FE—Chapter 128: Silver Dragon King: I Designed the Battle Armor Personally
Di Rachel studied the design of Meng Hongchen's thigh armor, then shifted her gaze to Meng Hongchen's silver-white dress, taking in her long and slender legs. The blush on her cheeks still hadn't faded, and Di Rachel secretly spat.
Pah—
Shameless Sun Moon woman...
It felt as if Meng Hongchen had merely lifted the hem of her skirt, all the way to the base of her legs, to design the thigh armor.
Di Rachel slapped the design draft onto the table, her expression fierce. "Ms. Meng, how did you manage to get Yuhao to draw this? What tricks did you play? You know it in your heart. Don't you feel ashamed?"
Meng Hongchen noticed Di Rachel's eyes glued to her legs. As she walked lightly, she reclined leisurely on the soul guidance chair nearby, allowing her tender white calves to sway casually beneath her skirt as she held other battle armor design drafts.
She propped her face up with the back of her other hand and said lazily, "Rachel, listen to what you're saying. I am Yuhao's authentic girlfriend. What's wrong with drawing a few pictures while we're together at night?"
"If you're upset because Yuhao prioritized designing battle armor for me, then I can only say..." Meng Hongchen slowly shook her head and sighed wistfully, "Your fate with Yuhao ends here—sorry."
Sorry? Di Rachel shot a glance at Meng Hongchen's slightly smug expression, her teeth itching in anger.
She tapped the table lightly, her voice deep. "Ms. Meng, just because Yuhao designed the battle armor for you first doesn't mean anything. Yuhao treats everyone around him well. He even brought you two immortal herb gifts when he came back this time."
"Fate or whatever—it's all nonsense."
Di Rachel thought that Meng Hongchen was shameless. Before she could say anything, Meng Hongchen was already celebrating.
She turned her head to glance at Huo Yuhao, carefully choosing her words. "Yuhao, don't think that Ms. Meng is like Wang Dong'er, with her superior family background and noble status, and fall for her tricks."
Meng Hongchen curled her lips at this. Di Rachel was seemingly getting jealous just from seeing the calf and thigh armor design drawings. If she were to see the design drawings for the chest armor, wouldn't she be furious?
Huo Yuhao smiled warmly, patting Di Rachel on the shoulder. "Rachel, you don't know what kind of person I am. No matter what, I won't treat you unfairly. After designing a battle armor for Senior Sister Meng, I will immediately start working on yours."
His current cultivation level was that of a three-ring soul elder, and he couldn't wear a full set of one-word battle armor anyway.
At most, he could wear one or two core components, like the headband and chest armor, which were all crucial parts of a full-body one-word battle armor.
When Di Rachel emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest, her cultivation was already at the advanced soul elder level. During the holiday, she merged the energy of the Fire Dragon King with him in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. After completely absorbing the Fire Dragon King's energy, she would surely reach the level of a five-ring Soul King before the competition began.
Now that he had mastered the thousand forging of metal, he would naturally prioritize making one-word battle armor for his two girlfriends.
After hearing Huo Yuhao's words, Di Rachel nodded happily. "Alright then, Yuhao... how about we design the battle armor first? Once you finish designing mine, we can focus on Ms. Meng's battle armor together."
Meng Hongchen couldn't agree to that, snorting. "Classmate Rachel, do you think it's easy to design battle armor? Do you believe it's as simple as drawing?"
"I failed countless times last semester, throwing away so many waste drafts."
Meng Hongchen recalled her experiences with Yuhao last semester, sighed, and took on a serious tone to recount the challenges they faced in the design process. "Yuhao and I worked tirelessly day and night to design the battle armor. It was incredibly hard and took a lot of energy to complete the drawings."
"Classmate Rachel, do you think you can just design battle armor on a whim...?"
Meng Hongchen cast a glance at Di Rachel, encouraging her not to be unrealistic.
After considering Meng Hongchen's words, Di Rachel felt a pang of sympathy.
Through the story of Gu Yuena in the Light Ball, she grasped that designing battle armor was strenuous, as was forging it. The protagonist Huo Yuhao, who possessed the Bloodline of the Golden Dragon King, had taken several years to completely master the Thousand Forging Spirit ability.
However, the Ice God War Armor that Huo Yuhao produced in the Light Ball given to her was the progenitor of battle armor.
Huo Yuhao could likely guess what Di Rachel was thinking as he observed her. He smiled and transmitted his soul power, "Rachel, don't worry. The Bloodline of the Ancient Void Dragon isn't comparable to the Bloodline of the Golden Dragon King. In terms of forging talent, I believe mine might be better."
