Thinking of this, Li Shouzhen shouted, "Li Beiwu, if you can do it, so can I!"

Accompanying this shout, Li Shouzhen spread his arms like a roc and jumped towards the river surface, entering a whirlpool.

A tremendous suction force assailed him. Li Shouzhen mobilized the Qi in his entire body to prevent himself from sinking.

Although it was somewhat forced, he managed to do it.

"Hmph, I can not only do it, but I can also do it better than you!"

Li Shouzhen tilted his nose, shouting arrogantly at Chen Xiao.

The people on the side were dumbfounded. These two people possessed such profound strength. Others avoided the whirlpool for fear of getting caught in it, but they were different. They knew there were tigers in the mountains, yet they deliberately headed for the tiger mountain!

Moreover, they could remain still in the whirlpool. Such strength showed that there were indeed differences even between holy sons!

Seeing that he had regained the attention of many people, Li Shouzhen's face remained expressionless, but his eyes revealed a hint of smugness.

This was his stage, and he would not allow anyone to steal his limelight.

However, in mid-air, Xu Weizhou looked at this holy son of the Earth Sect and felt a headache coming on. "Why are you joining in the fun? The reason he can stand in the whirlpool is not because he's maintaining it with Qi!"

In Xu Weizhou's opinion, Li Shouzhen's behavior was tantamount to courting death, but he did not intervene, as that would break the rules.

Moreover, he estimated that with Li Shouzhen's cultivation, he would not last long. When he couldn't hold on, he would come ashore.

His focus was still on Chen Xiao, and he pondered inwardly, "What's going on with this black-robed man? Why does the power of the four elements have no effect on him at all?"

"No! It's not that there's no effect. He's clearly absorbing the power of the four elements!"

Xu Weizhou was shocked by his discovery, and he wondered if he was mistaken.

…

Xu Weizhou was a mighty figure in the Dao Harmonization Realm, and his vision was far superior to ordinary people. He was not mistaken.

Chen Xiao was indeed absorbing the power of the four elements, although he didn't quite understand how it was happening…

Of course, he wasn't absorbing the power of the four elements like he was absorbing spiritual Qi.

In fact, what was truly absorbing the power of the four elements was the golden mist in his mind.

That was, the dark golden substance that enveloped his Intent after he broke through to the seventh level.

That golden mist greedily absorbed the power of the four elements, becoming increasingly solid.

It had slowly changed from a mist-like state to a jelly-like colloid.

Chen Xiao was completely bewildered. He didn't know if this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Because the more tightly this substance enveloped it, the harder it was for him to comprehend the 'Intent' within.

From this perspective, it was not a good thing.

However, his brain was completely unable to resist the temptation of the power of the four elements… It was like a person who had been starving for days suddenly being presented with a feast fit for an emperor.

He had to devour it, even if the consequence might be death by overeating, he didn't care.

So, it wasn't that Chen Xiao wanted to absorb the power of the four elements.

Rather, it was the greedy desire that was driving him to absorb it constantly.

Time passed by, and half an hour later, there was no one on the river except for Chen Xiao and Li Shouzhen.

The holy sons and holy daughters had either successfully crossed the river and walked onto the island in the center of the lake.

Or they had voluntarily surrendered and lost their qualification to compete in the Prodigy Battle.

Of course, there was also a large number of people who had fallen and remained here forever.

At this time, Li Shouzhen had reached the end of his rope.

He was gritting his teeth, his whole body trembling, and he looked like he was about to collapse.

"Holy Son Brother, don't force yourself if you can't take it anymore. If you keep going, you'll lose your life!"

Li Miaozhen shouted loudly at the Earth Sect's holy son in the whirlpool.

Li Shouzhen's forehead was bulging with veins, and he knew that he was approaching his limit.

But seeing that Chen Xiao was still persevering… his damn competitive spirit was faintly stirring.

"No… not nearly there yet… He, he's not dead… how could I die…"

Each word Li Shouzhen uttered seemed to exhaust all his strength.

He looked at the figure wrapped in black robes, his eyes revealing unwillingness.

However, facing Li Shouzhen's actions, Chen Xiao could only express speechlessness… Comparing yourself to me? Can we even be compared?

In fact, Chen Xiao didn't even know what his current situation was…

The dark golden mist in his mind, after turning into a jelly-like colloid, became more solid and firm with the influx of the power of the four elements.

Now it felt like a heavy piece of solid wood.

Finally, Li Shouzhen couldn't hold on any longer, and his body began to slide down rapidly.

"Save, save me…"

In the blink of an eye, the river water had reached Li Shouzhen's neck, and he began to beg for help.

However, who could save him now?

The holy sons and holy daughters had either gone ashore or left the field. Who would be willing to lose their qualification to participate in order to save him?

Not to mention others, even the holy son's own junior sister, Li Miaozhen, was unwilling!

