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

Chapter 476 You Are Not Secretly in Love with Me, Are You?

In the secret realm, the two were still fighting fiercely.

Zhou Hongyu tried to attack, but Yan Yu's attack rhythm was too tight. He used two-handed sword techniques one after another, and before she had even mastered the previous sword moves, the back sword attack was already coming, forcing her to concentrate on operating the Chiyu sword to resist.

If we are not careful, our defense line will be breached and we will be defeated directly.

At this time, she had vaguely realized that the corridor environment without shelter was a bad thing for Yan Yu, but it was not a good thing for herself.

When a sword immortal and a mage fight in a short or medium distance duel, the mage will often be at a disadvantage because the sword immortal's attack frequency is very fast, which can force the mage to defend with swordsmanship and leave no time to be distracted.

Of course, using magic to repel the flying sword is not impossible. The question is how much energy does it take to use a spell, and how much energy does it take for the opponent to use the sword control technique to attack?
Unless you can use magic to kill the opponent with one blow, the more you use it, the more you lose. It is more cost-effective to use swordsmanship for defense.

But how could a cultivator who only used sword control techniques possibly be a match for a professional swordsman? As he kept defending, his rhythm became disrupted, his true essence was depleted, and his concentration lost, ultimately leading to his defeat.

Without the cover of his teammates, the mage is still no match for the sword immortal known as the "King of Single Duels" even in such an unfavorable environment.

No, we must retreat!
Zhou Hongyu's mind raced, and he stepped back, fighting as he went.

In the past, Zhou Hongyu would have fought head-on even if he knew he was outmatched, with absolutely no thought of a strategic retreat. But now, after fighting so many battles, his mind had finally become more intelligent. He realized that a one-on-one duel with Yan Yu wouldn't be able to withstand his opponent's incredibly fast attack speed, and that he had to take advantage of the terrain.

She retreated behind the corner and disappeared from Yan Yu's sight. She had already clenched the Taoist formula in her hands, and the great light fire was ready to be unleashed.

If Yan Yu chased after her and turned the corner, he would immediately be within three steps of her and give her a super surprise with the Phoenix Sword.

If Yan Yu didn't dare to chase him, but only used his spiritual sense to maintain perception across the corner, and at the same time used his flying sword to chase him around, then the offensive efficiency of the sword-controlling technique would inevitably decrease.

She only needed to defend against close-range attacks within her sight. The less she consumed her mind and energy than Yan Yu, the more advantageous it would be for her - and Yan Yu would not allow the situation to develop in this way, so he would definitely chase her in the end.

If he comes over, I will kill him!
Zhou Hongyu was thinking silently when he suddenly noticed that the other party's two flying swords did not turn the corner at all and appeared in front of him.

I quickly sent my spiritual sense forward... Did the other party run away?
How could he run?
Zhou Hongyu was stunned and speechless, then suddenly realized something, gritted his teeth silently, and flew into a rage. He wanted to rush over and find Yan Yu immediately and cut him into 256 pieces of barbecue!
I will hunt him down to the ends of the earth!

Yan Yu shook off Zhou Hongyu and laughed secretly in his heart.

You're crazy! In that tight corner, you want me to chase you and fall into your ambush? Knowing that your Phoenix Sword is ferocious, do I have no brains?
He moved forward quickly along the passage, not caring whether Zhou Hongyu was chasing him or not, and just explored in a swaggering manner.

If the area just now was the "accommodation area" for the monks living in this secret place, then this area should be the "retreat area".

The Zen rooms on both sides of the corridor no longer have bedding and incense tables, but instead are filled with cushions and Buddha statues, as well as rows of bookcases embedded in the walls, which contain a large number of paper scriptures.

The entrance to the Zen room was no longer unguarded, but was engraved with obvious array runes. If there was no way to pass through, one would have to go through some trouble and forcefully break through the array before entering.

Yan Yu was not interested in exploring the room, but instead walked forward along the passage, using his magical skills without stopping.

In the live broadcast room, the audience could see through the director's screen that Zhou Hongyu was chasing Yan Yu closely at the two turns behind him. The two ran from the north direction at 12 o'clock to the northwest direction at about 10 o'clock.

The barrage of comments suddenly became heated again because 4 minutes had passed since Yan Yu left the field.

Fire Phoenix Team, enter from the back!
But unfortunately, they were teleported to the monks' accommodation area at 2 o'clock, which was near where Yan Yu first came in. It was quite a distance away from Yan Yu and Zhou Hongyu.

"Xiao Lian." Zhang Huaide ordered quickly.

Tang Xiaolian took out the mother Gu without saying a word.

The female insect looked like a beetle larva, white and plump. It raised its head and shook it for a moment, then quickly turned its gaze to the west.

"Let's go." Zhang Huaide said concisely.

The Fire Phoenix team advanced swiftly. Qin Meng led the way, Hou Qing held the rear, Zhang Huaide was in the center, and Tang Xiaolian and Meng Qingxi were in front and behind, ready to provide support from both front and back.

But Yan Yu did not suddenly appear from some corner to attack them, and he did not even activate the defensive restrictions of the secret realm itself. The group did not encounter any obstacles on their journey.

Rushing to a corner of a corridor, Zhang Huaide suddenly said:
"stop."

His spiritual sense swept across the tiled walls and he soon noticed obvious signs of fire burns.

The captain's bright fire... The walls are still a little warm, the battle that took place here was not long ago.

"Keep chasing." Zhang Huaide ordered.

Everyone set off again. No one raised any questions and everyone had unreserved trust in Vice Captain Zhang.

Yan Yu finally arrived at the cave due west of the underground palace, and his view suddenly became clear.

