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

The blood-red light gradually faded from the retina.

The air was thick with the stench of humus, mixed with a nauseating smell of blood.

The lush trees that were originally visible outside the instance now all appeared a sickly grayish-black.

A few streaks of scarlet light managed to penetrate, illuminating the entire forest as if it were a hellish inferno.

The moment Lin Shiqing's feet touched the ground, she shuddered uncontrollably.

"Little Su! Are you crazy?!"

Lin Shiqing turned around, grabbed Su Chen's arm, and said in a trembling voice, "This is Nightmare level! Nightmare level! Do you know what that means?"

Su Chen's head was buzzing.

This girl... has quite a loud voice.

"I can read, young lady."

He answered casually, glancing at the new status bar that had appeared on his profile.

[Environmental Disadvantages: In this Nightmare dungeon, all classes experience a 50% reduction in health regeneration rate, a 70% reduction in field of vision, and a 200% increase in monster aggro range.]

His gaze swept over the surrounding environment.

At first glance, all around were dark and eerie withered trees, vines, and broken branches.

The field of vision is only about twenty meters before it is enveloped in complete darkness.

In this world, as the difficulty of dungeons increases, some severe debuffs will appear.

However, the debuffs generated by each instance are not exactly the same.

This nightmare-level dungeon not only restricts the rate of health regeneration, but also limits vision.

of course.

It's still far inferior to yesterday's Abyss instance that turned everyone into a gua sha master.

At this moment, Lin Shiqing forcefully pulled on Su Chen's arm, trying to drag him towards the teleportation portal.

"You think this is some kind of beginner's tutorial set up by our school? I'm serious, Su Zi."

"Around midnight this morning, the elite team from No. 2 Middle School and No. 6 Middle School had already cleared the normal difficulty level. The Bloodthirsty Wolf in this dungeon has a base agility of 60 points, and its attacks also inflict poison damage. Even with two level 12 tanky warriors at the front, their defenses were almost breached."

"Nightmare-level monsters have stats more than three times that of normal difficulty! You're just a lowly mage, even at level 17, your health bar is so thin and short, one hit and you're instantly killed!"

Lin Shiqing spoke hurriedly, and the silver-grade staff in her hand had already begun to glow.

"I'll cast a stealth spell, let's get out of here quickly, Nightmare difficulty isn't something two people can handle!"

Su Chen looked at Lin Shiqing's face, which was slightly pale with tension, and at her action of instinctively shielding him despite being terrified.

This young lady usually seems quite arrogant, but she's actually very loyal when it matters.

However, what about getting a refund?

Su Chen didn't want to.

He wanted to see just how difficult this nightmare-level difficulty was.

"Young Miss, look ahead."

Su Chen didn't click "exit," but instead raised the Explosive Staff in his hand and pointed to a bush in front of him.

"What are you looking at! Hurry up..."

Before Lin Shiqing could finish speaking, the bushes in front of her suddenly began to shake violently.

Accompanied by a tooth-grinding sound of bones grinding together, three giant wolves, each the size of a calf, slowly emerged from the shadows.

Their fur was an eerie blood red, and their eyes burned with ghostly green flames.

With the appearance of the three giant wolves, the reconnaissance panel that the two had dropped popped up.

Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf

[Level: 15]

【Strength: 130】

[Agility: 180]

[Stamina: 100]

【Spirit: 80】

[Skills: Bite, Shadow Strike, Deadly Poison]

[Nightmare Exclusive Affix - Bloodlust: When health is below 30%, attack speed is increased by 50%.]

……

Lin Shiqing looked at the panel that popped up in her field of vision, her face turned deathly pale, and she even stopped breathing for a moment.

"One hundred...one hundred and eighty points of agility?!"

Her voice was extremely dry.

On normal difficulty, the Bloodthirsty Dire Wolf has only about 60 agility points, so it's barely manageable to fight.

With 180 points of agility, these monsters' movement speed and attack frequency are simply too much for a mage or priest to dodge!

Not to mention that with a strength of 130 points, a single Shadow Strike would easily tear through her silver-grade light armor!

Lin Shiqing's heart sank to the bottom.

Three Nightmare-level Shadow Wolves, and those two fragile little guys probably won't last a minute.

"Little Su! Run towards the portal!"

Lin Shiqing gritted her teeth and suddenly raised her staff.

"Hidden Light!"

A soft silver light poured down from the tip of her staff, instantly enveloping her and Su Chen.

[Notification: Lin Shiqing has used the skill [Hidden Light] on you.]

[Hidden Light: Enters the highest level of stealth, lasting indefinitely. Attacking or casting spells will immediately break the stealth.]

Su Chen stared wide-eyed as his body gradually became transparent.

I rely on!

What kind of insane skill is this?

An invisibility skill with unlimited duration?

If this were given to the Japanese next door, they could probably make all sorts of action blockbusters.

Su Chen couldn't help but complain in his heart.

It truly lives up to its S-rank status; it's the only S-rank support class in Tianhe City, so it's understandable that it's a bit overpowered.

and many more.

Su Chen suddenly noticed something and looked at the skill description again carefully.

