The Elemental Lightning Tribulation contained the power of rebirth. Su Ming bathed within it, absorbing the lightning and devouring the vitality inside, while his aura steadily grew stronger.
However, he did not integrate the devoured power into himself. Instead, he temporarily stored it in the form of another empty-shell Battle Armor.
The principle behind Battle Armor was to pioneer a new meridian system outside a Soul Master's body, one connected to the Soul Master's Martial Soul.
Su Ming had prepared three sets of Battle Armor for himself, corresponding to his three Martial Souls.
The one he had fused was the Battle Armor belonging to his Soul Power Martial Soul. There were also two sets belonging to his Body Martial Soul and Elemental Control Martial Soul. Of those two, Su Ming could fuse the former, while he could not yet even fuse the latter.
That was the requirement of compatibility.
A Soul Master could not simply fuse with any Battle Armor at will.
If any random Soul Master could fuse with a set of Battle Armor, then it was merely low-quality Battle Armor churned out on an assembly line. Forget boosting one by two major ranks—even raising someone by one major rank would mean the materials were good.
Take the seven sets of Battle Armor fielded by the Sun Moon Royal Team in this tournament, for example.
To put it bluntly, they had not finished training the spirituality within the Battle Armor.
The profession of Mecha Manufacturer was still extremely important.
They were trainers.
They trained spirituality first, then made it acknowledge an owner.
Only when it perfectly matched a Soul Master could it be considered a successful set of Battle Armor.
Su Ming's Body Martial Soul Battle Armor could be fused, but whether he fused it or not made little