Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest.

Chapter 238: Emergency Sword Flying Training

After receiving the news, the girls immediately packed up and prepared to go out.

Anna was of course ecstatic to hear that, but because of the presence of other people, she couldn't pounce on Yan Yu and give him a slap. She happily packed up her things and went to do it.

"Where's your mother?" Yan Yu pulled Chen Lingyun and asked.

"I'm buying something outside and will be back soon." Chen Lingyun replied.

"No more waiting! Call her later." Yan Yu said decisively, "Xie Ruoxi, you come with us."

"Hey, do I have to go too?" Xie Ruoxi said in surprise, "I haven't even learned how to transmit secret messages yet..."

"Nonsense! Study on the way!" Yan Yu glared and scolded, "Sword! Pills! Change of clothes! Take everything you can bring. Is five minutes enough for you? If not, three minutes!"

"Right away!" Xie Ruoxi went upstairs in a panic.

"Yan Yu, the car is parked outside!" Lin Ning shouted outside the door.

It was not the business car that Chen Lingyun took, but a troop transport vehicle. It can be seen that the Privy Council considered the situation to be extremely urgent and asked the Zhenhai Combat Team to set off north overnight.

Looking at the girls getting ready in the living room, Yan Yu shouted upstairs:

"Are you done yet?!"

"Didn't you say give me five minutes..." Xie Ruoxi's crying voice came from upstairs.

"Lin Ning, go and help." Yan Yu made a prompt decision.

Lin Ning was also anxious. Upon hearing the words, she immediately used her magic to rush to the second floor. Then, she could vaguely hear shouts like "You don't need to bring this" and "You don't need to bring that either."

Everyone packed up their things quickly, then quickly got on the troop carrier, and arrived at Jinling Airport, boarded the plane, and took off. The whole journey was smooth and seamless.

On the plane, Anna went to the rear cabin to rest so as not to disturb the team's arrangements and plans. Lin Ning lowered the projection screen, Su Yunjin turned on the projector, and Chen Lingyun was adjusting the computer when she suddenly heard Yan Yu say:

"Those materials of yours are useless. Let me tell you."

In his previous life, he had the most dealings with the Onmyojis, and it could even be said that he "understood Onmyoji better than the current Onmyojis." In comparison, the fragmented intelligence that Chen Lingyun had pieced together was truly worthless.

"Our opponents this time are the Gilia Bearman and the Onmyoji." Yan Yu briefly explained, "Let's put the Gilia Bearman aside and talk about the Onmyoji first."

"The Yin-Yang Academy adheres to elitism, with internal resources tilted towards the top elites. There are no social controls on cultivation, but civilian cultivators are required to report and enter local Taoist temples for training. They are then screened and promoted through layers of screening, ultimately converging at the Yin-Yang Academy in Kyoto."

"To make it easier for everyone to understand their strength distribution, I've divided the top cultivators into four levels from strongest to weakest: T1, Liu Longtao; T2, Li Minghu and Zhou Hongyu; T3, Lin Ning; T4, cultivators from other teams..."

"Wait, why did you put me in T3?" Lin Ning immediately complained, "Why don't you just say T1 is super captain level, T2 is captain level, T3 is first-tier team, and T4 is second-tier team? There's no need to mention names!"

"Alright." Yan Yu immediately agreed. "Due to the elite training system over there, the strongest ones in the Onmyoji are roughly between captain and super captain level, which is considered T1.5. However, their number can be counted on one hand, so it's impossible to send them all here. I think sending one to lead the team will be enough."

"Because resources are tilted towards the elite, there's a serious talent gap below the captain level. That means there are very few people at Lin Ning's level. Below that are the second-tier teams. Onmyoji in this strength range, however, are far more numerous than us. Because they have relaxed regulations on folk cultivation, there are a large number of folk Onmyoji at the bottom of the pyramid. As long as there are enough short people, a number of relatively tall ones can be recruited. Do you understand?"

"That is to say, their captain is stronger than us, but definitely not as strong as you." Su Yunjin concluded, "The rest of the members are weaker than us, but they far outnumber us. Is that right?"

"Yes." Yan Yu nodded and said, "So if we want to analyze the risk points, where are the risks of fighting against the Yin-Yang Master?"

The girls looked at each other for a moment, and then heard Chen Lingyun say slowly:

"The biggest risk is that during the captain's duel, we will face a weaker but more numerous enemy. We are very likely to be outnumbered and the battle will collapse."

"That's right." Yan Yu paused for a moment and said, "Because the Onmyoji's fighting style is very different from that of our domestic cultivators... You know what the 'Jade Shattering Tactic' is, right?"

"Any time restrictions on private cultivation are relaxed, a problem inevitably arises: there are too many transcendents, and insufficient cultivation resources to distribute. What should be done?" "If this problem cannot be resolved, it will lead to serious internal friction and even a subversion of order from the bottom up. The Yin-Yang Academy has designed a reward system for combat. If the Yin-Yang masters of their Taoist academy want to rise up, they must earn their merits on the battlefield."

"The so-called 'Jade Shattering Tactic' involves using low-level Onmyoji as cannon fodder and throwing them into battle. Those who survive will be promoted and receive more resources. 'As long as it's jade, it's not afraid of breaking.'"

