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

Although the number of skeletons in the sea is enormous, their intelligence is clearly extremely low.

They charged forward, machetes in hand.

The vast majority of skeletons were poisoned the moment they entered the range; only a very few managed to touch the snake guards.

Then, they began a life-or-death struggle with the snake guards.

They didn't even bother to cut into the back row; they went straight to find Su Chen.

Su Chen had originally been holding onto the [Light of Concealment] in preparation for becoming invisible at any time, but now it seemed that it was completely unnecessary.

He was so bored that he would occasionally throw out a few basic attacks to trigger the effect of the Bursting Staff.

[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: 8922 stacks.]

[Hint: Obtained 5 Robust Bones]

【hint:……】

Ten minutes later.

The system notification sounds gradually subsided.

"I've added over two thousand layers; I don't know if it's a lucky or unlucky number."

Su Chen glanced at the panel, stepped on the still-dry green pus covering the ground, and slowly crossed the spacious front hall.

Behind the main hall was a dark and deep passageway.

The nauseating stench in the air grew even stronger.

Having played through many dungeons, Su Chen had come to understand the dungeons of this world.

Such a level 20 Nightmare-level dungeon cannot possibly have only one type of monster.

The front hall is filled with melee skeletons that rely on pure physical attacks to deplete status effects; there are definitely more nasty mechanics waiting to be discovered later.

as predicted.

We had only walked less than 100 meters into the passageway.

"Giggle giggle..."

A chilling chewing sound came from the shadows ahead.

By the dim blue light of the fire, Su Chen saw hundreds of bloated and enormous bodies lying on the ground ahead of the passage.

These monsters were over three meters tall, their bodies stitched together from various mutilated corpse parts.

A gaping maw filled with fangs split open on its belly, from which flowed green acidic liquid.

Su Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he cast a reconnaissance spell.

【Stitched Abomination (Elite Monster)】

[Level: 27]

【Strength: 450】

[Agility: 80]

[Stamina: 1000]

【Spirit: 100】

[Skills: Meat Hook, Acid Spray]

【Meat Hook (Active): Throws a poisonous iron hook forward, forcibly dragging the target to the attacker, dealing physical damage equal to twice the attacker's strength, and stunning them for 1 second.】

[Acid Spray (Active): Sprays strong acid from the abdomen in a fan-shaped area 0.5 meters in front, reducing the target's physical defense by 50% and dealing poison magic damage equal to 1 unit of Spirit per second.]

……

Looking at the data on the panel, Su Chen stopped in his tracks, his lips twitching involuntarily.

1000 stamina points... With that number, I'm not even going to bother equipping it.

No wonder no one has ever cleared this secret realm in decades.

With hundreds of these wrathful beings piled up here, who could possibly pass by?

Both skills are downright disgusting.

The meat hook can forcibly pull and disrupt formations. Once pulled over, you'll face hundreds of abominations swarming you with acid, and then be hacked to pieces.

"roar!"

At this moment, an abomination discovered Su Chen's presence.

Its large mouth on its belly suddenly opened.

"Whoosh!"

A huge, rusty iron hook, accompanied by a foul stench, shot towards Su Chen's chest like lightning.

The meat hook was extremely fast; an ordinary mage would have nowhere to dodge it in this narrow passage.

Once you're hooked, you'll face hundreds of abominations washing your face with strong acid and tearing you apart.

Su Chen didn't even blink.

He tapped the ground lightly.

boom--!

The obsidian slab shattered again, and two thousand snake guards suddenly appeared, filling the space in front of Su Chen completely.

"Pfft!"

A loud bang.

The iron hook slammed heavily into a thick, corrosive snake guard.

With a "whoosh," the serpent guard was forcibly dragged towards the abomination by immense force.

Upon getting close, Abomination slashed the Serpent Guard into countless fragments.

"Sorry, my snake guards are all physical entities, feel free to hook them."

Su Chen smiled.

You like hooking people up, right?

Then I'll hook it for you.

The two thousand snake guards blocking the passageway launched their attack simultaneously.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

The eerie green venom beams intertwined in mid-air to form an impenetrable net of fire, instantly engulfing the dozens of stitched abominations at the forefront.

