Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 375 - 71 Liu Longtao Convinced Wholeheartedly
Chapter 375 -71 Liu Longtao Convinced Wholeheartedly
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The Ying Long Sword had been entangled in battle with the giant chicken ghost for a good while, trading blows back and forth. However, Xie Ruoxi launched a Jade Pivot Thunder and immediately blasted the giant chicken ghost to smithereens, causing the barrage of comments in the live stream to explode once again. Where the army of the Immortal Venerate went, no grass would grow—there were no other normal comments to be seen.
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“Ha ha ha,” Zhou Erhe said with a kind smile, “the Immortal Venerate… well, how should I put it, she’s just too damn awesome.”
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The on-site executive director immediately signaled for the staff to raise a sign:
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Swearing warning.
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Realizing his slip of the tongue, Zhou Erhe quickly shut up. Xu Dongming came to the rescue from the side:
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“The Thunder Method of the Immortal Venerate is indeed powerful, and its specialty lies in the fact that if it hits the target, it’s a guaranteed kill or injury. But its disadvantages are also very clear: slow flight speed, small range, and easy to dodge.”
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“If it hadn’t been for Liu Longtao keeping the enemy occupied with the Ying Long Sword, the Immortal Venerate’s Thunder Method wouldn’t have hit so smoothly,” Zhou Erhe added in agreement. “Don’t forget, during the confrontation with the Onmyoji, Xie Ruoxi’s Thunder Method needed to be in close quarters or to have multiple coverages to ensure a hit rate; once the distance increased, her accuracy dropped significantly, and several times her attacks were dodged…”
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In the midst of their commentary, the two actually helped Liu Longtao regain some dignity.
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But the live comments didn’t see it that way, with most viewers having a very simplistic value judgment: victory brings honor, defeat brings disgrace. Whoever wins is awesome, as for why they win… don’t make us think, we don’t have the brains for it.
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In the vast live stream room, no one mentioned Lord Master’s prestige anymore; all praises were sung for the Immortal Venerate now.
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Liu Longtao was unaware of the change in public opinion outside. He finally realized that Xie Ruoxi was essentially a big cannon.
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No skills, no operations, no positioning, no blocking, just flat out normal attacks—the entirety of her talents were put into attack power!
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For a cannon, the most important thing is the firing environment. If even a ranged attacker kept harassing her from a distance non-stop, Xie Ruoxi would have to hide behind her sword, unable to move her legs or strike back.
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It just so happened that the Onmyoji treated her like some obscure nobody, trying to conserve spiritual power while exchanging blows with her, and the result was that she pushed them around and showed off in front of the whole country.
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I, Liu Longtao, don’t mind others showing off in front of me. Look at Old Yan; he often lifts me up high in praise, but Xie Ruoxi doesn’t understand the rules of the game. She uses me as a stepping stone, how can I tolerate that?
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I must find an opportunity to wash away the shame! Let her know how formidable I, the master of Pingjing, am!
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As the two passed over the Golden Rooster Mountain, they saw a city in the distance.
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Outside the city was a village made up of many thatched houses, with countless wandering spirits among them, appearing as old people, children, and women, all emaciated with dim eyes.
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Afraid that Xie Ruoxi would steal the kill again, Liu Longtao said nothing, unceremoniously sending the Ying Long Sword out, skewering two ghosts nearby through the heart.
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The group of ghosts was thrown into chaos, frantically fleeing far away. Liu Longtao began to perform the Taoism Method, casting Red Dragon Patrols the Heavens and instantly targeting the area with the most wild ghosts. The fire dragon danced wildly, limbs flew in all directions, fortunately, there were no gory scenes, and the wild ghosts that died quickly dissipated into nothingness.
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After killing most of the wild ghosts, and with the rest having fled, Liu Longtao also crossed his arms in an attempt to act superior, turning to Xie Ruoxi with a smug look and said:
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“Ha! Mere shrimps and crabs, no match at all.”
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Xie Ruoxi was silent for a moment, then asked:
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“Shouldn’t we try to communicate first?”
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Struck by his own boomerang, Liu Longtao was stunned for a moment, then immediately put on a haughty expression and shook his head:
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“I gave them an opportunity to communicate.”
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“Did you?” Xie Ruoxi asked skeptically, “Weren’t you just going in for the kill with your Sword Control the moment you saw them?”
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“Before my Flying Sword got to them, they had a chance to say a word,” Liu Longtao said coldly. “That was their only opportunity to speak. Since they didn’t seize the chance, naturally, I didn’t need to let them waste any more of my time.”
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Xie Ruoxi nodded as if she understood, then shook her head.
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Nodding because she felt “what you said does make some sense,” and shaking her head because “that’s not what you said before.”
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If it had been Chen Lingyun in this situation, she would definitely have started with the sarcasm and teasing. But Ruoxi was a girl with simple thoughts and didn’t intentionally try to undermine Lord Master; instead, she swept her Divine Sense around and suddenly said:
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“There’s something on the ground over there.”
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Liu Longtao went to look and found a red string.
