The four events are carried out in sequence, and coins are used to determine who comes first. Kaulin-Ithulian always guesses heads, so the plug-in and magic device are played first in the first and second rounds.
When they entered, the arena erupted with even louder cheers. Players from other directions looked over. There was no Empire team participating in the first round. Everyone was still wondering which team in the Empire was like this.
popular?
The Notting Ship team, which entered the venue first, also looked in this direction.
Fang Yu first felt a gaze falling on him. He subconsciously looked in that direction and saw a young man with blond hair standing in front of everyone in Noddings' Boat, looking down at him on the stage.
Fang Plover had seen this face in the information, and he naturally recognized him. That person was Time Walker, one of the talented craftsmen of the Nodding Ship generation. The other party did not speak, but Fang Plover had noticed the look in his eyes.
There was a provocative look in his eyes, so he raised his head and looked back.
The young man smiled at him.
But behind the surface politeness was a touch of disdain. However, Fang Yu did not pay attention to this person's attitude, but noticed the short boy behind him. His face had obvious Near Eastern characteristics, which was mentioned in the information.
This boy's ID is Kula, another main craftsman of the Noddings' Ship, and a European immigrant with Berber culture.
The information on this young man is vague, but soul fingerprints, virus, and they all regard each other as an opponent equal to the time walker and do not dare to be careless. This is why he played with Weiyu in the first round.
But what Fang Piao cares about is not the level of his opponent.
It was a sign that flashed through his heart. It was not a premonition, but a ring of golden flames that appeared on alert. He had experienced it once during the Southern Realm Competition, but after the golden flames revived, this sign became even more acute.
.
He looked at it unexpectedly. But the young man named Kula seemed to be immersed in his own world, indifferent to outside attention, standing behind everyone, obviously looking distracted. Fang Yu was startled again, because Jin
The ring of flames trembled and then calmed down, completely different from the last time.
He probed with his hand in confusion, and found that the ring was ice-cold.
illusion?
Fang Yu held the Ring of Golden Flame in his hand, frowned and shook his head. He was not sure what happened, so he just wrote it down secretly.
When the Time Walker saw Fang Plover in a daze in front of him, he couldn't help but feel angry: "As expected of the Dragon Alchemist of Corin-Ithurion, you didn't even notice us?"
Fang Yu finally came back to his senses, looked at this guy, and was a little confused. He thought, your opponent is not me, why are you angry at me? He subconsciously looked at Wei Yu behind him, but Shui Wuming used it angrily.
A hand was placed behind his back and he whispered:
"Don't look!"
It turns out that the other party didn’t know either.
Only then did Fang Yu suddenly realize. He couldn't help but look at the other party with some sympathy, wondering if this guy thought he was the one he was facing, right?
But I didn't provoke him, so why did this man look so angry?
Could it be that you have suffered any psychological trauma before?
The two teams passed each other and stood on both sides of the stage.
Shui Wuming sighed and asked Fang Yu, "Why were you so dazed just now?"
Fang Plover scratched his head.
He didn't know how to talk about the Ring of Golden Flame. It would be better if the people from the Seven Seas Brigade were here, but things about Nicol Bolas were not things that could be explained clearly to outsiders in a short while.
And he was also unsure whether that moment was an illusion.
The Ring of Golden Flame rarely reacts in such a strange way. It either responds to the dark aura or not. What does this sudden sign turn silent and then become silent? What does it mean?
"But that's okay," Shui Wuming shook his head, "That guy from Time Walker probably thought you were ignoring him and made him half angry to death. That guy is not likable at all, so it's just right to let him suffer a little."
"Do you know him?" Fang Yu looked at the other party in surprise.
"I'm the main craftsman of elite, so it's not surprising to meet him," Shui Wuming replied without surprise, "I've also fought against that guy in other competitions. In fact, even if it wasn't on the barrier device, that guy was
Quite an amazing craftsman.”
Shui Wuming glanced at him and added: "Of course, compared with you and Weiyu, it's still a lot worse. But don't look so stupid anymore. The first round was fine, and in the subsequent games
Hiding tactics is a big advantage."
