Ranked 157th in the world, that basically puts him among the top 10 forging masters in the China Region. Huang Yi found it hard to find a stronger blacksmith elsewhere. He took the business card and said, "Great! After these two weapons are slted they can beco an Orange Weapon. How much would you charge for the work?"
"Free!" Ye Lan waved his hand dismissively, "My blacksmithing skills have also hit a bottleneck. Ordinary equipnt no longer increases my proficiency. These two weapons are just what I need to improve my mastery and take my blacksmithing skills to the next level! So it’s a win-win situation, no need for money."
Huang Yi nodded slightly. It seed that this Ye Lan was a reliable person, not one to have his eyes light up at the sight of money; Huang Yi felt much more at ease. He handed over the two weapons to Ye Lan and asked, "How long will the slting take?"
"Transforming Purple Weapons into an Orange Weapon is a complicated process; it will take at least one day. I’ll work overti and do my best, so co and take it tomorrow evening!" After saying this, Ye Lan took the weapons and turned to walk to The Crucible, starting his work imdiately, with decisive efficiency.
Huang Yi didn’t have anything else to do, so he logged off and went to the forum.
As usual, he clicked directly into the voting thread for The Second World’s annual grand ceremony. Although the result of this poll wouldn’t determine the final award, it did signal the direction of public opinion, allowing him to see who his potential rivals were.
When he scrolled to the Best Newcor Award list, he was stunned, unbelievably staring at his own support rate—91%! At first, he thought he had seen wrong, but after a careful look, it was indeed as high as 91%! That ant out of every 10 votes, nearly 9 were for him!
This was a level of support that no ranking or player had ever achieved. Even Thunder God, who had just made a system announcent yesterday, hadn’t reached such a high rate of support. Thunder God’s support yesterday was 13%, which ant most of the Chinese players voted for him, but today’s Huang Yi had players from all countries voting for him—no division by nationality!
Huang Yi exited the thread and went to the hopage of the forum. However, as soon as he entered the hopage, he saw that it was flooded with posts related to him!
"[ #Kill # ] Can Instakill escape from Ghost Axe Black Wolf’s pursuit?"
"[ #Kill # ] Analysis by Master Li Su’s latest essence post—Instakill’s power analysis."
"[ #Kill # ] Instakill is a god."
"[ #Kill # ] Between Instakill and Thunder God, who truly deserves the Best Newcor Award?"
"[ #Kill # ] A young girl’s love story—That night, Instakill hurt in Dragon City."
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The entire hopage was almost filled with posts related to him, many of which were prefixed with "[ #Kill # ]", just like so fan posting format. This kind of unified prefix and posting style usually only appeared in the fan forums of entertainnt celebrities, yet now it was present in the entire forum of The Second World, and the proportion was very high, nearly 40% of the posts on the hopage had this prefix!
Huang Yi hadn’t expected that just by collecting the Heart of the Sand Thief King—which only triggered a regional announcent and didn’t even yield any National Honor Points—he would create such a big reaction.
In fact, it was precisely because the announcent was regional and didn’t add any National Honor Points that it generated such a reaction. Yesterday, Thunder God issued a [System Announcent], adding a bit of National Honor Points for China again. His action was a point of pride for just one country, and to players from other countries, it was actually bad news. This indicated that Chinese players were becoming stronger, and it would be disadvantageous for other countries in future national wars. So foreign players who had intended to vote for Thunder God changed their minds after hearing the announcent, their nationalistic feelings coming into play.
However, Huang Yi was different. He obtained the Heart of the Sand Thief King and only triggered a regional announcent without earning any National Honor Points, causing players from all countries to set aside their nationalistic perspectives and look at the situation more objectively.
Of course, what was even more important was the fact that at the ti, billions of people were anxiously following the fate of Dragon City, their worries for the city’s destiny gripping their hearts. Huang Yi’s announcent struck them to their core with its imdiate, palpable impact, a stark difference from the usual detached experience of rely hearing announcents.
So, tonight was destined to be Huang Yi’s night. It was pri ti for players to be online, with billions of players focusing on him. In a couple of days, after the fervor died down, the forum would return to normal.
Huang Yi didn’t care much about these matters. What he cared about the most was the Best Newcor Award. He glanced through the list of posts, and finally clicked on the one titled "Between Instakill and Thunder God, who truly deserves the Best Newcor Award!", and read—
"If we were to list the most eye-catching newcors of the year, I think it would have to be divided into two phases. One is before Instakill’s appearance, during which we could list many outstanding players, such as Thunder God, Yang Yuheng, Zi Xing, Naless, Dong Huan, Mu Yun, and so on. The other phase is after Instakill arrived, and during this phase, there is only one person to ntion, and that is Instakill! He burst onto the scene less than a month ago and has continuously perford earth-shattering feats, from killing the 250-level Hydra Death Scales, to later breaking through the Respawn Point of Wind Forest Stronghold, twice breaking the world record in the Tower of Pantheons, to the recent rescue of Dragon City... Never has any player achieved so much in such a short period of ti! So I believe Instakill is the hottest candidate for this year’s Best Newcor Award! Although he appeared very late, losing almost half a year of performance ti, this is also his strength, it shows he has unlimited potential. Let’s imagine if we put him on the sa starting line as Dao Feng and his peers, how far could Instakill have developed by now? Could he have beco the second Dao Feng? Therefore, I think this year’s Best Newcor Award is very likely to be awarded to Instakill! Of course, that still depends on Thunder God’s subsequent performance."
On this note, the author of the post shifted gears, forward to Thunder God’s perspective. "If there were no player nad Instakill in the world, then Thunder God would beco the hottest award winner. He was the first to cross the continent without triggering a system announcent, which had already garnered much sympathy. Yesterday, he finally triggered a formal system announcent, validating himself and becoming the crowned king, almost guaranteeing the award. But Instakill’s performance today nearly snatched away the prize that would have belonged to him. There’s a saying in China, ’Why create another if one is already excellent?’ which fits perfectly for Instakill and Thunder God. However, if Thunder God manages to gain more National Honor Points, he could snatch the award back. With less than three months left until the annual grand ceremony, can he trigger another system announcent?"
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