162: The sound of breaking out of the cocoon, crushing all the way
First Place: Borg (Lin Family) Loss Rate: 15%
"15%? Is he that amazing? This is the first time I've seen such a pure second-grade enchantment stone."
"Haven't you heard? This kid is Saint Master Lukas's disciple. How could he not be amazing?"
"Tsk tsk... If only I could purify an enchantment stone to within 30% someday."
A chorus of exclamations immediately erupted both inside and outside the arena upon seeing the 15% value.
"Borg truly lives up to his reputation as Saint Master Lukas's favorite disciple. My best result was only purifying to 20%."
President Tang stroked his beard, saying with a hint of awkwardness.
Meanwhile, Qiu Duanhong beside him was full of shame. He wasn't skilled at purifying enchantment stones, and the techniques mastered by the Qiu Family could only reach 30%.
"Saint Master Lukas's Starry Sky Rune Purification Method truly lives up to its name as a gift from the ancient temple. It's truly remarkable."
Qiu Duanhong said with a smile, though his words subtly mocked that no matter how powerful this purification method was, it was merely something obtained through good luck.
The purification methods within Dragon Country, however, were the result of gradual accumulation and improvement by generations of Dragon Country's blacksmiths.
How could Lucas not hear the hidden meaning in his words? But he didn't care.
No matter what others said, he was the only one who knew the Starry Sky Purification Rune.
"If President Qiu had that luck, he could also obtain a Starry Sky Purification Method. After all, luck sometimes depends on one's appearance."
Lucas didn't speak, but Borg, from the contestant area below, said with a smile.
"You..."
Qiu Duanhong's face instantly flushed red upon hearing his blatant taunt.
But Borg merely curled the corner of his lips, picked up his teacup, and continued drinking tea, his eyes still filled with intense disdain.
That condescending gaze, looking down on all living beings, was not hidden in the slightest.
"What's there to be so proud of?"
"What the hell, he's just good at Enchantment Stone Purification, and his butt is practically sticking to the sky."
Upon seeing Borg's gaze, someone immediately whispered.
No one wanted to be looked down upon, especially by a foreigner.
Even if the other party was indeed far superior to their countrymen in forging, it was still unacceptable.
"If you can do it, go for it! If not, shut up!" Lin Dong suddenly yelled at the two whispering individuals.
The two immediately dared not speak again, but their gazes subconsciously fell upon Lin Ling.
There was still one person who hadn't made a move, perhaps...
However, their gazes quickly dimmed, and a hint of bitterness appeared in their eyes.
Just then, a song suddenly resounded through the auditorium.
"If I open my eyes in a nightmare
And face this cruel world"
Everyone was stunned, but they quickly became immersed in this never-before-heard song.
"What song is this? The Dragon Country Forging Guild is quite playful, but this song is really good."
Borg lightly tapped his teacup with his fingertip, speaking in somewhat broken Mandarin.
As the song continued to play, Lin Ling finally moved.
He picked up an enchantment stone, raised his carving knife, and, with flowing movements as if divinely aided, quickly carved the purification runes.
And what he carved was also the Starry Sky Rune.
"Look up, chaos and war never cease..."
"Crush the curse of fate, let the story be immortal!"
As the song, coming from who knows where, reached its climax, the seventh Starry Sky Rune under Lin Ling's carving knife took shape.
In his cocooned state, he had five complete sets of techniques that could purify enchantment stones to a special grade in his mind.
And he specifically chose this Starry Sky Purification Method; his Starry Sky Purification Method was incomparably more refined than the one Lucas had obtained.
The inheritance Lucas obtained only had Five-star runes, while Lin Ling mastered the complete Seven-star runes.
A red light suddenly flared, and Borg's name on the big screen instantly changed to second place.
Lin Ling's name was already at the top.
First Place: Lin Ling (Qiu Family) Loss Rate: 10%
Borg, who had been immersed in the song, instantly narrowed his eyes.
And below, exclamations surged like a tidal wave.
"What did I see? 10%?"
"Someone in our Dragon Country can purify an enchantment stone to 10%?"
"Oh my goodness, a true dragon has appeared in our Dragon Country's forging world, hahahaha..."
At once, a large number of blacksmiths in the audience stood up, and some older generation blacksmiths even had red eyes.
Their lifelong dream was for Dragon Country's forging industry to one day compete with Europe and America.
In recent decades, after much difficulty, forging technology surpassed that of Europe and America, but unexpectedly, they were bottlenecked by small enchantment stones.
High-grade equipment required high-purity enchantment stones, and Dragon Country had been unable to make significant breakthroughs in high-purity enchantment stones.
NATO, in order to obtain high-end design blueprints from Dragon Country, even prohibited enchantment stones with purity exceeding 15% from flowing into Dragon Country.
This caused Dragon Country's forging industry, which was developing rapidly, to suddenly halt its pace.
And now, the hope of Dragon Country's forging industry had reappeared, so how could these people not be excited?
However, just as everyone's breathing became rapid.
A cold shout suddenly came from the podium.
"Shameless villain, you actually plagiarized my patent! Who allowed you to use the Starry Sky Purification Method? Is Dragon Country's forging world really this disgusting?"
Everyone turned to look and saw Saint Master Lukas pointing at Lin Ling, angrily shouting in a cold voice.
Instantly, the smiles on everyone's faces froze.
"Starry Sky Purification Method?"
"He used the Starry Sky Forging Method?"
"Impossible, this is the pride of our Dragon Country, how could it be the Starry Sky Forging Method?"
Several old men said, their faces flushed red.
"Hmph!" Saint Master Lukas snorted coldly, "Magnify his enchantment stone!"