Invincible Over the World

After entering the Alchemy Square, many contestants pointed at Huang Xiaolong, whispering about him.

No wonder, with Huang Xiaolong carrying the title of first place in the God Ascension Competition, anywhere he goes, he's the center of attention.

Certainly, it's also because Huang Xiaolong showcased his Hundred Beasts Refining Diagram during the assessment at the Alliance Headquarters two months ago.

Among the crowd, Mo Su saw Huang Xiaolong become the focal point upon entering, his eyes flickered with Demonic Qi, and he sneered coldly, "That boy, I just feel uneasy looking at him."

Beside him, Jiang Lei chuckled, "Rest assured, Brother Mo Su, I found out that Elder Sun Yi has already ordered someone to deliberately switch out a few of his preliminary competition alchemy materials so that, even if his alchemy skills are high, he won't succeed."

Upon hearing this, Mo Su laughed, "If that's the case, what a pity! Otherwise, I'd personally defeat him and show him the prowess of my alchemy techniques."

Jiang Lei laughed, "With your status, Brother Mo Su, there's naturally no need to personally deal with this Huang Xiaolong. By that time, Huang Xiaolong won't even make it to the semifinals, while you, Brother Mo Su, will claim first place in the competition. Huang Xiaolong wouldn't even be fit to carry your shoes."

Mo Su laughed heartily, "Well said."

Because of the sound isolation prohibition set up around them, they weren't worried about anyone overhearing.

With contestants from various Star Rivers arriving, the Alchemy Square became increasingly crowded.

After about an hour, Elder Wang Zhe appeared to host the preliminary competition. After giving a brief explanation of the rules, he instructed a deacon of the Alchemy Grandmaster Alliance to activate the Transmission Array of the Alchemy Square.

Once the Transmission Array was activated, it could transport the contestants to their separate alchemy rooms.

In the alchemy rooms, the materials and tripod furnace were already prepared.

The unified elixir to be refined was called the Divine Origin Pill.

The Divine Origin Pill accelerates the recovery of Divine-level Experts' divine power, graded as Holy-level Early Stage.

Refining the Divine Origin Pill isn't difficult, but the competition stipulates that only the first ten thousand who successfully refine it can enter the semifinals, so the difficulty for the disciples to stand out among over 1.2 million is immense.

Of course, the preliminary competition lasts for three days.

After three days, regardless of success or failure, all contestants will be summoned out by the prohibition in the alchemy room.

Soon, like the other contestants, Huang Xiaolong was transmitted to his independent alchemy room.

The alchemy room wasn't large, only about thirty square meters.

In the middle of the room lay an ordinary tripod furnace, and the four hundred-plus materials for refining the Divine Origin Pill were placed in a Jade Cabinet on the wall.

Huang Xiaolong's gaze quickly swept over the materials and immediately noticed five that had been swapped out.

Huang Xiaolong sneered.

Indeed!

Huang Xiaolong had long anticipated that Sun Yi wouldn't let him pass the preliminary competition smoothly, and the greatest likelihood of tampering lay in the alchemy materials.

According to competition rules, if the materials are found to be unusual, contestants can utilize the room's prohibition to request new alchemy materials from the disciples hosting the competition outside.

However, the outside hosting disciples must have been instructed by Sun Yi, so there's no possibility they'd heed Huang Xiaolong. Thus, Huang Xiaolong's desire to request new alchemy materials was but an empty dream.

At that moment, Huang Xiaolong's hand flashed with light, revealing the five materials that had been swapped out.

A few days earlier, while drinking with Yan Hui, Huang Xiaolong learned the Divine Origin Pill was the focus of the preliminary competition and had prepared a set of materials in advance.

Of course, the prohibition monitoring the alchemy room would disqualify contestants who privately swapped alchemy materials.

However, for Huang Xiaolong, the prohibition monitoring the alchemy room was as if nonexistent. Even if Huang Xiaolong swapped out all the alchemy materials, the disciples outside wouldn't detect it.

After taking out the five materials, Huang Xiaolong waved a hand, capturing the other materials before him and began the alchemy process.

As before, these materials continually transformed, taking the shape of one Material Divine Beast after another.

Huang Xiaolong didn't use the Four Great Divine Flames, but instead drew upon the surrounding fire energy to form a Fire Dragon, melting the Material Divine Beasts one by one.

Then, following the method for forming the pill of Divine Origin Pill, he let the melted Material Divine Beasts merge continuously.

From start to finish, Huang Xiaolong's refining process flowed smoothly, without any hindrance.

Though it appeared simple, any slight mistake would prevent pill formation.

These melted Material Divine Beasts had definite sequences, some needing complete fusion before merging with others; otherwise, the medicinal properties would conflict and instantly scatter.

Moreover, before merging these materials' medicinal properties, they must be fully stimulated, or the medicinal properties would be compromised, making pill formation very difficult.

Huang Xiaolong didn't exert his full strength; he still used the Hundred Beasts Refining Diagram.

As the Material Divine Beasts continued merging, the glow became increasingly bright.

After about half an hour, suddenly, a melody of elixir rang out.

The elixir melody indicated the pill was on the verge of formation, and only top-grade elixirs were likely to have such a melody.

Just then, outside the Alchemy Square, a flash of light flickered, and a figure emerged from the alchemy room, it was none other than Devil Son Mo Su.

The surrounding Demon Clan disciples, upon seeing Mo Su, were delighted, approaching to congratulate Devil Son Mo Su.

Supreme Elder Mo Zhenru of the Demon Clan smiled, "Congratulations Devil Son, on claiming first place in the preliminary competition."

Up to this point, no disciple had emerged, making Mo Su the first.

Mo Su smiled, "First place in such a preliminary competition is nothing; I shall also claim first in the semifinals."

"Indeed, indeed." Mo Zhenru laughed, "To you, Devil Son, winning first in this competition is as simple as reaching into a bag."

Mo Su laughed heartily, his tone shifting, "I wonder how that boy Huang Xiaolong is progressing." Then he sneered, "He should be emerging shortly."

Due to material mismatches and medicinal conflicts, Mo Su expected Huang Xiaolong would fail in alchemy and emerge quickly.

At that moment, the hosting disciple took out the refined elixir from Mo Su's alchemy room, handing it to the hosting elder for evaluation and record.

After the hosting elder's evaluation, Mo Su's refined Divine Origin Pill was deemed top-grade, taking thirty-one minutes and twenty-three seconds.

Acceptance!

However, just as Mo Su and the Demon Clan disciples were about to leave, suddenly, there was another flash of light in the Alchemy Square, and another figure emerged from the alchemy room.

Upon seeing the face of the emerging person, Mo Su's smile broadened, for the second one to emerge was Huang Xiaolong.

Although Mo Su anticipated that Huang Xiaolong would soon emerge due to alchemy failure, he didn't expect it to be quicker than he imagined.

Mo Su walked over to Huang Xiaolong.

"Huang Xiaolong, I didn't expect you'd be the second to emerge." Mo Su laughed mischievously, "Only slightly slower than me, but I emerged after refining a top-grade Divine Origin Pill. How about you? Didn't you emerge due to alchemy failure?" Mo Su laughed aloud at this. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)