The method of nurturing Battle Armor.
This was a preparation Su Ming was making for the future.
So far, Four-Word Battle Armor represented the highest level.
But strictly speaking, Heaven Refined metal already belonged to the divine level and had completed all the transformations a blacksmith could accomplish. Logically, it held infinite potential from this point onward, but it all required the assistance of the Spirit Master.
Therefore, Su Ming thought of En Ci's nurturing method.
Although it was only a method for nurturing Three-Word to Four-Word Battle Armor, the underlying principle was similar.
Moreover, the transition from Three-Word to Four-Word was actually more difficult because it involved crossing the qualitative transformation of the heavenly tribulation.
In Su Ming's conception, even if Four-Word Battle Armor were nurtured to Five-Word, there would no longer be a qualitative transformation process like a heavenly tribulation.
Since he couldn't get it for free, he could only follow the trend and ask for it.
Before, you were too proud to give me the time of day; now, you come begging me with your most precious nurturing method.
People really have to rely on themselves.
When En Ci left, he sighed more than once, feeling he had suffered a great loss this time.
Wouldn't it have been better if he had just obediently agreed to Su Ming's terms from the start?
It would have been the other party asking him for a favor, allowing him to gain a favor from the Body Sect.
But now, look at the situation; he was the one who had to go and beg instead.
What a disaster!
The next day.
Su Ming and Mu Ye entered the Monster Academy together, arriving at its deepest part.
There was a well here, named the Lock Dragon Well.
"What is this?"
"This is where Tong Yu is imprisoned."
Lock Dragon Well...
Su Ming was surprised by the name.
"This was a place I used for my own cultivation in the past. The secret to how I nurture my Battle Armor is also here."
En Ci took the lead and jumped down the well.
Su Ming and Mu Ye followed closely behind.
The well was over thirty meters deep.
When Su Ming's feet touched the ground again, he felt no moisture at all, only an intangible, pressing force.
"No need to be nervous. This is the normal environment inside the Lock Dragon Well. You just need to circulate your Spirit Power like this..."
En Ci informed Su Ming and Mu Ye of the method to counteract the suppressive force of the Lock Dragon Well.
The space at the bottom of the well was very large.
The moment Su Ming felt the suppression, he expanded his perception to guard against any unexpected events.
It was always wise to be wary of others.
He sensed a special fluctuation.
Fortune!
Vast fortune!
"What exactly is locked here?" Su Ming asked En Ci with a grave expression.
En Ci did not hide the truth and answered honestly, "Fortune."
"Fortune?" Mu Ye was puzzled. "The fortune of the Star Luo Continent?"
"To be precise, the fortune of the Empire," En Ci said. "As the saying goes, fortune is like a dragon. I have locked the entire fortune of the Star Luo Empire here, within this Lock Dragon Well."
"In this way, the entire fortune of the Star Luo Empire is effectively protected, creating an alternative stabilizing effect."
"As for the benefit of locking the fortune for me, it is the Battle Armor nurturing method you desire."
En Ci walked ahead, revealing his greatest secret to the two of them.
"Battle Armor is an external object used to enhance a Spirit Master. So, if the power used to nurture the Battle Armor comes from the Spirit Master themselves, then even if the Battle Armor advances again, its significance for the Spirit Master isn't that great."
"Therefore, my nurturing method relies on an external force."
"The fortune of the Star Luo Empire is the tool I use to nurture my Battle Armor."
Su Ming took a deep breath.
No wonder En Ci was so devoted to the Star Luo Empire.
So, the more prosperous the Star Luo Empire became, the stronger his Battle Armor would be.
However...
He looked at En Ci's back with a strange expression.
"He's a Four-Word Battle Armor Master, yet he's only a Half-God, and hopelessly far from a Quasi-God. His Four-Word Battle Armor is truly weak."
It wasn't that the Four-Word Battle Armor itself was weak, but rather that the Star Luo Empire's fortune was poor.
"The total fortune of the Star Luo Continent is certainly immense, but the Dragon Valley accounts for a significant portion, the Qilin Small World over there absorbed so much more, and the remaining fortune... the Star Luo Empire hasn't even fully controlled it all, as Spirit Beast settlements still remain."
This also illustrated a drawback of the nurturing method: the required material was too vast.
"If you wish to emulate me, you certainly can. Fortune is omnipotent. If you have a better substitute, that's also fine. However, the secret art I perfected is based entirely on the concept of fortune. I haven't used any other materials."
En Ci kept his promises, explaining everything to Su Ming in meticulous detail.
"Grand Tutor, rest assured, I will definitely help the Qilin Douluo break through his limits."
So what if he was being cyber-bullied?
He would just fight back directly.
A fortune secret art, is it?
Since En Ci had demonstrated a fortune secret art, Su Ming also prepared to develop one himself.
[Douluo 2]
"Teacher Yi, Teacher Yi, can you help me use fortune to target an enemy from afar? We can borrow the power of fate, of course."
"Who provoked you?"
"I don't know either. It's just that someone is cursing me. Can I lock onto the other party in reverse?"
"..."
Electrolux fell silent.
Who in this continent would curse you?
"I'll do my best to research it for you."
[Douluo 3]
"Grand Tutor, does this nurturing method of yours have any side effects?" Mu Ye couldn't help but ask.
He had listened to the entire process of En Ci imparting the secret art.
En Ci said, "There are no drawbacks. The Four-Word Battle Armor will not degrade. But, as you see with my current situation, if the Star Luo Empire's fortune collapses, and I want to improve the quality of my Battle Armor again, I would have to build the Empire back up. However, fortune that can collapse under my lock is as difficult to rebuild as reaching for the heavens."
Quasi-Gods first relied on brute force to achieve a level, then comprehended the realm, and finally remained there permanently.
They first reach a godly level in a certain domain, then comprehend that state, and finally reside in it long-term.
For Spirit Masters, the method to reach the godly domain is Four-Word Battle Armor.
En Ci's current Four-Word Battle Armor quality was somewhat lacking. If he still wanted to advance to Quasi-God, he had to develop the Star Luo Empire.
Or find a way to pilfer the Federation's fortune.
The recent easing of relations between the Star Luo Empire and the Federation, with both sides engaging in exchanges, was his attempt.
"Tong Yu."
In the dim space, a tall and burly man sat cross-legged on the ground.
Hearing En Ci's voice, the man raised his head.
As he did so, countless points of light lit up around his body.
By this light, one could see that the ground within a ten-meter radius was paved with rare metals, engraved with intricate and chaotic formations. Energy flowed within these formations, converging with some nodes on the surrounding walls, ultimately outlining a large array.
This great array even mobilized the fortune within this Lock Dragon Well.
This was En Ci's method of suppressing Tong Yu.
Fortune...
Su Ming looked at Tong Yu and couldn't help but feel a trace of sympathy for him.
Your teacher is truly ruthless.
In order to train you to become a Limit Douluo, he actually uses fortune to suppress you.
Firstly, Tong Yu's Martial Soul is the Qilin, but the stronger aspect that manifested from his mutation was actually the Five Elements attribute, not the fortune attribute that the Qilin should most represent.
Being suppressed by fortune, how could his Qilin bloodline possibly be perfected?
Secondly, this fortune is the fortune of the Star Luo Empire, and the people of the Star Luo Empire deeply detest Tong Yu.
Thanks to the behind-the-scenes manipulations of his wonderful teacher, his public reputation is extremely poor.
It was almost guaranteed that these negative thoughts would affect Tong Yu through the fortune.
"No wonder a Super Douluo, a powerhouse whose spiritual power is close to the Spirit Domain realm, could be affected by public opinion."
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