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

Outside the instance.

A military jeep equipped with a magic cannon slowly came to a stop.

A burly man in military uniform stepped down and strode over.

The man had a dignified, square face, with a shocking dark purple demonic burn mark running from his left cheek to his neck; he exuded an imposing aura even without anger.

"commander!"

Captain Zhang and his adjutant immediately went to greet them and gave a standard military salute.

Lei Jun did not return the greeting, his gaze fixed on the dark red abyss vortex in mid-air.

"Condition."

Lei Jun's voice was deep and carried an undeniable sense of pressure.

Captain Zhang took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly: "Just now, a scout risked his life to exit the instance, bringing out the last intelligence. Inside... it's not just abyss-level monsters; deep within the instance, he saw a shadow dressed in black robes, whose surrounding space was constantly distorting."

The dark purple demonic pattern on Lei Jun's left cheek instantly glowed as if it had been congested with blood.

"Black robes... space is distorted."

Lei Jun uttered these words slowly and deliberately, squeezing them out through clenched teeth, the veins on the back of his hand bulging as if they were about to burst through his skin.

"Is...is it a demon?"

Captain Zhang asked cautiously.

"The Rift Demon Shadow"

Lei Jun closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and when he opened them again, his eyes were bloodshot. "Ten years ago, Donghai City."

Upon hearing the words "Donghai City," the faces of the several veteran officers around them instantly turned deathly pale.

The Donghai City massacre ten years ago remains a permanent pain for the entire military of the Great Hua Empire.

A third-tier city with a population of over one million was turned into a dead zone overnight.

"Commander, do you mean... that demon inside is the culprit who caused the Donghai City massacre back then?" The adjutant's voice had completely changed.

"There's no way I'm wrong." Lei Jun suddenly drew his sword from his waist, and with a "clang," the blade pierced deep into the ground in front of him.

"I would recognize that beast's scent even if it turned to ashes."

Lei Jun took a deep breath, looked at his terrified subordinates, and coldly said, "You think this abyss instance descended naturally? Bullshit. It was artificially created by 'Rift Shadow'."

"The demons, like us, have professions and can change jobs. For some reason, some of them possess the ability to guide the abyss dungeon through the portal and into reality."

"And this Rift Demon... his profession is extremely special. Ordinary professionals or demons entering the secret realm can only exist in a specific plane. But he is different. He can use the rules of the abyss to hide his main body in the void and then create thousands of clones."

Lei Jun pointed to the vortex in mid-air: "Now, what that vortex connects to is not a single copy, but countless parallel planes. Its clones have forcibly squeezed into each and every plane."

"What is it doing?"

Captain Zhang swallowed hard.

"It's using the power of its clones to forcibly break through the dimensional barrier." Lei Jun pulled the knife from the ground. "The number of abyssal monsters in each dimension may not be large, but if thousands upon thousands of monsters from different dimensions are guided by it to simultaneously break through the restrictions and descend upon Tianhe City..."

The entire room fell silent.

Everyone understands what this means.

Even the lowest-level abyssal monsters, if they form a frenzy of hundreds of millions, will cause Tianhe City's defense system to collapse instantly.

"Commander, what should we do? Should we activate the forbidden spell-level combat readiness?" the adjutant asked anxiously.

"Ordinary forbidden spell-level combat equipment can't break through the abyss barrier." Lei Jun gritted his teeth. "The only way is to enter the instance and kill any of its clones before it completely opens the dimensional passage. As long as one clone dies, the dimensional balance it maintains will be broken, causing a chain reaction. All clones, and even the main body, will suffer a backlash from the rules."

"but……"

Captain Zhang Tian's face was full of bitterness. "This is a solo instance. Moreover, the brothers who just came out said that it's filled with an extremely disgusting environmental debuff. As long as you enter the heart of the instance, your physical and magical damage will continuously decrease over time."

"Given the already insane defense of the abyss monsters, even a team of a hundred people of the same level couldn't break through them, let alone going in alone?"

"No one can solo it."

