Weapon Master

Chapter 1697 - Seven Wheels of Cicada

”Eighty-six!” This time, I’m sure... Hm? Is the one at the top still Tang Huan? ”

Inside the bubble, the corners of Lin Si Wei’s lips curled up slightly, revealing a faint smile. As she muttered to herself, she also raised her head to look at the sky. After a split-second, the smile on her face had disappeared, and what replaced it was some surprise. The results of the Artifact Board ranking obviously made her feel rather surprised.

”In this second round, Lin Si Wei has repaired at least eighty incomplete dao diagrams. But Tang Huan is actually above Lin Si Wei?”

”The first place of the Artifact Board this time, is actually still Tang Huan?”

”I have completed the repair of 54 incomplete dao diagrams. My ranking on the Artifact Board is 10 ranks lower than the first round!”

”...”

After the end of the second round, there were less than twenty thousand bubbles left.

Standing within the bubble, the crowd of Tian Gong could not hear anything, only the spirit of the Celestial Mirror could be heard. He could vaguely see the situation in the bubbles around him. However, in the competition, they were completely focused on repairing the dao diagram and did not have the energy to observe the surrounding situation. Naturally, they would not know about the results of others.

Of course, though they were surprised, they were not as shocked as the cultivators watching the competition inside and outside the Celestial Mirror.

After all, they had only passed through the Artifact Board to find out that Tang Huan had linked the top of the list with his. They did not know what Tang Huan’s result would be in the second round. If they knew that Tang Huan had repaired all ninety-six incomplete dao diagrams, then her performance would probably be no different from that of the surrounding cultivators.

After the rankings appeared, the cultivators watching the competition inside and outside the celestial mirror became a lot calmer.

After seeing Tang Huan finish repairing all the missing dao diagrams, they knew that there was no longer any suspense about the location of the first place. Now that the Artifact Board had reappeared, it was indeed Tang Huan.

Everyone was mentally prepared for this result, but they couldn’t help but sigh in their hearts. The performance of Heavenly King Lin Siwei in the past two rounds was extremely stunning. If it was placed in the previous ”Myriad Domain Dao Arts”, it wouldn’t have been a surprise, but she would definitely be ranked first on the rankings.

Unfortunately, this time around, during the ”Myriad Domain Dao Arts”, she had met Tang Huan, whose performance was even more outstanding!

Fortunately, it was only the second round now, and there were eight of them in total. In terms of Tools Method, it was impossible for Tang Huan to be this powerful in every aspect. She had already obtained the first of two rounds, and in the competition that was going to follow, Lin Siwei had great hopes of surpassing him, especially in the final round.

Many cultivators, especially the cultivators of Mystic Skies, had such a thought running through their minds.

After all, no matter how powerful the Weapon Refiner was, it was impossible for them to be super strong in every aspect of Tools Method. There would always be areas where they would be weak, and other heaven’s work would always be able to surpass them.

However, as the competition continued, the cultivators inside and outside the celestial mirror bitterly discovered that they seemed to have overthought things.

After the end of the third round of competition, there were only ten thousand participants of Heaven Arts left, and Tang Huan was still at the top of the rankings.

After the fourth round of competition, there were only over six thousand participants left, and the name ”Tang Huan” still appeared at the top of the Artifact Board.

The fifth round of the competition … ….

… ….

”First place, is still Tang Huan!”

”After seven rounds of the Artifact Arena competition, Tang Huan had actually occupied the top of the seven round Artifact Board.”

”How did ’Emperor Dragon’s Heavenly Mansion’ of the Crimson Light Heavenly Flowing Flower Domain cultivate such a monstrous high-grade heaven-defying skill to be able to completely suppress Lin Siwei?”

”...”

When the seventh time the Artifact Board appeared in the Celestial Mirror Domain, the void corridors and the air above the Saint Dao City were filled with sighs. Countless cultivators could not help but bitterly smile.

It was obviously impossible for Tian Gong, who had such outstanding abilities and obtained first place in two consecutive rounds, to suddenly lose his footing and get eliminated. They did not think about it like that either, they only hoped that Tang Huan’s performance in one or two rounds wouldn’t be so outstanding, and that the other heavens would have a chance to reach the top.