Performing an attack or casting a spell will immediately break stealth.

I wonder... if his snake guards attack, will they break his stealth?

If he doesn't know how, then wouldn't he be able to summon the snake guards first, let the snake guards throw poison, and then disappear gracefully?

hiss.

How disgusting!

At that moment, the three Shadow Wolves that had just locked onto them showed a hint of human-like confusion in their eyes as the [Light of Concealment] fell.

They growled, sniffed frantically, circled in place a few times, and lost their target.

"What are you standing there for! Run!"

Lin Shiqing grabbed Su Chen's wrist and tried to pull him back.

However, she couldn't pull it.

Su Chen stood motionless in place, as if rooted to the ground.

"Why are you running?"

Su Chen looked at the three bloodthirsty demon wolves pacing around, but he wasn't afraid; in fact, he felt a slight disappointment.

Their attributes are quite good. The highest attribute of the level 10 elite black-armored boars I encountered in the wild was only 80 points.

Their base attribute is 180 points, which is quite high.

However... it's far inferior to the Shadow Bat I encountered yesterday, which had an average attribute of 500 points.

"Are you crazy! That's a monster with 180 agility! You..."

Lin Shiqing hadn't finished speaking.

Su Chen had already raised the Explosive Staff in his hand.

[Note: You have manually broken your stealth mode.]

"Corrosive Serpent Guard".

As Su Chen's emotionless voice fell.

boom!

The soil in front of Su Chen exploded instantly!

Not one, not ten.

It was a full one hundred!

One hundred corrosive snakes, their surfaces covered in dark green slime and venomous barbs, instantly filled the narrow forest clearing in front of them!

"hiss--!"

The dense, chilling hissing sounds converged, seemingly capable of piercing one's eardrums.

What was once a fairly spacious open space has now been completely submerged by a vast expanse of green.

Those bloodthirsty wolves that originally looked ferocious and menacing appeared as small as three Chihuahuas in the face of this terrifying Serpent Guardian Jungle.

Lin Shiqing was stunned.

She maintained her position of pulling Su Chen, her mouth slightly open.

"What...what is this...?"

The three bloodthirsty wolves were so frightened by this sudden turn of events that their fur stood on end.

They instinctively sensed extreme danger, let out a whimper, and turned to run away.

But it was too late.

Su Chen easily maneuvered the snake guards to attack three bloodthirsty demon wolves simultaneously, averaging more than thirty snakes per wolf.

One hundred corrosive serpents began their attack.

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

The dense venom poured out like a torrential rain.

-1072

-1034

-1212

……

A dense array of damage numbers floated above the heads of the three bloodthirsty wolves, so many that they formed a red cloud.

That 270 points of physique would probably only bring a few thousand points of health.

Su Chen's current spirit is as high as 1660 points, and each snake guard has a base direct damage of 1328 points.

Even with the damage diluted by the Abyss Crystal, it can still deal over a thousand damage.

The three bloodthirsty wolves were instantly covered in a thick, dark green venom.

Before it could even scream, it turned into three pools of black pus emitting bluish smoke.

Sold out instantly.

A true instant kill.

From the moment Su Chen made his move to the moment the monster melted, the entire process took less than a second.

There wasn't even time for the Poison Master to make his move.

[Hint: Killing a level 15 Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf grants 900 experience points.]

[Hint: Double EXP Pill activated, EXP points doubled.]

[Hint: You have gained 1800 experience points.]

【…】

[Note: Triggered the class trait [Misfortune Absorption], your poison cap permanently increased by 3. Current cap: 4003 layers.]

A pleasant system notification sound rang in Su Chen's ears several times.

Su Chen nodded in satisfaction.

"After forming a team, you can get 1800 experience points per kill, which is quite generous. Double experience pills plus the Nightmare difficulty bonus, although not as good as the Abyss dungeon, are still pretty good."

On the ground lay several silver coins and a piece of equipment that emitted a faint glow.

Su Chen stepped forward and picked up the fallen items.

【Cursed Bracers (Common): Agility +12, Requires Level 15.】

"Even the mobs are dropping gear? The drop rate in Nightmare dungeons is really good."

Su Chen casually tossed the wristband into his backpack, then turned to look at Lin Shiqing, who was still frozen in place.

Su Chen waved his hand in front of her: "Miss, what are you standing there for? Let's go, there's a lot of experience points waiting for us ahead."

Lin Shiqing turned her head stiffly, like a puppet, to look at Su Chen.

"Little Su, what...what did you just do?"

"Clear the little monsters."

Su Chen said matter-of-factly, "Just a few Haji Wolves."

"Is that clearing out the weaker monsters?!"

Lin Shiqing finally came to her senses, puffing out her cheeks and muttering, "What Haji Wolf... And how many pipes did you summon just now? Dozens? Where did you, a level 17 mage, get so much mana?!"

"And that damage! If I'm not mistaken, it was over 1000 points, right?!"

Lin Shiqing felt that her little brain was not enough.

The theories about job changers that she had been exposed to since childhood, and the common sense taught to her by the high-level mentors her family had paid a lot of money to hire, were all crushed and rubbed to dust by Su Chen at this moment.

