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

Unbeknownst to Lin Mu, several tiny silver specks were quietly drifting toward the skull from his body; these were from when he patted the skull's shoulder blade earlier.

He felt a chill run down his spine. In this place, even a level 40 Taoist priest would perish on the spot.

Unless you enter and immediately fly randomly, but if you're unlucky and fly into a monster horde, the outcome won't be much better.

No wonder there's no data on the Rainbow Demon Scorpion Guard in the Monster Compendium; I guess nobody dares to enter it.

But this is for the best, because then no one will be able to compete with him for the Evil Serpent and the Rainbow Demon Scorpion Guard.

That mage is a complete piece of trash, and he even tried to encourage me. I already disliked him earlier. If it weren't for the fact that there were more of them, I would have killed him on the spot. Oh well, there will be plenty of opportunities when we get out of here.

At this moment, the moth was getting closer and closer. He didn't have time to think and gripped the demon-slaying weapon tightly in his hand.

Lin Mu carefully examined the depths of the passage, confirming that he did not see any monsters. Relying on his high agility, he took off running, his feet barely touching the ground, and in just a few steps he had darted far away.

Chapter 109 The Returning Female Taoist

After running for a while and confirming that he was a considerable distance from the entrance and the monster would definitely not follow, he summoned a skeleton and reassembled it around him.

The skeleton emerged from the silver light, its scales gleaming darkly in the firelight. The flames in its eye sockets stared straight into the depths of the passage, and the light began to flicker again.

Lin Mu had no choice but to let it lead the way, letting it follow the call of its heart and continue walking inside. As for the monsters blocking the way at the entrance, let them be left as a surprise for those who come later.

As he walked, he cursed inwardly. It seemed that the people who compiled those two books had kept something in reserve. They hadn't even written such important information as the monster blocking the door. It was a serious breach of morality.

The monster density in the Crossroads is similar to that in the Thunder Road, not high. If you encounter a monster, try to avoid it; only fight it if you can't avoid it.

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Just as Lin Mu was focused on his journey, a commotion broke out on the other side of the Netherworld Corridor.

The female Taoist priest in the long robe who had led the retreat earlier hurriedly returned with her people, clutching a small newspaper in her hand, her expression solemn.

She entered the Netherworld Corridor, her steps uninterrupted, her gaze sweeping over every face, from the Imperial Guards to the young master of the magic, from those standing to those sitting, looking them over from beginning to end, but she couldn't find the little Taoist priest wearing the soul armor and carrying the skull.

She walked straight up to the leader of the Imperial Guards, pulled him aside, and asked in a low voice, "Where is that person from earlier?"

The warrior paused for a moment, then asked, "Which one?"

“That little Taoist priest in the soul armor with the skull.” The female Taoist handed over the newspaper, pointing to a portrait on it. “Look, although this person’s face is dirty, his features are somewhat similar to this master in plain clothes. The court has been secretly searching for this person for some time, but has not found him. Rumors have spread from the palace that His Majesty is very unhappy about this.”

The soldier took the newspaper, examined it carefully by the firelight, and his brows gradually furrowed.

The female Taoist priest continued, "At first I didn't care much, but the more I thought about it after we went out, the more it seemed to look like him. So I compared them carefully, and they really did look alike. Where is he? Finding him would be a great achievement."

The warrior felt a chill run down his spine, because Lin Mu had already entered the Horizontal Path.

That place, you'd die twelve times if you went in ten times. He swallowed hard and lowered his voice to explain the situation.

She took a deep breath and added, "It's all my fault. I should have stopped him. I should have gone in and taken a look. Maybe...maybe..."

He tried several times, but still couldn't get a result. He could only sigh heavily, inwardly wishing he could slap himself. And that sorcerer, still encouraging him, made him glare fiercely at the young sorcerer.

The young master was stunned by his glare, and his arm around the female mage froze in mid-air, wondering what he had done to offend the leader of the Imperial Guard.

The soldier was panting heavily, his chest heaving. He grew angrier the more he thought about it and turned to charge towards the crossroads.

"Don't go, you'll die." The female Taoist priest grabbed him.

"It's alright, I'll just take a look. As long as I'm fast enough, the white boar's hammer won't be able to hit me." The warrior shook off her hand, took out a bottle of healing medicine from his belt, put it in his mouth, and strode towards the gate.

The others looked at him, puzzled, wondering what the purpose of this sudden action was.

The gates leading to the crossroads slowly opened to both sides, and the great warrior took a deep breath and plunged inside.

