Chapter 1140

One-shot, all of them were one-shots!

What he said just now about helping the other party speed up the dungeon clear

was simply a joke!

The other party didn't need his help at all!

Li Yao walked in front.

Inside the cave, the stench of rot was even more severe than outside.

However, having the ability to adapt to the environment,

he only felt slightly uncomfortable when he first came in.

Li Yao chuckled.

"At least I won't have to smell the stench of those monster habitats in the future."

As for why he invited Kong Jiamu to join the team,

it was nothing more than curiosity.

Curiosity about an S-tier practitioner—

why would he be in such a miserable state!

The two followed behind Ah Li, slowly advancing toward the depths of the cave.

Li Yao inquired:

"You are an S-tier practitioner?"

"Hmm? Ah! Yes, that's right." Kong Jiamu only then reacted that the big shot was asking him.

"Are S-tier practitioners nowadays all living as miserably as you?"

"Uh..." Kong Jiamu fell into silence.

Are big shots always this direct when they speak?

"I don't know about others, but for me, my resource subsidies were stolen, and my family has no source of income, so I can only grind wild monsters to level up."

Resource subsidies were stolen?

This kid,

why does he sound so much like him?

It's just that

he had his resources stolen because he advanced as a Summoner,

while Kong Jiamu's resources were stolen by a local A-tier rich kid because of his family's poverty.

The team panel showed Kong Jiamu's level and class:

Level 39 Ancient Wood Mage.

A practitioner from his same batch.

Wood-type mages are mostly skilled in control.

To be able to reach this level by grinding wild monsters in the half-year since advancing as a practitioner

actually shows his strength is quite decent.

No wonder he was used by that group of practitioners just now.

"Then why do you want to come in so badly?" Li Yao asked again. "You can also grind monsters and level up outside the cave, right?"

From his words, he could tell that although Kong Jiamu's family background was poor, there was a hint of pride in his bones.

If he hadn't been driven to a dead end, he wouldn't have begged a stranger like this.

"I can level up," Kong Jiamu nodded, "but it's too slow!"

"In one week, it will be the Dragon Nation Freshman Competition, and the minimum level requirement to participate is level 40."

"As long as I can participate, a senior once gave me a promise, agreeing to let me enter the Jingyu Martial Academy as an exception!"

Freshman Competition.

Li Yao had some impression of it.

At that time, after the seizure battle ended, the teacher asked him to act as a referee to help the Jingyu Martial Academy save face.

Is it starting in a week?

He would have to go over there at that time.

"So I must reach the participation requirement!"

"Only by becoming a student of the Jingyu Martial Academy can I take back the support that belongs to me and treat my mother!"

Kong Jiamu's tightly clenched fists trembled slightly.

Misfortune always finds the most vulnerable; bad luck always seeks out the suffering.

Chatting along the way,

Li Yao learned that Kong Jiamu wasn't an orphan, but was even worse off than one.

His mother was bedridden, and he had never seen his father since he could remember.

He needed to spend a large amount of money every day to buy potions to maintain his mother's life.

The bulk of the income from grinding monsters was spent on this.

He had no surplus money to update his equipment and improve his strength.

Choosing the Evil Land dungeon was also because, as a large-scale multiplayer dungeon,

the entrance ticket was relatively cheap.

Just after reaching level 35, he had been grinding levels on the edge of the Evil Land until now.

But according to his leveling progress, he still couldn't reach level 40 and complete the third advancement before the Freshman Competition.

So he searched for a team on the Star Net, preparing to level up inside the cave.

Grinding monsters all the way to the mountaintop,

that group of practitioners simply treated Kong Jiamu like an ox or horse.

Kong Jiamu ground the monsters,

while they saved their mana,

calling it saving mana for the monsters inside the cave.

As a result, they kicked him out of the team as soon as they reached the mountaintop.

It can only be said that although Kong Jiamu was already level 39, he was still a dungeon novice.

Being scammed could be considered a lesson learned.

"You handle this monster," Li Yao suddenly said, and let Ah Li step aside.

Although Kong Jiamu was puzzled, he still walked forward to face this level 80 ordinary monster alone.

S-tier practitioners are very strong.

For ordinary people, advancing to an S-tier practitioner can already be considered a complete change of life!

Against a single ordinary monster, even if it was a massive level gap, Kong Jiamu was still at ease.

Growing up to this day in the wild at the border while wearing rags,

Kong Jiamu's actual combat ability was even stronger than Li Yao had imagined.

In less than five minutes,

he had killed this monster.

"What is the name of that senior who promised you entry into the Jingyu Martial Academy? Is it convenient to tell me?"

With such strength, entering the Jingyu Martial Academy should count as a decent seedling.

In a year or two, he would be a deputy-captain-level student.

Li Yao was worried that he had been scammed by someone again.

He would ask the teacher when he returned to Jingyu.

Facing Li Yao's inquiry, Kong Jiamu thought carefully; since the other party didn't ask him to hide their identity, he spoke:

"It is Xue Jiulan, Senior Xue."

"She said she could ask the Dean of the War Academy to help me pull some strings and enter the Jingyu Martial Academy as an exception."

"Does the big shot know her?"

Since the big shot asked like that, he guessed that the big shot was worried he had been scammed again.

Kong Jiamu looked at Li Yao nervously.

Li Yao: "..." ===== CHAPTER 1142 =====