Douluo Dalu: This Soul Master is to Weird

With the battle armor successfully completed, Mu Yang called over Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.

"Hiss~ I'm invincible now!"

Eager to test the effects of the battle armor, Shui Yue'er couldn't help but take a deep breath, then excitedly exclaimed as she felt her unprecedentedly powerful strength.

There was no doubt that after putting on the Water Fairy Battle Armor and experiencing the resonance amplification of the soul tool formation array, Shui Yue'er's strength skyrocketed, and she began to inflate with confidence.

"She's invincible?"

Glancing at the overly confident Shui Yue'er, Shui Bing'er turned to Mu Yang and asked.

"Although battle armor can greatly enhance strength, at most, she's only at the level of a Soul Sage right now. But, well, she's just a kid—letting her fantasize a little isn't a big deal."

Mu Yang responded nonchalantly.

A mere five-ring Soul King, even with battle armor, could at best reach the level of a seven-ring Soul Sage. The reason Shui Yue'er felt invincible was purely because of the sudden surge in strength, causing her mindset to inflate.

Of course, it wasn't just Shui Yue'er who was feeling inflated—even Mu Yang himself was a little affected.

If he didn't clearly understand that his strength was still far from enough to be considered a true powerhouse on the continent, he might have been even more inflated than Shui Yue'er at this moment.

As a transmigrator who had read the original novel, he inevitably had the bad habit of having high expectations and underestimating others. He instinctively looked down on so-called "weakling" Titled Douluo like She Long, considering them a disgrace among Titled Douluo.

However, precisely because his perspective was high, he also had a clear understanding of where his current strength stood within the overall landscape of the continent.

"Seven rings?!"

Upon hearing this, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but widen her eyes in shock.

Going from five rings to seven rings—no wonder her little sister was feeling so inflated!

Without hesitation, Shui Bing'er also eagerly put on her Ice Phoenix Battle Armor.

"I really do feel invincible now!"

With a flash of ice-blue radiance, the Ice Phoenix Battle Armor was instantly donned. Feeling her own strength surge under the amplification of the armor, Shui Bing'er couldn't avoid the same sense of inflation.

After a long while, she finally suppressed the swelling confidence in her heart. Casting a glance at Shui Yue'er, who was still indulging in her illusion of invincibility, Shui Bing'er turned to Mu Yang with a serious expression and said, "Mu Yang, with the battle armor being this powerful, we have to be more careful in the future."

Throughout the entire continent, a seven-ring Soul Sage was undoubtedly considered a high-level soul master. Although Shui Bing'er didn't know exactly how many Soul Sages existed in the world, the total number likely did not exceed a thousand.

On the other hand, Soul Kings were much more common. Just within the Heaven Dou Empire alone, the number of five-ring Soul Kings surpassed this figure.

After all, as long as one had an innate soul power of level three or four, they could be considered to have the potential to reach the Soul King stage.

For commoners, having level three or four innate soul power was quite rare. However, among noble families, such a level was only considered average.

With the military and political institutions of the Heaven Dou Empire, as well as the noble families across its territories, gathering over a thousand Soul Kings was an easy feat.

Since battle armor could allow a Five-Ring Soul King's strength to leap to that of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage, it was foreseeable that if outsiders discovered Mu Yang's ability to create such an overwhelmingly powerful battle armor, he would never have peace unless he possessed absolute strength to deter all ill-intentioned individuals.

Noticing the worry in Shui Bing'er's eyes, Mu Yang said seriously, "Bing'er, who said the battle armor was made by me? This was clearly something we excavated from an ancient ruin!"

The current era had yet to officially advance soul tool technology, and the methods for crafting soul tools had long been lost. Even if others saw the battle armor, they would instinctively assume it was an 'antique' rather than something newly created.

Moreover, aside from the Spirit Hall's 'Soul Hunting Operation' and the final unification war, the Douluo Continent was relatively peaceful overall. Unlike other fantasy worlds filled with endless killing and warfare, most battles here were merely sparring matches in soul duels.

Under such circumstances, there wasn't much need to use battle armor.

The reason for creating battle armor was merely to have an extra trump card. In fact, Mu Yang might not even use this Iceflame Battle Armor in the future.

The reason was simple—he could start researching the method to create Two-Word Battle Armor. By then, he could directly upgrade to Two-Word Battle Armor.

With the foundation of crafting One-Word Battle Armor, the time required for research would certainly be much shorter than starting from scratch.

Hearing this, Shui Bing'er looked down at the Ice Phoenix Battle Armor she was wearing and fell into thought.

Tsk~ That explanation actually made sense.

If she hadn't known beforehand, who would think that battle armor was an invention of this era rather than a set of soul tool armor unearthed from an ancient ruin?

At that moment, Mu Yang continued, "There's one thing you might not know, Bing'er. Even after wearing battle armor, we can still perform our martial soul fusion skill. The two effects don't conflict."

"What? They can stack?"

Instantly, Shui Bing'er's beautiful ice-blue eyes widened in shock.

With battle armor, she and Mu Yang's base strength would at least be at the level of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. At that level, using their martial soul fusion skill would push their strength to at least the Eighth Ring level. With their unique iceflame abilities and various secret techniques, they would absolutely be top-tier among Eight-Ring Soul Douluos.

Furthermore, both of them were close to reaching the Sixtieth Rank. Once they advanced to Six-Ring Soul Emperors, wearing battle armor while using their martial soul fusion skill—wouldn't that let them contend with newly ascended Title Douluos?

Thinking of this, Shui Bing'er felt a little dizzy.

"By the way, if Battle Armor is worn by Lord Tyrant Dragon, how strong would he become?"

Suddenly, Shui Bing'er thought of a crucial point and quickly asked Mu Yang.

They were just juniors, but their family had elders. With battle armor being this powerful, if an Eight-Ring or even Nine-Ring elder wore it, wouldn't they become invincible?

With an invincible elder protecting them, why worry about being targeted by schemers?

"Uh~ Bing'er, you're overthinking it.

The battle armor I created only allows a Five-Ring Soul King to reach the level of a Seven-Ring Soul Sage. If a Six-Ring Soul Emperor wears it, their strength would still be at the Seven-Ring level. Unless the wearer can already fight above their level, they won't be able to defeat an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo."

Mu Yang couldn't help but admire Shui Bing'er's imagination. This was just an upgraded One-Word Battle Armor, and the only upgrade was in material quality. Other than the ability to be stored inside the body for instant deployment, it wasn't much different from a standard One-Word Battle Armor.

For a Nine-Ring Title Douluo, wearing One-Word Battle Armor would be like an elephant gaining the strength of an ant?

Hmm, that was a bit exaggerated, but the general idea was correct.

"Oh, so battle armor is only useful for lower-ranked soul masters?"

Hearing that battle armor's overpowered effects didn't apply to high-level soul masters, Shui Bing'er couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Mu Yang shook his head, "Not necessarily. Soul tools have different levels of strength, and so does battle armor. If there are new breakthroughs in the future, they will certainly bring a massive boost to high-level soul masters as well."