Willow Leaf Island Holiday

Zijin examined the damage to the mantis automaton with interest. "Yexiya's blade is fierce."

"The strength of the blade and the user's Magic Power stack, right?" Su Ming asked.

"Yes. Yexiya's weapon was Saint Rank to begin with, and with the strength of her Saint Rank Magic Power on top of that, there was no way she'd lose in a clash of blades," Zijin said. "I only managed to block her because of the Divine Favor Scepter."

"That's my problem." Beianqi sighed. "Even the heaviest automaton gets chopped up like a cabbage in front of her."

Zijin inspected the mantis's magic circuits. "I can strengthen this part a little, but it'll use up the magic crystals faster."

"Big Sister Ailisha, please do!" Beianqi was overjoyed.

"I can replace the material in the blades," Su Ming added.

"Is it that 'special alloy steel'?!" Beianqi's eyes lit up, and she pounced on Su Ming and grabbed him. "That stuff is incredibly hard!"

"You've had your eye on that for a while, haven't you?"

Su Ming cleared out a space right next to the flight deck to make a storage bay for Beianqi's automatons. Zijin summoned the bone whale that had been soaking in the water and broke it down into materials for Su Ming to construct the additional part of the ship.

Everyone split up and got to work. By the time Zijin had filled the fuel tank, it was nearly dusk.

On the flight deck, Beianqi had set up searchlights and was hard at work with the maintenance team.

"We're not leaving until the morning after tomorrow. Isn't all day tomorrow enough?" Su Ming asked Beianqi.

"The people from the Blue Ark are repairing the Five Fangs tomorrow, so we're working overtime tonight to finish my stuff." The girl made notes