[As the dust settled, five figures hovered in midair, surrounding you on all sides.]
[To your surprise, when this group saw Xiong Jun, a Ferocious Beast, they showed no fear at all. Instead, greed glinted in their eyes.]
["So this is a Ferocious Beast from the Star Dou Great Forest? The data was right on the mark. It'll make a perfect experimental subject."]
[The old man at the head of the group gave a cold laugh as nine Soul Rings revolved around him.]
[Five Titled Douluo!]
[What made your pupils contract even more was that all five of them were covered in a layer of strange metallic armor!]
[The armor shimmered with iridescent light and fit their bodies perfectly. It not only boosted their Soul Power but also radiated a disconcerting aura of technology.]
["That's... Battle Armor?!"]
[Waves of shock surged through your heart.]
[This was the Peerless Tang Sect timeline, when Soul Guidance Technology was still developing. How could something so far ahead of its time—Battle Armor—already exist?]
[Could it be...]
[Just as you were gripped by doubt, the encirclement slowly parted.]
[A boy who looked only fifteen or sixteen strode out, standing on a Flying Soul Tool with an arrogant air.]
[He looked down at you as if you were a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.]
[Yellow, purple, purple, black, black, black!]
[Six-Ring Soul Emperor! And with a configuration that surpassed the ideal standard!]
[But that was only the surface.]
[Your keen spiritual perception detected that the Soul Power within him had long since overflowed, reaching the bottleneck of Level 70.]
[He was a quasi-Soul Saint! He was only one Soul Ring short!]
[He also wore a set of Battle Armor—more refined and powerful than the others'. A reactor on his chest glowed a deep blue.]
["I didn't