Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

Yan Yu: ???

So what is the answer? You haven't told me whether you're willing to do it or not!

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In the real world, the Holy Shroud Barrier has been established along the Rocky Mountains, resembling a colossal Iron Curtain across the North American continent.

In the dense city clusters of the West Coast, a massive population is frantically fleeing, causing paths leading out of the city to be completely clogged.

The desperate crowd can only abandon their cars and walk, fleeing toward the East day and night, but on the vast and sparsely populated North American continent, without transportation, walking cannot possibly outrun Orochi.

It is said that a bicycle in the area is now selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars, even on the black market—outside stores have long been looted clean in zero-dollar burglaries.

Helicopters carry photographers shooting from above, capturing scenes below of car wrecks, surging crowds, and burning tires, where many people, realizing they cannot escape, simply intercept and destroy other fleeing vehicles, perfectly practicing the moral principle of "a lose-lose is better than a solo win."

In the distance is a dazzling bright light.

The North American giant snake, codenamed Nova, has been confirmed to emit intense light, radiating nearby targets and generating immense heat and magnetic fields.

The weapons of modern militaries cannot affect the North American giant snake, extraordinary measures must be taken.

Several days later, the Holy Shroud Barrier across the American continent began to operate.

Majestic holy pillars of light descended from the sky, plummeting straight into the radiant snake's barrier. The terrifying shockwave swept around, toppling skyscrapers, collapsing towers, and tossing numerous vehicles nearly a hundred meters into the air, flattening large areas of the city, causing destruction even beyond what the giant snake itself wrought.

Under such a horrifying divine punishment light column, the giant snake finally stopped moving.

The media reported extensively on the event, calling it "the holy spirit defeating evil." Some even outright declared that the shameless monopoly of the Eastern ancient nation had been broken, and the civilized Western world would never again be subject to shameless coercion.

Orders from various countries, including many religious ones, flew to Europe like snowflakes. Clearly, the name "Holy Shroud" was more appealing—what is the Zhou Yi Purple Cloud anyway? It can at most be linked to Eastern Rome, which has long since fallen.

In the villa, the girls watched the live broadcast on TV, jokingly saying it seemed there was no chance to go on a business trip to Miti now.

Only Ye Jun frowned, suspiciously saying:

"It's not right, it's completely different from my calculations..."

"Calculations not matching reality is quite common," Li Minghu said with a smile, "After all, not every variable can be a hundred percent accurate."

"No matter how variable an arrow is, it can't reach the level of piercing tank armor." Ye Jun suddenly stood up, "Go back and recalculate!"

She stormed back to the second floor.

Lin Ning watched Ye Jun's figure, speaking inwardly to Jing Zhongxian:

"See, everyone makes mistakes. You said the captain definitely couldn't subdue the Sun True Dullness Sword, but that's because you really don't understand the captain at all."

"I indeed don't understand your captain," Jing Zhongxian said, "but Ye Jun's calculations are not wrong, that snake demon was not suppressed by the barrier."

Ah? Lin Ning looked blankly at the TV.

On the screen in the news studio, a brilliant solar flare suddenly burst bright.

Immediately afterward, the screen lost its video signal.

The two news anchors awkwardly tried to keep the conversation going, while the girls in the villa looked in unison at Chen Lingyun.

"Hold on a minute." Chen Lingyun retrieved her phone and began using her network to inquire about the situation.

The result was astonishing. Not only had frontline reporters lost all signals, but even military satellites monitoring the area from space had gone down.

The only available intel came from feedback from the Rocky Mountain Holy Shroud Barrier station, saying the barrier had "gone into temporary overload paralysis."

"Opposite attributes repel," Li Zhaojiang messaged in the cultivator group, "using light attribute to fight a light-attribute monster is like hoping for a miracle."

"If you insist on talking attributes, the Holy Shroud Barrier should be of Holy Attribute, not light," Anna replied.

