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

Then it threw its axe with a backhand motion. The axe whistled through the air with great force and speed, but it went wildly off course, flying past the skull three feet above its head and smashing into a dead tree behind it, snapping a branch in half with a crack.

Lin Mu simply watched the whole thing. He was secretly astonished; this skeleton had really become much smarter.

My accuracy is too poor; I need to practice more.

Just then, the axe that the mutated skeleton had thrown in the distance, like the axe thrown by the axe-throwing skeleton, suddenly turned into bright silver sand in mid-air, flowing silently back into the mutated skeleton's hand like a silver river, and reforming into an axe.

Lin Mu's eyes widened. Not only did he learn to throw the axe, but he also learned to retrieve it? This comprehension ability is too abnormal!

None of the Golden Guards he'd seen before possessed this ability. He'd struck gold!

The mutated skeleton threw a few more axes. One swung to the left, one to the right, and one landed too low on the ground. But the deviations were getting smaller and smaller, and it was getting closer and closer to its target. Then another axe flew out and struck the axe-throwing skeleton squarely in the chest.

-76!

At the same time, a green light emanated from the axe-throwing skeleton, and -1, -1... floated above its head.

Lin Mu was completely stunned. His skeleton was actually poisonous?

When I was fighting the Skeleton Warrior, my poison was so potent that I didn't even realize the mutated skeleton's attacks were also poisoned with green poison.

However, he threw several more axes after that, but seemed to have lost his touch. One axe went to the left, one to the right, one too high, and one too low, and all of them missed.

Lin Mu leaned against a dead tree, took out a pot of water and slowly drank it, watching his skeleton being thrown over and over again, missing its mark each time.

The green poison on the axe-throwing skeleton only lasted for about ten seconds before disappearing, a time Lin Mu silently noted down. Later, another axe strike finally hit, but the axe-throwing skeleton didn't glow green again; the poison hadn't been triggered.

Lin Mu frowned. It seemed this poison had a probability of triggering, not every time. He suddenly remembered accidentally poisoning himself once in the medicinal bath, turning the water green. He wondered if that was the reason; he should have poisoned himself more often, perhaps increasing the chances of poison damage and triggering the poison.

He watched for a while longer and found that the skeleton's aim when throwing axes was ridiculously bad. So he closed his eyes, concentrated his mental energy, and tried to use his mind to transmit the feeling of locking onto the monster with the Soul Fire Talisman. It was a feeling of locking on with his mind, guiding with his mental energy, and hitting the target instantly.

Just then, he suddenly realized that a wisp of his consciousness had separated and attached itself to the mutated skeleton.

He could see things through the mutated skeleton's perspective: the grayish-purple sky, the withered grass, and the axe-throwing skeleton crouching in the distance. He could even clearly see the dark red blood vessels in its bones.

Lin Mu paused for a moment, then tried to command the mutated skeleton from its first-person perspective.

With a thought, he relaxed, adjusted the angle, and adjusted the force. The skeleton relaxed, no longer throwing the axe quickly and violently as before, but instead swung its arm steadily and released its grip.

Chapter 90 Electric Zombie

The axe flew out, still slightly off target, but not as wildly as before. Again, adjust, throw again. The deviation lessens, and it gets closer and closer to the target.

However, the damage after hitting was ridiculously low, only around 20 points, but every axe hit.

Lin Mu then used his mind to tell it: Increase the force. The skeleton gradually increased the force, and the flying axe gradually accelerated, the damage rising from over 20 to over 40, and then to over 60, but the hit rate never dropped. Another axe flew out, hitting the axe-throwing skeleton squarely in the chest, -78, and the green light flashed again.

Lin Mu's eyes lit up. The mutated skeleton's accuracy increased from four or five out of ten, then to seven or eight out of ten. The axe-throwing skeleton was chopped down piece by piece, its health bar slowly dropping until it finally collapsed and shattered into pieces.

Experience gained: 100

Lin Mu walked over, squatted down, and rummaged through the bone fragments, but nothing exploded.

He stood up, clapped his hands, and found a few more lone skeleton warriors and skeleton generals, letting the mutated skeletons continue practicing their throwing axes.