Tang Wulin in Douluo Dalu III may have inherited the talent of the Clear Sky Hammer of the Sea God, and the Bloodline of the Golden Dragon King significantly enhanced his strength, granting him high talent in hammer swinging and metal forging.
With his Heavy Xuan Ruler + Ancient Void Dragon bloodline combination, he doesn't lag behind Tang Wulin's Forging Hammer + Golden Dragon King bloodline combination.
The Ice God of War Armor crafted by Huo Yuhao himself is a predecessor to battle armor. It's not too much to say that it is superior to Tang Wulin's forging talent.
Thinking along these lines, Huo Yuhao added with a smile, "As long as I successfully create a one-word battle armor for Sister Meng, I'll have that experience, making it easier for me to design and forge your armor."
Di Rachel considered this while holding the Golden Dragon Spear. That makes sense.
There was no need to argue with Meng Hongchen about who got to wear the battle armor made by Yuhao first. Let her wear it first; just think of it as her deferring to senior Meng Hongchen.
Once Di Rachel came to this realization, she waved her hand and smiled, "Okay! Honestly, the first time wearing the battle armor isn't a big deal compared to the significance of meeting Yuhao for the first time. Let's make a battle armor for Ms. Meng first."
She emphasized to Meng Hongchen again that she was the first to meet Yuhao, signaling that Meng Hongchen should acknowledge her position beneath her.
Meng Hongchen, half-reclining on the soul guidance chair, hummed lightly, unconcerned. She had such a significant advantage now. First came the first kiss, and then Yuhao made her the first battle armor. Who said she couldn't hold the position of the eldest wife?
However, to prevent Di Rachel from interfering with Yuhao's creation of her battle armor, Meng Hongchen smiled and said, "Rachel, come to my bedroom tonight. I will share with you some experiences in designing battle armor with Yuhao. It will be immensely helpful for you later."
Di Rachel smiled sweetly, "Thank you, Senior Meng."
Her Golden Dragon Spear swung slightly, casting a ray of golden light across the table in front of her. She automatically gathered up the design drafts of Meng Hongchen's calf and thigh armor that she had seen earlier and returned them to Meng Hongchen.
Meng Hongchen nodded slightly, stood up from the soul guidance chair, and gave all the battle armor design drawings she needed to Huo Yuhao.
"Yuhao, let's begin making the battle armor."
Meng Hongchen approached Huo Yuhao cheerfully and inquired, "Is there anything you need me to do during the process of making the battle armor?"
Huo Yuhao took the battle armor drawing and contemplated for a moment. "Now that the Thousand Forging metal is ready, and the battle armor design is finalized, once each component is nearly finished, you just need to release a trace of blood essence to blend into it."
"Okay." Meng Hongchen nodded, standing beside Huo Yuhao, ready to assist him if necessary.
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Illustrious Virtue Hall, deep in the underground base, in Jing Hongchen's laboratory.
"Master, after completing the research on these 'Experimental Subject No. 1' projects, are you going to lead the team to participate in this session of the Continental Advanced College Soul Fighting Competition?"
Lin Jiayi's eyes showed surprise. Initially, the master had not planned to join the team. After providing his grandchildren with sufficient defensive soul guidance devices, he intended for them to experience such competition levels to broaden their horizons. The master himself was supposed to continue researching Experimental Subject No. 1.
"Yuhao has just broken through to the third ring during the holiday. While this master believes he's not weaker than any soul ancestor or Soul King, the safety of the children must come first."
"Furthermore, this time a proud girl like Rachel is part of the reserve team. Both she and Yuhao are crucial, so we must avoid any risks."
Lin Jiayi sighed with relief after hearing this but then suddenly thought of a very risky situation and whispered, "Our reserve team has such high talent. What if Shrek Academy does something out of the ordinary during the competition..."
He didn't specify what those irregularities might entail, yet based on experiences from past competitions, students from Shrek Academy had sometimes attacked other competitors viciously.
Then a respected and powerful elder would emerge to proclaim that in the competition, soul skills could be blind, and it was not others' fault if they were outmatched and faced danger.
Jing Hongchen snorted in disdain. "Don't worry. I've discussed this with Mr. Kong. When we take part in this Soul Master Competition, he'll protect us from the shadows to ensure the utmost safety of the children."
"I can't believe that Xuan Zi would dare to act recklessly in front of this hall master and Mr. Kong!"
Lin Jiayi felt reassured after hearing the hall master's assurance.
Although the hall master was meticulously analyzing the mecha drawings of Experimental Subject No. 1, Lin Jiayi noticed that the soul guidance device he was crafting did not seem to relate to Experimental Subject No. 1.
