Chapter 2682


    Chapter 2682


    Meanwhile, Bradley fell intoplete silence with his head hung low, seemingly to have been


    suppressed. Jackie, on the other hand, nced at him for a moment before he ignored Bradley entirely.


    The two sides faced each other, and after over 15 minutes of silence, the tense atmosphere gradually


    subsided. Master Forrest was visibly worried over Bradley, fretting that Bradley might have melted


    under the pressure, and thus did not have the time to bother with Phoenix Valley’s representatives. His


    full focus was on Bradley.


    Elder Maurice looked at Jackie, and thetter could practically feel the pair of eyes on him. “If you have


    anything you want to say, just go ahead,” said Jackie, mildly irked.


    The agitated Elder Maurice let out a light cough and spoke, “I just can’t seem to rx. ude and


    Benedict aren’t reliable. I’m worried that we’ll lose.”


    Jackie gave a light nod.


    Elder Maurice’s worry was warranted. After all, no one could tell what level ude and Benedict were


    at. Almost 20 hours had passed, but no significant movement came from the four rooms. It was natural


    to be worried.


    Mr. Zayne, on the other hand, was moreposed. He took a deep breath. “I don’t think you need to


    be too worried. Even though they’re not that talented, what about the two from Sky Peak Pavilion? The


    four of them are more or less the same. I feel like all of them will fail. In the end, it’ll be Jackie against


    Bradley.”


    Jackie nodded, feeling like Mr. Zayne’s analysis was reasonable-the four of them were indeed more or


    less the same. The contest was incredibly difficult this time, and even Bradley needed 18 hours of hard


    work toplete a Three Suns Pill.


    For the few of them to sessfully refine it, a day was probably not enough.


    Elder Maurice thought about it and nodded. “All we can do is pray that the four of them won’t seed.


    If we onlypete with Jackie’s result, we’ll definitely win.”


    The next period felt agonizing. After all, there was only roughly two hours until the end of the round.


    Representatives from both Phoenix Valley and Sky Peak Pavilion held their breaths with their eyes


    glued on the four doors.


    Everyone tried to see what was happening inside, whether or not anyone managed to refine a Three


    Suns Pill.


    Time passed as it should, no matter how anxious everyone was. After over two hours, Master Forrest


    announced darkly, “Time is up. Bring everyone out right now. They’re toe out no matter the


    results.”


    The stewards standing guard immediately moved when they heard that. Four of them all went in front


    of the doors and calmly pushed them open, summoning the four that were still fighting inside.


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    When the four of them knew that the time was up, their expressions stiffened, with only Conrad not


    having much of a reaction.


    “Time’s up?” bleated ude, sounding rather panicked. “So quickly?”


    The steward nodded seriously, not wasting any time reasoning. After that, he turned. and motioned


    ude out with his right hand.


    ude knew the time was already up and was forced to walk out in frustration.


    When he came out, he looked at Elder Maurice, whose gaze was fixed on him. He gulped


    unconsciously, and Elder Maurice immediately had an idea of what had happened.


    The footsteps could be heard as all of them walked out of their rooms. None of them had happy looks


    on their faces.


    That actually had Elder Maurice and Mr. Zayne breathing sighs of relief. If they were all bad, then


    Phoenix Valley had won this round. After all, Jackie only took four hours toplete the task.