Chapter 30

In front of him were six treasure chests.

There were three leader chests and three clear-stage chests.

Li Yao rubbed his hands together vigorously and opened all six chests at once.

In an instant, the room was filled with a brilliant radiance.

Looking at the items on the ground, Li Yao’s eyes lit up, and he let out a heartfelt exclamation.

"Could it be that Qin Qin Yue is actually a genius at looting treasures?"

Two skill books, four pieces of equipment, and a monster material that looked like a heart.

The moment the chests were opened,

Li Yao’s attention was immediately drawn to one of the skill books.

The pages were ancient and yellowed, yet they faintly exuded a deep red halo.

If he hadn't seen wrong just now, this skill book came from the 'Rating +1' clear-stage chest.

The reward for breaking the historical clear time can only be triggered by each professional once every six months.

Thinking about it, that makes sense.

If not for this restriction, Li Yao would definitely have intentionally slowed down his clearing speed to refresh the clear time again and again to obtain rewards.

Precisely because of this,

this chest could be considered the one with the highest grade Li Yao had ever obtained.

"Definitely higher than S-rank."

Li Yao said with certainty, while looking at that skill book.

[Goblin Slayer (SS Passive Skill): Endless Slayer, the root of fear for the Goblin race. Increases all damage dealt to Goblin-type creatures by 30%; increases all damage dealt to non-Goblin-type creatures by 15%.]

"A passive skill?!"

Li Yao couldn't help but exclaim.

It’s no wonder Li Yao was so uncomposed; if it were anyone else, they would definitely have shouted even louder.

You have to know,

skills are divided into passive and active.

Active skills are more like weapons;

they can amplify one's own strength and multiply one's power.

Passive skills, however, are more like one's foundation.

Once possessed, they are in effect at all times.

The value of something that enhances one's foundation is self-evident, and its drop rate is shockingly low.

Let alone an SS-rank passive skill, even A-rank or B-rank ones would be fought over until heads were broken anywhere they appeared.

This "Goblin Slayer"

unpretentiously displayed the power of an SS-rank skill before Li Yao.

The first attribute actually doesn't matter much, as it can only be triggered in specific scenarios.

The most crucial part is the latter one:

15% damage increase against non-Goblin groups.

There are no restrictions; as long as damage is dealt, it is unconditionally increased by 15%.

Skills are not like equipment; they don't become obsolete. This attribute will follow Li Yao forever.

"This is the real good stuff."

"The kind of thing that truly separates top-tier professionals from ordinary ones."

"Something that ordinary professionals can't touch in their entire lives."

Li Yao sighed.

Even if he were asked to trade his entire [Royal Power] set for this skill book, he would be one hundred percent willing!

Speaking of the [Royal Power] set,

Li Yao hurriedly looked at the four pieces of equipment lying quietly on the ground.

Two Gold-tier, two Platinum-tier.

Master difficulty has a high probability of dropping Silver equipment and a low probability of Gold.

Nightmare difficulty has a high probability of dropping Gold equipment and a low probability of Platinum.

The fifty-fifty chance for both is also the reason Li Yao praised Qin Qin Yue's luck.

However,

what made Li Yao feel uncomfortable was that although these four pieces of equipment had excellent attributes, none of them belonged to the [Royal Power] set.

Among them,

only one piece was barely suitable for Li Yao to wear himself.

[Summoning Master Waistband (Waist)]

[Quality: Platinum]

[Equipment Requirement: Level 15]

[Equipment Attribute 1: Stamina +40, Spirit +40, Agility +40]

[Equipment Attribute 2: Summoning Expert (Passive): Summoning-type skills require no chanting time.]

[Durability: 180/180]

Li Yao found it hard to evaluate this piece of equipment.

His Summoning Art had been upgraded by the Hextech system into Chess Player Summoning.

Summoning chess pieces themselves didn't require chanting time.

