Seizing Destiny From Heavens Hands-Chapter 418: First Time Repairing Military Equipment – Encounter with the Blood Energy Cannon

Chapter 418: First Time Repairing Military Equipment – Encounter with the Blood Energy Cannon

The next day.

Shen Mo got up early.

Li Heitan brought him a Vital Blood Pill.

At the same time, he grumbled, “Brother Shen, those Demon Suppression Guards are so lazy. It’s already this late and they’re still not up.”

“Is the armory always like this?”

Shen Mo smiled without replying.

Most of the Demon Suppression Guards stationed here were just killing time.

Anyone with even a bit of ambition had long been transferred elsewhere.

Laziness was the norm here.

“At least the Vital Blood Pills are being distributed properly—no one’s skimming off the top.”

Shen Mo casually tossed the Vital Blood Pill into his mouth and swallowed it whole.

With the terrifying digestion power of the Furnace of Heaven and Earth, the pill would soon be refined into vital essence, which would then be converted into blood energy and infused into the 840 million micro-particles within the human body.

Once enough blood energy had been accumulated, more Giant Elephant Particles could be awakened.

“Let’s go—time to repair the equipment.”

Shen Mo waved his hand, signaling Li Heitan to follow.

Li Heitan crunched down on his pill, only just swallowing it.

Hearing Shen Mo’s words, he couldn’t help but be stunned. “Brother Shen, weren’t we just cleaning off the dust? How are we repairing anything?”

Shen Mo smiled. “How would we know if we don’t try?”

Li Heitan scratched his head. “True enough!”

The two headed straight for the D-grade warehouse.

But the door to the D-grade warehouse was already open.

Inside, a burly figure was diligently repairing a catapult.

Catapults were simple in principle. Even when their top-grade spirit stones ran dry, they could still be fired manually—making them one of the few types of equipment that could actually be repaired.

Shen Mo raised his brows slightly.

He had assumed Wang Xing'an would also be slacking off.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xing'an was up even earlier than they were.

“Not bad, you’re up early,” Wang Xing'an grunted without looking up.

“Most of the Demon Suppression Guards have no talent for equipment repair, but catapults are simple enough. You can handle those.”

He pointed to dozens of catapults nearby. “Go on, those are all yours.”

Shen Mo gave them a glance and found that these catapults had all sustained significant damage.

They were in desperate need of repair.

Li Heitan quickly walked over and got to work.

But Shen Mo didn’t head toward the catapults. Instead, he looked at the cannons not far away.

These cannons were known as Blood Energy Cannons and operated using top-grade spirit stones.

Inscriptions of small-scale formations were carved within them, designed to enhance the blood energy infused into them.

A Demon Suppression Guard at the Emperor realm only needed to inject blood energy to activate the formation, which would then amplify the energy and unleash a beam of blood energy equivalent to a full-power strike from a Venerable realm cultivator.

It was precisely with such methods—fortresses, formations, military equipment—that the ten Demon Suppression Fortresses, manned by just over 300,000 Demon Suppression Guards, could hold off demon hordes numbering hundreds or thousands of times more.

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However, an Emperor-realm guard could only infuse the cannon with blood energy five or six times in a row. {Note: emperor realm is equivalent to divine transformation realm.}

With a slight realm advancement, that might stretch to just one more shot.

Once their blood energy was depleted, they had to withdraw and be replaced by another guard.

Blood Energy Cannons were available in the Heavenly Dao Treasury, but the merit cost was immense.

A single Blood Energy Cannon required five C-grade merit points.

The Heavenly Dao Treasury also offered repair services, but each repair cost at least ten D-grade merit points.

By comparison, slaying one True Demon Venerable only earned ten D-grade merit points.

Yet a True Demon Venerable typically had protective techniques—it took an average of four cannon blasts just to bring one down.

Calculating it this way, it became clear: rather than buying or repairing Blood Energy Cannons, it was better to build and repair them oneself.

However, Blood Energy Cannons were fairly complex pieces of equipment.

Once one was broken, it was basically one less in use.

Shen Mo gazed over and saw many Blood Energy Cannons stacked haphazardly in a dusty corner of the D-grade warehouse.

