Out-of-Control Armor

"Guga! Put some more strength into it!"

Clang!!!

Clang!!!

Clang!!!

While they were hammering away at the armor shell here.

Electrician Guga on the other side was carefully making wires.

Gugugaga craftsmanship—you deserve it.

About one or two shichen later.

A brand-new suit of armor was finally completed.

Lin Xiao was so exhausted he was twitching all over.

This armor had taken far too long to make. Throughout the entire process, he had needed to supply Soul Power to the Gugas, and the consumption had been absurd.

At last, the Painter Gugas picked up their paint cans and began coloring the armor.

Hiss—

Ugh... this really squeezed out every last drop...

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples who had been watching nearby all crowded around. Their eyes landed on the red-and-gold armor, and they stared so hard their eyes nearly went straight.

The metal plates fit tightly together, their lines crisp and clean. Chest armor, shoulder guards, knee guards—it had everything.

Even the sect's veteran blacksmiths could not have made something like this.

"Stay back! Don't scratch the paint, Guga!"

Painter Guga charged over on his little stubby legs, stretching out his tiny hands and shoving the disciples away with all his might, refusing to let them approach the freshly painted armor.

After resting for a while, Lin Xiao finally staggered to his feet and walked over to the armor.

"Cool~ It's even got Iron Man's color scheme! How am I supposed to wear this? Does it automatically transform and equip itself or something?"

"Boss, we'll help you! Guga."

The Mechanic Gugas removed the armor components one by one.

Then they fitted them onto Lin Xiao.

The corner of his mouth twitched.

All right... looks like I was overthinking it...

Makes sense. I don't even have a single Spirit Ring yet—how could it possibly have Iron Man-style automatic assembly...

Click—

Click—

As the armor locked together at every joint, three Mechanic Gugas stacked themselves up and fastened the faceplate into place.

Come to think of it, this faceplate was kind of unnecessary.

It was just an iron plate with two holes punched into it...

Lin Xiao moved his limbs, feeling rather stiff.

"Guga, what can this armor do?"

"It can take a beating and fly, Guga."

Mechanic Guga proudly planted his hands on his chubby hips.

Lin Xiao's eyes instantly lit up.

"It can fly!! How does it fly?!"

"Boss, press the little button on your chest and you can fly, Guga."

A button?

Lin Xiao stretched out a hand and felt around his chest.

He had no choice. The armor's joints were stiff, and his neck had limited movement. He could not lower his head at all, so he could not see his chest.

He found it—a hard little protrusion.

Click!

Hiss!!!

With a burst of ignition, massive flames began spraying from beneath Lin Xiao's feet.

The powerful thrust shoved him upward, and his entire body instantly lifted off the ground.

"I can fly! Hahahaha!"

Lin Xiao hovered in midair and burst into excited laughter.

Right now, all he wanted was to shout: Chinese people can fly!!

But as he flew higher and higher, he gradually realized something was wrong.

This armor's propulsion system could not control the strength of its thrust at all!

The wind grew fiercer at high altitude. Panic rose in Lin Xiao's heart, and he hurriedly lowered his head and shouted:

"Guga! How do I get down?!"

Mechanic Guga tilted his head up, cupped his little hands around his mouth, and shouted back:

"Boss! You have to wait for the gunpowder inside to burn out!"

"Holy shit!!"

Lin Xiao's scalp went numb as his arms and legs flailed uncontrollably.

His body tilted, and the armor immediately lost balance, shooting wildly through the sky in every direction.

"Ahhh!!! Help!!"

Lin Xiao made a huge turn in midair and slammed into the ground, but the gunpowder in his legs was still firing.

His helmet scraped against the ground as he sped along.

Seeing Lin Xiao charging toward them at terrifying speed.

"Get out of the way!!"

The quickest-reacting disciple beside them shouted and instinctively dodged to the side.

Lin Xiao hurriedly braced himself against the ground with both hands, adjusting his posture.

Whoosh—

Spinning like a drill, Lin Xiao skimmed past the disciple's scalp, blasted a huge hole through the wall behind him, and vanished into the distance.

The disciple only felt a chill on his scalp and reached up to touch it.

"Fuck! My hair's gone!!"

He widened his eyes and let out a miserable scream.

Another disciple beside him patted him on the shoulder, his face full of lingering fear.

"Brother, count yourself lucky. If it had been just a little closer, your head would've exploded."

Meanwhile, the Gugas hurriedly chased after Lin Xiao in the direction he had flown.

"Ahhh!!!"

A scream rang through the skies above the entire Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

The disciples patrolling the plaza outside the courtyard heard it and curiously looked up at the sky.

"Wow~ Someone can fly! Does our sect have a flying Soul Master?"

"Doesn't look like it. That black thing in the sky looks like a lump of iron. Why is it getting bigger?"

The moment he finished speaking, a sharp-eyed disciple beside him turned pale with fright.

"You idiot! It's coming at us!!"

He grabbed his two stunned companions and threw himself flat onto the ground.

Whoosh—!!

A piercing sound tore through the air as the iron lump grazed over their heads.

Lin Xiao was practically in tears by then.

He could not stop. He just could not stop!

This was even more thrilling than riding a roller coaster!!

"Fuck! Is that the Seven Treasures Pagoda up ahead?!"

His eyes widened as he stared in horror at the Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda-shaped building before him.

This was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's iconic core structure!

The entire pagoda was exquisitely carved and adorned, its roof covered in glazed tiles. It was priceless—any one of those tiles was worth dozens of gold coins.

If he really crashed into it, let alone apologizing, even selling himself ten times over would not be enough to repay a fraction of the damage!

He twisted his body desperately, but the out-of-control propulsion system would not obey him at all!

He could not stop his downward plunge whatsoever!!

Whoosh—!!

Bang!!!

The third floor of the Seven Treasures Pagoda was instantly smashed open, and priceless jade fragments came raining down.

Fortunately, the gunpowder inside finally burned out.

Lin Xiao was wedged between the beams. Flames sputtered twice more from beneath his feet before finally going out in a puff of white smoke.

"It finally stopped..."

He reached out and braced himself against the beam, trying to stand.

Crack—

Unable to bear the force, the beam split and collapsed.

"Ahh!!"

A sudden sensation of weightlessness hit him. Lin Xiao screamed as he fell straight down!

Bang—

"Hiss... that didn't hurt as much as I expected. The flight ability might be ridiculous, but the damage resistance is pretty impressive~"

Lin Xiao slowly climbed to his feet and twisted his sore neck.

Then his entire body stiffened.

Through the holes in his faceplate, he saw four stunned stewards.

When he turned his head slightly, there were another four.

Then he looked up and saw Ning Fengzhi seated at the head, with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo seated on either side, all of them silently watching him.

For a moment, the entire hall was silent.

Lin Xiao could practically hear a crow cawing as it flew overhead.

Plop—

A glazed roof tile fell from above.

Ning Fengzhi slowly raised his head to look at the hole overhead, then looked back at Lin Xiao in his suit of iron armor.

"Little Lin... are you... planning to renovate the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect?"

"Cough, cough... Uncle Ning, it was an accident. I didn't control the direction properly while testing the armor."