Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest-Chapter 796 - 42 Bringing Reinforcements_2

Chapter 796: Chapter 42: Bringing Reinforcements_2

Chapter 796 -42: Bringing Reinforcements_2

“Not right. Among the six cave entrances, four can be confirmed to have foreign Transcendents lurking behind them. If among these four, there is one that leads to the Zhenmei Sword Sect’s stationed area, then the Transcendents would have gone straight to explore and plunder, instead of staying on the periphery of the Swordsmanship Competition Venue—this means that the path behind them had already been explored, and they confirmed there was no way to go.

Li Minghu’s gaze fell on the remaining two cave entrances. They were adjacent to each other, indistinguishable from the other six in appearance, with no signs of hidden ambushes within.

Which one could it be?

“The one on the left is more likely.” Yan Yu suddenly said.

“Why?” Li Minghu pondered for a moment and said, “Is it because it directly faces the route we took when we came?”

“And what was on the route we took?” Yan Yu asked.

“There was a giant sword inscribed with the words ‘Zhenmei Sword Sect’!” Li Minghu instantly realized.

In the Cultivation Sect, the mountain gate often faces directly opposite the main hall’s gate and is located along the same central axis, designed for symmetrical architectural aesthetics. Guests entering from the mountain gate can go straight to the main hall. If the main hall is placed on the left, the guests would have to make a turn upon entering, which would seem quite strange.

The route Li Zhaojiang and Xu Jin took, although also guarded by many sword puppets, had no stone carvings bearing the Zhenmei Sword Sect, suggesting that this route was mostly likely a branch. The route Yan Yu and I took, marked by a Sword Stele of ‘Zhenmei Sword Sect,’ likely held the highest probability of being the main entrance!

Generally, right after entering the main gate, there is the forecourt. Outer Disciples usually practice swordsmanship here, and the Sect Leader announces sect affairs in this area. In case of enemy invasion, the forecourt also serves as the first frontline fortress, a crucial post for guarding the main hall of the Sect.

And this Swordsmanship Competition Venue is actually an enormous room, completely plausible to serve as the sect’s forecourt.

“What are you discussing?” Li Zhaojiang was clueless.

“They’re determining which way to head next,” Xu Jin explained to Li Zhaojiang, “The core of the mysterious realm is probably at the sect’s stationed area, and that’s where we intend to go.”

“I know,” Li Zhaojiang pondered and asked, “But if we have to go through this swordsmanship competition venue, we must defeat the Gatekeeper Taoist, right? What if we can’t succeed at once and there are foreign Transcendents attacking us from behind, wouldn’t we be trapped?”

“There’s no need to defeat the Gatekeeper Taoist,” Li Minghu said indifferently. “We’ll just hold him off temporarily and retreat to the cave entrance opposite us and leave immediately.”

Li Zhaojiang suddenly realized: Right! The opposite cave isn’t locked; can’t we just go through it directly? Since this Gatekeeper Taoist can’t chase after us!

After careful consideration, the four of them left their hiding place and marched straight into the Swordsmanship Competition Venue.

The Gatekeeper Taoist, carrying dual swords, immediately appeared. Before he could speak, Li Zhaojiang brought his hands together and instantly unleashed Primordial Magnetic Divine Light fiercely at him!

Originally iron-black in color, the Primordial Magnetic Divine Light had turned purely white after being refined to perfection by Li Zhaojiang. With just a simple sweep, the dual swords on the Gatekeeper Taoist’s back uncontrollably slipped out, caught up in the Divine Light!

Li Zhaojiang laughed loudly, thinking to himself that his Divine Light was indeed the nemesis of all things made of gold and iron. Just as he was about to call Old Yan to join him in action, he heard Yan Yu shout,

“Run! Don’t stop!” freёwebnoѵel.com

As soon as his voice fell, the furious Gatekeeper Taoist sprang up, his body and sword unified, achieving Sword-Human Unity!

Sword-Human Unity, the most unreasonable powerful move of a Sword Immortal. Under the explosion of sword light, it immediately broke free from the bondage of Primordial Magnetic Divine Light and chased after the four.

Li Zhaojiang was terrified and immediately turned to flee. Yan Yu quickly summoned Puppet Azhen, who fired a Crimson Feather Nine Phoenix Fire, delaying the Sword-Human Unity for a moment, allowing Li Zhaojiang to slip into the cave.

When the Gatekeeper Taoist reached the edge of the Swordsmanship Competition Venue, he disengaged from the Sword-Human Unity state, his face turning from pale to livid. Amidst his grim transformations, he suddenly venomously said,

“Very well! To be mocked thus by you, I no longer need to bother with any strict formalities!”

“You scoundrels, prepare to meet your end!”

His hands moved sharply to manipulate the Sword technique, and immediately, the crimson and blue dual swords cleaved towards the crowd, blocked by an invisible barrier emerging at the mouth of the cave. The Gatekeeper Taoist altered his Sword technique, using both swords to perform Continuous Slash, bursting out a series of sparks and explosions against the barrier!

Yan Yu immediately sensed trouble and hurriedly commanded,

“Move quickly! Follow me!”

He activated the Cloud Dividing Eight Trigrams Step, leading the way. Li Minghu and Xu Jin also activated their Shifting Technique, closely following behind.

Li Zhaojiang, the slowest runner since he was more of a stationary artillery mage and not as practiced in basic movement as a Sword Immortal, was about to call for help when Puppet Azhen grabbed his collar and swiftly dragged him along, catching up with the others.

In just half a minute, the Gatekeeper Taoist finally shattered the barrier and pursued them fiercely.

Once he left, the surrounding Sorcerers and Ascetics could no longer keep still; almost simultaneously emerging from behind the cave openings, they rushed into the Swordsmanship Training Venue vying to enter through that cave entrance.

The cave mouth wasn’t spacious; blocked in front by people and fearing they couldn’t get inside from behind, they simply started attacking forward randomly, aiming to brutally clear a path!

Without dwelling on the mutual slaughter among them, Yan Yu and his companions continued their mad dash through the corridor. The floor, walls, and ceiling were paved with blue bricks, starkly contrasting with the rough, unprocessed cave terrain outside.