Chapter 1585: Gear Acquired! News Received!

"Ding! Your account has received a transfer: 4.8 billion military credits."

A crisp alert sounded from his smart bracer, and Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

"Sister's efficiency is incredible!"

He no longer hesitated and immediately placed his order in the Virtual Universe Military Credit Mall.

【Darkstar Battle Suit (SS1-class), price 4 billion military credits, payment completed.】

【Ninefold Lei Yu Spear (Black Godweapon Series, SSS9 initial form), price 12 billion military credits, payment completed.】

The two pieces of equipment, totaling 16 billion military credits, were instantly deducted!

His account now held only 0.4 billion military credits.

"Done!"

Xu Jingming felt refreshed.

If this were a regular planetary fortress,

purchasing equipment of this level would require at least ten days or even half a month just for procurement and transport.

But White Ram Star was different.

It was the frontline core of the Third War Zone, with abundant supplies and extremely high logistics efficiency.

Only half a day passed—

"Dingdong!"

The doorbell rang.

"Vera, open the door."

"Got it."

The alloy door slid open.

Two personnel in Eternal Star Alliance standard battle armor stood outside.

One held a three-meter-long alloy case with both hands; the other cradled a metal box the size of a fist.

Both exuded calm, heavy qi—they were both Cosmic Peaks!

"General Xu Jingming, your ordered equipment has been delivered. Please sign for it."

The lead man, a stern-faced middle-aged male, spoke in a deep tone and handed over the alloy case and the metal box.

Xu Jingming took them, scanned them with his mental force, confirmed their authenticity, and nodded: "Thank you for your efforts."

"It is our duty."

The two bowed slightly, then turned and left.

Their steps were perfectly synchronized—clearly elite soldiers, rigorously trained.

Closing the door, Xu Jingming returned to the center of the living room.

He opened the metal box first.

Inside lay a pitch-black liquid metal sphere, its surface shimmering with faint, starlike shadows.

"Darkstar Battle Suit."

Xu Jingming willed it, and the liquid metal sphere surged forward, striking his body.

The next instant, the metal unfolded.

A suit of pure black, sharply angular battle armor instantly covered his entire body!

At the joints, purple-black active metal extended and retracted naturally with his movements, offering zero hindrance to flexibility.

The suit's surface subtly swirled with veils of starry shadows, radiating a profound, weighty aura.

"90% damage reduction against Cosmic Peak attacks, 20% against Eternal Low Rank..."

Xu Jingming clenched his fist, feeling the perfect fusion between armor and flesh.

"Only combat will reveal its true effectiveness—but even just this feel? Worth every 4 billion military credits!"

Confirmed the armor was flawless, his gaze turned to the three-meter-long alloy case.

The box was large—three meters long, half a meter wide and high, its entire surface a dark gold, etched with countless thunder runes.

"Ninefold Lei Yu Spear..."

Xu Jingming took a deep breath and pressed his palm onto the sensing area.

"Crack—"

The moment the lid opened, a chilling, razor-sharp aura surged forth!

The room's temperature plummeted; the air seemed to freeze solid!

Inside lay a black mystic weapon, two-point-four meters long, resting quietly.

"What a spear!"

Merely by sight, Xu Jingming couldn't help but praise it, reaching out to grasp the shaft.

The grip was cold and heavy, perfectly balanced.

He subtly willed his power, and a torrent of Annihilation Divine Thunder surged into the spear.

"Hum—"

The spear shuddered lightly, its dark-gold thunder runes igniting one by one!

Three thousand six hundred thunder-scale blades stirred to life, adjusting their angles slightly, emitting faint metallic scrapes.

The spear's entire aura transformed instantly!

From ancient, heavy, and solemn—into sharp, dominant, and ruthless!

Xu Jingming swung the spear—

"Ssshh—"

Where the spear tip swept, it was as if a fine, dense black crack had been torn through the air!

"Its power is countless times stronger than the Black Gold Lei Yu Spear!"

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up.

What pleased him even more was that this spear had superb controllability.

