Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

At the same time, in the western district of Tianhe City.

A luxury bus bearing the words "Tianhe No.1 Middle School" is driving on a wide street.

Inside the vehicle, the high school seniors who had just completed their awakening ceremony were excitedly discussing their upcoming beginner dungeon—[Slime Plains].

This is a school-organized guided learning activity, led by teachers, to help freshmen safely get through the most difficult stages, levels 2-5.

In the back of the bus, Wang Xiaoli, with his spiky blond hair, was anxiously dialing a communicator.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

"Damn, where did Chen Ge go? He didn't even show up for the assembly. He didn't even want the free experience points the school was giving him?" Wang Xiaoli frowned as he looked at the word "son" on the communicator.

As Su Chen's best friend, he knew Su Chen's family background all too well.

Although Su Chen is an SSS-level professional, in this world, success depends on the family's accumulated wealth.

Without the support of a large family or by joining the school's team to gain experience, ordinary players will find it extremely difficult to make any progress in the early stages.

The communicator rang for almost half a minute before it was finally connected.

"Son, is something the matter?"

Su Chen's slightly nonchalant voice came from the other end of the communicator, accompanied by a muffled rumbling sound in the background, like the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

Wang Xiaoli immediately lowered his voice and said urgently, "Brother Chen! Where have you been? The bus has been gone for ten minutes! If you don't come soon, you'll miss this ride to [Slime Plains]!"

"Me?" Su Chen paused for a moment on the other end of the communicator. "I've left the city."

"Leave the city?!"

Wang Xiaoli suddenly raised his voice, causing several students in the front row to turn around and look at him.

He quickly covered his mouth, hissing in a low voice, "Are you crazy?! What are you doing outside the city, a newbie who just awakened? Giving the stray dogs some food? Come back right now! I'm waiting for you at the dungeon entrance. I'm begging the teacher to make an exception and let you join the team..."

"No need." Su Chen's voice remained calm. "Slimes are too slow to grind, they only give a few points of experience."

Wang Xiaoli was stunned.

What are some key takeaways?

Just then, a news item that had just gone viral on the local forums of Tianhe City flashed through Wang Xiaoli's mind.

He swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly: "Holy crap... Brother Chen, tell me honestly. Last night... the Education Bureau issued a notice overnight saying that the Black Iron-level BOSS [Three-Headed Black-Scaled Poison Lizard] that no one had dared to mess with in the beginner dungeon for decades had been killed."

Wang Xiaoli gripped the communicator tightly, his heart pounding: "That person...could it be you, kid?"

There was a brief silence on the other end of the communicator.

Only the whistling wind and the rustling of leaves could be heard.

"Feed? Feed? Say something!" Wang Xiaoli snapped, "You're pretending to be an expert by not talking, aren't you?"

"No, no, how could I possibly defeat such a powerful boss?"

Wang Xiaoli was stunned.

The bus jolted slightly, but he froze in his seat as if struck by lightning.

broken.

In front of acquaintances, this kid always tries to show off. If Su Chen said that he was the one who killed him, Wang Xiaoli would be a little skeptical.

He is now certain that Su Chen was the killer!

Iron-tier BOSS!

That's a boss that no one has fought in decades!

"What level are you at now?" Wang Xiaoli felt his voice was fading.

"Just leveled up to level 7."

"How much?!" Wang Xiaoli completely lost his composure. He stood up abruptly, his head hitting the luggage rack of the bus with a "thud".

He didn't even bother rubbing his head, and roared into the communicator, "Level 7?! You only awakened yesterday, and you're already level 7 today?! I was worried about how to level up to level 3 this morning, and you're already level 7?! Are you cheating?!"

Faced with his best friend's barrage of questions, Su Chen simply replied with a nonchalant remark.

"Basic procedure, don't be silly. I'll take care of it now, there are still a few level 10 elite monsters waiting for me to deal with."

beep...beep...beep...

The communicator was disconnected.

Wang Xiaoli remained standing blankly in the aisle of the bus, still holding the communicator.

"Level 10... elite monster?"

He looked down at his pitiful [Level: 2 (32%)] on his panel, and then looked out the bus window at his classmates who were excitedly preparing to go to [Slime Plains] to show off their skills.

A strong sense of absurdity welled up inside me.

Is there any fairness left in this world?

"Have you no shame at all..."

Wang Xiaoli muttered to himself.

"Yes, it's shameless."

The students on the same bus all condemned the act of hanging on the wall.

……

time flies.

Deep in the dark forest, the stench of blood was so strong it was almost unbearable.

On the ground lay hundreds of corpses of [Rampaging Black Armored Boars], or rather... hundreds of pools of green liquid emitting a pungent odor.

For an entire day, Su Chen worked tirelessly like a bulldozer, clearing the area of ​​wild boar monsters completely.

