Chapter 131

The things being competed for are not just as simple as a title.

In the Top Ten prize pool, the Federation has placed a large number of precious items and top-tier equipment.

Even the weakest tenth place can at least get a piece of Platinum-grade equipment!

Xue Xue Jiulan saw the excitement of the examinees in her eyes and said loudly with a smile:

"The flying ship has now arrived at the designated location for the battle, the Bone-Shattering Desert."

"The rules are also the most standard rules."

"The teleportation stones you received earlier can still be used now. Resisting monster attacks temporarily and holding out until rescue arrives shouldn't be a problem."

"But you must also be clear that once you use this item, it also means you lose your qualification for the battle and are judged as eliminated."

"This place is located in the deepest part of the border of Jingcheng, with countless monsters, each claiming their own territory."

"Killing monsters earns points, and you can also attack others. Besides gaining 10 base points, you can also plunder all of the other party's points."

"But there is one point I must make clear: you cannot maliciously kill people."

"Above the sky, there are dozens of flying ships, and people from the various martial arts academies are watching from above at all times, and your teleportation stones also record your battles."

"You all received landing tools just now; starting now, you can freely choose to land in any area of the Bone-Shattering Desert."

"After one week, the top ten in points will be the top ten prodigies of the Dragon Kingdom for this year!"

As her voice fell, countless examinees jumped off the flying ship one after another.

To go down first is to seize the initiative first.

Li Yao was not in a hurry.

He greeted the Shang sisters and found an empty corner on the deck.

He took out the treasure chest dropped by the One-Eyed Behemoth.

Li Yao had been looking forward to this treasure chest for a long time.

Killing a Lord-grade monster twenty levels above his own.

He figured it wouldn't let him down.

The light flickered, and the treasure chest disappeared.

A suit of armor and a skill book appeared in front of Li Yao.

"Platinum-grade?" Li Yao felt his luck was a bit bad.

A Lord-grade monster dropping Platinum-grade is reasonable.

But he killed it 20 levels above his own; giving him Platinum-grade again is a bit unjustifiable, right?

"Go gather dust in the warehouse!" Li Yao threw it into his storage ring.

Once he enters the martial arts academy, there will be places specifically for trading equipment, and he can go exchange for equipment suitable for himself then.

"The equipment luck is bad, the skill book can't be bad too, right?" Li Yao looked at the skill book "Giant Slayer".

Li Yao rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen something unclean.

[Giant Slayer (S-rank passive skill): A brave person who dares to challenge levels above their own will receive the blessing of the Heavenly Dao, dealing extra damage to enemies with a higher level than themselves. For every level difference, damage is increased by 1%.]

Li Yao even thought he had dropped a piece of equipment from the chess game of his past life.

After reading the introduction, he realized that this 'giant' was not that 'giant'.

"Not bad! Another passive skill!"

Li Yao nodded with satisfaction and, almost without any hesitation, chose to learn it directly.

Still the same saying:

No one would ever complain about having too many passive skills!

Moreover, in a sense, the S-rank [Giant Slayer] is even more powerful than the previous SS-rank [Goblin Slayer].

For Li Yao, challenging levels above his own is a common occurrence.

He can maximize the effect of this skill book.

If it were placed on an ordinary professional, it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven to even challenge one or two levels above, and they might not even be able to exert one percent of the effect of this skill book.

After learning the skill, Li Yao still did not leave this place.

In addition to the treasure chest drop, the One-Eyed Behemoth also contributed seventy-two gold coins to him.

Added to the remainder from before, it was already completely enough to upgrade an SS-rank chess piece to SSS-rank.

Originally, Li Yao was saving these gold coins for the fifth chess piece.

But the Immortal Thunder Mouse was already SS-rank upon acquisition; being both SS-rank, Li Yao would naturally prioritize upgrading the Dark-Winged Black Dragon, which was his main attacker.

The gold coins turned into flowing light and dissipated.

The attributes of the Dark-Winged Black Dragon also changed accordingly.

The upgrade from SS-rank to SSS-rank is a huge improvement, as could be seen from the Void Mantis before.

All attributes were significantly improved.

Among them, the main attribute, Spirit, even broke the two-thousand mark without activating [The World is Small].

The skill coefficients were also enhanced quite a bit.

If he had promoted to SSS-rank before encountering the One-Eyed Behemoth, I'm afraid the Dark-Winged Black Dragon alone would have been enough to defeat the other party!

The only pity is that this time, the Dark-Winged Black Dragon did not gain a new skill.

"It seems I need to obtain new wings before I can comprehend a skill."

Li Yao muttered while walking toward the edge of the flying ship.

Seeing Li Yao preparing to set off,

several examinees nearby who were pretending to chat looked over instantly.

Li Yao saw it in his eyes but didn't take it to heart.

He walked to the parachute jump point on the deck and leaped up.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

A whistling sound of breaking through the air came to his ears; Li Yao was in free fall, descending rapidly.

Immediately afterward, Li Yao saw several examinees following behind him.

"Couldn't wait to make a move so soon?"

A cold sneer curled the corners of Li Yao's mouth, and at the same time, he opened his parachute to slow down his descent.

Three on the east, five on the west, one in the northwest direction.

The next second,

the figure of the Azure Bird appeared out of thin air.

The examinees around him almost had their eyeballs pop out when they saw Li Yao actually had a flying summon!

They were planning to follow Li Yao down to the ground and then attack in a group to completely eradicate the threat at the very beginning.

The Azure Bird flew toward the nearest examinee.

Lightly, it pecked at the other party's parachute once.

The parachute leaked air instantly; this examinee didn't even react before falling rapidly toward the ground.

This height wouldn't be fatal for a professional, but it would definitely result in a serious injury!

"Holy crap!"

"There's a dog!"

The surrounding examinees all saw this scene, and their faces turned pale instantly.

They immediately used long-range methods to attack Li Yao.

Li Yao could dodge, but the parachute couldn't.

Li Yao simply gave up the parachute, grabbed the Azure Bird's claws, and hovered in the air.

"Not cool, buddy! You playing like this?"

"Brother! Let's talk this out!"

"Bang, bang, bang!"

Several sounds rang out in succession; Li Yao and the Void Mantis directly blew up the parachutes of all the surrounding examinees.

"Someone is cheating!"

"Despicable! Absolutely too despicable!"

"Ah, ah."