Douluo Continent: Not enough bloodline? Make up for it with brains

Chapter 555 The Missed Championship (Please subscribe!!! 4,000 words)

"What?"

Tang Wulin looked up at Xu Yuan, utterly shocked.

"Is it hard to understand?" Xu Yuan asked, looking at Tang Wulin.

Tang Wulin lowered his head again, recalling what Xu Yuan had just said.

Apart from those whose cultivation path matches Xu Yuan's, the other Limit Douluos, even if they obtain the Divine Forged Metal, would not be able to break through with its help.

"Didn't Uncle-Master Zhenhua tell you?" Xu Yuan said, "Divine Forging of Metal signifies the blacksmith's enlightenment, enough to reach the level of a god."

"My senior master did say something similar," Tang Wulin murmured.

However, Zhenhua himself did not understand the principles of divine forging metal, so he did not explain it as directly as Xu Yuan.

"God-level."

Enlightenment that reaches god-like levels—who else could have so many insights?

Only beings who are inherently god-like.

However, how many different divine insights can they possibly gain?

Even if one reaches the level of Pavilion Master Yun, there is probably only one path. Even if this path branches into multiple directions that lead directly to the God level, they are all the paths he mainly cultivates.

Only those Limit Douluos whose paths align with his will have the opportunity to advance to godhood after obtaining divine-forged metal forged from his insights.

From another perspective, a lifetime of insights are infused into metal; how much trust must one have to entrust this to someone?

Therefore, from any perspective, even if Xu Yuan were to return, it would be virtually impossible for him to fulfill the requests of those Limit Douluos.

Xu Yuan handed over the forging department to Tang Wulin, and then went to find Xu Shengqun.

"Xiao Tian?"

Xu Yuan was not surprised to see Xu Tian at Xu Shengqun's place.

To his surprise, Xu Tian's cultivation level was at that moment.

"Level 57?"

Xu Yuan was genuinely surprised.

This level has already surpassed Xu Yuan's own level at the same time.

Xu Tian is only a few years old now, having just turned fifteen.

When Xu Yuan was just fifteen years old, he was only at level fifty-five.

Of course, strictly speaking, Xu Tian cultivated a year ahead of time, so he is still not as good as Xu Yuan.

However, it is quite outrageous that someone of the same age could catch up with Xu Yuan in terms of soul power level, especially after Xu Yuan had exerted his full power.

"Xiao Tian was also traumatized," Xu Shengqun said with a smile.

Xu Yuan looked at Xu Shengqun with curiosity.

What does that mean?

"Do you remember StarCraft?"

Xu Yuan nodded.

Xu Shengqun continued, "The Star Dou Battle Network held the All-Federation Challenge. Before you left, the first edition was basically coming to an end. A year ago, the second All-Federation Challenge started. Xiao Tian was already fourteen years old at that time, and had broken through level fifty. He had also completed his own One-Word Battle Armor."

Xu Yuan nodded as he listened to these words.

"He participated in the junior group competition, and we thought it was a sure thing that he would win the championship."

Xu Yuan was surprised.

He asked, "What are the requirements for the junior group?"

Anyone under 18 is considered part of the junior group.

Eighteen years old.

Even at Shrek Academy, becoming a Soul King at eighteen and possessing one's own One-Word Battle Armor makes one a top genius, a prodigy who can be recommended to the Inner Academy in their third year.

Moreover, most of the third-year students who become Soul Kings and possess One-Word Battle Armor are around twenty years old, and even those who have just advanced to the third year are rarely eighteen years old.

Logically, students should start school at age twelve, with three years of first and second grade each. They would be eighteen when they enter the third grade. However, there is another possibility: students may start school at age fifteen.

Shrek Academy only admits students once every three years, and the admission requirements have been relaxed. Anyone under the age of fifteen, or even over the age of twelve, can be admitted as long as they can prove that they meet the level that twelve-year-old students can achieve under the current growth rate.

The level 20 for 12-year-olds is actually more difficult than the level 30 for 15-year-olds.

Of course, requirements based solely on rank are outdated.

There are also other comprehensive assessments.

"Someone can steal Xiaotian's championship in the junior group?" Xu Yuan asked with slight surprise.

He remembered that even when his junior brother Wang Jinyang was eighteen, he might not have been able to defeat Xu Tian at that time.

"We all thought so at the time, but then a little robot suddenly appeared out of nowhere."

Xu Yuan was stunned.

What?

What little robot?

"A boy with the ID 'Cosmic Robot' emerged as a dark horse, decisively defeating Xiaotian in the championship battle."

Xu Yuan still looked puzzled.

What kind of thing could possibly defeat Xu Tian, ​​a master of one-word battle armor?

"That 'cosmic robot' fights using mechs. His soul power is only level 45, but he can skillfully control mechs in combat. His proficiency is no less than that of a senior mech pilot. Most importantly, his purple-level mech is comparable to yours back then."

