My Armor, My Sword

After completing the alchemy and handing it over to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Han successfully broke through to the Eight-Star Dou Practitioner realm. Following Old Man Yao's request, he and Xiao Yan came to the back mountain to cultivate Dou Techniques.

This kind of training had been going on for over a week. During this time, Qinglin had been bringing them food. Xiao Xun'er also visited once, but she didn't look at Xiao Han with the same eager eyes as before. Instead, she reverted to her usual cool demeanor.

However, when Xiao Han noticed Xiao Xun'er's furtive glances at him, he knew that the girl might be serious. But he had no good solution, so he could only stall.

If Xiao Xun'er truly liked him, it would be a good thing for him and the entire Xiao family. At worst, he could just live off her and become a son-in-law to the Ancient Clan.

Within this week, Old Man Yao had also specifically refined some spiritual medicines to enhance cultivation, giving them to Xiao Han to aid his Dou Qi cultivation. He believed that soon, Xiao Han would be able to break through to the Nine-Star Dou Practitioner realm.

This was thanks to the Swallowing Spirit Technique's extremely overbearing Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi absorption speed, allowing Xiao Han to break through as easily as drinking water.

"Hah!!!"

Boom!!!

Xiao Han leaped high and punched a large tree that required four people to embrace. In the next moment, the tree exploded, scattering wood chips everywhere.

"Hiss—"

Xiao Yan, who was watching from the side, gasped and his eyes widened. Fortunately, there were few people in the Xiao Family's Back Mountain, otherwise, it would be terrible if they were discovered causing destruction.

"Hoo—"

Exhaling, Xiao Han shook his hands.

He had only used thirty percent of his strength to smash a tree that required four people to embrace into pieces. And this was just with his Dou Qi attack, without even using the lowest-tier Yellow Rank Dou Technique, yet it possessed such power, which was truly shocking!

And all the credit for this went to the demonic armor that now covered Xiao Han's two fists and arms!

Azure blue flowing light continuously streamed across the demonic armor, emitting a terrifying radiance.

After so long, Xiao Han had finally summoned the demonic armor again, but it was only a partial summon.

After Partial Armorization, Xiao Han could summon an incomplete demonic armor, such as the Silver Gray Arm Armor covering his hands right now. Besides the monotonous Silver Gray, there were also strange Brass patterns on the arm armor, and the Azure Blue flowing light came from these lines.

Spreading his five fingers, the five finger armors, sharp and pointed like beast claws, could easily pierce through a three-meter Large Bluestone, as easily as inserting fingers into tofu.

Such terrifying destructive power was something even cultivators at the Dou Master level could not achieve!

"Han'er, your demonic armor is truly formidable.

I didn't expect that just covering your arms would possess power comparable to a newly advanced Dou Grandmaster, and this is without even using your Dou Techniques," Old Man Yao said, while also instructing Xiao Yan on the Eight Extremes Collapse and assessing Xiao Han's cultivation progress over these days.

Of course, Xiao Han did not disappoint him. In just over a month, he had managed to cultivate the Eight Extremes Collapse to the level of six layers of hidden force. If he were to strike an enemy's body with these six layers of hidden force during a fight and then detonate them, he would surely heavily injure the opponent instantly!

And this demonic armor was something Xiao Han summoned to test out in his spare time.

After all, although he was somewhat resistant to the demonic armor, he couldn't avoid using its power forever. To have a controllable power and not use it until death would not be cautious; it would be foolish!

Although the pair of arm guards were of the same style, there were distinct differences between the left and right sides.

The arm guard on Xiao Han's right hand was just an ordinary arm guard, while on Xiao Han's left side, there was a sharp, azure blue wrist blade the size of half a washbasin, extending backward!

And...

Xiao Han flicked his left hand forward, and an azure blue blade formed from energy was projected out, instantly cutting down another tree that four people could barely encircle!

After cutting down the tree, the azure blue blade bounced off several other trees before returning. Just as the energy blade returned to Xiao Han's arm, he suddenly discovered that his body's reaction speed had actually increased by 30%!

What did 30% mean?

If an evenly matched enemy in a battle suddenly gained 30% movement speed, you wouldn't even know how you died!

"Spinning Blade: You possess a wrist blade flying knife that can ricochet multiple times, dealing 80% deceleration and massive damage to enemies for 2 seconds, while also boosting your attack speed by 25% and movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds, and recovering 10% Vitality."

Looking at the system description, the boost came and went quickly, lasting only three seconds.

But three seconds were enough to influence many things in a battle, and anyone grazed by the energy wrist blade would be instantly slowed for two seconds. Facing such an enemy, Xiao Han would have an overwhelming advantage.

After guiding Xiao Yan, Old Man Yao floated over. Seeing the terrifying destruction the magic armor's wrist blade could cause, he was greatly shocked—was this truly the destruction a Dou Practitioner could unleash in an instant without using too much power?

