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

Chapter 742: The Insidious Golden Retriever

As soon as Yan Yu said this, the atmosphere at the scene immediately became quiet.

Many elders of the witch group exchanged glances with each other, and soon they all lowered their heads and stopped talking.

So far, no witch in the Amur Witch Group has successfully reached the next great realm, so everyone can only guess what the specific strength level of the "Golden Core Realm" is based on limited information.

The most common guess at the moment is that Yan Yu, at the Jindan stage, is roughly as powerful as all the witches combined. If he were weaker, no one would believe it. If he were stronger, Yan Yu would have swept across the world, annihilating all the surrounding nations and powers and dominating the Earth. Otherwise, it would be inexplicable.

Yan Yu has the ability to destroy a large supernatural force alone, but he will also pay a heavy price for it - so he stayed in Lu State after forming the pill. This statement sounds reasonable.
However, when everyone heard him say "kill them all", they suddenly realized that their previous speculation was probably conservative.

No matter how underdeveloped the Yamata no Orochi is, it's still not something the entire witch cohort can easily kill. Otherwise, the North Territory wouldn't have gotten this bad. But Yan Yu can, doesn't this mean...

"Why are you all silent?" Anna asked in Rakshasa language. "If anyone has a better idea, please bring it up. This isn't a place where dissent is unacceptable."

Everyone remained silent. Your husband has already said he can kill all these "Yamata no Orochis," so what "better ideas" do we have?
Sullivan was silent for a moment and then said:

"I don't doubt your ability, but you can't stay in the North forever. If one day you're far away and another Yamata-no-Orochi appears in the North, we can't just sit there and wait for you to come and rescue us. Thank you for your willingness to lend a hand to the North, but this problem should be solved by the North itself."

"Indeed." Yan Yu nodded slightly when he heard that.

If Anna hadn't been there, he wouldn't have paid any attention to Sullivan's remarks and would have simply killed all the monsters in the North and left. As for how the North would resolve this issue, it could only be said that the Lu Kingdom hoped that the North would fail to resolve it, so that it would be forced to establish a strong reliance on the Lu Kingdom and Yan Yu, ultimately becoming a vassal in need of the protection of the suzerain.

But now Anna was the ruler of the North, and she was one of them. In other words, the North was their territory. Rather than dealing with all the monsters on their own, helping Anna quickly reach the next level was more urgent. This would completely eliminate the hidden dangers and risks in the North, while also further solidifying Anna's dominance.

"In that case, let's wait until you upgrade and then we'll go kill all those villains." Yan Yu turned and discussed with Anna.

"Okay." Anna agreed calmly.

Why can't these monsters be defeated? Because the Amur Witch Coven has no witches who have advanced. So why not? This brings us to the witch's tribulation ritual, which melts her entire body into a "meatball" composed of pure magic power.

This flesh ball was naturally extremely fragile. If disturbed from outside, it would immediately risk death due to a magical riot. Therefore, the location of the tribulation must not be disclosed to anyone. But therein lay the problem: if Anna disappeared, everyone would immediately guess that she had begun the tribulation, and naturally, some unscrupulous people would begin to try to find her location.

Therefore, the witch not only needs a top-secret place to undergo the tribulation, but also needs to set numerous traps around the place as insurance to delay the time for the enemy to find her during her weak period.

Anna has the strongest insurance, and she doesn't even need to hide it deliberately to avoid the enemy finding a way to crack it.

That is Yan Yu.

The meeting of the witch coven elders concluded, confirming that their primary goal was to help Anna reach the next level. Under the threat of Yan Yu, a top-tier Jindan cultivator, anyone who wanted to interfere with Anna's tribulation process would have to risk their own life.

Therefore, no matter what the witches had in mind before, they suppressed it now. On the contrary, many quick-witted witches began to think about how long Yan Yu would stay in the North.
Even if he couldn't actually convince him to help him overcome the tribulation and protect the law, at least he could create a mystery and make the enemy unsure whether Yan Yu was helping him protect the law...

After the meeting, Yan Yu came to Anna's room and began to review the top-secret intelligence that only the chief witch could see.

