The news that someone was attempting the Star River Mountain Path immediately caused a stir throughout the entire Divine Mountain, spreading extremely quickly and receiving widespread attention.
Especially upon hearing that it wasn't just one person attempting the Star River Mountain Path, even more people came to watch.
"Isn't that Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan from the China Team?"
"It really is them! Why would they do something like challenging the Divine Mountain?"
"Perhaps they feel their strength is great and want to try the Star River Mountain Path, which is as difficult as ascending to heaven."
Above the Star River Mountain Path.
Many high-ranking officials of the Pathenon Temple appeared.
"Who are these two people?" Grand Sage Cynthia asked.
She was one of the few who didn't pay attention to the National Government Competition, believing it to be merely a children's game, unless Greece won the championship, then perhaps she would be interested in learning more.
"They are the champion contestants of the National Government Competition, their captain Jiang Yuan, and team member Mo Fan. They are Chinese," Hailong, the Head of the Knight Palace, explained indifferently.
Grand Sage Cynthia responded with an indifferent "hmm" upon hearing this.
"They should be here for Ye Xinxia," Hailong said.
"Foolish! To challenge the Star River Mountain Path for a murderer, foolish beyond redemption! They are inviting their own demise!" Cynthia said coldly.
"Indeed, many geniuses have ended up in despair on the Star River Mountain Path. These two are still far from enough," Hailong said with a smile.
"Perfect, it's been a long time since anyone challenged the Star River Mountain Path. Let everyone witness our Pathenon Temple's Star River Mountain Path!"
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Inside the Star River Mountain Path.
Mo Fan couldn't hear the discussions outside. His gaze remained fixed upwards, stepping onto the stairs one step at a time.
Until a set of footsteps appeared behind him.
He turned his head and immediately saw Jiang Yuan, who had entered later. They were only a dozen steps apart.
"Damn it, Lao Jiang, why are you here too?" Mo Fan asked in surprise.
"You can't go up alone," Jiang Yuan said, quickly approaching. "The Star River Mountain Path has four checkpoints. The last two stages both have Monarch-level interceptions. Do you think you can pass them?"
Mo Fan wanted to retort, but hearing Jiang Yuan say that, he felt a chill in his heart and complained, "How is this Star River Mountain Path set up? How can a High-level fight a Monarch-level, and two Monarch-levels at that?"
As they spoke, they had already arrived in front of the statue of the first stage.
This was a Greek bronze beast, one-eyed and one-horned, with an extremely bloated body. As Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan stepped into its area, it suddenly opened its single eye.
Its bronze horn pointed directly at the two, transforming into a brass-colored light that rushed over. Ordinary people wouldn't be able to react to this speed at all.
"Swish!!!"
Instantly covering ten meters, yet just as it was about to hit Mo Fan, a surge of spatial power suddenly appeared.
With a "bang!", the Greek bronze beast was slammed onto the steps by an immense force, lying on its back, letting out painful wails.
Only then did Mo Fan react, taking a step back, his right hand suddenly glowing with Tyrant Thunder, and he shouted, "How dare you ambush your Grandpa Mo! Take my Great Tyrant Thunder!"
Thunder roared, landing on the Greek bronze beast and exploding into dense cracks.
The Greek bronze beast wanted to resist, but the spatial power on its body firmly suppressed it, forcing it to continuously endure Mo Fan's thunderous punches.
Eventually, unable to withstand the destruction, it shattered into a pile of bronze pieces.
"It's quite tough," Mo Fan muttered, retracting his Thunder. Then he gave Jiang Yuan a thumbs up: "Awesome, Lao Jiang, if you hadn't helped me block it, I might have suffered a minor injury."
"No problem, treat me to a meal later."
"Okay, okay, we're brothers. I'll treat, you pay."
"Are you serious?"
"I don't have money!"
The two walked over the shattered pieces of the Greek bronze beast, chatting and laughing, and continued towards the next stage.
"Did they kill the Greek bronze beast just like that?" Zhu Meng asked in surprise.
"It would be strange if it wasn't simple. With Jiang Yuan there, ten Greek bronze beasts wouldn't be enough to even look at," Pang Lai said.
The view returned to the Star River Mountain Path.
Jiang Yuan and Mo Fan had now arrived in front of the second statue.
This time it was a demon stone statue, with bat wings, a muscular physique, and two horns on its head.
The two were still looking at the statue when it suddenly spoke.
"Oh~ look, it's been so many years since anyone challenged the Star River Mountain Path. I thought no one dared to come anymore."
"I'm quite bored here, and no one usually talks to me. It would be even better if I could tear them into pieces after talking!"
The demon stone statue babbled on, its calm demeanor revealing cruelty and madness.
"Hey, this silly bird statue can actually talk!" Mo Fan laughed.
"What did you say?" The demon stone statue was enraged.
Since guarding the Star River Mountain Path, no one had ever dared to insult him like that!
"Don't think that just because you passed the first stage, you can pass the second. Arrogance will make you pay the price! This is not a place for you to play games. If you can't pass, there's only death!"
As its words fell, the demon stone statue rapidly crossed a distance of over ten meters and appeared behind Mo Fan, leaving Jiang Yuan aside.
It was Mo Fan who had mocked it, after all.
Mo Fan could handle the demon stone statue by himself, but now was not the time to give him time to fight the demon stone statue.
There was no need to waste time on this.
Jiang Yuan attacked again.
Spatial power surged, trapping the demon stone statue in a bind.
"Finish it quickly, let's go to the next stage."
"Okay, Tyrant Barren Thunder Silent Thunder Death Ray!"
Mo Fan moved swiftly, lightning coiling around his arm, and violent electric snakes danced wildly.
The Thunder Claw instantly descended.
Electric light flashed, striking the stone body of the demon stone statue!
Instantly, the powerful lightning pierced through the demon stone statue's body, incidentally causing its right wing to shatter with a crash.
"Thunder Policy!"
Mo Fan shouted, and thousands of bolts of Tyrant Barren Thunder, along with the Thunder Seal enhanced by Divine Seal Blessing, flew from his hand, surging into the demon stone statue's body through the gaping hole.
"Ah!!!!!!!!"
The demon stone statue let out a sharp howl, its twisted face showing that it was enduring extreme pain!
But even though lightning had filled its body, it seemed there was still a force keeping its body from exploding.
Mo Fan injected another large wave of lightning and fire, but it still didn't make the demon stone statue explode on the spot.
"That's strange, this thing is even tougher than the statue in the first stage. Lao Jiang, see if you can make it explode," Mo Fan said, looking at Jiang Yuan.
"Summon your Old Wolf. This demon stone statue looks like a stone statue, but it's actually an energy body, just appearing similar to a stone statue. It will be a great tonic for Old Wolf after he eats it," Jiang Yuan said.
Upon hearing this, Mo Fan summoned Old Wolf from the Summoning Plane without another word.
"Howl~~~!!!"
"What are you howling for?! Quickly swallow this thing!"
Old Wolf closed his mouth, whimpered, and then picked up and swallowed the demon stone statue in one bite.
The massive energy gradually digested in his stomach.
Old Wolf immediately thought that after becoming stronger, he would be able to expand his wolf harem again, and uncontrollably let out another high-pitched, excited wolf howl.