webnovelvip Chapter 255 Acquired
Chapter 255 Acquired
Chapter 255 Acquired
Designers, repairmen...
Since there aren't any major issues with the materials, the problem lies in the design of the battle armor...
There is some kind of undiscovered formation that helps the Battle Armor Masters solve their energy supply problem.
Baby bottles?
No, no, no, the Soul Bottle barely appears in Douluo Continent III, and the Soul Power that a Level 5 Soul Bottle can store is a drop in the bucket compared to the consumption of a Soul Saint. Using a higher level would put even more pressure on the Soul Master's body...
The mental probe continuously scanned the armor on his head, and Huo Yuhao's mind raced, analyzing directions for improvement.
If there's one thing that makes his battle armor the strongest, it's probably this mental defense soul guidance array. With the energy enhancement from the Silver Moonstone, it's not impossible for it to withstand attacks from a Soul Douluo level...
Yes, Silver Moonstone! Energy!
Huo Yuhao's eyes lit up.
Since Silver Moonstone can power and strengthen one's defensive soul-guiding array, could other rare metals with energy also do the same...?
No, that's not right...
It's not about consuming the energy of rare metals... but rather consuming rare metals to convert into energy to supply the battle... The energy derived from consuming matter is enormous.
Yes! That's right! That matches up, and the profession of Battle Armor Repairer also matches.
The purpose of the repairman profession alone is not to repair battle armor that is severely damaged. If it is seriously damaged, you should definitely find a blacksmith or a craftsman.
The repairman is actually responsible for repairing the rare metals consumed in battle armor. The extremely minor wear and tear is a delicate task that does not require the blacksmith's intervention, so a specialized profession is needed to handle it.
This might explain why battle armor starts at the Soul King level, since level four amplification arrays are not uncommon.
However, a magic array that burns rare metals requires at least level five.
And why is it stipulated that metals must be forged at least a thousand times... perhaps there are reasons for this.
"What's wrong with him?"
Snow Empress gave Ice Empress a look.
Seeing Huo Yuhao lost in thought, his expression changing every second—sometimes frowning, sometimes joyful—Ice Emperor's lips twitched slightly: "It's alright, he's often like this, don't worry about him."
Snow Empress nodded slightly and reached out to break off the last piece of Ice Extreme Divine Crystal.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao finished his final thought and looked up to see Xue Di's actions.
"Wait, let's keep the last piece. Once we remove it, the barrier protecting the well water will disappear. When the water level suddenly drops by tens of meters, the commotion will likely attract the attention of the Earth Dragon Gate."
Upon hearing this, Xue Di silently withdrew her hand.
With her cultivation level, it would be troublesome if water suddenly rushed in from outside.
They'll likely get very upset from the impact.
As for the Earth Dragon Gate, Xue Di doesn't really care about any forces without a Title Douluo. Xiao Bai alone is enough to deal with them. The only troublesome thing is the city lord. A sect with a Soul Douluo-level expert will inevitably have a city lord who is a bit stronger than the one stationed in it.
The Dragon Attribute Martial Soul of the Earth Dragon Gate is quite good, and it is difficult to suppress it at the same level. Therefore, there is a considerable probability that the city lord will be a titled one.
"The Ice Crystal you requested."
After tossing the storage ring back to Huo Yuhao, Xue Di turned and walked back the way she came.
The Ice Crystal was not of much use to the Snow Empress. What truly attracted her was the Myriad-Year-Old Ice Cave connected to the deepest part of the well by the spring.
Huo Yuhao charged ahead, descending the mountain. However, the closer he got to the spring, the lower the temperature of the icy spring became. Even Huo Yuhao could not withstand it with just his soul power.
"Hyotei, come back soon."
Sensing that his soul power was gradually becoming stagnant and had the tendency to be frozen in reverse, Huo Yuhao quickly summoned back the Ice Emperor.
"You couldn't take it so quickly?"
Ice Emperor chuckled, dispelled his Martial Soul Mimicry, and transformed it into a Battlefield Martial Soul that merged into Huo Yuhao's body.
Huo Yuhao said speechlessly, "Even if you really want to test your physical limits, you shouldn't do it in this completely unguarded place, right?"
Huo Yuhao's performance shows that his body is not yet adapted to extreme ice. He cannot withstand the environment of near absolute zero with his physical body alone.
This is also why the cultivation of the Ultimate Martial Soul is slow from level one to level thirty, because that's when the Ultimate Martial Soul really starts to exert its power.
"If you can't do it, you can't do it. Stop making excuses," Hyotei mocked.
"Well, at least my soul power has broken through to the next level. I just need to get used to it."
