Chapter 13

“Pfft.”

The Void Mantis slashed, and the black-clad knight’s head fell to the ground.

Since he had killed, he would kill them all cleanly.

Looking at the three corpses in front of him, Li Yao narrowed his eyes.

“The Classmate Yuwen family, huh?”

If he remembered correctly, that A-rank Barrier Master in the forest school was the second young master of the Classmate Yuwen family.

He hadn't offended the other party, so why would they send people to kill him?

Could it really be as he thought—

for the sake of profit?

After thinking for a while and not figuring it out, Li Yao stopped thinking about it.

With a knife held to his throat, the reason didn't matter anymore.

He only needed to know:

The grudge was already formed; he would find a chance to take revenge later!

As a top family in Jiangzhou,

the Classmate Yuwen family controlled dozens of potion shops large and small.

In terms of professional strength, they weren't as strong as the Silver Wolf Guild, but in terms of ‘money power,’ they absolutely crushed the Silver Wolf Guild.

For him now, taking revenge was still a bit too early.

It required long-term planning.

At this time,

the Void Mantis walked over, its two claws hooking many things.

After a professional dies, the equipment they wear can be stripped off and used again.

Li Yao took a casual look.

They were all Black Iron or Bronze equipment around level 20; not a single piece of Silver equipment.

And all three pieces of chest armor had their durability cleared due to the Void Mantis’s attacks.

“Worthless junk.”

Li Yao complained.

Because of his level, Li Yao couldn't wear them yet.

But even a mosquito is meat; he could sell them for money.

After putting the equipment into his storage ring, Li Yao walked toward the camp.

The night passed without incident.

Early the next morning, Li Yao and the Void Mantis embarked on a slaughtering journey again.

After about two hours,

[Killed Ruin Prowler Dog, EXP +0.16%]

[Practical Training triggered, Void Mantis Strength +1]

A golden light flashed, and Li Yao’s level rose to 10.

At the same time, several system notification messages rang in his mind.

[Level reached 10, obtained 10 free attribute points; Chess Piece population limit +1; Hex lottery x1]

[Hedge Fund triggered, gold coins +10]

Li Yao silently chanted to draw.

[Drawing Hex enhancement rune]

[Congratulations! You have drawn a Prismatic-grade rune, Demon Contract!]

“Oh? Another Prismatic-grade!?”

Li Yao was pleasantly surprised and quickly checked the effect of Demon Contract.

[Demon Contract (Prismatic-grade): Sacrifice current HP to increase Chess Piece population limit. Can be sacrificed once per class change; currently can be sacrificed once.]

“Sacrifice HP?”

“What is HP? Sacrifice it!”

Li Yao chose to sacrifice without any hesitation.

With the Chess Player talent, as long as a Chess Piece exists, he won't take damage.

With his own combat power, if the Chess Piece were gone, having more HP would be useless anyway.

Demon Contract began to take effect.

Li Yao only felt something empty being lost.

He opened the panel.

[Name: Li Yao]

[Class: Cloud Top Chess Player (Hidden Unique)]

[Level: 10 (0.01%)]

[HP: 80/80 (Original 1250)]

[Strength: 20]

[Spirit: 10]

[Agility: 123]

[Stamina: 25]

[Free Attribute Points: 10]

[Chess Piece Space: 1/3]

[Equipment: Bloodthirsty Pendant, Swift Boots (2/8)]

[Skills: Void Mantis Summon (SSS), Hedge Fund (Unknown), Practical Training (Unknown), Demon Contract (Unknown)]

[Talents: Hex, Bond, Armament, Chess Player, Star-up]

“80 HP?”

Li Yao was startled.

It actually deducted 94% of his HP.

If it weren't for the Chess Player talent, Li Yao would have become a true glass cannon, shattering at a touch.

This time, Li Yao didn't use the free attribute points directly.

After all, he could still contract two more Chess Pieces.

It was best to wait and see what type they were before choosing how to allocate points.

Reaching level 10, Li Yao’s first-stage goal was completed.

Next was to go to the Goblin Nest dungeon to take a look.

If nothing went wrong, he would be leveling up there for the next few days.

Before that, Li Yao needed to return to the city to make full preparations.

Half an hour later,

at the border checkpoint.

Li Yao jumped off the Void Mantis’s back.

The Void Mantis vanished into the shadows.

Providing his identity proof, Li Yao walked into the Star Network Exchange.

Along the way, Li Yao roughly estimated the value of the materials and equipment he had on hand.

The total price fluctuated around 2.3 million Dragon coins.

Among them, various Bronze and Black Iron equipment made up the bulk, with a total value exceeding 1.8 million Dragon coins.

The rest was money from monster materials.

He split them into several batches, found different clerks, and sold everything except for the mission items.

Just as Li Yao had imagined,

his bank card soon received 2.4 million Dragon coins.

When he saw the string of numbers, Li Yao was still stunned for a moment.

The speed at which professionals make money was actually this exaggerated.

After thinking about it, Li Yao shook his head.

Having hunted so many monsters, Li Yao had a rough understanding of their strength levels.

Ordinary professionals below A-rank had to form teams to hunt monsters of the same level.

And the hunting time wouldn't be short, and they would have to consume quite a few potions.

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The final gains had to be split equally.

Calculated this way, the speed at which professionals make money wasn't that exaggerated.

It was only because he one-shot monsters while farming,

with fast speed and zero cost, that he had such a terrifying money-making speed.

Subsequently,

Li Yao submitted the missions he had accepted from the Adventurer Guild, and another 400,000 Dragon coins were credited.

Returning to the Star Network,

he walked to the skill book purchase counter.

There were many people shopping for skill books here, and most of them were young faces.

The novice dungeon would be open for 5 days; after leveling up in the dungeon for one day, most novice professionals would come here to fill in the gaps and purchase skills to learn.

Compared to buying online, physical stores had clerks to recommend items, which could save a lot of detours.

“Hello, I need to purchase Summoner skill books. Can you show me the stock?”

“Summoner?”

The clerk looked up at Li Yao and was slightly stunned.

“Mr. Li?”

“Hmm?” Li Yao didn't expect the other party to know him.

After getting Li Yao’s response, the clerk became enthusiastic.

“It’s like this, there’s an item that Guild Leader Li specifically instructed us to hand over to you as soon as we saw you return from outside the city.”

“Father?”

What could be so urgent that it needed to be handed to him?

Seeing Li Yao’s reaction, the clerk smiled and handed a tablet to Li Yao.

“How about this, you pick out the skill books first, and I’ll go get the item for you.”

“If there’s anything you want to know, you can ask me when I get back.”

After saying this,

the clerk walked quickly toward the back office.

Li Yao didn't think much and took the tablet to start browsing.

His money was probably only enough to buy B-rank or C-rank Summoner skill books.

But the rank didn't have much meaning for him.

He only needed to consume gold coins, and even an E-rank summon could be upgraded to SSS-rank by him.

So, he only needed to find the summon that suited him best.

Two slots.

One large-range magic-type summon.

One tank-type or support-type summon.

After entering the keywords, dozens of B-rank skill books appeared before his eyes.

[Steel Mummy Summon], [Giant Hammer Rabbit Summon], [Devourer Bug Summon], [Stubborn Stone Beast Summon].

“Hmm?”

“Why is this Devourer Bug so much more expensive than other B-rank skill books?”