Douluo: Dragon King's Divine Elegy

Chapter 93 Inner Court Grand Competition, Two-Word Battle Armor, Named: God!
A few months later.

Inside the Spirit Pagoda, Nan Liujing, Gu Yue, Leng Yaozhu, and Xia Zhengleng stood to one side, their gazes fixed on a tall figure not far away.

With his left hand behind his back and his right hand gripping the Purgatory Halberd, a purple-black halo continuously spewed from the tip of the halberd, engraving and shaping it on a piece of metal interwoven with deep blue, blood red, and dark silver hues.

This is the first two-word battle armor piece belonging to Nan Liujing, located on the right arm guard and forearm.

The battle armor requires personal involvement throughout the entire process. Nan Liujing is not particularly enthusiastic about mecha manufacturing, but the metal itself is forged by him using four top-grade metals, called Heavenly Thunder Fusion Metal, with a fusion rate of an astonishing 99%, thus ensuring compatibility.

Originally, Nan Liujing's plan was to create a thousand-refined spirit alloy one-word battle armor, similar to Tang Wulin's in the original timeline. However, after fusing a layer of Golden Dragon King bloodline, adding lightning body tempering, and the breakthrough in his cultivation over the past few months, his ambitions naturally changed.

Currently, his cultivation level has reached level 43. At the age of eleven and a half, his physique is even comparable to that of many Soul Masters with the cultivation level of Soul Emperor. Because of this, after discussing with Leng Yaozhu and Qian Gu Qingfeng again, he changed the creation of the battle armor to the two-word level.

As a level nine mecha maker, Qian Gu Qingfeng's engraving and shaping speed is astonishing. With each stroke of the halberd tip, a beautiful line will remain forever on the metal, which can be described as flowing smoothly.

The core magic array, thoughtfully designed by Leng Yaozhu for her beloved disciple, is top-notch. It not only takes into account the martial soul aspect, but also the ultimate lightning mastery of Nan Liujing and his high level of understanding of other elements.

In other words, this battle armor not only allows the ultimate lightning to be unleashed more thoroughly, but also effectively increases resistance to various elemental attacks, achieving a complete combination of offense and defense.

Gradually, as a deep light appeared and emanated in mid-air, the appearance of a battle armor component began to take shape.

In the air, the lightning element seemed to be drawn in, becoming increasingly violent. An astonishing pressure gradually spread, and the huge hall seemed to be engulfed in a thunderstorm, with occasional flashes of lightning and rumbling sounds as if the end of the world had arrived.

Normally, most battle armor masters either use ordinary spirit-forged metal or fuse two metals together to create two types of battle armor. Three types are considered rare. Even Wu Changkong's battle armor only has six parts that meet this standard. As for four types, only a direct descendant like Lan Muzi from Shrek Academy can obtain them. If the fusion rate is 90%, you'll be lucky.

The quality of the metal, the degree of metal fusion, the design of the core magic array, the manufacturing process, and so on, all affect the strength of the enhancement that the battle armor provides to its master.

"Flowing Scenery".

Suddenly, a gentle breeze blew from Qian Gu Qing Feng.

Nan Liujing's mind was already focused on the metal, so he moved quickly, slashing his left hand across his right palm, and a spurt of blood splashed onto the metal.

At that moment, the last core magic array line was sealed, and the battle armor was completed!
Having received the blood, the battle armor, woven with three intertwined lights, suddenly burst forth with an even more dazzling brilliance. The metal itself was crafted by Nan Liujing himself, making its compatibility with the armor almost off the charts.

As soon as the metal mixed with the blood, Nan Liujing sensed a strong cheer and jubilation resounding within his spiritual sea.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the ball of light formed from the battle armor came to them on its own initiative.

Nan Liujing smiled, reached out his right hand, and merged into the ball of light.

The next moment, a series of thunderous booms resounded, and deep blue, blood red, and dark silver light spread from Nan Liujing's right hand to his right forearm, making his body look magnificent.

