Long River Eternity

Shi Gang regained consciousness and slowly opened his eyes. He then said to Yang An and the other two, "That's it? Am I too strong or is he too weak? This fight is completely useless. Should we fight again?"

After saying that, he stood up and started searching on the rankings again.

At this time, the audience around began to whisper.

"He defeated Zhou Si effortlessly, and now he's trying to challenge him again. It seems his strength is unfathomable."

"Humph, maybe it's just grandstanding. The previous attack may have exhausted his spiritual energy, and now he is just posturing."

"That's right. After all, Zhou Si is ranked 55th. If he can be defeated so easily, then his strength should be in the top ten."

While everyone was discussing, Shi Gang had already chosen his next opponent, the 20th-ranked Wood Element Wind Control Realm High Level - Jiu Lie Jun.

"The Thunder Element challenging the Wood Element doesn't count as bullying him." Shi Gang said to himself.

The five elements of spiritual roots themselves have a relationship of mutual promotion and mutual restraint. If a water-type spiritual root challenges a fire-type spiritual root of similar ranking, it will inevitably be despised.

Shi Gang pointed at the stone tablet. After a moment, the other party accepted the challenge and Shi Gang entered the stone tablet space again.

"Hey, aren't you the guy who praised the Eastern Wasteland Demon Emperor Que on the street?" Shi Gang asked in surprise.

"So you're here to compete for the top spot. No wonder you all have such extraordinary auras," Jiu Liejun praised. He then covered his mouth with one hand and whispered seriously, "But tell your companions to stop bragging in the future. Otherwise, if those who have always yearned for the Dao Court hear them, they'll easily get beaten."

Little do people know that projection has the effect of amplifying sound, ensuring that the conversation between the two sides can be heard by the audience, preventing match-fixing.

So even though Jiulie Jun had lowered his voice, his words were still clearly heard by Yang An and the other two.

After hearing this, Ye Tingxue covered her mouth and tried hard not to laugh. Yang Nian looked dissatisfied, while Yang An looked embarrassed and smiled bitterly with his hand on his forehead.

Shi Gang was at a loss for words when he heard his words. He could only perfunctorily say, "Thank you for the reminder, brother. Let's get started."

Jiuliejun didn't say any more nonsense. He just said, "Brother, be careful." Then he stretched out his hands towards Shi Gang, and his ten fingers turned into ten thick willow branches and lashed towards Shi Gang.

Jiulie Jun was transformed from a willow tree. In the ancient world, as long as one reached the realm of spiritual enlightenment and the soul and body were united, the demon clan could transform. The higher the realm, the higher the degree of transformation.

Ten willow branches were seen pulling towards Shi Gang from all directions, cutting off all his escape routes.

Shi Gang saw that Liu Zhi was coming at him with such force that a sonic boom was heard in the air, so he simply rushed forward and attacked Jiu Lie Jun directly.

With whip-type weapons, the further back you dodge, the greater the damage you suffer if you're hit. The closer you get to the opponent, the less powerful the whip becomes. However, many people instinctively retreat.

Seeing Shi Gang rushing towards him, Jiuliejun praised: "You are so brave!" Then he waved his hands, and the five willow branches in his hands instantly intertwined together, turning into two long sticks. As Jiuliejun waved his hands, the two long sticks swept towards Shi Gang.

Seeing his opponent change his moves so quickly, Shi Gang couldn't help but shout, "Good!" At the same time, he quickly jumped high and did a side flip to avoid the wooden stick that was sweeping over.

Seeing that Shi Gang had lost the initiative, Jiulie Jun kept swinging the long stick in his hand and hitting Shi Gang frantically. The shadows of the sticks filled the sky and attacked Shi Gang like waves.

Shi Gang was unarmed and had to keep looking for gaps in the attacks to dodge, but he still got hit by a few sticks, so he had to use his arms to barely block them. Soon, both arms were covered with bruises. If it had been a sword, Shi Gang would have been torn to pieces and blood splattered on the spot.

"The gap between the 20th and 55th place is quite big." Yang Nian said.

"Should we get some magical weapon or something in the future? Otherwise, we will be too passive when encountering such a situation." Ye Tingxue said.

"Recently, I've only been thinking about improving my realm, and haven't touched upon refining equipment." Yang An said thoughtfully.

As they talked, Shi Gang was struck by several more sticks. His face was filled with rage, and he had completely lost his patience. He completely gave up on defense, and after another blow to his arm, he rushed forward, using his body to block the attack of another stick. He grabbed the stick, and several bolts of lightning shot out of his body, striking at Jiu Lie Jun along the stick.

Shi Gang showed a triumphant smile, but before the corners of his mouth could fully rise, the lightning disappeared halfway.

