Douluo Continent: I can nurture soul beasts and even perform super evolution.

Chapter 223 The Senior Sister's Intimacy, and the Enhancement of Battle Armor by Divine Forging.

Morning light shines through the thin mist of Poseidon Lake.

The island of Poseidon, which had been dormant, was slowly awakened.

This island is a key location for Shrek Academy. Despite its large area, very few people are qualified to go there. So, looking down through the window, the outer campus of Shrek Academy in the distance is already bustling with activity, while this place remains quiet and deserted.

However, this is also an advantage, as no one disturbs the young couple's reunion.

Su Wen, wrapped in a white towel, his muscular upper body exposed to the air, stood by the window, quietly looking down.

I think I'm only in third or fourth grade, but for some reason, when I look at the lively Shrek Academy disciples below, I always feel like I have a senior's perspective.

Perhaps it's due to increased strength, or even a gradual and complete exploration of this world.

Having spent half a year in the Sun and Moon Empire, plus the three months I spent traveling back to ten thousand years ago, I haven't seen this familiar scene in a long time.

From the age of six until today, the changes have been drastic.

Whether it was his own strength, temperament, or even the beautiful women surrounding him, he felt somewhat emotional.

"Hey~"

A coquettish voice came from behind.

Like a little girl whining, Su Wen turned around with a hint of helplessness. On the golden wood bed, the beautiful woman's hair was loose. She propped herself up with one hand and sat up. Her proud figure was half-concealed and half-revealed, with only a thin blanket draped over her body. The sight made people's blood boil and made it difficult for them to control themselves.

"Xiao Wen..."

If the inner disciples saw this scene, they would be utterly astonished. After all, who would have thought that the seemingly gentle but actually arrogant and aloof senior sister would have this side to her?

Of course, only Su Wen was fortunate enough to be able to appreciate it.

"hug me."

Zhang Lexuan pouted, lifted the thin veil, and stretched out her hands to Su Wen.

After several days of meeting, the fighting continued.

They both wished they could merge into each other's bodies, so they had long since become indifferent to the visual impact of physical contact. Su Wen smiled, gently lifted the beauty's buttocks, carried her in his arms like a princess, and walked straight towards the bathroom.

"La la la~ A bath for two."

Zhang Lexuan was like a little girl who had just fallen in love, kicking the water in the huge bathtub. Even though she was naked in front of Su Wen, she showed no shyness whatsoever.

"However, your injuries..."

Inside the bathtub, the two embraced tightly.

Zhang Lexuan gently stroked the dark red scar on Su Wen's neck with her slender jade hand, a hint of heartache flashing in her beautiful eyes. This was a remnant of the Death Ray. That attack was too fast and too fierce, but to pull so many people into the Poké Ball in an instant, it still caused a delay of a fraction of a second. And that beam of Death Ray, which consumed nearly 100,000 souls, also grazed his neck.

In an instant, he felt countless evil spirits rush into his body, seemingly trying to drive his soul out of his body, but fortunately, Big Eye was there.

So even though he looked relaxed, he actually had a brush with death.

"Does it still hurt?" Zhang Lexuan rested her head on Su Wen's chest, her delicate, white fingers drawing circles.

"A burning sensation in my soul," Su Wen said thoughtfully, embracing the beautiful woman's voluptuous and alluring figure.

He added, "As expected of the full-force attack of a Limit Douluo."

"You just love to show off!" Zhang Lexuan frowned slightly, raised her head and tugged at Su Wen's ear: "You've always been like this. If you suspected the other side was up to something, why didn't you just come back instead of going to test them!"

"Cough cough." Su Wen subconsciously lowered his head.

Two peaks are hidden beneath the water's surface, appearing somewhat reddish-white, perhaps due to the water's temperature.

"Having just broken through to the Soul Saint stage, Hurricane and the others have all broken through to the Super Douluo realm. Are you itching to try it out? Besides, with Qingluan as a safety net, it would be hard for me to die. I won't do it again next time..." Su Wen stared intently at the water.

"Hmph~" Zhang Lexuan let go of her ear, rubbed it gently, and leaned against Su Wen's chest.

"Before you take that risk, can't you think about what I, Xiaotao, will do if something happens to you?"

"Ah."

Su Wen said absentmindedly.

"Are you even listening to me?!" Zhang Lexuan's pretty face flushed red. She turned Su Wen's face towards her, and when their eyes met, she couldn't help but give him a kiss.

"Well……"

As the lips parted.

"And this is another gift." Su Wen patted his head, as if he remembered something, and took out a small pink and blue flower from his storage soul tool. The flower emitted a faint and elegant fragrance. "This flower looks exactly like you."

"I found this on an unnamed island when I went to explore the sea with Teacher Xuan and others. I felt that its temperament was just like yours, so I picked one and brought it back."

"Mmm." Zhang Lexuan took the light blue flower, brought it to her nose and smelled it, her eyes filled with barely suppressed joy: "I like it very much, please put it in my hair."

"it is good."

Another period of restless activity ensued.

Su Wen lay on his back, playing with the soft object in his hand, and exhaled a long breath, as if reporting the situation, or perhaps talking to himself.

"My seventh soul skill is actually a buff to all members. I always thought it was the seventh red Poké Ball, or even a higher-level one, but I never expected it to be the True Martial Soul Form." "A buff to all members?" Zhang Lexuan was stunned.

"yes……"

Su Wen smacked his lips.

However, it's understandable, since martial souls are all Poké Balls, so it's normal for the true form of a martial soul to be related to Pokémon.

