Chapter 408
The game begins
Time passed slowly, and soon, the ten finalists arrived one after another.
After each contestant found his or her own seat and sat down, he or she began to close his or her eyes and adjust his or her mind to the best state.
More and more onlookers began to gather around, and the noise became louder and louder, and the area around the square became like a vegetable market.
"Boom..."
Finally, with the ringing of a loud bell, the square fell into silence. All the onlookers stopped talking and looked excitedly at the ten people in the center of the square.
Among them, most of the attention was focused on Long Xuan, Old Ancestor Fentian, and Old Ancestor Qi Tian.
The vast number of Long clan Gu practitioners who were watching all focused their eyes on Long Xuan, clenching their fists and showing nervous expressions. It was obvious that all Long clan Gu practitioners already regarded him as the hope of the entire clan.
The sound of the bell echoed among the crowd for a long time. After the sound of the bell disappeared, Feng Tiancheng finally stood up, looked around, and said in a deep voice:
"Today is the final round of the Western Region Alchemy Competition. After numerous rounds of screening, only ten people have successfully entered the finals. These ten people can almost be called the most talented alchemists in the entire Western Region."
"After this alchemy competition, you will be labeled as one of the top ten alchemy geniuses in the Western Region. Compared to the rewards for the top ten in the alchemy competition, I think this title is the most important to you."
Feng Tiancheng looked at the ten geniuses and said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, the geniuses in the square were indeed excited. Long Yuyao, Feng Shuang, and Wang Wu all raised their heads proudly, revealing expressions of pride.
Long Xuan, Patriarch Fentian, and Patriarch Qitian were very calm, and all three of them had no expression on their faces.
Especially for Long Xuan, the title of one of the top ten alchemy geniuses in the Western Regions did not cause any ripples in his mood. He did not care about such reputation at all.
In his opinion, being too famous is not necessarily a good thing. When walking in the Gu world, it is safest to keep a low profile. Being exposed to the sun will eventually be burdened by fame.
Feng Tiancheng retracted his gaze and continued, "It is my honor to personally host this high-level alchemy competition. I will not waste any more words."
"In this round of competition, contestants can refine any kind of elixir. In the end, the judges will score the elixir based on its value. You can use your own materials or ask the organizer for them. Now the competition officially begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd below burst into excited cheers.
Long Xuan was also awakened by the cheers around him. He finally opened his eyes and murmured, "Has it finally begun? I'm afraid we'll have to use all our strength in this battle!"
He took out the Tianjin Alchemy Furnace from his storage ring and placed it heavily on the floor tiles in front of him.
He did not start refining the elixir immediately, but first turned his attention to Patriarch Fentian and Duan Tianwu.
Duan Tianwu took action first and placed a huge green alchemy furnace heavily on the floor tiles. The moment the huge alchemy furnace fell, the floor tiles began to crack instantly, and dense cracks slowly appeared, which showed how heavy this huge alchemy furnace was.
Duan Tianwu opened the lid of the alchemy furnace a little, and put his finger with the storage ring in. One by one, spiritual herbs flew out of the storage ring and fell steadily into the alchemy furnace.
With his operation, it was impossible for others to know what kind of elixir he threw into the alchemy furnace, let alone the recipe of the elixir.
This is done to ensure maximum confidentiality.
At this moment, all the judges showed disappointed expressions and secretly sighed that it was cunning.
Anyone can see that Duan Tianwu must be refining an extremely miraculous elixir, but now it seems that the recipe for this miraculous elixir is obviously not available for free.
After placing the elixir into the alchemy furnace, Duan Tianwu pulled out his fingers, and the heavy lid of the alchemy furnace closed again. A ball of golden flame suddenly burned under the furnace, releasing a scorching temperature.
As soon as this fire came out, the Dan fires that had just been released by the other contestants began to sway wildly, as if blown by the wind, and soon went out. The whole audience suddenly exclaimed.
"Golden flame! What kind of fire is this? It has such terrifying power!"
"It seems to be fire from the sky. Legend has it that when fire from the sky appears, all other fires will be extinguished. I didn't believe it before, but now it seems that the legend is true."
"Tsk tsk, once the Heavenly Fire appears, the other contestants probably won't even be able to refine pills. I never thought that the legendary Heavenly Fire could be seen in this alchemy competition."
“This flame…” On the high platform, Wang Hu was shocked and asked in astonishment, “Could this be the Emperor’s Golden Fire ranked 20th on the Skyfire Ranking?”
Qin Shang's face showed a solemn expression, and he said seriously: "The golden flame exudes the aura of a king. It can burn anything gold. This should be the fire."
"I didn't expect that the Qi Tian Patriarch could even subdue the Emperor's Golden Fire. A Heavenly Fire that ranks so high is no longer something that the Gu King can subdue."
Long Xiaoyao frowned, pondered for a moment, and then said solemnly: "I heard that he has improved the Xiaoqiang Gu so that it can transplant powerful organs of alien races into the body."
"His body has long been inhuman. With such a strong physique, I would not be surprised even if he could devour the tenth-ranked Skyfire."
