With the Phoenix Empire established, what pleased Li Mu most was finally being able to upgrade the Phoenix.
The first priority was to spend three thousand cards of HuoZhong Source Power to upgrade the Red Lotus Laser Cannon to LV5.
[Red Lotus Laser Cannon: Subordinate Module] [Quality: Purple Heaven Grade] [Level: LV5] [Attack Strength: 250] [Charge Time: 1 second] [Cooldown Time: 5 seconds] [Energy Consumption: 5000 cards of Spark Energy/shot] [Attack Type: High-energy laser beam lasting five seconds] [Feature: Burning—before firing, the Red Lotus Laser Cannon can choose whether to inflict a burning effect on the target. It can deal additional damage equal to up to one-tenth of the total damage, ignoring defense, for five seconds] [Upgrade Requirement: one thousand cards of HuoZhong Source Power, ten units of Red Lotus Aurora Iron]
Compared to its initial state, the Red Lotus Laser Cannon's base damage had increased fivefold.
More importantly, the duration of the Red Lotus laser beam had increased to five seconds. This could inflict terrifying damage when attacking stationary targets, though its drawback was that it was difficult to keep hitting the same point on an enemy ship moving at high speed for five seconds.
Li Mu then spent another four thousand cards of HuoZhong Source Power to upgrade the Thorn Energy Shield to LV5.
``` [Thorn Energy Shield: Subordinate Module] [Quality: Purple Heaven Grade] [Level: LV5] [Shield Strength: 5000] [Recovery Speed: 250/second] [Energy Consumption: 500/second] [Activation Time: 5 seconds] [Restart after Shield Break: 5 minutes] [Shield Type: Energy Shield] [Feature: Thorns—10% of the damage absorbed by the Thorn Energy Shield is accumulated. The instant the shield breaks, it can inflict up to 1000 points of thorn damage, ignoring the Super Main Cannon's cooldown and released through the Super Main Cannon] [Upgrade Requirement: one thousand cards of