Indeed, a treasure, a delightful treasure. Zhang Yuanqing didn't hesitate, nor did he look at the attributes of the other items.
“I want the Armor of Thunder!”
Sean.Med hesitated for a moment, then guessed his thoughts and said calmly, “I advise you to think again. The Armor of Thunder only has electromagnetic defense. Although the defense is good, its quality doesn't reach the level of a top-grade item. The reason it can appear here is because it's part of the Thunder God Set.”
“But you should know that assembling a set is even harder than obtaining a rule-based item.” Sean.Med's words were a kind reminder, telling Ju Mang that choosing the Armor of Thunder wasn't cost-effective.
In the past, Sean would have made the decision directly and wouldn't have given him a chance to regret it. But now, Sean had changed his opinion of Ju Mang a lot, because he was also one of the beneficiaries of the other's excellent performance. This kid had done so much for me, so it was right to show him some goodwill.
“Assembling a set is more than just difficult, it's practically impossible,” Zhang Yuanqing shrugged. “But if you can assemble a set, the benefits are greater than a rule-based item. I'm a gambling man, willing to take a chance. Besides, the set doesn't have to be complete. Having three pieces also gives you set attributes. Maybe I'll get another piece of the Thunder God Set in the future.”
Since Ju Mang had said so, Sean.Med didn't bother to persuade him further and said, “Sign your name and come back to me in half an hour.”
He pushed over a confirmation form. The content of the confirmation form was that Ju Mang voluntarily gave up the reward of cash and materials and chose one item from the six items. Without hesitation, Zhang Yuanqing picked up the oily pen from the pen holder, checked “Armor of Thunder” in the item selection column, signed Ju Mang's name, put down the pen, and exited the office.
Just as he reached the door, Sean.Med's voice came from behind, “The specialist from the headquarters will arrive in New York tonight. Winnie has returned to the Maze Villa. Accompany me to entertain them tonight.”
A specialist from the headquarters of the Heavenly Punishment, that’s Chris.Gustav? Zhang Yuanqing's eyes narrowed slightly.
Returning to the Five Elements Alliance's aid team's office area, he listened to Guan Ya and the others excitedly talking about the rewards and spoils of this mission while waiting for Sean.Med's reply, full of anticipation for the upcoming Armor of Thunder.
“My mom is taking me out to dinner tonight and said she wants to meet you, Guan Ya.” She leaned over and lowered her voice, “Wants to get to know the famous Ju Mang.”
With my mom's flirtatious nature, forget it, Zhang Yuanqing thought of the abnormal romantic luck in the Star Observation deduction and quickly shook his head, "I'm busy."
Fu Xue didn't know that Ju Mang was her son-in-law, Yuan Shi Tian Zun. It was normal for a handsome and talented young man to flirt with her.
Of course, Zhang Yuanqing felt that he was full of integrity and would never have anything to do with Fu Xue. But since the stars had given an abnormal romance warning, he should avoid the risks that should be avoided.
Guan Ya frowned and said, “She said she's bringing a friend who is a business partner. This time, Fu Xue is here to talk business. If the deal is successful, that friend will be the investor, and her purpose this time is to get to know you.”
Zhang Yuanqing asked, “What's her friend's identity?”
Guan Ya shook her head. "Then I won't go."
“This daddy isn’t someone anyone can meet,” Zhang Yuanqing refused. “I have to entertain Chris.Gustav with Sean.Med tonight.”
Compared to his mother-in-law and her friend, seeing Chris was the real deal. She was one of the Devil Monarch's lovers and might be keeping the key to the Devil Monarch's treasure. It was necessary to get in touch with her.
Half an hour later, Zhang Yuanqing went to Sean.Med's office. Along the way, the wind mages, whether white chocolate or black chocolate, whether blue-eyed blondes or brown-haired with high noses, bowed and greeted him, showing great respect and enthusiasm.
The Way of the Extraordinary believed in the supremacy of the strong. In the office, Sean.Med held a bright blue thunderball in his palm and said, “This is the Armor of Thunder. If you want to have it, you must first touch it!”
Zhang Yuanqing stared at the fist-sized thunderball. Its exterior was made up of jumping arcs of electricity, and the interior was fiery and bright, emitting a high temperature that distorted the air.
He strode forward and reached out to take the thunderball. Instantly, he felt an unbearable stinging pain. His palm carbonized at a speed visible to the naked eye. A strong current ran through his body, paralyzing his cells and causing his heart to twitch.