Indeed, compared to the gradual transformation of the body through martial soul, letting Huo Yuhao soak in this extremely cold icy spring with his bare body would be more effective in improving Huo Yuhao's adaptation speed to extreme ice.
As for whether Huo Yuhao will adapt to the power of extreme ice first, or be frozen into an ice sculpture first, the result is already obvious.
With the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul attached to him, Huo Yuhao immediately felt the surrounding coldness decrease significantly, transforming into a cool and comfortable sensation.
Feeling this way, Huo Yuhao couldn't help but swipe his arm again before diving headfirst into the well.
Seeing that Huo Yuhao was becoming careless, the Ice Emperor reprimanded him, "Don't be careless. The cold here is not even half as strong as the Snow Emperor's power. If you can't hold on, release the Ice Emperor's protective power."
"understood."
Huo Yuhao slowed down, focusing instead on converting the filtered, pure icy power.
Since my current cultivation level is destined to prevent me from entering the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, I should take advantage of this suitable environment to cultivate more.
"How about... we pack up the spring water before we leave? We can't let it go to waste. Those people from the Earth Dragon Gate don't even have many ice-attribute users, do they even know how to use this cold spring?"
"Without the spring water that supplies the cold energy of the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave, the extreme cold power inside will evaporate completely in no time... Hmm, just take it, otherwise it would be a waste."
As he descended, Huo Yuhao found a spot where he could barely hold on, and waved to Xue Di to signal that he would stop descending.
Xue Di nodded and continued downwards, passing Huo Yuhao.
Huo Yuhao glanced at the Snow Empress looking down, then looked away as the Ice Empress coughed lightly. He reached out and used the power of extreme ice to condense an ice platform on the well wall to provide support for himself.
Sensing the dwindling energy within his body, Huo Yuhao frowned and condensed another inverted bowl shape beneath the ice platform, while simultaneously releasing a small wisp of air from his storage ring.
That's right, Huo Yuhao has a storage ring specifically for storing pure air, in order to prepare for possible extreme oxygen-free environments.
In addition, water and food were stored separately and carried with him, since someone was suspected of having a way to block Huo Yuhao's contact with the undead demiplane.
A small clump of air slowly rises under the influence of gravity, eventually forming a bubble on the inverted ice bowl.
Ignoring the direction of gravity, at first glance, this bubble looks like "water" in water.
Huo Yuhao stuck his head into the bubble, inhaled a breath of fresh, cool air, and revealed a satisfied expression.
"Luckily, the temperature of this cold spring is not high enough to freeze the gas, otherwise we would have to go up for fresh air."
Muttering something to himself, Huo Yuhao sat upright on the ice platform and began to consolidate his cultivation, using the extreme cold power of the spring water to begin his practice.
After an unknown amount of time, Huo Yuhao was finally awakened by the Ice Emperor. When he opened his eyes, he saw that the Snow Emperor had already finished digging out the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow and was preparing to come out.
"Finished digging?"
Xue Di nodded gently and turned to swim upstream.
With a splash, the two leaped out of the well and landed steadily on the ground. Little White, who had been hiding in the shadows, silently revealed herself and approached Xue Di.
What's the situation inside the Ten-Thousand-Year-Old Mystic Ice Cave?
Huo Yuhao asked curiously.
In the original novel, the temperature inside the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave was only five degrees away from the absolute zero mentioned by the Ice Emperor, and the description that the temperature was as if it were viscous made Huo Yuhao curious about the situation inside the Ten Thousand Year Ice Cave.
Is the temperature really that low? Is the "viscous air" just a metaphor, or has it really reached the point where even the air is frozen?
If I remember correctly, the freezing point of oxygen is -218.8 degrees Celsius. If it were to reach the temperature described in the original work, everything should theoretically be frozen.
"The environment is quite beautiful, but also quite dangerous. There is no air, so you can't breathe, and the temperature is only a step away from absolute zero."
Xue Di briefly described the situation, and then tossed Huo Yuhao a ring.
"There are forty-five pieces of Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Marrow in this Ten-Thousand-Year Mystic Ice Cave. I will take five of them, and the remaining forty are in this ring."
"This isn't a good idea."
That being said, Huo Yuhao put the storage ring on his hand quite quickly.
The Snow Emperor chuckled and said, "Consider this your reward for helping me repair my physical body. Without your help, it's uncertain how much of my 700,000 years of cultivation would remain, or even if I could survive."
For an existence like the Snow Emperor, these forty-odd strands of ten-thousand-year-old Xuanbing Marrow are far inferior to the Snow Emperor's complete cultivation.
Yes, it's nowhere near as good.
Even the most extraordinary Mysterious Ice Marrow, after millions of years, is still just a treasure of heaven and earth that has been nurtured for millions of years.