In the blink of an eye, he darted out of the door again, having finished the healing medicine in his mouth. His clothes had several more cuts, and he had visibly lost a lot of blood. His face was deathly pale.

The female Taoist priest quickly cast a group healing spell and handed over a bottle of potent solar water, anxiously asking, "Did you see that?"

The warrior swallowed the medicine, shook his head, and said, panting, "The entrance is full of monsters, blocked by white boars and wedge moths. I haven't seen anyone."

He thought for a moment and added, "The good news is, we didn't see any bodies at the door either. Maybe that kid was clever and just flew away."

The female Taoist priest fell silent. She clutched the newspaper, her nails digging into the paper, and after a long while, she finally spoke: "Flying away randomly is also dangerous. You know better than I what the Path of the Dragon is like. He's all alone... How can we explain this to His Majesty?"

The veteran soldier looked at her furrowed brows and the knuckles of her fingers gripping the paper, his heart skipped a beat, and he gave a bitter laugh: "You want to hide it? That's a crime of deceiving the emperor, who would dare?"

"Then we can only report it truthfully." The female Taoist sighed, her tone tinged with helplessness. "Alas, the Zongheng Path was unsealed long ago, but without special rings, the imperial court doesn't pay attention and doesn't provide subsidies for random teleportation scrolls. It's been ten years, and we still haven't been able to break through."

The warrior took over, his voice even lower, tinged with resentment, "Use your brain! Ten years! Can't you even spare us this little bit of random teleportation scroll? Random teleportation scrolls are too valuable; it's just a matter of layers of exploitation. Half of the random teleportation scrolls circulating among the common people are from us, the Demon Sealing Sect."

The female Taoist priest didn't have time to think about these things. She put away the tabloid, cupped her hands to the warrior, and said, "I'll go report to the commander. I'll leave this to you."

After saying that, she waved her hand, turned around and left with her people. Her footsteps were hurried, and she quickly disappeared into the darkness of the passage.

The warrior stood there, staring at the tightly closed gate leading to the treacherous path, motionless for a long time. He didn't know whether Lin Mu was dead or alive, but he had a vague feeling that the kid might still be alive.

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Lin Mu was completely unaware of this within the Zongheng Road.

He was hurrying along when, after passing through a long, winding passage, a crossroads appeared ahead.

Just before reaching the intersection, there was a fork in the road on the right, pitch black and seemingly endless.

Lin Mu knew that this fork in the road led to a secret passage.

If the secret passage in the Thunder Road that you can't get out of is called the secret passage (1), then this is the secret passage (2).

The left and front sides of the crossroads also lead to this secret passage (2).

Lin Mu remembered that the secret passage (2) had an exit, and going out from the exit would lead directly back to the Overlord's Hall without having to return the way they came, which was very convenient. And the right side of the crossroads led to the Demon Soul Hall.

The skeleton passed the first intersection without stopping, and when it reached the crossroads, it turned right without hesitation. At the same time, a point of light flashed in Lin Mu's mind, urging him to follow.

Lin Mu had no choice but to follow the skeleton, but he wondered to himself, why hadn't he encountered the Evil Serpent or the Rainbow Demon Scorpion Guard along the way? Where were those two hiding?

Walking in the direction of the Demon Soul Palace.

Lin Mu noticed that the demonic energy was getting stronger and stronger. The smell of sulfur and decay in the air made his chest feel suffocated, and even his breathing became heavy.

Chapter 110 BOSS Radar

The density of monsters seemed to have increased as well. Black and red wild boars huddled together in groups of three or five in the passageway, black maggots darted through the middle of the boars, and wedge moths fluttered their wings silently on the ceiling.

After walking for a while, the monsters were too densely packed, and there was no way to get around them. Lin Mu had no choice but to start hacking and slashing at the skeletons.

He cast a healing spell on the skeletons, then leaned against the wall and lured them over one by one to fight. The skeletons' axes flew up and down, flashes of white light appeared one after another, and the monsters fell one after another.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Lin Mu found that breathing in the demonic energy here made even his hunger disappear.

He was startled. He had been inside for quite some time. Could he have been corrupted by demons?

He quickly touched the top of his head; thankfully, it was still flat, without any bumps. He then checked his hands, and thankfully, no scales or hair had grown. Still not entirely reassured, Lin Mu rolled up his sleeves, lifted his soul battle suit, and inspected his entire body, even his genitals.

Thankfully, everything is normal.

