Chapter 54

The supply point was a clearing in the forest, surrounded by a circle of attack talismans. Once a beast entered, it would be mercilessly killed by the talismans. Over time, the beasts learned not to come here to seek their own death.

Inside the supply point, there were a few containers of water and food, and dozens of military-green weapon cases.

Li Yao surveyed the area, first opening a weapon case and taking out a set of jungle camouflage combat gear to put on.

As for combat boots, he didn't consider them, because the environment in the jungle was too complex, and wearing boots would be inconvenient for attacking. Being barefoot was more flexible.

He opened the second case, which contained dozens of gleaming alloy combat knives.

However, Li Yao treated them like a pile of trash, kicking them aside with disdain.

He then opened the third and fourth cases, which were packed with magical artifact components.

Li Yao took a look and found that, except for one case containing first-aid supplies, the rest were all magical artifact components.

He simply opened all the cases, poured out the parts, and piled them into a small mountain.

"What is he doing?"

In the monitoring center, the cultivators whispered to each other.

The magical artifact components at the supply point were for the contestants to assemble their own magical artifacts, testing their familiarity with the structure of magical artifacts and their practical skills.

However, most people would only open one or two weapon cases, take out the matching components, and assemble one or two magical artifacts.

"This kid is mixing all the magical artifact components together. Can he distinguish them? Even though they are all low-level magical artifacts, there are thousands of different components. It's hard, hard, too hard to find the matching components!" a senior officer shook his head disapprovingly.

In the military, "assembling magical artifacts" competitions were also popular, requiring soldiers to complete the assembly of magical artifacts in the shortest time possible.

Some experts could even assemble low-level magical artifacts with their eyes closed.

However, in such competitions, the same type of magical artifact components were used, and no one would mix the components of dozens of different magical artifacts. How could anyone distinguish them?

Although Li Yao's ranking was getting lower and lower, the cultivators' interest in him was growing stronger.

Li Yao didn't know that so many cultivators on the vast *Liaoyuan* were watching his performance.

He still proceeded at his own pace, unhurriedly.

He first found a crystal core box from the pile of parts, then selected several components of magical artifacts to wrap around the crystal core box, creating a rather ugly and strange small device.

After completing it, he took out about twenty more crystal core boxes and repeated the process, finally connecting them in series.

"What is this?"

In the monitoring center, the cultivators were puzzled, all eyes turning to the artifact expert, Xie Tingxian.

Xie Tingxian pondered and said, "A crystal core box is the core of a low-level magical artifact, responsible for providing the spiritual energy source. However, the device this challenger has created is not any standard magical artifact. It can only be described as a device with some magical artifact functions."

"Professor Xie, what is the purpose of this device?" an officer couldn't help but ask.

Xie Tingxian pondered for a moment, "It's an explosive device that can destroy the stable talisman array in the crystal core box, causing the powerful spiritual energy stored in the crystal core box to burst out in an instant, generating a powerful explosion."

"Is he planning to make hundreds of bombs and blow his way through?"

"That doesn't make sense. He connected over twenty crystal core boxes, making it too large to carry, let alone throw to blow up beasts. It would be good if he didn't blow himself up!"

The officer frowned, deeply pondering.

Unexpectedly, after completing the two crystal core bombs, Li Yao suddenly changed his style.

His hand speed suddenly increased, his hands becoming two blurs as he quickly selected hundreds of components from the pile of parts.

Amidst a series of crackling sounds, a long sword with serrated edges quickly took shape.

"Such fast hand speed!"

The monitoring hall was in an uproar.

Assembling magical artifacts was a basic skill for cultivators, and every cultivator had some proficiency.

However, at their level, they no longer needed to use their hands; they could directly manipulate the components with spiritual energy.

For an ordinary teenager who had not yet awakened his spiritual root, to have such ghostly fast hand speed, it was absolutely the result of long-term, arduous training!

"His fundamentals are very solid!"

Xie Tingxian nodded repeatedly, feeling that he might have found a gem this time.

Experts saw the essence, while others only saw Li Yao's ghostly fast hand speed. Only Xie Tingxian noticed that Li Yao maintained his hand stability while keeping his hand speed extremely high, ensuring the precision and stability of each component assembly, even his breathing remained perfectly steady.

However—

Xie Tingxian blinked, noticing that the assembly sequence Li Yao used seemed different from the standard assembly process for this military-grade saw sword.

At first, he thought Li Yao had made a mistake in the rush, but after a moment, he realized that Li Yao had modified the structure, adding some small "things" in the least noticeable places.

"Interesting, really interesting."

Xie Tingxian didn't expect this high school student to be able to modify the structure of a classic, standardized magical artifact.

Although he didn't yet know what effect this small modification would have, it already made him nod repeatedly, further solidifying his determination to pay attention to Li Yao.

In less than five minutes, Li Yao completed the assembly of the first magical artifact.

This was a military-grade chainsaw sword known as the "Tiger Shark"!

A broad, double-handed sword over 1.5 meters long, with a circle of ultra-alloy steel teeth around the outer edge. Driven by the crystal core box, the teeth could rotate at ultra-high speed, with astonishing destructive power. It could cut through a tree as thick as a hug in one stroke, and even the toughest shells and bones of low-level beasts were no match.

"Four minutes and thirty-nine seconds, this speed surpasses many veterans in the military," the officer exclaimed.

Strictly speaking, this kind of magical artifact assembly was just piecing together pre-forged components, not true "artifact forging."

However, by the standards of an eighteen-year-old teenager, Li Yao's performance could be described as "divine skill"!

Next—

Li Yao did not, as most cultivators expected, carry the Tiger Shark chainsaw sword out to slaughter beasts. Instead, he put the chainsaw sword aside, selected a large number of components, and began assembling the second magical artifact.

This time, the components he selected were completely different, with a more rugged, brutal, and fierce style, resembling a war knife.

Soon, a shorter but wider and thicker, dog-leg-shaped war knife was born in Li Yao's hands.

"Thunder War Knife?" the officer exclaimed.

Both were basic low-level magical artifacts, but the design philosophy of the Thunder War Knife was completely different from the chainsaw sword. It relied on the oscillation talisman arrays engraved on both sides of the blade to produce ultra-high-frequency oscillations, causing the blade to oscillate tens of thousands of times per second, thereby increasing its attack power.

Often, a single strike could completely shatter a beast's internal organs, making it one of the most ferocious low-level magical artifacts!

The two magical artifacts, with completely different and even opposite design philosophies, were handled with ease by Li Yao, as if he had been in contact with these magical artifacts since birth.

"This kid is really a monster!" the officer muttered.

This was not the end. After completing the second magical artifact, Li Yao buried himself in the pile of parts again, selecting a third batch of components with a style completely different from the previous two.

In just five minutes, a massive, intimidating war axe formed in his hands!

Li Yao gripped the drive talisman array on the axe handle and swung it lightly.

The talisman arrays engraved on the surface of the war axe immediately lit up, the blade turning orange-red, like a red-hot iron!

This was a thermal war axe known as "Burning Heaven," with a different combat principle from the previous two magical artifacts.

The powerful spiritual energy from the crystal core box was not converted into mechanical energy but, under the activation of the talisman array, directly transformed into ultra-high-temperature heat flow!

One strike could burn a beast's internal organs to charcoal!

In just twenty minutes, he completed the assembly of three low-level magical artifacts with vastly different styles and design philosophies!

Li Yao's face showed no joy or sorrow, as if he had just completed a trivial task. He took a sip of water, poured some on his hands, and carefully rubbed to cool them down.

Only then did everyone notice that his hands, due to prolonged high-speed movement, were red and burning!

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