Chapter 420
The Current Situation of the Tianfeng Empire
Chapter 420 The Current Situation of the Tianfeng Empire
At the same time, in Huiyue Empire, Huiyue City.
Today is the day of the finals of the Western Region Equipment Refining Competition. This equipment refining competition that has caused a sensation in the entire Western Region has brought together almost all of the most talented equipment refiners in the Western Region. After numerous rounds of screening, only ten people remain in the square.
Outside the square was a huge crowd of spectators, the crowd was cheering excitedly and there was a lot of noise below.
In front of the square was a huge platform, on which sat more than a hundred judges from various countries, as well as powerful figures from all sides.
Sitting at the front of the podium were the top ten empires' chief weapon refiners, but one seat was vacant. One of the top ten empires' chief weapon refiners was absent.
Next to the empty seat, a muscular man curled his lips and said uninterestedly, "Feng Gao didn't come. It's an unwritten tradition for the Dragon and Phoenix tribes to gamble when they meet. I wanted to take this opportunity to win something from him, but it seems there's no chance. It's really disappointing."
"In the alchemy competition half a year ago, Long Xiaoyao won ten life-saving Gu worms from the chief alchemist of the Feng family. I am really envious of him!"
Qin Zhan stroked his graying beard, glanced at him and said, "Long Batian, everyone knows that the Tianfeng Empire is being invaded by a mysterious puppet army, so stop making sarcastic remarks."
"At present, 90% of the territory of the Tianfeng Empire has been occupied by the puppet army. The Tianfeng Empire is facing a life-and-death situation. How could the Feng family's chief weapon refiner still come here?"
The topic was brought to this point, and all the judges on the podium looked solemn and joined the discussion.
"What is the origin of this group of puppet armies? It's like they fell from the sky. They suddenly appeared without any warning."
"I don't know. It is said that this group of puppet troops has at least five million. Facing such a terrifying number of puppet troops, the Tianfeng Empire could not resist at all. In just a few months, it lost most of its territory. At present, it is just struggling to survive. Its destruction is inevitable."
"The cost of producing such a terrifying number of puppet armies is astronomical. How could they be hidden? But now they appear out of nowhere. It's simply bizarre."
"I heard that this group of puppets came from the ruins of Tiandao, and the one who controlled these puppets was the gambling god who instigated the four countries to gamble against each other. I don't know whether it is true or not, but the rumor should not be groundless."
"Don't gloat over other people's misfortune. We are all in danger. Who knows if the puppet army will turn around and attack other empires after destroying the Tianfeng Empire? I don't think any country can resist such a terrifying number of puppet armies. We should have prepared for the alliance long ago."
The judges on the podium were discussing the matter in an atmosphere of confusion, with solemnity and worry written all over their faces. The sudden appearance of the mysterious puppet army made them feel uneasy.
Wang An frowned, and the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became.
In his opinion, the Feng family lost half of their family's fortune in a bet with the Long family, and as a result, Tianfeng City was soon burned down.
The disappearance of a country's imperial capital seemed to be an omen. After that, the Tianfeng Empire suffered continuous bad luck. In less than a year, it had developed to the point of being on the verge of destruction.
Could it be that losing half of the clan's fortune would really have such a big impact?
He couldn't help but worry that in the big gamble of the alchemy competition, the Huiyue Empire also lost half of its fortune to the Yanting Empire.
Will the fate of the Tianfeng Empire be the same as the fate of his Huiyue Empire tomorrow, and will Huiyue soon follow in its footsteps?
Thinking of this, he became even more uneasy and had no mind to host the next weapon refining competition.
"Okay, let's stop talking about this and start the Equipment Refining Competition Finals. The time is up and the people below can't wait any longer."
A respected elder spoke at this time, and Wang An could only collect his thoughts, stand up with a heavy heart, look around, and shout loudly:
"I think everyone is already clear about the rules of the weapon refining competition finals. Simply put, everyone refines a spiritual weapon that they are best at, regardless of the type. The one with the highest value wins!"
"Now, I declare that the finals of the Western Region Refining Competition has officially begun!"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was a sudden cheer from the audience. The voices followed one after another, forming a wave of sound. Every audience member was very excited at this moment.
After the start of the competition was announced, Wang An finally sat down with a heavy heart, his mind obviously not on the game in front of him.
Compared to him, Long Batian seemed to be in a good mood and said with a smile: "You may as well guess who will be the final champion. I guess it will be the disciple of the Grand Elder of the Weapon Sect."
"Oh? Are you talking about that weapon fanatic?" Qin Zhan turned to look at him and said with a smile, "I heard that this person is extremely obsessed with refining weapons, but his talent for refining weapons is extremely poor."
"He knelt in front of the Qi Sect Gate for ten days in the heavy snow without eating or drinking, and finally moved the Great Elder. He was accepted as a disciple. Because he was obsessed with refining weapons to the point of madness, his master gave him the name Qi Chi."
