The Royal Plaza in the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, which could accommodate over ten thousand people, was so quiet that a falling pin could have been heard!
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Everyone could even hear the sound of the wind blowing past.
Clearly, Fa Ma's announcement had delivered an unimaginable shock to everyone!
Even some of the senior members of the Alchemist Guild were utterly bewildered by their own president's words.
After all, not a single one of them had known anything about this beforehand!
Even the Alchemist Guild's vice presidents, whose authority was second only to Fa Ma's, had fallen into a stupor at his words.
Obviously, they had not caught so much as a whisper of this beforehand either!
In other words, Fa Ma alone currently knew about that mysterious sponsor.
Well, aside from Xiao Lin himself...
Sure enough, after Fa Ma made the announcement, a meaningful smile suddenly curled the corners of Xiao Lin's lips.
Honestly, Xiao Lin had never expected Fa Ma to be so good at keeping things under wraps.
Only now had he revealed this surprise in front of everyone.
Of course, there might have been a little shock mixed into that surprise too.
Still, whatever else could be said, this was good news for every contestant who had passed the second round!
After all, who would not want an extra reward?
Especially when that extra reward far surpassed the one already on offer!
Although the Spirit Fusion Pill had miraculous effects, it was still only a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill.
Yet the additional prize Fa Ma had just announced was an Earth-Rank High-Grade Soul Dou Technique!
Although a cultivation method could be worth three times as much as a Dou Technique of the same rank, that comparison had its limits.
It certainly did not