Long River Eternity

The battle environment within the stone tablet space was drastically different from the previous ones. While previous challenges had typically taken place in a vast, empty square, barren and desolate except for the sky above, this time the setting was far more complex, encompassing mountains, water, dense forests, and even a volcano belching smoke in the distance, overshadowed by dark clouds, lightning, and thunder. Clearly, this place was a confluence of the elements: gold, wood, water, fire, earth, and their derivatives. As expected, a life-or-death challenge offered a higher degree of difficulty, requiring comprehensive consideration of all surrounding environmental factors.

Yang An's opponent was a blond teenager in his early twenties, glaring furiously, exuding a fierce and domineering aura. He wore black armor inlaid with golden stripes and red flame patterns, appearing dazzling and imposing. Despite his youth, he exuded an extraordinary aura.

Yang An, meanwhile, wore a dark teal suit that highlighted his tall, well-proportioned figure, his graceful demeanor a stark contrast to the blond boy's domineering demeanor. Yang An possessed a calm and resolute demeanor, while retaining a touch of scholarly grace, lending him a touch of refined elegance. His expression was slightly solemn, his brow furrowed as he stared intently at Jinwu Youwen across from him.

You Wen grinned at Yang An and said, "You, a little-known human, dare to challenge me? You didn't expect that I would initiate a life-and-death challenge, did you? If you want to blame someone, blame Chi You. Today, I will collect some interest from you, and at the same time, remind you not to be so impulsive in your next life."

Yang An knew that You Wen felt that revealing the fact that the Golden Crow had its Sun's True Fire taken away would be a laughing stock, so he kept it to himself. Anyone else might have suffered this loss in silence, but Yang An had witnessed Chi You giving the Sun's True Fire to Nüba and understood the whole story. He would not tolerate the Golden Crow clan.

Yang An sneered and retaliated without hesitation, "Why, you Golden Crows are allowed to play tricks on us humans, and we can't resist? It was your elder brother who played tricks on Kuafu first, and that's why Chi You took away the Sun's True Fire. Why didn't you say anything?"

Youwen looked surprised and asked in astonishment, "How do you know that my eldest brother's true solar fire was taken away?"

Yang An smiled calmly and replied, "You'll know now." After talking with You Wen, Yang An was sure that the other party was just a dandy boy with great talent but immature mind.

"Asshole! How dare you play tricks on me?!" You Wen yelled angrily, then changed her mind and felt something was wrong. There were only ten of them, so it was easy to guess, but he hadn't mentioned anything about his True Fire being drawn away. It was impossible for the man opposite to guess, so he stared at Yang An and asked, "Something's wrong. Who are you?"

"It seems that you are not that stupid, but you can take your time to guess who I am." Yang An said lightly.

"Damn human, go to hell!" Before he finished speaking, You Wen launched an attack on Yang An. He waved his hand, and several fireballs appeared in the sky, smashing towards Yang An like meteors.

Yang An also waved gently at the fireball, and the river not far away rolled up a huge wave, rushing towards the falling fireball, quickly extinguishing all the fireballs, and then continued to move forward, heading straight for Youwen.

As a three-legged golden crow, he hated water the most. When Youwen saw the huge waves coming, he sighed softly and leaped into the air, saying, "So you have water spiritual roots. Who gave you the courage to challenge me?"

Yang An said disdainfully: "Do I need to choose spiritual roots to challenge you?"

After saying that, he stepped forward with his right foot and landed heavily on the ground. Dozens of sharp spikes made of mud instantly flew up from the ground and flew quickly towards Youwen in the air.

Seeing this, You Wen couldn't help but be shocked and asked, "You have dual spiritual roots of water and earth?"

Yang An had already raised his left hand the moment the mud spike flew out, and now he said with a smile: "Your thinking is really simple, you only think about what you see in front of you."

As he spoke, a flame shot towards the mud spikes in the air. After being roasted by the fire, the mud spikes turned into obsidian spikes shining with black light. This combination technique had been performed with Han Dong during his sparring match with Zhang Bairen. Now, it seemed easy for him to use it alone.

The stone spikes were faster at this time and arrived in front of Youwen in a blink of an eye. Youwen had just recovered from the shock of Yang An releasing various spells, and dodged to the side in a panic, but still failed to dodge and was scratched by several stone spikes. Only a few sounds of metal collision were heard, and the stone spikes were blocked by the armor on Youwen's body, leaving only a few faint white marks.

Only one stroke passed through his cheek, leaving a faint blood mark on his unprotected cheek.

Only the sound of gasps could be heard from the audience watching the projection outside the stone tablet space.

The square was completely silent until a member of the audience suddenly said, "This... could this be the legendary Five Elements Spiritual Root?"

"He just cast three types of spells, maybe he just has three types of spiritual roots." Another audience member retorted.

"Look carefully, he cast spells of fire, earth and water. The mutual generation of fire and earth is understandable, but the mutual restraint of fire and water, and the same goes for earth and water. How could a person only have spiritual roots that restrain each other in their body? It can only mean that there are other spiritual roots that play a balancing role, namely wood and gold, so they must be the five elements spiritual roots." The audience who started speaking first analyzed.

The audience member who refuted was speechless after hearing this.

At this time, another audience member murmured, "What's going on today? The Heavenly Soul Body and the Five Elements Spiritual Roots have appeared one after another. Is something big going to happen now?"

"Sister Nian, what do you think their reaction would be if they knew that Yang An was a Chaos Body?" At this time, Ye Tingxue leaned close to Yang Nian's ear and said with a smirk on her face.

Yang Nian raised his hand and gently tapped Ye Tingxue's head, saying unhappily, "Don't just watch the fun and make trouble."

Ye Tingxue rubbed her head, stuck out her tongue playfully, and said with a smile: "I know, you're a brother-con."

After hearing this, Yang Nian turned around immediately, intending to teach Ye Tingxue a lesson, but she found that Ye Tingxue had already run a long way away and was making faces at her.

At this time, the atmosphere inside the stone tablet space was solemn. You Wen was as shocked as the audience outside. She stared at Yang An with wide eyes, not caring about the scratches on her face, and said, "You are actually a five-element spiritual root. Who are you? Are you Chi You's new disciple?"

After all, You Wen is the son of the Demon Emperor Di Jun. When she saw Yang An performing three spells, she guessed that Yang An had the five elements spiritual roots. After all, the Chaos Body is so rare that no one would think in that direction.

"If you say so, then so." Yang An spread his hands and said indifferently.

Seeing Yang An's attitude, You Wen was furious and said, "Don't think that having five elements spiritual roots is amazing. Even if you are really Chi You's disciple, he won't be able to say a word if I kill you in a life-and-death challenge."

After he finished speaking, You Wen formed seals with his hands. Seeing Yang An's strength, he now became serious. As You Wen finished forming the seals, a dazzling fireball appeared in front of him. It seemed as if a second sun appeared in the sky. You Wen shouted, "The sun will destroy the world!" and pushed the fireball hard, smashing it towards Yang An on the ground.

The fireball's temperature was extremely high, exceeding that of a normal flame. As the fireball drew closer, the vegetation and trees on the ground visibly withered and began to burn. Even the nearby river began to boil.

Yang An still appeared calm under such high temperature. A faint blue light appeared around Yang An, resisting the scorching heat around him. Then he formed a seal with one hand, and the water from the river not far away was summoned by Yang An continuously, forming a huge spear. As Yang An pointed his sword forward, the spear suddenly shot out and shot towards the fireball in the air.