Two-Word Battle Armor

The upgraded Blade of Life Watch gave Huo Yuhao the ability to recover at nearly superhuman speed. Even regrowing severed limbs was no longer difficult.

At the same time, Huo Yuhao's meridians grew even more resilient. After unsealing the Silver Hero Beast's remaining energy, his Soul Power Level reached the peak of Rank 43.

Looking at the rare metals on the table, Huo Yuhao, whose life force had grown stronger once more, could clearly sense the life energy contained within them.

Unlike before, when he could only sense a metal's call once he began Spirit Forging, the metals were now actively calling out to him, hoping he would help awaken their life.

Huo Yuhao took out a piece of Titanium Gold and began hammering it with his Forging Hammer.

Titanium Gold was extremely difficult to forge. As one of the materials used to strengthen Three-Word Battle Armor, Huo Yuhao's success rate at Spirit Forging it had never been particularly high.

But today, forging felt completely different. The Titanium Gold kept cooperating with Huo Yuhao's hammer blows.

Before, the Titanium Gold had been like a stranger who didn't know him, full of suspicion and wariness. Sometimes, it had even broken off its connection with him of its own accord.

Now, however, the Titanium Gold was like an old friend of Huo Yuhao's. The two of them moved together in perfect harmony.

In just a few short hammer strikes, Huo Yuhao completed the Hundred Refinement of the Titanium Gold.

As he continued hammering, the instant the Thousand Refinement was complete, a six-foot beam of light rose from the Titanium Gold.

This light signified Saint-Grade Thousand Refinement, surpassing Thousand Refinement First Grade. It was the pinnacle of what Thousand Refinement could achieve.

Immediately afterward, under Huo Yuhao's hammering, the Titanium Gold began to shrink rapidly, and the life energy within it grew ever richer.

With the life-sensing ability provided by Life Gold, every blow from Huo Yuhao made the Titanium Gold's spirit grow stronger.

When its spirit reached its highest point, cracks began to spread across the Titanium Gold's surface.

Slowly, the cracks covered the entire metal shell, but the life energy within it had grown unimaginably rich.

With a "crack," the Titanium Gold inside burst through the cracked shell and flew toward Huo Yuhao, who stood nearby.

Watching the Titanium Gold circle around him, Huo Yuhao finally understood the core technique of Spirit Forging.

Spirit Forging wasn't simply about awakening the spirit within metal. It was about answering the metal's longing to possess a spirit.

Every piece of metal yearned to have its spirit awakened, but this was merely an instinctive response.

Spirit Forging meant finding a way to connect with the metal heart to heart and actively answer its longing. Only then could the two work together in perfect harmony to awaken its spirit.

After completing this perfect Spirit Forging, Huo Yuhao realized that he fully understood all of Titanium Gold's properties.

This was very different from the properties directly revealed by his halo. The halo merely told him Titanium Gold's various attributes; it couldn't provide him with experience by accounting for subtle changes in the surrounding environment.

But the Titanium Gold was like a friend confiding in him, telling him the kind of environment it liked best and why, as well as its preferences regarding other metals, among many other things.

Having access to this information meant Huo Yuhao had taken a major step forward on the path to Fusion Forging.

Fusion Forging involved forging several kinds of rare metals together to create a new metal with a spirit. Therefore, understanding the properties of each metal was crucial.

Huo Yuhao planned to Spirit Forge every rare metal to perfection before beginning his own path to Fusion Forging, combining them according to their individual properties.

From then on, Huo Yuhao began a disciplined life that combined Spirit Forging with cultivation.

For three whole months, Huo Yuhao stayed cooped up in the Soul Guidance laboratory, Spirit Forging all the rare metals commonly used in Battle Armor.

He also modified his Forging Hammer into a Deep Silver Hammer capable of perfect Spirit Forging.

With the help of the Spirit-Forged Deep Silver Hammer, Huo Yuhao's efficiency at Spirit Forging metals continued to improve.

After Spirit Forging his two-hundredth kind of rare metal, Huo Yuhao finally decided to try Fusion Forging.

"Next comes Fusion Forging. As long as nothing goes wrong, I'll be able to create a spirit-grade Two-Word Battle Armor."

Huo Yuhao murmured softly, filled with anticipation for the success of Fusion Forging.

Huo Yuhao's physical strength was already far beyond that of a Soul Emperor. Once he succeeded, he could begin making his own Two-Word Battle Armor.

Fusion Forging proceeded smoothly. With a complete understanding of the properties of every metal, Huo Yuhao easily fused two kinds of rare metal.

The birth of this first piece of fused metal also marked the Soul Tool's full entry into the era of Battle Armor.

Huo Yuhao took out the Two-Word Battle Armor design he had drawn up earlier and studied it again.

With the rare metals from the Soul Guidance Department at his disposal, Huo Yuhao spared no expense in forging, and his Two-Word Battle Armor, Extreme Ice, was finally complete.

It was a suit of armor in icy blue from head to toe, accented with golden cloud patterns. A pair of blue-and-gold mechanical wings extended from its back, allowing the wearer to hover in midair.

Huo Yuhao had forged this Battle Armor entirely from perfectly Spirit-Forged materials, then reinforced the whole suit with a large amount of Titanium Gold.

By the time the final piece of Battle Armor was complete, the new students' vacation had already begun. In the meantime, Huo Yuhao's Soul Power had risen to Rank 47.

Looking at all the Battle Armor on the table, Huo Yuhao began to put it on.

As he fastened each piece to his body, it no longer hung above him like ordinary armor. Instead, it gradually merged into his body.

When the final piece had merged, the entire suit became one, and the Soul Power Huo Yuhao had infused into it began to circulate.

With a thought, his Two-Word Battle Armor appeared, and his Soul Power surged instantly to around Rank 80.

His blue-and-gold wings spread behind him. After leaving the laboratory, Huo Yuhao shot straight into the clouds, eager to test his current strength.

In the sky above Sea God Island, Huo Yuhao's unrestrained Soul Power fluctuations spread out, startling the Pavilion elders and drawing them together.

Some inner-court disciples were drawn over as well. Seeing Huo Yuhao hovering in midair, they began whispering among themselves.

"Who's got the nerve to release Soul Power so provocatively on Sea God Island?"

Wu Ming asked Han Ruoruo curiously, who was standing nearby.

"I'm not sure. The armor blocks the face, so I can't see who it is. But from the Soul Power fluctuations alone, he's at least a Soul Douluo. Since the elders haven't made a move yet, he's probably not an enemy."

"Big Sis!"

"Hello, Big Sis!"

As several greetings rang out, Zhang Lexuan appeared in front of the inner-court disciples in an instant.

The Soul Power fluctuations here were far too conspicuous, and she had been drawn over as well.

Just then, Huo Yuhao looked toward Yan Shaozhe, visibly eager to give it a try, and said,

"Dean Yan, let's spar. It'll be the perfect chance for me to see how strong I am now."

Seeing how much Huo Yuhao's Soul Power fluctuations had risen, the elders realized how extraordinary this Battle Armor was. They wanted to see how strong Huo Yuhao would be in this state, too.

They immediately began urging Yan Shaozhe to fight Huo Yuhao.

"Shao Zhe, Yuhao's called you out by name. Hurry up and accept so we can see how powerful this Battle Armor is."

"That's right, Shao Zhe. At the rate Yuhao's growing, if you don't fight him now, you might never get another chance to beat him."

Xuan Zi patted Yan Shaozhe on the shoulder with a hearty laugh. "Shao Zhe, even if you lose, it's no great loss. Yuhao's the future master of Sea God Pavilion, so losing to him won't tarnish your reputation."