"Is this the Soul Bone Fusion Skill?"
Looking at the fully donned soul bone armor on Chen Junting's body, Xuan Ziwen's eyes were practically blazing with fervor. Even though this set of soul bone armor was incomplete due to the lack of certain soul bones, in his eyes, he undoubtedly saw the future of Battle Armor.
Battle Armor should be exactly like this! Amplifying oneself, integrating into the body! It should be the man-made version of the Soul Bone Fusion Skill! That's right! This is it!
Flashes of inspiration constantly collided in his mind; he even subconsciously wanted to reach out and touch it, but stopped himself due to his own rationality. Xuan Ziwen suddenly raised his head, staring intently into Chen Junting's eyes.
"So this is where you got the inspiration from, right."
'There's really nothing I can do; I'm a bit unaccustomed to this…'
Facing Xuan Ziwen's fanatical gaze toward research, Chen Junting felt he couldn't quite appreciate it. However, regarding his question, he still scratched his temple with his index finger, his eyes inevitably drifting a bit. "Actually, to a certain extent, you could say that."
So that's it then.
Anyway, Xuan Ziwen, who immediately refocused his attention on the soul bone armor after asking the question, didn't notice Chen Junting's little movements and drifting eyes. He just perfunctorily nodded after hearing his words, and said in a reproachful tone, "Since you have this kind of thing, you should have brought it out as soon as you came back. Instead of only reacting after I mentioned it to you."
"By the way..."
"Did you forget about the Battle Armor matter?"
Seeming to realize something, Xuan Ziwen suddenly looked Chen Junting up and down with a suspicious gaze. That "strictness of a teacher" made Chen Junting, who already felt in the wrong, feel a bit guilty.
"I definitely didn't."
Shrugging his shoulders, as if this could make him feel more relaxed. After his guilt subsided quite a bit, Chen Junting said in a serious tone, "Actually, I know how difficult the development of Battle Armor is, so I didn't expect it to succeed in my generation. Even if it did, the amplification for someone at our level would be negligible, so it's just to leave a seed for the next generation."
These words seemed to have convinced even himself.
Anyway, Chen Junting became more and more reasonable as he spoke. "Therefore, I can only entrust this arduous task to you, Teacher Xuan."
"You..."
Glancing sideways at this thick-skinned guy, Xuan Ziwen was too lazy to pursue it further. Instead, he stroked his chin and examined the soul bone armor on Chen Junting's body once more. After receiving Chen Junting's consent, he wrapped his fingers in soul power and constantly tapped it.
As time passed...
"Teacher Xuan, how is it?" Feeling his soul power draining massively, even the operation of his two soul cores gradually couldn't keep up with this consumption, Chen Junting spoke up to ask.
"Oh?"
Xuan Ziwen, whose mind was pulled back, raised his head, glanced at Chen Junting, and slowly stood up, suddenly asking a question.
"Can you take off this soul bone armor?"
"Hah!?"
In an instant, Chen Junting's "wisdom" seemed to be pierced through by Xuan Ziwen's wisdom. Looking at Xuan Ziwen, who had a face that said "I am serious," he forcefully suppressed the impulse to blurt out what was in his heart. "Teacher Xuan, this is made up of my soul bones; do you think it's possible to strip the soul bones off my body?"
"That's true."
Xuan Ziwen, who had already known the answer, had a face full of regret.
If only he could have such a suit of soul bone armor to study, and then crack the reason behind the formation of the Soul Bone Fusion Skill, perhaps this could significantly speed up the progress of Battle Armor research.
Just as Xuan Ziwen was feeling it was a pity, he noticed Chen Junting pick up a piece of white paper, walk over to a table to the side, and start sketching something, so he curiously leaned in to observe.
With just one glance, he recognized these as array patterns.
And the shape... was armor!
Looking at it, Xuan Ziwen said, "Not bad, not bad. Although this can't compare to directly studying the soul bone armor, this can still improve the Battle Armor research progress."
"There's more."
After drawing the final stroke, Chen Junting stopped, then pressed his index finger onto Xuan Ziwen's glabella. Then, under his doubtful gaze, he said, "Teacher Xuan, this is some knowledge that will definitely be of great help to the research on Battle Armor."
"Prepare to receive it."
As the last four words fell, a ball of light sank into Xuan Ziwen's mind. The input of knowledge caused Xuan Ziwen's eyes to instantly blur, but immediately after, a body of knowledge roughly called "Divine Armor Forging" flashed through his mind one by one.
At this moment, his entire person froze in place.
