"I don't care about the others, but you, Fang Yang, and the rest must forge a One-Word Battle Armor for me." Wu Changkong's voice was cold, his tone brooking no argument.
"Ah?"
Xie Xie instinctively let out a cry of surprise, his eyes wide.
"What 'ah'? Go forge a Battle Armor for me."
Wu Changkong's gaze was sharp, looking directly at Xie Xie.
"No problem, Teacher Wu."
Fang Yang replied calmly, his tone unperturbed.
For him, forging a One-Word Battle Armor was indeed not a difficult task.
Wu Changkong nodded slightly: "Alright, you can go back now."
"Okay, Teacher Wu, Teacher Shen, we'll take our leave now."
Fang Yang and the others said in unison, bowed to the two teachers, and then turned to leave the classroom.
Xie Xie couldn't help but wipe the non-existent cold sweat from his forehead: "Teacher Wu's request is too harsh..."
Fang Yang smiled indifferently: "For us, it's not a difficult task."
The others also showed confident smiles, clearly full of confidence in forging the Battle Armor.
After Fang Yang and the seven left, only Wu Changkong and Shen Yi remained in the classroom.
"Senior Brother, isn't this request too strict for the children?"
Shen Yi couldn't help but speak, with a hint of worry in her tone, "A One-Word Battle Armor isn't that easy to forge."
Wu Changkong looked out the window with a distant gaze: "Don't worry, a One-Word Battle Armor is no problem for them at all. Their talent far exceeds your imagination."
"Is that so?"
Shen Yi nodded thoughtfully, "Senior Brother, Xu Xiaoyan, Tang Wulin, and Xie Xie will have no problem entering the Inner Court, but what about Fang Yang and the others..."
"I know your concerns."
Wu Changkong interrupted her, a trace of helplessness in his voice, "The main problem is that Fang Yang and the others are unwilling to join the Tang Sect."
At this point, Wu Changkong sighed softly.
He had invited Fang Yang and the others to join the Tang Sect many times, but each time they had politely refused.
"This..."
Shen Yi also fell into contemplation.
As a teacher at Shrek Academy, she knew very well that Inner Court selection not only valued talent and strength but also the students' sense of belonging and loyalty to the academy.
Although Fang Yang and the others were exceptionally talented, if they didn't join the Tang Sect... The two remained silent, and for a time, only the sound of the breeze from outside the window remained in the classroom... "Wu Lin, how are the Battle Armor designs coming along?" Fang Yang asked on the way back to the dorm.
"They're ready."
Tang Wulin smiled and took out a stack of blueprints from his storage spirit tool, "You mentioned it three years ago, so I asked my father to help with the design."
Tang Ziran, as an eighth-level mecha designer, personally tailored a set of Battle Armor designs for each of the six members of the Zero Class Team.
"Thank you so much! Be sure to thank Uncle for us!" Xie Xie leaned over to look at the exquisite designs on the blueprints.
"We're all comrades-in-arms, no need to be polite." Tang Wulin smiled honestly.
"Hehe, our Battle Armor will definitely be forged successfully this time!" Zhang Yangzi said excitedly, and Wang Jinxi also nodded beside him.
"Don't get too happy too soon."
Fang Yang reminded, "The design blueprints are just the foundation; we still need to incorporate our own understanding and improvements, we can't just copy them exactly."
"Right."
Tang Wulin agreed.
He was both a Disciple of the eighth-level Saint Craftsman Mu Chen and taken under the wing of Feng Wuyu, so he knew that Battle Armor forging needed to be combined with the characteristics of one's own Spirit.
"Understood." Xie Xie and the others nodded.
"There's one more thing."
Fang Yang continued, "Regarding the Materials for forging the Battle Armor, everyone needs to prepare suitable rare metals as soon as possible."
"Once the Materials are complete, Gu Yue and Xiao Yan will be responsible for further optimizing the design blueprints, Wu Lin and I will be responsible for forging, and the mecha manufacturing part will be left to Xie Xie and Yangzi."
