Legendary Son-in-Law: The Man with Poison Talismans

The sound of cracking stone surface echoed from all directions, gravel fell down with a clatter, and the low bleating of sheep reverberated throughout the empty hall.

The stone peeled away faster and faster, and dark red eyes lit up in the darkness, revealing the sharp edges of a hammer and halberd from the rubble.

Lin Mu squinted and scanned the area, quickly discovering that one Zuma Guardian was much faster than the others, rushing to the skeleton in just a few steps.

The skeleton stood there, motionless.

The light in Lin Mu's mind flickered rapidly, flashing on and off at an astonishing frequency.

Just as the top-tier Zuma Guardian Captain rushed up to the skeleton, about two body lengths away, the skeleton raised its axe and chopped it down hard into the air.

The axe blade sliced ​​through the air, creating a whooshing sound. When it struck, the elite Zuma Guardian Captain and the skeleton were exactly one body length apart, and the skeleton missed everything.

The skeleton paused for a moment, its joints cracking twice, as if it too realized something was wrong.

In that brief moment of hesitation, the monsters swarmed forward, completely surrounding the skeleton. Then, hammers, halberds, and stone arrows rained down from all directions.

The skeleton was being beaten and was lying on its side, its skeleton swaying precariously in the monster pile, its health bar visibly dropping.

Just then, a wedge moth flew over and smeared a mouthful of sticky mucus onto the skull's shoulder blade.

The skeleton's movements slowed down even further.

The second and third wedge moths followed, spraying mouthfuls of sticky mucus one after another.

Lin Mu figured it out.

The skeleton's axe strike was an attempt to assassinate from a distance using assassination techniques.

But it was still too stupid. It forgot to use the skill book and only learned the principles and movements by listening to the instructor and watching others use it, but it did not have the assassination sword energy in its body.

So that axe blow just now was a complete waste.

Having figured this out, Lin Mu raised his hand and used a collective invisibility spell. The white mist exploded, and the skeleton's figure instantly became semi-transparent.

The monsters stopped attacking, and the horned flies stopped spitting out bats.

Only the wedge moths ignored the camouflage, flapping their wings and spitting out sticky mucus at the skeleton.

If this continues, the skeleton will eventually be petrified by the wedge moth.

Without hesitation, Lin Mu teleported away from the monster horde with a thought. He regained his footing and gave commands to the invisible skeleton.

The skeleton vanished from the monster horde and instantly teleported back to Lin Mu's side.

Seeing that the skeleton had stood firm, Lin Mu took out a book called "Assassination Sword Techniques" from his Qiankun bag and handed it to the skeleton.

The skeleton stared at the book for two seconds, its joints cracking twice, as if to say, "Oh, I forgot to use the skill book first."

Lin Mu wasn't sure how far the skeleton had progressed in understanding the assassination sword technique, so he hadn't given it any information. Now, seeing its sudden realization, he couldn't help but chuckle.

The skeleton took the book and opened it.

The pages rustled as if blown by the wind, and then the entire book transformed into countless tiny specks of light, all merging into the skeleton's body.

In Lin Mu's mind, the skull's status bar showed a few more words: [Assassination Sword Technique Lv.0].

Immediately afterwards, Lin Mu took out equipment from his Qiankun bag, dressed the skeleton in it, patted the skeleton's shoulder blades, and pointed towards the door.

Upon receiving the order, the skeleton, carrying the dragon slayer, bravely strode towards the door.

Once at the right distance, the skeleton didn't lure the top-tier Zuma Guardian Captain directly. Instead, it hurled a flying axe, accurately striking a wedge moth in the distance.

The moth, in pain, tilted its body and flew over, flapping its wings with -3, -3 smoke rising from its head.

The skeleton stood still, waiting for the wedge moth to fly to a position one body length away, then raised the dragon slayer and slashed down.

Lin Mu followed up with a Red Poison, and the Wedge Moth glowed red.

A flash of white light appeared on the Dragon Slayer Saber, and a transparent wind blade shot out from the tip, slicing through the body of the Wedge Moth with a "whoosh".

-147.

With the Dragon Slayer's attack speed bonus of +3, the skeleton followed up with another stab, dealing -94 damage.

Even Lin Mu was envious of that attack speed.

The wedge moth flew forward a body length and was about to touch the skeleton when the skeleton took a step back, separating itself from the wedge moth by another body length.

Another stab slash came down.

-189.

“This damage…” Lin Mu shook his head.

The assassination sword technique has just been learned and is a level 0 skill, which can only inherit 40% of the user's attack power.

The skeleton's attack is 30-137, and 40% of that is 12-55 base damage. Although it has the high damage amplification from the red poison, with each hit dealing 3.7 times the damage, the base damage is too low. Theoretically, it can only deal 44-203 damage.

The skeleton also realized that the damage was low, and the key was the Wedge Moth [Defense: 0-0], so there was no need to assassinate it from a distance.

Chapter 173 Practice Assassination

Just as the skeleton was momentarily stunned, the Wedge Moth flew forward another body length. However, the Wedge Moth was poisoned and its hatred was locked on Lin Mu. Ignoring the skeleton in front of it, it prepared to fly around the skeleton and towards Lin Mu.

