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

Chapter 638 The Promise Once Made

Li Minghu coughed a few times, spat out the blood in his mouth, then used the flying sword as a crutch to support his body and walked forward slowly.

The ponytail behind her head had come undone and she had no time to tie it up again. Her clothes were also tattered. It was obvious that she had suffered considerable injuries in the previous battle. Horrifying wounds and solidified blood scabs could still be seen in many places.

Fortunately, it hasn't started to affect the action yet.

The surrounding environment seemed to be some kind of underground cave, with many stalactites, stalagmites, and other natural traces of water erosion. The only thing underfoot were some polished, barely formed steps.

She walked to the end of the passage, holding the torch high, and saw in the distance a huge stone sword trapped by huge chains, the depth of which was unknown. There were four large characters engraved from top to bottom:

Zhenmei Sword Sect.

The last word "Pai" had disappeared in the darkness. Li Minghu lowered his head to check and found a very narrow path on the cliff on the left, which was so narrow that people could only walk with their backs against the cliff.

She tried to fly with the sword, but found that it was always kept at a height of about one or two meters.

This means that if you are walking on a small path and accidentally step on empty air, you will not fall to death if you switch to the sword-controlling state in time, but you may not know where you fell.

Still have to be careful.

Li Minghu was silent for a moment, took out his mobile phone and started editing the message.

Of course, there is no signal in the secret realm, so theoretically the other party will definitely not be able to receive it, but Li Minghu still clicked to send it, as if this illusory thought could give her some support and courage to continue.

Then she took a deep breath and began to walk down the path along the rock wall.

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Yan Yu led the team across the border from the southern border, deep into the southern border, and finally arrived at the Magui area, which was the place where the Qing'an team last sent a message before losing contact.

Further ahead is the area where large numbers of people have gone missing.

According to intelligence personnel, all those who conducted in-depth exploration into the area suddenly lost contact.

After listening to the information, Yan Yu ordered:
"Everyone check your supplies, don't forget anything."

He glanced at his team members: Chen Lingyun held the prison banner in his right hand and the devil beads in his left hand, with a calm expression; Su Yunjin held the Heyuan Jingping in her hand, with a gentle smile, looking a bit like a Buddhist goddess; Lin Ning carried the Zhenze sword box on her back, with the Danyan sword hidden in the box and the Qingzhu sword slung around her waist, her expression extremely serious at this moment; Xie Ruoxi inserted the Thunder God's Hammer into her waist to secure it, and was rubbing her hands nervously at this moment.

Only Zhao Yuanzhen carried a bag, which contained the Red Lotus Bowl, the White Bone Heart-Locking Hammer, and some snacks and drinks... It was as if this time they were not going to conquer the secret realm to save their brother team, but to go on a spring camping outing in the suburbs.

Yan Yu was too lazy to say anything to her. After all, her real strength was still in the puppet.

If the enemy cannot force out her puppet, then she has no right to take it seriously.

"Everyone, stay close together later." Yan Yu ordered, "Don't separate."

Six sword lights shot up into the sky and flew forward.

………………

Then it crashed.

Yan Yu rolled away the moment he landed, and his spiritual sense swept around.

no one.

At this time, he was in an underground cave. Behind him was a closed dead end, and in front of him was a passage extending downwards and immersed in cold water.

I took out my cell phone and found there was no signal.

The monks' cell phones were specially made, not only waterproof and hardened to withstand extreme environments, but also able to receive satellite signals. Without signal, they were essentially trapped in a secret realm, cut off from any connection to the outside world...

Ok?
He suddenly noticed that Li Minghu's avatar in his friend list suddenly lit up.

How did the Valkyrie send me a message? No, how can we even communicate in this secret realm?
Yan Yu pondered for a moment, then recalled the special cell phones carried by ordinary warriors in his previous life, equipped with ultra-long-range Bluetooth technology. Even in areas without a signal, as long as the distance was not too far, it could send and receive messages with other nearby phones. This communication technology was improved through research on sound transmission and was a unique product of the era of spiritual energy revival.

In other words, during Li Minghu's secret training of ordinary warriors, he and the others exchanged cell phones. At the same time, the location where I teleported into the secret realm happened to be very close to her at this moment, so I could receive her signal.

Yan Yu dialed the number without saying a word.

"Yan Yu?" Li Minghu quickly picked up the phone, his voice half confused and half surprised. "Why are you here... No, I want to ask, how could you call me?"

"Don't worry, let me tell you." Yan Yu said quickly, "First, how much battery is left on your phone?"

"12%." said Li Minghu.

That means there is not much power left. After all, ultra-long-range Bluetooth consumes a lot of power.

"Just do as I tell you," Yan Yu said quickly. "On your phone, go to Settings - Bluetooth - Advanced Settings. Is there an ultra-long-range Bluetooth icon in the upper right corner?"

"No," Li Minghu said quickly, "but it is in the drop-down list. It says 'Long-range Bluetooth technology trial version'."

