However, when Lu Yin reached the halfway point to the gates with the statue on his back, someone appeared in his path. It was Heluo Mavis.

"Sky Garan is badly wounded, and so is Chu Yuan. The only person who can stop you now is me." Heluo Mavis solemnly stared at Lu Yin with a firm determination.

Lu Yin had to ask, "Can you beat me?"

"I can't," Heluo Mavis answered bluntly.

"So why are you in my way?"

"I'm also a Dao Chosen. I can't simply stand by and watch you surpass us."

"So, you’ll die just because you don’t like this outcome?" Lu Yin coldly demanded.

Outside the plaza, on the back of Ancestor Tortoise, Yunying Mavis and the other members of the Mavis family watched this exchange take place with complicated emotions. When Heluo Mavis had first appeared, every member of the Mavis family had realized that there was hope for their family to rise up again, especially after Heluo Mavis was selected as the Lu Heavenly Gate’s representative in the Dao Chosen selection. If she succeeded, the Heavenly Gate would no longer be completely dominated by the Lu family, as the Mavis family would also gain some control.

However, given the current situation in the Dao Chosen selection, Lu Yin had gradually proven himself to be utterly invincible, and the Mavis family had given up all hope for Heluo Mavis’s victory. They had already assumed that everything was over, and they were simply waiting for Lu Yin to formalize his...