“Your Excellency, this is Li Hao, the first human chief warrant officer,” Dekolon said respectfully.

Fronzo smiled as he sized up Li Hao. “So you’re Li Hao.”

Li Hao nodded. “You know me?”

“Of course. Any member of the Holy Melody considers a Sky Ladder chief warrant officer to be a talent,” Fronzo said with a smile. “It’s nothing much. I’m a member of the Holy Melody Committee. I’ll be examining you. Where in the Solar System do you come from?”

“Your Excellency, I come from Earth in the Solar System.”

Fronzo nodded, tightened his robe, and shrunk it all up, glancing at Dekolon. “Clean this up.”

Dekolon nodded respectfully. Lord Fronzo’s research was on the mysteries of the Emperor’s Tool. In fact, countless Tianren (Celestial) scientists had followed one after another over the years, wanting to find the secret of the Emperor’s Tool’s power. Once they completely mastered it, with the power of the Tianren, the Emperor’s Tool could be popularized, and the restoration of the empire’s glory would be just around the corner.

Not only the Ozir Empire, but also the Garastan Silverheart Business Alliance and the Seventh Art Federation, were investing huge amounts of material resources and financial resources in this area. And Master Fronzo, in order to further his research, had undergone physical reincarnation, transforming from a Tianren into a half-ghostly body. The characteristic of a ghostly body is that it can more purely understand the soul. This was a method obtained through hundreds of years of research. This transformation was irreversible, but masters like Fronzo followed one after another.

This was also a road of no return in the pursuit of the secrets of power.

Li Hao followed Fronzo to what looked like a training ground, surrounded by an energy shield. The field was pure silver, and weapon racks were lined with various Tianren armaments.

Fronzo picked out a shield and threw it to Li Hao, then selected a greatsword for himself. “These are some of my recent attempts. Help me test them.”

Li Hao took the shield. This felt much better than the practice sword he used in the Zeroth-Force class. It seemed to pulsate with a heartbeat. He didn’t know what Fronzo wanted to do.

Fronzo looked at Li Hao, his eyes revealing nothing of what he was thinking. A faint smile slowly appeared at the corner of his mouth. “Activate it with your soul. This is my newly developed Tianren armament. It will react according to the characteristics of your soul. Today, we’re testing its practical strength.”

Li Hao channeled soul power into it. The shield activated instantly. After some initial training, he had mastered some techniques. Black armor, like a living liquid, spread along his arm, instantly enveloping Li Hao’s entire body. He didn’t know if this was bio-nanotechnology. It was very different from his training suit. It was comfortable and smooth, and his perception of the outside world was clearer, instead of feeling like there was a layer between them. Moreover, the lightness and the fusion with his soul were in a different league altogether.

For him, the gap in equipment could be made up for with strength, but if Kepler’s warriors were to be equipped, it definitely had to be good equipment.

The armament covered him, solidified, and took shape. Li Hao in the black armor instantly became imposing. Before he could fully experience it, Fronzo had already swung the greatsword at him.

Li Hao subconsciously raised his shield to block. *Boom*...

Li Hao didn’t move, but Fronzo flew backwards for more than ten meters. His huge body shook violently before he stabilized his retreat.

Fronzo was dumbfounded. He managed to regain his balance in a sorry state. Although his new Tianren armament was still very different from the Emperor’s Tool, the innovation lay in its adaptation to the soul. The Tianren armament adapted to the soul of the user, rather than the soul adapting to the Tianren armament. The Emperor’s Tool was awesome, but it was still essentially the soul adapting to the Emperor’s Tool. This was what Fronzo didn’t like. Why should the equipment be so pretentious? This was what he wanted to change.

The reason for bringing Li Hao here was to understand whether his soul had a dark inclination, and to test the equipment at the same time, killing two birds with one stone.

But this kid... was a bit fierce. Although he was no longer a combat type, he was still a max-level chief warrant officer. The other party just postured and he flew away. He was completely embarrassed.