What's wrong with the Snow Empress? The Ice and Snow Maiden, favored by heaven and earth, is the ultimate ice being. She has cultivated for 700,000 years, and the depth of her origin is no less than that of these 10,000-year-old profound ice marrows. If she were still in human form, the Snow Empress might have been interested in her, as she could have helped improve her strength.
But after transforming into human form, if she could cultivate to the level of a Limit Douluo and digest her 700,000 years of origin, Xue Di refused to believe that she could not become a god!
Yes, Xue Di does not intend to absorb her own origin too early.
Firstly, his own martial soul is still the Snow Spirit, and its original laws are incomplete, leaving only pure energy. If he merges with it too early, it will be easy to waste it and cannot be effectively utilized.
Secondly, Xue Di wanted to try to learn a soul skill that she couldn't imitate before by integrating it into a soul ring.
For example, the Ice Toad Clan's Ice Refraction is a great displacement soul skill, but unfortunately it is related to light and refraction, and the Snow Empress wanted to study it but failed to master it.
Absorbing soul rings is indeed a good way to obtain them, and Xue Di wanted to try to exchange the benefit of becoming a god for a snow toad to sacrifice itself.
In short, when she decided to transform into a god, Xue Di had already made a rough plan for the future.
"Snow Empress, I have a new idea for the design of the battle armor. Believe me, battle armor is an indispensable step on the path to godhood. I will not break my promise to create battle armor for you."
After accepting the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow, Huo Yuhao once again brought up the Battle Armor.
"Battle armor is not a simple soul tool; it is an integral part of a soul master, providing amplification and serving as the source of a soul master's power. In fact, from the very beginning, battle armor was designed to be a divine piece of equipment."
"Once I resolve the final flaw in the battle armor, it will become a monument in the history of soul masters!"
"Divine equipment?"
Upon hearing this word, Xue Di's expression changed slightly.
"You know about divine equipment?"
Huo Yuhao nodded and said, "Yes, but I only have two pieces of information about the divine equipment."
"First, Qian Renxue, who inherited the position of angel god ten thousand years ago, inherited the angelic divine armor from the previous angel god."
"Secondly, there is the Sea God who inherited the divine position at the same time as Qian Renxue ten thousand years ago. After inheriting the Sea God's position, his soul bones turned into armor, and his eight spider spears turned into wings, thus creating the Sea God's divine armor."
"It's unclear whether divine equipment has any potential functions, but it definitely amplifies the combat power of gods and provides the effect of soul skills, similar to soul bones."
The Snow Empress fell silent for a moment. The Ice God hadn't left much information about the divine armor. After all, you can't expect too much from a soul beast that has become a god; it would be good enough if it could leave behind a trace of its bloodline.
"Battle Armor..."
Xue Di gave Huo Yuhao a deep look. "I'll be waiting for your good news."
Huo Yuhao smiled and said, "Okay!"
Just as Xue Di disliked owing Huo Yuhao and Electrolux favors, Huo Yuhao also disliked taking advantage of people he knew.
At the same time, Huo Yuhao absolutely could not allow Xue Di to underestimate the results of his long and dedicated research.
After collecting the well water, Huo Yuhao bid farewell to Xue Di and called back Bing Di, who was reluctantly holding Xue Di's hand, and rushed towards Mingdu at full speed.
Judging from the speed at which I arrived, if I don't rush back, I might miss the start of the school year, and then I'll get scolded by Teacher Xuan again.
Not long after the group left.
A beautiful woman leisurely walked to the backyard and went to the well to draw some water for her cultivation.
Looking at the dark well opening where the water couldn't be seen at all, the woman was slightly taken aback. The wooden bucket naturally drooped down, and a few seconds later, a muffled thud was heard. Only then did the young woman realize that her backyard had been robbed.
"They managed to infiltrate the sect undetected and steal the treasures below..."
A cold sweat broke out on the woman's back. Staring at the dark well opening, she murmured, "Should I curse that thief, or be thankful I'm still alive?"
No one knew better than her what kind of treasure lay beneath, in that extremely cold place that even titled Douluo could not penetrate.
The person who can easily snatch away the treasure below can probably also easily destroy the entire Earth Dragon Gate.
"Well, anyway, none of us in the Earth Dragon Sect can use such a treasure. The other party has such strength but did not take it by force. Instead, they let us go. It might be a good thing if we fall into their hands."
"Who knows... they might offer some assistance to the Earth Dragon Gate when needed."
The woman murmured softly.
She stood there for an hour, until she was certain that the unknown powerful figure was not there, before slowly collapsing to the ground.
That was close...
Just a little bit more...
She will then collide head-on with that unknown powerful being...
At that time, it will not only be her end, but also the end of the Earth Dragon Gate.
The strong do not need to reason.
(End of this chapter)