The Legend of the Princess' Counterattack

Chapter 200: "Battle of the Stronghold, First Victory"

In the early morning, the sect was shrouded in a layer of light mist, but in the silence there were turbulent waves. Yun Yao, Chu Mochen and a group of elite disciples formed a special operations team, like a sharp blade drawn from its sheath, piercing straight towards the cult's stronghold in the sect.

The stronghold was hidden in a secluded valley behind the sect, surrounded by rugged rocks and towering trees, like a natural barrier. However, for Yun Yao and others, these could not stop them from moving forward. The action team approached the stronghold silently, with solemn and resolute expressions on everyone's faces.

Yun Yao's eyes were sharp. She used the special perception ability granted by the system to vaguely sense an evil and dangerous atmosphere ahead. She whispered to Chu Mochen beside her: "The mechanism ahead must be extremely complicated, everyone must be careful." Chu Mochen nodded slightly, and the sword in his hand made a low hum, as if responding to the master's determination.

When they stepped into the stronghold's security area, strange rune lights flashed on the ground in an instant, followed by a sharp whistling sound that cut through the sky, and countless sharp arrows shot from all directions. These sharp arrows were not ordinary objects, and there was a faint black mist wrapped around the arrows. It was obvious that they were cast with evil spells. Once they were shot, it would not be as simple as just getting injured.

Yun Yao quickly calmed down, and her mind was running through the knowledge of cracking the mechanism provided by the system and the wisdom she had accumulated from past experiences. She closed her eyes and briefly sensed the flow of spiritual energy around her, and found that the firing of these sharp arrows seemed to be connected to the spiritual energy veins underground, and attacked according to a specific formation law.

"Everyone, don't panic, follow my instructions!" Yun Yao shouted. She flashed and rushed to a specific direction first, gathering the spiritual power in her hands and slamming it into the ground. With a loud bang, a spiritual power wave spread out, temporarily disrupting the firing rhythm of the sharp arrows.

"Now, spread out and search for the core node of the mechanism!" Chu Mochen immediately commanded. Upon hearing this, the disciples quickly dispersed and each used their own unique skills to resist the sharp arrows that had not yet stopped attacking, while carefully searching for the key to the mechanism around the base.

Yun Yao dodged the arrows while keeping an eye on the changes in the surrounding environment. She found some vague runes engraved on a boulder not far away, and these runes seemed to have some kind of resonance with the light on the ground. She hurriedly approached the boulder and looked at it carefully. With in-depth research on the runes and systematic prompts, she gradually understood the mystery.

"This huge stone is one of the hubs of the mechanism. As long as we destroy it, we can stop some of the arrows from attacking!" Yun Yao shouted. After that, she mobilized all her spiritual power, placed her palms on the huge stone, and chanted something. As spiritual power continued to be injected, the huge stone began to tremble slightly, and the runes on the surface flashed more and more violently.

However, just as Yun Yao was about to successfully destroy the boulder, a group of cultists rushed out of the stronghold, holding various evil magic weapons, making strange noises, and rushed towards Yun Yao and others. One of the cult leaders saw Yun Yao breaking the mechanism, and a trace of viciousness flashed in his eyes. He swung the black long knife in his hand, and a black knife energy whistled towards Yun Yao.

"Yun Yao, be careful!" Chu Mochen was extremely anxious when he saw this. He moved like lightning and instantly blocked in front of Yun Yao. He swung the sword in his hand, and a dazzling sword light met the black knife energy. The two intersected, making a loud noise that shook the earth. The powerful impact force knocked some of the cultists around away.

"Thank you, Chu Mochen. But this mechanism cannot be stopped, otherwise we will all be in greater danger." Yun Yao looked at Chu Mochen with gratitude, and then continued to concentrate on cracking the giant stone mechanism.

Chu Mochen took a deep breath and turned to face the cultists. His eyes revealed an incomparable determination and coldness. "Today is the end of you cultists!" He shouted, and rushed into the cultists like a cannonball. The sword in his hand turned into a stream of light, and every swing brought a bloody storm. The cultists fell one after another under his attack, but they did not retreat, and still rushed towards Chu Mochen frantically.

On Yun Yao's side, after some hard work, she finally succeeded in cracking the boulder mechanism. With a dull roar, the boulder exploded, and the sharp arrow attack on the ground also stopped.

"Everyone, concentrate your strength and push forward into the stronghold!" Yun Yao shouted. At this time, the disciples of the action team also dealt with the enemies in front of them one by one. They gathered together and rushed towards the gate of the stronghold.

