Chapter 19

Brilliance flickered.

Two items.

A piece of armor, a book.

[Goblin's Proof of Courage (Top)]

[Quality: Gold]

[Equipment Requirement: Level 15, Strength 150, Stamina 80]

[Equipment Attribute 1: Stamina +55, Strength +20]

[Equipment Attribute 2: Courage (Active), increases wearer's strength attribute by 30%, duration 30 seconds, cooldown 60 minutes (can be triggered by summoned creatures)]

[Equipment Attribute 3: Heavy (Passive), reduces each damage taken by the wearer by 50 (can be triggered by summoned creatures)]

[Durability: 175/175]

[Sword-Bearing Charge]

[Quality: A]

[Skill Requirement: Level 10; equipped with sword-type weapon]

[Skill Introduction: Charge at any target within 30 meters and deal 170% physical damage to the target. Agility increases by 800 during the charge. Cooldown: 20 seconds.]

Looking at the descriptions of the two items,

Li Yao's eyes lit up, and he exclaimed,

"I got a hit!" ===== CHAPTER 45 =====

The A-rank skill was useless to Li Yao, so he stored it in his storage ring; he could take it to exchange for useful items later.

But this top armor called Proof of Courage undoubtedly made Li Yao extremely excited!

It was actually a percentage attribute bonus; this kind of attribute became more powerful the later it got, and it was extremely rare!

Li Yao was a summoner, so strength was the most useless attribute.

But don't forget,

Li Yao possessed the [Shackles] skill, which could share the Void Mantis's attributes for a short time.

And the Void Mantis's strength attribute was already shockingly high due to combat training!

On this basis, increasing it by another 30%—

paired together, it would definitely exert an effect of one plus one being greater than two!

However, the wearing conditions for this piece of gear were extremely harsh; it looked like it was prepared for a Berserker who focused on strength.

"I wonder if the attributes added by activating the skill count."

Li Yao whispered softly.

If not, if he wanted to wear this piece of gear, he would need to pour attribute points into strength, which would be counterproductive.

"Wait until level 15, try it and you'll know."

Li Yao didn't think anymore.

As the first boss cleared in the Nightmare difficulty, the Goblin Commander's gains already made Li Yao extremely satisfied.

If it really didn't work out, he could also sell it for an astonishing price.

In the following time, Li Yao followed the same method.

He cleared the remaining goblin tribes in one go.

Because the Void Predator had devoured the leader and gained a large amount of maximum HP, it could withstand the goblins' attacks.

So Li Yao didn't need to pull monsters.

The wanton slaughter made the clearing speed far exceed the first tribe.

The goblins of the three tribes not only dropped a large amount of bronze and black iron gear but also pulled Li Yao's experience directly to level 13, 57%.

It took a total of two hours.

If he were still in the wild, Li Yao wouldn't even dare to imagine this leveling speed.

The only pity was that Li Yao didn't find a Goblin Commander in the other three tribes.

"There should be another leader behind; no rush."

Li Yao looked at the pyramid building in the distance, his eyes somewhat solemn.

Without hesitation, he walked toward it.

Along the way, a nauseating stench hit his face.

Li Yao couldn't help but cover his nose.

However,

except for human bones visible everywhere, Li Yao didn't find a single goblin.

After walking for about ten minutes,

the Void Mantis and the Predator's HP recovered to their best.

The surrounding dense forest began to thin out gradually.

The stench was so thick it started to sting his eyes.

At the end of the dense forest appeared an open space about the size of a football field, where countless goblins wearing armor and holding long spears patrolled back and forth.

Behind them, a goblin wearing a crown and a blood-red battle robe sat on a throne under the pyramid.

Those blood-red pupils

had already locked onto Li Yao.

[Goblin Scout]

[Level 18 (Enhanced Elite)]

[HP: ]

[Strength: 321]

[Spirit: 118]

[Agility: 274]

[Stamina: 325]

[Skills: Goblin Charge LV5, Army-Breaking LV3, Elemental Resistance LV5, Thick Skin LV5]

[Goblin King]

[???]

Li Yao looked at the scene before him and frowned slightly.

A bit troublesome, but not much.

