At this time, Lin Chen and his companions had already left the Taoist temple, and the four of them were walking along the mountain path. By now, they could already see quite a few figures with supernatural abilities around them.

Suddenly, a rapid river appeared in front of them, blocking the way forward.

The river was about thirty meters wide and flowed very rapidly, causing quite a bit of frustration since there were no boats or bridges anywhere along its banks. Moreover, the competition rules specified that participants had to cross the river without getting their clothing wet.

There were already many supernatural beings standing here, and there were also many people on the other side of the river, but even more on this bank.

This naturally formed river was seemingly designed to eliminate a large portion of the supernatural beings, as crossing such a wide expanse without a boat and without wetting one's clothes seemed utterly impossible.

At that moment, a supernatural being mustered up the courage to jump onto the river surface.

His feet were enveloped in a faint aura of Spiritual Energy. He had intended to use the buoyancy of the Spiritual Energy to reach the other side of the river, but after just a few steps, a wave surged towards him.

To dodge the wave, the supernatural being's body shook, and he fell into the churning river waters.

Although the supernatural being knew how to swim, the fact that his body had touched the water meant he was directly disqualified.

Seeing this person fall into the water, those who were initially eager to try lost their confidence.

Just then, a supernatural being next to Lin Chen let out a cold snort, stomped one foot, and miraculously, an ice bridge appeared on the surface of the river.

The supernatural being walked steadily across the ice bridge to the other side of the river.

It was at that moment that a buzz went through the crowd: "Look, Li Yuanyuan is coming."

Not far away, a girl looked at the river surface indifferently, a smile slipping across her lips. With one step towards the river, a ripple appeared in the air in front of her, and in the next instant, the girl had already appeared on the other side of the river.

"Damn, spatial abilities really are badass."

"Why, oh why isn't my ability spatial!"

Seeing Li Yuanyuan cross the river with such ease, many faces showed envious expressions.

"How are we going to get across?" Lin Chen asked the three people with him, a troubled expression on his face as he looked at the wide river surface.

"Haha, isn't that the famous Lin Chen? I heard you're the inheritor of Tianyan!" A cold voice came from behind at that moment.

His words directed everyone's attention towards Lin Chen.

Lin Chen frowned and looked back to find that Shangguan Yunfei was the speaker.

Long Wu had once instructed them to cooperate well, but it seemed that Shangguan Yunfei had looked down on Lin Chen from the very start.

He couldn't understand how someone like Lin Chen could be so lucky as to inherit Tianyan.

Although both were competitors from Capital City, he had no intention of cooperating with Lin Chen. He had even made up his mind to find an opportunity to get rid of Lin Chen and take the Tianyan inheritance for himself.

"Damn, so that kid is Lin Chen. He doesn't look all that impressive!"

"Exactly, with that furrowed brow, he's definitely worried about how to cross this river too!"

"It's a waste for this guy to have the Tianyan inheritance, utterly squandered!"

Murmurs of discussion arose from the crowd.

Lin Chen paid no attention to the discussions around him, glanced at Shangguan Yunfei, and said indifferently, "What does it matter to you whether I cross the river or not? Jealous I got Tianyan or something?"

"Haha, crossing this river is as easy as flipping my hand for me, but I really want to see how you're going to get across. Hey, if Master Wu knew you couldn't even cross this river, he would be heartbroken," Shangguan Yunfei said with a sneer.

No sooner had he finished his words than Lin Chen flashed behind Shangguan Yunfei, and in the next instant, he had kicked Shangguan Yunfei's rear.

Like a sandbag, Shangguan Yunfei was kicked into the middle of the rushing river and swiftly plummeted downward.

"Damn it!"

Shangguan Yunfei was shocked and fearful, and just as he was about to fall into the rapid river, a flying sword appeared beneath him, half a meter from the bank.

However, the manner in which he rode the flying sword was quite embarrassing—as opposed to standing on it, he was sprawled on top of it.

After landing on the opposite bank, Shangguan Yunfei was still breaking out in a cold sweat, hopping mad with fury.

Lin Chen, watching Shangguan Yunfei on the other side throwing a tantrum, just picked his ear—it seemed the world had finally quieted down.

Everyone was staring at Lin Chen with shocked faces, "Damn, this kid is too mean, kicking out without a word."

The few who had just sneered at Lin Chen were all covering their butts and hiding far away.

At this moment, Sun Ye chuckled and said, "Does Brother Lin need my help?"

Lin Chen smiled, "No need, Brother Sun go ahead."

Sun Ye smiled, stepped onto the river surface, and to everyone's astonishment, a large Tai Chi diagram appeared under his feet. Sun Ye easily stepped on the diagram and walked to the other side of the river.

At this time, a figure in white slowly walked over from not far away.

"Damn, isn't that Mu Ziyu? I heard he is the next Sect Leader of Kunlun!"

"Indeed he has the persona; one glance and you know he's a master!"

Lin Chen stared at Mu Ziyu and couldn't help but be stunned. This guy wasn't walking at all; he was floating a few millimeters above the ground as he drifted over.

Damn, did this guy think he's a ghost? Having feet but choosing to show off instead.

What made Lin Chen curious was that Mu Ziyu actually stopped next to him.

Mu Ziyu's eyes swept over Lin Chen coldly, "Can't you cross over?"

Lin Chen said awkwardly, looking at the somewhat icy-faced Mu Ziyu, "It's a bit difficult."

"Do you need help?" Mu Ziyu asked.

Lin Chen shook his head, "I'd rather do it myself."

Around this guy, Lin Chen always had a weird feeling; he didn't want to be thrown by this guy into the middle of the river and then just drop down.

"Oh!" Mu Ziyu snorted coldly and actually drifted away from Lin Chen's side, stepping into the void as if on flat ground and easily floating to the other side of the river.

At this time, the people around who could cross the river had done so, Zhao Xiaohua frowned and said, "Shall I throw you across?"

Lin Chen felt a chill in his heart, "Let's just forget it. Being thrown across like that would be too embarrassing."

At that moment, Lin Chen's eyes suddenly lit up, and he pulled out a long rope from his pocket.

This rope was prepared by Qin Lan for Lin Chen as a lifeline for entering the Spiritual Spring, Lin Chen had thought it was unnecessary, but now it turned out to be useful after all.

Lin Chen tied one end of the rope to a tree and the other end around Zhao Xiaohua's waist.

"Xiaohua, jump to the river bank and secure it. We'll climb across using the rope," Lin Chen said with a smile.

Hearing Lin Chen's words, everyone around had a deadpan look, actually using such a method to cross the river, it was truly a disgrace to the supernatural world!

Zhao Xiaohua stepped back about ten meters, then suddenly accelerated.

Accompanied by a streak of blue shadow, Zhao Xiaohua's body soared through the air.

Both sides of the river fell silent.

Splash, when Zhao Xiaohua landed on the other bank, everyone was dumbfounded.

This guy actually jumped more than thirty meters in one go, which was simply inhuman.

Zhao Xiaohua secured the rope and gave Lin Chen an okay gesture.

Lin Chen nodded at Tang Bao'er, and the two of them started climbing towards the other side on the lifeline.

"Damn, they're really using that method to cross the river, it's a disgrace to the supernatural world!"

"Isn't this against the rules?"

Dissatisfied voices rose from both sides of the river.

Lin Chen and Tang Bao'er quickly made it to the center of the river.

Mu Ziyu's eyes shot out a cold light, and with a flick of his finger, a black lightning bolt shot towards the rope in the center of the river.