Fang Yu blushed a little and touched his nose embarrassedly. After all, he had no experience in participating in such a competition before.
"Don't blame him, Ed is different from us," Luo Wei also said for him, "He is not from a big guild, and it is normal for him to have little experience. Shui Wuming and I will watch him and see what we notice.
The place will tell him in advance."
The relationship between Ming and Virus is on the same level, but the relationship between their two students is quite harmonious.
Weiyu looked aside and shook his head, wondering why he, a junior, looked so stupid. He looked at the others, but most of the people in the group were actually not familiar with Fang Plover. They only had soul fingerprints. MTT and Mu Lan were facing each other.
This has long been a surprise.
mtt didn't care, Soul Fingerprint couldn't help but rolled his eyes, and Mu Lan even laughed out loud.
But Fang Plover acted like he didn't understand anything at that time, but he led everyone to win the championship of the Southern Region Competition in one fell swoop. If it hadn't been for that champion, she wouldn't have been qualified to come here. Therefore, Mu Lan was very interested in Fang Plover.
And some worship.
The cheers on the field grew louder and louder. Before the official start of the game, the atmosphere had reached its peak.
Everyone in the audience could not help but be infected by this atmosphere.
Especially Tian Lan, who was holding up the recording crystal and chattering excitedly: "Brother Ed is so popular. I didn't expect so many people in the empire to know about him."
But that is not necessarily the case. Others have long noticed that the cheers are mostly caused by the Chosen Ones, and most of the natives of the empire appear to be relatively quiet. The Chosen Ones are well-informed and like to be lively. They have the title of the youngest legendary craftsman.
, enough to arouse their enthusiasm.
But to say that the name Dragon Alchemist is a household name in the empire, it is not true. But at the moment, everyone just smiled and did not refute. Miss Poet has always had such a lively temperament, everyone
They are all used to it too.
Except for Parker of course.
Papalar was born to refute those fallacies and immediately said: "How do you know they are not cheering for someone else?"
But Tianlan has experience in dealing with Parker, "Shut up Parker, I'm not talking to you."
"I feel guilty, ouch——"
I don't know who pushed Papalar behind him, and he rolled down from the stands like a gourd.
However, there were commotions everywhere in the auditorium, and the small movements here were not noticeable at all. Moreover, the league staff had already walked to the center of the field, rang the bronze bell hanging here, and announced the results of the second round of the Continental League.
The first competition officially begins——
There was silence on the field.
Competitors are entering the venue in an orderly manner.
The same is true for Nodding's Ship and the Grand Guild. The White Tree Society sent an ordinary-looking young craftsman, but on Fang Plover's side, the Silver Forest Crown's existence was under the control of others.
He walked onto the stage amidst the cheers of encouragement.
Wu Cun has a somewhat dull personality.
But after all, the opponent is also the main craftsman of the Silver Forest Crown. He has experienced such scenes for countless times. Although he is a bit taciturn, he has no stage fright at all. The two players stood about ten meters away and each began to stand on the workbench.
Prepare the tools and alchemy ingredients you need next.
Both of them moved quickly, but Wu Cun was obviously faster.
What Wu Cun prepared was the Almighty Plug-in Type III. The white young man chose the equally traditional and familiar Swift Burst Plug-in Type IV.
Different from the Southern Border Competition, although the main competition of the Mainland League is also decided by both participating parties, there are no restrictions on the entries themselves, and the contestants can choose freely. However, because it is the first round of the competition, both sides seem to be
More conservative.
Both parties chose a classic plug-in as the first entry.
When Fang Yu saw Wucun taking out the omnipotent plug-in, he understood the opponent's plan in his heart. Bai Xue had introduced them to the rules of the competition before. Players in the Mainland League can freely designate works, but different works naturally have different
review standards.
Highly difficult works are easy to get high scores, but they also put forward requirements on the level of the operator. The all-round plug-in, as a classic project that will be presented in almost every mainland league, cannot be said to be difficult, but the judging standards are.
Not low at all.
