Rune Master

Everyone was recalled within an hour, and if they didn't show up, it was probably a disaster.

In the open space, as more and more people appeared, the conversations never stopped, and the most talked about was the sudden horde of beasts.

The forest, which had never seen a large herd of beasts crossing the border, cast a layer of panic in the hearts of everyone.

"It's from that mountain range." One of the assessors pointed in the distance to the location of their third test, and continued, "Should the test continue?"

The eyes of the others all fell on Feng Peng, a middle-aged man in unlined clothing who was also in charge of the assessment.

The atmosphere was dull for a while. This kind of situation has never happened in the past few sessions, and even in the history of Youtu City, this kind of incident has only happened once.

It was more than 600 years ago when a volcano on a side peak of the mountain range erupted, and the rune beasts that sensed the natural disaster rushed towards the Talimogo Plain in the northwest like crazy.

"Could it be another volcano?" said an examiner who had a little knowledge of the history of various places.

Feng Peng pondered for a while, looked towards the mountain range and said, "Separate four people to investigate with me, and the rest will send the candidates back to the city."

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The forest is the same as the Mingding dry land, and they are all located outside the city, and the distance is farther. The movement of the beast tide did not affect the people in the city. Only a few people with sensitive six senses walked to the window thoughtfully, looking in the direction of the forest.

The second assessment was only halfway through, Xia Xiongfei was surprised by the few people who came back halfway, and then found that there were a few people missing, his expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked Luo Xi.

Not only the Danfu Alliance, but also more or less a few people from other major forces disappeared in the beast tide, and the lobby downstairs of the Yikeju was suddenly surrounded by people who came out to inquire about the news.

"I heard that there seems to be something wrong with the venue of the third assessment." On a table in the lobby, someone poured down a bowl of wine, gossiping.

"Where is it? It is clear that the beast horde came from nowhere and disrupted the game." Someone retorted.

Immediately, someone said, "I'll figure it out, so it's time for the second assessment, right?"

"Speaking of which, the first two assessments were not allowed to watch the match. I was expecting the third match to be an eye-opener for me. Now that something like this has happened, I don't know if the match will be postponed?"

"I don't think so." A person at the next table said, "Those are nine-star powerhouses from the Spirit Talisman Academy, and they are nothing more than a wave of beasts. It is expected that there will be results in a few days."

"It's just that, I'm afraid the second assessment will be cancelled."

"I think so too." One person rolled his eyes and said, "I heard that this beast tide lost a lot of people, and these people are lucky to survive."

In the past, due to the restrictions of the rules, there were no casualties.

This time, being disturbed by the beast horde, not to mention the early end of the second assessment, even those injured people greatly increased the qualifying rate of those who remained.

After all, there are regulations on how many people will be selected for each assessment.

Compared to the din of the people in the city, most of the returning assessors returned to their rooms to rest after being questioned.

The second assessment was suspended, and the third assessment was not known when it would start. What they had to do now was to recharge their batteries to face the next unexpected situation.

Ling Yi went out to explore and hadn't returned yet. When Jing Chen came back, he took a shower first, then had a big meal, and lay down comfortably on the bed and slept.

Hei Tian slept until dark, and when dinner was approaching, Jing Chen was awakened by knocking on the door.

"There's news...uh." Luo Xi laughed embarrassingly when he saw Jing Chen's stupid hair raised on his head.

Jing Chen plucked his hair with black lines all over his head, and said in a bad tone, "You'd better pray that the words below will move me enough, or be prepared to be kicked out by me."

This is getting up gas, this really is getting up gas.Luo Xi took a careful look at Jing Chen, "I just received the news that the third assessment will be held on time tomorrow morning."

Jing Chen was taken aback, and raised his brows, "So fast?" After thinking for a while, he said, "Have you found out about the beast tide?"

Luo Xi shook his head, "They didn't say anything about it. It seems that it has something to do with a volcano erupting from time to time on the mountain range. The teachers in charge of the exam have checked and found that there will be no danger within five days. They probably want to use this time to hurry up and finish the exam."

"So, we will make alchemy on a volcano that may erupt at any time?" Jing Chen is in a bad mood.

But if it's not good, it's not good, the assessment still has to continue.

In the morning of the next day, excluding the casualties and some missing persons, there were about 180 people left to participate in the assessment.

A wave of beasts killed most of the candidates, including some elite alchemists from certain forces.

Since spectators were allowed in the third test, apart from the students and the people accompanying the major forces, there were still many idle monks and some natives of Youtu City. The large force arrived at the third test site.

"It's really hot here." Even though he was wearing special cooling clothes, Jing Chen still felt the sweat protruding from his body like he was dying.

"It wasn't so hot the last few times." As an old student who had participated in the two assessments, Luo Xi said his experience, "I guess it was caused by the eruption of this volcano again."

"But it's okay, haven't you noticed that the talisman beasts around are all gone?" Luo Xi smiled bitterly, "Even clearing the field is saved."

Jing Chen, "..."

The place of the third assessment is called Huoxin Mountain, which is the most central and hottest place in the mountain range.

Since the final assessment of each session is held here, a teleportation formation was set up within a few steps above the foot of the mountain.

"Thank God there is still a teleportation array!" Someone beside him howled, "I have changed to my third pair of shoes!" The words were so miserable and sincere that many people laughed.

