Long Xingyu's Pain, Departure, Li Xin's Hug!

Long Xingyu was extremely resolute, his expression serious as his entire aura erupted. He was truly excited. The appearance of this Spirit Armor could make the whole world tremble.

It might even change the current balance between humanity and the Demon Clan on the Holy Demon Continent.

Besides, according to Ye Ling's plans, even a One-Word Spirit Armor was this terrifying. Wouldn't it become even more powerful once it reached Two-Word Battle Armor?

Perhaps a Two-Word Battle Armor alone would be enough to surpass the Mithril War Armor and Adamantine Battle Armor that only Temple Knights were qualified to possess.

That was already terrifying enough. One had to know that Mithril War Armor and Adamantine Battle Armor could only be owned by at least Seventh Tier Paladins. On average, each Divine Seal only had three hundred and sixty-five sets, and they were passed down through inheritance. Unless someone stepped down, those who came later would never have the chance to inherit them in their entire lives.

They were extremely scarce resources.

But!

Ye Ling's was different!

According to his plans, as long as there were sufficient resources, these Spirit Armors could be mass-produced. They would also be completely bound to their users and could continue to be upgraded afterward.

This was wonderful news!

"Since Teacher Xingyu has said so, I'll give it a try." Hearing Long Xingyu's words, Ye Ling smiled. He neither hesitated nor held back. With his strength, even if he went all out, he could not inflict much harm on Long Xingyu.

So, he planned to unleash everything.

Very soon, he stopped speaking and fully activated his Spirit Armor, Light. He also drew the Angel Sacred Sword. Although the amplification from this Spirit Armor could not raise his rank, the Angel Sacred Sword was now also of Brilliant Grade quality. Under Ye Ling's full activation, he entered the so-called state of unity between man and sword.

A terrifying aura continuously spread into the surroundings. Sensing this, Cai'er and Long Haochen silently retreated. Though this level of power was not enough to frighten Cai'er, and she had the ability to protect herself,

since Ye Ling was going to slash at Long Xingyu, she would not go over and cause unnecessary trouble.

Long Haochen, meanwhile, was personally watching Ye Ling take a sword to his own father.

"Good sword!" Looking at the Angel Sacred Sword, Long Xingyu praised it. Its quality was outstanding even among Brilliant Grade Equipment. Moreover, Long Xingyu could tell that the Angel Sacred Sword was far from ordinary. It had not been forged by Ye Ling and seemed to be equipment that could be upgraded!

Truly marvelous.

With that thought, Long Xingyu began circulating his spiritual energy to protect himself. Then he nodded, indicating that Ye Ling could proceed.

Very quickly, Ye Ling erupted with all his strength and slashed at Long Xingyu with his sword.

It struck his abdomen in an instant.

The moment it hit his body, Long Xingyu felt an immense force crash into him. His expression changed dramatically as intense pain surged from his abdomen.

Long Xingyu: "!!!"

No way?

What kind of move was that?

I am a Ninth Order, Level 3 Divine Seal Knight, and a Divine Seal Knight acknowledged by a Divine Seal! Yet I could actually feel pain from your attack?

And it hurt a lot.

My liver hurts!

"Teacher Xingyu, how was that?" Ye Ling withdrew the Angel Sacred Sword and recalled his Spirit Armor as well, letting it recover.

Long Xingyu said nothing. He merely looked at his abdomen and carefully considered the pain coming from it, as though pondering something.

"You..." In the end, Long Xingyu looked helplessly at Ye Ling. It had taken him several seconds to fully restore his face from the distortion caused by the pain. "Your attack actually ignored part of my defense. Normally, Brilliant Grade Equipment doesn't have that kind of effect!"

"Strictly speaking, every component of my One-Word Spirit Armor, as well as the sword in my hand, has this armor-breaking effect. The amount of defense it ignores depends on my Inner Spiritual Power, roughly half of it, and the amplified portion is included as well," Ye Ling explained slowly.

