Stepping on the demon door, the witch becomes the strongest

Chapter 853 Dimensionality Reduction Strike
North and South America have been completely lost, and Europe and Africa are deserted. Vast urban areas have been completely abandoned, leaving only desolate concrete jungles.

The Frost Serpent went to Northern Europe, the Dark Serpent entered the Middle East, and the Thunder Serpent ravaged the island nations of Oceania. Only the Light Serpent was held back by Lin Ning with the Taiyin Suming Sword Light on the western border of the land kingdom, making it difficult for it to penetrate into the densely populated heartland of the Central Plains.

Today, the land-based country located in East Asia is probably the only country in the world that has not been devoured on a large scale by the giant serpent, and it is also the place where the sparks of modern civilization have been preserved most intact.

Lin Ning's return as the Master of the Taiyin Sword greatly encouraged and inspired the entire Lu Kingdom. At least now we are no longer completely helpless in the face of the Giant Serpent of Light.

Even if you can't kill the giant snake, as long as you can injure it, you can force it to regenerate and stop.

The only limitation now is that Lin Ning's own true essence is limited. Activating the Taiyin Suming Sword consumes a considerable amount of energy, and the divine sword itself is depleted of its original essence, so it cannot unleash its full potential.

Each time Lin Ning returned to recuperate and restore her true energy, the giant serpent of light would begin to advance.

The sword of Damocles, capable of destruction, still hangs over the head of the Lu Kingdom.

The relocation of civilians required racing against time with the giant serpent, but the more troublesome issue was the large number of civilian cultivators. These people were even willing to rebel in order to survive, and even though military cultivators and ordinary martial artists suppressed them everywhere, panic was inevitable.

In the face of natural disasters beyond human control, some positive examples have emerged. Large numbers of volunteers have signed up to assist the government in relocating people, moving supplies, and persuading those unwilling to leave, greatly improving the efficiency of the relocation process.

Many folk cultivators also abandoned their evil ways and turned to the light, handing over the secret realms they had mastered to the state in order to help more people seek refuge there.

The entire nation of Lu is currently in a strange and contradictory state of mind: on the one hand, a storm is brewing, people are worried about danger, and the overall atmosphere is one of pessimism and negativity; on the other hand, hope still exists, and many people are spontaneously uniting to fight the difficulties together and encouraging those who are deeply in despair.

Inside the tent, Lin Ning was meditating and practicing breathing exercises, surrounded by a series of interconnected arrays rich in spiritual energy. Researchers bustled about on the perimeter, monitoring instruments and recording data.

Now that Ningning has become a national treasure-level cultivator in the Lu Kingdom and the only hope to resist the giant serpent of light, all the Golden Core cultivators are stationed outside her tent to ensure her safety.

The cold, dry winds of Northwest China felt like knives cutting into one's face. Zhou Hongyu finished his beer, crumpled the can into a ball, and coldly watched the giant serpent of light moving in the distance.

Damn beast.

She turned and went back to her tent to continue attending the meeting with the Golden Elixir Master.

The giant serpent of light possesses the ability to learn. Initially bombarded by the Holy Shroud barrier with its Holy Light Cross Sword, it immediately imitated its attack methods, turning the entire North America into a living hell.

The latest monitoring results show that the barrier around the giant serpent of light is significantly more solid than before, strengthening its ability to delay and impede while weakening its ability to counterattack. This is clearly intended to increase the consumption of true essence required for each of Lin Ning's attacks.

Given time, we might be able to completely counter the Sword Immortal's offensive tactics.

Lu Guo had no good solution to this, because currently only Lin Ning could break through the barrier surrounding the giant serpent of light, and even if the giant serpent targeted and restrained her, there was no way to switch her.

Another piece of worse news is that the instruments in a secret realm somewhere inland have been activated from the inside, destroying the spatial passage between the secret realm and the real world.

In other words, the hundreds of thousands of people inside were completely cut off from the Lu Kingdom.

If the problem with the Giant Serpent of Light is not resolved, more dungeons will have the option to "press forward four," which is unavoidable.

The meeting lasted for several hours. The Privy Council representative gave a briefing to the Golden Core cultivators on the current situation before the meeting adjourned.

Lin Ning had fully recovered her true energy and then used the Taiyin Suming Sword to fight the snake.

The girls gathered together, gazing at the giant serpent of light in the distance, and chatted casually among themselves.

"Ningning must be the second best in Lu Kingdom now, right?" Xie Ruoxi asked curiously.

“In the past, everyone would agree that Yan Yu was number one; as for number two, Jing Ye was the most popular choice, but not everyone agreed,” Ye Yun replied and analyzed. “Now that Lin Ning has taken the Taiyin Suming Sword, she has secured the second place.”

"Second place?" Zhao Yuanzhen laughed. "Maybe first."

The girls stared at her speechlessly. Could Lin Ning possibly be stronger than Yan Yu? It's possible, but actually quite unlikely.

