Yan Chaoyue naturally understood Dream Jia's reasoning, so she could only sigh, "Ah! Dream Sister is right, we can only do this for now. However, I still need a lot of time to recover my strength, and our current energy reserves are also very limited. So, I wonder if Uncle Dao and Dream can lend me a hand?"

"A hand? How can we help you?" Dao Lao and Dream Jia were both puzzled by Yan Chaoyue's words, as far as they knew, there were only two methods to help a priest recover their spiritual strength. One was to use auxiliary items like the Pure Water of Haha Le Cards, and the other was to rest extensively while minimizing the use of spiritual power.

Yan Chaoyue slowly got up, forcing a faint smile on her pale face, "Please follow me, both of you. I'll explain as I recover my strength."

After saying this, with Hillf's support, Yan Chaoyue slowly walked into the back hall of the room. Dao Lao and Dream Jia exchanged glances, feeling very puzzled by Yan Chaoyue's sudden mysterious behavior. However, considering Yan Chaoyue's current condition might be the cause of her unusual behavior, Dao Lao and the others didn't think much more about it and promptly followed her into the secluded back hall.

The room was styled like a cylindrical tower. Inside, it was spacious enough that even a slight sound from the four would echo throughout the entire tower. Along the circular side wall of the tower, a moderately spacious spiral staircase was built, leading directly to a platform built ten meters above the ground. When Dao Lao and Dream Jia looked up at the platform above their heads, they were stunned in place. On that semicircular platform, there was a black battle armor constantly pulsating with dark green electrical currents.

Dao Lao and Dream Jia recognized the armor at a glance and exclaimed in unison, "Underworld Spirit Realm Armor? Is that Underworld Spirit Realm Armor?!"

"Yes, that's the Underworld Spirit Realm Armor brought back by General Iron Knife," Yan Chaoyue replied. She then summoned a dagger and extended it towards the armor, the tip of the dagger pointing directly at it.

"What are you doing, Chaoyue?" Dao Lao asked, frowning. He had a bad feeling about this.

"Uncle Dao, Dream, this is how I recover my strength. I can use the dagger to extract the energy stored inside the Underworld Spirit Realm Armor, convert it into usable energy for myself, and then infuse it into my body," Yan Chaoyue calmly explained.

While she spoke, Yan Chaoyue activated a spell, sending a current-like energy towards the dagger. Through the dagger, this energy flowed towards the armor placed on the platform, linking herself, the dagger, and the armor together. Then Dao Lao and Dream Jia saw waves of dark green energy released from the armor, flowing along the energy stream towards the dagger. Soon, this energy, transformed miraculously by the dagger, turned brown and swiftly flowed into Yan Chaoyue's body along the energy stream.

"What are you doing, Chaoyue?" Dao Lao immediately asked. Though he couldn't pinpoint what was odd, his intuition told him that Yan Chaoyue's behavior was extremely abnormal right now.

"Uncle Dao, please rest assured, I'll be fine. I'm just replenishing energy," Yan Chaoyue replied with a smile, busy with her task.

"But you don't need to replenish energy like this, right? This is really strange. We still have two bottles of Pure Water of Haha Le Cards. Couldn't you just drink that?" Dream Jia said, handing over a bottle of pure water hastily.

"No, there's no need. The Queen's spiritual power is actually quite good. It's just that after giving some divine power to King Er, her spiritual strength and volume have decreased slightly. However, this spiritual power is still sufficient for the Queen's use!" Hillf quickly explained, stepping forward to block Dream Jia.

Hillf's action to stop Dream Jia was somewhat rude, which made Dream Jia feel quite unhappy, "Hey! It was she herself who said she needed to replenish energy. Besides, this pure water is a superior supplement from the Spirit Realm. What's wrong, are you looking down on my goodwill? Or are you afraid I'll poison the water and deliberately harm your master?"

Seeing Dream Jia a little angry, Yan Chaoyue hurriedly explained, "No, no, Dream Lady, you misunderstood! Maybe I didn't explain it clearly before. Actually, my spiritual power is still very abundant, and what I need to replenish now is another type of energy, a special energy that allows me to perform higher-level spells."

"Higher-level spells? Are you referring to the Celestial Canopy Shield?" Dao Lao also signaled Dream Jia not to be angry and asked.

"Yes, like the Celestial Canopy Shield. Uncle Dao should understand my strength. With my personal strength alone, I wouldn't be able to create such a powerful planetary defense formation. The reason I can now create such a powerful spell on my own is thanks to the energy stored in the Underworld Spirit Realm Armor," Yan Chaoyue replied calmly, concentrating on absorbing the energy, afraid that any interruption might disrupt her recharging process.

Dao Lao and Dream Jia naturally understood what Yan Chaoyue meant, because they had been able to safely land on the Eternal Star and come here thanks to the Underworld Spirit Realm Armor. Of course, rather than say this is the Underworld Spirit Realm Armor's contribution, it's better to say that the Countess has done them a big favor. Since Yan Chaoyue had also been to the Fragrant Nebula, it was not strange that her Underworld Spirit Realm Armor would be modified by the Countess. However, from the current situation, the armor modified by the Countess for Yan Chaoyue was obviously much stronger than the armor of the three of them.

