Chapter 975 (1/2)

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Without the relentless erosion from that strange energy, a faint layer of white light immediately appeared over the pauldron, and the gash began to seal in a slow yet steady manner.

Tang Wulin carried the pauldron over to Xu Weitao, and said, ”All done, Uncle Xu.”

Xu Weitao had witnessed this entire process, and he had an astonished look on his face as he said, ”How did you do that? That wasn't forging, as far as I could tell. This energy comes from the Demonic Centipede Puppet Monarch of the 101st abyssal level; how did you dispel it so easily? Back when its energy first infiltrated my body, I had to expend a lot of power before I finally managed to recover from that injury. If I'd known that you could get rid of that energy so easily, I would've just come to you!”

A wry smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face in response. ”I'm not a healer, so my ability won't work on life forms; it's only applicable to metals.”If he were to pierce the Golden Dragon Spear into Xu Weitao's body, it would immediately begin to suck away his life force, and that would inflict even more damage than the power of that Demonic Centipede Puppet Monarch.

Xu Weitao nodded with a peculiar look on his face. The more he learned about this young man, the more he came to realize just how exceptional he was.

It was no wonder that the Blood G.o.d Battalion had swooped in to take him so quickly; if he'd known all of this from the beginning, he wouldn't have given the Blood G.o.d Battalion a chance to take Tang Wulin!

”I originally planned to have this pauldron reforged. A piece of soul refined metal required to make a pauldron like this will cost at least 20,000 accolades, so I'll pay you according to that number,” Xu Weitao offered.

Tang Wulin hurriedly said, ”There's no need for that, Uncle Xu. I barely did anything, so you don't have to give me any accolades.”

Xu Weitao insisted in a serious voice, ”I can't just employ your services for free. The fact that you didn't have to do much is beside the point; the fact of the matter is that I had my pauldron repaired by you. That is a testament to your skills, but I still have to pay you nonetheless. Otherwise, I'd be taking advantage of you! If you want to thank me, then you can prioritize my forging jobs in the future. Besides, I've always harbored ambitions of becoming a four-word battle armor; perhaps you'll already be a Divine Blacksmith by then, and I'll have to come to you again.”

Xu Weitao insisted on giving Tang Wulin 20,000 accolades before departing.

Long Yuxue didn't depart with him, and she was currently appraising Tang Wulin with a peculiar look on her face.

Tang Wulin extended his Blood G.o.d Bracelet toward her, and said, ”Here's your half; these accolades can't be used for promotions, but you can still buy things with them.”

This workshop had been sponsored by Long Yuxue in the beginning, and it was agreed that they'd be splitting the profits evenly between one another. However, only after witnessing Tang Wulin's skills did Long Yuxue come to realize just how unfair this agreement was.

”You don't need to give your accolades to me. You earned everything on your own, and I...” Long Yuxue's voice trailed off mid-sentence.

Tang Wulin smiled, and said, ”Didn't you hear what Uncle Xu just said? Just because I'm earning these accolades doesn't change the fact that you sponsored me in the very beginning. Without your help, I wouldn't even have this workshop, so you deserve half the profits. Come on, lady boss, it's time to take your share.”

Long Yuxue blushed slightly upon hearing the words ”lady boss”, and she didn't make any further effort to turn down her share of the profits. [In China, the term ”lady boss” can refer to a business owner who's a woman, but also the wife of a male business owner, so it's kind of an implicit term, hence the blush.] Instead, she merely said, ”Tell me if you're ever short on accolades.”

”I will. It's about time we moved this workshop to a larger s.p.a.ce. By the way, did you enter the Star Battle Net Inter-federation Compet.i.tion?”

Long Yuxue nodded in response. ”I'm registered to compete. Most of the members of our legion who are five-ring Soul Kings and above have registered. I reckon our legion will dominate the western compet.i.tion region, especially considering there aren't that many cities in the entire western compet.i.tion region.”

A wry smile appeared on Tang Wulin's face. ”Looks like it's not a good thing that we're in the western compet.i.tion region!” Indeed, among the 25,000 soldiers of the Blood G.o.d Legion, there had to be thousands of Soul Masters at or above the Soul King stage and below the t.i.tled Douluo Stage. They were going to be facing countless powerful compet.i.tors.

Jiang Wuyue was already very powerful, and if it weren't for Tang Wulin's bloodline advantage, it would be rather difficult for him to defeat Jiang Wuyue. Even so, he was only a lieutenant colonel, so there had to be many more Soul Masters in the legion who were more powerful than him, yet hadn't attained suits of three-word battle armor yet. He would have to give everything he had if he wanted to make it to the finals.

What was of the greatest concern to Tang Wulin wasn't the Soul Master battles. After all, he had attained his dragon core now, so he was relatively confident in the Soul Master battle portion. However, the mecha battles wouldn't be so easy for him.

The mecha pilots of the Blood G.o.d Legion were constantly fighting on the battlefield and honing their skill against abyssal creatures. In terms of practical combat prowess, the mecha pilots of the Blood G.o.d Legion were definitely among the best in the entire federal military, so it would definitely not be an easy task to fight off such fierce compet.i.tion.

The mecha pilot that he'd encountered in the combat room had already been quite powerful. If it weren't for the fact that they'd been unfamiliar with his abilities and was overly aggressive with their attacks, it would not have been so easy for him to win that battle.

Furthermore, as he progressed through the rounds, the mecha pilots that he faced were only going to become more and more powerful. This was definitely going to be harder than Soul Master battles as one would immediately be handed a loss once their mecha became damaged to a certain extent.

Just thinking about it was giving him a headache.

”Did you register as well?” Long Yuxue asked.

”Yes.”

Long Yuxue asked, ”What are you going to do if you encounter me in one of the rounds?”

Tang Wulin faltered slightly upon hearing this. ”I guess I can go easy and let you last a little longer?”