Chapter 645

Li Yao sighed.

The Chariot caught up to Kaisa.

Almost at the same time,

a laser shot out.

Vel'Koz's weakness is that he cannot move the laser to catch up with enemies who are dodging.

But the speed of the laser is almost hit upon firing!

"Boom!"

Without any obstruction,

just like passing through foam,

the terrifying laser ray went straight through the Chariot's body, shooting into the distant sky, drawing a vacuum trajectory in the air.

The Chariot stopped in place,

a charred hole appearing on its side.

Twenty times damage,

almost equivalent to the coefficient of an ultimate move.

How could the Chariot, having lost its invincibility mechanism, block this shot?

"Bang, bang, bang."

The Chariot's entire body fell apart, various parts falling to the ground.

Li Yao had a sudden whim

and quickly took out a pale yellow gourd from his storage ring.

[Demon Catcher's Determination]

He has no interest in the Dragon-Blood Demon Insect.

As a hunter, the [Shadow of War]

if it could truly be captured as a chess piece,

would be at least an existence surpassing the SSR rank!

Aiming the gourd's mouth at the chariot's broken form,

he moved his mind.

A suction vortex engulfed the parts.

"Whoosh!"

The parts had no power to resist and were sucked into the gourd.

[Absorbing Shadow of War]

[Refining in progress]

[Hunter energy is unique and cannot be directly refined into a summoned creature. If it exists as a summoned creature, its abilities will be weakened to an unknown degree, used for energy conversion.]

[Does the professional wish to continue refining?]

"Refine!" Li Yao didn't even need to think.

No matter how much its abilities are weakened, as long as the form is correct, he can infinitely raise it using gold coins!

[Refining in progress]

[Estimated time remaining: 45:23:59:59]

[Successfully killed the hunter! You may submit the class advancement quest; current quest completion: 100%!]

[Perfect class advancement achieved; please submit the quest as soon as possible!]

The refining time far exceeds the gourd's standard duration.

"46 days? It seems it won't be too weak," Li Yao chuckled.

For him,

the loss is in experience and loot chests.

Experience doesn't matter.

Beneath the ground, there is endless experience waiting for him to harvest.

As for the loot chests,

the [White Cut] dropped by the previously slain [Dandelion]

was equivalent to a portion of the hunter's own abilities.

If he can contract the Shadow of War, why fear lacking such abilities?

He glanced at his storage ring.

No Cloudtop series equipment, but six thousand gold coins—back over ten thousand.

The [Dandelion] only dropped four thousand.

It is evident that among hunters, the [Shadow of War] is far stronger than the [Dandelion].

"If it weren't a snowy day, I really wouldn't have been able to find the weakness."

"If it weren't for Vel'Koz's super-fast fire rate, even if I found the weakness, my energy wouldn't have lasted to kill the chariot."

It took the right time, place, and people to barely defeat this bizarre creature.

And those twenty black dragons

were able to slay the [Eyeball] at the cost of only twelve.

"Facing [Hunters], strength is the foundation, but intelligence is the key."

Li Yao murmured softly, his attention fixed on the gold coins in his storage ring.

In normal times,

he would leave the gold coins for the Shadow of War currently being refined.

But now, Swain is hiding in the shadows, and he doesn't know how many traps have been laid for him.

All gains must be converted into combat power!

Just then,

a mechanical system prompt sounded.

[Note: Items that replenish energy for 'Monster Catcher's Determination' can shorten refining time.]

[Note: Items that replenish energy for 'Monster Catcher's Determination' can shorten refining time.]

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Three consecutive system prompts rang in his mind.

"Huh?" Li Yao looked suspicious.

Heavenly Dao prompt?

At a time like this, why would a Heavenly Dao prompt appear?

Heavenly Dao prompts only relate to the professional system,

such as clearing dungeons

or class advancement quests.

"Right," Li Yao suddenly remembered.

Back when he opened the Master-level specified category chest,

a Heavenly Dao prompt had also appeared unexpectedly,

telling him that among the top ten Master-level accessories, there was only one scabbard piece.

At the time, he felt the Heavenly Dao had become much more human-like to offer such a hint.

[Monster Catcher's Determination] energy replenishment can speed up refining.

Even with this principle,

the professional would need to discover it themselves.

The Heavenly Dao would never interfere.

"Forget it."

"In any case, it's a good thing!"

"Having notes provided by the Heavenly Dao can sometimes save a lot of detours."

Li Yao believes that, as he is now, he is not yet qualified to understand the 'Heavenly Dao'.

When he is qualified, he will naturally know; there is no need to overthink it.

As for energy items speeding up the refining process,

the only energy item is the energy stored in the [Spirit-Eater Windcoat].

But it is currently on cooldown.

Whether to keep gold coins for the Shadow of War

depends on how much refining time one energy replenishment can reduce after the cooldown ends.

Thinking of this,

Li Yao whispered silently:

"Complete class advancement quest!"

[Perfect class advancement successful!]

[Fate level increased: Summoned creature attribute inheritance 100% → 120%]

[Obtained Cloudtop Chess Player 5th-turn exclusive skill: Staff · Crystal Ball (SR)]

[Chess piece population +1]

[Perfect class advancement reward: Free attribute points gained upon leveling up doubled; Hextech draw ×1 → Hextech selection (Gold) ×1; obtained Cloudtop Chess Player exclusive item: Golden Spatula]

Golden light flashed repeatedly.

[Congratulations to the professional, level reached 81, obtained free attribute points ×160]

[Congratulations to the professional, level reached 82, obtained free attribute points ×160]

[Congratulations to the professional, level reached 83, obtained free attribute points ×160]

The experience stored during this time surged from level 80 to level 86, 42%.

During the time spent guarding the [Insect Mother Battlefield],

Qingniao and Gainerat, two chess pieces skilled in area-of-effect attacks, killed countless demon insects.

The experience per insect wasn't high, but cumulatively, it was definitely an astronomical figure!

Investing all attribute points into Spirit,

Li Yao looked at the gains from the class advancement.

It was the same as always.

Except for the exclusive skill, everything else was the same improvement.

The Golden Spatula doesn't need to be considered.

Even if the Shadow of War is refined, its status in Li Yao's heart is not as high as Xerath's!

Critical Strike Gauntlet plus Golden Spatula, directly make an [Assassin Emblem] for Xerath.

Counting Kha'Zix, who already possesses the Assassin bond,

there are now five assassin chess pieces.

Just add one more assassin chess piece, and the six-assassin bond can be triggered!

Four [Assassin Emblems], one [Fate Child Emblem], one [Void Emblem],

a total of six emblems.

Xerath, Ahri, Qingniao wearing the Fate Emblem.

[3 Fate: For every additional emblem, 8% of damage dealt is converted to true damage.]

That is, 48% conversion—nearly half of the damage is true damage!

"Before long, in front of the chess pieces, there will be no such thing as a tank!"

Li Yao felt ecstatic.

[Staff · Spell Counter (SR active skill): Applies a spell-breaking effect to an enemy unit; any energy consumed by this unit when casting skills during this battle is multiplied by 2; consumes 500 gold coins; no cooldown; can only be used once per battle; this state cannot be purified.]