7: Chapter 7, Middle Grade Earth Rank, Unlocks the Second Form

The War Spirit Master Guild was a massive building cast from steel. Its metal exterior walls glinted coldly in the sunlight, and its sharp-edged structure resembled a crouching giant beast, giving off a heavy sense of oppression from afar.

There were many buildings of this style in Dawn City, all remnants of the Wasteland Era.

Stepping into the hall, the metal floor was polished to a mirror-like shine, inlaid with various optical fibers and guiding strips.

Countless fine bundles of optical fibers hung from the ceiling, channeling the sunlight from outside into the interior, turning it into soft light that filled the hall for illumination.

Most of the surrounding counters had blue and white painted surfaces, clean and bright. They were completely at odds with the cold, hard style of the outer steel building, clearly having been renovated later, exuding the order and convenience of modern facilities.

There were many people there to handle affairs, with at least four or five people queuing in front of each counter.

But as he scanned the area, he noticed one counter with no one in front of it.

Walking over, he saw the young lady inside was playing a game. She had likely been matched with terrible teammates, as her face was dark with frustration and she was incredibly tense, her fingers moving rapidly across her handheld console.

"Maybe we should switch to another counter," Su Qingyuan whispered, pulling on Yun Zhuo's sleeve.

The young lady inside seemed to have heard her, or perhaps she had just lost; she suddenly slammed her handheld console onto the desk and turned to look at Yun Zhuo, who was just about to leave.

In the next moment, Yun Zhuo's handsomeness hit her like a beam of light, smoothing out her furrowed brows. She instantly forgot the group of terrible teammates who had made her angry, and even her gaze softened significantly.

It was just like how men felt happy looking at beautiful women; visual appeal itself provided emotional value.

She took the initiative to strike up a conversation with Yun Zhuo, her voice much more cheerful: "Little Handsome Guy, what business do you need to handle?"

"Ah?" Yun Zhuo was stunned. "Hello, I... I want to rent a training room. I'm not disturbing you, am I?"

"The Little Handsome Guy is quite the joker. How long do you want to rent it for? We charge by the hour." At this, the young lady sized up Yun Zhuo and continued, "Little Handsome Guy, you're still a student, right?"

"You can just rent a D-Rank training room. It's ten thousand an hour, with a minimum of three hours. You can get a twenty percent discount with a student ID."

"I'll rent it for three hours first. Also, I'd like to exchange some cash."

"No problem." The young lady tapped a few times on the terminal and handed Yun Zhuo a crystal room card. "How much cash do you want to exchange?"

"Two hundred thousand."

"That much?" The young lady was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Little brother, what Rank are you? Can you use up two hundred thousand corrosion crystals in three hours?"

Su Qingyuan, standing aside, was also taken aback. She subconsciously looked at his profile. This kid had sold his house; he really was loaded now.

At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a wave of emotion, because this was all to upgrade her talent.

Yun Zhuo said to the young lady, "I'm practicing a new skill that consumes a lot of corrosion crystals. If I don't use them all, can I deposit them back with you?"

The young lady glanced at Su Qingyuan and smiled. "Yes, you can come back and deposit whatever isn't used. But two hundred thousand isn't a small amount. Even if they are red corrosion crystals, there would be two thousand of them. Can your bracelet hold them?"

Yun Zhuo had overlooked this problem. "Then I'll buy another bracelet that can hold this many corrosion crystals. How much is it?"

"No need," Su Qingyuan said. "Use mine. My bracelet can hold them."

"Are bracelets very expensive?"

As soon as Yun Zhuo finished speaking, the young lady behind the counter chimed in, "An A-Rank bracelet is one hundred and twenty thousand. Even after the twenty percent discount, it's ninety-six thousand."

A corrosion crystal was only about the size of a pigeon egg; two thousand of them would fit easily in a one-cubic-meter space.

Yet he didn't expect a bracelet with one cubic meter of storage space to cost ninety-six thousand.

"Then forget it. I'll just keep them with you for now."

Yun Zhuo looked at his 'little rich woman.' She was a member of the moonlight clan, yet she could afford an A-Rank bracelet?

It seemed she really was a Young Miss—a Young Miss who had run away from home.

The training room was very spacious, like a large factory building. The ceiling height was at least five or six meters, or even higher, mainly because War Princesses were quite large after transforming into mechas.

The area was at least three hundred square meters. Besides that, there were various training machines—small ones for humans and large ones for mechas.

Su Qingyuan took out the corrosion crystals and placed them on the ground in a small pile.

