Stepping on the Demoness to become the strongest

"Ye Jun, next time don't speak like you're gasping for breath!" Lin Ning immediately teased.

"If they can't win, what will they do?" Tang Xiaolian curiously asked.

"They can only secretly ask us for help," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "just like the Southern Border and Northern Border did."

"Hold on." Anna immediately protested, "I did not ask Lu Country for help, our Witch's Group resolved this giant serpent crisis independently."

"That's right, you led it to Europe," Zhao Yuanzhen said, "now the Europeans are cleaning up your mess."

Everyone burst into laughter, Anna looked a bit embarrassed and started saying strange things like "leading it away is also a win" and "Europeans can lead it to the Arctic too."

"That's not impossible though," Li Minghu suddenly said, "if I remember correctly, Anna led the giant serpent from the Northern Border to Rakshasa. But now that the giant serpent has moved west out of Rakshasa, didn't the Rakshasa people also use some method to lead it away?"

"I heard," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "their strategy was to pile up human lives."

Human lives?

Everyone exchanged confused glances for a moment, but quickly understood what Lingyun meant.

Orochi, in legend, is a monster that devours human lives. The giant serpent that emerged will naturally chase life energy, but it also has a preference for human lives.

In the vast, sparsely populated Siberia, it might be hard to find a living person, so livestock can be used as bait to attract the giant serpent. But in the Eastern European plains, this condition does not exist, so the only effective bait is:

People, lots of people.

As for using human lives like livestock, the Rash Empire has a long cultural tradition.

Anna stayed silent for a long time, then suddenly cursed:

"Damn it, thank goodness I rebelled and became independent long ago."

Everyone was eating hot pot while watching the "live news report" on the TV screen.

For safety reasons, the airspace near the giant serpent in Europe has been completely locked down, not allowing any helicopters near. Journalists from all countries were sitting in moving snow communication vehicles, using drones to shoot the distant giant serpent.

The ground was covered by a severe blizzard, making it difficult to see the road ahead. Only when drones rose to a height of about a hundred meters could they see the gigantic creature crawling forward in the distance, engulfed by a storm of ice and frost.

The tactics adopted by the Southern Border to delay the giant serpent were entirely unusable here in Europe. Because the giant serpent devoured too many lives along its way, the blizzard barrier expanded to an enormously wide range—even missiles couldn't penetrate it to reach the giant serpent.

Yan Yu suddenly posed a question to everyone:

"A question for you: if you were born in Europe, what would you do with this giant serpent?"

"Lead it away," Anna said, "lead it to the Arctic Ocean, let it have fun by itself."

"I'd burn everything alive around it," Zhou Hongyu said fiercely, "starve it to death by leaving nothing for it to eat."

"I'll be Hongyu's assistant," Tang Xiaolian immediately chimed in.

"I'd hide," Zhao Yuanzhen said without hesitation, "wait until my magic skill cultivation is complete, then come out and kill it with one palm."

"A formation is definitely more suitable," Ye Jun smiled, "Lu Country has the Purple Cloud Formation. Even if we can't get the exact plan, we can at least imitate the idea and design one."

"Hmm, I think it's better to follow the instructions," Lin Ning thoughtfully said, "we are better at fighting for sure, but in a situation like this, it's definitely best for defense strategy departments to come up with solutions based on input from various think tanks, right?"

"I'll follow the captain's instructions," Su Yunjin softly said.

"I'm a Sword Immortal, and I don't have good ideas," Li Minghu said candidly, "unless I'm given a task, otherwise it's not my concern."

"I..." Xie Ruoxi racked her brains, and suddenly had a lightbulb moment, "I'll fly directly above the giant serpent, and then throw Thunder Groups down below. The blizzard couldn't possibly freeze the lightning, right?"

Everyone looked at Chen Lingyun, who was the last to answer. She smiled and said:

"If I were born in Europe, I would go to Lu Country that had already dealt with the giant serpent, find someone named Yan Yu, seduce him, and find out how Lu Country managed it."