It's somewhat like Dynamax in Pokémon, except the appearance doesn't change much, but all stats are increased by 100%. That's why the six Pokémon were able to fight back and forth against the opponent's one Ultimate, two Mega, and two Title Pokémon. That's also why Ye Xishui went all out.

You can't win an argument, and you can't win a fight...

Let's just unleash our ultimate move.

……

In the exclusive research room on the top floor of the forging department, the air was slightly distorted by the heat continuously emanating from the furnace. The huge furnace, like a dormant volcano, exuded an aura that made people shudder.

This is the forging furnace that belongs exclusively to the "Master Craftsman".

This contains the continent's finest divine-forged metals... Clearly, Elder Du's concern for Su Wen's envisioned battle armor, and even his grand promise to revitalize the forging system, is far from superficial. He is also finding it difficult to tolerate Su Wen's return, especially with a dull-witted man from the Sun Moon Empire by his side.

So, I decided to show off my skills.

Xuan Ziwen arrived weary from his journey, his eyes filled with a mixture of eagerness and barely concealed surprise.

He was deeply attracted by the blueprint of the "battle armor" described by Su Wen, and now he finally met one of the key founders of that blueprint, the contemporary master craftsman Master Du.

Without any earth-shattering fanfare, Old Du's eyes were sharp as an eagle's, locked onto a piece of dark blue metal, the core of Star Silver Ore, that was trembling rapidly under his hammer on the forging table.

"clang……"

With each hammer blow, internal impurities are squeezed and peeled away, revealing intricate and mysterious natural patterns on the metal surface, like the rings of an ancient tree.

Gradually, the deep blue color became even purer, as if it had come to life.

“This is… the true power of a master craftsman…” Xuan Ziwen murmured to himself, his eyes filled with amazement.

The moment Old Master Du put down his hammer, accompanied by a long "hum," the core of the star silver ore lay quietly on the platform, its entire body radiating a warm glow, as if it were breathing.

The surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy) fluctuated violently, as if some strange phenomenon was about to occur. Xuan Ziwen could even vaguely see dark clouds gathering outside, just like a soul beast undergoing a tribulation for 100,000 years.

This was also the first time he had shown off his divine forging skills to outsiders.

If spirit forging is about creating spirituality and life, like an infant, then divine forging is about awakening a martial spirit. This description may be exaggerated, but it is not far off.

“Xuan Ziwen?” Old Du turned around indifferently, wiping his hands as he sized up the so-called eighth-level soul master who had been pushed over by Su Wen.

Xuan Ziwen finally snapped out of his shock and quickly stepped forward, saying urgently, "It's me, Elder Du."

"I didn't expect that I had underestimated Divine Forging..."

"I initially thought it was just a simple percentage increase in numerical values, but now that I see it, it's probably an exponential increase. The path of forging is unfathomable, like nurturing a child. No wonder they say that divine artifacts have sentience. I thought it was just nonsense in books, but only today do I realize I was a frog in a well."

"Hehe." Old Du grinned.

He clearly appreciated Xuan Ziwen's flattery.

Xuan Ziwen excitedly unfolded the thick blueprints he carried with him, and quickly traced them with his fingers: "Take a look, this is the soul tool that Su Wen and I jointly developed in the Sun Moon Empire. He named it the ultimate version of the Ice Wind Enchantment Sniper. It can take the head of a Title Douluo from 10,000 meters away. This is the data that Su Wen and I researched."

"Um……"

Old Du raised an eyebrow and narrowed his eyes slightly.

To be honest, it was all just theoretical talk in the past. After all, Su Wen was just a novice back then and had never truly tested the combination of soul tools and forging. Even if he had tried, it was only at a low level and had no reference value.

But now.

The moment this level-eight soul tool (the result of the fusion of a true soul tool and the forging system) was placed on the table, he seemed to see the future of the entire soul tool system taking off.

Battle armor is merely the ultimate goal.

Whether it can be achieved or not is no longer important.

He was pleased to see these experimental data.

Xuan Ziwen obviously didn't understand the intricacies involved and thought that Old Du was impatient with these "trinkets," so he quickly introduced his research on humanoid soul guides in recent days.

"Look here... the initial design of the shoulder armor linkage joint. The limit of ordinary level nine alloy in terms of the explosive force is here. If we use your divinely forged metal... we can achieve this! A full 40,000% increase in the threshold! And the weight of the material itself will even decrease instead of increase!" His voice trembled as he said this.

A four-hundred-fold increase.

Is this the kind of boost that comes from divine forging?
Moreover, this is only an improvement in the strength and toughness of the metal. What he and Su Wen really valued about the battle armor was the "spirit" of the artifact, that is, the "soul" of the artifact.

"But what you're saying is all based on my divine forging technique. The metal I forge can indeed reduce weight and amplify your so-called battle armor, which is that so-called humanoid soul tool, greatly reducing its size." Old Du frowned.

“But you’ve only set the framework on divine-forged metal.”

"To be honest, what's the difference between that battle armor and the legendary, rare, one-of-a-kind divine artifacts?"

"This might deviate from Su Wen's original plan... To make Soul Kings comparable to Soul Saints, and Soul Emperors comparable to Soul Douluos, thus driving the entire Shrek Academy to become stronger, what if Shrek Academy doesn't have Divine Craftsmen in the future? Wouldn't they be unable to forge battle armor anymore?" (The four hundredfold increase is only due to Divine Forging Technology; ordinary forging technology cannot achieve such a significant improvement.)

(End of this chapter)