"Haha!" The gambling god sitting in the first seat laughed, "It seems that Duan Tianwu was also forced into a corner, and he even revealed such a trump card."
"The Golden Fire of the Imperial Mausoleum can burn anything that is not gold. With such a flame in hand, I'm afraid no spiritual weapon in the world can hurt him. He will become even more difficult to deal with..."
At this time in the square, the Dan fires of all the contestants were extinguished under the suppression of the Heavenly Fire. They had to run to the edge of the square with grim faces and set up formation plates at the edge of the square to isolate the influence of the Heavenly Fire on other spiritual fires.
The biggest characteristic of Heavenly Fire is heat. The high temperature it generates is absolutely beyond the tolerance of a normal Gu cultivator.
When the heavenly fire appeared, it produced a fatally high temperature, and the square instantly turned into a furnace. Even if the other contestants hid far away, they were sweating profusely from the heat, so how could they concentrate on refining the elixir?
The scorching heat baked the earth, and the onlookers all showed painful expressions and retreated frantically like the tide.
At this moment, the only ones who were not affected were probably Long Xuan and Patriarch Fentian.
Long Xuan's body-building technique is special, and requires him to swim in magma and bathe in heavenly fire frequently. He has long been accustomed to the heat, and this temperature is just child's play for him.
He was clearly sitting closest to Duan Tianwu and at the center of the high temperature, but at this moment he seemed like nothing had happened.
Another person who was fine was the old ancestor Fentian. He snorted coldly, and finally took out a black alchemy furnace and put the finger with the storage ring into the alchemy furnace.
After putting the elixir into the alchemy furnace, he finally released his heavenly fire.
soon.
The 31st ranked Nine Netherworld Fire appeared.
The 29th ranked Nine-Day Moon Fire appeared.
The twenty-fifth ranked extinct creature Yanchu.
The three great heavenly fires burned the bottom of the alchemy furnace, and the temperature in the field rose sharply again. Both the contestants in the square and the spectators around were miserable.
Long Xuan has now confirmed that the two of them are going to refine a fourth-grade elixir. How can he dare to hide his incompetence at this moment? He grits his teeth and prepares to refine a fourth-grade elixir as well.
So he didn't want to be lonely, and followed suit by reaching his finger with the storage ring into the alchemy furnace. After releasing the spiritual medicine, he pulled out his finger and used the Sunset Divine Flame, which he had never shown in front of anyone before!
As the Sunset Divine Flame appeared, the temperature in the square once again rose to an extremely terrifying level.
At this time, five kinds of heavenly fires have appeared in the square at the same time. How terrifying would it be if the high temperatures generated by the five kinds of heavenly fires were superimposed together?
At this time, the square was as hot as hell, and the floor tiles were baked red and cracked.
The other contestants were in great pain. They were lucky enough to be able to survive, and had no intention of refining the elixir.
The onlookers were suffering from heatstroke and fell to the ground in large numbers. The survivors all had terrified expressions on their faces and retreated desperately!
"Fuck! You want to kill someone!"
"Stop it! Someone's going to die!"
The crowd was in chaos...
……
“Hahaha… it feels so good!” “Heavenly fire is so rare. I didn’t see any last time I participated in the Western Region Alchemy Competition. I didn’t expect that I would be lucky enough to see the five Heavenly Fires appear together today.”
"Let's have a good fight today!"
Duan Tianwu laughed wildly and looked at the two of them excitedly, his fighting spirit rising.
Patriarch Fentian looked at the golden fire of the imperial tomb under Duan Tianwu's furnace, and then looked at the setting sun divine flame under Longxuan's furnace. A faint murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and then quickly disappeared.
Long Xuan was able to split his soul and do two things at once. He was refining the elixir while using his X-ray eyes to secretly learn the two people's miraculous elixir formula.
Therefore, although the murderous intent was fleeting, he was still able to detect it.
Long Xuan was suddenly shocked. It was not difficult to see that the Old Ancestor Fentian was not targeting him, but the heavenly fire under the furnace of the two people.
The old ancestor Fentian already has three Heavenly Fires in his hands, but he still covets the Heavenly Fires in the hands of others. He is really greedy.
Could it be that he has a habit of collecting heavenly fire? Or does he have an ability or skill that can make him stronger by consuming heavenly fire? Long Xuan thought with fear and began to be alert.
At this time, he had made up his mind. After refining the pill, he would leave his clone here to receive the reward, while his real body would tear up the Baili Talisman and escape.
Facing such a terrifying person, he would never dare to have any luck, and he definitely could not save this Baili Talisman.
On the podium, the judges also looked painfully exhausted from the heat, but fortunately as fourth-grade alchemists, they had a high resistance to high temperatures, and under the protection of the barrier, they did not have to flee in panic.
"It's actually the Sunset Divine Flame ranked 28th. Interesting! Interesting! The five great heavenly flames are all here. This match is really getting more and more exciting."
The God of Gamblers showed a look of great interest and watched with great interest.
He was the only person on the platform who was not affected by the high temperature of the heavenly fire.
