Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 367 - 63: Understanding, Divinity, Gateway
Chapter 367: Chapter 63: Understanding, Divinity, Gateway
Lord Master said, “When it comes to dealing with these scumbags, old Yan doesn’t know as much as I do,”—of course, he wasn’t just talking big without a basis.
Among the many cultivators of Lu Country, only he had experience clashing with the four great Demon Kings of the Yin Yang Bureau, whereas Yan Yu, though he had fought in the battle of Black Dragon Isle, had faced Shinyori Guang who was not of Demon King level. That’s why Liu Longtao considered himself the one with the richest combat experience against Onmyoji among the cultivators of Lu Country.
Xie Ruoxi felt afraid and tense, which was, of course, understandable.
The biggest difference between PvP and PvE is that when you attack, the latter usually opts to tank it directly, whereas the former will come up with targeted strategies.
In the usual team practice, Su Yun Jin would use the Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art to restrict her movements and vision; Lin Ning would use the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step to make it difficult for her to aim; and the most mischievous Yan Yu would always pretend to almost get hit by her, forcing her to use 120% of her strength before ruthlessly defeating her without mercy.
After such training over time, although Xie Ruoxi’s skills improved rapidly, her confidence dwindled more and more.
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I can take on monsters, but when it comes to fighting people, I’m really not good at it!
But with Lord Master already engaging in fierce battle, she had no other choice but to steel herself and follow him with her swift movements.
Seeing the two ahead suddenly turn around and charge, the Onmyoji hiding behind the mountain stream were all confused: Have we been exposed?
But they didn’t have time to think further because Liu Longtao had already raised his hand.
Red Dragon Patrols the Heavens!
The flaming dragon traced a scorching trajectory, diving straight toward the Onmyoji’s position.
In an instant, all Onmyoji scattered in all directions, perfectly avoiding the range of the dragon’s explosion.
Liu Longtao instantly got furious, immediately guessing the situation: These scumbags from the Yin Yang Bureau had calculated the blast radius of my Taoism Method based on past battles and live broadcast footage, then went through targeted dodge training!
In the external live broadcast, noticing that Liu Longtao had engaged with the Onmyoji, the director quickly switched the screen over.
“Oh no!” Zhou Erhe shouted, “Liu Longtao’s big move missed!”
“No problem!” Xu Dongming immediately corrected, “Though he didn’t hit the enemy, he has scattered their formation!”
The executive director quickly looked at the cultural officer beside him, who nodded in agreement, signaling that he was correct.
If you’re in a one-versus-many situation, disrupting the enemy’s formation is a crucial tactical step. If you do nothing, the enemy just needs to line up and attack you without restraint, meaning you’ll spend most of your time and effort dodging and moving around.
Although Liu Longtao’s Red Dragon Patrols the Heavens missed, it left a large area of flames on the ground, completely scattering the enemies and preventing them from quickly mounting a counterattack—now was the perfect time to annihilate the enemy!
He manipulated the Sword technique in his hands, and once again merged his figure with the sword light, slashing with Sword Control!
“Takahashi!” Sato Hiroshi quickly ordered.
The Samurai, Takahashi, swiftly confronted him, a sword in each hand, blocking the way.
Although the training system of Rikoku shares the three main professions of Samurai, Ninja, and Onmyoji, it is collectively known as the “Onmyoji system,” implying that Onmyoji are the main element, with Samurai and Ninja as auxiliaries. Among them, Samurai bear the duty of protecting Onmyoji, characterized by being short on reach but extremely tough, like the shell of a tortoise.
Liu Longtao had no intention of entangling with him, so his sword light suddenly changed course, targeting another side.
This time he chose an Onmyoji. The opponent flipped his hand, and between his fingers was already a Talisman Paper—that thing was almost like a Poké Ball, storing the Shikigami controlled by the Onmyoji.
The Talisman Paper ignited without wind and transformed into a giant cyclopean monk wielding a wooden staff and striking down forcefully.
But the speed of Liu Longtao’s sword light was faster. Renowned for his robust True Yuan, by merely directing extra twenty percent more True Yuan, the speed of his sword light surged instantly, piercing into the cyclops’s eye before the staff could swing down, and then penetrated through the back of its head, charging down mercilessly.
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The Onmyoji had not expected their giant cyclopean monk to be killed in a split second, hastily reaching for another Talisman Paper. Yet before he could activate and ignite it, the sword light had already pierced through his chest.
Liu Longtao killed a man face-to-face, then suddenly heard Xie Ruoxi transmit a message:
“More people are coming from behind!”
Through Xie Ruoxi’s perspective, the audience outside the live broadcast could see clearly that four onmyoji were charging ferociously from the front!
