Chapter 400 - Resplendent Gold, Titanium Crystals Spirit Ascends (1/2)

Chapter 400 - Resplendent Gold, t.i.tanium Crystal's Spirit Ascends

He Xiaopeng's t.i.tanium crystal had become twenty percent smaller than before. The originally tangled mess of golden threads inside of it had also been transformed into a uniform sheet of brilliant light. A resplendent golden aura s.h.i.+mmered around the metal. There was no doubt that it was first-grade thousand refined.

He Xiaopeng put away his hammers and smiled in satisfaction. He understood that this was the limit of his abilities right now. Despite being under a lot of pressure today, he was able to bring the entirety of his ability to bear. It wasn't easy to first-grade thousand refine t.i.tanium crystal in a mere half-hour, yet he had pulled it off perfectly. For the current him, this was a masterpiece.

Shen Yi and Wu Zhangkong furrowed their brows. In their eyes, He Xiaopeng had just claimed victory. He had started forging later than Tang Wulin, but still finished first-grade thousand refining the t.i.tanium crystal first! Tang Wulin couldn't win with a first-grade thousand refining anymore, and they knew that was his limit! Even if he succeeded in first-grade thousand refining his piece, he would still lose to He Xiaopeng.

Time pa.s.sed by slowly. Tang Wulin continued forging, his focus just as intense as it had been when he began. Apart from developing a slight orange hue, no other visible changes had occurred to his piece of t.i.tanium crystal. The internal workings of the metal remained obscured.

Wu Zhangkong knew Tang Wulin was a genius blacksmith, but he didn't understand exactly what that meant. He only knew that Tang Wulin came from a poor family. Could it be that he's never forged t.i.tanium crystal before?

The thought cast a shadow of worry over his heart.

This was the first match of the compet.i.tion between the two grades, the one they should have had the highest chance of winning! If they lost this match, the first grade's morale would plummet, and their faith in Tang Wulin would waver! Now, there was nothing they could do but believe in him and pray that he performed a miracle.

As the time limit approached, the banging of Tang Wulin's hammers became more intense. He Xiaopeng watched him attentively. Even as a fellow blacksmith, he couldn't figure out what Tang Wulin was doing. At this point, no matter how he looked at the situation, Tang Wulin couldn't possibly surpa.s.s him.

“Ten seconds left!” Although Shen Yi felt anxious, she acted as a proper referee and began the countdown. “Nine! Eight! Seven…”

“Six…”

A bead of sweat ran down a first grade student's forehead.

“Five…”

Some fidgeted anxiously.

“Four…”

Another gulped.

“Three...”

In that split second, Tang Wulin's entire being seemed to grow taller, and he ferociously slammed his hammers down onto the metal. A draconic roar exploded from his body, a golden light emerging from it. The light shot into the orange piece of t.i.tanium crystal before him. It trembled for a moment, then its exterior peeled apart like the skin of a tangerine. A brilliant golden glow emerged from the t.i.tanium crystal, then shot into the air as a luminescent beam of light. The same instant that beam shot out of the metal, Tang Wulin turned into a ball of golden light. The draconic roar continued to reverberate in the air, a faint illusion of a golden dragon's head phasing into existence behind him. The ethereal dragon head opened its maw and turned it to the sky, almost as if the thundering roar had been coming from it all along.

In a blaze of resplendent gold, the t.i.tanium crystal's spirit ascended!

Compared to the beam of light that came from He Xiaopeng's piece, Tang Wulin's piece generated a beam that was five times taller! The golden light stretched a full five feet into the air, and at its very apex a dragon's head could be vaguely seen. It looked exactly the same as the dragon head floating behind Tang Wulin! It even faced the sky and roared in the same way!