Chapter 576: Heavy Armament

Returning to the Dongxing Sea Region, Yan Buji let out a sigh of relief.

"I didn't expect to be back so quickly."

Yan Buji smiled, then changed his expression and opened a cave dwelling on the seabed.

On this trip to Youming Jie, Yan Buji completed his plan and also gathered many Immortal Materials, allowing him to begin forging the remaining two Accumulation Devices and to further refine the Asura Accumulation Armor.

"Truly worth it!"

First, Yan Buji tallied his harvest from Youming Jie.

A large amount of Fourfold Transformation Spiritual Material, over a hundred varieties of Fivefold Transformation Spiritual Material, ten kinds of Six-Transform Immortal Material, and one kind of Seven-Transform Immortal Material.

Although the harvest is abundant, it is not easy to make use of.

Moreover, having returned from Youming Jie, Yan Buji now finds himself in the Turbulent Sea Realm, and the Heaven Gate Law can only locate him here.

"Youming Jie is truly strange; the Heaven Gate Law can exit Youming Jie but cannot descend from the Five Realms into it, only using Rift Stone and Youming Book," Yan Buji speculated that it might be because Youming Jie has not yet been unified, making its spatial nodes hard to observe.

Nevertheless, the Heaven Gate Law is indeed powerful; without any Void-Blocking measures, it can almost go anywhere.

But the Heaven Gate Law is wholly affected by Void-Blocking; even a Nascent Soul-level cultivator's Void-Blocking technique can nullify it. In this regard, Yan Buji believes that only after his Universe Dao realm reaches Minor Completion might there be a solution.

Forcefully breaking the void is not impossible, but Yan Buji does not possess such methods.

Soon, after finishing the inventory, he began a new round of forging Accumulation Devices.

After twenty years of effort, Yan Buji finally forged the Fourfold Transformation Yanluo Helmet and the Fourfold Transformation Abni Sword.

The effects of these two Accumulation Devices are already fixed; next comes the refinement of the Asura Accumulation Armor.

"These scales provide outstanding protection; filling the interior with soft Spiritual Material reduces vibration and weight, and a single layer of scale armor on the outside suffices.

With that thought, Yan Buji disassembled the Asura Accumulation Armor, refined its core material, and then expanded its surface area to fit the armament.

Thus, for the main framework Yan Buji decided to use primarily Fivefold Transformation Spiritual Material, melting together the Fivefold Spiritual Material obtained from the demon tribe, West Sand River Basin, and Youming Jie to forge the overall structure.

Then came the over one hundred scales; Yan Buji first performed a simple refinement, then drilled holes and interwove Lingyun Spider, fitting the outer armor before completing the overall accumulation.

In this way, Yan Buji obtained a set of Fish Scale Armor, then filled the forged main framework with a large amount of Fivefold Transformation Spiritual Material water cotton to absorb impact, and finally sealed it with the Fish Scale Armor.

As the Heavenly Fire continuously smelted, the larger and higher-quality Asura Accumulation Armor was fully refined.

"This time turned out exactly as I expected, using a massive amount of Fivefold Transformation Spiritual Material as the core, and the finished product is now a Fivefold Accumulation Armor!"

Yan Buji said happily, that although the current Asura Accumulation Armor feels somewhat bulky when worn, its protective power consists of three layers.

The first is the outer Fish Scale Armor; these scales, taken from that mighty Youming Beast, have slightly degraded over the ages, yet they can withstand a Golden Core-level technique without even leaving a mark, showing how terrifying their protection is;

The second layer is the water cotton filling; this Spiritual Material was originally used to weave spiritual garments, not affordable for ordinary cultivators. Yet Yan Buji used it directly as filler, interlocking the three layers, significantly boosting the Asura Accumulation Armor's impact resistance.

The final layer is the original core of the Asura Accumulation Armor; in this layer Yan Buji again refined a substantial amount of Fivefold Transformation Spiritual Material scavenged from Youming Jie, enhancing the close‑fitting protection.

Thus, this Asura Accumulation Armor consumed hundreds of types of Fivefold Spiritual Material and thousands of types of Fourfold Spiritual Material in synthesis to reach the Fivefold Accumulation Armor stage, indicating the refinement cost was substantial.

