"The elimination match of the Skyhill Sword Seminar has finally begun. Listen to the deafening cheers from inside and outside of the Thousand Edges Mountain!
"The first match of the elimination match is already a great one. Mo Tianshui, the talented heir of the Mo family from Tong Ye, was supposed to march to the finals unstoppably without any suspense. But right now, he has run into Li Yao, an expert from the borderland who has risen miraculously and who claims to be the founder of the 'Li family' from the Great Horn Exo Society!"
Li Yao was sitting cross-legged in the darkness like a lurking beast. The instigating roars of the host and the cheers of the audience were echoing above his head.
Li Yao turned a deaf ear to the cheers and stared at the tiny light beam on his mini crystal processor.
Ding Lingdang's mischievous smile appeared on the slightly dimmed screen.
"You are slacking off again. Cheer up. Fight with me for another three minutes, and I'll cook noodles for you! And five fragrant Herbal Tea Eggs! "
"You're not admitting defeat just like that, are you? Hey, hey, hey. I don't have such a weak brother. How embarrassing! Stand up now. You still have some strength left. I know it. I can see it! Stand up!
"Wow. When did you become so good? You are so naughty. You must've been training in secret, haven't you? I know it now. You want to be stronger than me as soon as possible so that you can torture me, ravage me, and ravage me as you wish!
"Hahahaha. But I won't let you get away with it. Take a guess. What level am I at right now?
"I'll be waiting for you! Li Yao! No matter how long it takes, no matter how far it takes! I! Wait! You! "
Every sentence came from a different time and environment. Ding Ling Dong was wearing different clothes, too.
The only thing that remained unchanged was her face, which was always smiling.
Li Yao had edited Ding Ling Dong's words from countless videos into a brand-new clip.
When he was exhausted, or before a great battle, this was his best consolation.
The dark space was shivering slightly.
Li Yao smiled. Putting the mini crystal processor back into the Cosmos Ring, he took a deep breath, his eyes glittering in the darkness.
The darkness above his head tore apart like petals. The light was like a sword, piercing straight down.
He was on a platform, and as the platform slowly rose, Li Yao appeared in the sight of tens of thousands of spectators.
"Li Yao! Li Yao! Li Yao! "
His voice was like a tide, sweeping through everything.
Li Yao looked around. He found himself in a fully-equipped refining room surrounded by transparent crystal walls.
Mo Tianshui showed up in a refining workshop of the same design on the opposite side.
"The two contestants are already on the stage. There is a sound transmission rune array in the middle of the two refining rooms. The two of them can talk freely. I wonder if they will have a battle of words before the battle begins?"
Li Yao and Mo Tianshui stared at each other across two crystal walls. A moment later. Li Yao retreated his eyes. He didn't say anything and focused on warming up his hands.
Mo Tianshui smiled. He seized the last minute to warm up his hands, too.
They were all refiners. Let's talk to each other with our hands and blades!
"Both contestants have chosen to remain silent. Our match will begin immediately. As we all know, after entering the knockout stage, As we all know, the rules of the match change slightly every year!
"Today, we are going to have a competition of free refining. The two refiners are free to choose certain materials and craft melee magical equipment at will. After that, we will have a competition of magical equipment.
"However, all the materials can only be selected from the catalog provided by the organizer. Also, the total value of all the materials cannot exceed 100,000 yuan!
"There are natural materials in the catalog. There are also some components such as chips and chip rune arrays that cannot be polished by hand. The two of you have half an hour to choose freely. When the time is up, the quota that hasn't been used up will be nullified!
"The thirty-minute countdown begins now!"
In front of Li Yao, a giant light beam was unfolded. Pictures and details of almost ten thousand materials were rolling down, followed by the prices of the materials.
The most critical thing was that the prices of the materials were not the market price. The organizer had marked them randomly. Some of the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were very cheap, while some of the common materials that had a huge consumption were marked at astoundingly high prices!
Under the chaotic prices, it was a great test for one's computational ability to choose the materials that one was interested in and spend every penny of 100,000 yuan!
Li Yao spent five minutes skimming through the catalog of materials. He memorized all the materials and their prices in his head. Then, he closed his eyes and thought hard.
Before the match, he had already come up with several kinds of magical equipment that he was going to craft.
However, the catalog of magical equipment with a messy price had completely shattered his plan. The common materials that he was going to use in his plan were all unreasonably expensive. 100,000 yuan was far from enough.
Other Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, on the other hand, were as cheap as cabbages. It would be a shame if he didn't purchase them on a large scale.
It meant that he had to reconstruct the design of the magical equipment according to the catalog of materials.
It was probably the organizer's intention, too. It was a test of their ability to adapt to the situation on the spot.
Twenty minutes later, Li Yao took a long breath in relief. He opened his eyes slowly and tapped on the light beam with his fingers.
"I want 1 gram of Blood Divine Stone, 555 grams of Blue Music Feather, seven Blue Jade Flowers, one 'Iron-Knight-II' control chip, five plug-and-play high-frequency vibration rune arrays …"
Li Yao selected more than three hundred materials and components in a row and spent every penny of his 100,000 yuan.
