The elemental thunder tribulation contained thunderous power imbued with new life. Su Ming bathed within it, absorbing the lightning, devouring its vitality. His own aura grew increasingly powerful.
However, he didn't integrate this devoured power into himself. Instead, he temporarily stored it in the form of another set of empty-shell Battle Armor.
The principle of Battle Armor was to open up a new meridian system outside the Spirit Master's body, connected to the Spirit Master's Martial Soul.
Su Ming had prepared three sets of Battle Armor for himself, corresponding to his three Martial Souls.
The one he was currently fusing with belonged to his Spirit Power Martial Soul. There were still two other sets belonging to his Body Martial Soul and his Elemental Control Martial Soul. Su Ming could fuse with the former set, but couldn't even fuse with the latter set yet.
This was the requirement for compatibility.
Spirit Masters couldn't fuse with Battle Armor arbitrarily either.
If Battle Armor could be fused by any random Spirit Master, it was just poorly made, mass-produced Battle Armor. Forget about boosting two major levels; even boosting one major level would be thanks to good materials.
Like the seven sets of Battle Armor the Sun Moon Imperial Team brought out for this tournament.
To put it bluntly, they hadn't completed the training of the spirituality within the Battle Armor.
The profession of Mecha Manufacturing Technician was still very significant.
They were trainers.
They trained the spirituality, trained it first, then made it recognize a master.
Perfectly compatible with the Spirit Master — only then could it be considered a successful set of Battle Armor.
Su Ming could fuse with the set of Battle Armor for his Body Martial Soul, but fusing was no different from not fusing because his Body Martial Soul corresponded to Douluo 1. Its real use wasn't to amplify combat power but to connect with his Douluo 1 self.
Similarly, the Elemental Control Martial Soul corresponded to Douluo 3. Making Battle Armor for it was also to fish for his Douluo 3 self.
Both sets of Battle Armor were empty shells.
They also served only one purpose: filling.
For example, for the Body Martial Soul's Battle Armor, Su Ming would fill it with power similar to his Douluo 1 self. For instance, he planned to kill the Great Ming and Second Ming, put their spirit rings on the sixth and seventh spirit ring positions of his Body Martial Soul, and integrate all other power into this empty-shell Battle Armor.
Using Battle Armor to respectively substitute for his past and future bodies.
The elemental thunder tribulation, even the thunder within it was an element, could be said to perfectly match Su Ming's third Martial Soul, matching the future Su Ming. Filling the corresponding empty-shell Battle Armor was perfect utilization.
Resist, refine, infuse, store.
Su Ming, fighting the thunder tribulation high in the sky, had already formed an assembly line.
He didn't waste the massive thunder tribulation. He even tried every means to attract the tribulation's attention, preventing it from striking the Spirit Fighting Arena area and wasting power for nothing.
Even a Limit Douluo felt wary because Du Busi didn't understand Elemental Control.
"Domain of Chaos!"
Do your work!
With the blessing of the Lord of the Plane status, Su Ming's Domain of Chaos's priority had surpassed the elemental thunder tribulation. The elements within it completely turned into chaos under Su Ming's control.
It was equivalent to the perfectly combined nine-colored elements and thunder element becoming chaotic. Su Ming, however, withstood the individual erosion of these ten elements with his own body, then swallowed them inside for arranging.
"So that's how you weather a thunder tribulation." Du Busi watched Su Ming's busy figure in amazement.
The audience in the Spirit Fighting Arena was even more bewildered.
"No, this definitely isn't the Chairman Su Ming I know!"
"Right, shouldn't he be punching?"
"Everyone's been learning from you to be a one-punch man. Why, Chairman, have you chosen to stray from the path?"
"It's over. The Chairman's persona has collapsed."
Watching the figure in the sky separating the elemental thunder tribulation, then sorting it, the audience's worldview collapsed.
Because what Su Ming was doing had even higher merit than smashing the thunder tribulation with his fists.
