Xia Li hadn't expected that his prosthetic could have additional modules implanted.

  But this would definitely be extremely concealed. In close-quarters combat, when others threw punches, he'd fire shots—locked right onto their heads.

  How would opponents even defend against that?

  "For a prosthetic-embedded shotgun module... let's go with the M1887-MAX. A classic from the previous era, now reimagined with spirit-tech. Excellent power."

  The chubby boss recommended a shotgun Xia Li had heard of—the prototype should be the Winchester M1887.

  Xia Li had seen it in many games. He never imagined this classic shotgun would now become a module embedded in his prosthetic.

  "This is great. I like it."

  Xia Li had a natural filter for familiar things. After all, there was so little he recognized in this new era.

  "For explosives, do you want cheap and plentiful, or more expensive but more powerful?"

  "Can be somewhat pricey—power above all!"

  "Then plasma grenades? These things are brutal. They form an ultra-high-voltage electric field after detonation. The Heaven Chip controls the detonation timing for precise control over the kill zone."

  "Sure, give me a hundred to start."

  Xia Li ordered a hundred plasma grenades outright. Throwable weapons had many uses in various situations.

  "I personally suggest fifty plasma grenades and fifty shockwave grenades. About the same price, and the key is that the electric field from the plasma grenades can be triggered for a secondary explosion using the shockwave grenades."

  "Then give me a hundred shockwave grenades too!"

  "Generous, I like it. I'll throw in ten extra of each grenade type."

  The chubby boss smiled. He loved customers who didn't pinch pennies. Since the customer wasn't being stingy with him, he could afford to be generous too. Xia Li looked like exactly the kind of high-quality repeat customer he wanted.

  "Now for defensive artifacts. Do you want sustained but lower defense, or only momentary defense but with higher defensive performance?"

  The chubby boss presented two options—one was probably a sustained shield but fragile, the other was an instant shield that could block most attacks.

  "One of each!"

  "How about a composite model? Though it costs more than buying both separately, it's more convenient."

  "Sure, composite it is."

  "Then go with the G-Field Shield. This is tech used on space vessels. When activated, it generates a G-repulsion field—theoretically, even a nuclear bomb exploding in your face won't hurt you."

  "A small-yield nuclear bomb is still a nuclear bomb, right?"

  "Well... I can only say you get what you pay for."

  The chubby boss hadn't expected Xia Li to immediately expose his verbal artistry, but it didn't matter—Xia Li seemed to have already decided to buy it.

  "Lastly, escape items. Though Hidden Wing specializes in this, right? I can only recommend the Chaos Phase Sphere—activates for instant random teleportation within ten thousand meters."

  "The advantage is that spatial fluctuations are hard to track. The disadvantage is it's completely random—you might even appear in the same spot, but more likely you'll end up underground or high in the air."

  The chubby boss figured that since Xia Li was a Hidden Wing member, he wouldn't lack escape methods. If he was still buying escape items, he must need something that couldn't be tracked.

  Unfortunately, he only had Chaos Phase Spheres. He didn't have anything more advanced.

  "That's everything then. Also, give me a phase ring."

  Phase rings were Earth's storage treasures—infinitely more useful than the storage rings from the cultivation world. Just the ability to retrieve items from anywhere within a designated range made it possible to set up traps and plant explosives everywhere.

  "Specifications?"

  "Hundred cubic meters of space, thousand-meter retrieval range, other specs don't matter. No need for client-end connection."

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  Earth's storage treasures could have multiple artifacts sharing a single phase space, with multiple people storing and retrieving items simultaneously for real-time support. But Xia Li didn't need this function at all.

  Having crossed dimensions, he was completely outside the Heavenly Dao Network's range anyway—multi-terminal access would be impossible regardless.

  "Total: three thousand four hundred fifty-two spirit stones."

  "I'll give you three thousand five hundred—promised you a bit extra."

  "Thank you for your patronage. Follow me—since you're being so generous, I'll make it worth your while. I'll take you to the practice range to test the merchandise."

  The chubby boss had made a big sale today and naturally wanted to give Xia Li good service. Xia Li was pleased too—having completed his Heaven-path Foundation Establishment, undergone new modifications, and purchased all these weapons...

  This time when he returned to the other side, he should have sufficient power to protect himself.

  However, before going to the practice range, the chubby boss took Xia Li's prosthetic arm since it needed the shotgun module installed.

  Since the connection came from Ke Xiao, Xia Li chose to trust him and let him take it.

  Half an hour later...

  On the practice range, the chubby boss returned with Xia Li's prosthetic arm. For already-installed prosthetics that only needed internal module changes rather than replacement, temporary removal was possible.

  "Everything you wanted is in the phase ring. The ring is on your prosthetic's finger."

  The chubby boss reattached the prosthetic for Xia Li. Once the Heaven Chip reconnected to the prosthetic, Xia Li stood up and immediately raised his hand.

  "Wait, you can't fire bullets like that. Let me send you the bullet generation technique that comes with the firearms."

  The chubby boss immediately transmitted a technique to Xia Li. The technique wasn't complicated—just using spiritual energy to generate bullets of different calibers and effects.

  Spirit guns, like mechanical guns, required bullet loading. The only difference was that spirit gun bullet loading was either automatic or semi-automatic.

  Generally speaking, semi-automatic generation and loading resulted in higher single-shot power.

  Installing the bullet generation technique into a technique slot and setting the Heaven Chip to auto-use for loading...

  Xia Li walked up to a steel plate.

  Generating ammo type—

  Gale Bullet!

  Raising his hand, with the slightest finger movement, dense air blasts erupted from his palm, punching through and shredding the steel plate.

  "Not bad."

  Xia Li shook his arm, controlling the gun mechanism to reset and reload.

  Electromagnetic Bullet!

  The bullet fired, electric arcs shooting out and nearly melting the already-wrecked steel plate.

  Shake, reload!

  This time Xia Li braced his right prosthetic with his left hand because he was loading the largest caliber, highest-power ammunition type.

  Dragon's Breath!

  With a roar, dazzling flash-fire erupted from Xia Li's palm. The remaining steel plate was directly melted into liquid metal in the flash-explosion.

  One could only imagine how high that instant temperature reached!

  Xia Li himself was knocked back a good distance by the recoil. His prosthetic arm had split open in multiple seams for heat dissipation, with heat waves distorting the air around his arm.

  "This heat dissipation process... I could probably use it in a fight—just grab someone and burn them."

  Seeing this, Xia Li's eyes gleamed with delight. Just this prosthetic-embedded shotgun module was already this powerful.

  Even across a major realm—if he suddenly hit a Golden Core cultivator from the other side with a Dragon's Breath round, he might just blast their Golden Core to pieces.