Douluo Continent: Huo Yuhao obtains the Flame Emperor template

Chapter 139 Xuanzi Prepares to Accumulate Merit

Jing Hongchen snapped out of his shock at the two-word battle armor Huo Yuhao had described. Forged from spirit alloy, it had wings and was fused with his own bloodline and soul power... Jing Hongchen was secretly astonished.

"The fusion of machinery and flesh—what an advanced concept!"

Seeing that Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi were still somewhat dazed, Huo Yuhao didn't go into too much detail about the two-word battle armor. He simply talked about its advantages over the one-word battle armor, since he himself hadn't yet mastered the forging of spirit metals.

Jing Hongchen's heart remained unsettled for a long time: "The fusion of machinery and flesh is something I have never dared to hope for."

"A two-word battle armor that can actually use spiritual metal to specially generate spiritual wings for the wearer..." Jing Hongchen felt a mix of emotions.

Wasn't their research on flying soul guide devices at Mingde Hall a waste of time?

The flying soul tool of Mingde Hall can definitely be called the most advanced soul tool in the entire continent. It uses the technology of "soul tool bionics" and is several versions ahead of Shrek Academy and the other Three Kingdoms.

Unexpectedly, the two-word battle armor actually came with wings, wings that were born from the combination of spirit metal and bloodline soul power. Just hearing about it gave one the feeling of rubbing a flying soul tool on the ground.

Jing Hongchen patted Huo Yuhao's shoulder with his large, kind hand, suppressing his excitement and feeling deeply moved.

"Yuhao, the concept of combining machinery and flesh is still too advanced for today."

Huo Yuhao smiled slightly: "That's how it is when the battle armor has a lot of words."

According to Douluo Continent III, once a battle armor reaches the fourth level, it possesses a certain degree of spirituality, acting as a second body for the Soul Master, and is also known as the armor of a demigod.

However, the Heavenly Forging Metal needed to forge the Four-Character Battle Armor requires triggering Heavenly Tribulation, Heavenly Dao Rules, and so on.

The Three Realms of Gods were swept away by the spatial-temporal turbulence, which triggered the rules and such, making it easier for Heaven to forge things.

The God Realm of Dou Er still exists, which, in principle, makes things quite difficult.

However, for Huo Yuhao, with the help of the dimensional luck and the Yan Emperor template, it wasn't as difficult as he had imagined.

"Yuhao, does Rachel want to directly forge a two-word battle armor?" Meng Hongchen chuckled, clenching his hand covered in silver-white gauntlet battle armor, producing a hissing sound unique to metal.

Her face showed a hint of eagerness, wanting to fight Di Rachel to avenge the time when Di Rachel, possessed by the Silver Dragon King, almost blasted her away with a Golden Dragon Fist.

Meng Hongchen was unaware that the Silver Dragon King had possessed her; she simply assumed that Di Ruiqiu was bullying her because of the strength of the Golden Dragon Martial Soul.

She was determined to vent her anger. Remembering that she had seven rings of strength after putting on the One-Word Battle Armor, Meng Hongchen was immediately delighted and said happily, "Yuhao, don't take sides."

Huo Yuhao shook his head: "No, if you want to beat up Rachel to vent your anger, let's go find her later. Has Sister Meng thought of a name for this battle armor yet?"

"The name of the battle armor..."

Meng Hongchen tapped her chin with her silvery-white metallic fingertips, pondered for a moment, then turned to look at Huo Yuhao, asking curiously, "Yuhao, what name will you give your one-word battle armor in the future?"

Huo Yuhao thought about it seriously: "As for me, like Rachel, I'll probably start making the two-word battle armor directly."

"But don't worry, Sister Meng. After you finish wearing the one-word battle armor in this Soul Master Competition, you'll also get a two-word battle armor."

"I know that, sister." Meng Hongchen knew Yuhao wouldn't treat her unfairly, and smiled. "Then, Yuhao, what name would you give the two-word battle armor?"

Huo Yuhao couldn't think of a name for the battle armor that was related to the bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon for a while.

However, two words quickly came to mind: Huo Qubing's title after breaking through to the Title Douluo level in the original story, Spirit Ice. Anyway, the two-word battle armor might not actually use this name; he just wanted to give Meng Hongchen an idea first.

Huo Yuhao feigned a thoughtful expression: "For a two-word battle armor, I would probably consider using the name 'Spirit Ice'."

Meng Hongchen pondered for a moment: "The Spirit Eye Martial Soul, and the ice attribute of the second Martial Soul..."

After thinking for a few seconds, she gently ruffled Huo Yuhao's hair with her silver-white gauntlet and smiled, "Yuhao, my Zhu Qing Ice Toad Martial Soul also has the ice attribute, so how about I name it 'Ice Rain'..."

"But we can only use one character, um... how about we name it 'Ice' or 'Rain' for now?"

Huo Yuhao looked up and met her smiling eyes, then pursed his lips and said, "Then Sister Meng, please use the word 'ice' for now."