The door of the stronghold was tightly closed, and all kinds of strange patterns and runes were engraved on the door, emitting a disgusting smell. Yun Yao used the system's ability to analyze it again and found that the runes on the door were a powerful sealing formation that required a specific spiritual power code to open.

She calmed down, recalled some records about the formation that she had seen in the ancient books of the sect, combined with the prompts of the system, and began to try to break the seal. As time passed, the attacks of the cultists became more and more fierce, and the disciples of the action team struggled to hold on at the door.

Chu Mochen gradually felt the pressure in the battle. The cultists seemed to pour out of the stronghold continuously, and their strength should not be underestimated. He had some wounds on his body, but he still gritted his teeth and persisted. The sword in his hand was trembling slightly because of the long battle.

"Yun Yao, how long will it take?" Chu Mochen asked loudly while resisting the enemy's attack.

"It's almost done, give me a little more time!" Yun Yao's forehead was covered with sweat. Her hands kept gesturing on the door, muttering to herself, trying various combinations of spiritual power.

Finally, with Yun Yao's unremitting efforts, the seal on the door flickered a few times and slowly opened. A pungent black smoke poured out from the stronghold, accompanied by bursts of eerie laughter.

"Do you think you can easily break into my territory? You are too naive!" A hoarse and evil voice came from deep in the stronghold.

Yun Yao and the others did not hesitate at all, and they rushed into the stronghold. The interior of the stronghold was dark and damp, and filled with a strong evil atmosphere. Various evil objects emitting dim light were hung on the walls, and the ground was also covered with strange formations and runes.

As soon as they entered, they encountered the cult's second line of defense - a group of demonized puppets summoned by evil spells. These puppets were huge, emitting black light all over their bodies, and were extremely powerful. They waved their huge arms and smashed towards the disciples of the action team.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen looked at each other, and they were in sync, and rushed towards the demonized puppets at the same time. Yun Yao cast a special spell given by the system, and white rays of light shot out from her hands. These rays of light wrapped around the demonized puppets, temporarily weakening their ability to move.

"Everyone, attack together, don't give them a chance to breathe!" Chu Mochen shouted. All the disciples used their strongest skills one after another. For a moment, the stronghold was full of light and the sound of spiritual power colliding was endless.

Yun Yao kept looking for the weaknesses of the demonized puppets during the battle, and she found that the core energy source of these puppets was located in their chests. So, she dodged the puppets' attacks and rushed towards the chest of one of them.

The moment she approached the puppet, a long sword formed by spiritual power appeared in Yun Yao's hand. She jumped high and used all her strength to pierce the long sword into the puppet's chest. With a burst of dazzling light, the puppet fell down with a bang.

Seeing this, other disciples followed Yun Yao's method and successfully destroyed some of the demonized puppets. However, the cult organization obviously would not sit still and wait for death. Just as the action team was fighting the demonized puppets, a more powerful evil force suddenly emerged from the depths of the stronghold.

This force gathered into a huge black vortex, and a demonic figure faintly appeared in the vortex. It opened its bloody mouth and let out a deafening roar. The powerful suction force sucked the surrounding disciples into the vortex.

"This is an evil summoning technique of a cult organization. Don't get sucked in!" Yun Yao shouted. She and Chu Mochen tried to stabilize their bodies and cast a spiritual shield to protect the disciples around them.

"We must break this vortex as soon as possible, otherwise everyone will be in danger!" Chu Mochen said. His eyes revealed a hint of determination. He raised his spiritual power to the limit, and the sword in his hand burst into a dazzling golden light.

"Yun Yao, I'll attract its attention, you look for an opportunity to destroy the summoning array!" Chu Mochen said, and rushed towards the black vortex. His figure seemed to be a little shaky under the suction of the vortex, but he still moved forward firmly.

Yun Yao looked at Chu Mochen's back, feeling touched and worried. She took a deep breath and concentrated on sensing the spiritual power fluctuations around her, trying to find the location of the summoning array.

Under Chu Mochen's attack, the demon figure poked out part of its body from the vortex, waving its huge claws and grabbing Chu Mochen. Chu Mochen dodged the attack flexibly and continued to attack the demon's body with his sword. Although his attack caused limited damage to the demon, it successfully attracted its attention.

Yun Yao found a hidden formation in a corner of the base. This formation emitted a faint black light and was closely related to the black vortex. She approached the formation carefully, while being alert to possible dangers around her.

