[-$55.055 billion! Talent upgrade successful! Account balance: $100.14 billion]
Su Ming upgraded his Summoning Talent to the strategic level in one go.
His mental energy continued to ripple.
A sharp pain stabbed through his mind.
Su Ming knew that as his talent upgraded, he had unlocked more arrangements for the Summoning Rune Matrix.
Before the pain in his head faded, Su Ming raised a hand toward the ash-covered coffee table and silently summoned a huge pile of gold.
This time, runes glowing orange-red slowly drifted from Su Ming's fingertips.
They gradually formed a runic magic array across the surface of the coffee table.
A flash of light.
"Buzz—"
In an instant, a pile of gold appeared out of thin air on the tabletop, which had been blackened by the ashes of banknotes.
It was stacked like bricks.
The pile of gold before him looked completely genuine. If it could all be exchanged, it would bring in another considerable sum.
Su Ming rolled up his sleeves and stared at the glittering gold.
"I refuse to believe the things I summon still can't be sold this time!"
"Appraise!"
[A pile of gold → Valuation: $370 million (Summoned items cannot be exchanged)]
"Damn it! How am I supposed to play this?"
Sitting on a mountain of gold but unable to turn it into money drove Su Ming half mad.
"Crash—"
The solid wood coffee table, which had been of decent quality, suddenly failed under the weight of so much gold and shattered flat.
The gold scattered chaotically across the floor, clanging against one another.
Under any other circumstances, the sound of gold bricks colliding would have been an exquisite melody ordinary people could only dream of hearing.
But at that moment, Su Ming only felt that the system was messing with him.
Why