CHAPTER 341: CHAPTER 42: SUN’S FURY

After five hours of production, there were over 500 alchemy bombs around Su Xiao. If he were to detonate these alchemy bombs, the consequences would be unimaginable. The Navy had attempted multiple times to transport the bombs away, but Su Xiao refused every time, as that would distract him.

Click, click.

A strange noise came, and Su Xiao stopped his work to look towards the source of the sound. His mouth twitched as Bubu Wang was chewing on the experimental equipment.

If Su Xiao remembered correctly, that piece of precision equipment was worth over 30 million Belli, making it the most expensive thing Bubu Wang had ever chewed on.

"Bubu, no chewing on electrics."

"Woof."

Bubu Wang cheerfully agreed and continued to gnaw on the equipment.

Su Xiao didn’t feel upset about the equipment being chewed on, as the Navy could provide more of them, and he didn’t really need them anyway.

The door was pushed open, and Kizaru and Tina entered the laboratory.

Tina paused in her steps when she saw the pile of bombs. Although she knew the bombs couldn’t possibly detonate, she was still somewhat apprehensive.

Not only Tina but even Kizaru was ready to elementalize himself at any moment. He wasn’t sure if Su Xiao would suddenly go mad and detonate the bombs. Without elementalization, he might be blown to bits, as Armament Haki wouldn’t suffice against such a number of bombs.

Each alchemy bomb caused nearly 100 points of damage, and more than 500 bombs accumulated. The damage would have to be counted in tens of thousands, and the dense explosions would only enhance the power.

More than a dozen Navy officers hurriedly entered the room, pushing three carts. They carefully stacked the alchemy bombs onto the carts.

Su Xiao could manufacture at least 1,500 alchemy bombs a day. In a month, he could produce 45,000 bombs—a significant profit that both the Navy and the World Government coveted.

Unfortunately, the World Government didn’t realize that Su Xiao would never spend a month making alchemy bombs for them; in three days, he would head to Enies Lobby for a final showdown.

The dozen or so Navy officers were extremely cautious as they wheeled the alchemy bombs away.

Su Xiao paid no attention to the Navy officers. He continued to manufacture the alchemy bombs and glanced at his manufacturing skill level, which was now exceedingly impressive.

Alchemy Bomb Production: Lv.3 (Skill Level 567/50)

He didn’t know how many levels the alchemy bomb could be upgraded to, but he just needed to keep making them.

"Mr. Bai Ye, your dog..."

Tina wore a troubled expression as the laboratory’s damage was ’extraordinary,’ yet she didn’t dare to scold Bubute Ni. Earlier on, Tina had clearly seen this dog sitting at Su Xiao’s side during meals.

"I don’t need this experimental equipment, you can take it all away."

Tina breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered people to move the equipment. Bubute Ni yawned, its gaze seemed to say, ’Foolish humans, I am capable of more than just chewing equipment.’

Bubu Wang looked at the laboratory bench in the room; it seemed promising.

It proceeded to take a bite.

Crunch.

Tears welled up in Bubu Wang’s eyes, the laboratory bench was too hard, and it suffered a defeat.

"Awoo~."

Blood appeared between Bubu Wang’s teeth, and it looked at Su Xiao with a grievance. Su Xiao chuckled softly, finally finding something the dim-witted dog couldn’t bite through—vengeance at last for his sofa and twelve dumbbells.

Realizing Su Xiao was ignoring it, Bubu Wang was unhappy, and five minutes later, it ’fought’ with the laboratory bench. None could stop it, and in Bubu Wang’s eyes, the bench had started the fight first.

Leaving a small row of teeth marks on the laboratory bench, Bubu Wang walked away proudly with tears in its eyes, its mouth aching terribly.

The manufacturing continued. After 15 consecutive hours, test tubes were piled up like mountains at Su Xiao’s feet.

Su Xiao instinctively reached for the materials, but found them empty, as a certain material had already been exhausted.

Looking at the alchemy bombs on the bench, they numbered over 1,200. He had produced over 1,700 bombs today, faster than he had anticipated.

