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

As a result, a cold, impersonal message popped into my mind:

Your blood and qi condensation failed.

Alright, the skill is on cooldown.

He put away his fan, not in a hurry, and would think about it slowly later. Right now, there was still a large group of spiders waiting to be dealt with.

Taking advantage of this moment, Lin Mu deliberately dispelled his invisibility and sprinkled red and green poison on the surrounding monsters, causing them to surround and attack him.

He's currently in full form, with a health bar of 5464, making him look like a human-shaped Gundam. If his health drops, he can try out the blood-sucking effect of the Bloodlust spell.

The surrounding steel-toothed spiders, sirius spiders, and black-sworded spiders swarmed around him, biting him repeatedly.

-32, -14, -21...

A series of tiny damage numbers popped up above his head. Although the damage wasn't high, it still hurt a lot when the teeth bit him. The feeling of the sharp teeth digging into his flesh was both sour and numb, but he gritted his teeth and endured it in order to test the damage of the Bloodlust spell.

However, his combined defenses were simply too high: [Defense: 51-95], [Magic Defense: 48-87]. Those spiders bit him for ages, and his health bar barely moved down a fraction.

He couldn't help but mutter to himself: It's falling way too slowly.

If the people in the city knew about this idea, they would probably roll their eyes on the spot.

There are actually people who complain that they are too tough and lose health too slowly?

After a while, Lin Mu couldn't stand the feeling of those sharp teeth digging into his flesh any longer. He scanned the group of monsters and quickly locked onto a phantom spider not far away.

He moved closer, letting the phantom spider sense his presence.

As soon as the thing was disturbed, it immediately began to hatch Exploding Spiders. One after another, plump little spiders crawled out from under it and rushed towards it in a line.

The Exploding Spider's damage ignores both defenses, which is perfect.

"Boom, bang, bang..."

The exploding spiders exploded one by one around him, the shockwaves making his robes flutter, and the damage numbers above his head jumped up quickly and densely.

-80, -80, -80...

In no time, Lin Mu's health dropped from over 5,000 to 3317.

almost.

He went invisible, and the monsters around him stopped attacking.

Then, with a thought, Lin Mu opened his fan with a "snap" and pointed it at the black-edged spider in front of him.

The dark red magic circle beneath their feet condensed again, and then a flash of blood light appeared.

A spurt of blood suddenly erupted from the Black-sworded Spider's head, followed by a damage number appearing on the screen:

-2012.

The bloodline condensed into thin threads in mid-air, converging towards Lin Mu's head and transforming into a bright blood-red bead that steadily sank into the top of his head.

A warm current flowed in through the top of my head, like a warm current replenishing my body.

Numbers also popped up above my head.

+403.

Lin Mu looked down at his health bar, which had jumped from 3319 to 3722.

For a player with over 5000 HP after merging, this amount of HP recovery isn't much, but for their original body with 464 HP, it's almost like recovering a whole bar of HP.

He put away his fan and circled around outside the city again.

Once Bloodlust is off cooldown, find an unlucky spider to unleash its power, circle around the city, and the skill will be level 1 by the end of the round.

This time, he chose a Sky Wolf Spider. He first applied a combination of red and green poison, and once the spider was completely enveloped in the poisonous mist, he slowly opened his fan and with a thought, he began to work.

The magic circle lit up again, a flash of blood-red light appeared, and a line of blood suddenly shot out from the top of the Sky Wolf Spider's head, followed by an even larger number.

-2348.

The bloodline condensed into fine threads, gathered into beads, and fell onto Lin Mu's head, where a +706 indicator appeared.

He glanced at the numbers and quickly calculated in his mind that the recovery amount was about 30% of the damage, which was a significant increase from the 20% at level 0.

Not bad.

What surprised him even more was that this Bloodlust Technique did not consume any protective charms.

He remembered that in the game, this required burning talismans, and in the current situation, every talisman he could save was worthwhile.

He didn't have much stock to begin with, especially since he was almost out of poison powder. If he ran out of talismans, he'd really have to use a fan to slap Spider Face.

That's good, the Bloodlust Technique doesn't cost any talismans, which is like having an extra chance to prolong his life, making him feel much more at ease.

His poisonous fog killed too quickly.

Although the monsters respawned faster than usual thanks to the power of the Crimson Moon, it still seemed to be a bit too fast for Lin Mu to kill them.

