Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 544 - 40: Dog-headed Military Advisor

Sullivan watched the surveillance screen, first in disbelief, and then as if struck by lightning.

How could it be him?

Previously, Yan Yu had been slaughtering werewolves with his Sword Flying Slash, his true identity concealed by the sword light around him. Now that he had deactivated his Sword Control, Sullivan finally recognized him.

It was the Flying General Yan Yu from the Secret Realm of Li Palace, who had forced the Transcendent Miti to flee in terror!

"This is impossible!" exclaimed Alexander, who stood beside him, "Shouldn't he be in Lu Country?"

Sullivan couldn't answer.

It was no secret that there were dealings between Lu Country and the Amur Witch's Group, but the relationship between Yan Yu and Anna was not known to most. In fact, being a leader of Transcendent forces was a high-risk profession, where one could be romantically involved today and dead tomorrow, always vulnerable to a coup from their subordinates.

Therefore, in Sullivan's original plan, after Peter seized control of the Witch's Group, Lu Country would most likely send someone to negotiate, and they would deal with it at that time.

He had never expected that Lu Country would send the Longcheng Flying General ahead of time, insistent on saving the life of the Queen Witch! Damn it, the Spiritual Energy Resurgence had only improved recently; at this time, shouldn't you be holed up domestically, frantically leveling up?

"What do we do?" Alexander asked anxiously, "Should we fight him?"

"Can we win?" Sullivan retorted.

In the Secret Realm of Li Palace, dozens of superheroes couldn't subdue him, and now it's just the two of us, how could we possibly fight?

Alexander had no response.

Sullivan quickly pressed the communication device and called Peter:

"Change of plans, someone from Lu Country is here, we need to retreat first."

A typical military cultivator would naturally retreat first upon receiving such news. But Peter had never undergone formal military training—he hadn't even attended tactical maneuver classes.

Anna's two Curses, both blocked by the orb of light from the golden greatsword, were about to be pursued by Peter when he suddenly received the order to retreat, which he blatantly refused. Overcome with anger, he yanked off his headset, threw it to the ground, and continued to roar and advance towards the opposing witch.

Seeing him discard his earpiece, Sullivan almost vomited blood in frustration and had to go persuade him personally. Just as they left the security room, they saw Yan Yu emerge from the ceiling, landing right in front of Sullivan and Alexander.

"So you were hiding in the security room," Yan Yu said with a smile. "They are having a duel; you shouldn't interrupt them."

The two men exchanged a quick glance, and Alexander, gritting his teeth, said:

"You go find Peter, I'll stay here to buy some time!"

"Okay!" Sullivan felt somewhat touched, yet he didn't hesitate and took off running.

Alexander drew his staff, threw a few light orbs at Yan Yu, who easily dodged them with the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, and was about to deliver a deadly blow as he closed in. Just then, Alexander suddenly leaned forward and fell, raising his hands to clutch the back of his head and shouting loudly in Lu Country's language:

"I surrender!"

The pronunciation was accurate, almost as if he had practiced these three words countless times. Yan Yu reacted swiftly, having already raised his hand to shoot the Liangyi Sword, the next second would have fatally pierced him, but he quickly changed his sword technique and halted the Flying Sword, turning his hand and casting a Runescript to seal his body.

Sullivan hadn't gone far when he heard Alexander shout out that sentence in Lu Country's language, almost stumbling and falling over in shock.

He sprinted out of the second-floor corridor, only to see Peter raising his weapon, numerous Light Swords taking solid form near the ceiling, then crashing down like a meteor shower.

Anna also scattered a large amount of Refined Sulfur, snapped her fingers, and flames soared into the sky, from which numerous Fire Serpents roared out, colliding with the myriad Light Swords above.

Light Swords whooshing, Fire Serpents spewing, the entire hall's ceiling turned into a starry sky, and the lower part become a sea of fire. Whether it was tiles, windows, sculptures, stairs, or columns, all were either split apart or melted into slag, the scene as horrific as a war hell.

Sullivan had reached the railing and shouted:

"The Longcheng Flying General from Lu Country is here!"

"If he's here, we'll fight together!" Peter said fiercely, his teeth gritted as he swung his sword, sending out a tremendous Sword Qi nearly twenty meters long, its shiny, golden brilliance sharply evident, cutting many of Anna's controlled Fire Serpents into two.

In the heat of danger, Anna's spirituality instinct kicked in, and she suddenly summoned her broom to lift her sharply into the air about five or six meters, narrowly avoiding the tremendous Sword Qi. Only the tail of the broom was halved, the core damaged, and it started to shake violently in the air, unable to stabilize.

