Little Gold excitedly roared skyward.
He had succeeded!
Although he had the help of Su Ming's power, he had still revived on his own.
In this moment, it was as if he had realized something. After roaring, he directly transformed into a streak of black-gold light and fused into Su Ming's body.
Su Ming was now beaming with satisfaction.
He looked at his other Spirit Rings, activating them one by one.
He did not fill the third Spirit Ring.
Little Gold's revival was one thing, but this Spirit Ring was truly lacking something. Little Gold's revival hadn't directly revived the third Spirit Ring.
He lit up the Spirit Rings in sequence. When he reached the seventh Spirit Ring, Su Ming's gaze condensed.
He directly shattered this Spirit Ring, merging its fragments into the third Spirit Ring.
Little Gold's voice echoed in Su Ming's mind, as if saying it was no big deal.
Clearly, Er Ming's Spirit Ring was no problem for Little Gold.
Su Ming stabilized his cultivation, mobilizing the Abyssal energy outside his body and greedily devouring it.
As the Abyssal energy was infused, Su Ming's vacant seventh Spirit Ring rapidly condensed anew. But this time, it was no longer red; it turned black-gold.
Upon careful observation, one would notice that this black-gold seventh Spirit Ring was different from Su Ming's first three Spirit Rings.
Little Gold's three Spirit Rings were all black tinged with gold. Su Ming's seventh Spirit Ring, on the other hand, was a deep black Spirit Ring inlaid with golden patterns.
God Realm.
The gods were speechless.
Going through such a big production, why did it feel like it wasn't worth it?
What was this? Why did he start shattering his own Spirit Rings and then condense them anew?
The Titan Giant Ape Spirit Ring should have matched the Body Martial Soul quite well. Raising its age should have made it a top configuration as well.
Transforming a part of the Abyssal Sage King's body into a Spirit Ring... that probably wouldn't match the Body Martial Soul well, right?
Su Ming naturally wouldn't explain for the deities. He was already digesting the Abyssal Spirit Ring.
His level seventy-eight Spirit Power was also jumping, constantly dropping to level seventy, then jumping back up.
After dozens of fluctuations, it finally stopped dropping and began rising steadily.
This time, the Abyssal energy Su Ming had harvested was considerable.
Along with refining the Abyssal energy, his Spirit Power broke through level seventy-nine.
Level seventy-nine wasn't the end.
After breaking through level seventy-nine, his aura continued to rise until it touched a certain bottleneck.
The fluctuations of his Spirit Power became increasingly violent, yet his aura remainsd stands still.
However, with a sudden burst of Su Ming's Spirit Power, his aura broke through that barrier.
Level eighty!
Among the three bodies, the Douluo 2 body had just caught up, but now the Douluo 1 Su Ming had made another breakthrough, once again relegating the Douluo 2 body to the bottom. At the same time, he surpassed the Douluo 3 body, becoming the first to break through the level eighty barrier!
As his aura stabilized, Su Ming slowly exhaled.
Feeling his Spirit Power level, he himself was somewhat resigned.
Level eighty... how should he choose his eighth Spirit Ring?
This was a difficult problem Su Ming had to carefully analyze; the decision wouldn't be easy.
He had three bodies, all facing this problem.
"Since the seventh Spirit Ring is already an Abyssal Spirit Ring, I can't just make do with the eighth and ninth."
What Spirit Ring should he prepare for the eighth?
From the perspective of a normal Spirit Master, now would be the time to look at which high-year Fierce Beasts were available and then choose.
From Su Ming's perspective, he looked at what he needed, found the corresponding source, and then transformed it into a Spirit Ring. As for years, that could be increased later.
To him, Spirit Rings were no longer limited to what Spirit Beasts produced.
He didn't need to consider what Douluo Star had!
This was the breadth of his vision.
Unfortunately, even though he had considered this issue before, Su Ming still didn't have an answer.
He could only put this problem out of his mind for now.
Now, he needed to verify something else.
He touched his chest, as if grasping something. Removing his hand, a piece of metal appeared in his palm, emitting a magnificent glow.
This was the Half-Step Transcendent Heaven Refined Metal he had forged. There were two pieces in total—one for him, one for Little Gold—both used to cultivate Gold Force.
After dying and reviving, this metal had also completely followed him in death and revival.
Staring at the metal before him, Su Ming's gaze flickered.
A problem that had recently been temporarily set aside—a problem set aside by the Douluo 2 Su Ming—once again appeared in his mind.
"External World..."
Su Ming smiled.
What exactly was an External World?
He had this concept, naturally, due to his exposure to various cultivation novels in his previous life, giving him this notion.
This was also why, despite having the idea, he found every step difficult to put into practice.
Empty theorizing.
That wouldn't do.
"The External World is actually open-type Battle Armor."
As this spark of insight flashed through his mind, Su Ming's thoughts flowed like a surging flood, continuous and unbroken.
What was Battle Armor?
In essence, it was using spirituality to fuse with a Spirit Master's Martial Soul, using the Martial Soul as a bridge to fuse the Spirit Master with a suit of armor.
This expanded the Spirit Master's entire system, including their meridians.
It was equivalent to the Martial Soul, originally supported by the Spirit Master alone, now being supported jointly by the Spirit Master and the Battle Armor.
This brought a complete qualitative change to both the Spirit Master's Martial Soul and their overall strength.
Especially the 'external meridian' system brought by Battle Armor gave Spirit Masters more options in creating their own Spirit Skills. Meridians that didn't exist within the human body could be supplemented by the Battle Armor.
Wasn't this also a form of pioneering for the human body?
Weren't the core formations within Battle Armor also a form of External World?
Having followed this train of thought to this point, Su Ming's gaze refocused on the metal in his hand.
The metal seemed to melt, fusion into his body. Then, he clenched his fist, extending a single index finger. A wisp of special power emerged.
This was Gold Force.
"The External World is open-type Battle Armor. Therefore, the shackles of metal can be removed. In other words, a metal-based armor isn't needed; what's needed is Gold Force!"
Su Ming's grin gradually widened to the back of his head, and he burst into laughter.
He wasn't just thinking; he was doing.
He was experimenting.
Domain of Chaos!
Dual Phenomena Symbiosis Domain!
Gold Force!
The two domains overlap with Gold Force rapidly filled the ten-meter area around Su Ming's body.
Using Gold Force to blend into space as a base, treating the entire space as metal!
Then, Su Ming's Spirit Power began shuttling within this special metal, outlining complex runic circuits.
Was it difficult?
Very difficult!
How many core formations did a suit of Battle Armor have? Su Ming was now directly controlling the surrounding ten-meter radius of space.
The complexity of these core formations was beyond measure.
Yet Su Ming had long been a Level Nine mecha designer and Level Nine mecha manufacturer.
Cultivating all his secondary profession concurrently, his design and manufacturing skills had long reached the level where he could attempt Four-Word Battle Armor.
Now, although the core formations he was outlining outside his body were complex, their sophistication had not yet reached the level of Four-Word Battle Armor.
After all, he was experimenting.
There was no need to start with maximum difficulty.
Time passed minute by minute. Sweat gradually began to appear on Su Ming's forehead.
His focus was so intense that he didn't even notice Little Gold emerging from his body, happily going off to work on Heaven Refinement.
The thunderous forging sounds couldn't affect him.
As the last runic structure was completed, Su Ming held his breath.
He stared intently at the External World outside his body.
He released his control over the External World.
The Gold Force did not dissipate.
The runic circuits were fixed.
This External World simply began to operate on its own.
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