Lei Jun's voice was filled with a deep sense of powerlessness.

He, a powerful level 140 player, could only watch helplessly because of the dungeon's level restriction.

"And..." Zhang Tian lowered his head, his voice even softer, "About ten minutes ago, a student who had just changed jobs went in."

Lei Jun suddenly turned his head and stared intently at Captain Zhang: "A student?"

"Yes, a student from Tianhe No. 1 Middle School, carrying a black iron-grade magic staff."

Lei Jun froze for a full three seconds, then slammed his fist into the hood of the SUV.

boom!

The heavy alloy hood dented instantly, and the entire car shook violently.

"Nonsense! Absolutely nonsense!"

Lei Jun roared angrily, "Are you just going to watch a kid who just changed classes go to his death? With the Abyss debuffs and elite monsters, he won't even last ten seconds!"

An atmosphere of despair spread outside the blockade.

No one thought that student would come out alive.

Tianhe City seems destined to repeat the tragedy of ten years ago.

……

Meanwhile, deep within the Wailing Mine.

"puff--!"

With a burst of nauseating green pus, a massive [Abyssal Cave Dweller Peon (Elite)] crashed to the ground.

[Hint: Successfully defeated a level 18 Abyssal Caveman Peon (Abyssal Transformation). This is a kill above your level, granting you +5400 experience.]

[Notification: Your level has increased to 14!]

[Note: You have gained 5 free attribute points.]

The experience points from the Abyss-transformed monsters are extremely high. In less than an hour, Su Chen's experience bar was full.

Su Chen casually added 5 attribute points to his spirit and stamina in a 3:2 ratio.

After allocating points, my Spirit has reached 204 points and my Stamina has reached 140 points.

Looking at the green water on the ground, Su Chen stepped over the monster's corpse and couldn't help but shake his head.

He has killed countless abyssal monsters along the way.

The most immediate impression is that these monsters' attributes, especially their armor and magic resistance, are ridiculously high.

That level 18 caveman we just saw had a stamina attribute that even exceeded 800, which means that it not only had a lot of health, but its physical defense was also rock solid.

Coupled with the [Abyssal Gaze] debuff that reduces both physical and magical attack by 5% per minute, ordinary level 20 elites would probably not even be able to scratch the monsters.

This Abyss dungeon is amazing, it's just a bunch of monsters with amazing stats.

If it weren't for the fact that his profession relies entirely on true damage, ignoring defense and magic resistance, he'd probably be stuck here doing foot massages and gua sha right now.

With this kind of dungeon released, apart from a shameless cheater like him, who the hell can beat him?

While mentally ranting and raving, Su Chen continued to move forward.

He didn't need to do it himself at all.

As he continued to kill, the [Misfortune Drain] trait was triggered insanely.

The maximum number of floors has reached 2194!

At this time.

As the passage widened, the surrounding rock walls changed from dark red to a deep purplish-black, and a strong smell of sulfur filled the air.

Su Chen knew that they were almost at the end of the level.

He stepped through the last stone gate, and suddenly the view opened up before him.

This is a huge underground cavern, and in the center of the cavern lies a terrifying behemoth the size of a small truck.

It has three ferocious wolf heads, and its body is covered with hard, purplish-black scales. Dark red magma flows through the gaps in the scales, and with each breath, it spews out scorching poisonous smoke.

The moment Su Chen stepped into the cave, the three wolf heads opened their eyes simultaneously, their six scarlet eyes locking onto Su Chen.

"roar--!"

A deafening roar echoed through the cave.

Without hesitation, Su Chen cast a detection spell.

【Abyss Cerberus (Gold-tier BOSS)】

[Level: 20]

【Strength: 2000】

[Agility: 1670]

[Stamina: 3600]

【Spirit: 1200】

[Skill 1 - Abyssal Fire: Spews forth abyssal flames covering a 50-meter radius, dealing high magic damage and inflicting the [Burn] effect.]

[Skill 2 - Absolute Barrier (Abyss Exclusive): Reduces all physical and magical damage received by 80%.]

