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

Chapter 321: Continued Torture
Taking advantage of the moment when the clone was intercepted by Yan Yu, Lin Ning quickly retreated to the girls, and then began to catch her breath and recover from her injuries.

"How is it?" Xie Ruoxi asked with concern.

"I can't beat him." Lin Ning shook his head.

The girls were speechless. You were beaten like a dog just now. Of course we know you can't win! We're asking how you are doing and if you can still fight.

But with Ningning's competitive nature, even if her body was as weak as a candle in the wind, she would still stubbornly say "I can still fight", so in fact, this question seemed meaningless...

Looking at the field again, Yan Yu and the clone were fighting each other, and the sword lights were also rushing against each other, as fierce as thunder, as fast as lightning, and their bodies were interchanged almost leaving afterimages. They fought from the east side of the field to the west side and then to the north side, and hardly stayed in the same place for half a second, making it impossible for them to provide long-range support. Aiming was a big problem.

"The pace is too fast." Chen Lingyun whispered, "We can't go on like this."

In terms of strength alone, the clone is definitely stronger than the original.

The original side has the advantage of having more people, five against one, so we must use the advantage in numbers and tactical coordination to eliminate the gap in strength between the original and the clone. This is the correct way to pass the level.

But the old problem of the Zhenhai team is that when Yan Yu fights with all his strength, the pace is too fast and other teammates can't keep up with his speed at all.

Support? Assist? He made a move, and when you were about to cooperate with him, his second and third moves had already been launched. It would be impossible to cooperate well with him.

This problem is not fatal under normal circumstances. After all, Yan Yu can just fight alone and crush the enemy. But now, facing a clone that is stronger than the original, he certainly cannot fight alone, and the others cannot cooperate with him. In the end, Yan Yu will definitely be dragged to death first, and then the clone will come over and call out the names one by one, and get rid of the remaining girls as well.

"As long as I can hold the clone in place for half a second, I'll blow him up with thunder!" Xie Ruoxi said frantically.

"Even if I don't use thunder magic, using my White Bone Heart-Locking Hairpin won't make a difference?" Zhao Yuanzhen said irritably, "The problem is that the clone is too fast. How can I hold it back?"

When everyone was at a loss, they heard the knight say:
"You're still dreaming of saving Lu while you're with these insects. Isn't that a bit of a pipe dream?"

"No matter how powerful a master is, he or she all started out as a newbie," Yan Yu replied.

"You know it well," the knight said, "They didn't have the opportunity to experience the suffering you endured, so it's impossible for them to grow to your level."

"I don't think so." Yan Yu said.

"Lin Ning wouldn't last even five seconds under my command now," the knight sneered. "No matter how much you train them, it can't replace true life-and-death combat. Compared to those powerful transcendents from abroad who have emerged from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, your so-called team training is nothing but play."

Yan Yu remained silent.

"You're just subconsciously defensive when you say 'you don't deserve it,'" the knight said pointedly. "Because you subconsciously fear that they will one day be killed on the battlefield. Then all the affection you've poured into them will become a heavy blow to you."

"That's enough." Yan Yu finally said, "No one will die this time."

"How long are you going to lie to yourself?" The knight formed a sword gesture with his fingers, and the sword light finally penetrated the Huangting Sword's defense and simultaneously slashed into Yan Yu's left shoulder. "Only those who have truly lost something precious will be terrified of losing it again. But if you've never had it, then losing it doesn't matter. Telling them 'you don't deserve it' isn't humiliating, but telling the truth—because you're about to walk the path of a star destined for doom."

The sword light did not continue to cut down and cut off his arm because Yan Yu had already activated the curved spell, holding the sword tip tightly with both hands and holding it upwards.

"Damn it, I can't stand it anymore!" Zhao Yuanzhen stood up, "Lingyun, you keep thinking of a solution, I'm going first!"

She rushed towards the knight using her magical skills and raised her hand to hit him with the White Bone Heart-Locking Hairpin.

This magic weapon automatically locked onto the target and could not be dodged, so it could only be blocked with something like a flying sword. Therefore, the knight pinched the sword technique, and the sword light immediately withdrew from the wound on Yan Yu's shoulder, drawing out a large amount of blood like a fountain.

The White Bone Heart-Locking Hairpin was blocked by the sword light. Zhao Yuanzhen had already stopped in front of Yan Yu and asked in a low voice:
"Are you okay?"

"You can actually find a flaw in my defense." Yan Yu pressed a finger on a major acupuncture point near the wound, injecting his true energy to stop the bleeding. He sighed and said, "I think in this world, only my clone can do this."

"It's already this late and you're still worrying about this!" Zhao Yuanzhen said anxiously, shaking out the silver pill from his sleeve and transforming into the puppet Ami, staring at the opposite side with his eyes.