Hearing this, Long Xingyu could not help twitching his lips, rendered somewhat speechless. His External Spiritual Power was in the tens of thousands. Half of Ye Ling's power, with half of his armor ignored, was only a little over a thousand. Yet that force alone had made him feel pain.

Although that was related to the fact that he had not truly begun defending himself, such power was already terrifying enough.

If Ye Ling reached the Ninth Rank and became a Holy Knight, then with Long Xingyu not defending himself, this single strike would be enough to take half his life.

It was truly ruthless.

"Haa..." Long Xingyu let out a long breath. "Based on my calculations just now, the level of power contained in that strike has already surpassed an ordinary Fifth Rank. It should at least be at the level of Fifth Tier, Level 6 or 7, right?"

"And that was a direct slash. If you used skills, as well as that special Bloodline Power of yours, even a true Sixth Tier Radiant Knight would have to avoid that strike and would not dare face it head-on."

Long Xingyu spoke seriously.

A Fourth Rank breaking through a Sixth Tier!

What a joke. If someone had told Long Xingyu that before, he would have berated them. Instead of cultivating properly, they were always thinking about useless nonsense like that.

But now, he had seen it all and understood it all. From Ye Ling, he had witnessed these so-called miracles.

If Ye Ling's circumstances had not been unsuitable, Long Xingyu would have immediately reported this to the Alliance's upper ranks and secured the most terrifying resources for Ye Ling.

But for now, Long Xingyu no longer had that thought. At present, whether Ye Ling received resources from the Holy Temple or not made little difference.

As long as Ye Ling sold some of the equipment he forged from time to time, everything would more or less work out.

As for how to sell them?

Did the Haoyue Branch Temple and Nalan Shu not exist?

If he made a few pieces, the benefits would probably exceed anything he could obtain from the Knight Temple.

Wasn't that wonderful?

Thinking of this, Long Xingyu nodded and stopped speaking. After offering Ye Ling a few final words of praise, he said nothing more and went off to handle his own affairs.

He needed to revise his plans.

Seeing Long Xingyu like this, Ye Ling did not say much either. He merely looked to the side and continued with what he needed to do next.

He selected metals suitable for Cai'er, preparing to forge rare metals suitable for her, then forge the One-Word Battle Armor best suited to her.

Two days passed.

Following Long Xingyu's schedule, Ye Ling and the others descended the mountain and headed toward the Haoyue Branch Temple.

Along the way, Long Haochen kept sighing and gazing mournfully at Ye Ling and Cai'er. It was not because of anything in particular; he simply felt somewhat out of place.

Yes, because he was the only one here without a One-Word Spirit Armor.

And he was also the weakest one.

Long Haochen felt wronged, but Long Haochen said nothing.

Ye Ling did not have many thoughts about this matter. He simply laughed and hurried them along.

Odin Town and Haoyue City were not far apart, and they soon arrived at the Haoyue Branch Temple.

Though Ye Ling had not returned for more than half a year, the guards still recognized him. They did not stop him much and simply let him enter.

Before he had gone far, a valiant figure rushed over and instantly hugged Ye Ling. That soft, ample embrace that could contain the world nearly left Ye Ling unable to recover.

He had initially wanted to break free, but Ye Ling knew exactly who it was. He also held deep feelings for her, so he did not pull away and embraced her in return.

The sight gave the still-young Long Haochen and Cai'er a tremendous shock.

But unlike Long Haochen, who was merely stunned,

Cai'er sniffled softly. She wanted to hug Brother Ye Ling too, but she did not dare say so. She could only stare adorably at everything, unsure of what she should say.

After holding him for a while, the newcomer released Ye Ling. It was Li Xin.

"You still remembered to come back?" Looking at Ye Ling, Li Xin complained. He had not returned for more than half a year—what had he been doing? Then she looked at him curiously, comparing him to before. "You've grown quite a bit. And your strength looks like it has improved a lot too. This time, you've completely surpassed your big sister, haven't you?"