This type of plug-in is also called a full-attribute plug-in, which is specially prepared by craftsmen for professionals who require multiple attributes. What it pursues is not the ultimate in a certain aspect, but the average distribution of multiple attributes.
Therefore, there has always been only one main scoring criterion for this type of plug-in, and that is what is the extreme value of its average attributes?
But what determines the extreme value of a plug-in's attributes is nothing more than the precision of the craftsman's operation when making the plug-in, the completion of the magic circle inscription and the purity of the material.
In this regard, the participants of the Southern Border Competition had an unparalleled advantage.
Because after the Southern Region Competition, Fang Plover, with the permission of Anrothe, taught all the contestants and participating alchemists the ancient alchemy technique used by the elves of Numerin to purify materials. This alchemy technique can be said to be
It is just for this kind of plug-in.
As for its advantages, it depends on how skilled the craftsmen who master this craft are.
In Fang Plover’s view——
Wu Cun's preparations for Numelin's magic circle were almost smooth. He was many times more skilled than Cui Yu and Dill's stumbling at the beginning. It was obvious that he had worked hard on this skill after returning.
But this is normal. The other party is the main craftsman of this generation trained by the Silver Forest Crown. His talent is only higher than the latter two. In addition, the practice time is much longer than that of Cui Yu and Dill at the time. He shows such a level at all.
Not surprising.
Fang Plover turned his gaze to the other side.
At this time, a quarter of an hour has passed on the field. The plug-in is not a labor-intensive and time-consuming task. The craftsman of Noddings' Boat has completed less than half of the plug-in, and then began to inject the magic circles on it one by one.
magic.
That is a craft unique to the White Tree Society - a craft that people call 'transcendence'. Fang Plover has never seen such alchemy before. The alchemists of Nodinshi's Ship have a small cane that they hold.
The gem on the head of the cane lit up when he held it.
That scene looked like a magician casting a spell.
But Fang Yu did not feel the ether surge in the opponent's magic furnace, and the magic crystal was also silent. Obviously, the magic reaction did not come from the elemental crystal there. The opponent raised his cane, pointed at the engraved plug-in and crystal, and a ray
A faint light emerges from the air and converges towards the magic circle engraved on the crystal.
This strange scene lasted for more than a minute before gradually dissipating.
But there was already a commotion in the audience.
"It's ancient alchemy!"
"The ancient alchemy that appeared in the Southern Realm Competition!"
Fang Plover looked over there.
It turns out that Wu Cun has entered the final stage. The other party raised his hand and used magic gloves to outline the complicated runes and magic circles. The magic power was extended to multiple nodes at the same time under parallel calculations. The dark light flickered slightly, and the materials were in the magic circle.
One by one they disappeared in the array.
And in the world of stars, shape it into the shape it hopes for.
The people from Nordinshi's Boat also looked in this direction, with a little surprise on their faces, but not too surprised. Bi Fang had investigated their soul fingerprints, so they naturally didn't know anything about their opponents. When Cui
These people are already familiar with Yu and Dill's performance in the Southern Border Competition.
"It looks like they have really been to the Hall of Thousand Doors," the young alchemists of the White Tree Society whispered to each other, "There are new application techniques for multiple parallelism. But after all, it is a technology from the second world, and it will be possible one day.
Imagine.”
"Can Fana withstand it?" someone asked.
"Hard to say."
But these people obviously weren't too worried.
The young alchemist from the White Tree Society on the scene was not affected too much, and did not even look at Wucun. He had already pulled down the eyepiece similar to that of a watchmaker, adjusted the magnification, then picked up the tweezers and took the
Use the pliers and concentrate on the final assembly.
"The idea of the rapid burst plug-in is completely opposite to that of the all-round plug-in," Virus stood beside everyone and looked at the scene and said, "It pursues short-term, extreme application in the field, rather than overall average.
The transcendent craftsmanship of the White Tree Society is used in this regard. It abandons all other unnecessary aspects, pursues the limits of the attributes it meets, and even goes beyond the limits. This is also their traditional strength."
Fang Yu can understand the logic behind this.