The only reason Li Yao wore it was for the high four-dimensional stat boost, which lived up to the name of Platinum-tier equipment.

"I can find an opportunity to ask around,"

"what other summoners think of this attribute."

Li Yao thought to himself, then looked at the last item.

[Goblin King Heart (Leader Material)]

[Refining Conditions: Level 20, Alchemy LV7, Forging LV4, Spirit Melting LV1]

[Introduction: Core crafting material for the Grand General's Sword and the King's Ring. Contains the supreme resentment of the Goblin race. Difficult to refine. Has a chance to drop in Goblin Nest (Nightmare), Evil Land (Master), and Feeding Cave (Master).]

"It finally came."

Li Yao smiled with satisfaction.

Li Yao had heard of the Evil Land; it was a super-large dungeon on the border of Jindu in the north of the Dragon Kingdom, a place one would only encounter after the fourth transition.

In there, Goblins could only be considered the weakest group, and there were many other evil things.

"But which dungeon is this Feeding Cave?" Li Yao wondered.

However, he didn't dwell on it; the world was so big, there were plenty of dungeons he hadn't heard of.

After counting the loot, Li Yao looked at his attribute panel.

[Name: Li Yao]

[Profession: Cloud Top Chess Player (Hidden Unique)]

[Level: 17 (204%)]

[HP: 6580/6580]

[Strength: 70]

[Spirit: 310]

[Agility: 373] (King's Scepter designated attribute)

[Stamina: 155]

[Chess Piece Space: 3/3]

[Equipment: Bloodthirsty Pendant, Swift Boots, King's Cloak, King's Scepter, Summoning Master Waistband, Dark-Walking Mask (6/8)]

[Skills: Void Mantis·Summon (SSS), Blue Bird·Summon (S), Void Predator·Summon (A), Hedge Fund (Unknown), Practical Training (Unknown), Demon Contract (Unknown), Shackles (S), Goblin Slayer (SS)]

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[Equipment Skills: Bloodthirst, King's Personal Guard, King's Might, Shelter, Summoning Expert]

[Talents: Hextech, Bond, Armament, Chess Player, Star-Up]

[Title: Abyss Loner (Unique)]

Li Yao was extremely satisfied with his attributes.

For a summoner, the Strength attribute is meaningless unless you go up and hit things with your staff.

And the Stamina attribute, besides affecting the chess pieces, was almost useless to Li Yao.

Possessing the Chess Player talent is just that overbearing!

Therefore, the equipment Li Yao chose almost entirely strengthened his Spirit and Agility attributes.

Both broke through the 300 mark, equivalent to the free attribute points gained from leveling up to 60.

Including his equipment, he could definitely go toe-to-toe with ordinary professionals around level 30.

This is the terrifying aspect of Platinum-tier equipment.

It pushed Li Yao's combat power to a near-invincible level for his current stage.

"Next is to hand the King's Heart to Qin Qin Yue and the others so they can help refine the King's Ring."

Li Yao lay on the bed, closing his eyes to meditate.

"Then, I need to reach level 20 as soon as possible to complete the second transition quest."

Every twenty levels is a hurdle; once broken through, one's strength will undergo a world-shaking change.

Up to now, getting into the four major martial arts academies was no longer his goal.

His own strength gave him great confidence.

Now, in Li Yao's eyes, there was only the second transition quest.

That was an independent quest set for himself, and the rewards obtained would be determined by the degree of completion.

"I'll wait until the Royal Power set is collected."

Li Yao thought, slowly entering a deep sleep.

Constantly clearing dungeons, even for him, was mentally exhausting.

"Ring-ring-ring!"

About six hours later, the landline in the room suddenly made a piercing sound.

It was like the school bell from his student days, extremely unpleasant!

"Damn it!"

Li Yao picked up the phone.

"Young Master Li, wake up quickly!"

"Something big has happened!"

Qin Qin Yue’s anxious voice came through the phone.