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

The next morning.

Su Chen set off early, heading towards the coordinates of the secret realm.

The secret realm is located 30 kilometers south of Tianhe City. Because of its remote location, several major guilds in Tianhe City have set up armed shuttle buses specifically for people to travel there.

However, the tickets are expensive; a one-way ticket costs 2000 gold coins.

Su Chen got into the car.

The heavily armored truck sped across the wilderness.

The heavy machine gun on the roof occasionally spewed out scorching flames, instantly tearing apart any low-level monsters that tried to approach.

The further away from the city, the sparser the vegetation became in the wilderness, and a faint smell of blood began to permeate the air.

An hour later, the armed shuttle bus stopped at the entrance to a huge canyon.

Contrary to Su Chen's expectations, the area outside the secret realm was noisy and bustling, with people everywhere holding up signs and calling for teams.

"【The Wailing Throne】Outer perimeter cleanup team needs a healer level 18 or higher, any healer will do, as long as they can heal! We need someone to drive!"

"Level 20 elite warriors leading the team, guaranteed to clear the elite monster patrol. Price: 100,000 gold coins. Bosses, hurry! Limited spots available!"

"..."

After a quick observation, Su Chen understood the situation.

This secret realm remains unconquered to this day, but it offers exceptionally high experience points, and many guilds have already mastered some of its strategies.

Even just farming the mobs in the first half of the dungeon yields significantly more experience than farming regular dungeons.

Su Chen ignored the team information and headed straight for the deepest part of the canyon.

There stood a dilapidated black stone gate.

Twisted demonic faces were carved on the door frame, and inside the door was a slowly rotating dark red vortex.

Su Chen lost a reconnaissance skill.

Throne of Lamentation

[Secret Realm Rank: Nightmare]

[Secret Realm Level: 15-20]

[Maximum number of players in the dungeon: 5]

[Dungeon Time Limit: Complete within 8 hours]

[Special Mechanism: Level 20 players will complete their job advancement after clearing the game.]

……

Nightmare level!

Upon seeing these three words, Su Chen's eyes revealed a hint of excitement.

The previous Silent Stone Sea was only a difficult-level secret realm, yet he had already gained a great deal from it.

Nightmare-level dungeons... the monsters are stronger, and the equipment and items that drop are naturally better.

Hey buddy.

A thin man with a pointed mouth and monkey-like face suddenly came over, rubbing a few yellowed parchment sheets in his hand.

"Judging by your attitude, are you here to try and change your class?"

He sized up Su Chen, noticing he couldn't see his profession or level, and asked, "Did you come alone?"

Su Chen nodded: "What?"

"Hey, you've got guts."

The skinny man lowered his voice, looking mysterious, "Dude, take my advice, this [Throne of Wailing] isn't like those class change hall dungeons."

"These days, too many hotheads come here hoping to try their luck at a special job change, and what's the result?"

"After going in, I was hacked to pieces by the skeletons, leaving not even a trace. I've seen at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, of them!"

The man waved the parchment in his hand, making a rustling sound as he patted it.

"See this? This is a monster distribution map and mechanics guide for the first half of [Wailing Throne], created with the lives of our guild!"

"It's not expensive, only 50,000 gold coins per set. With it, if you go in with a strong team, your survival rate will increase by at least 30%!"

"How about it? The money for buying my life isn't too expensive, is it?"

"..."

Su Chen glanced at the tattered piece of paper.

50,000 gold coins for a walkthrough of the first half?

Isn't that just throwing money away?

"No."

Su Chen walked past the man and continued toward the black stone gate.

The skinny man paused for a moment, then sneered.

"Tch, another penniless wretch who'd rather die than be rich!"

"Fine, you want to solo the [Wailing Throne]? I'll stand right here and see how you die in there! When the dungeon spits your corpse out, I won't even dig a hole for you!"

Several people who were forming teams nearby heard the commotion and looked over.

Soloing Wailing Throne? Is this kid insane?

"I guess Jiahao is from some family who came out to gain experience, but he hasn't experienced the harsh realities of society."

"To dare to enter a Nightmare-level dungeon alone at level 20 is just pure suicide, a complete waste of all that experience."

"..."

Ignoring the taunts behind him, Su Chen walked straight into the portal.

The dark red vortex suddenly expanded, instantly engulfing his figure.

The skinny man outside the door curled his lip and spat: "Damn, they actually got in? These young people nowadays really don't value their lives."

……

After a brief moment of dizziness, Su Chen stepped onto the hard obsidian ground.

At the same time, several system prompts popped up.

[Notification: You have entered the Rift - The Howling Throne.]

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

[Note: Player Su Chen has reached level 20. Please be aware that you will complete your class change upon clearing the dungeon!]

There may be people in this world who want to stay at level 20, so the system specifically gave a hint.

