Chapter 68: A Shattered Mindset, Utterly Finished
The forging competition was in full swing. Every blacksmith was completely focused, and even Tang Hao and the other two did not let down their guard in the slightest.
As the saying went, experts were the ones most likely to mess up. It was not that their skills were lacking, but that being too skilled made them careless, leading to disastrous consequences.
Tang Hao and the other two were clearly not the arrogant, complacent type. Pride was natural, but pride and conceit were not the same thing.
Tang Hao and the other two were progressing very smoothly. Barring any surprises, they should have no trouble finishing before the competition ended at their current pace.
However, the blacksmiths present varied greatly in skill. Where there were experts, there were naturally those of slightly lower ability. Half an hour after the competition began, one blacksmith made a mistake.
While heating his material, whether from excessive nervousness or some other reason, he actually went over the allotted time. The forging material he had chosen had been over-smelted.
This is bad! This is really bad! The blacksmith could not help but grow anxious.
This blacksmith had originally wanted to take a gamble, so he had chosen an excellent forging material. Although he had not worked with this type of material much before, he had forged it a few times. Why did something have to go wrong this time?
There were only two solutions before him. Either he chose an ordinary piece of material and started over, or he continued forging with this excellent material that had been over-smelted.
Over-smelted material became incredibly brittle. Even the finest material could not withstand excessive smelting.
The blacksmith suffered through intense mental torment, until at last, under the pressure, his mindset