Chapter 571: Test! (3k)
“What is he doing?! Isn’t it a foul to affect others?”
“Oh no, that [Dream Flower] seems to be exploding! Quickly ask the Seventh Elder on the judge’s bench to lift the restrictions.”
“Alas, this Blood Clan young lady’s competition results should be ruined.”
The Snow Tiger’s actions naturally did not escape the attention of everyone in the venue. There were scoldings, but even more eyes were anxiously watching the [Dream Flower] in Su Jiu’s hand.
If such a bomb were to explode directly in this small enclosed space, its power could increase significantly.
As numerous gazes were cast, Mr. Sanzu did not panic. He didn’t even make any extra movements, still holding the compass with his hands, his eyes lowered, quietly looking at the scene on the stage.
On the stage.
“This situation, I’ve encountered it a lot when inscribing the Dream Flower earlier.”
Looking up at the [Dream Flower] floating in the air, which was getting closer to exploding, Su Jiu’s expression was calm. With a wave of her hand, a wave of coldness surged from her palm, precisely the second-level ice attribute. The coldness quickly enveloped and solidified the [Dream Flower].
The explosive ice energy seemed to freeze instantly. Then, under the gaze of everyone, Su Jiu’s fingertip blade shot out, piercing into the place where the inscription error was on the [Dream Flower], and then like a “dripping pine tree,” she hooked back in a “Z” shape.
As the inscription was hooked back, the slightly fluctuating energy completely stagnated. All of this happened in the blink of an eye. Even the Snow Tiger, who was holding the cannon, had not walked far away and was looking at the scene in front of him with a blank expression.
“Bro, this… this isn’t right?”
Looking at Su Jiu’s skillful and heartbreaking operation, even Mr. Sanzu was slightly stunned, and then couldn’t help but exclaim, “This reaction is indeed quick, but judging by this move, her proficiency with this [Dream Flower] must be very high. She probably specifically studied the modification of the inscription route.”
“Heh, that little tiger is going to be unlucky.” Naz in the corner looked at the stage, his gaze shifted from Su Jiu to the Snow Tiger, and he suddenly let out a suppressed laugh.
Unlike Mr. Sanzu, Naz had some contact with Su Jiu and had heard some people’s accounts. He knew what kind of personality she was, and this Snow Tiger was probably going to be unlucky.
As expected, under the stunned gaze of thousands of participants below, Su Jiu quickly walked out of the soundproof wall and approached the dazed Snow Tiger. She only used one layer of her Elegy, but her aura had risen to almost Demigod Level.
Her movements were clean and powerful. In just a few steps, she instantly grabbed him by the neck, a faint smile on her face, and asked softly, “Did you do it on purpose, or by accident?”
“Yes…”
Feeling the suffocation from his neck, the Snow Tiger swallowed, looking at the smile on the girl’s face, he felt a chill crawl from the soles of his feet to his spine. After a long time, he said tremblingly, “By accident.”
“That’s good, it was also by accident…”
Su Jiu nodded with satisfaction, stomped her foot on the ground, lowered her stance slightly, clenched her fist, and smashed it fiercely like a bullet.
“Bang!”
A loud noise echoed in the rather enclosed square. After a while, Su Jiu released his throat. The Snow Tiger’s stiff body bent like a cooked shrimp, his hands supporting the ground, and spit gushed out, his eyes almost bulging out.
“You…”
He couldn’t believe that Su Jiu dared to hit him hard in front of so many people. He knew that the Snow Tiger clan also had an Initial Stage War God accompanying them…
It seems she wasn’t afraid of Initial Stage ones, so it’s fine.
The Alchemists on the stage couldn’t help but click their tongues and discuss the violent scene unfolding before them. The elders in charge of the review looked at each other.
Mr. Sanzu, however, rubbed his forehead with a hint of helplessness. He didn’t want this Alchemy Competition to turn into a contest of combat power. He waved his hand and said loudly, “Since there’s no problem, the competition will continue!”
Except for the people from the Snow Tiger clan, almost no one cared about the Snow Tiger who was knocked down with one punch. After all, anyone with eyes could see the current situation. They were all Alchemists and naturally hated such intentional interruptions of inscription.
“I’ll ask you one more time, was it intentional or accidental?”
Just as the Snow Tiger was about to escape Su Jiu’s “clutches,” a gentle laugh sounded again.
“Accidentally…”
He barely raised his head, and the Snow Tiger retorted instinctively, but when he met the smiling face, his expression froze, and his voice trembled slightly.
“Intentionally accidental.”
Su Jiu gently patted the dust off her palms, slowly stood up, looked up at the endless sea of people in the audience, and then said righteously to Mr. Sanzu:
“Everyone heard it, he said he deliberately disrupted me. According to reason, his qualification should be canceled, but now I just want to finish my work properly, so I hope to get another High-grade Magic Crystal.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s words, Mr. Sanzu was stunned at first, then felt a little amused in his heart. This Blood Clan girl had already completed her work and was probably trying to extort something now, but he didn’t refuse. Instead, he nodded and said softly, “Granted! But there are still five hours and seventeen minutes left.”
Since she got permission, Su Jiu’s face lit up with a smile. She didn’t care about the Snow Tiger and happily walked to the workbench, skillfully taking a High-grade Magic Crystal with light attribute, humming a tune as she began to refine it.
