Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 369 - 65 Only I, Immortal Venerate Xie, Above Heaven and Beneath Earth
Chapter 369: Chapter 65 Only I, Immortal Venerate Xie, Above Heaven and Beneath Earth
Xie Ruoxi cast a Thunder Method spell, shattering a samurai to pieces and startling the three nearby onmyoji so badly that they jumped in fright.
What?
The battlefield is ever-changing, and there’s no time for second thoughts. Therefore, the three quickly adjusted their strategy:
The opponent is highly mobile; hitting them with precision is too difficult… Switch to wide-area attacks!
Two onmyoji scattered to either side, forming hand seals and opening their mouths slightly.
Subdue Demon Fire!
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The spell took the form of pure blue flames, shooting out in a rapid spray like machine-gun bullets. When it hit its target, it would continue burning the practitioner’s spiritual power, which was particularly disadvantageous to transcendents of Lu Country who heavily relied on True Yuan.
The remaining ninja leapt high into the air, about three meters up, formed hand seals and, with a swing of hands, launched a large volley of shuriken that sealed off all directions around Xie Ruoxi. Each shuriken was laced with a fast-acting poison that could paralyze muscle and nerve; a mere scratch would slow the victim down, and then they would become stationary targets for the Subdue Demon Fire.
Xie Ruoxi didn’t realize how exquisitely the three opponents coordinated their tactics. Seeing their attack coming like a storm, she quickly commanded the Heavenly Origin Sword to fly up and fiercely stabbed it into the ground before her!
Take cover behind the sword!
The three adversaries took a closer look and almost spat blood on the spot.
The Heavenly Origin Sword was an oversized heavy sword, much like a door panel. Xie Ruoxi, being quite petite herself, hid behind it as if she were shielded by an ancient Roman tower shield, revealing not a sliver of her body.
The swarm of shuriken was the first to hit the ground, making the Heavenly Origin Sword clatter, followed by the blue Subdue Demon Fire rain, both firmly blocked by the sword.
The ground all around was a total mess, with flames burning everywhere and steel debris scattered about.
Behind the Heavenly Origin Sword, Xie Ruoxi was unhurt, her expression neither sorrowful nor joyous, as if she were a high monk who had seen through the vicissitudes of life.
…Why did she inexplicably recall those terrible past memories when using this tactic?
Once the enemies’ attack ended, Xie Ruoxi immediately dashed out, forming a sword technique with her left hand to lift the Heavenly Origin Sword again while her right hand clenched a ball of lightning.
My turn! Attack!
In the usual battle team drills, her swordsmanship was mainly taught by Lin Ning, while Taoist techniques were imparted by Su Yunjin. Hence, Xie Ruoxi’s combat style embodied traits of both girls. She unleashed Lin Ning’s favored technique, the White Rainbow Pierces the Sun, and aimed first at the onmyoji on the far left.
According to Lin Ning, the opening sword move should not be hesitant, the faster, the better—to seize the initiative!
White Rainbow Pierces the Sun was the fastest among all moves, striking the onmyoji in the blink of an eye.
Caught off guard, the onmyoji’s head was immediately crushed by the Heavenly Origin Sword, leaving Xie Ruoxi stunned.
Oh, too weak!
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When I spar with Sister Ningning, no matter when I use White Rainbow Pierces the Sun, it never hits her!
In her right hand, she had clenched a Divine Sky Thunder, originally planning to use it for a follow-up strike once the opponent dodged, but she hadn’t expected the opposition to be unable to withstand even her swordsmanship.
She casually threw the Divine Sky Thunder toward the onmyoji on the right, simultaneously dodging the second wave of the enemy’s attacks. Her sword technique in hand changed swiftly as she attacked the ninja with the Phoenix Dances in the Heavens.
Phoenix Dances in the Heavens depended on a “tail follows the head” concept; seemingly moving left when actually moving right, effectively confusing the enemy’s visual judgment. However, Xie Ruoxi’s swordsmanship was so poor that the Heavenly Origin Sword followed a very awkward path, akin to a diver from Rikoku entering the water back-first.
Such a clumsy posture couldn’t deceive the ninja, who instantly saw through her sword path and dodged to the left, grabbing the onmyoji, who was still trying to avoid the lightning, and performed the Substitution Straw Man Technique.
Xie Ruoxi was unaware, and upon seeing the two evade the lightning, she promptly directed the Heavenly Origin Sword to intersect their path, only to end up smashing the substitution straw man to pieces.
Oops! Misjudged!
The ninja, along with the onmyoji, dodged the lightning and sword light, swiftly cast a handful of smoke to the ground that created a vast cloud hiding them from the divine sense.
Miasma Cloud Luo Technique!
Xie Ruoxi’s divine sense swept over but found it completely blocked from the outside, and she suddenly recalled Su Yunjin’s advice:
“The Taoist method must hit to be effective. When my spell aiming was poor, I would intentionally expand the attack range to ensure hitting the enemy.”
