Class Zero's selection results did not differ much from the original.
Those who entered Class Zero were still Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and the others.
"Battle armor is the core embodiment of advances in soul guidance technology..."
Wu Zhangkong introduced Tang Wulin and the others to battle armor.
The immature children's eyes shone brightly, anticipation written all over their faces.
"Teacher Wu!"
Xie Xie suddenly raised his arm.
"Speak," Wu Zhangkong said flatly.
"Are you a Battle Armor Master?"
Wu Zhangkong fell silent for a moment before nodding in admission.
"Yes. I am a Two-Word Battle Armor Master."
A Two-Word Battle Armor Master?
Upon hearing that, the children all drew sharp breaths.
In a place like Eastsea City, a Two-Word Battle Armor Master was already among the very best.
None of them had expected Teacher Wu to be a Two-Word Battle Armor Master!
"Then Teacher Leng must also be a Battle Armor Master, right?"
Wang Jinxi looked at Leng Hanyuan, who was lazily reclining halfway on a lounge chair nearby, his arms folded across his chest and his eyes closed in rest.
Since Teacher Wu was already a Two-Word Battle Armor Master,
Leng Hanyuan, a figure on the level of a Spirit Pagoda Grand Elder, had to be an even higher-ranked Battle Armor Master, didn't he?
Wu Zhangkong said nothing.
He also believed that Leng Hanyuan was certainly a Battle Armor Master, but he could not determine whether he was a Three-Word Battle Armor Master or a Four-Word Battle Armor Master.
However...
"No."
Leng Hanyuan's calm voice rang out, shattering their speculation.
"Don't ask me about that. I don't even have battle armor."
Leng Hanyuan spoke faintly.
As someone from ten thousand years ago who had only awakened recently, where was he supposed to get battle armor?
Leng Yaozhu, that little girl, was in the process of making a set of battle armor for him.
She planned to first forge him a set of Three-Word Battle Armor for temporary use.
It was simply still in the preparation stage.
It was not that Leng Yaozhu did not want to directly forge Leng Hanyuan a set of Four-Word Battle Armor.
She simply could not do it.
Aside from special methods like those of Pluto Douluo Ha Luosa, forging Four-Word Battle Armor
required Heaven-Forged Metal at the very least.
The other professions involved in creating Four-Word Battle Armor, such as mecha designers and mecha manufacturers, were also exceedingly rare.
However, with the influence of the Spirit Pagoda and the Phoenix Family, there was no shortage of such talents.
Yet in the entire world, Zhen Hua was the only Divine Blacksmith capable of producing Heaven-Forged Metal.
Leng Yaozhu had already sent people to contact that Divine Blacksmith.
She intended to offer generous terms and have him forge enough Heaven-Forged Metal for Leng Hanyuan's Four-Word Battle Armor.
But even for Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua, the success rate of Heaven Forging was not particularly high.
Forging the Heaven-Forged Metal needed for an entire set of Four-Word Battle Armor was no small undertaking even for him.
It certainly could not be completed anytime soon.
If battle armor at the level of Four-Word Battle Armor had not been custom-made according to its owner's traits,
and nearly fused into one with its owner, impossible to separate,
Leng Yaozhu would have considered giving her own Four-Word Battle Armor to Leng Hanyuan.
After all, Four-Word Battle Armor could only make her even stronger.
There were still a few people on the continent whose combat strength surpassed hers.
But her ancestor was different.
Even without battle armor, he could suppress Qiangu Dieting, who had released his Four-Word Battle Armor and was likewise at the quasi-god level.
If he made up for even the shortcoming of battle armor,
who on the entire continent could possibly stand against him?
For that very reason, even though commissioning a Divine Blacksmith to forge the Heaven-Forged Metal for a full set of Four-Word Battle Armor required astronomical resources,
the entire Phoenix Family had not voiced the slightest objection.
The ancestor was the family's core!
As long as the ancestor grew stronger, even if the Phoenix Family went bankrupt because of it, they could rise again!
Therefore, for the moment, Leng Hanyuan was still an ancient man from ten thousand years ago without battle armor.
Though even without battle armor enhancing him, his combat strength was already unquestionably at the absolute peak of this continent.
No battle armor?
Leng Hanyuan's answer had clearly exceeded everyone's expectations.
Even Wu Zhangkong's expressionless face, as cold as eternal ice, revealed a trace of surprise.
He had only been uncertain whether Leng Hanyuan possessed Three-Word Battle Armor or Four-Word Battle Armor.
But he had never considered that Leng Hanyuan might not have battle armor at all.
After all, battle armor might indeed be a goal that ordinary soul masters had to strive for their entire lives to attain.
But for an existence at Leng Hanyuan's level, it should have been something easily within reach.
Looking across the entire soul master world,
which soul master above the Title Douluo level did not possess a set of Three-Word Battle Armor or better?
How could a grand Spirit Pagoda Grand Elder backed by the Phoenix Family not even have a set of battle armor of his own?
Unless...
That rumor was true.
Wu Zhangkong recalled the rumors circulating among the common people about the identity of Leng Hanyuan, the mysterious expert who had suddenly appeared.
He had always scoffed at them before.
The rumor had simply seemed far too absurd.
How could someone from ten thousand years ago appear in the modern age?
But upon hearing that Leng Hanyuan had no battle armor, Wu Zhangkong's dismissal of the rumor's credibility suddenly began to waver.
The way he looked at Leng Hanyuan gained a few more unusual traces of light.
This man...
Could he really be as the rumors claimed?
Tang Wulin and the other children did not know what Wu Zhangkong was thinking.
They were merely surprised that Teacher Leng, whose status and strength clearly surpassed Teacher Wu's, did not have battle armor.
But seeing Leng Hanyuan close his eyes again, none of them dared to ask further.
Although Leng Hanyuan usually appeared very gentle, his status was what it was.
These immature children more or less felt as though they were walking on thin ice before him.
After concluding his explanation about battle armor, Wu Zhangkong had planted a seed concerning battle armor within the children's hearts.
Leng Hanyuan rose, stretched lazily, and prepared to accompany his good student Gu Yue to the local Spirit Pagoda for a meal.
Leng Yaozhu, his dutiful junior, was afraid that her ancestor might not be living well in Eastsea City.
Every day, she sent people to deliver rare ingredients to the Spirit Pagoda here.
As her ancestor, Leng Hanyuan naturally would not refuse this goodwill from his filial junior.
However...
"Teacher Leng."
Just as Leng Hanyuan and Gu Yue were about to leave the classroom side by side,
Tang Wulin suddenly called out to him.
"What is it, Student Wulin?"
Leng Hanyuan turned his head.
His gentle smile eased some of Tang Wulin's worry over the changes that had occurred in his body earlier.
However, he did not speak immediately. Instead, he glanced at Gu Yue, somewhat hesitant.
Only after Leng Hanyuan softly said,
"It's fine. Yue'er is not an outsider. Student Wulin, just say whatever you need to say."
Gu Yue folded her arms over her chest and gave a soft snort, somewhat displeased by Tang Wulin's guardedness.
Could she, the dignified Silver Dragon King, possibly have designs on the changes in this tiny human's body?
Since Leng Hanyuan had spoken, Tang Wulin no longer hesitated.
"Teacher Leng."
"Yesterday, changes appeared in my body."
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