Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 376 - 72 Hard to Handle
Chapter 376 -72 Hard to Handle
The two of them practiced their techniques inside the Temple of Lost Souls for a moment and managed to clear all of the befuddling fragrance that had invaded their bodies.
Liu Longtao let out a long breath of turbid air and then revealed his trademark Lord Master’s pleasant smile, asking,
“Little Xie, why did you strike out just like that earlier?”
“Wasn’t that what you said?” Xie Ruoxi was confused.
“What did I say?” Liu Longtao asked in surprise.
“Give him the chance to utter a single word.” Xie Ruoxi imitated Liu Longtao’s posturing from Wild Ghost Village, speaking with hands behind his back, “If he couldn’t seize that opportunity, it shows he’s not worth my time.”
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“But the man on stage spoke eight words.”
Liu Longtao: ………
“Is there a possibility,” he struggled to keep a calm and composed expression, “that he wanted us to hand over the Yin Yang Order?”
“Hmm,” said Xie Ruoxi.
“After handing it over, it’s possible we could’ve passed the challenge directly,” Liu Longtao said.
“Ah?” Xie Ruoxi inquired.
“Do you have something you don’t understand?” Liu Longtao asked.
“But we don’t have the Yin Yang Order,” Xie Ruoxi pointed out.
“Isn’t this the Yin Yang Order?” Liu Longtao took out the Yin Yang Order they had merged before.
“This is the Yin Yang Order?” Xie Ruoxi was skeptical.
Liu Longtao suddenly fell silent.
Indeed, although this thing had the character for ‘yang’ on one side, ‘yin’ on the other, and was even a token, it wasn’t necessarily the Yin Yang Order that man mentioned—after all, we have nothing like an identification technique to slap onto this object and have a frame pop out labeling it “Yin Yang Order.”
If we’re unsure, why not just ask him? As long as he says yes, we can hand over the token and leave without a fight… Huh?
Wait a moment, if we were originally supposed to hand over the Yin Yang Order to get through, then having forcibly fought our way through, wouldn’t that mean we get to keep this Yin Yang Order treasure with us instead?
Liu Longtao had an epiphany! Hey, there’s actually this layer of strategy! I didn’t expect you to be so cunning… wait, hold on, this fool might not have actually planned this, it’s more likely he stumbled into it by mistake.
Nevertheless, having acquired a new magical artifact, Lord Master’s previous displeasure was swept away clean, and the smile on his face became much more genuine,
“Alright then! I was overthinking it, let’s go.”
“You really are odd,” Xie Ruoxi spoke honestly, “one moment you tell me not to act and to communicate first; the next moment, you initiate the fight yourself; one moment you want me to follow your commands; then the next, you’re impatient when I ask questions… Ling Yun never changes her instructions so frequently.”
Liu Longtao fell silent for a while before saying,
“Can we not do this comparison thing? I’m the team leader responsible for leading the group, and she’s the deputy leader in charge of command; how can you compare the two?”
“Yan Yu also commands better than you,” Xie Ruoxi said.
“You are so right,” Liu Longtao, resolved to make amends, naturally wouldn’t quarrel with this naive mountain girl who could only thunder, “Indeed, I’m not as good as those two on your team. Normally, I just give casual commands, and they’re quick to understand and carry out the actions, so my commanding is indeed a bit rough.”
Although he was being sarcastic in a roundabout way, Xie Ruoxi didn’t catch it and felt a bit embarrassed, thinking she might have dented his confidence. She quickly tried to smooth things over,
“It’s okay. Like you said, you’re the leader, so it’s normal not to be good at commanding, and once we get out, I’ll have Ling Yun teach you.”
Liu Longtao swallowed his pride and, after a long while, said,
“Let’s not talk about this anymore. We’ve delayed at this stage for too long; let’s keep moving.”
Xie Ruoxi had no objection. The two passed through the Temple of Lost Souls, entered Fengdu City, and along the way, chilling winds blew and a ghostly atmosphere pervaded, with the ash of completely burned spirit money littering the streets and even the scent of charring lingering in the wind.
