"So, an Elemental School Ascension Realm expert is the best fit for this rule?"
Wan Zisheng overheard their conversation and came over as well.
"Exactly. If someone from the Elemental School can continuously switch to suitable elements and trade blows with Yamata no Orochi for half an hour without letting anything slip through, they can clear it." Ling Ao nodded. "But even for an Ascension-level expert, this is no small test of their energy reserves, precision, and control over the elements. Anyone who can pass this stage must be among the very best in the Elemental School. Looking across the Main World, I'd guess only the former Pope Saint Nicholas could complete this challenge smoothly." "Unfortunately, as the first challenger, Luo Jun didn't know the rules. He's an Ascension-level member of the Illusion Faction—drawing this means he's doomed to fail." Because of the materials Luo Jun had stolen before, Wan Zisheng had concluded that Luo Jun was an Ascension-level Illusion Faction member and believed he had no hope.
"But later Elemental School challengers can choose Yamata no Orochi as their challenge if they're confident. Looking at it this way, the first person to eat the crab really did pave the way for those who came after..."
As they spoke, the flames in the projection collided with Han Liu, setting off a massive explosion. When the fiery glare faded, a huge Melt Pit had appeared where the two had been standing, as though hundreds of tons of high explosives had just detonated.
An explosion of this scale was not enough to kill an Ascension Realm powerhouse, but even a trace of its lingering force would have been enough to reduce an ordinary girl to ashes. Yet the Countdown above the Holographic Projection had not stopped, indicating that the challenge was still