"Look, using fists to fight, wrapping spirit power around fists, compressing Spirit Skills into fists—I know how to practice all that. But how do you learn to decompose a thunder tribulation?"
"..."
The audience was in an uproar, exclaiming they had been betrayed.
Su Ming didn't care about them.
He had already said from the beginning that his Supreme Shockwave Fist was full of technique.
All the skills of his three bodies concentrated into one punch—did you think that was a joke?
While Su Ming was sorting the thunder tribulation, Little Chaos below had successfully fused with the Elemental Control Spirit Gold.
One piece of Elemental Control Spirit Gold directly boosted his cultivation by a large margin.
He felt somewhat dizzy from being stuffed full.
Looking up at the sky and seeing Su Ming's astonishing methods, he instantly sobered up.
"I want to become a god. How can I slack off with just this level of cultivation?"
He struggled to charge into the sky, arriving before Su Ming.
"Perfect timing. It's your turn now."
Su Ming laughed heartily. Spirit power spread out, replicating various Martial Souls.
Nana's Specter Martial Soul.
Fire Spirit Martial Soul.
Water Spirit Martial Soul.
The Elemental Control Martial Souls gathered. Then, light spheres of various elemental origins appeared around his body.
The Elemental Control Martial Souls entered their corresponding origins.
"Come!"
Su Ming grabbed Little Chaos, manipulated his spirit power, and simultaneously fused with the various origins.
The Specter Martial Soul as the base, Little Chaos as the connection point, Elemental Control as the final state.
A spliced-together Martial Soul appeared just like that.
Among them, the clusters of origins also came from Evil Martial Souls, each with a Martial Soul foundation. Su Ming's process of crafting his third Martial Soul went exceptionally smoothly.
"Elemental Control!"
Su Ming's Martial Soul took form. He directly fused it into the corresponding empty-shell Battle Armor.
At this moment, this empty-shell Battle Armor had already accumulated vast elemental power, all used to nurture this brand-new Martial Soul.
The interconnectivity between elements made the entire Martial Soul operate more and more smoothly.
Su Ming also, at this moment, borrowed power from the future.
The long-unused power borrowing had to be employed this time because he needed to synchronize.
God Realm.
"A familiar fluctuation."
Tang San, suppressing his anger, returned to the Sea God Temple and resumed observing Su Ming's tribulation weathering process. Seeing Su Ming condense his third Martial Soul and simultaneously borrow power, he sneered.
"So that's it. No wonder he's condensing two pseudo-Martial Souls for no reason, unable to obtain spirit rings. It's to stabilize this power borrowed from Heaven and Earth, using two additional Martial Souls to respectively stabilize the borrowed Heaven and Earth power belonging to his body and elements."
Tang San had a sudden realization.
"However, that power borrowed from Heaven and Earth probably can't keep up with Su Ming's pace anymore. So he's trying to improve this method, but..."
Thinking this, Tang San revealed a cold smile.
"You formed a second Martial Soul, but I didn't see this power borrowing method stabilize."
In other words, Su Ming was doing useless work.
"Unless, starting from the foundation stabilized by the two Martial Souls, without using spirit rings, he develops the two Martial Souls to the same level as his original Martial Soul, and also keeps up with the development of the two systems' power."
But could one person have that much energy?
Obviously not.
The elemental thunder tribulation dispersed. Su Ming stood mid-air with both feet, sensing the changes within himself.
"Three Martial Souls as one. It feels like my entire being has been sublimated."
The quality of his spirit power received an inexplicable boost—feedback he didn't get when he first condensed his Body Martial Soul.
"Not just spirit power quality. My Body Martial Soul also received a boost. And Elemental Control is a bit stronger than expected."
And this was just the perception of his Douluo 2 body.
With all three era-specific bodies perceiving simultaneously, an unprecedented sense of harmony and completeness arose.
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