His thoughts stirred.

The first chapter of The Colossal Machinery Classic contained the blueprints and principles of the Blood Energy Cannon.

In that chapter, the Blood Energy Cannon was not considered a particularly complex piece of military equipment.

Especially the small-scale formation inscribed within it, which served to enhance blood energy—Ou Ye treated it as a frequently used formation.

Among the many blueprints in the Colossal Machinery Classic, nearly all featured the presence of this enhancement formation.

When Wang Xing'an glimpsed Shen Mo’s silhouette, he immediately knew what the youth was thinking.

“If you’re interested, give it a try. Who knows—you might really be able to repair the Blood Energy Cannon.”

Shen Mo casually picked up one of the still-intact cannons.

With a light squeeze, he removed the damaged section.

Then, he rummaged through the other cannons nearby, salvaging parts from those that were severely damaged and beyond repair.

After a short session of tinkering, he nodded slightly and set aside the now-repaired Blood Energy Cannon.

Fixing one Blood Energy Cannon hadn’t cost Shen Mo much time.

He immediately moved on to repair the next.

Due to the limitation of materials, he only selected cannons that were still worth repairing.

After all, repair materials also needed to be exchanged for with merit points.

If the cost of repairs surpassed the merit cost of purchasing a new Blood Energy Cannon, then it wasn’t worth repairing.

Soon, a growing pile of Blood Energy Cannons began stacking up beside Shen Mo.

Though they didn’t look particularly refined and had not yet been tested, Shen Mo was confident they would function properly in actual combat.

On the other side, Li Heitan was clumsily learning to repair catapults under Wang Xing'an’s watchful eye.

But within just half an hour, he was already beginning to fumble through basic repairs.

At this pace, it was only a matter of time before he became proficient.

Wang Xing'an was visibly pleased.

Demon Suppression Guards with talent in this area were exceedingly rare.

At that moment, he caught Shen Mo in the corner of his eye.

To his surprise, a number of Blood Energy Cannons were already piled up beside Shen Mo.

“Hmm? You repaired these Blood Energy Cannons? Let me take a look.”

Wang Xing'an was taken aback. He stepped forward, picked up one of the newly repaired cannons, and was just about to inject blood energy—

Shen Mo quickly stopped him. “Commander, wait. The enhancement formation on this one has an issue. I still need to make some adjustments.”

Wang Xing'an was stunned. “You can tell the enhancement formation has a problem?”

Shen Mo nodded. “Yes. Why do you ask, Commander?”

Wang Xing'an pointed to the enhancement formation inscribed inside the cannon’s barrel and said seriously, “Then tell me—what’s wrong with it?”

Shen Mo pointed at a specific spot. “This pattern has been damaged, rendering the formation ineffective.”

“It just needs to be re-engraved.”

Wang Xing'an’s eyes widened.

He had studied formation arts for over three hundred years, and only after that did he barely manage to understand most sub-Heaven-grade formations.

As for the miniaturized formations carved into military devices—he’d spent over a hundred years more before he could claim to have truly mastered them.

How could Shen Mo understand all this so clearly?

“You understand miniaturized formations?” Wang Xing'an pressed down his rising excitement and asked.

Shen Mo smiled and nodded. “Miniaturized formations are quite similar to talisman inscriptions. I’ve studied the Mystic Art of Spiritual Talisman Crafting, so understanding this enhancement formation isn’t a problem.”

Wang Xing'an was overjoyed.

He had also exchanged merit points for the Mystic Art of Spiritual Talisman Crafting and tried studying it himself.

Precisely because he had studied it, he knew how incredibly obscure and difficult it was to grasp.

Many fools had once attempted to learn it, hoping to craft their own talismans to earn merit points.

But after spending merit on the manual and slogging through the cryptic material, most gave up in the end.

Eventually, hardly anyone bothered with it anymore.

Most people simply chose to save up more merit and buy talismans directly from the Heavenly Dao Treasury.

“Good! Excellent!” Wang Xing'an was so excited he nearly jumped.

The look he gave Shen Mo was like gazing upon a stunning beauty draped across a jade couch.

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