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

Chapter 734: The Demon Girl's Tribulation
Finally, the day came for Zhao Yuanzhen to overcome the tribulation.

Considering that the celestial phenomena of the tribulation would significantly affect the surrounding areas, the State of Lu simply fixed the place of the tribulation at Tianzhu Peak of Wudang Mountain. At the same time, the residents of the surrounding villages and towns were collectively relocated and many military defense camps were established.

When it was time to cross the tribulation, the airspace near Tianzhu Peak was densely populated with patrolling monks, who wanted to intercept every passing bird.

The Lu State is still very nervous about Zhao Yuanzhen's tribulation.

Because everyone recognizes the strength of the cultivators in the top teams, Yan Yu is at one level, Liu Longtao is at another level, and the rest are at another level.

With the same plan and resources, just because Yan Yu and Liu Longtao can pass doesn’t mean others will definitely pass.

Standing calmly in the center of the tribulation scene, looking at the piles of flying swords and magic weapons around him, Zhao Yuanzhen's expression was extremely relaxed.

In the world of cultivation, your master won't prepare so many resources for you to overcome tribulation. At most, they'll lend you a powerful magic weapon, and the rest will depend on you to figure it out on your own. If you can't, then you're just a fool, and your death is not worth it!
Now that I have so many flying swords and magic weapons, I am not worried about the danger of tribulation at all!

No.

Failure to transcend the tribulation, the soul scattering, not even the chance of reincarnation, who can really not take it seriously? No matter how magnanimous Zhao Yuanzhen is, he can't be foolish about such a thing.

She was so nervous that she felt like she was vomiting and her stomach was churning.

However, considering that the drones hovering in the distance might very well record his expression and let Yan Yu in the team meeting room see it, Zhao Yuanzhen forced himself to pretend to be fearless, crossing his arms across his chest and acting like an expressionless master.

Even if she was about to be killed by a heavenly calamity, she was unwilling to show any weakness in front of Yan Yu!

Inside the Wudang Mountain base, the cultivators did not stay in their respective team meeting rooms, but instead gathered in the command room to watch the live broadcast. If any incident occurred near the tribulation site, they would immediately follow the order to go out and support the battle.

"It's said that the type of heavenly tribulation is likely closely related to the nature of the cultivator's true essence," Zhang Huaide said casually to the others. "For example, each wave of tribulation lightning from Team Yan was mostly sharp, sword-like, while Team Liu's waves of tribulation lightning were full of the variability and complexity of the Five Elements."

"So I will face fire-type thunder, right?" Zhou Hongyu pondered.

"Then I am the Yuan magnetic type of thunder..." Li Zhaojiang said here, and his face suddenly turned pale.

Wait, a Yuanci type of heavenly tribulation, doesn’t that mean I won’t be able to use my flying sword when I’m going through the tribulation?

"We really can't rule out this possibility." Li Minghu also began to worry.

After all, the Wanzhu Sword accounted for the majority of the resources Lu State had prepared for the tribulation. Its production efficiency and energy conservation far surpassed the Xiaoxuan Light Ruler. If a flying sword were to become unusable, it would be like a cultivator's tribulation-transcending limb being severed, and the impact would be significant.

Li Zhaojiang regretted it so much that his intestines almost turned green. He had chosen the Daoism of Yuanci Shenguang because he valued its ability to suppress flying swords - he wanted to be the nemesis of all the sword immortals in the country!

It turned out that the nemesis was indeed a nemesis, but it was specifically designed to defeat newcomers and rookies. With a clash of hands, he swung towards the mediocre folk swordsman, and the opponent's flying sword flew out of control. But against a master of Yan Yu's level, the Yuanci Divine Light swept past from a distance, and the opponent's mobility was maximized, all kinds of evasion, and it was useless if it couldn't hit him.

On the other hand, if the heavenly tribulation also became magnetic, would Li Zhaojiang have the ability to dodge it like Yan Yu? This would really be a dead end.

"I don't think so." Yan Yu suddenly said, "First of all, speculation based on only two samples is destined to be just speculation, not empirical evidence."

"Secondly, the Heavenly Tribulation type isn't simply imitating you. I feel like it's more like trying to restrain you."

"Oh, what do you mean?" Zhang Huaide asked in surprise.

"I'm good at improvising and controlling details," Yan Yu said. "So the lightning strikes come faster and faster, just to shorten my thinking and reaction time."

"Master Jing's advantage lies in his abundant True Essence, enough to unleash numerous Daoist spells. Therefore, the speed of the different waves of Tribulation Lightning remains unchanged, but their number increases significantly, forcing him to increase the intensity of his spells and, in turn, increase his True Essence consumption."

"Yes, that's true." Zhang Huaide recalled for a moment and realized that what Yan Yu said was indeed correct.

"Then what will restrain Sister Zhao?" Su Yunjin fell into deep thought.

Everyone looked at the live broadcast screen again. As the first wave of thunder began to fall, Zhao Yuanzhen had already begun to overcome the tribulation.

