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

Chapter 609 Is it okay if we are not family members?

Zhou Hongyu puffed up his cheeks and spit out endless flames, which lasted for two or three minutes without stopping.

The solid wall of ice that the flying sword could not cut through at all actually had a tiny crack under the burning of the bright fire.

Good boy! Sure enough, the Great Bright Fire is the key to cracking this level!
I just don't know how Zhang Huaide in his previous life could have thought of the key point after Zhou Hongyu died on the battlefield and no one was willing to show their support for the time being... But considering that Old Zhang always liked to think a lot, it's not surprising that he could connect the two.

Zhou Hongyu was very surprised, but her true energy was already extremely abundant, so she worked even harder to spit out flames, as if she had transformed into a giant dragon in the Western fantasy world.

Finally, perhaps the temperature was high enough, or some mechanism was triggered, and there was a sound like a firecracker, and a hole was finally opened in the ice wall!
Yan Yu immediately rushed in with a sword, and Zhou Hongyu put away his magic and quickly followed.

Behind the ice wall was a narrow passage, which made the two of them feel both happy and worried.

The good news is that this is indeed the correct passage to the second floor, but the bad news is that the passage is too narrow. If we encounter any traps or ambushes inside, there won’t even be room to move.

That’s right, the one referring to here is Yan Yu.

Zhou Hongyu, thinking he had a special spell for close combat, the "Phoenix Sword," spit out a burst of intense, bright flames, incinerating any enemy. Yan Yu, renowned for his mobility and superior evasiveness, was completely outmatched in this cramped environment, unable to fully utilize his exquisite swordsmanship.

No, I have to walk in front, otherwise he will be ambushed and I will have to go and save him myself... It's so annoying.

Zhou Hongyu thought in his heart, but did not say anything. He just silently quickened his pace, intending to overtake Yan Yu.

Yan Yu didn't know her plan. Seeing that she was walking faster and faster, he thought she was impatient, so he also quickened his pace to prevent the female Tyrannosaurus from getting angry. He would have to use a lot of punches to appease her, and there would be the risk of ruining the friendship they had accumulated in the past.

Seeing him speed up his pace, Zhou Hongyu suddenly became impatient and made a sound of "tut".

This environment isn't suitable for your Sword Immortal abilities to flourish. Can you please be more self-aware? Stop right there and let me clear the way.

When Yan Yu heard her actually start to click her tongue, he was speechless: No, we have only been in here for a few minutes, can you be a little patient?
I can't just play goalkeeper for you right from the start. This secret realm was not designed by me!

Forget it, don’t bother with her, just hurry through this corridor.

He performed the Fenyun Bagua Step and disappeared into the distance like flying.

Zhou Hongyu quickly used the Thousand Miles Divine Movement Technique, but how could this three-spell and five-spell level movement technique compare to the other person's proper footwork? Seeing that Yan Yu had already run away, he finally couldn't help but shout:

"Damn it, why are you running? Come back!"

Yan Yu actually stopped, poked his head out from behind the shadow of the ice wall in front of him, and asked:
"what?"

"Let me be in front!" Zhou Hongyu ordered.

"Oh, you prefer to be in the front." Yan Yu immediately turned sideways, "Then please."

Zhou Hongyu was too lazy to explain to him that "I'm leading the way in front, so I don't have to worry about traps or ambushes." He just wanted to go to the front, but found that the passage was really narrow - it was a bit difficult for one person to pass through, and even if Yan Yu turned sideways to make space, it would still be difficult to squeeze through.

What to do? Force your way in! Zhou Hongyu has long been accustomed to the style of "creating conditions even if they don't exist and forcing things through."

Just as he was about to force his way through the narrow space, he heard Yan Yu say:

"Hold on."

"What's wrong?" Zhou Hongyu asked with a frown.

"Let me measure it." Yan Yu raised his arm and measured the width of the passage.

It's very narrow, but not so narrow that two people definitely can't pass through. If they squeeze in, they should be able to pass through... right?

He had just lowered his arm when Zhou Hongyu was about to move forward without saying anything, only to hear Yan Yu say again:
"Wait a moment."

"What's wrong again?" Zhou Hongyu asked dissatisfiedly.

"Don't inhale and hold your stomach in when you squeeze through." Yan Yu reminded him kindly, "Otherwise it will be troublesome if it gets stuck."

The corner of Zhou Hongyu's eye twitched. Although he felt that Yan Yu was really troublesome, he had to admit that he was right - it takes strength to inhale and contract the abdomen. If you contract your abdomen to the extreme and then get stuck accidentally, you will fall into the triple dilemma of "if you want to go out, you have to contract your abdomen hard, if you want to contract your abdomen, you have to breathe otherwise you won't have the strength, but it's difficult to breathe deeply when you are stuck."

She turned sideways silently and began to squeeze into the small space made available by Yan Yu.

Their bodies gradually pressed together, and their clothes made a rustling sound. Zhou Hongyu looked at the face so close to her, but found that Yan Yu was looking at her calmly.

She suddenly felt an indescribable sense of shame and irritation in her heart... She should have turned her back to him earlier.

