Mysterious mirror hanging high

"Okay." Jing Yu nodded.

Jian Yunyuan hadn't expected Jing Yu to agree so readily.

After a brief encounter, he had already discerned that Jing Yu was not one to seek the limelight. Previously, Yuan Jiqing had repeatedly provoked him, and unless he had been pushed too far, Jing Yu would never have taken action to teach this true disciple of the Demon Lord a lesson.

Unexpectedly, he immediately accepted Jian Yunyuan's challenge, leaving Jian Yunyuan unable to come up with the excuse he had prepared.

The reason why Jing Yu accepted Jian Yunyuan's challenge was actually quite simple.

Firstly, Jian Yunyuan's displayed talent and combat prowess are simply too exaggerated. In the future, Jian Yunyuan is a sure thing to inherit the true teachings of the Sword Court. In Jing Yu's view, the position of Dao Lord is ethereal and elusive, but the position of Golden Immortal should be secure.

With the added benefit of the [Nine Spiritual Artifacts] destiny, Jian Yunyuan's growth rate will be extremely fast.

A promise from a true disciple of the Sword Court, a future Great Luo Golden Immortal, is quite precious.

Moreover, Jing Yu was also extremely curious about what Jian Yunyuan's eighth sword was!

After all, Jian Yunyuan had already whetted Jing Yu's appetite, and she was now extremely anxious.

“Fellow Daoist Jian, please…” Jing Yu cupped his hands and said, “Your Five Elements Sword Formation can’t stop me, and I’ve also figured out a way to break the Space-Time Twin Swords. I suggest you unleash all seven swords at once from the start, otherwise you might not have a chance to draw your swords.”

Jing Yu's words were extremely impolite, even carrying a hint of contempt. The expressions of the spectators changed slightly, but Jian Yunyuan smiled slightly, even showing some gratitude, and said:

"Thank you for the reminder, Fellow Daoist Xuanjing."

Only Jian Yunyuan, facing Jing Yu, knew that his opponent's words were not meant to be discouraging, but rather to state the truth! It was actually a well-intentioned reminder.

As expected, Jian Yunyuan showed no mercy, with the Five Elements Flying Swords swirling around him to form the Five Elements Sword Formation. The two swords, 【Boundless Distance】 and 【Time】, appeared and disappeared intermittently. In an instant, all seven swords were unleashed. Jing Yu could only see a dazzling array of sword light in front of him, so bright that he could hardly open his eyes.

"Roar!"

A deep dragon roar resounded, and Jing Yu's body surged with blood energy, once again displaying a bloodline aura similar to that of the true dragon ancestor.

He immediately activated the [Myriad Beasts Diagram] and assumed the [True Dragon Form]!

True Dragons are worthy of being the most perfect race among the demon races, created by the True Dragon Ancestor. Under these circumstances, the True Dragon bloodline simulated by the [True Dragon Form] is the most comprehensive and can cope with almost any situation!

"Fellow Daoist, be careful!" Jian Yunyuan shouted.

The five-colored sword light flowed, and the power of the five elements was endless, transforming into a magnificent halo that trapped Jing Yu in the center.

The five sword lights, each with distinct characteristics—Duo Rui, Liu Zhi, Qiu Shui, Liao Yuan, and Fei Gong—intertwined to form a perfect cycle, their oppressive force as vast as mountains and seas, sealing off all of Jing Yu's paths of advance and retreat.

From the stands, Luo Zixuan couldn't help but exclaim, "Fellow Daoist Jian immediately unleashed the Five Elements Sword Formation, forcing Fellow Daoist Xuanjing to break the spell with brute force!"

Yue Xingzhou frowned deeply: "The five elements generate each other, in an endless cycle. Unless one link can be instantly destroyed with absolute power, the sword formation will only grow stronger..."

Judging from Jing Yu's performance against the two demon lord disciples, Yue Xingzhou did not believe that Jian Yunyuan's Five Elements Sword Formation could truly suppress Jing Yu. After all, even he could break through the Five Elements, so Jing Yu would naturally only do better than him.

However, the problem is that if Jing Yu chooses to break the formation by brute force, it will inevitably result in a huge consumption, which is exactly what Jian Yunyuan wants.

He intended to use the cyclical nature of the Five Elements Sword Formation to wear down Jing Yu.

