LORD OF THE SKY CITY

Chapter 616: Chapter 578: Becoming Stronger Chapter 616: Chapter 578: Becoming Stronger After tossing aside the ultimatum from Rick, Rocky turned to Athena.

“What do you think Rick is trying to achieve? Does he really intend to wage war against us?”

Rocky naturally could not take Rick’s message lightly; after all, the man was the lord of a city and the head of a sect. Moreover, Rocky’s own son was being held captive in his hands, making it impossible for Rocky to take Rick’s attitude lightly.

At the same time, he was even more concerned about something else, that is, whether he could find other clues from Rick’s actions to prove whether someone was orchestrating it all behind the scenes.

In fact, as far as Rocky was concerned, the clues were already quite clear, since the conditions set forth by Rick explicitly demanded the handover of the White Demon Armor and all related technology, a demand that could be described as blatantly obvious.

Nevertheless, to be safe, he had still called Athena over, as clearly she was best suited to handle this sort of matter.

Glancing at the ultimatum set aside, Athena turned to Rocky, “My lord, from this point alone we cannot jump to conclusions.”

“Not yet?”

“Yes, not yet.” Athena nodded and then explained, “Rick, as the lord of a large Sky City, must have long heard about the power of the White Demon Armor. It wouldn’t be impossible for him to try to extort a hefty sum from us through this incident, so just based on this, it’s hard to be certain of anything.”

“However, my lord can be reassured that no matter whether someone is behind this or not, as long as we have Zuluo in our hands, Rick would not possibly wage real war against us. I believe he will most likely try to intimidate us, partly to protect his son, but also to make us compensate according to his demands, and it is then that we may be able to get to the bottom of this.”

“Intimidation…”

At the word, Rocky furrowed his brow. It was an easy word to understand—in ordinary terms, waving a fist could qualify as intimidation, and between cities, intimidation often meant a military threat. Did this mean that the troops of Heavenly Ancestor City were coming?

With this thought, his frown deepened, and after pondering intently for a long while, he finally looked up at Athena.

“Are you suggesting we test Sky Alliance’s reaction based on how Heavenly Ancestor City responds?”

“You are wise, my lord.”

Athena smiled slightly and nodded; that indeed was her meaning!

During their last conversation, Athena had raised the possibility that someone coveted the technology under Rocky’s control and had planned to do whatever it took to claim it as their own. If the Sky Alliance was also involved, then Rocky would be in serious trouble.

By making use of Heavenly Ancestor City’s aggression, they could rightly probe the Alliance’s reaction to make a more accurate judgment.

If the Sky Alliance was not involved in this, then Rocky still had a reliable backing. As long as that support remained, he could overcome any hardship.

But if the Sky Alliance was part of this, then Rocky would have to plan for the long term. He would then be completely on his own, and it would become a great concern whether he could keep the Rune Technology in his hands, let alone continue to survive in this world!

Thus, understanding the Alliance’s stance had become of utmost importance.

“Very well…”

After listening to Athena’s explanation, Rocky nodded, and with a wave of his hand, dismissed her.

Once Athena had left, he sat alone deep in thought for a long time before finally rising and heading to the testing ground.

Although everything remained shrouded in half-secrecy, he developed a strong premonition that compelled him to start considering what he should do if the worst-case scenario were to occur.

In fact, this method was quite simple: he endeavored to make himself stronger in the fastest time possible!

As long as he became more powerful, others would not dare to bully him, and once his strength reached a certain level, surpassing a critical point, then not to mention Heavenly Ancestor City, even the Sky Alliance would definitely not dare to act rashly against him.

Sure, this might be nearly impossible for most people, but Rocky was different, he had the conditions to make it happen!

Even though Rocky’s power was still weak compared to other enormous creatures in the sky, he possessed the most cutting-edge technology of the age and had secured substantial funds after launching his armor business. With these two critical conditions met, what others couldn’t achieve, he could!

And the first thing he needed to do was to immediately complete the Thunderhawk Armor.

The experimental Armor of Thunderhawk was already manufactured, just waiting to be tested further. In order to expedite the completion of this new model of armor that he had painstakingly designed, Rocky planned to personally participate in the testing, much like he did with the White Demon Armor before.

So after arriving at the testing field, Rocky put on the experimental Armor and commenced a series of trials and tests.

“Rocky, start with the basic tests, don’t rush, haste makes waste,”

Standing before a myriad of instruments, Hammerfire communicated with Rocky through a communicator, noticing that Rocky had become increasingly eager in testing the armor. But some things simply couldn’t be rushed, so he felt compelled to remind him.

“I understand.”

With that agreement, Rocky inside the armor took a deep breath to adjust his mindset, and then he said, “Initiate armor startup.”

After speaking, he methodically followed the procedures to start up the armor, and as the armor activated, the array of instruments in front of Hammerfire immediately responded.

“Magic Energy Conduction normal.”

“Armor operation normal.”

“Propulsion system normal.”

“Weapons system normal.”

As a series of indicators appeared on the instruments, researchers observing the data reported one after the other, followed by Hammerfire contacting Rocky: “Rocky, the armor’s operation is normal, begin the test.”

“Understood.”

Having said that, Rocky activated the armor’s propulsion system and slowly lifted off from the ground into the air.

However, unlike the usual method of armor takeoff, the armor he was wearing did not rely on its own propulsion system to take off, but depended on external wings attached to his back to provide the thrust necessary to ascend.

“External wings output indicators normal.”

As he slowly ascended into the sky, the instruments monitoring the external wings displayed a variety of indicators and data that demonstrated their performance to be remarkably stable.

This was clearly a favorable outcome, and as this result was confirmed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, Rocky, already midair, began to gradually accelerate.

But at that moment, just as Rocky continued to increase his flying speed and reached a certain rate, the instrument monitoring the external wings suddenly flashed red!

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