To be the best leader, you must also be the strongest leader!

Chapter 2784 Testing Tier 8 Battle Armor

"Alright, let's continue. We can move around after we forge one more set of armor."

Currently, the War Sect's top combat strength consists of Sun Yi himself, Xiao Qi, Ye Wuchen, and the remaining eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators from Nine Dragons Mountain.

After testing by Sun Yi and his team, they discovered that although the power of an eighth-tier spiritual weapon is very strong, only they are currently able to unleash its full potential.

Therefore, Sun Yi decided that after equipping the group with eighth-tier spiritual weapons, they would directly take over the Zhongyuan Continent.

Moreover, the top combat force of the War Sect is not only them, but also the top battle puppets crafted by the Puppet Hall led by Xuanjia.

The corpses of the Nascent Soul stage cultivators that had been captured earlier were handed over to the Puppet Hall, and Xuanjia and the people of the Puppet Hall are now working hard to refine battle puppets.

Three battle puppets have been crafted so far, among which the one crafted from the corpse of the Great Lord of Nine Dragons Mountain is the most powerful, even stronger than when he was alive.

However, because the battle puppets are too powerful, the battle puppets that are refined can only be controlled by the Heavenly Mystery System. The three top-notch battle puppets that have been refined have been sent back to Nine Dragons Mountain, so Nine Dragons Mountain is very safe now.

Next, Sun Yi and his team continued to forge the next set of armor at top speed, and everything proceeded in an orderly manner.

When the last set of armor was about to be completed, Sun Yi summoned Hou Qing to the forging ground and used his soul and blood essence to complete the blood refinement.

Hou Qing held the successfully crafted eighth-tier battle armor, his excitement beyond words.

"Thank you, Sect Leader, for giving me this opportunity. I, Hou Qing, swear to the Heavenly Dao that I will forever protect the War Sect, remain loyal to the Sect Leader, and never betray him."

Hou Qing immediately made a vow to Heaven. Now he has come to like being a prisoner of the War Sect, and he wishes he could stay a prisoner of the War Sect forever.

Sun Yi nodded: "Senior Hou is very kind. Although we haven't officially accepted you into the War Sect yet, we already consider you members of the War Sect."

"Once the matter of the Shattered Star Sea is completely resolved, I will arrange for you to officially join the Battle Sect. I hope you will abide by the sect's rules in the future."

Sun Yi had previously learned about Shan Yu and the others through soul searching. Although they were not exactly righteous cultivators, they had not committed any heinous crimes.

Therefore, Sun Yi's aversion to them was not strong.

Given the conditions of the War Sect, Sun Yi knew very well that it would be attractive to any cultivator in the cultivation world. Now that Shan Yu and the others were completely under Sun Yi's control, it was not impossible for them to join the War Sect.

The Battle Sect's foundation in the Spirit Realm is too weak. If it wants to quickly improve its strength, it needs to recruit powerful individuals. However, it's not about recruiting just any powerful individual.

It must be a strong person who conforms to the War Sect's values, and the War Sect must also have the means to restrain the opponent.

Sun Yi had considered all of these things. It was precisely because he had absolute control over Shan Yu and the others that he devoted himself to cultivating them.

“Senior Hou Qing, why don’t you try refining it first?” Sun Yi said to Hou Qing.

"Okay, okay, okay." Hou Qing quickly released his magic power to envelop the armor and began to refine it.

This suit of armor had already been refined using his divine soul and blood essence, so Hou Qing quickly refined it completely.

When the armor was put on him, Hou Qing could clearly feel its power.

"Is this an eighth-tier spiritual weapon? It's incredibly powerful!"

A set of Tier 8 armor made Hou Qing feel that his strength had increased by more than ten times.

"Senior Hou, please try out the armor's performance first. Although we have already crafted four sets of armor, we haven't had time to test their specific performance yet. Please give it a try first."

Although three sets of armor were forged before, their power was not actually tested.

Sun Yi and Xiao Qi each had a set. Given Sun Yi's current level, he would need to activate the Void Beast bloodline to test the power of the battle armor, so he did not conduct the test.

Xiao Qi would also need to pay a considerable price to unleash the power of the battle armor, so no test was conducted.

As for Lu Yang's system, Sun Yi and his team were busy forging new battle armor and did not conduct any tests.

Since there's no need to continue crafting new Tier 8 battle armor, Sun Yi plans to have Hou Qing test the power of this armor.

"Okay, I'll try it now." Hou Qing was full of excitement and also wanted to test the power of the armor.

With a thought, the spiritual patterns on the surface of his armor glowed, and a powerful suction force erupted from the armor, frantically devouring Hou Qing's magical power.

It took Hou Qing one-tenth of his total mana to barely activate the armor.

This is because the armor has its own power supply array. At this moment, the power supply array on Hou Qing's back has been fully activated, and the mid-grade spirit crystals embedded on it are providing power to the armor at all costs.

Hou Qing was hovering in the air, his blade wings unfolding behind him. With a thought, eight wing blades flew out from behind him and hovered beside him. The aura emanating from each wing blade was extremely terrifying, and all of them were of eighth-order quality.

With a thought, Hou Qing suddenly vanished from his spot. Everyone only vaguely saw a blurry streak of light flash by, and the next moment Hou Qing appeared outside the barrier of the weapon refining platform.

"Such speed!" Ye Wuchen's pupils shrank, looking at Hou Qing, who was wearing battle armor, with some envy.

Although he possessed an eighth-tier spirit sword, it was far inferior to his eighth-tier battle armor.

"Not bad. Wearing eighth-tier battle armor, the speed increase alone has reached an unprecedented level, which will be very convenient for chasing enemies." Zhang Ye looked at Hou Qing in the air with satisfaction.

"This is the greatest masterpiece of our sect's armor, but unfortunately our cultivation level is too low to equip this armor."

"Alas, even if we advance to the early stage of the Integration Realm, without high-level spirit-replenishing treasures, we will not be able to guarantee the consumption of spirit artifacts for a long time."

"Although the armor has an external power supply device, which greatly reduces the consumption of mana, it is still difficult to maintain for a long time without the assistance of a high-level spirit-charging treasure."

“If we want to control a large number of eighth-tier spiritual artifacts at the same time as before, we must refine higher-quality, larger-capacity spirit-filling treasures. We must collect high-level demon cores as soon as possible.” Sun Yi looked at Hou Qing with a serious expression.

Eighth-tier spiritual artifacts consume too much mana. Even if the cultivators of the Battle Sect have opened up the Five Elements Dantian, their total mana is still insufficient to meet the consumption of eighth-tier spiritual artifacts if they have not reached the corresponding level.

The only way to meet the consumption of spiritual artifacts is to improve the quality of the spirit-charging treasure and increase its mana capacity. However, refining high-level spirit-charging treasures requires high-level demon cores, and the Battle Sect currently lacks this crucial material.

"Sect Leader, aren't there top-tier demon clans among the forces besieging Nine Dragons Mountain this time?" Su Motang's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Sun Yi nodded: "They came at just the right time. We can't waste these demons. We still need to refine a demon-locking tower as soon as possible."

Just then, Hou Qing had become basically familiar with his armor. Suddenly, a terrifying aura erupted from him, and a storm swept around him.