However, Jing Yu, who was shrouded in the five-colored sword light, did not charge forward with his powerful physique as everyone expected. Instead, he formed an ancient Dao seal with his hands in front of his chest.

"What is he doing?" someone wondered.

A spiritual light flowed around Jing Yu, and the aura of his true dragon bloodline gradually subsided, replaced by a profound and mysterious fluctuation of laws.

At this moment, within Jing Yu's dantian, a purple life bead had already been inlaid in the [Mysterious Destiny Plate] on the back of the Mysterious Mirror—

【Exquisite and intelligent mind】.

"Five Elements Techniques?" A hint of surprise flashed in Jian Yunyuan's eyes, but his sword technique continued unabated.

The Five Elements Sword Formation shone brightly, and [Duo Rui] took the lead in attacking, transforming into hundreds of golden sword threads that, like a torrential downpour, pierced towards Jing Yu from all directions.

Jing Yu neither dodged nor avoided, but gently drew a line in the air with her left index and middle fingers together.

"Metal generates water, but if metal is too sharp, it is easily broken."

As he spoke, a curtain of azure water appeared out of thin air in front of him.

The water curtain was not still, but slowly rotated with a strange rhythm, its surface rippling.

The golden sword threads pierced the water curtain, their sharpness constantly being worn down and broken down by the layers of water waves.

Even more strangely, the color of the water curtain gradually changed from azure to pale gold—it was actually absorbing the metallic sword energy of [Sharpness Stealing]!

"Using the softness of water to overcome the sharpness of metal, borrowing force to neutralize force?" Jian Yunyuan raised an eyebrow, his sword technique changing.

[Willow Branch] The green light suddenly surged, and countless emerald green vines sprang up out of thin air, winding towards the water curtain, trying to draw water with wood and break its soft momentum.

At the same time, the flames of [Wildfire] blazed brightly, and a fire dragon roared out, rushing straight at Jing Yu's face—fire is supposed to overcome metal, but at this moment Jian Yunyuan did the opposite, using fire to help metal, trying to use the violent firepower to evaporate the water curtain and unleash [Sharpness].

Jing Yu smiled slightly and pressed her right hand down.

"Wood generates fire, but when wood is abundant, the fire becomes too intense, so earth is needed to control it."

The ground trembled violently, and a thick, earthen-yellow spiritual light spread from beneath his feet, instantly transforming into a ring-shaped earthen wall that rose up.

The earthen wall did not block the fire dragon directly, but rather moved and deformed like a living thing, actually enveloping the fire dragon and the emerald green vines together!

Earth controls water, but it can also reduce the fire's intensity and deplete the wood's energy.

Within that earthen wall, the five elements of spiritual light clashed violently, the fire dragon's power diminished sharply, and the vines withered rapidly.

Jian Yunyuan's expression changed slightly. He felt a slight disharmony in his control over the Five Elements Sword Formation—Jing Yu was not only breaking it, but also disrupting the natural cycle of mutual generation of the five elements, causing the five elements' power to clash with each other!

The sword light of the five flying swords began to flicker erratically, and the connection between their energy became noticeably sluggish. The originally harmonious and unobstructed five-colored halo now shone chaotically and flowed with difficulty.

"This..." Luo Zixuan was dumbfounded. "He broke the Five Elements Sword Formation with the Five Elements Technique? And it wasn't brute force, it was... he guided the conflict of the Five Elements from within?"

Yue Xingzhou let out a heavy breath, his eyes filled with complex emotions: "Such profound mastery of the Five Elements... Xuanjing Daoist's understanding of the Five Elements Laws is extremely high. Is he really an early-stage Cave Heaven cultivator?"

"The five elements rotate, generating and restraining each other."

Jing Yu said calmly:

"Fellow Daoist Jian's Five Elements Sword Formation is indeed powerful. The material and quality of the natal sword itself, combined with Fellow Daoist Jian's profound understanding of the Five Elements Law, make Fellow Daoist's sword formation invincible."

"But actually, breaking this sword formation is very simple. Apart from breaking it with absolute power, all you need is a similar or even better understanding of the Five Elements Laws than you, fellow Daoist, to disrupt the mutual generation of the Five Elements and break the formation with skillful force."