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

Under the gloomy sky, stone chips flew everywhere.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The dull thuds of collapse echoed across the cracked earth.

Su Chen strolled leisurely through the pile of rocks, not even bothering to lift his staff, relying entirely on the [Corrosive Serpent Guard] beside him to automatically target enemies.

"call out!"

A jet of dark green venom shot out from the snake's mouth at the top of the totem pole, landing precisely on a newly spawned stone golem dozens of meters away.

[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!]

A deadly dark green hue instantly appeared on the stone golem's thick rock armor.

next second.

"-54750!"

An outrageously large white number rose directly from the top of the stone golem's head, like a nuclear explosion.

There was no struggle.

There is no process of health bar decreasing.

"How disgusting!"

Su Chen's smile became increasingly sinister.

These stone golems are slow-moving and all melee monsters. To Su Chen, they are not even as threatening as those level 1 goblins.

Definitely a punching bag.

[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: Items obtained: 24 Gold Coins, 1 Hardened Rock Core (Rare Material)]

"This monster-killing efficiency, this experience points..."

Su Chen looked at the ever-growing pile of materials and gold coins in his backpack and couldn't help but click his tongue.

He did a rough calculation.

Spending an hour in this secret realm yields experience points equivalent to several days of hard work in the wilderness.

Not to mention the ridiculously high drop rate.

"No wonder those big guilds are willing to spend so much gold for information about a secret realm."

"This reward is indeed so generous it's almost unfair."

While sighing, Su Chen summoned the snake guards to continue the advance.

The Serpent Guard lasts for 30 seconds, but has a cooldown of only 15 seconds. As long as you don't summon too many at once and deplete your mana bar, you can seamlessly chain them together.

As he ventured deeper, the surrounding fog gradually thickened, and the dry, oppressive feeling in the air grew stronger.

After rounding a huge circular stone pit, Su Chen stopped.

In the open space ahead, a large group of stone figures were densely packed together.

There were at least a hundred of them, like a silent army, blocking the way forward.

Su Chen casually cast a [Reconnaissance] spell over.

[Monster Name: Reinforced Rock Armor Golem (Elite Monster)]

[Level: 13]

【Strength: 130】

[Agility: 35]

[Stamina: 500]

【Spirit: 20】

[Status: Absolute Rock Protection (Reduces all physical and magical damage taken by 90%)]

……

Su Chen's eyelids twitched suddenly as he looked at the status bar on the panel.

Forget about 500 points of constitution.

90% damage reduction?

"Is this some kind of joke?"

His gaze passed over the swarm of monsters and looked behind them.

At the very center of the densest concentration of stone figures stands a black stone pillar ten meters high.

The surface of the stone pillar was covered with complex runes, and it was constantly emitting rings of grayish-brown light.

The halo covered an extremely wide area, almost encompassing a radius of 500 meters.

He cast a reconnaissance spell over there.

[Monster Name: Silent Soul-Suppressing Pillar (Black Iron Level BOSS)]

[Level: 15]

【Strength: 1】

[Agility: 1]

[Stamina: 2000]

【Spirit: 1】

[Soul-Suppressing Aura: Grants all Rock-type monsters within 500 meters the [Absolute Rock Protection] buff, increasing damage reduction to 90%.]

"How disgusting..."

Su Chen looked at the attributes of the stone pillar and muttered to himself.

He now finally understood why the elite teams from those major guilds couldn't push the stone tablet outside.

This mechanism is a completely unreasonable dead end.

With 90% damage reduction, who can possibly take that down?

To kill these stone golems, you must first destroy the [Silent Soul-Suppressing Pillar] that provides the aura.

However, the stone pillar not only had a full 2000 points of stamina, but it was also surrounded by hundreds of level 13 elite monsters in layers.

"For an ordinary team to come in and try to break through this horde of monsters with 90% damage reduction to reach the pillar is simply impossible. Even if an assassin sneaks in, a level 15 professional player simply can't break through their defenses."

"No matter which tactic you choose, in the end you'll be drained of mana and stamina, and then drown in a sea of ​​monsters."

Su Chen touched his chin.

However, that applies to ordinary teams.

"90% damage reduction?"

Su Chen chuckled and pointed the [Exploding Staff] in his hand forward.

"Corrosive Serpent Guard!"

100 mana points are deducted.

Ten dark purple totem poles rose directly from the edge of the monster horde.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

Venom rained down on the dozen or so [Reinforced Rock Armor Golems] in the front row.

The dark green toxin instantly spread across their thick rock armor.

"-54750!"

"-54823!"

"-54896!"

"..."

A crimson number suddenly rose into the air from the strange group, almost obscuring the view.

Faced with his absolute true damage, 90% damage reduction and 500 points of constitution are all useless.

Because the stone golems were positioned very densely, the Bursting Staff's construction effect was perfectly realized.

Once a stone golem falls, all the stone golems around it will be afflicted with a new, highly poisonous status.

"Boom boom boom boom—"

With just one wave of attacks, dozens of level 13 elite stone golems were instantly reduced to scattered rubble and collapsed with a deafening roar.

[Hint: Defeating a level 13 enhanced rock armor golem (elite) grants +975 experience points.]

[Hint: Killed a level 13 opponent...]

The experience bar suddenly spiked.

Su Chen didn't even glance at the fallen rubble, and walked straight towards the central [Silent Soul Suppressing Pillar].

His snake guards were like the most precise artillery emplacements; wherever they passed, venom flew everywhere, and swarms of elite stone golems were instantly annihilated.

The monsters couldn't even touch the hem of his clothes.

In less than two minutes, Su Chen had already carved a path through the sea of ​​monsters and stood in front of the ten-meter-tall black stone pillar.

"Two thousand physiques, right?"

Su Chen looked up at the stone pillar, his eyes calm.

"call out!"

A spurt of venom landed on the stone pillar.

A dark green light flashed.

"-56940!"

With a loud "crack," the [Soul-Suppressing Pillar], which had a strength of two thousand, split open in the middle, creating a huge crack.

but.

It wasn't instantly killed.

"-56940!"

"-56940!"

"..."

Immediately after four numbers appeared, the stone pillar collapsed with a roar, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The halo vanished instantly.

The remaining dozens of stone golems around immediately lost their rock-protection status.

[Hint: Successfully defeated the level 15 Black Iron-tier boss, the Pillar of Annihilation!]

[Hint: Gained 112500 experience points]

[Notification: Your level has increased to 11!]

[Hint: You have gained 5 free attribute points]

As a golden light of upgrade shone from his body, Su Chen felt a surge of energy.

He ignored the ordinary stone golems around him who had lost their damage reduction aura, and instead looked directly at the pile of glowing loot that had been spilled after the stone pillar collapsed.

Several pieces of ore exuding a strong earth elemental aura, and two pieces of equipment gleaming with a bronze luster, lay quietly in the ruins.