The Ultimate Showdown

"Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an, be careful, hahaha." The Minotaur took only one step, and the ground in front of it trembled violently. In an instant, it rushed in front of Lu Yan'an, and at the same time, the terrifying Giant Axe was already raised, instantly turning into a yellowish-brown axe blade.

Sizzle...

Where the axe blade passed, it left marks in the space itself.

"Hehe!" The Lean Ape-man chuckled strangely, standing on the rock. The black bamboo pole behind him suddenly flew out, and at the same time, the entire black bamboo pole seemed to stretch out suddenly. The bamboo pole had nine sections, each of which actually broke off instantly and was connected by countless threads.

It formed a weapon resembling a nine-section whip! This is the Tier 3 Telekinetic Weapon – "Arc Snake".

Whoosh!

The hazy phantom darted out in an instant, as fast as lightning, arriving before the Minotaur's Giant Axe, like a venomous snake poised to bite Lu Yan'an.

"Hmph!" The Snake Woman snorted, a flash of purple light in her eyes.

An invisible Spiritual Force directly attacked Lu Yan'an.

The three attacked simultaneously, but in terms of speed alone, the Spiritual Force was naturally the fastest, directly penetrating Lu Yan'an's sea of consciousness!

With a loud "boom".

The Spiritual Force directly bombarded his sea of consciousness, but strangely, Lu Yan'an's sea of consciousness did not even ripple in the slightest!

"It seems your mental attack isn't quite up to par?" Ignoring the Snake Woman's mental attack, Lu Yan'an's face revealed a sneer, extremely mocking. Shaking his head, he stopped paying attention to the Snake Woman's attack and instead focused on the remaining impending offensive. The black light transformed from the "Arc Snake" appeared before his eyes in an instant!

Lu Yan'an remained calm and gently extended his right hand.

In the Lightning Flash!

He actually grabbed the black light with his bare hand. A golden light flashed in his hand, and the hunched, Lean Ape-man in the distance trembled violently, his face filled with disbelief, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. "How is this possible?"

"You think you can hurt me with this kind of attack?" Lu Yan'an shook his head with a smile, and with a tug, the "Arc Snake" instantly exceeded the Lean Ape-man's Spiritual Force control and was thrown away by him.

On the other side, the Minotaur, wielding his terrifying Giant Axe which had transformed into a yellowish-brown blade, attacked in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, Lu Yan'an was not surprised but laughed.

"Aurora Style, please assess!" In the blink of an eye, the War Blade in Lu Yan'an's hand reached its limit in terms of power accumulation. The light emanating from the War Blade became increasingly dazzling and even gradually scorching. With a single slash, there was an unstoppable sense of destruction and an indomitable killing intent!

"Rumble..."

It's like Mars!

The Blade of Destruction struck the earthen-yellow axe blade directly, and the extreme impact was transmitted through the Giant Axe, sending the Minotaur warrior flying backward.

The Lean Ape-man and Snake Woman, who looked rather disheveled to the side, immediately changed their expressions. "How is this possible!"

At that moment, the Minotaur, who was flying backwards in mid-air, was instantly separated from his upper and lower body. He had been cut in half at the waist by this devastating blade!

Minotaur, die!

Upon witnessing the Minotaur's death, the Lean Ape-man and Snake Woman, who had been standing by licking their wounds in a disheveled state, also stopped attacking.

"Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an, you actually defeated the Manniu just like that! You've passed the foot of the mountain!" the Lean Ape-man said with a sneer.

"Congratulations," the Snake Woman said.

"Do you really think your half-baked illusion magic will work on me?" Lu Yan'an didn't respond, but instead offered some pointers with interest. "Don't be so crude in guiding people into the environment. It creates a disconnect between the illusion and reality, severely impacting the experience! Also, work on refining the illusion environment. If it's too fake, people will see through it in an instant!"

In reality, Lu Yan'an shook his head, looked at the Snake Woman and the Lean Ape-man were frozen in place, and gave them some unceremonious pointers.