After several rounds of reform, the power structure of the Amur Coven has stabilized. Each witch must be introduced by an elder before joining, forming a unique mentor-apprentice relationship. The Elders' Council, composed of the elders, makes daily decisions on all matters concerning the Amur Coven. In the event of conflicting opinions, the Witch Queen, Anna, makes the final decision.

Yan Yu immediately realized that under this system, a divided and quarrelsome elders' meeting would be the most favorable political environment for Anna. She would do her best to prevent elders from different factions from banding together to put pressure on her, so she needed a troublemaker to jump around in the meeting, fan the flames, and provoke disputes.

This person needs to have no apparent relationship with Anna, so a confidant like Clara cannot take the position.

Sullivan?
If Sullivan was the troublemaker arranged by Anna, then he deliberately said in public that "the problems in the North should be solved by the people in the North themselves", which was deliberately inducing her to think about helping Anna overcome the tribulation. Behind it was actually Anna's own idea.

The reason why she didn't tell him directly was probably to maintain his initial impression of her: a simple, straightforward, ordinary girl from Northeast China without so many scheming.

But think about it carefully. In her previous life, she was able to lead the Amur Witch Group and such a large territory as the North, and her position had not been threatened for decades (on the contrary, the South had no idea how many witch kings there were). How could the Queen of Eclipse be the kind of white lotus without any scheming?

Thinking of this, Yan Yu began to sneer in his heart.

It doesn't matter. Whether it's the naive and stubborn Golden Retriever or the scheming Eclipse Queen, if they dare to challenge me, I'll beat them up the same way!

Make friends through martial arts, beat up your opponents, it’s awesome!
Anna came out of the bathroom, wrapped in a white bath towel to cover her curvy body, covering every spot that needed to be covered, but it made her look even more alluring and seductive. Yan Yu especially noticed that she didn't tuck the towel in carefully, but instead deliberately held it awkwardly at the end. This meant that if she let go of it for even a moment...

Hehehehe, hahahahahahahahahahaha, I haven't seen much in the world, would I be fooled by your little tricks?

Anna slowly came behind Yan Yu, leaned forward and pressed his back, letting her fragrant golden hair fall beside his cheek, and asked with a smile:

"Did you see anything?" "Yes, I see everything." Yan Yu sneered undisguisedly. "You use conspiracy and political tactics to rule the Amur Witch Group, and in doing so, build a huge conspiracy empire in the North. I have to look at you with new eyes. It is true that a leader must grow in wisdom and strategy quickly to cope with the dangerous environment of intrigue and scheming, but you made a mistake in using these little tricks on me... Did you think I would be easily fooled by you?"

Anna fell strangely silent. Her head dropped even lower, as if about to enter an intimate whisper. Yan Yu raised his head from her golden hair and met her captivating blue eyes, filled with confusion, bewilderment, and puzzlement.

"What?"

"Stop pretending!" Yan Yu hugged her and let her sit in his arms. Then he pinched her soft cheeks and said coldly, "Your little tricks can't be hidden from me! Tell the truth now!"

"What? What, what, what?" Anna moved restlessly on his legs, forcing Yan Yu's hand away and said angrily, "What are you talking about? Are you deliberately provoking me?"

"I'm asking you, is Sullivan your man?" Yan Yu asked.

"Of course." Anna said, "I am the King of Witches. All the extraordinary people who obey the Amur Witch Group are mine."

"I'm not just expressing my loyalty!" Yan Yu then recounted his previous inference in a fluent manner. Anna was enlightened and finally couldn't help but say:

"I see! He didn't let you deal with those monsters, but behind that, he actually wanted you to help me overcome the calamity!"

"Still pretending!" Yan Yu pinched her hard as a punishment, "I've seen through all your schemes!"

"It has nothing to do with me!" Anna immediately complained, "I just figured it out!"

"Are you trying to say that all this was Sullivan's doing?" Yan Yu sneered. "When Peter the Great's Eastern Expedition failed and he returned in disgrace, his deputy Sullivan surrendered. And you ultimately chose to spare his life, wasn't it just to make him your secret subordinate?"