"Click in."

"A pop-up window pops up, reminding non-developers not to operate."

"Confirmed." Yan Yu said, "Look at the drop-down signal list, how many are there?"

"There's only one," Li Minghu replied. "The account name is 'zh-yy'."

"Zhenhai Yanyu," Yanyu replied. "That's the default username for the phone they sent me. In other words, I'm the only one within your Bluetooth range in this secret realm right now."

"You're nearby." Li Minghu immediately understood and asked calmly, "How can I find you?"

"Go to Bluetooth settings - Signal Strength and look at the Signal Strength number," Yan Yu said. "Hold up your phone and take a few steps around you. If the number gets bigger, it means the distance between us is increasing."

"Confirmed." Li Minghu's spatial imagination ability was indeed excellent. It only took him half a minute to determine Yan Yu's relative position. "Wait a moment, I'll come find you."

"Okay." Yan Yu said.

His phone didn't have long-range Bluetooth technology, so he could only wait for Li Minghu to come find him.

While waiting, I took a look at the message Li Minghu had sent me earlier.

This time, the secret place was a huge underground cave. Li Minghu explored it for more than 24 hours, but still did not encounter any people or boundaries.

Considering that a large number of people were involved in the secret realm, it can be assumed that the secret realm itself is incredibly large. As for the fact that he was able to be teleported to the vicinity of Li Minghu, it had to be said that it was some kind of mysterious and unknown luck at work.

Or to be more precise, this is the connection and bond between me and the Valkyrie!

After about twenty minutes, Li Minghu finally arrived at the cave where Yan Yu was.

"Why is the injury so serious?" Yan Yu stood up and asked.

"Fortunately, they're just superficial injuries." Li Minghu showed him the wounds, "The bleeding has stopped."

"Ointment." Yan Yu handed over the bottle.

"Thank you." Li Minghu did not refuse. He took the ointment for external injuries and began to apply it.

"What hurt you?" Yan Yu asked.

"Puppet." Li Minghu said.

"puppet?"

"It's not your kind of puppet," Li Minghu described. "It's some kind of pale gray shadow that can control a flying sword."

"Sword Puppet." Yan Yu immediately concluded, "This kind of monster loves ambushes, so we must remain vigilant."

"Okay." Li Minghu finished cleaning the wound on his arm and turned around and said, "Can you apply some paint on my back?"

She took off her outer garment, leaving only a bra strap on her back, revealing her jade-white back and a multitude of scattered wounds, most of which were only faint shadows, obviously treated with topical ointment. After the ointment was all used up, the new wounds were unable to heal.

Yan Yu squeezed some ointment and began to apply it on her back.

Perhaps because he was a little too strong, Li Minghu suddenly let out a whimper. "What's wrong?"

"No...it's okay." Li Minghu said uncomfortably.

"Then I'll continue applying it." Yan Yu finished applying it on the main wound. It can be seen that new flesh is growing rapidly near the wound. This cultivation elixir is really useful!

Well, although there are no obvious scars elsewhere, who knows if there might be hidden scars under the skin? To be on the safe side, I'll apply it all over as well.

Li Minghu frowned. He was trying to endure the pain because his wound was touched. But later he found that there was no other pain where Yan Yu applied the lotion. He suddenly felt strange and puzzled.

"I've finished painting the back." Yan Yu said, "Turn around and I'll paint the front."

"I can paint the front myself," said Li Minghu.

"Oh, here you go." Yan Yu couldn't help laughing.

Alas, this Valkyrie is good in every way except that she's too thin-skinned! She should learn from Hongyu. Being reserved isn't really an advantage anymore!

Li Minghu finished treating his injuries, then put on his coat again and said:

"let's go."

The two of them walked along the cave passage together and soon arrived at the main cave again. Yan Yu also saw the giant sword in the center of the cave.

"Zhenmei Sword Sect?" He recalled for a moment and confirmed that he had never heard of this sect in his previous life.

However, "Zhenmei" is a term related to spiritual practice. For example, he had obtained "Qianling Zhenmei Fire" in the Li Palace before, so it is impossible to get too much information from the name.

"Can you tell its origin?" Li Minghu asked.

"I don't know." Yan Yu shook his head. "When we meet the sword puppet later, we can see how the opponent's swordsmanship is."

The two walked down the cliff path, only to see the road ahead getting narrower and narrower. In the end, even if they kept their backs pressed against the cliff, the front half of their feet would still be hanging in the air.

"Are you sure you are going down and not up?" Yan Yu asked.

"I came from the top," Li Minghu replied. "When I encounter a fork in the road, I will choose the road with higher ground first."

"You ended up here, which means there's no way up." Yan Yu quickly concluded, "We're most likely at the upper edge of the secret realm, and the main body of the secret realm should be deep inside."

"That's right." Li Minghu smiled. She found that she and Yan Yu had such a tacit understanding that they didn't even need to be very clear in their communication. As soon as one of them started talking, the other one would already guess everything you meant.

