Jiang Hao shook his body, and the melted outer layer of armor instantly peeled away like a snake shedding its skin.
Lu Daoxing's eyes widened.
Beneath that layer was another identical suit of armor shimmering with gold and silver light!
Seeing Lu Daoxing's astonished gaze, Jiang Hao remained perfectly composed. "Wondering how many suits of armor I have forged from yellow-silver star ore? As you know, I have plenty of sons."
Lu Daoxing spat a word through clenched teeth. "Animal."
"Insults are meaningless." Jiang Hao looked at his ruined armor and smiled helplessly. "The Crimson Crystal really is a lethal weapon. Its ability to enhance an artifact's power can actually compensate for some of the effects of level suppression. Lu Daoxing, if you were sequence level eight, I probably really wouldn't be able to beat you."
Lu Daoxing's expression showed no sign of relief.
Jiang Hao continued, "You broke through my defensive skill and destroyed a suit of armor forged from yellow-silver star ore. You've done very well. I never thought I'd actually have to go all out to kill you."
Then Jiang Hao took the Yellowed Book, its cover an off-white tinged with yellow, from his Storage Box.
The book's pages flipped rapidly as it chanted a strange melody on its own.
Immediately afterward, Lu Daoxing felt powerful mental attacks assailing him from every direction.
Amid the turmoil, Lu Daoxing heard Jiang Hao speak again. "Lu Daoxing, do you know the difference between sequence level seven and sequence level eight?"
Lu Daoxing used his artifacts to fight desperately against the mental attacks, staring at Jiang Hao as his figure doubled in his vision.
"When you break through to sequence level eight, you can combine two skills into one, greatly enhancing them."
Several enormous tentacles suddenly extended from Jiang Hao's