"All right, everyone has finished crafting their soul tools. Crafting time is over. From this moment on, you may only use the soul tool you have made in the remaining rounds. You may not use any other soul tools to assist you," Ye Yulin said gravely.
Seeing Huo Yuhao actually finish his Soul Guidance Mecha at the very last moment, some voiced admiration, while others sighed with regret. Whatever they were feeling, Huo Yuhao himself had no time to ponder it.
Ye Yulin looked around at everyone and said, "Next, we will inspect your soul tools to confirm that they are finished products. Anyone with an unfinished product will be eliminated immediately."
At these words, the corners of the other six judges' mouths twitched almost simultaneously. Wasn't this favoritism a little too blatant?
The other contestants had already rested for at least fifteen minutes and were relatively refreshed. Only Huo Yuhao, who had finished last, looked exhausted.
This step had never been part of the original competition format. After all, any flaws in the soul tools' construction would reveal themselves during the subsequent rounds.
Ye Yulin was simply stalling to give Huo Yuhao a little time to rest.
Below the platform, the leaders of the Three Great Underground Forces also found this somewhat strange, but they couldn't exactly call Ye Yulin's demand unreasonable.
Besides, they truly had no desire to offend this Starry Sky Douluo. He was a Level 9 Soul Engineer, after all, as well as an important figure in the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Tool Hall.
Left with no choice, they could only watch as Ye Yulin solemnly led the judges forward to inspect every contestant's soul tool.
Their inspections were painstakingly thorough. They even required every soul engineer who had made a soul tool to inject soul