Chapter 653: Expensive Price! Holy Church!

"That's right. I'm wondering if your equipment department has any such S-class weapons."

"It needs double-edged blades and a design similar to a fangtian huaji."

Xu Jingming nodded.

His normal physical strength is about 100 tons.

The Molten Ash Black Obsidian Spear he uses weighs 30 tons—perfect.

When entering Thunderstorm Mode, his maximum strength reaches a terrifying 500 tons!

Wielding a 300-ton weapon for extended periods might be difficult.

But what he wants is brute force to shatter all techniques.

Thunderstorm Mode can't be sustained anyway.

Using a 300-ton weapon for a short time poses no problem whatsoever.

"Our equipment department doesn't have such a weapon—it must be custom-made."

After confirmation, the manager thought for a moment and said.

"I see."

Xu Jingming frowned, helplessly saying:

"Then please custom-make me an S-class fangtian huaji like this. How much would it cost?"

"The weight you require is quite high, so we can only use the densest S-class alloy: Meteorite Alloy."

Three hundred tons of Meteorite Alloy alone would cost 2 million credits."

Add in the master smith's forging fee, and it's roughly 2. million credits."

"By the way, Xu Coach, what type of enchantment do you need?"

"Enchantments vary in price—the highest tier is around 1 million credits..."

The manager chattered on, but Xu Jingming's face darkened.

Over the past month, the "Thunderfire" combat technique has sold quite a few copies.

Yet his martial arts school's account balance is only 800, 00 credits.

It doesn't even cover the material cost for the spear.

"Can I pay in Blue Star Credits?" Xu Jingming asked.

"Of course, but payment in Blue Star Credits is slightly more expensive."

The material cost is about 3 billion Blue Star Credits; processing fee is 500 million."

The enchantment cost must be calculated separately."

"Which enchantment would you like?"

The manager waved his right hand, and a holographic projection appeared before them.

It displayed various enchantment prices, the highest reaching 2 billion Blue Star Credits.

"I don't need any enchantment. Just forge it into the shape of a fangtian huaji."

Brute force shatters all techniques—weight is the greatest enchantment!

Besides, Xu Jingming's current financial situation no longer supports enchantment.

"Understood. Here is the electronic forging contract based on your requirements."

"Sign it after confirming everything matches your request."

The manager quickly produced a contract.

Xu Jingming glanced over it—the terms matched his requests closely.

The only thing that surprised him was that the weapon could be forged by tomorrow morning.

"So short a forging time?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"The most time-consuming part is engraving the enchantment patterns and hiring a specialist enchantment master."

Since you're skipping that step, we only need the master smith to forge the alloy into your desired shape."

The manager smiled in reply.

In reality, Xu Jingming, as the head coach of the Thunder Martial Arts School's elite training camp,

is already the highest-ranking official in the school, aside from the few eighth-rank Grand Masters.

This master's weapon naturally receives top priority in forging.

"I see," Xu Jingming nodded.

He signed his name on the electronic contract.

After paying a 600, 00-credit deposit, he turned and left the equipment department.

The next morning at nine, Xu Jingming stepped downstairs.

He saw a mountain of packages piled in the living room, while Xia Lan was unpacking them one by one.

Most of the unpacked packages contained local specialties from Mocheng—foods and products.

She was placing the unpacked items into her space ring.

"What are you...?" Xu Jingming was baffled.

Everyone says women love online shopping, but you've bought way too much!

"These are all the local specialties I bought to take back to my family."

Xia Lan smiled in reply.

"Oh? You've already bought your flight tickets?" Xu Jingming finally understood.

Unlike his orphaned self, Xia Lan came from a massive family.

When she returned yesterday, she'd already said she'd go back to the mainland for New Year's Eve.

She just hadn't bought the tickets yet.

"Yes, a one p. . flight—I'll arrive home around ten p. ."

Xia Lan replied, then asked curiously:

"Where are you going?"

In her experience, Xu Jingming rarely left the villa—except to eat—he spent all his time training.

"The Holy Church's ceremony. Catherine invited me—says there's some divine miracle."

Xu Jingming said casually.

"Holy Ceremony?"

Xia Lan's eyes lit up with interest:

"Can I come along? I've got nothing to do before heading to the airport."

The Holy Ceremony, held at Peter Square in the central district, is open to anyone.

Faced with Xia Lan's enthusiasm, Xu Jingming didn't refuse.

But before leaving, Xu Jingming first went to the school's equipment department to collect his weapon:

A fangtian huaji, 3. 5 meters long and weighing 300 tons!

Though forged in just over ten hours, the fangtian huaji was exquisitely crafted.

Even among S-class weapons, it ranked among the absolute top tier.

So Xu Jingming paid the remaining 2. billion Blue Star Credits without hesitation.

Then he set off for the central district with Xia Lan.

He'd assumed he could just go directly to Peter Square, where the ceremony was held.

But unexpectedly, Catherine called mid-way, instructing him to meet her first at the Holy Church in the central district.

By the time Xu Jingming and Xia Lan arrived at the Holy Church's cathedral, it was nearly half past ten.

"Are you Mr. Xu and Miss Xia? I'm Sister Sophia, here to greet you on the Holy Maiden's orders."

A slender, beautiful nun waiting at the cathedral entrance hurried forward.

"Mm."

Xu Jingming nodded, and together with Xia Lan, followed Sister Sophia into the cathedral.

The Holy Church has over two billion believers across the entire Blue Star—it is truly the world's largest religion!

Compared to it, the Great Xia Thunder Martial Arts School and the Furious Bear Martial Arts School pale significantly.

As the Holy Church's headquarters in Mocheng, the entire cathedral was built with extreme opulence.

The ceiling bore a grand relief of the God of Light, surrounded by pure angels.

The floor gleamed like a mirror; young, beautiful nuns greeted and welcomed believers.

"No wonder it's the world's largest religion."

"Even just the Mocheng branch rivals the headquarters of the Great Xia Thunder Martial Arts School in luxury."

Xu Jingming marveled inwardly.

"The Holy Maiden is on the top floor. I'll take you up."

Sophia led Xu Jingming and Xia Lan toward the elevator.

But at that moment, a dismissive English voice sounded from the side:

"A Great Xia person? When did the Holy Church allow such faithless inferior races to enter?"