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

Chapter 338: Swordsmanship
After returning to the training ground, Zhao Yuanzhen refined the White Bone Locking Heart Hammer and hurriedly tried to control it.

Once this hammer was activated by its true essence, it would act like a flying sword, striking wherever it pointed. With a slight movement of its mind, it could strike the opponent's head with a swift and fierce blow.

There was a skull on each side of the hammer, meaning it had four eye sockets. Once the bone lock heart hairpin was inserted into one of the eye sockets, the hammer's flight immediately created a gust of wind, its speed and force increasing significantly.

Yan Yu tried to block with the Huangting Sword, but found it quite difficult to block. Considering that this magic weapon can hit a target and does not require distracting command like a flying sword, it is actually quite suitable for the demon girl.

There are three extra eye holes on the hammer, indicating that there are at least three more magic weapons that can be combined with the hammer. Yan Yu checked with his comrades in the database and found that the White Bone Heart Locking Hammer came from a small secret realm on an East China Sea island. Two volumes of scriptures were also produced together, which talked about the method of offering sacrifices to gods and demons. There was no information about more combined magic weapons.

In short, this magic weapon will be handed over to Zhao Yuanzhen to refine. Once she has refined it to the point where she can use it at will, she can consider adding more means of attack.

But... speaking of this, her clone didn't seem to use any hammer-type magic weapon in the secret realm of Mirror Lake Palace before.

In other words, that secret realm does not transport people from the future timeline, but is merely a "reasonable deduction" based on the current situation.

Yan Yu suddenly realized something and sent text messages to Li Weiguo and Zhou Hongyu at the same time, saying that if the second level of the secret realm in Fengdu County was opened, he would try to consider asking the Zhenhai team to help with the strategy again, "We have a need in this regard."

Li Weiguo replied with a "hmm", but Zhou Hongyu did not respond for a long time.

But it was definitely received.

Just as Yan Yu was thinking carefully, he saw Lin Ning walking down from the second floor as if nothing had happened and said lightly:

“I’m fasting.”

"Oh, okay." Yan Yu nodded to show that he understood, and continued to think about where more combination magic weapons of the Bone Locking Heart Hammer might be.

"What's with that attitude?" Lin Ning asked with a hint of dissatisfaction, "I've been promoted to the Marrow Cleansing Stage, and why haven't you reacted at all?"

"Wow, that's amazing, you're really worthy of being Lin Ning." Yan Yu said expressionlessly.

"Hmph, not sincere at all." Lin Ning sat down on the sofa next to her angrily, picked up the opened potato chips on the table and started eating.

He just ate a piece and spat it out into the trash can next to him, and asked in surprise:
"Why are these potato chips damp? They're so soft."

"Nonsense." Yan Yu said without even looking up, "How could you find potato chips that weren't damp on the coffee table?"

Lin Ning:? ? ?
I don't know why, but it sounds reasonable.

"Now that you've cleansed your marrow, it's a good time to go down and practice your swordsmanship." Yan Yu stood up and said, "Let's go."

Following Yan Yu to the underground training ground, I saw Xie Ruoxi and Zhao Yuanzhen both in the venue, one brushing up his proficiency in thunder magic, and the other brushing up his proficiency in magic weapons.

"Don't worry about them. For us Sword Immortals, daily training simply practicing sword techniques is definitely not enough." Yan Yu formed a sword technique with his hands, controlling the Huangting Sword and saying, "Regardless of other cultivation realms, in the Foundation Establishment Realm and Marrow Cleansing Stage, the Sword Immortal is the strongest. Do you know why?"

"Because Sword Immortals prioritize strength and bones." As a Minyue test-taker, Lin Ning naturally had an incomparable grasp of this basic theoretical knowledge. "The stronger the bones, the richer the true essence, and the greater the force and speed of the flying sword."

"That's right." Yan Yu manipulated the Huangting Sword to form a sword flower and continued, "The process of fasting and cleansing the marrow replaces the acquired turbid qi of grains with innate spiritual energy, which can greatly strengthen a person's bones. Among the four major professions of cultivators, the Sword Immortal will benefit the most."

"To be frank, until the spiritual energy recovers to the next stage, you and I will be the backbone of the Zhenhai team's combat power. If we fall behind our peers by a small step, the Zhenhai team will fall behind the other teams by a large step. Do you understand?"