The Goblin King had already discovered him, but hadn't launched an attack yet.

Clearly, he hadn't triggered the BOSS mechanism.

Right now, the only thing he needed to face should be this group of goblin scouts.

The exaggerated attributes, except for HP, weren't much weaker than the Commander.

The most critical thing was the distance between them; as long as he attacked one of them, all the scouts would swarm him in an instant.

Trying to pull monsters individually was simply unrealistic.

"Then let's test the power."

Li Yao cracked his knuckles, didn't hide his aura at all, and walked step by step toward the group of goblin scouts.

At the same time, he gave the Void Predator a 'stand by' command.

"Hiss-hiss-hiss!"

Smelling the scent of human flesh, the goblin scouts immediately let out ear-piercing roars.

Holding long spears, they jumped and charged toward Li Yao.

As if they would eat one less bite of meat if they were a step late.

"Void Mantis, the two of us have been treated as food."

Li Yao sneered and said to the void beside him.

The Void Mantis had high intelligence but couldn't speak, so it could only wave its claws to express the anger in its heart.

[Shackles: The summoner can designate one summon to connect with a soul shackle. The summoner can share all attributes and skills of that summon. Duration: 20 minutes. Cooldown: 12 hours.]

"Designate Void Mantis." ===== CHAPTER 46 =====

[Designation successful!]

"Activate!"

The next moment,

an inexplicably powerful force swept through Li Yao's limbs and bones in an instant.

The suddenly increased power made him unable to control it well for a moment; just as he took a step,

with a 'bang',

the hard ground was shattered instantly.

However, after only a few seconds, this power felt as if it belonged to Li Yao himself, without any sense of awkwardness.

Li Yao's mouth curled into a smile.

"As expected of the skill every summoner dreams of."

The next second,

Li Yao stomped on the ground and exploded toward the countless goblin scouts!

Little master, there is more to this chapter, please click the next page to continue reading, it gets even more exciting!

Just as they were about to make contact, Li Yao used Void Assault to escape into the void, then punched a scout.

No need for stealth to dodge attacks, just the damage bonus from the stealth-break attack!

[-5017]

It wasn't over yet.

Turning his fist into a palm, Li Yao grabbed a scout by the neck; the disparity in strength directly threw the goblin scout behind him.

Isolated target triggered.

Taste of Fear!

Li Yao used the skill without needing his limbs to make the Void Mantis's movements.

Runes emerged in his hands, and the Void Mantis's phantom floated behind Li Yao, its claws crossing in a slash.

[-]

[Killed Goblin Scout, Experience +0.7%]

[Combat Training triggered, Void Mantis Strength +1]

With one strike, the goblin scout exploded into blood mist!

"Hahaha, satisfying!"

Li Yao roared to the sky in satisfaction!

The experience of watching others kill enemies and killing them himself was indeed different!

And after connecting with the Void Mantis using Shackles, his own kills actually counted toward the Void Mantis too.

An unexpected joy!

It left Li Yao with no more worries, and he plunged directly into the monster pile.

Behind Li Yao, the Void Mantis was no less impressive.

Having Li Yao, who had an invincible body, helping to clear the way, allowed it to attack with fewer worries.

Every time it broke stealth, when there was no stealth cooldown, Li Yao would appear beside it and block all enemies.

Just like that,

one man and one mantis rushed into the center of the monsters, as if they had opened a Musou mode, entering a realm of no one.

Dark green blood turned into a sky-filling rain, spilling all over the ground.

Li Yao was killing more and more excitedly, and the number of goblin scouts was getting smaller and smaller.

[Killed Goblin Scout, Experience +0.7%]

[Combat Training triggered, Void Mantis Strength +1]

[Level reached 14, gained 10 free attribute points]

After leveling up,

looking at the few scattered goblin scouts around,

Li Yao stopped his actions.

The remaining goblins could be left to the Void Mantis.

Li Yao's gaze looked straight at the Goblin King sitting on the throne.

Covered in dark green blood, it added a sense of murderous aura to Li Yao.

The Goblin King stood up slowly.

With an evil, twisted gaze, it locked eyes with Li Yao.

[Shackles remaining time 3:59] ===== CHAPTER 47 =====