"Good!"
Everyone responded in unison, their eyes filled with confidence and anticipation.
Upon returning to the dorm, the seven immediately sprang into action.
Fang Yang and Tang Wulin were the first to head to the forging room.
Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi began organizing manufacturing tools, with Wang Jinxi assisting with records.
Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan studied the Battle Armor spirit tool formations together.
At this moment, Tang Wulin asked: "Fang Yang, what metal do you plan to use to forge your Battle Armor?"
Hearing this, everyone's gaze also turned to Fang Yang.
Fang Yang fell into contemplation.
His Spirit was an exotic flame, and he also possessed the golden dragon king divine core within him; ordinary metals simply couldn't withstand his powerful strength.
"Let's melt the metal first."
A black flame rose from his palm, and the temperature in the room instantly rose significantly.
Powerful mental force controlled eight rare metals, which flew into the flames one by one.
Tang Wulin recognized these precious metals: "Deep Silver, Demon Silver, Heaven Star Iron, Fine Gold, Spirit Iron, Cloud Titanium, Cold Heart Iron Essence, Krypton Gold..."
"Hiss!"
The moment the eight metals touched the black flame, they turned into liquid, condensing into a crystalline metallic liquid within the flame.
Fang Yang was fully concentrated, calcining and purifying, removing Impurities, metal Fusion... As the last incantation was cast, a brilliant light suddenly burst forth from the flames.
"Done!"
Fang Yang let out a low cry, forcing out a mouthful of vital blood and integrating it into the metal.
A moment later, the metal completely solidified, floating in the air and emitting a dazzling light.
"This..."
Everyone watched, dumbfounded.
"This is God Alloy!" Tang Wulin murmured, his face full of disbelief.
He never expected that Fang Yang could, without the aid of forging, melt eight rare metals into the legendary God Alloy purely with flames.
"Wu Lin, I'll need your help with forging the Battle Armor belt next." Fang Yang said.
"Okay!"
Tang Wulin nodded heavily, releasing his Spirit, the Asura Clear Sky Hammer.
The blood-black Clear Sky Hammer flickered in the forging room, each strike on the God Alloy producing a crisp clanging sound.
Fang Yang, meanwhile, controlled the flames, heating the metal just right to maintain the optimal forging temperature.
Just like that, the Battle Armor belt was forged.
Xie Xie and Zhang Yangzi immediately took over, beginning the precision machining.
"The patterns here need to be more refined."
Xie Xie operated the carving knife with intense focus, fine beads of sweat seeping from his forehead.
Zhang Yangzi assisted from the side: "Pay attention to keeping the spirit power output stable; the conductivity of this part is very important."
Gu Yue and Xu Xiaoyan further optimized the Battle Armor spirit tool formation design.
After continuous engraving, the spirit tool inscriptions on the embryonic Battle Armor belt had become dense from their original scattered state.
Different spirit tool inscriptions interconnected, producing special resonance, forming complete spirit tool formations.
Finally, the One-Word Battle Armor component—the Battle Armor belt—was completed.
Nine-colored light swirled in the forging room, and the spirit power fluctuations made the air tremble slightly.
"We succeeded!" Xie Xie jumped up excitedly.
Fang Yang took a step forward, releasing his spirit power aura.
spirit power enveloped the newly formed Battle Armor belt, beginning to imprint it with his own mark.
A mysterious connection was established between Fang Yang and the Battle Armor; the Battle Armor belt before him seemed to become an extension of his body, a component he could completely control.
At the same time, its radiant glow completely shifted from nine colors to gold-red.
"Is this the Battle Armor?"
Fang Yang murmured. He slightly activated his spirit power and gently waved his hand towards the Battle Armor belt in front of him.
The next moment, the Battle Armor belt suddenly flashed and flew towards his body.
Ultimately, it merged with Fang Yang's body, solidifying into a gold-red belt.
Fang Yang named this One-Word Battle Armor—"Cinder!"
PS: Regarding the forging of the Battle Armor, the author is not very good at writing about it...
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