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

Chapter 643 Brother-in-law, how do you feel now?

There is a sweeping monk in the Shaolin Scripture Library, whose inner strength is unfathomable;

The Zhenmei Sword Sect also has a Taoist gatekeeper, whose swordsmanship attainments are equally profound and terrifying. Yan Yu could tell at a glance that the Taoist gatekeeper's cultivation level was at least that of a Jindan Zhenren, but he was limited by the concentration of spiritual energy in the current secret realm and could not exert his full strength.

But the power of a Jindan Sword Immortal lies not only in the greater power and speed of his flying sword, but also in his rich practical experience in swordsmanship. The various sword techniques he has witnessed are so exquisite and strange that they cannot be compared with those of a sword immortal who has not yet formed a golden elixir - of course, except for natural swordsmanship geniuses and reborn people with memories of two lives.

The Huangting Sword and the Crimson Sword clashed, their bodies sending an overwhelming force that nearly sent them flying. Yan Yu quickly transformed into the Three Layers of Floating Clouds, and the Huangting Sword, driven by the full force of its True Essence, sank its blade, finally managing to maintain its balance. The Azure Sword attacked from the side again, and the Liangyi Sword immediately sent the Cangsong Welcoming Guest to intercept it.

He intercepted it, but was knocked back. Even the heavy Huangting Sword couldn't withstand the flying sword of the Golden Core Sword Immortal, so how could the even lighter and swifter Liangyi Sword withstand it? In an instant, he lost his balance and was knocked back.

The Red Sword took advantage of the situation and rushed forward. The Yellow Court Sword used White Crane Spreads Wings to block it, but was slowly held back by the Azure Sword with a gentle breeze.

At this time, the Liang Yi Sword was still in the air, unable to be rescued. Seeing that he was about to be stabbed by the red sword, Yan Yu suddenly stepped forward and dodged to the side.

The crimson sword missed its first thrust, then suddenly swung downwards. Yan Yu again stepped back to avoid it, and the tip of the sword passed just inches from his throat. The crimson sword was about to strike, but then it made a diagonal circle and slashed downwards again.

Eagle strikes the sky!

The sword movement imitated the momentum of an eagle stalking a rabbit, capable of multiple consecutive slashes in a short period of time. Due to the high frequency of the slashes, it was extremely difficult to defend even with a sword, not to mention that Yan Yu had no flying sword at his side at the time!
He stepped back again, dodging the blow. The crimson sword's downward strike missed, the hilt spun back and struck him in the face. Yan Yu tilted his head back to avoid it, and the crimson sword took the opportunity to adjust its blade and suddenly strike upwards, right in Yan Yu's blind spot as he looked up.

But Yan Yu was also a veteran of many battles. Every time his sight was distracted, his spiritual sense would fill in the blind spot. At this moment, he felt the flying sword coming down, and his body immediately fell back. Then, with a kick of his feet, he activated the Dividing Cloud Bagua Step, and his body immediately moved sideways several meters.

Just as he was about to stand up, the red sword had already caught up with him. A Overlord Mountain-Splitting Sword came down from the sky, but Yan Yu stepped back again to disperse it, and the floor tiles were shattered into pieces and sparks flew.

The Liang Yi Sword finally stabilized its blade. Yan Yu pinched the sword formula, but did not fly back to defend, but went straight to kill the Taoist guarding the gate.

The Taoist gatekeeper made a series of sword moves, the red sword continued to chase Yan Yu, and the blue sword shook off the Huangting sword and tried to turn around and defend.

Until this moment, Li Minghu, who had been standing by without taking any action, finally struck out with a sword like lightning!
She could see clearly from the side: Yan Yu and the Taoist gatekeeper were both controlling their swords with both hands. Due to the difference in their cultivation progress, Yan Yu was basically at a disadvantage in sword fighting - fortunately, he had the Fenyun Bagua Step to supplement his mobility, so he was not crushed and killed by the Taoist gatekeeper.

Li Minghu was alone with her sword, and if she rashly joined the fray, she would only manage to level the score. Therefore, she never drew her sword, but instead kept shifting her stance, imposing a stance that indicated she was about to strike.

Although the Taoist gatekeeper spoke arrogantly, his swordsmanship was meticulous. Every time Li Minghu showed signs of ready to strike, he would adjust his stance accordingly, ready to counter Li Minghu's attack.

The Valkyrie was also very talented in swordsmanship. She immediately realized that her potential deterrent effect was far greater than directly helping Yan Yu. Therefore, she would suddenly change her position at the most critical moment of the battle, and deliberately make sword gestures in her hands to show the opponent, forcibly diverting part of the opponent's attention.

Now the Liangyi Sword turned around and attacked the Taoist master guarding the gate. There was a brief window of time to switch from defense to offense, and Li Minghu finally drew his sword!

The Tianshan Sword turned into golden light, intercepting the Azure Sword that was about to return to defend, buying time for the Liangyi Sword to assassinate!

"Okay!" the Taoist gatekeeper shouted.

