Everyone initially thought Master Tu Qin was already at the brink of perfection.
But now, compared to Cai Ying, they suddenly realized the former was moving at a snail's pace.
Master Tu Qin completed about four combinations per second, whereas Cai Ying did at least ten or more per second.
The contrast was simply brutal.
They weren't even on the same level!
But how could this be possible?
More and more people turned their gaze in this direction, amidst the surrounding exclamations.
Then, they too joined the wave of astonishment.
"She's just recklessly matching materials, right?"
"It must be reckless matching; otherwise, it couldn't be possible!"
In fact, any demon cultivator could easily make hundreds or even thousands of different actions within a second.
They felt Master Tu Qin was fast due to the precision and complex material handling he demonstrated.
Switching to a regular demon cultivator, it might take a dozen seconds to even select two materials from the plethora to combine.
In that light, his speed was truly beyond imagination.
If accuracy wasn't a concern, they could go even faster, but that would be meaningless.
"Fool, how could it be reckless matching?"
"Did you not hear the competition rules? One mistake and you're eliminated on the spot."
"She's not been eliminated so far, which means everything so far has been correct!"
"How is this possible?"
"Yeah, how could a Celestial Immortal be faster than Master Tu Qin?"
"Yet, this is the reality!"
Gradually, everyone's gaze focused on Cai Ying.
Whether it was the demon cultivators watching the Memorial Immortal Artifacts from all over the Demon Realm or the experts from the Holy Hall on the sidelines, they were all no exception.
Even the three top Demon Emperors, who held Master Tu Qin in high regard, couldn't tear their eyes away from her.
Everyone watched that graceful figure moving back and forth, those delicate hands like butterflies among the flowers.
From the beginning's indifference to gradually being dazed and finally filled with admiration…
They felt as if every gesture was filled with endless charm.
Unconsciously drawing people in, naturally done, as if it was the correct procedure all along, as if that was the standard answer!
"It's too incredible."
In the depths of the rear hall, the three Ninth-grade Immortal Artifact Masters all unconsciously stood up.
"How is this girl doing it?"
"She almost doesn't need to think…"
"To achieve such speed, her understanding of materials must be profound!"
"Unless she knew all the materials from the start!"
"But how could that be possible?"
The 18,000 random materials used in this competition were personally selected by these three.
To increase the difficulty of the competition, the three deliberately chose some extremely obscure and esoteric materials.
Some materials were only recently, in a few billion years, tested for their properties by them.
These materials haven't even been recorded in any classics yet.
In other words, unless the three combined their knowledge and personally competed,
there's no way anyone could have assembled them all.
Yet, at this moment, they were witnessing this Celestial Immortal completing several combinations with such 'unknown materials', all correctly.
"This is too bizarre…"
"Incredible!"
The three were even more shocked than those outside, whether they were laymen or near-experts.
Because they understood the intricacies, they knew something impossible was happening outside.
They simply couldn't fathom how that Celestial Immortal was doing it.
No way, Brother Cheng, back in the day, had maxed out all artifact refining and alchemy skills through the system.
Apart from the artifact refining technique that could be instantly achieved with the system, he was an actual Ninth-grade Immortal Artifact Master himself.
And an unprecedented one at that.
The system's Ninth-grade Immortal Artifact Master possessed all the Tier Nine artifact refining knowledge in the world.
Vast and all-encompassing.
Materials were just one aspect of it.
Although there were four Ninth-grade Immortal Artifact Masters in and outside the venue, appearing on the same level as him,
but even if these four, along with all the other Immortal Artifact Masters combined, they knew far less than he did.
As time passed, more and more Immortal Artifact Masters were eliminated due to mistakes.
Most of these were below Sixth-grade Immortal Artifact Masters.
After combining over a hundred types, they gradually found it difficult to continue, resorting to guessing and groping.
Once they made a mistake, they were immediately transported out of the competition space and could not participate in the remaining three rounds.
Thus, many chose to stop altogether to avoid mistakes, ensuring they at least had a score.
In the later stages, Seventh-grade Immortal Artifact Masters were much slower in their combinations than at the start.
They needed to deliberate repeatedly to find one combination.
Those Eighth-grade Immortal Artifact Masters also gradually slowed down.
Initially, they combined the ones they were most familiar with, but as they progressed, most of what remained was unfamiliar to them.
Master Tu Qin's speed hadn't slowed, but he also had to skip some unfamiliar materials, opting to combine ones he was more confident about.
In contrast, Cai Ying was entirely different.
"Have you noticed? She's different from the others!"
"Yes, this girl has yet to pass up any materials that are closest to her."
"She's working from herself as the center, eliminating them patch by patch."
"It's terrifying. Even Master Tu Qin had uncertainties he had to skip. Why does she have none?"
"Could it be… she's better than Master Tu Qin?"
When this conclusion was first voiced, even the speaker found it ridiculous.
Yet, the truth was right before their eyes.
The competition was clear for all to see, with unmistakable distinctions.
Master Tu Qin had currently completed 3,000 combinations and was launching his final sprint.
As for the Celestial Immortal… she had completed over 8,000 combinations not long ago.
The materials in front of her grew sparser and sparser.
Until finally, all eyes were fixed on the last two materials.
Countless people witnessed those two materials being combined and then disappearing.
Immediately, the entire venue exploded in collective exclamations.
"Nine thousand!"
"She completed nine thousand combinations!"
With 18,000 materials, the maximum possible combinations in pairs were just 9,000.
"She… she actually combined every material?"
"It seems so."
Many, shocked, started stammering as they spoke.
"An unprecedented feat!"
"Unbelievable, that one day someone could clear all materials in this discernment round within a quarter-hour…"
"She is too powerful!"
"This Celestial Immortal is really something!"
"It's more than just something, what could Master Tu Qin and the other masters do in comparison?"
And at this moment, the competition time finally ended.
Master Tu Qin's final tally was 3,685, as most had guessed from the beginning.
This achievement was actually extremely impressive, already the highest number of combinations in previous Evangelical Assemblies.
Yet now, facing this number, everyone could only sigh quietly.
In front of the 'perfect score' of 9,000, 3,685 was simply too insignificant, utterly incomparable.
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