"If I hadn't previously studied the Spiritual Cannon's Spiritual Material synthesis, I'd have been forced to just add more surface and more water," Yan Buji smiled.

Ordinary cultivators, when forging their own Accumulation Devices, generally follow the path of adding more surface and more water; patiently studying Accumulation Device crafting is inherently time‑consuming, so although most cultivators increase their forging techniques as their cultivation advances, without witnessing or contemplating certain special methods, they truly cannot produce them.

It is because Yan Buji traveled through the West Sand River Basin and witnessed the Spiritual Spear and Spiritual Cannon that he could ingeniously apply them to the refinement of Accumulation Devices.

Unfortunately, this trip to Youming Jie did not yield suitable Universe Dao material to refine the Rift Staff.

Consequently, Yan Buji hastened to refine the Mutated Bone into components mounted on the Asura Accumulation Armor, thereby completing the entire Accumulation Beast Armament.

After so many years of stealing and looting, Yan Buji finally completed the armament he had long coveted.

He summoned the three Accumulation Devices onto his body, and the components made from Mutated Bone slithered like poisonous snakes across Yan Buji's armament.

The helmet, armor, and Abni Sword form the core of the armament; then he attached the Spiritual Spear and Spiritual Cannon to his shoulders! With mana flow adapting without issue, he began the first armament combination!

Looking at his appearance after the armament fused, Yan Buji realized it differed from a normal Accumulation Beast Armament, resembling more a mismatched gigantic puppet.

The armor is bulky; the whole thing stands only two or three meters tall, yet its thickness reaches an astonishing five meters and fifty centimeters. A helmeted head protrudes, looking quite discordant and unsightly. Its heft makes speed drop considerably; Yan Buji would have to activate Instant Shadow Step to boost his speed, but that would require increasingly many points of control.

But in the end, Yan Buji still managed to forge his heavy armament!

"However, firepower and protection are the most important, and with the addition of Invisible Control Threads..."

Yan Buji activated the Yantian Technique to generate Invisible Control Threads that assist in operating the armament; after a few steps he felt as if walking normally, then he deactivated the armament and retracted all Accumulation Devices and components.

"A simple test will reveal the limits of my armament," Yan Buji smiled.

Now, Yan Buji possesses the Asura Armor, the Abni Sword, the Yan Wang Helmet, and the Rift Staff—four signature Accumulation Devices—while the Spiritual Spear and Spiritual Cannon serve as add‑on Accumulation Devices for the overall armament.

"I could still forge another signature Accumulation Device..."

Yan Buji pondered; his combat power is more than sufficient, and the armament is complete. Although the Spiritual Spear and Spiritual Cannon can only appear as add‑on Accumulation Devices on the armament, he does not intend to use these two devices against foes in normal circumstances.

After all, the restrictions are too great.

Moreover, he also has a Six-Transform Immortal Accumulation True Phoenix Bow, so he lacks no large‑scale attack methods, though it is currently difficult to employ.

As for defense, the armament and his flesh already provide sufficient protection; adding more would also burden his mana.

"How about taking a look at that Stone Tablet?"

Yan Buji recalled the Stone Tablet he had taken from that massive Youming Beast Cave, and he took it out to study for a while.

The more he studied, the more Yan Buji frowned: "No, I couldn't possibly create this now. The forging method for this replica Six‑Path Reincarnation Disc resembles an ancient Magical Cultivation artifact, and I have no clue about it."

Yan Buji thought it over and abandoned the idea of forging a replica Six‑Path Reincarnation Disc.

Aside from the extravagant Immortal Material requirements, the complex and tedious forging steps alone are incomprehensible to Yan Buji just by looking at the Stone Tablet.

Thus, Yan Buji stuck to his original plan: either start with auxiliary cultivation or focus on increasing speed.

"However, sustaining the armament's high‑speed movement may be beyond my current mana capacity for long, and adding more Accumulation Devices would also burden my control of the armament itself."

It's like attaching a wing‑type Accumulation Device to his current armament—a considerable challenge, requiring compatibility and the exponential mana consumption that his present realm cannot sustain.

"Then I'll forge an Accumulation Device that can aid my cultivation and refinement of spiritual energy," Yan Buji thought.