The Swift Burst plug-in is generally used by professions such as Nightingale and Ranger. There are also some warrior professions who will learn to use it, such as Berserkers. They pursue instantaneous and extreme burst attributes for use in special scenarios.
It is somewhat similar to the ability of 'Intuitive Dodge', but it can be turned on actively. It is different from overload, because overload is generally an overall overall increase and will bring associated negative effects.
The Swift Burst plug-in is a pure performance plug-in. In addition to its own overheating cooling time, it only consumes mana.
Therefore, the logic of this type of plug-in is to pursue the limit and abandon everything. The negative effects of transcending craftsmanship are almost non-existent, but the positive effects will be further amplified. The alchemist of Nodding's Ship chose this option, which obviously has some benefits.
Come prepared.
But he also heard the underlying meaning behind the other person's words.
Since this is the traditional strength of the White Tree Society, it is obviously something that is made public. The other party will definitely not use such a method as a trump card. Just like the Grand Club's trump card, it will never be learned from the Southern Border Competition.
An ancient alchemy.
The main game of the Continental League is much shorter than that of the Southern League. Each game is only one hour, with a quarter of an hour of rest in between. Each round of the game is five hours, and there will be two and a half rounds of games throughout the day.
The half round is completed after dark.
The entire day's race lasted fifteen hours.
Therefore, it is understandable that the Super Competitive League does not broadcast live broadcasts of the first and second rounds of preliminaries. The competition system is too long and the process is too dull. In fact, this is one of the reasons why most people think that the Craftsman Competition is boring.
But Fang Plover watched it with gusto.
Wu Cun actually submitted his work one step ahead of the contestant of Notting's Boat. This finally brought back the stereotype that ancient alchemy was complicated and the process was lengthy. At that time, Cui Yu and Dill were competing in the Southern Border Competition.
He was also very helpless with his performance.
After all, it was a matter of sharpening one's skills in battle, and being able to get to that point already showed that the two of them had extraordinary talents.
However, the young man from the Baishu Society was not too slow. He was just one step behind and submitted his own work. At this time, an hour had actually passed for less than forty-five minutes, and several other games on the field were also taking place one after another.
Finish.
Those who have been able to participate in the Mainland League and reach this stage will naturally have a much higher average level than they did in the Southern League.
The scoring stage and the competition were carried out at the same time. Wu Cun didn't say a word after he came back, but it was obvious that he had some confidence in his results. While the staff was still cleaning up the arena and preparing for the next game, Ming Ming
and Soul Fingerprint have taken the lead in getting their results back.
At this time, the referee team also announced the scores at the same time, and there were waves of surprises on the court. The Continental League is a very professional craftsman competition, so most of the spectators who come here are also alchemists, which can be seen.
doorway.
What's more, even ordinary people who have no knowledge of alchemy, there are commentators on the stage to comment on it, and they can generally hear the excellence of this all-round plug-in made by Wu Cun.
As mentioned before, the all-in-one plug-in is a very common plug-in, and it is also a frequent visitor to the mainland league. Players can see it selected as an entry in previous competitions. However, as long as you have a little understanding of this, you will understand that although this type of plug-in is
Common, but not so easy to get a 'perfect' score.
Generally speaking, if ordinary craftsmen can chase the average attributes of all-purpose plug-ins to more than 70%, they are already rated as B+ or above, which is a passing grade. This type of plug-in mainly tests the player's assembly accuracy of the plug-in.
, workmanship level and material handling level.
Especially the last item is the most important.
In history, there have been players who have chased the attribute completion of all-purpose plug-ins to more than 85%, and the highest one has even reached 87.2%. However, due to the influence of marginal benefits, the standard line of 85% goes up.
, the more difficult it is to improve.
People have never seen someone actually enhance the all-purpose plug-in to more than 90% in the mainland league, and it is still a high score of 94.3%.
This is where the sound of surprise in the audience came from.
People may have heard about things related to ancient alchemy, but hearing about it and seeing it with your own eyes are two different concepts after all.
