"Good heavens, little brother, you're incredible! You can take Nature Spirits like these head-on, one against a whole pack!"
You An watched, dumbstruck. The sight of Li Chen driving the Water Spider into the enemy ranks and slaughtering them on all sides, almost completely overpowering them, had shaken him considerably.
You An was absolutely certain that Li Chen had not possessed such strength just a few days ago.
"As Puppet Masters, our advantage is that we can use knowledge and skill to improve ourselves to the fullest extent. We specialize in the Art of a Hundred Crafts, operating Mechanism Devices and puppets. Our strength is largely determined by those things."
"The Flying Chair itself is a Three-Star vehicle. Its spatial storage compartment raises its rating, so it can be considered Four-Star. The Water Spider, built by modifying it, has genuine Three-Star combat strength."
"These Mountain Ogres may be strong, but against a killing machine like this, they really aren't much to look at."
Li Chen was nowhere near as astonished as You An. He merely analyzed the situation calmly.
"Still, my own cultivation is insufficient, so I can't bring out its full strength."
"The combination of the Spirit Essence Furnace and Spirit Pump can supply spirit essence reinforcement, giving attacks the ability to pierce Gang Essence. But the Furnace itself has limited energy, so I should only truly strike when I'm very sure of success."
"Generally speaking, reinforcing ranged attacks consumes twice as much as reinforcing melee attacks. Using my own magic power to reinforce the Spirit Pump for indirect output doubles that again, making it even less worthwhile."
He felt that this killing machine's true combat strength should have been on the level of a fully fledged demon-in other words, Foundation Establishment strength.
But in his hands, it could