Seven days later, Yan once again stepped into the mysterious realm of the God of Fire with a more determined will and a deeper understanding of himself.

But after three days and three nights of hard fighting, he was defeated again.

The mirror image of himself, whose overall strength was increased by 5%, was really difficult to deal with.

Half a month later, Yan entered the mysterious realm of the God of Fire again.

This time, the overall strength of the mirror man has increased to 110% of Yan's original body.

After the space fluctuated, Yan once again stood on the trial field with a diameter of one kilometer.

On the opposite side, the mirror image of him was already waiting quietly, his aura revealing an even calmer and more powerful sense of oppression than last time.

The battle began again, but this time Yan adopted a completely different strategy.

He no longer relied solely on the power of the fire element, but cleverly incorporated the earth attribute abilities that he gradually mastered during his training.

He knew that it would be difficult to defeat the more powerful Mirror Man by using his original fire power. Only innovation and integration could open up a path to victory.

As Yan's mind moved, a heavy and steady force of the earth element slowly rose from the ground, interweaving with the boiling fire element in his body, forming an unprecedented strange energy field.

The mirror man seemed to have sensed this unusual aura as well. It quickly adjusted its posture and prepared to meet Yan's new round of attack.

Different from the past, Yan's attacks showed more earth elements, and they were all impromptu, catching the Mirror Man off guard.

As time went by, the battle gradually entered a fierce stage.

Yan constantly tried to maximize the power of the two elements of earth and fire. Each attack contained the power of dual attributes, making the mirror man overwhelmed.

Although the Mirror Man is powerful, he begins to seem overwhelmed by Yan's continuous innovation and integration.

Finally, in a fierce confrontation, Yan seized the flaw in the mirror man's defense, condensed all the earth and fire elemental power in his body into one point, turned it into a dazzling light, and directly hit the core of the mirror man.

At that moment, the entire trial field seemed to tremble, and the figure of the mirror man gradually dissipated in the light and finally turned into nothingness.

The battle was over, Yan stood there, gasping for breath, but his eyes were filled with the joy of victory.

The failure of the first two challenges taught him how to find breakthroughs in adversity and how to stay calm and innovative when facing strong enemies.

The huge trial field disappeared without a warning, and the voice of the God of Fire rang in Yan's ears again:

"Assessment passed, reward: all spirit rings will have their age increased by 20,000 years, and the right arm spirit bone will have its age increased by 40,000 years."

Yan felt the transformation of his soul power due to this sudden reward.

The age of the spirit ring has been increased again, which means that the power and endurance of his skills will be improved.

The increase in the age of the right arm soul bone allowed it to directly transform into a hundred thousand year level.

At this point, all six soul bones in Yan's body have reached a age of more than 100,000 years.

Although his soul power level has not changed, his overall strength has become stronger.

As the Fire God's voice faded away, Yan once again returned to the real world outside the Fire God's mysterious realm.

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Time flies, and several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Ye Lingling broke through level 80 during the divine test and obtained a divine soul ring.

Shui Bing'er also passed the second level test of the Water God and was rewarded with a level increase in soul power, reaching level ninety. However, she did not receive the God-given soul ring, and she had to obtain the ninth soul ring on her own.

That day, Shui Bing'er came to see Yan, eager to share with him.

"Brother Yan, my soul power has broken through level ninety."

Hearing this, Yan's lips curled up into an indulgent smile.

"Great, then let's go to the center of the Star Dou Great Forest and look for that Azure Bull Python."

"Brother Yan, we didn't find it last time. Can we find it this time?"

"I don't know, let's try our luck first. Last time we appeared at the same time as Bibi Dong, maybe it sensed us. It was injured before, and after such a long time of recuperation, it should be almost healed. If it encounters us again, maybe it will show up." "Well, let's go find it."

A few days later, the two came to the lake deep in the Star Forest.

The lake was bottomless and the surface was calm, with only the reflections of the two people.

"Brother Yan, it doesn't seem to be here."

"No! It's right here at the bottom of the lake."

"You've felt it?"

"Well, I sensed a very weak fluctuation of soul power. It seems that it has deliberately restrained its aura."

Yan's mental power has reached the demigod level, much stronger than the last time he came here, and his perception is also stronger.

He felt that the Azure Bull Python was somewhere at the bottom of the lake.

"Brother Yan, if it hides at the bottom of the lake and doesn't come out, what should we do?"

"I have a solution."

Yan slowly released his martial spirit, and the surroundings became a scorching hot world, even the lake water began to boil.

Immediately afterwards, his eighth soul ring began to shine.

That comes from the eighth soul ring of the Titan Giant Ape, which contains the power of the Titan Giant Ape.

Seeing this, Shui Bing'er suddenly understood something.

"Brother Yan, do you want to use the Titan Ape's spirit ring as bait to lure it out?"

"Yes. I have deliberately restrained the spirit power in my body. If it knows that there are only two of us here, it will definitely show up."

Sure enough, deep at the bottom of the lake, the Azure Bull Python felt this familiar yet unfamiliar breath, and the flames of anger and revenge burned fiercely in its heart.

With a deafening roar, the lake seemed to be torn apart, and the huge body of the Azure Bull Python suddenly rushed out of the water, bringing with it endless pressure and anger.

Its eyes were as sharp as torches, staring straight at Yan, as if it wanted to tear him apart.

"Did you kill Er Ming?"

"That's right. By the way, I have some bad news for you. The rabbit has already sacrificed herself to Tang San. She won't be coming back."

"What?! Are you talking about Xiao Wu?"

The Azure Bull Python felt unbelievable.

"Who else could it be except her, the rabbit I'm talking about?"

Yan deliberately angered the Azure Bull Python to prevent it from escaping.

"You damned human soul master, I'm going to kill you."

The Azure Bull Python roared angrily and spewed out a beam of blue energy from its mouth, shooting towards Yan and Shui Bing'er.

Faced with this powerful attack, Yan did not dodge.

The ninth soul ring on his body suddenly flashed with a bright red-gold light, and the ninth soul skill, magma pulse, was violently released, directly hitting the green energy beam.

The moment it saw Yan’s scarlet-gold soul ring, the Sky Blue Bull Python was stunned.

"This is a million-level spirit ring. How could it appear on him?"

Under Yan's powerful pressure, the Sky Blue Bull Python's body seemed to be stiff.

The red-gold magma pulse pierced through the green light column with the force of thunder and fell directly onto its huge body.

With Yan's current strength, he is enough to crush the Azure Bull Python. (End of this chapter)