[Skill 3 - Berserker Bloodlust: When health is below 30%, attack speed is increased by 100%, and 5% lifesteal is gained.]

Looking at the ridiculously luxurious panel data, Su Chen gasped.

3600 stamina?!

The power of 2000?!

This number must have been typed out by just scrolling it out on the keyboard!

The most deadly thing is that [Absolute Barrier] skill, which permanently reduces double damage by 80%!

To know.

The [Abyssal Gaze] environmental debuff outside has already pushed the player's attack power to the limit. After finally managing to deal some damage, the BOSS will reduce it by another 80%!

This is like finally saving up enough money to buy a house, only to be told by the developer that you have to pay another 80% for the common area after you've just paid the down payment.

It was completely abandoned a few years later.

This is absolutely outrageous! It's outrageous beyond belief!

"If normal professionals from outside came in and encountered this thing, they'd probably curse on the spot."

"How are we supposed to fight this? Hit it with our heads?"

Su Chen looked at the three-headed hellhound that was about to open its blood-red maw and spew out the [Abyssal Fire Sea], his tone full of sympathy.

Then, he gently raised the [Exploding Staff] in his hand.

"Luckily, I'm a pervert."

"Go on, Pikachus."

boom!

On the open ground around Su Chen, 100 [Corrosive Serpent Guards] instantly burst forth from the ground!

The densely packed snake guards almost filled most of the cave entrance, their emotionless, triangular eyes fixed on the three-headed hellhound in the center.

"Puff puff puff puff puff puff—!"

More than a hundred streams of venom, like a green laser rain, instantly traversed the distance of space and slammed into the three-headed hellhound's proud purplish-black scales.

Have to admit.

After Su Chen's attack power was reduced by [Abyss Gaze], his attack power was pitifully low, and the attacks of the Serpent Guards were negligible.

"-1"

"-MISS"

"-1"

A series of pitiful numbers popped up.

but.

Su Chen smiled.

Still calling it an "absolute barrier"?

Sorry, true damage is not subject to any reduction!

[Hint: The trait "All things decay" has been triggered!]

[Hint: The [God of Venom] trait has been triggered; the [Venom] stacks on the Abyss Cerberus are now full!]

The flames in the three-headed hellhound's throat had just begun to ignite when its body suddenly stiffened.

The ghastly green poison instantly stained its entire scales green, and even the sparks it spat out turned an eerie green.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying damage number popped up from all three of its heads.

"-447576!"

"..."

It only took a second.

The three-headed hellhound's health bar dropped slightly.

"This beast has at least five million units of blood!"

Su Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

He thought the gargoyles were already the kings, but he didn't expect there were still experts.

These three hellhounds provide over 1000 health points with just one point of stamina!

"roar--!"

But the damage of over 400,000 was still beyond the imagination of the three-headed hellhound.

In pain, its three heads and six eyes turned blood red.

Its massive claws slammed down on the snake guard.

"-14752!"

"-13695!"

"-28204! (Critical Hit)"

"..."

Click!

More than ten snake guards shattered directly, turning into faint starlight and dissipating.

Su Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

Such high attack power!

If you hit him, wouldn't he be covered in bruises?

but.

"-447576!"

The damage came in the second second.

"roar--!"

The three-headed hellhound staggered, letting out another angry roar.

Its blood-red eyes peered over the dense swarm of snake guards and pounced directly at Su Chen.

Su Chen's eyelids twitched.

This husky is quite intelligent!

They realized it so quickly.

However...

He smiled slightly and activated the [Resilient Gargoyle Necklace] on his chest.

Instantly.

His entire body instantly turned a stone-like grayish-white, and he stood motionless like a sculpture.

next moment.

The three-headed hellhound's attack has arrived.

Its claws, as large as small mountains, struck Su Chen hard.

"-2!"

"-4! (Critical Hit)"

"..."

A few pitiful damage numbers appeared.

With Su Chen's current stamina... coupled with 99% damage reduction, even a Cerberus with a strength of 2000 can only deal a pitiful single-digit amount of damage.