Looking down, Nan Liujing could feel something completely integrated with his meridians, flesh and blood, and even his soul power, with the pulsation frequency and veins gradually becoming unified.

"Congeal!"

With a single, low shout, all the light dissipated.

A magnificent suit of armor, as beautiful as a work of art, appeared before everyone's eyes.

The entire battle armor is predominantly dark silver, accented with blood red and deep blue, resembling a completely transparent crystal. A chasm of light extends from the back of the hand to the forearm, seemingly flowing with liquid lightning, as if sealing away a boiling thunderstorm. Meanwhile, the core magic array in the palm displays a profound fusion of two halos of light, a fusion of lightning and darkness.

"boom!"

Lost in thought, Nan Liujing suddenly threw a punch forward, unleashing a torrent of violent lightning. Hidden within was a wisp of dark ripple, like a life-devouring blade, poised to strike.

The lightning strike left a long-lasting, persistent scar, and the air was filled with its lingering, violent power.

Qian Gu Qingfeng used his own martial soul as a tool to inscribe the core magic array, which also indirectly imbued the battle armor with his martial soul attributes. This allowed Nan Liujing to not only unleash terrifying lightning attacks, but also release an abyss that devours light.

"How do you feel?" Qian Gu Qingfeng asked with a smile.

"I can't wait to get the complete battle armor."

Nan Liujing felt the surging power and attribute amplification. Compared to the soul bones that could also amplify a soul master, the metals needed for battle armor were not so scarce.

Xia Zheng jokingly replied, "That's easy, just have your great-grandfather work more overtime."

Qian Gu Qingfeng's lips twitched. After all, they were his descendants. He might as well work overtime.

Leng Yaozhu asked, "What two characters do you plan to name the battle armor?"

Everyone looked on curiously, and Nan Liujing remained silent for a moment.

Since the ultimate goal is to fight Tang San and bring down the once high and mighty gods, why not just call them the Gods... No, that's too childish.

That's called a divine lament?
With thunder as the starting point, let us play a lament for the gods!
It's actually quite cringeworthy.

Nan Liujing's gaze drifted into the distance as he said, "Let's call him God!"

"God?"

Upon hearing this, the three powerful figures, including Gu Yue, were all taken aback.

“God Nan Liujing.” Gu Yue murmured softly, then said in surprise, “I thought you were planning to name him Lei Hun, Senior Brother.”

Nan Liujing shook his head: "My goal is to become the next person to become a god in Douluo Continent after Huo Yuhao, the Spirit Ice Douluo. Therefore, God is both the name of my battle armor and my goal."

Gu Yue's beautiful eyes shone with a special brilliance.

Leng Yaozhu smiled and said, "Originally, my expectation for you was that you would become a quasi-god in the future, but I didn't expect your expectations to be even higher than I thought."

Qian Gu Qingfeng sighed: "It's a pity that the God Realm no longer exists, otherwise, since ancient times, there would be at least a handful of people who could ascend to heaven."

Xia Zhengleng, however, looked proud and gave her great-grandson a thumbs up: "Expectations should be high; this is what a man of the Xia family should be like!"

With his arm around his wife's shoulder, Qian Gu Qingfeng laughed and said, "I remember Shrek Academy is holding its Inner Court Competition at noon today. Liu Jing, why don't you take Yue'er over for a visit? That girl spends all her time in the research institute; she's practically moldy."

"Okay," Nan Liujing replied with a smile.

Leng Yaozhu's eyes were filled with satisfaction. Her eldest disciple had exceptional talent in cultivation, and her second disciple was incredibly intelligent. They were both highly praised within the tower for their research on soul spirits.

She patted Gu Yue on the shoulder and said, "Rest when you need to, and have fun with your senior brother."

"is teacher."

Gu Yue's face flushed slightly; she was eager to improve.

So after entering the research institute, in just a few months, he reduced the production cost of ten-year artificial soul spirits to 40% of the original cost, and the soul spirits became more stable. Now he has begun to make an attack on the hundred-year soul spirits.

