The Soul Guidance Automobile sped through the streets.
Inside the car.
As she drove, Shangguan Wei'er said, "You should already know that today is the final of this year's Mingdu Underground Soul Engineer Tournament, jointly hosted by our Ordinary Alliance, the Aodu Chamber of Commerce, and the Xishui Alliance. The final will take place in the western outskirts. We've already made all the arrangements there."
"After repeated discussions, the rules have been finalized. Each of our three factions will send three Soul Engineers. Each contestant will have six hours to craft a Soul Tool. There are no restrictions on the type of Soul Tool or the materials, but you may only make one, and it must be made on-site. You cannot use any finished or half-finished products for last-minute modification."
"After the six hours are up and the crafting is complete, the nine contestants will compete in three rounds. The first tests your skills, with a mystery task that even we don't know about yet. After six hours of crafting, every Soul Engineer will be severely drained. Taking a skills test at that point will be a tremendous challenge for each of you. The lowest-ranked of the nine will be eliminated, and the remaining eight will advance."
Skills!
The others instinctively looked at Jiang Hai. From beginning to end, Jiang Hai had used only one technique: Liquid Inscription. With that technique alone, never mind making the top eight-even reaching the top three would pose no problem.
Liquid Inscription placed extremely high demands on a Soul Engineer. At the very least, none of them had mastered it.
Shangguan Wei'er continued, "Next comes actual combat. In the quarterfinals, whoever ranks first in the skills test will face whoever ranks eighth, second will face seventh, and so on, until the final four are