"Cough cough, kid, not bad, you have some brute strength. I knew that increasing the proportion of K56 would have an effect. Defend with all your strength, I'm going to exert myself!" Fronzo hadn’t exerted much force just now. He always had to let the kid in front of him adapt a little. This time, he mustered all his strength and roared, slamming the greatsword directly at Li Hao’s shield.

*Boom*~~~

Zeroth-Force exploded, and a shockwave burst out at the point of contact. Li Hao still didn’t move at all. The greatsword was directly bounced up, and Fronzo almost lost his grip. If he hadn’t been prepared, he might have dropped his weapon, but he finally held on tightly.

His hand... was a little numb.

"Not bad, kid, you have some skill. How many more hits can you take?" Fronzo said calmly.

At this time, Li Hao was covered in dark-golden armor, with dark-golden patterns flowing on the surface of his body. "Your Excellency, I'm fine. You don't have to worry. Just go all out."

In the collision just now, the obvious force was dispersed by the shield, and the transmitted force was also dispersed on the armor. He didn't understand how it was done, but this thing was really a powerful weapon. Moreover, it seemed to have many functions that he didn't quite understand. He immediately felt that the mass-produced goods he had seen when he first entered were not good. If he didn't get a few sets for his brothers, wouldn't he have come for nothing?

His gaze towards Fronzo became even more earnest. He looked like he was simple-minded and well-developed... *呸呸* (Pei pei - spitting sound, used to ward off bad luck), he had to maintain a good relationship with this kind of master.

The corner of Fronzo’s mouth twitched. Could it be that he had consumed too much during the experiment just now?

"Well, I'll change to something more handy. You have to remember the feeling and tell me later." Saying that, Fronzo walked to the weapon rack, his eyes slowly scanning, while his wrists were also moving. He chose a large warhammer, which, combined with his height of more than two meters, immediately increased his momentum.

Fronzo was starting to get serious. He raised the warhammer, and Zeroth-Force poured into it. Fiery-red Zeroth-Force was injected into it, and the warhammer instantly enveloped Fronzo. A huge, fiery-red berserker in full body armor appeared.

Accompanied by Fronzo’s ox-like roar, the huge battlefield was burning with intense red flames, slamming down from above.

*Rumble rumble rumble*...

Li Hao withstood all the force without moving at all. This thing was really wonderful. He felt the power transmission again. The other party’s power was a bit strong, and some of the power would act on his body, but Li Hao hardly felt anything and quickly digested it.

...

The energy shock dissipated. Sensing that there was no movement for a long time, Li Hao said, "Your Excellency, I'm fine. You can use a little more force."

Fronzo’s expression was serious. He slowly lifted the hammer with both hands. *Damn it*, it wasn’t that he didn’t want to, but his hands were numb. Almost all the power was reflected back. What was the origin of this kid? He had even withstood his hammer strike, which he hadn’t held back at all, without moving at all.

Could it be that his new technology had been completed???

The next moment, golden light seeped out from the black shield on Li Hao’s body. The next moment, it shattered into pieces. The black armament on his body also instantly disintegrated, turning into gray dust.

Li Hao ???

But he was still sure in his heart and not flustered at all. He definitely didn’t have to pay for this.

Fronzo threw away the hammer, deactivated the Tianren armament, squatted on the ground, grabbed a handful of dust from the ground, rubbed it between his fingertips, then brought it to his nose to sniff, ...and then put it in his mouth to taste.

He looked at Li Hao, tilted his head. What was going on? The Tianren armament had completely disintegrated. It was a rare situation. Could it be that there was something wrong with the ratio of his formula?

"Li Hao, are you interested in being my assistant in your spare time?" Fronzo said with a smile. From the counterattack just now, there was no malice in the soul he was using to use his power, and he had always been restrained. Of course, malice couldn’t be easily observed. His task was to do a routine screening. If there were obvious problems, they had to be filed.

"Lord Fronzo, it’s my honor!" Li Hao said. He would have to be out of his mind to refuse.