She could have started directly from a ten-thousand-year-old artificial soul, but that would have been too outrageous, so she chose to proceed step by step.

"Liu Jing, tell them that if they can make it into the top ten, I'll let them go to Mingdu to participate in the competition," Leng Yaozhu said to Nan Liu Jing.

“Okay.” Nan Liujing nodded. Several months ago, he had told Leng Yaozhu about Ma Xue, Lei Qianjie, and many other wild sect students’ plans to join the Heavenly Phoenix lineage, but he had not received a response until now.

The federal election will be held in just two weeks.

...

Inner Courtyard, Battle Arena!

This is a building resembling a stadium, with seats around it large enough to accommodate a thousand people watching the game at the same time. In the middle, the two-hundred-meter-long and two-hundred-meter-wide playing platform is illuminated by the sunlight falling from the stadium dome, shimmering with soft light.

On the platform, a group of elders from the Sea God Pavilion gathered, numbering over twenty-five. These individuals were all at least Title Douluo and Three-Word Battle Armor Masters. Yun Ming and Ya Li were chatting with Zang Xin.

In addition, many high-ranking members of the Tang Sect, inner court instructors, and inner court prospective students also came.

There are over a hundred prospective students with the same status as Ye Xinglan, which means that the total number of students in the inner academy is more than two hundred.

Lively conversations rose and fell in the audience, as the trainees chatted.

Whom do you support?

"Let's not even talk about the direct disciples; they're practically guaranteed a spot in the top three. As for the top five, I think Senior Yu Hanshuang and Senior Lei Qianjie are both possibilities, since they are Soul Saint level experts."

"I support Senior Ma Xue to break into the top five. I heard that she broke through to the Soul Saint level last month. Her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul is inherited from the ancient Phoenix Douluo Ro Hongjun, and its explosive power is extremely fierce."

"Hey, speaking of Senior Ma Xue, let me tell you, Senior Yan Rong has also recently broken through to the Soul Saint level. Her Martial Soul, the Heavenly Fire Lion, is no worse than the Fire Phoenix. Moreover, the two of them have a particularly bad relationship. If they were to fight, it would definitely be exciting."

"The two inner courtyard volcanoes are worth seeing."

The vast arena was still seeing a steady stream of newcomers.

What drew the attention of the trainees were the two girls guarding the door.

The silver-haired girl stood quietly, her temperament like a newly blossoming lotus, yet her quirky and beautiful face was filled with a sweet smile, making people feel as comfortable as the warm winter sun.

The blonde girl had a slender and straight body, like a sharp sword. Her long hair was tied into a ponytail with a red ribbon. Her eyebrows were narrow and long, and her heroic spirit overshadowed her vulgarity, but it could not hide her exquisite features.

"elder brother!"

Suddenly, Na'er, who was hailed as the little goddess of the inner courtyard, happily waved her fair and delicate arms.

The passing students glanced over instinctively, their expressions subtly changing.

But then Nan Liujing slowly walked over with Gu Yue.

In the inner courtyard, everyone knows that the metals this master forges are of the highest quality. It is precisely because of him that the wild students have made rapid progress in the field of battle armor. On the contrary, the students from the collateral branches who used to suppress them are facing fierce competition and not enough metals to go around. It is feared that their performance in this year's competition will be much more dismal.

Besides metal, what makes Nan Liujing even more talked about is the vigorous reforms being carried out in the outer academy. The various reward systems are dazzling to the outer academy students, making those outer academy disciples who entered the inner academy earlier quite envious.

This is like when you just graduated, and the school dormitory installed air conditioning.

You tell me, aren't you envious?

Nan Liujing was a hero in the outer academy, though no one knew why such a massive academy would ask him to participate in the reform.

"Sorry to keep you waiting." Nan Liujing habitually reached out and ruffled Na'er's hair, and the latter looked quite pleased.

Ye Xinglan's cold and aloof face melted away like ice, revealing a gentle smile. "It's about time, let's go in." She nodded to Gu Yue as she spoke.

Gu Yueying pursed her lips slightly and nodded with a smile.

