When the news spread that Huo Yuhao had actually succeeded in creating the Battle Armor he'd described, all the ninth-level Soul Engineers of the Sun Moon Empire erupted with excitement.
Especially after confirming the amplification effect that the Two-Word Battle Armor brought to Huo Yuhao—their excitement reached fever pitch. Every one of them was itching to forge a set of Battle Armor for themselves immediately.
According to Huo Yuhao's explanation, a Three-Word Battle Armor corresponded to the level of a Titled Douluo, while a Four-Word Battle Armor could rival even an Ultimate Douluo!
If all of the Sun Moon Empire's ninth-level Soul Engineers could be equipped with Four-Word Battle Armor… then across the entire Douluo Continent, who could possibly stand against them?
An army of Ultimate Douluo—couldn't they just sweep across the whole continent with ease?
Of course, none of them were foolishly overconfident. They understood that even for ninth-level Soul Engineers, forging a Four-Word Battle Armor was far from simple.
But with the foundation and design logic provided by Huo Yuhao, as long as they brainstormed together, overcoming the technical barriers would be only a matter of time!
Technology worked that way—once someone presented a feasible concept, subsequent development became exponentially easier.
Jing Hongchen examined the gleaming, personalized Battle Armor on Huo Yuhao's body, smacked his lips, and couldn't help laughing aloud.
"Poor Shrek, Holy Spirit Sect, and those idiots from Star Luo and Heaven Dou—they're still busy tearing each other apart. Meanwhile, our Sun Moon Empire has already undergone a complete transformation!"
Hearing this, all the ninth-level Soul Engineers present burst into laughter.
Huo Yuhao tilted his head curiously and asked,
"So, what's going on over there now? The war hasn't ended yet?"
"Ended?"
Jing Hongchen chuckled and sighed, expression full of irony.
"With maniacs like Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe involved, how could that war possibly end so easily? Whether it's the Holy Spirit Sect or the alliance of Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Shrek—none of them will willingly let this war stop!"
Kong Deming nodded slightly.
"At this point, the war has evolved far beyond those early probing skirmishes."
"Now, Shrek needs this war to draw in more fresh blood—forcing Star Luo and Heaven Dou to send their most talented youths to join Shrek Academy. And if Star Luo and Heaven Dou don't want Shrek to withdraw its support, they have no choice but to agree."
"As far as I know," Kong Deming continued, "both Star Luo and Heaven Dou are using this war as an excuse to purge disobedient nobles—either by forcing them to join Shrek Academy, or by sending them to the front lines to die at the hands of the Holy Spirit Sect."
By the end, Kong Deming shook his head slightly. Indeed, no matter where you went, human nature always found the same path.
After the coup in the Sun Moon Empire, hadn't the new emperor used the exact same method to eliminate the late emperor's loyalists?
Beside them, Ye Yulin nodded in agreement.
"Elder Kong is right. Even the Holy Spirit Sect is taking advantage of the chaos to recruit, loudly preaching about the 'benefits' of joining their ranks and constantly expanding their numbers."
"These four factions… are really getting creative."
After hearing all this, Huo Yuhao couldn't help clicking his tongue in surprise.
Because the Battle Armor project had reached a critical phase, he hadn't contacted Ma Xiaotao or Tang Ya for quite some time—and he hadn't expected the war to have escalated this far.
Seriously, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe really hadn't let him down—they had taken his initial plan and blown it up into a full-blown continental disaster.
Originally, it had been his idea to have Ma Xiaotao and Tang Ya stir up trouble—but in the end, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe had voluntarily taken the banner and run with it. What a pair of lunatics.
Huo Yuhao shook his head, pushing the thought aside, and turned toward Kong Deming.
"Teacher, about that lathe I mentioned earlier—has there been any progress?"
Kong Deming exchanged a glance with Jing Hongchen and Ye Yulin, all of them clearly impressed and pleased.
"It's almost finished!" Kong Deming replied with undisguised joy. "I really don't know how your brain works, kid—but to think of manufacturing Soul Tools this way is genius! Once we have lathes, we'll be able to mass-produce components—freeing up Soul Engineers to focus on developing new models!"
"You've truly brought a revolutionary change to Soul Tool technology. We old-timers have no choice but to admit defeat!"
The gathered ninth-level Soul Engineers all nodded in full agreement.
Though they'd long grown used to Huo Yuhao's brilliance, his concept of using lathes and assembly-line manufacturing for Soul Tools still left them stunned.
There was no doubt—once the lathe was successfully built and mass production became feasible, the resulting transformation of the Sun Moon Empire would rival, if not surpass, the creation of Battle Armor itself.
Because that meant—even ordinary people without soul power could use machines to craft refined Soul Tools!
A leap in productivity would directly elevate the Sun Moon Empire's national power by several levels.
Meanwhile, the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires were bogged down in endless warfare, and the Dou Ling Empire—completely consumed by the Holy Spirit Sect—had no future left.
How could any of them compete with a Sun Moon Empire growing stronger by the day?
Moreover, they could easily sell the mass-produced Soul Tools to Star Luo, Heaven Dou, and Dou Ling, even to Shrek—selling them at low prices to crush those nations' own Soul Tool industries.
Teach them the simple truth: "It's cheaper to buy than to build, and cheaper still to rent than to buy."
Why pour enormous sums into researching a Soul Tool industry with no future, when they could just buy superior Soul Tools directly from the Sun Moon Empire—and then use those very tools to fight their enemies?
According to Huo Yuhao's information, in order to gain an advantage in the ongoing war, not only Star Luo and Heaven Dou, but even the Holy Spirit Sect had secretly sent people to negotiate with the Sun Moon Empire, hoping to purchase large-scale destructive Soul Tools.
At first, the Sun Moon Empire rejected these offers. But their rivals were far too sincere—and their bids far too tempting—so much so that even Crown Prince Xu Tiannan began to waver, eager to make a deal.
However, concerned that selling Soul Tools might hinder the Empire's future unification plans, Xu Tiannan personally visited Huo Yuhao to seek his advice.
When Huo Yuhao shared his proposal, Xu Tiannan was utterly stunned.
If Huo Yuhao weren't already a once-in-a-century genius in both the Soul Master and Soul Engineer paths, Xu Tiannan would've dragged him straight into the imperial court to act as his chief strategist.
Every time a critical issue arose, this young man delivered astonishingly sharp insights.
According to Huo Yuhao's suggestion, if Star Luo, Heaven Dou, or the Holy Spirit Sect were willing to trade rare metals for Soul Tools, the Sun Moon Empire should sell at a very generous discount.
But if they tried to pay with gold soul coins, there would be no discount whatsoever.
At first, the other factions would probably try to hoard their rare metals and develop their own Soul Tool industries—but as time went on, even the emperors of Star Luo and Heaven Dou wouldn't be able to resist.
Because if they didn't buy from the Sun Moon Empire, then once their enemies equipped these powerful Soul Tools, their own forces would immediately fall behind and suffer catastrophic losses.
That was the beauty of the plan—it wasn't a conspiracy; it was an open trap.They would have no choice but to compete for purchases… and in doing so, they'd destroy their own capacity for independent development.
That was the joy of an arms dealer—and Xu Tiannan was loving it.
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