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

Chapter 477 Xiao Zhou fell into the trap again
The lowest level of demon, and also the most common demon, is called the "inner demon".

The lowest level of the inner demons are the "Seven Emotion Demons." As the name suggests, they can stir up their host's joy, anger, sorrow, happiness, love, hatred, and desire, then absorb these abundant emotions, gradually strengthening themselves, and finally devouring the host's soul, sweeping away all vitality and spirit, leaving only a soulless shell.

Although Zhou Hongyu was extremely angry at this time, she couldn't help but smile happily, indicating that the one parasitic in her sea of consciousness should be the "Music Demon" among the Seven Emotions Demons.

If she wanted to expel the Le Demon, she had to stop feeling happy. The more she felt this way, the more spiritual food the Le Demon would eat, and the faster it would grow, and the faster it would occupy her sea of consciousness.

This was also why Yan Yu deliberately used words to provoke Zhou Hongyu. Low-level demons could only feed on a single emotion. When they ran out of food, they would naturally detach from their host, much like a leech. Of course, if Zhou Hongyu was parasitized by a demon of anger instead of a demon of joy, he would naturally resort to other methods of rescue...

Wait, if Xiao Zhou was infected by the demon of anger, there is basically no hope for him, just wait for death!

Zhou Hongyu pursued him angrily, using the fourth move of the Great Light Fire to burn the mountains and boil the sea. In an instant, he covered half of the cave and turned it into a scorching and swaying red lotus hell!
But it still didn't hit Yan Yu.

"Wow, so powerful, so powerful!" Yan Yu flew upside down to the top of the cave wall, looking down at Zhou Hongyu, whose face was full of anger and had no smile, and applauded, saying, "Since you can use such powerful Taoism, I admit that you are qualified to have a crush on me!"

He was responded with a flaming spear.

The range of burning mountains and boiling seas was extremely large, and the consumption of true energy was extremely exaggerated, so when Zhou Hongyu used it with hatred, he immediately realized that something was wrong - he quickly changed to a flame gun with smaller consumption.

Yan Yu withdrew the Cloud Ascending Technique, fell down to avoid the flame spear attack, and said:

"Good shot! But you still missed. How much true energy do you have left to squander like this?"

"There are plenty!" Zhou Hongyu shouted furiously, "Enough to beat you to death!"

"If you squander your true essence recklessly, you're destined to never become a good wife or mother!" Yan Yu performed the Cloud-Splitting Eight Diagrams Step and quickly approached Zhou Hongyu. "Didn't your parents teach you to be frugal when you were a child? Oh, or do you have no parents?"

Zhou Hongyu sucked in a breath of anger, because Yan Yu's next words directly stepped on her minefield, so that she couldn't even control her own reason. Her true energy turned rapidly, and she was about to use the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, but suddenly she heard a buzzing sound in her head, as if something was being pulled out of her body.

Yan Yu could see it clearly from his perspective. A puff of black smoke came out of Zhou Hongyu's ear, and it turned into the shape of a demon head in the air, turning around with its fangs and claws bared and pouncing towards him!

Then it was smashed to pieces by a flame spear.

The Great Light Fire can defeat evil and eliminate evil spirits. Although the demons are immortal and can be reborn, it will take at least a hundred years for low-level demons like the Seven Emotions Demon to condense into a new form. Therefore, it can be regarded as having been killed by Zhou Hongyu.

Yan Yu secretly felt relieved, only to see Zhou Hongyu standing opposite the sea of fire, looking at him with a cold expression.

She had a bad temper, but she was not completely brainless. Seeing the invisible black smoke flying out of her ears, and thinking of the anger and inexplicable feeling of detachment just now, she vaguely realized that the reason why Yan Yu was so mean was probably because he realized that something was parasitizing her mind, so he deliberately said those harsh words to anger her.

After all, when he usually teases me on the phone, he's always careful with his words. He shouldn't say something as harsh as "You don't have parents" that could create an enemy... You damn bastard, you're always teasing me! Even if you mean well this time, I'm still going to kill you!

Seeing the anger on Zhou Hongyu's face becoming more and more terrifying, with fire almost spitting out of his eyes, Yan Yu just laughed and asked gently:

"Hey, can we reconcile?"

"I won't reconcile with corpses." Zhou Hongyu grinned grimly.

It was not a weird smile revealed after the music demon's emotions were distorted, but a murderous smile that was a result of extreme anger. It could be said that it was very Zhou Hongyu.

"That's it, you're starting to act like a yandere." Yan Yu wasn't intimidated at all, but rather amused. "You accidentally killed me and will regret it for the rest of your life, right?"

"You're dead, I'm going to tell you a story on your grave!" Zhou Hongyu cursed. "Pour the hot pot soup on your grave!"

"You girls from Nanchuan have quite unique customs for remaining widowed." Yan Yu said with a smile.

Although Yan Yu was smiling at this moment, Li Minghu, who was sitting on a hospital bed in a hospital somewhere outside the secret realm, watching the live broadcast, no longer had the gentle smile on his face, and just stared at the screen quietly.

