After the battle with Yu Tian, Yang Li did not encounter any decent opponents. All of them were the kind of opponents that he could defeat without using his Conflagrated Knowledge Sea. The only slightly better Artifact Refiner was Fatso Fangyuan, who once tried to strike up a conversation with him but was frightened by him.
Fangyuan's Artifact Refining ability also surprised Yang Li a little. Although he was last in the first round, he actually managed to enter the top 16. His Artifact Refining ability was also recognized by many people, but in the end, he was still defeated by Yang Li. The level of the weapon he refined was not as high as Yang Li's.
The grades of the weapons refined by the participating Artifact Refiners were getting higher and higher. In the top 16, one had to at least have a Low-Rank Profound Grade weapon to be considered qualified.
Yang Li advanced straight to the top 8. The requirement for the top 8 was the same as the Low-Rank Profound Grade. The person with the highest quality of the weapon would win, and if the quality was the same, the person with the fastest speed would win. The rules did not change much.
However, with Yang Li's level, the top 8 was really not a problem in his eyes. In the eyes of many people, he was already at the same level as Huo Anping, Xue Zijin, and Yu Tian. He was almost a contestant in the top 4.
But in Yang Li's eyes, the championship already belonged to him. After all, he had not used his Conflagrated Knowledge Sea yet.
If he used his Conflagrated Knowledge Sea, his Artifact Refining speed would be greatly improved, and the quality of the weapon would also be improved. Although he was only able to refine Profound Grade weapons when he was in the Sun family, with his talent and understanding, refining a top-grade Profound Grade weapon only required a little more effort.
But with his natural talent and comprehension ability, refining a top-grade profound-rank weapon would only require him to expend a little more effort.
Yang Li's opponent in the top 8 could also be regarded as a semi-seeded player. Whether it was refining ores or engraving arrays, he was only slightly slower than Yu Tian.
Both of them refined Mid-Rank Profound Grade weapons, but Yang Li's speed was a little faster than his opponent, so it could be considered a narrow victory.
The quarterfinals were different from the previous rounds. After the end of the quarterfinals, there would be a three-day break. It was the same for the semifinals and finals, which would only start after a three-day break.
During the competition, Yang Li was also raising his own impression in Mo Xiuzhu's heart step by step. However, he didn't care about his position in Mo Xiuzhu's eyes.
The day before the semi-finals, in a room of the Sun family's residence.
After Yang Li used his Conflagrated Knowledge Sea to refine a Mysterious Grade High-Rank weapon, he stretched his waist and looked at the silvery weapon in front of him, muttering, "My opponents in the semi-finals aren't like those weak melons and dates from before, if I'm not careful I'll lose. At this time, it's time to expose my Conflagrated Knowledge Sea."
"I don't want to lose the championship because of my arrogance!"
Thinking of this, Yang Li chuckled. Everyone thought that he had already done his best in the previous match with Yu Tian, and even yesterday he almost lost to someone in the quarterfinals, but none of them knew that Yang Li still had such a hidden card!
After calming himself down, Yang Li drove away the distracting thoughts in his mind and began to refine weapons again, improving himself as much as possible. This was Yang Li's personality. Even if the opponent was just a child, Yang Li wouldn't take it lightly.
A lion needs to go all out to catch a rabbit, not to mention that his opponent was not a rabbit, but a real lion!
The dawn of summer always came very early. After Yang Li finished refining his weapon again, he heard the cries of birds and beasts outside the window, and the warm morning sun shone through the window into the room.
"I wonder who my opponent today is. If it's Yu Tian, then he really won't have a chance to continue this time." Yang Li felt the warmth of the sun and smiled easily.
Then he pushed the door open and walked out. At this time, several elders of the Sun family had already woken up in the yard. The Sun family was a medical family, so they naturally had a set of instant skills to strengthen the body. Yang Li had also practiced with them before.
However, his physical fitness was too strong, and the set of body-strengthening skills didn't have much effect on him, so he didn't continue to practice it.
After Yang Li greeted everyone, he went straight to the room where Long Ci was. During this time, Long Ci also stayed at the Sun family's station. However, his identity was the young patriarch of the flood dragon race, and his own strength was not bad, so Sun Miao and the others were also very kind to him.
In this continent, those with strength and status would always be respected by others!
The reason why Yang Li went to find Long Ci was because he remembered his future plan. After all, what he was going to do next might shake the entire southern region. If some unexpected factors intervened, his plan was very likely to fail.
Yang Li told Long Ci in advance to prepare for a rainy day.
"Dong, dong, dong ~"
Yang Li knocked on the door of Long Ci's room. The hard joints hit the door, making a dull sound, but it sounded a little loud in the morning.
"What's wrong, Yang Li?" Long Ci heard the knock on the door and woke up from his cultivation. After seeing that it was Yang Li, he got up and opened the door, puzzled.
"I have something to tell you, and I may need the power of your flood dragon race," Yang Li said in a deep voice.