Su Xiao now needed 27 to 30 seconds to produce one alchemy bomb, and in good condition, he had reached as quick as 26 seconds.

He had already forgotten how much Mana he had expended, as his Mana was now active to the extreme, and the unfamiliarity with the Spirit Shadow Physique had disappeared.

Su Xiao tried to mobilize the Mana inside him, and pure Mana immediately surged.

This was no small achievement; he could now mobilize his Mana faster, activating Blue Steel Shadow instantly.

The lab door was pushed open, and Tina walked in with more than a dozen Navy officers.

"These... must be at least a thousand."

Tina had changed into a pure black suit with a white shirt underneath, and wore black gloves. The black suit accentuated her fair complexion and pink hair.

"I’ve made 1,700 in total. Prepare materials for 300 more."

Tina hesitated for a moment.

"Perhaps... we could continue tomorrow?"

"No, it can be done today. Don’t treat me like a frail researcher."

Su Xiao looked at Tina, and her body tensed up.

"Alright, I’ll have the materials prepared."

After more than a dozen Navy officers took the alchemy bombs away, they returned with a large batch of materials, and Su Xiao continued manufacturing.

More than two hours later, Su Xiao had completed the production of 300 alchemy bombs.

It took a total of 18 hours to produce 2,000 alchemy bombs, mainly due to practice making perfect.

Once Tina had people remove all the alchemy bombs, Su Xiao leaned back in his chair, now desiring nothing more than sleep.

"Mister Bai Ye, you should rest first."

Tina was about to turn and leave.

"Have you forgotten something?"

Su Xiao’s voice wasn’t loud, but Tina was still embarrassed.

"Well... the blade is already prepared."

"Oh?"

"However... it’s currently being transported. Rest assured, we won’t break our promise. The Good Fast Blade will definitely arrive tomorrow morning."

Su Xiao said nothing more. Given the current situation, the Navy wouldn’t dare to renege on their promise.

He rose and entered the bedroom, locking the door, and instructed Bubute Ni to remain alert around. He was about to upgrade [Alchemy Bomb Production].

Checked the skill proficiency, [Alchemy Bomb Production: Lv.3 (Skill Level 2073/50)]

With so much skill level, Su Xiao wasn’t sure to what level [Alchemy Bomb Production] could be upgraded.

[Do you want to upgrade Alchemy Bomb Production? Each upgrade requires consuming 500 Paradise coins and a level-equivalent amount of skill level points.]

Su Xiao chose to upgrade, and the knowledge regarding Alchemy Bomb Production started linking together in his mind.

[Alchemy Bomb Production upgraded to Lv.4.]

[Alchemy Bomb Production upgraded to Lv.5.]

[Alchemy Bomb Production upgraded to Lv.6.]

...

[Alchemy Bomb Production upgraded to Lv.20!]

[Note: Alchemy Bomb Production has reached the maximum level, to unlock Alchemical Potion Study, return to Reincarnation Paradise.]

[Unlocked: High-level Mental Bomb Formula.]

[Unlocked: Special level Mental Bomb Formula.]

[Unlocked: Sun God Apollo Formula.]

Seeing the final formula, Su Xiao was overjoyed. He might have encountered this type of bomb before when he killed Sherlock, the Cave People, and the opponent had detonated such a bomb.

The blast radius was half a kilometer, resembling a miniature sun dropping to the ground. After the Sun God’s explosion, there was no vegetation left within half a kilometer, the wrath of the Sun God.

One thing puzzled Su Xiao: the [Special level Mental Bomb] was on par with the [Sun God Apollo], seemingly equal.

Perhaps the [Special level Mental Bomb] was unexpectedly useful?

It seemed simple for Su Xiao to bring Alchemy Bomb Production to max level. However, if he had to accumulate skill level points slowly by himself, who knows when he’d reach the current level. Just the amount of potions for Mana recovery he would need would be staggering, and natural recovery was too slow.

The World Government was indeed rich; they provided everything needed. Hence, Su Xiao was more than willing to produce alchemy bombs.