"You merely won by taking a shortcut."
Ma Kuo tossed the magic treasure in his hand back to Jiang Ping An. Though unwilling to admit it, he had indeed lost the contest in strengthening magic treasures.
The man before him had mastered a special secret technique capable of upgrading a mid-grade magic treasure into a high-grade one.
"My lord is incredible!"
Bao Zhi's face flushed red with excitement as she shouted. She had known this lord would win.
Manager Zhou Yuan stood there, utterly dumbfounded. This guy had actually won. He had never expected this outcome.
For some reason, though Jiang Ping An had won, Zhou Yuan was not happy. "You only won one round. How will you win the next two? That strengthening method can only be used once. If you lose the remaining two rounds, the first round's victory will be meaningless."
The fiery aura around Ma Kuo grew even stronger as he stared fixedly at Jiang Ping An. "For the second contest, it is my turn to choose what we compete in. This round will test a Refining Master's most fundamental forging principles—except the magic treasure we forge will be a Mystic Treasure."
His words stirred an uproar.
"Forge a Mystic Treasure? Did he misspeak, or am I hearing things?"
"You heard right. I heard it too. Ma Kuo really said they would forge a Mystic Treasure."
"Isn't this a joke? Can someone at this realm forge a Mystic Treasure?"
Mystic Treasures were magic treasures above Domain Realm magic treasures but below Supreme Treasures.
Most Mystic Treasures were the products of failed attempts to forge Supreme Treasures.
A proper Supreme Treasure could draw upon the power of the Great Dao's origin, while a Mystic Treasure could only unleash incomplete Great Dao power.
To forge a magic treasure