At that moment, Xiao Chen finally understood why the void battleship hadn't been melted by the lava. It was because there was a light blue barrier on the surface of the battleship, isolating it from the surging lava.
Xiao Chen guessed that this dark blue barrier was the void battleship's defensive barrier. Thinking of this, Xiao Chen couldn't help but be overjoyed. This void battleship could actually activate a defensive barrier, which meant that it was at least at the Heaven rank.
After all, even though he had exchanged the Sky Connecting Amethyst Vines for the void battleship's blueprint, the forging method of the void battleship could only be used to forge Earth-grade battleships.
Void battleships were divided into several grades, namely Earth-grade, Heaven-grade, and King-grade. There were also subtle divisions within each grade. Not only that, but every void battleship also had slight differences in defense, attack, speed, and other aspects.
The fact that a battleship could activate a defensive barrier was a sign that it had reached the Heaven rank. There was even a rumor in the Great Wilderness that a King-grade void battleship had intelligence that wasn't inferior to a human's, and could operate on its own.
Buzz buzz buzz!
Xiao Chen's spiritual perception surged into the lava a kilometer below the surface, and his spiritual perception penetrated the light blue barrier. The light blue barrier was like a bubble, and no matter how the lava surged, it couldn't break through it.
The light blue barrier could stop the surging lava, but it didn't reject Xiao Chen's spiritual perception at all. His spiritual perception was like a tide, attaching itself to the light blue barrier and constantly enveloping the entire battleship.
In Xiao Chen's mind.
This was a battleship that was nearly 90 meters long. It was completely black, and there was a sculpture of a malevolent beast at the bow and stern of the battleship. Xiao Chen could recognize that these beasts were Void Beasts, powerful beasts that traversed the spatial turbulence. They were born with the ability to pierce through the void, and were killers in the spatial turbulence!
Not only that, but there were also 12 Yuan Stone Cannons on each side of the battleship. However, in the eyes of Xiao Chen's men, there were less than 20 of the 24 Yuan Stone Cannons left. The rest had been destroyed and turned into lumps of scrap metal that piled up on the cannons.
There was a hole that was 30 meters wide at the bow of the battleship. According to Xiao Chen's observations, this huge hole should be where the battleship's main cannon was, and it had been forcefully destroyed. At the stern of the battleship, there was also a Yuan Stone Cannon that was a full size larger than the two cannons on each side.
There were several such large holes on the hull of the battleship, and there were even more holes that were 10 to 20 meters wide or even smaller. The tall battleship had been broken and twisted together, and there were even bloodstains on them.
Moreover, Xiao Chen had also discovered the corpses of thousands of warriors on the battleship. They were wearing slightly different armor than the ones in the Great Wilderness. Perhaps it was because they were isolated from the rest of the world beneath the lava, but the faces of these warriors were still vivid and lifelike. They retained their expressions at the moment of their death. There was unwillingness and anger in their eyes, as if they were shouting about how unfair it was!
It was hard to imagine just what kind of power was able to forcefully smash this huge warship, which was nearly a thousand feet in size, into the raging flames, causing the thousands of brave warriors on the warship to not be able to escape in time and be buried in the raging flames.
The battleship was covered in smoke, and the messy corpses were buried in the lava, isolated from the rest of the world.
Whoosh!
Xiao Chen retracted his majestic mind power. In this rich lava, his mind power had been greatly consumed, and his face was a little pale. However, it was all worth it.
A Void Battleship. A Void Battleship at least at the Heaven Rank. This was comparable to an 8th or even 9th Heavenly Layer Heavy Building Realm martial artist. Although it was unclear whether it was focused on speed, defense, or offense, it was a huge opportunity for the Gu Yuan Tribe.
Although the battleship had already experienced the flames of war and its hull had been damaged, Xiao Chen had investigated that the battleship had not been completely damaged. Just from the activated protective shield, he could tell that the battleship was no longer operated by anyone, but some of its functions were still operating automatically.
Because of this, Xiao Chen guessed that this unknown battleship had focused on defense. Otherwise, how could it have withstood the burning of the lava, and it would have benefited Xiao Chen for nothing.
After a long time, Xiao Chen restrained his Qi and opened his eyes. His originally pale face had also become rosy, but it would still take a few days to recover the mind power he had consumed this time.
Roar roar roar!
Seeing that Xiao Chen had opened his eyes, the little pegasus hurriedly roared. Its big golden eyes flickered with a hint of pride, indicating to Xiao Chen that it did not lie to him.
Gently patting the pegasus' head and calming it down, Xiao Chen could not help but chuckle. Then, he took out a few pills and placed them in the pegasus' mouth as its reward.
Looking at the surging lava, Xiao Chen could not help but smile bitterly. Even though he knew that there was a Void Battleship in front of him that had the strength of a Venerable, there was nothing he could do, because it was impossible to move the battleship out of the surging lava.
Even he did not dare to go down into the lava that was 300 meters deep. Even with the support of Battle Qi and Battle Physique, it would consume a lot of Battle Qi to protect his body in this scorching lava.
So what if he could dive down to the battleship's position? It was almost 300 meters long and was as heavy as a mountain. He would not be able to lift it up.
