Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

The time entered late June.

The first training project arranged by Yan Yu had finally reached its conclusion.

Chen Lingyun, Su Yunjin, and Lin Ning could all abruptly come to a full stop while moving at full speed with the Shifting Technique, ensuring they stopped within a precise range of one meter from the target.

At first glance, mastering this skill might seem rather unremarkable, amounting to little more than an increase in maneuverability. Achieving Yan Yu's "Lightning Assault," however, would require the ability to execute an "instant triple-switch", which combines the Shifting Technique with the Cloud Ascension Technique and then an Attack Spell Technique.

Currently, the girls could only manage the "initial double-switch."

Of course, it cannot be denied that mastering the "initial double-switch" is a prerequisite for learning the "successive triple-switch," so it wasn't exactly a waste of time.

By the way, after Yan Yu unveiled this tactic during the four academies' exchange tournament, the military had already named it "Lightning Assault."

The name might sound a bit unsophisticated, but the Lu Country's military had never been particularly gifted in the field of naming. Take the names of the serving top special forces units, for example, which generally include leopards, tigers, lions, etc. Thus, "Lightning Assault" was already them performing beyond expectations.

Upon confirming that everyone had mastered the "Shifting Technique switch to Cloud Ascension Technique," Yan Yu did not immediately start the girls on learning "Lightning Assault," but instead, he created different training plans for each one of them.

"Lin Ning," he instructed, "your second training plan is to learn how to accurately hit a target with the Metal-Element Impact Curse while moving at full speed under the enhancement of the Shifting Technique. I require you to achieve at least four hits out of five shots; your accuracy must be above 80%."

Lin Ning immediately began pondering.

A Cultivator could only cast one Curse Technique at a time, so to fire the Metal-Element Impact Curse, it was necessary to break off the Shifting Technique that was currently being invoked.

Fortunately, even if the Shifting Technique was interrupted, the speed wouldn't drop to zero instantly. Thus, the goal of her practice would be: to first accelerate to full speed using the Shifting Technique, then immediately interrupt it, and continue moving at high speed using inertia, while in such a state, practice shooting with the Impact Curse...

"Chen Lingyun," Yan Yu left Lin Ning to ponder by herself and turned to Chen Lingyun, "you don't need to practice combat right now. Go collect information on Transcendents from around the world, preferably with combat videos. We'll have a small meeting later to explain everything to everyone."

"Okay," Chen Lingyun said with a smile.

Compared to the step-by-step combat training, such intellectual tasks were far too simple for her.

"Su Yunjin," Yan Yu continued to lay out plans, "you don't have to practice combat, either. I've already spoken to the head of the medical team. From now on, you'll go to the infirmary every day at 2 p.m. to learn how to treat simple external and internal injuries using the water-based Runescript. Remember to report your progress to me every day."

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"Are you planning to make me the 'medic' of the team?" Su Yunjin asked curiously.

She wasn't fond of fighting, but if Yan Yu was deliberately arranging for her to avoid frontline combat because of this, Su Yunjin would still be somewhat unhappily unsatisfied.

"Not at all," Yan Yu denied her assumption, "What the team needs is someone 'who knows first aid,' not a 'medic.'"

"I understand now," Su Yunjin sighed with relief.

"Lastly, Zhao Yuanzhen," Yan Yu looked at the Demonic Sect Enchantress, "your training plan remains unchanged; you'll still spar with me."

"Eh!" Zhao Yuanzhen immediately protested, indignantly saying, "Why can't I practice some Curse Technique or study some course like they are?"

"You can't," Yan Yu declared.

"Why!" Zhao Yuanzhen was incensed. Every time we spar, you beat me like I'm a dog!

"Because I am the team leader," Yan Yu declared.

Zhao Yuanzhen was instantly choked with rage, seething inside:

"Yan Yu, you thief! Using the name of sparring as an excuse to humiliate me in every way possible, if I don't avenge this, I swear I'm not human! Wait until the day I master the demonic arts, I'll fight with him every day, I'll make sure he's drained of energy, coughing blood and unable to rise, only then will the hatred in my heart be satisfied!"

