Douluo Continent: This Soul Master is Too Bizarre and Unpredictable

Chapter 104 Heart-chilling Iron

With the foundation of the previous Thousand-Forged One-Word Battle Armor, Mu Yang deduced the manufacturing method of the upgraded Spirit Forged One-Word Battle Armor last night, only a few days later.

As for why not just equip them with two-word battle armor?

It wasn't because his and Shui Bing'er's soul power cultivation was insufficient to reach the sixth ring, thus failing to meet the requirements for wearing the two-word battle armor.

Although the Spirit Forging Grade Two-Word Battle Armor requires the wearer to have a cultivation level of six rings or above, that only applies to ordinary Soul Masters.

To be precise, the requirements for Soul Masters to wear battle armor at each level are not their Soul Power level, but rather their sufficiently strong Soul Power and Mental Power.

Although neither of them had reached the level of a six-ring Soul Emperor, their Soul Power and Mental Power were no weaker than that of an ordinary six-ring Soul Emperor. If they had two-word battle armor, they could use it normally.

The real reason is that Mu Yang has not yet been able to deduce the method for creating the two-word battle armor, and hasn't even had time to start deducing it yet.

After all, a two-word battle armor requires an inscribed soul guidance array, so you can't just use the soul guidance array of a one-word battle armor.

Do it yourself?

Sorry, he, Mu, won't.

Don't be fooled by his ability to create one-word battle armor; he's really not an expert when it comes to soul tools. He knows how to do it, but not why. He can copy, but as for innovation, that would be asking me, Fat Tiger, a lot of trouble.

"What type of soul tool is it? And why is it related to body size?"

Looking at Mu Yang holding a tape measure, Shui Bing'er was somewhat puzzled.

It's just a soul tool, why do we need to consider the soul master's physique?

"You'll find out then, you'll be very surprised!"

"Should we take off our clothes?"

Shui Bing'er asked shyly.

"Uh...yes, absolutely!"

Mu Yang was taken aback for a moment, then said with a look of certainty.

It wasn't originally necessary, but since you've said so, then it definitely is, absolutely necessary!

Fifteen minutes later, Mu Yang led Shui Bing'er, whose face was flushed, into the forging room downstairs.

Glancing at the various rare metal blanks piled up in the corner of the forging room, Mu Yang moved a square metal ingot, about a foot in size and slightly icy blue, onto the forging table.

"What kind of metal is this? Why does it feel so cold?"

Sensing the chill emanating from the icy blue metal ingot, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but ask curiously.

"It's called Coldheart Iron, a rare metal with ice attributes. Soul tools made from it are suitable for ice attribute soul masters."

Mu Yang gave an explanation, and then a flash of silver light appeared in his hand, manifesting the Spirit Forged Silver Twin Hammers covered with ice-blue flame patterns.

Shui Bing'er was already used to the sudden appearance of the Spirit Forged Silver Twin Hammers.

Back when Mu Yang first completed the Spirit Forging Creation and upgraded the Thousand Forged Silver Twin Hammers into the Spirit Forged Silver Twin Hammers, he had shown it off to her.

Well, even though she didn't understand, she still gave Grandmaster Mu a look that said, "You're amazing."

With his icy flame soul power flowing into the Spirit Forging Silver Twin Hammers, Mu Yang unleashed the Heavenly Gang Hammer, slamming a heavy hammer down onto the Cold Heart Iron Ingot on the forging table with a resounding boom.

"Boom boom boom—"

For a moment, rhythmic rumbling sounds filled the forging room.

When other blacksmiths forge iron, the sound is a "clang clang clang," but when Muyang forges, the sound is absolutely a "boom boom boom."

Great efforts can create miracles; hard work is the key!

With his impressive control over his strength, Mu Yang ensured that most of the force of each hammer blow was directed at the cold-hearted iron ingot that needed to be forged. Otherwise, the forging table, made of ordinary iron, would not have been able to withstand his vigorous forging.

Soon, the volume of the cold-hearted iron ingot on the forging table shrank significantly, completing the hundred-fold forging and purification process.

After completing the hundred-fold refining, Mu Yang temporarily stopped forging. His Ice Flame Soul Power shot out and transformed into Ice Flame Fire, melting and reshaping the hundred-fold refined Cold Heart Iron Ingot into two pieces of the same size.

Coldheart Iron has a slightly higher density than ordinary iron. Even after being refined and purified a hundred times to remove impurities from the rough blank, a piece of iron with a volume of one foot square still weighs about six hundred catties. You don't need that much to make a suit of armor.

Since his Ice Flame Fire attribute is ice, Mu Yang decided to use Spirit Forging Cold Heart Iron to forge an upgraded version of the One-Word Battle Armor for himself.

Three hundred catties of material is enough to forge a suit of battle armor.

Even for other five-ring Soul Kings, a battle armor wouldn't weigh three hundred jin.

After all, for most five-ring Soul Kings, carrying 300 pounds of weight during battle is a huge test. Even if they can bear it, their speed will be greatly reduced.

However, unlike Shui Bing'er, he appears to be a well-proportioned young man and woman who, after cultivating the "Sun Body Refinement" technique, can transform into a humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex if needed.

Three hundred catties? No problem!

Moreover, the use of more materials in the battle armor has its advantages.

Although the amplification effect remains unchanged, the inherent defensive power of the battle armor is greatly increased.

Take Shui Bing'er for example. If we take into account the strength boost from her battle armor, which is around level 20, then Shui Bing'er, who has mastered the "Extreme Ice Secret Technique," will be considered a combination of a seven-ring control-type Soul Saint, a seven-ring offensive-type Soul Saint, and a seven-ring defensive-type Soul Saint once she puts on the one-word battle armor made of spirit-forged cold-heart iron.

Without an Eighth Ring Soul Douluo, defeating Shui Bing'er in a one-on-one fight would essentially be a war of attrition.

Because energy is conserved, although the One-Word Battle Armor can make a five-ring Soul King's strength equivalent to a seven-ring Soul Saint, due to the significant difference in their own Soul Power levels, a five-ring Soul King wearing the One-Word Battle Armor will definitely not be as good as a proper seven-ring Soul Saint in terms of endurance.

After removing one of the chilling iron ingots from the forging table, Mu Yang turned to Shui Bing'er and asked, "Bing'er, are you ready?"

"Ready!"

Shui Bing'er nodded.

"That's good. When I call you, you must keep dripping your own blood into the Coldheart Iron. Otherwise, after the spirit forging is completed, it will be difficult for it to become a complete part of your life."

Mu Yang instructed Shui Bing'er.

Spirit forging is different from thousand forging. It is very simple to recognize a thousand-forged metal as its master; just drip blood when the thousand-forging spiritual light appears.

It can perfectly recognize the spirit-forged metal as its master. If one is not a blacksmith, during the spirit-forging process, one needs to continuously drip one's own blood to assist the spirit-forging and communicate with the life. Only in this way can one completely fuse with the spirit-forged metal after the forging is completed, making it a part of one's own body.

Of course, this is the highest requirement. It is not impossible for spirit-forged metal to not undergo blood sacrifice and recognition of its master, but the final creation will be difficult for the user to control as easily as an extension of their own limb.

If it were just for crafting ordinary soul tools, there would be no need for such trouble, but since it is for crafting battle armor, it is very necessary to pursue perfection.

(End of this chapter)