"Hall master, what kind of soul guidance armor are you making now?"
Lin Jiayi looked at the small soul guidance armor on the experimental table, a hint of doubt shadowing his expression.
Jing Hongchen picked up a piece of soul guide armor and laughed, "Jiayi, Experimental Subject No. 1 represents the pinnacle of our soul guidance research."
"And the soul guidance full body armor is merely a by-product of Experimental Subject No. 1."
He released a strand of soul power, and the armor suddenly radiated stunning red and blue hues. It was evident that it could harness the energy of both ice and fire attributes.
"Last semester, I crafted a set of level 6 full body armor for Meng, which significantly boosted her strength."
Jing Hongchen briefly recounted the feedback on Meng Hongchen's strength enhancement when utilizing the two ice-blue long swords within the level 6 soul guidance armor.
Lin Jiayi nodded, "But hasn't the level 6 soul guidance armor you made for Meng has already been completed?"
"What about this set of soul guide armor?"
He could sense that the soul guidance armor the hall master was currently crafting was lower than level 6, yet its overall strength surpassed Meng Hongchen's soul guidance armor.
Jing Hongchen reassured him, "The opportunity Yuhao received during the holiday has markedly improved his physical fitness. He can match or even exceed Xiao, the Soul King, purely through strength."
"Consequently, this hall master plans to create an entire set of level 5 full body armor for Yuhao."
"Considering that some core technologies of 'Experimental Body No. 1' were utilized this time, Jiayi, you'll likely find it even more powerful than Meng's level 6 soul guidance armor."
Lin Jiayi nodded, suddenly realizing what was amiss.
Initially, it seemed like a breakthrough in soul guidance armor-making technology, but it turned out that cutting-edge core technology from Experimental Body No. 1 was employed.
Jing Hongchen chuckled, "Haha! With the advantage of the core technology from Experimental Body No. 1, I believe Yuhao will be very pleased once this soul guidance armor is completed."
...
In Huo Yuhao's laboratory, he was in the process of crafting battle armor for Meng Hongchen based on the design drawings.
The first part to be made was naturally the relatively easy calf armor. After a few days of practice, as his proficiency steadily increased, he was then ready to create the core components such as the headband and chest armor.
Meng Hongchen paid close attention to every detail on the design drawings and carefully assisted Huo Yuhao in engraving the metal surface.
Battle armor parts differ from the core arrays of conventional soul guides. They involve linking arrays, where several core arrays come together to establish a primary array.
"Yuhao, the quality of the carving knives in this laboratory is a bit lacking," Meng Hongchen remarked, her eyes flickering. "Should I go to Grandpa and borrow his carving knives?"
"No need," Huo Yuhao replied, waving his hand as he released the Bloodline of the ancient void dragon; an illusory purple streamer coalesced in his right hand.
Soon, Huo Yuhao's hand transformed into a purple dragon claw.
Leveraging spiritual detection, the intricacies within the metal became clear in his mind. Huo Yuhao reached out, the tip of the purple dragon claw gently brushing the surface of the Hundred Forged metal.
Then, following the battle armor design model on the draft, he meticulously engraved the calf armor shape piece by piece.
Di Rachel lay on Meng Hongchen's soul guidance chair, watching her and Huo Yuhao collaboratively build the battle armor. She felt a twinge of envy, pondering what sort of battle armor she would design in the future...
Suddenly, an idea struck her. "Oh, right! I can summon the big silver dragon!"
Even though she couldn't design battle armor herself, Gu Yuena in the Light Ball possessed extraordinary talent in battle armor design.
Di Rachel's eyes sparkled. "Perhaps the big silver dragon who saw the story in the Light Ball has even greater talent in designing battle armor than Gu Yuena. I can communicate with the big silver dragon..."
With this thought, Di Rachel immediately reached out to the silver dragon's reverse scale within her sea of spirit.
"Big Silver Dragon, are you there? What do you think about designing battle armor after seeing the Light Ball?"
At this time, the Silver Dragon King was elegantly draped in a long silver dragon-scale dress by the Lake of Life.
Through the faint soul that linked with the auspicious beast, she had observed Huo Yuhao's efforts in crafting the battle armor.
The Silver Dragon King frowned slightly, muttering to herself, "The name that Gu Yuena assigned to the four-character battle armor is far too effeminate. Every word betrays the love between a man and woman—it's truly inappropriate..."
This time, as she designed the battle armor, the name should at least align with the style of her soul-beast master, the Silver Dragon King.
(End of this chapter)