But unfortunately, up to the end of the seventh round, all of their expectations were completely dashed, and not a single one of their expectations had been fulfilled.

The rankings on the Artifact Board constantly changed, but the first two had never changed. Tang Huan occupied the first place on the Ranking Board every single time, while Lin Si Wei would always be ranked second. Many cultivators of the Profound Sky Continent felt pity for Lin Si Wei.

”This Tang Huan is really hateful!”

In the void passageway, Hou Jun’s face was a bit black, as he had nearly bitten his teeth to pieces.

As an elder of the Desolate God Palace, when he saw Lin Siwei, a grand Heaven Grade Heaven Ranked Divine Craftsman of the Desolate God Palace, being suppressed by a superior Heaven Craftsman like this in front of everyone’s eyes, the anger and frustration in his heart could not be put into words. He even had the impulse to charge into the arena and slap Tang Huan to death with one palm.

Of course, this thought could only be repeated in his mind.

Although he still did not understand why Tang Huan, who was called ”Ancestor” by the Heavenly King of the Nine-coloured Immortal Sect, would participate in the Artifact Assembly as a disciple of the Emperor Dragon’s Heavenly Palace, there was one thing that he was sure of, and that Heavenly King of the Nine-coloured Immortal Sect would definitely not sit still and do nothing if he were to really attack Tang Huan.

Moreover, now that they were inside the Celestial Mirror, if he acted rashly, Xiao Zihan wouldn’t even need to do anything, the Celestial Mirror’s spirit would punish him immediately.

”The first seven rounds will be Tang Huan’s, I’m afraid the eighth round will be …”

Although he didn’t finish his sentence, everyone understood what he meant. Immediately, helplessness filled their faces; In the first seven rounds of the competition, none of Lin Si Wei’s contests had surpassed Tang Huan, so the chances of her winning against Tang Huan in the last round was extremely slim.

Not far away, an imperceptible smile flashed through the eyes of the Ice Imperial Valley’s Elder, Kou Yuanyuan.

In the Profound Sky Continent, although the Ice Emperor Valley and the Desolate God Palace worked together, they were still the biggest opponents for the both of them. In the competition, the Ice Emperor Valley disciple Leng Qingqiu was ranked as the top ranker. He had thought that the first rank of the rankings would belong to none other than the Heavenly King of the Desolate Divine Palace, Lin Siwei. However, he had not expected Tang Huan to appear out of thin air and firmly suppress Lin Si Wei at the second rank.

This unforeseen event caused the mood of the disciples of the Desolate God Palace, such as Dao Jun, to be incomparably terrible. However, to the cultivators of the Ice Emperor Valley, this was an extremely happy occasion.

”Hehe, Big Brother is first again!”

On the other side of the void corridor, Jiu Ling was beaming with joy. The surrounding people, including Du Xinghe and Xiao Zihan, were also beaming with joy. They had once thought that it was possible for Tang Huan to not be able to maintain her first place position in a particular round of competitions, but unexpectedly after the seventh round of competitions, Tang Huan had never fallen to the top of the rankings.

To them, especially the cultivators of the Emperor Dragon’s Heavenly Mansion, this was definitely an enormous surprise.

Tang Huan’s appearance gave them great expectations for the competition. However, in the beginning, they could only hope that Tang Huan could suppress the Heaven Arts Sect and Everlasting Temple who were in the ”Flowing Flower Domain”. However, Tang Huan’s performance had greatly exceeded their expectations.

Tang Huan’s ranking, had directly soared to the top of the Artifact Board!

After a series of cicadas linked to the top seven, in the final round of the tournament, no matter how bad Tang Huan performed, she should not be able to fall out of the top ten, right?

In the top 10 rankings of the Artifact Board, just how many slots could one obtain for the ’Grand Beginning Immortal Domain’?

Just by thinking about it, Du Xinghe, He Qingzhu, and the other cultivators of the Emperor Dragon’s Heavenly Mansion all flushed red, unable to suppress the joy and excitement in their chests.