At this time, Jiu Liejun's voice rang out: "Don't you know that lightning can't travel through wood?"

Shi Gang was stunned, secretly cursing himself for being an idiot. He had been beaten so hard that he had forgotten that the other person was a willow spirit and couldn't conduct electricity! !

Shi Gang was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "At least I have caught you now."

"So what? Do you want to compete with the demons in physical strength?" Jiulie Jun asked puzzledly.

"How do you know if you don't try? Have you ever heard of Lu Zhishen uprooting a weeping willow tree?" Shi Gang said.

"What is that?" Jiu Liejun felt a huge force on his hand before he finished speaking. Shi Gang hugged the wooden stick as thick as his arm, yelled, and then used all his strength to try to lift Jiu Liejun up.

"You're truly courageous! In that case, I'll grant you your wish. Let's have a contest of strength." As Jiu Lie Jun finished his words, he gradually revealed his true form, transforming into a massive willow tree that required four people to hug. Shi Gang was hugging two of the thickest branches.

When Shi Gang saw Jiuliejun's true form, he was excited and said, "Today I will be Lu Zhishen." After that, he exerted force with his hands, fell backwards with his whole body, and pushed the ground hard with his feet, trying to pull the willow tree up from its place.

"Is this guy crazy? Does he want to pull up such a huge willow tree?" someone in the audience complained.

"This Shi Gang is really a reckless man." Yang Nian said with a wry smile.

"Shi Gang's lightning was restrained by the opponent, so competing with physical strength is the best option." Yang An said.

At this time, Shi Gang roared, his muscles bulged, his face turned red, and he was actually moving slowly backwards.

"Did I see it wrong? I seemed to see the willow tree being pulled up a little." someone in the audience said.

"You're not seeing things, the willow tree really stood up!" another audience member shouted excitedly.

Shi Gang shouted, "Get up!"

The willow tree, which was originally rising slowly, suddenly took off from the ground. Shi Gang held the willow branches and swung the huge willow tree twice in the air, then threw it into the air.

"Oh my God! Is this still a human being?!" someone in the crowd shouted in surprise.

Shi Gang formed seals with his hands and said, "Today I will turn you into a thunder-struck tree! A mighty thunder!"

Suddenly, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and then nine purple lightning bolts, each as thick as an arm, fell one after another, all landing on the willow tree in the air. Deafening thunder echoed throughout the square.

The dark clouds dispersed, and the willow tree fell from mid-air, transforming into the appearance of Jiu Lie Jun before landing. Jiu Lie Jun was no longer as elegant as he was at the beginning. His robe was torn, his hair was messy, and his body was charred by lightning in many places. He looked very miserable.

Jiu Liejun half-knelt on the ground and spat out a mouthful of blood. He wiped the blood from his mouth with his hand, stood up, and said proudly, "You are indeed very strong, but I didn't expect such a powerful attack to only cause me some internal injuries. I think that attack just now is your limit. You don't stand a chance."

"It's no problem for me to strike you eight or ten times. Do you want to try?" Shi Gang said. Shi Gang, who was in the middle stage of Yufeng Realm, could strike out hundreds of purple sky divine thunders. What's more, he was in the late stage of Yufeng Realm now. Eight or ten times was already modest.

Jiu Liejun was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "So you and your friends both like to brag."

After saying that, Jiulie Jun rushed towards Shi Gang. As a demon, he had just lost to a human in a physical contest. Jiulie Jun was obviously not convinced and stepped forward, wanting to compete with Shi Gang in fist fights.

This was exactly what Shi Gang wanted, so he also rushed towards Jiuliejun. Their fists collided in the air with a loud bang, and then Jiuliejun kicked Shi Gang with a whip kick. Shi Gang took a step forward, blocking the whip kick with his left hand, while bending his right hand and hitting Jiuliejun's chest with his elbow. It turned out to be modern Bajiquan.

Jiu Lie Jun was sent flying backwards by the elbow. Shi Gang integrated lightning into his body movements and followed at an extremely fast speed, even surpassing the flying Jiu Lie Jun. Before Jiu Lie Jun could react, he grabbed his ankle and pulled him back, yanking him towards himself. Then he punched him in the face with a straight punch. As Jiu Lie Jun was knocked back, he grabbed his wrist and pulled him back again, elbowing him on the other cheek. Then he raised his hands and hit him in the jaw. Finally, he set a series of continuous "日" punches, pinning him to the ground and punching him repeatedly. At this time, Shi Gang unexpectedly used Wing Chun again.

"Shi Gang is the national amateur Sanda champion, and his father is a member of the armed police. He has been proficient in many kinds of boxing since he was a child. It's like hitting a wall when competing with him." Yang An sighed as he watched Shi Gang beat Jiu Liejun.