The mountain caves here seemed to be naturally formed, without much trace of artificial polishing. There was a small hole above my head, and bright sunlight shone in, providing a large area of light in the cave.

Where the skylight fell, there was a small pond with a few lotus flowers floating on it.

Behind the Lotus Flower was a simple Buddhist temple built into the cave wall. It lacked a sign, but the gate stood open, revealing a Buddha statue within. Strangely, the statue wasn't a benevolent figure, sculpted from clay and gilded. Instead, it had a green face and fangs, was pitch black, and bore a strange, almost half-smiley expression.

Yan Yu only took one look at the strange Buddha statue and immediately realized that this was a heretical secret realm.

Taoism is divided into orthodox, side sects, and unorthodox teachings. Buddhism is also divided into Mahayana and Hinayana Buddhism and heterodox teachings. Mahayana Buddhism saves the world, while Hinayana Buddhism saves oneself. In essence, they still focus on salvation.

The forms of heretical Buddhist teachings are varied. For example, the four major Zen teachings in the previous life, namely Red Lotus Zen, Demon-Subduing Zen, Pure Land Zen and Joyful Zen, can be regarded as illegal training bases for folk monks. They are repeatedly suppressed and are also targets that ordinary warriors often have to deal with.

Given Yan Yu's past life experience, how could he not recognize this as a statue of the Demon-Subduing Zen? It was called "Subduing Demons," but in reality, it was feeding demons with humans. It twisted the allusion of "cutting flesh to feed the eagle," twisting killing into saving lives. From any perspective, this was unadulterated heresy.

Because of this, the secret realm associated with the Demon-Subduing Zen could definitely not be a "test-type secret realm," so it wouldn't be surprising if something extremely sinister appeared. However, Zhou Hongyu and I hadn't encountered any danger along the way, which was clearly an extremely abnormal phenomenon...

Wait, can you tell me?

A possibility flashed through Yan Yu's mind, and the Huangting Sword immediately flew out, smashing the Zen temple on the cliff and the statue inside into pieces.

The statue broke into countless pieces and fell into the pool of water below, splashing a lot of water.

Yan Yu saw that there was nothing unusual about the statue, and his expression became gloomy instead of happy.

Trouble.

This statue probably enshrined something, but it has escaped now.

That thing is like a virus. It cannot survive independently outside for long and must live in the sea of consciousness of a cultivator. Now there are two possibilities.

1. Lurking in the body of the military monk who was sent by the Pingxi Army in the early stage to investigate the secret realm.

However, the Pingxi Army should have used drones, which cannot parasitize electronic equipment.

Second, it lurks in Zhou Hongyu or my body.

Yan Yu remained calm, standing silently by the pond, introspecting quietly and visualizing the sea of consciousness.

No.

Since this secret realm has been opened at this stage, the level of that thing should not be high, and it is impossible for me to be unable to detect it. Since it is not in my sea of consciousness, then it must be...

He suddenly remembered the cold smile on Zhou Hongyu's face when he blocked him in the corridor.

No! When did Xiao Zhou start to smile?!
Thinking of this, Yan Yu finally realized something. He turned around again and saw Zhou Hongyu had already rushed into the cave. The smile on her face became more and more charming, with a kind of bewitching, weird and magical charm - but it was completely inconsistent with her original irritable girl personality.

"Keep running?" she said with a smile.

Yan Yu didn't say anything, but just squinted his eyes and looked at her.

Xiao Zhou... has been controlled? Before engaging her, I must confirm this.

"You have a beautiful smile." Yan Yu asked tentatively, "Did something happy happen to you?"

"What nonsense are you talking about..." Zhou Hongyu's smile was tinged with coldness, and his expression suddenly changed slightly. He reached out and touched his face.

Am I laughing?

What's going on? Why am I smiling at him? This smile... seems to be involuntary, appearing on my face without me even noticing...

Zhou Hongyu was inexplicably frightened at first, but soon another thought came to his mind:
I finally have the chance to fight him, defeat him severely, and avenge my previous shame. What's wrong with me being happy?
Thinking this way, it seemed to make sense. So she didn't even try to hide her smile, but just said something harsh:
"It's no use complimenting me. If you want to beg for mercy, I'm willing to listen."

"No compliments, you really do look good when you smile." Yan Yu deliberately provoked her, "You're so beautiful, it would be a shame if you didn't smile more. If you don't believe me, ask the audience watching the live broadcast."

As expected, the live broadcast room was immediately flooded with comments from a large number of netizens, such as "Dinghai Shenjiang doesn't forget to flirt with girls during the game", "Brother Yan taught me the guide to picking up girls", "Watching the game is boring, emotional drama is king", etc.

Zhou Hongyu naturally couldn't see the barrage, but she finally remembered that she was still live streaming. Wouldn't that mean that people all over the country could see her smiling at Yan Yu?
She had fought so many battles in the past and had never smiled in front of the camera, but now she smiled so brightly at Yan Yu. It was obvious how many rumors would spread after the match, slandering that there was an ambiguous relationship between the two...

Zhou Hongyu couldn't stand the thought of this. Endless rage quickly surged up, suppressing the joy and pleasure that came from nowhere, and causing the smile on her face to completely twist and spasm.

Seeing that she was clearly extremely angry, but the beautiful smile on her face had not yet disappeared, Yan Yu knew that she was deeply possessed by the devil and that time was running out, so he quickly gave her a strong dose of medicine:
"You usually don't smile, but now you're smiling so cutely at me. Are you secretly in love with me?"

Zhou Hongyu:!!!

The smile finally faded completely from her face.

Instead, she attacked with anger and hatred.

The great fire of light burns the mountains and boils the sea!
　The scheduled release went wrong! It's not my fault! I'm wronged!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)