The Snake Woman stood to the side, her expression blank and her face extremely pale. "The Soul Attack had absolutely no effect on him."

A loud "Shut!" was heard.

Lu Yan'an instantly closed the distance between himself and the two people, and in a flash, he was in front of them.

"Let's end this!"

The long sword slashed across, instantly severing the ape-man's head. At the same time, an illusionary Spiritual Force swept to the side, and the Snake Woman, without any chance to resist, lost consciousness.

The battle ended instantly.

"This checkpoint at the foot of the mountain is really easy, a freebie." Lu Yan'an smiled sarcastically, then headed straight up. The checkpoint at the foot of the mountain posed no difficulty for him, and he successfully defeated the Gatekeeper halfway up the mountain.

"Tsk," Lu Yan'an flew upwards along the towering, Primal Tongtian Mountain, finally reaching the summit after a long time.

The mountaintop was shrouded in mist, where the Minotaur lay snoring loudly, while the ape-man drank heartily from a large barrel of fine wine. In the distance, Snake Woman frolicked in a pool of water. When Lu Yan'an landed on the mountaintop, the three Gatekeeper simultaneously opened their eyes and looked over, scrutinizing Lu Yan'an.

The final and most difficult challenge is the one at the summit.

When Lu Yan'an landed on the mountaintop, the three Gatekeeper simultaneously opened their eyes and looked over, scrutinizing Lu Yan'an.

"Your His Highness An Lu Yan'an." The Snake Woman in the pool sighed softly and slowly swam out of the water. She was only covered by a thin veil, and her upper body was faintly visible under the veil, with even a hint of blush on her skin.

"It's a pleasure to see you." The Snake Woman looked at Lu Yan'an with tender affection, her voice soft and soothing.

These Gatekeeper are "intelligent" entities created by the Virtual Universe System. This Virtual Universe System is incredibly powerful, capable of simulating various laws, such as "Killing Field" or "training grounds," and can even provide the opponents that cultivators require.

The Gatekeeper atop these three Tongtian Mountain were created to perform their duties. Although the Virtual Universe Company has only recently opened the Cosmic Genius Tournament, these intelligent beings existed countless Years ago. Now, they have even evolved into "Intelligent Life," possessing emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness.

A glint of light flashed in the Lean Ape-man's eyes. "Since the establishment of the Tongtian Mountain Plane, Your Highness is the youngest challenger we have ever seen. Even those geniuses who have stayed at the Universe Level for countless Years cannot compare to you! Your talent is truly astonishing, but let's stop here."

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"I hope you can do better than you say!" Lu Yan'an curled his lip, clearly not taking the words of these Gatekeeper seriously.

"Your Highness," the Snake Woman said Lu Yan'an, her voice so gentle it was almost soothing, "Although I'd love to talk more with you, an outsider, we must fulfill our duties and give it our all..."

"Then let's go! Let me see the difficulty of this primitive Tongtian Bridge," Lu Yan'an said softly.

"As you wish," the Snake Woman said with a seductive smile.

Using the same trick, the Snake Woman smiled and simultaneously unleashed a mental illusion, her ethereal Spiritual Force penetrating directly into Lu Yan'an's sea of consciousness. At the same time, an arc of Flowing Light shot out from behind the Lean Ape-man, also slashing towards Lu Yan'an.

Within the sea of consciousness.

Similarly, even though it was a hundred times stronger than the barrier at the foot of the mountain, the ethereal mental Spiritual Force completely dissipated as soon as it touched his sea of consciousness, like snow melting away. It didn't even have a chance to unfold an illusion before his Spiritual Force was completely devoured. With Lu Yan'an's level of illusion magic, as long as he didn't want to, no one below the Immortal realm could forcibly pull him into an illusion!

Ignoring the Snake Woman's illusion, the light emanating from his War Blade began to emanate. Before the Lean Ape-man's arcing Flowing Light him, the momentum was instantly completed. The strike, delivered with that same unstoppable sense of destruction and an indomitable killing intent, was unleashed!

"Boom!"

