Huala!
Under the baptism of everybody's shock, the Crystal Suit on Li Yao's body vibrated at a high frequency and split apart like flowers.
"Ah!"
Somebody exclaimed, thinking that the Crystal Suit that was simply assembled and too complicated in structure had completely fallen apart under the blast of Li Yao's surging spiritual energy.
But out of their expectations, after all the components and units of the Crystal Suit dispersed, they were still attracted by the spiritual energy and electric arcs released by Li Yao and revolved around him slowly, glittering like brilliant stars.
In such a way, Li Yao was able to see through the tiny problems that existed when the components were assembled and connected from the inside to the outside.
Li Yao, who was covered by the Crystal Suit, surprisingly, did not turn into a muscular man almost ten meters tall. Instead, he was surrounded by deep red spiritual energy and deep blue electric arcs, as if he were releasing the energy into a second layer of muscles and veins. It was an anomaly that could only be triggered when one's control over spiritual energy was maximized!
"Is … Is he a refiner or an ace Exo?"
Many refiners of the Deep Sea Fleet swallowed hard like Ye Qingyun did.
They were no stranger to the procedure that Li Yao was performing right now. It was a "test drive"!
For general refiners, if they wanted to "test drive" a brand-new Crystal Suit, they would have to invite an experienced ace Exo to work as a special test driver.
Refining a Crystal Suit and driving a Crystal Suit were two entirely different fields after all. Only the seasoned Exo who had decades of combat experience would have the courage to work as a test driver.
Out of everyone's expectations, Li Yao had taken care of all the work on his own. They couldn't have been more astounded and envious. If they could test drive the Crystal Suit themselves, they would be able to perceive the problems and flaws in the Crystal Suit from the perspective of the user. Naturally, the adjustment and modification would be more precise and subtle.
Swoosh!
While they were exclaiming in envy, the thousands of components around Li Yao were absorbed into his body again, constituting a complete Crystal Suit. After a brief adjustment, the Crystal Suit split, blossomed, and contracted again. After five repetitions, Li Yao finally finished the preliminary adjustment and restored the Crystal Suit to its original form, before he crawled out of it.
"Do you see the mystery of this Crystal Suit?"
Li Yao said to Li Jialing with a smile, "It's for you. However, it has to be sent to the furnace for repeated polishing and polishing before it is truly finished."
"Is it for me?"
Li Jialing was so dumbfounded that he almost couldn't help but drool. His eyes were glittering so brilliantly that they were almost burning holes on the surface of the Crystal Suit. He mumbled, "What a brilliant transformational Crystal Suit!"
"That's right. It's the Transformative Crystal Suit. I call it 'Demon Crab'!"
Li Yao was quite satisfied with the Crystal Suit that he had "magically modified", too.
Generally speaking, he agreed with the mainstream opinion in the circle of refiners and did not appreciate the idea of "Transformative Crystal Suit".
In order to achieve the transformation of the Crystal Suit and adapt to the body size of a berserker, a lot of connection units and redundant components had to be added inside the Crystal Suit, which would significantly increase the difficulty of maintenance and reduce the survivability on a battlefield. It was truly not worth it.
He might as well carry two Crystal Suits, one large and one small, directly!
When Li Yao first embarked on the path of refiners, he had been a "grassroots" refiner. Compared to the improvement of the performance on paper, he paid more attention to the durability of the magical equipment, the simplicity of the logistics, and the versatility of the components. Naturally, he despised the Transformative Crystal Suit.
However, after he stepped into the Divinity Transformation Stage, he had a new understanding about the principles of magical equipment.
There was no such thing as "grassroots" magical equipment and "elite" magical equipment in the world. There was not even a distinction between "low-level magical equipment" and "high-level magical equipment". There was only the difference between "suitable" magical equipment and "unsuitable" magical equipment.
Every piece of magical equipment had advantages and disadvantages. The key was that the greatest advantages of a magical equipment could be carried out according to the environment and the features of the user while covering the disadvantages as much as possible.
The Transformative Crystal Suit did have serious disadvantages, but —
Firstly, the user of the Crystal Suit was Li Jialing. Li Jialing's training path was exactly the same as Wuying Lan's. They were both monsters who had received tremendous modifications and could, and needed, to expand their bodies crazily in a battle into terrifying existences that resembled primeval beasts.
Li Yao had fought Wuying Lan before. To this moment, he still remembered the oppressive killing intent.
According to Li Lingfeng, Li Jialing was even a more perfect "test subject" than Wuying Lan.
Then, he was the most standard berserker, and it was a rigid requirement for him to "transform" in a battle.
