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

Lin Mu's heart stirred, and he took out the "Complete Map" book, turning to the page about Fengmo Valley.

The book clearly states that the current map of Fengmo Valley only supports up to the Zongheng Road; the subsequent maps are still sealed. The Demon Soul Palace is also still sealed.

But then he thought again, no one has entered the Path of the Crossroads for so many years, who knows if the Demon Soul Palace is sealed or not? What if the seal is loosened, what if we can get in? It wouldn't hurt to give it a try.

Chapter 114 Bone Armor. Fusion!

He put the "Complete Map" back into his Qiankun bag, changed into life-saving equipment including an evasion bracelet, a white tiger tooth necklace, and a teleportation ring, and his Taoist skill level dropped from 7-48 to 6-27.

He then pulled out a bottle of potent solar water from his waist and put it in his mouth, while his right hand held a random teleportation scroll in case of emergency.

It's a bit of a shame that the Demon Blood Ring, which adds 25 health points and gives you a better chance of survival, can only be worn at level 35.

He sighed, withdrew his hand, stood at the doorway, took a deep breath, and was about to step out when...

The point of light in my mind suddenly began to flash intensely, at an astonishing frequency, almost forming a continuous flash.

Before he could react, the skeleton suddenly reached out and gripped his wrist tightly with its large, bony hand.

Streams of demonic energy surged from between the skull's finger bones, spreading along Lin Mu's arm and throughout his body. The black mist churned and swirled, as if it were alive, seeping into his skin, bones, and flesh.

Strangely, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all. Instead, he felt a warm and comfortable sensation, like soaking in a hot spring or being wrapped in something soft.

He looked down at his hands.

On the back of my hand, fine, grayish-black scales were emerging one by one, and dark calluses covered my knuckles, making my nails sharp and hard.

He reached up and touched the top of his head. It felt rough to the touch. A pair of curved horns were emerging from the sides of his forehead. The curve was not large, but they were definitely there.

Before Lin Mu could even panic, the skeleton changed again.

Its skeleton began to shatter, turning into countless tiny silver specks of light that drifted away like fireflies, then suddenly converged and surged toward him, while something on its body was also being peeled away.

A silver light enveloped his horns, his scales, his newly grown down and keratin, blending him seamlessly with them. Everything changed so quickly, so quickly that he didn't even have time to feel fear.

A moment later, the silver light dissipated.

Lin Mu looked down at himself and saw that he had an exoskeleton that looked like a custom-made suit of armor.

The armor still retained the shape of a skull.

The outline of the ribs is clearly visible on the breastplate, the vertebrae of the spine extend from the back to the tailbone, two shield-shaped bone plates protrude from the scapula, the texture of the finger and toe bones can be seen on the arm and leg armor, and the helmet is directly cast in the shape of a skull, with two dark eye sockets facing forward, and a pair of curved horns extending from the top of the head.

He looked like a living skeleton, and he himself was encased in the very center of that skeleton.

He moved his fingers, his joints flexible and free, without the slightest bit of stiffness; he then swung his arm, so light and agile that it didn't seem like he was wearing armor, but rather like he had changed his body.

Thus, the skeleton disappeared, it became the armor on his body, and he himself became a skeleton.

Lin Mu took a deep breath and opened the status bar.

[Character Status]

[Level: 23]

Experience: 186371/350000

HP: 3965/3965

[MP: 0/158]

……

Attack: 35-123

[Taoist Arts: 6-27]

[Magic: 0-0]

……

[Defense: 33-49]

[Magic Control: 35-47]

……

[Skills: Healing Lv.3, Mental Combat Lv.3, Poisoning, Soul Fire Talisman Lv.1, Summon Skeleton, Invisibility Lv.1, Group Invisibility Lv.0, Skill: Offensive Sword Technique Lv.3]

[Health Regeneration: Restores 2 health points per second]

……

Lin Mu quickly did the calculation.

This adds all of the skeleton's attributes to itself.

Attack, defense, magic resistance, as well as offensive sword techniques, and the skeleton's two points of health regeneration per second.

However, after staring at the status bar for a while, he found that his blue bar was empty.

He pulled out a magic potion and downed it. His mana bar slowly began to rise, and as he recovered, he figured that the fusion had probably consumed all his mana. But it didn't matter; with these stats, he could just hack and slash.

Lin Mu took a deep breath, grinned, and exclaimed inwardly, "Holy crap, this is too awesome! It's like a combination of Armor Warriors!"

He raised his hand and looked at the Wuji Staff in his hand. The staff gleamed with a cold silver light in the firelight. A thin layer of white bone had somehow appeared on the staff, with fine bone patterns that seemed to grow out of the staff itself. It felt a bit heavier than usual in his hand, but it fit his palm better, as if it had been custom-made for him.

With such high attributes, entering the Demon Soul Hall becomes much easier.

He strode to the entrance of the Demon Soul Palace, stepped inside, and felt a sudden darkness before his eyes, followed by a familiar dizziness. Without hesitation, he activated his teleportation ring. A flash of white light, and he vanished from the entrance, appearing deep within the Demon Soul Palace.

Then, he raised his hand and cast an invisibility spell, his semi-transparent body leaning against the wall. He held his breath and glanced around.

