With Li Zha's flawless forging techniques, he finished forging both arm guards and gauntlets in less than a month.
Even the circlet and skirt armor were nearly done.
"They look so cool, Senior Brother!"
Na'er picked one up to look at it. The fiery red battle armor arm guard bore rippling patterns that resembled both burning flames and lotus flowers, giving it a unique beauty.
The circlet even had the character for "lotus" engraved on it.
"All right, Teacher was right. Seeing battle armor I designed with my own hands actually take shape really is satisfying."
Na'er smiled as she spoke.
Li Zha nodded. Although Soul King was the generally accepted threshold for a One-Word Battle Armor Master, he clearly fell outside that standard.
Looking at the completed arm guards and circlet, Li Zha made up his mind. "These should be enough. Those three aren't complete One-Word Battle Armor Masters either."
Although another month would definitely allow him to finish a full suit of One-Word Battle Armor, Li Zha still decided to challenge them right away.
Over this period, Li Zha had also heard some news.
Yun Ming had unleashed a storm of reforms in Shrek City. The old chairman, leader of the Federation's Hawk Faction, had even made the unprecedented move of inviting Yun Ming to visit major Federation cities for research.
This was a major development capable of shaking the entire continent.
Countless armchair political pundits were wondering whether this meant tensions between the Federation's Hawk Faction and Shrek had eased, and whether a new order might soon emerge across the continent.
Even the Star Luo Empire and Heavenly Spirit Empire far overseas were following the matter.
However,
Li Zha caught a whiff of danger in it.
When things departed from the ordinary, something sinister was surely at