Secondly, and more importantly, Li Jialing was not fighting on his own right now but had the technical support of a master of refining such as Li Yao. It was not a problem for him to maintain the equipment at all.
Then, a Transformative Crystal Suit was the "most suitable" choice right now.
The best application depended on one's heart. Li Yao could no longer see the differences between grassroots and elite, between ancient refining and modern refining, between the Imperium and the Federation, and so on. Magical equipment was magical equipment. It was just a tool that human beings invented to solve a specific problem. There was nothing mysterious or irredeemable about it.
He was approaching the essence of magical equipment step by step.
After choosing the Crystal Suit for Li Jialing, Li Yao had to choose one for himself.
After all, he could not always wear the Mystic Skeleton Suit. He did not intend to keep it a secret from the "rebels" of the Deep Sea Fleet. It was impossible for him to keep it a secret, but wearing the Mystic Skeleton Suit? The Mystic Skeleton Suit was still too arrogant for him to go on a rampage on the street of the capital.
Li Yao had long chosen his target among the Crystal Suit in all kinds of bizarre but equally awesome and aggressive designs.
The Crystal Suit that his eyes were fixed on was round and somewhat clumsy. There was also a weird bulge on the back, which seemed to be a giant turtle shell at first glance.
In contrast to the glamorous, high-level Crystal Suit, this Crystal Suit seemed plain and even somewhat dusty.
However, the moment Li Yao's eyes fell on the Crystal Suit, all the refiners of the Deep Sea Fleet whispered to each other.
"This Crystal Suit is very impressive!"
His eyes glowing, Li Yao put on an excited smile and said to Ye Qingyun with a smile, "Although all the Crystal Suit here are made by the masters, and it won't be a problem to choose any one of them, this Crystal Suit is almost flawless from its design to its refinement. It is especially so for the design of its crystal reactor and the power rune arrays. I have never seen such a weird, asymmetrical nine-star layout. At first glance, it seems to be a random arrangement that does not make any sense, but on second thought, such a well-organized layout can make the best use of the Crystal Suit's small-scale directional changing performance.
"The seemingly clumsy and heavy heavy Crystal Suit, after applying the power system of the asymmetrical nine-star layout, can carry out more agility than the Highly Mobile Reconnaissance Crystal Suit on the battlefield. It will certainly surprise the enemy like smoke and ghosts.
"The master who designed the Crystal Suit must've been a top-tier expert in the power system field!
"However …
"Although the design was very advanced, and there was not the slightest problem during the overall refinement, it seemed that something was missing during the final polishing and assembly. There was an error of 0.3 threads at the joints and the gaps of the plate armor.
"If it were a regular Crystal Suit, such an error would've been completely acceptable.
"However, such an error has occurred on such an immaculate Crystal Suit. It is quite a shame that the white jade has some flaws.
"It seems that the refiner is better at theories than practical operations. His hands are not steady enough to realize the perfect idea deep inside his brain.
"It doesn't matter. Let me adjust it. I should be able to exploit another 10% of the potential of the Crystal Suit, right?"
After Li Yao finished, the warehouse of the Crystal Suit fell into dead silence.
Including Ye Qingyun, everybody was looking at him weirdly. Hesitation was written all over their faces.
Li Yao was slightly dazed. It was not until then that he realized that everybody was not looking at his face but behind him along his shoulders. There was no telling whether they were looking at him in awe, regret, or sorrow.
When he looked back, he saw an old man with messy hair and a peculiar appearance, whose body seemed to have been tied up by a dark gold fishing net so that he could barely stand and move, appearing in the crystal suit warehouse without a sound.
Li Yao's eyes fell on the old man's hands.
The old man's hands, which had been as smooth as jade, were also full of shocking scars. The red scars interweaved, cutting almost every finger into dozens of sections. They were only connected by a dense network of gold threads. An extremely thin metal skeleton was propped up on the outside. The rolling of the metal bearings and joints was the only reason why his fingers could move freely.
Despite the support of the gold threads and the mechanical skeleton, the old man's hands were still shivering slightly. Now and then, there would be brief cramps.
Such a pair of hands was obviously not suitable for refining.
Li Yao thought quickly. Judging from everybody's complicated expressions and the unique design of the power system of the Crystal Suit, he immediately guessed everything.
"Master Jin."
Li Yao bowed deeply at Master Jin Tianzong. "Excuse me. Is this your work?"
"Fellow Cultivator Li, your expertise is so remarkable. How can I deserve to be called 'master' by you? Let's just call each other fellow Cultivators."
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