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According to the rules and regulations of the Grand Competition, the second day after the preliminaries ended would be the second round, which was the semifinals. The real battle between alchemists had officially started at this moment. After all, there were too many random fish in the preliminaries to tell what was good or bad. Only after a round of elimination, the remaining people could be considered to be worth a look.

And the subjects of the semifinals were also greatly different from the preliminaries. Because in the semifinals, the individual alchemist's level of ability to adapt was the one being considered. not basic level. Thus, in the semifinals, the organizers would randomly choose a few pill formulas of the fourth rank and distribute them to all the participants by lot. At the same time, he provided the ingredients needed to concoct the pill in three portions. If he did not succeed in refining three sets of ingredients, it would mean that he had immediately failed. As for the success of the pill, it would depend on the quality of the finished pill.

These pill formulas were chosen by the Elders of the Spring City's Alchemist Association. The exact details weren't even known to the examiner supervising the competition, let alone the ordinary participants. Therefore, before the start of this competition, no one would know what kind of elixirs they would be refining next, and what kind of herbs they would need!

In this way, it was relatively fair. This was because not a single alchemist had a medicinal pill that they were adept at refining. After using this method, no one knew what the medicinal pill they were going to refine would be. No one was able to grasp the direction of the competition and predict the outcome. It all depended on the Pharmacist's ability to react as she pleased.

At this time, there were only 400 or so participants left in the semifinals. Although there were a lot of people, everyone knew that after this competition, the remaining people would directly go to the Champion Alliance to fight for the championship. As such, before the match began, the entire arena was filled with a thick smell of gunpowder!

"Next, the organizers of this competition will distribute pill formulas to the contestants. After everyone has obtained the pill formulas, they will have a quarter of an hour to familiarize themselves with the pill formulas and herbs. After a quarter of an hour, the competition officially begins! In this competition, there was no time limit. He only needed to succeed in concocting the pill. However, only the top twenty will be chosen this time around. Thus, everyone, when refining, it must be fast, stable and good. " On the huge square, an old man smiled and said slowly.

Although the voice was not loud, it was extremely penetrating. Almost at the same volume, it directly entered the ears of every competitor. This person was precisely the organizer of this competition. At the same time, he was the second elder of the Spring City's Alchemist Guild, Ouyang Wei. This time around, the semifinals were hosted by this old man who was extremely respected in the alchemy world. At the same time, there were three elders around the same age as him. Looking at their clothes, they were all elder-level figures of the Spring City's Alchemist Guild. It seemed like the assessment of the results of this competition came from these people.

Looking at the judges, Han Ming took a deep breath and quickly adjusted his state of mind, waiting for the pill formulas to be given to him. Finally, after a short wait, Han Ming received his pill formula. With a sweep of his spiritual force, Han Ming couldn't help but frown. That was because the medicinal formula that he had obtained was truly strange. Putting aside the actual effects, just the medicinal ingredients alone would be extremely strange.

The details of this recipe were as follows: Rank 4 pill formula, Dragon Essence Pill, after consuming it, it will allow one to obtain a secret technique called the Dragon's Strength for a certain period of time. This technique can greatly increase the user's physical strength, defensive strength, and also the attack strength of the physical body. The medicinal materials used were the blood of a Flood Dragon, the ice crystal of the deep sea, the Fire Spirit Fruit, and the Nether Grass.

There weren't that many herbs, but each one of them had different medicinal properties and the fire resistance temperature was completely different. The blood of the Flood Dragon was an object of extreme heat, so naturally, its temperature for resisting fire was slightly higher. Meanwhile, the ice crystals within the sea were extremely cold and had a low resistance to fire. Although the Fire Spirit Fruit was a medicinal ingredient that grew in the mouth of volcanoes, its fire resistance temperature was extremely low. So, it could be counted as a relatively rare medicinal ingredient. As for the Netherworld Udumbara Grass, it was known to be a sinister and poisonous plant. Its fire resistance was neither high nor low, but when it was refined, it was extremely difficult. Once the fire had died down slightly, it would be completely destroyed.

As such, when he saw the pill formula, Han Ming was at a loss for words. It was a bit difficult to get such a difficult pill recipe for his first time participating in a competition. Fortunately, during the previous nine days, Han Ming did his best to purify the materials with various attributes. As for the purification materials, he had some experience.

Seeing that everyone had gotten their hands on the pill formulas, Second Elder Ouyang Wei slowly spoke, "Everyone, this time around, the pill formulas you've obtained are all Rank 4 pills." I know that some of you are capable of refining Grade 5 pills. However, one must not think that this tier 4 pill recipe was extremely simple. The art of alchemy was vast and profound, it was not necessarily possible for one to be able to refine a Grade 5 Elixir with 100% mastery over a Grade 4 Elixir. Alright, now, all the ingredients have been distributed. After a quarter of an hour, let's begin. "

After Ouyang Wei finished speaking, he opened his Heaven's Eye and continuously poured his soul force into each of the medicinal herbs. Using the wood attribute as a medium, he constantly analyzed the internal structure of the four medicinal herbs, trying his best to analyze the fire resistance temperature, the fusion temperature, and the compression strength of the medicinal herbs.

In a short fifteen minutes, it was gone. After Ouyang Wei announced the true start of the competition, one by one, the contestants began to draw out their respective medicinal cauldrons and begin their smelting process.

As for Han Ming, he took out the medicine cauldron that Ouyang Bo had given him earlier. First, he poured the highly resistant flood dragon blood into the medicine cauldron and began to swiftly refine it. Because he had done some analysis on the medicinal ingredients before and the Emperor Elixir Technique had also recorded the refining and purifying process of this medicinal ingredient, this time around, the purifying process did not take much time.

However, the moment the medicinal cauldron was taken out by the cold cry, it attracted a lot of ridicule. This was because his cauldron was completely made from refining grade three medicinal pills. As for this grade four medicinal pill, with just this cauldron alone, it was impossible to deal with it!

"Haha, kid, don't make a fool of yourself with this trash!" To think that the Cauldron that forged a grade-3 pill would want to forge a grade-4 pill as well, how hilarious! "