"Teacher, you have suffered during this period."
Fan Yu smiled, not mentioning much about the year of imprisonment.
To be honest, in Mingde Hall's prison, his and Qian Duoduo's treatment wasn't exceptionally good, but at least it wasn't too harsh.
"Ah, the Academy should have developed Soul-guiding Devices long ago."
He sighed.
Starting now, to be honest, Fan Yu feels it's a bit late.
Even though he's happy about the Academy's change, when he truly went to Mingde Hall, despite being mostly imprisoned, he deeply felt the gap.
He spent two days in Mingdu, shocked by the prevalence of Soul-guiding Devices there.
In an era where even in the Xingluo Empire's auctions Soul-guiding Screens are used to showcase background, Mingdu had already completed widespread installation in major hotels.
Even though it was just three days, he felt unprecedented shock in Mingdu.
During this year of imprisonment, he pondered and reflected, wondering what the development of Soul-guiding Devices was truly for.
Because upon arriving in Mingdu, he instead discovered that the development of Soul-guiding Devices wasn't just for Soul Masters or to become stronger.
Powerful Soul-guiding Devices are, of course, sought after by Soul Masters.
But on Douluo Continent, there are far more common people.
Qian Duoduo felt the same way.
Su Yu once discussed his views on Shrek with him, and though he wasn't swayed by Su Yu at the time, after witnessing Mingdu's prosperity, a seed was planted.
The prospects of Soul-guiding Devices were far underestimated by Shrek.
Now that Shrek is strongly supporting the development of the Soul Guide System, this reassures him.
But at the same time, he isn't particularly excited.
Because it's too late.
This policy came too late, and the effort to rescue him took too long.
A year of delay, even though it's known that this is Shrek's recuperation period, he can't help but feel disappointment.
There are just over two years left until the next Soul Fighting Competition.
In such a short time, the development of Soul-guiding Devices won't have a qualitative leap.
And the Sun and Moon Empire might launch a continental war right after the Soul Fighting Competition.
By then…
Qian Duoduo doesn't dare to think.
It's not only that the development is over but also because it's already in the late stage.
A year ago, if Shrek had completed the student exchange plan, perhaps relying on some original strategies, a lot of technology could have been learned from Mingde Hall, accelerating the research of Soul-guiding Devices.
But now, not only has time been delayed, but there's also no longer a good opportunity to learn from Mingde Hall.
Qian Duoduo has often resented Elder Xuan for not detecting the approach of the Evil Soul Masters.
...
"Dean, someone is looking for you."
Three days after Qian Duoduo returned to the Academy, someone came looking for him.
"It's you?" Upon seeing the visitor, Qian Duoduo wasn't in a good mood, and his tone was extremely cold.
"What's the matter, my uncle, are you not happy to see me?" Qian Tong said.
"Hmph, don't call me uncle, our families have parted ways."
"Oh, I heard you were imprisoned in Mingde Hall for a year, and Shrek went through a lot to redeem you. I came specifically to visit, and you say such things to me? That's really heartbreaking." Qian Tong said, feeling aggrieved.
Qian Duoduo's expression softened a bit too.
"Speak up, what do you really want? You can't possibly be here just to visit me."
Since he's here, he must have some other purpose.
Qian Tong smiled, looked around, and then signaled to Qian Duoduo.
Qian Duoduo felt a sinking feeling in his heart.
As expected, it's that topic again!
Dammit, at a time like this, they're still considering plans to defect to the Sun and Moon!
"Alright, I've already used my Soul Power to shield all information."
"Uncle, haven't you figured it out yet? Haven't you understood anything in this past year?"
Qian Duoduo and Qian Tong began a debate.
...
In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
Creating Advanced Battle Armor wasn't simple.
Even with the framework of Intermediate Battle Armor already in place, it wasn't easy to engrave.
Because many patterns need to be adjusted as the Battle Armor upgrades, they don't remain unchanged according to the original framework.
Regarding this, Su Yu could only slowly use Soul Power combined with Spiritual Power for nurturing, melting the previously solidified spiritual patterns, and then replenishing the spiritual nurturing needed to re-engrave them.
Especially since Su Yu also integrated new rare metals into the existing alloy, the spiritual compatibility of the original Battle Armor with the latest alloy wasn't perfect.
Su Yu still had to nurture even the unchanged patterns anew.
Melting Forging is a skill that an Eighth-level Soul Guide must master. Besides engraving Core Arrays and assembling parts of Soul-guiding Devices, a Soul Guide must first have a thorough understanding of rare metals to autonomously complete various processing tasks involving them.
This is a compulsory course.
"After three months, the Advanced Battle Armor is finally completed."
This also means that Su Yu's strength has truly reached the Titled Douluo Level.
With Soul Saint cultivation, Advanced Battle Armor Fusion, and an Extreme Attribute Martial Soul, Su Yu's strength is undeniably formidable even among Titled Douluos.
Normally, an Extreme Martial Soul Master reaching the Soul Saint Level just begins to possess the ability to face a Titled Douluo, but Su Yu is exceptional, with four black, one red, one orange, and one mixed-colored Soul Ring elevating his Soul Power quality to the extreme.
Not to mention, he condensed a Soul Core even before reaching Level 70.
Whether it's his recovery ability or explosive power, he's in no way inferior to a Titled Douluo.
With the enhancement of Advanced Battle Armor, he can almost be said to possess the strongest power beneath a Super Douluo.