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Leaving aside what kind of strong strength the Countess really had to let Yan Chaoyue's armor have the ability to create a planetary defense magic? Only say that the Countess changed Yan Chaoyue's armor to be so powerful, is there anything else? Could it be that, she really is for the sake of helping Yan Chaoyue to deal with that commander? However, that commander is not the fusion body of the mold spirit energy? Can the Countess use Yan Chaoyue's hand to deal with the behavior of the commander who can't kill each other's mold spirit energy?

Having considered these questions, Dream Jia decided to suppress her anger for the moment and asked teasingly, "Yan Chaoyue, what exactly is your relationship with the Countess? Why is the powered armor she helped you upgrade so much stronger than ours? You two don't have any clandestine dealings, do you?"

"Dream Jia, where are you getting these ideas! The Countess's current strength should logically be much greater than when I first met her. So, the armor she helped you modify is likely more powerful than mine. It's just that you may not have fully explored the capabilities of your armor yet, which is why you feel this way," Yan Chaoyue replied with a smile. After speaking, she sat down cross-legged on the ground, her demeanor visibly more relaxed than before.

Reflecting on Yan Chaoyue's words, Dao Lao and Dream Jia recalled that their armor currently only provided shielding and flight capabilities. Moreover, these functions could only be activated autonomously by the armor and connected to the mold spirit energy tracking system. Apart from these, the armor from the Dark Yin Realm did not offer any other usable features.

"In theory, there should also be hidden functionalities in your armor that you haven't discovered yet," Yan Chaoyue continued, suggesting that Dao Lao and Dream Jia should try to calm their minds and carefully examine their armor.

Indeed, due to being constantly in the midst of battle, Dao Lao and Dream Jia had not had the opportunity to carefully study their armor. Were it not for Yan Chaoyue's reminder, they wouldn't even have been aware of this. Thus, fueled by curiosity, the two of them followed Yan Chaoyue's lead, sitting down cross-legged and diving their consciousness into the systems, meticulously examining their armor.

Sure enough, not long after, Dao Lao and Dream Jia almost simultaneously discovered peculiarities in their respective armors and blurted out involuntarily, "Key? What is this key?"

Yan Chaoyue raised an eyebrow at their words, displaying an expression that suggested, "The Countess indeed hid some secrets in your armor," then asked curiously, "Key? What did you find?"

"After a thorough inspection of my armor's system, I did discover a hidden command. According to the system prompt, to activate this command, I need to input the correct key," Dao Lao answered. Dream Jia nodded in agreement beside him, saying her discovery was similar to Dao Lao's.

"Key? Did the system give you any hints about what kind of key is needed?" Yan Chaoyue asked, perplexed after learning about Dao Lao and Dream Jia's findings.

"Of course! If it prompts for a key, then it must be a key," Dream Jia retorted sarcastically at Yan Chaoyue. Somehow, after the recent little incident, Dream Jia seemed to always feel satisfied when she responded to Yan Chaoyue's remarks.

Unperturbed by Dream Jia's slight change in attitude towards her, Yan Chaoyue shook her head and replied, "I haven't heard of any key. When the Countess was modifying my armor, although she also hid some functions, once I discovered them, I gained direct access to their use. This might be because when the Countess initially modified the armor, she didn't yet know how best to conceal certain functions."

"But if the Countess thought these functions were too powerful, she could have simply not implanted them in our armor during the modification," Dao Lao pondered aloud, starting to worry about the Countess's potentially nefarious motives.

"I've thought about this too. Why would the Countess willingly help me modify the armor and implant so many powerful functions? Sometimes, I even think that the reason I came to the Everlong Star was to complete some task for the Countess," Yan Chaoyue said with concern.

"If that's the case, it can only mean that the Countess's scheming runs much deeper," Dao Lao mused, falling into contemplation. Looking back now, Dao Lao and the others had coincidentally entered the black hole controlled by the Countess while chasing Elina, coincidentally discovered Yan Chaoyue's trail, and eventually found Yan Chaoyue who had been missing for many years. The series of "coincidences" was quite remarkable indeed. However, when too many coincidences occur, it often means that they are deliberately orchestrated acts.

"Could it be that we fell into the Countess's trap right from the beginning of our mission?" Dream Jia questioned suspiciously.

Yan Chaoyue shrugged helplessly, saying, "From the current situation, this possibility is indeed not small. However, the situation on Everlong Star is really dire right now. So even if there is deceit involved, I will do my best to lead the people of Everlong Star in resisting the enemy and seeking opportunities to eliminate those two mold spirit energies."

"Yes, if we connect the series of encounters we experienced after entering the black hole, the whole situation does seem very strange. Setting aside the painful processes, just the fact that we managed to reunite here so luckily is indeed too smooth," Dao Lao remarked.

"A painful and difficult process of meeting, this is precisely the best way to cover up abnormal coincidences and smoothly ensnare us in a trap. Hmph! That despicable Countess, her scheming mind is so deep that it's hard to guard against," Dream Jia continued.

"Given the circumstances, all we can do now is to remain vigilant against the Countess's machinations and continue forward. My intuition tells me that as long as we push the Mastanians into desperation, the Countess's hidden intentions will surface. Therefore, the decisive battle between the people of Everlong Star and the Mastanians will not only determine our life and death but may also expose the Countess's hidden schemes," Yan Chaoyue agreed with Dao Lao and Dream Jia's views.

Yan Chaoyue then expressed her concern, "Sigh! I have a feeling that the day of our decisive battle with the Mastanians is getting closer and closer. Considering the current situation is increasingly unfavorable for us, I really need the help of you two seniors!"