In order to deal with Xia Yi and the others, Tang Sect had definitely done their homework.
Whether it was Xia Yi, Gu Yue, or Wu Jin, Tang Sect assigned opponents who had certain counteracting effects on them.
However, this was just the self-assumed counter by Tang Sect.
Xia Yi's third soul ring lit up, and an ice spear instantly shot towards Tang Jing.
"Is this possible too?" Tang Jing and the referee were both stunned. They had always thought that Xia Yi's third soul skill could only freeze.
They didn't expect it to be like this.
If it was freezing, Tang Jing's Reflective Mirror could deflect it, but if it was an ice spear, the impact of the spear would destroy Tang Jing's Reflective Mirror directly.
Tang Jing took a deep breath, and with a flick of his hands, beams of light shot out and quickly covered his entire body.
In an instant, he had donned a set of armor shaped like mirrors, which glowed all over his body except for his head.
Chest armor, left shoulder armor + upper arm armor, right shoulder armor + upper arm armor, left hand armor + forearm armor, right hand armor + forearm armor, waist armor + battle skirt, left thigh armor, right thigh armor, left shin armor + battle boots, right shin armor + battle boots.
Except for the most difficult to integrate head armor, Tang Jing had already donned all the other pieces of armor, a total of ten in all.
With the battle armor enhancing his strength, his aura instantly skyrocketed. Without any hesitation, his third soul ring lit up and struck the ice spear coming from Xia Yi.
Sss...
An ice spear appeared above his head and shot directly at Xia Yi's ice spear.
Tang Jing's third soul skill was also the Copy Mirror, but it could only copy soul skills.
At first glance, it didn't seem as powerful as his second soul skill.
His second soul skill could completely copy the opponent, including all of their soul skills except for their battle armor.
On the surface, this skill seemed to be stronger than the third.
But in reality, it was different. The strength of the mirror copied from his second soul skill couldn't exceed the original strength of the copied object. The more power he copied, the more soul power it would consume.
On the other hand, the third soul skill allowed the copied abilities to be controlled by Tang Jing himself.
This meant that Xia Yi was now facing an ice spear cast by a soul master at the Soul Sect level, enhanced with ten pieces of battle armor.
"Heh heh, let's see how much you can copy." Xia Yi chuckled, and the ice spear above his head instantly split into dozens.
Tang Jing's expression changed again. He had already used his third soul skill, and he couldn't use it again in a short time.
Looking at Xia Yi's constantly lit soul ring, he was quite envious of such a continuous soul skill.
With his battle armor, even with just one ice spear, he was not afraid of Xia Yi.
The ice spear, under his control, shot directly toward Xia Yi.
Above Xia Yi, accompanied by a flash of platinum-colored light, a headband appeared first. Then a powerful surge of soul power spread from the helmet, which rapidly formed into a brilliant platinum-colored helmet, covering his head completely. At the top of the helmet was a silver dragon crown.
It looked extremely majestic.
This crown was specially designed by Gu Yue. In addition to using 99% pure Divine Metal for its fusion, Gu Yue also embedded a piece of dragon scale that she had previously given to Xia Yi.
When the helmet appeared, a platinum-colored battle armor also formed on Xia Yi's body.
A platinum-colored energy core appeared on his chest, emitting terrifying soul power fluctuations.
Although it was still a single-character battle armor, Xia Yi's two pieces of armor were far more exquisite and magnificent than Tang Jing's ten-piece single-character battle armor.
The entire armor seemed to be carved from platinum-colored crystal, sparkling in the sunlight with dazzling light.
The connecting points of the armor emitted a mist-like platinum-colored soul power, making Xia Yi appear to be floating in a dreamy manner.
"My goodness, it's all made of Divine Metal, and the fusion rate of each piece is at least 97%. The battle armor on his chest may even be made of 99% Divine Metal!" The referee, who was wearing a three-character battle armor, gasped.
While there were areas where it was not possible to confirm, the metal on Xia Yi's chest, where the energy core was, could definitely withstand such powerful energy fluctuations, meaning it was undoubtedly made of 99% Divine Metal.
From a certain perspective, Xia Yi's battle armor was even more precious than the three-character battle armor worn by the referees.
A Divine Metal with a fusion rate of 99% had never appeared on the market. Even if a Saint Smith or Divine Smith crafted such metal, they would keep it for themselves as a collection.
