Turning to Shangguan Hongkong, his previous pride was gone, replaced by a face full of embarrassnt and anxiety.
Sheng Ru is ranked among the top three, and his artifact refining skills are definitely much stronger than his own.
Under different artifact refining modes, he was confident he could surpass Sheng Ru. But in a fair duel, he was simply no match for Sheng Ru.
"Huff, huff, huff——"
Opposite, Sheng Ru had already started heating the artifact mold, while Shangguan Hongkong was still standing there in a daze.
After a long ti, Shangguan Hongkong seed to have made a difficult decision, suddenly gritting his teeth and raising his hand.
"Judge, there’s no need to continue this duel, I concede!"
Just when the audience was surprised by Shangguan Hongkong’s actions, he said this sentence.
However, the judge didn’t seem surprised by this declaration.
He smiled slightly, glanced at Shangguan Hongkong, and said, "In that case, I will report this to the Judgent Departnt!"
Not long after, the Judgent Departnt announced the duel result. Since Shangguan Hongkong conceded directly, this challenge match would not proceed, and the winner was Sheng Ru.
Although so spectators despised Shangguan Hongkong’s actions, most people felt that Shangguan Hongkong showed quite a bit of self-awareness in this matter.
It was purely by luck that he made it into the top three. Even if he conceded this ti, his position would remain in the middle three. Compared to the previous bottom three, he still gained!
Next up for the challenge was the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion’s artifact refiner, Si Xuan.
Even before Si Xuan issued a challenge, many people were already speculating on whom he would choose as his opponent.
Without a doubt, coming from the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion, Si Xuan’s artifact refining skills were definitely not weak.
Plus, with the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion’s transcendent influence, even the Judgent Departnt would likely not dare to tamper with this duel.
Therefore, this duel was very likely to be a spectacular artifact refining showdown.
After so heated discussions, the audience finally fixed their eyes on Di Qinglin.
As an artifact refiner from Zhan Tianfu, Di Qinglin’s artifact refining skills were not very different from Si Xuan’s.
Moreover, Zhan Tianfu and the Heavenly Soldier Pavilion had always been at odds. Now that there’s a rare opportunity to embarrass each other, neither side would give up easily.
Si Xuan’s gaze burned as he scanned the three people opposite him three tis. Finally, he raised his hand and pointed to Di Qinglin standing in the middle.
"Wow——"
Instantly, the spectators, who had been waiting quietly for an answer, burst into cheers when they saw whom Si Xuan pointed to.
Standing quietly to the side, Ao Cangsheng watched the two preparing to duel, a faint smile playing at the corners of his mouth.
According to Chi Ming, in all the previous duels, Di Qinglin did not use the artifact refining skills taught by Ao Cangsheng.
Relying solely on his own artifact refining experiences, Di Qinglin had managed to make it into the top three, proving his extraordinary artifact refining skills.
Ao Cangsheng knew that the reason Di Qinglin hadn’t used the artifact refining skills he taught was for this mont, to compete against Si Xuan.
Ao Cangsheng was also certain that with Di Qinglin’s artifact refining experience combined with his own artifact refining skills, victory over Si Xuan was assured.
So, this seemingly spectacular duel, even before it began, Ao Cangsheng already saw the outco.
After a while, with three drumbeats, Di Qinglin and Si Xuan began their duel.
No surprise, both drew green bamboo sticks in the draw. According to the rules, they would have a fair duel.
"Whoosh——"
Under countless watchful eyes, Di Qinglin and Si Xuan simultaneously placed a piece of Fire Crystal into the Artifact Furnace.
Instantly, from each of the Artifact Furnaces, a crimson Fire Dragon surged out, stirring the surrounding air.
Next ca the selection of artifact molds, both moved swiftly, almost choosing three artifact molds each with just a glance.
"Clang——"
The sound of tal striking erupted as six artifact molds simultaneously landed on top of the Artifact Furnace, being roasted by blazing flas.
When the artifact molds slightly changed color, both went on to remove all but one artifact mold to continue heating.
