Douluo: In an extraordinary world, with unparallel understanding!

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A long time ago, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion had already caught someone's attention.

"Since fate has changed, let's keep an eye on the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Let her come and train with me for a while."

The power to control fate and methods to avoid danger should also be taught to her.

"Yes!"

"Teacher, I feel that I can try absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring for my fifth ring."

Kong Deming looked at Su Yu with a bewildered expression, doubting his words.

Could the Dragon Valley really have such a powerful effect?

"Most soul masters wouldn't gain as much from it as I did.

Once inside the Dragon Valley, both soul power and martial souls can't be used.

Moreover, most soul masters below the Soul King rank lack sufficient spiritual power, relying solely on physical combat.

I may have exceeded the standard just a bit.

The dragon clouds inside the valley require vital energy to be gathered and replenished.

It seems no one has entered for a long time before me, so the dragon cloud energy there was fully charged.

Plus, with my Extreme Life Force attracting it, every dragon cloud I absorbed gave me an extraordinary amount of energy.

And the number of dragon clouds I've absorbed greatly exceeds what future soul masters will be able to gather.

As for the dragon bones, that's likely a one-time opportunity. It's uncertain if anyone else will be able to obtain them in the future."

To sum it up in one sentence: the Dragon Valley had great effects, but it was a one-time opportunity.

Any soul master coming after me will only see a slight boost in their physical strength and a maximum increase of 5,000 years to the limit they can bear for a soul ring—only if they're lucky, though.

Kong Deming looked at Su Yu, thinking, "You're the one who's extremely lucky."

"There are very few soul beasts with a life attribute in the Sun Moon Empire that suit you.

There are no records of any 100,000-year soul beasts.

Sigh."

Kong Deming was troubled.

He still needed three more 100,000-year soul rings himself, but now his disciple was already about to attempt absorbing a 100,000-year soul ring for his fifth ring. It was absurd.

Considering Su Yu's conditions, his ninth soul ring was more likely to be a fierce beast's soul ring.

After all, he only had one martial soul, and his physique was strong enough to handle it.

Kong Deming felt both envy and pride.

This was his disciple, Kong Deming's disciple!

"Teacher, I can sense that there's a Blue Silver Emperor in the Sun Moon Empire. This would be at least a 100,000-year soul beast that suits me perfectly.

Can you send someone to search for it?"

Kong Deming had already become immune to Su Yu's unique sensitivity to Blue Silver Grass, thanks to his Extreme Life Force.

"Do you have a specific range?"

This question stumped Su Yu.

He really couldn't recall more detailed information.

He could only shake his head, saying that he sensed the Blue Silver Grass in the Sun Moon Empire was different from the Blue Silver Grass in the Three Kingdoms of Douluo Continent—it was of a more spiritual nature.

Kong Deming nodded, noting it down.

Once they reached the next city, he would arrange for the search order to be issued.

"Teacher, do you still need to continue searching for your seventh soul ring?"

"Sigh, we've been out for more than five months now, and the old emperor has been urging me to return."

Kong Deming gave a bitter laugh.

The old emperor's time was running out.

The crown prince, Xu Tianran, had ambitious plans, even resorting to drastic measures against his own siblings.

The elderly emperor was so fearful that Xu Tianran might harm him out of jealousy over his long life that he began pushing Kong Deming to return to the royal family to oversee matters, just months after his departure.

Though Kong Deming thought this was absurd, he felt it was highly probable.

While he didn't care about the throne usurpation itself—so long as the emperor's bloodline remained pure—he still had to be mindful of the consequences of patricide.

Especially since Xu Tianran had already been incapacitated. After taking the throne, how would the bloodline continue?

That was a problem too.

Perhaps the old emperor still had a chance, right?

There were cases of elderly rulers having children after a long wait.

The search for the Fire Phoenix's whereabouts still had to continue, but it would be handed over to the empire's intelligence department.

Half a month later, Kong Deming and Su Yu returned to Sun-Moon.

During their journey, Su Yu absorbed the knowledge of the Battle Armor techniques that his teacher, Kong Deming, had researched during his three months in the Dragon Valley.

Kong Deming's research capabilities were truly terrifying. His potential to reach the level of a Level 10 Soul Engineer was not an exaggeration.

Su Yu successfully perfected the techniques for the Intermediate Battle Armor, with only the final compression technique for the Mirror Red Dust left to figure out.

As for the Advanced Battle Armor, Kong Deming had already researched most of it. The biggest challenge remaining was the complete integration of the Battle Armor with the soul master's body.

While learning the theory of a Level 7 Soul Guidance Device, Su Yu had also grasped the intricacies of the Intermediate Battle Armor technology.

The Advanced Battle Armor, although it was his proposed direction and idea, was designed for Soul Douluos, a Level 8 Soul Guidance Device. Su Yu understood it quickly.

"By the way, teacher, I discovered some special runes in the Dragon Valley."

"Oh?"

Su Yu took out the Contract Formation and Blood Contract Formation.

Kong Deming's demeanor immediately became sharp.

He carefully examined both formations, confirming that they weren't items from an evil soul master, before finally relaxing.

The Holy Spirit Sect was known for possessing blood sacrifice formations.

When Su Yu mentioned that he had accidentally discovered the Contract and Blood Contract formations in the Dragon Valley, Kong Deming had worried that the valley might have been visited by evil soul masters.

Now, after examining them, it was clear they were entirely different.

The Blood Contract only required a small amount of blood to form a contract.

"Teacher, I want to use these two formations to integrate the Advanced Battle Armor with the soul master's abilities."

By using the martial soul contract to merge the Battle Armor and the martial soul as one.

Su Yu's idea surprised Kong Deming.

But it was only a slight surprise.

What truly astounded Kong Deming was Su Yu's approach to spiritual forging.

"You mean, by extracting the spiritual energy from rare metals, you could transform these metals into something like soul beasts, then find a way to contract with them, making them exist like soul rings?" Kong Deming found this idea feasible.

However, he still needed to continue researching and fully understand the Contract and Blood Contract formations before attempting further experimentation.

Additionally, Su Yu's spiritual transformation formation also needed to be studied carefully.

Su Yu wasn't in a hurry.

Now that all the projects had officially started, the most important thing for him was still to focus on his own strength.

Whether it was the Intermediate Battle Armor, the Advanced Battle Armor, or even the Super Battle Armor that had yet to be developed, Su Yu could probably reap the benefits once his soul power increased.

What truly gave him a headache, however, was choosing his soul rings.

He could solve the soul spirit problem with a Blue Silver Emperor, which could at least provide him with three soul rings.

But that seemed too monotonous.

Su Yu wasn't just interested in a particular soul beast's abilities; he was more intrigued by the soul beast's life attributes.

Once absorbed into a soul spirit, the feedback from this aspect would naturally only be the most potent the first time.

However, the soul spirit method still required some consideration.

After all, the soul spirit method could circumvent many bugs and had considerable benefits.

Su Yu had also discussed this with Elder Yi.

Elder Yi agreed that it was feasible but mentioned that further research would be needed.

Upon returning to Sun-Moon, Su Yu went to Sun-Moon Hall to meet Xuan Ziwen and discuss the Intermediate Battle Armor techniques.

By blending the compression technique, Xuan Ziwen analyzed the core design of the Intermediate Battle Armor's formation and Kong Deming's design, and came up with a complete method for crafting the Intermediate Battle Armor.

Su Yu also decided it was time to replace his recently acquired Low-Level Battle Armor with the Intermediate Battle Armor.

(End of Chapter)