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Seeing that the Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had already begun refining the battle armor, Meng Hongchen did not linger any longer.
After all, refining this kind of battle armor was not something that could be finished in a day or two.
However, just as she was about to leave, strange soul power fluctuations suddenly burst out from within the two Title Douluos' battle armor, visibly accelerating their refinement process.
"This is… the Dean's soul power fluctuation."
"No wonder, no wonder. I was wondering why the Dean was interested in these Four-Character Battle Armors. So he had this prepared."
The Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo quickly awakened. They opened their eyes and looked at each other in surprise.
Refining battle armor was truly troublesome. Even with the Sword Douluo's current peak Level 97 strength, it would normally take around three days.
Yet the original resistance inside the battle armor had been completely swept away by an extremely powerful and majestic soul power. His own soul power merely circulated through it once before fully making the battle armor his own.
"This…"
The Sword Douluo gripped the Seven Slaughter Sword and carefully sensed the changes in himself.
"It should be the Dean taking action. Your Four-Character Battle Armors have already been fully refined."
"Test them out. If there are no problems, I will return to the academy."
Hearing this, the Sword Douluo clad in blood-red battle armor and the Bone Douluo clad in silver-white battle armor exchanged a glance, then simultaneously unleashed the full might of their Four-Character Battle Armors.
In an instant, two terrifying auras no weaker than those of Ultimate Douluos erupted above the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The soul power fluctuations they released caused the surrounding void to collapse entirely.
The Bone Douluo flickered and silently merged into the void.
Previously, his understanding of the void could only be described as comprehension. After activating the battle armor's amplification, it could now be called true spatial control.
The feeling was like a fish swimming through water or a bird soaring through the sky.
The Sword Douluo was no less impressive. Towering sword intent shot skyward, shattering the surrounding void completely and forcing the Bone Douluo to step out with a face full of dark lines.
"You old sword man, you really show no mercy."
"Tch!"
Seeing that the Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo had indeed mastered the use of the battle armor, Meng Hongchen was eager to return.
"Sect Master Ning, since everything has been handled, I will not stay any longer."
"Oh right, Rongrong's vacation is only three days this time. After three days, have the Sword Douluo escort her to the academy."
After relaying all of Li Tianyi's instructions, Meng Hongchen immediately activated the amplification of her battle armor and soul tools, transforming into a blue streak of light as she sped back toward the academy.
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After traveling for most of the day, Golden Crocodile Douluo finally entered the territory of the Heaven Dou Empire.
Looking at the location information transmitted by the Angel token in his hand, Golden Crocodile immediately prepared to search for Qian Renxue.
"The location of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect? Hmph! That old fellow Xue Ye really knows how to put people to work!"
Golden Crocodile Douluo snorted unhappily, then glanced at the Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul displayed in the sky curtain, feeling even more dissatisfied.
As fellow golden-attribute martial souls, he refused to believe he was inferior to this oddly named fellow.
However, his expression suddenly changed. His gaze became razor-sharp as he stared fixedly in Qian Renxue's direction.
From that direction, he sensed two heart-palpitating auras, the realm of Ultimate Douluos.
"Does the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect have Ultimate Douluo-level figures as well? Or are they other hidden powerhouses on the continent?"
He did not dare to be careless and immediately flew at full speed toward Qian Renxue's location.
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At Heavenly Path Academy, Xiao Hongchen stood with the Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul manifested behind him.
One yellow, two purple, three black, and three red soul rings appeared beneath his feet, a total of nine rings.
It had to be said that when the system summoned him, his soul ring configuration was already terrifying.
It was as if this Xiao Hongchen did not belong to the original timeline, but rather a true heaven-defying genius from ten thousand years in the future.
Xiao Hongchen was now twenty-eight years old, with a soul power level of 97, and was also a terrifying existence approaching a Rank Ten Soul Engineer.
To be honest, even Li Tianyi was shocked the first time he saw Xiao Hongchen.
But after understanding the situation, he found it quite reasonable.
This Xiao Hongchen's growth experience could be described as magical. After years of cultivation, Xiao Hongchen had never been inferior to Huo Yuhao.
It was worth mentioning that in Xiao Hongchen's memories, Huo Yuhao had crossed the seas to join the Sun Moon Empire. The two were known together as the continent's twin heavenly prodigies and were close friends.
It was only after Ya Li and Yun Ming were summoned one after another that he learned the truth from the system.
These three could be regarded as the first-generation geniuses of the Unrivaled Tang Sect era on a Douluo Continent without the Tang Clan. Xiao Hongchen led the Sun Moon Empire to unify the continent.
During the Dragon King Legend era, Yun Ming and Ya Li completely achieved coexistence between humans and soul beasts and officially ventured into the cosmos.
Li Tianyi agreed with this perspective to some extent.
After all, without interference from the Tang Clan, Douluo Continent would never have developed into its later form.
A faint smile hung on Xiao Hongchen's face. He had always been this confident. In his life, aside from being slightly suppressed by Huo Yuhao in martial soul cultivation, he had never been weaker than anyone else.
With the distribution of the Martial Soul Ranking rewards, the extraordinarily majestic Three-Legged Golden Toad martial soul behind him became even more extraordinary under the bathing golden light. The divine beast bloodline within him was completely awakened.
In terms of innate talent alone, the current Xiao Hongchen absolutely possessed the qualifications to inherit a top-tier First-Class God Position.
His soul power level increased by one, reaching an astonishing Level 98.
At the same time, the soul rings beneath his feet underwent a shocking transformation, changing from one yellow, two purple, three black, and three red to three purple, three black, and three red.
Since Xiao Hongchen had only a single martial soul, his soul ring configuration was not excessively exaggerated.
Of course, what delighted him the most was the reward that followed.
Deep-Sea Thunder Silver, a rare metal that had even gone extinct in his era, was granted in a single batch of three thousand kilograms.
Xiao Hongchen had only just touched the threshold of a Rank Ten Soul Engineer. However, with this Deep-Sea Thunder Silver for cultivation and inscribing soul tool formations, he had absolute confidence of reaching Rank Ten within a few years.
Moreover, Xiao Hongchen had already grasped the emerald-green Blade of Life that radiated vitality.
The Blade of Life Engraving Tool that Huo Yuhao had obtained through chance back then had made him envious for a long time.
Compared to Xiao Hongchen's excitement, the students of Heavenly Path Academy were even more shocked.
"So it turns out Instructor Xiao is actually this talented!"
"Did you see that? Instructor Xiao already had three hundred-thousand-year soul rings even before receiving the rewards."
"Oh wow, so we're the real clowns here."
Holding his beloved Life Engraving Tool and rare metals, Xiao Hongchen felt even more detached from worldly concerns. Looking at the few stunned youngsters before him, he could not help but feel a little smug.
"You little brats joke about me all day. Are you convinced now?"
"From now on, study soul tool knowledge properly. Standing before you is the continent's number one Soul Engineer!"
Xiao Hongchen was proud. In this era, without a monster like Huo Yuhao, he was naturally the undisputed number one.
"Uh… Instructor Xiao, you're getting carried away."
"Yeah, the teacher is still right here listening. You should be careful."
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