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

Chapter 573: Almost Regret for Life

Zhou Hongyu felt like she was about to explode with anger at this bastard.

Of course, she had seen the famous battle of Dinghai Shenjiang and knew that his mobility and maneuverability were very strong. He once blocked the attack of hundreds of superheroes alone in the secret realm of Li Palace... But that battle was basically analyzed thoroughly afterwards. It was not that Yan Yu could really stand alone against ten thousand enemies, but because the opponent had no intention of besieging Yan Yu. Everyone wanted to rush into the Li Palace quickly and let their partners deal with the trouble.

And these burning red lotuses all over the sky are meant to blow you to death!
"Listen to me!" Zhou Hongyu twisted Yan Yu's ear and roared, twisting Yan Yu's ear while being held in his arms. "This bowl is obviously his home turf. Don't you insist on confronting him on his home turf? Are you thinking you've lived too long and want to die? Huh?! If you don't want to live anymore, tell me and I'll finish you off myself!"

"Fuck, you're so nervous about telling me that?" Yan Yu controlled the sword light and rushed towards Honglian, saying in surprise, "Do you know that the cultivators call you the desperate woman?"

"I..." Zhou Hongyu suddenly choked and tried to defend himself, "I was with the team members. As the captain, I have to lead by example... How can it be the same?"

"Okay, okay." Yan Yu was too lazy to explain to her, "Then can I also lead by example?"

"Don't go crazy!" Zhou Hongyu was still trying to persuade him, "You are here to save me, not to kill the enemy! What will I do if you die?"

"Then you will remain a widow." Yan Yu said casually.

"I'll kill you first!" Zhou Hongyu gritted his teeth.

She was so angry that her chest was heaving like a bellows. Suddenly, she held her breath in fear - because the red lotuses in the sky had already fallen from the sky and plummeted down under the control of the old monk's thoughts!

You can't attack this red lotus, because if you hit it, it will explode, and it will also explode into countless golden and iron petals to besiege you. But if you don't touch it, you will be chased by so many red lotuses with no way to escape, and sooner or later you will be surrounded and killed.
Zhou Hongyu secretly held his breath and concentrated, mobilizing his true energy, and decided that when the battle situation turned critical, he would immediately rush out to save his life and fight for a chance for him to escape.

Just consider it as a way of repaying the favor you came here to save me!

But...if I really sacrifice my life in exchange, won't it cause him any psychological trauma?

Such a thought flashed through his mind quickly. Thinking that his death would make Yan Yu regret it for the rest of his life, Zhou Hongyu suddenly felt a little happy.

At least someone will remember me after I die.

But she quickly dismissed the thought. A lifelong regret? Sorry, anyone could develop a psychological trauma, but this man definitely wouldn't. He kissed me without hesitation, his skin 30% thicker than the walls of Jinguan City...

While Yan Yu was daydreaming, the sword light had already met the red lotus cluster!
The three red lotuses at the forefront, controlled by the monks in the distance, formed a triangle and attacked from both sides. Huang Ting's sword flashed forward, suddenly accelerating and rushing forward, instantly passing through the gap between the red lotuses with precision.

Zhou Hongyu's heart was relieved, and suddenly he cried out in surprise:

"careful!"

The price of passing through the pincer attack of three red lotuses was that they were surrounded by more. The lotus flowers were about sixteen to eighteen meters in diameter, their petals swirling like sky lanterns, their golden red hues flowing, as if they were extremely hot. If touched, they would burn, if touched, they would scorch, and if struck, they would explode!

If it were him, Zhou Hongyu wouldn't even blink. Death is death, there's nothing to be afraid of.

But if Yan Yu died to save her... no matter whether it was Yan Yu's own problem or not, as long as she survived in the end, she would be the one who regretted it for the rest of her life!
Zhou Hongyu's thoughts flashed like lightning, and he instantly went through all the life-saving methods in his mind.

No, no, no! The most difficult part is that once these red lotuses penetrate, they will cause a violent explosion. At such a close distance, they will definitely be affected!

She was just getting worried when she saw Yan Yu's sword light suddenly shift, dodging the impact of a red lotus, then circling and moving slowly along the back of the red lotus.

The rest of the Red Lotuses followed, but Yan Yu suddenly sped up and instantly passed through the gap in the Red Lotus Formation. The others were unable to dodge or change direction, and they collided with each other, causing an extremely exaggerated explosion!

"Awesome!" Zhou Hongyu was dazzled and couldn't help but cheer.

She realized belatedly that Yan Yu first flew to the center of the red lotus cluster, deliberately slowed down his speed, and lured the red lotuses to rush from the periphery to the center.

If they failed to escape in the end, they would have to face explosions from all directions, which was equivalent to being surrounded and would naturally end up in pieces; but Yan Yu dodged at the last moment, and it was too late for these red lotuses to change direction, and the result was that they collided with each other and exploded!
The bowl was already extremely dark, and with so many red lotuses exploding at the same time, the brightness instantly increased by who knows how many levels. It was like suddenly turning on a strong flashlight in a room with the curtains drawn. Even the old monk who was controlling the red lotuses in the distance was dazzled and could hardly open his eyes for a moment.

