Douluo: What the hell is the academic master development system?

Chapter 612 Dark Azure Dragon Flame Wizard
Watching Chen Ping stride towards the workbench, and seeing the impatience in Number Ninety-Eight's eyes, Number Ninety-Six finally sighed.

"Wait, we'll add another engraving knife here, one of the two for you."

Number Ninety-Eight couldn't wait to continue, "Kid, you had a good time showing off just now, didn't you? Now that our bets are even, I want to see if you still dare to bet. If you don't dare, then hurry up and kneel down and kowtow."

This time, Chen Ping was at a loss. The unexpected reaction on his face clearly showed that he hadn't expected that Number Ninety-Eight could still put together another engraving knife to gamble with him.

Seeing Chen Ping's reaction, Number Ninety-Eight's last bit of doubt was dispelled, and his face revealed no doubt about his sarcasm.

"Even if you add a carving knife as a wager, it might not be enough."

Chen Ping hesitated for a long time before speaking.

"Hmph, are you not qualified, or are you just chickening out?"

Number Ninety-Eight cracked his neck, making a snapping sound: "My Dark Azure Dragon, ranked fifty-ninth on the carving knife list. It comes with dual attributes of darkness and wind."

"Any soul tool made with it will possess both of these attributes. It weighs three times that of a regular carving knife, and is known for its stability."

"If used with a suitable soul tool, the effect will be extremely powerful. When crafting a soul tool of level seven or above, the success rate will increase by at least ten percent."

"In addition, let's add one more, the Flame Wizard, ranked fifty-third on the carving knife list."

"This carving knife can greatly reduce the difficulty of carving rare metals with a hardness of rock or higher. When infusing soul power for carving, it can precisely and directionally melt rare metals for carving."

"The soul tools made with this carving knife can not only be imbued with a certain degree of fire attribute, but more importantly, the core magic circle circuit carved out is stable. When using soul power, it can be overloaded by an additional 30%. For energy storage soul tools and fire attribute soul tools, the Flame Wizard is the top-level carving knife."

"These two carving knives are combined, I'm betting your life on them. Do you dare to accept?"

In an instant, the spectators watching from the sidelines went even crazier. A bet on three engraving knives in one go—what an astonishing act!

"Alright, let's gamble. Someone's eager to give me two engraving knives, so why wouldn't I accept them?"

As he spoke, the carving knife in Chen Ping's hand appeared, with wisps of smoke filled with the aura of death emanating from it. When the black, wispy smoke dissipated, what was revealed was a carving knife that looked like a large piece of blue crystal, completely seamless.

The lead referee took the carving knife from Chen Ping, examined it carefully, and nodded to the two referees beside him.

"Indeed, this carving knife is indeed the legendary Soul-Devouring Blade. Moreover, it no longer possesses the terrifying malevolent aura or the chilling evil energy that would freeze the user if touched even slightly."

"It is said that the soul tools made with this carving knife have an extremely powerful suppressive effect on any high-grade rare metals, and there is also a chance to randomly add a certain characteristic to the soul tools made with it. Now I am finally fortunate enough to see it."

For a moment, the two referees next to him couldn't help but nod, clearly also feeling that they had seen something new.

Number Ninety-Eight, however, was already getting impatient. He leaned closer and said, "Can we announce it now? Don't show any favoritism, or else..."

The head referee nodded and said through the amplified soul guide device, "The wager of contestant number eighty-eight is the Soul Devouring Blade, which has been cleansed of its malevolent aura. Its quality may hover around tenth place on the carving knife ranking. Its value is definitely not greater than that of the Dark Azure Dragon plus the Flame Wizard."

"Alright, the bet has been verified. The three engraving knives will be temporarily returned to their users and submitted during the judging phase. They will be awarded to the winner after the competition." "The bet has been established. Either party who reneges will become an enemy of the Xishui Alliance. We will fight to the death!"

After saying this, the three referees walked to the referee's table behind the competition stage.

The judges' platform consisted of three chairs positioned three meters above the ground. This position allowed the three judges to easily observe the movements of all the contestants.

The host, A Jin, retrieved his megaphone and announced loudly, "Alright, this little interlude is over. I believe the bet between the two soul masters will have some impact on the betting of our esteemed guests. There are ten minutes left, so please place your bets as soon as possible. Once the time is up, the betting pool will be closed immediately."

This little incident spurred gamblers to place even more bets.

A faint light flickered, and a cold, divine light emanated from Chen Ping's face, accompanied by a meaningful smile at the corner of his mouth.

They finally took the bait!

To be honest, Chen Ping wasn't 100% sure he could get those two to take the bait.

All he could do was try his best and leave the rest to fate, flaunt his engraving knife, lower his level as a Soul Master, and make a normal counterattack when Number Ninety-Eight was arrogant and dismissive.

If Number 98 had the same temperament as Number 96—equally arrogant, but at least possessing some degree of prudence—Chen Ping's interactions with the two might have ended there.

After all, for him, this was at most a side quest that he could complete or not. Getting the championship reward and letting Chen An use his initiative to extract all the rare metals he could find was much more important than one or two engraving knives.

This is truly a competition on the black market; it's all about black people eating black people, it's either you eat me or I eat you.

If Number Ninety-Eight hadn't had the intention of taking advantage of him, his grand performance wouldn't have been possible.

Heading towards the soul tool manufacturing station in area two, Chen Ping quickly caught up with number ninety-eight, then easily pushed past him with his shoulder and sat down on his own experimental table.

Number 98 was pushed and stumbled, his anger rising even higher, but he knew that Chen Ping was just trying to disturb his peace of mind, so he sneered inwardly.

Even if he loses his composure and destroys two level-six core magic arrays, he is still a level-six soul master.

But this guy on the other side, no matter how good his mentality is, is only a level 5 Soul Master. When he can't even produce a single level 6 Soul Tool during the evaluation stage and is judged as negative, his tearful expression will definitely be extremely interesting.

Thinking of this, Number Ninety-Eight closed his eyes and sat down at his workbench to rest.

Rare metals and various refined precision metals used to make soul tools in later matches were sent up.

Because this is a five-hour competition, a considerable amount of rare metals have been prepared for today.

Only a portion of the soul tool crafting table was set up; a shelf was specially pushed over and placed next to the soul master in the most suitable spot for access.

(End of this chapter)