Li Yao was like a ghost that had crawled out of the deepest level of hell. The broken Crystal Suit was dangling on his body, but he didn't look frustrated at all. Instead, he was brimming with mysterious killing intent. ∩ ﹏,
"Ka! Ka! "
The twisted mask couldn't be opened automatically. He simply pulled it off. His lips curled into a cunning smile.
At this moment, Zuo Feijing finally realized what was going on. His face was so gloomy that water could have been squeezed out of it.
He gritted his teeth and said, "The crystal reactor of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit is fine. Everything is a trap of yours?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes, which were as sharp as sabers.
"Yes. Before I came to the Magical Equipment Exposition, I spent a month crafting some gadgets and performed some special modifications on the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. They are not very useful, except that they can interfere with the spiritual waves released by the crystal reactor, as if the spiritual energy in the crystal reactor is not fully activated.
"Other than that, I carved a lot of luminescent and burning rune arrays on the shell of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, which can unleash dazzling brilliance and intimidating fireballs. But in fact, they are nothing more than sound and visual effects. They are not lethal at all.
"Therefore!"
Zuo Feijing's teeth bit his lips so hard that blood was flowing out of his mouth. He said, one word after another, "You fought me head-on like a maniac at the beginning. You even said that you would rather be smashed to pieces than make the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit famous. You were just trying to mislead us into thinking that you had lost your mind, weren't you?
"I fought you head-on because I wanted to show the performance of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and to find a reasonable explanation for the overload of the crystal reactor.
Li Yao smiled and said, "Smashed to pieces? That was just a joke. This is just a competition. Do you have to be so dramatic? "
"You!"
Zuo Feijing, Sha Yucheng, and Feng Kai were speechless for a long time. They clenched their fists and glared at Li Yao.
It was the only thing that they could do at this moment.
…
The conversation between Li Yao and Zuo Feijing. Through the broadcast rune arrays, it was transmitted to the top and bottom of the tower. A huge uproar was raised immediately.
"Too despicable! Too shameless! Who would pretend to self-destruct! "
"Foul! This is definitely against the rules! "
Deep Sea University's camp was in an uproar. The trace of sympathy and admiration they had for Li Yao just a moment ago had long been thrown to the winds. Everyone jumped up.
Many boys gritted their teeth and rolled up their sleeves, wanting to settle accounts with Li Yao.
Some girls even shed tears because of Zuo Feijing's failure.
"Shaoyang, Uncle somewhat understands how you felt at that time."
Supernova Jiang Sheng sat there calmly. The metal bracelet on his eyes dimmed. After a long time, it released a faint green light.
The corners of his mouth curled up and he couldn't help but laugh at himself.
"From the very beginning, Li Yao created the illusion that he was a tough, unstoppable man. He made Zuo Feijing, Sha Yucheng, and Feng Kai fall into his trap and dance to his rhythm. In the end, I was indeed led into a ditch by him! "
"Everything is going according to Li Yao's plan. The name of 'Vulture'. The Vulture is indeed worthy of his name! "
Many Cultivators were exclaiming. Their faces were burning.
Before Li Yao crawled out of the fireball, even they had been fooled and didn't realize that the self-destruct was just an illusion.
"Li Yao …"
Yuan Manqiu finally took a long breath in relief. She leaned against the back of the chair and covered her face with her hands. His fat body trembled slightly, and crystal clear tears squeezed out from between his thick and short fingers.
"What happened? What happened? "
Some of the ordinary tourists didn't understand what was going on. They looked at each other in bewilderment. They pulled the people around them and yelled.
"Big news! Big news! In the competition of 21 MP Crystal Suit models, the cheapest Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit has defeated the Tiger King Battlesuit of Deep Sea University and won the competition! "
"Vulture Li Yao has blown the horn of challenge to the Refining Department of Deep Sea University with his astounding performance!"
"After the Flying Crystal race, nobody will dare to underestimate the Refining Department of the Grand Desolate War Institution anymore!"
The reporters were excited, too. Their telepathic thoughts were condensed into words on the light beam and spread to every corner of the Xing Yao Federation and the entire world of Cultivators through the Spiritual Nexus.
…
Half an hour later …
The giant med bay was filled with bright green high-energy recovery drugs. Li Yao was soaked in them, floating and sinking.
The wounds on his body were clearly visible.
The battle just now was definitely not as easy as it seemed.
In order to keep the cost low, the buffer and defense systems of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit were far inferior to those of the Tiger King, the Sword Torrent, and the Mournful Mist.
The high-intensity combat had left countless wounds on his body that were deep to the bone.
However, when he recalled that he returned to the arena with the broken Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and was bathed in the scorching gazes of thousands of people …
He felt from the bottom of his heart that all the pain was worth it.
As he breathed, the Soul Condensing Pendant in front of his chest started shivering.