"Han'er, you must quickly cultivate the Eight Extremes Collapse to the Eighth Level of Hidden Force. With the augmentation of the magic armor, the physical body requirements for the Eight Extremes Collapse can no longer hold you back. When you reach the Eighth Level of Hidden Force and achieve Eight Forces in One, you will be a Dou Grandmaster, and if caught off guard, you can kill them with a single punch!"

Old Man Yao stroked his beard and said, "Of course, this is assuming the Dou Grandmaster hasn't activated their Dou Qi Armor. Once the opponent has Dou Qi Armor and can withstand your strike to counterattack, you're dead."

"The Eight Extremes Collapse is that powerful?"

Xiao Han asked curiously.

"Heh heh, it's only classified as a Heaven Stage advanced Dou Skill. In my opinion, if not for its extremely demanding requirements on physique, the Eight Extremes Collapse is more practical than most Earth Stage low-level Dou Skills," Old Man Yao chuckled faintly.

"I understand."

Xiao Han grinned. This close-combat Dou Skill was indeed suitable for him at the moment.

Suddenly, Xiao Han's gaze fell upon the crimson longsword he had thrown on the ground under the large tree not far away.

Although the weapon grades weren't explicitly stated in this world, such a sharp weapon that could easily cleave metal and shatter stone would be considered an extraordinary divine weapon in those low-martial worlds.

Weapons like the Yitian Sword and Dragon Slaying Saber were a joke in front of it.

"Teacher, wait a moment."

Clang!

Accompanied by a crisp sword hum, Xiao Han drew the crimson longsword.

Old Man Yao, looking at the longsword, nodded, "Although the material of your sword blade is ordinary, the forging technique is decent. Plus, it's reinforced by a Third Rank Magic Core. If you could temper it with your异火 (Yi Huo - Exotic Fire) more often in battle, perhaps it could reach another level."

"Heh heh, Teacher, that's not what I wanted you to see."

Xiao Han smiled mysteriously, then a strange azure blue energy emanated from his body, flowing continuously into the crimson longsword in his hand through the arm armor he was wearing.

Old Man Yao's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What... what is going on?"

Under the shroud of the azure blue energy, the three-foot longsword, which was originally only palm-width, underwent a drastic transformation in an instant!

The original three-foot longsword had vanished. What appeared in Xiao Han's hand now was a greatsword with a blade length of four feet, a width of one foot, and a hilt length of one foot!!

The greatsword was entirely azure blue, but besides that, there was a crimson sword-shaped pattern and golden lines on the blade, which was clearly the transformed crimson longsword from just now!

"Weapon Armorization: You can choose to strengthen your weapon (e.g., transforming a one-handed sword into a greatsword). As long as you have enough energy, you can permanently armorize it."

"Teacher, how is my armorization?"

Xiao Han handed the greatsword to Old Man Yao. The latter used his Soul Power to take the greatsword and gently caressed it.

"Hiss! So heavy! What a divine weapon. I never expected your demon armor could evolve this ordinary longsword into such a form. It's truly terrifying."

Old Man Yao marveled at this, never imagining that his disciple could bring so many benefits with just a set of demon armor. If it were him, he wouldn't trade this for any异火 (Yi Huo - Exotic Fire).

As Old Man Yao was playing with the greatsword in his hand, he suddenly slapped his forehead, as if remembering something.

He turned his head and called out to Xiao Yan, "Yan'er, come here."

"Teacher, what do you need me for?"

Xiao Yan trotted over and asked, looking up.

"Nothing much, I just need to retrieve something from my Storage Ring."

As he spoke, Old Man Yao flicked his finger, and a scroll jumped out from the black ring on Xiao Yan's finger. Old Man Yao gestured, and the scroll in Xiao Yan's hand was sucked into Old Man Yao's grasp.

Xiao Han's eyes lit up: "Teacher, I want to learn this Telekinesis technique."

"Yes, yes, you can."

"And I also want to learn the techniques for Soul Power Telepathy and Soul Power Knowledge Transfer."

"Alright, alright, anything you wish."

Looking at Xiao Han with great affection, Old Man Yao was extremely fond of this disciple. Not only was his talent high, but he also respected his teacher and willingly shared great secrets like his demon armor and demon flames. Others might have hidden them away, fearing exposure.

"Teacher, I want to learn too."

In comparison, Xiao Yan was in a rather sorry state. It wasn't that Old Man Yao was biased, but Xiao Yan was currently cultivating Dou Disciple and couldn't do anything else. Thus, he appeared to be in a situation where "neither uncle nor grandmother doted on him."

"Your cultivation is still too low. Even if I wanted to teach you, I couldn't. Go cultivate Dou Disciple first."

"Uh, okay then."

Watching Xiao Yan run off to cultivate, Old Man Yao felt like he was looking at a pitiful little puppy.

Old Man Yao shook his head and unrolled the scroll in his hand for Xiao Han to see. Five large characters were written on it.

"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler"

"Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, a low-tier Earth Dou Skill. When cultivated to Great Accomplishment, it can Split Mountains Break Waves with a mere flick of the wrist."

The simple introduction contained immense power and ferocity. Xiao Han rejoiced; he had found it!