Li Yao knew that Red Serpent Sect had also produced a MP Crystal Suit and was his competitor. Also, Luo Jingang had mentioned the name 'Flying Flame Battlesuit' in their conversation just now. He must've seen it in Red Serpent Sect's booth before.
Now that Red Serpent Sect had come to his booth and spoken so rudely, it seemed that they were not friendly at all.
Li Yao explained patiently.
"Fellow Cultivator, although the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit of the Grand Desolate War Institution is not strengthened by Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, it adopts a brand-new high-pressure valve design and a very sensitive spiritual pressure sensor system. Once the spiritual pressure inside the crystal reactor is unstable and exceeds the warning level, the valve will automatically open and release the excess spiritual energy.
"In Leader Luo's case, we can add a large cooling system that is powered by the spiritual energy overflowing from the crystal reactor. It is absolutely foolproof."
Cao Huorong, the disciple of Chi Lian, snorted coldly.
"In such a case, the battle endurance of the Crystal Suit will be greatly reduced, won't it?"
Li Yao nodded and admitted frankly.
"Yes. In extreme cases, the battle endurance may be reduced to half of normal. However, we believe that it is a price that must be paid. There is no perfect Crystal Suit in the world, especially at such a low price. Something must be sacrificed to ensure the key performance."
"Hehe. This is the first time that the Grand Desolate War Institution has ever produced a Crystal Suit. That's why you said that it was a price that must be paid because of your lack of experience."
Cao Huorong smiled and said proudly, "Red Serpent Sect has hundreds of years of experience in the production of Crystal Suit. We have produced more than ten classic crystal suits. Take our latest MP crystal suit 'Flying Flame Battlesuit' for example. It is very suitable for use in hot environments. Its performance is much better than that of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. Its battle endurance is more than twice as long as that of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. Although it is not perfect, we have not sacrificed anything!"
He raised his voice on purpose so that many visitors nearby could hear him. They all gathered around.
Li Yao's eyelids were twitching rapidly.
It was normal for magical equipment of the same kind to compete with each other. You could brag about your own magical equipment on your own booth, or even praise other magical equipment, but it didn't matter.
Li Yao himself had just described the Crystal Suit of "certain sects" as "seafood fried rice made of dead fish and shrimps"!
But these words. They could only talk about it in their own territory.
You came to the booth of the Grand Desolate War Institution to criticize the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and compliment your Flying Flame Battlesuit. If this wasn't asking for trouble, then what was?
Li Yao's eyes flashed with malevolence.
You're courting death, so don't blame me!
"Fellow Cultivators from the Red Serpent Sect. We've visited your booth just now. The 17th generation of the Bursting Flame Battlesuit and the new Flying Flame Battlesuit are all classics that we can learn from."
Li Yao narrowed his eyes and smiled casually. "The Flying Flame Battlesuit adopts almost the same design structure and spiritual energy circulation mechanism as the Bursting Flame Battlesuit. It inherits most of the features of the Bursting Flame Battlesuit. It is almost a small Bursting Flame Battlesuit, but its price is less than 300 million, which is only one fifth of the price of the Bursting Flame Battlesuit.
"However. There is one thing that I don't quite understand. I hope that the fellow Cultivator from the Red Serpent Sect can enlighten me.
"As far as I know, the reason why the Bursting Flame Battlesuit can fight in a temperature of hundreds of degrees is not because of its unique structure, but because it is made of a lot of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, such as the Heavenly Sun Stone and the Phantom Snow Crystal.
"The former can absorb heat. The former can transform heat into the purest spiritual energy. The latter is a natural ice insulation material, which can block the high temperature very well when applied to the components.
"Although the two Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures are useful, they are very expensive. Take a medium-sized Crystal Suit for example. If it is covered from head to toe with the Heavenly Sun Stone and the Phantom Snow Crystal, it will cost at least hundreds of kilograms. The cost of the materials alone will be more than 500 million.
"Of course, it won't be a problem if they are applied to the Bursting Flame Battlesuit.
"But the price of the Flying Flame Battlesuit is less than 300 million. Its cost can only be lower. May I ask how many Heavenly Sun Stones and Phantom Snow Crystals you have applied to the Flying Flame Battlesuit?"
Cao Huorong was wearing a cold smile at the beginning. But when he heard Li Yao's compliments on the Bursting Flame Battlesuit, he raised his chin even higher.
He didn't expect that Li Yao would dig a hole for him to jump in at the end. His face was a bit shocked. He frowned and said,
"Why are you asking when you already know the answer? As a cheap MP Crystal Suit, the Flying Flame Battlesuit doesn't use as many Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures as the Bursting Flame Battlesuit does! "
Li Yao smiled.
"So, the Flying Flame Battlesuit doesn't use any Heavenly Sun Stone or Phantom Snow Crystal?"
Cao Huorong blushed and said,
"Although we don't use any Heavenly Sun Stone or Phantom Snow Crystal, we've adopted a brand-new cooling liquid circulation technology. The powder of the Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal has been mixed into a special material called Ice Condensate. The Ice Condensate will circulate among the key components, which will achieve the same effect of heat insulation and cooling."
"So, it's Ice Condensate!"
Li Yao dragged his words and put on a cruel smile.
