Chapter 4661 — The Intelligent Armor and the Laser Cannon

Dongfang Guo smiled faintly and gave a soft clap of his hands. At the sound, two young servants came in from outside, carrying a large chest half a man tall and looking very much strained by the effort.

Kang Jingming stepped forward impatiently and opened the chest. The moment he saw what lay inside, he drew in a sharp breath. "Holy shit! Isn't this a laser cannon? Good heavens above, and a suit of intelligent armor too?"

Even in the secular world, these two items were absolute rarities few could ever lay hands on, let alone out here on Cloud-Tier Island. The Center truly was formidable—they could even get hold of such things!

"These two should lend you a helping hand. Allow me to wish Brother Kang here every success!" Dongfang Guo offered the compliment with a smile.

"Hahahaha, that's a given! With gear like this, what have I got to fear?" Kang Jingming was overjoyed. When strength falls short, equipment makes up the difference. With a laser cannon and intelligent armor in hand, he would not fear even a face-to-face clash with Wei Zhao!

Seeing Kang Jingming so excited, Xu Lingchong was instead full of puzzlement. He looked the laser cannon and intelligent armor up and down and said, baffled, "What? Are these things really that useful?"

As a member of the Center, he had of course seen plenty of technological products from the secular world. But those things had only ever struck him as novel—convenient enough to use, perhaps, but to call them powerful would be nonsense. The so-called high-tech weapons especially could be summed up in four words: flashy but hollow.

They sounded impressive, but that only held among ordinary people. They would struggle even against a skilled Foundation Establishment cultivator, let alone a Nascent Soul cultivator who stood far above that realm. Could these two things really play any role in the West Island Trial?

"Young Master Xu, you mustn't underestimate the secular world's high-tech weapons, especially this laser cannon and intelligent armor. Their power and effect are simply beyond imagining until you've seen them with your own eyes." Kang Jingming's eyes shone as he looked at the two pieces of equipment. They had arrived at just the right moment—it was as if they had been tailor-made for him.

"You're not exaggerating, are you?" Xu Lingchong remained half doubtful.

"Heh heh, Young Master Xu, there's something you don't know. Don't listen to all those people in the secular world who say a Heaven-Tier grand completion cultivator is a walking atomic bomb—that's pure bluster. At most it's a matter of frightening destructive power and deterrence! But this laser cannon is one of the rare ultra-high-tech weapons of the secular world. Its power far exceeds that of ordinary technological weapons. I'd say never mind a mere Nascent Soul cultivator like Wei Zhao—even a Xuan Sheng cultivator could likely be pierced clean through with one blast!" Kang Jingming declared with absolute certainty.

"Really?" Xu Lingchong's eyelid twitched at the words. A Xuan Sheng cultivator pierced clean through with one blast—wouldn't that make this a top-tier weapon of mass destruction? If that were true, its value would be immense. The higher-ups had truly spared no expense for this West Island Trial.

"Absolutely true. Young Master Xu, the most feared technological weapon in the secular world is the atomic bomb, but that thing is only good for killing ordinary people. Ordinary cultivators may not be able to withstand it either, but against a skilled hand of the Nascent Soul level, I'd say it would be of no use at all. This laser cannon is different!" Kang Jingming licked his dry lips, face alight with excitement. "The laser cannon isn't a weapon of wide-area destruction like the atomic bomb. It concentrates all its power into a single point. The terrifying point-to-point penetration and lethality are beyond imagining. Nascent Soul cultivators can't withstand it, and Xuan Sheng cultivators likely can't either. I even suspect there isn't a cultivator in the world who could!"

"That's impossible. The truly top-tier experts are beyond anything you can imagine. No matter how powerful a technological weapon is, it's just a pile of scrap metal before them—otherwise the secular world would be invincible." Xu Lingchong curled his lip.

He had never had much regard for the so-called technology of the secular world. To be precise, he looked down on the secular world entirely, and his understanding of true experts was far beyond that of a lowly half-baked sort like Kang Jingming. No matter how powerful a cultivator was, they couldn't withstand this tiny laser cannon? Nonsense!

"Yes, yes, Young Master Xu is right. Still, the laser cannon's lethality truly cannot be underestimated. I guarantee it will handle Wei Zhao without a problem!" Kang Jingming fawned with an awkward laugh.

"Mm. What you've said does sound a little interesting. But what's this 'walking atomic bomb' business? What is that supposed to be?" Xu Lingchong asked suddenly.

"Uh... it's one of the most powerful technological weapons in the secular world. It's hard to explain in a few words. Simply put, if West Island were hit with a heavyweight atomic bomb, it would probably vanish from the map of Cloud-Tier Island forever..." Kang Jingming thought for a moment and explained.

"That formidable?" Xu Lingchong was startled. "That's unbelievable. West Island has all kinds of top-tier defensive formations. Once they're all activated, even a Mountain-Opening stage magnate couldn't do a thing. You're joking, aren't you?"

"Heh heh, I was just making a comparison. If West Island had no defensive formations and was full of ordinary people, then one atomic bomb would leave it either sunk or ruined forever. That's why this thing carries such terrifying deterrence in the secular world." Kang Jingming explained.

"Is that so? Then it's no small matter. I didn't expect the secular world to have such tricks up its sleeve—able to build even something like this." Xu Lingchong nodded.

"Heh heh, Brother Kang here seems quite knowledgeable about these things. You've opened my eyes as well." Dongfang Guo chimed in with a smile from the side.

"Oh, he came up from the secular world. It'd be strange if he didn't know about these things." Xu Lingchong curled his lip.

"Oh oh oh, forgive my disrespect. No wonder Brother Kang is so familiar with the laser cannon and intelligent armor. Then Brother Kang surely knows more than I do, so I won't waste time introducing them and make a fool of myself! To be honest, I don't quite understand these things myself. Thank goodness I've met someone knowledgeable like you, Brother Kang!" Dongfang Guo said with a breath of relief.

"No problem. Isn't there a manual here anyway? There's still some time before the trial starts, so I'll just study it a bit. Leave it to me, haha!" Kang Jingming smiled smugly, then impatiently began tinkering with it. This was his capital and his reliance for dealing with Wei Zhao—whether he could ascend to the heavens in one step and win Ning Xuefei this time all depended on whether this thing was up to the task!

Two days passed in a flash. Though West Island had gathered skilled hands from all the major Cloud-Tier Islands over these two days, the number of unfamiliar faces appearing in the streets and alleys was not as great as one might imagine, because the vast majority were adjusting their condition and making their final preparations for the West Island Trial that was about to begin... (To be continued.) R1052