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

[System notification: You have entered the secret realm—the Silent Stone Sea.]

[WARNING: This secret realm is a high-risk area. Monster attributes have been greatly enhanced. Please explore with caution.]

As the scene before him distorted, Su Chen found himself in a completely unfamiliar world.

Looking out, the sky presented a depressing gray hue; there was no sun, only flying stone chips and dust.

The earth was cracked and parched, with jagged stone pillars and piles of rocks everywhere, and the air was so dry that it made one's throat feel tight.

"Click click click..."

A dull groan of stones scraping against each other came from ahead.

Su Chen stared intently.

Amidst the piles of rubble, a dozen or so humanoid monsters, pieced together from grayish-brown rocks, swayed their heavy bodies and slowly turned their heads toward him.

Their eyes are shaped like 0.o, gleaming with a dark red, menacing light, and their bodies are covered with a thick layer of rock armor.

Su Chen casually cast a [Reconnaissance] spell.

[Hardened Stone Man]

[Level: 10]

【Strength: 80】

[Agility: 15]

[Stamina: 350]

【Spirit: 10】

[Skill: Rock Armor (Passive: Reduces physical and magical damage taken by 60%)]

……

Su Chen looked at the system panel in front of him and couldn't help but gasp.

I am Cao!

Is this a level 10 normal monster?

With this attribute, stamina has skyrocketed to 350 points!

The strength is also a full 80 points!

Keep in mind that level 10 monsters outside only have a maximum of fifty or sixty points of stamina.

Even though he had killed many elite monsters before, his constitution was only 80 points.

The attributes of this Hardened Stone Golem are far superior to those of the level 10 elite monsters outside!

What's even more disgusting is the passive skill of [Rock Armor], which directly reduces damage taken by 60%!

"No wonder they say the secret realm is harder than the dungeon. With these monsters' stats, is it even possible for a level 15 person to break through their defenses?" Su Chen muttered to himself.

With this level of dual resistance and health, if a regular physical or magical class came in, their skills probably wouldn't even break through the defense; it would be pure scratching.

Even a full elite squad would probably be worn down and run out of supplies when facing a monster of this level.

However, a smile appeared on Su Chen's lips.

He raised the [Exploding Staff] in his hand, and his mana surged within him.

"Corrosive Serpent Guard!"

[Hint: Consumes 10 mana to summon 1 Corrosive Serpent Guard]

A dark green totem pole suddenly shot out from the ground in front of Su Chen.

The snake's head emerged, dark green venom condensing between its fangs.

"call out!"

A venomous venom was precisely spat onto a hardened stone golem.

"-15!"

A pitifully low damage number floated above the Stone Golem's head.

Su Chen's spirit was as high as 73 points. A single attack of [Corrosive Serpent Guard] should have dealt nearly 58 points of poison damage, but when it hit this stone golem, it was reduced to a dozen points!

"This dual resistance is truly outrageous."

Su Chen shook his head.

Normal attacks and magic damage are practically useless here.

However, just as that faint damage number appeared, a green light shone on the stone golem.

[Notification: The trait "All Things Corrode" has been triggered; the target has been afflicted with the "Very Poisonous" status!]

[Hint: The trait "God of Poison" has been triggered; the target's "Poison" stacks are full!]

For an instant.

The hardened stone golem, which had been so menacing, suddenly had a strange dark green tinge appear on its surface.

next second.

"-53947!"

A terrifying, blood-red number erupted from the top of the stone golem's head like a waterfall!

Ignore armor!

Ignore magic resistance!

Ignore that damn [Rock Armor] 60% damage reduction!

The hardened stone golem with a stamina of up to 350 points was instantly emptied before its health bar even had a chance to flash!

"Boom!"

The massive rock body collapsed with a crash, shattering into countless pieces.

[Hint: Defeating a level 10 Hardened Stone Golem grants 500 experience points.]

[Hint: Triggered trait - Doom Absorption, permanently increases the maximum number of poison stacks by 1!]

[Hint: Item obtained: Hardened Rock Core *1 (Rare Material)]

Su Chen's eyes lit up as he looked at the system notification flashing in front of him.

"500 experience points, that's a 5x increase in experience points! And the drop rate is so high too?"

The level 10 monsters outside only give a maximum of 100 experience points, but the monsters in this secret realm give 500 points each!

Moreover, the drop rate is amazing; I just killed one and got a rare material.

"This material seems to sell for 500 yuan per piece!"

Su Chen immediately perked up and waved his staff again.

"Corrosive Serpent Guard!"

Two more totem poles rose from the ground.

The three serpent guards, arranged in a triangular formation, began to frantically breathe fire at the charging stone crowd.

"-15!"

"-54020!"

"-14!"

"-54093!"

"..."

"Boom!"

Large swathes of stone figures fell down like wheat being harvested.

Just a single drop of venom will unleash over 50,000 true damage in the next second, there's absolutely no logic to it.

[Hint: Experience points +500.]

[Hint: Experience points +500.]

[Hint: Toxin limit permanently increased by 1!]

[Hint: Toxin limit permanently increased by 1!]

……

Su Chen stood there, watching the experience bar jump wildly and the poison limit increase, feeling extremely satisfied.

This kind of unhindered slaughter is the right way to play this game.

As he walked, he gathered the materials on the ground into his backpack.

"Murphy is still an honest man."