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

As the golden light faded, the ground was covered with spoils shimmering with various lights.

The most eye-catching items were a greatsword radiating golden light and a heavy breastplate of the same gold grade.

Su Chen quickly walked over and picked up the two pieces of equipment.

【Berserk Bone Blade (Gold Grade)】

Heavy Bone Armor (Gold Grade)

"Tsk."

Su Chen clicked his tongue after looking at the stats of the two pieces of equipment.

Two pieces of gold-grade equipment, with decent stats.

But he couldn't use any of them.

"Why do I always get equipment for other classes?"

Speechless, Su Chen tossed the two dark gold items into his backpack, intending to sell them at the auction house later for credits.

He continued rummaging through the pile of spoils.

Aside from some high-grade materials, his gaze fell on a necklace radiating a golden light in the corner.

This necklace is made of tiny white bones strung together, and the pendant is a miniature purple heart.

【Thousand Calamities Bone Heart Necklace (Gold Grade)】

[Gold Rank:]

Wearing requirements: None

【Spirit +300】

[Entry: Skill Name: Each time the wearer receives a single instance of damage, up to 30% of their maximum health is deducted. (This effect does not apply to true damage; when it applies to DoT damage, the 30% cap is calculated once per second.)]

Holy crap!

Su Chen's eyes widened suddenly after reading the entry.

"Isn't that the disgusting skill from that boss we just had? How could it actually drop?!"

A single instance of damage cannot exceed 30% of the target's maximum health!

What does this mean?

This means that as long as Su Chen wears this necklace, no one or no monster in the world can kill him with a single burst skill!

Even those forbidden spells that deal millions or tens of millions of damage, when they hit him, will only reduce his health by 30% at most!

"This is practically the ultimate weapon against assassins and sudden death!"

Su Chen couldn't help but gasp.

He suddenly remembered the Rift Demon.

That bastard had ingested ten seconds of his deadly poison, and should have turned to water long ago, but he stubbornly withstood it, which Su Chen found strange at the time.

"So this world has such unreasonable skills and equipment."

"No wonder that bastard wasn't poisoned to death by me."

Su Chen?

This world is truly full of wonders, with all sorts of bizarre mechanisms emerging one after another.

but.

Su Chen looked at the necklace in his current equipment slot and hesitated.

He is currently wearing the [Tough Gargoyle Necklace (Silver Grade)].

Although this thing is only silver-tier, its accompanying skill allows you to petrify yourself for 15 seconds, during which you are almost immune to all damage, making it an extremely useful mini-invincibility skill.

Several times before, he had relied on this petrification effect to drag out and kill the enemy, thus achieving a counterattack.

"The necklace only has one slot. Should I choose the 15-second invincibility skill, or the permanent anti-one-hit kill and health-locking skill?"

Su Chen stroked his chin, weighing the pros and cons.

While petrification grants invincibility, it prevents movement and skill usage, leaving the user passively taking hits and stalling for time.

Moreover, the cooling time is long.

This Thousand Calamity Bone Necklace is passively activated and does not require active activation, making it extremely forgiving of errors.

Most importantly, Su Chen now has the huge shield from the [Abyss Dragon Language Robe] and the three-second invulnerability provided by the [Ring of Divine Protection].

He already has many ways to save his life.

"One more petrification won't make a difference, let's switch!"

Su Chen decisively removed the gargoyle necklace and put on the Thousand Calamity Bone Heart necklace.

[Hint: You have equipped the Thousand Calamity Bone Heart Necklace (Gold Grade).]

Looking at the black necklace around his neck, Su Chen patted his chest in satisfaction.

Now, even if he were to be assassinated by a legendary assassin a hundred levels higher than him, he would be absolutely confident that he could react in time and then apply tens of thousands of layers of poison to send the opponent away.

After collecting his spoils, Su Chen walked to the edge of the altar.

There grew several small grasses there, emitting a ghostly green light; these were the Abyssal Corrupted Heart Grasses required for the Poison Granny's quest.

He carefully picked all five plants and put them into a specially made food storage box.

"Done, job done."

Su Chen stretched and walked towards the teleportation portal.

……

at the same time.

Outside the entrance to the Ten Thousand Poisons Cave instance.

A group of students dressed in Assassin's Academy uniforms were rushing over.

The leader was a boy with dyed yellow hair, wearing a student council badge on his chest.

"Hurry! Hurry! The instruments are showing abnormal energy fluctuations; someone has entered the Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons!"

The blond-haired boy shouted as he ran.

The students following behind were all shocked.

"Who would be so foolish? Wasn't this dungeon already designated as a forbidden area by our academy?"

"Yeah, it's full of poisonous monsters. They slow you down, drain your mana, and prevent healing. It's disgusting. Last year, our academy's level 30 senior went in and died in less than ten minutes."

"Could it be that some clueless freshman accidentally wandered in?"

"Absolutely! He's probably dead inside by now, eaten to the bone by those poisonous insects."

"..."

Several student council members discussed the matter animatedly, their tone filled with schadenfreude and disdain.

The Cave of Ten Thousand Poisons is such a grotesque and disgusting dungeon.

It's not something a normal person could do.

Just as they arrived at the dungeon entrance and were about to set up a cordon,

The teleportation array at the dungeon entrance suddenly lit up with a white light.

hum-

The space was slightly distorted.

Su Chen's figure emerged from the teleportation array.

He patted off imaginary dust from his clothes and took a deep breath of fresh air.

"The air outside is so much better; the smell of rotting bones inside is just awful."

The blond-haired boy and his group were stunned.

Their jaws nearly dropped to the floor when they saw Su Chen completely unharmed.

"You...you actually made it out alive?"

The blond-haired boy pointed at Su Chen, looking at him like he was a monster.

Su Chen glanced at them, looked at the Assassin Academy badges on their chests, and raised an eyebrow.

"Senior, is something the matter?"

"How dare you come in here!"

A girl nearby couldn't help but yell angrily, "Don't you know what kind of monsters are inside? All sorts of poisonous creatures, they're disgusting! Are you out of your mind?!"

In their view, Su Chen's behavior was simply irresponsible towards life and a provocation against their Assassin Academy's ban.

Su Chen found their exasperated expressions amusing.

He had his hands in his pockets and spoke very casually:

"It's really disgusting; those poisonous moths even deduct blue points from your character."

He paused, then added in the most sincere tone:

"However, I've already got it working."

These words were spoken.

The entrance to the instance fell into a deathly silence.

"What...what did you say?"

The blond-haired boy swallowed hard, his voice trembling slightly.

"Did it get through?"