Looting the life force of demons to forge a golden body Martial God-Chapter 309 - 297: Chu Feng’s Suspicion and Counterattack, the Hidden Spirituality, and the Marvelous Use of the Marquis King Armor!
Chapter 309: Chapter 297: Chu Feng’s Suspicion and Counterattack, the Hidden Spirituality, and the Marvelous Use of the Marquis King Armor!
The intense light was so blinding that Chu Feng could hardly keep his eyes open. He only felt the Jade Halberd in his hands emitting a scorching heat, before it began to transform.
With a little sensing, he discovered that the Jade Halberd was inexplicably expanding in his hands.
Chu Feng slowly squinted his eyes.
He deeply suspected that the thing in his hand possessed some kind of intelligence.
Had it been gobbling up energy like a starving ghost just a moment ago, and now it had changed just because he threatened it?
This ability to seek fortune and avoid disaster was even stronger than those of the Noble Clan Descendants.
Coincidence? That seemed a bit too coincidental!
The light gradually receded, and the archaic Jade Halberd had disappeared from his hand, replaced by a piece of bronze-hued Half Body Armor.
The armor seemed to be made of bronze-like metal, with a mottled antique surface, but upon closer inspection, it was incredibly intricate, beautifully shaped, seamless throughout, demonstrating a high level of forging skill.
Chu Feng pinched it with his hand and found that the delicate armor pieces showed no reaction under his immense strength, very hard indeed.
But...
"This thing is hardly bigger than my head, it’d barely serve as a helmet, how am I supposed to wear it?"
Chu Feng turned the armor over and over in his hands, unable to discern any clues, so he tentatively reached out with his spiritual power to touch the armor.
No sooner had his spiritual power touched the surface of the armor, than it was abruptly sucked in. Chu Feng’s vision went dark, and he realized his spiritual power had entered a dimly lit space.
The space had no boundaries, with faint light everywhere. Only in the center of the space was a black character suspended, spinning on its own.
Chu Feng looked around but didn’t find any mechanisms, so he extended a tendril of spiritual power to touch the floating character.
The moment spiritual power made contact with the character, a stream of information surged out from it and into Chu Feng’s mind.
"So that’s how it works, hey, pretty clever trick!"
Chu Feng chuckled, grasping from this information how to use the Marquis King Armor and its basic attributes.
He wrapped the character with a tendril of spiritual power to begin refining it, while several other strands of spiritual power swayed surreptitiously.
He appeared relaxed, but in reality, he was on high alert.
It might have been an illusion, but he always felt that the sentience of the armor was perhaps a bit... too strong.
He did not intend to let down his guard until he had completely refined the Taoist Tool embryo.
After all, he had just suffered a setback in the Demon Extermination Army’s warehouse, where those sentient Taoist Tools had left him with a deep negative impression.
His own equipment couldn’t afford such mishaps—if he were to be backstabbed by his own gear, there would be nowhere to cry.
However, until the black character was completely refined, gradually emitting a bronze glow, nothing unforeseen happened.
Chu Feng hovered his spiritual power briefly to ensure everything was in order, then immediately withdrew from the space.
The nebulous space instantly fell silent.
Yet, in less than five minutes, a bolt of spiritual power charged back in and began scanning around the space!
It was Chu Feng, making a return sweep.
"No anomalies, am I just being paranoid?"
Finding nothing amiss, Chu Feng still had his doubts, but eventually withdrew his spiritual power.
The space once again sank into ancient silence.
...
Only after an indeterminate amount of time did a faint sigh resound in the space.
The origin of the sound was unknown, and it quickly dissipated into the boundless emptiness.
...
Chu Feng put aside the suspicion in his heart, and with a thought, the armor in his hand disassembled into many pieces of armor plates, turning into streaks of light that covered his body.
The radiance gradually subsided, and his body was now clad in a layer of majestic bronze armor; his entire upper body was covered by the armor plates.