Xia Yi was just a level five blacksmith. No one would believe that he could forge such metal unless they saw it with their own eyes.
"Could it be that the Divine Smith Zhen Hua gave it to him?" The referee wearing the three-character battle armor thought of a possibility. Last time, when Xia Yi released the Heavenly Fox Fusion Forging Technique, Zhen Hua personally made an appearance.
Did this mean that Xia Yi had a close relationship with Zhen Hua?
With the appearance of the battle armor, Xia Yi instantly felt his soul power surge significantly, and even his spiritual power increased considerably, breaking through the 5000 mark.
Spiritual power between 501 and 5000 is the Spirit Sea Realm. Anything above 5000 enters the Spirit Abyss Realm.
With the addition of the head armor, Xia Yi's spiritual power was now at the pseudo-Spirit Abyss Realm.
Why "pseudo-Spirit Abyss Realm"?
Because after reaching 5000 in spiritual power, a qualitative change occurs.
Currently, Xia Yi's spiritual power had reached 5000 thanks to the battle armor, but it was still a quantitative change, not a true qualitative transformation.
It couldn't be considered a true Spirit Abyss Realm.
"Head armor and chest armor!" Tang Jing also gasped. The head armor was the most difficult to fuse, followed by the chest armor.
Head armor is difficult to fuse because it involves the brain, while the chest armor is difficult because the energy core on the chest armor has extremely violent power.
As a result, generally speaking, one-character battle armor masters would leave these two pieces to fuse last.
"So what? Break it!" Tang Jing gritted his teeth and still controlled the ice spear, instantly breaking through the ice spear blocking his path and shooting it directly toward Xia Yi.
"Copying my ice spear is one thing, but you even copied a bit of my control over ice. Not bad." Xia Yi smiled, standing still with a calm demeanor, which instantly made Tang Jing have a bad premonition.
As expected, when the ice spear was only three centimeters away from Xia Yi's body, it stopped in its tracks.
"Fox Mind Technique." Tang Jing immediately understood when he saw Xia Yi's second soul ring still lit.
Previously, the Fox Mind Technique had been countered by his Reflective Mirror, but Xia Yi hadn't dismissed his second soul ring.
Now, the Fox Mind Technique had allowed him to control his ice spear.
Xia Yi's ice was controlled by soul power, and when Tang Jing copied it, he could control it with his soul power as well.
With his soul power surpassing level 60 under the enhancement of the battle armor, Tang Jing couldn't compare to Xia Yi's control.
Therefore, Xia Yi didn't hesitate to release his battle armor.
Using his powerful spiritual power, he activated the Fox Mind Technique to counteract Tang Jing's.
Xia Yi's Fox Mind Technique didn't only control Tang Jing's ice spear but also his own.
Under the combined control of his soul power and the Fox Mind Technique, each ice spear's speed increased several times, and in the blink of an eye, they caught up with the retreating Tang Jing.
Sss... Sss...
Dozens of ice spears accurately hit the energy core of his battle armor.
Tang Jing was so frightened that his soul almost flew out of his body. He quickly withdrew the Reflective Mirror from his body.
The Reflective Mirror gave him the ability to reflect energy-based attacks, but it also made his body more fragile.
When he encountered physical attacks, he was at a huge disadvantage.
However, the moment Tang Jing withdrew the Reflective Mirror, Xia Yi's Fox Mind Technique locked onto him again.
"Break!" Tang Jing shouted. After all, he was a powerful Soul Emperor, and he could temporarily break free from Xia Yi's control using his soul power.
Boom... Boom...
Tang Jing was struck by dozens of ice spears, instantly being knocked away, his entire body covered in ice crystals, and the energy core of his battle armor cracked.
Finally, he broke free from the Fox Mind Technique.
However, as he tried to get up, the terrifying Dark Gold Fears claws descended from the sky, slashing directly at his neck.
Seeing this, the referee in the three-character battle armor couldn't sit still. He quickly flashed to Tang Jing's side, pulling him out of the range of Xia Yi's Dark Gold Fears claws.
Tang Jing's head had no battle armor to protect it. If Xia Yi's Dark Gold Fears claws had struck it, his head would have been severed.
(The End of This Chapter)