able to perform consistently.

But on the real battlefield, situations change rapidly; who could guarantee that the pressure would never fall on her?

In high-level battles, any weakness in the team would certainly be targeted relentlessly by the enemy.

Thus, it was necessary for Su Yunjin to train, not requiring her to master skills for close-quarters combat right now, but at least to mentally adapt to the pressures of the battlefield.

Su Yunjin entered the puppets' attack range and immediately activated the Earth-Element Sturdiness Curse.

Too hasty—the sword-bearing puppet hadn't even approached her! She seemed afraid she'd get hurt if she activated it any later, indicating a lack of psychological quality.

As the puppet swung its sword in a chopping motion, Su Yunjin quickly raised her hand to block, and her figure sharply shrank back.

The girls outside the field fell silent. The opponent's straightforward sword chop could be completely blocked without damage by the Barrier Charm; don't be afraid, Yunjin!

Jiang Weiming and others exchanged meaningful glances in silence. Sending such a fragile girl into the fray clearly showed that Yan Yu was using this puppet for training purposes, and as military cultivators, they theoretically should advise "mission first" and not waste too much time here.

But from a soldier's perspective, their current leader was Yan Yu, and a superior's orders must be obeyed.

They had no choice but to pretend not to have seen anything.

"Speaking of which, old Jiang," Feng Haiping turned to ask casually, "how old is your daughter now?"

"She's three," replied Jiang Weiming, looking down at the grass, "I don't know if she has the talent for cultivation."

"Isn't it said that Spirit Roots can be inherited?" Wei Yun chimed in from the side.

"But my wife doesn't have a Spirit Root," Jiang Weiming replied with a wry smile, "Do you think she'll inherit from me, or my wife?"

Military cultivators chatted idly by the field, while Su Yunjin faced the enemy on the field.

At first, she constantly maintained the Barrier Charm to block the sword-bearing puppet's attacks and only after gathering some courage did she, during a lull in its offense, abruptly switch from the Barrier Charm to Runescript in an attempt to strike at the puppet's sword-wielding wrist.

However, the puppet immediately retreated, dodging the Runescript attack. Su Yunjin didn't dare pursue, hastily transitioning back to the Barrier Charm.

Hmm? Yan Yu slightly raised his eyebrows.

This Secretary Su's switching between curse techniques was quite swift, and it didn't seem like a skill acquired through later practice; it must be her innate control over True Yuan that was slightly above the average level of cultivators.

But only slightly above average wasn't enough to form a tactical advantage; he would continue to observe.

"Is it my turn yet?" Zhao Yuanzhen came over and whispered.

"Why would you go up?" Yan Yu quietly retorted in confusion, "Do you also need to train?"

"Of course, I don't need to train," the Demonic Sect Enchantress said, sounding somewhat proud, her tail almost lifting itself—if she had one, "but it's obvious Su Yunjin can't beat that puppet, right?"

"She can't beat it," Yan Yu didn't deny, "Let her practice first."

"If she can't beat it, why practice?" Zhao Yuanzhen was puzzled.

To someone with a fearful and timid nature like hers, if she were in the Qiansi Sect, she would be directly relegated to the ranks of servants, right? There's utterly no point in cultivating someone like that!

"I don't know either," Yan Yu said, dismissing her with an indifferent response.

"You don't know?" Zhao Yuanzhen immediately became suspicious.

Could it be his master's intention?

The moment Zhao Yuanzhen thought of that enigmatic master of strategy and calculations, he stopped making any comments, yet he made up his mind to befriend Su Yunjin in the future.

After all, having a mighty protector amounted to soaring from a mere external disciple, or even a servant, to leaping over the dragon's gate.

Better to curry favor with the neglected cold stove than the attended hot one! There are plenty of people tending to the hot stove; no need for me to gild the lily!

Zhao Yuanzhen's covert thoughts were pressed down unexpressed. Meanwhile, Su Yunjin had been on the field for over five minutes, and Yan Yu had not called a stop, allowing her to continue battling the puppet.

At first, she was solely defending and shrinking back, but she gradually realized that the puppet truly couldn't break through the Barrier Charm's defense; her courage grew, and she began trying to seize opportunities to launch Attack Spell Techniques, with the frequency of her counterattacks increasing.