The two attacks collided directly. At the point of impact, time itself seemed to distort slightly. The arc-shaped Flowing Light and the blade of light trembled violently and were simultaneously thrown away. Lu Yan'an took two steps back, while the arc-shaped Flowing Light was directly slashed away!

"Even though this is a body in Virtual Universe, I have comprehended 108 kinds of Time Essence, and even gained the recognition of the Origin Law of Light! Under these circumstances, even using my ultimate move wouldn't give me the upper hand in a fight with this ape-man!" Lu Yan'an suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He knew the Tongtian Bridge was difficult, but he never expected it to be this difficult!

A multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant. His hands gripping the knife tightened, and in a flash, he charged directly at the Minotaur warrior like a black lightning bolt. At the same time, he ignored the ape-man and attempted to settle the score with the Minotaur first!

"Good timing."

The Minotaur let out a loud laugh, raising the bloody Giant Axe in his hand high. The space trembled for a moment as the Giant Axe swept through the most precise gap in the spatial ripples, leaving a clearly visible axe mark in the air.

Lu Yan'an's eyes were icy cold. His long sword flashed like a butterfly flitting among flowers, its domineering blade light seemingly intent on destroying everything in front of him, directly colliding with the Minotaur's bloody Giant Axe.

"Clang!" A loud bang was heard.

"So strong?" The Minotaur's expression changed drastically. His hands were bleeding from the impact, but he still gritted his teeth, let out a low growl, and with a burst of strength, huge axe phantoms appeared around his body, sending Lu Yan'an flying!

"Bang!"

The Minotaur's eyes were filled with madness. He stomped his foot and roared as he swung his Giant Axe, charging towards Lu Yan'an, who had been knocked back.

Under the Minotaur's frenzied suppression and the attacks from the ape-man's Spiritual Force weapons, Lu Yan'an retreated continuously, his previous ferocity completely gone.

"Let's end this." The Minotaur's eyes were filled with madness; it knew Lu Yan'an was beyond saving!

He swung his Giant Axe, attempting to end Lu Yan'an's challenge.

Suddenly, two loud "bangs!" were heard.

The Minotaur and the ape-man suddenly lost consciousness and fell straight down.

Of the three defenders on the field, only the Snake Woman could barely remain conscious.

"Illusion... illusion magic?" She looked at him in disbelief. "It... it can be... this powerful?"

"You guys are indeed impressive! In terms of martial arts strength alone, it would be quite difficult to beat you, so you wouldn't mind cheating a little, would you?" Lu Yan'an said with a chuckle, while his eyes revealed a sense of relief at surviving a close call. He was so close, just a little bit more, that Minotaur and ape-man would have taken him down!

"So... so your... your strongest skill is illusion!" The Snake Woman's consciousness grew weaker and weaker, and after managing to utter these words, she also lost consciousness.

At this time--

The injuries on the three corpses in front of them disappeared instantly, and they returned to normal. At the same time, the Minotaur, the Snake Woman, and the ape all stood up.

"Congratulations, Your His Highness An, you have successfully traversed the Primal Tongtian Mountain."

"No Human Race has ever crossed the Tongtian Mountain within a year of leaving Chaos City. Congratulations, you've broken another record, and it's almost impossible for anyone else to accomplish such a feat."

The three Gatekeeper at the summit smiled and respectfully congratulated Lu Yan'an.

"At the same time, as requested by City Lord of Chaos, the news of your passage through the Primal Tongtian Mountain will be sealed. Please do not leak it!" As if he had received some news, the Minotaur suddenly said to Lu Yan'an.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yan'an understood somewhat; this must also be the work of the Lord of Darkness teacher.

He nodded, said nothing more, and stood quietly atop the Primal Tongtian Mountain. He looked down at the endless, vast land, shrouded in clouds and mist, and also saw two other low-lying Tongtian Mountain in the distance.

"The path to becoming a strong person is still a long way off!" he chuckled.

"Whoosh!"

His figure vanished instantly from the Tongtian Mountain Plane.

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