Almost at the same time, Mo Tianshui finished his purchase, too. There were hundreds of dazzling materials on the list, too.
"Let's begin!"
The two of them rubbed their fists, their fighting will soaring.
But a chuckling voice came over from the top of the field. "Both of you have finished your selection of materials and spent every penny of your 100,000 yuan. However, there is a brand-new rule in this year's elimination match. I forgot to mention it to you just now.
"Now, you are allowed to choose five materials from your opponent's list. There are no restrictions, as long as the total price is no more than 1,000 yuan.
"You can choose the materials that can add to your success, or you can attack actively and take away the materials that you think are most important to your opponent.
"In the meantime, you must be prepared for the possibility that your most important materials will be taken away by your opponent, too!
"You have ten minutes to think. If you don't make a choice after ten minutes, you will be considered to have given up. Let's begin! "
Li Yao and Mo Tianshui were both dazed.
Wasn't this rule a little too sinister?
Li Yao's heart was beating fast. Of the three hundred or so materials that he had chosen, several of them were indeed worth less than 1,000 yuan. If they were taken away by his opponent, it would be a great hindrance to his refining later.
However, it was not up to him to decide what materials his opponent would take away. He'd better figure out what materials he should take away from his opponent as soon as possible!
Li Yao was never fond of defense. Taking the initiative to attack was his style!
He immediately made up his mind to take away Mo Tianshui's most important materials!
If he wanted to know which materials were the most important, he would have to guess what kind of magical equipment Mo Tianshui was going to forge.
After combing through the hundreds of materials that he had chosen, he would be able to find some clues.
Li Yao's computational ability was boosted to the maximum. He converted the quantity and characteristics of the materials that Mo Tianshui had chosen into information streams and inputted them into his brain. He was calculating as fast as he could.
According to the internal connections of the materials … Li Yao inferred twelve structures of magical equipment in total, but he rejected them one by one. In the end, only a chainsword and a vibration saber were left.
Li Yao didn't think that Mo Tianshui would compete with him in terms of sabers after witnessing his crazy performance the day before. Sabers were obviously his strong suit.
Then, it had to be a chainsword.
Li Yao secretly complimented him. Mo Tianshui was indeed a genius heir of a noble family of refining that had existed for a thousand years. According to the analysis of the materials, the chainsword that he was going to forge was very likely to boast seven gears of the Infinitely Variable Speed. The speed of the rotation was sometimes fast and sometimes slow. There was no pattern to it, and it was very confusing.
What was more fatal was that the chainsword was very likely to trigger three layers of sword auras, which could be fatal!
However …
"In order to trigger three layers of sword auras that are connected with each other, the layering of the spiritual energy is very important. Heavenly Silk Threads and Eight Gods Glaze, two seemingly unattractive materials, are the key to the separation of spiritual energy! "
Although the two materials were of no use to him, Li Yao still took them away without any hesitation.
The total price of the two materials was only slightly more than seven hundred. Li Yao then chose a Red Moon Fruit that was worth two hundred and forty-four. Although it couldn't hurt Mo Tianshui's skin, it could improve the flexibility of his saber.
He had hesitated for a long time just now and had to part with the treasures because he couldn't spare any money. Now that he had a chance, he would certainly use them without hesitation.
"An arrow through the heart. Let's see how you are going to forge a Infinitely Variable Speed Chainsword now!" Li Yao smiled casually.
A moment later, the materials that had been taken away were displayed. His smile froze.
"What!"
"He took away my 'Iron-Knight-II' control chip? It's just the most common control chip on the market. You can find it anywhere!
"Did he see through that I was going to craft a 'high-frequency oscillating chainsword' that combined the techniques of rotation and vibration?"
Li Yao's forehead was immediately covered in cold sweat.
His plan was to combine the advantages of the chainsword and the vibration saber and craft a super saber that boasted double damage.
The two techniques required two different combinations of rune arrays and spiritual energy circuits. In such a case, an inconspicuous' Iron-Knight-II 'control chip was necessary for the coordination.
Although the chip was not valuable, its structure was simple, and it was no longer needed in many advanced magical equipment, it was absolutely necessary for Li Yao's vision!
Li Yao's face was extremely awful.
Mo Tianshui, on his opposite side, was frowning with a weird expression, too.
Both of their critical materials had been taken away by the opponent.
It was like stabbing each other in the heart with a knife! —
Without further ado, the fourth update has been delivered to you!
By the way, a friend asked if Li Yao had decided to participate in the competition under the identity of 'Li Yao from Great Horn'. Why did it become 'Li Yao from the Li family' when Mo Tianshui asked about it?
The Great Horn Exo Society was Li Yao's workplace. That was what he had said when he signed up. That was what his profile said, too.
However, Mo Tianshui had reported the location of his family, the heritage of his school, and asked for Li Yao's advice. Therefore, it was obvious that he was asking about Li Yao's school, heritage, and background.
His workplace and his school were two different things. Li Yao's main skills in refining were not learned in the Great Horn Exo Society. There was no 'Great Horn School', either.
Of course, he couldn't tell the guy where his real heritage came from. He couldn't say that he was' Li Yao from the Hundred Smelting Clan '. That would scare the guy to death.
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