Two ever-burning lamps illuminated a vast, dark mass of creatures: evil venomous snakes, rainbow demon boar guards, and rainbow demon scorpion guards, all huddled together, along with a dozen or so white wild boars, dozens of wedge moths, and swarms of bats, densely packed together, completely blocking the entrance.

Above his head, several wedge moths fluttered their wings, ignoring his cloaking status, and flew straight toward him.

He looked around again and saw a swarm of bats flying around him, flapping their wings and squeaking. But when the bats attacked him, the numbers on the screen didn't even flutter; they couldn't break through his defenses at all.

Lin Mu breathed a sigh of relief, leaned against the wall, and felt reassured. Right now, apart from the white boar and those few bosses, the other monsters couldn't even scratch him.

He was surrounded by some small monsters.

Even if he is petrified by the Wedge Moth's stealth attack, he is still safe. After all, these monsters can't even break his defense. He can stand there and let them hit him all day without killing him.

He gripped the Wuji Staff tightly; the white bones on the staff gleamed with a faint silver light in the firelight, and the bone patterns seemed to wriggle slightly as if they were alive.

He felt power emanating from every pore of his body, and a fire burning in his chest that he had to vent.

He swung the stick at one of the black maggots that had just rolled over.

The stick whistled through the air as it struck the grotesque, huddled mass of black maggots.

-110.

The black maggot let out a mournful cry, bounced on the ground, and not only did red damage numbers appear on its body, but it also glowed with a layer of green light, with -27 and -27 appearing above its head.

Lin Mu was stunned for a moment, and glanced at his status [Taoist Arts: 6-27].

Is this a combination of the skeleton's poisonous attacks and his own deadly poison technique? He couldn't help but grin; wasn't this exactly what it meant for every strike to be infused with deadly poison?

After that, we didn't even need to use medicine powder and magic potions.

He quickly removed his defensive gear and put on his high-level Taoist equipment.

He got more and more into it, hitting the blow after blow.

The black maggot was hit with a stick and turned green.

-48, -48, -48...

The wedge moth was hit by a stick and turned green;

Chapter 115 Armor Disintegration

The black wild boar was hit with a stick and turned green.

Before long, the monsters around them began to glow green, as if they had been painted with a layer of green paint, and they lit up in patches in the dim passage.

Unfortunately, he struck more than a dozen times, but the attacking sword technique was never triggered, and the white light never lit up.

Lin Mu frowned, thinking to himself that perhaps he hadn't found the knack yet, or perhaps the skeleton's skills weren't quite compatible with the human physique; he needed to practice more.

Then he thought, since the poison attack is inherited, could the flying axe attack also work?

He closed his eyes, and the point of light in his mind was slowly pulsating, as if it were breathing, or as if it was waiting for him to speak.

Lin Mu focused his mind and sent a thought to the point of light: Flying Axe.

The light suddenly flashed, as if it had received a command.

He opened his eyes, and with a sudden flick of his Wuji Staff, the bone-like outer shell on the staff instantly transformed into specks of silver light, revealing the staff's original warm, light brown body.

The silver specks of light that flew out rapidly condensed in the air, instantly forming a bone-white axe. With a whooshing sound, it accurately struck a bat in the distance.

-98.

The bat fell from the ceiling, flapped its wings twice, and then stopped moving.

The throwing axe worked perfectly, and it was even easier to use than he had imagined. He could reach out and throw it with great force, without even needing to aim. The axe would appear as soon as he thought of it.

Lin Mu was secretly pleased. This was much more economical than throwing Soul Fire Talismans himself. It didn't waste mana, amulets, or damage his weapon.

He leaned against the wall, enduring a wave of attacks from small monsters. His bone armor clanged incessantly, but his health bar barely budged.

Just as Lin Mu had poisoned all the monsters around him and cleared a small area, and was preparing to continue luring monsters and showing off his skills, the light spot in his mind suddenly started jumping rapidly.

Lin Mu's heart skipped a beat, knowing something was amiss. He quickly took a step to break his invisibility, then immediately became invisible again, his entire body becoming semi-transparent.

The instant he became invisible, the bone armor on his body began to peel away, and countless tiny silver specks of light rose from his shoulder armor, breastplate, and arm armor, like fireflies scattered by the wind, fluttering and gathering around him.

A moment later, the silver light gathered, and the mutated skeleton, as tall as an iron tower, reappeared beside him. The flames in its two eye sockets glowed eerily, its joints cracked, and its scales gleamed with a dark luster in the firelight.

Lin Mu looked down at himself. His exoskeleton had completely disappeared, the scales on the back of his hands were gone, and the horns on his head were gone. He had turned back into the little Taoist priest wearing the Soul Battle Armor and holding the Wuji Staff.

Okay, I was playing solo with Armor Hero just now, but now I'm back to playing duo with Skeleton King.

Lin Mu did a quick calculation and found that from the moment they merged to the moment they separated, it only took a few minutes.

It seems that this fusion not only consumes a lot of mana but also has a short duration, so it's unrealistic to expect it to sweep through the boss. However, it's still enough to save your life or unleash a burst of power at crucial moments.

He patted the skull's shoulder blade, signaling it to take the lead.

Lin Mu followed behind, switching back to his Luck 2 Lantern Necklace. His Luck returned to 3 points, and his Taoist Magic dropped back to 6-38.