"Sister, I told you Yan Yu is unreliable!" Li Zhaojiang didn't notice his sister's expression and continued to ramble on. "There are so many beautiful girls in the Zhenhai team, and he's not satisfied yet and wants to pick you up. Now he's hooking up with Captain Zhou, proving that Yan Yu is the most philandering and perverted person in the world... What's wrong with you, sister?"

"Oh, it's okay." Li Minghu quickly recovered and said with a smile, "They have a really good relationship." "Are they close?" Li Zhaojiang watched the live broadcast. The two were fighting each other, exchanging offense and defense at an extremely fierce rhythm. While their hands were constantly moving, they were also verbally attacking each other. It didn't look like they had a close relationship at all.

Zhou Hongyu was cursing Yan Yu to her heart's content, but no matter what she said, Yan Yu didn't get angry. Instead, he happily teased her in return.

She was constantly practicing Daoist spells. Flame Spear and Starfall were used in turn to attack, and the flames burned everywhere, constantly compressing the space around Yan Yu, forcing him to frequently slow down his attack rhythm and take longer routes to break out of the encirclement of the Great Bright Fire, avoiding being engulfed by the sea of fire burning from all directions.

Great, this is how we win!
Yan Yu calmly put pressure on Zhou Hongyu and secretly calculated the time.

Well, Xiao Zhang and the others should be here soon.

Yan Yu's mind turned slightly, and he finally saw the entrance from the direction Zhou Hongyu came. The Fire Phoenix Team finally appeared.

Okay, let’s go!
Yan Yu turned around and ran away. Zhou Hongyu immediately shouted "Don't run" and also used the magic of speed to chase after him.

Fire Phoenix Team: ………………

No, what about the reunion we agreed on? Captain Zhou, at least join us and chase them together!
Since they were all traveling at great speed, it was difficult for them to quickly increase or decrease the distance. Everyone could only look at Zhang Huaide, meaning "Do you want to ask Captain Zhou to stop and wait for us?"

Zhang Huaide pondered. Although Zhou Hongyu hadn't communicated with him, he had already sensed something odd and amiss in the captain's attitude.

Relentless pursuit is the result that only occurs after gaining the upper hand.

But if Yan Yu used all his strength, how could Zhou Hongyu gain the upper hand?
You know, Sword Immortal is the profession that is best at single combat. Even for a combat-type mage like Zhou Hongyu, facing the full-strength Yan Yu, the best result is to barely protect himself until his team arrives. It is impossible for him to gain the upper hand in a single combat.

Unless Yan Yu is deliberately letting it go.

But why would he let it go... Zhang Huaide suddenly realized something and quickly sent a message to Zhou Hongyu in front of him:
"Captain Zhou! How much true energy do you have left?!"

Zhou Hongyu was suddenly struck by lightning, and stopped abruptly and stayed where he was.

It was not until Zhang Huaide and others caught up with her that she said with a grim expression:

"Less than 40% left."

Zhang Huaide's breath suddenly stopped. Only a little over 30% of his true energy remained, far less than he had originally estimated.

Thinking of this, he also fully understood Yan Yu's tactical intentions:
If the opponent launched an all-out attack from the start, Zhou Hongyu would be forced to fully utilize his swordsmanship to defend. Only when his defense was penetrated by the swordsmanship would he unleash his Daoist magic to blast Yan Yu's flying sword back. This way, Zhou Hongyu's counterattack would primarily rely on swordsmanship, and the consumption of his True Essence would not be as severe.

Yan Yu obviously anticipated this, so he deliberately held back his strength when attacking, keeping enough pressure on Zhou Hongyu, but not suppressing her to the point of despair where she could not fight back.

Given Zhou Hongyu's personality, as long as she sees a possibility of turning defeat into victory, she will go all out and attack madly...and what Yan Yu wants is her all-out effort!

Team Yan had already taken advantage of their captain's hot temper!

Zhou Hongyu finally figured it out at this time, and remembered that Yan Yu had just mocked her, saying "how much true energy can you squander" and "you can't be a good wife and mother if you are extravagant", she felt as if she was hit by a boomerang, and became even more angry.

But she had already fallen into the trap, and throwing a tantrum would be of no use, so she could only grit her teeth, suppress her anger, and ask Zhang Huaide:

"Is it too late to take the medicine now to recover my true energy?"

"No!" In a split second, Zhang Huaide had already made his decision, "Chase closely, and kill!"

Zhou Hongyu led the charge, successfully delaying the arrival of his team; Yan Yu took the opportunity to deplete Zhou Hongyu's vital energy. Therefore, neither side gained or lost in the strictest sense; they simply exchanged a piece on the chessboard.

As long as the Fire Phoenix Team can take advantage of the strongest form of the whole team and seize the time window when the remaining five members of the Zhenhai Team have not arrived yet, and forcibly surround and eliminate the lone Yan Yu, then this exchange will be extremely beneficial to the Fire Phoenix Team!
Even Zhou Hongyu, who only has less than 40% of his true energy left, is stronger than Yan Yu who has withdrawn from the battlefield!

(End of this chapter)