285: Money, money, money! It's all money!

Without experiencing things together...

Trust between people is very hard to establish.

Between the two of them, a good start had been made.

But...

To put it bluntly, this Ruined World ultimately only has three Realms.

Ants, Fellow Daoists, and Seniors.

Ye Su was collecting Materials to strengthen his equipment.

Meanwhile, Gong Li was accumulating his Foundation to perfect his Blood Qi Heavy Armor.

The two of them should still be considered in the Fellow Daoist Realm!

---A full day passed.

"The harvest is indeed not small!"

Gong Li said, then handed Ye Su a pile of Ores.

Ye Su was surprised;

"Didn't we say the other harvests belong to you?"

"These aren't that precious," Gong Li said;

"However, they can nourish your equipment and make this evolution more perfect. After all, only with a solid Foundation can one climb higher."

"The people above you won't be this careful."

"Thank you."

Ye Su accepted them.

Gong Li was clearly pointing out that the people above were treating Ye Su as a disposable item.

After all, forcibly strengthening equipment like that isn't a huge problem, but it lacks some Foundation. In the future, when strengthening it further, problems will more or less arise.

The Tiangong Clan.

Their eyes were much more discerning than Lu Yiyi's.

Of course.

Lu Yiyi herself wouldn't pay attention to this point.

Does equipment need nourishing?

But my equipment has always been in a perfect state---well.

Don't blame her.

That's just how the "rich sister" status is.

Tun Tian was constantly sucking on the Ores.

As the process of strengthening with earth vein stones and heavenly vein stones continued, it became more agile.

Like a living being, it was slowly radiating vitality.

However, this was just the state Ye Su felt; the feeling of a true qualitative change would have to wait until it was completely strengthened.

"The other Materials and spiritual entities are easy to find."

Gong Li said;

"But the star spirits and soul spirits---"

"Simple, just kill someone from the Star Spirit Clan and the Ghost Clan."

Ye Su responded.

When Lu Yiyi sent the list over, she had basically defaulted to this outcome.

The Star Spirit Clan has such a large population base.

Ascension Level Two experts can be found everywhere.

Picking an unimportant one to kill isn't a big deal.

Of course.

To prevent making things difficult for Lu Yiyi, Ye Su didn't mind setting up a small scheme.

The deeper one goes into the Ruined World, the more dangers and crises there are.

He could surely find a heavily injured and dying Star Spirit Clan member somewhere.

As for the Ghost Clan---just kill them.

It wouldn't make things difficult for the whole Chen Wang Master and Ister just because of one Ghost Clan member.

Core subsidiary races aren't slaves; they are important components.

The Wang Clan also has a say within the Ghost Clan.

The Brahmin-like status...

Doesn't apply to the Wang Clan.

"You're really fierce."

Gong Li rubbed his nose and then said;

"By the way, once your equipment is strengthened, can your heavens will intensity reach 25?"

Gong Li knew this question was abrupt and ridiculous.

A level 25 heavens will.

That would require a Rank 9 Cultivation Technique or Secret Technique.

Such a configuration is no longer that of an ordinary Ascender.

Even for him, the best technique on hand, the Blood Profound Scripture, was only Rank 8!

And because the Blood Qi Heavy Armor wasn't fully perfected, he couldn't exert the effects of the Blood Profound Scripture at all.

"Do you have a secret?"

"I do!"

"What is it?"

"The Ruined World isn't truly an unexplored place. The Calamity Mercenary Group discovered this world, but when the spirit net was covering it, the Mechanical Race scanned it."

Gong Li said;

"The Mechanical Race wasn't willing to pay the high price to scan everything clearly, but scanning it while the spirit net was being deployed was already a huge cost."

"So, the Mechanical Race sells maps."

"There's good stuff in a certain area deep within the Ruined World."

"Although it's not an ancient heavenly will---"

Saying this, Gong Li glanced at Ye Su.

Seeing no change in Ye Su's expression, he continued;

"But, it's very likely one of the Ten Great Heavenly Stones!"

"The Ten Great Heavenly Stones!"

Ye Su's heart shook.

How should he describe this thing?

Immortal Gold from Xuanhuan novels! Yes, roughly like that.

"That area has blood light soaring to the sky; it's very likely the divine blood heavenly stone!"

Gong Li said excitedly.

Ye Su began to search for the divine blood heavenly stone.

He suddenly discovered that not even the black market was selling this information.

Damn.

Keeping it that hidden?

"What is the divine blood heavenly stone?"

"The supreme treasure core of the Blood Qi Heavy Armor!" Gong Li said;

"In the Tiangong Clan, the Blood Qi Heavy Armor is where every Tiangong person's power lies; it's the core component of our combat power."

"And for the Blood Qi Heavy Armor, the most perfect state is exerting 100% combat power."

There was a piece of common knowledge Gong Li didn't mention; he felt Ye Su should understand it.

That is, blood qi Cultivation is much simpler than Martial Arts, Secret Techniques, and so on.

So many people with average Aptitude dare to choose high-level blood qi Cultivate methods of Rank 5, 6, 7, or higher.

However, to fully display the power of such high-level Cultivate methods, one must rely on Blood Qi Heavy Armor.

This common knowledge isn't a secret; everyone in the Cosmos knows it.

The Tiangong Clan relies on this method to make the combat power of their entire race soar by a large margin.

They can ignore Aptitude to Cultivate high-level methods, and then use that as a base multiplied by the Ascender's independent multiplier.

Isn't this a blatant cheat?

A Rank 10 Cultivation Technique requires 100 points of Aptitude.

A Rank 11 blood qi Cultivate method only needs 50 points of Aptitude.

Then, external items are used to compensate for the drawbacks of the Rank 11 blood qi method.

Although their Aptitude isn't as good as yours, they can still rely on external items to beat you up.

Aren't you frustrated?

"If the core of the Blood Qi Heavy Armor is the divine blood heavenly stone."

"Then... the power you can exert will increase to between 110% and 150%."

"This increase can benefit from the Ascender's independent multiplier!"

Gong Li said excitedly.

Ye Su suddenly stood up.

Damn.

Another multiplier has appeared!

The Ascender multiplier is the final multiplier, but it doesn't prevent another multiplier from being sandwiched in the middle.

1.1 to 1.5!

Heaven-Defying!

"Is there a possibility that I can also wear Blood Qi Heavy Armor?"

Ye Su said in a heavy voice.

Hearing this, Gong Li's eyes flashed with a speechless light;

"My god, your common knowledge is really---"

"In the Cosmos, the core of combat isn't offense, it's survival!"

"A fully equipped Ascender wears Heavens Will Armor as the innermost defense, puts on equipment over the skin, wears psionic armor over that, and finally, adds a set of Blood Qi Heavy Armor."

"Buddy, this is common knowledge!"

Ah?

Ah!

This---man, a stack-armor monster!

Heavens Will Armor, the ultimate defense.

equipment, full-body defense with no blind spots plus physical stat support.

psionic armor, full-body defense plus combat power bonus.

Blood Qi Heavy Armor, full-body defense plus blood qi Domain defense plus combat power bonus.

Sounds...

Pretty awesome.

But soon Ye Su's face fell.

Upgrading equipment is already this difficult.

Then...

To be fully equipped, how much money would an Ascender have to spend?

A bottomless pit!

Now.

Ye Su fully understood why the Peak races were so crazy about making money.

Because no matter how much they earned, it was never enough to spend!