The knight did not rush to attack, but said quietly:

"Look, she's so anxious to care about you, it's obvious that she's already deeply in love with you. But as soon as she shows any affection towards you, you rush to push her away. Aren't you just afraid that she'll become a burden to you?"

Zhao Yuanzhen was startled when he heard this. Just as he was about to retort, he heard Yan Yu say behind him:

"you are wrong."

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not afraid that she will become a worry." Yan Yu stood up and said lightly, "Because she already is."

Zhao Yuanzhen was stunned for a moment, then suddenly felt his blood boiling, as if his entire body was filled with boundless power. "I admit, what you just said does have some truth to it," Yan Yu continued in a deep voice. "I always subconsciously underestimated them, wanting to single-handedly carry the entire team and block out the storm. As a result, I've prevented them from growing."

"In the final analysis, some setbacks are unavoidable. The suffering that must be endured must be endured, and the blood that must be shed must be shed. Even if they cannot win now, they must be forced to fight for themselves. Even if the defeat is horrible, as long as they survive, they will win one day in the future."

"Yes, yes." The knight smiled again, this time with a much more sincere tone. "Since the creation of the secret realm, countless trial-takers have revealed their inner flaws. Some refused to admit it, some broke down and cursed, and many remained silent. But you are the first person willing to face your inner flaws, figure out the key points, frankly admit the problem, and intend to make changes."

"Come on, let's go through the last step according to the procedure."

"Beat me."

"Yes." Yan Yu did not rush to take action, but turned around and said, "Lingyun, let me take command, is that okay?"

"No problem." Chen Lingyun nodded.

"Okay." Yan Yu continued to ask, "How is Ningning?"

"Of course I can fight!" Lin Ning made a sword gesture and responded loudly.

"Then let's go." Yan Yu said.

The two men leaped forward at the same time, wrapped in the sword light, and rushed towards the clone fiercely!
"Come on!" Facing the double sword attack, the knight retreated instead of advancing, and at the same time directed the sword light out to intercept.

"I'll take care of it." Facing the powerful sword light coming towards him, Yan Yu quickly sent a message to Lin Ning, and at the same time he flew over with his sword to intercept it, "You go and behead him."

Lin Ning was stunned when she heard this. Because if she followed her past tactical habits, she would definitely be the one to hold back the enemy's flying sword, letting the stronger captain go and decapitate the enemy.

But I won’t be afraid!

While Yan Yu and the other side were clashing with each other, she took the opportunity to control the green bamboo sword light to kill the clone. She only heard the knight laugh:

"Well, you're here! Little Ningning, what I love most about you is your reckless and straightforward approach, sword in hand!"

Lin Ning was immediately startled. What, the captain likes me?
It was during this brief moment of hesitation that the clone's sword light took the opportunity to break away from the fight with Yan Yu, turned around and retreated to the knight's side to prepare for defense - which immediately made Lin Ning very annoyed.

Just now, while his flying sword had not returned yet, I might have rushed forward and killed him!
"Don't be distracted!" Yan Yu chased after her on his sword and sent a message to her.

"He said you like me!" Lin Ning complained.

I'm not someone who's easily distracted, mainly because his speech was so shocking.

"Yes." Yan Yu continued to transmit, "But if you mess up again, I won't like you anymore."

"I won't let you down!" Lin Ning instinctively retorted, but then she thought again, this sentence seemed to be forbidding him to "dislike me"...

Never mind, just kill him and it’s over!

She summoned her sword again and charged at the enemy fiercely. She saw the knight retreat to avoid Xie Ruoxi's Divine Thunder bombardment, while the sword light swung around, forcing Chen Lingyun's invisible five ghosts to retreat. Then, it suddenly crossed its chest, blocking Zhao Yuanzhen's sneak attack with the White Bone Locking Heart Hairpin.

Although many attacks were ineffective, they did slow down the opponent's movement speed, allowing Yan Yu and Lin Ning to rush in front of him at the same time.

"I'll entangle the flying sword, and you go kill him." Yan Yu said in a voice transmission, "Don't be distracted anymore."

"I already said no!" Lin Ning protested.

"Really?" The knight laughed, "Then what happened just now?"

Lin Ning gritted his teeth and didn't answer, he rushed forward and thought to himself:

I don't care what you say, I want to hear it from his own mouth!

Seeing that the opponent had no tricks left to use, Lin Ning was about to use the White Rainbow Piercing the Sun to pierce his chest, when suddenly a figure flashed in front of him and another person appeared.

Sister Zhao?

Just as he was distracted, the girl who looked like Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly ejected blades from her arms and wrists, and made a quick and sharp cross slash, blocking Lin Ning's green bamboo sword light.

　I'm going to finish this storyline today!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)