Starting With 100 Million Lives
Chapter 855: The Artifact Refining Group’s Competition
A Celestial Immortal became the 'final victor' on a certain battlefield of the Chaos Group, which was truly sensational.
This can no longer be described as an accident.
It's a miracle that people find utterly incomprehensible.
The entire audience of demon cultivators fell into a state of existential doubt.
Just recently, they had been discussing that Celestial Immortal in the Linming War Zone.
None of their comments were nice; it was either ridicule or jokes.
They said she would be knocked out in the next round.
But now, no one could laugh.
The seed contestants had directly skipped several rounds ahead.
Not to mention the other demon cultivators, even the three Demon Emperors presiding over the Evangelical Assembly were stunned.
The Holy Hall only knew the registration number before this and had no idea what kind of power was behind that number.
What is going on?
They could only turn their gaze to the Quasi-Emperors responsible for the low-level battle zones.
And those Quasi-Emperors all looked seamlessly at Lie Yu Quasi-Emperor, who was the person in charge of the Linming War Zone.
Under the questioning eyes of the Great Emperors and Quasi-Emperors, Lie Yu Quasi-Emperor was very frustrated.
He didn't know either!
If he had known, he would have gone crazy long ago.
"How on earth was this achieved?"
"We are asking you!"
"Is it possible that you, as the person in charge, know nothing about this?"
"Don't you care about the results achieved by the people in your zone?"
Lie Yu Quasi-Emperor really hadn't inquired.
In his eyes, it was already a great surprise that Cai Ying passed the first round.
As for Guma Quasi-Emperor, he was just an Early-stage Quasi-Emperor.
The two of them were both bottom-tier in the first round, what achievements could they have?
Who could have imagined that among the two who passed, one would actually take the 'first place' on the battlefield.
After a long dazed state, he simply gave up caring.
He sneered coldly at Feng Po Quasi-Emperor: "What, is there a problem?"
"Who said a Celestial Immortal can't take first place?"
"What about your zone's four Quasi-Emperors?"
"Quality over quantity, the Evangelical Assembly is not a team event, what use is a large number of mediocre individuals?"
"You!"
Feng Po Quasi-Emperor was so angry his fingers trembled, almost fainting on the spot.
The more he had boasted before, the harder his face was slapped now.
In fact, it wasn't just him; everyone who had ridiculed Cai Ying was figuratively slapped in the face now.
You considered her the shame of the Chaos Group, but she is now a high-ranking seed contestant, admired by countless demon cultivators.
In fact, the entire Demon Realm was in uproar at this moment.
Upon finding out that the woman above was only a Celestial Immortal, countless people expressed disbelief.
"How on earth was this done?"
"Who knows?"
The first round inside the battlefield did not have a live broadcast.
Among those who had seen Cai Ying there, all but Guma Quasi-Emperor were dead.
Even the Holy Hall couldn't figure out what happened then.
"Could it be that she was just very lucky? Like she just happened to land next to some Nether Pool Jade when she entered the battlefield, just happened to have a Promotion Jade Talisman nearby, and finally, no nearby Quasi-Emperors came near her, overlooking her."
"So many coincidences, is it possible?"
"How lucky would that have to be?"
"It's excessively lucky, too outrageous!"
Though everyone did not believe Cai Ying fought her way up 'by strength', they had to admit she was now thoroughly famous.
If the fame of those previous seed contestants was 1, then her current fame was at least 100.
Such a feat, enough to be passed down for tens or hundreds of billions of years.
Brother Cheng was very pleased with everyone's reaction.
This was just the first round, imagine if she took first place later on?
Afterwards, the remaining 63 seed contestants of the Chaos Group also took the stage one after another.
Not surprisingly, these 63 started as late-stage Quasi-Emperors, each more formidable than the last.
Eventually, even five Demon Emperors appeared, once again setting off a wave of excitement among the crowd.
Unfortunately, compared to the commotion caused by Cai Ying earlier, it was still lacking somewhat.
Once the seed contestants were chosen, the groupings were announced.
The Chaos Zone was divided into eight groups fighting simultaneously, with Cai Ying and seven other seed experts placed in Group Six.
These eight would wait until the other over 600 Quasi-Emperors in Group Six fought until only eight remained, then they would join the battle.
By then, many rounds would have passed.
Before then, they could sit back, watch, conserve energy, and observe the potential traits of opponents below.
This was the greatest advantage of being a seed contestant.
However, Cai Ying couldn't stay idle.
Because as each group began their battles, the Artifact Refining Group competition was also set to begin.
The Artifact Refining Group competition was actually not as Brother Cheng initially envisioned, creating a Tier Seven or Tier Eight Immortal Artifact on the spot.
For such high-level Immortal Artifacts to form, many Immortal Artifact Masters would need tens or hundreds of millions of years.
By that time, the Evangelical Assembly would be long over.
Not to mention the terrifying failure rate.
You can't judge a Tier Six Immortal Artifact Master better just because a Tier Eight Immortal Artifact Master failed to make a Tier Eight, right?
Such competition results would be meaningless.
The Artifact Refining Group competition was all about those decomposition processes in artifact refining.
First round was discernment of materials; second was sealing; third was elemental control; fourth was fusion array.
Discernment focused on the knowledge of material properties and reaction speed.
Sealing tested the proficiency in various spells and seal techniques.
Elemental control tested the ability to subtly manipulate powers of water, fire, wind, thunder, wood, etc., during artifact refining.
Fusion array tested the ability to compatibly adjust multiple arrays on the Immortal Artifact during refining.
These four were considered the basics of artifact refining.
The four competitions would be scored based on ranking, and the highest total score would be the first place in the Artifact Refining Group.
In the past, winners of the Artifact Refining Group were invariably Tier Eight or even Tier Nine Immortal Artifact Masters.
The reason was simple: the higher tier the Immortal Artifact Master, the deeper their understanding of these areas, making it a matter of course, handled with ease.
And those below Tier Seven Immortal Artifact Masters often couldn't even complete the competition process smoothly.
Because the four categories in the Evangelical Assembly had a very high difficulty level.
As the combat group took the stage, the Artifact Refiners entered in single file, stepping into the assessment space.
Whether it was the demon cultivators present or the crowds in the Demon Realm watching the live broadcast, all maintained great focus.
For the majority of demon cultivators, Immortal Artifacts were almost a second life.
The entrance of those Immortal Artifact Masters also triggered waves of acclaim.
"Master Pu Xin! The renowned Tier Eight Immortal Artifact Master from the Southern Celestial Domain!"
"Unexpected to see the old master come out this time?"
"Look quickly, Master Luo Yuuan!"
"Good heavens, he became famous so early, hasn't appeared for a billion years, I even thought something happened to him."
"Master Ziyan!"
"Master Yu Mu!"
One Tier Eight Immortal Artifact Master after another was recognized by the crowd.
The Quasi-Emperor stewards and elders from the Holy Hall all stood up in unison as a sign of respect.
Considering how Master Qi Kui of just Tier Seven had left Lie Yu Quasi-Emperor helpless, no further explanation was needed.
The status of Tier Eight Immortal Artifact Masters far surpassed ordinary Late-stage Quasi-Emperors, no one dared neglect them.
And then, the appearance of one person set the entire scene on fire.