Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting-Novel

Chapter 454 – Attending A Ceremony ?

Lan Xuanyu: “God-class warship? Teacher, what kind of warship is considered a god-class warship?”

Tang Zhenhua’s eyes lit up. “I’ve done a design once before. With god-rank metals as the main material, a War God-class warship’s core formation as the power source, and a series of detailed manufacturing, its length would be between 300 to 500 meters. It can complete a space jump in an instant...”

Lan Xuanyu was speechless. Although he didn’t know much about warships, he wanted to tell his teacher to be more realistic.

‘What is a god-rank metal? It can only be forged by a god-rank blacksmith. How many metals does a warship that is 300 to 500 meters long need? That would be calculated by ten thousands of tons...’

With so many god-rank metals, there was enough for equipping an army of god-rank mechas.

“Teacher, I didn’t expect you to be an idealist,” Lan Xuanyu whispered.

“Get lost!” Tang Zhenhua glared at him. “Don’t you know how to make bold assumptions and verify them carefully? When you’re designing you have to plan according to the best scenario. There are many things involved. The external structure and internal structure use different materials, as well as the compression source core soul array. The details involved have to be very detailed.”

Lan Xuanyu said, “Your request for the god-rank metals is simply impossible. I’m afraid that the entire Federation doesn’t even have that many god-rank metals.”

Tang Zhenhua said in annoyance, “I know, but I will continue with this design. This is my dream. Even if I can’t achieve it now, it doesn’t mean that I can’t achieve it in the future. What if I can find something that can replace a god-rank metal one day? Actually, it is mainly the external structure that requires the use of god-rank metals. The strongest aspect of a god-rank metal is its self-repairing ability. It also has an abundance of energy. By using a source of energy from the inside, it will allow the warship to have super strong defense and super self-repairing abilities. Also, god-rank metals have a slight spatial vibration property that is enough to block the space travel of any powerhouse. It can also withstand higher-speed flying. It’s not that our current space warships don’t have enough power, but their ability to withstand impacts that is too limited, especially in case of space jumps. Think about it, if there is a warship that could fly at an extremely high speed in a short period of time, it would be extremely useful on the battlefield.”

Lan Xuanyu: “Then I wish you success.”

Tang Zhenhua scoffed. “When you’re done with your One-Word Battle Armor, you’ll start researching with me. So, wish us success. During the research process, you’ll be improving your understanding of warships. It’s an important course for you in the Interstellar Commanding department.”

Lan Xuanyu nodded in agreement, but in fact, he didn’t think much of it. The design of a god-rank warship sounded very grand, but this thing could only take off but not land! It was impossible to complete.

After coming out of the space center, Lan Xuanyu finally found back some confidence in the Interstellar Commanding department. He was especially interested in Tang Zhenhua’s method of commanding. If he could become the commander of a Great Fleet one day, that was something he yearned very much for!

After participating in Shrek Academy’s comprehensive exam and taking the final exam on the Resource Planet, he gradually understood that the Federation’s interstellar exploration was not as peaceful as the ordinary citizens thought. This was also the reason for the existence of space fleets. It was just that he was still far too weak to understand that level.

Lan Xuanyu’s schedule became even more tight. For the sake of his One-Word Battle Armor, he had to spend at least two hours forging every day. In the first two months of the second semester, he had spent almost all of his time forging ores. He refined the rare metal ores they brought back and refined them into real rare metals.

This process could actually be carried out in the academy through specialized equipment. It didn’t require forging, but Lan Xuanyu insisted on completing it himself. It wasn’t to save money, but to let him gain a better understanding of these six types of metal.

If he wanted to forge a good metal, he first had to understand its characteristics. Hence, his forging level remained at the Thousand Refinements level and he was roughly at the third rank. He was still a distance away from the fourth rank of a first-grade Thousand Refinements.

Other than forging, he also learned more about Battle Armors. The academy had begun to talk about the basic operation of Battle Armors and mechas, as well as the connection between them.

At night, it was naturally time for cultivation. With so many rare metals in possession, he knew that he no longer needed to be thrifty. Thus, Lan Xuanyu went to Sea God Lake once every two weeks to cultivate and his soul power cultivation increased steadily.

In the blink of an eye, three months had passed. Lan Xuanyu and his team’s daily studies were peaceful and fulfilling.

Early in the morning, Lan Xuanyu arrived at the classroom.

Ever since the last semester’s final exam, he had been chosen by his classmates to be the permanent class leader. As the class leader, he had to come earlier to help the teacher prepare some things and see if the teacher needed anything.

“Teacher Xiao, I’m here.” Lan Xuanyu walked over to the teacher’s resting room.

Xiao Qi looked at him and said, “How is it, have you made some progress in your forging ?”

Lan Xuanyu said, “I’ve already completed the refinement of the ores, so I’m about to start forging next. Making ordinary Thousand Refinements is very stable, and I plan to attempt first-grade Thousand Refinements within the next two months.”

“Are you confident?” Xiao Qi’s eyes lit up. There weren’t many students in the entire Outer Court who could achieve first-grade Thousand Refinements. If Lan Xuanyu could achieve first-grade Thousand Refinements, it meant that he would have great prospects in the path of blacksmithing in the future. He would be a talent in terms of resources.

In the future, this boy would definitely be able to enter the Inner Court. If his forging standard continued to increase, he might even ask him to forge for him in the future.

In the Inner Court, those who were proficient in forging were all extremely wealthy. The prerequisite was that they had to reach a higher level and have a higher success rate in Spirit Forging or Soul Forging.

Lan Xuanyu nodded and said, “I have some confidence.”

Under Nana’s guidance, his mastery of his abilities had improved greatly, especially the coordination of his two Blue Silver Grasses’ abilities and their uses. These two abilities seemed to be able to fuse into his forging.

“That’s good. Oh right, we will be announcing something today. Be mentally prepared,” Xiao Qi suddenly said.

“Ah? What is it?” Lan Xuanyu asked doubtfully.

Xiao Qi said, “Don’t we have two Soul Beast planets out of the seven administrative planets in the Federation? The seventh administrative planet, the Fairy Planet, is one of them. Something big happened on the Fairy Planet, and an almighty from the Fairy Planet is about to complete his final Tribulation and has invited some elites from the Federation to attend the ceremony. Our academy also obtained some slots. The Inner Court naturally got some, and for the sake of fairness, our Outer Court was also given a few slots. But it isn’t free, we have to fight for it ourselves.”

“Tribulation of a mighty figure? Soul beasts? A 100,000-year soul beast’s Tribulation ?” Lan Xuanyu asked curiously.

In fact, he had never seen a real soul beast before. Even the Spirit Soul Gold Silk Ape in his body was actually brought out from the Soul World.

There was no need to mention 100,000-year soul beasts. He was very curious as to what sort of existence 100,000-year soul beasts were. It was said that in ancient times, they were the true masters of this world.

“It’s not a 100,000-year soul beast. If it was only 100,000 years, it wouldn’t have mobilized so many people. This spot is very important and will only be given to students. Watching the ceremony of a mighty figure going through his Tribulation will be very helpful for your comprehension skills.”