"We can't fly with a sword here, so we still have to move forward step by step." Yan Yu warned, "It's best to make sure each step is firm and the center of gravity is low."

"Hmm..." Before Li Minghu finished speaking, his body suddenly leaned to the lower right.

It wasn't because she slipped and stepped on empty air, but because the rock supporting her weight suddenly collapsed!
Yan Yu was quick-witted and quickly grabbed her forearm, but he was dragged down by the weight. In mid-air, he quickly pulled Li Minghu into his arms and began to practice the Dividing Cloud Eight Diagrams Step. His mind immediately locked onto a protruding rock on the rock face below.

tread!
He bent his knees slightly and quickly released the force, but the rock was obviously unable to support the weight of two people and soon broke into pieces at the protrusion.

The two of them slowed down slightly before continuing to fall. They couldn't find a similar foothold again, and their falling speed increased.

Li Minghu estimated in his mind that if the speed continued to increase, even if he used the Elephant Spell to force himself to land, he would most likely be unable to avoid damage.

I'm afraid this time it's going to be very dangerous.

Yan Yu was extremely calm. He quickly scanned the area below and heard Li Minghu say in his ear:

"According to our agreement, will you be my boyfriend?"

Her voice wasn't panicky, but rather strangely calm and relaxed, as if relieved from a heavy burden.

"Do you think we are about to die?" Yan Yu asked back.

Li Minghu didn't say anything, but just silently hugged him tighter, thinking that it would be nice if he could die by your side.

What a pity, if you could survive...

She slowly closed her eyes and snuggled in Yan Yu's arms.

Suddenly, her body was pulled by some huge force, and the strong inertial force seemed to displace her internal organs.

The sword light wrapped her up and carried her for more than ten meters before putting her down.

Li Minghu propped herself up on the ground, coughing violently as if she were about to throw up her stomach. Yan Yu, who had sheathed his sword, was also unsteady on his feet, but he managed to reach her side and gently pat her on the back.

"I'm not dead..." Li Minghu panted for a long time before he let out a long breath and said weakly in disbelief.

"I told you," Yan Yu said, "we are not going to die yet."

Li Minghu was silent for a moment, then asked in a low voice:

"How did you do it?"

"Flying the sword." Yan Yu said.

"There's a no-fly ban here," Li Minghu said. "If you're more than two meters above the ground, you can't even fly with a sword, let alone the Cloud Ascending Technique."

"You've already given me the answer," Yan Yu replied. "Then within the last two meters before landing, just activate your sword and fly."

Li Minghu was silent for even longer this time. After about three or four minutes, she managed to turn over and lay on her back on the uneven rocky ground, saying in a daze:
"As expected of you."

"I'll just take it as a compliment," Yan Yu said.

"I really mean it." Li Minghu closed her eyes. The strong feeling of having survived a catastrophe surged into her heart, and suddenly she felt an indescribable sense of unreality.

Yan Yu sat cross-legged beside her, slowly relaxing his previously tense spirit. He hadn't had time to estimate, but based on the wind in his ears, he could only roughly determine that his falling speed was over a hundred meters per second. At this speed, two meters was just a fleeting distance.

Haha, it’s me as expected!
"So, what's the answer?" Li Minghu's voice sounded again.

"What's the answer?" Yan Yu asked.

"We had an agreement." Li Minghu reminded him.

"But that was when you were about to die," Yan Yu corrected.

"I really thought I was going to die just now." Li Minghu stood up shakily, revealing a somewhat helpless smile. "But that's fine. I'll save this opportunity for later."

She turned and looked behind her. The tip of the giant sword was poking at the center of the huge stone platform. The two of them were now on the outer edge of the platform.

The uneven surface beneath him was actually the tadpole script carved into the stone platform, each character nearly a meter long. Countless characters formed a circle around the tip of the sword, and within it were inlaid numerous relief images of demonic beasts.

"The suspension bridge effect is like this." Yan Yu came to her side and said lightly, "I don't want you to confuse the joy of surviving the disaster with the so-called good feelings of the opposite sex, and then start to regret it after a few days."

"I won't regret it." Li Minghu shook his head.

"Don't be so confident." Yan Yu said.

"It's not confidence." Li Minghu shook his head, "I just..."

"Just what?" Yan Yu asked.

"Keep it a secret." Li Minghu smiled slightly. "If you had agreed just now, I could have told you. But not now."

Yan Yu also felt a little amused, turning his head to look at the rock wall in the distance. A small path opened from the edge of the stone platform, leading to the cave entrance in the rock wall. On both sides of the path were crooked broken swords, which were scattered all over the stone platform.

If every broken sword represents a fallen sword immortal, then there must be tens of thousands of sword immortals who died here.

"Let's go." Yan Yu walked forward.

"Coming." Li Minghu quickly followed behind him, quietly stretched out his left hand, and silently grabbed the corner of his sleeve.

(End of this chapter)