"Hmph, I'm not your subordinate. We're merely partners, so don't speak to me in that tone." Xuan Zi snorted coldly. "That old fellow Mu En indulged you, but I won't!"
"Heh..." A vicious gleam flickered in Ye Xishui's eyes, but she said nothing more.
One Core Array after another rapidly took shape, yet Huo Yuhao's pace did not slow in the slightest.
The seven judges were all top-tier Soul Engineers. Naturally, they understood the state Huo Yuhao had entered. It was precisely the state they dreamed of attaining whenever they crafted Soul Tools!
In the world of Soul Engineers, this state was called mind and body as one. It could not be deliberately sought. Only when one's essence, energy, and spirit were at their peak, with an exceptionally deep foundation and both cultivation and spiritual force at a sufficient level, could one attain it.
Crafting a Level 9 Soul Tool required entering a state of mind-body unity. Only in that state could one complete the most complex crafting process as smoothly as drifting clouds and flowing water.
The other Soul Engineers' progress was the exact opposite of Huo Yuhao's. They had essentially finished their Core Arrays and had begun the relatively easy work of crafting the other Soul Tool components.
Since a skills challenge still awaited them, they had all planned to leave themselves time to recover their energy after completing their current Soul Tools, so they could face the undoubtedly stringent skills assessment that followed.
Once their work became relatively easier, they unconsciously began checking on their opponents. Before long, Huo Yuhao became the focus of their attention.
It was impossible not to notice him. A golden Soul Guidance Mecha around five meters tall stood right beside him!
When a Soul Engineer representing the Aodu Chamber of Commerce saw