At this time, Chen Junting slowly withdrew his hand.
Seeing Xuan Ziwen motionless, he reached out and waved his hand in front of his eyes. Seeing that he still had no reaction, "It seems he's already previewing that knowledge; this should be of great help to him."
As time passed, Chen Junting waited quietly.
Roughly the time it takes to burn an incense stick later, Xuan Ziwen's unfocused pupils instantly sharpened, and he violently came back to his senses!
"I understand!"
"I understand everything!"
Xuan Ziwen immediately shouted out loud, then violently turned his head to glance at Chen Junting, and then violently turned his head again, rushing straight towards the door. Opening the research room door, he ran towards his own research room without even looking back.
Leaving only Chen Junting standing in place.
Coincidentally at this time, the door hadn't automatically closed yet. Jing Ziyan, holding a hot tea in one hand and a sandwich in her mouth, scratched her head, walking into her research room with a face full of confusion.
She had only gone out to get some food for a moment, how did Teacher Xuan become so excited? It's like he's been hit with a stimulant.
So she turned her head to look at the only insider present.
"What's going on with Teacher Xuan?"
"Oh, nothing much."
The expectation in Chen Junting's eyes undiminished, he used the most casual tone to say the most shocking words to Jing Ziyan, "It's just that the Battle Armor technology can probably make a breakthrough; the true Battle Armor might just be born in our generation, from Teacher Xuan's hands."
Hearing this, Jing Ziyan, who hadn't reacted yet, nodded.
Oh, so Battle Armor is about to...
Wait—
She suddenly woke up from her daze, looking at Chen Junting in disbelief.
"Are you saying Battle Armor technology can make a breakthrough!?"
Then, without waiting for Xuan Ziwen to answer, not afraid of the heat, she randomly stuffed the hot tea and sandwich into her mouth, and ran out with her cheeks bulging, letting out inexplicable "woo woo" sounds.
The general meaning was probably, "Wait for me."
Presumably, it wouldn't be long before Teacher Xuan and the others could give him a satisfactory answer.
Battle Armor... and then combined with soul bone armor, it's truly something to look forward to.
Thinking of this, Chen Junting stepped out of Jing Ziyan's research room. After all, matters here had more or less come to an end; the most important thing next was to improve everyone's cultivation and strength.
Also, Old Gu's sole soul core needed to be condensed. But before that, he still had to deepen his control over the power of space.
Besides that, there was also Little Feng.
Of course, if it weren't for the fact that Xin hadn't reached the eighty-ninth level, on the verge of breaking through to the ninetieth level, he should have been brought along on this trip too.
...
"We're setting off right now?"
"That's right."
Chen Junting looked at the two people traveling with him. "Because there's no need for the others to follow, and Xiao Tian also has to go into closed-door cultivation, it's only the three of us this time. And going to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well only has two purposes. First, for you two to condense your soul cores. For Old Gu, it's because there is still an immortal herb in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that is extremely suitable for you; as long as you consume it, it can strengthen your spatial power, making your soul core condensation smoother. As for Little Feng..."
He looked at Wu Feng beside him and continued:
"I suppose you know how much it will help you to condense your soul core in a place where the fire-element heaven and earth origin energy is extremely active."
"Understood!"
Wu Feng looked serious, but the joy in her eyes was hard to suppress.
Finally, she was also going to become a Titled Douluo!
"In that case, let's set off."
Chen Junting was too lazy to mention the second purpose. Anyway, after speaking, Gu Tianchen waved his hand, and a door of void slowly opened in front of them, and then the three stepped into it.
As the door of void on the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's side closed, after an unknown period of time, a spatial fluctuation appeared inside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, instantly startling the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
"Eh, eh, eh—"
At this moment, it was completely frightened out of its wits!
Not good! An intruder!
Just as it wanted to mobilize the power of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, a familiar aura came from the center of the void. Instantly, the panicked expression of the Aromatic Silk Beauty changed into a fawning one.
Swaying its large flower, it used origin power to manifest a human form and stepped forward.
"My Lord, you've come."
"Mm."
Chen Junting, leading Gu Tianchen and Wu Feng, glanced at the Aromatic Silk Beauty, then moved his gaze away. "Go do your own thing; what happens next has nothing to do with you."
"Okay—"
Hearing this, the Aromatic Silk Beauty couldn't have asked for more.
So it hurriedly made way for Chen Junting and the other two!
Since everyone had been here at least once, they were familiar with the route.
Gu Tianchen went directly in front of the Void Immortal Mushroom. He hadn't chosen to consume this immortal herb last time because it wasn't the most suitable time then. But now it was.
