Treasure-hunting: Into the Unknown

The first round of the second stage of the competition started at this moment.

Zachary stood at the weapon refining table with Adam, a disciple of the Qiu Clan. He was casual and looked absent-minded, unlike Adam who was well-prepared and serious for the coming competition.

Zachary was merely pretending because he didn't want to expose himself even before the competition. If he wanted his opponent to be caught off guard, he would have to continue pretending to be weak.

But soon, Zachary found that his opponent was quite powerful. The materials that he had gathered showed that Adam was ambitious. Although there were only four kinds of materials available, the materials that Adam had chosen were very rare.

'He is likely to refine a six-star weapon. Things are getting complicated now!' Zachary thought to himself, frowning. If his opponent was going to refine a six-star weapon, he had to refine a seven-star weapon at least. But at the same time, he had to preserve his strength. It was not an easy thing to achieve the two goals at once.

He thought about this for a while and asked Mimi to search through his treasure warehouse. He then selected four inconspicuous refining materials.

Many people who were paying attention to the materials that Zachary had prepared shook their heads. Based on their knowledge, they thought Zachary's materials were inferior to his opponent's. The result of the competition seemed obvious.

Even those who were cheering for Zachary could clearly see that he was at a disadvantage.

"Pollard, I don't think Harley will win," Polly remarked, shaking her head.

"It's too early to jump to the conclusion," Pollard said with a gentle smile.

"Judging from the material he has, I don't think Harley will win. Why are you disagreeing with me?" Polly said, miffed.

"Dad, what do you think?" Pollard cast a glance at his sister, and then at his father, Jace.

"Polly is right. Judging by the materials he has, he has no chance of winning. But it is also highly possible for a highly talented and experienced weapon refiner to turn ordinary materials into treasures. Of course, this is very rare. No more than thr

e's own energy fire. Once performed, these skills would cause people to go blind if they stared at them. But only a few people could grasp such skills at the premium stage in the entire Supernal Continent. Only the weapon refining clans like the Xuanyuan Clan and the Xiao Clan had grasped such skills. The top weapon refining skills were just part of a legend. Not many people had seen them so far.

The manuals that Zachary had given Queenie and Rebecca were all about weapon refining at the premium stage.

It was evident that Adam's weapon refining skill was at the medium stage. This was proof that he was very powerful since he could show such a skill at the King Level contest.

Some people soon recognized that Adam's weapon refining skill had a powerful background.

"Is the weapon refining skill he's practicing the Solid Earth Refining Skill?"

"Really? Such a skill is supposed to be a weapon refining skill at the medium stage, exclusive to the Qiu Clan!"

"Is he actually a disciple of the Qiu Clan?"

The surrounding crowd erupted into uproar again, speculating about Adam's identity.

Zachary's chances of winning were almost zero. Right from the preparation of the materials to what they were currently doing, he was far behind Adam. And the crowd knew it. What was more, Adam had his own energy fire and was practicing the unique weapon refining skill of the Qiu Clan, making it almost impossible for Zachary to win.