Yun Zhuo swept his hand over them, and they all vanished.

Su Qingyuan was startled. "You absorbed so many corrosion crystals at once? Can you handle it?"

Yun Zhuo laughed. "My talent is quite special; I can consume any amount of corrosion crystals. Alright, let's begin."

After saying that, he opened Su Qingyuan's panel, clicked on the inlay slot option, and began activation.

【Ding! inlay slot two successfully activated. War Princess talent upgraded to Earth Rank Lower Grade. Mecha Form successfully activated. Continue to activate the third inlay slot?】

Yun Zhuo quickly clicked "No."

As soon as the second inlay slot was activated, a massive amount of Corrosion Energy surged from Su Qingyuan, instantly pushing his corrosion energy furnace to its limit.

An Earth Rank War Princess was not something he could handle right now.

So he quickly spent a thousand to perform a synchronization.

Just now, Su Qingyuan had also furrowed her brows, realizing that the Corrosion Energy she absorbed exceeded Yun Zhuo's load capacity.

But in the next moment, she found that Yun Zhuo had adapted instantly.

Not only had he adapted, but his conversion efficiency was actually one hundred percent.

One must know that even a Heaven Rank High Grade War Spirit Master's Corrosion Energy conversion rate could only reach 80%.

The conversion formula was: Spirit War Master's usable Corrosion Energy output ÷ War Princess's Corrosion Energy absorption (including energy potions).

The higher the Spirit War Master's conversion rate, the faster their leveling and recovery speeds.

In other words, both his leveling speed and recovery speed were 20% faster than a Heaven Rank High Grade.

At least 50% faster than the Earth Rank High Grade Chen Bo.

Her gaze toward Yun Zhuo couldn't help but become fervent.

She really had picked up a treasure this time; his talent was actually the legendary Super Rank War Spirit Master.

To be contracted with a Super Rank War Spirit Master, even if she lost the final bet, she would accept it for the rest of her life.

It was laughable that the Appraisal Teacher at school had actually identified a Super Rank like Yun Zhuo as mortal rank. He must have been blind.

I was wondering how a school could produce only mortal ranks for fifty years; it turns out the Appraisal Teacher was just blind.

Even more laughable was Li Wanqing, who rejected a Super Rank War Spirit Master to contract with an Earth Rank punk.

If she knew Yun Zhuo was a Super Rank War Spirit Master, wouldn't she cry herself unconscious in the bathroom?

Just then, Su Qingyuan was suddenly jolted again; this was Yun Zhuo activating the third inlay slot.

【Ding! inlay slot three successfully activated. War Princess talent upgraded to Earth Rank Middle Grade. Continue to activate the fourth inlay slot?】

This time, Yun Zhuo chose "No" again, because synchronizing with an Earth Rank High Grade War Princess would cost one hundred thousand.

He had money to continue opening inlay slots, but if he didn't have money for synchronization, Su Qingyuan would undergo aberration.

【Name: Su Qingyuan】

【Rank: 0】

【Age: 22】

【Appearance: 97】

【Talent: Earth Rank Middle Grade】

【Attack Power: 300 (Mecha Form)】

【Defense Power: 300 (Mecha Form)】

【Speed: 300 (Motorcycle Form)】

【Transformation Form: Little Electric Scooter → ever-changing motorbike】

【inlay slots: 3 (Unactivated: 6)】

【Applause Count: 0】

【Current Status: Is so happy about contracting a Super Rank War Spirit Master that she's over the moon.】

"Xiao Zhuo, are you okay?"

Looking at the dazed Yun Zhuo, Su Qingyuan pushed him with a worried face.

Yun Zhuo withdrew his gaze from the panel and smiled. "Teacher Su, what did you just call me?"

"Xiao Zhuo."

"Shouldn't it be Student Xiao Zhuo?"

"Oh, you," Su Qingyuan chuckled. "If you like hearing it, I can call you that in the future too."

"Really?"

"Fake."

"Hmph, I knew it. Alright, while there's still time, transform so I can take a look."

"Not going to continue activating inlay slots?"

"Out of money."

"Out of money so soon?"

"What do you think? Activating inlay slots gets more expensive the further you go."

"Alright then, do you want to see the first form or the second form?"

Her first form was a locomotive, which was just a motorcycle—nothing much to see.

Better to see the second form, the mecha. He hadn't seen such a thing in two lifetimes and didn't know what it looked like.

"Teacher Su, please unlock your second form."