[Hint: Killing the level 10 elite monster, the Berserker Black Armored Boar, grants 150 experience points.]

[Note: Triggering the trait 'Misfortune Absorption' increases the maximum number of poison stacks by 1.]

A golden light shone again from beneath Su Chen's feet.

[Hint: Level has been increased to 9!]

[Gain 5 free attribute points.]

Su Chen skillfully opened the panel and allocated his attribute points according to the ratio of 3 points in Spirit and 2 points in Constitution.

He glanced at his current state.

[Current maximum number of toxin stacks: 732.]

"The efficiency is still too low."

Su Chen casually kicked aside a rock blocking his way.

After a day of intense grinding, he reached level 9 and stacked 732 layers of poison.

However, he discovered that as his level increased, although the experience points from killing level 10 monsters remained the same, the experience bar climbed at a snail's pace.

Just as he was considering whether to switch maps and find a higher-level monster area,

boom--!

A muffled, loud thud suddenly came from deep within the woods ahead.

Immediately afterwards, the earth began to tremble violently.

The towering trees all around looked as if they had been crushed by a heavy road roller, collapsing in large swathes.

A colossal creature slowly emerged from the shadows.

It was a terrifying behemoth more than three times the size of the raging black-armored boar.

Its entire body was covered in thick armor that looked as if it had been cast in bronze, and its two three-meter-long fangs were dark gold. With each breath, scorching waves of air would come out of its nostrils.

Its eyes were fixed on Su Chen and the thick green liquid belonging to its own kind around it, and it let out a soul-shaking roar.

【Bloodthirsty Steel-Armored Pig King (Bronze-level BOSS)】

[Level: 15]

【Strength: 150】

[Agility: 50]

[Stamina: 400]

【Spirit: 30】

[Skills: War Stomp, Bronze Body, Frenzy, Absolute Charge]

……

"What a lousy day!"

Su Chen immediately swore.

A whopping 400 points of stamina!

This means that the Bronze-level BOSS has an extremely terrifying number of health points.

Its defenses are practically impenetrable.

Even if other people formed a well-coordinated team of twenty, they might not dare to easily provoke a level 15 bronze-level BOSS.

Numerical suppression is often fatal.

"roar--!!!"

The Bloodthirsty Steel Armored Pig King gave Su Chen no time to react and immediately launched [Absolute Charge].

Its enormous body transformed into a bronze-colored afterimage, instantly smashing the trees along its path and sending wood chips flying everywhere.

"Why are all the monsters I encounter just charging around? Do they really love charging?"

Su Chen stood still, without even taking a single step back.

He raised the [Exploding Staff] in his hand, his fingertips twitching slightly.

A basic magic missile was launched.

boom!

The magic missile struck the Pig King's thick bronze armor, leaving not even a white mark.

-36!

"roar!"

A hint of human mockery flashed in the Pig King's eyes, and his charging speed increased dramatically once again.

However, in the next moment.

A pale green skull mark suddenly lit up above its massive head.

[Note: Triggered the trait 'All Things Corrode', forcibly applying 1 stack of the 'Very Poisonous' status.]

[Hint: Triggering the trait 'God of Poison' instantly maxes out the 'Poison' stacks.]

[Current target toxin level: 732!]

The bloodthirsty steel-armored pig king, charging at high speed, suddenly stopped.

-43188!

An incredibly high damage number floated up above its head.

Based on Su Chen's current 59 points of mental attribute, multiplied by 732 layers of poison, the true damage he causes per second is as high as 43,000 points!

but.

This bronze-level boss did not instantly turn into pus like the previous monsters.

It let out an extremely shrill scream, and a thick layer of blood-red light emanated from its body.

[Note: The Bloodthirsty Steel Armored Pig King has triggered the skill 'Wild Frenzy,' temporarily increasing its maximum health and granting immunity to control effects.]

[Note: The Bloodthirsty Steel Armored Pig King has triggered its passive skill 'Bronze Body,' gaining significant damage reduction.]

Its massive body managed to stabilize itself just ten meters away from Su Chen. Its bloodshot eyes were fixed on Su Chen, and despite the health points being depleted rapidly every second, it took another step forward.

"It actually held up for a second, that's interesting."

Su Chen looked at the Pig King, who hadn't been instantly killed, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

That's the amount of health, that's the resilience.

As expected of a bronze-level BOSS, its stats are indeed very high; it was able to withstand my poison burst for a second.

If this were an ordinary professional, let alone breaking through its defenses, they probably wouldn't even be able to withstand a single basic attack from it; it's a pure numerical crushing defeat.

The second second.

-43188!

The Pig King's charge was only five meters away from Su Chen.

The pungent, fishy smell even ruffled the hem of Su Chen's clothes.

It raised its two dark gold fangs high, ready to pierce through the human before it.