“Isn’t she making a Dream Flower? Why would she need a High-grade Magic Crystal?”
“Perhaps it’s the degradation of high-level materials? She also used High-grade Magic Crystals before, which can make the refining process simpler.”
“If she can truly produce a Dream Flower of intermediate to high quality, she can suppress that kid who caused trouble.”
The audience, which had been relatively quiet, now turned their attention to Su Jiu. Her various operations gave those who were somewhat conservative a refreshing feeling.
However, because Su Jiu did not wear an Alchemist’s badge, these people did not know her specific level, which also added a layer of mystery to her.
Time passed bit by bit. First, the big fellow and the Female Chief completed their refining one after another, leaving only Su Jiu alone, still carefully refining under the night sky.
After finishing the Dream Flower, Su Jiu immediately put it into her ring.
She immediately started making the light-attribute [Fusheng]. Due to her skilled hands, she made it very quickly. In just over three hours, she made a Fusheng that looked like a “sunflower,” and also added branches.
After finishing, Su Jiu did not rest. She took another light-attribute Intermediate Magic Crystal and, using the feel she had just gotten, tried to see if she could modify this [Dream Flower].
With about half an hour left until the end, many people on the stage craned their necks, wanting to see her refining status. However, only a few had the ability to discover that Su Jiu was replacing the old with the new.
Most people still thought that Su Jiu’s [Dream Flower] had failed and she was making a new one. They saw beads of sweat on Su Jiu’s forehead.
They were all more or less touched. When they were young, making things was also so difficult.
Some older Alchemists also sighed, praying in their hearts that this Blood Clan girl would succeed!
The Female Chief, on the other hand, frowned as she watched Su Jiu’s performance. She could sense that the other party seemed not to be inscribing the [Dream Flower] through the usual route, but rather fantastically.
Expanding the capacity of an already dangerous explosive formation and adding many materials that disrupted the balance was an incomprehensible matter.
Looking at the scene before her, she immediately shook her head to herself, “I’m overthinking. Unless one deeply understands a certain item and has the strength of an Alchemy Monarch, they would modify the formula… It’s probably that she performed poorly after being disrupted.”
…
Finally, with a “dingling” sound, the twelve hours had passed, and it was time for the most anticipated part of the event – the demonstration.
Looking up at the prism-shaped [Dream Flower] floating on the tabletop, Su Jiu’s expression was not very good. With a wave of her hand, a suction force pulled it into her palm.
“The power is probably still quite a bit different from Demigod Level.”
After examining it, she couldn’t help but sigh in her heart. It had only improved a little, which made her feel helpless. With E Huo sleeping, and lacking the enhancement of experience, it was too difficult to strengthen it into a Dream Flower Plus.
Taking the sunflower and the bow on the table, the Snow Tiger saw Su Jiu’s unhappy expression and quickly moved far away. Then he whispered with glee:
“She was indeed ruined by me. As long as she, representing the Grand Prince, ranks fourth, her score will be the same as the Chief of the Ancient Royal Capital, and there will be an extended match.”
“This fool is beyond saving.”
Glancing at the Snow Tiger grinning smugly, Su Jiu felt that she might have beaten him stupid. With a sigh, she shook her head and walked towards the waiting area.
Seeing that Su Jiu had stopped refining, Mr. Sanzu waved his hand and retracted the energy shield, then instructed, “Please present your alchemical items.”
With that, he flicked the compass and placed it in mid-air. A huge white hole formed in mid-air, and outside the white hole, a phantom image of the compass kept spinning, forming something like a scoreboard.
“Attack this white hole with your weapon, and the actual score inside will be your score.”
Shaped like a clock, with a pointer on it, the pointer faced not time, but various levels, ranging from the lowest Initial Stage Battle King to the highest Intermediate Stage War God, a total of five stages.
The first test was naturally the Snow Tiger, who had prepared early. He specifically glanced at Su Jiu and shuffled his feet again and again. From a distance from Su Jiu, he said with great pride:
“Although my alchemy skills are not great, it shouldn’t be a problem to get a point.”
Seeing that Su Jiu ignored him, he felt bored. While speaking, he controlled the magic crystal cannon to load it with his specially made flame cannonballs and aimed at the white hole. With a “bang!”, a stream of light cannonballs was fired.
The cannonball entered the white hole. It seemed to make no splash, only emitting a little white smoke before it stopped moving. However, the indicator next to it shook slightly.
The pointer first crossed the Initial Stage Battle King, then swayed between the Initial Stage Battle King and the Intermediate Battle King, as if it lacked strength, and refused to go up.
“She is indeed afraid too. If my power reaches Intermediate Battle King, then her affected [Dream Flower] will definitely have no hope…”
Looking at the pointer that swayed for a long time, the Snow Tiger clenched his fist. He looked at Su Jiu, who was also looking at the scoring instrument, and kept praying that it would reach Intermediate Battle King.
Finally, the pointer seemed to have been answered by prayer and finally crossed the Intermediate Battle King’s power indicator, barely reaching the power of the Intermediate Battle King level.
This also gave the Snow Tiger a shot of confidence. He relaxed, looked at Su Jiu provocatively, and even said, “It seems that the third place this time belongs to me.”
Under everyone’s gaze, Mr. Sanzu did not even raise his eyebrows. He glanced at the instrument and said faintly:
“Snow Tiger, Intermediate Battle King level power, range fifty meters.”