"What the- who are you!" Li Zhaojiang immediately typed, "@Old Yan, how did your foreign wife get into our Lu Country cultivator group? Neglecting duty isn't great, is it?"

"I invited her," Chen Lingyun replied, "Who said this was a Lu Country cultivator group? This is a family and friends group."

Looking closely, Li Zhaojiang saw that Chen Lingyun was indeed an administrator and started shouting:

"We can't just add people based on personal connections, where's the group owner? Group owner, come out and say something, is this or is this not a Lu Country cultivator group?"

"I am the group owner, Miss Ling Yun's statement is correct." Surprisingly, the group owner showed up, it was indeed Qiu Ze of the Zhendong Army, who had to side with Chen Lingyun nonetheless—the Zhendong Army faction, besides Yan Yu, only obeyed Chen Lingyun. This girl's simple word could genuinely help you secure Crossing Tribulation resources, an absolute godsend.

Consequently, everyone in the group began mocking Li Zhaojiang.

Even among the Military Manor cultivator community, most couldn't sense the looming dreadful crisis coming from the other side of the Earth.

But the Privy Council didn't think so.

Ye Jun, a specialist in formations, had previously deduced that the two North American giant snakes at their current growth stage couldn't be suppressed by any formation, and the real battle of the Holy Shroud Barrier validated this.

The Privy Council stated that such formidable demons were not allowed to exist on Earth.

The situation seemed to revert to when Orochi first appeared, with all world nations helpless, urgently needing Comrade Yan Yu to return with the Divine Sword to preside over the situation.

Li Minghu, who had gone to find him, had yet to return. Despite Lu Country's lead in high-level cultivator numbers, it wasn't feasible to just send all into the secret realm like the Gourd Brothers rescuing grandfather never to return; as such, contact with Ichiro Koremune was necessary to take over the periphery entry of the Mysterious Realm for data collection and research.

The news returned to the villa, and the girls were deeply worried. One hand, the mighty snake was invincible, on the other, the captain was yet to return, and the latter frightened far more than the former.

Several days later, the North American giant snake left the West Coast, heading toward the central region—clearly targeting the equally densely populated East Coast.

In the Rocky Mountains, the Holy Shroud Barrier has been repaired, ready to intercept the giant snake again.

Europe seemed quite confident this time, even inviting observers from the National Union to watch the battle.

Across the Rocky Mountains from north to south, a platinum wall of light spanning thousands of meters blanketed the area, like the aurora with swirling clouds and radiant light.

Countless Holy Crosses stood ready, set to launch like Flying Swords at any intruding enemy within the barrier, nailing them to the ground.

The rushing holy energy within would rapidly pervade through wounds. This highly exclusive energy would massively corrode and damage the enemy's body, being more fearsome than the strongest known venom in nature.

A behemoth like the North American giant snake was expected to be pierced by 2,000-4,000 Holy Crosses. In the words of Europe, even Satan himself would be directly thrust into Hell, never to rise again.

The Privy Council dispatched formation expert Ye Jun to undertake the long journey to North America to observe the confrontation.

At the site, Ye Jun collected data and conducted detailed calculations, deeming that such a Holy Shroud Barrier wasn't sufficient to restrain the North American giant snake—but her European academic colleagues refused to accept her assessment, arguing that "religious ceremonial barriers and Lu Country's Zhou Yi Formation are entirely different things, your reasoning is as laughable as verifying Western medicine with traditional Chinese medicine."

Of course, since the barrier was already in place and operational, no modifications were feasible, so Ye Jun didn't forcefully argue but sent her findings back to the Lu Country Privy Council.

On the following evening, the frenzied North American giant snake reached the Holy Shroud Barrier, suffering nearly five thousand Holy Cross Light Swords, then forcibly ripped through the barrier, striding away under the watchful eyes of the world's nations.

It was like trying to entrap a sparrow with a spider's web.