Chapter 2652


    Chapter 2652


    Witnessing ude achieving better results heavily affected Benedict’s mental state. His forehead was


    full of sweat as his hands constantly moved, a faint red glow danced between his fingers.


    Each time he was about toplete a rune, he would fail because for some reason or another. Even if


    he managed toplete a rune, it would be destroyed by the condensing card due to theck of


    refinement.


    The more it happened, the more frustrated Benedict became. His unstable mental state caused his


    progress toe to a sudden halt. Seeing Benedict in such a horrible state made Elder Maurice and


    Mr. Zayne even more nervous.


    Even though they were already sure that they would lose the contest, if their results were bad, their


    punishment would be even more severe. If that happened, it would be much harder for them to shed


    any responsibility.


    Elder Maurice took a deep breath as he frowned. He tried his best to maintain a gentle tone, “Benedict,


    keep yourposure. Don’t let your anxiety get to you. You know that being anxious won’t help you,


    and will only worsen your condition. Once you get back to Phoenix Valley, you will be punished even


    more for it!”


    Those words caused a jolt in Benedict’s heart, but they also helped motivate him. He bit his lip as he


    used the pain to sober himself up, tightening his mental state.


    Master Forrest furrowed his eyebrows slightly as he grunted, “You’re already at eight hundred and


    eighty. With a bit more work, you’ll be at nine hundred.”


    Master Forrest’s words were clearly to disrupt the other contestants. Just as he wanted, those words


    managed to trigger the four participants that were at the center. They all widened their eyes as they


    looked at Bradley in disbelief.


    The longer the tournament got, the harder it was. Completing each run just got harder and harder.


    Naturally, they knew that Bradley would have been better than everyone present, but they never


    expected that Bradley would already be more than two hundred runes away from any of them.


    If he worked a bit harder, it was even possible for him to pull ahead by three hundred runes.


    That distance had dealt a heavy blow to the contestants who had initially been very confident in


    themselves. All of their faces turned red, and even their breathing got erratic.


    Elder Maurice was so furious that he clenched his right hand and turned to look at Master Forrest.


    Elder Maurice did not want to say anything to Master Forrest since he felt like Phoenix Valley was


    going to lose.


    However, Elder Maurice could not stand Master Forrest constantly trying to disrupt the mental state of


    the other contestants. After all, he did not want his own alchemists to end up with bad results because


    of their mental state.


    Elder Maurice frowned and said, “Master Forrest, you should really watch your words. If you want to


    praise your own alchemists, you can do that after the results are out. Why do you keep trying to affect


    everyone’s mental states?”


    Master Forrest raised an eyebrow before he said in a nonchnt manner, “Didn’t we already agree that


    we would also be testing everyone’s ability to keep calm? There’s nothing wrong with what I said.


    Who’s to me if they allow themselves to be distracted?”


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    Elder Maurice’s face darkened and he said angrily, “You…”


    Right after he said that he was stopped by Mr. Zayne who was standing next to him. Mr. Zayne


    grabbed Elder Maurice’s arm and whispered, “Elder, don’t get too angry. Forrest is an old fox. If you


    keep trying to go against him, you’ll just make yourself angrier. The results are already clear, so we


    should focus on the future.”