Yun Jin’s Southern Dipper Galaxy Secret Art could flood a larger area the more True Yuan was infused into it; my Thunder Method is different, though, where True Yuan only increases the lethality of the spell, not the attack range.
Ugh, this is frustrating.
I can only throw few more spells of Thunder Method to try and make up for the lack of accuracy.
The two opposite were hiding in the clouds and fog, and Xie Ruoxi’s Divine Sense couldn’t scan it, so there was no such thing as accuracy to speak of. She simply cast spells with both hands, Jade Pivot Thunder in her left and Divine Thunder in her right, launching an onslaught!
Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh! Two Jade Pivot Thunder and two Divine Thunder spread out in a wide fan shape, completely covering the area shrouded in smoke!
In the mist, both the Ninja and Onmyoji were shocked and discolored. The former immediately took out a life-saving amulet, smaller than the palm of the hand, and activated it to create a golden barrier in front of him.
The latter took out a Talisman Paper and summoned a gigantic toad Shikigami monster, which stood in front of them like a small hill.
The first Jade Pivot Thunder hit the golden barrier, instantly shattering it along with the amulet that dimmed quickly; the second Divine Thunder struck the toad Shikigami, and its massive body immediately burst like a balloon, with flesh and blood exploding and flying everywhere.
The third Jade Pivot Thunder and the fourth Divine Thunder hit the ground to the left and right of the two, exploding into countless lightning snakes, instantly enveloping the bodies of the two.
Thunder roared mightily, unrivaled in its divine presence, blowing up half of the unguarded bodies of the two, killing them instantly on the spot, and the Miasma Cloud Luo Technique that was maintaining by their spiritual power also dissipated.
This rapid exchange of offense and defense, seen by the people in the Privy Council’s headquarters, was as exhilarating as a great victory on the battlefield, greatly boosting morale.
Although the battle wasn’t won yet, the atmosphere felt as if it had been won, and some people even began asking the leaders whether it was time to resume live streaming.
Xie Ruoxi turned out to be so formidable, could there still be a possibility of turning the tables next?
“Resume it,” the leader nodded calmly, “Adjust the timeline, and continue from where it stopped broadcasting earlier.”
The original broadcast delay, coupled with the time it stopped, was nearly a full minute—With this one-minute delay, no matter what surprises came up later, they could cover it up. After all, the opposing Onmyoji wasn’t wearing a camera, wasn’t it up to them to edit the footage however they wanted?
Thus, the live broadcast resumed, and the long-silent barrage of comments began rolling again.
As soon as the people in the studio saw that the live streaming had restarted, they knew that something must have turned the tide during the time it stopped broadcasting.
Zhou Erhe and Xu Dongming were also revitalized, with the latter even considering crushing his microphone to apologize to the nation right there and then. He quickly spoke:
“Okay, the live broadcast is finally back! Now let’s continue to watch the performance of our Rikoku Cultivators…”
Let’s put aside the reactions of everyone outside the arena for now. Speaking of Xie Ruoxi, she had just disposed of four Onmyoji and not even half a minute had passed.
On Sato Hiroshi’s side, it took the combined spiritual power of three to suppress Liu Longtao trapped within the Myojin Gate Talisman. Just as he was about to apply a spell to strengthen the seal and secure victory, he saw the other side’s battlefield completely collapse and couldn’t help but feel a tremor in his heart.
Under the emotional upheaval, his spiritual power output was unstable. Sato Hiroshi quickly focused on maintaining the suppression and turned his head to shout:
“Takahashi! Watanabe! Stop her!”
Samurai Takahashi and Onmyoji Watanabe, who were Sato Hiroshi’s personal guards, immediately stood in front of him, blocking Xie Ruoxi’s line of sight with their bodies and slowly advancing towards her.
Xie Ruoxi had just finished unleashing her barrage of thunder, and her True Yuan had dropped to a dangerously low level. She quietly took out an Elixir Medicine and popped it into her mouth, concentrating on refining the medicinal power in her stomach. At the same time, she turned to look at the two approaching, but casually kept her hands behind her back, quickly adopting the demeanor of an Immortal Venerate, attempting to intimidate her opponents with her presence and buy time for herself to refine the medicine and restore her True Yuan.
Flashes of video footage of Yan Yu being impressively imposing, spliced with over ten years of her own cosplay experiences, melded in her mind, and Xie Ruoxi’s aura was skyrocketing! Soaring! Surging!
Pangu was first, then came heaven, I stood shoulder to shoulder with Hongjun!
I am the unrivaled Xie Immortal Venerate of heaven and earth!
She held her head high, chest out, chin slightly up with scorn, a smile on her face, and her eyes looking down with playful amusement as she said indifferently,
“Do you need me to go easy on you for a few moves?”
Takahashi and Watanabe were immediately taken aback, and the latter immediately went on high alert, wary of a sneak attack during the conversation. The former, a straightforward man, answered in heavy Japanese with a grave voice,
“I do not understand the language of Lu Country; I am not sure what you mean.”
Xie Ruoxi: ?
Even though I don’t understand what it means, it feels like they’ve been intimidated by my aura.
Good, just keep being imposing!