But the Demonic Sect Enchantress had it wrong: Yan Yu didn't engage in combat with her just to bully her, he simply didn't have the time or energy for that.

The main reason was that Zhao Yuanzhen had been accustomed to fighting in a "high-magic world", and suddenly arriving in this "low-magic world" where spiritual energy was just beginning to recover, her past battle experiences had become an obstacle instead.

It was like asking a soldier accustomed to wielding a gun to take up melee weapons—chances were he wouldn't fare any better than a beginner, the principle was actually the same.

Fortunately, the adaptability of the Demonic Sect Enchantress was strong. After each "bullying" session, Yan Yu could sense that she was making rapid progress. He estimated that in just over half a month, the Enchantress would be able to completely shed her old thought patterns and thrive in the current thin spiritual energy environment.

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In the cafeteria of Zhendong National Defense Academy, located on the second floor, was a reception room. One of these rooms had been specially requisitioned to serve as "Yan Yu's Team's private room" so that everyone could dine and gather without being disturbed.

The reason for this arrangement mainly took into account that team members might discuss sensitive internal team matters over meals, which wouldn't be preferable for other students to overhear.

Of course, a certain young lady who preferred to remain unnamed soon exhibited her financial power by adding a television set and a projector to the private room, thus transforming it with just the removal of a dining table into a conference room instantly.

At this moment, the television on the wall was broadcasting Mitchi Country's "Superheroes League", officially known as the Superhero Professional League. It was strictly banned from public viewing within the country, with only the military having legal access to the broadcast.

The purpose of Mitchi's Superheroes League was to "invite transcendent individuals from all over the world to compete for glory"; however, the actual participants were mainly concentrated in various European countries, such as Rakshasa Country's Spirit Communicators, England's Wizards, Northern Europe's Berserkers, Southern Europe's Will of the Gods Clerics ...

and of course, the Clerics who were scattered all over Europe and claimed to be the largest group in scale at present.

So the question arises, what about Mitchi's own Transcendents?

The answer is that they practically don't exist. It seems that during the stage of the Spiritual Energy Resurgence, the Transcendent systems that emerged in each country were related to the ancient mythological and cultural legacies of those nations.

Mitchi's issue isn't just that it has only 400 years of history, but also that the ancient tribes who lived on this land and created these historical myths are now nearly extinct indigenous peoples... It is said that in Arizona and New Mexico, there have emerged local Transcendents who worship the so-called "Mother Nature", and all of them are indigenous ethnicities.

Hence, it is self-evident why Mitchi is so hastily organizing the Superheroes Professional League and importing a multitude of white Transcendents to the Americas from Europe.

"Today's match is between Rakshasa's Vladimir and England's Jonas," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "Shall we record it for analysis?"

"Of course," Yan Yu replied, "Vladimir's profession is a werewolf. The cultivators of our future Dingbei Army will be dealing with Rakshasa Country's werewolves for a long time."

"As the brother forces, our Zhendong Army cultivators are likely to be called upon to support Dingbei Army at some point, so it's essential to understand the werewolf profession in advance. However, if possible, everyone should at least have a basic knowledge of all European and American Transcendent systems."

Upon hearing Yan Yu's words, Chen Lingyun quickly began to calculate in her mind.

The Dingbei Army's main concern was the neighboring Rakshasa Country, hence Rakshasa's Spirit Communicator system was the primary intelligence the Dingbei was actively investigating.

The Zhendong Army's adversaries were Chongying Country and Mitchi Country.

Chongying's Onmyoji system was deeply concealed, with official and civilian cultivators intricately intertwined, making intelligence gathering quite challenging; while Mitchi Country didn't even recognize its own Transcendent system (or rather did, but did not acknowledge it), to the extent that they had to publicly recruit various Transcendents from Europe massively.

As a result, to gather intelligence on Mitchi's cultivators, one would need to understand the entire European Transcendent system... This was an incredibly challenging task for the Zhendong Army.

Chen Lingyun sneakily glanced at Yan Yu, her face once again lit up with a sweet smile.

But it probably wouldn't matter.

Because our beloved "living intelligence database" possesses the advantage of future foresight!