Chapter 118: The Strongest Future World: Limitless Light and Shadow Armor

"No, I can just look directly!"

The monitor operator suddenly smacked his forehead, realizing the truth.

Although his main duty was communication dispatch, as a formal member of the Tian Shu Bureau, he still had authorization to retrieve surveillance footage.

He quickly operated the instruments, muttering to himself:

"Come to think of it, why hasn’t Old Wang, who’s in charge of monitoring, made any sound? Shouldn’t he be—"

As if remembering something, he turned around and saw his monitoring colleague frozen in his seat like a statue, mouth wide open enough to swallow an egg.

Following his gaze to the main screen—

"Whoa."

On the screen, the crimson-armored figure slowly sheathed his blade and stood still.

The entire West Lake seemed to have just endured a natural disaster; the chasm split across its surface had barely closed, and steaming vapor formed a thick fog wall.

Just over ten minutes later, the astonishing scene by West Lake had already been uploaded online by onlookers.

In the video, the crimson-armored figure stood bathed in a sky-piercing beam of light, raising his hand to incinerate the mutated white python, slashing with one stroke to split the lake and sever the clouds, cleaving the mutated green python in two—his terrifying power instantly ignited every social platform!

[Top Trending: #WestLakeFlameDragonHeroDescends#]

[Top Trending: #IsThisReallyFlameDragonArmor?#]

[Top Trending: #BigMoveSoEarlyInTheMonth?#]

The comment section exploded.

"Wait, it’s only the first of the month! Last month saw one after another heavenly treasures and their holders appear—now on the very first day of this month?"

"And it’s the Flame Dragon Armor?! Can Flame Dragon Armor really have this power? Were they all faking it in the show?"

"That beam of light—don’t even tell me it’s Flame Dragon; I’d believe it’s the Emperor himself. Can Flame Dragon really be this strong?"

"And what was that trick of lifting the mutated green python from the bottom of West Lake? Does Flame Dragon Armor even have that ability?"

"It’s not like he only has Flame Dragon Armor’s abilities just because he transformed into it—he was clearly already a powerhouse before the transformation, which is why he could unleash such power. A normal person would only match the show’s version."

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If the appearance of Kamen Rider Gangdou caused online uproar primarily because of its Kamen Rider identity, then the emergence of Flame Dragon Armor stirred far more reaction due to the terrifying power it displayed.

A tens-of-meters-tall sky-piercing beam, crimson clouds swirling above, a majestic dragon’s roar, effortlessly crushing two mutated pythons—the mutated white and the mutated green.

It was complete domination over the Flame Dragon Armor from the show; they even felt that if this Flame Dragon Armor appeared, it might even challenge the Emperor himself.

But they knew Flame Dragon Armor’s inherent power was only part of it—the main factor was that its summoner was already a powerful individual.

In the Light and Shadow Armor setting, the armor itself has no upper limit; it merely emphasizes different aspects of enhancement for the summoner.

For example, Wind Hawk emphasizes speed, Black Rhino defense, Snow Hound strength, and Flame Dragon consumes the least energy and has the most balanced attributes.

But the stronger the summoner, the greater the power unleashed after armor transformation.

The summoner can enhance the armor’s power through [Belief] and [Cultivation].

Belief determines the upper limit; cultivation determines the lower limit.

The former is idealistic: if one’s belief is strong enough, even with weak personal power, the armor’s enhancement can increase—but it’s unstable, and few summoners can achieve power beyond the armor’s normal boost through belief alone.

The latter is materialistic: through personal cultivation, the summoner improves himself, gaining greater power while maintaining the armor’s base enhancement.

Although this improvement is slow, it is stable.

The summoner in the video clearly did not achieve such power through idealistic outburst; the two mutated pythons didn’t stir any emotional reaction in him.

Unless he was General Mudan, who possessed an unshakable will to eradicate mutated creatures.

So the most likely explanation is that he was already extremely powerful—certainly at least fourth-rank—allowing his armor transformation to unleash such terrifying might, rivaling even the Emperor.

"But don’t Light and Shadow Armor summonings require the Five Elements bloodline? Without bloodline, even with a Light and Shadow Stone, you can’t summon, let alone the summoning device."

"The summoning device must have changed after appearing in our world. Kamen Rider Gangdou needed a belt to transform, yet it auto-generated during transformation."

"So you don’t need bloodline to transform into Light and Shadow Armor? What about the Emperor? Does that mean in the future, if I get the Emperor Armor’s summoning device, I can transform into Ultimate Emperor even without bloodline?"

"Only Zi Yang needs a summoning device to transform—any normal Emperor just shouts and transforms. Why would he need a device? LOL.jpg"

"Enough dreaming. Right now I just want to know who this Flame Dragon Armor summoner is. To unleash such power—and clearly restrained at that—his strength must be at least fourth-rank. Besides Ye Shen, the only other fifth-rank in Hangcheng, is there really another fourth-rank?"

"Case solved—it’s Ye Shen. People from the Tian Shu Bureau recognized him when he left; damn, I didn’t recognize him!"

After that question, a West Lake tourist came forward to confirm: the Flame Dragon Armor summoner was none other than Ye Shen.

"???"

"It’s really Ye Shen? Did Ye Shen earn the Flame Dragon Armor’s recognition?"

Wait, wouldn't it make more sense that Ye Shen obtained the Flame Dragon Summoning Device rather than the armor recognizing him? Recognition is like Gangdou's Insect Instrument, which directly chooses Ye Shen, but the Light and Shadow Armor is simply for whoever acquires it to transform.

"At least in the show they checked bloodline; in reality, they don’t even bother."

"So Ye Shen obtained the Wang Quan Baye template, surpassed it, reached fifth-rank, and now also got the limitless Flame Dragon Armor?"

"I really think Ye Shen is now the strongest person in Daxia—no, in all of humanity."

"Wahhh, I knew he looked familiar—it’s Ye Shen! Aaaah, my Fire Shadow Stone—I sold it for only two hundred!"

"Huh? Explain!"

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The internet, already in uproar over the Flame Dragon Armor’s appearance and its terrifying power, erupted even further upon learning the summoner was Ye Xuan—one of Daxia’s only two fifth-rank masters.

Even a shopkeeper claiming to have sold Ye Xuan the Fire Shadow Stone came forward, saying he’d given Ye Xuan the chance to become Flame Dragon Hero—for just two hundred yuan.

Although his account was detailed down to the exact shop and location matched West Lake in Hangcheng, many still didn’t believe it.

No other reason: Ye Xuan used the Flame Dragon Armor’s summoning device to transform—it’s impossible a stone purchase would come with a free armor summoning device.

(End of Chapter)