She had seen some summoners, but which summoner could deal 1000 damage with their summons at level 17?

Even more outrageous is...

Su Chen summoned a full one hundred!

Does that mean the total damage has reached 100,000 points?!

Su Chen scratched his face as he looked at Lin Shiqing, who was on the verge of a breakdown.

This is nothing.

Make a fuss.

If she saw the more than six million damage that the Poison Master was dealing every second, wouldn't she faint on the spot?

"It's just a characteristic of the job, nothing special."

He didn't explain further, but instead asked, "Young Miss, how long is the cooldown for your stealth skill?"

"what?"

Lin Shiqing was stunned for a moment, and it took her a few seconds to come back to her senses: "It will take 10 minutes."

"Ten minutes later, after I summon the Serpent Guard, you can use your skills on me."

"Okay."

"Let's go, let's hurry up and keep grinding monsters."

After saying that, Su Chen didn't wait for Lin Shiqing's response and strode into the depths of the forest.

Lin Shiqing stood there, watching Su Chen's back, and then looked at the three pools of poisonous water on the ground.

She gritted her teeth and quickly followed.

"Little Su! Wait for me! What kind of perverted profession do you have? How mentally unstable are you?"

"Shh, it's a young boy's secret, don't ask."

"You're so annoying!"

……

For the next ten minutes, Lin Shiqing's shock never stopped.

Her family taught her from a young age that in nightmare-level dungeons, one must proceed with extreme caution, carefully calculate the cooldown of each skill, meticulously pull monsters, and even be prepared to use potions at any time to fight desperately.

But the reality is...

Su Chen was like an old man taking a stroll in his own backyard.

"Little Su, there's a monster ahead."

Lin Shiqing gripped the staff tightly in nervousness.

"Corrosive Serpent Guard".

Su Chen waved his hand casually.

boom!

The snake guards rose up from the ground.

Chi Chi Chi!

The monster melted.

"There's a patrol team on the left!"

"Corrosive Serpent Guard".

boom!

Chi Chi Chi!

The monster melted again.

Regardless of whether the creature ahead is a highly agile Bloodthirsty Wolf or a Corrupted Treant with an outrageously high health pool.

Even the level 20 elite monster, the Mutant Poison Ivy Banshee, has two extremely disgusting and nightmarish attributes: Spell Immunity and Rapid Regeneration.

Faced with the dense swarm of snake guards, their health bars were instantly depleted.

Sold out instantly.

Endless flash sales.

Lin Shiqing's mission changed from "protecting Xiao Suzi" to becoming a ruthless "drop item pickup machine".

"Little Su, another piece of equipment dropped..."

Lin Shiqing numbly picked up a dagger from the ground and stuffed it into her backpack.

Her backpack is now stuffed with more than a dozen pieces of equipment, including a black iron-grade breastplate.

These pieces of equipment, which would be fiercely contested by major guilds if left out, are now being casually swept away by Su Chen like cabbages by the roadside.

"This leveling speed is really... shameless." Lin Shiqing muttered to herself as she looked at the experience bar on her panel that was soaring like a rocket.

She finally understood why Su Chen's level was so high.

In just ten minutes, her experience bar jumped by 7%!

Keep in mind that after level 10, each level requires a massive amount of experience.

She originally thought that this double experience pill would be good enough to get her to level 15 before the college entrance exam.

But if we keep going at the current pace... we can definitely reach even higher!

"Hmph, pervert."

Lin Shiqing muttered something under her breath as she watched Su Chen's retreating figure.

She had previously wanted to compete with Su Chen to see who had a higher level before the college entrance examination.

But now it seems... she's suffered another crushing defeat!

Throughout her three years of high school, she competed with the team so many times, but she never won even once.

She kicked a small pebble on the ground in frustration and said, "Hey, Xiao Su, my skill is ready."

"Okay, use it on me again after I finish casting my skill."

Su Chen nodded excitedly.

He approached several [Mutant Poison Ivy Banshees] and tapped the ground with his staff.

boom--!

Hundreds of lush green snakes rose from the ground.

Lin Shiqing raised her staff: "Light of Concealment!"

brush!

[Notification: Player "Lin Shiqing" has used the skill "Hidden Light" on you.]

Soft light poured down, and Su Chen's body turned transparent once again.

He commanded his snake guards to attack several mutated poison ivy banshees not far away.

"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

Dense streams of venom poured out again, like a torrential downpour.

Several banshees were instantly shot in the face.

Their health bars were emptied in an instant.

[Hint: Defeating a level 20 mutated Poison Ivy Banshee (elite monster) grants 1200 experience points.]

[Hint: Double EXP Pill activated, EXP points doubled.]

[Hint: You have gained 2400 experience points.]

【…】

As the system voice faded, Su Chen ignored the increased experience and stared wide-eyed at his still-transparent body.

Holy crap!

Is that really possible?!

He took a deep breath, turned his head, and stared intently at Lin Shiqing, his gaze frighteningly bright.

Lin Shiqing was startled, crossed her arms, and blushed, saying, "Little Su, what... what are you doing?"

"..."