"It's really rare. Heavenly fire is extremely rare in the world. I have lived for most of my life as the chief alchemist of a country, and I have never seen one kind of heavenly fire. I didn't expect to see five kinds of heavenly fire at the same time today. I will die without regrets!"
An old man on the jury panel was so moved that he burst into tears when he saw the five fires appearing simultaneously below.
"Haha! The scene created when the five great heavenly fires gather together is truly terrifying."
"The current temperature is just the beginning. It's just warming up the furnace. The temperature will get higher and higher. Not only will the onlookers be burned to death, but it will also affect the entire city. The other contestants in the field will have no intention of refining the elixir."
"It seems like we have no choice but to take action."
Feng Tiancheng gave a bitter smile, but before he could make any move, three cylindrical barriers suddenly appeared in the field, covering Long Xuan, Patriarch Fentian, and Patriarch Qitian.
There was another square barrier covering the entire square.
Under the double layer of protection, the high temperature generated by the sky fire is isolated to the greatest extent.
The onlookers around finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time, sat limply on the ground, and gasped heavily.
The lingering fear in his eyes has not yet disappeared.
"Haha, they are quite cunning. They even put their fingers with storage rings into the alchemy furnace, making it difficult for us to see what elixirs they threw into the furnace."
"Ancestor Fentian and Ancestor Qitian must be refining fourth-grade elixirs. You may have seen what kind of elixir Long Xuan threw into the alchemy furnace."
"Why do I feel the aura of a fourth-grade spiritual medicine? Is it my illusion?" Qin Shang frowned and asked hesitantly.
"A fourth-grade elixir! How is that possible? How can a third-grade alchemist like him refine a fourth-grade elixir? This joke is not funny at all."
"No matter how powerful a person is, he cannot go so far. Does he still want to go to heaven?" A female judge shook her head in disbelief and joked.
However, her smile soon froze and she looked at Long Xuan with wide eyes.
I saw Long Xuan sitting cross-legged on the ground. Suddenly, he created five clones and surrounded the huge alchemy furnace in front of him.
The five clones sat evenly, each controlling a ball of Sunset Divine Flame. Together with the original body, a total of six balls of Sunset Divine Flame were burning at the bottom of the alchemy furnace.
"What is he doing?"
"Why did he release the clone?"
"Is he going to invent another unique method of alchemy?"
All the judges frowned with puzzled looks, and were confused by Long Xuan's strange behavior.
When everyone realized that the energy fluctuations released from the alchemy furnace were those of a fourth-grade elixir, their eyes widened and their faces changed drastically.
"Fuck! This is the aura of a fourth-grade elixir! This kid really wants to make a fourth-grade elixir!"
"How is that possible? He is clearly a third-grade alchemist!"
“He is going to use that unique alchemy method to refine pills of higher levels!”
"Hiss... Refining an elixir beyond one's level, damn it! Is this kid really going to defy the heavens?"
There was an uproar among the judges.
At this moment, all the judges were shocked when they saw this scene and stood up in unison.
These big shots who stamped their feet and shook the whole country seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying at this moment. They had terrified expressions and looked extremely out of control.
At this moment, everyone in the audience was no longer calm.
After a brief silence, the God of Gamblers laughed loudly, "Hahahaha... Refining pills at a higher level is unprecedented! This kid is really going to defy the heavens!"
"He really didn't let me down. I knew he could create a miracle! I put all my spirit stones on him and I'm going to kill him all. Hahahaha..."
Feng Tiancheng was also startled and stood up. Seeing this scene, he showed an expression of disbelief. He clenched his fists, and his expression instantly became extremely ferocious.
He knew it, he knew it, that this boy was a freak, that he could become a variable even in a game that was sure to win, and it would be absolutely unsafe not to kill him.
Feng Tiancheng clenched his fists and looked absent-minded for a long time.
His premonition was correct, and it was also right not to bet with Long Xiaoyao. This guy really created a miracle again in this game. Now he is in big trouble.
At this moment, the ominous feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger. Could this boy really defeat two fourth-grade alchemists? He began to despair faintly in his eyes...
At this time, Long Xiaoyao was completely confused. He had never expected that this outstanding junior could actually refine pills beyond his level. Could he be even more amazing?
Which member of the Long clan gave birth to such a freak? The Long family has really produced a talent this time.
He swallowed hard and couldn't recover for a long time.
"Alchemy beyond one's level!" Duan Tianwu looked down at him and laughed, "You are indeed a genius whose comprehension is not inferior to mine. You can actually create such a heaven-defying alchemy method!"
“This game is getting more and more interesting!”
"I really don't believe it. As the former champion of the Western Region Alchemy Competition, how can I lose to a junior like you? Let's see who's the real deal!"
After he finished speaking, he turned his head and began to focus all his attention on the furnace of pills in front of him, but his eyes this time were much more serious than before.
Patriarch Fentian also looked at Long Xuan with a solemn look, and then quickly turned his gaze away. However, the flame under his furnace trembled at this time, which showed that he was extremely uneasy at this moment. (End of this chapter)