"As for the character 'rain,' we'll add it later when we've crafted the two-character battle armor."

"Okay, I'll listen to Yuhao." Meng Hongchen nodded, confirming that the name of the one-word battle armor would be Ice, and the two-word battle armor would be Ice Rain later.

Seeing this scene of her granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Jing Hongchen smiled and felt very gratified.

He made a decisive move with a wave of his hand.

"Jiayi, starting tomorrow, the Mingde Hall underground technology research base will be divided into a mecha research area and a battle armor research area."

"The mecha research area continues to study Experiment 1. The battle armor research area is divided into four projects: forging, design, production, and repair. Each researcher is tested to see which area they are talented in, and then assigned to the corresponding project."

"Understood, Master."

Lin Jiayi naturally agreed wholeheartedly. He had listened to Huo Yuhao's description of the two-word battle armor and witnessed Meng Hongchen's strength increase after wearing the one-word battle armor. The flush on his face from excitement had not yet completely faded.

Most of the Soul Masters in the Sun Moon Empire's army can raise their cultivation to the fifth or sixth ring by taking pills. They're decent at using Soul Guidance Cannons in combat, but their overall Soul Master strength is extremely weak.

If Soul Masters were to wear Two-Word Battle Armor, their army's combat capabilities would be multiplied, making them the backbone of the empire.

Jing Hongchen laughed heartily: "Haha, with Meng wearing the One-Word Battle Armor, her strength has reached the seventh ring. I don't even know how those Shrek brutes can fight her. She can directly beat those Shrek brutes to the point of questioning their existence."

The venue for the Soul Master Competition was practically a stage for dreams to manifest.

Huo Yuhao thought about it and agreed. In the original story, Meng Hongchen was able to completely suppress the six-ring Soul Emperor Dai Yueheng in the individual elimination round with his level six soul guide armor. He seized the opportunity to prepare to use the Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill to completely defeat Dai Yueheng.

Unexpectedly, the situation was reversed. Dai Yueheng pulled off a nested trick, saying, "I've been waiting for you to seize my opportunity," and ultimately turned the tables and won.

This time, Meng Hongchen is wearing a one-word battle armor. Not to mention Dai Yueheng, even Ma Xiaotao would be dumbfounded if she went on stage.

Jing Hongchen looked at Huo Yuhao and smiled kindly: "Yuhao, since you don't have a one-word battle armor to wear right now, just put on the level five soul guide full-body armor that your grandfather made for you first."

"You can save that level six soul guide full armor from before the dream until you reach the fourth ring soul master level."

"Yes, thank you, Hall Master." Huo Yuhao naturally did not refuse and followed Jing Hongchen out of the metal door connecting to the dome.

Upon arriving at the semi-circular area in front of the laboratory, Jing Hongchen took out all the Level 5 full-body armor pieces from the metal cabinet and handed them to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao took them one by one and examined them briefly. The patterns of fiery red and ice blue intertwined on the surface of the armor looked alright.

"Let's go back." Jing Hongchen took out a remote control, preparing to take the elevator to the ground.

"Yuhao, hold me tight, I'll carry you up in my battle armor."

Meng Hongchen, dressed in a streamlined armor interwoven with silver-white and ice-blue, with an exceptionally tall figure, gracefully appeared behind Huo Yuhao.

Her legs, covered in silver-white battle armor, were flawless and incredibly long; the silver-white metallic curves at her thighs alone almost reached Huo Yuhao's waist.

After Meng Hongchen covered his hands with silver-white gauntlets and armor, his hands grew several sizes larger.

She reached down with both arms to grab Huo Yuhao, her silver-white gauntlets wrapping around his waist, ready to carry him directly up.

Jing Hongchen pressed a button on the remote control, opening the passageway in the dome.

Sometimes when he was doing research in the underground base, if something unexpected happened outside, Jing Hongchen couldn't just slowly take the elevator, so a passage was set up to fly directly out.

"Let's go find Di Rachel and avenge ourselves."

Meng Hongchen beamed with joy, holding Huo Yuhao in her arms. She used her soul power to activate the One-Word Battle Armor, and the matching flying soul tool unfolded on her back. As the silver-white and ice-blue halos flowed on the armor, the two of them flew up with a whoosh.

Huo Yuhao wanted to say that he could also fly, but seeing Meng Hongchen's eager and excited expression, he didn't say it to spoil the mood.

Jing Hongchen chuckled, secretly delighted: "In a few years, when Yuhao is a bit older, I'll propose that we get married."

Lin Jiayi nodded in agreement and smiled, "Yes, it's truly a wonderful thing that Meng and Yuhao have become a perfect match..."

After Meng Hongchen carried Huo Yuhao up, she saw Di Ruiqiu and Ye Guyi waiting for her and Yuhao with expressions of great curiosity.

"Yuhao, Senior Sister Meng." Di Ruiqiu and Ye Guyi stepped forward.

Ye Guyi's eyes flashed with a holy white light as she sensed Meng Hongchen and widened her eyes slightly.