Without any hesitation, he plucked it.
"How do I consume this?"
"Swallow it whole."
Taking Chen Junting's word for it, Gu Tianchen swallowed the entire Void Immortal Mushroom into his stomach, then sat down cross-legged. His Bone Dragon Martial Soul instantly possessed him, and his domain also unfolded accordingly.
The next second, "Roar—"
A dragon's roar that seemed to come from the void sounded out. Behind Gu Tianchen, spatial ripples seemed to surge, and a bone dragon phantom flew out from the void, then settled behind Gu Tianchen.
At this moment, a massive amount of heaven and earth origin energy surged along with it.
"Since Old Gu has started, you go too."
At this moment, Chen Junting retracted his gaze and said to Wu Feng, who was staring at Gu Tianchen. And after she came back to her senses, "I'll stand guard for you two; you can focus on breaking through without worries. As for how to condense a soul core, I don't need to say more, right?"
"No need, just watch me."
Wu Feng waved her hand and flew towards the fire spring of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Soon, a terrifying fire element surged, beginning her final breakthrough toward the Titled Douluo realm.
Regarding this, Chen Junting split his focus three ways.
While paying attention to their cultivation and breakthroughs, he also strolled among the medicinal herbs all over the ground, picking out suitable ones.
Refining pills and medicines allowed for no carelessness.
As time passed minute by minute, the sun rose and the moon set, and several days quickly went by.
Chen Junting had already selected the required medicinal herbs, but the two still hadn't made much noise, though there was progress.
For example, Gu Tianchen had already absorbed the immortal herb and began condensing his soul core, while Wu Feng was only one step away from success.
However, at this moment, the rippling surface of the fire spring suddenly surged, starting to churn up large waves, enveloping Wu Feng's entire body along with her almost-complete soul core within it.
Facing this sudden change, Chen Junting did not make a move.
Because he could clearly feel that a burst of dragon qi emerged from the fire spring, beginning to integrate into Wu Feng's body; not only was it nourishing her body, but it also merged into her soul core, which was entirely beneficial and harmless.
"An instinctive gift from the remnant soul of the Fire Dragon King?"
Immediately after, the spring water enveloping Wu Feng instantly condensed, transforming into a giant fiery red cocoon. Chen Junting did not slack off in the slightest, using his spiritual power to constantly probe the situation.
Until it reached a certain node,
Crack—
A crisp sound rang out, and red light instantly burst forth!
The next moment, Wu Feng, whose whole body was covered in dragon scales, unleashed a massive dragon's might! The dominance of the Ultimate Fire wantonly ravaged the surroundings!
In order not to affect the area outside the spring, Chen Junting immediately acted; pure soul power directly enveloped Wu Feng's entire body, not letting her aura leak out even the slightest bit, allowing her to continue her metamorphosis.
At this moment, Chen Junting already knew that Wu Feng had completed the condensation and accommodation of her soul core, successfully breaking through to Level 90. Next, with the help of the fire spring's power, she was condensing her soul ring.
Explosive energy slowly merged into her body from Wu Feng's open pores all over her body, and a crimson soul ring with four golden patterns appeared in her only vacant position.
In an instant, the massive soul power produced by breaking through the Titled Douluo level uncontrollably erupted from within her body; the surging aura caused an illusory energy fluctuation to appear all over Wu Feng's body.
She succeeded.
Seeing this, Chen Junting revealed a smile at the corner of his mouth.
However, right at this moment, [A divine sense has descended.]
Electrolux's voice rang in Chen Junting's ear. Reminded, Chen Junting immediately followed Electrolux's guidance, locked onto the direction where the divine sense was about to appear, and his eyes revealed anticipation.
Suddenly, in mid-air, a similarly fiery red light appeared without warning, floating down onto Wu Feng. The light came extremely fast; even Chen Junting, who had been warned by Electrolux, didn't have time to react. That fiery red divine sense directly drilled into the center of Wu Feng's brow, causing her entire expression to instantly freeze, and then her whole body became motionless, as if she had turned into a sculpture.
But immediately after, a flame mark emerged on Wu Feng's brow, just like the Rakshasa God mark on Chen Junting's brow, the God of Love mark on Ning Tian's, and the Sea God mark on Wang Dong'er's.
Abruptly, Wu Feng opened her eyes!
A pair of golden dragon eyes shone, and unprecedented excitement and agitation spread out accompanied by a powerful dragon's might. Just as she instinctively wanted to open her mouth to let out a dragon's roar to declare her power,
Smack—
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