Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor-Chapter 375: Douluo: Emerald Poison Emperor []

After Yu Xiaogang proposed going to Spirit Hall, signs of division began to emerge among the Shrek Academy students.

Oscar and Ma Hongjun expressed strong rejection toward Spirit Hall and were unwilling to accompany Tang San and Yu Xiaogang there. Instead, they leaned toward reconnecting with their teachers later and continuing their studies with Shrek Academy.

As for Dai Mubai, he was indifferent—after all, he had always been someone who lived day-to-day. To him, it didn't matter where he stayed to drift along. Moreover, he had come to appreciate Tang San's abilities and subtly sided with him.

And Xiao Wu?

Xiao Wu fully believed in the so-called ability of the Blue Silver Emperor's carapace to completely conceal her aura. Considering her own enemies' connections to Spirit Hall, she decided to follow her Brother San to Spirit Hall to investigate their foes.

The group debated throughout the night, but no one could convince the other. In the end, Ma Hongjun and Oscar left the small team. Dai Mubai, however, chose to follow Tang San and Xiao Wu, preparing to accompany Yu Xiaogang to Spirit Hall.

Thus, the original Shrek group, whose goal had been the Sunset Forest, completely fell apart before they even set foot in the forest.

Meanwhile, Shrek Academy's teachers were placed under house arrest by Yu Yuanzhen at Blue Tyrant Academy. Liu Erlong, under Yu Luomian's persuasion, resumed her position as Dean of the Blue Tyrant Academy. However, given the temperament of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the matter regarding Shrek was far from over—it was merely a landmine buried in the ground, waiting to be detonated.

At this very moment, Chen Ming was using Blue Silver Grass to monitor Tang San while handling his affairs.

Triggered by internal decisions and the urgency of this Sunset Forest incident, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan formally prioritized the full-scale armament of Soul Tools. Ning Fengzhi, along with several elders and the two clan-protecting Douluos, repeatedly visited Dugu Bo's residence to discuss the technology and assembly of Soul Tools.

To be honest, although Chen Ming's current technical expertise classified him as a Level 7 Soul Engineer, he wasn't particularly skilled in Soul Tool crafting. His knowledge was more reliant on his fundamental abilities rather than actual expertise.

Chen Ming had only a basic understanding of the time, resource costs, and material loss involved in crafting Soul Tools. However, the large-scale deployment of Soul Tools on the Douluo Continent was an entirely different matter.

After all, the Douluo Continent lacked the advanced metallurgy of the Sun-Moon Continent. Many of the metals required for Soul Tools either hadn't been discovered or simply didn't exist on Douluo. These issues would need to be addressed by consulting other Soul Engineers like Shui Xuan.

Using the money earned from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan, Chen Ming planned to cultivate and equip his military for future missionary work. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Clan served as both a testing ground and an economic resource.

Although Chen Ming could now claim that he no longer cared about money, he understood that gold soul coins had many practical uses. When establishing a church in the future, he couldn't expect a god like himself to handle everything. Various operations and expenses would be inevitable.

While money wasn't the core of faith, without money, asking people to fund their own beliefs would be a bit much.

As long as people could eat well, live stable lives, and enjoy occasional leisure, there would be no shortage of future believers.

Traveling quickly, Chen Ming left Heaven Dou City that evening and arrived in Gengxin City the next day to check on the progress of Soul Tool and Battle Armor development.

After months of research, progress had been made. Using special metals, Shui Xuan and the other Soul Engineers developed a series of new technologies.

In an underground workshop, Chen Ming saw the 0.1.2 prototype of the Battle Armor.

From its appearance, this prototype resembled the humanoid Soul Tools seen in Douluo Dalu 2. It looked like a massive suit of heavy armor, standing at 2.5 meters tall and radiating a metallic sheen. Many of the formations inside the armor operated based on the properties of the special metals, taking a unique approach compared to traditional Soul Tools. Leveraging the special materials, the entire Soul Tool achieved basic synchronization. Its strength and functionality exceeded that of a Level 7 Soul Tool, making it equivalent to a genuine Level 8 Soul Tool—but its usage difficulty was extraordinarily high.

A Soul Douluo like Lou Gao, equipped with full soul bones, could wear this suit of armor to achieve combat strength comparable to a Rank 94 Titled Douluo. However, its drawbacks included poor mobility and significantly weaker endurance compared to an actual Titled Douluo.

For someone like Golden Crocodile Douluo, an Ultimate Douluo, wearing this armored Soul Tool wouldn't enhance his combat ability; it might even hinder him in battle.

Compared to the Battle Armor seen in later eras, this humanoid Soul Tool followed an unusual path. Its effectiveness depended heavily on the user's physical fitness and soul power reserves, while the user's martial spirit and soul skills were largely ignored. In some cases, martial spirits could even negatively impact the armor's strength.

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Rather than providing percentage-based attribute boosts, the armor offered fixed attribute increases. While it wasn't particularly useful for top-tier experts, it could significantly enhance mid-level combat power.

In summary, this creation could be considered a unique kind of mecha.

Chen Ming narrowed his eyes, mentally recoloring the armor and adjusting some details. He realized that this humanoid Soul Tool bore a striking resemblance to Space Marine power armor from Warhammer 40K.

Considering his current divine abilities—which included corrupting martial souls and modifying human physiology—Chen Ming even entertained the idea of raising a knockoff version of the Adeptus Astartes on the Douluo Continent.

If that day ever came, Chen Ming wouldn't mind creating a counterfeit version of the Death Guard either.

The journey to Gengxin City hadn't taken much time, but handling other matters consumed a fair amount of it.

That night, Chen Ming assigned Shui Xuan and the others a basic task: produce 300 Level 3 ray Soul Guns and 10 Level 4 flying backpacks within half a month.

Although this task seemed tight and might interfere with the Battle Armor research, it was relatively easy to accomplish.

Soul Engineers could both inherit and learn skills. Since the focus was on Battle Armor, blacksmiths like Lou Gao naturally came into contact with Soul Tool technology, while Soul Engineers like Shui Xuan learned blacksmithing techniques in return.

While it might take longer for a Soul Engineer to become a blacksmith, it was much easier for a blacksmith to become a Soul Engineer.

High-level blacksmiths already had extensive knowledge of metals, and their creations often included intricate mechanisms and internal structures rather than simple, crude products.

For example, Lou Gao had previously crafted a thin metal underlay capable of withstanding attacks from a Soul Emperor. The technical requirements were extremely high. Lou Gao himself was also the era's top mechanism master, known for disassembling a fully secured Zhuge Divine Crossbow with all its anti-theft mechanisms intact.

It's worth noting that the Zhuge Divine Crossbow in Tang San's possession wasn't his design but rather an accumulation of Tang Sect's knowledge, complete with what was considered foolproof anti-theft technology.