Chapter 0456: Can a Divine Artifact be Created in Just a Few Hours?

“Artifact crafting!” Upon hearing Huang Long’s question, Bogge smiled happily.
“Artifact crafting!” Huang Long was stunned at first, then his face lit up with joy.
It was indeed artifact crafting!
“Haha, could it be that the eight Akro families know our young master is an expert in artifact crafting, so they set this competition as one based on artifact crafting?!” Brad, standing nearby, also laughed teasingly.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Having followed Huang Long for many years, they were well aware of his terrifying skills in artifact crafting—even Brad, a peerless warrior, was amazed by his prowess!
If this competition were like those in the Land of Forgetfulness, where strength determined victory, Huang Long would have a hard time succeeding, as he would be facing peerless warriors rather than descendants of powerful families.
But artifact crafting was different.
Although it also involved strength, the most crucial factors were technique and control over the flames within the body.
“What are the rules for artifact crafting?” Amidst the laughter, Huang Long asked Bogge after a while.
Though Huang Long’s skills in artifact crafting even amazed Brad, winning still depended on understanding the specific rules.
“The competition consists of a preliminary round, a semi-final, and a final. The preliminary and semi-finals won’t be a problem for our young master—he’ll pass by creating a top-tier divine artifact on the spot in the preliminary round. The semi-final is more challenging; he must create a top-tier divine artifact within a month, and it will be judged by the referees based on its rank and overall performance to determine the ten finalists,” Bogge explained step by step.
“However, the final is quite difficult. He needs to create a top-tier divine artifact within ten days, and its rank must be at least eighth level of top-tier divine artifacts,” Bogge said seriously.
Huang Long nodded.
Eighth level of top-tier divine artifacts? With his current Heavenly Fire and strength, creating one at that level wasn’t difficult.
After hearing this, Huang Long also breathed a sigh of relief. Thankfully, it wasn’t a ninth-level artifact. Even the highest gods in the Pantheon might not be able to create ninth-level artifacts, otherwise, they wouldn’t be so rare and precious. So, it was normal for the eight Akro families to set the standard at eighth level.
Ten days?
“Is the number of eighth-level top-tier divine artifacts created in the final included in the scoring?” Huang Long asked, thinking carefully.
“Hehe, young master, I’ve already checked—yes, it’s included in the scoring!” Bogge chuckled.

Even the most extraordinary experts might not be able to craft a top-grade eighth-tier divine artifact within ten days, but what about their young master?! This was precisely the real reason why Bog was overjoyed upon hearing this news.
Huang Long smiled and said, “That’s good.”
The competition for three spots in the artifact crafting contest would take place in ten days, right inside Niga City. So, Huang Long wasn’t in a hurry. He practiced the “Water-Fire Primordial Dragon Art” in his villa, waiting patiently for the day of the contest.
Ten days later, the day of the competition for three spots at Ice Mirror Lake finally arrived.
On that day, Niga City was packed with people, with its streets completely congested.
Since it was a crafting contest rather than a strength competition, far more godly-level experts came to sign up than ever before.
The preliminary round was simple—participants could pass as long as they could craft a top-grade divine artifact. Generally, the divine fire of a seventh-level Dark King-level expert was sufficient to create such an artifact. Moreover, there was no time limit in the preliminary round, so many people participated.
Even though many knew they wouldn’t make it to the semifinals or finals, joining the preliminary round to have some fun was still worth it.
When Huang Long and the others arrived at the competition site, they saw a sea of people.
Suddenly, someone shouted, “Huang Long! It’s Huang Long!”
“Huang Long is really here to compete!”
The crowd became agitated, then cleared a path as everyone turned to look at Huang Long and the others.
Half a year ago, Huang Long had killed the captain of the main god army, so many godly-level experts recognized him. These days, the gods had been wondering if Huang Long truly came for Ice Mirror Lake. Now that they saw him actually participating in the crafting contest, they all exclaimed in surprise.
Under the astonished and reverent gazes of the gods, Huang Long and the others went to register for the contest. Bog stepped forward to register for Huang Long. An elder from the Akro family also gave Huang Long a surprised look after learning his identity. Without saying much, he allowed Huang Long to enter the competition site. Since only contestants were allowed inside, Bog and the others could only wait outside for Huang Long to come out.
Once inside, Huang Long saw tens of thousands of competition platforms, with many already occupied by participants.
Following the platform numbers, Huang Long went to his own platform and stepped onto it.
The strength levels among the participants varied greatly.
Under Huang Long’s mental perception, he found fifteen supreme experts!
Supreme experts rarely appeared, but the opening of Ice Mirror Lake had drawn fifteen of them, showing just how tempting the golden fire crystals there were.

