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

Chapter 562 Yan Yu's heroic image

However, Lin Ning and Xie Ruoxi were the last to arrive at the ghost town because they were refreshed in the mountains outside the Nine Netherworld.

The two entered the ghost town from the west. The residents here were threatened by the evil ghost street and had already hidden underground. Therefore, they had to be cautious all the way and move forward step by step. They did not dare to stop scanning with their spiritual sense, but they were actually fighting wits and courage with the air and were cautious in vain.

"Ning ning ning ning ning..." Xie Ruoxi cried tremblingly, "Why are there no windows in these houses?"

"Don't call me with reduplicated sounds or imitate my speech!" Lin Ning subconsciously used anger to cover up her fear.

"No, no!" Xie Ruoxi was even more frightened. "If there were NPCs, it would be fine. There's no one here. I'm scared..."

"You have Yushu Lei, what's there to be afraid of!" Lin Ning shouted, "Get ready for battle! I'll warn you if anything happens!"

"Okay, okay." Xie Ruoxi said repeatedly, "Then you must remind me earlier. I'm really slow to react, I tell you."

"Oh no!" Lin Ning was extremely annoyed with her, but there was nothing she could do. She could only intensify the scanning with her spiritual sense in case any powerful enemy appeared. Ruoxi was frightened to her knees.

In fact, there were originally some patrolling evil ghosts on the west side of the town, who were specifically responsible for capturing ghosts and ghost cultivators who refused to obey the Ghost King's discipline. However, now under the command of Chen Lingyun, the evil ghosts came out in full force to besiege the paper man, and thus all the surrounding troops were withdrawn.

The two of them walked around here for a long time, and suddenly heard a little girl shouting:

"This way! This way!"

Lin Ning reacted the fastest. She quickly looked in the direction of the sound and saw a little girl lying on the wall, waving anxiously at the two of them.

"Where's that sound?!" Xie Ruoxi said in panic before she saw anyone.

"It's there!" Lin Ning was speechless and could only point it out to her.

Xie Ruoxi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw it was a child, but then she became suspicious again:

"Ningning, is this kid a ghost? He called us over here, maybe because he wants to harm us?"

"Anyway, just be prepared for battle." Lin Ning couldn't be sure.

The little girl retreated back under the wall. The two men then used their wall-penetrating technique, passing through it. They saw a few dead trees surrounding the courtyard, with a dry well in the middle. The little girl stood by the well, waved at them, and then jumped in.

"Let's go down and take a look." Lin Ning made a quick decision.

Before Xie Ruoxi could speak, she heard Lin Ning say:
"I have to go even if I'm afraid. Otherwise, I'll just wander around there for half a day and not meet anyone. How am I going to find the captain and everyone else?"

She pulled the trembling Xie Ruoxi, and the two of them used the Cloud Ascending Technique together, descending from the top of the dry well. They saw a large number of wandering ghosts, some sitting and some standing, gathered on both sides of the dry underground river in a daze - just as Yan Yu and Li Minghu had seen before.

After finding the old monk's soul and asking him, the two of them learned what the Nine Netherworld was like, and that Yan Yu and Li Minghu had visited before and had already left.

Hearing this, Lin Ning didn't think much about anything else and immediately made a decision:

Since the captain has sneaked into the Evil Ghost Street to find the control center of the secret realm, Ruoxi and I will make a big fuss in the Evil Ghost Street to cover for the captain and the others!

Xie Ruoxi was a person without any opinions, so she just followed Lin Ning.

However, after the rest of the Qing'an team was defeated by the evil ghost army commanded by Chen Lingyun, they returned to the Paper Man Workshop to rest for a while and also reported the situation on the front line to Yin Rou.

When Yin Rou heard this, she immediately started cursing in her heart:
Where did this clueless bastard come from? He actually helped that stupid bastard... Is there something wrong with his brain, water in his eyes, or what?
Now that things have come to this, she could only comfort everyone and ask them to go outside the yard and have a good rest.

Li Zhaojiang took his men away. Yin Rou secretly pinched the magic spell in her hand and quickly sensed that many paper figures in the outer strongholds had been destroyed. She became more and more certain that the Evil Ghost Street had launched a general attack on the Paper Figure Workshop. This time, they were here to capture and kill her completely. She couldn't help but feel more angry.

Her true strengths lay in swordsmanship, but unfortunately, her flying sword was taken away by the Sword Sect when she died. With neither a physical body nor a flying sword, her abilities were largely wasted. Now, she could only rely on her inferior paper figurine technique to fight the enemy. How despicable!

The only solution now is to make good use of these foreign monks and fight to the death with the Ghost King!
Not long after, Su Yunjin and Zhao Yuanzhen also returned.

Yin Rou had already made up her mind to make good use of the force, so she naturally did not dare to neglect it. She went to greet the two girls in person and said some hypocritical words, saying that the Ghost King was a local snake with ruthless means. It was normal for you to be defeated as newcomers. Please have a good rest, and I will summon my men to launch a general attack, and then ask the two of you to attack and raid the enemy!
Su Yunjin and Zhao Yuanzhen were also assigned courtyards. When they returned to rest for a while, they heard Zhao Yuanzhen angrily say:

"I've long seen that she has evil intentions. I don't know why the little thief had to trust her and even made her the vice-captain! Now it's okay, right? She's defected to the Ghost King. She might reveal all our detailed information, including our specialties of magic and weapons, to the Ghost King. We can't even fight her!"

