After waiting in the rest area for over an hour, the award ceremony finally began.
The military organized a relatively formal award ceremony. Because they were worried about too many people attending, the military only required the presidents of each guild to be present. Even so, more than a thousand people still attended this ceremony.
First came the leaders' speeches, commending the outstanding performance of the various guilds in the BOSS battle and their exceptional contributions to securing victory for Huaxia in the BOSS fight…
Jiang Kai sat in his seat, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles. He finally endured his way to the awards segment.
Up to now, the military had not announced the first-place reward, but the outside world seemed extremely interested in what the military would offer this time. Some people with inside information were even determined to get it.
"Next, please invite Jiang Kai, president of the Main God Guild, Mu Qingyun, president of the Azure Dragon Guild, and Chen Feng, president of the Tianxuan Guild, to come on stage to receive their awards."
Jiang Kai walked onto the award stage together with Mu Qingyun and Chen Feng.
Dong Shuai personally went on stage. He walked up with a smile and said to the audience below, "A lot of people are very concerned about the rewards we're offering. Now, we'll announce them."
"Third place. The reward is three sets of Super Six profession advancement materials, one set of Super Seven profession advancement materials, one three-piece set of Transcendent-tier, exclusive-grade equipment. In addition, 2,000 guild points, three Blood Essence Stones, and three Sky Azure Stones."
An uproar immediately broke out below the stage.
"Damn, the military really went all out this time!"
"I heard the military recently obtained a few more sets of Super Seven materials. Looks like it's true."
"Our Huaxia is going to have more and more Super Seven powerhouses in the future."
Dong Shuai placed the rewards into Chen Feng's hands and gave him a slight nod as encouragement.
"Second place. Three sets of Super Six profession materials, one set of Super Seven profession materials, one three-piece set of Transcendent-tier, artifact-grade equipment, 3,000 guild points, five Blood Essence Stones, five Sky Azure Stones, and one Violet Crystal Stone!"
The second-place rewards were even more generous.
That meant that in the near future, Azure Dragon would also have a Super Seven top-tier powerhouse!
With the rewards for second and third already so generous, people were even more eager to see the first-place rewards.
"First place. Five sets of Super Six profession materials, two sets of Super Seven profession materials, one four-piece set of Transcendent-tier, artifact-grade equipment, 5,000 guild points, five Blood Essence Stones, five Sky Azure Stones, two Violet Crystal Stones, and one Black Crystal Stone!"
The audience was already in an uproar. The Main God Guild was about to have two Super Seven top-tier powerhouses!
You had to know that the military itself only had six or seven Super Seven powerhouses right now!
And there was also the Black Crystal Stone, an ultra-rare material.
"I heard the military has no more than five Black Crystal Stones in total!"
"I heard that it takes ten Violet Crystal Stones to synthesize one Black Crystal Stone, and it adds 100% critical damage!"
However, Dong Shuai wasn't finished yet.
"As first place, there is also a special reward, which is one portion of 'Patch-the-Heavens Liquid.'"
With a whoosh, the audience exploded!
"Patch-the-Heavens Liquid? Fifty years ago, when Huaxia first entered Ghost Star, they really did obtain Patch-the-Heavens Liquid!"
"I heard Patch-the-Heavens Liquid is a universal material. If you're missing a certain material, using Patch-the-Heavens Liquid can replace the missing one. Whether it's fusion or even profession advancement materials, it can be used! The military is even willing to give out Patch-the-Heavens Liquid!"
"The military should still have some stock. I heard that during the early days on Ghost Star, some of the materials we lacked were supplemented using Patch-the-Heavens Liquid."
As the person involved, Jiang Kai looked completely blank.
As for Sky Azure Stones, Violet Crystal Stones, Black Crystal Stones, he had no idea what stats they added anyway. In the past, Ruan Yu was always responsible for identifying stones. He was only in charge of selling them for money.
And Patch-the-Heavens Liquid, what kind of thing was that? He had never even heard of it.
As for Blood Essence Stones, Jiang Kai really didn't care. If he truly needed them, he could just get them using the Earth God Token.