The demonic demon woman, having grown up in an environment where the strong prey on the weak, was extremely decisive and ruthless in her attacks. As soon as the thunder entered her sight, it was immediately defeated by flying swords or magic weapons.

Although it looked like everything was going well, Xie Ruoxi was self-aware and knew that her ability to read the battle situation was negative. Seeing Yan Yu frowning behind her, she suddenly became more worried and stammered, "What are you doing?"
"Captain, how is Sister Zhao? Did she survive the tribulation smoothly?"

"She, she, she seems to be fine now." Yan Yu replied.

"Oh!" Xie Ruoxi said coquettishly, "Captain, don't imitate me! I'm asking this seriously!"

"Sister Zhao's accuracy is impeccable," Lin Ning explained. "And her reaction speed is pretty fast too. She was in great form today."

Xie Ruoxi felt relieved, but then she heard Yan Yu say again:
"But her approach is too simplistic and crude. She doesn't consider how to maximize the number of lightning strikes, but simply strikes them whenever she sees them. This makes far too inefficient a use of the necessary materials."

Xie Ruoxi was worried again, and only heard Chen Lingyun say with a smile:

"Isn't she always like this? No matter what, just beat her up first."

"If the number of subsequent thunderstorms increases, her inefficient fighting style may cause the number of flying swords to run out prematurely." Lin Ning also said worriedly.

"Hmm?" Su Yunjin suddenly asked, "If the heavenly tribulation will try to restrain the person according to their methods? Does that mean the number of lightning strikes in the next wave will increase dramatically? After all, Sister Zhao's worst skill is maintaining her navigability through calculations, right?"

Yan Yu was silent for a while and said:
"Probably."

Xie Ruoxi's face changed drastically and she quickly turned to look at Mei Yingxue.

"I will try to inform Zhao Yuanzhen." Mei Yingxue picked up the communicator and gave the order.

At the scene of the tribulation, due to the presence of a large number of tribulation clouds, the communication signals were also severely interfered with, making it impossible for the outside world to communicate with the cultivators undergoing the tribulation.

Fortunately, the State of Lu had long ago designed a set of codes to transmit information through flashes of light to deal with this situation, so that the message could still be delivered to the monk who was undergoing the tribulation at the critical moment.

Zhao Yuanzhen was still dealing with the thunder when she suddenly saw a light flashing in the distance - it was a drone shining a strong searchlight at her face from a distance.

What happened? What does this signal mean?

Although Yan Yu forced him to memorize the meaning of all the signals during the preparatory drills before the tribulation, Zhao Yuanzhen couldn't recall them, perhaps because he was suddenly nervous.

Fortunately, the demon girl's luck saved her: at that moment, the spectral star disk borrowed from Li Zhikang suddenly began to spin on its own. If this magical weapon were used by a cultivator proficient in numerology, it could calculate almost anything with a 70% accuracy. In Zhao Yuanzhen's hands, it could only perform some preset functions, such as calculating the arrival time and number of the next wave of tribulation lightning.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at the star map, and his pupils almost shrank suddenly.

Eight thousand?

The first wave of thunder that she was dealing with at this time was called "Yin Feng Shen Sha Lei", which was a disaster that often occurred to people in the Demon Sect when they were undergoing tribulation and forming an elixir.

The thunder is light blue in color and has various shapes. It falls straight down like leaves in the wind. Even if it explodes, it is silent. However, if you underestimate its power for this reason, you will be courting death.

The number of thunderbolts in the first wave was two thousand, which was far less than the Demon Sect witch's psychological estimation, so she handled it quite calmly. However, she never expected that the number of thunderbolts in the second wave would be four times as high!
At this rate, will there be enough supplies to survive the tribulation? Calculation is what I'm worst at!
Zhao Yuanzhen became increasingly nervous and uneasy. Suddenly, a light bulb went off in his head, and he remembered what the signal meant.

Hold still.

"Hold steady" means "don't be reckless." So, was my play too aggressive? Oh, I used a bit too many supplies!
Thinking of this, Zhao Yuanzhen quickly put away the remaining Wanzhu Swords, and then took out the Liangyi Weichen Sword that Yan Yu lent her, and injected her true energy into it.

Use my husband’s sword first!

Under the influence of the Yin-Yang Micro-Dust Sword Formation, the remaining several hundred thunderbolts were quickly destroyed. The second wave of eight thousand thunderbolts had not yet landed, so she quickly took a Qi-restoring pill and began to fully recover her true essence.

The formation under his feet also began to operate, gathering a large amount of spiritual energy from the surroundings to improve Zhao Yuanzhen's recovery efficiency.

Everyone in the command room watched Zhao Yuanzhen meditate and practice on the screen. The camera turned and focused on the dense thunder in the sky. Xie Ruoxi was so scared that she quickly hugged Yan Yu's arm and said terrifiedly:

"Why are there so many thunderbolts in the second wave? Will Sister Zhao be okay?"