"Of course not!" Anna said confidently, "He said there are some dirty jobs that are not convenient for me, the Witch King, to do, and he can do them for me... But that doesn't mean he's my secret subordinate. He never reports to me when he does anything!"

"You are trying to quibble! It is impossible for subordinates to do things without reporting to their superiors!" Yan Yu shouted.

"Actually, he reported it to me at first." Anna stroked her chin, recalling carefully, "But I thought it was too troublesome, so I let him do it on his own."

Yan Yu was silent for a while, then said doubtfully:
"I'm telling you, you don't have to deliberately maintain a simple and innocent persona in front of me. You've been the Witch King for so long, and if you still act the same heartless and foolish as before, I'd actually be disappointed."

Anna was furious when she heard this and said angrily:
"So you think I'm just playing dumb, right? Then I'll do as you wish! That's right, Sullivan was ordered by me, and I also secretly condoned those extraordinary gangs that bred the Yamata no Orochi, all for the purpose of luring you out of Lu Country and bringing you to be with me!"

"Fuck, you're so cruel!" Yan Yu was immediately horrified and filled with righteous indignation. "In order to meet me, you even let the North be littered with corpses and lives destroyed! You devil, you don't deserve to be the Lord of the North!"

"Hehehe!" Anna laughed coldly and evilly. "Even if I know, what can you do? You are in my room now. Can you still escape from my grasp? Just obey my will, Yan Yu!"

She grabbed Yan Yu with force and tried to force him to the ground.

But Yan Yu was prepared. He stood in a horse stance to keep his center of gravity. With a swing of his heel, he threw the chair away and grabbed Anna's arm tightly with his backhand. A gleam of light flashed in his eyes:
"Well, you've come! Today I'll teach you a lesson: no matter how many schemes you employ, they will be powerless in the face of absolute strength!"

Seeing him so arrogant, Anna was so angry that she gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, it’s okay if you think I’m a scheming bitch, at most I’ll act with you, but you didn’t follow the script!
Fine, I won't continue acting. If you want to fight, I'll accompany you. Let's see who gets the last one knocked down!
She raised a pair of fists as big as casseroles and smashed them down on Yan Yu's face.

In terms of boxing power, the Demon Sect Demon Girl was the best, and while Anna was slightly inferior, she wasn't far behind. The blow landed hard on Yan Yu's face, causing him to hum, as if he'd been hit by a flashbang. All that was left in his vision was a white dot of light, and he couldn't see anything else.

Even though he was temporarily blinded, Yan Yu, as a mortal warrior, had experienced various countermeasures under extreme conditions. Even closing his eyes would not significantly reduce his combat power. He quietly clenched his right fist, and when Anna thought she had subdued him, he suddenly struck out with the force of a poisonous dragon, fiercely hitting her vitals!

Anna didn't expect that Yan Yu could still free his hands to fight back even though his vision was blocked. She groaned in pain and almost bit her tongue.

It hurts! Yan Yu, you actually dared to hit me so hard!
The nameless fire in her heart suddenly rose three feet high. She simply stopped raising her arms to defend herself and punched Yan Yu with both fists with an irresistible and desperate force.

Come on! Either you kill me or I kill you!
Yan Yu was also ignited with fighting spirit and began to fight Anna in close combat.

Compared to the inexperienced Golden Retriever, he was a seasoned warrior, completely outclassing his opponent in terms of technique and detail. Even with a simple punch, the moment it hit Anna's body, it could even vibrate left and right, forward and backward, allowing the impact of the punch to spread rapidly around.

How could Anna withstand such a powerful and fierce punch? She originally wanted to rely on her physical fitness to force an exchange of damage, but she was soon beaten to the point of almost vomiting blood. She screamed:
"Are you really going to kill me?"

"Isn't this exactly what you wished for?" Yan Yu asked her in return, "You lured me here from Lu Country, isn't it just because you were itching to see how powerful I am?"

"No!" Anna was in so much pain that she couldn't continue acting. A look of grievance appeared on her face. "I just missed you..."

"At this point, there's no point in saying more. Take another punch from me!"

(End of this chapter)