Chapter 540: Obsidian-Class Fighter! Zhen'an City!

Whoosh—

The fighter jet streaked through the high sky several thousand meters up, the roar of its jet engines thundering.

Inside the cockpit, however, there was not a single stray sound.

"I've already set the route. We'll reach White Mist Canyon in about twenty minutes."

After entering the destination on the control panel and switching to autopilot, Su Qingli walked back with a smile.

Unlike the classical outfit she wore a few hours ago, she was now dressed in a set of dark-cyan battle armor.

The armor clung tightly to her skin like a second layer, tracing out the curves of her tall, slender figure.

Her waist was slim, and her long legs were straight and shapely.

A faint cyan flicker of lightning played across her whole body, the aura of a ninth-rank ability user blooming freely.

"Twenty minutes and we're there? That fast?" Xu Jingming, in his seat, sounded a little surprised.

White Mist Canyon lay on the southern border, roughly seven hundred kilometers from the Lei Ting Wu Guan headquarters.

Even a supersonic fighter shouldn't be that quick.

"This isn't an ordinary fighter. Its top speed can hit four times the speed of sound, and even in normal mode it can do two.

On top of that, we don't have to detour through the wilderness zones along the way.

Or dodge flying-type fierce beasts. It's almost a straight line, so naturally it doesn't take long."

Su Qingli replied with a light laugh, dropping casually into the seat beside Xu Jingming.

With that explanation, Xu Jingming understood.

Indeed,

the entire fighter was enveloped by the ninth-rank aura Su Qingli was radiating.

Ordinary flying-type fierce beasts wouldn't dare come near.

As for ninth-rank flying-type fierce beasts, they had long since risen above being ruled by a beast's bloodthirsty instincts and wouldn't strike lightly.

Besides, it was only a twenty-minute flight. The odds of running into a ninth-rank beast were slim.

"Still, four times the speed of sound on this fighter—that really is fast."

Xu Jingming murmured in admiration.

After activating Lightning Burst Form and using Thunder Dragon Wings, his top flight speed was only 450 meters per second.

That was still a gap short of two times the speed of sound, let alone four.

On top of that, Lightning Burst Form could only be maintained for a little over ten minutes, so its endurance was nowhere near what this fighter offered.

If only he could get his hands on one for everyday travel.

Thinking of this, Xu Jingming couldn't help asking Su Qingli expectantly:

"Teacher, does our martial hall's shop sell this kind of fighter?"

"No."

Su Qingli shook her head. "This is an Obsidian-class fighter. It only comes out of ancient civilization ruins, and there aren't many in the whole world.

Even the one I have was left to me by my father. I couldn't get another one if I wanted to.

But I could help you buy a slightly lower-grade Crimson Sky-class fighter.

It's just that the Crimson Sky-class has weaker power than the Obsidian-class.

Its top speed is only two times the speed of sound, and its cruising speed is only one."

"Oh? How much is a Crimson Sky-class fighter?" Xu Jingming's interest was immediately piqued.

One times the speed of sound was already plenty for his daily use.

That way, wherever he went in the future, he wouldn't have to go to a commercial airport and take a plane.

"Thirty billion Great Xia dollars each. If you want one, I can put you in touch."

Su Qingli replied.

Fighter jets were a strategic resource under state control; ordinary ability users didn't even qualify to buy one.

"Thirty billion? Never mind, then." Xu Jingming sucked in a cold breath and hurriedly waved his hands.

On his two trips to the Kanda Wilderness Zone in Myanmar, he had also hunted quite a few fierce beasts.

The first batch of materials he sold to the Spirit Fox Guild, and the second to the Lei Ting Wu Guan headquarters here.

Altogether he had earned 7.6 billion Great Xia dollars.

Added to his original savings, Xu Jingming had 10.2 billion in his bank account.

He'd thought he was fairly well-off, but he hadn't expected he couldn't even afford a slightly cheaper fighter.

"The Crimson Sky-class fighter is built entirely from D-grade alloy.

Key parts like the wings and cockpit use B-grade and A-grade alloy.

Once the whole fighter enters flight mode, the kinetic energy it generates can easily blast a fifth-rank flying-type fierce beast to pieces without taking a scratch itself.

It's only natural that it costs a bit more."

Su Qingli explained with a smile.

On her Obsidian-class fighter, the wing edges were extremely sharp—in effect, so many battle blades.

The terrifying kinetic energy produced after takeoff was enough to tear a sixth-rank fierce beast apart with ease.

"But for you right now, a fighter really isn't the most important thing.

Battle armor and weapons are what matter most. The higher the grade of this equipment, the more expensive it gets."

Su Qingli added after a pause.

Ordinary battle armor and weapons are mass-produced, but once you get above S-grade,

they're almost all custom-made, and the price is extremely steep.

"Yes." Xu Jingming nodded with a wry smile.

Ten billion Great Xia coins would only be enough to buy the lowest-grade SS-class battle suit.

But compared to a battle suit, he wanted even more to swap for an SS-class long spear.

It's just that he'd never found a suitable one, so he'd been making do with the Flowing Cloud Gold Edge Spear all along.

As well as the S-class battle suit awarded at the National Collegiate League.

"This time at the Genius Tournament, aren't you going for the championship?"

"If you really can win the championship of the Peak Tournament, I, your teacher, can gift you an SS-class alloy long spear."

Su Qingli seemed to read Xu Jingming's mind; her almond eyes shimmered as she said softly:

"I'll invite a master weaponsmith over. The style of the alloy long spear, the added functions—

Everything will be custom-made exactly the way you want it."

This Genius Tournament simply had too many prodigies,

By Su Qingli's estimate, Xu Jingming would most likely lose in the quarterfinals, or the semifinals.

If a real miracle happened, then rewarding Xu Jingming with an SS-class long spear wouldn't amount to much.

"Win the championship and get rewarded with an SS-class long spear?"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up. "Then it's a deal, Teacher. You're not allowed to go back on your word."

"You little rascal, it's just one SS-class long spear; I wouldn't go back on my word over that."

Su Qingli shot Xu Jingming a look, but there wasn't really any reproach in her gaze.

And so, master and disciple chatted idly all the way, and twenty minutes quickly passed.

The scenery outside the fighter jet's panoramic glass suddenly changed; on the distant ground, patches of black "blocks" appeared.

Looking carefully, one could see they were military camps, each one pitched in neat order!

And at the farthest point of vision, there stretched a city wall dozens of kilometers long and over thirty meters tall!

"The dire beasts launch their attacks from the Pale-White Canyon to the south.

Our Great Xia side built this city wall through earth-system ability users to resist them.

The wall stretches thirty-four kilometers and is thirty-two meters tall; all the legions and guilds are stationed in the buildings on the inner side of the wall.

And these buildings, together with the wall itself, are all called Zhen'an City.

Let's go, we'll land at the main city first."

Su Qingli's melodious voice rang out, and the entire fighter jet rapidly descended toward Zhen'an City.