Chapter 1205: Inheriting Divinity

A ray of morning light came through the window, and dust slowly swirled in the golden light. He Lingchuan blinked and slowly sat up.

What a pity, he didn't enter Panlong City last night after all.

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror shouted: "You're finally awake, my god! I called you several times and you didn't respond; I thought something had happened to you!"

"What?" He Lingchuan was slightly startled.

He inevitably set up a barrier when sleeping, and at the same time, the Soul-Absorbing Mirror served as a warning function. Once an outsider invaded, the mirror could wake the master immediately.

But last night seemed to be an exception.

"There's something on the side, turn your head and look!"

As soon as He Lingchuan turned his head, he was startled—

Through the bed curtains, he discovered that a warrior was sitting on the chair by the bed! He subconsciously sprang up, and the Floating Life Blade almost slashed out.

But he came to his senses the next instant:

No, it wasn't a person, it was a suit of black armor.

"When did this thing appear?" He Lingchuan stood up and leaned in to examine it.

Was it the Luo Sheng Armor? It looked like it, but not quite.

It was indeed black, but the local reflections of the armor plates made the whole battle armor look different in shades of color. Although it wasn't as exaggerated as "five-colored black," it had a lot of layers.

This unique tone was first seen in the Luo Sheng Armor, and later in the Black Dragon in the dream. Especially when the Black Dragon soared into the sky, the changing light and shadow of its black scales were breathtaking. He had dealt with both of them for most of the night, so he wouldn't misidentify them.

But its shape was somewhat different from before; at least the style of the shoulder armor was no longer the stiff, old-fashioned type.

"I... can't say for sure." The mirror coughed. "It just appeared suddenly."

"When?"

"When dawn was approaching." The mirror added, "You were sleeping very soundly then."

He Lingchuan pulled the Divine Bone Necklace from his collar and looked at it twice: "Is it you playing tricks?"

The necklace naturally ignored him.

But the Luo Sheng Armor had clearly been sucked in by it, yet it appeared in perfect condition at this time; if it wasn't the Great Fanghu playing tricks, could there be another reason? He Lingchuan observed even more closely that the hole in the chest of the Luo Sheng Armor had disappeared, and the brand-new large armor plate was seamless with the original, as if it were one piece.

Even the best craftsman couldn't make this kind of manual work, right?

He drew the Floating Life Blade and tapped the new armor plate lightly.

Clang, clang, it was unusually familiar.

Isn't this, isn't this the heart scale he got from the remains of the White Bear King?

He learned from last night's dream that not long after the Luo Sheng Armor was cast, the heart scale was inexplicably lost. He didn't expect that a thousand years later, it would have a chance to be complete again.

This opportunity was given by the Great Fanghu.

The Luo Sheng Armor in the morning light was unusually quiet, each armor plate plated with a layer of golden brilliance, commonly known as black to the point of shining. Not only was the fierce aura gone, but it even revealed a faint majesty.

It sat there unusually straight, as if it had life, and as if it had something to tell He Lingchuan.

Besides the Punishment Dragon Pillar, this was the only object that had been eaten and then spat out—no, released—by the Divine Bone Necklace.

It must have something special.

The Soul-Absorbing Mirror was asking him: "Did the Ghost City give it to you?"

The master took away the Luo Sheng Armor yesterday, and it witnessed the whole process. Compared to Dong Rui and other onlookers, it knew more inside information.

He Lingchuan gave an "en," hesitating whether to reach out and touch it.

In the Panlong world last night, He Lingchuan saw with his own eyes in the Misty Valley that the obsession and karma in the Luo Sheng Armor were swept away.

Logically speaking, the curse attached to the Luo Sheng Armor should have disappeared along with the obsession. And the Great Fanghu could release it, which showed that it no longer had much harm to He Lingchuan.

This little bit of mutual trust was something he had built up with the Great Fanghu over the past few years.

But what if...

Just then, footsteps came from outside, and then the door rang. Dong Rui's voice came in: "Are you up? Time to go!"

"Coming."

"Waiting for you in the hall." Dong Rui left after speaking.

He Lingchuan raised his storage ring and touched the Luo Sheng Armor lightly, wanting to put it in.

Even before the ring touched it, the Luo Sheng Armor turned into a stream of black mercury, directly coiling around He Lingchuan's wrist and then covering his whole body! He was taken aback, and the Soul-Absorbing Mirror also let out a "wow."

In just one second, he was wearing this famous evil armor!

Each armor plate tilted slightly, fitting together in order from shoulder to chest, from waist to leg, constantly making fine adjustments in detail.

By the time the whole battle armor was adjusted, it was as if it were tailor-made for him, flowing naturally with every move, without feeling a single bit of extra weight.

The battle armor was like his exoskeleton.

And no matter what movement he made, the armor plates were silent, without a single bit of friction sound.

The waist buckle featured a dragon head pattern, and the dragon eyes were beautiful rubies.

This dragon, the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.

He Lingchuan closed his eyes to experience this new armor; like the Floating Life Blade, he felt a blood connection. But there was no voice in his ears trying to seduce him or trying to test him.

This battle armor was quiet and tough.

Like the Floating Life Blade, it also had characteristics, but it was currently very simple: the more fearful the enemy, the stronger the master.

Inheriting the Black Dragon's divinity, condensing the power of faith.

Absorbing karma.

Just these three.

Among them, he had guessed the first one before, and A Xun had explained it, so the new armor still retained it.

He hadn't heard of the second one.

It wasn't that he hadn't heard of the power of faith; gods building temples and Daoist sects establishing sects all claimed to condense faith. But as far as He Lingchuan knew, heavenly gods demanding incense and developing believers in the mortal world were all under the guise of faith, and the ultimate goal was actually unrelated to faith itself, because whether it was demons or immortals, they were all very clear that so-called "faith" was different from spiritual energy and evil energy, and was not a real existing power.

However, the Luo Sheng Armor clearly stated that it could condense the power of faith; good fellow.

The characteristic also had an explanation: it was inheriting the Black Dragon's divinity.

The Black Dragon he had seen in the dream had power above the immortals, and almost shattered the Tianluo Star; it was "the only Divine Venerable in the world, understanding the ultimate principles of heaven and earth," and it was understandable that He Lingchuan could also understand the rules it understood, which were unique and exquisite, and one layer deeper.

Perhaps, the power of faith was not illusory for the Black Dragon. He Lingchuan remembered the look in its eyes when it looked at the living beings before it sacrificed itself, full of pity that saw through everything.

Had it foreseen its own fall, and the fate of the living beings in the world for the next three thousand years? And did the Luo Sheng Armor have such characteristics before? A Xun and the second dream didn't mention it at all, so He Lingchuan reasonably believed it didn't.

Was it because the heart scale returned? This scale seemed to have guarded the oasis barrier for unknown years, and had the merit of protecting billions of living beings; he had also seen how the living beings of the oasis worshipped the Black Dragon, which was indeed mainly pious.

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