"-28291662!"

"-28294833!"

"-28298004!"

"..."

A terrifying eight-digit damage number exploded above the Stitched Abomination's head.

The enormous, bloated body melted away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hiss hiss hiss—"

Green pus and chunks of flesh were scattered all over the ground.

[Hint: Defeating a level 27 Stitched Abomination (elite monster) grants 5400 experience points.]

[Hint: Triggering the [Misfortune Absorption] trait permanently increases the maximum number of poison stacks by 1. Current stack limit: 8923 stacks.]

[Hint: Obtained Bloody Meat Chunks (Rare Material) *2]

[Hint: Obtained Rotten Breastplate (Common Grade)]

The system notifications kept ringing.

Hundreds of abominations easily hooked hundreds of snake guards over, and they were easily cut into pieces by the snake guards' chaotic attacks.

But this rate of elimination is clearly insufficient.

The size of the Serpent Guard has not changed much.

The Abomination's intelligence is also not very high. After using the Meat Hook skill, it chose to get close to the enemy.

but.

Their battle record was even worse than that of the skeletons.

The reason is simple—they move too slowly!

They are all instantly killed with a single touch. The skeletons can even resurrect and run up to the snake guards, but they are wiped out by the snake guards before they can take more than a few steps.

In just a few minutes, hundreds of abominations turned into green pus.

The last grotesque, bloated body melted completely, turning into a pool of pus.

"Elite monsters give a lot of experience and drop a lot of materials and equipment."

Su Chen tidied his backpack and continued walking forward.

The passageway seemed extremely long, and the terrain was beginning to become complicated.

The deeper you go, the more sinister the monsters become.

A few minutes later.

A wide intersection appeared ahead.

In the center of the crossroads, dozens of translucent ghosts dressed in tattered robes floated.

[Wraith Mage (Elite Monster)]

[Level: 28]

【Strength: 10】

[Agility: 150]

[Stamina: 400]

【Spirit: 850】

[Skills: Physical Immunity, Soul Scream]

[Physical Immunity (Passive): Reduces physical damage by 90%.]

【Soul Scream (Active): Deals magic damage equal to 5 Spirit to enemies in a large area and inflicts a 3-second 【Silence】 status.】

……

Seeing this panel, Su Chen was completely speechless.

A group of magic-based monsters that are almost immune to physical attacks and can also silence large groups of enemies?

If it were a warrior or assassin, they would be completely dumbfounded.

Only mages can inflict some damage.

"Which level 20 squad could beat them?"

Su Chen curled his lip, "Too bad you've run into a freak like me."

He didn't give these vengeful spirit sorcerers a chance to unleash their [Soul Scream].

Before the vengeful spirits could even notice him, Su Chen had already summoned the snake guards again and was controlling the front-line snake guards to launch an attack.

"boom!"

The dense venom accurately struck the group of vengeful spirit mages in the center of the crossroads.

"-29198568!"

"-29201739!"

"..."

The glaring damage numbers flooded the screen again.

The translucent ghosts didn't even have time to scream before they were reduced to ashes by the terrifying real damage.

They swept through the enemy lines.

About twenty minutes later.

After clearing out another wave of monsters that were a mix of three types, Su Chen finally reached the end of the passage.

Ahead stood a towering, dark gold bronze gate, over ten meters high.

The gate was carved with countless grotesque and tormented demonic faces, and a strong aura of the abyss seeped out from the cracks in the door.

The system notification sounded at that moment.

[Notification: You have arrived at the core area of ​​the secret realm: the Throne Hall.]

"The final boss should be just ahead."

Su Chen stopped and looked up at the heavy bronze door.

He glanced at his status bar.

[Current maximum number of toxin stacks: 9341.]

"It's over nine thousand floors."

"With these stats, even if there's a level 100 epic boss hidden inside, I could still give it a shot."

"..."

Su Chen took a deep breath, raised his hand, and pushed hard against the dark gold bronze door.

"Boom!"

The heavy scraping sound echoed through the tunnel.

The gates slowly opened, revealing an even more spacious throne room inside.