Chapter 470: Dragon Armor

"Is this the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor'?"

Less than a day after signing the contract with Nathan Military Industries, Li Mochen saw this divine armor that had once terrified the entire Old Continent during the Middle Ages.

At this moment, he was in Manhattan, visiting a biological laboratory under the jurisdiction of Rising Sun Pharmaceutical Company.

Rising Sun Pharmaceutical had been established less than three months ago, its predecessor being 'Ether Biopharmaceutical,' which he had purchased from Anthony. This biopharmaceutical company was founded nine years ago as a subsidiary of Light Magic Industries. At that time, Anthony's father, Howard Braden, was ambitious, aiming to extend Light Magic Industries' business territory into biopharmaceuticals. To this end, Light Magic Industries invested over ten billion gold shields, recruited a large number of brilliant scientists and researchers, and used both soft and hard tactics, employing various means to purchase a large number of key patents from major biotech companies. Within just two years, they built a pharmaceutical company from scratch with annual sales reaching one billion gold shields.

Unfortunately, the founder of Light Magic Industries passed away shortly thereafter. Anthony, who inherited Ether Biopharmaceutical, placed limited importance on it, refraining from further heavy investment and allowing 'Ether Biopharmaceutical' to barely survive.

However, Li Mochen speculated that Anthony had harbored great ambitions in biopharmaceuticals before. Otherwise, he would not have invested heavily each year to maintain four top-tier biological research teams and seventeen project groups within the company, nor would he have spent heavily five years ago to acquire a small chemical pharmaceutical company to compensate for the company's technical shortcomings.

It was just that Anthony currently had more important matters to attend to, lacked sufficient funds, and had no suitable entry point for the time being, so he had been biding his time.

Li Mochen also placed great importance on this biopharmaceutical company. He had many ideas that required the company's technical expertise to realize. However, due to his hectic schedule over the past few months, he had not paid much attention to the company's operations until now.

Only today did Li Mochen find time to come to Manhattan to see how things were going and to receive the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor' from Nathan Military Industries. The latter's Nathan Equipment Laboratory happened to be near Manhattan as well.

It is worth mentioning that this divine armor was delivered to Li Mochen in a huge sealed box, escorted by at least ten armored vehicles and over a hundred magic professionals.

This was not because the Nathan Group feared the armor being stolen, but because the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor' itself was extremely dangerous. The curses of three Popes caused any ordinary person's head to explode upon contact, and even those with slightly weaker strength would go mad on the spot, its danger level comparable to the Astral Plane.

When Li Mochen opened the sealed box, he found it was like a Russian nesting doll, with one sealed box after another, layer upon layer.

However, upon unsealing the second layer, he felt his heart beating fiercely and powerfully, his blood surging rapidly and growing scorching hot, as if it were about to ignite at any moment.

Inside the sealed box, a voice was calling out to him, impatient and eager.

Li Mochen also felt a craving for the thing inside, as if it were a part of his own body locked within the sealed box.

He paused briefly in thought, then stopped. He turned to the head of the Rising Sun Pharmaceutical laboratory and requested an empty room at the bottom of the lab, ensuring that no one could spy on what happened next before continuing to open the box.

It was not until the twelfth layer that Li Mochen saw the true form of the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor.' It was a suit of armor entirely white-gold, adorned with golden patterns, appearing noble and magnificent. Its design was also very beautiful, combining majesty and elegance—even by modern standards, it deserved the words 'cool' and 'stylish,' being very unique.

However, this was only how it appeared under Li Mochen's 'Titan's Eye.' Due to magical effects, to outsiders, the armor would appear scarlet.

The moment he saw the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor,' Li Mochen felt as if his soul had been struck heavily by a hammer, and then hammer after hammer, continuously, as if trying to shatter and annihilate his soul completely.

At the same time, a dragon roar sounded from within the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor,' causing his strength to grow, his blood to boil, and his soul to expand, making Li Mochen feel as if he were omnipotent.

When he reached out and tried to touch the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor,' Li Mochen found that the armor's enhancement to his physique and soul was even more pronounced. The power of the Titan and the bloodline of the dragon simultaneously became active within him, almost restoring his full magical power in an instant!

However, the mental impact also increased at least a hundredfold in that moment. It was like nuclear bombs being stuffed into the depths of his soul and then detonated. At the same time, the hand touching the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor' emitted a sizzling sound, with unparalleled high temperatures causing his skin to smoke and catch fire.

Li Mochen could not bear it for even a second and voluntarily let go. Then he drew in a breath of cold air, gazing at the armor before him with burning eyes.

Two 'forbidden spell'-level magics, four ultimate domains, two intermediate divine powers, and most crucially, absolute defense against spells below level twenty-six, and the power to 'slay' gods—was this the power of this divine artifact? And in an incomplete state?

Was this the reliance that allowed Emperor Barbarossa to dare to fight the Pope? Was this the reason the Hohenstaufen dominated that century?

Without hesitation, he dialed Conshohie's phone.

"Old man, I want to know, how do I remove the curse from this thing?"

"For you, it's very simple."

Conshohie Wiltonshire directly manifested beside Li Mochen through magic manipulating electromagnetism. He also cast a burning gaze at the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor.'

"The souls and blood of demigod-level experts, at least four, corresponding to the four elements of earth, water, air, and fire. Then use your spiritual power to crush and shatter the curse. Andrei, although I don't know the reason, your spiritual power is very strong, even stronger than that of little Angela. In fact, this is your greatest talent. And then—"

He paused: "Go to the Dark World and wage war, harvesting the blood and souls of dark creatures. This will also help dissolve the curses of those Popes, the more the better. This 'Scarlet Dragon Armor' will be the cornerstone for the rise of the Wiltonshire family and its return to the highest order!"

Li Mochen thought it laughable to pin the hope of revitalizing the family on a piece of equipment, but he still asked with a longing tone: "And the Blood Crown? How do I obtain that thing?"

"The Blood Crown has always been under the control of the Holy See. I can have someone drip your blood into the Blood Crown, but I cannot obtain it."

Conshohie's eyes showed anticipation: "But as long as you can fully unseal the 'Scarlet Dragon Armor,' no one can stop you from uniting this divine set."