"Three sets of Super Six materials, two sets of Super Seven materials… sigh, feels like the rewards aren't that impressive."
Speaking of which, the military's first three Super Seven martial disciple materials were all obtained by him. The later Super Seven soldiers were also something he handed over to the military at the auction. In the end, the military used those to reward him again… Jiang Kai honestly didn't feel excited at all.
While Jiang Kai was muttering to himself, he saw that Dong Shuai was already standing in front of him.
"Still not satisfied?" Dong Shuai smiled as he looked at Jiang Kai. "This is already the military bleeding heavily to put together these rewards."
"I don't know if the other things are useful to you, but Patch-the-Heavens Liquid should be able to help you somewhat."
Dong Shuai didn't say much more. He patted Jiang Kai on the shoulder, his eyes full of appreciation. "Kid, well done!"
Jiang Kai said a little embarrassedly, "Commander Dong, you're praising me too much."
Dong Shuai smiled faintly. "But don't get arrogant. Don't ever be content with the status quo. A new battlefield is still waiting for you to conquer. And even when it comes to Ghost Star, all of us right now are still only at kindergarten level in front of it."
This time, Jiang Kai became serious. He nodded solemnly. "Commander Dong, I won't be content with the status quo!"
"That's good!"
After the awards ended, Dong Shuai also talked about the problems everyone would face after Ghost Star upgraded, as well as the military's stance.
Overall, he hoped that after Ghost Star's upgrade, in the early stages, each guild would act cautiously. The military would try its best to obtain Rebirth Badges and, at an appropriate time, open an exchange window…
After the award ceremony ended and everyone was dispersing, Chen Feng came up to Jiang Kai.
Seeing Chen Feng with a gloomy expression, Jiang Kai looked at him calmly. "President Chen, do you need something from me?"
"Actually, you really don't need to have so much resentment. Even if I didn't take first place, you still wouldn't get first. Didn't you get overtaken by Azure Dragon?"
Chen Feng took a deep breath and said coldly, "That's because the gap between us and you is getting bigger and bigger. There's no essential difference between second and third place. We just don't want to fight for it anymore."
"Essential difference?"
"Yes, Patch-the-Heavens Liquid!" Chen Feng said coldly. "Hey, are you willing to transfer it? We can buy it at a high price!"
When Jiang Kai heard that Chen Feng was even saying he'd buy it back at a high price, without leaving him any room to maneuver, it was clear that Patch-the-Heavens Liquid was an extremely rare item.
"Not selling!" Jiang Kai refused decisively. "If President Chen has nothing else, I'll take my leave."
"Jiang Kai! More friends means more paths! More enemies, and you'll have nowhere to go!"
Jiang Kai turned back and smiled slightly. "Sorry, President Chen. The friends I understand would never force someone into a corner, and would never threaten me!"
After saying that, Jiang Kai left the venue directly.
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"Nine-Origin Thunder Tribulation!"
"Taiji Sword!"
Hu Yan and Ruan Yu worked together to clear out a war-general-level Giant Strength Black Ape territory. The two of them hurried to collect the corpse cards and war-general-level treasure chests, then checked the surroundings.
This place was relatively hidden, with cliffs on three sides and only one entrance.
"Captain Kai, it's all cleared."
Only then did Jiang Kai reveal himself.
He handed the seven Tribulation Beads obtained from this BOSS battle, plus one Fire Tribulation Bead from before, all to Ruan Yu.
"Ruan Yu, see if you can synthesize profession advancement materials." Jiang Kai shook his head. "If there's one extra material, that's fine, right?"
Ruan Yu shook her head and said, "Extra materials are fine. If you're missing any, it won't succeed. But having more materials also means stronger follow-up potential. Captain Kai, for Fire Tribulation Beads and Flame Tribulation Beads, Water Tribulation Beads and Ice Tribulation Beads, it's possible that only one of each pair is needed. Are you sure you want to put them all in?"
Jiang Kai thought for a moment, then shook his head. "Put them all in. Stronger follow-up potential is fine."
Ruan Yu nodded, took out the fusion device, placed all eight Tribulation Beads into the container, turned on the device, and began fusing the materials.
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