"This person is extremely hardworking and has amazing perseverance. He puts in ten times more effort than his fellow disciples every day. He relies on hard work to make up for his shortcomings and has acquired the current level of weapon refining skills."
"In the world of weapon refining, there are not many examples of the early bird catching the worm!"
"Currently, his total score is tied with four other players. It's hard to say whether he can really defeat a genius whose talent is ten times better than his by his own efforts."
"Humph! The early bird catches the worm. Hard work is worthless in front of talent!" Wang An said disdainfully, "The reason why he can achieve such success today is due to his terrifying financial resources."
"Other people have limited resources, so they can't use a lot of precious materials to practice." "Unlike him, his financial resources seem to never run out. He uses as many precious materials as he wants, without any sense of saving. I don't know how to squander countless gold and silver mountains while he was learning the art of refining."
"Due to financial constraints, his fellow geniuses only had one chance to practice, but he could practice a hundred times. How can this be compared?"
"With so many refining materials thrown at him, even a pig can fly. It's not surprising that he can make it to the finals of the refining competition. However, it should be attributed to his financial resources, not his hard work."
Perhaps because he was in a bad mood, Wang An's tone was a little unfriendly.
Previously, Huiyue Empire lost half of its national fortune to Yanting Empire. In order to get its national fortune back, Huiyue Empire made another bet with Yanting Empire in this equipment refining competition.
Because the Yanting Empire did not have any outstanding weapon-making geniuses, the two countries made a bet on whether the Wang family's weapon-making genius could win the championship of this weapon-making competition.
If the Wang family's weapon refiner can win the championship in this weapon refining competition, he can win back half of the country's fortune.
If the Wang family's weapon refiner fails to win the championship of this weapon refining competition, even if he only gets the runner-up, he will lose half of the national fortune to the Yanting Empire.
If Huiyue Empire loses half of its national fortune again, then its national fortune will be gone, and the national fortune of Huiyue Empire will be zero.
No one dares to imagine what terrible things would happen if a country's national destiny reached zero.
Therefore, the Huiyue Empire must win this weapon refining competition, even at all costs.
Naturally, he would not have a good face towards Qi Chi, the biggest competitor of Wang family's weapon-making genius.
At this time, ten weapon-refining geniuses in the square had already started refining weapons. Due to the exhaustion of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, the weapon-refining world had become so difficult that it was difficult for a weapon refiner to become a fourth-grade weapon refiner at the age of fifty.
However, the situation in the weapon refining world is much better than that in the alchemy world. At this time, there are five fourth-grade weapon refiners and five third-grade weapon refiners who can stand in the finals, far exceeding the two fourth-grade alchemists in the alchemy competition.
At position number one, Qichi showed a look of satisfaction. Although his actual age was much older than fifty, the age of his human body after transformation was indeed less than fifty. He used special means to fix a big bug and thus successfully qualified for this competition.
Qi Chi looked at his old master in the crowd. The master nodded to him with a smile on his face. The beautiful senior sister beside him also waved her fist at him, smiled and shouted playfully: "Come on, junior brother!"
Qi Chi grinned, with a flash of love in his eyes. The encouragement gave him more motivation.
He clenched his fists and his eyes became determined. It has always been his dream to win the equipment refining competition. He has been working tirelessly for this goal, and today is the day when his dream will come true.
"I, Qi Chi, have definitely won the championship of this weapon refining competition. I will return to Qi Sect with endless glory, slap those elders in the face, and tell them that their master was right to choose Qi Chi as his disciple!"
Qi Chi growled in his heart and finally stopped hesitating. He took out a large piece of black metal from the storage ring. Under the control of his soul power, the black metal remained in the air. A ball of colorful flame suddenly appeared under the metal and burned violently.
As soon as the fire came out, the temperature in the square suddenly rose, and the flames of the other contestants around it went out one after another. In just a few breaths, all the contestants' flames were extinguished.
In the entire Huiyue City, apart from this ball of colorful flame, there was no other flame burning.
All the Gu practitioners in the audience were horrified, and the judges on the podium stood up one after another.
"This is……"
"Colorful flames. This type of flame should only be found in the Peacock Skyward Fire, which ranks 19th on the Skyward Fire Ranking!"
"It's actually the Sky Fire! He actually has the legendary Sky Fire!"
"I never thought I would be lucky enough to see Skyfire in this weapon refining competition. Can Skyfire, who ranks 19th, really be subdued by a Gu King?"
All the judges on the podium were stunned, their faces filled with shock.
"Perhaps we can see what metal he is melting. Under the power of the heavenly fire, this piece of metal has not melted for so long."
Long Batian looked at the piece of black metal and said with a very serious expression.
Qin Zhan shook his head and said with emotion: "I believe I have recognized all the metal materials in this world, whether they are extinct or not, but this kind of metal material is something I have never seen before. It is simply unheard of. I don't know where this tool geek picked it up from."
"Mysterious metal... Heavenly fire..." Wang An clenched his fists, his face becoming increasingly uglier.
The combination of these two made him feel pressured, and the bad feeling in his heart became stronger and stronger.
(End of this chapter)