Fronzo was also very satisfied. He needed an excellent soul to test on. He couldn’t ask Hausen and the others to come at all. The other aristocratic children were about the same. They had different goals. It was difficult to call them over, and he would be uncomfortable.

"Lord Fronzo, I didn’t expect you to appreciate Li Hao so much." A sexy, magnetic voice rang out. Helena didn’t know where she had come from.

Fronzo looked at Helena. "Why are you here? Have you finished your mission?"

"Everything went smoothly, but Your Excellency, you seem to have forgotten that he’s not a Tianren, so he can’t be your assistant." Helena said with a smile, but there was no joy in her voice at all. She also glanced at Li Hao.

A human who could inexplicably arouse Hermia’s goodwill, and who had completely violated the rules to advance to Sky Ladder chief warrant officer. It would be an insult to her intelligence to say that there was no conspiracy behind this. Not to mention a human, even she had spent more than a year to advance to level 40 chief warrant officer.

After Hermia arrived, she had been silently observing. All low-level civilizations that came to a place like Holy Melody of Judgment were cautious. His calmness and composure were not the attitude that a human should have at all. There was a 100% problem with this person!

"Helena, it’s not that exaggerated, is it? It’s just being my assistant. Besides, he’s also a Judgement warrior," Fronzo said. "Besides, isn’t our current national policy to be inclusive?"

The Silverheart Business Alliance had grown strong in this way, attracting talents from all over the galaxy. You should know that when the Galactic Empire had just disintegrated, the Ozir Empire was still the largest force, inheriting half of the Empire’s power. At that time, Garastan was still called the Garastan Empire, but they had made changes to give other civilizations "Tianren status" and changed the imperial system to a "Business Alliance." This did indeed experience a period of turmoil, but eventually, with Garastan’s continuous growth, especially with the strong support of other civilizations, the Garastan Business Alliance leapt to become one of the leading forces in the Galactic Alliance. Most of the current rules were set by Garastan. Ozir and the Seventh Art both wanted to learn, but they didn’t learn very well.

Helena didn’t immediately explain to Fronzo, but beckoned to Li Hao. "Li Hao, come here for a moment."

Li Hao could feel that this Lord Helena wasn’t coming with good intentions. When she arranged the mission earlier, well, knowing that there was a problem, Li Hao was willing to be an optimistic person.

Li Hao walked over. "Lord Helena."

Helena smiled slightly. She loved black, which was why she had the nickname Black Rose. Helena, who had rushed back from the opera house, was still wearing a dress, revealing a snow-white expanse of skin on her chest. Her sexy figure was fully displayed. Tianren had always been generous in showing off their figures.

Li Hao subconsciously avoided her gaze for a moment. In that instant, Helena attacked, a hand blade flashing like lightning towards Li Hao’s throat. Li Hao swayed his body to dodge, and Helena followed up, *噌噌噌噌* (ceng ceng ceng ceng - sound of rapid movements)...

A series of attacks struck towards Li Hao’s vital points. Li Hao didn’t immediately fight back, but kept pulling away. ...This was obviously not the one who owed him 50 bucks. Her attacks carried killing intent, although it wasn’t that strong, but her hostility was completely exposed. "Lord Helena, is there some misunderstanding? Can we stop first?"

"Don’t you know what you’ve done!" Helena completely ignored him, pressing forward step by step. The Zeroth-Force on her body exploded, and purple Zeroth-Flames instantly blazed.

Li Hao was stunned. *Damn it*, could it be that he had been caught peeking?

Thinking of this, Li Hao’s aura fluctuated obviously. Helena’s eyes became even more fierce. He was guilty!

With a *噌* (ceng - sound of a sharp movement), she cut in like a purple lightning bolt, punching him in the chest. Li Hao turned his hand to block, and Helena took advantage of the situation to spin around, *踏踏踏踏踏踏* (ta ta ta ta ta ta - sound of rapid footsteps)...

(End of this chapter)