The Heart Soul user undergoes their first transformation starting from S-class.
However, the War Armor only experiences a qualitative leap at SS-class.
Upon reaching SS-class, each War Armor awakens a special ability.
The awakening of these special abilities is entirely unpredictable, seemingly occurring at random.
From minor enhancements to strength by a few percent, to the manipulation of certain elements, anything is possible.
As the War Armor grows stronger, the power of these awakened abilities also increases in sync.
The SSS-class True Guard War Armor, "Lin Yu," awakened the ability to manipulate wood attributes during its SS-class phase.
The colossal giant, standing two hundred meters tall, was enough to be seen by everyone in Dragon Heart City just by its presence.
Not to mention the terrifying pressure it exuded at all times.
Even ordinary people who didn't understand War Armors felt an overwhelming sense of dread.
Facing such a colossal entity, humans were no different from ants.
But besides the three Lin sisters, no one knew that confronting this hundred-meter-tall steel War Armor was a seemingly insignificant human.
Chen Luo tilted his head, gazing at the War Armor as it once again increased its height.
Its verdant exterior, as if carved from jade, was now adorned with rings of golden patterns. If one were to disregard the terrifying malevolence emanating from it, the War Armor before them would be a work of art.
But in the next moment, as if provoked by Chen Luo's calm gaze,
The massive War Armor suddenly extended its palm and punched fiercely towards Chen Luo:
"True Guard Secret Art! Sea of Three Realms Trees!!!"
Boom!
The ground beneath Chen Luo's feet instantly shattered, and countless trees intertwined, clinging to Chen Luo.
Even the land within a thousand-meter radius was now enveloped by vigorously growing trees.
These trees, born from an unknown power, possessed a strength far exceeding steel.
Furthermore, once they ensnared their target, they would autonomously cling tighter, gripping the target with increasing force!
With an iron fist descending from the heavens above, and trees like verdant poisonous pythons below,
Chen Luo seemed to be pushed into a corner,
As if!
Chen Luo gently pushed off the ground!
Hum! The trees, nurtured by the special power, instantly turned into wisps of emerald powder, originating from Chen Luo.
"Alert!! Detecting ultra-high danger..."
Wei Ping, who was throwing the punch, initially disbelieved the computer's alert.
"I'm already a True Guard, how could anything be ultra-high danger to me?"
But through the rapidly slow-motioned, ultra-high-speed camera, a scene that shocked Wei Ping to the core became clear.
The kid he was supposed to have bound with the sea of trees had, at some point, leaped into the air and was now sprinting up his arm!
Wei Ping wanted to counter and grab Chen Luo, but after his command reached his brain, the steel giant hand remained motionless.
It was only then that he noticed the slow-motion multiplier displayed on his microcomputer had reached 2342 times!
The speed of thought can surpass the speed of the body; this was an instinct achievable by every Heart Soul user.
But Wei Ping, a True Guard, felt a chilling dread for the first time:
"How... is this possible?!"
In the next moment, the youth clad in a silver-gray tight suit had stepped onto the shoulder of the "Lin Yu" War Armor and leaped into the air, reaching the same height as the War Armor's head.
The youth looked at the enemy, entirely green from head to toe, and revealed a hearty smile:
"Hello!"
"And then,"
"Goodbye!"
The tight suit on his right arm suddenly transformed, the flowing metallic liquid morphing into a claw with ferocious dragon scales as Chen Luo swung his fist.
"War Armor Armament: Ten Percent!"
The dragon claw swung gently,
But in Wei Ping's eyes, it was as if he saw an irresistible dragon claw descending from the heavens.
And this became Wei Ping's last memory.
Hum!
The upper half of the emerald green War Armor vanished abruptly.
In the next moment!
Boom!!!
The plasma barrier in the distance, which had isolated everything, was torn open and flung away by an irresistible force!
Crack,
Chen Luo landed lightly, looking at the wobbly, headless giant beside him, and walked forward, giving it a gentle push:
"Fall down!"
Bang!!!
The colossal War Armor, missing its upper half, toppled to the ground like a collapsing golden mountain or a toppled jade pillar.
Amidst the deafening roar, the five War Armors in the distance trembled in unison,
But they dared not move an inch, for the silver-gray devil had appeared before them at some unknown moment.
As for the residents of Dragon Heart City, everything that happened outside the city was like a science fiction movie.
Only the three Lin sisters knew that a crisis capable of annihilating the entire city had been quietly resolved by a youth from beyond the heavens.
Huh? You say the youth caused this crisis?
Well, let's just say he treated everyone to a headshot performance on the spot!
Lin Qing had never felt her heart beat so fast.
Four years ago, did she truly not know the truth of her parents' deaths? She simply dared not investigate.
Even when the data on the nurturing of the War Armor was sent to her, Lin Qing felt not anger, but a bone-chilling cold.
Nine Dragons had, in effect, openly admitted their involvement.
But Lin Qing dared not resist, because Nine Dragons was the heaven of this world.
Rebelling against heaven sounded simple, but for mortals to spit at heaven would ultimately only result in the saliva landing on their own faces.
And Lin Qing still had two younger sisters to care for, so she could only choose to endure, even preparing herself for death.
But now, as the War Armor, clearly above Dragon Knight level, slowly fell like a discarded sculpture,
Lin Qing felt as if much of the gloom that had weighed on her heart for years had dissipated.
At this moment, Chen Luo truly became the light illuminating her life.
Tears flowed uncontrollably from her eyes, and Lin Qing, crying and smiling, murmured:
"Thank you... thank you..."
....
When a True Guard-level War Armor completely lost its life signs, a dark red alarm blared instantly within the Nine Dragons headquarters.
In the total intelligence room, Ivanov looked at the satellite images and a playful smile curved his lips:
"Aren't those the little mice? Shaking a War Armor with physical strength? Is this a new otherworldly monster?"
"However, according to Lord Long Jiu's orders, targets at or above True Guard level no longer need to be proactively pursued."
"In that case..." Ivanov put down his coffee cup and continued typing on his keyboard.
"Cancel the massacre order for Dragon Heart City and designate a new target on Nine Dragons' wanted list."
"Wanted List Ninth Position - Dragon Heart Butcher, humanoid otherworldly monster, strength tentatively classified as Apostle level!"
The moment he finished typing, Ivanov let out a soft whistle:
"Lucky monster. If Lord Long Jiu didn't have other plans, I'd really like to test your mettle."
"What a pity, what a pity."