"Understood!" Lin Ning was least afraid of comparison, and upon hearing this, she felt a surge of ambition. "I'm going to strive for the title of the strongest swordsman, and I won't drag the team down!"

"Very good." Seeing her extremely high fighting spirit, Yan Yu said with satisfaction, "Enough talk, let's start fencing!"

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"General Outline of Kunlun Swordsmanship", in addition to some theoretical outlines of the main sword styles, also contains the 36 forms of Kunlun swordsmanship.

At first glance, these thirty-six moves are nothing more than based on basic movements such as chopping, lifting, slicing, wiping, cutting, intercepting, and stabbing, but there are many different and subtle changes in the details, which can make the sword moves more swift, sharp, and powerful.

Lin Ning has already mastered the general principles of Kunlun sword-wielding technique, and the thirty-six sword moves are within her control, which she can perform in turn without any delay.

However, in actual combat, you won't be able to perform sword moves in sequence. The decision of when to use which sword move to respond depends entirely on the Sword Master's reaction, understanding, and experience.

Lin Ning's reaction speed was fast, but her comprehension was extremely low, a victim of rote learning. This wasn't about logical thinking or memory, but more about innovation and the ability to react quickly to unfamiliar situations. Lin Ning, on the other hand, was a typical rote-learner, so her comprehension didn't add much to her skills.

There was no other way, Yan Yu had to teach her the moves himself and simulate various sword fighting scenes for her to forcibly increase her sword fighting experience.

The two exchanged sword moves, the Huangting Sword and the Qingzhu Sword intersecting and colliding. Lin Ning used the move "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", and the Qingzhu Sword's blade swung rapidly, quickly splitting into eight sword shadows.

With Yan Yu's eyesight and experience, he could of course see where the real body was among the eight sword shadows. You know, if this move was used by a Jindan Sword Immortal, it would be normal to split into fifty or sixty sword shadows at once, like a flock of flying birds.

But if it is a sword immortal at the marrow cleansing stage, eight sword shadows can be considered a very powerful skill, and the most likely result is that the opponent cannot see it.

Therefore, he pretended not to see it and used Cangsong Yingke to intercept one of the sword shadows.

Cangsong Yingke used an oblique interception style, and the moment it hit the phantom, it missed. Lin Ning took the opportunity to quickly pinch the sword formula, and the Qingzhu Sword quickly penetrated the Huangting Sword's defense line, and used Baihong Guanri to quickly take Yan Yu.

Among the various sword styles, White Rainbow Piercing the Sun was the fastest and the least frivolous of the three. Yan Yu dodged to the side, anticipating that his opponent would attempt a final change of moves. Sure enough, before White Rainbow Piercing the Sun had even reached its end, the Green Bamboo Sword suddenly swung its tail and charged diagonally.

The phoenix dances for nine days!

The difficulty and beauty of this "Phoenix Dances in the Nine Heavens" move lies in the direction the tail swings and the sword tip points, completely different from the normal flying sword posture. Lin Ning had practiced for a long time but couldn't grasp the key points. Yan Yu had no idea how many times he had demonstrated it to her. Now, with the perseverance and determination of a master, she has finally mastered it!
Yan Yu was well prepared and quickly retreated to dodge. Seeing that his change of tactics failed, Lin Ning was very anxious and wanted to chase him again, but suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his buttocks.

Ouch!

It was the Huangting Sword that came silently behind her and hit her with the sword spine, knocking Lin Ning to the ground.

"I call this move 'Swallow Tennis,'" Yan Yu said proudly as he walked over. "It's specifically designed to deal with fools who are so engrossed in swordplay that they forget to protect themselves."

Lin Ning stood up with tears in her eyes, touching her painful buttocks. She didn't know where the anger came from, but she suddenly rushed over with a scream, wanting to have a real PK with Yan Yu.

Then Yan Yu dodged it easily, grabbed his waist with his arms, and threw him to the ground with a spin.

"You dare to fight me with fists and feet?" Yan Yu pinned her down with one hand and was about to say a few sarcastic words, but he saw Lin Ning holding his right arm with both hands and kicking him like a kitten, knocking him to the ground.

It just happened to be pressing on her.

　I don't want to enter the palace separation plot too early, so I'll just do this daily transition for a few chapters first.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)