Chapter 968: Second Round
Ten hours later, in the alchemy lab in the treehouse.
Su Xiao was sitting in front of the desk, a flashlight flashing in his hand.
His mana quickly drained out of his palms, but along with it, the materials that floated right above his palms changed rapidly.
As he picked up the block of wood, the first outline of an alchemy raven appeared.
After about ten seconds, the alchemy raven was ready.
The efficiency of its production would definitely astound most alchemists.
Since Su Xiao was good at close combat, which the vast majority of alchemists weren't strong at, he had very good reactions and was accordingly very quick to react to all changes, and these two aspects were very important in alchemy.
After creating a large number of alchemy ravens, Su Xiao became very good at creating them. He created the first one in 10 minutes, and the second one in 5 minutes. After he created the tenth one, he created one raven in just 2 minutes.
But 2 minutes wasn't the limit. After creating over a hundred alchemy ravens, Su Xiao started to create 1 crow per minute.
As they say, practice led to perfection. After creating a couple hundred alchemy ravens, Su Xiao created one raven in just 46 seconds.
And that wasn't the limit yet.
Su Xiao could now create an alchemy crow even with his eyes closed.
After creating less than a thousand alchemy ravens, he would create one raven in 32 seconds.
The whole process was quite simple: it all started with the catalysis of materials, then went to shaping the core and, finally, the last thing was to create the shape of the final structure.
This process was constantly improved through practice, and it was mainly through practice that useful knowledge could be obtained.
The Tree Sage had been watching Su Xiao all this time and was clearly shocked right now.
He couldn't understand why Su Xiao only made these alchemy creatures, and what surprised him even more was that even though Su Xiao shortened the production time, the crows he produced were more and more perfect each time.
— It can be considered a kind of talent, but it's of little use, " the Tree Sage muttered, and finally lost interest.
Fast speed didn't mean high quality. A single high-level alchemy creature was much more effective than tens of thousands of low-level alchemy creatures.
While Su Xiao was busy creating new ravens, he suddenly saw a message from Bubtney.
Because they were too far apart, the communication between Bubtni and Su Xiao was a bit awkward and required spending Heaven's coins.
«The draw for the start of the second round will start in 30 minutes, and the first fights will start in an hour».
Su Xiao had about thirty minutes, but it would take them about ten minutes to get back.
Su Xiao picked up a few materials that he had never used before and started creating an alchemy item that looked like a signal receiver.
Soon a simple coordinate receiver was created. It was the size of a thumbnail and gray in color, quite soft and, most importantly, when activated, it immediately became very sticky.
— It'll be fine now, " Su Xiao muttered and put the coordinate receiver back in his inventory, then stood up and left the room.
When he opened the door, he saw Lilim teasing the little treeman while the Tree Sage was reading a book.
— Tree Sage, can I take back what I created? Su Xiao asked.
— Sure. I told you that I would provide you with everything, so everything that was made from these materials belongs to you.
— Thank you, " Su Xiao said as he returned to the room and took all of his alchemy ravens into his inventory.
In total, he created 896 alchemy ravens . If they were all activated, it would definitely pose a very serious threat to any opponent, but Su Xiao didn't have any summoning skills, so he could only summon a very limited number of creatures, however, how to control them.
— Has your alchemy improved? Lilim asked, and stretched.
— Not very much. How many times can I use your teleport??
— About five times.
— Great.
Su Xiao and Lilim left the treehouse and returned to the teleportation circle. After about ten minutes, the two of them returned to Su Xiao's private room in the arena.
— Leave first, the circle isn't in very good condition right now, " Lilim said as she repaired the teleport.
Su Xiao walked out into the lobby and headed towards the reception desks.
Once in the right corridor, Su Xiao smelled a faint smell of blood.
There were a lot of fighters in the corridor, but compared to last time, there were a lot fewer of them.
Initially, there were only 260 participants, and since almost everyone was fighting 1v1, the number of participants should have been reduced to 130.
But that wasn't really the case. After the first round, only 76 fighters agreed to continue fighting in the arena. Deaths and injuries in arena combat were unavoidable. Often applicants died together. Moreover, many people were seriously injured, and even though they could technically fight in the next round, in reality, taking such a step was pure suicide.
If this trend continues and all the battles are fierce enough, there may be less than 20 participants left by the end of the second round.
Su Xiao wanted to at least get into the top 20. After completing his plan, he can either try to go further, or he can give up and return to Paradise..
The atmosphere in the corridor was somewhat oppressive. This was caused by the cruel rules of the arena. Most of the remaining 76 fighters were wounded.
— Come get the numbers, the first fights will start in 30 minutes, " said the gorgon, quickly giving out new numbers.
Su Xiao's new number had "106: 17" written on it, which meant that Su Xiao's opponent was the fighter under the number 17.
After that, Su Xiao contacted Bubtney, and after a few minutes, a black thing approached him.
— Have you decided to become a miner?
Bubtney was a little confused, and his eyes seemed to want to say, " It's hard to explain, but the life of a dog is always full of difficulties, especially when your customers are a bunch of idiots».
Although Bubtney's story was clearly interesting, Su Xiao was more interested in who the number one contestant was 17.
After finding out Su Xiao's opponent's number, Bubtney took out his tablet and started showing the video of the fights.
Since Su Xiao wasn't in the arena, Bubtney was in charge of gathering information.
— It's ... an angel?
Su Xiao's opponent had a somewhat unusual appearance. It was a man with white wings and long golden hair.
At first glance, he looked very much like an angel.
Bubtney raised his paws and quickly tapped the virtual keyboard with the pads of his paws.
«Yulu is from the Sacred Wings clan, and he can fly very fast. His weapon is feathers + some energy. This energy is similar in nature to telepathy. It is said that it can be obtained by refining one's life force. With its help, it can improve the penetration and sharpness of feathers, but it does not seem to be able to control the flight of its feathers. Because of this energy, his life force was severely depleted, which affected his regeneration».
Bubtney's information was very valuable.
After all, he had been by Su Xiao's side for a long time, and although it was very rare for him to participate directly in battle, he wasn't blind.
After learning the basic information about his rival, Su Xiao headed to the waiting area, while Bubtney continued to look for clients for the sake of discussing " serious business».
Su Xiao seriously suspected that Bubtni wanted to establish a coal supply.
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