So it’s no wonder that the referee team gave a perfect score of 10 in terms of score and material purification. Obviously the master craftsmen on the referee team are also people who know the goods.
The points system of the Continental League is as follows.
Assembly accuracy, material handling and craftsmanship, aesthetic appearance and overall completion of the work are collectively referred to as the five dimensions of the work. However, not every dimension among the five dimensions is equally important. The first three dimensions are the examination alchemy.
The solid foundation of a warlock is scored out of ten for each item.
The score for beautiful appearance is only five points, which is not as important as the first three items.
The last item is completion.
The completion score of the work reflects the craftsman's understanding of alchemical techniques and the different magic devices themselves.
After all, if the alchemist pursues the limit of a certain attribute on the all-purpose plug-in, or pursues the average on the quick blast plug-in, this is undoubtedly a problem with the understanding of the function of the plug-in itself. However, the all-purpose plug-in produced by Wu Cun has perfect and balanced attributes.
, looks like a work of art to the craftsmen, so it naturally received a high score of 13.2 points.
In fact, the organizers of the Continental League have always believed that understanding and cognition of the work itself, and knowing how to operate alchemy to achieve the results you want, are the key to distinguishing geniuses from ordinary craftsmen.
Therefore, as the last dimension of the five dimensions, the completion of the work is also the most important dimension among the five dimensions, with a total score of up to fifteen points.
With a five-dimensional total of 50 points, Wu Cun scored a high score of 43.9 points in the first game on behalf of the Grand League. It was obviously a good start. Everyone couldn't help but pat the shoulder of the Silver Forest Champion.
.
To express congratulations.
"What do you two think?" Soul Fingerprint pulled its own player aside and asked in a low voice.
Mu Lan and mtt looked at the scores and shook their heads.
"My mastery of ancient alchemy is not as good as his," Mu Lan sighed. After all, he is the main craftsman of Silver Forest Crown. The level of craftsmen trained by Silver Forest Crown and Elite is also famous in the country. "Throw aside the ancient times."
Not to mention alchemy, Wu Shen is second only to Ed, Weiyu and Shui Wuming among us."
"But if mtt..." She looked at her companion.
"You think so too?" Soul Fingerprint went to see mtt.
The latter thought for a while and answered truthfully: "I may be a little better than him in ancient alchemy, but in other aspects I'm just on par with him. In terms of assembly accuracy, I should be able to surpass him."
Soul Fingerprint breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was the leader of this team, she was also Ragnarok's analyst after all. MTT was specially selected from the youth training camp of Ragnarok's generation in order to compete with the Silver Forest Crown and Elite.
During the competition, she didn't expect that the taciturn commander of the Silver Forest Crown would startle her as soon as he came up.
That's not quite the same level as Fang Plover's performance.
No matter how powerful Fang Plover is, he is not a player of the Grand Guild, and there is no conflict of interest between him and Ragnarok after all.
But Wu Cun behaved very modestly. Amidst the congratulations from everyone, he only looked at Fang Plover and said, "This is not my fault. Mr. Ed's ancient alchemy has helped a lot. Now the alchemy of the entire Southern Territory
Warlock, most people probably have Mr. Ed to thank for that."
This is also true.
Except for Wei Yu and Gu Land, most of the people present studied ancient alchemy after that.
"You don't have to thank me," Fang Yu smiled, "Those are all Mr. Anloser's instructions. If you are willing, you can promote this technology and let more people know about it. And I am in the southern border.
After that, I learned more about this technology. If you don’t mind, I can tell you this part as well.”
"Really?" Shui Wuming asked with interest.
Fang Yu nodded. He didn't care too much about being technical. On the contrary, having so many equally excellent alchemists discussing the art of elf creation with him might help him solve many problems that had been confusing him.
"Can I do that too?" Weiyu asked in surprise.
"Of course." Although Liu Liyue didn't have a good opinion of the people of Silver Vislan, Fang Pultru didn't mind, "Princess Brianne also said that we are now jointly representing Kaolin-Ishulian. You have the control
The more alchemy we have, the easier it will be for us to go further in the next games."
