The highest class of mech armor was only Level Three; even the Mech Empire had no Level Four mech armor.
It was not that they had none. The Mechanical Empire possessed Liquid Metal Warriors, so mech armor development had not continued. By Level Four, the power cores were enormous and the mech armor cumbersome, making them unsuitable for the battlefield.
He knew the Alliance had developed heavy mech armor, but he had not heard that they were researching Level Four mech armor.
Long Jianzhang hurriedly explained, "Sect Master, Level Four mech armor has long been part of the Alliance's plans. It was only because the technology had been incomplete before. After obtaining the Mechanical Empire's mech technology and discovering old-style heavy mech armor on Imperial Star, we developed heavy mech armor on that foundation, then further refined the technology. That was how we finally developed Level Four mech armor."
He paused, then added, "We intend to use this to close the gap in our mid-tier combat strength!"
"I recall that Level Three mech armor already possesses combat power equivalent to the True Man Realm." Clear Water looked at Long Jianzhang, his brows slightly furrowed. "Does Level Four mech armor correspond to the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm?"
"Yes." Long Jianzhang answered respectfully. "Level Four mech armor has combat power equivalent to the Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm and requires Heavenly Human Realm martial artists to operate it."
"Is that true?"
Yun He abruptly rose to his feet, excitement creeping into his voice.
A lack of Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm combat power had always been Tianli Sect's greatest weakness. Across the entire Tianli Sect, there were barely more than a thousand Nascent Soul Tribulation Realm experts, scattered throughout the various star systems of the Tianli Sword Domain. Only a few hundred could be