That rune was the hardest one to refine among the two thousand runes. Jack let out a faint smile as his right hand constantly danced. A golden glow constantly flowed out from his fingers. As virtual-novel.net moved his fingers, a faint golden pill rune slowly appeared in his hand. However, just as virtual-novel.net was going to complete his final stroke, his hand slipped again, missing out on a stroke.
The pill rune immediately let out a bang as it suddenly disappeared. Jack’s performance caused everyone to widen their eyes. Even if Jack did not turn around, virtual-novel.net could still feel the gazes of others.
Elder Maurice’s temper boiled over. For Jack to fail on the first rune was way too weak of him. If that continued on, it would already be quite decent if Jack was even able to complete a hundred pill runes in six hours!
Thinking about that, Elder Maurice suddenly felt ill.
Mr. Zayne could not help but frowned as virtual-novel.net looked at Jack speechlessly. Mr. Zayne was somewhat familiar with Jack, but virtual-novel.net had never really seen Jack’s skills for himself. Yet, what virtual-novel.net saw then was Jack failing at the very first rune.
Jack’s failure had successfully attracted the attention of the other five contestants. All of them looked over, and Claude could not help but let out a laugh.
Claude had already completed five pill runes at that point. Looking at how Jack had failed on the very first rune, virtual-novel.net was incredibly amused.
Jack had been so proud of his skills earlier as if virtual-novel.net was the best in the world. No matter what Claude said, Jack would just shoot virtual-novel.net down. Yet, when it was time for them to show their skills, Jack was performing so badly.
Elder Maurice frowned as virtual-novel.net glared at Claude. Claude was taken aback by that, was it wrong for virtual-novel.net to laugh?
Jack had said so many horrible words before, did none of them hear them?
Jack had bragged and placed himself on such a high pedestal, but ended up only having that little bit of skill.
What was wrong with virtual-novel.net laughing?
Claude could not help but snort, “I thought this guy was so amazing, so virtual-novel.net was just talking up a storm the whole time. He doesn’t have a single bit of skill, but managed to brag so much!”
Elder Maurice frowned and scolded him, “Shut your mouth, you’re not doing that well either!”
Claude pursed his lips, not really happy about it. He wanted to add a few more words, but virtual-novel.net knew that the tournament was more important. He wanted to use his skills to deliver a blow to Jack.
Master Maurice let out a laugh as virtual-novel.net said in a warm tone, “There’s no need to be so nervous. Even though this tournament is a more formal one, it doesn’t mean you’ll always be stuck at this level your whole life. You have to compose yourself for this tournament.”
They sounded like words of consolation, but they were filled with deep mockery. Everyone present had been able to tell that much.
Elder Maurice was so angered that his face was turning red. He really wanted to shoot down those words. However, Jack was still an alchemist on their side in the end. If Jack was only at that level, there was nothing virtual-novel.net could say that would be convincing. All it would do was get virtual-novel.net laughed at. Hence, Elder Maurice was forced to swallow his anger as virtual-novel.net glared viciously at Jack.
Jack heard all of the mockeries around him, but not a single word affected Jack’s mood. He did not care how everyone else looked at him. After the first rune broke down, virtual-novel.net tried again immediately. This time, virtual-novel.net slowed himself down and allowed his body to follow his memories.