Above Destiny

Chapter 280 A river of blood

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A number clearly appeared in front of all participants.

Not only the candidates in the accelerated time simulation universe, but also the eliminated candidates in the outer layer could not help but take a few breaths of fake cold air, and their eyes went dark. After the first round of elimination, there were only more than 80 left. As a result, in the second round, not only were the candidates cut in half, but only 32 were left...

The intensity of the confrontation has exceeded everyone's expectations.

In fact, there are still some candidates who are limited by their performance or various factors and are unable to eliminate their opponents, resulting in one win and one loss or no help from each other.

But unfortunately, we have too much hard work to do.

In order to eliminate the opponent, too many people focused on attacking and destroying, but the defensive ability of the workshop did not improve qualitatively, so that when the output was full in one round, they directly killed each other.

Even, knowing that there is a possibility that he may not be able to hold on, he would just start with the idea of ​​sharing the same life with the world, and take someone with him to go along with him.

The list was directly reduced by half, and the scores of the remaining candidates instantly doubled.

Moreover, the host, who was afraid that the fight between the candidates was not intense enough and that they could not dance to death with each other, and who was looking forward to a river of blood, directly increased the points of each candidate according to the total points of each candidate in two rounds.

It's actually snowball growth.

After defeating his opponent in this round, Ji Jue's original points of 362 plus his opponent's 272 brought his total points to 634.

He still had more than a hundred points left from the previous round that he hadn't used. The number of points he could use now had directly reached a whopping seven hundred, which was enough to do quite a few tough jobs!
According to the current scoring method, it is no longer wise to save points for the sake of higher-level blessings and materials in the later stages. The host is almost shouting in the ears of every contestant: "Spend the money quickly, and you will earn more in the next round!"

On the list, he still ranks first, but the gap between him and the second-placed Andre has narrowed to within 10 points. It seems that his opponent has also made up for it in this round.

The top three remain unchanged, first is Chao Sheng Ji Jue, second is Zhong Lou Andelai, and third is Long Xin Lin Ke.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Lou also climbed to the eleventh place.

There was no trace of the miserable look he had in the past when he was beaten by Ji Jue.

All I can say is that after fighting too many encounters with bastards like Ji Jue, although he has been left with countless psychological traumas, Lou Feng's anti-theft skills are improving by leaps and bounds and should not be underestimated.

At the same time, it was even more obvious that the examinee's purpose of fanning the flames was not concealed at all - in the post-match review of events, all the records of the duels between the examinees were directly opened to all the surviving examinees.

It would be convenient for everyone to increase their understanding of each other, and then work together to create a better tomorrow... No way.

The more the craftsmen understand each other, the easier and happier it is for them to target each other.

Now, probably all people are thinking about is how to drive a dump truck to kill each other, and then hold each other's hands to turn into points, and step towards a beautiful tomorrow that belongs to them alone.

Then, as I was recalling the fantasy, another round of gasping for breath began again.

As the saying goes, hard work won’t kill, but I have even harder work to do!
After watching the review of their own experiences, everyone simply clicked on the live broadcast room of the top brother on the list, wanting to learn how he bit the lighter.

As a result, the audience was completely speechless after one round of attack and defense.

The shamelessness of the attack and the viciousness of the defense are truly breathtaking. It's despicable, insidious and shameless, but how the hell is there anyone who wants to take manned space flight in the craftsman exam?
And he actually succeeded?
Brother, this craftsman exam is really boring. Let's not take it anymore. Why don't you go to the Federal Space Agency to submit your resume? I have a way to introduce you...

Then when we clicked on the record of the second place Andrei, everyone was completely numb.

Another one who is very active.

The young man, who looked like he had calluses on his hands and was as silent and dull as an old farmer, and who couldn't even fart if beaten with three sticks, quietly inserted his furnace and workshop into the earth veins. Then, in order to verify the direction of the earth veins and the trend of the evil flow, he blasted downwards tens of thousands of meters and almost blew up half of Luye Island.

After reaching the third place, we encountered a more normal guy who just caught a bunch of evil creatures to skin and extract their tendons to refine them into materials. Everyone was a little overwhelmed.