Liu Longtao, expressionless, led Xie Ruoxi through the streets, and soon saw a one-horned scale tiger sprawled out in the center of the city.
The tiger licked its paw, turned its head, and suddenly said,
“Don’t attack just yet.”
Both had already formed their magic seals and, upon hearing the words, stopped outputting True Yuan, waiting to hear what it wanted to say.
“Our ten Fengdu trials test cultivators’ ability to travel long distances and distribute True Yuan reasonably,” the tiger spoke, “The two of you haven’t used any shortcuts and have fought your way through, even slaying ‘Meng Po’ and ‘Yanluo,’ who you didn’t even have to battle. Now your True Yuan is still abundant; there’s no need for me to fight you in this trial.”
After a moment of silence, Xie Ruoxi quietly sent a message to Liu Longtao:
“Could this be some kind of trick?”
“It’s fine if we don’t fight,” Liu Longtao said, disregarding her and speaking directly to the white-striped tiger, “Take us to the next trial.”
“Certainly,” the tiger paused for a moment before continuing, “That Yin Yang Order is a fine treasure, but it’s a pity you don’t follow the necromancer’s path. Otherwise, if you properly understood its mysteries, it would be infinitely useful for you.”
So it was an artifact specifically for necromancers… Hearing this, Liu Longtao’s vision darkened momentarily as he felt his internal True Yuan nearly taking a wrong turn.
The slight joy he had felt at obtaining the Yin Yang Order faded completely.
Xie Ruoxi, who was utterly oblivious, tried to console him:
“It’s okay, it’s okay. If we can’t use it, Lingyun will surely be able to. It won’t go to waste.”
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“Enough already,” Liu Longtao regained his composure, knowing she didn’t mean any harm, and generously decided not to make an issue of it, “Send us to the next trial then.”
A flash of white light later, the two arrived in a treacherous landscape.
This place was a river of lava, with dense clouds of fire in the sky, but let’s not go into details. As they scanned their surroundings with Divine Sense, suddenly a streak of sword light flashed from afar.
“Captain!” Xie Ruoxi recognized that it was Huang Tingjian’s sword light. She was both shocked and delighted, ready to rush over and regroup with Yan Yu, when another streak of white light, even faster, appeared and violently struck sending Huang Tingjian’s sword light flying off course.
Xie Ruoxi was stunned; Liu Longtao’s expression turned serious as he wondered, how could that white sword light be so fast?
It was unlike anything he had ever seen or heard of!
If it were him facing that sword light, he figured he would be completely breached within two to three minutes, decapitated and dismembered. Poor old Yan had such bad luck to encounter such an overpowered adversary…Damn it, didn’t I also run into Xie Ruoxi, this treasure trove of trouble?
Forget it, I’ll go help Yan hold off for a while, we can take turns dealing with the enemy.
Just as he was about to spur the Ying Long Sword light forward, both heard Yan Yu sending a message:
“Stay back.”
Stay back? Both were slightly startled. Was he telling us not to join the battle?
“Damn it, old Yan,” Liu Longtao sent a message back, “Can you handle it?”
“Yes,” Yan Yu sent the message.
“You can only manage to say one word in your message.” This was serious, no joke, Liu Longtao still needed clear confirmation, “Don’t overdo it, okay? If there’s a problem, just say it and I’ll cover for you for a while.”
“No,” Yan Yu replied.
Great, he was able to send back stable messages, so it seemed there was no immediate problem.
“Go find,” Yan Yu added.
“Find what?” Xie Ruoxi hurriedly asked.
“Lingyun.” After a while, Yan Yu finally replied.
“Lingyun is here too?” Xie Ruoxi was overjoyed.
But Yan Yu did not reply, as he had already flown too far… the signal was outside the service area.
“Damn, old Yan is seriously badass,” Liu Longtao exclaimed, sending a message, “Let’s go find Princess Jiang Hai and figure out how to deal with this enemy.”
“Who is Princess Jiang Hai?” Xie Ruoxi asked.
“Chen Lingyun, isn’t she from Jiang Hai?” Liu Longtao answered casually.
“Oh.”
“Facing such an unstoppable enemy, we can only look to her for solutions,” Liu Longtao said seriously.