Looking at the benefits in front of him, he could not take it. This made Xiao Chen's heart itch. Fortunately, he had confirmed that there was a battleship in the blazing lava. In the future, he would be able to think of a way to completely pull the battleship out of the lava for the Gu Yuan Tribe to use.
Three days later.
In the ancient mountains thousands of miles away from the Gu Yuan Tribe, thunder clouds covered the sky and silver lightning danced wildly. The creatures in the entire Mang Desolate Ancient Forest fell to the ground.
On an ancient mountain ten miles away from the tribulation clouds, three figures stood at the peak.
"Pinghua, now that Granny Hua has passed the lightning tribulation, what is there to worry about?"
Behind Xiao Chen, a green figure and a red figure stood close together. Their beautiful faces made the entire ancient mountain pale in comparison.
"That's right, sister. Granny Hua has been at the peak of the Blood Refinement Realm for decades and has accumulated a lot of experience. How can she not pass a mere lightning tribulation? Sister can rest assured now."
Mu Qing held Mu Qing's arm, a look of excitement on her beautiful face. Her master, Granny Hua, had overcome the Lightning Tribulation. She was no longer worried.
"I still have to thank the tribe leader, if not for …"
Pinghua was halfway through her sentence when she saw Xiao Chen turn to look at her. She immediately stopped talking, and a sly look appeared on her pretty face.
"Sister, I see that Brother Xiao is not happy with your words."
Seeing Xiao Chen and Pinghua's little actions, Mu Qing said with a hint of jealousy. Pinghua immediately went to play with her, and the entire ancient mountain was filled with moans.
After a long time, the two girls stopped playing and looked at Granny Hua, who was constantly absorbing the Qi of Heaven and Earth. At this moment, Granny Hua had gone through the baptism of the heavenly tribulation and was forging her own martial path.
However, it was clear that Granny Hua did not use the middle grade primordial stones that Xiao Chen asked the tribe to prepare. The Qi of Heaven and Earth accumulated after the heavenly tribulation was enough for Granny Hua to forge her martial path. Of course, this also meant that the martial path Granny Hua forged would not be of a high quality.
After a long time, Granny Hua stabilized her cultivation and flew to the ancient mountain where Xiao Chen was. She first bowed to Xiao Chen, then said: "If not for the tribe leader's full support, this old woman would not have the chance to step into the First Floor realm in this lifetime."
"Master, what grade of martial path did you forge?"
Although she knew that the martial path her master forged would not be of a high quality, Pinghua still could not help but ask.
"Fourth grade!"
Seeing Pinghua's expression, how could the master not know what her disciple was thinking? She immediately said: "Master never thought that she would break through the First Floor realm in this lifetime. Now that she has stepped into the First Floor realm, it is already a great opportunity, and from now on, you can live for thousands of years."
"What's more, I know that if it was not for the Amethyst Heavenly Vine, the quality of martial path forged would only be at the lower level. Now that I can forge the middle level of martial path, what's there to be dissatisfied about? What's more, in this vast wilderness, how many people have such an opportunity as this old woman."
Seeing that Granny Hua was so open-minded, the three were no longer entangled in this matter. After all, the fourth grade of martial path meant that one could cultivate to the fourth level of the First Floor realm, which was enough to stand shoulder to shoulder with the tribe leader of an ordinary upper grade combat division.
Even in the entire Barren Land, it was not so easy to condense the Intermediate Fourth Grade Martial Path Chong Lou. It was just that the warriors of the Gu Yuan Tribe had broken through to the Heavenly Building Realm and condensed the Upper Grade Martial Path Chong Lou, so everyone was used to it.
"Tribe leader, when this old woman has stabilized her cultivation, I will go to the Giant Rock Valley to oversee the Treasure Trove Tower."
Granny Hua had already known about this arrangement of Xiao Chen a few months ago. Now that she had advanced to the First Floor realm, this task was also put on the agenda.
Immediately, Granny Hua used the excuse of going back to stabilize her cultivation to leave some space for Xiao Chen and the other two.
Xiao Chen sat on the bluestone at the top of the mountain, watching the two girls play and interjecting from time to time, provoking the two girls to denounce him in unison.
As he spoke, Xiao Chen told the two girls about the void battleship in the volcanic magma.
"Big Brother Xiao, there are many men in my Gu Yuan Tribe. Even if this void battleship is heavy, it is enough to drag it out of the magma."
"The temperature of the volcanic magma is extremely high at a depth of three thousand feet. It is enough to melt financial stones and even spiritual materials. How can we lower the iron chain?"
However, Xiao Chen's answer made the two girls chuckle.
"Big Brother Xiao, you can't see clearly because you are closely involved. Although the temperature of the blazing magma is too high, our goal is to drag the battleship out, not to forge a spiritual weapon."
"That's right. Sister Qing 'er is right. Even if it can melt spiritual materials, it still needs time. As long as we can drag the battleship out during this time, won't we succeed?"
Late at night.
Xiao Chen returned to the tribe and summoned the Third Elder and the many craftsmen of the Divine Weapon Hall. He gave a puzzling order to take out the spiritual materials in the tribe's warehouse and forge the chain.
Using spiritual materials to forge spiritual weapons to forge a chain. Did the Lord Tribe leader think that there were too many spiritual materials in the tribe to use?