"Although a fourth-grade Immortal Artifact can pass the second round, in the final round, relying on a fourth-grade Immortal Artifact to contend for the top ten is probably far from enough."

Soon, only half an hour remained until the end of the competition. The originally lively artifact refining arena gradually quieted down, and most cultivators had already completed their artifact refining.

At this moment, only Fang Hong, Yun Fei, and Yan Shuai were still focused on artifact refining on the entire field.

Everyone’ gazes were focused on the three of them.

Boom.

Suddenly, a dazzling red beam of light shot up into the sky from the direction of Yan Shuai’s artifact refining platform.

The beam of light carried strong Immortal power fluctuations, instantly attracting the attention of the entire audience.

Yan Shuai had successfully refined an Immortal Artifact.

The red beam of light only lasted for a moment before slowly dissipating, and a long spear, entirely crimson and emanating a sharp aura, appeared in the eyes of everyone.

This long spear had a majestic appearance, and its tip gleamed with cold light.

From the fluctuations emanating from the long spear, it had already reached the standard of a fifth-grade Immortal Artifact.

"It’s a fifth-grade Immortal Artifact." A gasp of surprise immediately rose from the surroundings.

"With a fifth-grade Immortal Artifact, he will definitely advance to the top ten. It’s just, I wonder if he can rank first."

Yan Shuai looked at the long spear he had refined with satisfaction, and gently placed it on the table.

Then he slowly sat back in his chair, crossed his arms, and looked at Yun Fei and Fang Hong, who were still artifact refining, with a confident expression.

His long spear was not only a fifth-grade Immortal Artifact, but it had also reached the pinnacle of a fifth-grade Immortal Artifact. He didn’t believe that woman and the bald man could refine an Immortal Artifact better than this.

Not long after Yan Shuai’s smugness, a loud boom sounded again, and another red beam of light shot straight into the sky.

This time, it was from the direction of Yun Fei’s artifact refining platform.

The beam of light quickly dispersed, and a crimson long sword appeared in mid-air.

The sword body was smooth as jade, and faint flames flickered on its surface. From the fluctuations it emitted, it was also a fifth-grade Immortal Artifact.

However, compared to Yan Shuai’s long spear, it remains to be seen which of these two long swords is stronger or weaker, and that will only be known after the Elders personally evaluate them.

Everyone present could only tell that both were fifth-grade Immortal Artifacts, but they could not accurately judge the differences in their quality.

Time passed bit by bit, and as the final moment of the competition approached, Fang Hong finally completed the last step of artifact refining.

A brilliant golden beam of light suddenly shot up into the sky. This beam of light was even more dazzling than Yan Shuai’s and Yun Fei’s red beams of light.

The eyes of everyone present instantly fixed on this golden beam of light.

As the golden beam of light slowly dissipated, everyone eagerly looked, only to see two Immortal Artifacts floating in front of Fang Hong.

A golden long sword and a golden long spear. Both Immortal Artifacts emitted powerful Immortal power fluctuations, clearly of extraordinary quality.

"What? He actually refined two Immortal Artifacts at once. This is too incredible."

"And if you carefully sense the fluctuations emanating from those Immortal Artifacts, these two are actually both fifth-grade Immortal Artifacts."

"This level of skill, I’m afraid even some old Great Master Artifact Refiners might not be able to achieve it."

"I watched the whole process just now and found that he didn’t seem to use any special artifact refining techniques. He just refined them unhurriedly like that, and two fifth-grade Immortal Artifacts were actually completed."

The audience gasped in surprise at this unexpected result.

Discussions rose and fell, and their gazes towards Fang Hong were filled with awe and admiration.

Even the two Grand Unity Elders sitting on the high platform couldn’t help but comment.

"This person is indeed an experienced Artifact Refiner."

"That’s right, he utilized that pile of materials to the extreme, without a single bit of waste. The function of every single material was perfectly brought into play." 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

Yun Fei, standing by the side, merely smiled faintly when she heard everyone’ exclamations, as if she had long anticipated this outcome.

Meanwhile, Yan Shuai, who had originally been sitting in his chair with a confident look, suddenly stood up from his chair when he saw the two fifth-grade Immortal Artifacts refined by Fang Hong. His face instantly turned extremely gloomy, and he clenched his fists tightly.

This bald man actually refined two fifth-grade Immortal Artifacts?

Moreover, Yan Shuai could clearly feel that the Immortal Artifacts refined by Fang Hong were both better than his.

Yan Shuai was unwilling. Judging from the current situation, the first place in this artifact refining competition would definitely go to this bald man.

Soon, the Golden Immortal Elders rose and flew to the results of the two hundred participating Cultivators, beginning to carefully inspect each Fellow Daoist’s final work one by one.

Based on multiple aspects such as the quality of the Immortal Artifact and the Material utilization rate, each Fellow Daoist was fairly and justly assigned a score.

Then, a ranking was determined according to the scores, from highest to lowest. The entire process was orderly.

Not long after, the final ranking of the artifact refining competition was determined.

"I now announce the final results of the artifact refining competition. First place, Guangsheng; Second place, Yun Fei; Third place, Yan Shuai; Fourth place, Li Xiu; Fifth place, Zhao Yuan."

The Grand Unity Elder announced the final rankings in a clear voice.

Fang Hong, without a doubt, became the first-place winner of this artifact refining competition with his outstanding achievement of two fifth-grade Immortal Artifacts.

After hearing the rankings, Yun Fei turned to look at Yan Shuai’s unsightly expression and teased him.

"You used to boast about how powerful your Eight-Claw Clan’s Fiery Wave Hand was. Now it seems, it’s nothing special after all."

Yan Shuai was already displeased about not getting first place. Hearing Yun Fei’s teasing, he became even more furious.

He snorted coldly and retorted unceremoniously.

"Hmph. Didn’t you also lose to that bald monk? And you’re still here mocking me?"

"I don’t care. Anyway, no matter what, you just didn’t get first place." Yun Fei said indifferently.

Yan Shuai was so choked by Yun Fei’s words that he couldn’t speak, and could only glare fiercely at Fang Hong not far away, his eyes full of venom.

He had originally wanted to use this artifact refining competition to show off the artifact refining techniques of their Fiery Spirit Clan and let everyone know how formidable the Fiery Spirit Clan was.

But he didn’t expect to only get third place in the end, which made him lose face and filled his heart with bitter hatred for Fang Hong.

The artifact refining competition thus came to a Perfection, and the Elders began to present the corresponding rewards to everyone according to their rankings.

As the first-place winner, Fang Hong got the one hundred catties of precious sea heart sand and one million Immortal Stones as he wished.

After receiving the reward, Yan Shuai did not linger and left the square directly with two guards.

Before leaving, he also used a sound transmission to say to Fang Hong.

"Stinky monk, you just wait for me. Don’t get too smug this time. You’re dead meat later."

Yun Fei saw Yan Shuai leave and kindly reminded him.

"Great Master Guangsheng, you must be extra careful. Most sea creatures are insidious."

"Especially that octopus just now, he is narrow-minded. Since he lost the competition this time, he definitely won’t let it go. You must be careful when you go out and don’t let him ambush you."