Is this normal?

This is normal, no, this is normal!
As for the subsequent tough tasks like corpse alchemy, soul transformation, soul melting and blood killing... well, it's a little weird, but this is how we, the ashes, are.

Not only others, Ji Jue also felt his scalp tingling when he saw it.

Young Master Lou has rolled up his sleeves and taken out the Entropy Spirit Transformation that combines the Lou family's heritage and alchemy. Using spiritual essence as a bridge, he can achieve the arbitrary conversion of blessings between the ruins and the entropy system, allowing matter and energy to flow freely without being restricted by form.

The Valhalla sequence of the North Wind Workshop ranges from the Soul Hunter Knight, Berserker, to Surtur who was created by melting thousands of souls and killing blood. The True Blood of the Empire who has never shown his face until now also brought out the advanced version of the Shadow of the Throne, as well as the Undead Army under the Throne.

In addition to corpse alchemy, which is a tradition of ancient alchemy like fluid alchemy, the third-place Lin Ke from Longxin Workshop finally showed off his unique skills outside of modern alchemy, the Lin family's heirloom knot-beating technique that combines embers, transformation, and the essence of ether.

Simply put, it is about tying knots.

This oldest form of human record has been elevated to an incredible level after thousands of years of evolution and inheritance.

Use the knot as a lock and the rope as a cage.

The rope made of the skin of evil creatures can not only imprison and seal their souls, but can also be used as nutrients to incubate and cultivate curses. Even Ji Jue was stunned by the various wonderful uses, and felt that he had met an opponent in the evil race.

Just looking at the knots hanging all over the workshop and thinking about how many curses and evil spirits were contained in them, he felt a little bald.

But when he saw the second place candidate closely following him, he began to feel uneasy and broke out in a cold sweat.

Andre Angel Gonzalo, nineteen years old, one year younger than Ji Jue, belongs to the Empire Legend Workshop Clock Tower.

It is said that this is the disciple of the bell tower master who personally took him by his side, guiding and training him, rather than his own students. If we trace back to the past, he can be considered the descendant of the scavenger, one of the three great masters of the time, and can be called a scholarly noble.

But compared with a serious young man from aristocratic family like Master Lou, the style can only be said to be in a completely different channel.

His appearance could only be described as neat, not sloppy. His fingers were rough, and his body was covered with stone chips and dust. He looked like a stonemason exposed to the wind and sun.

From beginning to end, there was no reaction to the invaders' bombardment, not even a single expression on his face.

It wasn't out of arrogance, but a kind of almost visible...stupidity. Silent and wooden, focused on the work in front of him, as if he was forever locked in his own world, indifferent to all changes in the outside world.

His workshop is a huge palace built purely of stone carvings, just like him, simple and straightforward, without any sharp edge.

Only when the workshop is activated and the essence flows through the stone sculptures, can one feel the breath that is incomparably close to the essence of supreme goodness.

The inanimate stone sculptures were instantly endowed with god-like spirituality as they rotated, as if the Pantheon of the past had reappeared, turning the workshop into a temple-like sanctuary.

If that were all, he would just be a rare and powerful enemy, but what really made Ji Jue's scalp tingle was the realm formed when those many holy statues were in operation.

For example, flowing water stagnates, flames freeze, and strong winds solidify.

All the changes and circulations under the suppression of the workshop became sluggish and even difficult to operate, as if they had lost their responsiveness and spirituality and sunk into dead objects.

Cut off all tricks and changes, and use the unchanging to restrain the ever-changing...

He is simply Ji Jue’s natural enemy!

Whether it is fluid alchemy or solid alchemy, they actually come from the same source, but the directions are different.

Their essence is to deal with the interaction between spirit and matter. The former is based on spirit and ascends upward, while the latter is based on matter and sinks downward.

But in front of Andrei, the interaction between spirit and matter was interrupted. If they had never been combined into one from the beginning, there would be no chance of change in his sanctuary.

