Chapter 163: Second advancement Cloud Top Chess Player, sweeping through the Purgatory-level dungeon!

Unlike the previous Nightmare-level difficulty,

Li Yao appeared directly in the forest upon entering the dungeon.

A thick smell of blood mixed with the stench of rotting meat, as if he had entered a slaughterhouse.

He remembered this forest; if he kept walking forward, he would encounter countless Goblin Vanguards.

Li Yao was in no hurry.

Previously, inside the Tower of Heaven, the Dark Wings had dropped quite a few gold coins.

Li Yao looked at his panel; adding the remainder, he had a total of 107.

"As expected of a named-tier creature, the gold coins dropped are almost equal to the sum of everything obtained before!"

Li Yao sighed inwardly, while pondering how to utilize these gold coins.

A moment later, Li Yao made up his mind.

The Void Mantis needed 500 gold coins, so that was out of the question for now.

The Dark Wing Black Dragon itself was an SS-grade chess piece; upgrading it required 100 gold coins, which would exhaust his supply.

You have to know,

the Demon Contract hadn't been used yet, meaning Li Yao could still have one more chess piece, and he needed to save some gold coins to cultivate that one.

So now, only the Predator and the Azure Bird were options.

"Upgrade the Azure Bird to SS-grade, and the Predator to S-grade."

Li Yao summoned both chess pieces.

This upgrade plan only required 55 gold coins; it was very cost-effective and would leave enough gold coins to cultivate future chess pieces.

A stream of light circulated.

The gold coins vanished, both chess pieces leveled up simultaneously, and their attributes increased significantly!

What surprised Li Yao even more was that both chess pieces had actually gained new skills!

Li Yao hurriedly checked the panel information.

【Skill 4 (New): Ice Barrier: The Azure Bird summons an impassable wall of ice to block all movement. The hardness and size of the ice wall are affected by the Azure Bird's Spirit attribute. Duration: 15 seconds. Cooldown: 60 seconds.】

"It's actually a utility skill!"

Li Yao's eyes lit up.

Almost instantly, he thought of several ways to use the Ice Barrier.

Blocking skills and obstructing monsters were just the most basic functions.

Sometimes it could also be combined with the terrain, trapping monsters between the ice wall and the terrain to form physical crowd control.

You could say the strength of this skill depended entirely on how Li Yao used it.

Li Yao looked at the Predator's skill.

【Skill 3 (New): Void Scream: The Void Predator releases a terrifying sonic wave in a cone-shaped area in front, dealing 1000 fixed true damage and silencing for 5 seconds. Silenced targets cannot use any skills. The range of the sonic wave is affected by the Predator's size. Cooldown: 60 seconds.】

"This skill..."

Li Yao stroked his chin in deep thought.

It wasn't a taunt-type skill, so Li Yao was initially a bit disappointed.

But after seeing the effect clearly, the disappointment instantly turned into excitement.

The effect of silencing for five seconds really shocked Li Yao.

Imagine this:

When Li Yao activates all his burst skills, as long as the opponent isn't stupid, they will use their life-saving skills. At this moment, the Predator throws out a silence.

Who wouldn't be dumbfounded?

【Heart of Devotion】 lasts for six seconds, and the silence is five seconds; it's only one second short of complete coverage.

"Fifteen gold coins to get a skill like this—no matter how you look at it, it's a huge profit!"

Li Yao walked toward the front of the forest in a pleasant mood.

At the same time, he adjusted the positioning of his chess pieces, applying the 【Distance is Like a Neighbor】 effect to the Azure Bird.

The Azure Bird's Spirit attribute instantly broke through 3000.

Facing a group of monsters, the Azure Bird's large-area skill was undoubtedly his trump card.

Soon, Li Yao walked out of the forest.

As expected,

countless Goblin Vanguards were scattered below the pyramid structure.

Li Yao discovered

that the density of Purgatory-level monsters far exceeded the Nightmare-level difficulty!

Previously, in Nightmare-level, he could still find ways to slowly lure monsters and defeat them one by one.

In Purgatory-level difficulty, as soon as you attack any monster, the others will definitely perceive it immediately and swarm over.

"This point is indeed a significant difficulty for ordinary practitioners."

Li Yao muttered softly. ===== CHAPTER 165 =====