Su Yunjin remained calm and whispered:

"Ling Yun is feigning surrender, provoking a clash between the two forces so we can profit from it."

"Ah?" Zhao Yuanzhen was stunned.

"Don't show that expression!" Su Yunjin quickly sent a message, "Maybe there are paper people watching us!"

Although Zhao Yuanzhen was simple and honest, he was very sensitive to such matters. He immediately frowned and pretended to lament for a moment before asking in a voice transmission:
"How did you know?"

"She sent me a message when we first met," Su Yunjin replied, "and asked me to act with her."

"Then why didn't you send me a message!" Zhao Yuanzhen said angrily.

"Because you're a bit slow to react, Sister Zhao," Su Yunjin sighed. "Just now, when I told you the truth, you looked shocked. Countless evil spirits were at the scene at that time. If your expression was even slightly off, you'd be immediately seen through, and that would be bad."

"Even so, you can't hide it from me!" Zhao Yuanzhen was at a loss for words and tried to argue, "Since it was a false surrender, you could have just secretly written it on a piece of paper and thrown it to me. I would have known it after reading it, wouldn't I?"

Su Yunjin saw that she was embarrassed and so she made up excuses to shift the blame to Lingyun, so she continued to transmit her voice calmly:
"The situation was quite complicated at the time, and Lingyun didn't have time to do anything better. Anyway, according to her plan, we should pretend to be unaware of the truth and cooperate with Yin Rou to resist the Ghost King. The stronger Yin Rou's counterattack, the more the Ghost King will rely on Lingyun, and then she will have the opportunity to make more plans."

"Hmph." Zhao Yuanzhen was still a little angry and said through gritted teeth, "She just loves to play tricks. This time she even lied to me, and next time she might lie to you too. Yunjin, you better be careful."

Su Yunjin just smiled slightly and said nothing.

The two whispered to each other in the courtyard, naturally keeping their words secret. However, the expressions on their faces were clearly seen by the paper dolls peering through the hole in the wall. When the news reached Yin Rou, she didn't find it strange. After all, after defeat, resentment was natural. Her indifference might also be a sign of her cunning and lack of expression.

After silently raising Su Yunjin's evaluation and lowering Zhao Yuanzhen's evaluation in her heart, Yin Rou officially began to deploy troops and prepare to deal with the full-scale attack of Evil Ghost Street!

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Yan Yu and Li Minghu activated their invisibility skills and infiltrated into the Evil Ghost Street from the southwest, but they found that there were not many patrol forces here, which was completely different from the dense swarms of evil spirits that had come before.

Of course, they didn't know that it was that despicable woman Chen Lingyun who instigated the Ghost King and the Ghost Mother to go to war. Now the army has gathered and attacked the Paper Man Workshop, so the number of troops left outside the headquarters has been much smaller... But having fewer enemies is naturally a good thing, so the two of them quickened their pace and headed towards the direction of the taller buildings in the distance.

Li Minghu's body was eroded by the Yin energy and he became weaker and weaker. Occasionally, he would avoid the evil spirits around him and cover his mouth and cough lightly in a secluded place. What he coughed out was streaked with blood.

She didn't dare let Yan Yu know, and just continued on her way as if nothing had happened.

But Yan Yu had experience from his previous life and knew that Li Minghu was a stubborn person who liked to pretend that nothing had happened. How could he be fooled by her appearance? Whenever Li Minghu felt a little tired, he would quietly slip her a pill and let her take it.

Li Minghu initially wanted to refuse, after all, the elixir represented the endurance of the later stages. But Yan Yu insisted, and in order to avoid wasting too much time, she finally had no choice but to give in.

After taking the pill, the Qi and blood would be stimulated, and the body would warm up a lot. But then, it would be eroded by the surrounding Yin Qi, and would slowly become cold and weak again.

Over time, she gradually developed a certain degree of dependence and obedience to Yan Yu. She would take the pills whenever he gave them to her, and no longer thought about whether she would be a burden to him.

Relying on the art of invisibility, they avoided detection by the main patrol force and finally reached the depths of the Evil Ghost Street.

This is considered the base camp of the Ghost King Xue Ren, so many troops are left here, which is different from the sparseness of the periphery.

Yan Yu observed carefully for a moment and confirmed that there was no way around it, so he had to force his way in.

Just as he was about to remind Li Minghu to prepare for battle, he suddenly heard a loud noise like thunder in the distance.

The loud noise alarmed the evil spirits here, and soon almost one-third of the evil spirits left and rushed towards the direction of the sound to provide support.

Someone is causing trouble outside of Ghost Street! Yan Yu was immediately overjoyed, thinking that although he didn't know who it was, this wave of attack was really timely.

After the troops were withdrawn, a loophole finally appeared in the defense line. Yan Yu took Li Minghu and sneaked in through the gap quietly, avoiding two or three patrolling ghost teams, and finally approached the perimeter of the target building.

