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

Chapter 308 Palace Beauty Chen Lingyun

Everyone walked along the corridor and entered the hall.

Although Zhang Huaide called it a room, it was actually more like an indoor stadium. Both its length and width were over a hundred meters, and its height was about seven or eight meters. It was spacious and empty.

In the center of the hall, there is a life-size upright bronze mirror.

Nothing else.

"Disperse, Five Elements Formation." Chen Lingyun quickly transmitted the message and gave the command.

The Five Elements Formation involves a team of five players positioned in the east, south, west, north, and center. The attacker stands in the center, acting as the tank and primary damage dealer, responsible for dealing with and drawing the goalkeeper's direct fire. This role is typically filled by the most adaptable swordsman. The remaining four players stand in the four corners, providing damage and containment for the goalkeeper.

The attackers behind the goalkeeper were also in front of the goalkeeper and could be caught in the crossfire, so their battlefield pressure was second only to the attackers in the center. As for the attackers on either side and behind the goalkeeper, since they didn't have to deal with the goalkeeper's direct attacks, they could unleash all sorts of tactics.

Of course, the goalkeeper is not the boss in the game, and there is no such thing as hatred towards anyone, so the Five Elements Formation in actual use needs to be moved and rotated frequently - wherever the goalkeeper goes or turns, the formation needs to be adjusted immediately.

In the Five Elements Formation of the Zhenhai Team, Yan Yu naturally stood in the position of the central attacker; the deputy attacker behind him was Lin Ning, and on his left and right were Zhao Yuanzhen and Xie Ruoxi. Of course, the safest position behind was Chen Lingyun, who was responsible for the command.

Everyone got into position and waited for a moment, when they suddenly felt the temperature around them seemed to have cooled down.

It wasn't the body that felt cold, but a kind of chill that came from the bottom of the heart, as if something terrible was about to happen.

I saw a petite girl walking out of the upright mirror in the center.

Her hair was tied up in an extremely complicated bun, adorned with various jade hairpins and gold ornaments. She was wearing a classical Tang-style women's outfit, with a chinstrap tightly wrapped around her chest and a long skirt trailing on the ground. She wore a wide-sleeved cape on the outside, making her look as if she were floating in the air.

However, these clothes are dark black and purple-black in color, completely lacking the bright and elegant style of Tang Dynasty clothing. Instead, they add a lot of gloomy and terrifying temperament.

Everyone noticed that she was not holding anything in her hands - neither the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Prison Banner obtained from the Changping Secret Realm, nor the Nine Heavens Yin Demon God Beads seized from the Southern Territory and recently distributed.

But the body wrapped in the dark palace dress, and the delicate face above the neck, were undoubtedly Chen Lingyun's appearance. There seemed to be a bit more maturity and vicissitudes between her eyebrows and eyes, but the makeup was well concealed.

"Oh my." The strangely dressed beauty looked around, her eyes flickering as she smiled, "It's the Five Elements Formation."

"Don't do anything yet." Chen Lingyun suddenly sent a message to everyone.

The beauty in palace dress turned around gracefully, looked at Chen Lingyun behind her, and said with a smile:
"You set up the Five Elements Formation to test my identity. Is it me from the future timeline, or a replica that can read your mind?"

"Then please help me solve this puzzle." Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "If it were my future self, I would definitely tell me the answer."

"What a pity." The beautiful woman in palace attire was still smiling. Although her facial features were exactly the same, her smile was extremely feminine and charming, making her look completely different from Chen Lingyun. "Neither of them. It's just that even if I could explain it to you, you wouldn't be able to understand it right now."

"Are you ready?" Yan Yu urged, not knowing whether he was urging Chen Lingyun or deliberately provoking the beautiful woman in palace attire. "Can't we just talk while we fight? There are four people waiting in line behind you!"

"Sure." The beauty in palace dress turned around and said with a smile.

She suddenly sat back, and a chair suddenly appeared under her.

No, not just chairs.

Emerging from the floor was an extremely elaborately decorated imperial carriage, carried by four burly ghost masters; there were also two ghost ladies who looked like female officials, standing behind the beauty in palace dress, holding high in their hands black satin nine-phoenix umbrellas to block the sun; there were two more ghost ladies standing on either side of her, holding purple-feathered pheasant tail fans at an angle to block the wind; and another ghost lady knelt at her knees, holding a white jade tray filled with fairy food and divine wine, respectfully presenting it to her.

A beauty in palace attire sat in the center of the procession, one leg elegantly crossed, her left arm casually grasping the armrest, her right index finger seductively touching the corner of her mouth, revealing a cold, superior smile:

"Then try to please me."

"If you perform well, I'll share with you some...little secrets that she doesn't want to share~"

"Get started!" Chen Lingyun quickly ordered.

Yan Yu had already performed the Fenyun Bagua Steps and rushed towards the Yin Gui ceremonial procession like lightning.

But no matter how he rushed forward, the distance between him and the beauty in palace dress did not change at all, as if the space between the two was extending infinitely - every time you took a few steps forward, the space extended a few steps.

