Chapter 56: Deliberate targeting, Yan family professionals appear!

For Li Yao's team, the third floor difficulty was very low.

And the monsters were dense; spending less than two hours, everyone completed the kill mission.

Li Yao had a blast killing these level 25 monsters.

To avoid Shang Hao and the others stealing kills, he specifically let the Void Mantis go far away to act freely.

By the end, the Strength value gained by the Void Mantis had reached over five hundred, and its total Strength officially broke through three thousand!

Reaching this value at level 20 is unique in the entire history of professionals!

Even for some Strength-based professions, they wouldn't dream of reaching this point without a Third Transition.

It is worth mentioning that

to deal with the Dark Wings, Li Yao didn't let the Azure Bird use Glacial Storm.

Everyone saw it, but knowing Li Yao was here for the Second Transition mission, they didn't say anything more.

Li Yao's kill mission was also completed by himself, nothing more than leeching some experience in the team. ===== CHAPTER 123 =====

Only Shang Hao, throughout the entire monster-grinding time, would always find time to scan Li Yao and Shang Shang Yana.

At this moment,

the group crossed the third-floor vortex and arrived at the fourth floor.

What came into view was a world of lava.

The area was much larger than the first three floors.

Stepping on the dark red earth, everyone's faces became solemn.

The fourth floor is the watershed of the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

Here, level 20 elite monsters appear, and there are even boss-level creatures hidden.

If not careful, one could capsize in the gutter at any time!

"Stay alert. Our team lacks Hunter-type professions and lacks reconnaissance skills. Lava Hounds could attack from anywhere."

Shang Hao adjusted the formation according to professional characteristics:

"Xiao Ya, come behind me and act as a secondary tank at critical moments. Shang Qian, you and Shang Mingxu stand in the middle. Li Yao,"

Shang Hao thought that Li Yao was likely here for the first time.

"The fourth floor is completely different in intensity from before. On this floor, don't let your melee summoned beast grind monsters alone. Let it honestly stay by your side and help the team guard the rear."

"The Lava Hound I just mentioned is the boss monster of this floor. However, unlike bosses in other places, it will appear from anywhere at any time. If we're lucky, we won't encounter it; if we're unlucky, it might appear in the next second, so guarding the rear is very important. Do you understand?"

Li Yao nodded.

As the team captain, as long as Shang Hao's arrangements were fine, he wouldn't act special.

However,

what he needed to scout wasn't the boss monster called the Lava Hound, but the Yan family professionals who might be hiding somewhere and appear at any time.

The kill mission for this floor was 20 elite monsters and 50 ordinary monsters.

As long as the boss didn't appear during combat, the team would be at ease.

An S-rank professional leading the team, three A-rank professionals—this configuration wasn't weak anywhere.

"Clang, clang, clang."

Before the group had traveled a hundred meters, they heard the sound of chains dragging on the ground, clearly something rushing toward them at high speed.

"It's here!"

Shang Hao raised his shield and shouted loudly.

As the sound fell, several red shadows appeared before them.

[Red-Haired Hound]

[Level 20 (Elite)]

[Health: 8900]

[Strength: 308]

[Spirit: 118]

[Agility: 365]

[Stamina: 178]

[Skills: Magma Fur LV4, Bite LV8, Flame Claw LV2]

Similar in size to ordinary dogs, covered in red fur, dragging a chain on its right hind leg.

Li Yao took a look; the attributes weren't even as good as the Goblin Scouts encountered in the Goblin Nest.

Stuff the Void Mantis could solve with one strike.

The quantity was quite large, though.

Three elites, six ordinary monsters.

Shang Hao took the lead, raised his shield, and used the taunt skill.

Seeing Shang Hao hold the aggro, Shang Shang Yana danced her sword and rushed up.

Shang Shang Yana's profession was a Gale Swordsman focused on Agility; her speed was extremely fast, her movements elegant, and the Red-Haired Hounds couldn't even touch the hem of her clothes.

And,

as the second young lady of the Shang family,

Shang Shang Yana had been guided one-on-one by a sword master since childhood, and the thin sword in her hand was like it had a navigation system, landing weak-point damage most of the time.

[-853 (Weak-point attack)]

[-921 (Weak-point attack)]

[-364]

Such ability shouldn't be a skill effect.

Li Yao observed, thinking to himself.

Whether it was himself or the Void Mantis, wanting to land a weak-point attack was almost always under the premise that the target's movement was restricted.

These Red-Haired Hounds were in a high-speed movement state, yet Shang Shang Yana could land weak-point hits with every sword strike.

Still, one shouldn't underestimate these family scions.

The skills cultivated since childhood combined with professional attribute skills definitely resulted in one plus one being greater than two.

However, Li Yao wouldn't belittle himself either.

With his current abilities, even if Shang Shang Yana could play her longsword like a flower, he could use force to overcome ten tricks; they were simply not opponents on the same level.

When he enters the academy, he could look for a mentor who specializes in physical arts.

Li Yao secretly made up his mind.

What I have, you don't.

What you have, I can learn.

Having the opportunity to become stronger, he naturally wouldn't let it go.

On the fourth floor, Shang Mingxu's damage was clearly a grade lower.

Attribute restraint.

Shang Mingxu was a Fire-type Poison Mage, and the monsters here were also primarily Fire-type.

His pride-and-joy Fireball spell could only deal double-digit damage.

With Shang Shang Yana providing output, the advancement speed wasn't slow.

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After taking care of these Red-Haired Hounds, Shang Hao laughed loudly.

"Let's push forward like this; we might be able to enter the fifth floor before dark."

"Li Yao, just stand at the back of the team like you did just now. Don't launch attacks at will. After all, the Lava Hound could appear at any time, so you need to keep watching."

"With Xiao Ya here, we don't lack the damage of one summoned beast, haha!"

If the previous arrangement was sincerely for the team's sake, then now Shang Hao was intentionally targeting Li Yao.

The team distributes experience based on contribution; if Li Yao stands in the back without outputting, he would only get a pitiful amount of basic experience.

Li Yao looked at Shang Hao calmly.

After talking to Shang Shang Yana earlier, this guy was clearly harboring resentment.

But doing this just happened to fit his own plan.

Now that he was in the light and the Yan family was in the dark, if he exposed the Void Mantis, the other party would very likely focus fire on it.

There was no need to take risks for a little experience.

Li Yao didn't speak, but Shang Shang Yana stood in front of Li Yao, dissatisfied:

"If it's just to watch out for the Lava Hound, Student Li Yao can scout for himself. Why can't his summoned beast attack?"

Shang Hao was already dissatisfied with the two being so close, and now Shang Shang Yana was directly helping Li Yao speak.

Shang Hao was furious, staring at Shang Shang Yana, trying hard to control his emotions, and said:

"He's not a Hunter-type professional; what can a Summoner scout? If it weren't for the fact that his summoned beast has a stealth skill, I wouldn't even have given him the scouting job."

"Besides, I didn't say that bird-type summoned beast couldn't output either."

Shang Hao calculated that Li Yao wanted to save strength for the Second Transition mission.

Back on the second floor, releasing a super-large-scale range skill must have consumed a significant amount of mana; Li Yao couldn't possibly let that summoned beast onto the field at this time.

Shang Hao turned his head, looking at Li Yao viciously: "Brother Li Yao, I'm doing this for your Second Transition mission too, right?"

Li Yao pulled back Shang Shang Yana, who still wanted to speak, his expression suddenly turning cold.

"No problem, let's do it that way." ===== CHAPTER 124 =====