When 'God' Decides To Start Over-Chapter 994 - 382: The Final Countdown (Part 3)

"What if nothing happens?" Li Xiu asked.

"Then you’ll have to blame your luck," the President paused for a moment, then continued, "Actually, your current strength is enough. If it really comes down to a fight, even stronger power won’t help—in the end, you’ll still lose. You just need to meet the minimum requirement; to win, you can’t rely on brute strength, you must find a way."

"What do you mean?" Li Xiu was somewhat puzzled.

"How is Guan Jinghao’s Fallen God?" Instead of answering, the President asked a surprising question.

"Very strong," Li Xiu answered truthfully.

"If Guan Jinghao were to go, he wouldn’t even have a ten percent chance of winning. Do you think, even if you had thorough preparation, you could be certain of defeating Guan Jinghao?" said the President.

"So you mean I’ll definitely lose the battle, won’t I?" Li Xiu frowned.

"That’s why I said your strength is sufficient—winning requires strategy," the President’s expression was quite amused.

"Since there’s a method to win, why don’t you just tell me?" Li Xiu stared at the President and asked.

"Some methods lose their effectiveness once spoken; you need to comprehend them yourself. But you can rest assured in one thing—whether you win or lose, I assure you will return alive," the President straightened his back, his imposing stature carrying a strong sense of oppression, quite different from his usual sleazy old man persona.

Li Xiu knew further questioning wouldn’t yield answers, so he turned and left, not trusting the President’s assurance. Instead, he hoped to increase his power as much as possible before heading to the Celestial Sea—only personal strength is the most powerful capital.

He aimed to use the last seven days to hunt as many Divine Position Demon Spirits as possible, hoping to acquire several Divine Position Gemstones.

The President did not stop Li Xiu, only squinted as he watched him leave. Once Li Xiu was completely out of sight, the President murmured, "This kid’s character is really quite similar to Jinghao’s—both equally stubborn, trusting no one."

Li Xiu left the Land of Trial and immediately went to other Trial Gates. For seven consecutive days, he passed through different lands of trial.

It was unclear whether Divine Position Gemstones were truly so rare or his luck was bad recently; after killing five Divine Position Demon Spirits, he hadn’t obtained a single Divine Position Gemstone.

Seeing that time was about up, if he didn’t return, the scheming President would probably come to find him personally, forcing Li Xiu to return to Longevity City resentfully.

"You’ve finally returned; Old Officer wants you to go to the research institute immediately after you return—it’s urgent." Ah Fei greeted Li Xiu with this line.

"What’s happened at the research institute?" Li Xiu asked in perplexity.

"I don’t know; Old Officer only said it’s urgent, but didn’t say anything else. I asked him, but he wouldn’t tell," Ah Fei shook his head.

Li Xiu could only head to the research institute once more. Upon arrival, the old research guard excitedly pulled him into the laboratory.

"Old Zhao, what’s going on?" Seeing Old Zhao’s expression, Li Xiu figured it wasn’t anything bad, and his hanging heart settled down.

"The Commander, it’s best to let Officer personally explain," Old Zhao refused to speak, only pulling Li Xiu towards the laboratory.

"Li, finally you’re back," Ximen Guan spotted Li Xiu, speaking with visible pride.

Surprised by how Ximen Guan smugly called him Li, Li Xiu realized Ximen Guan must have accomplished something significant; without such, he wouldn’t be so arrogant.

"Did you make new research progress?" Li Xiu inquired.

"Only you guessed it—clever. Any idea what the breakthrough is?" Ximen Guan smiled broadly.

"Could it be your Demon Armor has been successfully developed?" Li Xiu smirked.

Slightly stunned, Ximen Guan replied with slight annoyance, "You really are no fun, forget it. Follow me, they’re waiting for you to test it."

"Someone from the Demon Armor team can’t test it?" Li Xiu asked while walking.

"If someone could test it, why wait for you?" Ximen Guan led Li Xiu into the innermost laboratory.

"Where’s your Demon Armor then?" Li Xiu surveyed the entire laboratory, not seeing the Demon Armor Ximen Guan mentioned.

"Sometimes, even you can’t tell," Ximen Guan proudly tossed something to Li Xiu.

Li Xiu caught it and saw it was a bracelet.

The bracelet appeared to be crafted from platinum, with seven bean-sized gemstones encrusted on it, each identical in shape and size.

Li Xiu had seen not ten thousand but eight thousand high-grade gemstones, yet he couldn’t discern the type of these seven stones, definitively not any he’d previously encountered.

"Is this the Demon Armor?" Li Xiu stared at the small gemstone bracelet, finding it hard to believe it was a piece of Demon Armor.

"Whether or not it’s Demon Armor, try it and you’ll know—you need to activate all seven gemstones simultaneously to initiate this armor," Old Officer omitted one fact: they had previously tested it with others, but even the strongest magic armor master in the team could barely activate the first gemstone.

Time was tight for Li Xiu, so without more words, he slipped the gemstone bracelet onto his wrist, and as instructed by Ximen Guan, began activating the Demon Armor.

Professor Xu and the group of researchers stood at the doorway observing, with some leaning against the glass to peek inside, all appearing quite tense.

They had staked their lives on this Demon Armor, yet no one managed to activate it. Aside from Li Xiu, the strongest magic armor master could only activate the first gemstone; the remaining six required increasingly high spiritual sense—if Li Xiu couldn’t activate them, regardless if the Demon Armor was successfully developed, it would still be a waste.

Li Xiu initially tried, but under normal conditions couldn’t activate a single gemstone.

Professor Xu and others were extremely nervous seeing Li Xiu fail to activate even one gemstone the first time, tense enough to have their hearts at their throats.

But subsequently, they witnessed the gemstones on the bracelet begin to light up one after another, and in a blink, all seven stones shone brightly, with the bracelet undergoing a magical transformation.

One by one, light threads emerged from the bracelet, seemingly alive, weaving over Li Xiu’s body.