"Satisfying~"
Looking at the little Japanese bastard on the ground who died with his eyes open, Peter's mood was very pleasant.
The harvest from this night far exceeded his expectations.
Not only had he completely mastered the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, achieving fine-tuned control while his Lightning Armor was active (meaning he wouldn't accidentally punch Mrs. Gao to death).
He had also developed the "pre-emptive hole" evasion technique and, along the way, stolen the essence of martial arts that Mrs. Gao had painstakingly practiced for four hundred years.
"Besides that..."
Peter turned his gaze toward the corpses of the Silver Samurai and Mrs. Gao.
He reached out and pressed his hand against the silver armor with the large hole in it, and a system prompt immediately appeared before his eyes.
[Sacrificeable Dark Green Item detected: Silver Samurai Great Armor]
[A rare set of armor crafted by the Silver Samurai at great expense. A small amount of Vibranium is integrated into the armor, allowing it to absorb and release a certain level of kinetic energy and withstand Rocket launcher attacks without injury. It is a very practical piece of combat equipment.]
[Sacrifice to obtain: 800 Points]
[Sacrifice?]
Without any hesitation, Peter chose to sacrifice it directly.
After all, a piece of armor with a hole in it no longer had any utility value to him.
As for that small amount of Vibranium... although it was rare, it wasn't as if there were no other ways to obtain it.
In the future, he would just need to take a trip to Wakanda to get a large batch of Vibranium.
Even if he couldn't go to Wakanda for the time being, wasn't there a ready-made Vibranium katana right here!
He casually picked up the katana from the ground.
Hum!
As Lightning Release Chakra was injected, a blinding electric light immediately appeared on the blade.
For a moment, it reminded Peter of that "Sword of the Thunder God" from Naruto.
He gripped the katana and gave it a couple of casual slashes.
Peter found that although he didn't know how to use "Qi" to create overclocked high heat, the special mechanical structure of the blade itself could still perfectly amplify his Lightning Release Chakra.
In terms of cutting power, the current lightning sword form was not inferior to the previous overclocked high-heat version at all.
"Not bad, it can be used as a special countermeasure weapon."
"When I go to Wakanda in the future, I can even have Black Panther help modify it. Changing it to a straight tang long saber style would be more aesthetically pleasing."
Thinking this, Peter sheathed the sword with satisfaction and hung it at his waist... Well, he originally wanted to try carrying it on his back, but he found that just like those cosplayers playing Zhang Qiling, he couldn't pull it out at all and could only perform the 'New Year's Bow' sword technique on the spot... "Speaking of which, I don't know when the system will refresh a space ring. Storing things like this is indeed quite inconvenient."
After grumbling like that, Peter turned his attention back to Mrs. Gao.
At this moment, Mrs. Gao was left with only two bare legs.
To prevent her from being able to resurrect using something like Dragon Bone.
Peter pressed his hand on those two legs, and the terrifying electric light directly charred them completely.
This time, even Dragon Bone wouldn't be able to resurrect her!
Activating the Byakugan, he searched the area around the human-shaped charcoal, and before long, Peter found two items.
One was Mrs. Gao's cane, and the other was a ring.
Since he couldn't judge which was more valuable, Peter simply let the system act as an appraiser:
[Sacrificeable Green Item detected: Mrs. Gao's Dragon Head Cane]
[A cane Mrs. Gao carried for many years, and one of her most proficient weapons. The tip of the cane is made of a special alloy that can easily pierce steel. The dragon head can spray lasers and toxic smoke. Mrs. Gao used this to kill many rivals in the dark forces.]
[Sacrifice to obtain: 500 Points]
[Sacrifice?]
[Sacrificeable Dark Green Item detected: Kunlun Thumb Ring]
[A token of Mrs. Gao's Qigong training in Kunlun during her youth. Wearing this ring allows one to feel the existence of "Qi" faster and slightly increases the speed of Training. Therefore, even after defecting from Kunlun, Mrs. Gao never took it off.]
[Sacrifice to obtain: 800 Points]
[Sacrifice?]
It turned out to be an item that helps with the Training of "Qi"?
Peter's eyes lit up. He decisively chose to sacrifice the former and then wore the Kunlun Thumb Ring on his left thumb.
It was quite magical; after putting it on his thumb, the ring actually disappeared immediately, leaving only a small cloud pattern mark on his thumb knuckle.
This seemed to involve the application of some kind of spatial rule.
After all, Kunlun in the Marvel Universe was a magical city hidden in a rift dimension.
Peter intended to see if he could feel the existence of Qi with this ring, so he simply stepped onto his flying skateboard and returned to Parker Tech.
In the empty room, after Peter set out the cold jade bed, he sat cross-legged on it and began to close his eyes to sense that ethereal "Qi."
At first, he gained nothing.
It wasn't until Peter tried to extract Chakra while multitasking during meditation that he discovered his Chakra and some kind of strange energy had a peculiar resonance effect.
This discovery couldn't help but make Peter's expression turn a bit odd.
Thinking about it this way, isn't the natural energy in Naruto just a variant of Qi?
The only difference is that the natural energy in Naruto is relatively low-level and cannot be stored at all, while Qi can be stored in the dantian for a long time... In that case, if I absorb a bit more Qi to store in my dantian and then fuse Qi and Chakra one-to-one, wouldn't I be able to enter an alternative Sage Mode?
Peter really wanted to try it, but the process was honestly a bit too slow to be touching... Just like when Naruto first began training in Senjutsu in the Naruto World, it was difficult to sense natural energy even with Mount Myōboku's toad oil.
Peter found that perhaps because there was no accompanying internal Training method, even with the boost from the cold jade bed, it was not an easy task to absorb the Qi between heaven and earth into his dantian.
He sat on the cold jade bed for two full hours, but the "Qi" absorbed into his body was pitifully small.
According to this trend, without a few months, he estimated it would be very hard to save up enough Chakra to enter Sage Mode.
"Sigh~ Since things have come to this, let's eat first!"
Seeing that it was already seven in the morning, Peter simply went downstairs to buy breakfast and picked up a copy of the Daily Bugle along the way.
As expected, the newspaper's headline was about their battle with Electro yesterday.
The secondary page, however, used a large spread to report the news of Tony announcing the closure of the weapons division.
Looking at the report, Peter knew in his heart that a new round of ATM opportunities was about to come.
Previously, because Tony hadn't even been rescued by him yet, the Military, under S.H.I.E.L.D.'s instigation, had released a statement about Tony's rescue in advance.
Stark Industries' stock had skyrocketed, and Peter had made a huge profit, causing his assets to multiply several times over.
And now, Tony's decision would inevitably cause Stark's stock price to plummet to rock bottom again in the coming period.
He could take this opportunity to buy in heavily and then wait quietly.
Wait until half a month later when Tony kills iron monger and announces to the World, "I am Iron Man." That moment would be when he sells his stock and cashes out.
With this money, plus the income from the upcoming release of the unicorn generation 1... by then, Peter will have completely finished his primitive accumulation of capital and become one of the wealthiest small group of people in the World in one fell swoop!