After Lin Mu's intense clearing efforts over several rounds, the monster horde outside the city visibly thinned out considerably.

The once dense, dark sea of ​​spiders is now fragmented, missing pieces here and there, resembling a tattered rag gnawed by insects.

Furthermore, he felt that the spider's respawn rate had indeed decreased.

In the beginning, as soon as he finished clearing an area, new outlines would emerge from the ground or the edge of the forest. But now he could clearly feel that the pace had slowed down. Sometimes, after clearing an area, it would take a while for new spiders to sparsely appear.

He silently made a note of it in his mind, but didn't stop to think about it further, because something even more troublesome was already in front of him.

The medicine powder in his storage bag was almost gone; if he held on any longer, he would have to fight the spider in close combat.

Although his attack power was also high, he still gathered up the scattered supplies and flashed back to the city.

As soon as Lin Mu stepped through the city gate, he sensed something was wrong.

Everyone looked unwell.

Besides the shock at his monster-clearing ability and the joy at seeing so many fewer monsters outside the city, there was another indescribable emotion mixed in.

The guards who usually rested at the foot of the city wall and the civilians who carried supplies all stared blankly, whispering among themselves. When they saw him return, they all fell silent.

Lin Mu frowned, but before he could ask, a Flying Eagle Guard quickly stepped forward, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, "Sir, half an hour ago, someone suddenly appeared in the city, saying he came from Bichon."

Lin Mu's heart skipped a beat: "They came from Bichon? They arrived in a flying vehicle?"

Flying Eagle Guard shook his head: "It's not a flying machine, it just appeared out of nowhere, like it was teleported here directly."

Chapter 292 News from Bichon

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Lin Mu's brow twitched, and he asked again, "Where is he?"

"Old Master Xue is receiving guests in the front hall of the mansion."

Lin Mu didn't ask any more questions and walked towards the council hall in the city.

As he walked, a series of questions surfaced in his mind: How was things in Bichon? Did the Empress know about Bai Ri Men's predicament? Would reinforcements still be able to arrive? And most importantly, this person had been teleported here, so what about the maggots in Bichon?

However, Lin Mu hadn't gone far when Elder Xue received the news and came out to greet him with the envoy from Bichon.

Lin Mu looked up and saw that the person who came was a female official he had met once before. This time she was not wearing her official robes, but a rainbow-colored dress and a bone jade scepter in her hand. Her expression was relatively calm, but there was an unyielding solemnity between her brows.

Upon meeting Lin Mu, she skipped the pleasantries and went straight to the point: "Young Master Lin, I am Liu Qingshuang, the Deputy Envoy of the Imperial City Astronomical Bureau. I have come here alone on His Majesty's secret orders. The Imperial City Astronomical Bureau has been monitoring the movement of demonic energy. Initially, it was stable, but 15 days ago, the monitoring department discovered that the demonic energy was moving towards Bichon. Starting 5 days ago, a crimson blood moon also appeared in Woma. 3 days ago, a blood moon also appeared in Bichon."

She continued, "His Majesty and the Princess are worried about Bai Rimen's situation, but they dare not send any more aircraft. Seven days after you left, His Majesty sent many more batches of aircraft, but they have all disappeared without a trace, most of them having met with misfortune. A few days ago, before the last batch even reached Woma, a crimson moon suddenly appeared over Biqi, causing the black maggots on the aircraft to collectively self-destruct. That batch of Flying Eagle Guards was clever enough to glide directly with their wings spread from high altitude, barely managing to land in the Biqi wilderness. But... there was still one aircraft whose folding wings jammed, causing it to fall straight down from high altitude, instantly killing two Flying Eagle Guards."

She paused, her voice lowering slightly: "In Bichon, all the black maggots stored in the Bichon Imperial City also died at the same time, not a single one was left. Now the aircraft and the maggot vehicles are completely immobilized. Therefore, His Majesty can only send one person here alone to find out the current situation at Mingri Gate, so that the Imperial City knows how many people are still alive here and how long they can hold out."

Lin Mu listened in silence for a moment, quickly processing her words in his mind. The demonic energy was moving towards Bichon. Was the Crimson Moon Demon expanding its influence?

Since he arrived at Bai Ri Men, he has never seen the shadow of the Two-Headed Vajra, the Two-Headed Blood Demon, or the Crimson Moon Demon.