From the beginning of his cultivation until now, Yan Yu has always been victorious and has never suffered a defeat, to the point that no one believes that Lin Ning can be Yan Yu's opponent, even though she has obtained the Taiyin Suming Sword.

Besides, why would Lin Ning compete with Yan Yu for first place? It doesn't make sense.

"Don't you believe me!" Zhao Yuanzhen exclaimed anxiously. "I've heard that if one becomes the Master of the Taiyin Sword, one's physical constitution will undergo a complete transformation! When it comes to fighting Yan Yu, Lin Ning will definitely surpass him in terms of endurance and offensive capabilities!"

The girls frowned. Is the "battle" you're talking about the one we understand as a "battle"?

"Is it inappropriate to discuss this now?" Su Yunjin suddenly said. "Ningning is still fighting to hold off the giant serpent of light, so the situation must still be very urgent, right?"

“But we don’t have anything else to do besides chatting right now,” Tang Xiaolian sighed. “How about we talk about our escape route? Is everyone planning to go to the underworld? Do your families agree?”

The girls fell silent, making the topic even more awkward.

“I have no family,” Zhou Hongyu said expressionlessly. “Wherever Yan Yu goes, I will go.”

"I'll be with Yan Yu too," Su Yunjin said with a forced smile.

Her parents had indeed agreed to go to the underworld with her, but Yun Jin knew they didn't like the underworld and only agreed because they wanted to "be with their daughter," which made her feel an indescribable sense of guilt and sadness.

The other girls were about the same. After all, the gloomy and terrifying environment of the underworld is hard for anyone with even a modicum of normal taste in life to like.

The only advantage is that once you go to the underworld, you don't have to worry about the birth, aging, sickness, and death of your loved ones. After they die of old age, they can still remain in the underworld as souls. There is great sorrow and great terror between life and death. This unique advantage is completely incomparable to other secret realms.

The most perfect solution, of course, is to arrange for the parents to remain in Fengdu City and not reincarnate, while the person himself stays in the Earth plane and periodically goes down to the underworld to visit and keep them company.

Unfortunately, the appearance of Yamata no Orochi is about to completely destroy the Earth plane.

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Lin Ning once again charged forward on her sword with all her might, creating another large hole in the head of the giant serpent of light.

She quickly reversed her sword light and accelerated towards the cave entrance, attempting to enter the world inside the giant serpent's belly, only to find that the blood hole had completely healed—so fast that she couldn't even pick up her speed.

Worse still, her true energy was almost completely depleted.

The surrounding sea of ​​light emitted an extremely strong repulsive force. Although it could not break through the top-level defense of Su Ming's sword light, it caused her to consume more true essence with each flight of her sword.

Swallowing a pill to replenish her energy, Lin Ning said fiercely in her heart, "Su Ming, let's try again!"

"Hey, don't push yourself too hard, okay?" Taiyin Sumingjian advised her. "You couldn't even break through when you were at your peak, so it's definitely impossible now. Our mission is to slow it down as much as possible, not to fight to the death. Let's go back and replenish our true energy before we fight again."

"Alright." Lin Ning turned her sword around, intending to leave.

Within the sea of ​​light, a sudden change occurred! The waves of the sea of ​​light surged violently, and suddenly the world turned upside down, with no distinction between north and south. Looking around, all that could be seen was intense light, making it impossible to discern directions.

Lin Ning randomly chose a direction and flew at full speed for a long time, but she was still unable to leave the range of the sea of ​​light. On the contrary, the true essence in her stomach that was refining the medicinal power could not keep up with the consumption.

"Don't be anxious," Taiyin Sumingjian spoke again. "If I'm not mistaken, this should be some kind of formation."

"A formation?" Lin Ning frowned. "Are you sure the Yamata no Orochi can use formations?"

“Array formations aren’t anything complicated,” Taiyin Sumingjian explained. “To give an example, if a person is walking in the desert and lacks landmarks, it’s easy to walk in a big circle without realizing it and eventually get trapped inside.”

“I know that’s what you mean,” Lin Ning said, frowning. “But you also said that it was on foot, and my sword speed is much faster than walking. The Sea of ​​Light doesn’t have such a large area that I could get lost.”

"That's the problem," Taiyin Suming said gravely. "When you were flying your sword in the sea of ​​light, didn't you feel the repulsive force the barrier exerted on you?"

"You mean..." Lin Ning suddenly realized, "that the constant repulsive force applied to me in a certain direction caused my sword trajectory to bend without me realizing it?"

"When combined with the surging waves of the Sea of ​​Light itself, it can make you mistakenly believe that you are moving in a straight line," Taiyin Sumingjian said. "In reality, you are just circling around the boundary and can't fly out."

Lin Ning wasn't in a hurry when she heard this; she simply fell into quiet contemplation.

Although the ten cycles of life simulation did not increase her cultivation level, it did greatly improve her mental state and composure.