It's now!

"Hold on tight." Yan Yu said suddenly.

Zhou Hongyu reacted quickly, knowing that he was about to use his ultimate move, and quickly put his arms around his neck and clamped his legs around his waist, like a koala hanging on a tree, but his eyes were wide open, waiting to see what he would do next.

Yan Yu suddenly tilted his body and quickly adjusted the angle of the Huangting sword, with the sword pointing in the direction of the countless red lotuses exploding.

The next second, the shock wave finally arrived!
The explosion of a single red lotus was enough to injure Zhou Hongyu, but with dozens of red lotuses exploding simultaneously, the explosive power would be multiplied dozens of times. The moment the shockwave hit the Huangting Sword, Yan Yu immediately cast the Elephant Curse.

Eat it by force!

The Huangting Sword absorbed most of the momentum and turned it all into its own acceleration. In an instant, it even reached an exaggerated speed that was faster than the combination of man and sword. The remaining momentum and vibration were transmitted to Yan Yu, and were completely absorbed and dissolved by the Xiang Curse that he had activated in advance.

As for why it was anticipated, that is another sad story and there is no need to ask.

The last remaining shock wave that was not resolved fell on Zhou Hongyu.

Zhou Hongyu felt as if Yan Yu was about to fly out of his hand. Shocked, he immediately increased his strength and wrapped his limbs around him like a snake, almost throwing him off.

Yan Yu drove the Xiang Curse hard top, and at the same time, he quickly pinched the sword formula in his hand, turned the Huangting Sword again, and used the sword formula at high speed:

The sky breaks through the clouds!

As an upgraded version of White Rainbow Piercing the Sun, Skylight Breaking the Clouds also allowed for slight adjustments during high-speed thrusts. Having already established the general direction during their escape from the Red Lotus attack, Skylight Breaking the Clouds now made minor adjustments, instantly zeroing in on its target—the old monk directing the Red Lotus' attack from afar!

The old monk's eyes were previously blinded by the bright light of the red lotus explosion, and he couldn't help but look away. Suddenly, he heard the sound of wind and subconsciously turned his head to look. Yan Yu's sword light had already rushed within a hundred meters. He was so frightened that his soul flew away. He quickly bent his fingers, trying to urge his cassock to fly and dodge.

However, the initial speed of Yan Yu's sword light was already astonishing, and with the help of the light from the sky breaking through the clouds, it accelerated further, and the hundred meters passed by almost in an instant.

The cassock only flew three to five meters before it was pierced by the Huangting sword light. The old monk Honglian Zen who was riding on it was also pierced through the chest by the sword light and died on the spot!
Without the control of its master's true energy, the red lotuses in the sky all scattered and withered, and the bowl that covered the sky and the sun also shrank rapidly. It spun for a moment and was about to fall down when it was caught by the sword light that turned back.

Yan Yu retrieved the alms bowl and landed steadily, releasing his flying sword. Zhou Hongyu, however, remained draped over him, her arms around his neck and legs wrapped around his waist, seemingly still slumped over him. "Didn't I tell you to detoxify? Why are you still so dazed?" Yan Yu feigned discontent, even lowering his head to kiss her. Zhou Hongyu suddenly woke up, quickly jumped off him, and asked vacantly, "What's wrong with you?"

"how did you do that?"

"Didn't I say that?" Yan Yu shook his head and weighed the bowl in his hand. "This guy doesn't have any skills. He relies purely on the power of magic weapons. It's not difficult to beat him."

Zhou Hongyu was suddenly speechless.

If Li Minghu were here, he would certainly be able to see many things from it: for example, although those red lotuses are numerous and large in size, their flying speed is actually not as fast as that of flying swords, and they have a lot of room to move.

If the old monk was experienced in combat and used this tactic often, he could control the flight direction of each red lotus, deploy troops to chase and intercept, and completely block the target's possibility of evasion. Therefore, Yan Yu tested the old monk from the beginning to confirm that he was the brainless type, and then boldly used the decapitation tactic.

It's a pity that Zhou Hongyu is just like the old monk. He relies on his strong true energy and powerful magic to mindlessly attack the target. Therefore, he was just confused and thought to himself, why can't I see any technique?
I saw you running here and there, and then suddenly you accelerated and almost shook me off, and suddenly you killed the old monk.

"This magic weapon is quite good." Yan Yu picked up the alms bowl in his hand and handed it over, saying, "Do you want it?"

"Give it to me?" Zhou Hongyu asked in surprise.

"Aren't you good at fire-based Taoism?" Yan Yu said, "This bowl magic weapon is also fire-based. It is extremely powerful and will probably consume a lot of true essence. It is quite suitable for you."