When Long Ci heard this, his heart sank. Yang Li had never looked for him for something, and from Yang Li's tone, it seemed that this matter was not small, so he had to be vigilant.
After Long Ci closed the door, the two of them set up a spiritual barrier at the same time. After Yang Li made sure that the sound was completely isolated, he spoke slowly. After hearing this, Long Ci revealed a thoughtful expression.
After the two of them finished their discussion, the sky was already bright. It was not too early before the start of the semi-finals. Yang Li simply didn't go back to his room. After saying goodbye to everyone, he walked towards the square.
Because of the competition these days, most people knew what Yang Li looked like, so when Yang Li walked on the street, there were always people greeting him with a smile. Yang Li didn't put on airs and replied to those who greeted him with a smile, which won a lot of people's favor.
After all, most geniuses had their own tempers, and there were very few people like Yang Li who had a mild temper.
The Sun family's residence wasn't too far from the square. It can be said that all the major forces in the Southern Territory were not far from the square. First, because the square was the center of the entire Demon Spirit City, and second, because the headquarters of the Pill-Smith Union was also nearby.
When Yang Li arrived at the plaza, there were already quite a few people waiting there. Although the plaza was large, there were very few places where they could observe the battles in detail. The people who had arrived early were here to fight for a good spot. There were even quite a few people who had stayed to cultivate and wait after the competition.
After the top 16 were selected, the Pill-Smith Union set up a preparation area for those refiners who came early to talk to each other. In the past few times, Yang Li came with the Sun family, so he had never stepped into the preparation area.
Today was just a temporary day. Otherwise, he wouldn't have stepped into the preparation area until the end of the competition.
What surprised Yang Li was that there were already people waiting in the preparation area!
"Yang Li, why are you here so early?" Xue Zijin saw Yang Li coming over and asked in surprise.
"The top 4 competition is more or less important, so I came early. What about you? Why are you here so early? "Yang Li smiled and made up an excuse.
"I was dragged here by my younger brother. He called me out early in the morning and said that he wanted to come here early to reserve a spot to watch my duel. Although Xue Zijin's tone sounded like he was complaining, everyone could hear the love he had for his younger brother in his words.
"It seems that you brothers have a good relationship, otherwise your younger brother wouldn't dare to torture you like this!" Yang Li chuckled.
Xue Zijin also chuckled. After saying a few words, he changed the topic. He stopped talking about his younger brother and started chatting with Yang Li.
They even exchanged their views on the situation in the Southern Region. In fact, Yang Li didn't know much about the Southern Region, so he just agreed with him. On the other hand, Xue Zijin was getting more and more excited, which gave Yang Li a headache.
Just when Yang Li wanted to find an excuse to leave, Yu Tian walked over. His small body formed a sharp contrast with Yang Li and Xue Zijin's tall figure.
"Good morning, both of you." Yu Tian's voice was still stiff and strange. After greeting Yang Li and Yu Tian with a smile, Xue Zijin teased Yu Tian and said, "Yu Tian, why is your figure so small and delicate? Are you a woman dressed as a man?"
When Yu Tian heard this, his face turned red. He rolled his eyes at Xue Zijin and said, "If I really am a woman dressed as a man, how can the experts who watch our duel every day not see through it?"
"That's true." Xue Zijin nodded thoughtfully. Then the three of them started chatting again, waiting for the duel to officially start.
Because Huo Anping and Yang Li and Xue Zijin didn't have a particularly good relationship, just like Yang Li, he didn't come to the preparation area. Instead, he stood far away from the Huo Clan. The Huo Clan members looked at Yang Li with a cold and unfriendly gaze.
Yang Li had naturally noticed the other party's gaze. However, the hatred between the two sides was already irreconcilable. Whether it was the Huo Clan's disciples being crippled, the Mu Clan's humiliation by Yang Li, or the Huo Clan targeting Yang Li, it was impossible for the two sides to coexist peacefully.
As the saying goes, lice don't itch when there are too many of them. Yang Li couldn't be bothered to pay attention to the other party and continued to chat with Xue Zijin.
Soon, the time arrived. Mo Xiuzhu appeared on the square. After looking at the preparation area and the Huo Clan, he said in a clear voice, "Refiners participating in the semi-finals, please enter the arena!"
Yang Li and the other three got up and walked towards the In The Field. After the four of them stood In The Field, Mo Xiuzhu began to draw lots.
After Yang Li received the jade slip, he looked at the number on it. The number was two, and his opponent was Xue Zijin!
Xue Zijin also discovered that his opponent was Yang Li. This discovery made him slightly happy. In his opinion, there was not much difference between Yang Li and Yu Tian. But he had to surpass Yu Tian. In contrast, he also had to surpass Yang Li.
In other words, the final match was basically determined to be between him and Huo Anping. If Yu Tian could defeat Huo Anping, then he would basically be the first place.
This discovery made him very happy. His face revealed a kind smile as he nodded to Yang Li.
Yang Li also smiled and nodded to him. He thought, "This is a bit of a pity. I didn't expect that the first one would be Xue Zijin. I can only let you leave early."
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