Seeing this, Su Yunjin and Lin Ning, without any need for telepathy, quickly pulled Xie Ruoxi away from Yan Yu, one on each side, and then patiently and gently comforted her:
"Don't be afraid. We have enough supplies for overcoming the tribulation this time. Believe in your sister Zhao's strength."

This was not wrong. The Lu Kingdom's upper echelons did not expect Zhao Yuanzhen to have the same abilities as Yan Yu or Liu Longtao, so they specially arranged for staff to work overtime to prepare more flying swords and magic weapons for her.

In addition, Yan Yu also traveled all over the world and borrowed many methods to overcome the tribulation... Thinking of this, Xie Ruoxi gradually calmed down and was no longer panicked.

It's okay! The captain must have expected this!

Looking at Yan Yu's calm and indifferent profile, Xie Ruoxi felt that it was ridiculous for her to be so afraid of this and that, and she felt like she was making a fuss out of nothing.

"The situation is not good." Liu Longtao suddenly sent a voice message to Yan Yu, "What do you think?"

"It's really not good." Yan Yu sighed and said, "The second wave has eight thousand thunders, what about the last wave? Will the number exceed ten thousand?"

"If the number increases, then the intensity will definitely decrease." Liu Longtao pondered, "It's impossible to improve it in all aspects. Otherwise, anyone who tries to survive the tribulation will die."

"Actually, the Yin-Yang Micro-Dust Sword Formation isn't very suitable for dealing with this situation." Zhang Huaide also joined the conversation through voice transmission. "If the intensity of the tribulation lightning decreases, then a large-scale Taoist bombardment would be more appropriate. After all, the aftermath of the spell can also break the tribulation lightning."

"Did you hear what we just said in the voice transmission?" Liu Longtao was shocked. Could voice transmission be eavesdropped on?
"No." Zhang Huaide said frankly, "It's just that you two were looking at each other, obviously discussing the situation on the field through telepathy, so I came to join in the fun."

"Large-scale Taoist bombardment..." Yan Yu thought carefully for a moment, then suddenly turned to Mei Yingxue and said:

"I go out for a while."

"Don't go too far." Mei Yingxue warned him, "You are the pillar that stabilizes the sea, you can't leave easily."

Yan Yu had no intention of leaving the base. He simply walked to the corridor outside the conference room, summoned the puppet Ah Zhen, and asked:

"You were made by Zhao Yuanzhen himself. You now have the basic consciousness of the spirit of the weapon. Does the one in her hand have it?"

"You mean..." The spirit of the weapon sent a thought through the consciousness that resided in the puppet, and asked naively, "Sister?"

"elder sister?"

"You look like me, sister." said the puppet Ah Zhen.

"Then can you communicate with her?" Yan Yu asked quickly.

Puppet Ah Zhen stopped talking.

Yan Yu waited for a moment and finally couldn't help but ask loudly:
"Yes or no?"

"Yes." The puppet Ah Zhen seemed a little frightened by his harsh words and said aggrievedly, "I was just communicating."

"Have her notify Zhao Yuanzhen immediately." Yan Yu said quickly, "The number of thunderbolts has increased abnormally, so their intensity must have decreased. It would be more appropriate to use a large-scale Taoist bombardment!"

"Her puppet is just like yours. Its internal transformation used Qianling Zhenmei Fire and Xuanming Beiyuan Water, so it can use both water and fire magic! If she has already learned it, tell her to switch to Taoist magic and stop using the sword formation to cut around!"

Puppet Ah Zhen stopped talking again, apparently sending the message to her sister through the mysterious induction between the sister spirits.

Zhao Yuanzhen had stopped refining the medicinal power at this time and stood up to prepare to deal with the second wave of thunder. Suddenly, she realized that someone was talking in her ear.

It's my puppet!
At this moment, no one within a few kilometers of the tribulation site was alive, and those who were there had been killed by the tribulation lightning. Zhao Yuanzhen almost immediately realized that it was A-mi, the puppet hidden in her sleeve and hosting her spiritual consciousness, who was speaking.

This puppet actually gave birth to its own spirit!
"...My sister said," said the puppet Ami, "that you should use me to cast a spell."

Magic? Zhao Yuanzhen's eyes turned.

The first thought that came to her mind was whether this spirit was lying to her.

On second thought, how could a newly born spirit have so much wisdom that it can't even speak clearly? I guess Yan Yu is communicating with my puppet through the puppet in his hand.

Like Yan Yu's, the puppet Ami in Zhao Yuanzhen's hand can perform Taoist magic of water and fire because of the special treasures inside.

Although she had not learned the secret art of the Southern Dipper Galaxy or the Great Light Fire, she had not been idle in the sect before she traveled through time. She quickly pinched the seal with her left hand and manipulated the puppet into a posture ready to cast a spell.

He took out the bone heart-locking hammer with his right hand and threw it into the air, but he did not urge it to smash the thunder. Instead, he spread the bone magic fire around it, which gathered more and more until it gradually formed the outline of a dragon.

(End of this chapter)