Compare yourself to your past self?

Xu Yuan understood why Xu Tian lost.

At level 45, piloting a purple-grade mech, if the mech is powerful enough, there is indeed a chance to defeat a one-word battle armor master.

"Full-Spirit Forging?"

Xu Shengqun nodded helplessly.

"Although it can't compare to your original Alloy Spirit Forging, it's still far beyond the scope of a Purple-level mecha."

For the sake of a championship, who knows how many people have put in the effort and how much resources have been invested behind that cosmic robot.

After all, the spirit-forged metal used to make one purple-level mech is enough to make at least five sets of two-word battle armor.

Two-word battle armor, there are only a handful of two-word battle armor masters in the entire Federation.

"Is this because the family has the support of a master craftsman?" Xu Yuan murmured to himself.

Xu Shengqun explained it to Xu Yuan.

"Actually, this is understandable. Although two-word battle armor masters are still powerful and have a noble status, they are actually far inferior to two-word battle armor masters ten years ago." He said, "On our side, the large-scale forging of Heavenly Forging Metal has reduced the monopoly of Soul Forging Metal by many Limit Douluo and Super Douluo. As a result, some Soul Forging Metal has flowed out, which has also allowed many two-word battle armor masters to advance to three-word level and start pursuing Soul Forging Metal. Consequently, the price of Spirit Forging Metal has dropped significantly."

"This also includes a large amount of spirit forging and soul forging metals that the Blood God Legion's forging department exchanged."

In the past, metals were extremely rare and hard to come by.

Let alone soul forging, even spirit forging will cause a frenzy if it appears at an auction.

Any Soul Master who wants to become a Two-Word Battle Armor Master will have to beg and plead with a Forging Master to forge their armor unless they have a Forging Master as a friend.

Even if you manage to win someone over, you still have to wait in line.

What now?

Now, as long as the student legion has enough merit points, they can exchange them for the corresponding metals.

This is something that Soul Masters who aspired to become Battle Armor Masters in the past would never have dared to dream of.

"Therefore, the amount of spirit-forged metal has actually increased significantly, and the amount of metal needed to make a mech is much lower than before."

"The difficulty has decreased by at least 70%, and the price has been cut in half at least."

Xu Yuan also mourned for Xu Tian.

What can you do if you run into someone who's willing to throw money around?

Moreover, it's quite remarkable that the other party was able to cultivate to level 45 at the age of eighteen. In the past, they would have been considered a prodigy at Shrek Academy, and they had the potential to become a one-word battle armor master before the age of twenty.

"You didn't lose unjustly. Mechs and battle armor are tools for Soul Masters to pursue greater power. You chose battle armor, but you didn't reach the pinnacle of one-word battle armor. He at least chose mechs in the early stages and perfected them."

Xu Tian lowered his head, accepting Xu Yuan's teachings.

"Theoretically, the limits of mechs are indeed higher, but I know very well how much effort and hardship it takes to reach those limits. You just need to continue on the path of a Battle Armor Master."

Xu Yuan did not try to persuade Xu Tian to pursue mecha as well.

Xu Tian had no interest in mecha, so Xu Yuan couldn't force him to learn about them.

And Xu Yuan is right.

Reaching the theoretical limits of mechs requires too many resources.

Xu Yuan only dared to use Spirit Forging Divine Alloy on the Purple-level Mech, Full Soul Forging on the Black-level Mech, and Full Divine Forging on the God-level Mech he was preparing to upgrade, because he was a blacksmith and had decent forging talent.

That's right, full-body forging.

The boost that Xu Yuan's current battle armor and mecha provide to him is almost invisible.

This is also an area where he can improve rapidly going forward.

It's impossible for a God-level being to compete for the core laws, but God-level battle armor and God-level mechs are still attainable.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment and sketched out a rune.

"You are sensitive to space, so you can try to understand this rune of mine more."

The runes that Xu Yuan condensed were clearly spatial runes.

He separated the spacetime runes, turning the understanding of the space side into runes separately.

Xu Tian integrated the runes into his spiritual sea, making it easier for him to comprehend them at any time in the future.

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"Uncle, when did you break through?"

Xu Yuan looked at Xu Shengqun.

Xu Shengqun pondered for a moment and then held up three fingers.

"Three months?"

Three years.

Xu Yuan remained silent.

Why has it taken so long?

Didn't they say a breakthrough was imminent?

"Do you think everyone is like you?" Xu Shengqun rolled his eyes.

"If you want me to guarantee it, I can only say that I can basically break through within three years. Maybe I will feel the opportunity in a month. But if you ask me to say that I can break through within three months, the hope is really not high. It is only possible."

"Fortunately, Uncle, you can try to understand this."

Xu Yuan drew out a wisp of destructive power from the scroll world.

