The Ninth Grade

The content of this competition was no longer the basic talismans from the beginning; as early as the previous few rounds, it had already transitioned to the drawing of advanced talismans.

Groups of five hundred people took the stage at the same time to draw the required talismans, and then proceeded to pass the inspection of the talisman testing platform in turn.

The talismans to be drawn in this round were common high-tier talismans, including five offensive types and five defensive types of the Five Elements.

Seeing this, Lin Xiao could not help but think that it was probably because the people in this cultivation world relied on their own Five Elements spiritual roots for cultivation. Therefore, whether it was the spells they used or these talismans and formations, most of them originated from the Five Elements.

The competition had narrowed down from over fifty thousand participants to the current two thousand five hundred.

Those who could remain basically relied on their own solid skills.

Even if there were a very few individuals with great luck, they could hardly escape the fate of being eliminated today.

In the final roster of five hundred people, those who could stay would bound to be very formidable talisman masters.

Liu Chun was assigned to the fourth group today.

Most of the people eliminated from the first three groups did not leave the venue. Instead, they stood in the open space inside the venue, waiting with the outside audience to see who the final five hundred would be.

Even among the audience surrounding the outside right now, there were many familiar faces from the venue in recent days.

They were all talisman masters who had been eliminated in the previous rounds.

Everyone was waiting to see who the new five hundred talisman masters of this once-in-a-century Talisman Master Conference would be.

Some people were still guessing which of the five groups in this Talisman Master Conference would be the most lively group of death under this competition format. After all, the number of formidable talisman masters who had recently emerged here was not enough to be divided equally among the five groups.

After the fourth group of talisman masters took the stage, they began the intense talisman making.

The reason it was called intense was not primarily because of the atmosphere and mentality, but mainly because the time given to draw the talismans had not increased compared to when they drew lower-level talismans before, yet the required grade of the talismans was no longer comparable.

Time was pressing. If they lost focus for even a moment during the drawing process, they might completely lose their chance.

Therefore, everyone was extremely focused.

The originally somewhat noisy surroundings of the venue could not help but quiet down, influenced by this dedication.

Looking at each talisman master on the field treating their craft with incomparable seriousness, Lin Xiao felt as if a trace of fiery passion was beating in his chest.

He truly admired people who were this hardworking and serious.

When all the talisman masters in the fourth group finished drawing, it was time for the most nerve-wracking and anticipated talisman testing segment.

First, the talismans of one hundred people were randomly selected from the five hundred talisman bags and directly put into the talisman testing platform to get everyone's score. Then, the scores were arranged from highest to lowest. After that, the one hundred and first bag was taken out to compare its score with the one hundredth place at the very bottom. The better score would then be incorporated into the top one hundred and rearranged.

The level of the talisman masters who could stay until now would not be too poor. However, because each group was divided with a mix of superior and inferior participants, there was still a relatively obvious gap between the good and the bad once the results from the talisman testing platform came out.

It was just that the first one hundred talisman bags drawn from this fourth group were quite interesting. Among the test results of these one hundred talisman bags, there wasn't a single exceptionally outstanding score.

As soon as this result came out, the audience felt in their hearts that the average level of this fourth group was probably relatively low, and there might not be many brilliant individuals.

Unlike the previous three groups, basically, a few top-tier scores would appear within the first one hundred results.

However, the next moment, after the one hundred and first talisman of this fourth group was tested, the result caused an uproar in the entire venue.

First talisman, Earth-Rank Grade Nine!

As the tester's voice rang out, the originally quiet venue instantly exploded!

This first talisman was actually an Earth-Rank Grade Nine talisman!

One must know that this was an advanced common talisman with a much higher difficulty. If it were the basic talismans from before, people would already think it was quite impressive to produce an Earth-Rank talisman. Who would have thought that someone here could even craft an advanced talisman to Earth-Rank Grade Nine!

Among talismans, in addition to the division from low to high levels based on the strength and difficulty of the talisman itself, each talisman also had its own production quality classification.

It could be said that the average level of the remaining two thousand five hundred talisman masters right now was capable of drawing talismans of Profound-Rank Grade Five and above.

The vast majority of them were at a level between Profound-Rank Grade Five and Grade Nine.

Those who could squeeze into the Earth-Rank, whether it was Grade One or Grade Two, were already considered very formidable talisman masters, existing as figures that would leave a deep impression on the audience.

The scores of the top talisman masters in the first three groups were exactly like this, and the highest score was only Earth-Rank Grade Five.

Unexpectedly, in this fourth group, which was originally thought to have no exceptionally brilliant scores, such a formidable score actually appeared!

However, no matter how brilliant the score was, it could not shake the tester's determination to conscientiously complete their work. The tester immediately tested the second talisman.

Subsequently, this tester was heard announcing the score of the second talisman very calmly:

Second talisman, Earth-Rank Grade Nine!

Whoa—

This time, the entire venue truly boiled over.

Two consecutive Earth-Rank Grade Nines!

Even Lin Xiao and Jiang Youfu could not help but put their heads together and discuss it.

Brother Xiao, do you think this could be our Elder Liu!

Jiang Youfu asked with considerable excitement.

However, Lin Xiao gently shook his head and punctured his fantasy:

It shouldn't be. Although Elder Liu can reach the Earth-Rank level, he still cannot achieve Grade Nine, let alone... Let alone two consecutive ones!

The reason Lin Xiao was so certain was that he was very clear about Liu Chun's level, having the system's appraisal function in hand.

Even if Liu Chun usually held back his strength because it was just an assembly line production, and going all out in this Talisman Master Conference would make his level a bit higher than usual, it was still impossible for him to reach the degree of Earth-Rank Grade Nine.

Moreover, Lin Xiao looked at that calm tester.

These testers knew whose talisman bag they were holding.

Obviously, this person probably knew the owner of this talisman bag, and knew this person's level even better, which was why they were not surprised at all by such a score.

Looking at it this way, it was very likely...

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao secretly transmitted his voice to Jiang Youfu:

I guess this person's next talisman will definitely be Earth-Rank Grade Nine as well.

Sure enough.

As soon as Lin Xiao's voice fell, after the tester put the third talisman into the talisman testing platform, they looked at the score displayed on it and calmly spoke again:

Third talisman, Earth-Rank Grade Nine!

The audience outside the field had already started a lively discussion about who this person could be.

Some people began to list the popular figures of this Talisman Master Conference, and then eliminated those who had already appeared in the first three groups.

After counting around, someone gave up and said:

Someone who can reach Earth-Rank Grade Nine has never appeared before!