Chapter 0459: Eighteen Divine Artifacts

The top-tier eighth-grade chain formation divine artifact was crafted by Huang Long in less than an hour—actually, within half an hour!
All the divine-level powerhouses were filled with disbelief and shock!
After Bartley, the seven elders of the Rechi family also tested the power of the great sword one by one.
In the end, Bartley’s words were confirmed before all the gods.
The divine-level powerhouses who had initially doubted him now had no more doubts; their eyes were filled only with boundless reverence, even terror.
When someone does something utterly absurd, far beyond everyone’s imagination, it becomes astonishing and shocking.
“Since you’ve all made your judgment, I’ll go back and wait quietly for your results,” said Huang Long after seeing that Bartley and the others had tested his “divine artifact.”
Though the ten finalists were still unknown, all the gods knew that Huang Long’s fate in the finals had already been decided.
Bartley and the seven others quickly returned his courtesy.
Under the complex gazes of the gods, Huang Long left the competition site just as he had in the preliminary round.
Borg and the others came forward and followed closely behind Huang Long.
A path was cleared through the crowd.
It wasn’t long before Huang Long and the others returned to the villa. There, they meditated quietly for a month.
A month later, the second round would end.
A month later, under the eager anticipation of all the gods, the ten finalists were finally revealed.
Without surprise, Huang Long was on that list. Apart from him, the other nine were all peerless powerhouses.
Huang Long was the only finalist who wasn’t a peerless powerhouse.
During that month, every corner of Niga City was filled with wild discussions about how Huang Long had crafted the top-tier eighth-grade chain formation divine artifact during the second round. Everywhere, people were gesturing wildly and delivering passionate speeches about his performance.
Compared to his preliminary round a month earlier, the second round became even more talked about.
Huang Long’s name spread at an even faster pace throughout Niga Prefecture and the surrounding cities. The divine-level powerhouses who had intended to come but missed Huang Long’s second round now regretted it deeply, wishing they had ten pairs of wings to rush there as quickly as possible.
Thus, after Huang Long’s second round, an endless stream of divine-level powerhouses flocked to Niga City from all directions.
They all came for Huang Long, or rather, for his finals.
On the day of the finals, the crowd was even denser.

When Huang Long and the others came to the competition site from the villa, they were shocked to see the massive crowd before them. Everywhere they could see was people—nothing but people!
“Huang Long is here!”
“Lord Huang Long has arrived!”
“Elder Huang Long has come!”
When Huang Long appeared, the crowd, which had been buzzing with chatter, suddenly became chaotic, like fierce beasts breaking through the turbulent sea surface and creating huge waves.
The once calm crowd became restless, and the excited, uncontrollable crowd surged toward Huang Long and the others.
Even though the divine army of the Niga Mansion and the guards from the Eight Great Families of Hell were there to maintain order, they couldn’t control the situation for a while. Eventually, it was the master god of the Niga Mansion, Di Funi, along with many elders from the Eight Great Families of Hell, who stepped in to restore order.
By the time the situation was finally under control, both the divine army of the Niga Mansion and the members of the Eight Great Families of Hell were drenched in cold sweat. The same was true for Huang Long and the others.
Although the situation was under control, the surrounding gods were still extremely excited, and the clamor continued.
After Huang Long arrived, he noticed that El, the head of the Joey Family, was among the ten finalists. When El saw Huang Long looking at him, his expression was different from before—his smile even carried a hint of respect: “Brother Huang Long!”
Huang Long nodded and said, “Head El,” then stepped onto his competition platform.
With Huang Long’s arrival, the other nine finalists also showed up. Soon after, the eight heads of the Eight Great Families of Hell, led by Donaxiu, stepped onto the stage.
Since three spots in this final round were determined by the Ice Mirror Lake, it was only natural for Donaxiu and the others, as heads of the Eight Great Families of Hell, to take charge of the proceedings.
In fact, after Huang Long’s preliminary round, Donaxiu and the others had already wanted to oversee the semifinals. Even though they were heads of the Eight Great Families of Hell, they couldn’t resist the urge to watch Huang Long refine weapons. But considering their status, they waited until the finals to take charge.
After Donaxiu and the others appeared, all the gods greeted them respectfully, and they responded with smiles.
“I’m very glad that everyone could come today…” Next, the eight of them delivered brief speeches one by one.
After they finished speaking, Donaxiu stepped forward and looked at the ten people, including Huang Long: “Now, the finals begin!”

After speaking, Donaxiu stepped back, looking at Huang Long with a complex expression. After the preliminary rounds, they had believed that although Huang Long could craft top-tier seventh-grade divine artifacts, he could not create top-tier eighth-grade ones, so he would not be able to secure one of the three extra spots. However, after the repechage, everyone realized how absurd their assumptions were.

