"These are not the most important aspects yet. The armor has undergone a major internal structure adjustment, allowing each component to be individually removed for replacement and maintenance, significantly reducing maintenance costs over time."

Then, the quartermaster compared it with armor produced by the Ji Family; regardless of weight, physical defense, or spiritual energy defense shield, the new Black Armor from the Wang family outperformed by more than 30%, not to mention the additional flight capability.

In the Sacred Domain, a Spirit Platform Realm trying to fly must either buy Spirit Wings separately, which usually cost thousands of Spirit Stones, or ride flying Spirit Beasts, which is very troublesome.

In the army, it’s rare for Spirit Platform Realm soldiers to be equipped with Spirit Wings due to high costs and insufficient production.

"The wings included with this Black Armor are less flexible and fast than dedicated Spirit Wings, but can glide long distances using Spirit Stones, with lower energy consumption."

After excitedly relaying these points, the quartermaster became worried again: "Such high-performance soldier armor, the price and production... alas~~ what a pity~ If our soldiers could be equipped with this new armor in bulk, their combat power could be increased by at least 30%!"

Increase soldier combat power by 30%?

Emperor Tianrui was initially shocked, then extremely pleased.

It’s important to note that the Tianrui Saint Dynasty has the largest number of Spirit Platform Realm soldiers!

Across all territories and counties of the Tianrui Saint Dynasty, combined with surrounding Immortal Dynasties, the total population far surpasses the Divine Martial World. The latest census results show a population of about two hundred billion.

Given such a vast population base, even without conscription, the conventional army needs to maintain a force of about four hundred million.

Of course, because the areas of the Tianrui Saint Dynasty and surrounding Immortal Dynasties are very extensive, far surpassing the size of Earth, soldiers are not concentrated in one place but stationed scatteredly, maintaining local security or stationed in military bases to counter threats from various sources, even from the Void Sea.

These are the regular local troops and the largest in number.

Besides this, the Tianrui Saint Dynasty also has some grassroots soldiers, the lowest being elite groups of Heavenly Human Realm troops, mostly serving on the Void Sea battlefield, contributing to the Human race.

If they can indeed be equipped en masse with such Black Armor, the local defense forces of the Tianrui Saint Dynasty will definitely see a significant enhancement in strength. Thus, even if they eventually have to downsize the military, the overall impact on military strength won’t be that great.

After his initial surprise, Emperor Tianrui suddenly remembered other issues and nervously asked for specific details: "Master Shouzhe, how much does this armor cost?"

"Including a single weapon, two thousand Spirit Stones or Immortal Crystals per set," Wang Shouzhe said seriously, "If you need additional shields, bows, crossbows, etc., the cost will be calculated separately."

Back in the day, the Immortal Crystal system of the Immortal Dynasty and Demonic Dynasty was actually learned from the Sacred Domain, with one Immortal Crystal roughly equivalent to one Spirit Stone.

"Two thousand Immortal Crystals?" Emperor Tianrui’s face instantly showed discomfort.

Even though he estimated the equipment price might be around three thousand Spirit Stones, two thousand is already considered low, yet still somewhat hard to accept.

"It’s still too expensive. A set of armor plus weapons from the Ji Family costs only twelve hundred Spirit Stones."

Being a noble Saint Emperor, funds he usually handles start with top-quality Spirit Stones, Immortal Spirit Stones, etc. The mere thousands of Immortal Crystals, he might be too lazy to pick up if dropped on the ground, but the current situation is different.

There are billions of soldiers within the Tianrui Saint Dynasty, and every Immortal Crystal difference in basic equipment price means billions of Immortal Crystals coming and going!

Once war breaks out and conscription occurs, the numbers become even more incalculable.

"Your Majesty, that’s not how the calculations should be," Wang Shouzhe smiled and helped him analyze, "Our equipment is conservatively estimated to exceed the performance of Ji Family armor by 30%. If Your Majesty wants to maintain the original military strength, you can downsize by 30%. Just the saved weapon and armor expenses from the 30% downsized troops are over six hundred Immortal Crystals per person, almost offsetting the price difference of equipment."

"In addition, recruitment fees, stationing costs, food, elixirs, even retirement compensation, casualty condolences, reward expenses, etc., can all be reduced by 30%! This means saving 30% of the total military budget for your dynasty."

"Moreover, when it comes to maintenance and equipment attrition. Since the Black Armor is modular, even if damaged on the battlefield, only certain parts need replacing to instantly repair it, with high maintenance efficiency and far lower actual attrition rates than conventional Black Armor. This alone can save quite a bit of money."

Listening to Wang Shouzhe’s analysis, Emperor Tianrui’s eyes grew increasingly bright.

Indeed, if the army is reduced, Wang family’s Black Armor instead saves money.

And if the army is not downsized, fully replacing it with Wang family’s armor could increase military power by 30%! Would that not allow dominance over the Tianxing Sacred Dynasty?

By then, reclaiming those disputed territories would be enough to offset the additional expenditures.

Wang Shouzhe sipped his Immortal Tea, waiting calmly for Emperor Tianrui’s decision.

The Sacred Domain is so vast, and military equipment and military supply elixirs are an incredibly large pie.

Since long ago, the Wang family had been tempted by this enormous market but had struggled due to roadblocks and lack of opportunity to enter.

Now, however, the Ji Family and Jiang’s have offered a major opportunity of their own accord.