834 Black Earth Star Refinement Art! (1/2)
”First, the self-destructing battleships…” Wang Baole muttered as he sat in his Dharmic Battleship. After setting the course the Dharmic Battleship was to take, he rubbed at his forehead. Ideas began to fill his head.
It was going to take them some time to get back to the Divine Eye Star System. Looking at how long they had taken to travel out, they needed at least three months for the return journey. This was the best time for him to rebuild his arsenal.
Building self-destructing battleships will be easy. Besides, I still have plenty of puppets to order around. The important thing is maximizing the power released from each self-destructive explosion, but that's not difficult to deal with either. If I use materials of a better grade to build these battleships, the power that they'll release when they self-destruct will naturally increase.
Besides, I still have the Divine Justice Shield… Wang Baole narrowed his eyes. Having decided what he had to do, he started to work, pulling out his puppets from his storage bag and retreating into seclusion.
Time passed steadily. Hundreds of brand-new small battleships appeared behind the Dharmic Battleship. They were black in color and exuded waves of relatively powerful spirit energy. Every battleship appeared to be as powerful as a perfected Nascent Soul realm cultivator.
Their numbers increased as the days went by, and the rate of this increase crept up steadily as well, from the initial addition of a few hundred new battleships to a few thousand new battleships every day!
After two weeks, a massive fleet of more than ten thousand battleships could be seen trailing behind the Dharmic Battleship. Every battleship was equipped with its own Divine Justice Shield. It was an awesome sight to behold. Travelers from other civilizations who saw the fleet shuddered at the sight of it and quickly hid in the hopes that their presence wouldn't be discovered.
Their reactions were understandable… besides the ten thousand strong Nascent Soul realm battleships, Wang Baole had gone all out and used up a thousand Red Crystals to build… a thousand super battleships that would release Soul Conduit realm level power when they were blown up!
These battleships looked exactly the same as the other battleships in Wang Baole's fleet. No one would be able to tell the difference without a closer look. Gathered together in a massive fleet, the battleships clearly posed a menacing threat to everyone in the area.
Wang Baole's current fleet looked majestic and powerful. It was many times stronger than the fleet that he had started out with. In addition, he now had the Emperor Armor, which gave him combat strength that rivaled a Spirit Immortal realm cultivator. Ordinary early-stage Spirit Immortal realm cultivators wouldn't be a match for him. Even if his opponent were to have a Dharmic Battleship, victory would still not be guaranteed.
The culmination of everything led to his brimming sense of confidence. It would be an exaggeration to say that he could now reign over the cosmos with ease, but it wouldn't be a stretch to call him a rising star in the Divine Eye civilization.
He had rebuilt his Divine Justice Shield as well. To prevent history from repeating itself, he used up a considerable portion of his vast hordes of materials just to refine Divine Justice Shields for his personal protection. He made a hundred of them in a single shot!
”Money's all I've got!” Wang Baole burst out into laughter after getting a sense of how much more powerful he now was with his full arsenal of weaponry and artifacts. The donkey brayed a few times and started to beg for treats. Its braying got louder after it successfully earned a few supreme-grade Spirit Stones from Wang Baole.
Little Wu, on the other hand, continued to remain in a daze. There was a lost look in his eyes. He seemed to be contemplating life, who he was, where he had come from, and where he was to go next.
This child… is quite pitiful, actually. Wang Baole sighed as he eyed Little Wu. He realized that he had been too harsh on the kid. But life was cultivation. One had to go through all kinds of hardships in order to emerge stronger and more powerful. The thought of that made Wang Baole feel considerably better.
Kid, I'm doing this for your own good. You still need more training. It's okay, your daddy will help you. Wang Baole coughed and looked away. After calculating how long the remaining return journey was going to take, he pulled out the partially maimed palm that had belonged to the Never-Ending Clan Planet realm cultivator.
Only three fingers remained on the palm, all of which had turned black. However, they showed no signs of decomposition, and a strong Planet realm aura still remained within the palm. The mere sight of the palm made Wang Baole feel stifled. The feeling wasn't as bad as facing a Planet realm cultivator, but it was bad enough.
Do all dismembered body parts of a Planet realm cultivator feel as powerful… Wang Baole studied the palm before him solemnly. He considered merging it with his Emperor Armor so that he might be able to wield a tiny bit of Planet realm power.
However, such methods seemed too coarse and brutish. In fact, it would be a waste to use the palm like that. Wang Baole was torn. After some consideration, he set the palm aside and took out the storage ring again.