"If I can't get out, will I die?" she asked Su Ming telepathically.

"No," Taiyin Suming Sword replied, "My blade will protect you; it cannot break through my defenses."

"Understood." Lin Ning stopped the sword light and hovered in the air, no longer flying.

Flying on a sword requires overcoming the resistance of the sea of ​​light, which consumes a great deal of true energy. However, if one simply stops, the consumption of true energy for achieving oneness with the sword will be greatly reduced. Then, one can replenish one's true energy by refining medicinal power in the abdomen and finally take the last breath to rush out—it is indeed a very smart choice.

Well, I'd better not tell her about the changes that have happened outside.

What Lin Ning didn't know was that the moment she was trapped in the sea of ​​light, the giant serpent of light from the outside world began to engulf her and charge wildly toward the heart of the Lu Kingdom.

It's going to eat people!

Now that the fly that was getting in its way is locked in a cage, it's going to have a big feast!

The highest level of alarm immediately sounded in the Privy Council of the Lu Kingdom, and all Golden Core cultivators were dispatched to intercept them. The troops deployed at the destination also resumed the decoy plan.

But the giant serpent of light no longer cared.

It traversed the vast and sparsely populated western desert at top speed, enduring the relentless bombardment from the Golden Core cultivators, and suddenly launched countless light swords from the sea of ​​light, targeting the three provinces of Longxi, Longyou, and Shuofang.

As the three provinces closest to the Giant Serpent of Light and with a relatively large population, these areas were the top priority for population relocation. Even so, due to the limited number of secret realms and population carrying capacity in the entire Northwest, some people remained in the cities and did not complete the relocation and refuge process.

The first wave of lightsabers flew over a thousand miles and landed on the Purple Cloud Array set up in the three provinces, exploding into countless dazzling and brilliant light flowers.

The second, third, and even fourth waves of lightsabers have already been launched.

The defensive strength of the Purple Cloud Formation immediately reached a critical level. Many local military and civilian cultivators were ordered to take off urgently, using various methods and even their physical bodies to intercept the light swords.

The piercing air raid sirens blared over the city, and residents who had not yet evacuated began an emergency evacuation. Teams of volunteers took to the streets, using loudspeakers to remind citizens to avoid gatherings and to seek shelter in secluded areas.

The news has spread online, and suggestions are growing louder and louder. Some business owners from neighboring provinces have even organized convoys to drive into the three provinces, risking their lives to rescue as many people as possible before the Purple Cloud Formation completely collapses.

The situation has reached its most critical moment. The military and civilians of the Lu Kingdom have united and are fighting with all their might to make a final desperate struggle against the terrifying threat of the giant serpent of light!

Just as the Purple Cloud Formation was about to collapse under the strain... suddenly a sword appeared from the horizon of the East Sea, swiftly traversing the vast land of the Lu Kingdom, tearing open a scorching crimson crack in the air, as if the sun god Xihe were personally inspecting the human world in his chariot.

The sword light arrived in the Western Regions, descending from the sky and instantly tearing through the barrier of the sea of ​​light, pinning the giant serpent of light to its vital spot in the ground.

It was as if a thousand hydrogen bombs had been dropped into the desert, and mushroom clouds rose slowly in the sky above the desert. The outer layer was filled with extremely thick black smoke, followed by red flames that spewed out from the sea of ​​smoke, penetrating the atmosphere at an altitude of ten thousand meters, creating a massive, scorching cyclone.

Only after the smoke and heat began to dissipate did the huge pit in the center of the sand dune become visible.

The sand here had been largely vaporized, leaving a surface that shimmered like molten glass. The corpse of the giant serpent of light lay sprawled in the center of the pit, its scales and flesh completely fused together, making it impossible to discern its original serpentine shape.

Lin Ning, who was originally trapped in the sea of ​​light, struggled to pull half of her head out of the sandpit and saw Yan Yu standing on the corpse of the giant snake, talking to the Sun True Sword that had returned to his side.

"Am I powerful or not?" the Sun True Sword exclaimed excitedly, "This is the power of a divine sword!"

"Isn't it me, as the Lord of the Sun Sword, who freed you from your self-sealing, allowing you to slay demons and monsters here?" Yan Yu asked in bewilderment.

"Ah, right, right, I haven't had my fill of killing yet." The Sun True Sword still hadn't had enough. "Where are the three giant serpents? Take me there quickly!"

Lin Ning stared at him blankly, suddenly realizing that all the effort she and the others had put in to fight against the giant serpent of light was nothing compared to the captain's superior, dimensional attack.

but……

She smiled with relief and satisfaction.

Captain, it's so good to see you back.

"Huh?" Yan Yu turned around and noticed Lin Ning in the sandpit. "Ningning, what are you doing down there?"

"You knocked it in with that one blow just now," Lin Ning said with a smile.

"...I'll get you out right away."

(End of this chapter)