Chapter 227 - Sky Ice Battle Armor (1/2)

Gazing at the levitating Wu Zhangkong, Shen Yi couldn't help but mutter to herself, “Those fools. Now they're just provoking him! Don't they know that the calmer a person is, the more terrifying their wrath?”

In that instant, Wu Zhangkong raised his head, sweeping his eyes over his Skyfrost Sword as he spit out two words.

“Sky. Ice.”

Hearing those two words, Shen Yi trembled even as her eyes widened. Yet, in their evergreen depths sparked a trace of excitement. It had been ages since she had last seen Wu Zhangkong, and even longer since she had witnessed Sky Ice.

A bright radiance enveloped Wu Zhangkong's body as his Skyfrost Sword also flashed with a brilliant light and instantly fused with his body. The expressions of the surrounding mecha pilots changed when they saw their target vanish.

“He's over there,” someone shouted, and they all looked to the sky.

“Now this is the real him. Sky Ice Wu Zhangkong, is back.”

“Battle armor!” Long Huantian and Zhang Zhenpeng cried out in unison.

At this realization, the mechas that were about to attack froze suddenly. Some of the lesser white mechas even began to lay down their cannons.

A battle armor master. He's actually a battle armor master!

If Tang Wulin was conscious then, he would definitely be the most excited person around. He had always been yearning to see battle armor in action!

As Wu Zhangkong pointed his sword downward, his aura continued to surge with power.

It had been ages since he last spoke the two words 'Sky Ice'... Bitter pain erupted from within the depths of his deep blue eyes.

Just like mechas, battle armors had their own rankings. However, this particular ranking system was strange.

At its core, a suit of battle armor was similar to a super mecha. This was because both were forged personally by a soul master and acted as an extension of and became a major component of the user's strength. A battle armor master would be twenty soul ranks stronger than any soul master of the same soul power rank. If a soul master had five rings and equipped a one-word battle armor, his strength would be equivalent to that of a seven-ringed soul master.A two-word battle armor master could match a soul master with eight rings, and so forth.

Battle armor was divided into four levels. With each increase in level, another word would be added to the battle armor's name.

One-word battle armor: Every piece of armor was made of thousand refined metal and required five rings minimum to use.

Two-word battle armor: Every piece of armor was made of spirit refined metal and required six rings minimum to use.

Three-word battle armor: Every piece of armor was made of soul refined metal and required seven rings minimum to use.

Four-word battle armor: Every piece of armor was made of divine refined metal and required nine rings minimum to use.

When Wu Zhangkong was a one-word battler armor master, he named his battle armor 'Ice'. It was customary to add the name of one's battle armor to one's own. Therefore, he was called Ice Wu Zhangkong in the world of soul masters at that period of his life.

Later on, he expended much time and effort to upgrade his battle armor to two-word, After his success, he st.i.tched on the word 'Sky' from his Skyfrost Sword, amending his battle armor's name to 'Sky Ice'. Thus, he became Sky Ice Wu Zhangkong.