When he visited the booth, Li Yao had paid special attention to the Flying Flame Battlesuit. He knew that the Flying Flame Battlesuit was using the cooling principle of Ice Condensate to heat the Crystal Suit.
Ice Condensate was a rare liquid material that was rarely used in the modern Cultivation world.
However, its properties were similar to several liquid materials recorded in the ancient books of the 'Hundred Smelting Clan'. But all the materials of this type had a great shortcoming …
"The special cooling liquid produced by mixing the powder of Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal into the Ice Condensate has reduced the cost and ensured the normal operation of the Crystal Suit in a high-temperature environment. It is indeed an excellent design."
Li Yao said with a smile.
"However, has your sect solved the biggest problem of the Ice Condensate, which is its high evaporation rate?
"Since the Flying Flame Battlesuit of your sect is designed based on the Bursting Flame Battlesuit, it relies on Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to cool the Crystal Suit.
"But the Ice Condensate is flowing slowly in the cooling tubes all over the body. The surface area of the Ice Condensate is greatly increased, so is the evaporation rate.
"Fighting in a high-temperature environment of hundreds of degrees for a long time, the Ice Condensate evaporates even faster.
"The Flying Flame Battlesuit of your sect doesn't have a cooling pool to store the Ice Condensate. That is to say, how long can the Crystal Suit last in a high-temperature environment with the tiny amount of Ice Condensate in the tubes? The Ice Condensate will run out in three to five days, won't it?
"The Ice Condensate is not expensive. But it has to be refilled every three to five days. After three to five years, the cost will still be considerable. It's not much cheaper than using Heavenly Sun Stone and Phantom Snow Crystal directly.
"But if the Crystal Suit is used for missions that take more than three to five days, a cooling pool full of Ice Condensate will be installed at the back of the Crystal Suit. Not only will it be a burden, it will also be blown up in a battle. Won't the Crystal Suit lose its combat ability instantly?
"From this point of view, the endurance of the Flying Flame Battlesuit is much better than the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. It might even be lower than the Flying Flame Battlesuit's. "
Li Yao's words made the onlookers nod their heads. They looked at Cao Huorong with suspicion in their eyes.
Luo Jingang also asked in confusion,
"Fellow Cultivator Cao, if the Flying Flame Battlesuit is patrolling and fighting in a high-temperature mine thousands of meters below the ground, how often will it take to refill the Ice Condensate? And how much will it cost? "
"Well …"
Cao Huorong's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He felt that he was seeing stars. His ears were buzzing, but he couldn't say anything.
Li Yao's words hit his sore spot.
Of course, the Ice Condensate evaporated very fast. Otherwise, it would have been used on the Bursting Flame Battlesuit a long time ago. Why would it be used on the Flying Flame Battlesuit?
Besides, in order to compete with other MP Crystal Suit, the price of the Flying Flame Battlesuit had been lowered to the minimum. There was no profit to be made.
Red Serpent Sect was planning to make a loss and earn back the money from the maintenance later.
According to Red Serpent Sect's plan, the Flying Flame Battlesuit could only use the components and maintenance services provided by Red Serpent Sect.
Red Serpent Sect could sell the Ice Condensate at a high price. A blunt knife cut the meat slowly.
Even if the Flying Flame Battlesuit wanted to use the Ice Condensate provided by other sects, it wouldn't work.
Because Red Serpent Sect had mixed seventeen different components into the Ice Condensate. Only by adding such special Ice Condensate could the Crystal Suit function normally.
If it were other Ice Condensate, the Crystal Suit would break down immediately.
The maintenance cost would be another huge sum of money.
Red Serpent Sect was not the only sect that was doing this. The other sects that were producing MP Crystal Suit were also doing the same thing.
Otherwise, how could more than twenty MP crystal suit models have popped up all of a sudden in only one year?
But out of everyone's expectation, Li Yao had exposed the biggest problem of the Flying Flame Battlesuit in public.
"This kid even knows the characteristics of such a rare material as the Ice Condensation Liquid?"
Cao Huorong was secretly shocked. He suddenly felt that he was in a dilemma.
If he went back with his tail between his legs, it would be impossible for him to sell the Flying Flame Battlesuit, let alone compete for the military's big order.
Then wouldn't the Sect Leader eat him alive!
Listening to the discussions around him, which were getting louder and louder, and seeing that many Cultivators were shaking their heads at him, Cao Huorong's face seemed to be on fire. He gnashed his teeth in fury and said,
"There's no point in talking. If you are so confident in the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, why don't you have a competition with the Flying Flame Battlesuit and see which of us is the MP Crystal Suit that is most suitable for fighting in a high-temperature environment?"
The crowd was in an uproar after hearing his words.
The competition between magical equipment was the most important part of the Magical Equipment Exposition. It was also the most exciting part.
Generally speaking, when one party proposed a competition, the other party wouldn't turn it down.
It was not only about the dignity of a refiner, but also about the honor of the sect and the university behind him.
Everybody knew that the military would place a big order in the Magical Equipment Exposition and that there would be a fierce competition among more than twenty MP Crystal Suit models.
But nobody expected that the first competition would come so soon.
Li Yao turned around and looked at Yuan Manqiu.
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