Wherever his mind willed, the spear shaft moved like an extension of his arm.

The 3,600 thunder-scale blades could even be fine-tuned locally, shifting the spear's center of gravity and balance.

"Let's try 'Thunder Fang.'"

Xu Jingming focused his will, and following the method in the instruction manual, activated the thunder-rune matrix at the spear's core.

"Buzz—!"

The thunder-scale blades along the middle section of the spear shaft suddenly converged!

Dark-gold thunder runes flickered madly as vast thunder and destructive force gathered and compressed along the spear shaft.

"Clang!"

A black thunder blade, about half a meter long and solid as real matter, extended out from the spear!

Dark-red killing intent flowed along the blade's edge, emanating a heart-palpitating wave of destruction!

"This is the exclusive ability 'Thunder Fang' of the SSS9-grade form!"

Feeling the terrifying energy contained within the thunder blade, the corner of Xu Jingming's mouth curved into a smile.

This was only the initial form.

If it were upgraded to a higher form in the future, more exclusive abilities would be unlocked!

And besides......

Xu Jingming's will moved again.

"Scatter!"

"Whoosh—!"

The Ninefold Lei Yu Spear instantly disassembled!

The 3,600 thunder-scale blades scattered like a swarm of bees, transforming into a pitch-black metal storm in the air!

Each blade was thin as a cicada's wing, its edge incomparably sharp, thunder runes flickering across its surface, radiating a chilling killing intent.

"Assemble!"

Guided by Xu Jingming's will, the blades instantly recombined, reverting to spear form in the blink of an eye.

"It really works!"

A fierce gleam flared in his eyes.

If he pulled this trick mid-combat—turning the spear into a漫天 of blades to attack—it would be utterly underhanded!

"With this spear, my combat power has risen by at least thirty percent!"

Xu Jingming stroked the spear shaft lovingly, just as he was about to try out other control techniques.

"Ding-dong!"

The doorbell rang again.

Xu Jingming looked up at the surveillance feed—standing outside the door was his neighbor, Duncan.

"It's Duncan. What does he want with me at this hour?"

Though puzzled, he still had Vera open the door.

"Brother Xu, I......"

Duncan stepped inside, his usual smile on his face.

But the moment he spotted the dark-black spear in Xu Jingming's hand, his voice cut off abruptly.

"Th-this is...... a Black God Weapon?!"

Duncan's eyes went wide as saucers as he pointed at the Ninefold Lei Yu Spear, exclaiming in shock.

"You recognize it?" Xu Jingming was somewhat surprised.

"Who wouldn't recognize the famous Black God Weapon series equipment?!"

Duncan strode forward, circled the spear twice, clicking his tongue in wonder:

"Still, Black God Weapons are generally used more by Immortal-rank powerhouses.

Cosmic-rank ones are quite rare—after all, they're too expensive!"

He looked up at Xu Jingming, his face full of envy:

"Brother Xu, you're way too loaded!

This Black God Weapon alone must cost at least 10 billion military merits, right?"

Xu Jingming nodded. "12 billion."

"12 billion?!"

Duncan sucked in a cold breath, his gaze sweeping over the battle suit on Xu Jingming:

"And this battle suit...... judging by its quality, it's at least SS1-grade! Another few billion!

These two pieces of equipment together must be at least 15 billion, right?

Brother Xu, you're way too loaded!"

"A total of 16 billion military merits. I didn't have that much on hand either, so I borrowed some from my senior sister."

Xu Jingming smiled.

"Lin Qianxue?"

Duncan suddenly understood, then slapped his forehead:

No wonder! Just now I got word that Lin Qianxue has been borrowing military merit everywhere!

"Borrowing military merit?" Xu Jingming froze in surprise.

"That's right!"

Duncan nodded, sighing:

"I heard she approached numerous battle commanders to borrow military merit—altogether, it's estimated she's borrowed over three billion."

He looked at Xu Jingming, his eyes brimming with envy:

"Brother Xu, your senior sister really cares for you.

To help you gather military merit, she's borrowed from everyone she could."