Reign Over the World

Huo Yuhao designed a set of universal-type First-Class Battle Armor.

Such armor provided a slightly weaker boost to a soul master's attributes, but it could adapt to soul masters of all attributes.

Huo Yuhao intended to produce a batch of low-grade First-Class Battle Armor for trade, so versatility was crucial.

He had requested leave from the Martial Soul Department early on. After completing the first three months of courses and learning the basic knowledge of cultivation, there was no need for him to understand the subsequent knowledge regarding soul beasts.

Half a month later, the emerald-green carving knife finished engraving the final core formation. After Huo Yuhao retrieved it, he looked at the silver-white right arm armor with satisfaction.

Huo Yuhao tried it on and clearly felt an increase in his own soul power intensity.

In the process of crafting the battle armor, Huo Yuhao gained a certain understanding of its internal structure.

If a soul master relied on the soul power within their body to fight, then battle armor was like an auxiliary device that utilized external soul power to assist in combat.

The space of the Douluo Continent contained energy in the form of soul power, but soul masters could not use it directly as if casting magic.

Instead, they needed to absorb the energy into their bodies first, then release it with the help of magic-like arrays on their soul rings.

The core of the battle armor was, in fact, a double-layered magic array inscribed outside the soul master's meridians.

After the soul master's soul power passed through the first magic array, it combined with the soul power drifting in the environment. Then, with the help of the second magic array, it balanced the quality of the two energies, compressing the quality of the combined soul power to an intensity exceeding the soul master's own, before launching an attack.

Likewise, this magic array operated bidirectionally. When an external attack struck, the outer magic array would lower the quality of the incoming soul power, which would then be partially offset by the external soul power within the first magic array.

Relying on this operational mode, the battle armor achieved the effect of raising a soul master's combat power to 20 levels above their own soul power.

The essence of battle armor was actually to strengthen the quantity and quality of soul power. Therefore, as the battle armor advanced, it became increasingly integrated with the soul master.

Similarly, long-term nourishment by soul power would allow spirit metal to learn to actively absorb the soul power drifting throughout the environment, rather than simply merging with the soul power in its immediate vicinity.

Four-word battle armor either relied on Heaven Forging to allow the metal to directly learn the ability to absorb external soul power, or it relied on slow nourishment to gradually grant the metal this capability.

The Five-word and Six-word battle armor above that merely relied on the nourishment of divine power to turn the absorbed energy into divine power.

Knowing the principles behind it, Huo Yuhao placed the crafted battle armor into his storage ring and found Mu En, who was sunbathing at the entrance of the dormitory.

"Child, what brings you to see me today?" Mu En asked with some curiosity as he watched Huo Yuhao head straight toward him.

"Old man, take a look at this. It's a soul guidance device I made. Based on its effects, this thing should be rated as a Level 7 soul guidance device."

Upon hearing this, Mu En curiously took the battle armor Huo Yuhao handed over. He injected only a small amount of soul power, and his expression changed drastically.

"Child, you have truly given me a huge surprise. If such soul guidance devices were assembled into a set, it would be enough for an average soul master to fight across ten or twenty levels."

"I mainly wanted to ask you to help promote it. The amount of rare metal required to make this is too large, and I hope the academy can help resolve that."

Seeing Mu En's surprised expression, Huo Yuhao knew he was not far from achieving freedom in rare metal acquisition.

"That is only natural. The academy will resolve the issue of rare metals for you."

"I heard from Shao Zhe that you need a set of 100,000-year soul rings and soul bones soon. When your premonition arrives, I will accompany you on the trip myself. It won't affect your agreement with Shao Zhe."

With the display of the battle armor, the judgment in Mu En's heart regarding the future successor of the Sea God Pavilion changed.

Removing the word "future," Huo Yuhao would be the sole successor to the Sea God Pavilion.

"Then I am truly grateful to you. That adds another set of 100,000-year soul rings and soul bones for me."

If Mu En stepped in, the matter of the Snow Empress embryo would be a certainty, and Huo Yuhao felt a surge of excitement.

Mu En looked at Huo Yuhao gently and continued:

"Yuhao, may I call you that? I originally intended to take you as my disciple, but it seems there is no need to use that to elevate your prestige now."

"Of course, that is no problem. You are too kind, though I still do not know your name. How should I address you?"

Although Huo Yuhao knew who Mu En was, he had to play dumb at this moment. Relying on his Spirit Domain Realm spiritual power, he did not reveal any flaws.

"Just call me Elder Mu. Yuhao, in a few days, I will have Shao Zhe notify you to attend a meeting. Remember to be on time."

"Child, your spiritual power is extremely powerful. Before you attend the meeting, I will give you another gift."

After Mu En finished speaking, without waiting for Huo Yuhao's response, he stopped hiding his aura. The pressure of a Limit Douluo instantly enveloped the surroundings.

"Yuhao, feel it well." As soon as Mu En finished speaking, an aura of reigning over the world poured toward Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao subconsciously entered the state of Fate Manipulation, his spiritual power forming a phantom eye to collide with Mu En's aura.

On the surface, they were evenly matched, but Huo Yuhao clearly felt that the consumption of his spiritual power was wrong.

He was consuming at least three times the spiritual power of Mu En, and that was even with the assistance of the power of fate.

Is this the power of "momentum"? No wonder Ji Juechen, who only had innate soul power of level 3, could reach the Soul Douluo realm through his understanding of sword momentum, Huo Yuhao thought to himself.

The "Reign Over the World" released by Mu En did not carry any aggressive intent; it was merely demonstrating the application of momentum to Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao immediately deactivated the use of the power of fate. The golden light in his eyes dissipated, his eyes turning black once more, while the Eye of Life at the center of his brow slowly opened.

Fate Awakening was the ability of Huo Yuhao's Spirit Eye martial soul's second awakening. Aside from forcibly stripping others of their fate, another ability was to change his own fate.

Therefore, in the collision of momentum just now, Fate Awakening directly changed the trajectory of the fate Huo Yuhao was using to resist the momentum, forcibly weakening the impact of Mu En's "Reign Over the World" on him.

This was also why Tang San felt a sense of wariness toward Huo Yuhao. Once Huo Yuhao used all his ten-thousand-year luck to forcibly modify fate, gaining the strength of a God King for an instant would be no problem at all.

Huo Yuhao withdrew the power of fate and used his own spiritual power to face Mu En's aura with all his might.

The awakening of his own momentum was crucial; Huo Yuhao's strength was too lopsided.

His ten-thousand-year luck was too deeply bound to him; once consumed, it would backfire on him, and his spiritual power could only be used to escape when facing true powerhouses.

This kind of move that directly mixed spiritual power and soul power for attacks was exactly what Huo Yuhao lacked.

A person's "momentum" depended on their heart and cognition. Having transmigrated here, Huo Yuhao actually did not know the true thoughts deep within his heart.

But now, under the pressure of Mu En's "Reign Over the World," the memories of the little Huo Yuhao in his mind surfaced once again.

Memory fusion was not like watching a movie; it was more like a real, unforgettable dream.

Huo Yuhao felt as if he had transmigrated into the body of the six-year-old Huo Yuhao.

The difference was that, possessing the memories of his past life, he felt no fear, only the anger at injustice and the courage to rise up and fight back.