This is a formation. The moment he realized something was wrong, Yan Yu changed his forward charge to a horizontal movement, and his spiritual sense quickly scanned the surroundings.

He didn't understand the formation, but he knew how to break it - any formation must have a core, just like a house must be built on a foundation.

Destroy all the array centers and the array will automatically collapse.

The moment Yan Yu came to this conclusion, he saw four huge ghostly figures appearing out of thin air in four directions.

The minotaur holding the exquisite pagoda faced Zhao Yuanzhen, and used the pagoda's spiritual light to stop the Yinfeng Sword, preventing it from advancing an inch.

The horse-faced man holding a thirteen-foot giant sword faced Lin Ning, swung the giant sword to block the attack of the green bamboo sword, and the sound of iron hammering continued.

Hei Wuchang, holding the ghost-painted iron umbrella, faced Xie Ruoxi. He opened the umbrella and bombarded it with the hard top of the jade pivot thunder, but it was not damaged at all.

Bai Wuchang, holding a four-stringed pipa, faced Chen Lingyun. The music he played contained a murderous aura, forcing Chen Lingyun to dodge everywhere.

The palace-dressed beauty "Chen Lingyun" summoned four high-level ghosts, each with a magic weapon, with just a wave of her hand. She forced all four cultivators in the team into a one-on-one fight, leaving only Yan Yu without a chance to deal with.

Yan Yu did not rush to support his teammates. He stared at the beauty in palace dress silently, thinking secretly - the other party also looked over from a distance and suddenly smiled:
"Aren't you going to take action?"

If you want to attack her, you must first break the formation. The core of the formation is most likely the Ox-Headed Horse-Faced Demon and the Black and White Impermanence...

"The four cores of my formation are the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons, and the Black and White Impermanence," the palace-dressed beauty said nonchalantly, "As long as you can defeat them one by one and dismantle my Yin Demon Formation, I will have passed this level."

After hearing this, Yan Yu no longer hesitated. He used the Fenyun Bagua Step and suddenly rushed towards Bai Wuchang.

"You choose to help me first? That's right." The beautiful woman in palace dress commented with a smile. Her voice was not loud, but the five people present could hear it clearly. "After all, I'm the weakest one in the team."

"Yan Yu, you know what? No matter how you usually treat me, I don't care, because I know you are deliberately trying to piss me off. But you don't even look at the situation clearly, and subconsciously think that I am the one who needs help the most. This subconscious contempt is what makes me feel resentful."

"Focus." Yan Yu quickly sent a message to Chen Lingyun, and the two continued to attack Bai Wuchang.

Chen Lingyun nodded and concentrated on controlling the Purple Sword to launch an attack.

The smile on her face gradually disappeared.

"Actually," the palace-dressed beauty continued, "Don't be fooled by my usual calm demeanor. That's just a mask I put on."

“I’m actually a person who is very afraid of loneliness.”

Yan Yu avoided the impact of the sound of the pipa and sword. Bai Wuchang shot out his tongue like a bow and arrow again. He was about to dodge it again when he suddenly heard the words of the beauty in palace dress. He was almost stunned and got hit.

No, I want to laugh... This mental attack is too scary!

Chen Lingyun's face had turned ashen. He exerted all his true energy to wield the Purple Extreme Sword with great force, blocking out all the sounds of Bai Wuchang's Pipa sword.

Yan Yu took the opportunity to fly with his sword and dodge Bai Wuchang's tongue attack. The powerful sword light pierced through his chest completely.

After they finished off one target, they quickly turned to support Zhao Yuanzhen. They only heard the palace-dressed beauty say softly:

"My parents' marriage wasn't happy. They simply took what they needed, which led to my skepticism about interpersonal relationships from a young age. I relied on the love my parents gave me, but I wasn't sure if they truly loved me or simply saw me as a continuation of their genes. I cherished our friendship, but I also didn't know if you saw me as an equal, or if you were just greedy for the benefits I could bring you."

"Shut up!" Chen Lingyun finally broke down and growled angrily.

But the beauty in palace dress was unwilling to stop and just kept talking to herself:

"I can't even be sure if my feelings for Yan Yu are love, or if it's just an illusion caused by my own estrogen hormones? Perhaps it's difficult for people to have 100% pure feelings, but I firmly believe that's what I really desire. Even if there are other factors other than emotions, I don't want that kind of impure thing... Because I am such a little girl who pursues perfection and is awkward and stubborn."

Yan Yu felt like he was about to die of laughter, but he had to suppress his expression and said to Chen Lingyun:
"Don't talk to her, just focus on the fight. The sooner we finish, the sooner we'll be free."

Chen Lingyun was so angry that she was shaking, but she just gritted her teeth, activated the Nine Heavens Yin Demon Beads, and threw it hard at the tower-holding ox head with such a fierce momentum that it seemed as if she wanted to smash it into a meat patty on the spot.

(End of this chapter)