This stimulation was a bit refreshing. Zhang Yuanqing opened his inventory and put the thunderball into it to complete the recognition of its owner, then took it out again. The familiar numbness and tingling sensation came again.
It wasn't immune because he was the owner.
[Lightning will paralyze the body] This was the price of the Armor of Thunder. Wearing this armor would provide good electromagnetic protection, but the owner would also be half-disabled. Even close combat professions with strong physiques would be affected. Only thunder mages with thunder resistance attributes could use it without any burden.
With a thought, Zhang Yuanqing turned the thunderball into a blue lightning armor. His shirt was instantly reduced to ashes, and a strong paralyzing sting came.
Sean.Med, behind his desk, flicked his finger lightly, and a gust of wind shot out. The Armor of Thunder immediately ejected a semi-transparent electromagnetic barrier, blocking Sean's casual test.
The Armor of Thunder's electromagnetic defense could block one attack from an Level 8 Ruler. Twice was the limit, and three times it would definitely break.
Sean.Med said, “Each time the electricity is exhausted, it takes three hours to recharge it to full. In high-intensity battles, a full charge lasts up to ten minutes. If you don't use the electricity, it can last for half a month in the inventory.” After speaking, Sean.Med added, “You pay the electricity bill yourself. The Heavenly Punishment won't reimburse it.”
Hearing this, Zhang Yuanqing's heart sank. This attitude showed that the Armor of Thunder consumed an extremely terrifying amount of electricity, so terrifying that the Heavenly Punishment didn't want to reimburse the electricity bill.
In addition, the Thunderous Bracers also had stronger thunderbolt power the more they were charged. Did both of them need to be charged? If you added the Seal of the Thunder God, which had been sealed in the inventory for a long time, there were three items that needed to be charged at all times, and the electricity consumption would be extremely terrifying.
I can ask Winnie to help charge them, and if I encounter a thunder mage in battle, the other party's attack can be absorbed by the item and converted into electricity, so it's okay.
Zhang Yuanqing's first reaction was to get it for free if he could, and never spend money.
Zhang Yuanqing left Sean's office bare-chested and returned to the Five Elements Alliance's office area, entered the toilet cubicle, and took out the Thunder Origin Armor and Thunderous Bracers again, choosing to wear the two pieces of equipment on his body.
As the owner, he immediately sensed the set's function. The electromagnetic gun on the bracers and the thunderbolt had evolved into an electromagnetic cannon after merging with the inner clothing.
The power remained to be tested. Zhang Yuanqing walked directly out of the bank building, became invisible in an uninhabited area, and used the Star Shifting Art and the Gale Gloves in alternation to jump into the Hudson River.
Wearing the Yin-Yang Mage Robe, he couldn't wait to dive into the sea. Half an hour later, he came to a deserted sea area. Wearing the Yin-Yang Mage Robe, Zhang Yuanqing jumped out of the sea and used his water control ability to stand on the ocean, then put on the bracers and armor again.
“This thing can only be used as a long-range attack. You can't wear it in battle.” After feeling the lightning numbness and tingling again, Zhang Yuanqing took a breath of cold air. Then, he raised his right hand wearing the bracers, opened his palm, and aimed it diagonally at the sea surface, activating the electromagnetic cannon.
“Buzz~” Arcs of electricity flashed around him, like a ball of bright blue light. The surrounding electricity surged towards his right arm, constantly compressing and compressing. A dull "buzz" sounded.
A bright blue beam of light with a diameter of one meter shot out, piercing into the ocean, instantly evaporating hundreds of tons of seawater. The boiling seawater sounded like thunder, and the misty steam enveloped a hundred meters around. Every breath was filled with hot air.
Zhang Yuanqing's right arm hung down weakly, severely carbonized, to the extent that he needed to use auxiliary items to recover quickly. But compared to the power displayed by the electromagnetic cannon, the pain of the right arm's carbonization was nothing. He had mastered another Ruler-level skill.
Moreover, it was an attack skill that could directly kill a physically weak Ruler. It had great power, strong penetrating damage, and a long attack range. This was a divine skill that could remotely snipe enemies. Only two items could be combined to create such a powerful electromagnetic cannon. How powerful would it be if the set were complete?
The Purple-Gold Set, the Soul-Destroying Saber, the Chaotic Oil Painting, and the Thunder God Set. He had four items that could kill Rulers. If used properly, he could completely hunt down Rulers.