"..."

After a few slaps, Cerberus stopped moving.

A bewildered expression appeared on the three heads and six eyes, a look that was remarkably human.

What should we do?

This kid has turned to stone, I can't hit him.

Those snake guards were as fragile as paper, but... their health bars were dropping nonstop!!

"-447576!"

"-447576!"

"..."

Cerberus was dumbfounded.

But Su Chen's poison won't wait for it!

The damage from the highly toxic substance still ticks every second.

In the blink of an eye.

Cerberus's health bar is already below half.

"roar--!"

It roared and went berserk, plunging headlong into the swarm of snake guards.

Click!

Click!

The snake guards shattered one after another in response.

"-447576!"

Su Chen stood still, his face turned to stone, but he was laughing inwardly.

Even going crazy takes time!

Seemingly sensing Su Chen's disdain, Cerberus became completely enraged!

"roar--!"

A terrifying red light suddenly emanated from its three heads.

The temperature of the surrounding space rose instantly.

next moment.

boom--!

A terrifying flame, tens of meters high, erupted in a fan shape from the three heads, instantly filling the fifty-meter space in front of them.

One hundred snake guards were instantly burned to ashes by the flames.

Su Chen was also startled.

Such terrifying AOE skills are rare; even a mage's regular AOE skills don't possess such power.

However, he remained completely calm.

It's about time to fix the dog!

Ten seconds later.

The three-headed hellhound stopped in its tracks, trying every possible way to get rid of the poison in its body.

Rolling around.

Hitting the wall.

They had even escaped to within a hundred meters of Su Chen.

but.

The toxins are still there!

It was panting, looking at Su Chen with an expression as if he were a pervert.

That pitiful look in her eyes seemed to say... How could this kid be so disgusting?!

"Awooo—!"

With a roar of resentment, Cerberus collapsed to the ground and lay motionless.

There is no suspense.

The Abyss-Transformed Gold-Rank BOSS, with a stamina of up to 3600, turned into a corpse amidst endless frustration.

[Hint: Successfully achieved first kill of the level 15 Abyss Cerberus (Gold-tier BOSS)!]

[Hint: Killing a higher-level enemy grants +11500000 experience.]

[Notification: Your level has increased to 15!]

[Note: You have gained 5 free attribute points.]

【…】

[Note: Your petrification state has ended!]

The experience gained from soloing a Gold-level boss is extremely high, not to mention that the experience gained from a boss in the Abyss is even higher.

A golden light flashed.

Su Chen's experience bar jumped directly to level 15 with 82%.

I was just a little short of level 16.

Meanwhile, a few seconds later.

The petrification effect provided by the gargoyle necklace ended, and his skin color returned to normal.

Su Chen stretched his arms and skillfully allocated the attribute points in a 3:2 ratio.

Spirit reached 208 points, and Constitution reached 143 points.

"Why am I so disgusting?"

He looked at the mountain-sized corpse of Cerberus and a twisted smile appeared on his face.

Sorry, it's really hard to keep this up.

He put away his staff and slowly walked to the spot where the BOSS had died.

A gold-level boss that had become abyss-like was so disgusted with itself that it broke its defenses.

What will it reveal?

Su Chen couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

This is a Gold-level boss in the Abyss form; a huge loot drop is guaranteed.

Sure enough, next to the green water that the BOSS had transformed into, lay several items radiating dazzling light.

The golden light was so dazzling it was blinding!

"The shipment has been completed!"

Su Chen's eyes lit up, and his previous complaints were instantly forgotten. He rubbed his hands together and touched it directly.

[Hint: Obtained the [Cerberus Gauntlets (Gold Tier)].]

[Hint: Obtained 8 [Abyssal Gaze Crystals (Gold Grade)].]

[Hint: Obtained the Skull of Cerberus (Gold Grade)]

[Hint: Obtained Abyssal Giant Bone (Rare Material) *8!]

[Hint: You have received 51306 gold coins.]