Yan Yu did not breathe in hard or tighten his abdomen. Although he could feel Zhou Hongyu's soft and elastic body brushing against him, there was no strong sense of squeezing, so it seemed that there was no risk of getting stuck.

"What are you looking at?" Zhou Hongyu asked suddenly.

"Ah?" Yan Yu was so absorbed in thought that he didn't notice his gaze moving downwards. He finally realized what she said.

Take a few more hard looks!
Zhou Hongyu was about to lose his temper, but then he thought about the past in Bogor City, Java, where he had hugged and kissed her. Although it was done to divert the influence of the Red Lotus Demonic Sound and it was an emergency measure, it seemed a bit of an exaggeration to lose his temper now that she was just looking at him a few times.

She closed her eyes awkwardly, thinking that she could just hurry over and be done with it, but she heard a strange crisp sound.

what sound?
"Oh no!" Yan Yu's face also changed drastically. He was about to use the Fenyun Bagua Step to retreat, but at this time one of Zhou Hongyu's long legs was stuck between his legs. Which man could escape?

The next second, the corridors in front and behind collapsed simultaneously! Countless ice fragments and rubble tumbled and fell, completely blocking the two men's way. There were also signs of a landslide overhead, but fortunately, there was a protruding ice ridge above Yan Yu's head, which blocked the falling glacier fragments, and only a few fragments landed on Zhou Hongyu's hair.

In an instant, he was in a dead end!
The two were so close that they could see the fear in each other's eyes. A monk could practice fasting without water, but who would be willing to be trapped under layers of ice in such a small space?
Yan Yu tried to make a sword gesture, but found that the Huangting Sword was on his back and was now trapped between his body and the ice wall, and could not be unsheathed at all. If he wanted to fly out smoothly, he had to make space first, but Zhou Hongyu was right in front of him, so there was no place to make room.

With the Liang Yi Sword hanging at his waist, he could move around somewhat, but the cave was too narrow, not even enough space for the flying sword to accelerate, let alone perform sword techniques.

Yan Yu could only place the Liang Yi Sword against the blockage and try to drive the flying sword to drill through the debris... It didn't seem to work. The landslide extended for who knows how far, and there were more debris behind the debris, layer upon layer blocking it, making it impossible to drill through.

Zhou Hongyu also cast a spell and used his left hand, the only hand he could move, to strike hard at the blockage on the side.

Inch punch!

It's of no use at all.

Yan Yu used the wall-passing technique again, trying to ignore the surrounding environment and pass through the wall directly - it was ineffective, as the ice wall indeed had an anti-wall-passing restriction.

Since they've considered wall penetration, why not add an anti-collapse barrier? Or has it become ineffective due to age?

"I want to spit fire." Zhou Hongyu suddenly said.

"Grandma, spare me!" Yan Yu hurriedly stopped her and said, "What's the difference between you spitting fire in this environment and directly exploding yourself?"

"Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire," Zhou Hongyu replied, "I can control the strength."

"That's a close call!" Yan Yu complained. "The blockage isn't even an arm's length away from my head. What if sparks splash into my eyes?"

"Then close your eyes." Zhou Hongyu said coldly, "Or do you have any other ideas?" Yan Yu sighed in his heart, knowing that the two of them were now in a state of body pressed against each other and limbs entangled. If he tried to resist, the girl might think that I was taking advantage of her - his nerves were buried under the glacier, who would still be in the mood to take advantage of him?

It's indeed soft and stretchy though.

He closed his eyes, and Zhou Hongyu immediately turned his head, stared, opened his mouth, and spit out an extremely thin and dense golden thread from his mouth, which instantly penetrated the ice chips blocking the side!

It works!

Zhou Hongyu put away his magic, his expression lightened with joy, and then he was stunned.

The Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire can indeed penetrate blockages, and because it is in the form of fine golden threads, there is no need to worry about hurting the two people in the narrow cave.

But because it was too small, it only drilled a deep and long hole in the blockage and could not help them escape.

"It has to be cut hard." Zhou Hongyu concluded.

"Not very good." Yan Yu objected. "The Great Bright Fire melts ice into water, but what you're doing is cutting the ice. Its overall volume doesn't change much. At most, it breaks the ice into smaller pieces so that they can fall down, but the space freed up is also negligible."

"How about I use the Great Bright Flame?" Zhou Hongyu said unkindly, "Or do you have any other ideas?"

Yan Yu fell silent immediately. He felt like he was being pinned against an ice wall by Zhou Hongyu, with nowhere to escape. If he angered this female demon, and she actually spit out the Great Bright Flame, he'd end up like a mandarin duck roasted in an ice oven—a truly unsightly sight. Better shut up.

Zhou Hongyu puffed out her cheeks again and spit out Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire. The golden thread swiftly penetrated the obstruction, and then, as she cautiously lowered her head, it began to move downward, cutting away.

She used to cast this spell rather recklessly, always spitting out the golden thread and then swinging it vigorously to cut the enemy. Now, in order not to hurt Yan Yu, she could only control it slowly.