What he praised wasn't their swordsmanship, but their coordination. Yan Yu's assassination of him with the Liang Yi Sword was a sudden move, but Li Minghu was able to seize this opportunity to assist him. This was more than just ordinary cooperation and tacit understanding, it could be described as telepathy!
What a pity, I still lack experience!

The Azure Sword used the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" to circumvent the Sky Flash Sword's containment. Li Minghu immediately activated his sword technique, urging the Sky Flash Sword to continue blocking the way ahead. However, unexpectedly, the Azure Sword suddenly turned around with the "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", making a 180-degree turn and charging towards Li Minghu!
In a split second, Li Minghu suddenly realized: the target of the other party was actually him!
After changing direction, the Sky Flash Sword and the Red Sword became one behind and one in front. In addition, the Taoist gatekeeper had strong cultivation, and the flying swords were even faster. Seeing that it was too late to rely on the Sky Flash Sword to return to defend, Li Minghu was about to dodge with the magic of speed, but suddenly he saw a golden line sweeping towards him from the corner of his eye!
The puppet Ah Zhen spit out the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, forcing the red sword that was about to kill him back. The Taoist gatekeeper became furious and shouted:

"As a sword immortal, you actually use tricks like puppets!"

He charged his two swords with all his might, the sword lights blazing, ready to crush and kill with his superior cultivation. Meanwhile, Yan Yu had already rushed to Li Minghu's side, grabbed her by the waist, and rushed towards the cave entrance on the side.

He moved left and right with the Fenyun Bagua Steps, leaving out one phantom after another and leaving all the red and blue sword lights behind him.

Seeing the cave entrance right in front of him, Yan Yu swept his spiritual sense back and found that the red and blue sword lights had merged into one. It turned out that the Taoist guarding the gate had murderous intentions and directly used the ultimate move of combining man and sword, and came to kill with extremely terrifying power!
At the critical moment, the puppet Ah Zhen arrived again, and the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire spurted out again. Instead of sweeping and cutting horizontally, he shot the golden thread straight towards the sword light.

The sword light collided with the fire line, and after only a slight delay, it completely broke the golden line. The Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, which was famous for its armor-piercing and attacking capabilities, was so fragile that it was completely vulnerable to the combined sword and human power of this Jindan Sword Immortal. This was a sign that the strength of its true essence had been completely crushed by the opponent.

Fortunately, Yan Yu was also good at taking advantage of opportunities. He caught the moment when the opponent's sword light was delayed and jumped out of the cave carrying Li Minghu.

The sword light came behind him and suddenly disappeared as if it had reached some invisible boundary.

Yan Yu:………………

He helped Li Minghu up and looked at the sword fighting competition arena behind him. The Taoist gatekeeper had disappeared without a trace, as if he had never appeared from the beginning to the end.

The two of them sat cross-legged on the spot to rest, and took some pills to restore their true essence. They only heard Li Minghu say softly:

"The sword fighting competition arena just now had brick walls, floors, and ceilings, forming a neat octagonal structure. The cave we're in now, on the other hand, only has the ground showing signs of being polished and smoothed. Therefore, we should be outside the Zhenmei Sword Sect's base, outside the living quarters of the sect's disciples."

"To enter the Zhenmei Sword Sect, you must defeat this Taoist gatekeeper."

"Hmm." Yan Yu agreed with her judgment. He turned back to look at the sword fighting arena and said, "When we attacked together with our swordsmanship, the Taoist didn't say anything. But when I used a puppet, he immediately flew into a rage. This shows that the purpose of this level is to allow multiple sword masters to work together to defeat him."

Levels that require multiple people to conquer are naturally too difficult for a single person to handle with just a sword.

"But I saw that he didn't seem to hold back when he struck his sword." Li Minghu frowned and said, "This is definitely not a test-type secret realm."

"It's not just trial-type secret realms that offer tests," Yan Yu said. "Even demonic sects set tests for their followers, but the price of failure is just more brutal. Our top priority is to explore as many places as possible, preferably to reunite with the rest of our team, and then consider how to deal with this gatekeeper."

"Yeah." Li Minghu nodded in agreement, "Then let's go quickly."

The two of them walked out of the cave passage. Before long, they reached a natural mountainside platform. The platform was carved into the side of the cliff, and a small path extended from the edge, hiding under the waterfall on the opposite side. Unfortunately, due to years of disrepair, the path along the cliff had collapsed for several long sections, making it almost impossible to pass under the no-fly zone.

The waterfall cascaded down into a lake at the bottom of the cave. On the other side of the lake was a semicircular clearing, connected to the end of a cliffside path. At the edge of the clearing was a cave entrance. Normally, if a member of the Zhenmei Sword Sect were to leave the sect's headquarters this way, they would have followed the winding cliffside path to the lake at the bottom of the cave, and then exited through that cave entrance.

Yan Yu estimated the height from this place to the bottom with his eyes, which should be about thirty or forty meters. Considering that there is a lake at the bottom of the cave, with the physical fitness of a cultivator, he should not be injured if he falls into the water.

But the prerequisite is that the lake must be deep enough. It is difficult to see clearly from this height. If the so-called "lake" is only a shallow layer, then even if you jump in and land in the water, it will be like a hard fall to the ground.