Huh? Fifth Ring Road and Yuhao go down, Seventh Ring Road comes up.

What exactly did Senior Sister Meng do with Yuhao in the underground secret room?

Ye Guyi's secret thoughts involuntarily led her to this point. She paused, then, seeing Meng Hongchen's battle armor, exclaimed in surprise, "Senior Sister Meng, is this the armor that Yuhao and you forged together? It instantly gave you the strength of a seventh-ring warrior?"

Meng Hongchen calmly put Huo Yuhao down and nodded with a smile when Ye Guyi asked her question.

"Hmm, seven rings." Meng Hongchen tossed a strand of her silver-white hair and smiled confidently. "If Wang Dong from the Haotian Sect were to participate in the Soul Master Competition, I'd show him the world of difference between me and him!"

Di Ruiqiu and Ye Guyi looked at Meng Hongchen, who was dressed in a one-word battle armor and looked heroic and charming, and both of them showed a little envy.

"This battle armor is really awesome."

Di Ruiqiu walked up to Meng Hongchen, stretched out her small hand, and felt along the patterns on her breastplate, poking it with her finger... Although she could see two bulging mounds, they were protected by the battle armor and felt hard and solid.

After the holiday, Di Ruiqiu exchanged experiences on battle armor design blueprints with Meng Hongchen at night, and she already knew how Meng Hongchen came up with his battle armor blueprints.

Di Ruiqiu patted Meng Hongchen's breastplate and smiled sweetly, "Senior Meng, could I borrow this battle armor for a couple of days?"

"No way! I almost forgot!"

Meng Hongchen's eyes widened slightly. "Di Ruiqiu, come out with me. I want to spar with you."

Di Ruiqiu was immediately displeased and summoned the Golden Dragon Spear: "Miss Meng, if you're so capable, take off your battle armor and fight me fair and square."

Last time, when the Silver Dragon King possessed Di Ruiqiu, his Golden Dragon Fist really scared Meng Hongchen. Now that she's wearing battle armor and wants revenge, Di Ruiqiu is clearly not one to back down and can't stand being wronged.

Di Ruiqiu suggested that he take off his battle armor.

Meng Hongchen flatly refused, "I won't take it off! Rachel, if you don't dare to spar, just apologize to me and call me 'Sister Meng,' and that matter will be over."

"Impossible! We won't yell! Let's fight then, let's go!"

The word "give in" doesn't exist in Di Ruiqiu's dictionary.

Meng Hongchen covered her mouth and chuckled a few times, walking ahead, while Di Ruiqiu followed behind, clutching the Golden Dragon Spear, her cheeks puffed out.

At this moment, Jing Hongchen and Lin Jiayi came up.

Seeing this, Jing Hongchen was somewhat puzzled: "Yuhao, Rachel and Meng, what's going on... um?"

Huo Yuhao organized his thoughts: "Sister Meng was no match for Rachel before, but now that she's wearing her battle armor, she's preparing to spar with Rachel."

Jing Hongchen was taken aback, but did not stop him. After thinking for a moment, he said with a smile:

"Jiayi, because Meng's strength reached the seventh ring while wearing the One-Word Battle Armor, didn't we cancel the training match between the reserve team members and the regular team members?"

"Perfect timing, Jiayi, go and call the other trainees from the reserve team and the regular team over, so we can all watch the sparring match between Meng and Rachel."

Lin Jiayi understood and immediately left Mingde Hall to inform the other reserve team members.

……

Outside the gates of Shrek Academy.

After the mixed team battle, Wang Yan organized the reserve team members, the regular team members, and Elder Xuan, the veteran who had accompanied the team for protection, to take a group photo under the Golden Tree using a soul-guided image-recording machine.

After Xuanzi gave a brief farewell speech, the group set off for Xingluo City.

Wang Yan approached Xuanzi, his tone very serious.

"Elder Xuan, on our journey to Star Luo City to participate in the Soul Master Competition, whether on the road or on the competition field, if any unexpected events occur, I would be grateful if you could step in to protect our students if necessary."

Xuanzi picked up the wine gourd, took a sip, and revealed a confident expression that said, "With me here, nothing unexpected will happen."

When it comes to leading a team to hunt for spirit rings, Xuanzi admits that he sometimes gets separated from his disciples due to carelessness. However, when leading a team to participate in competitions to eliminate evil spirit masters, he has never failed.

"Young Wang, don't worry about that. Just come to me to protect the disciples. With my strength, protecting these little ones is a piece of cake."

Wang Yan still had great faith in Elder Xuan's abilities, so he thought for a moment and asked.

"Elder Xuan mentioned before that he had arranged some tasks to temper the disciples' character before the competition. What are these tasks?"

Xuanzi took a big bite of chicken, glanced at him, and mumbled through his chewing, "Hmm... Exterminate evil spirit masters."

Xuanzi knew very well that leading his disciples to eliminate the evil spirit masters would be a great act of merit.

(End of this chapter)