Moreover, even if she wanted to save him, she had to have the ability…

Not everyone could stand in the whirlpool at will like Chen Xiao.

And Chen Xiao was no saint and naturally didn't bother to save the person who had been clamoring at him all along!

The river water had already submerged Li Shouzhen's mouth and nose. What awaited him was death.

However, at this moment, a beam of green light descended from the sky and pulled Li Shouzhen out of the river.

That green light was none other than Xu Weizhou.

He placed the holy son, who had already been frozen into an ice cube, on his flying sword, preparing to take Li Shouzhen away from here, because Li Shouzhen had already lost his qualification to participate.

"Wait, you can do that?"

Just as Xu Weizhou was about to control his flying sword to leave, Chen Xiao suddenly asked, "So many people died just now, and you were indifferent, but why did you come to save him when he was about to die?"

Xu Weizhou was stunned for a moment. It was indeed against the rules for him to rashly enter the field and save Li Shouzhen's life.

"Rules are dead, people are alive. Li Shouzhen is our Earth Sect's holy son, so I naturally wouldn't stand by and watch him die."

Xu Weizhou's tone was calm as he said a very shameless sentence as if it were a matter of course.

Chen Xiao sneered, "Because he is your Earth Sect's holy son, you have to save him? What about the others? As far as I know, everyone present is a holy son or holy daughter of their respective sects. Is what you're doing fair to those who have already died?"

Chen Xiao's question was also the sentiment of everyone present.

It was just that they didn't have the courage to question it, after all, the person saving people was a mighty figure in the Dao Harmonization Realm.

"Are you questioning me?"

Xu Weizhou's eyes turned cold, his gaze chilling, making people shudder.

"That's right, I'm questioning you. Is what you're doing fair to those who have died?"

Chen Xiao raised his voice and asked loudly.

"Fair? Heh… young man, remember my words, this world is fair, but for some people, it will be even fairer."

Xu Weizhou's tone was still calm, as if he was stating some truth.

"Heh, 'even fairer,' what a joke. A bunch of despicable people are indeed despicable and shameless…"

A deep and majestic voice came from below, but these words did not come from Chen Xiao.

The voice came from a deeper place.

Chen Xiao heard clearly that the voice came from the ground.

And at the instant the voice sounded, Chen Xiao felt that the power of the four elements that had been pouring into his body suddenly stopped.

And as the power of the four elements stopped pouring in, the whirlpool also disappeared. The water surface changed from its original turbulent waves to calm and tranquil.

The flames on the water gradually disappeared, the electric arcs also became less and less, until they disappeared completely, and the wind blades whistling through the air also came to an abrupt halt.

Everything returned to its original appearance.

However, it was still filled with a strange aura, a strange aura of tranquility.

"Who was speaking just now?"

Xu Weizhou stared at the ground and asked in a cold voice.

"It was I who spoke!"

A muffled voice came from underground, extremely deep, carrying domineering and majesty.

And with his voice, the entire ground began to tremble.

"Who is hiding underground? Hiding your head and shrinking your tail, do you dare to come out and meet me!"

Xu Weizhou frowned deeply.

When did someone hide under the ground of this square? He didn't even know.

Moreover, he was a mighty figure in the Dao Harmonization Realm, and someone was hiding under his nose, but he didn't notice? This was too strange!

Just as he was frowning and thinking hard, the voice came out again: "Hehe, don't worry, do you think I don't want to go out? I've been waiting for this day for five hundred years…"

"Five hundred years?"

Xu Weizhou suddenly thought of something, and immediately cried out inwardly that something was wrong.

Could it be him?

That person did not give Xu Weizhou too much time to think. With a loud noise, the ground burst open, and a dark figure shot out from the ground with a whoosh, soaring into the sky!

"Hahahaha!"

"Hahahahahahaha!"

"Hahahahahahahahaha!"

Bursts of arrogant laughter echoed throughout the entire Hou Tu City.

"Five hundred years, I'm finally out!"

The figure shouted as if venting, "These five hundred years, I've been trapped so hard, so hard!"

The figure flew wildly in the air for several circles before finally hovering in front of Xu Weizhou.

This person was over two meters tall, with a head of scorched and withered hair that reached his lower back, scattered messily behind him.

His facial features were three-dimensional and his eyes were deep, but when combined, they gave people a particularly ferocious feeling.

The most peculiar thing was that there was a mountain peak pattern on this person's forehead.

And that mountain peak pattern was exactly the same as the one the Earth Sect disciples embroidered on their robes.

"So, so you're still alive…"

Xu Weizhou looked at that person, dumbfounded, with an incredible look on his face.

"Hehe, Xu Weizhou, it's been five hundred years since we last met. I didn't expect your cultivation to still be so low, simply unsightly!"

That person said with contempt.

Everyone who heard this sentence was dumbfounded. Dao Harmonization was still unsightly? Then wouldn't we all not have to live?