Li Yao could feel that the strength inside the Soul Condensing Pendant was much stronger than before the Flying Crystal race.
Perhaps, it wouldn't be long before the Phantom Entities hiding inside the pendant would break out of their cocoons and return to the human world!
Right then, a middle-aged soldier wearing the rank of colonel strode into the med bay.
He was wearing a badge on his chest, which was decorated with crisscrossed crimson lightning bolts. It was a skull full of cracks, which made him look gloomy and hideous.
The middle-aged soldier stood outside of the med bay.
The shocking wounds on Li Yao's body made his eyelids twitch. There was surprise and appreciation in his eyes.
"It seems that the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit is not as good as we thought."
Colonel Guan Chao, the leader of the Red Lightning Special Task Force, said calmly.
Li Yao didn't know who he was, but he guessed that his arrival had something to do with the military order.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Maybe, but I'm still standing, and I've won!"
Guan Chao squinted and said casually,
"Your performance in the Flying Crystal race was indeed eye-opening, but the way you won the race in the end was … You seemed to have taken advantage of the situation.
"In the race, you took advantage of your opponent's psychological blind spot and pretended that the crystal reactor had exploded to mislead him. You won the precious ten seconds and won the race. That's understandable.
"But in a real battle … What's the point of doing that?
"What the military needs is not a performance Crystal Suit that can dominate the Flying Crystal race, but a killing machine that can defeat the enemy on the battlefield!"
Li Yao smiled, revealing his sharp canine teeth. He struggled to raise his hand and extended a finger.
"Firstly, the intelligence of the high-level demons is as good as that of human beings. If Zuo Feijing was fooled, the high-level demons might be fooled, too. In a real battle, if I pretended that I was about to detonate myself, I could distract the high-level demons for a split second. Then, I might be able to change the outcome of the battle! "
Guan Chao said coldly,
"Such a trick can only be used once. No enemy will be fooled the second time."
Li Yao extended a second finger slowly.
"Secondly, and most importantly, I was afraid that I might scare Zuo Feijing. I didn't explain it to them clearly.
"It was not a trick.
"As long as I want to, the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit can really detonate itself."
Guan Chao's pupils constricted violently. "What did you say?"
Li Yao said, "The crystal reactor of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit doesn't use any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. Therefore, it is the most unstable crystal reactor of all the Crystal Suit in the Federation.
"Even the high-pressure valve can't make up for it.
"After all, in a fierce battlefield, the high-pressure valve can break down and malfunction at any time.
"My capability is limited. Since I can't change that, I decided to go in reverse and add a lot of highly destructive magical equipment units outside the crystal reactor.
"As long as I want to, the crystal reactor can turn into a powerful crystal bomb at any time. The power it unleashes is equal to the explosion of hundreds of Hellfire-Lightnings at the same time.
"Therefore, don't think that I was fooling them just now.
"As long as I want to, I have countless opportunities to kill the Tiger King with me just now.
"In front of the earth-shattering explosion, the tiny difference in performance can be completely erased!
"Of course, this is just my personal modification right now.
"However, the modification process is not complicated, and I didn't use any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures. The self-detonation system can be a standard feature of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit."
Guan Chao was dazed for a long time. He looked at Li Yao with complicated eyes. After a long time, he asked, "Do you think it is necessary to make the self-detonation system a standard feature of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit?"
Li Yao nodded his head.
"If the final battle between mankind and the demon race breaks out, I believe that the self-detonation system is the most important feature of all the Crystal Suit.
"If it's me, I'd rather die instantly than fall into the hands of the demon race and be savaged to death!"
Guan Chao was silent. He stared at Li Yao deeply and walked out of the room without saying anything.
Li Yao was uneasy. He didn't know whether or not his answer had satisfied the mysterious colonel.
Five minutes later, Yuan Manqiu walked in. Her eyes were red.
"We've been invited by the military to participate in a special bidding meeting together with the Tiger King, Sword Torrent, and Mournful Mist Crystal Suit. We will compete for the military standard Crystal Suit!"
Yuan Manqiu said one word after another, trying to keep calm.
But Li Yao could tell that his master had been suppressing her passion for twenty years and was about to crystallize under the calmness.
"The military thinks highly of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit. The final competition will be between the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit and the Tiger King. Mournful Mist and Sword Torrent are just background characters. The performance of the two Crystal Suit is too unbalanced. The military will only purchase them on a small scale at best. It is unlikely that they will be used as standard Crystal Suit for the military to arm on a large scale."
Yuan Manqiu finally couldn't hold it anymore. Her voice was shaking. There was no telling whether she was nervous or happy.
"However, the test in the bidding meeting will be a hundred times more difficult than the Flying Crystal race.
"Your opponents are not just the Tiger King, Sword Torrent, and Mournful Mist Crystal Suit.
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