“New enemies have joined the battlefield!” Zhou Erhe exclaimed rapidly, “It turns out the onmyoji had split into two groups early on, one quietly following behind, and the other waiting in ambush in front! Fortunately, Liu Longtao saw through the enemy’s tricks! But it’s no use, he’ll still be caught in a pincer attack!”
This time, there was no need to consult the literary officer. The executive director quickly made a hand gesture, and someone outside hurriedly held up a sign:
Confidence.
Upon receiving the signal, Xu Dongming immediately interrupted his colleague, saying:
“Oh, don’t worry! In a fight, it’s about quality, not the number of enemies. Those soldiers who got instantly killed by Liu Longtao during a face-off, even if there were forty or four hundred of them, it would be useless!”
“Hahaha, that’s right!” Zhou Erhe also realized and quickly corrected himself, “Just like Guan Yunchang fighting through five passes and slaying six generals, what use are lots of foot soldiers? They’re just targets for a fierce general to chop like cutting vegetables!”
“If Yan Yu is Lu Bu reincarnated, then Liu Longtao is Guan Yu of Lu Country, he is Liu Yunchang.” As soon as Zhou Erhe made comparisons to Three Kingdoms characters, Xu Dongming also began to boast, “Liu Yunchang might be slightly less powerful than Yan Fengxian, but taking out seven or eight Hua Xiongs would be no problem at all.”
“Hey, Hua Xiong was also quite powerful, okay?” Zhou Erhe interrupted with a laugh, “I think these onmyoji aren’t even as good as Hua Xiong.”
“Exactly!” Xu Dongming immediately spoke up, “When Guan Yunchang cut down Hua Xiong, Hua Xiong still managed to exchange a few blows. When Liu Yunchang cuts down onmyoji, the opponents don’t even last one move, at best they are like the ordinary Cao soldiers slain by Zhao Yun, charging in and out seven times as if in an uninhabited territory…”
The two were crazily boasting about Liu Longtao, causing the executive director to frown as well, feeling it was a bit too much.
And looking at the barrage, it was unanimously telling them to stop jinxing it, clearly the live broadcast audience couldn’t stand it anymore.
“Hey, what I’m saying is the truth!” Xu Dongming was unconvinced and argued with the barrage, “During the Battle of Ezochi, Liu Longtao made Shinyori Simie, one of the Four Great Demon Kings of the Yin Yang Bureau, flee in panic, and Simie even had to resort to the technique of substituting a paper dummy for his death to barely escape. As one of the Four Great Demon Kings, isn’t Simie slaughtering these onmyoji grunts like unparalleled grass-cutting? If we round it up, isn’t it equivalent to Liu Yunchang’s unparalleled grass-cutting? My judgment is based on facts, okay? Those who say I’m jinxing it should go watch the live broadcast video of the Battle of Ezochi, alright?”
But the barrage was relentless, with people starting to spam comments like “If you dare jinx him to death, I’ll knife you.”
“He won’t get jinxed to death!” Xu Dongming got even more excited and shouted, “Liu Yunchang can kill one in two seconds, so for eight people, it’ll only take him sixteen seconds. Can’t you do elementary school math? If you can’t, then press the damn calculator! I can bet with the audience friends, Liu Yunchang will end the battle within five minutes, and if it takes longer, I’ll eat this microphone in front of me!”
Meanwhile, back at the scene, Xie Ruoxi sent a psychic message to report, and Liu Longtao immediately responded:
“Hold on for a while, and run towards me if you can’t withstand it any longer.”
As soon as the words were out, Xie Ruoxi immediately started running towards him.
Liu Longtao: ………
Great, you act all fierce like a tiger when fighting monsters, but turn into a timid mouse when facing humans, huh?
He really didn’t know what to say, thinking he’d just have to kill faster on his end and then go back to help her.
Liu Longtao transformed into a beam of sword light once more, heading straight for Sato Hiroshi, who was coming from behind.
Sato Hiroshi made a quick retreat gesture, throwing a smoke bomb on the ground to cover himself with smoke.
Even though the smoke could shield his divine sense, Liu Longtao relied on his swift sword light. Before the enemy had time to leave his original position, he thrust fiercely towards the location of the enemy in his memory.
Slay!
His sword pierced into flesh, but something felt off—it must have hit a ninja’s straw dummy.
Just as Liu Longtao was about to withdraw his sword and leave, he suddenly saw a piece of talisman paper flying towards him from the side. Taking advantage of the smoke cover, it silently flew to his side and stuck onto his back.
Before Lord Master could even exclaim “Damn,” a divine gate suddenly descended from the void. In an instant, it sucked in all the smoke and Liu Longtao, who was amongst it, into the space behind the gate.
