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

Su Chen moved slowly through the open-air exchange, following the flow of people.

As he walked, he quickly built up a price model of Sky Dome Academy in his mind.

The price system here is very clear.

Bronze-level equipment costs anywhere from a few hundred to a few thousand credits and is considered a common transitional gear.

Silver-level equipment has become so expensive that the price has skyrocketed to 20,000 to 30,000 credits, and ordinary students would have to save up for several months to afford it.

As for gold-tier equipment...

Su Chen had just passed by a stall where a [Gold-grade Earth Bear Breastplate] was on display, priced at a full 100,000 credits!

A group of soldiers stood around, swallowing hard, not daring to haggle over the price.

Dark gold grade items are extremely rare. When one does appear, the price is always over a million credits, and it is often marked "negotiable, but must be discussed in person".

As for epic level?

There wasn't a soul in the entire trading area.

"Similar to the outside world, epic-level items are very difficult to circulate on the market. They are either used by the owners themselves, or they are snapped up by the major guilds as soon as they appear."

Su Chen silently complained to himself.

He turned his gaze away and stopped in front of a stall filled with colorful glass bottles.

The stall owner was a boy wearing heavy goggles, with messy hair like a bird's nest, and a badge of the Alchemy Academy pinned to his chest.

"Junior, buying potions? Come and see my freshly made stuff."

Upon seeing a customer enter, the male student immediately began enthusiastically promoting his products, "Made by the Alchemy Academy, quality absolutely guaranteed!"

Su Chen glanced at the stall.

[Quick Life Restoration Potion]

[Effect: Upon consumption, immediately restores 600 health points, and then restores 50 health points per second for the next 10 seconds.]

Price: 200 credits/bottle

……

[Intermediate-level antidote]

[Effect: After drinking, poison resistance increases by 30% for 30 minutes.]

Price: 500 credits/bottle

……

"Why does this life-saving potion have such a... strange smell?"

Su Chen picked up a bottle of red medicine, uncorked it, and smelled it.

Suddenly, I smelled a rotten egg odor.

The boy chuckled and rubbed his hands together.

"Junior, you don't understand, do you? This is my great invention!"

The boy pointed at the potion and explained, "Ordinary life potions and quick recovery potions only restore 500 health points. My potion contains special ingredients, so it restores 600 points!"

"..."

Su Chen's lips twitched.

Who knows what they added?

but.

The effect is indeed quite good. If it were from the Professional Merchant Guild, the effect would be equivalent to a Black Iron-grade potion.

"Give me 100 bottles of life potion, 50 bottles of mana restoration potion, and 10 bottles each of anti-poison, anti-fire, and anti-ice potions."

Su Chen waved his hand.

"Alright! That's a total of 60,000 credits!"

The boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately and quickly packed it up.

Su Chen swiped his campus card and watched the credits deducted from his account without even blinking.

After buying the potion, he continued to wander around the exchange.

The stalls here are incredibly diverse and unique.

Besides selling equipment and potions, there are also shops selling fashion items, similar to school uniforms, which offer no stat bonuses and are purely for aesthetic purposes.

There are also people selling intelligence, novels, pets... you name it, they sell everything.

Su Chen was speechless for a moment, and quickly walked past these bizarre stalls.

His primary goal today is still to buy a powerful staff.

We walked around for almost an hour.

He looked at countless staves, including some top-tier silver-grade ones with extremely high spirit bonuses, but none of them caught his eye.

The skills of these staves are either single-target bursts or have too long cooldowns, neither of which suits his [Venom Mage] class characteristics.

Until he stopped in front of a very large stall.

The stall owner was a senior in college, wearing a dazzling silver outfit with a team badge hanging on his chest.

In the center of the stall, three golden staffs were carefully placed on velvet cushions.

The area was surrounded by students who were looking but not buying, their eyes filled with longing.

"Junior, which one have you got your eye on?"

Seeing Su Chen staring at the three golden staffs, the senior student smiled and asked, "These are top-tier items that dropped when I led a raid on the Forgotten Tower. If you put them in the professional merchant guild next door, any one of them could be auctioned off."

Without wasting any words, Su Chen immediately used his detection spell to check the stats of the three staves.

The first staff was entirely crimson, with a burning gem embedded at its tip.

【Wrath of the Flame Demon (Gold Rank)】

[Rank: Gold]

[Usage Requirements: Level 24]

【Spirit +250】

[Additional Attribute 1: Spirit +100]

【附加词条2：炎爆术（主动）：消耗500点法力，凝聚一颗巨大的火球轰击目标区域，对半径10米内的所有敌人造成（精神*3）的火属性魔法伤害。冷却时间：3分钟。】

Price: 12 credits

The second staff, made of what appeared to be carved from millennia-old ice, exuded a chilling aura.

