Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 288 - 47: Zhao Xing Takes First, Shi Yong’s Desire to Win or Lose!

Chapter 288: Chapter 47: Zhao Xing Takes First, Shi Yong’s Desire to Win or Lose!

As Liu Tianning’s voice rang out, a strong wind blew across Demonstration Square, and many materials floated over to form a small mountain in the center of the square.

"We will base the competition on this pile of materials."

"Within 15 minutes, craft a Grassman and enter the hall—the higher the realm and the greater the quantity, the higher the ranking will be."

"Begin now."

Whoosh~

At the moment Liu Tianning’s voice fell, the hundred competitors on the square immediately sprang into action.

The fourth challenge was a test of a single skill, and the minimum standard was a Seven-turn Grassman!

Quantity and realm were the criteria for ranking.

At this point, no one was willing to waste time, scrambling to cast their Grassman Skill.

Up to the third challenge, not much of a gap could be seen.

The one in the hundredth place and those behind by two or three hundred didn’t differ much.

Better luck or arriving earlier might have gotten someone into the top hundred.

But by the fourth challenge, it was all about strength, and the gap between the talents became clear.

"Rise!"

Only ten breaths of time had passed and already a group of people had crafted Seven-turn Grassmen!

Li Feng was among the first batch, and he glanced around the square, noticing that Zhao Xing had nothing in front of him and couldn’t help but smile slightly. What he didn’t know was that Zhao Xing’s first crafted Grassman was an Invisibility Grassman, completely invisible to the eye.

Zhao Xing had no time to pay attention to others because he was used to analyzing the problem at hand; he immediately began "reading the question," using his Five Elements Power to scan the entire square.

He discovered that while materials were abundant, certain types were limited.

If one wanted to maximize the effect of the Grassman Spell, they had to secure these limited top-quality materials first.

"Rise!"

Zhao Xing’s fingertips released a beam of golden light. With mid-level Grassman Skill, the casting no longer relied on hand crafting; one could control the Grassman’s formation through mastery of the wind.

As the spellcasting commenced, many golden lights of spells collided with one another.

"Bang bang boom boom boom!"

Loud clashes erupted immediately.

Zhao Xing’s spell’s golden light swept through the materials, knocking aside other people’s spellcasting attempts.

Subsequently, a pile of top-quality materials drifted before him, quickly forming a Grassman.

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang!"

As multiple people cast spells simultaneously, many, intentionally or not, spotted the ’good materials’ and sought to claim them.

However, strengths varied widely, and after two rounds of collisions,

those who knew they were outmatched became compliant.

They obediently chose the lesser materials.

"The disparity has immediately appeared."

Liu Tianning, from inside the main hall of Ten Thousand Skill Palace, observed the situation outside.

"In the contest of spellcasting, the strong take control of the best spellcasting resources and space."

"Although everyone is only casting Grassman Skills, the starting moves of the Grassman Skill also involve the application of the Five Elements Power," Lu Bang, who had appeared in the Ten Thousand Skill Palace without anyone noticing, observed. "The strong talents from before are still just as powerful at this stage."

Talents like Zhao Xing, Zhuang Ziqing, Shi Yong, Cao Shuang, Feng Qiu, and other top-level geniuses were able to secure good materials right away.

The others, unable to compete with the spells, had to settle for other materials.

"Divine Courage, Giant Shield, Sacrifice Explosion, rise!"

After completing the first round of crafting the Invisibility Grassman and discovering good materials,

Zhao Xing began to cast higher-level Grassman Skills for the second round.

Divine Courage, Giant Shield, and Sacrifice Explosion, each Nine-turn, appeared two at a time within half a quarter.

By this time, the materials on the square had been greatly depleted.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

Golden lights of spells fell onto the materials, and Zhao Xing quickly cast again, crafting twelve more Grassmen before the 15 minutes were up.

However, these last twelve Grassmen, due to the rush and material issues, all had various defects, not all reaching the Ninth-Transformation Level; half were only Seven-turn Grassmen.

"Time is up!"

Liu Tianning’s voice sounded, and after that, any scraps of materials and incomplete Grassmen on the square were blown away by a strong wind.

"Ah, is it time already?"

"No, just ten more breaths of time and I would have finished!"

"Alas, I only crafted a Six-turn Grassman."

"Too nervous, I could easily craft a Seven-turn Grassman in my usual practice, but now I’ve made a mistake due to nerves."

"It’s over; I’m stopping at the fourth challenge."

Many on the field sighed.

The time was just too pressing; moreover, there were only seven days to comprehend from the third to the fourth challenge.

Although studying in the Ten Thousand Skill Palace could indeed lead to rapid mastery of the Grassman Skill, everyone’s comprehension was different, and less than half could learn a Seven-turn Grassman.

But as some felt disheartened, others were elated.

"My Grassman Skill hadn’t reached Seven-turn before midnight, but during the recent contention, after seeing other people’s spellcasting, I suddenly understood and reached Seven-turn! Indeed, breakthroughs occur under pressure and in a competitive atmosphere!"

"Hmm? I actually crafted a Seven-turn Grassman; these materials... I had never thought of using them before, and the results turned out surprisingly well?"

"Materials also determine the power of a Grassman. Going by the standards of Grassman Skill, strictly speaking, I only know up to the Six-turn. But the power of the Grassman I crafted this time exceeded the Six-turn by quite a bit. I’m not sure if it’ll be enough to pass the challenge."

When Liu Tianning announced the time was up,

everyone ordered their Grassmen to walk toward the palace.

Ouyang Song controlled his first Invisibility Grassman to step onto the stairs, his heart filled with hope.

But as soon as the Grassman stepped onto the first stair before the main hall, it wobbled.

Stepping onto the second stair, the originally invisible Grassman revealed a leg.

Before it could even step onto the third stair, it fully revealed its true form.

"Bang!"

The Invisibility Grassman was flung away, and during the flight, it turned into a pile of scrap, scattering at his feet.