Chapter 392

Along the way, Xue Jiuling kept chattering, asking about what happened at the heart of the lake,

why he could kill the guard so quickly.

Li Yao was annoyed by the questions and was just about to explain to her,

when he was stopped by her again, saying she wouldn't let him expose his secrets.

Three black lines appeared on Li Yao's forehead.

He said irritably, "So, you followed me just to torture me, right?"

"Oh my! How can you say that? I'm just curious!" Xue Jiuling pouted in dissatisfaction. "I followed you to help Dean-sama pass on a few words to you."

"Oh?"

Senior Xue?

Li Yao said seriously, "Go ahead."

"Dean Xue said... no!" Realizing she had let something slip, Xue Jiuling hurriedly covered her mouth.

Li Yao smiled. Keep hiding it, you two; let's see how long you can keep it up.

"It's Dean-sama. Dean-sama said not to be in a hurry to find the next class advancement item. She has already reserved a spot for you. As long as you reach level 35 within two months, you can enter that dungeon."

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Xue Jiuling pretended to be calm and said, "Also, she has to go to a place now and will be back in about a week. She wants you to seize the time to level up during this period. It would be best if you could reach level 30 by the time she returns and enter that... fire dungeon. She didn't tell me the specifics."

"She said if she told you, you would know."

Li Yao nodded. He indeed knew that dungeon.

The dungeon that could help the Dark Wing Black Dragon add a pair of wings!

He just didn't expect that before school had even started, Senior Xue had already arranged everything for him clearly!

Going from level 26 to 30 in a week—judging by the current leveling speed, it was difficult.

But since Senior Xue had done this much, he had to do his best no matter what!

Xue Jiuling saw what Li Yao was thinking and comforted him,

"Don't put too much psychological pressure on yourself."

"Dean-sama is in a hurry to help you improve your strength mainly for the national border trial two months from now."

"At that time, it won't be domestic competition, but competition with all the top practitioners globally. The Dragon Nation is under great pressure right now; last time, they barely managed to get third place."

"There are many Dragon Nation practitioners, but since they didn't get a good ranking, the higher-ups' resources are already at the point of scarcity."

"Wait!" Li Yao was stunned. "What is the national border trial?"

"Huh? Dean-sama didn't tell you?"

Now it was Xue Jiuling's turn to be surprised.

Had she ruined things again?

Forget it, whatever. She had already said it.

There wasn't much time left until the national border trial anyway; she would have had to tell Li Yao eventually!

Xue Jiuling comforted herself secretly and then told Li Yao about the national border trial.

"National hegemony for those under twenty."

Li Yao murmured once and asked, "Then what is the reward?"

"There are many rewards, divided into individual and national border rewards."

"You should remember that SS-level class advancement book you dropped earlier, right?"

"Doesn't it have a national year limit? The national border reward is to increase that value."

"And the Tower of Heaven you experienced during your second advancement was also snatched back by Dean-sama from the national border trial!"

"Of the Dragon Nation's three great divine towers, two came from the national border trial. Now you know its gold content, right?"

Li Yao nodded thoughtfully.

A competition could actually decide so many things, and it was participated in by practitioners under 20 years old.

He had to say, this feast was a bit crazy!

One could completely imagine how intense the competition would be at that time.

Deaths would definitely not be rare!

Under 20 years old...

That was two years after the class advancement ceremony.

Li Yao wouldn't be surprised if third-advancement practitioners appeared.

But for him, having only two months was really too short. Whether he could reach level 35 was an unknown, let alone completing the third advancement.

However,

Li Yao wouldn't belittle himself.

He had always fought above his level; third-advancement practitioners were far from the point where he needed to be afraid.

He just needed to calm his mind and improve his strength as much as possible in these two months.

He would strive not to live up to Senior Xue's high expectations

and help the Dragon Nation take first place for fun!

After thinking it through, Li Yao smiled: "Since you've said so, after a week, I will try my best to meet the Dean's requirements and reach level 30."

"Recommend a few dungeons with high experience for me."

Grinding the Sorrowful Snow Mountain was mostly for the Sorrowful Crystal; the experience was very little.

Hearing Li Yao say this, Xue Jiuling smiled brilliantly.

It's no wonder Dean-sama thinks so highly of you!

She thought for a moment and said, "I haven't deliberately pursued experience when grinding dungeons, so I'm not very clear either. But I can introduce someone to you. He is in this line of work. You only need to pay a little bit of points to get very comprehensive information."

"Tomorrow morning, I'll have him come to the dormitory to find you."

"Okay."

The two parted ways.

Li Yao returned to the dormitory.

He took out the equipment dropped by the guard for the first time.

【Reflective Cloak (Accessory)】

【Quality: Dark Gold; Unique Item; Unbound】

【Equipment Requirement: Level 26, Strength 500, Endurance 500】

【Equipment Attribute 1: Epic Blessing (Passive): Practitioner's four-dimensional attributes +5%】

【Equipment Attribute 2: Mirror Reflection (Active): Specify a target, attach mirror light energy to them, reduce 70% damage, withstand up to 5 instances of damage, and reflect 100% of the damage back to the caster. Reflected damage is guaranteed to hit. Duration 60 seconds, cooldown 3 minutes.】

【Durability: 500/500】

Even though he had already looked at the attributes once before, Li Yao was still secretly shocked.

It was completely stripping the skills of the defense guard!

Reducing 70% damage, lasting for five instances.

There were pros and cons.

Once the Mirror Light Shield was activated, those big ultimate skills with single-instance damage would be completely painless when hitting him; it could be said to be a natural counter to such skills.

But it was also countered by continuous rapid-fire skills.

For example, swordsman-class practitioners would learn a skill at level 40:

— 【Phantom Sword Dance】.

This skill was famous because its single-instance damage was pitifully low, but it could slash you twenty-something times in one second!

It was suitable for pairing with some special-effect equipment.

The Mirror Light Shield was also countered by this type of skill.

It could use up all five damage blocks in one go.

However, Li Yao wasn't too worried, because as long as one's reaction was fast enough, one could use displacement skills to pull away distance. What was truly difficult to deal with was single-instance damage.

Thinking about it this way, Li Yao was much more satisfied.

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And the reflection effect behind it was the key to this piece of equipment!

On other practitioners, this skill might not be much—if you can't take the hit, what's the use of reflecting it?

Li Yao was different.