The Greatest Disciple of the Evil Sect
Chapter 415- Black Plate

Chapter 415: Chapter 415- Black Plate

So that was the catch; no wonder he felt something amiss as soon as his thoughts started to wander. So he can’t summon a mercenary above his realm, well that was a big demerit that severely restrains all the plans Yang Chen had for this option.

"Don’t be too hasty to judge this option. While it may be true you can only summon mercenaries up to your realm, the mercenaries summoned are all powerful entities drawn from ancient battle contracts sealed within the system— beings who once walked various worlds and left legends behind"...

"Depending on how you use them, they can shift the tide of battle, assassinate key targets, or serve as distractions while you act in the shadows".

Yang Chen fell silent. The next second, he opened the option and started browsing it. Like the demon said, he cannot just judge the option without even looking at it first.

The mercenary system had a wide variety of summons that he could pick from. Each summon was suited for a different task, and depending on the mission, he could pick out the summon he wanted to carry it out.

Then there was also the factor of points. The Mercenary system operates using Greed Points as currency. Each mercenary has a value based on their strength, skill, and utility.

Low-cost mercenaries may be foot soldiers or scouts, while high-tier summons include elite warriors, rogue cultivators, or monstrous beings capable of delivering what they promised.

"I see, I now have a better idea on how to use this option. Good, it can be quite useful" Yang Chen finished browsing the option before looking at the space ring on his right hand.

The mysterious ring he got from the corpse of the old man and which holds a great amount of treasure. This ring, which had been a great source of trouble and strength for him, showed some response when his cultivation reached the Battle Overlord realm.

Thinking that there might have been something going in with the ring, he inserted his consciousness into it.

Numerous floating items haphazardly put together greeted his vision. Yang Chen looked around, at first there was nothing that seemed out of place here or anything that might have evoked a response.

However, as he was looking, he soon came to a realisation. Many of the items here which he couldn’t touch before due to the barrier protecting them, had now become accessible to him.

Skills, scrolls and even mystical items and ingredients, there were a lot of things to sort from. That said, it was not these items that evoked a response, but rather it was a small rectangular plate.

At a glance, the plate appeared extremely ordinary with a smooth surface and nothing special about it. However, when Yang Chen inserted his battle energy into it, the plate started wiggling disturbingly.

The next second, his consciousness was pulled out and he was shocked to find the plate levitating in front of him.

Before he could question what was going on, sharp appendages came out of the plate’s surface and dug into his skin, absorbing his blood.

Reacting swiftly, he tried to swat the item away. However, he soon realised that it was useless. All his attacks or resistance had no impact on the plate whatsoever.

Now that he had reached the Battle Overlord realm, he was far more powerful than when he got the ring. Yet after a few useless attempts, the feeling he was getting from the plate was that of an ant trying to move a mountain.

Unable to do anything, he could only let the plate do whatever it was doing. Thankfully, after sucking his blood, the thing came to a weird standstill. The disturbing appendages disappeared and the thing returned back into being a plate.

As Yang Chen was observing this peculiar thing, two words mysteriously appeared on its black glossy surface.

"Grand Elder?!"

He read the words and tilted his head. What was this plate, and why were those two words written in it? Contemplating for a while, he came to an answer. Could it be that the mysterious old man this space ring belonged to was the grand elder of some faction?

This was the only plausible answer. At the same time, the demonic cultivator he had met back in the ancient domain surfaced in his mind. Given by the way the latter looked so shocked after seeing the ring, the mysterious old man definitely had to be some powerful figure in their faction.

Still, if that was the case, why was that old man dead in front of his body? What had actually happened back there? Amon was similarly lost in contemplation.

"There is no point in worrying about it. What’s gonna come will come" Yang Chen focused his attention on the more important things at hand. Namely, the battle skills he got from the Martial Arts Hall.

The first skill his eyes focused on was the [Gauntlet of Radiance], the battle skill that the Jian brothers used. As one of the well renowened battle skills of the academy, it was quite powerful.

What’s more, depending on the mastery and understanding one had over the skill, it showed even more lethality and power. Yang Chen had his eyes on this skill since the first day he arrived in this academy.

Heaven Grade Low Tier Skill [Gauntlet of Radiance], it was one of top skills he could find in the Martial Arts hall. Other than that, the other two battle skills he got were [Void Shattering Palm] and [Five Calamity Steps].

Both the skills were Mid Tier Heaven Grade Skills and were amongst the most powerful skills he could find on that floor.

[Ding... Do you want to learn {Gauntlet of Radiance}? Yes/No]...

[Ding... Do you want to learn {Void Shattering Palm}? Yes/No]...

[Ding... Do you want to learn {Five Calamity Steps}? Yes/No]

Yes, Yes and Yes...

One by one, Yang Chen learned all the skills. A vast amount of information flooded his mind, threatening to tear it into pieces.