Soul Land IV (Douluo Dalu) : Ultimate Fighting
chapter-113

Chapter 113: Improvement

A tinge of pain flashed beneath Yin Tianfan’s eyes. “Old Ji! What I regretted most in this lifetime was making a mistake during my young and frivolous days which caused me to be fired even though I made some achievements in the military, but could you understand this pain? If I wasn’t fired, I would certainly have a part in the Sea God’s fate too and wouldn’t have to be alone at this old age.”

Ji Hongbin’s lips twitched and he sighed. “Alright, we’re all unworthy! You let him try it once more and give me access to watch it. I want to confirm that he can really handle it.”

“Alright.” Yin Tianfan waved to Lan Xuanyu who was confused and said, “Xuanyu, come here, let’s go into the simulator.”

After entering the familiar simulator, the lid closed up and the familiar interstellar image appeared once again.

He felt a strong force and the space warship took off.

Lan Xuanyu had gone through all these for over ten times and no longer felt the feeling of novelty like he did at the start. He merely took a deep breath and the Soul Power in his body adjusted naturally while the golden and silver duo-colored vortex in his chest slowly rotated in a certain momentum. Both his eyes narrowed, and he looked like he was concealing his spirit and qi, preparing himself for the change that would come his way.

The warship increased in speed and entered the meteorite belt again.

Once he entered the meteorite belt, the entire warship felt like it was bestowed life; it turned, it balanced vertically and straightened up like a cobra. It went from one movement to another in the meteorite belt just like a fish in the water.

Beams of light began bursting continuously and Lan Xuanyu could now see a little — these light beams were hitting the other space warships in the meteorite belt with precision. Sometimes, these light beams were targeted at the meteorites to clear a path.

There was no doubt that Yin Tianfan had perfect command of this space warship — he was extremely skillful.

Compared to the beginning when Lan Xuanyu’s head was always spinning, he was much better now. He used his body to balance himself and with his resistance to the thrust, he could already slowly try to distinguish the directions and what the space warship was doing.

Also, with Yin Tianfan’s familiarity with the space warship, Lan Xuanyu gradually began to observe some unique characteristics of the vehicle that they’ve boarded.

For example, when Yin Tianfan was operating the space warship, he was always changing directions and this was the main cause of his dizziness. Especially after he launches an attack each time, the space warship would change direction abruptly and that change would always be random with it being just enough to dodge the attack coming from their enemies. They shuttled in the meteorite belt really like a fish back in the water.

At least for these few months, Lan Xuanyu had never seen Yin Tianfan’s space warship getting attacked before. It was obvious just how advanced this master was in warship piloting.

This time was the same as well. The space warship kept changing directions while attacking continuously. It could avoid all the attacks from the enemies and it was like a ghost in the meteorite belt, defeating the other warships unceasingly.

After months of adaptation, although Lan Xuanyu still felt dizzy, it wasn’t as unbearable as the beginning. With Lan Xuanyu’s physical attributes, he still couldn’t see Yin Tianfan’s battle methods along with his piloting techniques but at least, he was gradually getting used to this.

Actually, the most crucial was still getting used to it physically. Even Lan Xuanyu felt that his body was very strong in adapting to it. He could now actually force himself to hang in there as they flew at such high altitudes.

He wasn’t sure how long their journey was.

The doors of the simulator opened up but Lan Xuanyu wasn’t in a rush to get up and simply sat there to compose himself first — he learned this one from him as well. If he stood up immediately, he would be extremely dizzy.

After about ten seconds, he held on to the wall of the simulator and stood up slowly with a deep breath.

Ji Hongbin had been observing Lan Xuanyu next to the simulator the whole time, including his expressions in the space warship. At this moment, he had a look of shock.

The Lan Xuanyu before him was only a little pale and his body was trembling slightly, that was all that he saw. One must know that this child was not even nine years old yet!

In actual fact, Lan Xuanyu’s real age wasn’t even eight years old.

Yin Tianfan walked to Ji Hongbin to pat him on his shoulder. “What do you think?”

“Not bad, I didn’t expect this child to be so strong in adapting.” Ji Hongbin didn’t like his smug look but he would never lie.

Yin Tianfan laughed. “That’s talent. I didn’t expect him to get accustomed to it so quickly either, not to mention you. You know how I pilot the warship; although I can control it to a certain extent, even intermediate or advanced academy students may not be able to handle it, but he is gradually getting used to it. He just needs another three months or so and I would consider letting him try to pilot the Soul Guidance warship simulator.”

“Isn’t that a little too fast? Don’t be impatient and ruin things with excessive enthusiasm!” Ji Hongbin was stunned.

Yin Tianfan then said, “That only applies to losers but for talents, this is called advanced awakening. This child has potential; his physical fitness, especially his meridians are very strong. You think that I’m just letting him train like that blindly, huh! I’ve been monitoring his physical changes.”

Lan Xuanyu looked at Yin Tianfan. ‘Since when did Master monitor the changes in my body? I don’t think I’ve gone through any physical test ah!’

“What are you looking at, you little thing. Do you think you can eat my good food for nothing? Do you think anyone could be like you and eat all these precious ingredients? Your appetite is the best indicator. You could eat so much and consume them so quickly, this means that your body and meridians need the nutrients. The nutrients that were absorbed are obviously converted into your energy and abilities. Have you heard of the law of energy conservation?”

“Oh-oh,” Lan Xuanyu then understood and lowered his head in embarrassment — he was ashamed for doubting the master.

The corners of Yin Tianfan’s lips twitched. Actually, he found himself unreliable at times too!

“Anyway, just don’t overexert him. What are your future plans?” Ji Hongbin asked.

“The learning of the Elite Junior Class is already enough. He’s still too young and needs to improve steadily. Over the next few years, I’ll just let him be trained in piloting the Soul Guidance warship. When he can become a Class A pilot, then he’ll learn something else. I would also like to see how much he can grow before he turns 12 before deciding on the curriculum in the future.”

“I’m relieved, you’re more mature compared to what you were before.”

Yin Tianfan was offended. “What do you mean? Since when was I immature?”

Ji Hongbin looked at him mockingly. “You? Mature? Since when were you ever mature? I wonder who got fired, huh?”

“Hey, don’t insult me, I’m telling you. Don’t think I can’t defeat you. Let’s put on the mecha and not use any battle armor if you dare. You’ll be looking for your teeth all over the ground!” Yin Tianfan raged.

“Haha.” Ji Hongbin patted Lan Xuanyu’s shoulder. “Xuanyu, you have to work hard too. You’ll begin learning about battle armors next term and you’ll also have to think about a secondary profession related to battle armors. With your Spiritual Power, I suggest that you consider battle armor design. Alright, I’ll get going first. I’ll be taking the battle armor classes for your class next semester too.”

“Oh, thank you, Teacher Ji.” Lan Xuanyu wasn’t sure why but after hearing that this Teacher Ji would be teaching the battle armor classes, he stood in silent tribute for his classmates.

The knowledge of soul beasts wasn’t very important compared to battle armors and with almost the entire class choosing the Duo Mecha Master, the importance of battle armors was obvious. The great demon in their hearts would be teaching too…