This guy was quite capable. It was better to send him away sooner rather than later.
Morgana put her hands on her hips and sized Lin Ye up.
"That's because you don't understand how demon weapons work at all. That's why you think my weapons are inferior to that bitch Kaisha's."
"Then let's make a bet. If I can upgrade your demon weapons, it proves that they're far from good enough. You'll need to pay my upgrade fee and apologize to Holy Kaisha."
Lin Ye met Morgana's gaze with deep eyes. "If I can't upgrade them, I'll leave immediately and never interfere with your Demon 1 again."
Given Morgana's suspicious nature, if he directly asked about demon weapons, she definitely would not give them to him.
But if Lin Ye took Kaisha's side, Morgana would gradually fall into his trap.
After all, in Morgana's eyes, Lin Ye still belonged to the angel faction.
This request was also regarded as a display of support for Holy Kaisha.
"That's not impossible. But if you lose, you have to curse Kaisha a hundred times right in front of me."
Morgana sneered.
Then, the video of Lin Ye insulting Sacred Caesar could be used by her to mock that bitch Kaisha.
"Deal." Lin Ye agreed readily.
Afterward, Morgana led Lin Ye and a group of demons to the laboratory.
It was a laboratory with a heavy technological atmosphere—metal walls, cutting-light instruments, and demon cold weapons gleaming with an icy sheen...
As Lin Ye walked among the various weapons, he felt that this was less a laboratory than an arsenal.
Behind a massive metal door, the Demon Claws rested quietly on a platform, connected to all sorts of chain-like testing instruments.
As Morgana approached, those testing instruments were removed one after another.
"Queen!"
All the demons around them rose to greet Morgana.
Morgana gave a calm grunt. After issuing a few orders, the demons left.
Then Morgana turned around and looked at Lin Ye with a smile. "All right, the Demon Claws are right here. Show me this so-called upgrade of yours, then?"
"Queen, aren't you giving him the control code?" Xue Yi asked softly from the side.
Morgana glared at her. Why was this girl taking an outsider's side?
She had deliberately withheld the password from Lin Ye precisely so that he would embarrass himself in public.
Didn't he want to upgrade the Demon Claws?
Then she would not tell him the password. She would set up an obstacle first and see whether he was qualified.
After all, not just anyone was worthy of controlling the Demon Claws, nor could anyone simply move them whenever they wanted.
"Lin Ye is our honored guest, and he comes from the powerful rival that is the Angel Civilization. I'm sure he can crack the Demon Claws' password, hehe..."
Morgana said with a smile that did not reach her eyes.
"But..."
Xue Yi still wanted to say something, but Morgana silenced her with a glare.
She could only close her mouth and watch Lin Ye without saying another word.
As a female demon who admired strength, Xue Yi's feelings toward Lin Ye were extremely complicated.
But their factions were different. Lin Ye might be called a Demon Commander, but in truth, his heart still belonged to the angel faction.
Lin Ye, do your best. Prove yourself.
Lin Ye walked beneath the Demon Claws and calmly, confidently extended his hand.
His palm lightly traced the Demon Claws' cold, rough metal surface.
Black light slowly bloomed from his palm.
Buzz!
"Concept Engine activated. Command: crack the Demon Claws."
"Target is Demon Queen Morgana's exclusive weapon. Its construction material is a Dark Silver weapon controlled by the angels. Cracking difficulty: relatively low."
"Cracking time: thirty seconds."
Not fast enough.
Lin Ye listened to the explanation from the new-generation Concept Engine.
Although this would already have been blindingly fast for the previous Concept Engine.
Lin Ye was not satisfied with that speed.
"Connect to the Heavenly Blade System and reduce the time to under five seconds."
"Received. Beginning connection to the Heavenly Blade System."
"Connection successful. Cracking countdown... cracking complete!"
As the Concept Rewrite Engine's prompt ended.
The black light in Lin Ye's palm suddenly flashed, turning into a black vortex that swallowed the Demon Claws.
Ink-black color crawled over the Demon Claws' surface, dyeing them until they resembled claws made of black ink.
"Let's test the kinetic power."
Lin Ye raised his hand, and the Demon Claws rose with his movement.
With a light swing, a flash of cold light streaked through the air with a whoosh!
Three deep metal gashes suddenly appeared on the laboratory wall.
Lin Ye shook his head in disappointment. "Its power is inferior to Star Fate's, but it seems to possess the judgment of final definition. Is Demon One being used as the engine?"
Lin Ye did not realize just how much of an impact this had on the demons.
He began using the Concept Rewrite Engine to strengthen the Demon Claws on his own.
As he moved, the surrounding atmosphere became abnormally silent. It seemed as though even a falling needle could be heard.
"Q-Queen, did he crack your key?"
"No way, right? How long has it been? I think the Queen secretly gave it to him."
Several demon attendants began speculating.
"Queen, why did you give Lin Ye the key?"
After hearing the demon underlings, Ato frowned and questioned Morgana.
He also believed that Morgana had secretly told Lin Ye the key.
I didn't tell him a damn thing!
Morgana's expression twisted as she stared at the deep cracks in the wall, her composure shattered.
"His cracking speed is practically about to surpass the speed of light!"
"I didn't say anything! He cracked it all by himself!"
"Damn it, who among you is slandering me? I'll throw them to the angels for food!"
Morgana seemed furious as her fierce gaze swept across the room.
The surrounding demons knew that their Queen was angry and hurriedly lowered their heads, not daring to meet her eyes.
Even Ato and Xue Yi turned away, not daring to provoke her.
Amid that quiet and strange atmosphere.
Lin Ye swiftly cracked the contents of the Demon Claws and, based on the information in his mind, gave them a comprehensive upgrade.
The new-generation Demon Claws had been infused with part of a Fifth Generation Divine Body's genes, granting them the trait of black hole devouring.
Forged through the Concept Rewrite Engine, they consumed more than two thousand Sophons from the Heavenly Blade System.
"Concept Rewrite Engine shutting down. You have obtained the upgraded Demon Claws—Night Devouring Demon Claws!"
The synthesized voice of the Concept Rewrite Engine faded away.
A mass of black light appeared before Lin Ye and slowly crashed onto the ground with a bang!
The black light dispersed, revealing a brand-new set of Demon Claws.
Black hole patterns were engraved across their metal surface, and their size had nearly doubled.
At the same mass, the increased size of the Demon Claws was due to Lin Ye changing the density of the Dark Silver.
"Is there an opponent I can test these on?"
Lin Ye turned around, his gaze sweeping over each demon.
Morgana's expression became somewhat wary, her eyes fixed on the Demon Claws at all times.
She could sense an extraordinary aura coming from the Demon Claws.
These Demon Claws seemed to have been enhanced by far more than just a little. They felt capable of easily tearing apart a Fourth Generation Divine Body.
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