Jing Chen looked over and saw that Ha Jin, who was walking with Meng and Jin Su, was changing one of his few pairs of shoes, and couldn't help but be amused.

Before entering the city, several of them changed into cooling clothes, but Ha Jin's soles were still in the shape of a frog after transforming into a human form. He couldn't find his unique shoes, so he had to wear what he brought.

However, the homemade shoes could not stand the high temperature, and this situation happened.

"This is clearly discriminating against the Sea Clan!" Ha Jin said angrily as he changed his shoes, "I want to complain!"

The other two were not much better, and they didn't care about Ha Jin at all.

Jing Chen 囧囧 looked at the trio of the Sea Clan—the land is too dangerous, go back to the sea.

Through the teleportation array, a group of people quickly arrived at the home field of this assessment from the foot of the mountain.

The inside has been decorated by people, and there is a large circular terrace in the center, on which there are about two hundred alchemy furnaces, uniform in style and specifications, and a virtual fire is burning under the furnace cauldron.

In order to ensure the fairness of the test, everyone is now not allowed to enter the balcony, and can only stay in the spectator seats around the game.

Together with Jing Chen, the three members of the Hai clan stayed at the venue where the Danfu Alliance was located.

"It's so cool inside." Ha Jin breathed out comfortably.

A semi-circular transparent isolation cover is condensed around the site, blocking the hot air of Huoxin Mountain, and a considerable number of ice formations are placed around the terrace, making the inside of the isolation cover indescribably cool.

"Why don't you say to complain now?" Jing Chen glanced at him slightly.

Ha Jin touched his head, smiled embarrassedly, and turned his head as if he didn't hear.

The huge assessment venue can accommodate nearly ten thousand people to watch the game. As batches of people were teleported over, the seats for the game were full, and there was a lot of noise.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people who participated in the assessment entered the arena, and the scene gradually quieted down.

The five-continent alchemy conference is about to begin!

After everyone was seated, and looking at the distribution of personnel on the field, some people had already seen the tricks, and their hearts suddenly dawned.

All the senior students with potential in the past, or the most promising seed players this year, all sat in the center or prominently without exception.

It can even be said that from the current distribution position, one can probably guess who will be selected this year.

Jing Chen's position is quite inconspicuous, on the edge of the terrace, if he goes out a little, he may be squeezed out of the stage.

"Brother, you are also here to learn more." Not far away is another alchemy furnace. After the man sat down, he saw that Jingchen was about the same age, so he couldn't help but chat.

Jing Chen smiled and replied, "You too?"

"Hey." The man scratched his head, "My name is Lian Mingming, you can call me Mingming or Xiao Ming, a second-year student at Taungzhi College."

Taunggyi Academy?Jing Chen recalled what Luo Xi said... well, Taungzhi College seems to belong to Donglizhou, and it is also one of the top ten colleges.

"Jingchen, Nanzezhou Danfu Alliance." A certain person reported his family name.

"Nanze Prefecture?" Lian Mingming said to himself, "It seems to be one of the few forces with the lowest results in the last alchemy conference." Then thinking that Jing Chen in front of him belonged to this force, he quickly waved his hands and said, "Ah, I have absolutely no other meanings, besides, in fact, your performance in the genius battle is still good."

The genius battle is also the bottom one, okay? It's just that it has changed from the bottom three to the bottom five. Jing Chen really didn't see anything to be happy about.

Well, what a down-to-earth teenager.Jing Chen said rather insincerely, "Thank you for the compliment."

Lian Mingming blushed a lot and was about to say something to save her when the assessment was about to begin.

After a few short opening remarks by the examiners, the atmosphere of the audience was quiet, and then, hundreds of light clusters scattered from Feng Peng's special storage ring and flew towards more than 180 candidates on the stage.

The ball of light was covered by runes, forming a thin film, and the contents inside were the fire beads and medicinal materials handed in in the previous two exams, and they were flying towards each examinee at this moment.

Jingchen received one, and when he got it, the film dissipated automatically, revealing what was inside, which belonged to Jingchen's prison fire beads and medicinal materials, and there were some extra, presumably because the second assessment did not collect and complete them.

Pay attention to the expressions of other people, there is no abnormality, it seems that there is nothing wrong with the distribution.

Jing Chen couldn't help secretly praising it in his heart, it's a good trick.

The third assessment, that is, the alchemy competition started after the big bell rang before the competition. It lasted for the same three days, and it could end earlier.

Jing Chen looked at the Ming Ding Huo in his hand, and didn't move for a long time. When other life fires were refining, his eyes fell on Lian Mingming who was closest to him.

There is a groove on the brick floor below the alchemy stove, hexagonal, sunken downwards, with a small hole in the center, which seems to be a place to vent.

Lian Mingming put the Prisoner Fire Bead into the small hexagonal hole, and a ball of fire ignited under the alchemy furnace. The flame intensity was much higher than ordinary fire, and the flames faintly formed a "Ding" character.

On the terrace, hundreds of such flames ignited. Although the heat was high and low, it was equally dazzling, and the surrounding temperature was even higher.

Jingchen looked away thoughtfully, sorted the medicinal materials at hand according to the time they were put into the furnace, and then slowly put the Prisoner Fire Bead in the hexagon under his alchemy furnace.