At that time, fluid alchemy would be unable to elevate matter and manifest changes, and solid alchemy would be unable to shackle the inner self and seal off the spiritual essence. There would be no way to combine and circulate, as if the connection between the inside and the outside had been completely interrupted, turning into a pile of loose sand.

Not to mention that he is accustomed to adopting different strategies according to the situation. Once the blockade changes, Ji Jue's ability will instantly be reduced by more than half.

"You're sweating, brother."

Outside the flowing light, Jiang Tongguang glanced at Ji Jue's solemn expression and began to gloat over his misfortune.

Even for him, the host, it was hard to imagine that in one exam, there could be two such rare and completely different freaks.

One is constantly changing and has no permanent form, while the other is firm and firm in itself and is not shaken by external things.

"Hey, Lao Gu, who do you think will win between the two of them?"

Jiang Tongguang was enjoying the fun: "How about we add more fuel to the fire... Hey, I have a plan!"

As he spoke, his eyes lit up and he raised his finger: "Why don't we limit the number of blessings on the exchange list? The rarer the blessing, the fewer there are. Well, for some blessings, one is enough. Then add an auction mechanism..."

"..."

Gustav glanced at him, as if he was about to say something but hesitated. It was unclear whether he wanted to persuade him to behave himself or to remind him of his neutral position as an examiner.

However, it seems that they don't need to add fuel to the fire anymore.

After watching the replay of Ji Jue's events, even though Andrei was still silent and expressionless, he was still dazed for a long time. The moment he reacted, he spent most of his points without hesitation and redeemed the Tianyuan series' important blessing, [Receive the Diagram and Receive the Lu] from the list!
He was granted the talisman and acted accordingly.

What it represents is the authority bestowed by God.

In other words, except me, all of you are traitors!
It is really useful, like the eternal white moonlight in the hearts of the chosen ones of the Tianyuan system, but it is really rare. Unless one truly dominates the order of a region and follows the laws with his own rules, there is a chance to obtain it. It can only be born in the authoritative ritual vessels that have been enshrined in the orthodox regime for more than a hundred years.

Its effect is to extremely strengthen the suppression of the area under its control, and even to isolate it from any interference from outsiders, directly increasing the already exaggerated suppression power of its own sanctuary to the limit again.

At the same time, Ji Jue almost cleared all his points in an instant.

Exchange all for blessings.

"Hmm? Have you finally had enough fun and are getting serious?"

Jiang Tongguang's eyes lit up, and he leaned in to take a closer look: "Let me see... a large group of battle-hardened and transformed spiritual energy flowing, huh? The interaction between the objects and spirits of the embers, and the white deer's daytime raids?

Hey, these little brats, one by one, are full of ashes in their bones. "

Needless to say, the blessing of Battle Tempered Edge is specially used to enhance weapons and increase their destructive power.

Not only do the vast majority of chosen ones love this blessing, but Ember loves it too, loves it to death.

It's so convenient to use it as a weapon.

Although the weapons need blood and death to grow, there are so many evil creatures on Luye Island... With Ji Jue's viciousness, if any ordinary creature is used as a scalpel for two days, it will probably be filled with resentment, hatred, and blood curses.

The effect of the spiritual source circulation is to improve the quality of spiritual essence, form a qualitative change, enhance spirituality and flow transformation, which is perfect for resisting the suppression of Tianyuan. The mutual stimulation of matter and spirit further enhances the conflict between matter and spiritual essence, stimulates each other, and enhances changes and explosions.

As for the white deer's daytime raids, they were entirely aimed at plundering the enemy and using war to support war.

There is no need for the judges and hosts to say any more nonsense.

The real ember, the moment it saw its companion, the shiny blade had already begun to be sharpened on the stone!

"Fight! Fight!"

Seeing how they were preparing for battle, Jiang Tongguang almost laughed to the point of breaking off his knees.

Not only Ji Jue and Andelai, under the threat of these two monster catfish, the entire fish pond began to become lively.

Just as the storm was coming, everyone began to climb up again with gritted teeth.

His eyes glowed red.

Quack! Hurry up!
I want to see blood flowing into a river!
(End of this chapter)