When he advanced to Ruler, the Azure Emperor Jade Belt and the Eight-Mirror Mirror would function... and he would be even more invincible. The main body wearing the Purple-Gold Set and the clone wearing the Thunder God Set. When the usage time of one of them ended, he would switch to the Heaven Worship Set. Ordinary Level 7 Rulers would have no way to fight him, and he could even challenge Level 8 Rulers.
After the joy, Zhang Yuanqing looked at the dim armor and bracers and suddenly sighed, "No electricity."
At two o'clock in the afternoon, Tong Tian Jiao Zhu, wearing a duckbill cap and mask, came to the wellness club run by Catherine.
In the luxurious private room belonging to the manager, he saw Catherine, a beauty with short gray hair, was bathing, leaning lazily against the pool wall. The pool water was steaming with mist, which also steamed out the intoxicating blush on the beauty's body.
Catherine closed her eyes and frowned, not with an expression of enjoying the bath, seeming to be in a bad mood. With her back to the door of the private room, she said in a deep voice, "We lost. We lost completely. After this battle, the Rulers of the Free Camp had to intervene. Cocktail has already reported the detailed process of the battle. The power of that Ju Mang once again exceeded our expectations. It's not your fault that you lost to such a terrible enemy."
“So what if we lost!” Zhang Yuanqing said coldly. “In camp wars, Saints are just shock troops who can't influence the outcome. What if the Lawful Camp wins? A group of Saints can be killed by a Ruler with one hand.”
Catherine shook her head. “Saints are the hope of the future, especially the Peak Saints, who are even more reserves for Rulers. Every year in the slaughter dungeon, some of those Peak Saints advance to Ruler.”
“The war between us and the Lawful Camp won't end quickly. If it lasts for several years...” She sighed, “Several years later, there will be a clear difference in the number of Rulers between the Lawful and Evil Camps. The Free Camp now has two options: one is to transfer Saints to New York to continue competing with the Lawful Camp.”
“The second is for the wild Rulers to intervene and escalate the conflict…”
“The high-level officials have already lost confidence in the war between Saints. Of course, we can also break the rules and send Rulers to assassinate Ju Mang. But if we do that, the Rulers of the Lawful Camp will definitely follow suit. It's better to escalate the war directly and let fewer Saints die.”
“Moreover, if the conflict escalates, it will be a conventional operation on the battlefield for the Rulers to kill Ju Mang. It's not about not talking about martial arts.”
Zhang Yuanqing sighed. There had been a warning in the Star Observation deduction that in the near future, he would become the Evil Camp's first target of retaliation. Fortunately, the appearance of the Armor of Thunder gave him another killing move. A woman like Catherine, who only knows how to show off her charm, could be blasted into slag with an electromagnetic cannon.
Thinking so, Zhang Yuanqing's eyes fell on the other party's slender, white neck and rounded, fragrant shoulders. Remembering the ecstasy of that night, he silently dismissed his previous thoughts. This kind of enchantress should be beaten to death with sticks.
Zhang Yuanqing sat on the rattan chair by the pool and said coldly, “What did you call me here for?”
Catherine's opening remarks didn't sound like she was going to train him. It was more like she was looking for him to vent her anger, just like those bosses in TV dramas who treat women as playthings. He had become Catherine's plaything.
Zhang Yuanqing would never allow anyone to treat himself as a tool for venting. Catherine smiled, a hundred charms were born, and beckoned, "You come over."
It wasn't impossible to be a tool for venting. Zhang Yuanqing persisted for a few seconds, quickly got up and went over.
“Splash.” Catherine pulled him into the pool, and hot red lips pressed up. Before long, the man's long clothes, long pants, and underpants floated on the water. Catherine was also pushed against the pool wall. The sound of water was sometimes fierce and sometimes gentle. About half an hour later, Catherine, who was lost in the joy, opened her dazed beautiful eyes in surprise and said, “You're not as durable as last time?”
“I took drugs last time.” Tong Tian Jiao Zhu snorted coldly and began the second round of plowing.
Half an hour later, although Catherine was still not satisfied with his duration, it seemed that his speed was no less than last time. She rested her pointed chin on his shoulder and smiled foolishly, “That's enough. I didn't call you here today for pleasure!”
Zhang Yuanqing was stunned, and a bad feeling welled up in his heart.