Regarding his own battle armor, Su Yu also had enough plans, packing up the needed rare metals before leaving Mingdu.
He had many quotas for rare metals.
Especially for winning the Soul Fighting Competition with outstanding performance, Mirror Hongchen rewarded him with an extremely high quota of rare metals, making Su Yu feel that he didn't need to worry about a shortage in the near future.
Additionally, it's worth mentioning that Huo Yuhao also seems to be on the verge of breaking through Level 30 and acquiring his Third Soul Ring.
The Evil Eye Tyrant in the Evil Demon Forest had a very high compatibility with his Spiritual Eyes.
Unfortunately, the timing didn't match.
Su Yu would be leaving tomorrow, whereas Huo Yuhao's breakthrough might still take ten days to half a month.
...
Su Yu lastly discussed the development direction of intermediate battle armor with Xuan Ziweng.
The basic battle armor is actually suitable for Soul King Level; of course, Soul Sect can also equip it, though the consumption might be large, and Su Yu's case is special.
Intermediate battle armor, on the other hand, is suitable for Soul Emperor and Soul Saint Levels, particularly maximizing enhancements for Soul Saints.
Because a complete set of intermediate battle armor will be crafted according to the specifications of a Seventh-level Soul-guiding Device.
It will also reference the linkage principle of Soul Saint's Soul Rings to achieve an increase in amplification.
Moreover, Su Yu hopes that the intermediate battle armor can enhance flying capabilities and begin further optimizing the wearing issue of battle armor.
The basic battle armor still requires manual wearing, while Su Yu hopes the intermediate battle armor can truly be summoned.
This requires the compression technology of Mirror Hongchen.
This is also the core technology by which Meng Hongchen's set of Ice Dream Battle Armor can be worn at any time.
Having truly witnessed the effect of battle armor, Mirror Hongchen was not selfish with his technology and handed it to Xuan Ziweng.
As for the return?
As the Hall Master of Mingde Hall and a contributor to the advancement of Soul-guiding Device levels in the entire Sun and Moon Empire and Douluo Continent, Mirror Hongchen took pride in it. It was just a piece of technology, after all; contributing it was nothing more.
Not to mention that Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen could also learn and master armor technology at the earliest possible time.
I provide part of the technology, and you contribute the research process and results.
This is also a very profitable exchange, right?
...
The day after testing the basic battle armor.
"Teacher."
"I heard that your basic battle armor performed quite well?"
Kong Deming was well-informed; even while developing Dharma Gates within the royal family, he could catch up with the dynamics within Mingde Hall.
"Yes, Teacher. The basic battle armor preliminarily increases a Soul King's strength by one and a half titles."
Su Yu himself could not be judged by common standards and was unsuitable for reporting, so he explained the effect of the basic battle armor roughly using Xiao Hongchen for reference.
If Xiao Hongchen equipped that set of basic battle armor, the explosive combat power could definitely reach the top level among Soul Emperors.
If the soul-guided cannon were upgraded to Level 6, his means of combating a Soul Saint without using the True Form of the Martial Soul would be unfazed.
Kong Deming showed great interest as he began to understand the principles of Su Yu's basic battle armor.
Su Yu naturally was not stingy.
The follow-up development of higher-level battle armor could not lack the support of the teacher's technology.
Who knows how many years Su Yu would need if he continued researching alone.
Xuan Ziweng was but an Eighth-level Soul Guide; many technologies related to intermediate and advanced battle armor had already reached a dead end, not to mention the Super Battle Armor Su Yu envisioned that would enhance even Titled Douluos, requiring a complete set of Ninth-level Soul-guiding Devices. This wasn't something Xuan Ziweng could accomplish independently.
"Soul Ring linkage, huh?"
Kong Deming was quite surprised at the direction Su Yu and his team set for the intermediate battle armor.
The knowledge of Soul Ring linkage after Soul Saint Level was just taught to Su Yu two months before, and in such a short time, Su Yu was already considering its application in real Soul-guiding Device development.
"According to our previous designs, activating the Soul Ring linkage ahead of time can be considered a Secret Technique, possibly with high requirements on the Soul Master. But if you assist with intermediate battle armor, then after that, Soul Emperors with intermediate battle armor may experience the Soul Ring linkage effect."
Su Yu hadn't thought of this point.
His initial idea for intermediate battle armor was to create it for reliable use at the Soul Emperor stage, yet when reaching Soul Saint Level, the Soul Master's Soul Ring would form a linkage, allowing the true power of intermediate battle armor to manifest.
By integrating Soul Rings into the battle armor core, they would interact and further drive the enhancement of the battle armor.
Now, the teacher provided him with a new idea.
Why wait for the Soul Saint Level to activate it?
Why not activate it at the Soul Emperor Level?
Soul Masters at the Soul Emperor Level could also integrate Soul Rings into the battle armor, using the core array within the armor to realize Soul Ring linkage, thus releasing more potent power.
...
The Evil Demon Forest is located in the western part of the Sun and Moon Empire, spanning a vast area.
Mingdu, however, is in the northern part of the Sun and Moon Empire.
Five days later, Kong Deming and Su Yu arrived at the outskirts of the Evil Demon Forest.
During these five days, they would stop to rest for a few hours every day.
Taking advantage of those hours, Su Yu made his own basic battle armor.
It was also the first time Kong Deming witnessed the entire process of basic battle armor creation.
Even though it was Su Yu's first time making a Fifth-level Soul-guiding Device, he executed the entire process flawlessly.
The only issue was that he couldn't continuously create an entire set of basic battle armor components like Xuan Ziweng.
Fortunately, the time was sufficient, and Su Yu took five days to complete all the components of the basic battle armor, utilizing the breaks in between.
"Sure enough, the battle armor wholly crafted by oneself fits best."
Although the first piece of basic battle armor was made using Su Yu as a template, it was actually broadly applicable.
The specialized enhancement for Su Yu was not evident among them.
"Just your Soul Power fluctuation equals that of a Soul Emperor."
Su Yu has an Extreme Martial Soul, with a density far exceeding ordinary Soul Masters, augmented by the Life Attribute, further enhancing this degree, and the total amount of Soul Power far surpassing ordinary Soul Masters.
Under the amplification of battle armor at this moment, his Soul Power fluctuation completely reached the level of a Soul Emperor.
Battle armor is essentially a Soul-guiding Device set equivalent to the Soul Master's level; fourteen pieces of the same level devices entail a high consumption.
But once equipped with battle armor, Soul Masters become more explosive, without their endurance being affected.
Not wearing battle armor, they could persist in fights at the Soul Sect Level, while wearing battle armor, they could battle with the strength of a Soul King or even a Soul Emperor, maintaining the time without diminishing!
Not only because battle armor strengthens the Soul Master's Soul Power recovery ability and reduces consumption through unified operation, but also because battle armor expands the Soul Master's Soul Power capacity.
The battle armor merges with the Soul Master.
The battle armor itself becomes a container for Soul Power.
The so-called endurance capability gap lies in the fact that the other side is a genuine Soul Emperor who fights at their realm's corresponding power level, sustaining longer times naturally.
...
Wearing battle armor, Su Yu's strength was sufficient to reach the Soul Emperor Level.
"Let's go. Our task is, without alarming the Evil Emperor, to quickly hunt and kill a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant and absorb its Soul Ring.
There are quite a few Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Evil Eye Tyrant group, so there's still hope."
Su Yu felt some regret.
Unfortunately, Xuan Ziweng's soul ring storage soul-guiding device hasn't been developed yet.
Otherwise, just hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Evil Eye Tyrant would be more convenient and safer.