But the skeleton didn't give it that chance. A white light shone from the Dragon Slayer Blade, and with an attacking sword technique, it slashed at the Wedge Moth.

-437.

A few slashes later, the Wedge Moth, with only 2200 HP left, swayed, flapped its wings twice, and fell weakly to the ground. It twitched a couple more times and then lay still.

Experience gained: 230

Lin Mu's level has increased, and the experience gained by the Wedge Moth has decreased.

Next, the skeleton lured over the small monsters surrounding the entrance one by one.

Lin Mu applied the red poison, then practiced his skills by slashing the skeleton twice with his sword, before closing in and attacking it with a few more blows.

With the help of Lin Mu's terrifying red poison, the monsters in the small rectangle at the entrance were cleared out in no time.

Lin Mu glanced at the dots on the minimap in his mind; only six remained.

Five of the brighter ones were scattered around the doorway, while an even brighter one sat motionless in the corner on the right side of the door frame.

Lin Mu controlled the skeleton to lure the six monsters to the diagonal corner of the small rectangle.

The Zuma Guardian Captain was indeed fast, catching up with the skeleton in just a few steps. The skeleton moved in a zigzag pattern, trying to dodge the Zuma Guardian Captain's attacks while avoiding pulling away the monsters that had fallen behind.

But the distance was too great, and without Lin Mu watching over it and providing a field of vision, the Zuma Guardian Captain still caught up and pounded the skeleton's back with his hammer.

The skeleton took several hits, losing a third of its health bar, before it finally lured all six monsters to the corner.

The dot of light representing the skull in Lin Mu's mind flashed, and then Lin Mu randomly moved his mind, and the skull flew back to Lin Mu's side with a "whoosh".

He glanced at the small map in his mind; the six dots were still clustered in the corner, showing no sign of moving this way.

It seems the distance between the two diagonals is far enough to escape the monster's aggro, just right.

The skeleton stepped forward again.

But when it reached the attack range of the throwing axe, instead of using the axe to lure the monster, it took a few more steps forward.

At that moment, the brighter light spot moved instantly, while the other five light spots remained motionless.

This is because the top-tier Zuma Guardian Captain is more advanced and can sense enemies from a greater distance.

Lin Mu closed his eyes, recalling the data of the top-tier Zuma Guardian Captain in his mind.

[Top-tier Zuma Guardian Captain, 140000 HP, 55-110 Attack, 30-60 Defense, 40-80 Magic Resistance. Note that he is very fast.]

Then Lin Mu shifted his gaze to the skeleton, only to see the skeleton stabbing and luring the guard captain back towards Lin Mu's direction.

Every strike breaks through defense, but without red poison, the damage is pitifully low.

-22, -45, -38.

The captain chased for a few steps and was stabbed again.

Before long, the skeleton led the captain of the guards to Lin Mu.

Lin Mu took out some medicinal powder, a handful of green poison and a handful of red poison, and sprinkled them over one after the other.

The captain's body glowed green and then red, and -42, -42... appeared above his head, attracting the hatred to Lin Mu.

The Zuma Guard Captain's hatred shifted instantly; he kicked off with both legs and pounced towards Lin Mu.

Seeing the Zuma Guardian Captain getting closer and closer, Lin Mu not only didn't go invisible, but started running and changed his equipment as he ran.

Soon after, Lin Mu put on a pair of evasion bracelets, which increased his agility to 30 points and significantly improved his movement speed. He then ran ahead of the Zuma Guardian Captain, always maintaining a safe distance from the captain.

The skeleton followed behind the Zuma Guard captain, stabbing him with a dagger and taking a step forward with the captain.

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-138.

The captain was momentarily stunned by the attack, but it ignored the skeleton and continued chasing Lin Mu.

The skeleton took another step forward, always keeping a body length distance from the captain, and thrust his blade in another attack.

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-167.

Because he needed to move while attacking, his attack frequency was affected. Even the Dragon Slayer Sword [Attack Speed ​​+3] could not compensate for the loss of attack speed while moving. On average, he only attacked once per second, which was 45 times per minute. In addition, he suffered 42 points of poison damage every two seconds. The Guardian Captain's health bar dropped slowly, but steadily.

As Lin Mu led the monster around, he went through the assassination techniques taught by the instructor in his mind, reciting them and sending them to the skeleton with his thoughts.

Four minutes later, Lin Mu noticed that in the skeleton's status bar, [Assassination Sword Skill Lv.0] had changed to [Assassination Sword Skill Lv.1].

The damage bonus for Assassination Sword Technique has increased from 40% to 60%.

The base damage has changed from [12-55] to [18-82].

With the addition of the 3.7x damage multiplier from the red poison, the theoretical damage reaches [67-304].

The skeleton's next few strikes confirmed Lin Mu's calculations.

The skeleton followed the Zuma Guard Captain, one step at a time, one strike at a time.

"Swish, swish, swish..."

A figure appeared above the head of the Zuma Guard Captain.

-187, -274, -227...