I'm not just human!

The words of the soul of the Rhine Calamity were tantamount to announcing the top four advancing candidates: Nidhogg, Norton Dragon, Thor Loki, and Jack Falco.

Jack Falk, that must be the bald, cloaked middle-aged man, was the name everyone finally learned.

After the soul of [Rhine Calamity] finished speaking, it suddenly disappeared again with a "bang," and this time it took a full two minutes to reappear.

"Alright, after my careful study and observation, the fifth place candidate has been selected!"

His gaze swept over Ai Luotong, Xia Fa, and Anfion in turn, and he spoke again:

"That is……"

Chapter 308 The Rhine Blade is finally in hand! The secret of the Old Ones? (Part 2)

"Xia! Fa!"

[Rhine Calamity] The twelve arms of the soul opened upwards together, appearing grand and flamboyant, the sound resounding throughout the entire venue, carrying an inexplicably exciting power.

In an instant, the entire room fell silent, and everyone's face displayed a different expression.

Nidhogg gave a snort with a smile, as if he had expected this outcome.

In the heart of this Mystic Emperor, it seems that he has a high opinion of Xia Fa, who is the future Mystic Emperor, even though Xia Fa is a member of the Gilgamesh family and a mortal enemy of their Star Dragon family.

Norton grinned, his sharp gaze fixed on Xiafa's direction. It seemed that even if it was just about crafting a secret treasure, he still wanted to continue competing with Xiafa.

In fact, the fact that his uncle had repeatedly poached Shafa in front of everyone had made Norton Dragon increasingly regard Shafa as a rival.

You should know that in the past, the eldest uncle had only treated Him this way. The younger generation of other Star Dragon families were mostly scolded by the eldest uncle, and were either beaten or verbally abused.

Not to mention, Shafa is clearly just an outsider, a member of the Gilgamesh family.

Ruscondol sighed, looking quite disappointed.

"Xia Fa, I really didn't expect you to be such a master at crafting secret treasures. I put all my effort into crafting a secret treasure worth one million gold pounds, but it didn't even make it into the top five. It seems that the secret treasures you crafted are of much higher quality than mine."

Ai Luotong remained silent. After hearing that she had not advanced, she quietly sat back down in the seat in front of the treasure forging platform, propping her cheek with her left hand and staring blankly into space, as if waiting for the end of this ancient treasure competition, or as if she were lost in thought.

As for Amphion, Solrocki, and other members of the Gilgamesh family, they congratulated Shafa, even though Amphion had been eliminated.

In fact, it seems that Amphion would rather see Shafa advance.

However, no one expected that at this moment, Xia Fa was stunned.

what's the situation?

There's something fishy going on!

He had clearly only created a treasure worth a little over 35,000 gold pounds, and it was only through the secret ability of the [Miracle Fantasy] that he was able to imitate and create it.

But why...did he advance directly?

If we were unaware of the treasure-forging capabilities of those other than Nidhogg and Norton Dragon before, Ruscondro's words just now have proven everything.

If Rusconzo, who could create a treasure worth one million gold pounds, didn't even make the top five, then the treasures created by Airoton and Amphion must be worth more than one million gold pounds.

But why were they eliminated while I advanced?

Xia Fa was utterly baffled. In particular, if the soul of [Rhine Calamity] was still stuck as it was at the beginning, then he could understand that the Great Old One had made a mistake in judgment.

But clearly, the soul of [Rhine Calamity] has already recovered to a near-complete state!

In this situation, the probability of the soul of [Rhine Calamity] making a mistake is almost non-existent, not to mention that it just re-evaluated and compared the three of them.

"Never mind, as long as I can advance, that's fine. Maybe it's because the [Rhine Calamity]'s evaluation criteria aren't based on the value of the treasure, but rather on the skill and ingenuity in crafting it..."

Xia Fa pondered for a moment, and then he made this guess.

When I used the two secret abilities of [Miracle Fantasy] to imitate Nidhogg's creation, it seemed that I only imitated less than one percent of the effect.

But perhaps it is this one percent effect that contains the mindset of Nidhogg, one of the top 100 treasure masters in the entire universe.

It's like comparing a full elementary school exam paper to a blank sheet of paper with only one calculus problem. If the evaluation standard is based on who has a higher level of math skills, then the latter will definitely win.

"Xia Fa, you're amazing. You really are worthy of being my boyfriend."

Chestnut then walked over with a beaming smile, generously offering her praise, and continued:

"Keep it up! From now on, I'll be a spectator and cheer you on!"

Although Xia Fa was somewhat baffled by his advancement, he couldn't show it in front of everyone, so he could only smile faintly.

"Don't worry, I'm sure I'll make it to the finals."

His seemingly calm words revealed Xia Fa's immense confidence in his ability to forge his secret treasures. Those who already had no doubt about the results of the first round were now even more certain.

"Alright everyone, now that the list of those advancing to the second round has been released, it means that the second round of the treasure-crafting competition, which will last for 24 hours, has officially begun!"

After uttering these words, which sounded like announcing the start of a match, the soul of [Rhine Calamity] vanished again with a "bang".

To be honest, by now, people are becoming less and less afraid of the remnants of this Great Old One's soul remaining in the world.

Because this [Rhine Calamity] looks exactly like a young man who loves crafting secret treasures, and is completely harmless.

It is estimated that He was destroyed because of His status as an Old One, and the Nine Great Gods had no choice but to kill Him to prevent His existence from polluting the real world.