When she arrived in front of the formation, she found that it was extremely complex, consisting of a variety of evil runes and spiritual power lines. Yun Yao calmed down and began to crack the summoning formation with her deep understanding of runes and formations, as well as the assistance of the system.

During the cracking process, Yun Yao encountered many counterattacks from the formation. Some evil spiritual power turned into spikes and stabbed at her, but she relied on her agility and spiritual power shield to resolve the crisis time and time again.

As time went by, Yun Yao gradually found the key node of the summoning array. She gathered powerful spiritual power in her hands and chanted the spell to break it. At this moment, the demon seemed to have noticed Yun Yao's actions. It suddenly gave up attacking Chu Mochen and turned to pounce on Yun Yao.

"Yun Yao, be careful!" Chu Mochen exclaimed. He rushed towards the demon without caring about his own safety, trying to stop it.

Yun Yao did not look back. She knew that this was the critical moment to crack the summoning array. If she gave up, all her previous efforts would be in vain. She increased the speed of injecting spiritual power and chanted the spell more and more quickly.

Chu Mochen arrived just as the demon was about to pounce on Yun Yao. He blocked the demon's attack with his body, and the powerful impact knocked him flying and he fell heavily to the ground.

"Chu Mochen!" Yun Yao was extremely anxious, but she knew she couldn't be distracted at this moment. She suppressed her grief and injected the last bit of her spiritual power into the summoning array. With a burst of dazzling light, the summoning array was successfully cracked.

The black vortex dissipated instantly, and the demon's figure disappeared with it. Yun Yao hurried to Chu Mochen's side, only to see that he was pale and had a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

"How are you?" Yun Yao asked anxiously.

"I'm fine, just a little injured. Now is not the time to care about me, we still have a mission to complete." Chu Mochen forced himself to stand up, his eyes still firm.

Yun Yao nodded, she knew Chu Mochen was right. At this time, the disciples of the action team also recovered from the crisis just now, and they continued to advance towards the depths of the stronghold.

In the deepest part of the stronghold, they finally found the core area of the cult. There were all kinds of evil magic tools and formations, and in the center there was a huge spiritual power formation, which was slowly running and exuding a strong evil aura.

"This formation is the key to opening the passage to the Demonic World. We must destroy it!" Yun Yao said.

However, just as they were about to take action, the leader of the cult appeared. He was wearing a black robe, his face was shrouded in shadow, revealing only a pair of eyes that were shining red.

"Do you think you can stop me? How foolish!" The cult leader laughed wildly. He waved his hands, and the evil magic weapons around him flew up and shot towards Yun Yao and others.

Yun Yao and Chu Mochen led the action team to a fierce battle with the cult leader. The cult leader was extremely powerful, and he used various evil spells to put the action team into a tough battle.

But Yun Yao and Chu Mochen did not back down. They cooperated with each other and resolved the attacks of the cult leader again and again. Yun Yao used the power of the system to find the flaw in the cult leader's spell, and she told Chu Mochen the news.

"Okay, let's act according to this plan!" Chu Mochen said.

The two launched another attack, Yun Yao attracted the cult leader's attention, and Chu Mochen took the opportunity to find an opportunity to attack his flaws. During a gap when the cult leader cast a powerful spell, Chu Mochen found an opportunity. He unleashed his strongest attack, and a golden sword energy shot towards the cult leader.

The cult leader sensed the danger, but it was too late. The golden sword energy hit his body, and he screamed and flew backwards.

Taking this opportunity, Yun Yao and the disciples of the action team launched an attack together, destroying all the evil instruments around the cult leader. Then, they gathered their spiritual power together and blasted towards the spiritual power formation in the center.

With a deafening roar, the spiritual power formation was successfully destroyed. The cult's stronghold in the sect also collapsed, and most of the cultists were eliminated, marking a victory in the first battle.

Yun Yao looked at the ruins in front of her and breathed a sigh of relief. Although this battle was full of hardships and dangers, they finally succeeded in taking an important step to stop the conspiracy of the evil cult organization.

[The author has something to say]

Dear readers, the content of this chapter is very exciting. Yun Yao and Chu Mochen experienced many tests in the battle of the stronghold, and their growth and emotions were further demonstrated in the battle. This battle is not only a contest of strength, but also a test of wisdom and courage. I hope you will like the plot of this chapter. In the subsequent stories, they will face more challenges and crises. Please look forward to it!