Weiyu was slightly surprised. Looking at the former, his eyes couldn't help showing admiration. He was born in the Kapka Society, and he also studied alchemy with the same philosophy, but he was always restricted by all aspects as he was born in a large guild.
.
But before that, he had never thought that someone could do this.
He couldn't help but nodded and said, "That's right, but we can't let Ed do the work alone. You are all the top craftsmen of your respective guilds, and you should have some unique skills of your own. In addition to belonging to the guild's assets,
For that part, we can take out what we have gained and communicate with each other.”
Weiyu paused for a moment.
"After ten glorious years, our Third Division has never really transcended itself. Even Miss Loofah's generation actually relied on her own strength to reach the top ten, which does not represent the real strength of the Third Division at that time."
"Our previous battles in the Turbid Realm were ridiculed by others, and we also lost in several super competitions. Although the Continental League is not a competition that attracts attention, it comes from the special field of craftsmen after all. There is not much attention, but among the aborigines
"My influence is extraordinary," he looked at the crowd, "I hope to go further in this game, what about you guys?"
"I agree." Shui Wuming said immediately.
Luo Wei naturally had no objection.
Xiaoyao was usually the talkative one among the crowd. But the suggestion was a whisper, so he, who was also born in Silver Veslan, had no choice but to express his support.
As for several other people, they did not express any objection.
Fang Yu was a little surprised. He didn't expect that one of his suggestions would turn into such a result. However, he was happy to see the results. The people present were all talented craftsmen from the major guilds, and they were willing to share their skills and alchemy techniques.
, it must be unique.
But this always gave him a strange feeling.
In fact, there was an era like this during the glorious ten years. At that time, the two major alliances had not split, and the Battle of Covenant Mountain had not happened. Although the major guilds were in a competitive relationship, they were all unanimous in dealing with the outside world. The major guilds
The technical exchanges between them are very frequent, and they are often not so self-conscious.
The kind of enlightenment he saw among the alchemists in the South was once widely seen among the forerunners of the Chosen Ones, and it was also the era he longed for most.
Everyone was obviously aware of this.
After they stopped talking about this topic, they looked at each other for a while and couldn't help but feel a little silent.
When did things start to change?
Not far away, Ming looked at Virus. Virus still had the same cold look, but there was also a strange look in her eyes. She was actually younger than Ming. Ming, Odin, Chenxi and others were
Being in the same class can be regarded as the end of that glorious era.
And she.
Then learn about that era from another way.
I also learned about the things behind Covenant Mountain.
The exchange between these young people at this moment obviously reminded both of them of something.
"Sister Ming?" Bai Xue noticed the subtle change in the craftsman queen's mentality and couldn't help but ask.
But she was actually a little embarrassed because the technical exchanges between the big guilds were not as simple as she imagined. She was a little worried that people like Shui Wuming would get carried away and say things they shouldn't say, causing trouble for the delegation.
Especially since she is currently in charge of contacting Silver Vislan and Fang Plover, the guild values this Dragon Alchemist very highly. If she handles it improperly, I am afraid that the guild's opinion of her will be much lowered.
"Let them go," Dan Ming only shook his head and replied, "These people have sense of propriety and can clearly distinguish between private and guild areas."
What else does Bai Xue want to ask?
But fortunately, Bi Fang had already brought back the results from Notting's Boat.
As expected, the contestant from Notting's Boat was slightly inferior to Wu Cun. The opponent's high score also came from the completion of the work, which was only slightly lower than Wu Cun, with 13.1 points.
What the Swift Burst plug-in values is the extreme attributes given in the two attributes of agility and strength when the plug-in is activated. The alchemist of the Ship of Notting achieved a very high extreme attribute completion degree in these two items, and
Wu Cun’s evaluation is exactly the same:
94.3%
But first of all, there is a difference in the difficulty of pursuing attributes between the Swift Burst plug-in and the Almighty plug-in. Moreover, in terms of basic skills, the alchemist of Nodinshi's Ship was not as good as Wu Cun, so in the end, the total score was only one lower than Wu Cun.
