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

It was a letter from Beech, sent from afar last month, containing only a few lines on the paper.

"My dear husband Yang Xiong, seeing this letter is like seeing you in person. I have heard of the dangers of the Demon Sealing, and I am worried day and night. I wonder if you are safe and well, if you are eating well, and if your old injuries have recurred. Everything is fine at home, your parents are healthy, and your children are obedient. The youngest son just advanced seven levels the day before yesterday and was so excited that he ran all over the yard. Don't worry about me, just go about your business. The weather is getting colder, remember to wear more clothes."

After reading the letter again, he carefully folded it, put it back in his bosom, and sighed deeply.

Having been stationed at the Demon Sealing Site for many years, I'm always in a hurry, and this time I'm afraid I won't be able to find even a moment of free time to go home.

It's not that he really can't find the time, it's just that his family still doesn't know what he's been doing all these years, and he feels guilty. He's afraid his family will ask, so he has to avoid it.

I hope this master in plain clothes is still alive in the Path of Strategists.

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At this moment, Lin Mu was already standing at the entrance of the Purgatory Corridor.

This time, just like when he entered the Demon Soul Palace from the Path of Crossroads, he first put on his life-saving equipment, merged with the skeleton, put on the white bone armor, took a deep breath, and stepped across the threshold.

As soon as I stepped through the door, while it was still dark, I heard the sound of stones falling and the hissing of an evil venomous snake. Clearly, the Sixth Monster was blocking the door again.

Lin Mu didn't have time to think too much, and his thoughts began to flash.

A flash of white light, and he vanished from the doorway, reappearing on the wall far from it.

Immediately afterward, the invisibility spell was applied to his body, and his semi-transparent form leaned against the wall. He held his breath and glanced around.

The layout of the Purgatory Corridor is the same as that of the Corridor of Light and the Corridor of the Underworld, but the demonic energy is stronger.

The torchlight didn't shine very far; it looked pitch black.

Lin Mu looked back at the doorway, but couldn't see anything. Even the monster blocking the door was hidden in the thick fog of darkness. He could only hear its voice, but couldn't see its shadow.

The atmosphere was completely different; there were no grunting sounds like those of red and black wild boars, but instead, a profound silence.

It wasn't completely quiet, but the sound was much quieter than in the previous maps.

Occasionally, a low growl or the sound of flapping wings could be heard in the distance, but it would soon disappear.

Judging from the sound alone, one might think that the monster density here is not high.

But Lin Mu knew that this place was far from simple.

He pressed himself against the wall, looking left and right, his mind racing through the monster atlas he had previously looked at.

In this world, there is no information about the subsequent maps of the Sealed Demon Valley and the Netherworld Corridor in the book, but as a legendary veteran player, he knows.

The Infernal Corridor is no longer inhabited by black and red boars, but by Zuma monsters, disgusting wedge moths and hornflies, as well as white boars and evil venomous snakes.

The Zuma Guardians and Zuma Statues in the Zuma Monster are sealed in stone skin, looking like stone carvings, so they are silent and do not move.

Only when people approach these stone sculptures will the stone skin peel off, awakening the sleeping monsters inside. Once awakened, the monsters can move and attack freely.

He looked closely and saw two stone sculptures less than three steps in front of him.

One of them is a Zuma Guardian.

The colossal stone statue, grayish-brown with a yellowish tinge, is robust in human form, with broad shoulders, a thick back, and bulging muscles. Its head is a stone carving of a ram's head with large, curved horns, and its hands grip a large stone hammer.

Its body is covered with weathered cracks, almost blending into the color of the ground.

The other one is a Zuma statue.

It is also a stone human-shaped ram-headed statue, but it is slightly thinner and more upright than the guard. It has a pair of straight and sharp ram horns on its head, a solemn face, and holds a halberd in its right hand with the halberd head pointing upwards.

The stone surfaces of the two statues had no luster and looked like ordinary stone carvings.

But Lin Mu knew that if he took two more steps forward and got closer, these things would come to life.

He leaned against the wall, concealed, and remained motionless, taking advantage of his invisibility and the temporary safety of his surroundings.

In his mind, he went through the monster data on the page about the [Zuma Temple] that he had seen before.

[Zuma Guardian, HP 10000, Attack 40-70, Defense 20-30, Magic Defense 20-30]

[Zuma Statue, HP 9000, Attack 35-65, Defense 15-25, Magic Defense 15-25]

[Zuma Archer, HP 8000, Attack 20-38, Defense 10-20, Magic Defense 10-20]

These are ordinary items, but their combined defense is very high, and with the added life recovery, they can withstand some damage.

But the troublesome ones are those with the "top-quality" prefix.

[Top-tier Zuma Guardian: 50000 HP, 50-100 Attack, 25-45 Defense, 35-60 Magic Resistance]

[Top-tier Zuma Statue: 45000 HP, 45-90 Attack, 20-45 Defense, 30-55 Magic Defense]

[Top-tier Zuma Archer: 40000 HP, 40-80 Attack, 15-30 Defense, 25-40 Magic Defense]

These monsters have all increased their attack, defense, and health significantly, so we need to be careful.

Besides these, there is one more.

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

However, his memories in the game told him that this monster was not in the Purgatory Corridor, but it was in the Demon Sealing Hall later on.

That book of monster illustrations also had a special note added:

[Ordinary Zuma monsters and top-tier Zuma monsters, even top-tier Zuma Guardian captains and ordinary Zuma Guardians, are almost indistinguishable in appearance.]

