Subsequently, Aiven began placing various "Spiritual" items corresponding to elements within each small circle.

Fire Element symbolizes vitality, passion, flame, destruction, life, sun..., so Aiven placed a six-pound small cannon in this circle.

Water Element stands for purification, love, witchcraft, intuition, the ups and downs of destiny, travel..., so he placed in it a Golden Cup that had accompanied a sunken ship across the oceans, resting underwater for three hundred years.

Earth Element represents prosperity, wealth, money, success, employment, fertility..., so he placed a brightly polished Golden Lion in this circle, evidently weathered through countless transactions.

Wind Element signifies knowledge, freedom, breathing, plant growth, starting point..., in which Aiven placed the Extraordinary Weapon, Sword Staff that accompanied him through numerous battles.

Finally, Aiven straightened up to look at Milan, who understood and very consciously stood at the last circle representing the "Soul."

Aiven checked once more, confirming everything's fine. Just secretly pondering whether to write a book titled "A Hundred Uses of Milan"?

Stopping his idle thoughts, he handed over extra items to Gary standing by, wearing only a newly made oak fruit around his neck, dressed in linen robes, and walked into the center of the circular technique.

He gestured slightly, and naturally, someone went to extinguish all the lights in the dock.

Meanwhile, every observer held their breath.

The dock fell completely silent.

Feeling the gradually thickening Spiritual Power around him, Aiven took a deep breath.

He subconsciously touched the new lock-shaped imprint on the back of his neck, ensuring this time "Adventurer's Blood" wouldn't come out and cause trouble before raising his hands, palms facing up.

As if containing infinite vitality, the curse words slowly uttered, continually echoing and resonating in the dock.

Hoo—

Then Aiven's spirit surged instantaneously, seamlessly connecting with a presence that, though lacking self-awareness, possessed boundless power.

Boom!

His mind roared.

It was the mysterious source of the "Vitalist School," the "Life Tree" existing within the World Root Source!

"Sta!"

The last word of the curse uttered, Aiven's Magic Power and Activated Spiritual Light together poured into the Rune Array beneath his feet.

Characters glowed sequentially, lines illuminated in order.

Wow—

Then translucent jade-like green brilliance gushed forth, instantly enveloping half of the battleship.

Without using the ceremony, Aiven's original limit of Activated Spiritual Light was merely a sphere with a radius of three meters, as long as the volume did not exceed this range, the things capable of activation had no limit.

The primary effect was the ability to slightly influence non-biological matter or change material forms, granting them temporary life force akin to elemental creatures.

The changes occurring during this period would persist even after the magic wears off, effectively achieving altered material forms.

Limitation: the denser the material, the slower the activation speed, ineffective on Extraordinary Items.

What is called "ceremony" is establishing a connection with specific world rules, spiritual spirits, deities, etc., temporarily allowing the self-consciousness to retreat, spirit resonates with super-tier existence, unleashing powers transcending own limitations, even abilities not inherently possessed!

[Superlimit Ceremony: Activation of Skillful Hands!]

At this moment, following the ceremony's activation, not only the influence range of Activated Spiritual Light increased significantly, its strength also greatly boosted. Within a linear distance of thirty meters, "Stendeburg" seemed to have been hit by a dissociation technique.

Planks, tar, linen, nails, wedges... slowly shook, then under the incredulous gazes of onlookers, bounced off the ship body, "ding-dong" falling to the ground.

Simultaneously falling was the jaw of ship engineer Walkley Jeffrey.

"Goddess above, unbelievable!"

Subsequent to that, with the help of the "Activated Skillful Hand" derived from witchcraft.

The speed of the battleship modification seemed equipped with rocket propulsion, advancing rapidly day by day.

Smoothing the open deck, repairing ribs and bulwark, thickening the hull...

Although to maintain sustainability, Aiven and Milan would only activate the ceremony for half an hour every night, even this half hour equaled sailors' workload for half a month.

But in just ten days, the modified battleship's outfitting was nearly complete.

Were it not for witnessing its gradual transformation firsthand, Walkley and a group of officers dared not believe their eyes.

"It's beautiful!"

Now the battleship lying in the dock had undergone a radical transformation!

Originally, "Stendeburg" was a large Level 3 Battleship with 74 shipborne artillery pieces.

[Specifications] Displacement 2950 tons, ship length 56.42 meters, width 14.90 meters, sail area 2485 square meters, crew 680.

[Military Preparation] Double-layer artillery deck, single-layer open deck totaling: 28 32-pound cannons, 30 24-pound cannons, 16 9-pound cannons.

Now its stern and original open deck had vanished, transformed into a cruiser with equally high front and rear double-layer decks.

[Specifications] Displacement 2340 tons, ship length 56.42 meters, width 14.90 meters, sail area 3213 square meters, crew 450.

[Military Preparation] Double-layer transparent artillery deck: 28 24-pound cannons, 28 32-pound cannons (one sunk to deep sea, temporarily missing), 2 24-pound bow and stern cannons.

In fluid dynamics related to ship design, there's a parameter called "wave barrier speed," related to ship length, exceeding this speed drastically increases resistance. The correct way to build a high-speed ship is to enhance the length-to-width ratio, increase sail area (power), sharpen the bow (reduce resistance).

Though Aiven dared not alter the ship's overall length-width ratio, after all it's not a simple matter of squeezing flat or round, structural strength is evident, mistakenly breaking the keel would be a massive loss.

But with masts traversing multiple cabins, connected below to the keel, lowering the cabins correspondingly increases mast utilization, enhancing sail area by a third, and reducing weight afterward also benefits speed acceleration.

Now, although its overall speed doesn't reach the extreme speed of "Constitution," it's already faster than all battleships of this era. Coupled with the assistance of "Ship's Figurehead: Seasonal Wind Goddess," it would not be inferior to "Constitution" in any way.

Besides.

Aiven also drew a semi-permanent technique on the deck, temporarily granting activity to rigging and sails, allowing him in emergencies to replace most of the rigging crew's work alone.

Also giving it a hint of Extraordinary Battleship essence.

Gathering all contributors for brainstorming.

Aiven finally adopted Walkley's suggestion, naming this heavy cruiser "Venus," symbolizing the brightest Morning Star appearing at dawn, but... not the only one.

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