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This red string seemed to be made of ordinary material, but under the scan of Divine Sense, it was emitting a dark spiritual glow, making it clear that it was not an ordinary item but a magical artifact.
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“The previous two items seemed to be similar,” Xie Ruoxi suggested with a gamer’s mind, “Let’s take a look.”
“Do I need you to tell me that?” Liu Longtao was somewhat annoyed but admitted she was right, and he brought out the earlier obtained Black Dog Nail and Chicken Feather Arrow, placing them together.
No sooner had they been laid out than the three items began to fuse on their own: the Black Dog Nail transformed into an iron plaque, the Chicken Feather Arrow carved itself upon it, and the red string melted into ink, resulting in a token—Yin on one side, Yang on the other.
Yin Yang Order.
“This thing…” Liu Longtao pondered, “What do you think?”
“The craftsmanship is rather exquisite,” Xie Ruoxi commented, “Metal luster is always attractive. Acrylic can’t achieve this effect.”
“I didn’t ask if it looked good.” Liu Longtao was speechless, thinking to himself how could she understand this, “This item should be useful next.”
“Do I need you to say that?” Xie Ruoxi, always blunt, said whatever was on her mind without a second thought for the other person’s feelings, “These are things that dropped from this Mysterious Realm. Of course, they’re meant to be used here. Spielberg once said, ‘If there’s a gun on the wall, later on, that gun is bound to be fired.’ Ever heard of it?”
“That was Chekhov,” Liu Longtao said.
“Oh.” Xie Ruoxi showed not a hint of embarrassment on her face, “No problem, I’m illiterate. As long as you get my point.”
Liu Longtao was beyond words. This girl was clearly the complete opposite of Princess Jiang Hai, so why were their annoying traits identical?
As the two crossed the desolate Wild Ghost Village and neared the outskirts of the city, they saw the city walls stretching endlessly to both sides. Only in the center stood a temple with three big characters embossed on the signboard: Temple of Lost Souls.
Entering the temple, they saw a tall figure seated in the highest seat, speaking coldly,
“To enter Fengdu, do you have the token?”
Speaking of token, Liu Longtao immediately thought of the recently acquired Yin Yang Order, just about to say “Yes,” when Xie Ruoxi, without a second word, pinched the Jade Pivot Thunder and hurled it.
Struck in the face by the Jade Pivot Thunder, the tall figure’s head exploded on impact, his headless body suddenly standing up, angry roars echoing from all directions.
“Without the Yin Yang Order, and refusing to drink the Soul-Losing Water, you are sentenced to death!”
“Are you freaking insane?!” Liu Longtao finally lost his temper, shouting, as he formed the Sword technique with his hands, and commanded the Ying Long Sword into action.
No sooner had the Flying Sword taken flight than vast amounts of white mist sprayed out from all directions, carrying an odd sweet scent.
The moment Liu Longtao held his breath, it was already too late; he accidentally inhaled a hint of it and instantly felt dizzy and bloated, hurriedly transmitting his voice to Xie Ruoxi,
“Hold your breath! It’s poisonous!”
Xie Ruoxi, however, had taken a deep breath of the Soul-Losing Fragrance and was now so confused that she had to quickly grab onto a nearby pillar.
Seeing her staggering, Liu Longtao panicked internally, and could only unleash Red Dragon Patrols the Heavens with full force before him.
He had aimed at the headless torso but due to his dizziness, he was far from precise. The fiery dragon veered far downward, striking the incense table before the figure, blowing the table to smithereens.
The headless torso reached for a divining cylinder that had rolled aside, drew a sharp divination stick, and with a sudden throw, it turned into a Flying Sword aiming for Lord Master’s head.
Lord Master, not about to sit and wait for death, pushed through his unclear mind and weakly activated Sword Control, driving the Ying Long Sword to intercept.
The Ying Long Sword clashed with the divination stick in mid-air. The latter had not a shred of swordsmanship skill, merely crashing about, yet the former’s movements were also embarrassingly flawed due to the dizziness of its controller—an utterly mismatched and clumsy fight.
Liu Longtao felt increasingly awful, his only option being to signal Xie Ruoxi to retreat quickly, so the two could leave the Temple of Lost Souls and find a place to recuperate and expel the poison.
Yet there stood Xie Ruoxi, who had been leaning against the pillar, suddenly standing upright with an unknown burst of strength, shouting,
“I’m going all out with you!”
Channeling lightning with both hands, she was back to her familiar double-gun rapid-fire Gatling, blasting wildly ahead.
Due to the disorientation from the Soul-Losing Fragrance, Xie Ruoxi’s aim was even worse, but the sheer volume of her Thunder Method compensated for that—in a wild flurry, about sixteen or seventeen thunder orbs were thrown: some exploded on the floor, others hit the walls, some collided with the steps, another rammed the ceiling, and one coincidentally struck the chest of the headless torso, obliterating it into nothingness.
Liu Longtao stood agape, in utter disbelief, unable to accept reality, questioning his existence, forcibly calming down, his heart still pounding, reflecting carefully, powerless and thoroughly convinced.
Enough! Time to make peace with her!
