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

Chapter 417: Yin-Yang Dust Sword Formation
Tang Xiaolian helped Yan Yu into the palace. They saw that there were not many decorations and furniture inside, but weapon racks everywhere, on which various flying swords were displayed.

However, when scanned with spiritual consciousness, they all seemed to have lost their luster, as if they had lost their spirituality and become ordinary iron.

"Come to think of it," Tang Xiaolian suddenly asked, "Why are there only flying swords? Aren't there flying spears, flying knives, flying hammers, and the like?"

"Yes." Yan Yu replied, "But the mainstream ones are flying swords."

"So why?"

“Because it’s convenient.”

"convenient?"

"Knives and hammers are better for slashing, while spears are only good for stabbing," Yan Yu replied. "The sword combines the functions of slashing and stabbing..."

"That's also a factor." The female voice from the secret realm suddenly said, "But it's not the main reason."

"So, Senior," Tang Xiaolian asked curiously, "what's the main reason?"

"Because it is easy to cast and saves materials." The female voice from the secret realm answered.

Both of them: ………………

"Come in." The female voice from the secret realm continued, "I'll be waiting for you in this main hall."

Tang Xiaolian helped Yan Yu into the main hall and saw a female fairy in white standing in the middle of the hall, holding a sword in her right hand and supporting the sword with her left hand, as if she was looking at something carefully.

Then, she swung a beautiful sword flower, held the sword behind her right arm, looked up at Yan Yu and asked:

"Are you the one who came here to seek the inheritance of Master Changmei?"

"That's right." Yan Yu leaned against Tang Xiaolian and said.

"How can you accept the final test in this state?" Although the face of the white-robed fairy was blurry, just by listening to the change in her tone, one could feel that she was frowning slightly and was in a somewhat unhappy mood.

"I want her to pass the test for me, okay?" Yan Yu pushed Tang Xiaolian out. The latter immediately showed a nervous expression of "What? Can I really do that?" "Since I was allowed to help her pass the previous level, then it shouldn't be impossible for her to help me through this one."

"Of course, she can, but..." The white-robed fairy was silent for a moment, then chuckled, "Her swordsmanship may not be up to par."

Tang Xiaolian remained silent, feeling that the other party's "maybe not" had actually given her a lot of face.

At least they admitted that there was a possibility that I might pass!
"You're too kind." Yan Yu said with a smile, "With her swordsmanship level, that's not even a possibility."

Tang Xiaolian: ………………

"But with my guidance, that might not be the case." Yan Yu said, "Anyway, is it okay to let her try first?"

"No problem." The white-clothed fairy looked at the two of them meaningfully, and suddenly waved the fairy sword in her hand.

Countless lines immediately appeared around, covering all directions, like the laser anti-theft nets commonly seen in science fiction movies.

"This is the Yin-Yang Micro-Dust Sword Formation," the white-robed female fairy said calmly. "Each line is a sword energy, capable of slicing through gold and shattering jade. And if a sword formation were composed of tens of thousands of sword energies, unleashing them with all their might could even split mountains and seas, even shatter space... Of course, that's how it was supposed to be."

"Before ascending, Grandmaster Changmei sealed this sword. Now, the power it can unleash is only a fraction of its original strength. Even the lines you see around you are merely shadows of the sword energy and have no killing power."

"The final test is very simple: you must survive the shadows of the Liangyi Microdust Sword Formation for the duration of an incense stick without being cut by these shadowy sword energies. You will pass the test."

Tang Xiaolian heaved a sigh of relief. Since these sword energies had no lethality, could she try again and again? Great!
Yan Yu frowned, because the test of the Liangyi Microdust Sword Formation was almost tailor-made for him, who had mastered the Fenyun Bagua Steps and was good at short-distance movement... But his body had been strained too much during the ascent of the ladder, and it had not recovered much yet, so it was not suitable for him to try to pass the test immediately.

I'll try to imitate Wang Yuyan and guide Tang Xiaolian, the "Dali Duan Yu", through this level. If that doesn't work, I'll just force myself to do it again.

"Since it has no lethality, Xiao Lian, you go and give it a try." Yan Yu instructed gently.

Tang Xiaolian was stunned. Why did Captain Yan suddenly call me "Xiaolian"?

