In a conference room, Jing Hongchen sat down with them.
Du Busi spat out a mouthful of blood. "Haha, it's nothing, nothing. Today is a happy day."
He wiped the corner of his mouth, unable to conceal the sorrow in his eyes beneath his excitement.
Golden Body Douluo had died, sacrificing himself to save them.
But he could not let the grief from this matter spread to the three people before him. He could only force himself to keep his spirits up.
"Brother Hongchen, what position would you like? Just name it, anything will do. I can even give you the title of Imperial Preceptor."
Jing Hongchen said, "I'm not surrendering to your Heaven Dou Empire. I'm surrendering to those two."
To the outside world, it was said that he had pledged allegiance, but Jing Hongchen knew perfectly well that his situation was actually one of surrender.
But whom he surrendered to made all the difference.
The Heaven Dou Empire held nothing that attracted him. Mu Xuanheng, on the other hand, did.
Not just resources, but also those novel methods.
Du Busi asked, "Kid, can you get this old man a set of that armor?"
He was also very curious about Mu Xuanheng's methods, especially the Battle Armor.
"No. Battle Armor is not yet a very mature system, and its user needs to personally participate in the forging process. Besides, Battle Armor isn't omnipotent. The intensity of battle it can withstand is inherently not very high."
Mu Xuanheng and Gu Yuena were both extraordinarily special.
When Mu Xuanheng activated his Chaofeng Dragon Body, dragon aura surrounded him and granted damage reduction. Damage below the damage-reduction threshold was completely negated, while damage above it received normal damage reduction, allowing Mu Xuanheng's Battle Armor to hold up in battle.
Gu Yuena, meanwhile,