Chapter 281

The entire martial arts arena

covers an area of over 200, 00 square meters.

It is a massive training ground serving as a public martial arts area.

It is the most crowded and is a free-to-use zone.

All equipment on the training ground can be used for free.

Whenever a student performs an impressive feat,

the surrounding students respond with enthusiastic cheers.

The martial arts atmosphere is incredibly intense!

Where there are free areas, there are naturally paid ones as well.

Behind the training ground

stands a minimalist building.

Its style is extremely minimalist,

but even for someone like Li Yao who doesn't know much about the trade,

one look

is enough to tell that these building materials are extremely expensive!

A subtle, high-end feel is practically palpable!

Identity card verification.

Entering the door.

Li Yao walks to the counter

and hands his identity card to the young lady at the counter.

When he comes out, he will retrieve his identity card,

and all expenses will be deducted at once.

Of course, the prices inside are all clearly marked,

so there will be no instances of being ripped off.

The young lady at the counter takes the identity card as usual and verifies it on a device.

Li Yao states his request: "A high-level training room."

Training rooms are divided into primary, intermediate, and high levels.

The underground training room of Dormitory No. 1

would be roughly equivalent to an intermediate training room here.

There are also some instruments here for testing damage,

which is the reason Li Yao came here.

"Alright, please wait a moment."

The young lady at the counter performs some operations with the identity card,

then suddenly pauses.

Covering her small mouth, she asks, "Y-you are Captain Li Yao?"

"Yes."

The young lady at the counter quickly stands up

and hands the identity card to Li Yao with both hands.

"I'm sorry!"

"Captain Li Yao!"

"Our boss said,"

"all your expenses here can be waived!"

"I didn't notice it was you earlier!"

"I am terribly sorry!"

"It's fine."

Li Yao says with a huff.

Seeing the other party's demeanor,

he had thought this martial arts arena was off-limits to him.

He then asks, "Waived? Is it waived for all vice-captains?"

"No," the young lady at the counter explains very politely, "only captain-level personnel have the privilege of free service."

"You were specifically mentioned by our boss."

"That's not necessary," Li Yao says, shaking his head, "just charge me normally."

Owing a favor over a few points

is not worth it.

"No, no," the young lady at the counter, clearly understanding Li Yao's thoughts, shakes her head repeatedly.

A genius like Li Yao

naturally wouldn't care about these few points.

She looks at Li Yao with some embarrassment.

"It's because our boss has some small restrictions for you, which is why we're letting you use it for free. You'll understand once you go in."

"Small restrictions?" Li Yao asks suspiciously.

The young lady at the counter holds up her pinky finger and blinks: "A very small restriction!"

"Fine, which room should I go to?"

The young lady at the counter puts down her work, walks out from behind the counter, and smiles: "I'll take you there."

"Okay."

Soon,

led by the young lady, Li Yao arrives at the top floor.

After the young lady opens the door for Li Yao, she leaves the area discreetly.

The style is similar to the underground training room,

but it is exceptionally spacious,

enough to accommodate even a Devourer.

In the corner, there are many unknown instruments connected to a computer.

Li Yao ignores them for now

and finds a spot to sit down.

He takes out eleven treasure chests.

Three dropped by the 【Heavenly Crane Divine Altar】 lord,

two dropped by the Akasia frontline heavy cavalry lord,

two dropped by the Fearless Chariot named-level monster,

one dropped by Sha,

two 【Abyssal Fortress】 clear-out treasure chests,

and most importantly, the Transcendence Treasure Chest!

Li Yao runs to the restroom

to wash his hands and wash away his bad luck.

You can't skip the ritual!

He sits back in his original position

and, in one go,

opens the five lord-level treasure chests.

Six pieces of equipment and one skill book appear before Li Yao.

Past experience with opening treasure chests tells Li Yao:

Lord-level chests generally drop platinum-grade equipment, with a small chance for dark gold-grade.

The skill book is an A-grade blade skill.

His luck is not bad.

Blade-type skills belong to a popular profession

and can be traded for good things.

Among the six pieces of equipment,

one is gold, one is dark gold, and the remaining four are all platinum.

"Not bad, not good luck,"

Li Yao concludes.

His gaze falls on the dark gold-grade equipment.

After checking the attributes,

he can't help but pout.

It could be said

that he hit the floor tiles of the dark gold grade!

It is a piece of dark gold-grade light armor suitable for the assassin profession,

yet the main attribute added is stamina.

Isn't that infuriating?

It is probably only suitable for some special professions,

with a very small target audience.

However,

Li Yao is not annoyed at all; instead, he looks forward to opening the remaining chests even more.

Anyone who has played games knows

that when opening things,

there is a concept called 'priming.'

The worse the beginning,

the better the outcome will be later!

For this kind of metaphysical stuff,

it's better to believe it exists than to believe it doesn't!

Li Yao opens the remaining treasure chests,

except for the Transcendence Treasure Chest, all at once.

In an instant,

the large training room is covered in a burst of radiance.

"I got a hit!"

The orange-yellow halo and the deep purple halo

represent epic equipment and purple-gold equipment respectively!

And there is a skill book that makes Li Yao's blood boil!

It was opened from Sha's treasure chest.

SSS-grade!

And it's a passive skill!

【Surface Skin (SSS-grade passive skill): Any attack will mark the target unit and stack plasma. After the plasma effect reaches four stacks, the next attack will cause the plasma to rupture, dealing 500% main attribute damage.】

Regarding this skill,

Li Yao falls into deep thought.

It doesn't seem suitable for his own use.

In most cases,

he uses 【Shackles】 to command the bound Kha'Zix,

so his output frequency is not high.

Among his chess pieces,

the ones with the highest attack frequency

should be the Dark-Winged Black Dragon and the Blue Bird.

Both of their continuous damage effects occur once per second.

The Dark-Winged Black Dragon's dragon breath is even faster,

dealing damage almost every half-second!

This means

that under the condition of continuous burning dragon breath,

every 2. seconds, there would be an additional 500% damage.

That's a bit exaggerated.

Even if Kha'Zix keeps outputting damage on a target,

the average damage dealt is not this outrageous!

After a brief consideration, Li Yao decides to keep this skill

and, once he receives the Spirit-Communication Stone,

give it to the Dark-Winged Black Dragon!

Its continuous output capability will be improved by a large margin!

He wonders if Xiao Hei has received the Spirit-Communication Stone yet.

He can ask once he finishes opening the treasure chests.

Li Yao thinks to himself,

then turns his gaze to the equipment.

The Abyssal Fortress Purgatory-level, full-contribution clear-out treasure chest,

as well as the treasure chest dropped by the named-level monster,

are of a quality far beyond the previous batch!

A glance over them

shows that the worst ones are dark gold-grade equipment!

Li Yao has the feeling

that there are too many good things, and he doesn't know where to start.

First is a piece of epic-grade equipment:

【Urgot's Execution Shackles (Wristguard)】

【Quality: Dark Gold; Unique Item; Unbound】

【Equipment Requirement: Level 40; Strength Attribute 800】

【Equipment Attribute 1: Blessing (Passive): Professional's Strength attribute +20%】

【Equipment Attribute 2: Execution Hook (Active): Locks onto a target unit, drags it to your side in an 'unable to resist' state, and for the next 5 seconds, the target unit takes 25% increased damage; if the target is killed within 20 seconds, applies a fear effect to the surrounding 50-meter range; duration 5 seconds; cooldown 60 seconds】

【Durability: 230/230】