【Winter's Lament (Gold Tier)】

[Rank: Gold]

[Usage Requirements: Level 25]

【Spirit +230】

[Additional Attribute 1: Spirit +90]

【附加词条2：极寒冰冻（主动）：消耗300点法力，瞬间冻结目标及其周围5米内的所有敌人，并造成精神*1的伤害值，持续2.5秒。冷却时间：1分钟。】

Price: 11 credits

……

The first two staves had excellent stats, and the surrounding mages all looked on with drooling expressions.

"Holy crap, the multiplier for this Fireball spell is insane! Three times the Spirit damage in an area—if that hits a horde of monsters, it'll wipe out the entire screen!"

"Winter's Lament is truly top-tier! A 2.5-second hard crowd control effect on multiple targets—it's a lifesaver when tackling high-difficulty dungeons!"

"Ahhh, I really want one, but it costs over 100,000 credits, I can't afford it, sob sob sob..."

"..."

The senior student, hearing the gasps of surprise around him, wore a smug expression.

He looked at Su Chen and strongly recommended, "Junior, if you're looking to maximize damage output, just grab this [Flame Demon's Fury] without hesitation."

"If the main focus is on control, then this [Winter's Lament] is absolutely perfect!"

"Both of these weapons are top-tier; you definitely won't regret buying them!"

"..."

Su Chen didn't respond; his gaze fell on the third staff.

It was a strangely shaped staff, made of some kind of twisted purplish-black metal, with a lightning bead floating at the top, crackling with tiny arcs of electricity.

【Thunder Touch (Gold Level)】

[Rank: Gold]

[Usage Requirements: Level 25]

[Spirit +150, Agility +50]

[Additional Attribute 1: Attack Speed ​​+10%]

[Additional Attribute 2: Chain Lightning (Passive): Basic attacks will inflict a chain lightning effect. After hitting the first target, the chain lightning will automatically bounce to up to 9 enemy targets within a 3-meter radius. The magic damage dealt decreases by 10% with each bounce.]

Price: 10 credits

……

After looking at the stats of this staff.

Su Chen's eyes suddenly lit up.

It's it!

This staff has the lowest spirit bonus of the three.

The attributes can only be described as somewhat incongruous.

It's supposed to be equipment for mages, but it actually increases agility and attack speed.

For ordinary mages, this is a completely useless attribute.

Moreover, the skill is passive, without any active burst, and the ricochet damage decreases over time, making it utterly useless for a regular mage.

Whose mage relies on basic attacks for damage output?

But it's very useful for Su Chen.

If he were to wield this [Thunder Touch].

A single basic attack triggers a chain lightning attack, instantly launching 10 targets.

This means that with a single normal attack, he can simultaneously apply the [Poison] debuff to 10 monsters!

At that time.

Even a slight touch from a chain lightning bolt, even with just 1 point of damage, will instantly inflict poison!

While this monster-clearing efficiency isn't as good as the Explosive modifier, it's many times better than spells like Pyroblast or Frost Nova!

"Senior."

Su Chen looked up, pointing at the purplish-black staff, "What's the lowest price for this [Touch of Thunder]?"

Upon hearing this...

The students watching from the surrounding area became anxious.

"Junior, are you crazy? This staff has been sitting here for a month, and nobody wants it!"

"Exactly, adding agility and attack speed isn't useless, it's just completely useless!"

"This staff's skills look flashy, but what mage uses basic attacks? And the damage reduction is too severe. Not only is it completely useless against single-target bosses, but even if you want to use it for AOE... the damage is too low, isn't it?"

"The worst part is that the skill can't be turned off, and every attack has a chance to randomly attract monsters. If the team leader sees this, he'll probably kick the player out of the team immediately."

"..."

"Get lost! What do you know?"

The senior student immediately panicked and breathed on everyone around him.

He looked at Su Chen and smiled, "Junior, don't listen to their nonsense. This staff is incredibly powerful, and the lowest price... a friendly price of 9.8 credits!"

8.

"make a deal!"

"..."

Depend on!

Did we shout too high?

Su Chen felt like he had lost a hundred million.

……

After buying the staff, Su Chen immediately put it into his equipment inventory.

He checked his attributes.

Su Chen

[Class: Poison Mage (SSS-Rank Unique Hidden)]

[Level: 25]

【Strength: 34】

[Agility: 252]

[Stamina: 13]

【Spirit: 7266】

[Class-Specific Traits: All Things Corrode, God of Poison, Misfortune Absorption, Slowing Poisonous Miasma]

[Skills: Reconnaissance (Basic), Corrosive Serpent Guard, Concealment Light, Explosive Poison]

[Current Toxin Level: 17392]

[Equipment: Thunder Touch (Gold), Abyss Dragon's Whisper Robe (Epic), Abyss Illusion Leggings (Dark Gold), Ring of the Undead Lord (Dark Gold), Resilient Gargoyle Necklace (Silver), Shadow Dancer's Ring (Gold), Abyss Cerberus Gauntlets (Gold), Cerberus Skull (Gold), Badge of Severed Senses (Dark Gold), Nine Dragons Purple Gold Medal (Epic), Abyss All-Day Hood (Dark Gold)]