Compared to the Douluo Continent, the Star Luo Continent was undoubtedly a primitive society. Its development level wasn't high, and one could see many natural forests and lakes, with faint auras of Spirit Beasts present.
Su Ming felt its current state was similar to the Douluo Continent during the Douluo 1 era.
The Star Luo Empire had arranged a Spirit Train direct to Star Luo City for the Shrek group.
"If I remember correctly, this train is supposed to be attacked."
The thought flashed through Su Ming's mind.
The next moment, flames shot into the sky.
The intense energy fluctuations instantly caught Cai Yue'er's attention.
"Protect yourselves!"
She roared, smashed a window, flew out through it, and saw a large number of mechas in the distant sky.
These mechas all bore the emblem of a green skull.
"This is bad, it's the Green Skull. They have some nerve, daring to attack our convoy today."
Sima Lanxiao's face also changed dramatically.
By this time, Su Ming had already used Time-Space Traversal, leaving the carriage and appearing in the sky outside.
Teachers like Cai Yue'er and Wu Kong went to deal with the mecha army.
The carriage was bombed, and Su Ming felt somewhat dazed.
This was the first time he had been hit by a Spirit Tool artillery shell.
Let's just say, the power of these missiles wasn't great, and Su Ming could completely withstand it, but that was probably only true for him.
Even Tang Wulin wouldn't have been as nonchalant about it as Su Ming.
Seeing the mecha locking onto him, Su Ming simply reached out his hand.
Azure Bull Slow Domain!
The domain expanded, and the pilot inside the mecha immediately became sluggish.
Su Ming easily opened the mecha and eliminated the Evil Spirit Master inside.
After dealing with the enemy, Su Ming collected the mecha's components, directly storing them in his personal storage Spirit Tool.
"Hmm, should make a small fortune."
Although he wasn't short of money, no one ever minded having more.
The more he forged, the more he unconsciously fell into a cycle, pursuing high-quality, rare precious metals. It was like how people who enjoy PC gaming gradually start frequently upgrading their peripherals.
Su Ming acted repeatedly, using his elusive Time-Space Traversal to directly eliminate the mecha pilots, leaving the massive mechas almost completely intact.
Over with Cai Yue'er, Wu Kong, and the others, the black-level mechas were also being dealt with one by one. The entire terrorist attack was quelled in about half an hour.
Cai Yue'er's face was ugly as she questioned Sima Lanxiao.
"Is this how your Star Luo Empire treats its guests?"
This train was arranged by the Star Luo Empire, yet it was attacked mid-journey by an evil cult organization. Did that mean it was the intention of the Star Luo royal family?
"Elder Cai, please don't misunderstand. This incident has absolutely nothing to do with us. If you wish to know about the Green Skull organization, I have information on them here."
"The Green Skull organization is an evil group formed by some stubborn elements among the Star Luo Continent's native inhabitants. They carry out sabotage across the continent, and they give us quite a headache as well."
Sima Lanxiao hurriedly explained.
"Rescue teams will arrive shortly. Our train is damaged, so we can only temporarily requisition another one. It will probably take about five more hours to depart again."
Ten days later.
After experiencing the attack by the Green Skull organization, the Shrek group finally arrived safely in Star Luo City.
"Elder Cai, I'd like to look around here on my own, is that alright?" Tang Wulin asked.
"Of course. This exchange activity doesn't restrict your freedom. You are all free to do as you please within Star Luo City."
After Cai Yue'er finished speaking, Su Ming left the team alone.
He wanted to learn about the local rare metals.
"The rare metals unique to the Star Luo Continent—Gold Crystal, Variable Silver, and Star Copper—are all quite good rare metals."
Among them, Su Ming knew about Variable Silver in advance. This metal could amplify strength; after injecting Spirit Power, it would receive nine layers of amplification within the metal itself, making it very suitable as a material for Battle Armor for strength-type Spirit Masters.
Back in the Douluo 1 era, Su Ming had even mixed information about Variable Silver into the ruins.
After all, they were ruins; things found inside might not exist outside, as the ruins existed from an unknown time in the past. Just because the continent didn't have them now didn't mean they never existed, and no one would question it.
The Star Luo Empire's Fusion Forging technology was very crude. Using his Spirit Alloy, Su Ming exchanged for large quantities of their unique metals at over ten different shops selling rare metals.
After three days of purchasing rare metals, the grand competition finally commenced.
Su Ming didn't particularly like competitions, nor was he short on Spirit Bones, so he didn't participate in the individual competition.
He signed up for the Blacksmithing Competition.
Similar to the Tianhai Alliance Grand Competition, this All-Continent Young Elite Spirit Master Competition hosted by the Star Luo Empire also covered all fields related to Spirit Masters.
"Senior Brother Su Ming really does enjoy public grandstanding, and only likes to show off in the field of blacksmithing."
Tang Wulin couldn't help but comment.
He also wanted to sign up for the Blacksmithing Competition.
But he didn't have the same freedom as Su Ming; he had to participate in the individual and team competitions according to Cai Yue'er's arrangements.
These two competitions took up all his time, so he couldn't participate in the Blacksmithing Competition anyway.
Another point was that if he went, he would only be humiliating himself. First place would definitely be Su Ming. Even if he went, he wouldn't get the champion's reward, would just be wasting his time, and would end up being a stepping stone for Su Ming.
The final reason was that Lao Tang had repeatedly warned him to keep his distance from Su Ming as much as possible.
"Lao Tang, you've told me many times, but I still don't understand, why do I need to keep my distance from Senior Brother Su Ming?"
Lao Tang was silent for a moment before letting out a faint sigh.
"You don't need to know."
Tang Wulin was speechless.
Being cryptic again.
Lao Tang sensed Tang Wulin's inner thoughts and felt helpless.
There were many things involved here, and it really wasn't convenient to explain to Tang Wulin.
In Lao Tang's perception, Su Ming was the one who had obtained the Seed of the Plane.
Since regaining consciousness, Lao Tang had not been in contact with A Yin and Tang Hao, so A Yin and Tang Hao didn't know about Tang Wulin's development.
However, this didn't mean A Yin and Tang Hao were unaware of this grandson's existence.
Back when the God Realm turbulence occurred and Tang Wulin was sent to the Douluo Continent, Tang San had told A Yin and Tang Hao that their grandson had been sent down.
A Yin knew of Tang Wulin's existence.
If Tang Wulin had too much contact with Su Ming, causing A Yin to misjudge the situation, that would be a huge problem.
Imagine if A Yin mistook Su Ming for Tang Wulin. Then, when the real Tang Wulin later tried to obtain the Seed of the Plane from A Yin, wouldn't he have to prove his identity?
Moreover, A Yin currently still had reservations about Su Ming and had given an incomplete Seed of the Plane.
If A Yin mistakenly thought Su Ming was her grandson, she would probably complete it in an instant. Then Tang Wulin's loss would be enormous.
"Listen, you just need to remember that from now on, your relationship with Su Ming cannot be good. Become as antagonistic with him as possible."
Lao Tang could only hope that creating opposition between Su Ming and Tang Wulin would have some effect, and that through the connection of bloodlines, it would make A Yin also feel rejection towards Su Ming, leading her to take back the bestowed Seed of the Plane.
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