To Huang Long’s surprise, El, the head of the Joey family, also attended! El clearly spotted Huang Long among the crowd and kept glancing his way, though his expression was far from pleasant. “Heh, so you’re Huang Long?” At that moment, an elderly man with gray hair, an extremely powerful warrior standing on a nearby competition platform, looked at Huang Long with mockery and said, “I heard you have twelve divine avatars. I wonder if you’ll show them off during the artifact refinement as well.” “Who knows? Maybe with all twelve of your divine avatars working together, you can craft a divine artifact in just a few hours!” another extremely powerful warrior added mockingly. In the history of the divine realm, it had never happened before that a divine artifact could be created in just a few hours, so everyone could tell their words were meant to mock him. With Huang Long’s twelve divine avatars, many divine-level warriors compared him to these extremely powerful warriors, which naturally made some of them uncomfortable—and of course, jealous as well. Huang Long stood on the platform, his expression calm. After a while, the competition began. Once it started, various colored divine flames lit up each competition platform. However, since the warriors of hell generally practiced the rules of death, most of the divine flames on the platforms were a sickly green, making Huang Long’s platinum-colored heavenly flame stand out. Due to Huang Long’s special status, the hosts from the eight major families of hell paid close attention to his platform. As divine flames lit up the surrounding platforms and artifact refinement began, Huang Long also summoned the Five Hells Divine Cauldron. With a stretch of his left hand, the cauldron flew out from between his fingers. “A space ring?!” The eight hosts of the eight major families of hell were puzzled when they saw Huang Long summon a space ring from his hand. After being puzzled, they watched as the space ring on Huang Long’s finger gradually enlarged until it turned into a huge five-legged cauldron several hundred meters in size. The cauldron was dark golden, with a faint yellow glow on its surface. Floating in mid-air, the Five Hells Cauldron emitted a low humming sound, resembling a dragon’s roar. The eight hosts were stunned as they watched the space ring in Huang Long’s hand transform into a massive cauldron. The referee below Huang Long’s platform had an even more exaggerated expression. A supreme divine artifact! Naturally, seeing that the Five Hells Divine Cauldron could change size, everyone thought along those lines. As everyone was in shock, Huang Long waved his hands repeatedly, throwing ores and refined iron into the cauldron, then moved his hands again to activate it.

The Five Hells Divine Cauldron spun rapidly, its light flickering. After a few breaths, it came to a stop, and a clear ringing sound was heard. A rainbow-colored beam burst from the mouth of the cauldron, and a long sword glowing with green light slowly rose from it. As it emerged, its intense sword aura shot high into the sky.

Huang Long took the Five Hells Divine Cauldron back into his left hand and waved it, causing the green-glowing sword to appear before the referee on the platform. “Please assess the rank of this sword,” Huang Long said calmly.

Yet the referee remained unresponsive, staring in astonishment at the green sword floating before him. Could it really have been forged from Huang Long’s hands in just a few blinks?! A divine weapon created in mere moments!

No matter what rank this divine weapon held, the news of it spreading would be astonishing!

When the green sword emerged from the Five Hells Divine Cauldron and its aura soared into the sky, along with the clear ringing sound, it also alerted the competitors on the other battle platforms. But when the gods witnessed this scene, their eyes widened in shock, and even the two top warriors who had previously mocked Huang Long were no exception.

Huang Long had already created a divine weapon, while they had only just begun—some hadn’t even started yet and were still preparing.

“Please assess the rank of this sword!” Huang Long raised his voice again as he saw the referee below staring blankly at the divine sword he had forged.

This time, the referee finally reacted. But after regaining his composure, he stared at Huang Long in shock, at a loss for words. The situation was too bizarre. If it weren’t for what he had seen with his own eyes and the witnesses present, he wouldn’t have believed Huang Long could cheat. He simply couldn’t accept it.

Seeing the referee looking at him with suspicion, Huang Long frowned.

Just then, a figure flashed into view—it was Bartley, an elder of the Akro family. As one of the organizers of the competition, Bartley had witnessed Huang Long forge this divine weapon and was utterly shocked. When he heard Huang Long ask the referee to assess the sword’s rank, he realized he needed to come and check it himself.

Another figure flashed in, followed by several other elder organizers.

Bartley stepped forward before Huang Long’s green sword, took a deep breath, and said, “I’ll assess it!” With that, he reached out to grab the sword. But as soon as his hands touched it, the sword’s aura surged violently toward him. In panic, Bartley unleashed his Death God Power to suppress it.

“Top-tier, seventh rank, advanced level!” After using his divine senses and power to examine it thoroughly, Bartley declared the result with a serious expression.