The color, texture, shape, and even the location of the weathering cracks in the stone are identical. It's impossible to distinguish with the naked eye which is the ordinary quality and which is the deadly treasure.

Therefore, don't be fooled by their appearance; each stone sculpture could be a more powerful, top-tier monster.

Maintain distance, keep your distance, and never get too close. It will be too late to regret it once the outer layer of stone has completely peeled away.

Lin Mu silently recited these words in his mind and gripped the Wuji Staff tightly.

Just then, Lin Mu heard the sound of wings flapping getting louder and closer.

Moreover, the sound of the wings flapping was not singular, but rather several layers upon each other, some rapid, some deep, some sometimes far and sometimes near, as if weaving an invisible net in the darkness.

It was the wandering moths that sensed Lin Mu and flew towards him, and there was more than one of them.

The torchlight couldn't penetrate the dense demonic energy, and Lin Mu couldn't see the Wedge Moth at all. He could only hear the annoying sound of its wings, like a ghost hovering in the darkness.

Chapter 122 The Siege of the Wedge Moths

Suddenly, the light spot in my mind started jumping again, and each jump corresponded to a direction.

This is the white bone armor, meaning his skeleton is guiding him.

When the sound of wings is heard in the left ear, the light spot flashes to the left; when the sound of wings is heard in the right front, the light spot jumps to the right front.

Lin Mu closed his eyes and used the light spots to determine the location of the wedge moth. Although he could see it even less, his perception of the light spots became clearer.

The light spots were jumping faster and faster, urging Lin Mu to make a move.

The moth flew closer and closer, its wings beating louder and louder.

Lin Mu no longer had time to carefully sense the surroundings; he simply followed the skeleton's instructions and swung the Wuji Staff in the direction from which the sound came.

With a wave of his arm and a thought, Lin Mu sent the bone-like outer shell of the staff flying out as silver specks of light. These specks spun and coalesced rapidly in the air, eventually forming a bone-white axe that disappeared into the darkness, enveloped in white light.

A moment later, a muffled thud came from afar, the sound of a moth being hit, accompanied by a short squeaking.

He swung the axe again and hit the target. He swung it once more and hit the target again.

And so, one axe after another flew out.

However, the throwing axe cannot apply the red poison. Lin Mu cannot see the target and therefore cannot apply the red poison. Without the amplification effect, each axe blow does not deal much damage.

The sound of the moth's wings was momentarily interrupted by the thud, but it quickly resumed fluttering.

Even the wedge moth seemed enraged; its wings whirred faster and more frantically, as if it had gone mad, completely ignoring the flying axe's strike. The sound grew closer and closer.

Lin Mu could feel the wind generated by the flapping of wings blowing from the darkness. It was cool and brushed against his face, carrying a fishy and putrid smell mixed with the stench of demonic energy, which entered his nostrils.

Lin Mu gripped the Wuji Staff tightly, his back pressed against the cold stone wall. The unevenness of the stone wall hurt him, but he remained motionless.

Because the invisibility spell will be broken if you move, the situation here is still unclear.

If I accidentally awaken the Zuma Guardians and Zuma Statues in front of me after breaking stealth, it won't just be those two that will awaken, but the entire area of ​​Zuma Guardians and Zuma Statues nearby.

At that time, dozens of Zuma Guardians and Zuma statues will simultaneously peel off their stone skin and surround them from all directions.

He couldn't even run away, let alone fight. He dared not gamble, nor could he.

Therefore, Lin Mu could only lean his upper body back and hunch his neck as much as possible to get as close as possible to the wall.

The sound of the moth's wings circled overhead, then circled again, and finally... flew closer.

The torchlight illuminated a blurry, grayish-white shadow with thin, transparent wings, which slowly emerged from the darkness.

First, the edges of the wings were transparent, revealing the veins inside, like the patterns on a withered leaf.

Then there's the body; the grayish-white insect is covered with strange patterns, segmented like a centipede's carapace.

Finally, there was the head. Its two compound eyes reflected countless tiny images of Lin Mu in the firelight. Its mouthparts opened and closed, and a stream of viscous fluid gathered in the throat of the wedge moth before being expelled.

Faced with the attack of the wedge moth, Lin Mu could only move his upper body, dodging left and right like a drunken boxer, twisting his waist like a pretzel.

At this moment, he thought that this combined state was not necessarily the best.

After merging, all the monsters stared at him. He wasn't a skeleton; if he died, he would really be dead.

If only we could actively break free of the combined state, then we could just hide on the sidelines and watch the skeletons fight – that would be so much easier.

Just as he was thinking this, the bone armor on his body actually moved.

Tiny specks of silver light rose from the shoulder armor, breastplate, and arm armor, as if pushed out from within by something. The silver light gathered more and more, and the bone armor peeled away layer by layer, coalescing, reshaping, and piecing together on the sides of the body.

In a few breaths, the tall skeleton reappeared beside Lin Mu, the flames in its eye sockets flickering, an axe in its hand, and its joints cracking twice as if it were stretching its muscles.

Lin Mu was taken aback.

It can also actively dissolve the fusion, which I previously thought could only be done after the fusion period ended.

At this moment, the wedge moth's mouthparts opened and closed, and drops of mucus dripped down, clearly indicating that it was about to attack again.

Before Lin Mu could speak, the skeleton charged forward with its axe.

The figure-eight cut.

The axe flew horizontally in front of him, drawing an "8" shape, creating a whooshing sound as it whirled and swung about in all directions, moving as fast as a windmill.

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