Pillar of Yita

After a long while, Fang Hong finally finished the last stroke.

He calmly raised his head and looked at the two people in front of him, asking: ”How much did you memorize?”

Dill frowned tightly, saying nothing. Cui Yu was drenched as if he’d been pulled out of water, sweating profusely. He shook his head weakly: ”Couldn’t grasp it all, it’s too complex. At most I can ensure eighty to ninety percent...”

”That’s about right,” Fang Hong glanced at his Communication Crystal, which had messages from Soul Fingerprint regarding the ban selection results. This ban selection was arranged solely by him, and the Elite side seemed confident enough not to counter directly.

Apparently, both sides intended to engage in a direct confrontation. For him, this was good news, as it meant Cui Yu and Dill could strike from their most skilled Domains.

He shared this result with the two. Dill finally moved his eyebrows, raising his head, and asked: ”...This Array seems to use an indirect method for Alchemy, first purifying Ether with the Array, then using Ether to engrave Arrays with purified materials... I feel Elementalists or Magic Guided Conductors might grasp this better than us.”

Cui Yu also nodded: ”Purified Ether offers significant advantages in engraving Arrays and refining materials, almost completely ignoring impurities in the materials and Ether itself. It’s just that this kind of Alchemy is too complex... The precision is difficult to control, otherwise, couldn’t one polarize the Attributes?”

It’s a form of Alchemy they had never heard of.

As a result, they looked at their own crookedly drawn Array, somewhat bewilderedly staring at Fang Hong.

Fang Hong nodded.

He was somewhat surprised as well; these two seemed more talented than he had imagined. Ragnarok really struck gold this time, and the future achievements of these two newcomers in the team will definitely not be inferior to MTT and Mulan.

However, he also recognized the importance of a Guild’s nurturing system. He sensed that Cui Yu and Dill were actually no less gifted than many geniuses he had encountered on his journey; even within Silver Weslan, they should be considered outstanding.

But at Ragnarok, their prospects were clearly more limited compared to those under Sophie.

”If given the opportunity,” he thought for a moment and said, ”I’ll teach you again.”

Both nodded.

”Thank you.” Dill said, in a rare, soft voice.

While Cui Yu’s lips moved a little, he only blushed.

Clearly, they both understood what kind of opportunity this was for them.

But Fang Hong wasn’t concerned, he pointed as he put away the Communication Crystal, looking at the square outside. ”There’s still a few minutes left, think carefully about the Array beforehand while walking, don’t be too nervous, we always have a chance to win—”

He turned back to thank the owner again.

The slightly plump middle-aged man scratched his head and couldn’t resist asking: ”Actually, I think you guys can win too. Could you leave a signature here or something, in case you win the championship, I can brag—”

Fang Hong couldn’t help but smile slightly, waving his hand:

”Talk about it after we take the championship.”

The three walked out of the café.

...

”They’re coming out.”

An Invoker suddenly nudged the companion beside him.

And another Invoker raised his head, his eyes watching Fang Hong and his companions walk out of the café, before speaking in a low voice concealed by his windbreaker collar: ”All groups be aware, the target has appeared, and they’ve returned to the square.”

”I’ll repeat again—”

Su Changfeng closed the crystal, and the voice stopped abruptly. He also raised his head, looking in that direction.

On the stage, the staff had just finished shooting the final segment of the Elite contestants’ footage, turning the Projection Crystal to shoot the separating crowd and capture Fang Hong’s group stepping onto the square.

There was no commotion in the square.

But the wandering horse couldn’t help but exclaim upon seeing Fang Hong: ”Ah—”

He fared better.

His live streaming channel had already exploded at that moment.

”Wow, it’s him!”

A flurry of identical comments was flying across the screen.

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