One axe, two axes, three axes... the hit rate is getting higher and higher, the damage is becoming more and more stable, and the probability of the attack being poisonous seems to be increasing as well.

After practicing for a while, the mutated skeleton can now reliably hit a moving target from thirty paces away.

Lin Mu looked up at the sky. Unbeknownst to him, it had already darkened. The grayish-purple miasma grew thicker in the twilight, and the distant mountain shadows blurred into a hazy expanse. And so, the day passed.

But Lin Mu didn't rest. He and the skeleton had been cooped up in the medicinal pool for eighty-one days, and they were almost going crazy. Right now, he was incredibly energetic, feeling like he could last for seven days and seven nights.

He had the skeleton lead the way, carrying a torch. The skeleton strode forward, its speed increasing considerably, forcing Lin Mu to jog to keep up. Along the way, Lin Mu carefully observed the skeleton and discovered that its axe, whether used in melee or ranged combat, consistently triggered green poison every three strikes.

It seems that from now on, as long as the skeleton can stand its ground and doesn't use poison, it can slowly whittle down the monster to death.

Lin Mu looked at the small flames flickering in the mutated skeleton's eye sockets, wondering how many more surprises this skeleton could bring him.

The skeleton practiced walking for two days. Lin Mu looked at the map and then at the surrounding environment. The grayish-purple miasma was getting thicker, and the unsettling demonic energy in the air was also getting stronger. It seemed they were almost at the Demon Sealing Mine.

After two days and two nights of hard work, Lin Mu was starting to feel the strain. They were also nearing the entrance to the mining area, which was quite dangerous, so he needed to rest and recuperate. It seemed that his bold promise to work for seven days and seven nights would have to be broken.

He found an open space, had the skeleton stand guard on the outside, then pitched his tent, crawled inside, lay down on his bedding, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.

I have to say, having a skeleton is so convenient. Before, when I was alone outside, I was afraid to go into the tent, and I was always on edge. I even had to sleep with one eye open.

Nothing happened that night.

When Lin Mu woke up the next day, he was full of energy, packed up his tent, and continued on his way.

After walking for a while, when they were almost at the official road near the mining area marked on the map, a swaying figure appeared ahead.

The creature wore a tattered Taoist robe, the hem torn into shreds, its color indistinguishable between gray and brown. Its arms hung limply at its sides, fingers half-curled, nails long and black. Its face was expressionless, its eyes hollow and dark, its mouth slightly open, revealing blackened teeth, a trace of dried black liquid clinging to the corner of its mouth.

It walked very slowly, dragging its feet along the ground, its soles scraping against the gravel with a soft, rustling sound.

Electric zombie. The information from the "Monster Atlas" flashed through Lin Mu's mind.

[Electric Zombie, HP 3200, Attack 35-50, Defense 2-2, Magic Defense 2-3. Can use ranged electric magic attacks. Note: This monster has high attack power; proceed with caution.]

Lin Mu dared not approach; this thing's attack power was so high, a single electric shock was no joke. He stood at a distance, took out some medicinal powder, and unleashed a combination of green and red poison.

Two handfuls of powder were sprinkled over, and the electric zombie's body glowed green and then turned red, with -31, -31, -31 appearing above its head.

Lin Mu calmly took two steps back, then used an invisibility spell, becoming semi-transparent and standing motionless in place.

The electric zombie took two steps, then its target disappeared. It paused for a moment, its dark eye sockets looking around like a blind person who couldn't find its way.

The mutated skeleton stepped forward and hurled an axe. The axe whistled through the air, spinning rapidly before striking the electric zombie squarely in the chest.

-172!

The electric zombie leaned back slightly, staggering a couple of steps before regaining its balance. It turned around, its dark eye sockets locking onto the mutated skeleton, and began to walk towards it. Its pace was slow, but each step was firm, the gravel crunching beneath its feet.

The mutated skeleton threw another axe.

-158!

At this moment, the skeleton also entered the electric zombie's attack range.

The electric zombie raised its right hand slowly, as if its joints were rusty. It opened its palm, and tiny arcs of electricity crackled and popped between its fingers.

Lin Mu stared at its hand, watching the arcs of electricity surge from its fingertips to its palm, gathering more and more, growing brighter and brighter.

