Chapter 3

Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu couldn't possibly come up with the nutrient solution, let alone 50 million

His goal wasn't this 50 million either

In the world of professionals, money is the most useless thing

"Student Goddess Jiang transferred into an A-rank class," Li Yao turned his head and smiled at Principal Zhang, "The higher-ups should have issued an A-rank subsidy resource, right?"

Zhang Yi’s brow twitched

Oh no!

"I remember that among the A-rank subsidies, there is something called an A-rank skill exchange badge, right?"

"Li Yao, this is against the rules," Zhang Yi said in a deep voice

"Against the rules?"

Li Yao questioned: "If there were no A-rank nutrient solution, just based on Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu, could she become an A-rank professional? Could she have this subsidy?"

"Besides, I didn't consume it, but it’s A-rank. What if I had consumed it and it became S-rank?"

"Who will compensate for my loss?"

"The principal is so biased, it seems you want to go to Federal Court with Student Goddess Jiang?"

Others might fear the principal, but Li Yao didn't

In a small place like Jiangzhou, a principal is at most a Third-Turn professional

His cheap parents are both Third-Turn professionals

Furthermore, he was in the right now

Sure enough

Zhang Yi’s face darkened, and after thinking for a moment, he said

"You can have the item, but this matter ends here!"

After speaking, a palm-sized badge flew out from Zhang Yi’s hand

This item had just been handed to him by the class-transfer mentor; he didn't expect it to change owners so quickly

He had no choice

Li Yao wasn't a commoner without a background; he had two Third-Turn professionals standing behind him

If this were to blow up, even he wouldn't be able to handle the aftermath!

Li Yao took the flying object

He looked deeply at Principal Zhang and Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu

Then he turned and left without the slightest hesitation

End here?

Keep dreaming! ===== CHAPTER 7 =====

When Li Yao left, the class-transfer ceremony was coming to an end

A total of seven hundred students from Yucai High School participated in the transfer

Including Li Yao, there were two A-rank combat-type professionals, seven B-rank professionals, and one hundred and forty below B-rank

For Yucai High School, this result was neither good nor bad

But with an A-rank magic-based professional as a foundation, Zhang Yi was quite satisfied with this

After the transfer ended, Zhang Yi looked at Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu, who had come to his office

And was hesitant to speak

"You want to talk about that A-rank skill book, right?"

"Yes," Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu nodded, aggrieved, "50 million can't buy an A-rank skill at all"

"Principal, can you help me get the skill book back? I owe him, I will find a way to pay him back"

Zhang Yi drank some tea and said: "Don't worry, what’s yours won't run away"

"But hasn't that badge already been taken by Li Yao?"

Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu asked

Taken?

Isn't that something you owe Li Yao?

Zhang Yi looked at Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu with annoyance, then said

"Did you forget that Li Yao is also an A-rank professional?"

"According to the regulations, he also has a share of A-rank resource subsidies"

"As long as you perform well in tomorrow’s newcomer dungeon, I am confident that I can make this subsidy legally and compliantly fall into your hands"

In his eyes

Although both were A-rank

One was magic-based, the other was summoner-based

Which was more important was clear at a glance

In order for the school to obtain more resources, Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu, this A-rank Poison Mage, was naturally more worth investing in

Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu was pleasantly surprised to hear this

"Thank you, Principal!"

"Hmm"

Zhang Yi nodded, then said earnestly, "I strongly approve of you breaking up with Li Yao. A Frost-Wielder and a Summoner are ultimately people from two different worlds"

"You have a boundless future, while he will only hold you back"

"I understand"

The grievance in Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu’s eyes was swept away

Did you hear that, Li Yao?

You and I are destined not to be people from the same world

Breaking up with you was the most correct choice!

On the other side

Li Yao returned home

He ate something casually and hurried to his room to start doing serious business

He opened the system panel and muttered in his heart

"Draw Hextech!"

[Drawing Hextech enhancement runes]

[Congratulations! You have drawn the first rune, Gold-rank rune, Combat Training!]

[Congratulations! You have drawn the second rune, Prismatic-rank rune, Hedge Fund!]

Hedge Fund!

Li Yao’s face was filled with ecstasy

Hedge Fund is the strongest economic Hextech in the early stages, bar none!

He now has the star-up talent

He can directly use gold coins to increase the star level of his summons, thereby significantly increasing their attributes

For him

Hedge Fund is simply the most suitable Hextech rune!

He didn't expect that on his first draw, he would actually draw a Prismatic-rank one!

Hextech enhancement runes have three levels

Silver, Gold, Prismatic

[Hedge Fund (Prismatic-rank): Directly obtain 50 gold coins; for every 5 levels the Chess Player increases, you can obtain 10 gold coins]

[Combat Training (Gold-rank): Select a Chess Piece; killing monsters not lower than the Chess Piece’s level can permanently obtain 1 Strength]

Seeing the effect of the Hextech rune, Li Yao gasped

Even the Gold-rank Combat Training made Li Yao extremely excited

The reason why summoners are called sewer-tier

Simply put, it’s because their talent is limited, and their summons aren't strong enough ===== CHAPTER 8 =====

But with Combat Training, killing monsters can increase strength without limit

Then his summons have infinite possibilities!

