Chapter 24: Open the treasure chest! Void Mantis advancement!

After Li Yao casually accepted a few tasks, he left the Adventurer Guild and came to the border checkpoint.

"Li Yao, level 5, Chess Player?"

The gatekeeper took Li Yao's exit permit and confirmed Li Yao's information.

"Only level 5, are you sure you want to leave the city?"

Li Yao didn't say much and nodded.

Although he was very puzzled—only level 5, and an A-tier practitioner at that—how the school agreed to let him leave the city.

But the exit permit wasn't fake, so the gatekeeper quickly verified it.

"There are many monsters outside, pay attention to safety. If you encounter monsters you can't defeat, try to find a lord to protect you."

"If it really doesn't work, come back quickly. You're still young; it doesn't matter if you lose face, your life is important."

"Especially at night, monsters become increasingly irritable, and their attributes will be much stronger. You must, must find a place to avoid them in advance."

Facing the gatekeeper's nagging instructions, Li Yao didn't interrupt and listened patiently.

Then he bowed slightly to him.

Walking out of the city gate,

a cold wind blew in his face, mixed with a hint of a fishy smell.

"It really is two different worlds inside and outside the city."

Li Yao stepped forward, his figure quickly disappearing from the gatekeeper's sight.

"Sigh, an A-tier practitioner... I hope I can see him come back."

As he went deeper,

the fishy smell in the air became heavier.

From time to time, he could hear beast roars from afar, and occasionally he could see people farming monsters nearby.

The environment outside the city was different from what Li Yao had imagined.

All around were ruins of various buildings; the border in the past might have been a city where humans lived.

One could imagine

that in the face of monster invasions, humanity was not 'winning a complete victory' as reported in the news.

The humans in the city can enjoy a stable life also because someone is carrying the burden in the dark.

"This should be about right."

Seeing no one around, Li Yao took out the Silver treasure chest dropped by the Bloodthirsty Forest Wolf from his storage ring.

A loot treasure chest that only drops from leader-tier monsters.

After seeing the price of a Silver treasure chest on the Star Network Exchange, Li Yao had almost couldn't resist selling it.

Silver light flashed, and the treasure chest disappeared.

Two pieces of equipment appeared before Li Yao.

【Bloodthirsty Pendant (Pendant)】

【Quality: Silver】

【Equipment Requirement: Level 5, Agility 30+】

【Equipment Attribute 1: Strength +10; Agility +15; Constitution +10】

【Equipment Attribute 2: Bloodthirst (Passive), restores 5% of the damage dealt by the wearer as HP (can be triggered by the wearer's summons)】

【Durability: 40/40】

【Swift Boots (Shoes)】

【Quality: Bronze】

【Equipment Requirement: Level 5】

【Equipment Attribute: Agility +8; Constitution +5】

【Durability: 25/25】

Seeing the equipment attributes, Li Yao's eyes lit up.

The Swift Boots didn't need to be mentioned; standard Bronze equipment, no additional attributes, worth between two thousand and five thousand.

The Bloodthirsty Pendant was different.

You have to know,

for equipment in this world, pricing based on level is only one aspect; the most critical thing is the equipment quality.

For example, Bronze equipment,

even at level 50 or 60, the value won't exceed ten thousand Dragon Coins.

Because low-quality equipment like Black Iron and Bronze can be dropped by wild monsters as long as the level is reached.

And above Silver grade,

even low-level equipment has an unimaginably high value.

These high-quality pieces of equipment can only be produced by wild leaders or dungeon secret realms.

And once the leader's level is exceeded by too much, the drop rate becomes shockingly low.

Not to mention that dungeon secret realms themselves have level entry restrictions.

Therefore, the production of high-quality equipment is extremely low, and most are worth a fortune.

This Bloodthirsty Pendant is even more so.

The added attributes are already high, and it comes with a lifesteal effect.

On the Jiangzhou Star Network, a level 30 bracelet with 3% lifesteal was once auctioned.

The transaction price was 16 million.

If his memory wasn't wrong,

the buyer seemed to be his father, Li Yang?

Li Yao put on the two pieces of equipment.

His attributes improved significantly.

At the same time, the added attributes also acted on the Void Mantis.

【Chess Piece: Void Mantis】

【Level: 5】

【Grade: S-tier】

【Bond: Assassin】

【Star Level: 2-star】 (Gold coins required for star-up: 45/40)

【HP: 2450/2450】

【Strength: 689】 (Level +5 / Equipment Attribute +4 / Combat Training +285)

【Spirit: 27】 (Level +5)

【Agility: 92】 (Level +5 / Li Yao Full Agility Build +4 / Equipment Attribute +9)

【Stamina: 49】 (Level +5 / Equipment Attribute +6)

【Skills: Void Assault, Taste of Fear】

【Trait: Bloodthirst (from Bloodthirsty Pendant)】

Looking at the Void Mantis's current attributes, Li Yao couldn't help but feel excited.

Strength was about to break the 700 mark.

No,

it wasn't "about to"!

The Hedge Fund grants 10 gold coins every five levels.

Now, the gold coins Li Yao possessed were already completely enough for the Void Mantis to reach three stars!

"Void Mantis, upgrade for me!"

In the shadows, the Void Mantis's body suddenly jolted.

An unknown power descended, and the power it radiated climbed step by step.

Its body size surged by a full double! ===== CHAPTER 26 =====