"The second round of advancement matches now begins!"
With Zhao Mai's announcement.
The twenty contestants atop the Heaven Forging Pillar simultaneously deployed their Immortal Power Shields, sealing off the surroundings as they began refining Top-grade Immortal Artifacts.
This time, Lu Ren did not dare let his guard down. Even Wu Yuehan had been eliminated, which showed just how formidable those who had reached the top twenty were.
Lu Ren selected several of the finest Top-grade Immortal Artifact materials, then activated the Primordial Spirit Immortal Refining Method. He did not remain idle either, urging his Golden Immortal Laws as he began melting and refining the artifact materials.
This time, Lu Ren spent an entire day before finally refining a Top-grade Immortal Artifact longsword. After marking it, he placed it into a Storage Ring and withdrew his Immortal Power Shield.
The other nineteen had also completed their refining.
Zhao Mai then collected twenty Storage Rings from the twenty contestants and handed them to an elder.
The elder accepted the twenty Storage Rings, turned, and departed.
The Storage Rings contained the artifacts refined by the twenty contestants. Other than the contestants themselves, no one knew who had refined which artifact, so there was naturally no possibility of cheating.
An hour later, the elder appeared again, holding a scroll. "Clan Head, the results are out. The rankings have been arranged!"
Zhao Mai took the scroll and looked at the rankings inscribed upon it, each position marked with a Storage Ring.
He then took out the Storage Rings corresponding to the four eliminated rankings, removed four artifact weapons from them, and said, "These four artifacts have been eliminated. The contestants who refined them may come forward and claim them!"
The crowd stared at the four artifacts. Each flickered with powerful auras and spiritual fluctuations, leaving