Why not let the puppet Ah Zhen give it a try? She has divine dragon wood as her limbs, so her body is tough enough. If she jumps down and proves it doesn't work, she can just climb back up.

Yan Yu was thinking about it when he suddenly saw two people walking in from the exit of the cave below.

"When will this crappy tunnel end?" Li Zhaojiang was complaining to Xu Jin when he suddenly heard a shout from above his head:
"Li Doujiang!"

What Li Doujiang! Li Zhaojiang was furious. He looked up and his expression immediately turned into ecstasy:

It's Lao Yan and Lao Jie! Great, I finally found you!

"Sister, are you okay?" he shouted quickly.

"It's okay!" Li Minghu was so overjoyed to finally see his brother that an unnatural blush appeared on his face. "Are you guys okay? Are you two the only ones?"

"Yes," Xu Jin shouted back, "The captain and I met six hours ago, and I haven't met anyone else before or since!"

"Sister, I'll be there right away!" Li Zhaojiang was already impatient. He turned around and rushed up the path along the cliff, wanting to rush to his sister's side.

Although it is a good thing to see that his sister is safe and sound, the pervert Yan Yu is right next to her. Li Zhaojiang naturally has to go there first to protect his sister from being targeted by bad guys. This is his duty and mission as a younger brother!

As a result, when I was halfway through the run, I saw that the road ahead had collapsed, and I was stunned again.

The collapsed area was about 15 meters long. If there were no restrictions here, it would only take a simple Cloud Ascending Technique... or even no Cloud Ascending Technique at all, I could just fly up on my sword and be done with it.

Now, if Li Zhaojiang dared to use the Cloud Ascending Technique for even a second after stepping over the mountain road section, he would be immediately suppressed by the restriction. Therefore, ruling out the use of magic, it seemed that he could only climb the rock manually.

The collapse of the first section of the mountain road was not very complete, and there were still many protruding road surfaces along the inner wall of the cave. Li Zhaojiang found a foothold and jumped without saying a word, frightening everyone and hurriedly warned him:

"Ajiang, don't take risks!" Li Minghu immediately became anxious.

"Captain!" Xu Jin also shouted from below, "We can't get through! Come back!"

"Comrade Li Zhaojiang, please don't imitate the blue sheep!" Yan Yu helped persuade him, "Your bloated body is not suitable for this high-risk extreme sport!"

It would have been good that he didn't add fuel to the fire. After hearing this, Li Zhaojiang became even more confident and once again set his sights on a second destination.

Jump hard!
Can't reach!

Fall into the water!

Fortunately, the lake was not too deep, only up to the waist. Li Zhaojiang walked to the shore in a miserable state. Xu Jin quickly lit the fire spell to help dry his wet clothes.

Li Minghu, who was on a high place, hurriedly asked him if he was okay. He felt relieved when he heard Li Zhaojiang say that he had cast the elephant spell in time.

Li Zhaojiang was roasting his fire when he heard Xu Jin say:

"Captain, there are three collapsed sections along this cliff path, and the collapse is often more than ten or twenty meters. Captain Yan is right. We are not mountain sheep, so we can't jump over like this."

"It's okay. I'll give it a try first." Li Zhaojiang replied, "We have to reunite with them eventually. If I can't jump over, I'll think of another way. What about climbing up from directly below? With a cultivator's strength and physique, he should be able to climb up."

"The cliffside platform where Captain Yan and Deputy Captain Li are located is right next to a waterfall, so it's quite humid and steamy." Xu Jin removed his glasses and carefully wiped away the mist with a cloth. "I just observed the cliff below them and found that it's mostly covered with moss and lichen. I'm afraid it's very slippery and difficult to walk on... Captain, you can try it, but please be careful."

Li Zhaojiang looked carefully and saw dark green moss growing on it. But forget it; he didn't want to fall off the cliff again.

"It would be nice to have a climbing pick," he sighed.

"Perhaps we could use a flying sword instead," Xu Jin said with an idea. "Suppose I use the flying sword to pierce the rock wall, making sure it digs into it, leaving only the hilt exposed for people to step on. It should be able to bear the captain's weight."

"Good idea!" Li Zhaojiang's eyes lit up. "Use my flying swords too! Take turns inserting the two swords into the rock wall to provide a foothold!"

"We also need to see if the hardness of the surrounding rock walls can support the weight of an adult." Xu Jin made a sword gesture in his hand.

Li Minghu stood on the edge of the platform above, looking at his brother and Xu Jin sitting and discussing with each other below, and suddenly felt a little dizzy.

The Joy Sect elixir he'd taken earlier, while effective in strengthening the body and replenishing vital energy, was also mixed with a number of exotic herbs and elixirs used for dual cultivation. Anyone else could have suppressed the pain with their true energy, but Li Minghu was already frail, and had been completely focused on his swordfight with the gatekeeper. By the time he noticed anything was wrong, it was too late. His body slumped, and he collapsed into Yan Yu's arms.

"I think it's totally fine to insert it... Holy crap!" Li Zhaojiang, still assessing the hardness of the cliff, suddenly screamed, "Sister!!!"

(End of this chapter)