"Yo ho, quite handsome!"
He moved his shoulders and wrists, bending and extending his arms, and realized there was no hindrance whatsoever.
Upon closer examination, he discovered that the joints of the armor were intricately linked together by fine plates in a marvelous way, not affecting normal movements at all.
He forcefully punched his own armor twice, producing a crisp "clang clang" sound, yet he didn’t feel the slightest impact.
Not just handsome, but also very sturdy!
Immediately after, Chu Feng raised his arms, and with a thought, the two gauntlets suddenly transformed into two streaks of light, instantly coalescing into two short Tang knives!
A slight wave, and the sharp blades cut through the air, emitting a soul-stirring whistling sound.
He then grasped the hilts of the short Tang knives and joined them together, the two blades once again merging into light and reshaping into a lengthy broadsword!
"Watch me change endlessly!"
Chu Feng then turned the broadsword into a long staff and then into a spear. As he cycled through transformations, he couldn’t help but burst into hearty laughter.
The information he had just received had indicated the special functions of this set of "Marquis King Armor"!
With the Attribute at Will, one could transform specific parts of the armor into any shape of equivalent volume according to the owner’s wishes.
For example, the gauntlets could become weapons, the shoulder guards could turn into blades mounted on the shoulders, or the armor plates from the chest could be shifted to protect the vital spots on the back, and so on.
It could also change with the user’s body shape!
When Chu Feng learned about this attribute, he couldn’t help but smile broadly, knowing he would not have to worry about bursting out of his clothes during transformations anymore!
With the Attribute Concealing Weapons, one could store the armor in the Dantian, slowly nurturing it with True Force to enhance its potency, and summon it instantly when needed.
With the Gold-Hard Attribute, one could absorb the properties of metals to enhance the armor’s hardness; the greater the hardness and quality of the absorbed metal, the stronger the enhancement.
With Attribute Repair, one could use metal materials and expend a great deal of energy to slowly repair any local damage to the armor.
All in all, this was an extremely suitable piece of armor for Chu Feng, directly resolving all his current pain points!
Most importantly, this was a blank Taoist Tool embryo that had yet to be infused with the Martial Dao True Meaning!
The space storing the bronze characters was intended for engraving and containing the Martial Dao True Meaning.
Once Chu Feng advanced to the Yin Yang Realm, he would be able to infuse his own Martial Dao True Meaning into it, fully personalizing the armor!
He fondly stroked the armor he was wearing and laughed, "From now on, you will be my most reliable comrade in battle.
"If only you had sentience, you could witness my ascent to the summit of Martial Arts and my transformation into a peerless Martial God!"
While casually boasting, he secretly laid spiritual power surveillance on the armor without intending to take it off and reached straightforwardly for the Acupuncture Magic Ring in front of him.
...
He casually refined the Acupuncture Magic Ring into a glow which he absorbed into his mind, where Chu Feng suddenly felt a slight pain in his brain, as if a needle as fine as cow’s hair had been inserted.
Upon trying, he found he could actively use his spiritual power to approach the magic ring, and instantly his spiritual power felt like it was enveloping a hedgehog, causing his whole head to begin to throb in pain.
At the same time, the "Spirit" attribute on his panel began to drop rapidly, like water released from a gate, disappearing by a full 20 points in a minute.
Chu Feng held his head and hissed, rapidly using Attribute Points to maximize the "Spirit" attribute, then immediately noticed a difference.
"My spiritual power seems to have become a bit tougher!"
Trying again, another minute went by, and this time he only used 19 Attribute Points, which was a clear improvement from before.
"Even the traditional training methods of ’hanging beams’ and ’stabbing thighs with awls’ aren’t as extreme as stuffing hedgehogs into one’s own brain!"
He decided to set his mental power training for just before bedtime each night, so that he would mostly recover by the next morning, not affecting the next day’s condition.
...
Having drafted his plan, he turned his attention to the "Law of Heaven and Earth."