This is a typical Taoist temple complex, consisting of a small welcoming hall, several rows of side rooms, an incense burner square, and the innermost temple hall. It's surrounded by a three-meter-high wall, with the welcoming hall in the front serving as the only entrance.

Yan Yu experimented briefly and discovered that he couldn't pass through walls or ascend clouds to fly through the air. It was a typical anti-travel restriction—in many secret realms, powerful cultivators would set up such restrictions in their caves, and some sects even set up entire secret realms with "no wall penetration, no flying." Conversely, if you encountered such a restriction, it meant that there must be an important place inside.

This place is most likely what the old monk called "the place where the Yin God resides"!
Yan Yu led Li Minghu through the welcoming hall and just as they entered the central square, they suddenly heard Li Minghu say:

"Something's wrong. If this place is so important, why is there no one guarding the gate to the reception hall?"

"Indeed." Yan Yu pondered for a moment and said, "There's no one guarding it, which means there's no need to worry about ghosts sneaking in. In other words, there might be some kind of formation or powerful enemy here, so there's no need for any defense..."

He was suddenly startled and turned around to look, only to see that the small reception hall behind him had disappeared without a trace.

Not only that, but the faint noises of battle from afar also vanished completely. It seemed as if the moment they stepped into the welcoming hall, they had entered a relatively independent world, cut off from the Nine Netherworld outside.

Yan Yu made a sword gesture with his hand, and the Liangyi Sword flew to Li Minghu, ready to protect her from danger at any time.

Li Minghu also silently made hand gestures and used the Tianshan Sword to show that he was not completely without the ability to protect himself.

Suddenly, the temple in front of him opened up, and out floated a tall figure of the Yinshen Judge. He was wearing a wide robe with long sleeves, his hair and beard were disheveled, and he was holding a tablet in his hand.

Oh no! Yan Yu quickly sent a message to Li Minghu.

This Yin-Shen Judge was no new enemy. Previously, the Heping West Army's Fire Phoenix Team had faced a Yin-Shen Judge, the gatekeeper within the Fengdu Secret Realm. His unique characteristics included the ability to fly, making him extremely agile; and his clothing imbued with the aura of the Underworld, significantly reducing physical attacks and thus naturally countering the stabbing and slashing attacks of flying swords.

When Li Minghu heard the information, he also frowned and thought to himself, Yan Yu and I are both sword immortals, so it is very disadvantageous for us to fight against this Yin Shen Judge. It is best to retreat for the time being... But there is no way to go back, how can we retreat?

She was a little confused, and when she saw Yan Yu shaking out a silver pill from his sleeve, she shook out the puppet Ah Zhen.

Let’s try fighting with the other side first!
Li Minghu stepped back without saying a word, but the natural sword moved forward and shot towards the judge's face.

The opponent held the tablet in his right hand, raised his left hand and flicked his fingers, which directly shook off the Sky Flash Sword. He sneered and said:
"You dare to trespass into the Yinshen's residence and commit treason? Your crime is even more serious, and you will go to the Scissors Hell first!"

Suddenly, countless scissors flew out from the surroundings. There were no less than a thousand of them, as densely packed as a swarm of bees and a cloud of flies, sweeping towards the two of them rapidly!
Without saying a word, Yan Yu quickly picked up Li Minghu by the waist, and performed the Fenyun Bagua Step, quickly moving sideways to avoid the large group of scissors slashing, with the sound of whistling wind in his ears.

The large scissor cloud missed the target and quickly split into two black clouds. It turned around in the air and quickly came from the left and right directions!
"Catch the leader first." Li Minghu in his arms said quietly.

Yan Yu made a series of hand gestures and dodged the attacks from both sides with his feet. At the same time, the puppet Ah Zhen also took action and rushed directly towards the Yin Shen Judge.

His fighting style is different from Zhou Hongyu's. He doesn't like rough Taoist magic coverage and bombing, so his ultimate move needs to be saved for the critical moment.

The Yinshen Judge floated backwards and separated a cloud of scissors, which fiercely tried to cut the puppet Ah Zhen, but she crossed her hands in front of her to protect herself, without dodging or avoiding, and collided directly with the scissors cloud!
Countless scissors slashed through her body, ripping her arms bare, yet unable to cut through the iron-hard bones of the Divine Dragon Wood. Ah Zhen forced his way through the scissor formation and rushed to the front of the Yinshen Judge. Suddenly, he leaped high and kicked the Judge in the head, which was unprotected by his official robes!
The blow was truly swift and fierce. The Yinshen Judge was still retreating, with no time to dodge. The tablet in his hand suddenly lit up, and he vanished, reappearing on the other side of the square the next second.

Was it the earth escape technique? Or was it the gathering of Qi to transform? Yan Yu dodged left and right, holding Li Minghu in his arms, secretly forming an idea in his mind.

You have to first understand what the Yin Shen Judge's movement spell is. Otherwise, if you rashly control Ah Zhen to use a big move, but end up being teleported away by the opponent and missing the target, it would be really embarrassing.

It damages my heroic image in front of the Valkyrie!

(End of this chapter)