Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 501: Ning Ning Learns to Use Tricks
Inside the thatched cottage was an entrance leading underground. As they continued along the underground passage, they finally saw light ahead.

But it appeared on the cliff of a valley.

Strictly speaking, the valley here and the land that has just been fully developed are not actually the same world, but are similar to the relationship between the second and first floors of a building.

If there is no deepening of spiritual energy recovery to start the "elevator", no matter how you walk on the first floor, you will never reach the second floor.

The Zhendong Army had already used drones to explore the valley terrain of this world in advance. The surrounding rivers surrounded it like a jade belt, with many beautiful trees and orchids planted in between, and many houses scattered in the middle.

Research experts at the military government believe that within the secret realm of Wuyi Mountain, there must have once been a sect specializing in herbal cultivation and alchemy. The thatched cottage on the first floor was the residence of the Taoist master, used to receive guests, while the second floor was where the sect's practitioners lived and practiced.

According to the literature obtained from other secret realms, with the advent of the Dharma Ending Age, many sects moved their entire sects to secret realms and caves that were rich in spiritual energy in order to escape the increasingly thin spiritual environment in the outside world. Unfortunately, after the Dharma Ending Age, it was the Age of Dharma Extinction, where there was no spiritual energy at all. Even the caves became water without a source. As cultivators no longer appeared, the sects also went to extinction one after another.

Only the "security restrictions" in the secret realm remained, and after the spiritual energy revived, it began to work again.

Looking down from the cliff, Yan Yu saw many puppets moving back and forth in the valley. Some were pruning jade trees, some were repairing the walls of houses, and some were practicing swordsmanship. They looked quite like robots.

According to the information provided by Jiang Weiming, as long as the reconnaissance drone gets close, it will be attacked by the swords of these puppets, so there is no way to get close to the surface.

"Let's go." He said casually, "Lingyun is in command."

"Then let's go up and test the waters first." Chen Lingyun said in a voice transmission, "Ningning will lead the way."

"Okay." Lin Ning immediately flew down on his sword.

"Flight restriction, about three meters high." She walked down the mountain, transmitting her thoughts. "The further down we go, the more concentrated the spiritual energy becomes. It's very noticeable."

"Yeah." Yan Yu was not surprised.

The magnitude of this global spiritual energy recovery was far greater than usual. Even someone with a relatively low sensitivity to external spiritual energy, like him, could sense the significant changes in the environment. Considering that the second level of the Wuyi Mountain Secret Realm was the most spiritually enriched area in the six eastern provinces, Lin Ning's description of "feeling it very clearly" was not surprising.

If the concentration of spiritual energy was not high enough, we wouldn't have come here!

Lin Ning landed at the edge of the valley. About fifty meters ahead, there was a puppet using a flying sword to mow the lawn.

Wherever the sharp sword flashed, grass debris fell to the ground, and the remaining grass was so neat as if it had been shaved by a lawn mower.

Lin Ning observed for two or three seconds and decisively chose to move closer to test.

Let’s go with the Fenyun Bagua Steps!

As she approached rapidly, the puppet suddenly looked up, and the flying sword that was still mowing the lawn immediately took off into the air and rushed towards Lin Ning.

So fast! Everyone who stayed on the cliff was shocked.

The puppet's sword light flew about 10% to 20% faster than the sword control of ordinary cultivators. But Lin Ning was not afraid. He pinched the sword formula with his hand, and the Green Bamboo Sword was unsheathed from the sword case, performing the move of Cangsong Welcoming the Guest to intercept.

The two swords clashed, making a crisp sound. As the puppet's flying sword moved out of the path of a phoenix, Lin Ning immediately switched to the path of a hundred birds chasing the phoenix. The two swords collided fiercely again, pulling out a series of bright sparks.

The puppet's hands were fingerless, so it was impossible to discern the sword technique being used. Lin Ning could only focus on the opponent's flying sword. Seeing the sword's body rapidly descend into the "Falling Wild Goose on the Flat Sand," she immediately changed the technique to "Overlord Splitting the Mountain," and with a single downward strike, she struck the opponent's sword's center of gravity, sending the flying sword stumbling.

Su Yunjin watched from above. She and Lin Ning frequently practiced swordsmanship, and she had developed a keen eye. She could tell that the puppet's swordsmanship wasn't very advanced, reciting from a scripted script. Technically, Ning Ning completely outclassed them.

Even if it were me, I could beat this puppet...

As she was thinking this, she saw Lin Ning unleash another White Rainbow Piercing the Sun, only to be narrowly intercepted by the opponent's Phoenix Dancing Nine Heavens. With a dull thud, the Green Bamboo Sword was completely defeated in a head-on fight and was directly knocked away by the puppet flying sword. Everyone:???
"Oh no!" Lin Ning reacted the fastest, but was shocked.