The walkthrough guide will allow you to directly change your class.

Su Chen looked around.

This is a huge underground palace, and the air is filled with a strong smell of blood.

On either side of the main hall stood two rows of enormous demon statues.

"Click click click..."

The sickening sound of bones grinding together echoed from all directions.

The obsidian slabs on the floor of the main hall began to crack, and skeletons wielding rusted iron swords crawled out from the ground.

Their eyes flickered with a ghostly blue flame of their souls as they wandered aimlessly.

Skeleton Warrior

[Level: 25]

【Strength: 380】

[Agility: 250]

[Stamina: 500]

【Spirit: 200】

[Skill: Skeleton Reconstruction (Passive): 50% chance to revive with full health after death. Heavy Strike (Active): Deals physical damage equal to Strength * 2 and stuns the target for 0.75 seconds.]

……

Su Chen's eyes narrowed slightly.

No wonder those people outside said that ordinary people coming in would be committing suicide.

With the added bonus of the Nightmare-level dungeon, these skeletons have attribute values ​​that are five to six times higher than those of ordinary level 20 monsters.

500 points of stamina is enough to make most level 20 professionals give up.

What's worse is that these skeletons are densely packed together; looking around, the entire hall is crammed with at least a thousand of them.

It's an absolute sea of ​​skeletons!

The level 20 job change quest starts with a group of 1,000 level 25 monsters.

Moreover, there's even a 50% chance of being fully revived.

That's equivalent to... having to fight more than 1500 skeletons on average.

If an ordinary team comes in, they'll be worn down and killed just by the mana drain.

These skeletons also have active skills with crowd control. If they were surrounded and attacked, they would probably be controlled to death and wouldn't be able to use their skills.

Of course, these skeletons posed no threat to Su Chen whatsoever.

Not to mention comparing them to the Flame Demon Guard with four stats exceeding 1000, they are even inferior to the Shadow Bats encountered in the Abyss dungeon.

He raised his exploding staff, its tip pointing towards the sea of ​​bones before him.

"Let's speed it up."

[Corrosive Serpent Guard] activated!

"Boom boom boom—!"

Two thousand thick, dark green totem poles rose from the ground!

Almost instantly.

The space snake guards surrounding Su Chen were packed to the brim.

He snapped his fingers lightly.

The snake-head statue opens its arms.

A chilling green light converged wildly within the mouths of two thousand snakes.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

Dense beams of venom poured out like a torrential rain.

The first few dozen skeletal guards who rushed forward were instantly pierced by the green light before they could even raise their swords.

"-2130"

"-2082"

"-4264!"

"..."

A dense array of damage numbers appeared.

Yesterday, I consumed an epic-level Abyss Crystal. Although my Spirit increased by 400 points, my direct damage decreased by 4% again.

The direct damage of the snake guards hasn't changed much.

But the damage from the Poison Master has been increased.

next second.

"-21917952!"

"-21921123!"

"-21924294!"

"..."

Terrifying green damage numbers rose up in swathes among the skeletons.

The DOT damage per second has officially surpassed 20 million!

It was like a devastating blow to a skeleton warrior with only 500 stamina.

The eerie blue flames of their souls in the eyes of those skeletal warriors were instantly extinguished.

The skeletal body melted directly into green pus in the venom.

Muse!

[Hint: Defeating a level 25 Skeleton Warrior (a level higher than your own) grants 2500 experience points.]

[Hint: Triggering the [Misfortune Absorption] trait permanently increases the maximum number of poison stacks by 1. Current stack limit: 6913 stacks.]

【…】

System notification sounds flooded the screen.

Su Chen's eyes lit up.

Nearly half of the fallen skeleton warriors, amidst a rustling sound, had their bones reform and crawled back up from a pool of green pus.

Before they could even get their footing, their faces were once again covered in dark green venom.

The next second, he died again.

The bones shattered again, turning into green pus.

What pleased Su Chen was that these skeletons could be stacked after they resurrected!

In other words, if a skeleton triggers a skill, it can stack two layers on Su Chen.

"Wait, something's not right."

Su Chen quickly realized something was wrong.

A skeleton that had already been resurrected slowly rose to its feet again.

"Damn, I misunderstood. It's not that you can only revive once. Each skeleton has a 50% chance of reviving after it revives."

"So... here's the math problem: if there are 1000 skeletons, each with a 50% chance of reviving, how many times do you have to kill them on average?"

"..."

Su Chen racked his brains for a moment, then finally shook his head.

Too lazy to calculate!

However, this is really difficult. If an ordinary team plunges headlong into this pile of skeletons, they probably won't even know how they died.

But for Su Chen... isn't this just giving him a beautiful layered look?

"Little skeletons, keep trying, revive a few more times!"