Chapter 1069 Top Three

Inside the crowded special-grade alchemy room, everyone turned to look at Melancholic Smile because of his words, eagerly anticipating the final results of the competition.

Leaving aside the rewards for the top three, even the benefits of tenth place were enough to make any guild's alchemists envious.

If they could get the assistance of these alchemy tools, it would undoubtedly make their path to becoming alchemy grandmasters smoother. Once they became alchemy grandmasters, it would be like a carp leaping over the dragon gate, instantly placing them at the pinnacle of the alchemy profession, making them targets that even super forces would want to heavily recruit.

"There were a total of 324 participants in this competition, including 244 intermediate alchemists and 80 advanced alchemists. It can be said that everyone did well, but the final results are also very clear." Melancholic Smile glanced at the alchemists present and smiled slightly. "Now I will announce the rankings."

"Tenth place, Fuyun Weiwo, intermediate alchemist, used 59 portions of materials, produced 19 bottles of Flame Potions, with an actual success rate of 32.2%."

"Ninth place, Cangtian Xiao, advanced alchemist, used 49 portions of materials, produced 16 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, with an actual success rate of 32.65%."

"Eighth place, Fengran, intermediate alchemist, used 58 portions of materials, produced 19 bottles of Flame Potions, with an actual success rate of 32.75%."

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The results announced by Melancholic Smile immediately caused a stir among the crowd.

"No way, an intermediate alchemist made it into the top ten?"

"Damn! What's with this speed? I worked my butt off, and only used 52 portions of materials to make 16 bottles of Flame Potions. Are they even human?"

Everyone present was an alchemist, and they were all very clear about Flame Potions and Ice Soul Potions. For alchemists of the same level, without any external assistance, the success rate was set by the system at 35%. The closer one got to this success rate, the harder it became. If it was just a small batch, maybe luck could easily surpass this data, but in large-scale production, that was impossible, and the more there were, the more impossible it became; it might even be lower.

Therefore, producing fifty to one hundred portions was a competition that relied more on strength, with little influence from luck.

Moreover, it was much harder to maintain a high success rate while ensuring speed. This mainly depended on the player's strength. The faster the speed, the easier it was to make mistakes, and the lower the success rate would often be.

The first criterion of this competition was the number of finished products, and the second was the success rate. If the quantity was the same, the person with the higher success rate would win. There was no room for taking shortcuts.

After all, Flame Potions were easier to make than Ice Soul Potions, and the time required was less. Therefore, in terms of quantity, they were higher than Ice Soul Potions. After all, the difference of ten portions of materials was quite significant, equivalent to producing three more bottles than Ice Soul Potions.

"Who exactly are these Candlelight alchemists?" Youlan couldn't help but look at the alchemists who were called by name to come on stage, feeling unspeakable shock in her heart.

Previously, she felt that Shi Feng's claim that the actual success rate of Candlelight's core members was around 30% was somewhat exaggerated and boastful, but now, it wasn't boasting at all; it was even more terrifying than that.

These alchemists who could ensure speed and maintain such a terrifying success rate... probably only Grandmaster Wu Ming and another grandmaster invited by Underworld could do it in the entire Underworld. Ordinary advanced alchemists could only reach two-thirds of their speed, let alone the actual success rate, reaching 20% would be considered extremely lucky.

As Melancholic Smile continued to announce the names of those who won the top ten, Wu Ming and Miao Wuyin in the audience were also slightly surprised, not expecting that the level of others was not low either, and the gap between them was only a hair's breadth.

"This Zero Wing Guild really has a lot of alchemy experts, but I am determined to win the first place." Wu Ming was very confident in himself, not for any other reason, but because his performance this time was very perfect, even a peak performance.

Because the last Ice Soul Potion he made was a success.

Producing 16 bottles of Ice Soul Potions was indeed a gratifying result. Others could at most produce one more bottle, but he actually produced a full 18 bottles of Ice Soul Potions. Although there was some luck involved, luck was also part of strength.

"Okay, next is fifth place, Wu Ming, advanced alchemist, used 53 portions of materials, produced 18 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, with an actual success rate of 33.96%!"

