Chapter 814: Fierce Yuan Armor! Apologies for the Disturbance!

When the time came to nine o'clock sharp, Lord Xue Jian arrived at the banquet hall right on schedule.

Compared to when he was in the virtual world, the bloodthirsty aura on his body was even thicker, with a faint trace of crimson hidden deep in his eyes.

Just one glance was enough to sense a heart-palpitating aura.

"Just how many fierce beasts has he killed? His baleful aura is this heavy?" Xu Jingming was startled.

An Esper's presence is something that cannot be described, yet it truly exists.

Each person's presence is different; someone like Lord Xue Jian clearly formed his naturally after slaughtering massive numbers of fierce beasts.

No, it might not have been fierce beasts, but human Espers...

"Lord Lord Xue Jian."

All the Espers in the great hall bowed respectfully.

"Good, I'm very glad to see all thirty of you present here."

Not a trace of expression changed on Lord Xue Jian's cold, stern face.

If not for the shift in his tone, you wouldn't even sense that he was offering praise.

"What needed to be said, I already said in yesterday's virtual world.

The Yell Secret Realm may open at any moment; during this period, make sure you don't leave Toronto.

Set the artificial intelligence's message clearance to the highest level; once I notify you to assemble,

everyone must reach Yell Base within ten minutes."

Lord Xue Jian's deep, icy voice rang out.

Including Xu Jingming, everyone nodded respectfully.

To prevent idle people from approaching the secret realm, Maple Leaf Country had already built a base near the entrance passage of the Yell Secret Realm.

Of course, the Espers stationed there came from the six great powers of Blue Star.

This is the sorrow of a weak nation — even its own national sovereignty cannot be possessed.

"Alright, continue the banquet. Xu Jingming, come with me."

Lord Xue Jian knew that his staying here would only make this group of eighth-rank Grandmasters feel constrained, so he did not linger, and brought Xu Jingming to the side hall.

"How nice — a private audience with Lord Lord Xue Jian."

"If you had an SS-rank Esper ability, you could have a private talk with Lord Lord Xue Jian too."

After Xu Jingming left, waves of envious murmuring immediately rose in the great hall.

Lord Xue Jian is not yet fifty this year; compared to the age of ninth-rank Espers, which starts at at least two hundred, he is in the rising golden period.

Yet Lord Xue Jian is already a ninth-rank upper Martial Saint.

It can be foreseen that this big shot will definitely reach the ninth-rank peak in the future, and even breaking into the Supreme realm is not impossible.

Gaining this big shot's favor is something countless eighth-rank Grandmasters dream of.

"This is the Yuan Armor."

The spacious side hall held only Xu Jingming and Lord Xue Jian.

A faint light flashed from Lord Xue Jian's spatial ring, and a basketball-sized sphere appeared in his hand.

This sphere seemed to be made of some kind of liquid, black as ink, ceaselessly churning.

Even when Xu Jingming carefully probed it with his spiritual power, he could not sense anything special about this orb.

"Eva, did you have this kind of battle suit in your Second Era?" Xu Jingming asked curiously in his heart.

"Of course, just under a different name.

And just like you, in our Second Civilization era, we never figured out the exact composition of this battle suit either.

We only discovered that this material simply doesn't exist on Earth — it very likely comes from outer space."

Eva's crisp voice sounded in his heart.

Outer space?

Xu Jingming's eyes flickered.

There's still a membrane outside Blue Star, yet now something from outer space has appeared.

So the question is — how did this material get through that membrane?

"Either this battle suit was dropped onto Blue Star before that membrane appeared,

or there is some special existence capable of projecting items through that membrane onto Blue Star."

Xu Jingming guessed silently in his heart.

But no matter which case it was, as the saying goes, when the sky falls, the taller ones hold it up.

Right now, his strength had not yet reached the point where he could explore such secrets.

He would probably have to at least wait until he became a Supreme to do so.

"Unlike ordinary battle suits, the Yuan Armor's usage is somewhat similar to a spatial ring.

You need to leave your spiritual power imprint on it before you can use it.

My spiritual power imprint has already been withdrawn in advance; just leave yours directly on it."

Lord Xue Jian reminded him.

Hearing this, Xu Jingming's spiritual power immediately surged forth wildly, leaving his own spiritual power imprint on this liquid black orb.

Whoosh—

The instant he left his spiritual power, he felt the entire Yuan Armor was under his control.

With a single thought, it attached itself to his body, wrapping him completely, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

Crackle-crackle—

Brilliant Doushen Shenlei suddenly condensed; the golden Lei Ting radiating wild energy fluctuations even made Lord Xue Jian feel a touch of surprise.

This might seemed even stronger than the abilities unleashed by some eighth-rank mid-tier elementalists!

More crucially, as the ability erupted, Xu Jingming's aura was exposed along with it.

Seventh-rank upper-tier!

"After returning from Daxia to Dayangzhou, you've actually broken through again? What an astonishing rate of advancement."

Lord Xue Jian was secretly shocked in his heart, but Xu Jingming paid no attention to Lord Xue Jian's reaction.

The raging Doushen Shenlei swiftly condensed into dozens of Lei Mao that stabbed toward him!

Boom boom boom~~~

Lei Ting exploded, and the violent aftershocks of the Lei Ting rippled outward, yet all of them were confined by Xu Jingming around his body, unable to spread further.

But correspondingly, the might of the Lei Mao doubled!!

It was as if a detonator placed inside a sealed container — all of its power acted upon himself without any reservation.

In the past, even though Xu Jingming wore an SSS-rank battle suit and had the Thorn Sword Grass helping him,

such might would still make his body sting, with Lei Ting constantly seeping into his body.

But now, under the protection of the Yuan Armor, Xu Jingming couldn't feel any abnormality at all.

When he reined in the Lei Ting, the pitch-black battle suit wrapping his entire body didn't even leave a single scorch mark.

"So this is an SSR-rank Yuan Armor? Truly formidable!" Xu Jingming's eyes gleamed with boundless excitement.

Immunity to damage below ninth-rank was no lie.

"Formidable as it is, this isn't being given to you outright — once the Yell Secret Realm ends, you'll need to return it."

Lord Xue Jian reminded him upon seeing this.

Xu Jingming's temperament suited his tastes very well; if it were an ordinary battle suit, he might have simply given it away.

But the Yuan Armor was no ordinary item — even he had spent several years before obtaining one.

"Understood."

Xu Jingming smiled, and the Yuan Armor immediately peeled off from the surface of his body, reverting into a pitch-black sphere, which he tossed into his spatial ring.

Then he looked at Lord Xue Jian, asking curiously:

"Then, my lord Lord Xue Jian, what must I do to obtain a Yuan Armor?"

"It's simple — contribute to the nation, that is, the contribution points I mentioned last night."

Lord Xue Jian replied, "The resource vault of Daxia contains Yuan Armor; as long as your contribution points are sufficient, you can exchange for one."

"How long did it take you, my lord Lord Xue Jian, to gather enough contribution points to purchase a Yuan Armor?"

Xu Jingming continued to ask.

"Two years and three months." Lord Xue Jian did not conceal it.

"Well, forget it then." Xu Jingming immediately lost his enthusiasm.

Even ninth-rank Lord Xue Jian needed such a long time; for the current him, the time required would surely be even longer.