"Then..." Lin Ning opened her mouth and subconsciously wanted to say, "Isn't that raising Gu?" But when the words came to her lips, she changed them to "Will they not resist?"

"Why resist?" Zhao Yuanzhen asked curiously, "Only those who can fight and kill have status and resources. Isn't that normal? I think our domestic system is too lenient..."

"Shut up!" Yan Yu immediately stopped him rudely, "No one is asking you!"

In reality, the Yin-Yang Academy's governance structure was quite similar to that of the otherworldly demonic sect from which the demon girl had emerged. First, they focused their efforts on cultivating high-level cultivators, ensuring their combat prowess could overwhelm those at the lower levels, creating an absolute deterrent. Then, they used resources as bait to drive the lower ranks into battle, risking their lives, and continuously depleting their overall strength to prevent them from posing a threat to the upper echelons.

Of course, classical martial arts differ from modern society. Many solutions work fine for managing a few thousand people, but when applied to hundreds of thousands, problems arise endlessly... Yin Yang Academy was only able to temporarily implement this system in the early stages.

In the later period, it was still because of a wave of explosions caused by Zhuxing Daiwo, which led to its decline... Therefore, the path of relaxing the control of folk practice is itself a path leading to the bottomless abyss, and there is no need to have any luck.

"Don't worry about why they don't resist," Yan Yu said rudely. "Anyway, once you've fought them, you'll know that those Yin-Yang masters are like rabid dogs. Even if they're going to die in the next second, they'll risk their lives to inflict a wound on you."

"The only way to deal with this 'honorable tactic' is to kill! Don't hold back, don't be soft-hearted, kill him before he can hurt you. To sum it up in four words, 'Kill the enemy on sight.' Don't test the enemy, don't try to negotiate, just kill him with one strike and that's it. If anything goes wrong, it's simply because you weren't quick enough."

The girls looked at each other again, only to hear Chen Lingyun's additional explanation:
"The enemy is fearless and outnumbered. Even if their individual soldiers are inferior to us, a siege could be very dangerous. The best way to deal with this is as the captain said: rely on efficient killing to tear apart and destroy the enemy's lines, so as not to fall into a siege. Everyone must not rely on luck, but must be prepared to act boldly and ruthlessly."

"Yes." Because the matter was serious, Yan Yu did not undermine the vice-captain's prestige as usual. He just said seriously, "Next, let me tell you how to kill him."

"Their extraordinary people are collectively known as Onmyoji, and their schools of thought are quite diverse. We categorize professions by combat style. Those who specialize in swordsmanship are singled out as Samurai. Their fighting style is similar to our Sword Immortals: fast, responsive, and with simple, brutal attacks—just slashing at you. However, their swords can't fly, so the main strategy is to avoid getting close and kill them from a distance."

"If the target is armed with a sword, they're not necessarily a samurai. However, if they don't have a sword, we can rule out the samurai class. Regarding their offensive methods, if they use various projectiles, they're called ninjas, similar to our officers using magic weapons, relying on various magical weapons to inflict damage."

"Ninjas have strong long-range suppression, but unlike samurai, they are not as versatile as the other types of warriors. They mainly rely on the type of magic weapons. Those with strong attacks often have weak defenses, so they can be killed by force; those with strong defenses often have weak attacks and control. Be careful to dodge and avoid being hit, so you can usually ignore them."

"If they're neither samurai nor ninja, then they're Onmyoji. There are two major branches within Onmyoji: one prefers to use spells, and the other prefers to use shikigami, which corresponds exactly to our magic cultivators and envoys."

"The Curse Onmyoji's attacks have a wide range and are highly lethal, but their defense is basically poor. They are the first targets to be killed on any battlefield. Their perception is usually not sharp, and they are easiest to kill from the side or back."

"A Shikigami Onmyoji's fighting style depends on the Shikigami, and it's often bizarre and unusual. Don't try to kill the original body; they'll definitely have ways to protect themselves. Attack the Shikigami first. A Shikigami-style Onmyoji with all his Shikigami dead is like a samurai without a sword, posing no threat..."

When it comes to "how to kill Onmyoji efficiently", Yan Yu speaks eloquently and incessantly. He knows the styles, strengths and weaknesses of the three major Onmyoji factions so well that even Lin Ning, who is good at memorizing, can't remember them all. She has to take out a recorder to record it. The more she listens, the more she feels something is wrong.

You understand this in too much detail!
Before she could complain, "How do you know so much?", she only heard Yan Yu say:

"Of course, a good blacksmith must be strong himself."

"When dealing with human wave tactics, mobility is paramount. The mobility of the Divine Movement Technique is limited to a two-dimensional plane, but what if the enemy is surrounded by enemies on all sides?"

"So, we must completely master sword flying before the battle... all of us. Don't even look! Including you, Xie Ruoxi!"

"But we're on a plane, there's no way to practice here, right?" Lin Ning quickly complained, "What if the sword light pierces the cabin?"

"Who said there's no way to practice?" Yan Yu asked in confusion, "Practicing sword flying on a plane is the fastest way, right?"

I practiced on an airplane in my previous life, and this time I will let you experience what a mature teaching plan will be in the future.

Under the girls' bewildered gazes, he walked to the door of the crew lounge, knocked, and said something that made everyone's faces change drastically:

"Comrade? Can someone please help open the plane door?"

(End of this chapter)