The Immortal Worm's protest silenced the crowd. At the craftsman challenge competition, cheating was rare, but the consequences from the Artisan Association for any fraudulence could be severe—ranging from point penalties to expulsion from the craftsmen ranks.
However, since the competition itself had no restrictions on equipment, participants' gear was seldom inspected—as anything goes, there was ostensibly no need to scrutinize.
But the present circumstance was exceptional, as everyone had witnessed the anomalous performance of Fang Hong's Clockwork Fairy, utterly different from its previous clumsiness.
Even if one were concealing their skill, the stupefying self-spin maneuver was hard to explain—it simply wasn't something a Level Two Combat Artisan could achieve through "personal ability."
Yet the Dwarf Referees hardly realized their guess was almost spot on as they huddled together, whispering among themselves:
"Could it be someone else fought in his stead from offstage?"
