CHAPTER 263: CHAPTER 139: THE BRIDE’S MASK

"Li Xiu, I’ve got some good news for you. All that wood is Demon Spirit Wood, and not just any kind of Demon Spirit Wood. Based on my initial tests, it seems this Demon Spirit Wood grew from an S-Class Demon Spirit, and not an ordinary one at that. I still need to run detailed tests for specific data... These instruments really are a hassle..." In the afternoon, while Li Xiu was refueling the Masked Emperor’s tank with Topaz, Ximen Guan called him, his voice trembling with excitement.

"Oh, got it." Li Xiu didn’t seem particularly thrilled.

Demon Spirit Wood is great, but unfortunately, it can’t be exchanged for Gemstones. If he tried to trade the Demon Spirit Wood for Gemstones, Ximen Guan would probably go nuts.

Of course, Li Xiu had no intention of exchanging the Demon Spirit Wood for Gemstones. He was, after all, quite invested in Ximen Guan’s research. If his resources weren’t limited, he would have already increased funding for Ximen Guan.

Now that Ximen Guan had materials to work with, how could he sell them off?

"What kind of attitude is that? Don’t you realize what this means?" As Ximen Guan spoke, he seemed to realize something, letting out an awkward laugh: "My bad, you probably really don’t know yet."

"Let me put it this way, with this Demon Spirit Wood as a material, I can make at least three more sets of Demon Armor. And I’m talking about the kind of Demon Armor that I research, not those crappy ones... actually... they should be even better than the set I made before. After all, the materials I used back then were far inferior to this Demon Spirit Wood..." Ximen Guan was so excited he could hardly string a sentence together.

"That’s great, now you won’t have to worry about materials anymore." Li Xiu laughed.

"Well, it’s not that simple. Demon Spirit Wood is just one of the key materials. To create a complete set of Demon Armor, we still need more materials, like high-quality S-Class Demon Cores..." Ximen Guan was trying to hit up Li Xiu for materials again.

"Nope." Li Xiu cut off Ximen Guan’s wishful thinking. If he had a high-quality S-Class Demon Core, he’d use it to feed the Demigod Shana. No way would he give it to Ximen Guan to make Demon Armor.

Boosting Demigod Shana to S-Class as soon as possible was much more reliable than however long Ximen Guan would take with his Demon Armor research.

Ximen Guan also knew Li Xiu didn’t have any money. Managing to snag this batch of Demon Spirit Wood was already a windfall, and Ximen Guan didn’t feel comfortable asking for additional budget increases.

To ensure Li Xiu would keep getting him materials in the future, Ximen Guan unexpectedly dangled a little bait this time.

"I’m planning to rebuild the basic components of your Demon Armor from scratch, using Demon Spirit Wood as the base material. This will dramatically enhance the Demon Armor’s performance, improving not just its defense but also significantly boosting the transmission speed of Demonic Light and reducing loss during transmission..."

"When can it be ready?" Li Xiu showed a bit of interest.

"I’ve already allocated manpower to work on your Demon Armor first, but remaking the base materials will still take some time. Should be less than a month," mused Ximen Guan.

"Hurry it up. Hope it can be done before the magic tournament starts." Li Xiu calculated the time; it should be feasible.

"No problem." Ximen Guan paused before his voice took on an odd tone: "As for that peculiar container, I still haven’t figured out exactly what it is, but from my initial tests, it seems quite formidable."

"What do you mean by formidable?" Li Xiu didn’t quite understand Ximen Guan’s choice of words.

"Every movement requires energy. Whether it was old thermal weapons or today’s Demon Armor, they all need an energy source to function. It might look like Demon Armor doesn’t need an energy source, but that’s not true. The energy source for Demon Armor, simply put, is the core Demon Core array. Once the energy from the Demon Core array is depleted, the Demon Armor becomes useless."

"Of course, it’s not easy to completely exhaust a Demon Core’s energy. Plus, Demon Cores can automatically absorb free energy to recharge themselves. However, this recharging speed is limited; it’s somewhat akin to solar charging. During prolonged intense battles, the energy replenished by the Demon Core array can’t keep up with consumption."

"Tell me something I don’t know." Being a Magic Armor Master, Li Xiu naturally knew these things.

"Upon my examination, that container seems like an enormous energy battery. The energy inside feels inexhaustible. If we can figure out how it works and apply it to Demon Armor, we might be able to create Demon Armor with a never-ending energy supply..." Ximen Guan got excited again.

Li Xiu quietly listened to Ximen Guan finish. Before he could get a word of praise in, Ximen Guan hung up and returned to his research.

"That old guy, he’s a real Demon Armor fanatic." Li Xiu chuckled, placing his phone on the table, and poured the rest of the Topaz into the tank.

"Even the Topaz is all used up. How am I going to scrounge up some money? Even if I can’t come up with the cash to buy Gemstones, getting some Demon Cores to feed Demigod Shana and the Jedi Knight would do." Li Xiu looked at the Masked Emperor spinning circles and burning Topaz to absorb energy, feeling quite troubled.