Just as Peter was about to pursue his advantage, Sullivan had already leaped from the second floor, grabbing him and shouting:

"Can't kill him in a duel, how can you win two against one?"

Yan Yu arrived from behind controlling his sword, landing beside Anna, and exclaimed in surprise,

"You haven't killed him yet? What happened to the 80% confidence you talked about?"

"It was just confidence in winning, not winning quickly!" Anna hastily defended, "Didn't you see we are already casting spells? His spells rely entirely on that great sword, unlike the spells I developed myself, which consume more mana. If we keep this up, I'll eventually win!"

Yan Yu didn't know how the Eclipse Queen of the past lifetime had defeated Emperor Peter's group of four. Now that only two remained, he asked,

"What about now? Shall we continue the duels, and leave the remaining person to me?"

Anna seemed tempted and turned her head to ask Peter in Rakshasa language,

"We continue the duel, and when someone dies, we switch partners, how about that?"

Sullivan quickly grabbed Peter, saying,

"Even if you can defeat the Queen Witch, do you think you can also defeat the Lu Country's Flying General? He slaughtered many in the Secret Realm of Li Palace, dozens of superheroes couldn't beat him, and you at your prime were no match for him, how much mana do you even have left?"

Peter finally calmed down and said,

"Then let's withdraw."

Sullivan had been waiting for those words. He pressed his earpiece to send a signal, and from the rooms on either side of the upstairs, two gunmen charged out, holding down their triggers and sweeping bullets everywhere.

What a clever ambush! Yan Yu praised inwardly, quickly pulling Anna behind him and activating the Barrier Charm.

With the Barrier Charm, no matter how many bullets hit them, they were deflected like rubber, causing no pain at all. The Liangyi Sword and Huang Tingjian reflected through the barrage of bullets, piercing the hearts of the two gunmen, killing them.

But even in those few seconds, Peter and Sullivan had already sprinted away, bursting out of the building.

Peter, wearing winged boots, could leap more than ten meters in a strong bound, running swiftly. Sullivan summoned a giant eagle, whose talons gripped his shoulders, lifting him into the sky with powerful wing strokes.

The two men fled in different directions, and Yan Yu and Anna, with tacit understanding, quickly split up to pursue them.

Yan Yu chased Sullivan with his sword control, shaking out Puppet Azhen in midair, who cast the Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, slicing through the giant eagle's body. Sullivan screamed as he fell, waving his arms frantically in the air.

The radiance of the Liangyi Sword swept past, swiftly enveloping his figure, before dropping him to the ground.

At his wit's end, Sullivan crashed to the ground with a thud, kneeling and clutching the back of his head, he called out,

"I surrender! I can turn over a new leaf!"

The plea was also in the language of Lu Country, not only standard in pronunciation but also incorporated idioms, which made Yan Yu pause in surprise, initially intending to give him a quick end, he laughed and said,

"How come you all speak the language of Lu Country?"

Not daring to delay, Sullivan explained,

"Rakshasas are extremely cautious about Spirit Communicators, which is bad, so we sided with Peter. If Peter doesn't work out, we have other plans: to seek the Amur Witch's Group or Lu Country, so we learned the language in advance."

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"I see," Yan Yu chuckled, "Then what do you mean by turning over a new leaf?"

"We've been conquering the east, collecting all the intelligence of Spirit Communicators along the way, and we've placed many insiders," Sullivan said earnestly. "If the Queen Witch...or Lu Country wishes to unify the Northern Border, I am willing to be a Zhuge Liang to a wise ruler, dedicating my life until my last breath!"

This fair-skinned Rakshasa with high nose and deep eyes solemnly speaking of "aiding a wise ruler" made Yan Yu feel quite bizarre.

But then again, the fact that he even knew the story of a military strategist proved that he wasn't just saying these things because he was like a fish on a chopping block, trying to save his life—he had truly considered defecting to Lu Country, thus he had done his homework in advance.

Hey? Could it be that his contributions also played a part in the Eclipse Queen unifying the Northern Border in the past life?

The Amur Witch's Group was ruled by witches, so he certainly couldn't enter the core decision-making circle, but that wouldn't stop the Eclipse Queen from consulting with him—Anna of the past life didn't have Yan Yu as her strongest support, and the Witch's Group, having suffered severe losses in battles with the Giliar Bearmen, might indeed consider accepting Sullivan's loyalty.

Well, I'll decide when Anna gets back!