She even used the recently practiced Shifting Technique to dash and ascend, attempting to dodge rather than defend against the puppet's attacks—it hacked in a straightforward manner without feints or improvised changes of attack, making it indeed perfectly suitable for practice.

Su Yunjin's improvement was so evident that everyone outside the arena stopped commenting and just watched patiently as she slowly built her confidence.

"Alright, Su Yunjin, prepare to come back," Yan Yu suddenly called out.

"Ah?" Lin Ning asked puzzledly from the side, "Aren't you going to let her practice for a bit longer? She still has room for improvement, doesn't she?"

Yan Yu blocked Lin Ning's question with just one sentence:

"She's out of True Yuan."

Su Yunjin indeed had little True Yuan left; upon hearing Yan Yu's order, she swiftly dodged the puppet's attacks, activated the Shifting Technique, and turned tail to run.

"Your turn," Yan Yu said, patting Zhao Yuanzhen on the shoulder from behind.

"Sure!" Zhao Yuanzhen chuckled coldly, "I'm going to annihilate it in one second!"

Instantaneous annihilation was also internet slang; this Demonic Sect Enchantress, having crossed over for more than three months, had already been completely assimilated in her language habits.

She activated the Shifting Technique and dashed forward quickly, her figure passing by Su Yunjin's.

Before even reaching the Sword-bearing Puppet, she saw the puppet suddenly exclaim:

"What a witch! Face my sword!"

It swung the Green Bamboo Sword abruptly, and a green Sword Qi tore through the ground coming at her, fortunately, Zhao Yuanzhen quickly changed direction, barely evading the slash of the Sword Qi.

The onlookers outside the arena were immediately stunned: What's going on?

This Sword-bearing Puppet had been using a simple slash against the previous three contestants, so why did it suddenly release Sword Qi this time?

Only Yan Yu and Chen Lingyun quickly guessed the answer: It's likely that there was something wrong with Zhao Yuanzhen's techniques or True Yuan, which the puppet had spotted—the master behind the Mysterious Realm, probably originating from a reputable sect, was quite normal to dislike a witch from the Evil Sect.

Zhao Yuanzhen, however, didn't overthink it; she was nearly hit by the Sword Qi and immediately flew into a rage:

"You despicable puppet! Watch me dismantle you alive!"

...Such a simple and brute force mindset, Chen Lingyun thought to herself.

The Sword-bearing Puppet swung its sword again, and the green sword light tore through the ground like a shark's fin breaking through the waves, ferociously charging at her. Zhao Yuanzhen nimbly stepped aside, extending her hand in a sword-finger gesture and shot out an Impact Curse.

The puppet immediately used its sword to block, and the Demonic Sect Enchantress seized the moment to close in, raising two fingers in the shape of a sword to stab forward.

...Not entirely though; her combat awareness was quite developed, Chen Lingyun amended her perception.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Zhao Yuanzhen first pointed a finger at the puppet's right elbow, and a metallic sharp energy surged forth, causing the puppet's forearm along with the Green Bamboo Sword to break off and fall to the ground.

She quickly spun around, sidestepped, and with a backhanded finger, pointed at the joint where the puppet's left shoulder and body met.

Thus, the puppet's left arm was broken in half, hanging onto the body by a mere thread.

Before Yan Yu could call out to stop her, Zhao Yuanzhen raised her leg, initiated the Curved Curse, and with two swift movements, kicked the puppet's knees.

The puppet with broken legs fell forward to the ground, its head rattling as it turned, seemingly aware of its current predicament, it quickly stopped moving.

Zhao Yuanzhen stepped on the puppet's head, snorted with pride, then turned her head to look at Yan Yu, as if to say, "I told you I'd dismantle it alive!"

"Very good." Yan Yu clapped with an emotionless face, "You beat a puppet. How impressive."

Only then did Zhao Yuanzhen realize... Isn't it just an uncontrolled puppet? Why did I put so much effort into it? It's as if I needed to go all out to defeat it!

Although the Demonic Sect Enchantress wasn't given to much thought, when it came to matters of "face", her cunning never disappointed. She immediately feigned an angry expression and kicked the puppet once more, declaratively proclaiming:

"That's for bullying my sister Yun Jin!"

Su Yunjin: ?