Chapter 259: Horrible Elimination Rate

"I'm not sure either. We haven't been in touch for a long time. Maybe he can't come for some reason!" Fa Ma glanced at Yao Ye behind him and said meaningfully.

Seeing this, Gu He shook his head helplessly. He also knew about the conflict between Xiao Yan and the royal family of the Jia Ma Empire. It would be normal if Xiao Yan did not come to participate because he was afraid of the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Yan, who was in the audience, kept throwing herbs into the medicine cauldron. Although the flame in the cauldron was just an ordinary flame, Xiao Yan's fire control ability was no longer what it used to be. In addition, he had reached the sixth level, so the real fire he summoned was not much weaker than beast fire.

After extracting all the materials, Xiao Yan began to melt the pill. All the movements were done in one go without any pause.

After a moment, the pill took shape. Xiao Yan slapped the medicine cauldron, and an extremely round pill flew out of it and fell into Xiao Yan's palm. Xiao Yan placed the refined pill directly on the testing machine beside him, and the testing machine instantly lit up with a bright green light.

"The Qi-recovering pill refined by Brother Bu Jingyun is so effective! Even I can't do it without using beast fire!" Gu He said in surprise, looking at the green beam of light on the left side of Xiao Yan's stone platform.

"Haha, the time isn't over yet, let's keep watching! Maybe there will be someone stronger!" Fa Ma said with a faint smile.

As soon as Fa Ma finished speaking, green beams of light lit up in the square, but the color was not as bright as Xiao Yan's.

"Ding!" The sand in the hourglass on the platform has run out, which also means that the first round is over.

Fa Ma, Gu He and Qi Mi Er stood up and walked to the front of the stage. Looking at the audience where more than half of the contestants had disappeared, they couldn't help but sigh, "Although those who failed may have bad luck, the fact that they failed to refine the Qi-restoring Pill is enough to prove that their strength is indeed average! Even if they pass the first round, they won't be able to win the championship."

"Congratulations! You have passed the first round of assessment and will now proceed to the next round. The Qi-recovering Pill that you refined is the only pill you can take. The decision of when to take it is up to you!" Fa Ma shouted loudly.

Upon hearing this, some alchemists in the audience who were not at a very high level immediately breathed a sigh of relief. After all, refining a third-grade elixir consumed a lot of energy and fighting spirit. If they did not take any recovery elixirs and went straight to the next round, they might fail due to insufficient fighting spirit.

But there are still three rounds to go! If you take the Qi-recovering pill now, you will basically say goodbye to the championship.

Xiao Yan was just curious about what the next round of assessment would be like! Then he saw rows of maids holding trays. The trays were obviously filled with medicinal herbs, but they were covered with red cloth, so he didn't know what they were.

After a short while, all the contestants who passed the first round had a tray on their stone platforms.

"The second round requires us to refine the Qi Gathering Powder. I believe everyone is familiar with this pill! It can allow a ninth-level Dou Qi master to condense a Dou Qi cyclone with 100% success!" Chemir shouted on the high platform.

"It's actually Qi Gathering Powder! This is a fourth-grade elixir! And it's not easy to refine. Even a fifth-grade alchemist has a high failure rate. It seems that it will be very difficult to win the championship in this competition! This is only the second round!" Some alchemists in the square who were lucky enough to refine Qi Recovery Pills began to complain, saying that this competition was too difficult!

"Isn't this too difficult? Who can refine a fourth-grade pill?" Some third-grade alchemists wanted to give up at this point. After all, the Qi Gathering Powder was too difficult for them and it was impossible for them to refine it successfully.

"The second round begins now! If you think you will fail, you can just take the recovery pills in your hand and leave!" Qi Mier did not blame those who complained. After all, to win the championship in this competition, you have to rely on hard power, and there is no luck involved.

Upon hearing this, the people in the square had different expressions. Some who had a good mentality started refining directly, while others, perhaps out of revenge, also started refining. After all, the herbs were not theirs, so it would be a waste if wasted.

Not long after the second round began, muffled sounds were heard again. Each muffled sound represented one person's failure, and the number of people in the square began to decrease at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The refining of the fourth-grade elixir is not only complicated, but also takes a long time. For ordinary alchemists, it takes at least ten hours to successfully refine it. Xiao Yan is also familiar with the refining of Qi Gathering Powder. He has refined a lot of it in normal time. He continues to use the ordinary medicine cauldron to extract the medicinal materials.

It took two or three hours for Xiao Yan to finally extract all the medicinal herbs. He then fused the refined herbs again and finally made pills.

Six hours later, a emerald green pill appeared in front of Xiao Yan in the medicine cauldron. A faint fragrance wafted out of it, making people feel relaxed and happy.

Just as Xiao Yan was about to collect the pills, beams of light lit up in the square. Xiao Yan slapped the medicine cauldron, took out the pills, and looked around. He saw that there was almost no one in the entire square. With a quick look, it seemed that there were less than a hundred people left.

"This elimination rate is too high!" Xiao Yan was secretly surprised.

Although there are fewer people left, those who remain are all powerful people, including Liu Ling and Yao Yue. However, they are still concentrating on refining, with sweat on their foreheads, and it does not look like it is easy for them.

Xiao Yan looked at the three people whose refining speed was faster than his, and frowned slightly, because the soul perception ability of these three people was not weak.

All three of them wore cloaks that completely covered their faces, as if they didn't want people to see their appearance. When they saw Xiao Yan looking at them, strange smiles appeared on their faces under the cloaks.

Xiao Yan released his gathered Qi onto the testing table, and a bright green beam of light lit up again, sharing the same brightness as the other three beams of light.

"Who are these three people?" Fa Ma frowned as he looked at the three people whose faces were covered by cloaks below the stage.

"They seem to be from the Izumo Empire, Luoyan Empire and Mulan Empire respectively." Qi Mier took out the list of participants from the ring, looked through it carefully, and said.

Fa Ma took the list from Qi Mier's hand, took a look at it, and frowned slightly, because there were many alchemists from these three empires, and they were all very powerful.

"It seems that some old guys have disregarded their reputation and come here in person!" Gu He naturally also found something unusual. After all, how could so many alchemists with extraordinary talents appear at once?

"They want to use this competition to ruin the reputation of our Alchemist Guild. After all, this competition includes almost all the alchemists in the entire Northwest Continent. If the championship is won by other empires, then our Alchemist Guild will exist in name only." Fa Ma said.

"Should we expose them?" Qimier looked at Fama and realized the seriousness of the matter.

"No need! They are seeking their own death!" A disdainful smile appeared on Fa Ma's lips. Fa Ma, who knew Xiao Yan's true strength, was naturally full of confidence in Xiao Yan.

Seeing this, Gu He showed a puzzled look on his face. The three alchemists in the audience might have reached the sixth level. Even if he went up in person, he might not be able to win. He didn't know where Fa Ma got the confidence from and he was not panicked at all.

Time passed quietly without anyone noticing, and many people left the Bluestone Square one after another. In the end, there were only less than forty people left in the Bluestone Square.

So many people were eliminated in just two rounds of assessment. This can really be considered the most brutal assessment ever.

(End of this chapter)