Everyone was speechless. It was like a teacher asking you how to solve a problem, and you saying, "It's in the textbook, I'll just copy the textbook..."

"What about the captain?" Lin Ning suddenly asked, "What would you do?"

"I would kill it before the giant serpent takes shape," Yan Yu said sincerely, "difficult challenges have their meaning, but I'd rather solve them with an escape tactic. Remember..."

Everyone finished their hotpot and continued watching TV while lying on the sofa.

Yan Yu felt a little bored and went upstairs to his room to rest.

The girls exchanged glances for a moment, then Chen Lingyun, as if fearing there wasn't enough drama, spoke up:

"Alright! Let's bid for the right to serve tonight!"

"Exclude those who went to Jinmen last time," Zhou Hongyu said solemnly, "you've all had your turn, so you go to the back of the line."

"Seconded, seconded!" everyone except Yun Jin, Yuanzhen, and Ye Jun said in unison.

"After coming back, those who have slept with the captain also go to the end of the line," Xie Ruoxi countered.

"Seconded, seconded!" Zhao Yuanzhen immediately said, looking provocatively at Zhou Hongyu.

After two rounds of filtering, only Xie Ruoxi, Chen Lingyun, and Anna were left.

"If you can't handle it, let me know," Zhao Yuanzhen secretly transmitted to Xie Ruoxi, "Ruoxi, I'm not looking down on you; it's just that you and Lingyun aren't particularly good at combat, and Anna alone isn't a match for that crafty guy."

"Lingyun, Ningning and I are both free tonight," Su Yunjin also secretly transmitted to Chen Lingyun, "let us know if you need any help."

It was clear that everyone thought these three couldn't handle Yan Yu.

The three girls walked upstairs, and only then did Xie Ruoxi angrily say:

"What the heck, everyone looks down on us!"

"They all think we can't do it, so we must defeat Yan Yu to show them, right, Lingyun?"

"Right," Chen Lingyun laughed, "it's up to you."

"Eh?!" Xie Ruoxi went dumbfounded.

"What's the plan?" When they reached the second floor, Anna wasn't in a hurry to go to Yan Yu's room but turned and asked the two, "Are we taking turns or launching an all-out assault?"

"Anna, you've seen it before," Chen Lingyun said with a smile, "when we match up with Yan Yu, we score points."

"I know," Anna said playfully, "so do we tally up our scores together? If I remember correctly, your solo match records aren't that great, are they?"

Xie Ruoxi pouted, and all she heard was Chen Lingyun saying:

"Yes, but the team can use tactics."

"Lingyun was the vice-captain of our team back then!" Xie Ruoxi immediately said, "All the tactics in the team were devised by her, even the captain fully acknowledged her!"

Anna wasn't really into tactics, but since even Yan Yu acknowledged Chen Lingyun's mind, she became somewhat interested:

"Hmm, then tell me, what are you thinking, Vice-Captain?"

"Anna, you know how to write scripts, right?" Chen Lingyun slightly smiled.

"Yes, do you want to participate?" Anna asked, surprised.

"Scripts are wonderful things," Chen Lingyun mused, "all tactical intentions can be perfectly hidden; just saying 'it's in the script' is enough."

"I see," Anna guessed her intention, "I have many script drafts in my room, how about... we go to my room to pick one?"

"Let's go," Chen Lingyun gave a look to Xie Ruoxi.

Yan Yu was lying in his room playing on his phone, thinking why they hadn't come to raid at night, did they fear him?

Haha, my vigorous presence must make them tremble just at the thought!

Suddenly, someone pushed the door open and came in.

It was Xie Ruoxi, dressed up and wearing a delicate cosplay outfit, with a panicked expression, shouting:

"Oh no, hero! The princess has been captured by an Enchanting Demon!"