She was carrying the Zhenze Sword Box obtained from the Secret Realm of Li Palace, which could attach three layers of sharp energy to the flying sword. The attack force was stronger than that of ordinary sword flying. However, one layer would be consumed with each collision.

Now they had already clashed three times, and although each fight was evenly matched, the sharpness of the sword had completely dissipated - but she had forgotten that she had this buff and foolishly continued to fight with the puppet, and sure enough, its true form was revealed the next second.

Although his swordsmanship is extremely poor, the puppet's true energy is terrifyingly powerful, like a Qi master with simple sword moves but amazing internal strength. Even if you can completely see through his moves, you still have to consider whether you can withstand them!
After quickly adjusting his assessment of the battle situation in his mind, Lin Ning immediately changed his tactics again, switching directly from offense to defense, pulling the Green Bamboo Sword closer to his side, and inducing the puppet to attack with the sword.

The puppet had no intelligence in flying the sword and fell into the trap. The flying sword used a move like a white rainbow piercing the sun and killed Lin Ning.

Lin Ning used Night Fighting Eight Directions to barely block the flying sword's attack, but the Green Bamboo Sword was knocked back again, forcing her to retreat to avoid the attack. The puppet sword-riding swiftly pursued her, swiftly following her with another sweeping attack of White Crane Spreading Wings.

At this moment, the Green Bamboo Sword was still reeling from the aftershocks of the previous collision. If it were to forcefully move in for a close-range block, its defense would surely be completely breached. If the puppet were to strike a third time, Lin Ning's defense would be wide open, leaving the Green Bamboo Sword unable to intervene and ultimately doomed.

Yan Yu could see clearly from above, and he had already made sword gestures in his hands, ready to use the fastest Liang Yi Sword to rescue, but he saw that Lin Ning did not continue to defend, but used the Fen Yun Bagua Step at the critical moment, took a ghostly step back and leaned back, and the whole person fell to the ground like a fallen and tilted green bamboo, and rolled along with the momentum, barely avoiding the slash of the puppet flying sword.

The sword moves in his hand never stopped, the green bamboo sword turned into a stream of light, but instead of turning back to rescue, he attacked the puppet in the distance.

Everyone suddenly realized: It turned out that Lin Ning switched from offense to defense, taking every step carefully, and luring the puppet to control the flying sword to chase, in order to make the human sword separate far enough, and then suddenly activate the Green Bamboo Sword to attack!
The Green Bamboo Sword came at full speed like a white rainbow piercing the sun, and the puppet hurriedly mobilized the flying sword to rescue it. Even though its flying sword was farther away, it relied on its powerful true energy to fly back at a faster speed, and almost caught up with the Green Bamboo Sword - but it was about 0.3 seconds behind. The Green Bamboo Sword pierced through the puppet's body at the last moment, and it lost its spiritual power supply and fell to the ground in an instant.

Lin Ning was still frightened. She didn't expect the opponent's sword speed to be so fast that she almost succeeded in rescuing him.

She controlled the green bamboo sword light, picked up the opponent's flying sword that had fallen to the ground, flew back and took it in her hand, then turned back to the cliff to report to the captain.

Yan Yu took the flying sword and scanned it with his spiritual sense.

"It's just an ordinary flying sword." He quickly concluded, "The reason I was able to suppress you in the sword fight just now was not because of the sword, but because of the puppet."

"Yes." Lin Ning also nodded and said, "The quality of the puppet's true essence is definitely not at the level of the Marrow Cleansing Stage."

"He's probably in the late stage of the Huafu Stage." Yan Yu's judgment was more accurate. "It's not that he can't fight, but it's a bit troublesome."

"Because there are too many of them." Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

Judging from the quality and capacity of the true essence alone, the third stage of the Foundation Establishment Realm, the Huafu Stage, is definitely far superior to the second stage, the Xisui Stage.

Fortunately, these puppets lacked advanced intelligence and their swordsmanship was mediocre, so a trick like Lin Ning's could still defeat the strong with a weak advantage—but then again, Ning Ning actually knew how to use tactics? Unbelievable!
"What should we do next?" Lin Ning asked.

"Let's not waste time." Yan Yu estimated the number of puppets in the entire valley and made a decision, "Lure them out in waves and kill them."

"How many in a wave?" Chen Lingyun asked deliberately.

"Attract as many as possible." Yan Yu said.

"Can we defeat them if we attract too many?" Lin Ning asked worriedly. "Even if their swordsmanship isn't good enough, their energy is at the level of a Huafu-level Sword Immortal, right? If they all rush at us, can we, at only the Xisui-level, really defeat them?"

"Where is Ruoxi?" Yan Yu said.

Xie Ruoxi was stunned for a moment, then immediately puffed out her chest proudly.

(End of this chapter)