Forget it, forget it... After all, I've fought alongside Captain Yan all this way. It's one of those "live and die together" relationships you see in the books, right? Calling him by name doesn't seem like a big deal... So should I also change my tone and stop calling him Captain Yan?
"Tang Xiaolian?" Yan Yu called out again when he saw that she was distracted.

"Oh, okay!" Tang Xiaolian came back to her senses and smiled inwardly. It turned out that he had just said it casually, and now he changed it back, causing me to have so many wild thoughts.

"Then I'll try it!" She straightened her chest and walked forward bravely.

The fairy in white waved the magic sword in her hand, and the surrounding lines immediately swarmed up and cut towards her from all directions.

Tang Xiaolian quickly controlled the Taoyao Sword and just as she was about to split the incoming line, she suddenly heard the white-robed female fairy say:

"Stabbed in the back, out."

Yan Yu:………………

However, this result was not surprising. One couldn't expect an amateur to break through the sword formation on his first try, so he just smiled gently and asked:

"Xiao Lian, don't you look behind you?"

"How can I see?" Tang Xiaolian said nervously, "It was slashing towards me from the front, and I was so busy defending the front that I didn't have time to turn around and look behind me."

"Spiritual scan." Yan Yu said lightly.

Tang Xiaolian's pretty face suddenly turned red, and she thought to herself, how could I forget to scan with my spiritual sense?

Oh, it's all the team's fault! Normally, when we go into secret realms with the team, Captain Zhang is in charge of the reconnaissance work, so that's why I haven't developed the habit of using spiritual sense to scan!
Skillfully passing the blame to Deputy Captain Zhang in her mind, Tang Xiaolian once again said seriously:
"There will definitely be no problem this time. I will keep my spiritual sense scanning the surroundings the whole time!"

"Yeah." Yan Yu looked at the female fairy in white, "Come again."

The female fairy in white waved the magic sword and activated the sword formation again. Countless lines formed a dense net and killed Tang Xiaolian in the center.

Tang Xiaolian hurriedly swung the Taoyao Sword, turned around, and cut through all the lines of the sword array, but the next wave of sword energy followed... Forcing her to panic, she could only use all her strength to control the sword to put out the fire everywhere. Suddenly, she heard the white-clothed female fairy say:
"Sword in the right shoulder, out."

"These sword energies are going to increase!" Tang Xiaolian turned around and complained to Yan Yu, "I defended well at first, but the sword energies coming at me are getting denser and denser. I don't know how long an incense stick lasts, but how can I possibly defend myself?"

"There's something wrong with your swordsmanship," Yan Yu replied. "There are too many ineffective moves."

"Invalid action?"

"How can I explain this to you?" Yan Yu hesitated for a moment, "Forget it, you don't need to understand."

"I have a rough understanding of this sword formation. Now, follow my instructions to break it."

"it is good."

The third attempt began. Facing the overwhelming sword attack, Tang Xiaolian was about to draw her sword when she heard Yan Yu say:
"Green pine."

She immediately used the Cangsong Welcoming Guests technique, and the Taoyao Sword swiftly chopped down and then swung upwards, cutting off all the sword energy coming from the front with two swishes. Then she heard Yan Yu say:
"Forward two."

Tang Xiaolian hurriedly took two steps forward, but heard Yan Yu say:
"If there are too many, take half a step back."

She was about to turn around and retreat when a sudden phantom of sword energy exploded right in her face. Although it had no lethal power, it still startled her. She shuddered and instinctively shrank back.

Yan Yu:………………

"Your instructions need to be more accurate!" Tang Xiaolian came back to her senses and complained, "The situation is so urgent, there's no time to correct you! No ineffective instructions, okay?"

"There's nothing wrong with the command, it's you who took two and a half steps." Yan Yu said lightly.

"I didn't take two and a half steps! It was clearly two steps!"

"It's indeed two and a half steps." The fairy in white suddenly said, "You were too nervous. You took a small extra step when you took your step, which is equivalent to taking half an extra step."

Tang Xiaolian was speechless, and suddenly had a strange illusion that Yan Yu and the woman in white, the two sword immortals, were in the same group.

Shame on you! You teamed up to bully me, a swordsmanship newbie!
(End of this chapter)