"This is?"

Xu Shengqun bound the destructive power released by Xu Yuan in his palm and felt the fluctuation.

"The power of destruction should be able to be incorporated into your marksmanship, Uncle."

"I can feel it; it really inspires me," Xu Shengqun nodded.

"Then go and experience it in my scroll world."

With that, Xu Yuan took Xu Shengqun into the scroll world.

Within the scroll world, Xu Shengqun gazed at the little phoenix sleeping on two clumps of primordial energy and fell into deep thought.

Did I sneak up to her bedside to contemplate something?

Xu Yuan noticed this and woke up the little phoenix.

Little Phoenix glanced at Xu Shengqun, seemingly remembering who Xu Shengqun was.

"Your gun is a bit off-target in terms of destruction; you should go for damage."

Destruction leans towards annihilation, while Xu Shengqun's gun leans towards destruction and annihilation.

Little Phoenix knew that the conditions were limited, so after muttering something, she waved to Xu Shengqun.

"Although it's a bit off-track, it's enough to help you become a god, but you must remember not to go too far down the path of destruction, otherwise it will be impossible to turn back."

The little phoenix said a few words, then walked to the other side of the two primordial energies and continued to sleep leaning against them.

Xu Shengqun was puzzled by Xiao Fenghuang's nonsensical words, but he still remembered them.

He felt pressure just by getting close to those two primordial energies, but this little phoenix was able to lie down and sleep on them, which showed that it was no ordinary creature.

After greeting everyone he knew, Xu Yuan asked Yun Ming to find him a valley.

For the rest of the time, thunder never ceased in the valley.

The success rate of the divine forging process decreased from one in ten attempts to one in three attempts.

Ultimately, Xu Yuan was able to successfully forge a piece of divine-forged metal in just two attempts.

This forging process reminded him of when he first forged jade and silver, using jade and silver as a stepping stone to unlock the door to perfect alloys.

Now, his divine forging is so similar to what it was back then.

Exactly the same recipe.

Uninterrupted repetition.

Through repeated improvements and reflections.

Ultimately, it was all for the purpose of increasing the success rate of divine forging.

However, Xu Yuan, who was skilled in divine forging, could only forge in this way, while when he was forging, there were many spirit alloys that could be forged, but Xu Yuan could only choose one.

The divine forged metal that Xu Yuan is forging at this moment is first and foremost a nine-in-one spirit alloy, which is theoretically the most perfect spirit alloy.

The nine metals each correspond to the power Xu Yuan possesses. Among them, three are new rare metals that he collected when he was in the Sacred Heart Plane. These nine metals were combined by him through deduction to form a unique spirit alloy.

And the forging method that incorporates all his paths.

This is the only direction Xu Yuan is currently pursuing in his divine forging.

The Path to Unique Skills.

When Xu Yuan was in seclusion for a month, he felt the entire underworld shaking.

That was a sign that the core principles were beginning to manifest.

It was from that time that the Abyss launched a fierce attack.

Another month later, the Abyss Saint King, together with Yan Long, officially made their move and began to compete for the core laws.

Because through the perspective of the laws, the Abyss Saint King saw it—he saw the spear that was in the process of being conceived!

Super artifact!

Absolutely a super artifact!

The Abyss Saint King never imagined that the two celestial anomalies he had encountered in his life would give birth to super artifacts. One of them, which he devoured and merged into the abyss, gave birth to the Heavenly Saint Abyss Splitting Halberd.

The strange star phenomenon before us has given birth to a super artifact resembling a long spear!

It was precisely because of this confirmation that the Abyss Saint King and Yan Long temporarily resolved their conflict of interest.

The Abyss Saint King finally dared to open his mouth and declare that he possessed the Heavenly Saint Abyss Splitting Halberd, a super artifact, and promised Yan Long that he would do his best to compete for this new super artifact. Once he succeeded, the new super artifact could be given to Yan Long.

Even with their combined efforts, Yun Ming couldn't hold on any longer.

After all, they didn't enter the underworld to make their move; they attacked Yunming from outside the underworld.

Yan Long is a god-level being who can unleash his full power in the universe. Moreover, he seems to have extensive experience in attacking planes, launching devastating attacks on Douluo Star multiple times and effectively holding off Yun Ming.

Xu Yuan was preparing for the next divine forging when he suddenly frowned and looked up at the sky.

"The teacher couldn't hold on any longer."

He sighed, put away the forging hammer in his hand, and threw the forging table and the metal on it into the valley.

"Abyss Saint Lord, your opponent is me!"

Xu Yuan stepped out of the space, strolling leisurely as if walking on the ground.

His aura burst forth.

The super-god-level spiritual power, soul power, and blood power erupted, impacting the entire world.

The three-colored sun was seen on every battlefield in the underworld.

(End of this chapter)