Chapter 104: Fifth-Rank to Sixth-Rank

They never expected that Xu Chen's mastery in forging was so terrifying. Peng Cai on the other side saw this, and his pupils instantly contracted: "Such profound techniques."

He could not discern what specific technique Xu Chen was using, but it indeed carried a rather mysterious and complex flavor.

Such a technique must be superior to his own.

His face darkened; how could this be?

How could such an elite technique exist within the Jixia Academy?

However, he quickly changed his train of thought. The competition time was two days, and forging should be ending now.

Even if Xu Chen was very strong, he no longer had a chance. With that thought, Peng Cai sneered mockingly: "Xu Chen, your forging is indeed impressive, and I admit it.

But time is almost up; less than two quarters of an hour remain.

My weapon is nearly fully formed. What more can you do?" Xu Chen was too lazy to bother with this fool; he didn't even deign to lift his eyes.

Although theoretically, forging a Sixth-Rank item requires about ten days.

But Xu Chen possessed special techniques and extremely rich experience, allowing him to shorten the time by dozens of times.

"Voom!"

As he pondered, Xu Chen inscribed weapon runes into the blade, already including attack runes, defense runes, sharpness runes, and strength runes.

Every single rune was a Sixth-Rank rune, containing immense power.

Normally, condensing and inscribing weapon runes required a certain amount of time, but Xu Chen needed none; he could do it instantly. In an instant, this Fifth-Rank discarded sword rose directly to Sixth-Rank in the astonished gazes of the crowd.

Its aura was naturally formed and incredibly stable.

The blade trembled, emitting faint sword intent, with a constant humming sound.

At this moment, everyone could clearly feel this Sixth-Rank aura. Instantly, everyone's eyes widened again: "Damn! It went from Fifth-Rank to Sixth-Rank, and the aura is so dense, the sharpness so obvious. Did I see wrong?"

"I'm stunned. It's been just over a quarter of an hour, and a Sixth-Rank weapon is already done?"

"I really didn't want to be shocked, but seeing Xu Chen's godlike move, I have no choice but to be shocked. So awesome, damn it!"

At this moment, countless forgers stood with mouths agape.

Xu Chen actually succeeded in forging a weapon in such a short time? This was absolutely earth-shattering!

That aside, the weapon he forged wasn't even Fifth-Rank, but Sixth-Rank! Sixth-Rank! The forging difficulty was at least three times higher than Fifth-Rank, and the time required four times as long. Yet Xu Chen forcibly shortened the time significantly. But that still wasn't the most important part. The most important thing was that the Sixth-Rank weapon Xu Chen forged was almost flawless. Whether in aura or appearance, they could detect not the slightest flaw. It was terrifying!

"Done!"

Half a quarter of an hour later, Xu Chen inscribed the final Sixth-Rank rune into this discarded sword. "Voom!"

Instantly, a spiritual light swept across the long sword, and its aura surged. The next second, it emitted the aura of a high-grade Sixth-Rank weapon.

Just one step away from ascending to peak Sixth-Rank. Xu Chen flicked the long sword lightly, and it immediately emitted a crisp sword cry. Just from the sound, one could tell this was a fine Sixth-Rank sword. However, Xu Chen was not satisfied. Frowning, he said: "A pity. If given another hour, a peak Sixth-Rank long sword could be forged." With that, he casually tossed this sword onto the forging platform like trash, not even glancing at it again.

The crowd was stunned. Given another hour, he could forge a peak Sixth-Rank long sword? And now, instead, he just tossed it away like trash? Awesome!

At this moment, Xu Chen looked up toward Peng Cai and saw that Peng Cai's peak Fifth-Rank spear was already formed.

However, Peng Cai showed not the slightest sign of excitement; instead, his face was extremely ugly. Looking at the high-grade Sixth-Rank sword Xu Chen had discarded like trash, his confidence had been severely shaken.

His eyes were vacant as he muttered to himself: "How is this possible?" In just two quarters of an hour, Xu Chen had forged such a long sword.

He could not believe there existed such a monstrous, such a perverted forger in this world. Xu Chen spoke at this moment: "Saint of the Wind Sand Tower? Trash like you, why aren't you being arrogant anymore?" Peng Cai's face turned deathly pale; like Yang Hao, he was now unable to utter a single word. Why was the gap between him and Xu Chen so huge!

Seeing this, Xu Chen said nothing more.

He knew Peng Cai had been thoroughly crushed by him. If Peng Cai could not defeat him in this life, Peng Cai would be left with a shadow, making progress extremely difficult. The referee in the non-martial artist area nearby, seeing this scene, also clicked his tongue, his mouth slightly open. In this forging area, almost all weapons were uniformly Fifth-Rank. Only one was Sixth-Rank, so the result was self-evident. They just felt that Xu Chen was truly too strong. Just finished refining elixirs over there, crushing Yang Hao, then turned to forging, and the result was still an easy crushing of Peng Cai. Damn, they wouldn't even dare to dream of doing this!

"The forging competition... Jixia Academy wins."

"The alchemy competition... also Jixia Academy wins." The referees on both sides bared their teeth and quickly announced the verdict.

Xu Chen's expression remained calm, unconcerned.

Such a victory was predictable; his heart was completely unmoved. He was about to leave when someone on the spectator stands made a sound. The first to speak was an alchemist from the Shadow Gate: "Since the Tianzun Imperial Selection Competition has concluded, may I say something now?" The Empress said calmly: "Speak." Elder Mo Xiaoyao of the Shadow Gate spoke up: "As an alchemist, I wish to buy that Seventh-Grade Soul-Returning Elixir at a high price. How about one hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones?"

"Hush!"

Hearing this, the crowd immediately erupted in noise. A Seventh-Grade elixir for the high price of one hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones? Theoretically, only a peak Seventh-Grade elixir should command such a price. Hearing this, Xu Chen roughly guessed Mo Xiaoyao's intention: he wanted to study his alchemy techniques. However, he didn't mind; let them study all they wanted. After all, some techniques could not be figured out just by looking at an elixir; that was pure wishful thinking. Moreover, this was an alchemy technique created by Xu Chen himself; there was absolutely no possibility for outsiders to discern it. Therefore, Xu Chen nodded: "I am actually willing..."

"Wait!"

Just as Xu Chen was about to agree, someone else spoke up to stop him. The crowd looked up in surprise and found the speaker was from the Great Beginning Sacred Land. They clicked their tongues: "Damn, is the Great Beginning Sacred Land going to snatch this elixir?" An Eighth-Grade alchemist from the Great Beginning Sacred Land immediately said: "I am willing to offer eleven hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones." The crowd's mouths opened slightly: "Damn, the price jumped by ten thousand spirit stones out of nowhere, and they are high-grade!" A single high-grade spirit stone was already extremely precious, let alone ten thousand.

My heavens, they couldn't even imagine how precious that was.

Mo Xiaoyao frowned: "Elder Han, everything has a first come, first served order. Your behavior is inappropriate."

Elder Han said calmly: "In a competition for an item, whoever bids higher gets it. If you have no spirit stones, do not speak."

Mo Xiaoyao snorted coldly: "One hundred twenty thousand spirit stones." Elder Han said indifferently: "One hundred thirty thousand."

He must take this elixir back today no matter what. He had long coveted Xu Chen's unique alchemy technique. Mo Xiaoyao's face turned ugly: "One hundred forty thousand."