Even in the late stages

It’s possible to slay a dragon with one strike!

Thinking of this

Li Yao couldn't wait to cultivate his own summoned beasts

"Now, I must get a summoned beast skill book first!"

Li Yao turned on his computer

Clicked on the Star Network website built by the Federation

Found the shop section on the homepage

Equipment, skill books, various medicines, etc., everything is available

Li Yao selected skill books

Changed the restrictions to:

Summoned beast skill book; A-rank; usage level below 10

As expected

Not a single skill book appeared

The rarity of A-rank skill books is no longer something that can be bought with money

He definitely made a huge profit by exchanging 50 million for an A-rank skill!

After entering the exchange badge, dozens of exchange items popped up on the page instantly

[Tiger Claw Phantom Lizard · Summon], [Red Horn Bull · Summon], [Goblin Grand General · Summon]

Although there were many A-rank skill books, Li Yao already had his own target

His talent, Chess Player

As long as not all Chess Pieces are defeated, he cannot be attacked

Plus the Combat Training talent, permanently increasing strength by defeating monsters

Then his first summon must be a physical-type monster with extremely strong survival capabilities

After filtering like this

Only one skill book met Li Yao’s requirements

[Void Mantis · Summon]

Li Yao chose to exchange directly

Through the special transmission method of the Star Network, the skill book appeared in front of Li Yao

Li Yao didn't hesitate and chose to use it directly

[Congratulations, you have signed a contract with the Void Mantis, the Void Mantis has obtained the Chess Piece fate!]

With a slight thought, after deducting 50 mana points

A light purple mantis appeared in front of Li Yao

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[Chess Piece · Void Mantis]

[Level: 1 (Increases with the Summoner’s level)]

[Grade: A-rank]

[Bond: Assassin · Void Creature]

[Star Level: 1-star (A-rank Chess Piece star-up requires 15 gold coins)]

[HP: 350/350]

[Strength: 12]

[Spirit: 6]

[Agility: 23]

[Stamina: 7]

[Skill 1: Void Assault, hide in the void, enter level 2 stealth state, the first normal attack after stealth causes 200% physical damage, cooldown: 12 seconds]

[Skill 2: Taste of Fear, causes 200% physical damage to the target, when there are no enemy units within 2 meters of the target, this damage is doubled, cooldown: 5 seconds]

Worthy of being an A-rank skill book

Li Yao was very satisfied with the base attributes of the Void Mantis

Furthermore, the skills also come with high percentage damage

It fits perfectly with the Hextech Combat Training!

Just looking at the current attributes, even an A-rank professional like Goddess Jiang Goddess Jiang Ningyu

In a one-on-one situation, would most likely not be a match for the Void Mantis

However

If it were an ordinary summoner, the summoned beast cannot advance

At most, by the Second-Turn, the strength of an A-rank professional would surpass an A-rank summoned beast

This is also the reason why summoners are weak in the late stages

The upper limit of improvement is too far behind professionals

But Li Yao has the star-up talent, so he doesn't have to worry about this problem at all

"System, upgrade it for me!"

As the words fell

The Void Mantis, still inside the summoning magic circle, suddenly expanded

Its volume, which was originally less than half a meter, grew to about 1.2 meters. Because it hunched its body, it still looked very small

But this is an insect-type creature

A volume of 1.2 meters is already quite exaggerated

That pair of front-foot blades, nearly half a meter long, no one would dare to underestimate it!

The entire insect body became sharp

The data also changed accordingly

[Chess Piece · Void Mantis]

[Level: 1]

[Grade: S-rank]

[Bond: Assassin · Void Creature]

[Star Level: 2-star (S-rank Chess Piece star-up requires 40 gold coins)]

[HP: 1150/1150]

[Strength: 31]

[Spirit: 12]

[Agility: 43]

[Stamina: 23]

[Skill 1: Void Assault, hide in the void, enter level 5 stealth state, the first normal attack after stealth causes 300% physical damage, cooldown 9 seconds]

[Skill 2: Taste of Fear, causes 300% physical damage to the target, when there are no enemy units within 2 meters of the target, this damage is doubled, cooldown 4 seconds]

"Not bad!"

Li Yao looked at the Void Mantis’s attributes and nodded with satisfaction

All data points have been significantly improved

HP exceeds 1000, which already belongs to BOSS-level HP in the level 1 range

You have to know

Strength represents attack power, the ratio is 1 to 1

Stamina represents defense and HP

Ordinary newcomer professionals, carrying newcomer standard weapons, have at most 15 points of strength

15 points of strength, attacking 23 points of stamina, would at most cause 1 point of forced damage