"Forget it." Zhou Hongyu shook his head. "You keep it for yourself."

She was a mage, not an assistant officer, and was not used to using magic weapons to cooperate in combat. Moreover, she had been burned by the red lotus karma fire before, so she was a little resistant to this type of magic weapon.

Of course, what's more important is that Yan Yu came all the way to save him, and now he is killing the enemy alone to get the spoils. The arrogant Zhou Hongyu thinks that he has not made any contribution, so of course he is unwilling to take any benefit from Yan Yu, otherwise he would become that... being kept by someone?

"Okay." Yan Yu put away the bowl, thinking that it seemed that the witch would have to take advantage of it.

He also wanted to go to the old monk's place to touch the corpse, but the monk was wrapped in a cassock and no one knew where he had fallen. In addition, the nearby sorcerer would soon hear the news and rush over, so he gave up the idea and flew up with Zhou Hongyu on his sword, flying towards Lu State.

As the sword traveled across the sea, Yan Yu continued to ponder.

In fact, the most suitable person to use this magic bowl that can release red lotus should be Ye Jun, because the red lotus itself is both offensive and defensive. If it is taken by Zhao Yuanzhen, a guy with full aggressiveness, he will definitely use it crazily for offense and will not know how to use it for defense at all.

Ye Jun is good at defensive tactics and wants to transform herself into a person who is good at both offense and defense. This magic weapon is more suitable for her.

But the ownership of a magical treasure isn't just about suitability; it also depends on personal connections. Ye Jun is still a member of the Longxiong Team, not the Zhenhai Team. How could she possibly take the treasure she'd obtained? Even if Yan Yu secretly gave it to her, she definitely wouldn't want it.

In this case, we still have to hand it over to the witch, and at the same time help her develop the tactical qualities of teamwork and mutual cover. Don't just release a bunch of red lotuses and bombard the enemy. How is that any different from the idiot who just died under my sword?
Yan Yu thought about Zhou Ding quickly, and suddenly found out from the corner of his eye that Zhou Hongyu was looking at him, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"What's wrong?" Yan Yu asked.

Zhou Hongyu actually wanted to ask, when you hugged me, kissed me and touched me before, how much of it was out of true love, and how much was just to help me resist that evil voice... But this question was too sad and nagging, and it was really inconsistent with her personality, so she could never ask it.

Now that Yan Yu had asked first, she showed a cold and indifferent expression and replied:
"nothing."

"Hongyu," Yan Yu feigned grief and said, "I came all the way here to save you, and fought alongside you against powerful enemies. We're a life-and-death relationship, right? It really breaks my heart that you're being so distant..."

Zhou Hongyu was so annoyed by him that he gritted his teeth and said:

"I was wondering how I was going to settle the score with you for all the kisses and hugs you gave me this time, taking advantage of me!"

Yan Yu immediately changed his words and said:

"Oh, well... it's a matter of urgency, isn't it? Just like if you fell into the water and I came to save you, it's inevitable that I'd get into some bumps, but you can't ask me to apologize for that. That would be a bit unreasonable, wouldn't it?"

"If you know, then shut up." Zhou Hongyu said unhappily, "Leave me alone!"

When Yan Yu heard her say "Let me be alone for a while", he knew that this girl was shy. Now thinking back on their previous intimate actions, she didn't know how to face him, so he just smiled and said nothing.

It's pretty good. He was originally a misogynistic villain who was hated by everyone, but now he is becoming more and more humane.

As expected of you, Yan Yu! This is what a reborn person should do!
The two of them flew back to Jinling, Lu State, and came to Li Weiguo's office to report.

"Old Li!" Yan Yu said as soon as he entered the room, "I have rescued the person..."

"What did you call me?" Li Weiguo asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Grandpa Li." Yan Yu corrected him with a smile on his face, "The person has been rescued. Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission!"

Only then did Li Weiguo look at Zhou Hongyu and asked her what happened this time.

Zhou Hongyu answered each question concisely and explained the matter clearly, but only skipped the incident of him hugging and being intimate with Yan Yu in order to resist the Red Lotus Demonic Sound.

"I understand." Li Weiguo nodded and said, "I'll have someone take you to the hospital to see how to clear the remaining toxins in your body."

When he heard that he needed to "clean up the remaining poison", Zhou Hongyu subconsciously looked at Yan Yu again, but he quickly realized that this was a serious treatment. Without saying a word, he turned around and went outside the office to wait.

Li Weiguo took in her expression and said to Yan Yu with a smile:
"You kid, you're really awesome!"

"Of course I'm powerful." Yan Yu said as a matter of course, "Otherwise, why didn't so many Zhendong Army monks go, and why did the Pingxi Army send me to rescue them?"

Li Weiguo was speechless for a moment, and then he said:

"That's not the awesomeness I'm talking about... Forget it, hand over the magic weapon and quickly return to the secret realm to advance your realm."

(End of this chapter)