172 Battle Armor!

“As I’m sure everyone knows, Dragonscale Fruits are usually light blue incolor, but this one is actually azure. This is why we have such a highevaluation of this fruit. Unfortunately, it was plucked too early and no longerhas a chance of turning into a priceless purple ten-thousand-year DragonscaleFruit. Let us begin the auction with a starting price of one million.”

The starting price is one million? Aside from the Frozen Grass, the previousitems only had a starting price of a few hundred thousand! Why did it suddenlyjump to one million?

Tang Wulin’s originally tranquil heart began to jump with anxiety again. Can Ieven win this bid?

“One million one hundred thousand!” A bidder made a bid. Tang Wulin clenchedhis fists. The auctioneer had said that this particular Dragonscale Fruit wasspecial, stirring Tang Wulin’s excitement.

The stage’s screen showed the fruit that was presented with an oval shape andthat still had branches attached to ensure the preservation of its energy. Itshone with a breathtakingly azure color that was as crystalline as a gemstone.Yet, what was most remarkable was the faint pattern of jagged golden veins thatran along its surface, its reputed scaly appearance. Those scales bore astriking resemblance to the golden scales on Tang Wulin’s right hand when hetransforms.

Tang Wulin was filled with longing just by taking a single look. It’lldefinitely help me break the second seal if I can get it!

“Your luck is pretty good. This Dragonscale Fruit isn’t an ordinary one; theauctioneer hadn’t exaggerated at all.” Wu Zhangkong whispered into his ear, butall this did was leave him even more anxious. Wu Zhangkong wasn’t the only onewith a discerning eye, after all.

“Two million!” Wu Zhangkong calmly raised his sign, taking advantage of thecurrent bid of 1,100,000 by raising it straight to 2,000,000.

The hall quieted for a moment, but soon, another voice called out a bid.

A few more bids later and the price already approached three million! Witheach bid, Tang Wulin grew more and more irritable.

What are we going to do?

“Five million!” A voice boomed thunderously, so loud that Tang Wulin saw starsdance around him.Five million? It’s already at five million?

The bidder had not only subdued Tang Wulin, but dominated the entire hall. Itwas the same bidder from the sixth box who had previously won the thousand-yearFrozen Grass!

The beautiful auctioneer’s brows jumped, not with excitement, but a frown. Shehad a bad feeling.

This Dragonscale Fruit was valued at the same price as the Frozen Grass,roughly six million. The high sale price of the Frozen Grass was a pleasantsurprise, but if the bidder from the sixth box threw out such a high bid onceagain, she feared no one would dare contend!

“Teacher Wu, what are we going to do?” Tang Wulin anxiously asked.

Wu Zhangkong looked him in the eye. “Let’s give up.”

“Huh? But…” Tang Wulin was worried. He felt that this Dragonscale Fruit wasparticularly suitable for him and he just couldn’t resign himself to give up onit!

“Teacher Wu, I want it. I need it. Can you lend me some money? I’ll pay youback when we get back.” Tang Wulin said in distress.

Wu Zhangkong shook his head and before Tang Wulin could say anything else, WuZhangkong released a chilly air. A cold shiver ran down his spine, banishingTang Wulin’s panicked state.

He didn’t know how much a thousand-year spirit fruit was worth, but since WuZhangkong decided to give it up, it was surely because the price had farexceeded its true value now.

Tang Wulin possessed a far steadier temperament than his peers and it onlytook him several moments to accept his frustration and loss. He sat in silence,restraining himself.

“Five million going once! Five million going twice! Three times! Sold!”

Tang Wulin quietly watched as an opportunity slipped away and as theauctioneer could only helplessly announce the sale. The auction house didn’tharbor any resentment to the bidder; this was simply the nature of auctions.Not every item could be sold at the ideal price and when they averaged theFrozen Grass and the Dragonscale Fruit, the auction house still reaped a heftyprofit from the sixth box.

Disheartened, Tang Wulin had lost his interest in the auction. His head wasfilled with images of that thousand-year Dragonscale Fruit.

Each item was sold as quickly as it was put up, facilitating an unusuallysmooth auction,

Wu Zhangkong had no problem winning the bids for two intermediate entry cardsat a total price of 2,600,000 coins.

Even then, Tang Wulin was numb to their success. The Dragonscale Fruit! MyDragonscale Fruit!Incessant laments echoed in his heart.

“We only have three items left for today, and they’re actually three battlearmor parts! It was only after much difficulty that we were able to acquirethem. I believe our honored guests should all be familiar battle armor, whichis usually only sold at the great seasonal auctions. Everyone should grab holdof this opportunity today!”

Battle armor?

Tang Wulin’s boyish spirit ignited at these words, his eyes shooting straighttoward the stage.

What does battle armor look like? I’ve never seen one before.

“Our first battle armor piece is a battle armor belt! I’m sure you’re allaware that the belt acts as the energy core for a battle armor since it is theclosest to the dantian, where Soul Masters condense their soul power. PowerfulSoul Masters will guide their soul power into the belt then disperse itthroughout the battle armor, which will give them the best results.”

This is a purple battle armor leveled belt and it’s entirely possible to buildan entire set of battle armor centered around it. Please look at the screen.”

A metal belt appeared on the screen, its exquisitely crafted body shrouded bya shimmering purple light. Tang Wulin could tell with his experience inblacksmithing that it was made from no less than three metals, but itscomposition wasn’t particularly complicated. It only took him a single glanceto know it was made from Thousand Refined metal.

However, it was different from ordinary Thousand Refined metals. Bizarre grainlines that shone with the purple light ran around the entire belt.

This is battle armor? It’s only a bit bigger than a normal belt. At the centerof the belt was a circular, unusual metal. The purple light shined thebrightest there, preventing Tang Wulin from evaluating the material properly.

“Metal is shaped according to a mecha or soul circuit design after it isforged, before being assembled and engraved. These are all part of a mechacraftsman’s job. An excellent battle armor requires the designer and thecraftsman to be of the same mind and level, another reason why having asecondary occupation is so helpful to growing one’s strength. The mostimportant reason, of course, is to increase the familiarity between one andtheir battle armor and so that it’s easier to find a suitable partner.”

Wu Zhangkong outlined the basic characteristics of battle armor for TangWulin. The most effective method of learning was to use situations such as thisto teach.

Battle armor, this is a battle armor! Excitement swept away the gloom in TangWulin’s heart, his face shining with yearning now.I’ll definitely be able toforge battle armor in the future! I may not know how to design mecha and soulcircuits or engrave, but I still know how to forge metal!

I can already Thousand Refine metals right now. That should be the foundationof making a battle armor.

Wu Zhangkong lectured, “Battle armor is the second life of a Soul Master. Asingle excellent piece of battle armor can increase a Soul Master’s strength bythirty percent. The biggest difference between battle armor and mecha lay intheir compatibility; battle armor is made according to the user and theirmartial soul.”