Stimulate

On the competition stage.

Unlike Jue Xin, who was focused on Alchemy, Azure Flame had faint beads of sweat on his forehead, feeling immense pressure in his heart.

He hadn't expected Jue Xin to be so shameless as to actually use a divine artifact alchemy furnace.

This wasn't ordinary Alchemy; this was a competition, and every bit of chance for victory was worth fighting for.

As the former owner of this alchemy furnace, Azure Flame knew better than anyone how great an advantage a divine artifact alchemy furnace provided; this competition was in jeopardy.

Jue Xin glanced at Azure Flame's Pill Furnace, a look of triumph flashing across his face: "With an alchemy furnace like yours, you can't beat me in speed or stability. How are you going to win?

You might as well admit defeat early to avoid wasting time."

Although he was ninety percent certain he would win this competition with the help of the divine artifact alchemy furnace, if he could provoke Azure Flame and deal a heavy blow to his psyche, he could win without a fight, increasing his chances to a hundred percent.

Losing meant losing his life, so he had to give it his all.

"Admit defeat? I, Azure Flame, have never admitted defeat. A divine artifact alchemy furnace is good, but it depends on who's using it!" Azure Flame snorted coldly with disdain. Then, he focused entirely on refining the Medicinal Pill; for this batch, he intended to refine a perfect elixir.

As long as a few reach the perfect stage, even if the opponent refined a sixth-grade pill of a higher Rank, it wouldn't matter.

A fifth-grade Medicinal Pill of the perfect stage Rank was worth a fortune, incomparable to an ordinary sixth-grade pill.

Seeing that Azure Flame remained unaffected, Jue Xin was somewhat surprised.

"Using this divine artifact alchemy furnace feels great. As they say, nothing tastes better than dumplings and nothing is more fun than a sister-in-law. Since this isn't my divine artifact alchemy furnace, using it feels like playing with… a… mis… tress. It's so much fun."

Jue Xin had a playful smile on his face as he glanced sideways at Azure Flame.

"You… you…" Azure Flame's face turned red, his whole body trembling with rage.

This divine artifact alchemy furnace had been with him for a long time; he had always treated it as a treasure, even holding it in his arms when he slept—it was dearer to him than a wife.

In the days since he lost the divine artifact alchemy furnace, he thought of it every time he performed Alchemy.

For an Alchemist to have even his own alchemy furnace stolen made him feel like a failure in life; it had always been a scar in his heart.

"Not good," Azure Flame cried out. His loss of emotional control just now had caused the fire in the alchemy furnace to become unstable, and some of the spirit plants were already damaged.

"What should I do? Over two hours have already passed. There definitely won't be enough time to start over. It seems I can only do my best to complete this batch."

Qin Ming, standing nearby, also saw Azure Flame's mistake and frowned.

He wasn't currently using the Pill God Physique, and his strength was at the Martial King Realm. Since Jue Xin spoke softly, he hadn't heard him.

However, even if he didn't hear it, he could guess that Jue Xin must have said something provocative to his master to make him so emotional.

"Shameless." Qin Ming wanted nothing more than to go up and kill Jue Xin directly, but he ultimately held back.

"Good… good…" Seeing Azure Flame's emotional instability causing problems with the Pill Furnace, Zhang Chongtian laughed aloud.

"Qin Ming, you should just give up. Simply admit defeat and hand over the Shadow's territory."

"Don't get ahead of yourself. It's still unknown who will win and who will lose," Qin Ming snorted coldly, continuing to focus on the competition.

Seeing that Qin Ming ignored him, Zhang Chongtian stopped speaking as well, the benefits of obtaining the Shadow's territory already flashing through his mind.

"The locations held by the Shadow are all in key areas of the city. Once we take over the Shadow, we can directly expand the Pill Alliance's business. When that time comes, my performance will increase, and my status will surely soar."