Among the ten finalists, Huang Long may not have been an unparalleled powerhouse, but he had the highest popularity. Of the three spots, although the other two were still undecided, Huang Long had already been recognized by the gods as one of the three candidates.

As soon as Donaxiu finished speaking, various divine flames lit up on the competition platform. After the other nine people brought out their cauldrons and internal divine flames to craft artifacts, Huang Long also brought out the Five Hells Divine Cauldron. Following the same procedure, he waved his hands, continuously feeding ores and refined iron into the cauldron’s mouth.

After putting the ores and refined iron into the cauldron, Huang Long moved his hands rapidly, sending streams of heavenly flames along with mysterious runes into it. The gods watched intently, not blinking, including the eight people led by Donaxiu.

Since many of the attendees had not seen Huang Long craft artifacts during the preliminary or repechage rounds, they were astonished as they watched him generate streams of platinum flames and mysterious runes with his hands.

After a while, Huang Long suddenly stopped moving his hands. When they saw this, everyone’s hearts seemed to stop beating for a moment. Many guessed in shock that perhaps Huang Long’s artifact crafting in the finals would end there!

The previous two times, it had ended in the same way after Huang Long stopped moving his hands.

Thus, the gods all turned their attention to the Five Hells Divine Cauldron in the air. But this time, unlike before, it did not emit colorful light or produce a divine artifact. It continued to glow faintly, fluctuating as before.

While the gods were stunned, Huang Long moved his hands again. Observant god-tier warriors noticed that the patterns formed by his movements this time were slightly different from before.

A short while later, Huang Long stopped moving his hands once more. The gods were shocked and looked at the Five Hells Divine Cauldron again, but still, no divine artifact emerged.

As everyone was in awe, Huang Long moved his hands once more.

After repeating this process over a dozen times, when the Yellow Dragon’s hands stopped for the eighteenth time, everyone still stared at them. Just as the gods thought the Yellow Dragon’s hands would continue moving, the previously silent Five Hells Divine Cauldron suddenly emitted a clear sound. From its mouth, a dazzling multicolored glow burst forth. The gods looked in shock and saw that behind the colorful light, a long spear slowly rose from the cauldron.

“It’s coming out! It’s coming out!”

Seeing the spear slowly rise from the cauldron, many gods exclaimed in excitement.

Amidst their excited expressions, the spear continued to rise until it fully appeared before them. On the spear was carved a divine beast that the gods could not identify.

The divine beast appeared lifelike, its entire body glowing faintly, as if trying to break free with the vibration of the spear.

“What a powerful aura!” The gods were shocked by the imposing aura emanating from the spear.

Although Tang Naixiu and the others had not yet determined the rank of this spear, they could tell it was no less powerful than the great sword forged by the Yellow Dragon during the rematch.

But just as everyone thought it was over, the Five Hells Divine Cauldron emitted another clear sound, and more multicolored light burst forth. Then, a giant axe slowly rose as well.

The aura of this axe was no weaker than that of the spear, and its blade flashed brightly.

Two artifacts! Two divine artifacts at once!

Two divine artifacts were forged simultaneously in one cauldron!

After being stunned, the gods erupted into exclamations. In the divine realm, no one had ever managed to forge two divine artifacts in one cauldron before, because it was too difficult—even impossible—for them. Divine artifacts were extremely fragile; the slightest mistake could destroy them. Moreover, the gods could not divide their attention to control the forging of two artifacts in one cauldron, not even by summoning divine avatars.

Yet now, the Yellow Dragon had done it!

But after the gods’ astonishment, they saw a third artifact rise from the cauldron—a long sword!

Three artifacts! Three divine artifacts!

More exclamations arose.

After the third, a fourth artifact—a set of armor—appeared before their eyes. Then the fifth, the sixth… After the tenth, more multicolored light burst forth, revealing the eleventh artifact!

By this point, the gods had stopped shouting and were staring in awe at the mouth of the Five Hells Divine Cauldron, their minds utterly blank.

Tang Naixiu and the others had the same expression as the surrounding gods, their mouths wide open. Even the nine people refining artifacts on the competition platform were in the same state, seemingly having forgotten they were competing.

After the eighteenth divine artifact emerged from the Five Hells Divine Cauldron, the cauldron no longer emitted a colorful glow, and the Yellow Dragon took it back into his hands.
“With these eighteen divine artifacts, we should be able to secure a spot!” the Yellow Dragon thought to himself. It was precisely out of fear of shocking the other gods that he did not create thousands of them.
At his current rate of crafting, it was no problem for him to create several thousand artifacts in a day.