But once the speed slowed down, the amount of true energy consumed increased, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

After a long time of cutting at the blocked area, Zhou Hongyu had to admit that Yan Yu was right. It was like a bottle filled with gravel. Now you use a laser to break some of the gravel into sand. It does save some space, but not much.

What's more troublesome is that her true energy has been exhausted.

"Give me the pill." Zhou Hongyu said.

"No, I have it here." Yan Yu tried to touch the pill, but found that the medicine was in his shirt pocket. If he wanted to put his hand in, he had to bend his elbow, but the space was so small that even bending his elbow was difficult.

"You'd better use mine." Zhou Hongyu saw how difficult and awkward his movements were and sighed, "It's in my trouser pocket behind my buttocks."

"Why do you want to put it behind your butt?" Yan Yu asked in surprise, "Are you not afraid that the bottle will break if you sit on it?"

"...Mind your own business." Zhou Hongyu said unhappily.

There's no reason, it's just a habit.

Yan Yu reached out and touched her buttocks. This action did not require bending his elbows, but Zhou Hongyu's back was pressed against the ice wall, and his hand could not get in. He could only use his left hand to hold Zhou Hongyu's waist and press her hard into his arms to make room behind her.

"Breathe in and tighten your abdomen." Yan Yu reminded.

Zhou Hongyu did not answer and did as he was told.

She suddenly remembered the kiss and hug she had with this man in Bogor, Java. Although she had tried to completely forget it several times after returning safely, it would occasionally appear in her dreams late at night.

What’s even more bizarre is that I always feel lost when I wake up from a dream.

Zhou Hongyu originally thought that she had prepared herself for a lonely life - with her bad temper and strong power, such a woman would only scare people away, and no man would dare to tease her.

Except Yan Yu.

Yes, except for this man... He is simply like the evil star of my destiny.

She wordlessly leaned forward, as if trying to melt into Yan Yu's arms. She felt his hand groping in the jeans pocket on her hips, and then he finally touched the pill bottle and pulled it out.

Yan Yu got the pill, but it was inconvenient for him to bend his elbow to take it back, so he simply continued to move it upwards, around her back and neck, and brought the bottle mouth to the side of her face.

Zhou Hongyu turned her head to the side, opened her mouth, bit the small wooden plug with her pearly teeth, pulled it out, spit it out casually, and then opened her mouth again.

Yan Yu tilted the bottle with effort and poured the recovery pill into her mouth.

Zhou Hongyu closed his mouth, swallowed the pill, and began to circulate the remaining true energy, refining the medicinal power at full speed.

Yan Yu was about to withdraw his right hand holding the pill bottle when his cheeks suddenly felt hot - it was Zhou Hongyu who leaned against him with her neck, her cheeks pressed against his, and her hands passed through his armpits, hugging his shoulders tightly, making their bodies fit even closer.

"I have no strength left, help me up," she explained softly.

"Okay." Yan Yu didn't care whether she was making excuses or really couldn't stand steadily, he just hugged her again.

The two embraced tightly in the narrow, dark crevice of the glacier, each able to feel the warmth of the other's body, the throbbing of their heartbeats through their skin, and the faint, gentle breaths. Although the monks were immune to cold and heat after fasting, who would prefer the cold, hard surface of ice, even if they didn't care about the soft, warm touch?
"Yan Yu." Zhou Hongyu closed his eyes and suddenly asked, "If no one finds this place, we can't get out... What will you do?"

"No." Yan Yu comforted her, "Use the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire to cut more. Even if it's a little slow, you will be able to cut a path sooner or later."

"Heh." Zhou Hongyu chuckled, "That's not what you said before."

"That means I have more confidence in you." Yan Yu said with a smile.

The cave was silent for a moment, and Zhou Hongyu suddenly said:
"Actually... I've imagined how I'd die."

"If I had a choice, I would like to die gloriously on the battlefield."

"Why?" Yan Yu asked.

His breathing was a little rapid, and he felt that this sudden accident seemed to be a blessing in disguise, and he finally opened the heart of this little hedgehog.

"Alas." Zhou Hongyu whispered, "Because if I died in any other way, no one would really feel sad for me."

"Yanyu, I'm different from you. I no longer have a family that loves me." Her voice was as soft as the moan of a dying person.

Such a fragile and sad voice suddenly made Yan Yu want to comfort her. However, his experience and rationality in two lives told him that it would be best not to say anything comforting at this time - because with a complete family, he was destined to be unable to understand her loneliness.

Any financial assistance from the wealthy, no matter how high-sounding the excuse, will seem like condescending charity to the destitute. Saying, "I understand your difficulties," is utterly hypocritical. Have you ever picked up leftovers at the market? You don't understand!
"Hongyu," Yan Yu whispered, "You really don't love your family, but you can relax the conditions a bit."

"For example... is it okay if they are not family members?"

Zhou Hongyu was stunned for a moment.

Then she suddenly turned her head and bit Yan Yu's lips, her movements as fierce as a beast biting, with some extremely hot, desperate and reckless passion.

(End of this chapter)