Then a pale white electric current shot out from his palm, striking the mutated skeleton's sternum and passing right through it.

-14!

The mutated skeleton didn't even flinch; only a charred mark remained on its bone surface.

The mutated skeleton didn't stop; it swung its axe again.

This time, the electric zombie didn't take the hit head-on. Instead, it raised its left hand, opened its palm, and with a snap, actually caught the flying axe steadily.

The axe struggled in its palm for a moment, then turned into specks of silver sand that flowed through its fingers, drifted back into the mutated skeleton's hand, and reformed into the axe.

Lin Mu was stunned. This electric zombie could catch an axe with its bare hands? He had never seen any monster with this ability before.

The mutated skeleton threw another axe, and the electric zombie reached out to grab it again. This time, it lost its grip, and the axe grazed its palm, slicing a gash in its shoulder.

-141.

The electric zombie looked down at the wound on its shoulder, then looked up, its dark eye sockets staring at the mutated skeleton. It raised its hand again, this time charging up faster, and electricity exploded from its palm, striking the mutated skeleton's shoulder blade and piercing through it backward.

-16.

The mutated skeleton still didn't dodge.

Lin Mu felt uneasy watching it stubbornly endure the attacks. Although the skeleton could withstand them, what if it developed a habit of toughing it out? How many hits could it withstand later on?

Chapter 91 Cutting Fingers

Lin Mu himself has low health and a very low margin for error; otherwise, he would have wanted to go up and teach the bone a thing or two.

Then he began to envy the attributes of the skeleton.

But now was not the time to think about these things. He closed his eyes and sent a message to the skeleton with his mind: Stay away.

After receiving the thought, the mutated skeleton began to try to dodge, but its reaction was still a beat too slow. It only started to move when the electric zombie raised its hand, and as soon as it took a step, the current shot out.

-19.

Lin Mu shook his head. It seemed that relying on the skeleton alone was not enough. This guy was stubborn and only knew how to fight head-on.

He no longer merely transmitted thoughts, but instead focused his mind and, through the perspective of the mutated skeleton, watched every movement of the electric zombie, preparing to personally command it.

The electric zombies in the game have almost no attack animation. One second their arms are hanging down, and the next they're emitting lightning. By the time you see the lightning, their hands are already raised, making it impossible to tell the order of the attack and the raising of the hand, making them incredibly difficult to defend against. Fortunately, the electric zombies in the game can only attack in eight directions, much like a mage's lightning bolt, so once you get used to it, it's easy to dodge.

But this is the real world, and the electric zombie's palm can turn flexibly, so its direction isn't so rigid. Fortunately, it has an extra charging motion before attacking.

First, raise your arm, then spread your palms out, and the electric arc jumps. This whole process gives you time to dodge.

Lin Mu felt confident and began to personally direct the skeletons to dodge.

At this moment, the electric zombie is about to raise its hand again.

He opened his palm, and the electric arc began to crackle, the sound particularly jarring in the silent wilderness.

Lin Mu had a sudden thought: "Hide."

The light in my mind suddenly shone brightly, as if I had received a command.

The skeleton swiftly took a large step to the left, and the pale white electric current grazed its shoulder blade, striking a withered tree behind it and exploding into a burst of sparks, burning a fist-sized charred hole in the tree trunk.

The electric zombie's attack missed.

Lin Mu's lips curled up, and his mind raced again: throw the axe.

The skeleton raised its hand and swung an axe, but the electric zombie caught it firmly with its hand.

The axe trembled in the electric zombie's hand, then turned into fine silver sand and slipped through its fingers.

In this way, the skeleton could dodge the electric zombie's electric attacks and catch the skeleton's flying axe attacks, and it caught them more and more steadily.

For a moment, the skeleton and the electric zombie were locked in a stalemate.

Only the green poison on Lin Mu's head was still jumping around -31, -31 above the electric zombie's head.

After the electric zombie caught the throwing axe a few times, Lin Mu realized that the electric zombie always caught the axe after it had finished attacking and its arm could move freely again.

He commanded the skeletons to throw the axe the instant the electric zombie finished its attack and its arm drooped down.

At this moment, the electric zombie seemed to have run out of strength, and its arm could not be lifted for a short time. The throwing axe struck the electric zombie solidly.