Up to this point, both their artifact refining processes were surprisingly synchronized, with neither ahead nor behind.
"Clang clang——"
Then, both grabbed the Artifact Refining Hamr at the sa ti and began swiftly forging the glowing red artifact molds.
But by this point, their actions gradually began to diverge.
Si Xuan simply hamred away at his artifact mold, doing nothing else.
In contrast, Di Qinglin was both hamring the artifact mold and adding auxiliary materials into it.
Even though Di Qinglin added another step, his speed didn’t slow down one bit.
Seeing this, many artifact masters frowned.
This thod of artifact refining by Di Qinglin was sothing they’d never witnessed before.
As every artifact refiner knows, you only start adding auxiliary materials later in the artifact refining process.
This allows the artifact mold to fully absorb the auxiliary materials, enhancing its quality.
Yet Di Qinglin added auxiliary materials from the very beginning. Doing so risks internal cracks within the artifact mold, which hasn’t fully expanded.
Such cracks could beco fatal flaws, compromising the quality of the War Soldier.
"This is pure folly!"
Seeing Di Qinglin incessantly adding auxiliary materials, an artifact refiner said grumpily.
"If he continues like this, this War Soldier will be ruined!"
Another artifact refiner directly criticized Di Qinglin’s thod this way.
"Artifact refining skill lies in being adept, not blindly innovative. Di Qinglin thinks he’s found a new path, but he doesn’t realize he’s strayed! He’s bound to lose this duel!"
Yet another artifact refiner, with an air of haughty seniority, criticized Di Qinglin’s artifact refining skills from afar.
To these voices, Di Qinglin only gave a scornful smile. There are always arrogant people in this world, and he couldn’t argue with every one of them.
Eventually, the War Soldier in his hand would prove whose artifact refining skills were truly the way.
Amid the many discussions, Di Qinglin continued following his artifact refining thods, rapidly hamring the artifact mold.
"Ding ding dang dang——"
Amidst the clattering of tal, Di Qinglin’s swings of the Artifact Refining Hamr grew faster and faster.
The crimson artifact mold appeared to be incessantly struck by afterimages, gradually taking the shape of a War Soldier.
During this ti, Di Qinglin continued to add auxiliary materials.
Beside him, Si Xuan, seeing Di Qinglin’s actions, couldn’t help but smirk with disdain: "You think you can defeat with this refining thod? How naive!"
Half an incense stick’s ti passed, and Di Qinglin forged the artifact mold seven tis, as did Si Xuan.
Based solely on the number of forging, Di Qinglin and Si Xuan were still neck and neck.
However, many overlooked one fact: Di Qinglin was adding auxiliary materials while forging.
This additional step made his artifact refining unconsciously faster than Si Xuan.
In the latter half of the incense stick, their artifact refining processes began to diverge significantly.
Yet one thing remained unchanged: their refining speeds were still the sa.
"Ti’s up!"
As the judge called ti, both slowly placed their War Soldiers onto the Artifact Refining Furnace.
At this point, a smug smile appeared on Si Xuan’s face. He believed Di Qinglin would lose because his refining thod was flawed.
Shortly after, two Imperial Guards took the two War Soldiers to the Judgent Departnt.
The first evaluating artifact refiner already held Di Qinglin’s artifact refining skill in contempt.
Thus, he first picked up the War Soldier refined by Si Xuan.
Seeing the War Soldier refined by Si Xuan, the first artifact refiner nodded in satisfaction, evidently appreciating Si Xuan’s artifact refining skill.
After putting down Si Xuan’s crafted War Soldier, he picked up Di Qinglin’s War Soldier.
At this point, the judging artifact refiner’s smile was gone, looking rather sour.
His deanor suggested he wasn’t invested in examining Di Qinglin’s crafted War Soldier.
With such behavior, spectators who kept an eye on the Judgent Departnt also understood sothing:
Di Qinglin’s crafted War Soldier likely wasn’t good, leading to such reactions from the artifact refiner.
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