Ordinary Alliance, Green Cloud Hotel.
"Number ninety-two advances." The referee's dispassionate voice announced that a contestant had passed the first round of the main competition.
Huo Qiu'er gave a soft hum, briskly collected her rewards of Gold Soul Coins and rare metals, and left.
The task for the first round of the main competition was to make any Level 4 Soul Tool. That posed no difficulty for Huo Qiu'er now, but it also exposed some of her shortcomings.
She was only a Level 4 Soul Engineer, yet her crafting and engraving were exceptionally practiced and fluid, allowing her to pass the assessment easily.
But a sharp-eyed senior soul engineer watching from the sidelines would have noticed that, despite her fluent movements, Huo Qiu'er had reached a theoretical bottleneck. Without guidance, she would struggle to advance further.
In the VIP room, Shangguan Wei'er, the beautiful leader of the Ordinary Alliance, watched Huo Qiu'er's departing figure with interest.
Although she had yet to uncover Huo Qiu'er's identity, how could someone with her discerning eye fail to recognize Huo Qiu'er's strength?
A subordinate beside her stepped forward respectfully. "Alliance Leader, we still haven't established Number Ninety-Two's background."
Shangguan Wei'er wore a smile, but her tone sent chills down his spine. "After serving me for so long, you can't even handle this trivial matter?"
Beads of cold sweat trickled down the subordinate's forehead. He hurriedly said, "Alliance Leader, her instincts are simply too sharp. Our people don't dare follow her too closely."
"Hmph, you don't even have that much discernment." Shangguan Wei'er snorted coldly. "With strength that formidable, a little analysis should tell you which faction she comes from."
The subordinate replied, "Alliance Leader, do you mean... she comes from the Royal Soul Engineer Academy?"
Shangguan Wei'er speculated, "Her soul power is abundant, and