But when he turned his head, he saw that on the top of the skull, on that bald skull, two small bumps had appeared out of nowhere, as if something was trying to crawl out of the bone.

Lin Mu paused for a moment, thinking to himself. Previously, when the white boar died, it would release a lot of demonic energy, but with the flashing of light in his mind, it would be much less.

It must be that the point of light representing the skull in my mind is helping me digest this demonic energy, transferring the corruption to the skull.

He patted the skull's shoulder blade, said nothing, but felt that the skeleton was becoming more and more reliable.

But then I thought about it again and became a little worried. What if the skeletons turn into monsters?

The skeleton seemed to sense his thoughts and turned its head at the right moment, the flames in its two eye sockets flickering at him, as if to say "It's alright".

Seeing the skeleton's reaction, Lin Mu remembered that the skeleton had absorbed the Woma Horn and was already somewhat similar to the monster, so he felt relieved and continued fighting the monster.

After defeating a few more monsters, the passage ahead turned left.

The demonic energy there was even denser; the torchlight could barely penetrate it. Dark purple mist churned in the firelight, as if something was breathing inside.

Lin Mu took a deep breath and continued walking forward.

The light in his mind flickered more and more intensely, one after another, almost forming a continuous flash. If it weren't for the monster blocking his way, the skeleton would have wanted to just rush through.

Just then, halfway there, Lin Mu suddenly heard a sound coming from ahead, a rustling sound, like scales rubbing against the ground, mixed with another sharp hissing sound.

He recognized the voice; it was that of an evil serpent, mixed with another voice, deep and heavy, which should be the Rainbow Demon Scorpion Guard.

At this moment, Lin Mu realized that the skeleton had absorbed the demonic energy here and gained a certain ability to sense powerful monsters, allowing it to locate the BOSS. This was practically a mobile radar; finding the BOSS would be so much easier from now on.

No wonder it keeps coming here; it wants to challenge the BOSS, absorb demonic energy, and complete its evolution. He patted the skeleton's shoulder blade and said in a low voice, "Alright, let's do it."

Lin Mu slowed his pace, letting the skeleton lead the way, and cautiously groped his way forward in the darkness.

The torchlight was mostly swallowed up by the dense demonic energy, illuminating only a few steps in front of them. The shadows in the distance were all blurry outlines, making it impossible to distinguish whether they were monsters or stone walls.

After walking a while longer, the skeleton suddenly stopped against the wall, and with a wave of its hand, axes flew one after another into the depths of the thick fog. A moment later, a rustling sound came from the fog, and several black maggots rolled out and crashed straight into the skeleton.

Lin Mu noticed that these maggots were hit by the axe but did not get poisoned by the green poison. Lin Mu was a little puzzled as to why the skeleton's attacks were no longer poisonous.

Just as he was about to take out the medicine powder to replenish the poison, the skeleton turned around, the flames in its two eye sockets flickered at him, and it turned its head left and right as if to say, "Don't move."

Lin Mu paused for a moment, put away the powder, and then stood invisibly against the wall, watching.

Before long, several more small monsters rushed out of the fog. They were still black maggots, and there were also two wild boars. They surrounded the skeleton completely. The boars scratched the ground with their hooves and waved their spiked clubs. They would occasionally launch an attack, but it was only a single-digit number. Lin Mu cast a healing spell on it, and with the skeleton's own healing, its health did not drop at all.

Looking at the small monsters surrounding the skeleton, Lin Mu realized that the skeleton wanted the monsters to surround it, acting as a protective wall.

Then, when the boss comes over, it will be unable to hit the skeleton surrounded by the smaller monsters because of their obstruction.

It can then output data safely inside.

Sure enough, the skeleton swung its axe again. It made a clanging sound, as if it had struck something made of metal, but the hissing of the evil serpent in pain could still be heard.

A moment later, an evil venomous snake, glowing green and with -3 -3 jumping above its head, appeared.

The evil serpent's head, like that of a snake, is triangular, and it has four huge pincers in front, which swing and make a snapping sound.

They're obviously rich; they must have a lot of good stuff.

Just as Lin had guessed, the venomous snake that had been lured out circled the small monsters around the skeleton, moving left and right, but it couldn't get inside to attack the skeleton.

Lin Mu immediately applied red and green poison to the emerging evil venomous snake. Then, after taking a step and breaking through the shadow barrier, he disappeared again. The evil venomous snake, which had turned around because it had a new target, had no choice but to turn back and go after the skeleton.

The skeleton can safely deal damage inside, one axe blow at a time.

-105.

One axe blow.