He had initially thought they were hidden deep within the jungle labyrinth, waiting to emerge at the very end, but now, combined with the information brought by the female official, the demonic energy was moving towards Bichon, and his heart sank.

Those things, could they no longer be at Bai Ri Men?

He suppressed the thought, keeping his expression unchanged, and simply nodded to the female official: "You must be tired from the journey, let's talk inside."

After entering the room and taking a seat, Lin Mu did not ask about the monster again, but instead asked about the people he cared about most: "How are Gu Qingyi and Chunxing? And Qin Yumo?"

When Liu Qingshuang heard him ask about these people, her expression relaxed a bit: "They're all fine. After you left Bichon, they haven't been idle. They've all joined the fight against the monsters. His Majesty has set up a defensive line in the narrow valley between Bichon and Woma. They're all there, fighting alongside the guards against the demons."

She paused, her tone tinged with genuine emotion: "Especially Lady Chunxing, His Majesty provided her with a great deal of resources and nurtured her with great care, and her talent is indeed rare. While others would often hit a bottleneck when leveling from 30 to 31, she didn't suffer any delays and passed through smoothly. She also comprehends skills much faster than others. At such a young age, she has already mastered skills such as Level 4 Lightning Spell and Level 4 Magic Shield, which even His Majesty marvels at."

Lin Mu's heart stirred slightly upon hearing this.

Chunxing, that girl... I never imagined that in such a short time, she would have already come to this point.

He looked down at his hands and suddenly remembered his level 4 Soul Fire Talisman.

At the time, he thought it was all a benefit that came with the Heavenly Venerable's passing on of power before his death. But now, after hearing what Liu Qingshuang said, he suddenly realized that it was probably not all the Heavenly Venerable's doing.

The acorn he ingested himself must have played a significant role as well.

After listening to Liu Qingshuang's words, Lin Mu was pondering the matter of the Bichon defense line when he suddenly remembered something and looked up to ask, "By the way, you kept calling Chunxing 'sir' just now? How old is that girl? She doesn't even have an official position, so how did she become 'sir'?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qingshuang's lips curved slightly, as if she had anticipated his question: "Young Master, you may not know this, but Miss Chunxing's performance on the front lines has been truly outstanding. His Majesty has personally bestowed upon her a protective ring and a fire ring. A few days ago, when monsters from the Woma Forest and Woma Temple were surging out, Miss Chunxing unleashed her explosive flames and walls of fire, making it difficult for those monsters to move an inch. After several tough battles, her merits have accumulated rapidly. After His Majesty learned of her strength, he directly promoted her to front-line commander and assigned 500 Golden Guards to protect her."

She paused, then added, "But this news was from five days ago. When I set off, His Majesty was already drafting an edict, and it was only a matter of time before she was promoted. Now, the people at the front call her 'Lady Chunxing,' not out of politeness, but out of genuine respect."

After hearing this, Lin Mu's lips curled up, and it was unclear what he was thinking.

Afterwards, Lin Mu chatted with Liu Qingshuang for a few more minutes about the details of the Bai Ri Men defense line.

Liu Qingshuang memorized the stability of the barrier, the remaining population, and the supplies. Then she stood up, her expression becoming more serious: "Young Master, I have a general understanding of the situation at Bai Ri Men. Since the city is temporarily stable, I won't stay any longer. I need to take this news back to His Majesty as soon as possible. The imperial city is waiting for my reply, and the longer it drags on, the more worried His Majesty and the Princess will become."

Lin Mu nodded, but did not get up to see her off immediately. Instead, he pondered for a moment, quickly considering all the possibilities in his mind.

He thought of the several large creatures outside the city that had not yet shown themselves, the news that the demonic energy was moving towards Bichon, and Gu Qingyi and Chunxing on the Bichon defense line.

I was always on edge, feeling like something was hanging over my head and wouldn't come down.

He looked up at Liu Qingshuang and said, "Don't go yet, wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

Liu Qingshuang was taken aback for a moment, but didn't ask any further questions. She simply replied "Okay" and sat back down.

Lin Mu turned and went out the door, quickly crossing the courtyard to find Old Xue.

Old Xue was checking the inventory of supplies at the foot of the city wall when he saw him coming over. He put down the inventory and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I need to go back to Beach." Lin Mu got straight to the point.