Now, with only his soul remaining, he stays in this old forge as if he were no longer a threat. Presumably, this is why the nine great gods left him behind.

Whether it was Nidhogg, Amphion, or Norton Dragon and other young people, they all had similar guesses in their minds.

As the second round officially began, the bald, one-eyed giant who looked like a bounty hunter, Jack Falk, "whooshed" into the pillar of light leading to the primeval ocean.

It seems He really wants to compete for the championship and win the Rhine Sword.

Nidhogg glanced indifferently at His back, his expression full of disdain, as if looking at a small insect.

Immediately afterwards, Nidhogg let out a long yawn, casually wiped the ground with his hand, creating a bed of ice filled with cold air, and lay down on it.

Before long, He actually fell into a deep sleep.

Upon seeing this, Amphion narrowed his eyes slightly:

“Shafa, did you see that? Nidhogg seems indifferent to you opponents, but he’s actually quite cautious.”

Since the five who advanced were Xia Fa and others, Anfion, Ban Li, and Rusconzo were naturally eliminated and became spectators.

Their treasure-forging platform had simply vanished, and the circular light shield was gone too.

Conversely, as spectators, they can walk around the old blacksmith's shop without the Rhine Disaster interfering.

At this moment, Anfion arrived outside Xiafa's treasure-forging platform, seemingly wanting to take advantage of the ample time to get to know this future Emperor of Mysteries in his family.

Listening to Amphion's words, Xia Fa seemed to understand something:

"You mean, He's conserving his energy?"

Amphion nodded:

"Yes, crafting a secret treasure is extremely mentally taxing. Even Nidhogg, as the Emperor of Secrets who has signed twenty-five secret contracts, is probably still quite exhausted. After he gets a good night's sleep and recovers his mental strength, his chances of entering the third round of the finals will greatly increase."

Xia Fa pondered:

"This is probably His tactic. With His strength, He has already collected enough materials to forge the secret treasure in the primeval forest. For the next two days, He only needs to conserve his energy and forge the secret treasure to the limit of His own abilities. This is truly..."

For some reason, Xia Fa felt immense pressure again.

Although I was lucky enough to make it to the second round, it's still uncertain whether I'll make it to the third round.

After all, he entered the second round in fifth place, and only two people can successfully advance from the second to the third round.

Not to mention, even in the third round, they will most likely have to face Nidhogg in the final showdown.

"Never mind, let's just take it one step at a time. Now that we've made it to the second round, we can't waste this hard-won opportunity..."

After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Anfion, Xia Fa did not linger and went directly to the primeval desert.

The previous attempts to forge it had almost depleted his materials, so he needed to replenish them.

At the same time, he also wanted to see what was going on in this primeval desert and primeval forest, and why there were supernatural creatures with weapons growing on their bodies.

Since Chestnut didn't advance, he couldn't accompany him to the primeval desert. Perhaps because of the comparison, Xia Fa felt a sense of emptiness in his heart.

……

The sun was scorching, like a giant, fiery ball, baking everything in the sky.

Wait, there's more than one sun.

Having just set foot in the primeval desert, Xia Fa looked up and was surprised to find that, unlike the primeval ocean where there was only sunlight but no sun, this primeval desert... actually had a full six suns!

Six suns, one large and five small, with the central sun at the center and the other five surrounding it, radiated extremely high temperatures, and waves of heat directly assaulted the area.

Even though he already possessed strength equivalent to a veteran extraordinary monarch, Xia Fa inexplicably felt thirsty while in this primeval desert.

Fortunately, having already signed with [Miracle Fantasy], he can meet such small needs anytime.

With a casual clench of his fist, a small portion of Xia Fa's extraordinary power vanished from his body, and a bottle of ice-cold, sugar-free cola appeared in his hand.

Sugar-free cola is an item that could never exist in this extraordinary world of steam and machinery. Therefore, it consumes slightly more extraordinary power, almost equivalent to the extraordinary power required to create a large tank of water out of thin air.

Glug glug glug—

Xia Fa drank heartily, then exhaled comfortably. A flame ignited in his hand, burning the empty Coke bottle to ashes, which then evaporated into a gaseous state.

Although he was alone in the primeval desert, it was still best to be cautious and not reveal his secret as a transmigrator.

However, the possibility of being exposed is actually not high. If someone can deduce that he is a time traveler just by looking at a bottle of sugar-free iced cola, there is only one possibility: that person is also a time traveler.

Otherwise, people in this world would just think that this sugar-free cola is a specialty drink from a certain region.

Feeling refreshed after drinking the cola, Xia Fa leaped up and, braving the waves of heat from the six suns, soared to an extremely high altitude.

In just a short while, he was soaked in sweat, and the sticky feeling between his shirt and skin was very uncomfortable.

But Xiafa didn't care about anything else. First, he condensed a large water sphere, went inside, and then poked his head out of the water sphere, looking out at the entire primeval desert.

This primeval desert seems even larger than the primeval ocean, truly boundless.

This time, however, Xiafa saw nothing. The entire desert was flat and level, with only occasional small dunes undulating, but there were no huge, strange, human-shaped pits.

Xia Fa narrowed his eyes, preparing to land on the sand. He was already sweating profusely from the heat of the six suns high in the sky, and then the sweat would evaporate.

But just then, his eyes lit up and he noticed something was wrong.

Flying to such a high altitude, one can see many small sand dunes in this primeval desert when looking out into the distance.

These small sand dunes actually vaguely resemble an irregular circle, or rather, they form a circle with countless small hills piled up on it.