Everyone gasped when they heard Wu Ming's result.

Previously, sixth place was still 16 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, but now it directly jumped to 18 bottles, which was simply terrifying.

"Fifth place, how is that possible?" Wu Ming couldn't help but look at Melancholic Smile, his eyes full of doubt.

Even Youlan, who was standing beside Shi Feng, couldn't believe it was true.

Making 18 bottles of Ice Soul Potions in one hour could only rank fifth place? Who would believe that?

Before Wu Ming and Youlan could even question it, they heard Melancholic Smile announce the next person's name.

"Fourth place, Miao Wuyin, advanced alchemist, used 52 portions of materials, produced 18 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, with an actual success rate of 34.61%!"

Wu Ming couldn't say anything he wanted to say at this time.

Someone could actually complete 18 bottles of Ice Soul Potions so close to perfection.

"Next is third place, Yuzhong Xing, advanced alchemist, used 59 portions of materials, produced 20 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, with an actual success rate of 33.89%!"

"Second place, Wenrou Xiaodao, advanced alchemist, used 61 portions of materials, produced 21 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, with an actual success rate of 34.42%!"

"First place, Muming, advanced alchemist, used 62 portions of materials, produced 22 bottles of Ice Soul Potions, with an actual success rate of 35.48%!"

As Melancholic Smile announced the results of the competition to everyone, the whole place fell into silence. Everyone turned to look at the three alchemists who walked onto the stage, not daring to believe it was true.

"Could it be that this competition is rigged?" Miao Wuyin was also confused by the results announced by Melancholic Smile.

She believed that she had reached the ultimate speed, making 52 portions in one hour, completing one bottle in just over a minute, and the success rate was very close to perfect.

But now, among the top three, some people could even make one bottle in less than a minute, and the success rate even exceeded the 35% given by the system. She couldn't imagine what level and speed one had to reach to do that.

The only possibility was cheating, using props to increase refining speed and items to increase success rate.

Not only Miao Wuyin thought so at this time, but even Wu Ming and Youlan thought so.

In fact, even Melancholic Smile was surprised when he got this result.

"I know that some of you here definitely don't believe it, and even suspect that the three of them cheated, but what I want to say is that none of the three cheated. This is their own strength. Don't think that it's easy to get the top three in the Candlelight Firm. If you don't work hard, the gap between you in the future will be even bigger." Shi Feng glanced at everyone and said slowly, "In order to ensure fairness, I will let you see the refining process of these three people."

As Shi Feng finished speaking, Melancholic Smile also put the refining videos of the three people in the air of the hall, so that everyone could see it.

Because it was a competition, everyone had a video recording. One was to ensure fairness, and the other was to leave behind some excellent refining videos for others to learn from.

In the video, the refining speed of the three people was not as fast as everyone imagined, but slower than many people present. The only difference was that these three people would directly give up midway when refining potions and then refine new potions, as if they knew in advance that it would not succeed...

Such a mid-way abandonment directly saved a lot of time, so they used more materials in the limited time.

The entire refining process of the three people was seen by everyone, and they immediately understood where the gap was.

"How could this be?" Miao Wuyin and Wu Ming were stunned.

Before the potion was completely refined, they had no idea what the outcome would be. This kind of mid-way abandonment was completely incomprehensible, and the final result far exceeded them.

"Could this be some kind of alchemy technique?" Miao Wuyin and Wu Ming thought so almost at the same time, especially Miao Wuyin.

She was no stranger to the three people. In terms of refining level, she was higher than the three people. The only possibility for the three people to surpass her was the alchemy technique. These three people learned an alchemy technique that she had not mastered, so there would be such a big gap. The only possibility for these three people to learn this alchemy technique at the same time was the last time Shi Feng called everyone together, when the guild wanted to internally train a group of alchemists.

"Okay, you have all seen the refining process. I think you should also know the gap. The benefits for the top ten will be placed in your alchemy rooms. The top three stay, and the others can leave if there is nothing else." Shi Feng glanced at Miao Wuyin and Wu Ming, who were lost in thought, smiled and let everyone disperse.