The third second.

-43188!

The fierce light in the Pig King's eyes suddenly vanished.

Its massive, mountain-like body could no longer support itself and crashed to the ground with a deafening roar.

The immense inertia caused its corpse to slide forward several meters, stopping right at Su Chen's feet.

There were no screams, only the terrifying sound of flesh rapidly dissolving.

[Hint: Defeating the level 15 Bronze-level BOSS, Bloodthirsty Steel-Armored Pig King, grants 150000 experience points.]

[Note: Triggering the trait 'Misfortune Absorption' increases the maximum number of poison stacks by 1.]

[Current maximum number of toxin stacks: 734.]

Ding--!

An extremely dazzling golden light shot up from Su Chen's body.

[Hint: Level has been increased to 10!]

[Gain 5 free attribute points.]

……

"Finally level 10."

Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief and redistributed the 5 attribute points he had just acquired into a 3 Spirit and 2 Constitution allocation.

He looked down ahead.

The enormous bronze pig king's corpse had completely turned into a pool of thick green liquid.

And within this pool of liquid, an extremely dazzling light was shimmering.

Huge explosion!

The defeat of a monster of a higher level forced this pig king to reveal all its hidden resources.

Su Chen stepped forward and used a twig to pick out the glowing items one by one.

[Obtained the loot "Bloodthirsty Pigskin Leggings"]

[Bloodthirsty Ironclad Pig King's Hard Hide: Bronze-grade material.]

[Gold Coins*498]

……

Bloodthirsty Pigskin Leg Guards

[Rank: Bronze]

[Usage Requirements: Stamina greater than 20]

[Stamina +50]

[Additional Attribute 1: Physical Defense +10%]

[Additional Attribute 2: [Absolute Charge]: Charges rapidly 20 meters in a specific direction, stopping upon impact with the first unit and dealing physical damage equal to twice the Strength, stunning them for 1 second.]

……

"Two additional terms!"

Upon seeing the information about the leg braces, Su Chen exclaimed in surprise.

It increases physical defense by 10%. The number is not much, but it is a percentage bonus.

For an ordinary mage, the bonus would be negligible, but Su Chen's stamina is quite high, so the bonus is not insignificant.

As for the second one, it is an extremely rare skill attribute!

Equipment with skills is several times more expensive than equipment of the same grade.

"I didn't expect to reveal the Pig King's skills."

This skill is very useful, similar to a warrior's charge skill.

For Su Chen, it's more of an escape skill, and it can also forcibly control the enemy for a second.

Very practical.

He opened his profile to check.

Name: Su Chen

[Level: 10 (0%)]

[Class: Poison Mage (SSS-Rank Unique Hidden)]

【Strength: 19】

[Agility: 17]

[Stamina: 103]

【Spirit: 63】

[Class-Specific Traits: All Things Corrode, God of Poison, Absorb Misfortune]

[Skill: Reconnaissance (Beginner)]

[Current Toxin Level: 734]

[Equipment: Explosive Staff (Black Iron Grade), Heavy Black Iron Breastplate (Black Iron Grade), Bloodthirsty Pigskin Leggings (Bronze Grade)]

……

"Holy crap!"

Upon seeing his attributes, Su Chen was startled.

Before I knew it, my mental state had reached 63 points.

Based on his current mental state, the damage caused by the poison every second is 46242 points!

Even more outrageous is that, without realizing it, my stamina reached an astonishing 103 points, higher than that of a tanky warrior who had all their stamina points allocated.

"That's insane! Who would want to play with you like that?"

Su Chen sighed.

The loneliness of hanging on the wall is something no one understands!

After closing the panel, Su Chen rubbed his hands together excitedly.

"Finally level 10, let's see what skills I'll awaken."

Su Chen took a deep breath and began to crush the [Basic Skill Stone] in his backpack.

[Used 1 Beginner Skill Stone (Common Grade), Awakening failed; no new skill learned this time!]

Click!

The skill stones shattered on the ground.

"As expected, it failed."

Su Chen was not discouraged.

Awakening skills is not guaranteed; it is said that the rarer the class, the more difficult it is to awaken a skill.

He continued to hold the skill stone.

[Used 1 Beginner Skill Stone (Common Grade), Awakening failed; no new skill learned this time!]

[Used 1 Beginner Skill Stone (Common Grade), Awakening failed; no new skill learned this time!]

……

Ten ordinary skill stones were crushed in a row, all resulting in failure!

Nima!

Su Chen couldn't help but swear.

Is this probability accurate?

He took out the Black Iron-grade skill stone that had dropped in the beginner dungeon, gritted his teeth, and crushed it.

next second.

[Using a Basic Skill Stone (Iron Grade) *1, Awakening Successful! Learn the skill [Corrosive Serpent Guard]!]