With three stunning beauties by his side, he was the envy of everyone.

As soon as he entered the audience, students and mentors turned their attention to Nan Liujing. One of the girls, who was extremely beautiful, walked up and said with a smile, "Student Liujing."

Ning Yun, that one from the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile School.

“Senior Ning,” Nan Liujing replied with a smile.

Ning Yun laughed and said, "Why don't you just sit with me and Jiu Tian?"

Nan Liujing then noticed that Yu Jiutian was sitting on the other side, with empty space around him.

"Row."

After taking their seats, Yu Jiutian politely nodded to Nan Liujing.

The girls had plenty to talk about and quickly got into a conversation, but there was one detail that no one noticed: from beginning to end, Gu Yue never spoke a single word to Na'er alone.

"Who do you think will win?" Yu Jiutian looked at the hundred or so genuine Inner Academy students standing on the competition stage.

Nan Liujing's gaze swept between Ma Xue and Lei Qianjie. "It doesn't matter who wins."

Yu Jiutian chuckled and said, "I do support my cousin Yu Hanshuang. Although he doesn't have the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, his Ice Dragon Martial Soul is by no means weak. If the academy hadn't stopped participating in the Federation Grand Competition, his name would be exceptionally well-known throughout the continent."

"That's a pity." Nan Liujing's tone was very calm. It wasn't that he discriminated against Yu Jiutian for not being a beauty, but mainly because he noticed that Zang Xin was looking at him.

I originally wanted to take advantage of the Tang Clan, but a bunch of things happened afterward, so I probably won't be able to get the benefits I got from the Tang Clan's Hall of Heroes.

After all, the news of his becoming a disciple of the Heavenly Phoenix Douluo had already spread.

Oh, wait a minute. There was another gaze fixed on him, very cold.

A cold smile appeared on Nan Liujing's lips. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the hunched old woman, who was none other than Long Yeyue.

He got slapped twice by his ancestor; I wonder if he learned his lesson.

At this moment, on the competition stage, Ma Xue saw Nan Liujing and immediately tugged at Lei Qianjie's clothes.

As the two of them looked, Nan Liujing's lips moved slightly, as if he had said something.

Their eyes suddenly brightened.

"Quiet!"

A gentle voice sounded.

The entire arena fell silent instantly, and everyone looked at the podium with reverence.

Yun Ming's gaze swept over the crowd, and he said with a faint smile, "The Inner Academy Grand Competition is held every two years, and its importance is on par with the Sea God's Fate Blind Date Event. In addition to the generous rewards for this competition, I will announce something else after the competition ends."

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat. All inner court students, enter the competition arena in turn according to yesterday's draw."

As he finished speaking, Yali descended from the podium, raised her delicate hand, and pure life elements flowed out, transforming the competition stage into an ancient forest.

She is the referee.

The inner court students are at least one-word battle armor masters. Once they wear it, their cultivation is comparable to that of a Soul Saint. If they are not careful, someone may be seriously injured.

The inner court students, led by Lan Muzi and Tang Yinmeng, quickly left the competition stage, leaving only two people behind. Their draw numbers were both 'one', and coincidentally, both of them were Soul Kings.

Nan Liujing suddenly burst out laughing.

These two were Nan Xiaxia and Yan Jin, whom he had defeated.

Don't be fooled by how united the two brothers seemed when they teamed up to cause him trouble. Now that they've started fighting, it's a case of one of them giving the other a powerful punch, and the other giving him a huge slap in the face.

The Crimson Dragon Martial Soul was clearly stronger than the Blazing Sun Hammer Martial Soul. Yan Jin could hold his own for a while, but he couldn't keep up after three minutes and became weak. He wanted to use his Battle Armor, but the One-Word Battle Armor required him to put on piece by piece.

Unlike the magical girl transformation in Balala the Fairies where you get a dance, Nan Xiaxia seized the opportunity and took down her 'buddy'.

Amidst enthusiastic cheers, Nan Xiaxia exited the stage as the victor and advanced to the next round.

(End of this chapter)